FIGURES OF INTEREST -TO COUNTY TAXPAYERS Clerk of Freeholders .Tells of the Fidelity of Board Members to the Welfare of Their Constituents. The following from Frank \\*. Kowkea, clerk of the « ape May County Board of Freeholder*, will be read with' Interval by the tax payer* of till* city: Owlog to recent pcbllc utterance* having* reference to the couuty* present floabcial condition, whlcji contained veiled charge* of extravagance* on the part of Ure Board of Cbo*en Freeholder*, aud expre**iou* of alarm for the future development aud pro*perlly of the county If certain Improvement* «ut>mltted to the Board for coindderatlon by a large number of influential cillxeu* and taxpayer* of the couuty. are undertaken by the county, and becauee *Ucb public crltlci-m tend* to create au erroueou* imprewlou In the mind* of tho*e of your reader* «ho have no direct ineau* of obtaining enlightenment upon ao Important a enb|eci to every taxpayer, I have prepared I lie accompanying comparative statement* of figure- taken from the la-t obtainable official report of the State Comptroller glvtngytlie v. lue of real aud |ier*oual property ; uxable. county* tax rate,' amount of fiJude^ debt, and the percentage of eucb 1 funded debt, of the value of real and pcAmual protwriy taxable, for each of the 1 twenty-one count le- of the Mste.of New" Jersey. fur the year ending October j 1 'St, 1914, which w ill be of Interest to ymir reader- a* an Indication or tlielrur 1 fidelity of the county official* to the taxpayer*' Inlefeet* |ahd a vindication of ' the unjust veiled charge- of pa«t extravagance* on part of the -a me official*. • KXH-IHIT A. . * " I Figure* taken from tlie la-t official report Id the State i 'omptroller. county Ileal an-1 Person * : fonntyT-r Atlantic, $119 000.17" * -Mte-J t 4ie.tani.tW *$' ^OOSHT*!'"" 1 Hargan, 148:880.518 4*i- s^at.-wo tw .icvn Camden, S9.T78.tkl.. .40 I UH1.9UO.OO 8)14412 Burlington. 81.018, Tai .5886 95.463.U9 .0027.57 Can* Mar. 34.o78.651 trttl, 155,500.00. 01028 Curnbariand 35(172825 .W-V.P. JH.OOfUin .007648 1 g—. 099386.869 .0910 1 1267 .090 tw .0249*8 I HI mil I DB 2MWIH5 .51 253,400.00 .00967 i Hodaon. * 483 OSS. 80-5 .jot 12.492 408.12 .027 Hnuterdou. 21.184.093 ,4!nn.224 318 000.011 .01.501 KW, 111 .536,272 12511 1 227 650 (a I .011 ' Middtaaex. 78.508, 80S " -CI 1.177 SOU HO 01002 t - Monmouth. 107.711.578 .11107 None t Von la 53.348 122 .TIs 315.000.00 .005907 OOMM. 20.146.477 .7387 45,762 68 .002271 Passaic 165.758.584 62651 999.500 00 .005327 jUa* 17 153 547 ' on *>.000 00 .00175 I BjaS.-i 34 652 417 55 280 000110 .008080 , SwMX, lti.096.3O. .51213 196,100210 012183 . Union, 162.000 700 339.1*8 1,630,00000 010058 Warren, 21,896,583 67 80,000 00 .001205 .Compare the above with tbo«e of the p'tnclpal re*orta of the county for lb-. 1 rani yaar, aa follow*: ' Cap* Mar. $6.819 955 '* $17306 $695 500 00 $1100 ' Ocean City, 8.690.610 1.590-1 468.500 M 589 mMMd. 7.071 605 1 5906 .342 O00 00 4 81 JtaJaiaXaty. 1. 538.611 1.580-i 153000.00 x^8 32 Avalou, 1 148,492 J.67UU ■- 118.60000 10.32 No county In the Slate baa expended a* much money, or progreeaed a- . rapidly In rood and bridge eonatrnctlon In proportlou to Ita mileage aud taxable valuation aa Cape May County during the paat aeveu year*v19U9 to 1915. , luclualve, and uotwitbaUudiug tbl* fact the lax rate of Cape May't'outity war lower iban aaventaeo other couutle*. and bat three other* enjoyed • loaer tax rare; lb*** being the ooe* lu wblcb very little road aud bridge construction liaa been undertaken. (See exhibit A) During Ibe period of aeven year* referred to above, there *ai expeuded foi new toad* and bridgea aod tbe maintenance or aame the large *um of $9*2,079.86, of wblcb $763,610 00 or 84.65 per ceut. wa* expended wltbm the liaalta of Ibe lowuablpa of Lower, Middle. Dennis and Cpper .including Weal Capo Mag and Woodbine), to acquire 77 mile* of roads previously under township control, and Improre and malutain them aa couuty road*, thereby lYllevlog Iba aald towuablpa of Ibe expense -f m*iuleuauce aud euabllug them to . maintain a minimum raU of taxation for tow nship purpore*. and $188.469 30 or 16 85 per oaot.waa expended wlthlu Ibe limit* of tbe following coast n. aorta: Capo May City. Sooth Cape May. Cape May Point. Wild wood Crest. Wlldwood, North Wlldwood, Stone Harbor. Avalon, Sea I-leClty^aud Ocean City, where It baa bean neceemry to. maintain a higher lax rate." (See ex•hi bit a> EXHIBIT B. Tax 'lata Im pored In each of the munlctpallilea of the county for seven I vaara. for ImwJ nnrnosea. year*, Ipoal p,

