CAPE MAY HERALD.

AN IND(PINOSNT WSSKLY.

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-ByM. A. SCULL. - Publisher tii Proprietor.

One Dollar Per^Tear In Advance.

Mon who danced with the Queen bid {air to rival In multitude the nurses of CroorBc Washington.

The popularity of Earl Roberta la likely to restore the goalee to favor on masculine chins In England. It fell Into disuse after cavalier days and stayed out until Louis Napoleon returned It to vogue.

The Adirondack guides have struck against the danger of the modern small bore rifle In the woods. This Weapon sends bullets far beyond necessary range, and should be barred from the forest, where It Is likely to kill people who are out of sight.

Professor Lee. the well-known astronomer. seems not to put much faith in the sun. as be has calculated that In the next S.000.000 years It will freeze to death. This Is sad, if true, but there should be some Interesting American to Invent something, If only another sun. with which to avert the calamity.

English girls are growing so tall, thanks to athletics and an outdoor life generally, that Lady Violet Greville expresses alarm for the future of the sex If they continue to increase Ih •tature: Even now they-dominate the men in height to sneh an extent that they are correspondingly diminishing their matrimonial chances. * ,

The habit of considering the Mormon church as essentially an establishment of Utah In the far west Is rudely broken by news of 1000 converts reported to the conference of the southern states within the past year. This conference covers Ohio, Kentucky, Virginia, the Carollnaa, Georgia, Florida. Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana.

The Rev. 8. Baring-Gould (who among other interesting things

; things wrote

"Onward.. Christian

t to mnsic) la

u set to mnsic)

credited with being the most prolific of English authors, the British Museum showing 140 titles In its cata- - logne nnder his name. Andrew Lang comes next with 130 and Dr. Fnmlvall. - Who won a boat race at Is third

with 120.

: \

It Is noticed in England that penmanship Is rapidly deteriorating, even among clerks who have ample leisure and opportunity for good work with the pen. One of the busiest of Americans. Thomas a. Edison, writes rapidly In a hand that Is described as "like copper-plate, every curve fully formed and distinct." This expertness Is a survival of the Inventor's early experience as a telegraph operator. r—

/ According to a recent writer- on "Municipal Baths In England and the United Stales,” out of >04 towns in England and Wales one-third maintain one or more of these establishments. Of these 46 have a population less than 40,000. The loans sanctioned for the purpose In the last 12 yean amount to over >7,000,000. In the United States, out of 17 of Its largest cities, municipal baths are found In oaly seven of them, aggregating U establishments. aS against 76 In London alone. Chicago has foar free pub lie baths. Boston two and Ban Francisco one. New York's free Boating 'baths are for summer use only.

. It looked at one time as If the in ternational marrying fad would nevet die out. but If reports are true It may soon go the way of the bicycle erase It Is stated that hut two English duker remain In the matrimonial mai aad neither of them can be cons Id •red eligible, one being a!meet a Iona tic and the other an invalid. Inter __ —tkmal marriages have dbc, as «

to the brides. Money aad titles not guarantee hap places. The tltlet . have a glamor for a certain elaaa o<

CHRISTIAN HEROISM.

Tiltstfc Says Those Who Bear Scars Shall Be Recompeascd.

Art Net AshaaMd ef Scan del Betas lor Their Ceeatry-Osd Wlfl lloaer Them.

ICevmeti MU

Dr.Talmagepc telli of pe«t reward*. The Uxt is G*l»tiiiu vi, 17, "J bear ta my body tbs i

We hear much about crowna, throne*, victoriea, but I now tell the in<

and to their drjng day they will have a

irsirrb.ir.’

•ere once corrupt, but they have been regenerated. and they are no more what kw tip

lually reaut

wran

a dcplorabl r aome tend

mg which they muit perprti f have an unwholesome ret

cation which is a badge ol honorable and aelf-sarnhcing service. He had in his weak eves the result of too much study, snd m his body, bent and wore, the sign* tur* of scourging! and shipwrecks and

declares,

;x; ir--Notice that it u^not wounds, but scare,

circulation must have been restored, end must have been f >rmed. it is

°T ib* flmh-

and soul he believed what h.- said; they

c-d

Christ; they were credentials proving his ’ ‘ ‘ lesd in the world's evangeliutioi

right to lesd in the world s evangeliuiion.

a? ^ “ k

von ask some German "Where did yoi

"That

Si . 0( An*

lough t® »«ror* *.he tru'hfolnen 'of his ! the pereon^Th^y“T'ere**s^cki^*' As

aT W : ; I

A k

to ms

mi^/oYotoc^Lcre^ scars not got ^in war which are just as illus-

tr x.S'Ira.TA; | ssEL“

him and flogged and imnrjsoncd and trial- i That is. with-the hand of soldier*. * -

:™!g!XsS k ,' h .“

ince. "I bear in t < Lord Jesus."

