--V.

THE TEMPTED.

PtonMW rrii-J •T’omc hllhcr. pmy!" -Htav." «..l S,».tl«ui Doty. "«uy!" l'lr»»un- i-rio»l: “1 may not wait*' Oner 1 brHton. oner I uuUr, Ao.l I !>*m forvrrr." Duty u-atrbrd him ac hr Bed .v; narzi^-n wait. I'lraaurr la but flr.-tluK. 1 am conataut—1 will amllo WhrB hr rouira n-lrvatinc.” Setups; :^r Thru hr ararrly raid: "ITI turn ■ Back ayain to Ituty''— But a wrinkled hay atood whrn* Oner wa» maiden U-auty. —H. K. Ktacr.

i TciTi j 1 “SCATTMUM" I

•The trouble with Billy la he'a acat-ttr-bralntd." As Mr. lycmmon said this he filled a dipper at the pump and approached the teakettle. The tin lid was upside down and very - tot- He gave It a hasty flip which landed It In the midst of the apple sauce simmering close by. and poured In the water triumphantly. "Like to got' scalded that time," he said, fishing out the teaiettle lid. Tt

peril melt. Nathan^tf you leave It on the stove empty." "That's so." Mr. Lemmon rescued the dipper and made a fresh onslaught on the pump. "Billy means well. If he would only keep his mind on the main thing." he went on. "He's anxious to help. I haven't told you what he did yesterday. I sent him to the toolbox for more nails. There was plenty of 'em there, but be took a notion that it would be a good thing If he was to sort over the whole box. and emptied cvtrythlag^out on the ground. 1 come to see what be was doing to keep him so long. ao,d there be was. swlmmla' in tacks. Much as ever I can get things straightened out again." Mrs. Lemmon laughed. She laughed easily. She was distinctly a genial person. "I can't think where he gets It from," added Mr. Lemmon. "He geU It from his father." answered Mrs. Lemmon unexpectedly. 'TVhjj yon don't say—" Mr. Lemmon turned around U> see what she meant. "Certain I do. You're filling the kettle too full. Nathan: It’a spilling over. Yes. you’re both absent-minded. He can't get over It all in a mlnuje. Ws must gtfide'film some. Now. If you'll bring the horse sreund. 111 be ready to go as soon as the appli. sauce is off the stove." "Dear me, they're as helpless as kittens about some things." she thought affectionately, tying the strings of her Sunday bonnet In a firm, square bow. She looked out of the window at Billy. a frecklcd-faced boy of 10. who was tramping up and down beside the old horse. Mrs. I^ramon was Billy's stepmother. and he had decided opinions about ber. "She takes my part." Billy said. "She takes pa's part. too. I don't know whos side she's on—everybody's, I guese. She's great!" • Ma. say, can I drive’" be asked, as she came out. “Course'I expect yon to drive. When a young man takes me to town, he has to do the driving." Billy clamjicr^d Into the wagon with an Important air. Mrs. Lemmon stood waiting. (. "There's another tldng a young man's got to do that tnljs me to ride." she said. a«er a minute. "What? ’ Turn the wheel out so 1 can get In."

over on the other side the road!” cau- • tloned bis .father, coming up to the fence, anxiously. It was not the general custom lose clone's wife off every time she went to -the Tillage. Mr. Lemmon did not know why he did 1L It was because she brought an element of fun into the business. He

felt excited, like Billy.

"No,.we're all right. Well, good by! " Mr. Lepimon looked after his wife's erect, comely figure. "I guess they'll get where they say they will as long as she’s In the wagon." he thought. “He Was dreadful pleased to have the reins. She understand* boys." The place looked lonely to Mr. Lemmon as be went back to the chickencoop he was making It was a goodsized coop, with a door in the front for the hens to go In and out. He had laid the floor and nailed on three sides the day before, and he regarded It with satisfaction. "Shell aay it’s a

good Job," be thought

"Queer bow she come to say what abe did about Billy." fie continu'd. Tre told him. I don't know how many times, to just put bis mind right on ail it right In. Thai's what Billy

then. Quirk, now! I'm going to make you some waffles for supper." "Can I grate some maple sugar to eat on 'em, ma?" '■Certainly. No. EiUy. you don't want to undo all the straps, only Just what's necessary." "I get mixed up. ma." "Well, get unmlxed. then," said his stepmother, good-nsturedly. It was strange that Mr. Lemmon should leave the door wide open If he was going down to the meadow. She shut It. and laid her bundles on the table. Just then they heard a peculiar aoand: Rat-a-tat! Rat-a-tat! "What was that?" she exclaimed. She and Billy looked at each other, startled. Rat-a-tat! Rat-a-tat-tat! Mrs. Lemmon flung open the cellar door. "Nathan, are you there?" ahe

called.

