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Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-10
BATTLES WITH BUGS.
State Agricultural Departments Ac-
lively Fighting Insect Enc
mics of Farmers.

Reports from the wheat harvested in
Ohio this year indicate that the rayages
of the chinch bug have been quite severe
and that the value of the yield will be
materially cut down. Scientists in
agricultural schools are urging the farm
ers to fight this destructive insect by the
distribution of a species of fungus which
attacks and is fatal to the bug, says the
Toledo Times.
The activity of the state agricultural
departments is enlisted in developing
means Of fighting these insect pests OF
the farmer, gardener and fruit grower.
When the country is less thickly settled
and wild birds and animals more numer-
GUS, the question OF insect pests is not
so serious as it now is. 1t is a common
thing at the present time to see whole
orchards blighted and sometimes de-
stroyed by some new foe which com
merce and travel have imported, or by
an old enemy which civilizations tam
pering with the balance of nature has
set at liberty.
Few of these plaques which devour
and destroy the work of the h%usbandmen
are invulnerable. Our agricultural
schools and colleges and experiment sta
tons are studying and investigating
these pests, and there are few whose
ravages they cannot arrest. The farmer
is taught by the practical work of these
schools how best to plant, and where and
when. Some ground, it is learned, is
liable to one plague, and a change OF
crop is advisable; other soils require diff
ferent special treatment to prevent
these attacks. Various washes, sprays.
powders or fumigations are needed to
save the plants from their insect foes.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-10
ANALYSIS OF THE DAISY.
In the Large Flowers the Composite
I-nhOrescence Attnins Its
Beauty.

The yellow, buttonlike disk is COM
posed of a myriad of small perfect
flowers, with yellow five cleft tubular
HOrolla, and ring of fused stamens sur
rounding the pistil. OF calyx we find
hardly a trace; the close packing of
the flowers leaves no room for 1t, and
renders it unnecessary as a protective
structure, says London knowledge.
In the compositae the calyX is usually
reduced to a few hairs, which often
play a valuable part in aiding seed
dispersal, as we shall see, by growing
as the fruit ripens into a feathery
plume or pappus, which acts as a
parachute. The marginal or ray flow
ers of our daisy have no stamens-
are female, and their corolla is white,
and greatly expanded in an outward
direction-the only direction in which
there is room for expansion.
These ray flowers, in fact, are large
ly useful. in advertising the otherwise
lnconspicuous flower head. Similar
devices we have already noted in the
wild Guelder rose, and we may COM
pare with these such flower heads as
those of the little cornell (Cornus
suecica) and the astrantias, in which
the flowers are surrounded by a ring
of colored leaves, which serve the same
purpose. Finally, our daisy head is
surrounded by a close fitting double
ring of small leaves, the involucre,
trl ;ol s,1aIAr@r tha uhn1A in bud nnh
plays the part that a calyx usually
plays in a single flower.
1t is perhaps among some Of the
larger members of the daisy group
that the composite inflorescence at
tains its greatest beauty and perfec-
ton. Examine such a flower form as
the ox-eye daisy. First we have the
close tapping scales of the involucre,
securely inclosing the whole, and pro-
tecting it when in bud. Then the
splendid ring Of ray flowers, whose OBJ
ject is to render the fnfiorescence more
conspicuous. Thus we find these
enormously expanded corollas often
assuming a tint other than that of the
main mass of flowers-white when the
disk is yellow, as in the OK eye; in
other species blue OF purple or yellow,
accompanying a yellow or grayish disk.
These ray 1orets have sacrificed
their perfection as flowers for the pur-
poses of advertisement, and are usual
ly devoid of stamens, or sometimes
devoid of both stamens and pistil.
Finally, We have the dense mass of
disk horets, all perfect, producing a
quantity of minute fruits. AS for the
fruit of the corymbiferae, a large
number rely on wind carriage, and
the calyx segments take the form of
hairs. which grow into a more or less
perfect parachute to aid in transport
ing the comparatively large fruit to
pastures new
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-10
HIS WEIGHT IN GOLD.
What an Indian Maharajah Gives
Away Every Year, Accord
ing to Custom.

