[?]

VOLUME XXIX. ^ CAPE MAY CITY. NEW JERSEY. SATURDAY. JANUARY 12. 1884. WHOLE NUMBER. 1539.

OAPJE MAT CIXT. N. J. j 9 1 .50 a year in Advance. *rofrt«ionaI fcards. j B.HTTFFMAN7 ATTnttWKT «vn nmrx«ai.ix>n IT Ijl I MUCtTOIL «l<m «*"> nAXIKn TS-CHSNr-KUY ■CPBECT nnn»r nottwiaaiONBH, aa* kotaUT ptwuc. I . Cat* «UV flopit iWit a. J. ££ F. DOUGLASS. ATTOBVF.Y-AT.LA W bouttob tx cni^cmr wo. m m«i -AT ^ ALTER A. BARROWS, ATTOB VEY-A T-LAff 60UCTT0H 1* ORAIfCMtY, "QR. J. T. LEAVING A SOV, DENTISTS, Qaiwr^rpir""1 J" Aires K. K. HILDRETH, ATTORNEY-AT-LAW •oLicTToa. ■aicvea aim rr» *wn i* JJERBFRT W. EDWTTNDS, ATTORNKYAT-LAVT, ■OUfTTOTl A WD WAKTWR IW ffPAWRRT

at CAB* Dnwt now. ix-nm *»4 rwiii J)R. JAKES H. TVGBAK, , PHYSTCIAX A KB STTBGEON. -pgpEVRY K. BOYD. ATTORNEY-AT-LAW ' OONVKY A SEER. r*urT nut baxd eon]" •pKUBEN TOWXSBXD. ~ MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE fX). ^ LFREDF LANDERS. bOUNSF.LT/)R AT-I.A W, a* tit am* «w. s«~m Awrj. camdkx. jr. j. Butiorss (Tards. "J^NOS b. WILLIAMS, ARCHITECT AST) BtHLDERwot flUW.DJAwW'x*. >*n ittPaBtr ■)«*> easoxniArT. osfya-'twipkinrw, st. <wp- w«r. NJ ^ B. little, ATKTER'ANP GLAZIER. r— ■ OrJ-r. all VMIlIt Jotmaio -> «o*. QTO^VS ~ OflT^iwiSG VA B. F. HORNER,

FUM 08G AKE 1 SEWING MACHIHK ] Ptsads wfew'tM awl Jackaan Wrmtt " C*J» Wsj uttj- *pfa-j Wbkttiisovs wmmpHDSBffiViHm re* SOLD P*S«. BLttS* BOOK*. Twurr I FAP*B, POCKET CTTLKKT. BHKLL CHEAP LIBRA IUn. rs WABHISOTO3CT?K^»P» a AT. W. J. Hoarding -ficrasrs. yy JERSEY HOTEL, ■ lA5ai«re iMn*e u! Mart* Streets, ' CiaojBi, w. J. <| *- W- MOOT. ProprWtar. IMtffkiratlT r«al lowlui tfomafilm row ton. - I*'*- f <pHE bay View house, . PIIRCfB Fbt.tT. CAPE MAT CO. P>MWI HOUSE,

,| DURABILITY SEA SHORE PAINTING SECURED BY- USING ■|LUGAS' liquid paints: CAPLTOL LEAD. PLANING MILL, . SA.SH FlCTORY & LUMBER YARDS. MAWUFACTYHEKS OP Doors, Sash, Blinds, Shutters. Mouldings. BHACKITS, SCROLL WORK, TURNINGS. ETC., BUILDING LUMBER « OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. WILLIAM C. SCUDDER & SON. PMOXT AMD FEDERAL BTBEETB. CAMDEX. X. J. ' )el«-j [

