•I -so per Asoan, in Advance • wtfnci? roar omci arrangements. All tfrtrtre of relur bv rrg1*ured IHtgra. M*Us Cloere *1 • ov:.,l .. m.. »n.l I to p. m. P. J. MRLVJH. PcrjaMtcr. etvic Bocirmts.) ^Q»p» lgire^Lortre^P. fUL K-M^MMa' Ha firetjKnd totJdThiilo.v r**ru 00 aw Toe*d*y -v-nlna of irti raoo'lb. W^MOOOQ ud fourth Tburedsy -reclng* of As to advertising 0*p- M»v. the Wat* U doing It every week ami ha* been *1 the business *inre it hart an exbtance. We often hear plana for spreadine the fame ot tbe Cape around ** if it were a new thing, and not aa old a« *ome of the hills. J net now some of our eDterpriaingrltlaenghare appther srhrme Aral to raise innnrv. second, to rev-nd il In aome of tbe larger Hties br advertising. all of whlrh round" we!! rnoueh and will do rood. But if one wanted to And out about Baltimore hu*inr«a he would not investigate for Hrht In Boston papera. nor would he if Inclined to inreal in Dakota tnlnea aend to Florida for h>-r new«wpere IT'«r 1WW of of affaire would Irarn from llie local pvpera of anv given nitre about tbe promlaea and elaima nf ita buaineae m~n. And. May wouldn't it be awfullv fonlith Tor them to make inquiries of her adran tare •• a seaside retort from Pitl.luire or St. Louis Journala. mar u well inquire of the man in the moon. To know of Cane Mar Inquire of three who ere on the premlaee. they of all other* will he aide lo tell too what yon want to know. In. Bead then of a pending mnner by apeakinr to the pinna i ire and health reeking public at audi 1-ng range, do It in the home paper*. Tbe Wax-* will print an ■xtr* weekly edition, with electrotype* of all the big hotels, ocean pier, and Beach drtre^and do it every week till :lie opening of IHh season for a ressonihle ronaideratlon. Ju«t think what that could do ! Suppose lOOO'extra ropie* •are mailed to prominent person* in our leveral Mg cftie* each week from now ill July lat. *-tting forth Cape May aa the la. the mo"t attrnetlre watering place n the United State* thr result would be rich in compenaation. The cost would not be great, and the money could he saaily raised for the scheme Who will more In the matter? Thia office will do Its full share of the work. Independent thinking ia of all Other acoiiirement* one of the most desirable. desirable.

Thought are aucb subtle fluid thinra. dipping around unseen corner* and out >f hidden cracks, that it becomes very Hfflcutt for most person* to retain thrm. They cannot be trapped with any *ue. leas by lb* most carefully prepared orma of the logic grimier*. let one try o think In a frame work wrote oul by , he achool-meo. tire effect will be a pro- , taction without any life, a skeleton atUl, tothing but drv- bones. Tlie*e forms ook well enough, they seem tO meet all he conditions laid d >wn from Aristotle 0 Quakenbo", and would appear to lahe proper harness in which to think, ml the result I* something I ke a tune- , ess violin whimpering in the wind, or Ikes balluotnai-rt hen aeliiny ou * poroesin erg, there ran he nothing having , my value evolved from these. It ia llie trorst folly to suppose that forms of life. w beauty can bo wrote out by tbr mind n a state of vassalage or without the lactor ot hard nerrevrreing lalior. .All uds that hinder independent thought are limply "Help* for the Laay or Sotnciblng out of Notlilne." We might supjose the hen. which has already been otroduced for Illustration, after setting 1 fow wrcka became conscious that all gas not a* It should be. A careful extmlnatloa. however. Showed that the oblect of Inquiry was all that Is required In an egg. ovate, spheroidal, ralrarrous mvelope and of proper magnitude, yet the end was disappointment. The great thing in education Is to make automatic and habitual, as early as possible, as many use' id anions a* wo can. and guard against the growing into ways that ajeJikelv to be disadvantageous to us. V we should guard sgsiuai the plague. The more of the details of our dailv life we o»« hand over to the btfallihle and effortless custody of anmind will be set free for their own proper work. There it no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing la habitual but uudecisi m. and for whom the lighting of a cigar, drinking a Cof water, the time of going to bed. time of rising and lust how to begin every little bit of work, are subjects of great deliberation. Full half the lime osuch goes to waste in planning, regretting and deciding again and agnin, only to change and adopt something else. The larger part of the effort demanded by a human bring la involuntary to a large extent and should be so regarded. This leaves time to weigh the weighty things of life. Irregularity of temper I* a sourer of much mlrerr- It happens unfortunately that It la apt to be displayed when there Is little chance of opposition. Msnv Ill-natured people are very mock to ttiFpreseoraof atrangera.but undaunted about home, where probably no rasluancs will be offered. It'a a thing a person needs to guard against. Is ungovernable temper. The vicUmi of It may lie the wife Or children, who are living in constant terror, and. bail with gladSlhe dawn of the (lay when the puof him who should be the last to get angry and make a fool of himself is convmed to better way* There are many thing* open to discussion. There is a fashion on the part of some to modemn a man on tbe broad around of hit orthography, the clolhea that he wear*, or hi* pronunciation ol the language forgetting that there are thaae who have made themselves eaceedtegtv unrfu! lo their fellow, men who were wretched reader*, speller* and wore ill- fitting clothe*. How many of our successful merchants ran keep their own books, or are to sense whst might be celled society men '

