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Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-10-25
One Thousand Men Carried Protest.

One Thousand Men Carried Protest.
TOLEDO,.O %, Oct. 25-0ne,thousand
men marched upon the cityseouncil last
night to protest against the passage of
an ordinance granting n renewal of the
franchise of the Toledo Railways and
Light company for twenty-five years
upon n basis of six tickets for %
cents and universal transfers. The
ordinance is now pending, but was not
considered in council last night and is
ret in the hands of the; committee.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-10-25
Fish Not Wanted Here.

Chief Of Police Burke has given
orders to the patrolmen to drive out
of town any of the New York Italian
fish vendors, who Dome to this city,
n or more nearly every DAY, to
peddle fish. Their stock is old and
unfit for use he declares. One was
thus treated this. morning.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-10-25
Barge was Leaking.

The barge Bath, in tow of tug Cheek
towaga from this port for Boston, arrived
at Vineyard Haven yesterday leaking at
the rate of 1000 strokes per hour. She
left later for her destination.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-10-25
Released This Morning.

Butch Eagan, IA boiler-maker, was
arrested by Detective Huff shortly before
2 0 clock last night in a drunk aud dis
orderly charge. He was this morning
released.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-10-25
Bitten by Doc,

Thomas r. Young. of 331 Elizabeth ave-
nue., Elizabeth, this morning reported to
the local police that he was severely Bit
ten at Maurer by a large dog, belonging
to C. Brown, of Maurer, yesterday after
noon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-10-25
Money for Hospital.

The president of the Ladies Auxili-
airy of the Perth AmboY hospital do
sires to acknowledge the receipt of
$15 sent here by Miss H. A. Manning.
Situation Want ads.s printed free.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-10-25
JERSEY co.
GETSDESIREDF FRANCHISE
Continued from page ~

price for the road is $14, $50. 26, it be-
ing one and one-quarter miles long.
The contractors have completed all of
the road except about 600 feet under
the railroad tracks q South Amboy,
known as "the hole in the WALL"
There is only 10 sixteen foot opening
there, and as the contract calls for
q thirty -two-foot roud they cannot
build it.
The contractors claim that they
have done all Of the WORK that they
can do, and that it is not their fault
ii the county has not furnished them
with q proper width road to build.
They have delivered the stone on the
ground and stand ready within a year
to build the road If the county will
furnish the proper width.
sFlder FELTON, held that the
right to pay only ninety
f the price of the road
sanHllssnrssassA the whole road, as
nd not been com
w r35~ o..
: curtain said that with
the material ON the ground as it is,sit
would be a matter Of but 1856 or $40 to
build the road when the railroad
widens its overhead bridge to give
more room for the county road. He
said that it is up to South Amboy to
compel the railroad company tow'den
this. The board had granted the con-
tract for the road on the promise of
South Amboy that it would widen the
road there and South Amboy has not
lived up to its promise.
Freeholder Krneger sided with Mr..
FELTON, and SO did Mr.. Clinton.
Messrs. Cox and Welsh thought that
the contractor had done all that they
could do and that they ought to be
paid pointing III that 5000 will be
held back, and that this will be ample
to pay for the building of the 600 feet
of road.
If the road is not widened within q
year, however. it vas pointed out, the
contractors will get the balance of the
money due them and the county will
be paying for 600 feet of road never
built.
MI. Kroeger said, that he was op-
posed to granting any favor to Rue &c
Fountain because of their attitude to-
ward Perth Amboy in the water main
question. Mr.. Haney also expressed
himself in favor of holding the money
back If the contractors are going to
have absolute control of the road for
assyear and shut ont the water Tmains.
Solicitor Willis discussed the ques.
ton, in which he held that the mat-
ter Of finishing the road was a trivial
affair and that che member of the
board simply had to exercise a little
business discretion and treat the con
tractors as they would like to be
treated themselves in a business deal.
When a vote was taken Mr.. FELTON,
alone voted against holding up the
payment. This resolution does not
pay the bill, that coming up at the
November meeting.
On recommendation of the road
! committee the board agreed to pay
Gpntractor John 81. Hurley ninety.
9 per cent. of the contract price,
1925. 80, for the Sayreville road.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04
Peculiar Uses Of POSTAGE stamn..