The maharajah of Travancore is an
East Indian prince, who dresses in silks
and muslins and covers himself with
ropes of pearls and ornaments of dia-
monds. He has lakes Of rupees and stores
of precious stones, as we'll as elephants
and palaces and numerous wives. And
once a year the m~aharajah becomes
generous. He is not generous IN an i'm
pulsive manner, after the style of the
white man, but in a stately and tradi-
tional way, following a custom which has
been handed down to HIM by his ances-
tors from time immemorial, says a Lon
don exchange.
The maharajah has just celebrated
MS annual charity with unusual splen-
dor. Months before the ceremony his
government bought great quantities Of
pure gold, the greater part Of which was
converted into coin. On the suspicious
day the prince went in great state to the
principal temple, and there, with solemn
Hindoo rites, presented an elephant to
the priests of Brahma. In the temple
a great pair of balances had been set up,
and into one or the scales the maharaJah
stepped. His sword and shield were
then handed him, and into the other
scale was shoveled the newly minted
coin prepared for the occasion. The first
ard second princes shoveled in the gold
and the priests standing about chanted
Vedic hymns. AS the weight of gold
oyerbalanced the weight Of the mahara-
iah and he rose gradually from the floor
the artillery stationed outside fired a
salute, proclaiming to the principality
that the measure of his highness' philan-
thropy was full. Then, with elaborate
ceremony. the maharajah was escorted
back to his palace and the gold was dis
tributed among Is, 900 Brahmins previ-
ously selected.
Philanthropy will now take another
- months sleep in T~ravancore.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-10
steinmetz, Pooohontas. Mrs.

Mrs. Steinmetz, Pocohontas. Mrs.
William Ereenleaf, c. of r. Mrs. P. Erick-
F.Iand A. M. Raritan Lodge No. 81
Regular Communications end. and 4th.
Thursdays, Odd Fellows Hall, Smith Street
C. Fl Hall, w. NJ; C. X. Seaman. Sec'y.,
High Street.
F. of A. Court Amboy No. IS. meets at
K. of(P. Hall, first and third Wednesday.
Thos. Lucas, Chief Ranger, E. J. Dalton
Fin. Sec, IS New Brunswick ave.
G. A. R. Major James II. Dandy Post
No. al. S. G. Garretson, Commander;
Adit. Rev. E. B. French, Westminster.
ImpdO. R. M. Pc Ambo Tribe No. IS
Council Sleep every Thursday. Peter
| Axeen. Sachem, Hans S. Smith, C. of r.
Andrew Jensen c. of W..
Ira B. aice Lodge No. 600 Railroad
Trainmen, meet every Ist and grid Sunday
Knights of Pythias Hall Cor. Smith and
High streets. T. J. Griffin Master Robt.
Mulvaney Secretary, Charles Miller Tres
urer.
l.. o. of f., Court Keasbey, No. 1867.
Meets last Thursday of every month,
K. of C Hall, corner Smith and Rector
streets. G. W.. Fitbia6, Chief Ranger
H. E. Pickersgill, Secretary, II Lewis st.
l. o. o. F. Lawrence Lodge, No. 62
Meets Odd Fellows Hall, Smith street
every Friday night. DR.. Frank Crowther,
N. G.; F. L.. Harrington, Sec'y., Brighton
Ave.
Jr. o. u. A. M. Middlesex Council No.
g. Meets every I'd and 4th Wednesday
in. City Hall. Charles Cluney, Counsellor,
G. M. Adair, Recording Secretary 2o3
Madison Av.
X. 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 sand Rector Street. w A.
Growney, G. K; Recording Sec'y.,
Richard A. Bolger, 1874 Market Street.
L. 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, r
S., I65 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, 20 Jefferson Street.
X. of G. E. Meets in Odd Fellows
Hall, Smith street, every Tuesday night.
George Bath, Noble Grand; Frank b. Reed,
Keeper OF Records, I2e Mechanic street.
P. O. S. OF A., Washington Camp, No.
10. Meets every second and fourth Thurs
day X. of P. Hall, COZ. High and Smith
street Fred Waters, President; !. M. Mills,
Secretary, 2Io Oak street.
w. o. w. Perth Amboy Camp No. I9,
meets at City Hall Ist and grid Wednesday.
Chris. Mathiasen e. c., DR.. H. K. Mason
Clerk, 634 Smith street.
Washington Literary Club meets in Un-
ion Hall Adelaide Building, on the Second
Sunday of Each Month at 3 o'clock p. m.
John Clark, President.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-10
TRY FOR A
Tussles with the BLACK
Bass of the Sea.

