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VOLUME XXIX. CAPE' HAY CITY. NEW JERSEY. SATURDAY. JUNE 23. 1883. WHOLE NUMBER. 1510.

O A.*»E MAY CITY. N. J. ! • I .SO a yar in Advance, frofrsslonal Hir&i. J.% HUFFMAN, «upm**K oonrr oobiuhsionkh. C«r» Mat ivrlt norm. N. J. . j AH'«i» B.yCllj rt.uj.!nfmH<nnimc-r.'« oo ] pf" F.~ DOUGLASS^ ATTOBNET-AT-LAW w. ^ AI-TER a. barrows, aTTOHSEY-AT-LA W SOI.KUTOK 111 CIUNCXRV, Mom Hour, x. j * ■QR. J. f7 LEAKING ft SON, d entTsts, "ciSSi tw^Horvx^ywriJAjiAA'l hei"fKfti iunUf-Min TAKES K. K. BILDRETIT, i ATTORNEX'-AT-LAW ROLIcmiR. UASTEI! AND EXAMINER IS • HAKCKKY. * •• So. «• Wasklazum »M, CaroMer " ■p^ERBEBT W. EDMUNDS. ATTORNS V-AT-LA W. """cm* A i r*i» <v*m Hw.TnUnrai PrkUyv J)R. JAKES H. INGRAM, PHYSICIAN AND 6 ORG EON, o am u rat nuAMet ot captain him ttwe. <l*n» CREEK. II. I. A fall aapru of freak One rowtutlr <m h.nd, JJENRV K. BOYD, A*ORNEYAT-LAW ' CONVEX' ANCER. TKI1CT SUSP* ALWAYS «'X HAND FOR Ho. » Nortk T1S Street. EtuladrlplitA. I NOT ART nua tlffi - ■REUBEN TOWN8EHDT • AOENT SoOm*** MUTUAL EIRE INSURANCE OO. COM MISSION Kit OP DEEDS. 01 Cepe Me? (Uhrt Haure. N.J. |e*-v ^LFRED TLTXI.ERS, _ OOUN8ELLOR-AT-LAW, t camdKTW. A*0" "* Beilim je eueodM Adalttedto ptiUAdelpera urtM.-Hiol". "T »«*■ !»' ' JSuslnrss Card*. •fiXNOMjL WILLLAKB, T ARCHITECT AND BUILDER. WILL MAKE DRAWtMM. AND RTXR1P TEND OB CONTRACT. ' rrici-o woaiottoo au capo M.T. NJ. B. LITTLE, „ PAINTER^N^GLAZIER, Q ROANS "AND HEWING MAB. F. HORNER, PUJ&MJiKSJSEfDB MACHINES BXtDOETUX. K J. Q. TO GARRISON'S I 8TATI0NEET, AND STORE VARIETY PUB IKIUI CANS. BLANK BOOK 8. TOUJtT , fATB. POCKET CITLERY, SHELL OOOW. P7SHINU TACKLE. CHEAP LIBRARIES. TUBTrbkTSE«M . MlflH. lfACtiriE ffEKDLES AND Oil A . * •'MiN(.riiamaBBr,cAW^»AT.K.j. < f^JJOnYEAR'SKCDBEB FELT- 1 'X INC AND FAi'KIMit/c. U»L iTATTBUHi. IXX'Tpi A MI DBS. : ■* D. P. OIETERICH, Nsw X'tak Betting and Packing Com|mcy j -ssKssiSE SSXBSWS?' I nnuHoiii.rt. J B. MATLACK, a TEBBinim DBlffl lisnffl WE, chimney Tors btndui'akdcaph, in < B1BNET FU'EAUAkDEN VASES. CE- ] T& K." HAND ft SON, i MKimCDCALimUB,- B CAPS MAX* DIAMOND CUTTERS, | ^LTbice,JB:, ABCHhpCT AND SUPERVISOR. **' »' A T PTRERT. TBUAbELTHU puMMMmMtAimMttmut * u m ""><■ !»• AfW

DURABILITY SEA SHORE PAINTING SECURED BY USING LUCAS' LIQUID" PAIHTS CAPITOL LEAD. w Mil: A t:l-HUl:i»,K. ltuiHcre. ICU-) A. A LITTLE. Punier. SPRING OPENING J. C. HAND & CO.'S, 1206 Market Street, Philadelphia. GOOD FURNITURE PATENT SOFA BED j. C. HAND & CO., »i 1205 Market Street. Philadelpl^i. The Best is the 'Cheapest ! BENEZETS BOOTS AND SHOES, 51 Washington Street, Cape May, N.J. "WALKER SHOE" BOOTS AND SHOES! La>bm AS4 Men CoapMle mack ol Good, CMAp Boju ud BBoa ta Cap* 1U; o*. STILE, QUALITY AND PRICE CANNOT BE SURPASSED. onfii PEICETSTLY. fnttri»iilS *° ,>lr^ FINE WALL-PAPERS DM WASHKNSL BOOTS AND SHOES. '! uwnkn ol ikp pabllc u brf* !• rallnl In Urn iKylu Uw BBdrnmad Mi m-nnl bm Bon, . Cnfnn IVANHIJIIiTON AMI I'EIUiy NTREETN. UppMU Cancrraa Ball, Him a DfE-.ndin.«!auracgTf Mad ol - ] BOOTS, SHOES AND SLIPPERS, • IN ALL UUAUKH. WIDTHS AND MTYLEK. L KNOPF, CarMc WajNInsLoa and PrrriRmu Opposite OMifTMB HAD. I B <»K May CRp. N. j. - 1 ~ ~ " 1 — ~ 1 L. F. DUPARQUET & HUOT, manl fat-ttkkks op

