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VOLUME XXIX. CAPE MAY CI^Y. NEW JERSEY. SATURDAY. FEBRUARY 9. 1884. WHOLE NUMBER. 1543.

0*.X»E MAY OITY. Iff. jr. • '•T.50 a yar in Advanca. Vrtfrtltoisl Cards. J B. HUFFMAN. *TTOR*«Y *NT> /virXKItLlxm AT IJ.W j • ROLICTlRlll.^M^TKR^Vrn fX A MINFH ■mK<K "iruT oowximaoNKB. c sTwsvamtv uT"."C:i. J DOUGLASS, | 4TTOBSE Y-A T-L A W / nourrroR te rnAECEBT «ty Cin Kir Orer y^r 'ALTER A. BORROWS, ATTOBHET-AT-LAW (oucitob in chaecert, _ ■Qft. Jk r. leamtnga son, dehtTsts, cgt WAT crr^r^°*HartM« AM (kau JAMBS 1L E. BILDRETT^ ATTORNEY-AT-T.AW solicitor. marteb awt> fxaxieer in C1HAKCERT. rS? jr. " *° " *"*"*"■ °sy ERBKTtT ff. EDMUND8, ATTORNEY- AT- LAW, •OUCITOR AND VtffTCR IN CBANrBBT. CAP* Nit Oily. N. J. Ml-J A! Oapt Coon Hon—. Tiwlin ml FrMsya. J-JR. JAMES n. INGRAM, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, J^KUBEN TOWNSEND, 7 AGENT rr*RERLANI> MUTUAJ.FIRE INSURANCE 00. om^r >1 rag- r-cn N J. 1«») j lfbHTfl anders, COUN HELLOR- AT-I.AW, ^BlWi tl PcrNnxlo- Cmaty win bs sUea/l** 1 ustnrss Cards. ■pjNOS R WILLIAMS, - ARCHITECT AND BUILDER ! KILL MAKE DRANTNOR. AND EUPEBIN mi bib ."y wwwt**"- ' I R LITTLE," AINTER AND^GLAZIER, I QHGANri AND SEWING MA. j B.F.HORNER, mm DBBAXS t SEfUG liCBDIB BBIDGETOX, E J. 6y£ '.rtT*'*M°*w* *** JtJ'"* JS?*~ QBQ.W GRACE, j practical BUILDER, BTtLl AT THE OLD STAND, CAPE MAT oopkt Boise. - < «Brin« irnqpawi.ora motto i« -p«0ErrNEss - ■ I — 'at ' Q.O TO GARRISON'S STATTOKERT, iffl STORE 7ABETT ' FOB BOLD pKES. BLANK BOOKS. TOILET ' PAVER. POCCBT CtTTLBHT, SHELL coons. PISH ISO TACK Lit. I CHEAP UEKARIEA. MIKIAITKE BOATS MAEPPACTTKED 0< ' TUB PREMISES. ' SKK'I.tO BAinrsR^REKlH.ES A ED OIL A BWAWBIPItW WBBET. I'APE MAT. E. J r •oirdisf Krasrs. ^TEST JERSEY H0T®7 ( CAKM.1, X. J. - T. WJtOCRT. Projneor. J JNIE HAY VIEW HOUSE, ■ n EEC** EulST. CAPE MAS 00. c PALMER HOUSE, • iL-asusr- - »— ( V , f.l KLDKDOE. i\ -

!j 'Maryland, My Maryland." '. "My (arm I In is a rather low sod raisAI malic sites! too, sod "My wilt!" ♦ "W ho?" "Was a eery pretty Monde!" I i - "Twenty yosn ago, became "Sallow!" . i "Hollow -eyed!'' • "Withered sod aged!" , K j Before her lime, from "Malaria rap-.., Hiuogb the made no ! iwnlcular eomplafoL on being of the j grumpy kind, yel canted me gresl a near I. "A abort time agp J puirt— d your remedy t«r ooc or the children,' who had a I Terr aerert attack of biliousness. and It occurred 10 tne thai the remedy might help my Wtfe.^1 found car Utile girt apoa lecorcriDg bad "Lo*!" "Her sal lowwna, and looked at freah as a new born dairy. Well, the alory it uoo told My wire today fiaa sained her old-lime beauty with compound InterI do tay to myself) a can be foaad in this county, which It noted for pretty women. And I hare only Bop Bitten u thank for It. ° The dear creature Jut: looked orer my u shoulder and taya 'I can flatter equal to the dayt of oor tuuruhtp,' and it raaiodt . me there might be mere pretty wires If my hr ruber ftrmert would do a* 1 banrtooe." Hoping yon may long be tpamd to do good, I thankfully remain. ' . Must truly yourtl < a L. Jamb. Bxt.TtTii.La, Prince George Ot Md-.l I Mny aAh. 1988. Put a Brand on Rim. r tiotearWtw MIKon, 8araui(i coemj.tad u* aprater wai t» eeatra! trure at a iraae ot TOffrrf K3 SSS5 *^»Tn^i£Sw" ■ wnaM npjaM iht -mtnt fw her ram. Otatle- ' S|&iev%!sr& zsursi facfl. ' Ap- , Capr HUB Co: »frrtotl. UT 6CHELLENGER,- ^ ^ ) 1. nil! al tta OM ftmm by the Bw Oat Traa ea ' - nMnMadrrUfeptf t UBEKR CRKKK. CAT* MAI OOIIETT, . S'barw aeArepau amcA lUIWeot SHOES, i; GOODS PFOOTffi jr^^sFissari i JAMES H. SCHELLKNGER ' OBEES CBBBX. CAPE MAY 00. , FRESH AND CURED MEATS, ■ nf ^ ^ ^ s ERRICSON-S 1 **W mwa AT bmebt MBnpt. . '7 j SROCERiET^SSUltfllS, DRT OOODet. TBIEMlEoa. EOTSaS JOHN M. BUSSELIa T « OEEKRAL D KALES In ' > DRY GOOD8, GROCERIES, ' BOOTH. SHOES AN D EOlTOKt , . ( FLOUR AND FEKD, j PATEMT MEDICTEEB, 1 PORK, LARD, HAMS, SEEDS. Ac \ JOBE M. Brsacu. i C^t Copt MAT Oo. E. l. , XT C. PRICES' 8TOBfe, 1 - FsIW*J*i. ctrr. \ GSOCEFJES. DEI &OODS aM KOTIDKS. ; QUA. VAy^jgy gSff^fft-rrr. ' ■".HTiiX IUU'- * EO. Pv. PESBT RTBEET, t wjsssia^^, 1