Taken from tbe official statement* of rateable* and exemption* publlsbed a by tbg County Board of Taxatlou. Per $100. valuatlou. lu Townships: 1909. 1910. 1911. 1912. 1918. 1914. 1915. L"»ar. 0 688 1 0201 - 1 0118 0.9908 I 1913 1 0906 1 0114 lb Middle. I 288 1 1901 1 I24S 1 2028 0 8393 1.5806 0,6514 ,, Dgnma. 0988 1 1701 10848 1 3028 1 6093 I 5J0, 1»M If Uppar - 1 648 1 3301 0.8318 1 1428 4k8983 1 2.00 1 1514 Waal Capa May, I 178 1 S301 1 26 18 1.4928 1 1893 1 3206 1 3114 m Woodbine. 1.551 I 4401 1.4048 1.6328 1.2693 1 2903 1 3014 g, Coaat reaoru: AkalOD, .. 1668 1.7001 16518 1.6128 . 1.6093 1 8706 2 1111 1(1 Copo May city. 1 878 1 4701 1 6818 1 6028 1.6093 1.7306 1.7774 til .cape May Point. 1 468 1 6801 1.6318 1.6328 1.6093 1 6406 1 6761 be Oman City. 1.682 1 6301 1 5713 1.5028 1 5493 1 6906 1.7914 ^ See lata eng. 1.408 1.6301 1.6348 1.6128 1 6093 1 5806 1 6701 1 SoalbCapa May 1 878 1 7101 1.4648 1.3928 1.8291 1 8606 1 2731 •" Bawl llMIwi, (loeloded in Middle Township) 1 9-10<i 1.0254 til North Wlldwood, 1 498 1 4001 1.6148 1 5928 1.8093' 1.7106 1.7861 .h •W4Mwood, I 682 LAX0I 1 6318 1.6128 1.5001 1 6906 1.6111 WUMmuod Creot, (Lower Twrp.) 1 0748 1 0928 1.4U03 1 7106 1 8551 Holly Beach, 1 729 1 6801 18348 1.6128' (NowUHrl of Wlldw ood I I" County rate. 8648 .4290 4156 .4178 4559 T4019 4S2S le state School, .2540 2809 .2196 2499 2505 .2545 .2563 « During tbe aame period of «e*en year, (lie taxe* assessed for qouaty pur pi Peaea aggregatad tbe aum of $887,875 06, Ibe coast reaorl* contributing ol 768, #46.70 or 86 14 per-cent., and the townships named $121,029.36 or 18.86 per c, cocL (Soa exhibit C j tl EXHIBIT C. Showing tbe amount of county taxe* paid for each of the aeven year* by O tbe coaat resorts and tbe lownahlp*. respectively. e Ooaat Baaorts. Percent. Tuwasblp* P*r ,"er.l- * 1909 $ 71.117 06 81.46 ' • 16.182.34 1854 7 1910 -89 348.76 -64.67 • 16,166 25 {5 33 1911 96968 67 84 92. ♦ 16.041.33 15.08 1912 107,886.1*1 85 65 . 17.63644 14 36 b 1918 127.818 42 85 98 1 20,765-58 14 02 d 1914 124-444.11 87 81 17 263 89 1- in „ 1916 147,427.08 88 06 19,993.53 iT.W Average percentage. 86.14 iH.HH * • Include* W 1 Id wood Creat aud Stone Harbor, then ***e*wd In Lower ^ and Middle Tow uablp* respectively. t Include* Stooe Harbor, tbeu assessed tu Middle Township. I BUMMAKY FOR THE SEVEN YEARS. I Taxes said by coaat re-ort., .$763,845 70 86 14 per ceul. I Taxaa paid by towoablps, V 21 .029 36 13.86 . Money expeuded for Improvement* In coast reaorts, 138,489.86 16*5 •• Mouay expeuded Id townships for Improve- ■ "»onta. 763610.00 81.65 i There la uo reason w hatever for apprehension ou tbe part of tbe taxpayers ' that the Board of Cboreu Freeholder* will, tu tbe future, depart from tbe care ' . ful.coneervative aod bu*to**a like policies which have guided It lu the admin- ' latratlou of Ibe county affairs during tbe pa-t, the wladom and efficleucy of prblcb !• ao fully teatlfled to by tbe figure* coutatued lu the foregolug statement, all of wblcb are ludUpuUble. ' It la confldently expected that tbe Increase In taxable valuations eich year ' will provide aultlcieut additional revenue to meet all ordluary requirements ' without resorting to the expedient of r*i*lng Ibe tax rate, and there exists no reason .to doobl Ibal only such extraordinary Improvement* as can" be under- ' taken aud financed without incurring any material advance lu the present ! tax rate will receive favorable coualderatlun by Ibe Board of Chosen Freeholder*. „ 1 Frank W. Fowkks. 1 Dated November 29. 1916 Hoard of Cboreu Freeholder-. 1 KSHWoney to loan on Bond and Mortgage.-^* j R. CURTIS ROBINSON Conveyancing \ Insurance ■ NOTARY PUBLIC AND COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS 1 Nob. 744-46 Asbury Avenue O QEAN CITY. N. J.

