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l» I^Looa. in Advws.ee ' Soeland anil (Sounfg. J Y -= = I The Mrgbim »»I« IndoMr. < Tb* Rio (jraode Sugar Company ut ' through with tbdr refining operations far ' ' the yrar 1862, ud It will not be amiss to review Ibe work •cencOplWird daring the ma Which has Jut cloud. The cam- ' paoyted under rul[|ratioo941 surer Home ' Crf tbe land. Turing btmn dared only re- * call)' he* nut hern very productive, girlag only three or foor too. to the «rr. Other portloor of the plaototloo.howrver, notably tomr six or right acrra near Ben- * DCIU statino, here produced twaty-two " too. to the acre. Between tlx-rc minimum r end malimum productions there he. been an average yield of about eight tons to 1 the acre. The eeed wa a mat la rows ' three feel apart each way. The average 11 yield of each bUl ha. bem from u to ( eight Malta Drill, were wed io planting 11 Foot kind, of aerd were plaoted— amber, 0 Honduras. H«k» and orange. The 1*B ' —■ ~d ha. bra found to be more produc- * tire then the others, lerger «Uiki being C grown, which bare yielded larger qusnliliea of Jolce. Tbe orange reed arill be * chiefly utilized tbla year. September Mb the flrat atalk. f the ° fair, crap were placed in the crushers, f and oo November 15th. the last pound of c ra par wai mide. Within that period " 6087 be* of eorghum *ug*r-c*oe hare 1 been worked nprfrum which nearly 890,000 " pound, of augar bad been obtained, which L readily found a aale at from 5J to 7} da. " M poaad. During those ten woeks the mill arna ran night and -day. The maximum " cumber of tool of rorghum eruabod per day 1 ted bea about «00. In additioo 'o the ' 1,000 barrela of augar, 51,100 gallooa of air- f up nifiltmn ud 15,000 barrcla of wed were obtained Tbe aaed U Mid to make ex- b nrllent food for Hook. exorpUng boracr, and considerable pf It liaa been *bip;»<1 for plan ling purpoaea to TarioOa paru of 1 tbe country. Sorghum aewl ^i* worth " probably fifty oenu a bushel In a market '• where oorn wiU ael! for 70 or 80 oenu. d It be. aleo been demonstrated by actual 1 experiment that tbe eraabed cane can be 1 utilized for paper, and the arrangemeoi. s for the erection of a paper-mill bare already been perfect'-! The paper man u- 1 factored will be mostly of the manilla ° grade, for which there Ji a meady and * Looking to the coming year certain * fact, mgy be noted. Tbe capacity of the and a railway of wane description M to be ran through tbe plantation fcr-lbe liana- " partatioo of tbe cane to tbg^nilL A por- P lion of tbe tend wOl be gira * reel each yrar, riovrr or tome other similar seed be- e log planted tnrtead of aurgbum eeed, c which Utter U materially exhausted upon " tbe nil. To make up tbe deficiency new 1 had U brought into requisition, bceidc c aererel farmers have declared their Intro- 1 Uoo of raiting aurgbum Una year which 1 they will sail to tbe oumpany . In a general trey It can be add that the , .uonaee, both from an agricultural ami , scientific point. Prof. Cook in tbe hat t circular of the New Jersey Agrioultut- , a! Experiment Station. .peaking of tbe aub- , Jeet, statea that— "Tbe experiments and ( practical field and manufacturing Irish of , the poet aeaano. to growing and tretlng ao.gt.um for sugar making, are all encour. aging- * President P.ata, of the .Rio , Grande Sugar Oompeny, raym— "There it now do doubt that sugar can be made in Jersey at wrll at In Cuba." and further . that the proepccu for the future of tbU Wx are of tbe opinion of our oomapoodent who bu something to aay on tbe subject In another column, that city council or offloer* of coundl Over-strp the bounda oT propriety, if no* of their authority, to the matter of allowing docamenu and petition. to be removed from their proper -mi— ami c\rm to tbe oublic for tbe purpose of fttrrin^pjp firife and bad feeling la the oommunlty. Tbe signers of a certain petition lately before council in relalloa to tbh wry tteoar question. woo Id be among the Brat to object hi bare their names published to red-bordered parophhta a* the ojg modeh of sobriety, bones. munity. And wby 1 Becanae they w ould well kaow lhatauclj a thing wa> Dot done with tbe puraB and bea* motives, but rather tor the purpose of placing them to a ridmukna light; and ao are are very much inclined to tbe view that the same incentive bad a great deal to do with this lair prearotatioc of tbe citizen of town vrbodeie hoaeaUy hold property to their own nam*.

"The next gaenlioa" mid a temper- ' anoe epeaker tbe other evening, "wiU tee L prohibition written to tbe etaiule books , of nearly every State io the union." b , Sunday Una are disregarded at the pre*. ' est time. Era if tbe prediction lurne ant to be trae U fc by do mesne oertaiu that the enactment of prohibitory Katutra 1 will arte prove to be the beat or mot: ef- ( f retire method of counteracting tbe evils < which Bow from tbe aale and cooramp- 1 Hon of Intox Waling drinks In our opto- I Ion legialalloa win accomplish toy little : toward compelling people to bo virtuous, t We sincerely appreciate the spirit of - kindly tatereB which prompted our friend , Mr. J. B. Rofatoton. of tbe U. 6. Signal , MW** at Washington, and roo-to-law of Shaw, to furarard us by telegraph immcdtouiy upon iu passage in the U. B. Bade Tbureday last the reaaU ef the vote Cosacftaas Cssredyand Mr. J. E. Me-sr-afs.ssra.'.Ks ssraa&sat: sagagsia&s&is tk. Ar„, |l._— mi

