VOL. XV.
OQEAN CITY, X. J„ THURSDAY. NOVEMHER 21,'
189G.
Ocean GitiJ ^entinel.
PCBUIUKil WEKJD.T At
OCEAN CITY, N i C. ROBINSON, Editor and d wietr.
xo.
■HUtrnfyi-a^LMA). MORGAN HAND, ATTORNEY AND COUNNKIjLOB at law
Oawt <
ffrr.'asas.iiTsimffTB
CHUTBI.
MARSHALL'S
DINING ROOMS
■ I.ADIEM AKD UE^ITO.
No. 1321 Market Street, :
J^AW OFFICES SeHdYDER C. WOODROLlLi, Sl« I B. J. JONATHAN HAND, Jr., -A.ttorney-B.t~Law* SOLICITOR AND MASTER IN CHANCERT.
N..Ufj' Public.
APE MAY CXiURT HOUSE, N. J.
Pk^alrlBn and Drnffgfat,
■O. 7*1 A6BURT AVBNUB,
«x aAH CIT*. R. ».
PnR». n«. MartMT. —mur. DR. J- E. PRYOR, PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
Ocean City, H. J.
'’oie'iind Tliroml, *aS of (‘hlliSrtn.
By LCCIE ST DEAKE.
backing wooM jo«t' tbo rbaiK'i ; Iur. Tb«-ni w
C. HUTCHINSON. M. D. «'•«
imii
PHILADELPHIA.
STRICTLY TEMPERANCE. ■BAIR TO ORDCB FBOM • A. ■. TO < P :
Good Roast Dinuer». with three VcgeUbR-. for 25 cent*. Turkey or Chicken
Dinner*. 85 cent*.
ladle*’ Jlooiu ujmtaini with In.iue-
Uke comforu.
PORE SPRING WATER. •rea ai-i, mucht. BAKERY, 601 South Twenty-flecoud Street. Ie* Cream. Icea. Froaen Fralte and Jelliea. Wedding! and Evening EntertainB*nu a Hpeclalty. I^erything t.. furaUh the table and eetffree of H.argc. ■ OTHINO SOLD OH DELIVERED ON SUNDAY. WALLACE S. KISL1-A , nKAIx ESTA.TH INSURANCE AQENr 4t* MAKKivT BT., CAMDI.Pi. 1* *■! lo rent. Money to loot
HARRY S. DOUGLASS, CoiiiiNellor-at-1-.aw,
CAPE MAT COURT HOUSE. N. J. CorUmctort ami BuiUUrt. . S. B. SAMPSON,
Qontraotor and guilder,
Ilbmaeopatliiwt.
No. »31 Central Avenue. IlenWt-rit PhyskfaK late of PbUa. QR. WALTER E.YEkKI.S.
DENTIST,
Tnckahoe, N. J.
1 »br w-iiald be <
(ion. and I a-ld-i
* The craaii and f»l! canned Dario, "tork-t Howard, wlio bad niatie a qsirk return like ootnl from bi* railway Josniey. tc. •■p.-a (in I rnniu d<*>r and jaep caotlotmly in Tberackvi In troth, ai*o twuoKht Mr*. Hridgw hurrying oj . wa* the j •tarn, and *lw followed the coople inn
at b* will die!" * pen the window D wa* Mm Bridge* who apok* ibeM vxcited w.ird* and *ei aliotjt otirying tbem her—'lf when Daria* Uuward
caught her arm:
••Yon nin.t do nothing of U» kind,
good madam. ‘'
"But that'* the only way lo rerir* a pemon when lie faint*. " ‘ . ••Jlrdinarily, y™, tmt hi* fkinting ha* twill pn-lucrd tiy that odor l^bicb you notion. He wili r.i>.yer after ^awhile, but in it for bait mi hour or an "if yen tprp.Ue wal, r in hi* taoe or allow the cold air to hlowow him, it will be fatal
THE UI.SIGSPARTEU
ONE OP THEM i
a - W ““* •* »”« * ' ‘ —- The eipern-uo
That .1
■‘Merry'
" of the uatnre of the that
with you. and if yon cborwr you can i * plain that wliirh i„ iilexplaiuatile to the re»t of n» Sow. I will give yon my pledge that if yon will te ll the whole
Win be In Oo«u CHy *| kB a.i.ury arrau. Moth neither yoo nor your hnelnuid erery Tue*d*y. ahail tie moienU-d or proHBcntcd in any
rinnr,wABiM. j. <•. < t kkv! w ^"
■'And at whai raloe i* each a soar*
DRS. EDWARDS iSfCURRY. an tee to u* h > . u ii.-.i the p..
