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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-20
When Germany Tells the Truth
Peace Terms Given Her Own People Vastly Dderen. From Those Of
the Rest Of the World

When Germany is talking for pubication-through the kaiser II his
hand-pcked Characteristic speaks a great desire for a 1iberal peace"
Conquest and tribute are the farthest things from her mind, she says.
When Germany is talking to her own people she tells the truth about
the sort of peace she wants. Her real terms of peace-the terms the kaiser
and his chancellor promise the soldiers they are going to get when they
win the war-were found in a trench taken by the allies the other day,
and they are quite different from the terms advertised.
They were all written out plain and emphatic, and among other
things they proclaim that Belgium must remain under German military
economic and political domination. Of course that isn't conquest.
Courland, Lthuania, Livonia and Esthona are to be "colonized"
by Germany. Neither is that conquest.
Liberty of the seas is to be established, a "made in Germany" liberty
by which the limit of the worlds shipping is tt be established, giving Ger
many and her frends-Austna, Turkey and Bulgaria, 100000 tons,
and all the rest of the world-Amerca, Great Britain, France, Italy,
Japan and ala total of ~1O,9OOyOOO tons. Nothing like world domina-
ton in that; just "iberahty"
Roumana must "place at the disposal of Germany 100000 tons of
petroleum" Certainly that isn't tribute; just friendines.
And for America and the other allies this: "Those nations which
attacked peaceful Germany must pay all war charges in Nv materials,
ships, ready money and territorial concessions, leaving Germany with only
five billions national debt" Tribute? Certainly not. Just a testimonial
of appreciation of Germanys greatness and goodness forty or fifty
billion dollar testimonial.
And there are still people in this country who pretend to believe
Germany wishes to make peace on "iberal" terms.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-20
CHEAPER POULTRY
RATIONS


prepared by the United States Depart
ment of ~Agriculture.)
The demand for wheat for human
consumption necessitates that it be
used as economically and %sIaringly
as possible for feeding animals and
chickens. Some "just as good" ra-
tons which contain no wheat have
been tried out in egg laying tests by
the United States department Of ag-
riculture, and excellent results have
been secured. Thirty laying hens, to
which wheatless rations were fed,
produced in the two years covered
by the test on an average of 1913
eggs for the pullet year, and 121 eggs
during the second year. This COM
pares favorably with egg yields Sc
cured on other rations containing
wheat, and therefore more expensive.
The wheatless ration is also being
tried on a pen of Buff Orpington pull
let's and during the past ten months
they have laid on an average of 111.3
eggs, a very good yield for this Pc
Rod.
The wheatless ration used was as
follows:
Scratch mixture 1.-TWO pounds of
cracked corn, one pound of oats.
Dry Mash-Three pounds Of corn
meal, one pound of beef scrap.
The scratch mixture was fed spar
lngly, the hens being permitted to eat
about as much of it as of the dry
nash. During the two-year test the
lens were provided with free range
where they could pick a variety of
green feed. Leghorn pullets were
Used and it was found that 1t took
t.6 pounds Of feed to produce a dozen
eggs. Fifty-two pounds of grain was
consumed by each pullet annually,
and of this amount twenty-six pounds
was from the scratch mixture. When
wheat is omitted from the ration 1t is
advisable to feed more beef scrap.
Laying hens should have a good sup
ply of protein, and the additional beef
scrap supplies this essential in one of
The cheapest forms.
Cotton seed meal used to replace
half the beef scrap in the mash has
given good results on the government
poultry farm and has had no bad eff
'ect on the quality of the eggs. Where
cotton seed meal replaced all the beef
scrap the results were unsatisfactory
both in number and quality of eggs.
Mussel meal has not proven as good
a substitute for beef scrap as fish
meal, which, to the amount of % per
cent of the mash, has affected the
davor or the taste of the eggs.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-20
Jerusalem Blooming Again
Like a Rose, Says Writer
In Letter to London Times

