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• ocsaa Wive Buiiias Ml. J. v. Tusvs and ^uWa^bj CutUnj Ijucii tc Wabe. Farmer*' Tooli, Hardware, etc., Cape Maj. Dough X Sum, SO * DeL At., Phlla. ' "SfsSBttaiSt1 - Emm B Williams, Cape May. Jmia H Townsend, " " JoIlM BTIcrrilAX, Court House. | It T MiU-eh, Gape May city. , 8 II GAMY, Camden. S W Kxarai, cor IMh A I-ocual, I*hU. ( Oku W Hurrn, W Washington at. C < May c"y_ J;.' mil, ' T SCLABB, WashlngOu Rl, Ca|ie Maj t B PMTITI*, Manilon «t, M BaAKDWOOD, BoMtur rt, It D KWIUM » Sow, Cold Spring. c KS Davos 40 Dey »t. New York. W O IUoada, 5 Mansion St. Cape May Lmacii A Want, Capo May city [ J 8GA1UUSON, Job Hoorwi, HS4 Market st, I'liila. I n Smith, Decatur at, Cape May. t J I* Sloan. Jackson at, Boar Anna tc. LAWRKMCB, 2nd X Market BU, Phlla. Job SCIIBLLKNOMB, ljuiding. <!ro lliLirerrn, Jackson at, Capo M. " R V SofDKa, Cape May rity ItorrMAN * Williams, Hand, Ware A Co, Wamb a Elummdor, A OwrMa X C Panx A Co, lVrry at. Capo May Jaxk 11 Smith, Court How. t'lHCB A Cu.,^Vrry at. Cape May Mai.kmt William*. DuudaviUr. J II SMITH, Court House. o DM F LbamiNo, Court llouao. Dm. Maucy A Meceat, .or. Waah- { Ineton A Dacalur ste. l)iw J 8 Kennedy A Son. t May Wm M WlLBON, 3US Market at „ Kuik|(W ... " \V. 0. RllOAM, Agt Earth floret eo. _ I.KA'ti A Wabe, Cape May etty * It I) BDMUNna A SjON, " 1 GMO IIlLDBETII. < • U WILLIAM", IA-nnisvllh'. a ■ Ja« Walton A Co, 41.1 Walnut »Cl'. u . Inn Ileus 317 X. 2ud at. Illila Bnos, 337 N.'iud Phlla

Lr*< it A Wake, Jackaoo at , M William*, Dcnnlsrlllo ' 'Leach A Wabe, Jackaon »ti II 1» Eumunim X aoK, " ' Jul in son A HCOHM, Jackson at N « fWt l'erry at. >1 William*, Deonla*ill*. ilsnlwses Sf*aS5's.T . E K Fortisbu A aciN, nauis M.-Makin * Hotel, Jackson atreeC , John MrMakin. proprietor. "Cottage Hy the Sea," J«o Fwmt, ( ••ArchSu ••United St«4" Hotel," Walnut aL, . PMIadn. E V Stitbb, Maaakon «L, Capo May. I II SMrru, Doeatur at John W I.ycett, licncral Agent for ciS^UY*3t-YOAL Fib*. J W Ly- i xIwNAL^lJr*. Bev Joa Hammitt, SS^W^rAjStOojtb^lM Ufc ; Ins. Co., 8. Heoville, N. J. Laasker ! JMIIM llScMEI.LKNIIKH, Landing. M William* ,Dcw>1*tU1o. 1) A Svanrox A Co., Mfflville, l>na J 8 Ken n n> y A Sob, Cape May, -REST. Mecray, Washington A 1 l»i^K*. New York, Iomdou ItemDJsShMJl*, Baltimore; Cough Syrup, : Du L*£iiy! aBH.Whaf yUla; Life C c'Soona, rhlla; Agoe Cum Jamb H Smith, Court Ilouee lim W tblttu, lOtVaahiMgUm at 8 It I.tULAN, Cupc May. i M Willi A ma, D^UtUIo ; II Ai nu A Sons, Phftada. , Dixon, Siiaplm*. A •». IJnlada ri.jr.lels — DBaitBMXBDY A SDN, Capo May Dn. Mahay A Mdcblt, cor WaahDB'E H SlLLii^Hon»r'.p«tlilc), " John W E*wrrt,YlIrem »" Capo May HIl Swain. lliLBBETB A Taylou, IVrry atII H Fox A Bom, MO north Jth, PhlL Jolt* 8 1 A* A ca, 40 N wlarero, P. "J 8 OaVbbon, <-'a|« Uay. j H UMNBurrr A Brno, Jarkaou al BP telStitK''*^^ B K^OBTINEB A »ON, Canute! HF*KI>MBK«S R B SWAIN. Kea! Estale Agout. m-w-jaiKT, roe. Chron *t Oawlno aasehlTvis Uautu AN A F ANTON, C 8 Magrath, ' Act, Ware eOcc. H F Hpbnnm, A^ttoWnp-r'*, Fam1,1 "" Tttwsn lUwr- ETT A Duo, C>pa May j Lka. -i A Wane. Jactoow St | .V I Psroa A oo, Party «i SSSis^gs'' | » i: SWAIN. WashitL-lNia'-L-ApeMaj

