MAY HSJ^ALD. THUMbAV, DECBMBER *90^

the following

Inventory Sale Actual Discounts oH ol We have the largest and most J Regular Price complete Assortment of Holiday __

° 25 per e«L eft m CMUbi. II per cent. *11 m Sbees, No-

" | Hods ud Dry Goods.

5 per ceat ott 01 aU other Goods exceptiag Coal aad Feed.

goods to be b und anywhere

Cape May County.

One o' our large departments I given over exclusively to the holi-1

day shopper

You will find Fancy Dishes, Vases. Images, Pictures, Fancy | Cups and Saucers, Toilet Sets, Manicure Sets, Shaving Sets, Albums, Books. Lemonade .Sets, Mechanical Toys. Dolls, Skates, | Shaving Mugs, Box Candy. Every

thing for the Littlr and Bio. j Then we hava the special barWhile buying your Christmas | g*' n tables where the prices of

When purchasing amounts to One ^Dollar or more-

presents don’t forget to take *d- Goods are cut in half, vantage of the ^ | ——

It Pays os !o do so

vantage

INVENTORY SALE

Reaolaf for one week

Commencing the 18th. and lasting

until the Evening ol ihe 24th. | EASLT W iTQSD TSS RO.

First—as an advertisement. Second—because we carry over

> dead stock.

REUBEN T. JOHNSON ERMA, N. J.

J. which had fed on beechnuts, when

n a aplt. roasted before a hard-

I wood fire and basted In Its own fst | until It was all shiny brown, made eat- ' Ing that waa good enough for the mln-

; leter or the first selectman,

i "The kidney fat of the bears, which j was soft and oily like lard, was used for frying doughnuts and for bread

Although Feur Score Years of Age He | shortening, while thhe harder belly Still Enjoys Roaming the Forest | f,t ,r “ ^ “P Into candles for for—M— Ow, Two Hundred ulshlng light for the house.

**1 hare eaten hundreds of brown

Hides to His Credit. Patten. Me —Greenleaf Davis, hermit of Shin pond," has killed n than 100 bears. Davis baa held the record for having killed the most beers of any man In Maine for more than 20 years, and though he Is now past . 80 and lame and bent from rheumatism, no season passes without adding from one to five bears to

his tally.

"When I was young." says he. "fat bears were almost as thick along the old growth beeches on the slopes of Mount Katahdin as red squirrels are to-day In the fall, after the early frosts loosened the beechnuts. I could go out with an aged smooth-bore gun and shoot two or three roost any day. "Every fall father used to call ns boys and make up a bear bunt to secure fresh bear's man forecasting pieces all winter BaatKlmSt the hunt lasted a week, and sometimes/

longer, but we never quit until wt had put by the carcasses of from six

to ten fat bears.

"In the days when Tippecanoe ran for president there was no railroad track within 100 miles of where we resided, and If anyone had told us about Chicago dressed beef coming through to Maine in refrigerator cars

sell to the druggists for five dollars s

"As for the bearskins which we took

off. they were rubbed on the fleshy side with powdered alum and salt and used for rugs and coverings for beds and robes to be used when taking long rides In cold weather. Nobody placed any value on the pell of a bear then, for It was the meat we were after, and as the akin had to come off before we could get at the flesh and fat. we considered the hairy

covering as a sort of by-product "One could buy all the bear pelts

he wanted M) or 70 years sgo for tl to 81.25 each, and now those same

pelts would bring $10 apiece." On the death of. hla father, &0 years

ago, Mr. Davis Inherited a log bouse and log sawmill, driven by water power, and a township containing

than 23.000 acres of thrifty Um-

ber land. Now he hat but a few surrounding his aged home on the

shores of Shin pond.

Henry D. Thoreau. the philosopher of Concord. Mass., cjslted Mount Katahdin In U43 to secure material for hla book.' "Maine Woods," and Mr. Dmrii spent weeks In roaming

the forests with him.

In addition to being a hnnter and fisherman. Mr. Davis Is something of an original investigator Into natural history, and be takes considerable pride In bis prior announcement that the beautiful markings on rock maple, called "Mrdaeyc," are. caused by woodpeckers seeking for the sweet sao tha

