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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-01
MONKEYS IN BATTLE
They Fight Under Leaders and Roll
Stones on Enemies.

Aesop's ape. 1t will be remembered.
wept on passing through a human
graveyard, overcome with sorrow for
its dead ancestors. and that all mon
keys are willing enough to be more
like u than they are they show by
their mimicry.
An old authority tells that the easiest
way to capture apes is for the hunter
to pretend to shave himself. then to
wash his face, fill the basin with a sort
of birdlime and leave 1t for the apes
to blind themselves. If the Chinese
story is to be believed the initiative
craze is ever more fatal In another
way, for IL you shoot n monkey OF
a band with q poisoned arrow its neigh
Dor, jealous of so unusual a decoration,
will snatch the arrow from 1t and stab
itself, only to have 1t torn away by a
third. until in succession the whole
troop has committed suicide.
In their wild life balloons as well as
many varieties Of the monkey tribe
undoubtedly submit to the authority OF
recognized leaders. There is co-opera-
ton between them to the extent that
when fighting In company n will go
to the help of another which Is hard
pressed.
In rocky ground they roll down stones
upon their enemies. and when making
a raid, as on an orchard which they be-
lieve to be guarded, the attack is cor.
Quoted on an organized plan, sentries
being posted and scouts thrown out.
which gradually feel their way forward
TO make sure that the coast Is clear,
while the main body remains In con.
cealment behind until told that the road
Is open.
From the fact that the sentries stay
posted throughout the raid. getting for
themselves no share of the plumber, II
has been assumed that there must be
some sort of division of the proceeds
afterward. Man. again, has been diff
ferentiated from all other creatures as
being a tool using animal. but more
than one kind of monkey takes a stone
in its hand and with it breaks the nuts
which are too hard to be cracked with
the teeth.-London Globe.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-01

There are certain kinds of wood that
are too hard to burn or refuse to ignite
for some other reason, such as iron
wood and the good brier root. but it is
a curiosity to come across a piece OF
common deal-the soft. light wood of
which SO many boxes are made-that
cannot be set fire to. The piece or
wood in question was common white
deal from Sweden, but was remarka
BILE for its comparative weight. 1t had
formed part of a boat belonging to a
whaler and had been dragged below
the surface of the water to the depth
of more thru half a mile by a har-
pooned whale. The length of line and
the short distance from the point OF
descent after being struck at which
the whale rose to the surface was a
proof of the depth to which 1t a
dragged the boat. Only part OF the
boat came up again at the end of the
line, and 1t was taken on board when
the whale had been killed. That piece
of wood was so hard that it would not
burn in a gas jet. The weight of wa
ter had compressed it.-London Stand
ard.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-01
Resolution

Whereas. the Commissioners of Assessment
OF the Borough OF Wildwood, New Jersey,
have filed their report OF assessments of ben
ehts and damages under Ordinances Nos,
ia and III On account of the cost of laying ce-
ment sidewalks and combined cement curb
and gutter on Oak avenue, west of Park ave-
nue., and on Twenty-sixth street from Allan
tic avenue to Park avenue. which report
shows the total cost of said improvements to
be the sum OF S3,677.l0
Be it resolved and enacted by the Mayor
and Council of the Borough of Wildwood thai
said report be considered by Council on Mon
o'clock in the evening at the council chamber
in the borough hall; that the clerk give no.
tice of said meeting by publication in the
weekly newspapers of the borough once each
week for a period of two weeks and notice to
each property owner to be affected by said
improvements and assessments as required
by section So of the Borough Act of 1897.
March IA, 1910.
w. c. HENDEE,
Borough Clerk.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-01
They Were "over."

He was a regular patron of the res
taurant. Perhaps that is why he felt
justified in making clever remarks to
the mattresses. remarks which they
were puzzled to know how to answer
One day, however, the smallest and
timidest girl happened to be serving
this irritating customer. and 1t fell to
her to answer him In kind.
.sI'll have some steak" he said. COM
ing In late for dinner, and some
SQUASH, and some Got some baked
potatoes, fine, brown baked potatoesY"
Baked potatoes are all over" said
the girl.
He leaned back In his chair and
gazed at her quizzically.
Baked potatoes all over. are theyF'
he replied. "All over what?"
with" she replied simply.-Youth's
Companion.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-01
WASHED AWAY HIS HOME.
The Fortune That Came to a Man and
His Clever Wife.

