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SEASON 1897 \ MODERN IMPROVEMENTS

APPOINTMENTS STRICTLY FIRST CLASS DIRECTLY FACING THE OCEAN

BEAUTIFUL LAWNS. RATES, $3 AND $5 PER DAY

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tt llithiT tb» linn hail wnhilrawur— 11S ks Umihl’Ii a Mniirmary auiuial AhaLii.g u,vith oouvultfivu Uuucs rail of which ft axplained more by Rcttnrvs than by wtnift). Tho doctor, clnmbcnnp up boadu tbc boy, thinks ho can descry < ax the grass stems bond and droop before some writhing object) the lion's waring tail and a yellow

gray haunch. Hu fires:

CONGRESS HALL, CAPE WAY, K. J. Unlit of brick situated on a W.f *'tb a clear outlook over the Ocean, a I Id^iri every comfort and cot • The rooms “'SL* “1, filt ^ • ibe rulaloe and aervlee m.- xe. il.xl, and there is a -lovely *ejv asMnger elevator, electric belle, hrM-elara laundry ; fireH M-ai-.A . id th, arran* n ent* for 0<i0 Guert*. < oogrrea Hall baa Ixx-n rev. ntly r rCpllntrd an ut In excellent e.mdltlon The sanitary arrangements ■emoat apprev. d pattern and sre now per ec^. R ^ KYIGHT CAKE.

Corner rooms and suites with parlors and baths extra,

certs mornings 10 to 12.

I lops evenings, 8.30 toio.30. Gogs not taken or

allowed on the premises.

HORACE M. CAKE.

MARINE VILLA ANNEX

Frnost Location in Cape May.

they'd yielded to her spell.

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like the rest, hl» fsee fairly beamed la epl Of hlmaelf. They wore all bewitched by i

FRUIT AS MEDICINE.

Cow that the dietetic Tab unlraraally nx-ognl»xl t Ibelr oultlvallnti lanwltlng

THE LION SLAYER. He is a young doctor and a surgee on board one of the small gunboats placed on a great African lake—fresh colored still, though slightly tanned by exposure to the lake winds, with merry Irish eyes of Wuo gray, a square cut jaw and obstinate chin, a long upper lip, a little whisker at tho temples and short wiry black brown hair. lake many men of his class, he is a potential Darwin, and, haring no other means to travel and study natural history, has entered the navy as a surgeon. He has landed on the shores oi the lake fee a day’s sliooting,. hoping to get an elephant at least, hut meantime content to study sunhirds. Let us in imagination enter bis mind, *«- through his eyes what ho saw and lay bare bis

thoughts.

Grass, a forest of grass, with stout knotted stems six to eight feet high, and abundant leaves storting from every joint. Each stem ends in a drooping plume of ripened seeds. »-*«-•*—

_ r the doctor

way through -the tangled herbage and canelike stalks the seeds shower down upon him, each one steadied in its descent by its long, feathery stipule. The seeds are sharp pointed and barbed at the ends, so they pierce their way through his khaki clothing easily and scratch the perspiring flesh beneath. This raises to exasperation the discomfort already felt to bo well nigh unbearable, for tho doctor's face is now tho color of raw beef from the stifling heat and Uio frightful exertion of forcing bis way through such u thicket of grass and his hands are scratched and cut by contact with theraxor edged leaves. His terai bat is constantly being dragged off his bead, and it is all ho.can do to cany his gun and elbow his way through the obstructing herbage, protecting his face as well as possi-

ble with tho left band.

So be is in an ill temper and cannot stop to notice the small weaver birds of flame color and black, tho extraordinary stick insects, exactly simnlating stalks of grass, and the green, leaflike m anti see which throng the dense brake on either sidv Ho is after bigger guma Tho most experienced oTTiis Isiys pioneers him throngh the stifling gras* jungle. Another hoy with a second rifle follows behind. Tho idea is “elephants,” elephants having been reported hereabout the previous day, when suddenly (they have reached a space } the grass is a little drier, a little

dense) the pioneer boy

doubling bark on his master with every

gesture expressive of “Hush!" The doctor stops, mops his boiling

face (thankful for the momentarv halt) nd asks inquiringly, "Elephants?” So,” says the negro in a panting Whisper; “lion. There, there 1 No, not them .You see that ant bill? Well, climb on to its side, and yon will see

lion lying in a clear spare just be-

yond. A male lion, truly. Its body is nearly white, and its mane is black.”