NO MORE SEA. - I tceod on the akore pf the nraouful wa. 4- Erar'atd «rwU|er mat a°d»an^ ^ ^ canlr ano geMiy atnt late two And Ue nuehl* walara M tmbtd t o peeerl 10 Moummhy, •etemaly— ffaaadtng near, lt Utc a wo ant oy frota Ibr ram beta Kraugtt with dart mrmerWa of bamaa woo. TrUtngdif lortd onea nurtad Iterr. ot me tismg una and me djux prarer; .r TMasnltaana eon waime«Bi earn or tte widows KToan. and uie orpaant try. " And the aanem n'Ttuen atotr. J| Tea: dart, rrlenUfwa and atonuy dewp. d Bat a day w J1 come, a hieaaed day. r_ When earthly aormw atau paaa away . " And eren Ue roar of the warn akall ceaar; y oatbT'depthe nt Ur aaa or the traru or mea. I, Kill okhbaSlh Ktory and Ufht dlruie. Tbeo when abaU the taliowa ot ocean bet ' Oner for la btam la "no aure aear • TU a crand and wonderlaUlUM ol eartt. y^}uWte?ed" '"bwTtoeolR • BNetse u Bub Who baa nwriotiad "earn: >- Weep for the ato. the aorrow. and rtnfe. ' THE DEFRAUDED HEIR. One January eicsing. eighteen yearn L after I had left Doctor Lignun'el returned ° home at utnal after the labors of the day. I , Luind IV wife seated oy a cheering Are, ; and the lee-ore hiaalog on the table, oa >i which too wai planed the lea nemos, and ; l he tnaet racks feetenrd to the feeder be- ° tokened thai the errning meal was waft - in* forme. ; "Home at last, dear James" said my • wMe. "1 hare been waiting tea for you J i time." , "Tea I free BS^iged longer at Ibe office d of lha Chief of PoQoe than I expected tor day. Bydbe-by, wbem do yon think, 1 ' met oe Broadway to day?" i "iasblkbow. Whom?" "NocAer than Amos Barton." J 1 should bare mid that my wife came • from Ibe TTOage where Docter Li goon • llwed. end wai well acquainted with all - thn parties meMtoord m this hUMrry. » "Indeed,' lbs replied, "did be eprak toyonr 1 "O. yew. it appears be intends rknnlng for C'oegrreA. Hr adicUed sty iniieace, but, ot ttmrse, I flld not protaM ft lo "U J» eery strange, bat father never . bked that man. Tbcre was sorasthln^ In hie amalenaoee or bis mender which was ' wery repuleire to hHn " "A gnat many people sham hit prejudices, my dear." I returned. "Amos - Barton is by do meaas a goenral fawoeilr, 1 rmafcaDsc wbea I wa. a pupil at Doctor I Ligooo'i 1 need Is hale him." ) "i»d yet on owe an tell why they ' dunks kirn. The* an bring po immoral : acfap.ln« him. Dtd yos e ter bar any- [ thag tangible proved egalnw hln.7" r 2&r"- • -^T" •• >00. Mtmaher 1.<JW Mrengely be name In fat Ail property? Lw*a, but a Bhlkgir! then. eUll I reooilra duetnctly , the eesmtios It made. Hi. brorhrr bed nephew died wlthU ten day. ofeaCh ethIt «n wwry rarisuA " i •appose I uttered fhte word 1- « way I prcelier rnenner, fur toys" down , bar cap which she was in the set of raia- [ log to her month, and 'glanced curiously at me. •'WheK do you mean by that 'wtnrr *3J Wife. "Now, James, I know by ytwjr manttcr that you have e aeoret to tell . •'Myddtwhceeewt eboald I koowr '1 door Esow, but you are so dOem: ' 'tdlaary facuity fot tracing martert ontI abrunlMl yea know mora about that afUir tfaaa you prebend.' A"N momcat there wai a ring at the "tpoM be uTfilmedlelely. I am dying. I hews aranethlng of importance to comi K^S^''00' ^ Uf000' — ' . I handed the dispatch to my wifa. "Must you gof eeid abc with a ahude aaae idee ae to the nature of Ihacommrnrcatino be hm to tuskr, and kwrtojout of cnnetderatloo eiy duty m hk foruier BSsL»SKS«SK^. j£gaac,t n&m of the otatnicltoo canted by the mow, I rrnobed the depot M good time, aadiaie mat U e ear umr the store. U e few tniaules I wee proceed log ce my way to tbe name 'iff Mr. Bartos. I still pretesded STKhmtly pm the meridian a BR "ftSUyuu." eaVUhe women, I,, lour

I "How can he tad It ant," returned the man. In a graft ratce. "II yrm only keep - a quiet tongue In your bead? But you i always, hare audi a confounded lot to I *" my—" ' "Pupped you tell him hienrpbew ii I ••nab. thai would be of no uac. Hel I ^ ) such a stingy beggar,' be'd atop Uie tuppllee j el once." . 1 T ! "Now, Kelpb, eoppree be ifeould be ' ! determined nit to gire you any mare. - i what would yon drd* " ! "What would I (JrV? J would my to him. ' • ' Look here. Mr. Bartec. ir you don't «ood ' ! rnethe money you owe me to SS2 Eeit 1 Broadway before three daye beee npired. ' Then if you don't see the Stele prison [ looming up in the distance. I'm a Dutch- 1 . man- "* If •'Well. I hope we shell be •ooremful. r that'* sH. I here tny dotibu. howewer." 