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The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-18
TIREp.

T am tired of public life. l believe that I have done my share of the v rE that the community might reasonably expect of any citizen. I will not again seek election to any public office" So District-Attorney Jerome is report "a as talking. Assuming that he has SO talked: and assurling that he has said what he really feels and thinks, it is perhaps as justly criticizable talking as any that has been reported as com ing from that source. If MT. Jerome has felt that he was called on by the public to do the work he has done, and if he now feels that he will run away from any more such calling, he shows himself more .faint-hearted than many have credited him with being, Wouldn't it be more heroic and pub lic-spirited in him to continue to an- swer the call of the public to do duty that ought to be done? Has any man who seems to take the view of public duty that MT, Jerome has seemed to take a right to run away from a new call?
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-18
"Fatty."

I'm Fatty When the kids play ball They none of 'em want me at all They choose up sides, to try and win And at last why, I'm thrown in Jest as sort of extra, see? We'll give you Fatty" they cry. Gee can't play even two old -cat. Somehow, they think, becuz I'm fat, The other Kids can climb and run And always haM a lot of fun. And when exercise l sweat I float, but I'm no good at dives. In summer time I have tho hives YoI can't have nothin worse n that, Oh, darn it, wish I wasn't fat! I dunno why it is I'm so. Pa says I'm like my uncle Joe Who died Ma says that all her kin Is noted for their bein' thinl Why is it, then? For I can't see Why all this fatness picked on me. don't sec where's the tit for tat About 1t, makin' me SO fat The girls don't like mo more'n boys, Bccuz l puff and make a noise There's only onc-that Susie Kerr And shes fat so l don't liiSe her,
 When l grow up I'll be worse still, They say, Do you suppose | will?
 | won't know where my feet are at, It's awful darn it, bein' fat.
 Edwin L, Sahln in the Reader
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-18
MADE IN GERMANY.

Go away from home to get the news, For instance German newspaper has discovered that despite the high civilization seen here in science, art, commerce and philanthropy, there is still a certain wildness about the peor ple which makes the rich man fear the plunderer. It is on that account that one can find safe deposit vaults in all parts of New York city and there people take their valuables when they do not require them for public show In the opera season one nlav see long lines of carriages and automobiles in front of the strong box places early in >the evening, when the women call for their jewels and again after the opera, the theatres and the balls are over, when they return them to the burglar proof boxes Diamonds, amethysts and sapphires made of glass are also deposited in those places and taken out when others can see the operation by women who court recognition in the circles where jew elry is a badge of superiority
 So many things are made in Ger many that it is not surprising to find news among them. We congratulate the people of Germany if they are less wild than the people of the United States.
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-18
STRUGGLING.

Good fellow" is the name applied to your foolishness by the chap who is winning by it.-Florida Times Union.
 Knicker-"Is your wife's word law?" Henpekt-"Yes it can't even be inter preted like the constitution. Nev York Sun.
 Don't you wish you could have been an actress in Shakesneare's timer"
 What an idea Why, photography hadn't even been thought of."--Puck
 Suitor-~And is your daughter per- fectly healthy?'
 Bankers Wife She ought to be. Last year we spent fifteen hundred dollars on her health Meggendorfer Blaetter-
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-18
BaiIoonlng For run.
(The Baltimore Amerlcan.)

tune bdlIlInole &IuefiCaH.)
 Ballooning as sport is probably more replete with thrills than auto mobiling, but there is nothing in the casualty records to indicate that it is more. dangerous. That ballooning is henceforth to figure in that department of human interest which pertains to sports there is no room to doubt Two international balloon races, each at tracting an immense degree of general interest have served to give the pas time vogue. The international balloon ing trophy, which has been carried to Germany, will not be allowed to rest undisputcd in German possession. Aero clubs will multiply and quite likely aerial races in the close-at-hand fu- ture will be quite as common as con- tests between gasoline machines now are over land and water courses
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-18
AN IMPORTANT DEFINITION.

