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VOL XXI. NO. 44.

CAPE MAY CITY. TIItJKSDAY MORNING. AUGUST 25.1892.

ATTOBXEYR.

JAJCE8 M. K. HILDRETH, COCH8ELLOR-AT-LAW

KOTARY rtmuc. . OOc* U No. « O0M BU -ot. Cora MOT OITT. N.J. T SPICER LEAHINO, * ATTORKEY-AT-LAW ooucrroK and mabtu in cbanuut 47 Waibinoton Btkbkt, Cann Mat Cttt, N. J. jy^OROAH HAND, Attornkt and Codniklix>b-at-Lan tar. « .'liAooory, Bo promo C .od NoUry Public. CAn Mat Coort Hotel. N. J.

I - THE OM.Y Japanese Store IK CAPE MAT IMPORTING DIRECT FROM JAPAN.

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DOUGLASS, njoT-orriti BurunNO, Cxi* Mat CUy. N.J.

ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, SOLICITOR, MASTER AND EXAMINKR IN CHANCERY OP THE STATE OP NEW JERSEY.

PHYNICIASN. JAMES NEC RAY. M. D. KUUIBNT rUTAICIAN. OKKlt'E-l’AKOT ST.OIT. Comuu I CAPE MAY CITY. • > o'clock A. M,

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MARCY, M. D.,

"/!•« Hutm—rnmt I to * A. M :

I. PHILLIPS, M. D.,

M"'

UIDENT

U0EEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN, Cor.Ocmautf UiwkmBtmU. CAPE MAY CITY. >ec Wovr, T UT AM. .1 lol PJI^IUIP.M

1~yt. ANNA M. HAND. (Office of Um leu iH. Nruocd J. I Cor. Waauihutok and Dkcatur Sta, CAPE MAY CITY, N. J. Or pick Hot Me: EuUI 10 a M. From 2 to 4 P. M. •* 7 to # Hrudmci—Tkc Dctcr.Bo. LaUjcUc ri

Cups and Saucers, Genuine Japanese handdecorated after dinner Cups and Saucers

At rrutArkAbly Low Price*. 15c, 18e, 20c up to *5 00

MIHCELLAM EOCH. JAMES J. DOAE, V CARPENTER AND BUILDER. Z

PRICE 3 CENTS.

• lot ef 'bR&is.tlfuJ. Fire Screen. Fa-n-R AI»t> another lot of Lacquer Crumb Tra.-a and llru.hm

K nickerbocker \

LIVERY STABLES

j (Ktear of Ka'rkrrtHicker Ice Office). as=. i Wabuxnoton, above Ocean Street. boakdim; dokSKs a specialty.

Private Xtum, Scut

j WILLIAM UEttENTUAI. Proprietor

TO COTTAGERS

KepmlrluK. tboi-

; jour - pop-

I'er Shi oujchlj and

work to THOS. H. TAYLOR, ular aboruiaker, Decatur atrer ahoji friMn Marcy A Mecray'adi

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•a draiuaar abajotely perlret. urcbealra ptayr numilua • F. THKO. W ALTON, Preprleler.

^^f^icat^arben Fairmount Park, PHILADELPHIA. FOR THE SEASON 1802. aaed ai traction. In tbe lantv coDectioe of unna -Wild BeaatA, Bird, and Beptllra litertatlNf aid lutrartlrr—

IN A LONDON STREET.

T than their Uaht lh» lt(ht b it. the C In and art me.

THE ADVENT OF THE BANANA.

he ena at boldest a bobble la tbe eky era be dare dm enter aleale Is (broad paeet.ei by: » "jw^each » «raeoer r,d*e l, la dHpptna •teetilce. the tavern'

Nor Mi tbe Otnrlaa headland, of eon drat re My eptfct ehoae bee ideaeora boiuc. I

wuh elie baa ►

. faceatlll r

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lue much of the dell m which I, tbe beritajfe of New Nlrlbood, and ber lit tire tbe alru race of youth. She ba* dark brown bright. < upreaalve eya,. and a manlier marked bv quiet cordiality, devoid of ilhrr formality or effutiveoem. Her lusical talent la her chief peiaonal gift, voice being a metro euprmoo. and coo-

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CJLPK M A.T. N. J..

