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Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-11
Phiiander Perkins
! of the Notch |
:; How a Confirmed Bachelor ;
) Became a Benedict
By CHARLES S. PEARSE

Harktn's general store was the town
club, and around the rotund stove,
which stood IN a square sand box the
members gathered summer and win
ter. There were regulars and tran
sients In this village senate, some ar
irving soon after the shutters were tax
en- down and who hurried back from
their dinners. Occasional visitors were
rather lightly regarded and their opin-
Ions, expressed in an unguarded mo-
ment, Instantly disputed. Well whit
tied chairs and benches surrounded the
stove, and from a creaky windsor arm
chair sacred to himself Philander
retgned. IT'S rest of the furniture was
by common consent the roost of the
regulars.
One morning an impressive person
stopped his 'eight'' at the store to get
a road map, and in order to get some
information that the map did not seem
to cover he pushed himself into the
circle about the stove, interrupting a
line Of observations by Philander ON
crops.
Following q lead to matters of trav-
cling abroad, he was oon holding 1t
over his audience that he had been all
over Europe, had visited the pyramids
and Persia. Manila and Madagascar,
Australia aid the Argentine. He had
crossed the Andes and the isthmus
and had a speaking acquaintance with
the equator. During this gratuitoLs
travelogue many a side glance was di-
rected by the senators to note the eff
feet on Philander Perkins, who after
awhile paused in stabbing his pipe
stem with a stalk of timothy and, look
ing severely over his spectaclss at the
intruder, inquired, "Have you ever
been to Great Notch?"
Great Nouch?" asked the traveller.
''Great Notch? Where is that?"
Haven't seen Great Notch? Well,
well, mister, you've got a great deal to
see YETI And the traveller departed
IN high dudgeon, slamming the door
after him.
Above the village and perhaps half q
mile therefrom stood the castle of Phil
ander Perkins in a gap in the hills
called Great Notch. Famous in the
country roundabout are the views from
that much favored region. To the
south, the line of the Orange noun
tain, dotted with the villas Of the CON-
muters, and as the eye sweeps east
there is seer the outline of Staten Is
Land, somewhat obscured by the vapors
from sundry oil refineries, whence
come that precious fluid which makes
the motor horn own brother to the
crack of doom.
Here at the Notch dwelt Philander
Perkins in a three roomed bungalow
built by himself. Some ten acres of
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-11
M usical Vibrations.

We can take the scale of vibrations,
beginning with the shortest wave
lengths that have been measured-the
gamma rays given off by radium.
which are only about one one-hun-
dredth of a millimeter long-and end
ing with the longest known electro
magnetic waves, 10000 meters or more
In length, and arrange them in a scale
OF octaves like the musical scale. In
the Scientific Monthly Professor Da-
vid Vance Guthrie of the Louisiana
State university says they will cover
just about forty-eight octaves, of
which the rays that are visible to our
eyes comprise but one.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-11

SANY HELP THAT I CAN GIVE WILL BE
RENDERED. NOS GLADLY"
land, including q pasture and a wood
lot, a kitchen garden and a corn patch.
a COW stable and a producing hennery
rounded out the demesne. Some es
tates are erander, some are larger, but
none ever fitted the owner better.
Contentment perches ON it's ridge
poles, purs from the, cat, wags from
Towser's tai and sings from the ket-
tie.
Philander" had never married, and
when twitted about it by those who
dared he was moved to make some
ptthy remarks about being compelled
to wear ones coat and shoes in the
house, to tolerate housekeeping by the
calendar instead Of by the thermometer
and spending real money for feathered
headgear, and so forth. lie smiled in
scorn when some senator ~intinated
that he had heard 1t said that, though
a man might live to a ripe age In single
harness, he was bound to trot double
some time and therefore it was best
70 start young and get broke, for the
longer postponed the greater the ordeal
would be complicated. To all this he
would say Fudge" MIXED his COW,
made his own butter, cooked his meals
when he was hungry and performed
the inside and outside chores with
heatness and dispatch.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-11

A very cheap, seryiceable clothes
hamper may be made in this way. Pro
cur from your grocer an ordinary cot
fee drum and cover. With a nail and
a hammer make a few holes in the
sides of the drum to allow for ven
tilation. Fasten a knob or handle OH
the cover. Stain and yarnish or paint
any desired color. If stained or paint.
ed to match the surrounding wood
work and placed at the end of the hall
or in the bathroom this hamper will
prove very ~serviceable and inconspicu
Gus.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-11

