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ALFRED COOPER, EWTOB. "iuTC ubAY^TOBKHO, 1 88UIn. making friend* consider well first j and when you arc fixed, be true, not waving of report*, nor deserting in affiction, for that become* not tho good and virtuous. t » • The bone* of a huge creature, supposed by those who found them to be jMirt of the skeleton of a mastodon, were discovered a few days ugo by workmen employed in cutting a ditch at Fountain Creek, Iroquois county, 111. Comj>etont persons have been sent for to make an examination and determine the scientific value of the discovery. — ^'merchant, desirous oi collecting a large outstanding debt, went to an Agent; and told him he would give him half the bill as commission for its collectio^. The agent agreed. Months /elapse^. One day the merchant met the agent. "By the way, Mr. , have you collected that- bill yet 7" "Not quite," said the agent, moving down . the street, "I got my liulf two months ago, hut your half I can't collect to save me." # » » Much dissatisfaction is felt and expressed with the manner in which the Hon. Alfred Heed conducts court. It is justly Argued that ho consults his own convenience in preference to tho interests of the county tux-pavers and those having business at court. It is sincerely to behoped that when his time expires tho honor will bo given to some gentleman who understands that taxpayers, juryman, lawyers, etc.. havo somk rights. which should be respected, even though a judge is obliged to be absent from his family a few days in ordor to respect those rights. There seems to be an impression in the minds of many that if a man pays the United States Government $50, unci takes a receipt for the satne, that ho is licensed to sell intoxicating liquors at will. Now nothing can bo farther from the truth than is this idea. Tho Government requires it of every man who wants to sell liquor that he pay them a tax upon such sales, but in no case do I A A, ui'WU nuoti niiU'.*1! uuv lit iiw uunu «*i

uivj girl, a nmn-ittirtytMttj-to-ftcrt w»n^out first having obtained from his local . government a license so to do. You may have a ccoro of these receipts and, unless tho county or city authority under which you live sees fit to grant you the privilege, they are. worthless. It is absurd to suppose for a minute that the receipt of the Internal Revenue Collector is in any degree a mck.ysk. i » > .Sunday Inst, was tho eightieth birthday of Mr. George Bancroft, the historian. Having graduated At Harvard in 1817, when lie was twenty, he went to Germany, and there made tho acquuinfanco of Goethe. It was in 1834 thiji the first volume of his History of tiik 1 ~ -TT ~ * 4 l' i*~V of the Navy during Polks administration, ns Minister to England, as Minister to Prussia, his lifo has been one of great public usefulness. His History of the United States, having been completed, one might think that Mr. Bancroft had done enough for his literary fame. But he has still the time and inclination for work, for the Messrs. Appleton announce that they will publish shortly a new work by Mr. Bancroft, to be called History ok tick Formation ok the Constitution of the United States. This work' has been the study of the author for the last thirty years. Capt. BoikIo, of the Danish steamship Hanild, which arrived from Copenhagen on Saturday, reports having experienced rough weather until he reached tho Banks of Newfoundland. The wind generally blew from tho westward, and the seas were very high and broke over the steamer's bows. On the 23d a very severe gale from tho norlh-east set in, und the foretopsuil and foresail were blown uway. Tho wind veered round to south-west and blew as fiercely as heforo, cruising a tremendous, sea, which at times completely submerged (ho vessel, the storm continued until the 28th, when the Banks were passed. On that day. In latitude 47° 37' and longitude 48° 8', a large iceberg was passed. The ship Now City, which arrived from Cardiff yesterday, encountered strong westerly gales and high seas until the Banks were reached, a fortnight ago. Light winds havo prevailed since then. ■■■»* » » — '■ It is reported that the owners of the American steamer line to Liverpool are about to build new vessels on a model better adapted to freight carrying than the four belonging to that line now in service. The model of those first built was intended to secure fast-sailing passenger vessels, for at that time the passenger business was suppo«ed to bo the surest lino of profitable employment ol

