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I

STAR OF THE CAPE

CAPE MAY CITY, N. J., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1874.

NO. 28.

(ortsicht fl had the

BotUoK-et^IL

Bet how bed this hanged man em< ployed hie time during Kin month at abeeooof How waa it that bar-'

hung he contrived to eaeapej haring eaoaped he rehnng him-

Onr two peeaante, retoniing home hr night, and peering dose to the gibbet, l»atd njoene, gaepinga, and eomething Uke ■ prayer ; that they derontly , ed themaelraa, and asked wh.. „ coaid be; that nobody replied, bnt thei

from the body that

They

tun aangmao ow ma ae use root the gibbet, set it against the side of ) gallows, and the son, mono ting as fu as where the criminal hang, said to him, “Isityoo wbq r -

con^p'aints,

se? th • - , ntl ^hmjt, a

.jndemned man, nolle

his strength, answered, “Yes."

itill alire, then ?"

THE FINISCIAI. (JUESTIOS,

I belie re it a high and plain doty to -jtnrn to aspseie basis at the earliest

practicable <Uy, not only in

with legislative and party pledges, bi as a step indispensable to Usting ni

THE HANGED HAN.

eormui

w ,

* the month

hieh wo, are

—i——e right by a. tothe Urft^tbe ^

the back, scut him sw An immense clamor to

expected denouement, and . .uuuusr — throughout the crowd. Of whatr crime ha may be guilty, a dying __l is always, for an instant, than those who come to see hie The hanged man swung two minntee at the end of hie rope, kicked, writhed, and then re—*--»—•

' “ "ft*" gradually formed into gronns, and **—

Piroobe; that In Piroobe is arillsgel Igiiigi fa*o<*. ana wared the .moor, •• an

*■«!«* #«*,*«*. bJ

*'J* *■ what I am awry curious tb

next morning, at break of day, !e of guards walked out of the of ImPiroehe to take down th< body of Abeariminal, and

•• Do you repent of your crime V "TttM. it untying yon;

>r those who suffer, and who -.—- 1 to . *'$."■ I . wiU aaoooayou and restore >u to We, that it may lead you

body which

then unfastened

The father

the dying ms-, r .——

it happened that be still snirired. The rope, mateed of compressing li e neck cf the thief, pressed the bottom of !'

helmet in such wise that the petit

Emsyss w-'-f

of ledge or resting pi

■ -'-not, be had managed to breathe

keep life existing np to the A when our two companions pa

The latter liberated him

3im^snd Iran “-.nursing ■

Bnt he who has stolen wifi atei

hta^eway withttl ««»« was aot to be carried off lrith> making a horrible clanking and r ij^ffLi °° bmlinatlon to leave , “Brntdis, ft was made of iron." ™> peopls in the chateau w. is always the

Had another thief taken ad ran tags of

the night to obtain poaaemion of the

n-u IthebodyT

while taking

"Sutsfreidof whofar

taps so; bn

. be would evidently., **•_ body, for which ha had

JwL to give him Chriafarfrom_imp«Wble.

they to rappoee?

mmSsiprorof ImBtoohe wu in despair. 1{* wa^mad about Us suHof

mmio oeoma nun, and y. tocy what a terror the relicts i£L _. Onkwtunatcly for him. they wsntsnd Ssigusv of La Piroohe, who

Whoever would deHrew

They searched the hbuae; noth waa found. Nobody came to claim

spent In fruitless

In tha peasant's houss there were ily two things to steal; for the money s had bronght from Im Poterio did not belong to him. These two things were his bone and his daughter, a fur haired girl of sixteen years of age. The ex-hung criminal determined to steal both; for he oovetod the horse, 5“* !?* •““*“*‘with » pasalon for the daughter.: • , One nlghj, ,therefore, he saddled the none, put oo spun in order to travel more quickly, and seised the girl as she was fast atleep, to oarry her off behind

up, and oriodfor

xs

reel preeperin and apeeulation on b other than eom, as the roeogniaed dlum of exchange throughout the com mcrcial world. The particular mode bring about a rretoration of standard ia not of ao much oonsequenoa as -that some adequate plan- be devised, the time fixed when currency shall be exchangeable for coin at pax, and the plan adopted rigidly adhered to. It ia not probable that any legislation suggested by mo woe' * acceptable to both branch os gross, and, Indeed, a full di might shake my own faith In th of any plan 1 might propose. I will, however, venture to state the general features of the action whieh ai • advisable—the financial

THE DELIGHTS OP A HAREH.

