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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-14
Snapshots and Notes Afeld
By James Jpeed.
Copyright, 1903, by Hughes & Ousley, Louisville

though the earth had opened Some
times wonder they do watch the weather closely
for often they the birds
their home making. Fortunately the nest placed
hole in a tree stump post, Withstand
amountof cold and they usually hatch their brood and
them launched life by the time the other migratory birds
are beginning to think about the matter.
While nesting birds rarely go home,
extremely sofcitious their babies
have often sat to be watched
the behavior of both parents Hurryng along with small
dangling from sides their bills they would check
their flight on chn sight of me- When both had aghed
nearby they warbing
Soon would close by have good look at
me, only go and have another
other bird would try with similar
suit Finding that to FIXTURE both quiet
waiting, still holding tight their bills At
length disgused with subborness they would swallow
the and fly for supply only to find me still
waiting their return.
time repeated, little fellows
in the knot hole nearby began calling for food Evi
IDENTIFY the old birds were worried at the noise they were
making, and several times they by opening
wared few words caution them but only made
matters worse The babies knew they close at hand
would feed them, they fused than
the helpless and at length moved back
some dsance then seeing that had made no move toward
the precious nest they again began feeding their
While watching this pair that spring day real
lied before the work the buebird for the farmer
fruit bird would slip Of the nest and its
mate would De waiting with more 1000 Tor the hungry mouths
which seemed to be satisfied Thus from the gray
until the last dropped behind the western
hills warming the high flying clouds into tender lights this
pair hurried fed their young
If they had just this single brood the good they
accomplished been great But the moment
the had been launched in life the female layed
hatch perched by old fence and,
his bright blue WINGS he warbled
her. the set of Matched
parents soctious Of this brood they
That summer the fine weather
we'll October they three broods of hungry
youngsters imagine the number of
insects destroyed during that time.
this little fellow who carries 'the sky
harbinger spring is migratory
Further south hardly know
is migratory not, because he
go rather erratc manner Then, too the
of bird life cannot always whether the birds
winter time the individuals noted dur
ing spring months The winter birds
far north and >our summer visitors
along gulf Thus, might bluebirds
during and still they would have been two
separate displaced each other with the
change Probably questions harder
than those concerning the mgrangs of OF
birds. The greatest difficulty is that
PERSONS observations such small territory and
quite often different
conflicting. 49,.
male full spring plumage is of the
BIRDS The head, back wings and tail
blue shading into darker blue and backsh
on long wing feathers. A chestnut
covers throat, sides of the body and the
abdomen S female and young bril-
liant. 15St5@HSs F.
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The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-14

Along lower Mississippi where the low
protected by evees, the anxiety great
parollng the levees watching for at
them in the floods, which would do dam
the millions of dollars Close watch is kept
too, for any signs weakening. #sz.
Helen Kelar appeared before the committee educa
ton of the Massachusetts, legislature and through at
urged them take legislative action for the
adult blind She said that the blind did
higher but did
their places in the Industrial world
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-14
Mistaking the Bird.

Little Marion highly delighted at crossing the
during visit to Atlanta and when she
asked her what she had
seen said OH grandma. crossed the viasoose.
+no"-The Little Chronicle
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-14

Flying above the tops the birds
settling gently the top small growing out
show their blue backs and
ruddy little AS the trees again
flight, oft repeated note to mark time
for their slow beating wings.
life generally in this latitude the little blue
birds during the fall and winter months but
unlike Others they back and forth with
weather bright in winter
heard from place the
The Minneapolis journal., 1903-03-14

HE Coal Strike Commission has at last made public
its findings. AS a result, there will be at least
ten per cent advance in pay for the miners 70
take effect from the time they returned to work
last October will also be- indirect recog-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-18
Restoration OF ChaIdea

Sir William Willcocks, late director
general of the irrigation works Of Egypt,
draws a brilliant picture of the possible
future of the ancient land of Chaldea,
once one of the most fertile and popu-
lous in the world, but now a desert. The
Tieris, he says, N performed, and a
again perform, for Chaldea the same
functions as the Nile for Egypt. Ops,
at one time the wealthiest mart of the
east. but 1t present a mound of ruins,
bears to the Tigris delta very much the
same relation as that of Cairo to the
delta of the Nile. At an expense of
about $40, 900, 900 the ancient irrigation
system could be restored, and Chaldea
would become as rich a country as
Egypt, which, so years hence, he pre-
diets, will attain a height of splendor
and magnifcence surprising its great
ness in the days of the Pharaohs.-
Youths Companion.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-18
RIDDLES AND HORSE HAIR.
Germany and Russia Furnish Most
, Essential Part of Violin, Cello
and Bass Vol Bows.

