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GAPE MAY HERALD.

AM IMDKPKNOMNT WKKKLY.

PublUncd Every Saturday Moraine at 506 Washington Street, Cape May, N. J.

M. JL SCULL, • Pibbkir iri Pnprlitir.

SUBSCRIPTION! On# Dollar Par Year In Advance*

Entered at the poet office at Cape May, M. J., as seoond-olase matter, March 11th, 1901.

One of our eclenUeU has made tho discovery that man's desire to fight is greater In summer tnan In winter. This inclination may be easily explained. People don’t come around In winter asking, "Ib It hot mough tor you?’’

New Orleans, a city of nearly 300.000 population, consumes less than 16.000.000 gallons of water dally. The total cost of the New Orleans water works was {4,000.000. St. Louis has spent 120,000.000 for the same purpose and has a dally consumption of 60,000.000 gallons.

In exploring the Waiplo river. In Hawaii, a party from the Bishop museum of Honolulu recently discovered a cataract that has one sheer fall of 600 feet and in this exceptionally dry season runs 8.000,000 gallons a day. The party reached the cataract only because of the law water which permitted the explorers to Ascend tho bedjif \xc stream.

The supreme court of Iowa has fixed the cash value of a man’s leg at {8000. In a case tried the other day the jury gave a verdict for {14.500 for an amputated leg. but tho court declared that sum excessive, and followed a precedent established a few years ago. when a verdict of {12,000 was cut down to {8000. This Is now

An amusing story Is told of Lord Kelvin, who on one occasion paid a visit with a friend to some well known electrical works. They were escorted over the workshops by the senior foreman. a man of much intelligence and an enthusiastic electrician. Slowly they passed from department to department Lord Kelvin never once flagging in his attention to the foreman's homilies. At last, when the tour of InspecUon was complete Lord Kelvin quietly turned to him and asked: "What, then. Is electricity?’’ This was a poser for the man, who. somewhat shamefaced, confessed that be could not say. ‘Well, well," said Lord Kelvin genUy, "that is the only thing about electricity which you and I don't know.” ^

pals. I was so sick at having missed him this morning. He left Just before I got here. Ah! there Is M«- de la Fane; she's a pretty woman. If you like. 1 was introduced to her thL

morning by old Vigors.”

He sprang to his feet and offered his chair to a tall, graceful woman who had entered the hall as he spoke. She accepted It with a smile, and In a moment the little group attracted all eyes. Mrs. dc la Fane was one 6f the leading spirits of the hotel; the acknowledged beauly. whose wonderful eyes drew every man into her toils.

In money; bhantiesburg

Texas is going Into the sugar-pro-ducing Industry on an extensive scale. In addition to her present sugar-cane growing Interests, which are operated* under the’state penitentiary, system, arrangements are being made to place about 5000 additional acres in'cntflvation. About two years ago a farm embracing 5000 acres was purchased by the state on which penitentiary convicts were to be worked. This farm Is situated In Brazoria county in the richest sugar cane belt of Texas. Owing to the lack of a sugar mill, but little of the new farm was placed under cultivation. But within a year It is hoped to have a sugar mill In operation. and to pay ita {176,000 cost out of the proceeds of the farm's crops in the following two yesra.

Instances of unbounded faith In the efficacy of queer treatment of dUeaaes do not seem to fall off in number or in oddity. One westepi man aays he was a martyr, to the most agonizing form of chronic dyspepsia until he began the practice of taking a email quantity of fine, dry aand into his stomach every day. He insists that be is now completely cured of hie malady. But many persona will be Inclined to regard the swallowing of sand daily aa almost as severe an affliction as dyspepsia. In Colorado a former citizen of New York Qlty as-' aerts that by going almost .constantly bareheaded be has relieved himself of chronic catarrh of the worst type, while a clergyman In West Virginia declares that by eating no solid food for 40 days he has conquered entirely, the besetting rheumatism which had tormented him for a dozen years.' 1 These art Interesting car^s. How would It do for some adventurous experimenter to try all three systems of treai-

> go bars-

1 all the Urns, to swallow sand

What would tbs

headed all the every..24 hoar*,

, food Inr 40 day*? astopey reveal? A

baity to Tall the truth T

Woman vs. Woman.

