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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-01-19

a ship of my own | worked hard and
saved my money for three years. Then
l got a letter from mother telling me
that May was married-married to a
captain-as though she got tired. wait
ing. | went on a laundering big spree,
and then | took to the western ocean.
There were a few of the old packets
left, and l fought my way up to mate.
and there l stuck for five years.
'Then came that passage to the west
ard in the Chanticleer, when that
gang of Liverpool rats tried to do me.
They found they'd walked up the
wrong passenger. though. and there
was two of 'em that never saw the
broadside of America. But / don't care
nothing about that; that was %justii-
able maintenance of discipline.
1.-THE OF man give me what | had
coming to me, and l left her at quar-
antine. l got the New York papers In
Philadelphia and saw they were rak-
ing up my record from way back, so l
shipped fore the mast in a schooner
and went to Charleston, S. G. From
there / shipped as mate of the Balti-
more bark Kate Eastman, Sturgis.
master. She had a cargo of %turpentine
in the hold and yeller pine lumber on
deck and was bound for Antwerp. l
had to make a pierhead jump of it
when | got down to the wharf, cause
the tug already had a hold of her
When 1 got the last of the sail on her
l went below to see If that blasted
lboard'n master had put any pipes and
tobacker in my bag. Just as l reached
the bottom step the cabin door opened
and | looked right into the eyes of my
little May. In that one glance | no.
ticed how thin and poor and-yes, old
she had got. The rounded cheeks
were sunken. and the merry snap was
all gone out of the sweet blue eyes.
She looked f%orlorn. poor little thing.
I'D been batt'n it pretty well in
Charleston for a week, and l suppose
I looked pretty tough. But she knew
me. She went white for a minute at
sight of me. Then the waxy cheeks
flushed, she stood staring and waver-
ing, and then she went back In the
cabin.
Mrs. Sturgis kept her room for
three days. and then | heard the oil
man tell her to come to the table and
not act like a fool. He spoke to her
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-01-19
His First
Penitent
How the Supreme Arbiter
Directs Human Affairs.
By JAMES OLIVER CURWOOD
Copyright by Frank A. Munsey Co


In a white wilderness of moaning
storm, in a wilderness of miles and
miles of black pine trees, the Trans
continental flier lay buried.in the
In the first darkness of the Wild De
cember night engine and tender had
rushed on ahead to division headquar-
tiers to let the line know that the fier
had given up the fight and needed as
slstance.
In the coaches 1t was growing
steadily colder. Men were putting on
their %overcoats, and women snuggled
deeper in their furs.
In the smoking compartment of the
Pullman sat five men gathered in a
group. OF these one was Forsythe,
the timber agent; two were travelling
men; the fourth a passenger home
ward bound from a holiday visit, and
the fifth was Father Charles.
All were smoking and had been
smoking for an hour, ever Father
Charles, who lighted his third cigar as
one of the travelling men finished the
story he had been telling. They had
passed away the tedious wait with
tales of personal adventure and curl
Gus happenings.
The priests pale, serious face lit up
In surprise or laughter with the 9th
ers, but his lips had not broken into
a story of their own. He was q little
man, dressed in somber black, and
there was that about him which told
his companions that within his tight
drawn coat of shiny black there were
hidden tales which would have gone
well with the savage beat of the storm
against the lighted windows.
Suddenly Forsythe shivered at a
fercer blast than the others and said:
Father, have you a text that would
fit this highland the situation?"
Slowly Father Charles blew out a
spiral of smoke from between his lips,
and then he drew himself erect and
leaned a little forward.
81 had a text for this night" he said,
"but / have none now, gentlemen. ]
was to have married a couple a hun.
dred miles down the line. The guests
have assembled. They are ready, but
l am not there. The wedding will moi
be tonight, and so my text is gone
But there comes another to my mine
which fits this situation-and a thou
sand others--'He who sits in the heay
ems shall look down and decide To
night l was to have married these
young people. Three hours ago l new
err dreamed of doubling that l should
be ON hand at the appointed hour. But
l shall not marry them. Fate has en-
joined a hand. The supreme arbitel
says NO and what may not be the
consequences"
"They will probably be married to
morrow" said one of the travelling
men. 'There will be a few hours de
lay-nothing more"
Perhaps" replied Father Charles.
as quietly as before. "And-perhaps
not. Who can say what this little
incident may not mean In the lives OF
that young man and that young wo-
mainland it may be in my own
Three or four hours lost In a storm
what may they not mean to more
than N human heart IN this train
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-01-19
After Long
Years
Unexplained Ocean Mystery
Is Finally Solved
By HERBERT e. HAMBLEN
Copyright by H. e. Hamblen.


