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The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-09

One Of the humbugs that is perpe-
trated upon the people OF many com
munities is the selling OF stock in co.
operative mercantile companies. Dur.
ing the past three or four years the
residents of many small towns and ag.
rlcultural districts have lost hundreds
OF thousands Of dollars, II not mil.
lions, through the buying of stock in
alleged cooperative establishments in
large cities One company with head.
quarters in Chicago, doing mail
order business sold stock in excess OF
81, 100000 and when the concern went
into the hands Of n receiver about a
year ago there was not ten per cent.
Of assets TO return to stockholders.
Other alleged cooperative deals In.
volvc what is termed a profit sharing
plan. This plan does not require the
purchase OF stock. but the cooperative
part is purely a scheme devised for
the securing Of trade.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-09
SCHEMES TO DEFRAUD.
Some OF the Plans to Secure Money
Without Adequate Compensation.

Plans TO secure money from the
people without giving adequate re-
turns are numerous Not alone re
the residents Of country districts
made the victims Of schemcrs, but
city people as well are now and then
humbuGged by shrcwd fakirs Within
the past year or two it was announced
in the columns OF magazines and the
farm papers Of a seedl"ss apple being
evolved few months later sccdless
apple trees were widely advertised
from different parts OF the country.
crate on an extensive plan organized
secdlcss apple companies in different
states Of the western country. Within
a few months hundreds OF thousands
Of dollars were taken from the peck.
cts OF the people for seedlCss apple
trees These trees were just the
ordinary kind, and poor stock at that
So bold were the operations OF the
scedlcss apple tree sChcmers that the
secretary Of agriculture found II nee.
essary to issue a bulletin warning the
people OF the fraud, and later the post
Office department issued fraud orders
against those engaged in the ncfarous
business. There are nurseries located
IN nearly every state. II Is good
plan for the residents Of farming and
fruit growing districts to carefully in.
vostigatc concerns selling fruit trees
and similar lines before they are
given patronage.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-09

a number Of petty crafts have late
Iy been worked throughout the coun.
try. ono OF the common ones is the
hiring Of agents to sell soaps. per.
fumes ana other commodities on the
premium plan The concerns which
operate games Of this class generally
have their headquarters in some large
city and through advertising secure
the names of people desiring employ.
ment as canyaSsers and agents To
such they send letters holding out ex.
traordinary Inducements Those who
agrc" to act as agents sign a contract
which Is an agreement to pay for such
goods as may be- sent to them on con.
signment The sample outfits which
are forwarded, or the small stock OF
goods, are billed in such a way as to
allow the concern an exorbitant profit.
II tho agent succeeds In selling the
goods and RENTS promptly there is
not likelihood Of being any trouble,
but generally the goods are so poor in
quality that they remain dead stock
In the hands Of the canyasser. and
he Will find that the agreement he has
signed will hold him to pay for the
goods
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1907-08-09
Important TO Mothers,

Examine carefully every bottle OF CAsTORIA,
safe and sure remedy for infants and children,
and sec that It
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-01-09

OF the male bluebird Thoreau said,
"He carries the sky on his back" To
this John Burroughs added, "and the
earth on his breast" The birds back,
wings and tail, chin and throat are a
vivid blue, while his breast and fianks
are a chestnut brown and his abdomen
a dirty white. The female. is very much
duller In coloring, often having red
dish tone that extends from the middle
of the back over the shoulder. The
Seminole Indians say that the male
bluebird once flew so high that his
back rubbed against the sky, which
impaired to him its own azure tint.
Returning to earth, his wife SO admired
his new coat that she determined to
have like one for herself and the next
morning flew away to get it, but the
day proving somewhat cloudy the col
or given to her dress was not so bril-
liant as was that received by her mate.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-01-09

II used to wonder why 1t was that
noticed so many young women Juggling
suit cases all over town." said the man
on the street corner. "At first thought
perhaps they were Independent young
persons who were on their way to the
Grand Central station or to the ferry
boats to take trains but then l no.
ticed them In parts of the town where
they couldn't possibly be making for
a railroad station, since they were go
ing In the wrong directions. Now
have learned who these women are.
Most of them are trained nurses. When
they leave the hospitals or their homes
to attend case they pack their uni
forms and other necessaries In these
suit cases, which they carry with
them. So when you see a young wom-
an carrying suit case and bound In a
direction away from boat or railroad
station It's very likely she's a trained
nurse and Is either starting out to at
tend a case or rs returning from One.
New York Press.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-01-09