County Superintendent Killer informs as that one-sixth of the representati <u I at the meeting of New Jersey Teacher's . Reading Circle for Cape Mav, Cumber- i land and Atlantic, at Vim Uml last Sat- I urdsy was front Cape Hay. The lime i for- reading the first year's course ha* been extended to December l«t. The circle now numbers 3000 member* and Is la a flourishing condition. Th* Wats will enter the .field of conthat appertain to the public good. It I* daatgtsd to make the pa;-er a power in farthno •jtx.ruuw.Ttifldt when the flair come* arannd to take a position on mattag* of genaral iclereaL It- sore of being right and then go ahead Is the doctrlue. propria led 956 towards properly com ■amrrstlng Deooratlna Day. This sum with what other official bodies may MtwaTof "the ceremony. Which have to the past Ixx-n met by the G. A. Fusts. oMhrf* UkC 10

PERSONAL. j Mr. Horace Wire keeps the books st ' Central Market. ■ Joseph Hand, tbe-jewcler, i* ripening into something of a painter. - Mrs. Joseph Htnd ami daughter, of Camden, sre spending a few dsvs with _ relstivm lu West Cape May and Green Creek. - Brother Phillip Kovnlg is getting bet. ter of hts long spell of sickness. He is tt home now, and among friends who are encouraging him to get wejl.as best a titer can. * Samuel itumMl <hd wife.of P.hiUile]. nhla. are at the Cape visiting relative*. • Mr. Unwell it with the extensive im- '■ porting houso of R. J. Allen, rion A Co., a No. 900 Market street, Philadelphia. PVRev. Mix Sensor lis * noihing partioulariy good to **v of the iihpecurious Voting man who does noihing for him. self; bnt live* on hi* -poor rotation*. -He " does not recommend him for a Iqisband, neither docs the W»v*. > Mrs. Lizzie H. 8 Wain, of Goshen, starts for a trip West the mlddieof May. Rbc is a native of the sunset sidu of the » Missi«ippl. we believe, and goes there ' to visit relatives. A pleasant trip is wished bos by thu Warn and a sale re. turn. - " •••/'_• i Captain J. Cone was to town on Thnrsdav looking over the cottage lists, lie don't know aa.v thing about th' new. ; Steam line between N*« 5 oek and Phil- ; s delphia, touching at the Cape and Long Branch. As has Ix-en ststni before the , Cantnin will summer at Cape May with his family. Mr*. Ilattie Camming*, wife of B. J. Cummin**, has bean risking Iter father. D. B. -Hughe*. Esq . this week- Mrs. Cn mm! rig's grace of manner and lovely disposition make*, her welcome guest wherever she goes.' and lier many friends about Child Spring and tliia city were glxrrroTiqriier ■ lAte arrival" a» Hie Cape Mouse asfol. , lows- tVn. B F. StringfrllriWi -Mrs, • W. F. White. Ml** Jenni» White. lien. , rletla White. Deborah White. Bennie White and nnrao. R-nnerh Sooysmitli. , Harold Soovnnlth. Mia* Virginia Adams, , AtcllMon Kan«a«; Rev. J. B. Hutcliin- , son, Carrie nq'atifnsnn. Hamilton .Square. , N.J.: M. D.F.van*. Thomas Msrtindale. , Mr*. Taleoi William*, Mr. and Mr*. E. i Itrain-rd . Mwa It wal. Philadelphia. Captain C'harie* P.. Foster, one of Cape May's sons who has won fame and , wealth ip 'lie seafaring bu»ine*s. was at , the Cape on We-lnesdav looking about i Mm presufimblv for a summer residence. The Captain was a frequent arrival - among the vessels of the South Atlantic i Blockadl-'g Squa-lron In war times, sod | we renu mber Mm well wln-n he would , board the Flag Ship with a flue bunch I of water rail for the Commodore's breakfast. Captain Foster It hard to beat on i a cunning tramp, lie residea in Philadelphia. Tuesday evening's concert at the M. E. chnrrhin *ld of organ fund was moat . enjoyable. There had been much ph-aa. i ure ®t!ripst"*d in witnessing the affair, and no on-- went .away dissatisfied with i the singing of those whose names are i borne on the program. In IJis first ' place appreciative words shonld be i spoken of Win. Porter, to whom thr work of preparation w»* committed, and , In whose hand* it ripened to a successful , • In hand* ripened

