VOL XXVI. NO. V.

CAPE MAY CITY, Fill DAY MORNING. JULY 9, 1897.

PRICES CENTS.

CONGRESS HALL,

«AP»: MAY.

Bunt of brick, on » bl-“ elcnr ontlook orrr the Oceu, enri pre Tided with eTery comfort end Co. ■ "V*"" room* ere elrjrr coey end charm Infly fitted ; thr rulakir and acrrlcc nnrxdciird, and there la a-lovelj alx acre lawn Paaacturer elcTator, electric hrlla, fip<t-clai>a laundry. firc-*»«-aj«e. and the moa complete arrangement* for W*0 Gticata. Cimgreaa Hall haa been recently, renova ted, repainted and pnt In excellent condition. The aan^ary arrangvmenta Ire the moat approrod pattern and are now perfect ■ KM WARM RXHiHT CAKfr:.

‘J^Iiu-ine Villa" C APE MAY, N v . J. '-vorably known tor ..the pasijtw tj’-one years, jjodtrr tnc _3itip management, as the most popular, eligibly located and desirable of seaside hotels. All modern improvements, perfect * drainage and ventilation, natural spring and filtered water. DirecSy on the’Beach.

STOCKTON HOTEL THE FINEST SEASIDE HOTEL IN THE WORLD SEASON 1697

■MODERN IMPROVEMENTS

APPOINTMENTS STRICTLY. FIRST CLASS ' DIRECTLY FACING'THE OCEAN BEAUTIFUL.LAtVNS. RATES, $3. AND F5 itER DAY . SPECIAL TERMS BY THE WEEK

Corner rooms and suites with parlors and baths extra. Con-

. certs mornings 10 to

Hops evenings, 8.36 101030. Dogs not taken or

allowed on the premises.

HORACE M. CAKE.

SHOPPING LONG AGO. I ENGLISH RAILWAYS.

SOME INTERESTING INFORMATION IN “THE PASTON LETTERS." ComimlmioB* .Which Wlrra <;•<* to ' Biubead* Id th. Mf*. dUi Ccaturr * QtxmlBt AppcareDi Th|6

Cffasin; COmiTiESS

TWO IKirAltK^PROM NTATIOIV. d'AFF. MAT, S. J.

J.R.WILSON

Proprietor.

■RTta VTI -.A- (OMP Mil

*n. CAPS MAT. K A

^tar Villa,

OCKA > NTBKKT

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lillAd B AYKXHK.

Directly on the Beach. Finest Rooms EXCELLENT TABLE. . .* .IF. I. RICHARItMOX.

mm location IN ' 1 have taken tbe-TATHA W COTTAGE in-ronnec tion with the MARIIVE VILLA AMINEV and am now ready for the Reception of my former Patrons. I have nothing to do with the Management of the Marine Villa tljis Summer. F. HAM.i:\BK< K.

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• Coder New.Mxndgfment. AppolotmeoU Plret-clexx. Open all the Yexr.

HTTUoroughly Hexu-d *^]

• * ! Y1ARHN W AUOX. orihc Coaiiuenlwl Hatgl, Prop.

In the epring of 1440 Demo Agtuw Part on wrote to her "right wnrxhipfnl and dssu- h nr band" in baoto. the Wednceday next after "Den* qni errantlbna" (the collect for the third Sunday after Easter). Having commended the graciotui mien of the young gentlewoman her eon propore* to marry, abo rayir. “The parson of Stockton told me that if yc would buy her a gow n her mother wonid give thereto a goodly fur; the gown nredeti). to be had, and of color it would be a goodly bine or else a bright

sanguine."

The Migtnws Margaret Manteby, for whom .thia gown wna “purveyed, came the wife of John Paston; and her letters", eovering nearly 60 years, are noteworthy in that famous ccllection, ‘The Pastoh Letter*,’ which reveal sc many secrets of bygone statecraft, but, what is of more worth to us now, giving glimpse* of household economy and, by clear eonnotation, the inner life of women of the period. Margaret Pnsappear* as an active, prudent housewife, looking into every detail of her large establishment and, from her hu*-' baud'* prolonged.absences, farced to assume many masculine caret.-. She ma og>-d the several farms of their estate __ tbe-Hundted of Tuuslead.Jfarfolkfhire. She planned new buildings, armed and defended her besieged ball, oondacted lawsuits and arranged the marriages of her children and grandchildren. But,' withal, she was a'very woman, and it is interesting to note the “ewig weibUcbe" running like a thread' of gold through a long-series of letters. The orders sent to her husband in, who were, usnally it London, various artieles of apparel are curious to examine. That in her youth fhewas fond of all gauds may be gueesid from • letter written not long after her marriage, when, inquiring minutely of her husband's health during some slight indisposition, she had ".lover than a

HOTEL COLUMBIA, CAPE MAY CITY, N. J.

