, First Baptist Church Pastor Williams’ subject on Bumlay j morv'ng will be “A BwwtSavlour/'^ndL In the evening the theme will be "The Two Great Duestlons." What arc they? This will be a special service. Good I singing, hymn book provided and all ; seats free. Come early and secure a

good seat.

The ladies of the First Baptist Church will have a “Turkey Supper" on New Year’s Eve, in Mecray’s Hall, corner Ocean and Washington street*. Tickets BO cent*. Children 25 cent*. "Santa Claus at His Beet,’’ Is the title of the charming cantata which will be given at the First Baptist Church Christmas K\e. The Characters—Sanla

, Uncle Sam, Johnnie Bull, liiawatha, Fritz, Japn-s, Paul, Ned, Spirit oi Christmas. Fairy, Tuccu,* Good Will, Peace, Little People, Mac Irma and

Dimple.

Presbyterian Church.

The Sunday School is preparing for it* Xmas entertainment and treat, which

will be held at the usual time.

Neat Sabbath morning Kev. Edwin F. rilagher will preach at 10.30 on “Our

i Season," and in the evenini preach to children on' “Yale '

11 young people are urged

-to be'present. Wear a sprig of

• Galla*

Gift !

rill prej (Fonder .obe'pr

' Chnstipa* green? «r*t M. E. Church. “No KoomTnTEr Inn”^rta

h^ly

^e

arWU

evening his subji pirit.” Sunday occur on Wednesday evening. OuTues-

Christian The Sunday School celebration will

sermon pext Sunday morning, ining his subject will be “Tl! n Spirit ening a great ing to which all are invited. Yocso Max Waxtkj>—In the office of Lewis T. Stevens, to make himself generally useful. Lewis T-Sravaxs, S09 Washington street.

At Hogan’s CHRISTMAS CANDIES...

Might almost as well have no . Christmas presents as do without the Christmas meed of Candy. It is one of the most important requisites for a proper enjoyment of # the feast. On that day, and days afterwards, as long as supply holds out, old and .young alike deliver themselves over to revelry in these sugared delights. Need have no fear of the consej. quences attendant upon an even i reckless indulgence in Hogan's I Candies. Naught but the best and :• purest of ingredients enter into r their make-up ; nothing but care and cleanness in manufacture and surroundings. And besides, they're absolutely fresh—a rarity in candy at this season. And just at this time—Thursday, and other days between now and Christmas, in fact—comes a fresh shipment from the factory, of Mixed Chocolates and Assorted Candies. Of either kind yon can get what you need at j prices to suit. Nuts, Fruit, Bon- ' bons, and indeed, everything needed in the sweetmeat line for the Holiday season. We have just six | tons of such delicacies for our customers for the Holidays, j- Remember to leave your orders with us a

! North (W: Washington and DecaJ tur Streets.

1IANDSOME HOME . . .

PSOPERTT FOR SALE. wrty on Booth mde of York *ve. fest Cape May. Lot 00 feet deep feet front. Will be sold at *

LawisT. 8

r.9ntvxm;

600 Washington rtri-et. Cape May, N.J.

The flr«;-je»r term of Proeecutor of the Pleas Eugene C. Cole, of (hU county, will expire April 1 nexI. He bae been fnlllifof iwllie iH-rformance of bis duties suikhss teen tonsclenilous and honest in all that he did. and has, as a consequence, been condemned b- many, especially those whose misfortune it has Ken to get caught in the trap of the law. They have raised a cry against him. and charged that ho caused* the county much expense—more than was necessary. Only a fortnight ago an nudliing committee wept over the Court

CHOWFA'S LOVE NOTES Siamese Prince's Wooing of an American Actress. BEST HEB MAHY WARM VERSES. Lot* Letters Recent Royal Visitor to the Called States Is Said to Dare Written to Miss Habclle Oilman While -le Woo at OoUe*o In

Kt’UKXK C. CU1JC. iir. ir-irES r&Sv'SL two predecessors. It has been hinted that Mr. Cole would uot be reapl>ointed E 8r.,r£ir."S5£

i;

Mr. Cole, it is ho|H-d that it will lie one of the ether Caiie May county lawyers and not a Camden lawyer, aa oome

would hare us believe.

