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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-09-29
GUIDE YOUR BOY NOW.
Keep Him on the Road That Leads to
the Highest Citizenship.

Keep Him on the Road That Leads to
the Highest Citizenship.
This is a good time to think of your
boy. If you do not look after him In
the right way some one will do it In
the wrong way. Begin now.
Teach your boy to follow in the foot
steps of his father, to respect the law,
to obey his parents, to regard the
rights of all men, to honor virtue, to
respect womanhood and to depend
upon no one but himself for his al
vancement.
Teach him that the Golden Rule of
life will be found in the Ten Com
mandments. They are short. They
have survived the ages. They stand
today unchanged and unchallenged.
They comprise the first great written
law given by God to man. Before
these few commandments all man
made laws fade into insigniicance.
Teach them to your boy. There is dah-
ger ahead if you do not.
The universal drift of mankind Is to-
ward ~decadence. Heredity pays its
premium and also exacts its discount.
The son of a good father and an affec-
tionate mother, brought up in an at
mosphere of parental regard. never
will disgrace the family.
The boys of today are to be the men
of tomorrow. The destinies Of the
American people are to be In the hands
of their sons. If the boys are taught
respect for the law Cboth human and
divine), obedience to authority, manly
independence and the fear of God this
great nation will be q noble monument
to mans capacity for self government
and self control at a time when all the
world Is a seething cauldron Of unrest,
unreason and disbelief.
Teach your boy to rule, but first to
rule himself.-John A. Sleicher In Les
Lies Weekly.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-09-29
Raislns as Food.

AS a producer Of energy the raisin is
a marvel One pound Of raisins In this
respect, according to a doctor, will
more than equal "a pound of beef or
FIVE pounds Of fish, two pounds Of eggs,
four pounds of potatoes, two quarts of
milk, half a peck Of apples or a dozen
bananas" And the advantage Of the
sugar In the raisin is that 1t is almost
immediately digested, assimilated and
transformed into energy.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-09-29
The Plumb Line In Porto Rico.

There are places where the direction
of a plumb line is not vertical. Irregu-
larities of density In the crust of the
globe may produce this phenomenon.
A remarkable instance in point was
found In the island of Porto Rico,
where the deviation from the vertical
is so great that in mapping the island
the northern and southern coast lines,
as shown In the older maps, had each
to be moved inward half a mile
Scientific American.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-09-29
FIRE PREVENTION.
How Our Enormous Annual Losses
Miqht Be Reduced.

The average annual loss by fire in
America Is over half as much as the
cost of building the Panama canal.
This Is an actual loss. Insurance, of
course, restores nothing destroyed, but
merely passes the hat for the benefit Of
the individual losers. The loss to the
community IS total.
But little thought has been given to
the communal aspects Of the economic
system Of fire insurance, writes DR..
Maynard NJ. Metcalf in the Scientific
Monthly. 1t has been viewed chiefly
from the standpoint Of the Individual.
Insurance companies repay to individ-
uals their actual losses, and 1t is SIM
pier for the individual to gain security
against loss by fire by hiring an insur-
ance company to carry his risks than 1t
is for him to prevent loss from fire by
building f1reproof buildings.
Suppose we should appropriate a
quarter of a billion dollars, the amount
of a single years fire loss, to the or
g~anization and support of a bureau of
fire prevention, calling to the work of
this bureau the three best chemists, the
three strongest physicists and the three
keenest engineers In the world. How
long would it be before they had found
very inexpensive methods Of protecting
all buildings against fire, however In
fammable their construction? The
problem is childishly simple beside
those which men Of science are attack
ing daily and with success.
How absurd it is that we have fires
today They should long ago have be-
come a thing of the past.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-09-29
Etiouette.