The hotel porter discreetly looked the other way; he was enjoying the little icene greatly; the ML Seymour Hotel provided many of them. The girl was young and pretty; the hand which toyed with the letter before her was ituddcd with valuable rings, among

of gold. It was

a wife. Thi

phonse hi Ing her t to him b only a fi

•Monsl

do give.'

h her luggage from the mall standing at the door. Al-

Ided with valuabli them a narrow one

evident that she was

was no husband to greet her, though

the car with ' boat was standing i

d had the pleasure of handr the letter; It had been given

to him by'a handsome, dark-eyed man

few hours before,

lonsieur le Capltalne he say, ‘Give to de lady direct the come.’ Hein, I

re."

dim

to thi

Sh«

! said to her maid, “CapL been ordered up to Pre-

he only left today. Please see

with tears; the susceptible

was overwhelm) "Marie,” she s

Molyneux has been ordered

toria;

the boxes.'

crossed the ball toward the elevator and disappeared. Many eyes had watched the lltUe drama; the loungln were all occupied; officers leave, men convalescent and men on their way up to the front or back to 1. Women, too, some grass

r at

all But It was the war which had drawn them to Cape Town—the war, or, rather, the soldiers who were fighting. Where else but to the Mt Seymour Hotel should they go? Rank and fashion. Joy and misery, virtue and vice rubbed shoulders in that fasbion-

nble and exorbitant hostelry.

"Ah. a pretty woman," drawled

young Dennis of the —th Lancers. “Who Is she?" queried his <

Ion.

s compan-

John Beresford rose languidly from bis chair and satisfied his curiosity at

the porter's office

"It's Bob Molyneux's wife," he said

icy. One of my oldIck at having mil

Her husband was rolling he was reported, to be a Jo

millionaire; bit

; the b to sit d

could wish to sit down to. and did not scowl when other men smiled at his

wife.

"What brings you down to Cape Town. CapL Beresford?" asked Mrs. de la Pane "Major tlgors tells me your regiment is In the thick

just now.”

■el eyes to she spoke

The ii

She raised her great vlothe young man's face as

said with meaning—

see. You are one of Kitchener's messenger boys. Rather a satisfactory berth, isn’t 1L Captain? No risk, no worry, no exertion." John Beresford caught those violet eyes again full In his own. l||s heart beat faster. He did not care to appear as one of no Importance In this woman’s eyes. His mission demanded secrecy. yet for the moment his tongue ran away hrith him. "You are wrong, mrs. de la Pane," he smiled In reply. “The papers would be worth—well, a lot to Kruger or Bo-

tha.”

A sudden gleam came into the woman’s eyes. John Beresford saw 1L but thought nothing of it The silken tolls were already about him. "Come and lunch with me, CapL Beresford. and yon, too, Mr. Dennis.” said Mrs. de la Fane.

Two days passed away. Muriel Molyneux felt Inexpressibly lonely. This bustling, frivolous atmosphere of hotel Jarred on her. Tortured with Anxiety for her husband, she hated the laughter. the music, shove all, the society. She kept sloof from it alL Her husband was sn Intelligence officer; she knew that he was never sure from day to day where he would sleep the following nlghL To attempt to follow him to the front was Impossible. Now Muriel, for all her great love for her husband, was an enthuitsatio little patriot This dreary, useless Idleness to which she was condemned taxed her nerve* to the uttermosL The quiet of the gardens overlooking the sea appealed to her. After dinner on the third events* after her arrival Muriel slipped out alone and paced the gravel paths In angry Impatience with her fate. - Thg gardens were empty, white dress looked ghoet-Uke In

Her i the ah

41 limits of the garden, h rose Into her eyes ss she tho her own ineapaci'y. her own •

Taken unawares, and anxious to bide the trace of her recent tears, Muriel stammered hastily, "Tomorrow? No; the day after," and the next moment she was alone again. Bewildered, she

hand.

turned the note over In her

There 1

rose hurriedly and hastened to the

) war no address upon 1L

figure, evidently thal was disappearing gate on to the h!|

if a gentleman, of the garden

the high road. It was too

late to recall him.

