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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-16

III the following precautions are TAX
en- fires will seldom occur from accident
or spontaneous combustion:
Keep your house, store or factory
clean.
Never allow rubbish, such as paper,
rags, cobwebs, old clothing, boxes, ETC.,
to accumulate in closets or empty rooms.
Never fill your coal oil lamps after
dark or near a fire.
Never alter gas brackets SO that they
a be swung against a wall or wood
trim about the room OF cUr.ains.
Never put ashes in a wooden recep-
tacle in or about your premises.
Never keep matches In any but
metal or earthern safes, and when you
light one never throw 1t on the floor,
Never allow smoking in proximity
to inflammable materials or merchan-
disc.
Never take an open light into a
closet to examine a gas meter.
Never read In bed by lamp light, you
may fall asleep.
Never close up your place of business
or premises before going over the same,
seeing that all lights or fires are extin-
guished or made safe.
Never forget to have pals Of water
or sand available in your place of bus
mess, for immediate use.
Never forget that carelessnees and
negligence are the cause of two-thirds
of all fires.
Bureau of Building Inspection,
R. BURDETTE INMAN.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-16
GETTING ON THE STAGE.
Dangers That 6eset New Esss In the
Vaudeville Basket.


The most amazing thing to a theat-
ricaI manager is the utter lack of COM
prehension on the part of applicants
of what professional work really means.
When | was writing vaudeville
sketches | used to get letters from
young fellows in country towns who
wanted TO go into vaudeville. For some
unaccountable reason they figured out
that that was the easiest way to break
into the entertainment business. As a
matter of fact. they were choosing the
very toughest end of it all. In vaude-
vile there is nc stage manager to tell
one what to do and how to do 1t. He
must rely entirely upon himself.
Furthermore. he must do his W book
ing, get his own transfer agent to take
care of his baggage, negotiate bis own
~railroading and eve pack his own
properties. In fact, he has a thousand
and one troubles to divert his mind
from his proper business. 1t never
seems to dawn upon the aspirant that
It's much better tc get into a great or
%ganization, where there's somebody to
attend to every problem for him and
where he has a chance to learn the
details Of stagecraft.
A clever vaudeville man. to begin
with, must have a good act, and If he
be unknown he must know how to talk
his act to the managers. IL he en-
ploys an agent he is at a disadvantage,
because these persons work for tho
management of the theaters. Further
more, the vaudeville man must remem-
Der that he comes out or to the stage
with nothing behind him. practically
no properties, no chorus girls to divert
attention. The eyes Of the people are
conferred on him. He must do 1t all. 1t
is by far the most difficult business in
the world to succeed at, unless one is
very talented.-George M. Cohan, in
the New York Sun.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-16
Pleading for a e

When Vice President Marshall sew
eral weeks ago, said that what the
United States needed more than any
thing else was a rest he echoed the
sentiment of at least 80 per cent of the
adult population of the nation.
The people are tired of the noise of
government machinery. They have
been deafened by the legislative boiler
factory and want the uproar to cease
for a while so that they can go on With
their business in peace and comfort.
1t was Inevitable that the people
should sooner or later grow tired of the
constant efforts to rescue them from
perlls of which they had never even
dreamed until they heard from the CAM
paign orators. The period was one of
transition. Many of the old leaders
of the parties, who had climbed into
power hand IN hand, were passing a.
way, and younger leaders were striv-
ing for the few places at the top. The
only way to attract attention was by
putting 70 ward legislative proposals to
bring about the millennium. First 1t
wal necessary to picture the wrongs of
the people, then introduce bills IN the
State legislatures or Congress to correct
them. In his recent message to the
Legislature at Albany, Gov. Glynn
called attention to this situation when
he said:
One OF the great errors of mod
ern thought is the notion that a
people a be made permanently
prosperous by legislation. The
greatest right possessed by a free
people Is that OF pursuing without
governmental interference their in
dividual fortunes in a manner that
preserves the broad liberty of &C.
ton. There is too much govern
mental activity and too general a
notion that difficulties and troubles
belonging to and ~inseparable' from
human nature can be removed by
legal enactments.
Most thoughtful people, when they
sit down and think things over, will a.
gree with Gov. Glynn. A great many
persons have had the same thought in
mind for a long time, We have been
trying to reform human nature from
the top down; not by educating chill
dren to the moral standards and true
ideals Of citizenship In the schools, but
by legislating for them as adults later
on.
An yet the c%rusading, and the muck
raking and the legislation were merely
part Of a transition period which mark
ed the passing of the old and the arriv-
al of the new. New ideas had TO be
brought forward to establish the new
political heroes. Once these men are
established, there will be q more COP
~servatiye era, and the country will get
another breathing spell-until another
transition period arrives. w ashipgton
Post.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-16
to North wildwood
School Dedicated

