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CAPE MAY CITY. FIUIIAY MORNING. JULY !. IS92.

PRICE 3 CENTS.

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J SPICER LIAMTNO. ' ATTORKCY-AT-LAW BOMCITUU AM. MASTZA IK CHANCUT 47 W*BUIKOtOII Stukt, C*r* Mat City, N. J.

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OHOAM HAND.

ATTOKKKT AMO MuXUUXOIt-AT-LAW. Solicitor, Mastrr And Kxiraiorr Id ChABOcijr, Supreme Court CummiAAiooer

aud Notary Public.

Cate Mat Court Uodie, N..

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r. DOUGLASS, pocr-orric* fcwtnnw. Cape MAT CKy. N. J.

ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, SOLICITOR, MASTER AND EXAMINER IN CHANCERY OK THE STATE OK NEW JERSEY. JAMILS M. E. HILDRETH. COUNSELLOR-AT-LA W IOLICITOK.il AATSa* KZ AHIAEK IK L'H AHCEAT NUTAKY PUBUC. omr* Al No. 4 OCCAB Street. Cate Mat Cttt. V.J.

1*11 YNICIAXN. JAMES MECUAY. M. D. . ULMHKXT rUVBICIAS. *fh< K-I-EKHI Ht, orr. Oombei CATS MAY CITY. (ifte* /hmn-Vnm I la •• a’rlod

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TO COTTAGERS For Mhoe RcpulrinCi tbor ou^lily And dcaUt done, brine work to THOS. II. TAYLOR, the . . AlioemAkcr, Decatur Atrret, aecond . from Marcy A Mc-crey'* drug itore. Cbargei mode rate. K nickerbocker LIVERY STABLES (Uearnr Knlrterlaickrr IceOIOee), WAAIinsaTOS, AMOVE OcKAE STRKKT. IMAKUINU BOUSES A SPECIALTY.

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Japanese Store IX CAPE NAY IMPORTING DIRECT FROM JAPAN. I can therefore offer to •customers Fresher and More Desirable Goods, at More Advantageous Prices, than can be procured elsewhere. You are invited to examine and satisfy yourself as to this fact. T. SflNZO.

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^JIL WALTER *. LEAMINO, DENTIST, EPICE COK. HUOBBI AMU OcKAM STE. Cape Mat Citt, N. J. i Atteeuamce IUilt. g H. PIIILLIPB, M. U., KKSIHKNT HOEKorATHIU PHY SI (TAN, 1‘or. Or ran And HusfcrA SUtTta. CAPE MAY CITY. «lcc aoun; 7la« A.M..1IOS PJI-MoTPJI NR. ANNA M. HAND.

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>C H..nu-K and cArrful l>il»rr«. ran br ut dr. rtc.. At muderAtr ebATKra WILLIAM UEBENTIIAU Pruprirtor. JAMES J. DOAK, CARPENTER AND BITLIIER Mat I main Fumi-I,rd. Jobbing atuwdnl td.

J^JEST JERSEY RAILKOAD. TIMETABLE IN EKKECT JUNE 24, ICC •Parlor Cat Attachrd. Train, w.ll Inam Cap* May A> IoIIowb lor PHILADELPHIA: G or A. M..ACCOMMODATlUNJKlopD At .09 All lAlrrardlatc Italian.. raunrrUAt 'hjurt liouv* for AnKh-ara, Wildwood and llalr Hnch. at NrwArld (or Allantlr City ami —mrrK poiut. at (•U.alroru fur Brldp-tan laicio. and amrr* al PhiLadrl|ihu al y.3lA 7 AA a Tl —Kiprra. with Ihrouch I' •UU man Pailort'artoNrw YofKArrl at ITuUdolphla al VJO a. m.. Nrw York 1 kirM. WlUwmal and Holly Brarh. •o rir. A.M.-Kinn-M. urming at 11 O'UU drlphlo al lujju A. M. 'S.55 Holfy Beach. '.■) 4)C P M.-Eiprrwa. Coo J..ZO Hmisr lur An*lnra. Hally Beaeli: al Bra l.lr Jun Ule CltJ^Occah CM>. Aj.aI.mi.

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•toarh: al Sea l.lr Junction fur Sea l.lr Iialuo. Ivwruioni and Sumy Harbor, a lira at Philadelphia lUSP.M. KEUM PHILADELPHIA. Train, leave lor Cape May:—P-.nm. week day*. ‘■IJM a. m- “«*• ~

CAPE MAY, N. J. 1ACH AVK..ONE MTAKK BEUIW K. B. • STATION. Boomi dehchirnlly c.wl^'hd Alrjr MRS. C. E. M UNROE. yYOMIXtt. 401TH I.AFAYETTE ST. nlanced aad~reuoTated. « and *IO per week. MRS. 1. FOSTER.

lOLLINb COTTAGE,

Hie Old (HbKM cheotrr Beer. I

P. COLLINS,

CAPE MAT.