ImSr Saw Am., from Oonston-

Oliro Harper, writing f

tinople, describes a viut — of the wealthiest Turks in the city.

SSfd

which would non Hinting opinions. 7 First—I would like to see the legaltender clause, so-called, repealed, the repeal to take effect at a future time, aay duly 1, UTS. This would cause all itracts made after that date for

talhse. The specie dollar would only dollar known aa the meas equivalents. When debts afterward

dance. They brought their lutes, and thrummed away at mem sung interminable aonga in a mou apite of myself, Then four of t ruse, end, throwing aside their j< gees, began to dance, if dancing it

be called. They all wore trousers slippers, and for bodices only a little sort of Spanish jacket that left nearly

down

r held towel hr ' Their hair down their becks

a and actions generally wore to iy of thinking very indeojrona, waa glad when they had finished >k their leave, panting and flash-

starofthecape

at] srTvaragaa is made m i W. Y. J-BHCntAS, Ed

STEPHEN GIRARD’S DREAM.

Stephen Girard i

a remarkable

clerk, who attended to ku duti« very intelligently and faithfully. This had ...—..j .a- pf 2^ Girard

nothing re.

clerk, remarke

Dreamed of i derkj it. apprise.

irk. hot he should be a cooper. Mr ante!ail, but coopers are always an a living by their trade.' So -

r. merer eon. J? They oltcn^n’mo'TIow ”2

io l^aaha da

at they oa

y.for

acted ware paid in cnirenoy, inof calling the paper dollar a, doled quoting gold at eo much prv- — .w_ar .a’-*- u d apeak of

d qnotinfypi!

m—*-— •• at ao much diaooant This

alone would aid greatly in briin ' ‘ ’ ‘ togetbar

that at a fixed day—aay July 1 1876—the onrrenoy issued by the Du 'iouldbor J a '

deemed should be eanoeled - - * To effeot this it would be , to authorilo the issue bonds payable in gold, bearing such : Ureal mm rerelA ——— J jjj^>ld.

auoh auma be needed

:

nowM

But the girl

1*ho father and son earns to her Tha thief Wed to eatape. 1 -late. Tha dmighSteld e violont attempt “ ' I and bar father r

whfoh he had saddled Mmaelf, eoudueted Urn to the square of La Pi rod. a, and hung him^aiactly whore he

■ lay It e

——. that bo should

S,;srh2i“” i

A* to the Saigneur of La Pirooha.

la 11, La Fleur r aaka

" One hundred and twenty-fiva lirrea,

■nay it pleas. Monsieur.''

* *U right; lun it fa,’’ and the maeirdawith 100 * P 4 ** oI "Oortainlj, repUad the obsequious okay, ptodutJ— “■ -*

eat than is likely to come from patting

iy for final reckoning. It be borne in mind, too, that the cr interest had ite day of d'

•!»o when our praaent financial system was brought in by the supreme needs of the nation at the tuna. I would farther provide that from and after the date fixed for redemption no bills, whether of national banks or of the United States, returned to the Treasury to be exchanged for new bills, should be replaced by billa of leas denomination than *10, and that in one year after nanmptlaa all Mila of tern than *S should be withdrawn from circulation, -ud in two years all billa . of lee* '

10 should bo withdrawn.

The advantage of this woult strength given te tha country agi time of depression, reeolting irom failure of (wops, or aay other oanac keeping always in tbs hands of the pte a large supply of the precious i aim. With all smaller tranaaetiona d acted in coin many millions of it would bo kept in constant use, and, prevented from leaving thi Undoubtedly a poorer currency srill alwaya drive Gie better out of ofreolatlcn. With paper a legal tender and at a discount, gold and ailrer become articles

with the Turkish womei pictorial drama. It repn man and her many intrigue in duo rotation, some of them being < a comic and sdmo of a very aerioc character, wherein ahe seemed to be in great danger of discovery until the final result took place. She lost her Borne of thh pictures indecent possible te ira-

te laugh with the moa ore. 1 did —* 1 -

dSn't look

innocent pleas there: but

isly. Go ai e trade of ■

South African Diamond A party of Buffaloniana

months ago for the diamond diggings of Booth Africa. Letters just received announce their safe arrival at Cape Town, and the following which — *-

to publish m

m with the i

to follow the sa

Cara Tow*, March 80, 1874.—A iaeoveriea of diamonds and gold c

iturous people of all natl J of their fortunes in tl redo, a word of advice dors, intended more as s o rhst route to avoid than as 1 beat mode of getting then be unacceptable. Then

