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Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-04
MONDAY, APRIL 4, 1904.

the city will be put in q first class
condition. This idea was advocated
in the Evening News last spring. II
means the Improvement of many
streets which otherwise will remain
in their present state for years. 1t is
impossible to place expensive pave
ments on all the streets at once.
Ever body would be bankrupt. At
the same time the city does wan t
better thoroughfares. The city
fathers have hit upon the one solu-
tion. Cities larger than Perth Amboy
have maoadam on their residential
stceets and it is satisfactory. The
main thing is keeping it in repair. If
repairs are made Systematically the
cost Will be light.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-04

Exactly what the outcome of the
present real estate furry in Smith
street property will amonn to remains
to be seen. 1t is evident there is d
small sized panic, as they would term
it in Wall street, and the ends not
yet. That it will be to the lest in
terest of the city is almost certain.
1t wilT doubtless mean more modern
business houses and increased trade,
making the city street greater as q
center.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-04
Strange Electric Lights.

During the remarkable magnetic
storm, accompanied by displays of the
aurora borealis, on October 81 last, a
gentleman driving along a country road
at, aight. near Calgary, Canada, had a
singular experience. He found himself
surrounded with great vertical shafts
of light, which extended up into the sky,
meeting at the zenith in a perfect apse
and glowing with beautiful eolors, the
shafts being bright ruby~olored at the.
top, but changing. in hue as they de-
scended through purple 'snd green to
gold at the bottom. Objects half Il mile
away we're evidently beyond the shafts,
and indeed some of these were only a
few yards distant, and seemed to chase
the observer as he drove On in his buggy.
The display lasted but a few minutes.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-04
WASH THE FACE UPWARD
By So Doing the Skin May Be Made
Smooth and Free from
Wrinkles.

Our grandmothers used to date the
period of their lost girlhood by the first
wrinkle, but the woman has to be seen
nowadays who would have the courage
to say that with her first wrinkle comes
old age. She would tell you she is proud
of that little faint line, says the Boston
Budget.
But, as a rule, Ill health is answerable
for those disagreeable little lines, and,
indeed, when they are many in number,
they are d%isfiguring.
Many are the methods that have been
tried to make the skin smooth and fair
again.
A number Of these methods are good.
but as nc two skins are alike, each re-
quires a different treatment.
There is a good deal in the way O
wash your face. Instead of washing 1t
downwards, as 80 out of every 100 do, 1t
should be washed upwards, and gentle
friction given to the parts most likely
to wrinkle.
Spraying the face with soft hot water
ut night is good.
The best plan Of all is to nourish the
body with good, wholesome food which
will, in its turn, nourish the skin and
fill out the face in the parts where
wrinkles generally come. Fare powder
only deepens the wrinkles.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-04
WERE NOT TRUE ALBINos.
Number of White Buffalo Surprised
Hunters Until the Phenomenon
Found an Explanation.

Old buffalo-hunters of the western
Kansas prairies used to tell of having
seen and pursued white buffalo. There
were white buffalo, albinos, such as are
found at rare intervals in all the faml-
lies Of the animal kingdom; but the
number of those which existed in fact
and of those which existed purely in the
imagination, says the Kansas City Jour
nal, were in wonderful disproportion.
In 1873 old Ben Garfield, who roamed
the plains with his tall, gaunt wife for a
companion, followed a herd of buffalo
from the northern edge Of what is now
Oklahoma to the sand-hills of Nebraska,
thinking to kill a big white bull which
he had e e in the herd. After three
weeks of patient stalking Garfield did
kill the bull, only to find that the white
ness of it's appearance was due to a coat
of whitewash. DO
An explanation Of this phenomenon
would not be needed by people familiar
with the natural lime beds of western
Kansas. The habit of the buffalo is to
roll or wallow In every pool of water or
mudhole to which be, comes. Canfield's
buffalo had simply been rolling in a bed
of the native lime, which, when dried
in the sun, coated his hide with a kind
of plaster.
No doubt these lime-holes account
for many of the white buffalo" so often
reported by hunters.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-04
REASON FOR EARTHQUAKES
Time, Says Professor, Is Accountable
for Shrinkage in Worlds Surface
That Results in Disturbances.

