CAPE MAY liEP.VUD. THURSDAY. JANUARY 9, 1908

FltHINQ CRCIK. Kimuko Cuxk, Jan. *. IW*.. Uii> M»rlc Bock of Cap* Mar Court Hoot* •pant part «C la»» F«*k wBh Xliu Kietla Sh««. JoM-pb 8n»d** of Bri<i<*'.on rallol on Aaron Woolwa on To*».Uy l»»l Warren Holmes of Holly Baacli • I* rl.ilioK Wm Uacrnrrw i aod faiuiU Mu • Mary Soydar u tb* proud owarr of a on » beej Mr* Hannah Wool eon mad* a I ncu (rip to I'Uiladatpbta tb* Brat ol lb* week. J.ueph Snyder and |traoddau*hter. o Cold SpnoK called on John Snyder la« Tuewiay,» Mra Knoch Miller entertained Mrs Urorur McNeill aad Mater Mabel t ram ruer of Erma Monday. J !». Hodman baa a phone. Hereral of our people went to Cap May New Year * day to aee the parade . Knoch Miller baa a new pbonottrapli John Klliot and (’baric* li'iltm o t‘ol 1 Sprinit called on J. U. HolTniai Monday. Mra. Maiptir Church and dauichter Mrs A. Church called on Ireihds hei Monday. Sereral of the member* of the K. ( E and their frionua attended their bai qoet at tireeo Creek Kriday malil.

COMMUNICATED The 1‘ubllaher of the Cap* May Hkhai.d La In no way reapooalbl* tor the folio* Ing communication received from Ur. Kan Ion 1“ by ale, and pubUabad at hU requeat. The vlawa eipteeaed herein are entirely thoae of Dr. Phya* irk,who haa aaaumod all responsibility therefor. l.KW-ia T. Frtvieiw, Publiaher.

WHIIHSBOKO

WllITl«BOB<>, Jan. 8. Mr*.. M. K. Ruffins paawdtwo weekwith bet parenta, Mr. and Mra. G. H. Askew. She had not been home f< two years. She ha* now gone to Highland Kalla, N. V., accompanied by Mias Wiley J. Aakew. Mr*. Henry Beaman la on the sick list. Mr. Devon D erecting a borne Main avenue. Mr*. Ixiflen is passing a few day* Philadelphia. A apron party was given on Sat day evening for the benetil of Grace Mission M. E. Church. Mini Wiley J. Askew passed the Christmas holidays with her sister, Mra. George H. Staley, in Washing! ton, D. G. Kx-Congreamnan George H. While, fomierly of North Carolina, u a frequent visitor here.

THE GROOM MUST PAY. aueer Mar.-iags Cuttowi Arsono U Quebec Franch Canadians. A singular marriage cuatoai preva! airong the I'rencli Canadians In Quebec. After the morning marriage See In the church the bridal party lu ealeebe or carriole ma’.c a tour of calls epon rdatlvea and friends during the day and then return again to church Be for* the evening dance at bride's new borne comes the anpper. When the company rise from the table the bride keeps her Mat. and some one asks with great dignity: "Why does madam wait? b she so soon in bad

graceT"

She replies: “Somebody ha* stolen my slipper. 1 cannot walk.” Then they carry her. chair and all, Into the middle of the room, while * lood knocking announce* a grotesque ragged render of boots and shoes. lie kneels before I be *llpi>erle«* bride and trie* on a long anccewslon of old boots and shoes of every variety and size until at mat be And* her missing shoe. The groom redeem* it for n good price, which to spent In treating the company. If the groom to not watchful they steal her hat and cloak, which be redeems In the same way. and they bare been known to ateal the bride, for wblrti there must be liber*! pay. The ereot of the evening to a good Jig. tn which n guest volunteer* to outdance the bride. If successful the visitor demands s prls* from tbs grooBLrearaon's Weekly.

