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STAR OP THE CAPE.

VOL. VII.

CAPE MAY CITY, N. J., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 25, 1875.

NQ. 37.

i fftuIL Don't dare to a

□, for he had n

ot any that be had forgotten hie oath, or the

•'J *“J "mo aou euuu. out me wen- wmiera among na. -Well, wopian and child be lored, bnt a There wee no reply; bnt, looking nil monlha went by, and then came a Way ahead of anything rlae <ra rer, I aaar aneb n bitter, aonowfnl look little white letter, “acribed" in a tbonglit that Inrk had turned—that he 1 the face of Lnmley'a pardner, that, dainty woman’s hand, toLnmb-y'a pard- had only to follow it np and win

’ ” trembled all orer like a ' all the pad. Lamley'a pardner atooped

there dropped i Lumley caught i

. J leaf when it waa put into hie hand, tool i of | it into hia cabin, and ahut test the door ing, Within the next half hour he cam< ild. i out again in a dkeperate hurry, reddlet

to his,a

pard," he cried, “yon shall « my two treasures. Here they are. and the boy I"

picked it up. I saw a man die on or, stabbed through the heart. Just such a look came into the face of Lumley’s pardner, as ho glanced at that picturo in hia hand. Lumley, bending over his letter, never saw it When he had finished rending, he held out his hand.' The'other did not even rail eyes, bnt kept them fixedly on wl

once thonght to loav

and child," he muttered, preset to Lumley than to himself. "Ah I" ho returned, shaking

knowingly, "ia tl ‘

the b

louthed, but a disappointment—I never suspected that. She, whoever it was, oos bad taste when she looked rwny!" and he ran his eye admiringly over the other’s splendid proportions and manly, handsome face. "She never refused me," broke in Lumley’s pardner in a low, smothered’ tone, his eyes still fastened intently on picture. *' I—never asked her, bnt knew my mind, and I thonght I

e back. It w

poor scribe. But she mgh to peed uo writ! intentions. There ft

Unexpected b hasty explanation,

soon ho might be 1

The news came k

Could nc

The 'little mother ' and your boy are

Idled i waiting here, outside."

il. Lumley started—half rose to his feet, his ; looked up into hia pardnsr’s face, and how . then at the cards; then at the door, then

t- I wistfully at thp yards and the gold. As at last by a party with a heavy sigh he sunk into hia seat

of traders, stopping to noon in camp, j again, Lumley’s pardner, dashing the Then I knew what those marks of weak- . amis from his hand, raked np the stakes ness about .his mouth stood for ; Lum- ; and forced the money into Lumley's

ley had never left the city at all! He | pock.it.

had sat down at the gaming table, one ' " How long will yoh keep your wife night, and gotten up from it, the next j and child waiting alone, at night, m a morning, poorer than ho had come into strange city before the door of a gam- ” f tiling In *’’ 1

Lumley could never give up at that. He must win it all beck. Luck was surely in store for him yet. He haunted the gambling houses, playing recklcsdy, desperately, so long as he could win enough to keep the bolls rolling; pawn- ' ' ‘ - - - - • olotll .

m failed

•So Lumley's pardner found him— oavy-eyod, with a seedy flashiuoas

dissipation in’ l

mish face

Tile blood rushed all ov. the manliness yet left in 1 feel the shame of that n ley's pardner took him to <

st struck home. Like ■

Lumley

Lumley's pardner kne

o of tl

Ivor followed him, bnt alippod«out of m aide door and the next .lay saw him ick in camp a trifle pale and sterner isn was his wont, bnt the clear gray res dauntless, honest and brave. - And X reckon, to this day, Lumley >vcr knows how much he owes to hia d mate, or that his Lulie had one true

' new and appro-

districts this summer. At short intervals we hear of their throwing some village or country neighborhood into an uproar of wrath or of cyui cal merriment, not unmingled with in digestion, by their thefts, their acts of

the beat th

It would bo difficult to give the tramp his true place in the social economy of town or country. He may be and doubt- ■ leas often is an honest enough sort of laboring man seeking employment from place toplace, and too often fallinc bv. easy grad ri* In in the 1<

idle ways of the footpad. Probably still oftener he is a natural born vagrant, bating work,loving change, raidingn'oont

whatever else he may be, your typical tramp is no ordinary vagabond. Like his betters, he mostly spends his winters this is hardly credible. Chough of Blackstone to know that the State, in guaranteeing the life along with the liberty and property of all, even the meanest of its citizens, is under obligations to pro-

lan," he said,

•fact way, " and I’ve come of this. Hdtv much do you and have a trifle

ueU in the i

m of Luu

r friend than 1 do

»*. T. H. WILI.IAMNOX. r> e jv m » r x'

L r.IMM ATTOHNET AT LAW AND MASTER IN CHANCERY. Xo. IS Parry Rtraat, Cope May aty.

relsurs to --Ingialillve^ .

