WHITE PLAGUE WAR

PERSONALS.

SARDOU'S CALFS HEAD.

Six- stoud bj- llif wbWlow w»lcbln* tlir i*trr«tliM: flenro at Ox- rnnn* man. too murti alMort*-!. lo no'irr tbo «i tranro of bor fatbor until be waa by Ixf aide. Without *t« aklnjt abe leaned her arm upon h!« alionlder and thna they watched until tlx- yonne no bnerr In aleli(. Then bar father apoke: -It trou t do. KMe. Voo ve Rot tell him I raid ao. He lan't the one. The band wLU-h bad been eareaelag bta bale waa thrown out with lndl«nant protaat and the Ctrl fu-d him. pained aurprlae In every cufre of the dainty hi*. “Wbafa wronc. father?- abe demanded. Why haven't you aald that beforer Tlie pay eree rarlnc Into tier own held far more kindueaa than hla worda They were fuU of .tern declalon. . “Beeauae I haven't I wen anre. Now t am. Fred Den too rati never yopport a wife. He Uu't ahle to now. and be never will he. Tou're B«t to rail tt

off."

-Uni father." tdie tx-san “Ifa no uae. Eldr." lie Interrupted. Nt tan't In him. A youns man to one ered nowadaya taunt set out and fanatic. amt thafa aonirOiiny Fred Denton win never do. II.- »l--iHta fata time lij bta olllre read Inc. readinB- readlns. and that never brooch! |.ath-nt to a doctor

yet

“Why. the other nlcht tt»-re waa an accident at radar CU-ua. Kenaett waa nitaed up In It. Had a drunken rbauffeur. and the whole car came |rrcl<ra* near itoinc over the cliff. Would bare Bone If It hadn't been for a youu* med * wlK. underatixid aprlutliiB and who saved It In the nk-k of time. "Aa It waa. Kenaett pnl off with * t.n.Len collar bone, a friend of bta came home with a annulled liand. and-»i'll. yon read It In the paper*. That nowbouea U tiled for life Jnat becanae he bapi>ened to be on the apot and knew what to do and how to do It. But It araan't DeCton. Hr waa In bta office readinB up the mlcrohea of h-proxy or "Fred waa Jnat telling roe." began Elale. when ber father cut her abort. “Then. too. be bad a little money In one of the tanka. Where', that? He waan't content to let It atay where It waa. He aakrd roe what I thought about Aurora «tock*. and I told him they weren't worth the matrbea to ' t hr Invested tn them Whew! Now.

on don't.”

^ wpnld ooty Uaten"— “Uaten to what? The aaroe old atory of lore tn a flat and your *300 a year? I've got ■ deal on hand and won't be home before tomorrow night. In the meantime you Just give m* that ring cm your Anger and 111 return ,lt to Fred Denton, kl. D-" Blowly his da tighter drew off the ring, a curious expression growing tn her eyes, one which her father was

to obserri

m 1 ; ttYrom

said a:

that If he colli yon won't w

"Ton or* very unjust father; If you would only listen"— I've watted too long already." be re •ponded, etartlng off. -Mind your promise. Elsie; there Isn't to be any “Perhaps there'll he more Instead of leas" she murmured a. the door closed behind him. Then she went up the stairs to bar room with a tread aa full of decision ea Ids tones had been. It didn't take long for her to reappear dreaara for the street, and fifteen mlnntes later ejie surprised a certain young man ybo was very busily engaged doing nothing at all *- —*—

Fred Denton smiled complacently o ber flushed free. There was no f the despot..1 rut lover about

wft try ti

o explain." he said, e this trip to New

ic this morning? You look ' “White . white hat. white shoes and Beally. Elsie, one would al*t believe that yon bad dressed pur-

a wedding trip."

/•Fred Denton, you don't heileve"- ,— o the very ears.

''Then she added irrelevantly:

“Father ran away with mother; I’ve beard him tell about tt time and time

“Come on." Denton cried. -

“It doesn't seem right. Fred. Father has always been the kindest, the I father In exlstenbe. and be Is d< this Inst because be lores me." "That's Just the reason we're doing what we err.” waa hla ready response. -Come, dear, we haven't a moment to lose. Yon go to the Wilson avenue station aud take the train from there, while I'll trolley It to Wnodlawn aid get on hoard at that place. Then one win are us together until after leave the city end we are all O. K ' A ten minutes' wait for- the New York express Is a time altog^tber equate for repentance and home g Besides, there was the danger of discovery. and no one of Elsie Kingsiixi makeup ever flinched when danger wa The; there was her ticket to bnj ,her seat lo secure and tin- ten minute had come end gone before she thought

r friend or foe tn that

>f losing for fri rrowded railway ci

t Woodlawn station she saw Fro! iM-ulnu awing himself I||>.(, the plat . fxnn of the smoker, hut the city stn-et. were far bch[o3 them, and the trsl i was S)•ceding fast IbrouSl; the •'« uesduws U-forr be jutiud tx-r. When he did. be held in hla hand a little circlet of gold whose center held afamiliar diamond. Kl)|g>iug into the SCSI lx—Me her. be said; “Hetter |iqt tfaW upon your finIPs bam. away from Its place too 1.

already."

