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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-06-10
GEOGRAPHICAL ODDITIES.
Some Peculiar Facts About These
Great United States.

Great United States.
The following collection of geograph-
ical ~peculiarities about the United
States and places therein embodies
certain unique points well worth re-
Numbering.
A novel way to demonstrate the size
of the state of Texas is to spread out
a map of the union and stretch a string
across Texas the longest way. Then.
placing one end OF the measure at Chi
cago, one will find that the other end
will extend into either the Atlantic
ocean or the gulf of Mexico.
The two largest counties In the
United States are Custer county,
Mont. and San Bernardino county,
Cal. Each of these is a little more
than 10000 square miles in extent, and
the states of Massachusetts, Rhode
Island. Delaware and New Jersey
could be put inside the boundaries of
either of them.
The smallest county in the union is
Bristol county, r. l., which has only
twenty-five square miles.
About fifty miles from Durango,
Colo, there is a point where four states
meet. Here by stepping a few feet In
either direction one can walk In four
different commonwealth In as many
seconds. These commonwealth are
the states Of Colorado and Utah and
the territories of New Mexico and Arr
IONA.
A nearly parallel case is at Harpers
Ferry, where the train stops a few
minutes to allow the passengers to
alight and enjoy a view which per-
mits them to look into three states,
Maryland. Virginia and West Virginia.
The highest and lowest elevations in
this country are In California. within
100 miles of each other. The Hottest
is Mount Whitney. 14.499 feet high,
and sae lowest is Death valley, about
450 feet below the level Of the sea.
Two Dreams pass. In Yellowstone
park. Is so named because, whenever
there is a shower in the vicinity and a
certain small creek overfows, its
waters spread out over the edge of the
continental divide and pass into tribu-
taries of rivers which flow to the At
lantic and to the Pacifc.-Boston
Globe.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-06-10
She Speaks Fifty-four Languages.

She Speaks Fifty-four Languages.
Miss Elizabeth S. Cotton, a citizen OF
Easthampton, Mass, has a great ad-
vantage over the rest of her sex be-
cause she can express her thoughts in
ifty-four different languages, while
most of them have got to get along the
best they can with one. Probably only
one other woman In America, at least,
approaches Miss Cotton as a linguist,
and that is Miss Mary Montgomery.
daughter Of a Presbyterian missionary
in Turkey, who astonished the faculty
of the University of Berlin by her lin
guistic accomplishments and is now
editing a dictionary of oriental lam
guages In New York.
Miss Cotton has studied the live and
dead languages at various schools on
three continents and has recently re-
turned from a stay of a year and a
half in India.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-06-10
A BANK FOR
E WOMEN ONLY
1t Has Just Been Started In Lon
don With Miss May Bateman
as President-She Tells About
Her Work.

~ VERY one knows how difficult
- 1t is for the with a
small allowance to manage 1t
and keep track of where 1t
goes. She is debarred from the use of a
check book. which would simplify mat
tiers. because 1t takes a certain amount
Of money to open an account of this
sort
II she carries the money around
with her she spends more than shc
should and, what is more, frttters
away the whole amount In small
Ways until finally she does not know
where it is all gone. Englishwomen
have found a solution. They have
started a woman's bank In London.
No man may enter there, but any wo-
man may open an account with as
little as $25 and become the proud pos
SCISSOR of a check book. from which she
cor draw against the said mount.
There are a safety deposit box annex
and a brokerage branch where stocks
and bonds can be bought or sold by
depositors. Miss May Bateman is the
president of this new bank. She Is
the author of a number of poems and
novels and has had wide journalistic
experience, extending from London to
South Africa. AS regards her fnan-
cial experience, she was for years sec
rotary to Sir Douglas Gordon of the
board of trade and handled all his ac-
counts. In a recent interview she
gave the following facts about her
novel position:
zone must remember certain things
as a bank manager. I admit that !
have been keenly interested in the
progress of woman's advancement.
But when you take up the manage
ment of a bank you have to bury all
your personal views about politics, the
ballot and similar controversial sub
jects. You must preserve a detached
or, at any rate, an absolutely impair
tial attitude. l am hugely enthusiast
tic, however. Think of It'll This Is the
first woman's bank In this country.
That means a new profession for wo-
men, and who knows what may come
of 1t? The whole staff Is composed
exclusively of women, and l want to
say, too, that their salaries compare
well with the wages paid male employ
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-06-10
The REST Is SILENCE.