ICE! ICE! ICE! THE- KNICKERBOCKER ICE CO., OF PHILADELPHIA. WPPLT HOTELB. KESTAfKANTS AND COTTAGES Wmi PURE EASTERN ICE. * ALSO WITH GOAL! COAL! COAL! BEST QDAUTT. CAEEPCLLT PKEPASED POM PAMILT CAE AMD Pt'LL WEIGHT GL'AlfAXrrEO; mvrZl *°°r °F,m " *** Rnnck w5Suij(0TOx XTRKET Abor* OCEAN. CAPE MAT. *. 1. The Best is the Cheapest! BENEZETS BOOTS AND SHOES, 5 i Washington Street, Cape May, N. J. «8ol* affix for rap* Maj for tart'sjebrsird \ "WALKER SHOE."! W. matr ■ specially of Fine Shaft tor Ladies and HWn. ^ ifon*t WM. II. BKNEEET. BOOTS AND SHOES! LarfM aad Mom oooipM* stort.or Oooa, co-*P Bcuu am Skoa in Cap* Maj c*. STYLE QUALITY AND PRICE CANNOT BE SURPASSED. Oooa. thai Ann Pli or FMaa, xtn ba azcAaafa* or moarj raruawL ONE PRICE ONTLY. SEE'orK Si.le BATTEBE. ALSO, A PI-LL f-VPPLT Of

FINE WALL-PAPERS i «bm«ar^^o= ELDREDGE JOHNSON. rt 1 BO WA^HINOTON STREET. " - ' BUY YOUR FLOUR AND FEED; ELDREDGES' GRAIN DEPOT, No. 3 Decatur Street, Cape May City, "wimmx?1 !T^bJ,MLnW ?hj STpImS! "wj taiw IbaUBIM bf^JAAa. |«Im,U<*au • : Me.*** £aOodll*aUL lamia ar M IM. u ll.M • bv. Wrarlltba InrWiJc mi KJO. aad Pcbb"?Jr ** ZLJ2T2, 10 r« •au.fcruea. mm w bt »WM I witi tbrtiii'mC'i* %'cwLi IvHab Maal'ai sriai m im nbaaina 70 mu ' I bMm^LJi^ r'if m'SiL 'm^mar Tr««? ^ S^l IT, raoamat*. Btaa uriao. So. r Puctiax gcixo. ««>■ # WM. B. ELDREDGE. B-Parsi-K. CQAJL C REEVES 1 FRENCH & REEVES, Noa. 13 aad MS Federal Street. OAMDEM, N. J. DK«UU<S IN GRAIN. FLOUR AND FEED, Fertilizer*, Agricultural Imotement* and Truck BaBketB."^' C. B. COLES, ; LUMBER MERCHANT, Doors. Sash, Blinds. Mouldings Boxes. &c. BRACKETS AND SCROLL SAWING. ; a.. Office, No. 14- Kaighn't Avenue, Camden, N. J. Jrl«-yl

IHrdinl. Delicate and Feeble Ladies. i Hop Bm-rt I rr.f u iar.Lc .UJ obUm- , Lj aad lom aft ao jfbftmadlj ffsUf a) Abd .bow i ^ Feola Young Again. J •IW krr ») fiaW. Tbrce raoolba afwaki urfW. , lo .* u,.p trnun Will. ,ucQ real cB,« Uial abr f r. tt?*aa 1* Ok JueUj.v—A>lidr, In Proul, nor. I y»ar, arncr 1 lowi llvj Bitter,.' All mj u.uboot. 1 • fbumitbrj .bueurrd mj wifrui Aftrawycw. '• .Im-pltawie- uf <1 ' a-- B. " ACm-«», N. r. ; h b. , r . Hl€hAUth0rtty\ s ^ <1 iaby Saved! Wcarcao tfewbtfbl lo u> uu. oar bonlu r ' c irblrb al Ibr .,U1- brae rralorrd brr la p-rt- > : , t *>Rb ABO axrtbflb.— Tbe Paraou. Bockrsur, '> ORANGES AND FLORIDA -

■ Kvrn lb* la lay air and ' rii-r- crarta cf n | Piarbl. f .11 to Irrp II. P"ni>k loUot li.pplnroi —lp ibe iropl<w A.amr*«f Kir pint, or lbc North ' ' ^Tr^nDtat. P«L.-U riunl Tone !t»«n. J It lb tbe rait of w drUca!** an 1 ily,p*plic yoao* « 'ady. with tb. wfoatfrwurylbf nwulu n^tiiird u lo Mcenpbal wlift em* whw rhe tuttal prtwcnp- * tilled wholly to bnag blwuL I am .1.0 glad to ' .tab- tbwl Ihr Tat If Su frrwliy relief rd Be per- • lolbe fA-t thAlafler April IMM-tbettAmeAbd « it lb. bC2.br ^Aefleri^riDpnl oad-r th» nam' ' CATARRH SKg.1t: i ^ iflPl ill^agiMs§ : "*"* ' €apt Pau Co. prrihants. g SfHELLEVGEB, C>1 I'Mlli u tx. aid pl^br ih^Btg (« Tree cm ' OBKKX ML OIPI MAY COnCTT. I - «1*re be t-ep. to Mack foil Itbfa of