“»h>. Fred." she gas|>ed. "where did

me a ft-w

‘ pssslug Ibr f to you wtx-u He • and said In the pleasantest

Fred, if he slxmW see u. make a scene! What will -Bee here, little 'glri." gntd luind Iwmk you y but I didn't Y.«r fsth-

watcti n calls for

x>Js

or fliote-r' First call for dlnna-I" cried'(lie jxirter on his way to

liuritnoki-r

Tthall wr no now.- Denton askjt “Fstbcr slur-' • uMl.-.. ily dinner.* she r-ol. "nfT.l h- ll !»• sure

XT. -Brit-r my plate to this tableWhen they were alone lx- s|x>ke again, thla time to bis daughter “Is this the way you keep promlaesY' “Yon did not ask me to promise not to meet Fred." she answen-d. "so Jnat after yon left I went to his office " ' “Then what?” he asked. “Then.” said Fred. Ix-fore Elsie could speak. "1 askad Elsie to take this trip with me. and sne consented." "Hob!” grunted Kingston. “A wedding trip. I presume " "Hardly that" re«i«inded Denton, ae'we are not married yet. We Just ei-

-Nothlnr much.- Denton answered coolly, "only Aurora stocks brought roe ' ;t three thousand more than t pot Into them, and yesterday I secured .1 position as house physician In the Woodlawn aanltariam. and that's good for a couple of thousand a year." "What's that?" asked Kingston sharply. "You ace. Kensett Is one of the most t&flnrnttil men connected with that Inatltutlon. and. the tittle service I was fortunate enough to render the night that drunken ebanffenr tried lo kill him brought me the place. I've work-

-I thoudffithat was a fellow by the name of cM." growled Kingston. "That’s what the i«pcr» said. I didn’t care whether they called me lent or Easter ao long aa I got the place and EUle with It." "Whf didn't yon keep me from mak log a fool of myself?" her father demanded. turning to bis daughter with a well affected semblance of wrath. For answer abe rested her elbows upon the table, her rbln In her hands, and gazed fixedly Into hla eyes for an Instant; then abe said earnestly: -You are Improving, father. 1 was afraid yon might lay thw blame for that defect In your eonstlratbm upon the Lord. Most people do.” Three hours liter In the parlor of the Utile Church Around the Comer the bride was given away by her fa»ber.

Is merely a matter at time account until (he end.” Tb t people In Ocean I'lty w read Hie** few lines with prottt

Will he Mhown XI Atlantis- Mr. and M{s. H. Maurice Haverstuk. Cits KahiMi. of tfusrryvlllr, have been vlstlliig Mr. rrioK to the tuberculosisexblliU and Mrs W. M lUuck and Mr and veil n^Allsnllc flly during the Mrs. Kdgar Ferguson here rekln tills month, wl leb was The me* "'alls*-and wife are Iwek id si the last regular nieetlng from I'amden, h here they xpent a por-' b-csl Hoard of Health hy l'ri-1 | Mm (l has H. Hlder and <Xtiers, tlie

n- lleview has the following:

Allaiilk-niy will lake pari In Jo> ncral warfare Ibat lg bring well t Xiigiti ■gainst rsiisumplloii ws. one clly i IngnMln-Hoard of Trade, when t hair Savai ipan Dr. VY. Il/slr We wart. In prr-enl- From Havaunal lug the reixirt of Hie sanitary com- burg, Florida, inltter. annuuueed that tlie campaign iqent several weeks I week, when an exhibit, show terextlng aoeuea In the cure ai vrnllou ■•! eoiiMimptloii would be mriat-er hl-ened In (blsrlty. jllaug-ile Tlie exhibit will be similar to the require I one reisrully on view In I’hllsdelplils. order In It will show: a model room for. the'left on M treatuirnt of eousumpUmi at home of N< w and another room In an unsanitary away about condition In W’bleh c«iisum|iUoii Is —imetlmeseuntraeted hy members of a

eonsumptlve household.

