EXCELSIOR SKATING RINK • CXlill Open TuasHay. Thurs ay and Saturday Evenin and Saturday Afternoon. Also eacK Wednesday Afternoon for beginners j General Admission lO Cents Shates and Wardrobe 15 Gents 8 to 10.30 Evening 2 to 4.30 Afternoon t Jewelry and Watchmaking v ;• Establshed 1888 yjg% Large stock of carefully selected goods. Clocks of all kinds. Repairing of Watches, Clocks or Jewelry promptly and skillfully done. CL BELFORD GARRISON g05 WASHINGTON ST. CAPE MAY * tttOOOOOOQQOOOfffOQQOOOQOOOQ** : W. A.. LOVETT | i > Coi Washington and Perry Sts. O ' * 2*x.jz--z: onr-2-. xte-ist jbpse-2" jr i MANUFACTURER OF V ; ; harnkss, collars, saddles and horse goods x| I I Strap wort of All KlnA Blankets. Robes. Sheets and Nets £ 1 )>00000»»<l«><Xri^OOOO00O»0<» Goodyear Rubber Goods Leather, Cotton Rubber and Red Canvas B E L T I N G Rain Coats, Mackintoshes Rubber and Oiled Clothing. • - Horse Covers TOWN & BROTHER. *-,S£SL. p. Upholstering In all its Branches. Furniture of all kinds . Mattresses made and renovated. Window Shades, Carpets, Mattings, etc, We guarantee satisfaction Furniture to Hire by the day or week. HOWARD F OTTER 311-13 M»n,,lon *,r<,el Charles Seherer, 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. C\' Estab l.b.a 16SI Established 16S1 W7 S "The Old Reliable Jewelry Store" jjj ® JOSEPH K. HAND ~ ft 311 WASHINGTON STREET. X 2 k Watches, Clocks, Jewelry and Silverware. Repairing of all Qk / a kinds promptly attended to. Lm JvVVWVVWM.V/r'AV/A'/A stop at 109 ferry st. Cape lUy, N. J. > We have a full line of New Stoves, Heaters and Ranges. Odd Castings a specialty. Bargain Prices for a Large Lot of Second-Hand Double and Single Heaters. PLUMBING, TIN ROOFING, GUTTJERING , SPOUTING CHAMBERS Telephone Connection 1(19 Perry St CHARLES YORK STITES YORK YORK BROTHERS ~~ CARPENTERS AND BUILDERS CAPE MAY, N. J. Estimates Cheerfully Given on all Kinds ot Buildings. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. ^ P.O.BOX 661

i Seven w § Strong | Companies | Aggregate Capital Over $6000,000 1 RtpntaM t| tall t EMp 1 H Firs Insurance Agents. I S Twenty -six yean of experience. h Your insurance placed with us H 8 absolute | protection from loss by 1 fire. Apply to S. F. ELDREDGE £ BIO Washington .Street £} A. W. HAND I 816 Washington Street j mm W. BEEVES steam ami pot water » E 0 T I P 6 Sanitary Plumbing by Skilled Workmen, I Ask for Estimates. . 626 Waspigoa Street. ^%-VA "W * 1. H. sryTH £ J Clothier J £ 608 Washington SI, £ k Opposite Reeding Ste. a ? CAPE MAY, H: J. -5 ^ Suits for £5 and up- \ wards. Overcoats from £7 to \ 5 *is ^ Hats, Caps, Trunks, and ^ W Gentlemne's Furnishing-^ I ^ Goods at Philadelphia ^ 6 prices. £ f \ JOSEPH S. STITES, Practical House Painter and Agont for.,"Patton's SUN -PROOF PAINT" i CAPE MAY CITY. N. J. notice to limit creditors Estate of Thoma6 Eldredge, Deceased. Puisuant to the order of Chas. P. j Vanaman, Surrogate of the Coonty of Cape May, made on the 19th day of March, A. D., 1909, on the application of subscriber. Executrix, of said [deceased, notice is hereby giver, to the , creditors of said deceased to exhibit to the subscriber, nnder oath or ) affirmation, their claims and demands i against the estate of said deceased within nine months from the 19th day i of March, A. D., 1909, or they will be i forever barred of any action against the subscriber. I Dated March 19th, A. D.. 1909. EMMA T. ELDREDGE. I 4-3-9ts Executrix. It will pay you to look over Lavenhol's new assortment of goods which just arrived. An Edison phonograph and a collec, tion of records help to make happy homes. If you want anything form a paper i of pins to a pair of good gum boots I Thos. Soults, Cold Spring, can servo , you. Local 'phone. tf proposals wanted Sealed bids will be received by the City Council, of the City of Cape May, N. J., at 8 o'clock p. m.. May 10th, 1909, at the City Hall, for the extension of its storm water system on Madison avenue, Oorgie, Queen and Washington streets. Plans and specifications can be pro- ' cured at the City Hall, on the deposit of $6 to be returned on their surrender. The right to reject any and ail bids is-e|pr»»aly reserved 'by the Oity -Dated April 26. 1909. 8TILWELL HAND, Obayuyo ^ treat Committee.

