OCEAN CITY SENTINEL. PRINTED AND PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY.

R. CURTIS ROBINSON, EDITOR AND PROPRIETOR.

OCEAN CITY, NEW JERSEY.

Advertisements in local columns, 10 cents per line, each insertion. Monthly and yearly rates furnished on application. Job work promptly done by experienced hands. THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1895. Entered at the Post Office at Ocean City, N. J. as second-class mail matter.

THE Supreme Court is puzzled over the question as to what constitutes a "marked ballot" in the Wert's election law. Perhaps the court might expedite matters by allowing the Governor to

make a statement.

THE man who says to a reporter: "Why don't you expose this or that or the other," is the fellow who "doesn't want his name mentioned" and would swear he never mentioned the matter if the printer got in trouble about it.

THIS is a progressive age. If you want to own a town now there is no necessity of going to the worry and trouble of building one. An Alabama

town was recently sold at sheriff's sale for five cents on the dollar, and a Russian village was sold in Cumberland county the other day for less than the court expense.

OUR firemen, in their appeals to the public for material aid for the service of the department, should receive liberal recognition. They are a self-sacrificing body of men. Many of them have no property of their own at stake, but their service is one of pure philanthropy. Give them, therefore, cordial and hearty encouragement.

THE proposition to abolish the Board of Freeholders and enact a law providing that three county commissioners shall conduct county affairs will hardly meet with public favor. Under the present system a member of the Board of Freeholders represents his immediate neighbors, and the nearer we can remain to the practical workings of home rule perhaps the better for all concerned.

THE real power of a newspaper to draw trade to its own town or direct the trade in other channels can hardly be estimated, and what is more, it is a matter that is hardly ever considered as an important factor in the town's prosperity, for the simple reason that it is not thought of by business men. He who would give the matter a moment of unselfish thought will be the last man to pooh! pooh! the idea. The local paper that is receiving a good living patronage from the town in which it is published, will guard well the interests of that town with jealous care, just the same as the merchant guards the interests of his individual customers.

KIND WORDS.

Kind thoughts will lead to kind words. An ounce of praise is worth a pound of blame any day. Yet in many families we hear more of the latter than we do the former. There are children that can only say, when asked how they

brought up, "I was not brought

up, I was kicked up." Not only are parents sinful in this regard, but older brothers and sisters are culpable as well. Many a young heart has bled because of the lack of some word of kindly encouragement. There are some of the teachers who can easily remember the longing which they had, as little chil-

dren, for that praise which would have cost very little, but would have gone a

great way in helping them to bear the burdens of childhood. Kind words are

like oil, but harsh words are like sand.

The one oils the machinery of life, and makes it run smoothly; while the other causes friction, and may bring the whole machine to a standstill. Besides

this, kind words are cheap; they cost

absolutely nothing. Yet there are per-

sons who so seldom use them that their

lips move as reluctantly for a kind word

as a door that has not been opened for years swings on its hinges. "Say so"

is a good text from which to preach to such people. If you feel kindly towards

anyone, say so. You say so if they are worthy of any blame, do you not?

Well, then, why not do as well by them when they have deserved any econium? There is a great difference between flattery and praise. The one is harmful and disgusting; the other is very helpful. Many a son has said kind things about his mother after she was dead, which, if he had said before she died, would have prolonged her life for years. Kind words are tonics better than any doctor can administer. Out with them,

and as you go, try, in this way to bear

the burdens of others.

THERE is so much legislation demanded of the present Legislature that it will require much hard labor upon the part of the committees to separate the chaff from the wheat. A great many bills of minor importance will be introduced, but they all take up time and delay important measures that require time and thoughtful consideration. Some "popgun" bills have already been introduced that should never have been entered upon the calendar. The Legislature has certain explicit pledges to redeem, and these should be the first to receive attention. While the Legislature has much hard work before it, we believe that a short time will prove that it has the energy and ability to successfully carry it through.

THE MAYORALTY.

It is distant yet, the time when our people will choose the Chief Magistrate of our prosperous and rapidly growing city, and yet the people are beginning to discuss the merits of some people in connection with that office.

