WASHINGTON LETTER NEW SHORT STORIES

(Special Corrcapondcnc*-.) The bctiuUfal floral emMcma with jwhloh wverul of the public parks khroinrhout the city wen- ttccoratefl In (uinor of the lira ml Army of the liei«ulillc had a mean In* to the survivors V>f the great civil war that can hardly vk.' understood by this ireuerntlon. They repiveeutcd the bo (Iris which dcalgunt♦■d the twenty-four army corps Into which the United Status army was dlivlded duriiiR t Jwar. .Then- b f-niw of the men and s-en- delineated the canvas covers of the ammunition. Kiipply and ttagmiKv wagons of the various corps. They were cinblaoomd upon brigade,, division and corps ^headquarters flags lu the uational col* f |nr»—fv<l for the tlrst division, white for f- {the second division and blue for the (third. it was a happy thought that gave to the soldiers something tangible to fight land to die for. Before fhe cocpo were distinguished by badges hundreds of thousands sacrificed their lives In defense of their flag and country, but there was not the fierce rivalry that animated the soldiers of one particular oirpe in compctHioD with another when they stood in tine of battle. While all were fighting-In a comindn cause under the stars and stripes, each soldier felt .-special pride in ids corps. Thp badge that designated it became an object of veneration and affection. L-obg and Short Postage. "It is surprising to nee the large number of letters and packages that »rc sent through the United' States mulls dally that bear excessive postage," said a postal clerk the other day. •'Most of these arc mailed by women. Judging by the handwriting, and n day mover passes when Urn working that 1 •don't notice dozens of them with from •4 cents to 0 cents in stamps on them when a 2 cent stamp would carry them to their destination. "It's a good habit, nevertheless, and .'Is'probaMy the result of the many Kilters which are mailed not containing .sufficient postage. However, there Is considerably more matter -passing ■through Uncle Sam's postal department ‘dolly that contains excessive postage than that which Is not sufficiently stamped. This Is hot a knock on the government, but Just an observation on bow careless the American people arc with their money. Not one letter In a thousand from foreign countries contains too much postage; but. as a matter of fact, frequently they are short of stamps and are watched closely to see that they do not get through unless properly stamped." ' YoeaBdea In the Cabinet Circle. 'The cabinet circle, which has possessed an unusual number of attractive .young women, will suffer many losses •this winter. Last winter there were eight maidens to take part in the social features of the administration, and even when the daughters of the secretary of state. Misses Helen and Alice Hay. were In mourning there were slx.^ They were Miss Boot, the Mlsscf Margaret and Annie Hitchcock. Miss Knox. Miss Wilson and Miss Jones, the young niece of Postmaster General and Mrs Payne. The marriages of the Hay girls will deprive the cabinet circle of two of its ornaments this winter. Miss Boot is In Europe with her mother, and from recent reports from her it is understood . that neither will return to \ Washington for the winter gayeties. \Tbe Misses Hitchcock are still- In Nmournmg . for a near relative. Miss Knox, who is not fond of society, will pass the winter In Europe, leaving here,about the first of the year. Reaerratloa Improvement*. 1 Acting on the recommendation of ■General Gillespie, chief of engineers. Secretary Boot has approved plans for . the Improvement of the military reser-. vet Ion at the Junction of the Potomac and Anacostla rivers, known aa Wash-

Involve an expenditure.of of which amount •800,000 baa been appropriated and la Immediately avail-

able.

The plans contemplate the removal of all the buildings which have occupied this site for many years and the ■erection In their places of entirely new buildings of modern design and attractive architecture. The new buildings to be erected Include a war college, an engineer school !two barracks buildings for engineer troops, a general hospital sets of quarters for officers, a power plant, workshops. stables, etc' These buildings ^re eligibly situated and are arranged bo as to provide two spacious areas for -parade purposes. Diplomatic Sot Will Lea4. Th»,ncw British embassador has * brilliant American wife, the new French and Italian embassadors and the new Chinese'minister arc satisfactorily supplied with wives, ordtn. attaches and social ideas, and It/1s apparent that the diplomatic set will lead off In the preliminary parf-sm of ^ social Washington. Foreigs&s like publicity, they are not abate playing |to the galleries, and they issemble In Washington long before the president's wife takas up her official baton.; ToMrfs UtUo Lamb. - The members of Captain P. B. Schuyler post G. A. of Philadelphia, pre- , sen ted Theodore Boosevett Jr., the son of the president a lamb nai . ! Teddy. The lamb was the sou of Bessie, which attracted much attention ‘ ‘last year at the encampment at ^— .land, whets she followed the |

GAEL SCHOFIELD.

