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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16

the President the latter having adver-
tised in West Virginia papers that he
wanted him to come to the White House
and get sum of money due him be-
cause of suits in which he had an inter-
est
THE President told me to come to the
the visitor. land that's what / was GO
ing to do
Objected to Being Searched.
When Stricklin reached the qua rdroom
and realized he was going TO be searched
he objected, declaring that he was a citi-
zen. and that he had right to go armed
for self-protection. The officers told hin,
it was customary for callers at the White
House to submit to being searched before
they were granted an audience.
eff that is the case" he said, then it's
all right
The officers expressed no surprise
when they found the loaded revolver in
his pocket. The prisoner was relieved
Of his valuables and was sent to the
first precinct police station, to be trans
ferred to the Washington Asylum Hos
pital for treatment and observation
Stricklin was arrested at the White
House June II of|ast year and il was
at that time that YHe was armed with
two revolvers. He was committed to
the Government Hospital for the In
sane. July 80. a little more than a
month later he was released as unim-
proved. He was discharged from the
hospital. 1t is stated. because relatives
promised to take him home and care
for him.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16
Mating Department.

10 rolls of Fine Mating, each
OF a different pattern. Reduced
from 25c, 3oc and $50 to 171ac
yard.
A number of odd lengths of
High-grade Mattings, including
some of the most attractive pat
terms of the season, offered at the
following prices:
to yards, Ioc yard.
5 to 10 yards, sc yard.
10 to 20 yards, zoe yard.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16
Friday Special in
Batiste COrSetS.

4 small lot 6 dozen pairs) Ba-
tiste Corsets. with medium bust
and long hip. and four hose sup
porters attacked: finished at top
with lace and . r1w string. An ex-
cellent model fot medium figures
sizes Is to 26.
Soc a pair. Value. SI.,o.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-06-16

Special price, $2.25 pair.
Values. $3.50 to $500.
Third door. Tenth ST.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-29

With no schooI learning save such at
he gained from a few years attend
ance at the village school in Hannibal
No., his scholastic titles were earned
by literary work which the whole
world accepted.
He Was Intensely Democratic.
Mark Twain was intensely demo.
cratic. He was easily approachable
and he never emitted any bears growl
or lions roar. Even the humblest per
son was made to feel at ease in his
aAF- ~ ess-qais-FeH
interview him quit their shrinking and
puffed up when they found him as
easy to interview as the aspiring at
thor of the poem published in the low
er orner Of the town weekly. lie
could talk on any topic. ever the
weather, and glorify it with his hui
NOR. If the insistent attention be
slowed upon him was distasteful to
him be did not permit the fact to be
known. Mark Twain vas II of the
politest men | ever knew. He was
considerable of the feelings of others.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-29

and therein lies the soul of politeness.
Those obsessed by the notion that Ii
vas impossible for Mark Twain to
open his mouth without saying some
thing funny should revise their i'm
pressions of him. In the course of his
last visit to his boyhood home at Han
nibal in the summer of 1902 he said
solemn things in the most dignihed
ann possible. Several times he was
so deeply touched by the pathos of the
occasion. his meeting with boyhood
friends then grown old like himself.
his visit to the graves of his parents.
that his voice quavered and broke. and
the inevitable tears trickled down his
face. He was overcome with emotion,
conquered by tender sentiment, and
those of us whose privilege it was to
observe him upon these occasions went
away with a new notion as to Mark
Twain. He was not the mere Jester,
not the buffoon who sees In life only
the outlaws and works assiduously to
evoke them In boisterous riot of laugh
ter. He was the man of feeling, the
tender hearted old fellow. the owner
of a heart as gentle as any that ever
beat.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-29
on or before the FIRST day

rection OF Council on or before the first day
of June OF each year.
49, That the word ~"garbages as herein used
shall include ashes, tin cans, clam and oyster
shells and papers,, as we'll as animal and veg
etable refuse matter which shall accumulate
through domestic use, but shall not include
the extraordinary accumulation of shells, pa
pers and cans at stores and business places.
% Any dispute by contractor as to enum-
Grafton of rooms shall be referred TO Council
and their decision shall be final.
All bids or proposals must be received by
the Borough Clerk on or before
MONDAY, MAY 8, 1910.
at ten o'clock in the forenoon of said day and
Will be opened and co sidered at the regular
meeting of Council to be held in the Council
chamber of said Borough at eight o'clock
p. M, on the above date.
Additional particulars may be obtained by
those interested ut the Office of the Borough
Clerk at Wildwood, New Jersey.
Council reserves the right TO reject any or
all bids.
Dated Wildwood, N. j., April 10, 1910.
W. c. HENDEE,
Borough Clerk.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-29
Notice

