The Gargoyle Bedstead

&Zr: THE'UGLY LEOPARD

I nt ihr

1 h<T ir<.iiydii! • dpnr el

I fnlnc to thine Mono?

IERAL .

Id t.. mil It III hw •1. t.. tin. rtlllar oftrr - r h." X In lion-." rrtnnrkr^ H^ti^

Th..r E>tr»os*nu Curbod hr Lao at

—i 1 — Ona Tima In England.>■

H» li a Caltle Thiel an S Even a : “T.‘ 'SZ

Human Being Thief. ! in rnatrtct tile «•««.,lenm-c of the no-

; Ulltj’ and thi-lr Imliiitora. In th

—— : T* ' ‘TpferTUnofal coalume. Al I he ... WORSE THAN LION OR TIGER, the fiftreotb remurr.lt^n. 1«M dorn tvr-I. .1 n,

that duk.o, manjolara and ntvhtilabopa I ! BboiiUI be nHowl'd alitcon jranla of.!

Prar, b, th. Throat and fpr ihi-tr goona. “alop|W

Collector’s Sale of Properties

For Unpaid Street Assessments.

Construction Sand & Gravel Co. Office. 8th St.. Opp. Penna. Dop^ot Ocean City. N. j. All (^rat't^s Concrete (i • av«f1 and Sand. Top Soil for I-iwii I’urpostrs. Dirt lor Oiradin^ nr I'illino. READING RAILROAD DELIVERY.

Tuesday, the thirteenth day of Decepiber.

a copy of the will. . -Dtd be Wre It to tner e dM. Don't he foollab

aon of P-aao- ‘ “Where ahall we pot It. Harryr In temiptod Mm Wiio-bcatrr brewthli"* ^•TBt it? Too don’t expert loNmi H Into this Oatr “We moat bare It here. I wenliln’i e with Isabel lodkli:

■ a boot the diary of Nan cy Gray I found in the garret V “Well. tTwthfaUr epen^lnu.-! m afraM tt wasn't tree tine the! old gentleman

sasr “.™ Oh. the bedataad there? I can’t ponal Hr lea re at preamt-I cant help ItM them to arad It dp tomnrrow -I know VS Important—d the hedatead! No. 1 didn’t speak. Ira. I will come home early. OoodbyT

a]any. yield easily, and the door rolls nolaeleanly sable and leaie. an aperte.~ aabl Wlnrbmti-r grln.li ■We moat get It op™"' Tleil bla atfe tearfflly. "Try »■■»» ”* 0,11

eeeyea. Harry .-

“Hot why try the others, my dear?

t aaya the mlddte ooe. -

-There la—there must U- a aprlntr" retorted Mia. Wlaebeater “Why I Saie-y have |mt It lu her diary

I know Jo»l ’

the aprlnc'

boanL of eourae. tin leer cried Worn

rinrbeatrr to.4. .nit hi/ k lelaorvHy oiietii.l the blade. I romer ).f the l>r.l«tian.

'Iil« la the beai ere are the ga

•rfly.-'

1 Flon

her ho.tvanil . agnalii n- l« drni.-c.xl citverlnc and dladnaed t ronndrd. pidtale-d top outlined by aemh-lrrle of hUbdl.ly canal far«. -j'ote. -what a Ustutr'* ejncolaied Wlncbeater; yet with a mde of re; In bla. tone. "Wlutt a nlchtm Fancy wUhlnc a- gumt »l«aaant dreams’ and ihen introducing him to thatmxmc'h: Wbea ! Now. alilch face. Kyra, •lover’ , Mm Wine best et trlaaiphaiilty- proneed the "pHper from her Incos and «d aol^mnlv: -The tlilneeiith gargoyle from either eniL^~ ^ nnoiinctil Wlnrheater - 'Preen the right eye.' " gu-tnl Mm. Win beater Weathliwaly. T ahall

glnri-ia. prpdanL Harvyr' jf/They bitKg ei|

over the

“Norttlng doing.- be announced EalTress banler.” urgid his wife. “The wret «,,rt. )C baa -pndsilily rusted, hey do mat noaovln..* dobt theyr

plain Hie vagarirs of the female mind"- Iwgaii Wlncbestrr as be vleleusly lal.Ud the ayea of al! the gar

gay lea In luni altbout w—UFlora Immt Into team *

“Don't cry. .ray darling.- comforted hrr Saaband tenderly. -I'll Bnd out the truth tf I have te rbnp the coo-,

Ihlng Into klndltnga!

