CAPE MAY HERALD.

VOL. VIII. NO. *

CAPE MAY. N. J.. THURSDAY. JANUARY 9, 1908. EIGHT PAGES

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SEWER

LEGISLATION

EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD YEAR PradrntUI ■■■nrancx* Company Ha*

N pi rad Id Rooonl

The Prudential loauraoce Company . announce* that the year 1807 waa an

—1 —— exceptionally good year f.<r that ComCouncil Osdere OrdiUOCC Pre- ^ atalement to the Prudential naeerl fnr Rnnd (WlC Agence aUH Preaident John F- Dryden p*re<I lor bond issue I gtraa Itw foUowiMt>H«rmumr of the I — * is * 1 j Prudential record for IB07:

“locrraapl A«*e»t*i Large.t Income In the HMory of the Company ;naiin». Dividend*, etc.. Paul to Policyholder* L*m»«l Amount in the HisTory of the Company; Create*! Peratatency of New Bnaineaa and more Permanent Agency Force; Decreaaed Expen*e in Managenrnt *f Huai**.*; ItfUerment of the RnSlnea* In all DiparUueuU, Public Approval of New Low Kate Industrial amt Ordinary Contract.; Twenty-alx Thoii-aii'd Free Pullcie* Issued since

TO PROTECT WOODBINITES

Railroad Directed to Place Bectric Bells at Crossings

WATER RELIEF

The CotUgert Association Recoin

mendation Being Pushed to

Complete Work ^

dentlal Methoiia '

Puldtc Approval of Pro-

_benefit in taxes

Thedjuu Hoard of

ti^OgiitN .«.d iUrt IU ■abe.lole ol cor-

poration aaammeuta, and it i* learned that It will yield the vari -a* . t*jting

:«8Ub**>nir.

City Council held' Itli flnrt rejeuh nice ling of the year in counail cltamber on Tuesday, ev^dag. with n bar* quorum preacnl—Meaara. Itoak, Klwell, tv Hand, Moore aij<tT 0 ’ , ' ,, *®* M * —6 Mr. Moore was selected ns PrMidenl

pro tempore.

A copfututucaUap froav l^rcuidyt Ware, sgat from final UDoer, Ohio. was read, announcing the following a landing committees for the »«^r: [j'jj | Finance -Mwsr*. Moore, Shaw and

Doak. s

Fire and Water,

J. Hand. El well nod. '*■ Hand. street* —Slwar*. Shaw,“S. Hand and

Sayre.

Judiciary—Messrs. Townsend,

welt and Moore. Cl - J ^ i Ahfatapruvi ig* a grdHu.Ung Police—Measr*. To» ng(iml. JI>oA mcreAing dne-Siff of I per «

and Jo*. Hand.

Education —Memr*. Moore, Town_A.nl (; 1 Ml A petition wai read from citizen* asking for a surface water sewer for the neighborhood of Stockton, Kearney, Benton and Madison avenue*, and it was ordered published, as required by law, and a resolution was afterward passed directing the preparing of an ordinance fpr a bopd Jjwue to meet the eependftur^ for Ube increase of the water supply. . - l * The Board of Health sent ig} cAm* munication concerning lack of sewers and of city wafer main* in part* of the city where the Board is trying to have discontinued the use of unconnected Engineers, cj feifUn Biat his salary be raised to (60 p*r mpnlh, but no action was taken oh the Ve-

quesl. , ■

The report of Building Inspector Stevens was read, shoiging what Improvement* are being made. The monthly report of City Treasurer -mirli for the month of l>ecember was read, which showed that laze* had been received amounting to (40,186.41: and from water *ren la (124 00: and also that there had been deposited in the sinking fund (10,800; paid to county treasurer, for schools, (8,068.66, and for oounty tax (a,242.93, and for schools, (3,708.17. A balance was shown to be ooKandbr(8JE4.H. ''

lia.e.l upon the gross re-

ceipt* of thweofg irslivut al ta* rata of

2 per cent., with the one

the 'reel railway compauirs, which - are 4*ze.l ipidet the law of 1906

until the maximum rate of 6 per ceog y* l>eeji/fu-k«]. ‘•Ob these aurpomtien* the piesefai t tx wa> levied at

the rate of 2} per cent

Papa May County will get (5,358.88.

