pv ' • i 'v . ;w'- i /j 1-- '• * yj^B F Y^H J •*---'> 1 • P*-? c M/i^M I Jf' { I a ' >fl|^v /SH^ nBJf " - ^1. ' - - - '---**-* . ■ • fl\ll )W« ML I. . (■ II . \m II 11 1 j ■ /■ I A [I / . Aw ]■ ■ A - Aw f.jn u - i'.'S.t-A -A ■ I I lll\?i^d nlMlHl l I ■ W ■ - ■ ill An ' liH t II * a. ■/ || [■ ■/ j J- v r* ■Mp I I II W "!■]■ n^r 1^1^ {■ in , n^p I In . 1^' jt{L> IB^ JJ.

: 1 ^ - ; DEVOTED TO THE GENERAL INTERESTS OF CA£E MA Y COUNTY. ■ f : ->' - . - __ ! ■■! - ■ ■•.■• .;'■,•>•■ •■.. ■ -; ' : ' / ■ : si !i J-' ••■■;: :S '■ '• ..n" — — — '—, — — ■ — — — — - ■ • • • . i. ■ ■.■» I l,t*l.'lr,lf ,

-v^~. . 1 '' " '' VOLUME I > .- • r y i. ,»-■••- 1 • • •• - ■•-.,

; . ■ ;. .■■■■. — -or^—v- — t7" . .* — • ' — ■ ■ .' CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, NEW JERSEY, SATURDAY, MAY 8, 1880. *...'■, . •

nyPD&n w. . ■ -' ..-; i . A ••:

May city j Jesse H i)ivei tyf -^nniavilie; Sobers C. Gandy , Tuckahoo.

* +' * ,T : ' S^Bjurp — William H. Benezet. County Gt»LLBd^OE^-4J6h^ "-Wiley, M. D., Court House. County Clkrk — Jonathan Hand. Deputy S-." — Morgan^Hand. * E' Hoa^' iNSTHvario-v-Dr. Maurice TJeesley, Donmsyille. W S. Learning, D. D. 8. jjM Eedmin*, $ Son. DENTISTS. ■WiPICir BAYS:-' CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, Tuesdays, Wednesdays. en d< Saturdays. CAPE MAY CITY, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays. SOUTH SE'AVILLE, Fridays. mcbClyr. mvaY, Physician and Surgeon, CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, N. J. mchCdyr. J. B. Huffman, COUNSELOR AT LAW, SUPREME COURT COMMISSIONER, :^AND MASTER IN CHANCERY, Cape May C. II., N. J. 45F*Wlll bo at his ofllce at Capo May City every Saturday. mchfllyr. Jas. H. Nixon, ATTORNEY k COUNSELOR AT LAW, Optics ix Insurance Building, MILLYILLE, "N. J. Mrs. S. R.. Conover, - Fixs?o(*mu&iv jmstwwt, High Street^ Below Pine, iltLEVTtLE, 'ft. J. mch61yr ' - L. B. CAMPBELL, DE4LLER INSTOVES,- HEATERS, RANGES, TINWARE, CUTLERY, GLASSWARE,. Ac., Ac. High Stiiekt, Millvillk, N. J. mch6 1 yr JHTbrick, k Dealer in HORSES, CARRLVGES, HARNESS, Ac. MAIN 8TREI7T, NEAR THE BRIDGE, MILLVILLE, N. J. mcbfilyr HI MI, CAPE MAY C. H. • ;f t ,e ■ ; LIVEttY ATTACUED. Horses alwayfc on hand, For Sale or Exchange. 4 f' " "" »/' •>' . j L. WiiEaton. mch61yr MILLVILLE mutual Marine & fire . . MILLVILliF, N. J. Assets Jan'y. 1st , 1880 : PREMIUM NOTES, .8808,240 00. CASH • " ASSKTSfi. . . .'tt 1»M78 . TOTA lr ...81W1.71H M. JJABILITIES, mohifllnjf rom. _ «arutjcc reaorvo,. „ n,....J]i7t^> u, ■ - — 7*. — r . . • tnou ranee eflTeeted on harm Buildingn and other property agaihftt Ions by FIRE 9 LIGHTNING, at loweat rafcea for one, throe or ten yenm. . • Oanroes and Pr«d»(ht*, written en liberal form of polldoR, without rfatrictloiw 00 to porto uqeUi or roulntcrcd tonnage. v. h .-10SRBS6 Promptly Adjnritd and Paid# N. KTRA1T0N, Prealilent, F. t. MULFORD, Secretary. f,v WHIiam Boas, Agent, - • ° ~bh rfrMAV CxAlRT hAubE, N. J, mchO lyr. • •