■Dentists.
• me t»,k Had ahe
■w atKire my bea.1 w here I lay ' awrered the old dor
Bat what ehall we do?** j 1 would have been dead within the next I bmretted him a ••You can do nothing hut leave him minute or two When Howard warned two ur thtwe mtsai aUme He will ounie all ngbt after ! her not to do thia or epnnkle any water •• ‘Ah.’ mid 1. awhile " in my face, it wa* with the purpoaa of the army, ain’t it. But the dintrawed woman toMeied ou prereuting my moor err He nearly auo mid it la, upon me bringing a ptiJow and placing it oml.r ■ oeerted . j •‘Well. I brnwgl
it? Whal protect 10 hare we done that
law*?"
ii.. we w^lU \ *e whould yoir
Paiatas
Jobbing promptly a'leeded 10. Iran*. *p*cUI catl-ia* and working drawing* funuabed. JOSEPH F. HAMA, ARCHITECT. CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER, Orrnn C Hy, Bf. J.
Nirholi
CARPENTER AND BUILDER, oceakTcity, n. j.
• «ren. Til
Philadelphia. Pa.
Plfuttrrrs ami Brirlc-Layer*. W. BTOSEHILL. o O. ALANS
STONEHIU & ADAMS,
Plaatfrliig, Kangr Helling,
Brick N^ty ing. dkc.
All wnrk In |, oe pr „ mr „, with whal o at tended lo. Da Howard? OCEAX CITY, K. J. j n.nlto’S
HARRY HEADLEY,
lough. *
the ruby,
to them? The man had x.ld an iminru* ly valuable gnu to John K Brown, t jewt-br of Maiden Ian-, for nine!, |. a crime had lie parted with ii for i cent* I listen'! of |.Vi. IlfKI. He claimed to have fnnud it in it Himalayan Jangh*. vhitiier it had b>-< carried by the perlidton* Xaua Sahih. believed thin: bnt. if It wo* not tru,
ow ing him 11 ing wilb hi.*v.
owl* luitm here. ra,itmin,' aaid I. ’y
holly I metil* and glaw article* that were min me pmunng a k-.gu arrnin I ad by the overlnrnmg of the table. They j do yon?' • Jfot a h t. my
a ihmt.i that when Dari- •imply went att with their luggage, *ay j mnch a* ye plan .’ lie I iart»d that morinug it iug they would he hack in a few day*. wiUingiy. and away I v eiieT any one wax ►had- but I wa* euro tin* would never 1 flnikbing the ketteruig bd i. ejwniy return ibowod place, and it never did. i ••That little basin*** naarly got ma eoiei far. When be tame ] I w-mld like to know the composition j into tronble. and I left Cbarimifeai is a 111 the intention of inov of that Huff which tli* woman threw , hurijr_ Nearly Imd wax 1 be time ] wa* r< from tlie old etnm ! into the atoya, and which, while it did , taunting iai a beehive. I wa* walking ri turn. The occorn ih-i* J not affect h.r, mhlwd me of ■ aliaig the railway track with my pota
— - day. had convinoed him my *en~* No donU there are plenty of and brn*b«* and *aw the hire, which that he had l.-en Rand by morn thau am-h drug* in thi* country a* well a* in ' wa* in At jseuion. bound to be ami fay enemy thither, and be could not j A»ia, but I nevyr knew one win** pow« i ererybody in the train* I «oke up to it
and «lath'd on the paint, taking cara
>ld I c.
rg* Dar
He had made'hia arrangement* before j I entered the hooau. Trunk* wore packed. and all ihe luggage which be intend- ! ed to take wa* prepared. He bad come ! to thepl»w with tin intenuourd haring j
c I woeful and ountinoo
I Mil-lie
two of l
t* put up by contract or day
pETER MURDOCH, OOA.L and WOOD. Ocean City, N. J.
r>. s. S-Asivupsoiv, Stoves, Heaters,Ranges. PUMPS, SINKS, *C., Cw. Fourth Street and West Avenue, OCEAN CITY. N. J.
