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CAPE MAY CITY, * N. J., WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1875.

NO. 38.

BUSI1TESS CARDS.

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' Hotels:

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MoMakin’s

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IilrMtlr on tha Ma Aere. Open all the, — JOHN MeMAKIN,

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PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

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dot, ad the aacsataj, of Mala to prepare All hava prartad a aofieiaot nnaibar or th. ballou pnridad for kl tau act In th. firm karate peo^dad far thaaM r* aod dull. atlaMt twi £t?2£ZZ£

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raL^au ‘^Sgldalt ri r For th. propoaad amondtnent, dfalniatad cSSlKSr For the prwiOMd aaMadment. ile.iKti.trd aw; p£g,.7 St 1 ? |SZiw‘--lpeu1SItmre rSamTlo •VApjmtSng 1 . Ss; jnttaigfMBBa moxrLWx::: panaraph foor. mohoo two, of —*‘" 1 lAppohmug po«ar

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to joatioo o( Colonel Baker's eonnotion. bat ite onneeqnenoe, are toiriarmj, and it the precedent in the cane of Major B is followed, as it probs'will be, be will loae the value of his ooramiiedou, trhich is between <8,000

end £1

<600 and all the easts of bis ^

as than <500, so that

the peeunisiT loss which he will enflor for his offense will be all of £10,000, or *50,000. Tina, however, is the least and slightest of :

family ia rich ac

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1 drsaa gooda, g lavra, hosiery, and t linezy. Persona si a diatanoo deairtng - to porohaae diy gooda, etc., in Now ' Teak may address Mademoiaello Isolsna. Evany >ind of underwear and amall

it the low-

With that he threat a roll of b her hands, and disappeared into ity place oar jnst as they Broadway. That night she slept

side, and the best society

more. Isolena, the yonngest of the family, had accepted tho sitnation with becoming fortitnde. She had three i trunks laden with the spoils of Saratoga j and Newport They would keep her in i cfotbee for two years, and so long ns the j spoons held out to burs, to her boardj mg boose faro she could return. Aftei i the crash the father did nothi

i more tetters,

ing forty dollars in all. Theee orders employed her nearly all day, and at night she sent a letter with each, detailing the boainese transaction. The neat day there came but one letter, and she was s trifle discouraged. Thencamr tho Sabbath, and on the Monday then 0 twenty letters, including one that evidently wandered about Madison

COL. BIKES* PCMHIIXEST.

* W‘“

But then

n easily

cr lane jaiL Tree, the judge terciful enough to order that daring his imprisonment he should be ex-

" physical degradation of the thieves and other Ms fellow-prisoners ; he

ia to be treated, it ia supposed, like a debtor. Bot the moral degradation rel-

it will be practically inefftoe-

The so

her bed. anything

■peroua days, now kept

sternly in that noble path. The elder daughter, in a fit of desperation, threw herself sway on a bookkeeper with eight hundred a year, and was buried in Jersey. laolena Van Rensselaer, being a person of sense, sold tbeaUver and jewelry a bit at a time, ftaitr the family board bills, and so kept the wplf sway. Weeks passed, and tho store of spoons faded slowly swmy. How much 'longer could they live on sflvorwsro 1 The wolf had already bayed the gas lamps in Third avsnue, just around the corner, and the sound kept her awake in the One day there came a letter inclosing a check for one hundred dollare. Her hand shook, as she unfolded the crisp

m told O

this n

striokon from ths roll of

which he was a member, and that upon his release from prison he wilLAud-evcry door dosed against him. Mnob surprise cited by tbs remark made by the in sentencing him, to the effect, he might efface the stigma of his

of eervioe to his country in the re. Bui how can he do this if, as ia said to be oarUin, be is to be cashiered from the army "for conduct un-

- and k gentleman t"

Colonel Baker was a mognifloou t officer, e^rinee Frederick Charles of Pro mis cot long ago said that there were ,< only four great cavalry ofllocra in Europe,’ 1 and of throe Colonel Baker was one. esteemed throughout tho whole his fellow-oBoeni looked up to him. The oommandrr-in-chief, the Duke of Cambridge, was warmly at tachsd to him. On tho very night after Colonpl Baker's unhappy meeting with Miss Diekeneon ho waa present at a din-

wearing npon her that tho sight of a check shook every nerve! And how hail Heaven raised such friends in their boor

of need!

