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DAILY UNION HISTORY OF ATLANTIC COUNTY.
T no point along the New Jersey coast can so many yachts and sailing craft be found as here. While the shifting sands and bars at the Inlet channel make this harbor inaccessible to large vessels, many private pleasure yachts come here during the summer and the Inlet wharves present a scene of unusual animation at all times.
Since 1883 a Yachtsmens' Association has maintained an organization and a large active membership. Stringent rules are enforced to maintain suitable wharves and permit only experienced, capable seamen to engage in the business.
A fleet of one hundred or more pleasure yachts, some of them large and hand- somely furnished, handle thousands of people daily in summer time at very reas- onable rates.
As many more smaller craft are owned by cottagers and citizens.
Fishing in the bays or on the ocean is one of the exhilarating pastimes of visitors.
Cabin yachts are available during the winter months in which those who wish may spend a week or more at a time, gunning about the bays.
A MOSQUITO BOAT.
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FIRST PUBLIC BUILDINGS.
First Public Buildings.
The top story of Ryan Adams' old Ocean House was used as a jail or lockup for a number of years. Some of the prisoners submitted to close quarters grace- fully, but one man in attempting to escape from a third-story window fell and broke a leg.
The first city jail which is still standing near its original site in the rear of the Vermont House, was built of joists 3x6 inches laid together like brick and spiked firmly. It contained two cells, IOx10 rooms with one window in each. The first man locked up is said to have escaped in the night. Previous to its erection in 1869, offenders were handcuffed around a tree in the mayor's front yard. At any rate that was the practice that prevailed when Robert T. Evard was mayor in 1865 and lived on Pennsylvania avenue, near what is now Heckler's Hotel.
The first Colored Man.
The first colored man to take up his permanent residence in this city was "Billy" Bright. He lived in a shanty on Rhode Island avenue in 1859. The first colored boy to attend school in this city was Joe Ross, who had his separate desk in one corner of the room in the first public school house on Pennsylvania avenue.
Plenty of Blacksnakes.
Few people these times have any conception how black snakes infested this island in its early days. They seem not to have disturbed Jeremiah Leeds to any extent; indeed, he is said to have protected the snakes, as they destroyed rats and mice and did more good than harm. They were plowed out of the ground in the spring and seratched out with the harrow when they burrowed to deposit their eggs and were found in the woods everywhere. They were often six to eight feet long and as large around as a man's wrist. Their bite was not dangerous, but they were killed with clubs and guns.
Richard Hackett tells of killing twelve black snakes one day on his way from Jeremiah to Andrew Leeds' residence.
James Blackman, of Absecon, while visiting the island one day came upon one so large and long that with a loaded gun he dare not attempt to kill it. He left it undisturbed.
When Chalkley S. Leeds was a boy, he came upon a black snake while cross- ing a field one day. The snake chased him and bit his clothing several times before the boy could get to the nearest fence, where he found a club to use effectively. He could not outrun the snake. It is only occasionally these later years that these ancient emblems of wisdom have been found in the groves and sandhills.
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DAILY UNION HISTORY OF ATLANTIC COUNTY.
Cost of City Government.
N ordinance to provide for the amount of tax to be levied in Atlantic City in the year 1898, to make appropriations and limit the expenditures of Atlantic City for the fiscal year beginning the first Monday in September, 1898, and ending the first Monday in September, 1899.
Section 1. Be it ordained by the City Council of Atlantic City, That for the fiscal year beginning the first Monday in Sep- tember, 1898, and ending the first Monday in September, 1899, the following amounts are hereby appropriated and ordered raised for the respective purposes herein stated, and from any funds in the Treasury, to be used for the respective purposes:
County Tax $46.398 75
State School Tax 36,161 28
City School Tax. 35,300 00
Special District School Tax 9,105 00
Sinking Fund 25,000
Water Department
105,940 00
Foating Debt
2,500 00
City Notes
25,000 00
Interest on Bonds.
