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l — . . — .. .... .. . . . - — - — — s * VOLUME XXIX. v CAPE MAY CITY. NEW JERSEY. , SATURDAY. DECEMBER 15, 1883. WHOLE NUMBER. 1535. .

OA-I»E MAI CITY. YJ. J. tr ! $1.50 a year in Advance. »■•"> ' **'« -s«» «nr r*m .. .pr.tr, ¥roffSSlonal Cards. ■J B HUFFMAN, ~~ A-VoR*rr **i) nnrnoT.LWR *r law : | . - . •oLicrroa. varttk A*n axiKisaa m vntxrmr. . • irrHMI jroraT^Z^VItWOS-gK. ] • PI" T, DOUGLASS, I, a tto a** r-A T-r. aw ' ALTER A. BARROWS, A T TO R NET-A T-L A W tn . > eoucrroB is chancery, TJB J.F. T EAMING A »ON, DEN TIB T 6 , • r*rt Vir rrrrrlfv!.D*ni^« ul ocean JAMES^M. E. HILDHETH, ATTOHNEV-AT-LATY * ■ouciron. master and rxAiln> mi is on—siNo. « WMhiatum "wet. l"st>- War j ctqr.X.J. iM -pj-EHBEBT V. EDMUNDS. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW. aourrrdtt axp waster is cbaxotrv •JspelUVCUT.X-X. mis Al Opt Coon nw.TwM.niU ma. j. jQR. JAMETH. INGRAM. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, ' oaks at ik rtsMrac* rf rtpt.ta Wtfcn A—. I . JJ"ENRY MTBOYD. ; ATTORNEY AT-LAW J CONVEYANCER. TRt'ST yCiHW^ME AT* "N II AN n SUC e NOTARY ITwi.'t '"'•■■l I ^EU5£VTX>WNSKN1). I AGENT lirwitRLAim » MUTUALFIRK INSURANCE CO. ', oaks. I Opt r-ait II row. H.J. ;; ^LFBED FLAXPEBS, COUNSELLOR. A T-L A W, NO. *11 W.-l- KO.I, -rood »«T, | aptrM M«wsr r..»yr i« ijk-n~r. so- I 5B&T*" "7.';' J Businrss Cards. jRJSOB R. WILLIAMS, ARCHITECT AND BUII.DER, I ■ill wake oaAwwoa. *sn mjeimii r •iPKJTO" OB OOHTRAI-r orrir«-.i opo Juy. BJ. 11 B. LITTLE, nMrnoAi. » AINTEK AND GLAZIER. QRGANS AND SEWING MA , B. F. HORNER. 1 PIAKOS. ORGANS & SEWING MMKES p BRrojHnT^'j. " J*ves.-« r. WuLraimi ud Jwun res—.. — WlJ. il J. • ipM-i QO TO QAKMSOyS ™ ■ SHTHiHr, AKD STORE ffflEH ' FOR BOLD fKH«. BLANK BOOKS. TOILET , Rarer, pocket ittlkhv. shell r oooea-wurKOTAnLK. CHEAP UBBAKIBK. 11 WIH1ATVKE "'^AYtTACTYHrr, OH „ »K*IXQ MACHINE^ NEEDLES ABB OIL A c " WAPHINHTON WTREET. CAPE WAV. B.J. , hoarding ® ousts. Tpy'gBT JERSEY HOTEL, £ V. W. MOVNT.fr l|»1W III. |l rpHE BAY" VIEW HOUSE, j PIERCE'S IWIIBT. CAFE WAY CO. ; A /** 'fltwiT vniiij.rviv. pSiiB HolMs, Vtaw lhuirit fteeet. Philadelphia. j «r» ». ■ ~ *|e PATEl^l's S p>a« j V

Wrdlral. Lose and Cain. My doctor [a, a.Mu.arvi] ros cured, but I . IT'.! »lrli aewId. Willi lenilile p.io» in mv bwck and »ldt». mod I cot to btd I Con Id not more? . J a . "From 2SR lha lo !30 : I bid hsen doc1 I dTd nor n'pM In liws near tllM three ' rmititb.. ' 1 t**5*o In me Hop Bitter*. ; Directly try tpiietile relorned. iny pato. j I a. if hy tntcir. and 'tiler u-inc «c»er»I t»y- 1 i tin I nut only athnind »*« toTrreicn - ' I but wi ieb more than I did before. To i ! H p Hitter. I owe mr life." ! Dublin June «, "1. )L FiTKe.Tiut-A. ^ ^ , u err*, u. ^ Neuralgia, fennle trouble.. J.w yrara in : the oui leiribie and excniliating Oian. ! ™No medicine* or dnrlnr remld glee me ; relief or am until 1 rued Hop Unterl. " The fine bntile | Neai ly cured me ;M The arcond made tpe A well and alrung I a* whm a cblid, | "And I bacelpRiai to UiUday.'" My liiiAaod wit an inealid for twen'ji •• Kidney, brer and urinaty complaint, "Preeounced by Bnaiun'* beat pbyalInflatable!" Seven boltlr* of yotIT bitter* cured him and 1 know of ilw •• Liyta of ligbt peraoot" Tn my nfigtiborbo d that bare been '•nerd by your littler'. And 'many more are uiing I hem with crrai bebefit. "They almou Ik. miracle* r -<Jn. K. 1). Mark. How TO Get finz — Etpm youraell and mcki ; ewt loo unieti without eieiri* ; work loo bar.l without re*1 : dootor all the time; take all Ibe eilemwrum* adtrttivd, and lino you will want to kr.aw W t. grl rail which la antwrred three wont*— Take Hop Bitter* ! SONGS NEVER SUNG. am. win? •T»ere are w»*t}U"li IM an 'l"W -fee. inu* ne.BllIuL p.' krtic ai>4 irtie," m l year repnwenuaee. "Tbt port attain to p». e.atlatn o*a. ^haiaacl M atacer^k reajn -jet- I' "— ■ kewO toe flrcwlar R.,,1 Capr ifllap Co. Mrrthants. JjOfi bllenger, I- toil a: to, ow^niac^nria, Rnr Oal Ira oo uaras I'KKKK.VAPE w AY OOCTBT. GROCERIES,' DHT SjffiffiBE JAJIE8 H. SC^LI ENGEB, OKKKSiRKRK.-.rtr. ■AY CO. FRESH AXD CURED MEATS. MOUSY ash Kims. Uuiiw**pwa oILoert Kimtr ana Saaakt. or ma puma | "i-e. k»J ! -J-HOMAS ERRICSON *S IgrocerieT provisions. IMtf iBagaaee's Mi Wear j JOHN- M. RUSSELL, | nrxwiAAL DIALER ur ;i)RY GOODS, GROCERIES, ■ootts, aHoaa AND KOTIONR. FLOUR AND FEED. FATKKY WBOinBbt. j PUKK, LARD, HAMS. SEEDS, Ac JOB* W. EIJBBl.l.. ■X* 8PCTNL tap. Ma; On. N. J. j TyT" C. PRICES' STORES, j MRUN inl at HOTIOBS, ' WA vti£wn: iuffltid rrm ; FEED "STORE,- ( 1-iiHW.tJATW.BAY.BKAN ABU WILL MtKH j

