St*(and and (Sounfjj. ~ tost ornrit AHBx*ntuiintTH. 'iKwy 'rwiiro *trooi « JoaiPB K. HroBie^ ^ ; Our Improvement®. 0 PiogicM >' I be watch-word ofjthin oiorfirenih century. To mind (till i« to retrogradr. Notoallrr what Hoe of budocn , we nay be engaged In. If we do not keep , Hip wlih the march of_ ^improvement there ere plenty of enterprising oompeti- i Inn wbn will, and tee will be left In the t rear. In thU age, progress ia not only , expected, but demanded. People »IU not i aecept t*e aame met bode or the same da- | gree of perfection that tbey received a decade ago. I Bat without moralizing , further »e with uuiply to mention anme . tmprovemenU made at the Wav* offlee. i The preaent number at the War* la the , nbat haueof a ne wapaper printed by Meant , power lo tbia county. Daring the thirty , year* of lu life the WaVx baa not dropped da tbe rear In the raoka of pragma and ( ■enterprlae. bat H baa gradually been , gathering web new material and macbln- , •ery at would enable it to come to ila , readers in attractive form aod dreea , Prom the old band preaa upon which It J area born. It found Ila way to a cylinder a » few yeara since. and Kwtay we aobatltnte t a deny Utile .tram engine for our faithful c •able-hutd, Darld Paul Brown, who f r 1 many yeara baa rolled out the Wavc with r weekly regularity. Bealdea tbe Inlroduc , lloo of* aieam engine and, boiler for beat , log our ofllcea aod driving our preaaea, we , have bad all of oar preaaea put; In com- , plete repair. We ran now iter without ( boasting, thaHm bare one of tbe bed s equipped newanajer tad job offices In , South Jeraev.'nfe have made theae 1m- d provemenla lit full faith that a geocroua j. public will apprrdate our efforts to keep , pace with tbe requinmaoii of the limit, and that Increased facilities will bring tbe aUamte trulla of Increated business. In we reel sore we (ball not be dlaappointed. To all our friends aod patrons ' and tbe publle generally, we extend a ' oordtal lavltxtioo to call and aae ua. Tbe " latcb-atring will always be found on the J1 Our local Beard of Health is making a f -good start In the matter of getting, or s rather keeping, our town In proper satil- i tary condition. It may be taking a gloomy L rlew of tbe future .to predict a visitation t of tbe ebatera next summer, but while o there ia even a pnaaiblliiy that tbe drcul I disease may And Ha way to this counlifk c It ia wall to be prepared for the wont, t And the Improvement® in our sanitary ar- <i rangenieou.which this preparation Invol- I vat. will be for tbe betterment ot tbq pub- Y lie health, In case ire are providentially h spared a visitation from thle moat anwrf- t gone and dreaded vialtor. In IIow aid's , New ToA letter lo the Philadelphia e J'rm of Dec. «th, maatioa is made of t the fact that cholera may And in gray to n our shores. Ii says « A visitation of Cholera next spring Is e greatly In he apprehended, and the dan- a gep calls for thorough preparation, a Though leas coatagloos than most other, t cholera h the most Infectious of known c diseases. The chief channel of ita com- p snunication la impure water, a fact abund. r untly proved ,by the history of eholeia t epidemics, tbe cholera germ thriving un- t tie Blthy oooditlons. Tbe first Miration ■ ■should te given to fixing op the rvgule- r lionx it quarantine and providing tbe mat i modern appliance. 'Our quaranilne la so , thorough Ibst, with smalt-pox everywhere I on the otber tide. It baa been excluded c from this city, ind 1 am under tbelmprer- r slon that in nearly every case cholera baa • entered this country by toe other port t tbsn New York. With proper prrcan- r Ik rrs at qnaian tiie, n» hm |. re will get in t I err. Last a inter » lilt was passed. bat t fafed t.r t.cun a law, making an appro- t p1 ia hw to put 'he tprarantlne bullitrnrs i !u">l repair. Tl.ia winter a bill should i te p.s-ed at once to ytMedy the erlL t rfi,*-is will liukv no Iwa-lwajr fere, | | niskM t'rolon wnt.r la must. Tire t rlrivru, artesian or welled, la unfit ^for irlcl# are arorae man aaywherr etar. 'lie , va'rv la tlwuitalogooly a npmgeoli. i n | . f sewage, owing lo tbe leaky aod do- , 1 eel lee arwera ahicti eootamtnate (brav. ( Tbe ok1 rewrra were onnstrn. trd with , Mvleaioc "»aroU orer 1'iai surface. It , waa then I bought tourer t ■ a I ms the sew i , age lo soak luio the trip rut t.ban I" lure ; , SI Carried nut tnpol'ute Ike rounding the Island, aid washing llir | ] S.. heg Us this fill' stkvi of sr aare J 1c< ii xiilng on as t« saturate toe a I. ami ( mater alt wtlla equally Impure. An , a ii i-l i sis of the wtler at any and all depi lia , glvra prsctitally ito> rem* rr sun. Tire . mer lit a well fflOO fct-l drop I- aa laid as that of a bell of twenty int. A limed , srnet pomp well i liiurdes Ih» pidnt On , a (islam ilay 800 persons wi re sudrka i« and almul'aoeourly aitaeherl artlb • In .e ra In a district of wbk* tM- p-.mp W,.s >to. cvalrv, aid where t).nt inroutra' walk wr uld bring cue to >be outsl te limits .