VOL XXVI. NO. n.

CAPE MAY CITY. WEDNESDAY MORNING AUGUST 18, 1897.

• stockton hotel

CONGRESS HAT.r,

Built of brick, •itiutrd __ . Tided with every onmfnrt and oo.

■"tfly fitted ; the cuialuc and aervtce

CAPK MAY, JS. J,

THE FINEST SEASIDE HOTEL IN THE WORLD^

SEASON 1897

* < T'?' •- " ,ok orn 'be Ocean, and pi

r»-e n».n a are airy, erwy and char Ml timre la a lovely alz acre la*

KlkWARU HMIGHT < AKK.

MODERN IMPROVEMENTS

APPOINTMENTS STRICTLY FIRST CLASS DIRECTLY FACING THE OCEAN

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

SPECIAL TERMS BY THE WEEK

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

I certs mornings 10 to 12.

11 H°P S evenings, 8,30 to 10.30. Dogs not taken or

allowed on the premises.

HORACE M. CAKE.

ON A POST

PRICE 3 CENTS

R BLUE.

MARINE VILLA ANNEX Finest Location in Cape May,

I HAVE TAKEN THE

PAGE and TATHAM COTTAGE’S

IN CONNECTION WITH

MARINE VILLA ANNEX. No* ready ito rcc Ive my former patrons. I shall not manage the Marine Villa tbb

Mrs. F. HALLEMBECK.

Miar-ine Villa * 33rU SEASON, Cape. May, NT. J. Open Dniii October at FOR ILLUSTRATED ALBUM, ADDRESS, Mrs. John M. Rogers Lottf Distance Telephone No 2. riOGERS OWNER AND MANAGER.

!« an Bi«Uah article of very good qu^. tty and extremely n-aartiabK" 4

Mauri,t r.,«l mute

• — •— »do i am. j “be mncraUt* mr.

* hc ‘bink me a ,.^1

i *— • nlcLt u« I “ b f ot ‘.b« comm of her lip. , ua ,nn-

I * b . I °- •■“»*»—« Mnile which bo well knew i ~bc vaid to him». If, ••She is paying | “^ b:,ck ' o nuiu." So he, too. bnran to annlc. a foolish, fatuous grin, which was promptly extinguished as lu realiad that she was not looking at

“?•, J"’ 7™“' “Jf "‘“"J'

until hi,' should make bis choice of a tT ?X n, \,f'";‘ ,l . v be said desperately: I will take this, and this, and that" He nodded. Why did he not speak? He was ah m- with her. the clerk at the midday^im-al. the husband absent, and strangling him: vihich were

“Camille, it is 1 Don’t von

cr me?”

.. V^- Pidouhtedly she did. Again tbeni nltted across her 11,* that half ^w “^” ,l lar ,0 hi “- Ortrfnjy she

■•What Sire?" she asked.

He made an awkward gesture of ig nonuice. She unrolled her tape m and pined it in a businesslike n aronnd Mauticr's neck. For a a

nd 1of ore iiim, their face Jogether that he could

kissed her.

‘Fifteen," she said, opening

oollar hox.^ f. r him to choose from. He pickul ont four boxes; then, still willing lo go. asked to see some brellas, after which be bought a mt

faandkerchiefa. Camille

.... Nu-hiti. pah d or otliiTwise betray,*1 I,, na if. Nevertheless, that she r.sTjgnix.,1 him he would have been willing to wager his right hand. Is there anything else?" she asked

again.

"That is all” While paying for the articles an suddenly orrurred to him. ““’Mbt not these purchases be » me? he said. ‘Oertaiuly. monsieur- What

OJ to ■ Hradlsy rtH

s poster I.ItS

who I am.

SWEETHEARTS OXCE. "What!” exclaimed the laundress, ,-iusing in counting the linen. "Yon do not know w hst has become of Camille?" The young man in his shirt slueves, ho was seurehing the disordered ehamber for cigarettes, stopped sl.ort and re•Certainly not How sbonld I know? It is so long since—and then,” he added. with an air of bored indifference,

that does it matter to me?”

