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Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-25
THE OF SIAM.
They Are TROUBLED Very Little with
Clothes and Are All
Called Dang"

When a Siamese baby is born the
mother is removed from the bed and
laid upon a long, narrow, fiat board. BY
her side a big fire is made in a portable
earthenware stove. The servants or
friends scatter round the house a certain
kind of fruit which is supposed to be
efficacious in preventing the entrance OF
evil spirits. A cord also encircles the
house. This cord has been blessed by
the priests, and is another barrier
against supernatural visitants, says Lon
don Queen.
AS a matter of fact, what with the
heat of the fire, the heat OF the climate,
and the presence of many people in the
room, it is so stifiingly hot and uncom-
Portable that it may be doubted whether
evil wanderers from below would care
to s%ojourn there.
Their are always three old women
present on these occasions, whose bust
ness 1t is to solicit for the little one the
patronage and protection OF sundry
guardian angels. They make three balls
of rice, and throw them in lucky direc-
lions, anu So insure d CSl tdlu uhlOUh i
good fortune for the babe.
All babies in Siam have the same name
when they are born. This is Dang"
which means red" 1t is a silly name
to give, for though a Siamese.baby is a
trife like raw beef in color, it is at once
covered over with a yellow paste, which
gives it the appearance of suffering
from a highly concentrated and eXpan-
sive form of bilious attack. This yellow
paste is made of turmeric powder, and
it is supposed to keep away mosquito
bites.
The baby wears 10 clothes, and con-
tinues to appear in the same lack OF
apparel for several years. Boys and
girls alike do without clothing for a
comparatively long time.
This undress uniform, it may be noted,
possesses certain distinct advantages. 1t
is cool, sanitary and economical.
Children are frequently adorned with
massive gold and silver bracelets ard
anklets. They wear a little silver shield
fastened in frort of the body by a string
of beads. This shield is purely ornamen-
tai, playing no essential part in the
child's costume, for it is often lcet and
not replaced, the string of beads remain
ing maybe for several months longer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-25
SAD FOR SpINDLESHANKS.
Fashion Set by King Edwar Brings
Woe to Gentlemen with
Small Calves.

Now that King Edward has set the
fashion for knee breeches in full dress
affairs, and is being followed by many
of his subjects, it is likely that they
will be received ere long on this side
of the water. They must, of course,
be made of black silk satin, and the eff
fects resulting from such a dress will,
to say at least, be somewhat curious,
SAYS the American Wool and Cotton Re-
porter. Those who favor the innova-
ton will be the well-built, athletic class,
while those who cry out most loudly
against it-that they will not adopt such
a ridiculous fashion - will have, no
doubt, some personal reasons for not
wanting to be seen in knee breeches.
1t will not be the first fashion adopted
that has made men look ridiculous, nor
will it probably be the last, King Ed
ward is still the criterion of fashion in
London. There is little question as to
the style there, at least.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-25

According to the information given
the Evening News, the aldermen have
only themselves to blame that work
has not yet been started on the bridge
approach. 1t is now stated that it has
been known ever since the map Of
Sheridan street was filed that it would
be Necessary to secure land from Mr..
Calvin Pardee be fore work could be
started, yet, it is said, it has been
but very recently that Mr.. Pardee was
approached by any city official in re-
CARDS to the matter. If this report is
true there has been gross negligence
on the part of the aldermen. 1t
would appear that by ignoring this
matter they have deliberately brought
the city of Perth Amboy into dis
grace. The only way to avoid such
an outcome is to begin the work at
once and get it completed as nearly as
possible by the time the bridge is
finished.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-25