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To Entroa or Hatasi.n :

I the Oaoe Mar Star and Ware of Jen y«. 1KM.OO page A edllerHI roluw Phraick la mrotioued aa follow*: la aurprialog that be aboold hare lent hlmarlf to ike purpoaea of the little pro ed hr that steerable Jealoti.T ol ihtiton of enterprise whir 1 - I a> ucu to retard protreaa of Cap# Mumlttlns blmtelf to the fat that Peter Kblelda and th'<a* the deal with him bar* Juat bought the wapapers rsoept ooe portlcalarly aflri having Trcrlred positirs Information ti he contrary. The wrtterof !b« above bat or rraaona beat known to himself krpi ita Identity to htmaelf. for a man wbi Ivan In darkness dor* not care for tb. light of the son to ah I nr even ou hlmarlf. leaf It leave a shadow. The Editor aa welt a* the owner* of tbr Star and Wave art the writer, further comment y. The Dr. Pbysick menha« lived Id this oommunlly forty odd year* a.id I can swear t •talement awl will If neceaaary. tb

ind that In public City

Connell been callrd to hi* face a liar. after be bad been extended the ray of the floor by It* President awl member*before Ifwwould aar what it to aav council adjourned with him •elf naodiiig. It waa lu the matter of a dishonorable electric light contract which

the City of Cape May c dollars more than It at

have. The Dr. Pbflick mentioned i what orople aay* to him to hit front face hut hta fileoda who Imagine b- • for what they Imagine and interpret but be aay* aa facta behind bW bach in darkness be care* but little. So this kind friend who wrote the editorial tn the Star and Ware please take oolite the Dr. Pbysick above mmiiooed Uilnk< be can remember a lew things *• and. veracity of tbc Edltoi when hr waa connected with the Cape r. Now if be wants to b minded all hr baa to do hi to aay »o w It h signed to It Ilka n man. which 1 hope be will prove himself to be. with no desire to publicity that the qua.t. naked why do not the politician* do tbrlrdolyln preranting Illegal selling of Sunday and other days. J I repent Senator Hand. Mayor Melvin and responsible to the people aa public nla remain allrnt. Understand tb. law gives the law-abiding rum aeller full protection as it does the grocer or ant honorable person. Now 1 ask the people of which I am one cannot three om public servants ba removed from office and otbrra tried wbo wlllal least do their duly the people wbo elect them, and hai the load of municipal government I carry. The Cape May Real Estate Co. has remained silent to a former ankle published in- their paper, except haring I am assured Ita own attorney elected City Solicitor. Again I ask a question: ~ truthful man occupy a duel act for or against nod protect

u foil Jt

le tin

Wi

bare had that kind of s City Solicitor In the past but as ws are looking lotos mirror and aee a beautiful plot ere vclop why abonId it be etill kept lo dark-

A MADDENING PRANK. Fha Queer Joke That Eugene Field

Played on a Printer.

When Eugene Field waa city editor of the Kansas City Time* be found great amusement lu annoying one *of the character* employed on the paper Fergnaoo waa one of tbe "makeup*" on the paper, and In Wyandotte, where be resided. Juat over tbe line from Kaagas City, be ant* tbe lender of a local temperance aoelety. For over a year Field, on coming down to tbe (gr per to go to work, would write a persona! concern Tug Ferguson. Generally It ran like tbta: “Mr. Jobe Fergumm. tb- well known ‘makeup’ of tho Times composing room, appenreo for work yesterday evening la hla uanal beastly state of IntDXlcatlab.” This entertaining. t)lt Field would send down In a bundle of copy, oud tbc others of tbe

PRODDED HIS MEMORY.

Mr. Urban was always late to ner. He arrived borne on a certain evening, aa usual, to minutes behind band. Hla wife area entertaining Mr. and Mrs. Fortune. Greeting the guests with effusive cordiality be aald: “If I bad known this pleasure waastore for me. I should certainly have arranged my business so as

at borne earlier."

Why. Harry.” aigbed bis wife; “I "I beg your pardon. love: bm are certainly mistaken this time. Yon probably forgot to mention 1L the whole. I’m glad yon did. It

delightful surprise.”