The pradueliue of tbia drama Tbureday ' t vruiogwt lire Arctic may nut have brew tbe art in ic auccraa bad .it bra played by a company of profraskmaU, but ousHdcring with Hie exception of Mr. Will I). Sapbar to the leading rate, all were amatcure sod not very weU q|i to their lines, it was very satisfactory and reflected great credit on all who ptLrbutgalr 1 Mr. B*. phar ia ocrtatoly a gahia to the double charectrr of "Diet rick" and "Katrina," and kepi Ibe audieoc* in ooc continued smile during hie prqaeoce no the stage. Tbe scene of the drama is auppoacd to bare been between tbe line* of tbe contending armies duriig Ibe wiar, a diBrict invested by eooute on <mc aide and goerrillaaoo tbe efher. The commander of tbe the touer, Walter Morton, w** brother of Lizzie Morton and the discarded lover of May 8L Titer, who wifii her w lxtirel remained loyal to lb* I n km. After repralui attempt* to conciliate tbe object uf bin passion, Morton, In a' fU of frenzy, shot CdLBL Clair, burned Iiia bouse, and with the remainder uf bis gang declared tbrtuaclres opealy at war with any one wearing ibe blue. Horace 8t- Clair, soo of Col. BL Clair, to revenge tbe murder of hie father swore to devote tbe remainder of hto life, and bad associated with him a party of faithful friends as scouu, of whom tbe prominent member was the Vo!uot*er-"Dietriek." Tbe ptoy to fulj of spicy humor, mingled with scene* and Bartliog Incident* peculiar to tbe time mad treacherous mode of warfare as waged against tbe Union sympathizer* by prowling bands of rebel guerrillas. "Horace St. Clair." the lien. ■ of the drama, was personated by Lawyer Douglas*, the character of bis bitter enemy. "Walter Morton," being rendered by his brother OunseUor, Mr. Herbert Edmunds. Tbe ladies participating were Mia Jennie MeCnllum as the wife and widow of OoL tit. Olalr; Mfaa Levis ia lie will as the daughter, May St. Clair, and Mrs. E. Rowland as the slater of the guerrilla, and betrothed of "Horace." They did remarkably well. Sergt. PeUL bone, of "Oo. 11," as the rebel gesxgaL looked his character, and eeted It. Will Robtono at "Teddy" the good-natured who never missed tbe opportunity to circulate tbe liquor, assisted materially In tbe humor of tbe piece, as also did Wm. Meaaick a* "Uncle Jeff," one of the BL Clair plantation bands, and George Hiikey as "Joe Buck," a member of giog. One of the moB pleasing and successful t of tbe entertainment waa the - number of beautiful tableaux, which alooe worth tbe prior of admission. Tbey were very fine, and were applauded to tbe The orcbeetra, though limited as to numbers, did rxoeileol service, thicks to the professional efforts or Comrade Craig, of Post "40," and Mr. Butbnell, our popular young Jeweler. The entertainment was repeated Friday evening, as much expense bad bea incurred, and as many who wished to witness It were prevented from attending It ibe flrat night- Tbe ball, which will accommodate 350 persons was crowded Thursday evening, the receipt* being much better than anticipated. Company "H,"^Ospe May's ooly mllinigfat tow by Colood D. B. Murphy, brigade inspecting offioer. He was accompanied Iqr Lieut. Hilhnan of On. "B," 6th Reg., and acting adjulan^. After. tofive ma, was tested upuo Its proficieney lb* taqtica. and because at Ha improveu.cot to tbal respect was complimented by the inspector. Tbe condition of tbe arm* 1 sod equipments was also marked ezoell- ' cut, but to point of discipline and soldierly 1 appearance tbe report of tbe inspecting of • ficer was not to favorable. Io these parti ' <ulir and very essential qualities he thought . malarial to the oom party be epoke to tbe . highest terms, considering It second to I none in tbe Bute, and only requiring a , vvy little effort oo tbe part of every , member to bring it into recognition a* be- . ihg tbe peer eg any other military organl- , zatlon in tbe National Guard. Not to tbe special Interest of Bcnezel ' A Bra, but rather to the interest of bouse- ' k repass, allow us to my that after being ' "grievously tormented," peculiarly and otherwise, all our housekeeping life, with ' the frequent breaking of lamp chimneys. M4. Al. Bcnezel. who, to as well know n, baa chief control of tbe bonaekeep- ' iog interest to this end of tbe county, came to ovr relief with a newly patented r lamp burner which requires no chimney It gives a large, steady, white flame, and J lamp* we have hero praying for a long

Mr. Joseph It. Evans, Philadelphia. 1 owner of tbe handsome marine villa op- 1 posile Congress Hall, put chased front the Hotel oompany Tuesday tow three of the ' unimproved k>u lying he I wren his cot- ' and that of Dr. Hunt, and will prt>oeed at ooc* to put three or four new bouses thereon. One of tbe lots bought froals oo Coogrtas place and South Lafayette street, tbe other two being to rear of Dr. HnntT premises. Tbe rale was affected through! Ibe agency of Mr. J. Hrory Tbe past week baa been observed by Ibe Method iM and Presbyterian church coogregatioos aa tbe Week of Prayer. TbU custom. Introduced by tbe Rev. Dr. John Morrison, a missionary to India, now become universal. ' Every Protbe weak after tbe first Sunday to January aa a period or prayer and worship. general observance U a positive mail of progress not only of the Christian faith but also of tbe spirit of sectarian tolerance Bush Den's boot A rime headquarters al Denatovilk to an establishment of public benefit Ibis snowy weather, and by bis extremely low prioea friend Bashncll sr. of MUe wee oat of dons* Job now, - and the bea thing for the public safety I sad for tbe public health ia to drop in ! and be fitted with a good heavy boot or a ' ! pair of real robber. Ft* a small sum > .^frwatLkloda td thy goods, trimmings, ' tonetoif ^ete^SShytind,' the

