Ruth’s Hunt JVfebitable. Br ANNE HEJUMAN. t*4. in i LUtmr V

low arrun Uw rlo«#j <1 i, pa« tbf cardn uf/manj i a ad a war to the offtti, all

« all white

d and porple with vloleta rtter la her hand Nnt In ( year had Hetiy'a face

“If jem pleaaa ma'am." aVaknied bar from the trance. Che turned to

the cook aad fare her on day. Then, with • alfh.

“log haven't fiien me any « yo attention alnce I re been liere" romplalMd “Ton're not treatlnf I rtrM. Hetty ” “But Both'' - Hetty le^an In ai prtw I'rrd roar to hla feet. “Hetty." be aald. "1 want you —ten I left fur t

know you f-lt nothin* but frtendahlp for your old pUyfelhor. and It aoonda ' •niy to nay. hut M'a true. I re never * ktaard another w.rn.an. I meant to tell fou aotne day. and now that" - He i panned. "I promlaed Dot to aay any- > thin* until Itoth told you. t>ut" < "I undemtand." aald Hetty aoflly , "Jild abe tell your be naked , "Sot In no many worda. tmt I think > abe meant me to nnderatand. I am ao

*lad"

"It la-can laat a Inter." aald Fred. 1 j "I'm glad too. I think we're all C-lns *

i to l» very happy ~

j "Aunt Mehltal-le." broke in Ilnth-

MAYOR SIGHS BAY AVENUE CONTRACT

CORRECT SPELLING.

he curbed with ai

Hern. L "i bope they 'll py," Hetty mnnuun aalf. "bwt I never •h.m*ljt aid marry again. And Ituth en * a year before I experted! Tbla'U

far owe and. Incredible as It may seem, bad never wlabed for one. 8be bad bean altogether loo busy. Brat. In looklag after a younger slater and brut her. aad. aaeood. la caring fur her delicate

grown up. minted and moved n Bar mother's duatb bad left ber a Whan bar «der brother, wife died aba had geoe to lire with him. and for aaearml yaam her exlatroce bad been

e dark

* her admiringly w If be replied, "go

thtrty fc .Old- Her - tears, and aba nobbed aloud. “Why. Hetty, what on earth are you crying about f Fred aat down beside ber and gatb ered ber In bli arms. “Don't cry. dearest." be Implored. "Tell me what the trouble la. I-oo't yon want dad to bare Ituth? Why.

r-

"Tour father f gasj-cd Hetty. "la that who abe'a with?" “Why. of course." aald Fred. “I told yon all a boot It" Hetty sprang up in aatoelabmrat. marry you." abe

*^Juet upr abe

e called out aa Hetty

l bar appearance at T o'clock. Tea beau up fur hours I ahaU move

a walk every i^Baa - It will do you a td of good." Aad Aunt Hetty, real g the futility of argmneut where h waa coocernad. miserably acqul-

bad?” exclaimed Ituth that evening. unexpectedly Invading her aunt', room Tbll'lyou^know that featbera are not

I’m not aa old aa that." protested

Hatty.

"It laat altogether a matter of age; , Too take life like a , You really do need aome •aa. or course you'll bare me untU' - "DatU you many I" atiggeded Hetty. 1 bars bam thinking of It." Butb admltlad mmplaeently. "By the way. hew do you llha Fredr t think he la to every way dealrabia. I don't believe any woman could aak for a belter husband " Tm glad to hear you aay so." aald Both. "Waa hla father a good hus-

band r

1 do col remember Freda mother Bhe died when I was very young. But 1 always understood vhi-y jarem very "I met Mr. BUrllng fr»A|urntly JaenU'a.- aald BuU. He came Buaton on tmalneaa If Frvd I. like father I'm sure bell make a good b band. Wa were talking atiout you tMa afternoon. He thinks you look yeunger than I do. and be thinks, aa I da. that you need aome pne

Illy takes

nt Mehttable "