While the exhibit Isopcii. I vet u rex' •m consumption, Its cure and prevention will bedellvenxl by Dr. Flick, the chief of tlie I'hlppr^hstliutfon for the cure and prevention of consumption, in Philadelphia, Dr. Kogers. of New York, aud other eminent spalalWAr Tlie --suipalgn of education flthv cure and prevention of consumption, as well a* tlie cure of patients, will

be further augm-uted by i ieans of, Hallroad

pamptileta and *tereo|itknii vl Theleetureaaud exhibits are td be ^ . Kulllvi

winirr Orawlns lo a Cl oar. telegraph operal This winter Is more than half gone, j k** 11 * lelegrap si-curding lo the alinatiac, and t’he Y**'*

-lay. are getting longer at both ends. | ‘ which Is a sign of approaching spring. ! Kepi W ecidiog “e.vel. Amngemeiils should be mid*, says! I-elbiy Morey, youngvsl son of Mr,

. -si-i. iio» *pi| Mf* J ^ Morey.of this city,and

grouo«1-lu*g. case be apnear* on i Mias Khxabeth Llppmcott, of TuckerFebruary 2d. I'audlemas Day Mr' fear j ton. were married New Year's Day ttiat be iuigl|t .see his stiadaw and re- T'bey kept the wedding a secret until

lair, w hleh predicts six a few daysagu. The brldi

if wintry weatlrer. This uf Mrs. Joseph Morey, w hose weddli may be all right for.North Jersey, but occurred a few mouths ar>ce.

dow a this way there has been no real |

Inter weather during 180T-OK. ; wvomiro ’ - ‘ v Isa Koxelma W. l-aap, Vhietan oarl laarnllon. Dr. I N. tirlacom and fl

Kalbacb liroa., of Wildwood, fol

■erly of this city. UlYe pall

re manufacturing a novel invention. [ T Mrattou WarlUle. I^esburg: B. It i I. a safety automatic, tirepioofmov Dun| hey. Paul Hand, t.'aaadeii; A. H

mg picture machine booth, the use of Hotfiuan, Helslerville; II D. follin-,

hich would prevent such disasters Millville; K. A. t'oraon, Ocean (’Hy; B war recently experleuced hy iloyer-, H Hagan. Atlanlle iTly; V. Wtliwn. The same tlrmalsoHias patented Hams, Trenton; (i. W. Shirley. Fred thermo generator, which, when per- : J^uieubacb, W C. Power. Phlladel sled. .1 is claimed, will make each pbla; C. H. Myers, Frederick, Md. dtage or house its own electric light-1 Kl.liKKos.

lug plant. Tlie firm ts arranging fur w. C. Hunter, C'hauniiig Allen, 1‘. larger quarters. | -J, £ WteJ*. Fhtladel.

phis; U illlam H. Brown, W . h. Bayer, j Mis* I) tieiger, Atlanlle < tty, N J.: **• i Joseph O. ■'hamplou. John It (iroves, given a Ocean t‘ily; Enoch tToutlng. Palermo;

birthday aurprlw party at ber home. ^ - K - Fal?, Trenton: H. C Bingham. -rs-aa’s w.... xw affsgsfSsTi&jisraiAs

PECULIAR PEOPLE.

Tha Intrudav. A Washington man waa telling aoms one of the trials of hla wife, an excellent bonsekeeper. with reference to the servant problem. Just about the time the mistress would get a new girl broken to the ways of the household and she would hid fair to berooie a model servant she would decamp or enter tha Berrtcc of a -neighbor. One of these, a Mrs. B.. had Incurred the especial enmity of the first woman, (or she had lately taken two servants from Mrs. Brown. One night Brown was aroused from hla slumbers by Queer sounds In the kitchen. “Bar glare!" be hoarsely whispered tn the ear of bis siwuse as lx* prepared to tumble out of bed sod proceed downstairs -Edward." calmly observed the wife. -I'd give anything to possess your optlnilatlc nature. Always looklug on the bright aide. I'll wager anything It's that odious B. woman trying to get Mary away from ma" How Tin Fail la Mads. Tin foil, which 1a extensively naed tot wrapping tobacco, certain food products and other articles of commerce. Is a combination of lead with a thin coating of tin on each aids First a tin pipe Is made of a thickness proportion ate to Its diameter, proportion not given. ‘ This pli«. Is then filled with molten lead and rolled or beaten to 'the extreme thHInesa required. Id thla process the tin coating spreads simultaneously with 'the spreading of the lead core ami continuously maintains a thin, even costing of tin - on each aide of the center sheet of lead, even tbongb It may be reduced to a thickness of J001 Inch*

One day Marjorie, aged three, w anted to play doctor with her slater. Marjo lie was to he thy "doctor" and she came to make a call on her sister, who made believe she waa sick. "Do yon want to know what you've got?" thr doctor asked after a critical examtoa tion. "Yea.” faintly assented the sick woman. “Yau've got dirty hands.' said Marjorie, dropping tn disgust the wrist on which six-had been feeling poise.—Buffalo Commercial.

