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JM ' I huAoW&lbs , j PERVERSITY OF THINGS f{TT BEATS all how fate puts f X crimp Id a man's fondest ambi 1 lions," said the retired merchant. "Re- I cently I hare been hungering for at ■ old-fashioned boiled dinner, compose' j * "' the standard vege j tne sianouro vege j

tables. I men • tloned the mnttet I several times, and. my wife said she would give the hired girl a bollday and get me u[ a boiled dinner, < such as we used j [ to have In thehal- , cyon days. The j banquet w a » I scheduled for yes | terday. and 1 I looked forward to • It like a hungry wolf. I couldn't ■ t won. i couiuu i

think of anything else for three days. And when the meal was dished up 1 had an attack of jumping toothache, and was jumping over the chairs with my heed under my arm." "That's always the way in this world, doggone It," commented the bo tel keeper. "Just as sure as yon look forward to something you're going tc run up against a disappointment that win break your heart. "Last week I had so much business I was on my feet day and night. 1 " didn't get any sleep to speak of for several nights, and my eyes felt like hard-boiled eggs. I was just dead on my feet I was so played out. I looked | forward to the time when I could saw off a few lengths of slumber Just as you looked forward to that boiled fodder."

"At last things slacked up and I went up to my room at seven o'clock su In the evening, prepared to sleep g* round the dock, or as much longer as ar I felt necessary. 1 was so drowsy I p, could hardly see to get my rags off, and I heaved a sigh of relief when I _ crawled In between the sheets. But "before I had been there three minute* old JlgglesoD came along with his brass band and began playing selections under my window. The congressman from this district was occupying the room next to mine, and those lo- K coed musicians were serenading him, probably hoping to be appointed postmaster before long. They played every blamed tune you ever heard of. and I had to leave my own room and go to one at the back of the hotel. •That room hadn't been used for a long time, and things weren't In good repair. I climbed Into the bed and eras snoring a few quotations from the classics, when all the slats came down at once and I landed on the floor on G my ear with my feet up on the foot of the bed. I thought my back was broken In three places, but I jnanaged , to gat -up, and then I hiked back t< my own room. I hritf left the window , open when I yelled at Jlggleson and * threw some furniture at his musicians, and 1 was so sleepy I forgot to close It. . "The bed, was right up against the 1 window, and I was Just getting asleep once more when It began to rain. { About forty gallons of water blew In on me before I could get the doggone window closed. I had to rustle around j for a dry night shirt and some sheets and things, and by that time I was pretty near desperate. X don't know j • of anything more aggravating than to be dying for a good old-fashioned sleep and then be unable to make con- 1 nectlons. «At last I got Into bed again, all j , snug and comfortable, and was doing ; some ground and lofty sleeping. Then | along came a guest who mistook my j room for his own, which was on the i floor above. It hnppened that his key fitted the lock of my door, so he opened It and came In. When he saw me there be took roe by the ankles and dragged me out onto the floor and sat on me, and asked me what In thunder I meant by ocup.vlng his bed, for which he had paid in advance. It took tea minutes to make things clear to him, and by that time I felt like a driveling idiot. "But I had sense enough left to get back Into bed and make another try at Bleeping. I had slept about twentyseven watts when a big framed picture of my wife, which hung over the bead of the bed, came down and smashed Itself on my face and put my nose ouf of joint Then I gave up. I put on my clothes and went downstair* and sat up all night, hoping the building wouldn't cave in on me. It didn't and that was the only bit -of lock I had that night." O Indefinite. "I dont like to throw bouqnets at myself, but I must 6ay folks are afraid of my drive" "Golf or charity T" L — I 1 1

m JUDGE WINS Harry Hebenthal was prise winner at the "Country Store" event at the Liberty Theatre Monday. DO YOU CATCH COLD J-ASILY? Vitality Is Low— Resistance j Weak ! YOU NEED PEPTO-MAXGAN Red Blood Will Strengthen You and Put You on Your FeetAble to Resist Colds Your system normally healthy , should never catch cold. Your body i fi, tnVp carp of sudden adjusted of ^

changes in the weather. £ 1 It is when you are run down and A ' your vitality is low that your body I j cannot adjust itsaglf. Then you take ( j cold. P t If you keep your body in good con- I t dition, with plenty of red corpuscles < l you will be strong and your body will , easily adjust itself to sudden changes. < " You will throw off the cold germs that ' II go flying into the air when someone < - with a cold sneezes. ' h R^d -blooded men, women and child- , k ren eat well. They have plenty of en- I c ergy. They- go along with a smile be11 cause they feel right. Try Pepto-Mangan, the successful ; "j tonic. It is a wonderful blood builder. Take it for awhile till you feel right. e Pepto-Mangan is widely and heartin ly endorsed by physicians. It is efd J f ective and easy to take. It is prek pared in both liquid and tablet form. IR The medicinal properties are the 1- same> j Sold at any drug store. But be

