VOL. XXI. NO. 2.

CAPE MAY CITY. SATURDAY MORNING. JULY 2. 1892.

PRICE 3 CENTS.

ATTORXEYH.

T SPICER LEAMING. ° * ATTORNEY-AT-LAW MUUCITOB AND MAJJTEB IN CUANCBKV 47 Washinoton Stbikt.

Cat* Mat Citt, N. J. jy^OROAN HAND,

Attobnit and Coukabiaob-at-Law. Solicitor. MAAtrr And ErAroiner In Chancery, Supreme Coart CommiAiioDer

And Notary Public.

Cape Mat Cocbt Uouak, N. J.

MINCEI.I.AXEAHN.

TO COTTAGERS For Shop Rrpairini;, thoroughly and neatly door, brin^ your work to THOS. II. TAYLOR. Umj poir ular ahoemaki-r. Decatur atrert. aecond simp from Marcy A Mi'cray'a ding store.

('barges moderate.

H.

ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. SOLICITOR. MASTER AND EXAMINER IN CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY JAMES M. E. HILDRETH. COUNSELLOR-AT-LAW Aoui;iToa.MAATUiBKxAwniKaiACBaKCSBi notary Public. OBr* at No.« Ocean Ntr -et.

I’ll YSICIAXS. JAMES MECKAY, M. D.

VJ

r M. D. MARCY. M. !>.,

£JR WALTER S. LEAMING. DENTlaT, Oepicb—Cob. Uuohks and Ocean Sta. Cape May City, N. J. In Attendance Dailt.

PHILLIPS, M. D..

BE8IDENT IIOMEUPATIIH' PIIYSICUN, Cor. Ocean and Hugbr. MrerU, CAPK MAY UITY. Ofk* Hmtri: 7U»V A.M.. IU.3 P.M.. tbiT P. J yt. ANNA M. HAND. (OBoe ul tbe late Dr. Kenned) ) Cob. Waaiunoton and Dkcattb St> CAPE MAY CITY, N. J. Oppicb Houba:

BssiDEAcc-The Devon. Ha

HOTFIX AND OOTTAGF8.

STATES HOTEL.

JJ KITED Nee l^jeD'ival'

L.«-atino very rentral And near tbe beaife. Term., r. A Hi. and AT-' net week; $5 per day. B. KKKVBS. Proprietor. S EA CREST INN. CAPE MAY. N. J. BKAOti A\ K..ONP.^jrAKK BKlAIW K H. Bouma drligbt lolly enol and airy (Inly alaty feet I tom tbe aurf. MRS. C. E. MUNROE.

YOU I XU.

MtlTH LAFAYETTF NT. KalaiycTd and miotialrd 9N land *10 prr week. MRS. A. FOSTER.

/ROLLINS COTTAGE,

ilbaou WMaky and <dbrr Brandi. orr7ciiotoc Wine.. Pamlly Trade P. COLUSS. Proprietor. HE ALDINE, [lECaTva Htbebt. Neab Bbach Atbkvb, CAPK MAT. N • J. Tun. Mcaujia. I*ropi lator.

JJRKXTOX YILI.A. Open for the Season.

Union Transfer Co. BAUGAUE EXPRESS -ANDtocral .•.Riilroai.’.Tickgt.'. iguU. Car. Waaklaitaa and Jackses St*.

LIVERY STABLES

Wahhinoton, aiuivk Ocean Stkkkt. BUAKDIM; aOKHKB A SPKCI> tAHmla'tan huuni'iuw'p'itwUe Taitie.. Bariu akina. etc.. At moderate rharEea WILLIAM UKBKNTaAL.Proprietor.

TAMES J. DOAK,

° CARPENTER AND DITLDKR Ultimate. FuruMied. Jobblnu attended to.

BEaiiav IT’ Waalilnstoo St. ENT JERSEY RAILROAD.

THE OXLY

™de^_’Vmabk Japanese Store IX CAPE RAY IMPORTING DIRECT FROM JAPAN. I can therefore offer to customers Fresher and More Ut-sirablc Goods, at More Advantageous Prices, tlian can be procured elsewhere. You are invited to examine and satisfy yourself as to this fact.

T. SflNZO.

yy I>T JERSEY KAI

•Parlor Car attached,

rralnawltl leave Cape May aa tallow*

PHILADELPHIA:

H MC A. M-ACCOMMOIIATlirN-Htiipa al ..>0 all intermediate autinna. r.*nect.al

I and llol

rv Pol

STOCKTON HOTEL.,

THE FINEST SEASIDE HOTEL IS THE WORLD. -au.lveitln- un.uipa.wd KATES—dEtiu,*4 and A*» Weekly rate, tor twi imli.ni; and d.ainage an. lulrlj'ircrtcct. Orcbeatra |ila)> n-omlug concert'

8 00 delphk. al| ‘4.45 W

F. TIIKO. YVA1.TOX, I’roprU lor.

c STRANGE VERSION OF THE BIBLE.

