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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-24

no party. It always obtains the posi-
ton Of absolute, independent isolation,
basing its support now of one party and
then of another on the readiness of
that party to grant reforms to ireland.
THE nationalist party is the one stable
element in British politics. Other parties
rise and fall, but it remains practically
unbroken.
"For the first time there is a uni
versity where IreIands nationality is
fully recognized.
About 100000 peasant tenants now
hold their own land, and in from fifteen
10 twenty years every single one Of the
$4,000 Will hold his own land.
Until a home rule parliament is sit
ting in Dublin, no Irish nationalist win
take any official political position"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-24
MOTHER CONF IDENT
SONS WILL RETURN
Believes Washington Explor-
erS Lost in Far North
Still Live.

Every time anyone rings the bell
I think it is some message from my
sons. / cant believe they have been
lost or killed"
Mrs. Charles X. Leith. mother Of
Prof. Charles Kenneth Leith. a scien-
fist, and Arthur Leith, his companion.
who are in the Fl oxen northeast Of
Canada, but who have not been heard
from since August Il, expressed in
these words her confidence that her sons
would return.
An elderly father awaits news Of
them Just as eagerly and his confidence
is based on a kno Wedge Of the diff
Cuities of travel in the Labrador region,
as he has explored them with his son.
Prof. Charles Kenneth Leith was
formerly employed by the Geological
geologist at the University of Wis
consin His wife and two children
there have not heard from him since
the date his last letter was mailed TO
his parents here.
Arouses Much Concern.
The news that he may be lost has
aroused great concern among scientists
as we'll as among his personal friends
He was an intrepid explorer and in
previous expeditions through the coun-
try he is supposed to be traversing he
brought back valuable geological data
Arthur Leith is an emplOye Of the
Government Printing Office and was
due TO return to Washington on Oc-
tober l. He is a member o. the order
of Mystic Shriners and IS Knight
Templar.
Tire party arrived at Moose Factory,
a Hudson Bay ost early in July, &C
COrding TO a letter mailed there, and
received by the parents of the Wash
ingtonians on August 4, last. They were
at that time travelling in frail bark
canoes, stated the mlSStVe, and over a
Well-lInOwn route.
Explorers Plans.
The letter went on to state that the
party intended to leave the beaten path
within a few days after its writing.
and strike for the real objective point
of the expedition. That the distance
was miscalcuIated is shown by the fact
that where they expected TO reach a
certain point in twelve days, it took
them seventeen.
The father CT the explorers is employ
ed in the Department of Agriculture,
and resides at 1851 Chaplin street north
west.
It is expected tnat the father viii take
steps to secure the assistance of the
Canadian government IN sending out a
rescue party if he does not receive word
from the explorers within the nesst week.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-24
DENIES TELEPHONE MERGER.

ley, jr., of Toledo. has made a positive
statement denying that the Bell Tele-
phone interests have obtained the In
dependent companies controlled by
Bradley, through his recent purchases.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-24
As 0 ne gro w s
old the bowels

grow less active. Some
then take harsh cathartics.
and their bowels harden. Then
they multiply the dose. Some take
candy Casearets. They act in
natural ways, and one tablet a day
is sufficient.
Vest-pocket box, 10 cents-at drug
stores. People now use a million
boxes monthly. ss1
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-24

make a statement after they have had
an opportunity TO confer with legal
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01
The MOdesty of Women

Naturally makes them shrink from the
indicate questions, the obnoxious ex-
a%minations, and unpleasant local treat
ments, which some physicians consider
essential in tho treatment OF diseases of
Yet, If help can be had, 1t is
better to submit to this ordeal h a let
the disease grow and spread. The trouble
is that so often the woman undergoes all
the and shame for nothing.
Thousands \Qf women who have been
cured 6X DIR. Rlerce's Favorite Prescrip-
tlon wriM In. depreciation of the cure
: which dispefrSes W(tl the examinations
and local treatmentsA There is no other
medicine SO sure -and-safe-1or delicate
women as nFayorlto Prescription" 1t
cures debllltatlng drains, irregnlarity and
female weakness. 1t always helps. 1t
almost always cures. 1t Is strictly nom
alcoholic, non : secret, all its ingredients
being printed on its bottle-wrapper; con
tains no deleterious or habit-forming
drugs, and every native medicinal root
entering into its composition has the full
endorsement of those most eminent in the
several schools of medical practice. Some
OF these numerous and strongest of pro-
fessional endorsements of Its ingredients,
will be found in a pamphlet wrapped
around the bottle, also in a booklet mailed
free on request, by DR.. r. v. Pierce, of
Buffalo, N. Y. These professional en-
dorsements should have far moro weight
than n amount of the ordinary lay, or
non-professional testimonials.
The most intelligent women nowadays
insist on knowing what they take as med
icine instead of opening their mouths like
q lot of young birds and gulping down
whatever is offered them. UFavorite Pre-
scription " is of KNOWN COMPOSITION. 1t
makes weak women strong and sick
women we'll.
DIR. Pierce's Medical Adviser is sent free
on receipt of stamps to pay expense of
mailing onIU. Send to DIR. r. V. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y, 81 one-cent stamps for pa
per-covered, or 81 stamps for cloth-bound.
If sick consult the Doctor, free of charge
by letter. All such communications are
held sacredly confidential.
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets ~invigorate
and regulate stomach. liver and bowels.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01
Queer Eurs.