Notice Is hereby given that Evans G..
Slaughter and Warren ID. Ham, in behalf OF
the Wildwood and Delaware Bay Short Linz
Railroad Company. proposed, It's successors
or assigns, have applied to the Council of the
Borough of Wildwood for n consent or fran
chise to use the surface of The following named
streets or parts OF streets in said Borough for
the laying, construction and operation of q
single track railroad TO be operated by steam
and electric power on Oak, Philadelphia and
Wildwood avenues and by electric power only
on Park avenue.
That the avenues or parts thereof to be used
as aforesaid are: Oak avenue from the north
westerly borough line to Philadelphia ave-
nue.; Philadelphia avenue from Oak to Wild
wood avenues; Wildwood avenue from Phila-
delphia avenue to the northwesterly borough
line and Park avenue from the northeasterly
to the southwesterly borough line. That the
petition to Council as aforesaid was filed on
the eleventh day of April, 1910, and will be
considered by Council on the tw~enty-ninth
day OF April, 1910, at eight o'clock in the eve
ming at council chamber in the borough hall.
That the period of time for which said on
sent or franchise is asked is fifty years and
the road proposed to be constructed Ia to run
from a point on the Five Mile Beach to Il
point on the Delaware Bay shore and is for
The transportation of passengers and freight
between said points.
Dated April 18th, 1910.
w C. HENDEE, Clerk.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-29
MARK TWAIN, KING Of HUM0R
Tribute Paid to the Ability.
Kindly Philosophy. Droll Fun
and Pathos of the Man Whose
Optimism Cheered Millions.

rather be the author of tom Sawyer
than all of his own works.
1.-The Innocents Abroad" of course,
always will be associated with Mark
Twain's name as one of his most char
acteristic books, but hat may be be-
cause it was his first big work and
won for him the fame and the for
tune which enabled him to write what
he pleased.
Mark Twain's name was Samuel
Langhorne Clemens. but it was used
chiefly as n vessel wherein universe
ties hung IL. D. handles. He was
''i,-. Clemens" three times over. but
the distinction never spoiled him.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-29
His Many Personal Sorrows.

Mark Twain's life was not a rose
bed. He walked no primrose path. He
encountered stumbling places n had
steep hills of difficulty to climb. And
he had sorrows that bit and griefs that
b~ludgeoned. At the close of his life.
so far as relatives were concerned. he
was almost alone in the world.
His best loved daughter. Susy, died
In America when be was in Europe
His story of her death in his autobioa
raphy is a piece of pathos seldom sur
passed. His wife, who was Miss Olivii
Langdon of Elmira. n. Y, his compan
ion for many years. died In Italy after
vain wanderings for the restoration d
her health. lie built Il big country
home near Redding. Conn.,, and settled
down to continue growing old us grace
fully as he could with lis two remain
ing daughters, Clara and Jean. In No
vember of 1909 Clara married a for
eigner and went abroad to live. Jean
was left with him. On the day befor-
Christmas, with a Christmas tree for
her father trimmed by her own hands
In one of the rooms. Jean Clemens was
found dead in her bathtub, having
been seized with an epileptic fit and
drowned.
When Mark Twain was fifty years
old and worth about $1.000.O00 a pub
fishing firm in which be was a part
ner became bankrupt. He lost his for
tune and was involved heavily in debt
He set to work. made "A occurring and
writing tour around the world and IN
ten years had paid Off his Indebtedness
ard again was ahead of the wolf g..
that time he had become so universally
famous that his work commanded Its
W price. Thereafter he could write
or rest as he chose. and he chose t.
write much
Mark Twain's writing life began In
his pilot days and continued up to his
~death-half Il century of devotion to
the art of making people happy. For
several years he was simply a hard
Mprklpg
cial correspondent. searching for gold
In Nevada and California between jobs
at journalism which grubstaked him
for prospecting. But he found his
purest and most paying streak of ore
when in 1867 be wrote THE Jumping
Frog of Calaveras County," That
story. picked up in a mining camp. was
his first promising literary prospect.
He had struck the mother lode.
Printer. pilot. reporter, humorist.
novelist. philosopher-he is safely EN-
balmed TO enduring fame.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-29
Proposals