BUXTON VILLA.

>pen for the Season. hu- the Beach. Fine Piamau

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STOCKTOX IIOTEA., THE FINEST SEASIDE HOTEL IN THE WORLD. ■ and urnlrrunaurpannl KATES—A'i .'<i.« and »'• Weekly rale. lor two liermu F. THEO. W AI.TON-, Proprietor.

JVING ON SIX DOLLARS A WEEK.

le for !

and I shall be glad to give you the •natinn you aevk. You m for yourself the room 1 have. It la a aide room, about big •nough for a small pantry. What heat it romivea comes from the general heat of the

' use."

'You must be cold, then, eametirom.'No. There's a good furnace In this house, and by leaving my door open a good k-al of heat gets into the room; beside*. I’m from Canada, ami something of an athlete, and perhaps do not feel the cold as " rugged man would.” "Your mom ia certainly small.” "Yea That short mantel bed, the little small trunk arc a tight flt (e. There's no closet, so I ' wall. :

NOVEL FIRE FIGHTING.

aUiing Out the Flame, of a P.urulng Whoever heard of killing a horse or an the first step to he taken toward put-

prairie fire? What dweller

the Dakotas has not heard of Ilf For it is frequently dune by the settlers at the newnorth west, when: prairie fins are a greatly dreaded menace to life and property. It was the chief of a once important tribe of Indians who remarked, upon completing a sightseeing tour through the principal dUes at the east, "Good, heap good; not so

good as a prairie flrel"

One who has never seen a prairie fire has missed one of the grandest rights. To the beholder who knows that no loss at life or property will result from It such a spectacle presents a picture of grandeur sometimes too awful to be really brauUful. If there wen- a policeman on every ' ' *■— In the Dakotas, -

or, the number of prairie fl

would no doubt bo almost as great as It la

is quite ample.

one I got into when I first came to uusto -That was an attic room, with ji„ rnough space, lengthwise, for a small bed

and a miniature dn-sring case. One little ; . .... cl.nit (.1^1,1 mlo 1, .rm,lull. I muldot ?£.“ Dial space tar my trunk except by keeping wutumu, but ripens as dotlm smdl Ihe^aH or Krtltu’r.^uJrUd? rUU * 010 II U plump ! > ' <mod * 1Ul “ ““i' «ubstanee facL there r,-»liv a-n. '<'^7 uutnUiMH tor grailng puryKsics and .ru.ee highiy inflammable. The exceedingly motions in pmung on and takie*I , ? ca «’; r rainfall and the entire absence u!

clothes. I wanted . bigger than a packing box. so I got

—« hero.’’

The recent ridt of the Comte de Parle to the United States and the long affiUaUon of the heail of the House of Orleans with > our military leaders may cause my readers to take some Interest In a brief account of this prince’s residence In his enforced exile

from his native land.

Stowe House, the KngH.y. home of the Count de Paris and his family. Is one of those anperb country houses, or rather pel aces, for which England la lastly famous, and there. In spite of his pretensions to the French throne, the Count de Paris leads the most quiet and domestic of Uvea It la , to he supposed that nnmeroas royalist conV spiracles for the overthrowing of the rs--publlc have been hatched end nnreed Into l- vitality beneath that Imposing roof. Bat as e general rale the exiled prince p-*—

- 1 days In attending tr *-•

.a ...,l , ..i ;.... . IT .. .. i loomm aim wic enure anence <« oaodtaking off one s dews in the greater portion of those atatea to deep to something ( pul ^ , n lbu ^ ^.^dc

| (unditioa for making a fierce, quick fire.

1IOTKL, I.4FAYKTTK, tCAVK MATT. X. J., .JOHN TRACY * CO., - Owners and Proprietors. Directly on the Beach. Complete In every drfiartmrnL TIioroEchly r vated ami supplied with the latest improved pss»onger elevator. Address J Manager.