''This is cat fur" said a furrier.
1--WE use 1t for Innings. An excellent
lining cat fur makes too. Dogs, calves,
colts, coons. opossuiss, bats, rats-1any-
animal that wears fur, in fact, is sala-
BILE in the fur market. Bat hair is
fefted up with other stuff into an imi-
tation skin. 1t Is also used. l believe,
in rope plating. The dog, the coon
and the opossum yield a fur that, prop
erly treated, makes a very handsome
lining. Rat skins are employed In GER
tain delicate repairs, and they also
serve to form the thumbs of cheap
gloves. A queer thing about the fur
business is that the furs must be taken
In the dead of winter. The trapper
must work under the cruelest climatic
conditions. Only thus is the fur at its
best. The dresser, on the other hand,
who could work best in cold weather,
must do all his work in the heat of
summer or otherwise he would not be
able to keep up with the changing
MISUNDERSTANDING.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01
How Time Travels,

When st. Paul's strikes moor on
Jan. 1, 1909, the new year will come
into being somewhere in the Pacific
ocean,, on a line following longitude
$50 east, which is exactly opposite
Greenwich meridian on the other side
of the globe. Geographers draw the
line to avoid passing through any of
the Pacific islands, for If it did the
times and days Of the inhabitants
would be hopelessly muddled. Vanua,
one of the Fiji islands, for instance.
would be otherwise divided by the
line where the days and years begin
and end, so that while 1t would be
Jan. l on the western side 1t would
be Dec. 81 a few PAGES away on the
east of the line. One could thus walk
into yesterday and a moment later re-
turn tomorrow
How the new year travels is curl
ously illustrated by Its passage across
Great Britain. 1t reaches Greenwich,
as the time center, at midnight, exact
ly twelve hours after 1t started. Sew
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01
OTTENS TRACT NOTES

The members of the Ottens tract Sun
day school held an enjoyable and inter
estinp entertainment at their rooms in
the North Wildwood Fire house, 18th
and New Jersey avenues, on Christmas
night. The Sunday school room was
crowded to its utmost capacity by the
little ones their parents and friends.
An elaborate program of Rotations
and singing was rendered and q boun-
tifuI portion Of candy was given to all
the children. Those scholars whose
attendance and proficiency in their les
sons had been meritorious were the
recipients of books.
Captain Hewlett Brewer is a busy
man these days at his boat building es-
t%ablishment on the Ottens Canal. He
is constructing several fine motor boats
for local yachtsmen and a 40 feet cabin
cruiser for a Philadelphia party. A
number of Wildwood Yacht club men,
bers are planning to have boats built
for use next season. The Brewer plant
is most admirably located forthe build
ing Of any kind of craft and the Cap
tain is competent to do the finest Kind
of work In that line.
AS has been their custom at Christ
mas time for a number of years past,
Mr.. aud Mrs. Henry H. Ottens glad
dened the hearts of the Sunday school
children in North Wildwood and
Anglesea with a generous donation OF
candies. They also SEM to theinmates
of the Cape May county almshouse one
hundred pounds Of sweetmeats.
Frank Brennan, a Philadelphia con-
tractor, accompanied by his two sons,
visited the Ottens section on Sunday
and inspected his New York avenue
property.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dorning Walker and
daughter, of West Philadelphia, are oc-
cupying their Central avenue cottage,
where they will remain for a month.
Charles s. Shick, in charge of Henry
III. Ottens' Office, spent Christmas with
his parents at their home in Sea Isle
City.
8 Councilman Julius Rauch, who is
spending the winter in Germantown,
was a recent visitor to this section.
The small streams and the waters Of
the sound, adjacent to the Ottens
Canal, since the recent storm have been
frequented by large numbers OF wild
fowl. Black and broad bill ducks are
unusually plentiful and the best time
to hunt them is during the early morn
ing hours and just before sunset.
Charles &. Glenn is in Philadelphia
a few days until after New Years.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01
The Eyes of the Camel.

