X roi >..».■ ro ISBN 3»lant5 and <j£ounfg. Baptist Church. bkt. T.r.ntt«3.rw. * ^Mr^y •aratow-Morulbr. «.*! *«nln«. * FW ftrtl work* of July have bvm, s-vMrrft nor business Intan** puswf TV sstidpaHnirt o t oar people for m pfrwprmos msnlb bsre been ■lbftof. " Tbcnhad Imro Urne Mprclimps of tnpevy V> the demands of lbs liar*. lbs iM«n*t opno which has been met. besides la rioiin the hands or nor bus! Mas community s nine balance sf profit* Hot oar vision matt, not be limited to these four weeks by whit b now al band. The foanda'ino in I hem has been lsid by an unparalleled outlay of money in tbr fistn of ad resile! OR that will field fruit, not only for next month's gathering, bu! for mart fear's, tad befood._So tn making op an estimate of progress the. factor of probabilities, baaed oo what bat already tw-o realised, must be taken Into aooount. By careful inquiry among our tradespeople we learn that their arerage of sales ia ahead of the tame period last seosao, which was a rery satisfactory one. The lesser hotels and Ixarding l.rmNs are. sod bore been, doing well. And onr great esoaransarles bare, secured a profltsble m>« by the Increased patronaci Uey lis ep rterired IfcbJuly orer previous ones. We may safely, this morning, report the financial condition of all our business enterprises healthy and prosper(sen. J. C. Smith, »lo is stopping at ('-ingress Hall with lils Interesting family. Ims bad t Aequrred bat successful career. Thirty ycara ago General Smith worked bit as a carpenter in erecting the Mount Vernon llotel. Uc then emigrated to Illinois, and from that Slgle be eniispd as a pr irate soldier, and rose to tbe command of the Kghlf-third Illinois regtroenl. won bis War as brigadier-general oo tbe looted Held, and rrturacd home wearing ills •' wounds and honors a' frooL" lie was* soon nominated as Stale treasurer, and in tbe tidal-ware year be *OJ the only "spared monument" of Democratic wrath, being the only Republican elected on tb» ticket, which offloe be now balds, honored and respected in tbe Bute of Abraham I .inc. -in. lie is peal grand oummandcr ol Knights Templar, and has taken the ST In Masonry. General Smith was an origi oal Jersryman. He looks erery incti s soldier, is deserrodly popular wbcrerer Im g'sa. We need mot add that the gallant general ia an enlhnaiastic Ctmircr of thi glorious climate of Cape May. The eeoostie propectiee of tbe music psrilton at the Stock lonwere teat.-d Sunday exning by the orchestra nurmblt and aids Mr. Hassier rendered e violin eolo, every note of which was beard, by ell present with eass end deiighb Mr. Ewers pleyrd a retrod eolo, "Nesftr my God-lo Tbee.' la the third rem of tbe hymn he urea) tbe aenh'M attachment, which produces a eety suit sound, ccrertbeloss each note was distinctly bcetd. Mcmis. llsasler and E.t-ra rtorircd an rocs re, and tbe popular leader of the concert, efler iu dose, ww brertily copgraluiaiod by tbe guest - and ririttra. An anenal un-cline of tbe directors n! tbe Went Jersey and the West Jersey snd Atlantic Kallnads, was held Friilsv afwaooa at the Stockton Hotel, ai'lt Vtce-IVridcol Wot- J. SeweU presiding armed as good, and tbe earnings shot. Ui'sa- of tad year. After the adjournment tbe dhrcurn partook of a aotapaloos dinore at the Slock um. Later, upon iorita thm of President Wharton, they made a trip to the Suambtat Istndlng, passicv "tie the new Uoch rood of the D. II. A tt M. Company. Tbe Mean. Bcoori A firm's shipped a with pipe, and about twenty-Use doUar. worth -of pot* snd pons, to Gaboon, on the went roost of Africa, last Saturday OsI»»ki is about eighteen mika north oi the Equator. With this store were seot oat eupka of tbs W>vx and Star, to K m Fsrist LnS of sdvertiainr giber with a varied v

■ Hurst urc generally. Care was taken to ri't'lbe natirns a chance to read up. Thia is tbe aeoood stove BcneM A Bra. bar.- shipped to Africa within a ytar. . A service of sacra! song wss tield in the sooth parlor of the Stock too Sunday aftrroooo. Mrs. Dr. Kennedy, of this city, prcsukd al tbe organ. Miss Eva • Saurr my God to Thro," snd^C. II tteexadDal hosusa of theStoeilao is the public largely indebted for this aervioc ol se< We hear whhro that it may br Aa treat pipe, naming Into the-ooea-Iron. ,«■ ol our hotels fur tbe purpose of t* O.rre fret at the surf end. Whrn th'e is revr plaint thai it ia dangerous to lltw limtw of persons la the sort. Mothinc that hitrsferes with tbe safety er pleasotc 'of battaesa should be ptstnitted. Tbe ■ 'ill. KI-,„ Light Company, b a gentleman fully . qualified f.s the positam. Since h* .apcsutrodenoD Wan the lights has, bcenailttaKsmUhawbtadlur. The, romplainu abent tbe Ugbu t •g .lasBsg aa |<S tu sat-ing q-u'tta* -tt the yarhJfisrU* and Mrtnp/Za*, which the