WI @RvseLo
MARRY YoU2 NOT IN A THOUSAND
YEARS, BESIDES, I'M GOING TO ASK
HER MYSELF r
the senator's, who also volunteered to
attend to him and the chores until ex-
pert relief arrived.
AS welcome as sunshine after rain,
Miranda Simpson turned up the next
morning bright and early.
A wave of pure joy such as Philan-
der had never known broke over him
at sight of this angel of mercy and
washed him up to high water mark.
"Mrs. Simpson, you are Il raft to a
shipwrecked sailor. You are a bucket
of water to a dry camel. l resign. |
surrender. Feed me liniment or rub it
in. You may turn this mansion inside
out and shake it, only bring me around
like you did Hiram Harkin.''
Mrs. Simpson took the nearest rock
er. 'Mr. Perkins," she said, "surren-
der is a very good medicine, and now
to get you comfortable. After that we
will try to get things shipshape. New
er mind; I'll find everything, never
fear"
In a few days Philander was taking
refreshing maps and absorbing all the
nourishment that was considered good
for him.
One evening Hiram Harkin dropped
in. Philander noticed that he had q
new suit of clothes and that his hair
and beard had recently been trimmed.
"Philander, | understand that you
are coming around all right. Couldn't
be otherwise with the kind of care
you're getting"
Hiram would not sit down. but kept
stirring around as though he had mi
thing on his mind. Finally he blurted
out, Mrs. Simpson, l think I'll sit
by the fire in the front room till you
are through fussing with Philander.''
and went out.
Did you want to see me about any
thing, Mr.. Harkin?' asked Mrs. Simp-
son a few minutes later. looking into
the front room.
Eyes, ma'am," said Harkin eagerly.
getting up from his chair and shutting
Philander in.
by the ten plaques of Egypt, that
old rascal has spruced himself up to
come here to my house and court my
nurse under my very nose!'
Just then a boys voice was heard In
the back entry asking if he could get
a quart of milk, and Mrs. Simpson bus
tied forth to serve him.
Philander Perkins dashed into the
front room.
Look here. you old horse mackerel,
have you got the nerve to come here
to my house a-sparking my nurse?
Well, here Is your old plug hat. Use
It. Git! Marry you? Not in a thou
sand years! Besides. I'm going to ask
her myselfp'
1t is barely possible that some of
this may have reached the widow, for
1t could have been heard about a mile
OF a clear night.
Then from the entry door there came
severely, 'Philander Perkins, back to
bed this very instantt'
"Yes, ma'am," said Philander. diving
into his room.
0OOa hA$iIs VII. IloIhll. L III very
busy now" And the Widow Simpson
returned to the back entry and gave
the boy three %doughnuts to go with the
milk.
One hot afternoon the next summer
two countrymen were driving home
ward through the picturesque Great
Notch.
Hello. there is Philander Perkins
takin' a long pull of well water out of
& tin dipper! I'm going up to the
house to ask him for a drink. I'm aw-
full dry"
who's the lady on the stoop she'll
ing peas? thought Philander was an
old BACH
why, that's Mrs. Philander Perkins,
the Widow Simpson that wasw
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-11
Lemon Pie with Hreadorumbs.

Cut two slices of stale bread two.
thirds of an inch thick, crumb and dis
solve in a cupful of boiling water. Add
a cupful of sugar. a tablespoonful OF
butter, the juice and grated rind of a
lemon and the yolks of two eggs. Bake
in one crust. Use the whites for a
meringue for the top.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-11
Shrimp Salad.

One pint or can of fresh shrimps
broken into small pieces. one-half pint
of tender celery, pieces; one-half dill
pickle, chopped fine; mix with mayor
naise dressing and serve cold On crisp
lettuce leaves. A spoonful of the may
onnaise should be put on each portion
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-11
A Use For Old MAGAZINES.

Old magazines have a use in the
kitchen If placed on a shelf or table
to receive pots and pans from the
stove. When n sheet is soiled ii
may be torn off and burned, leaving a
fresh one on top.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-11

Flatbush-Your wife says that you
can't keep her in dresses. B~ensonhurst
Well, I bought her a home, and 1
can't keep her in that either.-Yonkers
Statesman.
Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1917-05-11

An opportunity is frequently run to
earth by a hustler while a lazy man
is sitting on the fence waiting for it
to come along.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-06-07
PROHIBITION TAX Is NOW
PROPOSED ON WHISKEY
Committee Measure Would Prevent
Manufac+ura nur;nn Dariod rs Mar

