VOL XXI. NO. 45.

CAFE MAY C11Y. I'KIDAY MOUSING. AUGUST -2tS. 1882.

PRICE 3 CENTS.

J A

ATTOBSEVN.

AMEtM. E. UILDRITH

COUNSELLOR-AT-LA W»

<IOUCTTO>.MA»m* KllHIXM l»C«»m-ttl

MOTART MUBUO. c»rm M*TCrTT. M.J.

I SPICER LEAMI.NO, * ATTORNEY-AT-LAW WLK.-ITOK AMD MASTER IS Cl! AS CIST 47 Wasbirotos Street, Catr Mat Cm, N. J. I^OROAN HAND, Attorrkt arc Cocreeiaoh-at-Law.

Solicitor, MAAUr * CliAMcrj, Supranw C And NoUrr Public.

Cai-e Mat Court Hooar. N. J.

THE 0X1,Y

M IM’EI.1,4 X KOI'S.

SOMETHING ABOUT PROPELLERS.

Japanese Store

IX CAPE HAY

: JAMES J. DOAK,

! CARFEKTEB AND BUILDER ;

II.

r. DOUULASS, rorr-orricR huildiru, cxw MAT PRr. 5. J

ATTORNET-AT-LAW, -SOUCrrOR, MASTER AND EXAMINER IN CHANCERY OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY.

PHYN1CIAKM. J AMES MECIUV M. D. RUIDKRT rRTBlrlAR. omcr.-P«R»T Rt_ orr. Corcru CAFE MAT CITY. 1101c* //om—Frtmi I In k o'clocl

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CAI'E MAT cm-. Oiler Hovrt: lintAJI..IlolPJI.SUiTr.M TJR. ANNA M. HAND. (OOcr o( U* Ul# Dr. KrnwU) .1 Co*. WARmxuTO* ARP Decatur Str., CAPE MAY CITY, N. J. Orr in Hour*: Until 10 A. M.

fJL WALTER *. LKAMINO, DENTIST, OEriCR—Cor. II do bra ard Ocrar Bn. Cape Mat Citt, N. J, I*

IMPORTING DIRECT FROM JAPAN. Cups and Saucers, Genuine Japanese handdecorated after dinner Cups and Saucers At rrmulcAblj Lo» Prker, IV.'nic, 20c npio ts 00 JS-sienr lot of ■teaa.-a.tliHs.l X'lro Soroe=- X'an.a at 25c. lot of L*cquer Crumb T»m,‘

BEACit ATESCE ’I’ONITE THE PIER.

L 3ANZ0.

- aTOC'KTON HOTJEIa,

THE FINEST SEASIDE HOTEL IN THE WORLD. rAtHlvrllir KATLK-CUo. *4 RBd *9 H rrkl; r«Un lut Ian

F. THF-O- M AI.TOX. l»roprli-tor-

The profidlrr of r •tramrr • i tlvclj-lu»Igi4|leRat object cc ~ ' tbv bug* bod)- It pni|irb agal

blocd form of »«»r and «Ind. but fh<T roiuc to grief frrqurntlr In a «arIrlj of rraya. A fra daj» agu tbr rrd I) atramcr v.be/urla. ill a calm “c*. ait bout abmatb of wind almuat, auddmly loat oOr Unde of brrarrvw.jna a* auddmlT and wilh little cauac or In*Ire aa overripe tr

fiupa from Ita parent tarngh.

Around ttw dry dorU are nn ruber, of

gigantic prujadlm. >T

at dilapidation K»mr are mat in Ibe aolld -tbal la to any, tb» bubtbruugb wbiek tbe abaft paaaea and tbe tana wblrb extend from II are u»v m.IkI raatlng. Otbrn are built or cart, father, in Mertiuna: Ibe bub la one, and each fan or blade-ta anolbrr, which fll Into haara made for I hem lu tbe

nr wed on by huge

tbe bub car de ia broken

■aaily replaced, aa the maker, retain tbe

_ ... _ . . .1 -Utalel- of all wheel* or propcllera. aa they 1 or NMo* Repairing, thor I ^ iadUr TO „|y called, which they carl

1 T1..-U Ibe enure w heel I. not remlmd u-

t. p"!-: U-. a- in tbe ewae « b. n a wlidly cm ,me

ike tbe ynmnela'a cornea to grief.

