SEA ISLE PIONEER. F0DLIHHED EVERY THURSDAY, atSEA ISLE CITY, N. J., — BT T«B— Pioneer Publishing Company. TxtM^-Ono dollar and u half * 7t*rt payable in advanoc. »r * '/ 1 W DoT Under no circura»tanros will wr publish communication* which oomo to Uft without tho writer'* n*mr. ~F1H}>AY^VQ VST Anecdotes of Lincoln* Numerous arc the anecdote* tnld of this great and good roan. The two which wo copy are characturuUc ol him und giro crldruco ol his kindness of heart. AtMUIMU UkCOLk's YXSU Of IXIAVITY. A writer In tho Cleveland (Ohio) M Leader1! says t "III 1832, at tlio ago of 23, Abraham Lincoln waa the owner of a farm seven miles north of New Balem, »nd the half * owner of iho largest store in the place. At tide tune ho mot with MUa Ann llut* Icdgo. Two well-to-do gentlemen of tho place— Hill and. McNeil — wcra court* lng her .with dorotod assiduity ; sho" decided in favor .of tho latter. -lie parted with her early in 1832 to rUlthU foUi^r iu Now York, promising to roturn at a given day and make her hi* own. Sho watched him ride away on Old Charley, an antiquated animal thAt Lad acen hard tuago In tlio Black Hawk war, and that jogged ilowly along tho bad roads to New York. Then tltero cam (HA letter telling of sickness in hia fismHy which forbade bis return at the appointed tlmo. ThU wai followed by - oibtr postponements, until yean rolled by. Tho uiiaccountnblo flehiy, tho in* . frequoney of hU Uttcra, and hia failure (0 glyo a reaaonaUo explanation of hla v postponement* Anally lessened her at* Ucbracnl and made frightful inroads " apon hor hoalth. flho only waltod to ioo him in order to aak a release from > her engagement, and to tot 1dm know that alio preferred another and, a mora urgent suitor, _whoso_ii*mo was Abraham Lincoln. During three years young ••'Lincoln vial tod Miu ItutTedgo two or tbreo Urac* a week, firsts* a friend in queit.of congenial company,' and finally as © suitor for her hand. Sho waa a * * great favorite in tlio Ylllsgti, lorod by all / who knew her. 8h© waa probably tho raost refined woman lo whom Mr. Lin* coin at that tin* had or er spoken. Do waa always welcomed by her father and

mother.- Tho latter he always called "Aunt Polly" In bU familiar way. Both father and mother ontcrtained for him ..a docp affection, and though they nmrsr j** openly expressed Chcmtolrea In regard ^t^ArorJa*ch£lco ol a htuband, yet they ^^omB^TjIhout doubt, have rejoiced to rocei to tho manly Abo Lincoln into tlielf,- family. IJo lighted up their homo with a choerful glow whenercr he entered, and ho gayo a pleasant flow of mirth and Joy to their conversation. Ann's relative* were all united in cn* cournglng the salt, which the yoang man pressed with great earnestness, but • she firmly inibtod thai her honor de."v manded her to wait until she could "Txj relocated ftoip her first engagement bo* .forosho madoa aecotuL In 1 885, sho and Lincoln wore formally and soleram ly betrothed, but *V* tuked to wall on*' other year, hoping that McNeil would return and that alio might release hor»blf from her plc<lgo to him. • Wooks *nd months passed, and bo returned v not.