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Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09
STRANGE USE FOR MILK.
Makes One of Ia Most Enduring ana
inexpensive Paints for Out
buildings.

A use to which skim milk, sour milk.
buttermilk, or even whole sweet milk
is not often put is paint-making. yet
this product Of the dairy makes possible
n of the most enduring, preservative,
respectable and inexpensive paints for
barns and outbuildings, relates Guy e.
Mitchell, in the Scientific American.
1t costs little NOR than whitewash, pro-
vided no great value is attached to the
milk, and it is a question whether for
all kinds of rough work it does not serve
all the purposes and more Of the ready
mixed paint, or even prime lead ard
paint mixed in the best llnseed oil. II
is made as follows, and no more should
be mixed than is to be used that day:
Stir into a gallon of milk three pounds
of Portland cement and add sufficient
Venetian red paint powder Costing
three cents per pound to impart q
good color. Amy other colored paint
powder may as well be used. The milk
will hold the paint in suspension, but the
cement, being very heavy, will sink to
the bottom, SO that it becomes neces-
sary to keep the mixture well stirred
with a paddle. This feature Of the stir
ring is the only drawback to the paint,
and as its efficiency depends upon admin
istering a good coating of cement, 1t Is
not safe to leave it's application to un-
trustworthy or careless help. Six hours
after painting this paint will beas immov-
able and unaffected by water as month
old oil paint. I have heard OF build
ings 20 years old painted in this manner.
in which the wood was well preserved.
My own experience dates back nine
year, when I painted a small barn with
this mixture, and the wood to-day
second growth Virginia yellow pine
shows no sign whatever of decay or dry
rot. The effect Of such a coating seems
to be to petrify the surface Of the wood.
Whole milk is better than buttermilk
or skim milk, as it contains more oil.
and this is the constituent which sets
the cement. II mixed with water, In
stead of milk, the wash rubs and soaks
off readily. This mixture, with q little
extra cement from the bottom of the
daubed on, makes the best pos
sible paint for trees where large limbs
have been pruned or sawed of.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09
IDLE HOUR CLUB.

Miss Helen Donnelly entertained
the Idle Hour Club at her home Oh
Lucol avenue. Thursday evening. The
time was very pleasantly spent in
playing games, after which refresh.
ments were served. Those present
were: Misses Maude Platt, Fannis
Johnston, Bessie, julie and Fanna
5lugg, L. Maude Gabel, Helen and
Jennie Donnellv, Messrs. D. r. Will
son, Jack Wilkinson. Joseph Roberts
and Mr.. Walters.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09
MERCHANTS ARE PLEASED.

One of our merchants claims to be
greatly pleased at the result of pay
day on Scully's dock. He a y the
Jay OH the P. r. r. docks will also
be very heavy this month. He wishes
the increase in sales of goods would
follow each succeeding pay day, as it
is very gratifying to those who de-
pend on the workers in this borough.
We hope other merchants are able to
say the same about the increase of
sales in their stores also as the cry
has been dull business for so many
weeks of late.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09
FOR SALE
REAL ESTATE.

FOR SAnE-FOUR lots on Market
ST., near Goodwin. Address "Real
Estate. Evening News.
19~87-11-10-tf
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09
AuromnhiIen Now.

The historic old "bus," which for
ages has done service carrying passen-
gers and the mails between various
towns in the section of Baden where
the steam railroads do not touch is
giving away to large automobiles,
which travel much more rapidly and
are much more comfortable.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09
CeyIon's Gentcnarians.

Ceylon, according to its recent census
returns, has no fewer than las inhabit-
ants over 100 years old Seventy-one of
these are males and IA females. Ofthese
43 men an So women claimed TO be ex-
actly 100, while the highest age returned
was 100. One hundred is a good round
ape, and nj doubt every indolent octo-
genarian who could not be bothered to
remember the year Of his birth put down
100 to save time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09
pinnt without Roots.

There is a plant in Chill, and a similar
one in Japan, called the Flower of the
air." 1t is so called because it appears
to have no root, and is never fixed to
the earth. 1t twines round a dry tree or
sterile rock. Each shoot produces two
or three flowers like a lily-white, trans
parent and odoriferous. 1t is capable of
being transported 600 or 700 miles, and
vegetables as 1t travels suspended on a
twig.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09

Danish cooperative bacon factories
now have about $1,000 members, and
last year they killed 636, 900 pigs and 49,.
900 head of cattle, amounting in money
to $1O,5 SIC, 900. The price received for
bacon in the English market averaged
foul cents a pound above the average
price of bacon from other countries.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09
MR.. GILLlES' APPOINTMENTS.

