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Job work promptly done by experienced hands. THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1894. Entered at the Post Office at Ocean City, N. J. as second-class mail matter.

JUST as the actions of the Democratic Senators at Trenton roused public opinion to the boiling point, so the proceedings of the Borough Council have called forth a protest from the residents of Ocean City, and they have determined to take matters into their own hands. As we foreshadowed in our last issue, the feelings of our people have found vent in a petition to the Court for a new election for Mayor and Pound Keeper, and Judge Joseph E. Hughes, of Common Pleas Court, has designated Tuesday, April 10th, as the day upon which such election shall be held.

RAILWAY CROSSING ROWS. What is there sacred about a railroad company that enables in its contests with a rival line over the right of way to resort with impunity to lawless and violent methods to enforce or defend its claims? No railroad company likes a new railroad line laid across its tracks, and almost every time such a crossing is made or attempted to be made each company uses locomotives and loaded cars to impede the efforts of its antagonist and assembles large bodies of its workmen near the point of controversy under conditions which always threaten and often lead to violence and blood-

shed.

Is there a defect in our laws that rival railroads must resort to the tactics of hostile growlers rushing gangs to settle their controversy? What decent excuse can be made for the West Jersey and the South Jersey Railroads collecting heavy engines and cars and gangs of Italian laborers to settle a grade crossing question? The legal right in the case cannot be with both companies. It is for the Court to say whether it is lawful for any particular grade crossing to be constructed or not, and having given its decision it is the duty of the losing company to acquiesce.

A PLAIN DUTY.

At the next meeting of Council, which has been fixed for April 13th, we hope that body will redeem a part of its lost prestige by promptly seating Edmund A. Bourgeois, the newly-elected Clerk. That the term for which H. B. Adams was elected has expired is an undisputed fact, and no one knows that better than H. B. Adams. The present incumbent has prostituted his office for selfish purposes, acknowledging that

the height of his ambition was the

borough printing. And then, by his orders, the minutes of Council, a public document to which all interested parties should have free access, have been kept under lock and key, even Councilmen being denied the right of searching them

for the purpose of better qualifying them-

selves for the discharge of their duties. Mr. Adams has fed so long at the public crib that he has begun to think it a birthright. He is probably not aware that the borough was not incorporated for the sole purpose of providing sinecure positions for whole families. He does not hold a mortgage upon the borough which the officials need fear, nor are the qualities of his heart and head of such a high order but that the affairs of government will move just as smoothly without his assistance as they did in the past. Ocean City won't go to the bowwows if he is retired, notwithstanding we are on the eve of an election for Mayor and Pound Keeper. If the Councilmen are afraid to do their plain duty in this matter, the power which made it possible for them to sit in judgment have legal resources which they will not hesitate to avail themselves of. A word to the wise is

sufficient.

ONE NATION AND ONE FLAG. A bill has been introduced in the Legislature at Albany providing that "it shall be unlawful to display upon any public building in the State of New York any other flag than the Stars and Stripes." The bill ought to pass, and a similar one ought to be submitted to the Legislature of every other State

in the Union.

When foreigners come to this country and settle down to American citizenship they owe allegiance to the star spangled banner alone. It is not expected that they will forget the land of their birth. It is proper and natural that they should remember old associations, and there can be no objection to the formation of societies--German, Irish, Italian, British, Swedish and the like--so long as these societies are social in nature. Should they encroach upon the political they would be treading upon dangerous ground. Appeals to race prejudices or the attempt to organize race parties within the body politic are to be deplored wherever indulged in. But foreign societies of a social or benevolent nature are well enough, and there can be no objection to the intermingling of foreign colors with those of the United

States.

When our citizens of foreign birth parade, not as political organizations intending to affect political questions, but as citizens of a foreign nation giving their allegiance to America, there is a sentiment in the display of flags that means peace on earth and good will toward men. But this sentiment is rightfully restricted to private individuals and societies. The nation or the State or the city knows nothing but the nation,

the State or the municipality. It cannot enter into such things. Its one emblem is the flag of the United States, and that flag alone should fly over the roof of a public building. Let the citizens as such entwine with the Stars and Stripes the flags of other nations if they will. But as a nation we know only one nation--America. We know only one flag--old glory. We know only one standard--the red, white and blue. It ought not to be necessary to pass bills providing that only the American flag shall fly over public buildings, but it seems that it is, and it ought to be understood everywhere and by all people that the one flag recognized in this country is the one that was designed in the little old house on Arch street, Phil-

adelphia.