Prof. James F. Kemp, Of the chair of
geology at Columbia university, had this
explanation to give of the New England
earthquake:
THE earth tends to go more and more
slowly as it ~revolves, on account of the
backdrag of the atmosphere, so it tends
to become more and more nearly a per-
feet sphere and less flattened at the
poles.
"Also there is a kind of interior
shrinkage due to loss of heat, and this
produces a shrinkage at the surface
which may produce the disturbances.
The original place of the disturbance
was probably under the sea, and it COM
municated itself to the land"
A. w. Grabau. professor of paleon-
tology, said: II do not believe that the
disturbance was of volcanic origin.
There have been 0 snch In, this part
of the world for a fair number of years"
Prof. Grabau was asked what be
meant by a fair number of years.
Say about Is, 000, 900 years." lie cob
tinued, graveIy.
The last volcanic eruption here
abouts was the one that made the pail
sades on the Hudson, and that
was back in the t~riassic period. In New
England we are positive there has been
70 serious disturbance for thousands of
years, because there are powders IL ere
which have not been disturbed within
that period"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-04
N-Ravs and Sound.

The fact that compression or bend
ing causes a substance to emit X-rays
has suggested to NJ. D. Lepinay that
vibrations producing sound should have
the same effect, as the sounding body
undergoes slight but rapidly repeated
strains. Experiments with a tuning
fork, a bronze bell, a large steel CYL
inder and a siren proved this to be true,
and the phosphorescent screen showed
that the air also produces as we'll as
transmits the rays. Another invests
gator, M. Meyer, has discovered a similar
radiation In vegetable tissue, the green
parts of the plant giving the most i'm
tense effect.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-04
ABOUT CHINESE NAMES
Geographical Prefixes and Sufixes
Have a Definite Significance
in the Far East.

A few definitions of Chinese geograph-
ical proxies and sufixes may be Of
service in calculating the nomenclature
of current war news, says the Boston
Transcript. First, pref1xes: Ia, as in
Taku, means great, and siao, as in Siao-
Ping-Thou; means small. Pei or pc, nan,
tung and 81 are respectively north,
south, east and west. Thus the Pei-Ho
is the North river, etc. Shang and hal
are upper and lower. Pal, hei and
whang are white, black and yellow.
Suffixes are more numerous and famil-
lar. Kiang, no tchuan, ula, muren and
tchu each and all mean river. Thus Yalu
Kiang and Lao Ho are simply Yalu
river and Lao river. Shut, kou, thsuan,
Xii, gol and ussu are unfamiliar terms.
meaning a brook or small river. HUI,
nor and ONO mean lake, as in the we'll
known Lob Nor and Kosso Col. Pc, tse
and tien mean a small lake or swamp,
or a town situated near such a place.
Hal means sea; thus Whang-Hai is the
Yellow sea. Tung-Hai is the Eastern sea
and Nan-Hai is the Southern sea. Tao
and sometimes shan means island, but
shan more often means a mountain
range. Ling is a pass over a mountain
range. .
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-04
MEN o N WEAR coRsETs,
If the Absurd Custom Is in Vogue It
Is Concealed from the Mer-
chant Tailors.

OF late years a great deal of nonsense
has been printed about the growth OF the
corset habit among men, yet there
seems to be very little if any founda-
tion for such statements as have been
made on the subject. Making due allow
ances for the reserve with which the
tailor might seek to protect his eatrons
from publicity, it does not appear from
interviews witiSseveral of the leading
custom tailors in this city and other
cities that there IS ary truth in these
statements. All of them say they have
no calls for clothes. to be fitted over cor
sets, and a leading corset maker for
women, purveyor to a high-class custom
trade, declares a total absence of ap-
plications to make the articles for men.
The tailors estimate that such items
as those referred to may emanate from
the press agents of corset makers, who
would like to increase their trade by
making for men as well as women The
masculine figure does not, as a general
rule, need a corset. It's only effect would
De to repress the stomach and throw
out the chest, giving a form which Is
natural to men of athletic habits. who
stand erect, while to men of other habits
1t would be a constraint that could not
be borne with comfort. That the mil
itary figure" for men may be secured
without the use of a corset is shown by
the cadets of West Point and Annapolis,
who, as 1t has been definitely estab-
iished, do not use the articles.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-04

Tonight the aldermen meet. 1t
would be proper and altogether within
the wishes Of the people if they would
t IKE some action regarding the police
force. So far as the records show the
aldermen have not yet disposed of
MIR. Campbell's nomination. Six
patrolmen and q sergeant, who has to
also take the part of q roundsman, is
entirely insufficient for a city of 25, 900
population.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-04
HOME INSTINCT IN HORSES,
The Passing of Years Does Not Efface
Their Love for Native
Places.