< 1 lire district. H<«t if the paHents died, these only rteaplrg who rent oilier water ■ Han tlau f nan I hi. pump. Siiltarqurai iavrallgaiUm slrewerl ■ ►»■ iw.aiy-f..ur tour* behwe lirttr ouilimk Ihe dsjecra ..f a child who bafl died in a tout-* adtocrai ' lo tfre pomp bJl-KWempnea In.ol.Wy 1 sewer, which parent within a few feel of ! the pump An analysis of lire water shown! it to be oreiandnatrd. The germ 1 it cholria 1« w-redrtfi.lly teprnductire. 1 but far |e«a so in pure thao in sewage • waUr. Tbe wila ia the country are 1 roinrtoualy bad, owing to Ihe presaleul ' oniiup that Urey and the privies must he adjacent. Sewerage Is not fatal in itself. Sail la made an by the germa it a wtatoa. i Though cholera rrnoot get to here, it can i else* here, as through Osnada or Mew. Or- ■ Tbe Fret eh quarters arauod'Amity and • Ulercfcir Htreeta, tbe Italian quarters < around Mulberry. Mo't. Baxter and Bay- i anl Street*. tbr vicinity of Heater sneer, ■red several olhir l,reaHtk-s are* In v.vy i led shape f.ir the recJplloa of ihe diseaw. i ^sbaas ptqon^arc, however. Ipeatato*. ; Whitman!) In tt« Baptist church. There wn* present near a hundred of our church Neat flute sneecbaa were made; the chok reodrred choice musical aelecihfav and rtwlr were volunteer songs by Mtsa H lmrs. *fS TbttoB aad fin. Fottor. /fea rs. Miller. Potter and Pinter aod i there lent their aiices to tbeafTalraod aided in msktngti a auroras wbicb it area- Mr. WbHU.srtb Starts off bis pastorate moat are aphl irely. May tbrre be no disappointment oe tbe part of pastor or people, but mil ual good . Miowahlp aod hearty sup port all round. . . The weatber fiaga'of tba Signal (tor vice base brew described, but do not seem to ktwet* invqwrature. A red star sbnws H a'idaof diar gmral'ly rain or mow l« •b»W(5C" .Wint tbe crescent i. black

Adapted from the Evening Bull Out of t hit habit of orggnliatloe, wliich'i l« Ihe growth of Hie naturaf.gregariwisnrsaof the tare, cornea tbe \nalriictivc tendency of men to o en trine w be never . : new emergencies a lire, ir any new thing needs t.i be acoaapi'ished. Jf . there ta , no machine rv- ready, men aad women ■ rgnie tog rt her and make i'. If existing' ■ machinery i« brrken < r rusty or old- . farhioneilor lnadrqtiste.it Is either rerontrntrlei! or east aside. Whenever j Ihe new treed ells for new orgaelxation .! it is sore to spring lip aod go to work. ; There la such a nred in Cape May now. It Is a need which uincbea every corner I of society and calls for prompt ond rigor. : ■ oua actlno. It Is a need for aucb sanitary measure! as will make Cape May ready , for Ihe visitation of threatened pestilence. ' There is no need to waste wotda on dis. rusting tire chances of a cholera epidemic. No one vrbo is above tbe grade of idiocy , will question the poastbiliiy of inch a • vititatton ; and very few who are not t 1 denaely ignorant of autrouDdlnv facts will 1 venture lo dispute Its possibility Cotter these circumstances what can be 1 done ? We answer that tbe qity sewers opened, repaired aod kepi so ; every I muck heap In lown removed, ceas pools ■ thoroughly emptied and disinfected, and l pens without delay clrareriout of town. - .Will tbe authoilies do it ? We: have oar serious doubts. The Board of Health is 1 willing and earnest, but its osefulness is hampered by lark of ' hearty co-operation 1 1 and necessary appropriation. Council ia slow to act, and when it does, only in a I weak sort of way. Coder such circumstances, it becomes [ the people of ibis city to oontider vety seriously tbe question of self-protection and lo consider it very soon. It concerns everybody that Cape May shall be put In aucb good order as it still possible «l!ie short tltnejhat remains By general Rani ration or by local organixxl ion or by r tt^city must be made and kept clean.*. Organization will accomplish II. j can he done either by bringing such pressure upon Council as will force atteotlon to this supreme question and compel vigorous and thorough action, or, when that fails, by passing Council and doing 1 the work without them. It la a great undertaking. perhaps; hut it it a great enter- r aod needs to be dealt with strongly, as tbe people can deal with It and will , with it if tbey see tbe need and realtheir present helplessness. When , tbey see that tbey will help themselves. plain Dealers. 