Alderman John D. Gillies, from
Staten Island, has been appointed
chairman of the committee on Docks
and Ferries, and a member of the
committee on Parks and Buildings,
also on the committee of Markets and
Street Cleaning. Jacob J. Collins,
another alderman from Staten Island,
is on the committee of Public Educa-
ton.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09
TO GIVE ENTERTAINMENT.

The Pleasant Plains baseball team
Will give an entertainment and recep-
tion In Amicitia Hall, Pleasant Plains,
Friday night, February 26. kIhe
Hunters Tennessee Minstrel Troupe,
of T%ottenville, will take part in the
ente rtainment.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09
Rnilwaxa.

Toward the building of its 1874
miles of railway, the Canadian govern
menu has contributed at the average
rate of $9,166 a mile of railway con-
structed; the provincial governments
at the rate of s1.757, and The municipal
tiles at the rate of 1878 a mile.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09
FIRE AFFECTS TOTTENvlLLE.

The Staten Island Rapid Transit
Railroad Is suffering to some extent
by the great Baltimore fire for they
cannot get enough freight cars, most
OF which are at Baltimore, to the
Staten Island yards, and consequently
they cannot handle all the orders.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09

The Evening News is on sale at Ost-
burgs' A Main street, and at John
Boss Hotel, formerly John KaIl's
stand. Extra copies of the News and
all NewYork papers can always be Sc
cured.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09

The Coroner-But why didn't you at
tempt to rescue the deceased when you
first saw him fall into the river?
Camera Fiend-Well-er-it took me
rather longer than usual to u~nstrap my
kodak, and by the time I'd got a couple
of snapshots he sank for the last time
Ally Sloper.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09
FOUND
MISCELLANEOUS

WANTED-TO RENT, frame house
with barn and l to 5 acres of ground,
within 8 or 6 miles Of Perth Amboy.
Address NJ, care of Evening News.
4868-2-3-4t
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09
NEWS ITEMS.

Mrs. Joseph Mullen spent Thursday
in Brooklyn.
Mrs. Simons and Mrs. Ravens spent
Friday in New York.
Miss Maude Platt and Miss Fannie
Johnston spent Saturday In Newark.
Miss Bessie slugg spent Saturday in
New Brunswick.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09
Carriage Trade.

A leading vehicle trade journal. of
France. says that the automobile, in
spite Of its rapid development, has not
done the carriage builders, outside OF
Paris, any harm. and has only affected
the builders of heavy carriages in that
city.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09
PLANNING GOOD TIME.

The Rathbone Sisters plan to have a
good time at the prize euohre, which
they are now preparing to hold in the
Knights of Pythias Hall, Amboy ave-
nue., on the night of February 16.
The euchre is being held to help some
charitable society of Tottenville.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09

What makes you think your land
lady is lacking in sentiment?"
Because she has taken down the old
motto of Home, Sweet Home, which
hung owe the dining-room mantel. and
put in Its place a placard reading No
Trust. IN. Y Times.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09
KEYS7 one WON AGAIN.

The keystone basketball team, OF
Eltingville, defeated the Quiet Five,
of Manhattan. at Doty's Pavilion,
Eltingville, Saturday afternoon. In
the evening both teams enjoyed dane
ing.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09
THE NEXT LECTURE.

The lecture in the knights of
Pythias Hall, Thursday night, under
the Board of Education, of New York,
will be given by DR.. Victor O. Bell.
will be on the care of the teeth.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09

FOR SALE--AT q bargain, house and
lot OF Hall ave. Address "Bar-
GAIN" Evening News office.
97-11-1O-tf
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09
WireIesn TeIerrnnhn

Atlantic liners to the number of so
have wireless telegraph apparatus TO
communicate with 4S la.nd stations.
Sixty British and "a Italian war vessels
are SO equipped.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09
LOOKING FOR HEIRS.

An item in Sundays Herald stated
that the heirs of Francis Faraker were
wanted. He was a laborer in South
Amboy In 1882. Box 40 Madison
Square Post Office, New York city.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09

Beginning with l777 there have been
II speakers Of the assembly of the state
of New York, 81 governors and 40 lieu-
tenant governors.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09

Much amusement is being caused in
South Africa by the adoption by ladies
OF young calves as pets.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09
Floor Mattinn.