Wacbihiituk,

HOARDING

and jtt all iionretor Irtaam Faruea. Racur WILUAM UEBKNT1UL. Fropoemr

TO COTTAGERS s

fc to THOS. n. TAYLOR, \

' or, Doaatar atr rey A Mrcrmy'a

IIOTFU4 AMO COTTAOEM. ■yNITED STATES HOTEL. Ooaaaa Larairm aao Jacxaoa Sraarrr Newly renoratad and re*tied Thu bout* haa uadergonr a thorough repairmm. I"' — 'V^d.,.

BMCU AVR-. ONK hue A RE BELOW K. R.

hTA-noN.

‘ UM “ ,I 'tffi^X , i^ 1 2e«r.. MRS. C. E. MUX ROE-

W™

SOI TH LAFAYETTE ST. EnlmrgMl mm«I renoTMlrrl. S*i

amt UO par weak. MRS. A* FOSTER.

/"lOI.LINb COTTAGE,

riM Old OlbMO WMakr and other Brandt. RocbeaUr Brer. Choioa Wiaaa. FaaUly Trada F. COLLINS, Froprielor.

rr>HE ALDINE, . DaraTva Hraarr. Near Rracb Atsrur, CAFE MAT. H. J.

J^BKXTOX YILLA. Open for the Season.

plER AVENUE INN. oraa all tr* Trail Crxtral Locati^x . Pier Amu/, itar War Lay ton Strut. Wllhla two RdnotMOf ’“iTm't'^'waijs

g D.TR0MLR

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West Jersey Cabinet, Cor. Grant and North •*»..

(OppoalU Dopot)

CAFE MAT CITT, N. J.

M

y^cofo^icaf ^cirben Fairmount Park,

PHILADELPHIA.

^ ^ »IW-V the projrirtiot dulling, to their projallrra. oiXaiunally damage Ja done by tbe abaft racing, aa " ' ■n-buically railed. Tlmt U cauaed by atcnniabip plunging brad i n Into the trough uf a big tea. and ao elevating tbr ateni a the propeller that it ia roniplrlely out water, ami being auddenly rjd of Ibe aiatance tbe engine run* away, ao toap,.ak. Juat aa an onlin ir; engine w ill do when ■ dri %-ing L-lt alipa off or break. Oocaalou ally praprllm are broken by Hriklng fliMtiiig kata or It*, and rarely by ntrikiua a whale or large funh, w hen It ia ao much

the won* for the il*L •

lint there ia one curioua fact alwaya not livable almut pro|*llera; that la. that

-Wild Ilra.ta, Blrda and RrpUlra.—Intrrealing and InrtrurllTf— Admlaalon, 20 cts.; Ohlldron, 10. OFEN EVEKV DAI. i Mire* Car aad tnajoent traina eet ruatton. * id legal lluhday, (except July

HOT Kir KAFATKTTK CA.PK MA. - * - , Nf. J.. JOHN TRACY A CO.. Owner* and Proprietor Dlrrcllf on tbr Ileaoh. Complete in every depertnii

HOTKK CHAIaFOKTE. Hob ard alreet and Bewell avenne. Cape May, ,N. J. Open all the year. (5»a Electric Uella. Aeoommodation* flrat-olaea. IL W. SAWYER, Proprietor.

Hotels Oriole

L. PHIL. KOENIG,

All Rooms Face Ocean. 1>«-Tllr«l Mild HoR NhFll Frabw Steamed Crabe a Specialty. piife Sttaclied.

^OTEL DEVOIR, HOFTH KAFAVKTTK ST. Near Railroad Sfallon, Beaeli A Post Office. Tbe Devon bat been recently enlarged and improved. Cuisine first class. RATES *10 AND >12 PER WEEK. ALL YEAR HOUSE MRS. T. R. BROOKS.

CARROLL VILLA-, JTauk won Htrect, near ibe Beaek. CAPE MAY, N. J. Delightful location. Everything First-claaa Clone to Ooaan Pier. MRS. F. L IUOUAUDHON.

FREE EYE exam CAVUCj i nation.