Bnaisl of Krewhotdee*

The Board of Chosen Kieeholday*. when they organized on N#w Year'* D*y reflected Anthony B. Smith, of I'pybrmpiuhtp, Oixctor for another

ict at CVwrt House last

> WJsen -Jheyimi

Friday apeUhon with 600 names was velersos of the 24th N.

presented asking for the widening of meatT

Committee Asks to Be Kept Islbrm ad Conoeruing Comrades Deaths To the Editor. Would you kindly give Insertion to the following and obligs surrlriug

Kegt-

1 meatT

The necrological committee of the

, 2UhN.J. Volunteer Regimeol, Infan sidered and the road oommittee direct- try, request all persons having koowltdto confer with bldle Hoad Uommis- edge of the death of a sol tier of Hu *u*ier Hutchinson. above regimeot oocurriug during the The Board has decided to make year .J 1868 to transmit Intel rig -ncr oounfy roads but of the one* leading of the same, with saeh facts connected from Rio (irande to Green Creek, and with the deceased, as would prove of from Schellengers Landing to Cold luterest to bia family and friend* bpring. Questions to be answered would be;j Appropriations were made for the Full oame; where born; wbeo; who their ytai- parents; their early history, trad OB or

calling; if married, when and to whom;

David K. Wea.berb, Daml DO nbl , r of chUjran, U Mokon,.

Smith,

is accepted.

The street committee wi

repair yet

Htrtcken With Paralysis

Mrs Fazios:, wife qf Chief of FMtcr William Farrow, was stricken with paralysis in Phil*del|ltHi»aA 1 t*ttdMay afternoon and lies in s serious condition is Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia She waa on her way boih«'from a vi«lt and was on a car coming.dowD Market •Uret to tha Carry when Mpcken.'and^ »** accompanied L? b-*r daughter. Miss Dorothy. It was not known that she waa stricken until the child uuderlnok. to have the mother leave the car to take the ferry. As soon as it was dis-

covered that she May’s chief, the

foot of the s?reet*gmi taken to Jefferson Hospital, where was given the best of care.

Members of City Council, except President Ware, City ■ ierk Thompson, Engineer 8. H. Tow nsend, City Solicitor Curley, Mr. Richard t ampion and Mr- Luther C. Ogden representing the Cottage Owners’ Protective Association end Mr. Peter Shields, president of<be Cape May Real Estate.Company, held an informal conference behind-Closed doors In ihe'Xdty Igall 'det evening, to consider the question of storm water sewers and prtter matters of intere-t to the portion* of 'ape MaV which need storm water and other drainage. The questions of dukng work was promoted by this coming Uigvther

of those in interest.

New Jersey's revenues from the charl•itng of eorporstioas showed a marked falling off doting th»* year IM. Ketorui cxmslsd ia the -Secretary of Hate'. Oiffce Show rrcetpw for the year of *141, o7S. a* against 123,181 ia UB*. In 1906 the raneipt* from the same sooro" were (257,407. Some years ago the tiling fee. were much higher, la 1889 the* amounted to (771.945, aad‘ 78. Thera were L89

ALSO A FLAGMAN

li Bell* art Fount] lo be Inadequate Addition Remedy May Then Be Secured

ViceCbaucellor Learning loan oral de-isi->n last Saturday morning, direct'd the West Jersey and Seashore Railroad to place rirclric signal bells at all the prioetpal crovalng* in the borough of H'oodbine. This resulted from coo set for Woodbine seek lug or petition to compel tbs corporation to place safety gates sod ttagmen »t all crossings located within the community. Tl-e defendant company Maimed it should not be require! Iq do this from the fac. that the right of way was secured Irom the Capa May and Millville Railroad Company in 1*63 year* before the Barou Hlrsch’a settlement was ereo thought of. Io "onaequeocr, it waa contended that because community grew up around the tracks a subsequent date the company io 'Jd not be held responsible Vice Chabcellor Learning staled that the resident* of Woodbine are eutilled protection. If the bells are fow d to be inadequate then tdditional remedy may be secured by applying to

him.