The monks at the Hospital of st.
Jean de Dieu, at Client, have in their
leisure moments decorated the walls
with gorgeous landscapes, glowing
with color and life, entirely by means
OF postage stamps of all the nations
OF the world. Palaces, forests, streams
and mountains are represented, butter
flies fit about in the air, birds of
beautiful plumage perch on branches,
snakes and lizards glide about, and in
Vulnerable animals find places here.
end there. The pictures are most ar
tistic, in the style of Chinese land.
,seape gardening, and already between
nine and ten millions of stamps have
been used! !
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04
Dining in Darkness.

In France and Switzerland the lat
est vogue is to dine in the dark. Din.
ner begins as usual, but suddenly, to
the surprise of the guests. the light
goes out and all is left in darkness.
Nothing has gone wrong, and before
the guests have recovered from their
establishment the dining room doors
opens and shadowy forms steal in bear
ing a blazing mass of light. 1t is
the next course Illuminated. Silently
the figures come to your side, and in
a few moments on every ones plate
is, say, your fish, and delicately
shaded light by which to eat it, but
otherwise the room remains in com
plete darkness.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04
Just a Question Of Route.

Some time ago DR.. Colt, now bish-
OPP Of Truro, was travelling on the
underground railway In London. ac-
cording to the onlooker One of his
fellow passengers was religious man
CT the aggressive type, always anxious
for the souls of others, but wearing
nothing in the way of white tie to
make known the fact to the world at
large. Quoth the enthusiast, where
are you going TOT" DR.. Colt, with his
gentle manner, answered, "To Vic
toria," to which his companion replied,
I'm going to heaven, $50, hope,
am |, said the future bishop; "but
I'm going via Victoria
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04

there must be an open sea, else she
would have been beached elsewhere,
and the other that the current must
practically be continuous in a given
direction, that is, from Siberia toward
Greenland. tJ tGAg 1Gl 8 r
There have been hundreds of thou
sands of dollars spent on these dashes
for the pole and big sum is asked
for this unique scheme. Andree tried
to reach the pole in a balloon and has
never been heard of. hansen con-
structed an ice breaker and tried to
butt in. Peary lett his ship and with
sleds and dogs tried to reach the
coveted spot All to no purpose, but
all acting as a spur for others to
make the attempt No one has ever
thought of the idea, or, probably a
fairer way of putting it, has ever pub
licly presented the idea of conquering
ice. by ice. 1t will be trip crowded
with perils, for it is the purpose to
force the ship into the ice with all the
attending dangers of having the yes
sci crushed and being left to freeze
to death. There is one precaution
taken to guard against this mishap in
that two ships are to enter the pack
together, and, while at long dis
lance apart, to be held in comrnunica-
ton one with the other by wireless
telegraphy. The explorers expect that
it will take from three! to five years
to drift across the pole5--years of ex-
IRENE hardship, with all the attendant
suffering that the most intense cold
can impose, such a cold that no one
except men who have made voyages
to the north can understand, being all I
most beyond human endurance. 'u ti4
It is Of unusual interest at this time
also because Commander Peary. the
AnerfcanI' is about to undertake an.
other trip to the north. viii the
American or Frenchman reach the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04

q s-s IA &AtG&st ~
oo'n Russia and Germany display
Yet this symbol Is considaras '' U.s. 10.
some neralds to- be merely the result
81 ~ ene neraldic practice of adimidia.
This was simply a cbi,d,s 80 !,
impaling two coats,of.arms o = +s ~
same shield by the primitive ,na.s sn
Oh cutting each in half and taking the
q dexter half Of one and the sinister
'h i or the other anticipating them
oaek % back, as 1t weres Strange
sMointeaded' beasts naturally resulted
as, Tor instance, when lion and al
eagle were halved and Joined togetbl
e 9The griffin IL supposed to- have
. peen evolved from two lions RAMPANT
by dimidiatidn 2''FN 4sE4Fss'tff M
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04

frame, which grips with another cog
wheel on the inside of it.
AS the wheel rolls over the ground
the inner frame, holding the motor
and drivers seat, by means of its spe-
cific weight maintains these in the
normal position. 5ia 1tt5s.H
Steering this new vehicle is deli
cate matter, as the slightest move
ment of the body of the driver aside
from the center of gravity will upset
the equilibrium of the wheel and send
it out of its course. The brakes are
seif-scting, and the wheel is brought
to a stop by the interlocking of the
inner frame and outer circle.
The vehicle has not yet been per-
fected, and may never be entirely
practical, but it is interesting, aud
serviceable in bad weather and over
rough roads, its large curves Offering
less resistance to obstacles than those
OF smaller wheels.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04

