1 ' IB I 'II II -L^J 1 thp r!mintv fkiratfo n , - . SATURDAY, MAY i81\, 1880. : ALFRED COOPER, Editok, 'A'raedtmjg of -the Agricultural and Horticultural Association of Cape May county tyill be held at the office of the Association on the fair ground*, at South Seavllle, on Saturday, May 1st, 1880, at 2 o'clock P. M. 0 Experience, all things considered, > the best educator. The school precep- * tormkyiJe an excellent teacher, but his lessons arc very much sooner forgotten than are those which experience : forces into the mind. Hor pupils are slow, sometimes, to learn her great lessons, but when they liare, in spite of themselves, been learned, they will I v ncverbe forgotten. Knowledge derived in tho school of experience is always practical, and, like the dexterous hand, ever ready for use. The yofing, and, indeed the old, should ldhm something useful and valuable evory day. All cannot, even when they would, receive an education, but they can learn something as they pass along, and that something, no matter how little it may bo, is very rnuoh better than none at *»11 rruit - a*- * _

. " - t— ^ ' llx*w— ^ f . * * door of knowledge is opened unto you. 1 ^ this there must be system and method. The loadstone to become yours must be sought for. If you have but one hour in a day, devote it with all your energy to that purpose. re exact that that one hour is devoted to that one advantage. The little houfc, ns they pass one by one, will, before you are aware of it, lengthen into years and you, like Benjamin Franklin and Horace Greeley, have become a man pf learning, and a counselor among men whose words are fbll of wisdom. -• Learn thoroughly what you learn, be it ever so little, and you may speak of it with confidence and know you ero right. Knowledge acquired in this way is always available, and ready, like gold in the bank, to bo drawn against when needed. a few clearly defined facts and ideas are worth a whole library of uncertain knowledge. Little by little the -en eft wajhhhi tlm nrtguiy ■uini—ttw so it is with the little boy— little by little, with his eye upon tho truth, lie lifts himself from the depths, and makes himself illustrious in the tribunals, and the councils of the nation. Little boys save your time nnd your pennies and you may become rich and great. The nearest approach ta a solution of the Indian question has been madoby the successful operation of the school at Carlisle, Pennsylvania, founded through the exertions of Cftpt. Pratt, a Cavalry officer who, in 1875, was sent from tlie West to 8t, Augustine, Florida, in charge of Indian prisoners. Tlieso were of the worst class of savage*. with seemingly no sense of right or wrong, thieves and cut-throats whom it was necessary to transport in chains, and keep for a time in close .confinement. They were re- - "•.»« «i-

tiined for three years. Learning to work and to speak English, the change for the better in their condpct -was astonishing, and led Cftpt. Pratt to think of what might he done in the way of bringing about n peaceable settlement of the frontier difficulties by educating tho Indian youth. After considerable trouble Capt. Pratt and his friends succeeded in persuading the authorites nt Hampton to give tho Indians, 22 of whom desired to remain East, a trial, and 17 wero placed there at school and five elsewhere. The result of the trial was such as to warrant the effort to make a permanent school, whore numbers could bo taught, and transformed from ignorant savages to self respecting citizens. The school lifts beon established at. Carlisle, and there are now in daily attendance 156 youths, of both sexes, working hard at their task* and learning rapidly.^ The girls are taught, in connection with their reading and writing, the various duties pertaining to housekeeping, while the boys are, many of them, acquiring trades. The latter are also taking lessons in military maneuvers, and will be able to do most efficient duty upon tho frontier when they return thither. One thing is demonstrated by those results. It is possible to educate the Indians, in other words to civilize thorn. Whatever boa boon done before in this direction was the merest superficial attempt, The foundation was not laid. Civilized and taught to look upon life with intelligent eyes, a fnh re, fur different from the past, awaits them, tt will take timo to turn all those outlaws into law abiding citizens $ but each tribe will bo leavened by these children at Carlisle, and should the Government see fit to ftstabluh schools in other parts of the