1 After fhti they rrlapwd Into eilenoe. end | c did unt speak any more until Ihry reached . ! their destination. T made a few notes of 1 this ooeweraailon In my pocket-book. 1 Alwnt 2 o'clock the oert dsw I reached the Md of my Journey, and was at Dr. 5 f.lrnon's bouse. I rung tbe hell end I wu 11 el onoe shown -uprtaira The moment I '' entered the doctor's bedroom I Marled 1 hack in horror. Familiar as I had been with scene* of suffering. I badeewer met " with one equal to this Eighteen yean hid elspbed eloce I bad seen Dr. lignm. '' end be was now scarce) r recognisable , He WAS dying from the effects of e career ^ "I know my days ere numbered," mid , ° the old doctor, after be bait given tne the ' particulars of hia case. "Mr disease is 1 utterly incurable. But. James. I have a ' 1 fearful confession to make to yon, one ' which I frar will drag me down lo perdition. unless I t'ooe for it by rorteamriog "f to make restitution. O. James, how can t I summon tap resolution enough to tell yon whut a guilty wretch I am?" "Perhaps I already know enroething of ' the matter of which yen would apeak," I * "Impossible! No living soul save one c knows II O God. must I reveal ray own shame? Must I tell bow guilty 1 have " been? I cannot— I cannot!" And tbe old c men boned his head In tbe pillow. " n I d nee rely pitied him,' and determined thai I would begin tbe subject myself. " ' Doctor." mid I. "you had a compan. ■■ loc in the iraasaetiou In which you refer?" * M ' "I bed. I had! But bow can you know d anything about it? OenltVpoeetbletbat * F- you could hara'euepected anything at tbe « time?" "I knowalk sad to spare you tbe shame 1 T of confessing I win repeal to you the par. » titulars of tbe transaction which brings r rcsorie to yoOr dying bed._ Eighteen " * years ago Mr. Stephen Barton died, leav. f ®- log an onfy ton belr to his immense wcahh. '' Mr. Amm Barton was appointed hia guardian. By some means, I know not what. " he pennaded yon to assist him in his " nefarious designs You administered s ■ preparation to tbe rigbtfol belr which " ® produoed the effect of simulated death. A " Amue Bartoa procured a body from tbe " UDivcrdly Medical College in New York, k While Henry Barton lay In an insensible . condition his body was removed from the „ t coffln, and rebsUtuted by the ooe obtained r; froio the dty. w 0 "Ureal heavens' how did yoo And all ,1 this out? I had no Idea that any mortal (J, E man, save tbe other guilty party, knew p " anything of the matter." ,, ' . I here related the manner In which I had d. ferreted out the truth, with which the „ >- reader is already acquainted. p, * "But what became of the boy, the right- „ ', ful heir?" asked the doctor, eagerly. ,, * "I don't know. If you remember, at ,, Ibe time all this occurred I ten your bona.. T and visited New York. 1 made every ^ d poanble search, but without any auocesa. ,, f. except obutoiog information It, en where m Atnos Barton obtainetf tbe anbrtilulc. I ,, debated a long time whether I ought not « to make known what I bad discovered to „ the authorities Bat I knew Amua Bar- T y ton's lofloeuee, and feared I should only K d bring dbgrace on myself. Besides which tb >- I coal^ not bear the idea of blackening your fsir feme." „ "O, thank you for your ccBstderatioc. fj, J I did hot deserve it. But do you think n he—'" _ >- Tbe old maa betilated. aa If be dared „ y net give utterance la Me thoughL "Mutflered bim, you would my." I (tl F rejoined. "Not Ihle very day \ hate 0, J daoorervd that be did not make way with v U bim." „ And I here related tbe ooovermtloc I |h had heard in the railway ear. u it "God great that he may Mill he eliee." „ - mid the old men. "and now, James lisica m - to my dying words Promise me yoo ,, it will use every effort to discover young Barton end re-ineuie him Into hie prop- * erty." * I made tbe premise, end a few boors Tf * after Dr. Ligutm was no move. , u After I rvturoed to New York, I de- u, 1, haled la my own mtad as to the meant to " be uerd to discover if Henry Barton was |j Mill alive, at the same lime I set a watch m no the premises. 222 Kant Broadway, g.r. * tbe moment be caught sight of tbe emu . who had been called Ralph. e I had been brow twn uays when my I- messenger informed me that he bad aenn * Ralph Just enter jt rreuureni in East " t Bread way. HmmeAsiely started for the , place, and found tbnhnan seated in a box. 11 1- gameg uareemly « a young mm about >* * ^^dtyymn df^ «gr. who vtt seated- J 1 Ax Mat, aatlaAed with Ue ecrutiny, be ^ > Ml his box and advanced to the young P* r man.. U 0 "Young man." said be, careleaaly teatt ing hlmnlf by the young man's nde, "m ay *> 1 "My name is Henry Grahae? VVhxtda ^ 1 yon want with nft!" P» - "No, air, your name is Henry Murdoch, « 1 End" I am your father." «* » "Toe my father!" Too know you Urn « Do yoo eappone that wheal had the mnse ia t to dieareer anch wee am the cam wbea 1 P° I SSr ■**" mt : ..^.itssswravr 2? s

