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The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-12-17
IS OLDEST ARMY OFFICER

Brigadier-General Daniel H. Rucker, retired
is not only the oldest officer of the United States
army now living, but also the oldest man that
has ever been in the military service of this
country.
The lapse Of time since his birth is most Wv
idly realized when it is considered that General
Rucker has lived in every presidential admins
tration since the government began, save only
three-those of Washington, Adams and Jeffer-
son. He was born only 10 years after the death
of the first president and among his friends and
acquaintances have been a good many people who
knew George Washington.
But anybody who saw the general to-day would
never imagine that these things could be true.
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-12-17
GOES TO THE SUPREME COURT

President Taft has selected Judge Horace
Harmon Lurton to fill the vacancy in the United
States supreme court caused by the death of Asso
ciate Justice Rufus w. Peckham
Judge Lurton has been judge of the sixth
judicial circuit of the United States circuit court
of appeals, the district including Tennessee, Ken.
lucky, Ohio and Michigan.
Judge Lurton, prominent Tennessee Demo
crat, even though he has never held elective Of
flee, is an ex-confederate soldier and in Michigan
is known as the man who once decided street
car case against the late Governor Pingree.
Mr.. Tafts service on the circuit bench witt
Judge Lurton convinced him of the integrity and
rectitude of that jurist. His later contact with
The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1909-12-17
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II have suffered with piles for thirty
SIX years. One year ago last Aprif I be-
gan taking cascarets for constipation. In
the course Of q week noticed the piles
began to disappear aud ct the end Of six
weeks they did not trouble me ct all.
Cascarets have done wonders for me. I
am entirely cured aud feel like q new
man." George Kryder, Napoleon, O.
Pleasant. Palatable, Potent, Taste Good.
Do Good. Never Sicken. Weaken or GRIPPE.
10c. 25c. Soc. Never sold In bulk. The gem
uine tablet stamped G &C. Guaranteed to
cure or your money BACK. $40
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-08-20
CREST PIER

Last Saturday drew a crowd which
was no doubt the largest in the history
of the resort to the Crest pier. Every
available seat was occupied and there
was hardly standing or passing roomi
in the big building on Saturday night
Packed houses greet the performan
in the theatre at each show and all
well pleased with the attractions.
week Alleni and his trained mo-
are the leading attractions. A
number of young folks enjoy TIM
ing every day and the dance harA
attracts many lovers of this pastfMA
Next week in the theatre the Geo7
Washington, Jr., Ministries and VaY
Vile Company will be. the head
attraction with Mr.. and Mrs. Il
D'Esta and their marionette TIN
and new moving pictures in addition.
This minstrel company is considered
one of the greatest juvenile aggrega-
lions on the American stage and are
sure to please. They change their
songs and specialties on Thursday
night and the moving pictures are
changed daily. The song services
draw large crowds on Sunday nights
and the moving pictures in the theatre
on that night are receiving good patron
age. Pullo's marine band continue
their fine work of entertaining tho
crowds with their excellent rendition
of high class music.
Z
The second annual social and pot-pie
supper of Merry Widows of the Rio
Grande Baptist church will be held ii
the Rio Grande grove, on Wednesday
afterr and evening, August %.
These suppers are eagerly looked for-
ward to by the Five Mile Beach people
and straw rides are being arranged fol-
to take the people eel
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-08-20
Notice to- Contractors

