OCEAN CITY SENTINEL

VOL. XXIII

OOEAX CITY, N. J., THUKSDAY. JANUARY 14. 1904.

NO. 41

OceanCity Sentinel

HELP MAKE OUR CITY LAWS

the Best Known of Conncilmanie Body are Hiram Steelman and Jacob C. Steelman. Iilx junior, and enjoy" an a day’* bunting i» ju»tiy trip In the wood" and marsbe*. If* a " Eattftr fleet bird or deer that can. eocape hia unerring aim. Mr. Hteelman can tell many an intereating "lory of the da)>

it* ■» addling

little paraphrasing. Councilman Jacob C. .Steelmi may come, and men the Second Ward, who I* now «< don forever." hi* sixth ye&r In Common Co

Weymouth, Atlantic

«a* active in municipal County. Hi* father, Keubeu id represented hi* ward-’the, wit b him until nineteen year* i

nWde Iji.ima impr Kiui^ib THE SESTIjntL readingiin y " -

week of|*hi Sh™j«.”/wl,

- when he went to Atlantic City to learn n the trade of Carpenter. Mr. Steelman remained In Atlantic 1 City more than three yean. Then be to Ocean City. That wa* twenty 1 year* ago. Almost alnoe that time he i* been one of the leading carjienter* r and bullden. Among the collage* 1 he erected wa* the handsome dwelling II recently occupied by William E : Massey, of the Ann of Massey A

Edwards.

He waa In partienblp at* or eight

r yean with Elmer B. English, the Arm . name being Hteelman A English, and r they built most of the store* at that

i—up to about four yean ago.

r Then Mr. Bteelman went to 8omerton, r Pa., to bolid a big cottage for Dennis

• Mahoney, a well-known dealer . stone and flagging. He ha* since b engaged in business for himself. r. .Steelman first took hta seat in

' Council in 1891 and aerved until 1895.

it back again last year. As a member of the city's goremlng body, men, was a farmer, and Jacob worked he ha* officiated aachalrman of several

' Important committees. He baa always

•Mr. Steelmiu was born near May’ l.nuding sixty yean ago. Hi* falhe a. E. Bteelwau, and hia mother' maiden name was Esther Barrett. The

,. elder Steelman waa a constable for . thirty years, and during the Civil Wt

i lcd lu the ca|iaclly of detective f< jc (iovernnient. going all over th ■cllou of the Mate In search of de-

serter*.

The subject of this sketch

aled lu the schools at May'a Landing and tlravelly Ituu. lu his early life,

, he engaged lu the seafaring

r lie tnveled all over the country, vbdt-

b port*, among olhen, as

I Martin, HI. Thomas and 8t- Vincent, “"““w wl ' h •“ Pf-wi™

Skstisei,: As I waa your excellent paper of last

A Llv# Bird

bleb took place In Ocean liristma* Day, and In which

some of our mo-t distlngui-bed and honorable men took a prominent part, t was very forcibly reminded of an Incident w tileh occurred in my life In my boyhood days. Tomany, nodou> t, this would seem a sratll affair, but, small or not, ti has lia>l Its Influence over me, I think for good, from that day to the present. It is Ibis: AaX was walking over a country road one day, 1 espied a beautiful little squirrel !«rched up in a -mall tree alongside the road, when, aa there were plenty j of stones lying around me, boy-like, I | picked one up and threw It at the | squirrel. To my surprise It came tumbling down at my feet. 1 had killed the |ioor little luaocent thing. I picked It up and began to reflect on iat I had done. My conscience ben to trouble me. 1 said to myself: Vby should I have killed this poor little harmless creature? lu life waa

s precious to It a* mine la to me " im that diy to UiL 1 could never lu the death of animal*, and It Iways been a wonder to me bow

noble men, conscientious in all the lusactionsof life,and Christian men, >. can engage In such sport. Perhap* they hare not had the training that i had lu my childhood days, nor •r liad such an Incident to occur In :lr boyhood day* a* that which I ve referred to. I luring the aportlng reason, aa It is called, not for the benefit of the food they might procure

no doubt would b justifiable), ir mere sport, men will leave their

homes and firesides, to be gone for day* and weeks, for no other purpose

shoot and kill poor. Innocent

animals—and the one that kills Ibe

is tbe greatest hero,

ras going to refer to some other sport of a dlffereur kind, but I am afraid I may wear your patience. Some of there sports may be Innocent themselves, but I do think there Is entirely too much of the good thing for a Christian city, ret apart by IU founder* to be free from all kinds of which n sturdy lead young folks from their allegiance to <»od and tbe church. 1 think, at least, there Is entirely too mutt notice given to them by religions paper*—I refer more particularly to games of hance. Respectfully,

W. H. Bcrbei.1.

Camden, K. J., Jan. 4. WON A PRIZE OP $s

party.