Anybody who wants to know what whiskey is without making personal test is indebted to Attorney-General Bonaparte for the information. His ruling is that whiskey is whiskey. The so-called "blended' whiskey must be stamped either compound" or imi- tation" according to it's ingredients. Under this ruling the only real whis- key is straight whiskey, or that ob- tained from one run of the still, brought to condition by proper age and not rectihed while blended whis- key is merely two different runs of the same kind, but of different ages
 Inquisitive people will do we'll to be content with this definition It is off, cial, and as near correct as any that can De had There are those who have
 rade strenuous efforts to find out what whiskey is The result of their efforts has not been such as to en- courage imitation of them
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-18
HIST HIGH ENOTGIE.

In this time of talk about elastic currency, asset currency, etc, etc, the money situation in France is attracting some of the attention it merits, The French people have done less to deyel- op the deposit and checking system of doing business than those of any oth- CT great country. Instead of that they use very largely the banknotes of the Bank of France, which are equiva- lent to deposit accounts divided up in to small sections and capable of free circulation The last statement of the banI, available shows private deposits of about $12O.Oo0,0OO and note issues of about $950,00O,OOo
 As to note-tssuing, there is. just one limitation imposed, and that is that the issues shall not exceed 5,0O0,Oo0,- 900 francs Ga little less than S1,o0o,- O00. .00O), Put this limit is, however, really no limit at all for every one knows that in case of need it will bo removed. In 1872. in 1884, in 1893, and again in 1S9G when the issues mount ed close to the existing limit, that lim- it was promptly pushed upward There is no tax requirement. and no reserve requirement, yet so 'er IS the Bank of France from abusing it's power that il habitually keeps enormous reserves of gold far beyond what other nations deem necessary, Its last statement
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-18
THE CHAPMAN REVIVAL.

It is not strange that there should be a difference of opinion among the clergymen of the city as to the advis- ability and usefulness of the series of religious meetings which are to be held in this city under the magnetic leader ship of the Rev. j. Wilbur Chapman. When it was proposec to hold sim liar series of meetings in the city of Hartford no less a man than tho Rev. Dr. Parker, one of the saintliest men in the state, questioned their value. It would have been miraculous had all of the elergymen of the city agreed upon the importation of stranger to en- liven the spiritual life of New Haven. In it's way it is remarkable that SO many of the Protestant ministers have agreed that it represents distinct spiritual value.
 Nor is there any reason why one minister and one church should feel that they must cooperate in such . movement if they question the useful ness and dignity of it As we under stand it, the Episcopal churches of the city are not to participate and of course. the Roman Catholic churches would, if invited, decline the invitation. So that at the outset there is a con- siderable number Of residents in the city, who are supporters of Christian churches and societies, who from con. viction withhold ther support from the undertaking On the other hand there is no reason which the churches need respect that have decided to par ticipate if 1t is advanced to discour- | age them If it is the conviction of any number of churches that pr. Chapman can come Mere and awaken the consciences of their people as per- haps they have failed to do and that | | the awakening will b~ permanent in it's | influence, they would be false to their conception of duty should they let the opportunity pass The same rue ap- I plies here that applies elsewhere when human conduct is under consideration, One mans rights end where another mans rights begin; the right to sup port presupposes the right to withhold support
 As we understand the view Of tAe latter they question the Judgment oi confeasing, as they rggue support oi the Chapman movement does, that tht spiritual machinery of New Haven i: in need of repairs by outside hands This slight assertion of self-reepeot k not on the whole misunderstanding < We would expect a similar sugsestior Tiff it were advised that a visit iron l President Eliot of Harvard or Presi dent Wilson Of Princeton would giv, | the management of gale Univorst tho stimulus t needs The latter would we suspect, answer that 1t could cur any defects in management which pre- sented themselves better than an out sider, and yet Yale could try the OK
 pertinent if it desired to As for tn
 doubt which is expressed of the per
 manency of the awakening which the purpose Of the Chapman meetings
 it must be disposed Of as a matter c
 individual judgment and the ability c
 one convinced to convince others is certainly not for inc Morning Joui nal-Courier to determine the questior It is it's duty, which it will discharge {
 the letter, to follow each step in th
 movement faithfully and accurately
 with the end in view of printing th
 news of the hour
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-18

