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CAPE MAY CITY. FRIDAY MORNING. AUGUST 11 m\.

PRICE 3 CENTS.

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nn MONT SMITH, MAN'UKACTUBIKG CONFECTIONER, -gooxxi sou) at rmi-ADA rKirn - *0 5 Wathinf tor Strati. CATS MAT.

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SOUCITOB ABU MABTKB IB CUABCBBT

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ORGAN HAND, ATTOUBT *KU COUinBIAiOB-AT-LAW. Solicitor. Master and Examioer in Ok.aorrj, Supreme CoartCommiaaic aud Notary Public. Cate Mat Cocar Houia, N. J.

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ATTORNET-AT-I.AW, soucrrou, master and examiner IN CHANCERY OP THE STATE OP NEW JERSEY. JAMES M. E. HILDRETH. COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW

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yiOTEId CHAIaFOXTK. Howaid street and Sewell aeenue, Cape May, N. J. Open all the yoar. Ga Electric Rella. Accommodations fir.t-claaa. H. W. SAWYER Proprietor.

Hotel:-Oriole

L. PHIL. KOENIG,

All Rooms Fare Ocean. Ikctllrd and Nodi NIioll t rain. Steamed Craha a Specialty. Ciifc SttAiflied.

Op|iosil«' Congress Hall,

CAPE MAY, X. J. J.U. WILSON, Prep’r.

He took the head of a match from a tin boa in which wns aieo a bunch of rerj grassy cotton, and said; "That match has a story It was ortgh Daily made In Sweden, ww sent to New York and thence to IMumrlUo. Tex. Thera it was sold u> a bin darkey, who worked at the cotton compros ih.it stands near the tracks of the Santa Fe road The darkey was a smoker, and beranse the box In which the match had been sold to him broke, be took this match, with others, and stuck it into ths mailed wool on top of bis bead. According to the rule at the oomprtas, the hand, are not allowed to smoke on the promises, but they do gather Into the engine room to enjoy their pipes In esse there it any break in (ha work. “Now this darkey’s work plane was right to front of the Idg iron plate that nums down on top of the bale, and It waa his duty to cut old In.n hands when the bait was in place aud .ubaUiute the new ones. The men who do this hare to hump them selves to keep up with the machine, and this fellow bumped himself so much that he shook (he mulch from his bead and It (ell right where one of the iron hands coaid catch It. -

The stonlnB to death of the Talmud as follows: The criminal was oondnrte an elevated plane. divMrd of his attire U a man. and then hurled to the ground fas low. The height of the eminence fn which l>e wa- thrown was always mi than fifteen feet, the higher, within e tain Umlta, the better. The rtolrnoe . the conclusion caused dealt by dislocating the spina! cord. The elevation was nut to be so high aa to greaUy disfigure thy body. This wus a tender point svhh the Jews: man was created in God’s it age. and it was not iwrraitted to desecra.. the temple shaped by heaven’s own hand. The first of the w it msaes who had lied agatnat the condemned man actod as executioner. In aoo.nlanee srtlh Deuteronomy xvii, t. If the convict fell face down ward, he wna turned on his back. If was not quite dead, a ■.tone, so heavy as require two perron* to carry tv was ink

at the ei

been thrown, the second u then hurled the stone sc the culprit below This p

s witne

condition of the coudrronsd and the bright from which he was oast insuring. In generality of cases. Instant death. It may be well to mention In this • section that proi ions to carrying In to affect a sentence of death a death draft, as it wot called, was admin) • -

nal* victim. ThU of myrrh and frsn cup of vinegar or light

a kind of *tu|>efartio

condition of mind and body, rendering the convict indifferent to his fat* and scarcely sensible to pain As soon as the culprit had partakeroed the stupefying draft Um execution took place.-American Notes

“Thera. Tom. That w

to Galveston. Thence It came to this city In a osuter, wa* loaded on a lighter, and eventually was loaded into the hold of a

Liverpool packet when- 1 wu* standing. 1 and Quet

As It reached the deck I was on my rye fell { on the head of the match. Il was rur- ! rounded by louse cotton, for there wx. .

hole in the bogging, aud right alongside 1 Wt ,.

