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EXCELSIOR SMATIM RINK | GCtill Open Tuesday, Tbursilay and Saturday Evening and Satnrday Afternoon. Also each Wedneaday 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 j GARRISON'S 1 JEWELRY STORE | Till April 25 1909 I 25 Per Cent Discount 1 51.00 Alarm Clocks at -76c. 1.00 Watches at -75c. 1 00 Bgby Rings at .76c. 1,50 Silk Fobs 20 Years at 1-00 ||| 6.50 Elgin Watches at 5.00 ||| ■H.H.H m wxw>o<v>«-»«-r>r.orio n o o W. A. LOVETT | ] Cox W ashiugton and Perry Sts. O i j CffTtp. ZAJLTZ- Cmr , 17E7ST 7ERSEY Y i r MANUFACTURER OF V I ! HARNESS, COLLARS, SADDLES AND HORSE GOODS S I i Strap wort of All KinfJ. Blankets. Robes. Sherts and Nets j i :>ooooooooooo<i>ooooooooooo<« Goodyear Rubber Goods Leather, Cotton Rubber and Red Canvas bbltin g Rain Coats, Mackintoshes Rubber and Oiled Clothing. - - Horse Covers town & brother, a" raffs*. p. Upholstering In allits Branches. Furniture of all kinds . Mattresses made and renovated. Window Shades, Carpets, Mattings, etc. We guarantee satisfaction Furniture to 11 ire Dy the day or week. HOW ARD F. OTTER 311-1S WaMlon Ntreet Charles Seheret*, Lately with Peter Thompson, 1 1 1 8 W at nut Street, \\ Philadelphia, Pa. i ladies' and gentlemens' tailoring. cleaning and pressing,

, Ladies Suits a Specialty 304 Washington Street Cape May, N. 1. ^ VVMWWAVrV.IVrWVWiAVitVr C k Est.blUh.d ia»l Est.blLh.d 16S1 I | "The Old Reliable Jewelry Store" |i. O JOSEPH K. HAND § 311 WASHINGTON STREET. S ' r i Watches. Clocks, Jewelry and Silverware. Repairing of all Q* -J 7 a kinds promptly attended to. mj 1 STOP AT 109 PERRY ST. Cape May, N. J. We have a full line of New Stoves, Heaters and Rangee. Odd Castings ; a specialty. Bargain Prices for a Large Lot of Second-Hand Doable and | SinSTMeUters. PLUMBING, TIN R&OFWG, GUTTTRING , SPOUTING CHAMBERS Telephone Connection 10» PtrtJ- St CHARI.ES YORK ST1TES YORK YQRK BROTHERS CARPENTE8S AM BUILDEKS GAPE MAY, N. J. Estimates ChefeHhlly Given on all Kinds ol Buildings. jj SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. ; P.O.BOX, 661 .. .. . . . iZL

Wr fae You r ^ A Burden? The proper tenses and rigirtlyfitted frames will gre you relief. Seven S Strong Companies Aggregate Capital Over HO 000,000 | Represents by Hail & Eltfredge j J Fire Insurance Agents. i I Twenty -«x years of experience, i [ Your Insurance placed with us t 1 6 absolute i protection from loss i by' fire. [Apply to j j S. F. ELDREDGE | 810 Washington .Street J or A. W. HAND 816 Washington Street GEGBGE W. BEEVES steam and Hot water ; H E H T 1 H 6 ' Sanitary Plumbing by a Skilled Workmen. ■ Ask for Estimates. 626 Washingion stieei. l — — - — - — p.

pat %% %% vj " # I. H. SITITH t A 6 E J Glothier } £ 608 Washington St, t k Opposite Reeding Ste. A ^ 1 GAPE MAY, N. J, 5 ' a ^ Suits for $5 and up- ^ i. ^ wards. v * it W W 8 r V Overcoats from to ^ 8 I J *1S J ; Hats, Caps, Trunks, and Jjj ^ Gentlemne's Furnishing ^ ' ^ Goods at Philadelphia m prices. 0 J 3