JOHN TRACY' & CO., Ownera and Proprietor*.

Directly on tbe Beaeb. Complete In every department. TburougMy reneatad and aupplied with tba laUM Improved paaacnttr air valor. .oim John

Tract, Manager.

EYE SPECIALIST Will be in CAPE MAY, ■ONUAY A TUESDAT, AUG 211 A 10 Flaee.sa Wmahlngton *«., SB Floor.

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Oculists and Opticians, IOIO CBaaratT Sr.. Fan.

yy ENT JERSEY KAILKOAD. tlME TABLE IN EFENCT JUNE M, UK

•Parlor Car attached.

aiwiu Uaea Cape May aafollowi tor

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B Ofi A- M,ACCOMM0DATlONStop, a .0*1 all intermedlaia atatlona. ctmorcua

For aevrral year, tbe baa ,ung In tha rholr of the village church, only a few rod, dl.tMit from her home. She chiefly prtim her mtudeal gift, however, for tbe lire it give* her huahand and chllall of w bom are exceedingly foaid of The little melodeon which aha learned to play upon when a girl Mill at and* In one corner e.f tbe family altting and do Sunday afternoon or eveoiog would be complete or happy without her alnging to Ha almple acioni|ian!tnent. — Fanny M. Johnaon In 1 .adtea' Home Jour Hal.

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BEACH AYE,ONE BUCARE BELOW K. K.

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Howard (treat and Bewail aveDue, Capa May, N. J. Open all the yei Electric HeUa. AccommodaUona firat-olaaa. H. W. SAWYER, Proprietor.

QOLUNb COTTAGE, DRCATCR ST., err. CULUMR1A AYR. CAFE MAY CITY, K. J.

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D. O. JEM IT

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CAFE MAY CITY. H. i.

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Near Railroad Station, Beach A Post Office. Tbe Devon baa been recently enlarged and improved. Cutalnc Aral cUm.

. RATES *10 AND *12 PER WEEK. ALL TEAR HOUSE

, MRS. X. H. BROOKS. CA.RROLL VTT .T. A ,

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CAPE MAY, N. J.

Delightful location. Everything FlraUclaaa. Cloaa to Ooeas Pier. MRS. r. L RICHARDSON.

wK'WT.irsrssKffr*. ; .•ssssss a. tiaturday oaly. Saaday Baaraaa. •AM. naaimudiltne. ..to a. a.ExcunioeT.IOa.w. FbHadalphJa W^tmgkya A Rwltivum uuva raiut. aaoan araxir aranoa For Baltimore and Waahlanon. JU. 7X0 ISLFUl. MJO. IUI a.w.. tZA, (Limited Ex. gagarBBga.'iatg.af;: w , and D OS night. Cutgnaaioaal Limited af

r who hold, an office In China. There are nine different gradee or rank, of mandarin,, each being diatlogulahnl liy a different colored ball or but ton on the top of hi, hat. The Chlnewc an a Id range! people and have at range cuatoma concerning their mandarin, aa well aa every thing « W No officer la allowed to bold office in Ida native province, one L he allowed to marry wliefw he hukl. office, nor to have a relative in office under him. He muat re|»rt truthfully every liula while bow tbow under him are behaving themaclrr* ami doing their work, wot then they are promoted or put down a etep like bo)* in a cla.v No ooe L allowed to remain in office in tbe name place longer than three year*.—Montreal Star. "for WhyrMany perwna muat bare been .truck with the awkward beginning of the line in the hundredth paalm: "For why? The Lord our God ia good. M Tbe truth la. popular ingenuity—reprearnled In tbia caae perhapa by the printer —ha> taken the liberty of changing the old word “foewby.” meaning "becauac." which gave good aeoae and t ran, la led tbe original, hut which had fallen out of common Mae. into the modern "for why?" Surely the n-atoratlou of tbe word might atill be attempted before it ia too laic. —Cbambm' Journal. rial* Talk fer Her MaJaely. There i* a Mary of her prevent majeety being introduced to an aged Highlander who profreM-d bltnerlf a devoted J aconite and ataneb adherent of tbe "White Roar In a few kindly word, the queen alluded to the old man', known principlaa. and added, "But I, too. am half a Stuart-” "1 know that," rvtorGd the uncompromlalbg adherent id the white flower, "for If it were not for the Stuart blood in your

