CAPE UA

COUNTY ITEMS FISHING CUCSK.

The UUk Town F«rol»h«i Many

Item* ol latere*!

FISHING CREEK. J»nu«ry 'O-N'* Maud* YmHek. .p*ai • fe* dar* brr*

hrrr eltta b*r (albrr

Mllloo MWuh*-. of Holm»l.u« Itlog hi* brother George Matt he"'

enow I* riaiilne her

PKTEK8UUBG. Janaary IT-Mr.oad Mra. Wm. Heodenoo ot lueeharg. ghti of Alfred Sapp mod wife, were ealllo* ' frlruda her* Tharadajr. Mlaa Inaa VaoGIlder and Carrie Ve> rr •peudlug thU week with frtaod* l*hlladelphla Mra. Martha Uake of Oorao City, I* laltlng Mlaa VletoHa Cor-on lor * ‘ Mra. C. Town haa been with relai'r 'Philadelphia the paat weak. The public achool opened on Moud< ? after baring been uloaad the paat waei . ■ring to Mlaa Meerwald baring a aeeerr ttaek of la grippe. H P. Mtckel alaughtered two of tbargeat hoea uo Thuraday that hare been alard In thi« rldnlty thla year. Too aa<e mllla near here ate keeping a

wife.

Mlaa Clara 1

wife Um£ lea *H wife on ^tnrday

chapel me at Aaron Woolron'a on beta ^MlVBeJie WoolMm of Went Cap* M.

la < tall log her grandparent, here *

Mr*. Mattie Matthe-a eourtalned

Meolamea Martha Sonler. Allie Ban and Ell. Johoaon on Friday Albert Pieraon and wife at Efma on T'

day

Mra Eliaabeth Koater an Baria of Green Creek, callc. Snyder on Saturday.' Miaaea Ruth McPhenmt Shaw are attendiag high *

May.

Knoa. Tomlin apeot Sum

Trank Bate and wJf Milton Mattbewi Clement at Cold Spi

Mra. Anna McKean apent Thun>da> with Mra Emma Barnett, and attended the Eady Templar, act uni

Creek.

elslted bla brother

Mia. Han

• al.t

4t Holly Beach oeery Suodar. John Snyder and wife entertained J' Ford and wife and Mr*. Orilla ‘Vroweli of

Cape May on Sunday.

Wm. HinchellfT ann aon Chrrle*. apeni the holidays with relatleea In Frankford.

John James spent a few days in Philadelphia laat week. D. M. Woo Ison and wife eUttrd friends In Millrille part of thla week. Mias Kietta Sh w entertained her frie Mims Phene McKeah|ot Weat Cape M

Mlaa Emma Barnett eMted her oo at Cold Spriog oo Sunday. Fred Harris, and family of Rio Gr apeut Thornday last with Henry Shaw and wife. Mrs. Emma Barnett apent Friday Mrs Kell Barnett at Holly Beach. Mr. and Mra. Herbert Shaw enterti their Sunday School claaaea No. 8 and No. Son Friday ceenlng about « being pre aent. all bad a good time. Mrs. Libbie Moont entertained ber day School daaa So 4 oo Saturday i log about S3 being preaent, all reported a

BEST FOR THE BOWELS

KEEP YOUR BLOOD CLEU

DIA5 CREEK.

Busy Header* Here DIAS CREEK. Janaary 18-G. Creek part!*• killed a gray tax In oar Tillage laat week. Charles Woodlln was doing boalnr Philadelphia oo Monday. Many ot onr Tillager» attended con Monday. Cbariea Tomlin of DennIaTiUe. loooklng after bla farming Interrat on Satnrday: Uriah Gandy and wife of D-nnl* were calllag Oo fHends In . tbe >illa| br.tnrday. Prof. KilloU la doing good work In onr

by bla Cbariea Norton Is tbe champion wood, aswyer of Tb* re»lT*! meeting* In tbe M. -E. Church are atlll In pro Master Francis Dongtaas, who haa been

lie Holme, brothers Francis Smith, of . Ashing cruise In

Leesburg to call upon the fair aex. A tsmt turtle with tbe tnltlala of 8. 8 . 1M1 cot upon It was picked np In tb. lag* daring the warm wawiber of laat