. The CAPE MAT OCEAN *AYt OAPE MAY GITY.N J.. i C S. Magrath & Aaron Garrataon. TNBMA— Om Copr « |M, ax IN ADVANCE. :£ti is i£ tai.'slijsifts s a^irej-j MJ JJA .m iMJiiMa iN«o jj ■"prrenJwunirn nni'fu rute**'**' 1'u.M- ^ ^ ^ ** ^ JOII PltlNTINO. OmUn, Wll-HaaL, CWU l.Us la, gusinrs5 Cards. «- W.LL.AN., PRACTICAL ARCHITECT, J- „. towk.MND. ARCHITECT AMI IIUILDER, a. W. Hcevea. John U. nnffman, Attorney k Conuieller-at-Law, Solicitor. avraEME COBET CON Ml I! ION EH, Ms) court IImw, Now Joroor. It. T. 71! 1.1.1. II. ATTORNEY AT-I.AW. a. h. any. FiYsi, Csmoes all" AAJalalar flrsl Nslloasl *s«l>. Dr. J. r. Uamlni. DINT"TorncEPAr,, m cam air cot ar hoise— Tuosjojo sod WooPBIaL— liril TEursd, jo ol oook isno.A. w' Jl mo r a', t o. Condlllom Cut' Jol A I

Dr. II. II. 1'hllllpa. II II M o: II I' .4 T II 1 1 PIITSiriiX, urt HE AND BiEMmCNCK- o. » Cape »ay, X. J. f*ko"»irt! 'irre^aori'ior1.**4*- *' *" ISAAC K. STAUFFER, WATCHES & JEWELRY, No. 148 NOItTU SECOND ST.. Cor. ofQuatTy, Pliitodelphia. AS oswirlsoral •' E^I Krurow m wsMHswujiJowo"r rr-ME OLD BTaND ! THOMAS 8. CLARK'S BOOT AND SHOE STORE, 03 VUIIXOTOS SIBBKT, orroalTE AMERICAN moube auw. " ' CHILDREN'! BOOT*. SHOE! h GAITER*. ' fi***! ""I'T'-'W'" "re"**- *' H-OKK MADE TD ORKR REPAIRING NF.ATL* DONE, jota-r. R. D. Edmunds a Son , Woui4~^.(.mr sosoRo.j. u^tho^i^i^or , atoreu COLD HPUINO. N. J.. , Fnll ami Winter (•oorlaa. DRY GOODS, GROCERIES, BOOTS AND SHOES, Ra.Wooclen. Tartlwn *nd Hardwire. Ac. Superior Quality Dour, Br Un round or Barrel Ttr) wouM aire RO^^Ioo .AsURrtr fcsar! SSSrSt^S^icsT: sir — " "—-"m" Furniture . "T ^"lURN IT U HEJOSEPH WALTON fc CO., CBINCT MAKERS, No. ill WALNUT BT.an.UsJrli.Hs. ■ Oar rslsbllsAsirol It oao of IRo oldest la PkUgi^^'ggsrysja.'ss r " wfwITamiure 7a. rarallate. aad aba. A^Sgka/ggtSre aiwiAgret^ Ooaalola. Drek Work aa« O«oo ratallaro NEW FURNITURE WARE-ROOM! MAXMOX STREET, " -•COkWT*a5KTr?3tTY,"i».J. j u> mo paapb .1 ere Maj at* aid tMaiu. ; r tkal kokaoapreod a rur allure Warr-Room, , wklok ko labada lo koop auppBoa wllk oror) drawljdtoa of lka kaa< aad raoM N MOPKkN rtTLEJ OF HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE. | CWTTAGES FURNISH KD . | imrerlly aiwodad w ^ ^ Kaetrr

