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Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-25
nav zEAtAND cow DIGGING
Farms Of the Antipodes from Which
the Commodity Is Obtained
with Spears.

One of the most profitable industries
Of North Maoriland is the digging of
kauri gum. Whenever a man is dead
broke he goes to the gum lands, and gum
digging Is the last resort Of the badly
brought up, incompetent Englishman
sent to New Zealand to sink or swim.
Many are the ~aristocratic families of
the old lands whose sons are gum
mics" says the New York Sun.
The method of digging was formerly to
probe with a long pointed iron spear
into likely places, and upon striking
what seemed a hard. brittle substance,
to dig with the spade. OF course the
livelihood thus afforded is precarious.
Sometimes a man will make in one day
enough to keep him for q month; at
1thers he has no luck for days and
days.
The gum is the deposit OF kauri trees,
which grew hundreds, perhaps thou
sands, of years ago. Floods and fires
brought whole forests Of these giant
trees to earth, and time buried them.
AS the gum was squeezed out, 1t hard
ened into Jumps of all sizes from a cubic
yard down. Usually it is broken into
much smaller pieces.
Two or three kinds Of gum exist. The
white clear gum is sought for. Then
there Is a medium grade, a dark, treacle
colored lot. called blackjack. Lower,
again, are the tiny nuts, and sugar gum.
All are used and of late years the price
Of blackjack has advanced!
The Australians, who generally man.
age to find out d paying thing, have been
making deals in 1t Of late and carrying
on UNI digging on a new system. MOI
long ago a man bought q farm put down
in grass 80 years ago for e600. He
hired a party Of Australians to dig it for
gum and in much less than a year he ha6
more than paid for the farm with the
gum taken out OF u paddock, and haC
the rest still to dig. This gum was
found at from SIX to ten feet down.
Another man, a neighbor, thought he
was doing a smart thing In selling the
right to dig over his land for 94O0.
The Australians paid that up in a very
short time and have still three-quarters
Of the digging to do.
One smarter man stiIl. who is keen on
making money, sold for 900 the RICH,
to dig over four acres Of ground. The
diggers have made, SO far, a1,50O, and
will get $4,000, and perhaps more.
II is evident that the days of pre-.
carious gum digging are ending in ia
vor OF lsystematic turning over of large
Areas America is our chief customer
In kaurf gum, though a good deal of var.
nish Is now made In Maoriland itself.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-25
EDITORIAL COMMENT.

kumor has 1t that Senator Kean is
aiming to control tho W .ter SUI ply of
all of northern Jersey. IL he should
succeed, AMI furnish our neighbors
with as fine a quality of Natures re-
froshment MS that with which the
people of Elizabeth are now being
furnished, there will be no objection
to the Senator having a monopoly
Elizabeth Times.
Among the prisoners who were
granted paroles by the Board of Par
dons on Wednesday was George Sklen-
char, of Perth Amboy, who was sen.
fenced to two and a hnlf years i'm
prisonmcnt, IN November, 1909, for
arson. He was convicted of setting
fire to his shoe store. His Ease was
carried to tho Court Of Errors and APP
peals, but was not prosecuted, and in
March of last year ySklenchar wai
taken to prison. But his counsel be.
gan a suit against the Fire Associa.
tion of Philadelphia to secure the III.
surance uDon the building he had
been convicted of setting OH fire.
The jury returned O verdict in his
favor for $s25, and declared that In
its opinion Sk1enohar was not guilty
of the crime of which he Ind been
convicted. Under the circumstances
there wal nothing for the Board Of
Pardons to do but to diroot that he be
released. But what redress will the
victim have for the stain that hal
been put upon his reputation, his los,
of stiWe, the sufferings Of himse II and
family?
Middelsex county is serving up 9
curious brand OF Justice, when an in
nooent man is sent to prison on 9
charge Of having burned his own
property, while a bank wreoker who
has stolen hundreds of Thousands o.
dollars is suffered to go free aftel
four years. Imprisonment .-Trentoi
Times.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-25
BIDDING FOR COAL su 'PLy.

