FIRE1BH FIGHT : FOR MORE PAY .©Ire Commissioners Figures ; mod Ask for 12 1-2 Per Cent. Increase. s Tin city'* paid firemen are Mill 1 1 •Iter an Incraanc In tbelr *al»rle». aa la | . ahown by the following letter, which axplalna Itaelf, and which was read at 1 the weakly meeting of the City Com- j To the Commissioner* of Ucean City— [ ' firemen appeared before you April lv> , asking for an Increase In our salarlifs. 1 We were told that yen believed «t ! ■bould bare more money, hut did not 1 see how you could give 'It to- us under • the new law regulating appropriation.. ' ■a appropriations could not he added to after thy appropriation ordinance . had paased Y'Ou were kind en .ugh ' "to Inform us that If we could are a way ■ that you oould legally^gran: cur re . quest Jrou were willing to do »o. We hare made a careful study of * , the approprlationa and expenditure-." * of the Ore approprtatlos for the ye*- - 1S17, and we find the followingIn January. HIT. yoo apprupriatad ■ for Ore the sum of 1W V u rac ^ abort In thjt approprlatk>n and bad t.tranafet from other appivprtariooe-tae a aam of fllV, 2S. That would make* total expenditure for Ore fof "1*17 of • 9U,a&6.9 In January, IMS. yon " made the appropriations for tire for v thla year $12,000. Tble amount Is $544.72 hl^ljpr than waa expended for tire ui the year I HI 7 hot yoo alao increased the salaries for „ the year to the amount of fill. ' Thai e would make a deficiency of 1386 26, hot yon Informed us that this detleiancy was taken care or by tjie fact that you were not golug to purchase . boae this year, and the money that waa expended for hose leal year would •bout make up this shortage-. The boat taat year coat *365. to that ouiy J Iters* a abortage to make, up of *1.26 provided thai ell other expenditures ' for the year 1»U> were the same aa the , year 1817,. but we will endeavor lo J a bow you thai there were several ex- ] patsdUuras last year thai will not oc I ear thle year, end will ask you to note I that none of the items that we bring 1 before your attention are for curreul I ax pan sasi, but for expeodltures that 1 wan aaadotn 1817 that will not have " to ba aMMle in 1818, aa follows: 4 .Motor cycle for city elec- * trtetea. $12'. an i "•stag n replug mi TwetlU street. mm tthae Im katb ream. mm Owe spray a at He. aiun Teats for wwkatap. 54 72 Painting temp pasts 811 We etaed IM aa Increase of M par «■». aad we appreciai. lbs (act tbal pea eemaetMtaaaes wmim be pleased

la PM ear roquo.1 M you cuaM da to be aaMttini fuads la tba appruprta Mm tagtra aa tbal aaaauul aa mtf sbaw e swrplaa of tam tf» woted moat impaM fully ask 'bat you gnat aa Ibta forewarn. Heaps tt fu'ly yours. BawvkL CiHHaai Ik B Coarmt. C. M. Waiwua. Unu W. Urn. Wn. C. Dana. W*. Pui s. Vnmi* u Caaiauu. I'll 1 III 1 damp > 1 II said that a sasta. ■M^af para.us! matter, and ba dte mmm fo the apprapriaiiou te"siv» *** — lBCT-- '• "ages reqwatead. Than ow of the Dm»u g ... •te aad baau up mings Tba spwa., •'"■I* ■•! *aal a au w bo • bankrupt to ma . Mr btm. Tha board may not apaadag Ibo Mooay that ba. baaa apballaald.but bat.'TpJLad m tJaTog ■ of Ureaetor Adorn*. tba *** iteM.te and I lad r* foam amaaiwi. COTTAGES RENTED *,,MI teaa. Maa Waa* n*. tbaato Tata Waa*. fdaamOaUoa rtpuita tba Mlawteg M". A E Torban t outteg. 118 •""Tr *7 ?_**" ** U r **"' M-T. Poalk'a It ret door apartment Pterin street, to AlbMI W Paoie THtedMp4dL. , J N. Wallare . cmuga .1 Wm ' Ma— n.PbU. A. Urifo.'. catted. «, tbwu, .*> , aaa,taC K. Macoirbol of Mate . r— * « Cfitea r cottage. 107 Aa 1^11^ I**!]" Hm'r l' E'a W. cuuge. Tot I ****■ l» Mm J M Kidlog. , Mm. E M Ifoa, . eMtege, tte Wmt ' •MMtn. te WE. H Hayes. Puiadel- J fstdaa-sr.Hagt.Ml K„uin. ' ■MEteL Waraa UMwmln. Puia , w2*^«l^^Zt^wre^^e0^Ioe^e,l ' *-J Btfmtivt't csuar* 118 kw b *OI te w. L Hma.li Ah 11 •Ete. P Jerdau s tel lu wtd !' "• "wmtb street, to Walter W f, T— EftetedWpaw I JfL*." '■"■•^"."ir'ftertdr •

