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nna TO THRONE or MEXICO rORSAKEE WORLD.

I Political Ambition am I Will Davcta Ufa «• Literature and Wrttlngo—Choaan by Maximilian aa Succaaaor. , Waahlnctoa Itbrbldo. yrax tar of Mexico, belr to a ihrono, man of the world, educated, widely trwreled and a member of the Jeuncaae doree of many European capi tala, baa furaaten the waya of the faablonable world and Joined the Third Order of 8L Francla In Waahlnrtuc fashionable aoclcly /“rtnee Hurblde waa widely known foi •any years BnSerlns recently from a severe illnew. he has of late apent many months In the hosplial. Prince Hurblde now l/r rta that he has renounced all po Wheal as billons and that he will never make any attempt to re*aln his •laid In Mexico. He expects to devote his life mainly to literature and trritlncs of a theological character. Interwoven with the life of the prince la the romantic history of the •ad of the cactus for the last hundred years, and thr melancholy fate of the Austrian archduke, Maximilian. By ~ "it of descent from the Emperor >. as well aa from dte was declared heir by Prince Hurblde would be entitled the throne of Mexico were that co try to again become an empire. The Emperor Hurblde was and led the revolt of the colonies, then known as New Spain, against the mother country. This war began In im and lasted seven months, ending 01 the saccees of the colonies, the

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NATIONAL GEMH

Cape May a Century Ago

•go.—Oeorge Edmund I friends are urging him to oandldata for the Re-

ARLINGTON, BURIAL GROUND FOR COUNTRY’S HEROES.

w of the army, Iturh.de. becoming '-Jmpercr. This stale of affairs was Snocluded In shout s year by Jbr abdication of the emperor, who sailed tor Europe, where he made hla home

MBCue time.

f er-~ l ~r that hla native land wsa to b* awde the object of an attack by Ebb European powers, Itnrblde regursed to Mexico only to And the republic wWaS had existed during hla Aeence had made a law that his life Aeeld be forfafted should he again set AM on Mexican soil. He was seised end put to death. ''' This was In 1824. The family of the —in i in cease to this country, settling • Washington end Philadelphia It e— • Washington that the emperor's non. Aaxelo, met Mias Greene of L and after their marriage t back to the Clsy of Mexico. It waa there, la IMS. that the proa t Prince Augustine da Hurblde was ra About a year later Maximilian dbdnks of Austria wae called by tb» tesw moearchlstlc party le

itry and taka posseeslea.

rv*« count I mo—chi

e of w emperor. Maximilian, who -wdo aided by Napoleon Ilf., accepted mm tarnation, landed le Mexico mad eng for a tljne. an unhappy and pov-erty-stricken monarch. The native —' • , however, revoked Against

hey. Angnstloe de Itartdde. arap <0 be hla heir, aa be could thus com bins In cm person both native and foreign

•jUter the death of Medmlllaa d!4 4%a srstabUshment of a rspnMlc for • mannnf time, the Unrbldes returned to Washlc^tm. Toung Augustine was ptaosd at Catholic colleges and also trsvaUd nh^sed cxtaosively. A man of wealth. «he a—t exclusive society .of nations was Me Awn and for many /wars be enjoyed (he Mb of a sods; EMftcrffy. While still a young man he flpftpnied a—e.BBd. aa a lieutenant, entered 4* MM*— Army, but having l which t

_ p exile; so that now, be ta net formally forbidden to «in his nsrise land, it would be

d Order of BL Pienfls e

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t of the Roly Sepulchre. * prince win wear no habit. Us tilt B be an# of qulsc end devotion and n all worldly amusements. This • founded In (ha Thirteenth y Bl Francis of Aa—, pad a in Its mshg.

