" Don t SfiCeih to me.

All manner of extravagant expraeeions are possible when

trwnan’s nerves are overwrought.

The spasm at the top of the wind pipe or bronchial tabes,

^The spasm at the tap of tiie wind pipe or bronchial tabes, laughing and crying by turns, musoular spasms (throwing the arms about), frightened by the most insignificant occur-

rences—are all symptoms of a hyr' ^'*

most _ ystarical condition and se-

ymptoms

rions derangement of the female organs.

Any female complaint may produce hysterios, which be regarded as a symptom only. The cause, however.

pound, which acta at once upon the organ aQlioted and the nerve centers, dispelling effectually' all those distressing symptoms. 3W* Mrs. Lewis Says: I Feel Like a New Person,

Physically and Hen tally." ' '

“ nsia Maa PmajuiX wBh to qpaMc e good word for Lydia K. Plakkam** Vegetable Coaipound. For yaaxs 1 h*u ormxian troobla and oufUrW aracythiag from narrwsMMa WTSte twilsidu, and pain ts beok sad sbdom.iu iW oossslted pbydeisn., bet deeded to try your modlotno. and I soon found it was gifing ma murk raUaf. tinuad haaaa and sow am feeBsg lfl» » »•« pSMB,rtyaiMUy aad im

am glad to add oaa aaore tastimonlal to" tba rj& oi your nmeijt . M. H. Laws. SI OS Valentine Are.. Trsmont, Now York, N. T. Writing to Mrs. Pinkh&m is the quickest and surest wav to get the right advice about all female troubles._ Her address is •X.ynn, Mass. ol *— *— '

is an instance:

She advises women free. Following

Mrs. Haven’s First Letter to Mrs. Pinkham. *■ Data Mss. Pdochax :—I would Uka your advice in regard to my roubles. I suffer every month at time of messcreatian. sad flow ao macs and for ao long that I become very weak, also got very dlaay. lam

“ DajJl Mas PlKXKjutI wish to szpreaa my gratitoda tor wbst your mediolBO baa dose for me. I asfferad fee four years with womb trouble. Every month I flowed vary badly. I get ao bad that I ocnld hardly do my weak. Was obliged to sit or lie down the moat of the time. I doctored for a long time, but obtained no relief I began tuinr your remedies—Lydia E. Plakfcam’s Vegetable Compound, Blood Purifier, Sanative Wash and Liver POfe—and now feel like a new woman ”—Mr 2300 Booth Are.. Council Bluffs. Iowa. (Feb. 1,1800.)

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Two hundred bushels of potatoes remove eighty pounds of ‘‘actual * ’ Potosh from the soil. Unless this quantity' is returned to the soil, the following crop will materially decrease.

SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

The conflict between sea rains on all over the wo

le coast

w* the

the laank la ■aTotin* «.

the era la easily victor on the west

»*t of France.

. land

worn. On

. oh

—Iona

wavering or doubtful, but

ia going on all over the ’ — some coasts the sea gains steadily, on others the land. In still other regin:

The whole of

France suffers greatly from the

wblci

the west coart of rally from the fury

make continual

i land. In

wan

hments on the land. In some

ich as

of Ihe

encroachment

districts the shore recedes as muc a yard per year. At Annls, where there is a more resisting limestone formaUon. the recession la only a foot a year. Even the frowning granite cliffs of Brittany are gradually being undermined by the breakers and toppling Into the sea.

be estimated. The water courses carry millions of tons of plant foods to the sea. The Nile alone pours over a 1000 tons Into the Mediterranean every 24 hours. The annual loss from the earth's soil Is greater than the entire deposits of guano, even before thpy were exhausted. Unless a large porreclalmed

tlon of the fertiliser la the sea a time may come when the world's average yield of crops will be exceedingly low. '

All snakes lay eggs. Some snakes hatch out their eggs before depositing them. Thus there Is a distinction. The

said to

eggs befc ire Is a dli

egg laycra are aald to be oviparous, the others viviparous. Viper, Indeed. Is derived from that repUlc's supposed habit of producing It* young alive, but no matter what the species, every snake egg. as soon as formed, begins to hatch. Thus It matters little as to when or how they are extruded. Barring accidents, there Is very aure to be

small the r

lastly. tnmlnei and It

x down her throat.

Upon ir she

snakes are very

reptile guard* them vigilant the approach of Imminent dangei

opens her mouth and lets her young

run

The United States coast and geodetic survey has organized a special bureau charged with a magnetic survey of the whole country, including Alaska, the Hawaiian Islands, and Porto Rico. Some 500 stations have

and th

been already occupied

netlc elements—declination, dip and Intensity—have been determined. Other special stations hare been established at which these observations

order to determine the secular variations of the elements. Magnetic observatories of a permanent character 1 be established at Cheltenham. .. Sltks q of ta! menu and the whole field of a magnetic survey will be covered within a reasonably abort period.