f I Masquerading 8 rxo • 8 8 ' 8 By Vincent Peny 1 (CopyKgbt. IMS. t^- the McCturs Nca.pan Chester Hall carefully arranged hla . sMrts an ho settled In the Mg comfortable chntr n;,. .r.c the palms, took a ! powder, pug end mirror from hi* vanity I bus and cooly jvwdered . his nose. ".After maklh; Quite sure that his hafr 1 : was on straight and his ear-rings were " hot coming off. he pup hla neatly' slip- - pored ftvt cut dlsiuaj icg tc.-rv than a i fo.'t of. nlk hose, and sat hack, faut ' cing fcfb,«eif- ftWtclolij. AiUscCeh ' f'frosr-'sU Eppcataacte he was the I*-- j | s->alftfatloo of rercoity. a frv ,-f re-., ' u!« fn tharcscsae. he tV tih Jits-. r ' Quecadtag u » fvcd'e a -c 'if- . ] j atrlcaj *M all nghC tea ^ nt t|9|j warn s • >H|f g^.ta- , ; ' J.-.: V-f M t tet^bt=-W j ' B<«« -srf? i~-Zi 21. ti- ;lacv it ->Asod : - r 3d •••■ •***; so awkward ' c: things * ha; c.-ne so far 'that hewuida't -ca- , . rhiSk sadur any ctrcumatuacv-d. Be- . ; *: • .eg he eras a girl, none - f the girls would dshee with him. and the boy* 1 la Ba the Joke and wouldn't waste t a dance 00 him. Besides, be dldnt • on re for t dnace with a bay:* wh*t I pleasure would there he Jn tpotT But the most galling jmrt "of It all 1 thP^resenre, or the expected "pre*- ' of the girl he had been watting 1

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" (bat the fanning atoppad. If be bad b known ah* waa gotag 1a ba three a a (aiutao dollars would nor have trenptrd a Mte to appear la that rr-ture*. 11, the fowl time they met! and If' ba a as 4 latrretered to.bre aa ba wm Hm wtreld think at oaea that ha waa aa Idtet and wowld ha»a aorklag farther to da with * htm iter letters wowld and ■ everything wowld ba ore*. Eras tar tewttar Bob. hi. cbun ..d rnnromate. would aot ba 'Ala to ttg it up. ba waa teiw. What Had of frteod was Bob. anyway, te la* him enma dreaaed aa a girl ead aat tall him Hartal waa going to ba ttaaa aatU itay arrlrad and It waa to# lata to hack aatt But ta eoukto t teal bitter toward B.*. for : It waa through him ta tad got Into corraapuadeoca site Murlal. and bar I. leltree tad baea tba moat latereattng . pmt of hla collage life. If ta could > !•» 'war » II host rarewllog who he . waa ft would ta all right bat ha waa . aaxlowa to hare • lock It Boh a sl.ier before ta left, tf Ea waa anything ' «ka tar ptrtnra aha wm a beauty ' AagmUyatawMTaattaBaar.br - tha potetloa ta tad takaa gate him a a full law a t the ballroom, and ta waa r aare ta would rwrognlar tar tta mla > ate hla ayaa lit upoa tar. ! vw'd hardly kaap hla M srilT '•k. what weald ta tare given te tare tad that twwatag with Mortal. If " that air kept up ta eeaMn't keep off 1 the taw mock km#re ba thought. ' Ttara waa M partaer about, but if . aotwe Ota didn't, reuse and nE him lo I tan ta woald get oto and do a aotn. A telnt remgfc taMde him reared Ma ' to look up. A eery alaader ywuag maa dropped Into tha aeal next ta him. j Aa Mr agaa mat Ctaator dragged hla ; 1 ta Imd to reuemtar U. rede. But tta 1 dm glance tad tam aaMcleat to Maa up tta young mam Be waa a gawk , tad tt Ms Bret tta. oul. Ctatoto « fould are. Tba druaa salt Inokad out c - of I **ace .« him. and ta M cm of « plard la II lit was to. shy to ash ' •ny of tta girls Jo dance- but hew • be could stay out of It with mmde 11 Uke that. Cheat or cowl Jr. . sre. Here ; ^ was Ma opportunity to kaVu a dartre j'1 tad at the tome time help the gowk | P grl over hit ehyiMoa j » Bo. roan, aadled In tta hoy. farm J and said, aa reyly aa ta re-ttld : , ll Tta" ta my imnaar far tta nasi . a b wwsaT tta pregar thing for •{■ youag lady en ta ba« rta-tre was rere j* 'he gawh wouMuT know that Ha tad toy bay. la Ma Ufa. bat this owe " •taEyer than ta had frer tmnglnrel a bey Conld he. Alth..«E Chretre put te* ,7* ' '■ *" t Mate, ruuldoT ate) ..IT tta door any !' Mtaer- Before tta youu. man reMd . ANTi U **•* "h'rlad onto 1 Jjj tds -fret fr,..u latng Iren.piM. kflre [ , bed «. ,.prel 00 hi. tore hi ' ■»tar of tlmea. tta gawk arer.HSl to ^ ' k ^anrtag vary wrtL "" 1 tl fc far re ^ Chrere, tbo„mr. But i 0 •Tin?* •"* ■■ * tbia ta slew hr j si "arted ta charter gaily la tta awaetret M baa ta raald aaao- .. bat hi tea tar wautdnT latt. an.1 CVm!^' w I « rea^rer^ Tta —Mr «.WKg „g SrVtSSTmSTba^ -tta r^rs.sjaKS