Mra. Urban waa a spirited woman. This unjust accusation oamt Bear overthrowing her courtesy. Her Up* parted, then abut decisively; bat a alight frown lingered on her fore*

«52§J. knew a

Poor Ferguson knew that thl* awful person*! waa In their tnW.at and every night would go eare'nlly over every ralley for the pftrpow of l-vatlng and klljlns It. It gave him vast trouble Every now nnd then Field would not write bl* personal about Ferguson, and then the bewildered Ferguson are* worse off than ever. Aa long n could not find it It might at ID be there. It aim oat drove tbe poor man off' tb* paper. JJow and then It escaped eagle eye and waa printed. On sorb

n tbe Air. Dr. John Wllklna wrote a work In (be reign of Cbariee II. to show tb* poealblllty of making a voyage to tbe moon. Tbe Ducbesa of Newcastle, who was likewise aetoiious for ber vagrant speculation*, said to him. “Doctor, where am I to bait at In tb* upward Journey r “My tody." replied tbe doctor, “of all tbe people tn tbe world. I bar* never expected question from yon. wbo bar# built an many east lea In tb* air that yon might Benrcty night at ca* of your ow* “

beet for another 10,000.000 year*.

ft 1 all about hla father's poor m*tccry. and be felt It his duty to refresh

it and defend hla mother.

"Why. pap." be piped up. “don’t yon recollectT Mamma told yon to be sure to come borne early to-night bw cause tbe Fortunes were going to be here, and you said. ’Oh. fls* derlll'" ■

—Philadelphia Record.

FREROQATIVE* OF RANK.

SEE WASHINGTON TIE HAIT OS TIE MOW THREE-DAY TOURS Pennsylvania Railroad iuaary 16.30. Februarj II. 20. Muck 12. Ipril 2.13 Ml Mil 7.1908 ROUND-TRIP RATE $10.75 OR JU.25 FROM CAPE MAT. N. J.

Ill Tki Principal Paints of Interest in the National Capital DvUllad Itineraries aad fall inforMioa of TiclKt Agcsu, at

THE DREAD OF RABIES. act of AH Floportlon to the Frequency of the Dleeese. I’m accWeuts are more terrifying to be '■ifTerer then to be bitten by a dog i ppjoetl to be mad. and there are few »nudltioiM In wbleb prompt and Intelligent nctloo ou tbe port of tbe byatandrrs is more desirable. Although nearly all worm blooded animals are susceptible to rabies. It to most commonly seen In dog*. T are two forms- -tbe “furious" and tbe “dumb." In tbe furious type after a period of melancholy or depresalou tbe animal become* restless and Irritable, with a tendency to ran away and anap It everythin* In sight. Anally becoming ued and sullen and dying of paralysis and exhaustion. In dumb rabies tb* stag* of liritablllty to absent. Tbe dog prowls about lu a Hatlea* way. with hi* bond down and lower Jaw dropped. At tbe same time there to difficulty In swallowing. It 1* often Impoealbl* to tell from a dog's actions whether it to rabid or not But If Instead of killing tbe animal as quickly us possible, as to often unwlseoue. tbe owner captures It and • It for a few days under lock and key tbe question answers Itself. A rabid dog always dies In from four to eight day*, ao that If tbe animal recovers tbe bitten persons may be ant* that they are not going to develop by dro phobia. In any suspicious case tbe wound shvild Immediately be squeezed under bot water and If deep he Inctoed freely. that cauterization with either a bot Iron or with strong nitric add (not with lunar caustic) may be thoroughly done. tbe same time tbe dog should be kept under observation, or If already killed tbe bead and neck should be packed In Ice and preserved for medical examination. en If It seems certain that tbe salwas rabid tbe patient should not despair, for It to estimated that only IB per cent of those bitten by rabid animals actually develop tbe disease, and If tbc I'asteur prereottvOnocutationa are promptly begun recovery to almost certain. The popular dread of rabies to out of all proportion to tbe relative frequency of tbe disease, and tbe length to wbleb It may go to abown by tbe Instances In which people have developed and even died of false hydrophobia, a nervous condition due to fright and slmatotiug 'to some extent tbe reel malady. — Youth’* Companion.

