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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-11
A Very Necessary Explanation

The marvellous result of the work of
the Ladies' Aid of the Wildwood Meth
odist church during the past three
years has led to a slight misunder-
standing which might reflect upon the
veracity of its secretary. To correct
this, 1 wish to say most emphatically
that with the help of their many
friends who contributed most literally
to their bazaars, socials, teas, cake sales,
etc every penny of the $500. rs was
raised by them. The 5000 raised by
the pastor to reduce the original mort
gage of $1,000 was an entirely separate
andindependent subscription, to which
the Ladies' Aid contributed the first
500. HI. p. GALE,
Secretary.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-11
Lutheran Services

On Sunday morning at 10 o'clock
the Senior Bible Glass of Holy Trinity
Lutheran Church will discuss the sub
ject "The Greatest Grace", with spe-
cial reference to the need of it ia our
present national condition. At the IL
o'clock morning service the pastor will
preach on the theme "The Day of Pow
ern and ia the evening service at 7.30
o'cl"ck, the second of the series of SER
mons dealing with the peculiar relig-
ious conditions arising in wal times
will be preached; the theme selected
being "Nothing but Leaves"
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-11
The Length OF the War

Former Ambassador Gerard, speak
ing Apr. 20, 1917, again reminded US
that We are fighting the greatest mill
tary power the world has wei seen.
He has frequently declared it to be his
belief that the val Is far from being
over, and has warned us of the danger
of taking such a view or allowing it
to Influence us in our preparations.
The belief that the wal is soon to be
over rests upon the assumption that
the fighting now taking place in France
IL of such a character that 1t may be
decisive. That is to say, 1t Is expected
to bring Il real Allied victory. Such
blows as are now falling on the Ger
man armies may well be calculated to
bring victory, but there is no assurance
that ever a substantial Allied victory
will end the war. There are many ele-
ments that tend to strengthen the be-
liefthat Germany cannot hold out much
longer, but the most su perficial exam
nation shows such views to be excess
sively optimistic.
There Is hope Of revolution In Ger
many, but it Is not entertained by Mr..
Gerard or Jules Cambon, two men who
know Germany as well as any non-Ger-
man can know a foreign country. The
Kaiser probably will be forced to grant
certain reforms, to compromise in
many ways. but that he and his govern
ment can be overturned from within is
not expected in the neal future. A. to
the military situation, it was never
more favorable to the Allies, but when
we have seen what France has done, in
fighting n defensive wal over a period
of two years, 1t must be realized that
Germany, on the defe nsive, is still
most formidable.
Austria-Hungary Bulgaria or Tur-
key may be detached from the Central
League, but this possibility is not to
be entertained if it is to affect Allied
plans. So long as Russia remains an
IN ertain factor and the submarines
continue their wholesale destruction
only the very foolish can take the view
that the war is to be ended with a
minimum of effort on our part. If for
any reason Russia should break away
from the alliance, or should be forced
by internal ~dissension to limit her eff
forts in the field, the wholly favorable
situation existing to day might be re-
versed over night. All predictions of
Allied victory must rest upon the sound
premise that we, as we'll as all of our
present Allies, are prepared to exert
all our power for an indefinite period
Brooklyn Eagle.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-11

Mr.. Sturm, 124 East Lavender road,
lie building an addition to his property.
Larcombe Brothers and Mayor F. E.
Smith are building four cottages on the
Hammond-W hltley section below
Rsmbler road.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Walker are occu-
plying their new home on West Laven-
der road. This is one of the most COM
plete and attractive bungalow resi-
dences In the Crest aud they ex pect to
make it their permanent home. Elab-
crate grounds have been made around
the bunalow by Frank P. Mattera. A
stone coping surrounds the property.
The new and attractive Walton
Gretnewald cottage is occup pied by the
owners, who are engaged in business
in Philadelphia.
A number of the best houses In the
Crest were Tented during the past week.
A repetition of Florida's experience last
winter, an unprecedented rush to the
seashore this su amer is predicted. .
Mrs. Louise Stretch 81 ent Monday
and Tuesday in Philadelphia.
Alex. Young, who recently under
went an operation in y Philadelphia
hospital is critically " at his home on
East Green's road.
Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson aud family,
of Haddonfeld, who have spent the
past three seasons here, will this sum-
mer occupy the Scampton cottage on
East Crocus road.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-11
LOaVeS OF Bread Should Be
Marked