LODGE MEMBERS y ATTEND CHURCH i- Junior Mechanics and Daughters of America Hear Patriotic Sermon by Mr. Mitch. v ! A most impressive and Inspiring rer. vice was held *t the F.ir-t Baptist .. Cliurcb Sunday night, when the pan Irlotluordersof the liaugbtersqf Araert tea aijd' tbe Junior Order of Culled | ,. American Mechanic- were present to a J preached by the Rev. George F. Mitch. 1 The bright aud cheerful audience 5 room of tbe church whs neatly and . -beautifully decorated with tbe, Star* aud Stripe- aud a sprinkling of an- , tumu leaves. -The regular cougrega- . tlon. augmented by the lodges, pressed , bard upou tbe limited seating capacity . | of tlie building Perhaps Itie .largq*! ^ f attendance tu y4*rs wa-pi%-ent oietlit* Tlie church qbarlet.had prepared sfieclal music, which It rendered with unusual force throughout the ! service. Special mention should be , made uttlie duel by--Pre*cott Cadinari and Robert Smith. 'The closing selection by the quartet. ( •The Song lo the Flag," from the ( -..Sunday Book," most tlltlogly'-cori-Mr Much, out mure -o when, at '' end of llie third ver^. Ibe cougregatlou united In singlug "Three cheer* for tbe Red. While aud Blue.'' aud all J tbe light* were'tbreuyu otT, . leaving a tableau of tlie American Hag bauglng i lu the Papistry belinijl the pulpit, brightly iltumiuated. 'flbe *iglit»wa* ' la-ting lu It* l in lire— loiNu i ' v' tbe audience, wblcu bowed to receive the benediction Aj-i-o. Mr. Mitcb. In bl* sermon. took'Vfor ' bl- theme "Tue Ideal of the Brother-- ( hood of Man." aod read hi* text from I John 1; 20: "He that lovet'j ' low can he love ()*!. whim he hath < uot ae*p?" " | During til* dl»cour-e lie »aid : , ••Officer* aud members of the Petri ' otic Order* of tbe Daugbter* ol Amer- ' 'cm and of the Junior I'iiKe.1 Amerl 1 -au Mecliauics, U Is a pleasure lo ' welcome you here toutghl to listen to -be auuusl sermon before your esltms1 Ole bodies I count It an booor to •fieak to you. and especially so In tbl* 1 joint meetlug - ' • "There are two fundamental prin- ' -ipiesln the < 'brl-tlan religion, namely. 1 ihe Fatherhood. of Clod aud the Kro- - tberhood of Man. It Is upou tbe second - of there principle- that 1 wish to speak > tbls eveuiug. We will consider, tlrst. ' It* nature, and, secoud, Its application • among meu. • "Before we say Just what the H o 1 tberhood of Man ideal I*. ' seems well - to say what II I* uut. First, Ilia; much used phrase doe* uot Imply equality of eodowmeut. We have all noticed among brother* of tbe same family , i tbe greatest possible diversion of tern iriegresie-i possiuie aiverslou or ■

perameul. taste aud taleot. O.te ha* liking for books; tbe otber ceres uotlilug for Ibem; oue bss a desire lo b work with macblues; the otber reek* t buslues*. One is fitted for tlie foruoi, . otber better remsln oo tbe farm I If Ibis I* true lu a single family where 0 tbere Is tbe same parentage, how 1 reral? "Again, the Brothetliuod of Man j does not imply equality of post- c Iu a borne lu this country two ' , were reared for Mfe. Io fellow- ' 1 abl|i tbey were very.cfose. but que uow » holds a very buofficlal posltloD. while ' other occupies tbe highest position ' the" Catted State* cau offer. "Not' equality of endowment, m t . pusltlou, a Id uot equality of life exper- , leuce. It ba* been a sad mistake to tbluk. w* we have beeu thinking lu the past, that nationality wa* pusaible obly a* meu aud women were made lo conform. All aorta of laws are seen ou statute books, tbe whole purpose of wblcb Is to compel uulformtty lu miller* of dre**, conduct and reltgloua custom*. But lu there days we have to realise tbe folly of all tbl* aud see that nationality I* equally consistent with the largest liberty. "So, then, true Brotherhood of Mau no ineau- implies equality of endowment, nor pusltlin, uor conformity of experience, but It doe* imply a generous rivalry among men, not to pull eacb otber down, but to build each richer up "Urantlug that Is tbe ideal of brother--Ironger. What binders the stronger holding that strength of his for the weaker, and wliat binders tbe weaker from having au attitude tu which there Is the abreuce of jealousy and tlie presence of a disposition to re lu tbe brother's strength? A baud of men who, although flittering, yet To league for mutual helpful-ne-s. engaged iu generou- rivalry to ' build each other up— that Is brother hood. It I* tbl* that Is ttie Ideal of tbe Cliurcb, and, a* I read, I* the ideal of the lodge, and it I* al*o, the Ideal ot ' God for the human race. * Was It uot 1 when on one oo-a -Ion Je*u« wa* a-ked uame Ibe greate-l couiiuandtqeiils that He replied. •The-flret, Thou shall love U-M1 with all tliy strength, thy mlud. and thy soul.' aud tbe secoud Is like uuto It, -Thou shall love tby □elglibora* thyself.' The-e two commandments belong together; tbey are a*|-ecls of the same law of life Yet men have tried to separate tbem. Tbey have been decelviug them-elve* Into believing Hurt they can be religious »nd, ql-fbciisme time, be uukind, uu-ju-t. hard-hearted In otber word*, that tbey cau love God without loving their fellow-mau. Ou the otber baud, men have been deceiving themselves lulu believing tbet tbey cau be kind. I generous and just wttbuut being relig loua; lu a word, tbal they cau love their felluw-mau without loving God. This Is tbe supreme delusion of our "I-et us stop aud tbink. Why Is tlie rich man a brother to tbe poor mau? V/by I* the scholar a brother to tbe Ignorant? Why is tbe wblte man a brother to tbe black mau? Ou uue grouud alone, aud that you aud 1 are e

