OCEAN CITY SENTINEL '

VOL. XXIII.

OCEAN CITY, N. J., THURSDAY. DECEMBER 3. 1903.

NO. 3o

OceanCity Sentinel

-«»- R CURTIS ROBINSON • EJiioi and Pfopmtor

CITY DIRECTORY. CITY OFFICIALS.

SECRET SOCIETIES.

l^AW OFFICES Schuyler C. Woodhull,

MORGAN HAND, ATTORNEY and COUNSELLOR AT LAW.

JONATHAN HAND, (Jotinwollor - at-Law, -APE MAY COURT HOUHK, N. J.

pjAKRISON H. VOORHEKS (JoimHellor-at- I^aw,

V M "'of* i'. n iSi. V.W.,nM»u

LAW OFFICES Apgar & Boswell,

LAW OFFICES Godfrey & Godfrey, ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. JAMES M. E. HILDRETH Counsellor-at-Law

CHURCH SERVICES.

■I I'r^bytrrWD Cbnrch^W^—lcj »vrr.u.

DR. J. S. WAGGONER,

n^rutbr. bad I0.1U.

CHURCH SOCIETIES.

.rj“ii l lrtfttiir.'«b“ U nSl‘ j.rrrUn.l. irrvurvr. Mrm. T. C. Hul- • uo; lira. Sllirr V.l'brwUui,n>rmi>ODdlD| Mira Am) MUMr, raxrralAr); Mra. ». ». KUlilmh,suirarUiUmdrnl Junior I«ac°°-

EDWARD STONEHILl min |•^■^lll fr —mill BRICKLAYER and PLASTERER All work 111 iu»«o Ho* l>r»ni|>il) •ueodral U>_ M«»r> l*r1|rl»*on OCEAN CITY. N. J. HAND BROS llou»e and feign Palnlors nov CENTRAL AVENUE OC«An CITY. »• * SEASHOREFURNITURE Gallagher's A3 %. 8CCOND •T«llT. - FMItA.

■'ll) Mirlun aod DrnKK 1 * 1 T3l Asbnrj Are., Ocean City, H. J. l-ura Drun^FlM^BullooraT. OamttrUofrj. B T. ABBOTT, M. D., hjairlan and Nnrseon, OFFICE—Umr Oilnl ud E1|IUA Slreel c ‘ MOU -:fei^_S;_— J. C. HUTCHINSON. M. D. I lomocopnthiHt. No. K34 Ocean Avenue. OCCAM CITY. M. J. N f HOWARD BURT, M. D. 809 Wecloy Avenue.

QR. CHARLES B. RIDER »• lYenliHt

JJR. E. MILLER. I'bjK'.eUn and Na

IC IIMUuira Trlfpboo* S'

COAL COAL COAL COAL COAL Buy yimr Coal from the, SHOEMAKER LUMBER CO. TWELFTH ST. AND WEST AVE. A* you ar* alwa« *ur« of ireillnR 2240 |«>uuO» lo Ibe ton UINERA1UAS In bud and bloom PARIS DAISIES vhltc and yellow FUNERAL DESIGNS THOMAS J. THORN FLOWST ll«» Central av

H0T6L Bise/iYRe... Ocean Ave. Between ElKbtli and Ninth Street* OPEN AIX THE YEAR

THE IMPERIAL

HOTEL ATGLEN OCEAN CITY, N. J. or ~ n ‘ * P * f r ’ B. C. GOFF. THE EMMETT

GARWOOD HOUSE,

. He—led tbroueboue ». OAKWOOD. Prop.

e AN ! EXTORTIONER, j 67 MARTHA S M'CULLOCH-WILL LAMS ° —Cop) rwbl. l«a bj T. C. Mrl'lura... • bean wae In Uu- aiilnniuit. It wee eo fbady out under (be bill oak ebe bad flunk off her eunbounet. The wind* played trtck»lly nllb her aoft hair and 4 tblny tendm* of It around neck brrbead. Her blue ftvk wua low enorntb to aboa- enchanting gllnipaes of lie neck. Not a wild roue of all thoae blooming beelde Ibe bouar wall A finer clear pink than abowed In baeka It I* amall wonder young Ruabton looked at ber twice and bared la bead before belling. ■Major Weakley 1* away, but may be ome any minute. Will yon 'light and wait for blmT" Janet flung bark to blm. paining, with her left band held high above ber bead, tbu* keeling taut the length of new thread. Uuabton bad never aeon anything *0 lightly deft a* ber motion In running thread even on the broarh. In aplte Ibe claaalc* he bad (bought vaguely of spinning a* clum*y drudgery. Now