VIM. L. Waldron, State Superintend-
emit of weights and measures, urged in
his annual report to Governor Edge
that a law be enacted to compel bakers
to mark the weight Of their loaves so as
to permit the public to know what they
were paying for. He said the word
"loaf" was without meaning. He
stated that the investigation last year
showed loaves of bread selling for five
cents varied from 9 to Is ounces and
that the variation in weight OF the 10
cent loaf varied from 20 to 30 ounces.
He also recommended that his depart
ment be given authority to test gas,
water and electric meters.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-11
Monday, May 21st, 1912,

between the hours of twelve and five O'Clock,
p. M, towit, at one o'clock in the afternoon
OF said day, at the Sheriff's office, in Cape MAY
Court House, Cape May County, New jersey:
the appurtenances, in the bill of com pIs nj in
the said cause particularly set forth and
described, that is to say:
All that certain tract of land situate in the
city OF Wildwood, county OF Cape May and
State OF New Jersey.
Beginning at a point in the s. w line of
Spencer avenue, 460 feet s. 4. ofArctic avenue,
thence S. e. 100 feet by S. w. 100 feet.
Being lots Nos. 28, % and 30, block 1l8 on
map of Holly Beach City.
ROBERT S. MILLER, Sheriff.
Dated April %, 1917.
Horace T. Nixon, Sol'r. 4-27, 4fpfS6. so,
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-11
Tuesday, the 18th day OF May,
A. ID. 1912,

at twelve O'Clock, noon.
Plans and specifications can be obtained
upon application to Leaning NJ. Rice, coun.
ty engineer, Wildwood, NJ j., by depositing
ded If the plans and specifications are re.
turned in good condition or accompany a
bid.
A deposit OF 800, either in cash or certified
collector, as evidence OF good faith, must ac-
company each bid, and the successful bidder
will be required to furnish a bond satisfactory
to the Board in the sum of the full amount OF
his bid, to insure a full compliance with all
the conditions and requirements of the con-
tract and specifications.
By order of the Board.
F. w. FOWKES, Clerk.
Sea Isle City, N. j.
Dated April 25, 1917.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-11
O9O

While on a visit with relatives re-
Gently at Media, Pa, Charles B. Lowe
had a bad attack of acute indigestion.
He was able to return home at Wild
wood last week.
Don't forget the date, Thursday,
May II, public sale of house furnish
ings, store fixtures, etc. adv
Mr.. and Mrs. Frederick McMurray,
of Hotel Dayton. have gone to Mill.
Vile TO reside and Mr.. McMurray will
go into the glass trade again.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-11
BOO
Slams Garden Lands.

Much of the garden land in lower
Siam is made by digging trenches to
raise the ground, so that half is trench
and half ridge, and only rice can be
grown in the trenches. Thus practical
ly only one-half of the garden land
gives any return, yet the price of such
land in the best localities is $1O0 to
$3.50 an acre.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-11
rnnatciio I7nH5soeny.

"Do thoughts that came to you in the
long ago ever %return?' asked the origi-
nator of silly questions.
Not unless l inclose stamps" an
swered the literary party.-Chicago
News.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-11
Sheriff'S Sale

BY virtue of a writ of Fieri Facias, for sale
of Mortgaged Premises, to me directed, issued
out OF the Court OF Chancery OF New Jersey,
on the 10Th day of April, A. d. 1917, in a
certain cause wherein Ample A. w. Mock
is complainant, and Robert Wright, ct al.
are defendants, l shall expose TO sale at pub
Ito yapdua On
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-11
Board of Chosen FreehOIderS
PUBLIC NOTICE

SEALED BIDS for the reconstruction of
the Broadway bridge over Cape Island Creek,
Cape May City, N. j., including the bulkhead
walls and the construction of a cement, con-
crete slab top, in accordance with plans and
specifications prepared by the county engi-
neer, will be received and opened at a regular
meeting of the Board to be hell at the court
house, Cape May Court House, II. j., on
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-11

For Shakespeare piano, bedroom suit and
chairs. Reasonable. ll9 w. Glenwood ave.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-02-08
Persia,s Great Superstition.

