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The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-07-20
CHAUNcEY WILL RETURN.

Sans Next Saturday for Home. Not
Worrying About Equitable.
New York, July Ex-senator @baun.
cey II. Depew has returned from AK lee
paines, says a Herald dispatch from
Paris, and viii sail for New York next
Saturday. When asked few days ago
whether bs would return TO Amsrice
in view OF the Equitable society matters
the senator declared that hs would not
break up hE vacation.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-07-20
Big GOLD DIRT DEAL
London Company Secures Valu-
able Placer Claims.
THREE MILLIONS THE FIGURE

properties are Situated on the Feather
and Bear rivers in California. London
Venture Corporation Agrees to Take
Over Properties.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1905-07-20
TRAINER OF MONKS.
Noted Park Attendant Dies Of
intense Heat.
WAS COLLECTOR OF EpITAPHs

Thousands Of People in New York Seek
the Parks and Beaches TO Escape the
Heat and Sleep All Night in the Sand
of the Beaches.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-02
TOLD IN ENGLISH SCHOOLS
Stories of Answers Given by Pupils
Not Lacking in Originality
Some Replies.

From an English paper is gathered
a bunch of schoOlroom stories, some
of which are so good as TO have their
genuineness doubted, as, for example,
the definition of a lie: AN abomina-
ton in the sight Of the Lord. but a
very present help in time OF trouble
To be received with equal skepticism
Is perhaps the boys answer to the
question why David preferred to be a
%doorkeeper in the house of the Lord:
Because If he was a doorkeeper he
could walk outside while the sermon
was being preached" More natural,
however, is what a child said Of Eli
jah: "As Elijah went up 10 heaven
he dropped his mantle and Queen
Elizabeth walked over it," 1t need
hardly be explained that it was az
Irish boy who gave the text: He tina
humbleth himself shall be exalted. and
he that exalteth himself shall be q
haste" It was a small boy Of eight
who, asked why Moses took Off his
shoes in the presence Of the burning
bush, gave the novel explanation:
please, sir. to warm 'ees feet"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-02
THE WINTER BIRDS
WHAT FEATHERED FRIENDS oE
THE FARMER DO FOR HIM.
They Hunt Out and Devour Myriads
of Insect Enemies Of Orchard
Trees-Even the Hawk
Is Useful.

The Intelligent agriculturiEtn no longer
allows prejudice and superstition 10 IN
terfere with his interests; ne qeslres IN
all cases TO act from knowledgeand rea-
kon based either on his personal obser-
walton or on the experience OF some one
whose authority he knows TO be reliable.
The easiest way for the farmer, or
for anyone else for that matter, TO find
our In a general way, which of the birds
are beneficial and which are harmful to
us. is to write to the secretary Of agricul-
turs for free pamphlets on this subject.
The best way for him to get the same in
| formation is to go out on his farm and
into the country surrounding Ii, and
watch the birds at their daily work; not
just when they happen to be in the cher
ry tree or the poultry yard, but all
through the year. He may not have time
TO do this during warm weather, but
even in winter he can get some slight
idea of the value of wild birds, by GER
fully watching those which are on his
premises at this season. Let him 80 pinto
his orchard and see for himself what
some of the birds are doing for his fruit
trees.
Probably n OF the first he will see
will be q woodpecker OF some Kind, and
in that case he is sure TO see a very use
full bird. OF the 40 odd species and sub
species of woodpechers in this country,
only one Is sometimes destructive to the
trees. This is the yellow-bellied sap
sucker, but as he does not usually winter
north of Virginia, it is not likely thai he
will be seer here. Ten to ono it will be-
a downy or a hairy woodpecker. These
two are much alike in general appear
ancc except that the latter is consid-
erably larger than the former. In either
case he will be found very busy search
ing for and devouring Insects eggs, lar
vac and adult insects of one kind or an
other, which have their home on, in or
below the bark OF the tree. Some Of
these insects are pests Of the worst sort,
and If they were not gathered up by the
bros in the winter the trees would b.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-02

alive with them in tine spring, and II
many cases they would destroy not only
the fruit, but in some cases even the
trees themselves. OF course these birds
carry on their warfare all through tbs
rest of the year, eating ants, %caterpillars
and crawlers Of many kinds by thou
sands, but the farmer, being busy with
other matters, will not be so likely to see
them at it.
Perhaps the next bird to appear may
be a nuthatch, a bird much smaller even
than the GoWny wCodpecl er and quite
different in appearance and manners. 1t
may be a white-breasted or a red-breast-
ed nuthatcA. but in either case he will be
seen to be a very important little person
age; not a harder orkerlhan the wood
pecker, perhaps, but with a greater APP
pearance OF hustle.
Or our farmer may see a band of
chickadees, of whose identity no enc can
ever be in doubt, since they repeat their
own name over and over, wherever they
go, as they swing. often head downwards
among the twigs. Very tame they are at
this season, and with but little patience
they will feed from ones hands or lips.
as they did from mine more than a hun
dred times last winter. They are en-.
gagged in the sahle work as the woodpecR-
ers and the nuthatches, viz, the exter-
mination OF myriads of insects, which
II allowed to increase unchecked, wOulL
make the work OF the fruit grower heart
breaking and unproftable,
Let the farmer now look over the fields
beyond the orchard and observe that
clear-cut figure oS q hawk, sailing in cir,
cles against the sky. Ii he will but be-
lieve 1t that is feathered servant, work
ing conscientiously from dawn unit,
dusk. and without pay, to rid his farm
Of therats, mice and other rodents which
play such havoc with his property at al.
| times of the year. IT has beensestimatet
that the hawk will destroy in one yea
1880 mice or their equivalent in noXiou
insects, and the farmer need not be tole
what a thousand mice can 60 to his frui
trees in the course of one severe win
Ter, He knows. only too well, perhaps
that they can kill more than as man.
trees by girdling them with their teeth
as saw many a hundred trees killed las
winter in the same way. Now and thel
a hawk of some species will geta chicken
from The poultry yard, but let him not b
nasty 10 revenge the act. What othe
workman can he get to co SO much hon
est work at so small q wage?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-02
WHERE LlccRIcE is WILD.
Along the Tigris the Root Grows
without Cultivation from ANY
Human Source.

