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DEVOTED TO THE GENERAL INTERESTS OF CAPE MAY COUNTY.

VOLUME I.

CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, NEW JERSEY, SATURDAY, JULY 10, 1880.

NUMBER IS.

COUNTY DIRECTORY. \ JUDICIARY. : Presiding Judge— Hon. Alfred Reed. Lay Judges — J or. E. Huvucb, Capo May city ; Jesse H. Piverty, Denuisviile Somen* C. Gondy, Tuckahoe. • 09 - CoMmif ionbr Surplus Fund— J. B. Huffman, Court House. Sheriff — William H. Bonezet. County Collector— David T. Smith, Court Hodse. County Clerk — Jonathan Hand. Dbpcty " — Morgan Hand. Prosecutor Pleas— James R. Hoag land. Bridgeton. Surrooatji — William Hildrcth. Co. SltV Public Instruction — Dr. Maurice Beealey, Donnisville. BUSINESS DIRECTORY . J. F. Learning, "M. D., D. D.8. W. 8. Learning, D. D. 8. - J. F. Learning, Sj Son. DENTISTS. OFFICE DAYS: CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, Tuwdayi, Wednesdays, and Saturdays. « m e* im? I T *v~To>\^ >y v i, Y , Physician and Surgeon , CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, H.J. mchGlyr. J. B. Huffman, COUNSELOR AT LAW SUPREME COURT COMMISSIONER, AND MASTER IN CHANCERY, Cape May C. H.^N. J. av Will beat bU office at Cape May City •very Saturday. mchGlyr. Jas. H. Nixon, ATTORNEY A COUNSELOR AT LAW, Office in Insurance Building, MILLVILLE, N. J. Mrs. S. R. Conover, Fashionable Milliner, Hiuh Street, Below Pine, MILLVILLE, N. J. mchGlyr L. B. CAMPBELL, DEALER IN STOVES, HEATERS, RANGES, TINWARE, CUTLERY, GLASSWARE, Sic., Ac. High Street, Millville, N. J. mchGlyr j P. BRICK, Dealer in HORSES^ CARRIAGES, HARNESS, Ac* MAIN STREET, NEAR THE BRIDGE, MILLVILLE, N. J. mchOlyr HBERBD ill CAPE MAY C. H. i • i — LIVERY ATTACHED. Horses always on hand, For Sale or Exchange. L. Wn eaton. mchfilyT Notice ! To Those holding Policies in the Millville Mutual Marine A Fire Insurance Company. Yonr Insurance Is m fit* ckI t/wl*y m any Insurance can br- h*lng proteciad by onr Insurance uotes— and from the responsibility on the premium notes the law allows no escajx*. The policies of the company must remain jcood until the court of chancer}' n**S » tlms for responsltilllty to coam by surrender of premium notes. This we believe now weshnll escape, but In any event ample nolle# of such order, must end shall b© given. To those who are thinking ol r*-!n miring In other companies we say that Such a course Is of all others to be avoided. By so doing, you raise a grave question as to whether hotii Insurances are not rendered void- and you «tlll remain liable for the assessment in the Millville Mutual. P. L. MIJLFORD, Sec'y. Millville, N. J., June «U», 1880. _ PURE Fish Guano, FOR SALE BY FRANKLIN HAND. jun958w.

UNION « HOTEL, Cape May C. H. This long established Hotel is still open for the reception of permanent and transient guests, where all attention will be given to their comfort. William Eldridge. mchGlyr. MHJj^ MAM, iNB IS 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 , Saddles, Whips, Rohes, Nets , Blankets, Values, Trunks , Etc., ALL OF WHICH WE ARE SELLING AT LOW CASH TRICES. o Open Wagon Harness as low as $ 8 00 Carriage Harness as low os 10 00 AND MANY OTHERS OF DIFFERENT STYLES, AND PRICES. Call and see before purchasing elsewhere, mch61yr A. Yourison. J. L. STEEL, MANUFACTURER OF LADIES' AND GENTS' FASHIONABLE BOOTS ui SHOES, GENTS' BUTTON CALF GAITERS ONLY <tS.50. NEXT TO THE "GAZETTE" OFFICE. CAPE MAY C. H. Repairing neatly and carefully done. mchGlyr. Stnrdhant's Great Catarrh Remedy, In the snfoM, moat agreeable and effectual remedy In the world, for the cure of CATARRH. No matter from what canoe or how long standing, by giving r STURDIY ANT'S CATARRH REMEDY 1 a (Mir and Impartial I rial, you will be oon1 vlnoed of this fuel. The medicine I « very friennunt and can be taken by the most dcleate stomach. For wle by all druggUtu, and J by Holloway *Oo.,tf02 Arch St., Fhlhi. mchtily ' R. L. Howell, SURVEYOR AND Civil Engineer, MILLVILLE, N. J, Special attention paid to leveling; | reton Halting the overflow lines of proposed ponas for mill sites, cran Kerry nog* etc ; drainage works etc. Flan* made, eatimates furnished and specifications drawn for Mill®, Bridge® ; Water* works and all similar constructions or works at short notice. mchfilyr