hungry joe s defeat. On the ?7tb day of AuguM a man arrayed In atore cbitbea, a alouch" bat. and blur •prrtacle*, regiuered at a faahionable T hotel on Broadway, aa B. Aahley. of Abilene, Kan. The « ranger bad Jntn come In by the wear era ezprrai from ChU c. cagii tin the "Erie road." Hi* garment* 1 were the product <d a ready made cloth- 1 * Ing More in Abilene, and they added ^ ; »lightly tiwbi* general bucolic appeurancc. i I Hi* hand* and Tare were tanned, be walked . t- with the parentlielical«alt of one wbuw . ." (opt luil been curred by yean apeot In the j ° aaddle. and bit bearing wa* In other re. ■ u reel! iudieatiee of the wild wtwievn bor. derman. Mr. Atbley epeedlly deeeloped other tcoduociea of the prairie' type. He ■o*i»led upon going out fur eirraee no : a. hneaeback every morning' ahortiy after daybreak, and upon theae oecaaion* be ; r cmpbored bit own rpwhlde bridle and hit ' wrll.worn Hrriran aaddle, which had formed • part of hit luggage. Hit ! g accent wa. a peculiar bieoding of Englub 1 and wwlcrn types of rpcecti He had ^ prv.mineot pby»tcian here, while stopping 1 . foramotuhln New York on hi* way to '• Europe ti put himteif undeT tlie trrnt eminent oculial* atiroaiL Mr. Ashley ' n teemed in have eery little occupation be- ' yond boraehwek riding at unearthly hour* 1 of Ibe morning, visiting bit man of medi 0 cine in the afternoon, and lounging about ! the immense And richly gilded rotunda of 1 the hotel in tbe evening. He wa * bouetl- j 1 v fully supplied wltb cw>!i. and bceipuded U it with c.ra'ulerable liUvallty. ifRnohed , ' a good deal, but drank little, becaute Lit ' - doctor had objected to one babit and all- 1 * —ilutfly forbidden tbe olbn, by nave of 1 jj in effect on th» patient's eyes. Many 1 people about tbe hotel drank at tbe eipcuc ] - of Mr. Atbley. but he seldom, indulged hlmaeif in more cheering "BevAagca than 1 lemonade and vicby. Due day Mr. Atbley al rolled Ibroogl 1 the lobby of the hotel in tbe company if 1 a yotme man wboae face u well known to I Hie regular promcnader* ol Broadway. 1 TU« young man it always fault Into 1 , Jretard and cWn^baven. Hcbaiprouii- >- nrur fraluiet and peculiarly tbln nod com- " pnetcd li|i". He !iv.w handaoowdv. and 1 ' a, ways baa plenty of ca*h. With hit new ! found ornipanion. Mr. Atbley. tbe weak- 1 "- eyed Child of tbe gullckus we*t. occupied 1 ! a teal in tbe bar-room for some littl^timc. 1 '.1 L'pou this occasion Mr. Ashley depart, d ^ Irom bis tnukl cunnm aufBctentlr toataiti ' in tbe liberal abaorpti.® of champagne. J When bla Broadway friend went away. '' Mr. Aabley aauntenii again through the 1 < ..aloe of tbe hotel. lie waa beckoned liy ' . .me of tba clerk*. n "Mr. Atbley, bow long *ioce you hare ■j U*n tn New lorkT queried the gentle - ' man bablnd tbe diamond Mud. i] "Near eight year," reapooded that un * .nf.wmed gentleman. "Sever waa here 1 af ve, and never aioor." J "Do you know tbe person who Just left 1 ir you?" ' "Tea Mid blm two nights ago al Ibe : * M art mm Square. I couldn't buy a teat. 1 . and be offered me ono of bla Said hi, l| friend hadn't come and he would be glad " "I have no doubt of that," continued the • * d-ik with a aligbt_air of raperiur know - ;. Irdgr, not unblended w lib aarcaam. "That young man ta Hungry Joe, one of the dioar celebrated confidence operator* iu 1 * "You don't any." drawled tbe wcaii-rn * man slowly, and with »ooie wtloo'iaWmaU. .. "Well, I'm darned." ' He went tbougbtlully away. That night ' 5 the young man with tbe I bin lips and the 1 I! handsome clothe* called for Mr. Ashley j* after dinner. A* they came through the 1 r office I tie occidental innocent uxjf out a huge pocker-beok filled torniletloo with money, drew from Itrflnoer rvcemrw about ♦ WO. and depaaitrd tbe wallet, with tbe balance of its content*. In tbe hotel *afe. Ilia companion vlewyd thl* proceeding with a passive faoe but a gleaming eye, * and the two went oat together. Mr. Aahley returned to tbe buret Jo« In time In t*ke bit morning 'ride oo hnraelmck. He ' S »'cpt until about 4 in tbe aftersooo. Th.-n he drew ♦300 font bit wallrt'aod left r "You are fully warned," observed tbe J clerk, a. be handed over tbe amount, "and ' it Jf your own fault If you luse any mooey to Hungry Joe." "tVwrecl. ".responded Mr. Ashley, staff- , ; int tbe HUa In'o hi* pocket. Ilia next appearance in the hotel war a * little after midnight, and this time be put ' ♦300 away In the, wallet, with the declar * ation that ibe New York » harps might lie ^ * pretty uiff on bunko, but tbey arete a Ih- - tie behind the time* oo draw-piker. "In mr country," be explained, "two deuce* , and a bowie mUl open a Jack pot every . ; Mr. Aabley pawed acveial days in quiet . ' and aednrfon. A full week went by bef mt be drifted out again whh his compan- . too of the comprewaed lips. Tbe next day j after that be drew a roond ♦1.000 from j v tbe safe, and seemed annoyed when tbe L c!-rk amtled a hrowd and koowint am lie. - "No game rvrr faaed me," *■!.! Mr. A'hley in a dogged way, "and a man.wbo can bold up hit end with cowboys itn't , g ling to be bealed by any broadcloth bri- , , g*(VUia( waa eeery batched." There wa* a lull of eight or ten day* in tbe proceeding.. and then Mr. Aahley drew another % fl.eoo. A onoplfl-flf dayi later be drew ♦BSD more. That artermam he went for a drive with bit gentlemanly companion, ill* face had been auflneed with aadnr** all Ibe morning, but It waa noticed that be •temed wean what brighter wbea be rr. " turned from thfl^drire^ That evening Hungry J.* and two of bia we:! known I in earnest cncrrraaiitm with Mr. Atbley. That gmtirmaA'l jtoak eye a mkdeitwr 1 over bia (mehewd. Whyn the three yonnr | uu-n ^rot away the mere »lia.i,iw of amide j