1 Plain dealing ia a jewel, but often con- . foundedly costly for that very reason. He who carries it into society will perhaps findhlmtelf very soon "badly left." Tbe roan who saya la bis strongest terms; ' "Now give me your hooest opioipo of t my hnasf will count yon ever after unfriendly lo him 1f you do aa he requests, h and tell him frankly that hit beast t it a sorry nag. and not worth ranch at It Is no mora safe to criticise tbe „ than the hone, or pass aa nnfavor- d able Judgment upon the children. Tbe truth -must not be spoken at at! times notwithstanding lite old eawi that leads | toils frequent utterance. It will never do to tell Mary Jaue that she has a sinsquint In ber oje, or her mother that n ber bands are big and ugly- Neither can o ber age or rapidly fading hair be alluded to at all. These may be trulba. but tbey a should oql he told. Tberaare plain deal- , and speakers who do tnesc tbinga things, but tbey are neither pop- „ ular or companionable people. Theae often b show ctt their sham honesty at another's expense, and to gratify a native rudeness and Ttilgiriiy of mind under the mask of '' inherent" love ot trolb. Tbe man with » the qaref bone, red hair, goggle eyes, crooked leet and distempered makeup t generally, ia lo be pilled, and should 1 not be told of his blemishes. These are of the little graces in the coosti- t ration of tbe plain dealers. Courtesies j and compliments tbey never otter, lest it might Ire thought titer had not spoken their mind. To maintain tbe consistency g of their chared it they must be disagreeshie. (suppose you encounter a few plain dealers pec day. Yoo go to bed dirheart- ' ened, rebuked and aelf condemned. Theit- ■ "if'a and "butt" had about pulled your best attempts to pieces aod discourage- f ment dimes Itpoo'vou like a flood. No, a le aim are «iven to speaking tbrtr minds, aa-ibry express It, are not wrl- | members of society. Their minds, \ as n rule, arc j ot what the public don't want twhrar. .yen if they tell the »bao- ^ troth. Forts are stub! aim things, Bur facts uard not If offemively presented at wrong tinres and places. ( Mf-res. K-cer srvt Brti-M'" skatiog 1 link opened on Tn-retay evening with n hang. Tbe Cane May Amcrimts Cornel supplied the mosre: Kxoellrnt ar- ' rangementa hart ireen eronp eted for ihe srr.mimodati.ai ejjslt who visited lo rey t rre^reas ! seen sine" Hf*t si tnm. r. snir voting I D areHreij .-f MillvluTrlhi -aire graceful'. ; fane»»nddih'K otrs-Hw. -Tow. (boat. ..I . our town. Was erertMHnfi him «» -he rise j and finish of lib. maffincuf THe I ■anil furnished ear. tient «P*e. M-nv id nurj 1 prominent ei laens were present as lookers I ■ ' on. Tbr link skating sea*oninay he said 1 1 to treva teen tnaoguratyd very success- j fully "rogli i. says ; Tire f'sisb "f Cape ■ Mar ate ita friends for ill time. They ! nev. r rtes. rt It. Anwmg these. Mr. MeK'wn who wriir- tlieal.'r editorials it Ihe ' IsOgtr is sure In Ire there once or twice t .rail.' rve.y numlh in the yrar. Mr ; Frtheratoae. of Ilia BaOrtt*. a wonder. ■ folic good fellow to I* connected with so • tll.iiatnml a paper. I« alio a wto- ■ not withnsit Its cohl weather frrquci t-ra . It baa all-lbe-vear-round botela and good , and Cape May la alwava ready to answer any reasonable demands. . At Cape May Point indeed tlrere are often , large parties, wbn lake down their music aad have a Jolly day or two of It. As wa go to press Information of tbe , tliwtli of Mrs. Harry B. JTand from pneuI mania reaches tta. i|fs. Hand's mother was hodyd last vMboday. and the truth that warowa never come aingly has fallen I wHkAeullar heavenesa upon Mr. Hin'd, i whoTjtstheavmpeihleaof theentlrecommunity In bis aad haaoavement. Sbe haroa a Innhgad. three stnal! ebildren ' and a lanre circle <d frleoda to mourn a Zgxhar Laird, catcher of Isat summers Cape May haar. hall elnh. aod Tone Dillon arctrod hut man tiave treen engsged to fill tlreae reapAglve re-it reds on tire Metro- . polltan of New York. We hope that a professional gaihe ngay he witeeaaed at " Cape May next sntofcer In which oar old favorites may lake a part. 1 Tba skating rink on Decatur street ia . now open for tboaa who love tbe graceful t motion of gliding over a smooth floor no . rollers. That Ibis healthful exercise (to . moderation always) will become popular - ia proyeoby telling wbal bat bees reduced . to an experience else w ber A Charles Foster has storked tbe store next to Oealral Pharmacy with a full line of gmowiea and provialooa, which be wiH » dispose of at bottom prirws to cash buyers. 5 Charley ought to do well in his new enier- - prise, If push and Wr dealing decide Ihe • matter. i AfHata'patotaaod paints of all ktnrt" and , brushes of aU atogs. Alto plaqtMe, panels. for artifietal -flowen and raara.. together - k,^S2S^>s™£ The terflT ju« "r ..t j ho Mrcray jfrmKO. A. -'•* ). w - muj ntghs at i>[ kgadq fijlrra^ Xkpe ate area ready for

