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. WHOLE NUMBER 1731.

CAPE MAV CITV. H j., J. U/ISR r EDJfU.VDff, fuhUeker proprUtar. HKSRY W. HARD, BdlUr. 11 00 a Tj»r Strictly la AdvanceSrofrtSlonal (farfls. ^BAJCINO * BLACK, ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW, . CAMDEN, N. J. m-, JQB J. F. LEAKING A SON, dentTsts Osralfar Cottar Hoeu—TtianUira urn fltu J"AMES~M. g. HILDRETH, ATTORN EY^AT- LAW AND SOLICITOR, MASTER AND EXAMINER [N ' CTIASCERT. ^emc« « No. M Wa-Sinjton street, oape Maj pKHHIKOTOlT T. HILDRETH, ATTORNEY • AT - LAW SOLICITOR IN CnANCERI , I0B MARKET ST,. CAMDEN, N. J. Office at Cape Mar Court Roore, >PBO SatarUay jtt-j . gustnrss Cards.. A 6. XTttle. " "T— PRACTICAL PAINTER AND GLAZIER, cape Rat cm. N. j, , Ordots Bar he left at E. Johnaoa'a atore. j ^ <r. oelr, -. • • • • i HOUSE, SIGN AND FRESCO J PAINTER, ] . EMTlMAT<a PCENISBER . »

SURROGATE'S OFFIUE. ItlrlDf'opoo ura*M URROQATB OP THK COUNTY OP CAPE MAY. TUESDAY AND SATURDAY each week. WILLIAM HILDRETII. luki&«StHHiS GOLD PENS. FIHIIINO TACKLE. ROPE TVnN^aAMM-IIH^YSAND •OCKET CUTLERY, BRASH AND COPPER WIRE. ALBUMS, ClIROMOS. PKAMES, PICTURES, Etc., Be. "? oa£*ao trial' ' o in J ' ' n» "a motci u *" ' reeetplof MaijHITe eehta. • -AIL 9ARWSON. a A II wuhlntrtoo 8L. Cape Maj N. J. "POINTERS ON POULTRY" ^ RAMRHLET tolling how to keep and food Poultry and the diseases that riffgtrtiy I hfrq. m J mill hp furnished free to-all whowarit It, elthor by Storekeepers who self our Condlmental Splco, or by ourselves. THE CQKD1HEHTAL FOOD CO. io* Him St.-cet. Phila. *ai— '~'r : •• G ' TJRSj HOiBERSACK, Medical skid Surgical Offices, 40 Years BstaWisiel «S Nona Seoond afreet, I'MlstalpSla, Pa. Y0| WANTED A G1NEH4L AGENT eVerrluttle ana Gatlrr ..I impnnkh^^rata^^ onrtfala^ff liwllnc olBcrra orantT E™' Mrjl aZ M1200 ILLUSTRATIONS produced In (be hlih style of art ao well known o t '•The Century Mama Bat Meltable. Bocamaile N^mjniM InU porttcalara a* U: •A R. BAXTER * CO.. General Acentntor THE CEJ.TURY COS War III I fa, Mo. HIT rtlncrl Strc-H. Ph.ljrtelpoia. VDVDV U"M> "*4*- °" IMliMssKs KTiSisssrs'iMS-SK; of tne greats*, uwortsst etuaooa of a nfelune most wnoara anwnai anil eoatptaUMt wl! j3*V*ul

4 __ »rdiral.. ? DYSPEPSIA cnqftwd, Slid Ilr-pre-vil hi mind, n ry irrllaMk UiicJld. nnJ.fap*«y. It la a dlaeaao Which dam lint Ret Sell v.; itself. It require* EerJ careful. |« r,l,ter.t Allehtlno. and a remedy la " I luvo taken Hi«»!'» Bnraapsrllla Ir.r dyv j I lnlcd inauy other medlrinca. hut Iiidic lireved - SII satisfactory tut ILenl'a Sarsaparllla." : j Thomas Coon, Dra-.li Electric Lleht Co.. ■ Sick Headache o Hood's Sarsaparilla *" only hy <1 1. HOOli it cil. Lowell, Ataaa. | IOO Doses One Dollar. SftHada. Businfss fards. j „ JACKSON'S CAFE, 10 SOUTH EIGHTH STREET, PHILADELFlllA. J-J I J^HE GRAND TURKISH RUS- • GENTS DEPARTMENT, rt N. !Ct» Kt. ' 7.AD1ES' DEPT, BS8 Ptlhert Slice: State of Ptumaylratua. MARTINDALE A JOHNSON, Propria SILAS H. ROWLAND. Sltpt. m !»• WORKING CLiSSK!^SS . SHsSrS?fSl «nd"'tfla ral' »"?• I U *° dTiui-A m%.y" u "f 1 'raa, and tea J Dot weilintlaaed we win aeod nae dollar "pay < CO., Pnirtaiid'Matn? "KUH('B STINSON^A (

