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The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-05-22
CHAPTER XVII.
Thumbs Down for Bouchard,


Haggard and at bay, Bouchard faced
the circle OF frowns around the pol
ished expanse of that precious heir
loom, the dining-roem table of the Gal
lands. The dreaded reckoning OF the
apprehensions which kept him rest
lessly awake at night had come at the
next staff council after the fall of the
Twin Boulder Redoubt. With the last
approach to the main line OF defense
cleared. one chapter Of the war was
finished But the officers did not man
ifest the citation that the occasion
called for, which is not saying that
they were discouraged They had no
doubt that eventually the Grays would
dictate peace in the Browns capital.
Exactly stated their mood was one OF
repressed professional irritation Not
until the third attempt was Twin Boul-
der Redoubt taken. AS far as results
were concerned. the nicely planned
first assault might have been a stroke
of strategy by the Browns to drive
the Grays into an impossible fire zone
The trouble is We are not in.
formed" exclaimed Turcas, opening
his thin lips even less than usual but
twisting them in significant manner
as he gave his words a rasping en-
phasis The others fastened to follow
his lead with equal candor.
Exactly. We have no reports of
their artillery strength, which we had
greatly underestimated, said the
chief of artillery.
rf hai
be less correct if revealed to US for
purposes of deceit. Again and again
we have thought that we had them
surprised, only to be surprised our
selves. In short, they know what we
are doing and we don't know what
they are DOING" said the tactical ex-
pert.
There the chief of the aerostatic d.
vision took the defensive.
They certainly don't learn our plans
with their planes and dirigibles" he
declared theoretically.
Hardly, when we never see them
over our lines"
THE Browns are acting on the de-
fensive in the air as well as on the
earth!"
But our own planes and dirigibl
bring little news" said Turcas. II
mean. those that return" he added
pungently.
And few do return. My men are
not wanting in courage!" replied the
chief aerostatic officer. Immediately
we get over the Brown lines the
Browns, who keep cruising to and fro
are on US like hawks. They risk any
| thing to bring us down. When we de-
scend low we strike the fire OF their
high-angle guns. which are distributed
the length of the frontier. | believe
both their aerial feet and their high
angle artillery were greatly under
estimated. Finally, l cannot reduce
my force too much In scouting or they
might take the offensive"
Another case Of not being in
formed" concluded Turcas, returning
grimly to his point.
He looked at Bouchard, and every
one began looking at Bouchard II the
Gray tacticians had been outplayed by
their opponents, II their losses for the
ground gained exceeded calculations,
then 1t was good 10 have a scape-
goat for their professional mistakes.
Bouchard was Westerling's choice for
chief Of intelligence. His blind 10y
atty was pleasing to his superior, who,
hitherto. had promptly silenced any
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-05-22
Arrest for Debt.

While Imprisonment for debt as 1t
at one time existed in English and
American law. by which debtor
might be arrested and imprisoned for
mere liability to pay his creditor, no
longer exists in the United States, the
statutes Of the majority Of the states
provide for the arrest Of defendant
Id a civil action under certain condt
tons, such as fraud. or torts. or en-
bozxlemant, etnL
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1915-05-22
Arizona.


At Prescott the work of opening up
the ground of the Black Chief Copper
Company continues with increased
vigor.
At Warren general offices OF the c.
& A, ]. C. McGregor and his staff OF
reduction works designers actively be-
gan the making Of plans and specifi-
cations for the ore reduction plants
at Cornelia.
The railroad connecting the New
Cornelia mine in the Ajos with the
outside world is to be built. follow
ing the development work on the
property progressing to such an extent
that there is now reported some 49,
10000 tons of ore in sight, or
enough to run the property for twen-
ty-five years.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-12-17
TAUGHT BY THE KING.
A Lesson Given by Frederick William
III. TO His Steward.

