MALES OYER 35 - 1 CAN'T BE FIREMEN Officials Tarn Down Reliance Co.> Selection and Make New Rating. The lily 4Y>mml**loa#r*, ■( their week l j rotating. received ■ letter from PreeMeut H. 8. Mqwiwr and Secretary L. L. Welfeoe. of the ltcllei.ee Fire Company, Id wdleh It wa* "toted llial the c.>ui|ieri> had elected William Price for I be poettloa of ercond men to b« on duty In the company'* born*. After the letter had been read, the mayor mid that, enme time ago, tin* company aaked for another man In. the Bre houae, bat the member* were told that tbere wa* no appropriation for that purpoee then. The apeaker mid be wa* aeked to attend a meeting of tbla company, a abort time alnce, which be did. and he told them he thought-tlie Hoard of Commlaalonera would agree to the placing of another man In the lire bourn, providing there waaanage limit of thirty-five year*, ae la the cam, he uuderetond. In other dtlea. The apeaker aald that In order to relieve the city of a number of penetonera, and actiug for the beat intereata of tbe taxpayer*, he would not favor theappolutmaulof a flremau who wa* over tbirty-flve year* of age. Over that age, he would aoon be on t lie elty'e baud*. The man elected by tbe Uellance Company telblrty-olne year* old. The apeaker declared that he bad no peraoual objection to him. He la a good man and younger than aome men at thirty-five year*. Tbe rule hi make the age lldrtt thirtyAve year* appeared to be aatlafadory to the member* of the company whep It wa* mentioned to them on the ulgbl he appeared before tbam, llie apeaker bald. If lb* City Cotntnlaaloner* decide to rata* the age limit, tbe afffeaker aald, all rlgbt, but tbe Dame oft he man ae laded by tbe oompauy eliould be eent back In order to give otbera a 1-11*119#, tbeae other* not being caodl dale* becauae of 'lbelr underaianding of tbe age bar. Director Pl>b*r mid llial yean we i not alway* a bar -from the point of . on*'* utility. He gave it a* in* thought that Price I* .young- and would be of I nutted arable value to II* department. . He I* aw troubled wUfa nbeaily and fe | tuufed to held work. In hla . opinion < tbe company '# ae lad loo wa* axretlaal i and b* hoped tbe company will I alway* keep up the standard Age. I however, a boo Id be DMitedct.-d In an n appntnlmcnl ol tbla cbarader. a* It a*

up to tbaclty to pay tbe aelary. Mr. Ptaber nude a auggraf ion thai llie age HmN be ralaad to forty year* and llw applicant to required to under go a pbyatcal examination at tbecity'a •i pen*. . ^ Director Thorn uflti koew Price'* falber, and lb* latter, at aeveuty year* wue-we good ae many men at fifty J""The mayor mid thai tbe lire department It golnato be run by power, and it will taagjStert men. He did not tliluk that men of forty or forty Ave yean ore aa well adapted to tbe reman reach** forty "yMra. a doean'l take- loog before be t. fltty, and the purpom la to try to avold pensioner, ea half-pay. It tan't a qusteioti of Mm,- It la for the good of lb* depart Oumetlou of Director Thorn, M waa d arid ad that the age limit of thirtyAr* year* tlx ad by tbe mayor be attained; that lb* appolnimaut to returned, and thai the applicant will to required to undergo a pbyalcal examination at tbt ctly'a ex pan* V ACTIVE AT gt~~ **Hi Revet tore Ulaaar*. Petwaburg boaata of a numUrof a«M people who an "aa lively a* cricket*. " Among the* ta Mr* El iza bath Will lama,, who baa reached ber otoety-moond year. Hhe la unuaually •pry mMI would go Into an early deellna If eto didn't be** aamethlog to do. 8h* baa Jnal mad* a lot of Aa* Mr*. Williams, who Uvea with tor eou. Jebn, aad a daughter, doaan't n* gleam* aad aba I* quite a reader. UeoMfoff her children, grandchlliliea, great-grandchildren and graatpeaigrmidcbUdren, bee deacendanu Matter ninety, which a bow* tbal Ihw* waapp raoe aulctda in ber family. ■awl Mate Teoulere. itaeenl real eetate t ran afar* lu Ocean iRy iyled to the otneaof Oaunly Iter* Hlldreth, aa reported in tbe Cape May County Uaxetta, are aa follow*: RUIe*H. Moor* to Luther U Wallace. Lot 87. Section A. Prancm C. Wtleoa to Jobu M. Magnlgan. »160. Part of lot 7U8. rtecLlixl# ft. 8amp*on at at to -C'barla* B. Kuamll et at. J8I80. Lot 644 BMUMC. Ueorge P. Brick to William T. Btraod. Lot 16, Hactloo 8. KM* H. Marshall at ux to Harab H Abbott. Lot 805. Heettou A. Ocean t'tty to Jame* toe Lot 16 BaetiaaB. _ I Hart loo A wtrom Norm to .tlnUi airaal. r* !