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Evening journal., 1903-04-11
Low RATES TO THE wEsr.

Settlesrs and Homeseekers' Excur-
sion rates are now in effect to points
in Northwest, West and Southwest.
Free stop-overs at Niagara Fails and
other specified points. Choice OF routes.
Full information, address G. G. Noble.
Southeastern Passenger Agent, Behigh
Valley R. R, TIC Chestnut street, Phil
adelphia.
Evening journal., 1903-04-11
THE LITERARY WORLD

D. Appleton & Co. viii publish about
the end of May a novel by Frank r.
Stockton, which was written by the
author during the year preceding his
death and entitled THE Captains Toll
gate" II is love story, $4,000 words
in length, making 400 pages Of text. or
the same as Kate Bonnet" and has
for its scene that part OF West Vir-
ginia, in which Mr.. Stockton made his
home during the last years Of his life.
-:-
When Louis Philippe was King OF
France, Houdin, the great conjurer, per-
formed a feat In magic that for genera
sions has been a mystery. Brander Mat
thews will tell about it in the May Scrib-
ner's. General John b. Gordon's reminis-
cences which begin in the May Schlbners
are part Of the great book which he has
been writing for many years. Antietam
and Chancellorsville will be described in
June. and Gettysburg i'm July, the anni-
versary of the battle. Mrs w. S. An
drews, author of "Vive l. LEmpereurl" will
have a new story. the hero Of which Is a
college athlete. A remarkable story Of
theatrical life, Where the Ways
Crossed, by Viola Roseboro', Will appear
-.
With all the higher claims luckily. Il is
tho greater the sacrifice the greater the
Joy. The SNUG religions perish; the faiths
that are 10 supplant them wisely begin
by calling for volunteers for martyrdom.
From THE yellow Van" in the May
Century
"A Puritan Witch" is a romantic love
story by Marvin Dana, author OF "The
Woman OF Orchards" etc This romance
deals with witchcraft I'm the Puritan days
or New England and abounds In both ac-
tion and sentiment The movement is
rapid, the feeling is true, the characters
are alive, the plot Is ingenious and distinc-
tive. while the literary quality Of the work
Is admirable. All IN all, the novel Is one
OF absorbing interest and merits an un-
usual success. The illustrations are from
drawings by p. r. Audibert in Photo
sravures. 1t will be ISSUED on May ! by
The Smart Set Publishing Company. IS.
Fifth avenue. New York city.
perkins. the Fakeer." an amusing
travesty on reincarnation, by Edward S
Van zie, author OF "Wtth Sword ant
Crucihx," ETC., will be issued by the smar
Set Publishing Company on April Is. Th'
story ds a most original one. dealing will
modern character is under the spell OF al
East Indian Mahatma, q Yankee who
having spent fifty years in India, has re
turned TO this country and uses his pow
ers in an alarming, as well as an amusing
manner. The illustrations are from draw
ings by Hy. Mayer IN photographers. Il
Illustrated Svo cloth, 800.
Evening journal., 1903-04-11

There is an impression in the art CEN
tres of Boston that the new two-cent
stamp ought to be stamped out
Evening journal., 1903-04-11

Sergeant Daniel Kelleher is a wide
awake officer. His work in the GARNER
case is worthy of praise, not only did
he succeed in arresting the perpetrators
Of the robbery, but recovered nearly
all the stolen property.
United States District Attorney William
Michael Byrne is on a visit to New York
city.
Evening journal., 1903-04-11

Friends Of Henry +. Pickles are pre-
dlo1ng that he will receive the nomination
for President Of Council on the Republi-
can ticket. Mr. Piokels has been hard
political worker for the Republican party
for many years, and is making a strong
fight for the nomination.
Charles NJ. Curtis is one of the most
active churchmen in the city. The success
of the noon-day Lenten services in st.
ANDREWS Church was largely due to the
efforts Of Mr.. Curtis.
Luther G. Welch, student at Goldey Col
iege Will spend Easter with his parents in
Bridgevine
Congressman Henry A. Houston in the
midst OF a brief speech before the Apo
mattox veterans Thursday night, declared
that he was accustomed to speaking 10
people from behind the counter Evident
ly he has spoken to some purpose. for he
has gotten together comfortable fortune
and a host Of friends.
Certain OF the knowing ones Of Whining
ton, when they see communications from
this State in Harper's Weekly, the New
York Evening Post and other Metropolitan
journals ask: "Who is it Chris Ward or
Tom Bayard?"
William S. Hilles delighted his friends
with his wonderfully eloquent and earnest
appeal to the Governor to repeal the vot-
ers' assistant act. The case has never
been stated better.
General ]. Park Postles introduced the
department house idea I'm Wilmington and
will soon erect a handsome structure on
iatlron site on Delaware avenue and says
that the indications point to the popular
ity Of them in this city. He also declares
that the popularity for them has grown
ort Of the servant girl problem.
Sergeant Daniel Kelleher is a wide
awake officer. His work in the Garner
case is worthy of praise, not only did
Evening journal., 1903-04-11
ALL CLASSES MET
GOVERNOR HUM
Delegation Was Composed of
Representatives of Most
Every Business
LABOR WAS WELL REPRESENTED