l'.w.maKer. Abilene. Kan.; Do yon know Bcn|amin Aabley, cattle- ' raiser? Telegraph full particular*, my ei- i j li. Dicstsoii. Brewer House. N. Y. r r Tbe reply was evidently In all respects ! r satisfactory, and within two days Mr. 1 ( Ashley received la bis rooms at the hotel a visit from the three confidence operator* , flod s lawyer, whore more or kwoetebrateil in his dty. The head porter of tbe I bote! was called op into the room after tbe visitors bad been there an hour or j longer, and was requested to append hi* , ; Signature to a certain document in Ibe , : capacity of a witness to tbe signing tbrrr- [ of. This done, and tbe papers signed by Mr. Aaliby. a large sum of money was , paid over by tbe gentleman with the thin . ! lip*, and the porter retired witb n five- ' ; ; dollar bill out M tbe pile. The vW.oi* shortly withdrew from tbe bote!, and Mr. . Ashley deposited thai, night the mm of ;;♦ 14.000 com cash in the office of the b«. I j tel. Two day* afterward be look passage , , on a Gnioo *t earner for Liverpool, having , erplaincd to the hotel clerk that be had I Kild a half- interest In hi* Kansa* cattle J ranch to his friends, and that Hungry Joe, , I a« he waa called, bad exprea«cd a with to , retire from cily life. Mr. Ashley vgat ' "i^eu off ~ by his cnlbu*ia«tic Nior Ybrk . atqnihiUnce*Bfter tbe most approved *lyle ; of tlie art. Tbey toasted bim right roy- ' . ally in "yellow label," presented him with ' a big basket of flowers witb tbe word | "Farewell" In large blue letter* aero** tbe ( ' ; centre, and otherwise marked fiui depart- . with evidence* of their tender regard I ! Mr. Aabley bad been gun Irom Hie 1 I I f.fbionable - Baf>y hitei pn-ciw !y 1 , eleven ilay% when a tall man came in from carriage that was loaded witb trunk' 1 and steamer chair* and otber snpllanoe* of ' reran travel. He signed himself on tbe . P-cister, "Benjamin Aabley, London." ' I Tbe clerk lookeil up hurtiedly a* If to I , apologize for not reoignlring bis guat, j ' then looked surpriseel, then muttered a J word rr two, anj) astigned Ibe 1 stranger a room, all in a confused and , preoccnplPd way. This was spparen'Jy 1 another Benjamin Ashley. He was tall and slender, and well dressed, and pale. . But he spoke wllb a slightly Americanljral English accent, not unlike that of dumber Benjamin Ashley. Tbe clerk wa* I pretty well puzzled, and that right he I ti'Jt good die to have tbe stranger's full I and addrms inwrtrd in the liB of 1 arrivals published daily in a periodical rh - [ voted to that porpnse and carefully read by tbe confidence fraternity. The clerk went on duty early tbe next day. and aa he had folly exprcted. one of the fieri . callers was the thlu-lipped young man, who aaked to hare kis name sent up to , Mr. Ashley's room. Word came leick , that Mr. Aabley would see tbe gentleman . in the dt swing-room, thither the clerk ! followed after a moment. Hungry Joe was sitting in > large arm-chair when the . tall man from London came into tbe apartment. Tbe New Yorker merely bestowed a passing glance on Mr. Ashley and lookgd nway. The Englishman, however, seeing , no one elae excepting tbe clerk, advanced courteously and sold : "Did you wish to see me. 1 am Mr. . Ashley." "Eh?" queried Hungry Joe. with astartlel look. "You're not Mr. Benjamin , Ashley?" "Preciwly." "Not of Ksosas?" "Y'rs, of Abilene, Kansas. How can 1 , serve your The thin lip* of tbe confidence man , were rather wMl^Ay Ibis lime, end tbey werjynorr flrtui/ compresaed than ever. He rrgardrd tbe tall Englishman in a dazed fashion for a few moments. Then be "Do you own a large entile ranch thir- , ty-five mUe* sooth of Ablleor?" "I believe I do. Why do you ask?" "Bern to Europe to have your eye* doc. tnerrt?"; "Ye*, 1 have now been alirnnd four months. 