There is a curioussstory of how the
Duke d'Aosta when king Of Spain told
a muleteer to whom he was talking to
cover himself, the sun being hot, for
getting that by so doing he made the
muleteer a grandee. Marshal Prim, to
prevent this catastrophe, knocked the
mans hat out of his hand, and, &C.
cording to some, the muleteer had
something to do with Prim's assassina-
ton that followed soon afterward.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-09-29
Hopa az Salad,

Hops, which are not recognizable in
the form we prefer, were eaten for
themselves as a vegetable. by the Ro-
mans of old and still are by the Bava-
rians, who choose rather than the
blossoms the tender top shoots of the
plant and prepare them in much the
form of an asparagus salad.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-09-29
Neediework Hint.

Thread used in hemstitching. drawn
work, etc, should be shrunn0before
using by placing it in a dish of boiling
water, allowing it to stand an hour or
SO. This will not destroy the gloss and
will prevent the work from puckering
and drawing up after the first launder-
ing.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-09-29
Unusual.

THAT mar Thompson is one of the
best friends I've got In the world.
Why, ten years ago he borrowed S.
from me-"
y"And paid 1t backf"
"Oh, no. But when I meet him on
the street he's just as cordial as ever
st. Louis POST Dispatch.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1916-09-29

TT IS TO THE INTEREST OF EVERY MAN who owns a
house or lot on Five Mile Beach to take the JOURNAL.
In its columns you will find throughout the year much
matter that will interest and be of value to you for the trihing cost
of one dollar per year. If you do not already take the JOURNAL
cut out and fill in the following coupon, enclosing check or a one
dollar bill, and mail same to 'Journal, Wildwood, Cape May
County, New jersey
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-13

bands of braid between knees and hem; the coat short, slightly curved in at the waist; the sleeves long and plain and all edges bound with braid; the fronts should be fastened with two buttons, one below'the collar bone the other slightly below the waist line the space between open to show a blouse of fine white batiste.
 The thrush of silk net in a new pat tern has caused an immense amount of satin to be ordered by the dressmak- CTS to be used as foundation and probably as a bodice. The majority has not realized that net gowns ought to be ultrafashionable for the late spring and summer. The new net is coarser than what we have been wear ing, and 1t has broken surface. It has square or round mesh, a polka dot large or small, a thin, trailing vine design CT stripe. Possibly, all these new nets could be classed un- der the head of point desprit.
 One of the best known designs Is called Reboux net, and other weaves are so coarse that at first glance they would not appear suitable for eve ming frocks. Yet. if one does not like them for formal gowns, they are ad- mirable for afternoon frocks, over the thinnest silk lining.
 A quarter of a century ago, these nets in black and white were the choice for afternoon frocks with slight ly low necks and elbow sleeves; and as far as one can see, the wheel will turn back 25 years and these gowns will again be in fashion.
 One of the latest of the afternoon frocks, in blue and white striped silk, shown in the illustration, has won many friends among eastern women of fashion.
 Copyright 1916, by the Mcclure Newspa-
 per Syndicate)
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-13
SATIN COMES BACK

Although no woman hesitates to have her most formal evening gown made of taffeta, especially when it is In the soft Fragonard colors, built up with lace and touched up with roses she finds satin an attractive substi- tute, and is glad that it has been re- turned to fashion.
 Satin suits are appearing on smart women also and if anyone is looking for good choice of coat and skirt bit different from what every other woman has there is everything to say In fa,or of black satin trimmed with wae, soft, black silk braid; the skirt laid in double box plats attached to an irregular and shallow hip yoke; the bottom trimmed with three graded
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-13

tance by wireless electric shock similar to that produced by touching charged wire. One think of no other way in which effects perilous to life and property could be obtained with cleo tricity.
 With this idea worked out to its ultimate per lection one might fcrete such appalling events in warfare this: An entire army in its trenches, is without warning seized with the death agones of wretch :n the electrical chair, and is exterminated by sNrnt enemy, using bullets. Or, at a given moment every living thing in a great city is struck dead if by lightning. by means of force ,;neashed hundreds of miles away by officer who merely pulls lever in wireless tower.
 Tesla appears to in the future warfare of electrical appliances deadly than all the non ever made he sees entire electrified and made untenabe for any living creature Death and destruction will be dealt out at unheard of distances, with zones of action more spacious than we now dream of. There is fOreshadowed a conflict in which not armies but nations may be destroyed in single action, by men armed with thunderbolts more mighty than those of the heavens. No wonder that Tesla. his own imagi nation recoing in horror, says:
 "l hope this is the invention that will make impossible"
 Another device for which inventors are seeking is one that will be able, by means of the wireless current, to explode at distance the enemy's magazines of ammunition. If this perfected,
 