The greatest superstition in Persia is
what is known as the ''evil eye" You
must not say to some one whom you
meet. How well you are looking!" for
if you do and that person is taken ill
it will be because you gave him the
evil eye. You must not say to moth
err. what pretty baby What a
bright child!' for if you do and any
thing unfortunate happens to the child
you will be considered responsible.
Many mothers let the children go dirty
and poorly clothed in order that they
may not attract favorable attention.
The sign WIKI b is thought to have some
power to avert the evil eye consists In
holding the second and third fingers of
both hands close to the palms with the
thumbs. while the other fingers are, ex-
tended straight out. Then. with the
hands behind you. you make down
ward movement three times
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-02-08
CLUB MEETING
Several Matters If TmDnrtarca Were
Discussed and Disposnd nf-Bet-
ter Highways Favored.

The severe cold weather badly in
terferred with the REGULAR neetinp
of the Commercial Club last Thursday
evening. While not very largely at
tended the meeting was one of the
most interesting held for a long time.
The desires of the Central Mime
sofa Dairymen and Buttermakers for
the coming convention in Sank Cen
tire were explained, and ]. B. Schoen-
hoff, George O'Gara and L. M. JAG
obs were appointed as committee to
raise the necessary funds and make
arrangements for the convention.
Clyde Wilke Of Grey Eagle was
present and explained in detail what
had been accomplished to date rela-
tive to the proposed satte highway
connecting Little Falls and Sank Cen
tire, via Swanville, Burtrum, Grey
Eagle and Ward Springs. Each of the
villages and townships through which
the proposed highway runs have rails
ed generous sums to be used if the
highway is designated-su sufficient it 'e
thought to have the highway designat-
ed by the State Highway Commission.
The matter will be laid before tn
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-02-08
CROOKED, BUT FAMOUS.
Washington Street, Eoston, One Of the
Worlds Great Trorousnfares.

Washington Street, Boston, One of the
Worlds Great -Thoroushfares.
Washington street in Boston is one
of the great thoroughfares of Amer
lea, worthy to rank with Broadway in
New York and Michigan avenue in
Chicago. Like nearly everything else
in Boston. it has history OF almost
incredible length and responsibility.
making other streets seem painfully
young and callow and crude.
Moreover. Washington street is one
of the longest in the world, running
all the way through Boston and on to
another town without a stop or break.
This is not accomplished without many
a bend and meander. however. for
Washington street is amazingly crook
ed, as are nearly all the thorOughfares
Of Puritan origin. 1t seems that the
MayfOwer party did not realize how
big Boston was going to be, and SO
they carelessly let the cows lay out
the streets as they wandered home
ward.
Washington street today does not
look like an ariStocrat of ancient lin
cage, however. On the contrary, it APP
pears decidedly democratic. swarming
with all sorts of people who jostle
and push each other on the narrow,
overlooking sidewalks in the brilliant
glare Of numerous electric signs that
flash the rival merits of moving pic
ture shows, bars and cafes.-Exchange
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-02-08
CURIOUS CLUBS.
The Man Killers, Their Cheerful Talk
and Fitting Fate.


and Fitting Fate.
One of the oldest purely social clubs
was the Everlasting club, limited in
membership to hundred people, who
divided the Gay among. them in such a
way that some of them were always
on the premises Solely for the pur-
pose of keeping up the fire from which
members lighted their pipes an old
woman was kept, and during the fifty
years of existence the club members
smoked fifty tons Of tobacco.
No one who had not killed an op-
pOnent in a duel was allowed to be
member of the Man Killing club.
where the conversation was confined
to wounds, bullets and slaughter. Curl
ously enough, most of the members
were executed.
Very different in character was the
Six O'Clock club. whose members. num-
bering six only. met at 6 in the even
ing and separated at 6 in the morning.
Meeting early in the evening and
sitting smoking until midnight. the
curious people forming the Humdrum
club observed the strictest silence.
But perhaps the most curious club
of all was the No Nose club, which
was founded by an unwilling follower
of the Egyptian fashion of fiat faces.
London Telegraph.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-02-08
Dufferin's Warning Dream.