A Lesson Given by Frederick William
III. TO His Steward.
King Frederick William Ill. of Prus-
STA was "a man of few words. What
ever he had to say was always brief
and to the point, as the following anec-
dote from a foreign journal shows:
The king. who was accustomed to
interest himself in all the details of
court management, ordered his stew
ard to take special pains to see that all
the carriages were amply supplied
with food and drink whenever they
left for a journey of a day Oh SO, but
1t sometimes happened that the stew
ard dispatched the drivers without any
food, giving them a coin, perhaps, to
buy what they wanted. That usually
meant that the driver went hungry, as
ne did not have much opportunity to
leave his horses and dine at a restau-
rant.
AT length the king became aware of
his stewards failure to carry out his
orders and awaited the next opportu-
nifty to bring the fact to his attention.
He had not long to wait. That night
the king stopped his coachman as he
entered the courtyard and upon inquiry
found that the man had had nothing to
eat since breakfast. He held out a
dollar in his hand that the steward had
given him to buy food with. Without a
word the king took the dollar.
He went into the castle and sum-
moned the steward. That worthy ap-
peared Immediately and made a pro-
found bow, but as he raised himself up
he was surprised to feel a coin placed
against his mouth.
Eat it," ordered the king.
But, your majesty, r.
Eat it!' the king again reared.
why your majesty, l can't eat it,
"Oh, you can't? But you expected
the coachman to! Well, In the future
just remember that-that people eat
food, not money. Do you understand"
The steward understood. In the fu-
ture the kings coachmen were amply
supplied with provisions whenever they
went upon a journey.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-12-17
CHRISTMAS DREAMS.

N0ME tiny elves one Christmas
grew mischievous, IT seems,
~ And broke into the storeroom
where old Santa keeps his
dreams
And gathered up whole armfuls OF
dreams all bright and sweet
And started forth to peddle them adown
the village street.
oh, o would never, never guess how
queerly these dreams sold.
Why, nearly all the younger folk bought
dreams of being old,
And n wee chap in curls and kits, a
gentle little thing,
Invested in a dream about an awful pi-
rate king.
A maid who thought her pretty name
old fashioned and absurd
Bought dreams of names the longest
and the queerest ever heard,
And, strange to say a lad who owned
all sorts of costly toys
Bought dreams of selling papers with
the r%agsedest of boys.
And then a dream of summer and a
barefoot boy at play
Was bought up very quickly by a gen.
tleman quite gray,
And old lady, smiling through the
grief she tried to hide,
Bought bright and tender visions of a
little girl who died.
A ragged little beegar girl, with weary,
wistfuI gaze.
Soon chose a Cinderella dream, with
jewels all ablaze.
Well, il wasn't many minutes from the
time they came in sight
Before the dreams were all sold out
and the elves had taken fight.
st. Nicholas.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-12-17
Historical Misnomers.

History is full of misnomers. Our
fathers began to call Lincoln Old Abe
when he was only ffty-one years of
age. He died at ffty-six and so never
was old.
The most famous regiment that has
participated in any American war was
Morgan's Virginia Rifemen of the Rev.
olution. But 1872 of those troops were
from Pennsylvania and only 1853 from
Virginia and 65 from Maryland.
The pet name for Napoleon was the
Little Corporal, but he never was a
corporal. He entered the French
army as a lieutenant. - Philadelphia
Ledger.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-12-17
Loan and Lend.

Many errors are committed In tn?
name of usage. That's why, today
the dictionaries permit one to use
'1oan" as a verb instead of lend"
The highest pathological authorities,
among whom is Richard Grant White,
say that loan" is absolutely the noun
form of the word.
LEND me a dollar" is correct. Fur
Their, when the man has lent you the
dollar you have obtained the loan and
presumably will repay it. We nego-
tate for loans and obtain them if the
person is willing to lend them to US
One cannot loan a loan any more than
one car lend a lend. If we insist in
using loan as a verb the word lend
is SO much excess matter in the lexi-
con.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-12-17
POUND FISHERMEN
AIR TROUBLES
Number OF County Business Men
Appear Before Legislative
Committee


