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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-02-25

evil errand.
'"The gentleman who was coming to
see you tonight" at last be said care
fully. has had to go to the opera with
his daughter. He has asked me to
come In his stead"
An expression of complete bewilder-
ment spread over the others face.
"A gentleman? What gentleman"
he Intercepted.
Dupuy was momentarily nonplused.
why. the gentleman who-ah, with
whom you made al appointment for 9
O'Clock this evening-here-at your Of
fee"
Brand still refused to show his hand.
Il should be very glad to hear what
you have to say. Mr.. Dupuy. but,
frankly. l don't know what you are
driving at"
The visitor was annoyed. He was
positive that Bartelmy would not send
him on a wild goose errand. Surely
the judge and Brand had come to
terms regarding the silence of the Adj
vance as to the Lansing Iron case de
cision. The editor was playing with
him now, he knew-dangling him on a
verbal hook to tantalize him.
"Oh. come. you know who l mean
Bartelmy" snapped the judges despi-
cable tool.
Judge Bartelmyr' exclaimed Brand
In surprise. well. what about him?"
Dupuy produced a card. which the
editor glanced at.
"What's this? ?" he asked. Then he
read: "'Dupuy will represent me- In
what?'
He started to put the card in his
pocket.
perhaps you would better let me
have that so l can return it to him.
Dupuy reached eagerly for the card.
which Brand slowly extended to him.
"This refers to that transaction of
which you and he we're speaking this
afternoon" continued the lawyer.
Brand laughed loudly.
"Well. Dupuy. I'm a poor hand at
guessing riddles. | give 1t up. What's
the answer"
The lawyer became impatient.
1.-The transaction involving the-ah-
tAS Al a ~ Va
money!" he explained haltingly.
"A business deal | was going into
with the judge?" in amazement.
Precisely"
IF | had any business with the
judge. Dupuy. | would prefer to do 1t
with the judge"
n
MINI. mhmm grunted Brand mega
lively.
You are rather unreasonable.
Brand" A wearied and hopeless look
began to show in the lawyers visage.
The young editor noted this and re-
solved to temporize with and exasper-
ate this man whom he despised above
all others, even above Bartelmy him.
self. Bartelmy, believed Brand. even
if he was a %scoundrel. actually had
superior mental ability, was A brilliant
thinker and acted boldly IN many of
his dishonest transactions on The bench.
But Dupuy-he was to Brand the bang
er-on, the skulker. the vandal jackal
that devoured corpses in the night that
drawer animals had fought and killed
Dy udy. LlS eye Dllukeu III Tue lRHI,
did Dupuy's. 1t was In the under
ground runways that he coursed the
swiftest. And as these thoughts sped
through his brain the editor looked
away absently.
Dupuy came hot on his trail.
"Shall | make an appointment with
him for you. say. tomorrow morning? p
he anxiously queried of tue newspaper
man.
AZ don't care"
.'Then III do it," he said decidedly
and moved away from the desk. .And
-er,I- He saw that Brand was still
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-02-25
CHAPTER TX.
Continued from last week

N 1T . O'Clock in the managing
Ia editors room in the Advance
EsSssrS1 building Wheeler Brand and
CG@2ai three other men. Howard
Hartley. Jeff Thorne. staff reporters,
and Bill. their much orowbeaten I'M
derstudy. We're industriously at work.
AT II side of the office ~diagonally
from the managing editors desk was
a high mahogany desk which backed
against a wooden partition which cut
off a small room used as a ..morgue,.
the T'dcF where newspaper and maya
zine clippings are kept for reference.
Through the partition a round hole
about five inches in diameter had been
cut with a handsaw. and on "A table In
the morgue u camera had been rested
with the telescope protuberance con.
tanning the lens projecting through the
hole in the partition into a private
mail box directly above the desk. The
door of this box, into which were
placed letters arriving for the manag-
ing editor during his absence. had
been unlocked. A line of shoe thread
had been fastened to the door of the
box and extended down behind the
desk to the floor and across to the
left hand side Of Brands desk. A
slight tug ON the thread would cause
the door of the mail box to open, ex-
posing to the lens Brands desk, his
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-02-25

I 8 O'Clock in the managing
editors room in the Advance
building Wheeler Brand and
three other men. Howard
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-02-25
y.

n 1RAND hung up the telephone
o receiver with an anxious ex-
a-asa preston on his face. Nolan
lAk.2&y must keep away from this. he
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-24
THIS EXPERIMENT
PROVED UNWISE
East Side Girls Made Hit in Exclu-
siVe Society.

