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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-21

PARIS. July 16-Periodically the
medical and scientific world Of Paris
gets a shock at the hands of DR.. Jacques
Bertillon. But the latest thunder
bolt is the worst that has struck them
for many years. Doctor BertiIlon calm
" announces that claret is the best
remedy and preventive of consumption.
To commence with, he lays down the
proposition that whisky, brandy and
beer are among the chief causes of con
sumption. On the other hand, he as
serts that claret is the enemy of whIs.
XIV. beer and brandy and explains that
if the people Of northern France would
only substitute claret for the other
drinks many lives would be saved.
In support Of this theory he brings
forward some interesting figures. The
twenty-eight northern departments of
France. which drink beer, whisky and
brandy, have population of 100000
people Out of this number 42,l9O PEG
pie. that is, 1870 per 100000, dled III
1906 from consumption. But the NIFTY
nine southern departments, which drink
nothing but claret, have a~populatloh
of u 600 GOO. and out of this number
% .3O6 people. that is, 40 per l00,O0o,
died of consumption in 1906. Therefore
If the northern departments gave up
beer. whisky and brandy and reverted
70 cIaror alone the average deaths from
consumption would drop 80 per loO,oOO.
resulting. in the main, Of SAVING OF
1920 lives per annum.-
GOING deep into statistics, as usual,
Doctor BertillOn proceeds to show that
the three cities in France where the
most alcohol is drunk are PARIS, Rouen
and Havre, Their mortality rate for
CONSUMPTION respectively is 31o, 4o2
and 4G3 per 100000 for cGnsump1'oh'
the heaviest rate in France.
Crossing to England, he SHOWS 'nat
consumption mortality there reaches us
| heights among bartenders ana ara i'ien'
While the rate among railway eH1PioNeo,
an exceptionally sober SET OF men, -
only seven. the draymen ana par
die at the rate Of 80 per loo,ooo.
Another Of his tables shows Una. Ilo.ll
| the are of 80 upward consumption -
! two or three times more ram PAM
/ among men than women ,7,,7 :
dorb-edly. alcoholism IS more Pre|aie; ~
! amorr men than women. ana ~ ~
| tho end he reaches the conclusion Ina .
/ modified teetotalism is the best way ~
f fG}'' n" not only intemperance, but also
ITO fight consumption in Fr r. ss,h :
/ no concluded. GIVE must begin 10 nsh'
alcoholism and we must do it by for to u
bidding the sale of such drink: as WIS. WIS.
| XIV brandy, beer and cider, which 1Gs, =,
consumption It's no use VS. W. ,,.c
speeches against alcoholism We ~ "
been doing that for twenty teal I.ot rs
1 1n, I'I PEOPLE to drink elaret. for the
m IS1a" who r'g gets liking for elares vii I'll
Satisfies the palate and does not Of. d nEe
whisky and other drinks, create ITS ) own w \
demand for more. Make people drink
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-21
THE QUARREL.

She had begged and beseeehed me to
change my position,
To view the affair in the same light
that she
Had done, but | vowed under no such
Could I be inveigled with her to
agree.
Then she argued the question at issue
with fervor,
And emphasized strongly her ''dar-
lings'' and "dears.
But. seeing that none of these tactics
would serve her,
She used then a woman S prerogatlve
tears.
She had scolded me sharply, with sar-
casm cut me.
She'd faved me with irony's tortur-
ing tools,
And vowed if her wish was respected
they'd shut me
In some close asylum for obstinate
foolst
Dut seeing that none of these things
seemed to move me,
And keenIv discerning with only deaf
ears
I'd listed her outburst, she sought to
rnproye me
By sobbing her heart out IN coplous
tears
And then-(what would you do, I ask
it sinccrelyD-
I pardoned her temper, and owned
By the way,
That ia been a brute, but that loving
her dearly
I could not get mad at thing she
might say.
For it s easy to turn from a plea that s
appealing,
And It's easy to list an arraignment
that sears,
Rnt show me a man who's so cold and
unfeeling,
He'll not yield a point to woman in
tears
Roy Farrell Greene, in Leslie
Weekly.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-21

