2*»lanl> ani (So unfit. Our Granting, lo acoordraa srff a prevloua nnDounormrat. tlx present number of lilt War* cona lo lu readers froin new | fa to da. For nearly thirty jrt n il' bu • been a wrekly rU'.lor lo the botr.it and reridrai* of Cape May county, at well at to in toy who, although residing in dial tot ruomjea and atalea. have a warm placi in tlxtr brant for Cape May and lu wrlfare. . • bo loam and ao claarly taaa I be Wart '■Urn identified with Cape May? IniereM, .that ita name and Iwgea air aa the name and face of a familiar friend, and it i* tlx OuS"of Introdndnjr himself, rather than hit paper, that tin editor baa attempted in . thla column. It la proper ai tbia time that wc ahooid. ma far known to onr readrra something of ^ the line of pdiicy which Ilia our Intra. | Win in the future. All will admit that a properly conducted pVwapsptr It pro- j ductirrof much food to Abe community It repretrnt* for after all a newspaper should represent the InlereaU of tbe com- ' oiunirr .her* II to poblUbed. and by wbnm It tvaappnrtart. rattier than tbe pertonal feeliogr and prejudloa of the editor. In tbe Wonderful piugttra 01 art. nrleonr, iileratura and religion. wbicb hat , to notably characterized tbia nineteenth j erautry, l be newapaprr baa been a moat powerful and effective agent. Tba Infiuence of tbe preaa at tbia day ' | for good or erll it tlmply beyond oaicfilsI tioo. and ahnoat without limit. Vnwiaeor ' I njndiciooa uae of Ihla power may Indie ! riot, bloodehed or war, while calm dinpai located diacurakm of political meaauret.aniJ Ibe bet.lnietchaBge of odnlgn, baa been " o°e of Iba Wrong element. which bat kept Inun tbe free Institutions of car lb - public. The nodal elevation and edurr. Hon of the manes it largely due lo a free ' prtae, and tbe nnttammeUd egpreaalon of public optuion through ita columui. hare been aecomplUbr-d by Ibe newapa. ! pern of tbe world in the aggregate, each tingle Jocrra! hat lo a larger or smaller degree taken ita pari, and la entitled lo iu proportionate aba re of credit. In lit ' comparatively btnnble ephere tlx War r baa, lot mote than a quarter of a century, hear doing well lu part in tide great wortt. In ukiegour tefat In tbe editorial chair. high prentice lo which Ibe Warn baa already attained under ita former publish- ( era, will require no ordinary effort, bat he are bold enough to bnpe that by faithful attratloe anrl tinrrmitting labor; vraabal' be able to widen the apbete of uaefulneta C and exteq^ilr range of Influence. ^ Urougnifaing that Ibe lotrreata of our dly and county are Identiral with our ( own. and that our aurcrta deprndi largely , upon ibe future prnaprrtty of onr city «> J dravor to further Ita Internal In erery par 1 teniae. • \ In malt era political weahall bold an 1ndeflrartewl and ooo-partiiao pnriti>.u. aofar aa tbe pariy allegraoee "(oar paper Uoott. f owned. Aa a mailer of rnurae oar imli. Tidua] pMideal faith will remain it ' changed, but we aba!! endeavue to alt nek tbe wrong and enmmrad the right, b I it be found where It may. Tbeae are the ieyea and the rim" which we enter np->o our jnuraaHnie coree. By a airlct ad- j berrzer to the principle! at hare Igfai down, and a oaaeclroiiuua dircbarge ot •lory, •+>-?*■ to merit a r-uiiianen— t I f the peewct patronage which the Wave . enjoy a. and In tlx near future «b great'; extend the wane. taw. , Odmrt/Jamm M. 8oorel. aprairt agrn! I of tb»rr a Treasury Bureau fur Pbila ! delphia. baa hero recuperating for a It » i daya the part werfa w ith hi- friend Out i IxnMng. The dirilogulahed Colonel and quari flahing edHor of tlx Ware liar txen e completely mo down, phyr ically apraklng. - <« Mouofaj id i he atuprndoua pcranrc of 1 Ibe late political campaign, and tbe remit c aaa that fait ptayridan bad ordered him f fur a weck'aabootittg to Capo May. Since hit advent there baa been a perceptible e decline In Ux amount of ganx in Ibe t reronty, particularly in tlx line of equlr. c tela. In the killing of whlcb be ia regarded a aaa Second Bngardoe. f Tbe eldewalka in aamw of tbeatrreti ol _ _ onr city are la a diagreoeful c >ndiiion ' Long ago our rlty ojuooQ passed an ordi ' nance lo oootprl the paring and curbing ^ of oorialn alreeU. Some property ownert who rrapact Ibe law at ooee oaaaplied, atben hare neglected to mtke Ibe nccer rery public impr.ivemrnL Thla it on J oat . to Ibuae who ore taw-abiding, and council p thewld are that I be law M enforced at once . ao that onr street! may be phi la good f condition before ibe opening of another k Thehoprorrmrnu how Dtwrl/crwnpleted ] zzszsszrj* ks; ; to being b-illt, on which the bell recently . purchaaed by order of oountil for tbe car ^ of the Are department will be mounted -. The hell wrngb. 750 p anda, and ii da- n department pgreber in time of Are. We * true It wiil not be called Into w for tbia * p..n. -e lor. longtime. * Tbe annuel Irapr^L tfjobn Mecray £ Fow. Na 40. D. A. It. tbia dly. waa jl Ixki Friday evening. ef tan week. Owing t ler thus Oeual. Tlx iaapaetioo waa condtxrer by amialaat Inaprctor J. P. Miller, p \ the bridge to Broadway, ia a, much a 7 xreet of rbe dry eg Waahingtim or Lata; . * dre etrert and the dty efaoold keep It in c hwter repfau. 1. I. tlx main tb.xoogbf.re b eongre^:,^ rd ihT MdhSb.?P^!^ I n