Sealed proposals will be received by the
Board of Education of the School District Of
the Township of Middle, Cape May County
New Jersey, until two O'Clock, p. M, on the
day OF its meeting, on the
10th DAY OF AUGUST, A. D., 1909,
at the office of Joseph Douglass, Jr., at Cape
May Court House, N. j.. for the erection of a
new frame High School building on the
school grounds at Cape May Court House,
ifcatfons prepared by H. w. Godfrey, which
may be seen at the Office OF said Joseph Doug
lass, Jr.
Said High school building to be completed
and delivered to said Board, free from AMY
lien for work done and materials furnished,
by the 18th day of November, A. d.. 1909, and
in case said building is not finished within
the time herein specified, the contractor shall
forfeit and pay to said Board, tor the use of
said District, the sum of ten dollars for each
ing which the said building shall remain UNI
finished, and not completed and delivered, as
aforesaid, to be deducted from the contract
price of said building.
On the day and date first mentioned all pro-
posals received for said work will be imme-
OF Education of said Township, the said Board
reserving the right to reject any or all bids.
Each bid must be accompanied by a certi-
Ned check to the amount of Five Hundred
Dollars, drawn payable to the order OF /. T..
Swain, President. as a guarantee that said
the same and furnish bond satisfactory TO
Board In the sum of Five Thousand Dbl
All proposal s must be sealed and dried d
to Joseph Douglass, Jr., Clerk OF the Boar
Education, Cape May Court House, N. J.
proposals for Building e
JOSEPHDOUGLASS. JR.
GX@%W
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-08-20

The sale OF Cape May County bonds adve1
tised to take place at the court house at Caps
May Court House, N. j., on Monday, Aug. y
1909, will be adjourned until further notice. |
Dated Aug. IL, 1909.
SAMUEL TOWNSEND, (
Clerk.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-08-20

MARATHON AND MOTOR CYCLE RACES
Tomorrow Saturday will be one of
the greatest days of the season in enter
tainment features for the resorts on this
island, for the grand fifteen mile mara
thon a and athletic track meet that
was postponed from Monday last on
account of the weather, will be held at
the Holly Beach Yacht club, Wild
wood Crest, beginning in the morning
at nine o'clock. Entries have been
coming in by every mail for several
days past and the indications are that
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1909-08-20

A-The Cameragraph
B-Mr. Walter Wroes presents
the 5-Wroes-5 in their Goth
Century Novelty Dancing
Absurdity. Late Keith
Circuit).
C-Joe Lanigan, IA Man of
Experience
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-06-04

boarded at the Folly" for a month.
Somehow that romantic runaway may
have led to this, but Charlie couldn't
understand that, and it would be fool
ish to tell him that one day his mother
and I were caught in a shower and
took refuge in this hovel, and ate straw
berries and cream and shortcake, there
where that pine table stood, while the
hail was pattering on the roof: No,
can be Rousseau to you, curious
reader, but not to Charlie. 1t is difficult
to be as candid as Rousseau without
being as Objectionable. Charlie could,
not understand If I told him that the
ghost of an old sweetheart had come
back again with me to the, howell and
was going to eat strawberries and
cream again at that same table.
Besides, just now, he was caring
more for that yellow dog than for any
thing else on earth, or perhaps in
heaven, for that matter. That cur was
the only living thing that welcomed
us when we came to the station at
Spelldown. She seemed to sniff our
predetermined vagabondage, and be-
gan to wag most familiar reciproc-
ity, that said: Il am with you, boys"
So audaciously did she claim a prior
acquaintance with Charlie in some
other state of existence, that gave
a boy a dollar for her, and she wig
wagged with boisterous and unmistak-
able manumission all the way up to
our destination. Before she had got
there Charlie had named her Sam
son." with reference to some dog ideal
in his story book, and a day or two Ia
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-06-04
Holu Anger Affects Heart

the starting point and confirmation of
almost all recent researches. He holds
that "all emotions are. due to dis
orders of the circulation of the blood,
and anger. in particular, to very in
tense dilation of the small arteries of
the BRAIN" He describes redness and
swelling of the face as a constant
sign of anger, forgetting the white
rage" which is so frequent and i'm
pressive.
But he has brought into strong re-
lief this capital fact-that anger is a
state Of general EXPERIMENTATION. The
whole organism, the muscles and
glands-for anger has its tears, sweats
and foaming of the mouth-set in &C.
ton by superabundance of nervous
influx, begin to work to excess, act
Ing for the mere sake OF acting, in
disorder, without aim, without utility,
solely to relieve overtension. -. ~:
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-06-04
French Scientist Proves to His Owl
Satisfaction That 1t Causes
Shrinkage Of Vitality.