^oofogleaf ^arben Fairmount Park, PUILADEU’HII. FOR THE SEASON I8S2. icreased altrartion. In the Urge coUectio of living Mild Beasts Birds and Reptiles.—Interesting and Inslruetire.— dmlsslon, 26 Ota.; OPEN KVEKI Aecrwalble by Street Car, Batydys apd Legal Holiday, (exorpl July

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West Jersey Cabinet, Cor. Grant and North Sta.. I Opposite Drpal) CAPE MAT CITY. N. J. FREEf EYE EXAM - , NAT|ON .

ouneYE SPECIALIST win bo in cape MAY, MONDAY A TUESDAY, JULY 4 A &, 32 Washington St., 2d Floor. ftwaajOA. M.u.'.p.M rerun, who have beadacbe. ov whoee eyre are earning dlscomton sbawM call span our sSStts-srseasr: s!s.’Ki33L.SS25"" -- QUEEN d, CO., Oculists and Opticians, IOIO Chistm-i Hr., Phila.

before coming fi

great wages in the States were all noi sense, but for all that,” ho kald. laughing. “I find It hard to keep alive. Nevertholately been cutting down expenses so as to save up.” “To save up on six dollars a week! How

am you do that r”

“Well, in the first place 1 have to .[tend :wo dollars every week for this cupboard— — yon know. Then by strict econ

it has to bo mighty strict. I as yon. though my work don't oblige

over twenty cents a week for my laundry?”

“Well, your meaU must cost you fi

13.50 to W per week, and then your clothes ] “rhe'

when nidi.l by the strong winds that al--iost constantly blow over those prairii*. Every dweller of the great northwmt Is

mirie fires.

- seen their lurid lights In the distant horixon, or by •lay their huge volumes of smoke rising —-* ‘- tiding with the clouds, and many _ - - — -■ consuming

Krolwbly

are even familiar

Inarch of the flames . ... the first InUmatlin the sctiler rereii approaching fire connw from the falling

and extras'

“Wait a moment. I don't pretend to fur-

nish my clothes yet, So they ' When it -

Iviler on smoke may be seen on the distant horizon, which increasra in volume and blackuois until the w hole sky may U

■ darkened; or, if the night bo coming on,

I the Haines will light up the whole land

; scape and their glow will bo reflect..]

" ..... bis farm or

I let them pi

ranch protect..1 by firebreaks These Usually maile by plow ing two strips a few furrows wide and several rods n|iart. and

burning the grass betwi-en.

There is but little likelihood of putting out a Dakota prairie lire during the day.

week and dinner* 1 ’ I "* *' 1, "1- which is almost invariably "Wait. Tell me bow you S«kDwt and 1 ‘

’“wrin^W^breadand a qaart

and then three pints—of milk a day,

besides my dinner. I've been doing that

for a fortnight, and And I get on well, though the milk don't seem to well acquainted 'with honest cows s milk 'down homo' seemed to be.”

'And your dinner?”

'Well, for dinner I have a good square

meal.”

"What does that cost?' ‘•Twenty-five cetila. At some dining room* you can get soup and fish and meat, egetablcs and two kinds of dissert, lie ides tea or coffee, for that sum mm, to average up the cost, 1 restaurant where my sister gets her meala There twenty-one meals are giren fo dollars. I take a punch out of her and pay her the price, fifteen cents.

"Well, yi

Igo t

sing in the church choir and a few friends in that way.

Then there are the libraries, and in the

I take long evening walks or play

“Sometimes, though, of a Sunday afteron I feel lonely, hut 1 generally work the feeling off by writing a long letter home. That seems Like talking to the folks, and helps wonderfully. Hut I tell you, sir, for a country hoy who has been used to looking out on 'all out doors' such a cram|nil little box as my room la, with only a view of the grin# block across

way, is at times hapl Uj bear, lam In the room much though—thank

heaven! 1 shall have A 'raise' In my pay before long. I hope. Then I'll go where there's more space for breathing and mov

lug.”—Youth's Companiom^

K> dewfall in that region, the fire Is less fiercely anil may be at times entirely extinguished The most successful methnl of putting out a fire, aid one frequently employed. Is to kill n horse or cow, i ’ splitting the ramies drag it along the line and over the flames, which are thus

extinguished.

This Is done by attaching long w ire ropes to two limbs of‘the lan-ivi, to each ul which is hitched a horse on which is an experienced rider. One of these horsemen riib-1 on either side of the line of Are, and liy skillful reining they draw the lady of the dead animal directly over the flames Sometimes a fresh hide, weighted down with pieces of iron fastened to it. Is used Instead of the carcass of an animal. By this method a line of fire twenty miles in length may bs extinguished in one night Men on foot usually follow after the horsemen and put out any fire that may remain after they have passed.’ The scene presented by each a company of fire fighters is extremely weird and one which a beholder is not likely to forget Fortunate It is if those .interested complete their work before the coming of dawn, for if they do not Uie rising of the wind may send U^e fire leaping over the area of ajuntra-uicJ-L^ve labored to save, aid blacketMU plain, ipd the smoldering heaps Had mark Hie Kites of former ranches aid homesteads will tell the oft told story of the Dakota prairie fire.—Chicago Her

HOTEL Of AEFONTE, reel and Sewell avenue, Cape May, N. J. Open all the year. Ga H. W. SAWYEH, Proprietor.

