CAPE MAY POINT.

I .Mrs. Speace, ol Philadclijhla, was

here one day week.

« Mrs. Rudolph and her friend were

here during the week.

John N. Reeve* is ihe proud

owner ot a new horse,

ji. Mr. Frank Davis spent Tuesday j with his lady friend, Miss Lidia Smith, ot West Philadelphia.

Mr. James McCrocher, of Millyillc, has rented the Cultlcr Cottage -tor the season. ! Edward Hughes, Swain Woolson and Edwin Miller are engaged in ; painting the light house. I Mr. Matthew Yarborough, of North Carolina, lias accepted a situ- , ation at the Bay House lor the sea-

son.

Mr. J). Bailey, of Camden, arrived ■ here the first of the week. He will : opau and occupy his cottage lor the J summer months.

UKEEN CREEK.

*■ A cold wave visited this town on

* Wednesday.

r. : Luther Crcssc caught two.Suirg-

eous first of the week.

~ Mrs. Elbe Worth was a caller the parsonage on Wednesday.

, \ Captain Eh Johnson completed

; his wood-b&use on Wednesday. An unusually large congregation

attended Hie M. E. Chi

idav morning.

Mr. Reuben Robinson is suflering irom^innamutation ot the joints, at liis

i home here.

Miss Hall

use, ha

Mrs. Ada Hess.

igregatic last Sui

Chuuch

ttie Springer, ol Court

House, has been visiting her Aunt.

iployed in

road between

COSCLrDEll KROM FIRST PAGE.

E There was a large aRendai the festival held at K. C. E.

Saturday evening,

ir James Schellengtr is '. repairing -the new rc Cape May and Court House,

t; Rev. 'Mr. Brown preached [• fplendid sermon in the Presbyterian ! Ghurch last Sunday morning. L The regular jneeting of the official board will be held- in the M. E. I Church next Monday evening, ft* Pastor W. M. Lister, was driven j

to his afternoon Appointment last • lol,n 5

t~Sunday'by Captain James Swaiif. | 0, “* ® oro eojoying the comfort* of

■ ,, .. , ; their si-asldo home on Windsor avenue.

L .. Chn t All And to All, will be ^ Mr . and Mrs yyilliain King came to

their lively mfrlne cottage. The

' | corn

ject of Rev. W? M. Lister, in the M. E. Church,at 3 o'clock tomorrow aftcrnooif. All arc welcome. Miss Sadie Hawn, daughter ol Mr. and Mrs. John Hawn, was united in matrimony to Me. George Van Dyke, at the home of her aittef on Monday.

UOSHEN. Strawberries are coming around,' and so are the “Dagoes.'' Mr. E. E. Grace, ol South Bethlehem spent Sunday at home. Miss Lillie Swain is visiting Miss Annie Biainm'el, at Ocean City. Mr. Leslie Watson, of Avalon is enjoying a long vacation -at home. Miss Helen Ludlum iimpending a lew days with friends at Bridgeton. Mrs. J. S. Townsend entertained company trom Eldora on Wednesday Prof. Taylor, of Dennisville, was calling oh friends the first ol the

We are very s Mrs. A. Ross is

condition.

MissGcitrude Annstrongis spending a lew da\ s with her brother Edward, at Green Creek. Mr. Nelson Smith, and family visited Mrs. Smith's mother nt Dias Creek, the first ol Ihe week.

‘Mr. Frank Camp,

lew days this week while his vessel

was discharging !

delphia.

The shoppers in Philadelphia this week are Miss Bessie M. Grace, Miss Hettie H. Townsend, Mrs. Ida Spence, Miss Carrie Coombs, Postroistiess Grace and daughter Carolyn

Pe rso n4TTn t e rest.

to note that very critical

, was at home n

i her cargo in Phila-

F. \V. Rodgers and family,

delphia, will occupy Jerc. Mecray's De-

catur struct cottage.