sure you get the genuine Pepto-Man- ] gan— "Gude's." Ask for it by name, and be sure the full name, "Gude's Pepto-Mangan," is on the package. Advertisement. SPECIAL All Silk and Wool Hosiery at con. Regular 90c Dress Gingham at 69c 85c Voiles at 39c Everything in stock at present market prices. B. T. HAZLETT 323 WASHINGTON STREET Cape May, N. J. GET YOUR SHOES REPAIRED AT T. H. TAYLOR'S Washington St. Cape May, N. J. OvprshnPS FOR MEN, uversnoes women and CHILDREN. Repairing IN ""Inches Sole Leather Br ^D|TR„ Neolin Soles a Specialty 5 responsible for work left over 30 days. Keystone 138-1 J tsOMEO MACUJCCHI 1 IMPORTER of HIGHEST 1 QUALITY of ITALIAN GROCERIES

i- Italian Olive Oil, Maccaroni, Cheeses, i Fruits and Livs Chickens I Open evenings and all day Sunday e i A BROAD AND ELMIRA STREETS : ^ Gape May. N. J. s ARE YOU THINKING OF [ MOVING £ If so, get in tsach with us. We hsvs I 4 BIG TRUCKS 1 1 TON. 2 TONS, S TONS, 5 TONS j- ON THE ROAD ALL THE TIME I' Trips to Philadelphia every week. ,f Lot* from 810 up. Any petnt between Cape May and Philadelphia. lt ' CONEY'S X-PRESS !? 106 to 110 Gavfield Ave, WILDWOOD Both Phonet —

AN ORDINANCE ► ~ AN ORDINANCE relating to taxes for the year nineteen hundred and twena&S&f qv - < ordain there "hall be assessed and raised by taxation and collected for I the i year of nineteen hundred and twenty-one the sum of one hundred and seventy-two thousand one hundred and ninety-four dollars and sac cents for the pupose of meeting the appropriations set forth in the following itsteSwwS: to- a, n* ot im.

Surplus Revenue, December »L 191* II Surplus Revenue, December 81, 1920 U RESOURCES 1921 1910 9 ! .mm »£-«§ . Receipts from wader department BjSmLOO I ' B.'SSrf!! KSS lff«> j 3,000.00 2*00.00 { Sartt *" r SAO-*. *.ooo-°o ! SSS.rrftSa 1 72,194.96 1WM j > * , 8217*59.87 8198,786.10 j ■Wtopto. - i ST™ v ■»£ » I — '.mo.™ Redemption of school bonds 4 nfin'ool — Interest on school bonds — ,S! " Maintenance of police department }HnnSS Uooo'oo' a Repairing and cleaning streets and boardwalk II 000 00 15 000 00 Lighting streets and public buildings 18,000.00 l&.wo.w Property repair and improvraent 3,000.00 3.000.00 Maintenance of water department : 19*00.00 16.000.uu Overdraft'for coal purchase for water department loinn'oo y Maintenance of fire department 'S v Maintenance of sewer disposal plant-- 4*00.00 4*00. ** — - 3.750.M S 00 8 750.M

f?S2!S-pri^,'B ■",b,,sh""! ffioo I&o "II- 200.00 300.00 S^SHa*-— "i": — --- '•«?»•»» 'ss 7.K2 '.moo of liquor licenses SfX"*-"-?1 "**"• iSS 1:KS Superintendent o< -rati work, .salary 500.00 500.00 Solicitor s salary ! '200.00 * "K moo S£5?»* sis ::: Alderaran', nl.ry gS'Spi^LSr!.:::::::::-::— ::: >£«• w* 3500.00 $217,850.87 $198,788.10 SECTION 2- And it is further ordained, that this ordinance shall take effect immediately. W1LUA.M R. SHEPPAED. public notio: ! The foregoing tax ordinance for nineteen hundred and twenty-one, which is declared to be the Local Budget for nineteen hundred and twentj-one, ■ was regularly adopted and approved and passed firfet reading by tne Lom- : cf rieto viav at « regular meeting of the same, missioners of the City May, meeting of the

held on the eleventh day of January, 1921, and will be taken up for final adoption and second and third readings and final passage at a regular meeting of the said Commissioners, on Tuesday, January 25, 1921, at ten ocl °«c in the forenoon of said day, at the Commissioners' Room, at the City Mall, corner of Washington and Franklin streets, at which time any tax payer or citizen may appear and object to the passage of all or any part of tne | said Local Budget andTax Ordinance for the. year 1921. Dated, City Clerk's Office. City of Cape May, N. J-. January 11, 1921. WM. PORTER, City Clerk. l-15-21-2t-139-pf830.24.

