CAPE MAY HBRAU) AN INOEPCNDENT WEEKLY. Publl»hckl Every Selurday Morning at S06 Washington Street, Cope May, N. J.

AdJrcM all Commuakation, to THE HERALD CAPE riAY, N. J. Lewis T. StcvCNS. Masasts. Entered at the l»o»t office at Cape May N. J-, sa aecond-claaa mail matter. March n

SATURDAY, APRIL 18, 1903.

Pool Selling In u New Guise.

Pool selilii# on horse races D one of the most prevalent forms of gambling, except perhaps •‘playing" the market and one which municipal authorities have sought most strenuously to prevent. but It dies hard and adopts vari-

ous devices to perpetuate Itself.

In Philadelphia a plan Is considered by the sporting fraternity to run poolrooms openly and aboveboard In the guise of Insurance offices. The Idea comes from Lloyd's, where Insurance may be placed on anything under the sun, provided the element of chance enters. If one can Insure a horse against dying. It was argued, why cannot one Insure him against defeat, which to the strenuous competitor Is almost as much feared as death? Conversely, why Is It not possible to Insure him against.winning? That, In brief. Is the plan. Instead of a pool ticket the establishment will Issue a policy, agreeing to pay a certaln'sum If a certain horse wins does not win. as the case may be, a certain race on a certain day. In the office will be kept a blackboard on which the constantly fluctuating Yates of Insurance will be chalked. For Instance, when the vulgar and Illegal poolrooms and betting rings are offering odds of 4 to 1 on Nux Vomica the company will charge a 23 per cent premium to sure that horse. Again. If- the odds Creosote are S to 3 a policy of $10 will cost the beneficiary Just $0. If the

horse wins, the company Is 1! the face value of the poll.

The promoters of the enterprise were inning to secure a charter under the

ae state kindly disposed to-

ward new corporations and then ob-

tain the consent of as many

surance departments as possible, but It appears that the Idea became prematurely public and that there Is danger of Its being “mussed up" by overofflclous persons who are not in sympathy with that sort of “Insurance." However, It Is hard to believe that any would discourage so benevolent a plan. Doubtless after the Horae Speed Insurance company has demonstrated Its success and usefulness policies will be Issued on the chances of a little ball rolling Into a red or green subdivision of a wheel and other “insurance" schemes devised for facilitating the work of detaching the “easy mark”

from his money.

Ste OP NAVY YARD.

Known In Washington Records as Reservation No. 14.

It ILaa aa Intrrestlna Hlatorr Whlek la Moat iBtrreatraclx Hrlatrd by aa Old Dlatriel Hra> Ideal.

HIS is the story of 1

14," as described on the original maps of the city of Washington, by the engineer L’Enfant, in 17Vi, contlrmed by Washington, March 2, 1797, and adopted by congress in

tevcral etiaclmelMs.

The various laud reservations proposed by the wonderful genius who planned this beautiful capital city are numbered on the main,, and their proposed uses described in voluminous notes which accompanied the

ings. "Reservation 14" v for a navy- yard, and it

pose of the delineator that there should also be located there ship-

plants of magnitude befitting

the great nation which A* believed would grow upon this continent. The navy yard has always been and

is yet located on "Keservn

there is there in operation u spiel gun factory; but the ship built

of the nation 1 done by c

other seacoast cities. The eastern branch of the Potomac, where the

e dra’ t apart c pur-

ation 14."

‘P

? bl

always ties in

e ship

>n has almost a

not float a mod-

cruiser, while a battleship would have a hard time coming any further

Ings

drawings, coverii marks of this terestlng when

a wint

for he thinks and speaks only In loving tunes of all mankind, and of all

leirth. His scrap book of ring ull of the old landcity, la particularly' In- » exhibited in tils parlor,

on a winter evening, and explained by him in his vivacious manner. He says:

at the officers

.used to t

iavy yard was urn the white b navy department they could d they pleased without any of their conduct or misconduct being found out. "When Commodore Ooldsborough was In charge of the navy yard, although he nslAd In the northwest, he knew what was going on as well us any modern sleuth. He went to the quarters of the commandant every day to attend to official business.

ffIS TIFE NOT iiAI TY, Archduke Karl of Austria Exists in Splendid Mjpery.