QUEEN 6. CO.,

OF PHILADELPHIA. EYE SPECIALIST

TO CAPE MAY

MOM DAY A TUESDAY, AtU 2» A SO I'Ucr.32 Washington St.. 2d Floor.

They ate pi.-n .vl w ith b iraeer dvplh. which w , at the fans ao that they a

Ibxiuf tbr wi at the weorlni neycombing I atriklhg tbe

do.

rutly acrew-a

[ abould take tbr form of he metal in.ieod of wrar"thly. aa the mere friction water might l* aup|mard - propcllrn- are made

it-la la. cwimrially (ur-aleam yacht >- very coatly. A abort time ay » Murgati-. yacht atruck a rock ■ ml. Tbe force of the blow amoali, lie clean off. although foatetted c III or ten - Inch boll* aocurvvl I i- nut*.and a eveund blade w o* curb ibe blow juat like a .beet <d ire, lire! wa. deigned by Beaver Webl

>rii|ianatlvrly ru. ■nibllng braaa :

TUUi.t

r. called

leamablp*. If the proolid coating It 1* uaual ollita which in* ao liard -ly.breoka until

la-come* nterimarr.

na.kljo Eagle.

SjTnm!'

yy ENT JERSEY RAILROAD. flMK TABLE IN KKFBCT JUNE St. 1«C

•Parlor c*r attached.

TralBt will leave Cape May aa followa for

PHILADELPHIA:

35 jk- M^AOOUMMUDATtONJttosa at

delphlaaikSOA. w. 7.00 tSfSSSZ

•S-.OO

X Anglrve* Jl i and Holly lb

nl and Sume llarhur. «5ap^AWUd.^d e. alFbiladelulUa at I

IMS !

Fhlla a City.

;s.55j..

tale City. Uce'anCliy. Avahm. Frertnom and ~ Harbor, and at Newheld tor Atlantic tad ttomrra Fotol. at Woodbury lor tu

mtea at Philadelphia MU F. M.

nn F.M.-AceomioodaUoaaadExttiralaa •’•w Counecta al Court Houar lor ADgleaea. ly Beech, at Bra lair Juoe-

-Hy. Ocean City. Avaloe,

r liarbut. arnvra at Fhlla-

deiphlaa.IUF. M

Tin v “ —Millville Aecommodatlan. .VJlj haturday only, arrliiag at MUIrUIc

J 350

4.00 _ n Mm s BiaM**r iWPH- ■ HI ~ -Rea I ale CUy. lorbor.at Maa —I OlasebWood bury lor Salem. • nn r.- “ «>•>««> at court J.UU Houar for angkora, Wddwood oad a Balem. and F. MAcconinMadaUon and Eiruralou Holly Reach, arrHUMMdfpkUa UOO 233 Heart., at Bea I,* Junction lor Sea late CUy. FROM PHILADELPHIA. Trams le*r* lor Cape Mu:—Rxsnoa week .*?K35Ti. S: PhlladalphU^W}lm 1 lagtpa A BaJti--aaiti LBavB raiLa. boo an svaxav sravio* For UoKlatore mad Waahiartoo. ISO, TAD Jl,» hi. WJU. 11.11 a.M. UJ! (Liallied Kx.

ea. Dmlaa Carl 140, *.«*. tAl.tJT, tX. TOO r W . oad atO bight. Cooxmaianal l.liulledol Pallaaa FaiiarOusandDtalaxCarS11 p. m. weeavu^a.^tTiaaregeri wili uae ideal troia

Tbe king id Ijenmork and biaaecaodaon, tlrt- king of Gnw*. were out tor a walk ami wrul farther than they bad In (ere led; dinurr lime wa* cIom- at baud and they were tiled. Juat In tbe nick of time up

on old peasant, they him to give them

A CARGO OF ASPHALT,

The aaphalt barks from tbe Wert Indies on about the only eeaaelaimtaide theeoaatinr aebuouera that reer faene Wa.bington with a eirtt. Two uf them are lying off the w barf at tbe fwt* uf New 1!aniia.birr avenue. and are well wrath a eirtt. Down iu the bold tbe cargo looks like tbe edge of a dead lava field. Mark and seamed, and apparently or hard as ruck, but tbe barducm is deceptive. Break up a bushel of tbe ••piteb.’' as It Is known to the trade, and pile the fragments on top uf Ibe big asphalt field Which fills tbs whole of

the lu • • ' •

they would diaapprar, sunken slowly U

ahty Dial

Tbl.a

rmlug

deteat,*1 among the cuptalna in tba Island trade, for when tbe *Lip baa been listed over to port or starlioard for a couple of days, while running befurv a strong wind, the a hole cargo will quietly shift over and have to be brokvn up and trimmed back to its proper position to keep the *hl|

evrti keel.