jTjstaroos sfcu by Mr- Charles K_ Burt*, tbe _ well -known and deservedly popular tbeai- - rical manager. PhlbtWphi* Tbe enttqgc is of tbe unique style of srchi lecture, « snd la obe of tbe most conveniently - arranged sad nicest furnished summer residences on tbe Island. Mr. Burns is ■noted tor bis courteous manners, hosph laltty and keen business tact. At present be represents tbe record tan J. 6. Clarke's bust ocas Interests in this oooatry, sad is financial agent of the owners of the Ly * crum. Booth Broad street, Philadelphia. In the vicioUy of Mr. Burn's rosktenr-e, Mr." Gould, the Doted furniture dealer, a, Philadelphia, owns s French, moled rnt1. la*-, which be occupies with bis family I. al-p.it erery other season. This year be e Is absent, and Ms stylish family equipages p arjd bosses are missed from our ocean d drive. g owns an eh-gaol .villa in Use ssnse neighy borbocid, but si nee \ be death of hb wife hat not been a regular risilor. Thb suro0 rner the ootlagr. which stands at the foot L "I Howard Street and Bench avenue, is y occupied by J. Watts Kearney, of SL e Louis, the too of the famous New Jersey 1. general of that nameit Probably the oldest regular frequenter g of Cape Mgy now here is Mr. Gauge if llowcll, the retired wall paper manufacy urrtr, who, with the different members of . his family, ioclodlng Mr*. W. Soemulier. _ of Baltimore, tad Mr* G. Finn, of Pbila s adrlphia, owns and occupies one of the i, finest oottugc properties on the resist. It ' is situated on Lafayt-l-'e strecl, which in a former ycara was regarded tbe farorite r avenue wlUr our summer guests. • Mr. I- Howril is now the only surviri* memr ber of the original Ikaud of Direclori ol s tbe Pennsylvania Railroad. Hb interest I- in Cape May dries far back In the thirties, r and in bb fealty to her service and . advancement, be or bb family have never Mr. Edward C. Knight, the successful tea importer, la also an old habitue of ' Cape May, and is largely interested in ' real estate here. He 'owns s handsome resilience freDling Congress H all property, ! this bring tbe «wod season since iu " erection. He b also part owner In Coo . gross Hall and owns the West End Hotel, the cottage adjoining the site of the old ^ Atlantic House and a valuable alioe of the 'a leach froot, in all representing upsrards of a hundred (booaand dollat* „ In the cause neighborhood Mr. Jacob 0. Nestle and the widow of his Isle pinner, ' Mrs. J. P. I prey, own a large double cotJ regularly every summer since iu erect ion. n eleven years ago. The property is promt- ^ oently located at the comer of Congress „ and South Lafayette itreeu, and gives 1 evidence of the wealth and high social t'anding of iu owners and occupants. Mr. Niafle la oo <M tbe owners of Congress . Hall, which improvement, if be had been 't allowed bb say In tbe matter, would never have been pot together in the ill-con-struried shape it was. ic U. & Boost.* Sewell, wiw> U also Viery President of tbe West Jersey lUllraad. i» >. largely Interested in improved sod unimy proved property here, and Is a regular u resident withhb family during 'the sumd user month* Hb cottage U of the un- " pticniiont order, being p&tn 'in exterior d and occupies a retired situation oo Wood a street. An incident in connect! tin with e the General's residence .iccJrm! some few d >-rars ago which has never appeared in s- priuL It was about the time the city was e, putting In service a number of tbe Pewit Dyoll lamps, and the committee of Conncil of which Superintendent Ed- . munds was a member, desiring to oomph- ^ mcnt the General bsd the lamp dcsigurel f'sr Use post in front of bb cottage liandl'h somcly engraved with hb name thervon. ' Almut two days after Mr. E-liuunds was _ electrified by the receipt df a peremplorjre order from the General to have thai "boarding bouse lamp sign" removed forth- with uodrr the duest prnailk* 1 serins that Use commit lew bad unwittingly * nonvuru-d a private cbtage inlusa private Isgir.Img csutilishmeot, and in conv. a queore of the- ourorioc- applications cel. live JO price of heard which poured in ajwJbe General's wife, tbe tertrvrd lamp had to bo disemtlnucd. ia Hotel t-afayatte. 10 In a roernt vitil to Cape May, wc saun: I- ored down toward Denial's pier, anil Pi J our surprise found ourselves enfroou-d. 11 by a magnifionf structure, ruing like thc >- fabled and monumental aplend .re of lie