T bs. Lucas, Chief Ranger, E. J. Dalton
Fl Sec., e5 New Brunswick ave.
A. r. Major James H. Dandy Post
M S. G. Garretson, Copmander;
ADJ. Rev. E. B.. French, Westminster.
IMp'd o. R. M. Pc Ambo Tribe No. IS
CounIil Sleep every Thursday. Peter
AxeeA Sachem, Hans S. Smith, C. of r.
Ira Tice Lodge No. 300 Railroad
rrainnen, meet every Ist n 3rd Sunday
Knights of Pythias Hall Cor. Smith and
High streets. T. J. Griffin Master Robt.
Mulvaney Secretary, Charles Miller Tres
l. o. Of F., Court Keasbey, No. 1867.
Meets last Thursday of every month,
K. of C Mail, corner Smith and Rector
streets. G. w. FIthian, Chief Ranger
II. E. Pickersgill, Secretary, II Lewis st.
L. o. o. +. Lawrence Lodge. No. 62
Meets Odd Fellows Hall, Smith Street
every Friday night. DR.. Frank Crowther,
N. GIL 4 Harrington, Sec'y., Brighton
Ave.
Tr. O. w. M. Middlesex Council No.
O.. Meets Eevery I'd and 4th Wednesday
in. City Ikn. Charles Quincy, Counsellor,
G. NJ. Adair, Recording Secretary 2o3
Madison Av.
K. of P. Algonquin Lodge, No. "a.
Meets every Monday X. of P. Hall Smith
and High Streets. Harvey Stetson, C. c.;
Chris Meshrow, K. of r. and S.
X. of C. San Salvatore Council. Meets
every ed and 4th Wednesday in K. of C.
Hall, Smith and Rector Street. w A.
Growney, G. K; Recording Sec'y.,
Richard A. Bolger, 1874 Market Street.
1. o. of F. Court Perth Amboy, No.
3o43. Meets K. of P. Hall, High and
Smith Streets, every 1st and grid Tuesdays.
John K. Sheehy, C. R. Peter Poulsen, K
s., los Elm Street
r. A.. Middlesex Council No. 100.
Meets Odd Fellows Hall, Smith Street
every second and fourth Tuesday. Henry
Mccullough Regent, N. H. Moore, Secre-
tary, 90 Jefferson Street.
K. of G. E. Meets in Odd Fellows
Hall, Smith street, every Tuesday night.
George Bath, Noble Grand; Frank B. Reed,
Keeper OF Records, I2o Mechanic street.
P. o. S. OF A., Washington Camp, No.
70. Meets every second and fourth Thurs
day K. of P. Hall, cor. High and Smith
street Fred Waters, President; ]. M. Mills,
Secretary, 2Io Oak street.
w. o. ". Perth Amboy Camp No. Io,
meets at City Hall Ist and grid Wednesday.
Chris. Mathiasen G. c., DIR. II. K. Mason
Clerk, 634 Smith street.
Washington Literary Club meets in I'm
ion Hall Adelaide Building, on the Second
Sunday of Each Month at 3 O'Clock p. m.
John Clark, President.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-25
PHYSICAL MYSTERIES.
Odd Things About Human Frames
which Doctors Have Only Ike
/ Gently Discovered.

Are you aware that you are a sort
OF perambulating metal mine? Man,
and, indeed, nearly all kinds OF living
animals-has in his system a consider
able quantity of iron. 1t is found IN
the most important organs, and there
should also be a good deal in the blood,
says London Answers. Babies possess
a fairly large stock OF iron, nearly
three times as much, comparatively
speaking, as adults. Then IN your
bones there is a very large quantity
of that metallic base of lime called
calcium, while phosphorus is also pres
ent in the bones in so large an amount
that they are the main source OF the
worlds supply of that valuable article.
Stranger still, there is in the lunar
body quite an appreciable amount or
arsenic. What there is of this poison
is concentrated in the thyroid gland,
and a small quantity is also to be
found in the skin, hair, nails n also
in the bones and brain.
There are lots of odd things about
our human frames which even doctors
and other men of science have only
lately discovered, and of which the
average person is quite Few
people know, for instance, that when
we go to sleep the whole body does
not sink into i~nsensibility at the same
moment.
According to the research of the
French psychologist, Cabanis, 1t is the
muscles of the legs and arms which
lose their power first. Next those
which support the head, and, thirdly,
the muscles which sustain the back.
So, too, with the enses. The sense
of sight sleeps first, then the n of
taste and next the sense of smell.
Hearing goes fourth, and last of all
the sense of touch. Probably you i'm
agine that your pulse beats with the
same rapidity. This is quite a mis-
take. Your pulse varies with the tenn
perature. There is a regular, annual
rhythm which may be represented,
OF something like a regular curveI
Most curious of all, the annual rhythmd
of the pulse in men and women arr
quite different. A mans pulse beas
more strongly in winter and fades
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-25
TRIP TO THE DENTISTS.
Western Woman Rode Her Pony Sixty
Miles to Have Her Teeth
Fixed