Trinidad, tbe island from which j lically all tbr asphalt of Um- world In drawn, is a British puotrawiou in tbv \ Indira It was one of tbe little spots uf terra firm a against which Columbus rsn. w ben in 14* bn pushed bis expluratloua

Tbe ia

tbe

Cariba, a wild and w>

hailed the i

lift, al

i tbe c

ealed U|

King Cbrirtian'a Inquiry, man said be w aa going to tbe castle ot Fnvlrtoliurg to try ami aril the two sacks of carrots upon ■w hich they were sitting. After a pause tbe king of Greece asked tbe man. ”l>o yirt know us»" to'which tbe peaaant made answer: "How should If nave never seen yon." "Well." said King Georue, "I will'tell you, so that you may know iu future. You ate driving tbe king of Denmark and tbe

king of Gfreer."

The peasant roared with laughter what be coast,lend to be a goul joke and. ma tu Is-la-bmtlbaud. prudaimed bit to 1* Frederick VI. who bod liven The man laughed and chuckled at joke until tbr castle was lu sight, tin when tbe soldiers an guard aolutei kings and pout the usual honors tbr i Chang'd. Tin- two monarch*, howUianked him cordially fur the ride, aiv minuu-s afterword tbe man was on

year* umbrella* were made t unlrrial* as existed, and conewp unsuitable subataluee. Its i up immature, and In drying ri

The grealert moders improerrarnt was ir Invention uf tlie stevl frame, wbiib took tbr place uf wbalrbuor. about fony ~ ago, up to w hick period unibrrlloa yi-t auex|*ii*ivr tliot tbe maaww did luawsa tbelli. Tbr lips Used to be of bone or japamal metal and fartroed ou. ami tbe runners were fully rtx • loag. Tbe ferrule* were also much larger than now. The umbrella woe kept closed by a metal ring fastened to it by a < one, by comparing these figures with m trim umbrella, will note tbe woo I strides which have since been mode, rill hardly credit tbe fact that the perfected umbrella of today represent* upward uf 400 p tents for part*, alterstiaua and iuipruteincul* In manufacturing proc—Clothier and Furnisher.

There was one discoverer whose name, I think, was Foucault, who added to scientific discoveries many new and useful in ' sis Foucault discovered tbe Idtcuf a lamp to aid tu scientific discovery, ivt-nted a mysteriously constructed lamp which would feed tbe carbons In electric hallrritw by clockwork. Tbe . of tbe clock were kept in motion by elect ri city.—New York Telegram.

Women la Drickyarda In sour ot tbe brickyard* at Springdla, Mich., aeons ot women. It 1* said, dig ia tbr pit* and carry the maids. The upper parts of their bod lea ore almost and the lower porta ore hardly covy coarse doth. Several carry naked babies while they work. They cone from " • A-New York Sun.

Inhabited solely by like, but withal in

■gent. race, not nuuketbr North Amrrii I ml ions, peculiar in their language. Ich. like tbr Choctaw of our own w eat tribe, has been maatrrei] by few if any it* men Fur many years tbe Island remained a neglected dependency of Spain with a constantly dwindling population, mostly native* and Imported nrgruaa. In Uf- it passed into tbs Lands of tbe liritisb ■nt am! boa remained an English

colony since.