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Or ouuior lor itw i in lolling tkroogh pouro. O'rr RklreisodHk traga. O. momoato to poadrr wkoa Milly reaol' dart t-uro It— forfrt her. , * Br wrlremad iko okaagoll The IaaIc for wearing diamoudk luu j greatly Incmutcd within a few Tears in all countries and the diamond market aflbrda now a large Held for trade. Almoat ceery jtar the demand incrauca more than the supply. Aagold hna increaaed, diamond! are monscarce; and their scarcity, brilliancy, , purity, and hardness, flx I heir price. ,i llratil ia now the meat relebnitcd aoarro' of diamonds, though many are brought from the Hast, Diamonds are * crystals formed of pure carbon, anil capable of being consumed under suflicicnl heat, lea ring no residuum hut carbonic acid gas. The experiment [J being rather cxpenaire, and aa it ia . not easy to transmute carbonic acid gna bock ! again into diamonds, we would not sdrlae Ha general practice. The process of collecting diamonds In '* llraxil ia similar to (hat of collecting gold in Ibe alluvial deposits, j (trcam ef water ia admitted into a long box. in which the gravel ia washed by nc- ■ groe*. lie who flnda a diamond weigh- % rratcd. Some years ago » negro seek- 1 log for diamonds lo the bod of a river, broke with hia iron bar through a i, crust of silidoua matter, in which he * discovered a bed of diamonds tint afd Icrward told for JMOO.OUl Using lm- _ ported into England, it thirty broke down the- market for the time. Small, Irregtrtai, and imperlbct diamonds are crushed In ateel mortars, while the aidintere are made into drifla. The dust la very valuable for cutting and polishing Oilier diamonds and jewels, j. while the drills are uard for piercing 5 small holes through aaaphlres, rubies, and other hard atoneaJ especially .lor ?! watches. \^a » More people have got colic and porl try Just now "that over was." One -< exquisite klyl addressed "to my bsro1 yard peLi' alter introducing^ llio dear ■ ! "aulmile" with expressive ryes and ' I blood red comb." ambles along In the ' following affectionate strain : f Thy titkato to silt Bottom! ! A ktlakt para wMb, Of daoplok krsws a { Tkaa wU> kola* (srtk who, Ikon doool Sri r. ■ Thsa'H Sol toffs< la bl so kaaw '"i**1*"' .. ,RL. ' : Common petroleum is said to , be a ! good remedy to keep away insects In . ! the woods. No muaquilo wiU light where the scent has boen left. Aapartrmau says he has tried It, and thro oiposed himself to vk>u,U ol^the^ onnoyla an lm* «f hi. foes ami ~ng 1, ibv hsnr, tel rems wooW dare tench it. Iftt* muaquitero didnt Ufa: lb. odor ,f paUwDnm sny better then we do

IRo.lol Carrwptisw— TSs •• Tlarr" si Hirolsfo — W lltor are Wo BrUllo.l It «rtdeeUr ia buta question o! time j at the gambling tables of Saratoga, at i { foreign women are now seen at the ! gambling tables of Europe. Morriaaoy has taken the initiatory at Sarato■o go, as tiacher, and be is finding apt pupils. The attempt has been made ■' ! by those interested in the morals, not .i only of Saratoga Tillage bat of the i country— for .Saratoga is ibe summer representation of the United States— l» rebuke this unbluahiug advance or * | crime, llut, we are told, tliat among , j the friends ol this ex-M. I', black. log a i were found men of highest political j and social position, who, in turn, re- 1 buked this prudish attempt lo curtail tlic pleasures and amnscincnla of Ibe mrlropuliaof laahiou and fun. Men nml women, who at home would ((brink , cd to rally for the defense of the magnlflccnt gambling bell, the doors of wldch, during tho more virtuous morning hours, have been daily j thrown open for inspection lo the uni initiated, and for the education of those , I « ho have but taken their first lesson This free exhibition of a gambling { enough. The crowds that daily, range I tlirough lis glided rooms, to garc upon ! Uio iin|,lcnaciiu of the nctirions Irodc ' | tare of (empers. and innrelcrs and soiI cides. may tliink it is but an inn-Hi nt , gratification ofavcrynatur-ilciiriusity. ( | But there la a moral benrath il all lli.il i ' reflecting minds omnol fall to unrov. jar. This exhibition ia liken gradual ' I increase of light from Ihc dim twilight 1 of Imagination to the full glare of reality, by which the moral oplic. I.T., ; gradually cuntrarUil uutil the eve can 1 drroyahrldout lo . i" il,. .Ill, m„„|. ret. Tlu- exhibitor and leachcr Well j appreciates the truth thai rice, j A coAwpoodcnl of the Cincinu-iti 'j Ctmimerciat — "Don I'lillt, who, in -i-Ki constitutional liabit ofcutllugrighl | and left iniliocrinrmatcly, now and then writes a just sentence — makes the wraith s|treads and <lce|Ktis. How | much soever wo may regret ail this, ■ we are forced to recognize the facu j IVrha|ia wc are too willing to remgj nlxn. For example the Hon. John J