 set fire to all the explosives in the Krupp factories and blow that institution into bits; he could blow up all the cartridges and explosives in the German army. Or another man in Berlin could with one stroke blow the English fleet out of the water with it's powder. In an article in a Paris newspaper recently Marconi, father of wire less telegraphy, declared that such an invention would mean the abolition of firearms and a re- version to hand tohand fighting
 Dutch inventor named Lanzius in New York, claims to have made such device. An Italian inventor considerable notorety for himself two years ago by demonstrating appa- ratus which he declared would explode ammu. milton at distance by means of wireless cur. rent-but he was shown to be fraud. young New Yorker. who already has several authentic inventions to his credit declares he has perfected a method of emitting wireless current which will melt all metals within certain radius Cali fornia inventor asserts that he can create a lame at a distance by means of wireless, and offers to set fire to any fleet approaching the Pacific coast The Germans are reported to have used heat to destroy the barbed-wire entanglements of the Rus sians, Tesla believes that the result was obtained
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-13
Crochet a Siumber Robe,

A very artistic slumber robo may be made from the unworn strips of silk garments cut not over two inches wide. Cut large quantity of differ ent colors and then sew the ends to- gether like. rag carpets. Usually there are more blacks than colors, and this can be used to advantage about every third strip.
 When you have enough for a large ball take bone crochet hook and crochet chain the length of the width of the runner size you wish to make. Crochet back and forth in plain double crochet until you have the desired length. This work may also be used for runners, pillow tops, etc., and will be found very effective.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-13
ELECTRIC FURNACES

An electric furnace for the heat treatment of steel used in automobile construction has been introduced. Its method of producing uniform, dependable heat that is so urgently sought by automobile manufacturers is quite novel in cleo trlc furnace practice, although its principle is comparable to that of the well-known Nernst lamp. Both the floor and the domelike covers of this furnace are of a refractory material which is practically nonconducting at ordinary tempera. lures. TO start the furnace. a current is passed through a bed of coke laid on it's floor On beiu. sufficiently heated the floor becomes a conductor and in turn heats the wall and top, rendering them conductive until finally the entire furnace becomes incandescent. It is stated by those who have tried the furnace that it's use in the heat treatment of automobile parts promises to be extensive in the future.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-13
lack. Black looks most effective and

black, Black looks most effective and is at the moment most fashionable.
 The slip of net is then just put over cozy pad, which may be had very cheaply and in almost any color, so there is no difficulty about the founda- tion.
 To get the right size of the net cover, put the pad on a piece of paper. and draw shape round it. then cut out piece of the net doubled to the shape.
 Before sewing the two halves to- gether, cut out from odd pieces of chintz, print or cretonne, some flow CTS and foliage to the clean outline of them.
 Arrange this decoration on each side 'i the cover as !r the illustration, and
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-13
WELLS LOOSE AND FLOWING
Both Circular and Draped Shapes Pop ular-Pretty Idea Is 10 Match the
 Hat in Tint.