COMMENT The assumption seems ti pressed on the part of some of the eiUzens of Cape May that the election by City Council, of the attorney of the Cape May Heal Kwtate Company as eity eollellor will be prejudicial loths Interests of Cape May in general. How can this be so, when the inlerof the < tty of Cape May and of the Cape May Real Kaitate. Company are identical, is difficult to be believed. Certainly what advances the really corporation, owning so large a part of the land here, advances Cape May In

■anil.

When there eomca matters settled between the Company and the City, In which a difference shall exat. It is betieted by all fair minded person* that Mr. Thomas P. Curley, the new solicitor, will step out of the employ of one or the other with regard to the mailer in dispute, and If he has had to do with the matter in a contidential capacity for both, then altogether leave the question to be settled by unbiased attorney* for each in-

With the dispute between Dr. Kmten Physick and Mr. Peter Shields, president of the Cape Alay Real Estate Company and members of the City Council, the editor of the HJOtAU) has nothing whatever to do. They are matters between the parties ion. Personally the relations bea the editor of the HKnai.ti and Mr. Shields and the members of Council are the most cordial.

2<TH REGIMENT

T d J'' T 1 ’LT

U,, b-m, ol hi, »„|

C—mluctor B >”'.

u . ..j work t b ® f,unlon of the widow. Nt*. Aminda Wciherby. H, ^ , L ” “ o*l» ^p «orth,«,™ u,.. „.u oth„.

" .Irto probhr H, b, , b , , b ,

, e«t|«nicr by Iwl,. H.wm., Adll ,.„ Uwi w Korlh

« c«,w a**

Knighu of the Golden Eagle, of Phlle-

American Surety Company pa surety, delphia, and Qlher secret ordsr*. The lo^ Committee. wa* accepted. -funeral occurred this afternoon from,

nmnutiH was directed to >n Corgic stieet, north of

j H. C. Applegate, Bndgaton.N J Necro-

1806 North mb street, I’Mlsdelphta, and 'the burial will be made at ML Peatse Cemetery, 'there. Re.. Mr. Crego offlciaied and NVm. H. Tbomp-

•EBVICB BILL READY

Master Philip Ewing Dead

Master Philip Ewing, son of the late Albert L. Ewing, and Mrs. Tina Ewing, died at his mother's home, corner QnrcK. and Cqipte streets, suddenly

about ten o'elock^-SnTuefllQ-1

froaipaiabmonia, wffiT which he we

A* soon as it wss dis- tTatte wtiu nta uncle, wi

Meaawre todo Away With Spoils dja tens In Mr. Ackerman's Hands The Civil serviee bill which Senate! Ackerman, of U mod County, will introduce into the Legislature, baa been competed, save for a few minor changes which will be made by the Union County Senator, Assembly WilUam P. Martin, ofEaetx, will Intr dote the bill io the lower boose. The bill is almost similar to the measure which Senator

been learning the plastering

trade with hi. uncle, Walter M. Ew-

dy yogng man,

' aupport and The funeral

WillJAke place tomorrow from the home, and Rev. Mr. Finn, of Valley Forgo, will officiate- Henry 8. Ruth Frford ti' thf undertaker.

Edward Brown, aged 68 years, died at the home of his son, John Brown,

engers Landing, on Sunday

morning. His wife died some twenty

He wa* brought up in

id Cumberland oountie, and lived at Cold Sprint for Vy yArs. He wertlved by two sons, John and lliiam. A funeral servloa was < ducted al the home on Tuesday ei lag by Rev. Mr. Burns. On WedL.. day undertaker W. H. Thompson took the body to Bridgeton yesterday for

Week of Prayer

The weak of prayer ia being eelebrmtedUi the First Pre.byterian Chureh ibis week, each evening except oo Saturday. The sacrament of the Lord's Sopper will beadminlsted with the morning services on Sunday.

