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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-15
NOTES OF THE STAGE.
Song Recital by Miss Marie Tempest-Mem-
ories Of a Sprightlv Mob Scene Revived.

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mar Sow las rr~n la~-aT-- r-4ra--frIa FOR the
recital THO -1l rflra fq nov zot lrrarEr-
nst ID Win doubtless boz largely composed az songs
Of "A similar raTrrra 20 ."r.#r Ta=ea Miss Eliza
ratr Af----rv fe managing f 4rr.r and ar' arurI-
cations f-~ -fel.ra sfr-IF 10 a. addressed 90 her.
whose gr1 raEs rr nj eel 10 Do rar~UresSDs y
rra r...t+a1 Include Mrs. John D. Aston Mrs Will
lam Ian MIS- n W NauEc~frr Mrs James +. n.
T.sl.,a~ MIS- j Borden Hartman Mrs. Thomas
Hastings Mrs Victor Sorehar. Mrs - r. Win
-f-0r r. Airs A. I4eS JsrHc17 and Mrs. Walter
DawrasoE.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-15

How sny o-~ could Is not difficult - under
stand WHY any one should. but anyway. sor0A
ore Ias. The proof is como in tho last mail =
sermons are 20 Pc found ga stones. Thv not lyrics
81 shaw, is evidently the query ~ ths correspond
emf. who asks q by TITO medium % his verses.
Certain 81 IS that be- has seen ar Days rroGgr-
tiou 90 The Man 90 Destiny and been deeply
impressed h- the ending = % is not "a No. at alb
hur the opposite. and was one ~ the audience at
the EirderFarten Assgr.ltt0u benefit tho other
afternoon serious wrong has been done ~ least
ono member % that audience. The writer ~ these
verses ar least. evidently uuEer-r.uE H.r. ar.
TITO verses
II Cssnr's wife Csssr ferrr
THE lady ar-he1 her r-1vn.
wonder 8
Above suspicion now
AN CapH- bent h's hoy.
fTFe greatest - under
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And low replied. ct wonder
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-15

OUTGOING STEAMERS.

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The Washburn leader., 1904-10-29

that reason is indispensable. This
completes brief description of the
first floor, except a narrow hall,
running at right angles from the
north end of the main hall to the
back door. The second story is
divided into a court room, 22x33 #.
lighted by a large triple window at
each end: and large spacious hall
a jury room 12x12, and a judges
chamber l2x12.
If space would permit, we would
enter into a more detailed descrip-
tion of the building and its fine
finish, but for the present we invite
everybody to come and inspect for
themselves, and we feel confident
that they will be unanimously of
the opinion that it is perfect in
every respect, equal to all the wants
of the county for several years,
cheap for the money, a credit to the
engaged in its construc-
tion, an ornament to the county,
and a public building to which our
citizens can point with pride and
say "That is our court house."
The Washburn leader., 1904-10-29

Mr.. ED1ToR:-Being one of the
old residents of Mclean county, I
would like. to say a few words in
your paper in regard to the past
and present. I was in the county
long before it was organized, and
camped on the present townsite of
Washburn long before it was ever
thought of as a townsite. I have
no interest in the townsite, and
therefore feel perfectly free to ex-
press my opinion in regard to the
county seat question. I will say,
to begin with, that I favor Wash
burn for various reasons. The first
is that the proprietors are the most
liberal townsite men in the country
and have done mora for the devel-
opmentof the county than anyother
person in it. By their energy, they
have given us a good mill, and laid
the foundation of a good town and
market for our produce. The nat
ural location of the town is such as
to make it desirable for manufacto-
ries, and a good shipping point.
When the elevator is built, it will
furnish the only convenient place
for the sale of wheat and the pur-
chase of supplies. When we are
doing that, we can transact our
county business without any fur
ther expense or inconvenience.
Therefore, [ announce myself in
favor of Washburn as the county
eat.-WAsHBURN TIMES, October
Sd, 1884.
The Washburn leader., 1904-10-29
A COMMUNICATION.