air by high houses, and to overcome
this the fue must be built at least as
high as the surrounding buildings. This
difficulty is frequently complained of
liz old houses around which tall build
ings have been constructed. Occasion
ally it is necessary to run up a flue
fifty feet above the roof to get the air
necessary to make a fire burn and car
ry off the smoke.
where CRATE fire does not throw
out as much heat as 1t should from the
amount Of fuel consumed the reason is
usually because the fue Is more than
one-fifteenth the size of the crate, and
so the effect of much heat Is lost, be-
ing drawn UP the chimney by the draft.
When the hue is too small for the size
of the CRATE a smoky room Is generally
the result.
IF a crate smokes when the first
should not be alarmed and think that
this difficulty will continue throughout
the year. for until bricks and mortar
are warmed through all chimneys, no
matter how perfectly constructed, will
throw smoke back into the room. AS
soon as the flues are warm, however,
the smoke will pass out freely Many
housekeepers who realize that cold
chimneys smoke invariably put burn
Ing paper into them and In this way
take off the chill before starting a fire
at the beginning of the fall or winter
seasons or when the fiue has not been
constantly used in cool weather.
"Many fues smoke simply because
cleaned by chimney sweep. At the
beginning of each autumn season all
CRATE fues should be thoroughly
swept."-New York Telegram.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-01-09
written ON Glass.

Miss Harriet Auber's beautiful lines,
"Our Blessed Redeemer, Ere He
Breathed," were written by the au-
thoress on a window pane in her house
at Hoddesdon. A dealer in curios tried
to purchase this interesting and Pc
culiar manuscript from the owner of
the house after the death of Miss
Auber in 1862, but he was unsuccess-
full The pane of glass was subse-
quently stolen, and it has never since
been found or its fate discovered.
Centuries ago Theodulph, bishop Of
Orleans, while In prison at Metz COM
posed the hymn, "All Glory, Laud and
Honor" which he wrote on the WIN
dow of his cell. AS the usual Palm
Sunday procession passed through the
town the emperor heard sounds Of
singing proceeding from the prison.
He thereupon liberated the bishop,
whose hymn was afterward regularly
used on each succeeding Palm Sunday
as a professional, the choir taking up
each quatrain and the public Joining
In singing the chorus.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-01-09
The World as 1t Is.

A world without mistakes and with
out suffering would be world without
real men and women, without litera-
ture, without music, without painting
or sculpture and without love. and
even without history, for history Is a
record Of struggles toward better and
higher things. Without obstacles to
overcome and errors to correct men
and women would lapse to level with
beasts in mentality. Intellectual and
spiritual development would cease and
souls not refined by the fire of ordeals
would die of something akin to fatty
degeneration. The races would perish
of ennui or inanity. After all, it's a
pretty fair sort OF world as 1t stands.
louisville Courier j ournal.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-01-09
Telephone 24x.
Wednesday, January 9. 1907


The ants which are really protective
to plants are not those which obtain
their food, Indirectly for the most part
through the aphides, from the vegeta-
bic kingdom, but those which are real.
ly carniyorous. These are numerous In
temperate climates. and their useful
ness to agriculture and sylyiculture Is
incontestable. Thus the field ant Is
great insect destroyer A nest of this
species is capable of destroying as
many as twenty-eight caterpillars and
grasshoppers a minute, or 1,600 an
hour, and such colony is at work
day and night during the pleasant
season. In the arid plains of America
the beneficent work of ants Is revealed
in the isles of verdure around their
hills. There are plants hospitable to
ants, which furnish them shelter and
often food, within the cavities of which
the instincts of the ants prompt them
to take their abode. This Is the case
with several ferns, among them the
Polypodium nectariferum, the sterile
fronds of which bear hectares on their
lower face and are. moreover, of
shape favorable to sheltering the In
sect
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-01-09

Every being that can live tan do
something. This let him do.-Carlyle.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-01-09
A SMOKY CRATE.
simple Remedy Which 1t Is Claimed
VIII Cure 1t.