t -You rtinrdpf iWbirt I he mid In Ms natural- *o!cv. /Hi you j j expect to pet . In soft with the Ctrl* j ! you'll have to talk a little, C.'.rls hate j to ilnnre* -with .1 l.'-.- k of wo«L , ven * tnke you up In no ttmo." ' I The look of horror on hi* partacr'a ' j face mr.de Chester fo-l Uke stepping * plained: "I r. boy lreescd q -.* r I 7 .... 1 j* = tit. Y t s^e. I hare 'never aid | her hf.>, *a*t urltt.-c" to her. and mate's so-tcr. and the finest little girl j Chester pusped. The pink na* j 1 leaynlna fust. Th for.- "he could *:~-ak ' apiln the encore hnd end.-d and' Ma 1 jwnner hnd Usl him hurt to th.- prim*, j J "Ton silly thing, get up. ITo'sup- ' poaed to be n girl. nnd-»" t.ut Chester 1 finished with on' exelrinotl.il of our- 1 prise. A curl no* hanging down from 1 the "boy's** bend. The straight block 1 half wns a wig. "You're n girl I'vChcsler -pasjied. ' VAnd you're a hoy," the girl h.iighed. 1 jAVho are you?" But tafore the girl could onsn-er Bob ! Merrl field." Chester's chum, came from ' behind a big poltn and Introduced | "So you ore Jfurinl, nnd heard nil I f «nld about you." Chester' groaned, after he recovered sufficiently to find voice. - "Te*; bnt what .does <41 matter?" , Mortal smiled. "This walla L« going 1 to bo a splendid one. I have my .curl# ° tucked up. so If you will let me lead yotf^to the Uoor I'll promise to ta® v a little." AHMY OFFICERS' WIVES * WORKING FOR RED CROSS v JYlves of army officers are setting I! the pace In providing comforts for the soldier*. At the various United States _ army posts they are knitting assldtiously, suppletnentltig their own work A with IletJ Cross supplies In order to give every man who goes out from T the forts complete seta of knitted "garments. " In addition, they are turning out vast quantities of surgical supplies *" for the Bed Cross. „ At Fort Jay. Governor'* Island, a Bed Cross auxiliary meets every T Thursday at the commandant's residence. The group, composed of 0 T scorg of women, spend the day making compresses, folding bandages or roll- M _ raiding bandages

