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Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
PROPOSALS
For Furnishing aad Laying Water
Main.

Bids will be received by tho Board o
Water Commissioners of Perth Amboy
N. j., until $50 P. NJ, April ~, 1904, al
The office Of the said Board in the City
Hall, at which time bids will DO opened,
for furnishing and laying 1l04 feet oil ~.
inch pipe, $3.50 feet of Pinch pipe, 54t
feet of 1O-inch pipe, together with the
necessary valves and specials.
Certified check ffr $4,000 payable to
the order OF the City Treasurer of the
City of Perth Amboy shall accompany
each bid.
Sixty working days will be allowed fol
the completion of the work.
The Board of Water Commissioners
reserve the right tie reject any or all bids
as may best serve the interests of the
City of Perth Amhoy.
BY order of the Board of Water Com
M ssioners. ADAM ECKERT, Clerk
10000 t6- 2taw-t4-27
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
Testing Engines bv Piano.

Pointing to a piano that was stand
ing in the locomotive %roundhouse of the
Missouri Pacific railroad near Kansas
City, al English visitor remarked: "Ah,
l see your road supplies you with mrl-
steal instruments" Guess not" re-
piled the foreman. THAT piano is for
testing engines" The E%nglishman
thought it a joke. but when a uniformed
pianist struck q note which harmonized
with the noise of vibration in each part
of the locomotive as it was tested, he
understood that there could be no
flaws or cracks in the engine. He was
informed that if the noise of the loco
motive made u discord with the musical
note, the locomotive would be thus
proved defective. The method has been
discovered to be more accurate than the
old way of hammering each part
Worlds Work.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
Special Trains to California. $50 Round
Trip.

Special personally conducted trains
hrough to San Francisco and Los
Angeles via the Chicago, Union
Pacific & North Western Line, leave
Chicago and various points east,
April 26th and 9th. Stop-overs at
Denver. Colorado Springs and Salt
Lake City. Side trips at q minimum
OF expense. $50 round trip from Chi
cage; correspondingly low rates from
all points. No extra charge for travel
4 on special trains. Tickets are also
good on The Overland Limited. solid
through oaily train, less than three
days at the coast, over the only
double track railway between Chicago
and the Missouri river. and via the
direct trans-continental route. Two
trains daily. Choice of routes return
ing. Write for itineraries OIL special
trains and other detailed information,
to W. A. Cox, col Chestnut street,
Philadelphia, Pa.
5G75-4-16-5-1
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
OLD CATTLE BOAT.
John H.. Gregory has purchased an old
cattle boat In New York and it was
brought here Saturday afternooa. 41as
FRENCH PANAMA Cc.iNDAL.
The Big Scheme of De Lesseps
Which Came to Such a Dis
astrous End.
S a narrow

The isthmus of Panama is a narrow
strip of land, scarcely u mile "->1 n
its narrowest point; but the csali, or
ing to the character OF the lana, "odit
have d total length of about 40 miles
writes George Ethelbert Walsh, i'll
Cutting a Hemisphere in Two" in ST
Nicholas. To cut a ship canal of this
length, the early French company esti'
mated, would cost $40, 100000 francs
which later was reduced by De Lcsseps
10 600 900 900 francs, or about $120, 900,
000 of our money. This huge cost did
not deter the people OF France from
buying the bonds and stocks of tbs
Panama Canal company, and the
money was soon raised. The genius oil
the company vas the man who had
constructed the Suez canal, and his
presence at the head of the. undertake
ing was sufficient to give faith and con
Gde1ce to all. De Lesseps himself was
so confident Of his success that he ex-
tended invitations to prominent men
all over the world 70 attend the open
ing of the canal in 1883.
The first shipment of machinery and
workmen arrived in Colon ON February
81, 1881, and almost Immediately began
one of the most dramatic stories d
modern times. Fraud, incompetency
mismanagement and lack of knowledge
of The grave conditions that confronted
the contractors on the isthmus com
bined to delay the work, and in time
to wreck the company. The inside his
tory of the story may never be mad,
perfectly plain to the world. Millions
of dollars worth of machinery tina
was never used was shipped to tn,
isthmus, and even to-day much OF 1t il
rotting and rusting there in the trop.
ical climate. The whole length of the
proposed canal is marked by thest
monuments to mans mismanagement
and greed. Extensive camps and hos.
pitfalls were built on the route of tht
canal, and thousands of workmen wery
sent down, only to die in the fever.
ridden climate or to return home dis
gusted.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
Personally Conducted Tour.

