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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-06-25
Children
On the Fourth

In many families or circles of friends
where there are children a Fourth of
July picnic is an annual frolic. 1t
keeps the children out of harms way.
A thoughtful mother last year pur-
chased ten cent wicker baskets with
handles, and into these she packed
twelve individual l%uncheons. The han
dies were tied together with red, white
and blue ribbons, and each basket was
labeled with a patriotic postal, on
which the owners name was printed
with red and blue crayons.
Another family in which there is a
host of lively children will take on
their picnic several rolls of red, white
and blue Grape paper, a paper of pins,
a pair of scissors, a dozen or more toy
swords and guns, along with the many
good things to eat. Later in the after
noon the clever fingers of an ingenious
older sister will convert these materi-
ais into military outfits-epaulets, caps,
etc.-to make a patriotic little army of
youngsters.
Surprise pies are not new or novel;
still when they are presented in some
new guise they never fail to please. A
gigantic firecracker can easily be made
by using a full sized sheet of paste
board rolled into a cylinder. Cover
this with two sheets of smooth red
paper, having a piece of string show
ing at the end to represent a fuse.
Have both ends of the cracker covered
with a thin layer of paper and through
small Sits have protruding strings or
ribbons attached to the gifts inside.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-06-25
NEWS OF THE DECLARATION.
Not Considered Important Enough For
Newspapers First Page.

In regard to the proclamation and
publication of the Declaration of indie
pendence (meaning the document itself
it must be noted that it was intended
for the world at large rather than the
colonists. The Declaration of indie
pendence-that is, the formal resolu-
ton of the Continental congress OF
severance of allegiance from the moth
er country-was adopted July 2 after
having been much debated principally
In committee of the whole, Benjamin
Harrison in the chair from June Z,
when 1t was offered by Richard Henry
Lee. The fact that 1t was passed was
published in the Pennsylvania Gazette
of July 3. Few things show the differ
ence in temperament of newspapers
and public as regards news" as does
the fact that this great Declaration,
which initiated the most profound po-
litical change in the country n made
all the members of the congress traitors
in the eye of British law, was not an
nounced on the front page, but was
printed on an inside page, without
comment or special display, except that
a portion of the resolution was put in
capitals.
The first publication of the text of
the Declaration was in TONNES Penn
~sylvania Evening Post of July G, and.
as has often been remarked, on the
page facing the statement that all men
are endowed with liberty" is an ad-
vertisement of a negro boy for sale,
four or five years old, who "has had
smallpox and measles" 1t is also
worth noting that in the e~ngrossed
Declaration the spelling is united
States" not United States"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-06-25
MAKING N CANDLES.
Many Ingredients Enter Into Compost
ton of Popular Fireworks.


The process by which the roman
candles are turned out may give a gen
eral idea of the construction of pyro-
technics. The tubes of roman candles
are merely layers of paper rolled in
shape by hand, each layer being glued
to the others. They are made in all
lengths and sizes, from the tiny n
that splutters out but two stars to the
one which holds thirty stars in its yard
long length. When the tubes have
been finished one end is plugged with
clay, and then the process of loading
begins. A bit of slow burning powder.
is first placed in Che tube, then a star,
then more powder, ETC., until the tube
has been charged with the required
number of stars. A bit of the same
slow burning powder is sprinkled OIL
the last star; a fuse is then inserted
and the end sealed. The loading is not
done by hand-that process Is too slow.
Twenty-four empty tubes are stood
upright In a vertical frame, and into
them the powder and stars are alter
nately placed by an ingenious mocha
nism. Then twenty-four steel hammers
firmly press the charges in place.
Bombshells are made of papier mache.
The spheres are nodded in halves and
are then Joined by glue. After the
glue has set the globes are wound with
stout Irvine.
Pinwheels, like other playthings,
must needs look pretty in order to sell
well, and the bright colors and fancy
patterns are put upon them by the deft
fingers of women
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-06-25
JuIv a In Anti. prohibition DAYS.

One of the earliest genuine Fourth
of July celebrations ever recorded-that
at Independence hall, Philadelphia, in
1790-is chronicled by Christopher Mar
shall in his diary of the American Rev
olution. 1t is a graphic sketch, If not
a lovely one:
July 4: Commencement began at
Philadelphia College this forenoon, at
which many attended. This be-
ing the anniversary Of our freedom
from English bondage, sundry vessels
saluted the town. The company
of Artillery and the Invaders Regi-
ment marched to the State House,
where the Congress, President Of the
State and Council with a number of
officers attended; bell-ringing, guns fir
Ing till the evening, and until numbers
were so drunk as to reel home"
1t was a wonder any Independence
hall was left. Perhaps on account of
that very tendency to irresponsible
drunkenness and equally irresponsible
gunfire the more intelligent classes re
Trained from encouraging celebrations
ST the Fourth at the statehouse.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-06-25
An American Patriots Work.