'But, my young friend, there , qurstiooa are rather odd. Please explain yourself." "Odd I" echoed tbe Broadway man. , 'Well. 1 should think tbey were. If you , are Benjamin Aabley. and you do own that ranch. Ibe cleverest man in the cramtry bas given me a deal, that's all. Why. , it ain't two weeks ago that me and two | frienda bought a half interest In that ranch, and. by George: the man wbn sold u* stopped in this same hotel " Mr. Aabley seemed rather astonished Ibis inforrosllon, and beckooed tbe clerk, wbo had been listrnlne in Iheir 1 conversation quite intently. That individual gave a careful description of tlie previous Mr. Aahley. and tbe New York •harper told bow be bad won some ♦.T2J0 , from the men, wbo wa* on bia way to Europe for the benefit of bia rye*. He ' bad represented blnnelf at tbe owner of the Ashley ranch, and it bia request fhr •praker had telegraphed the Abilene post. 1 master, who bad replied giving details a* to the property, which is valued al abcait K0.O00. and bad added that Mr. A*blrv himself bad gone atiread for medical treat | meet. The man bad represented that he : wanted tn make certain expenditure* in Europe, and that bit card loate* would prevent unless be oouid dispose of an lotere*t in hit ranch. He produced deed* 1 to establish bit flwoetahip. and they ' award satisfactory even to the lawyer*. Thinking be had a chance tn get fSS.000 ' worth of material for 114.000. the victim ; bad taken two friends in witb him, and ^ by cflbbiog together tbey bad raited Ibe "Really," observed the Englishman ' when the recital wa* finished. "I am ' very anrvy for you. but you have unqw a- ' ; tionably beetr swindled. For my part 1 ! shall not have Ibe slightest djlBculry ir. 1 establishing my identity. As pi your 1 friend, Ute bogus Mr. Ashley, be is pn.U- - bly one of roy cow-boy*, Henry Bar are I rf name. Tbe description certainly flu that 1 person. He came to tbe ranch-let me : see-kabout 14 mootha ago and a*krd for a r piarA Now I remember he wasn't much 1 like the ruber hoys, but I needed more 1 ; help and 1 lank him on. He may bare 1 "hew in biding for arane crime, f- r *11 I •• i know. B loo the plains we can acareely : go i«o such mitlrvs. He did hit work

j all right, and seemed rather more refined . - ' that] hi? companions, though be tried to ■ - ■ c moral it. I beard not* or twice from i tny men that he pieyrd a very cold hand i 1 1 at poker. " ^ t -ne does, "mid Hungry Juemnurnfnlly. < '. 1 "He waa an expert penman, now 1 crane 1 1 to think of it. and be did some work or , of thai t -r; (or me. He waa aliil there i when I came away." i "And that * tbe cuts wbu got iff to i Europe with my money, bang him,1' bora: I in tbe defrauded confidence operate!, an- , griiy. "Wbai'i worse, be went nway full | of my chaqipagnc. and smelling of tny v ' liadtet of flowers. Tbst man * a d— a , ( swindler, that's what he is." i 1 . The Aator's of To-Day. , , New York Ow. I'uubure Disratca. 1 William 11. Aetor lived f quiet, uu- 1 f eventful life. He was married to a dsugtit- ( _ I tee of Gen. Annstroog, President Madl- i B eon's. Secretary of War. There are eix < _ children, three anas and thane daughters « J nc diet! in 1ST5. and two years later a , , marble memorial altar costing *200.000 ■ was erected in b'w honor In Trinity Aureh. , j It it Estimated that his ealatc^waS worth , at Iio.: *40.000,000. He left *200.000 to ! . the AMur library, and large sums to rar- i , ioais public cbariUe*. T- every member i < f his lamHy he kit a bandrouic legacy. < ; X. . Dulls of bis fortune be bequeathed to ■ I bis me* William and John Jacob? and be- r . twren tbent, be divided equally the fortune e . hhn by hi* father. Hit thud son. ( ; Ucnry. bad retired to a handsome country , . rent nn tbc Hudsop. caring Utthtfurtiie t [ fuafH'jn of grtkt teenltb. i , Wiiiiam ana Jdbn Jacob are Ibua left , J tl-- fuiwei.l ropres, ntative* ef the great . j !a .e > andfortiinefeundedbyibcirgrand- i j • lather. Tbey apt to-day worth probably i I i than ♦TO.OOO.OOO each, and their ■ j interested In no businras and own not a ] ' 1 sham of stock in any corporation. All ■ , Their wealth it in real e*tatc. in tbit cily , I mostly. Tbey own block upon block in t . the richest btumcm part of the dty. nnd I block upon block of the flm-st brown-atone | palace* on Murray Their aokt bun I j nraa it to collect tLeir rents and boy more t . property. Tbey never sell. Tbey ate | , good landlord*; that is, tbey keep all their I . properly in tbe best of repair.' and are at- i ! tentivc to all the want* of their ten i I ant*. But on the other hand they are I . : very strict in tlie collection of rent*. like t I their father and grandfather, tbey are t , piain ana unassuming. They live in twin I , lit ick bousca on Fifth avenue, which are i I plain and unpretending in appewrance. bui i spacious and richly furnished. There i* ' , no ahow or parade about tbern. Tfic tw o i c brothers am liberal bcorfaclor* of the , i cbureb, of variou* charities, ol ail public i j ! cuterpr'iae* of merit, and are liberal pat- I . roos of musical art. Tbe present John Jacob Aator baa only i . "one child, William Waldorff Aator. He i I bsa figured more prominently before the I j public than any other member of tbe faro- ; ily. He wrak graduati-d witb honors at I 1 Columbia college. He served two term? I in tbe slate legislature, where be was con- < splcuous a* a conscientious reformer and i a painstaking. Intelligent lawmaker. Hr I i* now. by President Arthur's appointj mcnt, United