VOL. XV.

OCJCA.N CITY, X. .1.. THl KSOAV. DKCKMItKK. lit,* 1SSG

Ocean GitiJ ^entinel. ,

PCBUMIKD •TKKKl.V *T OCEAN City, N J,

tc.

MltrailBwieur.

•■■ rrvy^af+iw I /phytiritu*, prugfi#

M or gan hand, n R j s- wacx.oai rT

ATTORNEY AND

tOl NSKI.IX»B AT I.AW Fb>«lrl*n and BrufreUl. CAPE MAY C. H , N. T

"‘-'feinforlli's StraJgeCase. |

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Ej TILL LISE SEEL.

•< t'-rerl tty- tmc* ot'Ot* •n-l in ej«U« of ray «-f-

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h/W OFHCliS • DR. J. E. H(YOR. L, ' „ ,, milCIAN AND SURGEON, SGHdVUER 6. WOOBRURli,! , , 1 4 ilj . 3A. J.

MARSHALL’S DJNING ROOMS mM I.ADIEU AND DKNTN. No. 1321 Market'Street, TNr«*r IRoor. I»l of I II} Hall PHILADELPHIA.

STRICTLY TEMPERANCE. MKAU TO OIUIEB EDOM t A. H. TO R »• ! Oood lloam IMnnert, with ihrw Wr.UW», for 25 .-mu. Turkey or < lii«-k Dinoeni. 85 oenbi. , ladk*' upstair* wit like cuiufort*. PURE Si-KING WATER •rKN A l.l. RISUT. BAKERY, 69T South Twenty-Acoond Strvrt Irr Cream. Irea. Frozrn FrnlU and Jelllea. Weddinn* and-Evening Kntertaii menta a H|eirialty. EvicvtliiiiK t., fu nUh Uw lalilr ami art fift ofcbarRe.

W A1 ' L ^CH S. RISLI£\, rtEAI. ESTATK INSURANCE AOENI. 4U MAKKr.T MTo CAMDIC? PropartiM far aale and w> real. Nnorj u

pETER MURDOCH, GO A. Li and 'WOOD. Ocean City, N. .T. OrdmWl at m Arhurj annaaaill rarrirr trnmpl aOaallna I). N. S A.M I»S< > > . Stoves, HeatcrSjRanges. PUMPS, SINKS, *C„ •408*10. Asbury Avenue. OCEAN CITY. N. J. Tla roofer rad al

D. GALLAGHER, DEALEU!N FINE •FURNITURE, 43 Sou:h Second Street,

I* 8. SMITH & CO.. IEIL EST8TE BIB IISBIBICE BEEITS. 1140 AaDary Avrnur-. OCEAN CITY. N. J. rAINTIKU BY CONTRACT OR DAY.

Bakrrt, Urocen, rxe..

JACOB SCHUFF, TIE PIONEER" BAKERY, N®. 708 Aibgry Avenue. OORAM cm. I. J.

ISRAEL 6. ADAMS & CO. Real Estate i Insnrance ^.O-EINTDS, Rmh !. 4 i I, Kttl Edilt t Ut lailtfUt. ATLANTIC CITY. *. J. (lummiaaluMfe ul Deeda U>t IVniiaylvanla. Money to loan on Klrrt MortKap--Lota for aate at doutta AUaulle Cuy M’CLURE, HERITA6E & C0.. 0RUCC1ST3 AND CHEMISTS H2 Market Street, Philadelphia. Dealera in Pure Dru*h Paieut Medlclixw, Paint*, OIU, etc

JONATHAN HAND, Jk.. y\.ii oruc.v-n t -I .n w, SOUCITOR MO JMSTtfi IN CHMCIRT Nolury Pul.lw, ‘‘APE MAY IXM'ICT HtlTHK. N J HASbLsrOtiUGIASS, GoimMolIor-nl-I .si w. CAPE HAT COURT HOUSE N. J.

T.G HUTCHINSON. M I> ll<nna‘o|mthifet. No i»ai Central Av. nu. «CEAa city. a. j.

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QR. W ALTI :R L. YERKI S. DENTIST, Tuck a hoe. N. .1.