While We Think of It- 1 f J Tbe Cape May Gurnet Band il fairly on t = lag turkey? , It la the aaumge manufacturer who ' e make bdb ebda aunt. We hare a bright and comely company ! of young pcopk at Cape May. - Tlic principal of Ibe public acbuol haa ' a night claaa ia practical osTigatldo. Capt. Tbotnal Doutiaar, of Ureec Creek, • ia r tatting hla too lawyer DongUat, thla J dty. t Mr. E. 8. Taykx Is employed at Angleaea making -surrey t for that naiuc be * oogb. d Encourage home industry by tending an order for what may be wanted to your a "Igbbor. Finery for school children Is not In good taste, nrlttxr is It fasbiOBabie. That ought to aritlali. ' Put your name down as a contributor to Ox Cape May Cornet Band. Sara. - Bailayhna Ih. papwa, J VratiUllon in tlx public •cboola iMo U tmproTrd by a cbrap dcriae at tbe t p and bottom or the aaali. Tbe game up county was sensibly dimlui.bed this week. Bra. Johnson It re- ' sponsible fix tbe slaughter. ' Her. Rufas Tafior, D. D., of Berrrly. N. J. will ooc-:py (be pulpit of Ibe Presbyterian church next bebtieih. ' ' " Tlx public schooled, wot ia IVeduetdsy leod ibr o-uixia of tbe InaUluti . Tbe collection lakra fix ibe Children's ' II ane In Camden, at tbe L'uhio Thanks. | giring serrite. amoonted to (7.57. Mr. K. M. Mou. agent for tbe Ptttaon at I>yc W'orkr. is in town solieiting : trade. He aanea with good references. Frank Sbaw returned b.une on Honda, with a fine deer which Ix had killed in the bunting grounds t>f Pennry'raDla. "Billy" Hcbrntbal wilf trad yoa any- ' where about tbe county you wish to gt. 1 ile has good horns end obliging drirers. Cdh D. B- Murphy, Inspector of the ' Sod New Jersey Brigade, il cgpz Ctrl "here J Ibis erening, to bold an inspection of Co. ' "• i A man of czprriroee lays : "Stand anywhere but four feet to tlx left ef a 1 woman wbra ahe burla an old bottle at a 1 Tbe rateitainmrat glrrn at Cape May 1 on Tburaday evening for tbe bene fit of the Sandaydftbsml waa -well at- ' trailed. No ooc bar a mora) right to accept a ' public trust, or pxltlon of any kind and ' then neglect it, and bare to be prod- ' dedluto action. Her. A. I'. Johnnm, of the Cold Spring : chutch. will dellrur a lecture In fbc roimr 1 of tlx Youqg glen's flaint.an Asaoplation ' oo M uadaf <jsctiieg. A fair for tbe benefit of ibe Cape May ' City M. E. Suoday.Scbool waa held id 1 the chapel belonging to the school, en ' Thankagirfatg erening.. ' There were only two teacbtra in tlx ' county thai did nut aoiwer In their namer 1 ua railing the Pill Wodueiday aftrrooon at'tbe Aral aciaion of the Ineithte. 1 Mr. KJward Sayre ia building a cory little cottage oo Washington atreet below 1 tbe attract luWl o' Ue erighborbood. 1 Ool. Jai. M. Scorel, of CBfidrn, was 1 down one gonning «ulae oo Thursday. He carried home about a dozen aqutrreb J among ibe pontrata of hii game-hag. < Next Sunday morning at the M. E ■ cburrb, eerrral pobons will he recti* serf : auto full inetnlxrriiip. and ibe aaeratnent 1 ■I tbe Lord's Supperwlll be admlnbtcred. i Sraat.x W. J. Bewail, Vice President of the Weal Jersey Bailrued, paid areblt' • l- 1 1 «|X May pa Saturday for tbe purpose of looking after bis personal- Interest- ' bete. Mr. A. t. Utile has beca puUlng a 1 e.ew oust of paint upon one of Mr. J. C. 1 Hullo t> cotugea— No. 6 Stoekluu avenue. " ItV ing.r-wnd appearance ia a credit both " to Mr. Little and the owner. Win. C. Allison, E-q , of Ibe Allison ' Car Work.. Philadelphia, ririted Cape ■ May on Saturday hut. remaining util 1 ' SoodajTa. in. IIW aW that Mr. AHiwwi i Intcoda b'tilding upon hit Boacb avenue 1 Mr. John J. MK'ounell's new collage 1 Jackspo ai rare it prngrrasiog under I be • •uprrtntrndracy of Mr. Chat. A. Shaw. ' plaster boo. and asaouo Mil Is sufi*. ' ciraily dry the Inride wood work will be « r.t .,p. 'nHgnntS 1 Tbe trust ret of tlx M. E church gen- ' enuj.ly granted tlx Jnatlui'e tbe use of I the hunrflng of whlcb they are Ibe offioial i custodbma. The members of tbe board ' are public spiriled, and their action it ap- ■ - Ttxre being nothing for one vul't ' abulia to adhere to, our beach U a poor < plate to flod apecinxna. Tbb is a dlsap ■ MlBtmraUu many visitnra wbo aaaociate the aeaahore arlih abeltt as naturally a- I llxy fill Ite orrau wtib flahrv. < Faahlonable' Wedding. j A large and laabmoabie wadding took t place ia FbiiadrlpMa no Tuesday lari. lu j which many of our 'readefs will br iDtev- t fated from Ibe Tact that Ibe bride is well , known at Cape May. where the resided f uo'il abnota year ago. fin Tuesday in the j W.