KeuovMlpd ami luiprotfd. (onveHjeiiil) Lasrated.

MRS. S. FOSTErTT’ Vy.-mlog

PE MAY, ST. J.

^r." Pri, ‘f". S0,n ““v AD :- O ” n hpen renovated and la now firxt-claaa la ^l R U ^polnOneela. Fin*at LocaUou-on the 8>uth Jeraey Coaat. The WINDS°R alway. haa enteruioed the beat of Cape May's vhdtors and>111 oLunme to

HA.LPI1V, Proprietor.

that he gccover. usuitlly very m< the plain nerc* i for example: ."I pray yob that ye would vouchsafe i buy me some frieze to mi&e of your children's gown*. Ye should have best leap and best choice of Hay's wife, as. If told me. And that ye would Imy a of brobd cloth of Mark, for one hood for me, of 4-td. or 4 shillings a yard, fpr there is neither good cloth nor good frieze in this town.." Yet this town was Norwich, the seat of wooled factories from the time of Henry I, their erode .work later improvfilby the skjll of Philippa’s Fleming*. It was evidently"ibe nearest market pud the source of ordinary supplies, for Dame 1’aston bad but just written, “May it please you to wit, I was at Norwich this week to purvey such things as needeth mo against this win-

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Worsted and its neighboring Kersey, which gave their names to the fabrics the're made, were in. tbe east of Norfplk. In reference to the prodnets of the former Sir John wriua from Lon- ' in to "mine own dear sovereign lady:" ■‘I pray ye you y ill send me hither tw/ ells of worstisl for -di nblets to bapjie me thiscold winter, and that ye inquire wlprvWjlfftm Paslon bought his tippir of film w«rated, which is almost like silk, and if that be much finer than that ye shot Id ley mo alter 7 or 8 shilling,-, then bay tii" a quarter and tbe uinl then of for ecllais, though It bo dearer than the other, for I would make my doublet all worried for tbe worship of Noriolk." - Sometimes a bit of feminine vanity seen, ns when Lady'Bastou unh-s her husband . ’ 'I pray Von that yc would do your ; on me against Whitsuntide that 1 may have smuething for my met When the queen was here, I harrowed my' cousin Elixabeth. Ck-re’s -device, for "l dared not for shame go with my. bead* among so many fresh gentlewomen ere" here at that time." AfitJ-tsir John’s miunoty for dumestio commissions was; like other men’s, for letter his wife prays him that he "vouchsafe to rarcraber to purvey* thing for my neck and !o do-make my girdle," and in stiD mother, “I thank you that'yeyotlchsale

her my girdle."

* ow* a pleasant confi— urance of her absent husband' in every tide of her life that

she write* him minutely of her plant In making her gowns, saying: "I pray you that yc would vouchsafe to' buy a piece of black buckram for to lino with a gown for me. I abould buy me a murrey gown to goilrthi" summer and lay in the collar the satin that ye gave m«

IT a .hood, and I-cali get none good ickram in this tow* to hue it trith. ” Tbe letter of - her sett: William, writ n in 14.Ml oivo. n. .tiVIHa.. ,Vd.,

Y AREStOW.TO ADOPT IMPROVEMENTS IN T||e SERVICE.

1468, gives ns anodes of the'

fit for a boy at Eton:

T beseech yon aeod me a hose doth, for tbe holy Cays of -some color and for the working days (bow course soever It be maketh nc matter) and ‘ a stomacher and two shirts and a pair" of

•Uppers.”

This masculine stomacher seems from other scant mention thereof in early writings to have been a sort at skeleton timer waistcoat, perhaps not much more "te cheat protector of tofey. » is no more vivid appreciation of existing condition* of Society* than that which springs from their com pari- • son with life relatively, of the same deer age' .and environment. — m of such fruitful-atudy la this gUiajisr nf tbs shopping at Mar- ‘ ‘ -Lady Paston of Caistcr

