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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-02-12

OFFICERS JOHN F. DRYDEN President. LESLIE D. WARD. EDGAR B. WARD. Vice President. sd Vice Presden
 FORREST F. DRYDEN, sd Vice President. EDWARD KANousE.a T. C. E. BLANCHARD, s Supt. of Real Estat JACOB E. WARD, WILBUR S. JOHNSON, e
 Counsel .Hs..1 compuole F. (. BLANCHARD. Supervisor Loan Department. EDWARD GRAY. EDWARD H. HAMILL, Secretary Medical Directo VALENTINE RKER. ROBERT L. BuRRAGE.
 Assistant Secretary. Medical Directc LESLIE P. WARD. JOHN K GORE. Assistant Secretary. Acuar WILLARD !. HAMILTON. FREDERIC A. BOYLE. ss Assistant Secretary. cashie FREDERICK H. JOHNSTON. Associate Aetuary HENRY OvERGNE. GEORGE W. MUNsicK.
 Supervisor. Supervise WM PERRY WATSON. Assistant Medical Director.
 FREDERICK L. HOFFMAN. stadstician.
 GEORGE H. KIRKPATRICK. Assistant Actuary
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-20
o~RAs FOR TABLE.
Oriental Locusts Looked Upon as Del
icacies in Philippines-Have
GingeraBiscuit Taste.

Big grasbhoppers, such as grow fat
and buzz IloudB in the orient, are
looked upon as table d~elicacies in the
Philippines.
There are several methods used by
the natives for catching grasshoppers.
The most effective is the net. This is
a large butterfly net, arranged with
netting placed over a hoop, and to the
latter is fixed a long handle.
The hopper is first so thoroughly
dried out in the heat of the sun or in
the bake oven that there is nothing left
that is really Objectionable, and a nice,
crispy article of food results. This
tastes sweet Of itself, and something
like ginger biscuits. The natives usually
sweeten the grasshopper more by
using a %sprinkling of brown sugar.
Then the co~nfectioners make up grass
hoppers with sugar, chocolate trim
mings, and colored candies in such a
way that a very nice tasting piece of
confectionery is obtained. The house.
wife of the Philippines takes consider
able delight in placing before you a
nice grasshopper pie or cake. The
%grasshopper pie is the most wonderful
dish, as the big hoppers are prepared
In such a way that they do not lose
their form.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-20
MANS LOVE OF NATURE.
When Wearied with intellectual Pur-
suits He Turns to Her !
for Rest.

The more man has become engaged IN
the conflicts of civilization, in intellect
ual disappointment, the more he has felt
the uselessness of knowledge, the o
he has turned to certain expressions of
art as an escape. He has addressed
poems to nature, has painted landscapes
more and more, has shown in every way
that such an escape was q dream. l do
not mean, writes John La Fargo, in Nc
Clure's, that such records OF art have be-
gun late, only that the more complex
forms, especially such as those
that paintings give, are more
evident to US. Art has existed
from the very beginning, even
before the first man suffered out his
naming of the animals and expressed
their character by the sound of their
name. The dances of savages, as we call
them, that is to Say, of people of earlier
forms Of civilization, invented before TIE
arts of design, record in a poetic way
what they do, and the seasons of such
doing, and ven the appearance of ma
ture-the storm. the rain, the clouds
loWln dcICSS IHe SKY, the laSnlDS Oh
the sea against the shore. In Fiji they
have a dance where the women spread
out their arms like the wave lines of the
surf, and the children, springing up be-
hind them, represent the foam of the
wave crests. From these beginnings,
we know that tragedy and comedy, as we
call them, have grown. Then, as all
these disappear in fact, they are record
ed in the art of painting. And as q man
more and more leaves behind him a life
of out of doors, in so much does he de-
Gire to admire it.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-20
RANSOM FOR HUMAN LIFE.
Custom of Placing Coin in a Corner
Stone Had Strange Origin
Many Years Ago.