XEW YORK. PHILADKLPHIA'B BCSI-

XKSS ANNEX. The Resalt

Rhpld

the other day who had been rather eutbusiastic. about the hourly traina to New York, asked the question: "Well! how about the Heading! trains to New York every hour: got to be an old thing now, hasn't It7" he answered. “No, indeed. I -uu assureTTJU that 1 am still finding new iiossibilitles about the Heading's "Every time the clock strikes"

service.

“I find it very convenient now when any business comes up that would ordinarily take several letters to finish, to take a Heading train to New York, make the final agreement and be back in Philadelphia before close of business hours. “One day last week I had a demand for some good 1 can get best through New York parties. I left the office st quarter of ten. and at a quarter past four was back agaiu, having visited two New York firms, ordered goods shipped and was prepared to and did make a deal

which was rather profitable.

"The only bad feature of the train is, that my women folks are (to use slang) "on to it” also and scan the New York papers for "Bargain Sales" as closely as the Philadelphia onea and think nothing of a run over to New York for a half day’s shopping and arrive back in time for *7 o'clock dinner,

but that is not entirely the

' trail '

Jt entirely the result e hourly trains, there are two other factors. one is the Whitehall Terminal,

mg^ up oi other great

atory -and taking elevated. >r any location you wish, the _ -eat inducement is the polite attention . received from all the Heading system employe*. 1 remarked to u brnkeman the other day that I should get •.tied answering so many questions, be said it la orders from the superintendents to be as polite as possible and

give ail the information you are able

"So you can see that the Reading

system's trains to and from New York

leaving either end every hour weekdays is no “old thing with me nor likely to lie

rersoasIlr-Condaeled Tnuf-s via Pen nar Ivan In Railroad—Season of

1002-100*.

California.—Two tours: No. 1 will leave New York. Philadelphia and Harrisburg January 2SI; No. 2 will leave PebruaiT lit, and hill include Manli Gras celebration at New Orleans. Florida.—Thri-v tours to Jacksonville will leave New York and Philadelphia February 3 and 17 and March 8. The first two admit of a stay of two weeks in the "Flowery State.” Tlcketa for the third tour will be good to return by regular traina until May SI. 1903. Old Point Comfort, Richmond and Washington.—Four tours will leave New York and Philadelphia March 14 and 28. April 26 and May 9. Old Point Comfort.—Four tours will leave New York and Philadelphia March 14 and 28. April 25 and MayJ). Washington.—Nine toars wHJ leave New York and Philadelphia December 29,.January 29. February 12 and 20. March .*> and 19, April 0 and 23 and

T'or detailed information apply to Geo. W. Boyd. Aaistant General Pas-

m-nger Agent. Philadelphia.

next Thursday y boliy-day, one that is everpeen in the minds and hearts of oil Christian people. Worse puns than this have been written. i ■. Rirhsrd Stansbtuxhae bought of Monroe Kinsey his house and will remodel it for himself on his property at Washington and Sidney avenue. Cape May County will have two doorkeepers in the next House of Assembly, secured by Assemblyman Crease. They

The Kentucky distillers have concluded to organise mid carry their own -Are -insurance. Now, how would the Kentuckians like it if the Insurance companies should retaliate by getting together and making their own whisky 7 Anyway Reed Smoot, the Mormon who wants to break into the United States senate, ought not to be held responsible for hie name. He probably hod no voice In It* selection.

Though the Britons whipped the Boers, the latter ore getting even with a vengeance. They are writing hooka

Genara] De Wet Is managing to gat

of the Sooth African war aftermath as

The settlement of the coal bills seems

and pertbe coal

plexlng aa the a

» p«i _ . belle Gilman bai broken into that actress' writing desk and stolen therefrom a packet of letters, and the other day he gave to the world the love-let-ters of the Prince of Slam, says the New York Tribune. Miss Gilman, who Is called Tcberno Okaya by her Siamese swain, was sorry—quite grieved, in fact—that the lettera had got out. She could not understand how the press agent dared to take them with-