We certainly have no objection to our contemporaries dwelling upon the importance of Mrs. Porter's address on the working girl before a Stamford audience, and of reprinting it, but the faithful historian will be obliged soon CT or later to record the fact that the readers of The Morning Journal Courier had the lecture laid before them two or three weeks ago, when the address was delivered in this city.
 We allude to the fact only that it may become further known which newspaper must be relied upon if the news world is to move in it's orbit regularly and according to the laws of the trade.
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-18
chino's New Peril.
(rhe Boston Transcript.)

(The Boston Transcript
 China is menaced with a new peril, Her railroads have begun to pay Not since mummies were burned for fuel on the Nile railway has the Orient been so seriously invaded Henceforth it is farewell to the idyFic peace of the Chinese ruraism If the sons of heaven had refused 10 ride behind the profane iron horse of the foreign devils. they might have defended their land from innovation to the last Now there is nothing for it but to submit to hay ing their rice fields cut up by the steel rails. But one peculiar opportunity re- mains for them to save the credit of
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-18
Puhlic pigcons For Potpie.
CThn Boston Trnnscrlnt.l

Much agitation has been created the last few days by the knowledge that men are trapping the pigeons on the Common and killing them for food not for their own use even, but purely as a business proposition, finding a ready market for the birds It has been printed that there is no way of stop ping the vandalism, as the birds do not belong to any one but this impression was contrGdicted by the police this morning. when the statement was made at headquarters that no complaint had vet been received about the fate of the pigeons, but that if one should be en- tered it would be very easy to prose- cute for larceny from ii person un- known"
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-18

roads picturesque. If they succeed in doing this they can be written down once more as having achieved com pIete novelty The train should fur nish a brand now motive for that pati- ently elaborated Oriental art-bamboo passenger coaches, decorated with choice panel paintings. pagodas turned to account as switch towers and loco- motive designs, symbolic of the na@ tional dragon having It's tail twisted by a European power,
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-18
Ex-Presldcnt Bliss.
CBoston HeraldJ

The death of William Bliss, for twenty-seven years president of the Boston & Albany railroad, and until 1901 it's active head, removes one of the ablest administrators of railway property New England has ever had. The rights of employees, investors and the public were always kept in mind by him; personal relations with sub ordinates were friendly. and brought about q maximum of service. MT. Bliss conceived of the road not only in terms of utility but of probity The experiences of the public since the B. & A. passed from under his control have often made them sigh for return of the old regime.
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-18

even at the present time of pressure from America. shows cash in hand of about S725.0O0, ,600, as against the cir culation of S950, ,0OO,O0
 This isn't what is popularly or unpoD- ularly known in this country as high finance. but it is safe finance, and seems to be just about high enough to suit the thrifty people of France.
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-18
Not A.naziag.
Cspringaeld Republican

tSpringfield Republican
 It is not amazing to learn on author ity that tho scholarship at Yale is not to be found in the swell dormitories. The luxury inaugurated by Vanderbilt hall and some of the private dorm itories has been regrettable from ey- cry point of view. Chuck 1t out, Eli, chuck it out.
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-18

A Baltimore jury has awarded a resident of that city one cent damages for the loss of his wife's affections Perhaps if she had known their va ue he wouldn't have lost them.
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-18

In spite of the fact that three times is supposed to be out Horace Dnwl of New Jersey has been run over oy an automobile five times this year. anl is unhurt
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-18
oUR CONTEMPORARIES. Where Fcuntains Are Warmer
lMam London pav.

