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Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-01-30
HANDS ACROSS SEA.
Pilgrims OF London and New
York Dine simultaneously.
WIRES IN SUPPER ROOMS IN TOUCH
Grandfather Clocks Ennbic Choats
to Take Time of Two Continents.
American Dinner Was to
Honor Dnrand.

| LONDON, Jan. 30.-While the Amer
lean branch of the Pilgrims society
was giving its dinner last night at Del
monlco's in New York in honor of Sir
| Henry Mortimer Durand, British am
bassador to the United States, the Eng
lish branch of the society celebrated
the occurrence with u supper at the
| Carlton hotel.
Shortly before the Delmonico ban
quet commenced some seventy mem
bers of the Pilgrims society here sat
down to a number Of small tables which
were all looped up with telegraph wires
strung on miniature poles and decorat-
ed with foliage. Among those present
were: Joseph H. Choate, the American
ambassador; the Earl of Halsbury, lord
high chancellor; Sir Edward l.. Du-
rand, brother of Sir Henry; Sir Thorn
as Upton, Lord Deerhurst, Lord Fair
fax, Sir Alfred Lewis Jones, John Hen
mixer Heaton, Secretary Carter of the
United States embassy, Moberly Bell,
Rev. William Macdonald Sinclair, arch
deacon of London, and Alexander Sic
mems. Several well known Pilgrims,
including Lord Roberts and Admiral
Lord Charles Beresford, who are both
Ill, SEN regrets.
The unique feature of the evening
consisted in the installation by q trans.
atlantic cable company of cable instru-
ments In one end of the supper room.
BY means of this ARRANGEMENT frequent
messages were exchanged between Del
monico's, in New York, and the Carlton
hotel here, so that the English pilgrims
felt almost as much In touch with the
New York celebration as IL they had
been actually present.
Two old grandfathers' clocks, n
showing English and the other Ameri-
can time, enabled MI. Choate, the Earl
of Halsbury and the others to keep an
eye OF the progress Of the New York
banquet. The usual cable c%ompany's
clock, with a red hand showing Amerl-
can time, was placed between the two
old grandfather clocks and n~oticeably
marked the progress Of the age.
Strands of the Atlantic cable laced
upon the tables enabled the guests to
realize the means by which such in
stanta neous and intimate interchange
was possible in spite Of the difficulties
of distance and the difference in time.
The name Of Sir Henry Mortimer Du-
rand was, when pronounced, given a
warm welcome.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-01-30
MONEY IN THE SCRAP HEAP
An Economy introduced by the Rail-
roads which Saves T~hOusands
of Dollars Yearly.

Many thousands of dollars are saved
to the railroad companies each year by
detailing men to hook after and care for
that fall off moving cars, that come
from abandoned machinery or from
broken pieces of eque,ment, says the
New York Sun.
Almost all of the big transportation
companies in the United States main
tain what they call scrap departments.
At two or three points on the road, gen
orally where there; are any construction
or extensive repair. shops, this scrap is
gathered from all parts of the system.
One of the duties of the track walkers
and repair gangs is to pick up and throw
in little heaps along the track all bits
Of iron and steel that may be found
along the right Of way or that may be
left whenever any piece of work is COM
pleted. At irregular intervals a scrap
train is sent over the road for the pur-
pose Of gathering up these odds and
ends. They are taken to the gathering
point and there carefully sorted.
oOUlc Ingenious ulCCLldAlCc nave W.
vised machinery to separate and handle
these scraps. After being run through
a sort of hopper that divides the small
and the large from the other different
sizes, men are put to work to pick out
from the various heaps what may again
be utilized. Bolts, nuts, bars, couplings
and the like, which may be used again,
are laid aside, later to be turned again
or worked over for further use. The
refuse, amounting to thousands Of
pounds, is shipped to some iron works
that has a contract with the company
for using all this waste iron and steel.
This plan of Systematically caring for
the waste iron of railroads is of recent
origin. 1t is one really Of slow growth.
OF course, pieces of iron and steel, waste
material or the refuse Of shops or wrecks
have been taken care of for years, but
only in a desultory and h~aphazard way.
It has remained for modern manage
ment, which is directed eternally to dis
covering little, new economies of opera
ton, to unearth this novel idea of saw
ing money.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-01-30

The following is taken from the
Trenton Times:
Governor Murphy in praising
Trenton's beautiful river front. but
endorses the sentiment of nine out OF
every ten visitors at the Capitol who
see it. For years and years We have
suffered it to lie, not only unimproved
but a menace to the health of the
people in a part Of the city and an
abomination to the sight. We have
been blind to the possibilities which
strangers have appreciated. But q
change is now in sight. Once the
work ia fairly under way, the same
competent committee should be asked
by Council to take up the matter OF
improving the banks Of the Assanpink
creek and provide a park for Easl
Trenton"
1t is safe to say that Trenton has nc
mora beautiful spot than along the
bluff in this city overlooking Raritar
Bay with the highlands beyond. Per
haps when Perth Amboy gets as bis
as Trenton some efforts will be made
to improve the bluff and have it still
more attractive.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-01-30
AN INDIAN TRADITION.
Romantic Tale Accounting for the
Origin of Corn, Wheat and
Tobacco.