Bramble-What did you buy a safety rasor fort Can't you shave with the

other kind?

I, yee; but I want one that it use to rip out tsu

Com On. Murder a Dead Mant An IntiieetliiK story it being told of Jim Younger. It la said that when the bandit was sick In the Minnesota penitentiary a daughter of one of the deputy wardens prepared delicacies for him. Jim fell lu love with her and when be was pardoned secured her consent to marry him. Her parents at first objected, but finally yielded. When Jim went to get a license, however, the official to whom he applied

not Issue a license to a corpse, Jim Investigated and found, it is said, that the official's construction of the laws of Mlnneepta was correct. He can be legally restored to life only by a pardon, and past experience teaches him this Is a very difficult thing to get It looks therefore as though he and his sweetheart wtyl have to forego the felicities of matrimony. A southern Missouri paper Inquires what would be done with a 'man who should kill Younger. "In the eyes of the law he U dead." It reasons. “It would be absurd to try a man for killing another man who vroa already dead." Perhaps the murderer would be technically a ghoul and would he prosecuted for grave robbery, '^jo fine logic of the law leads to strange concitmlons sometimes.—Kansas City Journal Ur DIdn'KKnJoy tbr Ural. Bi'prinentntlvc tVftllnuiH of Mississippi tells an mousing story of the first time He ever saw a white domestic servant. He relates: "1 was Just out of the University of Virginia and was going north on my way to Europe. The train stopped twnty minutes for refreshments at Centrnila, 111. Down toward the cud of the table In the dining room I saw a vacant chnlr and was about to seat myself when I saw a comely young woman standing close by. Of course I would not be so rude as to take a sent when a lady was standing, so I politely asked her to be. seated and withdrew. I went around to the other side of the table, where

there was one more empty chair. I was about to take that when 1 noticed another young woman standing beside me. Again I bowed and requested that she be sea till remarking* that 1 was not v$ry hungry and could wait By this time 1 realised that 1 was attracting some attention, but I could not account for It and wondered If the boorish crowd were laughing at my manners. Just then a big Hoosler caught hold of my coattails and said. ‘Say. huddle, where do you come from anyway 7 I was beginning to get a bit angry and, replied rather sharply that I was from Mississippi. ‘I thought so,' he said. ‘Now sit down and eat The girl is a waitress and Is standing there to serve you.' I sat down, but I

Captain Clark'* Fralt fitory.

Captain Charles Clark la a Vermonter by birth, but has spent so much of his time in the west that he tells more

of thar_part of the country

than of his own. One of,these has to do with the prevailing /ignorance of easterners of the price commanded by California fruits In thp'markets of Sun Francisco. The Imni'cssion of the mao' from New York or/Pbiladelphls soema to be that frulj/must necessarily be

very cheap as the fact high there as

iruiy- muni nect-fuuiriiy ue on fhe Pacific coast, wheret la that It Bella nearly as

as hi the east

“I'found that out before I bad been In the western capital a day." says the captain. "My second and not needed leaaon came the next morning. Just as l reached the fruit stand opposite the hotel a lady, who was from the east from her accent and who was a woman of means and refinement to

jap 1 want 6 cents' worth of mixed fruit please. Make It mostly pineapples.’ "

degree last commencement day by the University of Pennsylvania, was recently engaged la talking with a friend, about the careers of various Columbia graduates who had gone ahead in the, world. One of two alumni whose names bad come up bad been recently created,

a Judge, the other a bishop.