One of the camels-the seven were
lying just beyond the circle of fire.
light rose complaining. Mustafa's
Ahmed slipped away upon his duty.
Presently | heard his cultural cawing
to get the camel again to rest, but the
beast would not down and must be
beaten, the boy meanwhile mouthing
great curses. l wondered that q being
SO small should without peril to him
self strike a creature like this with his
fist, continuing all the time within
reach of teeth and hoofs.
Il will tell the khawaja," replied
Mustafa, "a most curious and interest
ing thing about this"
Ahmed had mastered the camel and
now came to his place.
1.-The khawaja has observed" Musta-
ia continued, that q child may beat
and command a camel. 1t is not be-
cause the camel is stupid o yet be-
cause he is timid; 1t Is because of a
wise provision whereby God suited
him to the weakness of men. The
camel's eyes are like magnifying
glasses and increase the stature of his
master seven times, wherefore he is
obedient to the gigantic appearing
creature"
In Damascus. too, l heard this super
stition.-Norman Duncan in Harper's
Magazine.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01
The Philadelphia Press To Tell
of Asia's Awakening

Beginning Sunday, January 8, '"The
Philadelphia Press" will begin publish
ing Frank q. Carpenters letters on
"Asia's Awakening" and the mighty
changes that are taking place in the
far East. Since Russia's defeat by
Japan, the other side of the globe has
become the worlds chief news center.
In order to give "The Philadelphia
Press'' readers all the new from the
other side of the world, they have sent
Mr.. Carpenter to investigate all these
matters in the Eastern countries, and
his complete and truthful reports will
appear from week to week. He will
travel through japan, from there into
Korea, and then overland through
Manchuria, into China, and may later
go through Siam, Palestine and Tur-
key. His letters will be very interest
ing and should be read by everybody.
Make sure you will get a copy every
Sunday and order your copy In advance
from your n~ewsdealer or send direct to
''The Philadelphia Press" Seventh
and Chestnut streets, Philadelphia.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01
DEAF N DUMB.

The sign he casts aside, and, with a
yell, he dances and laughs and calls
upon oil present to drink at his ex-
pense. Above his head he waves a
five dollar bill.
Great graf'r he cries. II touch
er bloke fer de long green dead easyi"
Pedestrian Patrick discards a pair
of well worn crutches and stands up
straight on what before appeared to be
helpless limbs. 81 told his nobs dat
we'd pray fer 'im!' he yells.
At this point Blind Phil throws down
his sign and peers intently at the five
dollar bill to make sure it is genuine.
81 didn't make that much all day"
he says ruefully.
Asleep near by. with his head bowed
on the table, is Bill. the h%umpback.
No one ever had a more pronounced
deformity of the spine.
"Bill," cries Blind Phil-"Bill, look
at de long green Pedestrian and 81
lent copied! Bill"- And then as Bill
does not awake from the slumber of
FIVE cent whisky the "blind beggar"
hits the hump, and, 10. 1t goes with the
motion Of his hand, sliding down from
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01
The TelItale Hand,

A writer In an English weekly de-
clares that If we want to know what
the other person is thinking we must
look at his or her hands. Even un-
practiced lips can lie, as every n
knows. Long practice In self control
will enable one to keep ones voice
sweetly cordial when there is nothing
but indifference or cold dislike behind
1t. The eyes can be made to shoot
chances which are not at all a register
for the emotions. But the hands, 1t is
asserted, are utterly beyond the con
troll of those to whom they belong.
Even people who hardly gesticulate at
all-and to keep the hands still is con-
sidered by the Anglo-Saxon q most es-
sential part of good breeding-even
these people are, it seems, constantly
revealing themselves in little move
ments of the hands. The immortal Null
yapey has put it on record that a wo-
mans truth or untruth a be dis
cerned by the action of her hands. OF
course it takes a practiced reader to
interpret what the hands are saying.
1t Is not a case Of che who runs may
read"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01
New Year Superstitions.

