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LAWMAKERS FINISH

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tain portfcms of t|>» tiUKlM M the comer atoDe. plUar* uud other vaJ I liable atones. »hl«ll hi* of ' hlEtartr ^ value, to the tllatonc society of I’qnn sylvan la. Mr Stehart *ni hcajohah the old structure with treat c«re. H Is believed that In certain crevlsea' many valuable old coins may be found. Upon Its site a modern ware-

house wlO be erected.

There Is nothing at all striking about the building, which has a very plain front, and of the thousands of persons *ho dally pass up and down Seventh Street, some who are business men. visitors, laborers, etc., very few of them into* that behind Its venerable walls this country turned out the first coins ever struck for the

United Stall

ate*.

high, and a# pi shops. ** Through

ng hills were Introduced By Senator t'olby, pro appointment of two adInvpoctnrs. one to be s defining their duties, toInspection of mercantile »; hy Senator Waketee.

'ountjr Uwnls of Usatlon. •*ted by l»srds of freebold1) mi net Ion an Increase of tax for county purpose* not exceed-ie-tenth of 1 |*er rent on each of valuation and of one and one-

irofrt per eem for municipal pur-

«ii the ratio of valuation; by >r Pndlnghuysen. prohibits the

sale of '-certified milk” or milk not produced uniter the direction of a duly tiuihorlxml . hcudcsl commlssloo. bsvlag for one of Us object* the control of milk Intended for sickroom diet ami inftint (uetliiig. and crenti-* a commission Five tdlls were presented In the

rceult «f tbe AiuUngs of

ie ITnhn Inrestlgntlng comriilftee. The following bills wrre passed this week: By Assemblyman Ilolcomhe. luer>n>oratsM torouch Of <Ueu Gardener. Hunterdon county; by .Aancmlilymaii Smith, ghea playground commbadanera

rnilts for ouldour exrt»; hy Senator Kre-

llngbuyaen. provides that a pure food

ude cough and other

medicines, provided that |mckages are projierly IslieUvl; hy Si-nator Frellnghnysen. makes penalty for manslangh-

not more than fl.000 One or ten irs' lmprl*onnient: by Senator Fre-

hnghuysrn. makes It unlawful to catch

' •- take or have In

”ault»

In the basement, which are still In a good state of presenjaUon, Tfct m^ss Ive blocks of stone that were need Id their construction and the substantial character of the ■pork' speak wall fot the mechanics In the old days. Tbe bwikUng Is nearly 116 years old On April 2. 1E92. congress passed an act providing for the erection of the mint The lot was bought on July 18. 1792. and the corner atone laid with Masonic ceremonies on July £1. On this occasion President. ^poM Washington took an active Ee ceremonies. 1 The first coins made Jfcere'wt per pennies ‘ ~ “ * copper scrap. and six pence was paid. Tbe of silver was begun in 1891 and in the following year gold currency was first

made.

Many of the early coins that are most highly prlred by ~ numismatists were coined In this old bonding. The Washington liberty cap cent of 1792. which are now extremely rare, and oe which there is n large premium, and the 18*4 dollar, of which there are but four authentic specimens In existence, and which are highly valued by coin hunters and dealers, were coined

Tbe old bolli

coin purposes until 1836.

superseded by the second mint, on Chestnut street, corner of Juniper. In

the following year the pi

lytueti will hs Inrrsaed from $800 to $l.i*RJ a year. The a**embl« insn defeated (be bill by Mr. Colgntc permitting tbe s|N<ed of thirty mile* an hour for motor vehicles roads outaMe of towns. A HISTORIC CUIIIOtITV.