The local school board need not feel
that they are alone in their troubles
oyer the bid for coal. There was only
two cents difference in the bids to
supply tho county with conl, which
were opened a few days ago, and the
Passaio Daily News says the school
board Of that city is considering 60
ing into the coal business. The board
there advertised for bids and when
they. were opened, all were alike. The
members did the same as the local
b9Ayd. Eeiaqsed them all and ordered
~ committee to re.advertise.
Tic dealers in Passaic did not make
any secret Of their mutual UNDER
standing for, IL is said, som, of the
bids were carbon cop os Of the origi-
nal, showing that they had all been
prepared IN ono office, and they did
LHN
not take tho trouble to mako copies
Of the duplicates sent out,
The Passaic Board Of Education
conducted a little investigation on
the side, and. it is reported, they
found that the claim OF the dealers
that the price was fixed by tho coal
trust and they had no option in the
matter was un true. 1t was snid that
the Passaic dealers meet and fix their
own rnte, but If any one OF them tries
to undersell that rate, his supply is
cut off by tho coal trust. Thus the big
trust backs the little trust The
School Board in Passaio claims that
the dealers there can give the city o
lower rate, even If all their bids nre
alike. For the second bidding, out
side dealers have been asked TO sub
init figures.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-25
a HUMoRIsr IN LOVE.
His Whole Anatomy Was Riddled
Like a Ripe Apple Perforated
with Bird-Shot.

A certain young humorist once fell
violently in love with q pretty girl whom
he had met for the first time. The
strength of his attachment may be
gagged, says London Tit-Bits, by the
following letter which he indited to
her:
MY Dear Miss NJ: Every time ]
think of you my heartfiops up and down
like an excited eel in a fish basket. Sen.
sations of unutterable joy caper over II
like young kittens on an outhouse roof.
and thrill through 1t like broken bottles
on the garden wall through the gar
ments of the nocturnal thief. AS d Cos
ling swimmeth in a mud puddle, sD ]
swim in a sea Of glory. Visions OF
ecstatic rapture thicker than the hairs
Of a backing brush visit me in my slum.
bers. and, borne on theirinvisible wings.
[ reach out to grasp your image like 8
terrier swapping at a bluebottle fly.
''Since the light of your face fell upon
my life l sometimes feel as II l could
lift myself up by my boot-jack to the
top Of the church steeple and pun the
bell ropes for morning school.
DAY and night you are in my
thoughts, and whenever 1 think of you
my heart, like a piece OF. gutta-percha q,
seems stretched across my bosom.
"Your hair is like the name Of a clleet-
nut horse powdered with gold. and the
brass pins skewered through 1t I'll me
with unbounded 1--WE Your forehead Is
smoother than the elbow Of an old coat,
and your eyes are glorious to behold
In their liquid depths l see leeions OF
Cupids bathing like a cohort Of ants In
an old wellington boot. When thcir
fire hit my manly breast 1t penetrated
my whole anatomy, as a charge OF bird
shot goes through a ripe apple.
"If you cannot reciprocate my thrill
ing passion, I shall pine away like Q
poisoned ny, and fall from the flourish
/ ing vine Of life an untimely branch. And
in coming years, when the shadows fall
| from the hills and the coricfake sings
his cheerful evening hymn. you. happy
In another's love, a come and drop ;
tear and catch a cold on the last resting
place of yours affectionately H"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-25
sToRKs ARE VERY SPEEDY
Evidence That They Can Fly at the
Hate Of 100 Miles an Hour
for Many Hours.