The Rose of Jericho, writes a Jeru-
salem correspondent to the London
Times, when n buys it in the shops,
is a queer little withered ball of shriv-
eled fbers, which the inexperienced
think fit only for the rubbish heap.
But put it in water and the thing re-
wives, turns freshly green, and begins
to sprout anew with life that has been
always dormant but never dead. This
strange plant is symbolical of Jerusa-
lem. The more rapid recovery from
conditions of misery was delayed by
the maneuvers of certain spectators
whose object was to hinder the British
advance into Palestine, bringing with
1t a vivifying tide of honest Egyptian
notes and silver.
Seeming profit, ~rascally SPECTATORS
went about among the more ignorant,
cunningly representing Egyptian notes
to be only worth in gold the value of
discredited Turkish paper, and they
thus succeeded In buying up a guam
tity at the average price of IS. Cd.
Such chicanery caused great distress
to the mass of the people and consid-
cradle inconvenience to the military
administration by shaking public con-
fdence in the Egyptian bank notes.
But the good names of Britain and
of Egypt are helping things to right
themselves, and trade is now being
done In goods coming from Egypt
daily. Jerusalem had become like the
Rose of Jericho, which had withered
and was seemingly dead. To us Is it
given to watch the Holy City revive
and enew her youth.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-20
SCHEDULE OF MAILS.

Mails arrive at the P~leasantville
postofice from Philadelphia at 7 and
1915 a. m, 2 and 7 p. m.
Mails arrive from Atlantic City at
7, 7.30 and 9.15 a. NJ, 1 and 5 p. m.
Direct pouches from Mays Landing
arrive 1T 1915 a. m. and 7 p. m.
Direct mail from Somers Point and
Linwood arrive at 7.30 a. m.
Mails close for Philadelphia at 7.30
and $50 a. M, 12.15, $50 and 4.30 p.
m.
Mails close for Atlantic City at 7.30
a. m. and $40 p. m.
Direct pouches close for Mays Land
ing 1915 and 4.30 p. m.
Mail closes for Mortified, Linwood
and Somers Point at 1915 p. m.
Sunday only mail closes for Phila-
delphia and Atlantic City at Ais p. m.
Thirteen mails are received and
twelve mails dispatched daily except
Sunday.
The office opens daily, except Sun
day, at z a. m. and closes at 7.3O p. m.
Saturday only, closes at s p. m.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-20
TIE THINGS THAT COUNT

Now, dear, it isn't the bold things,
Great deeds of valor and might,
That count the most in the summing up
of life at the end of the day.
But 1t is the doing of old things,
Small acts that are just and right;
And doing them over and over again, no
matter VIA others say;
In smiling at fate when you want to cry,
and In keeping at work when you
want to play
Dear, those are the things that count.
And, dear, it isn't the new ways,
Where the wonder-seekers crowd,
That lead us into the land of content, or
help US to find our own.
But 1t Is keeping to true ways,
Though the music Is not so loud,
And there may be many a Swallowed spot
where we journey along alone;
In floating a prayer at the face OF fear.
and In changing into a song a groan-
Dear, these are the things that count.
My dear, 1t isn't the loud part
OF creeds that is pleasing to God,
Not the chant of a prayer, or the hum Of
But 1t is the beautiful proud part
OF walking with feet faith-shod;
And In loving, loving, loving through all,
no matter how things go wrong;
In trusting ever, though dark the day, and
in keeping your hope when the way
seems long
Dear, these are the things that count.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-20
Pay Employees to Exercise.

For the last few months the Office
employees of a large manufacturing
concern have been paid to exercise an
hour a day, says Popular Mechan-
les Magazine. The company feels that
the best possible physical condition of
it's men Is so desirable that it has fit
ted up a gymnasium for them and
placed an experienced physical in
structor in charge. Executives, super
ntendents, managers and others are all
urged to spend one hour of the com-
pany's time each day in the gym
lasium.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-20
Bathing Is a Luxury, Not a
Necessity, According to
Arctic Explorers Theory

It is not essential to one health that
one battle frequently, according to the
hypothesis expounded by Vilhjalmur
Stefansson, the arctic explorer, in a
philosophical discussion of scurvy in
the Medical Review of Reviews. Mr..
Stefansson asserts bathing is purely
an esthetic principle and that the
value of cleanliness to health has not
been established by the medical prac-
titioners.
Mr.. Stefansson's pronouncement
will be greeted with jubilation by the
elements which possess an ingrown
dislike for hydrogen and oxygen in
accepted as dogmatic by the Mexican
pelados for years, who as a religious
function, battle only On st. Johns
day, which is celebrated early in May.
"Much of what the ordinary practi-
toner tells you about bathing for
health is either not yet demonstrated
as true or else is demonstrably I'M
true" declares Mr.. Stefansson. 1.-THE
fact is that, according to the point Of
view, cleanliness is a matter of esthet-
les or else of taboo observance rather
than of health"
The explorer makes an apology in
the article for his attack ON medical
orthodoxy by declaring he has been
divorced from medical books and jour-
nails for more than ten years. Mr..
Stefansson wrote the treatise while
in the arctic region in 1916. He was
reported as dangerously ill from ty-
phOid fever on Herschel island.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-20
ROSTER OF OFFICERS OF THE
CITY OF PLEASANTvILLE.
Mayor-Thomas F. Crawford.

