OCEAN CITY SENTINEL

VOL. XXIII.

OCEAN CITY, N. J„ THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 11. 1904.

NO. 45

OceanCity Sentinel , LAW OFFICES

PukUakc4 Wnkly •

OCEAN CITV. f CURTIS R031NS0N / Editor and Piopnti

Schuyler C. Woodhull,

MORGAN' HAND,

ATTORNEY and'

P«, Year. Butctly in Adv.nc, COUNSELLOR AT LAW,

CITY DIRECTORY. ^ OTY OFFICIALS JONATHAN HAND, . " ,a ‘ ,n * Ooanwellor-at- Law, APE MAY COURT HOUSE, N. J

SECRET SOCIETIES. BirvU aacoai and^ortti lliurMlaj «*r of MM'b month. In ti*U In Slwnnlr A«bory^ nvnnuv, nonlh «l klabtt, a ^ MM Cll^ljMjp B N^ i

*vrr; TuohU^ cvruin. In K. of P. tuUI. >1 'n* l ^- >,o,A •'■"bnllPretartton Loaaa.Na.«. A. O- U.W.. nn»o aaoondnnd fourlnJionda) cenlna* in K.ol KalmiaTrlba, Xo.«»^ L o. K. al'f-al^ln'.'ln l( ."o? POtadL*?. CHURCH SERVICES.

PJARRISON H. VOURHEKS <Jouna«cIlor-at- Law,

LAW OFFICES Apgar & Boswell,

LAW OFFICES Godfrey & Godfrey, aad Law*BoOdlaa**^ E- *“ ATLANTIC CITY. N. J. JAMES M. E. HILDRETH Counsellor-at-I^iw

B. T. ABBOTT, M. D., byalrlan and Nurgron, OFFICE-Untr Uilral ud Ei(bUi Street (Till» a. m. cx MOU " ,: \fro“iJ2j p 'S' J C. HUTCHINSON, M. D. HomoeopnthiHt. No. H34 Ocean Avenue. OCCAM CITY. M. J. lit fq HOWARD BURT, M. D. 809 Wesley Avenue.

£)R. E. MILLER. Fby Alrlan and Nuriceon ^ 7l« CAS TilAL A VKM'K

Wanwn, Ullbart KmlaJ. Fred Itappla. IV Mr. DblaMa. c. Maban and Altwn * man

CHURCH SOCIETIES.

EDWARD STONEHILL _ nu ii, to william K WoochUI 1 ■RICKUrn «nd PUSTWEI AU work ID mancin lloa promptl} altmdwd U>... HOTS BrigThton Blace OCEAN CITY. N. J. . .aim. TttLKfMXM** »■_ HAND BROS. Mouse and -i- ©IRn Painters 009 CENTTtAL AVENUE OCEAN CITY, «- *■

£)R. CHARLES B. RIDER DentiMt-* 759 Asbuiy Avenue

COAL COAL COAL COAL COAL Boy your Coni from the SHOEMAKER LUMBER CO. TWKU-TH 8T. AND WEST AVK.

CINERARIAS ^ PARIS DAISIES

»tut* and yellow

FUNERAL DESIGNS

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

daadqoartara 01 Houin Ja

Floe Family fineries. M,

targaaland ITaatMal .|..*l Pi a* order* b^m*l | ^piv.mjjU^| all^ndalj^ A uvarad'lraa ol'rbam 1 a! an; rallraLl atnllo In Atlantic or Capa Ala; count;. LOW -PRICES.

QUARLES L. HOFMANN

^ REGISTERED ARCHITECT THOMAS J. THORN ~™«« ■ tivm aooita a amo a. Bouasx auiLoina FLORIST 1124 Central avo. ; ocean city n j.

HEADlaE¥ A IkDAMW —Readme' Coal

AI-.KI.d.tn.Wc&bjbar^J^jL JORDAN MATHEWS.

{hTmaeiuarLitaad- Ball or tnlcrpnaa j s. B.Onr. I&th a imcTa'ad VB^VBirTW —< WBarr ..rar.Tin .-t .iv

Money for Mortgages...

pml.AI>»:l.l'HI.