two town* of importance "t tf Sjism and Nan F, lie m.ally by their it port*, tbe chief productions of the islai beyond iu own nrcessitia firing aaphalt _— crop is large. but It dia-a nut pay to export IL Tbe pop "'-•loo of the towns is mixed. English is court language. I ait tbr majority of l*n,plc are negriaw. deactvidant* o' slave stock, w in. talk a patois of gled French, Spsglsb and English tl described oa lhe "moot bock bondtalrat lingo" any Inwlbrn ever Invented uf tbe iwiglnal Cariba ai id among tbv island pevifile, Imt they are rapidly disappearing, and In their place is now set u tba imported eunly. The cool) .trade, which was originally Inatl leap labor for tbr plan ser lima* a terrible disgrace to tbe islands and partook ot more than oll-tbe burrora at the African slave trade. Thousand* uf tbr mlavrable A slatn tbe bustnraa by the brought them over, and although Imported under Ibe guise uf a labor contract, nut In hundreds of them reer lived to reborne Stringent laws Ic arc now enacted, bowi ora Ui tbe purpose, are well enforced, and many of the coolies by tb* time they ' nerved their eight Tears 1 contract out ri ll to do cilUriia, bring paid fur Ibrir i by tbe piece and saving nearly oil

they corn.

Tbe great pitch lake, w btcb ia tbe chief wonder and atlrartioo of (be Island, is sit • nated In a low, sandy stretch uf tbr aontbweat Clout, near Cope Corboray. The surrounding country •» low and malarial. In sinking contrast to tbe high bills and rich w(sidlands of (be coast farther bock. Tbe lake i, owmd by the liritisb government and 1 rasas! by It to an American firm which controls the trade for the United States. Their present lease baa forty-tw o years yet to run. Tbe latsirrm are all negroes, eeen the rooliea shrinking from the best and low fever* of the place. The lake Itoelf la about a mile In diameter, bard edges and aufleulng inward the t Jbv surface is continually ebangi . parenlly from some subterranean action, and little oases uf dry land and even trees and shrubs will disappear lu n single ulgbl and fresh Islands of soil be reared In other place*. Tbr lake is iu all probability merely an unusually large deposit of bltumrn or soft coal that bos undergone its transformation from decaying vegetable matter in contact w ith water, ami too near the nuttare for tbr earth pressure above to harden It thoroughly. Hundreds of tbe the year around toil at tbe laki taking out cargo after cargo frum ply that seems never to diminish. They and are paid al tbe rate of oeveoly-two cents I. day. The asphalt cruet is broken ... a|ll | , T owb*r*. and is loaded a single nan dried

Didn't Like Being a (—.I Among CaptainH TV Eartwlrk * raeelleet ions are some of Colonel Wellesley, afterward world renosrned a* tb* Duke at Wellington, who told him a story of a err grant In Wellralvy'a regiment. After tbe or with France, and when hgland was feared, many

tbe Bengal force* The sergeant we

Scene time afterward be hewrd that bis old rommander. Colonel Wellesley, was In Calcutta. He obtained leave ol absence and hastened to that cUy. when he colled upon tbe colonel and explained his nm-ovu furtable position •-Sir." be said. "I am tired of bring a gentleman, and dartre to be degraded beck to my former pool—In fact, to btewne a sergeant tarthe Thirty-third again would Colonel Welle*W-y wee glad to have ao capable a man in hie avreiee, bat frit in booor bound to remonstrate with him fot so mistaking his own Intercsi. “You have attained the position of a gem lemon." be arid, "and should strive to become worthy uf It” He edvlrad him therefore to return to bia dntira. Tbe aergram a ould not listen to him. "tsaTing your prrarnev. air." be declared, "a Kent lemon is a mighty poor thing to bo. It is like being under continual arrest. A maa may not do that which be derirva. that which comes natural to him. but must always be thinking tf hi* behavior, and whether what be dura la in accord am.

tbe gentleman*" Tb# man returned to bis oh Colonel Wellesley ’* ragiim-nl.

Cushman, tbe metre**, was ia

love but once in her life. She met In Clu ciunatl. where she was playing, an actoe named 4.'lark, with whom aba fell in lovr. Through her effort* Clark was advanced to leading man In the company, and the

course of true lore ran smoothly.

One night the artrvea met a strange ‘ behind tbe scenes between the acta.