l had never seen jovial Jack Har-
greaves so distract. He whom l had
known as a particularly abstemious
man was taking his whisky straight
-and in amazing quantities. He entirely
sdisregarded my friendly gatherings.
Suddenly, as though unable to resist
an urgent desire to relieve his mind,
he blurted out:
Course you've heard of the Kate
Eastman, Andy. Everybody has"
kate Eastman? Kate Eastman" |
9epeated. The name had a familiar
ring to it, somehow, though 1 couldn't
seem to just place her at the moment.
WAS she a New York ship" l asked.
mo ship at all; 400 ton Baltimore
bark
. "O-h-h, yes, to be sure | remember
her" l interrupted. 'She was picked
mp in the western ocean years ago.
wasn't she? All sail set and ne crew.
Log book written up to the day before
captains watch on the nail and still
running-his wife's sewing machine
with a seam half inished-partly eat
en- dinners in cabin and forecastle-
boats all in place--no sign of a dis
turbance anywhere about her-and all
that sort of thing?"
eyes, that's her, only the details are
a bit out, as usual with newspaper re-
ports. You know. nothing has ever
been heard from a single member of
her crew from that day to this-the
cap'n, his wife, nor nobody--though
the consular service and the press of
two continents worked at it for
months. How old would you take me
to be-" he asked. changing the subject
with grotesque irreleyance.
"Sixty," l replied unhesitatingly.
81 amt but ffty-three, and I%1ook
ten years older, all on account of that
vessel. I've got to get this off my mind
it's tormented me long enough.
"She was the sweetest little thing you
ever saw he muttered,- bright and
happy as the day was long. Cheeks
and eyes-and long brown curls-I
can't remember the time we didn't
play together. | always carried her
books to school. She wouldn't go to
church nor singing school with no
body but me. And when l went to. sea
she promised to wait till | should get
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-01-19

"oH, JACK, JAY MEL DEAR JACK, DON'T
LET ME DROWN
fought like a cornered rat. My boat
was half full of water, and I saw he
was liable to upset us even if he fan
ed to get aboard. May was screening
like a madwoman behind me. The
thing had to be settled. | grabbed him
by the throat and choked the life out
of him. | held his head under till he
stopped struggling. then | let go, and
he sank. May gave II fearful shrieB
chance to look at her she had tainted
1t has been the one comfort of my
life since that she never regained hel
senses.
THE bark had backed herself round
somehow in a flaw. l suppose, filled
away and was rapidly disappearing il
a squat. 1t would be useless to chase
her, so | headed for the land.
1.-THE wind was a bit abaft the beam
and we did fairly well. May lay il
the stern sheets unconscious, but !
was kept so busy steering that J
couldn't do anything for her. We
were making good progress toward the
coast, which is quite bold Whereabouts
when, without the slightest warning.
the boat rode up on a hidden rock
turned turtle and sank like a stone.
81 caught the little wOman as she
was going down and struck out for
the shore, which | judged to be less
than a quarter of IA mile away
There were shrieks and oaths behind
me, where those poor devils were
strangling each other in their wild eff
forts to keep afloat.
'"The sea was heavy, and had my
clothes and one boot on. 1t took one
hand to hold May, but | was a strong
swimmer, and a couple of hundred
fathoms more would do it. Twice
May slipped from me-, but got her
again. There is no doubt hat she
was dead-probably. before the boat
bly,, for the nearest point of rock on
the shore. l reached it. but was too
exhausted to climb out.
81 raised my sweetheart's face to
mine, and, while the salt water drain
ed and gurgled from it, | kissed fol
the last time the lips l had always
loved. Once more | spoke her name;
but, as | said, she was long since dead.
held her close. pressed the lear form
to my heart, took a farewell glance 'at
the pitiless scene and let myself GO
down.
THE next day | came to my senses
in a Portuguese fisherman's shanty
under the cliff. The aged couple did
what they could for me, caring for me
as if | had been their w son, but as
we were unable to understand each
other l never learned how | came to
be saved nor whether the bodies OF
May or any of the crew ever came
ashore. When | got strong enough ]
shipped in a plum puddener,' as they
call those western ocean whalers. un'
der the name you know me by"
Jack" | said, the horror in my W
voice adding to my agitation, "is that
true?"
"As God is my judge. Andy. it is. ]
wish it wasn't"
l sprang TO my feet and exclaimed:
"You numbering old villain, you
ought to be hanged!'
81 know It," he replied, hopeless re
morse in his every accent, land l wish
had been-years ago."
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-01-19
and Father Charles stopped to draw
his thin black coat closer about him.