"Ma-a!" came a feeble voice from the

distance.

Tt'a outside." said Mrs. Lemmon. ‘Tm afraid he's hurt. Take this candle. Billy, and run on ahead.” Billy loped across the yard. She followed with the lamp. "What's tbs matter?" she called, alarmed, for Billy was capering up and down beside some whitish object, the. candle lighting up his round face like a hobgoblin's. “Ma! Pa's In the chicken-coop!” There could be no manner of doubt flf It His hammer resounded on ahe Vails, and his muffled voice called crbesly: "Let me out! let mo out!" Billy got on the ground and looked through the door. “I gee him!" he cried, excited. "Nathan Hale Lemmon, how come you there?” cried his wife. "I should think you could see for

yourself!"

She had seen in a flash, and leaning against the partition, abe laughed till

the tears came.

"You've been—you've been—oh, oh! —you've been and nailed that front on from the Inside, and then—you couldn't get out through the door un-

a chicken, which you're

\ n>y!"

“He! be!" snickered Billy. "But why don't you knock In a board and get cm"" "Went the wrong way. Couldn't get any purchase," said the muffled voice. "O Nathan, I shall gtre np!" "Well, when you get through laughing. maybe you’ll do something. Tvs been hollerin' here moat all the after-

noon."

aound tap! t

U—nail 1

And than for a time there were nc mods about the place but the sharp

'! tap* of the hammer.

It was dark when Mrs? Lemmon and Billy drove Into the yard. Hr. Lemmon did not come out to take the

horse.

“Pa raid be might hare to go down to the meadow before ws got back."

said Billy.

N “You and 1 will have to -anharnesa,

s you mas a chi L—oh. my! mV. n

and bring the hatchet- Don't cut yourself." It took but a few well directed blows with the back of the hatch* t to loosen a couple of hoards. Througt the narrow opening Mr. Lemmon squeezed out. He was one of the mildest of men, bnt when you hare been abut np all tbe afternoon in a ben-coop of your wn making, yon elng a little pro It was a grand supper Mrs. Lemmon are them, half an boor later, a supper fit for the minister, and no allusions made to late unpleasant experience?. Right in tbe midst of It, all three happened to look up at once; and then there was a fresh explosion. Mr. Lemmon helped himself to the last waffle. "Well. 'tWas rather funny when you come to think of It." he assented. with a laugh. That was all; only nowadays, when he worries over Bllly'a scatter-brains, his wife fays, soothingly: "Now. pa. yon remember that chick-en-coop."—Youth's Companion.

NEW METHOD OF TRANSPORTATION.

One of th? developments of the coming century, worthy of at least passing thought Is the extent to which pneumatic tube principle will be employed to expedite transportation which Is now entirely dependent on steam locomotives. For cxamplc/the long lines of loaded coal cars go from the mines to the seaboard, and come back empty to the mines.' If the weight of a car Is 25 percent of the gross load, there is In this Instance more than 50 percent loss or non-paying freight, the empty train requiring about as much power to haul it up imo'the Interior as was expended In taking It to the shipping port. It doesfeot seem altogether unreasonable. therefore, to think that Just asvhe miles of tank.cars loaded with oil, which were seen In former years, hare disappeared, and that commodity is now sent hundreds of miles through pipe lines, so may coal, grain, an ore be sent speeding) through tubes to central depots for local distribution.' In the matter of coal transportation, in fact, just such pipe line coaveai-

