CAPE MAY HERALD, THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 2, 1905.

Esther Pleading for Her People Sufe; lM»akrlUT.S.lttS

WORLD’S HIGHEST BRIDOE. ■tMl •truetur* Orer ZanjUal *1t*t la Ceatral Africa Formally

T' Opaaad.

Umdon —Th« railway bride* or*r Zamb«*l rlrer in British Central Africa. Ibr hlsheat atnicture of II* kind In the world, wa* formally opened Id the presence of the rtsltlng member*

‘ lesson TKXT -Kath*r4:l»-t:*. Mem-1 of British saaodattoD the other

THE FIGHT W bsh Vpr (CONTINUED rHOM rlK«T I'AOt-l

a tbdt 1<

Either madr nueet iter Bailor.. 8 C *'• I PLACE.-at u> ha

.-. m Either a*

> Bab) lo

speech. He commented on the remarkable achievement which permlltad party traveling in alsdrlc Ugh tad c to visit a place which heroic explorer* had spent month* of ^raltleaa endeavors bo reach. At the c-ondusioa of hi* speech. Prof. Darwin touched an electric button which fuhed n wire stretched acroas the track of the bride*

Suggestive Thought.

| INTRODUCTORY.—The Book ol Esther—The eutbor Is unknown, bul -must hare been some one -living in the heart of Persia, a man who wai [intimately acquainted with 'the Sean cry he dearrlbe*. - —Prof. Adaney The dale of writing 1* alao unknown 'Prof. Sayre places it at B. C. 4i5 .He say* that the mlnuteoasa of da ‘tall shows that the author llrod bo for* the overthrow of the Persian power. R C. Ul. Some place the daU still later. The Great Feast al Shuahan.—The Abasuerus of Esther .has been Identified almost beyond doubt with Xerxes, the famous sos (and successor of Dartua Hystaspe* ol our last lesson He reigned over near !y all Asia, and In his first ysnrs. 4*5 [484. he conquered Egypt. But 0reset ■wa* still unconqoered. Xerxe*. there fore, determined “to lay a bridge ovei .the Hellespont, and to transport as larmy Into Greece to -ponlth th« .Athenians" for their defeat of his fa itfcar Darius at Marathon. For I hit purpose Xerxes, according to Herodo .tun. held a great assembly of tbt

to arrange tor the ex Greece. It D prob ■ the fenat described

In the first chapter of Bather as Uk tag place In Susa. It was at tbit feast that Abasuerus. In his drunker ^excitement. Insultingly commandec jhls queen Vashti to come Into thli reckless assembly of men to show off her royal beauty, thus outraglni ‘the most sacred role* of oriental etl (qoette. She refuaed to obey, and.'ai :* consequence, the king deposed her

[from being queen.

r V. 11. f "Wboeoever ... come onto the king Into the htnet •court, who is not called, there is om ilaw of his to put him to death:’ {Rather, “there la one law for him.’ (Whoever he be. there U one and thi •same law regarding him—he

HI* first fight was to wla tbs aomtaatlMi for Senator. He had l«eota and «U _th» |porter of hla machine to uiikjtic -nd trjod»rful can wholt- auaimer, all fata Vi making dillr upeecbe. from lb* lean ull. The event demor cwlnulnatbe nomination the bo.. tl. lleuteoanu hire mad* overture. |BlS^Q‘?^c3br , *SF?IJe non. 1 0, To the above we ndd that lb* Newark Advertlaer of Saturday rtmarka that In Eaaex there has been unplearmntne— with out a break or boll. There are two wing, to the party In Eaaex. but thev are flafipln# tooether, and the scratched ticket* wlu be DnuucruUc ticket* with Colby paataca.

•tbs king shall hold- out the goldet ■scepterThere was. therefore, a pcs 'alMUty of Bather’* reaching the enn \ot the king, but with the greauat certainty a* to how such a eaprld

ik tag.

her had cooled. The mlaalot

Vfordeeai committed to Bather 'ooe of great danger and difficulty, j V. IX Then Mordecal command -■ He give* foci

should undertak.

(1) She could not tec (the nmii — even If atoe should 'fuse to andergo this danger. (J) 81m !waa providentially endowed wlU beaaty and raised to bar position jar queen for this vary purpose. If thli Jwaa true. God would make b Iceasful. It Is a bleaaad thing lout what ooe M tent Into thli work (for. (t) AD her relaUve* would bl I destroyed. Every motive of patriotlaa •and rellgloa urged her on. <4) The* is great privilege waa presented to her •neb an opportunity a* seldom talh •to Qm lot of anyone. The certain to be accomplished 'way. but the Joy and blessing of doing

. (I) She waa very wta# 1. her method of asking her favor, by i f that keyed np Um

Many Propertlea 8oM Oty Solltllor J. Spicer loamlog oo Monday had the Ux aale under I be 1WS Tax Act and sold many of the propertlea for 1809 and IBtM delloqueocle. lo the dty. A number of de-lrnbta proportta* went, however, purcluurd by the River Realty ipauy. Many ol the tax** were paid the cUv recelvtd much money do*. The Realty Company purohaaed the Wm. F. Hand property, aad tbe WaJm corner g others.

