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mms ittnSD n ie cwsimmM of j IE STH£ Of Et JOE! E IE IBEL4TUKE Of 1NI ] SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLU- j TION NO. 6. ( 1 . I STATE OF NEW JERSEY. J - I b* jt Resolved (the House of A»- ' — misfj1 concurring), -ff >"■' the follow- i lug amendments to th/wnatitution of tills State be and the same are hereby proposed , and when the same shall be agxeedtob v a majority of the members j otoBted to the Senate and Hon* of Aeeembly, the said amendments shall be entered on their journals, with the yaw ( and nays thereon, and referred to the Legislature next to be choeeh, and pubHeIweI for three months prior to the first Tuesday after the first Monday of Nov ember next, In at least one newspaper oTcaeh county, to be designated by the Resident of the Senate, the Speaker of the House of Assembly and the Becre- • tary of State: , / , 1. Strike out paragraph 8 of section L Article IV, and Insert fn place there- i of the following: , ' 8. Elections for mem bent of the Sen- i ate and General Assembly shall be held every two yean on the first Tuesday > after the first Monday In November.be- < [ winning anno domlni one thousand nine k hnndred ardten.and everyseoond year i k thereafter; and the two Houses shall ^ meet separately on the second Tuesday H hi January In each year, at which time of meeting the legislative yeer shall H 2. Strike out paragraph I, or section Article I V, and insert in place there - ^Efthe following: ■ 1. The Senate shall be composed of ^Hme SAiator from each count > in the ^^Etete, elected by the legal votere of the ^■xrantiee reepecfively, for four years. 8. Strike out paragraph 2 of section ■L 'Article IV, and insert In place ^■bueof the following: ^■72. As soon as the Senate shall meet ^■fter the first election to be held in pur^Hnance of this constitution they shall he ^HUvided by the Senate as equally as may ^K>e Into two classes. The seats of the ^■Senators of the first class shall be va ^^kated at the expiration of the second ^^Erear; of this second class, at the expira^Kion of the fourth year, so that one class may be elected eveiy second year and 11 ■ vacancies happen, by resignation or Otherwise, the persons elected to supply W «uch vacancies shall be elected for the B unexpired terms only; provided, that the i Senators baring the longest period of " Him still to serve at the time of making ■said division shall be entitled to the - ; said division snail UC cuuucu w uiv . ) 1

longer terms. a 4 Strike out paragraph I of section III, Article IV and Insert in place thereof the following: . 1. The General Assembly shall be 1 composed of members elected by the le- J gal voter of the counties, respectively, , every second year, beginning on the first £ Tuesday after the first Monday in No- £ vember.anno domlni one thousand nine t hundred and ten, who shall be appor- t tloned among the said counties as nearly t ts may oe according to the number of | ahe inhabitants. The Legislature shall < In the year one thousand nine hundred and ten, and at Its first session after ; each United tiiatee decennial census , hereafter, and not ofteuer, divide and , arrange each county of this titate into a district or districts for the election thereIn of-a member or members of the Geueral Assembly Each Assembly district so constituted shall contain, us nearly as practicable, an equal number , of inhabitants, and shall consist of con- , yen lent and contiguous territory iu a compact form, but no county, or pari thereof, shall be joined with any other county, or part thereof, in any such district; provided, that each county shall, at all times, be entitled to at least one member, and the whole number of members to be chosen shall never exceed sixty. The Court of Last Resort by whatever name known, is hereby invested with exclusive original jurisdiction aud with full power, under such procedure as It may by rules prescribe, to review may dlvuioa and arrangements made by the Legislature into Assembly districts of the counties of this State for the purpoee of determining wnether such arrangement and division, or any part thereof. Is In accordance or In conflict with this section, and, If In conflict herewith, to ad judge the same, or such part thereof us amy he iu conflict: herewith, null aud void. In case said court shall determine such arrangement and division, or any part thereof, to be null and void the Leg! lature shall proceed to make a new arrangement and division. eDtire or partial, as the action of ■

the court may require. 1 6. Strike out paragraph 8 of Article V and insert In place thereof the following : 8. The Governor shall hold his office I for four years, to commence at twelve 1 -o'clock noon on the third Tuesday ol January next ensuing the election for Governor by the people, and to enH at twelve o'clock noon on the third Tuesday of January four years thereafter; and he shall be incapable of holding that office for four years next after his term of service shall have-expired ; and no appointment or nomination to office •ball be made by the Governor during the last week of his said term. 6. Strike out paragraph 6 of section II, Article VII, and insert in place thereof the following: • 6 Clerks and surrogates of oouudee .hp'u be elected tjy the people of their respective counties at the elections for members of the General Assembly. They shall hold their offices for six