UNION . - , .; IKflPBt. . Cape May C. H. • h. • i-">r*vVi]r-.- t This long established' H'otel is still epbn for the reception of jper^ianent and transient guests, where all attention will hfe given to their comfort. riff. wM^. 4. \,K - William Eldiidge. mch61yr. Sou. . A. YOURISON, m ira, AND DEALER IN READY-MADE HARNESS, CAPE MAY C. H., N.J. Please Call and Examine Our Stock ! We have on hand a good assortment of Ready-made Harness , Collars. Bridles . Saddies, mips, Xobis; Nets , Blankets , Valises, Trunks , Etc., ALL OF WHICH WE ARE SELLING AT LOW CASH PRICES. Open Wagon Harness as low as $ 8 00 Carriago HaTnes* as low as 10 00 AND MANY OTHERS OF DIFFERENT STYLES AND PRICES. Call and see before purchasing elsewhere, A. Yourison. J. L. STEEL, " f ! MANUFACTURER OF LADIES' A\D GENTS* fashionable BOOTS d SIDES, SEXT TO THE "GAZETTE" OFFICE. CAPE MAY e. n. Repairing neatly and carefully done. meliOlyt. SturdivflnUfl flrcnt Catarrli Remedy, Is tho Parent, mo®' ngnirAblo . unci effectual rcnicxly in the world, for the cure of CATARRH. No matter Rom wlmtcniwo or how. long standing, by giving STUItrnVAh'T'STATARRH BEJIEDT afiilr and linpnrtlnl trial, yon will be eonvlitecd of tlity ftict. The nfedlflliie Is very pleajtikiit and can be tail en liv the moet delicate jitoinaeh. For nnle by all drugglsta, nnd by Jlolluway dt Co.,^i Arch Bl., PhUa. mchUly R. L. Howell, SURVEYOR AND Civil Engineer, MILLVfLLE, N. J. Special attention paid <o leveling} eHtahlishing the overflow linos of proposed, pond h for mill Hitep, cranberry , t»og« etc : drainage works etc. Finn* made, eftbtnatep furni«heti and specifications draWii for Mflw, Briutfo* ; Waterwork ^ pntVall rimilar ,copjitruction8 or works at snort notice, mehfllyr

POETRY. - i I i ] h — The Fifth Step in Intemperance. 9y rbv. ])k.. 6. r. dekms. "Going, going, gone," Tho little crudto n«t 1 J "Going, going, gone," — The Uurllng'H pluce of rest I Oh 1 tho sod remorwe -Of tho father1* heart I Oh ! the bitter tears, On tho mother's part I J*Golng, going, gone," Carpet*, tables, chairs 1 "Going, going, oox*," Alt the household wares 1 Rum has dono Its worst; In tho pleasant home I Where, oh tell mo where Will the poor walDj room f "Going, going, gone, m Honor, pride, and love I "Goiug, going, gone," Joy's brlght-pinioncd dove ! Everything in life Lost and nothing woo I All thpt makes home dear, "Gdlng, going, gone!" —Old Magazine. = > y »

J "Christianos Ad Leones !" "Give the Clirlstlans to the lions!" was the savage Roman's crj'. And the vestal virgins added their voices shrill and high, And tho Cwsar gave the order, "Loose the lions lYom their don ! For Rome must have a spectacle worthy of gods and men." Forth to the broad arena a little band was lod, But words forbear to utter how tho sinless blood was shed. No sigh the vlotlms proffered, but now nod then a prayer From lips of age und lips of youth rose upward on the air; And the savage Ctcsar muttered, "By Hercules! I swear, Braver than gladiators those dogs of Christians arc/* Then a llctor, bonding slavishly, saluting with his axe, Said. "Mighty Imperator I the sport one feature lacks : We have an! Afrlc lion, savage, nnd great of limb, Fasting since yestereven ; Is the Grecian maid for him?" The Emperor assented. With a frantic roar The monster^ burbling n-om"T»iS hen, Ri»wn' terribly around, And toward film moved a maiden, slowly; but yet serene ; "By Venus!" cried tho Emperor, "she walketh like a queen." Unconscious of tho myriad eyes slio crossed the blood-soaked sand, Till face to face the maid and beast in opposition stand; Tho daughter of Athene, In white arrayed, and fair. unu i air.