1.-THE experiences of a city bred girl
on a western ranch are positively
thrilling to me-" remarked the woman
who was reading a letter from a friend
of her youth, to the Philadelphia Rec
ord. Nov this friend of mine, so she
writes, found herself in need of the
attention of a dentist. Did she call a
cab or hail a trolley car? She did not.
Rather, she had her pony saddled early
in the morning and rode % miles to
the nearest doctor of dentistry-only
it was 80 miles, because she had to go
five miles out of her way on account
of the freshets. Instead of resting at
her destination she barely mad time
to eat a bite when she resigned herself
to the filing, scraping, buzz-sawing
and hammering which is the lot of the
victim of aillng molars. A few hours
of this modern mode of torture and
she was again in the saddle, with the
refreshed pony setting out CALAMITY
to complete his 60 miles. Equines
have a way of being light-fOoted when
their heads are turned homeward. AS
for his rider, a husband and three
babies anXiously awaited her in the
cool. mysterious moonlight"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-25

a minimum in summer Woman's
pulse, on the contrary, displays a win
ter minimum and a summer maximum.
Behind the bridge of your nose is a
little cavity in the skull, the origin
of which appears to be unknown. 1t
probably was a gland consisting of two
tiny lobes Joined together, and is
named the sella turcica.
Psychologists believe that this is the
remains of a sixth sense which was of
practical value to our antediluvian an
cestors. But whether it enabled them
to see in the dark in the days before
they possessed fire, or helped them
to find their way through trackless
forests as wild beasts can to-day, or
what other purpose 1t may have served,
we do not and probably never shall
know. There is an unsolved mystery
in the ear of every human being. The
functions of certain portions of the
inner ear are not understood, but
merely guessed at.
Within the ear are three small globe
shaped protuberances. These have
their inner sides covered with small
cells, each of which contains a tiny
hair surrounded by a fluid. When you
move sharply the hair follows the mo-
ton, while the lymph naturally follows
less rapidly. Thus, the hairs are bent
in a direction opposite that of the
movement, and by means of delicate
nerves the irritation thus produced is
telegraphed direct to the brain. 1t is
supposed that by means of these hairs
swimming in lymph the sensation we
call dizziness is caused when we ro-
tate rapidly, Al in dancing. 1t is also
believed that seasickness has some
thing to do with the same phenom-
enon. 1t has been noticed that some
persons. when suffering from ear dis
eases that have destroyed parts of the
inner ear, have found it difficult or
impossible to maintain their balance
when standing upright with eyes
closed. 1t is, therefore, possible that
these peculiar ear organs contain
some inexplicable sense not generally
classified as such-the static sense, or
the sense of balance.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-25

In assessing property through the
CITY care should be taken in placing
valuations upon the factories. Perth
Amboy would Don return to a country
village situated on Ambo Point if the
industries should leave here. They
are of untold value to any city and no
excessive amount should be demanded
of them for the privilege or being
here. Rather, the city should reduce
their expenses as much as possible for
the privilege of having them here.
If a high tax rate Is demanded OF
the factories, the fact Will soon
spread and all the efforts of the
Chamber of Commerce, or any other
organization, wonld be of little avail
in bringing other concerns here. The
rate of taxation is one of the first
things a plant about to locate inquiries
about and, when there are plenty OF
kaces offering not only low tax rates,
eko giving a tract of land upon
h to locate, Perth Amboy does
want to "kill the goose that laid
Eolden egg"
lis city has its advantages over
RS, - othfr things could over
)DsiaAls these advantages. Older oiti-
zens will recall the time when a large
sewing machine firm would have
located their enormous plant here, but
such a price was asked for the land
that they went to Elizabethport where
a large tract was given them for the
mere privilege of having them.
1t is not a new thing for factories
to move from a city because OF the
excessive taxes. 1t is an expensive
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-25
TUESDAY, AUGUST IS, 1908.

thing for a factory to do, and many
laugh at the idea, but when some very
fattering offers are made, it some-
times pays to make the change and it
is done. Perth Amboy wants more
factories, not less. The citizens here
do not want to see their work moved
away from them. 1t would be more
to their advantage if they united to
help pay the factories taxes out OF
their own pockets.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-25

That man against whom charges
have been made for creating a dis
turbance on Sunday by working ON
that day will have plenty of oppor-
tunities to get back at some of his
fellow citizens and he can find them
in what is supposed to be the most
quiet and law-abiding sections of the
city too.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-25
Constant as the Polar Star.