10.576 97
Interest on Notes
5,000 00
Lighting
28,000 00
Streets
17,900 00
Poice Department
29,500 00
Fire Department
20,000 00
Detective Service
1,000 00
Protection and Improvement
of Property 11,200 00
Printing and Stationery 2,500 00
Salaries 18,650 00
Legal Expense 3.000 00
Poor Fund. 4,000 00
Sanitary 14,000 00
Board of Health 3.000 00
Atlantic City Hospital 4,000 00
Election Expenses 1,000 00
Memorial Expenses $100 00
Armory Rent 100 00
United States Fire Co.
2,250 00
Atlantic Fire Co.
2,500 00
Neptune Hose Co. 2,250 00
Good Will Hook and Ladder Co.
2,250 00
Beach Pirates Chemical Engine Co. .
800 00
Chelsea Fire Co ..
1,750 00
Rescue Hook and Ladder Co .. 300 00
Deferred Bills
20,303 00
Building Streets and Sidewalks 1,000 00
Revising. Compiling and Print- ing Charter and Ordinances. . Flower Beds 100 00
2,000 00
Total $494,435 00
Sec. 2. And be it further ordained, That the moneys appropriated by the first section of this ordinance shall be derived from the following sources:
Tax Duplicates, 1898. $314.435 00
Licenses 93,000 00
Fines and Costs 1,400 00
Building Permits 800 00
Sale of Street dirt.
1,200 00
Registration of Dogs 500 00
Sundry Services 1,543 59
Cash on hand to credit of Water
Department, September 5th, 1898 41,843 71
Unpaid Water Bills, series of August Ist, 1898. 9.320 00
Receipts of Water Department,
$7,000 00
series of February Ist, 1899. .. Sundry account, Water Depart- ment 1,000 00
Street Service account, Water
Department. .
3.500 00
Cash on hand to credit of Gen-
eral Fund. September 5th,
1898
18,892 70
$494.435 00
Sec. 3. And be it ordained, That this ordinance shall take effect immediately. Passed at a regular meeting of City Council, September 12th, 1898. JAMES D. SOUTHWICK,
President.
Attest :
E. D. IRELAN, City Clerk
Approved September 16, 1898.
JOSEPH THOMPSON. Mayor of Atlantic City.
FIRST JAIL.
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APPROPRIATIONS AND RESOURCES
CITY APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1899-1900.
State School Tax
$37.117 30
County Tax
52.065 88
City School Tax
40,000 00
Special District School Tax
14.305 00
Shi king Fund
30.400 00
Water Department
107.000 00
City Notes
30,000 CO
Interest on Bonds.
16.726 58
Interest on Notes.
5.000 00
Lighting
20,500 00
Streets
25,000 00
Police Department
32.500 00
Fire Department
40,900 00
United States Fire Company
2.250 00
Atlantic Fire Company.
2.250 00
Neptune Hose Company.
2.250 00
Good Will Hook and Ladder Company.
2.250 00
Beach Pirates Chemical Engine Company.
1.500 00
Chelsea Fire Company.
2.250 00
Rescue Hook and Ladder Company.
250 00
Deferred Bills
47.679 24
Detective Service
1,000 00
Protection and Improvement of Property
7.500 00
Printing and Stationery.
2.500 00
Salaries
16,000 00
Legal Expenses
4.000 00
Poor Fund
6.500 00
Sanitary
19,000 00
Board of Health
5.700 00
Atlantic City Hospital
4.800 00
Election Expenses
1,000 00
Memorial Services
100 00
Aimory Rent ..
100 00
Public Fountains.
50 00
Building Sidewalks
1,000 00
Revising. Compiling and Printing Charter and Ordinances
2,000 00
Total
$598.444 00
RESOURCES.
Tax Duplicate. 1899.
$419.644 00
Licenses
95.000 00
Fines and Costs.
1,000 00
Building Permits
1,000 00
Sale of Street Dirt
100 00
Registration of Dogs
500 00
Sundry Sources
1.700 00
Cash on hand to credit of General Fund. September 4. 1899.
1.370 34
Cash on hand to credit of Water Department. September 4. 1899. .
50.993 20
Unpaid Water Bills sr's August 1. 1899.
17,106 80
Receipts Water Department st's February 1. 1900.
2,000 00
Sundry Account. Water Department.
2.500 00
Street Service Account. Water Department.
4,200 00
Back Bills and Fines.
850 00
Interest on Deposit of Water Department
479 66
Total
$508.444 GO
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Atlantic City Officials.