ruagnoh 7—fltnk* oat Uisfollowtsg wards

KulreSte '“iiNtdS?"-’"” of “ Wl *

•sewteinwf by U>, ted paid oat of thi ttnsL

Iho parted l“ r fos

psngrei'li six, of orucJs 0v«, ralslin to " ExPur tea prepoMd siasatnaat, SsslimaUd

•ate of oas doUsr sad flflv esats usr day for the rnnaUstar of lbs session. When canreucd

Per tee .ropoted aModaMat. d~lftaUd P»trapl^ of aitlela flvs, rskurs to

uw Bliss they shall travel to seinir teaad re ouxaog from tear place of meeluic oa the

rjjuuJI'lo ’-ApiictnU^iSw sS^UounTot

-eud Itstert In liea thereof tee followtne : dMtoi'tetteJi’f^^bteh

ffseUJjrepjaadaMadmaet, d>»lgnat«J

°'^^doeaty. for »y parpiet wbu-ver”™'* 17

The fatal explosion i phia arsenal, by which killed and a number of others injnred, in only another of the cases to bo added to the long list of disasters from the careless use of powder. Powder, ’ known, after being cramped in a for some time, loses its strength and cakes badly. Again old abells quently sent to the arsenal to bo broken np aa they are useless. The powder must be removed, and this is at the bent a dangerous job. At the Philadelphia arsenal about twenty boy* wl ranged between twelve and eighteen instructions. The powdr picked ont carefully from tne sn a building waa especially devoted

Lnmley made a hasty gesture of ml. /’And there, old man, was ciscly where you failed to connect don't do, yon know, for women to "> much for granted. They like t ell fortified; and thch yon are treat to win if you toko them by sb Why, my Lulie "-

and thanking yon all the same, I’ll have nobody’s help out" Lumley's panhwr'NqjJl a brood hand on each of the pitifully droofing shoul-

A Woman Buys a Steak. ** Mr. Batcher, I want a steak, the best steak you’ve got, and if you cheat

though he la extremely reluctant to accept the poorhmiao living which is provided under this dispensation uf the common law. But he is a stout stickler the principle, and insists upon being

•11 fed al

the pliant rascal places his piece esjiecially tough and

ivertake him in his roamings. He Cawor do Hasan, though rarely as courteous as Unbin Hood. Ho turns contemptuously away from a proffered the humble toil of the husliondmau, even when ho is offered three dollars a day to aasist in haymaking. To the charity

Certainly, ’ir That’s ton re

iroblom in these

imolhiug dustry, and, indeed, the chief wonder ia

Do yon dare den

walked ov

California, •umley’a hopefnlness I, and each morning

yon let up I"

•• So help mo Heaven, aa soon as I got back two thousand dollar*, I swear never to touch cards or dice again." And Lumley was dead in earnest -this time. Still be would accept nothing from Ills The night the Ocean Belle was sigl*ort, Lumley's pardacr beckonto BUI" aside,'and some lerstondlng passed between

game, Lumley’s

pardner left Ids post, which was something unnsnal, passing Monte BUI on the way to the door. It waa not generally noticed, bn’, m he pas ’ ’

" Well, here’s the thing, then i pretty a piece of beef aa til le market. How much ’U you The butcher rests his knife cal of streaked neck, tongher discoveries, and the ’ 11

lake iL She insists Hist the j j u ^ jju ."J”* 1 '*: i b> 47,000, of whom only 11,000 »

rhUe in 1871 the city lodged •ants and paupers, whereof tramps from other places, vicing work in the city durler and drifting to the rural

districts in the summer. These figures

are certainly startling, though

{high tariffs and inflated rag money

r ! prosperity.

' ~ e statistics for Boston show that in | 1872 that city lodged 86,000 vs grant", of

- W belonged there; that j

in 1873 the total number had increased ' ‘

e ~ .., , and having secured hex mem laaoaui , jKirdncr, his white face stUI bent on the ' cuuihy " next words., t but I am t giv. li(iiae wjth # { ^ of 1H , 1 [. (fmltl | ll . I picture. His voice trembled a little ; TT 1 '"'"T”’ lion upon her «.tutenc«. At the table : over the last words. ° ^ to-night I shall win itnlllNsck " T ' "bi- n'msrke U* her luisland, exultanUy : ( “Lulie is truth itself." answered ; " There’s a steak fit to eat, and a groat |... .

hoTt try it

e shown

might

“Yes,;

night, ns Lumley pinystood Lnuley's pardner looktli never a word of that litUr

on,brought n, when will

the

gambler's hcni]; Then slouching his i ' his eyes, he left the LolL _ in the street, LumleJ'e pardnor looked anxiously down. It would have been dark but for the street lamps, but down by tile wltarf shown out the gleam of a new signal-light, which,

head, glowered through

the dark like the fiery eye of a gigantic Cyclops ; the Ooeen Belle was In. Ten

the bustling crowd that thronged deck, he harried across the plank and made his wsy straight to the cabin. - The post seemed ail s dream, as be stood again with wildly heating heart ifore s onoo familiar form. Her two ith. its, own wild-rose tiits of jovoline«s her soft ryes shining np in glad expoctaTho broad sombrero slouched his forehead shaded hia features, saw only bronzed cheeks

“Is well. 1 am'to lake you* to him." Ha took timidly the hand she extend--wkwardly the little woman thought,

Give:

[s took the sleeping boys in his arms,

so hardened piloted

carriage close beside' the wharf. Put- 4 i, ho laid the child gently,

itly, upon her lap.