Hotel* Oriole

L. PHIL. KOENIC,

I’KOPKieTOK.

All Rooms Face Ocean. Deviled and Son Shell Crab* Steamed Crabs a Specialty. Ckfe

Opposite Congress HeII,

CAPE MAT, N, J.

When the Dope Broke. Tbe tng-of-war erase seems to have come to stay. Whenever a crowd assembles and a rope can be begged, borrowed or stolen there Is an international tug. The other morning the back yard fence f an up town boarding housagonld have oen seen bending under a mass of howling humanity. Any stranger would ’ thought a fire or a homicide was In . ress Insidathe fence, bat it was only thre. little shrimps In short pants and two little girl* In suubonneU having an Impromptu tug-of-war on a clothesline Excited sii ten, cousins snd aunts, regardless of lacl of powder, paint and bangs, rushed out« the boarding house and took sides, till the flimsy line gave way, and what a faf there, my countrymen! Several of the more excitable spectators dropped off the top of the fence like dead flies from a ceiling when that line gave way, and sixteen maidens on one side threw sensational Upflape, while half score of athletic mauuns on the other aid. knocked splinters out of the fence with their bAlrplrdc—San Francisco Chronicle

Wanted t. Tuesday a young ms 1 festivals, dined wiUi Croesus of gold.

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rips. In quantities fabulous and

again!” whispered thi

hostess to the major domo, with a supreme

ly disdainful air.

All tbs guests refused with undisguised horror to accept tbe fruit so common The miserable, shameless young man filled hi. plate, thinking with good cause lha other occasion to parade an utter la tact, prejudice and distinction would i occur In as finished a farm again.—New

York Turns.

Joseph os says that the son of Arphaxad was Ueber, "from whom they original I j railed the Jews Hebrew*.” Abraham t. the first person called "the Hebrew" in the King James version; in the Septoagint

J.R. W ILSON, Prop'r. ~

by Electric Light.

Many of the London photographer* are in Inducing electric lights In their studios, both for taking the pictures and for tng tbs negative, the long periods of

:lt morally certain that sooner or later 1 should find a man who had never heard of Dickens. Find him 1 did. In a negro of "uave manners, who waited upon me al a c4cl in Ohio. While deep in the study of marvelous bill of fare I was addrwsd thus by Sambo, "Excuse me. miss, but are you the lady that Is to lecture to-

night?”

re rood a great deal about yon in i

Papers."

1 knew what this meant—passes. "Would you like to hear the lecture?' Sambo rubbed bis hands with satis! tion, declared be would and went off commune with the other waiters, wto stood in a corner watching the interview. I'ronen Uy Sambo returned, and scratching his head said: “Excuse me, miss, but I'd like to have a pass for me and my girl She reads belter than I do." "Very well. You shall have a pass for Sambo thanked me profusely, again retired and again returned, scratching hD head with greater vigor than before. "Beg pardon, miss, but who D this Dickson? Is be tbe man that makes paper collars? I've read a great deal about him." “Not Dickson at all!—Dickens, I novelist.” Sambo was perplexed; Sambo ruminated; Sambo rubbed his right haoH up and down his right leg. and then exclaimed with sudden animation: "Oh, I know! I reckon he's tbe feller that write* the dime novels." —Kale Field's Washington.

(be receives bushels of letters daily. many of which are of too private a nature to he Intrusted for their answering even to his confidential secretary), literary work. In which be takes great delight, and In fishing In the stream that flows through

bis grounds.

The young prlnocs rid# snd shoot and accompany their father on all his excursions. The Princess Helene, who is an ardent and accomplished musician, spends a great deal of time at her piano and takes great pleasure In getting up Impromptu little concerts In tbe evening* for the amusement of her parents. Asd then there Is the constant coming and going of visitors from France, for Stowe House, though It has not quite uken the place of the loet residence of the Coant of Cham, bonl as a Mecca for the nobility of France, still lures to its doors a goodly number of those who cherish a hope of the restoration of Uie monarchy. There la always a good deal of bowing and hand shaking on the part of these visitors, and they always address their host as “Sire," bat whether he chooses to consider himself Phi ipps VII or Ixmls Philippe H Is not exactly known. There was no doubt about tbe Count de Cham bo rd; he always considered himself, and was.considered by his party, as being 1 do not know If the Count de Parts has succeeded to one of the Count de Chambonl's functions, which was to act as hot to and to Iwstow his benedictions upon tbs newly wedded couples that belonged to the aristocracy of France. HD Austrian horns was always the shrine *t which the noble brides and bridegrooms of the nation went to offer np their homage. But these little observances are dying out. The affiliation of the count with the UoulangDt conspiracy has done much to damage his prestige, as it showed forth not only a lack of polri-otlam-on bis part, but also a lack of Intellicence In pinning bis faith on the pretensions of the "brave gencraL"—Paris Cot St- Louis Post-Dispatch.