What Governor Hum will do with
the Voters Assistant Repeater will re-
main a mystery for some days, at least.
but many citizens refuse to believe that
he will ignore the pleadings of such a
representative delegation as visited
him in Dover on Thursday. The mat
ter is a subject Of general comment.
and everyone seems to be of the opin-
ion that the visit did the cause much
good. Ifl'
Such delegation. 1t is argued. could
not fail to make good impression with
a fair man., as il was composed of some
Of the best-known citizens of the State.
and mem who are above reproach.
Every class was represented from
banker to laIbormen, and the delegates
spoke fer thousands of other voters
who are equally as desirous 30 see the
bill signed.
There was probably no set OF men
In the Wilmington party who were
more in earnest in their efforts to
have the Governor sign the bill. and who
represent more voters than the labor
delegation. In this party were Evan
G. Gallagher, ex-President OF the Labor
Union A. r. Saylor, NJ. l. Taylor. f..
Sanderson, Henry L. Long, Frank Hof-
fecker and James A. Quinn. These
men as delegates from the Labor Union
represent several thousand voters, near
ly ali of whom want the repeater
signed.
Farmer Delegation.
The farmers, who are especially anx-
J ious to see the bill sign11, we're repre-
sented by Delaware Cl5'lI, Robert p.
Dennison. Joseph p, Talley and others.
/ Nearly every business and profes-
/ sion In this city was represented by
, several delegates. Among the lawyers
we're William S. Hilles, Colonel Ben
jamin Nields, Thomas f. Bayard
George A. Elliott. David T. Marvel
and J. Harvey Whiteman.
1 George "a. Capelle. Henry p Scott
and James B. Clalrkson were the bank
crs in the party.
The clergymen present were the
Revs. r. f. Briggs and Hubert w
wells
Manufacturers Interested.
The manufacturing interests of the
city were prominently represented by
the following. who are connected will
the largest industries of the city: S. N
Trump, A. l. DUPONT, Charles w
Pusey. George w. Remington. JOSEPH
1T. Hilles, J. Newlin GRwthrop. Charles
Beadenkopf, William Beadenkopf, F
s. Garrett. J. ]. Satterthwaite, Arthur
H. C. Garrett Enoch Moore and Sam
uel Bancroft. Jr.
Il other businesses represented were
Real estate. William II. Pierson; rail
: roads. r. B. Shurter; architects, F.
? ,Dallett; contractors. John J. Cassidy
brewers, Anton HIauber; engineers, II
l. F'ulenwider.
The physicians on the trip were DI
Frank Bellevine and DR.. p. w
} Tomlinson.
Newspapers. Jerome B. Bell. Georg
B. Hynson and A. W. Cummins.
Evening journal., 1903-04-11

William S. Hilles delighted his friends
with his wonderfully eloquent and earnest
appeal to the Governor to repeal the vot-
ers assistant act. The case has never
been stated better
Evening journal., 1903-04-11

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Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-05
WHAT THIEVES THINK.
They Are Held in Check at Weddings
and Funerals by ~Supersti-
tiOus Fears.

The pickpocket is superstitious. He
will rarely rob a person who squints, this
being accounted a certain sign of disas-
ter, and if it happens that the purse he
steals contains foreign as well as Brit
ish money, it is believed to augur that
he will travel a good deal in the immedi-
ate future; but whether in the company
of a couple of police officers OF not there
is nothing to show.
Weddings and funerals are significant
events for the professional thief, says
an exchange. To pick a pocket at a
funeral would be to court immediate dis
aster, but many of them think if a purse
stolen at a wedding contains gold it por-
tends the best of luck for the thief dur
ing the ensuing six months.
Some pickpockets have a favorite pair
of boots that they wear as long as they
car keep them on their feet, and if they
are not arrested while they are wearing
them they cut the boots into little
square pieces and give them away as
"lucky tokens" to their friends.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-05
CHILDREN OF THE STAGE.
Many of Them Come from
Homes, Through the Moth
er's Ambition.