the transatlantic #t©am service. But i whatever may have boon tho opinion then, it U now clear that the heavy freighting supposed to be especially suited to large sailing vessel* goes now to tho steam-ships of large capacity and light draught, such as tho British Empire and British Queen, now running ftfc iwirt of the American line. These vessels have u freight capacity of about 3,500 tons, and such is their construction that it makes little difference whut that freight is— it may be wheat or corn in bulk, or provisions, or cottton or cuttle. At a time when all arc noting the remurkublc development of this country, it is cause for congratulation that the literary and scientific institutions of the Lund are keeping pace with its material growth. This truth is being confirmed every day, and the erection of tho new Astronomical Observatory at Rochester, X. Y.» is a most important step in this direction. Prof. Swift, who has bocome known througliout the world us the fortunate discoverer of so many comets, has labored under great disadvantages in his work, owing to a lack * * HIV 'liwn' tory will entirely overcome these troubles, as the telej^g^p which is to be mounted in iU domo is tho third largest in size of any in America. But however valunblo all future discoveries may he, the astronomers of this country havo accomplished many wonderful things in tho past. Prof. Hull, of the Washington Observatory, discovered tho two moons which accompany Mars, ono of the grandest achievements of tho present century ; Prof. Bond discovered the eighth statellite of Saturn in 1848 and the transparent ring of Saturn in 1850. The separation of Biella's comet into two parts was first seen by American astronomers, and during the eclipse of 1878, Profs. Watson and Swift discovered three infra-mercurial planets. In addition to these great discoveries ) I the United States claims th© honor ©f finding more than a thousand double > and triplo stars (many of them being f tho lurgest of this class of bodies) over > fifty asteroids and fifteen now comets, i When it is remembered that most of this work was done with inferior instruments and in a country where storms 1 and clouds are so prevulent tho indus- * try and perseverance of our American ' astronomers can be partially understood. * The new Observatory at Rochester is ^ to ho devoted primarily to discoveries. 1 Its arrangement and facilities are specially designed for this purpose and ' much may reasonably be expected from 1 it. It is named after Mr. 11, II. War- ' nm. iMinnriolm* r»f.l l%n . UnT., »Y wl ») am - 4mu.^nrmuaot^«« *% .t -**••«» •** 41

Liver Cure nnd other remedies, by whom it has been most liberally en- f dowed nnd its locality is one of the s most commanding in Rochester. The f new telescope, will be twenty two feet 1 in length nnd its lens is sixteen inches in diameter while the dome of the tower ^ will he arranged with the latest applb ! j ances for thoroughly sweeping the j * heavens in evory direction. ; < While America is so greatly distinguished hv its inventions and remorka- ^ hie enterprises there is much to indi- i ^ cute that it will take nil equally high j } rank in tho realm of discoveries and it ! ^ limy also be predicted with a reasonable degree of certainty that astronomy will * eventually find its highest advance- 1 mailt at tho bunds of American invest- , Igators and mat -w gumtiy pn mm U! this work may be expected from the 1 new Warner Observatory at Rochester, Next week woshall present to the renders of the Gazette a handsome illustration of the abovo building. We hope our trouble in procuring it will be appreciated by those of our friends who nro interested in astronomical mutters. CAPE MAY CITY ITEMS. Mr. Al. Benezet informs us that English Snipe aro numerous around Dennisville. Give them a "round" and report your success to the Gazette. Red drum-fish are being caught in large quantities in front of the city and abreast of Two- and Five-mile benches by those who fish from small boats anchored about a half-mile from the shore. While our market fisherman | were pulling off for "croakers" on Wednesday last the drum were first discovered by their running off with the light lines and hooks. The party hooked thirty hut only secured twelve, varying in weight from 20 to 40 pounds each. Altogether there lmve been caught over one hundred of those fish. There are no better gamo fish in tho water than tho red drum and they afford a splendid chance for our amateur fishermen to enjoy themselves. Tho common black drum nro always abundant hut it is seldom that we note tho presence in those waters of such largo numbers of tho rod. M. AGRICULTURAL. conducted 11 y index. The packages of tomatoes put up Inst yenr in the United .States reached the total of J 5,008, 000, of which New Jersoy put up 5,591,000 cans. A correspondent of the "Examiner" recommends dusting tomato plants quite freely with wood ashes, ."sowing it over the plants until they look quite \