Few of those who, at the laying Of
the corner stone of a new public build
Ing, place a coin in the cavity reserved
for the purpose are acquainted with
the origin of the custom. This harm
less practice is the shadow of an older
tragic custom. The money stands.
theoretically, fort the ransom of the
human being, who by ancient supersti-
ton should hays been buried in its
place. Otherwise it was held, the
building would not stand firm and en-
dure.
There was a time when this particu-
lar kind of human sacrifice had a vogue
extending to mostparts Of the world.
Even in England skeletons have been
found imbedded in the bases of castle
walls and there is record of one Ger
man fortress at the building of which
a child vas bought from the mother
with haI d cash and walled in to the
donjon toWer-the unnatural mother.
according to the story, looking on the
while Efigies of human beings are
still used in some parts of Europe as
harmless substitutes and in remOter
and more ruthless places the old us
ton crops out from time to time in all
it's grim reality.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-20
GESTIcULhTloN IN FASHION
Teachers Say Exactness Must Be OBJ
tanned or the Effect Is
Disastrous.

Gesticulation is the fashion now
says the New York Sun. Woman must
gesticulate to be in the swim. But she
must do it in a correct manner.
1t is said that the most fashionable
people have taken to making gestures,
and therefore, of course, all oma
kind must paw the air, so to speak.
Just any and every sticking about of
the hands or motion of the head and
shoulders will not do, declare the
teachers of gesticulation, and they are
prctty thick nowadays. Gestures are
like the alphabet, they form a language
of their own.
These teachers Furthermore say that
gestures are innate in the human be-
ing, like a terrible thirst or any other
old thing, and that they merely have
to be brought out and perfected by
those who have made a deep study OF
the subject.
Gesticuiation, in its highest form,
must convey to a person out of earshot
a general understanding of a converse
ton that is being carried on.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-20

one light spot in the dark and gloomy
background of that distant past was
the great plate of apple pie in the cen.
ter of every table he approached.
The colonel finally escaped back to
college and thought nothing more OF
the circumstances until one day a tall,
brawny farmer, under the leadership
Of the college president, strobe into
the gymnasium where the pseudo
preacher was practicing. There was
blood in his eye and his fierce stride
forward was so menacing that the col
onel thought discretion the better part
of valor and he escaped through a
window.
1t appears that the congregation was
so delighted with the effort OF their
supply that they wanted him again,
and knowing only his name they had
encountered the real article in his
room. OF course, there were questions
asked and explanations which re-
vealed the trick Holiday had played.
Then the college president had been
sought and the farmer moved through
the student body to pick out and iden-
tify the culprit. 1t is needless to say
that Col. Holiday graduated with first
honors only after the most diliGent
study after that. That was why he
forsook all thought of "the cloth and
took up railroading as a profession.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-20

Sir Jerome Bowes, Queen Elizabeth's
ambassador to Ivan the Terrible, czar of
Russia, in 1853, had an exciting time.
Ivan had killed his own son a few years
earlier in a fit of passion, and was no
easy character to deal with. The czar
saw fit to disparage the English queen,
whom, he declared, "he did not reckon
to be his fellow" there being those who
were her betters. Bowes could not stand
this sort of thing, and pluckily asserted
that his princess was as great as any
in Christendom. what! AS great as
the emperor of Germany" demanded
Ivan. why" answered Bowes, with a
fine assumption of seorn, "such is the
greatness of the queen, my mistress, that
the king, her father, had not long since
the emperor in his pay in his wars
against France" The car was at first
more furious than ever, but in time he
took Bowes into his favor.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-20
rriEY LIKED t,iG cERMOM.
But When They ToraG Gu lie Was
a Substitute There Was a
Lc-1ol.ttaton.