.1 8AUTS- Is i ' Murk rata are scarce. St. Valentines day tbe Idlb. ie Tbe tuberose jt no rose at atL [ A wild goose cannot be tamed. ■ Take your beat girl lo the link; t Tba bjwqbirtla will aooa be along. I Heliotrope la tbe faahiimable flower. Clean up your cellars aad back yards. _ Fred. Boener'a bol bonqtt ia flourUhing. Trqek farmers arc fixing their hot b»d..\_ ' LoodqpM still alarmed over dynamite ' : prats; . I The Bank street folk, mim their street February reached ua In the w ildeal of Tbi» i« the locust year any. an exchangr. The bind' bitda ought to be hcto this mnalb. Bank rtreet isamocb traveled thoroughtare. _ More matches are uaod in jummaa. than winter. A western man hat been blown away a blizzard. Conceit may puff a man up but never prop him up. \ Hoiel men iB-OUr large cities arc raid to be loaemg money. The whistling buoy at the breakwater losti ita voice. . Just whisper scandal anil ila echo is far and wide. Call him a double-beaded, tquilaleral old parallelopipearn. Look after your wife; never mind yourself she'll look after you. Dovea are being gunned by cily aports. men. An illegal practice. A palrof wild ducka sold for a quarter the dajra of our fathers. Roaring fun at tbe skating rink on Ihe evening of February 2fltb. To flirt originally meant to Ire apt in tbe management of the fao. New Orleans and Albany are objective points of travel just at present. There ts no claw of bread-winners who work harder than journal let tea. Revival services continue at the Cold Cbapei with gratifying results. The capital ot Dakota Territory t. now instead of Bismarck aa formerly Mctnbere of the Chautauqua arc studyin the department of English ItteraMe wry. Bosh and Ewing have a contract for pulling up a gottagc in XummvA whizzing meteor is raid to have koocked a man off an Atlantic Cily lager Trouble will) the gas cl ued the doors of the Presbyterian church last Wednesevening. Babies, ax aoon a* they are big t-cougb to use their bauds may be regarded aa the true grabbers. Rolling round the rink la regarded a« a ' more dcligbttql exercise than slipping a pood. Roller skating on the pier will Ire "^n attractive feature of next summariartsside amusements. < There la a den on Decatur sheet that needs looking after. Wbite antNltlack ' both do frequent It. The band troys are rehearsing 'screaming farces. " The Coal Heavers Revenge, and tbe Black Statue." Horner's it the depot for tbe sale of those excellent Instruments, Mason aad . Hamlin and Esty organs. Tbe Cape May City Cornet Band bus Incorporated under tba name of the Amcricus Cornel Band. The National Guard, if it bad the power In ita own hands would elect General commander-in-chief. ■fire attraction at the skating rink tonigbt will be a barrel race and perfnrmancee by a profeaalonal skater. eClear up tbe town- aod disinfect every j foul part before tbe blistering beat of summer or late spring be here. Cape May has the beat equipped printoffice in Smith Jersey at the corner of and Ocean streets. Tbe Amcricus Cornet Band of this city will give sn entertainment at Star Skating Rink on February 9fltb instant. Elect loo matters are very quiet. The political breezes treroafo whisper nothing, t may be the ralm before tbe storm ■HThoae who fall on tbe hard floor don't ' make a hole In it, but the bump I) the tmfnriunaU victim ia all Ibe harder. A politician has invented a new augur that cuts a square hole. It is for square men to crawl iota when It gets boisterous. Which was which and who was the otber? Jeff Davis or tbe Liberty Bell "at the New Otiewua Exposition a few daya ago. Wltaa your wite putg ber anna about your nfck aith extra tenderoese Jnat look sharp for milliners and drew mater's bfi:-. (The G. A. It veterans indulged in prpprv-pot last night after muster. Mrs. Jane Franks made It and it was first | The 1L C. Cbapei at Cape-May Point is I iretng pushed lo completion tinder the merge! ic care of the Reverend Father , Decan. A written ' the I/anin MnticaU saya . t list no hitman jaw can resist tbe delicate , powerful manipulation of the Japanese > dentist. Our young people should he reminded tin! the skating rink will remain open all i. the yi nr. and tbey need not therefore do ell Iltelr skating in a single nightr Cautious steps In buslnesa are the as feat . as a rule, although there are supreme \ moments when ibe wide awake merchant may rafily slake his bottom dollar. . William Hebestbal. who has bad a stiff , knee Joint occasioned by a hart tome three years ago, finds that roller skatiog helps to loosen tbe joint of bis knee. The Board of Trustees of tbe Preabyteriao Cbnreb pre negotiating for tbe ex- ; change of tbe preaent parsonage with the j Giimore cottage on Washington atreet. I Waller S. Ware it touching up his premi-ea with a new coat of paint. James . Smith ia doing the job. It la a decided • improvement, lb* colors being brigbt and i durable. > . Tbe entertainment given by tbe Choral Society netted seventeen dollars after paying expenses and -making n generous . donaiii-o lo tbe Baptist Church of twelve i dollars. 