Atlanta. Ga.—The only double barreled cannon In the world la one of ie historic curloslllei of Athens. Gs. There la a history of unique Interest that gone along with this old cannon. Besides being the only double barreled "shooting Iron" of this kind ever Invented, It was conceived with a peculiar Idem by the Inventor. John GUleland. a member of the Mltcheii Thunderbolts, a local military comat Athens during the war. Tbe Mitchell Thunderbolts was a company osed of men too old for active service In tbe field, and was organised purely for home defense. Mr. GUleland. the Inventor, believed at with a cannon of the double bar1 pattern he could mow down Yankees by the hundreds. He had his on cast at the Athens foundry, and. when finished. It was hauled out to the outskirts of the dty. where a

Hiding was maintained f<V • until 1836. when it war

J pnt .

public auction at the Philadelphia change and knocked down to Michael Kates tor $8,100. His helrS 1ia$0 W taluM passssslnn ever since that Urns Tbe property measures 37 by 116 feet, and has a lot extending 17 by 20 to Filbert street It Is

$23,000. It was a

a announced by Mr. Stewart

that be Intended presenting to tbe Historical society of Pennsylvania, of which be Is a member, tbe corner stone, which will undoubtedly contain

various article* of a historic .nature

There is a posfoft** tXl W. f***J art may realize several thousand dollars when be demolishes the bulldlngi '.1 hy scraping the chimneys and the roof for particles of gold that escaped in the crude methods of refining a century ago. Great care will be taken

In the destruction of the building

insure the saving of such hidden

wealth.

Nov. 30 of each by Senator Brown, fixes salaries County lodges In second class Atlantic ocean ■ . . 000; by Senator Wilson requests chnraake appropriations for dredging A banc on Inlet Aty A**embtyman Hines, vo or ip appatnt to ttr known as tbs stats _ips(ly examlnscs; by Smith, prohibits sale of certain Qrogs without pn-ecrlptlOB of duly Ucenaed physician*; by AsaemWymsn Dabb, regulate* xalarle* of paid fire deIn all except first cla*s cities: blyioan Gibb*, makes tbe t councllmen. an assessor, a collector, a or •MfT.Jnstlces of tbe pears and borough* having 2.000 population or ■bracing a whole township a member of tbe I loan! of freeholders: by Senator Waktfve. provides that no legislation • ffeettng statutory HmltaHons as such shall be used In defense of actions ready taken; by Assemblyman Clark, relates to the amount of bonds that may be Issued for county hospitals fc Insane; •toy Senator Avis, provide* that 10 per cent reserve fund of tbe to school tax Shall include 10 per it of the tneome from state railroad main stem tax; by Senator Bradley. Appropriates $18,000 for the renewal of the New Jersey building st Jamestown exhibition and the erection of It on the grounds of the state boms for girls Trenton; by Senator Wakelee, suthorIzca N mrds of freeholders to keep employed all prisoners In county Jails penitentiaries: Increases penattyft* rlolotion of the act regufaOaC fbe,,’' Ing of back men slid-peddlers; mags the state llbrarlaMas reports, with tbe. ad IsSVrf $1,000; by ;e* the salary qf cewnty Ocean county $700 $ y«av7 j Ing fish through thd Ac* M — "bay; appropriates $1,006 for tba of civil war foenrda In Jutant general's office; make- • misdemeanor to ad vacate \J

speee-bes

The house passed an anti child labor 111 prohibiting minors under sixteen from working In factories between fl o'clock In tbe evening and 6 In the

morning.

Governor Fort signed Senator Hand's New Tork _ A century ago London III appropriating $300,000 for the con - wu noled for , u tana. Tostruclion of an Inland waterway f ^ but one remalns ln London proper Cape May to Hayhead along the At- to rec&n the wety p. r . lantlc coast Senator Frellnghuyaen s Uf| ^ a „ emb i e( j ^ ^ comfortable which permUa any coritomtlon to ^ for ln fr clkam/vn or all of Its common .took Geo , n ^ lut of Uir«e famous Into one or more classes of preferred, Uverni stock was filed with the secretary of state and became governor's signature. Assemblyman, English capital. Ing at the Htate Agricultural collsgs ^-ej^ ncksn.^gsn to attnmt was also signed. wldeegNsd a»te<rtp« M a novelataad, New Nemlnstlens. Governor Fort sent to tbe senate these nominations: Joseph Bice of Meriintgd member of tbe board at the State Hospital For Schmidt at Onion.!

~ at tka State

reformatory: F. Wayland Ayer of Camden. rice Thomas Smith, member of tbe state village of epileptics; Charlas L. Park of Ocean, member of tbe forrk resenstlon commission; C.

MOMMNTFOR DOGS

GRAVES OF ARISTOCRATIC CANINES ARE MARKED.