The New Jersey Central, which is
the initial road for the tour of the
Now Jersey Methodists to the Gener-
al Methodist Conference at Los
Angeles. California, has a most elabo-
rate itinerary MAPPED out, including a
visit to Washington, Chicago, ST.
Louis, Grand Canyon, Los Angeles,
San Francisco, Salt Lake, Pixies
Peak, Niagara Falls, and other of the
principal cities. The tour will be
under the direct personal supervision
of the Rev. O. L. Mead, of Hoboken,
and for a tour of the continent at a
moderate price this will be the most
comprehensive ever attempted. The
trip will be made by special train in
Pullman sleepers, and every convent
ence and comfort will be afforded the
tt urist.
The New Jersey Central has ar
ranged u very elaborate illustrated It.
inerary, which can be obtained of the
Rev. DR.. Mead, Hoboken, N. j., or
of @. M. Burt, @. p. A.. New Jersey
Central, New York, or from Ira e.
Whyte. D. P. A., Asbury Park, N. J.
416.5t. Q. cd.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
The Decimal System.

In arithmetic everything goes by tens.
Sociologists trace the human liking for
that number t. the ''pentadigitate' or
1ve-fingered' limb, which is a character
istic feature of the entire vertebrate fam
lily. A frog would plump for the deeimal
system for just the reasons that impel
human beings. Even a horse, which
now has only one finger and toe on each
foot, has hints in his anatomy which
show that his ancestors had the penta-
digitate arrangement. Biologists are
much interested to consider how the
number evolved was five. Why not four
fingers or six or more? Somehow, more
than five would appear to be rather
more than one brain could give inde-
pendent attention to, while five are more
useful than four.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18

inserting of a thin mesh lnce. Pale
blue and white cup lace would be very
smart. The sleeves have gathering
down the arm seam. which makes n
treat. deal Of fullness Mt the elbow.
The cuffs are high al d made Of rows
of gathering and trimmed with the
inserting. A pretty addition would
be to ornament the plain part of the
yoke with handwork. A little vine.
clusters Of m%argueritts or French
knots would look we'll.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
COURIER co. INCORPORATED.
Officers of t1e New Company 10 Publish
the Union Courier.

Articles of incorporation Of The
UuioA Courier Publishing Company,
which, as has been told in the News,
will publish q newspaper called
|"The Union Courier" in this city.
The capital stock is So, 600, with
ISL, o00,, p id in.
The lncorporators are: Emil A.
Frey, president, 5 shares: Isaac Is.
Esberg, 5 shares; Victor P. Christof'
ferson, secretary, 4S0 shares; b.
Frank Henry, treasurer, 5 shares
Harold B. CLARK, Woodbridge,
shares.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
Poisonrng tle Rnbbits.

An interesting implement for use in
the perpetual warfare which the Aus
the swarms of rabbits which infest that
country has lately been experimental
with at Victoria. 1t consists of a cylinder
filled with a poisonous liquid, with afoot-
plate attached to it, which is placed in
any thickly infested spot. AS soon as a
rabbit presses the plate it opens a valve
which sprinkles the animal with some of
the poison. The rabbit then ticks the
poison off it's fur, and the farmer is re-
lieved of one more of his pests.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
LOCAL ITEMS.

Mr.. and Mrs. Leonard Giimley
moved today from Smith street tC
Brighton av enue.
Frank Costello has resigned his
position with the Lehigh Valley rail.
road as clerk in the main office, in
this city. to enter the employ of the
First National Bank as clerk.
Miss Blanche Mason attended the
Junior Dance aU Rutgers College, New
Brunswick, Friday night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
And It Did Too.