Two factors in English holiday travel are obvicraa from these great pilis of Passengers’ baggage. One is that there is no check system an the railways, and the other that if it cost as much"tc ' a cab in Idverpool or Manchester _ New York there would soon be a diminution in tbe number of packages, if not in the weight at the baggage, which English families take with them on their holiday travels. Few- big Saratoga tmnkaVre to he seen'on th’e platform ' Crewe 1 Here and there may be seen trunk which it takes two men to lift, but the address on St will almost certainly show it to belong to an American -visitor. Engliah people will not take the trouble to pack.all their belonging* into one or two large sized trunks. Neither Is there any need why they should so long as the railway componln will accent'without demur 12 or""

small trunks, hampers, bundles

other miscellaneous packages as the

baggage entitled to go with

railway tickets, and so long . ^ liah cab driver Will pile all this stuff on the top or box seat of his cab and carry it and the family attached to it from their home to the railway station

for half a crown, a

Every now and again an Englialgnaii who has been in America writes to Tbe Times concerning the advantages at the check system as it is worked on the American railways, hut all these letters go unheeded. English railway managers have a dread of innovations, especially if the innovation comes from America, and the English people, who are aocui temed to. the scramble for baggage a. the railway stations, are qnite .satisfled with the existing system, or rather lock lem. On the whole, they save a money by ft English railway nice allow a third class passenger 66 pounds of personal baggage, and a first class passenger double that amount. Any exoeas 1s supposed to be paid for, but a tip at threepence to a porter will usually see the whole traveling Impediments at a family carried straight from the cab to the train and 'Insure that no to weight are asked. It is usually the lack of a tip or a hostile hint from a cabman who is not satisfied with his fare that leads to a call at the weighing machine on the way from the cab to the baggage van. Under the existing system English puiple have al T* to watch over their own baggagt every change, and same*.! mas u scramble and atruggle for It at the end of the journey, and to tumble over othei people's baggage as they fight their waj into a crowded train. But then, as 1 have shown, it is a system under which the iiaaseugcr can nearly always get the best of tbe railway company in the matter of excess of baggage, and nobody gives any heed to the frequent suggestions that the American system of checks

should be adopted.

two directious the English re now following tbe example of the American railway companies. After year* of urging from the beard of trade and the -gov: niiagnt department which has the oversight of railways several of the lines are gradually introducing long car* for long distance travel. Thiy have nol boldly adapted the American car. The pattern of car now being brought into use is a uompromiso between the American car and tbe English compartment carriage. The compartment is retained, but each oompart■onuected with a corridor which down the middle, but along one si do of (fie car. This has given the name of corridor train to tbe train made np of carnage* built after thia fashion. On same.of the trains all the carriages are connected with vestibules like those on American railways. On other trains there are two or three cor-' rider cars, while the rent of the corriagra are of the old fashioned style.. It is characteristic at the English people that there is seldom any scramble fur places in the new cars. Piople seem to like the old compartments better, a fact upon which the railway companies do not fail to lay stfeas when, after some

zo of qprridor a corridor (train* t

are principally in

between London and. Scotland. On soeres of the long distance runs in England all tbe carriages are still of the

old fashioned kind."

Another fact concerning the oerridar trains Is typical of the English ct acter. Newsboys are not carried them. The English railway newsboy is still kept solely tq the platforms a railway stations. And he is likely kept there, for English .people would rote It XL nuisance tpo great to be borne to bo postered to' buy hooks and confectionery they do not want. The newsboy who travels with tbe train.has few friends. among Englishmen who have been in America. ~ Popple grumble at the -prion charged by the monopolists who coniml All the railway newt and bookstalls in this country. But it" is often pot i to the credit of tlje mouopotbmt their newsboys are al way* at 1. but - never make themselves a nuisance, nor.worry passengers who do *-ot want the-books they an- vending. One at tbe newest innovations from merica in the English railway service ■menu mileage books. These "are now i use oo the Northeastern railway. Th*» are being "trieg In a tentative fashion, -And so far are issued only to first cMss travelers. Tbe reductions In fare mroquite considerable, and the ocoditiona prescribed by the com puny are eaay. If the experiment works satisfactorily. it will noon be Attended to third leugnrs on the Northeastern, well established on one large .trunk line, the system will soon become