r the

In float on. Infart,** tiooa. it wn*Do»ruco_ ae edible fruit Occaaioually the of a vew) arriving from tbe We« IndUa would aeuil a few hauana* to Taft of the Cornhtll. Ryan of tbe Starkpole, McGill of tbe Exchange CiAce Houae. and i'arki and other* Tbtwe fruit epee generally placed upon the bar ornamental cwrimltiea A little over fifty t _ Bower*, of tbe brig Mire Jlargetw, belonging «® Benjamin Burge** At Co., trading between Boaton and Cienfuego*. landed aome half down bunebeeuf the red lie nan* apeetea, folly ripe, fat and luacioua looklog It had long been a ruatom with Captcfln Bower* on leering Clenfnegoa to atow bia longboal full of Imnanaa From this supply tits cook could take what he • ed to boll, ntew and fry. and aa the ripened the crew would help tbemw

the at reel* of Boaton. oidcat son. then a amall boy, with his brother*, took three part, of bunchrw from tbe brig on India wharf and paaaed up State .treet oo their way to their home on Myrtle Mrwet. followed by acuritwa crowd, to whom tbe eight was a novelty. But to all tbe old W«M India trader* tbe plantain and banana had long been known. n.< only a* a luxury, but aa a food neve* aity In *outhr<n Ltitadm. Tbl* wa* particularly ao In the Surinam trade, of which Ikwton and Gloucester had the monopoly. I w *a talking to Captain George Poueland, 1 think the oldcet eurrtrtng member of a ooe time famous and extensive buklnes.. upon tbe matter. I rnywlf having Iwen brought up in tbe conntlng room of an old Surinam firm. He remarked Unit came to anchor in the for the houae frame, then I* and unrove the running rigging, and then the banana ecow would

FISHING IN THE BAY. “j HOW NEW YORK CITIZENS MANAGE

TO GET A DAY OF SPORT.

m Faster Island at

Theca

I by the action of tin __ to the expansion of gaars in the molten and Other volcanic action. Nearly all of them appear to bare been used aa ling place* by the aariy Inhabitant,, “anyof them have been unedaa places erment-—Philadelphia ledger.

advcrtlwa fl.h for Friday m-11> r flee cent*. *oft shell rralw fol md clarna and oyater* oo the halt ur a rent apiece, with all the pepper it and other flxinga that the noun

dd, turning t< about exhausted in' thing. Hare you a said the cirrus man.

vocabulary on this thewauru*?" “No.” 'we're only got a hip-

She—I love bracelet*. He—Do you lore anything else' She—Yea; my mother —Jewc

Many rare* of men live entirely oo anl lal food, and theae are the mud hardy ad. from all an authority haa teen able to gather oo the subject, tbe mod free from disease* of all klnda

Tbe negroes of the We*t indie* eat aked, fried and boiled snake* of all klnda. ) a»y nothing of their feasts of palm woru^g and amailrr iusects and "wiggle!-* " The Sum* which conerya the water from >c mountain, to the reaervoir at San Dio go. Cal., ia thirty-fier mile* long, and ia composed almost w holly of redwood.

California haa 20.000.000 fruit tree*. Tbe annual crop of semi tropic*] fruit la valued ie &0.000 boxes yearly. There is 11,400,000,000 it IRJon throughout the world, aad good at thority at

bum hr* Tlicae we hung for uac while loading, cooking them in earioua forma lating them aa fruit." Captain Pou* aaya he ha* freqnrntly put them g corn pres***, placed them In the hold on top of hi* cargo, and that when taken -ut at th* end of th* voyage they had all ae desirable qualities of pressed fig* Ixaik at the different*-, just fifty year* later, let one go down any day to ten ur lamg w barer* and see the large foreign at earner* discharging "

liandkerchirf In hi* hand he ba* a *1

lhafflurii In the altitude of challenging

Hearing the aong of the chaffinch '

tbr trees, hr proceed* to fix his staffed bin] on a sloping inn ion of th* trunk of

one of tbe elm*. A couple of feet or

low this be place* aome bird limed twig* ti w halebone on the ground cloac by hii little cage. He then glee* out a rattling

ebalirugr. answered at one* by the b

the tree, whom quick eye* search in all

direction* for bia supposed rival. He warn discover* tbe singer, and hit nu-incut at any other bird baring tbr

putlroce to come ysd sing near hi* perch l» extreme. Once more the challenge rings ran; be ran bear It no longer. Down he

r'ashea. strike, the ntuffrd bird, caual l.t away up and down with the fore* «

Stroke, and falling ou th* limed twig* below finds himself at the flag of the troc-i

lie!pleas captive.