With express rifle ut full cock, the

doctor advances gingerly through the interlaced grass, bent nearly double, keeping the tnnxxle of tho gun directed straight before him and shielding its sensitive trigger from the intrusive grass stems. Tho ant hill is reached. He clambers on to its sloping side.

“Good God, the boy’s rigbtl What a

beauty, and asleep tool” But something in the doctor's coming has aroused tbc lion, not ten yards away—aronsod him partially, for there is no sudden move-

ment'

*Hc raises tho great head set in a collar of yellow, brown, black mane. Slowly the dim nictitating membrane paves over the yellow ryes, but as they are focusing to meet bis own gate the doctor fires—fire* precipitately (his position on the sloping nut hill is ' cure), wounds the lion somcwl somehow, but does not kill him. Tho beast gives a sharp, explosive roar, seems to jump into the air with all four feet and then in three bounds has crashed off into the grass jungle. Si-

reload. A rash comes throngh the grass, a deafening roar; some great yellow object in tho air above him—momentarily—dark against the sky—yellow eyes—(insensibility). “Click, clock, click clock, dick clock. I wonder wbat that fanny sound is. Am I in a train? No, It is tho engine's of the steamer—or is it the pulse beating in my temples? Then I have been asleep, and in broad daylight, with the blue sky above me and in the broiling sun. How foolish 1 But no—it must be sometbinc more. I kuoW-tbcre nas something happened. T<ot me' thfnk —tbc lion, of course—a lion jumped a mo. Then I must lie wounded. Let' (raises himself painfully on his

right arm).

“My.Godl A pool of my own blood 1 My left arm has no feeling. Chewed by the lion, hand almost detached, rest of of blood, muscle, bone and kbakL Ob, God. I'm going to die— can’t live—ho has torn open my stomach I That must bo tho pancreas. I'm like a butcher's shop." (Whimpcra A blubbering sound attracts his attention.) 'Hello! You here, Jama? Plucky abap. Thought you'd have cut and Where's Saidi? Eh? Speak lender. f. Ob, gone to gunboat. Quito rlght. ‘ What—tho lion?” (Turns his bead slightly.) “There, still living; looks pretty sick too." (The lion is lying four yards away, partly on his side, one crippled fore paw turned hack, the other outstretched, and tho great head resting on it, eying the men with solemn yellow eyes, no longer fierce, tb« pupil shrunk to a pin point.) With each conclusive shudder of the lion's body the blood round him widens slightly. "Byhi I'll die like a man. and be shall go first Who can tell? Ho might recover and hurt the boy. See here, Jnma" (to Jnma, who is supporting hi* back), “be very gentle, take a cartridge ont of my belt, put it in tho rifle—sa Now—nh, abl Mind my arm. Now give rifle ip my right hand and come between my legs—so. Btoop very low down, like

that

'Now, I'm going to rest tho rifle on your shoulder and take aim. Keep very still, I won't hurt you. Keep stilL I'll aim just between tbo brnto's cyca.” (A minute’s pause. Bang! Doctor falls t»ok fainting. Lion stretches out his head three times with spasmodic upward tnevement, the tail and limb*—all but tho crippled one—stiffen, tho claws stand out from their sheath* and the

beast dies.)

'Jnma. is thut yon? Water; how delicious! NI'T'—and on my forehead—sa What a brick you ore! Upon my word. I’d like to leave you something, Jnma You must tel! them that I said so, you know, for sticking by me. God bless you! lathe lion dead?” .-(The sobbing boy nods "Yea.'') "Well, then, 1 must die, too. 1 'm enough of a doctor to know that. Don'tcry. Tell them I bore it like a man. But it's beastly hard. Who’d have thought my day’s shooting would have ended like this?” (Whimpers.) “Beastly hard. I'm so young, and I’ve done so well np to now—and thcro'motlier. Who will break it to he Sbc'U never get over it—and Lily—an damn it all, I can't even send 'em me sages 1 How ran one tell such things a black hoy? tj'poso I'm dying primarily from the shock—know I'm dying somehow—can't raise my head to look— mother, mother I “What rot to go on like that, could do any good I See hero, Juma, more water—so. Now listen. Incndirlni amni, ndi mlougei. Iwe— Oh, God, bow I toll him? It's all slipping away u mo. For the blood is tho life. Where have 1 heard that? Tho blood tho life—slipping away—slipping I must he ill a boat, it is so soothingup and down, up and down—so restful.” (Sighs gi'utly. Dies.)—Sir H. Johnstou iu Saturday Kcviow.