Lima Bor Who Mar Become Emperor and Kina la Ilrprlvrd of AH (ho Pleaonrra and Sporta of Childhood.

ary- circumstances, it Is highly probable that after the death of Emperor Francis Joseph, neither his heirpresumptlvc. Archduke Francis Ferdinand, nor Archbishop Otto, who stands second in the line of succession, will ascend the throne, but that the crown of Austria-Hungary will puss to Archduke Karl, now- a boy IS years of age. Although this strhuge break in the

ig ui

the river than Alexandi

uarter southel

1 liable for

The discovery of Dr. Sajous that the pituitary gland, heretofore thought Hueless, Is one of the most Important organs of the bnman body when its functions arc understood is no doubt Important but It is rather appalling In view of the fact that very few people ever heard of It before. It Is to be hoped, however, that It Isn’t going to cause so much trouble as the vermiform appendix, about which nobody seemed to know of care very much until the doctors began to utilize It for surgical purposes. It has been figured that Adelina Patti will make here $3,000 for each concert and 00 per cent of receipt* that exceed $7,500. which means $37X000 for the sixty concert*, or $50 each minute on the stage, $2.60 each second of the time, $3.47 for each velvet note, or $Z50 every time she breathes. No wonder that she finds It difficult to give tip the farewell tour JiablL It is intimated that the German fleet may not go directly home, aa the kaiser finds there are other countries to the south of ua that owe money to his snbjeeta. Well, be will fintf the Monroe doctrine doing business at the old stand Just the same. Erie, Pa., may lay claim to being classed among the progressive cities of the country. Nine men were fined $5 each and $2 costs the other day for violating the ordinance forbidding spitting on the floors of street cars in that city.

King Edward's gracious patronageof the Kt. Louis exposition may be taken ua a graceful recognition of the services rendered by the Missouri mule in the South African war.

▲ Pittsburg pep« marriage In that city of Mr. Pa nick. He will begin to realize the full significance *of his name when the Easter bonnet bills come In.

At the cabinet table Secretary Cortelyou sits opposite President Roosevelt, but it is pretty generally understood that there Is no other opposition bs-

up 1

This reservnlic

LS

••REPORT THEM DRUNK, E1R "

is about a mile and

ing. knot

when the

least of the capital

In the ized, t

.lion made in 1799, add!-

iriginally in

Toutfarm;" but, authorized, under J

e m^rn rgeon a

called for the chief rd him the daily re-

back.

tionu! land was iouud

the two triangular squares wci

numbered sS3 and 8M.

cimmiskiunei

! port, Miying: Take that otn an hone*! report.’ The stir-

of tl Thorn

rssary and westward, r purchased

•ra, Scott and The conveyance recited that the land was "for the sole use and behoof of the said United States forever.” There is an impression that some of the officers’ residences in the yard were once connected with the I’rout farm, but, as will be seen by the diagram, ljut two of the buildings of Mr. Prout came within the navy yard line, and these disappeared years ago. The first building for officers was erected in the yard in 1801, and for many years was occupied by Capt. Cassin, and is known now as “the captain's house.” The residences for the commandant and other officers were built in 1804. The mansion house of William Prout was a large brick fronting on Eighth street, north of M street, originally two stories in height and 42 by 43 feet in size. The barns were of frame, one

1 by 2l milt o

a prot e ho^i

t repurl t all of

his reports modorc in-

some time, it has become probability only recently. It is nowreported that the boy's father aud uncle have definitely promised to stand aside for him and that a formal declaration to this effect U about to

be made.