I have known country lance before tbi bin) imAectUmact cam* Into force, cleared of chaffinclira. to the great diaguat and an ger of tbe country people Though obliged for the ptlitertIon of their crop* to aha them at lime*, they arc far from willli to ace them capture*! In this wlioicsa way.—Coruhill Magazine.

It waa a perfect day Th* inn bathed •cw York hay in golden light Jostling he jtler near Castle Garden lay the at

A tall G.

i o'clock in the n:

er Bell-

Man tiai ^ealifrroui

r bia

Tbr examination* I

jund a doulit that be ia th* victim not only of tultrrculuaie—to which I have devtXed more attention than to other contagious diseases which afflict him—but of pneumonia, pleurisy and earioua form* of *kin disease* which are tranamltted by the animal to man. Of them last the moat important 1* farua. or tinea favwa. a Well known skin trouble which tbe household pussy readily takrs from the a* to the child that pets and foodlrotbem. Many a child whose bead waa well thatched by nature haa been rendered bald by tbia loathsome disease. tranamltted to it oy the household sal, who baa caught it •tout the infected rat -Dr g. E. Webcr'i

nan wa* dining with on* of fata .. HI. >1, a via wa. *o ol

i interested h

lug excursion tickets to lb* Flaking b for aeeenty-flv* cent* apiece. To each ticket waa affixed a coupon like a neat check In a theater It read "Good ft* on* bunch of bale" Two hundred men tought lbear ticket a The majority of them were German* Tbe minority were pavers on strike, mechanic* out of work and small •aluou keepers Each man carried a fishing rial in a hag and a basket with two lithe The baskets remained several p—~t. „f lead sut tntii chunk, weighing from six to •igbt ounce,, a large asatcimrnt of hooka. CM*, a wooden reel from alx Weight luehev

in diameter and aome sandwiches

Near the gangway aland, a table SO feet long and 4 wide, with raised edge* Here the bait i. prepared while th* Teasel ia ru

route to the fishing ground*

Th* bait Used ia principally cL na or "akimmera." as they are called by the fish ermeu. Six of theae are tied Into a bunch One bunch goe* with aacb ticket. Rut as one lam. .t of t lams would be only* mouth fulfora hungry codfish or blackfialt tha fishermen Invtwt in a cigar box full of clam., for which they pay fifteen cent. While the boat ia in motion the lishenm-n cut up tbr clams oo tbe table into auitaUe sixes for bait. One clam usually mak<-s three baits for sea baa* or one bait for real Some of the fishermen prefer mcawlaiuker. for I wit Theae the)- procure at the market* before sailing A sharp ahuekuifr remove* th* flesh from the aide of the unw.bunkrr Tbe real of the fiah i» thrown away. After the halt is cut up It le salted to make it tough ao that it will rrmal.-. on the h<*A when the annoying bergalla nib Ur at IL After tbr bait la prepared each fisherman picks out a plans close to the rum which to fish. Thu place be aeby placing bis fishing basket on a

Then lie proceeds to prepare hi ms ft* the day's sport. If he ia a clear sportsman he ties one end of a towel to t rail upon which to wipe his hands I then dona a pair of overalls and draws old bat down over hla ear*, for the wl usually blows fresh outside of Sandy Hoc *• rods. These a

fishermen. Now at

a split b

he**, from The reel.

varying deg re.

sal and are fastened to •

the aids of tbr rod. A metal reel la of little practical use on the fishing hanks The u tssb-n reel* will retrieve eighteen Inchra of line with one revolution. They are also rxcsilrnl to cast with. As all fishermen who go down to the Cholera banka are fishing fur tbe put or pan. and not fur spurt, tbe advantage of an apparatus which will land a fish quickly la apparent. The great rr number of the sinker* used are shaped like ao elongated bullet. They are alatut twice aa big aaa man s thumb. A bole runs lengthwise through the aiukrv. Through this bole the line le pat.

