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 24, 1895. Entered at the Post Office at Ocean City, N. J. as second-class mail matter.

SINCE the New York legislators no longer ride on free passes they stick to Albany and work six days in the week. As a result the Legislature will adjourn about two months earlier than usual.

THE Trenton State Gazette quotes from the State Treasurer's report showing that the State Board of Arbitrators are paid at the rate of ten dollars apiece a day and that collectively they have drawn $24,000 from the treasury within the past two years and says that in no strike in the State has the Board "been largely instrumental in bringing about

an amicable understanding between the strikers and their employers."

GENERAL WILLIAM J. SEWELL, of

Camden, who has been chosen by the Republican caucus of the New Jersey Legislature to succeed John R. McPherson in the United States Senate, will be no stranger in that body, in which he served from 1881 to 1887, and in which his masterful qualities will again find opportunity for their creditable exercise. Possessed of eminent executive abilities, a clear speaker, well versed in parliamentary law and rich in the qualifications for successful leadership, as was shown both during the war and in his later career. General Sewell will add strength to his party in the Senate and bring credit to the discernment of the State which has selected him to represent it in that Chamber.

BONDING THE CITY.

The old adage "make haste slowly" seems to have been totally forgotten by Council in their precipitous action relative in bonding the city for improvement purposes. While we believe the gentlemen composing that body are acting conscientiously, yet in their haste to have the necessary special election take place previous to the annual spring election (a cause for which does not appear on the surface) a special meeting was held on Monday evening to pass the ordinance and fix the day upon which the election is to be held, they ignored certain legal requirements which cannot be treated with impunity without inviting a controversy that might result in the defeat of the measure now before that body. We advocate improvements, but they should be made

in conformity with law and usage.

Council, in this particular instance, failed to act in accordance with the requirements of the act under which we are incorporated. The resolution which now appears in another column of the SENTINEL, purporting to have been passed on December 6, 1894, was originally drafted by Solicitor Newcomb and acted upon at the meeting held October

30th, when, on motion of Mr. Sampson,

seconded by Councilman Steelman, it was treated as a motion. From that date until December 6th the resolution remained dormant. Then Mr. Hand offered a motion to the effect that the previous action upon the instrument be reconsidered. Without the semblance of reconsideration, Mr. Hand made a motion that the borough be bonded for $10,000 for the purpose of building a city hall. This motion prevailed, and the original document, with $10,000 substituted for the $16,000, now appears in print as the final action of that body. To have complied with the requirements of the law, the resolution should have received three readings before being published and made operative. This formality was omitted, and hence the action of Council is not legal and binding.

In their haste to pass the election ordinance, Council overlooked the fact that February is a short month, and that instead of giving thirty days' notice

after the ordinance becomes a law (as required by the statute) they only allowed twenty-eight days, as the above mentioned document does not become legal until February 7th. This oversight alone will invalidate the election. Council should set itself right before proceeding further in this matter, even though action be delayed until after the regular spring election. "An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure," and the immediate correction of the existing legal flaw will facilitate business and prevent the possibility of entanglements which might delay indefinitely the consummation of this much-desired scheme. We signed the petition, in good faith, for an election to ascertain public sentiment on the advisability of building a city hall at a cost not exceeding $10,000, as we believe it would be a benefit and credit to our town, but we do not want Council to ignore the law.

THE SPEAKERSHIP. It is stated upon the best authority that quite a number of Thomas B. Reed's friends are appealing to him not to accept the speakership of Congress for fear that the occupancy of the position might injure his chances for the Presidential nomination. They not only fear that he will be compelled to make more enemies than friends in the formation of the committees, but some openly admit that they share in the superstition connected with the speakership and the Presidency. It must be confessed that there is a foundation for the first reason. The speaker has, beside the committee appointments, much patronage to bestow and his influence is therefore very great. Perhaps in some respects the speaker wields more power than the President, as the committees appointed by him practically control legislation. But this great power brings with it peculiar responsibilities that frequently make more enemies than friends. In a measure the speaker is not only expected to "take care" of his friends, but also of his friends' followers. When a member fails to secure an appointment for a friend he usually appeals to the speaker to exert his influence on his behalf. But the speakership is a post of honor and one which the Maine Congressman should accept. It is usually held by the man foremost in ability and standing of the majority party, and these attributes he possesses to a remarkable degree. Moreover, the position will come to him without a contest and he will not be hampered eith any pledges in making up the committees. But the question of superstition presents another phase of the matter. All intelligent people deny that they are superstitious, and yet they are continually saying and doing things that border very closely upon it. But to those who are superstitious there is every reason why they should connect it with the speakership and the Presidency. The speakership is a position

