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WOODBINE Misa Lent Leventbal, of Philadelphia, ia the guest of Miu Marion E. Bayard. Mies Nina H. Bayard vent eeveral days here with her parenta, Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Bayard. Messrs. Fred Mayer, Arthur W. Gluck and Joe. M. Kalm. member* of tb Woodbine Coaat Knitting Company, came here from New Tort on business. A barn on the fsrm belonging to Mr. F. Finestein, waa toUlly deatroyed by firefFriday night, April 30th. O. O. Barr, auperintendept of the Cape May County schools, viaitel the achoolg here Monday. Due to the rain on Saturday the base ball game which our W. A. A. were eupposed| to ^play with Dorothy, waa poetponed for some future day. Mias Bessie Yudiak) wasMn Philadelphia on Saturday. fA party of Philadelpbians, among whom we JnoUoed Mr. Samuel S. Fleisner, Arthur B. Fleiaher and Mr. Marks, Meadamea S. B. Fleiaher, Coons and! Bermeiaer, viaited the Agricultural School, factories and the Woodbine farms on Sunday. Miss Lydia Cantor made a flying trip to Mill ville on Monday. A birthday party in honor of Benjamin Roaenbaum'waa given at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Roaenbaum, Saturday afternoon. May 1st Babbi B. L. Leventhal, of Philadelphia, spent several days here. " H. W. Geller, superintendent of the Baron de Hirsch Argicultural School, made a flying trip to Philadelphia on Wednesday. A STEADY DRIAN. Sick kidneys Weaken tbo Whole BodyMake Yon ill. Languid and Depressed. Sick kidneys weaken the body through the continuel drainage of lifegiving albumen from the blood Into the nrlne, and the substitution of poison- ■ ous uric acid that goes broadcast through the system, sowing the seeds i of disease. Loss of albumen causes weakness, languor, depression. Uric poisoning causes rheumatic pain ner- . vousness, nausea, cricks In the back, i gravel and kidney stones The proper treatment la a kidney treatment, and ] the best remedy Is Doan's Kidney i Pills, Great Cape May cures prove It STJames Ottoman, Mechanic street - West Ctpe May, N. J., says: "For : ' two'yeara I waa in the grasp of kidney complaint I had pains In my back, i especially in the morning and I ex- i perlenced sharp twinges when I stooped i or Bfte3. My back often ached at night, I waa easily tired, felt languid and < nervous and was subject to headaches 1 and dizzy spells. Another evidence of disordered kidneys wms the frequent j passages of the kidney secretions. Finally I tried Doan's Kidney Pills and ' in a abort time they relieved me. This > ] remedy eventually brought about a | 1 oure that has remained permanent from ' that day to this, k For sale by all deahrs. Price SOc. i r Foster- Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y., < | sole agents for the United States. j 1 | Remember the name— Doan's— and j I take no other. CAPE MAY* POINT. i^The cleaning up of brush and the j ■ setting in order of lots and other . ■"properties is proceeding and improving ! f appearances here materially. A nom- 1 L ber of bungalows and cottages are to ' L be built for the coming season and it ~ ■looks as though the Point had reBawakeued. It looks, also, as though tlx a formation of a Dorough government c I waa a move in the right direction as I the present borough officers are taking la great deal of interest and showing „ ■ excellent judgment. K Mrs. Conard, of Morristown, is preI paring to have a bungalow built 1 I Mrs. Henrietta Morris, of Philadel- ■ phis, is about to build a summer home. I Louis Smith, of Philadelphia, will J I build at Beach avenue and Brainard, Band David Anderson, of Philadelphia, ■will build in the same locality. B J. M. Lutx, of Philadelphia, has contracted for the erection of a bungalow j Bridling for Farmers. ' B IFarmers as well as all other business ] Ken should have their printed bill ; Meads, cards, 'paper and envelopes. It Books like business, it is more con- ] ■renient it helps trade, and it is ] ■beeper. Send for our price Jliat and ] ■emples or call at office when you are Br Cape May and we will tell you all ( ■boot it ■ 8TAR AND WAVE PUBLISHING l KX)., 318 and 817 Washington street i ^■Groceries, .'dry goods and provisions; ' B"0 boot" ,nd shoes at rock bottom ' ■rices at Thoo-'Soolta. Cold Spring, tf nonce ■ piles and other di lessee of the ■actum cured without the knife, ■rentment painless. No delay from < ^■brincss. The most careful and rigid ' ^Breatigation invited. Send for DR. R. REED, ^Boocn 730 Witherapoon Building, Wei- ■ Office hours 9 tofA 11-14 26t i

