Romance of Ellis Island [Original.] Why shoald gtory tellers rack their brains for themes when romances are happening every day under their noses? Here, like a flower oeeplng from nndor a heap of rubbish, la a romance extracted from /the most unromantlc thing In the world, an emigrant ship. It only remains for the story teller to pot It In form. It Is not a tale of young lovers. In the conventional story romance ends with marriage. Mature knows no such division. Conceive an old fruit tree bearing shortly before It la cut down a single bit of fruit Into which the tree's vitality has been concentrated and you have the kind of romance yod are about to get. Forty years ago Herman Gurlich, a ' Prussian, came to America, purchased | a farm, married, raised s family .and U prospered. His wife died, and one by w one his children left him to marry and raise children of tkfelr own. For ten F, pears he worked Uli farm alone, and then It occurred to him to relieve his eolltude by revisiting his former home In Prussia. He did so, but failed to •mi the diversion he ' bad expected. The place he bad left ss s village had grown to be, a city, and the friends of bis youth who had not pons elsewhere were la the churchyard. Disappointed, he turned his face again toward his desolate home In America. Martha Leoser, a widow Uvtng In Berlin with her daughters, had a son to America. Her daughtere had bean With bar slnoe their birth, but bar one ton bad left bar" when he was a boy, and she pin ad te spend ths.fsw years that remained te her where aba might eccs slon ally ass bias. At last she could resist the tsregtstlnn te ps te Amsrioa no longer. Now It happened This Is a short neptancs. an I scamp I* b sentanoe, yet bow much tnere Is la ltt What would all the story tellers do ft the two words were blotted out frem the. world's ongoing? It happened that Helnrich Gurlich and Martha Looser were passengers on the same ship. One day they sat side by side and fell to talking. Gurlich rejoiced with the mother In her expectations at meeting her boy. and Mrs. Leoser grieved with the old man when be spoke 'of his return to his lonely farm. They met frequently on the voyage and on reaching port parted with mutual regret. In New York harbor, where they landed. Is Ellis Island, a danger point for emigrants more to be dreaded than « submerged rock of the ocean. Here they must satisfy the officials that they Will not be a burden upon the United 8tates. Gurlich had no trouble In doing so and took his departure. Mrs. Leoser sent for her son. who lived In one of the environs of New York. He came, and for a brief period the mother and her boy enjoyed their meeting and the prospect of at least living on the same continent But the young man failed to satisfy the authorities 1 that he could support his mother. He ' had a large family of his own and was at the time nut of employment His i~ <L mother, too old to support herself, had no one else on whom to depend. The decree went forth that Martha Leoser must be deported to ber native land. Herman Gurlich. In the turmoil of the metropolis, was alone— as much or more alone than he would be when he returned to his farm. In years he bad met but one person of his own generation to give him one spark of sympathy—the woman he had t»£t on the ateamer. She had shown blm ir paper hearing her son's address to ask how she might find him. This address Gurlich remembered. One evening there was a rap at the A door of young Leoser. and upon Its i , being opened there stood Gurlich. , "Is Martha here?" he asked. He re- l , membered only the widow's first name, j "No, and she will not be here. She Is to be deported." Gurlich went Into the house, and bis host told him that there was no hope \ of his mother regaining, since there was no one to support her. "Yes. there is one." said the old man 1 after a long pause. "Whor "I. If your mother will marry me and go to live with me on my farm she need not go back to Germany." In half au hour the two men were on a boat speeding for Ellis Island. They found the poor woman bemoaning her fate. Her eyes lighted as she saw ber companion of the voyage. And here the effort of the 6tory teller to put this humble romance In story ■ farm breaks down. Never was offer of marriage made In a form more widely j diverse from the conventional proposal laid down In printed romances. The ' •on took his mother aside and told her of Gurllch's proposition. While mother and son conferred the would be groom wtood making pretense of looking at a family of Kussian Jews eating sauaapes. In a few minutes Leoser returned and said his mother accepted the offer. In vain the romance constructor casts about for some stretch of the , facts to give story form to the reception by the lover of the news that he ■was to be made happy. Yet why try I express what no words ever have sue- ' ceeded In expressing? Perhaps he tald ■ "Yah." perhaps "Daa Is goot;" but, no i matter what he said or how unlike our I conceptions of what he should have ; ■aid. his old heart experienced an echo of the gladness of youth. Upon Gurlleh'a promising the authorities that be would be responsible for , Martha Leoeeria support they at once | gave her permission to go where abe i liked. With her affianced husband and i ber eon she went to the letter's house. | where the marriage ceremony was per- I ' formed, and after a brief visit the i bride and groom started for Gurllch's \ farm FLORENCE GILBERT. .

