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The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-02
THE coon OLD TIMES,

These are lively days, and some of the liveliness isn't especially distin- guished for goodness. For instance, the liveliness in the Postoffice depart ment. But though there is enough to complain of and beWail nowadays per- haps the times fondly called "the good old times" were no better when they were the present times than the present times now are. The Portland Oregon ian points out that while the record of corruption within and without the State legislatures affords subject for melancholy reflection, it cannot be said that things are worse than they were in the early days of the republic. Meas ured by our enormous increase of popu- lation and wealth, things are not as bad with us as they were in the days of Aaron Burr and De Witt Clinton,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-02
M URM URS.

Barnes-"It says here that Mars has a day fl minutes longer than our own.
 Howes-"Well, I suppose that's be- cause the labor unions haven't got fully established on that planet. '-Boston Transcript.
 Gave Him a Turn.-The Doctof-"Yo ou regard society as merely 8 machine, do you? What part of the machinery do you consider me, for instance?" The Professor-"You are one of the cranks." :" Chicago Tribune.
 She-"Is it really true that the blind can determine color by the sense of touch?" He-"Sure. I once knew a blind man who was able to tell red hot stove by merely putting his fingers on it."-Chicago Daily News.
 "Yes," said the nervous man. 1T have habit of talking in my sleep" And the eminent citizen who is expected to respond to an ovation in every town that the train goes through murmured: What valuable accomplishment. "- Washington Star.
 Mr Oldbeau-"I admit that there is er-some difference In our ages, but thing of the advantages to such d wealthy alliance" Miss Youngthinig- Tt cannot be, Mir. Oldbeau, but I will always be a granddaughter to you.''- New York Weekly.
 "McGozzle, where are you going to spend the summer this year?"
 Well, we are hesitating between a tour of Europe and a couple of weeks at my wife's uncle's farm near Naper- ville-with the chances strongly in fa- vor of Naperville. ."-Chicago Tribune.
 These old proverbs make me weary, '' sighed the professor.
 Whats the matter now?" queried the other half of the sketch.
 Here's one that says History repeats itself. replied the learned person, and any schoolboy knows that isn't true. Chicago Daily News.
 The tirnid young man at the picnic hastily asked his sister to introduce him to the young woman in the blue shirtwaist.
 Miss Tippitt.'' said his sister, ''this is my brother. MT. Tappitt.'
 "Gl-glad to meet you, Miss Tippitt, " ItH SCllu. dLuDlI lIltS lUI but you are sitting on bumhlebee' s nest. ."-Chicago Tribune.
 Drink water and get typhoid. Drink milk and get tuberculosis. Drink whis- key and get the jim-jams. Eat soup and get Bright's disease Eat meat and en- courage apoplexy. Eat oysters and ac- quire toxemia. Eat vegetables and weaken the system. Eat dessert and take to paresis. Smoke cigarettes and die early. Smoke cigars and get catarrh. Drink coffee and obtain ner- vous prostration. Drink wine and get the gout. In order to be entirely healthy. one must eat nothing, drink nothing, smoke nothing, and even be. fore breathing one should see that the air is properly terilized.-Southwes World.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-02

and later. when several of the promi- nent leaders of the FederaIist party in New York were shown to have been corrupt advocates of the charter of the Bank of America, accepting for their services a bribe of $2O,O09.
 There is truth and consolation in this. It sometimes seems that the world is too wicked to hold together much longer, but it seemed the same way to Solomon, and probably also to Adam and Eve. And yet it still holds and rolls.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-02
ADVERTISING RATES.

Situations, Wants, Rents, and other small advertisements. One Cent Word each h. sertion. Five Cents Word for full week tseVen timesl.
 Display advertisements. per Inch. ore in- serrion, $t.2O: each subsequent insertion. 40 ceDts; one week, sS20; one month, $10; one year. $40.
 Obituary Notices, in prose or verse. 10 cents per line. Notices of Births, Marri- ages, Deaths. and Funeral. 50 cents each Local Notices. 15 cents per Iine.
 Yearly advertisers are limited to the!E own immediate business (a,l matter to be unopjeteionable), and their contracts do not Include Wants To Let. For Sale. etc.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-02
A WHALE STORY.
It's From Martha's Vineyard, With
 No Affida Vits ADpavnd