He was one of the organizers of the Ocean City Volunteer Fire Compay,

it. will reply, will stand dumb. >ut one Eskimo is alsrat and the question be pnt to him look about in ' though w-cklng some one to giro tbe desired Information, upl endeavor crude the query until amember of I tribe comes op to answer It for bl If pressed and him be will tell bis name, but with mark id reluctance. On all other subjecta except their spiritual beliefs with volubility ai their heat to Impart Information.

’’Ability to take a man’s me as'they say It themselves, to up,’ to the possession of nearly every hoy of school age." said an exqiedagogne the other day. “in tbe school where I taught I boy* quickly blf upon •I’op’ as the c their principal becat they soon learned that be resorted nothing more than a fatherly aide talk aa a punishment for school lawbreakthem Id qnlte acr. for be was known In their councils ss ’Fiery Spike.’ the first part of tbe name reflecting the possession of much temper, the last part lean body. ’Uoaty Harry’ was which brought to the yquogater* vision* of a youog man teacher whoa* hair was tbe color of oxidized iron sod who was a terror to boy* with ntohed memory Each teacher bad aa extra label, and each one of the label* fitted remarkably well." — New York

qulsbcd this to go Into the grocery business at May’s Landing, » here he had a store for seven years. Then be came to Ocean City, w here be has been a storekee|>er for tw enty-three years. When he removed to this place and began to build bis present store at Fourth and Asbury Ocean City of today wa* tore than a lot of sandhills, were engaged In building Ibc bouse of E H. Sampson, al Fourth id West, and also those of Benjamin rw kirk and I^wisHmlth.

On February 19,

ive been married twenty-seven years, r-. steelman was Mias Jennie Jackaay, the daughter of Captain Hoses ickaway, of Tacony, FblladelphU. They have four children. El wood A., a graduate of lierce’s College, is treasurer of Thomas A Robert .Stevenson Company, stove rnsnufacturer*, Pblla-1

delphla; .Martin, principal of tbe Tuck-! J *

shoe Public School; Miss Emma U., y ' . SLb„ ,« », p«uv a; “ “

Hiram, J,.. . ,.bbll ol lb, HUb ,ouud -1 Umbra boo—.

j Mr. Steelman was married about the eighteen yean ago, hto wife having

Knight* of Pythias, lu Ihh city, and , been a daughter of Aqualla Sharp, of the Odd Fellows, of Tuckahoe. ! the point of tbe beach. They Although at tbe ripe age of three! never blessed with children.

JACOB O. STEELMAN. 1, which was started over

• been foremen for

promptly attended to-. WOO Brighton Blace OOKAN CJTY. ft. J. HAND BROS. House and -j- Sign Painters] B09 CENTRAL AVENUE ocow cmr. ». J-

JOHN R. GROVES

49 Asbury Avenue Ocean City, N. J.

s they climbed tin- bill to is blood red i i Craggy's violet crest and Tbe doctor stared back. ' He wai growing sentimental, and be knew it "Jane." he aa Id. Jane started.

"Jane."

"Don’t" said the girl unsteadily. “It's—It'* -a dear moon. 1 know. •ntlrmcn and young lassie gl-er”— floundered tbe donor. ’t fashioned sweef speeches In so long. Tbe horses stopped. From where the groom sprang to tbetr "1—er"— said the doctor. "Good night" said Jane, breathless, "goodby .” She whirled up Uto walk.