At a certain railway station a young
dandy was amusing himself trying all
,he penny-in-the-slot machines. At last
hs came to enc that did not respond to
the copper.
'Lcok herei" he said to a porter,
zone machine is to try you strength
and another to try your weight; SO
I've put q penny in that blooming
ib;ng and I can't see what it's for"
That, governor" replied the porter,
is to try your temper."-Tit-Bits
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
RAILWAY BUILDING IN CHINA
Some of the Difficulties with Natives
That Beset Purchasers of
Rights of Way.

It is the custom of the Chinese to
bury their dead wherever a geomancer
Indicates a lucky" place, and that
place Immediately becomes sacred. In
a land which has been so densely popu-
lated for thousands of years. graves
are, therefore, not oaly innumerable,
but omnipresent. In my travels in
China, writes Arthur Judson Brown,
in the American Monthly Review Of Re-
views, was hardly ever out of sight
of these conical mounds of the dead,
and, as a rule, l could count hundreds
of them from my shendza Oitter). In
such circumstances, no degree of care
can avoid the irritation caused by rail-
way construction. The following illus
tration of which l wrote at the time,
is worth repeating 6 a characteristic
instance of this.
In building the line from Tsingtau
to Kiochau, a distance of as miles, the
Germans, as far as practicable, ran
around the places most thickly covered
with graves. But in spite of this, no
less than 1900 graves had to be re-
moved. 1t was impossible to settle
with the individual owners. as it was
difficult in many cases to ascertain
who they were, most of the graves be-
ing unmarked, and some of the fam
lilies concerned having died out or
moved away. Moreover, the oriental
has no idea of time. and dearly loves
to haggle, especially with a foreigner,
whom he feels no compunction| in
swindling. So the railway company
made its negotiations with the Neal
magistrates, showing them the routes,
indicating the graves that were in the
way, and paying them an average of
three dollars (Mexican) for removing
each grave. they to find and settle with
the owners. This was believed to be
fair. for three dollars is a large sum
where the coin in common circulation
is the copper "cash," so small in value
that 1,600 of them equal a gold dollar,
and where a few dozen cash will buy
a days food for an adult. But while
some of the Chinese were glad to ac-
eept this arrangement, ethers were
not. They wanted more, or they had
special affection for the dead, or that
particular spot had been carefully Sc
lected because it was favored by the
spirits. Besides, the magistrates
doubtless kept a part of the price as
their share.
In these circumstances, we should not
be surprised that some of the most
furiously anti-foreign feeling in China
was in the villages. along the line of
that railroad. Why should the hated
foreigner force his line through their
country, when the people did not want
it? OF course, it would save time,
but, as an official naively said: 1--WE
are lot in a hurry" So the villagers
vatch the construction with ill-con-
tealed anger, and to-day that railroad,
us well as most other RAILROADS in North
China, can only be kept open by de-
tachments of foreign soldiers at all
the important stations. l saw them at
Utmost every stop-German soldiers
from Tsingtau to Kioachau, British
from Tongku to Picking, French from
Picking to Poating-fu, etc.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
Russian Naval Acr,ons.

Russia can point to only two &c.
casions in modern history when her
ships were in action. One was the de-
struction of the Turkish squadron az
Sinope, when the number of vessels
vas equal, though the latter were
greatly inferior in size and armament.
The other occasion was in the Crimean
war, when the Black sea fleet did Rus
STA excellent service, but hardly of the
kind usually demanded of the ships OF
an imperial navy, when she sank her
finest ships like coal barges to block
the entrance to Sebastopol.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
A Giant Fir Tree.

A fir tree was cut in Oregon recently
which made nine saw logs averaging ii
feet in length, scaling 21, 4S3 feet board
measure, and the lumbermen quit cut
ting off saw logs when their diameter
reached less than 40 inches. The product
OF this one tree, when it reaches the con
sumner in the central west, will bring
over 81, 1000.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
Male and Female Packing.

Wife--I am just dying to G the
things you bought while you were
away.
Husband-Eh? 1 didn't buy any.
thing.
But you had only one trunk when
you left, and you have come back with
two"
"Oh! Yes, you packed my trunk for
me, you know. When l came to start
back, | had to borrow another trunk to
get all the stuff in. IN. Y. Weekly.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
Heated bv Electricity.