" i country but a comparatively few Year* **1 will m.uj. l # .. , l J be settled Without trouble, and perma* J uently. f| is the only aafo solution of a j knotty problem, fg? J Wp, publish in Mother columti a letter I written by en IndW chief to Ills son at the Carlisle Schofo. ♦ ♦ m About Pish. Prof. Atwater read a paper before the American Fish Culture Association, in which he stated that the salmon, an expensive fish, did not contain the nutritive qualities of many other cbeuper kinds. — Fish ere more readily spught for agree^blehpss to the palate than for nourishing quulities. The house wife, whose market expenditure was limited, should experiment on different kinds of fish. He said observation and knowledge improved fish diet much more than fish diet improved the brain. Prof. W. £. Brooks, of Johns Hopkins University, addicted the Association ou the "Propagation of the Oyster." Ho was listened to with the greatest interest. He said the European oyster was not an I American oyster, and did not propagate in the same wuy. Tho American oyster did hot carry its young in its shell, a« scientists in England say the Epropeun oysfer does, hut propagation was from the milk emitted into tho water by both tho nialo and female oyster. This milk is full of minute eggs, so much so that an oyster would lay atono time C, 000, t)00 — in fact innumerable. As soon as the eggs were in tho water they took a spherical shape, when the spemntoza toned \ . i-k;b .

1Jthe young oyster Hue _ cnv _ ^ns ot '• his body marked out and taking food into the stomach. In tlireo days to a week, according to the warmth of the Q water, the oyster has its two shells. The Professor saici the oysters could be easily 1 pvopugatcd in any pond of salt water 1 when not much disturbed. Ho said * that the oj'stcr was as good food in tho j months that have not the R in as in any other month, only they must be eaten ? us soon as taken from the water. They would hot bear transportation because J filled with dead eggs. Tho oyster dies readily when taken during the propaga- [ tion time, which is during tho months that have not the R.— Sunbeam. — 1L — » COMMUNICATIONS. Tltkabok, Ai»ril 27th, 1880. Ed. Gazette: — I wish, through tho columns of your paper, to remind a certain reporter that, in attending fires, he ' hau muCmSener clOiy saier trrnnp m ■ some other wuy, instead of seating himself in a comfortable position with pencil and book, inquiring the size of building, damage done to contents, etc. "A word to tho wise is sufficient," Spectator. ♦ ♦ Court IIousk, April 29th, 18S0. En. GA7.bttb:-The late fire in our town ( has called to my mind some ideas in relation to tho facilities we lmvo for preventing and extinguishing fire ; — or rather the facilities we iiavb not. Hero we are in a town of over seven hundred inhabitants, nnd many handsomo residences all of them exposed, more or less, to tho ravages of the fire-fiend, and not n single thing with which to battle with the monster. Of course it is argued that wo so uoldom have a firo that it is not worth wliilo to put the township to

any expense for firo apparatus. True, we have not had many firef\ in tho past but is this any guarantee that wo will not in the future? Now my idea is have a mixture of slacked lime and salt kept on band in different parts of the town, and have ft man appointed whoso special duty it shall be as soon as an alarm of fire is given, to convey this mixture to the spot and assist in putting it on tho roofs of adjoining houses that nro endangered. One bucketful of this composition will do more to save a building from taking firo from sparks than n half dozen buckets of water, as 1 am convinced from experiment that it is almost impossible to ret fire to the surface of any wood which has bcou coated over with this mixture. Then for buildings that ure on firo and can not ho saved I would suggest a system of chains and ropes by which any moderate sized building could bo turned up-side-down or moved from its position, and thereby lessen tho danger to other houses. Of course all this must bo controllod by organization and men must be appointed to attend to the different particulars of tho work, \\ ill not some of our citizens make usoof vour columns for the purpose of expressing their various opinions upon the Hubjcct? Safktv. Mr. Editor:— "Kyll is wrought By want ui thought. An well as want of heart," Your editorial on tho "coiuic sermon" so fully coincides with my views on thnt point, that 1 send a few linos on the subject. The young people have a choice place in my heart, and T always delight to see them gather and organixc, as hi tho Literary society, for mutual improvement nnd enjoyment, and they havo my cordial co-operation. Thouohti.EssM&s U the mother of much mis- %