I offspring of tbe eame God, that we are I J the children of a cdrqnioti Heavenly ; ' | Father. If this I* false, tbe Ideal of: Jibe Brotherhood of Mau I* a tig. unit ; of the Imagination. is sounding Ura-s and tinkling cymbal. 1'be new . society, that one far-oil' divine event j [. toward which Ore w hole creation j moves, consists In the e-tablisliment I hereon earth of a brut her baud of men j ttiat shall embrace not only ttie .men ; '' but all mankind everywhere. Ill* for' ■' this lliaf men have beeu praying all j " | through ttie centuries. It Is for this Mth.t the Cliureh aud lodge have ! prayed: It Is for this that all disciple* ' the prayer which their Ma-trr taught Tny will tie difne. QU earth a- it ijl in' From tills point." Mr. .Milcli -aid ttiat I tie praclicatily of au ideal, such made tt valuable. H-> w to bilug Hit* wonderful ideal of fellow ship- among ' sueii ou earlA. wa* tbe problem. In ' | the. present, said tie. We it/ay took to powerful force- worfcjtug^ iu separate] channels, to achitM tlial ".grand and , ] V" jn very clear l-iigmige. he j ■ ' lodge as. tu lheir pur|-ises and an-j ' of each Is tlie ideal ol the iirqtherhoudJ ] ! of Man. lu couclu-lou, -tr. Mitch sx*iulneiT , . carefully the four great object- .if lite J . vl-itlng order- aud declared that with ; i tbl- common ground of purpo e there i I resided oue plank of unity nrtweeu-ttie-| ' r 'tiurcb aud ttie lodge winch made it | with tbe CatiTCb and the cbu ch-iuan i "The Junior Order of I'trHed Amer- , lean Mecbauic-. assisted by lis splen- j' did auxiliary, the Daughters of Amer- ; r lea. has done valiantly as to the uu i tliuc'blug guardlau of I lie 'Virtue. Lib- ' ' eriy and Patriotism' In our couutry. I 1 which prluclple* are t to- uio-t favor- 1 . able, lu my judgment, for 4be deiel- l i opuietil In America of a ua'tioiial love ; of all mankind. To you visiting lodges, , allow- me to bid, lu thy name of tbe Church, "God-speed.' Mexico'* Smoking Mountain. In 1S97 I climbed two volcanoes in , ' Mexico. •PoiKs ntetH.-tl, or "the sniokluv ( i mountain." about l7.8(ki feet, and tin , xotia. tbe former the most famou* t»- , i cause within view from Mexico City , and thu* a aourcc of especial pride ond . admiration to the Inbabltanta. abu ( have been loath to believe that any ( " otber of their mountain* conld be high , • er Popo has a really splendid cniter. t ■ about half a mile across and 1. 000 feci | 1 deep. Tbe walls are generally vert! . K ' cal. but lu one or two places It "Is pos ^ j slbte to^esccnd. When workers are f i ' engaged In collecting sulphur mnchln , i ery Is used to hoist them np and down ( ! From Popo's summit tbere is a glorious prospect, not alone of tbe Immense 1 ! crater, but of tbe beautiful "Wjblie j 1 | Lady" ilztacclbuath reclining a thou . f sand feet below, of Orizaba on the" fin 1 borizon and of tbe charming valley ot . y | Mexico — Annie S Peck tn Christian j . Herald

Ths WHIts Ship. I Tbe age of chivalry Is supposed to that age when young men dressed themselves np In armor and pounded - one another with lances and sword*. It is perhaps well to recall tbe story of the Whit# Ship, which in the year ' 1120 carried to England the grandson ' of the Norman conqueror. Tbls ship . w as captained by the eon of the man | who had steered across the <-onqucror The ship sank. There waa only one llfelsmt. The young prince ' was put hi that, to lie rowed away. sister hj-rcamed. He put bark to 1 save her also. Si many leaped Into the bo8r from the klnking ship that all i were drowned except doe butcher, | who clung to tbe must. The passengers on this ship were Hu plrked aud noble knights, guarding the person of their future king.— Collier's Weekly. ■ A Wager Won. Tbe following story ts told of J. P Morgan— and possibly of other success ful business men as well. For three consecutive days the great financier 1 carried an empty birdcage tn his band 1 to and from his office. On the third : day one of bis managers ventured to I ask why he curried that apparently use . lesa article. "To aec." replied Plerpont Morgan. If any one would have the Impudence ' to aait me why- 1 did so." "1 beg your pardon." began the In ' qulrer. "I"— , - j "Ton needn't do that." aald tbe chief. 1 smiling grimly. "I bad a bet with a ) man that t hud at least one employer jRrettx some curiosity. I've won th> money, but In future don't ask que* Hons alwut things that don't concern r A Fortunata CHanca. e "What I don't kelct on to." said i Mow Wlllerhy.."!*' how ye managed p f make that otlermutille feller pay ye , tbutty" dollars fer aplllln' a wage it . load o' bad egg* Ye can't spile a bail ' "Waau'ye *ee." said t'nete Jatiez. "h eome abpuij- thl* way When the " smuKbup eome th" air got ao full o' thai pesky gasoUfle that the eoudltlou o' e them riiere eggs wnru'l hardly purr f ceptihle n*r|-T'a j One can llelet re-l*t a go.*l school boy "tsiulei "" Here 1* the latest ( Tile leavlier had tieen giving a lr« eon on elementary hygiene, explaining ' about cleanliness aud germs, and so on. and tbe *■ bolars were asked t» f write r>n e»-»y on the sutiject - Said one youth: -Dust Is a thing that e should alw a.-> !*• earefnlly got rid of y which do a lot of tiarm."-Ianiitoif Parson - F'- your husband ta stek • Maybe uv fin* Uis-n throwing himself K Joo bekvlly Into lit* work Mrs t'asry I. -Not ol. yore lolfe: He's been llirow"- ■ lug hi* wu urk tiai titvtty Into tip;i I, Tbat.'s what'* tlie trouble wid tilm ;. He's s IrarteiHler - Judge. Love That Nsvar I Minds) Dy*s Mrs. Fllpp I wonder If my hu>t. will love uir- w hen my Ualr I* gfai Her Friend Of course he" will, lie". • love-l you through three shades of ti,i It • eJrradi -Fx- ' ge t Hit.,* Flet. her m ,