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Also, Copper, Tin and Cast Iron Utensils. I ll7-4lc 24 ft 26 Wooster St.. New York. F. KAMMKliEK L WKBEK U WEINMANS. ' $22.50 WILL BUY $22.50. jA SOLID WALNUT I , MARBLE TOP CHAMBER SUIT ' I At KAMMERER & WEBER'S, Ml MAKKKT KTBKET, PBH-ADKUHIL Mrs. R. DILLON, ; No». I 8 and 20 WASHINGTON STREET, CAPE MAY CITY. ] , DKV (lOO DP. - OTIONV MU-UNKEY, FKATBEM5. PLDMESA NULLA. KATISA TELYZT8. aiBl»;.\.-.. AlKAPES AND VQLB. rAXCT GOODB. TOYS ANB 8TATIONKBT. LA In In* IKMBAMEIW. MEN'S OIL CL0TU UTT*. UMBRELLA8. AND PAHA SOU. UEaMAXTOKTS. SAYONT AMD EKPBYK WOOL Wileon ft Oo.'e Library S3 per Year, SI for Three Months. .WKihfiitoBwiiiBraiinMtTOBaWimmiMftjBtt ' FRENCH & REEVES, Noe. 13 and 16 Federal Street, CAMDEN. bJ-. J. 1 GRAIN. FLOUR AND FEED. Fertilisers.- Agricultural Implement* and Truck Basket*. '

Urdiral. DARBYS PROPHYLACTIC ' FLUID. 1 A BaaMkaU^ArUiB (or llaloonal I Eraaieates I VAT.tttTA I **Uo°shp^Sij PrrrmlladMck I'nr- < SMALL-POX BrdNMprtnat PITTINO of Soaall : ; : ; *" Ed^; ,-^r. llfcph&eri<T| ' &7Mpolaa cond. ■■■■■■■■ i l«n j , rj>0BKJgBrod. _ I .T" I ^ Di>Aibrnr jl 1 mS'S* riold dunoo ' I1 mwiSriumi LlroJA jaolfcd aoJ , fscariKFrnrl ^Cure^^l ; ; IhryftJM'^nic^laD^ ^SSaSetS I ; KubomVCohBldL P»of..Ualnnllr.S.C. i 1 - A. JJimi, 1'rV Mrrcrr L't:-,,r. , . , Ktr. Oa». r. I'mcr, BoKlb M. t UkonL. i LNDIBPENSABLi; TO EVEBY HOME. i . I ' Mia.li AiuSjKLPIIIA jj SICKHeuache . ~ PDsmvar cured by s ; ! CARnlsl Pimi \ I *1 Ifcfl toraMot Mersi Beliavei ^ rrwELiI ne cloim. ^ CARTER'S Um'tMlB ; CABTEr' ' V ' ! hoarding Jtousrs. I ; est jersey hotel. ; ^ V. W. MOTIO. Propnrlor. I ' Ilrliihttollj rooUonuloD. Hnm-UAr cnmlnru ( grigiiton house, WASHINGTON STKEET. | t D. THOMAS. PiDpnrtor. | Opra all lltr yrar. ^Exccll'llt a-womlaolltWll , j^elaware house. W. A fCtUdLENOIB. Profirtruir. , terwa ntOM r to lit A WEEK. Jl*- ' ■ qjuIeoll yili^a . ~ " J |>WI STB1BT. Cars MAY CITY, K. J, I Oor aqaar (™« <b« Bjjad^nr aari l*a«lLopen* JI'NE lar. , MBS. 1. A MYERS. I wid. Bnrtoa. Part Anw.^ I ' rjiile bay vibw house, PIEKCKe point. cape MAY co, I l> loidooancr. for Iboan »bo tn.lood of Uh ' , SSWKSOTHJfKJWrtS ; an*. EMory drora will lid no haod. V*M rarr . ' j bmi»- , ! m~ielkr cxjttage, 1 CAPE MAT, K. J. no. 4 perry street. 1 : ~"-"Turu-' i transient and pumanrxt gt'eetk 1 ' " ( moderate bate*.. ' wiSE^Ji: iflSlIl WMipvoMttiaiMmlirioli . co., nmoi. Malm- u-j .