It might be supposed that the altered situation would cause the auiall Karl to be an enviable young person—which same supposition is a grievous error. He is the unhappicst j boy in Europe, and his future protn- ' isci qven more misery than the present confers upon him. • | All his life, soys the Chicago RecordHerald, he has been kept in restraint on the ground that the future emperor must not do this, that and the other. He' has enjoyed none of the frolics and amusements that make the lives of other lads merry. Since his eighth birthday his only recreation bos been military drill, for the future emperor must be a soldier who understands all branches of the profession native Ger-

of row boats, aud was

ing been the home of the j ing and excursions; but not

igs were built of logs.

Many old citizens remember the

sion as havii

Otterback family for years, it having been purchased of Mr. Praut in the ghirties; but the site is now used for

m by the Capital Traction . The graveyard was in Georid M street, 29 by 61 feet

thft they werenot. Finally the

surgeon (old the commodore, that he exceeded Ms authority, as well as his knowledge, \in telling a surgeon how to make oiii a sick report. Thereupon the old coffimodore almost took him

off his feet, -by roaring out:

“•Take thlj. sick report and make it out honesuy, or I will get a surgeon who w ill make an honest report. Take out all <rf these lines telling of officers who hive dyspepsia, indigestion, gastric irritation, gastric fever and all that kindiof rot. Make out the report that these officers are unfit for duty to-day x heciVst they have been "drunk ove'r nightf' This sick list has

got to be cut dow-nY "

"Down east of thi navy yard reservation," continued Mr. Birth, “were Widow Wheeler’s -possessions. Although her mansion was only 18 tyy 41 feet, it was locatetf 'on a small run emptying into the Auacostia river, and the widow was sought by many who believed in marrying laud and a woman at the same tittle. She had several small sail boats and a number

fond of

if picnic

company,

gin avenue and

in dimensions, and told by old men, who as boys played about the tombstonea, it wa* well populated. It will be observed that in the form of square p30, in the cut, the lower angle does not appear, and the explanation is that the graveyard was

numerous suitors ever made

reaa. The

brass buttons

have none of them. Brass buttons were not as potential in the matrimonial market then as they are to-

:yond this reservation 14,

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MAP OF RESERVATION 14. ioed in when the city yea* laid < and the commissioners planned

leave it undisturbed.

Fens of thousai

at a time when the 1

thing of the imaginary future,

Ity. And, for that

save i

Tens of thousands of visitors to the ions! Capital view the navy yard, guided through the great gun factory by officials, and have the public, places explained to them, but very few have the opportunity to talk to “the oldest inhabitant;” the roan who knew all about it almost a century ago,

ivy yard was a _ future, as was. also the capit

matter, in those days the success of the republic itself was problematical.

irth, 95 years of age, deaf vho can learn nothing of

lent things except through his eyes. Is an interesting conversationalist. He says: “I used spectacles from the

a SO until I was almost 70

years old; and then my eyesight came back to me. For more than 20 years I have used no spectacles. My eyesight is as good aa that of any yonng

irth. I wi

imam

aa a post, v

model

or woman on earth. I was bragging that I was growingyoung again, when' my bearing began to fail. Gradually ail power of discerning sounds left me, and I am Oraa isolated from the world; but Tread, all of the daily papers, and I know a thing or two, anyway.” This wonderful old man is *a lorsbls *a another Saint,John, the Aged;

by.

0 the

bey<

along the river front.'is the congressional cemetery, and the remains of

Christ church still stand

This plot of ground was given to congress by the widow of William Y’oung, and it was the intention of having all congressmen burled there who might die in this city. It was intended to be a great honor, although I never heard of any congressmen

ike of bell -

dying just for the sake of being bi here. Mrs. Roth Y’oung. owned 1 1 than did Widow Wheeler, and also was sought by the brass butt from the navy yard, but she reined true to the memory- of 1

it' husband and 1<

tons from the

iry o:

first' husband and loyal to the land that he left to her. She owned all of the land set aside for the congressional cemetery, and also about 80 acre* of what now seems to be the most desirable part of east Washington, but It was all farm land then. "When I was a young man there was not a session of congress that did not bring some persons here applying for the privilege of putting up a big shipbuilding plant. There must have been wise men in the congresses of those days. All of these people who came ging for the franchise of govt it ship building were turned dot