Mayor, Franklin P. Stoy; Recorder, Robert E. Stephany; Alderman, Harry Bacharach; Treasurer, John A. Jeffries; City Clerk, Emery D. Irelan; Tax Col- lector, William Lowry, Jr .; Solicitor, Carlton Godfrey; City Comptroller, A. M. Heston; Chief of Police, Harry C. Eldridge; Overseer of the Poor, Daniel L. Albertson; Mercantile Appraiser, J. W. Parsons; Supervisor of Streets, S. B. Rose; Building Inspector, S. L. Westcoat; Electrician, Albert C. Farrand; City Mar- shal, Cornelius S. Fort; Assessors, Stewart H. Shinn, Seraph F. Lillig, Andrew J. Withrow.
Members of Council.
President-HARRY BACHARACH.
HANN, ENOS F.,
BARRETT, DAVID R.,
IRELAND, WM. A.,
BEYER, ALBERT,
LEE, EDWARD S.,
BOWKER, WILLIAM W.,
LEEDS, HENRY W.,
CLEMENT JOSEPH C.,
LONG. GEORGE H.,
DONNELLY, JOHN,
PARKER, EDWIN A.
DOUGHTY, S. L.,
THOMPSON, THOMAS H.,
FLEMING, JOHN R.,
VANAMAN, WILLIS,
GARNICH, HUGO,
JOSEPH E. LINGERMAN.
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SOUTH JERSEY IN CONGRESS.
The assets of the city government. 1899, amount to a total of . . ... $1.674.144
Including :
Water Plant $887,000
City Hall Property
75,000
Steel Boardwalk
157,155
Sinking Fund
71.777
Tax Duplicate of 1808.
314.435
Personal and Other Property.
168.777
The total liabilities of the city aggregate
$1.207,831
Consisting of :
City Bonds
$9.831
Improvement Bonds
187,000
Paving Bonds
100,000
City Hall Bonds
24,000
Water Bonds
887,000
The story of Atlantic City's wonderful growth and prosperity is told in the following figures :
Voters.
Population.
Assessed Valuation.
1854 (First Election)
18
100
1857
77
100
1860
IIQ
687
1865
126
746
1870
173
1,043
1875
458
2,000
880,025
1880
962
5.477
1.707.760
1885
1,676
7.942
2.602.312
1800
2.845
13.037
4,415.806
1895
3.650
18.320
12.172,646
1899 (Estimated)
5.685
25,000
1 5.000,000
SOUTH JERSEY IN CONGRESS.
While Atlantic County at present is a part of the Second Congressional District it was formerly included in the First, and has been honored by representation in Congress. The following gentlemen have represented South Jersey in Congress since Atlantic County was formed in 1837:
1837. Charles C. Stratton, Gloucester. 1830-'41. William B. Cooper, Gloucester. 1841-'43. Charles C. Stratton, Gloucester. 1843-45. L. Q. C. Elmer, Cumberland. JamesG. Hampton, Cumberland. 1867-'71. 1871- 73. 1871-'73- 1845-'49. 1849-'51 Andrew K. Hay, Camden. 1851-'55. Nathan T. Stratton, Cumberland. Isaiah D. Clawson, Cumberland.
William Moore. Atlantic. John W. Hazelton, Gloucester. Samuel C. Forker (Second District ), Burlington. Samuel A. Dobbins, Burlington. J. Howard Pugh, Burlington. Hezekiah B. Smith, Burlington.
1855-'59.
John Hart Brewer, Mercer.
1859-'63. John T. Nixon, Cumberland.
1863-'67. John F. Star, Camden.
1873-77. 1877- 79. 1879-'81. 1881-'85. James Buchanan, Mercer. 1885-'93. 1803 .-. John J. Gardner. Atlantic.
HON. J. E. P. ABBOTT.
Beautiful Longport.