Speaking of game sea fish" said the
angling doctor, according to the New
York Sun, reminds me that you seldom
hear much about the kingfsh, He is
more nearly the prototype of the fresh
water black bass than any native OF the
sea, so far as my experience goes.
HE has the same symmetrical body,
the same untiring spirit and affords the
angler an equal amount Of sport. He
seldom attains to the weight of his fresh
water congener. In near by waters it is
unusual to hook a kingfish of more than
two pounds, but every ounce in those
two pounds Is firm, hard flesh n mus
Gle.
mo sooner does the hook penetrate
his tough mouth than there is action at
his end of the line. The difference in
strenuousness of fish is never more &C
curately demonstrated than when a
kingflsh is hooked on weakfsh grounds.
One or two lunges and the weakish is
towed to the landing net; but after five
minutes play the kingish still retains
the vigor and muscle which he eXhib-
tied when he first took the hook.
The kingfish is always found on a
sandy bottom. Sometimes he resembles
the luke in his secretive habits. He
will lie In the loose sand at the point OF
a bar in a tide way, completely sub
merged in the sand except his eyes,
which are continually on the alert for
the food brought along by the tide.
Sometimes the kingfish chooses the
breakers for a feeding ground, and they
are frequently caught from the Coney
Island and Rockaway piers.
BLACK bass tackle is eminently suit
ed to them, but the hook should be a
small Sproat bend and the line should
be linen, as silk rots very quickly in salt
water. The favofite bait for kingfish
is shedder crab or shrimp. Indeed,
shrimp is a universal salt water bait.
Some fishermen make the mistake of
putting a dozen shrimpron a hook, MAX
ing the hook look like a pin wheel. The
most successful saltwater fisherman of
my acquaintance uses only two shrimp.
He hooks these through the tail.
"Of course, so small a bait as a shrimp
does not conceal the hook. The OLD no
ton of absolutely c%oncealing the hook
has been long done away with by expert
anglers. The main point is to present
your bait in the most natural form to
your prospective victims. Hooking a
shrimp through the tail gives the little
fellow a chance to assume a natural ap-
pearance In the water, while hooking
him through the body destroys all his
chances for movement.
"The kingfsh seems to be a fellow who
does not require companionship. He
does not herd with his fellows, as do the
blue and weakfsh, and it is seldom that
the angler fills his basket with kingfsh
alone. Still, they all have a liking for
sandy bottoms and the surf, and. where
one is caught there are sure to be sew
eral in the vicinity.
"As a food fish the king is universally
conceded to be a delicacy."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-10

seeing. The first thing he perceived was
the mouth of the house surgeon, his sense
of sound causing him to look at the sur
geon's lips, and, recalling what he
knew from having felt his own mouth,
he realized that he was looking at a face.
meant, he made very rapid progress.
From the very first he saw everythingin
its actual position, showing that the
retinal inversion Of a picture in inter
preted psychically without any educa-
ton. The muscles for moving the eye
balls are feeble from disuse, and he has
to learn their use.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-10
thursday, SEPTEMBER 10, 1908.

population, has 100 acres devoted to
parks, and its inhabitants are asking
for more. Perth Amboy has 30, 900
population, or one quarter that of
Trenton, but evenswith the Westmin-
ster property open to the public, this
city would not have twenty-five acres
of parks, yet that would be it's pro-
portion in comparison with Trenton.
To which the Trenton State Gazette
replies:
Trenton, after she had acquired her
public parks, preserved her Old Bar
racks, which is it's monument to the
colonial period. The News and the
boy should unite in preserving West
minister, not only in keeping intact so
interesting a mansion, but in giving
to the people of the town a breathing
space, in a location as healthful as it
is beautiful. Few towns have had so
good an opportunity to obtain a park
at small cost, and Perth Amboy should
Immediately take advantage of the
situation
Perth Amboy might follow New
Brunswick's example and go at the
park question slowly. Our Park Com
mission is spending little on the city
parks each year and by systematic
work expects to have some fine parks
in a few years."
Trenton has it's barracks as a monu-
ment to the colonial period. Will not
Perth Amboy have the mansion in
which the governor of East Jersey
made his home, for her monument?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-10
MUGGY WEATHER.
Not So Many Smoked Then
IL on Bright Clear
Days.

muggy day; scene, a cigar
b the proprietor rising from
"a greet a customer who has
Bn.
the first customer l have
minutes" says the cigar
&he matter?" asks the GUS
eople stopped smoking?'
by always stop more or less
lie these. You see, this hui
Ter makes cigars soft and
Even hard. well-seasoned CT
4 absorb the moisture in the
- soft in such weather, and
Brs are damp like that they
be so good.
rs nothing like the fun to be
Of a cigar on a day like this
{e would be in smoking 1t in
Ey weather, and only the most
e smokers indulge as much
4 as they do in ordinary
Blay like this is bad for the
#ness."
imp weather doesn't affect the
4 sales to any noticeable ex-
j If it has any influence at
Ids to stimulate the trade in
tobacco. Pipes are kept 60
9lnds of weather, but it takes
catches and more putting than
is dry.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-10
Would Have No Trouble.