goal first? Will both fail? Win they
ever come back?
Such questions may be fairly put
when an Arctic explorer starts on his
voyage to the regions of the midnight
sun.
y The Bernard expedition will have a
rival in the field in the shape of the
German south polar ship Gauss,
which has been refitted for Canadian
/ expedition, and the Peary expedition.
Both these expeditions are more on
the lines of former parties and rely
on the superiority of their outfits and
good luck for their success.
Part of M. Benard's speech, trans.
lated is as follows:
The only means of crossing the
great polar basin consists in making
again the voyage of the Fran of Nan.
sen, but little more to the north.
and to take, as Nansen said, "a ticket
OF Ice in the big train of Ice In
Iact' IL is necessary to remember that
the first idea of the crossing of the
great arctic current originated in the
discovery of driftwood and Siberian
mud on the eastern and southern
coasts of Greenland, and also in the
sighting at Cape Farewell of the
wreck OF the Jeanette, which was
abandoned by her crew to the north
Of Bennett Island.
r $50 1T is necessary In that case IN
start from a Norwegian port, from.
soc or Vardoe, to cross the southern
part OF the Barren Sea, to touch at
Karabova to take on board an eouin-
ment OF Eskimo dogs, and to steam
up between the concrete ice and the
land, up the Yalmal Peninsula, calling
at Fort Dickson to coal from a shin
that should be specially chartered to
cruise at the end of the summer along
the coast of the Taimyr peninsula
reaching in autumn the Island of Nav
siberia, and rush for point situated
on the l5Sth degree of longitude east
regardless of cost, and even at the
price OF wintering in one Of the I,liaE.
ON Islands. When at that point. The
ships OF an expedition have .but to Lei
themselves drift with the concrete.
ice, and if they follow a route sensi.
ply parallel to that of the Frarn, they
Will cross the Arctic maritime hasiys
2, on y lines quite different from those Of
that ship, and will incontestab bly, cross
IN the very immediate neighborhood
q the North pole, following, in fact.
tne route which the wreck of the
Jeanette has most probably taken"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04

The very latest suggestion as a
means Of reaching the North pole is
to use the very barrier that has hith-
erto blocked the way of ambitious nav,
lgators. rra
The suggestion is the Drainwork
OF Frenchman, founded on the adj
vice of DIR. Nansen, the famous Nor
wegian explorer. "Take ticket of ice
In the big train of ice" and drift. 1t
Is not chance where luck may de-
eide, but is based on knowledge of
Arctic Ocean currents that are known,
to cross the pole from the coast of
Siberia to finally wash the shores of
Greenland.
M. Charles Bernard, French naval
ofiicer, has attracted the scientific ear
Of the world by this suggestion and
the proofs he offers to sustain his the
cries, Time and time again daring
men have attempted to force their
ships through the mountainous ice
packs that bar their progress further
north. Not so with Bernard. He would
use the ice. He feels certain that the
urHtins Will DO the rest for has not
Siberian mud been found on the coast
OF Greenland. sustaining his claim
that glaciers from the Russian shore
have crossed the open polar sea"
and been thrown by the oceans cur.
rents on the shores of "the. big CONT
nent of the north, but little known.
Tor vast portions of Greenland are
still an unexplored region. AN
This is not the only proof of the
course of this Attic drift; for there is
the story of the Inflated Jeanette that
was abandoned by Explorer De Long
of Bennett Islands, situated north of
the Siberian northern coast, !, and
which, after years in the Ice, was
thrown upon the coast of Greenland.
1t Is the Jeanette that has been adj
vanced to prove two things-one, that
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04
Lesson From the Ants.

On a teeming summer day throw
yourself on the ground beside an IA An
niil, and see what little lens-costing
perhaps so centsrwils do for Won in
opening before. your eyes a world
whose largest inhabitant is scarcely
naif an inch long, but wherein there
exists a perfection of social organiza.
uon and a marshaling of industry tbat
may Wen amaze an unlocking phiiosb.
pher. falf r.. -oso,
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04
q crltlcIsm OF the r ar.ts;ar.