CAPE MAV DRIVING PARKT ^ ^ ' pgg RR0V for Uic hotnr of llir Rrarrful omoa. cll.letl wo! d'.duek <wh!l't*lor'»eaaot^n "S.T- >u!'Z" "1!! 0091 |,rr"f P0"')"1" *"l urnamcnta: boat a of fiirtiirra^uc build ann rlrwanl |.rop..rti.ni« Tbe I'trk Company will eatsblitb a kind of toologftAl lake I" eh. no.) .lory Writers n|,tm l! Itfitlv oy,, .f.| t„ t|„. ,t, i, f„, ... ' 'The LJd title Lot .k3T a. " j™1', ■' deaicii'd t • make tbio ..ue of the moat delightful -|e.ta U.e I'nrk The betutly of the pUce will be a »ubj»et'»or light of vlaltora to this benutiful pl^Ae. W |,n,l "aU ",^01^ nw, i,e ' I'm,"? »nd,"»<« to the enjoyment of » anil over the Uke. There . n-r other nqtrntl!^ pit. nl, that will he transplanted and coaxed to grow for the deWblle Beach Avenue i« all that need be asked for so fur us it e0c" oth. n ,, . , ,! i ,1 i • . ™n"",of " •knlf."1 S»rdener, having a nntional reputation. There bos been a demand on the part of owner* of line stock for better driven and more of them. 000 worth of lumber and eontrecierl for I t*»l posts, width will be itsed In feneinn .nd Tf "5., ,his on® Rrntifle« tlic possessor of handsome road equipages while summering at the Cape. The Company lias made arrangements for $10,-gu-jrAf jsaag,gs .... .1,,. ,1.. |,.„t, |„, SS.'S'KXSt .ffi S5ST" " . ... h. ...... ... -K...h ...V -v..».(, ,

E. O. THOMPSON'S MAIL ORDEh DCTADTWEltT, " f WHAT IT IS. ]b It gives those living at a distance the same oppor- ^ ; t unity as those living in city, of obtaining really first- (| class clothing without incurring expense of coming to b our store. You buy directly from the tailor and miporter, ,-and thcrebv-obtain a better article at a lower | (AiCe, *ivitig, all profits of middlemen. , 5 H OWr'Tfr AV'ORK S. ' t Upon retjucst, samples of cloth are sent " Free of * Charge" to any address, with full business particulars Jj , - and "Our Self-Measuring System," which secures .a g perfect fit. Garments arc sent by express, which, if , not-satisfactory, may be returned" at our expense. r Send for samples of v Our $1& London-Made Customer Suits. i - Our $12 London-Made Customer Overcoats. " Our $15 London-Made Customer Ulsters. 1 Our $5 London-Made oustomer Pants. J State if you want light or dark shades, medium or heavy weight. i E. O. THOMPSON. Merchant Tailor and Impoiter of English Clothing. 'ut sa"™"tre:et!'po"" ""*■} philadelphia ! N. If.-— Kkxx lifts likyt iAi - Oar Illustrated book entitled "How to Dre»» In ' Blyle nt Moderate Coat." I Addicts Mall Order., I'. (I. ll.ti *18. Philadelphia. t L. E. MILLER. ; G£N£RAU CONTRACTOR, ' CAPE MAY CITY. N. J. gotrls and Soarding gou5f5. EBBITT HO.USE, " CAPE MAY CIT V,N.J. ■ — - cc OPEN ALL T1IB YEAR. JACKSON STREET, OPPOSITE NEW COLUMBIA. IV , 8. W. GQLT. ; "ST. GEORGE'S HOTEL, » . f*v bH»4 Of iC-» " Broad and Walnut Streets, Philadelphia. e ir-J-'l JAMES II. McCI.EI.LAN, iToprletor. T West Jereqy Hotel, rOCT °* MARKET STREET. CAMDEN, S. J. ill Raving laaawl an-l Rararnwiml tea aTove BoaeL t am #repareo to torn ton my trtamla am) the S> —"f04"— ■ Amumaam, ta, P« pam^. Oaaosmma, STKP1IBS I'AtBOHS Late mf Pimm!* BoUl, a imdaa. 'V JOHN POTTER, nm. )«2 I JCSEFK P. HENRY. | House, Sign and Frescoe Painter, S CAPE MAY CITY. N. J. " NATHAN C. PRICE: nJ.brrc lodduH smoA „ L PMrvejS8m«JtdnG«OYeyancsr, 5 . CAPE MAY CITy, N. J. a, § " ' ' HERBERT W. EDMUNDS.' "'" 6 Geunsellor-at- Law, VBa i i: :s«WMP'fW»*.«Gii!u vo-