1 I UttlcrWe^.the meuinjr

nf-lt anyway." said Win beater prta-

er.llj ahau hla wife iitul rea ' ‘ gree of tranquHtirv where

• Its Prer. b» the Throat and (.(Mt, for thetr gown., “aloppeaf'j » -Ji > oMer'n'l.undrsd and len. si l... ort.lrl. r in. ot lh.1 d.J. «t >!«■ > '’"nri1

Cl.ngr With III Claws Until It (mourolng ear“« kai and nrantleai «urla !. n.iloer.~c....i n.».roi Maaw . a

Braaka the Spine ol Its Victim or fourteen, vlscounta iwelve. ha root i !o r 'TruAll^'f^runel > ‘lini“vma.M>!s‘s'^nVru so.i scj'u-iLl l.j ll.r Siranglsa II ’ j right, knights all and all persona of In- ****^‘ t '',‘* 0 1 ^ om'.'.Tf .yjiins ' < C < 'no 1 HMi**r«>ii u!l M i>‘« s' I Vipli'la.

world I

' tiood Hole H out hr It b aometinxs m<

la.

Any one who has tregucutr for aity time muat. have no difference In alie and rotor lehpsrds from different |«ri aprld. On some the gT.aiiid almost white. In otln-ra a brown, others are J.v hbek Wherever they live leopardi tie thlevra; sheep thieves, do and hnmao being Tblcrea. Tbongt^ not fonntdabir to aptwamme. they are lmlocnae.'y atroug. and It b not unoftbl foj them to turn nmn enter Both Is India awl In Afrkw they bare beeo known \to act up In thU line *aa dcllberalrly M»ny tlg.r Ili.-vb-nva four five young at a birth. The cube cao be kept tame for a..me time and am peta but It b evtretnely dan-.

fetlor .

e fens-long, forbidden

nrarter than rank of «

: uintnly In j bold.

. Ihb fierce

m often seen ' countess of Uhpmond. mother

bau..l an ordinance for the

, “reformation of apisirel' for greet r»

widely

escape j

i EngUahmaD had a waa brought Into the log room by a coolie to be exhibitto the owner', piieetn Kxcltrd by amell of food, the leopard refused •o not when one of the women, who not like hb looks. a«krd that It be ovmL The coolie t<e>k bold of Its . _ar and brgaa to haul It ouL II aelud him by tbr neck, bit ll throogfa nd In a minute the em.lle was dying. ..vend with hl.-pd. on the dining

win floor.

The Chinese let>|nnl migna aa far north aa the Slbcrlau tiger and. like the latter, seem, to grow larger the. farther north It b found The color

cry pab.

the'spots are targe and the fur b very

long .

The natives of all countries are unanuoui In declaring that the leopard U Hue dangerous than Hie Hon or Mger. They have no fear of the Hon. provided they firg not hunting for ll. for It will not attack nnlrsa provoked, hot a leopard b never to be misted. In Africa a number of natives were tiling tbe feed, along n Cream One of a boy. bring thirsty and IboL d down to drink. He wipi Immediately eelxed by a bevpard Tbe boy's brother; with ao admirable aim. burled bla apesr at I he leo|ard while tbe boy The point separated the neck, and tbe

ipnrd'a fanga

_ Injured tbe lungs. Tbe tatter were exposed to view through the cavity of tbe riba. Be died during tbe night. itlally tree living and nocturnal animal* Weeping In ireea or careo by day. they disturbed. They do ao amount of .mischief among ratti* calves, abeep and dogs, la-lug especially food of killing and eating tbe tatter They at-lxe their pr aad^eita^ with their loeceea la breaking Ho- «|dne or In strangling tbe victim. They bare a commanded Flora .Imps- habit of feeding on putrid*flesh. Tbta makes wounds Inflicted by their teeth r claws liable is Ukyxl p-.ironing. 1 Nothing In the way—of prey comes amlaa to them, from a cow in the pasture to a fowl :np at Tonat

in tbe great tt

of wot:

en hay met In t Even 200 years men found that c otial# affected, tbell

* 7 ,T ” ■ hat mheexb

k f.-r an ardent a

time

h

•Ignlng

eccentric royalb

man lookix] through the claimed. 'Thank God. a

families of Europe are well." t alonally be would vary tht« for by making rm.-urlng remark* re* Ing tbe hniltb ol IIHtbb ruyalbls er some time Addix.u dbeotlered thb universal rovallut waa a eol allk merehanl. a bo never ijj*de a gain wltboui InsevilmTIn the agreement. “All thb •will take place as loni aa no royal personage dies Jn tbe In-

terval.-—London Chronicle. MENTAL INFLUENCES.