81 have been favored with an Indian
tradition concerning the origin of to-
bacco, Indian corn and wheat, which,
although you may have seen it before
| shall relate" said the poet laureate OF
all the Pascagoulas, reports the New
Orleans Times-Democrat.
Eat some distant period, two Indian
youths, pursuing the pleasures OF the
chase, were led to a remote and unfre-
quented part of the forest, where, be-
ing fatigued and hungry, they sat down
to rest themselves and to dress their
victuals. While they we're thus en-
ployed the spirit of the woods, attracted
as it is supposed by the unusual and
savory smell of the venison, approached
them in the form of q beautiful female
and seated herself beside them. The
| youths. awed by the presence of Sc
superior a being, and struck with graf
| itude for the condensation which she
had shown them In becoming theil
guest, presented her in the most re-
| spectacle n a share of their re-
past, which she was pleased to accept
and upon which she RECALLED with seem,
ing satisfaction.
1.-THE repast being finished, the fe'
male spirit, having thanked them cor
daily for their attention. and informed
them that If they would return to the
same place after the revolution of ]:
moons, they would find something which
would recompense their kindness, dis.
appeared from their sight. The youths
having watched the revolving moons
and having rfturned at the appointed
time, found that upon the place on
which the right arm OF the goddess
had reclined 4 ear Of Indian corn had
sprung up; nj fer her left, a stan d
wheat, and fro d the spot on which she
had been sea d was growing a hour.
ishing plant Z tobacco
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-01-30
coLoRs IN BIRDS EGGS.
a Secret of Nature Which Is n Poser
Even TO Men of Scientific
Education.

"If you are interested in national
problems" said a nan who likes to
pore over cases in the Museum of Nat
ural History. according to the New
York Sun, here's a very simple one.
but you can find in it all the food for
speculation and theory you want, as
scores of eminent thinkers have done
already.
What is natures reason for the color
and marking of birds eggs, and In the
process of evolution how has it worked
out? There must be a reason for their
infinite diversity, and it can hardly be
an aesthetic one
THAT looks simple enough. yet the
most advanced n~aturalists haven't been
able to puzzle it out. All they can say
with any confidence is that the all-per-
vading instinct of distrust and need for
protection is exhibited in eggshells as
in more important things, and the main
idea in their color scheme has been to
secure safety in harmony with their
surroundings. But even that has ex-
ceptions.
Take the doves. Their eggs are white
and are plainly visible in The fiimsy
nest, though the nest is built in a tree,
and the eggs should be of a darker
tint, to follow the general rule.
Now, that, | believe, has been rea-
soned out in this way: The original
doves were rock doves, and they laid
white eggs in conformity with the nat
ural law which ordains that color for
most species of birds nesting in the
dark, so that the female might read
lily see them when she comes into the
gloom.
You find traces of this early instinct
in the fact that wherever there is a de-
serted rabbit warren you will find doves
taking advantage of it to build their
nests in the abandoned burrows. But
whether in holes or trees, the nests still
contain white eggs, which nature or
dained for their rock dwelling ances-
tors.
"Owls lay pale eggs for the same rea,
son. They breed in the dark.
ION the other hand the ducks, which
so far as anybody knows, have always
f%requented the most open places, also
lay pale eggs without markings. But
with them you will find a greater tend
ency to revert to olive browns or sandy
tints, the very color of the sand and
shingles on which the eggs are laid.
.'The eggshells of the plovers and
similar beach breeders are exactly
ground color. just as the partridge and
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-01-30