of such dignity and importance that perhaps every man who ever reached it looked forward to the Presidential chair. Many have been avowed candidates and

more than once several have appeared to have it almost within their grasp, yet history records the fact that James K. Polk was the only man that ever wielded the speaker's gavel and afterwards reached the Presidency. Such men as John Bell, Schuyler Colfax, Robert Hunter and others whose names might be recalled, used all the power in their hands to reach the Presidency. The cases of Clay and Blaine are matter of such familiar history that they need not be specially recalled. However, it is especially to the careers of these two men that the superstitious now directly point and dwell upon the fact that in each case the honor was conferred upon a man of extraordinary ability. If Congressman Reed is at all superstitious these things might have some influence, but with his great intellect it is not probable that they will have any weight with him. He is the man for the position, both for his party and his country, and no doubt he will accept it and let the Presidential question and superstition take care of themselves.

JUDGE AND JUROR. A few days ago a juror in a case on trial in a Chicago court room so firmly opposed the court that he changed the whole course of the trial and succeeded in having a non-suit ordered. The case was a damage suit brought against a railroad company by a girl who had been run over by one of the company's engines. After all the facts had been submitted, the jury retired and agreed upon a verdict for the plaintiff. But before this verdict was returned to the court, the judge sent for the jury and

said that as he had been convinced that the defendant railroad company was

not legally responsible for damage, a verdict should be returned for the defendant.

The jurors to a man refused to do this until expressly ordered by the court to do so. Then all but one voted for the defendant, but under protest.

The twelfth juror firmly refused to return a verdict contrary to his conscience.

"It is your verdict," he said to the judge, "not mine, and I will not indorse

it." Threats of imprisonment for contempt of court failed to move him from

the position he had taken, and at last the judge effected a compromise by non-suiting the case.

The incident will doubtless reopen

the question as to how far a judge can

go in exercising his authority to make

a jury change its verdict. The whole theory of the jury system is that the

judge is judge of the law, and the jury is judge of the facts. The authority of the judge in determining the application of

the law in given cases has been well es-

tablished and so has the competency of the jury to decide upon the evidence.

But in the case in question a new element was at work, namely, the juror's conscience. It is admitted that he was an intelligent man, honest and disinterested, and not controlled in his action either by maliciousness or obstinacy; and the question is whether he was compelled to violate his sense of right and return a verdict which he sincerely believed to be unjust. Strong argu-

ments can, no doubt, be advanced on both sides, and yet intelligent people

will hold that arbitrary extension of judicial authority, save when the circumstances are exceptional, is to be regarded with apprehension.

Deeds Void When Altered. Justice Depue has filed an opinion at Trenton in the case of George F. Jones vs. James D. Crowley, setting aside the verdict of the Camden Circuit, holding that if a deed be altered by a party to whom it belongs, even though in an immaterial part, such alteration voids the deed as a consequence. Whether the alteration was made before or after the execution of the deed was a question of fact for the jury, but the legal

effect of an alteration was a question of

law for the court.

The suit in question was brought to

recover a lot of land in the city of Camden, and was tried at the Camden Circuit, a verdict for the plaintiff was rendered. The plaintiffs claimed title as heirs of Margaret F. Jones; Mrs. Jones derived her title under a deed to her

made by Thomas Brown on March

27th, 1863, acknowledged and recorded the same day. The plaintiffs offered in evidence at the trial a certified copy of a deed purporting to be made

by James D. Crowley to one Thomas Brown on September 1st, 1852. This deed was not recorded until March 27th, 1863, and could not be used as evidence,

not having been recorded within ten

years from its date, as required by law. The original deed was then produced, and on its face plainly showed an alteration, by the erasure of the middle letter of the name of the grantee. Here the difficulty occurred, there being two per-

sons by the name of Thomas Brown--

Thomas H. Brown and his uncle,

Thomas Brown. The Court says, "The legal presumption is that the deed came into the possession of the grantee when

it was executed, and in the absence of explanatory proof, that it remained in his possession until delivered for record in 1863, contemporaneously with the deed from Brown to Mrs. Jones. Hence it would be inferred that if the deed was altered after it was delivered, the alteration was made by Brown or some

one in privity with him. And if it be assured that Brown, the grantor of Mrs. Jones, was the person to whom the Crowley deed was delivered with the intention to pass title to him, nevertheless such an alteration in the deed voids it and renders it null as an instrument of conveyance.