O d Medicint. Tbe following are amc-e aora tb* fantastic cure* pre-m’rd liy the medical nothoritlee of early time given by Dr. Hugo Vaguus In bla book. “Uuperetltlou In Medicine." nemady Against Bellyache: "Take tbe heart from the living heart and wear It aa an amulet at tbe toft thigh.“ —Alexander of Tralles. Remedy Against Epilepsy (advised by tbe PhynUdna. Moarblan., Dlortbote*. Alexander of Tralles. Book Chapter 7fV. page 570): “Tbe forehead of an as* fled to tbe akin of fbe patient and worn." “ 'Gather Iris, pednlos and nightshade when tbe moon to lu tbe'wana. pack them Into linen and wear a amulet.' Adrtoed by tbe magician Ostbance. Alexander of Trail**. Book L Chapter XV. page .VW.

ECZEMA and PILE CURE

FREE I 1 "

to env afflb .Salt Rbeui

The next tswt thlog to spending the anmuier at the seaYbore to being small boy w..n school out and the farm tve>* working overtime.

To tbe uupracticed mtnd tnaurance reform bn* merely resolved Itself Into so tntriente array of statistic*.

Wanted

■uxl vicinlv to re's end In

Kapvrtcure desirable, tmi ‘loppovtiHiUy fnrrivbi '■■bilsber. Box SO. Me

lion O, New Yo'

Wanted One thousand cords of oak wood cut last winter or spring, delivered on at any station on the West Jersey & H. B. It. It., deliveries to be made during Fall and Winter. •a Works, Kalon, July as, W. -

^Ajtply lo B

Cape Mac City, N. J., Jan. 4th.. iwjc Tbc Annosl ' eelIns of tbe Stockholder, nf the Cape Mey RnlhllOK end leiea Aeisllmi . Ill he betd J.n ZOtb IWe lu > _ lens Hsll el TAB P. M. for tbe Irsna.ctlon

meeting Inelodlng tbe elecilnn of offiv. for the tneulnsyear.receiving tbcsodPur. ■port as to vain .lien of stock sod set log Folia t-pra from 7 W P. M. to 8 » P. M. H S. Rutherford 1-0-21 Secretary.

THE HERCULES BEETLE This Mouth American Giant I* tb* Biggest Mug la tb# WerM. To tbc Hercules beetle, a (taut among Insects, wbleb to found In certain portions of Central nnd 8ou:b America as well as In tbe Island of Dominica, one *f the British West ladles, belong* the distinction of being tho biggest bog in tbs world. In sppesranre this creature b anything hot prepossessing and looks as if It belonged with pink makes, purple spiders and other creatures of the ImaginstloB. It to a common trait of tourists and trarslere to make little of anything seen In foreign lands, especially In tb* tittle West Indian Islands, and to declare that similar things of vastly greater size or bettor quality occur In “God’s country.” When they run

PRKKHODDKI18 MEETING Not lee I* hereby riven that an aitjoa rant meeting of tb# Hoard nf ™ era of tbe Coosty of Cap be held a> Cape Slav City — ooTuesda) ibe Itthdat ©(January lit)'. 11 o'clock A. M., for tbr purpose of >#- Driving proposal* for keeping tbe Almsbouse the ensuing yeor: srttl.ng tbe ae-

_ieh other hu.lnra as ms before the Unsnt. -rsons having basil ire napectfullv requested to be in

order Of Ibe Board. Samuel Townsend. Clerk. Dated. Joa «. 1908.

Tbe BrambleriUe postmaster looked out with a frown from hla barred window at the returned traveler who was questioning him. *T can’t go out o* this pen o' mine tin the mall's distributed." he said, with resentment. "The new rules and regulations don’t hardly lA a man breaths. What was It you asked me about tha Are de-

partment?

"No. Jed Isn’t chief gay more. That’s an owing to the city folks that coma bare now aad try to run our whole Tillage. “Thu* waa a Uttto spark of a Ore

they are obliged to elvaa beaten. Although so form Ida bl* lo appearance. this Insect to perfectly harmles*. It Uvea In the heavy forest* and feeds ou the sweetish sap of gum of trees. The larva, or grab, to four Inches long and man's thumb and I white maggot. It Is cacy by tbe native negroes and car!be. who roast It In bot asbas aad aay that

1 nota.

the Hercules t powers of flight. and tn tha outlying vtHages It la not uncommon for ooa of those huge creatures to aster the native house*, being attracted thereto by tha lights. The tovariable result to a prompt extinguishing of tbe candle by tb# wind created by tbe beetle's bussing wing*, accompanied by scream* froor the tom*tea of the house, wbo Imaglnt a Jumble, or ertl aplrt. ha* Invaded thatr dwelling.