A cockney wag, while taking his holi-
days in the Highlands, met an old shep.
herd driving a flock OF sheep, and, wish
ing to show off a bit, said:
! Now, if 1 were a shepherd, l would
teach the sheep to follow me-"
! "Oh, ay--an' I've nae doubt we wild
manage 1t. 400, for, If the beasties saw
anither sheep\in front, they would be
sure to follow. STit-Bits.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-10
A Cruel Slur.

Something seems to be troublins
Chollyboy's mind. Notice how worried
he looks?" asked Smithers.
YES" replied Smuthers; new sensa.
tons are troublesome. He has an idea
that he has an idea.-Cincinnati Com
mercial-Tribune.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-10
Novel Marriage Notice.

The following marriage notice was
published in the Hancock Gazctte, Bel
fast, Me, May Is, 1922: I'm Hollis, Mr..
Stephen Wright to Miss Sally Patch.
Worn almost out by a lingering court
shin of 13 years. he Patched himself up.
srd ali woo Wr'~h+ "-Chicag0 Post.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-10
HI BLIND SAW.
81 Thirty, Blind from Birth,
Gould Not Realize Sight
for Ten Days.

Scotch surgeon recently removed
acts from the eyes of a man of 80
lad been blind from birth. No eff
ID been made to educate him, but
d go on an errand to any house
lative village, for the resonance
botfall-quite d%ifferenti in passing
Ing from what it was when oppo-
open space-enabled him to
he houses as he passed and IS
Rrners and to stop at the OF
For ten days after the OF
could not realize that he u
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-10
His Choice,

What kind of breakfast food do
you prefer" asked the %landlady of the
new boarder.
Flannel cakes and pure maple strip,
buttered toast, ham and eggs, and cof-
fee" replied the young man, who had
his appetite with him.-Detroit Free
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-10
Initiating Mamma.

"This is your little girl, is it?" asked
the lady.
Eyes," replied the father, with some
pride.
"How much she takes after her
mother! How old are you, dear?" con-
tinued the lady.
. Tell the lady yoJr age, Elsie" said
the father.
Il wouldn't be like if l did,
papa!" came from the mouth of the OBJ.
servant child.-Yonkers Statesman.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-10
Question.

Mr.. Softnut-What a lot Of wubbish
people do talk! Why, when was young
they used to say that If l didn't leave
off dwinking and smoking l should be-
come idiottc.
Mr.. Hardnut-Why didn't you leave
them off, then?-Stray Stories.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-10
CALENDAR or LOCAL EVENTS

Sept. 11-Board of Governors of Hos
pital Association, 113 High
street.
Sept. 12-Lawn festival, Danish M. E.
church lawn.
Sept. 16-Dance, Emerald Baseball
Club, Dewey Park, State
street.
Sept. 20-Corner stone laying, st.
Mary's r. O. Church.
Oct. 10, Is, 17-Fair, Independent
Order Good Templars, Temp
erance Hall, Prospect street.
Nov. 18, 10, 2O-Fair, Presbyterian
Chapel.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-10
Expert Forgers Wanted.

Constant employment, according to
an advertisement in an italian news
paper, can be obtained by experts ca
papble\o of initiating the handwriting Of
old manuscripts. Seldom, perhaps, has
a torg3s2been advertised for so openly.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-10
A FOrerunner of LOquacity.

A FOrerunner of L~Oquacity.
There's no use for me to suggest to
my wife that it's time to go home. She'll
talk for two hours yet"
What makes you think SOP"
Didn't you hear her remark when she
started the argument?"
mo; what wasit?"
"She said: There's very little to say
on either side cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-10
Experiment Postponed.

He feeling his ground)-Er-do you
-er-believe there is any danger in kiss
ing, Miss Mabel?
circumstances. For instance, papa
might come in here at. any moment, and
then it would be absolutely perilous.-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-10
Twas Ever Thus.