Strike out paragra; h 7 sf section \ 11, Article VII, and insert in plaoe thereof the following : i 7. Sheriffs and coroners shall be elec- , ted by the people of their respective , counties at the elections for members of i the General Assembly, and Wiall hold < their offices for four years, after which four years must elapw before ibey cau he again capable of serving. Sheriffs shall annually renew their bonds. 8. Add to section 2 of Article VII, three paragraphs to be known as paragraphs 12, 18 and 14. 12. All elections for Governors, members of the Senate and General Assembly, sherifls, coroners, county clerks and surrogates of counties and all other be chosen by the electors of the whole \ •

State, or of any county thereof, mhall be ] held every second year, on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in No- i ember, beginning anno domlni one • thousand nine hundred and ten. 18. All elections for justices cf the « peace and all and any municipal offleers, as distinguished from State arid ' county officers as hereinbefore provided, J now or hereafter necessary to be chosen j by the electors of any city, borough, J township, village or subdivision ' thereof, or any municipality of this J Bute, exoept counties, shall be held every second year on the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November, be- I ginning anno domlni one thousand nine ■ hundred and eleven. ... ... 11 14. Exoept as herein provided with j . relation to the office of Senators, all of- < . ficera filling any elective office at the tinrto ih«w amendments take effect shall | continue in the exerclaeof the duties ; thereof according to their respective commissions or terms of office, and until their successors may be elected and « . qualified under the provisions of these amendments, and all officers whose 1 terms of office would expire after these . amendments take effect and prior to , the election and qualification of their successors in office, at the election for ' the respective offices first held under , the provisions of these amendmenU, . shall continue in office until their suecensors can be elected and qualified, at the . election for such office or offices to be i held next after these amendmenU take • effect, according to the provisions here- . at i The Legislature shall pass all nece*- ! r aary laws to arrange the terms of office ; 1 of all statutory elective officers so that • r said terms may be In harmony with , fKna«» amendments, and to carry Into I effect the provisions hertof. These amendments, If adopted, shall , take effect and go Into operation on the ' first day of February, iu the year or our Lord one thousand nine hundred and f «*»• 1 AMENDMENTS PROPOSED TO THE CONSTITUTION OF i THE STATE OF HE* JEHSFY BY THE l£CB 1SLATURE OF 1908. t B ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT RE30" F LUTION, NO. 4. ! STATE OF NEW J ERSEY. ' Be it Resolved, (the Senate couy curriug), That the following ameude ineuts to the Constitution of tnis Btate ® be and the same is hereby proposed, lf Bnd when the same shall he agreed to B by a majority of the members elected e to the Senate and to the House of Aslo lue ocunic nuu w .uw — - • i

sernbly, the said ameudment shall be , entered on their journals, with the yeas , aud nays taken thereon, -and referred i the Legial ature next to be choeeu i and published for three moutLs prev- i lous to the first Tuesday after the first i Monday of November next, in at least < newspaper of each county to be i designated by the President of the Seu- . ate. the Speaker of the House oi A»*eur- i bly, and the Secretary of Stale, payment for such publication to be made the Treasurer on the warrant of the Comptroller. , First — Strike out Paragraph 10 or Section VII of Article IV, and change 1 the numbers of the following paragraphs to correspond. Second— Change Paragraph 10 of Article V bo as to read as follows: 10 The Governor or person adminis- • tering the government, and four citl1 /.ens of the State appointed by the Gov- : ernor, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall constitute the 1 Board of Pardons. The members of • said Board, or any three of them, of whom the Governor or person admin1 lsteriug the government shall he one, ' may remit fines and forfeitures, aud ' grant reprieves, commutations, par- • dous aud paroles, after conviction in all - cases except impeachment. The four members specially appointed shall hold ■ office for five years, aud receive for their 1 services a compensation which shall 1 not be diminished during the term of 8 their appointment. _ r Third— Change Section 1 of Article 8 VI, so as to read as follows: I SECTION 1. The judicial power shall be vested in t a Cduit for the trial of impeachments, a t Supreme Court, County Courts, aud t such other Courts inferior to tue Suj preme Court, as may be established by r law, TftflCtr Inferior -fcettrt* the Leg in t lature may alter or abolish as the pubj lie good shall require. II Fourth— Strike out all of sections II, i IV, V, VI, aud VII, of Article VI, I- change the number of Section III of ,f Article VI to Section II, and insert the Article \ i to cecuou n, , ,Uv | ,

