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VOL. VII.

CAPE MAY CITY, N. J., 'WEDNESDAY, JUNE 30, 1873.

NO. 29. U

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BUSINESS CARDS.

or TIN WAR X, i.ru DKAuaunrmrm, tuun MMMumatuanira pood*. *c Tln-Bootlng ■ SpMtaltT.

HcMakin'i ATLANTIC HOTEL, CAPS MAY, K. i.

Xfcmilrv

JOHN BcMAKIN.

PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

POTTER A NIXON. TORN XT8-AT-LAW. BMPQBTUN, N. J.,

DR. T. H. WILLIAM NON. J> JE3 JS T I » n?,

Attorney a 0u« May Court Boom, N.J. P.fL-OflbvatOp* lalaad durlat Be

attoiS’b^’atiuw'ar'dmas. TXR IN CHANCERY.

ooMimaiONEB or deem and con.

MASTER IA' CHANCERY, MEDICINES. KEARNEY'S

' FLPID EXTRACT

FORTUNE’S CAPRICES, i Mallory wan returning from hia day’a work, with tria spado orrr hia 'lonlder, whan he saw a woman sitting use to the wall, weeping bitterly. John had a kind heart, and waa really oved at the night of distresa, so he stopped end addressed the woman. You seem to be in trouble’ - —that what be aaiiL The monmer lifted face, and he saw that she young woman, soaiealy more I fact. But this did not r at all; possibly it increaaed it, for ‘Unablet Ah, yea; .1 bare come h a long, long way, andjOao fatigue o much weary I I wentto the peo‘a doors, bat no one said anything only, ‘ Go ’way ! We here no room for Go to the hotel, why do yon nt to the hotel, bat the kndorsi than all the rent. O. ighteaod me, be

One day a handsome ti iage drew op before the door or a noun 1 a quiet New England village. It waa n event in the history of that hotel, for ever had such an establishment been son there before. Out came the two ostlers, out came the atablehoys, oat une the barkeeper, sad lastly, oat came alighted from the carfollowed by a beaatifol and riehly-dreeaed lady. Bobbing his bare head, and waving aside his snborthe obsequious landlord led the

olng and shotting of doors, a ringing of holla, a rushing to and fro—in

selves, the lady I

U, Sir Edward ; it is

isn't worth while—each an insignificant lack,'' said the lady ; “only don't take on sirs, thinking all this attention is for ns. It is only for our carriage* and hones, and our clothes." By-and-bye. the landlord haring made me further errand to the parlor, the dy, who WSJ sitting by tho window,

woods to die stone.” ■'Ohoerup, then, if that Is all,” said ohn, " and oomc with me. My mother >ou't drive yon from her door, yon may And John spoke truly, for hia motlir’s heart waa like bis own. She only that tile girl was a

" Take off your things, my dear,” id tho, rumoring the girl's shawl with x own hands, •• and sit hero by the e. How yon shiver, poor child 1 ra're chilled to'tbo bone." "Yon are so kind—so rrffy kind I"

offered her; and then John was not only young; but wmgularly •bronatnh though thin and pda. ns if fon'rn. out of haafth. You’re not

yon looking so 1” "Alas, I have no mother I" said the girl, and bar tears began to flow afresh. "I will teU you my atnry.” "There, there. Urn aony. I mid it— m such a blunderer 1 Never mind the ory now, but after sapper, when you e warm and comfortable, yon shall teU ns about yourself, that it, all that yon wish to tell." So, when

as leaving. John saw her safely on her journey, id when he took her hand to nay fare-

g day dc ild Estelle, with tears in The good God bless yon for your kindness to the poor stronger—you, and the pretty Marie." Malloiya received ’, "jin* that she had reached her journey's end in mfoty, and was among friends. It was the only letter they ever received from her. In course of time John and Mary married and settle" down on the lory farm, and there, for the present