POETRY. ~T Failure . t BY XLLX.1 OKAMttSE KILLIKUTOK. The Lord, who Caahloaed my bands For working, Bet me a took and Mis not done; < I tried and tried since the early morning. And now to the westward sinketh the eun ? Nobis the took that was klndly^lveu To one so little and weak as 1; , Bomehow my strength oould never grasp it. Never, as days and yean went by. O there around me, cheerfully tolling, Showed me their work as they paired away, Filled with their hands to overflowing, Proud were their hearts and glad and gay. Laden with harvest spoil they entered In at the golden gate of their rout. Laid their sheaves at the feet of the Master, Found their place among the blest. Happy bo they who strive to help me, Falling ever in spite of their aid I Fain would their love have borne me with them, Bat I was unready and sore afraid. I know now my task will never be finished, And when the master calleth my name, me still * " i i . V 0*<r *■ b ♦ " • ^ „ w/ding have I to lay beiorv jj But broken efforts and bitter tears. Yet when he calls I fain would hasten— Mlno eyes are dim and their light is gone; And I am as wearied as though I carried A burden of beautiful works well done. I will fold my hands upon my bosom, Moekly thus in the shape of His ero«*. And the Lord who made them so frail and feeble Maybe will pity their strife and loss. —Selected. ■ ' — ■ The Happy Day . BY EPE9 8ABGEXT, ESQ. Oh ! I never shall forget It, That happy, happy day, When we a merry party. Hailed down the sun gilt hay. The warm Juno air was fresh and clear, Bright glcam'd the feathery spray. And the hills ' round seem'd heap'd with green , 1 That happy, happy day. We landed on an Island— An Isle of bloom and shade ; Where the wavelets glazed the sandy beach, And vines an arbor made. And there, with song and dancing, And grateful hearts and gay. We roam'd with beauty's daughters. That happy, happy day. And one of them seem'd fhlrer To me than all the rest; With her shape of grace, her angel face. And the wild roso on her breast ! And In her willing ear I bre&th'd First love's bewildering lay ; ITer small hand press'd a mute consent. That happy, happy day. For earth too pure and lovely. Now back to heaven ghe's fled ; And all that merry party, Have one, alas ! are dead. But though dear friends are round me. And the sun shines bright as aye, Oh ! I nevercan forget it. That happy, happy day.— Selected. Is Not This True f 1 think more downright unhappiness und miser)* are caused by ill-temper in the home than by all the embezzlements, infidelities, and crimes put together into which poor human nature falls. One individual — man; woman, or child — is possessed of an arbitrary, overbearing, or furiotiB temper. You never know at what unfortunate moment this temper will explode. A chance word, an unlucjcy allusion, or a mistimed jest, will set it off, for the fuse is always laid, and needs but one touch of the match. Five or six or ten people shall be made temporarily wretched, because ono person, unconsciously perhaps, yet supremely egotistic and selfish, has never learned to control his disposition and bridle his tongue. It may be the head of the house who is apt to be cross at breakfast time, and he goes away to business leaving a weight of depression behind him which he is wholly unable to estimate or measure. It may bo the mother who gives the reins to fretfulness, or who looks like a martyr when everybody is trying to please her. Her husband carries the thought of her face to the counting room and the children miss their lessons and receive discredit marks because they did not get well started for the day. Even a child who is wilfitl, capricious, and stormy in mood can overshadow a family and lessen the sum of its daily delight. A great many bad-tempered people are very good in some other regards are truthfal, generous, and kind. They will go all lengths to do you a service. They will divide their last dollar with you, and sit up with you when you are ill and suffering. Yet they will not scruple to trample on your ordinary comfort, to wound your feelings constantly and to mortify you by outbreaks of pas sion when they ought to be most patient What it to be done about HT For one