London, and the Union Steamship Company’s mail line from Southampton. My word of advice to those —' ' - *

B ung te the "C«po''per tegmahip Company's line

any oommeroial company

engaged with Mr. Girard's he kept steadily at wortf an

gotten him. He <

i nnsatis.

nothing bnt the •' overland route '' Mark Twain's "Roughing It," on,

BORROWING TROUBLE.

than taro hundred red in Castillo a ud a beautiful pri irything that a good human mid have except trouble. It

wealthy parents ; and, beyond all, they could count friends who had for them a sincere affection, whieh is a very rare happiness for persons of royal blood.

Item* of Istervst. ^ The Jews arc raising money te found , national nollege in this country foi heir apeeial use. This la said te be a remedy for oab-uge-wornu: Shorfepand bran sprinkled

The Jenkins of

•Ferdi

iooa it feel T

And Ferdinand replied, " A Isa

Sahel. I do not know." ik onr parents to give us nod Isabel ; " they novel

But the King

lythm,

m your hearts." But the prince and iafied with this a;

o theirs

cda. That ia

After this exhibitio: proposed to go home, s

i most give him a helping hand. A few nights sehaeqQonUy the old

onse to take with me by w mir. I objected, told him [ this day w.uid am imily to mind, and m - imo aort; bnt he told well received there am

,jot a

mym.

their jewels, hot I was *~ *ake that odvantaov

in drepair

Hiking apartmen id not show itsel.

im. Tlie fnrnitnre w

I saw

ill had been ad no secret hia^faiail^ I

f dumb sign, ^k, rood natnred - •

looked about

le, and st last -shaped bleak inkstand

after the plsiu tost *-3 slumbered his c id without the tn

wively mod* d up in and eh it would

os has as yet resulted

rouble is h very precious s not to be had for the ■I'd the delighted pair.

But," added the |eatery if y. q " Alas I" sighed the prince and printrou'ble tfhich belong* to ua T "Tnrel That ia the trouble," pro-

.arly out

to leave you a house mud lot, I always beet to take the will

Paul Morphy has not played eheaa _ ,— ^ nor even seen a oh MS

has taken an antipathy

A Hartford pawnbroker's advertisement begins with "Don't be bashful if you need money." That's the kind of

Thoae orators who sxe carried away without reason, remind one of those ships represented in bad pictures, with sails all filled on a sea smooth as RUo*. • It was Sir Richard Steele that said to

f, Sir, y

stop there." ~16 Chinese in California s cried to Christianity. At

many aa eighty were present, ar

very devotional.

~ • little jewelry la now woi the slender pOrte bonheur fc ditto broader than o good o

thread, is the only ornament that i

idcdly fashionable.

^Asjjare^n* beds should net b«

or they will be

thebedawill "run at " in a few years.

In Chins a barbar will shave, dye.

id stand-holder. I told the Faabi that, if he would permit, 1 would taki "•** oa by that means I should alwayi his gift before my eyes. I hod nr had a J} 0ppr ^ ■ r *ftth.o saw I opened my mouth yet withont' putting my foot in it.' The women all looked blank, and for a moment the Pasha

■nufoodote, wad’1 low. Going home, the

ice rotary and female i md from them I found i

the thing*. They are

—' —-oral and turqi Prophet's tomb at Met Pasha had obtained at a his pilgrimage. I mig asked for on* of his moa

t the value t black atom

H. Quad. Certainly

ite benefits t<

ES.*

Of Advertising. In advertising ? .-inly 1 do : 1 hove

often to doubt th

ilua will find the beet

mid of ^

and enough coal tc

thought that I'd hear somoth^g about j im again. There ia a good spirit lookig after his welfare, surely, • When he j oiabea his apprenticeship and is a good j >oper give him *110,000 to atari in e I wilf^He is worthy of en-

ms? trill go into tolwiil give itte ,

iy | ui u.e prepoi aut m | sere answered ii; a j appoAl to the cap

. his horse, ruahed to lock hi

wtyaha/'m

I Bxcoioi Ci.ua Pu

'dt

The new cable betwe

gcod'^handr'

I'hrn the prii own into the gi " Nobody will asked for/’ aan!