It was only a letter from Cousin Mary Pelham. Cousin Kitty was to be married, and Mary wished to furnish one room in the new home. Would Isolena be so kind os to do some shopping in have it sent np by expmet Glad to find somsthiug to divert her mind, Isolena vent shopping among the carpet men, aoleoted what she thought would please and fit the prescribed meeoore, paid the bill, sad returned home tired oat and minus fifteen cents paid for car fore. Two days after came a letter say ing that " the carpet was lovely, and we are all so much obliged." The next day Isolena counted the spoons and figured ont their position. There was just enough plate to pay the board bills for exactly six weeks. She appealed to her father. He, poor man, had trouble enough on hand. The wife and mother was dying. For a time tho teaeer griefs were lost hi ths greater ; and then the mother crept sway to peace sod bar (pars, weary with the miaarablo disasters of the family. Ths day after the funeral Isolens asked her father for her portion, and ha divided his Irving among them all. Iso-

After the dinner be nude a Utile speech in honor of the duke, which so charmed his royal highness that as the ' ' ' " heslapped him-oh the Baker, yon r lived!' The affection which the Prinoe of Wales bore for Mm is wall known, and, in a ~ in the British

. Then generally. The elder daughter forked her parlor with her share of the ak, and laolena sols a diamond ring, and put an advertisement in the papers. Then she found another and cheaper boarding place, and sat down to a wait results, or starve. Within a week a million people reed

i Baa of Nerve.

Mr. Van Stnpen, what do yon ml" Bis, of oonree. Now you're offend1 tug pardon. Mire Van Renaaelrer. Ton know I would not I thought I

He will trouble you aga "He is my brother, eir," si ith dignity. " We will not s

This Mr*. Patty Johnson said in farmed by an tolerable French, and the shopper fo j in ^ waa,,mens. His'rr plied with equal grace and bettor yoU , d ^ Bab ,«t—the c

" Let us apeak of this norm

cor now. Our paths divide. I must' un my living, and Patty would never ! ogive me. I am truly glad to hear of '

1 ho withdrew, end without an inviti

! to renew his calL

; Now was her life dear before 1 She must give her whole heart tc

There waa naught eh

th bookkeeping, j

Ho al

ked

feed on, and it m The one friend ah proved unfriendly, to come to her idnm Amy Ramsey f Sh

How had he dared ! n hia engagement to | a

alight pur-

; ring aound; but when be did look his

i in want of a bookkeeper, and heart came up to Ms mouth and a cold (leased to employ you." sweat started as suddenly aa though he deeply grateful, mademoiseUo. , wero .oapomled by a weak rope over kind offer. Ion will pardon j yjhigara. Prenaiug itself softly against

prospect of j his leg, VaTuing abontMm aa ho walked, " luviug ito flexible body swiftly, but with

imething almost Uko a terrible laugh t them, was a huge cougar t No chicken

room, and one for a female bookkeeper. ; At night she glanced over the paper to j i > see if her advertisements had rooehed _

it of the m

her hand, and ic dreamed of th

happy might have been. How ahe ha misjudged him ! And be was gone I Three hundred and thirty one gir , and women preoented then '

r for

Ten

; per cent of them knew tbqir business j fairly well; ninety per cent, wore totally ignorant of tho whole subject! After much diacnasion a girl who bad a firstclass talent for doing exactly aa she wan

d ber eyes, and her uppreaeed smile.

If you please me, sir, and you are

' will go into partner-

a from this day." : sidered as aiwcryphal at all. Sleek and snpple and mnaculkr the beaut glided

' * interval* it would come

1U body against

j the legs of the nun, the light touch making gooBeflesh of every inch in hii| form. It waa a terrible experience, that inter view with the' cougar in the foreat primeval, and it was well, for the man that Ms nerves wero of tho kind to do honor to a frontier adventurer. Steadily pnrahing hi* course with steps that

would falter

dry goods red millinery purchasing house of laolena. Van Stnpen, and Co., in West Fourteenth street More ..than this, it ia a growing hoiaae. The company has increased materially.

There are two already—twins.

The Power of Water. It ha* been observed by th? ablest writers in tho service of geology that

agent of denu-

other'o beautiful present, red so glad hear that laolena had made tho eeleom. " VTonld it be too much trouble to do just a little shopping—only a There waa no money inclosed. Perhaps Mrs. Johnson waa not aware that Mias Van Renaaelaer was in bnaincss. Without the slightest hesitation ahe indosed her advertisement to Mrs. Johnlon, red explained her position. Mrs. Fohnaon might ont her deed ; ahe probibiy would. She might even talk to ler brother, red perhaps aay bitter red disagreeable things. Then ahe must. The following day brought more letira, red a lond complaint from her . landlady concerning tho trouble of bringing np ao,largo a mail. laolena at turned all ber available assets into

e two set up

is girls kept the books, red the mistress shopped for a profession. The weeks grow to months, and tho winter came. Mademoiselle Isoleun j constretlyvpread her advertisement be-1 fore the rural public, red tho fame of I her bargains filled the feminine mind I with admiration. She slowly red snrely prospered, red tried to think herself |

hnppy-lmt failed.