Between two and three hundred peo-
pie gathered at the North Wildwood
school house yesterday afternoon to
celebrate the completion of the new
addition, built by Contractor A. M.
Ely. Several good speakers were pres
ent, as will be seen by the following
program, which was carried out:
Musical number-"O, Sing Again."
pupils 7th and 8th grades.
Invocation-Rev. Alexander Laird,
Pastor Holly Beach Presbyterian
church.
Musical Misunderstanding of the Free"
pupils 9Th and sth Grades.
Address-"Progress and Achieve
ment of the Republic Under the Stars
and Stripes.p Eben Yenney, Beach
Council, No. 157. Jr. o. u. A. M.
Musical number-"Beautiful Flag
pupils 7th and 9Th Grades.
Address-F. o. Eagles.
Address-Aaron w. Hand, County
Superintendent of Schools.
Musical Misunderstanding of the
Pilgrims" 9Th to 9Th Grade pupils.
Address, 1.-THE Public School, the
Great Factor in Upbuilding American
citizenship" VIM. H. Bright, presi-
dent Wildwood Board of Education.
Address,. ID. Sensor, State Board
of Education.
Musical number-sUnfurl Our Coun-
try's Flag" pupils 9TH aud 9Th grades.
Add ress-"The Star Epangled Ban
ner.p Senator Harry g. Wheaton.
Presentation of flag, by the combined
Patriotic societies.
Acceptation-Flag raising, Robert
Bright, president Of North Wildwood
Board.
Wildwood City Troop, No. l, Boy
Scouts of America, William Garner,
scout master.
Musical number-tAmerica," the
entire audience.
Benediction-Rev. Levanus Myers,
pastor Anglesea Baptist church.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-16
Beginnings In Authorship.

The first appearance in print of that
successful author, Arthur Pendennis,
was a poem written to match an en-
craving which the proprietor of a mag
azine found unexpectedly thrown ON
his hands. M. Jules Claretie's first
novel was composed under somewhat
similar circumstances. Edmond Den
tn, a prominent publisher under the
second empire. had widely advertised
a novel entitled "Une Drolesse." by a
writer who signed herself ComTesse
Dash. On the eve of publication the
lady wanted the title altered. The
publisher refused to make any change
and in order not to waste money hunt
ed around for an author capable of
furnishing within four weeks a novel
which the title would fit. NJ. Claretie
undertook the task and finished it we'll
within the stipulated time. = London
Standard.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-16
How We Got the Gas Jet.

Possibly very few people know that
we owe the ordinary gas jet to the ac
cidental use of a woman's thimble
After the dinner of the British Com
mercial Gas association Professor Wv
ian Lewes told how Clegg of Redruth
used to burn the illuminant straight
from the open pipe and turn it off by
plugging the pipe with some clay.
Upon one occasion his lump of clay
was missing. and. picking up his wife's
thimble, he put this on top of the pipe
Much to his surprise, the gas escaped
through small holes which had been
worn by the constant use of the needle.
small burning jets Of gas resulting
From this Professor Lewes traced the
evolution Of the gas jet. = London
Globe.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-16
OUR SUPREME COURT.
There MAJ > "Leak" There Once, but
1t Was Quickly Stopped.