The experiment made in Brooklyn
by woman of that borough, no doubt
in the interest of science, who had
two East Side girls introduced at one
of her exclusive social functions"
dressed in clothes to which they had
not been accustomed and brought in
to association with persons they had
not been used to meet, is said to have
been a great success. No doubt il was
from her point of view. An opera
ton involving the transfer of some or
gan from an animal TO a human being
IS presumed by the attending physi-
clans. and probably by the coroner, to
be highly successful where. after the
complete vindication of the practition-
ers. the inconsiderable patient dies
from shock" The worse than use
less experiment made in Brooklyn may
belong to that class of successful ex-
periments.
We have confidence enough in the
average American TO believe that his
or her adaptability will make it pos
sible. by observance OF the actions Of
those familiar with the social game. "
to get off without discredit. and il the
young woman from the East Side were
intelligent and fairly we'll educated.
as We are compelled TO assume. il is
not astonishing that their vivacity un-
der the inspiration of strange condi-
lions made them so interesting that
"a millionaire sought permission to
call upon one CT them" Nor is il diff
fcult to believe that when decked out
in jewels and properly gowned thoy
presented an appearance equal to that
fanv woman present" They had
an original freshness, no doubt. an
unsophisticated charm. which in con-
trast with the half concealed feeling
of boredom on the part Of others set
them apart from most OF those pres
ent.
But admitting all this to be true.
wherein does the success of the eX-
pertinent lie? 1t has been proved that
the young women of humble circum-
stances were able to do what most in
telligent persons believed they could
do. They conducted themselves like
ladies in gathering where all prcs-
ent were presumed to be ladies and
gentlemen. But when the borrowed
fnery had been laid aside. when the
experiment had been brought to a sue
cessful termination. il sa fair pre-
sumption that they went back to homes
which were comfortable rather than
luxurious with a sense of dissatisfac-
ticn with conditions which had Drevi-
ously been accepted as a matter of
| course. II is probable that a useless
experiment has been tried at the ex-
pense of the proper contentment. and
/ poFhaPs the permanent happiness. of
the TWO young women most deeDlv
/ concerned.-N. Y. Tribune.
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the offending advertisement of the
greatness Of Bill Stumps and replaced
IL with tablet in memroy OF the bat
tie of Red Bank. The freeholders
retaliated by tearing OF the latter and
restoring "Bil Stumps His Mark to
its place upon the shaft. Then the
attorney general of the State warned
them that their act was illegal, that
the Sons of the Revolution were the
custodians of the monument, and that
the tablet prepared by the society must
be replaced and retained. Whereupon
the freeholders retorted that the State
had no right to the ground on which
the monument stood without the con-
sent and permission of the freehold
ers, and that If the wishes of the
board were not complied with such
consent and permission would be with
drawn. No Bill Stumps inscription. no
monument, and there's an end omit
What the next move will be in this
pretty game for brazen glory remains
TO be seen, but we shall be much sur
prised If il does not mark a triumph
for Bill Stumps. Why not? Surely a
living dos is better than a dead lion.
Who cares anything about the battle
of Red Bank. anyway?-N. Y. Tribune.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-24

Sense is the mark Of the measles on
the unwashed skin Of time. Nonsense
IS the bloom Of innocence on the IN
quenchable hope of humanity. ANY
fCol can talk sense: but nonsense is
the dearest relaxation Of the worthy
and the rare. Nonsense is love; sense
is merely matrimony Nonsense is
the redeeming spice Of a truly cult
waited taste, the sugar on the insiDid
strawberry the salt in the monotonous
egg, the rouge delicious on the cheeks
of circumstance
You Will have noticed that when Won
tell a man to get sense you merely
convey your desire that he shall get
TO the devil Bootmakers and poIiti-
clans have sense. 1t is commoner
than dirt, less inspiring than mud. less
stimulating than warm salad. 1t is
the worm in the apple, the fv in the
ointment, the micr tiebohn Oi.iuff
ointment the microbe in the corpus
Gle. death in life, pain in gladness.
hate in love. 1t is the one thing that
the most industrious and careful lover
or himself can never entirely escaDe
II is like chronic govt in an otherwise
SOUND organism. 1t is perversity in
paradox 1t is a ghoul CARRIED as a
saint. 1t is the open drain that poi
sons Paradise. 1t is the most obsti-
nate and mischievous delusion of hu-
manity. 1t is the creeping PARALYSIS
that kills wit 1t is Psyche with an
liberated throat.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-24
4 Cd ESSAY
ON SHOPPING
WOman'S Ability TO Select Wisely
Causes Apprehension.