1 A now chin "bolder baa been Invented - bp x grata* for the one of violin players. ' ftowlf some inventor will fit one op for « politician* be will be to good time canoi nixed aa a saint. Valentine day will soon be here don't forget J. 8. Ganyon. who baa a fine at » tort meat of fancy aod comic valenlioea I which be will tell at low prices, No. «• > Washington ttrn t. J a gist wkocouM spell Deoternooarj. 1 Awl rtSST®" 1^ ^ajrtaaeufctasa rax. ^ , Worcester aad Imnerfal Dictionaries, J as well at editors of Wrixfier antedating 3 IBM proooooce Ibe word dynamite aa If 1 written jfto-a-mitr, or the "i" to tbe Aral ■ syllable abort aa to pto. t Tbe Indian war dance, a bit of real lam from ibe Pilgrims, waa an effective tableau without ihe ohorua, thai gave it nd- . dnioaal,'effect. It waa repealed with ap- ° plauas, and In excellent taste. The burlesque performance to be given arhn-Amerteus Band at the Skating nfoo toe 26' h .InMaM promiaea much c amurCtoeit for ibe pobUc. a An oAttodr's raipas-jehed « robberia lroari. IlTW'Welad^Wsif under her bed- But wB«« H* haaraaar even lug y J" W"

PERSONAL. * . Isaac (Mraw waa down on Wedoewfay . making arrangemenla for next summer's buslnesa. Pastor Jobakna has I rem confined in door* for two or Ibree daya on account of a bad cold. Comrades Gile and Duke airended Ibe National Encampment at Trenton oa Thursday of Ibla weeV . -Miss Mav Vanwlnkle and Mis# Anna '[ Rrbeau, of Weal Cape May, are becoming very graceful skaters at ibe rink. Lemuel Miller bad high masonic honors conferred upon him last Tuesrwy evening tif being placed on an equal fool lag w|ih 't bis brerbren. # _ . Paslor Brewster wiU soon delivers ' lecture to IbU city. His scholarship and flucocy as a pu{*c speaker will secure Comrades A. C. Gile and Bam Barton ■ were present at the national encampment G. A. It. which convened at Trenlon oo .. Thursday the Sib ioSC Rev. Mr. Brewster preaches with -power. Ilia aermoas are hot only grapble and intellectual, but are woven with Ihe , sublime truths of the gospel. Mrs. Blanche Williams, who has been makiDg an extended visit at tbe resilience of Mr. A. B- little, returned to her home in Camden on Tuesday last. 1 Mr. W. Corson, soloist of the Americas Cornet Band of Ibis city, is drawing conr side-fable miration at tbe rink by bis excellent performance oo tbe cornet. 1 . Professor 8. II- Kindle the cornet 'tirluow, will again delight a Cape May I audience on tbe evening of February 2fi, at the skating rink on Decatnr atreel. James Cresaweli will come up in Ihe spring elect too at a candidate for constable. He baa been a faithful officer, and there seems to be no good reason why he should not be re electa!. Mr. Willis Pratt, of Ibis city, has been , selected as floor manager at the skating 1 rink. We believe the selection to bo a good one and through bis able manage1 ment wc have no doubt tbe enterprise will prove a success. ^ 5 Mayor F. J. Melvin and wife leave town next Tuesday for New Orleans with i brother Knights, of Sr. Johns Commandry, of Philadelphia. The parly will I make Ihe trip in a private car lakiog in many prominent places en rautf. That , tb* Templar* ami their wives. will have on enjoyable time goes without sgying if their former pilgrimages are to give us Ihe ' cue. May no untoward thing Jake an - atom of pleasure aod profit fromHjre trip. Tuckahoe Notes. Caplaio Thomas, of the John Hooper, and Captain James Budd, of the Mamie ' Saunders, left for New York on Monday ' to take charge of their vessels. Several of Tuckaoe's young lodrca are ' spending the winter away from home. ' Miss Pheobe Bteelman is visiting in Washington, D. V. ; Miss Lillle Taylor, Jcri sejr City; Miss Jlannsh Hand, Camden ; i Miss Marisn Whealoo. Millviile ; Miss Hannah Budd, Jersey Cily. and Mrs. , Captain A, Camp. Philadelphia. ! The auditorium of tbe M. E. church. wbthh has been clqsed some three months , for repairs, painting aod papering, was . re-Opened Sunday. After the religious exercises, conducted by Jibe pastor, Rev. M. C. Stokes, Ihe report of the work : done was given lo the people. Tire oiit- ' side of Ibe church was painted from top of staff to foundation, which gives it a very fresh and imposing appearance, as far as the eye can see. The upper room was beautifully papered, and which ' is done sn nicely Ural it is an exI eel lent imitation of frescoe painting. Seals are rr-vnraished. new carpet covers I Ihe floor, floe scarlet plush chairs stand . very imposingly in Iheir posiiion In Ibe pulpit and chancel, and the last, hut not least in lire new things, the new 