Gazed on the monRter,s lowered brow, und breathed a silent prayer. Then forth she drew a crulclilx-and held it high in air. Lo, and behold! a miracle! the lion's fury fled, And at the Christian maiden's feet he laid his lordly head, While she as fearlessly caressed, he slowly rose, and then, With one sort, buck ward look at her, retreated to his den. One Bhout rose from* tho multitude, tossed like a stormy sen : "The gods have so dcccccd It; let the Grecian maid go free!" Within the catucombS that flight a saint with snowy hair Folded upon his aged breast his daughter young and fair; And tho gathered brethren lifted tho chant of praise und prayer; From the monster of tho desert, from tho heathen fierce and wild, God has restored to love and life his sinless, trusting child, —ft ELECTED. — * * * — Ephraim Ford's Night on Guard . It was the night of Good Friday, fine and clear, and tho grim defiant outlines of tho citndel of Gibraltar loomed up majestically. Nothing disturbed the stillness of that midnight hour save the measured tread of each sentry aud the occuaiotial challenging of the ofllcor of the night, ns, he went his ^pun^s to sec that each sentinel was at his proper post. Good Friday was almost gone. In another quarter of an hour the chimes of his clock -towers would ring ottt the. hour of twelve. That 'Good Friday lutd been full of services of one kind and ' another, nnd Epbrnim Ford had strolled • fVom pluce to place, seeing fin these ' services only matter for "fun." But now that he stood alone under the midnight sky, or paced hia solitary boat-," memory began to recall other scones and other , times. He could rembember, very distinctly the parents, in the midst of their littlo family group ; the girls, with their quiet, maidenly winsomonews } and the boys, of whom ho was the roughest and noisiest perhaps — full of fun, daring, ! and tricks. And there was another recollection 1 which Roomed to strike hardest of nil. " In those days of long ago, Ephraim had, 1 along with Ids brothers, sisters, and playfellows, attended a Sunday-school ; nnd the anniversaries of the Sunday'

-4 ■ ■ .1 i ■ fry:- V-T if u .T ;; ■■ - •school were held an each recurring Easter Sunday. These anniversary meetings wore still kept up— at least, so his sister told him in her letters ; and while he had turnod out "wild" and headstrong — finishing up a course of folly with enlistment into a regiment bound for foreign service— some of the )ads who had been his clAss-fellows had become useful men. Half a doxen or more had taken the post of the former teachers in that very Sunday-school, while, two or three more were preaching the Gospel, either in theiy own or In foreign lands. And as Ephraim recalled all these particulars, he grew nervous and spell-bound, as it were. Such Beacons come sometimes in a man's life. The voice of conscience, unfettered at last, speaks loudly of a past which is full of sin, of privileges despised rather than improved, and of offences committed against the light of God's Word. Then, too, frequently tho still small voice-of God's Spirit speaks, • -■■■■■ - — — i i r

and the stricken sinner is drawn towards his only remedy. This was how it happened with \Ephruim Ford. Somehow — he could notrtell how— tho memory of the last anniversary at which he ever attended, rose up before him. Fresh as yesterday, rose up the picture of the grey -haired preacher before his mental vision, announcing as his text the glorious words, "Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification." How full of sin and unhallowed pleasure had the four years been which bad succeeded that service } and in all those intervening years he had given small thought to any of these things ; yet they rose in his mind as if he had listened to them only that duy. • What could it mean ? • . "Pshaw 1 L think I'm getting nervous 1" said he to himself ; and shouldering his bayonet, ho paced more vigorously to and lro, as if ho would fain banish all serious thought. But a man's - j&ffg Mr u.PvAviM monitor speaks more loudly in solitude. So his pacing to and fro only served "to make his mind more active. "J shouldn't wonder if tho old folks at home ain't praying for their soldier-son! I know they think great things of their anniversary day, and maybe when they hear other folks talk aboutit,tliey think about me."