It is none too early to do this. Better to calmly and considerately talk over this matter now, than in the flush and heat of an immediate campaign.

The man selected for Mayor of this city should be a man of ability and education. He should be of a judicial cast of mind, free from narrow prejudices and petty spleen. He should be chosen to administer all the laws and ordinances in the spirit of fairness and impartiality, without fear, favor or affection. The position of Mayor of the city is one of honor and should be one of dignity as well. There are many things in which he may do the public a great amount of good, or by lack of understanding or appreciation of his duties, may do much evil.

A NOVEL DAMAGE SUIT. Among the stock jokes that have done duty since a time to which the memory of man goeth not back is that of the railroad tunnel, the woman in the car and the stolen and, therefore, sweet kiss. Now, as it is well known that there are only a limited number of original jokes, this particular one doubtless flourished in the days of Ptolemies and the Pharaohs. True, there were no railways at that time, but exploration has shown that, at least, there were tunnels, and no doubt mistakes were made in them then just as they are to-

day.

It is rarely, however, that the matter ever goes further than the tunnel, and genuine surprise will, therefore, be expressed when the fact is recorded that a woman, a widow, too, who lives in Alabama, has sued for a thousand dollars damages from a man who kissed her while going through a tunnel. From an abstract standpoint it is difficult to see on what grounds such a claim can be based. A kiss of this kind is either given under an uncontrollable impulse, in which case the plea of emotional insanity could be set up, or else it is because the party of the first part believed that the party of the second part wanted it, and so he could put in a

plea in abatement.

In the case in question, however, the kiss does not have any of these quali-

ties, but was given in mistake. A young

man was riding with his wife and had left her for a few minutes. When he returned the train was entering the tunnel, but in the dim light he groped his way to the side of the wrong woman,

and hence the catastrophe. If he had

said nothing when daylight was reached

all might have been well, but he was injudicious enough to remark: "Excuse me, I thought it was my wife," and we can readily understand what the feelings of the woman must have been. An able lawyer will be able to make a good deal out of this fact, and if there is any chivalry in Alabama the widow's wounded feelings will be healed very effectively.

But the thought obtrudes itself, where does the wife of the defendant stand? The kiss was intended for her, and nobody else has a right to it. And yet she did not get it, its sweetness was wasted on another woman, and that woman actually placed a money value upon it. A thousand dollars would go far towards an Easter bonnet and diamond earrings, and she will not only be deprived of these, but be unhappy in the thought that she lost something which was hers by inalienable right. It seems to me that she cannot be blamed if she has a good cry, pack her trunk and goes home to her mother.

THE DUTY OF APPRECIATION. There is nothing in which men differ more greatly than in their estimates of the duties which they owe to their fellow men. There are some who would not pay even their financial debts unless the law or public sentiment compelled them, while others perceive and spring to fulfil obligations which no one would dream of claiming, nor society think of requiring. Those who belong to the latter class unite a kindly heart with an enlightened mind. Through these they are ever finding higher and more subtle forms of duty, which at once appeal to consciences, and are quickly fulfilled in their lives. Through their example these new obligations

slowly filter down to the general sense of duty which pervades society, and thus moral ideas advance and moral character progresses.

Among these new responsibilities, which are gradually becoming acknowl-

edged, but which are even now only vaguely felt by most people, is the duty

of appreciation. It may seem at first sight, perhaps, a somewhat unimport-

ant matter whether we discover the good points of those who are around us,

and let them know that we mark them, or not. Yet the influences that we exert upon one another by our

thoughts of them, and our words con-

cerning them, is greater than any of us imagine. This is especially true in regard to children. They are very apt to grow into the character which we assign to them, and develop those qualities which we assure them they possess.