Better Thins*. • Brurr ■^UMoTSj"*0"" Btoe^ibe^onoi^a »cetie*«an ibaabraoiji ' man Wf^rwn Bum «ei uu reara m a , llnur 'ue^oandauce ID ihcbnn nan Unlm. Iiewi to aMpaM^UiH Oieq anjoood man to J A aailor oiri tbought Uc bail liern ' 1 rhnatcd by a mcooil-baiid clutbicr in Uuf- { mamlbd bis money. When Uiia wa* m- i ■ j fuMjl be aboulnd ool: j, "I want to Bee Ibe imrly who ovng Ibis 1 r* i.- ■ i U "Wbei* U be?" "DqTi thai I'd like to know myself, j opened dm Mboic. und be failed und as- ' . signed. lien my faddrr-in-law be run* ii ■ und bums ondC uml eidips off to New ; , X'ork. I>eo my bruddrr Mo*e* runa ii tgfBt. und Bhuat when I feels d-.N I bat I ] iconped ber ouft of eatery abillins, akmg ■ on der lam coat. If you can toll rotlwdio ' owns dia plaoe I'd like lo gif you audi a suit of clothes aa would make a king led Hook all aafcr." Kroco fret'. Nun. I "Ob, I doo'l kick on lbc nccnmniodalions in a sleeping-ear. and it ia cheap enough. 1 bare beard Jnkcs a million , I I mica about ilecpmc-car pillaws gelling ' loal in a rnan'a car, bul 1 always found { lbc pillow big enough. 1 bare beard j pie complain aboui blankets being too ! | sliort at both ends, but Ibe blankets are all righL and To« can gel an caua one or a . 1 1 dozen by asking for tbcui. Wbat 1 kkk | i If't tberrnemet^"in a" ear* He latoa | eoloml man who has been brought up In New Orleans, for instance, and puts him I eter will make the lcni|iet*iuie of Ibe car loiMi ifao M flew Orleans sr (Missime. I He will get Ibe heat up to a hundred, and I ( we thrash around and kick off the clothes j and roaat, and that colored man will nit by | the store wiib the fercr and ague X'r.u : I I ell bim to open a renlilator, and be goo j j and opens the draft of the sto«\" l! HI. P.^.V,n,.. ; There was a bright fittlc boy, between 2 anil 3 years old, picked up aa lie was wandering on Lbe street and carried lo lbc ' Four Courts, where he look a seat on the railing in Iron I of the Central Station, stuck out hU chubby legs and stared at ' erery one who came in without being ] abashed. As is custnmsry in such cases, ! an endearnr was made to elicit informa- , tion from bim that might lead to his resloralinn to bis distracted parent*. Tbc 1 liule fellow appeared willing lo UU all be . knew, -y What's your name, young roan ?" they as^ed bim. "Jtmmle lteardcn," be ' lispeit "What "a your papa's name f" ' . -I-apa." "But wbat dnca your mamma ' call bim r* The -cherub's fare lightened CP with pleasure at being able to furnish - the desired information, as he answered : •She telle him, you old disolc, you." The examination waa postponed. Thirteen O'clock In Ohio.. An enterprising railroad in Ohio. Ibe Clcrcland, Akron and Columbus Railway, baa made a Dew departure in ill timetables by adopting a new eyetcm which has been apprornd r.f. but not senin I he country. (In its time cardMbc hours are numbered from one up to Iweaty-four, Ibe latter being midnight. Tne confusion which wo often cziua beI the A. M. and P. M. hours i* Urns aroided. Thus one train arrim in Ctere. land at 18.30 and departs from Cnlnmbos at 17 o'clock . Tills mail also carries upon its morntu; train* weather signal*, drrisrd and as by the Ohio Jleteorolocical Bufrom predictions furnished by lbe • United States Weather Scrricr. It is bclievrd in be Ibe first railroad in Ibe conn- - (ryNf out in lbe world, to ad pl either of the ACraui, IMIcL; Times. It Irs* ibe ladies ef the Michigan Women's Christian Temprranre Union n little whik-iognt trajuainted, but when the acq.iaimance was once formed U ripened , "How do you glre your name?" asked ooe lady of another, as tbey n- ' • mowed sheir wraps at the dour ooe n.orning. "I hire uaually written it Mrs. . James P Jnoea." "Did your mother ruu 'James P. T inquired lbe first : , speaker with considerable emphasts; "1 : ; will orrer tall ruyself by my buaband's t name " "iior I." "Nor I." "Nor I." ' from a number