MM. JOHN J. RATTY. JR. Mra. John J. lUtty. Ir., died euddeiily on KrUUy Uat, nft*r » brief Itlneas of Brlcbl'a dlMMP, At the home of her |«rCDU. No lira 8. Slxleeuth St.. Pblladalphbu 8b« wm> formerly MU» Annie G. Troy, end bed been e bride for only eeren xuontbk. Tbe funerel occurred jeeUrday mornlng et N o'clock from tbe reel deuce of her perenU. Solemn requiem mmae was »uuk nt »'*) at St. TbomAa AqulnAs Church. Tbe Interment was made at Holy Croat Cemetery. Mrs. Hatty bad made many friend* Mhlle rceldloK'at Cape May! and her bereaved husband baa the deep sympathy of the community. WtUJAM SHKl’RKB. V'illiam Sheurer, of Cape May, died In the Praneylranla Hospital. Philadelphia, on Tuesday night of laat week, after be been taken suddenly 111 In tbe bath In the barber shop at the Bourse. He was hurried to the hospital. where he lived only a few minutes. His death was caused by -uraemia. He waa about 70 years of site, and a veteran of the Union Army, haring served In a Kentucky regiment. He wm< formerly In the wholeaale tobacco business in Louisville, Ky., but had lived at Cape May. on Perry street,, fer twentv-flre years. He was a member of a Louisville Masonic Lodge. He lived alsne at Cape Mav and never had a doctor. The remains were brought to Cape May laat Thursday and the funeral services were held from Rutherford's undertaker parlors on Decatur st., last Friday afternoon, tbs local Masonic Lodge having charge of the funeral services. Interment was msde at Cold

Spring. .

Orptwaa. the boson, of life's oosan. Backward, forward, to and fro, To«a tbe frell bvrques of children I-eft a to ely way logo. Knowing aaugbtof p'rental favor. Finding sncoor where they can, Wonder Is, save for tbe Bavlor. They tract, womanhood or man. 8tlll they grow, and seem to prpsper, Kvery day w# see them rlae; God. In goodneae, seems to guide them: Thus His goodness multiplies. Can we not, as heay’n-blrased mortals, Blessed w th parents, gather laurels By attention and compassion For tbe orphan boys and girls? —C. A. Brewton. Washington, D. C-. April 25, 1906.

JOBS A. MERCER. John A. Mercer, formerly a prominent merchant, of Philadelphia, died Sunday afternoon in tbe summer residence of his son, George G. Mercer, on Perry street. Cape May. He was of Scotch-Irish ancestry, and was born In Philadelphia, Jaanary 18,1818. During tbe existence of the old district of Southwark he waa chosen six successive terms as one of the district commission! and after the consolidation of the city, in 1854. he was elected from the Second Ward a member of the first City Council, where he served with Thomas Balcb, Andrew N. Fastwick, Samuel J. Randall and other prominent Philadelphians of that period. These men have long since passed away, and it is believed that Mr. Meroer wm the Irst member of the first City Council. For sixty years be had been a summer resident of Cape May. * Funeral services were held yesterday in the Old Pine Street Presbyterian Church, of which Mr. Mercer bad been a member for fifty-four yean. The servicer ware conducted by Rev. Dr. Hughes O. Gibbons asslstec by Rev. Dr. Samuel E. Appleton.