Into powder, mixed with water In sufflcientiy Urge proportion, and carried

through the pipes In semi-liquid form. the delivery end of the pipe line tbere wert to bo settling chambers for the mixture, enabling the water to be drained off and the coal paste, If we msy so term it. to .be pressed Into cakes and driod for consumption. The project, however, did not extend beyond a brief experimental career. In woolen mills, on the other hand, it U a common thing to -blow wool from one building to another through pipes by meaps of fans, and In potteries. too. clay paste Is' frequently carried from one point to another through pipes. There la. thus, a fairly gtod beginning for pipe-line engineering with solids.—Caaaicr's Maga-

THE TINFOIL IhllUSTHY. |^»> lt «■£ hbeets for this work are spun

' lead

on a

IT IS PURELY OF AMERICAN ORIGIN j Utha from a mixture of lead and AND GROWTH. I tin. There la more lead In this foil . than in the finer quality* for general , „ ,,, __ I use. The foil Is thicker and coarser, Clnff. Y.Tfc'ct* L... m- . ** II »•>•' «>=<• !■ “Hun wlti IS Taara sg_x..t fr.parMi rood. Ar* ' the contents of the bottle tbe amount vvtappad la ii—aiuioaaof ro«adi PMd L of lead In It is Immaterial from the

consumer's point of view. The tblck-

’rmppod la 11—amtom. of fooBd. |)Md Recent ornamental novelties made of pure tinfoil, lacquered with gold and embossed In various forms, manufactured for the drug, confectlonars' and tobacconists’ trades, serve to call attention to an Invention and Industry that are ‘purely of Americas origin and growth. Before the inventor of tinfoil hit upon the Idea of rolling tin upon sheeU of lead, the two mataU being previously welded together, the only tinfoil known to the world was that of pure Un beaten by a process similar to that followed by gold-leaf beatera ThU beaten Un was made in England, and only small quanUUea were Imported Into this country. Its use waa limited because of Its expense and 1U liability

to tear.

The first tinfoil rolling mill was established in New York City half a century ago. sad It was started on such a modest scale that the rollers were obtained as second-hand Iron. The English-beaten tinfoil was found to be so expensive In this country that a cheaper method of making It was tried, and proved successful Tbe business of this early, but not extinct. Unfoll factory waa thus announced: “Foil Rolling Mill and Metallic Cap Works; tobacconists' foil, plain or embossed. Un sheet-foil for druggists and bottlers, superior to the Imported article." 'In the half century which has followed this modest beginning of an Industry great strides have been made In manufacturing Unfoll and In applying It to manifold commercial uses. New machines have been made to work It up Into handsome ornamental forms, shfi considerable capital has been Invested to extend Its usefulness. There Is very little export trails in Unfoll. as the foil Is also made .extensively In England. France and Germany, but the home trade is adequately supplied by the four Unfoll factories In this country—two In. New York, one !a Philadelphia, anil another in SL Louis. After the expire t Ion of the original patents these four factories started almost slmuKaneocaly. and they hare controlled the output of the material ever since. New machinery and processes for Improving the Unfoll arc being invent- • the qual-

ced

is infinitely better than that of a dozen years ago. A good deal of the new machinery is made to enhance the ornamental effects of the foil, but not a little of It Is msde to tpcrease the strength and wearing quality of the material In the druggist and coofectonery trades the demand for very highly ornamental tinfoil effects Is. especially urgent, and artists of considerable ability are engaged to produce fancy patterns. The silvery surface of the Unfoll is made more cffecUve by fancy patterns of stars, figures and fine lines, which stamped or embossed In the a by special machinery. Recently ma-

in order to do this the sheets of foil | arc put through regular printing Under presses, which not only co^^ the paUcrns hut stamp In tha "dead" 1 effects of rations figures and lines. | The machinery required for this del it cate work Is quite elaborate and rep-1 resents part of the Invested capital J

of the plant -

The Unfoll Is also lacquered band-1 somcly with gold, which. In connec-1 Uon with the embossing and printing In colors, produces remarkably artistic effects. Many large firms em-[ ploy these fancy effects as trademarks which are stamped or printed I on all the foil they use as wrapping] for their articles. Tinfoil la growing rapidly In use for wrapping purposes where food and other articles must be kept fronj tbe air as much as possible. Its first use was for tobacco wrapping, and the demand in this trade stands first today. Fine cigars. plug tobacco and cigarettes have the fin© aroma of the tobacco and the natural moisture retained Indefinitely by this process. Most prepared fooda are wrapped in Unfoll. and now that the manufacture of those has grown tremendously the | demand for Unfoll has increased also to remarkable proportions. Cheese, yeast cakes, and other products' of| the delicatessen order require ai»-| Dually tons of pure Unfoll. Confec-| fecUoners also have resorted to |