''There is a vast amount of horse hair
annually used in the United States for
making and repairing violin, violoncello
and bass VOL bows" said a dealer in such
materials to a writer for the New York
Mail and Express recently. "All of the
hair comes from Germany and Russia,
IN which countries the tails of horses are
generally allowed to grow much longer
than here. The foreign hair Is also
coarser in texture and tougher than that
which grows on the American horse, and
these qualities make the imported arti-
Gle more valuable than the domestic
product is for the purpose. There are
only two kinds of horse hair suitable
for making bows, and they are of the
white and black varieties. The former IS
used for violin bows, and the latter,
which is heavier and stronger, is the best
material for making bows for cello and
bass viols, because it bites the larger
strings better. The imported hair is put
up in hanks of Sc inches long, which is
five or six inches longer than the stand
ard violin bow. A hank is sufficient for
one violin bow, while two hanks are re-
CURED to hair a cello or bass VOL bow.
There are about ore and one-half ounces
of hair in a hank. which is worth from
20 to 80 cents, according to the quality
of the hair"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-18
Alderman Smith Well Alain.

Alderman j. F. Smith of indianapolis,
Ind, contracted a severe cold which grew
rapidly worse until his physicians said he
had all the symptoms OF hasty consump'
ticp. The physicians prescriptions anc
several proprietary preparations failed t.
help him. A friend recommended Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar, and in a few days
he began to improve and the second bot
tie cured him completely. He says it i
the best remedy for coughs, colds, and
lung trouble he has ever known. Accept
no substitutes.
Sold at Sections Pharmacy, 70-I2
Smith Street.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-18
INDIAN NATION IS NO MORE.
Last Chief of the Once Great Chero-
KEGS Has Been Chosen 10 aa
Empty Honor.

The last Cherokee election has beon
held; the last chief Of the Cherokee ma
ton has been chosen, now a nation no
.onger but in name-swallowed rp by
lhe great American union, its nana and
identity lost forever, reports the Kan
g9s City Journal. Monday, August 3,
1903. VIII be a memorable Gay ia Chcr-
Jkee history. The III rose clear and
ihoue with respondent beauty over the
Cherokee land, from the plains Of kan
s1z on the north to the hills and WOODS
II Arkansas on the south.
All was stir and hustle among the
Cherolees that day. for it was their last
.ribal election. There were TWO can6i-
dates for chisf, one representing the So
ralled progressive party and the ether
The LOnprcsr7ssiye dement,. mostly the
,ullblcCd IuCiaus, 10 whom it was 4
5olemn occse:cD. All cay lorg from
morn till sunset the battle Of the bal
tots went or, eac1 side striving for mas
cry; ans when Ia sun went Gown that
aight the star of Cherokee tribal gov
srnment had pet foTeyer-the progress
lie party had won, ard the last hopes CT
the fullbloods had vanished. Hence
forth they would be subjected to the
white rule. and as a nation and separate
3ecDlc realize that they 10 longer eX-
listed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-18
ANCIENTS OF GREAT AGT
Many of Them Accomplished Much
After They Had Passed the
Allotted Years of Man.

1t is generally supposed that the met
and women of this age live longer than
those of ancient times, but certain
classical scholars of Europe are Of q
different opinion and they point to q
census which was taken during the
reign of the Emperor Vespasian as
proof that they have good ground foi
disagreeing with scientists on this
point.
When this census was taken several
persons were living who were more
than 100 years old, among them being
two in Parma, each 1875 years; one in
BriXellIm, 1926; one in Pl2centia, $780,;
a woman in F~aventia, 1876; L. Teren-
thus in Bologna, 40; NJ. Apponius and
Tertulla, the former being 140 and the
latter 1877, and at Veleiacium. neal
1lacentia, six persons who were 10,
four 1870 and one who was 40.
Moreover, several historical person
ages lived to q great age.
Cato CensOrius transacted business
until he was 90 and retained to the
end all his old-time vigor.
Terestius Varro lived to be nearly
100, and he continued to write up to the
day of his death.
Plato died in his eighty-third year,
and his last hour was devoted to in
tellectual work.
socrates was "a years old when he
wrote his famous work, "Panathenai-
kus."
(NhrxrctnnJto hnnnJ1 tn urrifn hI1 work
on logic in his %eightieth year. Clean
thes taught his pupils up to his ninety
ninth year.
Sophocles lived to be nearly 100 and
during his last days he wrote the Coed
ipus Coloneus," one of the greatest
tragedies ever written.
Quintus Fabius was appointed auguI
when he was past middle age and hc
held the office for 62 years.
Livia. the wife Of Rutilius, lived to
be 81; Terentia, Cicero's wife, 1O3, ant
Clodia. the wife of Aufdius, 1l5.
Hero, king Of Sicily. lived to be 80
and Masinissa lived to be still Older
and ruled for GO years.
Cicero in his work on old age says
of the latter that nothing could lnduct
him to cover his head. no matter how
inclement the weather was.
Gorgias of Leontium, the teacher O
I~socrates and other distinguished men
was in excellent health at the age o
107 years.
X~enophilus of Chalcis, the Pytha
gorean, lived tp be almost as old a.
Gorgias and his later years are de
scribed AS being most happy.
Finally ancient records show tina
Arganthonius began to rule when n
was 40 years old and held power TO
80 years. and in the third book of TIL
"History" Asinius Polio tells us tina
he did not die until he was past nj
one hundred and thirtieth year.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-18
Lonmcnt nasebaIl Throw.

