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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-06
Peter the Great.

What Alfred the Great is to early
Britain that Peter the Great, in his
crude way. is to Russia. If ever a
race of people found adequate ex-
preston in one person, that race was
the Slavic race in their great CAR
Century.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-06

We do not claim that the mere use
If want ads will produce p%rosperity
But it seems more than a coincidence
shat mostSprosnerous people are quick
20 recognize the value of classified
,dvertising. Let us sunnlv your
wants through the Cent-a-Word col
mi of The Pleasantville Press.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-06
Too Many of His Sort.

"What business is your father in?"
"He's a collector"
"a collector"
eyes. the world owes me a living
and | am letting dad collect it for
me"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-06

The government built more than
two thousand miles of trail and three
thousand miles of telephone line on
the national forests in 1914.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-06
FOREST NOTES

1t is estimated that the govern
ment's Grand Canyon game refuge, in
Arizona, now contains about ten thou
sand deer.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-06

At least 25 per cent. of the larch
timber over large areas in eastern
Oregon has been killed or weakened
by mistletoe, and the forest service
is taking steps to combat the pest.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-06

More than nine million young trees
and ten thousand pounds of seed were
planted on the national forests in 1914
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-06

Nothing cheap about The Pleasant
vile Press but the price-only One
Dollar a Year.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-06
Daily Thought.

Let US wipe out the past, trust in
the future-and rejoice in the glori-
Gus Now.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-06
G L NOTICES
NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given that the undersign-
ed, incorporators of the Acme Moving Picture
Producing Company, do hereby fix and desig-
nate Tuesday, February 16, 1915. at the hour
of eight O'Clock in the afternoon. as the time,
and Ill North Main street, in the city of
Pleasantville, New Jersey, as the place for
holding the first meeting of the said corpora
ton. The purpose of said meeting will be
the election of a Board of Directors to serve
for one year, the adoption of bylaws and the
perfection of the organization of said corpo-
ration and the transaction of such other bus
mess as may properly come before such
meeting.
(Signed)
AL. JACOBY,
w. M. GOFF.
Dated January 21, 1915.
NOTE-The original of this notice is sign
ed by a majority of the incnrnnratnrS
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-06

Success has followed forest planting
on the sandhills of Nebraska Jack
pines planted there by the govern
ment forest service ten years ago now
have a height of over Is feet and a
diameter of A inches.
Increasing use of the. national for
ests by local farmers and settlers to
supply their needs for timber is shown
in the fact that small timber sales on
the forests numbered 1928 in 1914
against 6,182 the previous year.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-06

Reading the Pleasantville Press Ia
'eading the news of this locality.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-06
AL. .JACOBY,
w. M. GOFF.
ORDINANCE NO. 165.

NOTE-The original of this notice is sign
ID by a majority of the incorporators.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1915-02-06

CHAS. ]. ADAMS.
Mayor of Pleasantville. N. j..
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-06-27
SAVE WILLIAM PENN'S CHAIRS
National Heirlooms, About to Fall Apart, Have Been Repaired
 by Blind Women.

Two quaint and graceful chairs that once belonged to William Penn have just been repaired by two women who have never seen the chairs, says the Philadelphia Ledger. The two women are inmates of the Pennsylvania h. dustrial Home for Blind Women. The chairs are preserved in the east room of Independence hall, on the second floor. Year by year the cane bottoms of the famous old relics have been gradually cracking and falling out. The committee in charge decided that unless the cane was replaced the woodwork might soon collapse. But they did not dare to let the chairs be taken out of Congress hall.
 So they sent for Miss Ira Frost. mis- tress of handicraft at the Industrial Home for Blind Women, and she brought with her to the room two of the blind women who understood chair repairing. The work was peculiarly difficult. for it was impossible to erect in Congress hall the caning table need ed to hold the chairs firmly in place, and. moreover, their woodwork was soft with age. But the delft seeing fingers" of the blind women did the work in spite of all the difficulties, and now the precious William Penn chairs are safe.
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tors if there was anything l could take to help me and they said thers was nothing that they knew of. l am thankful for such a good medicine and will always give it the highest praise. :" Mrs. c. II. GRIFFITH, 156S Constant St, Cleveland, Ohio.
 Hanover, Pa.-"I suffered from fe- male trouble and the pains were so bad at times that I could not sit down. Tho doctor advised a severe operation but my husband got me Lydia E. Pinkham , Vegetable Compound and l experienced great relief in short time. Now l feel like a new person and can do hard days work and not mind it What joy and happiness it is to be well once more. I am always ready and willing to speak a good word for the Compound. Mrs. ADA WILT, 303 Walnut St, Hanover, Pa.
 If there are any complications y0n do not understand write to Lydia F. Pinkham Medicine Co. (cOnfldentiaD Lynn,Mass. Your letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman and held in strict confidence.
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Some Expressions Have Been Re tained. But a Lot of It Has
 Undergone Change.