OonirruTton •mtl JluUtirm. S. B. SAMPSON. QonTraotor and guilder,

J f.t.it.r |.r .TIIJ.IIJ .'l. l '— J4»SF.riI F. II 1 Ml. ARCHITECT. CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER. Or. an tin. V

\irliolns Canton. CARPENTER AND BUILDER. OCEAN/flTY, N. ).

G. P. MOOSE, Architect, Builder, . ash l’lt t4TI4 AI.SI.ATFIt. Orr-nn 4'itj. X. J. GEO. A. BOURGEOIS & SON, Carpnilrrs and linildrrs. 0(1 . \ CITV.S.J. Eatftnaira ri**a. nultdtajra rrarlad by con irart or <(«», LKANDER S. CORSON. JLRCiiXTECT, mtiim \\\\ BIILDKR. Ocean City. IV. .1.

■DlvS KDWARDS&CURRY,

J>KNriSTs.

17.v*E^. “lilurr ""lisf*’*' Plnlmlclphh^ Pa. / ‘hiMi-rern ti-nti Hrirk-Jjayerx. wVmnimZ «. a amm ! STONEHILL & ADAMS, Plantar,ng, Itangi- Mrlling, Itrirk l.iiyiug. «Vr. AM (York In n.n.on i, na . proaf,,, 4K FAX CITY* X. J. HARRY HEADLEY, T'17'Amlinry A.Y'<?ni»«*^j

PLASTERING. BRICKLAYING

OratmcDlAl Wort ol Ever, Desertptioo.

wa* the real InconcrlTaMy ••(iinio that the »<><rat4 Haiti*4 I will tiUthe

Ami tlm* inaitera Hml. Mins Danrfi'Tii lay at tim point of death at tlm riff'* ).'o:i with l ot ainall ebanoe of ■ov.ty. while (ierald Raintorth had ’■» return.-.! tothe jail to wait farther

vl.^meota.

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TH KATJHKM' — ni — INHALATION 1529 Itch St., Phila., Pa.

-hr. Drblllf».

tlan* and »p«cUUwllon»^fMr.iirbrJ. Term. II. 3V.STA-IVTOIV, N'outrncling Ilullder pragtigal draughtsman.

STKKi-MAN it ENGLISH, Contractors -Builders,

Ocran 4-'Hj , X. J. a «l—rtacalioor aadCwnrkln HB.iromi-lf a’fewfed u» j. L. HEADLEY,

CARPENTER ND J0B SHOP,

4M FAX C ITY. X. J.

, wot I nromaltr atiendnl to T nm tor.

.hill all Chronic and.

Nervous Disordrr.s.

aVat>-4otheraMkandiaonten!* i My frt»aa. awt |U,) «.n.n. tl-»uri.t I ...itM not worrr. To4af I am rnil'.l) rur.d ,,f dy>. i • I.I.IV ran rajoj art.rira of food Uiai t a...i | uLd un- Inffri la »U nu Ufe For .hr e~.

riu,Fitu-rs. Etc. .ife «tih hi*

JAMIK NAliHt'tiKk. -Oak Hill, n-rrta— a | rar ■/-< - oar "t ni) ml-.tonanr» tiei Africa •Korr Ufr in .w n,

H.^h.

in Africa, nod UKra I, WIMJAM T*YUm

J. T. BRYAN, Ural Plumbct aa4 «aaa rtlier N.I. 1007 Rid|?e Ave. Pl.lla4rlpl.la.

Rahop WII.IJ Mftl. irraar.

NOW ora to. SU»« 111 «H. BELLEVUE HOT BATHS, SAMUEL SCHOHCM. Hoardwalk. between 7«h ■»<> M,h Su HNe w Suit# for aurf bathlrtff. I

i ojiinirtunity to road the uiautiacrlpt giv- | on mo by (l.'rald Hainforth. It ct«jI ta.imnl a stranifo. romantic atory and ! " •• f ill-4 intoiost. I give It in full

•lEKU.Il IttI.VFtlBTH'H RTOBY.