Mayor-Thomas F. Crawford.
Clerk-Nehemiah Andrews.
Assessors-First Ward, Reuben E.
Adams; Second Ward, George M.
Bates.
Tax Collector-Webster Price.
City Treasurer-Geo. Zippler, Jr.
City Engineer-Samuel j. Clark.
City Solicitor-Louis D. Champion.
Chief of Police-Clarence Krewson.
Police Justice-David D. Martz.
Plumbing Inspector-Edward G
Helfrich.
Overseer of the Poor - Daniel s.
Edwards.
Janitor of Fire House and City Hall
Mark Fritsch.
Street Supervisor-Samuel Price.
Chief Fire Dept.-Paul Wootton.
Fire Warden-James A. Gilkey.
Sinking Fund Commissioners
Thomas F. Crawford, Mayor; George
Zippler, Jr., City Treasurer; Franklin
E. Smith, Clark Adams and John P.
Ashmead.
Members Atlantic County Board of
Freeholders - Clark Adams, First
Ward; John P. Ashmead, Second Ward
Councilmen-At-large and President,
Albert e. James; First Ward, Wilbur
w. Adams, Charles NJ. Chattle, Mi
chael Lutz; Second Ward, Walter ].
Anderson, Edward N. Meloney, Ray
mond G.. Ireland.
Council Committees
Finance-Meloney, Anderson, Lutz.
Streets-Ireland, Chattle, Adams.
Licenses-Anderson, Adams, Chattle.
Public Property = Adams, Meloney,
Ireland.
Lights-Chattle, Meloney, Anderson.
Police-Adams, Meloney, Lutz.
Ordinances - Anderson, Ireland,
Chattle.
Poor-Ireland, Anderson, Meloney.
Fire observation-disclosures Chattle,
Anderson.
Education-Chattle, Meloney, Lutz.
Printing-Meloney, Chattle, Adams.
Sanitary-Ireland, Anderson, Melo-
ney.
Building-Adams, Ireland, Chattle.
Rules-Chattle, Meloney, Anderson.
Railroads-Lutz, Meloney, Ireland.
Audit-Anderson, Meloney, Lutz.
Council meets on first and third
Monday evenings of each month. 8
o'clock in June, July, August and
September; 7.30 o'clock all other
months.
Board of Education.
President-Arthur H. Stiles.
Vice-President-John S. Weaver.
Secretary-W. G. Penhallow.
Custodian School Fund-Webster
Price.
City Superintendent of Schools
William C. Sullivan.
Medical Inspector-Dr. J. H. North.
Truant Oficer-Harry ]. Grimm.
Members-John S. Weaver, Arthur
H. Stiles, Charles D. Thompson, Joseph
H. Bradley and w. G. Penhallow.
Committees
Ffnance-Weaver, Thompson, Brad
ley.
Building and Repairs-Thompson,
Weaver, Bradley.
Teachers Penhallow, Weaver,
Thompson.
Property-Bradley, Weaver, Thomp-
son.
Grievance = Thompson, Weaver,
Bradley.
Books and Supplies-Penhallow,
Thompson, Weaver.
Truancy-Weaver, Thompson, Brad
ley.
Regular meetings first Tuesday of
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-20
each month.
Board of School Estimates.

each month.
Board of School Estimates.
Thomas F. Crawford, Mayor; Wal.
ter J. Anderson and Edward N. Me
loney, Councilmen; Chas. D. Thompson
and w. G. Penhallow, members Board
of Education.
Board of Health.
Rollin A. Gale, president; George w.
Singer, vice-president; Jesse Bowen,
secretary; Neil S. Campbell, registrar
of vital statistics; William L. Ander-
son, Mark W. Blake, Samuel G. Bow
en-, Jr.
Inspector-Dr. w. J. Hudson.
Meetings are held on second Thurs
day evening of each month at 7.30
o'clock in Council Chamber.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-20
CATARRH CANNOY BE CURED