1t Was Quickly Stopped.
yes; it is true that supreme court
decisions leaked in the old days." re-
marked an old time broker. 81 remem-
Der a certain important suit about
twenty years ago. 1t was the great
case of those days, as big in its way
as the Standard Oil and Tobacco suits
of the present. A week before the de
cision came down the son of one of the
judges came into my Office. and ! told
him that of the nine judges II would
decide so and So one would refrain
from any opinion, and the remaining
seven would make a decision so and
So
"He smiled and went away. Shortly
after the decision was rendered and
the matter had turned out as | had
foretold this young nan came back to
the office. He said his father was
greatly worried over the leak In the
court and asked me If | could help
them trace the source of my informa-
ton. l told him what / knew-that
one of the official supreme court ste
~negrophers had been selling advance
copies of the decisions to a very prom
inent broker of that time. What this
broker paid for his information l, Of
course, do not know. but it was estab-
lished that | was correct as TO where
the weak spot was in the court.
"Since then every decision by the
supreme court has been written In long
-
luteIy impossible for any outsider to
get the Jews IN advance. This ex-
plains in part why it now takes SO
long for the court to announce its deci-
sions."-Wall Street Journal.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-16
DREAM GREAT DREAMS.
And Then Strive Your Utmost to Make
Your Dreams Come True.

your OT6dHS AomG tTucs
To TURF the face in the right direc-
ton and then to travel on is unques-
tionably. the essential secret of all
achievement. There are, however, GER
tain facts rs well as certain inner
forces common to us all that can be
used as helps along the way.
In a recent little poem by Edwin
Markham we find these lines:
Great it is to believe the dream
When We stand In youth by the starry
stream.
But a greater thing is to fight life through
And say at the end. The dream is true"
Whether the dream, which may be
used as another term for ones ideals,
does come true depends primarily upon
the self. The intrepid and the brave
hearted, moreover. actualize more OF
their ambitions or ideals than do the
faint hearted or the vacillating. 1t was
Goethe who said:
Are you in earnest? Seize this very min
What you can do or dream you can. be-
gin 1t.
Boldness has genius. power and magic
in 1t
Only begin and then the mind grows
heated;
Begin and then the work will be com
pleted.
Life, or rather life in a continually
expanding and achieving form. is, aft
er all. a business, and they who are
the most in earnest get from it the
most and in turn give the most back
tn thn world apain -Ralnh Waldo Urine
in Woman's Home Companion.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-16
SCARED THE LION.
Bravery and Daring Displayed by an
African Woman.

Bravery and Daring Displayed by an
African Woman.
In Hunting the Elephant In Africa"
the author, Captain @. III. Stigand. In
telling some lion stories, admits that
there is a certain thrill in connection
with the king of the jungles The So
malls say that a lion makes you jump
three times-frst, when you hear him
roar; secondly, when you unexpectedly
meet his spoor. and thirdly, when you
first sight him. They say that even a
bold man is thus frightened three
times by a lion. but after the sudden
shock Of seeing him is over he is no
longer afraid. And In this connection
he tells us a good story Of female hero
ism:
sat a village near Fort Mangoche,
also In Nyasaland, a nan was sitting
one night at the door of his hut drum
ming while his wife was cooking food
inside. The hut was an isolated one
being several hundred yards from the
rest of the village.
Suddenly the woman heard the man
call out, "A lion has got me. She took
a burning fagot from the fire, ran out
and smacked the lion In the face. The
astonished animal let go, and she drag
ged her husband into the hut and
hastily put up the poles which form
the door. The man died a few min
utes after, and the woman sat there
with the dead body.
Presently the lion returned and
scratched gently on the door. This he
repeated several times till it got on the
woman's nerves. At last she could
stand it no longer, so she took another
fagot from the fire, unbarred the door
and fed to the village, leaving the
dead man. The lion then walked into
the hut and took him"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-16
A Sermon on conscisnoe.

81 knows why you wakes in de night
time an stares at de dark, an pulls
de kiver over yo' head" said Brother
Williams. ian you orter know widout
me tellin' of you. It's on account er
dat conscience you kicked into de
corner in de airly mawnin', wen you
wuz fixin' ter leave fer de day. You
didn't think ter ak it ter warm its
hans by de fire wen you wuz gwine
ter bed, an SO it riz up an stumbled
round de DON in de dark. ontel 1t
strick a light in witch you seen yo' own
soul! OATS how come an why-git
'roun' 1t eff you kin?'-Atlanta Consti-
tuition.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-16
- Camden, N. J.
Let's See, what Was his Names

1Cu 0CGp WHICH, W. o AhA5 IN0ttNCS
In 1908 we experienced a very lively
contest for the Presidency and Vice
Presidency.
No great discovery or catastrophe re-
ceived mor space in the public print
than did the utterances, the goings
and the comings of the four candidates
representing the two great parties.
1t would seem impossible for anyone
to forget the names of these men.
Can you name the candidate for the
Vice Presidency on the ticket with Mr.
Bryan?
Oblivion Is the price of silence.
Mr.. Bryan's name has been kept be.
fore the public. His running mate Ii
forgotten.
Don't let the public forget you.
Use the Five Mile Beach Journal.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-16
A Game Of Chance.