Astriking illustration of the chances
of war is found in the fact that the
American army at Cambridge during
the war of the Revolution would have
been left without ammunition but for
the provision of John Brown, a mer-
chant of Providence, R. l.. and one of
the family who gave name to the uni
v~ersity at the place. Brown was a
very wealthy merchant and was the
first of the Rhode Island merchants to
send his ships to China and the East
Indies. Anticipating the war, he in
structed his captains on the return voy-
age to load their ships with powder,
which he furnished to the army when
its supply had been restricted to less
than four rounds to each man.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-06-25
FOURTH OF JULY ADVICE
BY WASHINGTON.

Tin his address to the governors of
the states, June s, 1881
There are four things which !
humbly conceive are essential to
the we'll beine-l may ever VEN
ture to say to the existence-of
the United States as an indie
pendent power:
First, an indissoluble union
of the states under one federal
head.
Secondly, a sacred regard to
public justice.
Thirdly, the adoption of a
proper peace establishment, and,
Fourthly, the prevalence of
that pacific and friendly DISPOSE
ton among the people of the
United States which will induce
them to forget their local preju-
dices and policies, to make those
mutual concessions which are
requisite to the general prosper
ity and in some instances to
sacrifice their individual advan-
taees to the interest of the COM
munity.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-06-25
OLD GLORY.
THE star spansled bannerl

THE star spangled banner!
Was ever flag so beautiful?
Did ever flag SO fill the souls of
menu The love of woman, the
sense of duty, the thirst for
glory, the heart throbbine that
impels the humblest American
to stand by his c%olors, fearless in
the defense of his native soil and
holding it sweet to die for it;
the %yearning which draws him
to il when exiled from il, it's free
institutions and it's blessed
memories, all are embodied and
symbolized by the broad stripes
and bright stars of the nations
emblem, all live again in the lines
and tones of Keys. anthem. Two
or three began the song; mil
lions join the chorus. Henry
Watterson, 1898.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-06-25

Francis Scott Key, author of 1.-THE
Star Spangled Banner" wrote only one
famous poem, but its fame is such as
to insure his lasting place in the re-
membrane of the patriotic American
people. He was born in 1880 and died
in 1S43.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-06-25

Il %nrnTC n DC rt uor rt rc ft
Fourth 1t Independence hall, Philadelphia, "a In the Centennh
year, 1876
The day, marking the hundredth anniversary of the nations birth.
as as impressive as the whole resources Of the nation and the community
could make it. The world contributed its thousands of spectators from it's
Richard Henry Lee, grandson of on of the sdgners, read to a enthusiastic
assemblage III Independence square the Declaration from the original manu-
scrpt-something which, with that sacred manuscript sealed in a safe in the
state department library in Washington, can never occura again.
Senator Eyars delivered the grafton, and the heroic ode by Bayard Tay-
Ir in honor of h anniversary a read In literal TRUTH n that Fourth of
July the attention of the whole world s centered pon Independence hail.
The night saw a gorgeous display of fireworks
less treasure of the old statehouse in Philadelphia has been rapid The cee-
bratons Of the Fourth in the city of the signing ave included addresses by
such distinguished mn IS presidents of the United States The city itself
removing its private goods and chattels and councflmen n policemen to the
city hall, has devoted the statehouse to its just honors and such formal 10
servances as instituted on a large scale in the early ninetes, have been we'll
maintained ever since
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-06-25
independence Day

By JOHN PIERPONT
Day of glory, welcome day,
Freedoms banners greet thy ray.
See how cheerfully they play
With thy morning breeze
On the rocks where pilgrims kneel'd,
On the heights where squadrons
wheeled,
When a tyrant's thunder peal'd
Der the trembling seas.
God of peace. whose spirit fills
All the echoes of our hills,
ALI the murmurs of our rills,
Now the storm is DER.
Oh, let freemen be our sons,
And let future Washinetons
Rise to lead their valiant ones
Till there's war no more.
BY the patriots hallowed rest,
BY the warriors cory breast,
Never let our graves be press'd
By a despot's throne.
By the pilgrims tolls and cares,
BY their battles and their prayers,
BY their ashes let heirs
Bow to thee alone!
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-06-25
The Glorious Fourth