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they can
not reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh
is a local disease, greatly Influenced by con-
it you must take an internal remedy. Halls
Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and
acts thru the blood on the mucous surfaces
of the system. Halls Catarrh Medicine was
prescribed by one OF the best physicians In
this country for years. 1t is composed of
some of the best tonics known, combined with
some of the best blood purifiers. The per-
feet combination Of the ingredients in Halls
Catarrh Medicine Is what produces such Won
derful results in catarrhal conditions. Send
for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO., Props. Toledo. o.
All Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills for constipation.
advertisement
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-20

many things that
heretofore were
treated very flip
PANTY. There has
been a certain
d~ilettantism in al
most e sphere
of human activ-
ity, but now man
is driven by the
very necessity of
his being and sur
r%oundings, to eco
nomy, thoughtful
ness and to deep
study.
May it not be
that in religion
there has been
a like dilettant-
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-20
First Lake Steamboat.

The first lake steamboat of Lake
Erie, the Walk on the Water, was
launched at Black Rock, a short dis
lance below Buffalo, just 100 years ago.
She made her maiden voyage from Buff
raIo to Detroit in the following Aug,
nSL.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-20
Identical Thoughts.

DO o and
your wife ever
.hink the same?"
"When I'm out
ate at the club
we do. She keeps
what
she'll say when I
get home, and so
In To
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-20
The DisagreeabIe Man!

"Are you still
taking painting
lessons, Jack?"
"No; l left off
yesterday. I don't
like my MASTER"
"Why not?"
"He has such q
d~isagreable a Y
of talking. He told
me that if 1 kept
on for some time
longer T might.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-20

SUM MER SMILES
BristIed Right Up.

Miss JONES'" said the hostess, per
NIT me to introduce MI. Hogg, author
Of those delightfully."- clever poems you
must have read"
ST am glad to meet Mr.. Hogg," said
the young woman. "Pardon the ques-
ton, but is that your real name?"
"Certaialy," said Hogg, bristling up.
did you think it was my pen name?"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-20
Much in Little.

The Presbyterian Board of ]
Foreign Missions has 1853 mis- !
sionaries on its rolls.
Since the discovery Of tin in
Alaska in 1902 nearly 1000 tons ]
of the metal have been pro- :
duced. !
The Methodist church in ia :
pan has gained about u per .
cent In membership during the !
last year. :
An East Concord IN. H. far
mer has been offered $2S a
bushel for his Golden Bantam
seed corn.
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The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-20
Distinguishing Mark.

"This check is doubtless all right"
said the bank cashier politely, "but
have you anything about you that
would serve to identify your"
81 have a mole on my left elbow"
faltered the pretty girl.
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-20
Sound =
Doctrine
BY REV. ]. H. RALSTON, D. D.
Secretary OF Correspondence Department.
Moody Bible Institute. Chicago

TEXT-But speak thou the things which
become sound doctrine.-Titus 81.
One of the b%i-products of the world
war is the seriousness with respect to
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-20
German Buttons Will Be Easier.

"There's one thing about those
heavy German metal helmets"
"What is it?'
mo soldier is likely to try to carry
more than a dozen or so of them
nome for souvenirs"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-20
In the clearinghouse.

"We never get quantity for
han one help apiece from the Kitchen"
"Well, you couldn't expect anything
% be repeated by a dumb waiter could
Lou?"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-20
Teachers Orders

"Here, ma" requested the boy, hur-
'ying in from school, chang my jacket
Up behind the stove."
SIS 1t >wet?"
"No, but teacher sent me home to
ell you to war; my jacket for me.'
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-20

with a certain amount of help, be
able to whitewash a fence"
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-20
Have You Made
Your Will :?

Making a will is almost a duty.
Hardship on those who who follow In
your footsteps and increased expense
of settlement of your estate will like
ly be the result of your failure to at
tend to this important matter.
This Company a be of service to
you and would appreciate an inter-
view,
The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1918-07-20
Guarantee Trust Co.
North Carolina and Atlantic Aven
ATLANTIC CITY.

Daniel S. White, President; Henry
w. Leeds and Clarence L. Cole, Vice
Presidents; Herman M. Sypherd, Vice
President and Trust Officer; Harry T.
Sickler, Treasurer.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-08-13
ALASKA COMING DOWN YUKON ID
 TRANSFER LOAD
Panama Will Connect With Alaska and Bring Her Freight. Mail
 and Passengers.

