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Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-09
BEWARE OF THE PHAGoCYTR
LittSe-KnOwn But Much-Dreaded
Creature That Frequents the
Human Body.

"The hope of mankind" says
Metschnikow, depends upon the
proper restriction of the phagoctyte." >"
Very few nonprofessional men
know what a phagocyte is. and even
numerous physicians try to get along
without having made its acquaintance,
while most medical handbooks ignore
the thing, and the few dictionaries
mentioning it describe it wrongly.
Here is Prof. Metschnikow's detini-
ton: "Phagocytes constitute the po-
lice of the human body. As a big
city cannot get along without officers
of the law to keep crime and vice un-
der control and the moral atmos-
phere pure and wholesome, so health
is impossible unless the phagocytes
exercise their proper functions in the
streets and channels of our Interior
"Phago means eat, devour, absorb;
cyte is the Greek for cell. The phago-
cyte, then, is an absorbing or eating
cell; one might term it the scavenger
of the human body. So much science
recognized long ago; also that its
main food consists of bacteria, the
elements of organs peculiar to the
larvae stage and other noXious mat
ters."
The author continues, according to
the Indianapolis Journal: 1.-The
above, my biological and bacteriolog-
ical Investigations and experiments
proved correct, but sciences further
argument, namely, that the phago-
cyte, after performing this most i'm
portant office for the youthful body,
becomes itself food for the develop
ing organs of the adult is a serious
mistake"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-09
GROWTH OF A NEGRO COLONY.
Remarkable Progress of Calhoun
school and Settlement In
LOwndes County, Ala.

AT lantern talk given recently
in this city, says the New York Post,
Rev. Pitt Dillingham;, principal of the
Calhoun school and settlement in
Lowndes county, Ala, read a paper
illustrating the remarkable growth
of negro community which Calhoun
is building. He said:
There are rs families in this
group, and five square miles of plan
tation country have been broken up
into 50-acre farms. The negroes have
paid $4,000 on the land during the
past six years. During the same time
$1,000 in taxes have been pal id
over 500 a year as tuition N I.
Most important f~all, standafT-rssi-
family life have gone up. Yet we are
told the negro Will not work and
cannot save.
Calhoun is combina ton of farm
and home and school and church,
building a central neighborhood in
its own county, and stimulating the
growth of other ighborhoodsw where
these four things are being American-
lied and taught to pull together.
Good farms and homes within sound
of school and church bell make its
objective.
Calhoun is giving industrial edu-
cation to over 300 students, it reaches
about 500 more annually in the public
schools through its graduates and
students. In its country there are
10000 negro children of school age;
one in four goes to school. There
are 1000 white children; one in two
goes to school. Calhoun is working
on Hampton and Tuskegee lines. It's
peculiarity is that it combines school
and settlement work, like the Speyer
school recently established by teach
ers' college of Columbia university
Its county contains $1,000 negroes
and 1850 whites by the last census,
and was selected for Calhouns ex-
pertinent by Booker Washington be-
cause it was the blacklist county in
Alabama. A southern white man
helped start the land movement by
selling his own plantation, and he
still superintends the buying of land"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-09
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

But 21a per cent. of the people Of
Bulgaria are Moslems.
Prominent citizens of Hamburg are
discussing the project of establishing
a university in that city.
The university at Foura Bay, Sierra
Leone, is said 70 be the smallest in
the world. 1t has five professors. but
less than 20 students.
The railroad companies of this coun-
try gave last year for the support of
the 1917 railway departments of the
Young Mems Christian association
s74O.0OO.
The position of professor of forest
ry has been created at the University
of Michigan. and Filibert Roth, of the
bureau of forestry of the United States
agricultural department has been APP
pointed to the professorship.
1t is significant of the degree of cul-
ture to be found among Japan's men
of affairs that at a recent banquet at
the British legation in Toxic no less
than 30 japanese graduates and for
mer students at Oxford and Cambridge
universities were present.
The Bible is now widely read in In
dia. AT Singapore it is stated the Brit
ish and Foreign Bible society will sell
the Scriptures in over rs languages
and dialects. The Bible has also been
translated into &c of the languages
and dialects of Africa.
The Presbyterian church of Chey-
enne, Wyo., has bought Gospel wag-
on for the use of the pastor at large
and the Sunday school missionary of
the state, that they may penetrate into
the interior of the country. The mem
bership of the church has doubled in
21a years.
Among the questions recently sent
out by school examiner, says Chris
tian Work, was the following example
in arithmetic: 'If one horse, can run
mile in one minute and so seconds,
and another in two minutes. how far
would the first horse be ahead in a
match race of two miles?" A scholar
returned the question with this at
tached: 81 will have nothing to do
with horse-racing."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-09
HUMOROUS.