By THEODORE H. BoIcE
The starry flag waves greeting
To Freedoms natal day.
It ripples out with glory
Wherever breezes play;
It floats in stately beauty
Mid arctic ice and snow.
Through all the zones it flutters
And gems the tropic glow
The eagle screams in triumph
Its welcome to the day
And spreads its wings exultant
Where liberty holds sway.
From pecan unto ocean
And far beyond the seas
Its notes of shrill defiance
Are borne by every breeze
The orators III telling
The elories of the land
That at the front of nations
Now boldly makes its stand.
And eloquent are tributes
They to their country pay
And rousing are the plaudits
On Freedoms natal day
From early dawn till mi
There's constant jubilee
Through all the broad dominions
That spread from sea to sea.
For It's on this occasion
ALI patriots r gay
And join in celebration
OF Freedoms natal day
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-09

The Hague Dwellings. SAT Riverside
Drive, from which Mrs. Quincy l.
Morse departed suddenly on Saturday
evening, after sending notices TO the
newspapers that, in defiance of an o.
der of Justice Ford, she mad been
married ten days ago to "a lawyer OF
great ability" etc." did not see her
smiling face yesterday.
Mrs. Morse, having voluntarily ere
ated an interesting mystery, no"
leaves an expectant public fiat on its
collective back. In her letter 20 the
newspapers she said that her new
husband is related on his fathers SIDE
TO a Justice Of the United States SUI
preme Court, and, on his mothers, to
a recent ambassador to Great Britain.
That but adds to the mystery, for she
has done nothing to aid IN ldentlIy-
ing her assistant in sharing llfe's Joys
and sorrows. ".
Mrs. Morse, who comes from New
Orleans, has lived at the Hague Dwei-
Engs for several years. with hei
lived Mrs. Nellie Bell, who leased the
apartment. Mrs. Bell left the city
few weeks ago on vacation trip. she
will return tomorrow, it was sara
Yesterday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-09
CIVIL SERVICE RULE
AIM OF SHERIFF
Grifenhagen Sees Exemption
for Deputies and Con-
fjdeutial Clerks.

Sheriff Grifenhagen has written TO
the State Civil Service Commission
suggesting the advisability Of placing
certain employees in his zee in the
competitive classified service. lie
points out the advantage 20 the good
conduct OF the Office in keeping GER
tain of the employees, under the pro-
lection of the civil service, so that the
Office is not disorganized with a change
Of administration. He also suggests
that certain subordinates be Kept out
of the classified service.
In his letter the Sheriff divided his
force into two classes, one being
those who stand in a confidential re-
lation, and represent the Sherih IN ms
individual capacity, and are agents Tor
him in the transaction of civil bust
ness" The other is described as 1.-THE
clerical branch, which has no conf
Dental relation and which n no sense
can be said 10 perform services as
agents for the Sheriff in his individual
capacity. II is the latter class that
the Shelf seeks to have placed under
civil service.
The Sheriff's Office is the only coun-
Is branch Of the state government
whore the civil service law does not
apply. Those who should remain eX-
empt from civil service and be the
personal selection Of the Sheriff, he
says, are the under sheriff, deputy
sherifTs, assistant deputy sheriIs, coun-
sci. assistant counsel, law clerk. secre-
tary. accountant and warden of Lud-
low Street Jail.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-09
Optimism Replaces Appre-
hension as Industries
Boom and Crops Swell.
WHEAT AND OATS
PROMISE RECORDS
~. S. Chamber of Commerce
Estimates Former Yield VIII
Be 948, 100000 Bushels.
fFrom III. Tribune bureau. ]

Washington, Aug. 8.-Belief that
business is bound to improve despite
international conditions has won out
over the former feeling of apprehen-
sion that something was going to hap
pen because OF the war, according to 2
special report submitted to-day by the
committee on statistics and standards
of the United States Chamber of Com
merce, There still continues, however
the report says, much conservatism and
caution in buying and in new commit
ments
The weather has been the keynote oil
the crop situation for the last siS
weeks. Since June | there have peer
excessive rains in almost all section.
Of the country, which, with few excep
lions, have benefited the crops.
Lumber interests are everywhere
quiet. A general desrth Of buildlnf
outside of the large cities is having
very depressing effect on the sale o.
all building material.
Mining conditions vary sharply
Copper mines are running full time
and new ones are opening up Hih'
and lead mines are exceedingly busy
and the mining of iron ore Is improv
ing. Coal mining is everywhere dull
largely because. of slack demand lroH
the railroads and the slow business "
most manufacturing. Slate mining In
Pennsylvania is at low stage because
Of lack of demand. Silver mining SUI
fers because of low prices OF silver
and gold mining is not much better
save in a few favored localities.
There 5 but little business IN
naval stores because Of lack of demand
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-09
Mrs. Morse Retreats, Leaving
No Clew in Bigamy Mystery
If She Has Wed "a Lawyer of Great Ability, in De-
iance of Court Order, 1t Does Not Interest
the District Attorney at Present.