■ *»-j «• N.ntv, rt.M*. ^ ran* went at U"Ctlrtn-lo« »IOa ,i.brt»».n ■riaae Man* *nnu*. H»-Uou t run. Jj-PteU. to rourWoUi air cl*. brim* U.aatiaalb * Twaaty-Xoorui .iraou, "bl! bew^Twmtrnliiib to Thirty-fourth ureata. Iram Tatrtj -tourtb to PortleUi •utrt.™"* loKwy Wtxtbatnwa. 'hci wm Pl'te-nloUt atrerta, faetarcrti Atotuy arww, Ocean Olty, H. J. id"

| WRONG LOT AME88ED jetta Kafftncrr Wald to H*vr mode . J | Inadvertent Krror. The following lellar w*. read at (.lie regular meeting of the t'lly .'omn.lte To tbe Hoard of fouiuilaalnncr* ol Ocean'Olty— tlentlemen:— IhmiIb H. Humphrey* ha* bought a lot on tha Doa tract from | r Barber A Maria, and tlnda aterart] » aaaeaament on II for *lK.7fi. >' Jonathan W, Hart er make* atlldavii, • which la attached, that the aald work 11 wee done l.y Harry Krall I. . for then, 'i and Doe, and paid for; and he request* " that a credit to given the collector l«. of1*et the a**e**me»t. • Voura very truly, ' K. W. Bt'KI.Kioii. H Collector. e Director Thoro explained llial City " Kugii.err tlolf had Inadvertently made ' ' Hi* charge of $48.70 again at the wrong • lot. - The collector waa authorized h. lake ' • action a* requested. I a « » . i r (Oommunlrat#*.) , e Two Much Wurk toe Ike Balm ; KhlTod Tin: Hkntixkl : — I noticed | r In a reeent laeue of the Sknti ski. thai i _ jjpf lire chief le building caetle* In Ibc I 0 air on a prospective ralm to mlary. < - cnuunaoclug Jauuary I, ISM, a mlary 1 • equaling only that of two of your city ' r commlaalonera. a Sow,' Mr. Kd.tor, do you thiuk It ! r fair justice to the chief of yimr city, a l e man wltb aurh broad experience In , e lira fighting aa would put former Klrr , a Chief Baxter, of Philadelphia, In tbe « > ehade. and Klre Chief Black, of Allan- < • lie City, completely out of buslnam, it. I 1 only pay lb# measly aum of $101)0 or ' liano for a man to look after th* wbolr • Or* department and lota and lota of ' r other work, such aa keeping aome of ] > th* city official* In good line, looking ( I after Hi* moving of th* Or* bourn and , r Ih* remodeling of lb* second story to | suit himself? Aim th* dlvldlug up td | > the four new marblnm, putting No. I i , Company's old mactilu* lo storage. • i placing three new one* to No. 1 Com l pony's hou* end one new on* to No. ' I Company's bourn— and that one oolj 1 partly In working older for the la*. * t three moot ha. ' Ob. well Mr. Kdltoe, many a publici spirited man hasn't time to mind bi* j f own buatoeaa I a I Rut should beget tbla appoint men. b bad-it ever occurred to you Uaal Ike tl chlrf la eteetod by the rmrtetia tUe earn. ® pantea. Inalaud of being appninisd b\ ■ 'ouucH or COtoBtaetoaen aim M * a " volunteer deporttosul ? I think. Mr 11 Kditor. that tHy Couoctl in Itcrltug . b having trouble* of Its own ore. ** rag ^a ii

tulaaauenuknun: M i est *i. ia**m«wt wu*«*. " Listen Id this from tbe fireman * t- Herald: "Tt* mcokd alrb.g to tbe Murlmgtot. (M.J) County tlrtminwl Court of tto , '• dispute totwaen HurltogtooCHyCeun . • ell and th# Bra department caao* on J October SI, whan Robert W. Rercklry who to the Bra department chief, ap t- pointed byCpuncll touppoaittou to tbe ld wl.hr* of lb* Aramau, eras triad and nl convicted under IntHctmebtl alligiBg '* aamull and tolltry on Clayton H •" Sharp and Maary Wtlla.