THE LYNWOOD sob ninth PI reel

o lie pole sod It-uom™

THE SWARTHMORE r.lr,^>enae. Below Mnth Mr.el aacEAM CITY, M. J. Illreell) on Hie Hr*rh. Kully equipped.

THE KATHLU

MIKHKH LKWIM a Cl IN A (ill. THE IDLEW^LD MOOKLYN TKKRArK, NKAK NINTH HT. lerafu every pertleulwr. Mend tor booklet. r. K. CHAMPION OCEAN CITY HOUSE 17 AHBUBY AVAL. OCEAN .CITY. N. J. K reel lent erec m modetlom for ejl-yeer and .-.IN CENTER OF CITY.-.

G. THOMAS, No. 108 Market St. PHILADELPHIA,

FiDB Family fineeries. Always Ibe Iruubeutand beet lo be found In Full flavored Tear, ebolee brands ol OoBsw Mugaraof all grsdss. Canned Fruits, lick las, -nlora. Kalslns, Orlsd Beef, Butler and Lord. Haw of brat jiuallly. Walgbad wjran^urlaegrart'andfraabast LOW -PK.XOEIS.

QHARLES L! HOFMANN REGISTERED ARCHITECT

Money for_Mortgages... JORDAN MATHEWS N . A.IXw. lAtb am. ^sSUhIA

All Around Thanksgiving^

t lme lliece l» generally more rail* for the l.ltimber than the plumber can auaa er. The eatra work In She klleheti eauam . irrhII give* way. IT 7“use'lm LUMPING' now and there will be plenty of time to put It In perfect condition before THANKSGIVING

JOHN R. GROVES 649 Asbury Avenue Ocean City, N. J.

nymph* *nd goddi-aw* bad Joyously piled the distaff In hot baste. Judge, then, mirul to find himself die mounted »nd Bitting upon the plan* -ateblng Janet *p1n. He bad come In be flekt way. rutting etralght arroas his own plantation, full of conleuttoua wrath. Oakland* lay broadside on to bla arid*. That, of course, mcrnit line and. potentially, trouble over - stock. It waa bla factor's complaint of trespassing by Weakley cetthat had brought Boabton preelplrly on the scene. He had arrived at dusk the night before: be meant to leave before sundown next day — at ITeaently. finding her father etlll a ■uauL she took the band from her heel, slid the full broach off the spindie. flung It - in a basket half fall of other broaches and went sedately within by the end door. A minute later iut to Uuabton bearing fresh r. cool and sparkling, also a glass dish overrunning with luackma rad chenie*. -We had as well eat tbeae." Ae-eald little regretfully, setting the.dish up n the flat plaxxa rail between them. I wanted to make a cherry cobbler for dinner — that's why I cllmtad up In cry tiptop after tbeee ripe ^moa - bot Mammy Idas locked up every dust >f sugar and flour before she went to Aunt VIny'a funeral.” "Why did yon let ber goT" Uuabton ■aked. Janet looked at blm In a male and said, a cherry between ber lips: "Let ’ Too don't know Aunt Ltxa! We to ask ber about doing things, daddy and I." >o< mind her. what would happen T” Ruabton asked, laughing In aplte of himself. Janet looked thoughtful. "I don't she said, pocketing ber

m la: "Shoo tukkey! 1 knows when fas well off. an' rf Mane Taum Weak on't den I'ae dee bound ter stay tell I tarns him.; " eh things ar* all tlddlea to me." ton said. “I have spent 10 little time here. My parents wer* northern. That reminds me. I am taking It for granted that you know me”— “Oh. I do—and w hy yon came." Janet Interrupted, flashing faintly. 'The last thing Aunt Uaa Bald waa that you'd be here this morning to say you'd shoot osrs next time they were caught ring In your cornfields. She had I It from the band* ou your place. Whatever one negro knows all the oth era within miles roundabout will beer afore morning." Tea. air! We had warning!" Major Weakley said, coming out behind Janet then offering his bond. "Mr. Ruabton, you're quite Justifiable. If you do shoot my beasts I shan't say a word." ‘■Why. I—I shall not think of each a thing r Boabton gasped, all takes aback. "I was a bit provoked, but I dare aay the matter baa been greatly

