Put NcM^y on Guard. ■ In tho spring' of 1805 when SheiMau'* - ©iy*|iy jnovirtt up th* (Shenandoah vifi§y | Co have # in*'- wivatl? with b^lt Wft4 miido by a \xfctyn\ of th« union '"force iu<S woyuwiboro. Owrib \ve|*e thrown put to protect pfoportjr, i :ind a!U'»ng «'thvin tli- ■ ».-© of * lohd j wiltm received mieh ppj taction. Two, dUmountw^Vttlrymls were 'slhtionetl at the front door, uu»l it WW half un hour or so before any »tir in or urouud the Iiouko gavo token that it wn* inhuhitod. TIimh tho widow limped to lb»* ftii'l er.Hel one oi the guard# tQ her and united : "What arc you doing here 7" oWo arc guard* to protect* you and your prpjUfrty/' was tho reply. • • W.-iJ, you needn't fool owny any linn* hero. Early, ho ©oil}© ami took i>Hi* bhJV Then 'Sheridan ©onto and took our coru. Then Moaby ho stole v our hama and 'niter#. Then Sheridan took our Hour and cidtjr. All 1 had left thiii morning v*** an old tick ftijta* and ineal' enough for one 1»»>0 cok is • The nm to lio died two hours ago and 1 j luvcju.-t eaten tho lust of the cake, , and if you can find anything wortli guarding around here vuu can Jiuve it and toto it off?1 "But »oino of tho soldiers may disturb you/' >l[ guoss no t," she said, jib she point- ; *d to the spot wher© the camioii-Ull hid torn through the house. "The day j that hole was #hot through there 1 was rocking and singbM tho 4 Pilgrim# hope,* and I didn't ims# a rock nor drop a ■ note.- 1 don't hardly think on© brigade J of horse sojers can disturb me very much. * You'll oblige hie by jogging alone." — Detroit Fhbk Piikm. (UUll^. A'WM"" * -

The Weaker Sex . I "If you expect mo, to bundle up my , throat because it is a little sore, or put | on woolon stockings to help uio cure j this cough, you arc greatly mistaken !" 1 Thus said a Detroit lady to her lamily j doctor, the other day, when ho had been called to prescribe for her, and * *!io loll quite imlignunt ut the idea, llor throat was protected by a wisp of lace weighing the sixth oi an oum ©, while her husband wore a chest piotocfor, two shirt©, an overcoat, a scarf, and tli en pulled Jiis cap down over his ears. She had been out all this winter thus "protected," and made no complaints, while he, a man in the ; rin c of life, had often complained of the J cold, lie had cork-soles, long-legged boots and thick socks, and had felt • old. She had kid shoes and cotton hose, and had been' warm onough. Do J bad a sealskin cap and she a fashion- i UlJIO~mitr*" vnir'trjiB AM»V mvt «» - •, *» v <lay, on an average, than l»u was, and • vet she sttfferod le*#. 11© had been | vow biiu iiiuwiwu « — -- j

ailing twice as often, tliough twice as ' careful. (let into a street-«nr and yon will so© j men shiver and shako in their overcoats, comforters and mittens, in the inidat of them in a fashionably clad wt • man who seems as comfortable as a c.it on the hearth. Half tho men sit with their overcoats on in church or theatre, while nine-tenths of the women remove nil outside wraps. Men aro hungry three lime# n day and must oat. Hall tho women who go out go without ref- • ercneo to meals, and lose dinner and get homo lute to supper. No ono over hears n female piuwetigev oil tho street car* say that she is tired. A man who 1m# walked a mi hi will fali bnck into a seat with a great sigh of relief. A woman who has walked three will ait dmVn as if lo accommodate some one. Business men go homo tirod and hungry. Their wives coin© down town, tramp around. for hours, and then go home ready for a trip to the opera or an all-night hop at Rome neighbor's. Whilo men boli^v© they need coffee, incut, potatoes and other lioavtv thing,* to make blood and flesh, women will nuneo and pick and sip and wish they j could fool hungry. Send a bill collector out to call on fifteen different men on Griswold street and he will return with both legs aching. Give a woman any sort ot walking and she will make fifteen culls over a widely scattered territory and declare that she has had ii splendid time. Stand a man at a dry goods count or and after ten minutes ho begins to shift hi* weight and look for a seat. Put down enough goods and tho average woman will stand there two hour#, though a stool is close btsldo her. Let throe inches of snow fall and men will wait for a car, fearing to got their feet damp. Six inches of snow would bo nothing to a woman in kid shoes and cotton hose if she wanted to go anywhere. During a rainy day the number of men, and Btonns which will stop women from coming and going. At some time in the dim past, some one called women the weaker sox. Was it in sarcasm V If not, then there has boon a groat change. A woman cannot lift, pull, push or ©arty ns much weight as a man, but they stand cold better, complain less of heat, walk wore, sleep less, eat less, rest Icsh and endure pain with silent contempt whilo a man would upset everybody around him.