Morriasey ojiciis his club-house to the . female public, trine™ the hours of 10 A. Jt. and 12. Wo have at all times ' a crowd of pious people, gathered here . to drink tlio water* for their bodily ' heal ill. Well, sluing in the reception " , room, the other morning 1 had pointed out eighteen ministers of the gospel, lr 1 bring shown through by the silver- f, tougurd Hilly I a! wis. As these inin- 11 lstcra were accompanied by their fnm- c Hies and female friends, of course they ' thought it all right. Perhaps it was. llul I hats thought „ ! vice— and tho most fascinating form B V; —was rather a dangerous cxjicrimcnt. „ » One sees al Radon-Baden! for ex- p s amide, American people who at home „ ■ are moral, ehurcfoguing members of j, • society, not only looking ,<n with in- | - difference, but taking part in the I seductive games; and I am satisfied, „ ' as I have said before, that wc are res- „ , trained, not so much by our moral „ ■ sense as a sense of propriety. Lot any j, I vita become fashionable and the Amcr- , s lean people will follow it .with a vim „ 0 unknown to other races less excitable. ,. 1 There la a subtle design in tills free ,, exhibition of the dub-house. Its „ t shrewd, dear- headed proprfetor un- ,, I dcrstands Pope's truism without lure- ). s in g read it, and bo presents his qtn-s- n I llonablc pursuit to the innocent look - v e cra-on iu its most seductive state. The j i. fair creatures who_tlirotig hy the thou- ,, a sand every day hia elegant establish- | g muni, stimulated by curiosity, sec g e large, bright, airy rooms, bcantifully ' , ! furnished, where huge mirrors double , '- ! their sire, and exquisite furniture j , I- makes them attractive, while a -hand- . , «- • some, graceful man explahn the ' , ;• games, and with many a jest tells of j a r, the tiger, and their obi preconceived ; t ideas of the gambling hell disappear, a When this has been done one or two r seasons, we find ahuro hotel, not on- , ly oo the European plan as to eating, t but ou (lie Ilatitm princi|>al as to all * bosldca. I. '** I « A fashion writer says of bathing , t dresses: "Complaints regarding the . . extreme ugliness of bathing costumes continue to bo heard. Women are f d said to disfigure themselves ahnoet oul f >, of recognitiuu by adopting any one of , B U>e Tnrious styles which are in vogue , Wc have visited the principal furni.ilih Ing diouscs with the hope of finding 1 "■ something which might commend it- » self to the numerous bather*. Aiming i tlie styles exhibited, a fanciful suit of , c bine rtnntf-1. with a Garaibaldi waUt . and full skirt, attracted our attention. 1 " ThwiMrt, which waaaooUopcd oo the I '• hMtom. was bwi With red braid.— ■ r The troukcre wldch were also fbD, were , d ! ,et i» d to the vralkl by largo buttons . . of smoked prari. Tho turndown cob " lar, which w«s large, was scolloped to « correspond wllh the button < of the a " We noticed a white, flannel shirt, * which oonalstel of a sacqno. blouse ' " high in the neck and a short-gored t skirt. The trousers were of moderate t w hi tit. and the staves, were coat- t shaped. .V side plaiting "f scarlet braid trimmed the neck, vbe sleeve-s . and tile hullom of the skirt. ' " U is impossible to give any twenty o tilths otbsllk raps which are som»tliuos wnru. They remain ugly not t II withstanding the hands of bright rob t »- ..rod braid wrih which Ihcy are lir- , '' S?teond o-ith braid, i. (tatted and ' > m3a tnto a border. Hwwa may be ' mode of flannel to match the sun: . •- wnas wore a halbhigh b«A, mode ..f j* A new atyte of hair-pin has boon io'u notod, which Is Un color of tin: hair, « with small spiral lop. which is warlo ranted net to mare ate haiag placed d. talhcbiir. 1

SI Ttllt C AMNITAL AMD 1AL XT ASQl'M. " j thn pronent rac soubn at Capo MayAheaftair of Satur- *-'■ day nighr at the Stockton will rank as one of the most satisfactory. The die tiricf. notice given doubt loos prerented 1*- many of our lake guests from part id - 10" patiug who otherwise would hare pro'Pl longed thefrstay, and there were some BUAgiviugs aa to its success because of l0t an autidpated difficulty in procuring ,ie fancy drtwi. Bat (,'ape May grows gayer as the days grow shorter. This — is especially true of IhefealLs and hops. 1 Last Week was one or the most 1 »S brilliant periods of the season, an.l the j •n carnival ami bal masque, of .Saturday *1 night wtu. so Tar as dress ami uumhere 1 e- were concerned, the most brilliant 1 nl event wc have attended this an miner. ' w The immense diuing-hail of tho :D )„,ul mu> gaily and tasteftiUv .Iwora- 1 ted with the National color*, and be- J r" neath the gas chandelier* were hung R" numbers of caged songsters, whose ^ is enlivening dance music as discoursed ' ly by tiie orchestra. The Island seemed * a- to have emptied itself into this grand ' M: and spacious saloon. Reporters of the ' «i "press" from various (arts were ' r. present, and lim pleasure seeker* om"5 Braced representatives from all part* It of our land There were many beau- j 10 carnival anil bal masque. Most of the i- lim and courtly dress.* mingled with 1 It the happy throng and added materially " 11 masks were Visible. Gay cavaliers ■ 1 '■ • talked low to shy young tjuakcr lass.* , ' »l repivanntatiws of the Celestial Empire ' '• ami nun* ; hags of eighty, with Irerau- '■ 1 f r ttowd"1 l r l*"B ! J 'j tucu prri. nl wo' reeognlxed lion ; 4 IBcbanl Vnux, Hon. T. Jours York,-. I >' Sewcll, General lllngliain . General I John 0. Nlt-veiia. General I irnWi. John , , 0 C. Ilolliti, Ed. A. Warn*. A. W. ( ( Marklcy, ileiij. Ililllock, t.re.rge J. j t Richardson, II. lloric, Thomas Ta»- J " leer, Georea J. Bolton. Tin- II. i . * Kuliy, M. Ilail bum ton. J-hu II. » McCreary. Edward Pennington. Dr. ' McCreaty. Edward Pennington, l>r.