DR.. Maurice de Fleury, distin-
guished Frenchman, advances the the
DRY that every time one becomes
angry his vitality shrinks. After even
the most artfully suppressed signs of
bad temper the vitality becomes small
er and smaller, until finally nothing
is left. Anger is a certain kind of
cerebral excitement, explains DR.. de
Feury. The hyperathenic subject is
always on it's verge, while the neu-
rasthenic becomes Infatuated only by
sudden bound of reaction excited
from without. But at that moment
when they are let loose the two are
alike, save that the strong man is a
binder brute, while the weak man Is
somewhat Of an actor and seems to
aim at effect
Prof LANCE of the University of
Copenhagen has described these same
symptoms with precision in an i'm
rortant little book, which. has been
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-06-04
BEGl1NNzNCH7T4E SIMPLE LIFE

When made up my mind to back
out of my city environment, I en-
countered some poignant experiences
which it is not worth while to mar.
rate in detail. It is enough If can
make clear the resultant lesson of it
all Several impulses land desires,
deep embedded, combined to make me
step clean out of one habitat into an
other, and having taken the step, had
too much obduracy of character to go
back.
One morning in late May we found
ourselves with our bridges burned,
standing with a yellow dog in front of
a weather-beaten hut 100 miles from
Wall street. 1t was so early that
could feel the wet wire grass through
my thin shoes. looked at the dilap-
dated house and wondered at my
temerity. Then the two fellows who
are always squabbling in ones sub
consciousness began their debate.
So" says one of them-a kind of
Mephisto-"you have made up your
mind to live in that hovel, have you?
Perhaps you think you were built for
It,"
NO." says the other fellow, I'm 60.
ing to be rebuilt for it,"
well, it's medieval funk-blank
cowardice-crass sentimentalism. You
cannot change your skin by changing
your geography. You will commit sui
eide before the year is out"
asked the two men who had driv-
en- us and the boxes up, where I could
get some ice and a lemon. They looked
ut each other 40 II I had asked them
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-06-04
HOW TO WRITE TO INTERIORS.

1t Is particular duty of a business
manager to get work out of his sub.
ordinates. II left alone some Of them
do well, especially II the manager sets
them a good example himself in doing
nard work. If they are sharply criti-
clsed, some make .spasmodic efforts
through fear, and some get sulky.
If the subordinates are at distance
and have to be handled by letter, the
inspiration of personal contact is lost,
ana very few indeed have the initia-
tive and personal character to do what
they might do and would do under
personal contact. Letters to be right
should be long and filled with en-
thusiasm and inspiration. The per-
sonality of the writer must be thrown
into his letters, and the more COM
pletely this Is done the more work the
subordinates will accomplish.
To write inspiring and enthusiastic
letters to subordinates requires severe
mental effort since the mind must be
worked into an extremely energetic
state If the letters that are written
are to be energiZing.
Men are to be led on as a captain
leads his company to battle, and not
driven. Leadership means a close
sympathy with those who are led, q
quick and perfect appreciation of
what can be done and what cannot be
done, the absence of direct assertion
OF authority, which only distracts and
1nterferes with work, and ability to
point out the next step and not re.
Quire the impossible. When sub.
ordinate has once been inspired, obedi.
ence comes without command, it ia
spontaneous, and therefore friction
less.
Handling men successfully by letter
Is one OF the greatest arts in the bust
ness world. 1t commands large sal
aries, and stands next to the concep.
ton and execution of original ideas;
yet many business men do not yet
realize what can actually be accom-
plished by letter.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-06-04