JOSEPH 8. STITES, | Practical House Painter and Agent for "Pdtton's SUN -PROOF PAINT" jj CAPE MAY CITY. N. J. NOTICE TO LIMIT CREDITORS ' Estate of Thomas Eldredge, Deceased. I Puisuant to the order of Ohas. P- , Vanaman, Surrogate of the Coonty of 1 Cape May, made on the 19th day of | I March, A. D., 1909, on the application I . of subscriber, Executrix, of said |de- 1 ' ceased, notice is hereby given to the i i creditors of said deceased to exhibit I to the subscriber, onder oath or| affirmation, their claims and demands j against the estate of said deceased within nine months from the 19th day of March. A. D.. 1909, or they will be » forever barred of any action against I the subscriber. } Dated March 19th. A. D-, 1909. „ EMMA T. ELDREDGE, 4-S-9ts Executrix. i ; To the President and Members of City Oouncil Of the City of Oape May. - Gentlemen : We your petitioners, property owners, £ would, respectfully petition your bonor- _ able body to haTe laid a house sewer on Ldffiyette street, between Madison fctehoeAfad the Golf Ofub Hoeee, approximately 400 feet And #odr peti doners will ever pray, ' ^ A. L. LBAGH. M. D. WM. PORTER "LILLIAN R. PULLEN MARY A. HUGHES L GRANVILLE LEACH W. B. HINES SARAH A. MATTEL P. H. HUGHES 4-10 8t MARY L. WARE c' i » t!r' r-

ATTORNEY-AT-LAW 810 WAfflI»WTOH™CA« MATHQTY 8olkdt«an^Istar^tetiK«y. gRNEST W. LLOYD OOUNBELLOR-AT-LAW 820 Washington 8L i CAPE MAY, New Jersey J SPICER LEAMING OOUNBELLOR-AT-LAW Solicitor, Master and Examiner in . Chancery. ' Offloe 618 Washington St., j CAPE MAY. New Je»> , JAMES M. E. HILDRETH, OOUNBELLOR-AT-LAW i < — and— Solicitor, Master and Examiner In Chancery. NOTARY PUBLIC. Office at No. 214 Ocean Street. Cape May City, J. JONATHAN HAND, JR.. Attornby-at-uaw, | Solicitor and Master In Chancery Notary Public. j i Cape May Coubt House. N. J I (Opposite Public Building.) J | Branch Office at Ocean (Mty In attendj ! ance every Wedneeday _ j qr. reu A. hand dentist Announces that he has* established _ ofiices at j ;516N. 5th Screet, - - Camden, N. with thoroughly modern facilities | for the practise of Dentistry. jyl j. h. oliver y — dentist- — Ertay B-vaAld-laxg H20 CCa.estXL-u.t Street 1(One door above Keith's^Theatre.) Ap- • pointments may be made by Bell Tele — nhnne. Walnut 183SD. Extracting paiDWalnut a

leaa. J L. C. ASHBURN 1 DOCTOR OF OPTICS J Broadway next to Gold Leaf Factory | West Cape May, New Jersey, t 45^ Careful Teeting of the Eye a Spec- , laltv. Improved Method. Lenses replaced. Frames Adjusted. 1 Go to Thomas Soults, Cold Spring, the things you need for the table, and family, and obtain satisfactory goods at tba smallest" cost. Full and complete stock, carefully selected, with knowledge born of experience gained by an active career of more j years than that of anyldealer in Lower I Townahip. When you need clotning ask for C M. WESTCOTT the Cape May County 1 salesman. Everybody knows that he , is with WANAMAKER & BROWN OAK HALL, Sixth & Market Streets Philadelphia. An enormous stock of I clothing ready for Men-Women-Boys and Girls. We pay excursion car fars , both wayB upoD the purchase nf a cer- 1 tain amount FAIRBANKS' MORSE & CO Stationary and Marine Gas and Gaaolit e I ENGINES FRANK BNTRIKIN, Agent, t P. O. Bo* 158, [| Cape May City. N J. ,

