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TELL WORLD %"> YOUR WANTS tl WILL PAY TO ABVEBTBE li jn lire Lost or Foiad Aiytkiig, Wait Help or Work, Pit it Bore FOR SALE. FOE SALE— Two good work bones, Apply (o Oape May Grain and Coal Cornwiy. ll-2i tf STOVES "I have a lot of good new and second band stoves, ranges and beaters, which will be aold very cheap for cash Moat have the room. Wm. T. Chambers, Jr., 109 Perry street FOB SALE— A good farm on easy terms. Apply to J. H. Hughes, 410 Washington street FOft SALE— A desirable, well located cottage, in the best renting section. Small amount of cash, balance can remain on mortgage. For particulars apply to J. H. HUGHES, 410 Waahington atreet FOR RENT. FOB RENT— A amail store with two rooms on the second floor at 106 Jackaon atreet Apply P. F. Quidort FOB RENT— A new house having three rooms and a lean-to first floor, three bed rooms Becond floor, gas, city water, nice porch and yard. Twelve dollars per month. Gilbert C. Hughes, 1114 Ocean street FOR RENT— Nine room unfurnished | boose, including fine bath room. All modern improvement Location 505 Hughes atreet Apply agents or Jos- 1 «ph Stites. I DESIRABLE TENANT HOUSE , On Washington atreet 8 rooms first i floor ; 4 rooms second floor. Gas, city water, nice yard and porch. $11 per , GILBERT C. HUGHES. Realty. 1 914 Ocean Street. ' REAL ESTATE j

M TM WW TO BUT Do you wai\£ to buy? Do you want to sell? Do you want to rent? Do you want to borrow? Do you want toWnsure? j consult SOL. NEEDLES, Agent for Glens Falls Insurance Com- j pany and others. 508 Washington street 11*16 ly j A REAL BARGAIN Six room cottaee, with eitv water, j and stable on lot 60x100 for sale. Well Ircated. $900 cash ; balance on mortgage. Property rents for $110 per year. Will deal quickly with any per- ! son wanting to buy. GILBERT C. HUGHES, j Realty. 214 Ocean Street MUSIC BANJO—MANDOLINS Violins, Guitars, also strings fot nam-, both gut and wire, rosin, bows, bridges, keys, tail pieces, music stands and cases. Anything you want in the musical line at McCANN'S NEWS. STAND. 417 Washi iaton street. tf All the latest popular sheet music st the Star and Wave Music and Stationery Department; also agents for Edison phonographs and records. SITUATION WANTED WANTED— Position as chauffer. Have j graduated frcm the Philadelphia ' Automobile School, and understand re- : pairing of all kinda. Addresa Auto, ! Star & Wave Office, Cape May. 16 3t | Health and muscle are developed by j the Judicious exercise afforded t>> the ' bowling alleys. Congress Alleys, 88 Perry street, sre the most modern 1 and best equipped. Try sn even- j ing at the ancient and ever enjoyable 1 game. tf ( £■■■ ■ » T — LOST.. LOST— Watch chain and charm km or j near Washington street. Return 1 same to D. C. Crowell Bicycle Store and receive reward. _ It HOLIDAY GOOuS . Just received a large assortment of i Christmas Book* and Toys. Our Hoi- , Way Goods are "flow on display. Special- A few odd and end frame 1 p him en 94x80 in. While ihev last 60c i each; value $1.00. I SCULL'S NOVELTY STORE. J5P« Washington street. . Pictures frame in twea y four hours , Leave orders at Smith's sutudio' or ! with H- T. Hughes. 612 Washington ' Street, opposite Reading station. '