j A atory of Two Confederate Spies, t | vtrtiicotocmo Wai«. . i 1 The following" wlt< Hit TillRWKrnir I ■ bit story: Said be. "Old boy, what I am going 10 tell you must be kept quiet to | ourselves. You know that I was guard- I tbe Recruits Pen. well, 'this morning T. was relieved 1 saw two fine t looking fellows, very cl.-an anil tidy, talking together; finally thtjr came wi'hin speaking distance, so I hailed Ihem and they said they belonged to a Yoik Regiment and hail received a good bounty. I soon found out their names and that they wanted , to gn out and spend some money. I told them that I would get a pass a'ter guard mount and would.cnll for them; so it agreed between us. I went for the pass and got it, and took litem around and they were really rlghl good fellows Vfti had a'good dinner, Went around -by the fortifications, unit I showed them cvoryihing to bo seen. We finally came back io the Bottler's and the Jews quar. and they bought me litis cap, a pipe and two pounds of tobacco, when I proposed to go back, as'I said I wanted to get some sleep. Une of them asked tne If I would sell him the pass. 1 said It wouldn't lie of any use to 'hem. He replied all right but it would do anyway until sun down, and then they would return of themselves, lie then asked what 1 would take for it, but! before I could make any reply, the other One went down in his pocket and ottered me - $30. I told Mm "he OJUMa'l MM II •, He then Offcred'WSlhal much more, I atill refused. So they both talked .together

aside for a moment or two, and then turned to me and here, we have more money than this, and we r want that pass, and if youTet us have . it and lot us go around alone until it it Umc to go back., we wllljjive you all that It in thte pocket hook.' Opening it, I saw that it contained three, or four times the amount they had offered me. I was about making up my mind -What, to' say when l^ie othpr took out his - watch; T asked hhn the time/he said It was nearly two o'clock; he then said, 'Come, let us go back,' when the '■ one who had the watch said, 'Hero, we will give this to you into the bargain: let ns have the fmsa.' j Bo I made up my mind that If they "Avert fools enough to offer so much for a wort Ideas piece of paper that would do them no good, why they could have if.- They then gave me the money and tbe watch, and 1 gave them Ihc 'pass.' I thea told Ibam 1 would leave, hut cautioned them to be" £ careful and not to stay away longer than tun down or they would surely be taken in by the marshal- They said ail right, - we will be'on time. Then 1 left then;, continuing, said he, 'well, old hoy, what do yon think of it? A man don't often get ao much for a pass, doe* he?' Tbe reply giveh was; 1 think not, ' but I am afraid that yon have gotten yourself into a world of trouble, said -T he; 'what good will that pan dotbem — If Ihey do not return by sun down. Tbey will be caught before morning— they can't take tbe boat as yon kno-y, nor gel » near it without being taken up by acme. I Hblective.' TSo, was the reply made _y to him, but still the thought wa» that — their would ho trouble before be was many days older." „ On the following day both had to gp on duty, the writer on the second relief and his comrade on the thbd one. Tbe old guard had Juit been relieved apd we wore standing done together