In New Haven the new Bennett foun- tain cannot be used by the public dur ing tho ccld weather for fear of injury by frost The fountains in New Lon don are of a warmer variety.
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-18

The new postmaster of Boston be- gan life as a reporter. This fact Is now probably more encouraging to him than it once was.
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-18

A court decides that the girls moth CT could not have heard kisses through a brick wall, But she Knew, all the same.
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-18

Flash-light advertising has been de .veloped a good deal farther in London than in United States cities. One of the entertaining features of an evening stroll on the Strand is seeing the broad back of the unconscious old gen. tleman in front of you illuminated by the glowing text: T use Beers Soap" or Nothing like Pilkins Gin" etc. The ladies who take their exercise in this and other thoroughfares in the even ing enter Into the sport with great good humor.
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-18

Army ordnance officers are making a strenuous effort to rearm the army and militia with a new Springfield rife, re- chambercd for the pointed ammunition, before the beginning of the next tar get season. The facilities of the ord nance establishments at Springfield, Mass, and Rock Island, ILL, are being utilized to the maximum extent in the plan to have these improved rifles ready for the markgmen to use when the competitions oG 1908 begin. The first shipment of the new rifles will go to the Philippines, where it will be necessary to send about fifteen thous- and The next shipment will be made to Cuba, provided the .roeps arc still there, as aeems probable, and where aobut five thousand will be distributed Then the distribution will be made among the troops in the United States. After the regular army is fully equip ped with the new rife the national guard will De furnished with that weapon,
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-18

still. She ought also to have the wild turkeys.
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-18

The nunbcr of persons registering for employment during the past year at the free employment offices of Illinois was 544S9; gain over the year before of 12166 or 26,S4 per cent The num- beY of positions secured was 53,617. a gain for the year of 14,0f9 or 354 per cent There has been a greater increase in the demand from employers for help
 for the past year 6o,9oS employers
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-18

The latest wrinkle in Kansas real es- tate transfers, says Representative William Reeder, of the Sixth district of Kansas, is the purchase of top soil from alfalfa fields in north central Kansas, to be shipped by the carload to farms along the Missouri river, where it Is difficult to get this excel lent forage plant started Like all le- guminous plants. alfalfa fertilizes the soil and in the Raw valley an old al- falfa field is expected to yield seventy bushels of corn to the acre. Bailey Dagoner q lawyer of Atchison, recent ly shipped q carload of top soil from Cloud county to his farm in Atchison county.
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-18

Speaker Cannon says that he is, first and last, a farmer, and he seems to mean an agricultural farmer.
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-18

Swiss watchmakers are reported to be busy filling English and American orders for finger ring watches The ring watch, though little seen, is no novelty. The manager of an old Lon don watchmaking firm says that ne saw them more than fourteen years ago. Queen Victoria had three or fou.. The simplest ones--a plain gold ring with the watch inserted-cost about $l0a but with diamonds or other stones. $5,000 to S100O0 may be paid for them.
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-18

The last vestige of the famous old palace of St. Cloud has been removed by the pulling down of the railroad station reserved for distinguished and royal visitors to the Emperor Napo- leon TIT, and the Empress Eugenie when in residence at St, Cloud The lit tie station was thickly overgrown with grass and weeds. Birds had built their nests in the imperial wait ing room, and lusty young trees had grown up in the reserved space around the station No train had stopped at it for thirty -seven years.
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-18
SAYINGS AND DoINGs.

Massachusetts leads in the cranber- ry output with an average crop Of about 100000 bushels annually; New Jersev is close second with about 25oo00 bushels, and Wisconsin "a ks third, with an average of about 109,000 bushels,
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-18
made application for help, showing an increase of 46,331, or 26.64 per cent.

I don't know what my policy will be, says Mayor-e elect Hubbard of Boston, but I do know that I will protect the honest and punish the dishonest If I find that a man is giving 9 proper re- turn for the money which he received he will be perfectly safe, but if 1 find men who are drawing pay without giv- ing an equivalent they will be cut off
The morning journal-courier., 1907-12-18

THE WEEKLY JOURNAL. Issued Thursday. One Dollar Year.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-27
WANT $4,000 FOR CHANNEL
Jersey Coast Resorts Want Inside
Waterway from Cape May
to Atlantic City

