I

Modern Copy of HudMn'i Boat Hero n 12 Day*—Just 47 Day* PmU> Than th* Old Halv* Maan., Which of Cousa* Didn't Get Hee on the Deck of an Ocean Liner, But Came Under Bail in the Old Way. Tlii- Half Moon's modern sister, i la of the llllle shkp tbat brougb nay Hudson over here throe hue dred year* ago. orrHed last Thuit ay night at Quarantine. New York . ■aklng the trip from Kotterdam I) selre day*. Thu original Haln lame (that’s the way her name will ppear on her twin) covered the dls inee from Holland in fifty-nine days' imiug under aall on her own bottosr. be new Half Moon came on Uu eck of the Holland-America freigh : tan five times as big as the dnpti »te ship of Capt. Henry Hudson. i The Half Moon was lowered loll . u- water at the Brooklyn Navy Tan 1

tat day.

A big 120-ton crane lifted her of. ic- deck of the freighter and let hei >» n gently alongside the boll of the attleship Murid a. which ta under coi ruction in the basin. Sailor* on the scoot cruiser Che* >r and the receiving chip Hancock i.rhored cloao by. besides navy yan 'flcera. employee* and . marines, leered the Hole craft as U aettlci ito the water. She will not look much like an ole isbloned exploring ship until she i.

team t

n In a total u -en games played The victors id. A of UalUmore. put ul Tories* snd high class exhlb! leridug s 2 to 0 victory. Score: UAHYLAND - A. A. r b_j> a ■

Kuhn. cf. Rhiiley. Sb. Cockran. as

Machado. If.

.0014

Totals

Mary la mi Cape Ma

0 4 27 14

0001000 0 i 00000 0 00 0—C Jefferson Three fca»c

Frank. Struck out by Hariai

hado. 1. Umpire Wales.'

CAPE MAY COUNTY LEAGUE Court House Team Shuts Out Woodbin# With S to 0 Score. Woodbine was defeated at Court Jltxue ls*t Saturday by the score a 3 to 0. Court House la Sending thi leggne with an average of -S18- Score. Court Home O'o 3 0 0 0 0 0 X—2 Woodbine OOOOOOOOO-O Struck out by Amroae. $; Brallove. 2: Godfrey, 1, basea on balls, by Amrose. 3; Brallove; 1. Umpire. Melds. ASSISTS. *

Ned Jefferson the big Tale inklal eacker. Joined the Cape May

August 1. Jeff, was wanted by John* town of the Trtatate League, but pre-

f.Trrd to stay at the seashore Manager Brownmtfler, has signed

Weinberg, the Craig A. C. catcher. Weinberg made a great hit with the —j-j fans with his throwing to second basa Policeman Jeff Rlbson. of Cape Mar trf<o;

bus told

with i

•ills

kind of things that the anclem (gators had in the day* who hey braved the tempests of the At antic In craft seventy-five feet low make folks who go to sea in 801 jot turbine* marvel how anybod) uncaged to discover anything. The Half Moon will not assunn bape above deck until the anivo iere this month of E. J. Benther oaistant engineer of Lae Dutch navy, vho had charge of her constructlo. n Amsterdam at the royal Tlocks on •Ians pdepared by the late C. L. I» •er. director of shipbuilding for the loyal Dutch Navy. After Mr. Ben hem and his riggers have finished heir work on the Half Moon she will ppear as a three masted square rigOn the foremast she will have one arge lower sail and a topsail, on ne main she will be rigged -likewise, ad on the mizien she will be fKled vi a lateen s-.IL A small square .aU. railed Hu tlind sail, because U b*lroot* the pilot's view, will be fitted to the bowsprit. weekly Illustrated magazine In tmalordam. Builen.describe* the Hall ■loon a* a "true copy" of Henry Hud-, on's ship, built of carefully selected •ak. and lejls bow she looked when he was In the day* when Captain lenry commanded her. She cArics. je Dutch magazine says two large .□d 'two small* Cannon, - each pair Weighing respectively 800 and 100 ounds. The cabin of the captain is inder the poop and built on the up"In the cabin, under the berth to ie*i. beautifully bonnn. containing •e captain’s Looks. I..eluding the e. On the Table is a sez chart production,of tbr one ezlsBng copy which is In the BriUshNjl^ Sfaaftetpbere mentions this chart On he table there is also a copy of the -ontract for this voyage, copied from the minute book of the directors of ay of tbe Cham o* of Amsterdam, dated January 8.