. issue on Tuesday evening. The "fund" i l« a matter In which Mr. Porter takes ' deep interest *nd with intelligent pur. pose. Certainly too much cannot be • said of him. but knowing hi* real modi C"!T we leave htm in the conscious en- ■ jovmcnt of duty well and -uecAssfully • done, nr course he liaa had belt, and ■ of a kind he feels to be help. There'* , much of the so called article that's ' bogus, not hsving th* genuine stamp I upon it. but his has been of the right ' kind, hence an clement in tbe general 1 make up of the program that led to the. attractive number*. m drllghfnllv rendered bv Cape May's am*teura. Wbco ' the Tl rat pit"* was rendered a Urge number ol our people were in 'he pew* of the church ami on the qui r fee to hear. 1 Tlie children In s full chore* made one , feel as If th-- streets were full of sleigh I hells. "Autumn Winds." by William Porter and Miss M. E. Utile*, was ileI llghtfnlly done In melodious «nne. Mr*. ■ Blanche" Williams **ne "When the - Flowing Tide Come* In" very effeetusllr - and with much expression. She has a > voire that penetrated to tbe farthest cor. r nera of th» audience room In silver tone* I "f peculiar sweetnes* and power. Two - of Cape M«v'» favorite sinvera *reMis«re - Annie and Ixittle Thorn -son. Tbev rang I "Over the Fields of Clover" so sweetly » as to win a recall which they richly rte. t served. Tbe warlrling of tliese girls formed one of the most pleasant num. I rent of the program, and rvervbodv wa* . pleased and said" so. Miss Allctts .. Havne's reeltatlon was received with , plcsstire. B was a euHtirwl performance , snowing that she had a Jit-t appreciation of her work as a reader. The "Glee." i "The Cuekoo sings In the Poplar." with > full ehortta. charmed ticket holders Into ' - estarir. -fdelighw. Mrs. Blanche Wll lisms. Wm. Porter and fult- chonts did f the next number. "Nanny Darting." in . excellent time and tunc. A duet nt , Swiss warbling bv Mi«ses »..-tie * '■- I I'imi and M. E. Stltcs next attrae'edtbe r favor of th- pre-ple. Me*d ame* 8. Reeve* , -rid W. B'atner. aang "Tbe LMy and the Rose" to harmonotwm* lays. '-Tbe I Monk* of Old." bv Mr Porter, got a ref rail, and "I Love hut Time" richly earned , -nc. but the hour hail e-roe for tbe cloa- ._ Ing ehofu*. which wa* delightful!^ renr derail by the whole company. When all rhn little item* of exprnie are paid Mr. i Porter think* tlie organ fund will be p, larger by 980 for the concert of Tuesday •vening. Bv the way. there it a general - desire to p pest tlie perfonntnee at nop -liar price*. What say the committee ? . The ChaJfonte'* sun parlor is an al- ' tractive feature of the h 'Use. and guest* are. fond of basking in its plea*ant warmth on tbesc chilly April days. Dur- !; Ing the week Colonel Bawyer has enter, mined guest* from Philadelphia and New York. Tbev go away with the 0 determination of forming a part of the colonv that will gather at the Chalftmte next Summer. A* usual many members -T of the bar availed themselves of toe op. fl*>rtunitv during court sessions st the Court House, and "pent the night with b the Colonel enj -vlng the excellent brcak"- ^ fast for which hi* house is noted. The spirit of revival still obtains in the M. K. church, and the service* of the »- "Ancillary to-morrow will be appropriate rt lo the demands of the woryhipper*. The d sacrament of the Lord's Supp r will be » arlministered in tire morning after ser " tnon bT pa "tor. service* commencing st i' 10.80. Sundar relexd at 3.80. and in the «- rv-ning at 7.8fT when a special, subjeci. » "Authority of right over wrong, or the "d citizen'* duty concerning places of vloe," of will be treated. kt (Iraee^burtslies beat In a sob of good humor and grntlrtft-s. It seems that a eras person will carry bis snappish

way* even Into the church and among brother In hi* daily life. We hear of a good bretbe.o who got exasperated over a matter of church finances, and left the fold because he wa* a*ked to contribute * single dollar. « Llule eighteen months old Jennie I Nelson, grandedid of Dr. Harry and Mrs. Marry, died suddenly at the home of it* p«reut*..Mr. and Mrs. Wm. H. . Nelson, no Tuesday laaC Tbe grand - parents visited their bereaved children during the woak, and attended the funeral of the ehild. Frank C. Smith. R*q , attorneynt-Uw, ■who has created a great sensation In Cumber and county bjr bis vigorous prasaooHna of partliu charged with i> ibery at last fair* election, will lecture In toe M. E. church -Monday evening. May 2nd. Huhjeet, J The Prohibition However skeptical we may be a* to I he pr.tposition that Bacon fat tlie origin. sgwcnaws.ss