R. B. CORSON, FUNERAL DIRECTOR. WASHINGTON VANGILDER, Manager. MILLVILLE, N. J. Petersburg, N. J.

E. 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

The first person who ever went round the world was the man in the moon.

JUSTICE TO THE SMALL BOY. No doubt the small boy has often

wondered in his own way when any

provision was to be made for him in this philanthropic age. He has seen how his mother is gradually widening her sphere, how his big sisters are being encouraged to ride the bicycle and wear mannish costumes, and how even his little sisters have special privileges at home, and rooms which they can call their own, and to which they can retire

when they want to indulge in some

favorite occupation. But he has all along felt that he is simply the errand boy of the family, who must fetch up coal from the cellar when he is in the attic counting up his marbles for the season's campaign, of carry a hammer to his mother in the garret when he is in the basement rehearsing the part of

endman in a minstrel show. At last, however, he is to be recog-

nized, and as the first step a movement is on foot to give him a room in the house instead of limiting him when he

wants privacy to the back yard or to

the woodshed. At present he is an Arab, so far as the pitching of his tent is concerned. Sometimes he has a share of a room with his three brothers, and then there are pillow fights in the morning, or if there are visitors he sleeps in the hall on a cot. If he wants to study natural history and begins by bringing a rabbit or a squirrel into the

house, he cannot play with it in the

kitchen, so says She-who-must-be-obeyed, for short called Bridget; he is

driven out of the dining room, and as for the parlor, well, his sister and somebody else are there, and the gas is

turned down very low, for did not his father say that the bills were too high, and O! pshaw, he won't go there, and there is really no place for him to get into.

But now he is to have a room where he can fix his fishing tackle, and have a closet with hooks in the wall, and paint in water colors, and whittle, and model in clay, and meet his friends and tell stories and indulge in sarcastic references to the helplessness of girls, and

do his arithmetic and sleep with his head to the foot of the bed, if he wants to. There are to be pictures on the walls of Indians and shipwrecks, and hunting scenes, and battles and fights with lions, and books that he can read without getting sleepy, or wondering if people think that the small boy is a saint and an angel rolled into one. It is to be his own room, and on the door there will be tacked a card with the inscription, "Whoever goes in this room will get in trouble." The boy has long needed such a place, and we must confess that we shall be glad when he gets it.

WORKING OF THE LAW. Dr. Poland, the State Superintendent of Public Instruction, has sent out to all the County Superintendents a letter asking for information regarding the working of the new school law. The letter of inquiry covers every phase of the new law, and the State Board will doubtless secure a good deal of information that will be of benefit in determining what legislation is wanted by the people on the subject, so far as their views can be learned by the County Superintendents. If unbiased themselves, they should be able to present public opinion pretty accurately. Following are the questions embodied in the Superintendent's letter: The general verdict of the townships of your county and statement as to each. Whether the new school laws are generally approved within said town-

ship.

What objections are made, a detailed statement to be made in each case. What remedy is suggested in each particular case. Number of children residing in portions of districts cut off from old schools. A Clever Woman. The director of a Chicago bank tells about how his wife overdrew her account at the bank last month. "I spoke to her about it one evening," says he, "and told her she ought to adjust it at once. A day or two afterward I asked her if she had done what I suggested. 'Oh, yes,' she answered. 'I attended to that matter the very next morning after you spoke to me about it. I sent the bank my check for the amount I had overdrawn!'"

Joseph G. Champion, ARCHITECT, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER.

Plans and specifications fur-

nished.

Terms reasonable. WEST AVE. AND EIGHTH ST., Ocean City, N. J.

The Guest Is to Blame.

Conan Doyle is right. The American waiter expects an absurdly generous tip. The English waiter is thankful for the customary slight gratuity. It is not so much the fault of the American waiter, however, as of the foolish and extravagant guests who have spoiled him beyond redemption.--Boston Journal.