1 this country years ago

cy^Tthi n oppoSTSe'oMhe ntated and angry, and in moat

The attorney case got irrital

brutal manner i _ _ guished attorney's disfigured face, a more deeply acarred than any face 1 saw. The legal hero of whom I am speaking in his closing argument said: "Gentlemen of the jury, when I was a little child I was playing with my sister in the nursery, and her clothes caught fire, and I ran to W to put out the fire. I succeeded, but I my*elf took fire, and before it was extinguished my face was awfully burned and as black aa tha heart of the scoundrelly counsel on-the other aide of the case whs has referred to my misfortune." Tha eminent attorney of whom I ■peak carried all his life the honorable scar of

his sister's rescue.

. A J

world in derisive pur-

er, the painter. The

young graduate took up his pen—in some

i tha most brilliant pen that

it to

put to paper—and wrote those five great volume* on modern painting, the chief thought of which was his defense of

the abused painter.

The heroic author by some was auppooed in his old days to be cynical and Unit finding, and when I saw him a little while before his death be was in decadence, tot I know that over his (ace and all over his manner were the acars of heroic

In Uie seventies of hi* lifetime he waa suffering from the wounds and fatigues of the twenties. Lon* after be had quit the battle with author's pen and painter’s

battle with author'a pen and | pencil be bore the sears of bten

why do w* go so far for illustration I could take right out of the memoriet of aome whom 1 address instances lust aa appropriate? To rear aright for God and heaven a large family of children that country home waa a mighty underIon*. Far away from the village doctor, e garret must contain the herbs for ths

garret at all

infan tA

family

— a in every form of house-

SZiTtt sxx

tune with the same contagion. Her hair .is white a long while before it is time for ■now; bar shoulders are bent long before

the appropriate time Jor stooping. Spectacle* are adjested. some for cloee by. and aome tor far off, yean before you

* supposed her eyes would need nent. Here and there is a short

crave in ber pathway, this headstone bearing the name of this child and

— ■ ing the name of

headstone bearing

child. Hardly one ncrcavei shadow than another be real

t lifts its eat £op*

si

than formerly. Some of in the heavenly world, for which they were well prepared through maternal fidelity, and others are oof in this world dote honor to a Christian anomtry. whan her life doses and ths neighbors for ber obaaqiriaa ths officiating lap may-find appropriate words in

J.xe's.K-^dSKi

U 1 tr'i.r ’ involvs -Jar ths their vi-

inqniaitor’s machine of torture could not wring from her the story of domestic worn snd neglect. The marriage ring, that was nettle and nightshade of brightest form would have been a more accurate nrophe-

* “,.'i h "h°

*- ‘irment There is no escape for that

‘s.fkV's.r:.':- siXm

with tl bor of

suckle Scars*- If there he none on th brow showing where he struck her *rri> ing home from midnight carousal, never-

,r“*“ b r r '‘! °. n , . he ,l * r th "* Hi* resung place*; yet he went so far as shall leap forth for her «ven r rmrnt the to meet Him in that sacred place and live thunderbolts of an mcensed God. | there betray Him. What a picture of

he none on the

THE SABBATH SCHOOL

Utenullonil Lew MfchL Suhkcf Anns Betrayed. Jaba irlll. HI - OoUas Text. Malt. xxvL 46>Memsry . Verse*. 5-11—Coax alary os lbs Bay** l»«*s*

4

stream that flowed to ths east

of Ji

flow

U. 18 and drem”—Or

stream that lem, through the vai and diridM the city Olivet. "Where waa

rat—the brook CeTbis waa a small

__ the east of J< valley of Je‘

from the

i. .. , ,. l s;

ui.

rcXUuVS iiXWlS iKK

fs-.S'irx, is",

Ei

are denied a pillow of dust on whic slumber! Better enlarge your roll of U not h^f U had u ■ bwl.n hr.rt.