Simple Remedy Which 1t Is Claimed
VIII Cure 1t.
Don't think that because the CRATE
the room or does not draw properly
there is no remedy, for, according to a
fue expert. few chimneys built for
fireplaces are so constructed that they
cannot be fixed to give entire satisfac.
tion.
"A crate fue with angles is bound
10 cause trouble" says this expert, "for
nnless the inside surface of the Chin
ney is curved and smooth the free out
ward passage of smoke is obstructed,
with the result that 1t strikes the an
giles of the hue and will be thrown
back into the room. There should be
nothing but curves in fireplace fue
when it is impossible to build it
straight or funnel shape, and these
rounded corners should not slant more
than forty-five degrees. To make sure
that the chimney Is smooth inside 1t
should be lined with terra Gotta piping,
and it would be well for every house
nllC ohO ido DcCh elOuDiCd Win pud
fues to find the cause.
IF there are no angles and the in
side of the fue is smooth, then the
most prolific causes of smoky CRATES
are eliminated and the trouble is prob
ably in the masonry or perhaps in the
height of the chimney.
1T may be well for every woman to
know that a flue to draw satisfactorily
must come directly into the center of
fireplace, for when it does not there are
always eddies of smoke at one side of
the CRATE. Most important of all, how
ever, Is the size of the flue, for unless
1t Is one-fifteenth as large as the fire
place there will be difficulties in burn
ing either wood or coal No fiue should
ever be smaller than eight inches
square in a CRATE that Is about thirty
inches long and the same number of
inches in width. In larger fireplaces
the chimney is proportionately larger,
and experienced builders make the big
CRATES low but wide instead of on
square lines. as with small fireplaces.
'Where chimney does not draw it
Is often the result of a shutting out of
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-01-09
Have Merciful Lights.

When you are planning small din
ner party-and small circles are al
ways more congenial and successful
be sure, says an exchange, not to light
your table anywhere except from
above. Hold light on your own face
in front of mirror and see how the
telltale shadows catch every wrinkle
and blemish, every tired line, every
imperfect point in face or costume.
Then be merciful to your feminine
guests, whether they be buds or full
blown roses, and subject them to no
such test as the light from overhead.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-01-09
Testing Flour.

There are several methods of testing
-four, one of which at least should be
known to every purchaser of household
provisions. If -four is white with a
yellowish straw color tint, 1t Is good,
while If 1t has a blush cast or black
specks in 1t it is the opposite. Flour
can also be tested by its adhesiveness.
Wet and knead a little of it between
the fingers. If it works soft and sticky
it Is poor. If little -four Is thrown
against a dry smooth surface and II
falls like powder you may know that
1t Is not of the best quality.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-01-09
Are you in the Market to buy a Home
or Invest in GrOundl
If SO the following may interest you

If SO the following may interest you:
house, 28d ave., North Wildwood, story,
rooms, $1,000.
2 houses, oath ave., North Wildwood, sto-
ry, 8 rooms, So, 800.
8 / house, 24th and N. Y. aves., North Wild
wood, 3 story, rooms, $500.
house, Oak avenue, Wildwood, story,
IL rooms, 1850.
house, Cedar avenue, Wildwood, story,
"a rooms, 5000.
8 house, Cedar avenue, Wildwood, story,
20 rooms, $4,000.
l house, Magnolia avenue, Wildwood,
story, II rooms, S8,000
apartment hotel, Rio Grande ave-, Holly
Beach, story, 81 rooms, $4,000.
l house, Bennett avenue, Holly Beach,
story, II rooms, 800
10 l house, Davis avenue, Holly Beach,
story, IL rooms, $1,000
ii house, Burk ave., ii room store. house
store, Burk avenue, 2Ox4O IT,, $4,000. l
house, Hd Bnrk a. ave, rear $1,000. lot Oak
IL / house, 25th st., North Wildwood, l5
rooms, $4,000.
is house, sPISeer Ice avenue Holly Beach, 70
IA Q houses, Cedar ave-, houses, Schellenger
ave-, as a whole, $4,000.
l5 houses, Garfield avenue as whole
8 lots, Davis avenue, Holly Beach, 40 by 100,
9 2 lots, Taylor avenue, Holly Beach, ocean
8 lot, Roberts avenue, Holly Beach, ocean
lot, Montgomery avenue, Holly Beach,
$3.50
5 lots, New York avenue, North Wildwood,
80 by l0O $500 each.
8 6lots, I'D avenue, North Wildwood, 80 by
100, $500 each,
7 lots, on 25th ST., North Wildwood, 81 ,25O
each.
s 2 lots on Goth ST., North Wildwood, $500
each.
Before purchasing see
Oliver i. Leigh,
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-01-09