HlQ rather OUdTleS SlOpptu W oAa
his thin black coat closer about him.
"He had come into the north about a
year before" continued the priest, and
had built for himself and his wife a
little home at a pleasant river spot ten
miles from my cabin. Their love was
of the kind we do not often see, and
they were as happy3a as the birds that
lived about them in the wilderness.
They had taken a timber claim. A few
months more and a new life was to
come into their little home, and the
knowledge of this made the girl an an
gel of beauty and joy. Their nearest
neighbor was another man several
miles distant. The two men became
friends, and the other came over to see
them frequently. 1t was the cid, old
story. The neighbor fell in love with
the young settlers wife.
GAS you shall see, this other man
was a beast. On the day preceding
that night of terrible storm the wo-
mans husband set out for the settle
ment to bring back supplies. Hardly
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-06

This advertisement, and those, as well, that are to follow is based upon actual knowledge of accidents that have oc- cured in the recent past and told of in the daily papers. Each will point out a danger that cen be averted by exercising reasonable care!
The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-11-06

Take the time today to cauti
 girl against the great danger u on to Automobiles and Street { to play in the street where : bring serious injury or perhal It'sa duty you as their parent
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-03-30

~ OMMENCE with 10 CHI. First Row. dc. into sixth chain from hook, A
CHI, 1 de- into next chain, 2 chr miss two chain, l dc. into next a oh, /
de- into mex, 4 CHI, 1 dc. into last chain, 8 CHI, turn. Second Row. t.
into first loop, 1 tE into loop of four chain between two double crochet
8 CHI, another tE into same place, 1 tr. into next loop of four chain between next
two double crochet, 8 CHI, another tr into same place, 8 Oh, turn. Third Row.
1 dc into first loop of three chain, A CHI, 1 de- into same place. 2 CHI, 1 de- into
next loop of three chain, 4 CHI, 1 dc into same place. A CHI, 1 de- between the
second and third treble Of the group Oh four treble at end, 3 CHI. turn, and re-
peat from commencement Of second row until a corner is required.
For the Corner-Work to the end of third row, 8 CHI, turn. Fourth Row.
4 tt. into first loop, 1 tt. iMo loop of four chain between two double crochet 8
CHI, another IT, into same place, 1 CHI, 1 de-. into next loop Of four chain, 2 CHI,
turn. Fifth Row. dc into loop Of three chain between 2 treble, 4 oh, 1 dc
into same place, 4 CHI, 1 de-. between second and third treble of group at end, 8
ch- turn. Sixth Row. tr into first loop 1 CHI, 1 dc into loop of four chain
between double crochet of previous row, 4 CHI, turn. Seventh Row. dc be-
tween the second and third treble Of group at end 3 CHI, turn Eighth Row.
tn. into first loop, 1 CHI, 1 II. into loop of four chain at left, where a double
crochet las already been worked, 4 CHI, turn. Ninth Row. dc. between the
second and third treble of group Of four treble, 8 CHI, turn. Tenth Row. IT,
into first lop, 1 oh, 1 tr into same loop of four chain, where last treble was
worked, 8 CHI, another tt. into same place, 1 oh, 1 tr. into next loop of four
chain at left 4 CHI, turn. Eleventh Row. dc into loop of three chain between
two treble of previous row, A CHI, 1 dc. between the second and third treble Of
hgroup at end. 3 CHI, turn. Twelfth Row. IT, into first loop l t. into next
loon of or chain, 3 CHI, 1 t. into same place. 1 IT, into loop Of chain at end of
row. where orne vas commenced, 8 CHI, another tr into same loop, A CHI, turn,
and repeat from commencement of third row.
For the Heading-Work 2 tr into every loop Of four chain along edge, 8 6.
and a corner work 2 IT, into each of the two corner loops without
chain between.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-03-30
Do You Ride?