cream h? wny of dessert Between them all he made a noble meal, and after It sat amoklug and talking until u Boabtsn flrat sow Jnnet In early July t Mld-Septemtier found him aim linger- ! E upon bla plantation More properly j the atalls The most part of daylight , 1 and big patches of the nights be apenl ' Oakland* or ranging almut with the ; «i »*ter of It. Bu-dm-a* had not turn d med between them since the fateful j oi Aral day Oddly enough ibe breaehy ; r. x>w« bad made no fresh Incursion* ; | lanet smiled II was ber belief that !*,_ x-ll cow Rook had really reformed. It 111 she did not look Iqm the mailer •lonely. Rhe was loo happy for much

itudy of anything.

It waa a dlatlnet abnek to the major when Buahton said to him offhandedly: "Oh, by the way. I'm going borne day after tomorrow. Before I leave I should like to settle that old affair. nude a aort of rough estimate. Hope you won’t think I mean to be

greedy

MONEY IN FACT AND FICTION

4 NEAT 1IINK0 (IAMB

In* 01

said t! d for tl

foldl

r. bold paper.

Scanning It. he grow red. then white. burst out: "Why, you Rhylock! D'ye think any court on earth will believe nine common cows can damage a

irnfield fl.000.000 worthT -

“Honestly, major. 1 don't." Bnahtos lid. his eye* twinkling; "bot. you see. could not possibly set a lower valne n Janet, and she baa agreed to give

me herself In payment"

Ixmdon commercial, who had a ruddy complexion, after “working” Glasgow, had some time to watt la train at Bt. Enoch station and bethought himself of a little Joke. ‘What.Is the name of tbla station, my good man?" he asked of a porter. . Enoch station, air." ew minute* later he met the same porter and said: 'What did you call this station, por terr “St Enoch's. I>ae ye no see the ame abune the hotel thereT' Just then the train waa shunted In nd our English friend got comfortably oeted In a third claaa smoker along with a few more passengers of the male persuasion “These railway officers ore about the worst I ever came scrota. They can't » dvll." remarked the Londoner. •That's a confounded lee!” said a Scotch fanner. ■Well." said the Londoner. "I'll bet you 10 bob I don't get a drll answer from the first porter I S' . a question of." “Doner replied the old farmer. Looking out of the carriage window he spied his green friend, and. calling ~ n over, asked In his moat polite tone: 'Would you kindly tell me the name of this station, porter?" “Gang awa‘. ye bacon faced old buffer! Pit ycr daft held In!" waa the er—Tlt-BIta.

very well have been. 4 " Major Weakley said penitently. To the truth, young man. my hardly worth the corn they have destroyed for you. They're only lot of scrubs, but Janet and I would not swap them for roglstcnd Jeracya. We’re foolishly fond of old thing*." 'If they did not Jump so they'd be angels- that la. aniv—lng ancela ever bad four teca and horns and a tall.” said pensively. The fences are not really bad. but Book, the lirll cow. rests until abe baa laid down a panel and railed to all the rest. Kb# la the only one really wicked Why. and go straight

dancing "If VIme belonged on my aide of the rosd perhaps abe wooM be aa wild to stay on your*." "tvu can have ber far the taking." Major Weakley said, laughing heartily, then soberly: ~Mr. Baabtoo. I shall try henceforth lo keep my stock within bounds Meantime, send In yoar bill of damngea" "Very well, and yon are not to worry any p»r* anti! I send It." Bushtoo answered Janet from the doorway gnee him a grateful glance. The next min st* abe aarl half plalntleety "Tom* In to dinner ceatirwen. It‘a all cold Just what Anal Lisa thought we ought Is bars But I reckon It will keep us

0 ought to bars

Love hot and ai

a tub art before blm. r--enforced by ■raetrn Marntt. nine aorta at plrkle and vilalira and rrtsp Irttuca. with pound

guilty by tl mlllan on t with his h Maximilian

. Icnvli

jae who regard hither edocatloo social ornament valueless except aa a badge for the delight of Its poeaor, and those who regard culture the private perquisite of the elect r are alike In the wrong. • The pro* * of men of culture and training raises the value of everything about them. It 1nsarea the success of enterprise. the safety of person and property. the contact with righteousness of thought and action, which are the matnapring of right thought and right

' wd In the future.