Mrs. A. A. Rose, lice Ware, of Camden, is making' a visit to her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Maskcl Ware. Mr. liosc will be down on Saturday evening to remain oyer

| the pastor's subject ui th

f Church at to o’clock tomorrow

morning. ? [

f A delightlul timewfas enjoyed at

the home of Mrs. Maggie Schellen- ! get, bv the Epworth League S Monday evening. J

j. As the t'esuUAjfitwo petitions to | the Bell Telephone Company for a

i.’l’hone in our town, i

idiate

struct, on Tlmrada]

cottage. The Hedges,

Reach arenuc and Jackson

'f.

ilcphone Company

our town, wc have the

^ promise oj “immediate action.”

BURLEIGH.

' Miss Emma Emlicott visited Wild-

wood on Monday.

E "A. Mr. Webber, ol Bridgeton, —-

j . visited a friend in oqir town on Sat- j "Besides,” *she sald,| "there's i Jack,

L urday. ' ! you know.”

I Miss Etta Douglas is making an J « k 'niomhin waa» the big, ihand-

V extended visit with friends in Phila- •o“c trapcxo-artM.

i , Uejphia. j There was/one man#nnmed Haycntft,

A CONJURER’S TRICK He was only n poorfllttlefFrenchman, thief (and only) pitrstldlriltator, conjurer and sleight *of haa*!) arQst at "MontmorcncrB < wonderful ‘world renowned clrcuii.” 'Still, itl wws rather impudent of him./ a sollostr Bttle. man of fifty, to fall Innovcwlthf prettylNellle Waring, tliq irlncipnlibarebcctirider. Poor NcUlo^toldshlmflticoiiUlfnot

FACTS IN FEW LINES

In 1801 there were only 290,000 per-

— - -

ir ton

Jits

British IslAnds and over 17,000 from

sons who

In the limits of the United State >ke German as a mother tongue,

thousand cmlgrai

spoki reive

advance. Display type, to cents

the United States wont into Canada

last yeffr.

Cotton growers have netted $400.000,000 more for the past live crop* (1001 crop estimated) than for the

previous live.

Queensland. In Australia,

i. •grow e and ha

be utl tmM

of acres yielding grapes,

bananas and oranges.

The falls of Glomen, Korway, are to itillzod for the operation of an eleeil generating plant almost as largo

• the one at Niagara.

In Chicago boilers of steam motor carriages /rnve to bo Inspected by the boiler inspection department of the city the same as any other 1 toller. No fewer than 4,000 Paris landlords have refused to provide a proper drainago system In their houses In accordance with the new sanitary regula-

tions.

■nine deaths accident or lie report of tails tics for 1S04 to 1807, in-

clusive.

One hundred thousand bales of cotton lasted the Lancashire mills for n year In 1800. Now the same amount would feed their spindles for a day

and a qdartor.

'fhe lighthouse at Cape Kallakra, on the European coast of the Black sea, was destroyed by the earthquake on March 3L Steps have been taken for the provision of a temporary light. A doctor has written to the London Times suggesting the running of motor

i at a speed fi

Get It aL-Hogan’s. Scgars al wholesale, 105 Ferry si. For all the news, told ill readable manlier, subscribe fur the Hkiiai.o. Fancy table butter and butter ol all kinds at Campbell's, 30S Decatur

street.

If you want bargains in clothing and shoes, go to Tenentaum’s on account removal.

and Squabs killed

id dressed to order at Campbell’s,

Poultry, Gai and dressed to

30S Decrtur street. MB pjgggg x Hass’ famous Mother’s Bread and Rolls o/all kinds’ fancy Cakes and Buiscuit's at Campbell's, 30S Decaiur

.iiUuent to consul

ptives

X

asumptl

All southern California cities look Upward to be supplied with .electric

rcr, where at tinu O horsepower win

of Philip ^ obbxtoed from an eight hundred foot

fall.