have read with some interest in some
of the recent issues of Forest and Stream
of the Understanding instinct in horses,
and am reminded of a trait possessed
by a large bay mare owned by my IA
Their when | was a small boy living on
the old farm in the Ozark mountains In
Washington county, Arkansas, says a
writer in Forest and Stream.
My father was a confederate soldier,
belonging in q cavalry company, and
when he with his command surrendered
he was allowed to keep his mount. He
had purchased the mare from a party
from Missouri, who had taken her from
some point in Missouri to the Red river
country in south Arkansas at the be-
ginning of the civil war.
She was about five years old when
the wal ended, and we kept her ten years.
and to my certain knowledge never at
any time did she gain her freedom but
that she started north in the direction of
Missouri, and travelled until overtaken
and brought back. We tried all kinds of
e~Xpedients to induce her to remain, but
nothing but confinement kept her in
Arkansas. In those days the grass was
fine in the mountains, and all kinds of
stock grew and fattened on it, with no
cost but a little salt occasionally. But
even after three or four of her colts
were grown up and in the herd, and with
a colt in the pasture, she would occa-
sonally gain her liberty and start north
Qn a fast trot, and had to be caught and
brought back. And finally, when she
='Hd become old and of small value, one
ring day my father ordered me to take
cut and turn her on the range and
Eer go. This did, and within ten
'zIHEee she began to feed out north,
took one look at her. went home,
yer saw her again.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-04
IMPROVED STREETS.

Good for the aldermen! Good for
1.-THE Mayorl Good for the citizens!
Good for everybody! Macadam streets
and improved sidewalks. That's the
way to talk. That's the stuff! or
course macadam streets in busy thor
~Ioughfares are not as good as brick or
asphalt. but for residential streets,
where only light carriages and a few
delivery wagons run, the macadam is
satisfactory. A strip twelve feet
wide, il kept in repair, will keep a
crown in the street and will make an
excellent roadway all the year round.
{ In making these improvements it
must be realized that the seven miles
of streets already planned is only a
beginning Taxpayers, where streets
are not improved, object to pay for
the improvement Of some other mans
property while he himself must wade
through the mpak Let it be under
stood that a systematic improvement
of all unpavedv streets is about to be
started andx all will be benefited in
their turn, and there should be no OBJ.
lection on the part Of anyone.
II property owners on any street want
something more substantial than q
twelve-foot macadam pavement, now
is the time for them to get out their
petition and ask for something else.
VIVA tever they want the city will pay
one-third the cost. This, however,
should always be with the condition
that there are no closed specifications. !
All bidding should be open and free
for any COMPANY to bid. If only one
, company chooses to bid, that is not
the city's fault.
BY placing the twelve foot macadam
in the unpaved residential streets,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-04
Bohemian Soup.

Scrape and cut small two carrots.
saute in a tablespoonful Of butter, add
two tablespoonfuls of -four and allow to
brown slightly. When of a good color
add two quarts of water. a green onion.
g bay leaf and one pint of peas. When
The vegetables are tender, rub through
a sieve. Return to the fire, add a tea
spoonful Of salt, a dash of cayenne and
one cupful of cream.-Good Housekeep-
ing. ts4
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-04-04
A Russian Battleship.

That Russian stranded battleship Ret
yizan, which has figured SO prominent
ly in the news from Port Arthur, Is
called after a Swedish battleship of 81
guns which was captured by the Rus
SLAMS at the battle of Wiborg in 1890.
The word Retvizan ear Justice"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-03-18
AUDITORS NOTICE
HEARING ON petition
DITCH PROCEEDINGS.
STATE OF MINNESOTA, J