Assemblymen Ed ward Schoen, chair
man, and HID. johnson, both OF Essex
County, aud Carlton Godfrey and Bert
ram Whitman, of Atlantic County,
John Thorn pson, Of Monmouth County,
William NJ. Runyon, of Union County,
and Alonzo Herrick, of Warren County,
members of the legislative committee
appointed by the last Legislature to In
quire Into 1.-THE net pound fishing in
dustry, met in the rooms of the Repub-
lican Club here on Wednesday, Dec. s,
and heard testimony of a number OF
witnesses.
Practically all the witnesses examin-
ed are interested in pounds. They were
Walter Burge, of the Ocean Pier Co.,
Atlantic City ;,Lewis s. Chester, OF the
Chester Fish Co., Sea Isle; Henry s.
Clouting and James A. Chapman, OF
the Sea Isle City Fish Co.; Alfred Tay-
lor, of the North Wildwood Fish Co.
Hugh Holmes, of the Holmes Fish Co.,
AIlu 0uo Ill hh0 - "A ~AotN1NNA
of the Hilton Fish Co., Wildwood.
The testimony of John L. Baily, who
is interested in pound fishing, and L.
Lee Adams, an active member of the
Ocean City Fishing Club, was also
taken by the committee.
The essential point brought out at the
hearing was that the net pound fsber-
men are at the mercyo the commission
men in the matter OF financial returns
for their labors.
1t was testified by one of the wit
nesses hat lin one instance where he
expected to receive at least So for his
shipment of fish, heifound that he was
in debt on the shipment to the extent
of 98 cents,
The estimated yearly catch of fish in
Cape MaysCounty isl45, DOC, 900 pounds,
or from so, 900 to $4,000 barrels. For
this amount last year the fishermen re-
ceived So, 100.
Most of these fish are shipped to
Philadelphia land New York. Some
little is semitic Baltimore.
Only one pound owner, Gus Hilton,
of Wildwood, Isells directly to the deal
ers in New Jersey. He has a freezing
plant.
The average.ptice paid for fish from
Wild wood isIfour cents a pound; from
Sea Isle and OceanIC ity the price aver
ages two cents a pound. Most of these
fish are retailed at 10 to IL cents a pound
In the large cityImarkets.
A lunch was provided members Of
the committee in the club rooms, served
by T. Lee Adams.
Assemblyman Mark Lake a on
hand and extended every courtesy to
the members of the committee.-Ocean
City Sentinel.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-12-17
LARGELY ATTENDED SOCIAL
w. c. 7. u. EntertaIns Nearly Ono
Hundred Guests at willard Han

The Wildwood w. q. T. U. by #.
activity has attained prominence in tbo
city, county and State. The communitv
has been com PEELED to give it credit fo,
being alive. Its entertainments bavo
been successful. 1t has presented speak.
ers Of national reputation. It's mem.
bership two years ago was the smalles,
In the county, today 1t is the larpest
At the recent Slate convention it again
was placed upon the honor roll of
Unions of the State.
The success of the recent Social wss
beyond the most hopeful anticipation
1t was hoped that sixty might be pres.
ent. The guests began to arrive early
and came continuously until close Ia
one hundred guests filled the parlO,
dining room and hall. Five repts.
rentatives kcame from the Burleiph
church, which was organized by tbs
local Union. Mrs. q. w. Saul had
charge of the program and 1t was carried
out to the satisfaction of the guests
The Young Peoples Branch was in
evidence and provided the musical nm.
gram. Instrumental and vocal solois,
included the Misses Grace Allen, jessie
Eldredge, Cora Butterfield, DOROTHY
Finn and Alfredo Nye.
Rev. II. II. Hallowell was asked IN /
introduce the speakers MRS. Halloween /
being in Philadelphia). He recited in.
cidents that indicated the growth Of \
the movement in Wild wood, the Stah
and the Nation. Felicitous addresses
were delivered by Rev. Garner Hand
Rev. Irwin II. Fisher and DR.. ]. G
Edwards. Miss Wentzell expressed
her pleasure in seeing SO many present
Mrs. George Albus, president of the
Burleighl Union, told of the work Of
that Union.
AT the conclusion of the program 70.
freshments were served, after which The
guests wended their way home decls.
ing the Wildwood w. G. 7. U. was
crackerjack organization and knew how
to accomplish things.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-12-17
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CHRISTMAS EVE.

TIME snow is white
On the roofs tonight,
The moon looks down with
her silvery smile,
And the wind blows free
Through bush and tree
And whistles along for mile on mile.
And, ah, bark therei
On the midnight air
Comes the ~faintest tinkle of fairy bells.
They are coming ear,
They are coming here,
And their sweet sound swelling of joy
foretells.
II is Santa Claus,
And he cannot pause,
But down the chimney he quickly
slides,
Each stocking file
Till II almost spills,
Then eayly ohuckles and off he glides.
How happy he,
The saint to be
OF all the girls and ell the boysl
He hears his praise
Through the holidays
As they eat their sweets and break
their toys.
So still he smiles
And the time beguiles
Connecting schemes our hearts to cheer.
He loves US all,
And great n small
Regret that he comes but once a year.
William Barclay Durham.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-12-17

Demountable Til s.
High.tension Magnetic
One-man Mobair Top
New Stream-line Design
Improved Instrument
Board with all Instru-
ments set flush. Wider
Front and Rear Seats
Handsome Rounded
Radiator and II o d.
Every feature and refine
ment OF cars selling at
twice the price.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-12-17
The Nicotine Water Habit.