YOUNG MEN AT CHURCH ] AN ELOQUENT SERMON

Cordially «;

i I’reab, icrlan KdlWca

There waa a notlqeably large attend- Large congregations attended aerof young men at tbe evening ser- vice* In the First M. K. Church vice in the First Presbyterian Church Sunday, and spirited sermons w on Sunday, when tbe pulpit waa oe- preached by tbs pa*lor, Rev. John

cup led by the Rev. Eugene M. Van- Boawell.

Note, of Tuckerton. Mr. VanNote made a good Impression, especially

Young Wife (rather nervously)—Ob. cook. I must really speak to you. Your maiter Is always eomptolnlnr One day It to the soup, the second day It to 1 flab, the third day It I* the joint, fact. It’s always something or other. Cook (with feeling)—Well. mum. I’m sorry for you. It must be quite hawftil

to live with a gentleman of

among tbe young men, w bom he went among and cordially greeted at tbe

conclusion of the service.

Rev. Mr. Casselberry, of HaddonHeld, who was expected to preach In this church on hunday, was unable to be present, and Mr. VanNote, who 1 was to have been here next Sunday, - was'secured In hto plsce. Mr. Van-

Note officiated during the day.

Irascible Old Gentleman (putting bead out of .four wheeler that to crawling along at an rey. cabby, wc’r . Cabby (promptlyt—No. and we ain't goln' to no bloomin' Are either.—Lon don TU-BIts.

List of unclaimed letters remaining in tlte Ocean City Post Office for the week ending January 9,19M: war. Goode, G. Bryan. "—nee, Cbaa. Epwabd M. BlTTOX, P. M.

In tbe evening Mr. Boawell delivered

on "Tbe Lew

of Reproduction,’' hto text I “ Whatsoever a men sow eth, that shall

a reap.”

Tbe speaker drew an analogy between tbe law of reproduction nature, and showed conclusively that

Tbe minister elaborated the following points: First. That this life to tbs seed-time of an eternal harvest; i ond, that the harvest of tbe future pends entirely upon tbe sowing in this life; and third, that God, through Jesus Christ, to tbs Lord of th* har-

ts* l.taaleCorson Tamed II Over Mr. George G. Ziegler, of 2708 Neff street, Philadelphia, is one ofourmmcottager* who has more than a passing Interest In the Pint M. E. Church here, as well a* tbe Sunday

‘.bool.

Being tbe superintendent of a Sabbath school himself, be kuows^s only officer* do, the sympathy and help needed by tbo*e having such " a In charge. Notwithstanding the fact that hi* prime object lu oomi Ocean City la to rest sod recuperate, he ably assisted In the First M. K. Hunday School work during last summer. He not only gave hto rVices as a faithful teacher, as many .here did, but Mr. Zeiglertlid more. Prior to hto leaving our city for hto Philadelphia home, he placed in the hands of Mr. M. W. Adams, Buperinteodrnt of the First M. K. Sabbath School, a note as a premium to tbe In which should be located the scholar who would write the best composition on th* third quarter's lessons, and the money thus received should In tarn be handed over to tbe mtoakmary me other good cause, rec Judge* were appointed, vix.. Dr. C. E. Edwards. C. T. F. Handeriln and R. Howard Thorn The scholars were ra'ber alow to a ter tbe contest, but there was one— Mias Llxxle Corson—wtu, came to the e end wrote an excellent aynopaia of the third quarter’s lasso□*, hence the K was turned over to ton. to. W. Adams’ class, of wbleh Mlae Corson > member, and waa In turn handed the missionary cause, swelling the church missionary collection in No-

AN OLD GEOGRAPHY I Is HI ah It Prized toy Its Owner, William Lake. William Lake has a geography, the ork of Jcdidab Morse, D. D., that has been In hto family nearly 100 year*. Tbe hook was printed in September, 1818. The population of Cap* May County, at that lime, waa given aa 8,(82. There to some difference This Htalc had thirteen counbut aiuce that time there have many changes, Including tbs forming of Atlantic and Camden oounfrom Gloucester County. Tbe geography is In a good stale of preaeratlon and to highly prtaed by if* Mr. Lake also has another Interesting old book, th* title of which la 'Roads and Railroads,” by GUleapta. In thla volume to given an extract from “Woods on Railroad*,’’ UBS, la which the writer say*: "Nothing can ore harm to the adoption of railroad* than the |