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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-10-30

The County Board of Taxation will hear
appeals from the assessments of taxes in the
different municipalities of Cape May County
at the places designated below and upon the
d 'tes named, converting In each place at ten
O'Clock In the morning. Appeals cannot be
considered unless made IN accordance with
the rules of the Board and upon the prescribed
blanks, which will be supplied to any who
desire them, upon application to the secretary
of the Board, w. K. Young, Anglesea, N. J.
Upper township, Tuckahoe hotel, Monday,
November I'd, 1905.
Cape May Point, borough hall, Wednesday,
November 4th, 1908.
West Cape May, borough hall, Friday, No
vember 9th, 1908.
Middle township, court house, Monday, No
vember 9th, 1905.
South Cape May, borough hall, Wednesday,
November 18th, 1908.
Lower township, township house, Friday,
November 18th, 190S.
Wildwood, borough hall, Monday, Novem-
Der 10th, 1905.
Cape May, city hall, Wednesday, November
North Wildwood, borough hall, Friday, No
vember Goth, 1908.
Holly Beach, borough hall, Monday, No
vember 23d, 1y0S.
Dennis township, X. of P. hall, Dennisville,
Wednesday,, November 25th, 1905.
Avalon, borough hall, Friday, November
9th, 1908.
woodbine, borough hall, Monday. Novem-
Ocean City, first ward, city hall, Wednesday,
Ocean City, second ward, city hall, Friday,
December 4th, 1905.
Sea Isle City, first ward, city hall, Monday,
Sea Isle City, second ward, city hall, Tues
day, December th, 1908.
ELLIS IL. MARSHALL,
AARON w. HAND,
STILWELL I'll. TOWNSEND,
County Board of Taxation.
w. Il. YOUNG,
Secretary.
Dated, Cape May Cour House, N. j., Octo-
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-10-30
QUEER TITLES.
Bestowed on His Favorites by an EN-
peror of Haiti.

Bestowed On His Favorites by an En-
peror of Haiti.
Among the whimsical titles which
appear on the pages of national history
few are more apparently frivolous than
the Duke of Marmalade. the Count of
Lemonade and the Earl of Brandy.
They are or were, however, real titles
bestowed by a genuine monarch on
three of his favorites, and that, too.
during the last century.
In 1911 a revolution occurred in
Haiti, and Christophe, a negro, declared
himself emperor. Through conspiracy
and plot, his life often attempted, he
retained power till 1920, preserving to
the last the %pageantry of a royal court
and creating a numerous nobility.
Among them were the three already
mentioned, and the oddly of the titles
has suggested to many writers the
righteousness of the African character.
In fact, however, all three names
were those of places, the first two be-
ing originally plantations, but latterly
towns of some Importance. This not
being generally known, a misapprehen-
sion has arisen with regard to the
titles themselves, which, however alb
surd, were scarcely more so than some
which were bestowed In France and
Germany during the middle ages
Pearson's Weekly.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-10-30
Liberty.

The-Gpirit of liberty Is indeed a-bnld
and fearless spirit. but it is also a
sharp sighted spirit. 1t is a cautious,
~sagacious, discriminating, ~farseeing in
telligence. 1t is Jealous Of encroach-
ment, Jealous of power, jealous Of
a 1t demands checks, 1t seeks for
guards, 1t insists on securities, 1t In
trenches itself behind strong d~efenses
and fortifies itself with all possible
care against the assaults of ambition
and passion. 1t does not trust the
amiable weaknesses of human nature,
and therefore it will not permit power
to overstep Its prescribed limits,
though benevolence, good intent and
patriotic purpose come along with 1t.
Neither does it satisfy itself with
lashy and temporary resistance to IL
legal authority. Far otherwise. 1t
seeks for duration and permanence.
1t looks before and after. and, building
on the experience of ages which are
past, it labors diligently for the bene-
fit of ages to come.-Daniel Webster.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-10-30
The Blue Sky.

The blue sky which reveals itself al
the hemispherical vault of the irma
ment in the absence of clouds is the
far depths of the air sending back to
the observer some part of the solar
illumination which they receive. The
light thus returned to the eye Is "blue'
simply because the particles of the all
are Of such exceedingly diminutive
size that they can effectively deal with
only the smallest of the luminous vi
brations-that is, with the "blue" un-
dulations. There are q few faint in.
terminglings of the other colored rays
in the blue of the sky, but they are
in such tri1ing quantity that the blue
swallows them up.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-10-30
The crioket,s chirn.