””■ I •Awrifr

that the rubbing of another hale against it ) , vhlb-lf ilemped . rvr, 7 morning the wide awaka ot

>e greasy cotton was likely to develop enough beat to fire itself, i sud that cuti did not hum spontaneously, but I

-r there. Brace up e done that. Heavy rer mind, it'll soon ta

might have easily firaoit, wbllclf It escaped I w. . 1 os o.. „ k .„. „ ^ si sissrs,

j that earned on to n-h-phous. only- the tone. I with “* c ^ amni F. almost caressing. The »i«xkcr is an old work worn, westhei

iimtwd old horse, who yogi along w knowing gall, a comprehending awing ol hi. —t. —*• x,,,! inteUigrat pump

SHOWELL & FRYER, Limited. IMPOETING GBOOERN AXD NINE DEALERS Juniper and Market Streets Philadelphia. Our Salesman, Mk. G. Scott, calls in Cape May City and at Cape May Point lor orders every TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY of each week. Orders carefully packed and shipped and freight prepaid. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. A Trial Order Nolieited.

• mineral oil This v

singular bulance. however, save In the combination of a match with greasy cot.

xara often found In cotton-

whole boxes of them They an- carelessly , .. put there by the planter when lighting his ! T* ol, I --- -

ilp* on U>* way lo market’’-New York ! H \ do UIKlrr «'*'“ 1 - 1 «illy do think, sun. i ramarkstheoshman c-onuncingly. "ThalS i how I called him Tom. Y'on aee. Tom ww ftenatar Callaai and the rrisonev. j my brother that died. He was the pick ol On one occasion Senolor Chllom, then the earth, but full of qurar thiukinga oi govornor. made a visit U> (he stale peui- 1 common arused |wrson could lake Mock In Unitary at Chester iu the southern part of 1 He said If looses warn't in heaven, and • k- «... rv— .k. priaonrrs waa scrv 1 doga, too. he didn’t warm uo heaven it

r murder. The cir-> his. He said they onuld think heaps bet cnnulanooa of the homicide wera aa fol- ter than some fool men.

h I ' VVs'sl. he died. He tbonght a heap ol h> man had killed sne of bis nelghbora this old bora, and he give him lo me. HU i all ray that was I he rasnll of a politiud name warn’t Tom; H waa UHL Rut'caust discussion during the war for the Union, i Tom took so murh stu-s In him I got U He bail been sent in punishment fur his : cnlliug him Tom, aud be just answered U crime to the Jnlict js-iuumiary. from It as if he had alius been called Tom. 1 dt ham he hail bran transferred to think he uudersuod. a heap, that buss

at Cbrsirr Tin. prisoner waa He's kinder bunan likr.”

prohelily sixty years of age ai the hum Aud Tom swung his tail comprehendnoted and had tsjrirln fii.rsUu: <Ue for s Ingty asfie Jnggrd along and s-.opjied by long trambrr of y.v.ra | another ash liarrcl -New York Herald.

He had hern a mod exemplary inmate of

he instilulion. having uniformly- conilact- The K.ug ansfcs. rd himself in a mnuto-r lhai had gained fur The kimr aoski- l« ihc mo.

* ,nn,to "T 'i "m prl ' , ': n found iTthb country,

autboriUes. and as a mark of this confi- ■ ronnnrror i.r »■ .rv .si. ■ ■ .i i.I ii S2Sd 0 oi?i"Shfild! , n n ‘Th W h hw * npir ran”

who entered' «d b-fiTL'^.h^ ^Pf." •» ’dhers. and On the occiodon of « U oso mao. .

rUit, haring [nsaed through Um ouiatds foow Ulan Tuelt ...r -rw-n-nnm was enlrnnce, the ^vernor U» u*ial “'SIvi. St ^ kl^^S ^n^“ m aod h “ 1 ^ ^ about, guard at once o|»-ncd Um irichet. when I fool of lu When the king soak.

: at liberty It ran around awhlli utu it struct Ihc track of ths other and

iru darted off iu pursuit.

Judge Pittman was fishlug on the bank

. , , iii.ssssiiis, . ijN rs um. an .unerw, ana near* the plane had ly always swnllows his victim. Recently

a large king snake was discovered making * 1 -* *—’i^nrach larger and

Governor Cullom. In a spirit of pleasantry, j made the niinecwanry Inquiry: I u , “Will you let me Int" I .s

In reply the pri«mer instantly unlocked Ju was u,umg on the nai and threw open the large door and. bow mg ol a river and saw a coachwhlp awimmina

and struck out through the woods In a

The story would in Incomplete if It could not he recorded that iu sequel occurred within a eery few months, when the governor, having aallalied himself of Ux> excellence of the prisoner's character and that him offense had Ira n fully cxpUted by his long imprisonmeut, grnnled him an unconditional pardon. —Washington Pint