I hardly know why 1 write this, for j m‘thing »•-nia lout likely at tbia moment than I ahnll or or find It iwccraary t-'givo to tho world the partionlara oi the lw :-!m- I am about tavneord. yet M.mothitig t.( toll mo that 1 ! writing tlii*/tor ■ |>ur}aM.>, but If it over ifiron tn miothor it will be to wh.. I* my 'S-nroat friond ami to wh r-dno rtrplaturtiaa of my |ia*t conduct ia

Afti r tbr death of my [mtents

four yeam in college, and tb.m, hating

dttt'lnprd a taste for ].ainting. I

that art as a stmiy. ami fat three yean I Dr>1r«l itiHirnrtion* from the ‘ pat ntom oEPuffio. TTion 1 Imgari t ollhj;,' ati<Tj»•w-w.h! .if an ample fortune, with mi near relative* with whom 1 might make mj home. I drifted about wher.Ter fancy led. It wa# jost three year* ago lait Jam- that the lu-neaof inridetits of which 1 shall write began to take place-. I wa* in Home at that time, whithi r I had gone to |«rwi>e my studiea a* an am-t Shortly after my arrival in tie- Ktetnul City 1 accidentally alum bed u|«in kaii’li Ridburn, a former tx-lmolmatn, who wa* nn artint full of <mthn»in*m. and, 1 might add. airy

dream*. He bad hi* atndio

IHaua di Hjiagna, in what bud doutitleea .mce l>~-ti a jMilaceof mnaiderable magnificiice, l.nt whieh wa* how ao turnbled down and given to neglect aa tore-•-mhlo a l«rn moiv than a jdaoe tor human fiabitstioii. lint Halfih Ridhuto wa* ecositrie and had a gn-at poasioa fot ruui*. Mpccially when it came to |iay. lug rent, fuf ruin* ivnt very cheaply in Home, and the young arthrt found it

neemaary to one econoiny.

Hy hi* nrg«-nt invitation l eitahliabed .mywelf in’ki* atndio, which might’ have aocominidated a half down other*, and by a llK-ral u*e at rug* and drai I* flea I *qi ci.did in making the place

i quite comfortable.

1 had I*-en three-month* In Rome and wa* la-ginning tc fwwl a deatre hr a change .4 •o-ia- when one evening as I wa* strolling iwnt theeburchof Trlutta del M.ade 1 .aw a young lad; ! fr-au the .dtrice and enter a that atiaal in waiting. She waa an | American. 1 knew at the find glance, ami wa» pMaewd of anch rare loreli-m-aa (4 form and face that for a moment 1 at.-d staring after her aa If . .ti>|*-fi-d. She waa of uodiam height, w ith a complexion ot tho i leonat olive, and large ami Inatrona. with a hue of deep violet in their shadowy drptii*. She p-ewd »(• eh«e to me that 1 caught the falntoit odor of the strange sweet perfoinc that clung to bar garment*. Then ahe enti nd the carriage and wa*

dri.en rapidly away.

I *ti*d th- re oa if tranfiaed till the carriage hail vauidwd from eight, th.® reoo.eringmywdf. and noticing tint my •tupld staling had excited the attewtiun >■* a group <4 l*ggat* who war* col-

li such frequency a* d aabmlah -»* If. For the n* it few daya i -1 d- ol ..{ my time in the ■t ti i bur h of Tnnita d>-l I "it toy visits to that neighborre uupndnctive of any naolt who ha-1 awsk-raed in roe an i had nevar Ut.ro- felt in woro a next week that ‘ fi-llnw.d I mud have ararched fig hir every porlii"! e.f the rlty, yet I - die.-- 1 - r the slighted brace of ng very .trsuge bapja-ned. For an an l|,iur I had been Kitting i the ettwlio. puffing away at a It had grown quite dark ia i when auddtraly I -o.-tn/d to be-

. Then

> * w-rk. I thr. w my*ejf T ,, irhmt. my i-*efc resting ! afl . [-11 mart.!. <v4unm. to watt ; inrr • tarn. Thu* reclining. I : ,,. r , -1 xtraightway was VMiDd ; jj,,',

and vitid : ts, K »

There w-r

milt

drrama of my life. Et

cone* l<a< k to my mind 1 c*ei hardly re- j - aliae that It w»* ooly a dream,* The 1 -iregm did e -t h.-*-in at dre amt oauaily do -wague and tauctfol—«enming on- | real and ahaard to tie waking mind..: ini it appeased timt I had barely claaed | my eye* when, m--red by aoeue etrangw ■ iiupaire-, I ai >•• freon «*y re-climng 1**4 ! He®- Hu* wb«t an-roed moat -trang* ‘ wa* it appaared -aa it I coaid aw my*, h j •t»U irelnilng agamat the coin mu whet Iik'1 fallen atlerp. Y- r this excited no

« jo lev m my acoond nelf.