YEA. l have lived! Pass on
~ And trouble me with questions
nevermore.
l suffered. l nave won
A solemn peace-my peace for
evermore.
Leave me In silence here.
! have no hope. no care.
I know 40 fear,
For l have borne. but now no longer
bear.
Deep hid Sorrow calls me kin.
But my calm she cannot break.
I know not good, l know not sin.
Nor love nor hate can me W a
Though 1 a sought I care not now to
find.
If l have asked I wait for no reply.
My eyes from too much seeing are grown
blind.
I am not dead. yet do not need to die.
Pass on; We cannot reach me any more.
Pass on, for all is past.
Hushl Silence settles ever more and more.
Silence and night at last.
-H~ildegarde Hawthorne.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-06-10
ON The FIRING LINE.


EOR glory? For good?. For fortune or
4 fame?
Why. no for the front where the battle
Leave the rear to the dolt. the lazy. the
lame.
Go forward as ever the valiant have
gone.
Whether city or field. whether mountain
or mine.
Go forward. right on to the firing line.
WHETHER newsboy or plowboy or cow
w boy or clerk,
Fight forward. be ready, b. steady. be
first.
Be fairest. be bravest. be best at your
work.
ExuIt and be glad; dare to hunger. to
As David. as Alfred. Let dogs skuik and
There is room but for men on the firing
line.
A YE. the place to light and the place to
"A fall,
As fall we must all In Gods good time,
It is where the manifest man is the wall.
Where boys are as men in their pride
and prime,
Where glory CLEANS brightest, where
brightest eyes shine.
Far out on the roaring red firing line.
Joaquin Miller.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-06-10
POISON TREES.
They Are Found In Only Two Places
In the World.

They Are Found In Only Two Places
In the World.
In only two places 10 the world,
Queensland and the west coast Of At
RIGA, can there be found that most re-
markable of nature productions, the
Erythrophlocum laboucheri Tor poison
tree. Referring to this tree in speak
ing at a meeting of the Sydney Nat
ural History society, A. Weston, for
merly protector of aborigines in north
ern Queensland, says that when in
full foliage it is n of the most beau
tiful trees in the world. The wood is
elegantly grained and marked by col
ors and peculiar streaks which readily
distinguish it from any other Known
timber. 1t is extremely hard and
tough, and the blacks Of the Cape
York peninsula use it for making their
woomeras, with which they throw the
spear. The tree bears long rods con-
tanning beans, which, like the leaves,
are fatal to all animal life. The
stomach of a dead goat OF a dead sheep
may show only three or four undigest'
ed green leaves. All animals are blind
before they die and remain blind II
they recover. This tree killed sixteen
of the Chillagoe company's camels. II
killed some of the horses and cattle
Of the Jardine brothers In their ex-
petition to Cape York in 1864. On one
occasion 1t killed several thousand
sheep on the gulf rivers. Occasionally
an aboriginal Lucrezia Borgia disposes
of a rival by mixing some crushed
beans In a mashed yam or pounded
%cunjeboi, and the unhappy Juliet can
nevermore gaze upon her lost Romeo
Even inhaling the smoke of the burn
ing wood is said to have a disastrous
effect upon ladies who, In Byronic
phrase. are among those who love
their lords;" consequently it is never
used for hrewood except in extreme
cases of matrimonial infelicity Lon
don Standard.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-06-10
NOT so CRAZY.

NEBUCHADNEZZAR ate the grass.
The clover and the daisy.
&xSce~&nennsa 1a-z&huaasssss~
Would look and call him crazy.
NEVERTHELESS we come today
~ This explanation giving:
Perhaps poor Neb, too. could not pay
The higher cost of living.
Chicago Post
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-06-10
Literally So.

Owing to a change for the worse in
the character of the neighborhood a
family which for many years had lived
in the same house was compelled to
sell 1t and move elsewhere. Their old
house became a home for aged col
ored women One day a member Of
the family happened TO visit it. Things
were indeed different within. Being
one of those who harbor a of
humor, the former occupant in de-
scribing his impressions while among
the aged colored women, with whom
his old abode was filed, remarked:
81 may truthfully say the whole
complexion of the place has changed"
New York Times.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-06-10
WHEN FATHER WAS A BOY.