(KEEN CREEK. Seth (Miller, - Jr., made a. business . tripltc Philadelphia on Saturday. i j Mrs. Sallie B trick son waa shopping j in Philadelphia last week. After spending a week with her hus- . band on the Schooner "Lotta , f Roaael" Mrs. Joseph James and son , returned home the first of the week We were glad to see {Miss Mae Fos . ter at Sunday school after a severe ) sickness. Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Bobinaon, have e joined the Grange at Diss- Creek, e Rev. Elijah Tozer [made a business trip to Philadelphia and also visited his j . daughter on bis way. i Drum fish and asparagus Is now on , B the bill of fare. Strawberries next I Thurston Lowe, who has been in j . Wilmington for some time returned on \ Monday. ( The store of J. H. Schellenger has : . been" closed since his death which I proves very inconvenient for our peo- ! pie as it is thejonly dry eoods and aboe I store in the place. We hope it will be , opened in the near future. Ercelsior Castle and Arbutus Temple will hold their annOal memorial service ' on May 16tb in their hall. Mrs. Eliza Selover, who has spent i the winter with her daughter Lucy in I j Briogeron. returned home on Saturday, j p Lehman Richman and wife, who have occupied Ed. Armstrong's house i for the last two years, have moved to I the bench on the Hand homestead. j , Will Bateman sold one of hiS horses i to a party at Cape May on Saturday as | ( he will give up the mail route to Elmer j Herrmingway the first of July. Eni Eunipa, who was Captain Ben- j nett's steward for a number of .years ' in the "Maine," visited the Captain on Monday accompanied by a friend, j Roilon Stiles and wife spent a day ' last week with his parents I at Court House. Mrs. Beulah Scull wiil represent , : Arbutus Temple at the Grand Castle in Trenton in'September. ' Luther Crease and sister, Mrs. George Mixner took an auto ride to ! 1 Dennisville one day last week. ! Mrs. Lizzie Matthews, who has been with her parents here for a month re- : turned to Holly Beach last week. 1 Miss Edith Schellenger entertained ; Sarye, of Millville. Saturday night and Sunday. Mrs. WilliamEldredge and daughter ' went to Palermo Saturday to visit 1 Enoch Madara for a few days. Ralph Schellenger, Thomas Swain and Blmer Hemmiogway made a busitrip to Court House Friday evening. Some of our bayraen have been|going clamming these moonlight nights and j made good catches. Our fishermen caught several stur- 1 and drums the first of the week j i WHAT IS A COLD in the head? ' ! to worry about if you treat it . witn Ely's Oieam Balm. Neglected, 1 the cold may grow into catarrh, and j the air passages besoinfiamfcd thct you j have to fight for every breath. It is , true that Ely' Cream |Ralm masters I catarrh, promptly. But you know j the old saying about the ounce of I I prevention. Therefore use Cream • Balm when the cold in the head shows J itself. All druggists, 50c., or mailed by Ely Bros., 5S Warren street, New j York. j DENNISVILLE. | Miss Dorothy Hemphill and Mr. j Charles Carroll spent part of last week i with Clayton friends, returning home on Sunday. Mayor Harry C. Wheaton. of North Wild wood, has been spending a few days with frieads here. Leon Grace is spending some time here, with his Mends. Paul Carroll made a business trip to last' Monday. Harry Stille and family, of Clayton, ; spent Sunday with Mrs. Rachel Carroll. Robert Wright and Mrs. Rachel R. Wright have been spending the week here with their many friends. Paul Townsend. of Clermont, was calling on friends here last Saturday. John Thompson and daughter Miss Raohel Thompson, of Goshen, spent Monday with Mr. and Mrs. Washington Earnest. Miss Martha Gandy and Miss Mabel Wentzell attended the services at the , . Baptist Church at ; South Dennis on Sunday afternoon. The