following sections in Article VI: | , SECTION III. Any judge of any of the Courts of the , State" may be removed for disability . continuing for one year, or for refusal to | , perform the duties of his .office, by a , j vote ol two-thirds of all the members of ] ' the Senate aud of two-thirds of all the j . members of the House of Assembly vol- 1 • ing separately, after a hearing tiefore • | both Houses in joint session: SECTION IV. i l. The Supreme Court shall he or- • ganlzed in three divisions, namely: the Appeals Division, the Law Division, i and the Chancery Division It shall » consist of a Presiding Justice of toe Appeals Division who shall be styled the i Chief J ustlce, a Presiding Justice of the r Law Division who shall be styled the r President Justice, and a Presiding Justice of the Chancery Division, who shall i be styled the Chancellor, and eighteen be Styled uu9 vliauwuiui, ouu ci

Areoclate Justices, which number may J be increased by law. )« 2 The Appeals Division shall consist of the Chief Justice, aud six other Justices of the Supreme Court to be assianed by the Governor. A Justice of s ' the Supreme Court assigned by the Gov- s i ernor to the Appeals Division shall ti i -erve in said Division until the eud of u i his term. . ,, . . The remaining justices shall be assigned by the Supreme Court to the t Law of Chancery Division, as the burl- c ! ness of the Court may require. j 3. Whenever the number of causes t - before the Appeals Division shall be so j - great that the Dlvisiou cauuot promptly t s bear and detemnue them, the Governor t r shall, when -authorized hy Mature. ieru- « o porarilv assign five of the JuMlec- « f e) the other Qivls'.ous to sit lu the Appeals I

which shall thereupon sit in two Divisions for the bearing and deck « slon of cau sea pending at the time of ' such assignment. 4. Four Justioes shall be necessary to < constitute a quorum on the final bea--ing of any cause in the Appeals Division, but the Supreme Court may pro- < vide by rule for the making of Inter- 1 locutory orders by s lesser number of < justioes, or by one justice; such orders ' to be subject to revision by the Appeals i Division. . 1 On the hiring of a cause In the Ap- i peals Division, no Juatioe who has i gven a judicial opinion In the cause in i vor of or against the judgment, order i or decree under review shall sit at the ; hearing to review such judgment, order 1 or decree, but tbe reasons for such ■ opinion shall be assigned to the Court ' iu writing. 1 6. A majority of all the members of i the Supreme Court, to be presided over i by 'the Chief Justice shall coDStltute a < quorum for the assignment of justices. 1 and for tbe appointment of officers, end the enactment of rules. 6. Tbe Supreme Court shall appoint 1 i one or more reporters, not exceeding three, to report the decisions of the ■ Court, and shall by rule define his or their duties and powers. The reporters shall hold office for five years, subject, however, to removal at the discretion of | the Court. SECTION V. 1. The Appeals, Division shall have and exercise i he Appellate jurisdiction . heretofore possessed by the Court of , Bntm and Appeals, the jurisdiction heretofore possessed by the Supreme [ Court on writ of error, and the jurisdio- , ion heretofore possessed by the Prerogative Court on appeal, and by the Ordi i nary on appeal, and such further ap i pellate jurisdiction as may be oonferred r upon it by Law, together with such I original jurisdiction as may be incident to the complete determination of any cause on review, saving, however, the right of trial by jury. F 2. Tbe jurisdiction heretofore possessed by the Supreme Court and tbe Justices thereof not hereby oonferred on the Appeals Division, aud the jurisolction heretofore possessed by the Circuit Courts Aid the Judges thereof, and such . further original jurisdictiqp not of an equitable nature, aud such further appellate jurisdiction from inferior courts, I as may be conferred by statute, ehall he I exercised by the Law Division of the Supreme Court and by the several justices thereof, in accordance with rules of practice aud procedure prescribed by statute, or in the absence of statute, by " the Supreme Court. 8 The jurisdiction heretofore posL' sessed by the Prerogative Court aud the • Ordinary, uot hereby conferred on the a Appeals Division, and the jurisdiction i heretofore possessed by the Court of k Chancery and the Chancellor, and buch e further original equity jurisdiction as s