GETTYSBURG AND WASHINGTON

sylvania Railroad. Tbe battlefield of Gettysburg, and the National Capital in all the glory of its Spring freshness, are attractions so alluring that few would feel like refusing to, visit them. It is to place these two attractions within easy read! of every one ibnt the Pennsylvania Railroad Company announces a tour over tbe interesting battlefield, through the picturesque valleys of Maryland, and an- entertaining stay at Washington. Tbe tour will leave New York, West Twenty-third Street, 7.5S A. M., pad Philadelphia 12.30 P. M., Saturday, May 27, in charge of onie of the Company's tourist agents, and will cover a period of six days. An experienced chaperon, whose especial charge will be unescorted ladies, will ac-company-the party throughout. Roundtrip tickets, covering transportation, carriage drives, and hotel accommodations, will be sold at the extremely low rate of •22 from New York, 121 from Trenton fl9 from Philadelphia, and prdDcrtionate rates from other points. For itineraries and full information apply to ticket agents: Tourist Agent, 363 Fifth Avenue, New Yorfc 342 Bolton St., Brooklyn; 7» Broad^lreet, Newark, VJ. or address Geo. W. Boyd. General Paasen- . ger Agent. JJroad Street Station, Philadelphia. Where to Bfiend the Summer. The 1906 edition of "Pleasant Places on tbe Philadelphia and Reading Railway 1 ’ is now ready for distribution. It is a neat booklet with a brief description of the summer resorts on the line of the Railway from tbe Seashore to tbe Mountains, within eaay reach of Philadelphia, with rates of fare, etc., and a concise list of the Hotels and Boarding Honsea at each plane, price of board and Boat Office Addreee, giving valuable information to those ereking summer quarters. There ia also a list of tbe Picnic Grounds sal table for a day's t lw g It can be proeuredat the principal ticket offices of the Company or will be mailed to any addraw upon receipt at » two-oeut *

PRIZES FOR PUZZIiE SOLVERS A Scheme Whereby Every Correct Answer Will Win a Reward. The greatest prise scheme for pnaaie solvers ever offered by a newspaper to that inaugurated recently by tbe Sunday North American, of Philadelphia. For a long time tkat paper has been presenting each week a puzzle*for voting folke, and has been offering a long list of prises. But tbe answers grew to be so numarona that many boys and girls* were, of necessity, disappointed. It wee nof possible to make a list of prices to keep up with the increase of correct answers. Something pew had to be invented. Now, did you ever bear of a Puzzle Contest in which nobody to disappointed t Then it must be Polly Evans’ new Weekly Puzzle Contest, for bbrs to tbe only one anywhere in which nobody to disappointed. Think of it—nobody disarpointed ! If you answer a puzzle INoorrectly yon do not look for any reward, of coarse; bat if you answer it correctly. It is but natural that you should expect to be rewarded, and that yon should feel disappointed if yon are not rewarded. That to what Polly Evans always thought, and she spent many an hour trying to devise some plan of prize-giving that would tftmo NO DISAPPOINTED boys and girls. At last—jost a few weeks ago—an idea occurred to her! Tbe North American approved of it at once, and tbe result to that since April 16—the day the plan Vae first announced —there have been no disappointed children in Pollv Evans' Puzzle Contests. For, thanks to her new system of PRI&C CREDITS, Polly Evans to now gble to reward every boy and every girl who answer* her puzzle correctly. In brief, the plan tome follows: Yon answer Polly Evans’ puxsle correctly. You may send your answer many coupons cut from tbe puzzlspage/u yon please. Polly Evans rewards yon with a PRIZE CREDIT for EVERY COUPON yon send. If you send five correct coupons to one puzzle yon get FIVE PRIZE CREDITS. If yon tend one, yon get one

credit.

IN EXCHANCE FOB YOUR PRIZE CREDITS, you get your choice of HUNDREDS OF FINE PRIZES described in i be illustrated Prize Circular which Polly Evans aends by mail at the. end of each month to every prize-credit winner. Besides rewarding you with PrtoeCredite which are exchangeable for prizes, Polly Evans also awards to the 800 or 400 PINKEST APPEARING coupons SPECIAL PRIZES AND SURPRISES, which announced with each weekly puzzle. And in order to encourage you to earn aa many prize credits as yon posMbly can Polly Evans offers every month HAND SOME GRAND SPECIAL PRIZES U}. the two boys and two girls who win the 1 highest and next highest number of prise crediu respectively daring the month.

hto knee with tbe ax and to -State Superintendent of Hchoolr a J.

training department of the appsovofiAlgfe

CAPE MAY PblNT. May 17-MU*e* Flore mm and Eva Kutbefon) were recent visitors at tbe home of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Neal at Rio Grande. John J Kromet will manage the popular Carlton Hotel this season. Tbe Rev. J. Nesbitt baa taken the Porter cottage in Diamond avenue for tbe coming summer. ^ Tbe life-saving crew will go off duty tbe 1st of June for two months, in accordance with the Government’s annoal custom. A natty rig often seen on our avenues is that of Nelaon Bond, whose delight is to travel the country roads in company with a friend or two. Mrs. Lydia Castor and her daughter, Mrs Fred Castor, of Frankford, were here last week, looking for a cottage for

Tbe Misses Brown, of Germantown, will not occupy their handsome cottage this season, owing, it is said, to their father's precarious health. R. T. Hassard has been in California during the winter and early spring. George Fenton and wife, who have been with us all winter, will go to Court House shortly, where a new home awaits them. Edward Hughes, of the lighthouse, has lost a valuable cow.