The Inkataad of

Mr. John- A. Smell, in sending the ‘independence inkstand " to the mayor if Philadelphia to be placed with other

itbenticity:

tho year 1849 there was plaood u custody a small silver troy, conta ink and sand holder of the same ma* riaL At that time tradition held that is was the inkstand need by the Preei nt of the Continental Congress at the 00 the Declaration of American Independence was signed. I took great in- • rest to obtain as much information 1 was passible to establisb ita identity, id made inqmrioe cm the subject daring ivaml yean succeeding 1849, from then jed public men, and the result of my investigations-resulted in convincing mo '* ‘ho identity of this one with that by the first Congress The late :able Thomas H. Borrows, after-

schools, told mo that he had made -unto inquiries regarding this stand iny years previously, and that bo had doubt that it was the same that held s ink used by the signers of tho Decision. Tbelato Hon. Thomas Nicholson, who will bo remembered as s man who required the most positive end conclusive evidence to convince his mind, was enthusiastic believer is the fact tjiat

Cue incident will sbow how much he the subject. When Harrisburg by tho rebel army in personally to

lure and bide in a safe place ‘ indclendenoe inkstand.' ” This inkstand

since 1849, and I can vtmeh for it being the one referred to by tho gentleI have named. It was need very 1849 by speakers of

"Ton h

little v

i pleasant and thriving a villige as I the county," answer*?! tho delighted landlord. " Do yon know if there la s family by name of Mallory living here I" asked

nme, no doubt. He’s living his mother I” led some six yearn ago, ma’am,

le to the family.” know," said tho landlord, delighted to have some intelligence to communicate, bnt marveling much that thb great lady could feel any interest in the Mallory family. " Well, great misfortune, and tlie#or»t of it was all bis owa fanlt If people will be no foolish, they must take the consequences. There wasn’t a more

lory, and hia property being mostly in real estate, there wsa no reason why ho shouldn't keep it always, snd bis ehildran after Urn, for real estate doesn't take to itself wings and fly away, as other riches But what does John do but sign

w he’s lost

" Everything t"

oily out of boose sad boms. That in av> thcyH have to go; there’s no p for it” ' He’s at the old place now, is her • He la, ma'am; bnt he won't be long;

and had been in Europe moat since; but that, bring now on a throngh "the States," they had

had befriended her in her need. Tho dear mother is gone. I pretty Marie, she ia

" Not to-night; not to-night; bnt toorrow Sir Edward will come with me, d we will talk It all over—the past and

THE BATTLE OF BUNKER HILL.

“ ! Prance, there is s

General Bnrgoyne in a letter to Load Stanley gives the following story of the battle of Banker Hill:

on the first troubles General Gage forti* fled. Arms of the —— and 'I— harbor

One of tbeae Charlestown, oi rubbish, snd oi

o the north is

scope of ground containing three hills, joining sloe to the main by a tongue of land and called Dorcbcotor Neck. The heights ns above described, both north

abeoh

*"■- i should

In | heights, snd we proposed to'begin with nj J j Dorchester, because from particular situation of batteries and shipping (too long to describe, snd unintelligible to you if I did), It would evidently be effected without any oonsidoroblo loss. Everything was accordingly disposed. My two colleagues and myself (who, by-tho-byc, have never differed in one jot of

ing, snd I propose that we shall moke a We will suppose, then, that yon and I w stopping at one of the qniet taverns in Carnal-, and have wandered toward the plain for a walk. Just ontaide Die town a bit of a hill rises high enough to tow us the surrounding country. There are few house* or trees on the plain; but it is divided into several enaos by long rows of unhewn upright men, which, ss far ss the eye can see, i ranged in almost perfect order, like

army prepared '

rmed a plan. Bon

General Gage, wsa to have tho Clinton is the e

each to take advantage o

The operations mast have been very easy, and they were to be executed on the 18th. On the 17th, at dawn of day, wo found that the enemy had, daring the night, formed intrenebments, with diligence, on the height* of

are twenty-two (t

ginally they

there

1 they

they have held their i for over eighteen h Eighteen hundred years 111

more than five hundred feet above the level of the Hudson. It can be readied from the Tarry town depot only by s rough drive over the stony hillside which streAche* all the way from tho river to the boundaries of the farm. The farm is devoted solely to the vast interof it lying in broad grazing pastures, the fields have been carefully moved snd piled in the shape of solid fences to protect the paddocks. The turf is ss soft and as springy as that of the prairies,

In a well-sheltered port of the farm are bo commodious stables; large enough to oenmmodat* the eighty horses owned by

i in Tanytown at once. Tho ire of wood, are thoronghly n winter, and well lighted, thy

ea; you realise a kind of uudnlatiL'K I se of it before youreyea. We stopped j net; a small window was at bund;- wo | ,

it enough slant to it c trudged on and

Items of Interest, nan has s -country 'seat this ia o time of year la him to go snd

id felt it.