Have mating well shaken to remove
all dust, then wipe well with a cloth out
of salt and water. Diluted alcohol will
remove stains.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09

A metal roof is said to be positive pro.
lection against the building it cover,
being struck by lightning.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09
Lnrrent Rosel,u.b.

The largest rose bush is in Mobile.
Ala. Five feet above the ground its
trunk is over a foot in circumference.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09
Sell tn Liberia

Manufacturers of the United States
almost monopolize the Liberian trade in
firearms, and keep large stocks of their
goods in the country.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09

At Rotterdam poor people who can
not afford to pay a feeNare married OIL
Wednesday before oon
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09

Catarrn, bronchitis and various ear
and nervous troubles are already rec
ognized as effects of automobiling.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09
Said For the Teeth.

Salt is most excellent for cleansing
the teeth. 1t hardens the gums and
sweetens the breath.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09
First Public Library

The first public library in modern Eu
rope was founded in Florence in the IF.
tenth century.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09
Takes EARLY waIISs-

~ :" N"HNOH I"HHs IA 4
President Loubet, of France, attribute
his good health to taking long walk,
every morning between six and eigh
o'clock.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09
rrnda wIth cnha,

The United States buys from Cuba
three times as much as Cuba buys from
the United States.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09
Cows In nenn,nrL

Denmark, which produces an immense
quantity of butter, has an average of one
COW for every two inhabitants.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09
African Aborisines

The three distinct aboriginal people
of South Africa are the Bushmen, Hot.
tentots and Kaffirs.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09
Curious Cninese Lnr,

In China, persons bearing the same
surname are forbidden to marry, even |
they are not related in any way.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09

Nothing disgusts. the people like a
boy who thinks he has to be tough
Washington Qa.) Democrat.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-02-09
HELP WANTED

WANTED-COMPETENT girl for
general homework. Apply at Ill
Gordon st. 1897 1872
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-06-02
Farmer Loses His Team.

Oscar Carlson, new settler in the
vicinity of Tolin, who came from
Meeker county a short time ago, had
the misfortune last Saturday night to
lose his team which got out of the
pasture and Mr.. Carlson has been
busy tracing the horses ever since.
He heard that they were seen in the
vicinity of Stanchfeld lake about
three O'Clock Sunday morning and
were coming toward Princeton. This
is the last heard of the missing team.
Mr.. Carlson thinks that perhaps the
horses started for their old home and
he is hoping to have some news from
them soon. One of the horses was
black and the other light bay and they
both had white faces and were branded
L NJ on the right shoulder. Anyone
knowing of the team should notify
Mr.. Carlson at Tolin P. O., MINI.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-06-02
Republican State Convention.

A Republican State Convention for
the State of Minnesota is hereby
called to be held on Thursday, June
30, A. D. 1904, at 10 O'Clock in the
forenoon at the Metropolitan opera
house in the City of st. Paul, for the
purpose OF placing in nomination can
didates for the following State offices
to be voted for at the general election
in November 1904: Four Justices of
the Supreme Court; Governor; Lieu
tenant Governor; Secretary of State:
State Treasurer; Attorney General:
Two Railroad and Warehouse Com
missioners; Eleven Presidential Elec-
tors.
The Republican voters of the State
and all other voters without regard to
past political affiliations who believe
in the principles advocated by the Re-
publican party and endorse it's policies,
are cordially invited to participate in
the selection of delegates to this con-
| ventiOn.
Representation for this convention
will be in accordance with the follow
ing resolution unanimously adopted
at a meeting of the Republican State
Central Committee held at the City of
st. Paul on Wednesday, May 4, 1904.
Resolved that each county is en-
titled to one delegate for each two
hundred and fifty votes or majority
fraction thereof cast for the Republi-
can candidate for president in 1900,
and that each county be allowed in ad-
dition thereto five delegates at large.
In new precincts formed since the cleo
ton of 1900 the basis of representation
may be fixed for local conventions on
the vote cast for the Republican can
didate for governor in 1902
All county conventions in the State
for the election of delegates to this
convention shall be held on Tuesday,
June %, A. D. 1904.
All primary elections must be con-
Quoted as prescribed in the primary
| election law of said State.
By order of the Republican State
Central Committee.
ROBERT JAMESON, Chairman.
CHARLES G. WHITNEY, Secretary.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-06-02
Uncle Sans Land.