Ip building were turned down;

and the main argument of the obstructors was that ‘the time will come when there will not be enough water here for a navy yard and shipbuilding

-plinrL' And they wert» right." This is interesting news from the otury. Those statesmen of a

past cent'

hundred years ago, and

it have beer

up to 50 yea

ago, must have been faraering and at entlfic men. Moreover, they

man, variot

en languages are spoken by the • peoples of Austria-Hunger e little archduke has to leal

Austria-Hunj

and the I

them all. for he must be prepared to talk to his future subjects in their own tongues. These are the Czech,

ARCHDUKE KARL OF AUSTRIA. (Hclr-Presumptlve to tlte Throats of Austria and Hungary.)

uitors ever made any prog- Poluhi Bnthenlan. Roumanian, Slavonnaval officers flashed their laI1( Croatian, Hungarian. >“ B on her, bn( she would slovllk and ita n tn languages, a for-

e art

ments, for he mrist in French and Engl There are 19 legi

irchy, an mst be

i languages,

t which does not complet tike's linguistic require

1 also be proficii

archduki

be proficient

;lish.

There are 10 legislative assemblies In the dual monarchy, and the future :ror-king must be acquainted

political affairs debated in

all of them. He must be on expert in

jurisprudence, in admin-

wlth 1 all of t

diplomacy, in ji

istrat

itrative government, in commercial matters, in sociology, and so forth.

The task of acquiring varied accomplishments ii

the extreme. The archduke rise*

moral n;

in tl five

studiei with o

is laborious

iduke rist

very morning, and- begins

:s at six. After

iany tutors, he takes

an interval for breakfast and goes back to his books from nine tiU 12 o'clock. Lunch is taken at noon, and from one tiU three in the afterc

! tiU three in the ai e performs military drill, its of riding, fencing, gym-

nastics, marching, sword drill, revolver drill- and trench digging. Studies are resumed at 4:30, and continue till six p. m., which is the dinner hour. After dinner Archduke Karl spends an hour with his mother and younger brother, and goes back to his books for another hour before retiring to rest punctually at nine

o'clock.

Twice a week he attends lectures on science at the Scbotten high school, in order that he may see something of life at a public school. But he has none of the fun. He goes solemnly in the court equipage with his tutor, Count Wallis, and with detectives in plain clothes swarming about—for his life valuable. He sits in the front row

ptrpils, but is permitrtically no intercourss

with the other ted to hare pract

with them.

can be no particular gratification

that he is heir to great wealth; 1,000 a year just for being

an archduke, and as it accumolati

til he comes of age

have lH-en patriotic, because Mr. Birth | j

w.r, ol.rri t-l.gM.tloo " : ^ ,,, I » 8 '' I -“ i - 1 h,v, Q»rlv 11.000.000. terffe. . ra,--Tl.. -niojr.rart. of,!,, »o^ | ^^"oiTli'.Vro^l^oTrl^bi

plete supplies here. Before the begir P° • PI

hing of the civil war I have often act

bar battleships

enJ P fro '

lievrd them to be the t tiitll the confedei rimmed-and sunk the

ipport

ror, supposed to b«

1,000 a year.

■d to

| we:: - " j ” h

bur battleships here at anchor, and | shark with .staple Family, we were very proud of them, for we be- 1 A huge shark was lately captured .» • terror of the aeas | by the marines of the British warship

rate Merrimac ; Urgent, at Port Royal, Jamaica. For•m down at Nor- | ty-nine yonng sharks, all alive and

Y'ou will never nnder»tand how ' kicking, were found in the mother'*

ened we all were In this city, | stomach.

the awful news broke opon us I ir great battleships carrying I »«*•* Production, itly Invincible batterlei, had 1 In I s * 0 * he ,iU & 8r priced immered Into rp'llnters by that , equaled only fire per cent. of_ the

mater of the aeas.”