In her letter Mrs Morse said she
realized she was inviting prosecution
for bieamy but dared the District
Attorney to take action" against her.
District Attorney Perkins said yester-
day he knew nothing about the cas-"
and would not pay any attention to Ii,
as it stands now.
II was reported that she headed for
Kingston, n. Y. from her home. In
quiry in that town did not disclose
knowledge of her presence there.
As a sufragist Mrs. Morse is COM
paratively unknown. She is said to
have delivered speeches 1t Open-air
meetings, but the more prominent
workers for woman suffrage saiG yes
terday that they had never heard OF
her.
Herrick c. Allen. of go Riverside
Drive, who, reporters were told on
Saturday night, was Mrs. Morse's at
torney, said yesterday that he did not
know the woman, and vas first APP
prised of her existence through thC
newspapers yesterday morning
In August, 1913, Mrs Morse brought
suit against Hugh NJ. Creighton to re-
cover $4,000, which, she alleged. she
had placed in his hands on represen,
tation that he had a system which
would bring her d fortune in Wal
Street
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-09
EDISON SHIFTS WHISTLE
Nightly Toots Made Babies
Jump, SO tn Blow at Noon

West Orange, N. j., Aug. 8.-Thom,.
A. Edison has bowed 70 the will OF N.
people of Orange and West Orange ana
to-day for the first time was heard !,
new fire whistle. It replaces one which
was said to be the loudest and mos,
shrll in existence
Shortly after the fire on Decemb.,
8 last it was deemed advisable that =
louder fire whistle be placed atom ~
his laboratory so volunteers living Owe,
the first mountain could hear h. NJ
Edison devised a loud whistle.
So shrill was the whistle tia,
mothers declared babies leaned fyor.
their cradles in their fright IT,.
residents Of West Orange petitionsS
the town council to do away with h AZ
public nuisance" Hereafter the new
whistle will foot at noon.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-09
ENDS WOES UNDER TRAIN
Money, Job and Health Gone,
Man Dies in Subway.

His money, his job and his health
gone, John Wolff, forty eight years old,
OF 594 Jackson Avenue, The Bronx,
jumped in front Of a subway express
yesterday in the l4Sth Street and Third
avenue Station, meeting instant death
Two cars passed owe. his body.
Edward 7. Romer. of $50 Jackson
Avenue, frien >, identified Wolf. He
said Wolff came to this country from
Germany fifteen years ago with $4,000.
lie had lost 1t all in business ventures.
His grown daughter had married and
ne and his wife had been living in Il
furnished room at the Jackson Avenue
address. Mrs. Wolff collapsed when
She heard Of her husbands death.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-09