One last.aearehing glance from under

o, and he dosed beside the driver."

Oddly eoongb, Lumley had just finish-

with Monte E

and chaws nt his steak silently, whether it wouldn't even pay

tod in a problem d philoaophera in

concludes be'll

better and wiser administration than have had for a decade shall bring i: new era of industrial activity and pi

parity.

i small difficulty in rigorously

ompelling all trumps to work, starve or

•go West."

It, but she's dead I"

ft in Heart Disease.

Dr. Pecholler, at

neut French physician, la now cited in milk diet in the treatment of so of the heart. He states thn hypotrophy—namely, in ill os there the consequences of the dc

it ot tl

rr the

rs pre-

y of tl

. lood is great in the nrteries and tho radial pulse is full and hard. In such diet, together with tho use of digitalis, and sometimes without it, will, if con-

•uper-

snd thu

s cure. It is found thi

fluence of this diet tho impnlsee of (lie heart diminish, together with the palpitations, also tho congested oondiof tho face, brain and longs. The . ont ozperieuewi sn unexpected improvement, and, by the adoption of this

plan, life may bo prolonged and

auppor

u though

Treed by a Dog. i Middletown (Del.) TronMcripi tells an smusing story : A young gentleone of the aids of (his excellency, the Governor of Delaware, want to call a friend iu Kent county, Maryland. Ho drove Into tbs yard, alighted

opeqing a gate when be waa espied by s' Nuvago flog, which at once made a dash for him. The colonel, who in a war with Jersey over the fishery difficulties

seeing this dire enemy approach,

thonght not of fight, and hastily betook himself to a gate post, which he climbed with lightning rapidity. This elevated perch afforded him temporary relief

1 * i foe, who immediately settled ■to of siege. Tile colonel was bod predicament His hone, I had not bitehod, was loose,

and might go away, and bo dare not got down to tie him ; he might not be dla-

, cs^overed by , aSa-becomt

o lodge on that post - do ho did not know, as fortune always

ictocs Tuuir.—A tramp who was d cider by Joaiah B. Corbin, of Cornwall, Conn., the other day, went to tobacco bed and rolled over in it, tearing up the plants, whereupon Mr. OorMn act his dog upon him, bnt the tramp whipped the dog, and then ptuameled Mr. Corbin, who went toiteao- », after which belted.and.though Mr. Corbin purenad him ••vend ndlas

Honor to the Blackbirds, a the barley in the fields nt Wo ie, Moss.,- waa ripening, thu b)

and robbers, feeding upon whal

all al

they did more good than harm, and tl lather were welcome to their share. The harvest began, and as the mowers reached the middle of the field they found the' stalks of the grain vety much stripped snd cut up, by the army worm. When the barley.wes .town they began to inarch out of tho field in a compact stream through the bar wsy into the next one, snd hero wss seen clearly what the blackbirds were after. They jiounced upon them and devoured them by thousands;

very mslerislly lessening; their

it they

have not destroyed them all, but have materially loosened them and their power of mischief. ' 'All honor, then, to the blackbirds. The army worms bad returned after an interval of eight or ten

is of the great engineei--

This tunnel, iq projected, is to be a right lino, extending between Torifa and Algeairas, on tho Spanish oooat, to -Centa and Tangier on the Morocco shore, thu snbmarino portion to be 44,160 feet in

ngth, or nearly ni iteeprise offers, it i

no miles. ’

Ues.th

EngUsh el will have

i the si

ie), slthongh tho latter o than twice the length. . depth of the channel at traversed is stated to be

only' 163 feet, while that of the straits is 2,621 feat. Supposing that the tunnel ider Gibraltar be bored at a distance one thousand feel undet tho lied, Ha tal depth under the sea MVeUwould over 3,600 feet, while the entry and it galleries would be each three miles

length.

A Terrible Experience.

Panamint valley, California, acaroe in that region, and it is . o who make tho jouri carry a supply. This party, howr, took too Uttle, and were soon-suf-

fering with thirst. The first to succumb

told by his comrades to lie still snd

they vn

to where the other had

ihausted, leaving only one—an old mountaineer named Fhillipa-to struggl - on tSntil ho reached a spring. He filled his canteen and started tank to he found

snd