r ing to t(ie ttw aiiT after UiaU Tat tli«' ojx u air i" rf(,rm»nert »rc patroDtinl. iii<1 ttn-y do Dot begin, of oonrw'. nnttl n flrr dl ~ i ' “ pn.mjrtlj It tT ■ etnaloo. ■■ nany a for-

and rlaulral time*. The old Oiwk. 'V<r)l«.lj knowi. wu an outdoor i. Iii« liuuae nerving as little more

■lii-pIng place and storeraoas.

Tbe Athenian of today dines In a carle den. on bis terrace or la a park. If ha re Is too poor to [noaess any of these neof cnuorleo, be sets bl* table upon the at sidewalk. Many of tbe cheap rtotaoid rants appropriate tbe walks for dining go rooms.. One Is often compelled when taking an evening atrotl to dodga In

aftrrnoona and out among dosens of tablea cover-r-r that I lie «l nllh reasonaldy dean linen u4 slth ware- lighted by means of caodlm, wboan

arc protected from tbe wind by of glass globes.-(Scribner's.

lighted

I O o di J •esaulg!V.£ , & li

FINE FURNITURE 43 South Secoijd Street,

. .— js calling

n re the | „„ mv frtond I^bcm. wbo wished to

. me some old manurcrlpts that be

tuddeiily been collecting, tie prodoced n

‘ i large Imix of rosewood, which

[T in Prater SMetlns.’ W rL,r. la) even Ing at s o .-loek. Cul dav ar-mad. P to.

C. HUTCHINSON, M-Jj HomoDopat hiwt. No. HO* Ooo«n Avertu«* OCCAN CITT. N. J.

RAl.l’H L GOFF, i CIVIL E,N61KttR. SURVEYOR. CONVEYANCER I NINTH AND CEN’RAL AVENUE,

tnacrlptloa up.n the ring of the key- tl , y tvtnarli-d eonlalned bis family pa'IrrJuln. I M'S. Memenlu roorir I pent. To my astonishment he drew “A curious key." I suggested a» I re- j fro,,, |,|a pocket the mysterlon* key and turned It to M. Ie-Iron. "Tell ua al-out I insert,-.] It In tbe lock, which yielded It-" I readily to bis pressure, and tbe lid flew The one nddreaaed puff I'd assiduously |mrk.

| exclaimed In wonder, ’•that

■T I. Il,e heel"

ShTmlay‘actisol^S.iu'p. m. A M. Ka'uX’ii.

B I T. ABBOTT, M. O., Pitjnlrlnn and Nurffeon. OFFICE-C*r»er Centnl ud EI*hlE Stmt

Imni-d forwai

musi In- sometbing u

like that. Why*

,i m nioii

ISRAEL 6. ADAMS & CO.

M. Awgwttire's Homan < .rln.l.c < le,eel A stair > avenue, between . Tl.trteen;b as Poutleenth alraeta. Kev. Pnlbef I*. J. Mari

CHURCH SOCIETIES.

P. (iarretMrn. record ID* ae,-rei

Real Estate •

I>. N. SA.MPSOIV, Stoves, Heaters,Ranges,

A. Q-HUSTTS, tDom !. 416, Sal EtUU t U* Balldliij, ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. Oointnlnslimerw of Deeds for l*eun-

PUMPS. SINKS, LC., 408-10 Anbury Avenu OCEAN CITY. N .1.

ttiyncrlmta key tretween Ida forefinger] “The key?" be Interrogated. Then he laughed long and bind. "And yon awallowed nil that." be said when be con Id

control his merriment.

"Certainly." I replied grimly.

"Ily the way. tbough. It wouldn't

nilng this key, and j make a trad atcry. would It? 1 tblak I I will tell it to yon. vrUl work It up—eUUroratc It a UtUe,

>. without exaggern-} r00 know "

of metal that I hold | , |,-ft the house feeling deeply tuoitlfc of the must re- j (i, n i , 0 think I had been no effectually ‘c*-" . “sold." A desire for revenge took pos- ' we both exelalmed aesslon ef me. arid I determined to ateal

in n breath. ! a march on him. 1 have done no.—Crt-

Kresh cigarettes were lighted, and. | teflon.

itlll holding the key In his hand aa If . - ■ — lo Itear wltneaa to what he said. M.! ni '''

U-Imn Itegnn hl« story. or * u forms of human effort and •it was lo 1871. Just after the surrrn ' execution nodding is the most useless.