WEST CAPE MAY

COLD SPR1N0 Item* Teraely Told lor oar I Reader* COLD SPRING. Janaary In-Mr*. Juae eph Hoffman and Mrs. Silaa Hoffman, were at Court Houae Wed Dead-y rlalUng I heir dangbter. -Mrs Fred Tbompaon. James Needles and Wm. Feasier were at Holly Beach ooTbuipday. Mr* Jamea Hoffman entertained cot pany from Mil 1*111* last week. Albert Matlbewe and Edward learning were at Court Houae no Tnuradsy. Harry Needles loot a valuable rabbit hoc ud laat week. Mra. Rachel Snyder la improving a weeks illness of tbe. grip. Mrs. Judith Hoffman and daughterWlddie. arc con fined to their beds with a grippe. ■+ Virgil Weldon and aUter , Maggie, turned borne Wednesday, after a ten day eiatt in Philadelphia. Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Hltcbnrr. entertained tbe-Rev Mr. Cameron, of Philadelphia. oo Sunday. Mrs. Ode Kldredgr and Mrs. G ■Valters spent Thursday with Mrs. Daniel Schelleuger at Erma.

RIO GRANDE

1 About

W hat to Taking Place In

The Village

RiO GRANDE, Janaary 10—Mrs. Edna Endicott spent aereral days in Philadelphia laat week. Thomas J. Riley made a bnsiuras U to Ope May oo Friday. Butcher W. A. Harris made a boaioi tiIp to Goshen on Monday. Capt. SUaa Shaw's aew barn 1* nearing

completion.

Tbe dedication of tbe new Vf. E. Cbnrcb will be held on Sunday, January 37, 1907. Several prominent speakers bare been engaged to apeak, and a great day la expected. 1 Mr. and Mra Harry Turner of Atlantic City, tprnl Sunday with the foi enu, Mr. and Mra Ira Tamer While cbopptug wood on Saturday, Harold Morton bad cut bla foot quite badly. The member la doing nicely now.

CAPE rtAY COURT HOUSE Partial List of Visitor* at Tbe Coaaty Sent C A PR MAY COURT HOUSE. Jan.—16 Elgar Douglaaa ot Burleigh, apent Mon day with hi* parent*. Mis* Rena Corson la entertaining con pany for a few daya Charles Long was a visitor to Pbiladet phis on Saturday. Miaaea Etta Hackney and Haxel Long h .ve been sp-ndlng a few days with Mr. and Mis. Fred Schmidt of Woodbine Capt. BroJ. Hall of Townsend'* I 1-ited bti family here ob Friday. Mra Julia Scull baa returned from a ylait with relaUres In Briageton. Mra Young of W oodblne. called oi Alma Picke'lon Thnraday. Wm. Seal! and son Alfred, of Hoyeraford. Pa., were over Snaday viaitora beta Samnel Stll wall of Cap* May, la rial ting bis grandmother, Mra Louis Wblldlo for a few daya Mra Helen Edmunds and son Theodore, of Cepe May. are lb* gneata of Mra Frank

Letters i I believe tbe stolidity of tbe character end Its Implicit acceptance of nothorltr are due In a large to the fart that long before It lears* tbe spelling etos* It to ready to bellevt anything And this onquestioniiig at tltude of mind I* only rendered tb*

that In one case twelve ounce* moke a pound. In another,cnee It require* sixteen. Indeed. If we bad set ourselves deliberateiy to stamp oat rstloual Instincts and tbe habit of logical end

we probably could not baria devised * ‘ unen ta than be one band inres oo tbs

Many people are unaware of tbe fact that tbe sender of an unstamped letter can be proceeded against for postage. Tbe moment a person - p an unpaid letter be become* a de to tbe postofhee. U It to (erased by tbs addressee tbe sender to liable for tb« postage. An enormous number of unstamped letters are posted every year No record to kept of tbe -exact number. Many Urge firms give Instructions nt the pootnOce ' — are not to l-c d are then returned .to tbe senders, a la the c " - “ ''