THE SKATING'S ; THE THING • EVERYBODY ON TBE ROLLERS I Eicelstor Rink Attracts YMg aid OH It tie Eikitoratiig Pastime The Excelsior Skating Rink oontinues to be very popular. Last Saturday evening witnessed the largest attendance so far and a number of peppie I from Wildwood enjoyed the finest skating floor, in the county Among those included in the Saturday crowd were: ' Mrs. S E. Ewing, Jr., Niss Mary ' Eldredge, Mrs. Joseph Hughes, Jr., , Miss Bessie Eutriken, Miss Doane, , j Miss Brown, Mils Ray Curtis, Miss , I Anna Curtis, Mias Ella Marie Bennett, i Mrs. Harry Bellangy, Miss Marie Thompson, Miss Alice Hand, Mias Mattie Scbellenger, Miss Gertrude 1 Elwell, Miss Miliicent Hand. Mrs i Charles Perkins, Misa Katie Shields, j Messrs. Thomas Eldredge, Charles i Hand, Harry Doak, Harry Holmes, i Claude Taggart, George Little, O. A. , I Merchant, Jr., Charles Snields, Eli i Rytnerford, Walter Savage, Will ; Stevens, George Doerner, Edward Van j Kesael, Win. Nichols, John Hand, Gus t Hir.es, Charles Eldredge, Harry I Needles, Mul'ord Stevens, Ftank 1 faasedy. Edward Miller. ] GREAT COD PISHING. * Immense quantities of codfish are j being caught on the fishing banks and . at Bear Hole, off shore, and seven pounds were brought of fishermen at Holly Bearh by some or our ^ residents, one day this week, at 2 cents ( pound. Our own fishermen have ^ not been fishing lor cod this season, f there is no reason why they shouldn't do as well at St as the Holly Beach men.' It is said to require six ' dollars worth of r tarns to belt one of the linear which contain 800 books. 1 is anchored and lefi for an hour 1 so and then it ia hauled in aud the c fish are detached as tney come. It is 8 an important part of the fishing D _ mi luiyuivmiib |iul ui cue unaing

industry here and it ia a noteworthy fact that the codfish as ? well as all others have become very numerous since the menhaden- pirates ' have kept away from our shores. Out legislators should see to it that some- | thing be done to stop these maruadera • | permanently. It is the most iniquitous " I trust that inflicts the seashore. WANTED ~ . j representatives wanted. $5,000 or more a^ear can be earned r ! by a bright man devoting entire tima _ | to permanent, high class business in ! any place of five {thousand or over ; salesman in all lineA, including insur- | anoo, stock, rcai estate, books, etc., | can operate on side and add materially ' to' present earnings, not interfering ! with but actually helping regular busiJ ness ; state exprienee and say about how ruuchtyou made past year. Address 1 H. M. Harper, 27 Williams street, ; New York City. i -16 2t ! ' NOTICE J ' Notice is hereby given that as my - wife, Mary K- Camp, has left my bed i and board, without provocation, 1 hereI by give notice chat I will not pay any ! bills ot her contracting. _ I It LEONARD CAMP. now is the' tSmE ; for oil cloth, linoleu m. stove boards j oil heaters, stove pipe and coal hods. • 1 have a stocl. on hard, prices reason- | able. j CHARLES A. SWAIN, i ! 305-7 Jackson street. p I The ancient game of bowls used to t j be played in the open air but the Cape : May experts, who are hard to beat, j learned the art in the palatial quarters : which houses the fine Congress Hall 1 1 Alleys, 81 Perry street. Try them, tf i 1 There is nothing finer in sport than ' the bracing ten pins and this will be a dandy time to get the habit- The ■ gl»w of health waits upou such exercise and dyspepsia and kindled ills vanish. The Congress Alleys 81 . Perry street, are as good as the , beau tf summer boarders. Farmers and others with accommodations for summer boarders, near the \ , Reading, who will send st once de- < scripiion. rates, etc., to nearest Philadelphia and Reading Agent, or Edaon J. Weeks. General Passenger Agent. Philadelphia, will be listed iu the ] Reading's Booklet, "Summer Boarding ' Houses," free of charge. It chinese laundry. Yong Wah's Chinese Laundry, 316 . street, Oape May, N. J. ia prepared u> do the finest work in the most careful manner. 1-9 4t