may be conferred by statute, and such c further original jurisdiction as is now conferrable on the Prerogative Couri shall be exercised by thea-haucery Divi- A siou and bv the Chauoellor and the several justices of said Division in accordance with the rules of practice and procedure prescribed by statute, or, iu tbe absence of statute, by the Supreme Court, but the Justioes of that Division shall be under such control and super- 2 ' vision by the Chancellorasshall he provided by the Supreme Court. ' 4. Terms oi tbe Supreme Court pre- ' sided over hy a siugle Justice of the • Law Division for the trial of issues joined in or brought to the Law Dlvlr siou of the Supreme Court ehall be held lu the several couutiesat times fixed hy " the Supreme Court. Until so fixed, " such trial terms shall be beid at tbe ■ places aud times now fixed by law for " the holding of the Courts of Common ; Pleas in the several counties. r 5. The Bupreuie Court may provide 1 f by rule for the transfer of any cause or ! ' issue irom the Law Dlvisiou to tbe ; • Chancery Division, or from the Chau- ' eery Division to the Law Division of ; " the Supreme Court, aud from the County 1 Court to the Law Division or the Chaur eery Divis.on of the Supreme Court, > ud 1 for the giving of complete legal and ' r equitable relief in any cause in theCourl 1 or Division where It may be peudiug. '' 6. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the alteration, by law of any e statutory power or jurisdiction conferred upon any Court or Judge since ihe adoption of the Constitution iu the year one thousand eight hundred aud forty, ° four, and nothing hereto contained shall prevent the Legislature Irom couferriug upon any inferior Court which may hereafter be established such pow5 er or jurisdiction as was exercised by or * which mar now be conferred -upon tbe * inferior Courts mentioned in Section I [ of Article VI, of the Constitution of 1844. ['. SECTION VI. >l ! The County Courts shall have aud exie j 1 be, in all cases within the county in an cases »nuiu ,uc wumj at

! a...h original common law jurisdiction ai concurrent witn ihe -upreme Court, I and such other jurisdiction heretofore exercised by courts iuferior to the SuCourt and the Prerogative Court I may be provided by law. The final judgments. of the County Courts may be brought for review before the Supreme Court to the Appeals Dlvisiou. ' Until otherwise provided, the jurisdic1 tion heretofore exercised hy the Courts of Common Pleas, Orphans' Courts, Courts of Oyer and Terminer, Courts of quarter Sessions, or by the Judges thereof, shall be exercised by the County ' Courts pursuant to rules prescribed by the Supreme Court. The justices of I the Law Division of the Supreme Court ■ shall be ex officio Judges of the Couuty s Courts. All other jurisdiction or author- : ity now vested to any Court, Judge, or , ! magistrate with jurisdiction Inferior to - the Courts in this section mentioned, 1 and not superseded by this article, ebali ' continue to be exercised by such Court,

or magistrate until the Legisshall otherwise provide SECTION VII. This amendment to the Constitution shall not cause the abatement of any r suit or pioceeding peudtog when it f takes effect. The Supreme Court shall t make such general auo special rules and ; • rders as may be necessary for the 1 rausfer of all Hiit« aud proctediiigB W . tbe appropriate Division or Courl j created by this amendment. Matter! pending when this amendment lakec , effect shall be decided by tbe judge oi to whom they weie submitted, j and tbe order, judgment or decree made advised by said judge shall he entered as that of the Division or Court to ! which the suit or proceeding shall have 1 been transferred.

