VOL. XX

OCEAN CITY, N. J„ THURSDAY. DECEMBER 20, 1900.

NO. 37.

OCEAN CITY SENTINEL.

OCEAN CITY, N. J,, R. C. ROBIKSDI, EWoriii PninJlir.

CITY DIRECTORY. CITY OFFICIALS.

IIOTr.1 AMD COTTAUUl. HOTEL ATGLEN

OCEAN CITY’, N. ). d umil April I, 1901,

ORGAN HAND, ATTORNEY and COUNSELLOR AT LAW,

THE EMMETT

LAW OFFICES SCHUYLER C. WOODHULL,

GARWOOD HOUSE,

JONATHAN HAND, Conjir,«*l lor- nt -1^nvv.

OCEAN CITY, Now Jorte

Hoblbaun. — .m,rv. IL II.

SECKET SOCIETIES. o.’S'Z n,Tr ''

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OCEANIC AT. A Til and n lim.F.T A

OPEN ALL THE YEAR

OCEAN CITY HOUSE

G, A. BOURGEOIS, Counsellor-at-Law,

THE SWARTHMORE

4ts

CHURCH SERVICES.

5.SS.V,M~^SiSrI D R - J- S WAGGONER, ‘ l1 ' * * '" , " rln Physician and Druggist,

111 Asburjr Are., Ocean Cltj, H. J. Pun Pm**. Fin* SlnOo,

c. hutchInson. m. d.

,rni i. J'u ,, dnF^n* r r'^» 1 *a jD

I loin<vo|>nthirst. No. H24 Ocoui* Avenue. OCEAN CITY. N. a.

B T. ABBOTT; M. D., I’llJ»lcl»n and Nurgeon.

»,/a.*^^'r^V | OFFICE-Cnritr Ctnln! ud EllMk Street

ornci Mouan

I Rmm I to I p.

' (Pr

I>. S. SAM 1*80IN , Stores, Heaters,Ranges,

I. •Hwin. (tor. Kutbcr P. J. H»n.

aw a at. bnardlrtlon. 1

PUMPS. SINKS, AC., 408-10 Asbury Avenue. OCFTAN CITY. N. .1.

CHURCH SOCIETIES.

J. T. BRYAN, PMCTIUI PLUMBER ud CIS FITTER

Mi*. Amj MlUrr.■nrratair; Mnujl.r.NUa.

,.udraotSuntlon*l. , * n m«-*l* ^■rmt-moatlil*. ITaWdral, Mm. lOUaMh IMiJh; i iirrmyndinf wbrntan. Mm. SadM « or»rbr; Uuartmr,

’iisTzxsT.ssnr. rz£!£'m<*wj° Aa'anTl

IKE* Ara, iro* Plma'Puial

C<iuul>7 or "otT Em, . npId*Uj. Ofdnre b.

OPEN FOR SEASON OF 1900 BEUEVUE HOT BATHS,

SAMUEL SCHURCH

BOAIDVAU. IETVEEI 7tk AID Ilk STREETS

Naw Suita tor Surf Bathlna. Edw. T. MaFshall

r. A .UlAHSIIAl.I.

PRACTICAL Seashore Painter

‘ 115S AY % EST AVENUE. OCKAN CIW. N. J.

G. THOMAS, No. ids Market St., PHILADELPHIA,

FiM Faille Mm.

W. L. BERRY, Manufacturing Jeweler, NO. aa SOUTH SECOND ST.. milatfclpfct*. r«. Bapairlncaaaa^mtT.

■uO bnat to to* looud In

X^OW FEIIOBS.

R. R. SOOYASON

Restaurant and Lunch Rooms

K 8 ad 8 SOUTH TTOiTI STREET PHILADELPHIA PA

gUGENE C. COLE, COUNSELLOR-AT-LA

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^SPRY LITTLE WonAN

gift Ihroi till, c*m

I a|-.>rrrt>ta«a^L He tuc

£} & r.

CHRISTMAS STORY By & & JOHN J. a BECKET.

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CopyhgLi, 1899. I y John Jr »*Brcket. B B B B B B B

lied by !

l«b*d him to know 1 aecure It better. Ib^Trd

out above It, brisbt fold, and repeated i like an amiable |wrrot with a restrict i

ed vocabulary:

"You »tay and keep spry. Rood little 1

'fat In a few daya they would bare to avow their failure flilrd ber reeolote wml with polfnant misery. Tenderly ijmpatbrtlc toward everything homau. It waa her deareat and beat who

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c bad hardly a momv

iwedc •■Kiri." I’a boaiUltion.