If a boy is always called stupid at

school he will speedily become so; if he is conscious of being esteemed disorderly or insubordinate or quarrelsome, he will insensibly cherish these qualities, if he is frequently watched and suspected of deception and cheating, he will yield all the more easily to these temptations. On the other hand, if, instead of these discouraging influences, he finds that his intelligence is taken for granted--that he is supposed, as a matter of course, to be orderly, law-abiding and good-natured--that his honor is trusted, and his word accepted, his self respect will be aroused, and a strong incentive will be given for him to realize the expectations that are formed of him. The well-known and much derided partial-

ity of parents for their children, while

tending perhaps to nourish vanity, has

this compensating element--that it

tends to increase and strengthen the

particular characteristics which are perhaps too fondly attributed to them.

Take the youth just entering his appointed career. His powers are yet untried, his talents uncertain, his success a problem. How natural that he should adopt that opinion of himself which he hears expressed! If his employer dwells upon his blunders, exaggerates his failures, derides his mistakes, discourages his efforts, he will insensibly fall into the notion that he has mistaken his calling, or, perhaps, is fit for none, and will either give up the enterprise or continue in so despondent and hopeless a spirit as to insure his ultimate downfall. But if he is encouraged by intelligent appreciation, if his powers

are respected, and his talents brought to the front--if his mistakes are lightly dealt with, and he is stimulated to do his best, his entire future may bear glad witness to the inspiring influence.

Nor is it only youth that this appreciation brings out the best that is in us. We are all and at all times subject to its incitements. Which of us has not felt the spur to increased effort in some special direction from the simple presence of one who, we knew, believed in and respected our powers? It is said of Margaret Fuller that she had that rare gift of eliciting the best thoughts and language of which those who conversed with her were capable, and that, when they left her presence, they were not more charmed with her brilliant part in the conversation than astonished at their own. Few are endowed with so delightful a faculty, yet we all possess its germ, more or less fully developed. By cultivating the habit of seeking for excellence in those we meet, and of freely and simply expressing our pleasure in and approval of it, we may be the means of drawing out more and more and thus benefiting the world beyond our power to estimate.

The same truth applies to all moral excellence. It thrives in on atmosphere of appreciation. Many a man has won a victory over fierce temptation simply by the consciousness that some one has faith in him and believes that he will conquer. Many a one also has been driven into desperate iniquity by the thought that there is not one left who nourishes any hope in his future. It may be said that our opinion of our fellow men cannot be formed at will, that we cannot have faith in the faithless, or approve where there is nothing commendable, and this is certainly true. At the same time there are few, if any, in whom we could not find something to esteem if we were on the quest for it. We allow their wrong-doing to form so thick a cloud over their whole nature that all the bright spots are hidden from our view. If we had more of that charity which believeth in all things, and hopeth all things, we should be quicker to detect the good, slower to mark the evil, anxious to bring out and develop the former, glad to cast the mantle of silence over the latter.

Some persons who really do appreciate their fellow men never by word or look allow them to find it out. Whether they do not wish to puff up their selfesteem, or whether they fear to be thought too easily pleased, or whatever be the reason, words of praise or encouragement rarely fall from their lips, though inwardly they may acknowledge and honor what is meritorious and noble. They make a fatal mistakae. Where one person is made vain by honest praise a hundred are stimulated to new and higher achievements. Where one is kept humble by never being commended a hundred are made spiritless and dejected, and their efforts flag. It is easy to say that this should not be so, that people should be superior to praise or blame, and that higher motives than appreciation should prompt them to excellence. We must take things as they are, not as we dream they ought to be, and the fact remains that while a few are so self-centered as not to need the stimulus of encouragement, the great majority do and will need it for a long time to come. If this be so, appreciation can no longer be deemed an indifferent thing, to be given or withheld at pleasure, but a duty which we owe to all with whom we mingle, and one which we cannot neglect without doing them a positive

injustice.

HELP THE POOR.