WHEN FATHER WAS A BOY.
RvHE world was full of wondrous
things
When father was a boy.
1t almost seems like folks had
wings
When father was a boy.
They liked TO work the l~ivelong day
And rise at five and never play.
They just seemed to be built thai way
When father was a boy.
The little boys were awful strong
When father was a boy.
They'd weed the cornfields all day long
When father was a boy.
And when the day at last was Ger
They'd go and do up every chore.
Then come and beg to work some more
When father was a boy.
Tho youngsters never had no fun
When father was a boy.
They'd go to bed when work was done
When father was a boy.
They only had a book or two.
The clothes they wore were never new.
And. gee, the lessons they got through
When father was a boy.
The snow was ~thirty-two feet deep
When father was a boy.
They tunnefed through to feed the sheep
When father was a boy.
The crust d freeze. and then they'd go
And coast to town upon the snow
Without a stop. ten miles or so.
When father was a boy.
Young folks were seen and never heard
When father was a boy.
They couldn't say a single word
When father was a boy.
But now dad loves to whoop and shout.
! guess us kids has heard about
Most all the talk he went without
When father was a boy.
Selected.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-06-10
Notice

Office of Sinking Fund Commission of the
Borough OF Holly Beach City, County OF Cape
May, State of New Jersey.
May 9th, 1910.
Notice to holders of Borough of Holly Beach
City Improvement certificates.
The following numbered certificates have
been drawn for redemption and will be paid
on and after May 10th, 1910, ION which date
interest will cease) by the Marine National
Bank OF Wildwood, Nj.
Issued under Ordinance No. 81 for paving
Pacific avenue.
Certificates Numbers l, 2, g., A., 8, 8, :, IS, 8, 10,
IL, IL, ID, IA, Is, rs, II, Is, 10, 20. q, p, %, "a, %,
%, q, Is, 80 80, 81, 80, 80, 81, IS, SO, 81, s., 80, 10,
II, 50. 81, 81, 50, 81, IS, 56, 81, IS.
$500 each.
8. T. BOWLER,
Secretary Holly Beach Sinking Fund Com
mission.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-06-10
MAY.

MAY.
T FEEL a newer life in every gale.
4 The winds hat fan the flowers
And with their welcome breathings fill this
sail
Tell of serener hours
OF hours that glide unfelt way
Beneath the sky of May.
THE spirit of the gentle south wind calls
4 From the blue throne of air,
And where his whispering voice in music
falls
Beauty is budding there.
The bright ones of the valley break
Their slumbers and awake.
THE waving verdure rolls along the
L plain.
And the wild forest weaves.
To welcome back its playful mates again.
A canopy of leaves,
And from its darkening shadow floats
A gush of trembling notes.
EAIRER and brighter spreads the reign
4 OF May.
The tresses of the woods
With the light dallying of the west wind
play,
And the full brimming floods,
As gladly to their goal they run.
Hail the returning sun.
James G. PercivaL.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-06-10
Sens In Verse
H MODERN SPIRIT.

lie .
NH life IL but q game, they say.
Which men must ever watcf
with care,
In readiness to take or pay,
But always strictly on the
square.
And. though you have a feeble hand.
If courage and determined skill
Be yours the fates may yet command
Results to satisfy your will.
IT'S he who waits for fortunes turn
In dreamy idieness complete
Who Is at last compelled to learn
The bitterness of true defeat.
Stay In the game and face the cost
And play the hand, though It be small.
IT'S better to have bluffed and lost
Than never to have blurred at all
Washington Star.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-06-10

Boil in usual way without breaking.
strain off, raise saucepan lid to let
cry a few minutes. Have ready deep
pan containing very hot fat, put pota
toes In a few at a time. They will
become a golden brown. By putting
In hot the potatoes do not cool the
tat and a better result Is obtained.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-06-10
Do YOU TAKE THE JOURNAL !?
TT us 10 THE INTEREST OF EVERY

IT IS TO THE INTEREST OF EVERY
man who owns a house or lot on Five Vile Beach to
take the JOURNAL In its columns you will find
throughout the year much matter that will interest and
be of value to you for the trihing cost of one dollar per
year. If you do not already take the JOURNAL cut out
and fill in the following coupon, enclosing check or a
one dollar bill, and mail same to Journal, Wildwood
Cape May County, New Jersey"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-06-10
RATHER

A DEBT is paradoxical
AZ In this respect. we find
The more we try to put 1t off,
The more it's on our mind.
Detroit Free Press.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-06-10
william e. Ze11er
Counsellor at Law.