of by-eiandcrs. The ; woman appearnl surpriaed to find hcrarll so largely in lbe minority, but she finally found breath and courage to any; "Well, lauppaaa it do«ii make a difference t wbat kind of man the husband is." A beautiful young lady (ripped into Dr. Hatchett's drug store a few days ago. . oa, apd asked htm if be could mis if up , eo an is disguise the (ante if IL "Oh. yes," says Speight. Presently Speight said : "Will you bare a glass of soda «ater. Mla^-r "Ob. yea." says she. After drinking , tbc nods water the young lady waited a ■ while, and then asked Speight ir the cas 1 tor oil was rewdv. : "Oh r- say. Sprlgbt. "yog bare alresdy , ukeo the cwuiw oil. ja the add*. water." ; ."PreatharrtoEal'naid the joung lady. [ ' T wantrtl the tdl for my moreer." ; ■ A country (MaQng sodetr should , wrestle with the questkm, "ltenolred. • That a deaf ;omo who walks on the railJ read tract is a bigger fool than lbe man I who points a gun at a friend.*— Now. r Feoff.

Cute May Breezes. . CoTTswponitetice Balumore f*nn. far* Mil. June U-— "Where t~yre- in i thereto* "'tlT • heated term ai tbe seaside or mountain i ! reaott. or eren lo Iboac of more moderate j i farm-house of humble pretensions, ll t* ' 1 1 a question requiring often much time and | , ; comspnmkooe to properly answer; From j the ciiancc experience of a friend or a : floating paragraph in a newspaper comes j ' tlie suggest ion, ibe mails producing at a \ . later date tbe necesaary coastwise or other ; ltteralute, qitretr little books with queer ; illustration* of a wonderful place, where all its marked features are crowded ioto one street, where people walk and drirc i within six inches of great breakcra. where . there are oo mosquitoes and no malaria. : and Wliore Die bote! at which you arc ex- ' peeled to wop ts larger, grander and tuanl. mountain top or ealley. The tklel- ' ity to the rradert real interest will make ' I his stay by the sea pkaaantcr than if he ■ j affords, ami not to makF one think while ' I at last. To had the reader est ray or to highly color the advantages of a seaside reaort auch as t'ajH1 May claims lo lie, or is is ' ! the reLnoTTbe Strnwhat Cape May is I breaker* und dip in surf would Limply ! be In tell them, or a great many of ihtui ! at least, wluit they know already. WiUi1 1 out the slightest attempt to magnify, it j can be tiutblolly said that there have he-n ' j eral months past than at any period since [ the year Immediately preceding tbc great ! fire, when so many of tbr large hotels wing*!!* h^mwOolnmbla "l lurch fi'drnt' i Congress Ilalljawn. It Is. like the main ; building, constracted of brick, ami will ; , making '£10 in a'd. giving capa* city for tbe accommodation of COO guest i. • The cast of the original structure was ! about SS5.000, and tbe new addition 1 about *00.000. Mr. James Mooner. of ; Philadelphia, is the owner, and it is lo be in charge of the well-known holt-1 proprietor. Cot. ('has. Duffy, formerly manager of the Stockton Hotel. The building is to be lasted by steam, and la lo be here, after an "alUbe-yrar-iouniTbini**' An- " line is tlie erection of a fine frame hotel, four stories high, corner of lk-ach ; arenoe and Drcalur atrrct, by Mr. Deol- ; lot, aud to be "known as ibe "nolcl Ia- ' fayeljc." It will accommodate about 400 ' guests, and is to be furnished in superb | style. Its architectural appearance is ' bealjoal *75,000. Mr. pi^ik" HOdretli. ' son-in-law of Mr. Denlrot, formerly ooo- ' iieclid with the West End Hotel. Ospe ' May, is fo be the manager of lite new hotel. Tbe Lafayette is also to be an "allAdjotaing tbe Lafayette, on Decatur : be kept as a btwrding bouse, called the Aldtne Villa. A fine cottage lma also been erecltd on Congo -ss Place, opposite Concress Hall, by Mr. E. Johnson, of Cape May. Handsome cottages hate been erected en lbe site of tbc old Columbia, for the prirate residences of "cottagrra by the sea." One