Moreorer. If dear thinking with clean living u good for the elect few. It ts equally good for the mutable many. Culture not only raises the man above

■. but It

a Into

the multitude may Imagine

themselves men before they bold a grasp on life la the grievous danger of democracy, litre again the unirerslty plays Its part, teaching the relative value of Ideals. Coder Its criticism men learn that good results are better than good Intentions, and that they demand a far higher order of skill sod courage - lYestdcnt David

Starr Jordan In Atlantic.

ten a young man goes calling. If be can get hit attention off bla own attractlvcDcss long enough to ohsrrre IL be will And that near 10 o’clock the girt begins to look worried, absent minded, and her laughs at bla Jokes suppressed and forced, t 10 JO abe seems to be In a panic, and If be should depart then and shake hands goodby he would And ber band ky cold. Noises ar* beard from upstairs. A man la grumbling and a woman plead big. WIU the young man go before the father make* a scene? Both the daughter downstair* and the mother upstairs are hoping that be win. but the young man stay* and atay*. Finally he get* up to go. and the girt la so relieved she asks him to com* A number of worried mother* at* getting up a petition to hare the street ear* stop running at »*l-Alrhtano Globe. The Walk lea a el. essay shout man. The following waa her composition: "Man la a funny ant

time* wrote verse, for publication. Tertis!*." suggested her matter of tact brother. “If you will write a little better quality of poetry people will call

The son of tb* arlf made man gm •rally Iragtu* at the tap and worki townward.—Chicago Record II amid.

r full of almost

island of Monte-4

a fortune. Dumi

(tai.Oiio.UAii. it I* tl

1803. 80 yon ml the brain K

n tbla «

try. nitticaars

oru In the Scottish fashion, but extremely few t-xerolae It. despite the lent objections urg’d against kiss be hook on sanitary grounds A »a In the Newcastle county court ontrived to adhere to the practice, while shoa-lng his appreciation of the grounds on which doctor* have coudetnnid tt. Immediately he stepped the witness box be produced a Testament from hi* |>ockrt In be sworn Tbla precaution was nt once com-

mended by Judge Ureo marked that lie himself

of the court Testatucuta for Il.tXiO. 1 court In another part of the evuna Testament has lieen so long In that It is calculated over 2(>0.000 persons have klaoetl It. The official* aid to have made tbla Interesting calculation known to the world with

feelings of peculiar pride.

i dl. w ho

I Tt'a a good thing for us. I sup. | that « henever we get It all settled and 1 arranged In our minds that we'r everlastingly bright end crafty to be •done' by anybody we usnally got 1 that take* the perkiness out of ua.' a Washington department atore buyer who makes frequent trip* to New York. "Up to a certain day last week, ft amql*. I bad a pretty thorough uaderatanding with myself that there waa 1 old kind of a New York bnnko gat that I'd bite on. I'd been going to Nt York too often and for too long a dr for anything like that Well, listen. "A week ago Monday morning last I waa standing after breakfast on Thirty sixth atroet aide of the Marlborough hotel. In New York, taking sun bath for myself and mapping o my programme for the day. Two 1 three other men were standing Dear n doing the same. “Our attention waa ladiy enlisted 1 we stood there by the spectacle of boy wearing a chefs cap and apron r*rkle«*ly swinging an empty crockery .pitcher above hi* bead. The boy wal rigged op like a hotel kitchen appren

tier.

