EXCELSIOR SKATING KINK mm Open Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday Evenings and Saturday Afternoon. Also each Wednesday Afternoon for beginners General Admission lO Cents SKates and Wardrobe 15 Cents 8 to 10.30 Evening 2 to 4-.30 Afternoon I Clearing Sale | GARRISON'S I JEWELRY STORE 1 i Till April 25 1909 I if 25 Per Cent Discount j $1.00 Alarm. Clocks at .75c. 1.00 Watches at 76c. ||g ' 100 Baby Rings at ,75c. |g| 1.60 Silk Fobs 30 Years at 1.00 6.60 Elgin Watches at 5.00 J® > ; : W." U A". ° LO VETT I ■ > Coi Washington and Perry Sts. j ' > r-K-PTi -N/r w -y CITY, NXW 7EESEY \ ' < > MANUFACTURER OF \ ' ' ; ; HARNESS, COLLARS, SADDLES AND HORSE GOODS Y I Strap work of All Kinds. Blankets, Robes. Sheets and Nets 4 > i >ooooooeooooq>eooooooo»oo<« i Goodyear Robber Goods Leather, Cotton Rubber and Red Canvas B E L T I N G Hain Coats, Mackintoshes Rubber and Oiled Clothing. - Horse Covers TOWN & BPQTH E R. Upholstering In all its Branches. Furniture of all kinds. Mattresses made ana ! renovated. Window Shades, Carpets, Mattings, etc, We guaran ] tee satisfaction Furniture lo Hire by the day or week. I HOWARD F. OTTKR 811-13 Mansion Ntreet Charles Seheretv Lately with Peter Thompson, 1 1 18 Walnut Street, Philadelphia, Pa. LADIES' AND GENTLEMENS' TAILORING. CLEANING AND PRESSING, Ladies Suits a Specialty 304 Washington Street Cape May, N. I. . ! . y/v////yVWVwv^^AVrVj 5 L Established 1SS1 EatablWhsb J6SI S k - "Theyoid Reliable Jewelry Store" J"1 JOSEPH J K. HAND | > ' ^ 311|| WASHINGTON STREET. Sjj ? L jWatches, '^Clocks, Jewelry and Silverware. Repairing of all 7 ? . j k kindsfpromptly attended to. 2 ^ 1

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Ilff b«r a great deal about W raWBT-K but tow people know what they really are. Although tbay are ao small that It would take revere! thousand together to make a spot large enough to be seen with the naked eye, yet their taiportaoce to the farmer fa not meaxhred by their -Bacteria are tiny plants, each composed of a single cell. There cells are of various aha pee and sixes. Borne are round, some long and some ahaped like a corkscrew. 8ome are found alagly and some la groups. Some j cannot more at all, some more by twisting themselves about, and still others have long, tall-Uke flagella by Which they move themselves along. Bacteria are made up of a clear, Jellyllke material called protoplasm. This protoplasm Is surrounded by s harder cell wall. There Is a great difference In the thickness of there cell walls, and on this thickness depends to a large extent the ability of the germs to withstand unfavorable conditions. Those with thin cell walls can be killed easily, while the thicker walled kinds are very difficult to exterminate. Bacteria propagate themselves by dividing. One cell divides Into two Each of these two grows to full size and divides again, and so on. Under favorable conditions this process may be repeated every half hoar. At this rate the descendants cf one germ would In ten hours number more than s million. , At times the part of the protoplasm of a germ will gather into a round, comparatively hard mass, called a spore. The rest of the cell then crumbles. away. This spore Is Inactive, but possesses much greater powers of resistance than when In the active state. These spores often remain alive to start the Infection afresh after the active bacteria have an been killed by disinfection. Bacteria, like higher plants, have definite requirements for growth. One of the most important of these la moisture. Drying will not kill bacteria, but It will atop their multiplication. Another essential to bacterial growth is warmth. Cold, like dryness, will not kill them, but It will stop them from multiplying. This Is the reason that the souring of milk or the spoiling of meat, which is caused by bacteria, goes on much more slowly or not at all when they are kept In a cold place. One of the principal foods of bacteria Is nitrogen. Without It they cannot live. Because of this fact sugar and lard, which contain no nitrogen, never spoil. Bacteria also require oxygen. though only certain species arej dependent on the air for their supply. 1 One of these Is the kind ibat causes meat and vegetables to decay This Is why canned fruit and vegetables do not spoil. The bacteria have beeni killed and the oxygen driven off by beating. The few germs tbat do get In before the cap Is sealed up cannot develop for lack of air. If the can Is not I air tight however, some oxygen will find lis way In. the germs will mnltl- ! ply. and the contents will spoil. 1 Not all bacteria are Injurious. AI- ■ j though some of man's most deadly enemies are found among these Invisible I micro-organisms, yet many of them 1 are his best friends. We have already ' ' learned about the bacteria that live on ' the roots of legumes and change the ; nitrogen of the air Into a form In