Stales minister to Rome. < ontt may tie reckoned among the rising ' young men of the Republican party. He wa* married several year* ago to a beannI ful young lady in Philadelphia and ha* two children. William Artor hat bad four children. f Tbe eldest. -Mr*. Van Allen, died two years ago al Newport. Tbe second is now i i Mrs. It- « veil. The third it Mi. Dray5 too, and the fourth. Miss Carrie, only "cacie out" iu society last winter. It was she wbo broke down the liarrier between lie Astors and tbe YanderbiiU by persuading her motbNr to accept Invitations to the fa nious Yanderbiit fancy dteas lalL She i* much courted by tbe aristocratic young r men of tbia dty and by many sdncs of c tbe c4d world nobility, but as yet bei , bind and heart arc free. She has several timet expressed herself as determined to wed none but an American, nnd it la ud , deratood that she does not care much for , s fortune si as appendage to a husband. Coftan nnd Alcohol In Brazil. 1 According to lbr ttaiemem of the Vice 1 Director of the Itio Janeiro faculty of 1 medicine, H appears that in Brazil, where great quantities of coffee are used and 1 where all the inhabitants lake it many r limes a day. alcoholism i* completely un- ' known; It U further Hated that the immigrant* arriving In that eountry.tbougb bec set with the passion for alcohol, contract ' little by linle tbe bsMla of tbe Brazilians ' sarqulring their food mat for drinking 5 .coffee and their s version fov liquor*; and e at the children of three immigrants ' brought op with coffee from their tarly r yeai* never ounract tbe falsi babita ' known to their [arent*. it Would term 1 that tbe number of drunkard* in tbe r of Coffee erawumcit A South American " crareapoodent "f tbe Mtdital Tiwn conc firm* tlie above Bateroent, assert ing thai 9 tbe nurajirr of cafes in tbe Urge cities of 1 Brazil— 'where multitude* of jicrKm* from " tbe bigbeat down to tbe lowest cbuare go ' in to take a cup of that del'tcioua beeerage I wbicb none but Brazilian* know bow to * make properly— u enormous while drink. ' me saloon* orhm. arc rfr y few, and I heir * pal ront fewer Hill. 1 If tlie above is correct, our temperance ' advocates might take a useful binL Las ot story and more coffee would give better " eoccv** to their efforts Tbe opening of ° cheap coffoc booses alongside of every gin ^ mill might have tbe effect to dry up tbe J liquor trasiueaa. — Nciraf/fir A in refer a. ' "1 bear your unde la dead." said a symJ iiattetJt-«e!gbbor to Mr. Twomlr, an ^ Austin gentleman. ' "lit is." replied Twomly, gravely. * "Did be leave any ItBamenl!" * "Yea tlirreof t'eun. " "Three of t beta! " exclaimed tbe neigbbor. waoderingly. 't 'lYcs; tbe Did Testament. New TcMmeet, and tbe Rev bed edition."— Texas J f%/Ung

I Among thn cape May Squlrrnla. I » ttw Porest ant Stream. I Three are times, election being over. > lien one desires to get Ibe mate of poll- t tic* out of hi" mouth, and there are season* i when the" '.'grataboppre" of lmaineaa be- < ' { comes a burden; and ft is at sach periods f of a sportsman'* existence when deep *ra frehing fill* the (mil with Joy, if tbe re*. ■ ' is not ovrr. TI,'' "croaker bad ceased ! ' ' croak, the simple flounder had . gone j ' '■ the fMrhrg banks, and the markerej bad (ought fresh, aaline fields and 1 I piscatorial pasture* new. In my despair j i rif a place for two dsys in which tq rr ; i cupernte my tired energie*. as I longed ] < f or a shady *pot iu wbjcb I might review : tire? pleasure* of my yoatb, I betbougbt I myweif of Ool. J. L frantinc, Ibe -mrat Irispitable and reliable *portsman on Cape I telephoned tn t!;e telegraph office. "Messenger wanted.". He came rat 1 wing*. I wired thus: "Nor. 22. 1883 — i Lansing; WQI you shoot IB* gray : squirrel afith roe Friday, starting at fial m.r Tbe srorare eame'la half an hour. 1 "Col. J. M. 8.: Come in the fire! train and rail will befoegiven!'— J. L Lansing." 1 I started in tlie afternoon train forQtpe 1 May. and at 7 p. tn. last Thursday I de. ■ voured a woodcock on toast and a broiled ' rook, which bad been tportiog tn Ute briny deep at 13 o'clock noon of Ibe same day. and with a broiled beefsteak and strand. < ant mushrooms, and a fragrant cup of r ,ffc e, I smoked the pipe of peace with ' Col Lansing till 9 p. ro. and then begged ' off for bed. I opened wide tbe window 1 to let in the sweet breath of the sen, f.iv I 1 wa* tired, "My heart nnd S," and 1 aicpt long restful, dreamless alrrp. At five 1 o'clock 1 lunrd Ibe stalwart step of Lansas be approached roy door and rapped 1 a* if to wake tbe dead. He exclaimed, "Wake! 5 km. and broiled squirrel an ! 1 stewed rabbit, and tbe wagon is ready.'" 1 dressed on tbe double-quick, and my appetite for breakfast would have done 1 credit to Fahrtafl. the feeder and fighter of 1 tbe men in buckram. It bad been twenty years since I bad ' peeled tbe hark, around a gray squirrel'* bead witb tny SIM breech-loader, in Floyd ' county, Ind., and I was eager for tbe fray. I took thirty shells, thinking we might ' kill a dozen squirrel*, alleit that genial gentleman. Judge Miller, himself an or?