A headache which would send u" man to bod will not keep u uuuh-ii in doors. A toot bach# which would make a man half enuy would not prevent u woman goifjg down town. A wpiiion which would uuike a man limp would be danced on all night hy a woman. Married men know that those statements arc true, and doctor? provo them so every | duy. This being so, lot us place our sympathy and gallantry wher© it belongs—with our feilow-inen ; women Oiin more than take care of themselves. — DcTKoir Frkk i'lito*. CtM*PiL A simple cold pit is constructed bv removing the curth for say two fed i deep and lining it up with boardsihside to keep the ground from caving in, and Retting oh glass s4ntto.iia 1 11 " Lot-bed. It should be ipnde unite tight near the top where it b exposed lo the weather. The soil in the pit should be well drained, for if water if initiru- in it in winter it will causa sure death to most plants. I The object is u» keep the plants a» dry j :wi possLbk'f and when water is reijuired ' it should be given very sparingly, j When the weather gets very severe, say *20 to 25 degrees, It will heed tome protection, more i haii tho glass ; shoveling on six inches of snow will help greatly, but if there is no know, boards, old carpots or mat# will bo sufficient. On warm, j pleasant daya it rhould always be un- I | covered to let in light, and some veiitilat ion allowed, as darkness and waimth will bleach and weaken the plants. A.long »h pbitiU Of tl'UK half h-rdy or hardy ; nature are kept frozen, there i- no danI ger, even if they should not have any air or sunshine in aix weeks, but as soon a# lliey are thawed out, air and full light are essential.

HAI.ukkt E. TAIXK. L ite C'ommisMonsr of Patents. BKNJ, F. Gkaktc-K. NTOKV B. LAUD. P ATEWT PAIN K, till A KTON & LADD. AUorneyK-nt- L.»w and Solicitors of American and FotCmn Patents. 412 Fifth Stijbkt, Wasiiinuto^, D. C. Practice patent law in nil its branches in tho Patent Office, and t he ' Supreme and Circuit Court# of tlie Ultltt-ci States. Pamphlet sent free. OAK HALL, PHILADELPHIA. j I ,J-fini" | | W orth Knowing. i *

i There Is a place in Philadelphia where a stranger may buy his clothes, and j ■ fare as well as if he knew the whole city by heart ; and if he knows nothing about j the value of cloths, or of clothes, he is as well off, as if he were a good judge of both. The reason is that everything to be found there is made there — made and sold under a system which rarely allows mistakes to occur, and which corrects them, if they do occur. __ Oak Hall is the place; and its practice may be summed up in a few words. If* you get there what you don't want to keep at the pi . _ j *sc< .ehirntit, ifnd got your money back. This means a great deal more than appears on the surface. It means that you are not going to get what you will not. want to keep at the price, if the merchant can help it. It means that the clothes you get there will be of honest cloths, honestly made; and that they will cost you less than as good clothes can be got for elsewhere. It means that they will be every- way better worth your money than you can get elsewhere for the same money. If it means anything less than these things — if it means poor cloths, trimmings, cutting, sewing, or in any way dishonest or illiberal dealing; the return of his goods will plague the merchant, injure his credit, and dissipate his trade. If it means these things — if it means liberal and honor-

^ fj" — able dealing, valuable and trusty clotning, ease and safety in getting it, Oak Hall is the place for you to go to, or to send to ; and it is "worth your while to know how you , can send, if it is inconvenient to go. Write; say what your occupation is ; say wliat , sort of use you intend to make of the clothes you want, whether for every-day | wear or otherwise ; what color you prefer, or what color to avoid; say about what you want to pay ; sav • every tiling that you think may aid a stranger in choosing for you. You will get in reply samples of cloths and prices of whatever you want made from those cloths. You will £Ct also the means of- having your measure taken by atf unskilful person. There is only one difficulty left. Somebody has got to take the risks of the dealing ; for there are risks. Send your money along with your order. That covers the risk as to your good faith. We risk everything else ; the fit, and your satisfaction every way. . Our trade by mail amounts to half a million dollars a year; there's no reason why it shouldn t amount -to five millions. W i mamaker & Brown. 4 />**•* 'v4<j6 j Oak Hall, Sixth and Market streets, Philadelphia.

