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COTTAGE DIRECTORY

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URGENT DISPATCHES.

Trk-grupti opmtors who hn'e aent dl»pncli.^ of ali kind* for ymr* mlsht be cx cuacd IX lity were to abow no ccirprla* at any me^xacr ibat coo M l« xenL It it only natural (bat tbrre aboold be a dreary routine ID tbu work wblcb banube* all dogntof exrlumrnt In auytblux Tbewritri bad bandied an electric key In all porta of tu* country. He bad atorad In bla mind a fund of remlnlacencea. and aa tba time dracted heavily be rattled off atory after "It waa a Rood many yean aRo.” be aald, "whan 1 waa not mo old aa I am now, and perhapa more sentimental, that I won a boaband for a Ctrl, f waa an operator then In a town out lu Ohio. 1 hadn't much to do, and I uaed to alt In tbe window a good deal to watch tbe people on the station platform of the railroad. "One day I caught eight of a yonng and young woman who were In eai conversation. He waa dreaaed for traveling. and waa evidently walling for tbe next train. Aa tbe time for tbe arrieal of the train drew near tbe yonng man seemed to become desperate, far be paced np and down tbe platform ncreonaly. talking eery

rapidly.

"Then tbe train came gliding In. I saw tbe girl shake her bead and be said something which made her turn pale. Tbe train bad again started, and be climbed up the car step* without to ruing to look back. She gave a little cry. but ha did not hear It; bla train waa gone. A XAIIMOW MABOIS. 'It was two days after this that tbe yonng woman came Into tbe telegraph office, with a white face and red tinged eye lids. She came to me and apoka rapidly in a frightened whisper. “ T want yon to send a telegram,’ she aald. ‘Yon must send it right away. It's to New York, and it must be delivered before 4 o'clock this afternoon.' "Sbe waa trying to write, but her fingers 0 that she could not guide tbe

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THE SEW JERSEY

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WEST JERSEY EXPRESS CO.,

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-ud Bank Mk., ( are Bay.

It baa always been a fact that (he bor (Sera of a country were tbe last to come under the influence of dviiixatlon, and sine* tbe day* of the lied liaulitiet the h-.rUi-i riders have been feared aiej mpected by tbe more considerate and Uw abiding claa. of people. Iir the later daya, of course, tbe wild riders bare ceased to levy tribute on ' property In neutral territory, but in tb* same way that tbe highland pirate* of tlx olden time exacted money from tba bordei aettlera. the deapetmdoce of today exact tba allegiance of these subjects, and " ‘ ' tion of properly a

pect no as*.tier to

thing snout them when Inquiry is made, an lews they know to whom the secret it

being divulged.

Tbe little town of Dexter, once with • | population of 1,000 but now almost it ruins, has been for thirty years situated or ' tba bnedav of one of tbewe neutral strips.

iwered, and then she gave me the address. There were Just two words In the message, "Comm

back.’

” 'Can you get It there before 4 o'clock^

then to catch a steamer.' Her voice faltered here. *' 'I'm afraid not,’ I said. ‘The difference in time, you know, makes It hard work to " ‘Ob,’ sbe cried. T forgot about tbe difference In time. What shall I dof “ ‘Send two,' I said, all the while working on my key to get my wire. 'Send one to tbe hotel and one to the steamer.' "She waa crying now so that 1 could not hear her answer, but I knew what she wanted. 1 never worked *o hard before or since to get messages through. And all tbe while that poor girl watched my fingers with a look in ber eyes that made swear I'd get them through If quick w could do It. "When I turned around finally she drew along breath. "'Well,' I aald, they are gone.' and I looked at the clock. This made her shiver. “Sbe would not leave the office, the minute* clipped away I began the dread that was reflected In her eyes. I knew that the steamer muat have started now. I felt aa If 1 bail commute but abe waa silent and pals Only ber look waa reproachful, as if 1 bad failed her. ''Finally it cams There waa a dick and a flash of color waa In ber cheek. “ 'What is it f abe said. 'Quick! W hat

toltf •

“ Tl'a for your 1 shouted, like the boy that I was; 'hurrah! he's coming,' was so excited that I forgot to give