Ladies' Aid of the Methodist Church held their meeting Monday evening at the home of Mrs. Kate Blizzard. Captain Harry Chester, of New York City, spent Sunday with his family. Every lover of base ball is looking forward with interest to the opening of the base ball season of the county The first game played here will be on the fifteenth, with Tockaboe. After skating or the show, take luncheon at the Auditorium Cafe. Open evening until 12 o'clock. tf Thomas Soulta' general store in Cold | Spring is a popular base of supplies in l Lower Township and a "square deal" given to every patron. tf Children Cry FOB FLETCHER'S C ASTORIA

FISHING GREEK. j. Miss Tbeo Corson, of Philadelphia, spent several days « 1th ber old friends, Mrs. S. Bate Mrs. Priscilla Hughes returned to h ber home in Cold Spring Friday, much a improved in health. n Miss Mary Bate, of West Cape May. la spending some time witb her sister. A large number of relatives from our s village attended the funeral of Jin. Jonathan Matthews at Tabernacle, e Sunday afternoon. Worthy Master F. Bate received hia t commission for visiting State'Agricul- . tural Colleges. * ! n I Mrs. Ella Woolson and Lottie Miller J called on Mrs. Emily Thompson at q i Green Creek, on Wednesday. Qj Miss Hannah Woolson is spending a i few days with her brother Daniel, at B j Dorothy. [j | Mr. Dave Snyder took a spin to _ 1 Green Creek on Wednesday evening. e ! There was a heavy frost on Monday e morning, some losing! their tomato j plants. e Mrs. Beulah Isard and son Milton. B I spent Tuesday with her sister, Mrs. Frank Thomas, at Cape May Court 1 t House, and returned home to Borden- ' , town from there.

| Israel Woolson and family, of Holly 3 Beadi, spent Sunday witb hia parents, B ! Mrs. Durell Woolson. 3 j Mrs. Samuel Robert, of Holly Beach, was over taking care of Mrs. Sarah 8 [ Shaw part of last week. 3 j Mrs. John Snyder and faqiily took r tea with their niece, Mrs. ' Joe Ford, on Sunday^evening. Mr. Ford is con- . I fined to the bouse witb sickness. , , | Edgar Woolson 'ppent Sunday with , his parents. Mr. Daniel.Woolson. Mrs. Hattie Matthews and mother. , ! Mrs. Shaw, of Cold Spring, spent t Wednesday with Mrs. Mary ; Schellenger. J ERMA J Enoch Miller, Jr.. is enjoying clerk I . | life in B. T. Johnson's store. >1 Miss Emily Ingersoll visi'ed her! | parents Sunday afternoon, i Reuben T. Johnson, Jr., has been! . i indisposed during the past few days. j Reports from the ladies who spent , 1 Thursday at F. E. Bates, Fishing ; I Creek, would indicate an exceptionally ! fine time. It nas been said that sounds • of mirth were beard e'en to the Main i : Road by a solitary passerby. j The ladies of the Christian Endeavor 1 of the Presbyterian Church, will hold a strawberry festival in the basement of the church on May 14. Ice cream, strawberries and Home made cake for i sale. I : | The mother who would" be horrified j at the thought of letting her daughter wander away to a strange country I without guide or counsel, yet permits | her to enter that unknown land of 1 ; womanhood without counsel or csution. ; Theu, in utter ignorance, the maiden Inust meet physical problems whose solution will effect her whole future life, i Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription has i , been well named a "God-send to i; women." It corrects, irregularities and imparts such vigorous vitality to 1 the delicate womanly organs, as fits i them for the important functions. Many a nervous, hysterica], peevish girl has been changed to a happy youog woman after the use of "Favorite Prescription" has established the sound j health of the organs peculiarly fem- ! inine. Not a patent medicine but the "Favorite Prescription" <f. I r. Pierce, a Specialist in the diseases of women. Of known composition, without alcohol other dangerous stimulants, the active medicinal principles of Golden Seal and Lady's Slipper root, of Black Cohosh root, Unicom root and Blue Cohosh root are extracted from j each by the use of chemically pure, . triple refined glycerine. DEATHS MRS. MARTHA MATHEWS ' Mrs. Martha S. Matthews, wife of 1 Jonathan MJ Matthews, departed this lile April 29, 1909, in her 71st year. ' Her husband and three chilrden survive her. The funeral service was conducted in the Tabernacle Methodist Episcopal Church, at Erma, on Sunday, May 2nd, by the pastor. Rev. Mathias S. Messier, interment was made in the Tabernacle cemetery. 