The walls sagged vt

some difficulty that we Kept rrom su stairs when the tower reeled over on oi aide. I wonder that we bad the couni# to complete the ascent Towers ha' fallen before now; leauiug toworuare n expected to stand any longer thou th> choose to. The earth has sunk aboi the Pisa tower, so flint you go down se

■ i ground floor.

o get h

r the b

■ doily, though the qua!

identity in order thst others who may information regarding it, from 0 1849, may lie nasured that this 1 same one need to my certain knowledge at that period by the speakre of the House, snd reputed to be the independence inkstand." This invaluable and authenticated box in the middle and an iukholder on s made by Philip flyng, cost £& 15s.

Charlestown, and wo sew that i

evidently gave them fresh strength. It, therefore, became necessary to alter our plan and attack on the aide. Howe, aa second ill command, was detached with about 2,000 men, and landed on the outward aide of the peninsula, covered with shipping, without opposition. Ho was to advance from thence np the hill which was over Charlestown, where the

strength of tbp enemy lay. Ho had un- ( ^ bhi der him Brigadier General Pigot Clin- j ^ nvt , r

ton and myself took our stand (for we i g.

’ • ’ fixed post) directly opposite , gp^nuty -

How did they come there ! The Sim all fairy storie* were the trui'st histories, believed that giants brought them and planted them ; bnt we know better than that 'dsyjjore erected by ordinary I’Ulior the work cost at a time when there

* stabled in the.cit, we by the stables b

a three-quarter J li ' ’bandied and 1 a turn, and ear- ; <1 i wall. In shape i u

lid when the' baker a pay his bilb

Between Jiuinary 1 and May 22. 1876, irixty-flvo ounvirta oat of the State prison, of whom seven were under life sentences

for capital offences.

When they build** railroad, the first thing they do ia to break ground. This is often done with great ceremony. Then they break the stockholder*. This is done wlthont ceremony. There was method in the msdneas of the SU Louis woman who, after walking down to the river to commit suicide, suddenly rememliered that she'd left leek home on the flying jump. "That is tho e|>ot where Warren

fell!" said a patriot!

thee

compoata. He frequently ohm od. The time and though tw

, j perpetrated bj

The "bee* ' i heard from.

Howe's disposition waa exceedingly! _ soldier-like. In my opinion it was perfect. !, Aa Ei» first arm advanced np the bill 1 , they met with a thousand impediments from long fences and were much exposed. , They were exceedingly bait by musketry , ( from Gharlratown, though Clinton and I t did not perceive it until Howe sent us 1 word by a boat and directed us to set fire ' ( to the town, which waa immediately ,,

isbnry, in England. This ia called ich weigl^tcii tons and (he largest

■r them

s ignorant

girl is Pittsbugh Pa., while

afternoon lately, hail her hair as extraordinarily thick and —entirely cut from her heed.

grasslioppi r lias boon e took tile window blinds (’* house in Phelps oonn-

Nothing posit)

Due.

And ',

dreadful fora Of nsrroas excitcvery prevalent among all cases of society is that which is commonly called dipsomania." A weak tendency to ‘ "laane tendency. Wo

Wo threw s parcel of sb whole town was instantly Onr battery afterward kept fire on the heights, and it w by a number of frigates, teries, and one ship of the

war that can be conceived, if wo look j. to the boights, Howe's corps, ascending ^ and in a very disadrantageons ground, | ^

aged; to the loft the j ^

pouring in fresh troops by the ; m

They professisl nature of things.