Council Proceed togs. it Special meeting of Council was held Thiirwiay evening. President William* - in the Chair. Members present, Messrs. 8 Doak,. Duke. Havnes, Miller. Steven*, . Townsend and Sawyer. The supplfl1* ment to appropriating ordinance, con- " cerning^ lighting streets, changing it from " 98000 lo 84500 was pawed to its second reading. J- The ordinance relating to sewer on '» I-alayelte street, connecting with M*n0 sion was taken up and Kmended.as fol,l lows: The pipe from 15 torbe* di*mcter to 12 toche*. and section Ibirel In rrjsI- tfoO lo the *upervi-ion wa* stricken out. i. After a long deba'c in which .all the i- member* veiitilatnl tbetrweiva*. the mat- . , ter wa* laid over, on motion Mr. Steven*, till next meeting "f Council. - s . The Commi tec on Fire -and Water rea ported the boiler taken out of old works needed repairs. It wis ordered done. e Mr. Slevrp* moved S50 |*rch nt unite 1 be bought losdiri-akwater of Reach drive, carried. It w*a ordered that *tre< t lights, un- !' der present contra _-t be discontinued on " Mr. Duke thought the City necjied a e pound kretx-r and moved t'onncil go in- ' to an election. After j wo Unsuccessful " bilfots. xfir matter uraa laid over till-next i » m>ir. Sawyer mover] bids for laying water maia from Sjutb Lafavettc slrer-l ' to Second Avenue along the Beach we*t- * criv. be opened. Agreed to. r The following were the bidden: B. » S. Crffii».9I981.8fi; J. H. Benenct A Brn.. I ' *1882,75; Cape bland (l is Co. 91575,00. The tia* Company tielng tin-' lowest hid- j . der the award wa* made to It. Ad- . jonrged. | r A .Victory for the Right. ; The grand Jury at the late session of oar coiinrvconn deserve the thanks of , ' ..every right minded citizen. Hitherto it has been well nigh Impossible to convict ' anv man of crime, or even to find a true ' Mil against litm. tf he was In any way connected with the liquor traffic, hut | memliera of lh'« Jury seem to have regarded their oath of office as their rule and have done ju*t what they promised ■ to do. found true bills ne*inst all when the proper evidence of guilt was brought I them. Hence some nine bills of have been freturned for trial, t Thr people of Cape -Mav < -rty may re- ' Joicc that there is reason to expect that , some of the lowest and vilest dens that ever cursed our community will be rf-f-ciodlv. rooted out. as we are sure that ' Mavor Edmunns means business to tbe ! "tanrt ho has taken, and that whenever 1 "he proper evidence, is brought before l he will, without fear or fsror, send i I all offenders up to answer before tbe i higher tribunal. Now. Mr. Editor, we r want tbe privilege of asking a few questions: . 1. Ought sny member nf a Christian ■ church in any legislative body or conncil. vote to license any man to sell nun. » when be knows that in doing so he is debauching the community: making t drunkards ot the young; filling aim*- r houses and Jails; assisting murders and suicide*; making broken-hearted wives, | ■ mother* anil daughters; nisking ragged , : beggar children and peopling hell With ■ the eternally lost. 2. Ought not such s msn, when be t | decides to vote for rum hay consistency ' fnniiiffi in rf-*i*Tf from God's rhureh- ' God'* church.

3. If lie .neglects lo do so ought not * the church authorities to remove Mid offender* from their church communion » without delay. Wlio will answer? - "Wm OxfrMat'" 1 Sophia WilleU. widow of Washing. ■ ton Willeta, died in Camden on the 20tb ■ in*!., after a protracted Illness. The de1 ceased leaves two daughter* and a son. . Cspt WilleU in the beginning of the late war commanded the U. 8. transport I steamer Rebecca. He won a creditable * record for valuable services and received ' ® the thanks of department commander*. Three years ago he was found dead to " a stateroom on lyutrd the steamer W1IIianuport. Mra. Willeta has many friends ' and relations in CapeTMay win regret to h hear of her demise, so quickly following II that of her hu«band. I*-«t summer she spent *t the Cape with her son-in-law '• John F Hollahan. -poenpyiog the Oak- ' sidv cottage. Intermesit took place last v Saturday In Mount Peace Cemetery, * Camden. „ Charles Oliver's sorrel m*re Bessie. Is „ a goer of the first cla**. lis no use for ,, sur ordinary roadster to try to throw a .. hit of mud or dust on Charley when he holds the lines with this blooded animal I, to th- harness. It took an hour to go to the Court nottse on Tuesday morning and the same time to return in the after- . noon. The boys that were laying for h Charier did not put in appearance, and , its just as well thev didn't. We had a . seal with hhn on this nr.i.-wMhV/trlp •• *nd can vouch for Hie road qualities of h the animal, and no mud was tossed into „ the buggy except the shower that was I sent there bv tlie rythmical thuds of the ,1 mares feet on the road. " Enoch Hand had three Canada geese -. 'o get swav'from him eight years ago. c They got the sprlne fever and emigrated , mparts nnknown. Onamomingthiaweek - he was mneh surprised lo find nneoftnetn „ return and light in hia yard lurt where P_ it flew from *0 long ago. Speaking nf ,i wild geene remind, us that pilot Wm. Bennett hid a'flock of thirty at one Hmr. An old cunning gander, compris,11 ing it. was useii bv him. as s der. coy in the sounds. When his services * were no longer required he would rer lease It »ud the bird would fly awav il home. In ermine of time Mr. Bennett's „ geese were killed, or they gotaway from him. i. Tbe msnv changes or weather this t, spring are against the beat condition of ,1 public health. A few hour* of warm r sunshine giving place to weather more r. like early March than lite In April puts ,d people tiff their guard and tovilcs colds ,r *nd what follow* them. It will be time ir enough to Ibtok about laying aside thick ,r underclothing wt.cn U.s .umroer *ol*Uce r* 1* nearer by a month, p- . — lie The Bprinff crop of growler* I* about h the rame as to former years. Tbe back - k- ward weather has bern favorable to them, and there are aorte flne specimen* of the class known at chronic fault Anders fully he matured. Car* May abould adopt r -labe dm of crop*, that 1U noil may be kept to at a proper atanrt aril of fertfli y and yield he frul'agr that will be of more use to It br- than they. rr Who thinks much of s lesd pencil till he he lose* one thn-ugb s hole In hi* pocket, or gets out of aorta by bre-king tlie ke point ? It la one of the small thing* we should not despise- To borrow a pencil from a newtpaner man and not return it . is an offense against him hard to conod done. rih It would )v a o-ood flitoff lo have a 1 It wouM a good