The class that during the winter will need all the help that people who are provided for can give are the respectable persons out of employment. Ordinarily they earn sufficient for themselves and their families, perhaps even laying up a little. But this winter many

of them can get no work. Mills and

factories are shut down, commercial houses have closed or are reducing their

force. Terrible indeed is the prospect

for the man or woman thus thrown out

to face the cold world on nothing a

week. Of course, the unfortunate of real pluck will strain every nerve to catch on again and at least earn bread. But with all such plucky ones can do to help themselves there will still be many left temporarily without bread or roof to shelter them. Almost every thing can be done temporarily except starving. That a man cannot do. The

really high spirited among these at first

feel as though they had rather die than ask for food. Then hunger drives them on, and they appeal with beating heart to the well-to-do individual who passes

by. This class should never be denied.

Help them to food and lodging whenever they ask. You can always tell the really deserving poor. Hundreds of well dressed, honest people walk the

streets of our cities to-day not knowing where their next meal is to come from. Everybody must help them.

LOOKING FORWARD.

January 1st is a turning point. Since the close of the summer season people

have waited the usual course of events.

When a new year arrives the talk is of "next season," although it is months

away. The past is for the time forgot-

ten and all is hopeful for the summer

that is to come and enrich some and perhaps make others poorer. It may be a trifle early to predict the future with certainty. We know that Ocean City is without its equal as a summer resort, and if the weather is hot it will receive its share of business

from the thousands of families who

will have a vacation by the sea, no matter what state general business may be in. If the latter conditions are favorable and people are making money we shall have greater success. They can afford to come earlier and remain longer, spending more money for entertainment at hotels and boarding houses.

So, with warm weather and plenty of business Ocean City will hold its own and enable the hundreds of investors in seashore property to realize liberally on their capital. And this coming season ought to be profitable. While there will be noticeable improvements and additions to the principal hotels the cost will be kept within reasonable bounds.

TO THE REPUBLICAN AND INDEPENDENT VOTERS OF OCEAN CITY. Be it known that a permanent organ-

ization known as the Ocean City Republican Club; with headquarters in

Howell's Hall, has been established for

the promulgation of Republican principles and the solidifying of the Republican strength at the ballot box at every election to be held in Ocean City. With the evidence before us of a large Republican majority at each election, we fail to see any benefits arising therefrom to the party either in municipal or county affairs so far as we are concerned, and in order to sustain our just claims to recognition in the representation of our town we have formed this organization.

We desire to have the co-operation and assistance of all loyal Republicans and any others who may deem it wisdom to join our ranks, where the cardinal principle is that the majority shall rule and

no boss dictation.

Application may be made to the Secretary or any member for membership. To suit the opportunities of all applicants we have three degrees of member-ship--Active, Honorary and Contributive --the relations of which will be cheerfully explained to all who propose to join. By order of the Club, I. S. CHAMPION, Secretary.

If you want to sell your lots quick list

them with W. E. Massey & Co. Bargains constantly on hand.

Will Fight for Justice. A special committee, appointed by the Atlantic County Board of Freeholders to examine the records of the county jail to ascertain how much is due the county from Atlantic City for alleged legal commitments for violations of municipal regulations, reported to the Board at a meeting held on Wednesday of last week that the city is liable for

nearly $300.

The Atlantic City members of the Board will fight the issue, as the city pays over one-half of the county tax and is therefore entitled, they claim, to have its prisoners taken care of at county expense where the sentences imposed are for more than ten days.

Wanamaker's. PHILADELPHIA, January 14, 1895.

DRESS SILKS

The Winter visit of the chief

of the Silk stock to the centres of Silk manufacture in Europe

has already produced the ideal

collection of Dress Silks for

Winter and Sipring uses. Many times every day fresh

arrivals. Evening Silks for brides, bridesmaids, maids of

honor, for every use required by social occasions are here in unlimited variety. All the new weaves in Black Silks, the new

printings in India Silks and a

variety of sharp bargains in

Fancy Silks, witness to the en-

terprise of our Silk store. The conveniences for buying

are perfect. The stock is without peer, rival or competitor

because it is unmatched and unapproached in quantity, nov-

elty, completeness, elegance

and cheapness.

Any buyers of Dress Silks at retail who neglects this stock

buys ignorantly.

VELUTINA, 85c AND $1

Two widths; two weights.

More than 100 colors. 85c and $1 the yard.