• . .-.j. r. . • - --L .£*.( /_ ' i ■ % 9 Ma. , M ;~j* 2. . vi y xf-V r * no t to drift away from th<$r, mooring#, TWjtrifting awijf with tho ^and and the tide i**> easy $nd im^roopiiblocvcn, that we are wimftimto not aware Sbf it ourtOlvcs, tittle awake to oonaciousnouj almoit, if not wholly shipwrockod. At some "Theatre Coraiquo" in Great Britain, when the ^jokes wore fiying, and the laughter ana fun loving audionce, were at the height of tboir oi\jqymont — the actors [perhaps though tlemly] overreached tWr doaiftin by jocularly alluding to Moody and #a»key,ahd their religious meetings, in a disrespectful way i Presto I what a change came over that vast, and by no means christian assemblage : — their hilarity turned at once to indignation, their approbation to hisses, their laughter to groans, and cunfusiotx ensued. A similar occurrence is related of a j Variety Theatre in New York, which go ; to prove that way down in the human heart is a spark of the Divinity \ — a something which holds in reverence sacred things, reflects the image of its author and ucknowledgftsaOod. We may bury this divine spark under the debris of blasphemy, athcbru?or what not, and it may smoulder and flicker, but, like the firo on the sacred Altar, it is not entirely extinguished, for it has; often been resussitated on the death led of infidels. Success' to the Literary Sooieiy of Cape May Court House, and may it never degenerate, but rather lift high its standard, and never let its colors v 'xi v- 'r ^ » I r— y. : » . •

J Viv- Y' Fbibjo). 'j - '"vxv^.tingheid : on the Camp tirouna at ttesviile, Saturday, April 24th, at 10 a. m., tlie following directors wore present : Jarmen, Steolman, Robinson, Cor*on, Van Gilder, , Diverty,Crandol, Tomlin, Hand. Absent, Wicks. Treasurer Reported finances good. . ' President Reported he had secured the services of the Rev. Thomas Harrison, the great Roy Preacher of Baltimore, to be in attendance during the next Camp, commencing Thursday, Aug. 26th, closing Tuesday morning Sept. 7th. Moved and carried that there be erected u building for .lodging, size 24 by 40 ft, three stories high, divided into roquis to accomodate seven ty-five sleepers providing it cant not aver seven hundred dollars, und to bo taken in stock of fifty dollars per share. Nine shares were token at once. This will leave no debt" for tho association to pay. The debt of this association is being reduced and will be soon wiped out. The prospect of the Camp "Meeting Tor t880 bias ttnr to no one of the best. since its existence. The true, tried, and faithful, Rev.. . Billy Stockton will be there with his tent. The musicul service will be conducted by Prof. Fisher, of Philadelphia. Many new and moral improvements will be made before tho commencement of the cum p. Tlie directors are taking a special interest- in the grove, to beautify and make it attractive to all that will ! come. The next meeting will bo held j Saturday June 12th, at which time all 1 persons that have any suggestions to j make for the good of the camp will be heard. Strict rules and good order, will be enforced during the Camp, so that all, young and old, may corno and feel they arc at homo, and fully protected from any evil influence. * ■ • » »

Mr. Editor : — It is peculiarly gratifying to many of your readers to find the Gazkttk taking a decided stand against the aggressive movements of one of society's greatest enemies — strongdrink, i and to know that its youghtlui editor not only thereby pronounces hiinsell an apostle of temperance, but so readily : and earnestly throws the weight of his j influence, editorially and personally, upon the side of moral reform. In the rum traffic are embodied nil the horrors of immorality and crime which degrade and curse humanity ; not every instonco, it is true, but over}' species. When wo come to consult the true figures we are ustoundod at the fearful cost of this gigantic enemy inflicted Upon society. Tho waste of wealth alone, enormous as it may appear, when reduced to n matter of dkillavs and cents, is but a trifle when considered in comparison with its destructivenoss otherwise. In one recent year 40,000 arrests were made in tlie city of New York for intoxication alone. ; and is it to be wondered at when 8,000 grog shops Were permitted in full blast.? Lawful it is to sell rum at every turn, and lawful to drink it, yet not allowable under the law to become intoxicated. Again, Dr.Willard Parker once declared, after a close investigation, that 38J per cent, of nil the deaths in that great city were caused by the use of intoxicating drink, and that 190,600 bad died in that city alone hi thirty eight years from that cause alone. Dr, Marmon says, in a report mude a few years since, that in ten years the support of this business eost the. nation a. direct expense of $500,000,000, and iwlirebtly $700,000,000 ; that it destroyed 300, 000 lives, sent 100,000 to tho poor houses, committed 150,000 to prison, caused 1 ,000 suicides, low by fire nnd t • 4 "