The Jersey seashore resorts from Cape
May to Atlantic City are anxious to
see the Legislature at Trenton pass
a bill providing for the appro-
priation of $780, 900, to be used in deep
ening the shallow waters between Cape
May and Atlantic City. The expendi-
ture of the above amount would open
up deep water inside channel for
distance of nearly forty miles, affording
to yachtsmen one of the finest stretches
of navigatable waters for sailing and
motor boating along the coast.
The members of the Wildwood,
Holly Beach, Atlantic City, Cape May,
and Ocean City yacht clubs are work
ing for the improvement and dele
cation from these places visited the
state house last week in the interests
of the bill. 1t was thought advisable
not to introduce the bill at this session,
but feeler in the form of bill appro-
priating SIS, 900 for survey of the pro-
posed improvement was introduced on
Monday night by Senator Hand.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-27

for inspection and was greatly ad-
mired by those present. Several new
members were proposed and elected to
membership, as follows: DIR. HI. II.
Tomlin, Rev. King, L. s. Goslin, Jos.
M. Sweet, w. J. HARRISON, L. M. Rice,
s. e. Wentzell and DIR. Theo. Foote,
of Vineland.
Philip Baker was authorized to pre-
pare advertisements for the Philadel-
phia newspapers to attract Easter
crowds to the resort. Buckborn d
Reynolds will be requested to open the
Ocean Pier for inspection during Eas-
ter. The meeting was pronounced the
most pleasant and successful ever held,
with flow of good spirit and kindly
feeling. A vote of thanks was extern
ded to Miss Wentzell for her hospital
ity.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-27
FIVE MILE THRIVES
ASPIRING SEASON OPENS
Palm Sunday a Record Bre aker
CottagerS and Visitors Flock
to the Island
SEVERAL MEN TAKE A SURE BATH

The bright Springtime days of last
week brought an unusually large num-
Der of visitors to Five Mile Beach and
they are still steadily arriving. Among
them are many cottagers who will open
up until after Easter. Many faces are
seen that are familiar here in the sum-
mer season.
The demand for cottages and board
ing houses has started and every in
coming train brings renters to the
resort. This early quest for summer
homes is an unfailing sign of big sea-
son to come. All the choicest houses
will be rented long before the season
sets in.
Palm Sunday was lovely day at the
shore and scores of people promenaded
the boardwalk. In fact the day was a
record breaker.
The Crest operations, the new Holly
Beach railroad depot and the new
North Wildwood hotels each came in
for their share of interest from the
many sight-seers who roamed the is-
land.
Those visitors who have not been
here since the close of the last summer
season are agreeably surprised at the
great improvements that have been
,asvde al all thsresortsUn rYcfs1and. ms
safe to say that. with probably one ex-
ception, no resorts on the coast have
enjoyed such winter of progress and
prosperity as have the four resorts on
Five Mile Beach. Exclusive Of the
municipal expenditures, which closely
touch the 100000 mark, the improve.
ments made by private interests will
reach the 81 100000 mark.
Several young men who had full
supply of that Sping feeling braved the
cold water Sunday and took a surf bath
which they said they enjoyed inn
mensely. f. Sieber, w. Gross and
Charles Benson were among those who
ventured in. When questioned as 10
the temperature of the water they adj
mitted that the first plunge was rather
chilly but after that, they said, it felt
like summertime.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-27

For more years than you can re-
member s'The Philadelphia Sunday
Pressn has been a great paper for Penn
sylvanians to read. 1t has all the news
and all the features all the time. Moth
ing that can go to make good Sunday
paper is omitted. "The Daily Press"
is Just as good during the week as '"The
Sunday Press" is on Sunday-it is
made by the same people. Buy "The
Press" every day in the week.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-27
Five Mile Beach Merchants Or
ganize Protective Association

AT recent meeting held in the Holly
Beach borough hall, called by several
prominent merchants of the island, the
Protective Ass< Citation of Five Mile
Beach Merc/4nts was organized and
committe/ authorized to draft con-
stitutioh and bylaws. The objects of
the organization will be liberal and
progressive, embracing the limiting
of credit and the protection Of mutual
interests.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-03-27

For Easter post cards and novelties
go to Ryan's Japanese Bazaar, Wild
wood avenue.