With the new navy has grown up a new line of slang. perhaps not so salt watery as was the old, but edged with as much poirt.
 "Shiyer my timbers" was a phrase
 That gave a yarn peculiar merit. Or added force to our ideas.
 But now its changed to "Swash my
 turret"
 No longer do the men in navy blue refer to the chaplain as the Sky Pi- lot" To them he is known as The Fire Escape" There are no more main braces to splice" and. more over, nothing nowadays to splice 1t ~ith-tha. !s. nothing on shipboard So the phrase has fallen into disuse. And as there are no more sails to jam" their way into the wind. the term "windjammer" has been trans. terred to the bugler.
 The medical corps is reverently re. ferred to as Pills" The engineer s force is known as the Black Gang and sometimes as the underground
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-06-27

one has seen Stefansson or the two men he kept with him since then. His vessel. the Karluk, drifted several hun. dred miles to the westward and was crushed in the ice. Part of those aboard the Karluk were rescued through the perseverance of McCon nell.
 Then Mcconnell came back to the States and started his efforts to or gaDize relief expedition. It was he who evolved from his brain the Idea oi hydro-aeroplane. Many of his plans were talked over in the Eight Oars E. W. Demings studio in artistic Mac dougal alley
 The Canadian government is chided by Mcconnell for failing to fit out g relief expedition. as Stefansson Is upon Canadian service. But the great wal has intervened and monopolizes Cana da's energies.
 T consider 1t my duty to search fol stefansson." Mcconnell said. AS g survivor of the expedition, I shall no, be ccnten, to sit idly and in comfort in civilization until I know that my com rades are safe. or what has happened to them
 Opinions differ as to what has hap pened to Stefansson. He may be drift ing on a field of ice somewhere north of Alaska. In this event he would reach Siberia, if still alive. about two years from now.
 Mcconnell thus outlined his plans recently:
 Our expedition is not more hope less than that of the Rodgers. which started out to rescue the crew of the Jeanette in 1879. two years after she had sailed.
 As to the practicability of using hydro-aeroplanes, it is well known tha' Amundsen intended taking flying ma chimes with hin into the Arctic ana using them for scouting while his ice ship. the Tram. drifted about in the ice pack. In using hydro-aeroplanes. too we may discover the hypothetical con tinent of Crocker Land which Stefans son sought
 North of Siberia, Alaska and west ern Canada lies an unexplored area O.
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NEW SLANG USED IN NAVY

savages." The cold storage plant Is designated as the "morgue." and the meal pennant. which is hoisted on all ships at meal hours, is jokingIy re- ferred to as the deserteT's recall"
 Beans are known as Boston cher. ries.' and the Sacred God which makes its way into man-ofwar storerooms with vest unbuttoned. is hailed as the Massachusetts Nightingale" The bluejacket who asks his messmate to pass him the sea dust" expects the salt cellar. The wireless operator an- swers to the name of Sparks" ship filters to the call of "Rivets." the cleo tricians to the name of dynamo bus ters."
 The navy regulations retains the old name of blue book. but because Of the many recent changes the chapter which is read to the crew at muster and known as Articles for the gov ernment of the Navy" is now known as The Rocks and Shoals"
 The anchor is still known as the mud hook" the water cooler as the "scuttle butt" and hammocks as dream bags."-New York World.
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WITNESS HAD NO STANDING
Defendants Unqualified Condemnation Of Man Prepared to Testify
 Against Him.