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"Hello, Uncle Ben!" Joe caned aa his buggy flashed by the loaded wages. Uncda Ben replied to the aaluta tkrn with a surly nod. He twisted about on his load and gated at the receding vehicle. It waa she herself, and out riding with that young scamp : She was enjoying the fellow's company, too. so much that she had only a slight bow for him. She had never ridden with him except once at a funeral, when she went to the cemetery In his buggy because there was not room tor her elsewhere. He had Imagined many flmaa since ' the things he would hare said to her during that ride If he had known beforehand so as to be prepared, but be had not, and the ride had been a silent , one. She was bright and talkative with Joe, though. When be recognised, with a shock of surprise, who Joe's companion was they were chattering ' like blue Jays. He felt wronged somehow, though he had no claim to be. But be had always meant to marry her if she would 'consent when be found courage to .put the question. He knew Joe was in the habit of going to her brother's, where she lived, but until that minute he had not looked upon the fellow as his rival. Joe was young and good looking, and women thought so much of those things. Uncle Ben wasn't an old uncle at all. But he had come to think himself very venerable and aged Indeed. When a person becomes an uncle before bis manhood and when fate so shapes it that one must become not only uncle, but father and mother, to one's nephews the responsibility con-

AWAT down the bo ad he could see joe's HAT ADVANCING KAl'lDLT. duces to a feeling of old age, even when the said nephews are not much younger than oneself. So Uncle Ben very naturally supposed there was no chance for him at all with the woman whom he loved so truly. He even decided that he would sell his farm and go away. He brood1 ed over It ail day and with heavy j pain, forgetting to make bis usual ! sharp bargain in business. 1 As he drove into the gate at home | toward evening Joe's buggy again appeared, and he drew up for a chat . He was In fine spirits and boyishly i handsome beside Uncle Ben's rough , | farm clothes and soiled boots. ? "Guess ril take that cow, Unclt i | Ben." be said, with a conscious smile 1 1 "I expect to need her." f j Uncle Ben grunted and busied him J self with the gate. j| "You see. I'm— oh, I might as wel say it right out— I'm going to be mar . : ried pretty soon." ' "Settled. Is It?" His uncle glanced 1 np sharply, his face rather pale. | j "Well, not quite," Joe hesitated j "but she understands me well enough and it's going to be settled tonight : and the day fixed. I'm Invited there to . supper, and I'm sure she knows what I to expect. In fact. It nearly came oul this morning." ' Uncle Ben said nothing, and after a , moment Joe. who was accustomed tc ' J his reticent relative, started off, say • j lug: "Milly will be glad you are out [ | nearest neighbor. She thinks a lot oi you." j Despite Uncle Ben's resignation, he - 1 felt his gay and handsome nephew's carelessly confident words as If they , were so many sharp, savage thrusts from a dagger. There came a hot, suf - focatlng sense of shame and rage into - his heart that he should be thrust ' aside nnseeh, unheard. As he stumbled along by his team te ' the barnyard be was seised with a gTeat impulse te eee her and speak yet although it was nseleas. He looked about vaguely at first then with keen calculation. Joe was still In sight Hs bad stopped to talk , with some one, as was his social custom. He would not hurry, not dream | tng of need for H. His team was tired, and the other ' horses in tile pasture. If be would forestall Joe be would have to go afoot across lots! And there was no time tc share and garb hlifiaelf Us hs would 1