With which be tnrued and went The last ,be saw of bl, stocky. rv*olut» figure was when he diupprared down a leafy lane, a line of red flier acarfi surmounted by a K'ddrn crearent (Ida hair) showinK festively in the *ay aunahlac.

It was a cola tone

contrlbul

auddeu

w tic

lo bn

lump up and run dowi

'. Jacques beraelf.

: It pleased tbc shy mai

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.

LAW OFFICES Apgar & Boswell,

talk with him than tt did to have tier buy bis excellent fish. She bad a soft spot In her heart for the sturdy waif,

for such he always seemed to her.

Small stntured. wiry, chary of words, his beady black eyes boldine you like a vise, and when be had anything to do doing It with quiet swiftness—that was

Mr. Jacques, fish peddler of Seattle.

"Well, bow do you do today. Ur.

Jacques7 - she asked brightly. right What you want this morn.

Ills

self c

neterUtleally. Ills ey<-s runnded brightly. then the- lid, half closed mitll the 1 pupils shone throoRb the thlek lashes 1 like points of snnlishl His air of Im- ! mouse sagacity was so childlike that It - amused ber ercatty. "Me all right. You Jos' keep spry.

w out his chin with his dm!)

i InT*

ALBERT a. HOWELL,

A-ttorney-a.t-I_.n-w. Master aud solicitor In Chancery

"Have you got a real nice piece of . ! salmonT* She put the question almost } coqoettlahly. He gave her the clear, searching look he was wont to. the humorous sug- ]

th he liked her In hi ins akin to the devo nlmal. She got frvsli >h of him than any

n did hot In

of his allnring oddity, and. wit word, turned and walked lo t cart, with the paint worn otT Its The handle rested on the Ion fence. In a moment he wn

GODFREY & GODFREY “I

her hack door always brought her Iber lat-feserve And denlly eommunlcatlv

uaw orneijs

! When things U-rnmc dltr.-ri-nt In the small household and there was need to and food, at Irasl In quality, she did

lluslnesa was dull with her father and brother. The market was so slow and nneesy that nothing came In. and I Ibclr money was slipping away. Her own apiary as a teacher came to be the tatcklnne of the family support. I The men did not dare to let anything

pretty

conceit that gold aud scarlet are hm-s of the setting sun and ibat Mr. Jacques might bate declined behind that hilly top of the street forever as far as she was concerned. Well, he was gone—one small privation the more In her life, now getting so full of thrug As she turned back to

advice and keep up ber “spryticas" to tbe cud she bekved a light sigh aa a last tribute to the drparb-d peddler.

Poor Mr. Jacques!

It was a proof of ber warm generosity that she could give such thought and fed such hearty hope for th* success of her queer protege when bom* matters were making her soul sink. Hfr father vyas worrying nnder the continued strain of business iron Idea.

the hard tlmi

1 of liualuna It were hardening n

He aud her brother wrfie In tbe dilemma of men of affairs who cannot let go because they will lose what they have Invested and lack the ready money to put Into their business which would strengthen It to a redeeming efficiency. The little woman was their strongest support by th* "sprynrss" so

v paper

ATt-ANTIC t

er. his 1

im.il II

! softness, fixed on her fi

LEWIS L. ROSE and L\ S. Courts

K(Rials I and 2 Ihiuftc lluildiug

of this look of Mr. Jacques was that he j see and to he seeing through you. j grasping something Inner and leas rial- ! hie with his vision. A guilty person wonld have found It Irksome. It only

OCEAN CITY. N J. made ihe gullele« little woman who

. bought his fish beam more pleasantly ; J^ALPH L. GOFF, as she Inquired with a new touch « f 1

GIVIL ENGINEER,

SURVEYOR-

sym|«thy In her voice. "What makes * you walk so stiff In one leg. _Mr. j

Jacques?”

CONVEYANCER-1 "Catch o’nimatlx. Taln't nothin.”

She eyed him thoughtfully, still sroll- j Ing. She had never had a "catch o' j nimatlx" In her life. But the alight ‘ limp In the peddler's smooth celerity | of gait and the slurring way In which ! he Blinded to Its caoac made her heart

NINTH AND CENTRAL AVENUE,

li.At. lA-TATC A»D IKkl BAX 12 ISRAEL G. ADAMS A CO. Real Estate t Insarance

ACKEDSTTS,

Booms I, 4 « I, Rod) EsUte t Uv Boiling,

ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.

Commissioners of Deeds for Pennsylvania. Money to loan on First MortgageLota for sale at South Atlantic City

loii) to Lou oo Firjl Moflglgo.

