New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-03-06
VIGGINyS TIDAL VA We.
ANXIETY IN ATLANTIC CITY.

NATIVES r1NNISG THUR FAITH TO THE CANADIAN
PROPHET -FoREBoDINGs OF THE vIsIroRs-THE
LIFE OF THE ALLEGED INvALlDs.
tr,o, Az occ.s,osAI CORRESPONDENT OF THE TRIBUNE
ATLANTIC CITY, March 3.-lhis morning wea-
ther-heaten native wa ked cautiously INFO the once
of local insurance broker. Like many OF bis class
who wrest A livelihood from he sea, be had been
ton gh~ned and seasoned by exposure, ana IN oTdl-
nary times would enjoy nothing better tnan
a tussle with the elements. Dut no"
his spirits were visibly darkened by 'ne
,hadow of some grave apprehension Alter much
crcuious talk he finally reached the object OF us
visit which was TO inquire whether he conid h"'o
bis honse and its furnishings insured against "a"'
aye by water as well by fire. and when ne ieareu
thar risk of that sort was not TO De coVerou "o
turned away as one Uncontrolled anu hsha"i." -
having BETRAYED a weakness. As the door closed
after hun the agent said to n visitor: lhere eoe'
another man scared out of his proper senses oy
Wiggins's tidal wave which is due here hext "eoA
according to prophecy. This is not the only man
who has been here on The same errand. Wheh L
oueston applicants of this kind closely. they never
admit that they put any trust i'll Virgins thein-
selves but add that their wives are nervous ana
they want to pacify the women"
little inquiry through the town proves ina
Virgins is not without honor On the jersey coast.
At the date OF the promised February storm many
of the people here had their belongings packed Tor
start inland at the earliest warning, and the H.
dculous failure of thai prophecy has not unsettled
the popnlar faith in the Canadian weather seer
Many of the "Sand Spaniards" who own boats
have them all ready now for sndden service
expecting to ride Oh the big wave when it comes
and lie stranded high and dry somewhere Oh 'no
Allegheny Mountains
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in Virgins confined to people of limited opportu-
nifty and obscure life. The visitors who grace 'his
resort with their presence in the winter and early
spring nsid-r themselves as belonging 10 the Top
most social stratum and yet strange stories are tod
of the forebodiugs of these fine people, and the
number of applications for rooms at the various
hotels here, to. be occupied the week aiter
the predicted catacysm when compared with
similar applications for Wiggins's week. is amaz-
ing.
In spite of the predicted deluge, however. tho
half dozen frst-class hotels which the growing re-
pute of Atlantic CITY a. winter sanitarium suf-
fees to keep open the year through. arc all profit
ably occupied, and throngs of hcathy-looEing in
yalids in CAV colors arr now summing themselves
upon the beach One hesitates to receive with I'M
staggering faith the Oft-repeated assertion OF the
resldents here that the winters on this sea-
surrounded island are rs mild as those of Charles
ton. But the alleged inyalids. and especially
those who have had any recent experience OF the
raw weather Of New-York are positive that they
find sofncss in the air which ia as surprising rs II
Is grateful Ii is hardly safe TO say what influences
temper the climate here 10 a mildness 30 unusual
for the latitude. II may be as some hold, thai the
Gulf stream makes an accommodating bend toward
this part Of the coast before sweeping eastward.
Certain il is that while a breeze blows It never
L.. laa Of dry md
stretching away toward the Delaware, with scarce
lv ever any accumulation Of snow O. cover them.
helm to mitigate the rgors of the winter, TO ill March
DAYS 10 overlooking with April ~ shine, and soften
April into NAY. AT all events The restless people
who look for comfort away from homo at every
season have found that they need not 60 tn FLORIDA
70 worry through the winter. Here the fashion
wear1ed resort for a restfnl Lent. Victims OF too
mucb work or too much play find their unstrung
nerves toned M and convalescents from acute dis
ease ar hurried forward to restored health during
the season which elsewhere Is most irving.
tits this winter business which gives TO Atlantic
City MS distinctive character among the health re-
sorts along the New jersey coast. In Few years a
desert island has been transformed INTO a
honrshing town, with a permanent population
already of six thousand souls. he resi-
dents too have a \thOrOngh appreciation OF
what must he the basis OF the cirys prosperity ~
is TO have an enduring aitraciIveness for health
seekers. To this end abundant supply OF pure
wafer has been introduced from springs on the main
land at AbsecOm. Almost energetic Board OF Health
has been seleced and stringent measures have been
adopted and enforced for removing all refuse
which can infect contsminate the ar. III
this courageous purpose holds ont, the city
will escape a danger more serious than Wiggnss
Threatened wind blizzard The hotels fitted
with pGrlOrs ana conveniences ior bSthlhg III
warm sea wafer The company IL OF the best. and
there is no apparent reason why Atlantic CITY
should not become a winter resort as famous as
MentOne Nice.