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CAPE MAY HEKALD, THURSDAY, JAXUAHY 7,1909

Plac* to a RMt AtoMU and Commun* with On*‘a Own hour—Ftoirto V««r» R*qulr*d to Baca •ato iu in tartar. Loodo^v—la tba nrj heart o< thla cltx. not lor distant trom the Marble A rob, there staoda one oC the atrans eat temples ot worship la the world. It to nailed tba Chapel of the Aaeen

altar, no font, no band ot choristers. Nr service, are held In It. and no priest e»lnlstrr croaes Ur threshold except . visitor. The chapel to a place not oi Christian routine and service, but aimply where a awhile and soul amid pictured walla,*' as the lice which haaas over the door says. The chapel la the Idea at Mrs. Russell Qurnsr, who, darlns her lifetime, was a member of one ot the beet-kaown families la London. Inspiration from a small chapal In Flo.cnee and conceived the Idea buildlns a place of oommunloo In the heart of London, set apart and filled with co Bnt while the chapel Itself are unlqua, able still are the rellsioua palntlnxi that cover Its walla from floor In*. For 14 years Frederic I

devoted his whole time and thoofiht to their execution. Althou*h the task to not yet complete, there are but tew vacant spaces on tba walls of the Ut tie bull din*. Very nearly *00 paint. In**. illustraUn* the scriptures, have emanated from the fertile brain and sifted brash of this artist. The chapel was finished In ISM after considerable difficulty had been experienced by Mrs. Gurney la fin din* n sits that suited her. In that year Mr

As one eaters and looks around one mr.y see the whole story of the Bible told by the pictures on the four walls. The scheme badas over the nailery arch with the creation at man, followed by the union of man and woman. On the south wall Is pictured “The ' Goodly Fellowship of the

end In* with Malarhl. who looks back on his predecessors, and points across a of (ha chaps: to the north

stilritual rwndertn*s ot the familiar stories ot the Gospels, and of the Incidents ot the Acta of the Apostles. But It to to rite eest wall where eyes are first directed and are held by the pictures which *lvt tba keynote to the whole of the deelsas-4h« conceptions of the CrucMilon and at the Aa-

-apprenttoe to a firm ot ttthotrapher* and want throosh a Ion* period of the direst poverty. Finally one -while "down and out - be wand to to an exhibition of palntlnxi in Man-

■crito's Proeress.- Ha took the eon- v tract at ee tow a <!«■»• dtot he too* 1 found that ha waa reduced to a bread * *•4 Water diet A Utde leter be aaecwted some fiestas for ns ndttfen ot “Vsalty Fair- which croady Plsaaed

carry! n« out her Maas tar the decora turn ot the chapal which aha waa to bull A. it was to Mr. Bhlelds that she turned. Five yenrt Utar, When the little boose of reel end eomnunUou was completed, he set tt work on hi* <«-y«nr task, P-

When the Fact la •eaetH No fees to a failure." at vs a which to loved Ay eeaa th* m ZZPpSFXS by jwto dot It Is • — - -

MINI* AT PUBLIC OATHKRlNOB. detest Against Prosy UtUrers at

lack of patience and politeness must admit that there are occasions upon which wt dtoerva n Ion* mark tor selfrestraint and kindly consldsraUm of ■ha tsellnsa of our tormentors. Undoubtedly altruism to one ot tbs finest Jewels In the moral crown, but ti Its limits, and nt the close ot a

WHY BHK ••HOOK" HER FRIEND, •hopper Frefsrred to Be Alone When

debates It seems a fit tin* time to . Mat stalest their betas stretched beyond the point ot human endurance by fiownrlsht bores In the shape peakera. wh on and on while their ever they may chafe Inwardly waste ot time and mmtal Irritation, hagottoa ot a dreary rchearsln* of commonplaces, alt aa patiently dumb puppets. In private tbetr victims discuss the advisability of a stiff civil service course for chairmen who apparently are ot the firm conviction that they are expected to make the lonseet addressee of the occasion over which they preside, and certainly they ns well aa other speakers frequently stand In need of trnlnln* In the direction ot much thousht and few words.