Committee Measure Would Prevent
Manufacture During Period of War
Washfngton-Proh legislation
was approved by the senate finance
committee as a new feature of the war
tax bill
Prohibitive taxes upon distillation Of
whiskey and other spirits for bever-
age purposes, with a ban upon their
importation, were agreed upon by a
substantial majority of the committed
Taxes fixed by the house on beer and
wines we're left unchanged though they
have not yet been finally approved
General suspension of beverage pro-
duction by distilleries and use of
liquor now in bonded warehouses prob
ably would be the effect of the new
tax section if enacted into law.
Curtailment of liquor consumption
during the war and conservation of
foodstuffs used in manufacturing dis
titled spirits, Chairman Simmons said
constituted the dual object of the COM
mittee in adopting the substitutes for
the house rates.
In addition to the present tax of
500 per bushel (from SIS to SO a gal
Ion) upon all grain, cereal or other
foodstuffs used in manufacturing whis-
key or other distilled spirits for use
aus beverages was written into the
bill. Senator Simmons said the in
creases would be prOhibitive upon
manufacture while the law is in effect
or during the war. Increased taxes of
SIS per gallon upon molasses, syrups and
substitutes used in distillation for bev-
erage purposes also was agreed upon
Permits for expectation would be given
only for war purposes upon applica-
ton by a nation at war with Ger.
many. AS supplementary legislation,
the committee further approved an
amendment prohibiting importation
into this country, Porto Rico, and the
Philippines of distilled spirits made
from any foodstuff except for indus
trial, mechanical or scientific pur-
poses.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-06-07
SPY SYSTEM IN NEW
YORK IS UNCOVERED.
GERMAN SPIES SHIPPED HIGH
POWER WIRELESS OUTFITS
TO MEXICO.
MAIL WAS SENT TO GERMANY
1t Was Intimated That Through This
System Germany Learned Of Ameri-
can Destroyer Fleet Movement to
England.

New YOrk-Evidence that two COM
plete high-powered wireless installa-
tons, assembled here from various
sources, were shipped piecemeal to
Mexico, supposedly for use Of Ger
man spy system in this country, was
unearthed in connection with the ar
rest of three men on charges of con-
spring to send mail containing mill
tary information, surreptitiously from
the United States to Germany through
members of Norwegian ship crews.
It was intimated by the United
States Commissioner, before whom the
alleged plotters were arraigned, that
it was through their 1nstrumentality
that advance news of the impending
arrival in England of the American
destroyer fleet was sent to Germany
before it even became generally known
in this country that it had sailed.
With only a scratching of the sur
face of the mass of evidence in the
Governments hands, indications have
been found that the secret mail sys-
tenn was operated both ways between
the United States, Germany and Mex
ico Several hundred letters have
been seized, written in English, Ger
man and Spanish, and some apparent
ly in code. They are being translated
in the expectation that they will open
the way to full revelations of the al
legged spy plot which is said to point
to other persons besides those under
arrest.
The prisoners are Harry F. PERISH
and Irving Bonaparts, both said to be
American born, employed by a Ger
man electrical company here, and Axel
u. Melcher, said to be a naturalized
citizen from Sweden.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-06-07

Americas response to the call Of lib
erty in the struggle of the world will
hold the attention of all mankind.
That is what President Wilson said
in his Memorial day address at Ar
lington National cemetery.
President Wilson in his memorial
day address said he did not pity the
men in whose honor the cermonies
were being held, but rather envied
them. He said that the time has
once more come for America to serve
mankind.
A Preside (Texas) dispatch says
that Francisco Villa, who has been
killed, captured and wounded more
times than anybody now alive, holds a
border and opposite an American
town and again United States troops
are patrolling the border while Villa
cavalrymen are operating on the
southern bank of the Rio Grande.
Villa swooped down on Ojinaga,
Mexico, where only a handful of sol
diers were stationed, and took the
town. Sixteen Mexicans were killed,
and the rest escaped over the border,
together with the women and chill
dren, carrying babies and bundles.
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-06-07
Washington