The variation Of speed in the chirp-
ing Of crickets depends sc closely on
temperature that the height of the
thermometer may be calculated by OBJ
serving the number of chirps in q min
ute. At go degrees E. the rate is
eighty chirps a minute, at 70 degrees
F. 100 per minute, and the rate in
creases four chirps to the minute with
a change Of one degree. Below a
temperature of so degrees &. the crick-
ct is not likely to make any sound.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-10-30
SEEING AND LISTENING.
Ne~arsishted Man Wears Glasses In
Talking, but Not In Reading.


Heres II sort Of queer thing" said
a nearsighted man. 81 am very near
sighted. Strong glasses are indispeu-
sable to me for ordinary, general see
Ing In my goings about. but when l
sit down to read | take Off my glasses
and bring the print up to within the
natural focus of the eye. 1t seems to
me that reading with the natural eye
l read with a more intimate and a
clearer understanding.
$50 much for my reading without
spectacles, and now here Is the thing
that is queer to me. If when l am
reading thus. with my glasses off,
somebody comes along to speak to me,
why, then, to get a clear understanding
spectacles.
80 l say, or would say IL this hap
pened at home where | know the peo-
pie, Wait a minute till l get on my
spectacles,' and l would put them on
and then say, Now go ahead and
really, with my spectacles on, with
my power of seeing at It's best, with
the sharpest definition of things In
general to the eye, | get the clearest
apprehension of things said to me.
$50 in reading I do best with my
glasses off. but In understanding things
said to me, In listening. l do best with
my glasses on. There is one modifica-
ton to this-where there is no light.
as In a dark room. where l can't see,
| can understand equally well with or
without glasses."-New York Sun.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-10-30
SHERIFF,S SALE

BY virtue of a writ of fieri facias de bonis
ct terris, issued to me out OF the Supreme
Court of the State OF New Jersey, l will expose
for sale at public vendue at the Sheriff's Office,
Cape May Court House, between the hours OF
twelve and five o'clock, towit, at l.30 o'clock
in the afternoon of
MONDAY, NOVEMBER l6, 1908,
All those lots and tracts of land situate in
the Borough OF Wildwood, In the County OF
Cape May, and State of New Jersey, and are
bounded and described as follows, towit:
Beginning at the point of intersection ofth
southeast side of Hudson avenue with the
southwest side of Magnolia avenue, and ex-
tending thence southeast along the south
west side of said Magnolia avenue, a distance
of seventy feet, and at right angles to said
Magnolia avenue, between parallel lines in
length or depth southwest with a width of
seventy feet a distance of ninety feet. Con
tanning sixty-two hundred square feet of and
strict measure. Com prising lots Nos. / and
2 of block No. 53, as shown on the official map
of Wildwood, N. j., made by l.. M. Rice, Bor-
ough Engineer, A. D., 1906. Being premises
conveyed to Arthur Colsey by Baker Bros,
deed dated October u, 1906, and recorded in
the office of the Clerk of Cape May County, in
Book 203 of Deeds, page 376, ETC., in fee.
Seized as the property of Arthur Colsey,
taken in execution at the suit of Frank Lee
Dickinson, and TO be sold by
ROBERT r. CORSON,
Sheriff.
Joseph Beck Tyler, Attorney,
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-10-30
IN CHANCERY OF new JERSEY
To w. d. VanHorn, Trustee, and F. A. Poth

10 W'D. trustee, and II. A. Poth
and Sons, Incorporated:
By virtue of an order of the Court of Chan
Gerry, made on the day of the date hereof, in a
cause wherein the Five Mile Beach Building
and Loan Association is complainant, and
you and others are defendants, you are re-
CURED to appear, plead, answer or demur to
the bill of said complainant OF or before the
first day of December next, or the said bill
will be taken as confessed against you. The
said bill Is filed to foreclose a mortgage given
by Walter E. Buzby to the Five Mile Beach
Building and Loan Association, dated the
eighteenth day OF October, nineteen hundred
and six, on land In the Borough OF North Wild
wood formerly the Borough of Angleseal, in
the County of Cape May, New Jersey; n
you, w. ID. VanHorn, Trustee, are made de-
fendant because you hold a mortgage against
said lands; n you, f. A. Poth and Sons, In
corporated, are made defendant because you
hold a judgment against Walter e. Buzby,
which judgment is q lien upon said lands.
HARRISON III. VOORHEES,,
Solicitor of Complainant,
2T Market St., Camden, N. j.
Dated, September %, 1905.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-10-30
Proposals for q
Gravel Road
Cape May County, n. ].