- The men • were In mrvlce at a Hie September 111. and Harckley attempted lo lakecbarg* >• of tbe work of MttanMtoft tbe flaw** " under conneilmanlc eotforfty. The flraxuen refuaed to raeageis* kirn, when •' they bev* a chief of their own, Ell Lawrence, Jr." " Now, over to Bomera' Point It la not '• oonaldend good form for Uw chief to •" *bow too much authority over ibe ' men to lb* bouae, mpeclally where bl* • till* to lb* ebleflaucy la dleputad. Pbyalologtoa abould gat lo work and read tbe heed line*. Lola of problem* only go to work. Hark to ibtM 'WiMi of wo*, Htr. " beer lb* Nattonal cbotua : "Hk wa. lb* Aramtn'a frtaod until ba g<4 thik »' aoa." And It took »omi acbamlng to ■a taad-M I i Yotm Out. PioxtniH Kriknii. IT a w . . y eak.eaa Aeetemai- — 0 KATHLtt. • W. B. Chamber* aad wHe, Philadelphia. 7 IAKBAIXR. 1 H T. Pag*. Delaoeo; H. K. Hoffman . ^ Ocean City; 1. 8. Malabury, Klnkora. ' f A Kriend, M. A. Barber, Earle " Barber, D. P. Palate. Philadelphia; I) " P. Palate, Jr., OMbn City. IMPRRIAh. Mlaa i%«le Btaan. Vatitonr; Alfreil D HmHbrWMfton; Dr. J. C. Ayera. Ml* y Slpp*. Philadelphia; Mali HI. a far, e I 'an. den. WIUMRKS. I- K. P. Nam. Ceorg* H. Walnwright Jame* Irtckey, Prank J. (forma.., >- William A. Cloak, K. H. Oorman. v Philadelphia. hiwtjrul. • E. E. Dyer, Robt. R. Vallum. Oro. I C. Rlckarda, Howard Hartley, Then. P. Rom. Mr*. M. F. Wltfbng, the Rev. ' ". Ituaaell H. Coowell, Mlaa CVA. Mc-1' Caalln, Philadelphia; R. H Jonas, Ml I Holly; N.H OoB and wife, Camden; W. N. Cooper, Trautun; D. D l.aHarr, ' 1, Jersey City. BlaCAYKE u J. L. Petllt, Wm. Htllwell.C'Uaa. (i I ^ Myers, H. B. Veal. W. H. Beatly, I'. a J. Peglay and wife, Cbas. K. Rldav. - Hartorl Peak, J. C, IlildtbiauUl. JggB ' '7 J- Donnelly, V. P. Doaetlly, Tboma* b McOralb, Hamuel Hope, Philadelphia: ' n M. H. Carpenter, New York; Umrge " B. Arfken,J*rmy City; Jobu J. Bolger, ' ^ Norrtatown; Henry B. McLaughlin. ■, Cynwyd; Chaa. L. Brownmiller, Cape Mey; Om. W. Olio, Plaeaaolvllle; C. . *• H Luudy, Uleooldoo; C. F. Coraun, ' • l'ourt Houaa; Amy Worrell. Vedford o ai*a<laa. AdatialHrailsa.' a According to raporu from Washing- ° ton goverumeut officials, William Mc „ Coacl.'a ad ml i. 1st rat lot. or tbe office of Internal revenue collector of Pinladelpbi* wa* "A No. 1." wbicb, of I course, was only to be expected from a : " man of bis business ability. A portrait ' g of Mr. McCuoeb baa been liuug la tbe ] office of tbe luternal revenue cnlleUor. '

I." -- -- j wwwa*w***iwwwwM*m ] The Mystery Lady She Contrived to Carry | Out a Hidden Scheme By EDITH CONNER* ; Ltotoemtototokentoto , I am * dealer lo secondhand books , I buy those that ar* sold out when families break up tbelr bootee, and U. tbla way secor* from time to tlrno vol omos that I know to be rare, though tbe setter often U Ignorant of the fact , Norortbeleaa I atu free to eey that I . don't Ukr adraotag* of tbelr tguo ■ ranee, but |*r tbam a fair price fer tbe goods. These rarities I keep end . now bare a collection tbal I* borom ovoryday mora and mora valuable On* day a voting woman caete Into my store and began looking over my stock Abo attracted (n* at ooce by ber ap 1 c bev grnlle manner, ber soft femluli >r voice and traces Id ber coun or sua.* great grtaf. Ml.e took down from Ilia shelve* dig event hooka, must of tbenaon religious subject*. I left ber to exifcnlne them according lo ber owu sweet will, but she waa so attractive to me that I could aSarrely keep my rjee off ber. 8bo seamed as much Interested In tha binding aa In other parts. I noticed that to the rase of several of th* book* ah* looked •ear she sbpiwd her thumb and Angen over tbe cover aa If to gang* It* thick or atnoothove*. 1 couldn't toll which. 8b* laid out At* book* separata from tbe rest, all on roliftoo* subject*, aad aaksd me the price of th# lot I Agured U up. and she paid aw without any *f fort to Indue* m* lo take leas but stipulated that abo should bo parmgtred to auy of thorn beck within a wee* ' bo exebaaged far auch other* aa 1 aba might select. 