There are no women engaged In the
defense of the country" but many were
employed in occupations usually re-
served for men. Two only are described
as dealers in money" but n is de-
scribed as a dock laborer, one is a
"coachman," two are builders, one a
chimney sweeper, 81 are engaged in
cycle and motor manufacture, five rank
as farm grieves ~(managers), one is en-
gagged in Omnibus service" one is a pa
per hanger, another is a %plasterer, and
two are house agents.
Altogether $685. women are classed as
employers and A. AIS women are work
ing on their own account"
In 1901 there were 1900 female and
6.468 male lunatics over ten years OF
age In Scotland. Their former employ
ments included: Medical profession, rs
females and "a males; art, music and
drama, 20 females and "a males; and
domestic service, 1,74O females and So
males.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-01-30

pheasant eggs are the color of fallen
leaves. And grouse. quail and moor
fowl have eggs matching exactly in
color with the brown stems of heather
and the pine tree scales among which
they lie.
But there are blue and white and
spotted eggs you can't explain. AT
least | can't satisfactorily. Anybody
may start his own theories on the sub
ject, and find the problem endless. Solve
it correctly, and | think you will solve
at the same time half a dozen other
mysteries which have puzzled great
scientists on this queer predetermined
planet"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-01-30
Az to Kissing.

Richard Grant White, the eminent
philosopher, father of Stanford White
Of architectural fame, was asked once
upon a tine to conjugate the verb
''kiss." He believed and maintained
that English is a grammarless tongue.
hence he felt no conjunction when he
gave this: "Buss, to kiss; rebuss, to
kiss again; pluribus, to kiss without
regard to number; sillibus, to kiss the
hand instead of the lips; blunderbuss,
to kiss the wrong person; omnibus, to
kiss every one in the room; erebus, to
kiss in the dark."-N. Y. Press.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-01-30
SCOTCH WOMEN WORK.
FOrty-Five Per Cent. of Them Earn
Their Living Outside of Being
Housekeepers.

The third volume of the census returns
of Scotland gives some interesting in
formation regarding the employments
followed by women, states a London pa
per.
The population numbered in 1901
4,472.10S, of whom 2.17S, 755 were males
and 2,29S,348 females. OF this total,
1925 12, or 44.56 per cent, followed
some occupation. There were. however,
1,1sS,61S females over ten years of age
who were returned as "unoccupied and
nonproductive," against 1888 males.
Some of the employments in which both
men and women were engaged are given
in the following table:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-01-30
Tomorrow is Sunday. Many people

Tomorrow is Sunday. Many people
will want to go to church. Others
will want to go out for q walk. At
all events there will be many people
out, If it is clear. Then why not be
obliging and seq that your sidewalk is
clear OF snow. Don't point at the
cross walks and try to excuse your in.
action by the faults of others. If
every man would tend to his own
little front and leave the rest alone,
there would be good walking through
out the city. AS a matter of fact. the
street commissioner and his men have
done good work in getting the CROSS
walks clear. There are hundreds Of
them and the appropriation to do the
work is not as large IS it might be.
The snow should BIZ off the sidewalks
before q rain comes and turns it into
Toe. Why not do your share?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-01-30

One by one the old landmarks on
Smith street are disappearing. This
spring will doubtless see two of them
greatly altered or removed altogether.
Ever so is the march of progress.
This city could not stand still if il
wanted to. New factories, more
houses. l. r ,er 8 ores. 1t is a steady in
crease and is destined to put this place
among the leading cities of the State
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-01-30
could Not identity A.saiInnt,

PRINCETON, N. J., Jan. BOWL
liam Hayes, the supposed assailant of
Mrs. Stella Apologize of this city, has
been brought here for Identification.
Mrs. Apologize, who has now recovered
sufficiently to leave home, confronted
the negro, but failed to recognize him.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-01-30
Conditfona Dffterent.

Husband with newspaper)-Wher
I'm home you are forever hammering at
that piano, or else your tongue is run
ming like a trip hammer. 1t wasn't SO
before we were married.
Wife-No, it wasn't Before we were
married you held my hands sol couldnt
play. and kept my lips so busy that i
couldn't talk.-N. Y. Weekly.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-01-30

ST. PETERSBURG Jan. 30.-The ear
has granted Minister of Interior Won
Pleyhe and the governor of the prov
inoe Of Tver special p~lenary powers
over the local officials of Tyer in on
sequence Of the latter's subyersiye
tendencies.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-01-30
Hena OF s.. yioteur n..a.

CHICAGO. Jan. 30. = Very Rev. A.
Ccrcoran Of Chicago, provincial Of the
Order of st. Viateur, is dead at Phe-
nix, Ariz. He was born In Rodon, Can-
ada, forty-eight years ago. The inter
mcnt VIII take place at Bourbonnais.
nj.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-01-30

Colonel Pope. of bicycle fame, re-
Gently said that the first essential to
business success is advertising )"
that the second essential was "big
advertising;" and the third, digger
ADVERTISING"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-01-30
Accounts Differed.