THE BASKET BALL GAMES W1LBW00D HAS TV! DEFEATS ; (ape lay High School aid West Cape flay A. A. Both ii flood Fern The week iu basket ball produced two games of surpassing interest, one i between the West Gape'May A. A. i and Wildwood A. A.. Saturdayeverv- ! ing and the other between Oape May < High School 'rimd Wildwood A- A., i Monday.v I There was a big audienoe to witness I each game, the high school boys and i girls turning out on Monday evening i accompanied by their flags, horns, yells, etc. There was .quite a noisy i time at intervals. I CAPE MAY 29; WILDWOOD 6. I The game here Monoay evening between Wildwood A. A. Jrs. and the I Cape May High School, teams resulted in favor of the Oape May team by a < of 29 to 5, and the play was in- 1 tense throughout the game, la large < gathering of people being present to i show their interest in the teams, the t School contl agent being accom- i panied by the school flags and giving t their school and class yells. The < line up : j Wildwood Oape May I Banks Forward Mecray 1 Forward Shields t Sieber Centre Needles e Ewan Guard Hines ■ Riley. Guard Little t Charleston a Goals from field— Mecrsv, 5; Shields t 4 ; Needles 1 ; Little 2 ; Banks 1 ; v 1. Foul goals— Needles 7 ; Sie- p ber 1. Fouls— On Cape May 9; Wild- n wood 16. , t WEST CAPE MAY 29; WILDWOOD • ' Tha game Saturday evtnlng between ■ Abe West Oape May and Wildwood A. A. teams, resulted in favor of West * May in > vigorously contested game by a score of 29 to 6. Ohannells * made 8 field goals for West Cape May. Tu- i: . f.

_ line up : g West Cape May Wildwood f Faust Forward Banks s Ohannells Forward Olark r. Morton Oentre Seibcr . Lafferty Guard Ewan , Greaves. Nichols Guard Risley „ Goals from field— West Oape May 14 ; Wildwood 3. Goals from foul — West Oape May 1. Referee— Creamer. The Weat Oape May A. A. will " play the Ocean City A. A. at the Auditorium Friday evening, and the 1 "Silent Five" of Wildwood on Wednea- ' day evening next. These game are . expected to be very exciting aud - closely contested. [ annual meeting " The annual meeting of the Stockholders of the Cspe May Building and Loan Association will he held at 506 ' Washington strtet, Monday, Jan. 18, (909, at 7 :30 p. in., to receive annual report of the Auditors on the valuation of stock ; to elect officers for en- ' suing year; to amei.d the constitution I of the Association and for (he transac- - tion of such business as shall come be- i 1 fore the meeting. Cape May, N. J., Jan. 4, 1909. H. S. RUTHERFORD. 2t Secretary. spring and summer styles Call and inspect the new spring and summer styles and the latest ideas in ladies' anci men's merchant tailoring, which have juat arrived. CHARLES SCHERER, j 1 tf 804 Washington street, j NOTICE TO GRANGERS A special meeting of the Cold Spring 1 Grange No. 132, will beheld Wednes- 1 day evening. January 20th, for the installation of officers and transacting regular Business. All members are requested to be present. A banquet will be served. notice All members ot the Columbia Lodge, No. 23, L O. M are requested to-be present at a meeting on Monday, January 18th, when installation or officers will take place, and business of importance to every member will be discussed. J. D. CORSON, D. D. U. A. T. H. Taylor is the Cape May Agent | for Waldorf shoes for men and women, i $2.50. Hand sewed method. Wall Paper. Wall Paper. A new and fine assortment of wall l paper is now being offered by Eldredge ' Johnson, 318 Washington street. What- i ever you need in this line can be supplied. I u J ' I