- -
An Irishman named Whalen found
a fortune In a very amusing way.
says the Cape Town Argus. With the
savings of his wife he bought not far
from Ballarat a few acres of ground
containing q water pool and a sluggish
spring. With the mud and gravel from
the bottom of the pool he made sun
dried bricks and, building a cabin for
himself and family. started a bar for
the miners.
Quite contrary to their usual habits.
a colony of Cinnamon living near by
commenced to visit his bar every
night. Then Mrs. Whalen discovered
that some one had bit by bit carried
off the mud pigstye and its surround
ing wall so gradually that 1t had al
most gone before she noticed 1t. Soon
the chimney and the cabin walls also
began to vanish. After a careful
watch Mrs. Whalen discovered that
while one band of Cinnamon kept her
husband busy in the bar another band
was stealing the chimneys and walls.
Whalen knew the Cinnamon were no
fools, and. acting on his wife's sugges-
ton, he also 'stole a pan of dirt from
his own chimney and washed it out.
Then he ordered tents for his family
to live In and washed away the entire
house. 1t was literally built of gold
dust. After that the pool and b
spring were also attacked. and the re-
suit was a big fortune for the lucky
Irishman and his cute little wife.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-01
CHANCES OF LIFE.
Probability at Your Age of How Long
You Viii Live.

ETObdOtltly 81 IOot ~
You Will Live.
After we are dead it probably will
not concern us whether we died a
twenty or fifty or ninety. but just now
most of us are intensely interested In
the matter, and, being average per
sons in sound health. we can figure out
with certainly just what our chances
are of reaching any particular age.
says Harper's Weekly,
If we are just 20 years of age. u
chances of living to or beyond 80 are
nearly II to /; of living to be 40, 5$
to /; to be so. g 70 1; TO be 60, 1913 to
/. OF living to be 20 we have less
than l chance in 21s; to be 80, less
than / chance In 5H. aud to be so. less
than. l chance In 100.
II we nave reacneu 81. our cnance
to reach 40 are nearly II to |; to be
90. nearly Az to /; to be GO. 2As to !;
to be 20. AZ chances in 10; to be 80.
l chance in 5a; to be 30, l chance in
100.
The average man of 40 has Sss
chances to l of reaching his fiftieth
birthday. 2% chances to l of attaining
60. only 8 chances out of 10 OF reach
ing 20, 1 chance in 53s of reaching so.
and l chance in 100 of becoming 80.
Having been lucky in all the draw
ings up to fifty years. the average man
has As chances to / of becoming 60:
to become 20 the chances are IA to !
in bis favor; to become so he has but l
chance in 8 and to become 90 l chance
In 100.
If already 60 the average citizen has
2 chances to l of becoming 20, /
chance In 4 Of becoming so and l
chance In GO of reaching 80.
The man of 20 has 3 chances in 8 of
becoming so and l In 80 of becoming
90.
If one has weathered the storm until
his eightieth birthday he has l chance
In II of reaching his ninetieth mile
post.
1t will be observed that as we get
older our chances of reaching 80 in.
crease greatly.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-01
THEIR FATHERS.
All Three Were Trimmers. but One
Was a Star.

Was a Star.
The story. long since familiar. OF the
little boy whose boast that his father
had put a cupola on his house was
capped by his playmate. who remark
ed proudly that his father had just
put q mortgage on theirs. Is brought
to mind by an occurrence which was
told the other day by a prominent poll
tician.
The small son of q mar who was In
politics for revenue only on moving
into a new district went out and
struck up an acquaintance with two
other kids of the same age who lived
In the neighborhood. They were In
terested In the newcomer and began
to try him out as to what his parents
amounted to anyhow.
MY fathe~ is a window trimmer and
an awfully big man." said the first
kid.
"Ah, that's nothin'i" said the second.
MY fathers a dump trimmer. and
he's twice as big as yours"
1t was plainly up TO the stranger to
make good. And he did it with much
gusto.
my father is a politician" he said.
''but I heard a man tell him last night
that he was the biggest trimmer In
this ward"
And it was apparent to any n that
the new kid had made a strong i'm
preston upon the Observation-Disclosures
York Herald.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-01

