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VOL XX. NO. 31.

CAJ’E MAY CITY. WilDNLSDAY MORNING. AHUM 5. 1891.

PRICK 3 CENTS.

OOSFFXrriOSEBT, ETC.

rp MONT SMITH. MASUKAtTl'EISO CONFECTIONER, UOODS BOLD AT PHII-ADA I El<« - He. 5 Wathiegloe Street. CAP* MAY.

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T SPICER LEAMINO, * ATTORNET-AT-LAW WtUtnOE AM) MAW A* IK CM AKCUT 47 W AMI 1Kb TUX STBUT, Cat* Mat Citt. N. J. T^OROAW HAND. attouiet aeu Coueaeccob-at-Law.

ChADoerj, SamaMi C. Aud Notary Pakllo. c;ap« Mat Coubt Hoc*k, N. J. (OppMlM PubW* BaUtflod )

V. DOUGLASS. Cape May CH,. h.J.

lUJn.

'REMONT HOUSE.

Pltaxai.ix ami Wabuixcitub St*.

r*imuu.r iocatki. Heel, HenereM

M. L C'BAPIbUB.

[»nE ALDINE,

O'

,CEAN VIEW noTEL,

DixxeBa 60 noiTB. h-. and liquor* Dell«blfBlly e «J Samuirr liardro. MARTIN J. MEIRN.

|1HE BRUNSWICK.

. JAMKK B MTITKX.

J>BHXTO.\ YlLlJA.

Open for the Season. - ilalMrMMl »»M lMi»P«T»^--

JfSmr Ik** Bc*«-k. MRS. J. A. MTERS

STOCKTON HOT£]a,

THE PIS EXT SEASIDE HOTEL IS THE WOULD. .aadMTlsuatanaaw* KATES-aaai. »i and ^ W e. *ly run. ler !*■ u. no. Hi *¥■. *H>. per »rrt. aerorAhiy u. loraOon Mila, xlili i«tian uaiilai and dnuaacr aba .tau-i) perlret. OtelKatra play, noatiiiiy aw-rl-

F. TIIF.O. WALTON. Fraprlrlor.

TALTER COTTAGE.

H.

ATTORNEY-AT-LAW.

SOLICITOR, MASTER AND EXAMINER IN CHANCERY OP

THE STATE OP NEW JERSEY. W

No. 10 Nobtb St., Cape Mat.

JAMES M. E. HILDRETH, lio „«, Urg , a^d^onl. Il«rt of cat*

0 OOUKULLHAAT-LAW , ^ *"* MRS. A. E. WALTER.

KOUC1TOA.B»»TAA A KH1IIKA* I.CA.aClAT

KUTAKY PUBLIC. ■ INCELLANEOI'M.

IrtBre At So. 4 Oeaaa Bu *»-

car* Mat cm. W.

When the Allan line ateanahlp Monte▼tdaan arrived in port the oIBwn. pare an account of n thrillinc voyase. The Monte Tidean left London for Oil. port with t.UOC

ilUleeastward of Cape Hay on Wednesday At 2 o'clock In the afternoon a dense afUrbold. A moment Utcr tlie cry that there ua. a dry In the bold ranR throuich

a hand

atood on tlie Mdne,. a Idle Kinrt Officai ] Wriitbt directed tlie men The ship's heed was immediately turned to the wind. The ! steam donkey pump, force pump and cat tie hose were IPX ready for operation. : Every soul was on deck. Including the only 1 passenger*, s few cattlemen. Orders were given for the opening of the j batches. The smoke then pound forth

and was !

directed throttgl

byt It was neenoary to locate the Are, and with this end In view the boatswain's mate was lowered down the hold. No sootier was be In the smoke than It hegt locate him. and he was hrmight up to the deck. Throe times did be venture down, j and the last time he managed to reach a ventilator, where he got a breath of fresh : In local I ng the fire he was compelled to ! come on deck every few momenta. He <lt» j fire had ‘taken In the

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* KBXIOKNT PBYBOIAM BISCK i» .rr.os-oiwaj.fJ'KrZl"."" Baamkace—Bo. T* YT .auruon* Maarr