"Well" as id President Butler's friend, "the latter baa the better position, I think. A Judge at the most can say only. 'Yen’ll be hanged.' but a bishop can any. Toe 11 be damned.'" ‘That's true os to the saying o*t," rf piled Butler, "hut If the Judge aaya, ’You'll be banged.’ you'll be hanged."

CHOICE MISCELLANY Itallmaa Who Do Not Speak Itnllnn. A very odd*circumstance In a country so old os Italy la that there la In the peninsula about 202.000 Italians, representing B2.208 'families In seventyeight different communes, who do not apeak Italian. In new countries like, for Instance, Canada and the United Elates this would cause no surprise, but In Italy It Is considered so strange that thi statement has been contradicted. The Idioms which they -050 may be divided roughly into five--French. German, Slavonic, Alba nose, Greek and Cain Ionian. The French dialect Is spoken In ninety-seven comxmn ea by more than 80,000 people In sod near the Aosta valley. This language tends more to Increase than to decrease and Is used officially In the schools, chore!** and public offices. German Is spoken in parts of Piedmont and Veoetia. In the former by 5.700 persons, representing 1,188 famlllca, and In tho latter by 5,100 In 1.170 fatnlltfe. This dialect Is fast decreasing and will before long have completely disappeared. Slav la spoken In Friuli on the eastern confines of the peninsula. by 24,700 persons and In the Abruax! by na00 In 1.047 fnmUlea-thet is. 80,000 persons altogether. In the center of Italy 21504 families composed of about 00.000 persona speak Albeneee and seem to he on the increase. In the; south Greek la the language of 81.200 Individuals, while Catalonian Is limited to one city and Its environs In Sardinia and to 7,003 people. The "Ansel Filsht” Line.

where more rides can be obtained for o, dollar than anywhere else in America is the “Angel Flight” In Los Angeles. Cal. says tho Scientific American. Formerly the pretty residence portion of the cKy. Olive heights could only be reached by a long detour or climbing great number of very steep step*, of Los Angeles' citizens conceived the Idea that a railway up the steep Incline could be made tp pay, and ' within a few weeks he had his road In operation. Tho rood Is 830 feet In K-ngtli between terminal points and rb*<* 100 feet In this distance It Is-, built on the three rail automatic turnout system. The two cars. Olivet and Sinai, are attached to the ends of a double cable which la wound over a drum operated by a ten horsepower electric motor at the top of the hill Aa one car goes up the other descends, the two cars counterbalancing each other and thus effecting a great saving of power. Entering the lower station.

up a g One o!

Volar of Jaaa Fernaadea^— The island of Juan Feruandeaflylng 800 miles west of Valparaiso, made famous by the story of "Boblnson Crusoe." promises soon to (Jcvdop Industrial Interests, according to a report from E. E. Mansfield, United States consol at Valparaiso. The Island be-' longs to Chile, and the government la arranging to make it a part of one << the province* and 'establish a local civil government The Island Is about fifteen miles long and eight miles wide. There is a good harbor on one aide, where large ships can anchor with ifety. Adarge canning factory has been cstabDshed on- Juan Fernandes, and* the fishing Industries are attracting the attention of capitalists. There are quantities of lobsters, crabs and excellent food fishes In the waters, besides fur seals. There Is plenty of fresh water on the island. Land can be acquired by settlers without cost. Fruit and vegetables grow wild and

are easily cultivated. A Refected Gift.

The chief eunuch of the harem belonging to a son of the late Abdul Azir and cousin of tho present sultan re-

cently presented his majesty with a slave. The sultan, however, was convinced that be waa dangerous and sent with an evil purpose and so refused the gift and exiled the donor. The prince waa furious and went to

the sultan to demand his servant beck,,

as he had been with him for twenty years. The sultan replied that he had had him so long It waa quite time be changed. The prince got more excited afcd was talking very freely when he suddenly found he was alone In the room. It turned out that the sultan, who had been apparently leaning against the wall, hud vanished through an invisible door which Is there in case of emergencies. The prince went home and has not been allowed to come out since.—London Daily Telegraph.