I.0CAL CHIT CHAT. 5 M 1-rrMiM il aaH vntsrral y ' TbkieafikB Bono In thia arcti-o r- for yean. I. Buckwheat cakes are now merely called t- "bocks" for brevity. i, The amallew town, in tl* West are putA ting up tbe electric light. l- A plug batanda gum ozaf should never e be wcrn ootemporaneoosly. The TruBees made an official visitation d to tbe public school Monday. Saturn and Jupiter are tbe ooly planet* 0 now visible to the evening sky Trains were m little behind time "Wedt nesday on acooant of Ibe stotm. Mince meal is becoming at much of a c mystery at hash or sausage meat, f Beuezet A Bra. bare cleaned out their f Bock of boys' tied* since Wednesday. • Superintendent Edmund* la named *i J n probable candidate for council in March. ■ Tbe Cape May editors will make their t annual pilgrimage t.. Treotoo Monday Stnpidily rhyme* with cupidity, and I . there's not much diff trice lirtwea them | f either. f Tbe demand !-•' ...vcIk sleds and , r sleighs has bea lie it-- ally brisk since ' t Wednesday. f CoL Lansing abouki Imrc hi. process of ■ growing and cooking U-rrapins protected by letters pairnt. It looks as lliongfa Horn F. L. Richard- i ■ soo will re-a'cr local politics, and be our • ; next city coUi-etor. 1 "Men may come and ma may go," {nit ] I there is no trouble to getting your 111 at ) Councilman Juhnroo's luot and aba* , r Bore. Revenge may be sweet, but booey tupr plied by Captain Willis Ross, of Green ■ Creek, is nor editorial preference at tbia ! season of the yrar. I Re*. W. Wilton, Presiding Elder of i this diBrict under the M. E. economy, ' , preached in tbe Method ia Church this ! city. Sunday evaing. , ' Senator Miller has taken rooms for the - aesskxi at Kay's hotel, Trenton, ltepie- , tentative Lodlam will be found by bis 1 I Cape May friends al the American H ousc. I Mr. I>. 8. Boothhy, tote of tbe Block. ; - tie, bat liea offered the management of - ibe Indian Harbor Hotel, Greenwich, i Cowl, far next season, and will probably I accept iL s OoL J. F. Cake, formerly of Congress i I .Hall, this city, and Willlards Hotel, Waablngtoo, Is reported to have bea a[- ] I gminted First Deputy U. 8. Marshal, at i the National Capital. , Councilman "Hughes, ooc of (tope May's ! ' most experienced pilots, lias been on to ! Hamsborg tbe present week upoo business relating to tbe pilot interests of tbe i port of Philadelphia. , > There are coffees and endues, likewise j i has and sugars, but none better to qaali- - r lies and lower to prices than those fur- ' isbed to customers by Mr. W. R. Van- ' ' Gilder, Petersburg, this county. j Mr. Denlxot't new hotel, now in course - >r conslructicn, ^will be called tbe Hotel ] t Ufayette, and to to be managed by hto | - ,mi- in-law, Mr. Frank HUdretb. It will I be ready for opaing June let. i ( apt. Frank Downs, this city, baa bea .pjiointed keeper of Life 8a ring Station, -i 30, located an West end of Fire . >1 ile Beach, rear. Jeaae Price discharged. J Oapt. Down*' appointmal dates from Mr. E. R Williams bat bea to New ; I ock, and baa bad tbe promise from tbe Ore department of that city to make e ! . i rial elan early day of the newly palenIrd boee coupler invented by bis partner, , * Mr. Caroedy. Major E. A. Gillette, late manager of • "" tic Hotel Infa'ycue, Philadelphia, and , y proprietor of tlie famous Hotel Kaau-r-s skill, to now partner with tbe Messrs I Crump to tbe proprietorship of the Colon- . . nade, Philadelphia. * Oapt- EHJah Haoil, keeper of Station " Na 37. located at Turtle UnL oo Five I- Mile Beach, baa bea relieved, sod withit out cause. It to currently stated. Captain e Hand baa tbe reputation of being one of _ tbejpoal experienced and capable turfman oo the New Jersey coaB. y To ths Eonar of tbe Wave. s- Daor Sir: — A circular purporting to be

