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Daily at 3.15 P. M. from Cape May Landing.' Beach front Trolley.direct to th* Pjir. Daily connection^ for Wilmington. Del., via P. and R. B. B. at Delaware River Pier. Stops at Chester Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays"." ., , i..' Steamer Leaves Philadelphia, Pier j. food of Chestnut street, daily for Cape May at 7.30 a. tn. Excursion, 1 day Ticket, $1.00. Excursion, Season Ticket. $1.25.- Single Fare; 75 cts. Gape May Steamboat Gomoany. 101 A route Building. PhUadcdpbia, and Wuhingtoc and l>*«%tur Sto.. Capa Ma

G0NGRESS HALL. DIRECTLY ON BEACH. Th* only Bnck Hotel tn Cape May. The most modern, up-to-date hotel in Cape May. Surrounded b a magnificent 5-acre lawn, with an UNOBSTRUCTED VIEW OF THE OCEAN. The hotel hai been thoroughly renovated and unproved at a large ex case, and teivfce, cuisineiutc.. are unexcelled. ORCHESTRA. For te:ms, information, etc, address R. HALPIN. Prop.

THI LITTLE FlttM. LatmlfUr #tea»*« «• tbatr w Where vorid-M«* mU U. harvMt 4*Ji ran *• aa >«nr totter* eb«ruld. To do oar world towe IttUe good. —TnaA Wat sou Bait, U The Bas’s Hora.

Jf.otel 'foafa.yotie, CAPE MAY, H.J-

Thirteenth year under s.

r management.

Fronting directly on the ocean. All modem improvements. Room 1 en suite vrth private baths.

For terms apply to

JOHN TRACY A CO.

The wiudsob Nbw OPEN ^.Finest Location in Cape, May... " B. HALPIH Also of CoogTOM Half. ..

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“1 waat to be perfectly bonsai wtih rou." aaid Mias Frayns- “U l marry rou it will be atnkly for your BMition U>d for your money. Every one will tccuae toe of It, and I might as well acknowledge It to you. as I have to mytalf." She leaned over tbs rail of tbe .•eranda, her eyes following tbe wake it the moonlight upon the water. "You've said that belore—too many .tines," said the men at her aide. “But ' can’t believe It. If It wore true, you would never aay It- There la somethin* tlas. There mint be something else." "There U nothing elee." ahe aald. 'unless It la that I am tired. 1 want to feel settled and at rest emotionally. ( don't waat to think—In that way— my more. If I married you. It would be wrong to you. and l wouldn’t do It. I should begin all over again new. And

then—"

"That's a very different thing.” be -oplled. “You’Ye played fairly. I knew when you first answered me that you lldn’t lore me. but I can't bear to have rou speak of your motives In that coldblooded way. It Isn't quite fair to you." I want to put U as brutally aa I -an." ahe Insisted. "I want you to know he wont that la in me. so that you in never reproach "Bertha!" he cried, wincing at the suggestion. ’-'Oh. yes. 1 know you think you would never do that, but I know that one -hanges In time, and that perhaps after while, when you had got used to my being near you. and hadn’t made me rare tn tbe way that you hope to. then you might forget what I had said, and think that you bad been cheated. 1 want the bargain well understood. You lon't seem to believe tfhai 1 bave no heart left. I don't any false hopes." She moved her head so that she could look oat over tbe vague, wide waters >n the bay. Her eyes were strained, her features motionless. The taint lap. lap of the little waffs on the shore seemed to annoy her. "Ton arfd you were sure we could always be friends, at least," he broke ‘n. half pleadingly, half In argument. “Oh. yea. of coarse. You’ll not bore me. I suppose I shall even grow fond it you. You bars tad and patience and sympathy.".. She (poke listlessly, and these faint compliments had some it contempt. Then she rose, and mid. 'Please move my chair around I can't bear the sight of that water.” Tbe Honorable Charles Braxton rearranged her chair, changed hia own position, and went on with hia customary persistent patience.' “I hare told you that I want you more than I ever wanted anything. Bertha, and the more ( see of you. the stronger that heed grows. I want you so much that 1 most have you. I’m willing to take all tbe chances, If you are. I think I can make you love me. It’s a trite enough thing to any, but I’m go sure of myself and ao much In earnest that I ma’t bear to hare you accuse yourself •o and laaist apon your lack of nay

feeling."