THE LEGISLATURE ! IN SESSION ; BOTB BOOSES ABE IT WMK lapwtut Cwattras to Which Cape May Cent; leakers Bare keea Appelate! The one hundred and thirty-third nessionof the New Jersey Legislature opened on Tuesday, the House electing John D. Prince, of Passaic County, Speaker, and the Senate, Senator Samuel K. Robbins, of Burlington County, President Prof. Prince in opening remarks" made one statement which will appeal strongly to the average citizen, via. : "I hope that the attention of this will be devored to a conscientious deliberation on the Really important matters, which must come before us, of which there will undoubtedly a great number. "In this connection I might suggest the members of the House the following thought: 'We are elected, according to our comtitut-oa, as representatives of the people of the State, to? nuke the State's laws, not only according to such intimation ot popular opinion at we may poaaesa. but, in the ] absence of these special suggestions , from oar constituents, to use our own ( personal judgment iu the framing of The queation hRs often occurred ma,2particulariy of lata, whether we ' carrying our full share of respon- ( sibihty, if In the case of every impor- . tant proposition we shift this respon- j sibility from our own shoulders to thoae of some State Commission vetted , with authority and paid for by the taxpayers! I ask this House suggestively, merely as a member speaking, to my , whether we should not more , often exercise our own legislative j function* delegated tons by the people, j rath. r than to seek shelter from cri«- , kUtn-.Dn crucial points beneath the , wings of an expenaive commission?' " Senator Kohbina in taking the chair, | aaid among other things : I a "If I mistake not, we shall have be- 1 * us at this session problems of far- j

reaching import, on whose correct 1 u solution will depend '$i no small ! •k measure not only the material progress | ,r of our State, but the well-being and! in prosperity of its citizens. Let us ap;y p roach their solution with minds devoid i of partisan bias and filled with a de- ; gl termination to do that, and that only which shall best promote the general II welfare, satisfy our conscience, and ' le deserve the approbation of posterity."! ie Senator Hand was appointed on the J g. committees on Agriculture; Chairman re I °' Boroughs and Townships : Railroads, 1(j Canals and Turnpikes ; Chairman of j I Riparian Rights. Joint committees on , | Passed Bills ; Soldieie' Home ; Home j for Feeble Miuded Women. Assemblyman Stille received appointi- ments to the committees on Commerce Jd and! Navigation ; Game and Fish Cor3 porations. Joint committees, on Passed ii Bills ; State prison, i- Senator Krelinghuyaen, of Somerset n ®ounty' '8 Republican floor leader, aad Howard K. Tyler, of Cumberland, j. j secretary in the Senate, j Both houses are strongly Republican ; there being thirteen Republicans to • . | eight Democrats in ^Ihe Senate, ar.d i , : forty-five Republicans to fifteen Demo- , crats in the Assembly. This should', insure a comparatively hermoninua , d and peaceful session, although there is , n much important legislation .to be considered between now and final adjournj-""- ; WEST CAPE MAY A. A. g\ and ocean city i ^ i Will battle for nonors ip the Auditor- ' g ium Friday evening. January 15, at : ( e 8:15, admission 10 and 15 cents, re- ; j t served seat for ladies. The Ocean ; . City basket ball team is considered : the fastest team in South Jersey. The new West Oape May team has ! g placed on the floor the best five that i . .could be selected for the A. A., and s consider their team an equal to any ; , [ who cares io challenge them. Come : j out and see the Ocean City champions ft . line op against our home team. t ti . j ' , at the presbyterian church i < j The sacrament of the laird's Sapper I 1 will be administered in {connection with * j «he morning service at the Presby- ' " 1) j terian Ohurch, Sunday next. All mem- j e ! bers of the church are expected to be j " [fteaent at this first celebration of tbe ' j j Coffcrnunior. for 1909.