1t is an odd fact, says Alex
ander H. Ford, in Everybody's
Magazine, that poverty drives few
children to the stage door, and, inva-
riably, the successful juvenile actor
IS the child of comparative wealth.
Lores Grimm, star at the Children's
theater last season, may be said to
have a fortune in his own right, and
even brain enough to manage it; for,
during his summer vacation from
stage work, it is his delight to buy
out a news store, build up a large
custom, then sell out at a great ad-
vance in the fall. In fact, he secures
all his theatrical engagements, and
makes his own terms. Anita Heckler
has a prosperous father, yet this little
maid is the fourth of a family of girls
to grace the stage, and SO it goes,
through the list Of the successful ones,
at least. | do not recall an instance,
however, where a father capable of
earning a living has wished to place
his children on the stage; it is inva-
riably the mother who is ambitious
that her youngsters pursue a his
triOnic career.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-05
RUSSIA'S CENTRAL SYSTEM.
Forces That Are at Work for the Con-
troll of the Empire in Mod
ern Times.

The Russian central administrative
system is embodied in four coucils-
the council of the empire, made up of
the ministers and a considerable body
(now 93) of members appointed by the
car, having a purely consultative and
advisory function with reference to
measures proposed by the ministry;
the senate, a judicial and executive body,
which comprises the high courts of the
empire, it's members being of high rank,
and the six sections into which it is
divided being presided over by jurists
who are the personal representatives
of the car; the holy synod, made up OF
the metropolitans, archbishops and GER
tain bishops, and having jurisdiction in
religious affairs; and the committee OF
ministers, which comprises he actual
heads of different administrative de-
partments, 10 in number, together with
some other functiOnaries.
These councils, with the organization
of which they are the head, form a large,
strong and, inevitably influential official
class, within which there is room for a
decided difference of opinion upon ques-
lions of public policy, writes Edwin A.
Stuart, in the Chautauquan. AS a mat
ter Of fact, this official class is the most
powerful political force in Russia, and
one that reaches out into the hundred
provinces, in each of which the local
government is a political center in close
connection with St. Petersburg.
Dae;Aac tbic tla,o Sc a p~nncidnroh1 Q
body of educated, intelligent Russians,
in touch with the world, whose opinions
cannot be repressed, even by admins
trative process. How effective a force
this educated public opinion may be in
guiding the course of the car perhaps
he alone can tell, but in this age that
force is one that cannot be neglected.
There is then a certain kind OF party
life possible, even in Russia; not at all
such as we know in constitutional n
parliamentary countries, but something
that is not to be neglected as a political
force in relation to the car.
But there is another serious limita-
ton upon the power of the car to ac-
complish ever his most beneficent and
enlightened will. He has for an instru-
ment not a progressive and enlightened
people, trained in self-management.
The great mass of the Russian people,
as a result of the climate and physiog-
raphy of their country and of the course
of their history, are a dull peasantry
who have not yet learned to bear them
selves as men. 1t is this inert mass that
constitutes the great internal problem of
Russia, holds the country in check, and
deceives many calculations that are
based upon the brilliant diplomacy and
craftsmanship of the men who serve the
czar as counselors.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-05
ALL RECORDS O X
Wonderful Success of Or. Towards Dys-
pepsia Specific Half Price Offer.

c. A. Sexton, the popular druggist who
introduced in Perth Amboy DR.. Towards
specific for the cure of constipation and
dyspepsia, says that he is hearing from
druggists in other parts of the country,
where the plan that he urged the DR..
Howard people to adopt Introducing
their specific by selling at half price, had
been followed.
c. A. Sexton showed the News man a
letter he recently received from G. S. In
graham, of Elmira, One.of the best known
druggists in New York State. Mr.. In
graham writes: 81 have never under
taken the Introduction of a new remedy
with such satisfactory results, both to
myself and to my trade. My average
sales nave been neaaly a hundred bottles
per week, and | have every reason to think
this will be doubled within a short time"
"The specific gives most remarkable
pepsia and constipation, and although
every package has been sold under my
personal guarantee to refund the money
if it did not give satisfaction, not one has
been returned"
"My experience has been a duplicate of
my Elmira friend's," said c. A. Sexton,
except | have had one customer ask for
her money back, which l returned with
out any questions. However, l do not
think she could have given the remedy a
fair trial. | am still selling the specific
at half price, a fifty cent bottle of sixty
doses for 25 cents, although l do not
know how long l shall be able to do so,
and your readers had better take advant-
age of this chance before it is too late
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-05
BIRDS GARDEN OF EDEN.
Enthusiastic Admirer Sets Apart al
Acre Forbidden to Cats and
Small Boys.