Ww-t Capa May council baa rweiectad 8. F. Udredgc sottcHor; William Laflerty, suart aaprovtaor. Ol Hoghaa, mtrenail; sad Juba Myna,

Overseer of poor.

iy hare, and do

that I gnaraole*•*eh andevary

Bobaaou kalfalasU. Their I. the a*mr or a auarau tee ou a 8Sc knife that

there la on oas eostlug M00.

Try ooe and tell your trleods how you

Hks It-

Charir* A. Swain,

kWfFvrUiglre,

Colby Introduced la tba lagt LepMatare mj other kind that you

except ia its application, whiah will be mandatory ou the state, bat optional altb counties and mo old pall lies The finishing louche* were added at a conference a few dfys ago io the office of E. K. Humerwell, chairman of the legislative commlitee of the New Ji Civil Service Reform Association. 7 a bo attended the meeting, which was held Id New York, ben Ire Mr. Homerwell were Senator A tkerman, Senator Fretinghiiyveu, Elliot H. 4 GoodWia,'iMeretery of tea National CNvil Service Reform League, and Thames Herbert

rtary of tba New Jt

assocfatioD.

TO BE WITH OUT CHANCELLOR

Owlog to the coming c tanga ia the office of Governor, New Jersey will be without a Chancellor (nr > whole The present term of the Chancellor. William J Msgie, expires January 14

a not be named by

Governor Stokes because of a provision

of)

tbs const!tnllion prohibiting ibeGoveraor from making an appointment in tba dosing hoar, ot his admlnlstraThe appointment mast according! 7 Ro over natll after tbs laeagaratioa of GovFort on Jaaoary 21. It ia rxpacaed, howtfsr. that tba wamiag of a aaw

Chsncdlor wfll si acta acta of tba

PERSONAL MELANGE

Are Yon Collecilng Souvenir PoslaU? doarenlr Postal Cards ws bare seeu L of ten wt bars Just received from -The Philadelphia Record," UlnstratiaK The tfaklDK of a Hoderu Newspaper " Ever) lunjrct baa been carefully ►elected from the larger movlngpicture series of the title, mod the whole set make* a unique addition to postcard picture* of tbe better type. The subject* io their

i The beautifu: b an excellent por-

of tb* lata Colonel WlllUn H. Alogerty; (81 Priotlog a Newspaper to Franklin'* Time; (I) a U 000 crowd watching "Tbs Record’*" Electric Baseball Score Board: (4) Getting News br Telegraph: (S) Ds Mar drawing tbe dally ear loom ~ls«—Tbs Record;" (fl) receiving "waat ada." by islepbooc; (7| a aectioo of "Tbs Record'*" Linotyping Boom: (8) Stereotyping "TheHeooed;" (8) A coruer Ol "Tl*s KreorJ'a" Prr-.rooai, aud (10) the icwsnapvr lu tbe home. These oot only lotemliog but high!) educational, and with eommeudable pat riotlrm tbsy bare u >t been mad* abroad, but right brrs at b*mr. They are oooakl red to he a* Qoc sgamples of oolora I post da a* bars bn o produced lu tbtsoouo'ry.

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Doggo know q^a

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HOUSES FOR RENT

10 rooms,city water,gas, one-quarter

acre of land, (18 per month.

6 rooms, oily water and gas, (11 per

month.

electric lights,

gas, bath, fire-places, stationary ran. gea. (16 and (16, respectively. GII.BKKT C. HUOKH, No. 214 Ocean Slroet.

lo«t

Baby’s necklace. Gold rope cha. with small heart locksu A sms pearl act in one aide and InhlaU A. ) a on the other side. A aultable r ' iai3 differed if Returned to the, Hskald Office.

Doing Ksoclleni W O. Upl* ha* opened l C rt alnre *t HB Jackson street, where br pet la a tell Ha* of painter's and glaa ' ■- —•—*-<- will twke oont —i pant is tb* beet n

It Tom Have

ie to bgy, to sell, to “*•* — s wfSiWup., w^Okw'a*!