"Have done, end leave tne, or rather I P will leave yoo." returned the young man. 1 rising from bre mat. "and listen to roe. p fi-liow — if you presume to address me sgeie I will Invoke tbe protection of the and should that not be sufflclent to shield gie from your persecution I will take the law in my own bands." "So taring he left tbe place. Ralph Murdoch fnlioseed him. and I was not far The young tnao entetcd the St. Nicholas Hotel. In ten minutes I rent up my card, end wa« at once admitted into presence. In a few words 1 explained business, and was perfectly satisfied ' that I stood in tbe presence of Henry When Henry Barton bad finished his I history, which it out essential for the purI ppae of our sketch, we entered Into a long bis identity. Tbe task was not an easy I and 1 raw hut one war. and that was ] to get Murine* Into' oor power, and make I him confess the truth. It was to InisCnd j that I deroted all my energies. Murdoch informed me that tbe day after meeting with Henry Barton, he had ; left by the Hudson river care. I felt at. | tain be had gone to Inform Atnhejlarton ! of tbe discovery of the beir. In two days . he had returned again. j myself aa A denixeo of the Pive ) fointaand threw myself in the msu'swny. ! frequenting tbe tame haunts that he did. longed to the same cla" as himself. Ai I intimate. He then proposed to me a hit • ol business, which was no leas than the murder of Henry Barton. I managed to -draw out from him the fact that he had been promised five thousand dollars by Amue Barton to effect this piece of villainy. 1 sermingly entrred eagerly into grew t-i a certain p-int unill I had liiin completely in my power. I then revealed myself In my true character, and threat ened him with immediate arrest unless be would make an instant confession. This be slid after some little hesitation, and It properly witnessed. Armed with Ibis document, the confer eion of Doctor Llgnoo. and my cwn knowledge, I presented myself to Mr Amue Barton. When I had told my story he at first set me at defiance, but when 1 read lo him the two confessions, he gave in at once. Henry Barton treated bim leniently. The nnclc resigned all the estates to Henry, and then left the coon for trance, where he lived on en annuity bestowed upuu him by bis much in jured nephew. Henry Barton is now one of the mod respected and wealthy gentlemen in tbe neighborhood where he resides. Ralph Murdnck a few years ago died of delirium in the Btllevue Hospital, end Amos Barton only lived two years after the restitution of the heir to his rights. - The Use and .Abuse of Blohes. wraith la to heard it. Hicbet that are laid up. and never used. err squan- - Money is like powdcr.no good till do* not enjoy it. He It nothing bat a watchman pf his own property. Now, I bold that a man does not spend bis money selfishly who makes himself an object of admiration and affection in the' community. I bold that a man has a right to spend acq aired a bouse he ought to make it and hia ground# heau'iful. He ought to make his bouse beautiful with books and all the embellishments of art. He ought to make it the most beautiful place on earth to him and hie wife end children. rich men of e community should lo U that thai community fares well: it has libreriee.' reading-rooms, i th all tbe privileges of shade trees, parks, end fountains, three ere tbe things that rich men should do. It eboald be the business of every young man to deny himself. Self-denial it the real road to indulgence. No man aril! prosper who it not willing lo live upon lowest, so that by and by he can live the highest. People think that e saves a great deal, hut a German meailooed by the lecturer lived upon less a Yankee would throw away. And. as for a Jew, be lives upon whmt a Gerwould throw away. And a Chios-' man Uvea npon what a Jew would throw away. Atxl this it what all this fuss has been about lately. If the Chinaman when be came over to (his country, would have chewed tobacco and drunk whisky and ( voted tbe Democratic ticket, be would , have been all rlgbL A man who has lived for forty years and has not a corn, pelency is nothing less than a criminal. has violated the fundamental laws o! [ morality. What Is it lawful and Christian , for a man to do with bis riches? I advo. eate in the first place, liberty tonse It bin- j •elf to make himself happy. Jay Could 'a Tomb, Trmre, 1 Jay Gould's tomb Is almost finlfbrd. It < hold twenty bodies. It is elaborate In its | workmanship and finish and perfect iVall . lul appointors la. Tbe illustrious mil- i biographer of himself is now pre- 1 pared for anything that fate may bring ■ H he waula lo stay at home be has ; houses, lands and money galore. If be I u> sail the seas he has a yacht ready ' to leave at a moment ■ oolioe. And now if i be wants to die at any time gt any crazy should blow bim np with dynamite I or powder be Is ready with a tomb war. ranted to bold the mow resile* milliooire i and to outwit the shrewder; mod mort 1 industrious ghouls which New York can 1 pomlMy furnish. Dr. Oram' Heart Regulator cures all terms o^ lDwr: Disease, peiruqaness and "s-W