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.

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. N. JOHNSON, PLUMBER, STEAM AND GAS FITTER. Repairing a specialty. Bath Tubs and Plumbers' Supplies. 730 Asbury Avenue.

Samuel Carhart, contracting painter and glazier. Estimates furnished. Jobbing promptly attended to. 950 Asbury avenue.

If you want to sell your lots quick list them with W. E. Massey & Co. Bargains constantly on hand.

Did, Though.

Policeman (to wheelman, who is riding on the side path)--See here, young man, you can't ride there. "Can't, eh? Well, you just watch me!" And he shot out of sight. --Amer-

ican Wheelman.

Out and Not Out. Waggs--Did you see Sponge this morning? He said he was going to call upon you to effect a loan. Gaggs--No; I was out when he called, and therefore I am not out now.--New York Tribune.

I am prepared to furnish a first-class red brick guaranteed to withstand the frost or climatic changes, which has no superior in the market ad the present time for use in paving. Not only are they a superior article, but the cost is much less than those of other brands now in use in our town. YOUNGS CORSON.

Wanamaker's. PHILADELPHIA, January 21, 1895. THE GREEN ROOM Green thoughts are in green shades, a remarkable color study in green. It is our custom each January to make a decoration in some striking color. You remember the Dazzling Assembly, all white; the Red Convention; the Golden Galaxy, all yellow. The Green Room, third floor, near Market street, is next in order.

THE ART GALLERY Many changes have been made in the pictures and the collection is reopened to-day. Third Floor, Chestnut street.

LANSDOWNE, $1

Precisely the kinds that have made so many friends. One of the daintiest standards of silk and wool elegance. You've tested it in every way--weave, color, strength. And the new price but $4 the yard! 36 IN. BRILLIANTS, 37½c Very much like the foreign. Some peculiar color plays artistically harmonized. Seems to have a silk finish. True--

all but the silk.

FRENCH CHALLIS,

25 and 30c.

More room for them to-day, more salespeople. We underguessed your interest. Ought not to have done so. When the 50c and 60c grades of last season--as fine and as handsome Challis as France can send us--are going at

25 and 30c

there's certain to be a stir over

them. To be sure, the 25c lot

was printed from last year rollers. Maybe you'll think more

of them for that!

50c PRINTED FLANNEL AT 25c Mostly light colors, not many patterns; but the quality and color work are fine. If they meet your fancy they're as well worth 50c to-day as ever. Very possible you'd pick them from a storeful. 25c the yard. Better grade, dark colorings, perhaps a dozen patterns, that have been 65c go to 37½c the yard. WOMEN'S MACKINTOSHES Made for this climate--that counts for much. And the making is as thoroughly good as the cloth. It is only a little while that we have had double textures in Mackintoshes for girls--8 to 16 years--as well as for women. The makers thought single textures were good enough for the littler folks. We didn't. DOUBLE TEXTURE Mackintoshes. For women, $5, $6.50 and upward. For girls 8 to 16, $4.50. Single texture Mackintoshes. For women, $2.25 and upward. For girls, $1.75 and upward.

HOUSEKEEPING LINENS Four stops--at random. Forty more--(or four hundred, maybe) would tell the same story of little prices.

NAPKINS At $1.10 the doz. Those famous 22 in. Bohemian Napkins, equal to any $2 quality for wear. TABLE LINEN--At 56c the yd. Bleached Irish Damask, 67 in., 8 good designs. Quality of regular 75c goods. TOWELS--At 20c each. Large bleached Huckaback towels, knotted fringe, all white or colored borders. Good value at 25c. LUNCH SETS--Fancy colored border-fringed Table Cloth, with 12 doylies to match, cloth, 60x83 in., $2.50 the set instead of $3.50. JOHN WANAMAKER.

SAMUEL SCHURCH,

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

SMITH & THORN, 846 Asbury Avenue, PLUMBING & DRAINAGE. 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.

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

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

R. B. STITES & CO.,

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.

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.

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 Congressional 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.

E. CLINTON & CO.,

Manufacturers and Importers of BRUSHES,

1008 MARKET, AND 8S. TENTH ST., PHILADELPHIA, PA.

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.