Taking Photographs. “I suppose babies are onr most troublesome sitters," said a knight of the camera, “for mothers always want to get a good expression on the pudgy little faces. I have made all manner of noises and grimaces. and made a perfect fool of myself to attract their attention and make them sit still When everything else fails I light some paper. 1 have burned np many a newspaper, and wonder I have not bnrned np the shop. Bat they will watch a fire a little while. "Some of my customers afford mo considerable amusement. Once lu awhile 1 a man who has never been photographed. He will want to know if bis ear* are ail right, or if bis hair is in disorder, and bo seems to care more about getting clothes in tbe picture than bis face. When everything is ready, and 1 take this pole with the picture for him to tlx hD eyes on, pul it In lu place snd say, ‘Look at this,' he will get up and come and inspect , and I have to pose him all over again. "One wishes to know all shout the Iron prop that steadies hD bead. Everything ms so mysterious to him. *811*11 I have sit still fifteen minutes?' he will ask. ' "Oh, no.' 1 say; *aboat fifteen seconds.' 'When done he will say, "Oh, yon made

A Sunny Dining Pag— e dining room should be light and sunny. Tbe most essential pieces of fund lure are a table of generous width, capable at being enlarged, comfortable chairs and a sideboard. After that, if the room br large enough and the parse will admit of the purchase of a cabinet or two. with e us fronts and sides, so much the better, these there can b* kept dainty blu of and glassware. These cabinet, will ten a dining room more than anyelse you can put into it. possibly ex>g pictures. If there be no room for _ . rintx, a corner cupboard ami some hanging shelve* will he a great addition Pictures that suggest pleasant things are at course, always desirable. A few thrifiy ferns, flowering plants or eg •ga.-us add a great deal to the brigiitnea V od beauty of any room, but particularly in the dining room. Have them there if you possibly c-".—Marta Parka in Ladies' Hume Jour

'riling for tbs Dollar.

To writ* for the doljar D folly. Let

your work measure your Income, not your , je work _ The moat irritating au .

e onr who in her letter obtrusive

ly snows that all she want* D to "get all she can.” In a certain sense thD D right. What D worth printing D worth paying for. Get the best prices yon can for youi work. That D always legitimate. Bui don't make tbe price the whole object, the sum and substance of your letter to editor or publisher. Leave something to Ids judgment and sense of fairness. He knows you are not working for lore or for tbe

benefit of your health.

Be paid for yonr work and do such work that yon will be paid well. Strive for * position where you can command good price*. But don't work, and show in yout work, and in every Has of year letter, first, last and all tbe time, that yon are only working for the dollar. Write what the public want*; write in a plain, popular Style; take car* with yonr work, snd the dollars will take care of them**!res.—Edward W. Bok in Ladies' Home Journal

thor D tl

ly or monthly pnbiicalions. Now than are forty wsekliss and one dally. Ten yean ago ordinary daily joornaD gavs litHe space to raring, and 1ms to batting. Now the prominent papers give tali details -* tbe pool and book betting.—W. B. Car-

ls in Forum.

■ka Spaka to tka Polar. The shortest speech on record, and tl xo, by a woman. D heard of in Indians woman walked seventy miles to hear a.

Rising slowly at great solemnity, and said, "I hoofed It." Then she sat down again.—Detroit Fre«

Superintendent—Bow D this, Murphy! '*n cents all yon took In on yonr round trip? Conductor—Yes, sir, 1 struck an orphan asylum picnic. They went down and back with me, and every on* of 'tin. savin the min charge, was nnderi —

White oak timber D valued in ahipbnild Ing. Apple D excellent fur food and fuel "'eaver’s shuttles are m«d» of tbs wood. lack birch Umber D used In basket works and that tree D claimed by the t~<i.g.

* the use of direct light, their natural inheritance. It emits a pleas-

odor when buming.-Uome and Farm to U^roEii^New YarkTYmoa

A patent has been taken oat for tbs manufacture of a good substitute for Ivory. The Ingredient* used are mostly those of which natural Ivory D composed, and the addition of different coloring matob >«« °* any desirable shads