A large number of cuttlefish have recently been caught off the north coast of ^Germany. As they have never before Ixeku mef wlth in thuse-vynl It Is difficult' to accoutit fur thclr'pre

,»»ixr ot m^FpiTj.inartaloharmlng'chS'mise.

Russia Is 14.784. 'That of female slclans Is 024, but'It will soon be larger, as there were teat-fear SOD fe-

male

BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES.

Read the Hekald for all the new.

Standard Fashion Sheets loi May, showing the latest styles for winter wear, arc given away by O. L. W. Knccr. Call and^ct one. 1. Tenenoaum will- remove to 421 Washington strc<t,/icxt to Ilalpin’s.

miss this opportunity to

Ktrc«t,yhcxt to

Don’t miss this opportunity clothing and shoes at 30 per cent, less than cost brio:e removal.

iced ol ladies' and

inspect

406

II you are in need ol ladle gents' furnishings, or shoes, i ihe stock carried by K. Conley

Washington street. F' in Judies' shirt waist a

Agent lor Bam

Thomas H. Taylor, the popular boot and shoemaker at No. 41S Washington street, dot:* all repair-

ing

at reasc doing

intly thoroughtly and isonable prices. He has been business in-Cape May foi elven years. Rips in uppers sewed

by tr or bi

broken eyelets or hooks replaced.

■iijjfie Daylight Store

ale students In the Medical Institute

For Women.

Since Alaska became the property of the United States the value of the

product of 1: $70,000,000.

;hamp tys to

.Clarence Fikher and wife

_

on Monday.

fc 1

| who came regularly (every night

■lof a

1 door for Nellie and liOlrow liouqiijfts to her every night NfeBber she nor Jack

W. M. ''Lister, of Green took nnjvnotlceAof tlds atfirst but one Creek, was calling on his members evening, whenithe / bouquet .contained here on Monday. a bracelet sctfwlthipenrls and'a note

Monday ovrmng by,

' as to what be/shoul

received the only adsfice the poor 111 man could think of bH-ing—to challenge the fellow to a'dncfc^ J* cl plained; was ImpacslbBc, but said tlic next best tiling would be a thrash-

al tea on Monday

and Mrs. Edgar Douglas.

_ . Wadsworth Cresse, eighteen years old, and son of Clinton Cresse, is

yet confined to his room.

'As the result of obedience to a dream, twelve year old Elsie Car

W,. convened on Moodny. EMe » to'tSRle-x. m'xtTd^.ni ' o.tSi

wlthjtbe Panjandrum onld (do and promptly.

- little

sba

a a-dnek^^Thte. Jack ex-

‘e, buLsald that

. -ung would be.“a thrasli- / Ing and aaked his frlcsid to-isecompany

afrright little girl. RIO GRANOE.

| Mrs. John MofforFwheclcd to the County Scat ou Monday. LMcrrill Neal was at CajJe May on F business Wednesday, fe.' The infant child of Henry Petitt is ^ quite ill with diphtheric. W. S. Kimble was In Philadelphia Mi business the first of the week. Miss Sadie Hawn, of Philadelphia ; spent last week With her parents.

Mil wheel day. A. R. Shinn and son Wilson, 1 Bridgeton, passed the week here j business. ** U. Mrs. Lejitia Isard has returned j. alter a briri visit' with relatives in E i^Philaddphia. ^ Mis* Kate Daisy, of Gloucested, K is visaing her parents, Mr. and Mrs. BuAbraham Daisv.

I

liises Mary Neal and Nora Hand re led to Cape May on Wednes

f; Henry Lane, a Philadelphia comBnission merchant passed Sunday

|£ here with friends.

a .The M. E. Sunday-school is prac j being for Children’s Day exercises. Which will J»e held Sunday evemng

June 8th.