MAKE THE FEET FLAT. A Chiropodist 8ays Injury Is Oftsa Dons by Low Heels. "This talk about high heels breaking the arch of the foot la all nonsense," r said a chiropodist who made a special ' ty of the "broken arch" difficulty. "II la the spring heel and very low heel that cause the trouble. Mothers should ' never be guilty of putting spring bee1 5 shoes on their chlldrenT' tor it means a • flat and ugly foot In later years. Jos! > as soon as a child can toddle around II t shonld be provided with a soft, pliable I shoe which has the tiniest bit of a heel This tends to throw the weight of th« - body forward on the ball of the foot, ' where It Is most easily supported, and r relieves the strain on the arch, i "You hare often seen small children • who have just learned to walk run over the heels of their shoes, haven' I i you? It is not because they are un [ steady on their feet, which la the popu [ lar opinion, but because their weight if resting on the arch or where the bonv 1 of^ the lower leg meets the bone of the , foot The fiat foot may begin at thh 1 very time, so. great care should be tat , en as to Just what shoes the little tod , diets wear. lp some of the European p countries little ones wear one-quarter Inch heels on their shoes, bul^Amerlcat ir others seem to think that Spring heels are smarter and more healthful. | "For adults the moderately higt Cuban heel is the most comfortable and 'sensible for ordinary wiw. Th« flat heels and the common sense bee! should loth be tabooed. Even th« French heel is not particularly Injur! •as If It Is only worn occasionally and wheel the woman will not walk much, hut of coarse It Is ridiculous foi a walking booi Bat, whatever you do a raid the lew heel."— New York Press ARTISTIC PILLOW. A toytteb, Quiekiy Werked and easily Washed Carer. A charming pillow may be made of the heavy fish net that can he bought In the npholstery department of most large department stores. Cut from paper a pattern of conven tlonaUsed four 1 eared clover aboi^l six Inches across. Put this on the net , and trace around the edge with a soft lead pencil. Diagonally back of It set another clover blossom of which part of two petals Is hidden. Dot two flowers so grouped at equal Intervale 1 over the surface of the net Outline the design, in duchess lace braid and fill in each petal with a ' darning stitch In pink rope silk. Use , a darker pink for the under flower. ■ Run the lace around the centers. Extending about an inch on the outside < of each group of flowers darn In an lr- ' regular background of a still darker 1 shade of pluk. For this the stitches \ should go directly across the mesh of t the net, not up and down. Made up over a nile green taffeta pll • low. this makes a stylish and quickly ; worked cover, which has the added 1 advantage that It may be easily washed.— Philadelphia Press. I I LAUNDRY LINES. _ Stockings and socks should be turned : wrongside out before they are put lntc 1 the tub. Do not waste time and strength Ironing knit uuderwear. If folded down , smoothly when taken from the line i these garments will need no Ironing. An ordinary telegraph wire makes n , better line to hang clothes on to dry than the hempen one generally used j The wire does uot sag. rot or break. II is easily made clean. Soap should never be used when washing silk stockiugs. Add four ta blespoonfuls of bran to a quart of waj ter used for. this purpose, rinse In sev- 1 eral clear waters, pressing the water out, and dry In the sun. In sorting clothes to send to the laundry look carefully over each article, taking care to remove every pin. which seriously injure the laundress, and seeing that po studs, shields or cuff buttous are left in the blouses and shirts. To Make Veil Rolls. Veil rolls for keeping the veils In g?od condition are made of mailing tubes one Inch In diameter and seventeen Inches long. Cover these with wadding, sprinkled plentifully with sachet powder between it Cut the wadding Just wide enough to cover by | { overcastiug. Take five-elghtBs of a j ( yard of five Inch ribbon, cover the roll 1 1 with this and draw the ends of the It ribbon close to the ends of the rol> and | ( sew tightly. Fringe the ends of the 1 I ribbon. Take one and a half yards of I one inch ribbon to trim the roll. Sew a piece the length of the roll over the] . seam, fastening It only at the ends, j Cut the remaining ribbon In half and I tie closely around each end to the tube ' ] In a pretty bow. /</ ] Mending Cracked Dishes. < ' If the dish is only cracked. It may be I { preserved from falling to pieces by t painting the crack on the underside f with white paint. Cut a piece of tape t the length of the enjefe. cover one side c with paint and lay It over the fracture ' Press the tape down till perfectly ' smooth. Set the dish aside for two oi { three weeks, when the crack will be , perfectly firm. • ' j To Make a Man Selfish. There Is no better way to make a aajfiali. spoiled husband out gt a perMtly good man than by always being unselfish and doing a thousand and J things for him that be has always ' beet accustomed to do for himself. It ! a recognised truth that we all care j more for the person who Is dependent J ns than for the one we depend , apo«L-A»ea. ]