cottage has been elected on Grant street, one oo Columbia aernue, four or fire on Hughes street, ami on Washington street, opposite the old post office building, tbc Knickerbocker Ire | company hare erected three fine stores. Wood and Congress streets, immediate- ' ly in the rear of Congress Hall, hare been ; extended out to the turnpike leading u. ; tbe steamboat landing, the entire exnets^ - of which has been borne by United States Senator Scweil, of New Jcrecy, who is tbe owner of the bulk df the property on ; both streets. Tbe Ospe May City Land Cootpxny, of ; which Mr. D. R. Patterson, of Philadel- , pbia, is preaident, la doing considerabie . towards tbe derelopment of. property at Cape May. The company has 200 acres . of land lying west i t tlie Sea -Broeie or . Excureiim House, mduding the ground where tbc Fifth Maryland Regiment en-. . earopoil. This was the alte of the old original ML Vernon Hotel, which was one of the largest hotels ever erected on tbc Atlantic coasL The land was first secured by Mr. John J. Kroner, one of the present directors ot tbe coot pan v. on tbe 3int of , May. 1882. from Mr. Jlark Itarioe, a . wealthy resident of Philadelphia, for , *150,000, It afterwards went into the , lands of a syndicate, who raid *175,000. . The company hare capitalned the stock , to the amount ot *;i00,000, and have . lad two public sales of lots, at which from ; *300 to *1500 per lot was secured. Tlie company hare a teach trout of <000 fed. I There has twen erected on tbe property , purchased from the company noe large . boarding-house, aad three others are in I course of construction. Nine more are , under contract. Altogether 88 low bare j la-en sold. Tbe ground is called fast . ground, in contradistinction from what is . known as node ground. The Neptuns land Company hare also . porchaard about 300 acre* of land lying • between that owned by the Cape May City land Company ami Cape May Point, wbicb is beiug Uld off into lota preparatory to being [i'3 in lbe inarkcL It can be seen, therefore, that Cape May City 1* goipg »« least U> some extent in lbc dbec- . tion of Cape May Point. Surprise has been expressed bere^it . Babimoreans, so many of wboro come re1 gularly lo Cape Mar during lbe summer, ' do not invest in real estate on the island. . Tbe only cottage owned at Cape May by . a BaUimoresu ia Hat belonging lo .Mr. Augoatua Albert, no Beach avenue. The Delaware Bay and Cape Mar Rail ; road, tbe Seashore and tbe Cape May and Scbelfeoger Landing Railroad* have all i been combined, so that there la a con tin- ' antra line from Cape May Point loScwrll's ' Point. I ' The Congress Hall pier, so well and i favorably known to Baltimoreans, and ; which was washed away, ia being rebuilt, I and will be lo read in ran f.ir-tlu- whisperings of the numerous lovers who usually crowd in upon it sbgut July and AngusL The_ir™ pier, sfWcb. has to long been in fixed face U u to be erected by e com1 paey. meetly Philadelphia*, st a coat ; of • about *80,000. Tbe Cape May (Sty land ' Company -at its last meeting authorized lbe subscription of *5000 to the stock of ' the oanpany, provided Ibe pier is erected with In convenient distance to tbe comEy't land- Tbe foot of Broadway has ■j suggested as the location. Congress Hall, which ia lo continue iff ' Charge of lbe enterprising bold matragrrs. 1 tbe Messrs. Crump, of Philadelphia, and ' tbe Stockton, under the management of CoL J. F. Cake, formerly ot tha old Coor greaa Hall, and well known as understanding bow -to Keep a hotel art both being ■ put in first-class order for tbe grand opeolam oa lbe 30tb of this month. A set it* of muakwl festival, will be given I here this ivrasnc, beginning Joly 8. under . tbe aaapioe* of tbe Pennsylvania Railroad - Company. A paetlioo to accommodate . 4800 people is being framed in Pbilmiri- . pbia ami w ill be erected oo tbe Stockton' iawn lor tbe purpura of tbe festivals.