! A SMOKING 1 | CASE | : + Slory of a Woman x + J Exchange % ;l ■ — j " + By EDITH V. ROSS ♦ ® tt4*444W4444W44««l !♦♦♦ '! Heth birthday, bating llrrtl "f *•■ lety • f when be came Iq lii* t "'bl fr-un bu-l | some to get Into evening dr.".*, tw 1 he Blued In business Rothes, thinking fuhctiiiu TiTwhicb he might have lieen ' iuv!ted-for" the tlieater. or w bal • ever entertainment was In s'ore for 1 hlin. dtuKafier dinner he T'liinl tmdre 1 difficult to exbrt himself than hef„r>" '."and. sitting down fo hi* evening pa|ier '[ ol a l-««k. falhsl to arise till. ?•• . rjl j olntliHiVnsly for a few month., one J rather, stately, life, whieli Is hollow. "I selfish and altogether unprotilalde. I'm I gettlng'out of HA-ery fast and will net - : go hack. to It. 1 'can't marry I - -ell Use |th> girls I a*siH-latc with arc all I brought up to *|H-nd nniney. * rid I am Jwant*. As for'niarjyhig a helpmate. I can't do that lieeause I don't know . 1 any girls of that kind. Being forced to-live In bachelor quarters alone. I'll . pps-ure book* from the libraries and 1 read. But first I iniist Xei llie bare ] n.-ss out of till* rt-im audyimike It as •[homelike as possible." et~V_ f" Mr. Rarnes consulted wWli an elderj !y lady friend as to how- he might, get was advised to buy a few- attractive ph-tucea to cover tbe walls and knivk knacks to adorn tils furniture. He ■ t*>ugbt the pictures, and. as for .the , kulvkuacks. he found a profusion of ar | tides that no man would ever have ' thought ©f at a woman's exchange, fine thing he purchased there which only a woman would have dreamed of. though It was useful to tlie uterner rex. waa a case for smoker's articles . made of a woolen fabric 1-ui rid with .Ilk and decorated with a number of t-eaiitlful howknots. Barnes laughed at this when he saw It. hut bought It btsnuse It was so distinctly feminine. When he got It to morn he bung it ou tl:e wall, stringhis pipes along tlie chain of loops, expo-ting to keep thetq. there till the smoking case became odoriferous. He a isH-ket probably Intruded for It by tbe fair smoker, then sat down lu tils easy chair to admire his decoru1 They all looked attractive and were a great Improvement to tbe room. But there was mill something wanting. knew very well wlqit It was. , He bad got rid of the liamnesa. hut uot the lonelluess. Goiug to ilia amok ' lug case, he selected a pipe and tooljJils loharen nourh from It* docket. With '

It out came, a bit of pa|>er, which 1 floated down to the fl< a,r. He picked It 1 i up and read In a feminine hand aa f I follow*: * . " ■ Lonely Bachelor— If thta work of my ' hands fat's to ouch. 1 sympathise with : l evening by yourself In, your room. Jf *o ' think ot th* Kir! w-ho la, dolna the aame r after teaching all day. making thing* like I r alive By the bye. doni you think 1 struck , I a bright Idea when I thought of mak- , 8 Ned thought she struck a brighter ' Ideu when she put tbl* missive In iL 3 though at first lit- was disposed to con- ' I alder her doiuj: so a trifle— well, a trifle. ' Irregular, but it occurred to him that ' J a gill stupid enough to make a amok 1 lug case out of wool and silk, adorned 1 f wirti bow-knot*, might suppose she ' . • lUld .put out such a message without : hir lilehtity tieiug discovered. How- 1 ever, there Is something attractive' to men In woman's mim-oticeptloD of > man's requirements, and vice versa 1 y At any rate. Ned "waa very much Inter- ■ e ested In hla find. I He was more than " iuterested. H« ' d una sensibly, or. rather, sentimentally ' j affected by the sympathy of this pout I 0 girl, who was like hluirelf yearning fur 1 . something wblcb nature luteiidcd for her. but which she was denied. He ! Ja lighted bla I'lpe and began puffing 1 v clouds of amoke. through wblcb he 1 formed conceptions of ber. Was abe , dark!. Was she fair! Wa» she disposed to be merry? ^How would she ' j look sitting on the other side of the g table doing some bit of needlework. r uot to sell to strangers, but for some , one she loved? , Tbls simple pleture grew- Into others, a yet all of tbe same kind.' Tlie room became one of a numls-r. There waa a faint cry- She arose aud went to an adjoining room, from wblcb It had Is , sued. There w as a lullaby, which In a few minutes ceased. The dreamer ,. arose and look,*] Into the room w here t the woman and child were and saw .1 tlie baby sleeping, the mother lieudlng over It. I, ' I -caving the child, tbey walked I sick. „ hand In hand. and. drawing a sofa lie ,, fore the fireplace, sat. together and. „■ whispering, laid plans. In which the r -tttle sleeper was the central figure. The dream changed. He rume home after business to meet her at the door find she gave film -a Jclss -mechanically. 1 for she was trunhled. She mid bbii ! Ihat their oldest child, now a boy oft. . j seven, waa UL Tbe doctor had beet j ig called for mod would aoon be therm. ' ... Going ujiatalrs. the father put hla baud l» ou his child's hot brow and spoke ten j dcrly to the Utile sufferer. Then he ' it turned away, mutely pressing Hit f mother's baud. i. The doctor came, aud after uu exam- 1 ,i- iuutiou a -serious look settled ou hi* face. Then followed a night of anx ] lous wutehiug aud waltlug. while the ' child tossed and moaned, and every ; If lu. «e. -The doctor came ugulu In tbe •y morning aud looked graver than yes I " terday. Before he left he told the i 1 man and, wile lo lie prepared for the ^ I In the night a change came. Two ] alternatives arose before the dream. ' one that tbe woman caine out of the ... ! sickroom with a blighted look on her] . -J face, saying. "It's all over." He groan-' . ed and shut the vision out hy closing' . : his eyes. When he o|iencd them the other alternative waa before blui.1 j "Ned. there I* a change. He Is sleep-] _ lug quietly, and his skin la moist." lis I went to the Sickroom and put bia hand] J ou the ctitld'a cheek, then turuc-d and. clasping the inothgy 1^ Iq* arms, aaiel