"Oh, but I know **>-»~ -»— ,,—

and happily too!"

Then, changing her tone ns she tied

op ber.bnndle, she said:

“? OWeTCT , if 7°° do not care about

.irtock long whiffs of bis cigae. He had the day before, after reading his brilliant thesis, received his di nlnma u n In an eck be would return to Trivas, "—'y® el, 7- Tbc name and memory of Camille, the milliner, who had been hl ‘ B * 0 ® Ulp * rt <or a year, at the end of Thlch be had brusquely cast her off, fere not altogether indifferent to him. "Camille I Oh, yes. that was a long

time ago!” he said as he looked at the

Iress, a good, ngly soul from Veri, whom he had employed since

ly student days.

, after all,” aaid the “•as looking at , -‘—

a her hips, her

^the chalfonte.*

aU the Year.

CHARLES a SLTO.V. »rts. c—u.ui, I- TO ». Horn nvnr MRS. M- B- FIELD-

• HOTEL COLUMBIA CAPE MAYlCITY, N. J. Ren out toil hiiiI Improved. vlonrenletitlj I.u<-»tcd. WaBngeuteBtMRS - S- FOSTER, P i-msrlv of the Wy«n< B

to be so easily im-

She resumed:

rather cruel to the j«or

—, weren't you?”

shrugged his shoulders alimperceptibly as be took from his ; a bottle of cognac and two glasses

•aying, as he filled them:

"I broke with her when I found tlie

‘ ,0 ° serious a turn; that is '* have amnsemenL But to a career—rut I To your coed «uui. Mother Legrain. "

lid- 16 ^ Dudrrs " “ * fae dnui * t the brandy

“It does not prevent her being hsppy Aa she did not continne. after a short silence Manner, curious, asked: “What is abe doing, anyway?’-

, ''^ h ® niarried. What do you think of that. To a fat haberdasher—a handMime shop,really—Anx Trois Prince.*.’*,

Place Oiichy.”

"So much the better."

“And three children—loves—round and rosy us apples. You would never reoignize her,’’aaid Mother Ugrain in-

sidiously.

'Do you still aeo her?” Not longer ago than a week, M. Manner. I was at my door. Hue Morgue, when she passed with her husband and Children They had come to Vcrsaillea tbc chateau and the park. She stopped and talked with me a full minnte. And dressed! Not as she uma! to be—oh. no! One could see that her hns1 — 4 —is well to da” atisfied, when Manner feigned — <-"Ji that ho was inwardly piqued to interest, she slung the bundle ,rf clothes over her shoulder with a "Gocd day. M. Maurier—until Monday—good

— 1 (Hiked at her wrntinizingly while the compOBdly wrote in a large book. Then he said very distinctly, "Bobert

Manner. M. D., 16 Kuo Oujas." "Cujiis." she repeated tranquilly.

cor a second he had the foolish hope that she would herself bring the packap< .TmL . 1 ' , ’ WBS •P'^Qy undeceived.

The boy will deliver the order t night or tomorrow morning.

"Isbali count upon receiving them Ptomptly.” said he. “for I am quitting She replied, with mechanical politeness. -Oh. they shall l« sent in time!’

’Good day, monsieur.’’—Parisian.

wmmm,

•a a -w7- v w -

«Star Villa,

OCEA.Y STBEtT and BkLACH AYESUE,

9APE MAY, Jf. j..