issued by authority of a so-called temper- uj ance organization to this city, bat bea lu put to circulation tbe past week, the . trowed object of which it to advance tbe cause of temperance to the community. 8S Tlio content* of this document are sup. F l>wed to be a transcript of tbe record of .. city council to tbe mailer of granting eer- w tain licenses, tododtog the applications, u and namea of Bgners and boodsma. Now, si Mr. Editor, while I do not object to having my name paraded through this common- |a lty as ooe who beUevra that tbe business interests of the place demands tbe licent. «i tog of hotels and taverns, I do certainly . protest agalnB tbe means adopted for gir- d tog it tbe unsougbt-for publicity. II) as b Is pretended, any good oould orxne out of T such puhllcalioo. no man should raise aa . objection. But bow can it? The animus J wblcb prompted the preparation of that p circular to bad, and it cant be contradict- h ed. It was doue to caB reflection upon b nam of respectability and of as sound ternpcrenoe principles as those of rem of their fl Into ridicule, if poatohie, men wlxwe name* b have bea arooctated with one or mote of p out of a qHril of inak-rotcoce, iolempcr. " ate zeal and unchristian bigotry. Now, b Mr. Editor, it it not my wish to hurt b any pence's feelings, though I must my fi such has not been the controlling desire of oar temperance friends, yet you will per- J mil mc to question the right of city coun- D cil to allow every "Tom, Dick or Harry" li access to iu records, with tbe apMo-be- " abused privilege of transcribing therefrom c such extracts and garbled reports as be or o they set proper for the avowed purpose of 1 oatoglbcm in Some underfaand way bribe 1 injury of those of their fellow citizens j wbo d* not Lappa to be of their way of ] thinking. A line should be drawn some- I 1 where. If publicity to Ibe reports and „ ■ petitions to council tar needed let tbem be I published authority of ctuncil, as other ^ I are placed before the |Hiblic'"*A7tt tost I else bas the rijht to derliand aoreU uTthe , official recants sod copy Iberefrom Uie v r name* of those wbo bare not paid their t r. £j£V ^ t^ata^toT [ proBWy, Mr. Editor, we would find there- t i. oc oat 1 few of the names of those wbo ( ; arc now endeavoring to bound and belinlc t myself and cabers who bare Just as much t claim to tbe reaped and ccmfidaca of the I public roltey ever did «r ever will bare, t ' * Vary Respectfully. ' Dtai Creek, at drtomasmi of Ibe year, 'til visited by those who und. ralaod the ' j art of catching eels with a fisherman's ' " a rewi deiiraey. Al the mouth ef this ..-jasrromuAroS of oyaeer boats tods safe I

Tbr acTatrrntli annual nwrliog of the HntAboMrra ot Ibe Cape May Barieg Fund and Building AssocialHsi was bill Mooday errniag to Price's UsU, llnj and South LafaycUc streets. Tbe usee* iog was called to order by i "resident Daizu*. tbe leprrarotaliqo oo Ilir part if >bc Bockboldera being unusually small. The audilora' report being presented waa read, approved and ordered to be puUiBad; also (bat of Ibe arctdaiy. Numinslkm. for officer* for the ewuing yrar being ordered, Meaara. Williamson and Farrow were appointed leBcri to .conduct tbe rkctino, which held ooe hour and resulted as follows: — Preaidat— Victor DaizoL Treasurer- Isaac Jl. Smith. Secretary— N. C-' Price. Director* — Wm. L Cummings, I^F, Crowd l, H. F. Doolilllc, A. L. Haynea, Ehlrtdgc Johnson, l*bilip Koaig, C. B. Msgrath, H. S. Rutbcrfonl. Dr. T. H. Williamson. Auditors— Jaaeph II. Hue*, Mirajah Smith, Dr. H. A- Keeoedy. ForVioo President tbau wmnoelectloe, the vote being a "tic" between Mentis. Farrow and Hm. Etna. Jr. Tbe choice devolves to consequence upon the Board of Directors. s arniTon' xxroirT. To the Preeulent Had SlaeUMer. of Ou (Uipe May Satiny fund and Jtuildiny Amoa'atian. We, your audilora, beg lave to submit tbe following report for the year ading January IB, 1883. ^ to ^ aL * Total aasrta. -S«JW » i OIL :u «T.Jaa. l, W.PSJSIT- capLtxasi it W' jus! ' stz scr. Jan. t . •ro.paaBre bocZ tysil u'*-"' ** I IM ear Jan. 1 " , - - r — " ' .. -'ja. ramo.doto. su oo tun act. Jan. t.w»,paauve iocs Sr.sttrt ** > •• - umo. inc.. tsaes 1 im,_ j-L.iTT.n -"tr.-T 1 umo. tot ^"'x^rojii tun aer. Jan. l-WLpasalTe stock (last to ( ism - ill - - "5 a'ra n 1 tst* ■■ ■» ■; «» 1 ana* tat Total »u.*T! II otoevra !» » lodlvrobst soo ' " ' r^sumusB silhi.^'-- | SZTMcre. : '-mz.., n I Mtczjau Bxrru, ) Joaxru H. Haxxa, r Auditore. Mzazzi. Wixx, ) To the President aud Stoekkotder, of L'.e Oapt My Sting Fund and liuitdiny \ I bee lrave to submit nv eleventh anlave

nual report for the year ading January : IB, 1883. , The program of your asmnalion bas . mote satisfactory to IU results than the previous year of 1881, added to vbtch ' been peace aod harmony among all officials. Tbe net sum of F1014.60 after deducting all expenses to be divided between 791 share*, gives to each (1.28 192-1000 per share cm every 912 paid to or at the rate of 31J per oat. per annum. Tbe existing shares over 12 months old rnaalilule a puttee capital of 933,467.09, upoo which Interest has bea allowed amounting to (2006.60, a little being lost to fractipsn TUB Uiouhl oi dura paid to oo tbe same during tbe year la (9,492.00. Tbe 14th aeries Issued January, 1832, paid to (1,908.00. wilt a balance on totereet above tbal paid oo passive stock was (724.40; bonuses oo mooey told (842 40 go to make tbe active working capital of Ibe toatiTvil mnnthlv mrinU for the rear from Total monthly tbe p