The longest distance a man has ever
brown a baseball is a little more than
ISL feet. The record for women was
held, until recently, by a Nassar cham
zion, who threw q ball 131 feet. There
has now arisen IL Tacoma, Wash, a
rourg woman wko beat that record by
"A feet. Anatorlists have frequently ex-
claimed that the formation Of a woman's
shoulder-blades prevents her from
throwing straight and far; but the Ia
coma record, 295 feet, !. just about the
distance from the deep outfeld TO the
home plate. Evolution seems TO be at
work producing shoulder-blades that
will enable the American girl 10 share
Tie delights of the national game.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-18
FORBIDDEN
Amended Law in Michigan Specifics
Distinctly What Relations Are
Prohibited.

Under the amended marriage law CT
Michigan the marriage Of cousins Of
the first degree" is prohibited, and il
will become the duty of the county
clerk to ascertain whether such rela-
ltionship exists between the candidates
for marriage, reports the Detroit TriD'
une.
The law which is now amended ia
include first cousins specifies distinct
ly what other relation, in law or cor
sanGuinity, are prohibited from wed
ding with each other, and to MAKE
positive that no illegal marriage Occur
through his fault, the careful county
clerk, before issuing a license, should
inquire:
rs this woman your mother, grand
mother, s%tepmother, grardfathera
wife, sons wife, grandscn's wife
wife's mother, wife's grandmotheT'
wifc's daughter, wife's granddaughter
or ycur sister, brothers daughter, sis
ter's daughter, fatiler's sister, or moth
| er's sister, or cousin Of the first Ge
greer" Reversing the sexes the same
questions apply 10 the woman. 1t is
recalled that Rev. Father Ternes
of Detroit, one day had a room full o1
lawyers busy searching the ~althorltlei
to discover whether e man could mar
~ his Widows niece" The investga'
ton had proceeded some time when Il
suddenly struck one of the "learne'
| counsel that a wife could not be
widow until her husbands death. aAC
the laugh was on the lawyers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-18
Racing sloppy mt Lotonia.

CINCINNATI, o., Nov. 1S.-Three
horses started in the Stag handicap at
Latonia. The track was sloppy, and
after the scratches the race looked easy
for Judge Hines. He was a 8 to 10
~favorite in the betting, Fonsoluca was
the second choice at 6 to 3, while Tam
O'Shanter was { to /. After chasing
Tam O'Shanter for a mile Judge Hines
weakened, and the race was Il two
horse contest thereafter. Fonsoluca
won by a nose in the hardest kind of
a drive. Miss Aubrey won the last
race at odds of 40 to 1.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-18
I'm A BAD WAY.'
Many a Perth AmbOy reader will
be grateful for this Information.

When your back gives out.
Becomes lame, weak or aching;
Wien urinary troubles set IN,
Your kidneys are"iu a bad way
Doam's Kidney ills will cure YOU.
Here is convincing evidence to pro c il.
Mr.Josiah Boultou, ofl23Nolth Fourth
ST., Camden, n. J. says: AN almost
constant pan Gro the small Of my
back just over the kidneys bothered me
greatly Cor two years. 1t was very bad
during damp wealth r, and when the
temperturo changed l always knew be-
for b md whot sorte we were going to
have. Often in the morning after a bad
nights rest l would feel entirely devoid
of energy and u%nlitfor work. This to me
was very unnatural and l was anxious to
get lid OF it. l picked upon Doan's Kid.
ney Pills as being the best recommended.
l commenced using them aud | am pleas
ed to say that they did there work faith
fully and well. | can conscientiously re-
commend them to others"
Just such emphatic endorsement can
DC had right here in Perth Amboy. Drop
into G. w. Parisen's drug store and ask
him what his customers report"
Sold for so cents a box by all dealers.
FoSter-Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y, sole
agents for the United States.
Remember the uqmL-DOauS and axe
no substitute.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-18
CORBETT NJ FITZ.
jim VIII Not Fight Unless Great In
dUcemcnts Are Made

