tettirt. Much <n<ed at tb<-Ir Inxoriou* ■Bm-onfUo**. they ^erc pneinr *Uwt. Whon BUB*’* fiance fell on a picture «f "Merle Antoinette. Bdclns np to Very, he whlapered: -Who’* that tadyr To which Mary raolW In a eonOil ntlal tone: “Why. ■ha'a the I* thrt own* the fnmltTtra."

An Acre.

An r.rr* oHfitixlly meant In both ■tin r.nd Anslo-Saxon n field of any ***<•. As a measure of land It was firrt .'.-fined under Edward 1 of Easthe amount that a yoke of oxen could plow In a day. It was under the reign of George IV. that a Uniterm standard wa* glren to this name 1800 square yards.

Uasfwl Palm. In the lowlands of the delta of the Orinoco rlrer the naUn-i bund but* of Mauritla a palifi. They also eat Its fruits, its farinaceous pith. Its chartne Juice, and use the fibete of Its leaf stems f '

Lofty trees ooee grew in Greenland and nearly all of the Inhjepitahle

sorts as are growing today are to as fnaall remains In countries where the dlmate Is now so harsh that

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In American history t July to. 1817. whan Secretary of War thrust his hand Into the glass toldlng the fate of ten mllUon American youth*, and drew an. the first cumber in the world's greatest military draft. “No. J5A ~ Us act more than 4.080 holding this fateful number ware requisitioned for war duty; the bowl was emptied of 11 sole, ten million youth ■j age* of XI and XI were contingently celled for military earelce. America's young manhood of this generation, and possibly cf any | atlon. will nerer experience ar such day of conflicting human tlons. Mingled with the thrill of patriotic aerrlce was a natural but brarely Uddea dread, for the glamors of war are Inseparable from the honor* I war. War and the perils of death *t« Instinctively associated, but the human mind Is prone to regard lightly the inexorable and remorseless draft of re* 1st mortality. Aa the wires flashed throughout the nation the news of the results of the first drawing, the hearts of 4.000 holders of -No. 258" felt a

The

No cm* wants to die. Yet. those 4.000 young men were only c'lled gMBU—fly. Many will be exssnpted; other* wlE be rejected some may nerer face actual strife osfly a tew relatively of the original 4.000 will meet the death of heroes.

LOAD UP THE PIPES OP THE BOTH Di PRANCE. Tear Out This Coupon. Fill It la And Send Aa Much Money Aa Ton Can Spare To Buy Tobacco For Our Fighting Men. (Each Dollar Buys Four Packages Of Tobacco.) To The Editor, The Cape May County Times. to buy packages of tobacco, through -Our Boys In France Tobacco rand'* for American fighting men In France. I understand that each dollar buys four packages, each with a retail value of forty-five rents and that In each of my package* will be i laced a postcard, addressed to me, on which my unknown friend, the soldier, will agree to send me a message of thanks

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BOROUGH OF WOODBINE. CAPE MAY COUNTY.

As Ordinance relating to taxes for the year Nineteen Hundred and Elgh-

Be It Ordained by the Borough Council of the Borough of Woodbine In the Court* ■« Cape May and Stale of New Jersey, that there shall be assessed, raised by taxation and collected for the fiscal year of 1818, the sum of Five Thousand four hundred and seventy dollars tor the purpose of meeting the appropritUon* set forth In the following statement of resources and appropri-

ations for the fiscal year 1818.

Surplus Revenue Account Non*

. RESOURCES, LOCAL BUDGET.

Surplus Revenue appropriated None Miscellaneous Revenue ... % 8 XOO.OO State Railroad Tax 84.81 Amount to be raised by taxes 6.17Xa8

RICHARD W. CRONE SEA ISLE CnY, N. J. CAMDEN OFFId Marks* gt, CAMDEN, M. J.

•ell Phone 8S-W. DR. «L FAIRCHILD •’BARR Dentist n Sea islt City Every Wednesday at Sea l*«* Pharmacy Pleaeantvllle on all othor day*

Quality Grocer Our aim is to give reliable Quality of Goods. Quantity In Measure. Satisfaction In Price. F. B. SHARP

HOBDELL —v— Practical Dyer at OSTRICH FEATHERS We Solicit Your Feather Wants in all its Branches DYEING v CLEANING sad CURLING j 154-156 N. Thirteenth St, PHILADELPHIA

Total 16.470.00 APPROPRIATIONS. 1*1* (UUri» « «25 W Borough Hall bonds to be redeemed July let - ln:rr*«t on Borough HaR and Street Bonds 345.00 Sinking Pond Rosda and Highway* eapervielon X60-W> Street improvement* 7moo