1809.

to and this are dividers and Ut-

m ea* url ng. The! a f. rea^a-y prtmcahln also hang our old musket*, from, prototypes

and* Mi

V® P*' .5'ala,

the

plate* river*

0 tickets for the ben.-

at- her rail the flag, the national rell-known mono-

bordeiing the Hudson. The original Half Moon, tn which Henry Hudson anchored at Cape May, on the Delaware Bay shore, to August x», ISM, was tost In 1811. No drawing or picture of the veaeal to la existence. *o that th* dadfuar of the duplicate has had to rely on formation gathered from various source* An old record of the Dutch Bast India Company, at HI preferred at the Hague, giree the lonage of the ve»••1. and from Nlcbolaas Wtoter'* old book on shipbuilding U I* deduced that the craft wboih bere Hudson across the Atlantic w*a a fort of three masted yachtThis la the design adopted. The rereel 1* rigged with a band sail*, will carfy band worked ting* and to antique enough In her fittings lo confuse the best seaman afloat. On deck there to a carved figure bead to which ropes can be fastened Roughly carved heads ornament the woodwork and a wooden pump lends an ancient atr to the vessel. Forward raised deck and In front of that the prison, whose Inmates got drenchid every time the prow dipped under pnifet Two cannou are mounted amidships > the 'tween decks, whose ceKing Is > low that you have to bend nearly double to get alopg. and portholes on either side allow these weapons to be used. A library, or rather a bookshelf, has been fitted up. R contain* the book* which Hudson took with blble, prayer book and books af voyages. A chart Is spread out on the cabin tables and near at hand are compass and measuring instruments, ■and giask and the rough nautical intrument* of the time. A gun or two ,u a rack and~ a pile of shot and hag* >r powder are shown, together wTh copy of the supposed contract wh. h Hudson had with th>‘ Dutch Bast In | "a Company. The original N loaL j The old Dutch Ess; indls Company which >.ad lia chief office In Am sit r-1 mused iU Its vessels to be m* k id with ihe Initial letter of the port om whkh they sailed. On the stern the duplicate of the Half Alooo le letter A indicates this cu»tbm. Other signs piinted on the veasol ndnde a merry heaven with comet, lianet and a large Half Moon. Below Js taTSe-hame on a scroll In Dutch, lie Halve Nxen," wb’.ie underneath ire the arms of Amsterdam and of the company. Hitherto great secrecy has been maintained about the vessel and even photographs may be taken of

her.

PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD Personally-Conducted Excursions To NIAGARA FALLS August 18, September 8 and 22, *09 “--,’""■$,2.00 From CAPE MAY llcktis gned jtolna on mnffsr trains day hrforerxcur.ion to Pbltodriohl*. and m;IAl. TWAIN of Pullman Parlor Cars and Day Coach** Waving 1 hlladalpbU at g 10 A. hi. on abort date*, runnlna via the I'lurL’HMKH'i: miSQUKBAKNA VALLEY ItOUTK I'ickai*good returning uu rsgnlar Iralaa within blXTKCN DAYS. inclodUig .tau*fe*cur*luu. Ml op off wllhlii Ilmll-Mlowad-at Buffalo rsturnlng Illnatr-iwl B.nkl't and iull Informal Inn may be obtain*! from Tlckn AgruW J. R. WOOD. GBO. W. BOYD. Paareugrr TraOc Mauajmr. General Faaaeugcr Agent

^ier Avenue ^hoto ^ixidio

AT THE OCEANS EDGE The Pier Avftnoe Studio is the only studio where the post sard photo is made that high class workmanship and finish, and yet at very low prices. We have had many years experience. A call solicited.

WILLIAM G. ESSEN

bakery Si Jce Qream parlor

The S and 10 Cant Store Our summer people will do well u> ytolt (he S aid 10 cent store of Lewis Bennett, orner of Washing md Perry streets. Her* you wiii find a line line cf cookies utenalli. ;oya. etc. Look for hi* ad in the Her-

Ud next week.

mm J4I Wm.

3ProIr«ioraI Cards.

JAMES! M. K. Hi; RETH

CotJNSLI.IAUJ -T-L-lW

214 ocean Street UAPK BAY. N I.

Notary Pi blic

j EWWT. HTEVEKh OOUNbEUDH \T LAW, 14 Wxkuihutos br.. arghlAY. N 4Master and holidtoi m Chancery hupre-nje Court l oinn. ^*iuuer.

Notary Public.

Commlraioner for Pen it* tlrams, s' : : 7

W H B&iufiT,

FIRE INSURANCE la aav Pari of Cape h ey Cobb**

Holly Beacli N I.

■0TELS AMD COTTAGES SUPPLIED

524 WashbifitcB Slice!

Ca»« May,

. J.

SE

Keystone Phone

52D

lym. Waldorf, hop. Prompt Delivery Bread, Cakes ana Pies of Finest Quality IliY 01)3 M-IUE 33 EO sit mahbioh bt

^ THE VIRGINIA N Cape May, N. J. gossler <# smith. Profs.

niQ-E TA.EI.E Strxxw ^Wxxsr B^.xxca 2XOXGS XuCCJbTXOpr

XIczgnr CoagTQErrs

The History of ■:Cape May Counly:rsoK THE AB0RIGINA1 MHls TO THE PRESENT DAT embracing

AN account of the Aborigines; The Dot. o h ' Delaware Hay; The Settlement of the County i The Whaling The Growth of the Villager The \ Revolution and Patriots; The Establishment of , the NewGov.-tunent; The War of i8i;; The 1 Progress of th. ounty and Soldiers of the War j