There are many stories on record of
the warning dream. The late Lord
Dufferin when in Paris dreamed that
he was in hearse being conveyed to a
cemetery. A few days later as he was
about to enter hotel elevator be was
startled to observe that the attendant
was the living reproduction of the
driver of the hearse in his dream. He
stepped back. and the lift went up
without him. Before it had reached
the top of the building some breakage,
took place in the mechanism. and the
lift crashed down to the bottom, every
one in it being killed.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-02-08

Todd county commissioners at their
March meeting.
Sank Centre was urged to raise
funds to assist in building the road
in that small section in Stearns coun-
ty. Under the present law 10 per cent
of the money received for liquor Ii
censes in any municipality must be ex-
pended on highways outside the cor
porate limits of that municipality and
on highways leading into town. The
Commercial Club believing in the pro-
posed road appointed a committee con-
sisting of L. L. Kells, w. o. P. Hills
dale and A. J. DuBeau to go before the
City Council with the Clubs recon-
mendation that $500 of this fund be
set aside for this particular purpose.
A. L. Meigs, the live wire Red Trail
man, was present ana gave a very IN
teresting talk about this particular
trail, claiming that it had more miles
of good highway than any other trail
in existence. He said that Sank
Centre was not liable to lose the high
way even though they contributed
nothing for the maintenance, but he
thought they should and would. He
asked for an appropriation of $50 for
the current year and $25 for each fol-
lowing year. A committee consisting
of A. J. DuBeau, George O'Gara and
Victor Conklin were appointed to
rningle with the business and relieve
them of this amount about the middle
of March.
The lunch and cigars prepared by
the entertainment committee were en-
loved.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-02-08
TOOK AWAY HIS BREATH.
When Dawson Heard Morgan Wanted
Him For a Partner.


"Mr. Morgan wants to see you in his
library at O'clock" was the message
received one day by the vice president
of New York bank.
He hadn't the slightest idea what the
veteran fnancier could want with him.
He had met Mr.. Morgan. as most other
fnanciers had, during the parlous days
when the master mind of them all was
trying to stem the 1907 panic, but had
not seen anything of Mr.. Morgan until
the spring of the following year when.
with Senator Aldrich and other mem
bers of the monetary commission. he
had spent Sunday at MIR. Morgan
London home. Between then and the
receipt of the above message in the fall
Morgan
Promptly at o'clock the young
banker. wondering what the matter
could be- rang the bell of the famous
Morgan library. On being ushered in
he almost collided with Mr.. Morgan al
the entrance to his private ROOM
Mr.. Morgan shook hands and babe
the puzzled visitor be seated.
do you realize it is pretty near the
LIST of January?" he asked.
The young banker, very much at sea,
agreed that it was. This was about the
middle of November.
"Are you ready?" asked Mr.. Morgan.
Ready for what"- queried the aston
ished visitor.
For what? echoed Mr.. Morgan.
"You know l want you to come and
join my firm on the LIST Of January"
You never said anything about it.
Mr.. Morgan"
II thought you knew by my express
sion what l thought of you," said Mr..
Morgan.
"Mr. Morgan, have you ever fallen
from an eighteen story building?"
1t was Mr.. Morgans turn to be aston
isned
NO" he replied. scrutinizing his Wis
itor.
well. | never have before, and it
will take me minute or two to catch
my breath"
Mr.. Morgan laughed.
And that was how Henry P. Davi-
son, then only forty, was notified of his
selection as partner in the greatest
international banking firm in the Unit
ed States.-B. G.. Forbes in Leslie's.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-02-08
Primodeniture,

The law of primogeniture sends
back it's roots to the most ancient
times. Away back in the patriarchai
ages the frstborn son had supe
riority over all his brethren and in the
absence of his father was in every inn
portant sense the head of the house.
Upon the death of the father he be-
came by the unwritten law, which
could not be questioned, the priest and
lord of the family. and naturally to
him fell the property as well as the
honors of the household. PrimOgeni-
ture wherever it is found today is the
lingering remnant Of the ancient GUS
tom.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-02-08
NEW YORK'S DOWNTOWN.
Where Those "Tired Business Men"
Earn Their Daily Bread.