*7600

X 50.00 «. 200.00 250.00

pretty girts were after him. *d to marry him. be told the court.

free from the evw-wutrtrful eye of her o was bound to ruin hi* life, aid go out, love them all. marry »rth. do they? Ootoe ee, avewae, repay them tor the love they l leave her rubber In r It at you. Oust os t to hear with a 1st a the Joke cf the dub, and ,b * Jw»g* do anything tor hlml ^ In the obaervanoo ward at Beilarua the maa at latest reports

* was noshing In It The red pine (Pima Radooea). caBuat. That was the *d In some part* of the country the > get the talk stopped at Norway psne. U not White pine. Its common height j like a eetadblc only from 60 to SO feet, although H explain to you. G#aedl*.~ sometimes reach** 100 feet In tba s know wnat a terribly Woods of Maine. It Is a very handW*dl my some tree, neverthelce*. particularly and banks when tt Is young. In fart. It la one of I 1 had to walk. 1 «■* the moat ornamental of the more comi road in fMUt of WUUr'a moo evergreens. It U to be

fronted with the remote possibility of death In battle rsuaed s secret dread in 4.000 heart*. At the earns moment when lb* hand of Secretary Baker wa* drawing forth "No. 25S-. contingently calling 4.000 possible service, another hand, invisibly stretching from

cf this variety palm as a rule, sod are from

1817.

$425.00

Street and Borough Hall Lights nteer Fire Co. steer Fire Co.—Equipment

450.00 XOO.OO 450.00

at Health . Poor Printing .

, 100.00 100 00 475.00

250 00 100 00 100 Of 100.00 476.00 500.00

8.000 American youths of similar age to certain death within e monthl The war registration there are approximately tea the agae of twentyand thirty-oa* In the United States. The normal death rat*

eight pw America's

80.000 will die every year from normal I it the rat* of 4,464 per month. or over XX0 a day'. a time when physical manhood Is at his fullest strength, and 'hen youthful vigor bids defiance to Death, the Immutable laws of mortal I ty go on unchanged. The "draft of Death* among the selected ten million American youths will enroll 4.444 victim* each month—far more than douthe aggregate of tne holder* of "No. 258". who will b* finally accepted

«• service

There Is no lottery in your drawing. Whatever your age, Death has

YOUR number.

Notice Is also hereby given that a public hmring will be held to consider ■aid proposed Ordinance at the Borough Hall, Woodbine, or Monday. January 2lib. 1818, at 8 o’clock P. M This Ordinance shall take effect immediately upon Ua adoption. M L. BAYARD. Mayor. Attest —L C ABRAMSON. Clerk. V—IS—18—2t

What an Owner Cannot do

Beyond a certain point an OWNER cannot regulate the CONTRACTOR be employs. You can cage a leopard, but you cannot change his spots or his point of view. But what an Owner CAN DO ia to select, in the Ant place, a Contractor who has an established reputation for integrity, efficiency and results. Edward B. Arnett Building Construction Bell Telephone Connections SEA ISI.E CITY. N. J.

Commlasiom r o! Deeds

J. P. DELANEY SONS Sea Isle City Cement Works AH kinds of Cement Work Done. Walks, Porches, Piers. Chimneys, Blocks, Lawn Vases, Hitching Posts. Building Blocks — Plain and Ornamental Also Plastering, etc. Agents for

Cape May Sand Company.

A RELIABLE BUILDER H. A. DEERY Contractor, Carpenter and Ballder Jobbing in All Its Branch* SEA ISLE CITY, N. J. ICgBgKgB33aCKgg(CgKBaC8Ma58yt

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ALFRED C. WALKER, Gensra! Agent * The Fidelity Mull**' Life tneurs.vc* '5

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2301 Federal Street, CAMDEN, N. J.

I am prepared to do your painting at any time or S ee at short notice. A trial will convince you that you ve made no mistake in employing a man with Th.rtyFive Yean experience in City, Town. Country and Se* Shore Painting. Best white lead, Unaeed oil and pure

color. Let me serve you. _ __ _

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Vincent Assaiante PRACTICAL SHOEMAKER Old Shoes Made New Repair Work My Specialty New Store ITALIA ST. SEA ISLE CITY, N. J.

MATTHEW J. RYAN Commission Merchant Planter, Wholesale Dealer and Shipper of Maurice River Core Oysters Salt Oysters, Clams, Snapper*. Crabs Both Phones Dock St. Market, Phfla.