Tbe lemon, from the Arabic word liman, which up to' the fifteenth wntnry was found only In India, now growa throngb-

irdcrlng on the Medl- » Ax-Ten, tbo Canaries

and most tropical lands of the new world. — sensitive to oold, and

ligation In summer and winter, U tndls-

lu hardy growth.

There Is a ii**t remarkable specimen of lemon tr»i In a quarry 00 feet deep Syracuse, Sicily, which

Probably no fruit contains tl>c valuable _ repertloa pussewwd by the lemon. The uloe, the rind and the oil all su I •serve use-

ly goO

■e leu

The llneat lime gardens In the world are on the little island of Montaerrat.n )lriU»l> . ny. When ripe, tho best limes are selected end cut Into siloes by machinery; the juice is thou extracted by the-means of licavy preeson, and after It Is strained It Is conveyed In England, where It Is buttled fur export to other countries. Tbe refuse from the presses and tbe Inferior fruit ore, by other treatment, made yield citric odd, which It os useful In > arts ns is tbe juice for other purposes. In this country the frtilt Is seldom seen except in it* pickled form. It Is, however, ' >th K.m>q preserved. Tbe fruit ■Ho green for preserving pur- » that tbe rind's exquisite arums may not bo lost. Is ladled with !id spice, or sometime* the pulp It 1. and tho fragrant rind Is Incrusted with sugar, thus making a must dull clout

confection.

Another fruit with dclld-jus possibilities i tpe pomegranate, which, since tho time of the patriarchs, bus furnished its juice ,far Uio assuaging of thirst, and In a most delightful fashion, too. does It answer this purpose, tvvnted with rosewater end cooled with snow from tho mountains, this juice forms the delicious sherbet of tho 'rult ft a native of Fcrabi, wn in Europe at a very now- tlnurislies In all tlie subtropical countries cf both hemispheres. India made a priceless present to the Inhabitant* of the tropics In sending the a across tbo Acahlon sea. This fruit dally bread of many thousands of people all tbo year ruund. No ot‘ provides man sjxjntnmwuily with

an abundance of food.

Tbo grunt naturalist Iluml«>ldt calculated that a given space of ground planted with bananas would produce 133 times as much food sutwinnoo as tbo same area

sowed with wheat.

Tho apple is such a common fruit that try few people are familiar with lu remarkably eOicaeious medicinal properties, and yet It should he a matter of common knowledge that the very host thing one can do Is to eat apple* before retiring for the night. It ft excellent brain food tiecause It has more phosphoric ncld In easily digested sbnjw than other fruits. It excltc tbc action of tbe liver and jironiotos sound and healthy sleep. Tbo apple not only obviates lmllg.-xt1.in ami prevents diseases of tbe throat, but Is a most efficacious remedy in obstinate cases of rheumatism. bat our forefathers appreciated tbo virtues of tbo apple even though they could not give the why* and wherefores from a select!ilc standpoint. They had an rblch waa something like this, apple on going Ui bed and tlio doctor will have to hog hi* bread.Epl-

■o lavish

A Story of George W. Childs. dorr-ding story on Nowspahor day of tho kindness of ito George W. Childs. Mr.

Childs was leaving Tho Lodger offloe one night very late when be hoard on alarm of fire, end an old man came running down tbo stairs. Mr. Childs asked him his business. "I'm going to report that fire," said the old man. "How long have you boon « reporter ou this paper* ’ asked Mr. Childs

•Four

1 said

old i

■Well," said Mr. Childs, "you go baoktn the city editor and tell him I say to eend somebody who Is younger." Tho old man obeyed, lie was told afterward that ha need not report forduty again. Mr. Childs had pensioned him. A year or so nfterthat tho man who told mo the story happened

rr Mr.

;blld*'

THE COLQHIAL, CAPEM ^ N ' J '

FULL OCEAN VIEW.