SHERIFFS SALE By virtue of eandry' writs of fieri sci as to me directed issued out of the * Circuit Court of Cape May County, I will expose to sale at public veodae on 1- Monday. March 16th, 1908, between tt the hours of twelve and fire o'clock p. . m.. to-wit, at fifteen minutes past one " o'clock at the Sheriff^ Office, in Cape d May Court House, Cape May County, New . Jersey, all the following fidescribed lands and premises to-wit: ;l AI] that two and one-half story'conII crete and brick dwelling house, situate i, in WiWwood Great, Lower Township, j in the County of Cape May and State of New Jersey, and the lot of land or curtilage «b particularly 1 described! as *• follows : All those two certain lota of a land known and designated on plan of I6ts of the Wildwood Crest Company* as a Lota Nob. 7 and 8, in blqdc.51. d BEGINNING un the northeasterly I side of Forgetmenot Road at the 1 distance ol one hundred 'feet (100) , northwesterly from .the point of the j intersection at the northeasterly aide of Forgeimenot Road with the northwestwardly aide of Pacific ave4 nue, and running thence northjvest- * wardiy along said northeasterly aide : of Forgetmenot Road sixty feet and I at right angles thereto, to aaid Forgetu menot Road," "between parallel lines of !t -{the width of sixty feet) northeastL wardiy a distance of one hundred feet. Seized aa the property of Gustav Weber, taken in execution at the auk of Lawrence Gas Fixtures Manufacc taring Company and P. and F. Oorbin, < Incorporated, plaintiffs, and to. be * sold by i ROBERT R. CORSON. ( Sheriff. I H. H. Voorbees, 207 Market street, , Camden, N. J.. Attorney. ' Data! February 11, 1908. k P. F. >7.20 SHERIFFS SALE. JBy virtue of a writ of fieri facias, to , meriJirected, issued out of the Court of Chancery of the State of New Jersey, , I will expose for sale at pubile vendue, | at the Sheriff's Office, Cape May - Court House, between the hours of 1 twelve and five o'clock in the afternoon. to-wit, at one o'clock. MONDAY. MARCH 23rd. 1908, . All that certain piece of land situate in Wildwood, on Five Mile Beach, in Cape May County. New Jersey, known 1 and designated on a plan of lots of I Wildwood Beach Improvement ComI pany, made by Marcys Frey. January, > 1893, and duly filed in £he clerk's office i of the County of Cape May, as aforeaid, as lot number twenty-four of , block eleven, and is bounded and describe d as follows, to-wit: BEGINNING at a point on the northeasterly Fide of Wildwood avenue, at the distance of four hundred and forty feet northwestwardly from the point of intersection of the northwesterly side of Pacific avenue, with the northeasterly side of said Wildwood aveflue and extending thence northwestwardly along cHe northeaster^ side of Baid Wildwood avenue forty feet and at right angles thereto, between parallel lines in or depth northeastwardly one I feet. N, CONTAINING four thousand square ' feet of land. Being the same premises granted and conveyi d to Laura E. Pettibone by George M. Hall and wife. ( March 26, 19(54, recorded in Book 191 ! of Deeds, Page 139. and conveyed by ' i Laura E Pettibone et vir, to John N. I Reeve, September 21, 1905, recorded in i 4 Book 197, pages 495. Seized as the property of John N. ; , Keeve, et a!., defendants, taken in ex- : 1 ecution at the suit of Charles Greaves, complainant and to be sold by ROBERT R. .CORSON. • Sheriff. Henry S. Alvord, 640 Landis avenue. | Vineland, N. J . Solicitor. | . February 11th, 1908. . P F. $7.20. j