Turning fre.-m th- aj.g. I began wani -itiig through the ruin*. On. on I xandered. n- w amid gb«<uy curridon. where bat* and owl* flew j«rt an rapid wing*; m-w in ar-ro- *|®<-|.>n* hall wh-re the moonla-am*. erev-ptngthremgh innn-marat-b- cr-riee* In the crumbling wall*. Interlaced the mrk rtre-wn Boot

>g hap]» mtl — wa* 1 I with braiding* of Mir. ry white. On. it that came to on. with only one aim and one drwirr.

and that wa* to find the one I loredfr It w-eroed a* if I had known her all my life and hired her with *nch int-n-s-1®**].® that i vcry moment I wa* aepa rated from tx-s cana.-d me the keeneat ao-

guiah..

Whither »lx- had gone 1 did not know 1 only km-w that l mart find her, anil with anxiun* !w-art l wandered from rwmi to runro in the great ruin, my mind in a wild tamnlUd hofieand fear. Suddenly- I came to « high Wall, it aeemod. aM looking upward I beheld an oj.cn window high alxrve my head, and something anetned to tell roe that beyond th- window 1 would find her for whom 1 searched. Like on*..half era red 1 leajied up the wall, clinging to amail projection* that acaroely afforded aofficient f.vrting f..r a cat. yet with drsper«te energy X drew nyw-lf up to th* window aill and lodred within the rooms. There upon a couch, fmt asleep, lay the one l lorod. A nKnnlwnm coming through the window touched her face, and then I *• esn.-d to kuow that tho c«» I had sought and loved ao lung was ahe Wh|4n I bad Been at the church of

■ In the re

girl -ahe whom reen at tin-ciiurrhtd Tnnita del I .She wh* half re* lining upon a luxnri-tu cifli h. while one white arm. from which the I -c flowing-li-cvi- had fallen *honldi-r of the man wh?*- easy chair wa* drawn rl<we to Inr mde. i'rescntly the n turned and laid hi* arm about thegii Wawt. and.allhmsgh I heard no anm the exprreatiun .4 hi# face and the movemeiii. ,4 hi* M|4 told mn that he wi • peaking to her uj*«i aome auhject at

fcrav.

Her face was turned to hi*, and I could j’laiiily iiee trace ol reirrow and Then ajijat lug and fixed a look of entreaty'ajKin the I- autifiil girl, hodd.-tily ahe lifted her baml above lav h<®d, ' whih a #t rung*- lo-.k at |«m and determlnatiou cr —d le-r fa--. fThi-n the -aught b-T

■ brow

r the a.

changrd.