-^Tk.rp.T^” iv'-ftrs i ™

LTnT.! ,h,.„ sssuir^si's'^s^ira sk |

•hte con *“ ud from »>te 800 men. who quar —2: itzt ss

ate when he said that? If vou have stud- j deaig

e?srX££:

ution which scholars say could not have n verr thoronrh because of what thev I Paul's imperfect command of Greek tax. But his history became exciting

si on. Christ "went forth" from the c

sSL convulsit

J«u*

r tK,

borite ■e to

A WINTER FL0WEU FAD.

SIMFLC RULES TO MAKE PLANTS CROW IN THE HOUSE

views*!* More Neglected Here Than In Karwpe —light. Water aad Clean I lee 1 he Keoaesary Megaletlee—Cara of Serin -> Ueelrabla Slower* for the Meglaaer.

plant e their v

Americans .do not take to house it culture as Buropeans do. Perhaps

winter climate makes the thing

more difficult, perhaps they haven't time to care for the planu. Yet It Is extremely easy to master the few car-

dinal principles of plant

: Inter

tertaiament that It 1* surprising that

p-ow thet to being ■ong cl

achools, especially In the klndergart-

mrpriBfi

more women do not grow then

ig spiv,,...

children In the

! downtown kindergarten child received a little potted . —i a |i

ens. each

plant on Chrjgti^g day. and

1* appai care of

the teachers consultation

and the question

Ch rtetmas da >umc*fluaines Ivd way to thi

era. Evergtenornlng t called AlUdXaerl^d^ < n plant vymtwjma snd (

priintly

of proper treatment. . Then, again, twe* weall

mother recently told the

Ithy

klnd«

had never found anything else the children learned at school so satisfactory as their recent craze for plants The mania which began with a pot of

ilgbti:

I amen has spread idlf

been given over to

btfly.

I' floor

paid for prai

;. fun

were

lesome problem.

Floi

(he. amateur gar■t florist^ has been

deners. and an expert leal lesaonr'ln potting.

. etc.

tering. laislug

b dry heat

me moisture and

. if they

imigatlng. pruning. <

ig flowers In a moderp h lUblesome problem, be cane

good deal of fresh

rive.

TTie explanindow plants

thrive better in tbe kitchen »ny ^iher room In-the bouse is

found In the steam and moisture of

the cooking and dlshwasbli

Ion of the fact that wli

than l/

hlng.-

Gas is another enemy of' tbe house

th wl

E SfT’Sp"^"te airings at one stroke snapped altogether. site

6. “Went backward and fell."

'gp'Jxu*.

Thi*

surrendered Himself willingly, ss to God's Pj“^d »ot te msn’s power. » It drew

have found rest at last f< the complete real, tbe everlasting real that I heard of before I came here as the rest that reoaineth for the people of

I Jeau*. and that He cl would. See Matt. 28 : 53, 54. “I have told you." An li

irk on yonr cheek V "Oh. that Waa ide by-the paw of the lion to which I

J* thrown by the order of Trajan.*

Some one will say to Paul. "Great apose. that must have been a deep cut one*

which I are on vnne aect **

have been a d

—the mark which I see on And Paul says, •That waa i

which struck me at my road to Ostia.” But

on the road to '

txs; e all have

: are some of ilk over in the beav- : celebrate the grace ibant over all antag-

N'ow, what is the practical sse of this subject? It is the cultivation of Christian heroics. The most of oh want to say things and do things for God when there is no danger of getting hurt. We are all ready for easy work, for popular work, for compensating work, bnt we all greatly need more courage to brave the wand and

brave satanie assault thing aggressors and

ihing aggresvvs and bold and

And if^we happen ^to ^et hit what

».»• ■“ k £^£ t it!

—. /kSm?

neas as to what the wc in any crisis of our "* right, and all earth not dot you down.

anctiflsd grit, holy reckless

.it you i

Ths sum btl

text also uf

liasionary who wrote ittered that piled op mag- ' i thoa* words which

lifieencc to be found in those words'

on splitting h*:

queroni,.-thronglr Him that loved ns. for I 2m pereuadedthatneitlir 'deaUi < aor‘hf* nor ancels nor orincipalitisa torr fiowera

nor STprSreTt^teinS

bn^h^ nor a depth nor any other oraatore

depth nor aay c !l bs afals to separate us tram tha iqve God, which is in Christ Jesus our

■d.”

Lord.'