C HE borough of Longport at the southerly end of this island is a delightful family resort, with two large hotels, twenty or more fine cottages. a large club house, a Goverment life saving station, a steamboat landing and trolley terminus and some other buildings. This municipality was incor- porated in 1898 when a mayor, borough council and other officials were elected. Seventeen years ago Mr. M. S. McCollough, the founder and its first mayor, purchased the greater portion of the land now comprised within the borough limits and decided to convert the sand dunes into a first-class pleasure community. Time has vindicated his judgment and the attractions, improvements and valua- tions have increased amazingly. Intervening wastes are being rapidly developed, a magnificent speedway built by the county and this resort made a very promising suburb of the older, larger and better known Atlantic City at the northerly end of the island.
Automobiles will soon be rivaling trolley cars between the point and a parade of pleasure and fashion revealed, unique along the coast, especially at night when it will be brilliantly lighted by artificial suns.
The bathing beach and surf at Longport is unsurpassed. Sloping gradually the shallow sands extend all the way around the Inlet point below where ves- sels enter and leave the bay, and far up the bay shore where boats are always at anchor.
In his first annual message to the borough council in April. 1898. Mayor M. S. Mccullough, concisely recited the historic facts of this budding resort. In 1882 Mr. Mccullough purchased from James Long of Philadelphia. the entire area below Twenty-fourth avenue to Great Egg Harbor inlet, then a primitive waste. The first building erected was for a restaurant at Beach avenue and Sixteenth street, which has since been removed.
The first great task was to level the sand hills and establish properly graded streets and building sites. These sand dunes were so high then that the thorough- fare could not be seen from the present site of the Aberdeen hotel.
Mr. Mccullough made a careful study of the situation, noting the hard smooth beach along the ocean, the long port or harbor on the bay or thoroughfare, the freedom from meadow land, the close proximity of Atlantic City, the grand outlook over the sea and quiet waters of the bay and the landscape beyond. and was deeply impressed by the ideal surroundings for a family resort. Building lots were offered for sale and a special excursion train run from Philadelphia in 1883. reaching Longport from South Atlantic in carriages, a pleasant party that became real estate owners and because permanently identified with the place. The rosy forecasts made on that occasion have been more than realized long since.
The first to build cottages were Amos Dotterer and Mrs. S. L. Oberholtzer, the first at Nineteenth and the second at Seventeenth and Beach avenues. In 1884
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BY THE LONGPORT BREAKERS.
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BEAUTIFUL LONGPORT.
Prof. J. P. Remington and his sister, Miss Caroline Remington, built fine cottage homes. The restaurant, now a part of Hotel Aberdeen, could not at times accommo- date all who wished to come. The hotel was built and a railroad service secured. The first train entered Longport August 31, 1884. Travel increased till the frequent motor trains were succeeded by the present excellent trolley car service with steamboat connections across the bay to Ocean City and Somers' Point.
Among the events of 1884 was the organization of the Agassiz Association for the pleasure and benefits derived from the study of the animal and vegetable life of the sea and the wild flowers of the shore. The Oberholtzer family were the prime movers in this event which culminated in the erection of Natural Science Hall, which also served the pur- poses of divine service and other meetings. In 1886 Mr. James Long built a beautiful cottage and made it his summer home for several years. The Bay View Club erected their fine building and have done much to promote the best interests of Longport.
In 1895 Mr. Fred Boice and sisters built and have since successfully conducted Hotel Devon- shire. Mr. A. H. Phillips became interested in Longport in 1896, making large purchases and fine improvements for himself and friends. He erected a beautiful summer home which he has since occu- pied and is building other cottages with the same elegant and attractive features. While Mr. Phillips has disposed of the greater portion of his holdings he is still largely interested in Longport.
Captain James B. Townsend, who conducts the restaurant in the pavilion at the trolley terminus and steamboat landing, has built a cottage for himself and opened a store which is a great convenience. In 1895 the Longport Water and Light Company was formed to obtain a water supply for all the in- habitants from an artesian well. The flow is so abundant that for nine months in the year the sur- plus is utilized as power for pumping.
Sanitary questions have been given proper attention and street grades and surface drainage are very satisfactory.
Longport borough was created by an act of the legislature, March 7. 1898, and the following first officials were elected April 5th, following: Mayor,
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DAILY UNION HISTORY OF ATLANTIC COUNTY.