A correspondent of the New York Sun recalls the case of the Rev. James Johnson" of New Jersey. who was indicted years ago as the chief of a band of chicken thieves that had piundereG the farmers near New Brunswick. The testimony was some thing like this:
 Now. Mir. Johnson. these chickens, as evidence shows. were found in your possession. Did you steal them?"
 No, sah. got 'em from one Of nah fr'en's"
 Did you know where he got the chickens?"
 'I didn't ask him. sah."
 Did you believe them to be law fully his to give?''
 ''l didn't ask no questions, sah. jus tuck 'em"
 What did you Go with them?"
 '1 sold 'em 10 the market man"
 What did you do with the moneyr'
 q kept some and divided the rest with nah fr'en's."
 Now. NIT. Johnson. be truthful. Did you, or did you not. believe these chickens to be honestly yours?"
 Sure knowed they wasn't mine. jes' tuck 'em."
 And you used them 10 benefit your self. by passing them on to other people,"
 "Yes, sah. They was very goot chickens"
 Now. Mr. Johnson, here is a wit ness who says these chickens belong to him. and proves that they were stolen from his farm. at night. by mer in your employ. What have you tC say to that?"
 Witness tpointing Us that the mar over there?
 Yes"
 Dunno him at all. He don belong to our conference, He's an onregen crate sinner. an he ought 10 go tf he'll"
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-06-27

In her letter the woman stated that more than a year ago she and her daughter were in the depot waiting for a train. The daughter placed a penny in the weighing machine. and after it had registered her weight and before she stepped from the machine. the mother stepped on also and was weighed free.
 This worried h9 so much that she inclosed . stamp h the letter and asked Mir. Mills b place a penny in the weighing mactine. thus easing her conscience.-New York Sun.
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more than a million square miles.
 Truly this is the last frontier the last l unexplored area on the face of the globe. The prime object of the Cana | dian Arctic expedition was to explore that area as much as possible. but
 when the Karluk was lost Stefansson
 was compelled to rearrange his plans accordingly. He immediately decided | to go over the treacherous. moving.
 crushing ice fields north of Alaska in search of the continent which some students of tidal phenomena have ar gued exists-and which others have argued as conclusiyely does not ex' i ist
 Admiral Peary and the president of ] the Aero club both declare the plan feasible. My plans are simple. We
 would leave the ship. which would be near the shore, every favorable morn ing, flying about 500 feet high, and go | in a straight line to a point l15 miles from shore. scanning the ice fields
 with powerful glasses. Then we would turn at right angles for 20 miles. turn again and fly to shore parallel to the | outgoing course.
 "The ship. in the meanwhile, would
 have sailed to a point 20 miles east
 along the coast, where she would vel
 come us back.
 'I would bring together the crew
 and outfit at Victoria, B. C., as Stefans-
 son did. We should sail from home not later than June 1, 1915. The hydro | aeroplanes would have to be thorough i ly tried out before starting and then 1 could be set up either at Nome or Port | Clarence and tried again. The date of ! sailing from Port Clarence, which has l the best harbor on the northwest coast ! of Alaska, will depend on the state of 1 the arctic ice pack, which generally ! comes down to Bering strait late in July or early in August.
 The hydo-aeroplanes would be of | the most reliable type. with a carrying | capacity of two men and 100 pounds. Their tanks should hold enough fuel | for a 4O0-miIe trip, and their pontoons should be re-enforced and equipped with sled runners, so that we may land 1 at will on ice or water. Both ma
 chimes should be of identical build.
 SO that parts may be interchanged in the event of an accident to one of the
 planes"
 Mir. Mcconnell believes Stefansson has found the mysterious land he went out to look for and is now unable to
 return to his base on the north coast 1 of Alaska.
 Mcconnell was one of the three
 members of this expedition who
 gained the mainland of Alaska after
 drifting about on the ice for nearly a
 month. He thinks Stefansson is able
 to provide for the party of three with the two rifles and 400 pounds of am-
 intuition they had when last seen. l When Stefansson bade farewell to Mcconnell and the meteorologist of | the expedition he kept with him two companions, Storkersen and Ole An ! derson.
 ! It vas quite fitting that these three
 adventurous spirits should be descend
 ants Of tine race of Lei. Ericsson. the
 man who probably discovered Amer
 ica.
 All three were picked veterans of
 many arctic campaigns. They knew
 all the wiles of the Eskimos. be-
 sides the scientific learning of the
 white men. Only some terrible mis- fortune could have extinguished them.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-06-27
ECZEMAS AND RASHES
Itching and Burning Soothed by cutI-
 cura. Trial Free.