GOOD FORTUNE CAME TOO LATE.

French provincial newspaper tells iry ot the Irony of fate. The hero n notary's clerk, named Lemer der, who had a remarkable series of was ot lortuna. seems to have been a hoodoo, tor somethin* was bound to *o wron* with every firm he Joined In the capacity of clerk or cashier. Always Ul paid and wretchedly unhappy, the youth waa la turn n gardener, a porter, a carter and anythin* else that lad him to buy bread, till after II year* of a hand-to-mc ha returned to his native villa** Breval. near Mantea. and was token In by n charitable person. In vain he sought tor work, and he contracted me unavoidable email debts. The other mornln* an Imperative lockln* at the door announced Lhn nlssartes of the tow. The wretched emerder barricaded himself In and en han*ed himself. When a locksmith had broken open the door Leler was dead. The Intruder had some to arrest him, but to ante that a distant relative had left > legacy of $5,000.

Stimulants Used by Men of Genius. Socrates, Plato and Horance drank wine freely; Fielding. Sterne and 1 sat too long over their cups. Byron sought Inspiration In Holdn. Burns was a tippler. Shelley drank heavily and Keats, stun* by the criticism of his foes, turned for relief to dissipation. Our own great eat poet Edgar Allan Poe, though greatly maligned In this resard, found Inspiration for soma of Us gloomiest ad wildest poetry and prose when ader the Influence of burgundy. Voltaire In his old age drank fifty npa ot coffee a day. and Balxac denuded upon the beverage to sustain him during hto hours of ton. Johnson sxcaaalvely fond of ten. Haxlett. inter and critic, consumed of tea about a pound a week, it to said to have hastened his death

The fat i seldom a the world with kindly eyes and

It feeds Um well. It clothes Um well, and though he feels U baa crowded a lUUe too much flesh i hto bones, he can puff and hear 1L Torn- thin, nervous fellow with the •happy eyes and your grim, closemouthed man—they are the plotters, planners and schemers that conspire sad overturn; they are the revolutionists sad insurgents. The tat man may

admit that any

better than he can, ymr tamily; who dances on the trtL'nSeUng, , . .

he cant dance

the back of a bone to that be can’t sea; U isn't the back of the horse

that cuts any figure The man who

with a woman, and lets tbs drive, should have one ot these ns tacked to Um If he wants to keep the respect ot other men: “l am la lava.” or *T have rheumatism In my

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-The Ice Napoleon. The las magnate was breakfasting n Us rsrttl in the cool, wind-swept arbor. “Queer people, the pear/* aaid Us son. How they must stint thsmsslvas. A sweatshop worker dropped Is at the

woman aat down In the shoe dement of a New York store and the clerk harry. “I toft a friend at the lace counter,” she said, “and I want to get my aboee mud before tfe gets here.” The clerk apparently appreciated the circumstances. He worked fast, and in an Incredibly short Alms woman bad selected three satisfactory pairs ot shoes. T wonder why rtis was so anxious to get through before her friend came.” remarked anothtr customer. "For the same reason that makes •very woman want lo shop alone whetbuying shoes.' toughed the clerk. “8ba has rather a large fool, and she didn't want her friend to find out what number she wears. It Is seldom that the pur chasers of shoes shop In pairs. They may hang together when buying anything else In the store, but when It oomes to shoes each woman strikes out for herself. The only exception Is the woman who has an unusually small foot. She would take her whole Usi of acquaintances along when buying shoes If shs could.”

LIKE THE ORDINARY MORTAL.