Loose, flowing veils are being worn. Some are made circular while others are draped. The circular veil with a round opening in the center which fits over the crown of the hat, is we'll liked. The lacy designs with woven scroll patterns are especially attrac- tive. Some of these veils are gath cred onto an elastic band, allowing 1t to be adjusted over the crown of the hat. Some hang in straight lines to the shoulders, while others are fin ished with ruche or band, which may be caught around the throat. There is marked tendency toward the use of colored veils. The exten- sive use of color in millinery affords the well-dressed woman an oppor- tunity to wear a veil to match the color of her hat. Brown, navy blue, taupe and plum or wistaria are all seen in colors which match perfectly those shown in straws and silks. All black and black-and-white veils are smart.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-13

when satisfied with the result, sew them into place.
 Neatly turn up hem at the bottom or each cover, then seam the two sides together on the wrong side. At the top, in the center, make a little handle of cord, the color of the net.
 If made of black net, the covers will not require washing at all; white net, of course, will soil in time. but will be found to wash beautifully, and the flowers as well, for the colors em- ployed are always fast dyes.
 A cozy like this makes a most ac- ceptable present, and will bring q good price at bazaar, for although they look so dainty and decorative they are very serviceable and will stand daily wear and tear.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-13

if at all, by the projection of a flame produced by hydrogen gas under high pressure Such 8 flame can readily be projected for 10 feet, which might be sufficient when the trenches close enough together In such a flame barbed wire would melt like wax
 In all of the begerent countries. and in those which fear they may sometime become belliger- ents. the best brains hard at work the problem of contriving methods of murder more deadly and more wholesale than those now employed Some of their dreams of future war fare may seem fantastic But the rude cannon of the Turks seemed incredible prodigy at the siege of Constantinople in the fifteenth century and to the artillerymen of our Revolutionary war the machine gun of today would appear an equal marvel On scarcely doubt that if man con- tinues to maintain his delight in war science will be at hand to supply him with weapons as ad. vanced in murderous power over those today as the arms of today surpass the sling and stone with which David introducing the artillery of his era, slew the armored giant Will human nerves be able to endure these colossal horrors? Probably today they endure the shock of explosives, the sound of which would have sent Achilles to the madhouse.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-13
RACK FOR THE NEWSPAPERS
Useful Article in Any Household Can Be Put Together in a Few
 Minutes Time.

A rack for holding newspapers and magazines is thing that is required in every household, and we give a sketch of simple and practical rack that anyone with box of tools can make in very short time.
 It should be constructed about feet inches in height and 2 feet in width. and be made of wood about A-inch in thickness and 12 inches in width. It is composed of two pieces of the shape shown on the right of the illustration and two plain pieces Of wood cut to fit into the upper part of these boards. The whole thing is
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-13
New Sports Skirt.

Many of the new sports skirts are made of knitted fabrics in plain bright colors and in smart checks, plaids and stripes. Many are circular in cut: oth- CTS are in modified circular cut and some are gored. Belts of self-mate- rial give smart finishing touch, ard novelty pockets are also used effee- lively. These sports skirts are being worn very short.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-13
Gowns of Net.

White embroidered nets will be much worn this season, as will the lingerie dresses of former years for midsum- mer. Some early models, combining the net and embroidered handkerchief linen, are very attractive and smart. These gowns are elaborately em- broidered on eyelet work. Net and lace gowns are to be popular. while the lace-trimmed lingerie dress seems to have come back into it's own this year.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-13
POPULAR TEA COZY COVER
one Of the Handsomest That Has Been Devised-May Be Made of
 Odd Bits of Material.

The cozy cover here illustrated is an ideal one as regards handsome eff feet, hard wearing and economy.
 It is made of net, the roses and foliage being cut out of odd pieces ot cretonne and appliqued on the net, or simply kept in position by few stitches here and there.
 The color of the net is a matter of choice--it may be cream white or
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-13

fastened together with screws run through the upper boards and into tho upper edges of the side pieces.
 Well-planed wood should be used, and when complete it can be stained a nice dark green and afterward we'll vanished
 It can, of course, be made in a larger or smaller size than that mentioned If preferred, and if desired. in place of staining. it can be painted some other color selected possibly to har- monize with the other colors that there may be in the room in which it is to find place.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-13
TEST OF YOUTH