:,t Paris, The second empire had* When > parrot,* tUpayunkOt

for truly, genllcn tlou. Hits little hi In my hand has markable of hlat,

Hone) lo Lota »a Fits! Noftfigo.

J. T. BRYAN, PKICTIUL PLUMBER-isd CIS FITILR

HEADQUARTERS FOR

Real Estate ann lo»e.

''rv'*/*' CHARLES P. LAKE’S

fallen. M. Thiers and his party held the government. Kvldences of the terrible ccuimuup were on every baud, still the city was treglnnlng to look like the habitation of a civilised people. One morning la- Journal des IVlutts nnnonneed the death at Versailles of n Itusslan lady who for more than 20 yean had kept all tire gotul|tt of tbe l*aHs sahtne busy rom-enilng a mystery that aeetned to surround lier. For r,-a sons that I shall presently explain she

as i-a Da tut

l nlek

i Paris

or bluejay ru-old. he Is ludicrous. For people to nrohl Is ludlcrauA, loo. but with a dlfferenee, and nssuredly the difference Is on the uiifnvorable aide. It never did and never will do any one any good. It lias done much barm. Ilcaldrs. scolding grows lo be a bahlt. We have all suffered because of the shortcomlnga of some one else. P 1 - ndving tremendous tlradeu over what we had oo band in. because we bapprnrd to*be present when tlie aeoldlng habit was yielded to by one of Its vlc-

l» ntcknaim-,1 tl

■ here Scolding I

s:r,sr (SwS';lbws»r.f.Ml-Hn-ie,»'>b

Mrs. lo ursbam. .upvrmivadmt

HINHHMIDi: A WAWaMAI-l. PRACTICAL Seashore Painter

,a Kutlaa.. ssemarj. k

.drJsriuafsiSij'i'S! =t

G. THOMAS, No. 108 Markat St., FNIlMElPNIi,

Hilt FiDiig Bwriss.

i/yw pmasie.

Edw. T. Marshall JOSEPH SUTTON

tiinieiiancing. Real Estate Insurance. Mortgages and Collections

«sy. It takes neither

even make any great d "The notice In I-o Journal des Debals 1 upon the physical bring. Any flshwlfe muntioon! ijt Dame a la Clef rst Alive can 1st a grand sucews at acoldmorie. - It did not give lier own uaror In*- Why compete with her? That would bar*signified nothing. Tbe : Scolding should Ik- compelled to perp.i|ier eonelndevl by saying Hint sbe l»h from Uh.> earth The tongue, the dled. ngi d t.V lu eompletr soUnuK It voice, the eye. the fan—All should 1* seems tliat her husband, who was much ! trained nol to acold -yes. and the pen. older than she. had visited her regular for of all things a scolding prO_!s the ly every six month* during the past t.-n I worst. And tbe habit

had disappeared, no one 1 w |, h the pen ■- ■— ——

• very question of made tbe place for tfican small apart tnrnts. shifting populstlon and Gaiiedlcut a The rug Is a utility car|iet. one that will fill emergencies, that Is well adapted aa an expedient. This un done tmx^li to encourage the sale. The Ingenuity of tbe manufacturer In devising the ways and means to meet the

along these the market.

Judging from w hat has been done tbe last few years, h might be said tliat tlie rug business today Is In an Initial move likely to reach great proportions with recurring years, and that there are even those who believe It large extent supersede and displace the regular carpets: that It Is aa advance In bouaehnld economy. In any event, the rug of today promises well for tbe fulure. and the struggling Ingrain manufacturers, as well as those wbo are flghtlng fonnWphir compel I lion In other branches olcariMl manu

lacs at tbe start the evolutions In trade, getting In tlie movement early, Is tbe one wbo succeeds best.- Textile Manufacturers' Journal

t l , «r.