He-"Everything seems high in Chi
sago." she-"Yes; even heaven seems
farther off in Chicago."-Yonkers
Etatesman.
Miss Stayler-"E Everybody says !
don't look my age" Miss Pertleigh--
"Of course you don't, dear. 1t would
be impossible. Boston Transcript.
Yea, verily.-De Broune-"Is Fitz-
Green good natured?" Van Schmidt
-"Good natured Good natured? Well,
] should say sol Why, he laughs at his
own jokes. IN. o. Times Democrat.
Might Have Been Expressed Differ
ently.-He-"I hope you are better to-
day. I thought you were not looking
well when I was at your house yes
terday" She-"I had rather bad
headache; bait it passed off soon after
you left."-Puneh.
Johnny-"G Grandma, wish you'd
give me some cake" Mother
Johnny! Didn't / tell you not to
ask your grandma for cake?" Johnny
81 didn't ask for anything. I'm
just wishin'"- -1atholic Standard.
Cheapley-"You're in brown study,
old man." Subbub-"Hellol Yes, my
wife told me to stop at the market
and get something, and l can't think
what it was" Cheapley-"Have a
cigar. Maybe that'll help you to
think" Subbubs-"Ah! that's it.
Now / remember. She wanted some
cabbage. e."-Philadelphia Press.
A Little Darling's Discovery.-Pro-
fessor-"Some of the grandest inven-
tions of the age have been the result
of accidental discoveries" Young
Lady-"T can readily believe it. Why,
I made an important discovery myself.
and it was the purest accident, too"
81 should much like to hear it." "Why,
l found that by keeping bottle of ink
handy, a fountain-pen can be used just
the same as any other pen-without
any of the bother and muss of refilling
it."-N. Y. Weekly.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-09
A Surgical Operation

is always danRerous-do not submit
to the surgeon s knife until you have
tried DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. 1t
will cure when everything else fails
it has done this in thousands of cases.
Here is one of them: 1 suffered from
bleeding and protruding piles for
twenty years. Was treated by differ
ent specialists and used many reme-
dies, but obtained no relief until
used DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve.
Two boxes of this salve cured me
eighteen months ago and have not
had a touch of the piles since. H. A.
TIsdale, Summerton, S. O. For Blind,
Bleeding, Itching and Protruding
Piles no remedy equals DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve. Sold by G. w.
Parisen.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-09
MODERN CASTLES IN SPAIN.
How an American In That Country
Tested the Cash Value of
One of Them.

eff there's one thing more in
grained in the average man than an
other it is the feeling that he is enti-
tied to some property that some one
else is keeping him out Of" remarked
a man. to Philadelphia Ledger man.
"Even now / fatter myself that |
know a little of life and the world,
and I have read the newspapers
enough to be alive to the fact that
many unprincipled men make a liveli-
hood by discovering claims that never
existed; but I'm ready to admit that
/ felt more than elated the other day
when | received notice from one of
these agencies that I'd better call. as
/ might be interested in a case they
had under investigation.
'The man questioned me as to my
family history as far back as I could
remember, and it-wasn't long before
/ was as much interested in the mat
ter as he seemed to be. There was
no doubt he had studied up our
branch Of the family pretty indus
triously, for he told me many things
that got me interested in his scheme
at once, and | began to feel that if
there were imposters in the business
at least he wasn't one. According to
his way of figuring. there was $780,
900 tied up with red tape in one of
the English courts to which I-came
in on the ground floor for one-fifth.
I began to feel that perhaps MY
mother was right, after all, when she
contended that the family had been
defrauded out of a large inheritance.
and / felt sorry that / had once told
her that if we were kept out of any
property it was by the rightful own
er. When the man saw | was inter
ested he grew eloquent and dilated
upon the ease with which the fortune
could be obtained. OF course it would
require money, but l would be a fool
not to expend little when the re-
turn would be so great. | allowed him
to exhaust himself in picturing my
good fortune and then / sprang lit
tie scheme of my own.
"If there's anything in this I
said, you can bet Iwon't allow it to
slip through my fingers
Anything in it,? he echoed, slap
ping me on4the back. why, man, the
money is as good as if it was in your
pocket
"I'm glad to hear you say so,' re-
piled, dropping into very confiden-
tial tone, because, to tell the truth,
I'm rather embarrassed just at pres
ent. Say, can't you let me have $40
for day or SOP
'My words seemed to stagger the
man and he dropped back in his chair
as if he had been shot. When he
showed no inclination to respond to
my request I left him, feeling salts
fed that it wasn't advisable to push
claim for thousands on which
couldn't borrow a $50 bill"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-09