6100 J chanrilier is Ibe centre of attraction being one of tbe new ruo llgli's. For these improvement* in the cburcli tile pastor is * entiiled to much credit, as it is lo his in- 1 • dtfs'.lgable < Boris in collet ting money lor , ■j tbe prosecution of tbe enterprise its sue- j ■ i eess it .'due. Then a part or the time j ' this wife would lake that portion of tlie I wotk. while be would work aide by sido i . wilh Ihe painters. It is finished ar a cost ■ [ or #600. Preacher and people rejoice. J Boealeya Point Jottings- j Mr. J. G. Corson is slowly Improving. c Mr. W. Barret ts visiting ft lends aVthe • ] Point. : Miss E. n. P rater is eeriuusly iirdi'l ' P"*H19ur young triend L. Clark Is a good marksman, aa backloads of ducks show r conclusively. 6 Capt. Aaron Concur, who is spending the " wlntgr with bis friends, is regular in a(- ® tendance at cburcb. ' Skating is a pleasant pauime. During tbe moonlight evenings the ice lias been In good condition. Youog men should be careful how ttiry hitch homes at lite post office . they sometimes go home without their riders Tbecomfiirt o( our congregration ta materially Increase:! by some minor rrj pairs to toe church building. Piux. is Missing from our town. A tall-complex-a ioned young man, 6ve feel six iochea of ■t agr; height, SI yeara ; had on when last seen a pair of awallnw tailed seal akin , trowseta. with sausage strips*, faahionabk- , mutim-chop waist-coat with cast-iron . trimmings, double-barreled frock coat with tripe collar and tobacco linings, water tight canvas boots, wilb paten leather I- tops laced np at tbe eolc; la deat and dumb " In one eye, and hard of bearing In Ibe ° other. It slightly pockmarked at the - baok-ot— 1.1* birad, -troop* upright- when st be walka crooked, a alight impediment e in bit looks, and wear* a Grecian brad on it bis upper lip ; whisker* cut off short Inaide; was eanylng an empty carpet box in a each hand, and a wooden bag in tbe other ie conialbiog acrew aieamers, railway tunnel g and blacking ; waa brum before hit younger brother, his mother being preaent r on tbe occasion. Any ooc giving us such [' Infonrat'oo aa will leave bim where bell, will be [Tosecuted as tbe law directs. is TobxSold atPi-bucSaijs— On March sa aist.the farm and homestead owned bv Ihe d late Jams* Learning Sr., will be offered ia at public ale. Tbia farm contains alioat sixtv acre* of excellent land. It hring ,1 located only about three fourth# of a mile tr from Cape May (Sly it would make a ,, very valuable farm for trucking purposes ,r In addition to the farm about one hundred acrea cf valuable woon aod timbre land . located In Middle and Ixrwer townships J will be sold at tho same time. The sate 1 srill Uke place at tbe CbaHoole hole at w Cape May Cily on March Slit, M89, at tbe hour of two o'cldok p. m. ^ A' tbe M. E. cburcb, DennlevIIle. a reviva! of much Inteeeat la to progtesa " Three peraoos hare been converted, aod at preaent writing nine oibers are seeking Christ Tho membership is thoroughly revived, the ooogregalkms are large aod growing. Tbe Indications are that ihls la Ibe beginning of better daya for the Denm nisvilla cboreh. . ag After Diphtheria. I; Diphtheria la a terrible disease, requiA * tog the greatest medical skill lo effect a complete core. Even when ita power is ■> broken, U clings to the patient with great ib- peretsteney. and often leave# the system poisoned aod peoal rated. Jnat brer P- Hood's SaiaaparillB doe# a vast amount'of good, expelling Impurities from tbe blond en giving it richaeaa adds vitality, while il ng reaovatea aod strcngtbee* the system. The bouaebnld effects of Mr. Cbatlei rt LeBoy Wheeler, formerly o?r thH city, have brew sold at unblte saW. We wo * I .leratand that Mr. Wbevl-oV at prow- • - ' lliing to Scranlon. Prat^rlrtqU sr. Tbe tvrdfnanoe reoently paa-ed by lb ;

^ .,i 1 'I Capt. Wn. Dillibay has innrcvi to' • Gosben, Tbe farm wul be occupied by " Mt. Mark Moore Is building a new cot's ispe at tbe Court House for Mr. Alunzo » Capt. John Culloo baa relumed borne • (or ibe remainder" of ibe winter, his ver- - eel it laid up in New York. • J'rbpdjmilh has been making extensive I improvements on hit villa. It now prev Mist Lucy Marcy it spending a few g weeks at her home. We are glad to see b ber smiling face once more. Mr. James Coapman it now engaged in j a the steamship .Yew fork trading from ( d New York City to New Orleans. 8 Mr. W. E Norton paid Petersburg a ! flying visit on Sunday last. There must j i be something magnetic In that direction. I 1 People of this place who own. Ice J 0 bouses took advantage of the cold weather last week and laid in a stock for next h summer's use. The Ice was about six e inches tbick. 