. r head, et

ig ladles by the i

sixteen

eight mike west of Dalles, Texas, mi intend cultivating it themselves Mr. Throckmorton, one of the Cab irnia Fish Commissioners, declares lat the experiment of transplanting Jaatern oysters on the Pnoiflo coast has proved a failure. The oysters become and tlie in about a year.

county. Pa, the Lebanon

Wo believe lie w

t wu the

1745.

"Yea. v

■light tl

r a ferltle dlstri.

The f

in dropped into shim-

:b!e<l a* Mr. Girard's ^<]fi was in the garb of a medianic. looked healthful and sinewy fn ' labor. Good day, Mr. Girard,” he

you that I si

o twenty barrels

—, .. -re the admirath ._ . 'hop. When they had been placed if, ni——i'. n- .—if i

lanTand mpletod

Mr. Girard's

them with the do ked at the staves,

ipe, the

"'kw, 1 will be banker, and the pmta* 1°!. «•» r>« “O look pot be wholly

thing, which it cannot do whUe lying idla. Gold, like anything else when not needed, beoemea a surplus, and like every other surplus it seeks a market — it oao find one. By giving i ■ployment to ooin, however, prreeoee ren, it swam to me. be secured, and the panto* and depressions which l periodically in tim

if u, e

A neighbor

Moa about and I told him by all meensto ad vertise, te. «.—i-s .a ii nM in » gdlj

He inserted throe or._ _ paper, costing thirty of f< if two days after jus h

foil of boarders. The urowd w poeed of bis brother's wife ai— children, who learned his add res

through the advertiseme

his verdict:

'They are good barrels. I lor. Ton have learned and done yonr part faith! into the oonnting

waiting Ii

““•r,“*"'1 "Onr parenta never refused IVi'aM”. ula | ihin^before," rreumod^lwOioL

rephod Ferdi-

refuaod us any j year they combined to build e

j farnHs^Miginning to yield a profit io«d Ferdi- j who paused and addressed a

Thie stranded i

le next is applied. A jute oc next served about the g, i, and tha cord ia then givei

How dc

fcSltog in her eyes 7 „ 0 , rir; come

mar uorae. I those here Late wl lodneaa 1 and (’eoidodlr a

man thus addreai r

wlitudo I an aatooiahed congregation aUngratilude I : spouded ;-“Tliank yc-- - ilty 1 finished Isabel, with | favor me with the te..'

Ferdi l

Glad t<

n had

always glad to

led in the preseijpe ol

imp, a ahiold from real*«r

oar. An asphalt composition is t ixt addition, and finally the rnbbi 'Sting process is repeated. This

the genern! conatruotion o! the cable, which varies in aits according to F '

cality where it ia laid, the deep aei being about one and a qi

suds about two and a half inches, Tl

itrengthened by an onteide n<

of strong iron wire. The cable I

ally tcatod daring its i id every hal’ *• "

d ship the whole 1 . er any imprefodious that may

ihle; yon ean toST P°* wholly prevei window, and we can be greetly mitigated. f and so the playing UoB whether it would

nan'sTaoo was beemiug with pleuarid sstisfaction, and the yi 'a waa fiuahed and pale by t peculiar circumatauoes ol Mr. Girard took d«

tana it iirai passes over a train ol pulleys designed to straighten it. A trough loads f.-om th’' train up to a pulley an feet iu diameter, around which

“My young friend, our fidelity, promptness a attracted my attention. The

I had a

. ironed u lor time ago. You acted with alacrity up<

over a stern pulley, supported in framework of iron, projecting ebon twelve feet beyond the end of the ship

■ Bad receive u small ax's •. Boms peot pie toughed :, him. but I advised him J to attek te hia fe.llii : n rdvoS'sing. It “loos '>e'ore I-o aeeured a: ' oc. I do ’1 axael'y icmi it waa, bet I .oiol ,ber »ee B-oj Hi eg. or some arc i - • n to. all be baa to dote to ah and drive nogs into sbooi

ny ear to give you *—, made for me twerp superior barrels, for whieh I will nos *1,000 each, making *30,000 ii

"Very badly, Isabel.

Just then the chief garden. " My dear pnnoo and prinoe: exclaimed, throwing himself knees before them. " You ar leg I Oh, that thrao noble and ful children can have tronble 1” " Trouble I" echoed Ferdim teubeL " This ia trouble, Oarl " Assuredly, I think ao," said

«.■£_ . „ . Their wish waa gratified at

siderebto an

iving his daughter ier a piano, and he imptishmeots. He

jf dreadful hia piano through tin i x. Prcaently Chub!