She opened his note mechanically. In the dim light it was difficult to trace the writing, but a second glance left no room for doubL "The Societies Office, Stellenbosch.

•To Mrs. de Is F.:

"Have you procured the dispatch case carried by the officer, J. B.. yet? If so, the bearer of this is to be trusted; give It to him. If you have not yet secured It, tell htm when to see you again. "J. X de W.” Muriel drew her breath sharply. She sat motionless, her brain busy. She realised at once that she had been mistaken for somebody in the pay of the Boers; a plot was batching, and

she—

At that moment she heard footeteps hurrying down the pathway. She thrust the note in the bosom of dress. Suppose the messenger

I u

With olve

her mind. The summer house had sn

her had

sudden resolve Muriel had

dly. Wi made i

plunged Into the darkness. Holding her breath, she peered through the -half-open door, not daring to close it for fear of making a noise. A man entered the summer bouse. A quick sigh of relief escaped Muriel's lips. It was not the messenger. She glanced at the man's face; then started back In horror. She recognized him as a man she had frequently seen In the hotel; but his eyes were now bloodshot, his expression wild, his manner

dlstrnughL

John Beresford (for It was he) drew a revolver from his coat and raised It against himself.

Muriel waited no longer. With a little cry she flung open the door and threw herself upon the man. The re-

upon

volver fell from his hand. "Oh! stop, stop!" she cried. “Yon can’t know what you are doing." John Beresford stared at her as though she were s ghosL He stood

mply by ilng her

"Can’t I help you?' whispered MuBntly, all the sympathy of her

out toward him. "Mease

riel, genl

nature going

try."

let me try." "Help! I am beyond*help!" ech< the man, struggling with the words. •'Leave me. for pity's sake, Mrs. Molyneux." There Is only one way out of

this."

“How do you know my name?” asked Muriel, In surprise. "Molyneux was sn old.pal of mine," answered the other. "He would not

speak to me now."

A sudden inspiration flashed across

Muriel's brain. “What I

she asked.

“John Beresford. For pity’s sake

leave me.”

'Your initials are J. B., then? Have

i the - -

it is your name?"

e dispatches

i yon 1 Bcresfor

said John Beresford, raising his head with a gleam of hope In his eyes. "Not a soul but myself and the thief knows that It was stolen from me within the

last 24 hours."

Mrs. de la Fane glided down the footpath leading toward the summer bouse. She was dressed In white. As she drew near she caught the sound of voices, and walked slowly past the

doorway.

She gave s little dry cough when she recognised John Beresford and Mu-

riel Molyneux.

She seemed annoyed, to find the sum-

mer house occupied at that moment. She paced the footpath for a few momenta and then returned to the hotel. She went to the pigeonhole where she generally found letters and tele-

It wss^empty. Soon after

went to the pigeonhole was a sealed packet With a sigh of relief

the carried it hastily to her room and

read:

Bioius. ii wu mldnlgbt'Mhe wei again. There w waiting for her.

•Tp Mrs. d

“Have j

menta yet?

you procured the J. B. docnit? If ao, the bearer of this is tc be trusted. Give them to him.

you have not yet secured _ them, tell him when to see you again.

“J. X de W.”

A second note in another handwriting was inclosed: "Madam—Not finding you this evening af the appointed place, I am leaving this not* for you at the hotel. I shall be there tomorrow evening at 8.36 to receive your answer. “J. X deW.’s Messenger” Mrs. de la Paae slept the sleep of the just that night On th# following evening she kept

neat she beard a man’s footstep on the path outside, sad a tall, bearded man •food la the doorway -Mrs. de la FBa*. I prsaomer Ha

ford to dine with him that evening. She banded the note to Mr. de la Vfcne and remarked, callously: “What nerve the man has. Surely, he knows there Is nothing for him to do but shoot himself. • • • He’s ruined • • • slljy creature." Mr. de U Fane laughed harshly. So that evening a cheerful party assembled in the private dining room. Mrs. Molyneux and Mrs. de la Fane

>at some e party, d looked

were the only lac half-dozen men With thedessert.. around at his

i

T’ve had the since I've been 1 laughing. It's to self; It might an “Fire sway,” a Mrs. de la Far but Muriel, watc ment, felt no plt< “You know, o continued, “that special service I patches to Gen. here this evening no secret of my wiser another tl ago the case wit ipe&red. You

y white,

me dlsarrives 1 made

i, I met shall 1

days dis-

whst

ts for 21 thing to be

hes

e whst

sppe

felt like. After ' hours there was only one

done.”