< uniform plan to make country roads, ' and one might add a bettor one too. I Much Of the public money expended d Is absolutely wasted, unless It serves 0 the purpose of helping people pay their laxea. J' Force It power, fuss la noise; the one ' is work, the other Is talk; the one I* the 1 moving of tbe engine the other tbe steam. Would that all who have the " Interest of our pretty city at heart applv j_ their f-uve in working up aSpring buai- , TV obmr at the M. E. Church beren with return their hearty thanks lo all „ who In any way contributed to make the h concert a sucoesa. They also announce re that the canoed will be repeated on U, Tuesday evening, May Srd. Adraisslon in 10c. CoMBAMa, Arrmrnoffi— Nbxt Thur*. to day evenlng^thme^wUI ^ ^ ™" n- tnmfnhna'ilail bitUdtog' toconside'r Hie r.e j suhiectof Decoratkin da) . A full at-

SALTS. e 1 BocHl tlp-tUted noan. . ' Lovett, fresh balrtt hay. IlanifJ Central Market. Rubber goods at E. Johnsons. 92.30. Waukenphast shoe* at S. Jobn1 Cape May Is putting on her new Spring g3 wd. J A three legged calf la exciting the . Creeks. r Ail tastes may be snited.in wall paper - at E. Johnson. . King crab# apd prosperity have come - to tbe Bayside. The '-JiiH-diwT' bare come and the wishes arc madeThe'g is lots of incompatibility of poli itii-a mwut-davs. , Wm. Barnctt'a Excelsior Jttarket, real ■ gill edged bottor. The east cake man is the latest arrival ' along the *--ri«ds." i The order of the Iron Hail promptly pays it* obligations. Our fabblnz department is Equipped . for ail kinds of work. I Cape May Point fishing schemes have r 1 waler logged. ~ t Many a man loses the' road to liappi. ' ncss by his selfishness. [ John Ruaacli'a Cold Bjiring store for fibeap seasonable goods. ' « The old red cow has a spotted calf this year— Burleigh bloom. Thu-kcel of our steam yacht is thought to be growing in ash swamp. A voung lady naturalist of Cape May e wintered twenty box turtles. If you have tender feet kt E. Johnson 1 fit you with a pair of easy shoes. „ J. S. Semon will sell genuine Havana* the old stand this summer. «j A stately bittern was the subject of * Green Splinter pot-pie this week. n II. Sehcik-ngcr will esrcbSBge any of * his new goods for Bayside ciams. 7 Handsome women without religion are like flowers without perfume. Beautiful dress goods at Mrs. R. T. a Brown's, nearly opposite this office. It takes one ton of ink to print the a Sunday edition of New York World. . Tsniu rs still stick 16 life practice of « watching the moon in planting seed. Cape Mav will gortty vet. There are % lots ot indications pointing that way. o The flowering plant that is watched is like the pot that is said to never boil. Sweet apple biotsoms are shedding P1 their fragrance into Fishing Creek air. Powell. Hie tailor will make you a nice Spring suit or fix up your old one. tl ■ Goshen has set an example of enterprise to her Steam saw mill and factory. w The Board of HcaltkJa.demandcd in „ some of Washington y reels back yards. A Green Creeker has a goer that will w throw dust on about anything on the An "electro" of tbe pflotboat J. Henry r will appear in a week or two <n Light vessels ripple past tlie ocean , pier, near enough to throw a stone on board. "Pcrigrine Pickle" lias a double in "I'crtgrlne rtcKle ' lias a itouiiie in

. this city, so docs tbe renowned . Wiikins I Micawher. w i Decoration Day Ibis year-will be more generally observed in Cape May than p ever before. 4 Tbe New York World wll? shkkiMffJ" the provincialism of Chestnut street as u • never l»efqre. — », _ ' Guess who told that fable about the « ' Fishing Creek man who is eating break, fast radishes. h Gravel for sale of excellent quality. ? 1 Apply to Colonel Lansing, Lafayette St., P I comer Decatur. Now that Arbor day is past, let cycry i man and woman and child turn out and . pull up a weed. r i Hotel* can't complain of the cost of „ > electric lights this year, as the price is ! only 85 cents each. » ' Tie a handken hicf about the leg of a b ' horse when he balks; it diverts him and „ " he goes along at once. Don't you want a new Singer sewing » ' moraine for 930. There's one may be , bad on application at this office. . [, , Now the weather is right we shall un. • . chain our Spring poet and give the pub- , lie some verses worthy the cause. » a We are longing for Spring radishes, J I and csgtWy walchlng for the appearance , j of those raining Creek marketmen. i C dtjvKMiool Board held a regular mcct- - lnginT'iur*div last- Bills were ordered r rtfihi a lid current business transacted. ' A. Ewcn. dealer In flne groftJries, flbur c * TewLAnd provisions. S. W. corner Maine , J andMychanlc Bts.;. C*pe MnrC^il. 6t. ' TlieTkally Wavk will have nr* feat- ' , ure* Ihn season, among them sketclies " of Cape lilt's popular summer visitors. lUimors run riot in the blood at this 1 seafin. Hood's Barsaparilla exnels every r imdurity and vitalizes and enriches the S ii Bv sneering at everything that comes ' k in the wav will cause a person who in- ; n duiges in it to lose much of the real plcase ures of life. ' A bliicj-vcil sixteen-year-old damsel , '• from the Spring with peach , blossom* in | e bcr hair, rode in town during the week J- with a Mad of eJams. . ' !! The picturesque, and gracasul tuxedo 1 " suit* for ladies opt door sports of towing _ archery and tennis have made their apt lieaomce at Cape May. a In«urc In time. Call at the efflco of J. Henry Edmunds and learn what ia to your Interests. D >n't delay another day . Is if you are not insured, d 'Tl* a pltv that a handsome all-the- i n year-house like the New Columbia canx- not be made true to Us character and be 1 J> kept open all the year on a paying bails. | '* One Jamea T. Vijenard alias Mtjor c Benton, is swindling G. A. R. Posts ^ about the conntv. Tbe veterans ol Cape May are hereby pliefcj on their guard. Yon may hide a vindictive nature unit dn a polite exterior for a time, as a cat j. maiks its claws to a velvet fur, but tbe x, l-aat provocation brings out one a* quickir ly aa tbe ouict. ly An aid incandeacent member from one >- of the "Bides" got so mufih stale beer on S board during tbe week that be ran his horse, on bi* wav home, Into tbe fence it and then stuck fast. The bead stone of a Cape May pioneer Is used for s fence block up tbe county HI a little way, It'* suggestive of how long 't, a label of cold marble will keep tbe lire "* of any one green to the public mind. 'I Tne Tt. C. parochial school opens on '•'J Monday in the bulld'ng that has been II remodeled and handsomely furnished for n" the purpose. Father Degan thus sees the labor of years cfiowned with success. The moral malaria has struck tbe Free The moral malaria has struck the Free