“Ha takes a great Intereat lu you ap

aasfcrtPAsa3!sf“!t: you mean to pretend that you don't

waut Fred to be food of your "Why. of course." asserted Ruth as

abe raae to laare the room. "Qf course I hope Fred la going to’be food of me. I shall have that feather bed taken op to the garret tomorrow morning. Aunt

Habitable"

la the days that followed Hetty

Should be dothod“Ruth U so systematic." aald Hetty legally when Fred awkwardly attempt-

higher education B«. Joking aald. MawtoUy good •f bar than any

Thin la a very pleasant aamate a row on tba r

I bars sum. ,

sort, aad I’m fonder

than any other girl I kaoe

day. Can’t yn Iver. Uettyr

Mr Btliihig. He '

lag"

The IntermpH"

Hetty.

and al

y-prnhy u

felt that abe cu

another word »»*aii three feel f

Hetty spent the remainder of Ihe t-e»el not mure Ilian -I* lurbra long, day In ber room. Fred and Ituth- and firmly placed Hi llir grwaved their hands gayly when abe more than four feet apart, and graded

drove off to the station to inert Mr - a n|, u (

BHrUag. How well they looked , Dam , rr .11: with go.«l gether. she thought. Rometblug In the fl.gjj,,,,, .,„ K . rrt , ”* ”** * ’ ” eight fed in width on Allai

end It e-ley svniuea, and

» nllb un all oilier avenue* pud rroa*

Alaiqrtad In ber aad musings she street*, rxtruding Hie entire length almentmlndedly took a turning which said sidewalk in mob manner that I made b-v drive longer by half a mile, crulrr Hue of said stone flagging When she reached the elation Mr. ouucnde eball roliiwde w lib the cm

Hue of said sidewalk llirougbout, a tbr remaining spat* of said nldrwi

properly line.

light stirred a strain of sadness 1 her. Bhe sc-med to realise for the fln time that she had been cheated out o

fttlrllag had already started for the

Maes. Hetty

e back slowly. The foil and the air waa awed

with the scent of roses, tmt Hetty had no thought* for the beauty of the

alght.

Hbe threw the reins to the stable boy and took a abort rat for boanr. 8be was In no mood to Jola the family party and Intended to go quietly to bar room. Aa abe I-a seed the rone garden abe caught alght of Ruth’s white drewa la the ahruhtwry- Roth’s face waa u|* turned to ber companion, and yes. be

Hetty aat down a der i lire oak. Th. ewdpt over ber. Kt

t then la the rues garden.

* knew an along that I

’What of your paper now? Did you aee It Ibis morning? Btx prophets

t six different horses

win. and here only seven ran. » winner waa the seventh, which no prophet had selected. Well, what

A Own Man Jury.

A tailor who waa defer >ss tried 1“ court seemed down when brought up “What's the trouble?" wh

■el observing hla cUenfe dlatrea

aa be surveyed the Jurymen.

“It looks pretty bad for me." eaL ^ r the defendant, "unleas aome steps are X.. ' taken to dlumiae that Jury and get In

a new lot. There

The Thorn an tba Bass. s- old Bundebeab of Zoroaster Udd that the rose grew fair and util the entrance Into the world of Ahrlman. the evil one. According to this ancient narrative, the spirit of evil became uni venal, and pot only twin suffered thereby, but In rerior anhrtils aa well ae turn and pUBta—CJrvle.

HK Hams:

Tommy- Taw. what la three card monte? Mr. Tucker-It'a the moat diabolical Infernal swindle that ever any body—er—er—oh. It’s aome sort of a gambling gaqic with cards. I believe. Tommy.-Chicago Tribune.