all sourer* was (17,745 35. - Tbe loan account is balanced aod shows 2374 loans, representing as much capital, " * Stockholders account is to the beat COO . ditioo possible, not a dollar to arrears but what La fully double entrenched behind the value of the Bock, aod ooly the small 1 amount of (162.75 arrears oc the books. L Sereoly-acva share* of slock have bea * transferred and aevaly two shares as col- , lateral security for luana. Ninety -three shares hare bea cancelled and withdrawn al a profit of (96.83. ( Expense account, official salaries and c InridaUla (140.17; advance on a foreof mortgage (85; relumed rat for bouse sold and Item of correction (31. I (196.17. 1 No important expenditure is immediate- ) .required, yet a rerisioo of the conBitulioa aod amend menu arc needed to be to force at%s time, to enable memto know JoB bow the association Is ^°Tbe association operates oo tbe best ' teals, directed by the lot, lead- 1 tog tw-trew ma to this city, very liberal all its pronoun* and affording every < ad van lag* to 'kw getting to tbe arrears . to change their position and coodition. Tterotlro aiaduailagasa admirably arispt- > ed to aotet'lute deliuquaia from a higher I a lower aeries, crediting tbem oo ac- ( count of arrears the difference of value the seriea and start them out anew, of arrearages. Tbe thrifty mechanic « industrioua laborer can by tbe aid of this woociauoo buy him a borne and gradually pay for H In monthly toaullmenu, aod the mooey for iolcreB be much less or not more than ordinary rent for tbe same bouse and from ten to eleven years will bare him a borne dear. To illustrate: Biropoee a member pays (10 a month fenL la shares and borrows.... (3,000 00 a bonus of (90 300 00 gets in cash.. *,800 00 para to dura A ink II years, (2, 640 00 rating 11 years (10 per mo. 1,830 00 difference is what bis borne n ooat, '^SdSo Uooe a renter peya (1,330 every eleven years tOM beuac^of ^tbc boore and has oo oath may get it at tbe lowest poaafble rwier lake Back u a profitable Idveatmat, but many over a feu arc «* the material for a flourishing association onmaturity, leaving a profit thereby. Easux Faorxx.— It U easily proven j tae ttrer aaa ztowT*. zcotrai aeuitoj^a«vxi:»r tiro row nro^Skaaast pm a - m, ' vKortetbaaawt aaaraamralway*. il

Urea Ultra. " (Jueatkau fur the annual |iuUic adad R ■ xaminatiana are now being prepared tie<1 drr the direction of ibe County BuperioK If there ia benefit derived from tbe ' County Institutes fur Iracbeta to other . • parts of Ibe State, wby m* Cape May? • Tlic young people of Deonavrtte bare , >, a Jub popukrily for fine social qualities, I; winning Ways, ud we may as well add a " < icelknt taste to getting np u evaing . - Ateisblc, esprcielly tbml part of H that r supplies Ibe elegant cakes, lernouadc and _ '' refreahmenla of which we recently bad I s The pleasure of partaking at tbe house of u esteemed friend. . It it bard to toll wby our rural friends will bo duped by imposwhle poach r*. seediest grapes and two dollar quinces • from a far off nursery, when arc have near . . our doors reputable dealer* wbo barutbeir • business reputation to preserve. jTrec ^ • agents with methods of forcing talcs akin to ►patftrU patMlsf* ought not to be *r1 courved. Surely tbe agricultural toiler , it lire laB pcraon that should waste his ^ 1 hard-earned savings in humbugs, yet there . is nodaro of our fdlow dlizens that it io I easily duped aa farmers. It it a good rule n to Inquire carefully toto wares Jcw.hawkrd ^ through tbe country aod offered at something wonderful. Many dlizens will re- .. member wilb regret the doth smugglers d wbo drove through the county as if tbe po- . ; lice were after tbem, making aalea of worthiest doth tbal was represented aa baring , dodged tbe revaue laws. It la always ^ safer aod more satisfactory to boy what j, | is required ot regular dealers, and give ' i sharpers the go-by. ' If there baa bea a week of aiienoe oont cerning tbe panther, be is about Just tbe ^ tame. Tbe New Jersey Coaot Pilot will ^ ' probably bare something to say oo tbe subject this week. k| i Once morj Ibe country is left to iu own vulgar devioca. Oscar Wilde bas pulled w himself together, at tbe English elegantly phrase it, and betaken himself to the high ^ teas with intent to adorn and enlighten u some other portion of tbe world. Hence- w forth tbe totoreB* of art may be expected K to languish; there will be a smaller production uf plaques and panels and painted a screens; the yellow sunflower will bloom . abuodaoUy and the tpotleas lily will T Dot nod ao odco to unexpected placer. _ , There was good io Mr. Wilde but we can get on without him. Tbe kind of booty a which be represents It not of the sort in | whieji Brong natures can lake any great m amount of stuck. He was mellow to tbe . i point of ovcr.ripeoeta, and there is more a ] of real poetry in tbe liuh; finger of Robert Browning than in IheWrleof Mr. \VMe > ^ ! six feet and upwards.— Belated.Wall Whitman, author of "Leave* of ^ ; Gnu" and otber poems. Las made a visit w ; to Bay Side. We may expect something ; startling poetical from bla pa after his ^ return borne. The Moan is tbe title of a newspaper published oo Ward's Island, edited by the ^ ; partially Insane. Editun hero no doubt a bea thought cranky before Ibu, but wc ^ of noaevtbat bare bea candid c, 1 enoogfa to acknowledge Ik Tbe late Judge Eliah* Alton, Hawaiian Minister la Washington, was a galleman ^ of tbe olden school. Before accredited Io ^ Washington, Mr. Alton was Chief Justice ^ ' of his adopted country. He was arly in w bis official life pcraonally acquainted wilb w (Vlhrain Clmv nrnt Wi»h*liT Wt llSVC in . and in .