Heading ren-m. It has had a succession '' ot dumb chill", followed bv an intermitk tent fever. Tlie doctors bcrr ordered i light dirt, and freedom from excitement , * tiU the summer I* over. - i Sunday should not be a day of gloom, but tbe sunniest of the week. It 1* in j many f unities a period of not*, and of- . tea become* for thi* rea*cn, a source of < , dircomfortFo tbe children who are the ' e subjects of so many nays, v One of our young men is taking les- , {. son* to meleorologv. He U practically I investigating tbe time of dtylizhL lie , agree* with tin- old aphorism that when p- one can see a gray horse a mile In Oold II Spring iu time to go home. » Longfellow wrote sacred songs, but » they rarely gel into the hymn book*, bern cau*e they are too broadly human to m suit sects which set often more upon ground upon which they can agree. »- Borne defect at A Han tie City's pumpn- log station causoda big fire last Tuesday ir- riglil in the beat part of tha city. Quart* u- some of tbrm will go where there is more

CAPE HOUSE, ; CAPE MAY POItIT, N. J. Open all the Tear. Heated by Steam. Lighted with Qas. Large Booms well FurnishedThirty Open Fire Places for Wood and Coal. HOT AND COLD SEA WATER BATHS: risiss* eoctoscd wll* gius. making in* Urg wi Sep Oaltery in IM fret In tdrun'O. TO# CAPK II0C8K U rer.omnire.lcJ ny prominent rpjslelsns of nubJrlptu* asoaeot tne brei places on the coaq tor larxlUt* smt thru* twekla* red, sud t* steadily grosfiag In popclarltj. j A. H. HAMILTON, Manager.

-ibbotU the "Sountji. . South Dennl|»vlllo.^ ^ ^ ^ D Capt Lewi* Edward* has pnreliased a en* i N DevonsUIre cow and calf. j „ Mrs. K.W. Il*ml, of (i"jra h" " ' Walter Sule* made s ba*m-~ irq. t-< lie city '' ol Brotherly have the an of ihe week. , ir West Cape. May. Vonng People's meetings change-t to Prtday evening. Sir. Simmon*, ot MlllKlle, vurlted West Cape on Wedaeaday. ^ S' The sonolara ot West thpe M ay puMtp *vhoo! Mletirared Arhre^sy by planting trees around C.p* Chapel *»» snrtcty orgnniTre Tn—bir nigllL ^The to^nw'nz^ue Uie Vt r* ' Mr*. Enoch Ektrtdge. Along tha Shore Boad. John «nd Aimed* Oaady p«ld Phllsdelpbla * W ^ !1,n,u"h ^ Green Creek. •Xjisr nK""'1 """ f,mur wlnli'fishlng'creek. ' " Clams are ** gool ^tbe Bayside. pr H. Sctiellengrt ha* a complrie *wek of g»»i«. Be will et the public out wltn evrreTblng from Bnt ciasa farm wagon to a cambric neotla rt