Secret of Usailln’s I'owwlerily-. To thedsyof his death HanoLinl Hamlin waa a figure that men would hum and look at a second lime on the si reel. Ills tall form, which In old age was Mit slightly bent, was always clothed In the old fashioned black swallow toil suit, and be always wore a (all silk hat, generally “back numlier.’' tilted slightly hack on b head. For years he was famous as a man who,never wore an oiercnat. and b death be never 1iur.Ien.-l himself with to him unneeswaary- garment except on tha moat severely cold days For a half century he never chnngtd the style of his clothe* He walked with a swinging gait, bad so many friends and acquaintance* to whom lie had to how that a smile seemed to be ever on bln face. In his long public life be owed hlsaucceas to the fact that he gave all people In Ids pretence to understand that be. by lb cident of popular favor, wax placed, in his own estimation. In no way above them, and that they were etitllled to all courtesy from him. So he liecanie strung in the people's regard All through his public career he wns.a» faithful to the poor as to the rich, and served with equal real his friends and those who opposed him. He made ii a ruit lo give liie business of everybody' in his district his personal attention In the departments. Instead of placing It In the hands of some subordinate or neglecting II altogether. — New Y'ork Times

'bile he saw s king anake

which landed at the the woods on the track ol

ic grows lo great site, and

small while -tnpesaround the body. Thcli tenacity of life is marvelous. They hue. been known to crawl off after their ’ were mashed into a Jelly.—Cor. Atlanta Constitution.

NEW VOUK FLAGPOLES. THEY ARE MANY AND THEY ALWAYS LFAN TOWARD THE NORTH.

Every builder who si tion of a house is obliged to tnrluds a fiagpols to his plana The poire are mads at wood, nsusil; length of sere ferred. Beyond that height pine If the pole Is a single stick. The wood * Norway. Nos* F

Says Dr Flint Of certain cases cited hjr him. "On careful microscopical examination, the while hairs w ere found lo conbilu a great number of air globules iu tbs medulla aud in the cortical sub-toner, hut tbs pigment was everywhere preserved." The microscopical exnm inatlous by Dr. LandoD and others leave uo doubt os toibccause of the white color of the hair lu cases of sudden blanching, and instance* show that the fact of tbcTccurrericr of this pbrnom enon can no longer he called in question. All are agreed ibnt there is no diminution In the pigment, but that Hie greater part of the medulla become* AI Id with air, small globules being also found In the cortical substance.—Hyland C. Kirk-In New York Times. Fsreslgbt. Sanaa (in high class rrstanrant)—Why, there are no prices staled on this bill of Rodd—No. they are Xu they might spoil the appetites of t*--’- •

A liars Asia. Y'onng Lady—Hare yon any Texas I

Ing birds!

Dealer—Plenty ot them. Mint mocking bird* come from Texas. 7 ‘ Young ljuly—L'm—have you any from some stole that most mocking birds do Dealer—I are yon prefer to b* exclusive, and I am fortunately able to accommodate you. Here is a mocking bird which has Just come from Malnr-the only mocking bird I ever received from that state. Young Lady—That's grand! I'll take it. Dealer's Boy (some momenta after)—Mr. Blrdaeller. do mucking birds gro

Maine!

Dealer—No. sonny. I sold that Maine woman, and she sent H back bo cause it couldn't sing.—Good News.

Sub-Aqueous Tuuuellug by Tl An Edinburgh engineer suggests a ndval and aomrwbul peculiar method of tunnel log under rivers, proposing the use of a steel or Iron tube which shall be laid oc the river led aud then covered with clay lined wlih brick or concrete. The plan b first to dredgv out a bed or seat ou the lint of the desired tunnel -and than to dump day Into this cutting oo the river bottom. Then tfae tube la lo be floated Into pout Uou and sunk Into the bed of day. Orel the tube day In bags la to be deposited until the tubs is completely covered, and then the ends of the sunken tube arc to be

lining of h

within.—NeW X

bharp Competition. A placard In the window of a provision dealer reads as follows: "Best butter one •hilling a pound. Any one paying more luhs himself." HU neighbor, a dairyman, who also deals In batter, very naturally Inferred that ths notice aimed at him. He, therefore, returned the compliment by pulling up the following announcement. "Bret buttor one and two pence a pound. Any ing less poisons hlmse'*"