-al Arch at reel Preabylrtian church, at , 5 o'clock p. m , Mr. S. Bcvan Miller, of , Baltimore, waa married to Mlas Elizabeth t M. flreiuux'a Tlx ceramocy was pet- , formed by Rev. E. P. Shields, of tbb dty. 1 miniated by the Rev. John Hemphill, D. , 11. About TOO persons wUixased the cafe- { moor, after which a reorptloo was given , at the residence of Iba bride's mother. 162b , }>iutb Bn-ad street. Mr. and Mrs. Miller , left the Broad street station at 8 p. m., , fix New York. Auxxg tbe gueata were lulluwing lauUzra and gyntU-men from . Gapt May -Mrs E. V. Shield-. Mrs. J. 1 11. Farrow. Me. Hntie Miller. Mrs. F. « Mix Lsxie Mecray. Miss Salht » Mzcrey. Misa Emma Leach and Mr. Jaa . M. E Hi Id retli ^ Ibofcaaare E A. and A. G. Apgar and • Hooch were comfortably domidlid e MdwriagUreaaaaluoaaf tbe Intll'ute by c Culoael Sawyer «l the Cbalfnote. tin " day Superintendent Bblrada ' and'olbm In rit ret guest, parlor* of the * getxmus boaphalkk* of tbia popular h j , I j Our straeta showed Thanksgiving day ! in tlx bright and happy faces on Hxm of , I many young people wbu were at home frmn suxe and edwul raj-^lng the fasUae : ^Tt^wy Wpu,f *W "lh ,be j Tba member. .< Kw. 7J. O. A. R . are j Z gtoalgapd. , I

1 Capo May County TeacMfa In- j ° 1 Tbe 1 ostium: waa oaliad ia order on «V«rr^M»ylKiM IW'«0 oWoek, in ' tlx M. E raurob. by' Superintendent. 1 Shields, when thirty -eight tmdiwt anawered to their nam. -a. a remarkable ' attendance and "ooc" that ifgocd well lor | auccraarrc mrellnga. Mr. Shields after J I making a few remarks then introduced Profemot Henry Houck, DtpM Superlntebdent of the State of Pennsylvania, ^ wbo addressed tbe lescbrre oo tbe genera! subject of Institute work in its bearing upm teachers sad their work. Tbe speak- ;] «r said fctsi the achooU of New Jssaey. were in tbe front rank fif educaliooal progreaa. The digoliy of the tracber'a calling , occupied a few momenta, after krkicb the lecturer look up tbe subject of apelliog, * bleb is at tbe rery foundation of educat tional proceascv. There are many poor apellera. and they are found In all |*ufesaluoa. Several cawa of perauaa who bad cited lo show tlx prime necessity of eor. c rect ortbogAjiby. " Atrnn ftt prr cent, indicated the accuracy of schools. One teacher named, missed every Word. Oar particularly useful rule for spelling tbe terminal Ion "twras," which was given said I he Professor always pertaint to matter. A ' combined system of oval and writtco <x- | r-rciaea ia teaching Ibe Important art produce. the beat mulls. The wocds antlien r in our "polling tarnks arc not the names of tdlnga in every day use. Tracbrea should make a book hxMlxtuselVea by preparing - , topical lists. In dictation ezereiara tec that tbe mla^xlkd wo -ds art lily leahxd. Tbe pupil may occasionally pronounce the lreaon fix the data with large adyantace , , to himself. In short tlx best way to karn ' to a pell is to spell. After an 'iDtcnniaaiun and sung. Mr. ; II ruck ^ade further remarks upon using ; thf merntxy and sight sa sidsj* tlx work 1 <■! bcormlng a gtanl »pr-ltcr. Tbe tcfttiua i closed at 4 p. m. At tlx evening Session Profess* A. C. : , A i gar, of tlx Hi ale Normal School, was . , introduced and bis subject announced as Natural lltslory. a chart of Ihirty representative animals being displayed at a basis of the lecture. A rat at tbe top of tbe chart. a! ood for mamalia, tbe highest of animals, breatae il c.otainnd more organa for special purposes than any other Hhizvpoda, a sbapelem low order of - erratum abounded in tbe tea and in ftrah waltr. Ttxy have no pant, nothing to , rat, walk or digest fond with, but accotu. 1 modate tbetnselvct lo circumatancea and rxtemporjjod whs. is needed to sustain ' life. Tticx wonderful cnaturna which are f'xmless masses of jelly build gorgeout 1 that are a delight lo all beholders, lit palace is globular, filled with wiodox a 1 which reveal To tlx investigator lu curious mechanism. When a rkbupod grows too ' for bis dwelling be divides himself 1 , iu twsin and tlxn builds another house - modeled oo Ibe old plan. The profcreor 1 . drscribad (be sponge aatd astoniabed bis , bearers by •-bis wonder of tbe ocean. 