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Notice is hereby given that the ac- I I counts of the subscribers, as Guardian I of Chas. P. Hughes, deceased, will be [ ! audited and stated, by ih« Surrogate. | | and reported for settlement to the j Orphans' Court of the County of Cape i j on the eleventh day of March next. I Dated February 5. 1908 JAMES MECRAY. j 2-8 5t Guardian. | . NOTICE TO LIMIT CBED1T0KS. : Estate of Henry Brown, deceased. I . | Pursuant to the order of ChaR. P. i j Vanaman, Surrogate of the County of ! • I Cape May, made on the eleventh day , ! of February, A. D.. 1908. on the ap- j i plication of the subscriber, Admistra- ' ; of said deceased, notice is hereby given to the creditors of said deceased 1 exhibit to Ahe subscriber, under 4 oath or affirmation their claims and demands against the estate of said deceased within nine months from the eleventh day of February, A. D., 1908, or thry will be forever barred of any action against the subscriber. Dated February 11th. A. D.. 1908.JOSEPH E. BROWN. 2- IS 9t Administrator. Mo tier Or*)'* Sweet Powder lor Children j Successfully UBed Dy Mother Gray, i in Children's Home in Nevy I York, cortTeveriahness, jbad stomach, ' teething 'disorders, move and regulate i the bowelrf* and destroy worms. Over ' 10,000 testimonials. They never fail. ' At all druggists, 25c. Sample FREE. ' Address Allen S. Olmsted, Le Roy, I Y. mar 1

* TP' "5"' E de bo. et tor. on Docketed Judgment, to medirected issued out of the Cape ,, May Common^ Pleas Court, g will exe five b o 'clack p. m., at one o'clock in the afternoon of aaid day. at the Sheriff *s - Office, in Cape -May gCourt House, Cape May Oountv. New Jereey. All, that dwelling house and lot of , lamWituate in Upper Township, Cape , May County, New Jersey, and is . bounded as follows : r Beginning at a corner "in the line of r Eliza Youqg in the center of the road [ leading from^Beesley's Pbint to Cape [ Island, it being also a coma- of the 8 Baptist Parsonage kit and runs from thence (first) along the center of the aforesaid road and binding on the aaid parsonage lot, northeasterly, five j" perches measuring at right angles with , thaline of Mid Eliza Young aforesaid, , to a comer in the center . of tbe-afore- > said road ; thence (2) south twenty - . seven degrees and some five or seven . minutes east, rixteen perches to a cor5 ner in the land of Esther W. Daily, j formerly Esther W. Black man; from . thence /3) southwesterly and parallel [ to', the read aforesaid five perches . measured as aforesaid at right angles , with the line -cf Eliza Young'sTine ; r and (4) thence along her line sixteen t perches to the place'of beginning. Con- . taining one-half acre of land, be the _ same more or less. . Being the same premises which were conveyed to Kate Hartman, wife of George Hartman, by deed from John Hartman, dated December 8th, '896, and recorded January 30th, 1906, In the Clerk's office of Oape May County, in Deed Book No. 205, page 49, etc. Seized as the property of George - Hartman et ux, defendants, taken in executioo at the suit of Smith S. Godfrey,' complainant, and to be sold by ROBERT R. CORSON. Sheriff. Dated February 20, 1908. , E. C. Cole. Attorney, . 2-21 p f $9.00