NO living thing, not even a scared jack.
rabbit, can travel with the speed dis
played by such birds as the stork ant
the northern bluethroat. Not only d.
these birds fly with a speed which ca
hardly be conceived, but they keep u,
their rapid fight for one OF two thou
sand miles at a stretch without appar.
entity firing, says the New York-Sun.
Evidence has been collected recently
which shows that the %bluethroat flies
from Central Africa to the shores OF tho
North sea. a distance of 1000 miles, il;
less than a day and a night. and max.
ing 1t, moreover, In one uninterrupted
flight.
The storks, which spend their sum.
mers in Austria Hungary ard their win.
tiers In India and Central Africa, are also
marvellous travellers, and make thei,
journeys twice q year in one unbroken
flight each time.
From Buda-Pesth, In Hungar, to La
hore, IN India, is about 2.400 miles In an
air line, and the storks make the Jour-
ncy in "a hours, thus travelling at the
rate of 100 miles au hour for the whole
distance. The storks which spend thr
summer In Central Europe and the win
ter In Central Africa travel with the
same rapidity.
slatin Pasha, an Austrian III tn.
service Of the Hhedive, and now gov.
yerhor Of the CentralsAfritan province Of
Darfur, was for many years . captive
In the hands Of the mahdi ard ths
Khalifa when the derRishes FILLED Cor
don and established their empire. nov
overthrown, In the soudah. One Gay, a.
Omdurman, he saw d stork with a meta
band attached to one Of It's legs. H.
caught the bird and found engraved ppoi
the band the name Of an old friend II
Austria.
He wrote d, note to bis friend aiA. tfet
1T to the metal band When the stoff
returned to Austria for the summer, the
friend saw the Istter, caught the storl
and read Tire message. which was tn,
nrst certain s~ssurahte that the u,itzid,
world received that sIatin WAS still alive
This stoft Ill was proved b. the tntes
made the Josifney from Omdurfi.an t.
the AustrIilh country place, a tittanc'
of nearly 5000 niilee At aspeed 81 nor'
than 100 miles an bDtf.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-25

could by It's ala Keep in cor-anr COM
munication with the main force. and 1t
Is pointed out that II would furnish a
valuable means of keeping in touch
with headquarters for police and fire
brigades. For use between railway
coaches on a moving train, for engi-
neers at work underground or on great
public works, for steamers. for cyclists
and in many other fields 1t would be
most desirable.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-25
Work for Drunkards.

Iowa drunkafds will be forced to work
in coal mines. according to present
plans of the state board OF control. IL
is planned to buy extensive coal land at
the new inebriate hospital, near Knox
Vile, and put the men sent to the i'm
stitution at work to supply all state in
stitutions with fuel at actual cost Of
production.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-25
MONDAY, JULY IS, 1904.

in the near future is welcome news.
While those who know refuse 10 dis
cuss the matter, it has been practically
admitted that there is something back
of it more than a rumor.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-25
C~ncltchafer al Eood-

Although the cockchafef IL an insect
long known to science, It has remained
for a sect of epicures in Fr$nce to decide
that this brand Of bug is 4 npe thing to
eat. When properly prepdfed. they say
4 Is . tidbit at for a king.GN. =. Times.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-25
The Iirnit.

Shopleigh-My wife is a slave to the
bargain-hunting habit.
Gingeriy-Is that SO?
yes; l actually believe she would
die happy II she was assured Of being
laid out IN a bargain counter and bur-
led as a remnant."-St. Louis Star.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-25

The average locomotive will draw
300 tons of goods a mile every three
minutes. It would take a man and his
team ten times as long to haul a sin
gle ton for one mile. n
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-25
Almnat a caiveawav.

II told him that ! gave him all my
love-"
"Yes?" -.
"And all my life" sHe
"Yes7"f
THAT I was his, heart and soul, for
time and eternity"
sYes?"
"And then | asked him what his ln-
On was. He said a thousand a year.
"Weli?"
Gee; but I felt cheap!"-Hotiston
Post.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-25

II wasn't such u pleasant day for
fishing yesterday. Excursions were
not SO numerous either, and, strange
as it may seem, although tho people
were forced to stay at homo, the
churches were not overly crowded.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-25

The prosperous tune of the builders
is still heard from all sections OF the
city. 1t has a progressive sound, who
would do anything to stop i,f
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-25

HawkinsYou look out Of sorts, old
man WHAT'S the troubIe9
PafkerZJust lost my new silk am-
brelIa.
HoW did II ~happeilzs
~Fellow that owned It happened to
co,ae III tue oilce ana Recognised +
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-07-25

The report tint there may be some
thing doing at the Ramsay shipyard
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-02-04
MEN AND AFFAIRS.

