. EWvc^Sexwva ofite £©nfty y&yxmfly OTv^ve bowtXs; c\ea»ses ftvc system e$cctea\Vy ; assists o«emoveK»wiu\$ \xab\\»fli cousXvpaVxow pocmaneTvWy. To OeUts beaejvcxoX. ejJec\s.Q\waysbu.y X\v& Cenuvwe, ° MANuracTuftco B» THE CALI FORNIA Fig Syrup Co. SOLD BY LEADING DRUGGIST5 5CT A BOTTLE GREEN CREEK. Eli Johnson, who has been assisting Somrrs laurel in taking up oysters along shore has gone up the bay to work. Somrrs I sard and wife, who hare been residing jn the bsy shore during the summer, has moved to their home mlRio Giande. Mrs. ' Ray Springer, of Wildwood, is spending some time with her parents here. Miss Morvic Bovce spent last week with her cousin. Miss Helen Ewing, in the lower part of the oounty. Mrs Lizzie Mathews, who has been here with her parents Beverai days went to Holly Peach on Saturday. Oaptain M. M. Norbury spent the week at home while his vessel was unloading ties in Norfolk. He and Mrs. Norbury drove to Wildwood on Monday. Ten persons were received in full connection in the Methodist Church on Sunday ' evening as a result of last winter's revival and there are others who were members bt fore who sre remaining faithful. Rev. Elijah Tozer and wife returned home from a two weeks vacation, their son George returning al6o. He had been with his sisters in Cumberland Oounty through the summer Miss Florence Shaw is with Mrs. Edna Schellenger for a few weeks. Mr. and Mrs. James Carpenter, of Millville, spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. Armstrong They would like to move here if a suitable place could be obtained. Mrs. Harry Lowe and children, who have been in Wilmington for two weeks, returned home on Friday. Some of our people attended the circus at Cape May last week. Roy Schellenger is driving the delivery wagon of his brother Walter since Jerry McKnight has gone to Maurice Kiver. S. Mattison Crease and family, who • have spent several weeks with relatives here returned to their Philadelphia home this week. Mrs. Isaac Parsons, who has been at the home of her father sick for several weeka was, able to ride op to her sia^ 1 ten, Mrs. Maggie Hickman's. Harry Lowe, who has been with the ' Telephone Company in Camden the ! past three weeks, spent Sunday and ] Monday with his family. ' Mrs. Carrie Key, Mr. and Mrs. ' Truman Hickman and Mrs. William Thompson, were at Cape May on 1 Friday. > Miss Patience Clark, who has spent 1 sometime here with her brother, Joseph Brown, returned home on Saturday. Our public school opened on Monday with Henry Daugherty as principal and Miss Reba Earnest primary teacher. 1 Miss Earnest will board with Mr. and Mrs. Daugherty who will occupy the cottage of Mrs. Sallie Cummings. Mesdames Bertha Crease, Alwilda , Mixner, Edoa and Laura Holmes, Ella . Conover and Cora Bateman made a party who went to Avalon and spent two days pleasantly with Mrs. Helen , James. Thomas Loper has the ".on tract to , convey the high school pupils to Court House .from here and Diaa Creek while Elmer Hemmingway will take them from Rio Grande. i Mrs. Frank Hollingsead and children 1 spent two days last week with her par- ; enta at Oape May. Truman Hickman and Thomas Loper attended the Grand Castle of K. G. EL. ; at Trenton on Monday. Mrs. Loper and Mrs. Luther Oresae also attended the Temple which met at be same time. On Thursday of last week Mrs. Mary Holmes entertained her brother, Alexander Creese, of California. It haa been about twenty-five years since be vititod here before. He has resided In Kansas that time. She also entertained David Crease and wile. Nicholas Creese ancTwife, Mrs. Holmes being a sister to Mrs. N. Crease. This brings, I two sisters and two brother all over j 70 years of age, Mr. David Crease i being about 80 years old.