I There baring been some talk of remov. I ing the signal service station from this . ; place oo account of its close proximity' to ! another station. United Suu* Senator j Sewcll wrote a letter lo Geo. W. R. lis- j r/:o. chief of tbc sgoal service, and re- t ceived a tetter in reply stating lbs I in • t c-rmpHmarr whh the iwpWK of Mr. Sew- j - ell, instructions have been given to make • Cape Mar a full statioo during tbe months • i of May. June, July and August. i I Archbishop Uibbons, of Baltimore, lias i • i engaged appartmcnu at 'the New Colum- i ■ Lis for a portion of tbe summer. Max I I Kiebcnack. auditor of tbe Pennsylvania j t * Railroad, has also engaged quarters at this - i i house. ^ • K. "1 hear your I'ncie Ezra Is here oo a ■ visit," said the grocery man to lira bad , boy. "I suppose you hav* bene hayings . high old time. - There is nothing that I does a boy more good than to hare a tiler vi»it w ith a good uncle, and hear bin tell . about ..!•( tunc* when he and tbs bay's - father -.-re i* *•« together." i "Well. I 'l in t know alioot it," laid tbe > boy, as be took a slick of toaccaroai and ■ began to blow paper wad* through ii at a the dootU "When a boy who has been ■ tough bat got Ills pins ail act lo reform, : I don't think It diss bim any good to i lave a real Iliac uncle qome to tbe bouse I visiting. Any*ay, Hal's my experience. i 1 have backslidden tbe worst wsy. and it : i* going to take me a month, after Uncle Km guca away Li climb up to Hie grace I that I bare fallen from. It is darn dis- . couraging," said the boy as be looked up . at lbc retting in an iiiuoernHawt of^a way, i in tlie neck, dropped his saw and got up . ^ "What's Ibe ironltfr Your unck-^lras t get away from home. Iks-* lie drink V 1 can figure it be ami pa were about lbe I worst pill* in ibe l*rx when tbey were i young. I don't want yon to rejicat It, but eloped. Ye*, sir. actually ran away, and I defied their parent*, and they bad lloliide i about. n week for fear lira's father would r fill pa so fu'.l of cold lead that he would . sink If be fell in the water. 1'a has been . kicked over the frnoe. and chased down - alleys dozens of times, by my grandi father when be wa* sparking ma, and ma . was a terror loo, cause ber imitber oouldn't . d" anything with ber, though she is aw. 1 ful precise now, and wants everybody to be good. Why. ma's mother bmhI lo , warm lire ears, and shake tbe daylights - out of her, bul it didn't do any good. . She was mashed on pa, and three was oo ) core for ber except lo have |a prescribed i for hre at a husband, and they ran away. I Uncle Ezra told me all about it- Ma balm 1 got any patience with girls nowadays that , have mimls of tbe own about fellows. and . the thinks tlicir parents ought to have all ; ibe say. Well maybe she think* she . knows all about It. But wben people get - Into love 11 Is tlie same now as when pa and ma were trying to keep out of the r reach of my grandfather^ shot gun. But • friends, and tliey talk over old limes and i have a big laugh. 1 guess Uncle Ezra . was too much for pa in joking wben they • were joking when they were boys, cause i pa told me that all rules against joking were sdspended while Untie Ezra was r here, and for me to play anything on him I 1 could. I told pa I was trying 10 tend a . different life, but he said what I wantad i tu do was lo make Uncle Ezra think of I old times, and tbc only way was to keep : Inm on Use ragged edge. I thought if there wa* anything I could do to make it . pleasant for my uncle, it was my duty to i do it, so 1 fixed the bed alala on tbe spare > l«*l so "they would fall down at 2 a m. • tbe first night, and then I retired. At ■ two o'clock X heard the swfnlest noise in i. tbc spare room, and a howling and scream1 ing, and I went down and met Uncle Krra in tbe ball, and be asked me what I w as tlie matter in there, and 1 asked him . If lie didn't sleep In tbe spare room, and r he said no. that pa aDd ma was in t there and be slept in their room. Then t wc went in the aparo room, and you'd a r didc to aco pa. Ms trad jumped out when 1 tbc slats first fell, and was putting ber -. hair up in curl papers wlien we got in, I and thing*. His hi All had gone down J over oo bim. and lie was almost smolht cred, and we bad to take the bedstead ( down lo get him out, the way you have a to unharness a horse when be runs away r and falls down, before you can get bim c up. 1'a was. msd, hut Uncle Ezra laughed at liitii, and told bim be was only i foundered, and all be wanted was a bran c mash and some burse liniment and be J would come out all right. Uncle Ezra c went out in tlie ball to get a pail of water . to throw on po, cause be said pa was , afire, when !