It's From Martha's Vineyard, With No Affidavits Annexed.
 Towed by a maddened whale many
 miles out to sea at a good speed rival ing that of the fastest express train,
 Captain Horace Hillman, an Edgar town fisherman, has just passed through an experience thrilling enough to satisfy the most adventurous, and
 one which Captain Hillman does not care to repeat.
 Captain Hillman is a retired whaling
 master, but for several years he has not ventured into the Arctic regions in
 pursuit of the levathan, being content
 to follow the fisherman's calling. He owns a small cat boat, the Thelma,
 and, accompanied by Portuguest sail
 or, he spends most of his time tending his nets traps and lobster pots. On Monday, a week ago, he and his
 Portuguese assistant, Manuel Correiro
 by name, were engaged in examining SUlIS ilCIo NNACh tiiCy hdu SCS oiL Latt southern shore of Nomansand, a small island lying to the south of Martha s Vineyard. Suddenly a finback whale leaped out of the water within ten feet of the Thelma. Spying the Thelma, the whale brought down his immense tail with a fearful swing. Fortunately
 for the occupants of the boat the mons
 ter did not strike the Thelma.
 The tail missed the boat by few inches. but the sea was so disturbed by the force of the swim that the boat rocked violently and both men were thrown prostrate.
 At the same instant the whale start
 ed out to sea, fouling the lines which attached the nets to the little boat and towing the Thelna seaWard.
 Correiro did not rise, being buried
 under a heap of nets that had been
 overturned when the whale fouled the
 lines. Captain Ellman was stunned by his fall but regained his feet in a few seconds. He attempted to go to the release of the unfortunate Portu-
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-02
NO JOK E,

A good many of the voters of Ames- vile, Ohio, thought they would have some fun by making a farce of the cleo tion of municipal officers. So they de- liherately elected an incorporate and worthless dwarf as their mayor, excus- ing their conduct with the assurance that their candidate would not accept the office, or, if he did, that the gover- nor could be petitioned to remove him on the ground of his incompetence The jokers having been compelled to resort to the latter alternative in order to get rid of their mayor, the governor answers their petition thus: Prom what l have been able to learn about this case this man seems to have been elected mayor as sort of joke. The people knew his characteristics just as we'll when they voted for him as they did afterward. They deliberately made their own bed by electing this man mayor of their town, and think they ought to learn that the election of a mayor is not joke, that it is a very solemn act, and if they deliberately pro- ceed to elect such man mayor of their town they must stand the conse- quences."
 It is not joke to have an incompe- tent mayor, as several Connecticut cit ies have recently discovered. But it is perhaps, worth while to be made to realize that it is no joke.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-02

For some time severe experiments have been conducted by the German naval authorities to ascertain the suit ability of the carrier pigeon for intelli- sence service in the navy; and so suc- cessful have these trials proved that permanent pigeon stations are to be erected. The chief oe these will be at Wilhelmshaven and HeIigoland for the North sea and at Friedrichsort for the Baltic. To assist the admiralty in it's scheme sixty-one carrier pigeon clubs have placed their services at the dispos- al of the authorities. Six of these clubs have stations on the east coast-two at Kiel, two at Rendsburg, one at Nortof and one at Lubeck-while there are no less than forty-two stations on the North sea coast-sixteen at Hamburg, four at Bremen. the others being dis tributed over the country of the lower Rhine between Crefeld and Dusseldorf. The naval department will thus have sufficient birds and conveniences at it's disposal and will defray the cost of con- veying the baskets containing the birds to the various warshipis and the return of the baskets to the respective clubs to which they belong.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-02
The DatIy Torture.

What is this wall of woe we hear This cry of anguish sore That rends the morning atmosphere Without our cottage door: Is it some soul in agony, Some one in mighty grief? Ah, listen! Let Us go and see If we can give relief. But, hold-there is no one in sight, And yet that d0leful cry Comes keening with intensest might, And ending with sigh. Is it some banshee, wild and weird, That seeks it's haunts by day? Is it some wrath that should be feared Which harrows us this way? Now nearer comes the shrilling wall, And louder grows the sound. Small wonder cheeks are growing pale And hearts begin to bound. He comes! Just at the corner there! Quick. In, before he sees! It is the wretch who splits the air With yeIls of
 .'STROB- BUR R -REE- -E-E-sw
 Chicago Tribune
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-02

It is pointed out that the cost of feed ing the militia which went to St. Louis was 60 cents per man per day. The cost of feeding the regulars was IT cents. Here is a typical programme for one day: Breakfast-Oatmeal and milk, pork sausage, potatoes, bread and coffee. Dinner-Bread and coffee, baked beans, pork, catsup. Supper-Bean soup, cold corned beef, potatoes, bread and coffee. This was varied from day to day in the way of bacon, ham, freslr beef. canned beef, peas, onions and other vegetables. The regulars were better fed at 17 cents per day than the militia at 60 cents.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-02
Mems Straw Hats.