Records aad Items of Their Coming and Going

GOSSIP OFTHE TOWN

What is Going on In (he Social Colony—Many Interesting Chatierings

Mias Florence Perkinaon is enjoying '1*11 to Philadelphia aad New A ork. Mr. end Mr«. Archie Paul, of Philadelphia, have been w-uliug Ml Paul’s parents. Mr. and Mrs. 8antu

R- Htites.

. and Hrs. Albert A. Ko*e, of Trenton, N. J., art gueats of Mr*. Bose's parent*, Mr. and Mr*. Maakel are.pn North street. President of Council Samuel F. ■'are, ha* joined Mrs. Ware at Canal Dover, Ohio, where she ha* been for iveral week* 'i*iUng relative*. Mrs. John Thompson will lead the Young People’s t'nion meeting at the First Rap:tat Cnurch tomorrow « The subject will be "The True Centre of Life.” Engineer Wm. K. Brown, of the Cape May Real Estate Company, is taking a two months’ vacation, and residing on the farm at Rio Grande, ’hich he bought Isst spring. J. Harv£y Bennett, of thi* oily, last week awarded a (7,000 contract by the borough of Wildwood lo lay sewers in that resort- He t* at present finishing up a (12,000 oonlract. Mr. Frank t*. Sheppard will lead the Epworlh League meeting in the First M. E. Church at 6.46 o’clock on Sunday evening. The subject will be: ‘God's revelations and how to gel Senator Robert E. Hand has appointed Walter Homan assistant bill clerk of tbe Senate, which place wa» given Senator Hand at the recent conference. The Legislature open* next

rue-4ay.

Mr. Horatio H Church Is ill at his home on Washington street. Horatio . E. Chureh, of Lgurel Springs, arrived home on Tuesday lo visit hint- We hope to report his oondlllon a* having recovered I very short whUe--tete Senator Elliot Rodgers, Pittsburg, and well known here, has announced his retirement from the law firm of Rodgers, Blakely A Calvert. It Is said that be ha* been retained as leading oo unset for a prominent industrial enterprise. Mrs. Rebecca Black and her daughter, Mias Eatella T. Black, relumed home oo Saturday evening after ] ing about four weeks in Pennsylvania towns, including York, where they visited Mr Ralph Black, manager V. U. Tel. Co. there. Mr. Bleck wes formerly the manager here. Former Senator Lewis M-Crease was ind ucted into office as Mayor of Ocean CHy on New Year’s dire. Mr. Ci wa« not a candidate fo#tbe position, but the people of Ocean* City insisted electing him and he had no oppo .iiion at the polls at the November on. The thrusting of the office upon Mr. Crease prevented an European visit for himself and wife, which they had been planning sometime. Mayor Melvin has opened his offloe in the City Hall and established hi office hour* from 10 to It a. m., and k to 4 p. m. t when any person having public busino** to transact may race' him. Mayor Melvin Is corresponding with the officers of the June meeting of the Pennsylvania Stale Bar Association to be held al Cape May, and will see that every desire to make the meeting a success as far as Cape May 1 hospitality is eoooemed, will be al-

The New York Trlbooe Index Tbe flies of a ut trips per contain thr embodied bUtory of the world. But ig-rbal one wauls Id them unaided is like t.> proverbial search fora needle in’* haystack. Ooe might almost at wdl have a locked treasure ebeet with out a key Tbe key that unlocks new*r Hies it an index. For over thirty year* The Ncw-Yortr Trihme bat published an annual index to what appears In Ita column*. The came index is of with tile* of other newspapers, so far as genertl new* ** concerned lor the of tbe same day may he found In In nddltioa, fur a 01a ol The Tribune, Tbe Tribune Index conveys to■Uou lo regard to a multitude of special a moles, editorials, book reviews spondenoe and other feature* of »olive character. It ia a key to greet •torehouse of facte. With Its -refercoon anything desired can be readily found. PvteefLOO.

Granted a PeaaJon

Heavy Bro vn of Green Greek baa ten granted a pan woe of (II per *-

7 from April*,last.