Ilalph M. Towtw ml, Robert M. J It. J. Dobbins. J. Watson and t Jamos H. Stevens. All g«Nl tiling* must come to a 1 close anil and so It was with the lul ' mnocpir Not all the melody of Ital- j , ; lion of the dance, could maki "the altvir ! forever. Hut a few moments Istwelve o'clock the la-t notes of , t n '"tanquit te» deserted." j ' When a pretty "woman who know. | , the Is pretty and admires '• stylo" gis» | under the waves, she wears, If possible. , Iwthing dress straight from I*ari.— , pretty nfiair of twilled flannel ; scar- | let. If she Is a brunette, blue, if tho it , a blonde, made with Turkish trowsers, t boggy, and held in place hy clastic*. ( lo her modiste, she wean a Jacket, a ta ■ nilitaire, wllh a* many rows of braid , and as many buttons as the Duchess , of Gerolittln, and if her bathing dress , is " truly true" from Paris, it U short- | staved. If the is a little uncertain , whether her stylo Is nature's very beat, , she wears a (oribaldi waist, full, and ; tailing well over the waistband ; but, • aioa I it ah* is sure that "tho world it , all a fleeting show, log's of bran, and , nf tow"— undertow— she wears , a blouse like a Welshman's smock, , with breadths in it tlutl would gladden i I au orphan asylum, and ponlaloons , j whereof man never dreamed. If slie . . j has got pretty hair, king. Wavy and . i glossy, she kit it down and goes Into : ; i the water defiantly —glad of a chance show the horrid men that aba docs ' not lire, move atnl have Iter being in ' . i jule and switches, but if stylo lias j * studied, or (alKdtjri- hair olf her head . j i and looks here and there as if she were ; moth-calrn, she wears a baggy little cap of b'.L-nchul oil-silk, which, with a frill iu frout and n brilliant bow or -\n exchange says.— The watering j place aeasou, which Is nowjlrawlng to- ' ward a close, it pronounced a hotel . keeping success, but seems to have been titus for deficient in some of the ■ features hitherto regarded as lndi»|<enaablc. I ts chief characteristic is sport - | ing ratl.er than social. The "hop"' 1 has yielded precedence to tho "jump," and leas attention is given lo Miss Flora McFlimsey's ariiicverocnta in the- lull-room than to "Biddy Malone'a" exploits a* a Uttnlle-lenper.— at Saratoga culminates with the second race-meeting, and henoeforth be expected to be de|4orably dull. Ixiug Branch, b», has had ra*s, and aggregate intellect to the consideration nf toniHiuii, frum tingle tut iimuii to six-ln-band. Woman used to; make the tuccraa of fashionable resorts; now the horso has usurped her place In the absence of that uoblo animal tho season of 1870 would have been a failWhcacrcr you want to purchase . anything take a look Ui rough the advrrtiaing column* of the Wave You will l« sure to find tome colerpritlag dealer asking for your trade. That's the very man you're after, aa liberal adTraMaarasMahryB liberal deakra. Unity of color and sentiment ia displayed by a bridal party atNlagara, in which the drees of tho lady, t>* ! ribbon of the lap-dog and the cravat of I tta husband alwmve harmonize In j tint. 1