A horae • hieh auddeolv became crasy d dashed into a house in Albany, I1L, 'ew uijhte ago, aeems to have —- id-A ; n that quiet ■ays that be ws _ _ through the street by bte owner, Mr. Ilecxwiln- nod began to whirl aroort' «od the-, freeing hitnse'f, he ruahed thiongh a strong gate into the »' M. r*-— Passing rapidly E°ing through - . - - finally emerging' the oppos'te street. . Croaaing this ■ to a dliegt lino he went through Dr. 1’iaofl'a Hodr-yard fence and into

Jnat listen to that f srill you were a few ^additional Splendid, isn't itf" said Chubb. Mary Jane's bustin' the musio right out -• “i*t machine, you observe. Them'* Strauae walneu, I believe, ahi e remarked I

MlU7

. _ ..whether treating Mr. Strauss exactly right w

’ observed Chubb, "

waltaeeand the 'Maiden' *"eacl if aho^playod th

appealing 'or contributions for the support of the Ve and family of the Tiohborne claimant. The promoters of the project promise that the money received shall be devoted exelnaivofjr to the

of the children, ■'

the assistance of Andrew Bogle.*'

-iduoement, all subscribers of bi s crown ami upward are promised gratuitously 'a photograph of the clamant's

wife and children "

, whereupon the young mi

friend, who overheard the conversation, secured a well-Porn pair of brogans belonging to her eook, and hud them con. veyed te the enutnored young ms the next morning. The Utter was as-

he had been under the imduleisuu Was the pos*

deal foot fn Nashville, (or a pair of them for that matter,) I - ■ bravely coneeu'

bravely concealing hia feelings of hi disappointment he took them to

of bitter

young fellow eaoorted them to the hi if the dear one of hia heart, ox ’ o be overwhelmed with thank, he contrary, half ao hour of glib ta ■ ‘•is part was required in orfi - the young lady that he ha

" Pa oat," and when the eu

claimed C

:^-Th°V<nui8 man W away with the deepest gnritode in hie heext and a rewelution to make a man in bnainrea worthy of tha respect of bte generona —-'iolor. He aubeequantly became the first merchants of Philadelphia. This incident te one of the most singular in the history of Mr. Girard, and no Ire* in the annals of dreams.

son was seated iu the parlor, and upon dc reviving her Strang* guest immediately fled through th< ' "

w, srill you 7” exa wild tumult of

parlor. " lant it splendid 7 If I didn’t know it was Mary Jana a-taarin’ rotr J — waitaee, I'd think it . .. 'illow* who play at the oonoorts. Let’s

bibulous ones rushed ol. _ __ to get their inter-sot drink, while tL„ remainder of 'th* listeners began chat **" and fanning, awaiting tl - Finally when the boy wa

h. rushed into the house

not a moment too soon, for the beast had already demolished pert of the —n. '— !A— ' *— a flesh weund upon —— Bowing machine, chairs, sofa, and stove soon followed.

■sza

... entered the house i

parlor. Mary Ja found, but, te -t

te disgust of

—-haired man, aa big aa a loaf

apolia man aaya he u

dlenee rat out of a pi _ iptfy aa that one toft th* Pike'!

OarrcuD.—A few evenings ago loloied^preaoher and doctor in Mem

piece*. Havoc completed hia eon bare he turned Into an adjoining b

on brought it to the floor, collected, and ropes were trad his body, but they oould reree him to aufateetioa r-“’ *— aeverely Med. Then thirty i 1 foroed him home, and havi—o — --i aft

udteera

thousands of bosbateof oysters every no device ha* hexetofor

protection. Bu

phi*. ^ Tonn., wa* approached by a neighbor. The fellow asked the dootor to go with him and ha would show him

-•AT -m-m ^ trunk fun 0*

■roved the ingenuity of a Oouneeticut:

at last triumphed. Mr. DUvt. , of Darien, Ooun., baa an iuvuntton whieh eonateta in apreadnig a net, under

to take off hia boots and stockings go barefooted to tha point named, while hia new-found Mend carried the boots around to tha plaee by a circuitous route. The dootor has given np the search for the trunk and is looking for his boots.

fingers " together, aqneeK atitecSa So AtgiS* again. ^

ont which oyaterman raises *b* net to th* antfsee, - - the -Bita U to be Irequantiy done until the thte enemy tecMm'k from the eoaat, whan "1 SStTfST" ,0 ‘