conntry and Slum. The wise heads may take this fact for what It la worth. The Prince of Siam first met Mias Gilman in London, when she was there with “The Belle of New York” and “a dangerous rival of Edna May In the affections of royalty" (the phrase U a bubble from the lips of her press agent}. Th*ir friendahlp seem* to hove inspired the crown prince to pour forth verse that if quantity counted should hare won for him the Newdlgate prise. Letters from him to her In 1901 bear the seal of Christ college, Oxford, and in all of them are inclosed verses, sometimes two or three separate IKjems. On the backs of the photograph* be aent her be was more moderate. contenting Jiimself with quoting from the poems of other men. If the letters themselves did not furnish proof of the genuineness of the story, the fact that these quotations are from Lovelace. Carew, 8. T. Coleridge and Omar the Tentmaker would at once put them berond the invention of Miss GUmun's press agent. The first of the letters made public is dated from tbe Siamese legation, London, In December. 1900. and begins "My Dear Miss Gilman.” One year later, writing from Oxford, be opens as follows:

This he signs "Bijou.' In this letter the verse begins. It la funny bow Oxford affects people, as 8uo used to remark to Jude. The poem Inclosed is called “Tic Prince’s Reverie" and consists of five quatrains modeled on the Rubaiyat and prefaced by the famous quatrain beginning “Ah, love, could you and I with him conspire,” which the prince misquotes, though Mnbelle probably didu't know it His problem seems to be something like that which faces the hero of "Alt Heidelberg,” for he sings, after three prefatory and ardent stanzas: Ah. love, if only thou wert born princess Or else myself were only somethin* less Than that which 1 am now—of rank so Tbe beat hours of my life sway have But I am so thankful that I have known The beat and sweetest Joy upon this

earth

And. that once I did call thee, love, my

Writing from Washington In October of the present year be again reverts to verse for consolation, the shadow of coming parting cast across tjic^paper. The poem is of four stanzas, wherein be goes Lovelace, who furnishes the model, one better. The poem doses aa

follows:

Ah. would I go. were it not such Aa Lovelace sang of yore— “I could not'love thee, dear so much. Loved I not honor roarer’ At the Bijou theater the other night Miss Gilman said she might some day visit 81am, but, on the whole, she considered America good enough for her. In -reply to the question put to her by an unabashed reporter whether or not the prince proposed, she replied, "What would yon have done?” This seemed to admit of but one answer, and she was allowed to make her entrance on the stage, where she could be heard singing, “Oh, listen to the mocking bird.”

Recall of Sena!or Clack's Rich Gift. Representative Bowersock of Kansas recently received a letter that made him pause, says a Washington special to the New York World. His son wrote It With tbe letter was a newspaper clipping reciting bow Senator Clark of Montana would give fl.000,000 to his

first grandson, born a

The letttr said:

t few days ago.

“I am inclined to the opinion that Senator Clark has established a bad precedent, M said Mr.

Professor Xoilos Sc blotter back, professor of pharmacocnoay in tbe University of Michigan, has discovered seven new poisons, says a dispatch to the Chicago Tribune from Ann Arbor, Mich. Three of them are made from the Allegheny vine. He bos named two of the poisons adiamthe and adlurnidiue. and one Is still unnamed.! From the celandine poppy be' has extracted the fourth and fifth poisons.' called stylophlne and dlaphyUlne, and from the Japanese .celandine the poteen' bMoonUtMaAdaosj*'

PERSONAL INTEREST Gossip of the Resort In Which You May Be Mentioned. Charles Fitzgerald, of Pittsburg, a well known electrician, i* in charge of the mechanical part of the local electric* light plant. He will superintend construction of tbe new plant being built on the north end of the town by its new owners, tbe Cape May Real Estate Company. The Misses Williamson, of Jaifayette street, are enjoying the holiday seosfin in Clayton with their brother, Willuun A. Williamson, and in Philadelphia. Postmaster and Mrs. Walter B. Learning were enjoying the pleasures of shopping excundaR to Philadelphia <

Tuesday.