The Soap to cleanse and purify, the Ointment to soothe and heal Relief, rest and sleep follow the use of these supercreamy emollients and indicate speedy and complete healment in most cases Of young and old. even when the usual remedies have utterly failed.
 Sample each free by mail with Book. Address postcard. Cuticura, Dept. KY. Boston. Sold everywhere-Adv.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-06-27
Not to Blame.

A large map was spread upon the wall and the teacher was instructing the class in geography.
 Horace" she said to small pupil, when you stand in Europe facing the north you have on your right hand the great continent of Asia. What have you on your left hand?"
 "A wart," replied Horace, but l can't help it, teacher."-Brooklyn Eagle.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-06-27
Humane Warfare.

Uncle (to nephew playing a war game with a chumD-If you take the fortress within quarter of an hour, I'll give you a quarter
 Youngster Ia minute later)-Uncle, the fortress is taken; now let me have the quarter.
 Uncle-How did you manage 1t SO quickly?
 Youngster-I offered the besieged ten cents. and they capitulated.- Christian Register.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-06-27

DASlA'SSs as SuN II NOl EOcs It will seek to reach the party of Don- aid B. MacMillan. now believed to be at Etah. North Greenland. and report ed safe in August of last year.
 The second. forlorn hope. will at tempt by aeroplane search of the ter. rible northern seas to locate stout hearted Vilhjalmar Stefansson. who a year ago with two companions marched straight north into the un- known from the Canadian coast near the mouth of the Mackenzie river. MacMillan and Stefansson engaged ;n what has aptly been described as a race for an unknown continent There Is a great stretch of territory lying north of Alaska and Canada and bounded on the north by the North pole, which has never been surveyed by human eyes. Admiral Peary, stand ing at elevations of 2.000 feet and later l.6O0 feet on islands west of northern Greenland. believed he saw mountain peaks Of this unknown land far to the westward.
 He dubbed 1t Crocker Land. If it exists, it is by far the largest area of solid earth now unexplored. The lure Of it to the arctic pioneer is beyond un- derstanding to the dweller under southern skies.
 Last summer MacMillan pushed across the strait from Greenland and then over several large islands to the westward until he came to Cape Thomas Hubbard. the last place from which the discoverer of the North pole. Peary. believed he caught a glimpse of Crocker's Land mountains. Here a stretch of frozen ocean pre- sented itself. For 125 miles MacMil- Ian dashed over the ice straight west. Several times he thought he saw the land he sought. At last he had to give np and concluded what Peary had seen was only a mirage. It Is improb. able Peary could have seen land far ther than MacMillan went.
 MacMillan nearly lost his life before he got back to the comparative con- fort of Etah. This summer he may at. tempt new feats, but he will undoubt. edly keep in touch with Etah, or at ! any rate let his whereabouts be known He will not be the staring mystery ! Stefansson has become.
 A relief party will leave Labrador ! in July aboard the schooner George H. Cluet. The vessel Is sent out by the packers of the MacMillan expedi. tion, including the American Museum ! of Natural History tba Auaricap Cao graphical society and the University of | Illinois.
 All the arrangements are being made at New York. Capt. George Conner of East Haddam, Conn, will serve as ice pilot.
 If Stefansson is ever rescued it will be through the devotion of his secre. tary, Burt NJ. Mcconnell. who bade farewell to his chief April [. 1914. No
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-06-27
CENT CLEARS UP CONSCIENCE
Kansas Woman Who Defrauded { Weighing Maehirs Makes Restitu-
 tion to Company.