i. now * 1 *aoxar amtrl" J**®"* \ At the dose of the . Revolutionary , War an old Ilcsslan soldier settled c upou a small form situated about two j milra toiith from the centre of the vilUgo or .Saratoga. It was a most pic- . lurcat|uc place, and tlic "clearing" al a tlie time was hidden from the public f road by a dense pine forraL Just north . of the firm-house la a little lake, which, ) in its primitive stole, was so deeply , overshadowed by tall trees that the tun never fairly illumined its mirrored aurt dice. Tho consequence was, its wa- , were of an almoat icy coldness. It was, { and Is Indeed, a natural paradise lor earlier visitor* of 8oratoga who were , luxuriously Inclined uacd to carry tlicir choice wines, and indulged in their nectar whiio eating trout caught , from "Bar byte's Food." | The owner was considered au exccnp trie man. for when be established himself on the form ho slated that tho possession of that "pond" more than compensated for an inhospitable winter climate and a sterile soil. As time dicabil, fur this same "crystal well" became a source of profit, and brought hit humble dwelling the best people of the land. Joseph Bonaparte. Ho had but rereully arrived iu this i-ounlry. and ' was quietly looking about for some eligible spot whereon lie could build himself, most literally, a "princely , He wa. of France, und Hia.1 ; Is. -a king of Nelly and all thai wa. favored by nature in soil, climate, and srstry wa. lo him familiar some of the luust celebrated lix-alitiea ; tic trout lake and examined iu sur- j | rounding, be seemed Inspiinl. lie ! rersing with its owner, be gratified the ' "cocn eob pipe.." and M^lasl hi. ' "strihe-sr™- h" ,lo,,n 1 refused to 'sell. Tho renl value -of ibe!. Jnacifo 1 k aoq >artr ' Tm'rva W bo' .ilbi from I Iu- sum named to the enormous one, as then nm.idenil. of thirty Rom- , --tor refuiwl i 'hi |«irt with hlsdomaln-

tige of liaving a palace and a pnrk, which were siilsscquently rreatnl at Ilonlentown, New Jersey; and such ' the estimate that the eldest broth- <l' er of Napolian placed upon tho trout T I |Mituis and scrucry in tlie vicinity of 4 ; the world-renowned Saratoga Spring*. #. j terminal to gel up a ilireclory. They . j aiitiripated with a great deal of pleaslire. Everybody was rejoicing about p I But the printer who was to wl the ^ all lii* sspitai S't before ho gol a* for jj cd not to buy any more type. So he told the foreman Just to lead otT all the h rest of the names commencing with S ^ 1 were fifteen hundred and aixty1 seven Smith* In that town, and when ' 1 the directory came #ut the wholo of ' 1 thriu rushed to it to sec their uames ' in print. II was aaccrtaiucd that eve ry 1 one of thciu was described under such as Midi, IMlh, lath, J ith, W Ith, I Syth. Xlth, Fith, Ilylhe, flltb, Hth, p - A til, and eyer so many of tlie ^ ' kind. Fifteen hundred and six- ' ty-»cvcn madder men than those flf- ^ I I cell hundred and sixty-seven Smiths # . never pranced around over Ihc bound- ' less prairies of tho Went. They waited j 1 ! an tho directory man in a body next ( ' j morning, intending to macerate hit ' I nose, but he took the early train for ^ ' San Francisco, and when last beard ' | from hail obtained a permanent sitoa- > ' lion in a Hong Kong temple as astiit- ' I I ant idol maker. That city Is without a ( ' j reliable directory ycL f ! -The wives of men of sentiment are f ' not always the most appreciative of r ' women. Jean Paul represents Steben- j kas as reeding one of his beautiful im- ( aglnlngs to his wife, who listened with , ' eyelids cast down and bated brenlh. c J As ho clcicd, the sharer of his joys t _ beamed forth with, "Don't put on n your kft stocking to-morrow, ilear; 1 a I must mend that hole In It'' So. when ( " Sir Walter and Lady Seott were going t about their esfote, aud came upon • , some playful lambs frlaklng In a , p meadow, "Ah," said Sir Walter, "'tis | no wonder that poets, from the ear- , licst ages, have made tho lamb the em- j blem of peneo and innocence.'' "They , " are- Indeed, delightful animal*," an- ( t • wired her ladyship, "capocially with ( mint sauce." ' ■ I I "What win you hare for supper t" ' " asked a New laradon hotel-keeper of a ' I foruily party from Hartford, who had I I, gone to that famous seaside reaort lo , getshore "food." "Fish, of course.*' . 0 was the reply. They got some lulled r salt mackerel !— Erelonye. II This little paragraph calls lo mind ' '• Ilia favorable contrast of a Cape May ' " bin of fore. Probably no hotels ever equalled the labta set by our flrat-claas e bouses the present eeuson. nor the tlioI. roughness with which they are served a during the ptessurelof a crowd. This .. opinion we have heard remarked to , often that the fact may In considered a as established* Cape May hotal keep- j 1. ing lata the world. Put tiat down ^ in your diary . ^ , ; Vibnb, i— - - e rery short muat not he surprised if ' * they are accused of trying to shew | n tbnlr fact, eepeeinny !f Ihry at* very small. .■ ' 1