Shopping is one of the vital ele-
ments of American civilization.
1t not only brings women together,
but it develops the useful character
istics of courage, patience, quick de-
ciSion, and prompt action. What foot
ball is to the young manhood of the
colleges, shopping is to the young and
middle aged wOmanhood of the su-
burbS. Taken in conjunction with the
'Self-control, developed by bridge, it
rounds out the female character in a
way that cannot but advance the pos
sibility that women will eventually be
the ruling force in public as we'll as
private life. What better experience
for picking out cabinet officers, for
example, than well grounded pro-
ficiency in picking out bargains?
An indiStinct realization of this con-
dition probably accounts for the ten
dency of men to ridicule shopping. But
no amount of ridicule has stopped the
increasing number of department
stores. During recent years, in fact,
England and the continent have been
compelled to provide similar gymna-
STA, in order that American woman
need not get out of training when tenn
porarily away from their native ia
cilities.
Little as they may like the idea,
moreover, men are themselves regard
ed in the light of bargains. and the
process of shopping for them may be
watched any summer, at any summer
resort. The bargains in this case
range all the way from imported no.
5lemen TO native clerks on vacation.
Every man who marries is some wo-
mans bargain-and often enough she
afterward finds that she has cheated
I herself. Blu tit rarely happens that an
experienced shopper after dry goods
gets fooled in husbands. and when
she does she Immediately takes adj
vantage of the divorce laws to ex-
change the purchase
Goyernme shoppers may OF
nay not be inefrable but II is signifi-
cant of growing apprehension among
men that Of late years they have TAX
en- 70 doing good deal OF shopping
themselves. Whether it is too late
| for this process TO even things up.
remains for the future to settle
Judge.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-24
Accident Made Him New Man.

II knew a young fellow who wasted
a goodly fortune his father left him
and who was in fair way Of going
to the dogs whe ma naccident befell
him that changed his entire course Of
life" said Major r. c. Traymore. of
San Francisco. who is a guest of the
Stafford.
He had become besOtted by drink,
and while in a drunken stupor went
aboard a shipping tug in the Pacific
Ocean. When he awoke TO a realiza-
ton of his position he at first was
sorry he hadn't died, but soon this
melancholy feeling gave way to heal
thier notions. He was put to work
before the mast. did his part cheer
fully and with all his vim. winning
the CommCn1ajion of the captain. who
saw that the man was used to better
things.
For one whole year he kept stead
lily at his queer assignment, and his
family believed him dead They were
glad to welcome home a sobered and
altered man who Immediately start
ly started on more refined and con
genial employment than he had been
pursuing during his absence. His
conversion was thorough, and TODAY
he is a prosperous and respected mem
Der of society. '-Baltimor American.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-24
GREAT SANDOW
ONCE HUNGRY
Famous Strong Man Nearly Starved
Seeking Job as Model.