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publican indorsement tor Cnlted States senator at the primaries against Senator Albert J. Hopkins and former Senator William E. Mason, has been a member of tbi lower bouse of congress since 1895. Hr re^eeects the Tenth dlstricL extending along the north shore from Irving Park boulevard north to the Wisconsin state Una. Mr. Foss Is a lawyer and. 1 native of Berkshire. VL He waa born In 1863. graduated from Harvard uni veralty In 1885 and the Union College of Law In 1888 and has practiced In Chicago wbsn not engaged with hi* duties aa congressman For several sessions he has been chairman of the naval committee, a position of much rwsaonslbllity In the boose -AAMHLE8 OF MEDIEVAL ART.

The two German windows of stained glass among the recent acquisitions belong In period to the early sixteenth century, at the time when medievalism passes over Into renaissance, color Is Egbter and paler than that of the preceding century sod is secondary In Importance to the design, iz examples at the museum are certain tints of yellow that began to be used In the middle of the fifteenth century, as ttata changed In favor of lighter rooms The subjects of the windows are SL Jehn and SL Max!mine against a background of tapestry and architecture treated so as to appear on the same plane aa tbefflgurcs. The author of the note on the window* in •he Museum Bulletin says that the drawing is undoubtedly the work of a painter—and a very good one—of Ober-Rbeln school, and that as 8L Marimlne was bishop of Trier, the jupposltlon that the glass is ^ that Source Is probably correct Very fine examples of the same period are those In the nave of Cologne c drai.—New York Times.

Bite Once the Heme of Robert E. L* —Taken Possession of by United Btatee at Outbreak of the Civil War.

Washington.—The story of Arlington la Interwoven with the etory df America The beauty and the eolemnlty of that national necropolis make a touching appeal to the thousands of

pilgrims that annually visit IL

The builder of Arlington henae and Its first occupant was George Washington Parke Coalla. adopted son of George Washington. The wife of George Washington .Parke Costa was Mary L*e PUxhugh of Virginia and this lady waa the first mistress of /i Hug ton house. The daughter o Oeorge Washington Parke Cuatla and Mary Lee Fltxhugh was Mary Ann Randolph Cuatla. who on June 1831. waa married at Arlington Lieut Robert E. Lea, Engineer corps. U. S. A. Lieut, and Mrs. Lee continued 'o reside at Arlington and on the death of her father. March 86. 1866, Mrs. Lee Inherited the estate. It waa the home

of Robert E. Lee and hla family

April 22, 1861. when ha left Richmond and L waa on that day that Gov. Letcher and the convention of Virginia appointed Lee commanderln-chlef of the

military forces of Virginia

It waa in December. 1778, that John Parke Cuatla of Abingdon bought from Gerald Alexander 1,100 acres of land opposite Georgetown, now a part of the city of Washington. The price paid was 1,100 pounds sterling. He called the new place Arlington In memory 0 f the old Custls seat across Chesapeake bay. The Alexander family (hence the name "Alexandria”) had bought 8,000 acres of land. Including Arlington, for six hogsheads of tobacco from Robert How son. who had

An Extract From Stevens’ “History of Cape May,” showing Our Resort to be Known

"From Lewis T. Stevens’ “History of Cape County,” Published at the Herald Offce at Two Dollars per Copy, We Quote Facts Concerning the Resort’s History of a Hundred

Years Ago

APPLES ONLV ON APPLE TREE'S.

A Waahlrgtoa man. while rlsiting i friend's place In Virginia, became much Interested In bis experimsnt* in fruit culture. One day the visitor was making the rounds of the place, being la charge of the friend's young daughter of ten. who acted as guide. "This tree seems to be loaded with apples.'' obyerred the Washingtonian, Indicating a particularly fine sped

I u' beai a au^yo

that." said the r trees aa full

"Mo. air." explained the girl, "only the apple tree*."—Harper's Weekly.