About one million acres of desirable
agricultural land will be thrown open
to settlement in Minnesota and the
Dakotas during the coming summer
and fall. This will be the largest sale
of lands in the northwest since the
Sioux reservation was thrown open to
settlement in 1889.
Orders were issued at the interior
department setting June Is as the date
for the opening of 248, 745 acres of
land within the Chippewa reservations
in Minnesota. This land is embraced
in parts of the Boise Fort, Pigeon
River, Red Lake, Winnibigosis and
Chippewa reservations.
It will be opened up under the terms
of the Nelson act of 1889 and subject
to entry under the provisions of the
homestead law at the rate of S1.25 an
acre. The lands in question were
classified as agricultural by the va
rious crews that have operated in Min
nesota during the past several years.
The land to be sold in Red Lake
reservation in June is not the same
that was coded to the government I'M
der the Stevenson act, recently ap-
proved by the president.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-06-02
Startling Evidence.

Fresh testimony in great quantity is
constantly coming in, declaring DR..
Kings New Discovery for Consump-
ton, coughs and colds to be unequaled.
A recent expression from T. J. McFar-
land, Bentorville, Va, serves as ex-
ample. He writes: 81 had bronchitis
for three years and doctored all the
time without being benefited. Then /
began taking DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry, and few bottles wholly cured
me-" Equally effective in curing all
lung and throat troubles, consump-
ton, pneumonia and grip. Guaran-
teed by c. A. Jack, druggist. Trial
bottles free, regular sizes SOC, and ST..
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-06-02
Will Celebrate the Fourth.

The business men of Princeton have
decided to celebrate the Fourth in a
patriotic manner. A meeting was held
on Tuesday evening at the village
hall, and the matter was talked over.
All present were of the opinion that
Princeton should celebrate and another
meeting will be held at the Galley store
on Friday evening of this week to
start the ball rolling in the proper
manner. All the. business men and
citizens who are interested should be
at the meeting and give their hearty
support to this celebration.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-06-02
Worst of All Experiences.

Can anything be worse than to feel
that every minute will be your last:
Such was the experience of Mrs. S. 81.
Newson, Decatur, Ala, "For three
years" she writes, Il endured insuffer-
able pain from indigestion, stomach
and bowel trouble. Death seemed in
evitable when doctors and all remedies
failed. At length I was induced to try
Electric Bitters and the result was
miraculous. I improved at once and
now I'm completely recovered = For
liver. kidney. stomach and bowel
troubles Electric Bitters is the only
medicine. Only SOC. It's guaranteed
by G. A. Jack, druggist.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-06-02

Bordwell and G. e. Bartlett, fellow
medical students, was camping on the
Wisconsin side. His home was in
Lynn, Mass, and he was a descend
ant of the famous Hutchinson family
of singers after whom the town of
Hutchinson in Minnesota was named.
Cora M. Jackson, daughter of S.
Jackson one of the old residents of
Royalton, committed suicide by TAX
ing poison. She attended the services
at the opera house and went home in
her usual spirits and to her room
where she was found afterwards I'M
conscious. Disappointment in {, love
affair is believed to be back of the
deed.
| Freeman H. Randall, a l5-year old
school boy of Duluth, dived fifteen
feet from a bridge and saved the life
of a companion, Charles Gundry,
The latter. fell into the water and Ran
dali observed that he was stunned by
| VIC ld11 t1lN WdS sure w uiOWu lultSS
assisted. Without waiting to remove
even his coat, Randall plunged in and
helped Gundry out.
The safe in the postofice at Virginia
was blown to pieces and robbed of it's
contents. Not only that, but the mail
pouches in the Office were rifed by
the thieves, evidently in search of
valuables. The stamps in the drawer
and the few pennies there were also
taken. In fact, nothing of any value
that the thieves could lay their hands
on was left in the Office.
Ray W. Harrison, of the general
merchandising firm of Davis & Har-
rison Of Morris, was shot and prob
ably fatally wounded by Miss Media
Main in the hotel at Donnelly, Decor
alton Day. After shooting Harrison,
Miss Main turned the revolver on her.
self, killing herself instantly. The
girl was thought to be insane. There
are perhaps some unwritten chapters.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-06-02

For Rent-l00 acres of good pasture
land on the old Chadbourne farm
south of Princeton. Carl Iverson.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-06-02
A Memphis Anpeal.