thing society is to blame. We must i oeaae to look upon an infirm temper as 1 a venial offence We must let the per- i son who habitually indulges it under- i stand that be cannot be at once a bear < and a saint. We must not talk or think i of A bad, by which we mean an irascible, < vindictive, or malicious temper, as a < misfortune merely to l»e pitied, it b 1 rather a trait to be condemned and c sin to be ashamed of. The ill-tempered person should be met by reproof and by good-humored but constant resiatance. Too often he carries all before him. For the sake of peace ever) body keeps quiet. It is an old lion, and who tJiall stir him up ? The abject submu sion of friends and kindred to the ill temper of some one they both love and fear, intensifies and augments the evil. The ill-tempered adult was once a child. The fault was once manageable. On parents and preceptors, then, a heavy responsibility lies, since theirs b the duty of right training.— Cheisti an j 1*%*- v - lo-i-xgj .v ' y f If I bad known in the morning, How wearily all the day, The words unkind Would trouble my mind, 1 had sold when you went away ; I bad been more careful darting. Nor given you needless pain, But we vex our own With look and tone, We might never take back again. For though In the quiet evening. You may give one the kiss of peaoe. Yet it might be That never for me The pain of the heart would cease, How many go forth In the morning That never come home at night. And hearts have broken For hard words spoken That sorrow can ne'er set righL We have careful thought* for the stranger, And smiles for the sometime truest, But oft for our own The bitter tone 1 Though we love our own the besL Oh ! lips with the curve impatient. Oh ! brew with that look of scorn, Twess s cruel fate Were the night too late To undo the work of the morn. Ignorant Voting. As the time for a great popular election approaches, the necessity for a people who control everything being prepared to use intelligently the right of suffrage becomes more urgently apparent. It is so pressing and the danger of ignorance so plain, that to compel the education of the masses is simply a measure of defence. Especially does this ap- | pear at the present time, when such a mass of ignorance is surging to our shore?, for although as a rule the immigrants are a better and more industrious class than for years before, yet a large proportion of them can neither read nor write. How then are they going to in- ; form themselves — how going to learn even the alphabet of what a republican country needs toeontinuc its prosperi ty? The addition of so many illiterate people to those already in our midst is another strong argument ii* support of compulsory education. Setting that aside, however, something ought to be done for certain classes already in our midst, and it ought to be done, too, by the Government. In the South the children of the negro* are, the majority of them, growing up as ignorant os the parent*. It is true, there are schools for freedmcrt here and there, but there number and possibilities are totally inadequate fo accomplish a hundredth part of what is necessary. The whites of the Southern States are still poor, their own schools weak, so that tlicy hove neither the means nor the desire to educate the negros. Consequently the large Iwnly of them are growing up in complete ignorance, and by and by at least a half million of black voters will be added to those already in possession of sufferage, who are no better fitted to exercise the right. The prey of demagogs, and incapable of judging what is for the best interest of the country, they are just as likely to array themselves against it as in its favor. There is no question but that such a mass of ignorance capable of being moulded U-4 * . »*un» a , real peril for the Republic. Increasing, , rather than diminishing under present circumstance, it behooves the Government to take hold of the matter, and assist in the establishing of both common and normal school* wherever they are needed. »Some of tho money spent In absurd investigation that drag their slow lengths along at the people's expense, but not to their edification, might he

well used in this way. As it ia, even the i Normal School which is doing 1 an excellent work is crippled in ha use- i fulnem for wont of sufficient funds to i enlarge its accommodations, while there 1 seems little chance for the establishment \ of the others that are so imperatively re i quired, in order to make a nation of in < telligent voters# — Blade. t — * • h Philosophy of Drtu \ The subject of apparel with which to i ! clothe the human body is one who* properly considered, that will furnish ma terial for entertainment and become the source of much valuable information. The theme is intimately connected with the science of visible existeiice.knowii as the science of physiology. For what : is physiology, but an explanation of the structure of the fleshly coverings of the soul ? The living body is but an outward dress and manifestation of the my Men ous spiritual body. It is the marvellous spirit, then, that exists in us, and is made IT! • -• ^ « | inent " * *he organ***-* itnr* 1 ly u*4itv»utA* mad wonderfully ^,adetis but the in closure of the soul and its medium of communication with the ma i terial world. Physiology is, then, the philosophy of that natural fleshly dres* con textured in the loom of heaven, in ' which each human spirit is invested. Is it not, then, a topic worthy of thought and reflection ? Hungarian Grass . Comparatively few farmers raise this crop, though it is very productive and excellent for most kinds of stock, if fed in the proper manner. The time between sowing and harvesting is shorter than for any field crop raised on farms. It is useless in this latitude to sow it early in the season. To produce a good crop the entire growth of the plant must take place during very warm 1 weather. If sown at the same time oats arc, the plant* will make a very ' slow growth, and will remain stunted < during the entire season. The trouble . ■ some farmer* have experienced with | Hungarian hay has arisen mainly from I allowing the grass to remain uncut till I the seed was nearly or quite ripe. It should be harvested as soon as the seeds form and before they have commenced • • to mature. Another difficulty has arisen from tho amount of dust Hungarian grass often contains. As it grows on land that was recently plowed and ; harvested, aud over the surface of which there is not so much dust as likely to be distributed in raking and pitching the hay. This may be prevented Very largely by cutting the grass quite high, and by gathering it when it is cured with a j hand rake instead of with a horse rake. ' If gathered in this way and pitched on | the cart when the ground is moist with the dew nearly all the dust usually found in Hungarian hay may be avoid- j ed.— Ex. She Hr<w a Little Disappointed . I remember a whimsical incident occurring in a theatre where the leading i member of the company was celebrated for his magnificent physique. One night he was enacting Yirginius, and his mother, who had never been in a theatre in all her life, happened on the occasion to be in one of the boxes. Fresh from her native Yorkshire vilit will be readily imagined that she will be, somewhat bewildered with the novelty of the scene. When her son appeared *h<* was atnascd at the grandeur of his presence in fleshings, sandals and toga. His appearance caused a great deal of applause. When it had subsided the Bother, unable to restrain herself, and to the astonishment of all around her, said : 4Tm ao glad you like him. He's my Whereupon the mother immediateljroocame the centre of attraction, and one admirer exclaim- j ed : "Well, madam, you may well be proud of your son. for he looks as god like as a Roman." "Ah.'' sighed the ! poor <dd lady in reply, "I didn't wanl ! him to be a Roman." lie would hate v *id as a policeman, — - - ■ i • < — — — The Lucky Horseshoe. The origin of the horseahoe superstition has never been satisfactorily explained. Among the theories oflbred, that contained in the following is among the poaribilitie* i "The horseshoe of old wa« held to he of special service at a security against the attacks of evil . spirits. Tht virtue may have bean ee