An opponent of Russia writes TO a
foreign newspaper: There were at
least four great Tartar thrones, each
standing on the ruins of other civiiiza-
lions. Those four were the thrones of
Moscow, Constantinople. i Delhi and
Pekin. At Moscow the Tartar calls
himself Christian, at Constantinople
Mussulman and at Pekln Buddhist;
but his spirit is always the same, and
we know what 1t is. East and south
and west the Tartar roamed. and the
only country that flung him back into
his native barbarism was Japan p
Then he goes on to argue that Rus
STA is itself a yellow peril. Y
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04
n ssaguII a Good ,Rarometer.

Il Inc Inc seagull makes a splendid living
barometer II a covey of seagulls Av1
shaward early in the morning sailors
! ana lllo fishermen know, that the day will
De nne and the wind fair, but il the
birds Keep inland seafaring people
know that the elements win be nm.
Iayora abb OF weatherwise fish the
dolphin Is the most remarkable. DIR.
ing a fierce gale or storm at xea
s.he mariner knows that the end of
~ Is near II he can see dolphin, or
q number Of that fish, sporting on the
high sea waves IN - -, 80
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04
Cost Of Acquired Terrltorv

The cost of the acquisition of vast
territory by the United States is given
In the following list; Louisiana, SIS,
100000; Florida, s5,OOO,OO0 Texas
s1S,O0O.Ooo; California and New Mex.
leo, $15,o00,00o; Arizona, s1O,O00,000
Alaska, $7,250.000; Philippine islands
S2O,OOO,0O0; Panama canal. $40, OoO,-
600: Panama canal strip, $4,000 900:
total, $14O,75O000. In addition the
United States when it annexed Ha-
vail assumed a debt of $4,000. 00e.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04
Curious Spanish courtinu.

Counting in Spain is conducted on
curious principles. The Spanish girl
is almost always attended by young
man who is known as her noyio, and
who squires her on her walks, al
though the courtship seldom ends in
marriage. The young lady is always
accompanied by her mother or maid,
as well as by the novio. So long as
this state of things continues the girl
Is loyal and obedient to her gallant.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04
An Owls Low,

In my sons Junior =
yard" says John Burron \
Erslist. ut became the er,.
and June to give freouer
certs in the evening On \
University hall. Exac,b
band was a flagpole, fag.
angle to the building. 3,
ball of the fiagpole there ,
and perch, soon after INA
gan, a little screech owl
music ceased and the ero,
the little owl would ay /,
So regularly did the owl
his noiseless, mufled fiji
son came to look for him !,
late how long the band va
play before he would be
the music. Many person
vet he appeared to take
the yard full of people, bu
enjoy the music, as far as
and actions betrayed his
much as did any one. c,
love for music, so strong h
find its beginning in the
of life"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04
A NOVEL MOTOR VEHICLE.
one-Wheel Arrangement Something
Like a Bicycle.

Something new in the way of motor
vehicles is a one-wheel arrangement,
in which the driver or rider sits in
the center. 1t is the invention Of an
italian, Lilo Negroni, and attracted
much attention at the last automobile
exhibition at Turin. The wheel is of
steel, with a pneumatic exterior. and
en- the inside a concentric frame,
which supports the motor and drivers
seat. This inner frame or circle is
moved by means of smaller wheels
set at regular intervals on the circnm-
ference of its outer edge. The motor
operates the vehicle with friction
coupling and chain transmitter. con-
Meeting with cog wheel in the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04
Manufacture Of Eau de coIoone,

When the originator of the genuine
eau de cologne died, aged eighty, he
gave his. secret to his nephew and
heir. Since 1909 only ten persons
have seen the recipe, which is kept
In box trebly locked. The laboratory
in which the oils and essences are
mixed is guarded by doubly locked
doors. The oils and essences are
poured into barrels nearly filled with
alcohol, and in two weeks the mixture
is chemically complete.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04
President Acts as sn ,l -. !.