Tety well, then; yon may come row at 10. Cook—Ofd sooner n 8. mum. Thin If Ol don't lot place Oi can uve Is Mae I

> r»OK n«W FAGEA

surplus of the Prudential In the hand* of the policy bolder*. Senator Hlllerj Introduced a rather Important measure which provide* for a change In rule U by which any Ml can be taken from a committee i n majority vote of the senate. The measure requlree that twenty-four hours’ notice shall be given of Intention. In the bouse Mr. Rlordan submitted a Joint resolution providing that no MU 1>* paa**d unlee* It has been Introduced at toast tsu daya prior to tbe final adjournment. Thla Is design ■ prevent tbe tuual toglMadve rush toward the end of tbe e—sltui Agrets CaaSieatM. Other MU* presented In the boose

rare:

By Mr. Alexander - Until* the amonnt* which candidate* for office may ex|>eiid for campaign purpose* to tb* following *um»: Hetiittor of the United Mateo, reprewntntlve In rot gram or governor. $r..<»kl: president In' elector, mayor of a city and county offices. *1.000: state senator. BfiO': mem Iter of a**eml»ly. town, dry and lew ••ugh officer*. fjy>: all other office* *100. Only * treasurer or |gilltle«l liguni named by * candidate shall pay hny expen«e« of an election,. . By Mr. Olwoll—ITovIde* that rail roads must pay tbelr wage* to tlie'r employee* every two weeks: penally *2S for each vlatoHpn. By Mr. Tumulty—Fixes tbe animal salary of tbe attorney genera! at S3. 000 In Men of all other corapetieil 1 - and prohibits him from the practice o' law In tbla slate. Farmer Senator Lewis J. Martin of Ruaacx aent In hbr rodguation aa a* atotant Journal elevfc of tbe bouee. and Frederic* F. Munson of tbe same county waa elected to fill tbe vacancy. William Chew of Balem waa the noro luce ol tbe Republlcana for tbe poei

■ Thua Far AwarUeg hr the Her* Puad tommisslss. ■- Tbe public had It* first rlew • abort time ago of the medals to be awarded heroes whose courageous deeds are deemed by tbe Carnegie hero fund commission worthy of aucb recognition. Tbe commission began Its walk III April 1WM. and silty-three ttnM , have been made, but the medal* themselves were not ready for presentation until recently. Tbe rases that has* 1 now been conslderad Dumber 704. but there are S22 rases still pending and hundreds awaiting lurestlcation. Tbe medals are of three materials—bronxe, silver and gold—tbe metal selected In eecb rase representing the degree of risk taken by the recipient, but all are of tbe aarne site and design. Tbe obverse of tbe medal contains a ba« relief portrait of tbe creator of tbe fund. Andrew Carnegie, with the Inaeriptlona "Carnegie Hero Fund" and “EetabIMbfd April IS. 1004." Tbe revet-** of tbe medal baa aa Its circamscrlb-

MAN AND HIS BELIEFS. The Seven Orest Bellgto*- Be4Is* at the War 14. The population of tbe earth at tb* death of the Emperor Augustus was ( estlmated at 50,000,000. Today It I* calculated that this globe haa a papa latlon of Lfi08.lBO.000. Out of this vast number of more than a billion and a half of human beings it to assert ad that an but aa Infinitesimal fraction of 1 per cent beHeve In and worship hi /ome degree a supreme ruler of the There are seven great religion* In tbe world. Tbe Christian religion baa tbe greatest number of sdhrreuta, r.in.OOO. 000. Of this number 850£00.000 are Catholics and 218.000.000 Protestant* These two great dlvUlac* era subdlvld ad Into Innumerable sects differing from one another on some point of dogma or cbnrcb government. Next in Importance come* the worship of castor* and Confucianism, whose, lowers are 38S.000.000 la number. This belief to confined almost exclusively the Chinese and Japanese. In India there are 22L000.000 Brahmins. This form of religion has decreased i what daring recent years, owing per hap* to the continual ravages of plague and famine In that country. But it still bolds tbe third placa among tbe seven great religion* Brahmanism to bard pressed, however, by tbe faith of Islam. There ate 322,000.000 of these fol lowers of tbe doctrines of Ifofaammed. Tbe fifth oo tbe list are the Polytheist* tbe believer* In many god* who nmn ber 190.000,000. Tbe devotee* of Bud dha Come next 107,000.000 strong.