1 an^inim^nonBn t And MWoallbbeerf ^A |kle. aee*e* la erery _ I JAMES n. SCBELLEVG ER, '|FRESTT' AND^CDREP MEATS, | TOKBDAT ASM?^^!>AY ; A .it-u" effort Bade to°pk*B UHaSlb i'oTee'yrSSiL. ,n, I j ■pnOMAS ERRICSOVS "j XEW 'jii!I'r.Uu.'i''ru^l "t°K' l GROCER IE S,. PR OVISIONS. ■ DBT GOODS. TfalHMlNGS, NOTIONS ' Ladies' & Geiita's mmisiiiM Wear , u ^ ATJA1 » g«T PHI JOHN M. RUSSELL, GKNIKAL DKALKB IN DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, BOOTS. 8 HOBS AXD SOTIOSB. , FL(?UR AND FEED. ' PATBXT RBDICtNBX. " . PORK. LARD. HAMS, SEEDS, Ac. Cold Spmrn^'r^pe May&uX. > XJ". a PRICES' STORES,* ^NoSsS, flLb. T A Kb'SIS GLAB?tAd ran. FEED STORE. CGBN.OATb.UAY. BBANASDHIU. PKSU j . WOOD YARD. ^ | BOOL OTt tPLTT. CEUAb Ubea. j

In the Hands of the Mob. Thea. Jt.ieh 10 UpjU>e<xl-e Magulne. r If there be • by where a typical Ameri1 can. be will he fouod 00 the wamero plains ' where men derclup loin srxnerbisg which 1 errtarn'r hm trx In llhrur" tn I tie teclV- , rus bhore. Ihe ebrifa beneath, or the waters • under Ihe e*nh. In his m il peaorfu! bfpeel he is unique. As "a rough" he is unapproachable. . Vixhing in hiaOvy' has I erer equaled a wewlrrn deeperada B-dit. r cruel, capricious, hardened, acniimenlat. pliabrd in bocarmaatliip. Ilicre ia ahml tnin a lerrihle power which lacks (he ele- [ Denla of faacinaiion. Mark Twain, in , his "Roughing It." baa drawn admirable 1 purrraita of men nohiriou* in Ibe early Ihcm, once al Icaal. in their "armed writh." My father was a aea captain, who look bia family with him no hit long royages trade with California, it ia Deli Oy Ixared tlie months „f sailing and ihr of Cape Horn. Tn those who | across ihe onntinenl in a week's j lime, this length of royagc doubtless ap- , i.ara an codieaa torture of auspendad ac lion. To ua il wa* simply a calm cly«- 1 I ion* ' The alow days and night* dropped ! j silently behind at into the betullfol. fath ' fnrwaiMMh happy uaomcern aad bright j anticipalion. i companion In my lilllc siater. and ih-oc ca.tonal gala day of play wiih Jobnny Carlcr. (lie caWn-lfoe. .lohnoy Carte belongs to Ibis story. He was a pretty, fair little fellow of about JS year*. Just before the ship sailed, a very owe looking woman hail oumeou board and asked loaee mytatho. She brought with her thia boy, and she