THE OLD BACHELOR, portly, b

The pv«l .loctor i luilucd that "tbe tuld Kuagr of the old vulgr

an "aUeuipt t« diffi page the eleg.vucc i. might allup- ' men of cul pruvnl miiiil." Ur a bool generally neglected." Dr. Harwood therefor

Every

i lady of di.tiiir.hrii.

.mvewaU'lilladeipbU T’3' l p. , M! Ur ***' imrut RiaSetpWa 11 n-'l'■ U “ 1 PKOM P111LADRLPU1A. Train* leare tor cape May :-Kmre». week Jaya. •l.l» a. >. . •«.» and •.'.m r. H. s.iurda>. only. •! I* M A.. o..r_ irday only. Sunday K datlou. 7.1*1 a. m Earni Philadnlphla NA^lmincton A BaltlKor Bnlumoce, aiol W a.hli ."uimM’iar) l lj. 3 to. « . ^ and IS ia nnrhl. C.rnyr'avmrVlroad HtrU-'fslatwu.

HOTEL LAFAYETTE, CAPK MATT. X. J.. JOHN TRACY & CO., • Owuera and Prn|irletora. Dliectly on lire Brarb. Complete in every department. Tliiitouubly red rateil and Miiplre-d with Uie laUat improved paracDijer elevator. Aiblreaa JoilK

^ocfo^icai Qarbcn Fairmount Park, PHILADELPHIA.

-Wild BeBsta, Bird, and RepUle*.—IntemliBK and InitnicliTe.—

Aeomlblr by street Car and frrouent tralnl rum broad Street Statlou. Hatanlaya and laical Urdlday. (eecepl July

A D. THOMAS.

1>. C JESSUP

West Jersey Cabinet, Cor. Grant and North Sts.. lOppoarte Depot) CAPK MAT CITY'. N. J. FREE EYE exam(NATION.

our EYE specialist win bom CAPE MAY, MONDAY A TL'ESDAY, Jl'LY 4 * &, ‘I***- SB Washington 8t.. Ed Floor.

QUEEN 6, CO., Oculist* and Opticians, I0IQ ChestutSr, Paihe

HOTEL CHALFOYTE, Hus aid atrret and Sewell avenue. Cape May. N. J. Open all tl Electric Bella. Accommodatloua firat claaa. H. W. BAWYEH,

Hotel : Oriole

L. PHIL. KOENIG, PBoranma. All Koonis Face Ocean. l»ct ileal IIIIcl Non SUell 4 ral»« Steamrd Crabs a Specialty. Cafe Stented.

I'U/l] t'rtvOK

OppMitp ConKnss Hall,

CAPE MAY, N, J.

J.fL WILSON, P. J/V.

. . know, rnllunry letter b_v train wbaa o-rc » mum to make n compromlae batweeu diapatching a telegram and forwarding a letter by tbe uaual mrana. Tbe name advantage baa been enjoyed by eowapapera, ao far aa "copy" la concerned, for many yrara. Uld JournallaU can remember tbs time when telegraphing waa ao expenaira and ao uncertain that im»t of tbe naira which appeared In tbe Ixmdon preaa wu received by train. Id thoae daya aubedh tora had only to wait for the laat train, arriving soon after midnight, and thry knew what they had to deal with. Nowall that la changed. Tbe London preaa at tha present time receives nearly all ita prowtnctal news by telrgraph and a good deal of “copy" arrives in tbe small bourn of tha

morning.

little, atlll make gnat use of the'railway system for the transmission of news Ah must every expremi which atarta from Loudon between midday and evening carrita a number of (uu kagra from the news agenfctock exchange Information, and ao forth. Many of theae reports are tnromplrto. Part of a trial will, for example, ba sent by a train starting long before It la over, id the remainder by telrgraph. These

Cloak till ll) himvelf ita h iving lie* I )vin*i‘ti,nea1eaitt,i.- ■ ii-! —— anA .....