STATE OF MINNESOTA SO.
COUNTY OF MORRISON.
In the matter of the petition OF Robert A.
PETE and others, for a public ditch in the
county of Morrison, state of Minnesota.
Notice is hereby given, that a petition
has been filed in the office of the County
Auditor of said county, praying for the
construction of a public ditch beginning
at the quarter post or as near thereto as
practicable, on the south line of section 20,
town 1928, range 81 west, running thence
north through the following described
lands, to-wit:
Through section 20 and section II to the
north line of said section II, thence in a
northwesterly direction through section
3 and section 6, town 1928, range 81 west, and
terminating at a certain creek, running
fro,,, the north line of said section to the
Swan River.
And that, therefore, the Board of County
Commissioners of Morrison county, state
of Minnesota, will hold a special meeting
m Friday, the 18th day of March. \. D. 1901,
at Little Falls, at the office of the County
Auditor. in said county, at . o'clock p. m.
Of said day, for hearing and consideration
of said petition and OF SAID surveyors
and viewers reports thereon; and that all
7 nersons interested in the construction of
said ditch are invitedtoappearand be heard
Nv and before said Board of County Com
I ,,,,issioners at said time for or against the
construction of said ditch.
IT. iSealA WILLIAM A. BUTLER,
County Auditor of Morrison County
B Minnesota. ~ -"
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-03-18
NOTICE OF SALE
Ditch Proceedings,
Sale OF DITCHING JOBS.

Notice is hereby given, that on the I'd
day of April 1901 at o'clock p. M, at the
Office of the county auditor of Morrison
county, in the city of Little Falls, will
sell the jobs of digging and constructing
the ditch No. six of Morrison county, es-
tablished by the board of county COM
missioners of Morrison county, state OF
Minnesota, by their order bearing date
January 18th, 1904, viz:
In sections of 100 feet each, each of said
sections to be known and numbered by
stakes, as shown by the report of the en-
gineer in said matter, commencing at the
one including the outlet, and from thence,
ing the source.
Commencing at the southwest quarter
of section 81, township 1873, range 60, thence
running along the following route: In
nortbeasterly direction through sections
31-92-2928-2l and l6 and terminating at the
Crow Wing river in section 1e, township
13, range 80
to the lowest responsible bidder or bid
ders, and that bids are invited for said
work; said work to be completed within
the time required, and in the manner
specified, in said engineers report. And
\->>SNA'7
more than thirty (30) per cent over and
above the estimated cost of the Construc'
ton, in any case, as stated in the said or
der; and the successful bidder will be re-
quired to give satisfactory bond, to be
approved by the auditor of said county
with two freehold sureties, for the faith
full performance and fulfilln1ent of his
:, contract, and to pay all damages that
may accrue by reason of his failure tc
complete the job within the time required
in the contract. The said order and es
Inmates and profile are on file, and may be
seen at my office.
All bids must be accompanied by {
certified check payable to the auditor O.
said county, for not less than ten per cen
of the amount of each bid.
The right to reject any and all bids is
hereby reserved.
WILLIAM \. BUTLER,
County Auditor Morrison County, State
of Minnesota.
(SEAL)
Dated March Sth, 1904.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-03-18
THINGS THEATRICAL.

Richard Mansfield was once a dry
goods clerk in Boston.
e. H. Sothern has been playing star:
roles for eighteen years.
The theater season is now reviving,
and managers hope the change will
continue. = y
: Lillian Russell's younger sister,: Ger
trude. Russell, is appearing in
"Olympe" 10y.
David Warfield Is preparing for, his
appearance in a new play to be put
on next season.
David Belasco is writing new play
for Mrs. Leslie Carter, who is now
starring In ''The Heart Of Maryland"
The leading role in the sensational
melodrama, 1.-THE Queen of the White
Slaves" is a daughter Of a Canadian
minister.
William Faversham has won the So
briquet, "the Beau Brummel of the
STAGE His collection of waistcoats is
nothing short of dazzling.
= Marie Tempest is to appear in Lon
don next fall in new play. She is
now starring in ''The Marriage of Kit
IT," one Of the hits Of the American
season. -~ze@ ~ be- Il .... .
William Gillette, who has made
s@The Admirable Crichton," by ]. NJ.
Barrie, one Of. the notable features Of
the year, Is. one of the best fencers on
the stage, .3* 49, s LII !. III
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-03-18
A Land Of FloWeFs.