To Start Ont on HU Own Hook. J. Clinton Sellers, who for a long time has been the press agent of tbe Cape May Real Estate Company, announces to Philadelphia friends that be will leeve the company and start in tbe general advertizing business at Cape May.

—Old observers on tbe coast are sure there’ll be a great run of crabs

six perches; thence north sixtyhalf degrees cast four perches links to tbe beginning, within which bound* axe contained to ' perches of land

or less.

The Second Lot (being Lot No. 34 on said Map) Beginning at the westerly side of s road given by Eaekiel Stevens and Andrew H. Reeves for public and private use, and eighteen perches from the nohheast corner of-the “Saloon Lot", end running from thence by the westerly side of said rood south seventeen and three-quarters degrees west six perches to the northeast corner of No, 35; thence north sixty nine and a half degrees west thirteen perches arid seventeen links to low water mark; thence along low water mark-, north seventeen and three-

thence

»*» latmpaar ice. The Ingredients are eight ounces of white vaseline, five ounces of bard paraffin and two ounces of spirits of camphor. Heat the paraffin and vaseline until melted, then add the camphor and stir slowly until cold. Keep in s porcelain jar. Camphor ice can be used for many Ida. For roughened hands and for irritation of tbe skin it to excellent. It will often loosen the tight feeling in the chest attendant .upon a

To hem a sheet tear off about three nehae for beth. Place this on top of

Allow half an Rwh margin on tbe sheet and only seam width 00 the hem. Place between tbe sheet and the hem eight thtckneeaee of newspaper. Turn the tipper tension gntte kwae. Sew agross, tsar out tbs paper, turn up the hern hem on tbs body of

RECEIVER'S SALE of Valuable Hotel and Wharf Porperty at Cape May Point, S. J.

defendant, will _ PUBLIC VENDUE on the hereinafter described premises Cape May Point, Cape May County. New Jersey, on Saturday, June 17. 1905. at twelve-o'clock noon, all the following described loU, tracts or nieces of land, sitn ate, lying and bring in the Lower Township county of Cape May and State ofNcwJefsey: The First Lot (being Lot No. 22, as told ont on the Map of the Commissioners appointed to lay ont and divide tbe lands of Eaekiel Stevens and A. H Reeves) Beginning at the southeast corner of No. at. in tbe westerly line of the “Saloon Lot", and rnnmng from thence south twenty and a half degrees west three perches to the southwest corner of the “Saloon Lot”; thence south seventeen and three-quarters degrees west three perches to tbe northeast corner of No. ay; thence north sixty-nine and a half degrees west tour perches to low water mark; thence along low water mark north

The Prudential would like to quote you rates for Life Insurance al your age. No expense or obligation incurred. Write to-day.

The Prudential Insurance Cn. of imerlca. oa«: xm*.». 1. ty Incorporated aa a Stock Company by tbe Stale of New Jersey. JOHN F. DRYDEN, President LESLIE D. WARD, Vice Pre»ldent. EDGAR B. WARD, ad Vice President. FORREST F. DRYDEN, yd Vic* irekideut. WILBUR S. JOHNSON. 4th. Vice President and ComptroUer. EDWARD GRAY, Secretary. , H. B. Richardson, Asst. Supt., Cape May Court Bouse. N. J. itUi7