Justus
id worker. All kisd*
D. GALLAGHER, DEALER IN FINE FURNITURE, 43 South Second Street, KILADKLPHIA. FA.
L. S. SMITH & CO., IEIL ESTUE RXD IISDRHIICE fiGEKTS, 1140 Aabaryr Avenue. OCEAN CITY. N. J. TAIVTIKa BY CONTRACT OR DAY.
Bakers, Grocers, tie.
JACOB SCHUFF, TIE PIONEER^ BAKERT, So. 700 A*btn7 Avenue, oorar cm. r. J. ■mm RmaA, flm **4 Oak** 4»Ily w-aa** ^an** * •pMtaRy. Ordna 4«gv*r*d fr** •
ISRAELS. ADAMS & CO. Real Estate • Insurance -A-GHEHSTTS, Kseats I, 411, Ksei Etttle t Uv Building, ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. Commlaaionera of Deed* for Pennaylvanla. Money to loan on Klret Mortgage. Lou for aale at Booth Atlantic City
M’CLUREj HERITAGES CO., .1* n n I Mu n to n*D*ny, McCiur* A CV.. DRUGGISTS AND CHEMISTS 112 Market Street, Phiiadelphi*. Daalera In Pura Drug*, Chemicals, Pa tan t Medicinea, PalnU, OUa, etc
6. P. MOORE, Architect, Builder, PRACTICAL HLATER* Ocean City, X. J. Bmi ho.-Bog t-UU coua'anUy on band. GEO. A. BOURGEOIS ft SON, Carpenters and Builders, OCEAN CITY, W. J. Fatima IM gtvr*. Building* viwctad by eo*-
T'l'T' AMbury Avenue. PLASTERING. BRICKLAYING. Orumenlil fork of Ererj Description.
JjEANDER S. CORSON, ^.R/CHIITBCT, (O'YlKlM AND BIlLDKIt Ocean City, IV. «T. Plan* *Bd anadficatinaM rvaauuabl*. i lr*t-cia** wor
H. STATVTOIV, 4'onlrarline Rnildrr PRfleneAL DRAaGHTSMAN.
L'om*poudaDra •oliriuvl.
STEELMAN & ENGLISH, Contractors-Bnilders, Ocean City, N. J. l-lan. epadfleatioa* »odi*ortlDg drawtag* rwyMMA. Jobtj* promptly allMdad 10.
L. HEADLEY,
CARPENTER ND J0B SH0P.
OCEAN CITY, N. J.
Job work promptly aitandad to. Turning, .'-roil MB Ini:, wind"* and door frarar*. and ail kind* of mlllwork. Kurnllur* rrpalradIMrtnrc frame*. Wherlwrtgbt *bop Bttacbni.
*-••• Mrarn* ■ •perialty. "
mhHL Mill, norm
I'luhxhcrs, Steam Fitters, EtcJ. T.' BRYAN, •rmrUrwl Flumbat wad «*s nticr Nu. 1007 Ridge Ave.
Pblladrlpkla.
OrruUtlu BoiWra. Bink*. Bath Tub* Watai W-., 1^3 aad lm* Pit— Hump* ,..1,^1 *i Bbort nono*. Country or OiT IU« f*. muot up Ic U>* baa mannar guitar.
NOW OPEN FOR SEASON OF 1H t. BELLEVUE HOT BATHS, SAMUEL SCHURCH. Boardwalk, between 7th and 8lh SU. New Suita for aurf bathing.
TREATMENT
INHALATION I 1529 Arch St, Philad’a, Pa.
CHAPTER XIX.