Picking up his riding whip. usually
his only weapon, accompanied by the
lone American soldier, he strolled across
to the scene of trouble. Reaching the
door OF the club, the General and his
single guard turned.
Shove them back, sentry he com
manded.
Around swung the rifle. and way
was soon cleared in front of the door.
Now shoot the first man who places
ms foot on that STEP" he said, and
strolled back to his writing. Within
an hour the mob had dispersed.
Thus. calmly, fearlessly, vigorously,
the Fighting Doctor has wrought his
career. Wherever he has gone reforms
nave followed. Now that he has the
entire military force of the country at
his disposal his friends predict that
things will look up all along the
line.
General Wood, like all great fighters,
is man Of peace. Yet he considers
mlltarlsm,' that terrible word so
often conJured with, a mere bugaboo,
and denies that the huge standing
armies and universal military service of
Europe are a misfortune industrially.
On the contrary, he believes such ser
vice OF the highest educational value
In subsequent civil pursuits and such
preparedness for war the surest guaran-
| tee of peace.
Not that he would apply that system
| IN this country. He freely admits that
at the present time public sentiment
here would not tolerate larger stand
ing army or any measure of compulsory
| military service. However, he has in
| mind definite policies for increasing the
| efficiency Of the standing army and the
! size and effectiveness Of the national
guard. General Wood therefore be
| lieyes in:
| Doubling the attendance at West
Point so that there shall be twice as
many trained officers available. The
General, though not West Point man
| says he would be twice as useful if he
| were.
Strengthening the service schools.
] A more definite schooling system fol-
| the national guard, beginning with ele
mentary lessons the first year, field
| maneuvers the second, and closing will
sham battles in the third. Every in
+! ducement should be offered to get meI
into the national guard. Employers
of labor should remove all restriction:
that today often keep men out.
Shortening the term of enlistment IL
the regular army so that the force shall
be made up Of younger men and more
trained soldiers turned back to civi
life to form the nucleus of nationa
guard bodies.
Government ownership Of camp sites
| Fairer treatment of army convict
and reinstatement of men dismissed TO
minor offenses.
A well regulated canteen as con
server of army morals.
The development of an efficient aero
nautical service.
Along all these lines the silent, activ
doctor-soldier is saying little, but it j
confidently believed he is thinking lot
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-21

The man wilted at once. and half
hour later ali five were in the guard
house awaiting trial.
He found the price of meat too bioh
IN Santiago. The butchers were sum-
moned before him without delay.
Through an interpreter he asked:
81 How much DO you charge for vour
meats'
Ninety cents pound, senor.n
What does it cost sou9''
There was hesitation and a shufflinp
of feet. Then one of the men said. in
a whining voice:
Meat is very, very dear, your ex-
cellency.'
How much a pound'''
1T costs US very much, and'-
How much a pound2'
flfteen cents, your excellency, but
we have lost much money during the
war and''-
so have your customers. Now meat
will be sold at twenty-five cents a
pound, and not one cent more. Do YOU
underestimate
They did.
That typical Cuban institution, the
"SlLatihS eullOf, began making him
trouble as soon as he struck the island
He sent for the most violent Of the
editors.
You may say anything you please
against me personally he said in his
quiet way, ''but the moment you at
tack the government I shall put you in
Moro Castle and keep you there
On another memorable occasion Gen
eral Wood was writing in his Office il
the palace one evening. A solitary sen
try, armed with a rifle, stood at the
outer door. Suddenly there burst across
the plaza a mob of five hundred Cubans
A shower of stones, bricks and other
missiles was poured through the win
dows of the Spanish Club. A hatles:
messenger came rushing in shouting
where's the General? Quick! The
Cubans are trying to take the town.
General Wood was leisurely folding
up his papers. "I know it., he calmly
remarked to the breathless messenger
81 have heard the row. We will &C
over and stop ito
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-21
General Leonard Wood Chief Of Staff
New York Tribune