Her Hands Full. •i'uor woman: she has scarcely Un "Kopaenae! Why, abe la rich ai baa no dUtica whatever " __ -But abe tells me she reads all tl latest novels."—Cleveland Leader

each side of said flagging nr concrete, to be graveled with *|«I ggavel a lean four l■H-llea thick, when fln spread.'' * * *. The Mayor said be did not see an rrfrreuor lour epecitlcailous for grav ellng sidewalks lu thu ordinance,an-

I

able lo pul concrete or fli ■low u then. < ouncll should takr some acibm to dear up lbe mailer. Tbl* was done by a mutton re-pir*t Ing tbc Mayor and clerk lo sign Hie ountract wltb Hie provMou* for gravel sidewalk* only. This and oilier rbangr* were made to meet Hie Mayor's views, and tbr contract was signed Tuesday morn 11

AN OLD-STYLE FOURTH < pwaUaBMI from First Pane.) Hie celebration, the advertising com mlttee lo see that proper poblldly i given In the Pblladelpbl^epers. The motion wa* secodM by t’nuu cilmau Campbell, and carried. following la tbc program arranged for the eelebrallon: At 11 a. m., s great mass mi will be held In the audllorlui which Mayor Creese will preside: Hie Council meu and other honored frlrudi III occupy place* on Ibe platform. Prof. James M. Steven*, aupetflilrndeulof public acboole, will Mbd Hit Declarallou of Indeprudeoce. \ The Kev. Patrick Kain, Hie well known Irish speaker, will deliver one of bis famous and Inspiring oraHons. splendidly trained chorus of 200 Children, under (be dlrrctlou of Mr. ge 11. C. 'ftiuius*. of Pblladelpbla will render patriotic and other selec •, accompanied by the city orchestra, who will play. Ii: addition, other excellent number* the close, tbc Mayor tbc chorus of children to

Kerent real tktgTe transfers

Clly recorded In the olflce of County

Clerk Way an aa follows:

'barles J. Curran to John It. Urovea HSiVI. Part of lot un. Had inn A. John Wilde el ux to Hadaklcbl Naraxakl. Ailoh. Premises on tbe soulb-

Plymouth Piece, HU feel

southeast of < ifeau avanue, IOxTS feet Ocean City Healty Co. lo Alfno W Powell. fltl’si. South west side o Plymouth Place, 242 feet southeast ■urn Atlantic avenue. MxTM feet. City of Ocean (Tty to Beniamin U Harnett and Henry M. Haruett 21 l-ot (ISO, Becllon C, and rb

-u lauds lu front of same,

len M. llleakley lo Isaac H. HaumuB. |1. CoiiHruiatloii deed for

I, Hecllon C.

City Association to Henry H.

Howell. Ks««t 1*4* -VI and 54, Hec-

a».««, 407 aud *00.

riccHon H: lot In HecHou C on uortbllueof Kay av^iue. 3S0 feet south west of Twelfth street, SuxlOO feel: lot*

W0, Hertlou L.

Healty tki. lo Frank H. Lane flU'itl. Southwest side Plymouth MU feet southeast of Atlantic

tolla t

5 feel.

I of lot Nt

Jaiue* K 'Mavis et ux lo Frank lt l-ane. 4775. 1*11 HIT. Section North

Point.

Harry H. I*4’at|Mt ux toKfllrC. Merklee. tSMI. 1*4 40ti, hock 4, Ian Ocean City Hardens t o Henry H. Hodluret ux lo Kdwln M s.siy, II. 1*4 13. Section A. Contlnnathiu deed. Naums Collins et als. to Ira P.’ harp. *1. 1*4 SKI, Secilou 1). *^- Harry Headley et ux to Frances K. uillhertnan. Huu. Premise* north- 1 i*t *hle of Fourth street. *Wu feel of Atlantic avenue. 40xluu

Btrlla What were tba favnn at bar: feet.

dinner? Bella Well all tbe guest* - ,— thought they did her a favor by com Mai bees > ■> Males, tag. and abe tbooght they did Aer a | The Ocean City barber, held a meet

■g on MoikIbi night and dw lde.1 on ie following rate* for the *umm«.. to ike effect tomorrow': Hair cut. singe.

favor by la*ring.- New York h

Why She Opened the Lettsr.