He then described his meeting with Muriel In the summer bouse, and her adventure with J. X de W/s messen-

ger.

“I wrote a note.” be continued, "and Inclosed It with the original let

note,” rUh t

easing It to a certain lady, whoso e docs not matter, asking her to

liter,

whose name does not matt meet J. X. de W. nlghL In disguise I myself represented the messenger and received my dispatch back Into my own handc." The men laughed loud and long. si, too, may be Interci

couple of detectives are at this minute collaring J. X de W.’s man." "What about the lady?" he was asked. "Well. I fancy you’ll hear that she and her husband have been presented with tickets to Europe by the next boaL" A little choking cry came from Mrs. de Fane's lips. She bad fainted.—The Onlooker.

QUAINT AND CURIOUS. A costly marble monument stands in a fashionable cemetery at Seattle, Wash., sacred to the memory of a faithful horse. The animal's owner was himself buried beside the horse recently.

The other day

’inchi

bald eagle, whose spread of wings was

lives near Win

Jolics Pclter. who iester, Va., killed a

ad of i

me thief left no tracks nor other sign of his visits to the farm, but when ♦he eagle tried to carry off a dog which followed him, he concluded that

the bird was the robber.

During the recent session of the British parliament no fewer than 6448 quest!ona were asked in the bouse of commons. This number has only once been exceeded In recent years—namely, in the session of 1893-4, when the : her of questions arked was <534.

the house sat on 226 days session, while there were < tings during the |ate session.

daring I inly 118

But that

t cracking plants

FEEDING WILD ANIMALS

thirty Thsnrand Dollar* Spaat for Ibo rood of I ho Uvlas Corloallla* Mala-

York

» by VaaU

The feeding o Uvlty, sc that

talaad by Mow Tork City

raatldloo* Croatnra* la Captivity.

feeding of wild animals In

cap-

tbey will thrive and

grow contented in thtlr conflnemenL has become a pretty accurate science In modern times, and the keepers of wild animals In zoological parks, me-

in modern

nageries and circuses, have attained such success In this direction that It is rarely an animal dies because of Improper feeding. Twenty-five years

his was not the case. The mor>ng menagerie animals was lerable, and the losses were so

ago

tality i

systematic inquiry made in regard to the feeding of

in c

saptirlty. t Inquiry

artly as

Iry, and partly

inlating experience

was wild

animals

result of that

cause of the accumi

In handling the animals, present methods of feeding have practically eliminated all danger to the animals from

the food they may geL

The feeding of wild animals, birds, and fish In any large park #r menag

illy o£ sciei

tientlflc Inter-

330,000 worth of food is needed a ally for the anlmala, birds and fli

fish In

the public parks,

Hums In the limits of Greater York. A close analysis of the food

this considerable sum

d aqua *r Nci

purchased by this considerable sum shows that the largest amount of the

ipent for meaL fish and fowl* i altogether some 40 to 50

ids of

of it Is a The com

money is There are

different kinds of food used, and all

as good as the market affords,

common idea that scraps and waste food can be fed to wild animals is hardly consistent with modern menagerie experience. Such food would In a short time cause sickness and disease among the animals in captivity. Hence all the food is carefully selected. and is of the very besL In feeding the animals fish the greatest danger comes from ptomaine poison. Several fine otters and seals have been lost through feeding them with fish that had become tainted. The seals, sea lions, otters and pelicans are great consumers of fish, and they are fed

ig with medium sized hericked fresh in Ice and delivered the Zoological park. When It

Impossible to secure £ood herring, other fish are procured and ent up. if too large to suit the fastidious cieatures who live on a fish dieL These fish eating animals and birds are very susceptible to poor food, and any vio-

quantity or quality

of It almcet instantly causes sickness Probably more sea Hons have been lost to zoological gardens in the past through insufficient knowledge concerning their food than any other class of valuable specimens. The slightest taint of the fish produces symptoms which usually terminate in sickness

and death.