;s 50 easy that it IS a crime
b1'' u. comment of Gen. Leo
20 Wand when asked by what secret
a'i WV = uooing fame he had won a
''i''' .,na]ed by few American SOL
sf'' ,s sa. basn It seemed to be much
s' for square-shouldered, modest
t@ With General Wood ism t
success Nv the annual returns in
,3iafe .ts either. A few years ago
ssloassa ;sstop Traction and Electric
,a a,nD whose directors had been
iaPaas' the soldier-doctor' 5 executive
e;hlas cnba. offered him the com
Fl II iii not leave the military service wee
N - wanted-not for $4,000 a
O. o. o., twice that amount, ne sad
~ s.me one asked what he was GO
'sa'a s,a-e ahont it. "Money Is not the
. , ~ IN the world" he added.
y + first advance in miH'ary tavor
o r an with his fists. Curiously
IS WI he man he knocked out was the
ss,sanding officer ON Of MS deparf ITn3
y. Maj Y,ajor,General Miles. Young E. Wood
~ nav strong as mogul engine
- ans. ~ as tempered steel, with pow
y u n shoulders and arms, short, thick
W. y an. n. sturdy legs. He was an all
e, athlete, and particularly expert
s''s s,,er Fistic bouts were a favorite
] ''s ma at headquarters. Miles was
ls.a If bis own proves. The shy
.a surgeon hung back, however, till
-, neral one night gave him special
..s,.;ou to put on the gloves, assur-
!. .,i lin be would take into considera-
Is opponent's youth, etc. That
=. naetor Wood mad through and
=. As result, General Miles
!. -. thoroughly thrashed, and from that
:. sarth was the warm friend of the
-. doctor. who was destined to
nj one day in his shoes as head of
b army. C
.,.esi about the new Governor, aside
Nm Lis modesty, was his eminent fair
- There was no sentimentality or
r,suess mingled with his love for the
sausre DEAL" Reports came to him
i, American soldiers were in the
ii. Of eating at Cuban restaurants
nj refusing to pay. Other places of
rfpsss suffered likewise One day a
Tsurteer soldier was caught raiding a
,r.-T store with four fellow soldiers,
Tss escaped.
do you knew what the penalty of
ii afense is if you are proved
rfrip demanded General Wood
s,nlT,
lie fellow didn't, nor did he greatly
Gs BE took it all as a joke, expect
Z lis ofense to be winked at after
sldtunetory lecture.
well. you will be hanged,' return.
| Giha general. ''Now, tell me who
wvitk you.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-21
CHAS. BREWER & co.'s
New York Line

The bark FOOTING sUEY will sail
from New York for this port about
October Is, subject to change. Freight
taken at lowest rates. For information
apply to Chas, Brewer & Co, o. Kilby
street, Boston, or Theo. H Davies &
Co., Ltd, Honolulu.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-21
MACHINES OF PERIL.

eeDo you think airships could be used
effectively in warfare?', 4,
"Thev might, F." replied the skeptleai
nerson. s'if we could provide the ar
ships and induce the enemy to 90 up
in them. -
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-21
CIaret Is Consumption
Cure, Says French Doctor

claret and wen not only destroy al
coholism, but go a long way toward
wiping out consumption as well.'
Doctor Bertillon IS professional col
leagues are already up in arms against
his theories. but being used TO their
opposition he holds on to his views all
the more strongly.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-21

ssThe man I marry must have com
mon sense. - said the naughty one. "He
won T. - the other answered, bitterly
Buffalo Express
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-21

ssWhat makes Gillet so sads' He
has subway income and an aeropIane
wife. Life.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1910-08-21
NEW SOUVENIR POST CARDS

Mid-P acifc In
s t i t u t e, Nc
Kinley Hi 6 b
School, st. An
drew s Cathe-
dral;; $50 sub
] e c t 8; largest
publishers.
H A w II &
SOUTH SEAS
CURIO CO.,
Young Bldg.
Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1910-04-23
ABSECON'S OYSTERMEN NOT
WORRIED ABOUT OYSTER BAN