Nearest to sure-enough Silk in looks, in wear, in worth of any similar goods we know. Close pile, light weight, per-

fect coloring.

$2 GRAVENETTE AT $1.25 Shower proof. Finest English. An importer's all. Beautiful lustre, fine twill and a lovely weight for women's dresses. Grade that we have been steadily selling at $2. But we make the price $1.25 the yard. Registered trade-mark of the Cravenette Company is stamped on each two yards--wrong side. Navy blue and black. Width 60 inches--5 yards ($6.25) ample for a dress.

MACKINTOSHES There has been asking and asking for double texture Mackintoshes for girls of 8 to 16 years. We made the makers hear it and they have sent us a full range of these girl sizes made in every respect as w ell and of as good material as the choicest qualities for women. $4.50 each. Women's Mackintoshes, double texture, $5, $6.50 and upward. Single texture Mackintoshes for girls, $1.75 and upward; for women, $2.25 and upward.

UMBRELLAS He closed them out to us, the maker did, as if rainy days were done with. Rarely good Umbrellas. Some with exquisite Dresden and metal-trimmed handles that alone cost more than we say for the perfect Umbrellas.

Women's Silk Umbrellas.

Trimmed stick, with gold and silver handles, $2.50; worth $3.75 to $1.50. Handles of Dresden, Ivory and Horn, $3; values up to $5.

Handles of Dresden, Crystal, Horn, Japanese Ivory, some silver trimmed, $4; values up to $8. Very fine collection of handsome handled Umbrellas, $5; values up to $9.

Men's Umbrellas. All-silk, silver and gold trimmed, and silver handles, $3.50; values up to $6. All-silk horn and ivory trimmed handles, $5; values up to $9. All-silk, ivory trimmed and buck horn handles, $6.50; values up to $13.50.

BOOK NEWS FOR JANUARY Half a plate-paper portrait of Professor Von Helmholtz, the world-famous physiologist and physicist--made from the last photograph he ever sat for. All the usual features beside. BOOK NEWS readers are never left to guess what the literary world is doing. 5c, 50c a year. JOHN WANAMAKER.

FOR SALE. I will sell at the following low prices to close out my holdings in Ocean City on easy terms, if desired. Lot No. 728 Asbury Avenue, above Third, 30x100, - - $250. Lots 638, corner Second Street and Wesley Avenue, 50x100, - - And 153 Wesley Avenue, 50x120, for both $950. Lot 539, corner Asbury and Twenty-second Street, 40x100, - - $200. Lot 127, Central Avenue, above First, 40x100, - - $300. Lot 169, Ocean Avenue, corner First Street, 50x135, - - $600. GEORGE L. LENNIG, 123 Walnut Street, Philadelphia.

ALLEN SCULL, DEALER IN

Pure Milk, Butter & Eggs, 727 ASBURY AVE.

Camden County Milk Served Twice Each Day. J. B. & J. G. H. Brand Gilt Edge Butter and Fresh Country Eggs constantly on hand. All orders receive prompt attention.

J. N. JOHNSON, PLUMBER, STEAM AND GAS FITTER. Repairing a specialty. Bath Tubs and Plumbers' Supplies.

730 Asbury Avenue.

SMITH & THORN, 846 Asbury Avenue, PLUMBING & DRAINAGE. TERRA COTTA PIPE FOR SALE. All kinds of Pump, Sink, Drivewell Points and Plumbing Material constantly on hand. All kinds of Jobbing in our line promptly attended to. Best of Material used. Experienced workmen constantly on hand.

R. B. CORSON, FUNERAL DIRECTOR, WASHINGTON VANGILDER, Manager. MILLVILLE, N. J. Petersburg, N. J. C. B. COLES & SONS COMPANY, Wholesale and Retail Dealers in LUMBER and MILL WORK. Largest stock of Hemlock, White and Yellow Pine, Poplar, Cypress, Chestnut; Oak and other hard woods a specialty. Odd or Hard Wood Mill Work and office fixtures

a specialty.