The Stata of tha-Mind Has a Direct

Eft set/Upon the Body.

A good deal b said In these days about tbe effect of mind on matter lt^ tbe way of the cure of dlwoeerbut” Jena la beard about mental Influcoeea a* a ciune of bodily Ills, yet It Ir an

truth

direct effect on tbe body. Tbe gloom awl deprcaalon caused by worry and anxiety create a roorhkl condition of physical system, it b ltnt«os*lblc eel well pby aicaHy when the mind and spirits are downcast. Tbe ' circulate properly, apiietltr fails, the head arhea. and If Hiese mar bid condlUous eoutlnur mare deep are likely to atbe. and

one of them.

i-r*on* a III of anger b followed by an attack of Indigestion Excitement destroys tbe appetite, laid nausea, fright cau*e* so od Violent or de pressing emotions always disturb tbe equilibrium of body snd mind alike. Thb-being the case. It b Inevitable when these emotions often recur innous serkras physical WUI follow. The Obvious bason Is. then, that uu-nlal serenity tend, to health—K In fact, an element of health-and that It resolving to mind “cures- • health la^btoken It b wise to (be serenity at s preventive and safeguard against disease. — Indianapolis

A Figure Trick. .e one lo put down a ro o add them up and subtract

o ranges of ceoanow leopard b

found It b a targe treat are. with thick, woolly cool sod a king loHJIke —- a fur boa. Tbe color b nhMc. cfoodrf ^ with beautiful gray, like tbdt of an rou. | Angora caL The edgre of tbe rloud- — . i r* log* and spots are marked with black w,,h ktn4 ’ or darker gray. Tbe eyre are very -J^riTaTr/-HRSI.BT- 1 ‘•TW Uubb pay or snfcke colored. TK- ... t.r.A.o. St b«t >< Uvra on the wild sheep. Ibex and . ” other mountain anlmab In ea.dlvlt, Wlnebeal.T tt b far the Umeaj and geotleat of tha H«... -»».r .a, *»-' uiww. ~ <•* “l"»more bandsumr iba'n tbe Asiatic, tbe sluts being very dbtlnct and , snd abe-tbey nsuslly go In eoupleaare food' of ’bunting rantpnmeots and around native towns, where they pick UP a goat and now and then a baby On* night 1 aas'earopv^to a native loan and after I bad retired the natives. at waa tbelc custom, ^vere anting about a great Bn- asking my caravan one all aorta of qocatiooa. for the African Hied aavaxe b the grantca! pnaslp In tbe r to woefi. Suddenly a child', cry rahg L followed by a grent clamor. Ruab- | out to discover Ibe'eausr

jk:

d b-lng stolen from tbe dark!

ow. who a flash had graW-d a fourofriir-ald lined my check In order to . chlld and mode off with It The c state of f ber husband's was iwalqd In the ih‘.d»i of Hie

marks, she told ray nurse, men nd * «1 am greatly alarmed for tbe «ould certainly fade away as tie tuni- only 1?me of Grandmorbdr RlnpehU db/“» '«R‘ Wbalever the oiu-r of wa. nwlc and bare vainly tried to ,b ' “ rk5 ‘ ' n 11W Into the d

a bkjing pbee for them

are digging up every (neb of ground

on the adjacent ptsAtai

■ safe pbee for oar <

I woirien The Ian

o bold that e

rjb'wh. b-a

|V premlo-s

Just like oM btDors, for I'm sure I sew | Tbe larva as well as ever I did la my -life, and certs Inly Is

the cloth b the s^me. but It's thf rut. *tr Ah. tf* the i»-w rat.’-IVaraoc's

ot think biiw It b

should be getting Hoffman, tbe German | sure r preach as t 1 ’^ .In Glaagow bte o and ought to hare night and or'--—

ronn.ll a* J lu-iwtrh . •

yab^i. at i tbtuiday

latrd Kelvtp Tbe duorbti

won'.an servant, tf Sir Wlllbta a

rt*acred. “Sir. be moat

* tell

’ She'd Remedy That.—r.Mra. Hoyle—Your traabaud -I mind pf bla own. my htwlatod Mrs. Doyle 111 s|wa,k to him ah bonW.—New

i Iti from the original

number and you get 63.196. ask l bent lo cross out an] figure, total them up again and tell total. Thus. say. they cruel out Jbe fi. tbe total becumea 21. Tt tell you thb. and without looking tbe stun you ran say tbe value of the figure which baa been craned oui You do thb trick .by subtracting the >tal from tbe next multiple of 8. “The total.'' lays Jour friend, “is 2L“ Tbe oca not multiple of 9 above 21 b 27. You subtract 21 from 2T. and that- leave* « To your friend you

led tone. The figure was 6” And your d believes you to be

R. Curtis Robinson aa Conveyancing and Insurance Notary Public and CommUaloner of Deeds IN os. 74-4-40 Asbury Avenue OCKAIN CITV. N. J. Money to Loan oo Hood and Mortgage