“ 'What Infernal whelp# most boy* are. anyhow r remarked a sporty looking man standing near me to a plain looking Individual who waa standing alongside of him. 'Now. Just look at (bat half fooling with that pltrbar. a cinch that he'll drop It and amat to smithereens before he gets to I "•Oh. 1 duno».' waa the reply of tb* plain looking man. T gneaa the kid knows what he's about lie's , pretty good clutch on the liandle of the pitcher. He'll hang on to tt all right' " 'Bet you live be drop* it before be reaches Seventh avenue,' waa the quick he mao with the sporty

" T guess I'll lake that bet.' arur the plain looking man. and be produced hla wad. The sporty looking cltUeti peeled a V from his roll and both pnt up their money with the uniformed carriage opener stationed outside the Marlborough. Then they took np the Jog together toward Seventh aver keep sn eye on the boy. who wa swinging the pitcher wildly. I my ground and watched the proceeding. It looked like a pretty good bet for the plain looking man on til. when the boy waa only about ten feet from the corner of Seventh avenue, tb* pitcher flew out of hla hand aa b trying some singularly difficult piece of Juggling with It and was dashed Into a hundred fragments on B step. The sporty looking man and tbe plain looking Individual returned to where I was standing and the former look tbe two \"a from tb* stakeholder with a grin, saying: " 1 thought sure I waa going to ont on that when tbe kid got *0 Seventh avenue without anything happening to tbe pitcher.' "Two days later I was standing

That Code Rum baa a "sweet tooth" la deroonatrutol by Ibe record of sugar Importations for tbe year, which have increased in the largest total ever o. In addition to the sugar raised In this country more than .Y<stO.0t>M«kt pounds have been importid. which, with the domett Ir production, would •neb tnnu. woutau and child In the Unit’d Btatea abont is-vcnty-two ids each tier annum. As many per- • do not eat anything like this amount aud much sugar is introduced Into the human body In other forma the refluid product, tbere muat be many people who consume more than tlwlr own weight of sugar In a year. Tbe quantity eaten In the form of confectionery la enormous, aud If sugar would do It America should Is- a laud of sw'crth«sa If Dot of light.- Boaton Trauscript.

i-lwer Yersws War Ship. tat unfatulllnr with the differ 1 In tbe coast ruction of ships made rar aud peace may wonder that peed of IS.I knots an hour main talmd by the Kearaargeja a cause for Jubilation when passeuger alcamers 1 1 more than an knots. The pas senger ship, being bnlll for «|*sd. b given a length ten time* of her Iraaai measnrvim-ut. while In the fl.srong bat tery the proportion la bot five to cue I>ower. while tbe Keamrm- nra-s -but tl.fiuo. The Kewroargr mail. In ber offi rial trials HUM knots, but *lu- w«* then greased for tbe occasion Every lamp of coal ua<d bad Iwcn so. lid out by tbe builder*, and a crew, envy mau •Xpert employed regularly la trials, ainrd that aperd for but four hours and In amooth water I’lttshurg DIs palrb

Within twenty years live great fos* of tb* human race have been shorn of worst terrors- hydrophobia.diptthefts, lockjaw snake pot too and tb* baboalc plague, that scourge of former centuries Against tbe menace of rbsse Are stand tin- I’nstrnr Institute*, aeores of them, served by bundnds of harioriologft* t’lokKt-ls and pbyslolcclats. f l by Ihmisapds of aspiring atol tbe whole admirably oegsntned department* and snloh partmenta •ending forth *ernm* and anlttox'Ina bT t' "* <>f Ihnnwinds of ■’ora* a year -KTevrlaud Moffett In UKiSiV*.

t e AanlwM It "Don't BO In there, children." ran lie wife of the struggling poet oou-nt to Pjunda as of e •troug umu In distress that came from

Eighth avenue and One Hundred and Twenty-flftb street, in Hariem, waiting for a downtown electric car. when I taw that selfsame youngster, with tbe Identical kitchen apprentice’s toggery, going along Eighth avenue, again wildly awtnglng a pitcher. Then I my eyes about me. and there, three feet to the left of me and let agalnat an 'L' stanchion, was tbe sporty Ic * big man. He blinked laxlly at ma when be saw that I bad obsem ' boy with tbe pitcher. " 'What Infernal whelps moat boys are. anywayr be said to me In pis the name words and tbe same to

