Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-01-02
NEPTUNE'S SALT SPRAY
A Few Comments Both Humorous
and Serious, Condensed
for Your Reading
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The man who had been trying to
walk on both sides of Pacific avenue at
once, with moderate success, turned
into market the day after Christmas,
taking it perhaps for the sample room
not many doors beyond. 1t was the
noon hour, and the young lady clerk
was alone. With her the man entered
into the following unsolicited conver-
sation:
"Say," he remarked, leaning over
the counter, "I'm all right, l am. Got
over six hundred acres o. land and
81 800 in the bank, and prettiest little
woman in county. She's Dutch and
I'm Irish, but that don't cut no
difference. She don't like to have me
get drunk. Gives me fits when | do,
"Say," anxiously, "you won't tell her
will you. Shake on it. That's all
right. I'm perfect gentleman. AL
ways respect the ladies. Say, like
you. Come out and see us. Give you
pears, watermelons-everyth Bring
your friends along. You'll come won't
you? Shake. Pm all right, all right.
Everything's all right. God bless
everybody. Amt 1t? Say, you won't
tell my wife, will you? Like you.
Come out and have drink. Don't
drink? Thass funny. Well, good
bye. Shake. Come out and see US !n
! OCEAN WATERFALLS
There are good many salt cataracts
in existence. They are found in
British Columbia and Southern Chill
where the narrow tjords, or arms ofthe
sea are obstructed by barriers of rock,
through such reefs into the natural res
ervoirs eyond; but the water is held
back at the ebb until it breaks over the
barrier in an irresistible torrent, Most
curious of all is the salt water fall to be
seen at Canoe Passage, where the is
land of Vancouver approaches the
mainland of British Columbia. Here
the flood tide from the Gulf of Georgia
to the southwark is damned back at
narrow cleft between two islands until
it pours over in a boiling cascade
eighteen feet high with perhaps double
the volume of the Rhine. At the turn
of the tide, however, the. waters from
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making cascade of equal height and
volume. This salt waterfall actually
flows both ways.
THE PERIL OF PROSPERITY
The following editorial is taken from
recent issue of the Philadelphia
Press:
When a country like the United
States takes in by immigration 100000
adult workers Excluding children and
the aged in four years, or about one
tenth as many as there were before in
the country, and in that land there
comes at the end of such period a
general advance in wages OF 10 per
cent, prosperity cannot much farther
go.
The high tide of universal, diffused
and individual comfort, profit and
prosperity never ran more high or
blessed more people. The only class
which has suffered are those salaried
and on fixed incomes, who are cramped
by the increase in expenses.
But even this prosperity great as it
is, cannot last indefinitely. 1t will
end. The prudent man will not forget
this, be he manager, proprietor or
wage-earner.
This is the time not to spend, but to
accumulate. The wage-earner, if he is
wise, will hoard the advance he is
receiving and make no change in his
daily expenditure.
The man once out ofwork and now at
work, by saving will guard against
that contingency returning. The man.
ager will begin providing surplus, in
creasing his current bank deposit and
preparing to profit by the inevitable
day of cheaper prices.
Some shrewd savings bank managers
are beginning to increase their cash
balance. More than one shop, mill
and railroad manager is holding up
repairs and Improvements and pre-
pairing for sudden change, ifit comes.
OF this there is to-day absolutely no
sign. In the iron and steel industry
and in most trades there is visible a
demand for the year to come. But,
none the less, the peril, of and tempta-
ton of prosperity is always lack of
preparation for the future.
Few carry umbrellas when the sun is
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