CAPE MAY HERALt), THURSDAV, MAY to.

Rnm.tr. to t T^tUW* dim* MMMM •f Mtnr.. In do oUh» pteoa U ttM inch ■ collection of odd ftDlmila. bird*

COUNTY ITEMS

The rear of a waterfall la explained In tbe constant txpltwlon of bondrada of tbouMDd. of bobblee. Tbe Impact of water water U belWred to be a com|>*ralively aobordlnat# ranee.

HETHRSBUHO l*KTKKSlU'Uti. May !•-1

Mr David l.uun the icueat of Wui. !

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are Ott lor . trnd.rv viut aith relatii in liluoreater and jeraey City. tr Claode T««u left on Monday accept a |M»ition in i'hiladrlpbia. Mr. Walter Kreest->ne and bride of Kevport a bile on their aredding trip callnl on bia Aunt. Mr. A. M. Creamer of thia place. Rain came very acceptably to the farmer, in this vicinity on Sunday

evening.

Mrs Almira Coraon ia «Uh home friends for an Indefinite atay. Mr. Levna Coraon a a. tbe gneat of bis at. ter Mr*. George KM ridge last Mr. Frank Gaudy la again on tbe sick

RIO ORANDE

Bo penetrating la water at blgfa praaure that only special qualities of cast mo will withstand It. In tbe early day. of tbe hydraulic Jack It was do i-ommou thing to aoe water laeue e u One needle throngb tbe metal. J tbe water needle would penetrate the unwary finger Juat aa readily aa a steel one In parts of Austria and Italy there Is auperatltlon that the human saliva la a cure for blindness. Tbe Idas probably originated In the miraculous healing' of a blind man recorded In one of tbe goepela. Tabby. Tabby, tbe name of a well known aperies of cat was formerly atabt which was a term used to designate a peculiar pattern In tbe silks manufactured In Persia. Tbe markings In tbe fur of tbe cat resemble tbe pattern In tbe allk; hence tbe double application of tbe name.

K10 GRANDK. May »—Captain Silas Shaw spent the first of tbe week with hia wife* here. Mrs. Fannie Hand is improvios after being confined to tbe bed with tbi measles. Mrs. Jones Hand, of Philadelphia spent Sunday and Monday with her, parents, Mr and Mrs. Fred NeaL Richard French was at Bridgeton Wednesday taking in the great Barnaul sod Bailey’s.ircus. We wonder why it is that Carl liki It to rain on Sunday evenings, probably be is somewhat afraid of spoiling hia newsuit or else be would start home earlier. Ask Ray about it? Tba ageut it still iu a queny aa lo weather be la robbing the cradle yet, so is Maggie. The West Rio girl ia still smiling. Boys don't let the smile wear ofl. Get wise. Every body works but Mother And she sits around tbe store. Talking a boat her neighbors That, she's not fitted for. lias band's washing dishes And scrubbing up tbe floor. While wifey Is alouugiug And loafing at tbe storse Sister's atlthe station, Waiting for the train, 'While her poor young brother - Is working in the rain.

PROGRESS AND LABOR. A French Jeweler. Bordenit, has In rented tools for engraving tbe surface of diamonds. A machine hat been recently Invent ed called the syntonic wireless machine and Is used for locating bodies of Telephones arc being much used In large coal mines. In aome cases w the galleries penetrate far from the abaft or mouth of the mine tbe telephone systems are quijc elaborate and extensive. A great California Industry la tbe manufacture of salt from sea water. In Alameda county 100.000 tons were produced last y«ar. Only a few years ago the state imported all Ite salt Now It produces enough for Its own .use, which la enormous owing to the flaberies and packing bouses, and exports large quantities as weU.

STATE LINES.

'Oomectlcul produces an annual hay crop that Is worth approximately (10.-

There are nearly 45,000 Ttew Jersey, and they are _ la (be preaent legislature by only member. Foot billion feet of lumber wars In the state of Washington in the year 1906. Two hundred bUUoo feet are •till standing-enough, at the rate of ■ttU last year's cutting, to supply tba xnms for fifty years.

SPELLING REFORM.