■* asked me wby in blazes I L- didn't fn tbe other bed slats, and I told I him I didn't know aa tbey were going lo r change beds, and then pa said don't let it r occur again. I'a lays everything to me. I lie is the most changeable man 1 ever I raw. He lot I me to do everything Uncle 1 helped Uncle Ezra to play a Joke on pa. e lie was mail Bay I don't think this world r is run right, do you » I haven't got much . time to talk to you to day. 'cause I nele . Ezra and me are going fishing, but don't j it strike y«u that it 1* queer Ural parents . trounce bovi for doing just what tbey did themselves. Now. 1 have got a friend whose father is a lawyer. That lawyer t would wsrin his boy if be sbouhl tell a lie. or associate with anybody that was had, sod yet the lawyer will defend a man be knows is guilly of stealing, and I- get him clear and take the money be got . from tbe thief, wbo stoic h, lo buy lb* same boy a new coat to wear to church. . and be will defend n man wbo committed 1 murder, and nrakc an argument M tbe I jury that will bring team lb Ibeir eyes, and tbey will clear the nmidrtrr. twicer. 5 aim it ? And sn\\ bow is it /hat we send 1 from heathenism, and the ram-.- vessel thai 1 takes tbe mini onirics there carries from . Boston a cargo of tin gods to sell to tbe . heathen ? Why wouldn't it be better to r send tlie missionaries lo Boston ? 1 think . the more a boy learns tbe more be gets i mixed." A Snnalbla Bathing Dross. ! . ' 1 Froa the New Tor* San. 1 Ooe of tbe carbrot *f this reaaoo's sea1 shore latbers to fall under careful obserI ration wore a garment of loosely woven - but rather thick blue flannel, dark navy > blue, wilh abort sleeves that filled the arm closely and a locae colter that showed ber f brown throat From ber neck lo just be- - low the knee it was mm garment. Over t material, the belt of which was ■ broad - niece of bine webbing fastened with e - ytrong buckle^ ^'Moftimtepremuroco tbe ; should happen la (See out she could 1 easily ktct off tbe «kirt and eume to aba!- 1 r low water, wbexe a cloak could be given [ 1 lo ber la which she could walk to Iter e bath'tag house. She was hnrefooted, and - was one of lira oucnparatively few girls I i who haven't corns tfiat render Uwir ftCuafit lor publication. '

. I Our Ornamental Editor Goes a ! Fishing. r 1 Wc havr added lo our curpa a fishing - c* ornamental editor, wbo se-mi -occasion - ally will enlighten our readers, during the r "dtjg days," wilh his piscatorial exploit! - j in the sounds and after tbe frisky drum it e lbe bay shJe.]-Bd. * CaikMav, 8. J., June 13, 1883. \ /tear Here.— Freeman Diugtass, oo la*l Friday, extended to us tbc freedom of ' | tbe sounds in lax richelteegWs host, built br Sidney Townsrn d. result ia two hours, * ! 38 filg weak fish. And, a* to duly bound, we invited tbe festive Douglass ton drumI miog with us tbe same afternoon. ltodcn, with bis new Arabian colli champing their biu. awaited ua. Wc drove to the bappv fishing ground, and soon reached Misi .E. Gregory', bam. wben each fiibenuan picking out bit tackle , wended his way through lbc rand, StratI ton carrying a tog with 100 dams on bis A abort quarter of a mile agdwr struck . the beach, and in Ihrea-Ouinuies bad 4 ! launched our litlle fishing beat, and in five . ti .mutes we bad cast anchor and bad our lines ant. delightfully farthing our brows, . ro lo speak, in tbe northwesterly wind. I This iatlic heat wind In which to catch fish. A northeast wind, or any wind with the . breath of tbe met in it, it an abomlnali<m , in the sight of tbe "finny denizens ot the deep." , 1 noticed that Dougtara kept eootinual- . ly eyeing a large btark bottle which Stratton bad brought along in hitxlam basket, . and I shall not soon forget tbs look ofarn- , uuerai >le disgust which graced Ibo^atturn-ttngoiAbc-d trarrister.wben be waa informed For half an hour we pulled up nothing ' but king crabs and tea spiders. ; Shakespeare txys tbe heavens are lined , "with paient of bright gold," so tbe bottom of tlie ocean Is paved, two inches , deep along the bay shore, with one hon- . died different varieties of evaba and tpi- | der*. But Douglass spurned tbe idea (bat be - bad mine all the way from ScbeHengeis . i landing to lave sen spiders eat up bis . bait lo about an boar fit wa* nearly sunset r [ our neighbor, « skiff with a one-legged Then our cotinlceanccs brightened. SotKl . I ft it something sacking at my ball as If . It might be a half grown calf. ' 1 paused . till tbe object began ». sttike for Cape J May l'oint. alien