represented him as anything rather than In abort. Johnny was so utterly a bad buy site begged my father to lake him lo an. in tbe hope of breaking off his rulnouhi- fancies from an cagrr search after Hie worst %cil* of his borne city. My father hesitated, of course, bat the mother weimportunate, and tbe boy did not look formidable. In tbe end. he consented, and Johnny was duly installed as cabin hoy anil general do-uothlng. 'work. l|e proved In be. as far as we saw. mild, plraMM. easy, going little chap, aery unlike his mother's portrayal of hln, was so young and ao small it seemed folly to expect anything thoroughly useful ot nira. lie wanderrd about tbe ship gatli way. waiting 00 Hie officers, helping th. 4 c>stk. taking care of tbe goats — a friend had sent na two as play-mates and with an rye to mil* f'rr ray mother's enffee— with us at anything we fancied. He colli,' tit cm a doll and act out toy dishes; in c tiild make tiny kite* and frail howa and ariowa; he oruld arrange a scrap book or ' a-t up fishing-tackle, seemed equally bat* py and content in cabin or fotecaatlc. Yd when we reached San Francisco btydmos' ' iostaully and miraculously disappeared. My father was much annoyed. The ; mother's testa and cntteatiea, her anxiety. ' her confidence' in the guod ( fleets of die \ rttyage. and her trust lo my father, wen ; constantly presented to bun. Ula best 1 anergics were expended lo the search ft* ! the lust boy, hut in rain. Had Johnny ' taketf to' Jonah's whale as a craft, be cxiht ' not hare been more profoundly awallow, ; up. At last my father accepted the situ si ion as lwat hg might, and, after srriticc ' h'«se full acormnla of all tUl bad bcrt done, seemed lo dismiss the matter frou hit mind, aa noc ia which be had per formed his duly, spite of failure. ' Sao Franciaoi at that time wa" a city it die much. It ia Impossible to conrey tdie much. It is imposaioie 10 torey 1

any thoroughly eastern and notraeehd S miod any cmccptTon of It. Such cu-ioo-c mild nations of shingle and muslin, papi* and aUuC tuch a motley, pictuieaquc. y frightful, ridiculous crowA foraser coming anil gniogl Every nation had its t* praacnutire*. irorjr alyle of costume, every possible beating and gesture. Ora Yemen of polish and outcasts of society. ' the broadcloth of Paris and the lodlar I, blanket, the jovial Irishman, pipe in moofh,and tlie aaalely Spaniard. the Indol ,. cot South American, the bewildered CblL naman, the wideawake Yankee, dniioually j'atled and hustled each oilier on tbe planka of the quay skirting Ibe lonely lay. and on the narrow stretch of l/rog Wharf, exteoding an almost Incrrdih:* diaUnc* Into its waters. .Ladies then '• were few, and children even fewer. My sistm and 1 were soon great pets; and Ibe p Atncatlc life of tbe ship, under my fnothI er a home-like gwaj, liad a charm for the :T bomeleaa young fellows and lonely mar. ^ tied men engaged in tbe trrmendouaslrug . gV for exisiroce or mighty wealth. Occaaiimally my father lot* tpe with him for a morning anioog his busiors* friends, and wry delightful I found these . virita. It waAyf tc txre of UetDwe founo ' J linny Cartcr. TrVagreAalkilk along Ihe quay to lake Ihe boat for our relurn lo ihe ahip. The qoav was lined on tbe '• landward side wttn gambling dens— great hare rooms; entirely open to tbe ftreet. . At Ibe far cod. a rough stage lifted Into prominence; some! iron row -d Ethiopian _ women singer*, sometimes a seedy piaobt and* half -Starved Tkrltnist. Get ween this stage and Ihe street, row after row of ta . hies were set but, crowded with men 3) dr eased in red shirts, broad aloocbed bats broad belts, and a perfect armory of W Caper A Cries and blow* and struggles were as cntn'muo aa the twang of Ibe guitar or tbe voice of the singer, mod my father p always hurried me along, trembliog aa I I was, striving to distinct my attention (roar j (he eight* tied sounds I (till recall with