1 agreed to tbla. aad aim went away. ^ have come Into my sbep at dWareM 1 times and leaked taco my star* wltb eat attracting any aagerial neOre from ' ma. but this pecan* excited ea latere.- j that I was aeabfo to it riaet foe. I pceaeme It was bar eugagtog prearw-e 1 any rata. I ceuM sat get bar eater I aaied Paaalbty « wa* became I 1 bad met one capable at kind gag to me < toegpSoable feedng which ladi ' CM** toe tows of tor*. Bo ah this a. ■ k may. I hoped that aba weald betag ■ at the hooka back for exchange ' that I might as* ber again. My bap* waa realised Oe the etrth ■ day after ber Seat appearance ah* came I agila. bringing back a book printed It 1 aad bound with all lb* eto mat new " of that parted Tbe ****** tear* about ' or that perm* 1 no eevare were aoout

• -quarter of ea Inch thick. Tbe tit l» was -Chriartoe Advice to Tmmg Men ' , I i.m.mb...d bev baring etfopod heAngara over tbe covers of th* books and ber rrvuro of tbla on* tadlrited ' that If she waa baying the books for 1 th* binding sbe did not car* for a . engage ber In convaemttou about ber . purpoee In buying the books, but did not succeed to eHcWag anything. On r any other subject ah* conversed wltb I m# finely, and when I got bar Interest , *d that aad look faded, to be replacto by *■ entirely dUforaut expression. T gave ber another book to place of tbe ' oa* ah* brought back aad replaced the one abo returned on the shelve# If « eke went away uuoonvtuced of mj ► kladly fa* Hog for bar It wag hot my r f« nit for I showed ber as plainly aa 1 , could that 1 liked ber. I Whet It was that Induced mo. after ab* bad goo*, to toko tbe boob oho had returned from Its shelf and leek U ore. I don't know, untoas It was tha same " fo*Ung that Induces a maa to handle • something that be* bom held by ■ » woman for whom be baa beau Inspired with special land areas*. At any rat*. I I ran over tbe page* and on a lower . conwr of peg* RIO noticed. a singular •gram; It looked mora Uko a aaatotbTt bad tlod liaelf 'np a an MUmbli knot j than anything els*. I had no tanaon to soppooe that th* yenng woman who bad taken It away and ntnraad M bad 0 placed It tbere. bat 1 was amble to dl vast my mind of th. lnipi nmntiin thai she bad Homrtrow the Idea waa grow tog npoa m* that there waa a mystery coMaeted wltb bar of wbfch bar book baying wa* a part- I pat the votnmr beck on the shelf with a feeling of re ffret that there was no mason to sup goao I shoo id #*# bar again or ever know her sec ret-that to. If tbare wa* A week, possibly a fortnight elapsed whan an elderly woman mm* to who represented hcr-vlf ae purehaalng agent for a benevolent. society who** objeel wa* to fun.lab books for al| personneedlux theut. especially ralteloaa lit erature. i-resentlng her efodeutUla. Bb|. h were genalnA «b* hkneecked 1 my e helves for wholfeom* books In , ten-led for persons of eo greet *du<-a Hon Hie only volume she baked for waa "Christian Advice to Tonng Men," aaylug that It had been recommended to her for tbe nee .of tbe society she refweuied I look M down for her' , And. Without examining It at all, she , placed It eiuong tbe books she art apart to pun-haae. Finally she directed m* to send the lot to the rooms of th* society she repreaenteA This purchase of th* book that had beeo returned by th* young woman - , completely obllleratod any fondea I • had conjured up with regard to lla con liectton with n myaterr Hid ll been ; bought by a aaepldoua parson, had . mat poreon here asm t* look for tha snakelike mark In tt. tbam fane lea might have goo* on multiplying, but I Since It bad been purchased in aa ordl nary way I was bound to admM to my aolf that they wore without any foun 1 J dismissed them from my mind But 1 I did not banish from my mind the ; young woman who bad Impressed ma ' | Tk4t foe* of hers, those Madonna , Ilka eyes and. abor* all. the transition , . to ber under my effort to Induce ber to , throw off what troubled ber were over present with ma I Within a few days after th* visit of ' the purrheatag agent, who toaiMceiiii i In but the young woman who to the ' subject of tola story. Bb* mid that after all she had concluded to take to* volume called "Christian Advice to Xouag Men Wfcgn I told her that II ' bad been rokl a scared look, or a dlaap Printed look. I could not tell which, r over ber face. But when I to ' , formed ber who had bought It, though ■he andeavore<l to conceal a look of re or pleasure, the did not succeed I knew tost th* book wa* con »w»d le eotiif way thg eyetery '