Flftfc— Strike out Paragraph 1. 2, 5 and Sof Section II of Article VII; and substitute tire following Paragraphs to plaoe of Paragraphs 1 aud 8. and cnange the numbers of the Paragraphs j following 8 to correspond: 1. The Chief Justice of tbe Supreme . Court, the President Juatioe of the Law ' Division, the Chancellor and the Anno- - elate Justices of tbe Supreme Court t ehall Ire nominated by the Governor € and appointed by him, wlth-tbe advice and consent of the Benato^Tbey shall not be leas than thirty-five years of age c and shall have been practicing attorney p a to the 8tate for at least ten years. They 0 shall hold office for the term of seven years; ehall, at stated times, receive for ubt' be" diminished during their J term of office, and they shall hold no other office under the Government of ' the State, or of tbe United States, and J shall not engage In the practice of law I i during their term of office. The Chan- r cellor aud the Chief Justice of the Su- j preme Court, and tbe Vice Chancellors and Associate justioes of the 6 upreme ■ : Court, in offioe when this amendment t ; takes effect, shall be Justices of the Su- j : preme Court until the expiration of t - their reenectlve terms. i The Circuit Court Judges to offioe when this amendment takes e fleet r r shall be oonttoued in offioe with tbe t powers of the Justioes of tbe Supreme Court at the Circuit until the ex- < piratkm of their respective terms. They . may bold the County Courts, subject to I assignment by tbe Law Division of tiie ■ Supreme Court i i 2. The Governor, by and with the j : advice and consent of the Senate, shall , - appoint one Judge of the County Court - in each oounty, and such additions! County Judge or Judges in any oounty £ as may be authorized by law. Tbe I Couuty Judges may bold oourt in any i oounty subject to tbe control of the Su- I preme Court. The County Judges shall not be lees than thirty years of age, and j shall have been practicing attorneys to' ■ this State for at least five years. They . shall hold offioe for the term of five » years Bhall at stated times receive for \ their service* such compensation, which . shall not be diminished during their t term of office as the Legislature in its , diecretlou shall fix for each county, and j they shall bold no other office under ; „ the Government of the State or of the ; i United States, and shall not encage to : e p. uctic.- of the law in the courts ol the c county where they hold court during : „ tbelr term of office. The judges of the g C.-mmou Pleas, to office when this f amendment takes effect shall he the y judges of the County Courts until the expiration of their present terms, i- 3. This amend meut shall take eflect e ou tbe firs' Monday to February, to the e year next following its adoption by the l, people. ,f 4. The Legislature shall pass all laws n necessary to carry into eflect the provisions of tbe constitution and this amend- t i I ! ! ■ >

meut thereof. ( t I AMENDMENTS PROPOSED TO THE CONSTITUTION OF j THE STATE OF NEW IERSEY BY THE LEC- I 1SLATURE OF 1908. ! ASSEMBLY CONCURRENT REoO- £ LUTION, NO. 9. i 1 1 aTATE OF NEW JERSEY. |, < Bk it Resolved (tbe Senate concur- ' ring) I' hat the following amendment i to the constitution of this State he and 1 the name 1b hereby proposed, aud when I tbe same shall he agreed to by a mi- , jority of the members elected to the , Sena e and House of Assembly the Baid ! amendment shall be entered on their j , jourua.s. with the ayes aud nays taken , , thereon, aud referred to tbe Legislature | r next to he choeeu, and published for | . three months prior to the first Tuesday after the first Monday of November next, ; to at least one newspaper of each j countv. to be designated by the Piesi-| ' dent of the Senate, the Speaker of the ' House of Assembly and the Secretary j I of State: Amend hy striking out Paragraph ., Section IV, Article IV, and to place . thereof the following: ! 7. Members of the Seuate shall re j , ceive, annually, the sum of one th u-| I sand dollars, and members of the Geo- I - erui Assembly snail receive annually, ) tbe sum of ten hundred dollars during - the lime for which they shall have bee 1 1 r elecied aud while they shall hold their | e office, aud no other aliowauce or enrol- : I urneut, directly or indirectly, for any purpose whateVto, The President of the Seuate. aud the Speakerof the General Assembly shall, to virtue of their - oflice, receive an additional coinpeuY satioo, equal to one-third of their allowas members. 3-1 14 j