““ cap* MAY.B.J

<>gre /fear* -Pro* » Ui» A. M l »to4P

Craia Bro.’a LAUNDRY

Ka. 47 W'a»hlB*f“ SlreeL

TAMES J. DOAK. CAUPEATER »UD BITLDERlAtimates Farulsbr.'^.drhln* aMewIrd to. aw Mall orders tevrlse pruaipl atlrnOon. Brano.si'r—lia Wsdnn«mn at. A. R. GORDO N. ' OAT* MAY. N. J. General Expressman. and Hacks to hire. AU kinds oi

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R WALTER 8. LEAMINO,

DENTIST,

Okrirg—'ok. IltuBKa ABnOcEkB Bra. Cats Mat City, N. J. (a Attskdaxck Daily. A L. LEACH. M. D. , (formeily of PI |, * W ** ^

Masssgrs may be wet at the rka Oti. U aailib.« HasblagUM. aUer

U H. PII1LLIPB, M. D.,

-VllUDg Keys Kepalr i^TrunksTV alisar. l-snsad^eta. 18 Washington Street, Capa May, N. J.

JOHN AKINS’ I OS CB2AM PARLORS Ire (Yearn and W ater Ire* UiaehawiC-UrmKH^U ^ -Her. JOUN AKINS. IT Wadh^oo

1IOTELM AND CWTAOES. TTNITED STATES HOTEL. Cmiaaa LafsiarTk aao Jscaaoa STaaara Loeatioa eery central and b«ar Ibebeaeb.

piER AVENUE INN, uraa six tbb Tmaa Cbbtbal Ukatios Pier Aeemue, near WaekuyUm Street, . .—.... «—* and Poet al Trar

TYHE ACME, u MADDOCK. ranewtarou. SECOND AMD BKACU AVENUE.

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U AVE..ONK^UABK BELOW E. K. oms dehchlfully eoal ask airy - ualy aixly Mat Irom the sort MRS. C. E. MUNROE.

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BOUTU LAFAYETTE 8TEKET.

HOTEId tHAIsFOXTK, Howaid street and Sewell avenue, Cape May, N. J. Open all tlie year. Electric Hells. Accommodations fir. t-claaa. H. W. SAWYER, ftoptlrtor.

Union Transfer Co. BAGGAGE EXPRESS -ANOCeot al .'.Railroad.-.Ticket:. Ageota. O.WWSC*: Car. WaahlagtoB and Jatkaon SU. ye nailed for and checked to

^oolo^ieof Qarban Fairmount Park, PHILADELPHIA. FOR THE 8EABON 1801. Increased aiUaetWmt^liybe Urg* eoDectiue —WIM BcesU, Birds ■ —IgtCTMliBg BMd II Admlagton, 9B ct*.;

OPEN EVERY

AeceaalbW by StraetCar and fnq oral train* J 3n&Y , ^r , .i!K’,KTr J " 1

HOTEId IdAFAYKTTE, ■ Al’)-: M>VW. X. J.. JOHN TRACY A CQ, - Owners and F’mprieUir Directly on Ihe Hrach. Complete in every department, Thnro

lower liold a

and general mrrvhnmlise. In close pro^ Imity were a numlwr of lutrrvl. of oil. the outaides of which were already scorched Several bale* of Jut* were shifted, and then the fight proper with (he fire began. Every man worked with a will, fo. ling a* I! the aafrty of thr ship and iu crew depend ed on hia own Indirldu il evenhiiUL It was an anxious time, and for a while It was feared that the ship was doomed to d» Coder the guidance ,.f Captnlu Ferguson and Chief Officer Wright, who are aald tc have directed everything with perfect com poaure, the fire was eventually maatered, but nottlll aflertwo and a half houre'haril fighting. Stored In No. 1 hold, the furthest forward on the ship, were twelve tons of gunpowder. Of oairee, to reach this the bulkhead* Usd <■ made much more head way the hold would have teen flooded by letting In the water from tlie tart tom of the ship, but fortunately thU was not nece* Bars —Montreal Cor. Toronto Mall.