my store e'li'i I exurht at a method "f -! finding out* u.or* »lH,ut ber I sakv.1 ber f.w Iter, oaiuv and adfireaa. tellh.r ] bet i hat I Wi-I.ed It that I. might mal her mj t-o..k - .p alate 8be beritaied af Ihonrh *i>v dtll not wish to rl> - ' then, but finnllj did — I lost no tl or I to walkli.a e*-t the number she gaw and found n.v o- . upted by^ "'^ addreea II -to need'ev" to "J 'bat tbla deep j ! n*?,<Z*!uw | .cased Itefor# i saw any ; thtnr more "my myttery.'' aa I began to call ber Tbea one daj .i v, came In. n 'ul ' I" mouient i eaw brr I D change to Ite. The aad exprea.lon D bad left Iter fr-eaud had been repine l *d by ouv .hat I could only tnlgiP/vt H aa a ue«lj .acquired bope^ 8I'« pre ah* picked ttwin up and lmmedlah .v r told them down that she waa no. ' teres fed to them t determined on a ® bold stroke. "Too don't wish to boy any b—k* j • today." I oald. "Too have come .u . ' bore with an entirely-different object | Too have been uelng my ato. k f-.r toot especial pun««**. That puri--».- , baa. bean either euc.ea.ful or part., y *& Too have, known from tha tlr-t I tost you have had my sympathy Aa - eared of this. It baa lieen bard for y»o ; not to tru-t tite Something ha* - j , enrred that you wtah to tall me. but j i yoa have o.R quite made up yonr miud j . to give me your confidence. Do a... . , and i prom!«e you that you w'lll nto repent th* act " -How to th# world did you ever.dl I rtoo thatr she asked, wltb mingled | ( surpvta* end pleeaure to ber expree- , rioo- , -A Bttl# bird told me." -There to no reason why i should ( nor now oxplato everything. 1 mould ( have been a fool before tola to rru»( ( any ooa This to th* story: My falter ( has auffered a great wrong. He wa. a ( bookkeeper and cashier foe a merest. _ toe firm. Cerrata fundi wore -mlv. , , •led by a memhev of the firm who coo f txrood to cover op bis tree** by man t aty father who waa arrested, tried ' \ ooai tried and eeoteoeed to rial* priaeo b for Iwvw'.y year*. | , "Uor oaly h->;* waa to esabie him I # eocapSL and I t.w* that wort u^>o " ( myself i w*a peemtried to vjalt k.u. > te ;***•. aad he toed me that he had t. laid sm a r-rt* by "toch he might re c pxla hi* fibecty. bar h reqa^wl a as* with whArh (o i*mc*« amri harm la: tompred to aa-affgrt a*e & to klm. t -at toe* pevmmeC ;« vxtt tlx Wttto-ut u em wsichteg ae while n-ar - k'n Iter I c-amnsxWtad with hint through over* Wtou I carried tbr a. book* ■ way e'tb me from your store cl I took one. Vhrioria* Advice to Young rt Ma*.' wltb very thick cover* Then I n, removed eaougt of the Interior of (be tt to enable m* to Insert several m thin steel saw*" oi

' "Ah." I exclaimed. "I see It all! But r go on with your story." "I dare not bo Implicated In sending I th* book to my father, so 1 learned »r r a society organised to furnish reading , matter to prisoners and got a friend j to recommeod it and tall where a copy r could to bought Before returning tt.e 1 volume to you I placed la tt a mark , on tto out hundredth page which my a father had been Instructed to look for to designate a book with raws In (t.r ^ "Again I see!" I remarked. , "Well, to ahorte* a long ktory, my p father obtained tha' saw* cut the bar* r of bit call and escaped. H* has (on. , whore he Is not likely to be found. One f thing his Jatlen found to lot tbeu. 1 know bow bo got bis tools— 'Christian Advice lo Young Men.' from the cor , are of which the aa we bad bean taken.' 