doctor says the best way to Improv ■he general circulation U to keep tb extremities warm, take abundant ex srclse. eat only nourishing food an< avoid tight as well as damp garmentIn that he is at one with the tami:physician. A capita] cure for reduen of tha arms Is to work np a cream: lather of first-class soap and masaag:ba members night and morning. Thlatber. of course, should be remove, with warm water and the arms drle thoroughly. Next taka half a lime ah ‘ rub the skin with It rigorously ant! til the Jules Is out. The beauty docto asserts that this Is a sure emu In mas instances. An alternative metbo. which can be recommended la that o' applying a pasts of oatmeal and water The finest Scotch meal should be used a handful being stirred with n wood*stick, a teaspoonful of borax and » little ammonia added, and the wholwen mixed This should be allowed to cool, then applied to the arms with i complexion brush, aad the paste'a) lowed to dry on. It should then be wiped off with a damp sponge and tin arms dried with a sort towel. Town Enriched by Earthquake. With all the harm that earthquakes do." said a rug dealer, "it la pleasant to hear of an entire town that an earthquake enriched. "The . town I mean d^Ouiouc ada. on the Caspian sea, dm terminal of the Trans-Caspian and Samarkand railway. Ouxoua-Ada In the past had a miserable port, but a few years ago an earthquake visited her aad ca Its departure she found kerself the richer by a harbor { largest ships.

A Theatrical Santa Claua By JErrUfiM M AWCEtll

When Christmas Lasted Weeks. Our ancestors thought nothing of tak ' holiday ~ ‘

Whan tha World Is FutL in will . the world be foD up? will the day coma when, as'tnthe cnee of the motor bus going toward the so burl* from the city at the dose of the basinets hay. them's no room inside or on top or. In other words, urban the earth baa all tha Inhabitants property nourish? Probably this fat about MO yaais. What

T HE week before Christmas In Iftw York, ‘once upon a time, not so very long ago,” showed Broadway full of eager s pern, making tracks through a hi fall of snow which tbs street sweepers had uot yet cleared away. L’p and down the magic street and Us companion amrlaa In the retail district a jostling crowd, pushing, fighting its way, sought to catch glimpses of tbs many treasures temptingly displaysd la the shop windows. Great extremes of Ufa bumped elbows. The girl from the east side, coming down from the alums to view the good things—things forbidden to her pocket book—brushed her thread bars skirts age last the fur lined sown of tbs daughter of tbs rich. The almond eyed Celestial from « Chinas# district mingled the opium ecent of his blouss wUh the delicate rlolet of tbs wan dressed crowd. Children from Fifth avenue In their smart clothes edged sway from squalidly dressed urchins with unwashed faces and uncombed hair. There was happy contentment reflected on the faces of thousands, In contrast to the pinched, hungry, hope lass, feverish eyed fsee*.of the other thousands so strangely mingled on world's greatest thoroughfare. At the Ulalto theater great preparations wars In progress for the production of a new comic opera. Rehearsals had been going on from early morning Bn til midnight, day In end day < The back of the big stage was a veritable chaos. Unfinished scenery and mysterious looking ••props" were being skillfully fashioned Into counterfeit prseentatlonx of camels, for there waa to be a grand march of the klng'e caravan acroas the desert. There was a elephant too, as trip as life, aad o

trie bee and weird objects, all piled In confusion with artificial plants and floral derlces. glittering armor and all tha thousands of odd things that were being prepared for tbs meet darallng comic opera of tbu year, "The Minstrel of the Sahara.* The scenic artists had been working day and night for weeks, and, with the "opening" now only a few days off. the managers wen nervously dreading that the beautiful effects would not be finished in time. To add to this fear, Henry Granger, the artist on whom Ufe projectors of the great spectacle cnainiy depended, had succumbed to the strain of working for days and

ping for anything to aat Be lay at hla little oast side home, tossing and raring In the delirium of Vynhold fever. He had been absent A>m the •painter's bridge" for nearly a fortnight, and. although his loos was cousldared serious at Aral, some one els# had filled his place, and now be waa

are Improvident creatures, and If any of the warm hearted stage folk had had time to think of aught except the duties that weighed so heavily on each and every one they might have thought that the sick man, out of work and helplessly Ol, might be suffering Cor want of t&oney. Granger sn

If _ . reminded the compeny of Granger's absence It might have that his little giri. an only cos of L coma no mors with the artist's mas Is. as she used to when he painted sway up then on the “bridge.” She was a sweetly coy little thing, her great trios eyes set In a thoughtful sod pals face, surrounded by golden aria. - And now It -was Christmas eve, at 4 o’clock in tha afternoon. Old Pate, tender, was startled from'hla feveriee lack In the shadow of hla cage by the sweat voice of a - Ud. She bed ”a note from mamma Mr. Hank-raft, tbs manager.” Not lager waa not around Just then, could watt He might be back -