Bomct i mea leadi ng ar "Loudon Letters" ty.—Ixmdon Tlt-Uil

ihll^lng

l-Aragrapba

pay the common *lebt of

i shall not nil! An odor bail been found so frightful that latnre, but w* the discover**ra have be*-u obliged to aban- ■ rlinngeil from ' don Ita preparation. MM. Bauman and But even nfiei Fromm, in experimenting at Freiburg, In nu.lntions w< Brlagau, upon tlie organle sulphur deriraimvl>lling with Uvea, caused hydrogrn aul|>hide to act mm: Dimittia “imn acetone, and obtained besides trithlo i tor elrgnun »cvtone small i)uantltii-a of a definite oomUMii of cull! Pound nonvolatile and crystalline. CU ■" must ban Hnt)S4. At tbr same Ume there 1s found lie tin. great a very volatile body, having so eh ahorrlrarvthcopeu ble odor that etlii Imervaptau. cl) lenemer

cajiUn aud the other volatile aulpbur com

nlorvs my Cre Imunda are perfume, compared with 1L

Tbe d

witless of t;*sl. ; obtain this compound In . u signal a man i they do not doubt that it is tnonoeulphnrI my |ss>r and rtted acetltje Ci 116 S. Aa they were one dent psslm-'w: day distilling tbe product of tbr reaction conjoin III .Vie j of itxt grama of acctane with hydrochloric

I acid and hydWgeY ' ' • m* is amply fui Perfect nrrangrm ..f human Id. andmoldjng.set

> divine a -[.* whole surrounding district ofTUTclty was contaminated within a radius of TOO n>»

lisfying

ology. it leave, without grouni s*. largely forgi artirally free t<

Abraham Lit beard, laid Uie w hen he w as a

lamps were not iu Use in tlie t boyhood, and even raudln. wer. ohLaine*! by him. la- w as glad to self of a torch mode from a pine sitting over the fireplace on a u Intel In his home, which was a rude c dare say hr enjoyed w hat he read than anything he found to read i life, w hen all the modern Iwoks and know tin*

Every elfort to obtain this substance In a pure state raised such a tempest of protaa Milena and complaints against the laboratory that the experimenter* wer* obliged to discontinue their researches.—Pharma-

ceutical Era.

A question which the etiquette hooka should settle is the proper behavior On lie- : Ing caught iu a lie. TbU would Interest

"I’ve found out that lie you told aboi I me,” sard an irate person to her one da , “Have you! Iteallyt" aha promptly a . swered. “Which onaf" This is sure to staggi

BILL’S PISTOL PRACTICE. In a Jolly Mood Or Shot a Fly O* tka Nose of a German Grocer. The principal characters before Judgfe I-cve, of the police court, one morning were Bill Fox. a cowboy from Texas, and Hans Jacob*, the keeper of a combination

long, flowing hair w for the want of a comb. The usual reeolrcr In hla belt was abaent, however, and In conaeqnence he wore an air of disgust, which plainly said that he considered himself only half a man without It. Hans Jacobs wanted him charged with assault to murder, and In order to get a warrant he had to tell tbe court about 1L "Well, Mr. Jacob*, what do you want this warrant fori" asked Prosecuting Attorney Colton. “VeU, he vas shoot at me last night." "Who shot at you!" asked Mr. Colton. "Dot man dare mit de long hair. He vas a vlM cowboy." “What did he shoot at you fori" "Yoost to moke me some fun, he said." “How did it happen!" "Yell, yon see, he come* In my shtore und he said gif him er drink. I says you have glass hock beer und be asys yea— kvick. I draws de beer and puts It mit de counter on. vrn hr roars like one of diwu Texas steer* und kick de beer fun de counter. I told him I don’t Uke dot bu*lnew und he gmld dakn his tirade away. By Jlmmlnir. “ bull* out a great pig gu n DDdsayx: ’Trow out er bottle of tanuiliila yoce mit a horned toad In lL” "Did you obeyl” ^“1 didn't have got no such shtuff In de "Then w hat did you do!" "1 doldt him don't shoot. I vould dry to get some, und ven I vas Inokln hang! vent his gun. und 1 dsught dat my nose "Did you run out then!" "No; I shtarted. but he say* come back mit you or I makes a pig hole In you vut a dog Jump, trough." "Did tic shoot again!" “No; I gif him vlsky. an ask him vot for he shoot* me. He *ay» dare vim a fly fun my now. und he kilt him." "Was there any one else present!" “No, air." “Why didn’t you blowa police whistle!" •T vo« going to, but bo said he vould plow too." "Blow what!" "Do top of my belt off." •'Then you did not blow!" •T should scbmllenot," said Me. Jacobs with a shrug of his shoulder*. "Ven be drink, n pottle of my vlsky he goes oud. und I don’t see him some more ti ll he vas arrested In anoder saloon. "What have you to say to all tbla. Dill Fox of Texas!" Inquired the court. 1)111 arcs.' slowly to Id* feet and looked as picturesque aa a bandit chief as he exclaimed: "Shoot that thing, jedge! Why. I’d no more waste good ammunition on him than I wugid on n laughing jackass. I may have brushed a fly off lit* nose If I had had my revolver, but I flud myself this morning a long way from home without my trusty weapon." "You may do twenty-four hours," said the court, ''and in the meantime I will see about this game of shooting Hire Ut the

—San Francisco Post.