a abort quick Jerk securely bnokodybr biggest drum «f the season. But it was a black drum in pour ' not iu cue. for quick as thought the fish , ran off with one hundred feel of line, and ' lie drew bind' •«: the boat, away be dashed , again wilh a forty jackass power, as if he ' great deep. But I clung lo the drum line ' which held bim captive like grim death, i and it took mc a full half hour lo bring the drum, worn out and Ihrvo-fourths I drowned, up lo lbc side #f Ibe skiff, when , Stratlon clulcbcd hiui in tbe gills and j a ith a wild shout Charley landed him in , the bottom of the boat, while lbe big fish . grunted bte dissatisfaction very audibly , in an almost human and guUeral tuccretion of sounds. ' Palienllv we waited another hour, no , hitre. Wtng^ Jte^tingsro spkto*- >' companied by a heavy mitt tbe fish login !.j bile again. I soon booked a thirty poundef, which required only a play of ' fiflern minutes, when I drew bim in out , of the wet by main force. ' In vain lbe cherry, chirpy Douglass, wbo : surd be bad not had aldrtnk for six weeks. (?) palled in hit line and shied it out again , far into tbe ocean depths. No biles. . It began lo grow cold. 1 tried to rc- „ mouttrale with Freeman, insisting that it was tunc lo go in. that I was still an invalid and could not stand tbe cold. Uc , reluctantly took a pull *1 the bottle of w». ' tor, saying it tasted like a new drink lo him, and bagged for a delay for another ' We rolled up our lions and patiently walled for the over sanguine Douglass, '' but nob in vain. He said nothing, hut . looked ibtcntly ahead, and fifty yards off ' wc taw a tremendous splash, when tlie , angry drum thrashed the water with bit ' laiL Douglass was In eeeteey. He bad ° to go alow, for be bad a fifty-eight pound drum on his upper book, and on a small * limerick book at that. Never did fish die harder ot show more , came, but finally tbe happy Douglass ' landed hit tag fish and arc polled forsbore. ' It was fully 9.30 o'clock when we reached , Siratton'a, and found Teal with bis elegant coach and white horses awaiting us. j Douglass bore his fish borne in triumph , and 1 enjoyed my small dram, cut- up in— ' small steaks tor breakfast. : Not quite as game at lbe red drum, tbc black drum fights at bard aa tbe Canada salmon. Next week 1 will have more to J tell you. - Yours, J. M. 8. e • » a Our March Through the, Heavens. > It is difficult to comprehend that, in aildilion lo tbc earth's motion around tbe d sun. tire latter is alto moving through space 0 at lbc rale of I GO, 000,000 miles In a year, it The astronomer* of tbe last cenlnry dit- '. covered that oar rolsr system was flying t through space in tbe direction of tbe enne 'steUaiion Hercules; in other words, if the 1 spectator were to take a stationery point i. In tlie heavens, be would see our tun wilh It iu attending planets pasting through the h space at tbe rale of nearly 450,000 miles c per day. Six thousand years ago, it ia t computed, onr solar system waa a million < millions of miles farther from the stars of y Hercules than it ia to-day. Tbe region in d which we are entering is more thickly v stndded whb stars — that is, with suns of other solar systems— than tbe heavenly * region* we have left behind as. Whs! a marvelous universe we hre In.' When we d travel on a railway car at tbc rate of fifty 't miles an boor, it makes onr bead swim: » bul wben we call to mhtd that the earth i. revolves on its axis onoe in twcnly-four J boors and around tbe son, 92,000,000 miles e distant, in 965 days, and that sun is flying t. through space 100.006.080 miles In a rear. d tbe mad whirl of worlds by wbicb we are □ onrroundrd. What fairy tale or Arabian I Night* story it half an marvelous as tlie n simplest and most ordinary facta In av e trooomy?— DtmorttCt Monthly for July. J Covering Arrears. There died a few weeks ago an old man wbo may be mentioned here aa U ncJe Reohe. For thirty years be sold bis vote aa often aa there wai an election, making - ket price without a murmur. Ooe fall, ten » or tw elve years ago, be went to tfie man f who bad generally bought bim and mkl : o "Mr. Blank, I cuius I wool mil my vote ' this lime." "You won't! Why. what - on earth ails you. Uncle Renbe f "Well, * I wast lo aer bow it scents to cast a free ® ballot ooce." "You'd belter lake tbe d usual two dollars." "No, I guess nob I'll a try it tbe other way Co or. even if It kills « : me." He kept to bra naoluvioo and cast j- ; a free ballot, bul be didn't tee! right over ' ll. and at lbe next election be insisted oo d : Laving four dollars lo cover arrears. ° A Good Invaalment.