Deep Sea Fishing— The Drum, j It was ooe of the brightest mornings in the month of May when, ai Bryant beau. x lifully expecmea it : 10 -Tbe May ran sneOr aa amber kght, II Tbe new-leaved woods sod lawna betwerw." Tbe gay and festive Douglass, a liber rl J, A<"rr,0 Of Cape May, aent Rodtx lr wift his Arabian team to tell me 11. 4 J drum fish were being caught at Baysidc. and urged the immediate oecereity or my i„ seeing him a! Col. Lansing's lo get reads I ' d for tbe fray. My answer by Rouen was : j ' ^ "Tell Douglass I will meet bim at Phillippi at 2 p. m." . ' The second advent of the drum occurs (l in September. This epicurean flib, for it 1 r. lives on cnilis ind clams and devastates . tbe oyster beds, conies In tbe mooth of r( April, and '10 rake In the oyiicr-beds. for him, is bat play," and when the Jane ' j son begins to warm tbe throbbing heart of _ tbe deep tea, then the black drum suddend 'I' disappear* from the Atlantic coast: possibiy to spring up in the colder waters of jj the North. a The black drum ranges in weight ( A from twenty -five to eighty pounds, and r fights for liberty when hooked with tbe n fierceness af a big-mouthed bam The PJ red drum come to tbe Cape May shore, as to other places on oor coast, in SeptruiI ber. and Is sotrctlmea called tbe channel , ,c bass, and for its site and weight is tl.c ,. "games!" fish that swima, excepting the ( l' tarpon with silvhr scales, which lias never s yel been known to succumb io any dta* . it ''f1'" "f lhc (Wtie Isaac Walton inarmed p ru^Vitb linc.rodand reel. You may draw H the leviathan out with a cord, but not the ] A wire attached In your book, y I found my piscatorial friend, Donghuia, J I. waiting lor me at 2 p. m , and to my Int, quiry as to srhetc we would get a boat, he ' ie informed me that James K. Polk Schel 0 longer, the .best known fisherman on the 1 Island, had agreed lo have a fishing ' ,1 Baysidc, that bring the hour when the ' 1 tide was suitable for templing tbg unwary ' IF but gamy drum fish with clam bait, the 1 l„ bail bciug tbe Inside of a clam, wrapped 11 around the hook with a string, and as big 1 , a half to drive to Etl Gregory's barn, when 1 „ we disrobed and doffing our " store ' , cloth*." we put on fisherman's tig. ready ' y lo defy the assaults ol tbe surf or tbe ' etianers of a dip in tbe biiny deep ff we e got in an "altercation" with a big shark ' n at tbe end of our drum line. e Douglass bad requested me to prepare i. for the inner mtn.which I bad prudently ' . dm, much to his subsequent di-gust. by a ordering two bottles of Congress water (Hathorn Spring), two boxes of Sardinia, it with unlimited loaves of bread. Before ' ,. we pushed our frail craft from die sandy ' j beach into the. hay Douglass gave one ' u look at tbe lunch basket, j 1 think he hoped to 4ud tome "fire ' r water', inside, but when bis eyes glanced . at tbe many -colored label no Hie 'Hailiorn" water be gave a despairing look, ato b as a sinking mariner might give when be ' fioundered at tbe mercy of the wind and 1 wave, only to see his last oar carried from 1 ' bim by tbe ouPgoing tide. But Douglass. ' e after a sigh, oonlenud himself with ex. ' claiming: "Water, water everywhere ' 1 but not a drop to drink. " ' ' In fifteen minutes "The Zephyr," ocr ' • fishing skiff, rode at anchor out In tbe b»y J in twenty fret of water, « mile from shore. Our lines were strong Catty Hunk , ' lines, linen 1 suppoac. with big Limerick books, from which no drum could escape. ,. .if tbe book eVcr become ensc arced In his s 3 t«mderou» jrv. It -was a perfect day in j ' which to rnjiy tjie coutempladvc man'. , amusement. We csuld hear lire roar of , 1 the rapidly areiving and departing trains . 