^ UK A!.I, Si Z lis sou SAl.K AND IH'II.T TUOHDEII, nv i Washington Gandy, Seaville. Hot 13 if. ~cY tr McholsY j Dealer in Tolwoo, Pijicvj, Cigarettes. Confeetimn-ry, etc., etc. Tho following brand# of cigar# ami tobacco on hand: Matchless, Silver leaf, Our j Pets, 3 for 10 cts. ; Johnny's choice, 5 cts. ; Rose, a cts., Old Judge, and Cubeb Cigarettes. • Lor Hard' $ Tin Tag, Tabby Cat , A'.YA* Jdonecr of the HY'.sV, AW.Y.Y* .Vary Clip/a rigs, Beaaty, . is . yuii.liJw if yimd. Bough 4' H cad ij Stn oh ing. CIGAR HOLDERS ; LIVERPOOL MEERSCHAUM COATED, RED CLA Y.ANDSUGA R-TREE PIPES. | Confectionery always fresh and (food. ^ C. E. KlsetioSs, CAVE MAY C. II., Antfttf. >\ J. Sin rd I van Us Great Catarrh KemcdJj In the safest, most uttrwithlo and otTrttusl t-mnotlv In tho world, for tho «itir© ot CATAIUtH. No Tiinllor trout nluit rxuxvor linw luiu- *iiouUng, h.v giving NTUKMYANT\S CATAURIl REMEDY a fair noil tiu|mrtlni trho, you will he convinced of thl.* tact, Tho medtcln© in very ploaMint and can bo lahon bv tho most thnlento Ktotnnch. For Rule tiy all ih ocviNt^. and by itollouny A Aivtust., rhliu. mehtdy s. p. RBUBray, Watch Maker | Jeweler. Pnrticnlar Attontion given to \Ac iwwwo &l W^Wvnwo,, All order# by Mail n ill receive jivompt and carefVtl #ttonilon. F- \\ Ml RVllY, apSly. Millvilbh N. J,

I msiui, other »tykk— «ONpqucolIy xcaku.^ a &Ucm ;.gi - BKgA Ot fumttwre adapted lo may nxrtu+Uotu tbc J Hft lo tU or Out U 9 Jf h*xxiu»'. lor S cWd. Mod foids wnk nprim^L, ^ rwiiurv* -»4 U Ming in. 1ft TunpikUy, l' - Uod for iiu pries hu. folded. CHICAGO CLIMAX BED CO. 231 W obooh Av©»« CHICAGO. THE | "MARK DOWN" j YATES & CO'S I GREAT CLOTHING HOUSE, j SIXTH AND CHESTNUT, IMIJLADF.LIIHA. ! On Account of the Lateness of the Season We have Reduced ] Our Entire Stock 15 to 20 per cent j BUY "AT "ONCE! . . , ■ , . ••. •?...-•• l X% .'i . . . 7 • > '' h."-: ' 1. GREAT INDUCEMENTS | I TO ICASH. BUYERS.; [X] I WILSON & €©., Under Wilson's Hall, is the Piece to bay RELIABLE ' CLOTHI1G I HATS AND CAPS,

BOOTS AND SHOES, j SEATS' FURiSISHIMG CsOOOS &c=5 &c. j S " ! xo GOODS MISREPRESENTED TO \ MAKE SALES. .. . ■ : — -o ^ , P®iats m f&nr of (lealiag . whM WM & C®. \ ir # buy direct from Reliable Manufacturers. ' 11c buy no Shoddy Goods, lf> arc under no expense for Rent or Clerh" Hire. AVK GIVE ALL THBSE AUYANTAGB8 IT) OUR CUOTOMB1LS. WILSON & CO., MILLYILLE, N. J. FINE CARRIAGES AND ROAD WAGONS — or — UNIFORM EXCELLENCE, Tii glit t Stylittli I WArrAxxtoai I SAVE yeur XOOTY, writ© for Oatalogn* and PBIC3E LIST to Tho Boston Buckboard Co., ® 'rail vmv. NEW HAVEN. CONN. | XHrBENEZETy I Cape May Court House, DEALER IN Hardware, Stoves, Tinware cfc House Furnishing Goods. _0 0 Wo keep the largest and best assorted stock in Cape May Co., and at lowest priees. -J o o H e have on hand loO Dor. .Mason's Fruit Jars, g Styles, (/narts and pints , at bottom prices, An#' ?,ly r»