One Way to Stop a Leak..,,

is to put rout hand over it. but the !■*< way » to send a quick me, sage to us. It will be slopped for

And other jobs will - be attended just as promptly. We- or To-day : : : : : ^ : : : :PLUMBERS: : :

-If that method ui doing hu»iuc*» and moderate prices suit you send

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

hired a

“TUe Junction Iraln." anld fnrllali Uiow- oil the main line Sin.-e we «ir Jicre until tnornlnc may I Invite you t — drew from hla aatrhel two annd wlcbes and aolemnly offered her one. •'

nemly at

aald. "

They :ir.- n la‘t

son eliattlnE like oM friend* to apeinl i-wne weeks He look-vl Hh Intereat ”IM> you know." he aald, "Hint l atn coins to Iienver—to She save a little laugh. "Ito yon know." ah* retorted, "that I nay b* married before I leave Denver}'' Hi» face fell 8he wan a biuxularlj pretty girt. "I hope not." he aald aav age!}'. "I'nleaa"— 'LnleaaT" abe 1

"Sever mind now." be itald. 'TaH'a talk of my trouble* I am to tie mar ried liecattae 1 am told that I mart. I have a friend who married ami moved to Denver. Ilia wife ln*l*!rd that .1 ahould visit them, and aa«ured me that abe would marry me off before I came “That doe* not necwnartly Indicate that you must he married, does She naked. He smiled faintly. "It la plain to he seen." be answered, "that you know Maude Ihiutela." She was Muslims very cnrtoualy. hut "Possibly the fate may not appear P he so appaiuns wlien you have met your—aliall I aay flaneee} Im you know anrthlns nlioat her}" He (book hla head. “Very Utile. Mm Daniel* aaya she la a very lovely slrL amiable, rultured and all that aort of thins She • a ,-nu*ln of Mr* Daniel, named Standlah Helen Stundish. tjr name, and they aay she's a* prviry bi her name. It'a not tliat I'm afraid of tier, but a fellow does bale le have It all rut and dried, don't yon know' ' She nodded a grave aaarnt. “I an very much In the same po*ltlon.“ ahi began, bnt Just Iheo a whistle Im.kt In on the convemation. and the ake|>y baggage master rolled over. The whistle was tbe one thing that would wake him. “I forgot to trip you." be aald to Cap Dale, “that there was a Denver train through here about now. It's yeaterday’a traBk hot It wUl get to ahead of the other." Twenty mlnntea later. Carlisle. 1 by the easy motion of tbe I dropped off to sleep. Ida mind Oiled with visions of a petite figure crowned by a pretty oval face wreathed In goldan hair- Tie had forgotten to gsk bar

e Weight of the t'htMrea. resard to (be standard of weight wins children, that usually glvlulhi,titles In the matter la that yearn of as* a child should weigh about as many pounds as It la Inches htsh. As a mlf. this will not be or under forty pounds Children w ho come of lars* families igb something more than rate of Increase should he about two pounds for every Inch of owib. with a tendency for the weight exeeed this standard proportionately rather than to fall Mow It. When a child la rather heavier In proportion to height than thia arandard It la a a of Bond health. If the child to srowlns rapidly II should not lie allowto fall milch below II without being, made to rest more than haa been tbe ire. A deficiency of weight In proportion to height I* always an unfavorable sign Any IntenupHon In the prognsw of tiHTeas* of weight, especially during the continuance of growth, must he a danger signal that should not be neglected by those Interested In the patient.—Westminster Re rlew.

Little Willie Doathiewalte. aged three, brought an avalanche of ridicule on tlie laud of the house recently. A colored man was aeler-ted to white Wash the rellar celling and walla and dld'the Job well. A few days after Its completion, while the family sraa at dinner, the dnortiell'ning. Willie raced to open the d,Hir. and the colored man stepped in with Lis Mil. Willie walked backward till he stood In the. dining room entrance. "Who I* It. Willie}" lu<|ulred hla mot tier. “It‘a a man.” answered the child.