A bird garden is rather a novel idea,
but one which if faithfully exploited
will prove as real a delight as any gar
den of blossoms. An enthusiast on
the subject has set apart a spot of per-
haps an acres extent as forbidden
ground for cats and small boys, and
the birds have become very tame, says
the New York Tribune. Bermuda
grass, whose matted tangles are a har-
Dor for bugs and worms. covers tho
ground. Hydrants are left dripping
where the many kinds of feathered
folk that this garden has attracted
may drink and battle to their hearts
content. There is an abundance of
seeds and fruit. which mature at diff
ferent seasons, and old logs under
which congregate the fat grubs that
are a birds delight. If these natural
stores seem to run short at any time,
sunflower seed and crisp lettuce hearts
are spread on a stand called the
birds banquet board" that none may
want. Strings, threads and fluffy cot
ton are spread about for nesting time,
and as many as twenty different spe-
cies have been counted building or
rearing their young at one time. Thir-
ty-four varieties frequent this garden
of Eden, and their sweet notes and
bright plumage make it as charming
as any conservatory of rare blossoms.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-05
He WAS NOT A CANNIBAL.
Ministerial Looking Man Was Afraid
He Was Going to Order
Pork,

A fat man walked into the restaur-
ant and, after knocking down a few
hats while hanging up his own, sat as
much of himself down as the only
vacant seat in the room would hold,
relates the New York Sun.
He grabbed a piece of bread that
had come with his right hand neigh
boris order and began to MUNICH on it.
Then he looked for the bill of fare.
The ministerial looking man on his
left was reading it. The fat man
leaned owe On him and began reading
1t too.
"How's them pork chops and apple
saucer" he mumbled between mouth
fuls of bread.
The ministerial looking nan said
nothing and edged his chair a little
farther away.
Just then the waiter appeared with
a bowl of bean soup for a patron on
the other side of the table.
"Hey, waiter" bawled the fat man,
bring me one O. them soups, and
hurry up about it, will yer!"
The ministerial looking man heaved
a sigh of relief.
Thank goodness, sir" he said, turn
ing to the fat man. 81 was so afraid
you were going to order pork. I detest
a, c~annibal."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-05
SUMMONING SLEEP.
A Trick by which One Victim of In
somnia Finds Sweet
Oblivion.

At all times a perfect mob of ideas
and words stand at the gate leading
into the mind trying to get in. While
we wake and are sane, there is some
thing that stands at this gate and lets
in only the sensible ideas and the
words that have relation to the sub
ject in hand, says Harvey Sutherland,
in Everybody's Magazine. All the 9TH
ers 1t keeps shooting away with: Get
back there! Go on away" It is this
inhibitive faculty that keeps us sane.
But in order to reach the general par
alysis of sleep we have to pass through
a preliminary stage wherein we are
as foolish as any lunatic. When the
sentinel at the gate of the mind goes
off duty for the night the mob of ir-
rational ideas and words come troop
ing in; and so, when / would court
sleep, l deliberately open the door of
my mind to the rabble, turning loose
upon it a troop of unrelated words
and phrases. For some reason or
other l find that the vocable "abra-
cadabra" is a good one to start off
with. Often a word or sentence will
repeat itself with increasing rapidity
and shall | say loudness?-until it
is all a tumble which breaks up stimuli
taneously with the disintegration of
the colored pattern before my closed
ewes.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-05
HOW KILLS.
Nature and Effects Of the Currents
which Are Fatal to
luna Life.