It wm bo" her tongue to tell me, •rtdentiyilhe wa* not *ore of (he wi*b<w of «be man -uuiile the door. She 1 flrat obtain bin prrmiMtoii. Her manner had rhanged. One not knowing the truth would have still *u[) jxwed we were friend* chatting together. She looked at me with a bright ex-
preamun and aaid:
"if yon will egepeama for a minata?'’ 4nd all Chronic and P* r ‘i* '- "‘e from her chair, the
i-'or C'onaumptlon, Aat tiama. Brott-
cliitla. D> ape pota. Catarrh, Hay Fever. Headache. Debility. Rhcaraatlnin. Nenralgta,
jservows
Disorders.
a few of I be great nun bar of ■» eonMantly raeai'lng td It. pabllBbod with the In wnUng of lb* patianl* grmtltuda fortb* I b—Uh and vigor
Oxyg. n baa
*a gr>aily b*i>*tlt»d Mm. ... — -rad hi* beam., married a a o tab a re* In Afnc* and taken
00 pagM publiabad by bra bUrkay g Palaa. cb glvM to all Inqulrara full laformalloa a. tala remarkable curatlee agan'. aad a record of •urprUhig enras Is • add* raug* of *...| of them after being a band road to dl* by phyUdans Will b* mailed fra* to an)
againaf right
the counlry of auhtlety. cniming. learning and wondroo* ekill. "You apeak truly, ” aaid I. "no far as appearanrw* go. Imt my aaauiiiptn-n is that l»th you and your ho.band had a band in the robbery. '*■ ”1 will not deny it lo you," wa* the bold reapuDao, “butfor u* it nevrr could bare taken place. 1 admit that L-i-amie no one except my hoahand and yourself can hear the word* Before other* I deny it and aay lo them, a* I .ay now to you. ■prove it' ” "But I caunot. and, amrv you have aaid *0 muidi to me aloue, why not aay move and tell the whole thing' catue you no harm. "
clan from New' York but for the 0
-"TV 11 1529 AisklL,
KHFY A PACKS.
120 Sitlr SL, Su Fractatt CiL
awaited my penninnou. “Moat certainly Commit with your hufhnnd a* much ax you cboune. ’’ It waa a critical moment The door muat t* opened to allow her to pan* ouL and wbat would follow? Pnrhapa both noticed my extra alertnena. for kite walked Into the hall, und the door waa again cloard without any demuuatration 1 obaervwl a delicate rnpor inning from the door of the rtove It wa* of tnowy wbiteuesa and uinat have been the rauae of that Mckemng odor, which almoat overcame me "She threw *ome anbataooe in there a few mliiut«, ago when *be pretended to flx the Ore. She ha* kept the window* faateued *o a* to give me the fall benefit at U. She ii more arenttomed to L but even »be cannot aland it any longer. Her rtuuou fur leaving the room 1* nqj to «peak to him. hut to oh tain relief from thi* villainous *tuff. Oreat Cesar. I can't *tand it ••itlior!" I ruae and la-gau moving toward tb~ Bearoat window oo tiptoe that they might not know what I wax doing The floor creaked under my fe- t, bnt I could not take another inhalation of, the rile atmosphere, i most liave ftgali air if 1 bad to plunge head flrat through one of the windows carrying the sash witfi But 1 bad no purpose of doing that wax dlxxy and un-erulD in my gait, hut I reached the window, and laying my revolver 00 the table on my right grasped the aaxb with both hands to
raise it.
Everything became dark, and on odd humming was in my ear* 1 knew I wax fainting, and oould I have raised the window would have h—>n revived I reached hut vaguely and uncertainly, but feeling mraelf going grasped anything ujam which 1 could lay hand* Ii proved to be the end of the table. There waa R crash of splintering glass as that auo myacti went oown on me owe with a violence that mast have shaken •very window In the building I remember so much, and then my aense.
left me
From this point for a eonsiderablt tiro*, my dependence is naturally upon
old lady imparled the star- noil on* drug which
tling tiding* that a -trailg" man was up atairs in the "workshop' talking
hi* wile.