1 DEATH OF CHARLES HAND. Charles Hand, of Erma, died on Tuesday morning last at hia home at Erma after a prolonged illness. He has been in the life saving service and also an officer in the lightship service for a number of years. He was aged 66 | years. The funeral occurred^' esterd ay at 1 :30 o'clock in the afternoon. QE0R0E SAUER 9 < Born October 18th, 1868, died April 83rd, 1909, at 2 :60 o'clock in the afterMy dear friends of Cape May : I gratefully return thanks to those ! who have helped me in my trouble in the death of my dear husband. I hope God will bless them all. He waa a good husband and a good father. ( He has gone from his dear ones, his • children and his wife for whom he willingly toiled and loved as his life. How mysterious sndjstrangelare the ways of Providence. How deep the waters of affliction. THE WIDOW AND CHILDREN. j ■

SOME NEWS ANDCOMMENT, BREEZY OPINIONS INI KEYS ' I Iteas flatierel bj Stir iW Wire Reporters lU Coant M Cumt Everts < ' \ I Energetic and wise fathers and J mothers often leave wealth for their j children but do not always transmit , their energy and wildom, which would t b* much more valuable to 'heir deecen- < dants than money. If energy and , wisdom bad been inherited instead of , mere money, by some holders of val- | usble Cape May property, the property , would not be allowed to deteriorate. , a. « « The surrender at Appomattox took 1 place just 44 years ago this month, and r the Civil War ended then. Yet the t payment by the Government of pen- : sions last year was the largest in any i one year since (he war, the year, 1893, e when arrearages were paid, alone ex- t

y cepted. Forty-four years after the . war ia over we have pensions costing the people nearly a half "million dolt j lars every day in the year and with £ j 1,006,053 person on the pension list More than thirty years ago General k Grant believed that the high tide of I pensions had been reached, and that ' ! from that time onward there would be an annual decrease. And yet, in the h 1 year 1908, no less than 88,682 names and restorations were added to the list. — Baltimore Sun. It| * • W y An interesting bill relative to the i instruction of children in the public J j schools in the danger, chemistty and I ] prevention of fire is now under coo- ! j. sideration by a committee of the Massachusetts Legislature. So far j r as Tcan be learned. Massachusetts is ■ the only state in the Union asking for j n | such legislation.with the exception of | j Ohio, which alreadv has snch a law. i , | The burning of the public school at j i Collingwood and the frightful loss of j y ' child life in that fire spurred the Ohio ' g Legislature to a consideration of the j Q j question. « (• « The Committee on Education of the ' State Board of Education will meet j at the State House on Thursday, May 13, at 10:30 a. m., at which meeting * applicants for the position of County Superintendent of Cape May County will be examined. r Real Estate Agent Campbell testified g before the State Board of Equalization f that, he could [promptly sell Congress . Hall for $185,000 if given the oppor1 tunity. He also'testified that the Atlantic Terrace property and bathhouses s would bring $60,000 to $65,000. No j doubt both properties could be sold at 5 the prices named. The difficulty "about ( this and several other properties here is that the owners seem'to expect them l to rent and be profitable, although [ they mate no effort to make them atj tractive or to find tenants. Then they . complain as though somebody else were t to blame, but while they find the ■ property unprofitable under such management, they cling to it like grim . death and refuse to permit it to pass a into the hands of'live owners, at any ■ price. It is a mystervy. , la many years there'has been nothing done by City Council here which has aroused the storm of protest which has arisen over the passage of the mercantile