Miss Norris returned from Philadelphia on Tuesday, in company with Miss Newbold. Miss Norris is at the I cottage of her father, Mr. Chas. C. P. Norris, on Slick ton avenue. A GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY. An Investment In Union Post Gold Mining Company. This company is organized under 'Inlaws of the Territory of Aria.i,,. - 4 -ti. a capital atock ul 62,000.000, conaislmj' ul 2,000,000 nbarea of the par value of 61.00 each, aud it is absolutely iimi-ssaessable. full paid stock when tasm-d. Tbe property consists of five full claimi 1500 ftet long by 600 fret wide sod i mill site of five acres. Tb-i entire group oouaiais of 103 1-3 acre* of mineral laud. By successful bus,new men It is an ad milted fact that tberc*>» no better iuvnstmeut than a good gold mine, aud it Ir equally true that no part af the world to-day oftrs such inducement* for nve>tment in mining properties as are be found In Arizona, tbe wonder audmarvi of the world in Us production of »hz precious metals, ami vet it is still in Its Infancy. The placing of a few hundred dollars in a good mining property !* always safe and profitable and at no rime In tbe history of mining, in llii* sir any other conntry/has such an opportunity In this line lieen given as the present. ' Among the best of this claw is the In vestment* In tbe stock of the U-iton P.i** Gold Mining Com) Rsporte! the Union Pi Location—The Union Pa*a Group of Mining Claim* i* situated in the San Francisco Mining District, Mohave C>., Arizona, about twenty three miles west from Kingman, the Count; seat of Mohave County, and about four and half mile* cast of tbe Colorado River. Names op Clairs—The priueipal clr m 1* called the Rising Fawn. The olb'-B are the Homer, Elltmoro, Perry and

Rosacea.

Fokxatiok—The comity rock (which in the claims in question, carries fi 80 cts. to 62.50 Gold per ton) la characteristic of the river range, Granite, Mica, Schist and eruptive Porphyries. Veik Matter—Thi* vein matter i* a white qnartz, mixi-d with Flour Sp.ir This i* intersected at variona places wlih smaller veins of intrusive Prophyry of brownbib.'purple ciJor, which carries some places 6 oz. In gold per ion. This ore is heavily Iran stained and la accompanied hy Magnetite. In ^any plans small particles of gold is Visible to tile

naked i-ye.

Outcrop—The outcn:p no the Rial- g Fawn is euo’mnua. It is what is rUaukct ledge. Ore is Sight—The aiwninit of ore in sight uu the Rising Fawn ledge is 125 feet high by 1500 feel long, by 115 feei wide, equals 1,658.558 Inna, and a shaft 100 leet in depth would develop dilionai 1,300,000 tons. Cuiintbig the ore in sight at 65.00 per Un^it would show value of 68,293,255. flTm above figures clearly show what an Immense body

ore is in sight.

Sole of Trust Company Corner. Tbe New Jersey Trust and Safe Deposit Compafiy, of Camden, which ha* been merged with the Security Trust Company, of Camden, under the latter's name ha* filed a deed of the sale of the bank building, corner Washington and Ocean streets, fixing the value at $23,-

083.36.

If you are in need of ladies’ and gems'

furnishings, or shoes, inspect tbe stock

‘ by K. Conley, 406 Washington " ‘ ictious In ladles shirt

Agent for Barnes

carried b.

sued. , Big reduct waists and wrappers.

Erb Laundry.

Tbe Hon. Bear Tracks la a member of tbe South Dakota state legislature. It is to be hoped that be will leave no legislative tracks, behind him of which

"Dear Father—This plan worked In t respected member of the Ogaliala Senator Clark's case. Why not try It tribe of tbe Sioux Nation need be

Tbe parable of the wise^nd foolish virgins is suggested by tbe fact that the senate at Washington has ICO tons of ooel, while tbe house has none and la obliged to bora cord wood Over a seer© of antitrust bills have already been introduced In congress. It begins to look at though It might be necessary to merge them. Haas’ famous Mother’s Bread and Rolls of ail kinds fancy Cakes and Blacnlts at Campbell's. 806 Decatur street.

Fresh eggs 90c. per dozwi, at Camp, shall be referred to a tribunal

boll’s. We glva trading ilarapa.

VENEZUELANS AS FIGHTERS.

Harder to Subdue Than Boers,

Say* General Molineux.

TROOPS DRILLED BY EUROPE ABB. Italnsmen of tka Interior Regna-AoS

ns Drat Warriors South of tbo United atuteo—Yellow Fever Cn*-tro-s Chief Allr—Danger For American Property- Interests—Cnnee of

Mffy composed or rmexurano. Castro's attention has been directed to the fact that tbe claims of the French government, similar to those of Germany and Great Britain, were referred to an international tribunal, but to the request that a similar method should be adopted for tin- adjustment of German and British claims Castro has uniformly declined to ac-

cede.