You often see a woman at the market pinchng the end of chickens breastbone to find out how tender-in other words, how young-the fowl is. Oddly enough. the same test with human beings is one of the most reliable known. If in advanced life the lower part of your breastbone feels elas tic when pushed inward, you may assume that important changes have yet taken place in makeup.
 The human breastbone is shaped like ancient Roman sword and the upper part of it is like the sword handle. It's point is piece of cartilage, which anatomists call the "xiphoid" cartilage. The early hardening and stfening of it indicate that the changes that accompany old age have prema- turey begun.-Youth's Companion.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-13

In the United States were involved in war, however, he says he would place his device un- reservedly at the disposition of the military authorities
 Tt is, of course possible" he said to repre- sentative of the Post Dispatch Sunday Magazine a few days ago. to produce electrical effects at a distance by means of wireless energy. But the insurmountable difficulty thus far has been to aim electric in direction only, with all of it's force concentrated on given target
 Il will go far to say that after twenty years of application to the problem of transmitting energy by wireless, have just made valuable advance in this direction. The stage has been reached where to extent 1t is practicable to this force in war. and to predict such develop ment as will make electricity supplant in battle.
 Tt is impossible to give details at this time but in general way my invention be used in three methods
 Tn the first place, it will be possible to send explosive body through the ar-an aerial tor pedo flying many times faster than an aeroplane- and to direct this projectile to the spot desired. where it can be exploded by wireless. It will be possible to guide the projectile by wireless after has passed beyond the range of the eye, and the aim is so accurate that it is possible to reduce the error to few feet in thousand miles.
 Tn the second place, it will be practicable with this apparatus to produce effects at distance which will interfere with the enemy and tend to make him ineffective.
 Tn the third place. 1t promises to be able to produce at distance such effects of electrical tension will jeopardze life and property"
 The inventor declined to so into specific details saying that 1t is safer to be specific after the fact But would gather from the words he did speak that he has contrived torpedo of the air flying under its own power a torpedo swims in the water, which can be steered by wireless and exploded by the same force Such projecte would have range not of some twenty miles, like the highest power cannon, but one limited only by it's own flying endurance. It would be harder to hit with shell and rife fire than aeroplane because of it's smaller size and swifter velocity, and 1t need not be manned by a crew who would he exposed to death at every instant
 Such a missile, aimed according to the mathe- nautical formulas used today by gunners whose target is beyond the range of eye and telescope, could be dispatched for the destruction of bat teship long before her guns would be able to come into play. Safe from the shells of the greatest ordnance, it could start from a point miles beyond their range and destroy the batteries without the possibility of reply.
 The second and third methods of which Tesla speaks are discussed in rather cryptic language. but leave the inference that he believes himself already able. in some degree to produce at dis
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-13
DEFINED.

knfcSer-What are congressmans duties? Bocker-To run. sit lie and stand
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-13
HE M M ED IN.

~How did you get that stitch in your side?" -Oh. got hemmed in crowd"
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-13

Mrs. Kawler-Do you consider Alice very good looking?
 Mrs Blunderby-Oh, Alice is pretty enough; but wouldn't call her an Adonis
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-13

OR THEY WOULD BE MUCH TROUBLE. AS a rule women look at things differently from men-and it's a good thing for most husbands that they do-Indianapolis Star.
The log cabin Democrat., 1916-05-13
MIKOLA TESLA,
 electrical scientist, says not armies alone but whole populations zvM De destroyed by use of qUmeless currents Ills oqvn ar torpedo deadly

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The Tomahawk., 1916-10-05
That's a Lie, Longstreth."

crooked he certainly had magnificent
nerve. Duane almost decided he was
above suspicion. But his noncha-
lance, his air of finality, his authorit-
at1ve assurance-these to Duane'S
keen and practised eyes were in sig
nificant contrast to a certain tense
ness of line about the mouth and a
slow paling of his olive skin.
Then the prisoner, Snecker, with a
cough that broke the spell Of silence,
shufTled couple of steps toward the
door.
Hold on" called Duane. The call