BY virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias, TO me
directed, issued out OF the Court OF Chancery
of New Jersey, will be sold at public vendue
on
MONDAY, the EIGHTEENTH of APRIL,
day, at the Sheriff7s office in Cape May Court
House, N. j.
All OF the following described tracts or pieces
of land, situate in the Borough ofHolly Beach
City, County Of Cape May, Slate Of New Jer:
No. l. Beginning at a point in the south
west line of Spence avenue distant sixty feet
southeast from the south corner of Spencer
and Holly Beach avenues, and extending
thence southeast, along the southwest line OF
Spencer avenue, thirty feet in ront or
BREADTH; thence southwest, between parallel
lines of that width or frontage, at right angles
TO Spencer avenue, one hundred feet In length
or depth. Being the same premises which
Georgieanna M. Wright ct vir., by deed dated
June %, 1908, and recorded In the office of the
Clerk of Cape May County in Book No. 222 OF
Deeds, page 335, granted and conveyed to
George d. Esling in fee.
No. 2. Beginning at a point In the south
west line of Spencer avenue distant fifty feet
southeast from the south corner OF Spencer
and Holly Beach avenues, and extending
thence southeast, along the southwest line OF
Spencer avenue, ten feet In front or breadth;
thence southwest between parallel lines OF
that width or frontage, at right angles to
Spencer avenue. sixty-nine feet in length or
depth. Being a part OF the same premises
which Aaron C. Andrew by Charlie A. Nor
ton, his attorney in fact, by deed dated April
8, 1908, and recorded In the office of the Clerk
aforesaid in Book No. go of Deeds, page ~,
granted and conveyed to Georgieanna NJ.
Wright in fee.
Note. The above property will be sold sub
ject to the lien of taxes on the same for the
year 1908, amounting to about Eighteen Dol
lars and Ninety-1ve Cents (Sl8. So, taxes tor
the year 1909, amounting to about Twenty
one Dollars and ~Seventy-fiye Cents (S2l.75)
and a claim tor street grayelling amounting
to about Twenty-four Dollars and Ninety-stx
Cents (s24.96), together with interest and costs
thereon.
Seized as the property of George D. Esling,
ct al, and taken In execution at the suit OF
Annie A.. w. Mock, and to be sold by
ROBERT r. CORSON,
Sheriff.
Horace +. Nixon, Solicitor.
Dated March IA, 1910. p F $1,000
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-01

Followed instructions.

At Gloucester some time ago a nan
was sentenced to one months hard la
Dor for stealing a bottle of medicine
that he had been asked to deliver by
the doctor in the village in which he
lived. Some months after he was
brought up on a similar charge and
when in the dock was asked what he
had to say In his defense.
well. your honor" he replied, Il
was asked by the doctor to call again
for another patients medicine. and the
bottle stood on the doctors desk lab
eled. To be taken as before"
He was discharged amid roars OF
laughter.-London Fun.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-01
Etiquette of Letters.

Eighty years ago the etiquette OF
letters was far more rigid than now.
Even the twopenny post vas not con-
sidered good enough for correspond
ence addressed to persons of any
standing. In her "Reminiscences of
an Octogenarian" Miss Louisa Packe
tells US that when her father had oc-
casion to write to Londoners in his
own class Of life the letter was al
ways conveyed by a servant not for
any reasons of urgency. but because
the post was considered a vulgar me-
dunn Of communication for persons
residing in the same city and only to
he used, for the conveyance of letters
to the country.-London Chronicle.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-01

Section 2. And be ii further ordained, hat
the receipts of the said Borough of North
Wildwood, New Jersey. for the fiscal year
commencing January first, One Thousand
Min Hundred and Ten, from licenses, inter-
est and costs on deferred taxations and as
fines and from all other sources
whatsoever, be and the same is hereby APP
piled to the contingent expenses of this
Borough.
Section 3. And be it further ordained, that
this ordinance shall take effect Immediately.
The Borough of North Wildwood, by
HARRY G. WHEATON,,
Mayor.
Filed February llth, 1910.
Introduced February 18th, 1910.
Passed March Sd, 1910.
Approved March Sd, 1910.
Published in Five Mile Beach Journal.
Attest-W. e. Young, Borough Clerk.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-01
Wise Old Guard.

To a guard at a gate in the Broad
street station. Philadelphia. there re-
Gently rushed an excited individual
with this query, "Have | time to say
goodby to my wife. who is leaving on
this New York tramp
That. sir" responded the guard.
with a polite smile. depends on how
long you have been married.'-St.
Louis Republic.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-01
A Cruel stab.

KatiHwhat a lovely ring: Matte
Isn't it? This ring was given me on
nv twenty-tirst birthday. Katie-Real-
ly? Why, how well preserved it isl
It's hardly a bit worn! = Cleveland
Leader.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-01
Ordinance No. OF

An ordinance making appropriations for
the Borough of North Wildwood, New Jersey,
for the year 1910.
Be IL ordained by the Borough Council of
the Borough OF North Wildwood, New Jersey
Section /. That there shall be assessed and
raised by taxation and collected upon real
estate and personal property within the linn
its of the Borough of North Wildwood, New
Jersey, the sum of Thirty Thousand and Five
Hundred Dollars for the fiscal year of 1910,
follows.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-01
The Refined stvIe.