The last few rather
  again with the slightest the While t
 But to-day tomorrow, place to Best variety the hat less than elsewhere Mems Split Straw Hats $4 Mens sennit Straw Hats, $1 S50, $. and $S. Mems Fancy Hanged Straw
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-02

,, The Postoffice department has decided that a postmaster may answer inquiries by telephone as to mail in the office if he is sure to whom he is talking and that he is not conveying information to people not entitled to it. That puts the responsibility on him.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-02

A strong movement has been begun in Richmond, Va, for the removal of the body of Patrick Henry from it's present humble and neglected grave in Charlotte county to St. Johns church. yard in Richmond, and the erection of a marble monument to the great Vir- ginia orator and Revolutionist. The idea is to have Henry's body inferred, if possible, beneath St. Johns church, about at the spot where tradition says he stood while delivering his famous speech which eliminated in the words 7 "Give me liberty or give me death.'' The monument wifi be of white mar- ble and under covering like that of Clay in Capitol square. A meeting will be called some time next week and a preliminary organization formed,
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-02

A man who is said to be the only di- rect descendant of Robert Burns is a clerk in a Chicago shipping office. He is Robert Burns Hutchinson. and his descent from the poet is unauestioned. His mother, Sarah Burns, was daugh- ter of Lieutenant Colonel James Glen cairn Burns. the third son of Robert Burns and Jean Armour Mr. Hutchin- Son will be forty-eight this year. He was born at Sheltenham. but crossed the water in 1891, when he married Miss Mabel Bernand. Their little daughter, Dorothea Burns Hutchinson, is the next in the straight line from the poet
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-06-02

Do children lie? Yes. constantly, persistently and universally, says the Kindergarten Magazine. A child does not tell the truth because he could not. He does not know the truth, and his approximation to the truth is very much vaguer than ours. And there are certain qualities of his mind which make it inevitable that he should per- vert the truth. Tn the first place, truth is synonymous with knowledge. He does not know what truth is. In the second place (and it is the same with us), children gradually approximate the truth. They have their ideas of truth. In the third. place, the child's imagination drives him often to tell what is not true.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-07
Another Landmark to Go.

Some old collections of buildings neal
Westminster abbey in London are
threatened with destruction to make
way for costly modern Improvements
Barton street, which may be regarded
as the parent street of the purlieu, dates
from 1922 and was named after its first
owner, Barton Booth, the actor, of Cow
ley, in Middlesex, hence Cowley street
in the same neighborhood. Booth was
famous as Cato in Addison's play, in
which part he delighted the town. The
removal of these streets may be de-
scribed as a double injury to Booths
memory, kept green in the abbey close
by. Booths bust in poets corner was
erected by his second wife, Mrs. Laid
law, the actress, in 1772. Educated al
Westminster school, bound to the
neighborhood by ties of property and
honored in the abbey, Booths name still
demands respect. He is said to have
been an ancestor of Junius Brutus
Booth and therefore of the latter's sons,
Edwin Booth and John Wilkes Booth.
the assassin of President Lincoln.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-07
M FOR THE vELDT.
rican Association Plans Small
County COlOnie of BritOns.

A committee Of the Imperial South
African association has been formed for
the purpose of establishing small coun-
ty colonies" on the veldt. The different
county organizations throughout the
realm will make a selection of farmers
suitable for the enterprise, and each set
Element will be named after the British
county which supplies the emigrants.
Certainly, says the London Evening
Standard, 1t is desirable to strengthen
the white element in South Africa, espe-
cially when an invasion of Indians and
Chinese appears to be at hand. And the
best form of that strengthening is Brit
ish emigrants used to country life and
work. But is the farming grass well
adapted for the purpose? In the first
place, one might have thought that it
was wanted at home. Among the men
named as taking part in the scheme are
the duke of Westminster and other great
landowners. They may find no diff
Guilty in securing tenants, but small
'squires are not so fortunate. More
over, 1t must be feared that the English
farmer will not easily adapt himself to
the conditions of South African agricul-
ture, as different as could be in all re-
spects to those in which he has been
reared. The more successful he has
been at home, the Ness inclined he Will
be to go to school again.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-07
GOSSIP OF THE BOXERS.