water pnsa over Niagara tails every t In Scotland, it Is said that to ruck the empty cradle will Insure the coming of cupanu for It. Ttw moat recent steel rails have a higher percentage of carbon and the steel duoed la harder. No English sovereign, except George H and George HI. ever attained the age Queen Victoria has reached. Sbei* seventy

years ohl

A New Englander who tiet that be could cat "over a hundred eggs In one I won tlie wager by making a beany meal of shad roe. Stanley is reported to have made 8181.0 from hia American lour. One half of lb Bum came from his book and the other half from his lectures. A hotel keeper to Florida la said lo have ofTrrrd a reward of five doilare for the heat treatise ou bow to make outdoor lif At iUuUholm. on the coast nt Jutland, tn Denmark, friun the lighthouse situated at that place. there la flashed nightly an ■’ — He light of tS'.iuO.aOticaodlspowe i Malaprop sometime* bits th* nail ■e head. It rained In torreula ■ fcureli on Sunday morning without aihrvllifc "How irrigating tbb * “ d and silver leather for very costly ug ahnea, that shows pattern upon ■etalhc surface In place of the grain e leather like •liver silk, moire, dla *. etc., are worn. urea put forth by the superintendent

tlie profile of I be United States Inhabit I dlsU'ieiv where the annual rainfall la tween thirly and fifty Inchre. ^Viwr^maliMipiinifls^brohe." waa the counler. meanwhile probing for his wateh Tlie young man badu’l said a word, an it Is easy to Imagine that he waa astonished pr.irn|>l!) anil fsaitively foretold “How did you goes. It!" he aakrd wbei he recovered from hi* amamemenL "Dhln guess It; 1 knew It.” was the Jeweler's n ply—"that la. I could almost haves won to It when 1 saw you feeling t"r you n that something !er with that article, that I waa ready to I ty-flve dollars to one dollar that It was tl,

Hotel ; Oriole

L. PHIL. KOENIG, All Kooni* Face Ocean. Dct lle*! null Kofi MicIM'rnbw Steami d (Tabs a S]«-cially. Ckfe C/

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Marvel ofBemty and Convenience

FOR

L-A-IDIIES.

The J.imes Y. Borden all-hair bang. No net, wire, or lace used in its construction. Damp or salt air we guarantee will not affect the curl. Can be dressed by any lady in any style. Recommended by Dr. Julia Homes Smith and others, at the international Homoeopathic Convention at Atlantic City, as the lightest, neatest, most healthful and natural bang ever invented. Also first-class manicuring and fine toilet requisites. PARIS HAIR AND MANICURE PARLORS, At the Devon, - - So. Lafayette Street.

•SEOWELL & FRYER, Limited. IHPORTLMi GROCERS AND WINE DEALERS, Juniper and Market Streets’ Philadelphia. Out Salesman, Mr. G. Scott, calls in Cape May City and at Cape May Point for orders every TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY of each week. Orders carefully packed and

shipped and freight prepaid. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. A Trial Order Nolicitrd.

brrluUitbc m

unlrretogrt the whole uum il that uighl.auJ uul knnwbring forgetful of it for the

of Dotinwyo fill the hill, folded them into her euvelofaw. aud, leaving them unsealed, put a one crul stamp on each, aa she had

on all the othera.

By th* mereat accident one of the written documvutr was discovered by a postoffice employe, and. as iu duty laxind under the batch and found that twenty of th# en velopea should have had a two ceut stamp

—letter postage.

An attempt to evade fawlag*—or defraud erlraiunl offense tinder the statutes of the Culled States The case by uecemlty waa reported to Mr. Evans ami he made an in vestlgation. When he discovered that th* facta were aa slated here he deellued

wlktd tf

t the

ti t th mpl7 iiount of tlie i-mtage duo—

Huston Herald.

» .Mexican ranchman Tex., has uudergon experience that will proliably o life. He waa riding after rail iipnl at night hy a little creek lhal

, tethered Ida borer, rooked bis supper.

; was squatted by the fire smoking tb ! r\ liable cigarette w hen a mad Co

•prang upon him from the dark

The little la-nst, with «very hair utandlng 1 on end and hla Jaw. dropping foam, struck him full In tlie fare and fastened Iu teeth in hia nose. The animal Imre Alania back w ard and hr sprawled at full length. He endeavored lo defend hlnw-lf with hb hattils. bul to no avail. The coyote snap ped his teeth throngli tlie skin In a halt doaen plan-., and tlie face of tlie man wa* covered with blood. Aa he struggled to hi* feet, freualed with terror, hia assailant tliaapiiritrva!. The ranchman reached Rio Grande City the neal morning and was trraletl, hut la extremely prostrated, aud

will prolathlv die of hydrophobia.