1t is considered a sure sign of death
to see ones own shadow in the moon
light on New Years eve.
You court misfortune by leaving the
house on New Year before some one
has entered II. You must hope for the
luck. moreover, Of having the first to
enter a dark haired a
Seeking to know what good or evil
the New Year would bring, superstitious
people in the long ago girt themselves
with swords and sat on the roof of
their houses on New Years ve. They
also knelt at the crossroads ION a cow
hide) for the same purpose. The first
thing brought. one might think, would
be pneumonia.
1t is bad luck to carry anything out
Of the house on the New Year before
something has been brought in.
But the best luck of all. which ever
those most scornful of portents may
not despise, is to begin the New Year
owing no man a cent.-Philadelphia
Press.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01
The Magical Mirror.

An ordinary mirror of any size or
shape, a piece of French chalk pointed
so that it can be used to write and a
silk handkerchief are the requisites.
Draw upon the mirror with the chalk
any design or words you choose. With
the handkerchief wipe the glass light
ly until it is perfectly clear and no
writing or design is apparent. Having
all this prepared beforehand, show to
some one and request that he breathe
gently on the face of the glass, when
he will see a picture of his future wife,
for the design drawn will show very
distinctly. This can again be wiped
off, and If breathed upon the design
will be again visible.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01
The Jewish New Year.

In striking opposition to the spirit of
joy and happiness which peryades
Christendom generally is the New
Year of the Jews. With the Jews,
who also observe the New Year for
two days. the days are not days of
feasting and enjoyment, but days OF
judgment. According to the belief of
every orthodox Jew, every member of
the Jewish race is tried on the New
Year. The books kept in heaven are
opened on that day. The record of each
nan for the year just ending is looked
through and taken under advisement
for ten days. On the tenth day, the
day of atonement, the fate of each
nan for the coming year is drawn up,
whether he should live or die, prosper
or be poor. On the day of atonement
the fate Is sealed and nothing can
change it any more.-Chicago Tribune.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01
AzTEcS' HORRIBLE HOLIDAY.
They Celebrated the New Year With
Human Sacrifices.

Asst&
The bloody and complicated ritual of
the Aztecs concentrated the return OF
their masterful war god, the sun. from
the south, and the ceremonies carried
on in his honor occupied a period of
several days. The in~itiatory rites be-
gan before daylight of the first morn
ing, when the chief priest and his sub
d~ignitaries wendell their way in SOL
emn procession to the top of their
greatest pyramidal sanctuary. Here
the high priest retired alone to a small
temple, whose doorway opened towarF
the east, and rs une rising stn crimscT
ed and purpled the serrated lmounta&s
he knelt and sprinkled thlckly upon
the marble foor the sacred meal.
AS the first rays of the newborn sun
strike slantingly across the floor of the
tiny temple the Bonded priest beholds
a miracle. Family at first, then strong
er and stronger, grows an imprint in
the meal of the naked foot of their var
god. Upon this miraculous manifesto
ton the high priest announces to the
assembled couriers that their god has
returned to them and that the grand
festal occasion is inaugurated.
Unhappily the first feast rites were
of a grewsome and horrible nature.
consisting mainly in sacrificing youths
to the gods. 1t is said that they were
Toasted for days previous to the cere-
mony that they might be in a whole
some and pleasing condition upon their
last and the war gods first great day.
In other ceremonies human beings
were killed and flayed, and the partici-
pants in the sacrifice e%nveloped them
selves in the bloody skins of the VIC
Tins, while they took part in a wild
and uncanny dance.
While the observance of the new
year among the Aztecs seemingly pre-
dominated in bloody rites, they were
most likely confined to the religious or
der of the priests, and the great mass
of the people, with no faint of blood on
their hands. might be happy and revel
in the feast of the new year.-New
York Herald.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01

elry cease, and then only when the
merrymakers have spent all of their
i'll gotten gains and are unconscious
to their surroundings.
The grotto of modern miracles is in
the rear of q saloon, a room 40 by %
feet. Around are scattered tables and
chairs of the cheapest kind. Thick
fumes of smoke from bad pipe tobac-
co, the cheapest cigars made and maui
seating cigarettes permeate the at
mosphere.
The stranger can hardly breathe.
Through the sickening atmosphere can
be detected the odor of vile beer and
still worse whisky that here is sold
for 3 cents a goblet.
From behind the partition a bar
tender. with half a nose and but a
small portion of his right a to tell
the tale of his battles. dispenses liz
uor through an opening to a h%urrying
waiter.
At the tables sit the motley group
of hoboes, p%anhandlers and jailbirds.
Fortunate beggars who have had a
prosperous day are spending money
freely, small change for the most part.
Whisky and beer flow as they have
never flowed before in the year.
Nearly all the mendicants have ar
rived. The last two, known as "Pedes-
trian Patrick and 'Silent James," are
greeted with an uproar.
Hanging from the neck of Silent
James is the sign that reads:
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01