way of clannish and alugU handed encounter* than any other town or vtllagi on the border* of Texas. Two year* ago la tb* cemetery of tba! town there were seventy-six graves of mat who bad fallen in combat with tbe knits pistol or deadly Winch**ter, and it is salt to say that bait tbe victims raver found a resting place under tbe sod. This place ii one beautifully situated, and is six miles from tbe southern boundary of tbe Ibdlan territory. At that point tbe Red rivet make* an enormous bead, running in about fifteen miles. BOW TUI. rCOfLS BOS* TP. Across tbe neck of Ibis brad, called tlx 1 Delaware, is a distance of about eight miles, and in that neck is situated tba town of which X speak. It is now fifteri miles off tb* railroad, sod has always ban the place where the desperadoes bought their whisky and supplies and went for a “fracas" when their blood hocame worked up to tbe point that they had to hunt » row, which It frequently did. Tbe tnhab 1 tan Is of Ibis vtllags, a* tbe erprmalou Is . “did not stand In” with tbe riders, as om would suppose, and there was always s feeling of distrust bet wee r. them, which often tcnnluawd In a fight and one oi

more deaths.

Tb* people of the town, after a time, d» elded that tbe wild riding and shooting ol their visitor* must stop, it having come u the point that an outsider would not go U

H. C. THUMPUON. It'S. ( Mniclpn, M. J. CAPITAL, SaOO.OOO. MANAGEMENT.

“Then 1 wrote It out for ber: T’m co lug, God bless you. I was on tbe et«am< Sbe cried over that Mt of yellow paper, and 1 think that the hulking country boy who gave it to her had a choking in the throat “Wall, there waa a wedding a short w after that. The only one I knew In party was the bride. Yon know bow I tnM her. But the country operator waa at that weddlog. and when the bridegroom grasped my band be shook It In a way that bun. He cent me a letter from tb* east after me to come on t big telegraph • “1 had another experience in ■sending’ In my younger daya In wblcb I got greatly interested. It was after I went east. I partly broke down and got transferred for summer to a watering place. CIPHIH TCLCCRAML

“ 'Send this at once.' be aald in astri “I reached for my key, and aa I clicked away to get New York I watched him. His teeth were ground together, and bis fingere clenched tbe rail so fiercely that they absolutely bloodless. " ‘Get It,’ be said between bis teeth. -Get It there or I am ruined' “Than 1 saw that his dIs;ditch wi cipher, and 1 remembered that that u lug I bad received one In cipher. “When 1 bad cent the last word be became deathly white and leaned against the wall faintly, fanning himself with bis bat. 1 bav* never seen such an Intsna* look of agony on a man's face as was on hia. He seemed to have strength enough only to look at hia watch every minute or two. “His answer came back In cipher. He braced himself before reading 1L “ Thank God!" be said in a low vole*, and tbe next thing I knew 1 fell a bill in my band. Before i could cry out to him that I would not take his money, he was “1 afterward learned that be was also an operator—one of the heaviest operators in Wall street. I often think abont my having saved a millionaire from ruin."—New York Tribune.’

A Compliment Spollsd. There is such a thing as poisoning all tba pleasant occurrences ol life by drops of depredation. "Yea, your examination papers are always marked high," aald on* schoolgirl to another. “It moat be because your writing is ao plain."—Youth'a Ct

! the street for the fear of being killed b> ; some stray bullet. Still, when tbe border era came they ran thing* their own way, : and the citizens would not work in con ' cert. One man might resent their insulte i with tbe result that he would be killed and maybe one or two of tbe rider* Tb* most notml of tb* gangs were thosi of Jim Lee. Kd Stein and Sear*, beside, others with headquarters far up in the wilds of tbe territory. Finally a herd ol cattle was stolen from tbe neighborhood and everybody knew that Sears' clan did It. Vigilantes wen- organized and they pre pared to give them a warm reception on a Trim:mx fight. no doubt to see bow tbe land lay. and while in a crowd some one put a pistol te his neck and shot him, though it failed U kill him. That night he was spirited out of tbe place, awl the following day wa> one of regular siege. The cilizens threw out guards and picketa on all the roads, and all went heavily armed. At night the clan attacked the village, and for three hours the battle raged from behind fences, , houses and wood pilesuolilthedesperadoci were beaten back, having lost several their men. From that lime on the citizens fought kill them out, though their rendezvous was ou the river In the bend, only eight miles distant Ou Dae. W. MM, Bill Grade, a noted character, and several toughs through and attempted to take the t All the people living in the country were in town that day, and everybody armed. One-of the rider* started to ride hia horar Into a saloon, but as his feet hit the float some one struc k him with a billiard cue and knocked him down. This waa the slg nal for tbe shooting to begin. The deputy sheriff fired a shotgun at Grade, but missed bis aim, an J tb* riders street shooting right and Everybody took a band, and abont SOC shots were fired. At the first volley Ed Long, one of the riders, had his hone killed. He at once jumped behind Grade on hia horar, but a pistol ball struck him in tbs neck, mortally wounding him. Grad* held him on behind him, and they rode out of town. Tbe result of the row waa three deed men. sec a number of horses killed, but this last time they cam* in force to take the rues AT LAST. Soon after this Grads killed Henry Fusiuger, sheriff o( Pickens county. L T., by striking him over the bead with bis platoL He had the blood of about a dozen of the clan on bla bands, so be went to the nearest railroad and left the country. Hi fine specimen of physical manhood, log B feet 4 Incbn in height and weighing £30 pounds. Besides Iving very handsome In appearance he was well educated and always wore costly dress of the frontier