Wistsr Family of Garmantown, Ps, Continues Custom InauBurstod Ovor Contury Ago by Famous Artist Pssls. Philadelphia.—The aristocratic dogs belonging to tbe noted Wlster family Of Germantown have special honors conferred upon them alter they sre called from this earth to dog heaven. These blooded canines are trialed during life with all the consideration due tbe extent of their pjdiKree. and even ofter death their names are passed on to posterity upon enduring monuments erected above their grave* In thus honoring their canine favorites. the Wlsters have perpetuated the example set by the famous artist. Charles Wilson Pesle. one of the founders of tbe Philadelphia Academy of the Fine Arts, whose homestead and Wlsters now occupy. More S century and a half ago tbe great artist erected a monument above tl grave of his pet dog. It was only wooden abaft, resting upon a marble base. Palmed white. It resembled marble. It was always kept In good repair, and when the wood began to decay It was replaced, from time to time, by a new shaft, an exact replica of the original. Then. In 1820. the Pealo homestead passed Into tbe bands of William Logan Fisher, who presented It to his daughter when she mairied William Wlster. Pesle IS said to have erected tbe first mono men t to bis pet In J772, after his return from Mount Vernon, where be bad painted tbe now celebrated portrait of Washington.

Br>»n. f>.—Eighty-five years old. Jack Page, whose evidence sent 12 men to the Ohio iwnlluntlary during the fast two years and broke up tbs worst gang of firnbUG* ever exposed In tbls country, ha* himself been sent to serve two years In the penitentiary

An old Indictment «i Page pleaded guilty. T Ing else for him to d told him ll.e action wi him for trading upon convict other culprit#. it Is also said that Page

to tbe penitentiary largely I him from violence, as be Is said to have made additional revelations that

s revived, and

The Judge la ability to

The History of -:Cape May County:* FROM THE ABORIGINAL TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAY EMBRACING

The Double-Barreled Cannon. test was made. One test was entirely dent to demonstrate that the canwas a rank failure. A 60-foot chain, with the ends attached to two cannon balls was tbs charge. The balls were rammed Into the cannon good and hard. It was the Inventor's Ides that when the cannon was fired the chain would stretch taut and cut down everything within lu length. When It was properly loaded It was touched off with great ceremony. One of the balls got out a little ahead of the other, and the devil and Tom Jones was to pay. It bad a kind of circular motion, plowing up about an acre of ground, tore np a corn field, mowed down saplings, and tbs chain broke. One of the balls killed a young cow In a distant field, while the other knocked down a chimney from a log cabin. Tbe members of the Thunderbolts who went out to witness tbs test scattered as though the entire Yankee army bad turned loose In that

vicinity.

That one test was enough to convince the Inventor that his double barreled cannon was more disastrous to the men behind It than to the enemy In front. It was drawn back to tbe city -and was never used again except to celebrate Democratic victories. the number of times for this purpose being limited, except In state campaigns. Several years ago the old cannon disappeared from In front of the city hall, and It was found In a Junk shop, from which It was rescued, and after being mounted and placed In the little park on College avenne. opposite the federal building, where It now stands—one of the most Interesting relics of the civil war.

LAST OF LONDON’S OLD INNB.

s where the nobility of England ' gathered In years gone by, was probr witnout roe >bljr ^ mo|t fined the

ret park reservation - V»taW. Btapdfoed at or state- board of edt Mott Ct 1 K*fex. to

.her

Yats Strongest Wood. Recent tests mads In western Australis have gone to prove that yate la the strongest wood known. Its aver age tensile strength Is 24.000 pound* to the square Inch, equaling that of cast Iron. Many specimens are much stronger, some having stood a test of 17H tons per square Inch. The yate tree grows to a maximum height of 100-feet and is sometimes three feet

prosecutor of the

pM4 oC -Bmex: Henry T. Caulett of

Mercer, riparian commissioner. House Joint resolution No. 7. by Mr

Holcomb, which authorizes tbe governor to appoint four commissioners to met with similar commissioners from Pennsylvania to eoneidgr the establishing W free bridges serosa the

Delaware. !>s$md the upper boose. Senator ITtce made a strenuous sf>rt to secure tbe passage of hi*

which gives tbe stole treasurer power

lend money on unincumbered ft land, hat hs. failed, bis feUow m claiming that the state had no

A woman Is afraid if she bad on clotbW oot o< lashloe at her funeral they wouldn't let Jtar Into heaven..