A CITIZEN OF JERSEY CITY five years affo took out a Prudential policy for $3,000. The total premiums paid by him- during: the five years amounted to $839.68. The Company this year apportioned the policy a dividend of $131.56. Additional dividends will be apportioned every five years while the policy is in force.

India. Tbe smallest of tbe seven i religions of tbe world to Taoism, with 44.000,000 adherents In tbe Chinese pits and in Tibet Tb* next greatest religion. In p ot number* to Taoltm is tbe belief of Japan, Sblntotom. This has but 18.00(1000 hpltovera. Tb* Jewish now counts but half that number of adherent*. But unlike tbe other great religions, the follower* of tb* teachings of Moeas are no* centered to any pardrular country, but are scattered all about tbe world. Compared with tb* foregoing, tbe religions of tbe Parse** while one of tbe moot beautiful the orettoelly. ha* about tbe smallest following of spy distinct belief ta tbe world. l.YUxio. Tbla see* has Its bom* ta India and to best known to .the outside world by It* curious burial cos toms, tbe famed "towers of silence.’

RECORDS, In tbe number of hie title* tbe Dnk* of Atholl; with twenty-three, bolds tb*

Tbe record for bam sandwich making Is a thousand sandwiches to 11 hour* 2S minutes. The record lodging bouse to one for pilgrims at Msec* which aceommo dates 0.000 persons. Tbe record steam bearing apparatus cost *180.000, It to that which beats tb* Ti.000 rooms of tb* Vatican. The record soprano vdlce waa cresia AgnJudT* This lady, who died ta 1788, could easily strike C In nKtosl-

Tbs recced for mUUonatoe hoi was held by tb* tote Cbariea T. Terkea, who. on racovarlng his fortune after bto failure, repaid the claim* of an his old creditors with fi par cent

tag motto "Grenier lore bath no man than thi*—that a man toy dowp bla life for hi* friend*" Tbe field of tbe ■bedal bear* a map of tbe territory covered by the fund—tbe United Statiw. Canada mid Newfoundland—In low relief. Sixteen heroes were recognised at Hi* Inst tmwtlng of tbe commission. and report was made of tbe award of f UUXIO In cash and of (54.462 spent by the conunlasion in connection with the Ran Francisco earthquake disaster. One of the must notable of tbe award* recently imple was 'that to Bufua K.- Comb* of Midway. Ky. In addition to a silver medals be received (1.500 In cash for saving tbe Ilf* of bis poll Meal rival and Mtfrv enemy,’ Richard Godson; who had been overcome by ga* ta a vault while IUi4tocring a gasmaklng machine. Combs plunged through a siunll manhole at tbe top of the vault after him. When be got him out he fell unroiinctoua on the limp bat

■till living l*ody of his enemy.

POINTED PARAGRAPHS. Tnu haven’t aa long to Uve as you used y> hare Rome people are So agreeable that they are disagreeable. Hero Urn Is generally a foolish act with a successful termination. Borne people not only Insist upon giving advice, but asking question* at the same tlm* When a married woman bears about women who are working on salaries she U liable to eay, "Well, I earn all I

get."