EDITOR T1MEs:-Permit me a
small space in your valuable paper
valuable, I say, because it informs
the inhabitants of Mclean county
of the business of the county and
all other business that interests the
people. Mr.. Editor, I think that
the proprietors of The TIMES de-
serge great praise from the people
of the county for going to, such
trouble and pains in getting up such
a paper as The TINES, to inform
the people of the times that are to
come.
Now, Mr.. Editor, I find through
the columns of your paper and
from private sources that there is
or has been of late, a contention
arising among some of the residents
of Mclean county as touching the
county seat, where it should be.
Or, if we were allowed the express
sion, kicking like a mule, which an
imal we all know is very treacher-
ous in his way. Well, a mule is o
mule, if they have only the ears.
They kick at everything and every
body if they have not their own
way. But I. for one, believe that
all the sensible people of Mclean
county will look well to their own
interests and keep the county seat
where it is, and where it belongs,
and keep down heavy taxes for a
few years to come. The people at
this time are not able to pay heavy
taxes, which is certain to come. if
there is any change made. It is a
shame for such mules to keep up
such kicking, although they are
not very dangerous at present, if
they are large. If such things are
allowed by the people, it is a sealed
fact that immigration must cease,
for people will not come into a
country where taxation is high. If
the county seat is changed to the
town of Weller, it follows that there
must be a place secured to build
public buildings on, and the people
win have to pay dearly for them.
The Washburn leader., 1904-10-29
THE $500" EXTENSION.

Engineer and Right--of--Way
Agent George M. Huss of the 500
Line, with headquarters at Birch
Wood, Wis. passed through town
east-bound on Tuesdays train, be-
ing enroute to Minneapolis to make
his final report to the head 500
officials in connection with his in
vestigation of the Underwood ex-
tension of the 500 and of the coun-
try tributary to that line. Engi-
neer Huss has spent several weeks
in the Stevenson country and re-
turns we'll armed with information
for his employees. A year ago the
Bismarck, Washburn & Great Falls
people run a survey some 27 miles
northwest from Underwood and
this survey was gone over by En-
gineer Huss in company with Chief
Engineer Whitman of the late
Washburn company, and Engineer
Huss reports that this line of sur
vey was found feasible and that
his company would probably vary
but little from this in their exten-
sion next spring. He also exam
ined some of the Missouri river
crossings and found one that i'm
pressed him very favorable, and
was Of the opinion that that one
would probably be accepted by his,
company in crossing the river for
its Pacific coast line. Engineer
Huss is favorable impressed with
the Stevenson country and says
that it is sufficiently settled so that
there will be traffic enough tomake
the road paying from the start.
The Minot cutoff was also exam.
ined into and will be reported on
also.
In railroad circles it is accepted
as a fact that the $500" has de-
cided on the Underwood extension
and also that the Northern Pa.
cific will build its Denhof branch
west to the river, work on both ex-
tensions commencing as soon as
the weather will permit next spring.
From the fact that material is be-
ing moved and unloaded at Under
wood as rapidly as cars can be
spared for that purpose, it is evl-
dent that the $500" means busi-
ness and that the homestead coun-
try north and northwest Of Coal
Harbor will be afforded good rail-
road facilities. The country is
well settled and a considerable
acreage already under cultivation
and settle by thrifty people. The
land is fertile and a greater part of
it susceptible to cultivation and
with railroad accommodations this
part of Mclean county will make
rapid advancements in the next
few years. The building of the
Northern Pacific west from Den
hof will also give railroad accom-
modations to great country and
a large number Of people who are
now at q disadvantage on account
Of the distance from railroad.
The Washburn leader., 1904-10-29
Let the voters of Mclean county

Let the voters of Mclean county
on the 4th day of November next,
cast their vote in the right direc-
ton, and that is for the countyseat
where it now is, and for the men
that have done the most for the
county, the men that have spent
their money and time freely in do
ing good for the county, and let the
mules kick all they like. They
cannot harm anyone only them
selves.-P. M. in WAsHBURN TIMES
October 81, 1884.
The Washburn leader., 1904-10-29
An Ornament to the County
tor the Next 30 Years-A
Fire Proof Vault-Suff1-
cient in Size,
From the WAsHBURN TIMES, October
31st, 1884.