H, II. vreeland, president of ths
New York Street Railway company,
never uses free pass on his line hnt
invariably pays his fare. shopld on
uniucky conductor overlook him on
ms collection tour as conductors fro.
quently do with others in the rnsh
hours he would probably hear from T,,
the presidents Office the next day
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04

Mtsers Trap TOR 6ursi
In West Philadelphia live
man who is reputed to bsaE
the hoarder of vast sums n
house, where he lives alcf'
spinster daughter.
: The old fellow has been !
Lurgiars four times in the ,
Of years, but on each dceasA
lruders have been frightened
ont securing any plumber.
with the failure Of the police
the men who have visited
so often, the West Philadep
set a neat little trap Of J
Every night before going
leaves a decanter half filled
and several glasses upon =
room table. The gas is len
so that the wine will moi
looked. The old fellow has
drugged the wine with q 9
ing opiate and Isl anxionsly
another burglarious visit.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04
pelhl,s ivory Careers

The whole trade of ivory carving at
Delhi is practically in the hands of
one family, the head of which pays
the caryers. Some of the latter are
paid very high wages, for at the last
moment slip through carelessness
OF want of skill might spoil the work
of months. Prices are sometimes
very high, as much as ESQ having
been given for small piece Of carved
ivory.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04
Monument over Thorouahhr.a ~ ~,

Monument Over Thoroughbred suIl'
George M. Slaughter, stock grow.
or OF Roosevelt, N. M will erect a
marble monument over the grave Of
/, Sir Bredwell, that thoroughbred which
died suddenly of gastritis. He was
one OF the finest bulls in America
and took first prize at the Omaha e~'
position in 1898. He was purchased
at the time by Slaughter for $4,000
Mr.. Slaughter refused $1,000 for The
bull. 'A0
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04
FishElI.onqeVIsy.

According to a recenos w J
is now in the Imperial aqgI
St.aPetersburg a pike thatV
the, light at the close OF the
century. He still appears 70
a young fellow. notwithstal
centuries and his long actls
writer says that there is nou
extraordinary in this case, am
lions several fishes in the sal
ium that are more than loO
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04

New Jersey Is about to abolish It's
toll roads. When this reform has
been accomplished and the mosque.
toes exterminated New Jersey will be
considered eligible for admission into
the union.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04

Accepting as true the estimate that
fifty years of coal mining viii exhaust
all the veins of anthracite it is easy
to see how the time may be extended
to twice that period by strike every
other year.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04

New York is congratulating herself
on the healthiest summer she has
seen for ten years. One reason may
be that most of the weaklings died
from pneumonia In that awful time
last winter.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04

Six hundred years ago on the goth
OF July was born francesca Petrarch,
the worlds greatest love poet. And
love Is just as much in fashion as it
was the first time he ever wrote a
line to Laura.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04

How young the writer must be who,
noting that Mr.. George Bernard Shaw
has recently celebrated his forty
eighth birthday, adds that he has
kept his youthful figure and spiritss'!
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04

All the recent information about
the antarctic continent leads irresist-
IDLY to the conclusion that 1t is one
or the best places on earth to stay
away from. G
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04

Can this Reggie Vanderbilt who is
being praised for refusing to lend
money to titled but impecunious
foreigner be the same Reggie who
was lately separated from some Of his
wealth in a New York gambling EN-
porium?
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04

Down in New Haven they are talk
ing of erecting a monument to Eli
Whitney, the inventor of the cotton
gin. This may seem tardy act. but
when man has to wait 100 years for
monument it settles beyond doubt
that his memory is worth it.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04

A man may be regarded as a con.
firmed old bachelor when his mental
emotion excited by the word sweet.
hearts" is less vivid than that excited
by the word 'sweetbreads." ~
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04
MONKEY cor
49,.
Hooked II With A.
Then Plcksa ~


Hooked II With AID !.
Then Picked \,
An extraordinary ID,'',
intelligence has receSr.
ed as having been sbo,l
park Melbourne, Aust ,'
was watching 81.
says Mr.. Thomas Hn, n.y.
mouth, "in a large css.
them came to the from,
reach a nut which had
and was lying on M
Putting its arm throus,
stretching as far as NJ :.
hat the nut was Just I hsnl
L. -. bNfl
$FFhere was straw on i
cage and, going to tbs 1
evidently expected q 1.
less damaged, it tests Il
ctraw. discarding ono
thinking them strong eD
purpose.
AT last it found q u,
returned with IT to tbs
cage, and very quickly
! ooked the nut close !
PICKED up."-Family Ha,.
Wi
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1904-10-04

1t win utterly dumfound all of the
Dusty Rhoadses In the country to hear
that a Boston man has committed
suicide because he could find no work
to do. q