mlDd toany interesting thing* said of these fl great ma by him while making a tour of H I island of Kanar in bla company. Tbe ^ , Chief Joflice and bit accomplished wife ^ atertatocd Americans tbal visited Hon- ^ olulu with rare elegance and hoapilalj ity. A breakfast at bit country bouse r situalod to a ooooaoul grove near the lla- : walian Capital, was ooe of the moat plea*. ant cvat* in a rather extended vUlt to tbe A 1 dominion of the Ksmabcmabca. Judge 0 I A It,-, bad a cummandiog influence in the „ t council* of bis Sovereign at tbe lime of p our visit aod we may add our testimony ° of the esteem in which be wa a held by u . his visiting countrymen. t| e There are loo many "if*" about matters o ° ia ofta killed by the way In which il is "giva oak" Prayer meeting in this k > room lo-nigbt, if it dool rain, or it isn't lo-nigoi, a ii ouu i iwm, .

dart, or if tbla, that and the other don't Lappa" are anoouDoanals ofta t generally find one to suit their case ex, J actly and there are vacant seals thereby, j It ought to go without saying that meettoga for worship should be "giva out," , without any ifa, and* oc but*. D. V. it ( always understood to aocb matters. ( Revivals of religioo are reported al , Run *Dd Tabernacle M. E. , Comrade Lyons of the Msyvilto hotel J provided dinner for tbe members of the ( of County bupcrriaoea on Friday It is needkro to say that the spread , waa a good ooe wba il la Baled *1 tbe j outset wbo did tbe Job. , No ooc can be JuB without ktodocsa. ( Capk Matthew Norbury, aooompanied bis rotimablo wife U visiting at the ; of bit parents in Urea C reek. At same plaoe. Miss Mary Strong of Cape May City, spat (be holidays with 1 intimate friend Mist Mamie Miller. MJaajRroog during her visit woo hosts of ■ friends by Ircf pleasing address and gen- - tie manner*. She also did official work at tbe (air. Capt J. Scull la spading the wtolcr • wilb his uncle, Daniel C. Townecnd, wbo ' U an aged aod respected ciliieu of Diss ' It ia Baled that during the war between 1 the United Statrz end Mexico, the timbera - of tzvnmodore Biathlon's flagship were ' taken from Ibe land ou wbkh Holly ) llcacli City now Bands A flairs a! Ibis 1 reaert art progressing favorably. Fourtea new bouM* are alirady up and lour ' or five in tbe coorac of eooBrucUuo. J Streets are being run by Air. Davis, of . Cape May. Tbe row mill it running regularly, turning out twenty-flee bunH died feet of lumber per cay. Four lot* were eold 1*B wok, and the prospects are " that may will be disiwocd of before fc - — — —rar Osfvil'aj. to rtjeorooireaaniro, aDS^IlJa ■OfieA tor I ItowBtto Ire sad water ecparv . Apvmwt. Iraceaattrr II. VZ B~orlB

TV days are tougtbraiog. Very frwuf our ice hooaro are flltod. Celery la mighty scarce at Cape May Oty! The rite has tea purchased for the 51 . E. cbureh. South Savdto. Tbe Excursion Home al Sea Isle City nearly ready for raising. Captain H. T. Coraun. of South Seaon latndta Avaur. Sa lato. . Tbe Rev. J. W. Taylor, of South Seayilto, is a walking ewcydopedia of kuowMgr A lady colored a certain drug store, aud inquired for "poros piasters. the kind wilb boles in tbem." Gilbert's Colored Troupe will give a ' ojocert at South Beavilto sonic night durthe present month. Mr. Kendall baa placed a larger boiler bis sash factory. A heavier engine will A conductor once said on the West ' Jersey Rail Road. "UooeBy It the policy, bat it k«eps-a 111,11 d poor." Mr. M. Swing receivrd a fall a tbe icy ] road of Sunday last, serious enough in iu effects at to tend him to ted. Tbey say that 'it is rather unsafe for Dennis rillc surprise parties to sing and particularly wba the "old man" ' Capk Dc Motl Shaw, -of Millrillc, ' of Townaad Inlet, bro received a (3,000 freight from Philadelphia to Orleans, and a return freight of (5.000. "Lucky MotL" Quite a Jovial crowd of ladies, gentlemen, children aod dogs were disporting oo Ibe ioc at Magnolia lake, on ' lastAunt Hannah Buck, an old and well- ! resident of South Seavdle, thinks ( DOtbing of kniltiog a pair of good, thick, Do not tell a man be lies,— Uridgctun ' Mm. Wc don't. Never did but once, f solemnly promised uurvelf Dcrer to do 1 Two artiBs— a lady and a galleman, re- ' cently ritiud and made a sketch of tbe old windmill near Ocean View Statton. miH is ou tbe property of Mr. F. S. tad, Cape May City. A man asked for a pair of boots at a certain store to Danit Township. Being questioned ia regard In Ban wanted, tosaid:— "Well, I don't hardly know — the 1 pair I bought bad two straight mark: oo the soles; I guess they waa twos. About two inootfis stooc, a young wife ' rending in this county, was made 1 miserable through tbe desert inu of her, wbo, in company wilb a girl . wilb whom be hail ticoomo enamored, dcparted for part*, unknown. After waiting three long weeks without bearing from i her "wayward partner," she bas at last riacn above her sorrows, and has become ' tbe happy bride of a resident of soother county. Well, It oould Dot be expected , tbe woman's grief should laB for- i A man invested a penny to a flg at a i popular store to this county tbe other < After having eaten the same with ; evident relish, be paced tbe floor for some i rnomala wilb a look oo his countenance i which plainly Indicated that something ; wctobloc beavllr oo hit mind. Suit- i