1 at tbey carried busy humanity geuing , ready their cottages by tbe sra, eagerly d ' spreading their tuli for the summei q boarder, lo front of at were the pictar q 1 esque fishing grounds fastened to the , shore, inio which the unwary sea-troui | 1 and Ibe simple flounder were ineelgled bv „ - tbe Incoming tide, and to tbe south Dels- „ ' ware Bay stretched calm and peaceful far p beyond onr limited vision, and Io the east „ : of os yonder Hire of smoke stretching (, slowly skyward la from the "Consider." b on her way beariog the man of business, , 1 thajlpde and tbe millionaire lo the dnties a " or pleasures of the cimtmrtital travel. 1 My reverie was suddenly broken by „ 1 Dougla* exclaiming: "Hush! I've got d 1 a whopper." And the nimble-footed ,, 1 Jersey barrister jumped -to bis feet with a c bouod. wblcb I feared might stamp our . ' the bottom ol oor rerckie-sbe!! boaL Our 0 ' went Dougla*' hand-line while aaremend ., 1 oos splashing of the water about two t. 1 huorlred feet away, at the Mere, betrayed , ttieagiuted drum flab flgbt Ing for fair play a ' and no "entangling alliances." Tbe more ' tbe dram pnlled tbe strooger did Dooglsw n ' bold blatant line. He had do more 'slack' ,j ' to give llie fish, and it wav a simple i»ue , mad# up between the Limerick hook and „ tbe dram which would give out firfll. The fi'b 'is tired. He lakes s breathing spell. „ then runs toward the flshlng-akiff. which 9 ' a dangerous moment to ibe fishermen. a» u be hauls in bis Cutty Ilunk liae like 5. lightning, then holds bis line light on tbe dram wirh a pressure of twenty-five pounds Again Ibe dram strikes for the I deep aea aa tf Mephistophelet (nrbis m»s- k , ter > was after him and tbe excilrd Dsaigta* b , gives Mr. Dram every spare inch of tine. m But tbe big "fish makes ooe mad plunge three feet oot of lire water as If Ur take a ^ Urd'a^yelview of the situation. He Inraed Q orer on bit tide. I mid: "Dug. poll for I jour 'lire." And he polled. And sooner : IhaiTl can write two lines of this truthful u scene be had a sixty-pound dram along- a (Hie, ind 1 had my fiogera In his gills and W the drum was In the boat, giting a deep Q, i guttu ral grant (something like the word w "dram") in a token of dimatiifactioo at . o .m ing m out of the wat.ansl the way that Q : b'mrx drum spialfced wxler over IXrugU* u , and J. M. B- made at Indifferent M to tie u much mooted qumtioo whether "Beptld u, . '"'taUm was a long sUlineM while d I Hougla* tried to wrap a MIX' haodercbirf „ atousd tire flogen of his right bssd. "firtt <r

j blood" having been drawn by the drum. " j to which tbe junior fisherman's finger lure " plenary evidence. The next aound I heard was a gurgling noise, at if water was running irut of a bottle. It was Douglass emptying, under ptoiesl, a hottie of Congress water, making ad interim, aa many wry facet as the clown does in ? Barnum's "Greatest Show on Earth.' 1 ' knew my torn would come, and while I ' watched the sinking sun as (he wooed like ' lover of the clouds, which clothed the ' 1 god of day with robesef more than Tyrian ; or Potsisn iplendor I drank in the sweet breath of the sea, fragrant of nan! and cassia, I looked at Douglass, put my fin- ' ger oo my lips and whispered; "It is a 1 whale!" Thin began the fight, full ol ' tbe tlera joy the warrior feels when fighting even a ((by Rinnan worthy of liis r steel. For this epicurean and game ft-'... like BiUj Kirby. "dies prime." It took me just ooc half honr by the watch before I bagged my dram, tvith " every pulse tenie with tbe joy of the frav, and when tbe draiu rolled over on hissidc it was all 1 could do tcTlift an eighty-pound ' into the bqaL Douglass skipped about like a rocky | mountain goal, and sang: ■ But we were weary of well-doing. I "high hook." and DonglaM could i Landing how he hod baggt-d the biggest black drum ever captured in Cafe ' May County. Hereafter be would l« dumb as a "mountain oyster" about his piscatorial exploits with which cm-while ' he was wont to set Lansing's tabic in a ' .We hailed tbe boat out to as not is suffer a second baptism al the tap of tbe drum*. ' Then we took in the gotgeous aunset. As ' the Contributor's club says, the supwbrsi 1 harmonies are reserved for tbe triumphant finale of tbe snnset. Slowly tbe sun. like ■ , crimson ball, drops down, apparently | nrar Barnesat I.iglit House,and while tlie plaintive moan of Hie waves reach. J us . our crea were rivcied t.y "ibe bannoni.t I tones, passing into red and puiple. barred . dulalions into related chords ot orange and indigo, with interventions of char and primrose yellow, all changing. ] fusing, gradually sinking down inio the ■ . quiet of the dusk, and after evening repeat! . tbe morning glory of rosovtolor, prari > gray and faint gold," there fell on us at lui the sweet silence of tbe daik. We spied Kodeo among lhc stunted cedars waving bis white silk bandana for us 1 The human tenderness of feeling out- ' pherc, had even subdued the skipping 1 spirit of the boundiog Dougla*. He w a- 1 Wa lifted tbe drama into Rodrn's carriage tenderly, as though we hived them And we ,-lowlj let the Arabs walk ' through the safid, proudly taking a ' glance at the big fish, it was nearly to 1 before Douglass dared to venture on I tbe expression "Hal a little liquid refresh- I tne til would do him a power of good." ' Pastor Shields welcomed . us al the 1 mage, and by the light of (he room- ' "i ing his two buonciog boys opened wide ' their eyes at si-ltl of our ponderous fish 1 • Jambs "M- Srovxu > A Deserted City. the Chicago UvraU. , It 1s nu often that an American towo i« , doomed to decimation, hul Yirginia City, Nevada, affords cne instance, al least. ( years ago Virginia City SDd pold , adjoining each other, and practically , town, bad 30 000 population. It wa* | the largest community between Denver , and San Francisco. There were merchant* . buiinesa with a million capital , were private bouses that onrt 2100.- , lo build and furnish. There wrr. , lump mills and mining structures that cost , 2500.000. There were three daily new,. . capers, and a hotel that cost $300,000. It a teeming, busy and money-making population, and among the people were « i reore or more of men worth from 2300. 000 to 230.000.000. Mat-key and Fair t ball lived there. There were three banks | * gas company. » water company, a splen i did theater and a cosily court house. c Eight year* bare passed and the town < a wreck. Tire 85.000 people have I lo 5.000 The banks have re- I tired from burioewi. The merchants ha v.- i closed up and left; tbe hotel ia abandoned, i (tie gas company is bankrupt, tbe aenrn- i or costly residences have either been taken t to pieces aod moved awsy or giverfovcr t bats. Real estate cannot be givei^fcay t away for taxes. Nothing can be ar.ldll.at i will com lu worth to more away. Thr i rich men have all gone. Those who rv saloon men and gambler*. The latter j are usually the fir* to come to a mining r and the la* to leave. Tbe cause of Ibis decadence, which has c swallowed up minims of capital and s wrecked the word I y ambition of tb-.u- f ■ends of peraoas, Ulhefsilurrof the Com- a stock mines In turn out additional wealth, f I'iecet of cheese cloth make the beet kind of dusters. Hem the edges, and ► a large enough supply so Hist ooe a set can be washed each week. C If the boy's sh.es art stiff from having c wet. rub Ibrm at nigbt with a little P castor oiL This will soften them and p make them comfortable again. c When hasting the Christinas tnrkey 1 take a clean nick and tie a cloth on lhc tt end, and wet this in gravy or dripping it with which it is to be basted; you can go w over each part more satisfactorily than it A delicate way to serve oysters Is to q oook tLem in a little water with butler 1 and all lo suit ibe taste, then loan some si thin slices of bread, and put a layer of 2 oysters well seaaoned between two slices. U Macaroni is very nice if cooked with 2 When lender pot oo tbe plat « with tbe chicken sod poor a rich gravy <-• over ill 1

Legend of trie Straaburg Clock. The famous Strasburg dock furnisbm r . one of the must interesting of Rhtoalsnd s talrs. an 1 it is little known in coo pact ion - with Hie wonderful clock. A cela- . tested mechanic once lived in SlraaburE, n a hose only thought was a care far his I n.j! ber lews daughter and lo produce scene lastlnt work of art. He brooded so much e • rer his mechanical plans that be neglectJ known as a crank. This made his pretty < daughter very unhappy,- but she mid no1 Hung, in tbe hope that his tsffsterious plans.wtnld «.**) reach success, i A rich magistrate and a young mechanic f were snitera for tier hand, but she refused • Utc dignity and power offered by tbe one s {•* tbe humble station of the other, though , her decision was kept from ber father until he should complete ht» work. Meanr time she induced him to acoepl ber lovsr i for a partner, and tbe young man soon , began to iDsosge the elder's sffaira. One day Guts, for that was her name, , heard her father shouting joyooaly. .She flew toward the mysterious chamber, foit lowed by ber lover. The great work was d' me! They were admitted to look at the tneenious rlockworig now moving lightly and easily on lit springs Tbe aged man, 1 