the line keeping

, big

ieed a

letter from "drar Brother Smith

►ionary who wa* traveling through tbe upper reaches of the Amazon toward lha

wiidlrtla-s In the unexplored region

of tbe Antic.. dear man," ah* a .

lie say* that Ike party la In such dreadful »trr*». They can't land on either bank -cabs*- the savages are threatening. They ■d to actal the women back to cleiUxatkm ■cause of lack of foi.1. Why, only think it: all they have la a banana and ree rime* a day." "How do they tbe rolls’" asked the clergyman theystep no the l.aiiana aklua)"—£

Turprutiuc baa almost aa many ua :be household aa borax. It is goo lu-umaliam. aad. mlzrd with cam; ted oil aiel rnbled ou tbr cheat, ooe c !«r*t «f rrno.lm fur bratx-hlal colds. It la so excellent prrerntiva against moths, al.bough naphtha is prrfrrabla. the odor and rune be* II aprinklad about ra and rloaeta; a spoonful of it to a pail of warn, water cleans paint excellently. and a little in tbs boiler on washing chitena the ciothea —Her Point of in New Y ork lime*.

Uer Fatha

tress waa wood and stream, who wrote. ‘The lover sees in the glance of his bsloerd tbe same beauty that In th* sunset paints the wvstaru skies. It Is the same diamond here lurking under a human eyelid aad there under the closing eyrllda of the day.

place. Two hooka a

sinker and one aboee. The rod fishermen choose the upper decks, while the hand line men fiah from th* main deck. When the Havana arrived opposite Sea bright she wa* auchorral about two mil*> ~ ' fifty fact of water. Tbe An clmylrr. tbe oppoaill.n fishing already there lying within a of each other. A Beet of amall fishing boats was also cm the ground,. Tbe rail of tbe Havana was filled with eager r. The anchor plunged to the Immediately the boat bristled 1*. The whirring of reels was d (lie "plunk" of heavy sinkers The first man to hook a fiah waa a gray sixty-five years o'd. A hundred man watched him reel in Th - parted- and dangling from the end nrnt. Th* ^dkra « ,u back stood op like a barb wire fence. The w*. on tbe upper deck. A* came up It swung inward and 1" an earnest paver In the *ace. k back and tbe fish fell back into tbe deep. A loud groan arose from all sides. The German swore with Bismarck threw bia line overboard agalu and fastened hi* hooka in a New Jersey reef. He tugged on bis pole. The tip and the Ho* parted, and aeeraty feet of line, two hooks and an right ounce sioker were gone. In an agony of annoyance the

German shouted: "Move de boat-

This expression, by theeray. ia one of tbe slogan, an the flaking banks. The other slogan la, "Get th* gaff:" A flaking hank gaff D a very crude instrument Upon a cane pole twenty feet long la tied by mean, of w ire a book smaller but closely rebuilding Iboav used In a batcher shop to hang moat upon. When a big fish suck as s twenty (K.und cod ia hooked tbrr* la always a loud cry for the gaff. The fiah la towed to the top of th* water and an Interested neighbor is oaly too eager to gaff the ■- As soon aa the excursion boat waa an chared two small boats were launched from ber deck, by four muscular young men. Three boau were rowed BUD yard* ~ * " steamer and anchored.

day's fishing U icuraiuoist* who

irccsafuL If a passenger fish from the small boats he pays

w ialies t sue dolh

handle UieYkuall boat* are furnished will meal* and »lce|dug accommodations, but no aalary Is paid them. They earn, howt»rr. About fifteen dollars per week. A passenger ia not permitted to sell his catch eu board (he steamer, but it la frequently duo* without the knowledge of the man-

righlng about six pounds

Tbe largest sea bass caught weighed less than three pound* The total catch In- • • • *** bass, ten ling, twelve coo

' 'ou. nondescript dwellers edible use and eery ugly

New York World.

in the deep of n

William i'cppcrell mutt bar* had gtazd workmen and known bow to hem. Souie of the old wharves that he built oa L dd - -1A WtstoB 0 ounwk