Earn ] HSiF lazy OiSd0s
There is a region Of mystery into
which the metropolitan husband and
father vanishes between 7:3O and $40
a. m. six days in the week and from
which he energies in the late after
noon. He is welcomed, after the man.
tender solicitude.
Downtown is the .trackless jungle
into which father plunges to stalk the
family's living After 10000 years of
civilization it is still the same. AnX-
iOus eyes follow him from the wig
wan till he turns the corner to the
railroad station. and fond eyes greet
him as he Staggcrs out of the elevator
door in his apartment house home with
his prey, so to speak, on his shoulder.
Wives will never be recOnciled to
downtown. 1t swallows up the man of
the house when he would much rather
stay at home and play with the chill
dren-sO he pretends-and it sends him
home at night too tired to be agreeable
as he asserts. Thus the little game
goes on.
The primitive hunter, l imagine,
made believe that he hated to leave
the family and go off into the dark
forest, and on his return he threw him
self before the fire too tired to speak.
Actually, l believe, the primitive hunt
er as soon as he was out of sight Of
home broke into a cheerful whistle
Simeon Strunsky in Harper's Maya
zine
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-02-08
TASTE AND MANNERS.
Sometimes They Are Linked and Are
Also Both Bad.

Sometimes They Are Linked and Are
Also Both Bad.
What is the difference between taste
and manners?
1t may be bad manners to knock a
man down. but it is not necessarily bad
taste.
A rich man in Philadelphia gave a
reception and issued invitation cards
upon which were engraved his picture.
This was not bad manners. 1t was Ger
tainly bad taste.
A large. handsome woman once broke
into a meeting of President Lincoln's
cabinet, interrupting the proceedings.
The homely Lincoln arose and, adj
dressing her, said:
Madam, what do you wish?''
She replied:
81 came in here to- take a look at YOU. -
Lincoln smiled
swell, madam" he replied, lin the
matter OF looking l have a distinct adj
vantage of yon.'
That was both bad taste and bad
manners on her part, and ON the part
OF Lincoln it was good manners and
good taste to refrain from throwing
her out of the window, as in strict JUS
tice he should have DONE
Good taste is largely matter of ex-
perience united to natural abilities.
To go up to your father-in-law at
your wedding breakfast with a bottle
of champagne in your hand and slap
ping him on the back, calling him 'old
sport is not only bad taste and bad
manners. but wretched sense, especial
ly if the old gentleman is worth a mil
lion.
To be told that your friend is too
busy to see you in his office and then to
call him up over the nearest telephone
is not necessarily bad taste. but bad
manners. The two may go together.
but this is not an invarible rule.-Life.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-02-08
QUIET AND NEAR LONDON.
The Lonely cotswolds Nearly Touch
The Worlds Biggest City.

The CotswOlds are an example or the
variety of natural scenery that Eng
land succeeds in packing away within
her narrow sea barred boundaries.
Here, within three hours of the largest
city in the world, you can walk In
complete loneliness over grassy road
that follows the route laid out by RO-
man engineers, with tumbled sky
line of real mountains on your right
and a sweep Of empty fields falling
away to the left. You can take tea in
an old Roman villa, where the tiled
courtyard is still smooth and tight; you
can sleep in IN inn that has apparent
~ not changed its habits or its bill OF
fare since the days of Richard the
Crusader.
AS mountains the Cotswolds cannot
pretend to any great eminence or bold
ness They have no attractions for tho
man who wishes to brave steep cliffs
or for him who would travel for a
week on end through single pine dark
valley. They are we'll bred little hills
compared with the Alps or the Rockies,
but they have the true mountain flavor
of loneliness and sturdy charm. The
occasional farmhouse enhances the pc
culiar feeling OF isolation, for a single
human dwelling only serves to set off
loneliness.
And the roads are a perpetual de-
light. The Kings highway winds
through these hills-a public road that
would cost the landed proprietor who
owns the ground on either side of it
half his fortune in legal expenses. to-
close uD-EXchanIe
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1917-02-08
Struggle of the Rivers.

The discovery that there is kind of
struggle for existence and survival of
the fittest among rivers is one of the
most interesting results of the modern
study of photography. A notable eX-
ample Of this contest is exhibited by
Englahd's two biggest rivers. the
Thames and the Severn. Between
their valleys lie the Cotswoid hills, and
exploration shows that the Severn by
eating backward among these hills
where softer strata. underlie them has
diverted TO itself SOME Of Inc headwae
,ters which formerly flowed into the
Thames. s