Many jatrons on free delivi taclcs on tlicit houses, ami this in connection with a h. _• oUjcclionaltlc fcaliuci it fitting a liox or receptacle intc

proridcil wtth a chttle no nrtan^evl

vnlistantially hidden posilit

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THE BIGGEST SMUGGLERS. They Are Not the fieciety Peoria Whe Get the Advertising “Society people arc supposed to be the biggest uffeudera.” said a treasury otBcOlT-but it ta simply that they get more publicity We had a Harlem butcher who amuggbd In St.000 worth of Jewel* and then pot trapped because be took ao orange from tbe Uble after lunch He put the orange pocket, and the bulge drew tbe Inspectors attention He was Sea robed and tbe Jewels found

continued ram

tnbreatly. “a noted mastebn who goes every year to Paris and wbo bought a Rtradlvarioa violin year. He sold bb old one and brought tbe famous Eirad back In bb

c Inspector*

to other people be bad sissyl without “I made* abe said, “every kind of conjecture, but without cess, and on my asking him to lighten me be solemnly answered that they were a watch and an umbrella 'But bow do you manage.' I asked. If there happens to ba 90 clock In tb room and you want to know tbe time '1 ring for a servant.' waa rift tnagnUi qorot reply. 'WriU’ I a bat about tbe umbrella you do. for Inatance. If you are Id tbe park and are caught In a sudden «boner T ‘I take refuge." be replied.' tfltb a ‘smile of eicraaltc gallantry. 'Onder tbe umbrella of tbe Brat pretty woman

Easier ta Writ* It.

In 1871 Edaard Lear waa staying wit b tbe governor of Bombay a fiatoiesbaar. tbe bill atatk.n of tbe Bombay preatdrnry. I was there .and took a walk with him one day. He asked me tbe name of rame tre told him thy . were called “lombur trees In Indb. He Immediately produced bb sketch book apd lu hi* In Imitable style.Grew a bull looking hit

1* mid It would h.-ip bit tbe namr.-Loadoti Kpc

• Jajajx*

Naturally tl

bb violin, and a dealer wbo went ee It beard tbe story of Its purchase

md notified us

“There, waa a man from Naples wl a me In with bb shirt fairly Hoed with Jewels, and there are Hie Syrian* smuggle la lace* and handkerchief*. and there are the monufartur era wbo dertnrr balf or three-quarters

In and smuggle tbe

bring their machine* in w‘th faked card

certificate* of value, and three buyers of cheap Jewelry wbo btiuf

of plated tirt«* he* 1 U with magiiirk-rnt t

pblrea. rutile, and even diamonds la wttb bit. of gtaaa. and tbear no sitate weeks of work for the jewel

peru in

Washington 'l ime*

A GAMBLER'S RING. in Its Owner Daalt tha Garda

I'nlt

mo«t fnmou. card playt

ed State.. It Is a heavy gold Imnd n fair ntiil I* exnetly HvroeigUlb* of a In such a way a* to completely • ire It b a row of five .nut 11 signet*. Ibr one of these 1« worked In gold In ll fora of a shield. These alih-klx al fnlblHd on their aurfare and Ix-ar t

marking of any -sort.

Inside the ring and grooved Into l outer circle Is anothi-r gold elide. When the ring la put on the o|a-nilar’t finger by n -Ught movement It b pus Bible to slide the outalde loud around done from onder one of the amall shield. np|sara a minute mirror. Ttila

at quarter Inch In dbm

mirror Is a s

eter.

When the operator alt* In at a 1 of cards he wears the ring on the

finger of his right hand.

When ho slides the raid, off the aa be denis this little mirror rouw

reetly under the card ’that Is bolus

dealt. The dealer, looking dot hrfrid. a. he deals, wea etfeh c

off the iraek. He kn.