good' old days of Haroun al Kasrhiri. 1 1 saw the slender sptrew rising to tlw akv so dose to the leach that one caugtil the 1 very breath of the era, amidst the heart 1 throbs of the Atlantic, and 1 said hi my- ' •df: "What fairy palace b thb T"- Then 1 up rose my old friend Dcntemt froot tbe ' 1 pier snd ssid : , "Thb b the Hotel LMay- I ' We exsndsed the bold at our lebirr. ' It b Megant in all jit appointments : a I very thing of beanly. Mod of the rooms 1 . have "Romeo and Juliet" balconies, and ' , o;«n right sot oo tbe m, when the brmte 1 ol the old aocon fans tbe fevered brow. 1 • Among tbe gorstg of tbe Lafsyettr i> 1 j the U<m. Chs* Maraball, than wlssti th. reb no more ekiqornt advoca? or pnta. 1 gentleman al the Baltinsure tor. He - without a peer as an ads-rente in Mary bu.d, i unless it he in the prrson of ttwt giftal t lawyer and paired. Tinkle Malhs, ol > Baltimore. Mr. Marshall b. pcrh»|w, the ; Maryland bar. I Coder tbe snpeevttion at young Frank [ HUdreth, one has a right to expect 11* t Isslayrtte to go oo loan ooe degree o! t ; glory to an-aher. It has taken rank in r ! elcgsnre-. in culuoc,nn Ideariuo. and ir. i every way as inatituti-c of Cape May. ^ | The Atlantic Rcriiw evidently don't f | appreciate lire privilege o! malntaiomt j exchange* chat Us mailing deporlineot , j would be snlsj-ctcd ooowdonaDy to an 5 , b, the way gives the Wavx the robl ' thai, though iu offioe^ori clit-* rers ivc c two copies I A the Wavx daily}, the /S-r.'rer s is the most irregular ol our exchanges. T ten pins with Measu. IXsjurt and Newe.1, * I Ol Ptdhsdr-jpbi* ri Amusracnl HaU, no locator street, thb evtwing at right k o'clock.- Bukre, #300* ride. There wHi

WAVELETS. ^ >f -^f*tiemrt. t * No talc fordy trap* u Almost time for a cirrus. * Bplswdid vrrasber thmsgb. b Nojcoreily of Odi stories thb scostm. 7 Too delightfully coed along the beach * evening* j» Slrnuo IIAsier acknowledges to fifty. 11 li b now in order to growl about that '« hub (•) tax hilL * The fausasa oo the « recti are said to be '• doing a good haainem. The show windows and the outride db- * play this season are finer than evtr. Sick nsis b induced by tarrying oo the - teach in a wet bathing suit after the hath. 7 The crening of the Washington light ' Infantry b anxiously looked ft* by the * girls. " No aoch cream at any of tbe resorts, visitors declare, as that supplied by Karen ' of Cape May. Three match games of pool, billbreb r and tenpins Saturday evening at Decator ! Mr. Henry M. Evan* Mporestown, k. * J., aays: "Brown's Iron Bitters cored me - of i very bad attack of cbilb and fever." ■ Tbe life booU are always on hand and their crews ever on tbe alert- No danger ' whatever except to those who foolbhiy 5 seek it by going beyood the breaker* Tbe camp-meeting at Booth Soaville, in ' tWs county, will commence Thursday, ' August 18th, and close oo the 28th. The public b generally invited to attend thb : 1 T. P. Emerson keeps hb new store at 3 Green Creek well stocked with dry goods, r notion* groceries, and provision* all at - lowest prices for cart. He b also the " agent for Lucas' Ready Mixed Paint* ' Give thb store a trbL 1 A young bicyclist, who was standing on * the streeU of a neighboring town exhibit- ' 1 ing hb peculiar vehicle and hb^ shape to ' some admiring spectator* was somewhat overcome when sn did lady came oat of a 1 hoose near by with a lot of sebsore for ' bim to grind. 1 Onr local business men are taking tbe c lead. There are not so many adventurers . as formerly, and the business Interrsu of 1 our beautiful city b confined within its ' proper limit* and the sea shore, naturally * intended tor the pleasure of our visitor* is 1 not made a pandemonium of booths and * Tbe large tract of land lying north of Lafayette street belonging to the estste * of the Isle Judge KLC. Wale* will he * sold at public sale oo the premises, 97 " Lafsyettr Street, oil Saturday next. Au1 gust 18th, 1888, at half-past one o'clock, ' p. m. This sale is By order of the executive, and will posiliedy be made. ■ Ilumler b determined to popularise the 1 Pavilion as a first-class place of resort