Perhaps because of the recent pre-
paredness movement among women
there are more women riding horse
back today than for some years. 1t
has come to be taken up more univer-
sally also because of the general re-
vival in sports for women.
Now, no matter how humbly you ride
that is, no matter what your object,
if it is only for exercise on the back
of the family mare-you must have
certain riding clothes. There should
be high laced boots if there cannot be
regular riding boots. There should be
a short, serviceable skirt and a pair
of boomers if there cannot be a habit.
But if you can afford to follow the
sport in style, then there are many
offerings from which to choose a be-
coming habit and accessories.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-03-30
Snappy Cues.

Snappy cues.
If you are troubled with indigestion
and cannot eat white bread make
bread from the whole wheat -four.
This is more easily digested and more
nourishing than the white bread.
A delicious pudding is made with
cooked and stoned prunes spread over
the bottom of a baking dish and
ed with a rich biscuit dough. Serve hot
with cream and sugar or hard sauce.
Shredded cabbage and lettuce hearts
with French dressing and roasted pea
nuts make an excellent salad.
There is no comparison between the
flavor of a fresh chicken and one that
has been killed for some time. The
fresh chicken is known by it's bright,
full eye. If the eye is sunken it Is
NOT fresh.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-03-30
AMONG THE CHURCHES

SUNDAYS SERVICES AT THE
CHURCHES ALL OF WHICH
EXTEND A HEARTY WELL
COME TO VISITORS.
HOLLYWOOD M. Z. CHURCH
Corner Roberts and Pacific Avenues
Rev. j. G. Ed wards, D. d.
Preaching by the pastor at 1890
Sunday-school, 2.30.
Sunday evening service at 7.45
o'clock, preceded by Epworth League
song service at 7 o'clock.
Prayer Meeting Wed. Ev'g, 7.45
Seats free. All are welcome.
WILDWOOD BAPTIST CHUk CHI
Corner Maple and Pacific venue
Rev. Irwin II. Fisher, pastor.
Morning, 1890 q. M, Sunday school
80 p. M; Evening, 7.30 p. M. Prayer
Meeting Wednesday evening, 7.3O. A
hearty welcome extended to visitors
Imported by voluntary contributions
HOLLY BEACH PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH
Corner Pacific and Burke avenue,
Holly Beach.
Morning preaching service at 1890.
Evening 7.45.
Sunday-school at $50.
Wednesday evening prayer meeting
at 7.45.
ST. SIMEON'S-BY-THE-SEA PROTESTANT
EPISCOPAL CHURCH
Rev. A. @. Bailey, BID, Rector
Corner Pacific and Maple
Wildwood, N. J.
You will find a cordial welcome and
a thoroughly churchly service.
SERVICE LISTASUNDAYs
7.3O a. M, Holy Communion.
$50 a. M, children's church.
10 a. M, morning prayer.
1870 a. M, holy communion with
sermon.
7.30 p. M, evening prayer with SER
mon.
WORK YS-DA
700 a. M, holy communion, except
Wednesday. "Wednesday 800 a.m.)
SAINTS DAYS
Holy communion 100 and 900 a. m.
Church open all day for private
prayer. The Rector stands ready to re-
spond to any call for his services, no
matter from whom the requests may
ouA M ohor0o IF INV hind ic aUar
made for any service he may render.
LUTHERAN CHURCH OF THE HOLY
TRINITY
Rev. H. p. Gresham, pastor
Holy Trinity Chapel, o Atlantic
and Poplar avenues.
Sunday-school 1000 a.. m.
Morning Service, / Loo.
Evening service 100 p. m.
Visitors Welcome
II. AIMS ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH
st. AIMS Roman Catholic Church
corner of Magnolia and Pacific ayes.
Mass on Sundays at 8 and 10 q. m.
Sunday school 2 p. m. Evening SER
vice 7.8O. Rev. Father Maroney Rector
EUREKA BAPTIST CHURCH ~(colOred)
Spencer avenue, West of Railroad
Services Sunday morning at 1870
Sunday school 2.30, evening 7.80.
Rev. j. Il. Cooper, pastor.
ANGEL VISIT BAPTIST CHURCH
(colored)
West end of Garfield avenue
Rev. M. d. Stamford, Pastor
PASTORS residence, Whitesboro, Cape
May County.
Preaching every Sunday morning at
II o'clock.
Sunday-school at 2.30Ip. m.
Evening service at 8 o'clock.
ASBURY A.M.E. CHURCH (colOred)
Holly Beach ave., corner Young
Sunday services i:
Preaching 1920 am. and 800 p m.
Children's Service, 2.30 pm.
Christian ~endeavor, 7.30 p. m. All
welcome. Rev. A. L. McQuaid, pastor
y q
NORTH WILDWOOD SERVICES
A union Sunday-school held In the
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-03-30
Do You Take The Journal r