• ' Yp K "V •»:. gray," as a means of preventing the < ravage* of the tomato worm, or even of i driving the pests away after they have begun operations. A correspondent of the iWehusetts "Ploughman" gives the following cure for colic in horses, which is conveie nient at all times and easily applied. Ho says he has never known it to fail i Spread a teacupful, or more, of fine suit* on the back of the animal over the kidneys and loins, and Jtecp it saturated with warm water for twenty or thirty minutes, or longer, if necessary. If the attack is severe, drench with salt water. I have a valuable bull, weighing nineteen or twenty hundred, which had a severe attack of colic lust summer. 1 applied salt to his back, as above, and it being difficult to drench, we put a wooden bit in his month, keeping it open about two inches, and spread silt u|ton its tongue, which, together with the salt upon its back, relieved him at once, and within a very short line equilibrium appeared fully restored. I have for several years past successfuly applied this treatment to other animds in my nera. 4 ' Saving heifer calves only from the best milkers, and then weeding out the !>oore*t of those, will soon lay the foundation for a choice dairy herd. And lot us make the further important point, that selecting a pure-bred mule from an csjKscially good milking strain, and then selecting the heifer calves from the best milkers, nnd following up this ■ mode of breeding for even ten years with males from the same strain of blood, the blood of the progeny becomes unified and intensified to a degrco of prepotency almost equal to a thoroughbred. The dairyman may then place a strong reliance upon tho milking quality of the future progeny. Ho has thus moulded a breed to suit his own wants. When dairymen shall proceed- on th» r p\im -or growing their own , dairy hards, we shall hear much less of ► the unprofitableness of the dairy. Of . course great care must be taken to study the wants of these young animals f as to food and shelter. Good food and . care are necessary to show the capacity , of any strain of blood. The best blood . will soon deteriorate under unskilful , feeding. The heifer calves from the best milkers should be generously fed i from the beginning with such food as will grow the frame nnd muscles ; con sequent ly nitrogenous food is most im- [ port ant. Skim milk, oil meal, wheat , bran, onts. Varley and clover are all . good. Whey must always bo fed with i more nitrouenouK Rmd- ^ .

[The following lotter wo received t from our venerable friend nnd sub- ^ scribcr, Wm. Doolittle ; as it expresses our views exactly, we publish it, — In- y dkx.] < Ocean View, Oct. 5tq, 1880. < En. Gazette Noticing an article in ] the Gazette on the eradication of objectionable grasses and weeds by "Index," permit me lo give n little of my own experience on that subject. j Some five or six years since I had a j field covered with a solid mass of "blue grass." Being situated so that it could i not bo bo pastured to receive any bene- ( from it, I concluded to plant it to corn. I was told that the grass could not be subdued — if it was planted it , would -1>« impossible to prevent the v grass from choking out tho mm. 1 | thought this was a new thing that any kind of grass could not be killed by cultivation, and resolved to have it tested. 1 plowed til© field, with a heavy two-horse plow, about eight or ten inches deep, the last of January in order to let the frosts act upon it as much as possible. Tho grass was so thick that it diil not all turn under. As early in the spring ns possible I put the cultivator at work and wont over it live « or six times bofovo planting. This was done to keep tho gross from getting the start of me. As soon as the con: was so tho rows could he followed 1 put tho cultivator at work again and gave it six thorough workings. By this time 1 could not go through it without injuv- ( ing tho crop. The result was an un- . usual heavy crop of corn and no signs of any "blue gross44 afterwards. 1 have since raised gmicl cloi or, nnd a heavy crop of corn has been grown on the same ground this season. You have mv permission to pass this over to "Index" for n place in the agricultural department if he thinks proper. Wm. Doomtti.k. Our Washington Letter. [From Oar Regular Correspondent,] Washington l>. 0. Oct. 2, 1880, The proposition to retire from active duty Inspector General Marcy, Surgeon General Barnes, Judge Advocate General Dunn and Quartermaster General Meigs has caused considerable comment in Army circles. All of thro© ofiirers were well known In war times; and have built up reputations for ability in theirsevoral positions. It is necessary 1 to wo v or to make twin for other and younger men who have ^>een waiting many years for promotion and havo already begun to exhibit the wear and tear of old times upon their brows. General Witoher the Pension Agent