TTta'^uniw pemed Assemblyman tssffM^6ssst,n. property owned. Senator LeavbiU providing for tbe pensioning

do resign." said oi "Yes." answered the other; “hs la at a disadvantage If bo predicts bad news .be comes tale royal disfavos, Angdi. he predicts good newa. gtoesn t come torn"

ting Ig a lout $ZKMKKMXn (most kh hag already bean paid to the state* by May 1 and tbe fiscal year begtanli Tbe house passed the reeotatton by Assemblyman Colgate which provides for amendments to the ‘

tfiaf

Dog Monument at Germantown,

Its successor stood there when Wlsters came Into the possession of the estate. In their preservation of tbe historic glories of the homestead. wen as of their own family, shedding a social luster upon everything In their possession, they have from generation to generation passed down the custom of entombing their dog pets beside the dust of Peale s favorite. The Inscription on the monument. however, changes with successive occupants of the plot of ground. Beside the beautiful driveway leadg up to the historic Peale homestead. now the Wlster mansion, a abort distance from Wlster stall on. can still be seen the bumble white shaft. The last family pet to which this simple but Imposing memorial erected was "General." The monument bears the Inscription: "GENERAL." June, 1888. December. 1900. But another household favorite, ■on probably to pass to the notable canine cemetery. Is a handsome brown Newfoundland. He has reached the distinction of mature years—In dogdom—and during bis lifetime so tar baa behaved with the full social dignity and aristocratic honor of his patron family. When his last sumi comes ths Wlsters win reward too, by strict adherence to Oy traditions in giving him a place beoeath or berlde the monument that bas marked the resting place of so many arlslocratk doga With Its 1-0 years' record, this little plot of ground. It Is claimed. Is the ■nost ncto'ulo dog cemetery In the dty. In fact, the cemetery Is so notable that ever since revolutionary - days logs have been Just dying to -uto 1L

JACK PAGE. (Aged Man Who Sant 6cors of Firebugs to Prison.! will cause a sensation greater than It Is said that he has of late gone back to tbe firebug business. For 26 years a band of firebugs operated In this section of Obio and across the border In Michigan and Indiana. and nearly $2,000.00 worth of properly was destroyed. Between 00 and 100 men were Involved, many of them among the most prominent In William. Fulton and Lucas counties. Page was the star pyromaniac of the bunch. He was an expert st setting fires, but was tbe tool of the wealthier men. For a trick turned In Michigan he was arrested and convicted. tbe gang falling to aid him. While be was In prison they neglected his family. Page came out of the prison aflame with bitterness. He began his con :wo years ago. and 70 Indictments were returned, some being still pending The cases went back 20 year*.! line told bow arson bad been made a business by a gang which solicited : trade the same as an Insurance com pany does, except that their pro post was tbe reverse of the Insurance They Insured destruction by fire instead of protection from fire. They worked np custom among men who were In financial straits and needed tbe Insurance money, and even farmed out their services to persons who wanted a neighbor's barn burned for revenge. So many promiIn the conspiracy that Justice was baffled for over a score of years. STATUE '

Oaerge's Inn, London, writer. More than three score years ago be was s familiar figure elry held sway in (hs nc tavern. Here It wae (hat Mr. Mr. Pickwick sad the' various characters ho Immortalized is "Pickwick Papers" and bounded at once Into popular favor as a humorist sad close etudmt of character The attractive neee of the old lua Ie still maintained at a high standard, and It Is today a favorite stop ping flace tor travelers

IMMIGRANTS AT WINNIPEG.

Winnipeg Is where they do thing* This la really the place where the frontier was abolished by the real estate regicides. A kingdom la sold dally In Winnipeg, an army Is marched In to occupy It over night The yards of the Canadian Padflc railway alone In Winnipeg have over 120 splee of trackage, sad they need The Immigrants come by battllon

rations have never bean altered. Ownership has remained with ths subs family for many generation*, and K M said ths present owner Is s tlrsct descendant of the mss who eels* —-

—

bonnets, Breton French In blue coats. Germans, Swedes. Norwegians. A us trlags. Mensaaites, ler of furtive folk and wild.

stronger you cannot tell whether Or not be U within the range of human speech. Ton bitterly reflect only that he M one of those who hove wiped oot the old frontier, loet It forever u those who love the wilderness.—Out

AN aico.