1 ! Infusoria <A many tbouaand varictira tbe salt and f rtsh water around ua. Hydra z. ia is another class of catijus errs, that roam about in tlx at*. A aimi- , tar animal la tbe Xrtab .water hydra, which ' the power of trading out iu long ' threadlike arms oo being exposed to tlx warm rays of the sun. This strange cres i -turn may be divided In two parts, each one becoming a perfect specimen. Tbe aalt water bydro is of atil! greater beauty, ' r aud thousands of them are thrown up t 1 the abrrc every summer. Tbe cbaogea in a growing specimen are more strange thsc r we see exbiblted in insect life. Tlx dreumitancea ol ita bring were Ulustrateil ' by drawing, on tbe black board. . Beaidc. ' , ibe Jelly fiabre, Ibere are lbousanda ol ' otlxr bydrolda, that are spumed aside by ' ; the unthinking ixdratristi. A ore her hydra ' the Portugucaodnaomf-war. rnceired Ibe ' aHeatlou of the leeiurcr. Tbe sea Anetu ' , ooea in all their beauty. were considered «od tbe life of tbe polyp deariibad. Ani utberdasa, tbe Cteoopliora, emit phoapbor- - ewerot fire, and light np tbe tea with a | strange glow. Siar fi-lxa were atudx-l . i a*d then worms brought under Ibe light , I of tbe profess as tpirnliflc descriptive puw. | era. Sea cucumbers which are thrown ( upon tbe chore strangely commit aui- , cide ty a kind of dyaprpna, if they are | unkindly treaded, hot on being petted will . take on new life, and astonish tlx heboid, by Ibrir beauty. Sea urchin? and Pale I were iba next wooden the professor < Ixought imh u tlx ioslrurlioo af (be and- < Tnatraies, creaiureaTaand no the | upward scale have' heart* They fill our | waters In July aud August till llxy look tspinca pudding. Tbe professor d.» d ( his lecture by well chosen words of ez- ( i hortatlsn to bra bearers upm Ibe subject , of a more careful study of Clxl'a crest urt-r . u found in the sea. Weffneaday morning al d o'clock, the i Instllite waa called order by Superintendent Shield?, .harp on lima. Pri .feasor Anjar IjDoollnued bis lecture on Natural ' Hiftoryk Krpllle. occupied bis altten- 1 lion. Ih the early period of our geological history there were fifty varieties of ' individual, of Ibh Idod. Snakaare- < nt *uch terrible creature, aa they are re- ' prcateted. They never will barm you if 1 alone. Tlx beauty and motion of there- I animals should be a subject of great ad 1 miration in. trod of repugnance. Tbe new- 1 Ual tints and bright cnlnra of tome spur.- ' can out be excelled in. nature.— ' copper heads and rattle snakes are 1 the only pobuoous varieties we have 1 'the question was asked If any one In tlx ' claaa ever knew, from pi aannal knowledge, had any positive information on the I Subject. Insects were described In Ibe I'rofeaanrV t wty. He Mid that there were i more mosquitoes la Massachusetts than iu a New Jenry. Our Stale had been given a • bad name by sonx rail disposed persona, j t Teacher, ab-mld diroourage '.be bare iu- j < •immitoe. and deny tlx evil report at ev- j t cry opportunity. Waler tanks are fertile ! t for breeding tbe movquito. This t may be slopped by stnAoblng oetting freer , i them to exclude tbe creatures. Tlx char- j ■ actorirtk* of beetles, fires, biqr-, gratf- i and loearets were fuBy set forth, j H. tuck eulogized our grand ocean fpxnt language. Tbr Institute adjourned ' give place to Thanksgiving service-, j and opp *1 arily to those wbo wished to < ! attend He m. < ! Al Hxaflevnoon arasioo Prrfrasor Houck ! cmilotwd oo the subject of arithmetic ami ; "" RT*' hnu1 °",a" i ■ the former aubjor. and iu tuiuy acbreda » . boUqr W,. fitrtm-ilyhai.de io mantalnAih- | ; ^pTb ■ ; tfaal m the vety begiaulqg or hi additkn | -

- > Failure to write decent English received i the criti cilia it deaerved. Geography came n of teaching It were shown to be very drb f relive. Oo not require pupils to bunt c and creek on tlx map. but arket tlx most ir important for ooasidemtaa. How to study ■r a lesson U Ibe moat important pari of the il teacher's duty in bis relation to bts riaatct. ! - What waa aid by Mr. Ilouck. made a , i, deep imprcaeloo upon tbe audieuoe. and : d bia words will be bread upon tbe waters • g All play and ntrtrork Is a fallacy and t oe .- which is now doing much mischief. Etc- j y. cation docs not come to us as s pleasant | >■ song, but It la fbe product of hard pertisg tent labor. e Superidtcodent Apgar spoke upon ex- , trtmist* iu tbe educational fichl. alter ■ wbxtr tbe Institute adjourned. r In the evening Professor E A. Apgar. : t State riupcrinXotleul, addressed Ibe Insti- 1 I tutc ou tbe subject of "Illiteracy. " He! r read extracts from recent speeches of 1 . lie men, who had baaed their opinions I r upon the false premises of enoClot' Ot, C-.R— e etrning the number of illiterates in the j r United Stales, which had placed at j ? &500.0W of school age. The Pinfmaoy I {bowed the fallacy of fucb an astouodiog , oner lion must cffecually, and cut tlx tf- • urea down to one per cent, of that nunt : . ber. t Snperintcndcnl Houck spoke stirring j t wiirds of eurimragenxot to the teachers. I He gave llxm a Ms lift to a more hopeful ; • outlook. The InatUule iben adjounud ! : Professor A. C. Apgar on Friday Coming addressed tbe Institute upon tlx sub- ! ; feet-Botany. He ab-iwrd tlx class how to ! ' awaken an Interest in the subject ami lo j ■ collect, and preserve speeinxno. ^ After an | plained in a local and scientific manner | the pbraumram of rise and fall of tides. | Su|xrinteodcnt Houck oh Elements of ' 1 Success then occupied a period, clat-ira- I ; tiDg in an Inlerevting way Ibe following j . piinta: t — BchOlarship. II— Enthutb ; asm: III— Tact. IV -Common Sense. 