According to the latest marine bulletin, the steamer Alaska should arrive at Panama early tomorrow morning from Dawson and way points, with Outside connections. On arrival at the army town she will transfer all of her freight, mail and passengers to the steamer Tan ana, which will probably sail for Fairbanks and way stations immedi- ately after the transfer is made. She is expected to have the Outside mail, considerable freight and some passengers for Nenana and Fair banks.
 The Tanana will probably have a barge in tow and if she sails from Tanaaa tomorrow morning, as it is expected she will, she may be ex- pected in Nenana Thursday night with the passengers transfdrred from the Alaska for and the return ing excursionists.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-08-13
GERMAN LETTERS SHOW
 LOW MORALE OF ARMY

LONDON.-Hope of winning the war is fading fast in the German trenches, if letters taken from some German prisoners accurately reveal the morale of some of the German troops.
 "The Americans are in front of us and they are terrible men," read one letter taken from German prisoner. "We no longer have any hope" he continued "My company of 130 is down to 3O."
 "We should stop before we are utterly demolished" wrote another German soldier. 'I am always hop ing the French may succeed in ron- ing us in, We should then at any rate be relieved from the moral an guish we are continually suffering. Our strength is becoming more and more sapped and if some of us do get home we shall be broken men,"
The Nenana daily news., 1918-08-13
ROSBURC ENTERTAINs
 AS SHOW PIANIST

The old saying that one never knows what one can do until he actually tries, was exemplified to a marked degree last night. when Her man Rosburg, one of the genial proprietors of the Coliseum theater, undertook the difficult task of SUD- plying the music for the delectation of that large and appreciative audi ence who had assembled at the popu- lar play house to see "The Little Liar"
 The pieces selected were the fin est of the large collection of rolls in the possession of the Coliseum, and the operator showed that he possessed marvellous skill and tech nique in the rendition of the diff cult pieces.
 On the authority of some of the audience on whom much reliance could be placed, it is stated that Herman's brilliant rendition of the piece entitled "Floating Down the Old Green River" made a hig hit and earned a well merited storm of ap- plause from the audience.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-08-13
COMMUNICATIONS
Editor, Nenana News:

Editor, Nenana News:
 Something like month ago an order was issued by Hon. John Perrin, chairman of the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, to all banks and peoples within his federal re- serve district, including Alaska, that halt must be called on spending money unnecessarily all state, county and city improvements, in- 1 cluding betterments or extensions ! of public utilities, construction or re- construction of streets and highways and construction of new buildings must be halted during the period of the war.
 He emphatically emphasizes the fact, that the Federal Government looks with displeasure upon any pub- lie improvemnt, such as would be natural in times of peace, but which can be postponed until after the war For such work withholds from the military effort, as they can be carried forward only at a cost of money materials and supplies, and the money especially, which are needed in winning the war We can conceive of no German propaganda that could be more insidous or more harmful than one for the undertak- ing, at this time, of public or private works of improvements which can be temporarily delayed, d,-none started, unless absolutely necessary. And as we view the matter, this is time when all non-essential projects, buildings or improvements of any and all kinds should be deferred and when the cost of Government should be rduced to the minimum, in order that all energies may be concen- trated in the one vital effort-or winning the war.
 Dated August 12, 1918.
 JOHN C. MURPHY,
 Member Caouncil Defense
The Nenana daily news., 1918-08-13

JOHN c. MURPHY, Member Caouncil Defense
The Nenana daily news., 1918-08-13
MEXICAN ANT EATER
 ADOPTED AS MASCOT

FL PASO.-A Mexican ant eater, which was taken by one of the re- cruits for the U. s. marines when he enlisted here and went to France, was in the second battle of the Marne. His owner writes how Jim my, the ant eater, followed his master into the thick of the fight ing engaged in by the marines and how he is now equipped with a miniature gas mask for future en- agreements at the front The ant eater has been officially adopted as the mascot of the regiment to which the Fl Paso boy belongs.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-08-13
NIGHT TELEGRAPH SERVICE
 CLOSES AT MIDNIGHT

From and after today and until further notice, all-night telegraph service will be discontinued at the local telegraph office.
 The office hours will be from $ o'clock in the morning until mid night on week days; and from 9 to 10 a. m. and from 5 to 6 D. m. on Sundays and holidays.
The Nenana daily news., 1918-08-13
RED CROSS MEETING

There will be an important meet ing of the local branch of the Red Cross society tomorrow afternoon, at the rooms of the Nenana club commencing promptly at 2:3O. The meeting has been called for the dis tribution of winter yarn and for the consideration of other matters of importance to Nenana workers. A full attendance of members is requested.