1

prefer-

■ to Ussue paper. The drug trade j has found Infinite uses fofr th© -fell be-j cause of Its air-tight quallUes, which] keep the goods frecn direct contact.i with the atmosphere. Perishable goods shipped to warm, trbplgal countries are frequently j wrapped in Unfoll to exclude the air and to retain the natural moisture. A combination of thin paper sad Unfoll Is considered better for food pro-' ducts than the foil alone. It was stdered better not to have the foil come In direct contact with the food, and consequently a machine eras made by which the sheets of Unfoll and paper were firmly adhered together. These double sheets are used so that the piper alone comes in contact with the food, while the Un serves all the of excluding tho air. There

folding saved

by this process, and only one Instead of two foldings Is required for each separate article Bottle .caps are manufactured largely oat of Unfoll, but they are of a

ness of the Unfoll In common use runs from one-ha’f of one-thousandth of an Inch np to almost any thickness required by special trades. The thinner the foil Is rolled or spun the more expensive It Is. Thie foil Is rolled usually in sheets 50 feet in length and In varying width*. Some mschines are made to roll It IS Inches wide, but most of them have only half this width, as trade demands favor he narrower width*. After the sheets are rolled they are stamped, printed, and embossed In suitable sixes and patterns, and then cut up In lengths desired. Millions of pounds are required for the trade la this country, and the market pries

THE HOME OF WOODEN TOYS.

A District So th» Tyrol V roo Over to Woo

rol Which I* Wholly Carving. Two English girls have been telling rather an InterosUng story of life In the Gordner valley In the Tyrol, which Is the homo of wooden toys and Is literally given over to wood carving. '•Baedeker'' says that SL Ulrich, the capital of the district has 2300 wood carvers and a gool hotel. The English girls corroborate the statoment and add that the place Is well worth a -visit although, in order to enjoy It one must stay there long enough to tramp up and down hill, and make acquaintances In the little chalets where everyone, old and young. Is busy with some sort of wood carving or toy making. One lives In good society Ulrich, so It seems. -Saints and heroes of assorted sizes are ranged fortably outside of the chalets and In the gardens, drying their halos and robes. St Peter, St Psul. the Virgin and Andreas Hofer, the Tyrolean hero, hobnob 00 one corner; while St Anthony of ¥adi on a » and St Flortan, eight feet high, smlli from the steps at St Sebastiaa, trundled by in a barrow. Rows of fresh-and shining angels are on every hand and look with benign Interest at whole squadron* of splendid rocking horses that go romping around the grounds, and hundreds of staring wooden dolls alt stiffly upon

Noah's Ark animal* stare, panic Stricken, st plies of wooden skulls. Everywhere there Is sawing, hammering. chipping, painting. At the age of six tbe children begin to learn tbe carving trade, and they stick at It until they die. The most famous woman carver In the district carves nothing but crucifixes and has done nothing else for 20 years. All of her work is ordered long in advance, and as

thos

a fair living. She uses no model That is true of almost all of the workmen who have learned their craft through long yeats of experience. When a carver has evolved 500 SL tern, from know his saint And ha* no need of a model. Very often a worker sticks to some one figure and attempts nothing else, a method which opei awful vistas of monotony. One family turns out brindled cows by the gross. Another has for years carved nothing but skutt and crossbones. The English chronicler doesn't tell what effect the gruesome monotony ha* had upon the members of the family, but the situation sounds Maeterlinck! an. One woman makes tiny woolen dolls and each of her children, the five-year-old, has some part In tbe work. One shapes the leg*, another paint* the faces, another fits the part* together. Six hundred dozen ofirthe dolls were stacked up against the wall when the English visitors called; and. for making the lot the workers cx pected to receive about M. In another cottage three generations of a family were busy painting wooden bones, and said proudly that they could tarn out 20 dozen a day None of the toys Is sold at retail, all being Intended for tho big wholesale depots at SL Ulrich. On Saturday every mountain path la crowded with men, women and children carrying the ware* to the depots. A flood of saints, angels, crucifixes and toys pour* into the de pot* *1} dsy long; sad. In the evening.