The hcokah, hubble bubble, or Turk
ish water pipe, is always being smok-
ed by Burmese women, partly because
they like it. bat mainly to supply the
men with nicotine water. This hubble
bubble nicotine water habit is, in fact.
a lazy form of tobacco chewing. A
mouthfui of the nasty beverage is held
in the mouth as long as possible. They
carry about gourds full of it and claim
it preserves their teeth.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-12-17
WILDWOOD

Eve though the weather was the
stormiest YET this 8, ason itdid not deter
a large delega ION of Tall Cedars from
making a fraternal visit TO Atlantic
City last Monday evening, at which
place a large meeting was held in Odd
Fellows Hall. Part of the program
consisted of installation of officers and
comforting the degree on a few candi-
dates, after which the evening was
spent in merry-making followed by a
long, cold uto drive back to Wild wood
in the teeth Of the storm.
Let us suggest that your Christmas
gift be a fern or a blooming plant, Cy-
clamen, Poinsettas, Ferns, Palms and
fresh cut flowers. NJ. s. Cummins, III
E. Wildwood avenue. 1t
Frank Sheppard and Harry Mount
have returned from Pennsgrove. The
former will be employed by Mark B.
Reeves in the construction work of the
new Casino theatre and Mr.. Mount
will also be employed on the same
operation after he RECEIVERS from q severe
cold which has laid him up for a time.
Mrs. Abraham Konowitch is spend
ing a few days of this week in Phila.
John Parker will spend the holidays
with his daughter in Germantown.
A fine stock of plants and cut flowers,
Christmas trees, holly and wreaths, also
gold fish, aquarium and supplies at the
Florists, III E. Wildwood avenue. 1t
DR.. and Mrs. Steinbach have gone
to B%ridesburg TO remain over the holi-
days.
DR.. N. A. Cohen has been confined
to the house for a week with lumbago.
w. J. Harbisop, Jr., has also been In
disposed, coming home from Penns-
grove over a week ago with a bad cold.
He was out today for the first.
Mrs. M. 1. Trotter, who Is spending
the winter in Philadelphia, will spend
Christmas week at her home On w.
Lincoln avenue.
On November Both the Union Bank
declared its first semi-annual dividend
of p per cent. This institution is less
than five years old and has a surplus Of
$50, 900 above the original capitalization
of $4,000.
Mrs. Mary Sims, aged "a years, of
2l9 East Burk avenue, died last Friday
morning about three O'Clock. Funeral
services were held at the First NJ. 3.
church, of Camden, and burial made at
Harleigh cemetery. Undertaken Inger-
soil had charge Of the remains.
y The Misses Katharine, Frances and
Mary Baker went to Washington last
Monday morning to attend the Nation
al Women's Suffrage Association Con.
v%ention. Mrs. w. H. Bright and Mrs.
DR.. Adams joined them Tuesday and
remained for the week as guests of
Speaker and Mrs. Champ Clark. q
Christmas day services at the Epis-
copal church will be at 6 and 9 q. M,
music and address at thei first service.
Between the services the rector will be
glad to administer communion TO any
sick of the parish who will notify him.
Holly Beach Lodge, of Odd Fellows,
will attend service at the Episcopal
church this Sunday evening. It is de-
sired that as many as can attend with
the lodge will meet at the lodge room
before sever o'clock from which place
they will proceed to the church In a
body.
Michael Sheehan, the favoTite basket
ball player, formerly of Philad elphia, is
again q resident of Wild wood.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-12-17
Ordinance No. 100
Miss ]. SCOTT,

An Ordinance to prevent the raising y
ing or harboring of pigs and swine III Wv
ough of North Wildwood: ..,d
Section /. Be it ordained by the MsS%l
Council of the Borough of North WHY
that the raising, keeping or harborlng%
and swine in, on or upon any street. L IN
or any other place within the borougnhs IA
OF the Borough of North Wildwood S%2
declared to be a nuisance and is nereT
hibited. ~
Section 2. And be it further ordalns1
any person who shall violate the pIvn,A
of this ordinance shall, upon nvic1Gu'
dollars. ai
Section 8. And be IL further ordalnsT
this ordinance shall take effect immeU
introduced November Sd, 1915. 40. ,s'
Passed and approved December Hn'"
JAMES McLINDEN, A"I
Attest: GEORGE A. REDDING, .nd'
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-12-17
Building Permits

Building Inspector Charley Nicka
son Issued the following permits fu
November:
BUILDER OWNER CON
L.. P. Garrison A. L.. Colson 500
Chas. g. Glenn w. 4. Wright LOO
VIII. Washburn Mary F. Beach ~
w. Bonham Clayton Lowe M
Leon Charlson Benz. Wilson 800
M. D. Stanford AngelVisit Bap. 500
Henry Yocum VIM. r. ellis 200
Chas. G. Glenn A. Konowitch 40
Chas. g. Glenn Chas. CIegg l@
Harry s. Hewitt L.. s. Smith 100
Carl Sjostrom Carl Sjostrom 800
Leon Charlson w. j. & s. r. r. $50
Chae. VonK Geo. Green 200
Kris Kloo Kris KlOo @
Total, sSS5
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-12-17
Natural Clash.

what is the matter with the parson
and the doctor that they cannot agree?"
1.-THE parson says the doctor is so con
trary. Just as soon as he gets a man
properly prepared for the next world
the doctor goes to work and cures him -
st. Louis POST Dispatch.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-12-17
The End in View.