HEADQUARTERS FOR

SG9l Estate anil insiitiCB,

CONVEYANCING, ETC.. AT CHARLES P. LAKE’S

FOR SALE

HfllWlINyS IH COTTAGES AND LOTS ALSO FOR RENT CENTRALLY LOCATED IN OCEAN CITY. N. J.

ALONZO COTTON, Owner 6I& Asbury Avenue

JOSEPH SUTTON BOURSE BUILDING OCEAN CITY.-N J.

Conreyancinj;, Real Estate Insarance, Mortgages — Md Collections

Mm*r bl loan on menorta. EsUtaM KLrK,r-,KS.TC , !T„S

JOSEPH M. CORSON

te Agent

Real Estate

PALERMO.

E. CLINTON k CO., ^rr BRUSHES, rm uun. u* 1 v tuti R.

Clothes are worn for adornment or comfort and occasionally for both. Tbc peddler's had evidently not been donned to add charm to bis stocky figno matter how liberal an allowance might be made for vagaries of personal taste. She shrewdly opined that they were not even warm, and Seattle's climatic conditions do not leave a clothing out of one's considera-

tion for too long a time.

"Walt a minute. Mr. Jacques." she

(claimed after this diagnosis

She ran up stairs to her brother's

n and fi

medium weight ault of underwear.which she brought hack and bestowed with a delightfully motherly air on Mr. Jacques. Ills knowing eyes declined blackness and were foensed on her with more probing keenness as be look

her offering.

"Sou bully good, spry woman." he remarked with calm succinctness. As he did not show np for three days she began to think tbc warmer cloth Ing bad come a little late and made np her mind to call on Mr. Jacques. He was an Ingrowing doty which waa. however. Ita own reward. She found him In a wretched room with a dirty drab blanket and a rag of gray sqntr rrl skins tngxi-d np close around bis . Nothing was visible of except bis round brad with the close cropped golden hair slashed with four or five decorative scars. Ills eye*, turned toward her as she entered tbc kenneUlkc room, glittered with fiercer sweetness from his stolid russet face. What was lo evidence of Mr. Jacques was effective. The Oah peddler bad a fever. 8b* cheered and heartened him. an easy task, for be was aa stoical aa an Indian abont tala Ills, while tbe eager, twinkling eyes betrayed bis enjoyment of her "babying." Then she tripped off and sent bee doctor to him. while she baalened home and got a bottle of good wine and some light noortsblng food (perhaps Mr. Jacqnee' stomach wa, no Iwtter clothed than bis bodyi and brought them to the stricken, friend Irsa

She had prepared tbe food wti own band that he might get more pleasure out of-It Nbr had her notion *f tbe unemotional little man's fensl blUty, and besides tbe tall Nwede girt bad not yet been trained lo such culinary achievements as calf, foot Jelly, though she had Improved a little rm tbe monumental Ignorance site brought with her when the applied for a poal Uon as nald ef an worth Desperate

not feel obliged to cut down flic Item of fish. Sordid Mr, Jacques get any notion of the "reduced circumstances" from her. He may have guessed something. I Ha black eye. as soft as a gaarlle'a bored through outer veils to ‘Inner rerltlei, and he may bare seen tbe Reason for tbe thinner face, greater | thoughtfulness and less “spry" action of tbe little woman. It did not need his sensitive pererp tlon to find Hie old time ktndllnes* and soothing tone In hi-r voice when she ad i dressed him The sense of coming trials for herself mad.- lew appreciate his tbe more, tliough hi, |wor. solitary ! life was such a mystery to her. He encourap-d tier at times by stmI pie platitudes d.-llvrrvd with Jerky Im-

preaslTenes*

! "All right some time ton keep 1 spry. Good lltfle woman «io better ! afterward. You bold on apry.” ' He threw oat bts dogged looking chin ; as a hors* sometimes suddenly stretch ' es Lis bead forward. Bhc could not re fraln from a light laugh, her “spry 1*00* fellow ! 8lie waa not of great material aid to him by tbe small amount of Bab she bought but she saw that her sunny vivacity and ready ac-

"1 go 'way 1 know where." be added with his naive Importance and sc cretlvenesa. "You helped get money to go." And be tugg.,1 a grew chamois Iwg. the mouth of It tied with a string, out of bis trousers pocket It Was evk dently the peddler's savings. Mr. Jacques, like a snail, was,carrying all he poaaessed with him. "Goodby. You all right Be'o good to Jack. Jus' keep spry." The look he fastened on ber was alive with feeling, though bis face waa as blankly matter of fact aa ever. Mr. Jacques' countenance would never lack expression until be went blind

near to toe bean of Mr. Jacques, bat she had to aee them -grow thinner d*J by day despite her cheering. She did not need to think of the Oah peddler’s advice—nay. command-to he ''•pry." for It was tbe mainspring of her nature to be what be understood by that colloquial expreash ber sympathy and cncoui tbe bard pushed men I breathes perfume. But It of seeing things go steadily from had to worse she waa losing ber "spry-