' lng gauze. 1 Wives of Officers at Fort Ilamllton. ' hare with the help of the Itcd_ Cross fitted out a regiment of soldiers' going ' overseas with ciqnplete outfits of knlt- ' ted garments. 1 At Fort Totten, Mrs. Alston Uamll1 ton. wife of Colonel Hamilton, coin1 "mandlng the post, and a group of army women, began last fall to (tnit for the ! soldiers, and not a man sailed for FTance from this point without being fully supplied with knitted apparel. AMERICAN WOMEN DOING BED CROSS WORK IN LONDON. I / — American Bed Cross activities In . Enffand cover a. wide field, ranging , tram a contribution of $053,000 (£2mv ©00) to the war work fund of the British Bed Cross, to the promotion of social welfare work Involving women and children. They Include also the gathering and distributing of sup pilot for shipment to France and Bel The London chapter, of which Am bassador Page Is president and Mr* WMtelaw Held Is chairman, operate* a workshop where about 2,000 unmet are employed In making dressings bondsges, splints and other bdspitn necessities. About one-third of thi work force Is American, the rest llrtt Uh. The London chapter also maintain* SL Catherine's Lodge Hospital for offi rtws. with .40 bed* for orthopedic cures Other diopter activities Include tin distribution of 'books for America* soldiers In France and American tall ore In European whlere, entertalmoen fpr American soldiers' and nunics l* und the maintenance of. a dub house for nurses Interesting Reliccgpf Stone Age. Fifteen human skeletons were unearthed near Osaka, Japan. This Is considered the birthplace of Japanese denization. Of the r.-llcs of the Jiip stone age, discovered by Prof,--Okusbl, nine of the skeletons w. re perfect preservation, all bo:.« brIntact. It rarely happens, according to scientific records, that »o many ; perfect skeletons tire discovered In one I place. Amoqg. Indications Hint Of that period- lived on uffc.ik.-.! If,-*) , tl" ft»<1 that upper MM lower teeth evenly worn down. I lerayed iw *>, are not found. Some of. there sk.-l.'-i,.,., | stand seven feet high. Skeletons were found In a lying position, with Ln,-» drawn up. Without doubt, th.--- p,«plel Moficed to the Stone agejn Jajmn - • —80.000 year* a jt.x at least. While ■unking the excavation, stone , rucntB. earthenware and-txvo c..j.per *ir- ' •row-heads dere found. It Is thought 'his find may establish a link between If stone nnd bronze ages in t,r,_ j historic Japan. TM« dlsre.very rw.s ! lutloulzes nrcb.silnglcal theories i Mstortc Japan.— East and West N.-wa, I . 11, 316^)45 APPROPRIATED ! K FOR 6HIPMEfJTS TO. ITALY At the request of Miijor Bdu-n Per I Bed Crate commissioner t„ j.„'T ' ■he V^ar Coundl of the -A, j':.;," A tUBPW for"ta V«£ " * •u|>plles to be shltIped to Italy. n.ese ! will eomi-rlse a two months' 1 " supply- of foodstuffs of whirl, the' ! _ lowing Items' make up a «r*.gM month a -upply: Two hundred tone each of condensed ' milk, rice, canned mo«L drte.1 na-atj' i euns and jieos;' and one hundred tons — ck af concentrated roups and viicrera, as well aa twenty tons of r ^ .. ?

. | m TESTED her temper. AffE Sh. Took Thlfog »"J • Laugh.-, t : "What was the n- . -fract of self pos s ' session yon ever wlmessed?" a friend j askivl of n noti-1 : l:nal trainer. ~ | a "Well. I goes.- vou'eo looking for; a yarns about, lions and "tigers," replied] 1 he. "I've 'reen 'ill the bc*t tftrks, ami ■ I some mighty qui, k ftuuts tliat weren't j In the regular program, but I jaw] * something that htt 1* - ' irdorthitn any I : .. It was at •UuuA at a pate- | - tbil hotel In" Palm lb ■ h- Oppoalle me ( * sat a young Indy with her dowager \ t°';<K&m"e.' The* glr' w as beautiful, i draws, d like a primes* and a lot more t j* ions. By some blunder a r.-jy izkf M* fiotirishes lie. manage.! to f-ur the , - on the girl's head. The water tn k ,-d i. that t borough!, PHl Ametlcan beauty | ! THE ELEPHANT'S TRUNK. plration. us well a* the instrument by which the animal supplies itself with food. Nearly eight feet In length, endowed with exquisite acnslblllty and stout In proportion to the massive size of the* onluiaL .this Organ will uproot artillery or take up a nut kill a man It conveys the f,«*I to the mouth and Into and drlvemjjown the capacious throat' or showerciUDrer the Issly. Its ; length supldles the place- of e long ; neck, wlilrh would have l-<cn lncom- 1 juitlble with the support of the large and weighty tusks. A glance at the head of on -elephant will show the thickness and strength of the trunk at ■ It* Insertion: and the massy arched neck are admirably adapted for supporting and working this powerful and wonderful InstrumcnL _ t A Bummer Dream. I have picked a genial wizard aa a lead. er la tta f ray. two-for-nve cigars will be uplifted t "" 'wtan ta? elecfed. " d bird, won t .tea! the rhorrtre. and _ Will learn te fly more slowly while you honeybee will labor and be too polite The hand, that food th £ hold economist, that most alert and „ studious elf. ccaso within the treasury to lock the "