^Whlloahe way waiting,. Lincoln ' wu studying night and day lo tnako . himself more ndrlhy of Ann, and whllo he waa growing In wind. and body and dally d<nrclo|iln^thn great Intollcctthat a was to fit him to lead a mighty , nation , .through tho fierce struggles of war, Ann '-"was hourly fading away.' In August, 1855, sho died, 1st her" phjsifUns said, of .brain fiwcr, but, as her neighbor* bollorcd, of the long'. aeries of blltordlsappointments' and ibo . pangs * inflicted Upon her heart and mind In striving to V do right 1 1» regard to' two ldrers, to' whom the hajl pledged her hand. . Ann *~Warbur^ed In the little cemetery at Salem/and aa tbo futuro Preslaent Vfrluod orcr her green grate with stream- . lng «ye*» he said i "My heart Ilea buried r hero," \After'lhe buiiai^LUx^oln l»ec*n; / to exhibit th'atjsrp tc! n. of- globro and . sadncis so. often not iooahlo in his eon* doot while President. ' He lost alt 'self* . control, and every fHend heha'd fn New : Salem' prohou'oced him huAno^ lf« wm constanily watched, and .wiLh eapocisi) 'A",tlgl1^e^ of hU neighbor*, "durin* atornis, fog^and damp, gloomy S; weather, Tor ftar of an aeeldent," At ' ' snob yirnes he would ravo plteomly, aay*i - ing, among other wild oxpresslon*, 1*1. can never, ba reconciled to havo thr . mow, tAlns and atorms to beat upon her ^;Vgrard,wU Ilia* fHonds finally tueeeedod In srch|dirg'Mm In a log hut a, lUtlo_ way ^rqm thwo, whew h® was watched (Soyrf nith anxloua sollcitnde for a :fow JinonthsitinUl hd appeared to b®1 mtoe* ^ • ed to hit reason, but the tram . of Bad* . ne#a alway'f lingered In hit character. lt<i visited lk® eeinctery dally and spent \h'outaov®r hor graTC.x - AUlib time W *•'•*> . » i : • IBuMWC . t ' J . ' *V iN.lV . t_.

SBjSt g Woshcsnl frequently to rqniat a few lints of Uut |>oczn Viat ho ofu-u rod lad in after years, cntUlod: "Why sliould splriiofroortalboproudf1 Boino nights aa ho left tho graroof Ann Itutlodga tho he was heard to murmur portion* of it On tho evening of Msrch 22, lfcW, as ho sat in iho Wblto House, ho drop]*d his jxsu, turned front his Utters, and will) half-closed cyt-s ruj»catcd it cutlro to a friend." The Engliih Sparrow. ••What sort of a bird is this?' •*Tiiis is an English s|arroir, Herannot carry olf a lamb, like tho eagle, uor U ho ]iroridvd with toctli and clan* like Iho tiger, but ho leaves his mark all tho same." **UoW did bo get Lore ?" "A philanthropist brought him over from England." "What Is a philanthropist V •*!Io is a ctom bctirocu a lunatic and an idiot." •*What did he wont to bring iLe sparrows U> America fnrT*' '•Because ho haled tlio country and wan tod revengo. Jtw.-vsn'l enough for him that wo have smalhjjox, yolowj fever, ch ol ore, droughts, floods, cyclones and ipTDsi firus and graaaho]q>erplsgUOS." "What arc tho chlct juurlts of tho sparrow 7" ••Hla beautiful voice and lovable nature.' Hia song la so much swrcler than a filo rasping oror cattdron that pooplo havo died nftor hearing it." ♦'Iiow doos he employ his timer' "In screaming, fighting anil voting early and often." "Where does ho build his neat?" "In tlio cornices of houect. If he could harn tho Uio of ono thousand rent free he would turn up hla ooso at tho offer. -Ho couldn't damage a trcu any, hut ho can mako it necessary to paint a homo ovary month." ••Of what is his nest coraposod 7" "Of orcrything ho can handle, except old oyster cans and empty boor bottlos." "Docs tho hard-hearted ciLiicu crcr destroy those ne»U!" "Ho does. When his family clothe** line, or crow-bar, or long-handled shor* ol is miuiug ho pulls down a nest and recorers tho lost articlo." •'What docs tho poor sparrow do then r ' . "Ho robnildi." "Can ho bo discouraged V * "If his nest was pulled down fiflocn thousand or twenty thousand times ho might oommonoo to fool downhearted, but those wbo have routed him out flro