WllUa—I'm s-rry year wife oienrd

Hiat business letter I sent yon. Harrb. »uani|ssi ami lace m*~age, ai cent. You told me that aba never ppeurd vach: neck shave, i rvpU: toilet water, your left its. extra. Shop hour* from 7 a. m to b Ilarria- She doesn’t a. a rule, WUIto ; Saturday* until 12 midnight. bat yon aee. you marked It “private." t Merely Leeat ~ Will Mrsel I'leanolr.

Young Tbomaa, aflUcted with a

The trustee* c

, “ 1 ' “ “ li. 1 ""

l ee .,4 ^r.WfT,T~*T: ““ b «'l<-''paint the IkVfoot fl u ,K.|* ip f L “ V rful t** '“ of tbe tribe's wtaw.m Th.

• toataflaer-UEplncot,^

frail of Hie Ulbs's wigwam. Tha pola wlfl he taken down aud rw«t. It has hern leaning hi one aide for a .hurt time.

hM character Tha |«ile will he reset lu a ronerrtn

w—MaMa. j foundation.

The art of apelllug words

Is of routianillvi-ly roceut rejiuti Time was when men and wonx-n did not .-are. tint wrote ahead wtttrut re ■ gard to alrk-t orthography. Mme. d* »U-1 Igiie, for Inamnrr, never learned ' the »«'-per way to write tier nanw-. r w Idle It wn* remarked by Mme. de Malnteaon that at Hie College of Bt cjt mui-b prectuwa Him wa* wasted It remained, however, for tbe Kroprera Kugt-ule In 1SH4'at Comfilegne to I-ut h> a irai-Heal test Hie a|s-lHng ataulnrd which obtained cren aiuoug the Lie heat literary nutborltlew Thus ' to them for an examination a number of From* a-ndeml.tana took down from dictation a composition by Froaptr Mertmee. Jfol on* “Immortar

KEALEU I’KOhlSAIN

SIUIKIFKS SALE.

der*land SO many faults lirtns made until It waa conveyed to ber that abe herself from the same dictation waa responsible for no less than ninety The rmiieror. again, made sixty. It I* but fair to add. however, that the dtrtatloo waa cun (Hied expressly with a view to fo-tcing the dim. ulttes not only of spelling, but grammar.-*Har-per'* Weekly.

In Ing used to tell with dramatic ef feet a story alsmt W 4 Wills, the dramatist, who. among ether serrlres wrote for him the play 'Charlee I." When Will* wa* a boy ten yeat be was taken to see Edmund Kean play Macbrtb. In th* murder be waa no affected I* the realistic power of the actor that, seltcd with severe attack of nausea^ he hurrit from tbe box. Ten year* later he wi lunching at a chop house In Fleet street when a man entered, sat duwn at a table near him and ordered meal He was a perfect arranger Will*, who. after a few minutes' pro ptnqulty. waa again selxed with of nausea, from which be had not suf frred since as a boy be was at tlx theater on tbe occasion mentioned. Hi waa obliged to leave tbe room. When some minutes later be paid hla bl waller said to him: "Iltd you see gentleman at tbe table nrwr That's Edmund Kean."—H. W. Lacy In Corah 111 Magsslne.

Big

Patriotic i , Celebration i Ocean City Will (live ItsI" Citizens anti Visitors a Most Enjoyable Time on Honday, !;- July 5th. |5

IN HIGH ALTITUDES.

Heart le Affected.

It

An Anticlimax. "I Just dropped In to thank you foe that medicine you sent home by lay wife last night." aald tbe gratrfoi paHent. grasping the doctor warmly by tbe band. "Fra been laid up off and for years, hare tried all tbe patent

treated by every doctor to tbe netgh boric-d. but your medicine waa tbe

only thing that <

"Ifa a

e you c

A" replied the doc-

tor. highly elated. "Moat of my patients ere not ao thoughtful. But that prescription la my ix-t favorite, and 1 never yet knew It to fall to cure a

cough If taken In time."