Thcy toll a T-0l story CT Col. ~. y.
Holiday while . student 1T BUcknell
college. The colonel, whilo a. religious
a1 the majority OF atu 'ant3 at tho col
,eGo, was never l1CGn 10 vei.e much
CH4L in the chapel. lis roommate was
u postgraduate minister, young, but
Intensely r~e!igiouG. and it was his
t2bit TO preach a"ound' in order 10
exc ont his tuitiaa. Olc Gay q haTty
summons came fer this nedgling min
lister TO drive out TO a certain country
ahurcL ana act rs %'eIEply' in the alb
sence of the regular pastor, ha2tily
drawn to another part CT Tie state by
the death Of q relative. Col. Holiday
opened the letter, and, realing Is con
tents, conceived the idea Of acting as
his roonlmato's sub. relates the Pitts.
burg Dispatch.
So he dCnned one of tho suits of his
friends. He was thin then and looked
much more ministerial than he does
now, and he made quite a gerene, sol
and religious presentation. He
drove out to the church, was heartily
welcomed, ana he delivered one Of the
strongest sermons that had been heard
in that section for many years. He
was eloquent and knew just enough
Of the Good Book to avoid pitfalls.
His congregation was tickled to
death and the colonel thought he
could escape with the 'V" they passed
out to him, but they insisted that he
should so home with one of the elders
fer dinner. The colonel chafed at the
super-religious atmosphere he was
compelled to throw about him. There
were blessings and prayer meetings
galore. and as he remembers it. the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-20
THE DECLINE OF PROFANITY
Gentle Slang Of the Present Has Sup
planted the Swear Words
OF Old Times.

Many purists bewail the prevalence of
slang in the spoken language of the
period. Has it never occurred to them
that in the vast majority of instances
slang is relatively soft and harmless,
that it is seldom profane, and that what
common speech has suffered from inter
j~ections Of slang and can't phrases has
been more than counteracted by the dis
use OF hard old Anglo-Saxon swear
words? Thus, says the Savannah News,
the language is really the gamer, and
usage is making much Of the slang good
English. Take any good dictionary
lately from the press, and it will be
found to contain literally hundreds of
words that were considered slang and
not to be spoken in polite conversation
a dozen, or 20 or so years ago. Likewise,
take any standard novel of three, four
orfive generationsago, which reflects the
customs and people of its period, and it
viii be, found that some of the leading
characters in it were given to politely
damning various parts of themselves,
and about everything else on the slight
est provocation, in any company what
soeyer.
In the days of Sheridan it was consid-
cred good form for the gallant gentle
man to, consign himself to perdition,
pieGemeal or as a whole, while paying
tribute to the charms of the ladies with
whom he was conversing. The rotund
and benevolent Mr.. Pickwick himself
was not averse to using a judicious oath
while in the most charming society.
T~hackeray, in person and in his novels,
let drop swear words occasionally that
would not now be tolerated in a gentle
mans parlor. There was a famous and
brilliant lawyer of Charleston, who
flourished not long before the outbreak
of the civil war, who swore plausibly,
artistically and easily in polite COM
pany, and told risque stories in the most
select circles; and he was accounted
among the most delightful company to
be found within the broad Xpans of
long ago it was regarded as a gentle
mans privilege to swear, and if his oaths
were nicely chosen no offense was felt.
1t is not so now. Not that profanity is
obsolete, but it is pretty nearly so in po-
lite society. 1t is principally indulgedin
by uncultured persons, or by the tipsy.
Occasionally the gentleman may let
slip an oath, under provocation, but in
such instances he is careful to note that
there is no woman within earshot. The
ID" at the dinner table or in the draw
ing-room is unknown in these modern
and better days. Men have a higher and
and for the language thar in former
times.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-20
K. X. ~KENNEDAY.