Ms Kntw thsTCied. A small boy In Bostaa was rebuked hy his father for swearing. -Who told you that I swore!" asked the bad little boy. "Oh. a little bird told the father. The l-oy stood stffl looked out of the wt which wee chattering. "I know who

said. —

those damn sparrows !

H.r tf.xs

wit. Is a matter of uulj apeeks her t

CMIton f~i does

her mind *o .(flen that It keeps her talking sU Iha-Jlnx'.—(Tilcago News

A Clever Manager.

-x- i very Wealthy)—Why did n ever marry an ordinary chap l%« '? TI.V Bride-I ha i sn't the allgfitsat a. Mauiu.s managed the whole af

The

aaptiol to Loixlon. being only Uf

- H s j agent III Hits el

,or ' jt'lly

fneuds. The surprise wa* complete.

A very enjoyable time waa had by all; biscaynk Timmc preseul Included I *'• J. Bessee. John D. Powers, J K. Thomas A. Jones, C. F. Nebh and ''’j! 1 ' *' Mr. and_ Mrs T. H Luders, wife, Mrs. Irvin Hill. Henry kick- ictrr"Mirw tHIcy. Miss Flore, man and wife, Vernon I'arlson and Olley, Mis* Marion Olley. Mr*. \V wife, Walter McCorkle. Ml** M. L. Olley. Frank W. Steller, Maurice V. Hottiiiau. Percy Naylor and wife, <^*hm«" ; Uwofff* E-, WMaa.J. "

Mise 1-aura t'ampbellaud Ed Hushay

id a-He

- Articles of Incorporation have been filed in the Csnideu fount}- Clerk’s "

office by thea«oorpotatloufl i :

N. JOHNSON, iUMirporators, bcldeu Tw Itchcll, Chan. |

O’fontior, William B. MacDonald PLUMBER Sea Isle City Lumber Company: ob- I * jecD to engage in the lumber business; CtCAM AMR C A C ElTTCR capital. F-.,0il0; iucortionitor.. Helden * 1 AWU QAA rMItn Tw*Hchell, Charles OfouDor, William „ . . MacDonald. R-'painng a specialty.

Bath Tubs and Plumbers’

Supplies.

•aHxir.v Avenue

COAL COAL

COAL COAL

T he Ocean City Yacht Club Euchre Tub was eutertalued on last Monday veiling at the residence of Mr. and

Jis. Hobert B. Vollum, SIS# North 1 *-.*-» « y Thirteenth street, Philadelphia, and a irC 1A I J

vry enjoyable evening was apent.

The next euchre will be held Mouday tveulug, February Sd. at the residence

■I Vice Commodore and Mrs. Wm. E.

Hexamer, nortiieant edrner of Twentieth and Wallace^atreels. Phlladel- Buy yuur Coal from tbs .V. I.... SHOEMAKER LUMBER CO. Ho., tiob. TWELFTH BT. AND WEST AVE. TI., Holy 1 Holly Ho.1.1 Hlob, » Ulcl, ,o„ has rented No.apartment lu Trowel's £>jc p,xiuds lo the Ion

Hall, now has about tweuly-flt her* The men who were Instru mental In urgauixiug this dub ■faucb credit, a* It tends to keep

men otf the streets and places t hr At among better surroundings. The club ha* game* aud reading room*, and a young man can *|>eud a pleasant even-

ing there at‘any time

J. Italph Wilson, Secretary of the Ocean City Yacht Club Entertainment < ommKIee. aKH Wallace street, Philadelphia. rr|>ort* Ihai Hie sale of benefit ticket* Is beyond his expects - It Is rinnored that Mayor « w 111 endeavor to secure a •pectal for tlie eveulng of the show, e choice seats are still to he had

from Secretary Wilson

Dwn'l WMM 1 limitkc in l^v*. The Stale lh«nt uf Agriculture has hern asked lo uae It* liifluefira lo prevent auy change In the present Fre-lltigliuyst-u aiitomotnlr law that would takeaway It* registration rreirtrtlona. Tha request came from tlw granges uf tudrii and Atlantic counties. It >r1 set forth that the prrerm ragr-trs-a" re-lrletlous are eulirely ^atisfac-

• Mr*. Briggs, of the Poultry Yard,' will he given by (he Ladle.' Auxiliary of the Presbyter Ian Church on Easier Mopday night There will be eleven lu the cast. The show la aaUI to Be very funny, and. Judging by the ueM, It »ill lose none of Its altrmdlv ton. m a presentation under the ausptees of

wood Daly, K >1. tinrgas, Plilladelpbta; J. Barker Hickmau, Asbury Par.: Albert A. Uuweil, Camden; laaacC. Yocum. Hwartbmore Pa ; Jos. U. Ennis. Pittsburg. Pa ; H. M. Wire,

Trenltro, N. J.