I Miss May E. Nesl, was at West .Cape May Monday evening attend•ing the school commenceiqqnt, in * which she took osn. ^ Smith Endicott, agent at the ' Reading depot ha* resigned his posi- ' tion to Ukc one in Philadelphia. We regret losing him. “A New Man.” will beribe sub

the pcrformancts” S

Jack npproarhed to where Haycraft was standing and 1 asked him "If the note was his wriOng." He received the defiant 1 request to ■ mind his own

business.

Hay craft was not coward, but be knew he was no match (tor Jagk, so be stepped back/a pace. or$two and drew a revolver. Jack sprang at him 1 with bis fist dlncbcd and grasped T the revolver. There was a short struggle, during which they fell.togethenon the ground. Then there was a report-,and then Jack rose, brcathlesR, leaving,his opponent lying still add motionless, with the revolver clutched In his bend. A very Ugly rumor/began-.'to gain ground among the company, and all advised Jack to cleanout of the neighborhood for a time. It was to the effect that Ilaycxaft toil sworn that Jack I l.a.f -Uw/t -kin, ,nnA that Q

t for at-

warrant was but fortl

tempted murder.

Jock’s appearance-on the trapese wss

before the Panjandrum’s show, while the former wss tak-

man notice

among t)/o audience one night, wit

Just be!

and it wag vi

tag place'that the little man noticed among the audience one night, with Ui* eyes fixed intently on Jack; a burly Inspector, whom he -bad}sees several

tlrpes In

Twe PI* Litter* a Tear. Why should a hog man be content with one litter of pigs a yuar when he can have two at no more coetl ask* Farm and Ranch. Encourage the two litter a year habit in sows, end they will tire longer, do better and be proCuctlvc at a greater age than one Utter a year sows. It Is the opinion of many experienced bog men that sows wlU bring more pigs at a Uttar twicejl year than once a year. t A

and the yield of her gold mtacs--«p-

proximutely $40,000,000.

So little confidence Is there In Turkish post office employees that when some time ago opportunity was given to send packages and registered letters only one of each was received at

Stamlioul In ten days.

So valuable Is coal In the Ponchai coalfields of Franco, that It pay* mine c^sl nt a depth of 3.313-feet. A steel cable weighing sevPn tons and nearly a mile long Is used. The coal la brought up In trains of six cars. Ireland continues to far outdistance all other European countries In crime lessness. Official statistics for the test year. Just published, show a decrease of 10.2 per cent In minor offenses as compare.! with the preceding year. Professor Gerhardt of Vienna directed attention In a recent lecture to the fact that within the test twent; mortality has decreased from two to twenty-nine a thousand : trin and from tWeuty^oce to eighteen

In England.

St. Frideswlde’s cburcbl Poplar, has been enriched by an Interesting gift which Is probably unjjhe In England. It Is an altar cloth valued at more than

ilrtyAus-

.0.000 which, like Penelope’s web, has taken ten years to manufacture and is partly woven of'human hair. American manufacturers seeking new markets will not succeed, says a writer, unless they make (heir packages small enough for carriage on a mule's l»ack and wrap their wares in red paper Instead of brown. The heathen purchaser prefers red. It Is luck-

ier.

Robinson Crusoe's' Island, as Juan

Fernandes Is generally known to American and English readers because of the Identification of Alexander Selkirk with the hero of De Foe's tale. Is now almost ns devoid of Inhabitants as at the time when the famous mariner

was shipwrecked on Its shores. The enumeration of 1000 shows that

there tfro more men and boys than wo-

men

populatioinSf 70303.387. The

appears more distinctly perhaps when It Is said that there are 512 males and only 488 females In every thousand

people In the United States.

Nearly half a century ago the experi-

ment of putting horse c market was made for the

ng horse inert <

ade for the first time I

government decree .

April 20, 1854, gave legal permission

to cut up and sell

-ardclo of food. During the rest of

1 horse meat ns a

which statistics are obtainable,

040 bead.

The graphopbone is beginning to figure era considerable American export.