“Cough?" echoed the patient. "Why. I didn't take It for my cold. I used It

A Thrifty Hungarian.

A certain Hungarian peasant named

Jan Illracb made a b

Itadapeat. and while there be bad tbe Idea of ordering a hundred visiting card* When he returned home be found, to bis dismay, that tba cards bore tbe name of Mavlacb taste* i‘h/ It was only a printer's e /Jan Hlracb It meant a Ions g and sixpence unleas be could

re based for tbe sum of

>1 form of petition and filled It a request to be allowed to alter tjame to Mariacb. Hla prayer waa

r la now Jita Marlatb.-

o News.

you break the water bottle?" "Ye*, madam*, but fortunately I broke It Into only three piece*.' "Fortunately: How's that fortunate r “Oh. madam*, wl

In this world one must loo klod to be kind eno ranx. He who tows brambles n

Pl’BLIC NOTICE.

SO' the porp— ,.t prorutlni lisbi si n?o“or nes?«Itd rusd* 1 ” h.» d rj i'i 'kAwOoiSu^ 1 1/ u

SHERIFFS SALfe. Hr virtue of sundry wrtUof Fieri Fs. Is U ' *p* Msy t'ouiil) t-lrcull fourt. I Monday, June list, ityxq, rtweeai tbe boor* at twelve and nt* ur nt.. to wit, al one o'clock in tbe *n*ru-*ui L? tameT Home* typTCay t^L'n! 11 N*'*

A4 11 a. III. a <:reat Ma>> M^oling w ill In* |h*1<I|;^^

in tin* AudUoriuin. wiii<*h Mayor will jirpsido. The ('inincilincii ami

liomirml rHi'iids w ill maaipy places on ibcj^’JJ 1 platrufni. 'b w-

l. elaittPs/M. Slcvnis. SiipcrinlcmlciM nl llic

Public Schools, w ill ivail I lie heelaratioii “' nu . of Independence. *« «• »

Kev. Patrick Kain, die well-known Irish

1 Kngllsh.

n

• Tin

speaker, w ill deliver one ol'liis (aiuniis and

inspiring orations.

ter

A

.

ssssstMts-

plendiillv trained chorus ol 200 ehildn'ii. under the dir^etion of Mr. (ieor^e K. (’. Thomas, of .Philadelphia, will render

patriotic and other selections, ai

panied by the City Orchestra, who will play, in addition, other excellent numbers At the close, the Mayor will treat the chorus o children to ice cream and a great ••peanut

scramble." FUN FOR ALL!

Boy View fisc-. U.

vS'Spread the News

Arrange to bring your friends to this big Celebration.

KK4L KMTATK AUKNT*. WM. LAKE, C. E.,

" Tiln« irtnx is-roty-nv*

>(. GORSOH —-A-KTID— LICENSED AUCTIONEER, No. 721 Asbury Aocnue, Ocean City, N. J.

JjjwsdU, ay un* „-nd« ,c« ten

dj‘ , STta? M \2w 1 tm

i jmnu ui Onnr Ms*. .1 r-,* Msy Un! • b-J .ln lu..f !■: iw,u. ; •uwi'.'lUad sM l 'i^«*^ui,JuV’ ^.MdjeJ^UKprawnjrxd iisnd.^

-*-Wh> not have your-*-Job Printing Done in Ocean City

T he Sentinel Printing House is Equipped to do your work as Artistically aud as Satisfactorily as you can get it done in Philadelphia. Give us your order. We’ll do the rest. £tatl«*fuction Cluartmtekid.

| The Sentinel Printing House, | ^ / Ocean City, N. J.