Mclean county's court house is
fast nearing completion, and within
a few days the finishing touches of
ornamentation will have been given
It is one of the most complete
structures in the territory, for the
money. The work does credit to
the contractors, and will stand for
years as a monument of their skill
as mechanics. The building a. #.
long and "a #. wide, with projec-
ton of five feet on each side, 18 #.
wide. It is TWO stories high, eleven
feet each in the clear, with a hip
and valley roof, and a tower a #.
high. The front is ornamented
with nicely finished porch, giving
it a neat and tasty appearance. The
outside is painted French grey
color, with trimmings of a little
darker shade, The superstructure
is built upon a good, solid stone
foundation, and is of the latest
style of architecture. The interior
is divided into four rooms on the
first floor, besides halls, vaults and
stairways, and three rooms on the
second floor.
Asyou enter by the large folding
front doors, you find yourself in a
spacious hall, seven feet wide and
80 feet long. On the right is the
winding stairway leading to the
second story, and ons the left is q
small room, 79x94, calculated for
the sheriff's Office. As you pass
down the hall. the first door on the
right leads into what is intended
for the clerk Of the courts office.
It is a room 123x15a, lighted by
three large two light windows, one
looking south, and the other look
ing east. Further down the hall.
and to the ell, you will find the
Office of the register of deeds and
county clerk. This room is a little
larger than the other, being l2ax
IL feet. It is also lighted by three
large two light windows, the same
az in the clerk of courts Office. In
connection with this room lie a
double brick wall fire proof vault,
for the safe keeping Of the register
Of deeds and county clerks records
and books. At the end Of the hall
with the door facing the front en-
trance, is the treasurer's office, a
light and pleasant room, with win
dows facing north. In size it is
l3axl6a, and is also filled up with
a vault Of the same size and descrip.
ton as the one in connection with
the registers Office. This will rem
der the treasurer's books. papers
and vouchers safe from FIRE, and for
The Washburn leader., 1904-10-29

The proposition before the voters the County Seat
from Mashburn to miles II TINS @
necssae building of house and jail Do want
the county this expense this time? If be hand
election day and the county proposition Your ballot
the proposition will be substantially indicated below When you
your ballot will appear below:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-03-12

STORE TO LET on State street, size
24x65, good dry cellar, big show
windows, electric and gas. Enquire
Jacob Goldberger, State and Washing
tons SITS. 5271 -3-8-5t.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-03-12
Animals Become Insane.

Insanity In the human subject is sup
posed by some to have no analogue in
the lower animals. Yet many cases, ac-
cording to DR.. Sneilson, will lead to the
permanent loss of s~elf-control. Cattle
driven from the country through a
crowded town will often work them
selves into a frenzy. Horses have gone
mad on the battlefield. At Balaklava
an Arabian horse turned on its attend
ant, threw him down and, kneeling on
him, attacked him like an Infatuated
dog. An instance is related of a docile
horse suddenly going mad on a hot day.
Everything that came in its way it
seized in its teeth and shook 1t as a ter
rier does a rat. A scientist Of authority
even goes SO far as to prove by what APP
pears to be incontestable evidence that
cats. dogs and monkeys have been OBJ
served ID have decisions very similar to
those Of insane people,-Lond0n Globe.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-03-12
W@oopBRrDer
NEWS ITEMS.

Miss Mary A. Seaman spent Thurs
day night with Miss Katherine Rath
bun.
Mr.. William Holbrooke, who has
been staying in Woodbridge for some
time, has returned to his home in
Naples, N. Y.
Miss Katherine Ratilbun, of Rah-
way avenue, will spend several days
visiting relatives in New York.
Mrs. B. q. Edgar, of Sewaren, spent
Sunday with Mrs. J. B. Edgar, OF
Railway avenue.
Mrs. Rochel Brewster, of Green
street, issserlously ill at her home.
Mrs. John Pfeiner, of Maurer,
spent Monday with her mother, Mrs.
Seth Lock wood, of Edgar's Hill.
Mr. George st. John Rathbun is now
working with an insurance company
in New York.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-03-12
NEWS ITEMS.

Mrs. LeGrande Hamilton. of Main
street, has returned to Tottenville from
South Amboy.
Mrs. e. W. Ballentyne, of Staple
ton, is visiting her sister, Mrs. Nc
Uormack, OF Main street.
A. K. johnson is on the sick list.
Harold Powers, who is spending
the winter in New York, was in Tot
tenville, Thursday.
Harry Kreisher left T%ottenville yes.
terday for q trip to Philadelphia.
The Staten Islan nd clubs annual din
ner which will be held in the German
club rooms at Stapleton tonight, will
be attended by some of the promin.
emit people of Tottenville and Pleas
ant Plains Police. Commissioner
MoAdoo will make al address.
Some of the members of Bethel M
e. church attended the entertainment
in Simpson M. E. church, Perth Am
boy, Thursday night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-03-12
sFREAD PLEASANT DOORS.
Perfumed Lamps and Rings May Be
Used for Disinfection OF Rooms
and Cars.