Let our French citizens fly their tricolor with the colors of America. Let

the Sons of St. George fly the cross of St. George. Let the Sons of St. Patrick carry their green banner and its golden harp. But over the public buildings

let the Stars and Stripes alone fly. Not

one of these foreigners, now citizens of

the United States, is called upon to fight the battles of the country which gave him birth. They are here to fight for

America, the land of their adoption, and in a war they would rally around the old flag and carry their muskets to the inspiring strains of Yankee Doodle and the Star Spangled Banner. All of them are ready to cry One Nation and One Flag, and that One Flag alone is in place

on public buildings.

We hope to see the bill before the New York Legislature adopted.--Philadel-

phia Inquirer.

credentials of the majority. The Senate

REDEEMED NEW JERSEY. Good Democrats everywhere will rejoice that the Supreme Court of New Jersey, composed of five Democrats and three Republican Judges, has decided, with only one dissenting vote, that the Rogers Senate, composed of Republicans, is the legally constituted Senate of the State. The decision is based on the good Democratic doctrine that the majority must rule. The former Legislature, controlled by Democrats, sold itself out to the race track gamblers. The result was a revolt by the people last November and the election of a Republican Senate and a Republican House. The House was organized by the Republicans without any difficulty, but two Senates were organized, one composed exclusively of Democrats and the other exclusively of Republicans. The Governor, by the advice of the Attorney General, recognized the Democratic or Adrain Senate (Mr. Adrain being President), and the House recognized the Republican or Rogers Senate (Mr. Rogers being President). Legislation was impossible, nor did the Legislature or the Governor possess any authority by which to break the dead-

lock that ensued.

The question, however, was at length taken to the Supreme Court and exhaustively argued, both parties agreeing to abide by the Court's decision. In the meantime the Republican Senate and House had passed several acts, including a repeal of the obnoxious race track legislation, and in joint session had elected a State Comptroller and State

Treasurer.

The problem presented to the Court to determine was not very difficult, in spite of the ingenuity of the Democratic counsel in trying to prove that the constitution intended to give the minority of the Senate the right to pass upon the credentials of the majority. The Senate of New Jersey is composed of twenty-

one members. Of these nine were hold-

over Senators and Democrats. The revolt of the people against race track corruption resulted in the return of eleven Republicans and only one Dem-

ocrat to the vacant seats. The Democrats set up the preposterous claim that

the hold-over Senators could organize the Senate and pass upon the credentials of the newly-elected Senators. The Republicans would not submit to this, as

it was the well-known purpose of the

Democrats to reject Bradley, of Monmouth, admit his Democratic competi-

tor and thus make the Senate Demo-

cratic instead of Republican. The newly-elected Republican Senators, therefore, met by themselves and or-

ganized. They were eleven in number.

The Democrats, ten in number, also met by themselves. If they had met together on equal terms the Republi-

cans could, of course, have controlled

the organization.

In passing upon the claims of the two Senates, the Supreme Court was very careful to declare that it was not passing upon or controlling the acts of the legal Senate of New Jersey, but exercising nothing more than its usual judicial authority in determining whether any alleged legislative body or public officer had violated the regulations of the Constitution. It was pointed out, more-

over, that there could not be any judicial

interference with the action, appointments or proceedings of the true Senate of the State, unless the same should be

shown to be out of harmony with the

constitutional law. Having assumed jurisdiction of the matter, the Court

soon found that the whole question

turned on whether the Senate is a continuous body, with perpetual life. The Court found that it was not such a continuous body, but that, like the House,