CHARLES A. SWAIH. Local Phone 63. 303-7 Jackson Street, CAPE MAY,

thirteen perches end seventeen links to the beginning, within which bounds ere contained two rods and two perches of lend, be the same more or less. Tbe Third Lot (being Lot No. 36 on said Map) Beginning at the southea*-t comer of No. ay. where the westerly aide of the given road meeteTsaac Whilldin's line and running front thence by said line south eighty degrees and ten minutes west fifteen perches and ten links to low water mark; thence along low water mark north seventeen and three-quarters degrees east seven perches and fifteen links; thence south sixty nine and a half d<

seventeen. U-_ — which bound* are

twelve perches of land, o

r one-half part of the following Beginmag et the westerly side of tbe * WMi peraies'

north sixty-nine and a half degrees west, nine perches and seventeen links to southeast corner of Lot No. ay; thence by Lot No. ay end No. aa north seventeen degrees end forty-five minutes east, nine perches to the southwest comet of the “Saloon Lot;’’ thence by the “Saloon Lot” sooth sixty-nine end e half d»ve* west, nine perches and seventeen links tb the west side of given road; thence by west side of given rood tooth seventeen degret forty-five minntes west, nine perches

oterest of the Cape .Mi the subscriber, in the any part of the ' Together will the ponniaes above described end the exterior line, and for solid filling established bv the Riparian Commiasioaera of the Seate « New Jersey as the same u more parti cuUrfr described in aleaae dated Marti 16th, 1878, «3de by the State of New Jersey to hen Gone, recorded in the office of the ton Commissioner of New Jersey, in sanwexteat aa they ere now vested to th*

Now is the time to make your Selections. I have a fine line of Japanese and China Hattings. The Price you cannot match either in this city or Philadelphia, taking grade for grade. Aiew Rolls left over at a reduction of one and two Dollars less on a Roll. THESE WILL EOT LAST LORO.

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John Wanamaker, Thomas B. Wanamaker, Robert C. Ogden and L. Rodman Wanamaker. trading aa John Waaamaker,

Snr Attachment

heirs of Elizabeth McConnell, deceased. Notice to hereby given that a writ of at- _ jcbment waa issued ont of the Cape May County Circuit Court on the twenty-first day of April, nineteen hundred and five, against the lands and tenements of John J. McConnetl. Jr., Alexander McConnell and Catharine Hanley, heirs of Elisabeth L. McConnell, deceased, which descended from tbe maid decedent to her said heirs, at tbe sail of John Waaamaker, Thomas B. Waaamaker, Robert C. Ogden and L. Rodman Waaamaker, trading as John Wanemaker, for the sum of Seven hundred dollars, and that the same waa returnable, and warn returned into Court oh the twen-ty-fourth day of April,' nineteen hundred and five, duly executed by the Sheriff ot said County. Morgan Hand, Jail os Way, Attorney of Plaintiffs. ClerkDated, April 83th, A.D. 1905. &-4-5t

Rodnoed Rates to Pacific Coast. On account of the I^wto and Clark Exposition, at Portland, Ore., Jnne 1 to October 15, and various conventions to. be held in cities on the Pacific Coast daring lammer, the Penasrlvania Railroad Company will sell round-trip tickets on specified dates, from all stations on its lines, to San Francisco, and Los Angeles, April 9 to September; to Portland, Seattle, Tacoma, Victoria, Vancouver, and San Diego, May 82 to September 27, at greatly sdnoed rates. For dates of sale and specific infonnalon concerning ratee and routes, con neaveot ticket agent.

Storey Cotton Company Victims. Quite a number were victimised by this torlous get-rich-outck concern to (tope May. So are many men Ttatime of laan-

A Popular New York HoteL Situated at Broadway and 63d Street, fronting on Empire Square, and lees than 800 feet from tbe fifth street entrance to tbe famous Central Park,the HotelKmpire enjoys one of tbe most desirable positions in New York City. Within two minutes’ walk from the Empire are two station* of the new Subway, and the stations of tbe 0th aod 9th avenoe Elevated railway*. All car lines of tbe Metropolitan Traction Company either paas or transfer to the Empire for one tare. It is within six minutes of the Grand Central station, and within twelve minutes of all ferrita. The Hotel Empire waa built in 1894, and H been, since its opening, under tbe management of Mr. W. Johnson Quinn, who has jnst completed Improvements costing

The restaurant has always been noted for its excellent cooking, efficient service and moderate charges. The rooms are Urge, airy and beautifully furnished, and the rates are very moderate. Every room contains a long distance taleohone. electric

and automatic lighting devices. contemplating a visit to New

York will be repaid for their trouble in eending a postal to the management for a

free “Guide to the Metropolis.”

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