for -- the entertainment of our visitor*, and to '■ accomplish hb purpose is spending a gtvxl * deal of money. Hb efforts we hope to 0 see bearing tire desired result* He do. drnls sod visitor* Of the cuisine of the establishment wc would spcsk in tbe ' highest term* Al no hotel or restaurant * at Cape May b tbe secret of good cooking " and tabid service better understood than 1 at tbe Pavilion cafe and restaurant. Almost on tjpaot. ' Bat ui flay morning tbe inlet was It* 1 scene of one of those thrilling incidents b which occur so seldom oo our peaceful ' water* Mr* H. Augustus Wilson matt tronisrd a party of young ladle* among * whom were Miss Emily and Miss Emma * McCredy, Miaa Irene Wilton, and the ' Mbars Carpenter. Dr. H. Augustas WQ- '- son and R retard WBtftc wrrt the escort* '- After so unusually successful fishing exd ptrleoce in tbe yacht Congress, Captain Scbeilcnger, tbe party started homeward. >■ When tire eapuin, * ho b ooe of the most" enreful and prudent hcalmcn, was shoot y stopping to put In a double reef, the mast " was snapped In twsin in an instant, and d tlrcsMl was thrown in the water.- From I i he pier at Sr wells Point the crowd anxV iuusiy watched, expecting I" set- the boat su but tur the presrooo of iniod and o&or. s age of the captain, who Inatanlly dropped n lire anchor and cut away all tbe lioes that I' neld the sail to the yacht. It was nearly an boor before a rescuing party could be -rrgaoixah owing to tbe abacnoe of all sailboat* Tbe parly were safely brought t. artorc, however, by a tossing boat, and „ tire Congress taken to tbe repair ihop, ,1 The mast was new In the spring, and thb lt must be claswd among the unavoidable „ accident* . •

"It b an ill wind that blows no ooe good." The rain storm Thursday, while against outdoor enjoyment at the Cape, was welcome to tbe fanner* c* al least helped along things in the tgricultural department. So we ought not to complain of the farmers' <by if it b a wet About town tbe boteb were lively with , guest* They bad tq remain indoors the , part of tbe time. Tbe ready ail \ of same in devbing inrans to wile sway , the boors was apparent. At tbe New Columbia tbe Udici and gentlemen |« up , Utile dance that was highly enjtyed. . At the 8toritno and Coogtem Hail the orebcslrax kept np the spirits of th* . gorsu, and again exemplified the power of muarr. | On Use beach the wavca came trooping I In and with wild dbrcdrr spent their fury on the shore. Not marry bathers, , except the "old one*" braced the sort; it was too lively for tbe tifirid and young. Rainy days have their uses : (sU- rs f may spend them with Uwalirv rmmhim | of tbe family indoor* It wUtlwu useful I lew-m if the tlmu b spent in r.wkrng Hie , chiUtrm happy by t-l'ring in -. Urrir •pons snd rrmpathb :g ailb tbem in dtssiqsrisUnen:. We get tbe Idea IfcsJ the bane* if tkey t aw not id tbr street car* enjoy a day of , r.< occasionally, and the rain cornea at as and gives it tbem. Let us not oun- > plain uf the rain. < Superintendent Edmunds' office b ooe ■ uf the busiest tn town, tad we may as I well add while db tbe subject, tbe equal . of any other in - Its smooth] workings- . Tboss sorompliabed clerks of lib, Mrsar* ' T. It. Brooki and C. H. Edmunds k«r , ' matters running almg without friction. < . They bare such a oourtrou* bland way I of tjuing bus, cuss that ooe regrets a he l" has no gas bill to payor property lolnu,,,, ; , We may as well dmeh the whtde bussness ' ire ssyinc that gas offlre b excellently , rianrirod in^auj. detaib-^dally In 1 ' . Nottop to Tax PSytrs- \ of^5i? s3"beE brfdri ffssrss;

PERSONAL. ! Hoc. J. B. A pp legate. State Senator ol i New Jmity, from Oluurirtrr Co., oflh ' , bb daugfauv. b at tVBlocklou. Uuitad Stales Senator Wade Hampton, ' Of Booth Carolina, arrira! yeSJerday afrer- , Eooo and registered at Congress HalL ; b Senator Hampton b accompanied by bb f dangbter-ln-Uw. John m7 Campbclh~mrenher of tie ] Board of Educalioo, PbKadclpbb. is a • great favorite with the fair sex. He is j Q ooe of the Indispenrible aids to the ecj iy-, i men! of society life al the Stockton. I i- Dr. "Alexander Marry, Itivertoo, N. J . 