1 Tbua ends tbe first and by far the , most Important chapter of my story P Th* second haa to do with something r different from tbe subject matter of , the first I helped th* hook buyer lo j gain evidence that finally convicted tbe man of th* crime for artd$ bar father r "M sent to prison, and thelattor re r turned from hiding to appear again In M* accustomed haunt* Hla daughter L ray arte* — d naya -thxt , fbem the Bret ato felt that If I dlacov D srsd anything wrung In (to book she „ contrived t> sand from my store to tbr 1 pvlaoa I would never give bar away. In this ato was right, but tt t* to he i remarked that I did not have an op porta nlty to axpooe her. The volume , with the saw* concealed to Its cover - waa oo my ab.lf for a number of days. P but I knew nothing of their preaeucr there. r ' Flippant Flings. Oram wall paper, you may be thrillt ad to know, baa been declared perfect0 ly harmless by a New York chemist t Bo go ahead aad rat all you want at 1 It— Chicago New* -J There ar* now nineteen women colo Ml* In the German army. Tha kaiser i. understands that It always arouses a it man's fighting blood lo ba commanded i by a woman.— Buffalo Bxprea* Ad anxious correspondent wishes to r know whether a lady who la scut by bar cooalltuents to a national cooven 1 Boo should be referred to aa a del* r galas* or a delegatnx. Why not maki a bid for tb* German vote by calling - bar a delegateaoent— Chicago Record i Herald. f | Train and Track. j Mo fewer than 'J.80C train*, engines , rir- work Into and out of Waterloo station. Loudon, on a busy day. The eurvea* of tbe atepleaa car or „ tbe street railways of New York bai 1 lad to (be placing of an order for 1M , , can of this type. I , Oo tbe railways of Belgium, wblck . . t •f* owoed by tbe government fire . . m*o receive 115.20 to S22A0 per month , the higher wage only after Oftecr . . years of service In th* Polled stare. ' r tbey twelve guam fao per month. ( | .Bunched Hits!" Hardly a day pxmes now without 1 the news that one or two college grad oates have Joined the ranks of thv prrieaslouxl Iwaebell player* — New , Tort Sun. . Th* acxest mad* In New Jersey for ' , uelng tb* mails to form a baseball pool ' Illustrates th* necessity of vigilance to protect th* natloaal gam* from the Inaldnous Infiuenc* of gambling.— New . York World. J -An III Wlnff" — : "'* U true. Mr. Romar. that yon ware •dc# captured by cannlbalar "Yea; 1 was on the bill of rare for a ! wedding banquet." "Mercy! H"w did you escape?" "Oh, the . Pride broke the engagement."- Bostoa Transcript

TRAMPS OF THE SEA. 1 Their Work In Developing th# Oeoan • Carrying Trod#. Thar# at* land tramp* and son ' tramps, but * terra • th* former live* ' by tb# I* tor of others, th# world* ' business would be In graat strait* ' w*ra th# latter to be swept from the | face of tto ocean. While there have j • practically always been tramp ahlpa j sine* men bar* sailed tto #ea, tt •** I - matnsd for tlte Yankee aklppera to de | re lop this phaa# of ocean carrying to Its highest degree. Tramping on the ' ocean Is only im-ther name for trad •V lng. and many are the Stories aslant of Yanks. sklp|n-ra swapping l-end. 1 mirrors, calico, knives and other trtfla# - I for Ivory In Africa, aud for commtril- ' Tto tramp steamalitp cam* Into ox , tateuc# during the w ar le t ween the r I ii |e |„ ||, la type of vessel , r that Kngland primarily owes her an • j rourag<-d the building of tramp* more j 1 peace they add to her prosperity, and ' ' | where they enjoy a subsidy, aa they • do In aome U.. lances, they are uked aa , I I many Brjil-n I ramp' are ...Id to N..n ' J "Speak lot' of bugler*. ' - says Boat- i I ll aslonlalied me to dud J t gler* and 'hat many of I tic in were of ( the heat I b.-y knew all our artuy i tto r barge. I told blm that we t| [ escaped from tbe attaek of our men at i tloCo and cootd\well believe It He i both si-lea .bould limply anitw t each » | / Rook and Crook. The rook .H>ear» to have become the £ . bird whose uatue stands for swindlers " la a distinctly unfair way At Urat u : "rook" meant a du|«. then Hie vert. J" I "to rook" came to mean to cheat, and jl out of this was evolved "rook," a a complete tvpey turvy proctt Is curious that tbe same thing not happened to "gulL" Here alau verb came from tbe substantive J meaning a dupe, and as the gull strikes r et rather a knowing bird onr