bis while locks in disorder, bit face proud I and run of dignity, held th# weeping girl • in his arms as he gaxed with a Joyous awe The investor's name was soon on every ; t mgue. aod his fame brought members of I the guild frbm Basel, whose dtisena oft fered to buy the clock. Strasburg then i agreed ii purchase it, and selected a aide chapel in the cathedral for its reception. . Basel's citizens, however, unwilling to be . disappointed, urged that another tuch , clod* lie made, and offered ibe Inventor a t c msiderable sum. Then there was excite. ! mi nt In Strasburg. as its glory would . surely depart, were other towns, argued the ch ileus, lo boast of an equal work of an. The master must never be permitted , ffHeus opinion. . The offended magistrate, whose pride I sti!l suffered because of- (iota's rejection .f bis hand, now saw the opportunity he - Pail been wail Ing for. He caused the inr ven tor to be brought before a tribunal to . promise fcevvr to build a second deck. Ha proudly and firmly declined, raving: "God , hat given me talents; 1 have now done enough for my town and Its glory. I see i n-. crime In benefiting others by my art." The counselors cast down their eyes before . his noble look, but tliey nevertheless dc- , elded to l.ltud bim, as that was tbe only . second clock. The scented beard tbe sentence with a contemptuous look, but he finally asked that be might undergo the punishment before his work, as he » isbed to give it some final improvements. The reqoest was granted. L>ng and tenderly tbe inventor gased at his dock, when the revengeful magistrate urged that the execution of the aen- , lie . hurried. At tbia, nerved by i the taunt, tbe old man quietly removed the principal springs Hut caused the motion of the clock, and surrender- . cd himself for tbe torture. The dock . suddenly began to whir. The weights fell rattling lo the ground. "Die bell •track inharmouiou.lv thirteen tlmee and breathed out its final sopod like a wall of despair. Tlic inventor, now bilod, stood erect like a demon of revenge and cried : "Rejoice, proad dtixeot, in my work; tbe clock 'Is destroyed and my revenge cotu1 pletc!" During the moment or consternation and horror thai follomed, the yoong artikd the old man into the arms of his unhappy daughter. The magistrate who Incited the drradfnl crime became an object of contempt, and died enraed by h- people. Guta and her lover confessed their attachment, and were united, with the unfortunate investor's blessing. The clock was finally restored in 1842, and tbe glory of the restorer quite equals that of the constructor. Sunday In London. Talk about tlic Sunday law and its enIn Baltimore. It does not comto the ahsrrvmnce of that day is this gr,at city. One hardly knowa London todsy, after tbe bnstle and whirl of yeaterday. The stores are closed, the wagons Lave disappeared, the cabs seems to move quietly, atid tbe people seem almost •fraid to speak aloud. What a contra* after a continental Sabbath! I was hunthis morning, and thought I would go the Criterion to get a lunch. Imagine my great surprise when I arrived at the rest ti rant and found it closed, tbe G Ity and St. James likewise. All down the strand, up' in the west ends And even is "the city" the rewsuranls were closed tight* than Ibe proverbial clam. Not a place to cat on Sunday avi the dinning, of a hotrl. The chop-bouaes, tbe "frill. rootpe^1 and tbe "buffets" are all closed upfl 8 o'clock Is the evening, and tbq drinking bars and ala-Uouaes— as far as exteriors are concerned— are dark and uninviting. Uslem yoo know the proprietor, and can cot* by the "family" or "wholesale liquor" entrance, there 1s "no nse irgjng to get In before 1 o'clock. There Me plenty of churches, and good .,-rmoos ire preached, and the people to take advantage of this and go ts church. At Spurgeoo'a Tabernacle tbe crowd is always great and every stranger it one visit at least. When yon approach the entrant* yon are met by a verger or official, who gives yoo an envelope. The envelope requests yon to give a cootbe box provided. The far-seeing as well as the charitable, do this, and to them the ride gate or dot* ts open. Tbe sextoo place* yon lo a back seat, and requests yoo to wait until lthfifl o'clock. Tne rule is pcw-hoMom most beta their se»s by thai time or lose their places When the hour arrives the sexton tefis yon to go up the isle and take any mat vacant. those who have contributed are ■rated Ibe greet doom are opaoad and tbe crowd is Admitted. Tbeo the ccrvlcta