Messrs Gilbert and George Conover are
planting an unusually large quantity OF
seed oysters The bulk of the cargoeo
received from Virginia and Chesapeake
Bay and the oysters from Long Island
are planted with the expectation of ship
plug to the Philadelphia and Atlantic
City markets at all seasons of the year.
With several schooner loads already in
their possession and several more due,
they will soon have over $1,000 bushels
OF bivalves planted. They have purchas
ed Il new motor boat and are building
IA large oyster house OH the creek at
Eaunccs Landing. Messrs Pitney Ham
nell, 2. Harlan Boice, T. Fraley Doughty,
Samuel Giberson, Enoch Ciberson and
many other local planters are also re
ceiving large cargoes notwithstanding the
recent government edict prohibiting the
transshipment of oysters which have
been freshened, from one state to another
after May |. Many Of those i'll this sec
tion interested in said decree from per-
sonal point of view are arriving at the
conclusion that each will have an equal
chance under the new conditions and
hence are not causing themselves any un-
casiuess of mind knowing that the best
oysters obtainable under the ban VIII
be in demand. Captains Daniel Shovel
and Joseph Smith are running" many
Of the consignments in the schooner
Henry Disstin for the Ahsecon planters.
Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1910-04-23
MANY INQUIRIES RECEIVED
REGARDING THE PRESS CONTEST
Omission of Nomination Blank Last Weeks Issue an Oversight
and Send It in
Several Organizations Will Enter This Week
Will the Name Of Your Favote Be List Published Next
Week?-Get IN the Contest Early and Do Not Be Hand
capped By Late Entry-Firt Voting Ballot Will
Appear IN Our Next Issue

~ the list of candidates which will be
published next week. This can be done
by filling out the nomination blank in
this issue and sending it into this Office
Doing this will in 10 way place you
under any obligations whatever either
to The Press or your organization. If
your organization does not see tit to
support the nomination no harm has been
done, and as we stated last week no
publicity will be given the name of the
person making the nomination. Further
more the nomination blank is good for
800 votes and each candidate nominated
will be credited with that number. Only
one nomination blank will be credited to
each organization,
The first voting ballot will appear in
next weeks issue and will be run in each
succeeding issue until the close of the
contest. These ballots will be limited to
IL days and must be cast before the void
date expires.
Get your candidate i'll the list SO that
this first ballot can be cast for it.
Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1910-04-23
UNDER FIVE COUNTS

The daily newspapers have distorted
the Ocean City scandal so attrociouslN
that the following from The Sentinel
may be swallowed with ease;
In the Camden County Court yestcr-
day, Ira S. Champion, former city treas
urer here, retracted his plea of not
guilty and pleaded guilty before Judge
Joline,
Sentence was deferred for the present
to give Champion an opportunity OF
Strengthening out his affairs, it was
stated. to make restitution, if he can
and to give the Court an opportunity
of ascertaining if others were criminally
Interested with him i'll the $1,000 notc
transaction.
Meanwhile Champion was remanded
to the custody of the sheriff of Camden
county.
Mayor Cressc, former City Clerk T
Lee Adams, City Clerk Rolla Garretson
City Treasurer r. Curtis Robinson, II.
:. Mowrer and Henry w. Townsend ap-
peared before the Cape May County
grand jury on Friday last in the case
OF Ira s. Champion, former city treas
urcr.
The grand jury found three indict-
mants for forgery and one for einbezzic-
ment.
It was reported A few days ago that
the accused man had eaten almost no
thing SINCE his Incarceration IN the Cam
den jail
According to some Philadelphia news
,nprs (ihamniou has hcpu making some
sensational statements, but III other
papers he has denied the stories he is
alleged to have told
Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1910-04-23
Absecon and the Point Cities Had Close Calls

hundred acres of good timberland Was
destroyed. Everything was as dry as
tinder as no rain of any account has
fallen for some weeks. The fremcn
dragged the chemical engine through the
soft roads to Tenth street, where there
were several houses, but as these were
saved by back firing the chemicals were
not needed. Fortunately no houses
were burned and no man was injured
except slightly. although the fight lasted
well on toward midnight, after which
the rain came and relieved all hands
from the greatest fire hereabouts for i
number of years. The thanks OF the
City are due the brave, hard working
fire fighters, some Of whom dropped their
tools just where they had been employed,
for saving the city from a great calamity
About two o'clock on Saturday after
noon neighbor discovered smoke issuing
from the side of bakehouse OF George
Spitz, on Ocean Boulevard, and prompt
~ gave the alarm. A few sprays from
the cemical engine soon eXtingushed
the fire. which proved to have original
ed in heavy plank between the brick
work OF the oven, probably built III
for II brace. The plank became charred
and then caught fire There are some
people here who think some building
code or protective restrictions should De
adopted by the authorities. These are
equally important with ample fire ap
paratus; in fact, prevention is better
than cure at any time. To ignore the
laws of preservation until some
dreadful calamity occurs is poor policy.
Indeed OF course, every block is not
thickly populated, but take for instance
the sloyenly condition of the wooded
lots in the city limits, had the great
fire of Saturday been pushed several
points to the eastward, these thickets
Of tangled underbrush would have car
ricd fire into every house in Somers
Point.
Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1910-04-23
THAT POPULATION
HAS DOUBLED in TEN YEARS