Mad wolves and coyotes In southwestern common Three yenra ago G. C. Chamber lain, a aott-lii law- of the millionaire ranch man, Richard King, u in attacked while on

horseback by a mad wolf. Hi

»tted by I'm

It la gratifying lo otjsrrve Oiat day by | day a greater public lutereal b manifest In ; the subject of bouse decoration. The i

mil Ir

d take 1

Tvred

if ibis at

hut tb* n e dally pi

y press—

raddle though il ia-ahowa an effort to cater to the rapidly expanding public taste for thing* decorative. It'* a pity, however, that this taste is not more logical: fur many

Pacific I w halrlune Is worth lu weight in silver, j aud only tlie wealthy woman can afford tc I use It. The ordinary principle* of produo | linn and trade are overturned as reganli

’all* and pin

n the floor and a

I only a few

simply be-

causa iii ner aimless groping* for the artistic she has made a Junk shop of her rooms, and accumulated labor that seems endless for tired bands It is a pity lhal some voice cannot go forth like a thunderbolt and warn folks lo have a di-Kuit* object in .view when "house furnishing." Oscar Wilde made himself the butt and ridicule of the vnllre press of Ihis country his highest ambition iu life was to “live up to the sunflower." but lbe idea was full

of (CDMC

If In furnishing one would take only a simple flower aud build up the surround. Ing* from iu color combination, one would make no mistake, for nature ia infallible In her colorings. The great trouble though with Ibis “Dee orative Column" business In the new*, paper 1* that It fills a Woman's head with lou of details—and by tlie time aba has adopted a few doxen "anggmllona" and picked op some “pretty etiahieus” and “lovely scrap baskets" and "delightful easels" and “hrica-hrac” she has got a room that la a hodge podge and a terror to lo every apartment one motive should rule—repose, recreation, beauty or cbeerfulncss; these are prim* Integral qualities which should govern a room, and with the

I’pltslio

cr of m halelaji

irket, owing to the

Act that It is impossible to calculate ii|un he amount of a season's catch until th* ame baa actually been extracted. There are only seven manufacturer* in nlry, a.cording lo the latest report

—five In New Y«

They pay tie aud split it i

k and t

ribbon ia m

raw material,

Ii ami prepare II for market, r used In the silk mills where lufactured. ft is used there edge of the ribbon in weaving.

lu the sweat baud* of their silk bale Al though the corsets and dress stays of worn en still Uke np practically alamt the whole supply of whalebone, yet fully M per cent, of the corset* manufactured here are braced iip with something else.—Mercer.

The uumlar of coins struck in th# royal mint last year was 8a.000.000, of which 17,SOU.OOO were rejected In the weighing room. The total coinage issued waa 4.7,680,1S6 In gold, ia.f-34.BW In silver, and iWI.SSS In bronie. There was no demand for the five pound and tiro pound Jubilee gold eolna, and tha four shilling pieces will be withdrawn. The metal manipulated weighed 102 tons of gold, 888 tons of silver and 74' tons of copper Thr theft of a small quantity of gold by a lad daring the year was the only cue of theft In forty yean.—London Til-Blta \

simplicity of the Jiuukipal governnt The people elect n counril. varying inmla-ra according to population main tale fixed by getkeral law In nil but targe place* thr rounril l* elec-led upon rneral ticket- The Inijnrtaut cities are oi islly divided Inin **cii..n«. or larg*

membership Thr major Is the presiding officer of (he co-jodl aa well aa tbr exern tire head of the mnnlclpality His ad Juact* or executive assistants are ilesig-

they have no executive dories rir- p^.uci, aa an aiwcillcally aligned ui thrni^ tl* mayor. The council holds four ordmaiy sessions every year, each of which may h.si for fifteen ilaj-a. while the ooe In which the annual budget Is diaeuaaed may last f.w six weeks Hut the mayor may call extra sessions at any time, and he Is obltgnl to convene the body upon request of a ma Jority of the councilors. The council appoints consultative com mlttcca. which meet ad lllatum hrtwx-en seaaiona. with the mayor a* nominal chair manor each, while one of hia adjuncts ia more usually tl* actual chairman The mayor has the appointing power ami names the minor officials of the commune, subject lu some rase*, however, to the ap proval of the prefect of the department. With the adeice of the council, and under

the depart menial

of the eoromnm

Urge authority In the levying authorisation of public

things lu decisions must be approved by the higher authorities —Dr. Albert Shaw

In Century.