HERALD BRIEFLETS A Diary of Current BveateThat Will lute real Everybody - hamurl C. Henry baa raised cottage at No. 10 North street, made a splendid improvement —John Akins has made Improvements to bis proberty. No. 821 WaabloglonSt. by building an addition thereto. —William F Caaaedy Jr. bescompletrd a building for a csrpquter and boat shop, oo Penrl street. In tba orgie street. —Henry Hmith ha* limit a new boat boose al tbe foot of Waabington —Mr* Theresas K. Arnold, w cently purchased Ibe cottage on Corgic itreet near Queen atiret, ia repairing and enlarging tbe premises. W. Miller has had tbe Miller cottage on Perry street raised and great ly improved in appearance. The boose living thoroughly raoderuixed — r *ouDd'man Joseph Hand has ju*t completed a new boatbou*e atSebellending fur Peter Shields I be formerly owned by Griirge Baum dr*. Della V. Johnson is having built by Sharp A Fau*t a ne* twoaiory cottage oo Jefferson street, adjoining the residence of Thomas Stevart. —Edward W. Dale has nearing completion a two aP> y cottage on Jefferson White Hall property which he pure based a year ago. —Mr* Carrie Trusty, widow of the late Cornelius Trusty, colored, ha* been granted a pension of (8 per month from November 17, 1906. In the twelfth century tbe tablecloths were very lame and were always laid ou tbe table double. For a tong time they were called "doublers’’ for that reason. Tbe cloth waa first placed to as to touch tbe door on the a Ido of tbe table at which the guests sat Then all the cloth that remained folded so that tt Just coveted th.

table.

Charles V. bad alxty-eeven tablecloths which were from fifteen to twenty yard* long and two yards wide. Ue bad one cloth which wet thirtytwo yards long, and that bad tbe arms of France embroidered oo It In silk. All of these were fringed. In tbe sixteenth century "dooblers," or double cloths, were replaced by two tablecloth a. one of which waa small Inst as we lay

Agent H. C. Thompson Looks Well Alter Its Interest-Solid As A Rock

Tbe Hecority Trust Co., whose bant - ig bouse i located at Washington and Ocean streets, presents s healthy stab-

day.

The other, which wa* put on over It ras targe and of beautifully figured linen. It was skillfully folded In such way that as a book of that time says, “It resembled a winding river, gently ruffled by a little breeze, for among very many little folds were here and there great bubbles." It must have required much art and care to make dlsbra. plates, saltcellar*, sauce dlahes and glasses stand steadily tbe midst of this undulating sea and among tboce “bubbles" and puffy fold*. However, the fashion had only a tort existence, aa Is apt to be tbe case with unpractical fashions, and toward tbe Utter part of tbe century a single doth, laid fiat and touching tbe Boor on all aides of tbe table.

THE FREEZING PROCESS.

Why It Is That lo* at Times Will

Crack or Durst.

Ice never burets from freezing. As soon as the liquid of which tt Is - pored is frozen solid expansion ce Tbe cracking or banting of Ice Is brought about In this way: When ter la subjected to extreme cold Ice cryXiH will gradually form on Ita fare nntll the same are covered with a thin coat of what appear* to be '. From this outer cqsl'ng of ice crystal* all subsequent freezing goes downward, tbe tee thickening according to tbe degree of cold. Tbe e which is being converted Into Ice now begin* to expand, creating a pressure upon tbe unfrozen water below. ThU pressure Is both downward and outward. and In case tbe water noder obitloa L* In a vessel the sides and bottom of tlie receptacle supply tbe re-

Aa the freezing process continue* the . rezsure upon the confined water and air In ffie interior of the bulk Increases until something yields. If tbe vessel be stronger than the Ice stratum that formed over tbe surface the layer of Ico will be bent upward at the centbat being the weakest point, on • croont of the fact that the outer •dices of tbe congealed maze are frozen fast to the aides of tbe vessel In which the experiment U being made. In this oondttion tbe center of the ice con Unto rlee or bulge until It bursts from the resistance of the water below. Could the veasel be tapped from below and the water drawn off no amount of freezing would be snfflclent to crack bulge the Ice layer on tbe surface.