In all this neither father nor sister : nor brothereever visited her. She worked ’ for a living. They never oonld for girt- j that. Madison square concluded she i must have died, red nobody

xuis gambols. A

Litmed it

circle around him

tbo brute, opposing ti ending tbe in' ' "

Modem

n ty^ul to M;

Madison j delta.

matter is, without any

eat now in operation. Thu smallest streams carry with them a proportion of the anil through wMch they Sow, red tbe volume red velocity red conaeqneut powers of erosion red transportation of a river tho effects on matter throngh | am which the channel is formed will be j wil very marked. Lyell estimates the j Th quantity of solid earthy matter brought i "tr down rehually by tho waters of the j th«

Mississippi to bo 3,702,758,400 cubic as it passed nun. in an ini feet, red this ia exclusive of tho vast bounded in front red crouched quantities of floating timber red other j spring, growling hoarsely red s vegetable tesMee which are coutinuouslv ' its teeth. The man stoplied red ’ being l%no off tho uplands by the | hopelessly for aid, wMle the oou tributary streams. A •vast quantity of | nov spring at once, but appeared this alluvium finds its way to the gulf to gratify its humor a little longe and it> deposited on the submerged | shout, fortunately, wssnot in vai plateau of mud at tho enter edge of the | There were bunterwmd dogs

' *' forming tho foundation of ! immediate"

were but ns the playing of a ret in kicked desperately a! the beast

ir life.

11 back

low Union

room on the third Broadway jnst bonil having supplied

f,. alone in ite city. Tho t- ones ohamlier, parlor, kitchen, isinaas office. A dollar a day gave i this, and placed her within easy reach of the best stores both on Broadly red Sixth avenue. The removal vo her a chance to advertino .again, d ahe went into it with seemingly aklosa energy. She believed in advartiaiog, red she meant to play a bold ' red in tho game.

Slowly,'

grown mors plaoid red quiet, snd her face had put on s womanly beauty tho Isolena ot Madison square had never

known.

Suddenly tho elnrk gave notice that ahe must leave. All, yea! going to bo married. That was it. Her work was only a makeshift till a man oonld be fonud to support her. After some delay Isolena found her father, and he called to see her. Would he keep her books

plain seaward. But a vast quantity alao ' suddenly from tho covert os the cougar, is deposited in tho bed of the great river | seeing them, leaped for a tree. A few itself, red this process of filling up 1ms | moment* later the beast fell * victim to for ages assisted in the formation of bullet*, red the man with whom it bad the great alluvial plaiua or bottom lauds taken a atroll was telling bis stoiy and that stretch southward from St. Louis trying to restore the normal condition of for one thousand milee along the river, his nerve*. It was one of tho episode:i and are in width from thirty to eighty which turns men's hair gray—one which miles, red represent those'inexlmustibly : would, doubtless, have bronght death to

fertile lauds of which tho Loqilou 7W# 1 —

• • - in 1866: There is

,i the affair.

grateful girl tl

day by day, her business inIt kept her npon her feet red res red street* nearly all day,

bat in all her wanderings about the city

meet Mr. Van Sts pen ncr any who recognised her. Patty uever answered her letter, red

her family seemed to have utterly fallen ‘ of her life. Weeks passed, and ths m season came* Then her business declined, red she at once spent every or the could spore in new advsrtiae-its,-red within ten day* her oorres-

denoo doubled in volume.

said, slowly: ‘'lathis your home, laolena!" lea, Mr. Van Stnpen; it is my

nor Thomas." Oonld Well, no, not very con

he oonld pick np to pay hut board red i the boys' board. By-the-way, he waa just a little short. Could she lend him | twenty dollars for a day or two f In silence tho gave Mm ten dollars, red he

without even thanking her.

down indignant- and henrtwonld have cried for shame

_ [round red throws in the seed, red hi* the family ) bountiful harvests come up year after >r Edward 1 J™ *>*hout further thought or trouble, ipporthari Thousand* of centuries hare made the ntlv He 8011 /or him, red it defies him to make i

- • • •• I too heavy demands upon it. It give* : which they enect in tn# ovsr-prouuc

him all ho asks, and is never known to ! tireness of natnre; by their eolom, fire*, j disappoint or fail. j and poisona, and by their ar

Usefulness of Inserts,

seels apeak to ns neither by Ui-> nor by their physiognomy, by o they appeal to us t' By their s; by the prodigious destruction

fell—yea ; but hasdlj safe." h, indeed it is. The janitor ai hia wife live up ataire, red tho str>

lies. "For til that, people might oome up d annoy yon.. Your father and brothI have been looking for yon. They Iff me yesterday, when I returned re Saratoga, and asked where you ed. I had bull

Patty Van Stupen. • 1 laolena ! Can I bqliovo myself I" “Yes, Patty, it is I. Can I be of