TliiS_ s a pirtiru sriy nice lot of pxi ticulsrl r Jiicc good*nice 111 material. In finl/Ji. In tilnim'.og, and in every detail: while ihe price, aa is frequently the cane, at our store, is lew .nan the cost anil trouble of home-made garments. You'll a]

predate ihe.-t.

Millinery. Dry Goods and Notions UDIES'and GENT'S ...Fornishing Goods... Agent lor Standard Patterns. 618 WASHUTGTON STREET, CAPE MAY. N. J.

A School Deadlock.

There seems to bo s deadlock on the West Cape May Board of Education, brer the selection of * principal fur the school for next year. There are but eight members, a vacancy having occurred by tbo death of Henry H. Eldredge, whk-h has not yet bccu filled. Four of tlie mem bet* are in favor of retaining Prof. Ayrat, while the remaining four are opposed to him. Mr. Arte* came £0 the West Cape May-eriiooTfriim Tom’s River two year* ago,coming highly recommended. County buperlnU-ndent Hand, who resides,in the borough, think* Jhsre are no good • reaaou why he should not he retained.

A Reliable Firm.

Stewart and Barton, painters, arc doing some of the best work in town this spring, in the renovation of cottages and hotels. They‘are knights of the brush of excellent reputation both for materials and workmanship. Their present contracts are Mr*. Jones Wister’s elegant cottage on Beach

- ;1 and

I beg to announce to my friei all persons interested in good, :

ami reliable clothing, that I have just received a large Him of sample clothing.|n

, , .. order.' bulls from $13.50 to ?40 00, and c ore more men and boys than wo- . ||na of K , mplrt , of and girls In this country and that clothing, from $3.00 u. $12.< difference..eiceods L800.000 to a Auy one WUhlng lo look at t

ready made

2.00 per suit.

UI Ml

st my re*id

street, or ppdal will bring me to you. Sol. Nekdles.

He Who Would Work * lor his oWn and his ^ family’s welfare will not be led astray by the belief that he can secure a policy just as well later on. He wif! apply for it NOW.

The Prudential Insurance Co. of America. Hems Office : “ew&rk, 'J. J. JOHN F. DKYDHN, President. I.ESUR D. WARD, Vice Prcsidmt. EDGAR B. WARD, id Vice Pres, and Counsel. FORREST F. DRYDEN. Secretary. H. E. Richardson. Asst. Supl.. Cape May Court House, N. J.

JUST ARRIVED!

Window Shades, 25c and 30c kiud at 22c. 50c and 00c kind at 40c. Cocoa Matting- at 50c per yard. Steam Cookers, 4 apartments, at 81.25 and 81.50. UHAS. A. SWAIN, P. O. Box S41. 30S-Z JACKSON sm, CAPE MAY-

CLOTHING Have you seen^our neW Ready-Made Clothing Department? Look nt the low prices in Men’s, Boy’s and'Children’s Suits. Also the latest styles. Hats. Great Bargains in Shoes. All up-to-date styles. Come and convince yourself that I am the cheapest in town with the largest assortment. I. TENENBAUM The Leading Clothier, Shocr and Gent's Outfitter, 508 Washington Street. - Sol. Needles’ old stand-

mimsisy I your Opportuiiity

_ _ *ervi colors. Also s fine selec* .on of Inserting*. White and linen Color, all over lace* and Tucking*. Onr Lace Hosiery will bear Inspection. Blacks and Fancy -Stripe* and Colore. Hats and Flowers, Ribbons and Velvets, in abundance. Wrapk pers and Ladies’ Tailor Made Suits Lots of Skirts. We can Fit You. Try us. Fitting Stout Figures a specialty

Mrs. E. TURNER, 516 Washington Street.

REAL ESTATE.

M. B. Scull is the agent for *omo 1

, conveniently Inca-

anitpry aud it. For fur-

flue modern cottages, couvtir ted, elegantly furnished, *ar com fortubju. For solo or rent

1 dross,

M. B. Scull,

We Have It For You.