As the deal

■ raid.

h Captiea

“Yo' tau t stopped at dTpatace hotel uefo'. b yo'. bomn Inquired tbe eolored map. wbo was pi kit Ing a Just arrived traveler from tbe 'railway aU Hon to tbe .Uamrlry. “No. Rut s tiat mskoa jr>u sun- ot

««r ry

-rhkaar yo gwiue dar m-a. aah

-Puck.. ,

A Glavar From

A psroon wbo was a

French Genentl Muuton. count de Loban. was once captured by an EuglUb verael. but after a time tbe, captain discovered that bb prisoner aaa the oont de Momrond. “Why did you'de da* mer be demi.tsl.sl angrily of tbe sunt T did OM deceive you '* replied lontrond: “tsit at all. Ydlt thought I '** Geueral Moutoa. Vmt tokl me ao; ou bate-a fifty gun frigate . \Jb* It w roe. wbo bare only a pocket putoL

> contradict you?”

Tbe captain dU nut forgive Moutrond and to.ik every op|s«rtmtlty to treat him "rudely. One evening at dinner aonlc one proiswed lb.'- braltb of tbe Frvticfi a* Motitrond tvauj to arknowL edge tt foe raptalu cried; -They are an-coa urtb! I make’up ei.-eptlonsr' Wbeb Montroud'a turn rattle be gave this ai-ntlnieut. The Kugtteti-tbcy are all gentlemen, hut I makeVireptlona"

put* the paek down li

a DHivenn-nt either alow or fast Jl i* perfectly .Imiik- mo»t.v ro give ti ■» flitg a slight Vuh. slktlng It-tpi. k lm •I it* original i—lMon. The mjCT..r, eve • I wlten It Is -xisiavd. Is always on ll I inside rtf the hand and cooceah-d froi j every one Aft.-r long praetli-o It I*’

• to pull every t;ard off the |ia a manner that It will reflect ct eentef of tin- mirror.-llost

ablliorlaea , you 1 thlyg* l» yatr int trary. Mw in;anw lion wiilt a i«-r*..t

ak b - uasHllstiue rWkat makra y. “Yo.. ad.i.e! ’ it.

Different'Style. Edvard, aged rSt. wa. arnt loi bar ber alHip to get hla balr rut. Tbe bar her wbo waa awlgned to tbe Job bad rod half. ■Would you like to have your bait cut Hie miner asked the larl-er “No. air.-- answered Edward Tb.

Poor fieevlpe. IS tbe fife truck tame cbnglng along • at reel ,4r tcaeka Curie Wen tbe crtrv»e4f.n.i waved bb ! . . A/_„. . “Ding Itr be eiclalmed, whet y .b H^uOty of ^ ^ Tbar^ooWt m. T - N .uritber."—Bnffak. Exprre*.

again when you start for Ikiih evening you have a happy tool why b ItV “"l*..that * rasily explained.'' the other “After the day's" the City v.e ate always glad to of II. ami after a njgbt lu the country we ate altraj , glad to get Irafk “ ~ ' cago New*. '■ Chrariul. Old Nurae tto newly married e. after viewing the/wedding prose. 1. my d

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routes will soon provide mail rorcjiventidn is patjicularfj' designed for a- lo liuuse delivery, oveteotning cviccs as heretofore constructed l.y ly of lire house adjacent thy door., s l./**,w-ii viiilwardly of the h.ni'c woniix or iiixx-sHkhiioiT

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H. GORSOH Real Ivrotrxto Ayeoixt LICENSED^AUCTION EER. No. 721 Asbury Aoenue, Ocean City, N. J.

R. CURTIS ROBINSON Notary Public and Gommissioner^_of Deeds ^ / PENSION VOUCHERS v CAREI'OLLY EXECUTED T'rimrtM-rs 744 and ”46 Ash iry Avenue OI'kan City - -. New Jersey

The Ideal OCEAN

Summer CITY,

Resort N. J.

A Kickar. “Om a new baby al-ynar bon sc have «*?- Roy or gtri?" » "Girt, hut abe'a an auarobbt Kb* •ant done a ihlng hut- howl lodlgtrant trotrets an Inal rxbl »»re ebe ra»a.“-Chlrago Trtbuu*.

■ ro nbvrty aa te.aar-

BATHING SAFE AND UNSURPASSED FINEST BEACH ON THE C0/6l THE HOME OF THE FAMILY MAN

Spacious Boardwalk. Free. Band Concerts During Season. (>reat Fishing in Ocai) and Hay. tf Thc 1 Wight of the Yachtsman. Numerous Trains to ’ from PhiladdpKTa on Three Railways

Witflin aaay access of Atlantic City and other well-known resorts . MANY CHURCHES NO SALOONS