it was required to be organized at a fixed time each year. Moreover, the Constitution declares that the Senate shall consist of one Senator from each county. The Democratic contention would make it consist, for a time at least, of only the hold-over Senators, who would pass upon the credentials of other Senators. Thus, from an interpretation of the Constitution, the Court arrived at the conclusion that the Adrain Senate was not the legally organized Senate of New Jersey. The conclusion that the Rogers Senate was legally organized was reached by a short cut. The Court observed that a majority of the Senators organized the Senate and elected Mr. Rogers President and did not consider mere technicalities relating to that election holding to the wholesome doctrine that "the majority of Senators are absolute masters of the occasion," and that their action "was and is conclusive upon this court as well as upon all departments of the government." The Republicans thus gain control, as the people declared they should, by the application of a political principle that is thoroughly Democratic, though opposed at times by political tricksters who masquerade under the name of Democrats. The decision of the Court settled at once the long-continued controversy. Governor Werts, who has ever been in sympathy with the attempt to capture the Senate, at once commissioned the State Comptroller and State Treasurer elected by the legally constituted Legislature, and filed the bills passed by the House and the Rogers Senate, so that they are now laws. It is a great victory, not so much for the Republicans as for the people, who sought to drive the race track gamblers from control of the Legislature and have at last succeeded.

A LIFE OF SERVICE. Happily we all, with very few exceptions, serve one another in a greater or less degree. Certainly every one who is not immediately idle or vicious does this in some way, whether he intend it or not. Even the selfish man, if he have ordinary good sense and honesty, cannot help being of some advantage to his neighbors, or to his community, though such a thought may never have influenced a single action. His very efforts for his own welfare reach further than himself. He cannot earn money without giving to others his strength or skill. He cannot spend it without en-

couraging some department of industry. Then he will often consciously and in-

tentionally benefit or please his fellow men in the sole hope of thus obtaining for himself something he desires. Yet no one for a moment entertains the idea that his is a life of service. There are also multitudes of others swayed alternately by selfish motives and gen-

erous impulses, and who do good in various ways as they drift through the world, yielding to their tendencies and desires as they arise. Neither can they claim such a life.

The essence of a life of service is its conscious aim. Most of us are full of purposes which we pursue with various degrees of energy. We intend to earn a living, to provide for our families, to

attain some excellence, to procure some pleasure, to gain an education, or a fortune, a name or a position. But it is only the few who hold all their intentions subject to one controlling and definite purpose, viz., to live a life of service. Indeed, the word itself is dis-

tasteful to some, who associated it with servility and thraldom and continuous

self-sacrifice. Yet the fact is that no compulsion can ever extract the true service of the heart and life. It is noth-

ing if not free, spontaneous and untrammelled. He who thus devotes him-

self to the service of his fellow men does not separate himself from the ordinary occupations and interests of life; still less does he neglect his own wel-

fare. To do so would soon frustrate his aim. There is no good thing that can come to him personally which may not

be made directly subservient to the furtherance of his purpose, while whatever tends to cramp his powers and narrow his life, curtails also his ability to serve mankind. If he have no wealth, how can he bestow it? If he have no education, how can he supply mental needs? If he have no power,

how can he exert any? If he have no influence, whom can he reach? If he be not cheerful and content, how can

he shed abroad a spirit of cheer and comfort? No, the man who pledges himself to a life of service must see to it that he has the means to carry it out.

His duties to himself are rendered more, not less, binding. He will cherish his health and strength, develop his powers

of mind and body, and welcome gladly everything which will make his life broader, richer, and happier, knowing that thus will he add to his value, and increase his power of serving others.

At the same time, he will hold all these things subordinate to his controlling

purpose, and will be ready to resign them whenever he finds them to be in-

compatible with it. With all his other powers, he will have the power of sacri-

ficing self whenever his intelligence shows him that a life of service de-

mands it. A recent writer says truly, "In this capacity of sacrifice, regardless of self, we have the purest essence of

the best religions; a human quality which exists, which has been evolved in the long travail of the world, but

which may be cultivated with prospects of vastly greater increase now that its supreme beauty and price are perceived and valued. * * * Even in the polit-

ical world, singleness of purpose, a true public and social spirit are valued more than great talent and eloquence without them. A life of selfish ease and in-

dulgence is pardoned to great wealth and position with less readiness than formerly; and with the growth of de-

mocracy, such a temper must necessa-

rily spread both in extent and intensity."