j On this day of which I write, be aud- t j denly pauaed before one of Ibe dene, end « | then deliberately walked into lu very t - midst. Kill holding my bend. At e table > mar the centre of tbe room, be laid his 1 r band on the ah xtlder of Johnny Carter, c . ffrho was Intently witching Ih» den fina geaa of a quartette of gamblers. Piles of ' il gold dual, right cornered pieoaa, end lumps e s of quarts lay heaped upon the lable. and « a vouched for their recent arrival from tbe 1 . oJiskirts of civlbiatioo. j With a wild cry the liule wretch j c - writhed himself from my father 'a grasp, ji I and threw himself into tbe midst of Ihe ! - group, bowling lot protection. j c i In one instant all war.- Confusion. The ' - men sprang up from their games on all t, r sides, leaving their gold as readily and as a I recklessly as though no more depended g i no ibe turn of a Card than in a mere game : r for (he love of it. They crowded close I around us- great, bearded, awarthy, ter- , t ticen horn til womin. Johnny, pouring j out Shrill screams very well made up t I terror and entreaty, lold a pitiful lale. He u had been beaten.' and kicked, and starved, _ • been w.-rrked night sod day; he was Afraid . ■ of hla life. Only aave him! Only keep ,| i him away from tbe dreadful ahip! ' y rhe crowd mured a fearful oath that p they would Hand by him, and then tnrned „ the oaths to fearful threats against my ,, I father. He stood like a rock.aod I, silent. y scarcely' terrified, but terribly excited, clung lo bia aide. Tbe dreadful facta lurged nearer, the cruel knives began In gleam io sharp curves and flourishes . tbe ^ unmistakable "click' of firearms sounded on all sides. A woman's vox* screamed from the stage— "Oh, tbe lerfle chile! Take care tlie leetlc chllel " * Rome of the gruff voices near us took C > up the cry. My father did not raise me to " I bis Breast, as be easily might have done. aoii thus have screened himself, hat he a threw bia arm around use, and slowly and b coolly began making lit* way lo the door. I

He was a man of (gplODdid presence, and 1 that always "tells." more or less. Tall, I finely formed, with Ihe step, the carriage I of tbe bead, the glance of the ere, of tjsuv- i 1 undaunted. There was no air of recklt-> I ' bravado about him. ye was simply t r ready for anything, "fearing not what t men could do unto him," and Ibey felt 11. i L Crowding us, yet making stay for ua, i • threatening him with eye and voice and I death-dealing band, yet only threatening, we passed through lliem lo Ihe at reel, t 1 nicy went with ua and the very air of t ■ heaven seemed lo give them new wrath. • Brawny arms were stretched to anatch me from him; but I bad heard the woman's . Voice and Ihe men's words, and I knew ' well I was bit protection. I clung the closer, and I know I gave hack from my baby eyes the proud scorn of uiy father » that I was ' a plucky little devil," and 1 r ben ths-y cheered roe and curved my ' father. Still he weal on, and gave n>. Sign. It was but a few slept to the Long Wharf and our waiting boat. There was i swell and a sway of the crowd. I as I through a gap the bine water* of the hay. ' sod close at hand the well known dark ' blue flag, white croeaod and ted orntrrd, " which was our thlp'i ensign. The next young merchants from the office* we had ■ recently left pushed Ibelr way to ua, and r •'Here, captain, we'll stand by you: • The-coinraittee' is out." r The mub gave a wild roar, and aurgrd ' in frenzy. My father spoke for the li rat 5 "Ramsey, take my girl. These devils ) may Dot hold off long. I will never run II from there?" ' The next Instant was I in the boat, and 1 -aw my father spring Into full vfew of tbr e crowd, and in bold relief against the L eioudlfras sky, upon a pile of merchandise 1 "My lads!" be cried, in a voire trained to ' surmount tlie norma of the deep, "my tads! I am an unarmed man. You arc ' a hundred lo one. Shoot, if yAu will, but give me a chance to speak.ja ' It wa* so brave a drflanoe tbey were