'• 6^' "ban-T "m.w a| I Ibe honors In* • ta--: Itib^e-xf. a gtr. ! ■ of OII..T.S-U. )•■-! encng.-d I h-i " - . r ailed Il.ctr ki.il.— M...I ! I ■ M. Iff i---pVttei.il wilt, i-.jv '! i lla. ha" r Ned Itsrnea hail craytuajjy' I--I-II -u, cumbing to the quieting Influence* of j I Ills loud "Ha. ha!" awakened hlui. * I "By-Jove." lievexchiiiii.sf. yawning': dream It all over again. No; not that j • ' fiart about tbe clnid dying; No. n,,;*" | I He shudder,-.! and gave a quick pull ] I at bis pipe, ltut n„ Tfhioke came. It ' - arose* uudre*A*l ai.,1 w ent "lo 1**1 : - he put It Into practice. "fan you tell oie." he- -said m the : j maniiger of tlie woman's exchange. "w ho made fin- -in..kiiig ca-e I l-ught r here Hie other day T J , Wi-hed to know, con-oln-l Willi illioth tiad I---U made by a young girl who-,- I nc-e— Itles Were conslderallp-. If gl, - ,. lug her addres*. w-oul, I !-• of any lien,- l , flt to her it would Is- given. Barnes I sa'hl that It would, lie bad l»-cn s-, 1 pleased with tin; article she bad mad,--" [. that he would like a dori-u of them. e To this the lady replied that he could j I, order a dozen tlirvugli Jn;r. lmt be said | I lu so large au order lie would prefer j u lo deal directly with the manufacturer . Afler much delay he finally got tbe lt that he had "|,itrchas.*l her *iu„klug ! ni »■ and had rectdved her missive: [[ but. deeming till* incautious, lie set | U- alio ut finding some din- who front, I ^ .. give him an Intrwductiou to her. Ilaa * at length suvs-e,*b*l Iu tbl- and found ]

in the girl he sought one w hose fa nil!, ] In former days lieeu prominent, whose property had melted a w ay She had never known anything but adversity, though -tie had Inherited - from her mother the manner of a lady- " She waa rattier pretty and generally j ' attractive. Barnes, tinder tlie Influence of tbe episode of which she was igno- i ' rank took quite a fancy to her. 11,- I followed up the acquaintance, and - gradually It ap|ieared to him that, though she wa* stupid on the surface. ; c beneath waa a deep current of ,-ouiiuoii 1 with w hom bcxnuld is-gin married life . t . on practical principle-, lie n— dv.-d t„ 1 ' ask her to notf him. lie preo.-d,*! his |ird|iositi,dr by taking from ills ; ket tlifr missive tie bad found iu Ibe smoking ease aud banded It to ber. ' . •She Tc-ad^tt and l,s,kisl up flt liim with cheeks iiihiine. "Where (lid y,ni get It ' : "«tn- ask.-d. "I liought Hie smoking care you sold through the wmnaii's exchange. 5'ou ( struck a bright idea lu making the smoking case. I copalniy do. I reciprocate nil the r,-st you said and pro- i to end our iuiltiial*loiiellness l,y a t ago. Mrs. liarties proveil an nitmtra- t Ida manager, thus giving tier husband - great advantage In making a living , as I well as laying up a cotuja-tenee. I ed \thnt concelitratlon which lie had . lacked before his marriage. Thirdly. ■ -11-l^.sl tu liel|i him. It* conre • luqtict' is that I, slay the sulistanco of pros[s-roiis and happy, with a lovipg . family. The smoking case Is reinsured In the Itnrnea family. When tin- children ask - wflint It is their father facetiously tells - them 8j|.'it It I* a' iiionuiiieut of mam j It Is so and a girl asks Hj,, question ' he tells her Ihat In- hopes -In- will show ' as much talent for gi'tHug a husband j j makes Inquiries about 'it the father] ] - slujply tells him tliat It ts an evidence! of Women's understanding «f Me re | Larson Bath*. In the West Indies a lemon bath Is - J almost a dally luxuri 'l hr,s- or four 1 water aud nllowdil to lie for half an i . ] hour lu onlor that the Juice may be I I j extracted A remarkable aetiae of 1 I • ] freshm-a* ts given to the skin.— Pear j i Har Usual Remark. I • ] "What dhl Maine say when her father : > gave hoc that new gold Watch?" asked I - ■ one gladsome girl. I I "Oh. the same thing that abe always - say* Nhe remarked that abe was ' 'to'".* * l*rr,'<'115 lot«'ly time."— Ex ] ej Making a N*w On*. "l Bogsworth's boy la , L'l "He had to."-('leveland I'laln Dealer i : - 5 "Have you.-aiiy taste for eugctdca. , v Mre. Comepp?" '-] "I've never trl,-d ctn l"o they ta«t« , beat fried or boiled?"- Baltimore Aluer - lean. 1 1 — - V- . | , - learning ta t-flter taan boore and j land. Bcacnus field.