1t Is woman. lovely woman,
Drawing with q silken thread,
That makes poor deluded man
Think he leads while being led.
-Cincdnanti Enquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-10

swick Home News and
some of the other cities
\ think of the efforts of the
Is in this regard
nboy is considering the
Iof preserving its historic
Westminster and grounds
Apark. This residence was
he of William Franklin
Alonial Governor Of New
pr late has been a Presby-
for aged ministers. The
rs of that place is afraid
b will be cut into build
advises that it be turned
Py the city. In its argu-
of Trenton, with 80, 900
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-10

What Did She Meant
"a kiss is an experiment."
Said Mary, with much merriment.
The man stood by,
Afraid to try
When that was just what Mary meant.
Judge.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-09-10

be in Perth Amboy
lie the idea of the
en- spending money
ere is so much need
Hines of municipal
hey do not stop to
kever, the real necessity of
place, so to speak, in all
b population such as Perth
possesses and which is
Let the doubtful ones
watching the people who
title city hall square and
k ahead about ten years
imagine how much of a
park of some size will then
pster property should be
The city. Its historical
rpasses the real estate
kere is room enough
ideal pleasure ground
by mansion, the cradle
rs colonial government,
AoYe it as a duty to
and to ourselves,
his famous, old
shall be perpet-
reminder to pos
taken from the
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-06-18

Woodmen's convention, the Foresters'
encampment and the meeting of the
Local Camp Clerks association, dur
ing the next two weeks.
The Readjustment.
Aside from it's Importance to the cit
liens of Indianapolis, the coming
Woodmen convention will mark an
epoch in the history of the fraternal
beneficiary societies of the United
States, which at the present time have
more than five million members. A
vigorous campaign has been in prog
ress during the past fifteen months
within the ranks of the Woodmen or
ganization to bring about a change in
the rates of assessment. Lieut.. Gov.
w. A. Northcott, of Illinois, the head
consul of the society, has led this cam
paign and it has stirred fraternal
ranks from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
Nearly all the leaders oil the big fra
ternal societies of the United States
will be present at Indianapolis to wit
ness the fight that will be made by
the Woodmen officers on behalf of the
entire fraternal system of life insur-
ance.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-06-18
BLACK OAK TOWNSHIP.
The Farmers Are Busy and the Crops
Are in Fine Shape.

Leighton, June 16.-Ellis Price, OF
Chicago, visited here one day last
week with his aunt, Mrs. Lima Shoe
maker, and family and also with w.
P. Shoemaker and family.
Mrs. J. w. Jarnaginand herdaughter
Edith, of Montezuma, visited a few
days last week with her mother, Mrs.
D. Akin.
Revs. Fouse, of Lisbon, and EN-
hoff, of Des Moines were here last
week looking after the interests of
the Reformed church.
The weather has been splendid for
the last week for the farmers to work
in their corn fields. There is some
corn to plant yet, and lots of corn has
been plowed the second time.
DR.. Payne and wife were here last
Thursday afternoon to attend the
Ladies' Aid Society of the Reformed
church.
AL Clark and T. B. Kitching, of Pei
la, drove down here last Sunday morn
ing and spent the day with Mrs. G. A,
Fleck.
There will not be much of a rush
from about here to the Carnival at o.
kaloosa this week, as the farmers are
too busy in their corn fields.
The marriage of Fred Denberger
and Miss Minnie Besaar took place at
u o'clock last Thursday, Rev. G.Tysse
officiating 1t was bright, clear day.
May the day be emblematical of mar
ried life. There were large number
of relatives present and the happy
couple received many useful and cost
ly presents.
Not H. Giel.
The Oskaloosa herald., 1903-06-18
JASPER COUNTY CONVENTION.
Republicans Select Delegates and
Name County Ticket.

Newton, Ia, June 1.-THE republ-
cans of Jasper county held a large and
enthusiastic convention here yester-
day afternoon and nominated coun-
ty ticket and selected delegates to the
state convention. The convention
was held in the court house and the
capacity of the house was exhausted
in accommodating the large crowd in
attendance.
Judge w. G. Clements presided over
the convention and made ringing
speech upon assuming the gavel
The convention endorsed the admin
istration of President Roosevelt and
of Governor Cummins, and also the
record Of Hon. John F. Lacey,of whom
they said:
eve, with all Iowans, rejoice in the
conceded fact, that the Iowa delega-
ton in congress, taken as whole, is
the strongest and most influential of
any in the national house Of represent
atives; and we of the Sixth congress-
ional district are especially proud of
the fact that our own Major John F.
Lacey is the peer of any of that splen-
did delegation"