•RIDGE OVER THE (Highest Railway Structure In the World Just Com • and an engine decorated with Union teka passed over. The bridge Is of the cantglever type, 4*0 feet stove the river ad crosaea over the gorge at Victoria ills. The Cape to Cairo railroad Is an endeavor Initiated by tbe late Cecil Rhodes to connect Egypt and South Africa by a line 5.700 mil** long, and the bridge la another link In tbe big project. From the north the railroad has reached Khartoum, a distance (allowing for the river gap between Assuan and Wady Haifa) of 1.400 miles. In the south good progress ha* been made north of the Zambesi on tbe (ion known as the northern extension from Victoria falls to Kalama. the administrative cenur of Barotaeland. a distance of 100 miles. From Kalama the line i* to be continued for anotbet *50 miles In a northeasterly direction. It Is probable that from Tanganyika i will be two line*, one through the Congo and another through Oer tan territory. The bridge waa bum by an English company on tne girder pattern. It It trocted In three spans and has a width of W feet. The work ced simultaneously from both banka of tbe river, an electric motet cable with a *ran of *00 feet, the largthing of Its ►•id vet *• carrying (he material from one side tc the other. The bridge has ten,bay* in an. and the rate of con struct‘on was •at I mated gt about two bays a month PALMA RENOMINATED. Moderate Farty Hamm President of Cuba as Their Standard

Havana.—Estrada Palma, who ha* been renominated by the mod*rat party for the presidency of tbs republic of Cuba, baa b**n called “tin Roosevelt of Cuba." President f| taough fast approaching hla a tieth year, does not look his age by ter

NOTICE OF CL£CTION Pursuant to la*, neeto* U hereby given GENERAL ELECTION Tuesday. NoVrab^j^ D 1806. am mend ng at Ms (0) o'clock In the morn Mt aad dosing at erven (7) o clock in the TJd°t mH elect loo (he following named officer* are to be elected by ballot, vis : One (1) Member of Aiaembty from Cape ^ftoffiTcorooer*forCipr May County Ooe (ll Mayor for the CUr of Cape May. Ooe (UBeqonlrr for tbeCfiy orCapsMar Three (S) Council men lor tbe City of C 'Sota) , AmrmOT for the Oty of CepeMay Ooetl) Col lector for the City ofCaiw May Oort 1 /Treasurer for tbe City of CupeMay. Three (3) Commlealooere of Appeal for ae City of Cap* May. . _ One (1) Chosen FneeboMer from tbe Cltj "oSrTl/cSal-We for City <M Cnpe May Ooe (1) Orerseer of Poor for tbe City of Cane May. And notice U hereby farther siren tbs' the following named place* for election aud boundaries of rWctloo dUlricti. al which the Board of EMeUoo shall meet and said election shall be held, bare been selected and adopted, as required by law: First District—FraakUn bebool bollnlng on wed side of Franklin between Washington and Lafayette

tbe dty west of Howard atrset oorto ot Colnmhla arenne from Howar.1 atrset to Franklin atreet. west of Franklin street to LufayetU atrset. north of Lafayette street from Franklin atrset to8t. John's street, west aide of 9*. John’s street to a straight

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Second District—Water Work* Pnmnin* Station. Woahlogtoo atreet. west of MadL •on arenne. bounded aa follows: All that portion of tbe city cast of Howard J ’

aooth of Colombia aeasoe from i

street to Franklin street, east on Franklin

atrset to Lafayette street, aootl cue atreet from Franklin ad * • • * a straight line'

Mi to Cape Isl I Ac* Of the

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^.u.i . — with Laalslatais of fhe State of New Jersey .an Utud “An Act to Regulate Elactloua, approesd April 4.1388 and the aeeet I agp- ~ laments and amcodmeota thereto. Wltngaa my band this sixteenth day <

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< THE»W18T0HY»0F»C(tfE«mY»C0Uimr> PfiOM THE AB0RIOIHAL TIMES To THE PRESENT DAY Embkacuo An account of the Aborigine; The Dutch In Delaware Bay; The Settlement of the County; Tbe Whaling; The Growth of the Village*; Tbe Revolution and Patriot*; Tha Entablishment of the New Government; The War of 1813; The Progreaa of the Coenty; and The Soldiers of the Civil War BY LEWIS TOWNSEND STEVENS-

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