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1S.-A
match between Bob Fitzsimm0ns and
Jim Corbett has not been arranged to
take place in this city next May, as
reported.
' Cor5ett is ready to fight his old enc
my, hat in an interview the eX-cham-
pion positively denied that any under
standing had been reached regarding
a battle. Corbett said 1t would be i'm
possible for him to fight i'll May, as he
has signed contracts with theatrical
companies that run long past that
month.
Corbett said that while he would
like to meet FitZsimmons in the ring
he would be unable to do so before
next October, but he would not con-
slider Il fight even then unless stu
pendous inducements were offered him
to abandon the stage.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-18
RARlTAN TRACTION co.
Time Table in Effect Oct. J., 1903

Time Table in Etect Oct. }, lyC3
Cars leave Metuchen for Perth Alooy and all
noints EAST TO Boyuton Beach at 5 snd IS rninu-
'es patt each hour from 6a in. TO 7.S5 p. m, ana
from : IS 10 li.35 p. IN. at 20 minutes Fast the
hour.
Cars leave Kensbey School for Metuchen at 5
and So Minutes past each hour from a. 10 Q
$50 D m and every hour from 9 to 1.S' p. m.
Cars leave Kcasbey for ell points last every
Is minutes.
Car. leaves Bridge at Woodbridge Creek for
KeAsbey at foot of Smith Street every 81 minu-
ties from 6.I5 a. IN, 10 1i.41 p. m.
Cars leave Bridge at Woodbridge Greek Tor
Metucben on the sven hour aud half hour from {
4. m. to & 80 .. IN. and on the hall hour ONLY
from 60 TO l0.30p. M
Cars leave Staten Island Ferry for Metucben
ana Keasbey School at is and as minutes past
ZACH hour from ia. m. to z p m. end from 70
n. N, at IS minutes only and for heaseey at
foot OK Smith Street at 3 and 20 minutes past the
Cars leave Staten Island Ferry for Bridge at
Woodbridge Creek at II, &c, 81 and ST minutes
past each hour from 6 q. m. 10 ll'4l p m.
WM. g. ROCK
Surerirtor dent
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-18
VARIEGATED BILL OF FARE.
Different Kinds of Food Upon which
various Birds Chiefly
SubsiSt.

Vegetable feeders form q large class
among birds, and they alone would offer
an interesting field for study, as there
is such specialization for feeding on par
ticular kinds or portions of plants.
There are fruit and grain eaters, besides
those which feed entirely on buds, leaves,
berries or nuts, nectar and even pollen.
Iichens form a considerable item in the
bill of fare of certain birds which have
their home in the far north. We have
ever dedicated certain plants to birds
as duck-weed and partridge vine, says a
writer in Nature.
Desmids and diatoms, those micro
scopic shelled organisms. which are al
most on the border line between plants
and animals, are devoured in myriads by
ducks and other birds which find Eour-
ishment in the mud of ponds and
streams, sitting 1t through their beaks.
Sponges. at least in a decaying state. are
devoured by crows, as can testify from
observation, after dredging expeditions
in the Bay of Fundy. Gulls and crows
are sometimes seen tearing stranded
iellyfsh into pieces.
Starfish and sea urchins are sought out
by gulls. ravens and rows. They break
into them by main force or carry them
aloft and drop them on the rocks. IhaVe
even seen a bald eagle, when fish and
fish hawks were scarce, break into and
devour a green-spined urchin.
If minute shrimps comprise the entire
food of whales, it is not surprising that
thousands of shore birds are well nour-
ished by the myriads of crabs and
shrimps which make their home along
the shore,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-18

The principal reason why more than
one third of the people die from kidney
diseases in some form IS because it is SO
insiduous that the kidtevs may / e badly
affected before the victim realizes his
danger. If you have any indication OF
kidney trouble take F0ley's Kidney Cure
at orce as it eorrects Irregularities ana
makes the kidney snd bladder light.
Remember the name, Foley's kidney
Cure.
sold at Sections Pharmacy, ~ x
Smith Street.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-18
The Inextin~rtshabIc Drummer