Census enumerator Paul Schwende isl
struggling hard to beat the time limit
that is placed by the government. Hcl
began his labors in the upper end of
the first voting precinct north of Wash
ngton avenue), and the first week of
mis- work landed him in the central por-
tion OF town. Mr.. Schwende has a
Keen sense OF humor, and no doubt he
has had more fun out of what to many
other men would prove an irksome task
than he cares to have published in :,
newspaper, OF even talked about.
Now, the local enumerator is man
who hates to offend friend, enemy OF a
chicken thief. He always has smile
and greeting for every one, but there
are times when the best of natures will
sour. The other day Mr.. Schwende was
engaged i'll conversation with comely
matron. Right here let it be known
that MIR. Schwende is man of business
He never turns right or left until he
has accomplished what he has set about
TO d. On the day that he tackled the
particular house he mustered courage
TO ask tile pretty young woman who re-
sponded to the door BELLS ring lat least
his words sounded thus to the gaping
reporter), Are you marriedt" Of course
this is one Of the enumerator's regula
tiou l3-iuch projectiles, but that young
woman was ready, just as though she
had been in training. Married." she
replied i'll sharp tone, Il just guess
am married" Don't look it I" But
you ought to see him; he's a wreck"
The pretty young married woman then
proceeded to give the enumerator a
long history of a beautiful family scrap,
and the reporter closed his ears and
sneaked away, afraid that he might be
let into Il great family secret. And
MIR Sclwende's face looked as though
patience was indeed virtue. Indeed,
It's wonderful how much that man can
endure.
While the present is somewhat
ahead of the proper time to make pre-
dictions, there is ground for assuming
that Pleasantville's population has
doubled since the census of 1900.
Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1910-04-23
TEACHERS EXAMS.

There will be Il meeting OF the County
Board of Examinations of Atlantic
county, at Atlantic CIty, on May l3 and
II, at $50 am.
HENRY VI. GRESHAM,
County Superintendent.
The questions will be given in the
following ordcri
Friday, Sd grade a.m.-tD Arithmetic
tal Geography. (3l Pcnmansbip., pm
(ll Orthography. t5l Grammar. 90
Reading,
Saturday, Sd grade, AMID Theory
and practice (2) School Law. t3) United
States History, tA Civics, pm. 10
Elementary Composition. (dl Temper
ancc Physiology.
2d grade, a,m.-(n Theory and Prac-
tcc. (2l School Law, (3) History of Edu-
cation. (4) Elementary Algebra, pm. ~
Composition. 90 Bookkeeping, (7) Ply
siology,
lst grade, am.-qN Algebra. ~
School Law. t3) History Of Education
(4) Plane Geometry, pm. (5l Physics.
(6l General History.
Special Saturday - tl Theory and
Practice of Teaching (2) School Law Of
New Jersey. (3l kindergarten. a. Draw
ing. (5l Manual Training. CO. Physical
Training. (7) Music. (S) Ancient Lang
uages. COZ Modern Languages. (l0) In
yentional Geometry.
Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1910-04-23
THEY STICK TOGETHER

Automobiles are factors in the ell
joymcnt Of the suburbanites who live in
Pleasantville- Three good friends N
the upper borough have the auto fever
and they acknowledge it, These men are
almost inseparable and their friendship
carries them far enough to have ma
chimes Of the same make and type
Regal Detroits. By the way, the friends
are Messrs. j. Al. McAnney, Charles L.
Thompson ad Arthur Stiles. Like
other troubles automobile bucks seldom
come singly, but it is unknown whether
these men all have the same cause for
profanity at the same time.