impressed by it, easily swayed as tbey i were in the reckless disregard of lime, or : ufe, or pain, which their self -outlawed i existence had engendered. They were - suddenly hushed and qui led. "Go it, okl buck!" called out a shrill. < tuutblul voice. Tocre was a growl of i a-arnt from coaraer tones. My father took • adraotage of the permission, lie made a 1 speech worthy of tbe occasion. A man i with troth to back him might well speak t as one inspired; fancy such a death! He i told «aatory of Johnny Carter from hi' • t, ttlirim side. He spoke of hie inlcrcat in I trim on ber account, of jhe search for him. . of the future from which be (ought to I hold him hack— "a future you know, mv ■ lada. better than I can tell IL" He referred there to his own record aa a (hip master, and called nn bia boat'areffw to witness its truth. In short, tbPTtde of wrath was 1 -trnimed. Hoarse murmurs of assent 1 greeted bis clnsiog questions ma to the wisdom and justice of bia oooduct toward 1 the boy. Roagfa acknowledgments of I ' hasty action on their part rolled forth, and finally cries U "Bring out tbe youngster i and send him aboard!" '"Tie him up. 1 I captain, and cat tbe lies out or him!'' ' ' "His mother's well rid of him, anyhow:*' [ gave proof that Johnny, tike many of his ' ' better*, wa* experiencing the fatal change of the people's fickle favor. But Johnny ' bad wisdom beyond his yean. He had I wailed for no favorable or unfavorable 1 ' ending. He was g.«e. and heaven alooe ! knosss where. From that day until this, t we have never beard of Johnny Cuter. ' "marked man" as be la In the retrospect , of my year*. My lather atnnd open his improvised I * stage,' the triumphant star of this brief 1 play. The men were crowding bim in c g.nd fellowship aa hilarious as their wrath ' had been deadly. One af the young mrr- ' chants added a brief and jolly speech. More of bia frienda gathered arouad him ; ° (the vigilance examinee off doty) tbv . h tewt rocked idly for n few yards from the wharf." the fun Streamed brilliantly upon ,

the t^ely curving shores, upon Ihe oppo site portal cf the majestic "Golden Gat%" , upon the 'crowd of shipping, upon our • «n trim, whining, perfect fhwting IxxarTne dark boar fast) passed like a had | dream. "Thank you my mrn'" cried my father ! "You have given ine fair play, like hoo- j eat fellows. The next lime any of you j are in trouble, 1 wish you good look, and | well out of ill" "We know a man when wc ace him || ; captain!" shouted the jaune shrill voice 1 I j had brard ooce before. j , 'tint's ao!" roared another, "lliree j , : cheers fix a brave man: '' !", They gave them with a will. My father j . taken bis place In the boat, which bad ' , drawn In al a sign from bim, and I had , into bia arms, overcome al last, by , • tbe strain upon my child heart. "Three cheer for Utiow* gal :" shouted .'j the ever-ready speaker. AnJ three cheers tbey were, indeod. i , fattier loaned his hold on roc to wave I | his cap in answer. I looked up through . uiy tear*. X see it now!— the sparkling . the glowing sky, the long, rugged. ( Irall-luoking causeway above the blue , water, and the dense mass ol scarlet shirts, , gleaming weapons, the fierce, wild . that day until this 1 tremble at the j sound of maoy feel, the wordless murmur ( of many voices, the very faintest thought , TUOCSAXM OP MAIN smNOS naKAKINO ' — xrrre-re or dxxaoxxvisx. ' "Decidedly, watches are queer things. ' 1 said D. H. Hopkinson, of The Jnrtitr , 1 of New York, seated 'in the ' •soy chair of hit editorial sanctuary. 1 arti'-s. Fur instance, sometime ahcut the ' beginning of hut summer, when there ' tiRil hen a Btirccssion of fine difotavs of ' a displays of ?

the aurora borealia, it was estimated that In a single night in tlie citybf New Yosk ct the main springs of not less than three 'c thousand watches broke. Tbis estimate a in Iianed on actual ioquirira. Fine, aeosi 1 live watches are particularly liable to be affected by electrical atmospheric disturb- " ancea. During tbe month of Jane, Jnly Fl and August, when tbeae phenomena arr nwwt frequent, there are more main spriof a " ; broken than during all tbe remaining c months of tbe year. Tlrcy break in va- ^ ' many aa tweoty -seven pieces. "It is a fact tbat since tbe iotrodocliun of the electric light has become ao general " I a large number of walehea. some of them very fine ones, have become magnetised ' • White in Ibis condition tbey are useless at j. Unit"- keeper*. Tnl( defect used lo be con- . 'Idered incurable, and because of it tbmi ^ I money bad been spent on them in va:n " atiempU to keep good lime. Among tbe ' r part' in garlic juice, rrflnivbing and pas- ^ t uig them thrimgh the fire. But these dt. ' vieH-ere entire failures or only partly cf. * , feetive. I know a man who bad a fine i and valuable movement which kept ex- ' i silver cane to a second hand gold one. liftr medlaldjr It last all Us characteristics ol I steadiness and reliability, and, in fact, did i not keep lime at all. When replaotd id tbe silver case it kept good time again. : Tbe owner, a jeweler, puzzled himself aud experimented in vain In discover this , 1 «t range partiality no lire pan of his watch ' t for silver. At length be sent il lo an ea pert He discovered tbat tbe lifting rpnng ' s of Ibe gold case had berume magnetised I kept aa good lime io tbe g dd case aa in serious matter lu have your watch roagoe tiled, 'ihe moat striking instance in point " i i> rxic wbidi lately came under my notice. * f Captain W. R. Smith commands tlx r -earner Delaware, whicli plies bet w en ' t New Y'ork and New Diodon. Before putting tu sea on a recent voyage lie mas in' vited lo inspect an electric light dynatu |