Phosphate mines Of Florida still re-
main closed because Of the war.
Manufacturing Quiet.
Manufacturing in general is very
quiet. Steel and iron business SHOWS
distinct improvement, with increasing
orders. Business Of cotton and woollen
mills is only fair. Furniture business
is dull. Paper mills are running only
tbree-ouarte, time. Cement. brick ana
tile manufacturers report only ran
business. The oil industry as whole
is exceedingly dull. There is little de-
mand for railroad ties.
I'm general. because of abundant feed
and low prices, the raising OF i've
stock is a growing industry in all sec
tions. especially in the South. Mules
and horses are in good demand at de-
sirable priceg This industry has been
favorabiy affected by the European
war. ,.l
Stimulated by the abnormal demand
Of the warning nations. the wheat acre
age this season increased Deyoho any
preyious planting. The estimated prod
able Weld wi. be 4S,5OO,OOO bushelS'
The corn crop in many sections nas
been hurt beyond repair ny 700 hush
moisture. On the uplands and IN the
Xii country the conditions. however.
arc of the very beet. and will DO much
IN rep2ir the damage done in the low
lands TIE present estimate - Tor q
cron of approximately 2,935'Ooo'VVo
bushels. or about 10 per cent greater
'" a weld Of shout .4oO,OOO,OoO bushels
50 80 cIoselv rivalling the record
breaking production of 1917. IS looAeu
for OF the minor grains II can De
said that they are about OF tne a'eIaEo
NJ normal production, and OF potatoes
that the crop will closely approximate
that of last year.
10000. 0OO-Ba Cotton field.
Tho reduction in the cotton acreage
"a compared with last year, IS approx
natelv l6 per cent. A tentative tore-
cast Of the total yield of cotton lhdl-
Gates a production this year or ABOUT
~ 600 600 bales. exclusive Of llnters,
which will possibly run about oOO'oOo
more bales. ri.
IL can be said in general OF fruIV
that it is both abundant beyond prece-
dent and very cheap. However, the ap-
nle crop will be somewhat less than
last year, largely due to the fact tna'
apple trees never bear heavily TWO
wears in succession. Peaches viii prob
ably have larger yield than in l9l4'
end conditions are uniformly faYora-
bic in practically all sections.
The outlook is for larger yield OF
rice. Tobacco has shown great I'M
provement and will probably make a
slightly larger Weld than in 1914. In
many sections the first cuttings Of al
falfa were entirely ruined By the rains.
but there has been decided improve
ment in the second and third cuttings.
Hay promises a large crop in most sec
tions. In general, forage for all live
stock will be more abundant than ever
before.
While the condition of hops is above
the average in New York. the market
is extremely dull. The lack Of de
mand is said to be caused by the spread
Of the prohibition sentiment in the
West.
The peanu' crop in Virginia. North
Carolina and Alabama is in excellent
shape.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-09
VAGRANT MADE A JUDGE
Given Own Case to Handle, He
Discharges Himself.

Hackensack, \. j., Aug. 8.-John
Clancy, of New York. who was gath
cred in by the Hackensack police last
night and given d nights lodging, was
called before Chief Of Police Jacob
Dunn this morning.
clancy, I'm going TO give you
chance to sentence yourself this morn
ing, because it happens tc be Sunday,
and | want yop TO be honest in the
matter" said the chief
81 have decided 10 give the defend
ant another chance, and will discharge
him, hut with the understanding that
ne QUITS Eacsonsack at once" replied
~lanccy.
That suits NE, and you git!' con-
.ludcd the chief. Clancev got"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-09
TO BAR FAKE FIRE SALES
Montclair Acts Against Fly-by-
Night Schemes.

Montclair, n. j., Aug. 8.-Hereafter
2 Montclair persons conducting ere
or bankrupt" sales will be required
10 deposit with the town authorities
the sum of $500 to guarantee pur-
chasers against loss through misrep-
reSentation.
The person applying for sale IL
cense will have to file sworn state
mcnt setting forth facts relating to
the quality and value of the goods
offered for sale The ordinance is to
bar Ely by -night' merchants who CON
dNct fake sales.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-09
HURD HIDES IN ARKANSAS
Elk Postmaster, Accused by
Girl. Now Oil Promoter.

Hackenslck. y. J.. Aug. S.-Ex-Post-
master George A. Hurd. Of Haworth,
who was convicted il the Hackensack
courts last May on charges made by
Martha Conrad. .,ventCen. his clerk,
and whose whereabouts were seemingly
unknown when his lawyers appeared
70 argue on the motion for a new trial,
is at Eureka Springs. Arkansas, en-
gagged in developing oil lands.
Edwin c. Irion. one Of his lawyers,
has received a lett from him and has
sent word urging Hurd to be here on
August II. the date set for the argu-
ments.
"Some women Haworth have be-
come worried about this case and seem
fearful that Mr.. Hurd has skipped his
bail Of $1,000 said Mr.. Irion But
guess he viii be on hand, and will be
in court for sentence if Judge Seufert
denies no. trial"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-08-09
NIGHT DIPS. SUNBURN CURE
Atlantic City Crowds Make
Police Anxious.

Atlantic City. y. j., Aug. S.--Visitors
here cannot seem TO get enough of the
surf while the sun shines. and scores
lately have been taking dips after
nichtfaQ
The after-darh beach freQuenterS seem
TO be growing in number every day, and
the authorities contemplate keeping a
beach patrol on the lob until midnight.
Some say they prefer bathing in the
evening because then they're NOT il
danger OF Sunburn.
The amusement men showed their
defiance 10 he ministers ana others
who have aSsailcd the law permitting
"movie" palaces and other pastimes to
do busineSS on the sabbath.