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TUB IS THE WAT First. Cut out form printed below^ Second. Write name and address 5T lines, provided for the purpoee. Third. Encloee with check or cash j for one dollar and mail or bring to , Star and Wave, ,816 and 817 Weahing- < street. For this little effort and 1 expenditure you will obtain 62 copies ] of the 8 page weekly Star and Wave, each week for one year and you will be able to keep informed upon all ! matters relating to Cape May. This is j the way in which ail of the newa i of Cans Mav can he obtained accurate- < during tbe year. The Star 'and Wave admits mankind j personalities to its columns. Never i knowingly publishes an untrue state- ! ment. Is always devoted to the best 1 of Cape May. Has no ( grouches against anybody. Endeavors to merit patronage by the character of i ; published? It is read by every- i in lower Cape May County. , Follow the crowd and get your ! ; on subscription list. It is always i the best fishing where the crowd goes ; Star and Wave Publishing Co., , Cape May, N. J. Gentlemen: Enter |my name as a subscriber to weekly Star and Wave ' one year, in payment for which, | find enclosed $1.00. ' . Address f -y ; ! i / TO REPUBLICAN Y0TERS I Pursuant to the laws of New Jersey r you are hereby requested to attend the i primary meetings in your respective i Election Districts on e TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22. 1098. 5 for the purpose of electing delegates e to the Republican State Oonvenion, (to 9 be held in Trenton SEPTEMBER 25) e and delegates to the Second District e Republican Congressional Convention to be held in Odd Fellows Hall, South t New York avenue, Atlantic City, e Thursday, September 24, at 11 a. m. e The number of delegates to be elected is as follows : s Cong. State i- Anglesea, 1

May, 1st, 2 1 , f May. 2nd, 1 1 1 • let, 2rid, i 1 1 * Holly Beach. 2 e .1* « ^ Middle. 1st, 2 1 . Middle. 2nd, 2 1 Ocean City, 1st. 1 J 1 , Ocean City, 2nd, 1 11 1 Isle, Is'. 1 . •* 1 Sea Isle, 2nd, 1 j* 1 South Cape May. 1 }* i 3 1 | Cape May, • 1 J J i I Wild wood, 2 ' | Woodbine, I Cape May Point, 1 1* A. CARLTON HiLDRETH. Ch. Co. Rep. Ex. Com. 1 •Quarter vote. 'Three-quarter vote t IHalf vote. NOTICE OF REGISTRATION. Notice is hereby given that the , 1 Boards of Registry and Election |in I I and for each and every election district ■ or votin z precinct in Cape May County, - ^TUESDAY. SEPTEMBER 8th. 1908. and on Tuesday, September 22. 1908, , at the place where the next election in i their district will be held, at one i o'clock in the afternoon, and remain in i I session until nine o'clock in the even- - j ing. for the purpose of making up from . j the canvassing books two lists of registers of the names, residences and street '• numbers, if any, of all the persons in 1 their respective election districts en- ■ titled to the right of suffrage therein . ! at the next election, or who shall per- ,- j sonaliy appear before them for that f purpose, or who shall be shown to the . satisfaction of such Board of Registry r and Election to have legally voted in . that election district at the last pre- . ceding election therein for members of i the General Assembly, or who shall be I the General who shall

I shown by 'he affidavit in writing of 'some voter in that election- district to bela legal voter therein Oilona And on Tuesday, beptember £!. touts, and between the same hours the said Boards of Registry and Election will hold a .primary election of delegates to conventions of political parties, or for making nominations, or for both agreeable to the provisions of "A further supplement of an act entitled An Act to regulate election," which said supplement was approved April 14, 1903, and amendmnts thereof and the supplements thereto. And notice is hereby further given, that the said gourd of_ Registry and Election will have tfieir final meeting on TUESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1908. at the place of their former meeting, at the hour of one o'clock in the afternoon, and remain in session until nine o'clock in the evening, for the purpose I of revising andlcoi recting the original ~ i registers, of adding thereto the names 1 - r _ 1 1 anrirloH fn thp right Of i of all persons to right of

; suffrage in that election district at the next election, who shall appear in ! person before them or who shall be i shown by the written affidavit of »me ! voter in such election district to be a legal voter therein, and ; of erasing I therefrom the name of any person who, ! alter a fair opportunity to be beard | shall be shown not to be entitled to vote therein. Done in accordance with an act ol of the State of New Jer- ! sey, entitled, "A further supplement ! an • act to regulate elections,' ap- ' proved Aprill 4, 1898, and ihe amendments thereto. H. F. DAUGHERTY, j Sec'y of County Board^f Elections, j tl