Delucana Lothrop Bingham, who has
had charge Of the public library at Man
chester By-the-Sea for more than 20
FEARS, has just celebrated his eighy-
ninth birthday. He is said to be the old
est librarian in New England.
B. w, Harris, Judge of probate for
Plymouth county, Massachusetts, has
just reached so years of age. He is still
in the harness and bids fair to continue
in active life years longer He was
elassmate at Harvard of Senator Hoar,
served in congress from 1872 until 1882.
when John d. Long succeeded him. He
was made probate judge in 1887. Judge
Harris son. Robert O. Harris. was ap-
pointed to the superior court bench by
GOV. Crane.
Ii is said that ]. Adam Bede, of Duluth.
Mimi, will not essay the role of funny
man during the Fifty-eighth congress.
Bede believes that too much is expected
from the humorist in public life and that
the funny man cannot be successful. He
has serious business before him. and
Tears that If he ever makes a speech of
the kind that amuses the house he will
be expected to do SO every time he SAYS
anything, and the result will be a disap-
poinlment TO his fellow members.
The last of the Barrymores has ceased
struggling against destiny and becomes
an actor. This is Jack, youngest of the
three children of Maurice Barrymore.
and as generously gifted with the family
beauty as the other two. He had intend
Cd to become an artist, and his drawings
howed high degree of talent and very
Doresque and morbid imagination in one
20 young. The most youthful of the Bar
'ymores looks more like his father than
my OF the others, and enjoyed a social
popularity equal to his sisters.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-02-04
SCHOOL AND COLLEGE.

In the opinion of the health depart
ment Of Chicago every school in that
city should be provided with apparatus
to sterlize drinking water.
The number of high school students
studying physics decreased during the
past ten years from "a to is per cent.
while the number studying Latin in
creased from 40 TO so per cent.
The Harvard committee. headed by
ex-Secretary John D. Long, has invited
Circuit Attorney Joseph w. Folk, Of ST.
Louis, recently made famous by his sue
cessful prosecutions of '.grafters," to
deliver the Grafton at the commence
ment at Harvard university next June
Kansas school teachers are at pre-
MUM, especially in the rural districts
and reports say that similar conditions
exist In Missouri. Good positions, with
good salaries attached. have gone a-beg-
ging. One fair teacher near Emporia
suddenly quit work and a notice posted
on the school house door told her erst-
while pupils that she had gone to husl
corn. A man has succeeded her.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-02-04
MUNICIPALITIES.

DR.. ]. Wilson Swan, the inventor o.
the incandescent electric light, has just
entered his seventy-sixth year. 1t Il
nearly a generation ago since DR.. Swan
first publicly exhibited the electric light
which has now become universal
In all the big crowds who attend the
opening of congress none among the
visitors was more proud than Mrs. Mary
Kumler lands, of Kokomo, Ind, who
from a seat in the members gallery
looked down and saw her two sons
Frederick II. and Charles b.. take their
seats among the nations legislators.
Mrs. Lands is 20 years old and she en-
joyed to the full an opportunity given
TO but few American mothers.
Judge Kinkade, of Toledo, in COM
menting on divorce case Of which he
had heard the details, recommended the
purchase Of public spanking machine.
He said he would have had it used on
the parties in the presence of their little
daughter. who had been Obliged to wit
ness the proceedings in the case of her
parents, Lulu and Orc Fairehild. He
said that about all that was needed in
many divorce cases was good spank
ng.
A deal of confusion exists as to the
proper way to pronounce the name
Goelet Even in New York one may
hear "Go-let." "Goo-lay," "Go-lay,"
"Jo-lay" and other attempts. BY affect
ng combination of the two words
ego" and let, with the accent on the
latter, the proper pronunciation may be
attained. The founder of the American
family was Huguenot refugee, who
came to the new world in 1910. He
spelled his name "Goelette."
In his milder moments Senator Pet
tus. of Alabama, occasionally swears by
gravy" but he warn everybody to avoid
eating gravy with meat. Quoth the old
gentleman: Young man. observe me.
The congressional directory says am SO,
Maybe | am. but II so it is due in good
to the fact that | hardly ever
touch gravy, which is shortening the
life of our race, just as many other
French denominations are doing But
senator" urged his youthful auditor.
maybe your regular habits Of life-no
ate hours and that sort Of thing-have
Iided you in reaching such a ripe old
age" With contemptuous snort, the
lged Alabama statesman said: my
habits have always been like verb
regular, irregular and defective"
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-02-04
FRILLS OF FASHION.