look at tint cub fooling with thi pitcher. Ifa a cinch that he’ll drop and smash it to smithereens before bo reaches tb* “ 'What a foxy way tbla fellow ban of making a living? I mused. 'But I’D Just give blm a little run for hla no I will.' " ‘That's tbe belting end of IC I nald aloud to the sporty looking man. That I'd be willing to take my arlf.' " 'Oh. weU,’ be replied laughingly, ‘any old thing to pass the time away. It's about an eren thing one way or If other. I suppose.' “ 'Just about.' said 1. ••Well.' be aatd good naturedly. Tb 1*11 bet you a V that be doesn't amat It before be rrsrbre tb* next corner.’ *'You're on.' said I, and we put 1 oar Ore spots with tbe news dealer 1 " Tbla.' said I to myself aa I fell late step with tbe sporty looking man. like w* brad ling grantua out of a nickel for cook lew. There’s no way that this crafty eon 'kid not to drop that pitcher, according ting m dollar bat for my "My reflnilons tine, however, were Interruptid. The Mill twinging the pitcher wildly and whistling merrily. He reached tbeotb »r aide and taking tremendous ctiau.vw with the pitcher and whistling with all the far vox of youth, and I had lost. "How had tbe *|«rty looking mat pass’d tbe signal to the hid not to dro| tbe pitcher on that oeraslon? I up. I didn't atop to Inquire of him. 1 felt too cheap to stop for any purpura wriuUeiiT. but swung on board tbs downtown surface car with a whob lot of the ht- k* of of **•-"- IT.tkbarg

Tired Talterw—Day say dat sum bt am poet* gll *1 a word. Waary Walker—Dat's nottln.’ I got 12 a word wunat. Tired Tatters Wo} tor? Weary Walker-Fw aawin' de J ~' News.

toman wa« arraigned for I ragging and vagrancy In (Ira Kaaex Market pro court In New York a few week* ry bun’ll* Usd in a large colored handkerchief. In which was found *70 In peiinlea and other amall lira whole mass weighing more than fifteen pouuds This, according ' o woman's own story, she had collecUd Ip two wra-ks. scal'd on the ct

o woriragone and poverty atrteken Ira woman appear when arraigned iurt that not until ber boardings were disci.eod would even a police court shyster take up Irar caae.—Lealle'a Weekly

As a result of tbe Inlrodorilou of trolley ears Into Japan over 2.000 ricklu>a have given up the at niggle with the electric car and bar* derided - emigrate to the Hokkaido to engage In the flaberiaa anil olber callings The Japanese "karuma )•" In phyalqu* form almost n elasa apart. They nr* tough, hardy little fellows and were a valuable aaset In Japan’s military ay*lem In the war with China, la t country where horse* are poor and aesree man power traction waa formerly a necraally. The little kuruma-ya. between the thills of hla tiny go cart, would run nil day long almost without tiring.

Profcaanr J. J. Thomson s latest surge* (Ion on the anbject of tbe aource of the energy emanating from radium Is that then- are a few atoms lo each mnaa "In a condition In which auMUty cease* and which pass Into tome olber conAgarattun. giving out as (bey do very large puanlltlea of energy." Tbe energy of the radiations of this substance la so great tbat one of tbe electron* thrown off by IL If art In chaae of ■ Manser bullet would pass through It aa though It were standing still. Cleaned wad Restored. There la * certain lady who la addiclod very strongly to the art of making up. What she does exactly la a mystery to all toil berarlf and tier maid, but the effect '4 precisely aa If abe bad a thick coaT at enamel or lacquer all over ber face. A good whether this la ren.-w<d every day after ablutions. On this point a dear friend of bets observed: "Of course not. The expense would be enormous, od on It when abe wants to wash goes to some place where they dean old pictures."—London Tatter.

-Why is a of naturef •Didn't know it was. Why la It?" "A river has a bead, but no feet It* mouth Is where It* feet ought to be." "Pretty good. A mountain Is somewhat freakish alan. We bare all seen tbe foot of a beard of a mountain's b Tbat'a so. Still U

"Uaa es

laaeara.- , Haw'a that?" 1 Did yea never an a r-Kanaaa aty Journal.

Ot'TMEBN RAILWAY

■ x I’uU mas draw-