Sealed proposals Will be received by the
Board of Chosen Freeholders of Cape May
County, N. j., until twelve O'Clock noon of
the day of its meeting on the
WEDNESDAY, the FOURTH DAY
of November, 1908, at Cape May Court House,
N. j., for the construction of a gravel road
Cape Island creek, at Schellenger's Landing,
to the center line of the main seashore road
at Cold Spring, a distance of W and ninety
four thousandths (2.094) miles, and known as
the Schellenger's landing road.
Said road to be constructed according to
plans and specifications which may be seen
at the office OF Hon. Frederick Gilkyson,
State Commissioner of Public Roads, Tren-
ton, N. j.; at the residence of A. B. Smith,
director, Beesleys Point; J. p. Fox, Ocean
Ludlam, South Dennis; Daniel S~chellenger,
Cold Spring; and Henry S. Rutherford, Cape
May City, or at the office OF the engineer at
On the day and date first mentioned all pro-
posals received for said work will be imme-
diately opened and publicly read by the
County, N. j., the said Board reserv1ng the
right to reject any or all bids.
Each bid must be accompanied by a certi-
fed check to the amount of One Thousand
dollars ISL, 000.00 O drawn payable to the order
of Anthony B. Smith, Director of the Board
of Chosen Freeholders of Cape May County
NJ j. The successful bidder will be required
to execute within ten days after the contract
has been awarded to him a bond in such sum
and with such security as shall be approved
by the Board of Chosen Freeholders; said
bond shall be In a sum not less thar the esti-
mated cost of the road when completed.
Each bidder will be required to submit to
the State Commissioner of Public Roads,
Hon. Frederick Gilkyson, Trenton, N. j., and
TO the engineer prior to the time of submit
ting bid for constructing, a sample of the
gravel ne proposes to use in the construction
OF the road.
All proposals must be on the regular
~"Proposal" form provided for the purpose;
sealed and plainly marked on the outside of
envelope enclosing them "Proposal for Schel-
ienger's Landing Road"
By order of Board OF Freeholders.
ANTHONY B. SMITH,
Director.
r. Fendall Smith, County Engineer.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-10-30
a Mean Replv.

She-Do you remember that thirty
years ago you proposed to me and that
1 refused your
He-Oh. yes. That's of the most
treasured rec~oilections of my youth.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-10-30
VAGUE.

Lady Of Uncertain Age-Ah, major.
were none of us as young as we were
Major (absentmindedly, but vaguely
that a gallant answer is indi-
cated)-My dear lady. I'm sure You
don't look it.-Punch.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-10-30
CAPE MAY COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT
Catharine Owens,
Plaintiff,
Sur Attachment.
Upon Contract.

Mortimer l.. johnson
Defendant. Notice.
Notice is hereby given that a writ of attach
ment, at the suit of Catharine Owens, against
the rights and credits, moneys and effects,
goods and chattels, lands and tenements of
In the sum of Eight Hundred Dollars, was
issued out of the Cape May County Circuit
Court, on the Twenty-ninth day ofSeptember,
A. ID. nineteen hundred and eight, feturnable
and returned into Court duly executed by the
Sheriff of the County of Cape May, on the
Sixth 9th day of October, A. ID. nineteen
hundred and eight Q90S).
Jonathan Hand, Attorney.
JULIUS WAY, Clerk.
Dated, October 9th, IL D., 1908.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-10-30

Not ignorant Of misfortune, I learn
from my own woes to aid the wretched
Virgil
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-10-30

One dollar will be payable on each share subscribed for, together with a
membership feeo of ten cents per share.
Subscriptions 10 the stock of this association can be made 20 any of the
officers or directors alta any time previous to the meeting.
Full information will be gladly given by the secretary upon application.
OFFICERS
President, Hon. PHILIP P. BAKER Solicitor, HON. H. H. VOORHEES,
Wildwood, NJ. Wildwood, N. J.
Treasurer, r. w. RYAN Secretary, HOWARD r. BUCK
Wildwood, NJ. Wildwood, N. j.
DIRECTORS
Fred e. Meyer, Holly Beach Jed Dubois, Wildwood
Dr. N. A. Cohen, Wildwood Washington Hilton, Wildwood
w. Byron LivGey, Wildwood Adolph Anderson, Anglesea
Carl Erickson, Holly Beach Frank Sheppard, Wildwood
Thomas S. Gosln, Wildwood II. H. Voorhees,, Wildwood
John Bright, Wildwood
A good way to I've money is 20 take stock in a good building association.
For particulars inquire of o address Howard r. Buck, 24 East Wildwood
avenue, Wildwood.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-10-30