-. 'Ur rUgmUarum among the lovers of forest and stream and rod and gun, bad the very morning 1 started doubled whether there were twelve gray squirrels io Cape May county. This nettled Jranring little, for be is "king pin" among hunters by tbe sounding sea and "high book" wbea Ibe figbt Is for black drum or cban'I looked out of Ibe dpor, S 45 a. tn.. and there atood an open baggy with a lit- . tie grey pony thereto attached, looking like a Norway "ret." But tbe gallant colonel Instated that tbe "ret" was gamer • than tbe "rat" Bill Tram* ( known to ■ fame") wanted Jim Fisk to buy, when Fqk's ret terrier ran away from a ret io the ret pit io New York. "Hadn't you . buy tbe ret?" aald the witty Tree. era. Tbe gray poor made good! I me, mn ! cidering that be bad "two heavy weight*" • behind bim— 220 avoirdupois each. After we pasted Cold Spring Church, oo the right we met Foster witb bis squirrel dog. ! gave new xeR to our expedition' Tor i If there was a squirrel between the board . walk (Cape May) and Upper township. I knew thai dog would scent bim out. In tbe treat, hunting squirrels with a dog was a novel thing io the days of my youth. I Tbe first two boors were blanks. Tbe dog made no sign, and Lansing's Gilder- ■ sleeve setter did not make a point. I began to despair. Bat the gallant colonel, turning to hunter Hoffman, a bor%*quir. rel hunter, wbo accidentally Joined our caravan as we neared Ids log cabin, down deep In the Riley woods, said : ' -Suppose i we try Maurice Crease's woods?" "That'* : the spot." said hunter Hoffman, and Fbsr ter cheerily chimed ta. r One "boor"* beating through tbe low I timber brought us around to tbe Mauri re . Crease farm, near the sorghum factory , where Tom Scott's too has invested some r of bis surplus thousands In making sugar . nut of cane; and with ttmcnaful result. We tied the grey rat To s bending sapling. having taken bira out of tbe wsgno, and unleashed Beauty, as hunter Feller ( called his dog. "Bute" did not wait an instant, but skiqped through tbe "cripple" ' and treed a squirrel before we cnuld pel ' our shells Into their places. Lansing led 1 tlie van. followed by tbe writer, Foster (here was oo sign of tbe frisky rodent. But " I spied s fresh looking neat si Ibe top of s big isdt. and let drive with my left bar. rel straight Into tbe nest. Tbe scared anl ; (ttf slipped out cm my aide of Ibe tree. ■■ before tbe cunning Lansing could | bring gun to shoulder, the squirrel dropped to my right barrel, sod Lansing fired In 1 midair. But I reckoned without my tt-x1 1 I thought I could brattbissoool Rabelai*. ' for ooce bis eagle eye "lit" no a squirrel. bushy tail bad only to down likr 1 C*pL Scott's 'os m. Xarff the gun didn't ' kill with tbe firm barrel, the d ig was sure J to bag the bminding rodent before beor uld gather himself up for a run, and the sbooL ' cr's predion! eye was equally fatal to the squirrel at he Jumped. Fetter and Hoff- " man, with their old-time muzzle-loader*, looked with unbounded admlretloo and d»zed artooUhmeot at tbe brilliant *boot- ' ingof Col. Lansing'* breech-loader. They did not attempt to interfere with him. A r light rain bad eranmrtxad falling about 1 booo, ulilch made It a perfect day for ' squirrel hunting. Before lunch we had a baker'* dozen. I wa* ready to quit. ' 1 he stalwart Colonel expressed himaclf " ready to halt for an assault oo the lunch la-En. We repaired to tbe phaeton, nnd while tbe "rat" mooched his salt hay at " bit ease, we devoured sardines, bard5 tsitkd egg*, oyster pie and cold turkey. Lapsing insisted lliat nothing less than twenty-five squirrel scalps should adorn bt* belt that day. I waa content Lan* Ing quoted Shakespeare thus. "When I '• ope my mouth let no squirrel dog bsuk." But Bote sounded tbe alarm far off ro the right, and are were flora gwing skyward • (ra- a squirrel. Just where the tall top of a slender sapling Joined and overlapped

. the trunk of a great ask was a huge nr«: looking extremely "squirvally." The tip of a gray rar confirmed my suspicion*, and a big stick from Huffman, the htmtc: . j i made the toi hiiteri JaariJIaari run up the | . oak for. dear life. > Tbeo the fasllade began. Lansing led off , with both barrels, and left hirgsmc in tbe . I only to be brought to bog by my right | ; barrel, arum lAlllGBg, Intuit dnw for' ■ j number two, loaded a* be ranfors distant . sapling. His right bsrre! wounded the | squirrel, which ran down the sapling. 