nu- man wa* alone In hi* <w*y chair. Sudd.-nly the door opened, and au evil visagod nia i of |».rhajn 28 yean tend. A* bo entered the other from hi* chair with a violent atari, rage and 4retuni.JiiiM-ut njaai iiix face. With a quick goMurr the older man pointed tli th.- door, but wa* met with a fcuiiie of Mv-nj Irom the other. The next tn►taiit he stride forward ami grasjiud the intruder by tlx. arm a* if to eject him from the b>"H». A ferealoua light gleamed in th- eye of the young man. Then, dinengiiglng biiunelf from the giaap nj*® hi* arm. he dealt bkaadi aary n blow in th. temple. The old c reeled laxekward. then »aiik down in a hnanutam the flour. Tb« other shxid him for re-vcral moments aa ir nope. then bending down W laid hi* hand over the vicirm a'heotft. For 10 a« be remalnyd motloolena, bending the jireetrab- man; then bearoao, a look of horror di-m hi* countenance, which gradually gave place to one at abject t-*.oc. liintirtnj? qnleltly nlwoL the room a* if ’ o'aware himself that be had not beeo dtacovored. be tuined and fled. With a riolmt start l leajwd from my chair and glanced quickly al-mt The scene hud vanirbed. and the r was In total durkm-sa. save where a.dim ray of luiamlight stole through the high window in the ruin wall. What bad hajijn-nedT Had I really U-en dre lug, or had 1 in aome mysterious wsy hern Jx-rmitled to witnuss an actual acetx' that hud transpired at that very moment in aeinedtaUnt jiartof thecityT Had I rudd-tily heeti endowed with tba aulitle jowerof semrod sight, or by what inexplicable freak of the occult had I Im® able to diaewrn what had ajijxwrrel bsf.ge my viMmil Surely It could hare been no dnwml Yet. aa my aobur S' ond thought came to me, I gave that tho only explanation. At this j«.int 1 was aroused from my bewildering reflections by the cheery vmce of Haljih K-dlmru. who had Jost returned from a rtredl tn the Villa Borghers garden* and bad almost stumbled over iu« in tho darkness. Wh.® a light had t-een made. I related to him the strange circumstance of the vision l bad beheld, but be only smiled

and said;

’ ll * only a dream, my boy. This ruin i» having a bed effect on your c ■‘Illation. You Died something to brecr

you up."

N<*rly a week later, while returning from a drive srruaa tlx. camjiagna. 1 -Mix- Upon the ruins of an old temple •hieh looked so jiictunaque iu it* dearolale. decay.d grandeur, tbit I resolved sketch of It. It stood near the ouuktrt* of the city and wa* flan kid on our vide by a deep rartne. On the other and eastern aide, just at tbs summit <4 a gentle swell, gleamed the white wall* of a jiictaneqne villa, its vine '•®th«d e- mum* and wide **•* jdng kbre lodrlng ofed and inviting In the warm glow d lb. Italian sun. Tlx next day 1 returned u> the rein, where I sp d the day sketching ttx plctt.rraquc lie. I had gives the driver .4 ♦¥» cosvc ..race in which I had com* Inrtmctn.ioi re-turn for me at aunrot, fc='. LXli. t-u., i.turu® «no« ledge of Italian aud '

With a cry of joy 1 tried to draw my relf op to the '■j.iilng. but something soctned to weigh heavily upon me, preventing my lucent. I called krodly to her within the.re*an. but rbe did not awake. Again and again- I called to her. beeceching her to come to roe. liot she only moved uneasily ujmn I low as if her abwp had t»«® di l>y my cry. Thon'l felt my hold upr« the wall slowly giving wsy. and with ad agonised cry nj*a> my lips 1 tell beck end down, down into the darkness, and

with this 1 awoke,

I sprang to my feet, atartled and bewildered at the viriducas of tbs dream. I drew out my watch and glanced at It by the moonlight. It was 18 o'clock: Was It possible that 1 had slept aolongl 1 most find aome conveyance at ones and return to the city. » The night had grown chill, and I shivered as I picked op my sketchbook and walked from the gloomy shadow* of the rain. How vivid my dream had Wa# it a dream? It hardly seem, si Me. A* 1 re-floctud oxer the a Incident it all came to me like a I knew then that I was madly tn love with the strange woman I had seen at the Trlnita del Monte cbnrch. It all l»eu revealed to roe in my dre and it socrocd to me that 1 must find her now any cost. I woold Devtr give over the anarch. Every aim and every ambition at my life should be Wred to an object- -to find her an

tell bet of my love.

Ungovernable and Intoxicatlcg pulsings of pardon fired my soul to a d-gree n-w before dreamed of as 1 strode acre** the level court that lay aast at the ruin. 1 waa just turning a corosr of the broken wall when I beard the t untie of a garment and a light step near me. Then there was a gleam of white drajH-rlea aa the form at a

glided Into view.