♦AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA* : DO YOU OWN A HOME E That will Support You? E ; For Sale on Easy Terms, 1 r . eight room house, 1 stable in C ■ good condition, wagon sheds, w ) large chicken coops will accomo- { . dale about 150 chickens, about.} , ■ of an acre fenced in as a chicken w brooder, 40 acres of land, STa'cre- j| - of which is fine rich true! latd 2 • and an orchard with al >ut one J hundred fruit trees. i A five room house built two £ • years ago has 4 acres of ground r • 1 acre suitable for a first claw I • garden, 8 acres suitable for* poui- t ; try or pigs. Botii of these properties are jt < located on what is known as the I- ; Jere Hughes Road about } mile r « from Bennetts Station. A baker jt ■ pas-es daily and a butcher twice v ' a week. Near school and churcb r and is only five miles from either jL ■ Cape May, Wildwood. Holly t ; Beach and Anglesea. There are no better produce markets. than C • Either of these. For fun her im- £ I " formation • Address r I: JOHN W. KIMSEY E ; Erma P. O. Cape May Co. E

GEORGE W. REEVES steam ami Hot Water HEATING Sanitary Plumbing by Skilled Workmen. Ask for Estimates. 626 wasiingtott street. 6tias Saridgran Notary Public, Commissioner of Deeds -for New Jersey, Leases, Deeds, &c.. Drawn. All kinds of Pension Business 308 Washington St., Cape May ; When you need clothing ask for JOHN SPARKS the /Cape Mav County salesman. Everybody knows that he is with WANAMAKER & BROWN i OAK HALL, Sixth & Market Streets j Philadelphia. An enormous stock of clothipg ready for Men-Women-Boys and Girls. We pay excursion car fare ! both ways upon the purchase of a cer- | ain am ount . AR^aJf WTARRH Ely's Cream Oalm P&dfiSr*? j It quickly absorbed. £r°^ t Give. Roliel at Once. It cleanses, soothes, j heals and protects y' the diseas d , mem- pg. resulting f rom Catarrh and drives Qte.^ T>> - -S3 away a Cold in the 1 iSittJ'SHAY FEVER Taata and BtneU. Full size 50 eta. , at Druggists or by maiL In liquid form, 76 cento. . , -Brothers, 56 Warren Street, Hew York.

e An Elegant Assortment of '• Table Damask, .Napkins, '• Towels, Bed Spreads, Pfer- ^ cales, Dress Ginghams, Tiok8 ings, White Goods, Embroid- £ eries, Lawns etc. ^ Womens outing Flannel I Wrappers. Whole Stock Un- : ^ derwear, Mens Womens and Childrens. Lota#W°ol Hose, were 25 ! cents, for-Children now 15c pr. School Dresses for Children. ! Dresses for Infants. SOILED DRESSES All of the above are staple, first class goods, will "give you a 12$ per. cent reduction. Ask about everything we have in stock: We will give it to you ] at the reduction price if possible. Mrs. E. Turner I 323* Washington Street, ► Cape May, N J. '. 4503 Pacific Ave., Holly Beach, 'N.J ^