style.

Like many other border character*, one knew where be cam* from or where be went Ills follower* joined other bands, and most of them were finally killed. Jim 1m and bis two brother*, Pink and Tom, took refuge from tbe marshals In a cabin lu tbe Indian Territory. When they were attacked they killed all the marshals, five In number,and fed their bodice to the hog*. A large reward waa offered for them, dead or alive, and finally Jim and Pink were killed ou tbe Texas side of the bend, In the summer of 1887. Tom left the country and baa t beard of slucr. One by one the o fell off and were killed out until Is little fighting there compared with a few year* ago. Tb* majority of the people who lived (here then have gone and those of different tamperement moved In. so that now the rough stone bouses, the fences and doors full of bullet holes and the stories of the older settler* alone tell the danger* and lawlessness of a few years back.—Tu Cor. SL Louts Republic.

Mias Scadda—1 know that, Mr. Oldbeau. Clams Ao not lire to be sixty years old.— New York Epoch. Caaght with Two Corpses. “Grave robbing is a thing of tbe past in Washington," remarked Detective Horne, "but there was a time not many yean age when it waa carried on in a lively manner. I remember one night when I was on duty down ou E street. An old cabby who loved his toddy too well came driving up toaoer taln place where 'stiffs' were bought, and ] knew be bad one or more In tbe cab. I didn't want to tackle the job alone and started out to look for my partner, but 1 couldn't find him and came back alone.* That old eha| waa making up tbe stairway p-itb a corpse under each arm wbaa I collared him and made him put the bodies back In tbe cab. He was taken to the station, but managed mget out by payinga-flne.'’—WashIngtoz

«. A- AKMSTKOSG. LBW» BEAU ISAAC U.tiaiTB. U.W.DlCKSXSBBWI Kpwasd Kama. jl p. jjAJ^ISON, Afftnf and Comnutuon Dmaltr 69 Washington 8t.,

Specialty |u B...... . aorr. Flsklu* Tackle, Packet Cutlery. Carpet Tarts. Agency lor Kastere Net sad Twine Casa — Oe tar!) Cash Order*

Monsys, Valuables and Merchandise To all iwiut* in tbe I'uibd Stataa. Order* lor good* to be forwarded by express will be carried without charge* and promptly delrv. red by our own meoseog.rs, ao aa to insure, as far as practicable, Me return of goode on the same day. HORSES AND CARRIAGES

WASH HAMPERS (‘••utainii.g «lotbiog to he lanodried will be carritd bet*sen Philadelphia, or Camden. and l ape May at (LOU for the round trip, and will be called for and delivered upon days specified b> sh ppers. Washing

KOHKRT NTRLTX H. Gan. Areal.

Palace Steamer Republic Philadelphia and Gape May, Stopping both ways at Wilmington daily; at Chester Tuesdays and Saturdays. Grand Special Excursion to the Delaware Breakwater next WEDNESDAY. Fare, 50 cents, including-bre over D.B. and C. M. R. R. Train leavesj.00 P.'M.

AMERICAH CATARRH CURE. Has ruled hundmla of esam where NPECIAI.ICTN FAII.KD. IT WILL CT KK YOf ee.loi sslr at Kennedy's t'nlled Mates Pharnur). Dreslur aiKl Wash-axlun streeta.

Mr. Lairreno* Hutton has Indulged on* of the queerest whims that the fancy of a New Y'orker has evolved. Mr. Hutton's hobby is death masks, and be baa gathered together what Is by all odds the largest and most notable collection of three works.

Mr. Poorchap—I have humored my rich unde In everything, but I do not are bow ) can go on with bis whims any further. H« want* me to help him get a wife, but If be marries I won't Inherit his fortune, and our wedding will be Impossible. Mias Beauti—Don’t worry, my dear. You can humor him and bare the money too. I'll marry him myself.—New York Weekly.