How do yon Jik* that, >ou oowarda, who • shrink boat fromi sggi smivi work, and'if so mneh as a splinter pierce your dash cry out loader than many a one torn in aoto-da-fe. Many a soldier has gone thim«h a

regiment up s Mil mounted by cannon end swept br-eufisketry, and yet cam* bom* without having been oeee hit end without s mark Upoahia. Bnt it Mill cot be se

a soldier has gone thrsugh a m in twenty buttles, led n hill mounted by cannon and iketry, and yut came home

been wounded, snd ab bear mars. And what would ths nssriy arnvsdJn^lteavCT

4e with nathte to show that he' Sff-SjK

i go their

Jples cq their way. It . that they sbouMtflivr to

carry on the work, and Chrier yropoae* to

. — — wotk, end Ch protect them from all bar word*/if authority, not of »- "Which He spake.”

ence ‘

Tarsi,

“'"-f

pUed R lirea; even tbe body is a part of charge and car*. He had kept t

From Luke 22: 49. we see Dies asked Jesus if they with the sword. J’efi

sword drew iL" that tbe diaashnuld defend

-- - /reier did not wait

•n answer, but at once begins the de-

Probably he u

his litete^ flolfijl his vow (Mark

Z ^ff^h^t^'-^S • , T «7/a»b set, for it compromised '•so* in Os teaching that Hiskioedom

-v- — that His'^kii^lom of thi* world, bnt a spirifosl

^ l In.

kingdom. Th* external’ear, though severeo. urns apparently hanging on th* ; for our l-ord is said, in Luke 22: have touched His ear in performing

was Christ’s last m&a-

th* bearing. , _ debeforeHi* dsatfa.

it far ain is represented

in a cup for Him

jgar^

man b

planu. and It Is wort)

gas Is lighted to remove any gre planu from tbe room if that Is practl-

A south or east window Is naturally

ouriah. if me plants raiatAngly

small allowance of sanahlne apd 41>llL The China roae la a veritable ^ poor man’s friend, becanse It wllLffftw and blossom sturdily, in the glbotnreet place, if only it la watered pippr receive* an occasional smoking

i watered Qipperl

Tly,

i a breath of frewh air now and

No cold air ahould be allowed. to blow directly . upon a potted plant Next to fresh air in flower cultare— perhaps before It—comas clAsnllnsas

— - Ml

The leaves are full of tiny, breathing pores, some of them having as many as 160.000 pore* to the square Inch, and yet persona will allow a plant to go unwashed aJl winter and wonder that It doesn't thrive. Every plant should be washed at least opce a week, and washed thoroughly, but the water must be confined to the stems'and leaves and

not soaked into the roots. Wasl plant Is one thing, watering

ly different story.

The plant ahould be pot Into a sink

Fashing i f it is ai

lug.

entirely different et

pot I

or ‘bathtub, and each leaf ahould be

both sldi

waxy leaves a s] but for the bain

syringe with Tepid water

For the smooth.

iponge may be used, iry leavee a flower fine nozxle la seeded.

th a fine nozxle la seeded, ir Is the right thing, and an’’ bath in weak eohp suda 1*

ible. wl

steal plants should be sponged with - warm soap suds every two weeks as a preventive for Insects. The planl should never be set In the ^unllght

while weL

The pests from which t

re the

plants are in danger are tl

-the mealy bug, the scale and the re£. spider. Tobacco smoke will kill f

green fly. and warm soap suds will low both the scale and the spider. ' mealy bug most be searched Mr

ruthlanely execute - syringing will do m

nil

u who have,

:r neighbors put it, a knack with i. Translated, the knack

merely Intelligent observation and Interest. There Isa Utile German woman on Avenue A, who has the knack. She can coax anything from a roae •ereanlum to an orchid *-*— i

Id Into glorious prodigality of'

Her flo#era are the admira-

tion of her friends aad the despair of her enemies, and eke la called Into consultation all over the neighborhood to

prescribe for ailing pianta. y

“It la that I love flosrera." ehreayu. beamingly, when asked abodt ber secret 'They are my thUdrem. They

II different nation*. 1 humor That is all I do not make

them drink when they are not thirsty. I do not let them catch coM. When they are sick It M the same aa with the children. They show it so plain.

cm.

old "have “ d them.

« by the condition of the leaves and he sett. Never, save ta the case of

h tbe sides of the pot aad curl

md.

reach i around.