Pursuant to a resolution of Council sealed
bids or proposals will be received by the Bor-
ough Council OF the Borough of Wildwood for
the collection and removal OF garbage in said
borough tor the periods OF both one and five
years respectively, commencing on The I'D
day OF June, A. ID. 1910. The bids are to be
based on the following specifications:
ID The collections, removal and disposal OF
all garbage within the Borough OF Wildwood,
New Jersey. which shall be placed in proper
receptacles for such collection on the premi-
SEES where the same accumulates.
e) From June fifteenth to September If
teenth said garbage is to be collected nightly,
between the hours of sunset and seven In the
morning and from the fifteenth of September
to the fifteenth of June at such times as the
health and convenience of the Borough, as
decided by the sanitary committee of Coun-
ell, shall require.
B) Said garbage shall be collected in water
tight wagons provided with a close-fitting
cover and shall not be so loaded as to pre-
clude the lowering and tight closing of said
cover at all times except when garbage Is be-
ing placed in the wagon; and said garbage
shall be so collected as to prevent the scatter
ing and dropping of the same and, as far as
possible, the emission of odors. Said garbage
shall not be dumped, consumed or disposed
of within the limits of said Borough.
"a said bids and proposals shall include an
offer to give a bond for the faithful perfor-
nance of the contract with sufficient sure
ties in one-half the amount of the contract
price.
tract with the said Borough for one or five
years from the I'D day of June A. ID. 1910, and
Snail specify in what manner, whether by in
cineration or otherwise, the said garbage is to
be disposed of and in what style of wagon
collected.
(6) That said bids or proposals, If for a five
year contract, shall in stating the yearly in
crease in the contract price, II any, base said
increase on the number of houses erected each
year after the first day of Tune, A. d. 1910, and
also state the increase per year regardless of
the number of houses or rooms which may be
erected from time to time during the life OF
the contract. In stating the increase in price
Tor each new house erected as aforesaid the
bids or proposals shall be submitted on the
following basis, towit:
State the increase per house of five rooms or
less.
State the increase per house of over five
rooms and not exceeding ten.
State the increase per house of over ten
rooms and not exceeding fifteen.
State the increase per house of over fifteen
rooms and not exceeding twenty, and so on
by an increase of ten rooms each time up TO
one hundred rooms.
The increase in the contract price per house
in houses having more than one hundred
rooms shall be based on a uniform increase
per room.
The word 'sroom" as herein used shall refer
to bed rooms and no others.
"a The enumeration OF houses on which
the contract hall be based so far as the in
crease in the contract price as herein provi-
ded Is concerned shall be made under the di-
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-29
Of Most Striking Appearance.