the shoulders 30 the middle OF the
back.
Bill awakes with a yawn and slowly
adjusts his stock in trade to its proper
resting place between his shoulders
while giving his order to the waiter.
AS the waiter sets out the drinks the
hoboes pass around the bill. The blind
examine It closely, the lame dance
with it in their hands, and the armless
feel Of the paper with the air of n
who is used to 1t. The bill is passed
around the merry crowd and greeted
with enthusiasm until taken by Green
Goods Ike.
cts a fake" he cries-"a bad imita-
tioni' And the drinks are on Pedes-
trian Patrick and Silent James, for it
Is a counterfeit.-New York World.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01
An odorIess pisinfectant.

If one objects to the odor of carbolic
odorless disinfectant prepared as fol-
lows: Dissolve half a pound of per-
manganate of potash In four gallons
of water and pour this carefully down
the pipes. This solution, If allowed to
stand in bowls or basins, will stain
them purple. The stains may be re-
moved with a weak solution Of oxalic
acid. The acid must be rinsed off i'm
mediately after 1t has been used.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01
6be
Nes0V Year Of
the Hoboes.
In the Grotto of Modern Miracles.

n yOWHERE In New York city at
IN midnight on New Years eve is
there a buster throng of hurry
ing humanity than at the juno
ton of Park row and the Bowery. In
termingled with the throng are merry
panhandlers, as happy as the richest,
for New Years eve is their harvest
time.
Few Of the p~anhandlers who fire.
quent the downtown districts are
plying their vocation as old Trinity
tolls out the midnight hour In the
chimes. The belated ones are hurry
ing to a dive at Chatham square, there
to meet brother mendicants and joy
fully celebrate with the money beg
ged from New Year shoppers.
Here one may witness nightly trans
formations more wonderful than in
the famous Court of Miracles in old
Paris which Victor Hugo describes In
"Notre Dame" The blind see, the
dumb talk, the h~unchback loses all
traces of his deformity, the deaf hear,
missing limbs are grown in a twin
king, and the lame discard their
crutches and dance in glee.
Of all the nights in the year the
gladdest in this dive in the Bowery is
New Years eve. Not until long after
the late dawn does the drunken rev
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01

enteen minutes later it gets to Glas-
gov, ard another six minutes pass be-
fore the new year has captured Pen
zance. These are the true times for
these places, though Greenwich time
is the one accepted. But Ireland is
proud in possession of her chro-
nology, and it will be 1925 at night
in London before 1909 reaches Dub
lin.-London Chronicle.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01

Those who took part in the chorus
work were:
Rainbow Fairies-Anna Bacon, Mary
Campbell, Dorothy Finn, Naomi
Refer, Mildred Schellenger, Beatrice
Townsend, Olga Webb.
Nurses-Ethel Bryant, Alameda
Hand, Helen Moore, Ethel Ogborn,
Mabel Parker, Ethel Risley, Mary
Sheppard, Caroline Webb.
Puritan Maids = Blanche Daggan,
H len Daggan, Jessie Eldredge, Mary
Grant, Josie Rakestraw, Helen Seibert.
Observation-Disclosures Campbell, Stan
ley Kalbach, Russell Miller, Willie
Pinker, Leroy Risley, Latimer Seibert,
Legrande Smith, Prosper Webb, Dono-
van Wentzell.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01
A Hindrance.

Standardization are half an hour
late this morning. Letter Carrier-Yes.
ma'am. The sections of stovepipe /
have to wear inside my trousers legs
on account of the dogs you keep along
this street hamper my movements.
ma'am."-Chicago Tribune.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01
Why She Held on to Il.

Mrs. Willful-My husband told me If
/ didn't like the brooch you'd exchange
it for me. Jeweler-Certainly. madam.
I'll be only too glad. as four different
ladies of your set want 1t.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-01-01
Rare Indeed.

How rarely do these three things
meet-a man who wants something. IL
fitted for 1t and any great number O
persons who think he ought to have II
Exchange.