for a French menu. 'Ice," said one of
them; you might git some at the
butchers in Spelldown. It's four miles
and a half. There's a spring in the
medder yonder, but the lemon crop
amt very good this year."
That's So" said his companion,
wiping his face with his shirt-sleeves;
"The potato bugs hurt the young lem
ons awful last season. learned soon
er or later that this kind of irony was
in the air like the smell of the skunk
cabbage. j: >: -
sat down at: the window, and sur
veying. the homely surroundings,
thought of my bachelor quarters in
the city, and had. to press my hand on
my heart to restrain my heroism. The
drone of the carpenter bee at the
window and the voice of Charlie on the
wire grass with the yellow dog, were
the only sounds,S,save the occasional
quick rat-a-tat Of a woodpecker some
where. turned the last batch Of let
tiers that had brought with me out of
ny 0A~0oI pOIhOI AAo" OuU II0y
looked in that place with their club
monograms and hotel imprints. Some
OF them were small and mauve and
probably scented. I had not opened
any of them, for L was not going to
weaken then. I pushed them aside
and tried to get my bearings. Did
know where was? Well, rather. The
nearest house was, a mile across the
hill and valley to the northeast. It
was somebody's deserted Folly" The
old man raised hay and buttermilk,
and had niece named Griselle. She
never heard Of me until her uncle
told her that a strange gentleman with
his boy had hired the cabin for q year
ON account of his health, and she came
over and put things to- rights. a !, never
told her, nor. Charlie, that I had, been
there before-it was nearly ten years
before: What was the suse? They
w6d1d hot have understood. I had
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-06-04
Kicking Kindness Into Him

Kicking Kindness Into Him.
The benevolent old gentleman got
busy when he saw four boys eight or
nine years of age attack one boy Of
about the same age.
"You mustn't. you mustn't" he said.
when he had hauled them of, attack
your little companion this way. What
has he done to deserve such harsh
treatment?"
The four boys glowered sullenly
while the one boy whimpered as he
thought what would happen to him
when the benevolent gentleman went
on his way.
WELL" said one of the four at last,
"he won't join the band of kindness
our teacher wants to get up at
SCHOOL,"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-06-04
HOW TO TREAT AN IRRITABLE
CUSTOMER,

The writing of complaint letters"
has become almost profession in it.
self where considerable volumes of
business are done by letter.
Things will go wrong even in the
best regulated business houses, and
when errors are made they must be
adjusted.
Some customers are naturally
cranky and cross, but the orders they
send are just as acceptable as those
from the most scrupulously polite and
good natured.
One dissatisfied customer may drive
away score of satisfied ones, and
cause loss of hundreds or thousands
OF dollars worth of business. It is
therefore a very important duty in
every business to quiet the kickers,
and to understand the art of writing
pleasant letters to persons who are
disagreeable.
A young man employed in the claim
department of large express com.
pany once went to his superior with
ferociously irritating letter from a
dyspeptic old shipper. Said he:
Il simply can't stomach a vicious
personal attack like that It makes
me mad clear through, and 1 can't an
sWer his letter sympathetically and
politely"
"You are hired expressly to write
pleasant and courteous letters in an.
swer to just such insults, and If you
can't perform your duties, we shall
have to make change"
A pleasant and sympathetic letter
was written, and the next day the
irritable old shipper came in. Said he:
Il know l am an abusive old crank,
but it's my nature to kick, and send
all my business over your lines for
the reason that you are always so
good natured, whatever I say to you"
Many people are unreasonable, un-
just, and offensive, but half the time
they don't mean what they say. To
ignore their complaints makes them
worse than ever. A full, careful, sym
pathetic explanatory letter is worth
its weight in gold, and every CORE.
spondent should learn how to write
such letters. They mean self-control
first Of all. Unless you can make
yourself feel pleasant, you can't write
pleasant. And such letters require a
lot Of trying: It is hard work to write
them. But any one who will work
hard enough can learn to be pleasant
in letters.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-06-04
Knocked Out. ,