1 V— Character, tsiperlnteodcnts Apgv and j Shields added parting words, alter crw*' I of tfianka to teachers and church IroT*? i tlx lnstiinlc adjourned. What la Noodpd. More work and leas lounging. j More advertising and leas grow l.ng More happy «nd leas and Ohtrat tins. More men with pie^^g cash hi build j More practice and leas talking op lent perncoe. , Mot* religion -In the heart that teaches : tbe pocket. Man foil and iex empty reals in tba j chutabes. More school »od less street education j , for our youth. More charity at home and leas critidtni ] , of.out oeigbbc.-s. More beams removed fraan run uwn cyrt , before attempting to pull motca from the ! cyea or otlxra. More doing of our own doty and Irs- - finding fault with others More attentive litieniog and less fault- : finding wtTb our-priitttirrv. Cape May Cornet Band. Members ot tbe former Cape May C.r | net Band met e.n Moodar evening and re- j organized by electing H. W. Hand presl- j . •lent. Frank 8 peace secretary, and Messrs ' K. Bocrner, Edward Holmes and Merrill ! - Schelflngcr 1 rollers. Nineteen ofllcrra j | stnl members pledged themselves to pay j tw-coiy five cr -ids pet month for necessity : i s ; cures of trscbing. purchsting and rv[Wiring Of instruments. Citizens will be i w sited upon fur subrcriplions lo aid in j - mrvliag tbe running expensra of the Band, and lts»l pride should arc to it that j ! a beany support is given tbe boys in their j laudable efforts at organixatlnu and im- , pnxemeot. Our town necdt tbe stirring effect of military music to keep up a n.-cessary martial spirll among both old ind young. Tbe fChivi! hoatd has kindly conacotad to permit tbe meetings of ihc j Band lo tx held in Ibe public a> bnol hhild- 1 lug. Next Monday evening there will be a meeting at 7 SO.' G*n. Bussed Tbayer, Superintendent ■ ■f Fatrawmt I'ark. is constructing a nnplcte aystem of draiuag* at <3ape May Pint for tlx Cspc May Improvement Crnipany. 'several Ib-ruaand feet of the 1 having already herald. Wg-grr prornltxd a full description re tlx aystem , when oxnplcted. Tbe sanitary arrangements of all Ipei arc to be remodelled. Ihat ol the ' House la now going on and will Ix ' completed in a few flays. Everything °' Ibe Wtr and most modern of Ita Tbe company baa done a large amount ; of grading this WIS- VI. and have drained of the lakes in rear of lire ligblbnu-c and wilt soon have tbe laat noe drained, which will give tbelr farm several arrea of 1 ealuxWc ground and be a great benefit in tbe Point. Adjutant R. Shrimp, of Pant 70, G A. ; R , will drlircra lecture at Goshen Hotel, i Goshen, N. J.. no Tuesday erening. Dre. j Ilth.. Mr. Sbirap'e nubject will he fail travels and adreol urea 1 hrough Oregon. California, New Mexico and Mexico.-' 1 frosn 1888 to 1878. Hit adventures with patina in the Modoc War of 1873. Tlx Cape May Court House- Cornet Band will furnish lb* muste, awricd by tbe Indira of Goshen, wbo have kindly volunteered •elections of vocal and instru menial music for the occasion. Admission adulls, 13 Cts., Children. 10 eta.. Tlx proceeds will for the benefit of I'ret 70, 0. A. R.. Johx°Himi" Onmmliire tape Itsj Wssr. Will you kindly allow me to ask llx j paremtof those yuu'hs whoare in Ibe hsl'- , around ibe pool rooms and aalooo doors Sunday evenings, lo trite a walk from , i Quaen to Perry sirteU no next Sabbath ! evraise, Jast bef-we church, to tea for j I tbetnrelves wbn three youths are. what they are doing, gad wbetherjlxy Uamk j : them reives in any way reaponaible for the annoyance rendered lo respectable pcennos. | and Eao. will they not help to aholj^ i this ' The atlratioo of Ibe public la respocl- j : fully called to ibe fses that I am agrnt for < 1 Burdrtte, Sponinger. Geo. Wooda and ' j Mason A Hamlin organs. Before par- 1 chasing elsewhere, plaaav.oall on tnei»l| - do not intend lo he undersold. Mas. Lixns M. TnowR-ox. Cape May Cily. I Our ixightwr of tbe Atlantic City I : Tfaankagiving numU-r slightly jam bled." Waa (be forenum oo a racket tbe ! night before, or did Ibe prospects of tur. | key and cranberry aaooc up« bM equl- j