fl. B*""C^^h2j^*u»lf *hlC* [lg . * — WksMnston 6 tor. itA Good Riddance. 11- "Hello. Blanche."' in- "W by. Iluby, I haven't oeen yon for II y ■ year. How've you beenf he "All right How've you been? Been or Jim Lang lately T" ag "No: I hardly ever see him nowa"How does that come? He used to send you candy and flower*, and he used to call on you every night Doesn't he do that now!" "Nope, He doesn't send any more fIBwers and candy, and I never see him "I In the evening." "Yl'ell. It's a good riddance. How >D did you shake hi ml" & "We got married." - *v. The 8torm and the Rainbow. J A little bl£ on' by sn'*by ^ My mamma Sere me. an- ,h.11 «y. 5 It'a dess a little shou-re*' mayta." L - Ah' 'cn It la. an' after wile • ' I'm hatter, an' I start *• smile, t ^ An- •« my mamma rare. sh. do. Caught In tta AcL | "Darling, do you really' love mer' ' 1 breathed the lover; "J do. Have T not sworn It many times?" Sighed, the lovcross. I , "You have, but do rour "Why do you ask? What have I ' done to make you doubt It?" , I "Ha. girl!' I saw you-i caught I yoo"— I "What did you see.- love? Bpeak r < 1 "When 1 came In I. saw you retting ' , the clock an hour forward!" ' She could not deny It. Her affection i . was not tare proof. This was "the U- ! , ginning of thi- end.— Cleveland l'laiu 1 Dealer. , t — — , j ' ^ Two of Them. , t - We 'tad?o^?o'uto? tta stall* " " -Chicago n.-corff-ncrald. 0 -■ ; Tcanmle was given b new pair of c Shoes, and Ms father told him to te . careful and not. wear II, em out too « rT Two weeks 'later 1)1* father said I "Tommle." I understarid you have : been at the foot of the cla«s all wrek." ], i "Yes, father. I have. I could have n j gone to the brad of the class re Vera I _ | times, but : was afraid It might wear <■ I out my slioes walking so far."— Took- d ,r= — • 1 The Cheerful Salesman. *rm,*,ln« tntA- , He a i.OM'C a rouiMSalay. t? r — Kaoaaa City star Not Literary.- af Jsn YlsJtnr— Yon any that • love for P books brought you here, my poor man 01 Tea, «tr; poekethooks-Ex-1 M