Huwaid wa* fright'-m-d aiqi savagely angiy He stole u.. stair, a. silently he couhl, hut I ili^-ori-r-ai In* pr-wanoc there, and. a* I have shown, addrwed my w r»ds a> mn.-h to him a* to his wife. 1 am aaliahi t that be mniltated about lug me thnmgb the d.air. tw-ugh there can be no certainty on iliai puint : Mr. Bndg—.h»viugagiwd lotaketba cot(ple_aud their luggage to town Unit altvrnuuD. cam* bume *bout t -for that purjane. though hi* »ifa wa* unaware of tile arrangement The •rations were quickly completed, the landlord and lady were paid an - for their trouble, and in lea* ti would he supi-ueed Howard and hit wife were in the metropolis of our country. Thi* time bfth went to the Actor H-iuae instead of lodging at different hotel* Their dejiarture left the good old lady. Mr* Bridge*, with an unc man *1 retched on the flour in one of her upper room* B- furv the sound of the wagon wheels bad died away ahe climbed tiic .lairs and came to where I
wa* lying
She waa* in tore distriw* and feared 1 wa* dead. She chafed my bauds »ed
CHAPTER XX
Everything cnanerted with Nana 8aIb'sTUbv wa* uncanny A full wi-ek pa—-d l-efum my mind iaelf of the effect of that autdia.
I uvu du;p and uncertain in tup putt, looked pityingly down iu my face as if I were that son whom she had buried
long yean before.
"They told me not to raiee the window or sprinkle water in hia face, but 1 can’t see how It will hurt him. If I do not do something, be will die." She laid my head back on the floor In the right jxwition and raised the window. The cool air blowing came like the breath of Ufa i tax If It wafted awav that dreadful poison that had robbed m* of my sen am and gave in lu place thi oxygen and orone for which (he op
pressed lungs were gasping
I ojx ned my eyre and looked around. I aaw the kind face bending over ma. but my brain waa muddled and unable to oomjirebeud anything clearly. But life wa* at the flaw, and as she chafed my hands and spoke aoofbtug word* I wa* able to alt up. though suffering from a splitting headache and a deadly nausea the like of which I had never expen
aid to make much noux.
little fellow came to b*A at me. »b.j. another, then another and then a arm ar more all at 'ocx. They didn’t seem so object—in fact, —med to admire ti* richnoai <4 ihrtv-kruig—tmt iu slinging my leg over the top at the hire I ujx«-t
a hair
•bhing me of life When i became ^ B mentally my own master. I attempted | In the crowd wtaiM listen to to leave my bed and lonnd l could not re*™. ] Uld Qp fl , , w , stand. My lower llmt- were paralysed. *f u , that, hut I cm. t l- quie I wonoered whether it was permanent. ,tn t in me to be atiil I'm 1 would have summoned my physi- j ^ Yankee, and it warm* n
i* no b* Ip
victiou that be could give The nature of the drug t
known to any medical man in this country. Only the.faliricatui or ili-ooverar of the thing could neutralise IU effects, and whoever that man was be was not in America unless it wa* Darin, C
Howard. So I decided to wait.
Meanwhile 1 ti reived the brat of naniug. 1 was viaited continually by the Bridge* with whoiu^ 1 ha-1 engaged quarter* and ahe and her husband wore a* anxious to help me along the road of recovery aa were ihe couple with
whom 1 was forced to atay. They procured *uch articles
ed and handled me with the utmost
kindness and
be off with t
* and it ain’t tn-
raplacent and
floor, for I convinced them that handsome man and beautiful woman who took up their quartets with I were evil person* who were engaged in unlawful practice* iudeui Mix. lYridg«e reproached herm-lf for having given them shelter *o long without being more particular in her inquiries At the end of three or four days • moat thrilling discovery name to me— strength wa* returning to my tram* In a hula while I would be fully my-
aelf again.
More than once 1 waa 00 tbs point of ■ending word to my wife and bringing her to my bedalde. aa site would have hastened to come the moment she knew at my extremity But wherefore? She could dono n for me than waa being "done by _ faithful a lien dan U My wife has long urged me to give up my peri ion* 1 tioo few some pursuit of lea* danget. _ I should tell bur all, aa 1 would be Obliged to do, abe would allow ma no until the change wa* mad* I was not ready to make It and doubt whether it ever will be made. It the time should come when I believed death imjicnded. i oould summon her in a few hour* I would Want
iny*tery of the great ruby -ou, * aa closed in my face. Had 1 able to master myself when teller iug aero** the Boor until the window Waa raised i believe Mr*. Howard would have imparted the momenteu* w-cret. But my collajae rubbed me forever of
"iat chance.