| would never say die while there
remained a sculptor unvisited. and in
course OF time / knocked at the door
of the atelier of a welI-known scuIp-
tor. Krauk by name. He answered in
person. DO you want a model?"
inquired in my best French. His men"
vas mighty. and meant to be conclu-
sive. Spurned on by desperation, !
ratified out some explanation, but he
shook his head. and in his hurry to
return to his work almost thrust me
from the door.
In sadness, and with weary steps. /
descended the stairs, and the lower
got the greater became my anger and
Indignation at the treatment had re-
ceived. At the bottom. in the court
stood undecided, but bitter. Up
stairs had seen through the doorway
of the studio that Krauk was working
IN statue endeavoring to model in
clay a Greek god; and there was l.
with the very perfect bodily develop
ment he was trying to reproduce in
,lay. starving on his doorstep
1t was more than flesh and blood
and an empty stomach could stand.
The courtyard was deserted. the stair
case silent. and none too light That
decided me. | stripped off my upper
garments and wasted no time in
mounting to Krauk's studio. I thun-
dered at the door. 1t flew open, and
/ prepared to follow in. butt stop
ped on a chain Krauk was evident
ly determined that callers should not
worry him. He came to the door yell
ing, apparently in anger could not
get my body in. thrust in my arm. 1t
stopped Krauk: for a moment he was
struck dumb.
The next instant he had removed the
chain and pulled me into the studio,
where l stood with his gaze fixed up
on me in profound admiration of my
muscular development. which led him
speechless. Then. his eyes agleam
with excitement. he launched himself
upon me. and. as is the way of foreign
ers, embraced me in his wild enthusi-
asm, kissing me OH both cheeks, while
/ thanked heaven that my persistency
had met with its reward. My anxiety
at the moment was. however, to be
fed. not admired. and finding that he
was a good linguist, although. when ]
had on my first application tried to
persuade him to see me stripped he
had feigned ignorance of my language
| told him that | was hungry-raven-
Gus; that food bad not passed my lips
for three days. My heart gave a
bound of joy when he replied:
Terrible. my poor fellow-terrible!
he exclaimed. "You have food at once.
and then" he added you must come
and sit to me-"
A few minutes later I was enjoying
the mr"h-lOnged-for meal in a neigh
boring cafe-a meal shall never for
get, for st ak followed steak, and still
another. with the best part of a chick
EN- and a bottle of champagne. which
Krauk ordered to celebrate what he
called his find" And then I lived
again.-SandOw, in the Strand
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-24
A GRNE!skB
FORMINISTERS
Time New York We're Made Territory
Of Foreign Missionaries.

IT, as DR.. William Carter, OF the
Madison Avenue Reformed Church, de-
clared on Sunday, New York City has
become "the graveyard of minister's"
perhaps it is high time that il were
made the territory of foreign mission
aries. In order to succor. If not, in
deed, to save the ministers and the
churches, foreign missions, or some
thing betokening an organization sim
liar TO what they have. may be neces-
sary. We believe it was the pastor of
the Broadway Tabernacle who declar-
ed not long ago that Manhattan Is
land will become the next great field
for the foreign missionary" He may
have spoken more truly than he real
lied.
The conditions in this city are so
peculiar, most OF our churches are so
isolated and so liable 90 all the dan
gers of a fluctuating and transient
congregational life, that 1t is not sur
prising that many New York minis
ters should be soon worn out in their
attempts to carry the difficult loads
that are placed on them. They are so
often called upon to maintain the sol
idarity of the church organization by
the sheer force of their own person
to supply out of their own energy
whatever measure of continuity it
possesses, that the physical and men
tai drain must frequently bring them
near collapse. There is little hope
for relief from within. Perhaps the
only really hopeful aid must be sought
from without
That New York city should become
the next great field for the foreign
missionary is a suggestion that. of
course, it is not intended literally. But
that the moral and religious life of the
city, and thus its civic and social vir-
tue. might be greatly aided by some
much more extensive and thoroughgo-
ing system of religious organization
than we now have-a system intended
specifically for and specially adapted
to the needs of this great city-is a
suggestion that will bear much think
ing of.-New York Globe.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-24
A $4,000 Hen

The second sale of fancy fowls was
breeding pen of five white Orning-
ton fowls for $500 in 1908. Peggy. -
the mother of these five birds. is the
most famous and probably the most
valuable hen that ever drew a breath.
She has been scored at 81 ga points
out of a possible 100, and is valued at
$4,000, because $4,000 was refused
for herself and five of her progeny
sold for $500. She has been exhib-
tied at a number of shows all over
the world as a special feature, her
owner receiving for this service $3.50
to $500 per week. Peggy gces from
show to show accompanied bA a spe-
cial attendant who sees to I'D every
comfort and keeps her viii plum
age spotleNy clean. She wI5ers a
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-24