M. Simpson Mccullough; councilmen, Arvine H. Phillips, Joseph P. Remington, Samuel Stetzer, Wm. H. Bartlett and John R. Minnick; assessor, Robert M. Elliott; collector, James B. Townsend: Justice of the Peace, J. P. Remington, jr .; commissioners, W. W. Lamborn, Bolton E. Steelman, J. P. Remington, Jr. Wilmer W. Lamborn was chosen borough clerk: Carlton Godfrey, solicitor; John P. Ashmead, serveyor; M. McCoy, street supervisor and Daniel Yates, marshal.
More hotels and homes are on the list for the near future. Broad areas still unoccupied will soon be covered with fine streets and cottages. New neighbors bring greater ambitions for beautifying this ideal resort. Nothing can halt the impetus of its steady progress.
BELL BUOY, ABSECON INLET.
Brigantine Beach.
B RIGANTINE BEACH has been known since the earliest times chiefly in giving a name to the famous Brigantine shoals or shallows on the coast where many a vessel has struck bottom and become a total wreck.
In these later days this shoal beach has become famed for its excellent surf bathing, its fishing grounds and as a rendezvous for sportsmen and others who here find the retirement, solitude, relaxation and that peace which passeth all understanding.
The resident population of Brigantine enables this coast village to be incor- porated as one of New Jersey's smallest cities, containing two wards, a Mayor and City Council. Three hotels and fifteen or twenty cottage homes for city sojourners, several miles of graded streets, frequent trolley cars, connecting with steamboats across the bay, have during the past few years converted bleak and lonely sandhills into a very promising young sister of the Queen of ocean resorts, Atlantic City. Brigantine possesses advantages which are regarded as blessings to those in quest of a quiet, luxuriant retreat, far from the madding crowd. It has all the ad- vantages of a great city and inland town together with the features that make Atlantic City famous without any of the disadvantages of these places.
There is a restful, slumbrous air brooding over Brigantine that creates in- sensibly a feeling of subdued pleasure that makes life one long holiday while the view of the ocean and the consciousness that each respiration of health-invigor- ating ozone, contributes to the general feeling of elasticity.
Brigantine is exclusive unto itself. Its limits have been carefully maintained and those who look upon it as a paradise in which to escape the annoyances of the heated, bustling cities are numbered among the prominent of the nation.
Hon. M. S. Quay, who is credited with being a judge of what is pleasing, visits Brigantine frequently and there finds solace for the harassing cares of state by catching drumfish, and the late Congressman Harmer, of Philadelphia, also had a lovely cottage there.
Artesian wells furnish water as pure as the air in which Old Glory floats above the highest building, while electric lights of many horse power make night as brilliant as the brightest day.
Graveled streets that invite driving and cycling have been built through and across the island.
Brigantine has recently awakened from long time conservatism and inspired by well-directed enterprise is taking on new life and is making commendable progress.
Its nearness to Atlantic City, its moderate cost of living. its elegant hotel accommodations make its natural features especially delightful to thousands of people.
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COTTAGES AT LONGPORT.
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Sea Hír.
C HE purity and health-giving properties of sea air have been known to man- kind for centuries. Ancient writers tell us of the periodic migration of aris- tocracy to the seashore at certain seasons, there to be restored and strength- ened for more trying times in the interior. Modern civilization is still learning the same lesson. Physicians and families leave pleasant homes for renewed vigor and recuperation by the rolling waves. The purest air in nature is that found on the high seas after traversing hundreds and thousands of miles of pure salt water, un- contaminated by smoke, dust and the exhalations of cities Ilere it is that salt mists and fogs clarify, purify, and ozonize vitalized air as only Mother Nature can do, to present it later for man's sustenance. Sea air is so tempered by its sur- roundings that in summer it is cooled by radiation from the cooler water tem- perature and in winter warmed by the higher water temperature. Moisture is also taken up by it and an infinitesimal percentage of salt. Some claim a trace of iodine, but this is doubtful and can not be satisfactorily demonstrated. Sea air is alterative, but whether this is due to its supposed iodine is doubtful.