hundred or six hundred times havo not soen him CTcn chango countcnanoo." ' "What ether birds doc* ho agroo with r 41 "The buixard. and the . polecat, IT® Is too proud to take up with every stranger who ©oraoa along. Ho has driven away our robins and bluebirds and larki and chickadee*, and oven the hens are looking for another opening." "Would U bo wick od' to kill Ono of these sparrows t" t "Awfully wicked. Tho philanthropists would ralao such a howl that* tho killcrwoald have to skip the oountry. Bosk^l, you can't shoot 'cm, tlicj won't bs poisoned arid no ono evor yot trapped one. .A man down In Ohio thinks a blow with a bam door might fetch 'cm, but it Is as jot no untried experiment." "That is all for this timo. Let us now lay away our books and and sit on tho'stepaand listen to tho ravishing melody of tho sparrow's evening song." i I ' ^ ■ 1 ■ 4 # # JlwWfr Ganiienls, , ' • • ■ - ' ■ , ' ; I ' r. ■ It is only within a very few year* that what were known aa rubber garments woro wnrn to any groafr extent) and a lady who was fortunate enough to bo the possessor of ono was regarded as yety well to do in tho world. At - Umo progTraoed 'however, the arts and •elf noes also progressed, and there carao a demand from the general publio for an article thai would come within the reach of all claw*. Factories for tho man ufrfe taring of gossamer goods sprang up in rarioos eections of tiro country, ,j*articu!arly 'it\ the Eastern flutes, where humifootAring hss boon carried on to a very largo client. The Washington Rubber Works at Elisabeth, N. J., at tli® present timo employ about two hupdr$4 Iwonty-fito men and wo* men. .The articles, manufactured arc hospital shooting, and Sreoring apparel of idl kinds,' being what are known a^ outer gar mcnU. They arc no* tly lined with cheok and striped cnnslint. From eight hundred lb on* thousand par* monU 'are completed every day, and leave this establishment already prepared for market. Tlio rubber U obuined flora Iree* growing In the district of Far*, lying aouth of K Uio equator, , in Masll,' and the Juleo is obtained ( hy making cuU through the l«rk down to tho Food, til around tbo tree from the trunk to the top Including the main branches— tho yWd Increasing with the hOrgtit of the Inclrion. The Julcc, whan first drawn, U pure while, andabont lhe constituency of orram. The yield ia I about forty pounds each blesding, which L • \ ' . • . "■< ' | r .\, f, ^ i. . * . >i-I .*X

can Lo repealed on an ar rraga once a fortnight during the cold season, so as not to interfere with .the healthy v egoUlion of iho tree during tho Uptmonths. 1 Tli* juloo U jK>ured into jars, ready to * bo made directly into tho various Article* of ru'lo manufacture, in which form tho natives proparo it for ox]<ort. Aflor certain processes, It aaiumcs the dsrk colors. Tho Para rubber U tho bcat„ that grows, iud comes in sheets. About two hundred thousand pounds annually are U*ad at the factory. The drying grounds aliucLod to the cstahUahmant cover about twenty acre*. They aro entirely filled with slanting table*, in rows, uud on thein the rubber U placed after it ha* Locome roadv for manufacture into gunasncr goods. This is for the purpo»o of solarizing or •uu*<lr/iug thu tnat^rhil, preparatory to its being made up, Very much after the manner of aLeej) hides being hung ou a fi-nco to dry. Forty thousand fret of cloth can In: put out at one time, and in a very short |H<riod, owing to thu large number of hands employed. Tho process of manufacturing the g<#-»anier goods from the rubier is very long and tedious, and would rtquiro much spore for description. A vast amount of Ycrj costly tnachiucry is ni-cevsarily smplnye<l, and it generally Lakes two or tbrcft