1 carur to the Cape Wednesday lan with 1 e the base ball club of that town. He is a 1 L member himself, and look a iivriy Interest I t in tbe late game, in which hb fellow c athletes did ihuun-.'rcs so much honor. ' The deetor remains in town screrai days ' , on a visit to hb parent* Dr. V. M- D. ' i Marcy and- wife. 1 Miss Hadtle Goff, ooe of West Creel's | * arc. -tnplished daughter* has been spend- ' ing a few days very pleasantly with friends ( at Cape May City. , | Ei -Sheriff Anthony Steelman, of Tuck- t alror, lias arrired at Cape May, and is 1 I stopping with Coiooel Sawyer of the < . Challonte. ' Wm R. VaoGiid5 has arrired a! the : ' (tape on an annual business visit which ! > he makes at thb season. Mr. VanGildcr , b regulcred at the Challonh-- • ' > Ob pi. Henry T. Corson, one of Seaville's i most solid cit liens, financially and other- | J I numerous Cape May friends a few data ! ' , since. 1 _ j < Mr. A. T. Kendall, the culcrprbing j owner of the Seavillc Door and Sash Fact tory. b building another addition to bb ] * stantly increasing l»ounc*>. c 1 One of lib most jolly and plucky partin thai has gone out on our water* was , r one from the Hotel Lafayct'.e Thursday j . morning in CapL-S K. Morse's trim little j ' yacht. After a pleasant sail, with just t ' enough rock to make it enjoyable, they j anUifli'd. on tbe right spc* and seWeed'-d , J in capturing n Urge number of* ere! o. , lire hsdira and gentlemen tain posing the party were Mias M. II- Ingram and Mils - J. B. Kiwcil. both of Ohio: V. Oeoixot, t l'aul Jome* Dr. P. H. Markley. Hat- , ' b-rro. P*; Jacob Beck, of Beck A Bro.'s, [ ' and Robert Walton, Pennsylvania. , ' A pleasant party from Carroll Vilht ( ' chartered the yacht Ilarrirt, CapL T. f Smith, for a crabbing expedition on tbe ] ' walera of the Inlet. A very large catch i was the result of lire cruise. The ladies [ and gentlemen composing tbo party were , 5 the Misses Buninghuse, Misses 1. Myers, j ' Steigcr, Eitcnhart, Elliott, and Bleating. ' Hessra. Ed. Horner, 1L Stewart, N. t Depkin* H. Snow, 6. Doyle, 8. Garner, , 1 W. H. Wilson, W. Mil lor and J. F. t C"mb* f Stabs ihosocnting Attorney, at this , county, Jonas Miller, sad bb friend A. j 5 Lcjauibre. went out early Tburaday mem; t ing for a day's fishing at Stnrgeon Hole, ! ( ^ about twelve miles from Sewelb Point, i i 3 opposite Anglioca. ia «fce yacht Abbott, j Capl. SL E. Moore. A good run wuhad , to the flshiqj garuiKls wttfc * 8Bff W*Hh- , p wto Mb Jus catch was good until , , the rain beg» to come, when all hands j c I had to go down under the sole for a j | •heller. After a few tack, in Grassy . , . Bound had been made it was thought t s best, owing to the beary tea, to run to , e Anglesea and make the home run by rail. • j Tuey arrirod here last evening un tire | 6.13 train, wel^ satisfied with tbs day's ' , cruise. A splendid collation was served ' j j by "Mr. Lcjunbre, a la picnic fashion. . West Cape May Noloa. . j Rev. Wm. Bancroft, of Camdon, b . ' , stopping with bb abler, Mr* George H. | J R«VCS. Q Mac Swain, of Camden, has mured into f Use Owen House. Mr. Swain and family ' , ( are cordially welcome. Harry Muilincr's span of blacks makes . a fine appearance. ___ j j The boarding houses in this" ricjbuy are , 4 full, and tbs proprietors are renting roouts ( r in private cottages for tbe accommodation : ^ ' The Cope Chapel Bundgy School now ' ' t baa the finest library to be found in lire j lower part of Cape Msy L Joseph Wilson b shout porting the fin- . J Ishlng toacbes so a very barub «ie Isuas t e for tbe Measra. Benezel & Bru. , The handsome new house of H. C- |i Hughe* b nearly ready for occupancy. - j e Tuesday's Regatta. , The race which took place Tuesday ( J afternoon was a success. Nine boats rn- ( , j tend, only six of which finished. There , was m good stiff wholesale breese from tbe , , soutb'srd. Tbe. MttropoUUin was the . winner of the first prixe, and tbe Mary , h the aeoood. Tbe race was exciting, the r tmals having all the wind they could stand ^ ] I, up uodrr. One drawback to. the boots ^ was scarcity of Use ballast, ooe of (hem, „ ihe Abbott, hsvTng to give up the race od p thb account- Tlsc port-lies of the Inlet , L House were thronged with people to sitc aeus tbe race. The following b the time 1# as handed us by tbe judge* : * Itot Orrerooted tuae i * *1 £ I ! U ^ ^ i ! S . 