Charter No. 9285 • Reserve District No. 3 REPORT OF CONDITION OF The Merchants National Bank I AT CAPE MAY, IN THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY. AT THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON DECEMBER 29, 1920 RESOURCES. Loans and discounts, including rediscounts 5 ' oa ni Overdrafts, unsecured U. S. Government securities owned: _ „ Deposited to secure circulation (U. S. bonds par value) $50. MO.OG Pledged to secure U. S. deposits (par value)-- 15,000.00 ' Pledged to secure W. S. S. deposits (par value)— 1,500.00 - Pledged as collateral for State or other deposits or bills payable 66.uuu.0u g Owned and unpledged — 80*00.00 213 000 00 • Total U. S. Government securities ^lJ.uuu.uu Other bonds, securities, etc.: Bonds (other than U. S. bonds) pledged to secure postal savings deposits ; — -— — 7.UUU.UU - Securities, other than U. S. bonds (not including <on stocks) owned and unpledged — ----- 14o.430.00 Total bonds, securities, etc., other than U. S. 152,430.00 Stock of Federal Reserve Bank (50 per cent of 3110000 subscription) — — —————— — — — — — — — - * — — — .... '■ Value of banking house owned and unincumbered— -°'0.4" uu Furniture and fixtures — ri'onv'oq Lawful reserve with Federal Reserve Bank— - 06,dui-»» 4 Cash in vault and net amounts due from national I hank. 4, .636., a _ Checks on other banks in the same city or town as reporting bank (other than item 15) — .". \ . °0'-'0 " Total of items 12, 13, 14, 15 and 16 45^,444.50 j Checks on banks located outside of city or town | | of reporting bank and other cash items v j 1 .a-itxt i Redemption fund with U. -S. Treasurer and due c from U. S. Treasurer r ^vy2;000.00 Interest earned but not collected — approximate — on Notes and Bills Receiveable not past due — , -i.oUO.OO

Total — - — $976,403.72 LIABILITIES. ! Capital stock paid in ^OfiOOM Surplus fund ° ' "Si 29,491.38 Interest and disccunt collected or credited, in advance of maturity and not earned (approxi- 3*00 00 Amount reserved for all interest accrued 7^'nn Circulating notes outstanding 090M Certified checks outstanding ■ 1 — ■ ***** Total of Items 28. 29, 30, 31 and 32 239 29 Individual deposits subject to check „ Deposits requiring notice, but less than thirty days 325,73d.od Total of demand deposits, (other than bank deposits) subject to reserve, Items 33, 34, 35, 36, 37 and 38 <21.090.40 Postal savings deposits o65"iu Total of time deposits subject to Reserve 565.3U War loan deposit account -— — — -- 3,8<6.0U War savings certificate and thrift stamp deposit account ' 4135 Other U. S. deposits, including deposits of U. S. disbursing officers 5,000.00 ■ . — Bills payable with Federal Reserve Bank bu.uuu.uu Total : ' Of the total loans and discounts shown above, the amount on which interest and discount was charged at rates in excess of those law (Sec. 5197, Rev. Stat.) (exclusive of notes upon which total chatge not • to exceed 50 cents was made) was $17,500.00. The number of such loans was 7. State of New Jersey, County of Cape May, ss: I, EL J. Jerreil, cashier of the above named bank, do solmnly swear that to above sUtoneot la true to to beat of to Subscribed and sworn to before me this 10th day of January, 1921. , CORRECT— Attest: W. H. PHILLIPS, S FRANK B. MECRAY, W. L. CUMMIN GS, Directors I j i| , 1-15-21- lt-188-pf$17*0 t

I ~ COLUMBIA LAUNDRY"" | ® 314 Canc$Wa Street, Cap* May, N. J. jfi DOWN OOES THE PRICE B polUrs ac each | I U f f 8 I I Let us wasb your Rue Carpet, and Pillows S I All other classes ot LAUNURY WORK ^ IN VIEW of the possible resizing of anthracite coal, we will accept orders subject to - . our ability to deliver the sizes 4 *" ordered — and subject to price at the time of delivery. CAPE MAY COAL & ICE CO. Cape May Electric Shoe Repairing Shop, A. SUDAK Shoe Repairing in All Its Branches i NEQLIN SOLES AND KVBHS HEELS A SPECIALTY t We Make a Specialty sf REPAIRING SHOES WHILE TOD WAIT Bootblack in Building for Indies and Gentlemen. Shoe Sundries and All Kinds of Polishes for Sale. 505 Washington Street Cape May, N. J.

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