■ Us,seek U Earl Roberta will way and another aumcthlng like $3,000 for the honor of being an earl The greater part of this, of course, will be the cost of the coronet, but the ' la aweTled by fees of all sorts many people will tblak ought

Blsmaack waa one* made furious by a charge of this kind. The Spanish government offered to Invest the chan cetlor with the Order of the Golden Fleece, and the prince promised to eept the honor If tbe government wo send the order and Its Insignia to I Instead of expecting him to go to Bp to receive It. The request wa* o plied with, and a few weeks after the arrival of the ordrr and Its Insignia Frirdricbarub there came a hill for 8.000 francs. Bismarck sent for tbe Spanish embassador. "If Uhad known tbe cost," he said angrily. “I should not have accepted the honor. In any rase. I won t pay IL" Spain had to get along somehow without Ua 8,000 francs, for Bismarck never gave way.-Boaton Transcript

knew

■- All w

1158 WEST AVENUE.' Ot-KAN MTV. N. J-

1 ijtdy of tlie Kcy

f tlax ct

Hor

^‘“rV^aUV-Tiw

dive

W. L. BERRY. Manufacturing; Jeweler, NO. sa SOUTH SECOND ST..

Samuel Schurch REAL ESTATE : : AND INSURANCE iOl btafj lH , 0{t4l 1 III, M. J.

•r husliaml's death ft time, had alln

Tliat

to tic entirely

T,~ Ada C. Rweet In Woman's

c Companion.

Maine shipbuilders are develo the schooner rig to aocti an extent they ore putting together a vraat that type with no leas than a masts. Big six masted ships rigged In. schooner fashion hare proved lo he roarkably economical and aocccssfwLIn carrying huge cargoes of-roal and other heavy stuff, and now a step onward

to a

a foot. Tbe n

JOSEPH M. CORSON

Real Estate Agent

Tbe American people are great theater goers Slid sp ud about $112,000,000

annually for soeti amusement a," said

aiiiMit the nisiter" Tbe wyatery"atlfl i pcmlin-nt tbralrleal manager lo the remaltHil unexplained, and the Interest writer rwcotly. Thl# va-t sum of cornea,lug her grew l.-ss and he. and * »"*» r X ' s l ,a,,1 * 1 "' tfusurtea of gradually diet away altogether " *" n "' '"00 e< miwnlea. which were estlM Isimn pause.I to relight his ctgs-1 ««»"••' '•* >“ all parts of the retie, which l,e had allowed to grt out. Suited (Hates last year. This ItK-ludea After doing thl* lw »rttlrd lack In hi* everything tliat ran be considered chair, puffed ome or twice, but did-not atrtctly |....fr..louai cmipaalea. to say seen, at all inclined to oa.tiuue the »<>"•"* “f ••"unth-sa amateur or-

slory. "gnnlsaltoos

Well" I rjarulated. “goon. Tliat Is “Of the strictly theatrieal crganlsa

! giant of Its class will have a keel length ! of 333 fret, a bnwdtfe of 34. a depth of hold of 32 and a manage of almut

j 4.000.

I This la a rarely Interesting morrmi * In the const met Ion of salting ressr How much further Is It to go? Will the acvrn master. If satisfactory, followed by an eight master and 1* bly a trn tussled •chooser in a st-ur year* or Wwa? It may wen be 1 .

the middle of the century will wel-| •

come a sailing Irvlatban with a dosso masts of the schooner rig. Tanka* Invcotlrrorsa and energy Ukr Jong looks

R. R.SOOYASON

PALERMO. N. DDmlL c, Sej

story. Why. you haven'

what the mystery was. nr why she waa

railed iu) Dame a la iVf "

“Ah. yea,” he replied penalrrly "quite right. I had forgo!tea. Dratle

Restaurant and Lunch Rooms

JACOB SCHUFF THE PIONEER IAKEIT. 1. T«Ui»*I*m«,.I** OJ. 1 J

1 aaNI t

beautiful, yet such

(ace was one <4 tnr tareuest that 1

her flgura wga perfect.

24 K 004 n SOUTH minM ITWfT PHILADELPHIA, PA.

aaiei* agoanNAai* miuh aasoi wcara a aatciaiTv aapiU' nintNa paakaa aa sssms

E, CLINTON A 00., rr BRUSHES,

• nun. ui 11 tun n,

FM1 1 *■ —■

HENRY A. W. tMITH Practical Plumber

aoa A.buty Avenue - OCtAN CITY, N. J

iawr-

"Well?" Interrupted U. Blourl soar

what Impatiently.