The Maid Didn't Know Him. "The other day Colonri Nut McKay re frrred me lo a very nice boarding bouse on Madison square." aald a newspaper friend, "and I went over, secured tl* rooms aud scut my trunks up That waa on Salur day. I bad a late aaMgnmrnl and didn't go home Sutnnlay night, tea wet on Sunday, and finally turned up about 9 o'clock Sunday evening, looking. 1 mutoa, somewhat aollrd and tadniggleiL I had a friend with me to whom I Lad hern bragging about my new rooms Nut yet having * provided with a nlgbtkey I rang the

hell.

" 'Well. Dow-v the greeting of tl

"My friend laughed, but n-trealed down one step Iwashai much taken hack Pi reply promptly. The girl bad the floor. " tio 'long away with you!' a hr snapped, and atammad the door In my (nee "Here waa a dilemma My friend aug grated that perhaps I had mi-takcti the number, bull was certain I had not. The

rail tl* -here's nn officer now!* "It was the only cm* I ever knew where a policeman was on the spit. Hr must have been under tl* sloop lint there I* waa, and I said with all my re|a>rtorial .Ii

plomaey. 7 live here.'

•"Hr don't!' exclaimed the rxcUed girl move on,'said the hluoouat, coming threat

ruingly up the steps

" 'Will yon I* good enough to send for the lundtadyf* I Inquired, taughifig In spite of myseU. I moved in my trunks yvsder day—ti* girl doesn't know me.' "All at once a glram of Intelligence enme Into the girl's face. ‘Oh. Is this Mr. f Why. goudnrea gracious! Why didn't yon say aof said she. throwing o|*u the dour.

N-.w

u think

rptlonf’—New York II

Garter* and fins* Supporter*. Many thousands of our New York worn en will not wear elastic garters; it stops the circulation and make* the lower |virt of the leg nnahapely. The earn* objection, though in a leaser degree, aiqillr-a torlaMic bands Tbon the Utter kind are constant ly untying or slipping down, which ta the chief mark of alovrulineas For this tea pin the "supporter" ia largely used, ami I* made at alt pricea, from the simple col ton baud and i*udauta to tl* ehvbunue silk, with satin applique ami every ornamvti pit loo that the need I* can devise. bell passing around II* waist, lo which la attached V shaped or oilier kinds of pendants, which grip the stocking and hold It snugly np In place. Supporter* for children, without the belt,'are sold for tea cents, bul those with tl* belt may run from fifty cents to fifty dollani. With gold and silver monogram etas pa and adorned w-llh Jewels they run up to prices almi*.i fabulous Just to get an Idea of tbe garter rage In New York II 1* necessary only p> go Inpi any notion place, from the little Bowery shop up, and you nerd Mop bul a minute before the Jeweler's to have garter* stanug

UuaUag's I'arrot Ktory" Kolarrt Hunting, the veteran showman, while In Bradford, confided to rftrw of his (wraouaJ friend* a little matter pertaining Pi hia own ooluaaal aggregation. His ticket "viler, be aald, had a parrot which ala-ay* add* him during hi* labors and thus ed his lingo, which was to this effect aud hack now—plenty of tin*. Take your turn. Don't crowd.” Tha parrot In some unaccountable way urnad up missing at Du Hols and great raa tbe grief of the owner, hut when they reached Panxautawi*

back of town. Approaching- the spot he discovered the parrot silting on a log with his feathers up. trying lo defend biniarlf against a hundred crows, and screaming at ‘op of hia voice. "Stand hack nowplenty of time Taka your turn Don't crowd I"—Bradford Era.

to fasten glass let lee*, figure*, aaa (show window*) » that, even star for several data, they will not become drtached. nae an India rubber cement. Tbe l**t for liiis tee consist* of one I-art India rulibcr. parts of mastic and fifty parts chlo m. Lit stand for tevaral days at a

try rapidly, a n.—New Yor