THE SERENADE ^ * An Old Romantic 1 Custom That Ha. s" In r- -calling. the serenade of the PhilI h-rm-'n!'- society to Mile. Nllsson T am r, ,1 of a custom now fallen Info 7 J desuetude, -but ffbldi at the time i. ^ . It , f <16701 was a fnvorlfe method !, I tH-towtng a marked compliment ipon :*iy one wkotn you wished par- ^ The serafiadc was not only offered ' j rs-Yif distinction, but prevailed .w h yon might pay to the lady of , ) ,nr v-h/e lr wa* thought the prop- ' i-r thiar nt that period for n man to" ■ cnteffow best brass band he ennld ^ 1 afford nnd to proceed with It after « 1 ml,'.; vbt to the house of his preferred "jam: ii.va to stand- lM-neath the win | ! favored dcru--.. « 1 . • paterfamilias or , ! the butioTViadc r.-ady some light re- ! I en^hgh/' vTih iV^mir^ HE WAS THANKFUL 1 , But Still He Thought There Was a L,Ulo More He Might Get. • Old Simon, as we will call him. Is • , quite a .-baracter^ln his way. He IV, i di ,'e It; n«-l of something else He ; i :i merely nominal rent— fl a year— for the small cottage he occu however, wasn't quite sail* J 0<d Whenever he -paid an installment of h:s rent he called, his master'* nt tea::, u to the fact that this thing w.inn-d doing nnd that thing wanted ■ d u g to the property. At length SI I ui'-n's master 0:1 a bold move r Jjere. Siqioa." he remarked. ' "I've been thinking thematter over, and J In recognition of your long and faithful ' service I'm going to make you a free J1 gift of the cottage you live in. From a like with Sow. what do you say to u "Thank 'o. sir— thank "e." returned the old fellow. ; "An" now. sir. what » about Unit bit o' paint for the back ~ Ye'I! throw that In. o' course?" Z —London Answers. i« On on* occasion when a change ln *■ the cast had been tnnde at the Bavoy " Blr Arthur Sullivan, who hap- 1* pened to bo dining nt the Savoy hotel. u •lipped away for a few minutes from -,0 >-"r,' x, „ - ior a rew nuauies rroin

the Bible and went Into the theater to y. the upj>er circle, there to hear and Judge for himself the capabilities of the new artist*. A* the pixy proceeded aad a favorite score ln the opera was taken the talented composer unconsciously commenced to bum the re(f fraln as he d>-slred It to bo rendered. This considerably annoyed his next n door neighbor, who abruptly remarked. "Excuse me, 'sir. If I mention the fart that J have paid my money to bear Sir Arthur Sullivan's charming opera as n given by the company and not your e confounded humming!" Sir Arthur re- ^ turned to his dinner and related the Incident with great gusto. n aMail Impi-ova In Tim*. Thf j£ jAf a downtown merchant' „ wax 1. reijMI the other day when her s!x -year-old son wns overheard to turn loose s succession of mixed words and slang phrases which would have done credit to a street gamin. That night when her husband came home she told him of the wonderful vocabulary which their only sou and heir bad acquired. "Is It true thr.t you have leayned to aweary" the merchant asked bis son. ne was astonished when the young«er straightened up and said. "Y'es, but I haven't learned to do It good yet" . It required several applications of the strap tafnre the youngster knew" that swearing was not an accomplish-meat-Kansas City Journal. An Arab In tha Rain. "Those who 'are not accustomed to rain are frightenod by it" says a writer. "I once- saw an Arab rained for the first time, ne-was nbJe<jfly tore! fled and demanded to have his passage paid from the country— \ In w hich the dread phenomenon I occurred. He had been conveyed from the Sahara, I think, by a European, whose servant he was. and he evidently thought his master was tahnvlug abointo him In permitting him to get wet By the first steamer be returned J Ms native desert, abandoning excel- ' lent wages and shaking the raindrop* ' furiously from Ms slippered feet". Tta Bow and Arrow. ' The first mention of the bow and ar-* ' row is fo.und ln the book of Genesis, • where It Is written that Ishmael, the ' son of Abraham; "dwelt ln the wilderand became nn.archer." "A bow * shot." b",. Is mentioned a* a measure . of distnneo. In the sculptured slates found at Khorsatmd and Nineveh repres, iitsu„us ,-,f archers frequently oc- j arm'"1'*"1 ^ "" A*8yrl'in an(1 ''er*lBn j x ' 1 8ympathy. « Regular rusf„uier— I stall want a 1 large quantity ofUowers from yon { next week for my daughter's coming * . Flower \Vomltn-Y«-s, mnm. Ton 1 -'ove the very best for 'er. pore • Wot wore she put In for?-Lun- 1 I'unch. < I On* V.m. of It. < Little Wnl.lo-I'apa. what Is public 1 spirited ness? Mr. Grumpman-lt Is ® which prompts a man to try to ' mlndoveryb-dv else's business tafoie ' minding' Ms own.— Satire. < Wlfe-My'hustataMs^not" well. I'm ' he'll give out. Wife's Mother— * Well, be may give out He certainly * give* tn.-TV.xrn Topics. Tta world has a million roosts tor ■ 1 man, but only one npsL-a W. Hoi mew t