The use of perfume as a disinfectant
Is we'll known, and the scented dandy"
has perhaps more h%ygienic wisdom than
his detractcrs give him credit for, says
the London Express. 1t is he who Is
trying to revive the use Of the perfumed
fountain ring. an article de luxe which
may either be used as an ornament or
as a means of a pleasant disinfectant
in stuffy underground trains or in In
salubrious districts.
The ring is an ordinary gold one fitted
with a ball at the back. II is flied by
pressing the ball nearly fiat, and dipping
the ring into a cup of scent, when the
elasticity Of the ball draws the perfume
into the interior till qu.te full. BY the
least pressure the wearer of the ring
can cause a jet of scent to shed its re-
freshing aroma any moment he pleases,
and he may thus act as a benefactor or
a nuisance to those in his vicinity.
The perfume lamp may also be used
as another pleasant method OF disin-
fecting a room. A ball of spongy plat
mum is placed over the center of the
wick, and is fixed in it's position by q
thin glass rod, which is inserted into
the wick. The lamp is then filled with
any scented spirit, and when lighted is
allowed to burn until the platinum gets
red hot. The flame is then blown out,
and a pleasant odor fills the atmosphere.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-03-12
THE GREAT HORNED OWL.
It Has Been Known to Kill a Large
Tom Cat in Pitched +
Battle.

The cruel and powerful great horned
owl is a bird of the eastern states, but
its brothers-the western horned owl.
Arctic horned owl and others-are found
in the west and north. 1t has been
known, says Woman's Home Compan-
ion, to kill a large tom cat in pitched
battle, and on one occasion, while / was
handling an owl of this species, 1t drove
its talons through two thick pairs Of
leather gloves, and deep into my hand.
| have seen one break the back OF a
squirrel at a single bite, and only last
January | learned of another, which
picked up and carried a full-grown
struggling grouse over a hill for a dis
lance of more than so yards before de-
vouring it. The great horned owl nests
very early in the year. sometimes even
in February, utilizing the deserted nest
of a hawk, crow or squirrel. 1t lays two
or three eggs, which. like the eggs of all
other owls, are white. Woeto the small
boy who ventures to take these eggs
or the downy white nestlings which
come out of them. I have known a man
to be nearly scalped by the parent birds
while trying to steal young horned owls.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-03-12
BEAT LONDON LANDLORDS.
Numerous Persons ka British MetrOp'
oils Never Pay Rent-Advnntnge
in Laws Delays.

Many people in London make a bust
ness of living rent free. 1T is almost
Incredible said the head of q large
firm of house agents to the London Elk
press representative the other day, "the
number of persons who never pay rent
from one years end to another.
Their method is, either b. bogus
references or by impressing a sense
of their bona fides on a house agent,
TO obtain the lease of a house, most
frequently over $50 a year in rent,
and when the landlord applies for his
rent to defy him. When he attempts
to eject them by legal process they
stay until the very last day the law
allows, and then clear out bag and
baggage, and start the same operations
elsewhere. AS they always furnish on
the hire system, distraint is of no sery-
ice to the landlord.
Their object of taking houses Of a
rental over ESQ is to get above the jur-
isdiction of the county court, which is
more summary in it's methods than the
high court"
To a smaller extent the delay in
volved in ejectment by county court
action is also taken advantage of by
exploiters of the laws delays, but these
methods are not so impudent as that
of jumping" a house, which is some
times adopted.
Not long ago a house owner. on look
ing through his morning paper, OBJ
served that a man who had beer
charged with assault was reported to
live at one of his houses, which he
had supposed to have been vacant for
IL months, On investigation he found
that it was occupied by a tenant, who
refused TO clear out.
The usual legal form had to be gone
through, and it was a month before the
landlord got repossession. Similar
cases have happened where the Jump
or" has gone the length of taking III
dodgers, or even of selling the house.
Landlords sometimes prefer to buy
a tenant out rather than invoke legal
process; and a quicker procedure for
election than the courts allow would
be welcomed by landlords and house
agents.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-03-12
WORK INCREASING.
BrIaht Prospects Of an Active Spring in
all Departments.

