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Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-03
FRANCHISE
1 is GRANTED.
FreehOIders Give Central Jersey
Traction Company Right
of Way. !.
OTHER COUNTY MATTERS

New Brunswick, Nov. 3:-The ordin-
ancs granting the Jersey Central
Traction Company the right to build
it's road in Sayreville township was
given q third reading and was finally
adopted at the meeting of the Board
of Freeholders yesterday. No ohjec-
tions were made against the ordinance.
Lawyer Silzer, counsel Of the com
pany, filed the consents of several
property owners before whose proper
ty the tracks Will be laid. These are
Messrs. Conover, Straub and White
head brothers. A new clause was in
serted in the ordinance on the sugges
tion of Mr.. Allgair providing for ma
oadamizing the road kbetween TIE
tracks and for two feet on either side
| of them. ~
The ordinance was passed by a vote
of twenty-five for it and one against
it. Mr.. O'Neill voted no. Therf
vas one absentee, Mr.. Bennett.
MI. Clinton objected to the pair
ment of a bill of Rue g Fountain
building the South Amboy approx
road to the new bridge. The amqJ
of the bill was 80 per cent. of the
tai cos of the contract. Mr.. Olinfs
objection was based on the gHb.
that the cost of the labor of conf
ing the road at the "holesin the
at SouthAmboy was not taken ~
the bill. He moved that the
laid over but b is motion was fS
a vote of 81 to 2. Messrs. Cling
FELTON, voted no. M a..
~ $50 sisted
-, opted
to go down there with a bomu
day and blow the whole thing
A resolution of the finance Il. 49,.
tee was adopted providing r. 80
committee ascertain the coss.;aass
pairs and reconstruction o.
and culverts damaged and 49,
away by the storms duIfng a. bv
mer, which were not Wovi%p;na 70.
a preparation and are bow 80, e.
paired and rebuilt. Eft
to report date of destrb0 ~~,
of repairs. An emerFeTs. iunu W."
be needed to meet the len'
The finance comm}tr
October as follows:I 90 oes or
Balance, Sept. 80. 114'855 IS
Receipts. ..........J IA 378 36
Payments ........ 90 ORR 70
.N- In. report was q
cou1y Auditor F. H.
Pownall. This vas aHps .
,on,ty for the quarter
nd had found the
ms.-S~;.e 4 a sheriff's accounts
60 % fest quarter MS due
~ A., aor c,kor board of prisoners;
nco ~ - I'D OF witnesses; $1G3.9
eO0'' ~. oaonts i. The sheriff had
49, 20. 81 in fines and had
$50 Pins account less five per
49, ,Tg tie amount 1918. 40.
sJrom|W v. Hope. of Eliza
.1e, Woodbridge township,
"s-bd to Mr. Dunigan. He said
""S )e Woodbridge uvenu has
Flowed the grade before his
flas been so changed as to
49, dangerous to drive on to his
proper
before the board to ask that
.sa tnty supply earth for changing
~ 1hde of a road over the Pennsyl-
railroad at Plainsboro. The
hip has nm agreement, one of
Wv .emhers of the committee, Mr..
l5mee, said, with the railroad
nany to make this grade and an
TT had been made to have this
cement kept but it was desired
a.ht the work be done at once. Mr..
J,Nomee offered to furnish the dirt
1r the grading.
THE board ad journed to meet again
November 16.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-03
A Jealous woman,s work.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 3.-Private de-
tectives employed by Senior Don Luis
f. Corea, minister to the United States
from Nicaragua, are collecting evidence
to prove that a well known Washing
ton society woman through jealousy
wrote the anonymous letters which
caused a postponement of Senior Co
rea's marriage to Mrs. Ilali Dunlop
Jordon, a wealthy young widow of Ma
con, Ga.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-03
LEARNING TO VOTE.

Voters of the second ward can have
b elvoting machine explained to them
by calling any night at the Ward
building in High street, A dummy is
also at the rooms of the Republican
Club in the Odd Fellows building,
where it can be seen and tried.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-03

HUDSON, N. ", Nov. s.-Mayor
Mcclellan of New York city address,
ed a big Democratic mass meeting here
last night in the Elks theater and aft
erwafd spoke at an overflow meeting
held at the Democratic clubhouse. Cor
porallaIf Counsel Delaney Of New York
also addressed both meetings.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-03
Soft Coal Goes Up.