umtlD.FRT.

| world’s production; now H is 67 per

City Directory.

wmmm Commissioner of Apical. Wm. 8. Hhsw Commltslouer of Appeal—li. Hiurjj

ipf

Shirked

Garments These are the vogue for Ladies, disses and Little Girls. Our stock of STANDARD PATTHRNS is rich in all the latest

and prettiest styles. NOTICE

Beginning with the May output. 1 new issues of Standard Patten

for Misses. Girls and t

L Schellrngri ,

r

wm-t mmrn

County Directory.

Joatiee Supreme Coutt—Charies K- HeniliIckMiu. lx-m UK'S Low Juilti—Hnirlami H. tootlirv*. I wS«ur M ' iUra'. -Kuzru;' C. ' rT. wms&s County lU-rd' of' KleiVl.W-joi' k! ' riluf. County' Hoard of ' KieCloniliniuimT CountyYtoarii of ku^ioo.- Wm/ J. Ty™

County"' B^Tof ' -

TvrmTJ? Court-i ourtb' Tueidiy 'iIT April.

September and Deeenioer.

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OUR SECRET SOCIETIES

H. P.. . Robert

Hoffman. P. H. P.: Trei

Charlct F. Q^vToruS^rctan^

hTp*: P.' S . Ch.Se" “ QukIokTr.' A Thomnn 8. Steven*. Jr.. I*. H. P.; O. M of tit veil. Alban H. Faulkner: Chap-

uwsrv -....,

M.—Communications second and fourth Tuesday* of each month at lodsc room. Waahtnirton , n a Franklin street*. Otaw - Everett J. Jarrell; 8. W. 2KS.?a*KTt S: Benjamin B. Hughe*: Secretary. 8. R. neaday of each month at Auditorium. Offl-

Financier. 8*1

E~

Cape May Council, No. 1691. Royal Ar-canum-Meet* first and. third Tuesday* of each month at Auditorium. Officers: Regent. Grant Vonaman: Vice Regent, Clarence F. Kuhn: Orator. Howard F. Otter; Secretary. William E. Romlg; Collector. Albert H. Phillips: Treaaui

ley; Chaplain. Josept

Albert Samuel T. Ball!

McKlsalc.

Cape May Lodge. No. *L A. O. U. W.Meet* flrat and third Thursday* of each month at 112 Washington street. OOcera: If. W.. David Hughes: P. M., Joseph C. Charmed: Foreman. E. G. Doughty; Over■eer. George W. Reeves: Recor ler. A. 8. Buah; Receiver, A. B. Little; Financier. Samuel F. Eldredge. Columbia Lodge. No. tl. Independent Order of Mechanics—Meets each Monday at Auditorium. Officers: Genlor Master, fiomera L. Lloyd; W. M.. 8. Walter Bennett; J. M.. Jacob G. Corson; Conductor. William Bondar: Chaplain. Joseph Robineon; Recording Secretary. Joaeph H. Wellman: Financial Secretary. William D. Vansent; Treasurer. J. Clarence Gal-

labar.

each month at Auditorium. Officers: Past Worthy President. Mrs. Arlan Bailey: Worthy President. Mrs. May Mecray: Vic* President. Mr*. Justtna Hughes: Conductress. Mr*. Llsxte Elwell: Recording Sec ratary. Mrs Ethel Barton: Chaplain. Mrs. Viola Hawkey: T easurer. Miss Jennie 8. Wales; Financial Sec re

Miss Kata Conley.

John Mecray Post No 40. O. A. MeeU on second and fourth Thursdays of each month at MS Washington street Officers: Commander. Peter W. Smith: 8. V. C.. Francis K. Duke; J. V. C.. Samuel R. Stites; Officer of the Day. Joaeph H. Brewton; Surgeon. James Mecray; Chaplain. Swain 8. Reeves; Quartermas-

ter. John D. Craig.