Mrs. Muldooly-Th' thruble wild my
husband is that he niver sticks to any
wan thing more'n a week.
Mrs. McGroggin-Yez do him injoos-
tice, Mrs. Muldooly. OF niver saw a firm
err man than your husband phwin it
comes to a shtrike.-N. Y. Weekly.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-25

An opal has been found in Australia,
on the White Cliff fields, which, with
good fortune in the cutting, will make a
gem eight inches long by five wide, or
larger than any of the crown jewels Of
Belgium, weighs nearly a pound and is
valued at $3.50 .000.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-25
The Change.

HE used to kiss me every time we
passed through a tunnel before u
marriage" said the little m with
sad reflections.
And does he do so now?" asked
the bosom friend.
mo, he takes, a drink Chicago
Daily News.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-25
ID Knew Better,

Suitor-Your sister and I were just
talking business out here on the We
randa.
Her Little Brother-Oh, 10, you
weren't. When a fellow begins to talk
business sister always takes him into
he Observation-Disclosures.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-25
How 1t Happened.

"You say that drink was the Il
of your downfall" said the kind
hearted visitor at the Jail.
yes" answered Meandering Mike.
II met a gentleman dat was too in
toxicated to take care of his money.
An de temptation was too great
Washington Star.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-25

f'Yex, whenever l inspect myself /
| that l am much better looking
an the average man. Do you call
1 conceit?"
mo; / call it distorted vision."-
i veland Plain Dealer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-25

Mr.. Killum-How long have we been
married, dear?
Mrs. Killum-I don't exactly remem-
beTt the number of years, Louis; but 1t
was a short time before my pet dog
di4d.-Yonkers Statesman.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-25

'Have you lived here long?" asked
the stranger.
well" replied the lank gentleman
who looked down at him, Il dunno
how else you'd expect a Teller like me
to live here."-N. Y. Herald.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-25

While on your vacation Don't for,
get to have The Evening News mailed
to you, and in this way keep in touch
with your home doings. No extra
charge for mailing, and address
changed as often as desired.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-25
Sardines and People.

A Nebraska family has been poisoned
by sardines. Sardincs are like people,
SAYS the Chicago Record-Herald. There
are some bad ones.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-25
Education Completed.

Ethel-But, dear, you went 10 the
cooking school only three months.
Mabel (of Boston)-Oh, that was
sufficient. | learned to brown beans
to perfection and cook Goldfish in six
different styles.-Chicago Daily News.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-25

The $4,000 tCunI N 9 T. per
sonal effects of King A.eNand3r will
not last King Karageorgevitch long,
says the Chicago Tribune, If it falls
into his hal d..
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-25
when Poverty Is D1sgraceful.

It's no disgrace for a man 10 be
poor unless he becomes so because
of idle. shiftless or vicious habits
Chicago Daily News.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-25

Weary Ways-Yes'm. l amt able to
work at me perfession no more.
Mrs. Askem-What was your pro-
fession?
w. WI was a ping-pong caddie,
an got too fat ter retrieve de balls
Chicago American.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-25

He thought he heard the trump of fame
And high his spirits rose:
"At last!" he cried. with ear af1ame,
And then, a moment later, came
The man who'd blown his nose.
Chicago Record-Herald.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-25
Thnt Il.

Won Blumer (roaring with rage) -
Who told you TO put paper IN the
wall?
Decorator-Your wife, sir.
"Pretty, fgn't it."-stray Stories.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-25
The Silent Argument.

The Silent ArEUment.
Just pause and think this over,
When mad enough to choke
The word that cuts the deepest
Is the one that's V spoke.
Just let the other fellow talk,
Till the storms passed away
Then he'll get to thinking of
The things you didn't say.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-08-25

Molly don't believe in kissing and
telling. Do you?
Tom-Well-naturally, kissing is a
thing one would be close-mouthed over.
Ally Sloper.
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YOUR OPPORTUNITY
ssEEsZsE zssssSE

To anyone in search of mining
stock the Ethel company today
offers some startling induce
ments.
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HARRISON
WILL TRY
Continued from Page One, Sixth Column.