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which It can be used by plants. The rotting of manure and trash to make . humus and of bumus to make the elements of plant food available Is also I due to the action of bacteria. In this way bacteria, by making animal | wastes available for plant food, com- 1 j plete the circle of plant and animal | life. I The putrefying bacteria, or those 1 which cause rotting, are more benefl- 1 clal than harmful. By their action j dead animals and other refuse matter ' I are quickly reduced to the elements I from which they were made. Even the 1 odor given off during the process is 1 also beneficial as a reclnder that the I matter of burying or burning has been neglected. 4 | Other micro-organisms In the form 1 of yeast are a necessary help In bread- ( making. The yeast plants, growing In t the dough, set free considerable t amounts of carbon dioxide.' This gas 1 In trying to escape fills the dough with 1 holes and spaces, making it "rise." ] The bacteria which cause milk and i cream to soar are also useful. Butter 1 made from sweet cream Is lacking In I flavor, and there is not so much of It ( since the globules of butter fat do not t collect as readily as In sour cream 1 But while the germs thnt canst milk 1 to sour are harmless, there are others t

often found to milk that are not. Tha Pirfz rr: ofi dotng^thta is by cleanliness. Tbs M every time they are ared^Mare rtna- 'J tog with cold water is not enough. ^ Following the ordinary washing by :• scalding with boiling water Is the only ] rare way of killing all tha germa. In cleaning dishes a brush la much better than a rag. sines It can be more easily ! cleaned Itself. • A dish rag remains damp for a long time after it has been used and furnishes an excellent place tor bacteria to grow. The "dish rag f flavor" caused by there can often be detected to butter. After the dishes have' been scalded tbej* should be placed In "the sun tor j revere! hours. There should be as \1

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room and cow stable also. Sunlight, ^ which la so necessary to the growth of the higher plants. Is fatal to bacteria. The stable where the milking la done should be cleaned and aired every day. A coat of whitewash should be applied occasionally, as In addition to being a good germ killer It also makes the stable much lighter. Hay should not be fed Immediately before milking, as the dust from It Is covered with bacteria The adders and flanks of the cows should be kept perfectly clean. A little dirt falling > from them into the milk wfil take with It thousands of germa The milk should not be left In the barn after It is drawn, but taken Immediately to the milk room. Many creameries and city milk dealers practice pasteurization. This simply consists in beating the milk to aa high a temperature as possible without scalding It This kills most of the germs, and the few tbat are left will not develop repldly enough to do much harm. In creameries n starter— that Is. a portion of milk which contains a particular kind of bacteria— la . added after pasteurization and thq cream then "ripened" tor twelve hours or so. By thus supplying germs which, are known to produce desirable flavors nnd killing the others butter of very high quality may be made. ; There are bacteria everywhere— In | the soil. In the air and In the water, j By far the greater number of these | are harmless Even disease, germa ! are unable to obtain a foothold In a j perfectly healthy animal or person, j The secrettons of the mouth and the 1 digestive organs are fatal to many of them. Even If they succeed In getting Into the blood tbey are not yet out of danger. The blood contains large numbers of white corpuscles, which seem to have no duty to per- -I form but to seize and destroy these invaders. It Is only when an animal becomes weakened from one cause or another that these corpuscles fall to do their duty and the germs begin their destructive work. The first step in avoiding Infection by disease producing bacteria, then, is to keep the animals healthy by proper feed, exercise and shelter. The next point Is to do everything possible to prevent the germs from getting Into the animal's body. In case a contagious disease of any ■ sort appears the sick animals should be shut up by themselves as far as possible from the rest of the herd. Disinfectants, such as coal tar dips and bichloride of mercury one part of the chemical, two parts -alt and 1,000 parts waterl. should lie used freely. Care should be iql.vn no' to -ii carry '.he germs from the >irk tnals to the well ones while caring for . J them. Wounds, such as wire cuts, nei-d es- :2 pedal core lo prevent Infection Op- a dfnary disinfectants are too Irriiating, J yet something must be done to keep the bacteria from attacking the raw | surfaces. Keeping the wound bound tightly and sprinkling dally with powdered Iodoform Is one of the best ways of Insuring rapid healing. The germ problem, like the problem of weeds and Insects, Is easily solved If It Is gone at In the ngUf"" *rey. Cleanliness, sunlight and dlslnfectioiywill do much to hold the Injurious i ones to check, and the others need no encouragement to continue doing their Invisible though none the less real work to help us. There Is no especial reason why the germ problem should be made a matter of constant uneasiness on the pert of the farmer. . | requires s scientist to discriminate j bacteria that are Injurious 1 and those that are neeereary. and in j the meantime it Is sufficient for the J ordinary agriculturist to be diligent to ] Intrenching himself behind cleanliness. fortified he will have little occa- ij slon to make a special study of bee- -i — 1