AMONG THE CHURCHES
SUNDAYS SERVICES AT THE
CHURCHES, ALL OF WHICH
EXTEND A HEARTY WELL
COME TO VISITORS.
HOLLYWOOD NJ. E. CHURCH
Corner Roberts and Pacific Avenues.
Rev. w. L. King. Pastor.
Preaching by the pastor at 1920.
Sunday-school, 2.30.
Sunday evening service at 7.30
O'Clock, preceded by song service.
Prayer Meeting Wed. Ev'g, 730.
Seats free. All are welcome.
WILDWOOD BAPTIST CHURCH
Pine avenue west of Pacific. Services:
2.30 p. M, Song service, 7.45 p. m.
Evening, 800 p. m. Prayer meeting,
Thursday evening, 500. A Hearty
welcome extended to visitors. Sup
ported by voluntary contributions.
Rev. J. w. Riddle, pastor.
" " "
ANGLESEA BAPTIST CHURCH
Rev. Levanus Myers, Pastor.
Preaching every Sunday evening at
7.30.
Sunday school at 2.30 p. m.
Prayer meetings Wednesday even
ings at 7.30.
y " "
ST. SIMEON 'S-BY -TIIE-SEA PROTESTANT
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Corner Pacific and Maple avenues,
Wildwood, n. j.
Services as follows: Holy commun-
ion at 7.30 a. M. Morning service and
sermon at 1920. Evening service and
sermon at 7.30 Sunday school, 2.30.
Weekday service as announced. Rev.
Samuel Ward, B. d., rector residence,
12l Maple avenue.
ST. AIMS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
st. AIMS Roman Catholic Church on
the corner of Garfield and Pacific
Aves., Holly Beach, N. J. Mass on
Sundays at 8 o'clock a. m. Sun
day school at 2 o'clock. Rev. Father
Maroney, Rector.
HOLLY BEACH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Corner Pacific and Burke avenue,
Holly Beach.
Services every Sunday preaching by
the pastor, at 1890. Sunday-School at
2.30. Preaching by the pastor 500
Rev. w. l.. Bennett, M. A., pastor.
Prayer meeting every Wednesday
evening, at 500 o'clock.
PROVIDENCE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Holly Beach ave., below Leaning,
Holly Paach
I. w. Howell, of Cape May Court
House, acting pastor.
Service on the Lords Day:
Preaching 1890 am. and 7.30 pm.
Children's 's Service, 2.30 pm.
W WN
LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE HOLY
TRINITY
Wildwood Borough Hall.
Rev. HowardE. Snyder, B. A. pastor in
charge.
Morning Service, 10.45.
Vesper service 7.4h p. m.
Sunday-school 2.30 p. m.
A cordial invitation extended to all.
" ~
Christian Science services are held
at the home of w. g. Goldy, Young
avenue, Holly Beach, every Sunday
at 1920; First house on the
left from Boardwalk).
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1907-01-09
Oliver J. Leigh,

Corner Cedar and Pacific Avenues,
Wildwood, N. ].
Evening journal., 1907-02-27
TO CELEBRATE
EMMET'S BIRTHDAY

In the Opera House on the evening
of March the 12Sth anniversary Of
the birth Of Robert Emmett will be
celebrated and the Irish-Ameriean
Dramatic Club viii present the stirring
drama. Robert Emmett"
In this production a strong cast viii
take part the characters being taken
as follows;
Robert Emmett. the Irish patriot
Tohn ]. Flynn: Darby O'Gaff, a spris
OF the Emerald Isle, James +. Corri-
gan; O'Ieary, an old soldier, John i
Rowe; Kernan the traitor, W s. X
Wells; Dowdal. friend Of Emmett,
Thomas seery; Sergeant Topfal, sgd
ney Green Corporal Thomas Alfred
Rutter; Lord Norbury, Baron DAILY,
Baron O'Neil (three judges). Matthew
Petterew, Eugene Lowell, Charles
Dougherty; Sarah Curran, Fmmets
sweetheart, Madeline Keelins Judy
Donin. Margaret AIahoney; Nora Ma
guire. Nellie Alien; Paddy Burke.
James Russell; "Conn" Horrigan'
Harry Blckle; Jerry F1erhity. Charles
Dougherty; Stephen oliver, Eugene
Lowell; Johnny Atkins. James Looney'
Harry Craig. James Mullin; soldiers
peasants, etc.
Evening journal., 1907-02-27
BowING HER HEAD IN SHAME.