By LEWIS f*»WN5EX2f STEVENS

ISO P^ge,. 4S Ilia,(ratio*,. 31 Chapter,. 5 *ppen<te»»

>,»• i-orruD oh Rrcxin ot ,x.m „ LEWIS T. STEVENS, Publisher

8(0 Washloxtor. St Cape Mor. fl. 4

Camden Bottling Co. Imported aud Domestic Mines and Liquors

A FULL LINi OF MliH-CLASS WHISKEYS

Three Feathers Whiskey Mount Vernon Patterson and Coane No 6 Tram rick Peerless' Overholt

Sunny Brook Gibson Monticello Pvpp« Wm. Penn Autocrat

AND ALL OTHER LEADING BRANDS

A Large Varitty of Bottled Beers . Fine Line of John Steigerwald & Co s Cigars Box Trade a Specialty

MJTH PHONES

212 & 214 Washington Street, Cape Hay

DECORATORS

V ALL PAPER Big Re action In Spring Styfcs Be I ore Decorating your Room look at my New Stock. You cun save money by iu BURLAPS, LINCl.USTA WALTON. W. LENOIR 326 Yi ashington St. Cape IMay, N. J

HOWARD F. OTTER GENERAL UPHOLSTERER Deader la FURNITURE and MATTRESSES IN DOW SHADHS. AWNINGS, and BEACH TKNTS A SPEC l-. It 412 Waahlngton Mr*ei Cgo- , 4' ; ocn e n a1“ m e r c h~a n ts

H()T£L LAFAYETl'E

CAPa M Y, N. J.

Directly on the Beach. “Newly furnished. : * Ko .ms en suite with private liaihs

JOHN TRACY >—<!■

Beil Phone 9/x,

stilt i i.*«ed 1386.

The Daylight Store

^he Embodiment of Style, Taste

and

Low Prices

e Cape May team. Twaddrfl. the Royersford boy, to puttiog up a great 8*m* tn-the outfield for the Senator*. TwiddeH l* known in the League as Gentleman

Jim.

Needles the West Cape May first , baaeman. to not playing the game he L. capable of. Hal- waa the best first aacker in the scholastic league. Cape May ha* yn nineteen games and tost one A *peelai train of fan* wUl go U> Atlanth City on Thnradny next from Cape May. AU of those noise-making devto-, known to the game will be taken atone k Smiley And Cockran are great fa sprite* with the fan* at the shore. Smiley bad four hit* In the Anborn gam*. Dick Grace of the OennUvtde le t* certainly rfoaUnf the ball hard. Harry Warner, the Cape May boyla pttchli

•e the monogram

a th* letter A. an indication that U ■raa the Amsterdam chamber tbat ronunlsslcmed Hodoon. On Ihe bowprit is a small Jack of orange, white and bine. The flag of Amsterdam, red

craU of tl ■rU»

o on tractors & uilders YORK BRv.S. P. O. Box 66;. Cape May, N. |.

Large Cool Porclita. .

Tslepho.ns Connsbtiona

le Providence of the red Hon) to >4 » vane rill be presented dson-FWlum celeUy representative f patriotic Dutch l»ed the money lo be received by

the commit*ion on Saturday. Beptem-

ly (hat the dopU-

rste of Robert Pulton's Clermont will U preset.lad. Henry Hudson wHl le i person sled, dresard Just tik real Henry, by LtouL.La* cf Dutch crotoer Utrecht! the Mat Mldshlptgaa deM center of the asm*'

James J. lioak Carpenter & Sluilaet Jobbinft Promptly attouku to No. 833 W.ashingtoi> Street CAPE MAY, N. J, Local PhooeBT, dTk OPDUK »WM hiArtr* IU free rm With your first eaeb puf . at* of * 1.00 hnd upwards, by p»- ( niiog lids sdveiHaaaieat snd Irern iB*

stunt our

Cool Shady Pornhss.

... . . ***

Hotel Chalfonte

NEAR 7HE BEACH

H. A. CRE3SE, Owner and Proprir r

T he Wyoming

Sou 1 n lAfayeUe BL lletwren Congress and Perry Sts. One Squaw from Reach. Hnperiar Cuisine. Moderate ^Price* WM. D. VAHZAKT CAPE MAY, IV J.

In Lndies’ and Men’s Furnishings

X L. SV. KNERh

RIR-20 Washington

Pierson nnd Son.

hew|cape|iiay1

Cor. Washington and Union Sts. Where you will find choice Grocies, Vegetables, I‘toy sions, Mndinrit*. We also handle “\Ji* heners Star Hams\ UOOAt, E*HONK - MECRAYS’ CENTRAL MARKET Cor. Washington and Ocean Streets

092 Washington SL 217, 219. aai Ocsaa St.

Meats, Groceries, Provisions and Frnfta »*t

CheLe Batiers-Skarplcss Gilt K4fie-A Specialty

Country Produce fresh dally from our own farib FUk, Oyiterk, Uawa sad Terrapla. Brssssd Pes-Ty

The largest market in Cape May.