tax ordinance. The best thing I which Council can now do is to suspend ■ the operation of the ordinance until 1910. S (• I* Sol. Needles. Real Estate Broker , 1 has rented the following cottages: I . Lewis Bennett's on Windsor avenue , to Dr. J. D. Target, of Philadelphia. Julius Denizot's on Broadway, to - William MacCaulIey, of Philadeplhia. , The Monroe cottage on Franklin street to Pilot John Church. The Needles cottage on Decatur l street to Prosecutor Ernest Lloyd. [ J. M. EL Hildreth's on Washington s street to Mrs. Lafayette Horter. > Mrs. Bella Holgate, of Philadelphia, ' i has leased a Washington street cottage. ^ > He has sold the cottage at 917 Stockr ton avenue formerly owned by Mrs. Oberteuffar to Madam Suelke-Sfaaw. They will occupy the same this season. * (• m 1 The State Board of Equalization of - Taxes, met at Ohy Hall on Friday last and considered appeals from the American Window Glass Company, of t Bridge ton against the City of Bridgee ton. The Sea Isle Water Company I against the City of Sea Iale City and ■ Annie O. Knight against the City of . Cape May. The last two were the s only appeals out of over two hundred - from the decisions of the Cape May v County Tax Board and this Board was f fully sustained in the matter of Annie f C. Knight [against tbe City |of Cape May, and [partially so in the Sea I«le • City case. The ;$menibers" of the 1 t r 1

' H Count, Board were preeent to assist in j • S • A pleasant letter from Brooklyn readers of the Star and Wave says : "We canobt do without your valuable paper. All success to you. We have . a kindly feeling for the Star and Wave . and we leva Cape May for there :s no ; place like it in this wide country." ... There is considerable truth in tbe May Star and Wave's' charge that the growth of that resort has been stifled by lack of public spirit on the part of wealthy summer cottagers and property owners, who deter public enterprise and try to keep tbe crowd pluming themselves on an exclusivcneas which, while it satisfies and selfish purposes but promotes dry rot in the municipality. if the permanent residents would toady less to tbe "poll-backs" who happen to have wealth and some i social distinction, it would be better Cape May. , Owners who will neither improve' their property nor sell, have cramped and fettered Cape in tbe years when she should have progressed. Even now, when new life , and capital have flowed into the resort, . they show no disposition to fall in and uiejr snow no uispusiuon u» ion in sou

e march with the prooession. — Camden Z Post Telegram. I , > ! r , S I ij ! ■I I r 1 ! ! 1 i - , ■ i ■ i : I , Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Lloyd gave a, | . Five Hundred party at their new borne , on Decatur street last, week' to a nu^u- ( ( ber of friends. « ft .j . Our daughters— what are we teaching . them? Are[ we training them to te , honest and self-supporting citizens? 1 ! Hundreds of employers, harassed and ! irritated with incompetent, inaccurate, ' unthiking girl employees, will answer ! "No!" t Are we training them to be good ' , housewives? Hundreds of young husbands, wonj dering why they cannot make both 1 ! ends of their income meet, will answer . as emphatically "No!" ' These questions are asked and ani swered in a series of articles, by well 1 known writers, the first of which appears in Woman's Home Companion for r May. I • • •) ( George Wentzell is getting ready for the season's rush by adding consider- 1 ' ably to his large stock of furniture. 1 (• (• c* lEverett Brown and partner captured j a roe sturgeon and also a buck a few days ago int heir net. Sturgeon meat ( brings 18 cents per pound to the 1 fishermen. (• (• fa IThe Sisters of St. Joseph of Phila- j. delphia,^iave purchased the Shoreham ( Hotel, Cape May Point, and will use it in summer as a rest house. % V f* (• Miss Blanche Hughes gave a dinner j party to a large number of friends on j. Tuesday evening. Dinner was folby cards and music. A most ( enjoyable time ia reported. ■ » 9 l The ladies of the Womena' Christian Temperance Union will hold a straw- j berry festival at the home of Mrs. •] Henry Rutbarford, 128 Decatur street.