WEST CAPE BAY Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Hughes and daughter, of Philadelphia, are visiting bis parents Dr. Frank Hughes and family, have moved into their new borne. Mrs. Albert Peterson, two children and mother spent Monday at Wildwood. George Stanton, of Ocean City, spent Sunday with his parents. Mrs. Edward Little is entertaining her aunt. Miss Anna Meyer spent a few daya at Erma last week. Dr. R. A. Hand and wife have been spending a week with Mrs. Hand's parents. The Doctor is practising dentistry in Camden and haa a large bosiMrs. Bessie Powell and son James have been spending a week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Haley. I Orion Reeves went to Atlantic City with the ball team which defeated the team there. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Reeves spent a few day6 with friends in Philadelphia. Mr. Elon Hand has had a discouraging time n his protracted illness. Af- 1 ter having suffered two relapses he is 1 now again, however, slowly gaining B and it is hoped will soon be on the way 9 of a more rapid recovery. He is a very busy mechanic and his sickness now, 8 for weeks, has been quite a check in 1 his boat building derations. ; 1 Automobile ownership £is extending , in the borough. Daniel Miller pur* 9 chased u fine large auto and his neigh- ; 9 bora will presume on the chance of a j ride or two, which Mr. Miller, in his , ' unselfishness will not disappoint , 1 Autos are perceptibly and gradually j whirling less frequently down Broad1 way; but by no meanB enough so yet to 9 make us feel Ipnesome. Our building artisans are beginning 2 to get busy and when the cottage operations at East Cape May are once fully started on their way, our supply of 1 skilled labor over here will soon be far short of the demand. In view of the pending and prospec1 tive prosperity there have been a number of inquiries for building sites from ' thos" who are beginning to realize that i the few choice locations are likely to be early taken. Dr. and Mrs. Clarence Eldredge, who ' have been spending a pleasant vacation of three weeks * with his mother | and ^brother, left for their home on j Tuesday. And we congratulate tne j genial doctor on a very urgent invita- S , tion from a friend in New York to join : ' him in a purely pleasure western trip j which he has accepted. They leave j j Philadelphia by special car today lor j 1 Denver, Colorado. We wish them a i 1 delightful and interesting trip beyond j 1 ' the Rockies. 1 Mrs. Joseph Brewton is gradually I , recovering. Our schools are all in good working j . condition, the teachers reporting the | ■ schools as unusually diligent and in- , teresting in beginning the term. Considerable increase [of numbers is noted i and the 'indications from'ocr growing . population, are that it cannot be very long before further capacity will be required to properly house and instruct ^ them. |Kev. J. L. Landis, on account of the j absence of the pastor, conducted sei»- j ' vices and preached at Cold Spring and j Oape May Chapel, [respectively Sabbath morning and evening. Mr. Landis will by special request, preach in one of the oldesc churcnes of Delaware tomorrow. Mrs. George Blake and interesting family, of Hammonton, have been spending a fortnight with Miss Mary GOODNEWS. t Many Cape May Readers Have Heard It r and Profited Thereby. f I "Good news travels fast. " and tne i s housands of bad back suffereae in c Oape May are glad to learn that prompt > relief is within their reach. M^ny a ! ante, weak and achhg back is bad no 1 £ more, thanks to Doan's Kidney Pills. « Thousands upon tlfousands of people t are telling the Rood news of their ex- J perience with the Old Quaker Remedy. ' Here ia an example worth reading : , - Lewis 'Kut tz, retired, 32 JE. Oak - street, Millville, N. J., says: "A little ( , over a year ago 1 had a bad attack of t . kidney and bladder trouble and my i health became much run down. My 1 ■ bead pained me, my back acbed and c there .were times when "a complete re- ' ■ tention of the kidney secretions ex- i I tited. (The passages *of the secretions 1 i were also intensely painful. Doan's ( Kidney Pills came to my attention when < , I was in this condition and I procured c . a box. They soon helped me and? con- ' , tinued taking tbem until in good health. , From that day to this I have bad no , occasion to use a kidney remedy and 1 . think juat as highly of Doan's Kicney 1 , Pills as ever." For sale by all dealers. Price 5Cc, I I Foster-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. i ■ j so'e agent* for the United States. ^ ij Remember the name— Doan's— and ' I take no other' {