RT OF in many years have we seen more pit
~ liable figure than that of the Republican
party as she stands watching the Legislature and
sees how the majority members in that body have
brought her into disgrace Two months have
gone by and not one of the promises she made to
the people has been fulfilled. With the large ma
iority in the Legislature that the confidence Of
the people gave to her, she was Immediately af-
ter the election buoyant with hope that the Leg
islature of 1907 would be the most creditable and
most effective in the enactment OF legislation for
the benefit of the State and the good OF the peo
pie Of any Of its predecessors of recent years.
She was hopeful of breaking the shackles and
letters that have for years held the Legislature
Of Delaware and the people Of the State in alb
ject bondage She was hopeful that with her big
majority such good results would be achieved
that she would stand as the militant force and
power in the State Now upon the eve OF ad-
journment OF the Legislature, she realizes that
She has been betrayed. Those from whom She
expected much have not only rendered nothing,
but, worse than that, they have turned against
her. Those things the Legislature should have
done have not been done and many thngs that
should not have been DONE have been done For
such action there always has come aud viii nov
come visitation from the people expressive OF
their disappointment and anger She stands to-
day in tears, her grief caused by the betrayal OF
those from whom she expected the most loyal
devotion and support, and the contemplation Of
her facing the people after the adjournment OF
the Legislature with a record that is both dis
creditable and shameful She deserved better
treatment and had reason to expect it. Those
who have been false to her and are the cause OF
her shame and tears have yet to reckon with
those who are still her friends and have conf
dence in her virtue and loyalty to the people.
Evening journal., 1907-02-27
Wilmington. February q.
Deeds, Not Words.

Editor The Evening Journal.
After seeing the flaming literature
spread broadcast by some would-be
celebrity, I wish TO say that the great
man at home Is hard to find. He does
not blazon his own worth on every
street corner and therefore those who
are not lhrown in active contact 10 not
know him as he IS or else are too
ignorant 20 appreciasc aim. True gem
ius g. usuly accompanied by true
modesty md pcutcness that IS not
learned oy note Dui by Nature Ask
the newspaper men Who report who
are The easiest persons to interview
They win invariably tell you that the
nwn who is best known and greatest
win usually meet them with more
courtesy and consideration than the
man who Is utterly unknown five miles
outside OF the borough In which he
lives.
If you would judge Of the true worth
Of man or woman watch them in
their native haunts ana see their man
ner Of behavior 10 strangers. This is
on almost unfailmg clue as to Who's
Really Who In the World.
Yours respectfully,
Vox Populi.
Wilmington. February 27
Evening journal., 1907-02-27
WHALES WERE TOO SPEEDY
Three More spouters Seen of Long
Island Going Like streaks.

ANfAGANSETT. l.. l.. Feb. 27-A An
other whale-this time a fine bull-was
seen about two miles on shore Satur-
day evening. but the old-time whalers
OF Amagansett didn't get him. He was
accompanied by two smaller ones, and
after spouting a while or shore he
went southwark 10 sea. as rapidly as
a trans Atlantic liner.
But everybody came to see the whale
already captured.
Early yesterday morning the arrival
os visitors began, and the calm sea. the
bright rays OF the sun, and mild wealth
er did much 20 Improve conditions IA
vorable to siEhtseers as we'll as making
the whales dissection more easy.
A small building was erected yester-
day which viii be used 10 try out the
blubber to-day. and the captain is now
confident Of producing ninety barrels
OF oil.
The skeleton and bone OF the whale
was sold last evening to +. ID. Schenck
OF Summit. y. j.. for the museum OF
Natural History OF New York.
The price was S2.4o0. One thousand
dollars was also paid for the Wainscoti
calf without the whalebone. An agree
ment was made for the carcass OF the
irst future catch az 10 per cent. ad-
vance Of the price paid for this one
bought yesterday.
Evening journal., 1907-02-27

Editor The Evening Journal.
I have heard Il said that the real
monopoly IN a railroad was land mo-
nopoly. have also heard 1t said that
the gre1test value in a railroad was
land value or the right or way privi-
lege. Whether it Is or not I am not
going TO dispute. Nevertheless these
statements started me to thinking
along these lines and I looked the mat
ter up FOR myself
I discovered that prior to June 30,
1850. the United States government
granted 20 the railroads over 2600OO,-
600 acres Of land, a territory twice the
size OF the New England states and
greater than the state Of Texas. The
state OF Texas alone contains 1866 Oo0. .
900 acres OF land. In 1900 the popu-
iation OF the United States was S5.O01..
000 Just think Of t.. Every man,
woman and child could be put in the
state Of Texas. and each person would
have two acres OF land. II the land
that was granted to the railroads was
divided among the population, it would
mean three acres 20 the person. These
land grants to railroads extend from
five TO sixty miles on either side 81
the roadbed
Is Il any wonder the railroads are 50
powerful? Is II any wonder they buy
legislation and give rebates? Break
land monopoly and you break the
power OF the RAILROADS.
Charles ID. Ryan.
1920 Mifhln street.
Philadelphia, Pt.. February q.