♦ i ■ % f~\\ l'-TH I R n of votir total sales are made through the displays in your V % \_J jiJitiw^wnTdows. "but iu order to increase the value of those windows yon ^ + must make them effective when the-.people do tlie most -shopping— aj ♦ uifibt. . Klectric Lights arranged t*. display your g.Hids lo the best adYaiK, ^ j + ; taoe will direV atteHtioti. to votir wares when at their best and in tliat way I ♦! quickly ' raise the STrie* accoum aud the store's reputation for moderuisift. ♦ | . Ask US." . % ; I Ocean City Electric Service Z ' ' *<,. t*i avLan.ric eirt zttcraic co t- ' , THE "MATCHLESS ' LIGHT

- ; * s r : SHioiac aoo c*aan istmo rvaanuat Of *11 ainfcVwqaaiai D LAWRENCE M. LEAR , .S'«o/ii*r to a,., -o.. *i w N C. GODFREY .....-'a,*.., As . Upholstering, Awnings. House Furnishings 654 ASBURY AVENUE OCEAN CITY. N. J ESTIMATES CHEERFULLY GIVEN w

] TO* It ,st K-od of Huatta-. crrloii. t, . . is- -I loll when L»Ui« I ' re,',", I'l fi iiVreuok-s aud' ' "ii "'it- -"<!.»'» n,(-nt. mt,t ] thrui -uu' ngtj smoking a g.sal cigar frank :> iilio --. > ,*' nothing wa* ii*kc,v. "Well, what do yt'ii think of t h M ?V ■ 1 rommnntod '■,■■■ of ll.tl'a f^end*. t j "Tlicr.- * nil agent who has time to : ; loaf I •'Hunlpli.^ re id DHL * |] I for me." wu- the explanation of the! - I railroad pre-ideiu - Metropolitan Mag- j , notireho'dcr- I give you my word. ;j house - -Jturglur— Well. any. when ye 1 . figure me tliiie an' me tools, how d'ye I | . 1 Mrs."nen|«s-k What I* Hila unit rule j they talk *o mil, li a I sol I In the political , . i convention*, lilram! Ilenpeck— Why. j , J know 1 caii Illustrate It by a requi"-t. i I'd like to go fistiing tomorrow. If you vote with me on tlie proposition^ Mr*, j I Heiipe, k ltut you eau't go Qstitng. HI-

Two guy* .who now. pore a* your friend* ! Ore cau* loinm-lf Jack llarleycorn: 1 "Didn't your molla-r teach you 'to Mercy, no; Mother was too busy i ! mtitlng a culinary guide." — Cleveland Dealer Seaside Boarder— Bill why do you j ]-i'ull\nie house Mb line View! There I.nn-ll -I, Well, v-'-i Sir. my lute' 'i oatid '»• was a re! I red sergeant of j ; rl pes.. -i lei e was very fond of look- | , out o* that window.— Punch. j . y™~'°£"rSk rree pre, j "What- w e ncw-d la-T-hVap Ice." ' | "Vts; we already have 7>lcuty of - cheap akatea." - St. I.oflla Poat-DU- ! "1 am willing." said the candidate . after he had tiit the table a terrible with lii* fist, "to trust the peodlence. "I wish you'd open a grocery I" —Chicago Record -IlrrnlA — Waahlngton Star. "Young mail. I naw you put your arm around my daughter's w alst-tast even"And I suppose you noticed bow the struggled."— Detroit Journal. i He p-ouiltig nut of hotel,— What .book that you're wading through? Ten- ' nysoii, e!,! The i'ld you notice the piirih-uhir poi-in I n-aa reading? He — ' No Why? She— Because It's mid JT>u ! should have used the word "wndllMeBv j I'd Just got to tlie middle of "Tbe I Brook "- Boston TraiwcripL j (•*— iqg - -fily to the lovely' spring, j Wfl.al cm. I- tl.ls dimpled darling? —Omaha Beo. ) "Did your employer way that this nr j rang, -Incut |.e wishes to make with me ; inei ely a tentative one?" "No, sir. j says lfs_ Just ft> try how It VHP j do "-Baltimore American. ^tii-hhs Mow did Tight xva^ acquire . Slohtis By giving away nothing but I Idvice - I'liihidclphia Itecord. "TW- high coat of living Is a serious ! ; qqi-sllou." ha,. led the cnm|ui!gn orn i tor "It i- :i great 1)11,0*1 ton. a very > -ntriotis question, imh-ed." "5Ve know j it 1* a question." yelled a coarse ma a ! tu the audience. "What'ev the an i awer?" M'aablngton Herald.' "What are ttie priin't|iat ni tJvttles of th«, ,,th' flat i-xltion our friend ,s-cty. pie-:' "Tie,-,- Involved In holrt'ug on It." replied Senator Sorghum.