Brazillan titles of nobility are only held >r life and are easy purchasable. It Is said that the Emperor Dora Pedro, who was a humorist In his way, built and maintained a lunatic asylum with the product of tha titles be conferred in tbe course of his long reign.

Fare far Resnnd Trip, ... Misgl** Trip either way) - OK SK T. uo-rnuc 0CEAN TEI p KKTK, ___ Horses and Carriages taken. Baggage and Freight Transported. Office at Union Transfer Co., Washington and Jackson Streets. t* II.MjIM F. RFNNKI.Iw General Manager III Chretaut Street, Philadelphia

Artists' Materials drawing and Painting OulMlJi for Outdoor Sketching.

F. Weber k Co., U2S Chestanl 8L, PHILAKKLPII1A. Order* by nail proapt

To Cottagers. Freaeb Boot aud Shoemaker liepairing done in flrat-clss* style. Charges moderate. ANDREW D(MINER, 65 Washington SL

MECRAY'S Grocery Store, No. 75 WASHINGTON CT., CAPE WAT CITY. Wt have introduced Meats —Imuw, Beef and Veals, into our stock, and can supply allcomers in any quantity. PRICES MODERATE.

CART. FRANKS’ Old Virginia Tobacco & Cigar Store ..Cap* Hay. lux Tobacco. Baa

He. 26 W Ptrst-ciaaa (Txar* and CbesrlngTobacoo. I Bail MatcrUiKBad KubloxTac 1 '- — Music sad Bonxs at bolloui MILLINERY STORE, riKB AVK, NEAR WASHINGTON 8T. Cape May Clty.N.J. a rcu. axil cBoic* Li** or Fashionable Millinery A Fancy Goods, Embroidery Silks

Mina Jennie Walee.

C. F. SMITH, Importer and Commission Merchant. FANCY GROCERIES. Sole Imjiorter of the well known LATOUR 0LIVE0IL THE FINEST. THE PUREST. THfc BEST IN THE MARKET. C. F. SMITH, 102 Walnut St., Phila.

WEST END LAUNDRY tbe •bhetest notice. Co >'u Caned Id* and deUvere i.

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THE STANDARD COCOA OF EUROPE. Van Houten’s Cocoa

•■BEST < GOES FARTHEST."

Royal Cocoa Factory, ; Weeep, Holland. A Delicious Substitute for Tm j and Coffee and Much Bet* l ter than either for the j Stomach A Nerve*. { Perfectly Pure. INSTANTLY PREPARED— EASILY DIGESTED. It ee*dt only a single trial t( — 1 brand either foreign or di up In l-a, 1-4,1-2 and one be had of any reliable grocer la the U. S. “OHCE TRIED. USED ALWAtS." N. Y. Branch: 106 dl 106 Meade SL

DILLON’S,

Corner Washington and Jackson Streets. Of which the well-known JOHN J. RATTY is proprietor, is one of the most central and popular resorts on the Island, at which the finest Wines and Liquors and Rochester Beer can always be had, together with superior accommodations for parties. Handsomely appointed parlors for ladies.

ICE! ICE! ICE! -Knickerbocker Jce Qo. or PHILADELPHIA BUTPUBR IWTKl.S, UBBTAURAKTS and COTTAOKH WITH

PURE EASTERN ICE.

coal:

coal:

COAL!

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BBBT OVALITY CABKFVLLT I'KEJ'ABKI) PUB FAMILY CBB. AND PULI. WjUOHT UI'AKAKTEiai.

Powell’s Hotel and Restaurant, • Ao. H Wzsxhington M., Cape May, IV. J. CHOICE WINES AND LIQUORS. BOARDING BY THE DAY OR WEEK. Agent for the Germania Brewing Company. BotUrd G.od* a Specialty for Family Cee.

E JOHNSON, * • YY mill lug Ion I

■iglon Klreet, near P. «., Cape May.

A Larre and WrU-delreted Black 4f

FINE SHOES AND SLIPPERS. A Pull Assortment ot Wall Paper constantly ua hand.

JP. Ft ©Ids ^Poifp Manufacturers of their Celebrated 1 and 2 H. F. GASOLINE ENGINES. Also a Foil Line of from 3 to 60 H. P, ^Vertical Ei}gii]es-«* When in need of Power of any description, don’t tail to write direct to P. P. OLDS & SON, LANSING,ICHICH.'