Prices of all grades of coal have
been advanced thirty.five cspts a ton
as a result Of the i~ncreaseN demand
for coal and the strike of engineers
in Illinois. which has practically
closed all the mines in that State.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-03
Rents Increase.

House rents in Dlsny parts of the
CITY have b cen advanced as high IS
81. so, TO take effect the first of mex
month. This, it is said, is due to the
high rate of taxes this year.
Subscribe for The Evening News.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-03
rcunis Williamson Hanged Himself

NEW YORK, Nov. 3.-Teunis Will
hanson of Church and Utica avenues,
Brooklyn, lawyer and member of a
wealthy family, pioneers in Flatbush,
hanged himself by his necktie to a
transom in DR.. Combs sanitarium, in
Flushing. N. Y. Friends said last
night that IL was likely that despond-
ency from his illness induced him to
end his life.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-03
DeItas To Meet.

A special meeting of the Delta base
ball club will be held at, 152 Smith street
tonight, to make arrangements for their
coming kAll.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-03

FL. LARKlNS 357 STATE Sire ct,
will do plumbing, steam, hot water
and hot air heating on monthly pay
ments. $40 per month
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-03

O A. SEXTON. Special Agent.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12
Billions Of Fish.

One no longer speaks of Matching
thousands Of young fish by artificial
means. but OF millions and hundreds OF
millions The number of eggs, fry.
fngerlings and adult fish distributed
by the United States bureau of fisher
les in 1902 aggregated ! 100000 900. 1t
Is certain that the shad, whitetish. lake
trout and pike perch fisheries, each Of
vast Importance. have not only been
saved from entire depletion but that
they have been maintained, chiefly
through artificial propagation, at a
high degree Of productiveness. That
these fisheries are industries to-day,
valued at nearly 100000 annually. is
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12
Cotton Seed Breakfast Food.

The statement comes from Meridian,
Mississippi, that revolution in the
breakfast food business will be caused
by the discovery by Chemist J. c.
Mimms of method of transforming
cotton seed meal. through simple
process, into paatable and delicious
human food. An application for pat.
ent has been made and Southern capi.
tai Will manufacture 1t. The most
prominent vegetarian societies OF the
United States have indorsed 1t as a
substitute for meat, containing all the
necessary elements to sustain the
human body As cotton seed meal Is
cheap It's manufacture as breakfast
food will be on huge scale The
new food forms a peculiar brown sub.
stance and is Served with milk and
sugar.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12
Municipsl Street Cars.

The report of the tramways commit
tee OF the Nottingham CEngD Council
shows that during the year ending
March 3lst last the roads earned a net
proht of ten per cent, Amounting to
SOS .000.) This will be applied to re-
duction OF city taxes. The electric
street car service having now been op-
Grated by the city for over three years
with handsome profit each year, and
with satisfaction to the people using II,
Consul Mahin pronounces the under
taking a success.
A rare feature Of this city operation
of surface cars Is the diminished accl-
dent list During the year the total
number of miles Travelled by the cars
was 2,512.00 Yet in all this great dis
lance Travelled, largely through busy
thoroughfares, of which some are very
narrow. not one person was killed by
being run over knocked down or col
iided with. OF forty-six pedestrians
who were knocked down by or fell in
front OF car, all were either thrown
clear OF the car or picked up on the
life-guard without suffering serious in
jury. Twenty collisions occurred be-
tween cars and cyclists. while three
cyclists fell from their machines imme-
diately In front of moving cars and
were picked up on the life guards un-
hurt.
One death and injuries very
tritiing-to 1867 persons resulted from
attempts to board or leave moving cars.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12
Every housekeeper should know

Every housekeeper should know
that il they will buy Defiance Cold
Water Starch for laundry use they
VIII save not only time, because II
never sticks TO the iron. but because
each package contains IL Ozone full
pound-while all other Cold Water
starches are put up In :. pound pack
ages. and the price Is the same, 10
cents. Then again because Defiance
Starch is free from all injurious chem
icals. II your grocer tries To sell you \
I2-oz package 1t Is because he has
4 stock on hand which he wishes to
dispose OF before he puts in Defiance.
He knoys that Defiance Starch has
printed on every package In large let
ters and figures "16 ozs." Demand
Defiance and save much time and
money and the annoyance OF the Iron
sticking, Defiance never sticks.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12
Still More Evidence.