A Utopian society has established
itself in Ascona, little place on the
borders of Italy and Switzerland.
This little society, which numbers 3s
individuals, seeks to solve the prob
lem of how to live happily. The men,
bers are pledged to observe certain
simple rules Of living, which they have
carried out now for three years. They
eat 10 meat, but live principally on
fruits and herbs, and they wear one
simple garment only, and no hats.
There are 16 women in the sect. They
know no laws save those of nature,
and they amuse themselves with Wag-
merriam music. The founder of the col
ony is Belgian. Each new member
is initiated on his finding sufficient
money to buy plot of land, by the
cultivation of which he is expected to
support himself.-N. Y. Sun.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-09
His Awful Predicamena.

First Russian Nobleman-Grea
Scottovich! What is the matterskoff
with the archbishopsk? lie seems to
be having a fitovich
Second Russian Nobleman-Oh the
Grand Dukeski Ivan AlexSndervich
Kutmynoseoff is about to marry the
second daughter of the Grand Duchess
Andabulosia of Schkinkenburg- Kat
zenblatter, the Duchess Anastasia
Vienna Pauline Celesta; and the cler-
gyman, who stammerskoff. has got sew
eral of the names stuck kcrosswiseovich
in his throatski.-SmartS Set.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-09
Catarrh of the Stomach.

When the stomach is overloaded !;
when food is taken into it that fails
to digest, it DECAYS and inflames the
mucous membrane, exposing the
nerves, and causes the glands to secret
mucin, instead of the natural juices
of digestion. This isl called Catarrh
of the Stomach. For years suffered
with Catarrh of the Stomach, caused
by. Indigestion. Doctors and medi-
cines failed to benefit me until used
Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. j. R. Rhea,
Coppell, Tex. sold by G. W. Parisen.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-09
Adventures of a Gunboat.

A curious and interesting bit of
naval history ends with the sale of the
old United States gunboat Monocacy,
on the Asiatic station. The vessel, a
side-wheel "double-ender," was sent
to eastern waters in 1865 because of
her light draft. With her four big
smoothbores and two rifed muzzle-
leaders she did great service in the
war on Corean pirates in 1871. The
next year she stuck fast in the mud of
the Yangtse river. and remained there
2S years. Then in 1900, during the
Boxer outbreak. she was hauled out
and reftted, and although an object
of amusement TO foreign naval officers
again proved her worth; for her light
draft enabled her to do work impossi-
BILE to the foreign fleet. Monocacy is a
title which should not be forgotten.
1t ought to descend to a son, or rather,
let us say, to adaughter, since the Salic
law does not apply in the navy
Youths Companion.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-09
His ArchitecturnI ApoIogv.

"You awkward boorl" exclaimed
the angry woman in the seat replac-
ing her headgear.
Il beg your pardon, ma'am," said
the passenger in the overalls. "When
the car turned the corner I grabbed
the front cornice of your hat to save
myself, without noticing what was
doing, but | certainly didn't intend to
unroof you. Chicago Tribune.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-09
The Foundation of Health. L.

Nourishment is the foundation of
hAlife-strengt Kodol Dyspep-
sia Cure is the one great medicine
that enables the stomach and digestive
organs to digest, assimllate and trans
form all foods into the kind of blood
that nourishes the nerves and feeds
the tissues. Kodol lays the, founda-
tion for health Nature does the rest.
Indigestion, Dyspepsia and all J dis
orders of the stomach and digestive
organs are cured by the use of Kodol.
Sold by G.. w. Parisen.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-09
Ambiguous.