One of the points of interest in the
motor-car or automobile development is
the fact that there is a tendency by peo-
Ele who have fine country houses for
sale to advertise them in first-class
motor-car journals, the increase of these
advertisements Indicating not only that
the class CT periodicals mentioned may
become the natural medium for such ad-
vertisements, but that the facilities Of
tered by up-to-date automobiles for
travelling long distances quickly and
easily and without regard to fixed time
tables, increasing the radius of a neigh
borhood and possibilities of combining
with country life a command of city con-
veniences through accessibility to them.
are making country houses more valu-
able.
MARSHAL HALSTEAD. /.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-20

A conspicuous feature OF the rapidly
expanding trade between the Amazon
region and the United States is the
growth of the drug trade. Brazil pro.
duces a long list of medicinal herbs.
roots, berries, beans, balsams ard other
crude supplies for the manufacturing
chemist and perfumer. Many of these
are staple articles and others are Just
becoming known to the trade. Hereto
fore not much Importance has been at
tached to this line Of exports, but latter
~ manufacturers have turned their at
!ention to this region as a source of crude
supplies. With the largely increased
and growing demand for these products
local merchants have become interested.
and without doubt this branch Of trade
will soon develop into an important
factor in the exports from the Amazon
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-20
MYTHS.

japanese believe in more mythical
creatures than any other people on the
globe. Among these are serpents 800
feet long and large enough to swallow
an elephant; foxes with eight legs, mon
keys with four ears and fishes with ten
heads attached to one body. They also
believe in the existence of a crane which.
after it has lived for 900 years. has NO
need Of any s~ustenance except water.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-20
NOTIGE

Notice is hereby given that the uGdc siene ,
i. tends M XII p app ication to th- Board of X
elsa Commissioners OF the city OF Perth AmboN,
1t their naat me : in = foe IL transfer Of his license
to keep a saIo II with the pri eye OF sell
ing malt ~ Il spin Nitrous liquors in the ci y o
Perth Amboy. at aud in The fons1 owned b.
John w, Ellie to Victor WIZ ut 1903 Cortianhl
ST. ct. MIKE oTUMPS
q 8 iF-21 st Dew
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-20
Very Progressive.

q Tourist-So Squire MosEback is on
sidcred your mcat progressive citizen?
interchangeable. He's more'n
.het! Why, the old cUss has hed his
chicken house whitewashed twicet il
lher last ten'ye&rs.-Chicaeo AmericaI.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-20
GC63ltat Dew
NOTICE

Notice is he ely given that the u"der igned
iatf nds making a~pulica,i II to the B,a'd Of Elk
else Cor T.. issioners of The city ~ Perth Amboy.
at their next meetine for atrsnsf-r of his license
to keep q S 10 n with The privilege of Sc
ing malt ami spiritlous iqpors Ia the city #
Perth Amoov, at 42 Chauncey ST., aud in tbs
house owned hy himself tn io n Dsp~anovic.
NATHAN ROBINSON
CESS 5.i1 ct oew
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-20
NOTICE.

Not ice is hereby fiven that The und rsi2 ned
intends maxi g ap-I cation 30 The Board - FIX
cise Commissioners Of the City Of Perth Am, oy,
MT their next meeting. for n Ice' Sc 10 keep u
saloon with the priyil' ge OF Sc lirg matt and
in the hous e owned By him eli I 0 Charles st.
JOS. HOVOMZcf
GlbT III st oew
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-20
5l5-1f Ct oew


Notice is hereby given that The undersigned
intend. making application tn The Board o. Tx
c,se Commissioners of the city OF Perth Amboy,
saloon with the privilege CT Ii & malt AID
spi itu us liquois in the city OF Perth Ambov
aid - the house owned by Ellen Campbell at
100 Washtngttn st.
JAS. e. GALLAGHER
GCG III Of oew
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-20
NOTICF,

Notice is hereby given th't the undersigned
intenGs making spp!icatio , TO the Board of EX
elsa Conn iSsioners Of The City e Perth Am
hoy, at their next n Getting, for q
license 10 ken a loon wi h the privil-
eye of selling M II and spirituous liquors in tn
City of Per ti Ambny, and in the house owaed
by himself at Is Ca he in ST.
g. ~ 5-f1 Ct Dew
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-20
Takes the burn out; heals the wound
'urcs thopain. DR.. Thomas Electric OH
he household remedy.
The Best Material,

Ciereyman-I shall GenCupce TIL.
play, sir. 1t is shochi2gly immoral!
Managerial right. Juatsend arouH(
4 copy OF the crmon for our 2dyantr
agent, will you?-Fuck.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-20
Frequent Changes.

