by all summer visitors who use the inland wati'rs and it that the petitioning owners will move promptly id.the Bay Front Improvement. The riparian commission has established an exterior line on the ■ bay front which. Iwginning at the outer edge of the steamboat pier, nins a straight course to the point of the beach at the inlet ahd it is the intention to fill in the entire tract shoreward of this line, including all w covered by tide variations and marsh land. When thus % is accomplished there will bean immense surface available for building purposes, and the North Point is likely to absorb much of the attention of speculative buyers and cottagers who find their pleasure on Great Egg Harlior bay. There is a demand at this time for hotel acco^nmo dations on the lay front and an opening is awaiting some host whb will ! cater chiefly to the yachting enthusiast and the lover of rod and gun. Spring Elections Abolished. ^ By legislative enac|pent during the recent session of the State legislature the ihunlripal elections in all cities, hitherto held in either Match or April, have been abolished and in the future city officials will Ire balloted for in November on the same day and U|>on the same ' tickets as the county. Stale and national candidates. This result was

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B' achieved through the desire of Republican politicians to strengthen E lbe party in localities where reform movements often resulted in the election of Democratic candidalcs^aud to enable machines to retain or regain a hold on municipal offices. So far as surface indications show h the drift of public opinion the measure is not popular with a larg.- per ■ centagv of the voters of the various cities and disaster to Republican S’ candidates is freely prophesied when the people get a chance to vo B their will. In so far as t ic new law reduces the number of elections ■ fault can lie found, but the main objection lies in the fact that. B combining local with State and county elections, there is too much B danger of a perpetuation of dishonest ring rule and therefore a departB ore from the business-like conduct of municipal affairs.

DRIFTING SAND. Many property owners who take, great pride in keeping their lawns and lots neatly grassed and flowered have all their work in that direc- : tion rendered useless by drifting sand which is blown from other unprotected lots by the severe winds of the wtinter and early spring. Lot I owners, who fail to take such measures as are necessary to hold their own property, should he held liable for damage inflicted on their ’ neighbors. It is a distinct damage to have one's lawn covered a foot deep with Jhc.sand which is left uncovered and at the whim of every wind that Some conspicuous examples of this are to be seen at the North Point, where, in more than one instance, the sand has drifted so as o ■ cover the fences surronnding improved property.

I I-.Y’VK YOU > MY ADVIiRTISHMENT In last week’s issue of the SENTINEL? If not, do so

Two Special Offerings for Sa,e A Plot of Lots bounded by ^otb and 50th streets, Wesley and West avenues. A Plot of Lots bounded by 4th and 5th streets, Simpson and Bay Avenues. Ten per cent, down and balance in twenty equal monthly payments. A rare chance for good speculation or securing a desirable building lot. They are selling fast and early buyers can get in on the ground floor. Maps and full particulars furnished on application. We will assist you to build Don’t forget, All City Conveniences Also desirable investments in all parts of the city.

JOSEPH SUTTON Real Estate Broker Rooms 1 and 2, Bourse Building, ■ OCEAN CUV, N. J.

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OCEAN CITY LIFE SAVING STATION.

INGENIOUS, AT LEAST. A> cording U> the story, which appeared at least as early as 177 Richftd Lane, a private in the Fort> second Foot, the"' Black Watch. ' of the British army, was brought before the mayor < lord provost i of Glasgow . charged with playiqg.cards during divine service. He said that be had no Bible or prayer lwok, and was using his park of cards instead of Uu- more regular book. He was directed to explain what he meant, and answered: " When I see the ace. it reminds me of the one God : Uie deuce re<»lU the Father and the Son : the tray, the three persons of the Trinity The four spot reminds me of the four evangelists; the five, the five wise virgins’: the six, of -the days of creation, and the seventh, of the seventh day. the S^hath: the eight, recalls the righteous petsons in the ark : the nine, the ungrateful lepers: the ten. the Commandments. The king suggests the King of Heaven : the queen, the Queen ‘of Shclsi. who sought wisdom from Solomon. The knav here he hesitated, tmt on being urged went '' for the cob stable who arrested me The mayor interrupted to remark thagthc constable seemed to have been a fool. even thoqgh not a knave The soldier continued ' 'There are 3*5 pips' in the pack, which recalls the days of the year: fifty-two cards, one for each week ; twelve face cards,'one for each month, and the thirteen tricks represent the number of weeks in a quarter. Thus the pack of cards serves as a Bible, a prayer book and an almanac. *

Gilbert & Lake

House and Sign Painters

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■ : Store and Shop== 647 ASBURY AVENUE

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A full stock of Paints and Painter*' Supplies always on hand. Giye us a call before purchasing elsewhere. Work done by thc^dp/ or contract. Jobbing promptly attended to. Eatimates cheerfully given. Guaranteed to do first-claaa woriTaad nae the bat material.

Central Trust C° m P an y Eighth and Asbury, Ocean City, N. J.

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Capital. $100,000 tfull paid; Surplus, $70,000

A General Banking Busit Loans made and Trusts Executed. Wills receipted for and kept free of charge. Safe Depoait Boxes for Rent in Burglar Proof Vault with Time Lock, at >3.00. fj.oo and fs.oo per annum. Interest allowed on Special and Time Deposits. Accounts of Corporations, Individuals. Merchants and Manufacturers attention guanu

BUSINESS NOTICES. Below will be found brief of thf business men who are represented in the advertising columns of this number. Chalfant, “the up-to-date promulgator of modem ideas," will open his new drug store about June 1. He has a characteristic adver1 this issue. . - '

J. Monroe Chester, the well-known realty dealer, has established his two sons in the halierdashery line on Asbury avenue. Their warm are attractively catalogued in another column. • • ' ■ E. M. Sutton, proprietor of the Ocean City House and Sign Painting Co., presents his claims to public patronage throngh the medium of an anniversary advertisement. Joseph Sutton, the real estate broker, advertises an opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a property transaction. For details, read his description of how and why displayed on another page of this

Massey & Edwards, the enterprising real estate agents, advertise unrivaled list of properties for sale or rent. Their announcement appears in the anniversary number of the Sentinel.

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B. R. Smith & Sons, dealers in'wall paper, picture frames, window shades and artists' materials, and who are general decorators, have an attractive stock advertisement in this issue. J. M. Chester & Co. advertise a great number of properties for sale, exchange and to rent. Their specialties are set forth in the Sentinel of this date.

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Gilbert & Lake, painters, guarantee all their work. If in need of their services, theyjrill cheerfully quote you figures. They cany a full stock of paints and painters' supplies. Joseph G. Champion & Co., architects, builders and dealers in lumber and building material, have advertising space in the current issue. Some of Ocean City's largest building operations have been in charge of this firm.

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An advertisement of the Central Trust company's banking bonne will be found in this number. This institution is conducted on liberal lines and has proved of incalculable benefit to the city. W. Scott Hand is the Ocean City agent.

CLEAN YOUR LOTS. If an the lot owners in Ocean City, between First and Seventeenth streets, would remove the brush and brier* from thdr property and clean the sidewalks the improvement would be of more practical value and of greater advantage than all the efforts of teal estate agents and newspaper advertising would-be sellers could commandThose who have lots to sell should do this work as a matter of personal profit and benefit : and pertains who bold property for fntnre advancement in price* should be compelled by ordinance to abate everything in the shape of a public nuisance. And what is a greater nuisance than lota overrun with vines, brush, decayed vegetation and frog ponds, all of which furnish protection and breeding grounds for

TWENTIETH CENTURY HINTS. There are no elevators in the house of success.

The " had boy" often makes the best man. A man can be too confiding in others, but never ton ;

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