Mayflower Lodge, No ISS. Independent OMar of Odd Fellows-Meets each Fri-

day at MO Waahll

Noble Orel

: MO Washington street Officers: <r' Grand. Grant Vanaman; Vice Q Somers L. Lloyd; Treasurer, Ben- O.. 8. Curtis: Secretary. Thomas 8.

Jam In 8. Cut— - ----- Steven*. Jr.; Financial Secratary. WU-

~ i G. Blattner. “ " Tribe, _ .

.. . . — Washington

Gilbert C.

. . William ~

Arthur Cheat! . ieorga Taylor; Chief of Rect C. Hughe*. Keeper of WamLlttle: Collector of Wampum.

Officers: ... . Sen. Sagamore. William^ H.

Hughes:

Smith: Jr.

Prophet George erd*. Robert C H _

pum. A B. Little: Coll william O Blattner.

palrini

Thomas H. Taylor, the popular boot and shoe maker, has removed to No. 609 Washington street He docs all re-

iatly, thoroughly and at prices. He has been d In Capo May for 11 years,

in uppers sewed by mschlne with silk to match. I-oil or broken eyelets or

bookz replaced.

ig n ile 1

ems

Children will None higher.

Dry Goods, Millinery Ladies' and Gent's Furnishings. 0.1. W. KNEKR 518-20 WASHIHGTlH STREET, CAPE MAY, N. J.

DON’T GET STUCK You can easily get stuck without

inything in

the shape

nud. You can avoid mud, and

goin of m

you can avoid Ixring stuck. To be stuck in a purchat# is to be victimized. You catrt get stuck when Buy Your Harness of Us. W. A. LOVETT

EST JESSEY & SEASHORE RAILROAD ns kffect a pin l 9,, 1903. 6 i 0 A.M.—ACCOMMODATION. Stop* T at principal intermediate station* 3 - 45P il-p™3 . P.M^EXpilsi 1 t^pecti from 4,55 a,pra%^pts PROM PHILADELPHIA. press, 9.00 A. M. Accommodation, 8.00 A.M. TRAINS LEAVE PH I LA. UROAH STREET ros n*bS?W Express, weekdavs, 3 *>. 4 *>. 440.500, :;s P. M„ 12 02. night. Sundays, 3 ao, 430, WASHINGTON AND THE SOUTH. * k“--; s

W. W. ArrERBURY, J. R.' Genl Manager. Gen’l

ENGINES BURN HARD COAL NO

SMOKE.

TIME TABLE in EBcct NOV. *4th, 1902. Train* leave Cape May for Philadelphia:

Week Days— '

1 t c A. M. — Arcommodation. Arrive Pbi-

f* J iBdrlnhla 9.50.

8.00 A * •'*• — txpiea*. Arrive Pblladel-

nhia 9.50.

~ - c P. SI. — Express. Arrive Ptrfladel-

phis SM. Sunday* —

. P. M. — Exprew. Arrive Phitidri-

4-3° phi* 6.40.

a* leave Philadelphia for Cape May:

4*?S U

^ * g P. K. Accoi ± f Cape May 7-57.

Sunday*—

• A. M. — Expresa. Arrive Cape May

, Arrive Cape May

Accommodation. Arrive

8-45 tS W. A. GAKRf

. Garrett. Genl Snpt.

Edwin 1. Weeks. Gen’l Paas'r Agent.

TO CONSUMPTIVES. The undervigoed having her a rmerr-t to beahn by Maplt •****.*!i*r*ulltri.-ig lor several yean with a »evrrr lung aflcction, a>al that dread dbcaM ChasMtaMM.l* aaiKsi* to make known to hi* fellow mfleree* the axon* of curt. To thoae who detire it. be will cheerfully send (free Li* reaiedy, a* it Is InTtluable. Three drilling the preacriptino, which will cn»» tb-tm nothing, and mar prove a bleating, will Idt-.c addree*. Bn. EDWAKB A.WHMB, BrwUyp, New Yarn.

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