I stood Stock still with astonU Was It ag^«*t of the ruins? Tbevtrangs apparitb®. the place and the hoar conspired to thrill me with a tary f—ling of soperxtlttcoi and awe. Slowly and almost noba-lemly the figure approached. latoodatlll. apeechlem and breathlroa. The match Ires grace of form and nx.vt-mcnt told me that this < bceuttful woman cv.« bcfiae 1 aai face. A light shawl of cn«my whit was wrapped about her form, liar was bare-, for dark hair foil in a dl-

1 noticed three fact* when the truth came to roe hire a flash, laeaking the aprll that had talb-e over roe. Hie waa The thought quickly

irictum.

wild turault <4 paash® pull; my t»%ig. b wa* no dreoun then. I had farad for at I art’ Was it fata that had directed her atepe to that place, or bad my *pint cwllxd her thither while I thought I b id only lieen dreaming? Heav-u <«lr knows. Y.t till my dying was my spirit that called her to the ruin that night. Like fax'-utraured. 1 followed her. keeping el'm- behind. She ctuaasd the op™ court Then through a bredo-n archway she glnlcd like a apirlt. Thru, turning, ah.- was al- .ut to make her way »l'«ig the very verge of a deep pitfall wVn with a cry of foirrer I sprang foe- •* -cd end caught her by tba arm. I had h- rad that m-ee who walk In sleep are never hareu d liy walking In penho* placm. y.t the thought that ahe was ia danger mieie roe ft for a mmi.-nt As my I i stopped sl repCy. Th™ I saw that ahe had awak-fe-d. For a moment there waa an art-cijihed. IwwiMerad look ia bereyre. Ttx® she attend a low fry .4 terror, and turning quickly Sad across the open court. The next instant I aaw her stagger then reel downward and fall •4° a foen ui*n the ruck strewn gnmod. | l to sa cogTtgcmJ ^ HANDLING BOA CONSTRICTOfta.

difficult to induce ship captains tn cony them as freight. The ritoke dealer* hkn die the l*a courtrictor with great ikfft This aerjarot lutes, but his bite is 'tantnaUA Nsi that tiro chis4 Aaagm^. he hanHler is freitn the wrprnt'* erxgmoualy prarerfnl ran*-ire. The dealers have learned fiat the hna, to be really danger.®*, must have a fulcrum in the shape .4 waiKlhing .round which he may euil his tail The 1*1* is, in fart, a lever in which •e (Wdinary arrangvmrtit is power, weight, fulcrum Kie-wing this, the dealer* drop a -ift hat -vrr - his brad, that lx* may n-ithur **e row bite, and

r the moonlight fell

full apt ^ __ lure® as diatinctly almost as If It had l*H® day. A startled cry almost toes to my llpa, hut died away. Was I still dreaming? Were my More, leaving me. what In the name of heaven «8 It

aa? The face uf the

bon was that <4 tho um I had axes la my dream the same that bad filial with amaa. meat at its lorrliwea at church <4 Trlnita del Monte. 1 rt“od th-re os tf jirtrified, poWteL_ move, my whole being weighted down by an inexplicable end au title fare ana non. No, it cold not hn real.

*tl!l ire -

rerting place Urol .u- ha* «. op; irtusoty to brace himaclf hr M-iging a fixed object with hi* tail After that lii* nera tlal thing i* to aee tfortfo* is not inraught ithtn distaiHv -4 any *orh itijre*. A xiiake dealer on a Hrewiliaa steam the other d-ir « a* orrupied hi traoeferring hi* l*a*' from <me box to another. He (gamed the box an instant, dropped a hat over the bead <4 one of the

torn IU fellow*,

ng acre* the deck dre piped it .tfo» box The thing lokrei ao a dre-k hand, waning until the IMV'* back was turned, laagyrd the art He iwwVvtial to u*e rod with a yell yanked a great snake from the box with iu fangs final in his finger* $<* daring to 1st go. yet fearing to hold nn. he t*vac whlrUi* rthe snake ai*®t his h-ad. nxainwhlls r dai»ring madly <mv the deck. The snake man raauagcd to cajture the rejaile and box It In wonritr TS™ anm. tody ex prrwxxd reaxam fov the read, deck hand, to which thr snake owner mnswerod: "What, him? He's all right. Bat think t4 my snake I I i s worth M of that mug:"—New Yigk »

a rtmdy Umhsat not Hwrhnag.—