81 suppose" said the stranger with
in the gates, 1.-THE lid is on all games
Of chance in this town."
Don't you believe it. stranger" re
Joined the native. "The marriage IL
cense office is still wide open."-Ex-
change.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-16
Classified the Family.

Everybody in our family's some
kind Of an animal" said Bobby to the
amazed lady visitor.
"What n~onsensei' she exclaimed.
"Well." replied Bobby. mothers a
dear. my baby sister is mothers little
lamb. I'm the kid and dads the, goat"
Dundee Advertiser
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-16
Shooting Through Glass.

A rifle bullet may be fired through a
pane of glass. making a hole the size
Of the ball without cracking the glass
II the glass be suspended by a thread
1t will make no difference, and the
thread will not even vibrate. london
Telegraph.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-16
The Resemblance.

81 was always interested in airships
and flying machines, 50 l bought a the
ater."
"Why did you do that?"
"a theater has wings and flies"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-16
Inst Goes Out.

observation-disclosures. when the fire goes
out where does it go? Mother-l don't
know, dear. You might just as well
ask where your father goes when he
goes out.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-16
Resolution

Resolved, BY the Mayor and Council OF the
Borough of North Wildwood, New Jersey,
tions to the Issuance of bonds to the amount
of thirty thousand dollars @30,000.OO for the
erection of a sewerage disposal plant In the
said Borough on Tuesday, February Sd, 1914,
at the council chamber In the said borough
hall at eight O'Clock p. m.
Resolution passed a n 4, 1914.
Resolution posted Jan. 10, 1914.
GEORGE A. REDDING,
Borough Clerk
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-16

It is as hard to find a man without
guilt as a fish without a backbone
Archytos.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1914-01-16
Why Wildwood Merchants
Should Advertise in the
Journal

WRITTEN FOR THE FIVE MILE BEACH
JOURNAL BY
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-09-12

ure their part 20 produce their ritual other cred
ible evidence compels 20 follow the established rule
and begin with the known TO find the unknown. The
only is 20 probabilities based known facts
What man swears 70 is based 90 q degree what he
does.
By that reasonable their latest obligation loses
for the mob and murder tactics they indulge in freely
indicates anything but support of the Constitution,
spect for law protection Of purity credtable citizenship
loyalty 20 civil authority We know that they
q secret military body; that their membership is
drilled, uniformed, and commanded by good Catholics;
and that such they licensed, and 20 be re-
warded for the extrpaton of heresies and herecs IL
beevabe that they may have oath in the fourth
degree since they could be thrice before they get
20 IL 20 say nothing Of prior agreements But II they
take oath 20 support the Constitution might
sonsby expect 20 find them doing il occasionally; IL they
promote respect for the law of the land il is
likely that someone might at time catch them or
of them in the act IL they 10 protect the pur
iy of the ballot how about the notoriousy corrupt
political conditions in such city Chicago where they
in conroi OF course they be loyal 20 the civil
authority in cities communities where they, them
selves, have captured that authority.
The latest obligation 10 he too good for the
people who discovered H. IL doesn't t the people who
claim IT, Their everyday actions are not in harmony
Herewith; and il has strange ring when compared
with papa uerances and papal editorials with their de-
clsred or implied "To hell with the government"
sentiments.
The same test applied to the original Congressional
Record oath gives reasonable results. In that al
legged oath the candidate makes sixteen promises af
frmations Stated and examined one at time they are
as follows:
First that the pope is Christ's vice-gerent. Pre-
poserous as the proposition is dare say that not
Nit can be found who will deny his faith in il.
Second, that by virtue of authority derived from
Jesus Christ the pope has power TO depose herecal
kings princes states commonwealths, and governments
and that they may be destroyed. Did you hear
good word from Nit for what they consider the heret
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-09-12