1 •" ' Judges — E. Taylor, Maurice Crease, " and Walter A- Barrow* ■' A rather funny event took plaae oo our ;r etrai-u early oo a rooming of bat week. ^ It seems that a housekeeper had tile painter to give an oid-faabioood chair a •y nine coat bf red jrainL In taking it bane >f be carried it in audi a way u to make it * look like a hand-organ. He noticed quite a number of little boya and girls I uUowtng bim, but did not take a bint ol the aitcak lieu till one of tbem called out to him ic u very persuasive louea: •ay, mister, give >! us a tune." Tbe chair was tsuugbltoa •' carry arm* and tbe youngateri dispemed. A It b not safe td ask tbe gesuonon yet to T . play stsnethine. He bos not got ready to A ' lstqth over It yet, but be wfjk It ukcr T ; some people a long time to |ee a joke. c» Tbe largest menhaden catch ot the sesf* ; anu was made bat week by the fishing J steamers employed by the factum* si Lrwe* over the bay. The fish were grouted in scli! els covering huud:«!s r-1 a-«e choked -With fish, snd tare Irern rs runqing day and u.gfct. .Tons bare been L ; caught at a single ban'. Over S. Vti.OCtt t fish were hrousht in •« a siurie day for r. than era known. -F-. .-.j.,

per * au'fn itB. Fishing on On Banks. Tiw want logo t-vllinejor snipping mxtkere-ff. Well ' why sh-nddo^youg-.-Tbe Eshing lies st void door. ..Ferbsp* tbe finest on the New Jersey coast. . Tbe resideat and regular visitor uf Cb;*know it, but there must Jw many likq I *as, who hare never urard, or at bast never realized tbe f^t. Had I Ircen asked I lixwH-barc said, b the great piatr for blue hsh. They may be found, occsslooaUy. st all prsisu akwg our eoosr. and you are far . more like!}- to find ,tbrtu outside tbe than inside. But s,iroetfaing about the conformatfoft of Baroegat Inlet tuna them in there ohener and in greater nun:than anywhere else, so 1 trad supU any one had told me that oo tbe Cape May banks (these fish live* tbe summer through, and in as large numbers as Baruogal, 1 should have laughed with incredulity. Vet tucb, 1 am indurated, on good authority, b the case, and my short experience goes to prove it. Capt Jacob Stiles has followed fishing there these twelve summer* and be tells the fish seem never to be absent. Sumethey win not bite, but even on these bright, hot days they may be seen deep down in the clear water. I I made * trip with Capt. Stiles on Mon. j dey, and had the pleasure of pulling iu I t wenty nice one* That is drtl a particu1 lariy large catch, but its fishing w ith a j A seven pounder on a line I and tbe boat soiling besides. Multiply I two hundred and twenty-five by twenty, and you have forty-five hundred feet of I hauling, considerably wire Ihsn tbreej quarters of a mile. Tbe Ixsu caught fortyfive fish. elb I'rinf? P*rtk* l*SU 1 T p p The very name has lost its ancient atrength and now suggests inactivity ami h is the ideal acaslde season. the dog-days that unfits for any other pursuits than tbjrt suggested by tbe ocean. Balling, fiunr.g and bathing arc n .w In bannnoy with the listless season. The merchant can make up hb mind to nothing Hun will last an hour in thb summering period. Tits lawyer tires of his everlasting preccxlelitssnd briefs and gives clients a chance to settle their differ, by" letting them alone. The minister has caught the prevailing malady and gone off on a tour to themountarns. to or to Gape Slay, which b better. boys and gtrls are completely cat from the hum-drum of tbe schools j and their minds arc stretching and growby the contact with nature. It has been said by those who have had experience in tucb matters that August is poor month in which to pop the question. First, because she cannot, ou account of the inrtt keuon, make up her mind to accept or reject him; and oramd, it often happen* that the month b gone j be propose* Philosophers hare orncludcd that tbo world b belter in ; August than In apy raber month of, tbe A debtor will tbfn pay because be | cannot itaad the worry tbiskiog ofsey t more plana to escape bb creditor. A&ltMh ' auoroej-s arc all olf, 'w here a good many I of them ought slay, there are fewer dispulos aod bw suits with ibcir provoking sntl mbcliirf-maklng ooosequcncc* Even i criminal Clowes ait and sitnmcr in | dog-days; they are as undecided as other I ] Again, experience hat proven a thousand times over that thb b a poor reason < for the lightning rod or insurance man. j Tlx* bad la-tier give up the Ineffable : like other !'dlg> and go ofpin the wildcr1 or by the seashore. Wc believe they lij^-e disappeared in late years at Uiis I period. There b one set that cannot be ! put off on account of Uie weather, wc refrr to book agents, they are ever present it August or January. There b no : amount of beat or cold that will dbj courage tbem. Because August has no. vitality, except the latter das* just fib it for a bolii dsy. So let nature, which designed a period in which wc may be set aw ay and i rise like bread that greater usefulness ami activity may follow, do ber ported work. A Baltimore Colony at Capo May. Tbe Capr^ May correspondent of the Chicago Tribune aays : " A small colony I of Ballimorcans U settled Isere tor the jcason. They are almost vt much iro- ( pressed with iLc grandeur of their nalivity us the elect nribdclphians are with their* but tlrey arc far broader and breezier, and jonotaln a degree of grmd fellowship that j could never prnetralc Uie Pcnnfylvaaians. 