months before the goods are ready for market. Of buttons twenty-fivo thousand gross are used annually. Tho' thread u»ed is Clark's best- Goavnner goods aru now in mote demand titan ever, and tho annoyimcu wlilch has hvrclotoro surrounded a rainy or snowy day U greatly rcLoved. People can keep dry, and at the same timo protect their health if they near such goods. XJtftfzlng the Natural Force*. vroxuexrcl iktdtidk rot tub ckxtaau* lstiox or the so 'a uest. From ths Wasbli^toa l^osU Tho Talent Ofiioc has just extended lis official wing over ono ol the most remarkable discoveries of tho present century, and one, It is safu to say, which will not only ^effect a revolution In the prcicnt tnothods of producing and applying heat but seriously undermining thoTery structure upon which ll gonerally received sclcntifiu notion of beat rests. -The model apparatus pa ten led by Mr, Colver, tho inycnlor, consists of a number of small looking-glxue*, arrnnged In rows uj»on a fnuno bo fixod that thoy can be converged u»>ou any ono point. A working model, of which be has a number, was yesterday cxhibitod 10 s 'Tost" report or In tho yard in tbo rear of his residence. Forty innocent, guilews MIS amvssiiiwu« S

1ms looking fiftoon*ocr,t gilt frnncd mlr* rore, each 2} inches by 51 inches, were, arranged upon a frame propped up lik$ an SLrliat1* easel and bearing a striking resetnblanco thereto. ' • •] Facing the ca*el wai the fragment of what was onco a barn door, al so jiropped. up and partly covered with a worn and faded sheet of xino that bore unmistakable evidence of bAtlng boon burned through In several pUcta. It km. but tho work of a minute to conrorgo the forty mirror* upon a spaoo inche* by 5J incboa upon the barn doer, and thon tho revelations began. As each mirror cast its quota of sunlight upon the common store tho parallrlograrn of light grew whiter and more dazzling1 untl at Isst ll looked liko • patch of clcwiria light. ' But lUUo pstienca wis reqnired to await results. Its leas than thirty see. onda a thin, curling puff of smoke gavo ©rid onco of tho progress of the experiment. In s minute tho board was bunting out in Game*. Tho focus waa lh«a shifted upon tho xinc. In a few momenta it began to lu ru color j and then shrink as if anxiona to get away whore it was cooler, and then in > less than threo minutes the entire rurfaoo oorercd by tho focus was literally melting' drop by drop. To molt slno require* a temperature of oror 700 do-' green Fahrenheit. The most Wonderful foal u re about the whole thing is the brilliancy of tho light* Each mirror adds not only heat, but. light- Tho forty mirrors produced a light more brilliant thsn an ordinary electric light A hand bold so aa to in-, t^rcopt tho focus become a a while -aa driving snow. A white handkerchiefdefie* ordinaty sight, and conveys botfan impression or beautiful, Impossible whiteness. It is as hard to look al»iV tho sun lUolf, v Tho possibilitie* of Mr. Chlver'a invrt/ lion are boundless* With a coiublj^ square surface of twenty fool br xn^,r» lead roelu quicker than though^roCH* bursts Into a flsmo and b ashes, and iron melts in lp**/^n ty mltiulea. Each mirror/^* 40 115 uc^ lo tho heat and light, ar ^r* ^Ttr has found by actual Vp*riincnt thai a comparatively imir>Ut<:tion of.rnh- . rer*, each on* roo>^^ known metals fe* t«wa®al», Uohaapredu/^4^ heal with h^lrrors, each a foot^quare, will melt/1" •ttJ tUcl wJlh u,° ^rW* lly alin/^f thou^^ ..V-» - : i i j^When was a roan ever weak that j |»JdevU did not cbsrg© down opoo f't •• -t.-; -V:> X-> /