Making Furniture Lika New. Where there are fine ptnlike scratches on new furKtnre they may be easily remedied by using pulverized rotten»time, that can Be bought ready tor pas. Put this on a soft flannel rag and rub late the surface of the seat, back or arms of a chair or on the top tt a table. It will usf poly take off the delects, bat bring a polish fo the

> piece of atiamni* carefully wipe Mod. and when %U trace of this Is gpaa s bright lustre can be brought to the surface of the wood by robbing It tightly with a soft pipes of cheesecloth moistened with atoobol. The Utter must bo used sparingly i furniture, for It burns the varnish id will ruin the appearanes of the ■cker or table if enough to put on to flQprcb the surface.

a There to BO I

very little percept Ibis I cases ths. flgfcl and tha

glow of the molten

•ra and Its reflection on ths eldads of v»0W. The passage through which tha erwetovp matter.risas to the sur-

o'lmgr ly at tha summit of the •eupUla and A0«a of great stoa, U called the erttarThere may he a number of craters on

time ta a p—pri *Wch he does not see, but God da— gpd bto heart to a shuttle. On one ride ef fj* loom to sorrow, and on tha other to Joy; gad the Shuttle, struck alternately by each, ■lee back aad forth, carrying tha thread which to white or black as tha

Temple of Pams at Arlington, obtained* the Und from Sir WUUam Berkeley, governor of Virginia, as a recompense for bringing immigrants to the colony. It was not long after the resignation of Robert EL Lee from the United States army and the withdraws] of the Lee family from Arlington that the United State* government took possession of the place. The heights commanded Washington and their occupation by federal forcee waa lokad upon as s military

During the war camps and hospitals Were scat tsred over that high country and on the Arlington estate. Men who died there were at the onlaeCfcuried In the Soldiers' Home cemetery in Washington. However, in the spring of 1864 Gen. Rucker and CapL James M. Moore reported that Arlington waa a moat eligible site for a national cemetery, and Gen. Montgomery C. Meigs, on Msy 18, 1864, ordered that Interment be made there. On that day a number of men who died In the An llngton and sorrounding hospitals were liU under tha sod at Arlington. It to said that the first Interment made at Arlington was that of the bodv of a confederate orison, Reinhardt, Twenty-third North Caro Una l of entry, whp died of wounds received la battle. At the dose of the civil war bod‘et ware gathered from the bettleflei— of northern Virginia and from the old camp sties, and relnterred at Arting The graves of Arlington have growing In number till there are about 80,000 of them. More offl eery of the army and navy are buried there than Ip any other cemetery, perhaps in all other national cemeteries. In the United States. Soldier* and easoldiers aud sailors hare the right of burial at Arlington aad beautiful grave tUee are provide# by tha quar tarmastar’s depertmaat of the army ‘ v officers and thrir wives. Early In 1864 Arlington was ordered i be sold for taxes and the place was bought by the national government ten a trifling sum. Mrs. Lee died In 1872 without contesting tha goArumant'a title, but her eon. GForgc Washington Cuatla loa. sued to have the sale act aside as Invalid. The case finally was Added by the supreme court of the United Slates In favor of Lee. He then (he gstaip Jo the goveromen la the eouthweat part of the grounds are the grevae of Custls, the builder of Artington, and bto wife. Over these craves are two martrie monuments vrected by thrir daughiar, Mr*. Robert E. Lea. e memorial exercises held at Arbngion May SO every year are Impos-

May

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The History of :Cape May Count MOM THE ABORIGINAL MMls TO THE PRESENT IM*

embracing

AW account of iii Delaware Bay Thr The Whaling I h Revolution a>3 Put the New Gov. -nmo Progress of lik Y-u