This life of service is one that can be lived by all who have the heart and will to embrace it. No one is too rich, too intellectual, too high in rank or station to adopt it. We have bright examples of men with princely fortunes, who

hold every honor the world has in her gift, who are quietly, lovingly and intelligently living this life of service. They prize their possessions and opportunities chiefly for the power they af-

ford of doing good; and, in using this power wisely and kindly, they find their highest happiness. On the other hand, none are so poor or so humble as

to be unable to live the same life of service. It is not their advantages, but their purposes; not the amount of their power, but the trend of their desires which decide the question. Sometimes the weak, the sick and the afflicted, those whose circumstances are unfortunate, and whose influence is small, are so imbued with the desire of serving others that their efforts shame many who have tenfold their opportunities.

It may indeed be truthfully said that this purpose, sincerely held and earnestly followed, will never fail. It exalts all other aims, it gives zest to them, it purifies them. It rules out selfishness; but not self-culture, not self-control, not self-respect; all these must be kept and nourished to enrich a life of service.

Unselfish in its very essence, it yet teaches and enforces the duty of making the most of ourselves, not merely for our own gratification or gain or fame, but that we may thus be most

truly able to serve the world. Thrice happy and blessed is he who cherishes this high aim and who lives the noblest of all lives, a life of service.

Wanamaker's. PHILADELPHIA, Monday, March 26, 1894.

Dress Stuffs.

The touch-stone of success in Dress Goods retailing (or any other) is to know what the people want and give it to them at least prices.

But we go a step beyond that oftener than not, and surprise with the variety and elegance of the stuffs.

Never a season when the Cotton Dress Goods have been so far in advance of your expectation; never a time when our mastership of the market was more manifest.

If a new woven loveliness has cropped out anywhere you could almost surely see it first here.

Some of the daintiest stuffs of the year can be found no-

where else in Philadelphia.

No worthy or wanted sort is missing from our shelves. This little list touches as a bee might among flowers. At 4c the yard. Fast color Calicoes. At 5c the yard. Indigo Blue Prints, Best Skirting/Prints. At 6c the yard. A standard 10c Gingham. At 8c the yard. 27 in. Puritan Serge. At 10c the yard. 34 in. Canton Cloth. 30 in. Fancy Striped Seersocket. 30 in. Linen finish Percale. At 12½c the yard. Printed Bucks. Printed Dimities. Irish Lawns. Fancy Batiste. 18 in. Percale. At 16c the yard. A fine American Printed Mousseline. At 18c the yard. A perfect Cotton Crepe, 16 colors. At 25c the yard. Irish Dimities. Silky Japan-ities.

American and Scotch Gingham.

Brocaded Sateens.

American Cotton Bucks.

At 30c the yard. Scotch Ginghams, Crepes, Bucks.

English Plumetis.

Linen Lawns.

Plain Mousseline.

Galatee.

At 37½c the yard.

Fancy Pique.

Organdie Lisse. Batiste Broche.

Japanese Crepe, plain colors.

Scotch Dress Linens. At 50c the yard. English Pique.

Fancy Japanese Crepe.

Silk-spot Plaid Gingham. Woven figure Linens.

At 60c the yard.

Swivel Silk Ginghams.

Silk mixed dress Linens. White figured Marseilles. Satin stripe Japanese Crepes.

Just as true of the Woolen stuffs and the Silk-and-wools.

New conceits almost every day. Nothing lacking that ought to

be here and the heaped-up shelves are filled with only the freshest, choicest of their kinds.

Better than that (for you)--prices are 25 to 50 per cent. less than usual.

Women's Coats. Nearly 200 styles. Among them, the prime favorites, are the stylish Foxhall, made fro msoft black Woolens, faced with Moiré, $5.50, and the Covert Cloth Coats at $10

--kinds that are marked $18 in some stores.

It is worrying some manu-

facturers to find out where to get the Alsatian Capes to sell at $4--the beautiful combina-

tion of black, blue or Havana brown Broadcloth with cream lace. Evidently they don't know what mastery of a market means.

Boys' Clothing.

The kindly approval of great purchasing has been put upon our splendid stock of Boys' Clothing already this season. The boys and their mothers that have been here have been pleased. And now we want all the rest. Our Boys' Clothing business is constructive--built better every season. A few quotations:

Reefers, 4 to 15 years, in Serges and Che-

viots, $3.50 to $8.50. Washable Suits, 2 to 10 years, $1.50 to $5.