“It'e not aa accusation. It U the ftatemant of n fact. I am making a deliberate compromise. I couldn’t have what I most wanted, ana I’m taking half a loaf. This Isn’t flattering to you. bat I can’t help it. 1 can give you only ■y bare acceptance. If jrou pant me that meek. I am ypoep. f know ao well what the real thing la. 1 had touched It. sad felt It'and .known the life and Joy of It for one little white, and then the Mg'boose of Joy tumbled, and I was left oat In tbe darkness. After that you came. T told you I didn't care, that II never coaid; bat you win never believe me. Now I’m simply tired of restating-yoa. and I’m at a bait, ready to be captured without much fight. Tbere'a no hope of reinforcement*. Mi quite over.

•‘Nor’ «be aald; .1 shall never noknowledge that. Every great loye must by a tragedy. It seems to me. II la ee In- poetry, In tbe drama. In all ait; and so it ui la 111 -. 1 think. Tbs' Is why. If you Inabt. 1 i-all marry you I don’t want to think of It any more l want to feel Just w -m and quiet’ Tbe Honorable Che .A Braxton re malned silent “They will aay I rr rrted you from pique." ahe said, as 1. to draw his Hr*. And that will be true, too?" he

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No; 1 couldn't feel that way. Tbt story U closed—forever closed to me. It ended tonight, when I got my letter* ■k from him." You put me In a bard position." be aald. ’T love you. and 1 want you. and you are willing to accept me, yet yot make me feel aa If I were taking advantage of you If I marry you.” "Let tu bave It over now." aald Mia* Frayns. "Ill go in and gat my letters. and you shall read some of them You must, before we decide, and It after that you sUll want me. I’ll marrj you.” "It would be cruel!’' be said. "You bave no right to show them. They art really no longer yours It la aa erne’ to me. too. aa srell as to him!" •’And aa for me?" aha questioned. He said nothing, and ahe left him and entered the house. Whan she returned her face had lost the tanae ex press ion it had worn before. "1 bave made a mistake." she aald, "and I ain’t show you the letters Iff very strange! When this package camt by mall this afternoon. 1 tbonght 01 course It was from him. aa 1 had beer expecting my letters, and 1 didn't even look at tae writing. 1 couldn’t bear tc them. But it Isn't hl» writing at all! I wonder what It la! Have you • knife?” She cut the string and the wrappings and disclosed a squarish-looking bo* In white tissue-paper. "Why, lt’B__ • j music box!” she said, smiling. “H j must be some Joke." She wound the handle, and set th* , box upon the railing. It set up a thin, < tinkling melody. Interspersed with th* J customary runs and trills of the me- ; talllc comb, so full of Sourish that the tune could not at first be recognised. Then it burst Into tbe song "Robls Adair.” The Honorable Charles Braxton gave a qnick glance at Miss Frayne as ahe fell Into her chair and gazed oat serosa tbe moonlight water. Then raising his hat, be bowed gravely, and left bet upon the veranda alone with the little Instrument still singing Ha sprightly tune. Her reinforcement* bad arrived.—Woman’s Home Com-

Oavmtau B86.OOO. T'nontV* and Surplus, $1800

MM CAFE BAT CITY, E. J,

OFFICERS:

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DIRECTORS:

Sajtitxl F. KmasDex, Wmvlct B Waum. Wuuam 5. Hoacaoaa, Lrwh T. brsvKxa. A L. Ha ram, G*> W Noacaost

Aoooosts of MsfshaoU and Individual* solicited. Certifies tea of deposit bear

•ff three pdr sent. Interee* lasned. Interest beginning on tbe date of iasac

Beakers money orders payable la all parte of tbs United Slates and Foraigi

•xahangs payable In all parte of tba world, aetd at low as l rates.

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PASSING OP THE MOOSE.