Moldy Mike Die ycer i«per a

Perhaps the teraewt and most rffc live election apav-rh ever made, aaya London weekly, was that of Mr John Peel at Accrtnston. when at last and after the moot urgent isitlrltatlon be was Induced to addresa there tbe elect ora of non beast Lancashire. "Men of Accrington. If you are so backward lb coming forward, we shall all be behind as we were before.” The only deliver ance comparable with this In terseness and effectiveness was the aermoa of Dean Swift's, which, taking as Ita text. “He that giveth to the poor lendeth to tbe Lord.' began and ended thus “Brethren. If you Ilka the security down with tbe dnatr* Advertise In tbe Bbstisll

• reformed t>. a PHIIadelphla aperlallsf and nr. m. T. Abbott. A delicate operation was performed poll one of the eyes of Mm. Klleu rudder. In this city, on Sunday, by If. Howard K. Hanaell, of MJh Wal- :. Philadelphia, a member of theJellemon Medical College faculty, and an eye specialist of note, assisted by l*r. B. T. Abbott. Tbe operation, feel w III prove j successful, was jierformed at the liome of Dr. Abbott, where Mm. Hcudder, w ho to the mother of Mm. Abbott, has I icon staying for several weeks. Ilrcatiw of the after-effects of the ether administered before tbe operation. Mm. Hcudder had a had night Sunday, but on Monday afternoon she liegan to feel much better, or at. lid feel with niduses over both eye*. Mm. Bcudder baa been troubled for ■He awhile with a severe affection of * optic nerve, and It waa finally deled that tbe operation must he per-,

r HORRIBLE DEATH

UNDERWENT OPERATION WANT BASKET BALE

A number of oUr bosket ball enthusiasts are practicing dally In tbe old pier at Klevcntb street, and they bop* to play Hie game here soon after lbs : first of March. They have written to the manager of Hit t'aalno Pier asking tor permission to use that plsca of amusement for the lalked-of games. The hoys of the'local team think It l«Holl,le to arrange for gamea In Millvllle, Atlantic City and Sea Isle City, and by the time these contest* have teen dls|o*ed of they hope to be ready to play return games | n this city. Along In March, they feel, tbe tem-|-crelurc In the Casino building will ba Just about comfortable.

80 anld General Adna R. Chaffee, tbe new chief of staff of tbe regular army, when Russia. France and Germany

■hllng at Ttentaln over quea-

adc a specrh to the other command- *. It was brief and hruaque, and It 1 fried tls- day. Tbe allied column nerd on to IVklng In a rush rather Tbe new chief of staff was a cavalry irivate forty-three yewre ago. No •rookie" of regulars ever rose to the ouiunind of the army before. It to a •areer of duty done aa he found It. He lid not beawine a captain until 1S87. and then for twenty-one years be stuck troop commander of Company 1 of the famous sixth cavalry, campaigning

■ban* from tbe Mexican bor- • Canada line. He to today \ kindly, aquare Jawed sol-

dier that b rate of tl

Weekly.

cral uhsIhwI men were discussing ■ pliiisos of their pmfcaalon wlien iuhpTt of. twins came up. “It to svocrully la-llevcd by both the laity and the medbal profcaalon." aald Dr. Ik A. Hoover of WrIghtorUle. who was one of tbe party, “that whore twin* or triplets are boro they have unequal chaixe* In survive in the race of life on aerotmt of having been unequally endowed by nature with physical strength. A notable exception to Ihto was proved the other day near York, w hen the last one of triplets died at tbe age of eighty-six year*, the two others having died two and six yean ago. aged eighty-four and eighty years, respectively They were of tbe Strickler family-a name which abmnxtoln York county. David, the brother who waa turn tost, died Brat, and Mary, who was horn first, survived tbe longest. Mary was married to Harry Groat, while the other slater. Magdalena, waa married to Henry ynlcklr This

r days

1 tbe p

and quiet of country life, which probably added lo their kmgrrlty.—Phila-

delphia Recoed.

On aerouut of his peculiar methods of work, considerable notoriety fall* to tbe tot of Ktephen Itooau. leader of tbe chancery t>ar In Ireland. On leaving the rourta In the afternoon be gore home and dona an. oh! ault of riotbra. lights a .large pipe and baric* himself I briefs until tl o'clock, when hr takes _ short walk Tlien lie works another hour TtM-n come dinner, a dial' with arune nrighlior. and to bed at Promptly a< midnight he gels up and Into hi* old soil, lights his pipe and strolls atsttlt Hu- streets till 3. wlien be returns and! works until 6 In tbe morn Ins- Thl* to jtiltowed by s cold ball* and lied until In, wlien he gulps do— a light breakfast and hnrrica off

Kadirirb-Yc

r wife to always out

Henperk-Yea. but 1 try ti

KadMgh—Really} Hcopeck—Ye*, but whenever I tnre to be out^mkeo It and* In my boIng outtalked-—Philadelphia Freaa.