INTERESTING I NEWS NOTES : OCCDHEHCES HERE ANIHEBE I lacideiLs Wkick Bare Attracted the Atteittoa if the v Star aid Ware The Star and Wave is ribw the oiRy s paper printed entirely in Cape May r Cityjand provided with the necessary : facilities for printing not only an up-*o- - date newspaper but .any kind of job i printing which may be required, fb • » Governor Fort's message is printed , in full on page 2. <e » <e , The dredging machine owned by Uharlea Shemeley, which has been operatirg at Stone Harbor, has been , employed to fill in on tbe causeway , from Schellenger's Landing bridge to the mainland and will also do a lot of . filling in for Clifford Wilson on the northwest side of the bridge, widening and deepening the reach of tbe creek on «his side of the bridge » • • Tbe stockholders of the Merchants National Bank held their annual meeting Tuesday and reelected tbe following officers and d^ectors : President, W. L. Stevens; vice presidents, Joseph H. Hanes and George H. Reeve* ; cashier, Henry H. Eldredge ; assistant cashier. Everett J. Jerrell ; directors, W. L. pumniings, W. R. Church, Joseph H. Hanes, John T. Hewitt, F. B. J. W. Mecray, W. H. Phillips. D., George H. Reeves, "p. .8. Rutberforda. E W. Springer, W. L. » fs » It is said that the Pennsylvania Railroad will. improve the corner of Washington and Decatur streets by remodeling and placing a new store in tbe The replacing of the old , ■Back there by a new building will be much appreciated. # fl» • | The legislature will carefully exj amine any proposition which places in 1 I the hands of the governor or any other t »L.

- 1 official power to remove officers L ; elected by the people. It ia not a 1 power to be granted lightly if at all. B A (• (• j { We have on exhibition in our show . windows a card! printed in tbe .Star of j j tbe Cape office in 1877 or earlier and . , which shows that the office was up-to-t . date then as now. J <•<»<• j, "If I had not seen it, I would notj .have believed that such a quality of] s I work could have been done in Cape i j May." This was tbe remark of l gen- ! tleinan who visited tbe Star and Wave ' j printery recently and saw work of fine ! ' 1 quality in process and also samples of . printing, ruled work, binding, etc.,] I done by Star and Wave artists, as 1 i well as engraving, embossing and j ; - similar work. Come in whenever con- ! | venient and let us show You. There I is.no better work done anywhere than j is produced daily in this office. » (• ,<• Government ot cities by a commission is a plan which seems to be re.eet- 1 ing with success in some sections, j Three or five men are elected as com- 1 1 ; missioners and assume entire -control. 1 people are by this means always where to place responsibility for municipal misdeeds or neglecl and < ! either indorse or condemn municipal 1 policies or the course pursued, by the election or rejection of candidates. (• (• » Joseph Vance, of this city^ joined j his wife, who is visiting friends at her i home in South Carolina. (.• (• <_• The new idea is to advertise by ] means of balloons or airships. For in- ' stance, it Cape May desires to get the | widest publicity it should invest in a j ' dirigible balloon or airship and send itl ! forth laden with advertising matter ' j be dropped into any town it desires j to cover as the balloon or airship hovers i above. Tbe novelty of the thing would ] ! , » Contending that the recent election i of officers of the Delaware.Bay and ■ River Pilots' Association .is illegal, a f number of pilots will protest tbe vie- J . of Jobn P. Virden, of Lewes, who ( I again elected president. Tbe i election has been going on for a ( I month, many of the pilots voting by and it ie this cause that is as- j signed as being against tbe rules of ! ] tbe Association. Virden was opposed by Memucau j ' I of this city, a Pennsylvania ' — Ii 1 Continued on 8tb rage i

