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AFTER GRIPPE I VlrtbMXr. ■»!.-. SMC* * ^ asfrssvat*a? ■ Sua-Jolnf CSJ tireL *» ■ad or couch and nervouBnoss are all " •one, and 1 tan truly eay Vlnol U all i, Satia claimed for it. —Jambs MaRTW. , Vtool ii i constitutiocal remedy for all weak, nervous and run-down conditions of men, women and children, and <1 for chronic coughs, colds and bronchitis. , James Meeray,- Druggist, Cape May, g Hew J«ey. i " f i

THE ECONOMIC VALUE OF CATS 1 1 By Mary Craige Yarrow. t Cats are Nature's expert destroyers of J rata and mice, acknowledged to be un- ' excelled, because they seek them where ' nothing else oould teach. One writing I on this subject has stated as follow*; ' "Bats are the wisest and the most cun- ' sing and suspicious of animals, and their 1 numbers increase with a rapidly, which . defies all attempts at extermination. It 1 is almost impossible to catch more than < one rat in the same place, in the same ' trap; and as for poisons, it is not very pleasant for a poisoned rat to die in some inaccessible place." The Health Department of Phfladel- * phi*. in its Weekly Bulletin, ihs estimated that every rat costs the public ' one dollar per year; carpets, curtains, clothing, dry goods, leather goods, and books, being quoted as among the valua- ' bis articles destroyed by them. In farming districts this increase would be largely increased as rats and mice lire to a great extent upon the crops. Core is attacked in tb* milk stage and the cobs left bare Grain and feed bins ■offer gf^t tosses, and fruit and vegetables are often injured during transposition Young ducks, turkeys, pigeons | and chickens are not safe where rats are to be found, nor are eggs. * For nome hundreds of years the cat has been Serving man's interests faithfully, aa one of his best helpers, protecting his property both on land and 1 sea to aa extent so vast, that it would be difficult to put the amonnt into figures; yet in these later days human savagery has broken out on this side of the ' Atlantic, in the form of a moat cruel | war upon this dumb friends. Cat License Bills are the powder and shot which are being used, and every unfair ' means is being used to stir up public sentiment- Even in schools reading matter is being introduced, which, is eal- J N. ciliated to arouse ill-will and enmity to- | j ward the- useful est. The moral effect I / upon child^n'bf this combined and1 contradictory Reaching of Cruelty to cats , ' e and kindness to birds, will be so very bad that humane educators -tand aghast on seeing this unexpected Now aimed at the beautiful teaching of justice and 1 mercy to atl, which is being given in ' schools and elsewhere. Some Ost License Bills have placed j a bounty on the cat. utterly disregard- , iug the strong temptation to the theft ' and killing of pet cats, which this would be throwing in the way of those not ' naturally, kind. In Chicago a bounty | was once placed upon spa '-rows, and 1 within ten.^days, through the reckless ' use of air guns by boys eager to secure 1 the offered money, many persons had be- ' come wholly or partially blind, or were ' suffering from other injuries. ! ' • One of the cat's most valued sir vices 1 to man lien; in its protection of the ' mails, and Congress recognizes this by ' making provision annually for govern- ' ment cats. Tliey are cot-fed on the pay rolls aa employees* and considered so important that even during periods ■ of strictest economy their number has , never hero reduced. In Togo "official ' cats" are kept in order to prevent rats I from causing an epidemic of the plague, and as the danger of this is greatest in j coast towns, the government has directed that the number of cats kept in C them should be largely increased. In Hongkong it is c-nqmlsory that a cat C be kept ia every .house, and in the larger \ bouses three are required. - Sensational statements are being circulated aa to the number of bird* killed by cate, some even attempting to give the number of birds per cat. There is, •f coarse, no method by which • census , of this kind could be made, and thousands of eats are liviag in densely populated sections of large cUiea, where they never eee herds, and certainly could not kill them, instead of doing so, as aecaaed, they are keeping rats aad mire from canning great destruction in warehouses, stores, stables, etc., and in " wretched tenement houses they are protecting very young children, often left alone, from being attacked by rata, horrible instances of this having been ] Should eats be exterminated, or their I a umbers largely redaeed, the world weuid be mandated with rodents A 1 striking hi dsai i of esan's tagreUtwD to , **hM MP-, * the mrimal kh*dom hae hare dm. ia Fm.sjI nali wWs ab-mrty waaemasplnaed rparvbul ha-h* (hmn ha** eompMhtai off f the bind, were fcBMd that field saWe