Palestine is land Of flowers. Bot
anists tell US that there are $500 diff:
ferent kinds. The eastern sun gives
the colors a brightness they seldom
have in our hazy cline. The wild flow
ers are somehow localized, SO that acres
and indeed miles take their hue from a
single flower.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-03-18
FIRE LOSSES

FlhE IOoSGo
In times Of stress and fire people are
ant to examine into the solidity and
strength Of companies in which they
are: insured. But why insure In a
weak company and take chances on
Baltimore fire when there are plenty
Of good companies.
The undersigned represent some OF
the leading and strongest English and
American companies. Among the five
English companies is included that
peerless prince Of all comprehensive
Royal of Liverpool, which pays Its
Baltimore loss of one million dollars
without discount and contributes
$40, 900 to the fire sufferers. All the
English companies pay their ,Balti-
more losses direct from England. OF
the companies represented we mention
rhe we'll known Continental of New
York, the National of Hartford and
the Germania of New York.
When considering insurance give US
q call. Respectfully, .'. z.:. : ...,~
signor..& ssschallern.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-03-18
COME AND GONE
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Mrs. c. W. Wilson OF Burtrum
visited her daughter, Mrs. E. W.
Reeder.
The family of John Roch have
moved tn Brainerd.
R, Tester and M. Barker of Rock
Ranids a., visited Mr.. Belzer.
W. H. Biel of Royalton was in the
CITY on business Friday.
Austin Grimes and family visited
the family of his brother at Grey
Eagle Sunday.
Henry Richard was up from Mime
apolis Friday to Monday.
Miss Louise Gunderson visited at
Royalton Sunday.
Clark Shea is home for a visit.
Mrs. W. b. Thompson of Swan
River returned Saturday from a visit
with relatives at Staples.
O. J. Sanborn has gone to Washing.
ton.
Mrs. Pinckney of Brainerd visited
Mrs. Geo. Schroeder.
Mrs. and Mrs. Goe Neuman have
gone to Minneapolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. F. Case of Foun-
tain are visiting here.
Phil. Randall went to Glendale.
N. D., on business Monday.
j. W. True of the Free Press 20. I.
of Maukato, was in the city Monday.
F. P. Farrow was in st. Cloud
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. s. R. Snow returned
from Park Rapids. Monday.
Miss Amy Roth visited in Brainerd'
Louis Wright returned from Mime
apolis Friday.
Chris Van Buskirk was called t
Mortified by the erious illness of hi
mother.
Mrs. P. F. Hosch was called to
River Falls. Wis, by news OF the Ill
nesss of her mother, Mrs. Rogers.
Secretary Of State Hanson wal
among those in attendance at the con-
vention Wednesday.
R. Neill Jr., has gone to North Da
kora to be employed on the 500 hne.-
D. Corbin attended the G. A. R
encampment at Minneapolis Thu
week.
Editor Eastman of the st. Clout
Journal Press and Senator Brewer
were among the delegates her
Wednesday.
Miss Genevjeve Wolf of Stillwate
is visiting her sisters, Mines. A
Simonet and NJ V. Wetze1.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. L. Decker have gon
to Austin for a visit and go from
there to Pennsylvania.
will DeMars has gone to Muotana
Sam Trebby returned Wednesday.
Ed. Loucks is rapidly recovering
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-03-18
West Indies. .

Throughout the West Indies and
peninsula of Florida the prevailing
winds are from due east, which makes
the eastern coasts very healthy, while
on the, west coasts, where these winds
are not so constant, the climate is less
}saluhrinls. ,z<#. @;:~* r. !. >f1='G
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-03-18
A LIQUOR Cure.

A cure for a craving for intoxicating
liquors is said to be a raw potato peeled
and one end cut down till it can be
easily inserted in the mouth. Then the
potato is to be dipped in ice water and
sucked whenever the craving comes on
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-03-18
A Medieval Kitchen.

The oldest relic in London Of a me-
diseval kitchen is at Westminster alb
hey, though little remains to indicate
it save the rubble flooring. the buttery
hatch and an adjoining cellar.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-03-18
A Gladstone Definition

A Gladstone Definition.
Gladstone when in Office did not care
particularly for the visits of self APP
pointed committees of citizens. His
definition of a deputation was "a noun
signifying many, but not signifying
much.'
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-03-18

Arthur Ecklund of Lincoln has gone
to Anaconda, Montana, for the sum-
mer, and may remain there.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-03-18

E. F.. Sanbeau, lately of Alexan'
dria. will open a lunch room in the
old location Of tbs Ideal restaurant.
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-03-18
y.
Free Marriages,

At Rotterdam poor people who can
not afford to pay a fee are married on
Wednesday before noon.. u,
Little Falls herald. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1889-1950, 1904-03-18

An improved rotary valve espec tally
Intended for use on saw mill car
riages, invented by r. Gillette Of this
city, is described in recent issue
of the Scientific American. The de-
vice givee instant control of the
steam, enabling the carriage to be
stopped at will.