Jimmy" Gardner and "Kid''
Critic have b cen matched to box
fifteen rounds before the Central Ath-
letic Club, of Boston, OH October ~.
The boys will battle at catch weights.
Before the Port Huron (Mich).
Athletic Club, on October 81, "Tom''
Oouhig and mike" Ward will meet
in a ten round bout. They will fight
at 40 pounds.
Eddie" Hanlon and "Jack" Nc
Clelland have agreed to box twenty
rounds at 1873 pounds, in Seattle, the
latter part of this month
Aurelia Herrera and "Eddie'' San
try will meet in a twenty round bout,
in Anaconda, Mon, on October "a.
Ben" Jordan, the English feather
weight champion, will leave England
next Saturday for this country. The
object of Jordan's trip is to arrange
a match with Eddie Hanlon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-07
Worst of All Mosquitoes.

The champion mosquitoes of the
world, according to a traveller, are those
of Taylor's island, on the Choptank
river, Maryland. They are often half
an inch long and are perfectly black,
with white feet. They do not sing and
their bite is like the sting of a bee. Peo-
pie who are obliged to go out of doors
wear as a protection a hoop on theiI
heads, from which hangs a netting,
which is belted to the waist. They carry
about them a piece of fat pork, which
when applied to a sting or bite acts as
an antidote. The Choptank river region
is the great market garden of Baltimore,
Philadelphia and other eastern cities,
and one theory to account for the re-
markable size of the mosquitoes is that
they feed on the splendid fruits and vege-
tables which grow so luxuriantly there
and are thus fattened to a far greater
degree than their brothers who live in
less favored localities. Chicago Chron-
icle.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-07
Staten Island Rapid Transit R. r.
Time Table in effect on and after May Il, 10!
335 State Street

Time Tab in effect on and after May II, 1903
Perth Amboy to New York Leave foot OF
smith st. daily except sundays and. Legal
Holiday 5 Is, 6.i2 6.58, 1856, z IS, s 05, s Sc
$50, 1925, and ll.55 a m. IL 50, ] So ESQ, 3.55,
4.35 $50, 6.47, 7.55. 8.55, 9.55, 11.20 p. M,
Sundays and Legal Holidays.
6.f5, 7.55, $50, 9.25, 1905. 10. 55 '1.55 A. M. 1855
!;SS,2 So, S.55, / .55, sos, 6.I5, 6.55, 7.S5, S.i5.9.l5
NeM York to Perth Amboy:-Leave foot Of
"Holidays,l5.65, $50. 8 %, 500. 1906, i1.oo a. m.
1900 10 l 30, $50, $50, 4 80. $40, $50 5.45
6.S5, 7.90, $50, U 100, 11.05 *12.25.
Sundays and Legal HOLIDAY 8.
Leave New York O5, 500, $40. $50, 1920, II. co.
l2.GU,a.m loo, 200, $40, 400, $50, 6.0J, 6.35,
7.15, 7.55, S.35, g. 35, 10. go, II Apr m.
Ferry between Perth Amboy and Tottenvile-
leave Perth Amboy dai Y x6. Is, x6 II, 6.S2
x6.bs, x7.S5, sos, xS.55. K 80, 10.25, KOS :
Kills. a: m. XII So, xl.55, ego, x2 50, xs .55,
lO.4O XII .20,p p. m. l2.40 am.
Sundayssnd LIE 9al Holidays . 6.l5, x6 IS, KISS,
x8.50, x9.25, xi .05, o. 80, x10.55, K II SIS. d. III.
Nx12.55, XII .5o, X. 55,x 355, x4.55, x5.35 ,x6 Is,
x6; 81. KISS. xS.15, 9.l5. 9.35, XIII. 30. 1,2O,p m
Leave fo.tenville daily Il. 30, 5.55, 6.22, Ga
x7.10. 7.50 x8. Is, x9. IL. x10.05. TO- 40 XII .05 a,
m. xl2.05, H 05, x2 .05, x2 IS, x3.40, f.10, x4.40
Ks. 40, x6.18, x6.55, x 7.40, x8.4', xe.40. 1929
xii 10, p m. x12.l5, xl.S0 A. N.
Sundays and Legal Holidays *6 %, sx7.t5, $40
x9.05, 8. 40. xl0.l5, x10.46, x11-S5, a. n. x12:fS
x7.1O,x7.5O xs.Si, x9.2a, 10 so, x10.45 xii. 40 p
m x1 Alp m. x12. 55, Am.
legal holidays only
xIrain Connection.
]. VAN SMITH, P. q. CASSIDY,
Receiver Gen'I Traffic Agent
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-07
SIx-DAY BICYCLE RACE.