on. ! . pipepi ixed a brass band. As a rule the modern band la not popular among the oriental!. the Chinese having none and the Japancse glrlng It but slight encouragement A Japanese regiment marches on parade to the monotonous toot-toot of two bugles, eschewing even the drum aa an accompaniment. During the war In 1804-85 there waa but one hand connected with an army corps, and that one was attached to headquarters, where It played music that few of Ma hearers understood or really wanted to like. For musical inspiration on the inarch the troops relied on their own voices, a sergeant starting up a strident wail and the

Keverala* tka Lanai Order. The uncommon Occurrence la repotted from Australis of a woman being ordered by a magistrate to support ^ husband. The man, it seems, was an old age pensioner In receipt of 6 ehili a ^oek; and. aa bis spouse owned f land, she was made to contribute anothrf e shillings a wpek toward bis

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HUMOR OF THE HOUR

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a, "or diet" Faster goes the street car; faster s the man. d overturns fruit stands end aged blind men in bis wild career; he knocks down children and tramples upon them, but onward he rushes; be collides with a baby carriage Thu baby Is knocked Into tho street The mother of tho child picks It up. She points a finger at the disappearing form of the man. “Murderer!" she biases through her clinched teeth. He draws nearer to the cur; nearer He reaches out his baud. He touches the rail on the rear platform. He gives one last convulsive effort He is on the car. He sinks breathless Into a sent and mops his brow. The conductor touches him on tho shoulder. “Git offen here!" he say a “We're a-goln' to the barn! No more cars tonight!"—Chicago Tribune. One of HU Methods. "Ho doesn’t overlook any opportunities to get in the front rank does he7" "Well I should soy not After he painted his hack fence he tried to duce the directory man to put him In under the head of artists so’s to nearer the front of the book.”—Chicago Post

No atop. "He’s a chumpr exclaimed the first chauffeur. “He ran his auto Into a crowd of children." “Well" replied the other, "tho best of us will do that sometimes." “What! The best of us would go right through It”—Philadelphia Press

A Close Colt ^

me, but If I can get up—

—on the top of that wardrobe I shall

—saved again. ' Not a FaU Meat "Of course you're seeking fame,” they said to the literary man. "Yea,' 1 be'replied, with unexpected wisdom, “but only as an entree. I'm wise enough to know that there's not a full meal In 11 although It la palatable aa a aide dish.”—Brooklyn Eagle.

The Foe* Tka* Dazzle*. Mrs. Newrich—Mercy! Samuel, la It necessary that we go thirty miles an hour? Mr. Newrich—But Henrietta, if we go slower people will say that our automobile cost only $1,000 or aa— Puck.

Did as Well. Her Beau—'Tin said Kipling gets 50 cents a word. Her Brother—Me too. Mabel gave me that to say “No” when you asked If she waa In yesterday, didn’t you. sis?—New York Times.

Jade—Pm surprised to see you w tag a blrd'on your hat I thought you belonged to the Audubon society. Mabel—I do. but the milliner assured me that this bird died a natural death. —New York Journal. Appreciation. - fhat musician is a wonderful mi— le la,” answered Mr. Cumrax. ybody who can get mu to pay $25 bat my family can hear him yell at top of his'voice Is clever."—Wash-.

i actually seems to think that •verybody la admiring her." "Weil then she enjoys it Just as much aa If they were."-Pblladelphia

Didn’t Real!? Nevd It. Muggins—Have you an encyclopedia? Bugglns—Well. no. not exactly; but my daughter la home from a young ladies' seminary.—Philadelphia Record.

THEY GO FAST OurGloii.Gent'sFPishis ..anil 8te„.

ABE NOT VERY FAB BEHIND Because they are Bbst Qualities, Latest Styles and Mo e nt the Lowest Prices. It is not necessary to call your mention u out store as we have been established for years hack, and our n-pu'.T'ionfespeaks tor itself. But it is necessary to call your special attemici to some of the low prices we are now quoting:— • Men’s Suits from $4.50 up. Youth’s Suits from $2.50 up. Boys’ Suits from SI.25 up. Men’s and Youth’s Troueers from 69e. up. Boys’ Pants from 25c. up. Light Wcierht Overcoats $5.00 up. Full Line Rubber Boots, Shoes and Oil Skins. ..©PIOE1S.. Men’s Shoes from 95c. up. Ladies' Shoes from $1.10 up. Boys’ Shoes from 95c. up. Branch Store, Cape May Court House, N. J. S. U. GrIDDINGr, LEADING CLOTHIER. No. 414 Washington Greet, ' CAPE MAY CITY, N. J.