II wonder how they eve became en-
gaged7"
Their accounts differ. She says he
threw himself at her feet, and he says
she threw herself at his ~head-"-Lon-
don Tit-Bits.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-01-30

Perth Amboy is q bigger town today
than it was yesterday. 1t will be sUill
bigger tomorrow.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-01-30
Another way of Lookinr al Il.

"And do you really think he married
her for her money!"
81 think he did"
"And has she much?"
mo"
What mRkaf ii think she hasn't?"
TT she 4h she would have
q eIsext-Stray sto-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-01-30

Feb. 90. -Braga's 9Th annual masque.
rade ball, Braga Hall.
Aug. 18-Excursion, Court Amboy So,
Foresters of America.
May 4, 5-Bazaar, st. Stephens DAN
ish Lutheran church.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-01-30
SATURDAY, JANUARY 80, 1904.

within a few years. These facts
make us proud that we are citizens OF
Perth Amboy. Tell others about the
to wn everywhere you go.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-01-30
CALENDAR OF LOCAL EVENTS

Jan. 29--Concert, Teachers Associa-
tion, High School Auditor
ium.
Feb. 2-Masquerade Ball, Gong ega-
tion Beth M%ordecai, Wilder
Hall.
Feb. 4.-Masquerade Ball, Dana So
ciety, Wilder Hall.
Feb. 8-Minstrels, Elks, Hospital
benefit.
Fep. 12-Calico Hop, Women's Relief
Corps. Grand Central Palace.
Feb. 10, 19-Bazaar in Simpson M. E.
church.
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Waila WaIla, Day
ton, Pomeroy, Lew.
9:57 n m. iston, Colfax, Pull
man, Moscow, the
C0uer d'Alene dis.
triot, Spokane and
all points north.
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Notice of Final Account.

In the County Court of the State of Ore
gon for Umatilla County
b Estate ate Of pfS'l William II r Notice of Finai
Hill, Deceased Account
Notice is hereby given that the under
signed, as administrative Of the above
entitled estate, has filed with the clerk
of the above named Court her final ac-
count therein, and that the judge Ct
said Court has designated Wednesday,
June |, 1904, at 10 O'Clock in the fore
noon, as the time nd the County
Judges Office IN the Court House in
Pendleton, Umatilla County, Oregon,
as the place where hearing upon said
final report shall be had, and all per.
sons interested are hereby notified to
then and there appear and show cause,
if any they have, why said final account
should not be approved and the admin
istratrix discharged, and her bondsmen
exonerated. Dated this 18th day Of
April, 1904. Delilah Hill,
Administrative.
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Brotherhood Of st Paul in connection
with his work in Methodism. In every
portion Of the United States, whenever
duty and labor has called him, Mr..
Powell has left as monument to the
betterment and uplifting of mankind
an organization of this Brotherhood.
SUNDAY evening, just prior to the
dedicatory service, Mr. Powell address
ed the large assemblage in relation to
the brotherhood. He forcibly illustra-
ted the benefits to be derived in the
membership OF the organization. With
its noble purposes, its worthy objects
and attainments, it appealed to many
aud an organization was at once effected
with membership of over forty names,
0. A. Cannon is president and j. L.
Snyder is secretary.
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BROTHERHOOD OF ST PAUL

Organized with "a Membership of Over
Forty BY Joseph w. Powell
'Bear ye one another's burdens and
SO fulfill the law of Christ" is divine
principle that is deeply rooted in the
brotherhood of man. Without this
principle there could be no Masonic
temples Of brotEerly love; the links OF
friendship, love and truth would forever
have remained unveiled and the beau
tiful story of the love and friendship of
Damon and Pythias would have never
been known.
1t was this principle that prompted
Joseph W. Powell, of Buffalo, New
York, to form the organization Of the
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STRENGTH OF METHoDIsm.
Over 27.O0O, 900 Adherents to the DIFF
ferent Methodist Churches.