dows free of cost. Upon close eXami-
nation il was learned the window
panes that the seemingly charitable
persons wanted to replace had the
precious amethyst tint.
Among the Philadelphia Oculists that
have been working with the amethyst
tinted lenses is Dr. l.. Webster Fox,
professor of ophthalmOlogy in the
Medico-C hirurgical College. and an
Oculist of wide repute.
Dr. Fox has been able to cure many
cases of temporary loss of sight and
badly strained eyes when the amethyst
tint was corpOrated with correcting
lenses. He has been particularly sue
cessful in the case of printers, type
writer's, students, and newspaper men,
all of whom are required to apply the
eyes closely under artificial illumina-
ton. After wearing the violet glass
the patient as a rule refuses 10 go
back to the colorless glass. wea 8
the other indefinitely. The glass has
been prescribed with great relief to
those whose eyes are exposed in an
N-ray laboratory.-N. Y. Press.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-24
Hatched in a New York Court.

Who's this joke On?" inquired Mag
istrate Corrigan as one Frank Hid
reth, breakfast food painter, appear d
before him charged with stealing egcs.
why, the yOlks on the prison, 80
answered Policeman Steinmeyer. vlo
is there with the quick repartee stuff.
Beat it," rejoined the court.
I'VE can't, your honor" replied the
trusty cop; they're all running now"
Too bad"-it was actually bright
ening up in the Morrisania avenue
court.
1T is no 50; there were no bad
ones. spoke up Mr.. Morris Roscn-
bloom, grocer and prosecuting Wit
ness in the case.
They are trying to work a shell
game on me-" inc, pied Hildreth.
Il went out"
He was caught i'll the JAM" cut in
Steinmeyer, and then, seemingly eX-
hausted by his efforts, the trio related
that one Hildreyh, 40 years old, Of
452 LenoX avenue, had tired of paint
ing breakfast food signs and had long
ed for little of the real nor ~ishment.
1t was alleged by Mr.. i.osenbloom
that when Hildreth departed from a
sign he was painting, three bottles of
jam, a bag of flour, and three dozen
eggs went along.
Il had just laid those eggs on the
sidewalk" concluded the grocer, while
Hildreth was held in eggsactly $500
bail during the uproar that followed.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-24
One of Nick Longworth,s Stories.

Here is one mick" Longworth is
telling some of his colleagues in the
House:
An old negro was stopped on the
street on election day by white man.
who asked him If he had voted.
"Yas, indeed. Use voted" replied the
negro.
did you get anything for your
voter"
"Oh, vas sab. got paid for nah
vote"
What did you get?'
well, sub, it was laik dis. De Re
publicans come to me and dey saws
dey give me 81 if me and NAH three
boys vote de Republican ticket, an
took de money; an de Democrats
come to me and dey says dey give
me 81 for NAH boys vote, an I took
de money"
"You took money from both sides.
Then which ticket did you voter"
"4h, I voted de Democratic tick
et."
why so? The Republican gave you
the most money" -.
The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-02-24
Insect Resistance.

All animals have the power to re-
cover from injury occasioned by shock
IRON being stunned. Insects are in
no sense an exception to this. and
most OF them possess what has been
called tenacity of life to a remarkable
degree. A butterfly will sail away with
a pin through its body, an ant will
go houndering around after being cut
IN two, and all insects will quickly
recover fro ma blow, even if such NAV
dent or break their external cover
ngs. In such cases the inside parts
are mostly out of use for a short time
somewhat similar to the case of your
ar mwhen you have struck the fun
ny BONE" or to your foot when il is
asleep. But after a few minutes
rest the wasp can again resume its ac-
tions.
A wasp is we'll armored; its exte-
rlor covering is hard and almost un-
yieldlng. When it is struck a severe
blow the soft. delicate inner parts
yleId TO the impact; the nerves and
muscular tissues cannot operate in
unison, and the insect may be said to
nave been rendered unconscious az
well as incapable, for the mind" ac-
lions depend upon its entire nervous
system.
But theer is no such thing as an
anlmafs having more than one life.
when crushed, dismembered. poison
ed, or smothered beyond recovery:
when its vital organs are injured so
that they canno4 again resume their
regular uses, an insect will die-not
In APPEARANCE bit really so. And
this may result from the wearing out
OF us active vital organism, whicH
may be- called oil age. ..Ss...sas.,urlf(