sign tad perhaps by the rule of contraries/ it being a thing inoo— petebk w;(ti the cloven foot of the Evil One ; or from the rude nsetfthnoe which the horseshoe been to the ray s of glory which in ancient pictures were made to surround the heed* ei saints end angels ; finally, from some doOo* of ite purity, acquired through the fire. This ktur supposition receives oounteritne* i.<** the methods resorted to for the qpp jf home that had become vicious or af fee ted with any cbsM-mper which the witchcraft) end the mode of cure seems to imply the belief that the imperfect purification by fire of the d*aet which the animal wore had afforded en inlet to malevolent infiaeocea. Accordingly, the horse was led into the smithy, the door was closed and barred, the shoes taken off and placed in the fire, end the witch or warlock was speedily under the necessity of removing the spell under which the animal suffered. vessel. Tne thmr hmre their tombs Uifft in the shape of the horseshoe, which custom is very curious, us it may be fairly regarded as e branch of dm superstition kmg prevalent among our selves." An Arithmetical TricL As far as we know, the following prat ty arithmetical trick has never been published : Tell s person to write down s number consisting of any three dissimilar digits. Tell him next to write down the seme digits in the reverse order, and to subtract the leaser number from the greater. He is then to state the unit figure j of the remainder, and yon at onoe tell ■ him the whole of the remainder. The result will be as under. The middle figure will always be a nine, end tbe other two figures added together will always equal nine. Thus, suppose ha Write*....- — 472 Reversed -J74 Remainder 196 He states the unit figure of the remainder to be eight. You at onoe announce the remainder to be a hundred and ninety -eight. The trick may be varied by letting 1 the person tell you the hundred figure of the remainder! if there is no hundred figure the remainder will be ninety - nine), or by giving him the choice of either the hundred or unit figure. But the trick will not beer repeating mora than once, as it will soon be discovered that the middle figure is always a nine. „ Three similar digits may be written, when the answer will be 000 ; but this ia not so pretty a* an answer in digita, *o it is recommended to make it compulsory to write dissimilar digit*. The explanation i* simple. A minute's reflection will show that the remainder '• must always be a multiple of Ninety- | nine, and that the middle figure must I b© a nine. U is a well known property of tbe number nine that the digits of any number divisible by nine without a remainder, will, when added together, themsclve* make nine, ore multiple of nine. The result of the subtraction be1 ing divisible by nine without e remaindor, and the middle figure being a nine, tbe other two figures added together must equal nine ; consequently, if one of them is known, the other will evidently be tbe complement of nine with this figure. — S&lkx Suxeeae. In a Box. The owner of a large farm, not far from i ad caster Pa , hod an opportunity a few day* ago of witnessing how an interloper is punished by the martin species of bird*. A pair y{ martins had taken poreesrion of a small box, and were building their nest. (h*e day, while they were absent, e screech-owl look possession of the box, end when the martins came home would not allow them to enter. The smaller birds were nonplussed for a while, and ia a short thnc flew away, seemingly giving ap the fight. But if tbe owl wes of this opinion he was sadly mistaken, for in e short time the little ones returned, bringing with them s whole army of their eotnpentono, who immediately set to work and procuring mud. plastered the entrance to the box shut. They then all flew sway, In a fow days the bet was examined and the owl was found dead ! — Excesses