Ini ted States geological survey travel by dog sledge over Alaskan Ice bound for the Koyukuk river. 700 miles long and one of the two largest northern tributaries of the Tuki

the Koyukuk river,

and t tribal

Some miners In 1898 found pay ~~ belt

kon. dirt th*

cam] dolni

of i for

Some distance below the mini p the Alienkakat tributary Joins ; Koynknk. and here a large supply provisions was cached last summer

tplorit

was cac!

the use of the exploring party that is Juat starting out on. 1U Journey. This party Is to travel from the mouth of the Altenkakat to the shores of the Arctic ocean. It Is a virgin field for explorers. The main purpose is to look for new gold fields, which, it is believed, may exist in the unknown re-

io be studied and geographic ffares delineated. The results are llketo be very Interesting ahd vi

mobll* far Fanners.

farmers,

will do the work of

several teams

The motive power for this ma-

itomoblle for the id. it Is said, it wl veral teams of ha city. The motive chine may be elthi

tricity. It ta adapted to' plowing, cultivating, seed planting or harvesting. The engine or motor Is on the forward or drive wheels, which are Joined by a long reach to the smaller rear wheels, over which the seat of the driver is placed. A large transverse bar. about six feet in length, crosses thei reach-bar at 1U centre. To this trafcsvcrse bar the plowing, cultivating and other applanccs for

farm work may .be attached.

A very Important feature^of the Invention ta a mechanism that allows the operator to apply the whole power to any one -of the wheels, thus nuking it easy to gat the wheels out of any rut or hole In which they my get stuck. The wheels may be operated entirely Independent of each other and by an Ingenious steering device the farm "auto" can be turne within a very small compass.

Rsmarksbl* Wall Horinc.

A piece ef work !u boring a well is retorted from England that has not rfany parallels. If It is matched elsewhere at all. The place where it was done ta O sins borough. The hole was begun nearly six years ago. Down to ' iMMi *'

dept accii

was lined with 36-inch pipe, ir 286 feet more with 88-lneh ' " " :hed a

and then fc

pipe. When the hole • th of 7!4 feet tin .

ideal happened. The borin'

tiro and a half (

! had react

April. 1897),-an

in* tod,'

and a 1

:.to a ton and a half of cable, got . In trylrsx to loosen It the rope broke, and 500 feet of It sank down over the tool, filling np fully 300 feet t the wall. 'Thw self-made n

LEWIS T. 8TBVKNS.

M. A- SCULL.

STEVENS & SCULL, 5o6 Washington St., Cape May, <1 * AGENTS FOR ; The PHILADELPHIA UNDERWRITERS’ 1 FIRE INSURANCE POLICY WHICH IS UNDERWRITTEN BY The Insurance Company of North America and The Fire Association of Philadelphia The Philadelphia Underwritebs makes a Specialty of In- * surancc upon Dwellings and Household Furniture, Stores, and Stocks of Merchandise, Churches, School Houses, Public Buildings and Contents. Also, insures Loss of Rents caused by Fire.

Total Assets of the Two Companies, $15,890,542.29

gntwinil CtorJi. JJR. WALTER S. LEA MING, DENTIST, Office Hours:— 9 to 11 a. m. 8 to 5 p. m. Cor. Ocean and Hughes Street, (2d floor.) Cane Mat, H. J. J AMES MECfiAY, M. D. Co*. Pekht asn Waswkotos Sr*. (Opposite Congress Hall.) Car* Mar Crrr, N. 3.

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J^EWIS T. STEVENS, ATTOBNEY-AT-LAW, 500 Washington 8L, Car* Mar, N. J. Master and Solicitor In Chancery. Notary Public. Commissioner for Pennsylvania. Surety Bonds secured for contractors, officials and fidelity purposes. THE HISTORY Cape May County The Aboriginal Times. LEWI* TOWNSEND STEVENS.

CONTENTS:

’ the Dutch Explorers,

■sling.

Thor New Home* ~ Century.

l.-^The Indians and 1 a—Pioneers and Whtiii Settlers and Tbi

,. Early ia the Eighteenth j.—Development of Religions D

[time Tendencies and Cattle Own-

Chapter. I—The

a—Pion a—The Settlers and a—Life Early ia the

j.—Devi

am.

‘-‘S?

y.—Ancient Loans and Taxes. 8. —The Religions Controversies. 9. —Wert Jersey Society Rights, la—Jacob Spicer and His Sayings.

11.—Aaron Learning and His Time*

is.—John Hatton, the Tory.

i).—Preparation* for War.

!«.—The Revolution Begin*

15 —Cape May Patriot*.

16. —The Ending and Independence.

17. —The County in 180a 18. —The Wsr ol 1813.

19. —Progress After the War. so.—Noted Men of a Generation. It.—The Decade Before the Rebellion, ra—Opening of the Ciril Wsr. jy—First New Jersey Cavalry. a«.—The Enlistments of 18*. 35 —The Campaigns, of iS6j and 1865. jt—Life Following\he Rebellion. *7.—Fifteen Year* of Prosperity. s8.—Distinguished Visitor*

r) —Cape Island. 3a—Cape May City, ti.—The Borough*

Appendix A—Members of the

B—Board of Freehc

D—Postmasters.

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