8 The Relief Association held a meeting , Monday night for the purpose of deciding I a the question of raising the initiation fee. e Tiie motion to raise the fee was lost by a t vole 17 to 24. Miss Kate Willeta at Philadelphia, | 1 • miide ber brother Allie and I'nclc Elmer - Willeta a visit last week staying for a ] - few daya only. Sbe had not seen her j brother for about fix years. t A meeting of the boatmen and other* • . r interested was held for the purpose of . considering the opening of a new mouth j to tbe creek, and deepening the channel. ! . malerial for piling should be on tbe spot I ] by tbe first month. - Among the visitors wc noticed were Mrs. Jeremiah Trout of Dennisviile. Capt. i > Smith and wife of Bsealays Point, Mr. r and Mrs Geo. Eldferlgo ol Townsend's 1 Inlet. Mist Ida Tyler of Goshen Cap!. . Frank Corson of Tottenville, N. Y., Mrs. e and Miss EmmW Hand of Swaintnw*. j Mr. and Mn./Chus. Matthew, of Fishing I drr'ui'y ' wtoTec' '''^''Frl'iky evening^"* I f w«e varied, pleasing and instructive. ; I and everything passed off " merry as a j l marriage bell.'' There was a large attcu- . dance, the room being literally packed, j the exhibition gave great eatisfaction to all present and wislrea was expressed 1 by many that it should be repeated the ■ evening. The music was of particular B excellence especially as rendered by Sir ' and Mrs. Wenlzell who arc skillful performers on the organ and violin. Twenty > four dollars was cleared, and this will go • for the liquidation orthe church debt. 1 j1 ! Goshen Cleanings. . ' ' : — ... j I Extra meeting services atiil in progress j . at this wriUng. - Miss Alice llollingalicad, ofyGreen ! 1 I Creek, waa in lown on Sunday. ] , Mr. Hollls P. Micklc and wile, of j ; ' Pcterslrqrg. were at church on Sabbath j , - 1 morning. ' Caplaio John Dillahav. of Dyers t reek, | , ° has moved into the house vacated by P. , . Cnmptno. Mr. Griflin Smllb. Mrs. l)r. Swa'n and , Mrs. E. J. Mixner visited Pbiladel- ; I pbia during tbe week. I Mrs. Captain A. Steelman is home ! again, having been absent for several ) 8 Miss Lucy, tbe charming daughter of Paslor Tuilis, spent Wednesday ami ; - Thursday In Bridgeton. N. J. Prof. Mauahan was in town tbe other 1 day negotiating for the sate of instru- ' menls to Ihe Goshen Cnrnel Band. The many friends of Miss Mnda Crawe ford, of Court House, were pleased to see - her at church and Sunday school on Sabhnlh last. g Captain John S. Thompson, of theachr. 1 n Annie L. Mulford, is home_ again, having y Providence, Rhode Island. r- Rev. P. M. IUndolplt^rf On.rt House, la rcrmons on Sabbath last, discoursing in the morning on "Personal Influence." aod in the evening oo the " Sovcrignty 1 1 God and Ihe free will of men." y Captain Bowman Tomlin. of Philarielphia. a former resident of this county, ,, spent Tuesday at this point. Gkxoa. ° Sea lalo City Murmurs, n Marshall Davis ia seriqoaly HI- " Ex-Mayor Wells is on the sick lie*. ^ Mayor T. E. l-mlltm nnd wite arc away lb traveling. _ ,e Mr. M. E Wright iysiiil Incjrasing bis »- — Ethel Way was lHuied iB Calsary oeroiu at lery oo Tuesday. m Colds seem to he epidemic here as else81 where in the county. „ Three contracts were given out tbia last e! week. Contractor liura secured the work, ia A eoatractor was hern on Tuesday lonknt Ing after 4he building of the projected :h skating rink . C. K. Landls has relumed home after hi* trip to New Orleans and Florida, looking muchjrt-jnvrnaled. di Although It Is hard times yet some three w hundred bni'ding lots have been sold during the fal] and winter, at Rev. H. N. Cheese man has been in Jg Millviile during tbe past week aiding io lie rc.Tival.srr vices at Ibst place. "Diere were a number of collage nwn- ■»- era Iwae this week looking after tbelr ™ buses and getling them in order prepara- | toty to bringing Iheir fsmilie*. b* : Among tbe arrivals ibis week were, Mrs. Cripp and daughter!, Mr. Altboiise. W. Uppermaa ami friend 0. FUmer, Dr. " Erhsri, W. W. Strotbert and daughter, ltev. J. 8. Wllaon, A. Gordon, H. 11amington, all of Pblladelpbla. ■a. A $20.00 Biblical Reward. The publishers of RutUdfe'. MoMUm ng nffer twelve valuable- rewards io their W Monthly for February among wbicb ia the nd following : We will give #30.00 to tbe person tellm- |j.g ua lire longest verse to tbe Old Testament Scriptures by February 10th. 1885. : recrlretb Hie Reward will be divided, n The rnonry will be forwarded to tbe «inner Febroary ISth, 1885. Persona trying to, Ibe reward moat send 20 rents tn sll- '* wr (no portage sump* taken) wnli iheir „ answer. W which I bev will receive the ™ Monthly for March, in with I. 'he name •„f and address of lire e loner of 'he Reward "! »t»d in whlrti revets l-more valuable re- - waul* will he offete.1. Addrasa RrniBor Prnuamtn ConrASv, Easton Peona The skill neeesaary lo do tbia ia oo y I*- acquired after kmg practice, box once ii i" obtained the opeia'or iy ahle lo extract i >" t baif-doxrn tiwih in shoot thirty arcoodi without once renrovrng hia flnaers t-wr too latoeoYainO'ilb. Tte deo>Ht'se<li«A Hon tnmmeoce# with Ibe pulltog of pett to itoieb have been prrcaed into toft ano' •x