Over 27. 900 900 Adherents to the DIFF
ferent Methodist Churches.
A dispatch from San Francisco says
Of the recent convocation Of Bishops OF
the Methodist church in that city:
"All of the bishops submitted to the
convention formal reports OF the church's
condition in their respective iurisdlc-
tions. From official documents it is
shown that the Methodist Episcopal
church in the United States has $4,000
ordained ministers and $4,000 church
edifices. Seventy conferences are held
annually, in which l, 800, 900 laymen are
directly concerned.
"The church has 3,150,000 commu-
nicants and 10000, 900 constituents. All
other forms of Methodism in this coun-
try, including the M. E. church, South,
have an additional 12,000,000 of COM
municants and constituents, making the
grand total of believers q, 900.
"Partial progress was made IN as.
signing bishops TO PRESIDE over the ~
fall conferences this year and some work
was also done in preparing the program
for the M. E. church general conference
in Los Angeles next month.
During the conference each of the
IS bishops who are attending will de-
liver at least one formal address in
Hazards pavilion in May, when the con-
ference will be held.
zone feature of the Los Angeles con-
ference will be the reception to foreign
delegates, another grand concert of
Harry Barnhart, with chorus of 700
voices, an orchestra of go pieces and a
number of we'll known. soloists in the
production Of selections from oratorios. "
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Committees.

Decorating committee Mrs. Clarence
Whiteman, Mrs. II. II. Hill, Mrs. Flo
renee Alloway, Miss Mabel Tompkius
and Miss Elsa Rosenzweig.
Entertainment committee Mrs. A. f..
Jones, Mrs, Laura Froome, Mrs, ii. IL.
Hill, Mrs, J. NJ Booher, Mrs. Mary
Brown, Mrs. Carrie Schmitt, Mrs. VIM.
fomplSius, Mrs. Mary Worthington,
Mrs. Mary Robinson, Mrs, Robert
Boyd, Mrs, Florence Alloway aud Mrs.
Jennie Mcbride.
Reception committee Mrs, George
Marquis, Mrs, A. Zerba, Mrs. Roda
Williams, Mrs. Katie Brookner, Mrs.
Mary Brown, Mrs. A. Wagner, Mrs.
Laura Froome, Mrs Carrie Sehmitt,
Mrs. IL. IL. Hill, Mrs Jennie Mcbride,
Mrs. Matte Read, Mrs, May Shrimpf,
Mrs Mary Worthington, Mrs, William
Tompkins, Mrs. Mary l.. Stewart,
Mrs. Jessie Koontz, Miss Matte Cop.
pock, Miss Nettie Cannon, Mrs, Sharp,
Mrs. Wilkinson, Mrs. Burke and Mrs,
Wright
Music committee Prof j. S. Henry,
chairman,
Usher committee Arthur Coppock,
chairman.
Introduction committee Miss Nettie
Cannon, chairman.
Invitation committee o, Worth
ington, chairman,
Sunday School committee +. G.
Koontz, chairman,
Committee on Brotherhood Of st.
Paul j. l., Snyder, chairman.
Committee ON Public Comfort @. A.
Snyder, chairman.
Old Folks committee Robt. Coppock,
chairman
Veterans committee Samuel Ives,
chairman.
Epworth League committee #, G.
Koonta, chairman.
Junior League committee Walter
Armfeld, chairman.
Ladies' Aid committee Mrs. Mary
Worthlngton, chairman,
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SAN FRANCISCO-PORTLA ROUTE.
Steamer sails nom Portland p. N. every 5
days.
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The Fair Route

via Chicago or New Orleans to st.
Louis, is the one that gives you the
most for your money, and the fact that
the Illinois Central offers unsurpassed
service via these points to the world s
fair, and in this connection to all points
beyond, makes it to your advantage, in
case you contemplate a trip to any point
east, to write us before making final
arrangements.
We can offer the choice of at least a
dozen different routes. B. HI. Trumbull
Commercial Agent, 142 Third sire t.,
Portland, Oregon; j. c. Lindsey, T. F.,
& P. A., 142 Third street, Portland
Oregon; p. B. Thompson, F. & P. A.,
Room /, Colman building, Seattle,
Wash.
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Steamers leave Riparia daily except Satur-
DAY, at 4;lO a. M. Returning leave Lewiston
daily except Friday, at a. m.
For tickets to and from all parts OF the
country call on or write to
N. w. Smith, Agent,
Athena
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CHURCH DEDICATION
Continued from Page ~

vices were opened with an anthem. This
was followed by hymn, prayer, and a
splendidly rendered quartette.
Rev. J. s. Anderson again preached
strong sermon, taking for his subject,
"Power." This sermon was followed
by stirring address on the aims and
objects of the Brotherhood of St. Paul,
by the national organizer, Mr.. Powell.
Then followed the impressive dedicatory
service, by Rev. G. E. Gibson, D. D.,
presiding elder of the Walla Walla dis
trlct, and benediction closed the great
meeting.
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Mixed train walla
I:O5 p. M. Walla and interme. ,
diate points.
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Mixed, for Pendle-
l2:N pm. ton and intermedi- 7ag5 D. m
late points.