Sailor Suits, 3 to 10 years, plain and fancy Cheviots, $3.50 to $9.

Zouave Suits, 3 to 7 years, various lengths of Jackets, $3 to $7.50.

Eton Suits, 3 to 7 years, silk facing, $5 to $8.50.

Remember the Clothing store--how light, how roomy. The handiest place in which to buy. JOHN WANAMAKER.

NEW INLET HOUSE, TOWNSEND'S INLET, Sea Isle City, N. J., WILLIAM A. MANAHAN, Prop'r. All trains stop at the door. Boats always on hand.

WESLEY HOUSE, Cor. 8th St. and Wesley Ave., OCEAN CITY, N. J. This house is delightfully located on a wide avenue a few feet from the ocean. Accommodations first class. Terms reasonable. Open all the year. A. E. COLE, Prop'r

CORSON & ROSE, MILLVILLE, NEW JERSEY.

FURNITURE Everything to make the home pleasant and comfortable. Bed-room Suits, Parlor Suits, Dining Room Suits, Rockers and odd pieces. CARPETS Brussels in all grades, Ingrain, Rag and Mattings. Fur, Smyrna and Moquette Rugs.

QUEENSWARE Dinner Sets, English and American. Tea Sets, white and decorated. LAMPS Vase, Banquet, Piano and Hand Lamps.

THE COST We will sell as low as the lowest. It will cost you nothing to come, as on a bill of $20 or upward we pay your fare.

CORSON & ROSE, 222 HIGH STREET, MILLVILLE, N. J.

R. B. CORSON, FUNERAL DIRECTOR

Orders left with WASHINGTON VAN GILDER, Petersburg, N. J., or at Millville, N. J., will receive prompt attention.

R. B. CORSON, MILLVILLE, N. J. PETERSBURG, N. J.

THE OCEAN CITY SENTINEL

$1.00 PER YEAR.

Good Advertising Medium. FIRST-CLASS JOB WORK OUR MOTTO. We are well equipped to do plain or fancy work.

GILBERT & LAKE, House and Sign Painters. RESIDENCE: 450 West Avenue, OCEAN CITY, N. J.

Jobbing promptly attended to. Estimates cheerfully given.

Guarantee to do first-class work and use the best material.

Orders left at Wm. Lake's office, corner Sixth and Asbury avenue, will receive prompt attention.

C. THOMAS, NO. 108 MARKET STREET, PHILADELPHIA.

HEADQUARTERS OF SOUTH JERSEY FOR FINE FAMILY GROCERIES.

ALWAYS THE FRESHEST AND BEST TO BE FOUND IN THE MARKET. Full Flavored Teas, Choice Brands of Coffee, Sugars of all Grades, Canned Fruits, Pickles, Spices, Raisins, Dried Beef, Butter and Lard. Hams of Best Quality, Weighed when Purchased by Customers. No Loss in Weight Charged to Purchasers.

Stop in and make selections from the best, largest and freshest stock in Philadelphia.

Orders by mail promptly attended to and goods delivered free of charge at any railroad or steamboat in the city.

LOW PRICES. Satisfaction Guaranteed.

ISRAEL G. ADAMS & CO., Real Estate and Insurance AGENTS, 2031 ATLANTIC AVE., Atlantic City, N. J.

Commissioner of Deeds for Pennsylvania. Money to loan on first mortgage. Lots for sale at South Atlantic City.

R. B. STITES & CO.,

DEALERS IN Pine, Cedar and Hemlock BUILDING LUMBER

Siding, Flooring, Window Frames, Sash, Doors,

Blinds, Mouldings, Brackets, Turnings,

Shingles, Pickets, Lath, Lime, Cement.

A full supply constantly on hand, and under cover. Orders left at 759 Asbury avenue will receive immediate despatch by Telephone.

Lumber Yard and Office:

Cor. 12th St. & West Ave., OCEAN CITY, N. J.

SMITH & THORN,

Plumbing & Gas Fitting,

In All its Branches. Satisfaction guaranteed. Underground drain-

age. Terra Cotta Pipe.