engines; The Dutch In ; Lineal of the County

. -'lie EsuMi 'he War of

At the opening of the century Cape May was already known as a summer resort, and probably the first advertisement of the fact was that of Postmasjer Ellis Hughes, of Cape Island, which appeared in the "Daily Aurora,” of Philadelphia, on June 30, 1801, which read as follows: "The public are respectfully informed that the subscriber has prepared himself for entertaining company who use sea bathing, and he is accommodated with extensive houseroom, with-fish, oysters, crabs, and good liquors. Care will b£ taken of gentlemen’s horses. "The situation is beautiful, just at the confluence of the Delaware Bay with the Ocean, in sight of the Light House, and affords a view of the shipping which enters and leaves the Delaware; Carriages may be driven along the margin of the ocean for miles, arid the wheels will scarcely make an impression upon the wAd; the slope of the shore is so regular that persons may wade a great distance. It is the most delightful spot the citizens can retire to in the hot season. “A Stage starts from Cooper’s Ferry on Thursday in every week, and arrives at Cape Island pn Friday; it starts from Cape Island on Friday and Tuesday in each week, and arrives in Philadelphia the following day. “Gentlemen who travel in their own carriages will observe the following directions: Philadelphia to Woodbury is 9 miles, thence to Glass-house, 10, Malaga Hill, 10, Lehman’s MOL 12, Port Elizabeth, 7, Dennis Creek, 12, Gape May, 9, pitch of the Cape, 15, is 84; and t)ie last 18 is open to the sea shore. Those who choose water conveyance can find vessels almost any time. ELLIS HUGHES.” The hotel which Ellis Hughes kept was called the Atlantic, and was made away with to give place to the New Atlantic. It was located at what is-now the foot of Jackson street The resort grew in favor to spipe ejetept, but not so steadily until after the second war with Great 'Britain. The old way of getting to Cape May after the war was by carriages and by stage. In 18^5 a sloop began to carry passengers, often taking two days to come to Philadelphia. At that time the Old Atlantid was the only hotel, and was’the resort of men of prominence and wealth for years. Commodore Decatur, the gallant naval officer, for years visited the island. Congress Hall was built ip 1816 and was at first a large boarding house, but when destroyed in the fire of x8i8 was 20b by 300 feet in size. It was owned bv Thomas H. Hughes. Commodore Decatur, spoken of before, in 1804 began To keep his record of the encroachment of the sea gt Cjmq I»land. It is indprsed "Statement of Np. pf feet gained by the Sea at-Cape Island from 1804 to 1829, by Commodore DeCRtur. I{ reads; “A Itatement of the number of feet gained by the sea op the Beach at Cape Island measured by Com. Decatur.” 1804 from Ellis Hughes’ house to beach vu 1807« •• “ v.- “ “ g; ■Bos •< - ■8°9 “ ", " “C - " /, ■8io ■ “ '• y ~ - 366 ‘8^ : “ “ “ “ “ 2s6 i8rt> “ ” “ “ . “ 225 t* 1 ? “ “ * 2J0 - « « ; t 1819 ^ l8 8 *820 '* « « « M M ,80 182, « « H « « « , 74 Aug. 30th, 2829, from Beach ! " 64 1824 from CapL Hughes’ gate to Beach 606 The statement shows that »he sea in that space of time had eaten away 375 feet of land. The late Jeremiah Mecray once told the author that he remembered when fields of com were grown where the pavilion of the iron pier now (1890) stands. During the yeara 1813 and 1814 the Delaware was blockaded a pvt orthe time, and there was almost continually tome British ihan-of-war upon its waters. It is related that on one occasion while the British fleet were blockading Delaware Bay, a boat was «cnt ashore from the 74-gun-ship Poictiers, with a flag of tepee to Cape Islanu, with the trouest tp Obtain tfVfnoKr«y Hughes, commander of a small body Of men stationed there, to allow tfaepi to obtain a supply of water. On hi» refusal the boat returned, *nd shortly after another was sent ashore with th« threat that unless allowed braceably to get water they would bombard the place. Captain-Hughes, with the advice of his officers, discre^ly acceded to their demand. He was, however, arrested or. a charge of treason, for giving supplies to tlie enemy, and narrowly escaped severe punishment Another story, which probably refers to the same inddent, reads in this way: One day, while the British ships were lying pff the Caaas, it was observed that several barges frpm tfo (hip* werebeTpB>," * jpflg gUR, twelve fret pi length, belonging to the county, was run down to the beach and planted behind the breastwork of * sand dune. As the barges approached our men wanted to fire on them, but among the crowd gathered was Abigail Hnghes, grandmother 10 Pilot Albert Hughes, who m her excellent judgment quickly deddad in her mind that to fire on the British boats meyit but to invite .their wrath and bring destruction on our own heads. H we don’t, hut we Will sureJ - ” ~ obeyed her our beac h,

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