If you want a goo.1 paper auiiacrlbe for the Jarry CreiUl expert* to enrich blmaelf on wareprett^laldto'getback home. ' Mr. Btwtn Springer baa recently JanilaHM pet. pwmmably bough: at Thorn** liel-uy*. the i popular carpet dealear, at So ftortb .-econa St., PhUadetpbla. » Cold Spring. fey" ^'crro™ol'^nliTmc; Joh'o SofT», o'f Holly Beach. JoT^nv'nlTUVon^t'-oM'uro at"tae ITeaby' church ou ToeaHy afternoon. Mr. Johnton waa JfgjUtJJHJgi.0' " ^During ibe^prrerei week a wamp rteroatta.e^jnc^rrerejMj^^or ^M* give blm a place of refuge. Burleigh. a Mrs Einilv Sharp la rlaiung her frleb-ia here Cbarte* Ourr, Jr., la tbi* w«k moving; hi. family lo Camden. ^ i to C md Mlaaee IJbbie Bennett ami GlHle Crease apet t ai Bio Orsnde. ^ fq d at Cold 8prtnf tne prerent week. Mlaa Jennie" Btiemaoapeat the part week at croquet u pUyed at our plaoe, the la Urn are etoumhlapisre toe o"l'of the week. Hormilo Chorch will rti«i»>*e of hie Mrek and utensils at public vendue tola baturday ^Attoti wrlltng MH^^XUrne^J^e^^nand. UMiymg^aagsrooaty Ul ai Denntsvllle Items. Court called a number of men «blt wact. Guaaers report anlpe aborting very poor. Mtaa Emma Royal la home for a tew day*. Allot pb Edward* la practicing telogrvphy at ^Mlaa Nora^Royrt^haa made Oonrt Bouae her 1 "TT^Snre^rt^Mlllvine, waa la town over Sunday viaiung (nenda Alwaya trywul aeonre a boat that doea not , leak when you go not Bablng. . Bnaea R. Ch..lcr cam. borne Wednreday " oigbi mot with cbllia and fever. ^asjRs.'iiassuf' l M tre* M aggie " HtlrpJlkl'iuiTa bu*e^ 'broS yard s heauilfytog' toe tpAtrinoe ot toe feooe* aroond J "Twwig tte mrrtvats latrty was a nretty tittle - ajuSS"'8®" r TWe i^'uc^cbco| r jSe°*istb. aa to ported ta wa >**« "et. UP Shore. fSre^eea are In bloom. ■rtio driver doe* not ehrey* own toe team.

*omc wctare^gaow^oes^wbwe te ffffSgy Itot, Kobert red Tbmnt-on Abrreu cregh: tour wtort. of rookflab at oae bant of then °^w^^e'^a rto htm, .re ta Uto tove ■ EveU forlonhinr. aa toe lodtewwoukl »*y. Sa*"^5rtrtn°N« "o* Trno'n*l*"i^d<7ore "lit tt the InvartabtojuP^of yeor onadMSjta you toe reeotauoa of being a eeal, brave sma. I

Bennett* Station. J Bayalito ore are ptenutuL i being ahlppe-l^to Philadelphia bv toe too.' jt* ii Angteaea. " WSml T*etoe*»» reeeoriy bvnghr wcntlage. carle Saln's b .y* Win *ona va-xle 'iv- ahUigie rnonihl" fretn.l on WMnwday nlgbl: a.tvcrll»c pn*e yousaclvcs with a much larger attenibuir?. Dins Creek Dots. Win. II. Pouglaas i* quite re exu-twive s*p*ra

The *|nop Ague* wa^dclaye.1 too* enough for an light to™, •o'aay toooe who elalm to know all Weat Creek. *> i MtawRaggie Crawford. of^Pbflsdelpbta. t« the - lAiiraU tne nim^nf Uto^r^try baby vialior ' i T d^ng'n'i^vBTt'vrlto' h« ' T'awajn* C/ Po*t.-r and wire, of PblladetpMa • .Mr. tbapben Koator. tB. Ban or^twbnrc, rtrtle-Hmr^vil. • Merer*. Pan Bhftop and Thorn** ItnOmaa , y eat, (loppmgwttn Sir. Joseph Snoon. Sen?" t tod acuve children. Vlorn snd Lorenu^uf aid ( MUllh*. Prof, snerman, having ctored hla ancreaaroi . chool year w"h u*. left a tow days ago for Kb ' vool, *1 which place be will spend toe aummet J Tlr. John Benson left hu home for ttoahrlgm, u-aratrt. '^^aliier, Cl«ra?^mvlng eiored nr> I. vlio.il a: Ea-t Creek, aoenmpamed him to apeod tne summer at long ttran- b and Jeraey City. iVo wish her s TtenhnaWamroer vacatttm. Mr. Garner doff haa left u* to posa toecomtnr umraer uprm tbe rolling are, man which notbng prcvmis io blm *o lasting an enchammcnr 4 r.OilIf *ecm*tobe pecullarlv adapted tor* wi raring lire, ami tor a young man he haa had a .-ared expert-ace on toe tea. 11U wtfa wilt ra. Goshen Items. T wis* AlUe Cheater la In Pbliadalphla al proa ' sirs. KUa Scull kai beea in town for aararal ' "tm law miB began operanona on Hoe ' l^trejunyiu^startsd toa now saeam mil 0 "iTlfill" sSto Towoeeud apewf toe day _ a the h.mt ol Capt. B. Marry on 1 huraday. ^ mwu'ibe'ntobr dayto?*'nc*t c'r'arv. Vanamaa. j. Mr. Wrticc^Hooemrei^^ot ^pe^W^iy ' ' boo* )f,S?lbw?creItoneaIlo ^ be •maou'oi MiuSi imnildVifflioSi af'S^Bereiii; i. Sabbath isfbe' right man iutoe right place. Mr*. Keg*ab Enbtaaoo. of l^ertmrg, and *U Lidia rosier, of Deaanvuie. have been calm icrr by me siokoi-re nf toeir a ater, Mrs. Barai