Bay City, H.. August 8 (SpeciaD.-
Mr.. X. F. Henley Of this city adds his
evidence to that published almost
daily that sure cure for Rheuma.
tism Is now before the American peo
pie and that that cure is Dodd's Kid
ney Pills. Mr.. Henley had Acute
Rheumatism. He has used Dodd's
Kidney Pills. He says OF the result:
After suffering for sixteen years
with Rheumatism and using numer-
GUS medicines for rheumatism and
more medicines prescribed by doc.
tors, at last tried Dodd's Kidney
Pills with the result that l got more
bentfit from them than all the others
put together.
'Dodd's Kidney Pills were the only
thing to give me relief, and | recon.
mend them to all suffering from
Acute Rheumatism"
Rheumatism is caused by Uric Acid
In the blood. Healthy kidneys take
all the Uric Acid out of the blood.
Dodd's Kidney Pills make healthy kid.
neys.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12
PetroItum In Mexico

A number Of companies are pros
rccting for petroleum In various parts
OF Mexico. A gusher has recently
been struck near Tampico. on the
property of the Mexican Petroleum
Company. which has been sinking
wells In the region for the last two
or three years. Other wells are be.
Ing sunk near the gusher. and ex-
perts believe that he company is
about to Se rewarded for the money
I, has spent upon prospecting by the
finding Of oil In paying quantities.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12
Ants Good as compasses.

In the tropical northern territory
of South Australia travellers need not
carry a compass. The district
abounds with the nests of the mag
netic or meridian ant. The longer
axes of these nests point due north
and south.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12
Bread Of the Nations.

Even the poor in the United States
and England eat white bread. In most
of the continental countries of Eu-
rope rye bread is the staple. The
Russians use buckwheat. The Lap
landers have bread made Of oaten
meal mixed with pine bark. and the
lcelanders make their -four from Itch
South Sea islands.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12
UNION PACIFIC PACIFIC COAST
TRIPS

San Francisco and Los Angeles
aud return, $40; vtn Portland in one
direction and either shasta Route"
or q, r y \, steamer between Port
land and San Francisco. only sl1
extra,
Tickets sold August 10th to Sep
tcmher llth inclusive. final return
limit October 2Sd.
To Portland Seattle. Tacoma,
Vancouver, or Victoria, and return.
one fare for the round trip. Tick
cts sold August 10th to 18th. inclus-
I've; hna return limit sixty days
from date OF sale
Free side trip Ogden to Salt Lake
city and return, on any OF these
tickets,
Very liberal stop-overs allowed on
any Of the above tickets aud the
Union Pacific gives you quicker time
and better service than any other
line.
For full Information call on Union
Pacific agent or address Il. II. Grit-
I'm, General Agent all Seventeenth
street. Denver,
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12
Boston Clock Over 100 Years Ole

The clock upon the organ loft In
the OLD North church of Paul Revere
fame Is more than 100 years old. 1t
was cleaned and repaired quarter
of century ago by Boston watch
maker. whose only charge for the
work was the privilege of engraving
his name upon the back of the anceint
mepiece.-Boston Record.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12
Chinese Wisdom.

, When the sword is rusty, the plow
bright, the prisons empty. the gran
aries full. the steps of the temple
worn down and those of the law
courts grass-worn; when doctors go
a-foot. the bakers on horseback, and
the men of letters drive in their own
carriages, then the empire is well
governed Chinese Saying.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12
Old Enqlish Labor Law.

There has recently been unearthed
an old labor law that related to the
tailors of England. 1t was in force
until III years ago. 1t compelled a
work day Of fourteen hours, with a
maximum daily wage of As cents, and
provided Imprisonment for two
months for any tailor who Joined a
union.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12
Clothing From Asbestos.

II is claimed Ly a resident of
Orange. New Jersey. that he has in
vented perfect process to convert as
bestos rock into u beautiful silky fibre,
capable of being spun into cloth sim
liar TO silk, He alleges the process is
adapted especially to the manufacture
of fine dress goods. Besides being
moth proof 1t is said the new material
is entirely fire proof
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12
Evils Of Darkness.

Florence Nightingale declared that
"a dark house is almost always un.
healthy: always an ill-aired house.
notes scrofula, rickets. consumption.
etc, especially among children. Peo
pie lose their health in dark house
and If they get i'll they cannot get
well again In it."
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12
Not as East as II Seems.

The highest speed which can be
attained in an express" elevator, in
very high office building. is about
seventy feet minute. That is equiv
alent to mile in more than seven
minutes. and many pedestrian has
walked for considerable distances at
nearly rs fast pace.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12
Court Defines Brandy.