cal governments Of Great Britain, France Portugal OF
Constitutional Mexieoi Is not their sympathy and et
forts directed 20 the destruction Of these governments
and the establishment OF monarchs in their place unaer
papal eontroli
Third that each pledges himself TO defend the doc,
trines in the second proposition against heretes anu
Protestants and TO regard such usurpers This is
merely a continuation OF the second proposition ana
harmonious Herewith,
Fourth. that each denounces and disowns aueglAhoe
10 any heretca king prince state named Protestant
liberal and refuses obedience TO Their laws or -
Is this not the logical position Of all who agree 10 the
first propostoni And Is Il not m perfect agreement
with Prestedor Phelans assertion that IN any clash OF
authority between the pope and the united states ue
would with all other papiss the Nits lneluded' "a!
'To he'll with the government Of the United Statesi
Fifth that Protestant doctrines and Masonic prin-
cipes are damnable and that all are damned who be-
eve in them The popes say as much, ana the Mus
invariably subjects Of the pope, must abide by the acc
larations Of the infallb'e
Sixth that each fourth degree Nit promises 10 help
extirpate Professionalism and Freemasonry What could
he more logical TO the fifth propoSitoni
Seventh that he promises 20 spy on ProteStans ny
Joining Protestant churches and antCatholc organiza
tons II the Nit stands for the rest OF the requirements
why should he balk at this onei m
Eighth that he will obey all orders, and that he VIII
hold opinions exercise no will but such as are pre-
scrbed by his superors II the pope makes no mistakes
and reveals his will through his hierarchy what would
he safer than for the ay 10 take chances but merely
obey those who never erri
Ninth that he will 60 anywhere and do anything
commanded Nothing TO that but perfect obedience.
Tenth that he will wage war, secretly and openly,
against heretics Protestants and Freemasons as or
dered without respect for age sex, or condition, by
poison bullet any means prescribed Merely con
nuaton Of the nquisiton in secrecy since 1t can't be
done openly.
machine he dedcaes fe SOUL and all his ability, under
penalty of torture The crowning pledge of fanatic
who has already promised everything else.
The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1914-09-12
Sr&s THAT KNIGHTS of COLUMBUS OATH -

Twelfth. that he will always vote for Nit a
paps in preference 20 all others That would be easy
enough for one who had entered into q conspiracy 20
join in everything from espionage TO murder.
Thirteenth that he will not deal with employ a
Protestant IL ayoidabe. very mild pledge and one
evidently prActced proven by the boycots promoted
numerously by the pSpist pres.
Fourteenth that he will put Catholic spies in Prot
esant homes and places OF business and that they
render weekly reports officers of the Knights Of Co
umbus Such extension Of their service would
be in keeping with their deeds Of darkness and intrigue
Fifteenth, that he will prepare 10 execute the
ders Of the pope by means Of arms. II not what
the fort IL the pope is the nfable ruler Of earth
by grace Of supernatural power why shouldn't his mill
tary commands be obeyed the all others which
require obediencei
Sixteenth that he seals this obligation with dag
ger in hand and pancake in his mouth. Pancake and
dagger equally holy 60 the fanatic who subscribes
TO the other fifteen articles The climax and conclusion
is fitting TO what goes before
For the present each is free 20 form his own con-
illusions and reach them by reasoning from the known
the unknown. Until the Nits bring authenticated
ritual into open have nothing but hearsay and
Even ritual offered would not be conclusive since
they could manufacture one easily TO discover
invent a new obligation
The supreme test of loyalty TO the Constitution and
civil law is conformity thereto in letter and spirit Mob
hing patriotic lecturers scheming TO have the plain pro-
visions of state and federal constitutions aside hos
tty 10 popular education, efforts TO obliterate free
press and 20 merge church and state with the pope Of
Rome in control Of both, not the least bit reassur
ing. Papal war on Portugal, on France, and on the
Consutionalist government of Mexico indicates that
the popes soldiers enlisted for some purpose other
than the defense OF the republic of promoting loyalty
TO popular institutions.
No matter what their oath, whether they take one
of any kind the Nits regain degree Of stand
ing in the United States only by behaving themselves
II is up 10 them.