S| ' I M-VTQTTTNP CARDS either CD b | V lul 1 lluJ grave 1 or printed j J £ should be "letter perfect" and on , ® cards ol good quality, that is the J 1 reason so many of these cards are , sold by the Star and Wave Pub- . l lishing Company, 315 and 3/7 Washington St. We can please ~ you in this line. Write tor style Card A and prices of our imitated ^ engraving sr £ SPRING OPENING Received the lateet styles in men's f, clothes. Our stock is know complete. Step In now and let us show you some new suitings and assortments that represent the beet values we have ever seen. Personal attention given to style and workmanship and a perfect fit guaranteed. VAN KESSEL, 424 Washington street. Cape May, N, J. Keystone 'Phone 124X

XVIL— -The Farm Home I By C. V. GREGORY. S 3 Agricultural IHaidion. to two JVofr College > ..J J ' ' — " ■'

THE farmer Is mors Important than his farm, and the most; • Important crop he raises Is 1 not com nor hogs, bnt boys j and girls. The success of a farmer la i 1 not measured so much by the money 1 he makes as It la by the happiness he j ' ! brings to himself and to his family. 1 One of the surest ways of accompUsb- ~ ) lng this end Is by making the home surroundings attractive. There la no place on earth where it Is easier to have an attractive home D than on the farm. Yet In spite of this too many farm' homes are located tn the middle of a weed patch that goes by the name of garden or are bidden behind soch a thick Jingle ol trees that it la Impossible to sea In or out The first thing to consider Is the bouse Itself. It should be situated on the highest part of the hill on which the farm buildings stand. A house Med not be expensive to be homelike and convenient Indeed, the most expansive bouses are often the laast homelike. Tha starting point is the cellar. 5" With but little additional expense this be made the full size of the ~ house. In this case the foundation walls should extend to the bottom of

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the cellar. The first course should be of hollow brick, laid end to end, and connecting with a tile drain on the p- lowest side. In this way seepage !e- water will be kept out of the cellar. Id- A cement floor is a great advantage

and is inexpensive, since the cement B need not be more than two or three j Inch as thick. , The cellar should be divided Into { about four rooms. Hollow brick make t good partition walls and at the same ( help support the floor. One of • the rooms may be used for vegetables, , one for fruit, milk and butter, one , for a laundry and the fourth ce- , men ted on the inside and UBed as a cistern. If the furnace is used an- 1 , other room will be necessary, or the j , cistern can be located outside. | For an ordinary sized family a hundred barrel cistern Is about the right | size. A partition of a double layer of , filter brick, with gravel and charcoal pecked between, should extend across I It. The water Is drawn out from the | opposite side of the filter from that to , which the pipe from the roof empties i In this way the water obtained is pure | enough for cooking or drinking. A plentiful supply of soft water Is a luxury that can be obtained so cheaply that no ope can afford to do without It | Wood Is still the cheapest and most : satisfactory building material. In building the house the two extremes ; ! of size should be avoided. If the , ! house Is too small It will be crowded. [ j while If too large it costs more and is j j harder to keep clean, f In arranging the rooms, convenience ' | and ease of keeping In order are the s ' chief considerations. The large and ' solemn "spare room." which was ' opened only on state occasions, baf : 1 largely given way to the bright cheer ful living room with its bookcases and - j work and reading tables, which ll used every day and evening In th< year. This room, together with the dining room, kitchen and bedroom with a wash and bath room if possi \ ble, will comprise the first story. 1 A wash room, with a sink and a | place for overshoes, coats and hats,

is • great help In keeping dirt out of 1 1 the kitchen. A bathroom Is also a 1 great convenience. A cupboard in the wall between the ' kitchen and dining room is handy, ae ■ j the dishes can be reached from either 1 i side. A spring door between the two 1 keeps out the flies and at the same time opens easily. A bedroom I on the ground floor Is almost a necessity, especially In the case of sick- 1 ness. The upstair? will of course be ' largely devoted to bedrooms, although It is often convenient to have one 1 small room fixed up for a library. The attic makes a good storeroom for seed corn. Probably the most satisfactory way ' to beat the house Is by a furnace. This Is cheaper and cleaner than stoves. If 1 the furnace room is made large enough 1 to hold a load of cobs and several tops 1 of coal the work of fire building will 1 i be greatly reduced. A Iffilstpr In the ' hall upstairs will be enough to tpke | the chill off the sleeping rooms. It is ; a good plan to have a furnace pipe run ' to the kitchen, too, and use a gasoline or kerosene range far cooking. This Is cheaper, handler and cleaner than a . cook stove, and the kitchen can be kept much cooler in the summer time.