Sealed proposals Will be received by tn
Board of Chosen Freeholders of Cape Ma,
County, N. j., until twelve O'Clock noon c
the day of its meeting on the
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1908-10-30
Public Notice

Joseph Beck Tyler, Attorney.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-10-15
Grim Reaper Decreasing Pension Roll

rapid from year 10 year. In 1906 there
were 9s5.97i pensioners, and last year
967,S7l we're on the lists.
From 1866 to 1904 the army of PEN
sioners increased eightfold. In the for
mer year there were only i96.722 pen.
soners In 1870 there were i9S.sS6. In
1880 there were 250,S02, In 1890 there
were 1894. aud In 1900 there were
993, go. The average was practically
at standstll from 1900 until two
years ago, when there was a loss OF
10, 600.
Since 1866 Uncle Sam has paid out
In pensions $500 600. 900. This is al.
most four times the amount OF the in
terest bearing debt Within recent
years the total pension payments have
been about sii0.00o.0o0. more than
the annual expense bill OF the navy.
and enough to build battleship fleet
of 10 Dreadnoughts.
Only two persons are on the rolls
AZ pensioners Of the revolutionary
war. They are Sarah c. Hurlbutt. 90
years old. daughter % Elijah Weeks.
who served with the Massachusetts
troops under Washington. and Phoebe
NJ pelmeter 81 years old daughter OF
Jonathan Wooiey, who fought with tho
New Ham, SHIRE colonials.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-10-15
ROUND THE CAPITAL
Information and Gossip Picked Up Here
and There IN Washington.
Clerks Declare That Uncle Sam Is Stingy

president is disgrace to a country Of
this size and importance. They aver
that foreign nations. of less size, pay
their monarchs and rulers much
larger sum than is given Mr.. Roose-
welt.
President Roosevelt's salary per an
mum is $4,000. 1t is conceded that
this amount alone is expended each
year in necessary entertainments.
Vice-President Fairbanks receives only
s12, 900, the same amount paid Speak
er Cannon of the house of representa-
tives and the members of the cabinet.
/ This amount. it is said by those in a
| position to know is spent by the re-
cipients in about two or three months
in entertainments, theater parties and
sundry functions necessary TO main
tain their position in social circles.
Senators and representatives re-
ceive $500 year. Before congress
voted them an increase they received
only $1,000 per annum. The ambassa-
doris to Austria-Hungary. Brazil.
France, Germany, Great Britain. italy.
Japan, Mexico, Russia and Turkey re-
ceive 1900 per annum. while those
occupying diplomatic positions in the
: smaller and less important countrie.
receive a salary in proportion to the
: significance of the post to which the,
9 are assigned.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-10-15

THE consuls general at London and
/ Paris each receive $4,000 per an.
mum. In former years the consul
general at London made as much as
$4,000 and $4,000 year from fees
This practice was abolished. however.
and a stated salary designated by the
government. The salaries of the con.
suls general at some OF the leading
posts are as follows: Canton, China
$500: Shanghai. $4,000: Berlin.
$4,000, Havana, Cuba. $4,000: Athens
$4,000; Rome. $4,000; Yokohama,
Japan. $4,000; Mexico City, Mexico,
$4,000. St Petersburg, $500; Cairo,
Egypt, $4,000.
The chief justice OF the United
States supreme court receives $t3.-
600 a year. while the associated JUS
tees receive $i2,500, The United
States judges of the circuit and dis.
trict courts at the following cities re.
ceiye salaries varying according to the
Importance and amount of work to be
transacted AT New York the judges
receive $1,000 per annum Boston.
$4,000 Portland. Me, $4,000; Pitts
burg, $4,000.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-10-15
SPOKANE GETS CONGRESS.
seventeenth Session of National lrri
cation Congress to Be Held in
That City.