e, bacauai

Right. Our actora, our orators, onr hardly keep np the . ired to go throngh with their, work and so they take alcohol to get np the steam of the mind. Wo believe, write* a phyaictan. if a vssa has to go throngh a certain amount of bodily work he will do it better if be takes

of mental

and the simplest trick of a good xrajuror wonld surpass their most

... ... an f * Ile | wonderful ones. They were astrologers of the so. our »■$» mid herb doetora as well*, priert. and bottsne. commanding them. Straight . lt xibnlod „ sacred before m . large and noble town in one j ^ ^ ' grrotbUxe. The church steeple*, beta* , Hnmlm fonnoll ono of Um

of timber, were great pyramids of fire | ,

fresher for work and last on l The body ia a tough machine, b must treat it fairly; and ao of the ia usually tough enough, b

falling together in ruiua to fill the earths storm of the redoubts, with the object* above described, to fill the eye— ' 'be reflection that perhaps a defeat flnkl end to tho British empire in America to fill the mind—made the whole a picture and a complication of ror and importance beyond anything t it boa ever been my lot to be witness must lament Tom's absence. (Tom - a nephew of Lord Stanley.) It a fighAJor a yonng soldier that the I Bid had he boon with mA would likewise

Loire, in France, where, onoe oven year, between sunrise anil sunset, they pulled down and rebuilt the roof of tlieii temples; and any priest who allowed the smallest part of the sacred material* tc .'au'tarokasly, was torn to piece* by hii '• Tb'tnly trace* of the or e rude stone buildi hongo and Comae. ’ Entreating befor ~ mans, the Droids wi ’ " ’ Jeaay, in Woles; an ■aw their conqnerare following they made preparations for a battle. Among

e tho nnfortnre quite sure they would 1, for their oracles gave on to believe in a gloriimph of their arms. Bnt the were again victorious,’’ and the ’ Druids themselves were the one* A McAo/oj. A Ktraage Story, If True. The following singular item wo copy "" in who killed

• fcdoracy, perched in a tree, picked off e of the brother*, and, though the i negro - was discovered a few minute* 1 later and shot by the Michigan boy*.

a lofty rock ll the llniwt

" That," sa

tia, fs we caught sight of it, between j fl hills. " is Constantine—this is Africa ! R lose who have seen only Algiep* and „ littoral have not been in Africa !" , . nd and impressive is indeed the. f, : view of Constantino, placed as by / liautment on its mighly pedestal of ,

ition gives a wild appearance to the iluf&y in singular hxrmony with the Arab town. Queen of picturesque ou her rocky height, lowering in if place, she overlooks all around. The rock on a murer approach iteoms to ’ nature, leaving a fearful c.nsm between the parts dotadied. Looking down into this abyss, the head swims on the giddy height. Below rolls a torrent, now in tho depths beneath, now hidden by shelving rocks, again it apiVars, then opening, show* itself once more before it dishes down tho precipice and forms the falls of BoumeL A fall of water is boantital when, amidst mountain y, in the atillnoaa and solitude of , it rushes from under the dork foliage of tree* and, lexping overperpendicular rocks, ia thrown faaming from crag to crag till,.with ono last bound, all veiled in spray, it reaches the ground with a crush of thunder t The lioumel rolls ita restless stream In a yet grander scene. High above its water—suspended in midair—a natural bridge, which ■es the gorge, spans the kbyss from to side, whilst higher up still rises steep wall of rock, on whose summit above, and below smiles s lovely valley, owes Us rich vegetation to tho im-

Tho dead walls of Hyde Park, Boston, bAr a poster with this startling legend : “ KUI yonr caterpillars ! Don’t hit them

i old trunk in the i a map of Philadelphia uid a picture of Bulti

i flag of Entaw (which was 1. raved os be spoke) nwokit Mie am anew. As he dosed,

orchestra struck up the one Dixie," which the ass corned ns an old friend, of Gen. Fitzhngh Lee •

calmly flowing hotweDi its banks. But have been carried »w*y with th^curit, for we wore speaking of the groat deft round Constantine. In ltd* terrible opening taglr* and vultures fly and I. whilst on the roof of the old i whioh overhang it* prodpitona colony of storks build their enoraosta. Aa they si