A comical story to told of the arch bishop of York, who Is'aa ardent fisherman. Not long ago ha betook Umsalf ter a few days to s Uttle Torkshlre village, which boasted a good trout stream, and put up nt n clean but mod. eat hotel, Hto grace on Ms arrival taformed the landlord who ha was. and on leaving wrote a check for Us bill and handed It to Us host. Tbs landlord closely scanned the signature and asked: “What name to thtor

'Ah.** aaid the landlord, aa ha pocketed the check. “! thought you were telling as n falsehood when you told me you were the archbishop of York.” The man evidently did not know that an archbishop has a name like

Pressed Clear Through. Children hive a very fair Idea of what constitutes JusUoe. and decidedly

they think they deserve. A bright, Uttie eevsn-year-old committed some trilling misdemeanor and was token to tank vary seriously by her mother.

do It again.” "Well.” was the response, with the faintest quiver of grief in her voice, ”i tunk Fa 'pressed clear through now." What oould the mothdo hot conclude that the lesson had so sufficiently “'press time being, and send the play?

Why Are Wa So Hard! The following motto was on ths wan of a woman's bedroom: "Let os take hands and help each other today, because we ere alive together.” She to a bride of a year, and that to ths sentiment with which aba fur ntohsd bar bedroom and tries to ear ry out In her everyday Ufa The hart blow we give with a word, ths mean thought or harsh Judgment recolli on ourselves. No woman who to hard and critical to happy. "Taka bands and halp each other to iy” to the sure road

NEED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION.

Alonxo came Into the drawing the fair Gwendoline flew to i %lm. “Darling," the murmured, “papa hto mind. He has conic

Cape May in Years Gone By An Excerpt from Stevens’ “History of Cape May,” showing Our Resort to be Known

From Lewis T. Stevens' “History of Cape May County,” Published at the Herald Offce at Two Dollars per Copy, We Quote Facts Concerning; the Resort’s History of Three and Four

Decades Ago

“Oh. Joy!” exclaimed the young

an. bugging her. "But why r

"Wen. Loutse-ponsie. pet. you know father believes tn heredity—that wise parents have wise children, and so on. Now. my father has never met any of

hut tost night, at a

in favor of the docking of b

only father and c

e person and deleat It acramptlousr’ A look of determination cam# at the youth’s fair face. “Gwendoline," he said, “we must be married before our fathers meet" "Why? Surely your father doesn't rink, or anything lilts thatr was the "No; only he's stone deaf!"—Stray

The Erie Barge Canal. While ths Bris barge canal will cosi $101,000,ooa about one third of the estimated cos? of tba Panama canal, the magnitude of the work exceeds that at me. 1*1# present Erie canal Is t $4$ miles long, and of UjJs tgace the bergs canal f(Slows the old rent# tor only M per cent, or $4 miles. Fbr ths other $M odd milee the canal U laid out on what to practically ea-

The first light house in the county, built by the government, was Cape May light. This light is situated on the northeastern side of the entrance to Delaware Bay. It stands in latitude 38° 55' 59". longitude 74 0 5/ 39". Cape May light was originally built in 1823, and rebuilt in 1859. Its height of tower is 145 feet, and the elevation oi its light is 152 feet above sea level. Its lens is of the first order, with white flash-light at intervals of 30 seconds, visible at a distance of 18 nautical miles. Arc illumination N. E. by southward to N. W. Its tower is painted gray. It is distant 12} nautical miles from Cape Henlopen main light, and 17} miles from five Fathom Bank lightship. From a writer of 1830 we gathrf the following concern-

ing the county then:

“Cape May Island—It is a noted and much frequented watering place, the season at which commences abont the first of July and continues until middle of August or first of Septcmbeh There are here six boarding bouses, three of which are very large; the sea bathing is convenient and excellent, the beach affords pleasant drives, and there is ex-

cellent fishing in adjacent waters.”'

The steamboat "Pennsylvania'' was in July this year placed on the line from Philadelphia to Cape May, carrying passengers distinctly for the Cape Island House. The “Delaware” was also put on the line a few years later, and since that time steamboats have never ceased to run to Cape-

May during the summer season.