■ TUX WEST JKBSKV RAILMOSU 1 The wonders worked by Railroads ^ ' are nowhere nor* apparent than In West Jersey, especially that portion 1 r® of it between Camden and CUpe May, " which It traversed by the West Jersey 1 "" railroad and Its branghes-toSakm ami 1 £ Bridge ton. Tlu major jiortlon or the 1 ^ country through wnich these toads 1 l*iss was formerly an unculllratetl ' '■ wilderness, owing lo the distance and 1 I difikulty of getting produce to the Phil- ' " adciphia aad New York market*— 1 r" Now thousands of acres are under eul- ' ' livalion, and thousands more are be- • ' ing cleared for agricultural and other '■ uaelul purposes, and a vast amount of ' ' proilucr ta already annually sent from 6 Villages and manufactories have ' ' ' sprung up along the lines of these *' II roads a* If by magic, and the prices of '' ' bads and lots have risen with corn:*- ■ I ponding rapidity. A new lib has been i " given to western New Jency by three 1 " roods and a new impetus to all sorts I of business. Even the people teem lo j J ' opcucd tiwlr eves U|«ju a new world.- [ llundretls who seldom and many who | 1 ~ never visited the city, before the adveut , 0 1 insula, are now frequent visitor* to ' ' Philadelphia, where they sell the pro- 1 ^ dure of their now profitable labor, pur 1 miliar with usages aud graces of the : * 1 Though Cap* May. as a summer re- • ' ' sort, lias galiml greatly bv the build- * robn'tev'tiirough wl IA «hb ^l' aud > When Uie West Jersey railroad was " 1 many, even of thoar who were deflin- . " 1 doulitfiil enterprise Hut, though it '' _ | has 1» -en rompklcd hut a few years. ' ' roads in lim noualry, affording large " dividends to its stockhehlers, while il I c i» enriching the people of the counUre ; 11 ' through which it runs. It is a well ! " ' built and excellently managed rend. | " and fumislicd with 1I10 very la-si of r ' I rolling stock, A new piece of track is 1 | ^ bring bid .wluch will straighten Jtu- j ^ , lis part* aud appointnieut* ISisscii- j J] r com fart and safely, which time is as Jj

desire for going such a dislanre , ' Tlie success of tho West Jersey rail- . road and iu branches I. chiefly due to \ * their able management hy Hon. " Jones Yorke, the president. General Sewcll, the supcnntendenl, i jj and the efficient railroad men associa j ted with them Judge Yorke. who is a I * native or B est Jersey, In whitlr see j n tion of tlio state he has alway s resi.l- ! I! U.I-S. roads and lm." been ' prominently I enninrted with thrir management ity ran best be lodged by the fruits of i tl his laboifl. Though he served his State I > faithfully for years in Congress, be g has conferred far greater benefit upon * and Cape May Is not a little in- ti drbied lo him aud hit coadjutor* for I establishing such inqiorlant tributary Ii lo her prosperity, as well as such fac- h ililles for enabling the public to reach l the lineal watering place In Ihc world, t I To the Editor ol the Wav^-ln J rompliance with the request □I "Many „ expressed through the v columns of your paper, I will continue f time to time to review tlie acU and doings of the dbtingulshesl Hoard 1 of Commissioners of the City of Cape c May The pedigree and history of (. the Individual members composing (, thb Board I propose to reserve for j, ventilation. The Legislature r nf the State of New Jersey |«u»cd an act entitled " A ftirthor supplement to r au act entitled 'an act lo lurorporate ,, the City of Cape Island."' Tlio ap- , poinliBKOt of the members of the Heard of Commissioner* was conferred upon r one of tho Judges of the higher courts , of this Slate, and two of the largest , non-resident taxpayers, vl*. Judge , C. Bullitt, of Philadelphia, and t Gen. W. J. Sewcll., of Camden, N. J., ] wisely made the representatives ( of nou.mldcnt interests. The other , three member*, as citizens are well ( aware, are Messrs. tVllHams, Illldrelb and Oakc, three of the most talented ; citizens representing the resident in- ( Asa whole a more Judicious, t disinterested and self-sacrificing body j of men could not have been selected. ( will be understood that the act , above-mentioned makes this Bosnia - ' bw-maklng |>owcr, entirely seiRtrate, distinct and independent of the CUy ' Council. The had management of the , ' City Council In former year*. Ihclr | penny wise and pound foolish" ays- | rendered tlic creation of thb , ltoanl an ahaolute necessity. The | Commission, after Ihcir appointment. , j ; -.ti an extended scale, Inaugurated , a system of public Improvements, , which, when folly eompteted, will , make Cape May unrivalled by any , watering place In the world. What , these improvement* are, and how ' general In Ibelr character, will be subject matter few a foture enmninnl- a cation. The first role* and regulations „ adopted by the Board stand Intact ex- l ceptthe "fifth rule," the most lm- 1 portant of an, whkh has been t rescinded tor tome unknown cause, | 1 probably to make themselves mora • popular with (be motor*. The ruk 1 , referred locau be consulted by referring t f to the records of the Board, now in ■ ' tho poaaration of the worthy Clerk, , ■ Mr. A. P. Hlldreth. Enough for the I promt. More anon. Hoclkvabd*. 1