Because she "cneated" the weighing machine in the depot out Of a penny more than a year ago. the conscience of an Abilene, Kan, woman has been bothering her ever since. according to a letter received by the company's agent here
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Dirt Cheap.

treasures.
 Now, here" he said, holding up a battered volume, lis a first edition of Dante's Inferno l picked it up at Q secondhand bookstore for three-ffty. How's that for a bsrgain?"
 Great" replied his cynical friend. Why. the germs you got with it ought to be worth that much alone"
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Much More important.

q understand you are the press agent for the college girls play?"
 Yes. I'm getting out some of the stun"
 What are you working on, the cast of characters?"
 Cast of characters? No, no, No body cares for that. This is the list of patronesses."
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-06-27
A Poor Choice.

Which one of the Robinson twins did links marry?"
 I don't know. Never could tell them apart. But judging from links woebegone expression since he got married I'm inclined to think it was the wrong one"
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-06-27
We Dent Believe lt

50 you've moved to the country How do you like it?"
 Great, Beats a stuffy old fiat all hollow. And the best of it is, we get fresh eggs and vegetables almost as cheap as we could get them in the city"
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-06-27

eApeCteu i" hoSe '" undergo an opera tion, but the first bottle I took of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com pound relieved meof
 the pains in my sida
 and l continued it's
 use until l became regular and free
 from pains. l had asked several doc
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-06-27
Hard to Convince.

Bacon-Don't you think late hours are bad for children or grown-ups?
 Egbert-Sure, often tell my baby that when I'm walking the floor nights with him, but l can't seem to get it into his head.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-06-27
up-to-Qate Relicion.

We're 'Piscopalians, what are you?"
 "I forgot what it's called, but it's the latest thing"-Life.
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Sarcasm in the Box.

Judge-Then when your wife seized the weapon you ran out of the house Plaintiff-Yes, sir.
 Judge-But she might not have used 1t.
 Plaintiff-True, your honor. May be she picked up the fatiron just to smooth things over.
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lonQ on That.

Tt says here that the longest sen- teace in the English language contains 14O words" observed the old fogy.
 That's wrong" replied the grouch. The longest sentence contains only one word"
 What is that?" asked the old fogy.
 Life" replied the grouch.-An- swers.
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Powerful Modern ExplosIve.

French military estimates show that about 25.000.00O horse power Is developed in the explosion of . charge from ono of the biggest can non now in use.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-06-27

TOUR OWN DRUGGIsT WILL TELL YOU Try Murine Bye Remedy for Red, Weak watery Eyes and GrannlAted Eyelidsi No smariinS- just Eye comfort Write for Book of the Eye by mall Free. Murine Rye Remedy Co, Chicago.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-06-27
ir,rovjno Ooportunjty.

Improving Opportunity. Heun-Dfd you have breach of the peace home?
 Peck-Yes; and I crawled out the first opening-Judge-
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A. the Oance-

Have you learned any new steps?'' "No. but I've stepped on lot of new feet."-Life.
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Here is another inviolable rule: The comforts of the humblest home are superior to those of camp life.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-06-27

Smile on wash day. That's when you use Red Cross Bag Blue. Clothes winter than snow. All grocers. Adv.
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-06-27

Appearances indicate that the aver age man doesn't get much beauty sleep.
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DisilluSiored.

"pco-hoo, You used to call me ar angel before we were married.
 Well. I believed it myself then"
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HOW WOMEN
 AVOID
 "'0f OPERATIONS
By Taking Lydia E. Pink hams Vegetable
 Compound.

Cleveland, Ohio My left side pained me so for several years that l
Tombstone epitaph., 1915-06-27

WO arctic relief expeditions will leave the United States this summer. bent on bring ing back explorers marooned in the frozen polar regions.
 One Is quite confident of success and not a desperate business, as such work goes
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-10-25
Iron, Steel and Cotton

The condition of the steel industry is set forth in the opening statement of the Associated Press weekly re- view: Current business in steel is far in excess of capacity, though every available furnace, mill and foundry is pressed into service and new high out put records are being established" Prices of iron and steel products are steadily rising.
 This week will witness still greater activity in the industrial field and all indications point to an unparalleled volume of business during the winter.
 There was a moderate advance in cotton last week and the tendency is decidedly bullish.
 In the stock market a general im- provement was noted and a healthy rise is expected in railroad shares as we'll as in many industrials.
 Prosperity is in full swing in nearly every section of the country. It is strongly in evidence in the Birming- ham district and it is prosperity of the permanent sort.