it might have expected the same erolu ' Hon as In tbe 'rase of tbe rook. It 1 g should be otmerved. however, tha' >f "gull." a dill*, did not refer specialty g to the sea gull, the -word having for- i ii marly meant a young bird of any kind y In Eltxabethan Ktigltsh It signified a ic callow youngster who wished to be k thought smart. -I-ondon Chronicle. >r Thi Mind During Bleep." ! le "During sleep." says an authority on 0>eutal subjects, "tbe workings of the mind are under no control, ami yet tt y sec ids to have a wonderful faculty of rt building up and arranging scenes and ie Incidents I remember once having a ,e vivid dream otagolng Into a bouae tbe , m furniture and Inmate* of which be in longed to the middle age* So clear , r- waa tbe dream that 1 had no dlfil < cully In re. -ailing It. and then aa 1 ,P went over each detail of dress, armor. y Jewelry, ortinmenta and other object* j. seen In my vision I realized that every,f thing I bud beheld waa hlxtorically 0 accurate- Ilia I la to aay. that probably i „ In a fraction of a second my mind had ,r conjured up a scene to construct 1 t wblcb. wlih the same falthfulneas to n detail, while awake would have token j > So He Would. ie A llllle couiiiry girl visited city rein- , ir tlvee who dwelt It. a Oat Her visit ' lasted two weeks.' and all of the time ■e Ihey were warning her out to make so > > much uolac. not to run serosa tbe ' ie street aud not to waken the pefiple In ir the adjoining flats In fact, they were \ «. constantly curtailing her freedom, w When she gol home she told ber |«pa ab* never wanted to go to the city i again, and be aald: 1 "Yon must hare had a hard time of It. You do look hollow eyed." , I- "Well, papa." she said, "If you had . t- folka bollcrln' at you all the time you'd t look boiler eyed too."— Pittsburg Die- . A patch. — 1 » The Salamander. \ » In Andrew >' -Anecdotes Ancient and Modern" .I780i one reads, "Should a t id glass houae lire to kept up without ev I Unction for a longer term than seven ta years Tbere l« no doubt but that a X ly salamander would he generated In the J B- cinders" Thla probably accounts for . * tto popular Idea that , a salamand.-r ct lives In tto fire, a fallacy *o far re ig moved from the truth that the curio u» 1 Uxardllke Iwaat so called cannot er dor* erao tbr heat, of the sun. hut akulks away uuder atones to avoid It fir# eating, though, which' llugera still • In the beating utensil that la tiann-d " after It Card Mark* ^ It tx conjectured by some Writer* on I cards designating the four kinds In a ' pack were nrigtnally symbolical and ' to signify the different c1ok» L of society. According to this sup c position, tbe heart* repreaented llie _ L vleiaj. a|iadi» in,- noiiiiuy. ^iuic old pack* of cards hearing a sword or lance head Instead of a spade: rluhs tbe serfs and diamonds the burg here t cltlxen claKaca. v- I ; Tungsten. wW.„ re-ent yearo come Into general use. waa dl» cussed extuuisltrely l.y a Spanish trcu 5 ttae written In I7si. J Old Ship, In Norway. H ; Norwegian, ha., a primitive wa. of J lipoid, woniout ..oah-n .liip. the floating fragmenla are pi. L.-.I up and sold for firewood. filxng. 8o far hack a- tjiii a dictionary of — elan* waa published. . a r ta

CITY DIRECTORY. 1 'j of^ictALS j 1 V r -« . u 'r fk -^I t. • d« U .r re l£j t . CtlUKCri SERVICES. uV."" ".T.'l.'i"*' Mol.da,' ryi:".«" ; g.. lUv CHURCH SOCIETIES.