1 . One of lire ineradicable notions of tlic 1 repreacntailve Iblilmorran b that tbe of hbcity arc tbe mi at beautiful on Use planet. A number of tbem arc 1 good -looking and attractive in manner* 1 as are the women of Urc country genet- ' | ally; but they are not distinctively lovely, 1 as any one may discover by actual obser1 vatioo in tbe Monumental City. Tbe ; opinion b ooe. however, that fire would not bom out of them." Accounting for a Black Eyol ' ri in- West Jersey Itsuros 1, rn r"mn!ne aw aor-sr y~:rr.lsj tasrrrlag. wss r™iq Utet over tae erare «S S'rafwn'tsn'^rs'^ C^'JsT.^U?'msi>r° Usror'* Sr'}°triro^5'ir ' IsibSnSS toiae rogtunr soS's"^'^ t'iil-es the 9"*w us ccucarx^beiter star* tame Tbe Oottrirr all rmptt -tire ferruginous " or iraoieal style in speaking of Harry MulUnof* bbek eye. Now Brother Pat- | la* a himself knows ail about the c.ilored , optic which b " caust-d try running against ' an open door" the nfgbl befucg. Now Fx | F. F. often runs against hlsikfighb* John Brocket's door. In fact. Frank, who . is a "tpiril touched to fine issues, knows " huw.it- b himself." If Brother Fsltcrsoo ' tot careful. Brother Chew ( W. J. Pr—) will kick Arm over the right eye, and > Frank wCl exclaim, "Then you, and I, 1 and al! of us fell down, and bloody CJuu did flourish ora nr.," Fifink. h-t up on MnlHncr. He b-oue o' the institutions of Cape May, and a I mwepmbl, reliahb and hoorat oooductor i From tfce Qosel Mac. t G -ogress Hall, Cape""Msy. b one of the , hem sod most pto.ro, ;!y eon iuetrd seai side boteb on tbe list, and annually 1, as I tire patronage of a very large number of

Tuckahoe. g Mr. Ciarcfise 1L Brook* of th» Cape | , I? May ami Sewelb I'lrtt Railroad, paid a j s Dying Vldl to tlse village on Sutunbyj c ' Misa Mary Sutton will visit (Jape May 5 the last of the week to remain aeverai » days. Miss Mciiie Steelman, a very charming , ycung ladv, b spending thekummer at - Cipe May. 1 A horse, belonging to Mr. J. C. Shcpr parti, (on away from in front of hb realit dcoce last Bobbsth- The carriage to I w hich it was attached was considerably • injured. Our people are already preparing for - lire Searilic Camp Meeting which will begin on the 16th inst. u large numbers of Tuckahobns "cxr curse" to Ocean City. Tbe trip down » tbe river and bay b a pleasant on*, and a ■ stay al ibis orderly, religious reaort af- i ' fords a delightful recreation, even to | We are anxiously expecting railroad j 5 facilities but another diiappointroent will ! ' probably be our lob I SoavltoNoto;. i> Rev. Sir. Brunyelle killed a snake last week, which from the description is sup. I • posed to bare been a rattlesnake. a Mr. Robert Cambcrn also killed a very j - large black snake. Noticing i! being very ' s thick iu tbe .middle. Mr, Cambcrn took • c his knife and dissected it. and took from j . hit snmkeatiip two young rabbits about as j r large as barn rat* j f proved very acceptable lo the farmer* j Mr. Robert Willeta canglit ninety wee k ! - fish with hook and line one morning this j week. * f The -Corson boys caught 006 thousand • four hundred and seventy-five pounds ■ weak fish anil mackerel at one haul with their trine this week, but they were very Mr. Alex. T. Smith weighs more, walks 1 catches more oyster* etc., by about fifty | 1 lime. Its a boj*; arrived last Saturday, j ' Mr* Ellen Townsend smilca all ojcr irer c countenance when Ore aforesaid anal! boy , c b mentioned to her, as it b ber first gracd- • child. . S. ' Court House. ■ One of the most thoroughly enjoyed . ing of the Court House Comet- Baud at I . Urc residence ol Mr. E. P. Hand, on I 1 Monday evening.. He being the tot to ' , invite them out. no pains were ipRCfi by j him and his estimable wife and daughter, j t to make lbs occasion one long to be