He enters the store and opening his
sample case begins to spread his goods
out on the counter.
Proprietor tangrily. as he advances
from rear of store)-No, you needn't
show me your goods. l don't want to
look at anything to-day.
Drummer (sarenely) Well, you
haven't any objection, have you, TO ny
looking my goods over mysclf?-Brook-
Ign Life.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-18

In 1897, when snort hair for men was
coming into fashion, the Bon Ton Intel
ligencer, a British publication. said:
The bathers at Brighton complain bit
terly of the trouble they have in pulling
the young gentlemen out of the sea since
they have cut off their cues. Till n of
these locked fashionables is drowned
from this circumstance the rage of crop
ping the hair will not wear out"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-18
MAKING MORE ROOM.

Theodore Bloodgood is having the
window i'll his bowling alleys re-
paired. The part formerly occupied
as seats by the bowlers, are being
taken out so that the bowlers will
have a better chance to roll.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-18
AlbuIa Beats KeniIworth.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1S.-Kenil-
worth's defeat was the surprise of the
racing at Oakland. The big Splinter
was an odds on favorite for the six
furlongs handicap, but the heavily
played Albula beat him easily.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-18
ANOTHER ATHLETIC CLUB.

Leo Banks, of this city, has now
tho plans we'll under way for the or
ganizing Of an all-around athletic
club. A meeting will be held Sunday
afternoon when officers will be elect
ed and plans completed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-18
Vot Nambe- OF the Union.

Papa-What in time is that young
one yelling about?
Mamma-0h. yp1 heartlesz Trims.
yoU! Baby is cutting a tooth.
Papa-Why doesn't he do his cut
ting in regular hours, then? He ought
to be bovcotted for working overtime.
Boston Transcript.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-18
FORUM HARD AT WORK.

The Forum will get down to hard
work from now N, for they are to
win the game from Woodbridge on
Thanksgiving Day at any cost. The
boys are happy to think that they will
get the chance at their old time rivals.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-18
ECreGity.

Mrs. Benham-You look mad.
Benham-I am mad; a man called
me a born fool to-day.
Mrs. Benham-You ought not to get
mad about it; l think il was very con-
sidcrate in him to blame it on your
Observation-Disclosures Life.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-18
POPS BADLY BEATEN
AT new BRUNSWICK.
Local Boys WaIIOped by the New
Brunswick Team in the Match
With Raritans.

The Pop Social Club, of this city,
went to New Brunswick last night
and were literally showed under. In
fact, so badly were they beaten that
they were ashamed of the scores and
refused to bring them to this city. A
score was "faked up" giving the vic
tory to the "Pops," but a message
from New Brunswick gives the truth
of tine matter as follows:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-18
Too Rich TO De Cross-Eyed.

Tate-Oh. no. Miss Mintner is no
c~rosseyed, but she is only affected b..
strabismus.
Brady-Well, what's the difference,
pray?
Tate-Man alive! Aren't you aware
that Miss MINERS father is a rich
man?-Boston Transcript.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-18
TRUST co. AFTER BANKERS.

The First National Bank employees
will receive q challenge from the
clerks of the Perth Amtoy Trust
Company one day this week, for q
bowling game to be rolled off on the
Bloodgood alleys. The Trust company
employees believe they can do the
bankers up good.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-18
Raritans.
INTERSTATE LEAGUE.
Will Open Season Tomorrow on the Blood
good Alleys.

Tomorrow night will see the open
ing of the season for the Interstate
League teams, when the Amicitias of
Pleasant Plains, will come to Perth
Amboy and try t.: lefeatithe Three BIS
ON Bloodgood's alleys. The hontrs
must stay in Perth Amboy this year
at all events is the cry now.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-18
Can't blame Him.

A German actor has been sent to jail
ior getting off stage Jokes about the en-
Deror. If they we're anything like the
American stage jokes, says the Chicago
Record-Herald. We can't blame the en-
peror for shutting him up.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-18

A Kanzas nan could not eat because
he had dyspepsia, so he tasted in order
TO relieve himself of the disease. The
treatment was a success, remarks the
Chicago Tribune, but the patient died
II exhaustion
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-18
Women Miners.

Women are forbidden by recent legls-
lation to work in Belgian mines. On
the surface they still level coal and do
other jobs, but this, too, will not last
much longer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-11-18
Freshman Game n Draw.

ITHACA, n. Y. Nov. 1S.-The fresh
man-sophomore football game played
Percy field here resulted in q tie
score of ) to b.