talking, when oup- attention was It •itlr.ifU-l by an officer sneakine In the ... "an mat "Wgs sai.r, DT3T l.jandulu" hboUT 81 daylight— steamer— two spies, and tm- « portant papers captured. A momeut a we saw a corporals guard bringing e two prisoners to the guard house. Five It minutes later, a new guard was taking II the prisoners away. Hearing that tbey ti were to be sent to the prison boat on si ■he James River, like a flash of Ughti ning the thought came over us of our U I comrade and the two recruits. Turning a ■ around to apeak to him. he had gone, * , The next day we were relieved of duty, d i but before we left tho guard house, we I. I were all drawn up in line; eighty-five o : men without the officers. This was I ' something new and strange, as we were v I off duty. Then the officer of the guard e . and a stranger. dressed in citizens clothes r came up and they went along the whole t line, looking very closely at ever)' lhan. s i After uiisjtad been completed they went « . directly to tbe writers' comrade who was ' s not twenty feet distant from him. The i - stranger in citizens clothes spoke to I > him, (oak Mm by the arm and led blm ' : out of the ranks to headquarters, when * t the guard was dismiaaed. In an excited > - frame of mtnd, the writer went to bi* f quarters without speaking a work to any f I one. He knew Uiat bis poor comrade ' I war In for It; but what could he do for t I him !_ Alas! nothing. He could aot < o apeak a word in kls behalf, and ao re> o solved to any nothing unless compelled t e so to do. Of course as the news of the i II arrest spread rapidly, be was spoken to ' r about tbe matter by many comrades, 1 but no reply was given other than that

it waa all news to him and that ha knew nothing about tl On the morning of the fourth day after this arrest he heard that the two apiea were to tm shot he went with some others to the place of execution, about a mile away, in order to ace who these men were. He got close enough to ace that tbey were tbe same men who i were with tho guards on tbe morning of : the day his comrade waa arrested and Im- , mediately berorc the arrest. Ten minutes later waa distinctly beard the officers, in I command of the firing' party, giving tbe i esder, "Attention! Ready! Aim! Fire!" ' He heard the report of tbe rifles and > Someone any, the next moment, that ' tbey died "game." He (topped to tee r and hear no more, but went sadly beck 9 to hbt lonely quarters. Scarcely had he » entered when his captain came in and I- aat down. In reply to the question 0 whether he had seen bis comrade aince 9 his arrest he promptly answered, "No." a "Well," responded the captain, "as yon , cannot help him, why, aay nothing." A ; kind hearted man and officer, doubtless . be felt that the writer had tbe confidence n of the arreated comrade, and be did not * desire the devulging of any thing tbe ir farmer hoew. Asking him who were n the men that were shot, he said: "They d were two rebel spies that were captured n a few days ago on biard of one ef the y government steamers Just as she was y about to leave the (City) Point," and 1 thai tbey had about them plans with the e number of Grant's forota, around the ie Patau,- and further that they were brothit era, and known to be rebels who bad u deserted, or come Into our Hoes, took the oath, went North sa far as New York, o and got all Ute information they desired; J then, enttaainff under assumed nsmira. c. received a big bounty .and then intended d fa dmert and go lack to the rebel lines, cr After making s few eommrm-ptace re-

"Shot, tne comrade, who dented nothing. found guilty before a court marital # and sentenced to be shot. He waa. how- ^ kept upon tlic prison beat for a . tlmo and waa finally reprieved. His case remained In this condition unIhc close of the war, when lie was sent to Albany Prison. ^ A good and brave soldier through the g temptation of money was thus led to an . act which resulted in bis disgrace, yet ^ when he sold tho pass he thought no could possibly— tw incurred. years hare passed by since these . took place, but tliey are yet J wonders what became of his good-lieart- J cd, but erring comrade. A- C. Gilk. Women's Conversation. I The drawer has been obliged to take ' notice ot tlic extraordinary tendency of American women to cultivation, to the ] of the mind, by means of reading, clubs and other intellectual ex- ' erclses, and to acknowledge that they . arc leaving the men behind; that la, the - men not in the so-called professions. ' Is this Intellectual ization beginning to show in "the conversation of women when they are together, aay In the hours of relaxation In the penetralia spoken of in gebtral society ? Is there less talk about the fashion of dress, and the d corneas or cheapness of materials, and about servants, aod the 6f the itxkoate citizen called tbe baby, and the infinitely little details of the nrivate life* ef other nennle ? private *