Outside of an island in mid-ocean, Atlantic City is probably located in the best situation for pure sea air of any point on the Atlantic coast. To the late Dr. Jonathan Pitney, of Absecon, is due the credit of first recognizing and presenting the benefits of Atlantic City's ocean air and surroundings upon invalids. The geographical location on an island of pure sand, five miles from the mainland and twenty miles seaward of the head of tide water: at the point of a remarkable bend in the coast line, thirty miles northeasterly from Cape May where the fresh waters of the Delaware mingle with the sea and seventy miles from New York bay where the fresh water of the Hudson joins the ocean. Atlantic City is surrounded by a body of salt water, uncontaminated by fresh water streams, and entirely free from malarial or any other paludal poisons. In fact the sea and land breezes are both uncontaminated and pure. The Gulf Stream flows one hundred miles from our shores and has a temperature of 80' F. in summer and 70º F. in winter at this point. This certainly tempers the sea air and surrounding waters so that in winter Atlantic City is from ten to twenty degrees warmer than the interior, and ten to twenty degrees cooler in summer. High winds are less frequent than at other points on the coast, although sea air is always in motion. Sea air fixed with sea fog is not injurious to most cases as it contains no noxious elements; is non- irritant ; and is quite equable in temperature.
The effects of sea air vary with the individual and conditions of health. The two greatest effects are upon the nervous system and digestion. Coming from the dense air of cities and the rarified air of high altitudes, respiration and heart action are both lowered, at once reducing the consuming energy of the body and lessen- ing waste. Sea air being dense and ozone ladened increases the oxidizing power
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BEACH SCENE AT LONGPORT.
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SEA AIR.
of the blood and is nature's best remedy for anemia and impoverished blood. It also assists nature in fighting the malarial parasite and will in time eliminate the poison from the system in many cases. Malarious subjects frequently overload their stomachs and overheat themselves when they first come here and sit and ride in the cool air and bring on acute paroxysms, but if care is exercised the usual chill can be escaped. One can also go out at night without danger of developing the malarial poisons in the system if care is taken to avoid chilling and cold. Heart diseases usually do better in sea air than at high altitudes as the work thrown on that organ is lessened and oxidation of the blood is so much better that improve-" ment is the rule. Cardiac dropsy often improves from this cause.
Probably no cases are more benefited than convalescents from disease, and those who have been debilitated, overworked, and confined to their rooms and offices and who need a change. Thousands come here and live under hygienic and dietetic rules and improve rapidly. The effects of sea air are usually stimulant at first, and impart a sense of renewed vigor and tone. Appetite is increased and a drowsy feeling is almost certain to come, which gives way to refreshing nights sleep. Many business men in neighboring cities come to Atlantic City periodically to get a full night's sleep and rest-a much wiser course than sleeping powders and potions. Strumous and tubercular children and adults will improve rapidly if they live in the sea air and follow proper dietetic lines. Many such cases have been apparently cured here. Tuberculosis in its early stages is amenable to treatment in sea air and sunlight but when cases come to the shore they should invariably act under physicians' advice to gain most advantage. Consumption and other diseases in their last stages are best at home and should not come to the shore, as they rarely get relief. Many cases of bronchitis improve rapidly and are permanently cured by sea air. There is less danger of pulmonary hemorrhage at sea level than in high altitudes, owing to the fifteen pound to the square inch pressure and density of the air at sea level, while at high altitudes the internal blood pressure is so much greater at first than that of the air. For this reason some cases of emphy- sema and asthma do best in Atlantic City. Hay fever will invariably disappear in sea air, but when the land breezes come it may not do so well, even though the air is filtered by the pines and affected some by the salt marshes and inland tidewater salt lakes and bays. It is a mistaken idea to think that one can not catch cold at the seashore. A person coming into the sea air with a cold will throw it off more rapidly than in the interior. Some people cure their colds by sailing every day or by living on the Boardwalk. Fresh air is the life of every one and when you come to the shore do not come to live in close rooms and to be overloaded with clothing. but come to live in the air and benefit by it. Hot close rooms are to be avoided at the seashore as they are productive of colds and depression. Laryngitis and catarrhal troubles do well in sea air if properly managed, but do poorly if smoking. late hours, and carousing are encouraged. Acute lobar pneumonia is rarely seen in Atlantic City but when it is its course is usually mild. Bright's disease and dia- betes seem to do well if properly managed and taken in their first stages. Contrary to the writings and opinions of some writers, many cases of eczema and skin
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