Among

glass with

- tbe P' _ _ _ _ >r scheme of decoration are the can- j arc loaded down with their shades. The last, by i mental article*. Wc <

way. are almoa. too beautiful. to

use this season. They come In al. sixes. ] inducement we

all colors, all shades of colors, made of ' are not only the lowest in thia Burongh roft after row of rose petal* in soft ; but the lowwt.in South Jersey. Call at the -. . . . ... : store, corner Broadawy and id avi-nnei It

Dew candelabra those pf cyt. . It make* no difference what you want, h Bllver sticks for the caudles | proyiding it i» in the line of shoe*, dry

«• - KrLiS’i.TTSr

color scheme of decoration sre the can- ; are loaded down with both nieful and ornadie# and their shades. The last, by ! mental article*. Wc carry the largest. mo*t

., : up to date and carefully selected *tock in ‘ j thl* vicinity which, however. i« not the onlv 'i** -8 ' 1 Inducement we have lo offer—our price*

I in • -

loose on the foundation.

dies, wltto dainty yellow shades surmounting, them. set in the sliver and cut glass candelabra give an impression of sunlight, while the rose colored

*nfi beauty to the

if sunll)

lend a glow 1 table and Its

Mrs. Mq-TXIN Hand.

Winter Care of Calves.

Fall calves should be kept In a warm, dry. light stable and f«l sklnimllk un-

mty to the j til the following spring, says New Eng-

interesting. While Its con^ .dinner table arid Its gnests Indeacriba- land Homestead. Sklmmllk. however. ms ore beyond the compre- | bly lovely. Green U not to be recom- should not form the entire ration. OUr needs of the Persian, the : mended. It cans a jiallor that is not meal U needed In place of the butter Hindoo Or the south sea islander, each * becoming; neither lavender nor blue fat removed and some ernsbed oats Is fascinated by-an Invention [for such occasions, although either Is and wheat bran to make growth. 81familiar Sounds! pretty, to parlor or drawing room os a ; tage. If you bare It or sweet ctorer

bit of color decoration. Deep red, | hay should be given-daily In

of them

which reproduces the

of the human voice and entertains

and

a used preferably..

of yellow should j quantities. Calves for beef may have

To get the Best Grade ol everything at the Lowest Cash Prices. We make a specialty in handling Michencr’s “Star” Hams and other Salt Meats. Call and examine our Stock H. C. FIESSON & SON '1153 Washington Street

ENGINES BURN HARnCOAL. NO SMOKE ' TIMETABLE lN>gFFECT OCT. 1.1»01. Train* leave Cape May for Philadeli hla. Week Day*— a r A. W. — Accommodation. Arrive /•t J Philadelphia 9JS0. Arrive New York via Winalo* Junction 11.85

A; M.

1 -} r P- M.—Expre«- Arrive Fbllndel-

phia 5.55. Sunday*—

4 30 P. M.—&rpre*». Arrive PblladeL Train* leave Philadelphia for Cape Msr:

Week Day*—

A. M.—Express. Arrive Cape May 4* *5 ** Arnvc

4 *5 ""

Sunda]

P.M.—AMonjmodatlon. Arrive Cape

-Kxprrw. Arrive* at Cape

8’45 A »uyat io'm.

Fast train* leave Reading Terminal. Philadelphia, for New York, Bethlehem and polnla on the Lehigh Valley, Reading. PottaviUe, Williamsport and point* in Interior Pennsvv vatiia. Tleketa and information at station.

. BKSLKB. Gen’l SupL

EosoK J. Weeks, Gen'l Pasa’r Agent. SOBWEp^ Can get any publication in ihe world al pubtlibcr'* regular price*. Write for lUt arj-t fuli particular*.

A. H. Townsend.

Snhaeription New* Agency, »nd Manager. Cape May, N. J.