Through the crowded street rushed
the newsboy. y" 81 -
Poiper extra!"' he pfped in shrfll
to- fops es.ra ~ about peope made sick by
'S' With visions Of adulterated-food
scandals or mysterious poison case
the crowd surged AROUND him.
Time for the pure.food inspectors
to get busy" said one.
Might be ptomaine," said another.
Some deep-laid plot said a third
Boy. don't see anything about PEG,
pie being made sick ii here. This is a
baseball extra" y ~ -:
And the newsboy grinned. 81: ~
:"sure!"' he chuck1ed; as he passed
out the papers like the proverbial hot
cakes, "And it tells how people were
made sick by de score. ovid, de score
L TO- muffin II favor Of dc yisttin.
team tt's enough to make :. . i anybody
sick. SPORTING toiper extra" IS
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-06-04

ter I had to correct it., according to
the facts, there being indubitable evil
dence that the cur did not belong to
the Samsonian gender. So suggested
as more appropriate to her character,
the name of "Delilah," and Charlie, with
the felicity of blue-pencil infancy, in.
stantly converted it into "Lilah" for
all time.
pulled the Quaker rocker outside
the door, lit my briar-wood, pipe, and
tried to make myself feel like Cowper's
Selkirk. But the attempt was. ,frus.
trated by the arrival of Griselle. She
came over the northeast pasture hill,
in starched muslin;' and brought Gabe
Hotchkiss with her.. Gabe was her
*uncle-a weakened Rip Van Wrinkle,
who would split my wood, haul my sup
plies once a week. and; If I said so;
sleep in my woodshedj and fetch me
some trout and dace occasionally from
the Cluny milldam, between my cot
tage and the Folly Against this
practical and case-hardened rustic
Griselle was like a musk pink against
a stone heap. I wanted to call her
Phyllis, and believe L have men,
toned her in my dairy as 'tButtermilk
and Daisies" But I soon found out
that she had taught district school in
winter and played the ,melodeon in
the Reformed Church somewhere. She
could come over: and get Charles
breakfast in the morning. Charles
mark that Of course Charlie and
I were going, to run two tables. Hay
ing settled this, she abandoned me to
Gabe, and went. out' on the wire grass
to make Charities acquaintance. =
Finally she insisted on nStaking
Charlie over to- the :"Fo1ly" and show
ing him the milldam: In a moment
of weakness consented, antlG was
then thrown upon: my own resources
for the rest Of the day I. tried to FIJI
odt the time with petty industry. Il
got out the few books and arranged
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-06-04
THINK HARD
lt Pays to Think About Food.

The unthinking life some people lead
often causes trouble and sickness. II
Illustrated in the experience of a lady
in Fond Du Lac, Wis.
about four years ago suffered
dreadfully from indigestion. always
having eaten whatever / liked, mot
thinking of the digestible qualities.
This indigestion caused "palpitation of
the heart SO badly could not walk up
a flight Of stairs without sitting down
once or twice to regain, breath and
strength. >., $780,, ,>. -,
! II became, alarmed and tried dieting,
wore my clothes very loose, and many
other remedies, but found no relief.
Hearing Of the virtues of Grape.
Nuts and Postum, commenced using
them In place Of my usual breakfast of
coffee, cakes, or hot Biscuit, and in
one weeks time I was relieved Of sour
stomach and other ills attending indi-
gestion: In months time my heart
was performing it's functions naturally
and could climb stairs and hills and
walk long distances.
IT gained ten pounds in this short
time; and my skin became clear and I
completely regainedc my health and
strength. I continue to use Grape
Nuts and Postum for feel that owe
ny good health entirely to their use.
There's Reason" ;',..s'ss.q
p Il like the delicious favour Of Cape
Nuts and BY making Postum accord.
ing % directions, It. tastes similar to
mild high grade colfee."
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