machine and examined its parti closely Soon after getting on board tbe Atstrie ( lie observed thsl tbe compass becalm ' -trangt Iv s fleet .-ti when he approached it Whether die atood on the right or the left | •ir immedlaiciy in front of tbe compaw ( strangely affected when lie cam* near il. il was dangerous and might ' wreck tbe ship. You can iramagioe that tbia phenomenon alarmed and puzzled Captain Smith not a little. At length be ' recalled bis visit io tbe dynamo machine. «nd the true solution of _lbe eccentric he tiavior of Ihe needle flashed upou him. , lits watch had bccotoc magnetized. When io Ibe city be took bis watch to Matfary Brothers A Mathry, who demagnetized it ' for him. Thta firm has loveoied aotne | t.y which Ibey demagnetize a magnetized 1 •peedily and effectually. Tbey get watches ' sent them from all parts of tlie world to "Welches frequently get magnetized in ( iron mines or ln machine shops, where they ere Incautiously brought nrer swiftly J running bellt 1 know e workman wire use to hang his watch between the part- , of * running belt. He expended a smal 1 fortune on main springs. "Il ia a well-known fact among borolo. 1 gists that no watch will keep the same 1 time with two people. The catire baa not ' i yet been definitely ascertained, but it would | watch is affected by the temperament of ' tbe wearer. The mere physical difference 'f io gait and movement between different t I prople ia not sufficient to account for all t tbe variations that have been otaomd." • i " ■ Quinine Superseded. c ( H A. Kreeauy and Karey A Matrar, Cape Bay ^

WASHINGTON LETTER. WA^naoroxTjaTfiT 18M. , i The LVngrevaioua! directory ia a book of reference, rttat m> boteiimardingbaunff • * uiT.ry in Wedrroffioy t^n do wtthnot. Besides wbaluVenatur* ant) Rrpreaenla- . urea think and fay of themselves, where ' they were tier1!', where educated, and 1 * list tbey have tinnr is interesting read- : ing. The directory ol a new Congress ia ; looked far with peculiar interest because j its ambiofTspbicel sketches serve at a sort of introduction to the new members r whose repress Diative itatkm at once lifts ; them loa position of oatioBal importance. ! directory of the forty-eighth Congress " 1 a'mws great diversity of tesie in what mem- ' regard as worth telling of themselves. 8k inner, or North Carolina, and ! llausrman. of Michigan, are pleased lo 1 ^jffeooly their names and places of realtime.-. Mr. Mackry, of South Carolina, Ihe greater part of a page In ' 1 presenting his political b'istory, step by step, as be ascended the ladder of fame to the climax of Congress. Mr. Weller, of Jowa; details a series of drfea a in runfor office, which most Congressmen would be careful to conceal. Mr. John S. of Virginia, make* prominent th* that be was leader of lite ••Richmond Light Infantry Blues" for several years. Col. loot. Ochiltree, of Texas, proclaims tbe fact that he ia ihe firat native of Texan ever re-ekcted.to Congress of the United Stales, bat being a bachelor, prudently refrains from giving the data of his A grand*® of Henry Clay who, ait* in tbe House, modestly confines bis sketch to three lines. A Representative from New Jerary area fit to mention that , ia a practical batter, and ia now io the , retail business to Newark. Senator Brown . or Georgia, admits "that be became very unpopular" because of his acquiescence in . always been successful when a candidate before tbe people." Genera! Hoeei of California, iodulgeatin the largest t, tU.v an il Mr W.vxtward nf Wis. biography, and Mr. Woodward, of