. to it than he had ever tins glued It poe- ' 1 j slble for him to go. e Through the grove and DonaWU . pasture scudded "old Unclt Ben." By : that time Joe bad nearly reached the . half mile corner. r Old man Donner yelled to know the meaning of the wild flight Uncle Ben . wared an impatient hand and sped on, t crossing the road, where he bad a t view Of Joe's rig whirling around the 4 corner. - From the ridge, a quarter of a mils r nearer his goal, be saw with satisfac- - tion that Joe had stopped, the center - of gossiping neighbors who always 1 gathered at Donner's. "All their questioning and scandal3 lslng will hinder him and help me," he ■oHloqulx& breathlessly, dashing on B with renewed vigor. * . The excitement of the race obliterated all other thought "Fd lose my 3 farm sooner than be beat" he de5 clared. feeling a new, keen thrill la f life as his supple limbs took him over _ the rough ground. Just to get there and say what be had to say before Joe arrived was all his thought now. As to how it should I be said, he was past thinking of that When he leaped the last fence Joe j had disappeared behind the hedge that B fringed the home stretch. Old Uncle Ben put on a last spurt . From the sheep pasture MUly's father hailed him. Uncle Ben did not eveu wave Id reply. The hired men stared as he rushed past the barn " where they were cbortng. ' He bad no time to go arouDd to tbs front. There was no time for knock- " lug ut doors or for formalities of any wSrt. Away down the road he could see Joe's hat advancing rapidly. He leaped .< the steps to the back porch and burled himself Into the kitchen. The fates favored him. 8be was at the table mixing biscuit "Milly — will— you— marry— me?" he panted, staggering^against the wall. "Quick! Auswer me! I've alwaysmeant to— have you? 1 love— you— more n I've— got time— to tell you. Now— quick— will you marry me?" Hs fiung his bat down and mopped his streaming face. ' She gazed at him in staring surprise, but at his hurried, panting, insistent demand she stammered with crimson bewilderment "Why, yes, Benjamin, 1 don't know but 1 will." "Yes? Je-rusaleml Is It yes?" he I shouted, seizing her floury hands. "Say it again! Quick!" "It's yes unless you're crazy, and I'm afraid you are." "No use. Joe. you're too 'late! She's mine!" he exulted as Joe aDd the family streamed in with surprised inquiry. | Then Joe comprehended and burst into shouts of laughter. "Oh. Uncle Ben. Uncle Ben. what a blunderl 1 But you're popped at last anyhow! Here's the Milly I'm going to knarry," drawing to him the blushing young girl. "Isn't that so, sweetheart?" s Little Milly nodded, then ran and hid her face on Annt MUly's bosom. 3 "But 1 thought— you've been going 1, with him and"— Uncle Ben began. "Don't tell me yon thought I'd take up with that fellow!" Aunt MUly said , Indignantly. 0 "WeU. thank fortune It's done and j you've promised roe! Laugh away. I'm happy!" said old Uncle Ben, castr lng off all his Imaginary years from 1 that moment. e A Well, Not an III, Wind. They had been talking of tornadoes, t hurricanes, cyclones and high winds y generally. Each succeeding story had b been more remarkable than its predecessors. but Amos James, acknowledgi ed head of the town story tellers, had . remained silent and attentive. With one accord all heads were at last turn1 ed in his direction. "Speaking of winds," he said dellberI ately at last, rising as If to go and half yawning as he spoke— "speaking of winds, there was a mighty powerful A one along '1 the middle of the night last summer when my wife and I were I visiting at Henry's. 1 "It waked us out of a sound sleep. ! and we heard things rushing by in the n air, but we lay there, not daring to get 1 up and see what was happening for 1 fear of being blowed right out through the window, a "Finally the wind passed on with a c great swoop, and we fell off to sleep. "When we woke up the next morn1 lng and looked out of the window, 1 what d'you think we saw amongst other things? Henry's well had blowed t right over the board fence and landed b In the next yard, and the folks there 1 was drawing water out of It calm as s you please."— Youth's Companion. 3 Got His Reward. 1 "What's the matter with your free? It looks as though a train had run over 3 it and turped And repeated ths opera - "Oh, not eo very much. 1 had a friend who Insisted that I should tell fatn, all of his faults." | "Congratulations; you got off light" Rich. "He is a villain of the deepest dye." r "Is her , "Well, there Is one comfort" "What is ttr t I It is diamond dye." |