; "Piettji Itfarm" : WHERE? *'|ii Florida" 1 YOU CAN GO ; via : GLIDE LINE 1 Steamers T.i - Weekly I from Pier 36 N R. New j Yo k. These Steamers [ arc Unexcelled for Safety | speed and comfort. Sailing | from New York at 3p.n1 » Kvcry Tuesday, Thurs- ^ J day and Saturday. Send $ to me for Kates and Sail- | ing caid-. Tickets bold I to all Points South and E West E. P. STITF.f 51S Lalayette St, Cap,- May.

MISIMe Fir Sale 0" Rent Matting, Curtains, Carpets- L Carpet Rngs, Matting Rugs, Reirigerators, Rolling Chairs, Cribs, Baby Carriages. I R. M. WBHTZOLT, : 1 Successor to W. A. Devitt and Company, FURNITURE WARE ROOMS All goods delivered free of I charge in this city. West Cape c { May and Cold rtprine. Purchases - amounting to $86 delivered within radius of 12 miles. 33 PERRY ST. Cape May, J.

f wi c ilka vo wear weU-fiatiag ald"p" Cape May to get It. vll AM Waabingion ttrwi. imports cloth** and the beat dreaed ut«T in"^^ wear clothing mode by him. The New Patot Store John Little hu opeaed up the fruti- ~ M is ) oat the place to 'buy fresh polota. Engraved visiting cards, sUtionerf or wedding stationery at Star aad j Wave Office. Com* see eamnles GaU on agents representing thoroughly reliable companies, when > yofl want fire insuranoe. Claims promptly paid for twenty-six years. We represent seven of the strongest companies doing business in NewJer- 1 aey. Hand and. El dredge. 310 Wash- S F=cr Sale— gaming Lots. Very eligible lots in West Cape May at Broadway and Mechanic street Ate . ' 3 : ply to J. L. Landis. Groceries, dry good., and previa- " j I ions also boots and aboea at rook bot- « ^ torn, price* at Thos. Son in. Cold Spring If H yon want anything from a paper ] Pln« t0 * Pai*. good gom boots, Tboa Soolta, Cold Spring, o*n nit* * I you. Local phooe 1 1 , ■ [ '.v WANTED — Cigar salesman. Experience unnecessary. $100 per month and expenses. Peerless Cigar Co.. Toledo. Ohio., 2-1 6t 3 DO TOO WAKT TO IDT you want to buy? ^ Do you want to sell? Do you want to rent? £9 Do you want to borrow? j Do you want to inbure? consult SOL. NEEDLES, Agent for Glens Falls Insurance Company and others. 508 Washington street. 11-16 ly. TO RENT TERY CHEAP. \ j Rooms, housekeeping, second floor. Office rooms, firet floor. Large house for the winter. Cape May City; also S farm to, rent year 1908. Apply to Edward Crease, West Cape May. * 9 Wall Paper. Wall Paper. A new and fine assortment of wall • ^ paper is now being offered by F.ldredge Johnson, 318 Washington street. Whatever you need in this line -an be supplied. tf

I Seven I Strong * : I Companies Aggregate Capital, Over $10,000,000 Represented Dy Hand & Eldredge (}{ Fir* Insurance Agents. PJ Twenty-six years of experience. .-'—IB ■Jj Your Insurance^ placed with us CJ is absolute ^protection from lloss . by ■ fire. m Apply to M S. F. ELDREDGE N 310 Washington Street A W. HAND H 816 Washington Street • | *J *-

Notice! The Wa y To J Save Money Dont miss it A special sale for M 3 21 DAY3 Goods will be sold at lowest cost. Try once and you will come again. dl Prices same on wagon. At LAVENTHAL'S, H 1J9 WASHINGTON STREET, 1 CAPE HAY. ' ' tjm