d County Notes. ! * ; TbeErelra P-Oer, like Be wgwre'sgbosi . j will nut down. ' Our seafaring fellow citizens will be j "re borne for tbe winter shortly. ' Refining sugar is now being carried un czienatv, ry. at the Rio Grande mill. r i Eight teams wart afietl last week on * , tbe Rio Grande Sugar plantalkio plowing. L ; We were asked by an ancieul ludiridusi j op the county srbat "Evaporation day" ' , Extra religious servicea will aoon be. e j gin in several M. E churches of tbe I county. ' Mr. B. H. Howell, of Diaa Creek, is Itavlug tmne improvemenU made to bis (evidence. Mr. John K. Erricsun has resigned his ' , place aadcacbcr of the Townsend't Inlet | P°bl'c ' Wide awake citizens oT Cape May Coutl J j House are ttill agitating Ibe vubjrat ol a . . factory. j Mr. Jo*. 5 Limp, of Bridgrton, is pay. " j ing a viail 10 bis brother, Ibe R. ,R agent. f at rbe CUurl Hocvr J j Mr. D. F. Crowe! I, of WeK C»pc.May, ' bas disposed of bis store to L. Hvsio.A \ Sm, of aatrx plare. ~ E P. Ilsnd, of Cape Msv Courl Hour*. ! is now ci'.eniivriy eognged in shipping | poultry to New York. Mr. Richard Cooover, of Green Creek. ' ; i- about to improve bis recently acquired ' properly by rebuilding. | Robert Taylor is ihc tender of tlx | draw-bridge of tbe Angletra U. R. over ! j Grassy Sounds channel. 1 ! Tlx brad ^of Dias Creek atsuuda in ' black perch, which arc caught in large ' : numbers daring tbe early winter, j Cumtpaniler Lyoot. of Port 70., G. A. . J II , has opened lhe Anglesea Hotel in fin* ' , «j !e. EverjJhing ncal and new. ' j Tlx reeen'. wcrtcrly gales e.-.vcred lhe . oyster Ixds fn the cove with rand and . ! thud. A heavy loss will be Ibe result. ' Tlx I'nion Thonl.agiring services at 1 1 Green Creek drew a Urge audience. The ; sermon waa preached by pastor Ingram, j Wi il \S hill din's eotlage, iu Cold Spring ! neighborhood, approaches complelion. R j will Ix an ornament to the nelrhltorbood. 1 Mr-. Thomas ElJrcdge, of West Cape ! May. has gone to New York, where she I hvs'oc^girne a painful 'logical ogpy. . % People that leave the door oprn behind j llxm will never grow rich. Tlxir earuj I intra go out txbind tbrm. says tbe okt ! provrtb. Tlx estate of the Ule Judge I Wales 1 amounted in the aggregate to 8300.000, it , being the largest ever willed it) this Mr. Win. Gumming! lias the contract ! for tbe new Presbyterian Chapel In Cold , Spring neighborhood. Work will b- com■flx people of Ibe Lower township , should take into serious consideration tbe stale Of the public highway from Ben- . net Ft 10 Rio Grande | Tbe Wave grows in popularity-by each ' succeeding Issue, lit clean and bcqulifn! typographic*! appearance Will Compare * [ with Ibe best of ita eolcmporariea. Tbe public schools throughout tbe • ; coupty were closed during Wednesday, t Thursday and Friday In permit the teach- : t rs lo attend the Institute at Cape May i j Cily. • : Tlx citizen ap the baysidc wbo bo a - 1 bast for rale, Ibe fact being painted on a . board and nailed to the craft, should advcrliac in tbe Wart if be really wants a Several Court Home citizens, among : | wiiom are. Captain John Rosa and wife, * Mr. Geo. Ogdrn and sod and Mrv. J. tLWil . i listns, will spend Tbanksgisfing wilh dir. . lant friend* i ' Dr. J. H. Ingram of Green Creek ate. I cc-afuHy ampt tiled from ibe left band of - : Win. Seymour oo Thursday, two fingers , which had become troublesome front an . | old wound. The car of ibe Sunday train on tlx Anj glesea R R was crowded last Sunday. I A goodly number being compelled to stand - ; (or lack of scats, both going and return- ' | itig from tlx beach. j Tlx Roards of Appeal in tbe town- . ships, listened lo Ibuae who thought -their - T»1uatjSi excessive, last Tuesday. The : abatement In tlx aggregate was small as 1 j is usual on tbyac excisions. ' 1 be report that tbe Anglesea Hotel is 'i leaking arc are informed ia untrue It ' ' would hardly be likely Hat Ibe qwncrs t would put In tbe fine furniture and carve'-* ; j with which they have recently furnished 1 lb* botrl. If It was in a leaking condition. Millions of small oysters are being ' I gathered up fmm lhe lide water lands 1 : a! *ng the bsyahorc and planted iu deep f ; waier. lu two or three year* ibey will lx big enough for market and pay their r osrnrr* a rich return for time and mimey ' ; loveMcd. | John W. Hand, of Kio Grande, ia turn ! ing his farm into a sheep ranch*. He | hat stocked It with one hundred and ; twenty #** breeding ewes, and Is fitting , ; up slxds and what else is ni nuraiy lor the" bneinem of abrep-rairing oo a Urge . scale. Here ia a bit of enterprise Ibal Is ( worthy ol all praise and imitation. Mr. . Hand givia notice that dug* are lo he , kept off his premises, under no lent a I p* naby than drsrib lo every marauder. Thanksgiving day fairly ndetma He ■ cfiarscier of November from Ibe obloquy , that has been real upon il^yEogli-h I speaking people «< former ago* Tbe dismal suggestion* of appmecbing winter 1 arr roflrsxd by Ibe hununizing vflocta of , mast lutkey and crenlxrty »au<*. and tbe month thereby gels s bag lift into r*speclalalily. It Is s time when men and somen think or