Ella-Why do you let him call you
by your first name? Stella-I want to
encourage him to help me get rid of
my last name.-Judge.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-12-17
Her Definition.

"fSow. Helen" said the teacher. "can
you tell lne what a myth ISL"
"Yeth. ma'am," lisped Helen. at
ith n woman that hath not got a huth
band."- Woman's Home Journal.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1915-12-17
Ladies. Please Notice

If you have been on Wild wood ave
nue. during the past week you will hsV
noticed the window display at lG,
which tells you that the Wildwood
Embroidery Shop is located there hG
the winter season.. They are now shOV'
ing a good line of children's dresses up
to II year size.
Miss ]. SCOTT
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-12-16
Bridges Repaired.

The two bridges just east of
this city have been or are being
repaired. The river bridge has
a new floor that will perhaps last
until spring, and new floor is be-
ing put on the slough bridge.
1t is simply money thro wn
away to put lumber flooring on
the river bridge at this place.
Not less than five hundred We
hicles of one kind or another
cross that bridge every twenty
four hours, many more than cross
any other bridge in the county,
and the floor of the bridge should
be concrete.
And so far as the slough bridge
is concerned, the water and slush
from the hill on the west side
run down onto it and help do
damage to the floor. 1t should
be made an arch bridge of con-
crete.
However, we are somewhat
thankful that the bridges have
even been repaired.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-12-16
Extend to Baxter.

We have II from a reliable
source, but can not give the
source of our information, that
the M. o. & G. has bought the
short line from Miami to Com.
merce and will within a very few
days begin the construction work
on the line at Commerce and build
il to this city via Cardin and
Picher. This line will be a big
thing for Baxter Springs, as it
will give the miners who work
at Cardiu and Picher a chance to
live in Baxter.
Work may be expected to begin
very soon.
For some time the line will be
used as an expedieut for the M.
o. & G. to get control of practi-
cally all of the ore haul out of
Commerce, Cardiu and Picher,
but a motor car service will of
course be installed on the line,
and this is what is going to give
the miners a chance to live in a
good town, where their families
can have the advantage of good
schools, good society, and good
churches.
The increase in the working
force at the M. o. & G. station
in this city gives credence to the
report of the sale of the short
line.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-12-16
Burned to Death

Mrs. Bert Handy and small
child were burned to death Sun.
day morning, and Mr.. Handy is
so badly burned that bis death is
expected.
It seems Mr.. Handy had his oil
can filled at the store of Mr..
Parkinson the night before, and
the next morning one of the boys
got up to start a fire. The bed
in which Mr.. and Mrs. Handy
and the child were lying was
close to the stove. The can also
was near by, and in some uuac.
couutable manner it exploded
and the burning fluid was thrown
all over the bed. Mrs. Handy
and the child burned to death,
and Mr.. Handy received most of
his burns while trying to aid
them.
An investigation revealed the
fact that the company from
which Mr.. Parkinson buys oil
and gasoline had delivered him a
barrel of gasoline instead of oil
and the Handy Can had been
filled from the barrel.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-12-16
Jail Breakers Caught

Lyman Ford, the Quapaw bank
robber, who broke Jail at Miami
Dec. S, has been caught at Pueb-
10, Col. 1t is said that 'Lige"
Higgins and another man, also
wanted for completely in the Qua
paw bank robbery, were caught
with Ford at Pueblo.
Sheriff Gibson says that when
he gets that bunch in Jail at Mi
ami there'll be no more getting
away.
Here's hopin' he's right.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-12-16
Errata

The News, in speaking of the
death of little Donald Hendry,
said he was the son of Donald
and Lora Hendry. 1t should
have said he was the son of
Frank and Lora Hendry.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-12-16

The Cherokee county bar had
a big meeting and banquet at
Columbus Monday night. Su-
preme Judges Porter and West
we're n attendance.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1915-12-16

We have the largest stock Of
all new toys in town to select
from and another shipment is
due us. See Our line before bay.
ING. Baxter SapPly ca