It SeSy.'"*' Hr"u^iu" ","1 *"*' • d»t; Mra Usnrudv lte^^tiil^rez;,»?Ji. ^ U^Tta Atoms, sarralary. ^ ^ Par ksr' Id 1 flw riaa ii re r. " »f Holt Tatitirv Ciicacn. id Pariah Uulld. Oral Moaday In in* month, I ad lea' Aid Nortrly, every Thurada) s p. ni. 1 go, M. Milnar; Ireaimrer, Mrs. Ann. I. SECRET SOCIETIES. T Ocean Oily hodaa, No. 171. P. and V M.. y inatu second aud fourth 1 uutaday v.vilVg. 6 Herbert ."Ifnillh;" aocre\*iyr-£ite.'.rtr w. jf Rooy. 0 monih'iu K. of l\ niuriaVu'ry avann'a. n^ i° )^Thu r^ay^v van lng in 1 Wlflard W Adii0"" *' •"""'h*"*""'*"' « Rai ml* 1^1 ba , N o. ii.au m., mrau d A. Bonrgeob. P. P., J. W. Thurston. ^ "• p: Haturday v vt ••»>- m-.ln K. ot P. hall, nara J. Klslvy, recording isrinrary. . Rrvrgohpla h' caoupbellf^.'or'k.0' M*"' ' Unhmf iiVref..l^'vlfdnjISW Plre Alarm MlRualn. , 14— Blxth and Pleasure avenue. 17— Kleveutb and Bay aveuue. I 18— Fourteenth aud Pleasure ave. Heventh and Wear aveuue. r 1. — Second aud Aahury avenue j 48— Fourth aud Anbury avenue. 48— Eighth aud Anbury avenue. 46— Tenth aud Aabury avenue. 48 — Thirteenth aud Aabury avenue. , 19 — Sixteenth and Anbury avenue. 81— North and < 'en Ira I aveuue. •81 — Sixth aud Central aveuue. I 67— Eleveath aud Ceutral avenue. 67 — Twelfth and Wesley avenue. 68— Fourteenth and Waaley avvi.n. _ I v8 — Fouilli aud Ocean avenue. ■6— Seventh and Ocean aveuue. 76— Ninth and Ocean avenue. 82— Second end Atlantic aveuue. 96— Boardwalk and Moorlyn Jerrace mi— Hay avenue and Halter-ea road . Try an Advt, in The Sentinel and Get Results

R. CURTIS ROBINSON" Notary Public and Commissioner of Deeds Niimix-rs 744 and 746 Anbury Avenue -Ocean City - - • New Jp.itsEy Hi: A I. KWTATi: AUERTN, WM. LAKE, G. E., Keal Kstate A{(etH, 5H?iSS^SS,isiS:i5SffiSSF5?«S38 ' — "ttayfte-i CORSOH Keal Estate Agent No. 721 Asburi) Aoenue, Ocean City, N. J, Job Printing The most exacting person will he pleased and thoroughly sati«ficd with the work done at the j Sentinel Printing House Our Aim:— Only High Oiaaa Printing .it. Ilcasonaldo Rates. A trial order will convince you.

1, l-tct us show you samples and * quote prices. ; sentinel printing house 744-46 Asbury Avenue OCRAN CITY, - NEW JERSEY The Ideal Summer Resort OCEAN CITY, N.J. LOATHING SAFE AND UNSURPASSED FINEST BEACH ON THE COAST THE HOME OF THE FAMILY MAN , Spacious Boardwalk. Kr«.-e Band Concerts During * Season. Great Fishing in Ocean and Bay. The * Delight • of the Yachtsman! Numerous Trains to and from Philadelphia on rhree Railways Within easy access of Atlantic City and other well-known resorts MANY CHURCHES NO 8ALOON8 How to Make a Second Call After Completing the First ■nail mug After a telephone connection, when a second number is wanted immediately, subficrib- \ er« often move the hook rapidly up and down believing that the rapidity and earnestness of 3 this movement will hasten the operator's atten- | J tion. The opposite is quite the case. ^ - The signal lamp before the operator doea : not work properly when the hook is moved rapidly. Work the hook up and down SLOWLY} then the operator will note your signal and an* Jg swer immediately. The Bell System Advertise in the SENTINEL