:.] \ „ A RE you using Edison Mazda Lamps? If ■; not, why not? They give three times ' » as much light f s the old style Carbon lamps a for the same current consumption. d - . I OCEAN CITY ELECTRIC SERVICE 0" of Atlantic City Eloctrlc Company d *

' Cut Y'our Fuel Bill Use half Coal and half Coke. i r Get th.e above from - C. M. SHOEMAKER LUMBER CO. ! Twelfth and West Avenue r Notice to I.imit Creditors, j Notice lo I.imit Creditors. > Sheriff's Sale. Monday, May 201b. 1918, ^ uatc In ulrvlpt. ""'i'jriS^ltaS'u lullowa^ t— w' tu— ' t am: any (310) lm •ou*'hw,»!«aral v -frnm 111,- - ronialMnz*!* |!"r(of TtaiTVelilili, sirept: j icy mveone1 nnT S' " Se!": and oUtataT'ta rl"I, I::,.- :r Iv-nrtn er Jv* tl, : v, xr.ll , K. Cooper, aol'r. 4-23. II. I- ).. 46 ai. j BOAUOOK CHOSEN FllKKHOI.Utaw HO A HI) OK

^ Public Notice. J ~§jsB^eaE2vnjtE U smouD||'wiubb« M ssvKr™*1" ^ -a™ 1 a- ^^reraic Mil. l»r llic curbing ra-rli'ta: chock nu^ultiLI to l'! SNbul' i county eoliecior. ami the »iico-k.|u] * B»wtM«y;.i»iia y WaKi».>i'?:r.'V!:7u j Amendment— Ordinance No. <t(T F ° ' ill "i l" 1 , v " .September II. 1917. would make It Immtauba !- », ta'kJ^aJ aa fit line «ata£ta5 j f 1. Tbal Herilun 1 olio oratnanre cnutled r 1 c n » vie* LT "a* Z?hlt:h^ * bnlklwad Une' •oeet'.' an ce "" 'Ita^ci °Kte>i i JulTlSiye mNi'mIS" bta k".'" NOTICEt „T-U no'tef lb. 1 u.c .bov, orainanne 10 U16. It.. P. K . iLf*" A" MU'UUS. Th# Kangaroo at Bay. Wheu pursued the kangaroo. If posol Me. directs hi* flight toward tbo river. If he reaches It lie enters end, thanks to his great height la able to go 00 foot to a depth where the dogs are •bilged to swliu. There he plants hlmaeif on hla two Mud legs and his tall, and. up .to his shoulders lu the water, be wntto the attack of the dog*. With hla forepaws he seizes by the bead the first dog that approaches him, and. he Is more solidly balanced than his aasallanhv. he holds the dog's nose under water a# long as bo can. Unleas a second dog iqiucdlly cornea to the rescue the first one Is sure to he drowned, j If a companion arrives and by his at- 1 tarts on the kangaroo manage* to set the -captive free the half drowned la glad to regain the shore as quickly as possible. .In this way a strong and courageous male kangaroo - will bold hi# own against twenty or " thirty dogs, drowning some and fright- r enlng other*; and the hunter Is obliged . Intervene with a ballet I hold all Indulgence of sadneia that the slightest ttnefure of dlaccfito he a grave delinquency.— KM& ,f|

Monuments, Headstones and Markers Finished and Ready to Letter for Decoration Day MAY 30th . . v We have over ivx, monuments, 300 headstones nnd market* and q.H> corner !«>>ts nt our show yards and wnreroom that we coil letter and erect before Mem'oriul Day. The largest and finest stock we ever carried. We purchased the material and manufactured this work before the price* advanced and are in n position to sell it as reasonable as work in our line will probably ever lie sold again. We also have on hand material to make 50 monuments nnd 100 headstones and are equipped to manufacture andTrect anything wanted in our line. Call at pur yards in CAMDEN or PLEASANTVII.I.E and make your selection. It is being sold rapidly, nnd because of - the war, it is impossible for dealers, who did not provide for their work last year, to fill orders for Memorial Day. We are equipped to supply most anything in our line, and l>cfore Decoration Day. Camden Yard Opposite Harleigh Cemetery Bell Phone 27J7 I 'feasant ville Yard Opp. Atlantic City Cemetery Bell Phone I

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