Prompt and careful attention to Real
Estate and Law business on Five Mile Beach.
Fire Insurance placed in reliable COM
panies.
Office In Ocean villa WILDWOOD, N. ].
Or III Drexel Building, Philadelphia.
The Carlisle independent., 1910-05-19

Smith and Humphries have just received a car load of field fence, poultry, barbed and smooth wire.
 Clarke's Photos are best, With you every Saturday. Clarke the Photographer.
 fit is wagon you want see c. W. Adams he has the New Moline, the standard of the world.
The Carlisle independent., 1910-05-19
Everybody PuilI
0 The People of Carlisle:

me GoOple OI CdTilSle.
 To great extent the success of the Central Arkansas Fair de bends upon our homefolks mak
 ing one great and united effort. Though the management has been and may always be depend ed on to do all they can to con tinue the fair and push it for ward to a greater success, yet 1t ;yill not do for the public gener
 ally to lie down and depend en- tirely on the few to carry on this work. Plans for the fifth annual meeting to be held October 17th. to 21st. have already been launched and the work of pre- paring the premium lists have been begun. That we may have catalog that our community can be proud of, it is up to every business man and progressive citizen to lend a helping hand. Kindly remember that the funds to carry on this enterprise is ob- tained in three ways: advertis- ing patronage, concession and gate receipts. The advertising patronage must come to meet the expense of catalogue and the advertising of the fair. COnceS- sionists will not contract without knowing that the fair has been fully advertised, and we cannot expect a public to patronize without attractions and exhibi- tions. The farmer, the stock raiser, the poultry man, the gardener, and the ladies skilled in culinary and textile art are expected to do great stunt and without them we can hardly ex- pect a good fair. As a compen- sation they will take the prem 1ums. The business man will get his compensation in the greater business that will be created by the receipts being disbursed largely in our own community. While the whole section comprising our fair ter
The Carlisle independent., 1910-05-19
T. M. Fletcher

The Independent this week carries the announcement of pr. T. M. Fletcher, our efficient sheriff and collector, who is ask ing for a second term to that i'm portant office, subject to the ac- tion of the Democratic primary election.
 It is not likely that Mr. Fletcher will have an opponent in his race for reelection. as the people of the county feel he is entitled to another term, on the strength ot his brilliant record and by party precedent. He has made every campaign promise good and our county can boast of one of the most fearless, as well as the most dutiful sheriff's in Arkansas today.
 With the experience derived from one term, he will be fitted to render even more efficient ser vice during the succeeding term and we cheerfully commend his candidacy to our readers as in every way worthy of their SUD- port.
The Carlisle independent., 1910-05-19
Pat" Swain

In the proper column Of the Independent this week will be found the announcement of Pat" Swain, of Lonoke town ship, for county treasurer, sub iect to the action of the Demo cratic primary election.
 Pat" as his friends call him, was born and reared in Lonoke county. For number of years he has been in the employ of a leading mercantile establish ment of Lonoke and is we'll and favorably known in every sec tion of the county. He is thor oughly competent for the posi- tion to which he aspires and his honesty and integrity never have been questioned.
 Pat. has never made the race for any office and his many friends believe that he will have strong following in this cam paign. A vote for Pat" Swain will never be regretted.
The Carlisle independent., 1910-05-19
The New "Arkansaw Traveller.