Church-What colored hair ha
your typewriter?
Gotham can't exactly say;
haven't seen her, this morning. =
Yonkers Statesman.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-20

ID mt let the little ones suffer fron
etz@ma or ether toIturing skin diseases
No need for it. Doan's Ointment cur :
Can't harm tho most delicate skin. A
any drug store, 80 cents. :
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-20

No man cln cure consump' ion. You
can prevent it though. Dir. Woods Nor
way Pine Syrup cures ms, cold,
bronchitis, asthma. Never fails.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-20
His Vocation.

What does Windem do?"
He's a safe blower
"Eh?'
always telling tail stories aboutN
himself that nobody al show are not
true."-Puck.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-20
Els Only Uea.

81 wonder it. he's really of any use in
the world" remarked the girl in blne.
"Oh, yes" replied the practical girl in
gray, "Ha a be USED to make other
men jealous. Chicago Post.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-20
When doctors fail try Burdock Blood
Bitters. Cures dyspepsia, constipation
inVigorates the Whole system.


Wife-I discharged the cook to-day
Husband-Why, | thought you said
not long ago that she was a perfect
jewel.
Wife-Yos, but jewels, you know.
are more ornamental than useful
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-20
Vain REGRETS.

ooh, you brute! You never dare
to speak to me like that before W
wero married"
mo; | wish had."-ChicaGo Amer
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-05-20

Ce55 Ct Dew
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-30
Wnera Cut Meets Gu.

Beware Of the deadly quotation.
Judge MeGinn and Lawyer Cotton
once We're opposing attorneys III a s!4i:
wherein the grievances of certai2.
young ladies wera being tried. Law
yer Cotton in his speech to the jury
took occasion quite frequently to
make use of the biblical expression,
strange woman" not meaning any
thing offensive and evidently forget
ting the real, biblical application Of
the expression, Finally Mr.. Cotton
quoted:
For the lips Of a strange woman
drop as an honeycomb and her mouth
is smoother than Oil.
Wherenpon Judge McGlnn finished
The quotation and the counsel With:
But her end is bitter as worm
wood sharp as two-edged sword
Her feet go down to death. her steps
AXE bold on he'll"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-30

When doctors fail, try Burdock
Blood Bitters. Cures dyspepsia, con
invigorates the whole sys-
TEN.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-30
Beautiful Women.

Plump cheeks, flushed with tire soft
glow of health and a pure complexion,
make all women beautiful. Take a
small dose of Herbine after each mea1,
it will prevent constipation and help
digest what YOU have eaten. Mrs.
Wrm. NJ. Stroud, Niidlotl4ian. Texas.
v,ites, May 81, 1901: We have use:
iierbine in our family for eight years,
and found It the best medicine we
q, er used Eor constipation, bilious fe-
yer and malaria" Sold by l.. +.
Coon.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-30
European City Growing.

AS the increased traffic which new
railways will bring to Trieste will
necessitate larger harbor facilities
chan the present contracts call for.
the government has decided to change
its plans and to construct at once q
new harbor in the bay Of Muggia Of .
capacity at least equal TO that Of the
old one to the northwest Of the city. A
considerable quantity of granulated
rice and rice -four was exported from
Trieste to New York and Philadelphia
during the last year. This article Is
laid down in the United States at from
la to ~ cents pound, and is said
70 be used for horse feed ip the East.
ssD States
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-30
1MAsE RICHLY CLAD
TREASURE TRovE IN CHAPEL OF
CITY OF Mexico.
Jewe'ed Figure Of the Virgin Sold for
~, ,C0O-Oiscovery Of ,ts Value an
Accident-Had Been 70. Years Corr
paratively Unnoticed.