Tb* thought of tbe absent oddity who bad sold ber fish rarely occurred, but when hi, altently comical air peculiar loyally toward tyrself fiat

One priar* most tbe good one most lacks, and obe felt with sharper forr* bow- looelj the bare lot of this poor peddler must be wb« be appr.-beod.-d the lens of her smile* sod twight words wKb the grudging tenacity of a miser This was tbe -ipryoens" to which be

Her own eyes grew moist Tbe strange little man was going to strayshe wondered If be blmscU did know why or where. She would miss him. But true to her colors and recalling his ardent enjoyment of her "spryncss." she smiled encouragingly and held out her bind He should hare a cheery godspeed from ber. 00 mailer bow sbe felt It was protmbly tbe last thing be would rvrr ba. r from ber. - "Good luck., Mr. Jacques Take good care of yourself, won't yon? When you come to ttenttle again, he snre to com* and are me. even If you don't go Into tbe fish business. I may hr selling fish myself Ibra. i am glad to as* you u» tog your scarf Goodby. Mr. Jacquan." Tbe day waa not cm make It nm-soary. and that th* peddler out of for ber bad uiumrd bla thrust with bet

prayed that wheruvec bl* active fact were straying be might meet with better luck than she and ben. It waa more than two years since be bad faded away In tbe springtime, for It was dose on tbe third Christmas from bla departure. Business matters had reached a climax for ber father and brother. They were at tha* their berate fight. After shorto the loturlng fabric they found t salves despite tolling days and wakeful nights at • point where could they hut pnt a little more Into their ventures

that ba would be obliged to sell ibclr thing over to the credlton Tbe moat they could hope for waa to pull out enough to lew Scuttle and start to the

bracing air to act aa a stlmolanL A heavy, depmalng fog. a huge hlaaket of moist vapor, smothered tbe city and stltled her. On Christ mas ere the thick atmosuaa worse than ever, and the small household drooped with proportionate depression. She made a frantic -ffort to Ik- cheerful, to be a true wonan to ber menklnd. At least sbe ■ould be "spry" enough to make the noM that was possible of tbe material features of tbe festal season. Sbe wonld get up as nl

e last one they would bare to tbe old

1 turkey (not overobnaei and had made a plum pudding (not on- ' ntatlously rich!, and they should ave plenty of hard sauce with IL Stic dished away an Impudently Intrusive tear at the thought. She even few spray, of hotly and bad itbered from the woods name soft, trailing moss. Tbe afternoon was dragging to Its

busted beraelf to bestowing

the Christmas greens about tbe sitting and dining rooms fighting vigorously against ber slaking spirits, bound to bo "spry" to tbe last Sbe bad put up tbe

final s

y and w

to M

In and told ber a

neon* srentodA—

er. 8b* wall-

ed slowly 01

could be.

•■Why. Mr. Jacques!" The old time choertoaas rang trna la her voice. She waa so glad to see Mm! How like him It waa to com* to the ack door! Always netting a tear and smite In motion at tbe aame time. Be tood there almost aa If bo was waiting > hear ber say what kind of Oak mbs wanted. But be waa resplendent- Ha

salt of B

leather shoes, a pink shirt la whom

mond. while the twin brother to 1 flashed with simple pomp from tb center of a gorgeous string tie. Ills face was

hard « ortho leathery disk tala velvety block eyes gleamed with more mellow ten it aroma He put forth bio horny, shiny, cracked hand to grasp ber si beM It a " ' _ lag not a word, bla soul bright eyes do-

-Come to! Do ec J Joyously. "1 am s< dear Mr. Jacques It lo Hke ol

sitting room

armchair for him. sought to leather bag be bald. Mr. Ji

'3K

over tbe frayed stuff which u] tbe chair and then aa be *1 " took In with quiet t

cheeks "1 am so glad to see you looking so well. How long are you going to be In SeattleT“

"Ob. I am 1

and see me. You can't be going vary far If that to all your luggage." aba went on laughingly. “Why deut you set It down on tbe floorr Then with a sodden change of roleo: “Why do day* 11

himself. "Good little u for you. Nobody else have. You. Job" for yon."

"Oh. Hr. 4 startled, bewildered. "What do JOB meant You must not (blng. W hy should y