Bombay'* Animal Hoapital. lit* fj,rofl I'., mil, ay tn probably th* aud moat 'elaborate hospital for Iu|latleiitfr Aiol It* outJIalHuta, aud it luinisiers t„ animal* "of all Itlnda aif lore*- to in tbj hospitals of tbe west hospital each year, and* well on lu ljkat are treated as »ul|uitieiita In all the're are some forty buildings. • large and small, connected" with the hospital, and the ntchltectunll atruc ture an,l*the api-iliitmenta of »onn- ..f ■ many of our regular hospitals. Th - ,1 Xpleiidhl tiiMpltal for animals, wa* - found, si by n native Indian, a Pnrsl nierclinnt. Sir Dlnsbaw Mnnoekjee pet i It. Not only dogmatic animals of every html are treated aud carrsl. f..r "and tlie wlhl l.lrda w-btcb are found . wounded or -suffering from any caiire are taken to If and nursed twok t,i health and then ret free again.- Every I Living Creature. Th# Raal Eugen* Aram. !-nrd l.xitou'a Eugene Aram wa* n Very different personage from him ' ! who was hanged, al York. .who. Judg i wort. He pssm-lntisl with low romp.' ' ! Ion*, murrlml u low wife anil praci lure x, hum In his younger daya he wa# n ssi, latis! with in stealing flower rout1 -for t lil'y were tioth gardener* —ni,d ; finally niiirderml him to secure a few ' ' . iHiun, is. i is | -SH-cd* of a aw lnd;e 'Araiu )*■** --, si a vlgoroua.dtttelle t. had masti-ie I tin- h-iiriied' languages. 1 had read every ,fla**lc that _rame io , his way. and. say* a distlngfilshed i writer, when the learned felon came \ to make Ids defense all Britain wa« a* ! touiwhest hy a pi,s e of pleading will, li

1 If given to the public among the <1,fotiwe* and under Hie nam^of Ttioma* ] Lord Ersklue. so i-elkhrat,*] for this j aimclte, of composition, would eertalnly n„t la- decimal nffs, ,,rt tl x of Hie collec1 tlon of Its author -lamdou Glotw. ' In klautfcrrat*. Holy, tl la believed I that all the cats who wander about : ui«n the roofs duriug the month of 1 ! February are really wllcbea. whom It ! Is la wful ami even necessary to sboot. | An old German v.qs-rslitlon fin* It that If a 'black cat sits upon tbe tied , of a wick uinu It 1* a presage of hi* ' ] deaih. while If after Ida deceaae It I* j sen ui»in til* grnx-e It la enough' to j arouse doubts a* to tlie locality to j which his soul ha* departed. ] In liuugary It Is thought that rats ! generally become witches between the I ages of seven and twelve years. A I-'rcneh belief crticernlng the rat I* that If tlie( animal be carried In a cart ' ' and tbe wi ml blow from lt to tbe ' horses they immediately fall tlrcfll. If any part of the horseman's clothing lie made of cal » skin the horse will feel ' aa though It carried a double burden. Red Rain*. Red rain is fairly common.- and lu , May. IvoTTlTi-re was n heavy fall of blood red. lull! at CaStleweJInu. County Down. Ireland. The red hue was not merely on the surface. Wheu one ' sqin-ezcd lire |s-llets the fingers were A remarkable red rain fell at The Hague tli.th" year 1U70 The towu Willi uproot* one morning uihiu finding lake* and dileliea which had contalued water overalgh! uow full of "blood." i A physician, however, look aome of It . from one of tlie eanal*. put lt under hltr, mlcrosco|ie and found that It was due , to swarms of tiny red aulinals, all lo n state of lively commotion. Tbla. bowever. by no means reassured tbe p<iiiu laec. fr'liu tliougbt -such a prodigy no less awfur llian actual btood Ring Regulations. IMaurire Mncunflftirk.- the Belgian poet, playwriglit and pbiloaupber, was 1 nuee coll, oil a variety of topics Willi an. Anierieail girl when abe said: What kiu.I of a ring Is It. Mr. Marter llnrk? . You are mi athlete, and so you The poet, pusliiiig hark his tblrk pepper and sal: hair, smiled and replied: "In the ordinary sparring match. , ! limited to seven or eight rouuda. au en j gagemeut ring Is us, si, but wbcu It's a "i fight to a finish tbey always employ s wedding ring." H* Understood. ! Paul la, ul- Courier, when bitterly assnlhsl by a I'lx-n- li |irof,-«sor. qttletly j remarked: "I fancy lie must Is- vercl j lie. calls me Jacuhiu. n-tiel. plagiarist. ■ tlilel. poison, -r. forger, leper, madman. I ltlljs-s'-.r. catiiiiiulaloi. liU-ler. a borj ribtt*. filthy . t liua. iiig ragt>icker. I | gather w-lint In- xviTnts to say He ' ui, am* tliat lie and I are nut of the same opinion and this la hla only way of putting It." . Wrong DilgnOli*. " "My dear friend, can you loan me $21*1? I have Just recovered from an i operation for appendicitis." "Appendicitis; Y'our doctor doesn't know his business. He should have n|ieral,fll for gall stones" - Boston Accommodation a. Knlcker- Wbere did you stoponyoni auio trip? Docker iu JalL-N.w York Boa. J