violence of #10,000.000, mii&c 2o0jooo r j . ' wkoBcost of cthteatikmal Ktrix** ajA \ prea^inf the gospel vii but w0,OOQ,uros brought out by corc/ul investigation of facta being upon the almost temfyin{ tainod a foothold to a proportionate extant to t^he above named city, and he j will find the reaultis all tlie same. Or, | let him make note from the daily papers j of the incident* of crime as recorded, and note how many of them are unaaftbeiated with drinking habiU of the ])crpetrators, or unaccompanied by the I poisonous atmosphere of the bar room. Cadet. 1 — 1 i i Wq found Bro. Magrath'a card upon our table on Tuesday afternoon last, and are veiy sorry we were absent when he called. Come again. — < » t State News. Tlie measles prevails in Hammonton. In 1821 there were forty-seven shad (shore) fisheries on the Delaware. Now there ye only eighteen. Important imprtA'ements are to be made in the style and cliaracter of the Atlantic City buth houses.

Hiiddonfield people are petitioning for increased railroad facilities between their borough and Philadelphia. General E. Burd Grubb of Burlington, has been chosen President of the Lynchburg Steel and litm Mining Company. a Catholic church edifice is to. be erected at Jobstown, Burlington county. Mr. p. Lorillard has contributed $50 toward it. The marl pits of this State produco about 90,000 tons annuuJly. Large quantities are shipped to^Pennsylvania and Delaware. Tlie secedors from the First m. e. Church at Red Bank have been formally organized into a new church and recognized by Bishop Bowman. w. a. G wynne, for many years connected with the Press "of this State, is now in the shoe businoss and has opened a store at No. 323 Federal street, Clin*. Case, of Belvidere, is the first colored man elected to office in Northern New Jersey. He was nominated and elected by the Democrats to tlie office of Pound Keeper. Charles Sisson, of Hackensaek, possessed of an income of $15,000 a year, spent it so fast in dissipation, that a guardian is to be appointed to manage his affairs for him. a fillip load of ice from Maine ha* arrived at Salem for j. p. Bruna, who will sell it at sixty cents a hundred pounds. Mr. Bruna lias given up his proj>osed excursion to Washington this summer. in 18g9 Asbury Park was a wilderness, covered with a growth, of -.ines T* V ^ iu- betv»v,^_

hundred handsome houses, including as fine hotels as can be found on the Jersey coast. ■ ■ 1 i A strange disease prevails among i chick enfi in and around liaddonfiold. During the past lew days Robert. Baker , has lost seventy-five fowls from it. The , disease is said to be different in several respects from the usual chicken cholera. it is est ima tod that 300 families in Ocean county, who have heretofore subsisted upon picking berries during the summer, have been rendered destitute by the recent fires, which destroyed the berry crop. The loss in the southern part of the county will aggregate $75,000. PRINTING. CAPE MAY CITY, CAPE MAY CL H. AND M1LLVILLE MARBLE WORKS. MONUMENTS and TOMBSTONES. Iron and Galvanized Feneing and all kinds of Marble Coverings for graves. All orders will receive prompt- attention by telegraph or letter. Flag for curbing work done at the shortest notice. q&ll and see. A discount made on all work by oallinfc at the yard. L. t. Entrikik, Proprietor, ,W. H« v ax ou.dkr, Manager of the MillvlUe yard, aprl780tf, For Sole. — Billiard and Bagatelle table. Address , ^ F» Burro ugh, apr24'802t, Mlllville,^n\ j.

| fi'l ltk\ u skill! mf l (.• Iv r} Jp 'Tn ff I in this section ol the county. Ail the new style "buwowt., . vatwow NEW SPRING SHAWLS. 1 svyavxaw, "View- T^o\. \cVYvweffc, j