(b lumps

lu bask. Is and piled in tb* rysiukdvwn iutoaeompncti requiring a frvsb ailing tbe next day, and -" tbe solid cargo is completed. (be vessel reaches its port of discharge tbe asphalt has to be broken up again before it can he removed from the ~>wiug to ibe viscus quality of 'pitch,” it has lu tbv course of ages bin-red through tbr —* " •* “ -

tb reale urd by a ri mining operation*

Hind tb*

mpany h

territory, uncovering greet arid* of tbe csphslt that ia. If anything, better after its filtering prucesa than the original de-posit-.-Washington JiosL

Uynm rtusl — feet 8 In -a lita-rwl allowance of inebe* lor a poet. Hut bis fricud Tam Moore rrdmscs -bain of tbe average. Moon bed dvr feet, save io bis verses, the Ural uf which, by ibe by a, be published

little We trust that Mr. Swinburne, tbe nightingale of our Nineteenth century "ringing herds," will furgie* as for branding him • t every Inch a poet, even to the fewness of his Inches.—Gentleman'* Mogoiiiw.

These

her thus

^nd Wife and robMng me <g my husband ■ "Your husband:" cried Mies Cushman, getting excited. "Yes. and yon bare taken or you on trying to take him from me," continued the ragged woman, looking Mlsa Cushman full In tbe face. "Who la your husband V “Conrad Clark.” replied tbe woman, "the father of this child.' pointing to a half starred, thin little child In her anus Mia* Cushman started as if she bed bora Shot. She wont through her part that night as uaual—acted It splendidly—brought down tbe house; then, after tbe perform once, abe rent for Clark to some to her dressing room. Clark knocked and then opened the door. Kbr brought forward to him Ida wife aod baby, who bad been waiting In tbe dressing room to rvcaiv* him. Such a reception' Charlotte Cushman never looked or acted *o grandly ou the alagr in all brr Hfe as she did that night in her dressing room. She wared Chirk sway qltb a greater majesty than ever a> Queen Catherine she wared away Cardinal Wolsry. and then going to her hotel probably she bod a good trying spell. But abe never hired again.—Philadelphia Times

Nine master masons w ho were engaged in liulldlug a citadel In lb* time ui tbe VulvuM Neogav found on returning to their work rack morning that the portion of tbe W all w birh they haij completed the day before bad fallen to piece* during tbe night arid was lying In a heap of ruins in tbr ditch. Manol. iff Carte*, the bead ma informed hi* comrades one morning a voice from heaven bad warned him In bis sleep Ibe night before that Ibrir labum would coutinne to com* to naught utdeas they all swore cat that very morn lug to immurr in tbe structure tbr first woman, lie It wife, inutbrr. daughter ot Sister, who should arrive with tbe morn iug meal of our or ruber ot tbrm They all took the oath, and tbe last man bod hardly Us-n sworn when Manol'* own wife appeand carry ing her husband's break fast. Tbe oath wo* kept, and tb* woman, known in the legend as "Flora of tbr Fields.” was murdered and brr blind and flesh Incorporat'd with tbe wall ot ma A carious practice of the Bulgarian uiaaou* (the above scene Is laid In Bulgaria •. Which survives to this day. tertifim to thi vitality ot the legend. To Insure lb* solid Ity of the houses they build they measun with a reed the shadow of tbe first |>enon wbo passes after tbe digging uf tbe found* Gun boa been completed. When tbr found* Goo I* commenced this md it buried under the first rock, usually the corocratone.— SL Louis Itepublic-

Tbe oarsman considers the angler an inferior erratum. What a fool a fellow must lie to get up at daybreak and run to the river for tbv purpose of soaking a line in 11 from morning till night: jumps Into bis bust and pulls all day long, rubbing himself upon the thwart like a bosun over a carpet., Tbr angler grt* sunatruck; so don the Tbe angler sees nothing of the country

the water, sod It often hap|wus 'that an angler close by flskea him out. That D why tbe oarsman drapisra the angler. But lb* angler laughs at this contempt. What dura he care! lloeau’t he know that the (lest pleas tin- lu the world is to flab tbe aecood great-

old days ai Impetuous warfare rae not regarded as as much a the part uf a military commander . *-nt. In a battle between French Austrians, tu which Marshal Uugraud mooded the French fortes, an offlevr ot the at qM an Id to the marshal: "The co ty ora advancing. Shall I send a party retouDuller and sec bow numerous they uraf" ''So,’' sold Bugeaud, “we'll count after Wi se beaten'em."—Son Fran-