A bakers oven heated by electricity IL
a novelty at Montauban, France. The
heating Notwithstanding 20-are
placed at the vide of the interior, and
heat is quickly applied and cut off at
once, with a considerable saving in time.
No heat is lost up the chimney, as the
only opening is the door through which
the bread is passed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
TO BE MADE IN BLUE CREPE
DE CHINE.

A pretty blouse to be made in pale
blue crepe de chine vas requested
The above design is a now model that
promises to be very popular. All the
very soft fabrics are made up very
full, the principal trimming being
gathering. In this blouse the gather
ing is put in in half circles. Above
this is a shaped yoke edged with side
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
Good General R,,la

A good general rule always to remem-
Der in the use Of gelatines is to soften
the gelatine in cold water, then to dis
solve in boiling water. Neglect Of either
part OF the process will cause trouble in
making ~iellies.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
Valuable.

Gee whiz!" exclaimed the first tramp
81 wish | wuz as rich as I look"
what yer talkin' about?" demanded
his pal.
Oats straight talk. A Teller down
de road jist told me l looked like 80
cen s."-rhiiadelphia Ledger.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
The Monroe Doctrine.

At a recent examination of young
men in England, three of the answers
to the question. What is the Monroe
d~octrine?" were: THE religion OF
America taught by DIR. Monroe ON the
TRANSPORTATION of souls" saThe doc
trine hal people may be married sew
eral times" .One that has to do with
vaccination and smallpox: it was
brought out by Prof. Nonrcas
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
WHISTLE WAS CAUGHT.
Many Persons Thought There was an Ac-
cident at Central Station.

The whistle on the engine drswing tie
train at the Central station at 8 45 o'clock
Saturday night became eau ght while the
train WAS here and continued to blow
for five minutes Many. persons thought
there was an accident and ran to the sta
ton to learn of the trouble.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
NOTICE,

Notice is hereby given that the annual
meeting of the stockholders Of the Peril
Amboy Gas Light Company for the cleo
ton OF directors aud the transaction oI
such other business as may properly
come before the meeting will be held il
the Office Of the company, las Smith
street, Perth Amboy, N. j., Monday
May 2, 1904, at 2 o'clock p. IN.
A. +. RElTEMEYER, Secretary
5820-4 10 TO 90
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
ORDERED OUT OF TOWN.

A raid was made Saturday night On a
.disorderly house in lower Broad street, by
Chief of Police 2. j. Burke, Detective-J.
A. Huff and Patrolman J. E. Norris.
The women who Z III from New
York were ordered TO get out of town and
thu Y left at 10 90 o'clock last night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
MISS CROSBY COMING AGAIN.

Miss Fannie Crosby, the blind hymn
writer, will appear: in the First Prtsby-
terrain Church on Wednesday evening.
The other churches have been invited
and they will suspend their prayer meet
inRs. That In the First Baptist Church
will be held Thursday night.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
AMBOY & WOODBRIDGE
RAILROAD CO..

The annual meeting of the Stockholders
will be held at office of Company, q
Exchange Place, MONDAY, May 9th,
1904, at 10 o'clock noon, al which meet
ing an election wilt be held for nine
Directors to serve for ensuing year.
J. S. VANZANDT, Secretary.
$500 4-1S-25-5-2-7
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
Anticipate Your Faiunas,

Anticipate your own faults and weak
nesses. Ii you are about to make an UNI
dertaking, think carefully where your
own failings will be likely to trip YOU
up, and plan some little scheme to con-
quer them.-Farmers' Voice.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
ALL ARE BUSY.
Much Work Ahead at the RaritaB Cop1 sr
Works.