Ut 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 tihing cost
of one dollar per year. Ifyou 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
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-14

The Petrograd Military Union Of
Women Volunteers in recent appea!
70 Russian women to join the womens
fighting battalions set up nine rules
70 govern the conduct of the recruits.
The appeal, in full, follows:
Women citizens: All to whom Rus
sian liberty and happiness is dear,
hasten TO join our ranks. Hasten, so
long as il is not too late, 20 stop the
disintegration OF our beloved country
Through direct participation in mill
tary operations, without sparing our
lives. We. womer-citizens, must raise the
spirit Of the army and, through educa-
tional propaganda in its ranks, build
an intelligent understanding by tho
free citizen Of his duty toward the
fatherland.
Persons not younger than sixteen,
presenting certificates Of citizenship,
character and education, are accepted
IN the women's fighting battalions, or
gained with the permission Of the
War Department. They are then sub
iected 70 a medical examination, are
initiated into the regulations of the
battalion and sworn in. The existing
military rules in the army are thereby
fully accepted; the salute, as a, sign
of courtesy. is obligatory. The officers
appointed by the War Department
should have an education not lower
than of high school. All the members
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-14
Britain Training
Supermen for War

A PLACE IN ENGLAND, July "a
British military authorities are con
WINGED that the day Of the supermsn
has arrived, and that the part he is TO.
play in ending the war and regenerat-
ing the world cannot be overestimated.
A representative Of The Associated
Press, who was permitted TO visit
great training school as the guest of
the Foreign Ofice. obtained an insight
into the remarkable change brought
about in the British viewpoint during
the last three years.
The British not only are putting
forth all their energy in further per
fecting their lighting forces, but are
actually and earnestly devotng them
selves 70 the development OF their
youth in a manner calculated 70 n
them for any and all eventualitles
which may arise in the years TO come.
If the Germans cherished the icea o.
eliminating Britain as a world power
Britain, it is said, far from oeing
beaten. now sees with a clearer vision
tnAn ever DelOIe anu % 20
turn the scales against her adversary
in such q way as they may never again
swing back.
While statesmen are being made or
unmade with the changing fortunes OF
war, the great silent forces OF a ma
ton proud of its traditions and thor
oughly aroused to its own short-com-
ings are constantly marching, IN an
almost endless chain, from training
schools 70 battlefronts and back again.
Stretched over many miles OF rolling
hills. carpeted with green foliage, Is
the school wherein hundreds Of thou
sands Of British youth are being taught
20 master themselves, as one OF thelf
instructors expressed it, so that they
be better prepared to master their
enemy and live their lives as they
would live them
use your eye and your BRAIN IS the
new British watchword which is being
instilled into the British youth with all
the force at the command Of his su-
perors.
1--WE are training our men 70 believe
in themselves" said the general com
manding the school Each must not
only feel that he is better equipped
physically and mentally than his an
tagonist. but he must be able TO demon
state it. That is the lesson we have
learned from the World War"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-08-14
Russian Women's Call to Arms
Provides for Iron Discipline
Nine Rules Laid Down to Govern Recruits in Fighting Bat
talons of Women Citzens-Bravery, Recklessness,
Kindness and Polteness Are Demanded

Of the battaliors are bound to observe
the following:
81. First of all, the honor, freedom
and welfare of the country.
90 Iron discipline.
"3. Firmness and steadfastress Of
spirit and purpose.
~ Bravery and recklessness.
"5. Precision, accuracy, persistency
and rapidity in the execution Of orders.
"6 Absolute honesty and a serious
attitude toward the work.
~. Cheerfulness, politeness, kind
ness, sympathy, cleanliness and pune
tuality.
SO. Consideration for the opinion Of
others, the fullest mutual confidence
and nobility OF purpose.
g. Qusrrels and personal feuds are
inadmissible As degrading
Those guilty of breaking the above
rules shall be subjected TO the most
rigorous punishment for di5gracing the
name Of the Russian woman"