“Well. I’m a muff!" thinks tbe door . "Ho wasn't ten yard* away, and I didn’t kill him dead. I don't knerqnits where I hit him—in the chest, think. But ho can't be far away, and I

Bust finish him off."

He descend* from tbe ant hill into the clear trampled space where tbo lion bad been lying. At the spot where the boast bad made its first bound into the dense gras* hedge there is a great squirt of blood oxer the tangled greenery—the dark crimson liquid still drips from leaf blade to leaf blade. "Ah; thought so! He gnut be pretty badly hit” Two black faces, with starting eyes and anxious grins, now cautionxly peer around the ant hill Tbo doctor, raising his bead, recognises hi* boy* and beckons them down. Tbe three converse in whispers. Tho situation is explained— bow the lion was wounded, tho direction in which be bounded away. The boys urge caution. "Lion plenty flcrcu. Mkango mkali odiru. Master must take care; better climb tree and look all around—not go into grass." Bnt there

is no tree anywhere near.

A boy hoists himself to tbe slender

summit of tbe ant hill and. report* that sultry and even

is moving in the dirvw iftb enratn "

Tb* Shah's !>»>'• Work. A vivid account of tho daily life of the shah of Persia is contributed to Tbe Illustrated Magazine by Mr. J. F. Fraser, who visited Teheran in tho course of hi* world's tour ou a bicycle. "How docs tho shah spend an ordlry day? Well, ho is a busy man. Ho rises early, performs his devotions, has piece of thin, pasty Persian bread and glass of sweetened tea. Then at about . o’clock he receives his ministers. Ho is slovenly in habit and walks np and down the’ room with his slippers flipflapping. Indeed, the story goo* that tho reason ho parted with his first wife was because she constantly complained that ho did not wash himkelf. “He dictates doxeus of letters, bears dispatchi's read, consult* authorities, attends minutely to every detail of business This continues for six hours at a stretch. Thou bo has his breakfast All tho food is carefully prepared, and a prince of the royal blood is responsible that no tricks are played. Tbo shah, aoccruing lo etiquette, eats alone. Between 60 and GO dishes are served, bnt his majesty only touches two or three. Knives au’d forks are tilings unknown at court, and tho shah eat* everything with his fingers—greased rice, mutton

and fruit

■ 'During breakfast extract* from European papers, chi. fly French, are read to the shah. Following breakfast the shah probably has an hour's sleep, and then, after some glasses of tea, be will amuse himself with working a little telegraph instrument paying backgammon with his ministers—who are careful not to win—setting and resetting plants in the gardens or taking photograph*. He has even been photographed in bed and ha* pictures of himself dressad in uncomfortable Prussian military

the garb of an Eng-

o great deal of worry ci

mind to ask a serious question. “Don't you get your money regularly?" asked Mr. Child*. "Oh, yes," answered tho man, 'but It has worried me a lot lately, sir; t lias worried mo a lot W know what's going to become of me whouyou dlo."—

Washington Post.

THE PLAYFUL SEAL. Lots of *-un In Jugsllns Things In th. Beals have on either side of the nnse a little scattering bunch of whiskers or bristles something like scat'* whisker*. Tho bristles of the hair seal—tlie species at tho aquarium at Battery park—are not so long as those of the fur seal, but they ore three or four inches in length, and they are white and slender and flexible. The older of the aquarium seals, which has been there about years, gets a lot of fun out of its whiskers. It joggles things An the water with them for hours at a time. There may l>e flouting in tbo pool a fragment of fish skin, for instance, left from tho lad feeding. The seal will swim under this and raise it on the tips of it* tdeuder I*uding whisker*. Tbo fragment floats away or dodges off with the agitation of tbe water caused by tbe seal's motions, and the seal swings its head nudt r il and raises it again on its whisker tip*. If it slides down a wave that the seal has raised, the seal swims after iL The seal is a very rapid and graceful swimmer. Sometimes this seal when it has tossed up tho fragment of Glib skin in this way will turn over in the water with a swift spiral movement and catch tlie fish akin on its bristles again when it comes up. It is something like a man tossing things np in the air and then turning round and back in time to catch than when they came down. For hours at a time, as a kitten play* with a ball, tho seal juggles this fragment floating iu the water.' rtf

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