Mrs. Julia Denn is entertaining her daughter and two aoos from Gloc1 Mrs. Rita'Thornton made a business 1 trip to Court House recently. Public school opened oc Monday ! with a full attendance. Mrs. Warren Neal visited bar brother ' at SewelPs on Thursday. ' Mrs. Fannie Hand is spending a few days with her sister Emily, at Cold Spring. 1 Mies Mary Goff Neal went to Wildwood on Tuesday to take her school the same as last year. Mr. and Mrs. Florence Sturdevant, 1 of Philadelphia, visited Mrs. Fred Neal ' and daughter May, ou Fri-ay and Saturday. David Schull had the misfortune to _ have one of his horses badly cut in a ° runaway over at Wildwood on Monday. GO WITH A RUSH ' Tqe demand for that wonderful Stoni- ; ach. Liver and Kidney cure, Dr. King's New Life Pills— is astounding. Drug- , g sts say they never saw the like. Ita because they never fail to cure Sour • Stomach. Constipation Indigestion. - Biliousness. Jaundice, Sick Headache, . I Chills and Malaria. Only 26c. Sold by j AH Druggists. sep ' COLD SPRING PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH x The Women's Aid Society. Cold '• Spring Presbyierian Church will meet 1 this Saturday afternoon, 11th inst, at 8 p. m. at reaidenoe of Mrs. E. J. Eldredge, West Cape May. Missionary Society, of Cold Spring Church, will meet at reso*' Mrs. E. J. Eldredge. on j Wed- ; 1 nesday, 15th inst., at 3 p. m. All cordially invited to both above meetMRS. SMITH, Secretary. CASTOR I A | For Infants and Children. i T to Kind Yob Hare Always Bought ; Signature ot '

STIR AND WAVE TIDE TABLE Ititflb Gibe September anb October' ! October 1 ! A. M. P. M. Date A. M. P. M. i 8:51 9:11 1 9:16 9:40 9:40 10:00 2 10:05 10:82 10:80 10:60 IT 10:56 11:29 11:20 11:42 4 11:52 12:10 12:07 12:15 5 12:31 12:51 12:41 1:15 6 1:48 A :58 1:49 2:18 7 2:58 3:06 3:05 3:25 8 4:10 4:12 j 4:19 4:30 9 5:07 5:07 1.5:15 6:28 10 5:53 5:56 I 6:18 6:20 11 6:31 6:40 7:03 7:05 12 7:05 7:16 7:40 7:45 18 7:34 7:48 8:12 8:21 14 8:00 8:15 8:42 8:53 15 8:27 8:38 9 :10 9 :2J 16 8 :67 9 :06 9:37 9:45 17 9:30 9:40 10:07 10:15 18 16:07 10:21 10:48 10:61 19 10:50 11:05 11:31 20 11:40 12.-01 12:11 21 12:11 12:36 -2Z 1 :05 22 1 :07 1 :40 1:20 2:07 23 2:20 2:60 2:30 3:15 24 3:87 4:00 3:46 4:22 25 4:41 5:02 J 4:57 5:23 26 5:36 5:68| 6:58 6:20 27 6:27 6:50 6:50 7:12 28 7:16 7:40 7:40 8:03 29 8.-04 8:30 1 827 8:51 30 8:52 921 31 9:42 10:15 CHANCE FOR OUR READERS In order to teat the Star and Wave's great circulation and its superior ad* vertising value, we have made arrangements witn Mecray't Pharmacy, the popular drug store, to offer one of the | beet selling medicines at half price to who will cut out the following and present it at Mecray 's store : COUPON I This coupon entitles the bolder to 50c package of Dr. Howard's Specific for the cure of constipation and dyspepsia at half price, 25c. We will refund the money to any dissatisfied customer. q Mcray's Pharmacy. Twenty-Five Cents Dr. Howard's specific for the cure of constipation and dyspepsia is not an unknown remedy. It has made manytreroarkable cure slight here in Cape, May and so positive is Mecray 's Pharmacy of its great superiority id curing dyspepsia, constipation, sick headache and over troubles that he will, in addition is selling it at half price, refund the to anyone whom it does not If you canno' call at his store, cut out the coupon and Jmaii Jit (with 25 cents, and a 50 cent box of the specific will be sent you by mail, charges paid. AGENTS ! Chance of your life I' Establish permanent business. Exclusive territory. Sell our perfect, brass, kerosene or coal oil, mantle, table lamp; banging or lamp; 100 candle power; i oil used; a wonder; simple; durable; sells on sight; handsome profit Sample at wholesale price. Write today. Webster Specialty Co.. 4t Water-bury, Conn.