; v • > '■ Cgi i.' " J- ' vseBk "L vmam ■ ' ' : ••••• '"J- K r- M ; ' • ' . I t' . r ^ ; ' m IS Chaaim *od SdtqS. vrmm%+A It Siod * Cftftd ftfti ii *il! iecc;v c proitoft teticK,. T h. WATKE8, Id KUtt Ida I K., Mew Vejriu Boots and Shoes foe Ladiis aei ^estlcEes, I" 3 j CAN B£ BOUGHT F0B..CA6E AT ; Enoch Edwards' cheaper than at any other place in the county. j V -J E. Edwards. CAPE MAY C. H. ] IJirh^3tlS0. I • - -

CUMBERLAND MUTUAL Fire lEswsEce I'eEpsEj, UBlDCtETuN. NEW JERSEY. Incorporated and Or$»nlzed 1S44ConrturUd *CrleUy cxuUtft-':. Iturartn^ tor JnK vimt It may la Jp»y inett »o© expen**, iuiii iVit- rijicr'tetH'** ui ycutj* fcuui Miown that the cor. on all fnr in property, »4id an di-taciied liou*©* bil^c laira» and hftft not exceeoO© ten- ccfrt® o® Slit MBSIN doilam per year, juifi o;a more Laxarvtou# pi%rCrty from nftecn lo tw«:*ly-five cacUi on me hubdrtd doliara per year. There ha> never te*,-n an asswsinon# o< Ui« PREMIUM NOTES Dnt UfttfCh Khoale be inadt. ti»c pay meat 2 t-2 jMir cent. <«n tb; pteRlsBSi bdta otta iialf nf Uic ©ngina i cwl; ats-owi-J, J*****}*tvuciTut ie.ist>i vn- vrr<vr^ANuixiu AE-. nr If DVi'jJcrLfW. luiiit aft f.nt rsaym%at would i)MlNKUUXbllLB AM? TWJt^TY T1 UHt^A Nl' IX i LI u\ Ks. Ktery iticntbcr can nv at once Ihat It- rotiW be a mile for «vid; lo l»cy and yprKul ov^rtLKi Utoua* i-d tnoL.tew the tunouut would hardly be xioliced. And. 1 within, the yr:vtw .tor wlilcl* Sb« policy Is 1 two amonimetiU were ncedetl. C.%-^ per «*eot. web, It would e\tfca,ttcB be < heapfr r than any stock company vn-uiu efccaiye for t c* nxnbliDt and kind of Itvserance. Tlera Laa been paid fur Josses since organisation TWO HUNDRED AND SEVENTY - THOUSAND DOLLARS, and the sa vine Id mcoibcn. Iftitc sw.wantittr.t ui prvip.-riy dKuno In itiia CompBsy) tad l»ceii iusuhfrd a*. «?omi!iirin ruu?o wovud Lc more than a lailtiou of dollars. For aiNiitttv: Tbre j remiam note* are mora than three m'illhms or dollars attl every one \*lio 1s Ku?sftt-d l hat he c&n pay U»e two and one-half or ttve per re^-t. aswasinent !f aver ucvdcU, nr.d that feltosr jRcn»tarc«fcr. <»o the saiR" may r>*^» safety ami Lbv gnaniniee *i In their ciwu hand* t-no their bxc control^ not Untie to be hat by to Twri:* aateiooet. Kvcrv jvilicy iifatd flrcv ftuut the miiw ment tur one full year, after w hich they ara Uahle trany Is needed. The Oompotty boa no lrs*.:rance on any projwrty outof ibcKtat*y exrert t v>r fthre*- policies. and Uftft no aj.rnclfw on* of toe Sta**. meiu-t economy 1* hau ineUthe OepaTLmwcts,, and expense^ are !•*-* It I* In-Revcri than will b-o foucd luaxty other ui'ev.ual cor-ouncc-: rvyticaaa. DA V 1 L> r. EI MtR, TreaiuenL HENRY R. l.UKlOif. Secretary. Acrvn ANrHTtvtTons: REUBEN TOWNKEKD. Cape May r .TL. MAiTUi :e T;j:r>LK\. m. d.. r>nnt«viBe. \V M . It. VAN C tLDKH, feiersbtiTyk. July IT JUL. liffiHjrto I Yineland, N. J., stsxcracrrKaKS ©? >KP DSftLixE lif Building Lumber, Doors, Sash, Blinds, ' Mouldings, Nails, * ) Rockland Lime, Cement, &c. — «• — Estimates and Designs Furnished. I h . \ j N ... ' 1 i i • ..■t t3^®=*AU orders will be promptly attended to.^"!5gj