" : of the District of Columbia has been | npjM/intfcd to fill one of the VAcaueftw o\ pay-master in the army. He bos been highly recommended, and will undoubtedly make ati excellent officer, having hod a training which ha* admirably fitted him for the duties about to devolve upon him. The chief of the Bureau of Statistic* furnishes the following information in in regard to immigration ; J'hero arrived in the customs districts of Jfoltimore, Boston, Detroit, Huron, Key West, Miiii'.essou, New Bedford, New Orleans, New York, Passamaquoddy, Philadelphia and 8an Francisco during the month ended August 81, 1880, 58,972 passengers, of whom 50,508 were immigrants, 5,974 citizens of the United States returned from abroad and 2,490 aliens not intending to reside in the United States. Of this total number of inMuigrants arrived, there were from Englnnd 6,239, Scotland 1,737, Wales 77. Ireland 6,157, Germany 11,918, Austria 1,235, Sweden 8,003, Norway 1,677, Denmark 492, France 412, Switzerland 650, Spain 49, Portugal 49 Holland 281, Belgium 151, Italy 624, Runic 570, Poland 224, Finland 37, Hungary 487, Dominion of Canada 13,506, China 396, Cuba 111, all others 1420.

The Capital is pretty well cleared of ] lijgli officiuls at the present time. The j President and most of the Cabinet are > absent on one pretext or another, Se - , « # rotary, Sherman left yesterday for Ohio, ahd will probably be absent until after the 3d of November, and it is understood that he is lookingafter the interest of the Republican party in Ohio. Secretary Scliurz is also ut the present time in that state, while Secretary Evarts is in New York and lias been ventilating himself at the Cooper- institute in that city. Secrotary Ramsey is somewhere in the North-west, while Secretary Thompson of the Navy is navigating parts UTiVmovrn. The amount in bonds. and money . * which was taken by a man named Her- , ring from a safe in the Second Auditors office turns out to be $4,740 and was unclaimed property of bounty jumpers and others who either by assumed [ names could not be found upon the I rolls of any regiment or elsewhere without auv relations to claim the property. [ This man Herring died about a year i ago, and whatever was done with the missing property cannot be surmised, as he was apparently an economical man not living even up to his salary. [ Mrs. Bettie Taylor Dandndgo und , Miss Sallie Knox Wood the daughter and grand daughter of Ex-President ......... . .....v. mMcrut-v «»^*n -inm« -ttmJ A *'/» Ill*t C JlltH' -i'll "T «*"

sum of $10,250, which had been granted them by a special act of Congress last , winter as the amount of salary due General Taylor for the unexpired balance ] of the year in which lie died. Mrs. Dandridgc is now m Dresden and Miss j Wood is residing in Winchester, Yir- 4 ginia. From the statement issued Sept. 30th j from the Treasury Department it appears that the decrease of the Public : Debt during tho month was $8, 974, SOLOS. The amount of cash in the Treasury same date amounted to $199,945,260.49 which speaks pretty well for the < prosperity of the country. The colossal hronze statue of Admiral Furragut by Mrs. VinnioUoam Hoxiehas cast ai the Washington Navy inrd, and it has been removed to its intended sit© on Farragut Square. The statue has been cast from the propeller of his flagship Hartford, and will cost when finished about $20,000. It is of heroio size und it represents the old liero with a marine glass in his left hnnd with liis left foot upon n block and tackle and is an admirable likeness. Mrs. Haves recently ordered in Cincinnati a new sideboard and dinnertable for tho state dining room at the White House. The pieces are to be of mahogany, massive and elegant in design, as they should be for their place. They are to be designed nnd executed by the Messrs. Fry, who rank with the best if not as the best wood carvers in the United States. The extension table in process of construction is five feet broad and twenty feet long. The legs arc the bodies of eagles sufficiently conventionalized to ntlbrd a firm support to the massive leaves above. Tho national arms, engraved in ebony, are inlaid at intervals on the central panel beneath. The support or feet of t! e sideboard are also tlic claws or the bnu of freedom embracing u ball, this last feature intended to be en suite with other pieces of furniture at the White House. Upon the ponels are represent* ed the oak and the laurel, struggle and victory, and other plants, mostly the natural growth of the state of Ohio. . The demand for fractional silver has doubled within the past week. Tho demand ia principally for quarters, ! dimes nnd half dime*. Much of the { silver is sent out in $70 bags, which go j through the mail as registered matter, j This is getting to be quite n j*>pular j way of ordering silver, in places where there are no banks and distant from the centres where fractional silver accumulates. Some silver has been sent in this way to post officers as far distant ns Oregon. It is noticed that in sending orders to tho Treasury, the term fractional silver coin is very frequently construed to include one, two and 1 three rent pieces and nickels, but it does not. Those coins should be order ed diroet from tho mint. The cashier of tho Treasury is now shipping to various parts of the country, principally the south and west, a Knit ^25,000 in tVaetionwl silver daily, August.