In their effort* to reach an a mica Me settlement the German and British minister* arc understood to hare offered to have the payment* agreed upon made hi Installment* and to provide that these Should be made In a manner and at time* that would not embarrass the

government of Vcnexuel*.

4’ho representative* of the two pow- , ers finally deapalrcd of reaching an un"Tho European forces In Venezuela i dcrstandliig by the ordiiinrj' method.* have entered upon a bigger Job than j of diplomacy, and their governments

'the subjugation of the Boers, if I have auy military Judgment,” said General E. L. Molineux recently to a New York | Herald reporter. "Unless thU| brogllo Is settled before the war spirit I of the rural population of Venezuela Is aroused. American as well a* European property Interests will suffer I verely and many lives will be sa

fleed too.

"President Castro has practically I healed all Internal dissensions by hi* spunky attitude toward the European powers. White men have rarely penetrated into the interior of Venezuela.! Unless the custom houses and seaboard | towns are quickly abandoned word of tbe situation will reach the half savage natives of tbe intcrloi and a harassing guerrilla war will result. "European officers, oapeclnlly Germans. have drilled tbe native uniform-1 ed troops. The revolutionists have gradually acquired a considerable stock | of modern arms and ammunition. From [ personal acquaintance I can state that the elhinos. or plainsmen, of the interliH are the best fighters south of the Unit-] ed States. From now on any ■ ■ wocuin not of dork complexion will be a victim of their enmity.^^^^^^^H “If the European light draft cruisers or gunboats have withdrawn from La I Guoyra and Puerto Cabello and intend to go around to Maracaibo, the 1m- [ mense coffee, cocoa and other interests of Europeans, and Americans, too, srlll [ suffer disastrously. “Yellow Jack, night and dayMa sea-1 j son and out. wIIUjc Presldon* Cnstro'r best ally. Venq^ela has all the eaaen-1 tlals for a prolonged fight within her | borders — coffee, cattle and cocoa for | food, bides and flax for apparel and an | j indomitable fighting spirit wbi j aroused. Taking a few small |_ and seizing a custom house or two Is | like crunching a paper shell almond. | but a harder nut a regular Brazil nut | will have to be cracked to bold them. H “Fort San Carlo, which commands | the upper approaches to the town of Maracaibo and Lake Maracaibo, is not I without a great deal of defensive power ! against tbe heaviest guns tbe European | I fleets can possibly present Tbolnhab-' It ants of Apurc, tbe province between | Caracas and Maracaibo, are known | | throughout South America as brilliant | fighters. To them was due the winning of Independence from Spanish rule ln| 1814-20. It wIU be a tedious, harrowing | matter tor any power to establish a foothold or any permanent occupancy j against the consent of the natives." The cause of the conflict between ] Venezuela on one side and Great Briti aln and Germany on tbe other is of long standing, says n Washington spo- j | dal to tbe New York Times. It grows | | out of claims made by tbe govern- J ments of -Germany and Great Britain for losses sustained by their respective cltlz« ns by revolutions and disturb-' ! onces. For a number of years past | Venezuela has been In a condition of | chronic revolution, and in tbe progrets of these numerous revolutions the prop-1 city of foreigner* has been destroyed I j and appropriated lit will by one or the I other party to the warfare. This bos | proceeded until the damages have og- | gregated a considerable stun, but to all | importunities tbe Venezuelan government has given little'attention, and It ! has taken no -«t£ps toward bringing about a settlement. In tbe case of Ggeat Britain the aggregate damages are not so great as those of Germany, the claims vt tbe latter bring about $2,000,000. Tbe claims are divided into two classes. Thoee of tbe first class ore divided into two divisions. The first division ivinsiq* of claims for tbe destruction and appropriation of property by tbe Insurgents and the government forces. In this are included tbe destruction of plantations and buildings, and tbo appropriation of movable property. Tbe Insistence upon an adjustment of this class of claim has been more argent than in regard to tbe others. Tbe second division consists of claims for losses sustained and damage done to the legitimate commerce and trade of tbe Germans and British, resulting from embargoes and In many cases of absolute confiscation of merchandise In transit and in store. Thq second class embraces German claims alone. These are four payments overdue to a Berlin banking house for money loaned for the construction of a railroad from La Guayra to Caracas, Ibe Venezuelan government having 1 guaranteed the payments. This class of claim, however, wot not pressed and 'does not enter Into tbe immediate cause of tbe present trouble. Germany and Great Britain have been striving earnestly for years to induce

have been compelled to resort to force.