1- ■ m-asing at be ran. and lbr squirrel di*- . | appeared up a boUnw tree, only to Iw I idipwn out by the tall by theridted Hi ff mn. wbo gave the wounded anims! a fling into space, and al he dropped Braul v j j welcomed bim witb open mdutl: to a | . hospitable grave. i Now tbe fan began. The Indian summer | i rain helped Beanly in scenting tbo game and tbe forty acre 'met of oak timber w ** J- , alive with the nimble foiled q-iadrupeffc j . begin to act we bunted our way back t • i I layers' Norway is', only !0 find bitu > enjoying bis fodAcr. t aunting tbe spoils . of tbe chase, we numbered tbe slain and , found ourselves Ibe joyful possessore n! I twenty six squirrel*. We will bring these "grayhsck" in right of the Judicial eye of Brother Miller. But Beauty open* Ut r , mouth down the woods tuptin. Here i- ! No 27. Lansing propotes that we give i our breech-loaders to Foster and H -ff man, for they had never erased to wonder No 1» shell golpg into our gun* from tbe breech. [ and tbey guaranteed to kill the last squirrel ; witb four loads: and presently tbry te. . turned beaming, and bearing their boOurs . and the dead rodent between tbem. This I closed the case. Tbe) bad killed ■ tingle tquiircl between thrtn. not lmcautr Ibey I Couldn't kill more, but because tbey de- ' sired the scalp to fall before nor (lansbsnk - We gave litem all our unused shells, with . ample pay foradsy'aworklorthepowd. rr and shot would do litem s power of good, Tbe gray rai Viupced us over llic qua-i I turnpike witb a speed witbin a few minte* , of 2:40. Lansing's supper tabic (for br TI gounuer : gmsnrai with salt water eel*. . woodcock, terrapin a (a diamond .back. 1 The pheasant intended for my evening I meal bad disappeared in tbe bands of some . light-fingered babltuc of tbe Hotel- de [ Iranting. 1 wished it might be sense "I I "daniagc-featnnF' to llic "conveyer" of . tbe pbeasaot. 1 dreamed of squirrels and I big trees in Ibe Yoscmito Valley as full of I big fox squirrels as President Arthur's . Western streams were of trouL J waked * refreshed with the *ca air that came into my window, like a giant refreshed with new wine. And when I go again Intake my pleasure in the Crease Wood* the Forrrt and Sfmim shall hear thereof. ; Jatsz* M. Soovzi L. [ ('awn ex, N. J.. Nov. 27. • 1 Bloom* sal hi Central I 'ark one bazy ' day Ibis fail witb bis girl alongside of him, 1 and it was evident tbst be waa "clean ' gone." The swan*, the boats, tlie sral ' lions, and even Ibe goat carriages bad no more charm for him-bis only charmer was sitting snuggly under the shelter of ! hi* protecting wing. "Ab. do b-b-bc mine." be pleaded. r She made beraelf slightly rigid and ' licavnl a sigb. "I— I'll be real g-good and r-scnounc*-1 all my bad h-b«Jiila, yen know ?" [ "No reply." "Never a-driuk another drop. " " Still unrelenting. "And g-givc up s-srooking cigarette*." No response yet. "And s-stop c-carrying a c cane." r "And j -join tbe church." " Cold as the Arctics. e "And— ow— and g-give you a d-dia- * Blood engagement ring," cried the despi rII was tLen Ibe mslden quickly raiwd * her drooping eyes and gazed lovingly Into r his bulging orbs,forooe moment ooly. and as suddenly leaned bcr bangs oo bis ' slioulder while she tremblingly murmured T into his ear : "Oh. Blooms, yon are so good!" ' ■" And there tbey tat until tbe mist iegan ' to gather, thinking planning — she, of T how she would show off that ring among ° the otber girl*, and be — of bow under lbr ^ canopy be waa to get it. d A Clock with a Historyit I)r. E l. Swivrl. of Huntingdon. U Ibe if poasraaor of an antique clock wbicb bat a remarkable history. In 1712 Ibe ancr»I- tors of Mr. Swirel tell Germany f.z 1 large old-faablonsd cldck that wa* prized d highly by them aa an beirtoran. Ib-frae n reaching America the vessel oo which Uiey * bad sailed was wrecked, but fortunately ', no lives were lost. A few weeks after tlie I. cargo of tbe vrasel waa recovered by r wrecker*, when tbe old clock was sent to i it* proper owner* in l'cnmylrama. Al e this Ume tbe Indians bad been very trou. d hleaome in tbe Cumberland Valley, where * tbe Hwlvrls bad settled, and the' Inliabi. e tanu oi the region kept io ooostanl dread [- of Impending invasion. h Finally an attack waa made am the acti tiers, many of whom were killed, a num. :- bcr taken Into captivity, and their TilUcty destroyed. Among tbe number taken capk live were tbe Swivel*, who were treated t barbarously by their dusky raptors, but v by kind attention* shown to lite Indians s during alcknem, were finally liberated. after months of privation and suffering f From Ibe dale of Uiti occurrence nothing i wa* beard of tbe old clock till two years d afterwards, when a.pa*t r of Indiana were t trading io tbe Juniata Valley— where the I- Swire! family had auhsrqurntfy mowl— r. exchanged tbe old time piece for ammunin lino to ibe very family from which it bad n bees riolen during tbe Indian raids In Ibe ■ Cumberland Vallty. Talmage says : " Spanking children le should be done coolly, vigorously and wiib d the aim L> let the isaaon sink dnap into if their hearts," That depend* sltogrtber *1 upon Ibe location of "their ttule hearts."