ST. BARY'S CHURCH ! i FATHER DEGEN'S STEAIY WORK I C»p Hay now a Strong Catk- J olic Parisfc and St Mary's ! Prosprois, ' Mararet M. Haivey, in a recent num- < ber of ' 'Our Lady of Good Counsel,* i published at Villa Nova, Pa., says: I ' 'It was Eugene Field, of pleasant « memory, who diagnosed the malady which unsympathetic folks had been , 1 calling in bis case, plain extravagance i •b 'chronic catalogitis," caused, by a ; germ that abides in the catalogue of < old books and produces in its victim i total inability to resist the attraction ( | of a book sale. A congenital germ it ] must be (possibly fostered in Philadelphia by the vicinage of our Catholic ] Historical Society) that causes the ' growing disposition here. to investigate ( Catholic beginnings and collate the ; story of the Catholic progress. ] "Few impulses deserve more encour- ] agement, for only familiarities with ■ the past can cause us to comprehend \ its difficulties and ffairly estimate its ( achievements. With this knowledge, , too, must needs grow the honest ap- \ preciation of our present advantages, ] as well as of the responsibilities which | they entail, if, indeed, we would not , leave behind a record sadly inferior to that of our forbears. t "Our own interest in the annals and , reminiscences of the past proves the j truth of that much quoted saying of f John Qqincy Adams, that posterity t delights jn details, and these it be- E noores us to provide. Even in the j jouri eying and sojourns which conati- ( tute the idea American vacation there t is ample opportunity for research, and , the collection of what Watson calls g 'memorabilia,' that shall be invaluable <: to the future historian of the faith in s America. t Thanks to Catholic teaching and its j practical every day application, there f ^are few of our people today willing to t | decide the question of a summer's loca- £ Hon without dulyjconaidering the relig- r ! ious facilities it affords. It is only j within a very few years that the con- ] jscientious Catholic, therefore, had i r [ wide scope^for vacation choice, for, aa ,

:r I the Standard's judicious Busybody re. r i. j cently remarked, 'rural Catholic com- f 0 munitiea are still comparatively rare— t 12 1 it would seem superlatively so in £ 3 Pennsylvania.' But compensation is j 0 fouud in the plentitode of seashore t il resorts where today, thank God! the f 18 music of Mass and anthem mingles r 6 with the croon of the voiceful waves, T 2 and the lamp of sanctuaiy shines for g 17 the faithful as the beacon of the beach ( 6 for the incoming mariner, symbolic alii ways of safety and welcome. Let us j 5 pause and count them over — the sea8 side abtines that jewel the stretch of j 6 ocean front, which is so peculiarly j g Philadelphia's vacation . Mecca. f 6 The great Atlantic as we km .7, { 0 washes the Jertey shore for ita ex1 treme length from Cape May to Sandy g 6 Hook — Frank Stockton put it once that g 1 New Jersey is .very intimate with the v 6 ocean — but for our present purpose w 0 shall follow the original line whi-h 0 was made in 1676, dividing the State 0 into two provinces, and confine our at- ^ 2 tention to the western one, with a sea- a g j coast commencing below Long Branch, h 0 in the waters then know as Little Egg jj 0 Harbor .and terminating with Cape p 0 May Point. a 1 [ "Within these limits no fewer than 1 5 nine summer resorts have arisen to bid e I for popular favor, most of them possessing the Catholic qualification which I we have set out to discover and de- 1 I 5 scribe in curso>y fashion. | I. "Seniority and historical interest II e place Cape May first upon our list. In | e school histories we read of the Dutch I g explorer, Cornelius Jacobus Mey, who ■ : in 1^23 rounded the southernmost point ] ( - ot New Jersey seil and bestowed uf jn I i. his own suiaame, which still sur- ' o vives. Agriculturists, tilling the land j 8 to the ocean's edge, and fishermen, " seeking the whale and sea lion in the i. iteming waters, followed in the wake j. of the bluff navigator^- But all these ( ■ had long since passed to join- the t nations beyond the flood before tbe £ - era of the summer re. irt and the sum- r n mer boarder. Both weie innovations g S- of the closing years of the eighteenth s y century, when Cape May and Long c 7 Branch— the latter on the shore of the ( eastern province— 'were earliest menn tioned in this connection. « "When the practice of summer traveling first obtained — and in 1820 we lt find it characterized as quite a modern 5 fashion— inland (watering places were c sought, sea bathing considered as only '• adapted to the robust, who mignt venture an excursion to the shore in a Jersey wagon, carrying their own supply of provisions, and bedding as well, j "With this class Long Beach and r Tucker Beach somewhat antedated ii Cape May and Long Branch. But the 8 latter soon came to be distinctly f&sh;t ion able, even when the Philadelphia tourist, bound for Oape May. was i. obliged to undertake a two days' ride