Bannxna Mix.—They to

lacks on the outside. The Uterald youth piled bp the trunks, and than took off the checks, with Uie loot her straps attached, and hung them np on stride of tbs car. Tha baggage

• _ - ■! do we first" a bright fittle shaver rof to lasts plied : “Th* MNevaoro is that a oontt-

es the great hall J mtI , ot philaihilphia was preoeutod to with a storm of j ^ tvilliam Penn, as ia C ° l "d a! 116 ** " I “’' rn ^ bweription thereon, vriiioaritv oHdie ^ is related of Mrs. Mary Wolf, who iu 1812 her husband had charge of

kept a quantity of powder the house and perish, rather I

Star to j “ ^'1- “ J Uk '

A woman appeared in a Canada cm tlie other day and mule complaint 11

warmer if possible Hum the preceding 1 probnate epithet. " What waa it, one*. I looked around and sawthe light '' '"‘""J Inquired Um magiaof a adonm gratitude md tbaulmgi.i.4! - " A V<^o, mt, replied .be in a wy faoelwben Geu. Lee statml that voice heuu demi-romi-quavering with he had come because he claimed a right emotion. "A pinno, rasdame; come o be here, and the cheering was «1“‘«P 1 ”!" 1 ' »md tho judge, mid mraultnously renewed, as it .as at the j >”-• lh " courL close of hia brief nddrees. Then the 1 - ■ ■ played "Attld Lang Byne" | Did Not like It rofonnd rilanoo, yet a silenoo | gojoabody toterviewod George Pranoia f nU of memories and fuU of hope*. ( ^ ut^r tod: •! Do you aee

these lion.ls ? Boo the blood run into them ! There's health for you—all comes from vegetable diet, air. No meat for me. I cat nothing but voge-

they dont do no better, hut if I was them j tables. Vegetables make* .muscle, wudent coteh me pnttin everything j sinew, strength, manhood"— hia world into my mouths, I can tel! ; "Yes, *Ueorge," tod his auditor, .likoonm doen. Mary, that's I he laughing, “you're right. Meatiawe*kse maiil, she waa only chile wen sin' ‘ cuing, I always no lice thst all tho strong to home, and she. use to have dole, animals live on vegetables. There's the she never see a meat baby real olooo weak lion and panther, and tiger—they he oome to our house, and that girl ' five on vegetables; and there's the sturdy jea a stonish ol the time to see wot sheep, the goose, the calf andtbejaoky xrnda do, and it was morn a month . aa»-Uiey live CD meat entirely. They"— she wude tuoh it One day Mary’ "It always makes mo marl to talk to oomo a tmstin in the ilinin room m-n ; on infernal fool I" tod Train, coloring m dinner, wits like a sheet, and np, wjiilo he turned an his heel and loft . hardly had any broth, and she said O, if j in a huff. - -

you pleas, ranm. baby has went and et

'' i nurary dore every hit, ol bnt je* the I . . - - i<ame Lam. h, but wen my mother alie'went to see j .* - York laws moke it nulawfol for t was tlie matter it was only father any poison to kill any eagh., nigfat1 lake of. live dote to mend it, and | hawk, jroodpeoker, yellowlnrd, wren. Jy was a smAin a round paper wate. i martin, blnebinl, oriole, bobolink, or ih a girl! When *be first come to j any oilier song bird, nnder a penalty of e with us oue day Unde Nod he was five dollar* for each bird killed. Also, ilaiu with baby after Innefaeop, and he j no poreou shall kill any robin, brown 1 the cork of a.ale bottle a stieki.. ou thrasher, meadow lark or alwtling, only . cork ocru, and he waa a lettin baby j daring August and SeptN-iber, under a loitin hi* month. Mary she come I penally of five dollar# for rr l tJ -‘

it, and die

pul it oat quick, and she ran in the kitchen as faa aa over she code and brol Unale Ned a tumblerou a tray! Tween blecro that girls got

was leading

do not apply to

any person who shall kill any bird for the purpose of studying ita habits or

fruit, but do to any person ; the neet of any wfid bird, subject to a penalty of trout j-