The "Flying Dalrhmsn."

One of the most remarkable legend* of

atmnaphrric peculiar-

ity iu the virtnity of tlie Cape of Good Hope. The air In that region hnx the extr&onlliumx |K>wer of unequal refraction, similar tw that known to exist on tbe Umndless prairies of Kansas, Mebrnska aud the Dakotas. On tbe great waste ul waters which surround Good Hope the phenomenon appear* in the shape of spee tral looming, or apparent susiienslou in the sir. of ships which are so farawsy Unit they cannot he seen on Uie surface of tbe These pbantomlike ships auapended in midair have given rise to the weird legend of tbe "Flying Dutchman.” According to the story, which 1s known to be at least 40 > years old, a Dutch captain, homeward bound from the East Indies, met with long continued bad weather, coupled with the wind blowing "dead ahead." At the lime when he was making an effort to turn back and seek shelter until the gsle was over; but tht* he refused touo. swearing all the while that he would "tur

thi, profanity,

tradition, he was doomed to neat agau the winds forever.—Philadelphia Preaa

the

• Mr. French, ns he looked

sor's neck, "you've got two col Ur* I Professor Emerson', band went np b ' throat. "So I Lave." said be. and the u collar was quickly stow ed away In lb*

.i -..—Chicago Herald. Complete suits of tin-proof asbestos

. sre now made fur flremen's wear. A r material U tudeslructibl* and a bad

s lai). whom doctor of beat a. welt, the wearer is pro-

* enabled tc j,, tb , bjH-. . •Ir. 1 *! 0 ? »"»—t | rtatr JlutJ&lr for breathing :

ihist of

list be supplied through way as It is aupplisd f

of Greenland. "Eskimos'' I* the Danish

tbe word, and It ha* now almost

wholly supmeded the older French spelling, and is undoubtedly preferable. None of the naUvtsi, by the way. ever call themselves Eskimos. The native name ia Innull, and the name Eskimos, which was applied w Uie arctic nomads without their knowledge or consent, is the corrupt loo of a word which Is found In nearly the same form In at least two Indian language* cl British America, and which means "the geople who eat raw flesh."—New' York

Near Liverpool a perfectly equl, naoc has been erected for expe

purposes with different kinds of coal l use aboard ship- Forced draught Is cm ployed, and any person haring coal can secure trials aa to iu efficiency for steamer purposes. Some American coal is being tested to show lu merit* In comparison with Welsh coal that la used aboard some

’ equipped furexperimental

It would not bare been i king's sou If there bad bera Iwni allowed to travel iL —P T. Uarnuui ill Harper's Y'oung People.

Tue bulk of tbe Chinese today believe laure.

that the L'nited StaUo, England, Germany, half hone und half

** sad the other countries of Chris- | are tributary to China. 1 was told I Men live

Tbe people of Thessaly w

the ancient myth that th wws originally Inhabited by ci ibulous creatures supposed te

ix cents a flmj in Aaayria.

. ....i, after 100 years of Chriere believe that our minister and the usn labor, are bought and told; are made diplomats representing the other greet to work with oxen at the plow, and hav. “ ~ t 1 ' ' aa UtUe liberty aa in the days of Cadmua

Peking that nine-tenths of L

ilstei ; ot]

Peking solely

i tries of tbe wt

to pay homage l _ bripg tribute to him. This Is so to such an extent that tbe street In Peking upon which tbe foreign legations front is known there ss the Street of the Subject Nations It lira within s stone's throw of the great wall which got, around the emperor's palaces, and tlie flags of all the great countries of tbe world float from tbe houses composing IL—Frank G. Carpenter in NV

bound trip*.—New York Times.

One of tbe .English experts who examined the gem fields announced It to be his opinion that tbe dlaxugMd must toreise or later be found In Montana. All the conditions war^pnt its existence there. What a state Montana Is! Gold, silver, copper, lead, as best us, tin, Iron, oil, gas, rublss. sapnhlres and a possibility of diamonds - all locked up In ber ribs and pockets! -Julian Ralph In Harper’s

High Hats.

Not tar from Portland. Me., a bare set on Are by lightning. Tbe same that fired the building shattered a pipe that connected with a water main, and the flow of water extinguished tbe flamea.

. ould appear tl their hair to the play, to tbe discoi

flture of those who wished to view tl

Another style that was ao Incot dbly ugly was the combing of tl raignt up. backhand front* over

Washing!** Star.

Bjhrough at fore," laid Ll