every mornlm

ig. pat lly at

lent change in

d given

extremely fastid

held in captivity It la 1m-

of the reptiles

There are three In SL Louis.. _ to considerable numbers of people. • The nut crackers are driven by electri- I city, each nut being fed individually ! Into the crusher. After the shells are cracked the nuts are winnowed by an air blast, and the meat Is picked froth the crushed shells by hand, women and girls being employed for this part

of the work.

A curious case came up the other day before the court in 'Caroline county, Md.. when an ancient resident was charged with the larceny of nine eggs. Extra jurors had to be summoned, and

it cost the county (250

The accused was 73 yean

said he had knoi

med, a the cai

The snakes are also very susceptible to the kind of food given them, and

they prove extremely tures when held in ca possible to supply some

with the special food they Uke, a

idly to their z

n other varieties.

Now it is manifestly impossible to secure sufficient small snakes to supply these voracious eaters at all seasons the year. Nevertheless, the keepers the Central Park menagerie and the Zoological park in the Bronx make great efforts to collect small snakes for the valuable cobras. .These come from different points in considerable .numbers, shipments often amounting as high as 150 at a time. Fed on these live snakes the cobras thrive in captivity and appear satisfied with their lot: but It becomes necessary to appease their appetite with rata and mice when snakes are acaice. While new cobras will not touch these rodents when they are first placed before them, they can sometimes be enticed

rallow them

ears old.

known the de-

fer 40 years, and It was In-

* entlc a the t

msel

lendsnt xur %v years, ami i credible that he would steal

argued that anyhow the atate had not shown that the eggs were sound and nine rotten eggs would have no value at alL The Jury staid cut 15 minutes and returned a verdict of not guIKy.

Spoilt of

120 of I

undertook

knew about common things. C children between 10 and 16 year* ige, 68 had never seen a flock of sheep. 70 had never seen a violet growing. 90 had never heard a nightingale, 89 had never seen the Bun rise,

and 38 had not

seen a man plow, while etty children may. know about theatres and concert exhibition*, museums and stores, hundreds of the simplest things in Ufa are mere words t* them that convey no coherent idea.

of a small snake or even when stuff) In the akin of a dead reptUe. The other snakes are fed mostly on toads, m|ce and rabbits. Even English sparrows are purchased In considerable numbers for the reptiles. The average prices paid each year for these snake foods are 2 cents each for sparrows. 4 to 6 cents each for toads and frogs, and 2 to 3 cents each for live mice. At these quotations many boys

mom

supply at times greater than the demand, ao eager are the youngsters to feed the snakes. In the winter season, however, it someth won^of cqi to secure At one time more than a dozen rattlesnake* had to be killed because of the keepers' Inability to find plenty of live mice to keep them tronfstarvaUon.

considerable Importance hqw 6 fsesh food for the reptiles.

Nature, the French

minister of war has asked the Paris

Academy of Sciences to give an opln- ,B

each day, and if'they had their always gratified they would

nothing else; but stale bread to fed

to the meat.

arising from the irtabltohie^t ofTTr^l J un * , « h * rn 10 •“ brwM1 wlth erl!,ent arming irom u>e ••uuiii.umeni oi wiro- but tte Ilon , and tigers look

forward eagerly to their fresh meat, and are not uttofied until It cornea About th* usual feeding hour each day throe creature* grow rrottee* and pace

taro telegraphy nations in the neighhood of magaalnes containing pow- < or other expFwlrro. it to auggesttbat the nature of the cases eoaftiag the explosive i»«y be an ton-

cheap foed at thaL It probably the principal diet of the lion* i gers In Central park, while the Zoo! leal garden bears receive a limited

taploit and

rid preparr the land nan titles and Igtr a long

h any e 1m-

amount of “chuck" beef every day. There to a great variety of food given to the other anlpials, and the mess department of the park I* an Interesting place. There the cooks are prepar-