Dag* In Earep*. '

France is reported to hold the European record for dogs. It Is stated that it contains no leas than 2.SM.(Xri dogs that are registered. Not only are there more dogs In France than in

any other country in Europe, but their Is' also s greater number per thousand Inhabitants than In any othei European country. France hag 7£ dogs to every thousand of tuinhshltanta. Then follow Ireland with 73 England with 38, Germany with 81 and Sweden with 11. It is very satisfactory to find that societies for the protection-of dogs are os the Inereass. Such societies do * noble work, and!

they are deserving pf en ment—Paris Messenger.

ESTABLISHED 1901. THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CAFE MAY, CAPE MAY CITY, N. J* OFFICERS

DIRECJOR8 CEO. W. NORCROSS, Capitalist and Hotcl Raop.. WESTLEY R. WALES, Physician and Dauogist, EDWIN R. BRYAN, Lunbcn Mkncmaht, LEWIS T. STEVENS, Solicitoh4ArronNCfAT-LAW WM. N. NORCROSS. Mchcmant. G M. HENDRICKS. Casmica. fiWThis Bank offers to depositors every facility which their balances and business responsibility warrant.

Coward Uan Vessel, Custom Tailoring. A full selection of new and up-lo date Flannel Stripes, Worsted, Serges, Cassimeres and Cheviots now in stock.—At popular prices. 424 Washington Street.

HOWARD F. OTTER, No. 610 Washington St.. Cape May City, N. J. GENERAL UPHOLSTERER. RENOVATOR OF FURNITURE AND MATTRESSES. WI1.T0W SHiDl., AWKIKOE AKS BEACH TESTS A SPECIALTY. CARPETS MADE AND PUT DOWN. au. woaa raoarrLT aTTcaeca re

THE HOMESTEAB East Corner Washington and Jackson Sts. CAPE MAY, N. J.

THE CAFE > s thoroughly up-to-date in all appointuients. Handsomely appointed parlors CTJ for ladies.

Cottages served with Choicest Wines, Liquors and Beers. J. J. RATTY, Proprietor

TRE ALDINE slue excelled. lUtes, $3 per day, upward; (10 per u THEODORE MUELLER.

DECATUR ST. (First house from beach). Open all tbe

Rooms large and airy,

first-class. Cui-

year. R<

Appointments fin r week, upward.

M- C. SWAIN & Co.,

MANUFACTURERS OF

OFFICE rf) RESIDENCE. Corgie and Queen Streets CAPE MAY. I*. J. Twenty-five Years Experience.

ARTIFICIAL STONE PAVEMENTS. CELLARS FLOORS. Sic. OF ANY COLOR OR DESIGN.

WHY HOT TRY EL WELL & ELWELL, in unt mi m in cxeb, ii. ns vissiini sssn, For Fine Groceries and Provisions, Butter, Eggs, Etc., Salt and Smoked Meats? Orders taken and delivered. PHOMPT_ATTENTION. «| OW WHITING. MECRAY’S MARKET', 623 Washington Street, - Cape May, N. J.

MEATS, GROCERIES AND PROVISIONS P. E. SH1RPIESS' GILT-EDGE BUTTER. Country Produce Fresh Daily. Poultry of All Rinds. - Sqnabs a Specialty. FROM OUR OWH FARM.

WM\ S. SHAW, GENERAL CONTRACTOR. Deai.rr In LIME, BRICKS, SARD. CEMENT AND BUILDERS' MATERIALS. Tbi.bphokb No. 30. - 623 Elmira Street.

, P. RIEGER HOTELS RESTAURANT ran. ies

219 Decatur Street, - CAPE MAY, N. J. Phone 88

SEASIDE STUDIO, ADJ PINING STOCKTON SPRF BATHS,

is zpxortyaaoB s® cexsttp xnp'w^Eu^a Exterior and Interior Work of all Kinds. Pictures Copied and

v ^wfTo r^cAf^E ^ itY 1)0116 for W. R- SMITH, Proprietor.