Tenderfoot Rghast = You're not
lynching that man? Arizona Ike
Well-er-we don't refer to it in that
unrefined way. We call 1t shown i'm
the ropes.--Judge.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-01
Her Choice.

May 1 offer you my umbrella and
my escort homer
MANY thanks. l will take the II
brella."-Fliegende Blatter.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-01
chivaIrous Johnnie.

"What's the matter. dearT'
at have just had a fight with John
ME over dividin' the candy you gave
u.s."
was there no one to take your
part?"
.Yes'm; johnnie took it.''-Houston
Post
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-01
A Mean Hint.

Miss Oldgirl-l have been studying
with Professor Plump. and he gave
me a few wrinkles. Miss Pert-Do
you think you need any nor dear?-
baltimore American.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-01

A hopeless man is deserted by him
self. and lie who deserts himself is
soon deserted by his friends.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-01
Ordinance No. I24

An ordinance to hx the appropriations or tax
budget for the year nineteen hundred and
tan
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-01

Be 1t ordained and enacted by the Mayor
and Council of the Borough of Wildwood,
New Jersey, that said Council do hereby APP
propriate and provide for raising by taxation
in the current year the following sums OF
money for the purposes following, to wit:
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1910-04-01
SHERIFF,S SALE

By virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias, TO me
directed, issued out of the Court OF Chancery
of New Jersey, will be sold at public vendue
on
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-02-11
Stops Dea BARKING.

My pointer used to snnoy the fam.
lily by barking at night. often for no
other reason than that other dogs in
the neighborhood were barking.
had an electric gong placed in his
kennel and the wires strung straight
up from the roof Of the kennel to a
shade tree and then to my bedroom.
The push-button is on the wall close
to the head OF my bed and II the dog
barks when l think he should be still.
press the button and he shuts up.
This is how we trained him he should
be quiet when the bell rang. | wait
ed inside the side door of the house.
with all the lights in the house out
When the barking commenced my
brother rang the bell and l went out
and gave the dog a scolding and \
couple oI cuts with the dog,whip.
then returned to the house. I had to
Sc out three times the first evening
and twice the next. but since then
the bell has served its purpose; in
fact. It has practically cured this dog
Of unealled-for barkinG.-J. v. Travis
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-02-11
A fieouI Rerarlee.

A certain commissioner out West
was given 10 treating the Indians w.tI
a scorn they did not deserve. One
day, as ne sat with a great chief in
his tepee, smoking the pipe of peace.
the chief entertained him with many
quaint legends.
One of these dealt with a plague ot
locusts. and the grim orator described
in howery language how they bad
swarmed over the land. eating every
herb and green lea. and h'otting out
the light OF day for every number.
Then, he concluded by remarking that
Il was not until the medicine man
made an offering Of a silver locust 10
the Great Spirit that the creatures
disappeared, and this they did swift.
ly and suddenly.
Loudly the commissioner laughed
the superstitti0us Indian To scorn.
do you mean TO say you're such
fools as to believe that rubbish?" he
asFed.
not much. ." replied the chief grave
ly "or we would have offered the
Great Spirit a silver paleface long
ago."
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-02-11
A PAIR OF MYSTERIES Solved
sCr. MacSwiliiger Now Knows the
Fate Of Old Truns and Sait Cases.

aSr. MacSwiliiger Now Knows the
Fate Of Old Truns and Suit Cases.
Il used to wonder" sail Mr. Mac
Sviliiser, what became CT all the
old leather trunks and suit cases and
handbags and that sort OF thing. OF
course they must wear ont and be
thrcwu away, 1ut you never saw an
old leather trunk on the rubbish
carts Of tie Street Cleaning Depart
noat, lid YOU?
Il never dill, never; and still they
must go somewhere; an5 wonder
ed where. Now ! know, or / think
I know. They go into meat pies and
the stews and things that you get In
boarding houses. l used 10 wonder
where they got the beef that they put
into these pies, it was SO tough; but
now l know. They buy these old
leather trunks and cut 'em up into
suitable sized chunks and make this
leather beef up into meat pies.
1T Is true that l never yet
found in boarding house meat pie
or beef stew a trunk lock or a piece
Of a hinge or any rivets or corner
clamps or other trunk hardware, but
It isn't necessary for me to find these
things in the pie to know; there's a
whole lot of things that we may not
be able to get any actual proof Of
that we know just the same are true,
and this is one OF them.
II may not find any buckles or
keys or casters in my meat pie, but
doa't have to; l know what the
neat in the pie is made Of well
enough to satisfy me, and this is to
ne a greet, In fact, a double, satis-
faction. / know now where the
5carallv house keepers get the meat
TOR tho-e pies, ana l know also what
Be mes uf the old handbags, suit
-la5s ami leather trunks"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-02-11
A,nrcoiatlon for Pa