A curious discovery hts just been
made concerning ar imase of the T:r
gin in tho 9 . ,, NJ the (o,egio d
Vizcainas ii: the City of Mexico.
One day, n i722:. thru Spaniar:;
while rambling through I IL cty not,c
ed a number of poor Children play. ,g
in the street. apparentlyIuncared for
and with no scho, to ttend. This
meeting inspired them i erect at
cost Of S6DG.G0O the z eat. gloomy
red stone building occuWing an en-
tire block and known al sha Cchegio
IL las Vizcainas, or de Ean Ignacio
or de Ia Paz, for girls. cisEy orphans.
The intention of the an arous trio.
natives Of Riscay was 10 limit the
benefits OF the school children OF
Spaniards, but long ab this was
found impracticabla.
This ancient institutions conducted
under the supervision oisome OF the
foremost ladies Of MexD. including
:he wife OF President DA Recently
some OF these women reMved permis
sion to renovate ;iln :ols of the I'm
ages in the college chpel. To DO
this they unlocked all lie cases, In
Guiding one Of WOOD a,,3 Ass in which
a figure of the Virgin Sod for many
years undisturbed.
To their amazement th apparently
humbly clad image proed to be Of
wood, beautifully and a.'stically carv.
ed, covered by a sheet & silver stud.
dt'd with gold and prec:us stones.
Competent judges sa the image
represented originally he Virgin OF
the Angels and was late3yransformed
into the Virgin of the onception, -
shown by the mutiatioi OF the group
If angel heads on Whichthe feet rest.
cd. At one time tEer were seven
! heads and three had bon severed. 4
: silver crescent, now in 70 pieces. had
oeeG nailed over the had and face
Of one of tho angels.
The attitude of the boy is extreme.
~ natural and correct I'D the work.
manship of the silver unic and the
seil, hanging In rich fofs and grace.
fully caught at the NiSt, is highly
praised by artists. FDfn crown to
base the height 10 l mere and IS cen.
timetres.
The Jewels consisted Of 1872 dia-
monds, 342 emeralds. 2irubtes. | ,947
pearls. with four sto..s said tc %
hyacinths NotwithstI1T ug the care
taken to protect the iiaee after the
discovery Of its value @iae REF was
able to steal from the u seventeen
gold chains, one gold al aemerald but
terfly and several diamonds and
pearls.
An expert from the bnte de Pie
dad, national pawnshop. estimated the
value Of the figure anu decorations at
$40, 900. An offer from 3 igweler OF
s25 900 was accepted N tie image
sold to him. It is runDred that the
image will be sert to 2aris
The purchase money viii be used
| in providing fer an addiis .4al number
Of students who, after recesvirg a>
education, desire 90 remain in The
school instead of going INTO the world.
! The right to this he12e. elngar de
graGa," ceases orly With marriage.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1904-09-30
GA . TO R A.
sears the n ''ig h0'u iNl !'d'o s.5ays coas
s's'a'''' %; &HZZzzzx
E1VD&sA~s..~Rs-~s@snsaegle leausse;
insisted on Her Dignity,

President Roosevelt recently added
A French governess to his household
The young woman has Quentin, Mr.,
Roosevelt 5 youngest son, in her es,
pecial charge and insists that he shalt
address her as ''Mademoisc!le The
Roosevelt children, accustomed to
calling people by the first or last
aame only, were irdisposed TO agree
5ut the young woman at once served
notice on Mrs. Rocseyo;; that every
one In the house must aa.4 her made
moiselle" or She WoH., :caye at once.
She had her way ~! the children 9
revolt was SUNNI. : sauelched.
It's folly to suffer from that horri
be plague Of the night Itching piles
Doan's Ointment cures, quickly and
permanently. At any drug store, SC
cents.