Iw.y. bo emtruioed the beo of Cape Ms,’. vUluJa^^IU^u too

;R. HA la PI TV, Proprietor. OHch^omnibus,

Manrier prepared to go out, indulging

In the following monologue:

"Ah, me, poor Camille! Well, it is better sa She has found a chance to hat got married, in fact Curious I abouid so entirely hove lost sight of borl

pretty, Was Camille—u trifle . .—i g i r ] aud fulI ^ dlo]1 _nt face, always dusted

riz, and - her silky hair

-- ■nreole about her bead. How I ho i fly I Aud she is marrii-d, and I am tor. ripe for patient* and domestic Beally, I am not curious, hut it d bo quite amusing to see ber again her in her new surroundings, who knows? She loved me when I

—. her from me and'afterward wrote me heart broken letter*, she lives in p, -~> Oiichy, eh? Stop a minute—bah.

mst have forgotten me! tSUIl, doc* nan forget when she has suffered? It would be queer if, after all—

What have I to risk? I leave Paris iu a

I’ll go to see her. My heart telli

iv try my luck. 1 ’

With these edifying reflections Maner went down and took the OdeemOltchy omnibus, upon the top erf which

ming until he reached his —. Anx Trois Princesses In the lool “d out upon the world an arrangement of silks and linen, tof walking sticks aud umbrellas

■ Although

utar for fear _

or perhaps a he entered.

1 Lion'. Cage,

A game of dominos in a lion’s cage -.a* the novelty recently offered bewildered gaze, of the visitors menagerie. The players were „.e ’tamer” and a worthy citizen who, on .he strength of a bet, had entered the habitation of the king of beasts Seated quietly at a table which had been

lie purpose, tbe pair

'“no, the lion wal.,.tng their movements apparently with intelligent attention *' • -

finish i dash at with t

n pea

t tbo <

i'w in wild confusion

, —: h to tiie honor of the

onlookers, who fear, d that a shocking

catastrophe was imjH nding.

The amateur, however, was not alow in taking the hint. On the contrary, bo lost not a mom. nt in bolting out of the cage, and the relief was general when be succeeded i„ putting the bars between himself and tbedeinolisberof tbe table. The- lien n| peared to be a very magnaniiLous creature, for during tbe next pcriuimaucHiU allowed a friend of tlie fugitive domino player to pay

aciually condescended im a piece of meat pre-

,'itiatay offering. As, after doing justice to the morsel, he beregard tin- intruder with wistful

ind by other signs and tol v-t nu inclination to make nla nee with him. tlie

■nod aud

X Wi lit,,ring oj IOSm*. Mendocino county to noted for the m •treiip.' springs within lu borttem. 1 are of almost llmlttoM vari«y^?. „ kinds not to be to the world. The gr*

1 *P rin « '* on what U known SiStessst.*” • There Is no dlffleuly In reoognlrtog this

?hli‘u W ?t n ff le00,U0,tolt Aacaulohad a habit of taking their last drinks out of It. a tone* waa put around It, whloh of eonrea emnpda them to go elaawhere fur water. But the fence cannot keep out evemhlrnr and as a consequence the spring to alwm« Utoaudtoaecta 0 daad bodie*of i.—. ..?*** appearance of the spring Is radically JSSS* U “ doicn 01 ol ber. In the

fro ! n the emund Into a

aooiit a feet to diameter. The soil .round It |* of day color, but there U not u rign of vegetation for at least £6 feet In wsLS^hU 8TowlnU “ moeacs and other planu that ^t^Ato^f nmuuA but they aU dlcd ln .Sit tlm*

gravel pin PPearoa in a .. .FPPVHaeblng this spring from any direction an unploasant smell strlkaath. neatrllK This Is caused by tbe deoomnoeIng IhxIIos of tbo numerous «i-H creatuire •Krandit There are birds of aU kinds, rabbits and squirrels and millions of Ini •octa. Oocasloually a coyote is found Tho effect of tbe water Is men* rerli have been seen to drink It and in l«*.«n.«

Cr ' 1 •««~ful substitute for

T c, J ‘ •° "^totoct In tbe Washinga "' s tectorium, a gelatinous oomnositioa It has not appeared In this 7 at aU as yet, but HUbcl^ intri

In Europe. This f-’