commons, whence three femes started. "With tbe invention of the steam- j Ifcat Cape May', reign as the earliest queen to Atlantic resorts was fairly begun, an J darin(£the brief outing seasons then favored, ber hoetelries harbored tbe leading citizena of the yoong republic. To these early associations the namee of her streets and hotels still bear teetittony. | "Bat interesting as such reminiscences are, and much as one would like to contrast the old tirou doings and the it is with the latter only that we to deal, for Catholicity wa8 a comparatively late comer at.CapeMay. "In the summer Sundays of the early sixties a priest was usually spared from some other mistion to say there, but in winter even this was found impracticable, end two or three visits sufficed from the cloa£ of season to the beginning of the next "Tbe formation of Cape May parish dates from 1869. when Rev. Degan, a missionary of the nationality aa Captain Cornelius Mev, was appoint! d to take charge of Millville. Vineland, Oape and nearby stations, meaning an where now two priests find ample field of labor. ' It was Father Dc gen's custom then to go by stage from his residence, to Millville, cehbrate Mass and take tbe tnin thence which, reaching Oape May at 11 :15, allowed time to have the consecration over by "Shortly after he had completed a pretty rectory at Bridgeton, one of bis earliest efforts. Father Degen was appointed rector of Cape Way lis 1871, and here for 28 yfears he toiled with the unflagging zeal of a born missionary. Amongst the visible results of labor are the removal of the church ita present site, the erection of new altars and new pews therein, the provision of vestments and sacred vessels, the building of the school house and Sisters' residence, and the rebuilding andfenlargement of ..the rectory. He also built tbe church et Cape May which included in itsfurnishings pews that had been used by tne Presbyterians when they held religious services in a pavilion at Sea Grove, now Cape May Point. "Father Degen's silver jubilee in 1882 and the celebration of the 40th of his priesthood in 1897, were two Occasions when citizens of all denominations joined his. faithful flock in practical expression of the admiration and esteem so justly due to'this tireless priest, who in 18 years had raised Cape from the status rof a struggling mission to that of a most flourishing parish. A suggestive fact in this connection is that in his memory a mag■nificent sanctuary lamp has been presented to his beloved church by a nonlady, Miss Anna Knight. "On the last day of Octooer, 1900, Father Degen passed to his eternal reward, and was succeeded by the Rev. S. Kellv ; under his guidance many improvements have been efand tbe present season finds pastor and people urgently occupied in preparing for the erection of a new stone edifice, which shall seat 500 percost $80,000 and be in all respects worthy of ai istrocratic Cape May." A HURRY UP CALL Quick ! Mr. Dfuggist. Quick ! A of Bucklen's Arnica Salve. Here's quarter— for the love of Mosee, hurry ! Baby's hprned himself terri- : Johnnie cuthis foot with the axe ; Mamie's scalded ; Pa can't walk from piles ; Billie has boils, and my corns ache. She got it and soon cured all the family. Its the greatest healer on earth. Sold by All Druggists. sep PARKER'S Violin, banjo and mandolin strings, i and other fittings at Star and Wave | and Stationery Department, 317 j street. tf AT THE BAPTIST CHURCH B. A. Bowers, Pastor. Sundav mornservice 10:30 o'clock. Kev. A. B. Gerhearti'Pb. D., will s^eak to us on th work of the New Jersey AntiLeague. Mr. Gerheart has made a study of the liquor evil and we should hear what he has to say on the subject. The evening services at 8 o'clock will be conducted bv the pastor. i