Is It true that if a group of men are ' talking, say about politics or robust busl- | ness, or literature, and they lie Joined by women (whose company is always welcome), the conversation is pretty sure to r take a lower .mental plane, to become J more personal, more frivolous, accommodating itself to qmle a different 1 range? Db tho well read, though tfnl women, * however beautiful and brilliant and cu- 1 pable of the gayest persiflage, prefer to 1 talk with men, to listen to the conversa- ! tion of men, rather than to converse with or listen to their own sex ? II this , is tree, why is It? Women, as a rule, in "society" At any ' i rate, have more leisure than men. In the ' facilities and felicities of speech tbey 1 i commonly excel men, and usually they 1 I have more of that vivacious dramatic ' i power which Is called "setting out a •' I thing lo the life." ' With all three advantage*, and all the i world open to them in newapapers and . books, they, ought to be the leaders and , stimulators of the best conversation. „ , WIUi them U should never drop down j t to tlx too common UahMMs and banality, r . Women have made this world one of , , the most beautiful place* of residence to * be conceived^ Tbey might make It one ' of the moot interesting.— Charles Dudley ' 1 Warner, in Harper' t i ' Lung Troubles Promptly Cured. J , Messrs. Editor*:— "About three years 1 ago my right^nng became affected, and 1 9 I then commenced taking Dr. Seth Ar- l a Hold's Cough Killer. I used about nine , months and that lung has never lrou|il- . ed me since. Last summer I had a cold ' 1 and It settled on my left lung; It got a llrmly seated and I began to take the :, Cough Killer again, now 1 don't cough i. at all."— H. W. AJdrieh, Northbridge ' Centre. Mam. - For sale by all druggists. "> Price SSc. 50c. and 91.00 per battle, d For Costlveness, Biliousness. Uesdl ache and all feverish habit* use Dostor =- Bsth Arnold's Bilious Pills' 25c,

1 lint- of the survivors of an early Polar ^ j ex|>cdilion lately told an incident which illustrates the power which supers!!- ^ audeven^ife11"' s man. One of the ®. strongest and most hopeful members of B| the expedition was s young Scotchman. ^ psrty was obiged to spend tbe sec- c ond winter on the Ice: the rations were . ami many of tho men already had ^ ot scurvy and col* O , the Edinburgh man, though * weak, was the life of the, party. Ills joko and laugh never failed. One night, n after tliey had shifted camp to a new (| place, he said: "I am sure to go back y home. An old Gypsy read my fortune . ten years ago. I am to die in Van Die- t man's Dand, and It's many a league ^ here io there." ( "Not so far," said one ol his compan- j Ions. "The captain named this place , 'Demon's Land' this morning. Tliat is ( enough for yonr purpose." . , The Scotchman langhcd uneasily. { from that moment he gave up all , energy and hepc. In twenty-four hours f he was dead. Cold and hunger did their part. But It was fear that killed him at | last. , Among tlic records of W ashington's campaign in 1777, a well accredited ( story is told 6f a young English officer, [ Lord Pcroy, who served under Cotnwal- . lis. On riding to the crest of the ldll . which over looked the Brandywlne, lie r suddenly checked his hone and looked about him in silence for a few moments.