, All the aid visitors to Oapo May , have at ooe time or anothoi hunted p diamonds on the < 1 Ii In sfe '1 Diamond Ikach at Town Bank. They have had them cut and polished, and kept them I afterward at a souvenir of their visit , the arsaide. The diamonds found , are of all sixes from a small pea I to a walnut. They range from nothing in value up to one or two dollar*, though wo hare seen one or that brought a* high at five dollar*, . and one beautiful gresn diamond, the only one we believe ever found at (bpe May, was some two year* ago lo ■ the possession of a compositor in the Wave olfiee, and for which he was offered twenty-fire dollar* We heI hove the largest Cape May diamond 1 found was about the size of a -j egg, weighed nearly a half ; pound, and wa* exhibited at the great Sanitary Fair, six year* ago. In Philaj drlphta, at a great curiosity. The j largest diamond ever heard of waa I about four year* Ago near New, : Castle, Delaware. It ia now. we think, j the possession of Mr. J. 8. K. ' Iloud, the original cutter of diamonds al Cape May, and used lo Is- on cxfoot of IVrry street. This famous ' weiglied three pounds four-ibrvt-quarier inches long, five inches ! wide, and three inch™ in thickness ; There were formerly twooldeslahlUhcd stands on Cape Island for the cultiug and polishing of Cape May diamonds. Messrs. Hand A lletxherg, mi Wasfo ington street, opposite the Centre House. We recently paid a visit lo tills establishment, ami wen delighted ' article. Connected with '.lis sloie is a j complete apparatus for the eultiiig j . and polishing of alimrs. The dia- . 1 emery, and aftrrwnrds poUshrel s-ltli j ^ tnp.il on a block tin bp Tin- opniI lie- et.eplH.il ..f il.e nnu-use ^nf ^dia1 nf diamond mnenl T>enl> -four dlf- ' lirfore tlie atom- 1- pn-|nreil for "illii'.g I 1

The price for colling diamonds varies I 1 ' from a half dollar up to tire or six I dollar* No genuine diamonds are ) carried on exclusively in Germany and j | nmytliest or tojaz. and will svrar and ! j remain brilliant a century We may | j give this Interesting tubjccua further | tlu-ir coiilcmpl* of Na|M)leoo for pity. one brought *0 nigh to grief Imperial lo conquer the enemy. a manner which reminded one of his great prototype, GoUah of Until. fight it oul in single combat Willi William, and thus have saved the thousands, whose only crime was that they were subjects of an ambi' lions sovereign. Their widows and orphans will curse tho day when it was said that hit mother had brought .forth a male child. In every point of view, the condition of France calls for the profoundcat reflect! ou ; and brought about too the folly er incapacity of XapotaHl ; has lost the confidence of the people, of the army, and of hb former Only one short month ago he marched out of Paris amid the burof a crowd ; and now none so poor Napoleon's 'Watery hat been a remarkable one ; this is not the first time ho has seen trouble ; his whole life has been one of storm nml excitement ; raited (o the highest eminence of any sovereign la Europe — for undoubtedly, before her recent defeat, stood at the head of European nations— he la Ukcly to be a wanderer cast out, without strength or power. What is to follow! A few days may tell. Perhaps a dictatorship— a new dynasty, or a Republic ; at any rate anarchy and confusion. The Emperor humiliated, defeated, dispersed and an exile. What glorious opportunities ' have been lost ? Who ii there but ' must feci pity for Napoleon 7 The most curious article of rcfreah1 tnent offered at Saratoga I-nko It the fa.-famed "chip-fried potato"— pota- ' cut into slices so fhlu as to be al1 most transparent and soircely browned ' Uie process of frying. It is a comical sight to Sic a number of persons ' together, marching off with a corou1 copia a fool long, made of nloo white ' wrapping paper and filled with thb ' delicately tinted dainty, warm from ' the pan, aa no* In Use city might do 1 with huge paper* of confectionery. A Juimb In North Carolina, who U great stickler for forma, recently had toldler, who had been considerably battered in thr war, brought before aaawitoea* The Judge tokl him hold up hta right band '•ChnU do It, ate," said the man. "Why not?" "Got a shot hi that arm, sir." "Then bold up your left." Tho man tad that he had got a shot In that arm too. "Then," said the Judge. Merely, "yon must hold op jour leg. No man can fwora, air, In thh court by htw, nukes hcboUs up Bomothliq;. " 1 : J 11 xl 11

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