ing for the apes and monkeys <

tarda and puddings made out of tapl

ca. oatmeal or rice; chopping n fish for the aquatic turtles, a Ing vegetarian compounds fc

tortoise*. There are great quantities

of cabbages, melons, squaabi tuce vUed up for dally use for list of creatures which never touch flesh or Insects. The birds have

mcnae grsnerles where hemp, rape and other seeds are stored. Every morning a Butcher delivers at the storage house a huge basket pf chicken heads. J which have been chopped off in the markets for use st the menagerie. These fresh beads arc leu to the foxes, which rot them greedily, and to some of the small carnivora. Roots and vegetables and fruits of all kinds are collected there. These are fed to the elks, deer, buffalo, birds, monkeys and many other creatures to keep their systems la good order. They represent a sort of medicinal food to counteract

any evil effects of the heavier dleL

Hay, oats, wheat and corn naturally form a considerable part of the dally diet of the elephants, rhlnocqri, hlp-^ popotaml and similar t-erbivoroua animals.—G. E. W.. In the Splentlflc

American

BOOKS BOUND IN HUMAN

Volnm* Enshrined In th* Epli n Beeailful rounleee. Some of the French blblioi have caused a number of volt be bound In the skin of human these

sense as "human document rislan trade paper devoted to U er industry declares that the a human being is admlrabl for book binding, that

grained,o ble beside

I with tl

who was executed for z der. In the catalogue of the library 1

IT Of fl

quality, az

idea. In England Dr. J Askew caused a book c

be covered with the akin of a notorious

4. M. L. Veydt, m Jelglum. attentloi

bool, entitled "Philosophy and Literary Opuscules.” covered with human bkln; the price was not prohibitory, being only 20 francs. In the Blblloi Imperial

the 1

the epidermis of a woman. A copy of Eugene Sue's "Mysteries of Paris” was enclosed In a similar ghastly binding. A plate inside the volume attests the fact. ■ to say. On side to thto weird fancy. A charming French countess, of extraordinary beauty, whose shouldcis -cJMrieR 'CXcUmauona of admiration from Flam-

shoulders. to do ^th as he pie)

it within hto r)

ho pre

In the accepted manner. With the gal

Wishing to have ll

he sent It to a tanner, who preps

Tth tt

lantry worthy of a Frenchman, th renowned astronomer caused a volun* of an edition de luxe of his ‘Tcrpt^ Clel” to be covered with the adorable

itly countess

ives are of blood

epldi

The edge* of t

red,- sprinkled with golden stara.

the d

may read:

"Souvenir d'une Morte." Even a more gnoultoh idea was tha of a lawyer. M. Edmund Leroy, wht caused the works of Delllle, the slator of the "Georgies," to be with the poet's own skin, was present when the body i balmed, and bribed the unddr strip off a portion of the dead | epidermis. In these iugubr menta his writings were pres Tnls curiosity Is to be found 1 library of Valenciennes. France.^ There are a few specimens of b Inga of .human skin In the U] States. A bibliophile In owns a couple of volumes, a '-V'Sentimental Journey." done up Inj dusky akin of a negress; the otl “Tristram Shandy.” coven skin of a Chinese woman. Not only has the akin of hui

iployc

bookbinders, but that of

Inga been occasionally <

the bookbii every an! mi

hinders, but t

I mat known to the z

The monkey, the crocodile.

key,

dog. the horse, the pantl wolf, the elephanL the rot

mole have all been subservient to i fantastic fancies of book lovers. I Instance, a boBk on hunting, broiout In London, was bound In doe a) a book on dogs in dog akin,'tic., a "Realism" In book binding mt carried too far. It gives one a ous sensation consciously to fllrf tanned cuticle of a departed ] Were the reader superstltl) might fancy that the spirit defunct would rise up and 1

talgn, In the New York -PoaL Xarqn* from Ai**Mtln* The manufacture of xarque, . beet, the biUoag of the Boot one of the moot Important In) of the Argentine Republic. 1a shipped In large qaantitle* all afcd other South America! A shipment of xarque to ato made to tha Italian colony of In Africa. According to a

tried beef to net i

•-raasTrs. bora get to like It no meek thi Iratat ea Ha ng^artag at the