My strength steadily increased until the morning came, when 1 carefully ruse from the bed and found 1 could stand on ly feet and don my clothing 1 wa* •till weak, but wa* making good jirugThrough the open door of my room i could see the .me leading to that sport -
out of tbit horrible room." ! “f 11 * w *»ich had proved vowel! mfch fa
I muttered, with that abominated odor Iheoouviclion had long beuo
penetrating my mwtrila "I ahail die if ; with , “ B ,ha ‘ ** * • stav hm. n ' on! 1 woo *d find something I did hot let bar bear much of my j 1116 ip m 7 groping for light reigbt. but 1 was blind, and she guided : i lu fro n no* 1 laiiai. 1
ic out lute the hail and into the "spare 00m," when- I tumbled ujxm the tied nd straightway l<*n ounscionsnras
again.
Mr* Bridgre now rreorted to cold water. again chafing my hands and wrist*
He added this with a a
pregnant ghuxe at bis 1 chain and jeweb-d sleeve buttons, which indicated no little pnwpnrity, "When anybody gets his hack up at me, I just let him blow hi* ■lean) off, and then 1 talk to him." be rammed. "Down in Maryland <*e day I wm painting a fence, and a feHcw working )tn a field n—r by boUereoeat: ’Hi I Olt away from that yar fcuoe!’ I Vt on no* to hear him ’You git now 1’ the old man shouted once move, bat 1 dabbed and dabbed away ae indnstrioasly M ever. ‘You won’t, won't yer?’ raid lie, and then be came fur ate with a pitchfork in hia hand* Folk* in Maryland are generally pretty much in oarneet when they *re mad. but I didn't move an inch. He'd have lifted me likes piece of toast if I had. and instead of a toast it would have been a roast for me. "I looked as mild and innocent M I oould, shajs-d out the letters and held my bead back now- and then as if to study the effect. 'DtTt you like it?’ eaid I aa be got up to me. Well, be met me with eotne high seaKncd expostulation* ; but, aa I told yon, I never interfere with a man when lie's blowing off eteom; it isn't safe The pitchfork did not look ralubrino*. but I held to my work, and a* I was finishing it he began to rad off and at tit* aam<- tuna to lake an intervat in the sign. '(Jot * family? - rad I 'Yo.' raid he. ‘Young uns, too, mavis'.' 'Yra,' raid he again. ’Well, now.’ said 1. 'aiu’l yen ap-hained of jmar*--U to let your terajsr get the better of you in thi* way? Think iff the bad effect eei your eh l.livn. But I’ll paint it out. • No. leave it ou. stranger; I like it.' be answered, ami we wmt over to the ItuuM- bigcther. which jevree that when a man'* biuwing off it's b*at not to sit on the safety valve "I went up the Miwuanppi with old Captain Lea; here in the Kateliea, with
. that liny would be t) hot before abc wr-uld t« j the find landing l ret to work ta rock* The old captain was immxmely tickled with the idu* ’Look at the darned Tank!' lie cried to the j——1 gera ’How hog brf<«e you start, cap?* ■booted L ’We’ll wait till you gut through. ’ he answ-ied. and he did the same thing at every other landing Bat the Dewfcjjajairk have ma-ie such an outcry against the dHteeration at nature, as they call It. that a law forbidding it ha* bem paMvl in some at the idatca, the whole, ruck painting is cis- . 1 by-our patreoa. who think it spoils the aale iff their urtK-ira OdHirald.
The New York town of Bolivar lias I ™ streets lighted free .rf expense bvaoon j tbinki pony which fumiahra the iJlumiaaul as “»“«• 1 a payment for the pnviiegs at doing ; ^ business in the ccrp-vatioo. i 01 Maw
Ikrjural — Wbrai apt coach mg year borer* fr-tn behind, you mast sail out to tin 111, eire they will kick your