Irish potatoes are worth So a bushel,
remarks the Memphis News, and adds,
God save Ireland -Milroy Echo. :
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-06-02
Republican County Convention.

A Republican County Convention
for the county of Mile Laos, State
of Minnesota, will be held at the
court house in the village of Prince
ton, on Tuesday, June %, 1904, at l
p. M, for the purpose of selecting
nine delegates to the Republican State
Convention, to be held on Thursday,
June 80, 1904, at 10 clock a. m.,. at
the Metropolitan opera house in the
city of St. Paul, for the purpose of
placing in nomination candidates for
the following State Offices to be voted
for at the general election in Novem-
Der 1904: -Four Justices of the Su-
preme Court; Governor; Lieutenant
Governor; Secretary of State; State
Treasurer; Attorney General; Two
Railroad and Warehouse Commission
ers; Eleven Presidential Electors.
The primaries for the election of
delegates to said county convention,
shall be held in the different election
districts of said county on Thursday
the 23d day of June, 1904, at clock
in the afternoon and shall be contin-
ued open one hour.
Each election district shall be en-
titled to one delegate at large and to
one delegate for each twenty five votes
or major fraction thereof cast for
William Mckinley for president in
1900. D
In accordance with the above appor-
tionment the several election districts
of the county will be entitled to the
following number of delegates in said
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1904-06-02

By order of the Republican County
Committee.
Dated. Princeton, Mimi, June lst
G. I. STAPLES, Chairman
W. S. FOSTER, Secretary.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-17
R. F. D. Mail Carriers Organize.
Editors Progressive Farmer

Editors Progressive Farmer:
The r. F. D. carriers of Nash,
Wilson and Edgecombe Counties met
in Rocky Mount, N. c., on May 7,
1904, and organized a tri-county As
ISOLATION, with the following officers:
J. @. Pierce, President; J. H.
Williams, Vice-President; @. III.
Baines, Secretary; P. @. billiard,
Treasurer.
Fourteen members we're enrolled.
Another meeting will be held at
same place on Saturday, June 18th,
at 2 O'Clock p. m.
All carriers in these, as well as
those in adjoining counties, are in
vited to attend.
@. H. BAINES, Secretary.
Nashville, N. @.
The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1904-05-17

no one cares for it. The writer of
this long years ago used to think
that the johnny-cake his mother
made was "the only thing on earth;"
but no matter from what source he
gets his meal now, or what nice name
it goes by, and no matter how care
fully the stuff is prepared, his chill
dren will get up no enthusiasm over
it. Possibly some reader of The
Progressive Farmer could furnish
some interesting notes on the sub
ject. / dare say there is many a
place in North Carolina and in other
parts of the South where old-fashiol-
ed meal can be obtained, and some
grocer ought to be able to send a
loaf of johnny-cake that would Sc
cure the trade paper.
AMERICAN CONSUMPTION OF INTox-
ICANTs.
Alcoholic and other stimulating
beverages cost the United States dur
ing the year ending June 80, 1903,
$1,451, $50, 358-fgures that are in
comprehensive and appalling. The
average last year per family was
$90.75, allowing 5 to the family, and
these figures, be it remembered are
the minimum amounts. We have
only official figures, and the actual
total would really be greater than the
sums mentioned. Of alcoholic drinks
there were consumed $1,242,943,118
worth, and Of coffee, $156,690,261;
tea, $45, 100000; cocoa, 100000.
The per capita consumption of beer
amounted to 1904 gallons, and the
total cost to the nation was $72T,-
042,245; whiskey cost $4~17,215,513;
wines, $97, 1856, 1850. We lead all other
nations in the amount of coffee con-
sumed-not per capitalize per cap
tia being 1919 pounds. IF we allow
two gallons of the beverage from
each pound of coffee, we have an
ocean of 1,566,9O2,614 gallons drank
every year. Many a lecture can be
cleaned from the full tables publish
ed by the "American Grocer" from
which the above figures are taken.
The tide of temperance does not seem
to set in very strongly, and yet the
fact is that there is less drunkenness
than prevailed 40 years ago.
r. A. D.
New York City, May ID, 1904.