Itun, Adjoining Jem 4 kirn Bay. i ^NoowY \\ \W ©Y>© $©.*«>. WwA ©.*\A \W WYuwce uvsajiAOVI >, j \v©\y\x\« uw owYYfcY Y© YVfc \ NWvw Wo<x«Y. vA>owY A%00 ; vwv*. *oa\a, y-vyca o\\ nA*>o 0. Y>v\.\\Avw<i \©Y oft ; "MieeYvavvvt feYr&eY, VS. Apply to Wm. Ross, ]uly17.3m. COfKT HOT8E. 1

A\ f\ r\ /\A MOKTJI giwranteed. *12 a j U/ * Ji II |ilay m home uihcL- by «!»e in"SI II l.lutftrioux. i MjiJtulnotreauJr\\jKj\J\Jix i; we will start you. Wen, women, Iwy* and atrU make money iuxler at | work for ns tbaxi at anything el*e. The work. Im iliiht und pleasant, and KQcti a« anyone oin j no rl^ht at. TJios® who are wtee wl vo aee thl* | notice will send «>• iMrtuldrwwi oaeeand , tare tor tlicmwlvo. I'Aknily Outfit and term- r rn-e. Nov is the time. Tbow already atwurk j ur« laying up lun^ HiunH of tnone>'. Addreaa j TKU K A: COm Apiw.a, Maine. moy20,ly. LIME, HAIRJ CEMENT, &C.! o The subscriber is j prepared to furnish j the above, delivered! I at the W. J. E. K. DeIpot, at the* lowest market rates. Give me a call before purchasing elsewhere. Will also pay the highest cash price for eggs. Bring them along. R. Shimp, Oct2,tf AT THE DEPOT. T? 4 t>^T Pan -ftii i?

OThe farm of the late Samuel Sjmnger, j at Dyers Greek, Gq>c May county, N. J.7 containing about 90 ACRES. 40 acres tillable land, 35 acres good salt ; meadow, and the lialunce is second ! growth and cranberry beg. Fishing | and king crabbing privileges ineludvHl. • Dveis Greek runs up to the fast fond, muking a good landiug for boats. It i> • but throb miles from the Court House j Suction. W. J. R. R., and is convenient I to church and gooil schools. Gall on j Mrs. Amelia Springer, Cape May C. II.. or A. W. Springer, Cape^May Foint,N.J. | Sept. 25,4 1. j i * I | . ^ . ; f • • f • ■ - :• . •; • I THIS SPACE Is the property of 0. B. CONOYER, Millville, N. J. j | *4 ft | CAPE MAY CITY, CAPE MAY C. H ! | MARBLE WORKS. MONUMENTS and TOMBSTONES. ; asy Iron nnd GnlvanistHl Fencing a^d nil kinds of Marble Coverings for graves. All orders will receive prompt attention by telegraph or letter. Flag for curbing work done at the shortest notiee. Call nnd aac. A discount made on nil work by calling at the yard. L. T. Kstkikiv, Proprietor^