OUR LOCAL BANK GOOD

Excellent Report For The Year Of 1907

SECURITY TRUST CO.

ment of its w

k tbe pi

H C Thompson looks after tbe interest “f the institution in s most saUsfsctory manner. Treasurer Poihemuiwhen Interviewed on tbe report said: “We are more than satisfied with oar showing for tbe year when conditgros are taken into consideration. Scores of dtie* and hundreds of banking institulions fared far worse than we have, ss our deposits »re folly np to tbe average considering everything. We are oot only gratifiei for Ibe showing ofthisInsttationforUie Past year, bat we sre among the nnn--wbo have great hopes for tbe new y*kv We are going to work with just as much energy and just as much beletf

prosperous times a* Tbit inslitation hope*

that business people generally thronghtbis section will wear a smile sod talk in a happy vein along bntinesslines sod we have no fear for tbe outcome of

Legislative

No legislative session of recent years will bare greater interest than that which will assemble January 14, 1906. Both bouse* will again be Republican. the New Idea element of that party will again wield an in teresUnginfiaence. jovernor Fort has given evidence that > te proposes to keep a sharp eye on legslatioo with s view to having the Legilsture fulfill every promise made durng the campaign, and tbe opposition of s large and influential portion of tbe Repnblicao party to many of tbe mesproposed promises to bring the Governor into conflict with this antireform element. Tbe actions of tbe Legislature will ave au important bearing on tbe forthcoming presidential election inasmuch the Republican party's impotency to I id behalf :.f tbe whole people in tbe Slate will be addeu to tbe evidencm of its inability to administer tbe affairs of the nation for the benefit of the masses. The True American bat arranged to folly cover every detail of this important seaaii'n. Its prelode and aftermath. Not alone will It report the actual proceedings, bat it will alto publish com menu on the proceedings in tbe lobby where explanations will be found for what transpires in tbe ball* of tbe legis-

lative bodies.

Subscriptions fer tbe four mouth* during which tbe session will prooabiy sit, will be received at tbe uniform rate ofonedollir. cash in advance. It is advisable that subscribers order at once as to be able to anticipate later happenings by knowing those which precede tbe formal openings. Address orders to TRUE AMERICAN FUR CO . Trenton. N. J. Remit by check or mooev order.

Slill Feeling Bad Tbe Atlantic City Prom still has a sd taste in lu mouth because the harbor of refuge at Cape May, so badly needed for years, was finally given IU Just appropriation by Congress last February. Atlantic City, which has no harbor to build a channel Into, shows lu jealousy in the fol-toa-ing words: "The only regret we have to express U that oi

It Might Have Been Werae.

Mark Twain, during ooe of bis leeire tours, wa* waiting at a station for a delayed train. The lecture committee and several townsmen were with him and talking their best to pem tbe time away. One man told about a frightfully riibealthy town be bad read about and It wae a grewaom# tele of dying and buriaU and that sort. “It might have been worse." Twain followed. In Us alow and direct manner

In that same town far two d I nefer died oare-not a ue." Tbe way be aatd tt

seem*J to daze tbe crowd, and not a —-aid * word In rexponaa. “Of yon mry think I'm lying.” tbe humorist continue.!, "and I'm eorry, tor I can’t get any wltueaeee to toetifj that I didn't because everybody tlaa

that Bred there la dead.’’

half, and that they should ait idly by and allow a new real estate corporation of Pltteborg capitalists to walk off" with a million or two while we looking al them, and to build a needless harbor at Gape May, which U cloae to the Delaware Breakwater." But the wisdom of mariners hare own that protection can be had In e Cape May harbor, when there would be a teas of life at the Breakater. The Cape May harbor and ita beneU was so plausible and necessary to tha saving of Hfe, and to the advantlges of shipping that the River md Harbor Committee of Congress readily granted the appropriation ad. The oonlract for the jetties have bean let, and quartan are nearly completed.

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