HK1DI.K1- a A,IAS, imiTIC ICE CDMPlNt Readme Coal u woou t,, um„,_ r n,,a —rocono Mountain Ice ! on... to,A.taAArv Av., T orrss,

Thro bs Iss-anH- r

n wblib laths play

i- Blbsl with n-fy rt-maln tbsrs r

nilti-d.. He was

■ gut bis stgnala

“Too

mmt the A rith fury

Ci-rmnn "Du v

■tnv

A Domsstic Hew. Jus Jrff«Ts-n n~tl to tell this one "lu the s|uinc of KiS. Ix-lng In th# vlelnlty ..f West Itwanapy. N II.. I drove A.viw to rail on my ..M frisaff. I*eu Tbum|m.n. It hn|iperied that I exiled at au liinpiHirtuite time, ax th* folk ' were bousn-lrantag. la

. I t

» that tl

> I dro

"Urn was very auxb^s that I should F«.k over his iwtse fowls. In wbp-lsbs t<x>k raprelil |,ridr. We went <** Into the big yard bark of tbs b»uae. A* Den was pointing out to me bis favorite* we Dutlrrd •me old beu going through some queer aotlr*. She wax perking away at something .,n the ground, lining It In her bUl and drop [■tag It agah . “ TVIint'a tbc matter with tbe bid Hlddy. anyway. lien?" I asked. "lien 'w-a* silent fur a minute, then drawled oat: " 'Well, you ere, J.w. as •he’s a rather dsxnaotlo sort of hen I eal’late th* old girl tnaat lie getting ready to lay a ratpoL’"—New York Telegraph.

A weal aide family that abhors sU product* of the bnkeshop advrrtlsid for a maid of all work. . "Pan you nuke bread Y’ wa* the questitm put to each applicant. <»f all tbe maids who proferwrd te own Hut aerouipUshmeot tbe mtatrrsa ebon* tbs one with the frallcwt-hands ami arms "I dim’t know about the wisdom of that eholee." ventured a male mrmlxV of the famllv. "Wouldn't It have been tletter «o pkk out a sturdier girl?" “Not at nil" aald the lady. "Whit we require'lu this family, above all things, t. good I-read We half lire «n bread 1 .iiuronfident 1 have chosen a g.««l breadmaker. A girl with rather delicate hands always matiw better bread than one wbuwe fists are like sledge hammer* Bread to te good mods to be cuddled In the kneading. The light Angered do that Instlmllvely. tmt tbe heavy handl'd slam and banff-ffh* very life out of lb* dough "- New York Clobo.

"No-

te Took th* Cbansa.

tie uhl and tb*4w was that ■e which told him abe would

neither change nor falter In her re-

re "no. 1 have vowed to marry ie save one brave and strong enough swear that should be ever br deetpmklrul bs will glee tbs vote to

man."

•c lainry. such wa* his love's abounding depth, bewltatrd not at all. "I a wear It!" he cried and fell upon la knee* before ber.-ICxrbangw. Tibetan Tart of Character. The Tltx-lsn* have some strange tests fur nseerlalnlng the character «f 1. said Hven Hedta One ts by of a h-.le In a block of granite, through which tbs Individual has t« ’crawl. If he Is an honest man he will aeeordlng to tbs theory of tbs TIU-t-creep through, tmt If a scouudrvl he will stop lu tbe middle. ' Wa“ Play of th* Futwra. "What propertlsa will wra need ft* te battle sceoaT" "None whatever. The stage will 1* are The men are supisswd to I* , raring InriaHJe uniforms and firing amokchra powder frown nolsele. " Kansas City Joamal

If y

Th* B

alxmt to do * _

which 1 way cause trouble, ask lbs *dvles of ^ man who has tried It HM aflvlre will Iw otroagrr than that of ■ moralist, and It will »w lucked by »*’ pericn.^ Atchlaon Globs

Th# Cowcatcher.

While tb>' visitor told bow br had rtddra thirty thrilling mttra on tba aawralcber nt a locomotive flre-jrar old Ixrella listened xttsotleely. *> be concluded she asked. "DM F®* ratrh the tow. Mr. Illsnkr—Chkwga .