consin, is the only native of Washington Congress. MJsvra.| Mahone and Riddlcbrrger make their ennledcrale^records a conspicuous part of their personal sketches. Senator Anthony oot ranks all other* in length of service, having now entered opon his fifth tcnu. Eleven Congressmen are- natives of Ireland, four firat -aw the light io Scotland, three are English born, while one ia a Norwegian, and a Canadian. No other national as--etnbly ia cosmoplilan as this Mr. Morrill, of Vermont, ia the patriatch of tbe Senate, though his colleague Mr. Edmunds is thought in look older. Senator. Krnna, of West Virginia, la probably the youngest man ever exalted to the position, not having -reached the age of tiiirtyflrc when be was elected to the Senate. His clean shaven face adds to bia youthful appearance, so that be looka out of place this staid body, composed mostly of elderly mro. lint I will leave the directory wherein everything Intcreating to know concerning Oingre*Smeo cannot be icaiDrd.and give yon some personal details gkancd from other fields some facta loo, to which I can ttaiify aa an eye and ear itne*a. No Congressmen baa stated In the directory that be Is distinguished for bia penonal attractions, his beauty of face and figure. It is agreed, however, ■ list among the Senators, Messrs. Butler, Kiddlcbcrger and Aldricb held undisputed claim to tire palm, but time ia no respecter , f Senators; be has laid a heavy hand on rhe handsome Rhode Islander since last March, and haa taken several yean of fire from bia eyes, freshness from his complexion, and Tivacily from his manner. Senator Boar, a man whoae locks bass 'wen snowy for yean, returns lo his seat looking brighter, stronger, and younger than ever. Mr. Edmunds and Garland sre thought to be the ablest lawyers in Ibe Sr-nale. tbey are alto Inseparable friends. Senator Inga'ls, of Kansas, tail, stately, and slender. Is considered the sharpest debater, but no Senator can crack as many course jokes and tell aa many funny stories at Mr. Vance, of North Carolina. Senator Morgan, of Alabama, il thought

lie the logician. He is a remarkably smooth speaker, but very prelix. By reason *t the latter quality he ia efficacious hi clearing the floor aa well aa the galleries. Rich men are always interesting to the public, unless their wraith haa tccoroe a hackneyed to tbem, like that of the Vaoderbills. Goulds and Aetorr. The rich man of tbe Senate is Mr. Fair, of Nevada, but Mr. Bowen. of Colorado, also possesses many millions. Southren statesmen are Dearly all poor. The oily moneyed men of the body from, that lection being Senator Brown, of Georgia, Mabonc. of Virginia, and Camden, cf Virginia. "All Wool." "All wool" blankets have grown won derfully cheap of late, and tame people t is re been laboring under tbe delusion that wool raising was becoming leas profitable. A reformed deafer in blanket* explained the drop in (be price in this wiae; "This blanket," he said, holding np a pair that had been warranted all wool. tlie rest is hair that once pranced over tbe prairies oa tbe scarred flanks of n long horned Texas steer. It is a product of the tanneries, and a valuable one at that. The people think that Ibe hair from the tanneries is used by plasters, and such, and ao part of it ia, hot. tbe white hair goes 10 tlie factory. When the hair ia taken off ttji- hides in tbe flashing room io tbe tan■Dcry, tbe while portions are picked out and packed in a separate bundle for doth manufacturers, who extract tbe lime and wash the hair rvelully. Il la mixed with enough wool of low grade to enable the manufacturer to cord it and work il Into blanket* and a rough sort of goods that cheap clot (ling is made of. t*e better I art of Ibe brown hair la uaeffTn making anny blankets and same of i ■ •* Into cMbes. but onl a great deal. U lankcti sud ch>th made in this aay are ..ro and * car fairly well, hut tbey are a long way from being all wool. There ia only one way to teM them; but it hi simple. When you ran pul! short hair* out of an *11 wool blanket, you can know that Ihree-f-mrtba cow'a hair."