Reports Prom Great Animal la Disappearing. Reports come from Minnesota that tbe mooee Is fast disappearing from northern forests of that state; that game wardens are absolutely un 1 to oops with the pothunters bent on eating their meat, tanning thli hides and selling their hoiys. The moose, driven from the forests by the swarms of mosquitoes. Invade fear teasly the clearings of the settler* tn their attempts to avcld their any foe*, and fall easy victim* to the dream* of men. The great animal, the hugest of the deer family, with hia flat shovel horn* and proboada-Uk# nose, la an ana cbronlam. Like tbe hippopotamus and great ank. be seems to belong tc a prehistoric age when Usards M fathoms long swam In different sea* from those we know today, and when mighty mastodons refreshed that! hairy strength with foliage now burled thousands of feet beneath the glaclai Ice of Alaska Measuring In the 10. WO year period* of geology, th* moose has the look of contemporary 01- immediate successor of the bun dred feet J|tgh swans, wh^cb were covered with tMgk black leather, and fought the aea serpent*. Of the old-time kind of animals, the oat have long since departed and th* few and acattered remnants are qnick ly paailng off the face of the earth la their train. A man. looking at a moose or a rhinoceros feels within him- the Instinct that these animal* are not of his age; that they are survivals from a former eon. whereat the sight of whltetaU deer, or elk. ot 1km*, or zebras, or gorillas rateee nc such emotions In hia breast, though these beaata be equally wild and In

. » time. One is never

1 .until land afterword."

Bee Frayne roee aoMealy. “No. one

, . - 1- j : . ; • ■ ’ ■ ■ : j | floean’t alway* know at the time." aha Enlarged, improved, accommodate* ijo goesfa, private, baths, largt I •^thaTVatwr! linat MaU^rou opposite Congrctt Hall, two minutes walk from bench, P. K. j that now, here, th* moonlight on those R. R. R.. near poet office and churches. The table snppUed with war** makeaaenljaaat W wltfra&Agl-

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THE GLEN WOOD

Tbe mooee la following after tbe buffaloes which are grazing in the happy grounds where there ts no hunting. May he find in hia new abode Interminable forestti clad In tow-hang-ing foliage, that he need neither reach vainly above him for hia nutriment no* painfully fall on his knees to get at tow lying green things; may he find the absence of mosquitoes only equalled by the absence of man; and may neither bear nor wolves ever molest bis young. Tbe greatest of all deer and of an American game animals la almost

THE HOMESTEAB East Corner Warhlnerton and Jackson Sts. CAPE MAY, N. J. THE CAFE is thoroughly up-to-date in all appoint uients. Handsomely appointed par'dr? for ladies.

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

Hurtles Street

• A Two Headed flnak*. • A double beaded snake that can bach aa readily as It can move forward bar

ffl. @. Beng^eriii § Sons, - - ^piumhers - - <Ha£ and §team 9i((eps. eAEo?Astf warns! & a:pis®aai?v Bwtlmmtww F"urnlmfr od. 41X0 Wawminoton St.. Cawb S.aay. N. j.

iTECATURfi^^^T^L* from beach). Open all ih* .-year. Rooms large and airy ' Appoln'.maou III ’ " '

i, IB per day. upward; |10 per week, upward.

IRE ALDINE;

THEODORE MUELLER.

M- C. SWAIN & Co.,

OFFICE S* RESIDENCE. '

Corgie and Queen Streets

PARK MAY. M. J.

Twenty-five Experience.

MANUFACTURERS OF

ARTIFICIAL STONE PAVEMENTS. CELLARS

FLOOHS. ate.

OF ANY COLOR OR DESIGN.

GORDON . -1 , (FORMERLY FI BE AVBNUK INN.) UN OCR NWff MANAGCMCNT. RENOVATED THROUGHOUT. OPEN ALL THE YEAR. BOA.RDINO BY THE DAY OR WEEK. 1M DECATUR STREET. — ! ! CARE MAY CITY. N- A „ A. R. CORDON, MECRAYS’ CENTRAL MARKET, Vj- Comer Washington and Ocean Streets, 6o* Washington Street, 217, 219, 221 Ocean Street HjimPmlsis ui [nil CHOKE BUTTERS - Stiarptess' Gilt Edge -1 SPECIUTY. Country Produce, Fresh Daily from our own Farm. rat, IRinil, CLAM JkV9 TIUAKV. TlflllH' KB WIT. ffyrhe Largest Market in Cape May City. TRF'vOK’S.-. CIGAR^EMPORIUM. i>cean and Hnches Streets, CflBffi May, H. J. IMPORTED, Key West aad Domestic dgarfi, - Turkiah aad Domadtle Ofniw" BRIAR AND 1 High trad* smoking and chewing tobnaooa, And all mtkka for the Smoker % A FULL UNB OP FlRB'kT^TtORB8r.

O WARD F. OTTER, of tbs teu 0. eOUDEK, aad nmdvtd te Mansion Street OAFS MAY, N. J.

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