Glasw! pot* of all kinds are death upon flowers If a Jardiniere must be used, th'- ordinary porous pot Hhould be set Inside of II and ahould tx-

out of tbe Jardlner<-'for a

each day The light colored earthen

ble to ll

i be taken

pot* are preferabl

<• red one* be-

"."se more poriiu. This tnii-ter of gluz-

Iffiru:

le ffsrnc-

or airtight of keeping

■ in good condition. No

plants can grow well In a tllver receptacle. even if It U perform w. ot the bottom: and few of the bandtwHiii- table fern bolder* make even tha' «-oiiresalon to the plant's requirement* If no one i-as already done It home on* hhould introduce a gracefully sbap.-d, low ‘arthen Jar. whlcn could be ■•tained-—m-t painted—a sort rreeu, and set inside a lattice work of ii.icr fitted to the jar's hhap- In this ferns would have a • han>-c to live If properly washed and aired, and the fernery could be a Joy Instead ot a trial. Unless one h goln~ In for serious gardening, it b- rather foolish to attempt to cultli ate the delicate hothouse pianta In a home. Hot air and ga* and dust and amateur handling would probably le- loo much for them. Any one who merely want* to ezperi-

t with a

•went would better

attained

great popularity and will give more satisfaction ^itb less trouble than any other flower in the market. One can buy a good cyclamen bulb for 50.cent*.- ' and learn at the seed store how to raise the plant. Tbe b Jacinth Is another bulb plant that gives excellent returns tor little expenditure of time and care. It can be grown In wat

In a glass, and an amateur i

falls to have success with ll_ _ ... The cal la lily Is another good plant to the lover of bouse plant*, and the* Chinese primrose, the begonia the geranium nn-J heliotrope, tip <h:na and tea roses are standoyv. wl-'le lo-

belia. periwinkle, saxifrage

wort are hardy '.c»w plant*. Az«!e are In high favor for house plan'/, but need careful treatment In order to obtain good winter flowering.—New York

Sun.

oncytxleas

QUAINT AND CURIOUS.

All sorts of animal* are vain, a German naturalist declares. Long observation, be saye, shows that monkeys, dogs, cat* and bird* like to look at

them*e

lemselvec In mirror*.

poser, na* composed a Turkish I which he call* "Bag and Bag gag which the chief theme Is built c

B. ; G. ! is at

;gage,'' in

on the

notea B. A. G. a. (n). d. B. A. G. arbitrary expedient wblcb is said in this case to have answered the purpose of inspiration admirably. *

A sensation was, caused In New Westminster, near Vancouver, B B., the other day. by the discovery of >12 vuorth of line and coarse grain gold in the crop of a wild goose. The goose was shot at Pitt Lake which Is fed by numerous mountain streams. Tbe sand bars along the shore were known to contain gold, but had never bow prospected.

A memorial clock recently erected at the head offices of the Bridgewater collieries in Lancashire, England, strike* 1> at 1 o'clock. The device

originated with the Duke of Bridgeyrater. who in the 18th century erect- .

« similar clock to meet the *

ed 4i similar clock to meet the workfolk'*, com plaint that they sometimes

falleaL to hear th<

coqgjjflpently did

promptly after dinner.

ae and

work

A curious lawsuit has Just been commenced in Ohama. Nebraska. David 7p>lmltE, of that city had a son who

■was' suffering

suffering from appendicitis. Ths

'fatter, engaged an eminent physician to perform the usual operation, but

i the, appointed tlm

ipolnted time

wa» out of the city. ^trgeon was called

rre . id In. t ,* was performed and ths boy ***>.!- 1- ailing the first

ig that If

by the one who had

’the fathfer la suing the first phyi £Sb g- cImlB>ln * that lf ^

ther

operation died. Now

wield* know!

ould have been saved.

ijettons knowledge of the case the

•toff* Wk.

ITfs ™

parts of Australia peo-

ple eat more than a peck of It and do

actually, die fca a result. There Is • disease. th«re-which frequently becomes. epidemic, as It has now In North Queensland, and which takes' the form .of inspiring Its victims with a mad desire tp eat earth. At Geraldtown. CAbktown and Town*rill* conditions ore more than serious, aad It la feared'that •the scourge will spread and that the ecbool children may come

ider Its Influence, A o medtoal * mou/Yias Just »tnte*4+«aaaMer means o

been ap-

1

Ion

I

One of Q« mpst In the world 1* .that of the Prince ot Palermo, whi^haa a right of ownership In all the scow Vklch lies on the moustalna off northern Sicily. The

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