A special meeting of the Beach Front Improvement Company waa held on Friday In the office of John G. Gandy AMorris L. Johnson presiding. The secretary pro tem., E. M. Button, was Instructed to make a request to Common Council to move tbe boardwalk 1100 feet oceanward, under the old

Heveral of our people were shocked ■Is week to learn of tbe terrible death of Mrs. Belle Trout, aged SS years, of , this county, on Sunday night. Trout’* dress caught fire, In some manner not yet learned here, from an alr-tlght stove about noon on Hunday. She vainly endeavored lo extinguish tbe flame*. Her husband's attention was attracted toTier p red leaI, and be at once went lo hi* wife's ■■stance. The flames were finally bdued, but not before Mr*. Trout as fatally burned. Bbe lingered a w hour* In great agony. Mr. Trout aa so severely burned In bis heroic attempt to save hla wife that ha haa temporarily lost tbe use of both of hi* band*. Mr*. Trout leaves her hueband with’ ■lx children, some quite small. WILL BE A BIG EVENT

To complete arrangements for tbe coming banquet of Ocean Otty Lodge, No. 171, K. A A. M.. tbe committee of ladles Interested held a meeting yesterday afternoon, at which there was good attendance. Ocean City ladles ever do anything by halves, and they tve promise of beating their beat record on this occasion. The committee In charge of tbe IK erary programme to working hard to make their part of the affair a big

M1*. George Rreckley to having an old building in the rear of 808 Central venue raxed to tbe ground, and upon s site abe will erect a small dwelling English A Johnson will, aa soon as ic weather permit*, begin w ork on a small cottage on Asbury avenue, below Fourteenth street, for Mia* Carrie Slelnmetx, of Philadelphia. Two cottage* will be bulll this in, at Berruteenth and Asbury aveue, by Jacob lletowanger and his motber-m-law, Mr*. Uhrlatla Pfaender. Tbe buildings are t ready for occupancy during the 1

ApprrrtKtra tbe "Wrnllnrl.” Clinton Brecklry, of tbto city, who as been working at hla trade In Los Angeles, Cal., for some time past. In a letter to Thomas W. Everlngbam, Assistant Postmaster, states that he rare a copy of the Bextirki. every week, and It Is a welcome vlaltor. Ha s that he reads everything In tbe paper, Including the adverttscmcnta.

G Hopfctoa. District Fa ra Hall tray, W> Chart*! dslphla. will taks plaaaan Is luralaulu* aj

letter, received by hla parent*, conveys the Information that CTaode Mahan, son of Mr. and Mr*. C. Mahan, of this city, who recently enlisted, la stationed temporarily at Ft. Klocum, about twenty miles from Nea York City. The young man changed hla mind about joining tbe cavalry service, and la now In tbe heavy artillery, for the coast defence. People know a good thing when they CHE It. They know that tbe C H. Shoemaker Lumber Co. always d» liver* —40 lb*, of COAL tc tbe Why don’t you become a custonu their*? Orders are takao by our driver.

The Bark Bay Literary circle of Boston recently ruled on what tbe her* considered tbe best novela These received tbe majority of. Best arturtttoual novel. While.- Coffin* Best historical novel. * Scott. Best dramatic novel "Jane Eyre,* Bronte. • Beat marine novel “Bed Rover,' Cooper. Brat country life novel -Lorm

Brat military aorai. “Cbartaa O'Malley." Lever. Brat religions novel "Hypatia.' Kingsley. Beet sporting novel "Dtgby Grand.' Melville. Beat political not DtoraelL

Brat Imaginative novel "M Faun.' Hawthorne. Brat pathetic novel “Sltoa Mar Eliot. Beat humorous novel “Pickwick Papara.' Dlckrna Brat English novel "Adam Bede," ■Hot Brat American novel “Scarlet Let-

Brat novel In all “Henry E

Wealthy Ottoeu-But I mid distinct ly In my adverUsemeot that I wanted "a relit hie colored

ay b a partlralar bstaae as aaya Every detail *Uch expartroe* an< —I'd augaert baa been mrrauged by lb