' ,i.i,: toal uiey' weigh Jo« to* poooda each rbrir ages being it, 1 1 and u years. I Hev. Wm. Poole, of Northampton. Mass, r preached la Grand Army Ball laat Babrmto erantngiore appreclat ve audience. • Gilbert aad Wcletaq wub toclr motorr Mr*. ' Grtffln smith, epeut two days .tola week in Philedclpbta making Spring purohasee. ; Mms wufproSsffi °i"'Th?lfn«iannal BapU«i 1 Cboroh of Goaaeo, N. j. , ■ sSSSsSalsS'-y ^ ; ^5S2Sl55!aehg ; saptsawiasf « phisdrtob^^'ltev.t. g.c^ofbrt^rerto. * Tbe iJcakebi-<-ro.l Band will faralid, maste : ' tbe occasion. ,

What's Geing cm at Oak Hall ? Spring, 1887. It's wonderful! wonderful what a heap of clothing it does take for a jingle season's sales at this old famous corner. It's because the people like it and it pays them, that's certain. We have never bad mote than we could sell so far. j -You never saw — we never had— such Spring Clothing as' . Just now. " We know the great host of customers; and that " j they wait to hear from us. and the solid- sort of goods they want to pay their money for; and that is the sort we have-^a .'houseful. . - . ' Better made than ever: better variety than ever, and it , will wear like oak. . , . You know this is the only house in the country that tells- - ( quality honestly, squarely, and doesn't require a prod to ■ make them say whether they're ofleringlflT-wool clothing or f t Now is your time. Yoti'lt find mere push and goods than ever; and lower prices: they're down to rock, Wanamaker & Brown, - -- Oak liail. ' Sixth & Market Streets, Philada. ' Would you like samples ? WHAT STYLES SUITS ME? 0 "ON* ITST..%1 1XK.KS BEST IN A SACK St lT. ASOTIIEK I.OOK8 BEST IS A ■ I TkWAV SI' IT. ASUTIIKH ADORNS A ISflNlTEl-Y MOKE IXTSRE-iTK'l IN HAVING Vol' UK-K rot' WILL KIND THE BUT Jt ItQMKNf IN StTTW, TUOtr. : AND EVERY 'ITflER DESCRIPTION OF OtOTDIHU AND Jacob Reed's Sons, 918. 920, 922 Chestnut Street. Second and Spruce Streets. PHILADELPHIA.

GEORGE C. NEWMAN. No. 806 Market Street. Phila Looking Glasses, FBMES IS GREAT VARIETY, WHAT'S NEW AT HENRY SCHELLENGER? new wrek'ot' KMoasS^roW^'juIl by toe" BICOAK TREE """igiig cicrks, but an retlra "pROYISlbtis,* • PROVISIONS, Obotccar brsvt* qf FI.OfH lacludM. CALICOES. n« old or Stop worn, but or brightest if,1 1 1,,-u. u.iSHMto I .logic Unrncsa, wwp», Robes «o i Nets. ]u*i »h»i vou want, r voq CO wsti.Tsklilvi work moo «' -t im«- voo - r*.r of WAKKKN PRAST CJAIrKRv tb« vquslstas bsrt miy^msdr. bui i M "JJ* P1'^ from Ihs^skrtm^rasnret-M at. .Mv^Bsm-^ai^hreWJMjv^rt's Psopic's Jfsrt-q sad tns work mm will cillsndutc your mcs'ure.' FURNISHING GOODS, ETC. L'rsv*!*, Cott-ra. CulT*. no**, iiv-rill", Troqrers ro suit tssts sod porsc. \ folly -qiilppsl Blacksmiib sod Wbj.ctorrigbt *iw>p rlgm » Mi red. Enoch Icgrrso! runs too forme? FARM WAGONS, ETC., " dretoUkco Id trade. HKNRY SCnSI-LRNGKH, Green Creek, N. J. ELDREDOE JOHNSON BOOTS AND SHOES, targe* red most oomplete Stock or.,!! . .i. t.'hrep Boou sod Wiora. It «l! tbe latest style, Quality RUBBER GOODS A SPECIALTY. Fine Wall Papers of the Latest Patterns, Hottsble far CotWtgfS, Hotels, do, Crtl ,md exsmloe stock ssd prices. SXS y -jNprn MOST RELIABLE FIBK^NSDBANCl AGENCY SfilljSUiil tS} Oulr EM-ffiass finpui F.epreseiiW Rntrs ss I/iw a* in sny Companies. 'T' ' Wt a pp'lra itos* from snyisft of toe oonaty win reortve W 8C°TTJ?tX?»t^obm!.n ■ ' RERBEKT W. EDMUNDS. CHARLES H. EDMUNDS EDMUNDS & EDMUNDS, Attorneys-at-Law, •HACTICE IN THE NEW JlCRHKt , PENNSYLVANIA A UNITED STATES CtBCUIT COUBT8. Ofti.;c-r. C«pc M.T i-ji.N. J.. »n.l 611 W.lnul Hlroel. Pllllsdelpbls.

yeoetable anb -grass seeds WE BBPPLT EVERYTHING IN TDK HEED LINE OP VERT BEST .quality and lowest market rates. A TRIAL ORDER SOLICITED. H KINKY KNOTT tt »ON, Florist. ms.yni Cspe.M*) Ctt», N.J. john'm. russell, Goads, Groceries. Boots, SDoes, NoUois, Flour & Food, Pork. Lard, Hams, Seeds, Patent Medicines, Etc. m COLD H THING, CAPE MAT COUNTY, N. J, SOUTH DENNIS, Dennisville and Seaville Stage Lines. *3-9 n H. FJ'IERSON* Proprietor,