Most farm homes are very pottfy lighted. A kerosene lamp is dirty, smalls bad and doea not give very , much light. A gasoline lamp is much better. Beat of aU is tha acetylene gas system. After this is once installed it : can be operated cheaply and will torI nlsh an abundant supply of light. The water system Is another thing In which farmhouses are behind those in the city. There la scarcely a bouse In a town of any ate but that is provld- 1 ed with water and sewage systems. In the country these are the exception rather than the rule, yet they can be put In at a small cost. An air tlgbt tank in the cellar is sometimes used to supply the pressure tor a farm water system, but to rather expensive. The water can also be drawn from the elevated tank at the barn, if one to used there^Uje only disadvantage In this caes being that cistern water cannot be used. On the whole, the most satisfactory plan to to have a small galvanised tank tn the attic. A little covering In the coldest weather will keep It from freezing, and a few minutes work' with the cistern \ pump each day will keep it filled. By having a heater attached to the furnace or to the kltflhen stove and 1 making the mpper connections hot and HUluft mc m,'|" • WUUW.UWU, "V, buu

cold water ,ca5 be supplied to the bath- J room, the wash 'room and anywhere j else that it is wanted. The laundry room downstairs to the place where the convenience of such .'*2 a system will be appreciated most In this room the washing machine, tubs, wringer and other utensils can be kept An opening In the floor connected with the tile drain will carry | off the waate water, and hot and cold water from upstairs will be always ! on tap. Such a room, together with I the entire water system, can be fitted up for less than $100. Another convenience that can be Installed at small cost is a sewerags system. This can be connected with the bathtub and sink, and with s small additional expense another luxury that is seldom found on the farm, an indoor closet can be added. Drainpipe well cemented at the Joints should be UBed In constructing the snouja oe usea in coaairucuug uie

sewer. The chespest form of outlet U the "septic tank." This is a small underground tank divided into four compartments, so arranged that when first of these becomes full it will overflow Into the second, and so on. The tank should be covered and protided with a ventilator. The action of bacteria In the septic tank will destroy ail the solid ma'ter, so that the water which flows out the lower end I will be clear and have no objectioDj able odor. With an occaslonaL^Jeanlng out such a tank will last forever. The bouse should be provided with plenty of porches. These Increase the expense somewhat, but also add much to the comfort and appearance of the bouse. Vines trained up over them to I keep out the sun and screens to keep out the flies make them still more . comfortable. | Nothing adds more to the external appearance of the house than a neat _ - ! lawn of ample size Do not make It

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large, however, u the work of mowlug will be likely to be neglected. A lawu is uot hard to make. A little work leveling and preparing a flue seed bed and u liberal application of blue grass seed that wlH grow will almost certainly result In a good lawn. Do not make the common mistake of planting trees too close to the house. They detract from the appearance and make the bouse close and stuffy. The opposite extreme should be avoided also. A few (rees about the edges ol the lawn furnish grateful Shade and provide a flanking for the picture' el which the house is the central figure. The decorative value of shrubs to often not appreciated as much as it should be. A climbing rosebush ovet the porch or a few dwarf variety* to out of the way corner wijl add to the color and beauty of the yard. There ore many other flowering shrubs, such , as snowballs, syflnglas and lilacs, that can be need to fin to empty spaces and corners. A row or two of hard maples or elms along the driveway, with a thick evergreen windbreak to the north, will finish the supply of neceeaary trees unless there are corners or bare spaces Jj about the yards that will be better foi a tree or two.