The steamboat traffic on the Delaware now became a thriving industry. The boats for Cape May stopped at New Castle to take up the Baltimoreans and Southerners who would come down on the old French town and New Castle Railroad—the first railroad ever run in this country. They would come over in carriages from Baltimore to Frenchtown, in Maryland, on the Susquehanna, near Havre

de Grace.

The old borough of Cape Island did not suit the inhabi-

tants. Therefore, in 1851, a city charter for the place was secured from ihe Legislature. Since that time Cape May City has had two charters; one in 1867. and the last in 1875. From 1851 to 1867 the Councilmen (six in number), were elected yearly; and from 1867 to 1875 three Coundlmen were elected each year, for a two-years' term, making six as before. Up to 1875 ^ Alderman and City Recorder were members of Council, and the Mayor was iu president, but the latter had no vote only in case of a tie, while the two former were accorded that privilege. Council then elected its clerk. Since 1875 there has, each year, been three Councilmen elected for terms of three years each, making the body nine in number, and they choose their president from among their number. The Recorder is now the clerk of the city, and by ordinance superintendent of the water works and register of the bonded indebtedness. The Alderman is now simply justice of the peace, and, should the Mayor re-

sign or die, acts as such until the next election. The first bank in the county to be established was that at

Cape Island, known as the “Bank of Cape May County,” which had subscribers to stock from every part of the county. Iu certificate of association was filed in the County Clerk's office on September 26, 1853. It was a State bank. In 1855 h dosed up iu business. On October 17, this year, Joseph F. Learning, iu vice-president, gave notice that “all circulating notes issued must be presented to the State Treasurer within two years” for payment. On March 3, 1854, the act to incorporate the Cape May Turnpike Company became a law. The object of this' company was to construct a thoroughfare between Cape Island and Cape May Court House. The incorporators were Richard C Holmes, Dr. John Willey, Eli L. B. Wales, George Bennett, Joseph Ware, Richard Thompson and Clinton H. Ludlam. The work on it was not commenced until three

years afterwards, and in 1858 it was completed. The Cape Island Tumpik^tompany built the pike from

the steamboat landing on th^Delaware Bay to Cape Island for the accommodation of steamboat passengers. This pike was constructed between 1846 and 1848. The company is still in existence, and toll is still charged to those who drive

vehicles over it

The first President of the United States to visit Cape May was Franklin Pierce, who visited the island in the summer of 1855. He was welcomed by the Gty Council and held a public reception. People came from all parts of the

county to see him.

In September (5th) of this year the famous Mount Vernon Hotel at Cape Island, which had been two years in building, was burned. And in June, of 1856, the Mansion House and Rersal were destroyed by fire also. .. < T he new *P a P« Published in the county was the Ocean Wave,” which was established at Cape Island by one Colonel Johnson in June, 1855. The sixes of iu four pages were twelve by eighteen inches. About three months after it was founded it was purchased by Joseph S. Leach, who edited and published it until 1863, when he told it to bfimuel R. Magonigie. When Mr. Magonigle died, in 1869, the “Wave" became the property of Christopher S. Magrath and* Aaron Garretson, Sr. In 1878 Mr. Magrath became sole owner, and remained so until he sold it, in 1883. to Thomas H. Williamson, son of Rev. Moses Williamson. In 1886 Mr. Williamson died and ft was then purchased from his estate by James H. Edmunds, who still (1897) owns it It has been edited from 1883 by Henry W. Hand, who served in the United States Navy during the Civil War.

The. History of :Cape May Count. * FROM THE ABORIGINAL TIMES TO THE PRESENT DAT embracing

AN coconut A the Alorigincs: The Dutch fn’l Delaware Bay T .. S.;tti mvnt of th* Cotiv The Whaling J U Gro.vth of the Villages; The Revolution The Establishment of j the New Ccv i.meni : The War of 1812- The { Prt»gTO.s of th- 'minty and Soldiers-A the Wei j

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