a Baltimore man had decided that
ne Iust administer a stern lecture to
his 6-ear-old son Harry. The boy had
been naughty, but did not seem 10 ap-
prociate the fact; and 1t was with
some reluctance. therefore. that the
parent undertook a scolding.
He spoke iudieiously, but severely;
he recounted the lad misdeeds, and
duly explained the why's and where.
fores OF his solemn rebuke. his wife
the While sitting by duly impressed.
Finally. when the father ceased loi
breath and, incidentally, to hear the
culprit's acknowledgment OF error
The lad, his face beaming with admira-
ton. turned 10 the mother and said:
ma, isn't Pa interestlng2"-HAr,
~sr's MaEazine.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-02-11
TELL BREAD MAKING SECRETS
Bakers, Trying to AbOl'sh Nigh:
Work, Explain Their Methods.


Members of til Journeymen Bakers
and Confectioners' International I'm.
ion recently officially gave away few
secrets in bread making in arguments
for the abolition OF night work. One
bread maker said:
Our Arst bread comes out about
$50 o'clock in the morning. Then
the wagon takes the bread out for
dinner. OF course. this bread is not
real warm when it goes into the
wagon. 1t is not the best thing to put
warm bread in the wagon. as it is
LAB 10 get / -shed, but the bread
i--I Lrst has t.tn baked that d2y
can be nstd ;or saiTp!ng in the after
EuOu. Tie bIcat coming Elong then
mp until or > clock is put In boxes.
an In the mOrl.lg it is Just as fresh
as aEy50ty !--;s When tie load Is
not so heavy l., TIE n0rnirg tae
wagons come back. LOAD up again and
80 out. i'e LID it has been a saving
OF horses and wagons"
q had day worl IN my shop right
along" said Fred shell. a Detroit hax.
er, and in order 10 accommodate s
few customers who wanted warm
bread in the morning | put a man on
at night Then We had warm bread
in the morning and all day. But the
trade has dropped. don't see the
customers come in and ask 70. a doz.
IN rolls each cay. have done less
business. This week have gone back
to day work. ard / thin the custom.
ers viii come back. New York
Press.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-02-11
popopoaoe Ope~o4oso4OHO7oRe

Physicians have long been looking
for harmless headache cure. 1t
has been produced by an eminent
chemist of the National Capital. 1t
is kno-Vn as BRoMo-PErsIN. Besides
curing every form of headache
instantly, Bromo Pepsin is equally
and as promptly efficacious in
chronic and acute indigestion and
the nervous disorders incident there
o. 1t is efferescent and pleasant
to take and may be had of all up tc
date druggists at ten cents bottle.
IL comes as a boon to mankind ant
womankind. For sale at y. o..
Armstrong, Druggist.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-02-11
Tne OnIy Va 10 Knoy,.

Catherine had asked so many dues-
lions and father was growing imUati.
ent Finally he said. 20, Catherine, /
can't answer half your questions" q
know you can't father. Lut then I do
not know which hElf you CAM an
svar,"
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-02-11

The Commissioners Of Pike County
will hereafter hold Regular Meetings
the LIST - Sursday Of each mo. between
the hours of9a. m. aud p. IN. except
ing IN the months when Court may
be in session, and then during Court
THEO. II. BAKER
COmm.ssi 'ners Clerk
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-02-11
WANTS sUPPLlED!l

Ifyou want note heads, bill heads, lette
heads, statements. show cards, progra ns
large posters, sale bills, dodEor' envelopes
tags business cards or job printing
every description, done IN in the best sty ]
foi you In an up-tO-dAte and artistic mul
ner callnnd see US. Pricesl
THE PRESS PRINT.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-02-11
William 3. Kenwoithey NJ. D
Physician AMI SlreOn.
OIice AMI resilnncs Broad Street
iext Court House. MTLFOED.
For Rent

Furnished rooms to rent. Enquila
Of Mrs Eta Pnillon, Corner Broai
aud Ann Streets, Milford, Pa.
Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1910-02-11
Time T abE0
ERIE RAILROAD. !
ct
PORT JERVIS

Solid Pullman trains to Buffalo, Mag
ara Falls. Chautauqua Lake. Cleveland
Chicago and Cincinnati.
Tickets OH sale at Port Je alt
points in the West and Southwest at lower
eated than via any other tlrst-class line.
In effect June 2lth, 1908.