In Wales It U believed that if any one kills a wren be will tall down and break a bone before Mae end of tbe 7*»r.

Zenobta. tbe queen of Palmyra, ■poke seven languages. After being captured by the Romans she learned Latin and Greek also, married a Boman senAtor and lived the raet of her

TRAIN AND TRACK. ’ There art now twenty-aeven standard gangs and tblrty-ulue narrow gangs railways In Spain. At Bimua. on tbe new Uganda railway, ia Africa, lions killed 100 laborers while tbe road was bring put through. Last year there were 4.070 miles of new railway cooatracted In the United SUtra aa against 4.202 In 1904. 6.TBS In 1008, 5.081 In 1902 and 5.222 In 1901. Prises aggregating 17.500 for sug-

wlth railway constructloo and service are offered by tbe Society of Oermaa Railway Administrations of Berlin. The latest date for communications Is July 15. 1907.

Than are more ants to the square mile In Florida than In any other coon try In the world. There are ants that

In length, and then there are anu small that they can scarcely be s to more with the unaided eye.

COUNTESS OF SUFFOLK.

man ana gaby. Tbe Countess of Suffolk, who recently presented her husband with a son. U an American woman and a daughter of Leri r Loiter of Chicago. Bar baby will aome day succeed to an ancient title and a vast English aaUte. and when be comes of age than will doubtless be a big celeb rat loo In honor of the event at tbe ancestral boms, Charlton Park, near Malmesbury, in Wiltshire. In anticipation of this occasion the Earl and Coantess of Suffolk and other members of their respective families re].aired to the anctant brewery at Malmesbury not long

There seems to be no hope of finding tba aouth pole, the antarctic sooe being so cold and ao compacted with ice as to make any sort of travel there 1m ig before the polo Is

The oldest and moat curiour herbs Hum in the world Is In tbe Egyptian museum at Cairo. It consists of crowns, garlands, wreaths and boo queta of Egypt, most of the examples bring In excellent condition, and near ly all tbe flowers have been Identified. They cannot be less than 3,000 years old.

JERSEYMEN GET DIVIDENDS NOT CALLED FOR BY POLICIES. D URING 1005 The Prudential’s Industrial policyholders in New Jersey received cash amountin'? to over $217,000, being 1 dividends not called lor by their policy contracts, but allowed and paid through the liberality of The Prudential’s system of Life Insurance.

Mice la I aeta. In India the cultivation of rice an teds tea history.

Ufe ai

In mediaeval times the hat of a ruler was regarded with peculiar reverence, something of tbe respect shown for the crown as an emblem bring also entertained for the hat. The story of William Tell, with Gealer'a cap or hat on be reverenced by tbe people, an lUostratiou of an Inddant In tbe middle

The camp crown of tbe Romans conferred upon tbe soldier who b assault first made bis way Into camp of the enemy. It was mad gold and was decorated with pickets. In Imitation of the around the capip..

Tbe ""plighting stone'* was used until quite recently In parts of Scotland. Troths were plighted by grasping hands through the stone. These troths and profitIsrs were inviolate In matters of lore, business and all social rata-

Tba bird of paradise Is found wild In India and central Africa. It was so called not ou account of Its beauty, but from tbe fact that the earliest dealers cut off tbe ugly feet and legs of tbe Bring specimens and gars out that the l-trd came from the other world and lid not alight In Uda. so It bad no need of feet.

The bead of an Eskimo family gives his doctor a fee as soon as ha cornea. If tbe patient recovers, it la kapt; If not U is returned.

Oar Ftrat Cataa. A United States historian says that “<be first coins struck by tbe United States mint were some half dimes lo 1792. The first dimes were struck In France from old silver family plate furnished by Washington, the coins being known as "Martha Washington dimes.'' from an adaptation of tbe Lib erty bead to that of Martha Washing-

' IF YOU WANT A Costume Made /.SUIT:. BEFORE THE SEASON OPENS Call on— EDWARD VAN KESSEL 434 Washington Street. We carry a large stock of all imported English and French Fabrics.