res membcrcd pleasantly by all who partiei- J * Another beach party ' is talked of for I An old woman named -Garr iron, living I " . about a mile North of Swain, while in the I . swamp on Monday, fell upon a snag and j r come near bleeding to death. She is undc-t r , the care of Dr. Joseph Wbcaton of this ( t Court House b behind time thb year ! a with her watermelon crop, for wc usually e have about Use first that are ripe. j i Mr. Adrian Vcrmenle, a very pleasant 1 y young etudcnL uf Rutgers College, is can- j *. "tt County witbj book called the , I "Museum of Antiquity." i. The btavy rain stonn'of rhursdsy was ] e ot inestimable value to our crops, some ol j '- A frartl»Hy_Pead Man. I The ita-ntngJJirold.^ Baltimore. Sid.. " describes bis iiiiiacuhius enre as fotlrnri ; j '• "1 have beeq a partially dead man lor ! e- ten J-edrs. "UWon attributed uiy suff- r j ings to tire eulargenunt of certain eland* „ Tbe quantity of luedidne'I l<«* without I , ' relief would be sufllaeiit to set up a first- I s clasa apothecary shop. Finiily SL Jaooir* j c Oil was recommended. J, had my apimd ) . column thoroughly rublsed wi'.b il. All | , those knot* kink, and .Uffnesa Lave ! 1 jiosord away, and I am my*!! again. u "Diintical of dainty placca b tire Devon Inn, at Devon, IV, half au hoar's ride It from Philadelphia,'" is lire way .the New I. York Erprrtt puts iL This ctsbiiskmenl is oonductd3"i>y tbe filossra. Cramp, of d Congress IlalEandof its situation, accomd modatiou*. aod attractions a brief deserippaiwr. 'lire house since bsr roarou ha. ' hoca increased to double its former capar- . y thirty xix sleeping rooms. , Hcoltir first, liches after. aid. All forms of heart disease, including palpti* ' tion, rheumatism, spasms, bony bun. a e tion, entargemcnt, Taivular derangements, d acute pwins in left breast, Ac,, yield to the „ use of Dr. Groves' Heart Regulator, f L ( per brtllc at druggist* orraoy tero-: or aio-j w.-ratn ta. lt*ts »: ssn ' VVBerra* I.J taocrth acroon ot an act .>! to. ' LesMlatarr of the Slate of New Jrrwt, eatitlc,] re grapk Cimpanj,-' spprrn-ro Mares it, l««, n fcsv- powrr m cnastrwa and msoca ti I.lrsra|>h ajtiifiiBm '' ' ' r f ' ' " wn» Ur aakl lecuoa of us* sal t act of Incof;.. y rauon. "The Borrrh Jmey Tsirarapa Com- . surpoweroato rstar,!»a a Mcpkntw ncfangF m -ths Cwy of Cape May. ooi f-v taal parpow ia j are berstry graoinl the pnsiKsre <4 vreuuw V gsk aodjiroa onr arret or au -J m 10 ^0"!^!°'°!- "1*^* y r) Taal u ewnMerstosr' of tn* anore prtntrgr' 1 d "The 8owlk Jtvsej Trfcgraph txaspssy" tktj 1 ^ tae Cuj ot Cape May, tour outaptrte Uoo of aramxis so r«.- uraigtiared by tbr Ooaams* TO.I If thread -Hoop Jersey Tekxr.pt. | ^

-'Al-eO. OAK.HftL\.'FQR. THB OUT Summer Prices at Oak Halj. Lower* now tha 1 for jufars past. To speak with our rural friends tlirough the out-ofi town press is loo sloy to tc!l our daily story. We can only give general facts here, and claim a visit to Oak Hall for details. Of this be certain Oak Hall will always give the best lcirgain. The best service at the least cost is ouV purjtosc, regardless of profit and loss. To-day die popular bargains flr;(; Alcn's f.6.00 TrueBlue All-Wool Flannel Suits, gsoo fancy CassiJ mere Pantaloons, and fcrrge Soyir Cassimefe j Suits at $4.25- Half prwes only. They will be continued, | and arc only referred to iWe as specimens of what wc will do for you when you visit usS. Wanamaker 8c Brown, Oak Hail, — . ' Sou ill -Hast Corner Sixth and Market Streets, Philadelphia. PLANING M-ILL, j SASH FACTORY & LUMBER YARDS." Doors. Sash, Blinds, Shutters, Mouldings, BRACKETS, SCROLL WORK, TDRMIHGS. HE, 1 BUILDING LUMBER, OF EVERY DESCUHTION. WILLIAM C. SCUDDER & SON, C. B. COLES, LUMBER MERCHANT, Doors, Sash, Blinds, Mouldings Boxes, &c: BRACKETS AND SCROLL SAWING. Office, No. 14- Kaighn's Avenue, Camden, N. J: Jcl6y SAMUEL H. FRENCH & CO.,- ; Paint Manufacturers, PAINTERS" Af:n BU LDERS' SUPPLIES, CROWN EEADY-Mim-PAiNT. 1 PAINT MANUFACTURED. SAMUEL H. FRENCH & CO., CAPE MAY FIRE Insurance Agency, J. H. EDMUNDS, | 3 ^ ^C'^V' M J' : BECK & BRO, WHOLESALE AND RETAIL ' ALLEN & GIUTERS' TOBACCO ABB CIGARETTES. GO TO THE '" PHILADELPHIA PALACE BOOT AND SHOE STORE, ; w rrtrv y<w will (M UK Isrgwu IU of BUOTR, FHOU AMD OLIPI'XUb la ! GRADES, WIDTHS AND STYLES, ; Which wc GusranlM to bv lowvr rbha M oay MOST ssors, enrxw la 10* msnolalurtat of oar own ] GOeeAMtKS - i • -.Ukon WASUI.V,.T..N AND ntBlTf-