FRONT, BELOW KAIGHN AVE., CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY. Telephone No. 42

DESIRABLE

COTTAGES FOR SALE OR RENT. If you intend visiting the seashore the coming season, call on or write R. CURTIS ROBINSON, REAL ESTATE

—AND—

INSURANCE AGENT, 744 ASBURY AVENUE, OCEAN CITY, N. J.

who has on hand a number of desirable furnished and unfurnished cottages. Full information given on application. Building lots for sale in every section of the city.

Insurance written by first class Companies. Come and see me before insuring elsewhere.

Money to loan on Bond and Mortgage on Improved Property.

J. S. RUSH, HOUSE and SIGN PAINTER, Ornamental work of all kinds done at the lowest cash prices. Residence and Office: Eleventh Street and Central Avenue, Ocean City

E. CLINTON & CO., Manufacturers and Importers of BRUSHES, 1008 MARKET, and 8S. TENTH ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

SAMUEL SCHURCH, CITY Collector & Treasurer, No. 701 ASBURY AVENUE. OFFICE HOURS--12 to 2; 6 to 8 p. m.

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 No. 759 Asbury avenue will receive immediate despatch by Telephone. Lumber Yard and Office: Cor. 12th St. & West Ave., OCEAN CITY, N. J.

Railroad Time-Tables. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD. WEST JERSEY R. R. Schedule in effect OCTOBER 6, 1894. For Philadelphia--7.40 a m, 3.10 p m, weekdays. Sundays, 4.40 p m. For Sea Isle City--7.40 a m, 3.10 p m, weekdays. Sundays, 9.35 a m and 4.40 p m. Leave PHILADELPHIA, MARKET ST. FERRY. For Ocean City--9.00 a m, and 4.00 p m, week days. Sundays, 9.00 a m. Leave PHILADELPHIA, BROAD ST. STATION.

FOR NEW YORK.

Express, week-days, 3.20, 4.05, 4.50, 5.15, 6.50, 7.33, 8.20, 9.50, 11, 11.14 a m, 12 noon, 12.44 (Limited, 1.06 and 4.22 p m, Dining Cars), 1.40, 2.30 (Dining Car), 3.20, 4, 5, 6, 6.50, 7.13, 8.12, 10 p m, 12.01 night. Sundays, 3.20, 4.06, 4.50, 5.15, 8.12, 9.50, 11.03 a m, 12.44, 1.40, 2.30 (Dining Car), 4.00

(Limited 4.22), 5.20, 6.30, 6.50, 7.13, 8.12 p m, 12.01 night.

Express for Boston, without change, 11.00 a m.

week-days, and 6.50 p m daily.

Washington and the South.

For Baltimore and Washington, 3.50, 7.20, 8.31, 9.10, 10.20, 11.18, 11.40 a m, (12.35 Lim. Dining Car) 1.30, 3.46, 4.41 (Dining Car), (5.16 Congres-

sional Limited, Dining Car), 6.17, 9.56, 7.40 (Dining Car) p m, and 12.03 night, week-days. Sundays, 3.50, 7.20, 9.10, 11.18, 11.40 a m, 4.41

(Dining Car), 6.55, 7.40 (Dining Car) p m and 12.03 night.

S. M. PREVOST, General Manager.

J. R. WOOD, Gen. Pass. Agent.

A. D. SHARP is now ready to Clean Out Cesspools At a low price, this being a good season of the year. I can clean them much cheaper now than in the Spring or early Summer. The brushing of lots also promptly attended to. Send your name and number to A. D. SHARP, Ocean City, N. J. PARKER MILLER is fully prepared to Clean Out Cesspools. Send in your orders at your earliest convenience. Settlement for same can be made on or before July 1, 1895. PARKER MILLER, Asbury Avenue, Ocean City, N. J.

F. E. CHAMPION, DEALER IN ICE, Pure Spring Water Ice. COAL, Best Grades, all Sizes.

WOOD,

All Lengths Cut to Order.

OFFICE AND RESIDENCE: 634 ASBURY AVENUE, OCEAN CITY, N. J.