That electric currents of high and low
ner would appear from a recent report
made by DR.. F. Battelli, of the Univer-
sity of Geneva, upon the nature of the
effects which cause death from electric
shock.
Currents at a pressure Of about 1000
volts or more kill by inhibition of the
nerve centers and arrested respiration,
according to the Electrical Review. The
heart continues to beat with energy and
is only arrested by asphyxia, causing
great arterial pressure. In such cases
the animal may, in general, be restored
by artificial respiration. On the other
hand, currents of low tension, not ex-
ceeding 120 volts, and passing from the
head to the feet, kill by producing par
alysis of the heart, and the animal con
tinues to breathe for some time after
becoming unconscious. These low-ten-
by causing irregular co~ntractions, thus
disturbing its rhythm,
DR.. Battelli and Prof. Provost have
made the discovery that hi~gh-tension
currents are capable of restoring the ac-
ton of a heart that has been arrested by
a low-tension current, but as the appli-
cation, to be successful, must be made
not more than Is or 20 seconds after the
arrest of the hearts action, it is hardly
likely to prove valuable as a practical
restorative. The path traversed by the
current in passing through the body is
a matter of great Importance. The most
dangerous is from n hand to the
other, because the resistance of this path
is low and because the current passes
near the heart. Hence it is a good rule
for workmen and others handling live
conductors to use but one hand. An i'm
portantruleto observe in rescuing a per-
son in contact with a live wire and when
1t Is impossible to cut off the current, is
to push the victim off with one foot.
Even should the current pass from one
foot to the other through the rescuer
the resistance of the path is considera-
BILE, and as the current does not pass
near the heart serious injury is not like
ly to result.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-05
HAUNTED BY SQUAW'S GHOST.
Wrath of Indian Woman Paddles
Canoe About Lake ManitOu
in Indiana.

One of the romantic spots of In
diana is Lake Manitou, about a mile
east of Rochester, Ind, and on it's
shores in the early history of Fulton
county the Pottawatomie Indians
camped and fished. A squaw's ghost
Is said to haunt the place.
One of the chiefs of the tribe, who
has more than a local history, was
Aub-Bee-Naub-Bee. He was a famous
warrior and under the influence of
liquor was very friendly to the whites.
One day, about 1880, while he and
a few of his warriors, with their
squaws, were camped at the lake, Aub-
B~ee-Naub-Bee went to the trading post
and became intoxicated.
On his return to the camp he quar-
relied with his squaw and Drained her
with his tomahawk. A short time
afterward he killed a brother of the
woman he had murdered and the
family swore vengeance.
Legends differ as to how Aub-Bee-
Naub-Bee met his death. Some have
it that his wife's relatives killed him,
but the most authentic account is that
about 1897 the chief was killed by his
own son
Be this as it may, the story is that
several times a year the spirit of the
murdered squaw was seen on the
shores of the lake or padding her
canoe from island to island.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-05
POSSIBILITIES OF RADIUM.
Many Material Problems May BE
Solved Through the Newly
Substance.

1t will be seen at once that the ma
enormous. Among many suggestions
las to the outcome, are: the transmit
pBktoh of metals (the making of gold
no less); solving the problem of light
WITHOUT heat; the perfection of wire
less communication; the cure OF GER
tain phases of blindness; new sources
If heat, and, since it would now seem
that there is, after all, but n sub
atance in the world (Which appears to
lr untutored sense to assume various
Arms merely because each form con-
ms a special number of particles to
atom, chemistry may undergo
ouch a regeneration as will result in
the most unheard-of discoveries, says
an article on "Radium and Human
Life" in Everybody's Magazine.
Already an hypothesis has been
worked out to the effect that the
emanations from radium and kindred
substances are on a par with the avs
which go to make up the aurora Dor
calls. 1t is, in fact, thought quite pos
sible that the aurora is merely cathode
or Roentgen rays or a gigantic scale,
and the phenomenon of Roentgen rays
is analogous to that of radium rays.
Out of this has come the suggestion
that we may soon be able to predict
weather changes with greater accu-
racy than heretofore. The bearing of
the discovery on astronomical specu-
lation, also, is important.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-05
FIJI Mine with Sea-Wnter.

The managers of the Dominion Coal
company recently literally turned the
Atlantic ocean into a burning colliery
in Nova Scotia in order to put out the
fire. Through a sluice cut from a dam
on the shore of the ocean sea water
was poured in at the rate of some
$500, 900 gallons an hour. The pit was
flooded to the eleventh level before the
fire could be extinguished. To subdue
the flames about 45O,O 0O, 900 gallons of
water were needed and six days time
required.