cattle our Are department didn't get there quite a* quick as they expected they Instituted Inquiries’—I'm giving you their own riordo-smd when they found the two ladders hod been in Jed's orchard, an’ that had mads a little delay, they rained such n lot o’ talk that Jed resigned. -As he arid. If the chief o' the fire department hasn’t got the right to bor

hi* fruit, who has? ’’But yon can't reason much with thaw ffity teas. Thay’re a kind of a high-handed lot”—Tooth's Compan-

:. -icffcraoo Suvet. Preaklla Street Madireo Arenac fa tbc City of Cape Vay and interested in tbe c>mstnictiun nf a •ewer or drain in said section of arid Cite, do humbly petition your Honorable .body that yon will cum to be laid or con«trbcird • soluble sewer or drain on and along rneb portion, of said at'eet. and avenues a* in your Judgment shall be necessary to properly carry off the surf era drainage from pro petties fa that tonality; and that your Hon-

and flying round and round. This to a If eat Iwiposattonty. w tha t but Uttto poorer to the borne.

We. tbc nadersfaned.

af praptrty fa tbc viciaity nf nac. Benton Avcr-nc. Keane;

be neeraery fe object. And ymn petitioners will ever pray ct giebard Campion, ‘ John P Craig. Geo U Me re ary, < ba«. N Daria. C W. Jacobr. Memucsn Hughes, I. Clifford Wilson. Jessie I. B dredge by Samuel P IQ dr edge. Attorney,

PUBLIC NOTICE

In Good Times or in Bad Times, Life Insurance in The Prudential, is always Certain And Secure.

suffer srtll give FRECDF CHAKUK ‘ 1 a po.tUre cure for Eoto-ma Erysipelas, Piles and Kkln

at relief. Don't suffer loi-t-sr, Writ* F- W. WILUAMK. 480 Meubst- - i renus New York. Kn rinse a temp

Robesons’ Pocket Knives

NOTICE TO GOVERNING BODIES Ta the Governing Bodies of tbe TaxingDistricts of Cape May County. A* tbe time la at band for tbe preparation of your tax bndget. tbe County Board of Taxation feds h to be ita daty to direct your attention to certain point* which it will be neceaaary for yon to consider in ir appropriations for tb* coming ■a id politic* in

of aa•esed volosti on. there shall be a reduction year of j rents on tbc laannicipal■es in wmea me tax rale for county and .juuiripal purposes it over ft on tbe Sioo. of assessed valuation*, there to required a redaction of to reals per tioo valuation until lhe msstmnra rale of *175 I. reached Thete it added to this sorb rale as is necessary to raise tbe Stale School Tax required from each municipality.. The State Coostitmioe and Laws require that all property shall be its eased for purpose* of taxation at ita true valne and fhta to iaierpreted lo mean sach am. as it will sell for by cash bona fide sale : private contract. Tbe popular ides teems to be that tbe Me mot or County Tat Roald or both, are ispousibte for tasstton. This is not tbe .ate Neither tbc Assessor nor the Cuoaty Tax Board bat aaytbing to do with the amocat of money 10 be raised fa aay mnnl cipaUtr. excepting to see that each property to charged with Mr and equitable share of '• * dance with lb* requirements of Tbe gentlemen composing the governing bodies of the municipalities of Cape May County nr* requested to familiarise themselves with tbe fundamental facet prevented so that in foruialaling tbc list of —propetotions for the coming year they ly be able to form a more or leu accurate inion of bow much money ran be rafted means of the tat* aHosr-'* “

I guarantee these knives against all imperfections of material and workmanship. All that prove unsatisfactory in use will be exchanged or money refunded*without question.

CHARLES A. SWAIN, 305-7 Jackson Str Cape May, N. J.

for which they arc responsible. The County Board of Taxation deem* it to be a doty to notify tb* governing body of rsefa maatcipriMy that no money fa excess of tbc tmowat which will be > iclded by the legal rate on the aaaeaacd tree valuation of within Ha limit., will be permitted

res be legally raised, fa order that embsriments fa the finances of municipalities r be avoided by the autking of appro itirma tn excess of the aawtnnl* which be legally raised Tbe total tax rate lode* tbc sam of tbc ra e for Stole School Taa. tbe rate for County Tax. tbe rates for ’ school aad city, borough or township inder the heed of Load Tbs. .