He was a man of most striking ap-
pearance-the kind that attracts atten-
ton anywhere in a crowd and causes
others to take a second look. In his
later years his shock-no, his own
of hair, perfectly white and glossy like
fine spun silk. became his trademark of
recognition by strangers wherever he
went. ] have seen a woman who nev-
err before saw Mark Twain pick him
Out without opera glasses, though she
sat in the top gallery of Carnegie hall
and he occupied a lower box near the
stage. and the great house was crowd
ed. He had nj doubles as to personal
appearance-there was only one OF
him.
And there was only one of Mark
Twain as q literary syndicate. 1t has
become the fashion to describe him as
the great American humorist. This
undoubtedly he was, but he was more.
His appreciation of Joan of Arc. first
published anonymously. is accepted by
critics of acumen as one of the most
refined works in the serious literature
of the nineteenth century. The book
won its way before Mark Twain adj
mitted its paternity. While he was
writing the Joan classic he worked,
time and time about, on that amazing
funny masterpiece. "Pudd'nhead Will
SON." He simply couldn't be serious
altogether for a stated period.
Never Altogether Funny.
Nor must we take it for granted that
Mark Twain. summing up his career
as a writer. ever was altogether funny.
He never was. He was one of the
closest observers of human nature and
institutions. places and things, that
ever lived. Even in his most humor-
GUS books we find that he has made
accurate transcripts of the things
which impressed him. Though he ex-
aggerated. a privilege belonging to his
profession. one can read between the
lines the inhering truth. He was an
inveterate foe to shams of every scrf
and apparently knew his highest han
piness when with droll sarrasga =
punctured a popular fraud VIA NJ
pen.
But Mark Twain often wrafe tx
Just because he had the story O. ~
The tale of tom Sawyer" Is pHe
these, and the "Huckleberry
book is another. Each of these :
to life-to boy life. Rudyard l<!ui's-
said to have remarked that he
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-29

his droll fun. his quips and jestings
and his pathos.
Mark Twain became before he died
the most famous man on earth. He
was not merely a man; he was an in
stitution. He was a sort of neighbor-
hood settlement of good cheer. with
many branches located in the GASES as
In the waste places, where admission
and refreshment were free to all. Mil
lions-how many millions is beyond
estimating-came and partook of his
wine of optimism and stayed for sup
n~rAess
Though an American born. a native
of Missouri. he belonged to all lands.
He had Travelled in all lands and lived
In most of them. He had more near
permanent homes perhaps than any
other man of his day. Nearly always
he was a wanderer. sometimes from
necessity. more frequently from choice.
The world was his plaything. and be
was not content without ~remapping
for himself the entire surface of the
big ball.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-29
Comprehensive Estimate of
Americas Late Literary Gen.
Jus. Whose Pen Swayed the
Heart of the World. - ~
BY LOVE.
VAIN is dead,

n MARK TWAIN is deadi
f The king is dead-long live
the kingi But there is no
heir. either apparent or pre-
sumptive. The throne of humor. whose
kingdom was the world. is empty. The
scepter that swayed the universal
heart-the pen-lies idle at last. The
empire of laughter and also of tears
which this king of the writing craft
founded and which he fostered for
nearly fifty years is become as whirl-
ing dust in the abyss of the things that
were. Only there remains the heritage
of the dead rulers kindly philosophy.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-29

CHARLES A. McWILLIAMs
Shaving and Hair Cutting
Parlor,
Atlantic avenue, opposite the Casino
WILDWOOD, N. j.
Cape May County representative for the
Milwaukee Dustless Brush Co
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-29

No joke. VIM. 9. Still kept busy at
that electric coffee mill grinding lots of
that good fresh roasted coffee at Albig's.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-11-04
MET DEATH IN SLEEP
STOCkMEN CRUSHED TO DEATH
IN COLLISION AND THEIR
BODIES BURNED.
-Four Men Were Killed Outright,
While Two Managed 20 Crawl
From Twisted Mass Of Steel
and Iron, Terribly Injured.

Montevidco, Minn.-Four stockmen
from Montana and South Dakota were
killed, two injured so seriously that
there is slight chance OF their recov-
cry and an engineer and fireman bad.
ly crippled when section four of the
Chicago. Milwaukee & St Paul east
bound passenger, No. 6, from Butte,
Mont, crashed into the rear end of a
stock train as it was endeavoring to
back in on the siding to let the pas
sengers by, a mile west of here, on
Sunday.
Engineer Tat Parker and Fireman
Stickler of the passenger saw the tail
lights of the stock caboose and jump
ed in time to save their lives. Both
were injured. Six sstockmen coming
east with the train load OF cattle,
passenger bore down upon it and four
were killed outright. Two, George
Rahsoldt and William Downing, man
aged to crawl through the mass of
steel and iron, more dead than alive
and are frightfully burned and in
jured. They are not expected to live.
The force Of the impact shattered the
caboose, deraild the two cars of cattle
ahead of 1t and toppled the engine OF
the passenger over sidewalks acorss
the track on top of the wreckage.
Fire started and the bodies of the
four dead men were burned. Two cars
of cattle were also burned before the
fire department from the city got to
the scene. Box cars on nearby tracks
were licked up by the flames, and in
order to save the passenger coaches
they were uncoupled and pushed back
by passengers and members of the
train crew. Late Sunday afternoon
the charred remains of the men burn.
ed to death were recovered.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-11-04
REVOLUTION IN URAGUAY.
Several Skirmishes Have Taken Plac,
and Situation is Serious.