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big theater was left dark and silent, when only a few moments previous had resounded the voices of chorus, shuffling and patter of feet and ahouts of the excited director. After awhile, one by one and In pa more, the company began to bie again. There was still a good half hour, and the boys sod girts of (be chorus accepted the opportunity to chat and goeslp as they sat on boxes, bundles uf carpet or even squatted on tbe floor of the stage, their talk causing a bum to resound throughout the big auditorium. And etUl the child slept Suddenly there wki as Manager Harder*ft strode upon the stage, shaking snow from his coat and shining silk hat. His keen eyes pierced the darkness toward the boxes, probably fat an effort to detect any of the company who might be stealing soma comfort In the box seats, a privilege strictly forbidden, roughly demanded to know who the "kid* was asleep In one of hM forty dollar chairs. CaHIng old Pete from bis post at tbs back, be wanted to -know who let bar in. anyway. Going to tb* llftis sleeper. Pete deftly took the envelope from the Utile hand which atlll clasped It, however loosely. Tb* great man Impatiently tore open tb* not*, gave It a swift glance, crunched It and, throwing It among the footlights, gave a pail at his cigar and strode korriedly Into the street The company crowded forward to view the UTti* Intruder. Tony Thompson, tbe comedian of tbe organisation.

Ing orders In rapid succession, as follows: “Quick, there. Jennie; bring that bl« Cossack coat with the fur all around the edges. 3U Hurry, now. Somebody get me an old man’s wig. long white hair, mind you. and a beard. There, thsfs Just the thing. Here, you all stand back In the shadow. Flow, girls, ting softly the music that goes with tbe entrance at tb* queen’s barge in tbe starlight. That’s It—Just a little BO ft err The sound of celestial music filled the place. It was dart ear# when twinkling lights of the Christmas Ulumlnated tbe figure of the merry Santa Clans standing alongside, with Ms kindly face turned toward Slowly awakening chUd. She opened her eyes, blinked them again from the light, sat straight, rubbed her eyes with her tiny fists, stirred herself and then, sealing beck In the sobbed aloud. Jumping down from tbe stage, tbe Santa Claus took her on I ’ lap and tightly held her in his arms. “What’s tbe matter. little one? Don’t yon see that Santa Claus has take care of your "Yea. I know, dear Santa, but I am crying because I am afraid I’ll wake up and find It Isn't real." A trembling child huddled closer. "But It Is real, and you are not asleep. See this handkerchief filled with ey for your dear sick papa. Now taka it borne, and tonight be sure to hang up your stocking, both of them, for when every little boy and girl is asleep 1 am going to moke my rounds, and I am not going to forget yog.”—Atlanta Constitution. Turkey Once a fiHs Dish. Turkeys, mince pies and plum puddings are now rvgtrded as tbs chief Items In tbe Christmas dinner, but one time they were *h enormous number of couraeo.

earth could property nourish, tbs prothe cumber of Inhabitants reach-'

gtcen Christmas'TO* perchasad a* about <WMO,OOaOOO tbe earth wtU be It mack aAa from the vander on peopled to tte fell capacity. At present oner. Othess had hurriedly It eootates somewhat mere than one te aefi bias rath qaartar of that nsmber. If tha rate of ■urn. tinaal cad Increase shown by the latest caosua *•(* qtority ah- stetisric* should be uniformly matn- * tb! talnad tb* - " — "

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"When I was s youth In Zanesville," said E. 3- Timms, clerk at the Hotel Normsndle. the other dsy. *T was sn active worker In a local Sunday schooL I was pretty popular with the boys. I was delegated to gather the outsiders from the glass works district together In s vacant atoreroom and begin their rellglcaa

“One Sunday I gathered about 15 youngsters who bad never attended Sunday school before, and as they did not take kindly to the reading of the Scriptures and the regular Sunday school methods. I began telling them tale* from the Old Testament They listened with much interest to ilia stories of Adam and Eve. and Moses In tha ballrushes, and so on. but when I came to the story of Jonah and lh« whale they listened with particular

"Wbea I concluded the story of how Jonah was cast overboard from the ship and received by the whale who afterwards cast him up on shore, on* fallow broke the silence by saying: ” 1 believe that’s s d— lie Give me

a chaw of terbacker.’

"Well, everybody joined In a laugh.

I I I

time I got shout >0 of those boys to attend Sunday school regularly."—D*.

Colt Fro* Pros*.

When Her Anger Vanished. She was telling s few visitors, among whom waa her beat friend, what a brute her husband had been; how be had left her to cry her eyes ont when they lived together, had burrowed money from her and never paid It back, anil finally lef* her to get along the best she could atone: all about her trials and tribulations getting along till she could scramble to her feet again and reestablish bertlf. and— Jast about that time there was a ng at tbe belL She sprang up. rushed Into the hall, hurried to the outer door, opened It; there was the sound of a little smothered cry. a kiss, and her beat friend, left In tbe room with tha others, arose aad said, softly: "I tyiek we’d batter be going now. amethlng seems to tell me that that Is her husband."

progress In dealing with whooping cough Is atAed by a French reviewer. The specific ral-

ly raUeved and soon cured, the four ras*’ “ | - In a e