1t has been iudicially decided in
England that brandy is an alcoholic
liquor, the spirit of which is obtained
by the distillation of wine from the
grape. and that to sell anything else as
brandy" is fraud.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12
To Keep shoestrlnas Tied.

A shoe authority gives simple direc.
ton for keeping the bothersome shoe-
string tied. After tying in bow knot.
pin the bow underneath with small
safety pin, taking care that the pin
goes through two loops and two ends.
The shoe ribbons will remain In place
all day.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12
Insist on Gettlnu Il,

Some grocers say they don't keep
Defiance Starch This is because they
have a stock on hand of other brands
containing only IL OF in IA package.
which they won't be able to sell first.
because Defiance contains l6 OF. for
the same money.
Do you want 16 OF. instead of IL on.
for same money? Then buy Defiance
Starch, Requires no cooking.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12
Gre CAS- of Guintuplets.

According 10 the British Medical
Journal, genuine case OF Quintuplets
has been reported to 3 Berlin medical
society. None Of the infants survived.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12
Retort Medical.

An Atchison man went TO a doctor
and said: Il want to be cured OF
dyspepsia" Whereupon the doctor
said, IF knew how to cure dys.
pepsia, ! wouldn't have it,"-Atchisou
Slohe.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12
Do Your Feet Ache and eurn7

Shake into your shoes, Aliens Foot
Ease, a powder for the feet. 1t makes
tight or New Shoes feel Easy. Cures
swollen, Hot, Sweating Feet, Corns and
Bnnions. at all Druggists and Shoe
stores, 25c. Sample sent FREE. Ad-
dress Allen S. Olmsted, LeRov. N. Y.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12
Valuable manuserir, is Stolen.

\ manuscript by the composer Pal.
estrina was stolen some time ago in
the Roman Lateran. 1t is valued at
Ss5,000. and is believed TO be in Ger
many.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12
Such Is Life,

Il find this world divided into two
classes of critics. writes Young
Mother to this office: those who
criticise when | whip my children
and those who blame me when ]
Globe.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12

But YOU can't make machine that
Will think" No" replied the invent.
or. and | wouldn't ii | could--it
Thought 1t would think as some people
do"
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12

The BARRIERS of Cripple Creek recent
ly played n match game of baseball
with the retail clerks and won by a
close shave.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12

am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption saved
my life three years ago-MRs. Tuos, RoBBINs,
Maple Street, Norwich, N Y, Feb. IL, 1900.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12

Though the good die young, occa-
sionally II tough old hen shows up on
the bill of fare as spring chicken.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12

A miracle working doctor advertises
that "a letter does just as much good
as personal visit" Doubtless,
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12

man may not have cent to his
name and stll have dollars In the name
OF his wife,
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12
Defiance Starch

should be In every household, none so
good. besides OF. more for 10 cents
than any other brand OF cold water
starch.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12

The girl who imastnrs she Is good
looking thinks that is all that's reces
sary.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12

A pretty girl is willing to admit that
A homely girl is sensible.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12
ueys.

In country where every man carries
revolver 1t is only natural for revolu-
tions to occur.
The Holly chieftain., 1904-08-12

Mrs. Windows Soothing Syrup.
For children tcething softsns the gums reduces in
namnaton, sliays pain cures wind collie. 2ac bottle
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-29

If there is one thing that will arouse
the ire Of the people of this country
quicker thon another it is the idea
Of enslaving children
God knows we arc unjust enough
to thom in our crowded cities. whore
factory inspectors do not inspect; in
our cotton mills, where mere babies
do the work Of adults; in our crowded
tenement districts. where little
mothers" of or 10 often are com.
pellcd by circumstances, to assume
the cares Of family,
We repeat, we are unjust enough
and more than enough, to them, but
we haven't reached the point where
we will willingly allow one child to
become the property Of a master or
mistress.
If our histories are correct. we built
ships, sacrificed many lives and ex
pended millions Of money to wipe out
tho slave trade. and there should be
a cleanup right now I'm Alaska.
There isn't a place on the globe big
enough for the pcrpetuauon Of the
datcstable business.
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-29
FIRST PRISON EXECUTION IN
oREGoN.