denly be (seed the clerk at the counter, a long breath, aod delivered bitn- 1 self, tbusly: — "That fig cat so good that 1 I will have to lake another." It it : not ofta that a merchant strikes such a 1 1 - S"1C' Mr. Charles Macalcatcr will participate In pigeon shooting matches of tbe lTiilaGun Club, FrldsJ -Wd Saturday of tbia week, lie did an exceltont year's work daring 1883, carrying off numerous prize* and puraea. South Scarllle was Birred from orotre to circumference by the din and yell of calalhumpian rerenadera. Three couples were viaiied, end all "cameidown" handsomely. Large quantities of eels bare been tafrom their muddy beds within tbe paB two weeks and shipped to ltiladclntia anH Ultlvtlta. mainW from Seavillr ^

aod Swain Sutioos. Tbe plan of taking „ tbem this year is by spearing. Tbe snow 0i atorro baa put an ad to this kind of fish- cc for tbe present. Oapk Henry L. Corson, though retired ^ a jes-faring life, still Is greatly food o of hating, and ia ofta in Uie bays »nd nc sounds of tbe •ashore. Ho is seriously ^ thinkiog of becoming a resident of Sea City, there to agagc in tbe yachting « His present nrighbora and as- » roeialca are iocllDcd to protest agatnw his taking any such steps. Of the several up^ounly Bage lines, but u ODc.lhc Tuckaboe lioc,eueceeded to meet »' 1 tbe morning train north oo Wedneaday morning, tbe driver of which poaseaa-d c( considerable energy and pluck. CharK Lloyd, erf the Townatnd Inlet line, made 1 the attempt, but could not make the train. »' It is ofe to presume that Cape May ° County mails were out the only ones dr1 layed by tbe storm. The "ill wind" of u ' tbe Bonn blew good to some, as ill winds " - always do. and gave tbe vetoerl tenelwr* JJ [ or course, every correspondent will , want to say to every reader that we have * ' had a snow Bism "up our way," as * 1 II lough every reader was tut aware that 1 we bare bad the greatest aoow .storm for year*. '.'Up our way" the Tunning of 1 trains were somewhat interfered with by ' tbe drifts; especially was this the case i n c tbe Sea Uie Braoch, the train gutting Into ' tbem at Oeran View. There waa no paa- * sogers out, however, to get left. .In at- ' ' (emping to return tbe train found tbe tn- ' coming tide bad risen ao over the track that il was impassible to get through. And lha tbe sand placed along the meadow ' 8 bank to old to bare washed oo to Ibe 0 uack, and tbal will have to be cleared, t, * Mr. MatL Hand, of Court House, tramped c £ bis way out over the pike after the tide * before reaching tbe station. While refer, ring to Ha Uie mallera we would Bate i. that tbe Excursion House to already 6 * framed, aod arill be raised as soon as tbe >1 weather to favorable. T. E. Ludlam's » cottage to almost completed, and he arill ■- oocupy It to abont a week. Tbe arttou wbo aero al Sea Isle taking photographic ». views laB week were to the employ of the v Panaylvanla Railroad Ceanpany. ^ General Sherman to very nawllltog to 1 « have tbe coB af the Signal Service Bureau | charged to tbe army. He said the otber i „ day; "Ton might aa well charge tbe ex- . pases of i match factory b' the army. , Tbe aoalkd Signal Corps do tKSitteg | aoy way but talk about the weather. W hat | bnt tbe weather to do with tbe army r

Miss Lottie Carroll to il iMne again, aod i we are all glad to bare brr return We noticed a new organ marked Jolm 3 L. James turret to town a few days since. , Mr. J. W. a Gaudy to getting tbe moulds out fur a new Teasel intoded for Capt. Ugdco Gaudy, and to t" built by J. ' H. Divvrty. Mr. L M. Rice lias bea engaged to running off tmikiing Ms for F. U J antra. Several parties have |Hirchaed -and will ' Mr. Frank Baroea and wife e tailed I'hd--adclpbia tin Turaday.: CapL J. D. Ntckeraon arrived borne on Turaday, baring laid bis vetvel up at Am- ' buy for the winter. . Mrs. Era Taylor, Tuckaboe 's charming 1 tongBrra*, to spending a few days with ' her sister, Mrs. A. U. Ludlam, North Dantoville. P Mr. Geurge Holston and wife, of Claytoo. visited the home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. CI. I. I*arkrr. We deem it our duty to utter a word of ] warning to those w ho arc io tbe habit of j performing their ablutiuoa in the dark. A I prominent galleman of South Dania did j this the other night, and* found to hto dis- ; ! gust that bo had been Washing in dish water dipped from tbe swill-bucket. He takes a light now and gets water from the j , right bucket. Mr. Hoar* Cluster is ttolllng his home • | Il looks as though we would have a few 1 more weddings this winter. Hons. IL 8. Learning, L. M. Ilice and j J. D. LudUun visitod Trenton oo Monday. ] Mrs. Henrietta Saodera startud tor Ccdarvillc on Mooday morning 'to rtoit her J daughter, Mrs. Rebecca Young. 1 Mr. Jonathan James killed three |>orkcrs Tuesday, weighing 1358 pounds. He killed two laB week, being eight months ' old, and weighed 345 and 210 pounds. 1 Making 1713 p>iunds to alL His meat to There bas boa 7000 pounds ot pork | io lees than a quarter ot a mile in the northeast section of Daotorillc, No communication bctwea Woodbine and Dantoville on Wednesday. The like has Dot happened before for six years. It will be an unpardonable omission wilb some grumblers. Re*. George W. Newton, former pastor of _Dctfltorillc charge, oow one of lhe I I 'residing Elders of the New York Con- ] fire-Dor, bas boa spending a few days to | this village. Mr. J, H- N. Dalton arrived iu town Saturday on a traveling cruise. He is selling and advertising fi* a Fbiladeljibia ^ notion bouse. Miss Lillian Spauldtog has returned to Jicr homo to Vincland, after spading a lew weeks with the family of lion. IL S. A jolly party of some twaty young i people from Court House sleighed it to lk-nnisvillc Thursday evaing, taking eup- [ per at the Ga timer House. Tbe Utile aoo of Dr. E. JL Becslcy, of Belviderc, formerly of Dantoville, died 1 on Thursday morning after ooly a day's illnras. Our young men do not seem to "catch i on" in the matter of soaring for wires - our most intelligent and beat cdncalod i young ladies. Many of these arc carried : away as brides by men of prominace from ; oilier places. Tto well for tbe young ^ ladies, periiap*. but it to a pity to bare to tames, pe'naps, uui h is a puy iu uarc io