Thus his soliloquy went on, for ■ .Ephraim Ford was as yet far from being hardened, and some of these recollections cut him to the quick. "Can't think what's come to pie tonight !" he soliloquized again. *4 Whv.it all comes up so fresh that I'm suro they must bo praying for me at home. That's tho secret ! What a queer text, 'Demvrred tor our offences, and was RAISED AGAIN FOR OUR JUSTIFICATION;' That old preacher is dead and gone, but I don't forget his text. My offences ! My offences ! This the day in which Christ died for my offcncos. Ah. I wish I wore a hoy again in that Sundayschool ! I hadn't half ns many sins to answer for then as I have now. It wouldn't have been half so hard to repent then as it is now. That's what ray old teacher used to tell me. I don't know what ho would say now? if lie know all I Ah, but God knows all." yjO-atoppcd, nnd in his ignorance lie tried to pray. It was the first prayer 1 which ho had offered since his entering tho service; and he stumbled nnd stammered over it, like a child just learning to talk. And this was what he | said : "My offences, Lord, are dreadful —so many that I cannot number (hem. 0 Lord, forgive. How shall I be forgiven? I've wnndered away from the teaching of my youth— from my pious father's prayers ; and 1 have sinned against Thee daringly. Is there nothing that can blot out my sins?" Footsteps in the distance! Instantly, tho soldier's senses wore on the nlert. Seizing his bayonet more tightly, ho advanced nnd colled out — "Who goes there? Advance, and give tho countersign !" "Behold the Lamb or God, **re plied tho soldier, who came up. Then, recovering himsolf immediately. he nddc* I with some confusion, "I beg pardon. Those words slipped out. They were in my mind as 1 came up, so I unconsciously gave them. The countersign is, 'Bravery.' " ^ "Right ! You may pass on. Where do you go 7" » "To relievo' guard nt tho east fart." He passed on, and was soon lost to sight. "Bkitold the Lamb ok God,' Ephraim

Ford soliloquized again. "Why, that is the very i thing that I wont. I know the whole verse runt, .thus, 'Dsn old tjib Lamb of God, wjjich takktij away tbe sin of the world.' i need to say it in Sunday-school. That will suffice to blot out my sins. That's tlie meaning. of Christ's death on the cross. He died there for me ! I remember it ell now. I remember, too, another toxt-t-'The blood of Jesus Christ His 6on cleanseth us from all sin.' How well I recollect learning that as a boy 1 Why, it all comes up so fresh now4 'Clean hath us from all sin I' That's what I wont. Indeed, my life, and my conscience too, has been stained over and over again with sin. I know that there are* a great many offences down against me in tho regimental black -book ; but that is nothing to God's Book. Nothing but this can wash out my sins, I know. I think I understand now the meaning of that text, 'Delivered for oub ofrkncefi.' If Christ Jesus had not died, there would have been no chance for me." At this moment the soldier who was to relieve Ephraim Ford drew near, and the two exchanged places. As Eplmum returned to barracks and turned in for Hie night, his thoughts still kept him company ; and when morning broke, he was still pondering anxiously over the questions which tho Holy Spirit had suggested. And as tho convicted soldier— convicted of sin — remembered the homo of his youth, he tried to pray. But peace did not come so. On Easter morning Ephraim went eagerly to a place of worship, wondering if some message of mercy would reach him. Two days previously he had strolled with ' his comrades from place to place, . wandering into different places in search of sensational performance ; now he only sought to hear about Jesus as the Saviour of men, especially of himself. Almost in every church the joyful news of Christ's resurrection was the theme of discourse. Specially was it in the church i tohii& wtifa ■ftt'amta very one which had flashed across ( Epliraim's mind a« being the text of tlint anniversary Sunday years before, , "Who was delivered for our offences, ! j and was raised again for our justifica- • ! tiou." Ephraim was all attention now. ! Like cold water to a thirsty soul, camo 1 the good news of tho finished work cf ' Christ for him. Ho had partly learned i •

' the truth before, by means of the soldier's { ' incautiously -spoken words, "Behold the , Lamb of God;" but now, as explained j by tho preacher, tho fulness of the ( truth broke upon him. It was indeed ; t good news ! "The Lord had. risen in- | ^ deed." Ephraim Ford could rejoice in , t the sweet consciousness that the Saviour j whose resurrection tho holy day fi commemorated, was his fcsaviour and his t Redeemer. , Henceforth all became changed. In \ place of swearing, drunkenness, and , . Sabbath-breaking, he became noted for ! t sobriety, prayer, and Bible-reading ; | ] while in tho room of his companions of j , old times, he sought out all the praying , men in the regiment and kept company j « with them. It was not long either before the good news went back to Ephraim !■ onl's old homo; and tho .frebie, grey beaded parents echoed again the grate- . fill language of the father in the pan ble: „ "For this my son was dead, and is (dive j i again ; he was lost, -and is found.''. Ephraim Ford remained in the nrmv for some little time longer; but God in : His provideneo had designed better things for him. His regiment l>eing ! ! ordered to Ceylon, ho engaged shortly j j after in missionary work, and became so ; [useful among the natives thnt*speoial I efforts were made toobtain his discharge. 1 That point being gained, ho received an | appointment as missionary labourer j among the Cingalese, and worked in j their midst for several years with great acceptance. Finally, after translating i the Bible into the Cingalese language, ! he laid down both life nnd labour, and • en tered Die heavenly rest. Yet Ephraim i Ford vwn many a heathen wanderer to j ! (lie cross 'during his lifetime; and how ' ! many more, by means of his translation ! of the Biblo.faund Jesus.only the records i | of eternity will tell, j Now the truth which was the ground ' ' of hope to the soldier, may be nlso j the ground of joyful hope to us. The . ! resurrection of Christ is a solemn verity. ' i If He rose not, neither shall we. If lie . rose not, our hope is r.l*o vain, for we ; are yet in our sins. But He triumphed over death, and ascending up on high, ! . pleads for us before His Father's throne, j Having risen, He became our Mediator \ and prevailing Advocate; and by Him 1