tbi oooraus or HurroLX. after the arrival of the son and heir and there aided the hn-u matdera In the brewing of a rat of ale which will be stored and untaiqied until the coming of age of the viscount. The Countess of Suffolk as Miss Daisy Letter wss a much sought young maiden when she visited her sister. Lady Curxon, a few years ago, in India. Lord Canon was then at tbe Might of bis popularity as viceroy of India, and tbe vicereine, as Lady Curton was sometimes called, was perhaps even more popular than her distinguished bus!mud. Miss Daisy and her other sister. Miss Nancy, who accompanied her 00 tbe rlslt. being both rich and beautiful, naturally hat! many ad- * n. Among them were tbe Earl of Suffolk and Major Colin Campbell, officers on the staff of the ricoBometlmes tbe earl and aometimes tbe major was reported engaged to Miss Daisy, but the earl at last won her affections and the major won those of her sister. Tbe courtship of the earl and Miss Daisy was pursued In both India and America, at tbe durbar, in the ballroom and on horseback, for tbe countess is an excellent horsewoman. Tbe earl's own title U one of tbe oldest In England, but be derives greater glory from hi* connection with the bouse of Howard, the aristocratic grandeur of which Is summed by lu the famous phrase of the poet Pops, “all tbe blood of aU the Howards."

WALDORF ASTOR’S CHOICE. TaaSa Mlllloaalre S>lrete4 a "Glhaaa Girl"—TS» Laagharaa glMera. When young Waldorf Aster, son of WUUam Waldorf Aster, chose for his bride Mrs. KamJe Langhoroe Shaw ha picked out a young lady who baa often been called the original Gibson girt She was one of the Langhoroe sisters of Richmond Va, noted as brilas for their cleverness and beanty. One of them married Charles Dana Gibson, the artist; another became Mrs. Reginald Brooke, while In 1897 a third. Mias Nannie, married Robert God Id Shaw, a Boston millionaire, from whom she obtained a divorce, however, several years later. In creating tbe famous Gibson girl it Is said that Charles Dana Gibson obtained many Ideas from the type of feminine loveliness represented

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION 'Pie •evealreath comprtitjic examination 1 for Free SchoUs.hip* In the New Jersey •iUte College for the benefit of Agricultnrr md the Mechanic Art* under the Act of March tiat. 1800. aa amended by Chapter 9c .f the Law* of 190J sill be !<ld at each County Court House in the Stale on Sstur 'ay, June md, 1906, beginning promptly a. m. and continuing uutil p p. m. -hia date candidate* sill be examined Algebra, Plane Geometry, Solid Geometry. Rngllah Grammar and l.itrrmtare. United

States History. C* ' '

Beginning fn Ja— also be examined in two tannages aa announced on page* 73 and 73 of the catalogue, 'n view of tbe preaenr " * ,r

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A new lot of Ladies skirts and waists suitable for Easter. MENS POOD SUITS FROM $4.98 UP. BOYS SUITS FROM >1.50 UP. MENS UNDERWEAR FROM 25c UP. WE GIVE Green Trodiqg Stomps

FOR CASH PURCHASES ONLY Store open evenings g9- Special tor the Country. Watch for my wagon. All of the latest at via clothing at the lat~ > prices. JOS. LAVBKTHOL, 319 WASfflBGTOB STREET

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Groceries and Provisions, Dry Goods and Notions. Ready Made Wrappers. Ladles and Cents Underwear. A FULL LINK OF SEEDS A Line of Seed Potatoes and Grass Seed. Agent for L P. Thomas’ Phoaphate. Poultry bought every Wednesday until 1 o’clock. LAND LIMK A SPECIALTY. Local 'Phone 55.

Charles T. Campbell NO. 600 WASHINGTON SY. Cape May City, New Jeraey FIRE INSURANCE ARE YOU INSURED? I nan ranee placed on building furniture, stock, plate rim*, and boilers in the beat Campania* repreaented in tbe Country as follows: UNITED FIREMENS INSURANCE CO. OF PH I LA. THE GERMAN INSURANCE CO. OF FREEPORT. HOME. FIRE AND MARINE OF SAN FRANCISCO. 'JFFK* OF LONDON CASUALTY CO. OX PHIL*