' UcuthmeB. I win not bora you." caiffmird M Uboa aalliug. -Pimply : imagine her brautlfil la Tac,- and fotm: rtien. gr title w*a. around her Deck, which waa of the putv*t mold, was riveteil a gold, n t halo la wbh-fa waa .•Rached this key. Ami ffRHemeu. ' (rum the tat of June, tstk to the dav «,f her death the chain never ten her

neck, nor the k*y

lie paused again and opes more

seemed tu go am

••Wall," aAld M BlonH. - wefcgM tbs myeury; now for the salving ef Il“ j "Gantkioen." con Untied M. Ubon,

.MRHaeMrkraaWa gmlllag aAflely m he Upp^ oj. tb*.

It la safe to *ay that the average

ivcvlpt* |icr uight for the 1,000 com panic* I* $hs> i-ach At een-n perfortiancea p<v week fur each rotitpauy thn w.ekly average would lw $2,800 The average theairh-al sra*on la 40 «c> k* The entire Li»«l eompallsa. with avrrage tugblly rerelpta of $400. would

produce weekly mvlpta '

•oo.om This moltlplied aumbrr of week* la tbe tlwalrkal are auo. »UI yield gnsa rerelpta amounting to $nt0n0.<««, which D pruhably far below what the people of this rubtry really do imj every year for the■MrIm “ “—*•——

“How did yea nad M eutr *1 asked Mia ta lead w a dolUr “And hr got away hum UT -Ho Hr said he hadn't a dollar, hat be d lead tae Bee f might forget (bout •L Bat hr could remiad me U Waabiagioo fllar.

Dorter*' “Car ■■aa."

Tbe “eat nape" Indulged la by the late Dr. William Pepper constituted a

friends. He had the faculty of going lo sleep at will and waking up erbaa ha w I lied, fie would sometime* when am drr a menu] strain keep a roomful if patients waiting while be slept at

•re I* n**octated with | and early erenlng* of » • Idea nf adaptability hauls are made, directs wll

liouaea-nnd not simps that ar brilliantly and early- on euQi

dlf- | that are often rongr-*trd with tradlc a or | are mostly elmsen. The email and decade ago. It lias a different smarl though dingy and IncttOspicuoua

c trap plunges Into the thick of

* ' gloom sad »l*ndlng murk, places Itself Immediately belt! *

lorry plied wltn packages.

TIm- men In, the quick trap arc all

*c alert. One of them, a man chosen , ■ — r~“for hla Immense physical strength, goes ln ,,,, Private office for three mtoutea to the bead'of flic pony on some pre- i cr 11 " mluutr*. or as k»g aa be wtab-

packag. down Then be would rmmm. bl. duttak from the van In front lie is provided..-'rcfreah«-d.

with sharp cutting Instrumeut*. and be Another prominent physician has a powerful piece of simp with a I ffoccr habit of napping, although ha

book at one end. If Ibeee la a hoy sitting behind tbe van. tlie men In the trap contrive to get him down by dL rertlng hla attention. Even with a view to distracting .the passible attention of carters, the thieves generally get np an altercation, or "barney among themselvrs or with others. They. men of colossal Impudence and powers of abuse, and all attention heirs riveted upon them. In our case far from Farringdon stivet last December they carried off our parcel of worth £700. tbe van hoy being temporarily blinded, aa alleged, by a

Ith' the thlgtcs blowing some

. takes one a day and that directly after luncheon, which with him Is a hearty meal He repairs to hla office and throws himself ta a chair at • point where the pollahrd wood Boor la

keys between the forefinger

and thumb of hla right band, which to allowed to ' . ‘ * the chair. Then he doses off. but It to

more than a doxe. for tbe moots fingers relax tbe keys drop ta

and then disappearing.

One of tbe moat notorious of these fog thieves waa ■ lithe young fellow who crept along the back of a pony to brad. American Jockey fashion, and booked what he could from out of tbe Tbe great hauls of these men are when they follow cabs and prirate carriage* from a railway station. In such cases they generally use two traps and horses. A rah to marked that baa apparently valuable luggage on the top This Is followed till seme dark street la reached where tbe way la narrow or congested; then tbe driver of bne of the traps, that baa a very swift pony harnessed to It. deliberately drive* ■cram tb* bead of tbe cab or Carriage

Mr. Petilrj. otherwise Charley's Aaat dd the following: “A mill lory man. a ricod of Mr. Pro ley. took hla daoeb-

er to tbe stalls and. baring a * tiring day. went calmly to atoep n easy seat during tbe tateeral bed the curtain raiser and Charley's A Tbe daughter sympathetically alto

him to remain la peace a

tbe play of tbe evening; then she gently nudged him lu tbe rib* and wbtoperrd Charley'* Auntr to remind him

of bis w hereabouts.