Contracts have been awarded to an
American firm for the construction of
two-squadron aviation field in
France, where American f1iers will re-
ceive final preparation before taking
their places at the front.
A Pekin dispatch says that eleven
Chinese provinces no longer recognize
the authority Of the Pekin government,
and it is reported that the president
is virtually powerless.
The American commission to Russia,
headed by Elihu Root, has safely land
ed at Russian port.
Exemption of popular price, NOV
ing picture shows has been practically
agreed upon by the ways and means
committees of both houses of CON
gross. Popular prices" it is under
stood, means 10 and Is cents.
Miss Rankin, congressman from
Montana, Gathered" an amendment to
require the department of agriculture
to use women in the food survey work
wherever practicable.
1t is probable that all persons en-
ployed in the food survey will be sub
ject to military duty as soon as the
survey is completed.
Secretary of the Department of Ag-
riculture Houston says his department
expects to present a fairly accurate
estimate of the food resources of the
country early in June
The administrations food survey
bill, first of the food control meas
ures, was passed by the house with
out record vote. 1t appropriates
$14,77O,OOO for an immediate investi-
cation of the country's food resources
and for measures to stimulate produc-
ton. A similar bill is under debate
in the senate.
The food survey bill originally car
RED an appropriation of eighteen mil
lion dollars, but the committee reduc-
ed it slightly.
Toledo, Ohio, reports a riot over
the selective draft proposition. Sew
eraI persons were more or less hurt
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-06-07
TO TRAIN OFFICERS
FOR MERCHANT MARINE

Washington.-Ac campaign to recruit
and train 10000 men to officer the
ships of the new American merchant
marine was announced by the Federal
Shipping Board and the Department of
Commerce. Henry Howard, of Bos-
ton, has been appointed director, with
Offices in the Boston customs house.
The first nautical training school un-
der Government direction was opened
near Boston. Fourteen similar schools
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-06-07
AVIATRIx BOOSTING
LIBERTY BONDS SALE

Cleveland, O.-Ruth Law, aviatrix,
in a bip1ane, circled over Cleveland
and environs dropping liberty loan
bombs" She has been secured to mako
another flight, but the weather was
so fine she decided to make the trip
now. She started from Nela Park in
East Cleveland and flying at height
of 5000 feet, dropped liberty bond lit
erature. Thousands watched her fight
as she circled along the lake front
The review. [volume] (High Point, N.C.) 1908-19??, 1917-06-07
THE WEEKS EVENTS
Important News of the State, Nation,
and World Told in a Few lines
for Your Convenience.
ROUND ABOUT THE WORLD
A Condensed Record Of Happenings
of Interest From All Points
of the World.
Domestic

Domestic
jeff Davis birthday was f1tingly Gel
ebrated throughout the Southern
states, Monday, June 4.
Wallace J. Pierpont, Jr., son OF the
mayor of Savannah, Ga, while he was
out with his wife and children in the
waters of Calibouga sound, near Sa-
vannah, was attacked by shark, and
his army was practically severed from
his body. Only the supreme presence
of mind of his wife saved him from
death.
Twenty-one known deaths, more
than one hundred injured and unas-
timated property damage resulted from
a series of tornadoes that swept sew
eral towns and sections of southeast
ern Kansas, north central Oklahoma
and southern Missouri.
Contracts for 8, 45O,OOO pairs of shoes
for the army and navy have been let
through the National Defense Council
Delivery is to be completed within
eight months, and the average price
per pair will be $4.85. The army will
get 100000 pairs of the shoes and
the navy $4,000.
ings at Fort Mcpherson, Ca, near At
lanta, is expected to start in the very
near future for the purpose of accom-
modating approximately one thousand
additional interned German sailors
who are to be sent there.
Rush Strong, who killed Sam B. Lut-
trel1, Jr, claiming that Luttrell had
drugged and assaulted Mrs. Strong,
was found guilty of voluntary man
slaughter at Knoxville, Tenn, and will
be sentenced to the penitentiary.
News from Washington is to the
effect that individual automobile own
ers will be taxed from $3.50 to $25.
It is understood that this does not
apply to trucks, but to automobiles
used for pleasure and joy rides.
Col Theodore Roosevelt, in an adj
dress delivered at Mineola, N. Y, ad-
vised wealthy citizens of the country
not to use labor to beautify their es-
tates while the country is at war.
Probably the largest liquor raid
since Virginia went dry was made
in Richmond, when the police seized
about five hundred or more quarts of
whiskey in leading hotel.
Prisoners at the Maryland peniten-
tiary are buying Liberty Loan bonds.
One man spent $3.50 Of the $278 ac-
cumulated to his credit for good be-
haviOr.
1t is reported that a former West
Virginia train robber now in the pen
itentiary has subscribed all but few
dollars of his savings to Liberty Loan
bonds.
A tornado twisted into Mineral
Point, Mo-, a village of about three
hundred inhabitants, killed four per
sons and injured thirty, demolished
the town with the exception of the
school house and then moved south
ward to Eye, where Fred Harper, a
farmed was killed by flying debris.
A movement to change the name of
Berlin, Wis, is expected to assume
definite form, when steps are to be
taken to place the question before the
voters in the near future. The Indian
name "Mascoutin" is said to be favor
ed by many.
The harvest of Oklahoma's wheat
crop has begun in Carter county in
that state.
The wheat crop of Oklahoma this
year is nOrmal-between twenty-five
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-04
HAWKINS BROS.