something else than taking car* of their Individual aelves. Just in a period when one might soppose human sympathy would naturally be ! fmrrn up there is a sudden warm of 1 the Ixart under tbe trader influence of tbr I annual Thanksgiving dinner and tlx borne i coming thai pxs whb it. The day If a I natural growth of our common country, i and me can no more resist its street in. r fluenrc than we can shut out ibe warmth ' of Ibe aim from Ibe earth. It turna No- ; I v em her into May or Jane, and ii a real , ! hlcaalng to our people. A leader, who generally pitched the tune ie « church up the county, got lore 1 ; s serious dilemma not long since, wbra 1 the saortte. " Ho ! yr that thirsl f" bad ,:S£s' to Ibis 'ooz meter byuin. He J , J began ia stentorian voice with self oreifi- , ; ileal coilrw*. never dreaming of tbe tcri Cihle metrical aby* just before brm. Tbe ( fit* hne, "Ho: ye that I hirer, approach 1 [ Ibe spring 7" pasgud off well enough. . But wlxo ibe second line waa reached. ■ Wbeit living waters flow r the nnlortu. nstc singer stood sghsrt on^discosvrlng : w ads. Pro'ooging Ibe Is* vowel snut d r! ints a couple of groans to Uie rematniog I ' t. Jes of tbe line, a moat lodicooa rllmax was reached. Of course ibe audiraoe " ! littered, and now Own to a new leader. i j — . ..... : Dr. Graves' Heart Regulator cures all . j forms ot Heart Disease. nervoa*x« and

' Court House Items, t Mr. William EtSedge, oar genial back, i -man. is omfiord to ibe bouse from an inc jjui^lolibfiMi. Onr town ta now well supplied with ' „ ccaL and tbeoecupaliun of Uie wnod chopper baa well nigh departed. n Special programme si tlx Literary Bo- , cialy Ibis sveek. . Essay a in abundance. ' uhmsir, hurriure. art and science. \E U H as' store has aasurued an im. prflxed appdaranoe internally, by tbe touch i of lhe artistic bruab ot Miito A Boo. I'nion Thanksgiving set rt era was held ' e in tbe M. E' cburrb. preaching by Rev. Mr. Corn well of tbe Baptist church. Buolnri at the various stores in our town ! to good, as Is shown by tlx number ot ; * carrrades -dally lo lx sera standing In front of them. a Mr. Alex. Williams, wbo was ao arr- [ iousty sojured at Millville a few weeks ago, is rapidly recovering. He is a present able to move about tlx boose. Rev. Mr. Stewart. Mr. George Ogdra ' . and Mr* E W. IX.srna attended tbr an- | nusl meeting of tbe Cbpe May Comity . Bible Society, at G .lxn on Ttxsday. Mr. -George Ogden and son ypent their : Thanksgiving at Sbrasndr«b. Pa. 3Ve : nnderiUod bia Ho fltpcffl tdflWime per • ■ oianently engaged In hosiocsa near that e pisec. " . , A runaway on Monday' by Mr. Huff- ■ while gstni Ihrnn'gh tlx, town, and^o | 1 damage dune. The horse got away while ' bay was being loaded into the wagon. A son ol Mi. Charles Shivers, at MayI ville, recrivtd a revere cut iu tbe foot a few dayv ago by bis svn slipping while , chopping w-x-d. Surgical aid waa re- 1 quired to arrest tbe lirtnorrixge and drees ; J A number of oav citizens visited Gape t , , May City la* wtck to attend the Sunday | ■ , School Atsociatioo. Tbcy returned apeak- I lug iu tlx highest trnraof their entertain- i . held at thrf place-next year. e Tlx County Boaro or Exaroiocre for ; granting Itccows to puhlig school leacbi rs 1 , met at the Conn. Hon*-, on Saturday I ' last. Tbe Clara of caixfidatct was amall. I ' being c,xn pored, htvflirdtng lo recent icgulation*. of applicants lot third grade ccr- I • bficatea only. e The Odd Follows, al the Court House, 1 ai* using their goal at every meeting of ; ? nation Their suppct given at liroHier ! I F'urgusoo's ou 7*hatnkrg:rlDg night warn ,- grand sucoeas, as those who had Ibe goal I „ fortuoe lo be the holder* of rickets r an al- | Tbe residence of Mil. Amelia Springer , ■ will be i«-rniamnlly closed during the ' w inter. Mrs. Springer will remain with i 1 bcr daugblcr in Philadelphia. Mire Jra- | uie Springer goes lo North Carolina, and ' " Miss Lilllc Springer is in Fargo, Dakota 1 1 Wcsbaii greatly mira their society. < The M. E church now presents a hand- j I some appearance, having received a fresh t coat of painl, bolb inside and out, aud a fine near chaodlier gracea tlx auditorium. Tlx building baa also been raised about two feet to improve Ibe basement" A Dew I I organ waz purchased i few monUis ago. | 1 Altogether tlx amount expended lu churr h improvement* during Ibe tart year I amounts to about one thousand dollar*. Program Jot Cape May Court House i ' Literary Society, Friday. Nov 30. to, *. 1 I > follows. ' raeXS*. 1 ■ iiiissr" r " *?