"1 "f the Aborigines; The Dutch in

Delaware H

y; The Settlement of the County;

y. The Growth of the Villages; The

Revolution

and Patriots; Tbe Instablishment of

the New G<

vernment; The War of i8u; The

Program ot

the County and Soldiers of the War.

By LEWIS TOWNSEND STEVENS 480 Pages. 48 Illustrations. 31 Chapters. SAppendlc*. SENT POSTPAID ON RECEIPT OF $2.0* IT LEWIS T. STEVENS, Publisher 610 Washington St. Cape May, N. J

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Sewiny \lact

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:«<cpany will pS'

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STKt'MENTS Tl'NED AND REPAIRED. BANJOS AND GUITARS ON BAND.

108 Jackson Btreei

Established 1886. Bell Phone 97x The Daylight Store —J ust think of the sort of an— EASTER HAT

you want and expect to find it here at a price less than you anticipated payiuK Our showing this r will far surpass any

i gen. McClellan.

O. L. W. KNERR. 518-20 Washington St.

Washington.—The statue to Gen. George Brinton McClellan, which was unveiled hero recently, ta executed In

McClellan Statue In Washington.

bronze and atanda on a hnndsorar stone pedestal. It wae executed by the famous sculptor. Frederick Msr monules. wee completed at his studio la Paris, and was formally accepted on December 20, 1906. The statue shows the famous general on horseback. the likeness of "Little Mac." whom the nnlon soldiers loved so well, being striking. The monument stands at the Juncon of Connecticut avenue and Columbia road, and was procured through the efforts nod subscriptions of the Army of the Potomac. Gen. McClellan was born In this elty on December X. 1826, and was graduated from West Point in 1846. He fought in tbe Mexican war and then became vice president and engineer of tbe Illinois Central railroad. He was at the bead of the eastern division of the Ohio A Mississippi rslb road when the dvll war broke out was commissioned major general by the governor of Ohio. A short Ume after the first battle of Manasse was placed at the head of the Army >f the Potomac. In 1884 he resigned from the army and unsuooeaefuUy opposed Lincoln tor the presidency- la 1877 he wee elected governor of New Jersey, and he died at his residence •n oroag*, N. X. a* October 29, IS$l

and our

very

Fine Millinery

ISAAC H. SMITH CLOTT1IER AND KM RNISI I ICR FULL line of trunks always on hand!

Opposite Reading Depot. 608 WASHINGTON ST.. CAPE MAY, N. J.

HOWARD F. OTTER GENERAL UPHOLSTERER FURNITURE and MATTRESSES WINDOW SHADES, AWNLNGS. and BEACH TENTS A SPECIALTY .ill-lS Mansion Street Cape M»$

WM. S. SHAW GENERAL CONTRACTOR Dealer la £ime, SBrick, Sand, Cement and Guilder* Oetepkone Dio. iO. Sfttaterials. SSi Stmlrm Sir-.

B. S. CURTIS Plumbing, Steam and Gas Fitting All orders rkceivk prompt attention SHOP—Delaware Ave. Cape May, A. J.

A man thinks he Is mighty gener--js to hta wife to make her an allow e cad (tea Rot give It to her so y. can think aba ta aartag money.— S.T,

Then and New. la the days of old when knights ere bold nnd wore sheetlroa shirts gnd vests, they battled for the right to bold fair maidens to their manly breasta. They went to war and risked their live# to get the girls they wished to wta, and when they'd claimed them as their wives supported them through thick and thin. But In these dare when every man appears to think he ought to try to got g* wealthy aa be can, and tore ta something he can buy. hie wife's a partner that he takes ta btsaeaa for a year or two; then one

SAMUEL- E. EWINC* General Contractor, House moving a specialti)

sMusmai, h ii

BUILDER^

AND • LAUNCH

Office ani Shop-Cor. Corgie and!Jefferson Sts. CAPS KAY. S. J.