Is year to have bern'IhZs. le for State School Tax and

be far out of tbe w

i for Conn 1 y Tax lion It will • - ABOhfw HAND,

BLURB. MARSHALL. 8TILWELL H. TOWNSEND. County Board of Taxation. Attest.—T. C. HAMILTON.

City Council of the City of Qape Wi WKBaxAS. a petition fa writing i presented to this Council by owners o. p.operty In the neighborhood of Ktocstoo Avenue, Benton Avene*. Kearney A Venn*. Jkfferaon Street. Franklin Street and ■ adiA venue fa the 1 ity of Cap* May. prayfor the construction of sewer* or drains

VXD that this Connell « drain* to be constructed that they girt public notice of their it “— ‘ —— such sewers or drains by spare not leas than ten rXpr.sr'jK'.'bri-C _.. . reposed sack aad Trqeceting each persons ns may object thereto to present tfaclr objec* tons fa wilting st or before the expiration of tea days from the date of aech ndire to tbe ( ity tltrk of tb* the Cfcy Clark of tbm City aad shall bare Tg&sz&ss.

SHERIFFS SALE. By virtue of a writ of Fieri FacUa. L_ — directed, laanrd out of tbe Coo ft of Chancery of New Jersey, on tbe fifth day of Decern ber. A. D. 1907. fa * certain cense wherein Charles Korb to complainant, and Cold "wings Land Company et ala. are defend Ita, T shall espoee to sole at public vend or, Monday, January 13th, 1908,

'dock'. Sheriff's Office, fa Cape May OaartHonaa. Cape May County New e AU T tbo*e certain tracts or parcel* of New Jersey, described together according to a recent survey thereof, made bvN. C. Price, surveyor and regulator, a* follows: Beginning st tbe north a eat corner of the land of thelate Kamoel S. Matey, deceased, aad southwest corner of tbc land herein after described, and also fa tb* middle of

middle of

are by the b ,hl,,5 hZr orner stand-

dred and thirty-three fr

lag fa "Bradnor'a Bus,' fact westerly of- the centre of tb* stm bridge over arid ran: tbeore ox> tbe ditch .r said ran by lb* PreabytetUa Parsonage line north thirty three degrees and fifty mfawtn fifty mfagtre w*m and by tbe perm, tract, t-o hundred aad fifty-four and tenths tort to a * BUM Set fa the o

by arid per-

nor degree* nine fact to

For Rent THE SECOND FLOOR OF SMITH BUILDING Three Conunimkating Rooms and Toilet

City Water.

RO. 610 WRiPW St.

APPLY TO

I. H. Smith, Jr. or Lewis T. Stevens, On the Premises.

me fa Book gft of Deeds, page afig fkc; »ce by his line south tsrraty degrees Bit-fire minutes east, seven hand fourte-foor aau five-tenths fret to _. i*r set In the wesietly ride line of said n Sea Shore Road; thence sooth twcalynine degrees and thirl) minutes eesLlweaty two and four-truths fret to a corner fa the middle of said rued; thence by the line of lands of George Hildreth Mill aontb ' nine degree* and thirty minutes ea •*- * haedred asri eighty flve feet ' lu a red redsrpoM Mar"— jaM north of • small "gut” still tb* 1 coarse sooth twenty-nine degrees thirty minutes esM to the middle of tbe Creek ; thence op tb* middle of tbc creek theervwral coaracs thereof to George Hit dredtk's grill pond dam. parallel to a series of courses rax oa the uortk gad met bank f asid creek, ss follows: From tb* red cedar — <*l sooth thirty degrees sad thirty min est. three hgadred aad Udrtr feet;

hundred feetto tbs middle of U Bptotb*dam;(«th)tb of the ditch 1 -

ed feet; (trdi north fear hundred aad

(safi A.j_B.tAB’ EJri ffiVETi: o, psraeta af taa' Each sad wife, b