A faithful Irish maid called upon her
former mistress, who had recently lost
her mother.
"Och, mum!" Nora began, "an' tn
shwate lady S gone. Shpre, Oi niver
knowed it till wake afther th' bury
in. She wuz loike wan av me own,
an '"-witS a fresh burst Of tears
there want nobody Old rather hov
seen dead than yure darlin' ould moth
er."-Judge
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-09
Standing and Misunderstanding.

Doctor-H'm! Nervous dyspepsia.
Is it case of long standing?
PATIENT don't think that'sgot any
thing to do with it.
Doctor-What do you mean?
Patient-The long standing. I'm a
Philadelphia Press.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-09

To ordinary eyes a man 1000 yards
nway-say, on rife range-appears
as a dot; he could not be known as
man except as being a smaller dot
than a horse.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-09
severelx Unsympnthetic.

Mister" said Meandering Mike, ''if
I was to tell you dat had seen better
days would you believe me?"
Certainly" answered Mr.. Leander
Scraggs; "this is one of the most un-
days that our versatile
climate has yet produced. Washing
top Star
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-09
Just About Bedtime

take Little Early Riser-it will cure
constipation, billiousness and liver
troubles. DeWitt's Little Early Risers
are different from other pills. They
do not grippe and break down the
mucous membranes of the stomach,
liver and bowels, but cure by gently
arousing the secretions and giving
strength to these organs. Sold by G.
W. Parisen
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-09

Il cannot marry you," She said.
"Why do you say that?" he de-
manded
"Because-tecause l want you to
propose again"
There's nothing like getting all of
a luxury that's possible.-Chicago
Post.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-09

Didactic Editor-The pen is might
fer than the sword
Practical Sub-Editor-Yes; and the
scissors and paste beat the pair of
them.-AlleY STOPPER.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-09

We sell it because it'sthe best in
all the country! Brass burners,
preventing rust-wire shield in
front of burners, preventing
draughts - wire sieve oil filter,
preventing dirt in oil.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-09
NAY TIE UP MORE OFFICES
Striking Elevator Men in Chicago Threaten
to Extend Dispute
DECLARE UNION MUST Be ORGANIZED
Agree to Arbitrate other Points when
that IL Conceded, but TIN Then
No Agreement VIII he
Possible.

CHICAGO, Feb. Sunless the trouble be-
tween the Business Managers association
and the elevator conductors and ~janitors
is settled at a conference to be held to-
morrow morning, the men employed in the
other f~fty-one buildings in the a%ssocia-
ton will be ordered out.
When the business managers representa-
tive endeavored today to reach the strikers
he was informed that settlement was to be
made through Albert Young, president Of
the National Transfers. that this settle
ment must include the signing of an agree
ment with the teamsters for two years, by
the owners Of the buildings where the
strike Is now in progress, relative to the
exclusive use OF either coal or gas, besides
complete surrender to the demands Of the
elevator conductors and ~ianitors.
]. II. Baines, business manager OF the
Elevator Conductors association, said to-
night;
Tn Business Managers association has
no escape from recognition of our union.
They declare that we shall not arbitrate
our grievances, We will arbitrate after
our union has been recognized and not be-
fore. If the managers refuse to give us
this recognition before arbitration there
can be no settlement of this trouble to-
morrow and there will be n big strike on In
Chicago before many hours, for we will
call our men out in all the buildings con-
trolled by the association.
The managers claim to be willing to ar
bitrate recognition of the union and the
grievances of the men together, but will
make no further concessions.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-09
GIVE STOCKMEN GOOD TINE
social Entertainment Follows a Sale of
Fancy Stock at Humboldt
DEDICATION OF NEW SALE PAVILION
City IL Making an Effort TO Become
n Center for sales as Wen as for
the breeding Of Fine
Live stock.