in check, increased so rapidly that tha Slate lost upward of four million dollars in a year aad a half. The Uw was quickly repealed, but it will be years before the balance can be restmai." Theorists, and those who dislike eats, are -urging the passage of dangeroua, inhumane and demoralising cat license bill", while many practical humanitarexperienced in every detail of work small animals, are opposing them. The mental and moral vision must indeed be warped and twisted. in Individuals who would make the cat a scapegoat for the sins of the human kind, ignoring as they do sud^acta as that ( millions of birds are demanded each year by American women alone for hat trimmings, to which may be added the deadly record of the airgun (one young hunter was found not long ago carrying a bag ia which were dead robins, larks, song sparrows and chipping sparrows), and" the enormous sacrifice of birds caused by the collection mania. "Surely in comparison with this wholesale slaughter the fact that the £«qsv i| tp*i( a[[nuojssoso "s Xmm Jsdjo where birds are concerned sinks Into lnoat's hunting instinct, so useful in significance. U Mothers Only Knew. Mother Gray's Sweet Powders for children relieve Feverishness, Headache, Bad Stomach, Teething Disorders, move and regulate the Bowels and^leetroy worms. They break upholds in 24 hours. Used by mothers for 28 years. All Druggists, 25c. Sample FREE Address, Mother Gray Oo., LeRoy, N- Y. I-I6-4t WEST CAPE MAY Mrs. W. P. Lloyd spent a few days this week in Philadelphia. , James Wilson spent a few days in : Philadelphia recently. The Ladies' Sewing Circle met at the home of Mrs. E. G. Hughes on Wednesday. Fk>y3 Hughes of Pennsgrovc, N. J.. I spent Sunday with his parents Mr. artd j Mrs. Charles M. Hughes. Miss Edna Vanzant is spi-nding the - winter with her- grand parents, Mr. , ana Mrs. W. S. Vanzant. Samuel Toy, Jr.. spent a few days .ast week away. Mrs. Tlioiuns Hemingway Uas been on U,* sick l'£<I Mr. and Mra. Leslie Bishop are the proud parents of a little baby girl, j The Alpha Cass met at the home of Miss Laura Piersou on Mo.' ley night. The ' Reliance" class had i'= weekly [meeting at the home of ii S A CYanmer. UNCLAIMED LETTERS. List of unclaimed letters remaining in Cape May Postoffice for week ending January 12, 1016; j Wallace. Mrs. Minnie. Williams. Edward. In calling for the above please say ad- | ' rertised J F- TAYLOR. P. M j AUTOMOBILES | Before buying see the new five pas aenger Met* touring ear, fully equlppei ] witt Gray and Davis eketrie lighting and I starter Is an up to drte car in every j detail, has perfectly safe transmission i for lady to drive, has full eliptioal . springs back anu front, and good spring { upholstered cushions. Price WOO J08. S. RT1TES. n-ni | Cape May City, N. J. Phone 1S4-M R.-nd the Weekly >m #nd Ws > - CHINESE HAND LAUNDRY. j WILD WOOD AND CAPE MAY MRS. F. N. BECK, AGENT. OCEAN AND HUGHES STREETS EXCELLENT WORK. CLOTHES HANDLED. A TRIAL CONVINCE YOU. Christmas (Sifts SUBSCRIPTIONS TAKEN AND RE FOR LADIES' HOME JOURNAL, SATURDAY EVENING POST, AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN. LAURENCE H ELDREDGE. 878 Washington Street, I Oape May, N. J. | SPECIAL Friday - • Saturday SUBE TO VISIT US DURING THE WHITE SALE, JANUARY 14th TO aoth. lilt Laura M. Brown's 417 Wuhuvte. Street I f T 'l 1

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