! - PERSONAL MENTION 5 OF VISITORS E SOME INTEKESHHi MOTE I Stor md Vire traders m fliested to Srad ii ky Fine »r Otkerwise. ' Pilot and Mrs. Ellis Eldredge ware * on a shopping expedition to Phiiadel- ' phi a tor several days in the early part £ of the week. D. F. Orowell, of Laurel .8prings, who has been ^spending some time d among friends and relatives here returned home this week. Mrs. Nr- Parry Edmonds, of PhllaT delphis, has been a guest at tbe Virn gin is for a few day* and haa been enn Joying the company of her numerous y friends and relatives here, o Lawrence Reeves, son of Captain f George W. Reeves, of this city, 'haa e established his. home in West Bertia j and is prospering nicely. He haa an ( excellent position as stenographer in the Pennsylvania railroad office and ia also devoting himself to music, of s which be was always very fond. He - is organist in a Philadelphia church - and has many pupils in music. His , wife is also fond of music and accom- - plished in the art. She was a teacher in the Philadelphia public schools. t Mr. and Mrs. Walter B. Peterson are , spending the week with her parents, - Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Garrison, at their . home in Port Norris. , flAmong the guests at^the Windsor are • Mrs. T. T. Cooper, J. J. Collins, Jobn . C. Grady, John MacComsotck, Jr., Philadelphia ; Frederick Liebfield, Bristol. The guests at the Virginia includa Mrs. N. Perry Edmunds, W. H. Doughten, G. H. Swanfcld, H. S. De ' Laneie, Philadelphia; W. A. Baird, H. ! Craven, J. S. Ringie, H. R. Curtis, ' W. Kleinscbmidt, H. .Hewitt, R. B. Wood, Jphn Cash, F. Smytbe, Camden ; Wm. J. Mellen, Trenton; S. B. Rus- ' sey, Elkhart. Ind. ; W. S. Faddia, H. . D. Hazen, New' York; J. H. Decker, Atlantic Cits- : Nat. Horner. Saratovs : ' City ; Saratoga ;

a H. W Barker, Washington, J. B. Durkim, Chicago; Francis Haskin, Toledo. Mrs. Bockius entertained'M number w of her lady friends Tuesday, Mrs. Sarah Mottett, of Philadelphia, d was here Tuesday giving directions to mechanics for the renovation of her Lafayette street property, j A number of the younger set are it | taking private skating lessons, if I J. H. Cruger, manager of the e work at the harbor at Sewells' Point i- I nas leased tbe Essen cottage, corner e | Jefferson street and Kearney avenue, ec William J. Reiguer, ot Philadelphia, f | has leased a Jefferson street cottage .jandis occupying the same with his s ! family. d; Leslie Crawford has return, d .from i- an extended trip to Pittsburg, ei F. W. Wolff is enjoying his annual n ] vacation'and - ill visit Pittsburg, i " rederick Liebfried. of Philadelphia, I owner of a valuable corner, Washing- "] ton aad Ja.knou streets, is having a * j cement pavement placed around the ' property. The buildings are to be j placed in first class order for the use I of the Adams Express Company. 6 1 Fred Marcy. of New York, is visitr j ing his parents at their North street ^ | cottage. i j DEATH CP DR. ALEXANDER M. MECRAY Dr. Alevander M. Mecray, sged 92 j ' years, oied of typhoid pneumonia at , | his home in Moorestown on Thursday morning after an ilinesa of but a few ] days. He was visiting friends here ofr r | Sunday fland was in fine spirits. He . I graduated irom the University of Penn- . aylvania two rears ago, as ayeterioary , surgeon and had acquired a very large A practise. He is a nephew of Dr. James . Mecray, of this city. !! SPECIAL COUNCIL MEETING. ' I At a special meeting of Council j Thursday evening, the Street Committee was authorized to tnak- repairs ' to the beach drive and boardwalk, and the City Solicitor was authorized to appear before the State Sewerage Commission to explain the city sewdr system. The matter of constructing storm sewers was referred to tbe street committee. NOTICE j The Star and Wave Music and Stationery {Department ia open every week day from 7 ;30 |a. m., to{6 p. m., and on Wednesday and Saturday evenfrom 7 to 9 o:'lock.* X 3%.