HUMBOLDT. Neb., Feb. s.-tspecial)-
A large number Of stock breeders from
this and adjoining counties In Nebraska
and Kansas we're attracted 70 Humboldt
Friday by the hog sale Of William Bran
dow, a local breeder of Duroc-Jersey
swine, and these gentlemen had a taste OF
Humboldt hospitality which they are not
likely TO soon forget. The sale was held
In the pavilion recently erected by Colonel
N. W. Harding and the forty sows offered
brought an average of over 500. In the
evening after the sale was over Colonel
Harding invited the visiting stockmen to
be his guests. at the Park hotel, where
they would meet the mayor and city coun-
ell and members Of the local newspaper
fraternity. owing to the stormy weather
and the long drive home. some had to de-
cline, but at the appointed hour tho lobby
Of the hotel was crowded, and after an
interesting visit Colonel Harding led the
way to the dining room, where a nice
little supper was served, 10 the delight Of
the guests, who numbered about fifty. After
the repast was over the genial colonel
made IN entertaining talk. in which he
counselled the breeders as we'll rs the
citizens in general to work In unison for
the advancement OF local interests, and
pledged his hearty support to the work.
His speech was received with applause and
he was followed by Colonel Callahan,
Mayor Minis, Messrs. Heath and Fassett
Of the Nebraska Farmer and Western Swine
Breeder and many visiting and local
breeders, who In turn endorsed the work
OF Colonel Harding and co~mplimented him
upon his enterprise as manifested In the
Investment OF capital in the large stock
pavilion, which all are confident is a credit
TO the city.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-09

HUMBOLDT, Neb.. Feb. s.-(special.) IA
debate was held Friday evening at the
Christian church and a good sized crowd
was In attendance, listening with interest
TO the discussion. The entertainment was
under the auspices OF the city schools and
was in charge of Superintendent Hoff. who
presided. The question under rconsidera-
tioL was: Resolved, that combinations
OF capital as a whole are a curse to this
country" The speakers were Otto Kotouc,
Maude Tosland, Earl Beery and Fred Arm
old for the Affirmative, and Palmer Fisher:
Gustav Herr. Wilma Wright and Lois Hum
NELL for the negative. The speakers were
enthusiastic over the subject and their
efforts we're very creditabie. showing care
full study and good training. The judges
were Principal C. o. Stewart, Rev. J. N.
Cobb and Judge z. A. Tucker. The az
hrmative had the best of the argument,
the markings f~avoring Kotouc. Tosland and
Berry In the order named. Some special
music was rendered by the high school.
Omaha daily bee., 1903-02-09
CHECKING ELECTRICAL FIRES
So safeguards Essential to the Proper
Protection Of Property from
Current Flashes.

Although electrical fires are on the In
crease, says the New York Post, experts
believe that many losses attributed to such
causes do not so originate, but are ascribed
TO that hazard for want OF some better ex-
PLANTATION. II. j. Blakeslee. electrical in
spector Of the Hartford Board OF Fire I'm
derwriters. with other experts. who have
carefully studied the electrical fire loss In
large cities, thinks that much may be done
to safeguard property II the public Is prop
erly informed concerning the more common
perils. Most of the dwelling loss is due to
improper installation, which might be rem
edied at trihing expense were people care
full to see that standard equipment was
used.
In a statement made to the Post. Mr..
Blakeslee said: Decided progress has been
mad during the last few years in reducing
the electrical fire hazard. II Is, I think,
constantly being reduced Unquestionably.
many fires are widely reported as OF cleo
trical origin which are not due to that
cause at all. / have had a number Of such
cases in my own territory. The average
person discovers the cause Of a fire in a
manner similar to the method OF diagosis
employed by the young doctor, who found
that the trouble which his patient was ex-
periencing all came from eating a horse
because there was a saddle under the bed.
II there are any wires to be found in a
building after a fire, even bell wires, the
layman who sees them unhcsitatingly as
serts that he knows what caused the
trouble.
electrical fires are not, prevailing no
lions to the contrary Notwithstanding, mys-
FERROUS affairs. They are accountable for
- --.N 49, - -AIa -
as easily recognized as those Of gravitation
l believe that electricity is the safest
method Of illumination in use today. One
Of the most dificult things to prevent, how
ever, is the disturbance Of wires after their
proper installation by persons ignorant Of
possible results. And also the dangerous
work of the person who knows something
about electricity.
Property owners should always take II
upon themselves to know personally that
their electrical work is being properly In
stalled, either through the employment OF
a competent person who will have the own
er's interest solely in view, or through sat
isfying themselves that the inspection pro-
vided in their locality is adequate. Sc
curity depends entirely upon the proper
installation which may be so planned as tc
exclude the possibility Of fire. When work
is finished, II should never be disturbed
and It is to the advantage of every prop
erty owner to see that, so far as possible
an installation is inspected from time ia
time. Let no one who can possibly AFFORD
the expense hesitate to install his wires In
iron conduits, regardless Of what is per
missible.' Different conditions are found
in different localities. but such safeguards
as l have enumerated are Of very general
importance"