— emubparent

a never hope to enUrely supersede but lu chenpness and superiority to In other directions are securing fur It .w4:si;.SL,‘s;;a"a£:

The new hardy climbing rose now being

under toe name of Kmpreas of

'iV“~ to J „ bo ' rro,| y valuable novelty. It is readily established and grows very rapidly; Its foliage is dose, graceful and of n rich grocn color. The plant begins to bloom tbo first mason, aud continues to grow and bloom till after the coming of frost* and what 1*especially commendable

fact that It U perfectly hardy. Tbo ice beautiful flowers, but their season y for a short period during midsum- ' climbing hybrid perpetual roses akc a satisfactory growth tor a wall and bloom but sntrlngly

S3

rose-Unit grows almost airic rose, blooms oontlnuot until late In the autumn, i the- winter with |«rfcct n lv for service early In the « from year to year, nod of flowers throughout tl praise and admiration

with rice pemeier. ai toba Her rilky hair formed a about bar head, os he remembered il She raised her eyes and glanced at him expectantly, bat with no sign of recog"Yoa wish something, monsieur?" This greeting was un looked for. He i collars and neck-

.... Frith.

Although i’rufcssar Kuaekfmar is nsu-

, ally credited with assisting tbe kaiser In the prodnertiou of his surprising pictures, the German monarch owes his •arliest intredmtlon to the mysteries of art to aa English painter. The first omo tbe fcui*er handled a brush waa at

Windsor, when Mr. Frith was pai

the jiictureof the Prince of Wales’ marriage for the queen. All tbe royal personages gave sittings to the artist, and the kaiser, then a little t-year-old prince, spent ». reral mornings in tbe room where the picture was being paint- "' J T ? k *vp the child quiet, Mr. Frith „ J him some paints and brushes and allowed him to dabble ou one of the

ofinisbed corners of-tbe canvas As tbe natural result of this very in-

judicious preceding the prince’s face was in a very few minutes covered with streaks of green, blue and vermilion. The sight of his smeared face terrified his governess, who begged the artist to remove the colors, and Mr Frith, armed with rags and terpentine, had nearly

completed bis task when the p spirit fonud its way into a scrate

child’* chink. The future

suited tl

as though be w u known. He tolt actually played ber part without

but tbe iK-tals ai »(1 and of good «,!* blown the form Is r oe emitted Is

■re grace:

r. they —. — which Is ao much ad i f . t ^ 1 !* B * Uciqul * lto ’ “ Dd ,or r ““i eat aaiiel bouquet tbe vigorous clusters ol buds and flower*, with their anromnonv Jug foliage-, are all that could bo deilred. Urowsnke a morning glory and Is ai writosone. eutlnitl- “ " orlst His enthusiasm may hava bis description too far. but this hi evidently i

Down In Greeno and Ulster counties 1 i a local onstom to publish to the paper i srdof thanks to thews who have tbowi indne** on any occasion of bereavemsn r distress. A Prattsville woman, who* usband died suddenly, sent tbe followtoi trd of thanks to a papor for publication ha seems to bar* combined piety, gretl ito and bnstota* In about equal pauper-

uost boarttly to thl ■Id and oo-opsratlo: mod dosth ^ niy Ut wh ° mo by the ham of death on Friday last while o*t! D g break tost. To tbe friends and all who oontrib

— painter with hie fista, and mu mm--Jlf undcra largo table, wnere be yelled until be was tired. Mr. Frith deehtres in hi. •’Beminirecnoes” that the little pnnoe showed a most unforgiving spirit and revenged hitusel#afterward by anting so badly that the painter -' altogether to produce a natisfao-

1 — Chrouicto.

t-v- auu rune gelding bare*, old, which I will Mil cheap. 'Oo

• In a mysterious way his wonders t s—urai; be plant* his footsteps on th soa and ride*upon the storm;‘alioa blad and white abote. very low.’’—Troy (N. Y.

TU ut the buttons to his shirt

ho told her he Mt up a! r —v— without any stakes