door locked. Tne car was part Of a
departing freight train. He was car.
ried away, his wounds not dressed
A wagonload of bedding intended
for the barn barracks was saturated
with oil and burned at the Thirty
ninth street corner.
A shot was fired into the EngleWood
police station from the darkness, the
bullet narrowly missing desk SER
geant's head.
The Cottage Grove cable system was
put in operation during the morning,
with five trains under police protec-
ton, and the running of the Went
worth Avenue line was continued. One
thousand policemen were distributed
along Cottage Grove and 800 on Went
worth avenue.
Thousand Police on Duty.
Five trains left the barns near
Thirty-eighth street on Cottage Grove
avenue for the downtown loop at 9: 49,
a heavy police guard attending each
train. The gripmen in each case
were protected from possible injury
by heavy wire screens, while force
of nearly 1000 patrolmen guarded the
line and kept the crowds moving.
Wagons were hurried along and kept
off the street so far as possible.
On the Wentworth Avenue line a
heavy couch dropped in front of a car
by two men suddenly running in front
of the car almost caused smashup
at West Forty-first street. The car,
moving at high rate Of speed, struck
the couch and hurled it to one side,
smashing it to splinters. The couch
was picked up from in front of q
hardware store by the two men, who
ran directly in front Of the car and,
quickly dropping the couch, scampered
off. T.
Switches we're found to be spiked
all the way from West Seventy-sev-
enth street to West Thirty-ninth
street. 1t was necessary to make fire.
quent stops to close them and then
a huge stump of tree had to be
removed from the track at Thirty-frst
street and rock at Thirty-third
street
Occasionally a shot was fired at
car as it passed or brick or piece of
iron was sent flying through win
dow, but no person is known to have
been injured.
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Cneary & Bowser's discount
sale is attracting. general atten-
t roughout the city and to-
day they quote a number of spec
ial bargains that are very attrac-
tive See page 1.
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L is none too early to begin to
think about Christmas. In an
other column the Fair Variety
Cat, store has something to say
that may interest you.
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UP TO THE COMMISSION.

Every citizen of Bemidji who
desires the we'll being of the city
will find cause for satisfaction in
the decision of Attorney General
Douglas, that the adoption of a
charter by the city in itself con-
stitutes incorporation.
However we may have differed
as the proper plan of procedure
in organizing as a city we must
all be agreed that the charter
form of government is more to
be desired than any other, per
hitting as it does the city to
frame and modify it's own system
OF government at pleasure.
The beauty Of the charter plan
is that it permits home rule. The
city may adopt any form of gov
eminent not inconsistent with
the laws Of the state thatit pleas
es and if mistakes are made in
drafting the charter or in modi-
flying it from time to time it is
always possible to the city to COR
rect such mistakes whenever it
will.
The drawing of a charter
should be pushed to completion
with all possible dispatch that
there may be ample time for dis
cussion and satisfaction by the
people at the earliest possible
date.
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H Occasionally shot was fired at a
car as it passed or a brick or piece of
iron was sent flying through a win
dow, but no person is known to have
been injured
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A half off millinery sale at Sew
erson's will interest the ladies of
Bemidji. Other bargains also
quoted in this issue.
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JUDGE COLLINS is evidentl,

JUDGE COLLINS is evidently
only a tentative candidate for
governor. If his mind were made
up beyond possibility of change
he would resign from the bench
at once. But it has been pointed
out that the very fact that he
does not resign with the an
nouncement Of his candidacy
shows that he is at present simp
ly feeling of the people and that
should the next few weeks fail to
bring out a popular demand for
shis nomination he will abandon
his canvass and cling to his
judgship.
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GENERAL JIMINEz LANDS.
Proposes to Attack the Capital Of
Santo DOMINGO.

Cape Haytien, Hayti, Nov. 1S.-Gen-
eral Jiminez, the leader Of the revo-
luton in the Dominican republic, has
arrived at Santiago de los Cabelleros,
Santo Domingo, to take part in def
mite operations with the view to max
ing decisive attack on the capital,
San Domingo.
The French cruiser Jurien de la
Graviere has arrived at San Domingo
Ramon Caceres, the revolutionary
general who landed with Jiminez re.
Gently in Santo Domingo, remained at
Puerto Plata.
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Steel Plant Closes Down.

Phoenixville, Va, Nov. 1S.-About
800 men have been rendered idle by
the closing of the steel plant and sew.
eral other departments operated by the
Phoenix Iron company. It IS thought
the shutdown will be of short dura-
ton. Those remaining at work SUI
fered reduction in wages of per
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BRIEF BITS OF NEWS.

Edward Lord Weeks, the we'll
known American artist, is dead in
Paris.
Fire in the business section of Poca.
hontas, Ia, caused a loss estimated at
$4,000.
"A copper deposit, rich in quality and
of immense extent, has been discov'
cred near Carney, Mich.