* v ' a. j ij fys, jirji .fv 4. f ^ » M-J , . »— • ^ ^ " /lj f ; / » / ,U" m . .. ' Jwjf f J f /I are m I, BBfWiKTOK NEW J8B8EV J mttPvi rjior ateL jlb*i u r wbotr i •- WTii) ^ i i>U bOU*** Iti t-l*^ JIK U.W. ^'J;lu4r/r>tiiiA i it: {■ i&U VJIJ X>»f- blfiwOl aot&wrs per >carf a*ia wj uxurt .isuuiraou* p >yLuitdf td doiiiMSpCf ya»r 5iS-iuU^4? tar U*i*m *Lskx ortHiihimsCan. ^ TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS, nnd the sfa-rtrgr to «>i* projrf?rly 'Imwrcd 4n (LIi« i.'imtmmf} U»*l fcriKcn-d tu vMuuum rule* woatil be wore Uia.li a cifda4!aT*. y,tr *r*nnty : The premium note* than tlirve w»ilJton»of dolliiff* and every wa: who in *utU£#?d that c*n pay the two arxi oiji^halfortlve per emit, luaeiwineftt tr ever iir-txled. und ihml Ji ir Wio* member MB do tho saioc may rest Kulely, tte *oar*n.Uje i* In thdr own band* und tU«4r own oontrol. not lUhle to be kud by rntaHanuzcrorot. y.vcry p»>lk-y hwued i* fm from the mi-nt for ocjeftsll year, ofler wbtch tbey aro I. a bit* If any k needed. The 4 V/mj*ins ha* no lnftononr* on any pro- ; perty oat at the Htate, except i wo (wUiwjx^;IHub. and has no aeencfe* oat of the «.rlet «x-«tiumyUliad Ir.all the derarlmentf, j untl Lxp^awK are tew It ialxdievc-d twin wfll bo femml i it ttiiy oiberofeeocl aixroont-ofUcslnewt, l>AViD r. EiiMKR. Pruddent. HENRY IL lA'ITON, beexctarj . AGENTS AND XVUYKTGB& Z RF:T'BEN TO WNKKN t>, CapeMxr<".^ MAFRKJE RKF>iI.EY, >1. l>ennl»vtUe. WM. K. VAN GLLDEIt, Pctersbajsh. JulyK^jm. WM. ROSS OFFERS FOR SALE, AT HIS STORE IN CAFE MAY ! C. H., A GREAT VARIETY OF GOODS AT GOOD BARGAINS : I Dress Goods, Furnish- | ing goods for Ladies and Gents; Mens' and Boys' clothing of excellent quality but a lit- | tie out of the fashionXfSome of theni have, become. 'Vtore- • J

Call and see for yourself. Aug21 2hn. Wm. Ross. AVHotflt furnished fTOo, with full teik B tg » UKtruetlonsi for contiocliits the profitable bu>4ne*s that T-r any one can encru^e in. Ttie iKtslneM U so crvsy to litrn, and our liuctroot lans arc so simple and uluiti, thai a»o one ran make irrvsi-l proilts front th«r ver>" start. Nooue eau lull who t**r!t!hiK t© work. \v.-> inen arc n« a» men*. Boys iwut pirlx <5tn eurn larsr kuxus. Many have made *i tl»e business over one humlred dollar*- In a week. Nothtnjr like It ever known befr^v. All who eturape aresnrprfsed a; the eocse ami rankllty with which tltey are able to make money. Yon can cogare in this basinet, during your spw re tlnte at gTtYit profit. Yon d*> not bnve to Invest rapltat in H. Y»> take ell the risk. Thow who need rwd) aioney, Khnald wriie to uk at once. All ftimkhed free. Address Tore * Ox, Aopwla Maine. Oct. 2. UWfHB I • - . ; ■ - i AND BLACKS MITHIKG. I %- *Y\\c %vv\>«.c*v\sev% Y\x©.\\Y^WY 5©V \l«V*Y 5©V"©VS-, vv-ovvW vc^\vc vv\\.v^ v\\KottVV WN.CVT "jYVCWft* o.v\Cv Y\\t \AVY>\\C VW ^cwcycvY \,W\ Y\\cvy ate Y© w\v\\wv^©c\\vv« Y© ©*Ac* ©W Wvwift ©^ j CARRIAGES, OR ANYTHING IN TltETR LINE OF BUSINESS, AT THE SHORTEST NOTICE. IN THE BEST MANNER, j ANI> Most Reasonable Terms. ALSO BLACKSMITHING ! DONE AT THE SHOKTK^T KOTIOK. Part foul w attention paid to Shoeing. I Give ti* a call. I A. Benezet & Son, j tneli61yt\