££•. ! ! ir _ Swavllla Scrlbblinga. Mr. J.aept Clsrk slaughtrred two bogs last wirk which wciglicd 839 iba. 1 There wga an addition of on* rurrnbrr j - in tbe family of Mr. Eugene Towntcnd l Is* weak. Mr. Cbas. Dcvsul and wife, nee Miss r Ttllie Button, returned from .their wed ding tour cm Monday. ; Three of lhe crew of Life Saving 8m tioo, oo thla end of Peek's Beach, were - discharged from Ibe service on last Salurdsy. Capt. Ed. Horton. arriveJ wilh a load [ of oysters from il-i I-land on Thursday. The Capt. flutoberl knding on Wednesday - and laid ibcm out In Ludlams Bay Hx 1 next day. Svu-it. About this time yon are beginning lo I think of Christmas presents for some ' friend or member of your family. No more suitable present Could be given than a "Mason A Hamlin" organ. In case 140 - iiluminslcd. metallic decoration in gold, r silver and colors of new poxes* wilh very , brilliant and durable effect. Remcmtm- . tbia company gives ynn two years and a ] half lo pay for an organy— -Beautiful lithograph of case 140 sent free, a Mm. I inn M. Tnowt*ox. Act.. , Cape May City. • Good News. " If you want acfaespsuit o clotlwajuu 1 w ill get ibcm by sradioc t o ir old ours lo . llx Put won Dye Works. PittBou, Pa, S Hd have Hxm returned by tbe sgenl, a bo will be m town one week aud lake orders • nd deliver ibcm free of eipresa Having P canvassed VlDClsnd, Salem, Woodslown I and Millville, N. J., aud taken many orr dert from tlroac places, wc can give tbr beat of references from those plsoa, as tbr work has given general satisfaction. Wc will guarantee the work ssbsfscbrrv or oo Ry. "■ lot-tonil references— S R. Fowler, op. Baker Hrrusr: J. S. Singleton, Paper a Hanger; Mrs. C. T. Pieraoo, Prop. lira 0 Franklin House; W. H. L-rppv. P. M 3 Millville— J. 8. Whitaker, M. U -, E P. r Errlckson, Dit-aa Mskrr. W. A- Gartte*. r Ticket Agent ; Mr«- M. Miller, Ladies' t Store. E M. Mutt, Aijco! A Lucky Fisherman. a ted at ibe Usltimore, Md.. Pnrtrjflee. Mr. M. V. Bailey, Supcrintesidral of the c Mails, to kepi exceedingly busy, but som<f fistiing. sod from hit experience Ix gives Ii bis tratimony, that St Jaodn tUJ is Ibe c brat remedy to the world f x ibcatostiun. T sprains, sore feel and |oinU. brul^. etc. 1 It to tbe remedy for fishermen and gonc ners. wbo ahould always keep a bottle oo . hand. ^ It ynu want a good Set. cigar wilh Harans filler for 3cta go to R S. Hand's and ask for tbe Thrill cigar. dl 41. ' Toe secret of the onlrerral snrceaa of '■ Brown's Iron Bitu-ra to owing to ibe fact ' Ibat it to the very beat Iron preparation ' made Ily a thorough and rapid sseinulalion with Ibe blond it reacbra every part • of the body, giving health. Strength and !' enduraace 10 every portion. -Thus beginniog at tbe foundilion ll builds up and '' wbtokry or ajcyhul. It will not blacken j -sbg iretb. d-saa not constipate or cause e tiraiSxchs;- . - It win core dyspepsia, iodi0 gesture, brarriiure, slycpirasoera, dizzi n oraa, nervoua debility, wrakocre, etc e Professor iu chemistry — " Tbe suhe stance yon arc iu this vial to rbe mo* 1 deadly poison. A single drop placed oo " on tbe tongue of of a cat to enough to kill J the strongest man." • Aa When She waa Young. r. "I have used Parker's llair Balsam and g like it beuer tha* any similar preparation i * 1 know of." writes Mrs. Ellen Preryr. d wife of Ue*. P. Pony, uf Qftdbrook : I Springs, Mass. "My hair was atom* raz lirely gray, but a doiiar bottle of tbe Bat- j * ram baa restored the at. ft near, and tbe , brown cntoe U bad wbra 1 .as young- ; not a Single gray bair left. Siooc I began II applying tbe Balaam m r hail baa slipped d falling oot, and I find that R to a prrfertly Sliarm'Ms and agreoablc dressing." 1 ' I I

' QUEER BUSINESS. ' IT CAN'T BE DONE. I Jl Fruit 'of the Loom Muslin, Bleached, at 9J cents per yard, I city price, 1 1 cents; 8 cent prints for 5 cents, and 1 2} cent Canton Flannel at 1 1 cents. I I • . . - ■* CANNOT BE DONE IN PHILADELPHIA, But it CAN bedoneat YAHGILDER'S The simple reason is because where city expenses are dollars, VanGilder's are cents. \ Then come 'to sec VanGilder's stock with good nerves to withstand the shock of unheard of L*>w Prices. . f you may laugh, YANGILDER HAS GOOD BLANKETS FOR $1.90 A PAIR. Do you see y$ur neighbor's all with new dresses on? Do not forget VanGilder is receiving constantly more and nicer gprfrfs at the same old prices, 8, to, 15, 1 8 cts., &c. TUB LAST SWPMKaT OF Ladies' & Gent's Underwear Jaw reoetv*? Irian ?^ew York talx* ia.- cstr but* price and quality. TtxgreaM* PILES UPON PILtS OF LADIES' SKIRTS. GOOD SUBSTANTIAL SKIRTS FOR 75 CENTS. But Oh, What Beauties for $1.25. But the Nicest Ones in South Jersey for $2.50 A $3. VANGILDER HAS MORE HARD KNOCK8. CHINA & GLASS SETTS - Ereraren In a coaolry atnre and selling <ao tlx oturrtreprra aay] batoweo*. Ahao ONE TON FRENCH PRUNES, AX TMXZIli: I-Ot aua FOR MS CK8T8. v one; ton double: crown muscatcu raisins, AT THRO: POt'SM FOR as CKNTa. WHICH ARE FIFTY PER CENT. BELOW THE MARKET. grocery price list.

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