0 the 801I1I1 i-.d uponl' it,' t lie- most J ' f dyspeptic n«'"-n in il„- woil I. Just 1 - whst may Iweatra win, s.feiy is a rciloua - problem. ' i 1 . e JlfW 3idrmiSfn»ruts. Catarrh Cured ' Catarrh Is a very prevalent disease, with distressing and offensive symptoms. Uoodw Sarssparllla gives ready rellel and sprady ' rare, from tho fart It acts through Ibe blood, ! and thus reaches every part df the system. f •• I suffered with catarrh fifteen years. Took 1 j Hood's Sarsaparllla and lain not troubled any ■ 1 | with catarrh, ami my general health Is much better." I. w. Ijlus, Postal Clerk Chicago I S St. Louts Ballroad. 1 j "I suffered with catarrh e of* yrtgs j tried I many wonderful cures, Inhalers, etc.. spend- - j liignoarlyonehundreddollaraKithoutU'neilL ' | I tried Hood's SarsapartUa. and was greatiy - ! Improved." M. A. Annitv. Worcester. Mass, : remedial acents; thl. Uie proportion,- 3d, the i j process of securing tho actlvo mebrtflBPi ! strength, effectbig cares hitherto unknown. Bend for book containing additional cvldcnee 1 purIOem.my Idiwi^sharoynsjuv^pctlte. aio' ; Is w-ullrtls we'igh'un golA'"11 l.'llaitRlsovoa i I 1 M llauk Street, NewTork Oiy. Hood's Sarsaparilla ' I only by <h I. IKKUI & CO.', Lowell, Mass. j IOO Doses One Dollar. EVERY DAY | j ' • j DnJJIIl'MAN'S I'll J-S. |i j ♦ I j Dr. CHIPMAN'S PII.LS. j K'er, Ismtlr rfcoshl Vrep.-v I j Dr. CHIPMAN'S PII.I S. L • :,'.re"^"?r tm".'." «.! I | E. D. LONG. Sole Agent for U. S. | oiiemff's sale! - .... t pf chancery of new .1 eh- ' " SPE.OIAL l- MASTER'S SALE. ly mtSwipwototonr lower eonatr "I Capo' Hsyi to OS rsiOAY. FRBIit'AKV W», 'SS8. Si «■'" iitl^kl^ra.'ri^sS^rThe nwim'Jred A ffss-sssB isussrssfta ™ S'FiSS'^faairfii sir ^2rVKYSSE^tNK™^*WaOTrey2lto jffautflaar iKrijh x '««l rrSnCT m .,1 . "Sat. Is* a iraet «f LAND sllasle In Lower ' ! InwnaMp. •"> the Hkonpixe r.«.l, aA]oUtax ins ! Paraonsr" tsi"t«. ivotstoioan-srij six seres. Uk ! No. 4. Is a tract Cf LAND in Lwrer townahlp. 'x •SSSwafi? s£»£?S "™ ^tsi ^ nvf PW. Pv de-da mm tf El era tors ot«BM*d L. rak WALTS* A. SASMWt. Ho^or. Dated Drc*tahor js, IW1, X.- -- • ■ . I a

SSp gBBDS OF - A SPLENDID OFFER i We have made a special arrangement with tltc publishers of the " cottage Hearth " Boston. Mass., lo club wilh thctr magazine this year. Tho Cottage Hearth Is a >' ILLUSTRATED MAGAZINE. I THE COTTAGE HEARTH 7HE COTTAGE HEARTH I Hst for Contributors, H — Mri Ei;*- bontb | Edward Everett Hale, I A Two Pages Music, j Lucy Larcom, §\ Garden Hints, Celia Thaxtcr, » Health and Temperance., Louise Chandler Moulton, VIM I" Aalest Fancy Work. I Ahby Morton Diaj, k E HI k J " Bazar Patterna, Susan Warner, 1 1 Ilk Tilled Receipts, ' MacDonald. LL.O., -■ Household Hints. Rose Terry Cooke, - APPPR Sabbath Reading. Joaquin Miller, II L L la U Prize Puzzles for Young Frances L. Mace. U I I L II Folks. Sample Copy 8ent Free. REAP OUR OFFER: We will send "This Cottage Hearth." FREE OF CHARGE, for one year to any one, ! Who will scull/us ihe name of a new subscriber *to tho Cape May | Wave al ihe sauie time enclosing two "dollars. Wc only extend this j proposition ttotnosc accepting il between nowPand December 25th, (Cli rist mas'). CAUU AND DXAMIND Our new Winter Stock of I.ADIliS' t'l.OAKS ANDWRAB, NI:W MARKET COATS, | RUSSIAN CIRCULARS, STOCKINET COATS, CMIl.hKLYS HA\ CLOCKS liTC. iM—> a Ii SEAL CLOTHS TROM 15.00 IT. j HALL'S ! 01.1) ESTABLISHED STORE, No. 26 S. Second St., PHILADELPHIA. . .AUCTION! AUCTION! In order to rid ourselves of surplus stock we will offer at j P U B L I C S A1 L E, At Cape May Court House, on : SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 1885. A large quantity of all kinds of j. EURNTfiSRE, HI; 1) ROOM SUITS. CROCK E R Y W A R 2 . GLASSWXR^ | Oil CLOTHS, CARPETS, STOVES, j . And numcrptts articles in the • HOUSE FURNISHING LINE. It is dull times but we mean business. All goods offered will be ' sold to the highest bidder without reserve. TERMS, CASH, " J. H. BENEZET S* BRO., CA t*E H#V C1TX'. X J BIHOTiL PROPRIETORS IS.-V1 >- 1-t a turn IB noi exeallM fordurabilliy l RJQSSELL, CAMPBELL & CO H. Noa. 221 Market and 210 Chnrejx- Staw«a, PhiTadatphiw- — . I WINDOW GLASS WAREHOUSE, BENJ..H. SHOEMAKER, S 205 , 207, 209, 2 1 1 North Fourth Stiwet, Philadelphia, i Ttt Freacti Plate Gte, Freiicti Wiadn Glaa Sinle&DtiilB Hct ft AMKni'.lN wmqo# GLAUS. SKYLIGHT AND FUtOB 0LASK Photographer's Crystal Gfound Class, Ornamental Gtoss, osmuif iiotmiso oi*i» piatw, Egvsun) epos fiais* suoiBwmu '