Bli| Tuesday afternoon and evening. May Uth. Will the friends please take notice and help along a worthy cause. \ rt> « *> Z Obas. S. Church, the |Cape May Coal ' merchant has—started in the ice business with a fine equipment and he expecta to handle "date" ice which has tbe advantage over all artificial ice as it melts only from "the outside in." | while "can" ice melts "from the outside in, and the inside out" or in other words burns the candle on both ends. <• <b « "It is interesting to note just .now, in connection with tbe demand from Essex County that 8 special session of the Legislature be called to pass a hlnnlrpf ho I In I lav in nMw In omiM blanket ballot

purer elections, that the forty- three indictments for fraud In connection with the Newark primaries of 1907, have been quashed. It is always so— when crookedness is discovered, a rush ia made to the Legislature for more stringent and complicated laws, instead of punishing the crooks. "—Trenton Time*;. » ft S> The grand jurymen composing the April term of tbe federal grand jury came into court Wednesday and handed in twenty-two indictments. Previous . to being discharged with' the thanks of the court, they had a dinner at tbe Trenton House, and when the dinner, arranged by Carl G. Roebling and Harry S. Wilson, of this city, fellow jurymen, was well in prorgess, Freder- ' ick A. Rex. of. Camden, ordered ForeDavid Baird to his feet In a neat speech, Mr. Rex presented to tbe Camden leader a beautiful silver loving cup fiom his fellow jurymen. The cup was inscribed: "Presented to the Honorable David Baird by the members of the^ Federal Grand Jury of tbe April Term, 1909, May 4, 1909." The names of the donors followed Tbe Trenton members of the grand Jury were Mr. Roebling and Mr. Wilton. Mr. Baird was completely taken back. He could say nothing for a few minutes, as the gift was a total surprise. It has never been the custom for grand juries in the federal court to give presents or even to have dinners. The members come from all parts of the state, and, as they generally sit i but three or foyr days at the longest, there is not enough time Uy get to gethcr on a dinner or on presents. COLD SPRING The D. of |A. held an interesting meeting Tuesday afternoon. Rev. J. L. Landis dined with Pastor Lowden, Tuesday. t Mrs. Gussie Gibson and little daughter have been taking a pleasant visit with Mr. apd Mrs. Wm. Feaster. MissEih-1 Nickerson. our popular "school ma'am" has been ill of tonsilitis. Mrs. J. L. Snyder wheeled to Fishing Creek Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. F. Bate took tea with relatives Friday evening. John Soffe, of Audubon, visited his mother Tuesday and Wednesday. She been very ill but is gradually improving. Mrs. Edwin Cummings, of Philadelphia, spent a portion of the week with realtives. A few friends spent an enjoyable evening with Mr. and Mrs. E. J. Hitchner recently. M's A. Matthews still remains on the sick list. Alfred Crease is the proud owner of a new wheel. Mrs. Priscilla Hughes, who has been visiting her daughter at Fishing returned to her home Friday. Mr. Anthony Oresse was out for a walk Tuesday. Mrs. Millie Richardson, of Court spent the first of the week with sister. Mrs. Elmer Hemingway, of Green visited her mother last week. George IHalbruner and family, are living with Mrs. T. Weeks. Mrs. Laura Harris and Elizabeth attended services at tbe Sunday evening.

: Does Not Stimulate \ Ayei^s Sarsaparilla does not stimulate. It does not make you feel better one day, then as bad as ever the next. 5 is not a strong drink. No reaction after you stop using it 1 There is not a drop of alcohol in it You have the steady, r even gain that comes from a strong tonic and altpative. ! We wish you would ask your doctor about this. He knowSj/TmstJiinL^J)^ » What are Ayer's Pills? Liver Pi Us. How long have they been sold? Nearly sixty s years. Do doctors recommend them? Ask your own doctor and find out.