SHFMFFS SALE sued out of the Circuit Court of tos - l County of Cape May, I wiil e^oestor Office, Cape May Oourt House. N. J., the hours of 18 and 6 o'clock sb., to wit, st 140 o'clock in the afternoon of MONDAY. SEPTBMBER28:h, 1303, - P All those two certain lots or piece* of land situate, lying and being iu the Borough of . Anglesea. "n F1'" Mile in tbe County of Cape May and Stale of New Jersey, being delineated on plan of lots of the Five Mile Beach Improvement Company, by 3. "B Win- " 1 gate. Civil Engineer. A. D., 1879. of record in tbe Clerk's Office of Cane Oounty -in Book No. 46 of Deeds, 896, etc., described together aa one lotas follows. Beginning on the Southwesterly side of Walnut avenue, distance two hundred and fifty feet Northwesterly from the Northwesterly side of New York avenue, and extending thebce Northwesterly along the Southwesterly aide , of Walnut avenue one hundred feet in front or width and thence Sou th westward ly between parallel lines of that width at right angles with Walnut avenue one hundred feet in length or depth. Being lota Noe. 410- and 412 Walnut avennue on said plan, and being also lota Noe. 410 ana 412 Wali nut avenue in Mock No. 169 on map i ot Anglesea, surveyed June, 1900, by L. M. Rice, junior Borough Engineer. Seized as the property of Oscar T. Bivihs, defendant. Taken in execution at tbe suit of William H. Dreiz(er, plaintiff, and to be sold tar ROBERT B. OORSON, H. H. Voorbeea, Attorney, p. f. $8.26 ~ A DRAGON HUNT. It Teek Plats In Turkey end Was e Great Gucosss. "Yes, I wunst hunted dragons, and the hunt was successful, too," said a i sailor. "It was to Eyoub, tbe native quarter s of old Constantinople. I lived .there with' my' wife, a Circassian gal, Fatmah by name, and, comin' home from ' the calf one night"— , "Calf?" t "Sure! Calf. Don't you know what ! a calf Is? Kind of restaurant where i you eat and drink and smoke. But ■ where was IT' "You were coming home." e "Well, as we come home from the calf Fatmah grabbed my arm, pointed ^ to the moon and give a loud yell. The full moon behind the domes and mlnrun Denina xae aomes uuu ujio-

arets was goto' Into an eclipse. I laughed, but Fatmah says: " "A dragon, O my beloved.' she says, 'Is tryln' to devour the moon!' she 'If the faithful s'.ay It not, there will be no more moonlight,' says she— "never!* "Then, by tor, begun the biggest racket I ever hear. All Eyoub was on drafjon bunt. From every housetop the faithful fired blunderbusses at tbe moon in the hope of killln' the dragon. "When we got home 1 tried to explain to Fatmah what an eclipse wrs, she thought I was latigbln' at her. So I gave up my explanations, and, with a pistol, each of us Joined to the hunt, bangin' away at the dragon from the winder turn and turn about "By crinus. we got him! The hunt was a success! The dead dragon dropped 'off the moon, and she floated, round aud silvery wunst more, above the palms and minarets standln' black agin the pale sky. "Fatmah claimed It was her shot what landed him, but I was always convinced it was my own."— New Orleans Times-Democrat. THE TREATY TREE. Where Penn and the Delaware Chiefs Exchanged Tokens. The "treaty tree." tbe original American Hague, where our first peace congress was held, with William Penn oa the one side and the Delaware ehlefa on the other, was a mighty elm that stood at Shackamaxou. on tbe banks of the Delaware river. Kensington, "ona of the suburbs of Philadelphia, now surrounds the spot. As was customary on such occasions, the parties to the treaty exchanged belts of wampum, and the belt said to to have been given Penn on this occasion Is now in the collection of the slon of

Pennsylvania Historical society. It consists of eighteen strings of black and white beads, and In the center are I two figures, representing n European and an todian. with hands joined to 1 friendship. In exchanging tokens with ' the chiefs Tenn said: 1 "The friendship between yon and ; me 1 will not compare to a chain, for ( that might rust, or the falling tree I might break. We are tbe same as lf | one man's body were to be divided Into two parts. We ore all one flesh and blood." When the Indiana handed ' Penn the wampum belt of peace they ■ said: "We will live In love and peace with ; William Penn as long as the sun and ; the moon shall endure." | The treaty tree was blown down In i a windstorm March 10. 1810. Its age, s estimated by rings, la 283 rears. Tiw esumatea dv rings, is zoo

William Penn society erected a marble column upon tbe site aa a permanent | monument. — Kansas City Star. To tha 8trict Letter. "Mary," said the lady of the house, ; "you didn't put any salt In this bread." "But," replied the new girl, "didn't ' the master say yesterday he wouldn't ■ have nothing but freah bread on lite table, mum?" ■ The colors on the artist's palette make no show, but when they are spread op the canvas we see their . beauty/— Gelkle.