the veiy latest. Coriets from 25 eta. to $2d0, and in fact the newest, cheapest, and best assorted dry goods stock in TGllvilbr. I have three times us many good® to select from M any store ^ our Ciiy]rMud I allow no man to undersell me. Just received an elegant line of ladies' m WOOL SUITINGS, at 25 cents per yard. New line all wool 56 in. cloaking. 300 dor. children's bordered handkcrcheife at 3 cts. each. 3000 pns. cliilfl'b colored bi*>e at S cic. Send for samples and prices for comparison.-. Tom Ludlam, millville, n. j. apr24'80tf. Assignee's Notice. Notice Ik hereby given to the creditor* of JL. <fc M. CONOVHK, of the city of MiU\ille. eoonty of Cumberland, Pmte or New Jersey, that all clainiK ogainsl *uid estate mo*t be exlUbUed t° the «ub« rib<r. their aiwtsiu.v. T m.. ttwro any of May next, beins three months rrom the Aiute of the iwMgnuieni. or be forever barred itom c*>ininKln for a dividend of thee«m.-; and said creditors are Dirther notlhed that a list of the claims oguiust the said E. d M. Conover, will he tiled s-lth the Surrocnte of the county of (.*uinbcriaml, before the ensuing May term of the Orphan*' Court, when exceptions thereto may be tiled by anv person interested. Geo. b. Cooper, Dated March, lfi, 1880. AsiJjmee. Boots and Shoes FOR Ladies and Gentlemen, can be bought for cash at Enoch Edwards' . - t " titv-'t

place in the couniy. E. Edwards. CAPE MAY C. H. tnehfiSmrt. Dry Goods. Dry Goods. Be sure you are right and then go ahead. But do not pay advance price* on Dty Good* until vou have called on c. i com, No. 112 High Street, MiUvUle, N. J. AntielpallnR a rtse In the market> we have our Store Full of Goods, bought, nnd to be nold at THE OLD PRICES, not-wlth-standlnc the fart that some rood* have advanced fully 25 per cent. mk . . ' ■ ■ * An Elegant Line qf Black Cashmere. Silks, Satin, Velvet, Dress Goods, Shawls, Skirts. Hosiery, Cor- % * sets, Gloves, Ribbons, TlEfc, FLANNELS AND MUSLIN, WHITE GOQDS, LACES, NOTIONS, ZEPHYRS, FRINGES, EMBROIDERIES, Etc., Etc. j Full Line Men's and Boy's Cassimeres. J Sample* Cheerfully Scut by MalL " No, 112 htua Srkxrr, mttvvtuxi N. j, mob 63m. A

-T <WWm& E. wJ EauiJg * tjCJt- j! r Jk r rtK y-*** r '■ aim rv" wh i 5p * Y <■ lowt&l jpncc#.:' j'v of anv 8te/l ^ - >1 fi ( vti ii u iohfi F WhitA'c w •• il \ 3,506 -il-jght ' ' ' * Je # VW A •>-'» AlWT » > if k > li y ♦_ . •t ^ j -• 9 r ^ Brown and Mu.- * rti IQflfi j!l , fctjy] yk t teat, te en. wa*dvic-o.*fc, *¥ytmt, "vma. griroln, wwav8 oc hand No Force Trade. ^ ' One Price to AIL gxiodft delivered free of charge. JOHN. W. YOUNG, "r MAKAGEB, BETSISTDLLE, X. J. meh63mo.

^ ! THE UXHEBSIGSEI) WliHJfc TO ; | INFOBM HIS FRIENDS, AND THE k • lr./, ' tt v xvi , - • • PUBLIC IN GENERAL, THAT HE IS PREPARED TO MAtrtg I j UP LADIES' COMRINQ6 . . INTO PUFFS, . ~ SWITCHES, FRI2ZETS, I ETC.. ETC., AT GREATLY REDUCED RATES, AND AT SHORT NOTICE. j! -ri *• J George W. Matthews, Barber, CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE. N. J. ^ mchl31y. Three Skiff Boats FOR SALE. No.l is a 24 foot boat with centre board, spars, and aafl. No. 2 is a 14 foot boat with centre board and oars. No.3 is a 10 foot boat. with sport and sail. One or all of them will be sold cheap by S. H. Benxett, Court House. BIWjTCT uWE

| , ASl) BLACKS MITHING. \X\a.\\Vt^vvY ^a.v-ox-¥.r vv-oxxYdi tes\ke«\5vv^ v\\$ovy\\ \VvC\Y cywa. \w \wv\>vw "\\\ ^twmv wvca w\t^ t\vc \k.yc\>.tyv*:a \o WWYWYY^CXCYwyc YC> OY4K* OW. CARRIACES, or ANYTHING IN THEIR LINE OF BUSINESS. AT THE SHORTEST \0TICE, in the BEST MANNER, anp Most Reasonable Terms, BLACKSMITHING done at the shortest notice, Particular attention paid to Shooing. 1 Give us a call. * * « A. Benezet & Son. inohfilyr. '