s I k*ep* tile beby frowieg. I I CaiHuD'UfliM ■ * : THE "STAR DEFENDERS" The "Star Defenders" is a new or-_. " ganization which began existence at * ' Atlaptic City about two months ago, . a its purpose being to provide for the J r care of deserted dogs and cats at tl» seashore resorts at the close of each • season. A concert wan held at Atlan5 tic City recently to raise funds and another is to be given at Ocean City In 1 about a week. It is proposed to pur- ' chasejif farm at McKee City, near At9 lantic City and eetabliah a home there with proper care for the strays. The officers of this unique organization are 2 Mrs. Ettie Ooggswell, of of 127 North 1 South Carolina avenue, Atlantic City, 2 president; Mrs Dr. Beckwith. eece9 tury ; Mrs. Bowen, Mrs. Folium, pro9 pnetor Hotel Warwick, Mrs. Cohen, of Boston, directors. ' Mrs. Coggswell was here yesterday in the interest of the society and de- ' sires all who are interested in the work ^ proposed to write to her. i * " * A childless borne is a cheerless home - The maternal instinct exists in every ! woman, and when it ia ungratified she . is deprived of much of the happiness ' of life. It often happens that child- , leeaness |is {due to some cause which , can be removed, and often is removed . by the use of Di;. Pierce's Favonte Prescription. The ^ vigor and [vitality which this remedy imparts to the deli- . cite womanly organs, puts tbem in a j oonditiou|of normal health, the lack of , which isjoften the sole obstruction to , maternity. Every woman should read . Dr. Pierce's Common Sense Medioal . Adviser, a book containing 1008 pages and/700 illustrations. It is sent entirely free on receipt of stamps to pay ex- | pense of mailing only. Send 21 one t cent sumps for the 'paper bound vol- , ume, or 31 stamps for cloth covered. ' Address Dr. R. V. Pierce, 663 Main ! street, Buffalo, N. Y. Weed Cutting by T.'ciorboat. - In Egypt an enormuus amount of trouble and expense hare been caused by the weeds and other vegetable ■growth which spread so rabidly ns to choke cana's and other waterways In a few days. Clearing by hand lias - been found Impossible In one district, so a motorboat has I teen equip] >ed with a unique weed cutler -nd placed I In 6errlee. The < jttinz attachment -consists of a pair of V : ' aped knives with sharp and powerful blades work- . ed by belt from the propeller shaft. They tratl along the Ixrftom of the wa1 terway. cutting the growth off at tbe i roots. It Is said that the little boat 1 will clear as much as five acres an . hour.— London Globe. Washable Straps In Cars. White kid gloves may now gr-isp with lmpnnlty the straps of the new open pay-as-you-enter cars on the Third avenue line. The banging straps are completely covered by a celluloid enamel composition of pure while. They are to be cleaned every day and i washed with a spoDge. and they < an be perfumed and disinfected If necessary. The board of health is said to be delighted with tbe Innovation and 1 warmly approves the effort' to make the devices slippery Alpine heights from which wicked bacteria would slide and break their evil necks. The new straps are soon to be placed In ail the ears «f the system.— New York Herald. A High Toned Umpire. During the ball game between the newsboys aud the bootblacks on Murf phy's vacant lot the umpire had occasion to resent an unjust reflection op his character. "Youse to de clubhouse!" he roared at the offending player. "Aw, come out uv it!" retorted the snappy player. "Dere ain't no club house on dese grounds!" "Den crawl Into a sewer pipe and draw on yer Imagination, youse lemon 1 pie faced mut!" cried the haughty of- ' Octal. "I ain't gain' ter change me ' style uv expression ter accomerdate < yer Jay surroundtn'*r'— Exchange

It IVlay Be Pneumonia "A hard chill, pain through the chest, difficult breathing. ' Then fever, with great prostration." If this should be your experience, send for your doctor. You may have pneumonia! If your doctor cannot come at once, give Ayer's Cherry Pectoral. When he comes, tell him exactly what you have done. Then do as he says.' NO alcohol in tfliS COUgh medicine, y. C. A yer Co., Lowell, Mass. Keep the bowels in good condition. One of Ayer's Pills at bedtime will cause an increased flow of bile, and produce a gentle laxative effect the d:.y following. ^