“ Groat Heavens I has it come to this?" " I do not know what you more, Miss Van Stupen. Shopping is my profession. Thi* !s oty office, red I am neither ashamed m afraid. I explained it to yon onoe.'-'iy' letter. Oh, pardon me ! You are marrilst, Mrs.-Mrs. "- “ Johnson, laolena. .1 never received yonr letter, and I am truly grieved and shocked." " I do not know wljy yon need be. I I own no man any thing." " Does my brother know

A First Might of Napolrori. The memoir* of a noted Frenchman, just published, give the following picture of the first Napoleon: I was strangely surprised at hia appearance, for nothing could be more remote Hire this from the conception I had formed. In the midst of a numerous staff I saw a man of stature below the middle height, red extremely alight. Hia hair waa powdered, and cut in a peculiar manner,

a, and then fell

with a very slight embroidery of gold, and be wore* tricolored plume in his bat At first glance Ms appearance waa certainly nor handsome. Bnt he had marked features, a quick snd searching eye, while his animated and sharp gesture showed ardor of soul, red hia largo red thoughtful fdteheod profound power ot reflection. Ho made me ait down by Mm. and wo talked of Italy. Hia way of speaking waa brief, snd at this time very

mnnifeststions, if properly understood, there ia nothing bnt wisdom and beneficence. Even tits persecution of omeatio animals by flies constitutes heir safety. Without tbe stimuln-i iveu by those tiny persecutors, oattli--rould remain at times stupidly resiguei' ill, no longer capable of movemen':, hey would perish Al the spot. Flics Irivo them to running waters, or t->

lore aalnbriona places.

In Central Africa, tho man regulates he migration of whole herds. Thu

for wie

*ry living thing; mice, tores, snakes e all devoured ; not re insect, not even i insect's egg, is loft. The house i» orouglily cleansed, anil then the vialr» leave it to its master, going on to another. The spiders of the Antilles arc such good servants, red ao nseful in th' destruction of flics, Un tho markets sa Mrda re Among ths other auxiliaries of lure are the dragon-fly—that kills it* thou aredn of bisects in a day; tho cichidelae.

"Ha on

' knew that I worked for a liv-

un not, Isolena, you, gladly lake yon sway otn such a life, gladly offer"— A knock at the door interrupted him. Urge handle of letters, and said.

ia ia a-looking np, mi ftaty-two latter* ia a big Jireh" She bowed the mu out, ret

"Heuin Germany- Bid you not ear how spiteful Amy Ramsey served im l Poor boy! He lost hia money a ths street, red then she left him red

mble c:

ago which has only now oome to light by the confession, of a sailor named Greenwood. Tho schooner Mary E. Jones sailed from Clyde riv< ly, for Boston, and

broke down, red fatbeuenthim abroad; red its cheaper living fliere, yon know, Father allows ”— There waa a redden knock, lond red jelly. The mistress said : " Come in,” red a big fellow entered, breathleaa and srith excitement—red aomothing meet silent with astonishment ' Isolena rand bar tongno first . "Van I" " laolena ! Patty ! Dear girls, how v you both t" He offered a hand to each. " How ydh surprised ns ! When did yoa return f" On* hoar sinon. I bought s Herald read the dear girl’s ad., red here I

savings bank, and aa soon as tl • - * 'iaU take more ooi [ am doing well, ai I, rev*"— The door slowly opened : t

-like a man. Know anybody “ Frederick Lorbeny Van Btnpen, I ia amaSed! I’, cannot lie

GrandnioUier V

hems red tell 'em I'm returned i

, who Be

They were then killed, and ths bodies thrown overboard. Tho orew afterward i alidad injhter boat* On the OOSSt, red reportodtnat the vrosel met with heavy weather and was thrown on her beam ends, and the young women drowned in

red he is now bound to* New Brunswick port, where he will be arrested on Ms

They destroy

re sold in

immensely destrnctiv oarabi, a tribe of wai teeth, reel gardes •

ct life; the

ranch

Of auxiliaries of another description, are have worms, which digest, cleanse, red renew tho soil. In a similar manner, tho neorophori are ever busy in.romoring putridity. Gardener* are often exasperated at the presence of insect* in tubairoules, as of tho dahlia, when Uiey are really there only to remove the dead ' or diseased parts. Nothing would be more advantageous to all who are interested in gardens than to know how to People would not then be daily commi! Boms insects are edible; a learned

last week red the Black H

are rising, and ! the front doorsteps by tbe family. There tbs wind threatening s gals, wouldn't was dust on Ms ekithss, straw In hk hair you feel the need of some safe barber, ; »“'! a sad look in hia ays, ami aa ths old red how would you do in such a rase 7” “an reached ont red hauled him in be " Pot your helm np and baar away for remarked : " Father, yon may talk about Bqiuun!" ont spoke re old ffahenare | quart* mining, ahall-ainkmg red lodes • * ... — . . I j,,,} veins all yonr daya. bnt I tell yon there's no place like borne." ■