Of courae there ia no angry altercation. and whits thl* la going on tbe thieves on the other trap bale got Into the Immediate rear of the Inggage laden vehicle. One of tbe thieve* goe* along hla horse's bark and lift* the luggage down. One of tbe hauls effected last winter In this way was worth £H/W0 and waa tbe property of Mr. dr 8Hva. mu Argentina millionaire. The robbery took place not far from SI Pancras' church Just before tbe simps were lighted up. As the summer ana brings forth myriads of Bring creature*. *o doe* a Thames fog bring out upon tbe dark and apparently deserted rirer a east

ed. with emphasis: 'Papa, do wake apl “Charley's Aaatr' “This time It waa effectual for the colonel leaped to hla feet and cried. ■Bless me. ao It tar and began to abate and* furiously with a demure old lady ho bniipencd ta be passing Hong tb* stalls In front of him oo the way to bar allotted seat. -Bless me. ao It to: Bow u do. madam? And bow to Cte^ ley?" "—Lot

the w harf and Ughirr owners complain of loelng from their rcspcctUc wharves as macb at from on* to six hundred pound*' worth of coal alone every year. The reader can learn at any rirer-

by tugboat men

that there are scores, literally tugs on the river that have never bought a pennyworth of coal for great uumlwra of years. Tb* Thame* polic* would tell that same reader that men have retired on cytapctcncea who bare been reported Ip have made their whole fortune out of coal alolcu with Im-

punity on the river. Tbe police are helpless

expanse of river and lu the labyrinthine backwashes. If they raid one of the pirate bus I* la tbe gloom and darkness. the spoil t* turned out to the bottom of lb* river In a trier. If this of thing «#n h* done lo such an

a commodity |lke coaL It

ahead - New Tork Tribune.

There la more la a dot philosophy areount* for.

of Instinct—sometimes defined a* family prior to rxprrleoee and ln.lv loo pendent reason-mill explain some nc- Tb Ilona of a clever dog whose ease to de

valuable property eo wharves .

lighter*.

Tb* fraudulent picker up of the river Mem** tbe fog. Tbe picket' op :has mao'* to a man who uotlee* that certain No theory barge* with valuable eargoes are t

D such a way that. If they broke i. they would rotall taat exp picker up see* Ibaf lbrae targe* nak loos*. That tart of hla

! lag plenty of Dole* about N

I knew a dog lo l-elaad-a retriever ■ stage, be raartsr* from dat -wbo bad been laught always to bring very targaa that be baa set adrift and bis own tla dish la bis mouth, lo la semi : lu a bwry salvage claim.-Lao

‘ tbe late dinner For i

l bis a

change ami lo feed him twice a day

Instead of once.

The dog raocated this. and. when told to betas tbe dish, refused, and It coaid nowhere be found, ua Which hi* master spoke angrily la him and ordered Mm lo bring the dish at oac*. * With drooping tall sad •heeplab ti-

the garde* ami began arrairbtag up tb* sod. n iter* he hod buried lb* howl drop down to avoid bait* to bring It

There's a

wbo has a good irked tbe dyspeptic uau who was 1 pot tiered by the ptan# playing of the young woman Belt door “Wha. Dumle, ? Why. be', deaf as •rs.

• aatd tbe Jy.prpttr

A widow who hi

nap—)oat • brt

taxation of tbe mental and I faculties. Tbe doctor calls It hto at

Tlie grnttemau still slept on. a

ao indignant with every one la general and hla aOBcttar client In particular That be artaed hto

per* and hurried out of court, a muring that he would never brief Cliarle* again. Some time afterward a sbip| magnate came to the name soOe with a big raw. “Brief Bneaelf said The solicitor raid Be W

wbo win.” Eventually tbe unhappy man of tow. riling to lose hla beat client, had

Lady Dcrothy Kevin to one MO

ami*! 1 ku* -man la society who w*et la for rntenalulag torgriy and i^aria% for making his partlr* tats rat tog had seutatlve. A marked falUag aC . to Ukr place after awhile to Ibr quality of hlrgasata. Lady Da** othy. rvimnirattog *• Ibis detirtanttoa, said "Oaer we t»ed to meet Browning slid w ittier and Henry Jamas aad