* Good Detective Work. The lathe? of Mr, WcUtir, its great slsicamau, was a very humorous ai.d Jocose jwrsoaage. a# be was one* Journeyh'g in M*iaachut«ti4, not far from hisnativo town, ho slopped Jsto one night at an inn in llr« Tillage of Ware. In the har-rocca were about twenty per sons, who called out to him to ducovcr a tbicf. One of the company, it apjw-cr-ed, had a watch taken from hi* |»ockct a few minutes l>cforc, and he knew the offender must Ijo Id tlio toaiii with ihotn* "Fasten all thw tloor* of the room — let no one lr&vo it," sold Mr. Wrb»tcr, "and here, landlord, go aiul bring jour wife's gTeat brus* kettle." Boniface did as commanded. Tl.e great brass kettle was placed in the middle of the floor, bottoki uj., a* black, and aooty, and smoky as the chimney back. "You don't want hot water t»or nothing to take off the bristles of no crltU-r, do you, squire T" wud the landlord, tbo prr[^r»uotu looking so much like bog killing. •♦Go to your lorn and bring xnc L:g gest cockrill you've goL" • Boniface w<»nt lo the tarn, and soon rtturnixl with a trernendou* gr«--*t r»^»»ter, cackling all d»e way liko mad. The old rooster km Uirown under tl»n inverted kettle, end lite l-iup bloun ooL "Now, gentlrrnen, 1 don't aupposo the thief is in here ; but if be is, the roo*trr will crow when the offender touches the botlozn of the kettle w ilb hi* hand*. Walk around in a circle, and tnc cock will make known »lie the watch air*Jer. Tho Innocent nocd not b« afrsad, you know." Tho company, then, to humor him and carry out the joke, walked around tho kaUitriu the dark for a few minute*. "All done, gentlemen ?"' "All done," was the cry "where% your crowing ; wo heard uo cock-a-doodiu-doo I" "Bring us a lighL" A light was brought as ordered. "Now, hold up your binds, good folks." One held up his hands after another. They were, of coarwj, black, from coming in contact with the *>ot of the kettle* "All up r "All up," was the response. "All — don't know • here's one fellow who hasn't held up bi» hands." "Ah, ha, tny old boy 1 let'a take a pocp at your paws." They were examined, and were not bbtck like thaso of the rest of tha com-

■ i»ny. , . ^You'll find your watch concealed .about. him; search hiux." And ao it proved. This fellow, not being aware any more than the re»t of the trap that was set for the discovery of the thief, had kept aloof from the kettle, leat when he touched it the crowing ol the rooster should proclaim a thief. As the hands of all the others were blacktned, tho whiten©** ol his owr of course, showed that he darvd not (duch thu old bran kettle, and that ho was tho thief. He was lodged in proper custody preparatory to being scut lo jail. XXTANTFD.Axtnia— HlartMnt*» th»- tvre* * * of mu-.ancr*— mxu (tic lo*r*i ilrj.ilu. uf i sJaTrry U>a pmlUon a»uo«t ihs f»r*t tn tii* Und. -lAVe ana T)m«'*ot : PREDER10K DOUGLASS 1 wrttUn by htms*tf ; It full parr IlicUfntKaij rrlrw tUi Outrtmli **Uneic Totn's (V>in ItiThiUUtacaoia lUxruitiUc l&ivrivt. wttti the I mJ<]cU c^iarru ttimt Crrfy *rorU Uliu<-. A Hv*r» siory mo*i crvph)c<Uty loUl ai>4 i>f k ©real liUloDcaJ value. Tl»U volums wtU be •aevrty *ou(M/or by lh« huti^rrds nf lhou»•ajitU *to have walcbfst the re mark »b I f career and bars besn thrlLUi by tt»» eloqucarr «f tbtswMdcrful nun. Tba work clvra *n ar^ eonal of many latrrrifv-v with jiwulnrtil/ men and narrate* tnany anrok*-.r* imciw 1 In* tb*m unknown lo ifie rrrwnl . a)»ntnd» tn many xiscefut n>ueJu* U>tb ana *toQom««v. jf . "He U »uoh a rrmarktblo ruan Ilk* lo read about him. and no wy^'r- ' IkWTO* lt)>USWATinjl AI.15T. "It li as LniplrlcE as a °*1X> jot- a* A u -No uranrer story hBsboetv^^vr^'" ** 10111.