HE SAW MR. HANNA. ‘

Mr. Hanna received a shock the other day from which It will take him a long time to recover. He occupies the headquarters of . the Republican national committee, In -the Glover buUdlng.-and there receives the multitude of office seekers who come to solicit bis Indorsement. Many of them are n»t content with an Interview there, but they stand around the corridors of Uio Arlington hotel, where he Uvea, besiege tbe door to tbe dining room; and break Into bis rooms whenever they dsn. Hr. Hanna cannot pass through tbe office of the hotel at any time of tbe day or night without running amuck at. a throng of people who seek his aadstanoB. While be is good naturod with those who call at his ofllre. be does not like to have people oonin to 'his rooms, and hates stlU worse to be hold up In the balls. He tells every body Ttfitr-’ ho will boat the Glover building at on tain hours, and will be glad to aoo them there, but they won't go. For several days Mr. Hanna was purtoed at the senate chamber, at the hotel, and on the streets by a haimkas looking old gentleman who would wait fur hours at a time for a chance to spmk to him. but Mr. Hanna was suspicious- and usually 'managed to elude him. When the old ganUt-inun did get 'the ml vantage, be "stood him off," waylng: "My good man, I ran not talk to you horn. You must come to my office at the Glover building, and then I will bo glad to hear what you have to say." - Hut tbe old man pluidod for "Just one moment's oonvermtlon;" ho hod "Just one Ultlc request to make." Mr. Hanna Is familiar with ''IIttlureqnewt*"and with people who want "Just a moment's con versatlon," and has loomed to dodge them, but Tie finally siiooeodod In pursuadlug the old ic ritluman to go to the Glover building and take his turn with the rest. After waiting a couple of huure tbe patient applicant was admitted to Mr. Hanna's private room, and yon oan appreciate his astonishment "whan he discovered that.all he wanted was a fcwffitrdcn eeod* to send to his daughter, who l(vrai out In Ohio. Till' papi-r which he had been so long trying to persuade Mr. Hanna to read memorandum containing her adind a list of the suds that sbo would “he senator gm«|»d tbe old gentleman both hands and exclaimed: My dear sir. Is that' all you want! I't I do something more for you! Don't want to tie district attorney or marebal tbe sooth! You are not gooff npd leave me In this way. I have had people up here ever since the 4th * March asking (or foreign mlsslnns and blnet portfolios and consulates and Judgsblps and every other offloe you can

. Hanna dictated a note to tbe secretary, gave It to the old gentleman, shook hands with him cordially al

1*0 Coagmunro Get Living Wagssr Can a senator or member of congress re In Washington on his salary! The answer to the question depends jxra tbe man to whom It is addressed. Senator Elkins of West Virginia, who lives In a palace on K street, where the furnishings of tbe bathroom alone would cost almost a year's salary, would say that the 66,000 which the government pays a senator Is but a drop in the bucket. Ho would Senator McMillan, whose Income from his gnat lumber, manufsoturing and railroad lun-rusta Is to his salary as the top of Hike's j.-ok l* to the Nebraska prairie. There are other senators, like Hale and WcOnore, whoso establish menu could not be run on tholrsalnrim for throe months in the year. In fact, there are ew senators to whom the salary Is really an Important and a vital factor of

their position.

Dec

s in

Washington than fur a representative. HD social position D more pronounced, and U be Is nmrrhd and In himaakivplng the demand* of HUcletT Upon him are very great. Soroctltnca a senator will go' to a bund to save money. Hotel life Is also chosen for other reasons. Senator Hanna to a hotel because he hoped that ounwould lie through by April or May and because a bouse would bu unnoouaanry nothing should drop In Ohio next fall Senator Platt of New York lives at hotel because his wile D not well enough undertake tbe duties of housekeeping. and'Senator Platt of Conneotlout Hkca a bond tsvuusu—but as be lias lived In a bo- ‘ nil lib life one would have to go too back for any genuine Information on question. Opinions differ as to wbetht it choo|vr to live In a hotel than to keep bonau. It all depends upon tbe bund. Some of the acnntnrs live within their salaries and save money. They shun so doty, and ride In cars Instead of oarrbgos, and neither give nor attend dinners. These, however, are the exceptions. A ■ senator cannot, as a general rule, live on tbe salary which tbe government jay*

him.—Washington Post.

Caroline Sackrultor, a young German woman who baa lived for nearly .three years with the family of Furdlnand Krecmer of Boltahoover, suddenly start.d for her homo In the' old country a few days umstanoce of an Intonating

When she rose on the morning of the day before she started, she claimed to have a presentiment that all was not well with '

in a plaintive manner, ant up and gaud around her zoom aha seemed to see a picture at bar home In the outskirts of tbe city of Ntfremboeg ln Bavaiia. and that on a couch underalattloed. Window, wfiloh In her childhood days bad bean the favorite play spot of herself and sister, she asw tbe sister lying with bar arms'tii etched out toward her. She told her friends, after tolling them at tbe coll she thought she beard and the Vision she bad seen, that she was prepared to bear had news' from home. Inside at roocisul a letter from her

d purchased her passage and left for New York the mat day to aaU on tbe steamship laor of the North German Uoyd'llne lor B