Work all over the Is'an is teginn-
ing to pick up and Don all who want
employment will be able to get it.
At the Atlantic Terra Gotta factory
they are very busy for many f. or.
ders have been recently received and
the company will probably o put
another force of men 10 work. AT
the TettenvilIe Copper Works they ex.
poet a very brisk spring and summer.
At the Brown and Ellis shipyards
there is plenty of work, while at the
s. s. White Dental Works many new
hands are being put to work in all
departments.
Work on the Acker bulkhead, at the
foot of Bentley street, is getting along
nicely.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-03-12
MERRY CROWD WENT TO
BROOKLYN FOR PARTY.
Called at the Home of the Misses
Emma and Rosa Beck Thurs
day Afternoon.

A number of people of Pleasant
Plains formed..a party Thursday after.
noon and went to Brooklyn, where
they were entertained at the home oil
Misses Emma and Rosa Beck. Those
in the party were Mr.. and Mrs. M. A.
Brown, Robert Eiselborn, John Suade,
Edward Vromme, Charles Bedell and
Harry Sharrott.
Daring the evening they played
euchre and Mrs. Brown won first
prize, a hand painted bon bon box.
Mr., Brown, second prize, q cigar case.
The third prize, a picture, went to
Edward Vromme, while the last prize,
a wall ornament, was awarded to Mr..
Eiselborn,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-03-12
coRINrHIAN CANAL AVOIDED
Waterway Cut -Four Miles Through
Solid Rock That Ships
seldom Use.

Speaking of canals" said an en-
gineer in Comfort, "a very interesting
canal and one not much heard of is
hat connecting the Gulf of Corinth
and the Gulf of Aegina in Greece. It's
some older than any we have in the
western hemisphere, also, for Per-
lander, tyrant of Corinth, proposed to
cut through the isthmus as long ago
as 600 years before Christ. Supersti-
ton stopped him, however. Julius
Caesar and Caligula took it up again
when Rome had hold of Greece, but
it was too much for them. Then came
Nero, and he went at it with vigor,
but the work stopped when he did.
Others kept pounding away at it for
the next several hundred years, but it
was not until 1881 that real work OF
the Nero energy was put upon it.
Then Gen. Turr, aid-de-camp to Victor
Emmanuel of Italy, organized a COM
pany and worked on till the money
gave out in 1890, the chief obstacle be-
ing some kind of a flint which dyna-
mite couldn't break.
About $I0,C00,0 QUO was spent up TO
1890, and then Mr.. Snygros took hold,
organized a new company with $685.
600 working capital, and finished the
job in 1893. 1t is only about four miles
long, but it is So feet wide at bot
tom, about 80 at water line, rs feet and
8 inches deep in water, and it is cut
nearly all the way through solid rock,
rising at some points for 269 feet
above the canal. 1t is like a canyon,
and ships do not take kindly to 1t,
the entrance being bad, a strong wind
blowing through it as through a great
air shaft, and there is at times o strong
reverse current. 1t Is an interesting
trip through the canal and it saves
1913 miles of very rough water and 20
hours of time; but so far shippers pre-
fer to go around the peninsula rather
than through the canal, though With
some changes which will be made 1t
is believed the canal will become OF
general use as soon as a few ships
begin 10 use 1t and remove the preju-
dice now existing against It,"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-03-12
SOUTH AMBOY
LENTES SERVICES

Rev. H. NJ. P. Pearse, Of Christ
church, in preaching a series of q SER
mons on the. Kingdom of Heaven
Thursday evenings. The sermons are
very interesting Tuesdays there are
sermons by special preachers from ont
OF town at Z. so. Fridays the children
are addressed of 4p. m. Next Tuesday
night Rev. Elliot White, rector of st.
james church, at Long Branch, will
preach. A full attendance is desired.
On Wednesdays there is HOLY Com
munion at 8 p. IN. and literary and
reading at 4 p. IN.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-03-12
ARRANGEMENTS FOR BALL.

The following committee has been
appointed to look after the affairs for
the third annual ball and reception OF
clifton Lodge No. 80, Brotherhood
of LOGON olive Firemen, which will
be held in the German club rooms, al
Stapleton, or Wednesday night
Frank Thompson, chairman, William
Allen, secretary, Abram DeWaters,
treasurer; Charles Farley, Frank
Munion, Luke Garris, William Wester.
yelt, Michael Condor and William
Eckert.