*^— HowtoM AtiVmt i . -Iil»am«»r»alj»)Ttihi«taW^R"k®by cmr tlon of n<tinn.**— Tnov (5*^13*. ."?* ^ -DtatlneU to a wldiA*1^ -ttakrroan • M^TTiiwhoU story t w*U toJJ.** A0ilre« rAltK^ ,IINQ Hart* ■ forU, txam. - J ■ - ~ • .. e-h.st fMiy ». HARRIS, ' .jf ' _ ^iBouse, Sigfli, iDccorativc Fnmting. GRAINING, Paper Hanging, Frescoing, Hardwood Finishing,- tS;c,, ' SEA ISLE CITY, 7-SsS.n .New Jersey. Job Printing , Pioneer Office ! 1 U- * ;•'•»* .. yM.'tki,. )-»«• , / f;V. I,fv* . v'

J'BEDEIUCE DOUGLASS. W* would invite ctlmtiozi to tbe ad-vertiacUii-ijl of th«-l'ark l'ubh«L:r.g of Hartford, C;nn^ alio hn*« ti-ccotly laau^f the Autobiography *Jt F^jt-neK Douglaas. <>ar rea irrs an? all morn or h-a* ocf^uainUd with thu hi* lory of this man and should make thrtn* lvca familiar with hi* Look. TUX CLEVaLAXb LKAOEL (oilk/) SZTS : Thi* Look will fsiti iiotan: , tion a* one of lh* Ifulthifit and moat I iuq>orfar.l work* «-vrr cr»r.lrilMitr<i to : Ami-rican hu-rature. It wtll uku its • place u» a vohitnt* ic-ii-j'-n^abir in ei.o ' COfDph-tu lw rdi of our uatiorml hi*- | U»ry. "J he lift- struy/H* it j^wtrajrs will ) rrrctid m a itaf.'laril of emulation to tk<* youth and rr.anl.oo J of imrn-u, who, vrilhout such r.zamplrs, CiifM doubt the p<»«)ib:hty of climUny so h:gh ' from a condition so low.. And scarcely h-u* i;n{K^niit to the work und thr It* •on It ha* lo U-ach, it U/*k-mo adranqu:lo unj«r*li«-led for l.r.tdmg int)-.*t-*j. und lumping upr-n all c]a*>«-* nf tutnd* iu inl.<-rrM principles of frr« - dom and tnatih<>ud. The n-rrat.te cf t (lays cf *l«i«-iy and i>ap- , from bondage is hxnllv I*-** inlerrsting tliaii "Dtirlc IV'iu's OsUii,'* while ri**- j i ruth* tirv itothity in rar»[«ri»oi. with . the iilrtlily nf it.jii work, and it c^rru* it* »ul<jert U.rcuyh a wider ranpe nf ac:(»:np!z»l*uii-ut to r. rank •uffleientlv exalt<-«l to win ail ndtuir*ti<-c. It Is Itrclli-i* to sjM-ak of ll.** Jitei^/y *trlc of . tiii* t*'«»k ; the »*oc »:np3ivliir.«-T«t* of the j writer S-Tr kr.'W I. to all who read. American* wiit p-uud cJ tlii* , tinn to thrir lit« -*tur» , ur.U thaikkful 1'. • 51 r. l>-'Ughi» that hi ha* tuzdc it LieuSudf. j ALBERT L, FBETZ, The Piercer Ccrircclcr ard Buiidrr j SEA ISLE" CETY. » i Dm wings, Specifications, and Estimates furnished At short notice. Bills for materials and work superintended at reasonable rates. None but first class work* [ men employed. Jobbing prompt- ; ly attended to* 7-2S, Cm llailroad Completed TO THE ®EA€1 ! rot-* ■ ■ Trains leave foot of Market street upper, i

for Sea Isle City, as folloics : Excursion train 7 ; A. M., week days ; 7.15 A. M. Sundays. Fiyiwii. Express, 9 A. M., j and 2.30 P. M. Accommodation, ! 3.10 P. M. Returning leave Sea Jsle City 4.54 P. XE<o>ti viewers5 TICKETS AT Reduced Rates. JEifflballPriace &Co., i Vincland, N. J., kakiTACTrxxni or a>b t-utui tx Building Lumber, Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings, JVails, Rockland Lime, Cement, Ac. ■ to: Estimates and Designs Furnished. EP^S-All orders will promptly attended to.-^gSg? ' B*pt.l8o: > " i

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ADVANCED Sanitary I REGULATIONS ! J- - l I | I — . — oo— 1 j f f LARGE ARiGUrn - Of Building f IK PEOGBESE XX j Provision made in all mcs for actual building ; andllLso {or adornment I I . . ... [, I : f THE PUCE mni is Its Best r recommendaJdn i \ -- co< y By actually \nsitinA the advantages ma}" be apwiataA Address, IM c. K. LAlfi 402 LOCUSTvl VvAweJ