; B:; JohnDonnelly&Co.

CURBING and Fl-AG STONE

FURNISHED and LAID .. Also RE-SET

op-fick

729Central Ave„Ocean City. N.J.

W. L. BERRY, Manufacturing Jeweler, 1 SOUTH SECOND ST..

Wsi '.Mag a ap—tatty.

STORAGE

HOUSE

lltllt and %%'fsst Ave.,

Ore-an N. J. isvlng Furniture or mm}

jo <-■ airrciiaudlse lo be stored will

re money by going lo tbs

Shtemikti Stongs House

WM. LAKE, C. E.. Real Kestate JVaeixt. H. corsoh Real ISeatate -V1401 it — AJWrJ #• LICENSED AUCTIONEER, No. 721 Asbury Aoenue, Ocean City, N. J. ..^C^raXSa "•»*••»io~««uw*ur o.

roof; aMo a umny skulls placed o their fo.-e* covered by a mask of fibrous stuff -painted red. aud aotna Ing uialh'ta hung around the walla. 1 without being seen aud left that afternoon by the moultly steamer. It I icing the last day of my •lay In Malekuln I braid afterward, however, that III feeling bad here the natives by my viola ti jn of their Bluebeard chamber. On number occasion I succeeded la seeing a place Into which no white person bad ever ventured before, a forest cannibal fortress, six miles up la the nntraveled Interior. My List told me that If I went with him quite tm armed and with only a r^uple of boys to guide us and carry our dinners oar Insignificance would prolmbly bring us through all right. Within the bamboo stockade that surrounded the bouses dancing had tx-gun. relate the tgle of mat strange slgbt-of the wild, weird dame. |MTfnvmed by a land of howl 'ng black demons, carrying rocked and loaded rifles, around a group of skull fared drain Idol.* In tha center of the of tlie deafening boom mads by the hollow Idol* themselves as they loudly beaten hy the musician*: of the strange aolo dance |>erfurm<d by a fnnxnia cannibal chief, wherein be enacted with unpleasant realism a hawk pouncing down on Ita prey: of ' dranger dance performed by capered lightly about with a large squealing live pig on Us •boulder: of the extraordinary cfaaracdancing chant, aa like (ire-

A Ochurr Story oi One of the many foreigners who sought my Intercvsalon was a youug Herman count whoge Identity was vouched for by a member of the I'rus slan legation. Ho had a long row of ancestor* whom he traced tack for several hundred years. He was grratly impressed wlih the Importance of thl* fact aud thought It would weigh heavily lu securing him a position In oar army. If he could only have an “audience" with the president and lay Us case before bins he believed the result could nut lx- doubtful. He pursued a* so arduously with the request for a personal Introduction to Mr. Lincoln that at last I succumbed and promised to Introduce him If the president permlttig. The president did permit Tb* count spoke English moderately well and hu hla ingenuous way he at one* •xplulnid to Mr. Lincoln how high tha nqjiiliiv of his family was and that they had been counts ao-and-ao many centuries. "Well," aald Mr. Unroln. Interrupting him, “that need not Iron Ma you. That will not he In T aar way If yon bobave yonraelf aa a aU ■Her " The poor count looked puixled. and when the audience waa over be aakrd me what In the world the prrel' drat could have meant by *0 strange a remark.—Cart Bchuri In McClure's

nature displayed by the negro por- . "I alwaya call* youa* ladle* 'Mrs' ticcauae the younger they are thr better they like It and the oFer ladles I calls 'Ml**' becana# the older they are the hetter they like It " Made Him HapHiram Hanlappl* - What 00m t.randpap IVbeally Jump ten feet »■“ forget hla rheumatic* when tha rit*** parade passed? Was be afraid of a* elephants? iCrke Crowfoot—No. He beard the steam rallkopa and thought It wa* "•* of Its»e automobile* with the oew ynghd whistle*—Chicago New*.

rr,Un * ““T - rat tdenty of chlrkan sad eW of damp night air. "But

I know* nothing of iu j o Van Arteteld*. ’’