Picture Frames Window Glass Walter Savage 309 Mansion Street, - CAPE MAY, N. J. ; A large assortment just received oi Popular Priced and High Grade Framed Pictures.

fashioned^nnl^zndzct^wlthsIMzmcmdor Hass famous moincrs ureau aim Rnby, according to choice, that wc can scl! Rolls of all kinds' fancy Cakes and

Crop!*!!'.. JOK D«*»r

some design and fine Quality, any of them Street.

ruing belle, ifacturcd in

Whatever in dci ' -

of h

wu. uc auuan. ucis wau.ua -'week after it U manufactured JACOB GARRISON.

all

street.

Extra! Extra!!

421 Washington Street.

Y1 invite

the.public's demand have

— - — diuaquarten*

.wdiitii stock of Clothing, Furnishings and Shons that I can be of greater service to you now than before my remr**'*'

f make a specialty of the famous W. L. DOUGLAS SHOE, ‘every pair Is guaranteed. I will be pleased to see you in my new store.

I. TENENB1UM, 421 Washington St., Cape May

COAL is all you wish to keep in line this winter, but your hone or your wagon needs s blanket or robe. We have got them and the prices are low. you can save money by calling and looking at two hundred blanketa and robes that we have bought at a low price and wilt sell for the same. * Don't purchase a blanket or robe without looking at this stock, as we know it will please you in style, price and quality. W. A* LOVETT

If you are In, need of ,ladiea' and gents* furnishing*, or shoes, inspect the stock carried by K. Conley, 406 Washington street. Big reductions in ladies’ shirt waist and wrappers.

Barnes Erb Laundry, tf

Agent for 1

Standard Fashion Sheets, ft )ct., showing the latest style* ft rinter wear, are given away by C W. Kneer. Call and get one.

Poultry, Game and Squabs killed

ind dressed to order at Ci

108 Dccrtur street.

t Campbell’s,

s Mother’s Bread a

Fancy table butter and butter of kinds at Campbell's, 30S Decatur

- ABSOLUTELY FREE - We will give a Barrel of

o any part for the best written •Advertisement or Poetry o GOLDEN BEAUTY FLOUR Having received so many request to extend lime on our COMPEH TION OFFER, have decided t hold it open until NOV. 1st. Letters to reach us not later than Nor. 1 1903. All contributions to be our property Competition not restricted to any number e chances. Send in as many as you deair each to be accompanied with an empty zacl '12K or :51b.) of Golden Beauty Flour For sale by leading Grocers and Feei Merchants. - ^ 8ITLEY & SON, Inc., General Agents, Camden, N. J.

PHILADELPHIA * BXADIH0 S09TI. L ATLANTIC CITY HAILHOAD.

ENGINES BURN HARD COAL. NO SMOKE. *. i TIME TABLE In Eflect OCT. 1st, 1901. J Trains leave Cape May tor Philadelphia: Week Days : ■ *

A.M.—

7-00 Isiib-ra;—

4. M — fciprc,

7-45 Lfe

4*3° phla&W.

ire Philadelphia tor Cape May:

Trains lea re

Week Day* — 8-45 IVf-4-y Uf-~-

P M. —

aUon. Arrive FhlAmre PhiladeJ- j Arrive ruffisdel. j Arrive PhlladeJ-

D»5« - . .m A^M.-Expnm. Arrive Cape May .^M. — Express. Arrive Cape May

indayi

g A. M. — Express. Arrive Cape

“ . Garre ii, -j

BGSONJ. Wi

Arrive ,

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W. A. GARRrrr. Gcn'l Supt.

, Oen’l Paas’r Agsat.