ever, has doc lined to enter into oogotlatlons for the adjustment of tbe claims either directly with tbe two goventmeata concerned or hy Internationa] araud has insisted that they

. ... f bis

per-

tribunal of t seems, la a p<

REED WON A FORTUNE.

Left Ills I

Accord! n|

mllr *200,000, Eurnra In vd Years of Ills 1.1 fr.

Ing to one of his friends, forBpenker Thomas B. Reed laid

away $200,000 in tbe last two years of bis life, most of it. If not all, mode in Wall street, says tbe New York Amer-

ican.

"Now I am at lust happy. I can die tearing my family well provVled for. I n have an income independent of my law work and can enjoy some leisure." These words were spoken by Mr. Reed teas than two weeks before his death to tbe same friend. These words tell the true story of his retirement from political life. He had to provide for the future of his family and so be plunged Into the mad whirl of Wall street with the zeel of a man half his years and with success attained by

few.

Few persons who saw the warrior of a dozen congresses ambling along side streets because be disliked the attention his familiar form attracted in Broadway and Wall street suspected that be was as eager os a young trader to know each day what the stock ticker was saying. "When Mr. Reed came to New York." said his friend, “be stated that he was poor, but wanted to get rich, his scruples keeping him oat of the stock market while he was In control of congress. He allied himself with tbe big corporations, and bis fee* In slnglj cases were greater than the amount he received for a whole year in congress. His chief gains were in American Locomotive, having bought the stock at low figures when tbe general public would not touch it He sold during the public flurry that caused the common stock to rise to $12 a shore. He made most of his money In new stocks. Mr. Reed never speculated In any sense of the word. He was a remarkably good judge of values and besides knew prominent persons who were In control of 'Corporations and from whom he could get the facts. He therefore bought and sold with confidence. Among the powerful moneyed friends of Mr. Rood was H. H. Rogers, who has the reputation of knowing something about bow tbe Standard Oil party Is jivorklug in tbe market, and Mr. Reed had full benefit of that knowl•dge. KAISER AS A MODISTE. Latest Accomplishment of the Many Slued German Emperor. It has remained for Mmc. WaldeckRoaascan to make a new side of the many sided German emperor—that of a dictator of fashions, says thcyLondon Mali His whole conversation with the wife of the former French premier was devoted to dress. “Would T be Indiscreet, madome. Is asking you the address of your dressmaker Y' Mme. Waideck-Roussenu gave him the Information. "I will note It” said the emperor. “I absolutely desire that the empress be well dressed. Tbe last time I went to Paris In front of my windows'wos^ia exceedingly fashionable dressmaking establishment Do you recall it?” "Certainly.” said Mmc. Waldt-ck-u "But It has gone down.”, tse,” said the emperor. “Out

Trice, "does M. Woldeck-Boussean ever occupy himself with your toil eta?" “Oh. no, never!" cried Mme. WaideckTnussran. laughing. “Ah!” said the emperor gravely, “I ecupy my*elf a great deal with my wife’s gowns. I choose tbe materials. I advise this or that model Tbe form of dress that pleases me exceedingly Is the cess gown.”

A recent dispatch from Susquehanna, L, gave a curious account of how a

trap last fall and a farmer gave the little one Into the care of a ewe whose lamb had been killed by wildcats shortly before. The fox has thrived tnlghtlly, and the nffectlon between the ewe and orphan seems to be as great si If the little fox were Its own otf-

Christmas day approaches;

You fesl it ia ths air; Tli written In Um |

■ra tat a 1 In ths w

Tl* whispered in the murmur Of ths shoppers aa ths/ coma

The pecrlc

XU heralds thus In a splendid p_ You note tbs fact • Whans-er you

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