Tbe surest way to tame a man 1* to take hit money away from him. When • man has no money even a woman can run over him. People talk of nursing tbelr wrath as If they are bloodthlnty for revenge, but leave an angry man alone and ta two days be will have forgotten what be got angry about.—Atchison Glob*

AN UNHAPPY DUCHESS. he R»**ore4 lyitrtiee'let Troshle*

Tbe rnroond matrimonial trouble* of the Duke anti Ouches* of Marlborough are another Indication that fate docs not deal kindly with unions between American belrewce and titled foreigner* Tbe Duchess of Marlborough waa Mis* Conimelo Vanderbilt daughter of William K. Vanderbilt and ber mar rlage to tbe youug duke was the'great social event of tlie season of 1806. She received a dowry from her father of (10.0nn.rau. It ro*ti a great deal to keeb^p Blenheim imlare. the ancestral Marllmrougb borne, and tbe duke to a lively s|tender, so that It ha* taken about all be and hi* rich wife eooH muster to |t*y the bills. They have two child res. both boy* and tbe ducb

wm to devotrd to tbelr welfare. TbU and ber efforts to ahloe ta tbe more Intellectual coterie of tbe British smart •et bar# absorbed Iter attention ta recent year* Her huabind. It U eaM. baa left ber much t> herself, end they have gone tbelr dlffeiMT way* Perhaps an open break would not bare resulted, it Is rap-i-tel. but for tbe dnke’* Infatuation for a lieautlful *o defy woman, to wh-ftn. It to alleged, bto attention* bare been so coneplcu on# that tbe dnrtira* rt>uld not with eeVYeapert overlook her lord’s neglect any tauge". Tile dlffeiducaa between the couple are the leading nenaarion of tbe day ID Greet Britain, and Qte king himself has IntwYened tb try to bring

Visitor—I do hope that poor our brother, done not grieve too

at my having broken

I fart sure he must be very, upbappy. . What did be aay, deer! Tbe Sister^ Ob. be raid whet a lucky thing It was

A sufferer from Insomnia may work hard at physical and mental labor, yet tbe night cometh when no man can work. Tbe Insomniac, utterly fatigued, fall* into a slant ber—not a sound, refreshing. dreamless slumber, but a com* lethargy, a torpor, born of fatigue. Th a few hour* tbe demon says “Awake” and the insomniac starts instantly Into waking, with bright startag. winkles*, sleepless eyes. Is there no cure? None. Insomnia comes with age. You cannot cure your year* You. Dsed to sleep yesterday when you were young. “Not poppy nor mandrtigora tier all the drowsy sirups of tb* world can medicine tbee to that sweet, sleep which yesterday thou badsL" — San. Francisco Argonaut

At tbe same tlm* there are American girt* who have married foreign Bti# bearers and are living happily with them. Bat these were not the matches that papa’s millions brought about

New Jersey Legislative Dees ion, 1907. Notin twenty years baa there been a legislative session promising tbe Intense interval of that which will assembly In Trsnton. Tuesdsy. January 8. The House will be Democratic, tbe Senile Regublicao. On Joint ballot the Republteana wHl have a majority of seren. Already (be election of a United State* Senator to meeed John F. Dryden 1* exciting popular Interest The True American has made ar rangementa for thoroughly covering thla important session. Besides the dally reports of all routine

Baked Beans —And— Pumpkin Pies

are among the good things enjoyed at of the year, but they demand a good < them. .Our stoves have good ovens ai rooks pronounce them just the thing. New Year right and see our line of

is season ■n to cook the best Bi-gin the

HEATERS AND RANGES Before Purchasing Elsewhere Our Japanese Department proved such a tremendous success during the holidays, that wc have concluded to keep it o|»en during the winter months, and our Japanese imjiorter has n*| lenitbed our stock with the latest novelties, which we are felling at astonishing low prices. . V* CHARLES A. SWAItf, " 306-7 Jackson Street CAPt£ MAY, N. J-

ind actions which to the Legislative act, will be c fully watched and fully reported. The contest for United States Senator to succeed JohmsF. Dryden ha* ilready begun. Interest U at fever heat, and a Democratic House and Republican Senate promise tain the Interest until the close. Tbe publlthers will mall Tbe True Vmerican dally, except Sunday, dur :ng the entire session for one dollar rash in advance. This will give sub icriberY the preliminary prooeedlngr

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