Montevideo, Uraguay.-The revolu.
tionary movement is taking on a seri.
GUS aspect. There are now 10000
armed revolutionists who are gradual.
ly being concentrated. Several Skin.
mishes nave taken place, but the cas-.
ualties have been suppressed.
DR.. A. Bachini, the -oreign minister,
recently issued a manifesto declaring
that the government was unable to
prevent the revolution from spread
ing, because, outside of the capital
he sympathies of the people were en-
tirely with the revolutionists. 1t was
partly because of the influence of
his manifesto that President Villa
nan requested Bachini's resignation
The opposition papers predict that
President Willaman will be forced to
'esign and they prophesy the hasty re.
urn of ex-President Jose Battle y
Ordonez. The government is keeping
he true situation from becoming pub
lie generally by aid of the censorship
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-11-04
He Was Easily Pleased.

A young Lithuanian called at the
marriage license office in Chicago with
his bride recently, but a license was
refused on account of the brides ten
der years, she being only Is. The lov-
er was crestfallen for a few moments,
then his face cleared up and he left
with the remark that he would return
shortly.
The clerk supposed that he would
show up with the brides parents. In
an hour he again presented himself at
the counter-with another girl.-Met-
ropolitan Magazine
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-11-04

Plnkham's Vegetable Compound made
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telling them what Lydia E. Pinkham's
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The above is only one Of the thou
sands of grateful letters which are
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Mass, which prove beyond a doubtthat
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
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ting to an operation, or giving up
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Mrs. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass,
invites all sick women to write
her for advice. She has guided
thousands TO health and her
advice is free.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-11-04
DOCTORS ADVISED OPERATION
DECIDED TO TRY GREAT
KIDNEY REMEDY

I want to tell you in = few words what
your Swamp-Root did for me, believing
that my testimony may do some other suf-
fering person q great deal of good.
About six years ago, was dangerously
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doctors analysed my urine and reported
that l had gravel, and further said that
in order to regain my health and life, an
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Having been free from any kidney
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MRS. MARGARET E. ANDERSON,
Minneapolis, MINI
State of Minnesota
County of Hennepin b.
Personally appeared before me this 23rd
day of Sept, 1909, Mrs. Margaret E.
Anderson of the City of Minneapolis OF
the State of Minnesota, who subscribed
the above, and on oath says that the same
IN tr11A IN, c11 baf moo and II,
NJ. M. KERRIDGE,
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Commission expires March &c, 1914.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-11-04
Located.

In GAINESVILLE, Ohio, they tell OF a
young widow who, in consulting a
tombstone maker with reference to a
monument for the deceased, said
Now, Mr.. Jones, all | want to say
is, TO My Husband, in an appropriate
place"
Very we'll, maam," said the stone
cutter.
When the tombstone was put up the
widow discovered to her amazement
that upon it were inscribed these
words,
ITO My Husband. In an Appropri-
ate place. "-Harpers.
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-11-04
Expect iced to be Resurrected.

Bristol Tenn.-Curious as to what
had become OF the body of DR.. Teed,
who announced before his death a
year ago that he would rise from his
tomb and become the Messiah of the
koreshans. two members of the cult,
according to Henry d. Silverfriend, at
tempted to unseal the tomb. but be
tore this was accomplished both were
deprived OF their reason and died be
fore they could be removed to an asy-
ium
The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1910-11-04
Frnch Wheat Crop Short.

Washington.-The shortage in the
crop of French grown wheat this year
is estimated in a report to the United
States government by Consul Hunter
Sharp of Lyons, at S5,00O,000 bushels.
He adds that the French are looking
to Argentina with the hope that the
large crop there will lower the price
of wheat throughout the world.