In Arkansas, the turn of the tune has been reached. The broad highway which passed the fielder's door now leads to great cities. It winds along the banks of the beautiful White river. It leads through rice fields and among cotton plantations where grows the wonderful long staple. sought by the buyers of the old world at twenty-five cents per pound; through great forests of virgin elm, oak, cottonwood, cy- press, pine, walnut and hickory.
 At every turn of this road is a schoolhouse or college and new ones are building every day. Our road takes us to the only diamond field in America, Pike County, Arkansas.
 Slate of every color and shade to tempt the artistic architect is found in abundance. Beautiful bleck marble, zinc, lead, anti mony, cement, phosphate and pottery clays but await the turn of the tune in their development
 Our traveller now follows the road to the vineyards and orch ards of Arkansas, to where the ever pleasant rays of the sun kiss the purple and amber into the grape, for be it known that the native grapes of Arkansas have presented to the world some of it's most splendid varie- ties. He visits some of the lar. gest strawberry fields in the world and notes the abundance of other small fruits. The fig and the orange are to be found in the southern part of the state, while among the beautiful Ozark mountains of the northwestern part of the state grow the most beautiful and finest favored ap- ples of the world. Evidently the Ozark plateau is the original home of the apple. More new varieties of the apple have been produced and developed in this section than in any other part o1 the world. The counties of Ben ton and Washington in northern Arkansas have each more apple trees in them than there are in any other counties in the world
 Geologists tell us that the Ozark plateau is the oldest land upon the western hemisphere, What were once rugged noun tains, as they rose from the wa ters of the earth, are now gentle hills and pleasant valleys. Theil beauty never tires. Here the industrious husbandman in ever increasing numbers is finding the turn in the tune in his efforts for prosperous and happy exis tence. Nathan B. Williams 1T May National Magazine.
The Carlisle independent., 1910-05-19

ritory will feel amply repaid for any sacrifice they make-in the knowledge that they are living among pushing, progressive and live people ever on the alert to make this the best section of Arkansas and the greatest country on earth. Are you all in the traces? All ready-now pull.
 MUZZY. Secretary.
The Carlisle independent., 1910-05-19

Our large black hats are mak- ing the hit. See for your selves.
 Nichols & Hutson. Smith & Humphries have the agency for the famous Hamilton Brown line of shoes, which are made by the largest shoe mak- CTS in the the world.
The Carlisle independent., 1910-05-19
Death of Mrs. Zimmerman

M fS. Margaret Banz1of-Llm- merman, long resident of the Carlisle community, died at her residence on the afternoon of the 9th. instant. She was taken i'll some three weeks before, and while it was not known that she was seriously sick and little hope of her recovery was enter tained from the first, yet when the message went abroad that Mrs. Zimmerman was dead, it was a great shock to the people, and sadness came into every home where the good woman was known. For all loved the kindly, positive, free-spoken neighbor and friend.
 She was born in Wittenburg. Germany, on the 26th day of January 1881. She grew to womanhood in the land of her nativity; and there she was hap oily married to the late John C.. Zimmerman, close to half a century ago. To this union were born fourteen children; eight of whom passed before their mother into the other world, while six, three sons and three daughters remain to mourn their great loss of the mother, so wise in her counsel and so thoughtful of their inter- eStS.
 The family immigrated to America sometime close to the year 1874 and settled temporar- fly in New York State. In 1882 they moved to Arkansas, Shere the family have since resided, and where the family have pros pered, and won the respect and confidence of their neighbors.
 As to the religious history and character of the deceased: She was in her childhood baptised as one of the Lords own and brought up in the faith of the Lutheran church. After com ing to this country she attached herself to the Methodist church of Carlisle, under the ministry Of Rev. J. A. Henderson, in which communion she died in the faith of her fathers aLd of the saints of all ages.
 The scripture lesson for fam fly worship which led the Sab bath morning she was taken sick. and which she truly said would be her last, was the 5th. Psalm. And her last words, spoken few minutes before she breathed her last, were: I must go home" These words she ut tered in her mother tongue Her spirit went peacefully away to the God who gave it. There were no signs of fear or the least perturbation as she drew neal to the brink of the dark river She arranged her business, af fairs, even to paying her church dues up to date, and put hel house in order, so that there was no worry or fret to disturb her dying moments. Her enc was peace; may our end be like hers. Only by walking in the faith and initiating christian virtues so distinctly luminous 1T her life may we hope to meet the last evening triumphantly with out fear as she did, nor can tht l bereaved family find the comfor
 and resignation to their loss ex fcept by trust in their mother.
 God.
 | It will pay you to get Adam ,.
 Prices before buying your Hard
The Carlisle independent., 1910-05-19

It will pay you to get Adam s Prices before buying your Hard ware, Wagons, and Implements. Our large shipment of hats for young and old.
 Nichols & Hutson. f Buechley has a nice line of barefoot sandals for children, misses and ladies.
 If you want a threshing ma chine call or write c. w. Adams Carlisle.
 Just opened our immense line of best styles both in shapes and trimmed hats. See our line be- fore buying.
 Nichols & Hutson.