Everything at the Raritan Copp r
Worl $ Is now on a rush and this morn
ing a number of new hands Were put to
work. 1t is expected that the work will
last all summer
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
Mr.. HOWE TOMORROW.

willard d. Howe, the ~well-known In
%personator will appear in the Presby terian
CHAPEL tomorrow night. The entertain
ment Is under the auspices Of the Young
Peoplu's Society Of Christian Eadeavor.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
NOTICE.
Cortlandt Street Tagging,

C0rtlanuL obfecU flagSlug.
BE it resolved, that the Street Com
missioner be directed to notify the nrop
erty owners along the line Of Cortland
street, from the s0utherly terminus tt
tho lands of She Lehigh Valley Railroad
Company to Easton street, to have theii
sidewalks tagged OIL both sides of sale
street, from its southerly terminus tc
Easton street, within sixty days from
the adoption and publication of this re
solution and upon their neglect or fail
ure so to do thai this Council shall caus
the work to be done for each owner and
charged up to the several propcrtie S
along the line of said Improvement.
Adopted April a, 1894,
Approved April ~, 1904
CHAb. X. SEAM AN,
Mayor.
Attest:
JOHN F. RIELLEY,
City Clerk.
500s 4s1s At. ct e. W.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
RAS BLOOD POISONING.

Charles Witt, of Oak treet, an en-
ploye of the Raritan Copper Works, is
confined to his home with blood
poison, the result of an accident.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
The Promoter.

There's millions in it. All l need is
capital"
That's what you said about your
last scheme. l dropped a thousand
that time"
well, can't you give a man a chance
to square himself?"-Chicago Ameri-
can.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
More Important.

Mrs. Houskeep-Why did you leave
your last place?
Pretty Maid-The master kissed me.
Mrs. Houskeep-And your mistress
found it out?
Pretty Maid-No, but me STEADY
company did. and he made me quit
Philadelphia Press.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
WAS FINED $40.

Frank Solwak was fined $40 in police
court this morning on a drunk and dis
orderly charge, preferred by John Jake,
of III New Brunswick ave
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
MANY WERE THERE.
Court George 3. Mcclellan Held
Dance in Nelson's Casino.

Court George Mcclellan, F. Of a, held
a dance and supper at Nelson's Casino IN
Woodbridge Road S tturday night. 1t
was we'll attended aud all hal fine
time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
Envious.

Stubb-Why does the chauffeur Of
that terrible racing machine look SO
downhearted?
Penn-Some one told him there are
stars that travel at the rate of a thou
sand miles a minute.-Chicago Daily
News
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18
DISTRICT U CASES.
six Cases Were Called Judgment for l.
F. Williams.

In the district court this morning, six
cases we-a called. A Judgment for $40. As
was rendered g inst Antonio Cerbc, In
favor of the /. =. Williams Comp my.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-18

Classified ads. on page q.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1904-08-08
WAR ON ALL PRIVATE CARS.
Railroad Authority Says Lines Are at
Mercy of Such Equipment.

1t now looks as if the reign of the
private car was approaching an end.
The interstate commerce commission
is conducting an elaborate 1nveSt1ga-
ton as to the conduct of this class or
cars which is likely to be product1Ve
of much benefit to the railroads. 1t
is not too much to say that the rail-
roads, particularly in the west, nave
been practically at the mercy OF the
refrigerator car owners for many
years. So far as the rates on com
modities handled by these corporations
are concerned, the railroads are prac-
tically without voice.
No better illustration can be fur-
nished than the existing condition in
connection with the transportation of
dressed meats. The owners of the live
stock private equipments once mad
their day, but happily the railroads
were able to escape from their exac-
lions. The conditions attending refrig-
orator traffic, however, are so peculiar
as to make it impossible Tor the raii-
roads to apply the necessary remedy
and it is fortunate that federal au-
thority has stepped in to bring about
a reform.
The evils attending this traffic have
been fully set forth in our columns
in the several letters written by W. j.
Midgely, who has given much time to
the investigation of this subject and
has shown the commission fruitful
field of inquiry. That the owners of
this equipment will surrender without
a vigorous fight is not to be antici-
pated, for it is not alone the profits
accruing from the cars that consti-
tute the advantage of such ownership,
nor is it even the influence which
such owners can exercise upon rates
that makes the scheme attractive.
To put the packers upon the same
footing as all other shippers would go
far toward making it possible for the
railroads to break up the packers con-
troll of the stock market, which for
some years has been the most serious
menace to the prosperity of that par
ticular industry. The control of the
transportation facilities and the infiu-
ence exercised thereby largely deter
mine the price of live stock on the
one hand and the product on the
other. 1t would be well for the inter
state commerce commission to broad
en- its inquiries and take in every phase
of this most important question:
Railway Age.