Albuquerque, N. M.-Spokane was
selected as the meeting place for the
seventeenth National Irrigation con-
gress at the close of the sixteenth
congress on Saturday Pueblo with.
drew at the last moment and the vote
was made unanimously.
The new governing board of the
congress, created by this meeting,
was elected at meeting of the ex-
ecutive committee. This board has
full power to manage the affairs of
the congress and to continue it's
work between sessions. The mem
bers are:
President-G. II. Barstow of Texas
Secretary-B. A. Fowler OF Arizona
w. A. Beard of California, chair
man of the executive committee, and
Fred J. Kiesel of Utah; d. w. j. Nc
Gee of Washington, d. c.. Joseph
ii, on of Montana, and one Other
member, who is to be selected by the
board.
The closing session of the congress
Saturday was made interesting by q
strong address by Congressman 10
seph e. Ransdell of Louisiana, presi
dent of the National Rivers and hur
bors congress, who urged co-opera
ton between his organization and the
National Irrigation congress.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-10-15
A REASONABLE MANS LONGING.

mere are people who wonder what Ibsen
Gould have meant in the dramas he
wrote
mere are others who tell us that Gibson
ewes OF each of his girls too much
throat;
mere are people who argue concerning
~, ne gap between monkey and man;
mere are those who are eagerly yearning
10 md out the plans of Japan;
AS Ior me- | will candidly say
nat my troubles would all disappear
ii l knew how to live on my pay
ana save up ten thousand a year.
There are those who are foolishly trying
10 md out conditions on Mars,
And others who wish to go flying
when they might have soft seats in the
cars
mere are people who sigh for permission
10 pHantly kneel before kings;
mere are rev who are in the position
10 praise all sublunary things;
AS Tor me, l would cease to be sad
And never again would tear
be wrung from my heart if had
Ten thousand-clear profit-a year.
HOW foollsh men are who go fretting
And shaving for more than they need:
VINO wrong their own kindred, forgetting
That vice is the kernel of greed;
How cheated they are who still borrow
The troubles that wise men ignore
Who smart under ills that tomorrow
May scatter where ills are no more!
AS for me, l would blissfully shout
the welkin should ring with my cheer
Ii L in some way could find out
How TO save up ten thousand year.
IS. r.. klser. in Chicago Record Herald.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-10-15
Salary of Consuls General and Others

ha
nc ouf.~u ctotc- uirtricy attorney
AT New York receives $4,000 a year,
while the district attorney ut Boston
receives $4,000 The salaries of other
federal district attorneys are as fol
lows: At Newark, n. j.. $4,000; In
Vermont. $4,000; In Pennsylvania
$4,000; in Maryland, $4,000: In North
Carolina, $4,000; In Florida. $500.
The United States marshals receive
from $4,000 TO $4,000 per annum. The
marshals in New York receive $4,000:
Pennsylvania. $4,000: Maryland.
81. 500 The salaries of other impor.
tant positions are Public printer.
$500: secretary of the Smithsonian
Institution. $4,000: civil service com.
missioner, $4,000 each; interstate com.
merce commissioners. $4,000 each:
isthmlan canal commissioners. $4,000
each: district commissioners. 5000
each; director of the international blu.
reau OF American republics. $4,000;
William Loeb, Jr., receives $4,000 for
his services as secretary to the presi.
dent while the assistant cabinet OFF,
GERS receive only $4,000 and $4,000 per
annum, The sergeant-at arms of the
senate gets $4,000
The first assistant postmaster gen.
eral receives 5000 per annum. the
second third and fourth assistants.
81 500 each. The chief inspector OF
the post office department receives
$4,000: the superintendent Of division.
$4,000 the general superintendent.
| 81 900
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-10-15
Members of Atlantic Fleet to Lose Vote

ON all ships TO have ballot box where
the men vote. but this is only 10 sat.
isfy the curiosity OF the men them
selves. II has no effect on the re-
suit
Whether soldier may vote depends
on the laws OF the state in which he Is
stationed Seine Of the states allow
the men to acquire residence. while
others DO not The war department
says that Il has been the experience
Of years that the soldiers seldom
avail themselves of the privilege even
when it Ii open.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1908-10-15

MOT since 1893 has the total United
~ States pensioners been 80 low as
II IL at present This fact IL made
known In a report by the commission
er of pensions, recently issued. and
the report shows that a steady decline
has set In, death cutting heavily into
the ranks In tho last year. The 1908
total is a61 .6S7 and II was said that
In all probability this will shrink TO
100000 within another year
Four years ago the high water mark
In pensions was reached, For few
days In August 1904. there were more
than 100000 persons ON the rolls
These figures, however. do not appear
In the official reports, as the Official
record of 1904 gives an average of
only 994.7 o2 There were s9s. All pen
sioners on the average In 1905. and
then started the downward movement
which II Is expected will become more