Z Room RunEHlJW. basement and sic p
INK porch. Manhattan Hts reduced from
$4,000 20 $500 for Few days $3.50 cash, bal
so incl Interest
lots on corner in GrandvIew- three
blocks from school $500 cash for both 4
taken quick
500 down will buy CneUl room brick
near school. with glazed po-ch. basement
and registers in ready Tor heat hard
wood in two rooms. bedrooms finished On
white enamel font rooms iu Tiffany OIL
Pay balance $50 monthly. In Alta Vista.
Automobile wanted as part payment on
new room bungalow in Alta Vista
Vacant Lots or Apartment site wanted
in exchange for new room bungalow
never occupied What have you7
Land near Columbus, ~ NJ, wanted
VIII trade new bungalow
Want TO Build or VIII furnish loan on
easy terms: plans fIee and build either on
your lots or ours
In Sunset Heights new room bunga-
low near fire station for quick sale
$780, this is a dandy; easy terms large
from room
500 Down. $50 Monthly room mod
ern brick $500; near shops on Wyoming
HAWKINS BROS,
8 and Morgan bidE. Phone ESQ.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-04

SOME REAL BAESAINS.
Why pay rent when small monthly pay
ments buy n home2
$1,000. Twenty . rm- Me- ton. Florence
ST. $4,000 cash Rent win pay out
balance
$3.50 SeE 8 I'm. Buug close iu Montana
ST. $500 cash. balance monthly. $4,000.
nm modern house. 1880 block Epson ave.
$500 cash. balance suit
$780, New o I'm. Bung-. close iu. $500
cash. balance suit
S2950. Beautiful 8 nm. new BunE. Nc
knley ave $3.50 cash. balance $50 per
S3Sj0- New 49, Buug. Blsbee ST. Worth
$3.50. $500 cash. SIS per month.
S5lon- nm Bung. FUN lots. Grand ave
Large harm. $500 cash. balance suit
$500 3 rm- modern cottage very large
rms hall on corner lots south % Canal
Reasonable terms.
and view $3.50 cash $500 a monfh
fnone a7t 100 San Antonio st.
Newman Investment Company.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-09-04
For SaIe-MiseeIlaneous

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BABY buggy Tor sale Phone 5-ISW-
FOR SALE-Addrersograph Phi ss65-
WANTED buy chickens. Pm 5s72E-
- WIN CHEsTER. sewing machine. COM
p.ete wall tent. a bargain Phone 5ltt4l-
GAS plate two burner; call mornings. APP
s. IS Prospect
FOR SALE-TOMATOE>
For canning, you never saw better Pfa-
ems Ranch. phone 5s-J Ysleta-
GOOD. reclaimed alfalfa seed from pro
dICer. cheap. chicken feed. &C. lbs second
hand lumber 1911 Alameda Young Bros
FIVE rolls OF poultry netting nearly new.
cheap; also 100 feet one inch screen wire
aetting- Phone S6l1
FOR SALE-Fiue hard winter wheat s-rl-
o ie year valley grown Address r. n
DauEherty- 1915 Stevens
FOR SALE-Vernon's Sayles- Texas civil
statutes. 1919. E-1. New Mexico and 10
Paso business directory, $500 Room eI3
l5t Natl- Bank bldE.
USREDEEMED watches- diamonds and
jewclry f1r sale az a bargain
SECURITY LOAN Co, PHI. 2554.
Corner Fl Psso and san Antonio sts-
FOR >ALE-KcCffcI and Esser tr-us--
and level with conn lets -u-E --.us equip
ment c. H. Atchley, Y-MC-A-, Tues
ATTENTION, COwSIEN
Now Is the time 90 poison your prairie
dogs. Ask Us for prices on new crop.
fires hly threshed, recleaned milo maize i1
any amount M TO carload delivered your
sta Son. c-n give you cats or Other feed 10
same car with 60.
COTTON SEED CAKE NOW.
Ask Us for prices delivered your station
any time between now and January Cor
rssr0-deuce invited.
THE sWEETWATER SEED & GRAIN co
Euen-T. rnr.