Garnets are again in favor
Moleslkin is supreme among furs.
Ash gray is leader among light col
ors.
Applications of moleskin appear on
collars Of cluny lace.
Siberian blue. a medium tint, is one
Of fashions favorites
Drawnwork medallions figure on all
kinds Of wash neckwear
The renaissance pattern is conspicu-
GUS in the new passementeries.
Mink is to be employed as a border
for evening dresses Of chiffon.
High class milliners are using soft
crushed leather belts as hat bands.
Four hatpins are required to securely
anchor the modish types of headgear.
Peacock feathers are mounted on
brooches, hatpins, buckles and charms.
The newest handbags are fashioned
from patent leather in variety Of col
ors.
Embossed velvets in medium and
small designs are again coming into
favor.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-02-04
GOSSIP OF GOTHAM.

Half OF all the street railway trackage
now operated by horsepower is in New
York city.
The value of land on Manhattan island
has increased considerably in the last
five years, and the cost of building has
also increased.
The present plan for increase of the
metropolitan water supply provides for
an expenditure of about $50 900 600 for
bringing to New York 200 900 900 gall
Ions daily from the Wappingers creek
and Esopus regions.
Ii is believed that Seth Lows term of
office as mayor of New York has cost
somewhere in the neighborhood of
$4,000. He provided out of his pocket
entertainment for numerous distin
guished guests, including Prince Henry
of Prussia, and in order to be near the
city In summer he rented an expensive
place at Rye. The salary is $4,000 per
year.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-02-04
CAUTION /,

This is not gentle workout when you
think how liable you are not to purchase
the only remedy universally known and a
remedy that has had the largest sale of
any medicine in the world since 1868 for
the cure and treatment of Conservation
and Throat and Lung troubles without
losing its great popularity all these years,
you will be thankful we called your at
tention to Boschee's German Syrup.
There are so many ordinary cough reme-
dies made by druggists and Others that are
cheap and good for light colds perhaps,
but for severe Coughs, Bronchitis, Group
and especially for Consumption, where
there is difficult expectoration and cough
ing during the nights and mornings-there
is nothing like German Syrup. The 25-
cent size has just been Introduced this
year Regular size rs cents. Drew &
Leonard, Druggists.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-02-04
DR.. GIFFORD's SANTTARIUM, RANDoLPH,FT

For the Treatment of Special Atr
to Scientific Administration of Massage Electricity and
Finsen Light Treatment.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-02-04
MUNICIPAL MATTERS.

Holton. Mo, with population Of $500,
has II churches.
or the population of Buffalo one-third
are German; in Boston one-twentieth.
Assessors place the total worth Of
property at Atlantic City at 10000. 900.
Cincinnati has the tallest concrete
building in the world II has IS stories.
Thirty-six young men living in Ply
mouth, Pa, refused to vote at the re-
cent election because candidates for
county Offices declined to purchase ball
tickets or provide funds for supper in
cident to the dance The strikers have
formed permanent organization, with
constitution and bylaws. One OF these
provides that no candidate shall re-
eeive support unless he contributes GER
tain amount to the club funds.
The British commissioners who came
over here TO study city government in
the United States took home with them
number of American ideas which they
will endeayor to have adopted in their
own country. They were not favorably
impressed with the police regulation OF
traffic in some of the eastern cities. I'm
London, says one ofthe commissioner
a policeman holds up his hand and then
traffic stops. In New York policeman
holds up his hand and then-jumps out
Of the way to avoid being run down"
Oliver Jenkins, a resident of Cleve-
land, thinks he has solved the crowded
car problem and asked the local street
railway to make thorough test of his
improved vehicle. Jenkins has worked
on the theory that one person sitting
occupies as much floor space as three
persons standing The main feature of
his invention is the side walls rising per-
pendieularly from the floor instead of
cut under the seats. Jenkins claims this
viii make room for 300 persons in his
car. He would add four rows of straps
for passengers.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-02-04
COLOR LORE.

The gala tint OF the Turk is green.
To the Chinese yellow betokens roy
atty.
Consistency and steadfastness are signi-
fled by blue.
Orange of the tint Of the sunset is said
to be the color of hope
In ancient times the Egyptians con-
sidered red symbol of fidelity.
White is taken as a symbol of purity,
faith and chastity the world over.
In its varying shades rose color is
said to betoken the highest wisdom.
Black and indigo signify sorrow, the
mournful to the Persians; hence our
mourning
Syrian purple, which is crimson with
a shade of blue in it, is almost universal
" regarded as rovaL
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1904-02-04

bring new life and activity, remove
the pain and cure the cause, from
common backache to dangerous dia-
betes.