. |»rt with feu many of tbem. Among those who bare tpui rubbed us of these social ornaments we note Rev. B. C. Lippincnlt, Rev. J. Y. Dubbins, Prof. Dsrid Dsvli, I Eugene Kendall. Esq , and others. Rev. i Mr. Elder will depart with another to the k spring. Wc should not intimate that all arc thus stola, however, for wc manage to retain a prtion of this class, who remain to honor their fortunate husbands and grace our village society. ' A nance granting I be 'Sea snore ltaltros.l Com1 ran; toe rlgfel lo butoLor Have b«UI, slrert I rahwaya. Slid lo operale, or have operated tbe J and' feouto OT Cope l»land Creek, and'toconSfec. 1. lie It ODlatned and enaclrel to ibe toe ot

InbaUlsnu ot toe CBf ot Cape IU) In cl'.j k lawful toe toe -hra bbore CJUlrofed Company" £ toe Delaware Bay and Cape May Hallraad fi B toe sea Breeze sunou of toe aasd a Delaware Bay and Cap.' May Kailroud Company, ' and lo use and employ boreee, or otorr moll re u may deem expedient, provided; Tbal ^ led, Tbal toe asid Bra Mure liailrowd Com; any. J, ooaauucLand malnlaln goat and aotocirnl t plank rroaaliixe toe rnllrr wldtt of Uie 'Be*cb | sac ». Aud lie n furteer ordalmd and en- ( acted, Tbal ao mo-n of lhe mid oHWaore aa j pealed. 1 acted, Tbal tola ordinance ahall uke <fl=J uncmnpeay. »b.il w.uiu sve dan fna toe ojlf Cape Ha,. Me lu MM 1" lb • pronuooa ibereof. wilb toe K rewler ofzbe ay. and ahall pay lo toe rtiy ireewmi witoia zy. , .erne lime ibe auoi of nfly dotlala (»M>) Ii r toe "Steal: II. C. TUOMPbtiN, ^ ^ Bsc. I. Be II on'slned »nf rtu rtod by tbe Indoll. re Olf, t-r toe porpoee of pay- . nw lbc -Baxio- Ik!*",00"' 1 led; Tbal tore ordinance ah.li Uke eBert lmmeJAKES MBCtlAT. Ja_ F.J. MELVIB, lUyor. AlUB: 1I.O.THOKFBOJS. Approred. Dee. IT. "a ^ "LsAles' Toole." The Oral Female Remedy is prepued the Women's Medical Iualtote of Buffalo, N. Y-, and Is their fsrorile preecriptioc for Indira who are eufferlng from any Bend stamp for names or there wbo hare beex^prrcd. u35

aifK SkdrfrtiSfmtBts. _ Iff THE QREff GERMAN IrS 'fl REMEDY gsg| FOR PAIN. BHEUHATI81, Meuralcta. " Sciatica, Lumbsjo, il HUDICBATOmiiCBl. llflHPJj flfTT CQITS I I1TTU ; M yayaagrrt Iba Charles A Vvfatar Ca. BUFFALO, N.Y. ,1 THtONLY ASSOCIATION OF PltONINENT 1 Lady Physicians "X* ADIES' TONIC" Foi l bv Dioeffistt. Price. $1.00. paTENTs. I1 / ' seM a reran mrera «, .

; &£"Zr£rSSs3BIM' . i " V?J&®£&Ek ; ,;.'SrSS3S5 1 f; v " : io : CiiORCE E. LEMON, Ailar.-i oi towered belle liar, of American Sla Fllieeoib arteel, u cuiWffoiJfnt t.

JUST IN TIME. From (lar Ursrr's Brink and will! us I Ity lug Girl fa Bnlsrrrf lo Hretllh and Hate*. , Next to tbe aad.dstv of bearing Ibe hodlra of our Sear dead lo ibrlr long reatja tosl of taking S^bea^sKadaidyaeaiS^paymSa^ai toe Iraln rwbed I'ctnuif 11 waa dm thai toe rlfir^arier aomany dayroT langaor aad pain. 1'rekakill. »ir. Ilowell ireBerly^ oooveyol^ his spSSS'SSssss eoce'u'dwi'muWl'zblnr Dt^Kaansdy* prewnlwd bu FAXoBITit^HEMKDY aa bUjeung toreSraiim 'Jympuml° raawlrd.^r M ^ SiSsSBw®'"? spilt PfN ^sSEv," JN YESTORS. ' ^ ~~ " ^^myiDWD I .) IIEB CENT. Per Innamn. and orrr, WELL SECURED. nu? otosin foU panicsiara, wB> muatmaan ^illfim^^y ag^ Oa^MaBtlSa. | »Uam MibUau Ud-j-m..' . anew :PAT1IS.^S