MX. W. Waddle. Did Mr. Jones, senior partner of Juks A Son. irai-idrrrd it a good stroke intaa1 ine-s When be bad a telephone pot in bla 1 1 grocery. It lock tbr old genUennc aev-t-r J fey* t*. get tbe bahg of the thing ; ! [ hut it raid to have Jos stoma* order ' g >id*by thjcpbi.r.r id ban from* distance, : wlien, before be had a telephone, they ' ' would fun 14 thl nic II arret shop. Mr. 1 J me* sa> congratulating himself oo thl* ' tbe-otbyr mbroiiig. when the telephone '•! hell ran.- After tbe usual number of hell. x*. be distinctly caught an order for ' ten pounds of sagar.two ivranda of coffee, - a pound of crackers, half a traabel of poi iiora, a peck of apples and a codfish to ' ! be delivrved. but be dld'ok quite catch the name. After *everal vain trials, be aaked tin- o'.h»r party in spell it. while be prer | pared bis pencil to write It down on a ' sheet of writing paper, y—f- Double u," said the yoke. Joot» | wrote it down and said, "yea." ' I --Doable <l" •I've got tb*L" ' 1 • 'Well, put it do* n again. " 1 " Yea, go ahead." 1 "Doable u." "Why, I've got that.' "Pnl It down again." ' "But 1 have it down twice." ' 'Well, put it down three times." Jones sighed and wrote it again. "A double d." "A double d— that's add," soliloquized ' .! ,m-*;i!ien he sboute.1 hack, "add what ?" "Add nothing. Just pot down a doable 1 d." . "This is infernal nonsense !" muttered ' Jr>n»: but tie cheerfully called back, * "Yea g > ahead." - "K doublet" r- "Wba-h-t ?" "EdoubJeL- . Mr. Jours stamped on tbe floor and ' p .Hr 1 bl« whisker* savagely, but be - pulled it down and aweefly answered, •Thar* all." Dura Mr. Jones studied bis paper carefully a moment, when be bad written I' "I II u u u u n d d « II," sud remarked c to biuiM-If. "Why, lliat* conloundcd ' telephone again, and rung up the central 1 office and inquired In v*ln wbo bad been ' talking witb him. Then be studied the- • writing sranc. Pretty aoon, in came bit 6 SOD, the junior partner. Tbe Junior partJ net studied ibera bard, rend tbem both ' way*. looked im the bark of the papa. ' and finally said it was tbe infernalest c boab be ever saw. Tbey showed the pa-i»-r to tlie Iwokkeeper, and be aald it waa - (liecr firilishnes*. Tbe clerk raid It wa*. atvurd. Tbe little clerk tbougbt toneluidy wa* crazy. Finally the errand boy I ni Mr. Jonra to call off tbe letter* as near „ a- he or.nld remember the same as be bad ,1 received thrm by telephoar. Mr. Jones , i!id ro wlien the errand boy nrariy choked • r with laughing, and said, "Why, that's f perfectly plain; it's W. W. Waddell." M r. Jones Dcve-r felt such an immense relet *lncc be went into bnetness. l! Roping In the Solid Citizens. He is a young man with a Uioragh on- ' demanding of the trading traits tn human nature, lie dresses well, carries an extra cigar, and be drops in and presents s raid tn the effect that be is engsged la „ can raring fur an embryo work te be known a* tie Eocydopedia of tbe Stales." "Y-« a, bnt 1 guest I don't rare to subscribe," replied tbe citizen. "Ota, I don't want you to. Tbe book will be sold on it* merits. I am calling on a few of- tbe most eminent " Hera be makes a pause to allow tbe shot to strike, and Hum continues: <(' "Citizens of Detroit— tbe moat eminent and prominent citizens of Detroit— to se- . cure brirt sketches of ibeir Urea." Si Ah.!' saya Ibe other, as be begins to "We doire to lake five of the most prominent citizens of Ibis county. In tbe -ketches we desire to abow bow tbey bare j( risen from poor boy* to great sad honored "You are the first of tbe five selected,'' chips In tbe young man. "My mission is to secure your photograph in order to make a steel engraving. In tbe course of urn day* 1 will be followed by tbe man wta'n'wHtc* thrtitngriplrtw. Htveyot ri ie photograph ?" a "WcB— ah— 1 think so." *- -We wan't one wbicb will do jou jna•r lire-. '-The engravings coal fl5J each. Tbia a wv pay out of our own pockets, but are ■d compelled Io make a charge of eacl. rr for tbe lint paper and Ibe rrfrtencc in 7 the indtx. Let's acc nbit docs tbe initial If io your middle name stand for?" ■ ir It invariably stands for a fire dollar bill, >y and the young man leave* behind bim -orb a pleasant iinpremioo that tbe victim II keeps gt inning for two weeks. At tbe J- - nd of that time be become* auspicious, re snd in tbe couiac of n month be become* >- * dangerous man to society.— Detroit Frrt d /'rfr. , A little girl up town weal out to walk witb bev aunt and Mr. Brown, wbo waa j, playing tbe devoted to tbe aunt, when she , came hack she rushed op to her mother and ^ exclaimed: „ "Ob mamma, what do you think? 1 u dropped my petticoat while I waa walking j with Mr. Brown and aontie." ' "Good brawns, child wares'! you lerJ ribly embarrassed?" r* m**m' T "What did you do?" ,r "I Just looked at it and said to Mr. _ Brown, ' Why Mr. Brown, you lost your l_ liandkercblef,' and, mam ma, you ought to 1|t seen bim blush, and so did auntie." "' "Off, win he biur e xciaimrd oax ol Middletowr's sweeteqt girl* with a look of alarm, when she saw one of the dancing bear* on the aired the other day. "No," h taid her escort, "be cannot bitn, be it "* muzzled; bur he ran bug." —Oh," the re raid with a distracting smile. I "don't " j mind that."