The FIRST legal execution OF prs
oner under death sentence took place
at the state prison. Friday. January
2ath. A full account Is given in thls
paper
II ia the Intention OF tho authorl
Ties TO limit the extent OF the nova
paper reports of executions IN the m
ture aud this Is probably the last de-
tailed story Of an execution In Orc
gon.
The policy OF having ali executions
take place at the state prison ia n
Just and humane one There will ne
leas bungling OF the awful duty that
deyolvos ON the officers OF the state.
when Il Ia done by experts AZ a state
institution. and with tho most Inn.
proved sciontihc appliances.
There viii be better order and more
decorum aud less chance for mob
interference or improper conduct ON
the part OF prisoners or public. In
umo executions will attract very III
tle attentions
The merits OF the death penalty Are
not discussed In this instance states
mat have repealed the death penalty
nave reenacted IT, aud the question
Is an open Que.
Man slngly or collectively has moi
the rlght Inherently or from any
basis ot moral or spiritual law. 10 tax,
away lite. Hut human law ia a tenn
pofal compromise In the lame and
n'lnd eaort or so,ley 10 admlnlsto,
justice.
Absolute Justice aud ahsolut, r,,,
are founded ON principles that can
neither he Interpreted nor applied nv
human wisdom or human inteuleence
so al best We rest the case In neces.
s'V aud In the effort OF society and
Jaw makers 10 protect human ana so
clal interests.
Ihat there underlies an tbese a, ]
tor's a principle OF pOgross We must |
o'no'e The instances for which the |
death penalty has been applied a.
point OF punishment Tor crimes has IN
vac past Two centuries been reduced
mum hundreds to very fow.
On the line OF humane progress the
death penalty VIII In course Of tImo
'e entirely abolished. as have been
,'heF sraye remedies for evil. when
ne evils themselves have disappeared
or tn' unfortunate first man to he
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-29
Newton's Blue.

ct. J. }. See, In the Atlanticl
II Is we'll known tina; under tho ac.
ton OF gravity the water composing
sueh thin shell as a soap bubble
tends to run down on an sides so
mat the walls of the bubble grow
'hn at the top and thlcken toward
the bottom. After a time the hrh.
o'e becomes so thin at the top that
further flow Of water from this noint
can hardly take place. and snsIIv
'he bubble bursts, But before This
'aSt stage Is reached degree OF
thlnness in the walls OF the buhble
Is attained which causes il IN glow
with brilliant iridescent colors New.
ton noticed that on top OF the Thin
oNoole illuminated by white sky uebt
black spot is formed: with Increase
OF thickness downward from ,his
point on all sides. a red hand rovt
appears, then blue one: then aeain
red and blue; and SO on. tho colors
showing moro extremes of rsa ana
purple In the higher orders This
band which first expands optv.rd
nom the black spot at the ton ana
ueseends slowly with the subsidenoe
or the water Newton called ha
olue OF the FIRST ORDER" ana All
'housh somewhat dingy he Judged
n The sky. ''N'
Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-29
so DIFFERENT.
Lots Of Claims Like This But so Dif.
iercnt--Local Proof Is What
Salem People Want.

7NNN' ~ ~'tf'''.H H~NFNN y NN'9 GAA o0 ~
tercnt--LocaI Proof Is What
Salem People Want
There are a great many OF them
Every paper has iJs share.
Statements hard to believe, harde
to prove.
Statements from far-away places.
What people say IN Florida.
Public expression from California
Outlines good endorsement there
Hut Of little service here at home
Salon people want local proof
The sayings Of neighbors, friends
and citizens,
Home Endorsement counts:
IL disarms the skeptc beyond dis.
pute.
This is the backing that stands be-
hind every box of Doan's Kidney Pills
Here is a case of Il:
James A. Tanner, farmer. corner
Thirteenth and Lewis sts.. SAYS: 80
many suffer from kidney COM
plant that for time I was alarmed
about myself for was troubled with
my back aching In the region Of my
kidneys, think il was caused first
by strain from heavy lifting did
two years ago. kept getting worse
Instead OF better and finally consulted
a doctor He told me | had gall stone
IN the bladder, but trouble with kid.
ney secretions existed their too fre-
quent action disturbed my rest from
fifteen TO twenty times a night This
was very annoying and was In a bad
way whom | read OF Doan's Kidney
Pills and procured box at DR.
stones drug store, To say was sur.
prised at the speedy effect of their
use is putting it mildly.( | have re-
commended Doan's Kidney Pills 70
Others and will always have a good
word for them" A
For sale by all dealers. Price 50
cents. FosterMllburn Co. Buffalo
n, Y, sole agents for the United
States
Remember the name Doans and
.ake no substitute.