"we are justified from all thiflgv' from which W$ "could not be justified by the law of B*mnr Wox**anv • ^ "We estimate owr loeses from shopliftingat$10,000 a yewy" «aid one <d the proprietor of: enlarge New York day goods and fun ey goods store recently. "jn the busy ho As you catiffat estimate the number of people that come to this store. If you watch them from the galleries they ewarinllke ants. To serve persons. We have to watch them all, customers and clerks alike. On the. other Irand, it is a prime necessity to display our goods, and to display .them in such a way as will tempt tjio dishonest. W> don't disturb persons unless we have the moid, positive proof of their guilt. When the article stolen i* a trifle wc watch the woman so as^to remember her face, but usually do nothing more. Not frequently we see thefts committed by women that we believe are not habitually trespassers; bnt were urged on by too stropg temptation and poverty. Such women wo tako to a private room. We tell the$i our suspicion. If they confess and give us what prove to be their right names and addresses we let thom go. But all this is a very delicate matter, and to make a mistake is very dangerous. You must know that shoplifters are generally among the best dressed and most respectable-looking women that come in our store. I stood at the secondstory skylight one day, looking aimlessly down on the . first floor. I saw two elegantly-d reused women putting away rolls of silk ribbon. I watched them, and there wasn't any doubt about it. I hastened down and told the floor-walker. He was astounded. 1 jjersisted, and ho spoke to the women. They were violently indignant. As they walked towards the door, we saw them throw the rolls of ribbon among some boxes between 5 house in Forty- -eigth street. f "Professional shoplifters very often i j wear great cloaks. They can put away a good deal under them. By raising their folded arms under their cloaks : they conceal the added size the stolen ' articles give them, They have a pocket made in the front of their dresses big enough to hold a number of large packv O c i

ages. Why, when wo unloaded a woman here one day we took out of that pocket nil that a good sized boy could carry on J lis outstretched arms. I remember how indignant that woman was when accused. I was walking through the store one day when a clerk told mo he thought a woman he was serving had stolen some Leghorn hats. I walked up to her and raised one of her arms suddenly. Twenty-two hats fell to t>' floor. They are made of n kind of grass and fold close together. She had concealed $37 worth. She aaid that she picked them up on the floor and going to put them where the rest of the hats were kept. We arrested her. The hands of an experienced shoplifter work faster than the eyes of an observer. A Central Office detective standing in the store one day auw a woman putting [ awav silk handkerchiefs. She'd hold kolie up as if to examine it. and then j she'd suddenly pass it into her other hand and then into a big front pocket with such lightning-like rapidity that j the detective couldn't toll what she was j doing, but lie thought she was putting I them "back on tho couter. He made a i study of the subject and caught her, 1 Shoplifters often steal our valises and • baskets, and then go around the store 1 filling thom up. W e know a good many ! of the profession. We sent a man to ; the trial of Mr. and Mrs. Volkener. who were accused lately of an attempt to jioison Mr. Blair, of Chatham, N. Y, You remember it was said that Mrs. Volkener and Mrs. Connolly, who lived with her, were shoplifters. He came back again and said the face of the big ! woman (Mrs. Connolly) was a familiar ' one in our store. The worst thing shoplifters do is to steal from our customers, j They are very fand of taking ] socket books and valises. Wo taould a great I deal rather they would steal from us, i for their victims are sure to give a store j where they are robbed a bad reputation. Not long ago & lady" who had $128 in silver in n valise rested it on the counter 1 a moment and it disappeared. She ; found an old one in its place. Wo lndieved that the thieves who took it ! knew that she had the money, and had I fallowed her from a long Aptance." — 1 Trt.KftnvrM.