"Why do I spend my lima reading romances!’’ repeated an old woman to one who bad questioned her. "Heading romances baa been my favorite amusement always When I was young I read them to anticipate what I hoped to experience; * “sin to recall what I have

down smaller with a •«»•*. *n.mooed with a flat plane and finished with a hollow plana If the pole U not exactly straight k has to be made so by planing It on one sida It ta then put in a yard to "check.” That la. It g«a a chon re to crock oo lira Mdca Three crack, or "checks" are filled with putty, or If they ere (oo large they an filled with oakum and calked like the Umbers of e Ship. The pole U then pointed and fitted srith a wooden hail on top. Flagpole maker, •ay that poire ought to be painted once a year. It makre them last longer When a pole is pot up la two pkore it Is joined He gether by a dovetail splice. This splice to strengthened by beery iron bauds around the splicing. From fifty lo eighty feet makes a good length for a pole If It is eighty feet long It ought to have * diameter of twelve to inches at lu boss, end other lengths ere made In nearly this proportion. Flagpoles are taken down bees use they rot at the bare, bet a great number of them get struck by lightning every year. After that they are good for nothing but DOW POLES WAHP AXD LX AX A fiagpole costs the buyer from lie lo |1*A It cat* the maker from *3 to »1J, baa to reject many sticks when ha to work them Into shape end be put them in position. ThU task to often difficult and dangerous Poles have to be put on the tops of domra, and • circular stairway has lo be built around the sides of these domra to enable workman to the required point Then poise are I on fist roofs and peaked roofs, on «*• on stone walla, on rocks and even oo trees. Every Oagpole begins to warp aa soon as U put up. The beat and the atmosphere sem to affect It A curious fact to that if pole Is act straight it always warps toward the north; that to. the top of the pole trill he found to Incline slightly northward. One authority says that this bap--•eoa because the sun rises In the northeast md art* on the pole when It to damp srith the night dew. He dura not know bow thto theory would apply to poire in cities that an in a d.fi.reni latitude thoa New York Anol her authority rays that the wind has great deal lo do In warping the poles, and till another ex|wrt says that • pole trill end In the same direction that U Inclined when h was a tree In lu natlva forest. noons alter the Indl he flagimlre of New Y'ork re nearly all bent with their heads toward he north There ore a few Iron poles In thto city, lie most popular one to probably In a Jonh •hop by this lime. It used to stand on the Western Union building. In lower BruodthU pole that the famous "time ball" glid'd up aud down. Ball and broken and taken down at the time of the fire In the Western Union buildin Thete are some high poire In New York, od there are others that are set In high placre. The custom bouse has three. I wo of these measure Hi feet each, and the third one Is Ml feet In length. The middle pole of the custom house sras pot up In The flagiuie on the Dakota fists to rl above the ground. Of this height UB feet la-long to the building, the net to pole. This stick coat «75 The fiagpioie on Sc Bartholomew's church, at Forty-fourth and Madison avenue, stick* out of the tower at an angle of 45 degv, when you act 1C When you don’t sea it the reason is that It is hanging down luslds the lower. It is worked by machinery, and Is drawn in when not in n«e_ Then are five poke on the Gratal Central depot The tallrat of these holds up a glided eagle measuring 21 fret from Up lo tip. The Manhattan Athletic club’s pole Is not very high, but It attracts notice because It stands well oat from tbs balldtng. Union square is well provided with poles Madison square has s numerous cluster, and the new Holland house, at Ybirtieth street sind Fifth avenne. baa three monster sticks The memory of “Tom Riley's Liberty Pole” Is still green In the hearts of many New Y'orkere This famous pole stood near the corner of Wee* Broadway and Franklin street It was erected In ISM. on

•aid IS? feet from the ground on which It Mood. Figures were placed npon It at intervals to mark lu height, and the little grass plot on which It stood was the scene of memorable gatherings of firemen In the deys of the rolnnlerr department. Streams of water were thrown toward the top of Riley's pole, and the engine that ranched the highest mark received a prise from judges who viewed the contest from roofs close by. Klley's pole was struck by lightning within ten months after Ite erection. It was replaced by a new one, end the latter pole was there as late aa 1558, when the advance of business caused

Ite removal

FAMOUS FLAGPOLE* Every schoolboy can see In his mind's eye the daring American who climbed the Battery fiagpole and tore down the British colors that had been nailed there when I be English salted from New York In 178& The earliest pictures of New Amsterdam show s fiagpole on this site. The present one is not old, Ite predecessor having been struck by lightning less than a doarn years ago. The shivered pole fell northward srith a terrific crash. A fameus 11 repole used to stand near the corner of Avenue D and cast Houston Engine 44 of the Old "Lira Oaks" used to have Ite practice trials under this pole. Hickory poles were very popular In the days of the “Old Hickory” campaigns A number of them were erected In the „ -.isrtable pole stood in the Fire* ward on the ns.f of the Tlpi*canos House, at Broad and hums streets, tn the days of Harrison the Find. Half way up this pole was a truck or cro—piece. On this truck built a small log cabin, and the roof ‘>in supported a large cider barrel, ot ■ poll li col struggle* that are well utgb forgotten today.—New York