He then said to a friend: "I dreamed of this place before I left England. I saw It all, in every detail. I shall die here." « He called his servant, and gave him his 0 money, watch and a message for his c mother. He was one of the first men to , fall In the engagement. The coincidence i, was singular. But when we consider * that prsbably ninety men In every liun- t, rirod go into a battle believing that they » shall fall in it, the proof ot the tra^i of F presentiments Is not established by one i or two fulfilled premonitions. l No record is preserved of the cases in i which a very strong presentiment is t followed by events which bear no resem- • to those anticipated. These, nev- i erthelcaa, constitute so targe s propor- ( Hon of the whole that when tbe matter ( viewed merely as a problem of , chances, It is extremely improbable tbat j say particular presentiment will be ful- ) AT*. [ < T'tre Origin of Rloa Throwing. , In t he days of the Sbang dynasty, ' some 1,®® years before Christ, there 1 lived in '-he province of Shansl a most 1 famous s aroerer callsd Chad. It baji- ' penodcme day that a Mr. P'ang came to 1 consult tho orarlo, and Chao, having di- 1 vinod by mi <* G>e tortoise diagram | informed the Bre»b!lng Pang that ho bad but six . 1° Hve. Now, however much we «n*y Hie sagacity and skill ot o; tr-fsmUy pbyiictan. we may be excuse, i H in * matter of life and death, we cal'J in a second doctor for a consultation, and hi search a strait is not to be wondered at that Pang should repair to at father source to make sure that there was no mistake. To the fair Pearhbloseom he went, a young lady who had acqul red some reputation . as a sorceress, and to tb« tender feminine ■ heart unfolded tbe "fary of hla woe. Her divination y tel. led tbe fame result

pnW ),v the Tvcrrl.c nf W efforts were successful, and on the seventh day great was Chad's astonishment and still greater his mortification and rage when he met P'ang taking his evening stroll and learned that there lived a greater magician than he. The would soon get about, and unless could put an end to his fair rival's existence his reputation would be ntlded. And this is how Chao plotted against life of Peaehblossom. He seat a go-between to Peacbblosaom'a parents to inquire if their daughter was still unmarried, and, receiving a reply lq the negative, ho beloolcd tbe simple parents Into belolving that he had a Son ■ *ho was seeking a wife, anr^ultimately ' he induced ihem lo engage I'cacbblMsom to him in marriage. The marriage cards duly interchanged ; but tho crafty had choacn the most unlucky ttay could select for the wedding, the day when the "Golden Pheasant" was In the ascendent. Surely as tlte bride entered the red chair the spirit bird would destroy bor with his powerful beak. But the wise Peaehblossom knew all ! these 1 thingsampfeared not. *'I will gp."; she said; "I will fight and defeat him." 1 When the wedding morning . camp she gave directions to have rice thrown^ out 1 at the door, which the spirit bird swing 1 made haste to devour, and while his at- ' tendon was thus occupied Petchblosaom ' s'epped into the bridal chair and passed ' on her way unbanned. And now the 0 ingenuous reader know* why he throws 1 rice after the bride.- CMnem Timet.

Two Cute Mains Dogs. Our nephew, Mr. J. K. Estabrook, who lives at the head of Maquoit Bay, collie and St. Bernard or Newfoundland, don't know which. The animal inherits enough of tho shepherd dog to as tender to care for the cows and drive them up from pasture; BOB alan excellent watch dog. For the present there is at the farmhouse a pureblooded English pug, a bright lllde felbut having a honor of water. A runs through the meadow near tbe house. Not long aioce the pug and "Tiger" were on the meadow, and the crossed the bjook. The pug lo the brink, but refused to take the water. Old "Tlge" took in the situation in a moment, returned and persuaded the little fellow to get upon back, and U»en began to wade across; tbe pug slidkRfl Into the water and yelled with fright, but he got all right. before or after this occurrence we forgot to ask. the- "pug" was fed moat bountifully- Eating only 4 porHon of what was given to him ha hunted "Tlge," who was on the meadow, | and brought him R> the house, sat down, and complacently watched the big dog eat up the rest of the dinner. Do dogs converse?— BntnmiUk rfagnijA. Don't Exparlmnnt. , You cannot afford to waste ttane in , experimenting when your lungs are in danger. Consumption always seems at e first, only a cold. Do not permit any r dealer tolmpoM upon vou with some t cheap Imitation of Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, Coughs and 5 Colds, but bo sure you get the genuine. c Because he can make more profit he e may Uil you he has something Just aa r good, or just the same. DonH be docelred, but insist upon getting Dr. King's D NewDtooovay, which is guarantred fa ® give relief in all Throat, Lung and Chest t. affections. Trial Bottles Frfett Dr. H. U A. Kennedy's Drug Store.