The famous six-day bicycle race.
which has been an annual fixture at
Madison Square Garden, New York,
for many years, will be again contest
ed at the ten-lap garden track this
year during the week of December 6
to IL. Already the prospective COM
petitors are selecting their team mates,
choosing training quarters, and making
necessary arrangements for the long
grind which brings fame and ability
to some cyclists and makes physical
wrecks of others.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-07
JUST IN TIME.
Some Perth AmbOy People may wall
until it's too Late.

Don't wait until too late.
Be sure and be in time.
Just in time with kidney ills.
Means curing the back.
Before backache becomes chronic;
Before serious urinary troubles set in.
Doan's kidney Pills will do this.
Here is a Perth Amhoy testimony to
prove it.
Engineer A. Schooner, of Paterson,
engineer on the N. Y. S. 81 W. r. r.
who makes three trips daily between
Jersey City and Paterson, says: "When
| say hat DoaL's Kidney Pills are a
splendid remedy for the kidneys l know
it to be a act from personal experience.
| have ded them to a dozen
friends who have tried them, and L do
not know of any who were disappointed
in the result. | have q great deal OF
tionble with my back and from other all
ments arising from disordered kidneys,
which are quite common among railroad
men. | used many remedies without per.
manent relief until | got Doan's Kinney
Pills. A lew doses relieved my aching
back, and continuing the treat eft l
was soon cured. l can recommend them
tn all railroad men as a sure cure for
backache, if taken according to direc-
TONS"
Just such emphatic endorsement can
be had right here in Per Ii Amboy. Drop
into 6. W. Pari ems drug store and ask
what his customers report.
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents
a box. Foster Milburn Co, Buffalo, N.
T., sole agents for U. S
Remember the name Doan's, and ac-
cent no Su bstitutp.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-07
READING 8x eTEM'
NEW JERSEY CENTRAL
Corrected to Sept "a 1908
TRAINS LEAVE PERTH AMROy

For New York, Newark and Elizabeth al
800 Mondays excepted to New YcrA
tonly) 6 50, z II, 7.45, New York (only) 7.5S
9 81, 11.1s. a. m., II so / 10, 322 40, 90
) 20, 2 a., 8 03, 9 Sc, p. m. Sundays, 8 VI, 8 81
8. IN. s 29, 9 az, p. m.
For Philadelphia and Trenton via Bourd
Brook, z H., II Is, 1l.59 a m l 10, 3 90 p. u
aqTndays. 81 q: m. 20 p. m.
Q 30, a. IN. 1922, 227, AL 7.19, 2. m i2.st
Sundays excepted) sundays except Ocean
Grove) 55, q. III. Sd p. m.
For ~rreehold, s on, Q 20 a. M, 12.22 2 q, 61t
o. m.
Additional trains for Red Bank 2.27, s Is 5.52,
OBS T. M. For South Amboy 6.54, z II, 9 20 p. m
22i, sc, 4 II p m. 8 10, 5.52 9.2s.
Through ticKsts to all points at lowestrate
msy be had on application IN sdvance TO -
ticket agent at the station.
W, g., BEsLKR, Vice-Pres. & General Manage
q. II. BusT, General Passenger Agent.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-10-07
BADGERS.
uIar Liking for Nest and Larvae
of Wasps and Bees.

The badger is a great epicure in eggs,
ers to this animal lies undoubtedly in
the fact that it will, when it gets the
chance, devour a whole rest of partridge
or pheasant eggs. Badgers are said also
to be fond of honey; and knowing the
extraordinary craving of their South
African cousin, the ratel, for this deli
cacy, l should say it is not improbable
that they may occasionally partake OF
it, says H. A. Dryden, in Longman's. 1t
is certain that these animals have a
particular liking for the nest and larvae
Of wasps and wild bees, digging down
witS strong feet and infinite persever-
ance till they attain their object. In
the captive state a young badger was
brought up on a diet first of the milk Of
a retriever bitch, by which it was fos-
ter-mothered, afterwards of eggs and
milk, then of fish and meat. 1t approved
of bread and potatoes. when crumbled
up and mixed with milk. 1t would oc-
c~asionally eat shot birds, and once, get
ting into a hen house, killed five chick
ems. These animals are said by keepers
to kill and devour freely young rabbits;
that they do partake of this fare at times
is, | think, certain; but that they destroy
any very considerable number of rabbits
in the course Of the year is more than
doubtful. Still, the badger is carnivor-
in his tastes, and is not, even by his
kindiiest friends, to be absolved from
devouring at times tender rabbits and
even the young of game birds when he
can get hold of them.