a bundle of licociCe Foot-s,im, rough
sticks OF tobacco-brown wood-lay on
the counter, and the sailor took one up
and began to chew its end. says the BAL
timore Herald. Il have seen the place
where this stuff grows Wild he said.
DO you know where that isl" Cant
say ! do" replied the druggist. 1T is
along the banks" said the sailor, ''cf
the Tigr!s and the E.uphrates. The
licorice is a wild plant in them parts. 1t
stands three feet high, and its roots
reach the water. For miles and miles
the ncorice patches spread ard the smell
of them fills the air. 1t is a sweet, heavy
smell. In them parts they cut the leo
rice plants regularly. and they use the
poor, crooked, imperfect STICKS fer fire.
wood. The good. clean, straight stic's
they bundle up-just Ike this bundle
here-and ship to England aad America.
Some Of the sticks go to druggists, to be
sold cheap or given away, Lut most Of
them, nearly all Of them, 90 10 the snuff
and tobacco manufacturers. What for?
Why. to be used in adulter-I mean in
flavoring tobacco and snuff"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-02
soon TO RETIRE.

been able to Introduce that hated inno-
walton, the railroad; an innovation that
will have a NEST revolutionary effect on
this old. old region, fer ages seeming un-
changed, u~pchGneeable.
The picturesque camel has had iJs
Gay, likewise tie picturesque Bcdouin,
raider of the holy caravans; for the Da-
mascus-Mecya railroad in The tutura
will carry the pilgrims, and soldiers OF
the DamaseUs-MeCca read viii act as
protectors OF the caravans.
In times pass, The suspicious MohalA~
mcdan eyinced vigorous hostility toward
the steam carrier; mobs attacked the
first railway train arriving at Horut.
and stoned the house OF the American
agent that was introducing strange
western machines into Syria. But the
sultan knows his people. knows how to
deal with them; as is indicated by the
circular distributed among the faithful,
the faithful VINO are sharing in the eX-
ponse of the building of the new line that
is to convey ,zealots To The holy city Of
Mecca. The circular sets forth: The
Dama5cus-Mecca line is the holy rail-
road. 1t extends from Damascus to Me-
dina. the city of The p"6nhet, and thence
10 Mecca. Ii is The roafa OF Jhc most hon
cfableapostle Of God, lesauae 5000 years
ago Abraham, the proaglet, was preach
ing TO the faithful in Syria with his son
lshmael, and they went from there TO the
n~eighborhood Of Eel Habba, according to
the commandment of God, when Sarah
asked him to leave his second wife.
Thus, wncn Abraham left Damascus for
Medina, he did not pass through Egypt.
bat took the nearest way, and the nearer
way is the same way that the sultan Of
Turkey IL o constructing the present
railroad.
1t is Abdul Hamid's large standing
army that is building the road, no var at
present requiring their services. The
work is locked upon as military in a
sense, as Turkey ever since her trouble
with Greece has appreciated the advan-
Jage Of quick transportation of troops;
and o Damascus-NIecca line connecting
fortresses and seaports is looked upon as
most desirable.
Ii is estimated that the road Will cost
$50, 000,000. 1t is to be continued beyond
Mecca to DjatGa, on the Red sea. A road
owned by French capital, already con-
meets Damascus with Beirut, and it is the
sultan's desire to annex this TO the Mecca
line. The sultan has possession Of tha
Jaffa-Jerusalem line, and expects TO eX-
tend this line to connect with the new
one. Other extension is planned in the
direction Of the E~uphrates, and into the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-02

Once more the Raritau river bridge
5 threatened with outs de intelfer.
euce. The War De pertinent at Wash.
neton has writ en- 10 Il freehoiders
bont it and what the result will be
IS not known. The NEWS, yesterday,
Iii # The letter and that it had been
E ferred to Chairman Glenn, of the
ridge committee. If there is any
hing left OF the structure after the ice
! the river breaks up again 1t is prob.
nls the federal authorities will have
omethiug to say regarding the re-
.i,s. Wonder if the bridge will aver
be opentd for traffic any way?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-02
RAILROAD IN SYRIA.

great srain region; and here trains of
cameis will make way for railway trains.
Work Is new progressing OF a railway
crossing the Jordan country, reaching
from the coast through famous towns Of
Galilee. y student of the subject says,
writing in the Los Angeles Herald, that
only those familiar with the holy land
can even Gimly conceive what these vast
changes mean to the natives, the Bible
scholars and the tourists of the world at
large. To the tourist, the sultan Is un-
doubtedly opening the door wide. and he
promises necessary police protection to
the travelling public.
Railway extension is to change the
character Of this historic land in various
ways, an important one an efficient pa
troll along the line in the desert, where
Bedouins have attacl cd and looted from
time immemorial. This wild people will
find in the new road a more formidable
foe than the soldier Of aravan days; and
Of the many advantages pictured is
the important one OF driving the Arabs
farther inland, into lands so .unproGuc-
tive they will eventually have to give up
the struggle. 1t is hoped the line Will
be in operation as far as Mecca at the end
Of the nsxt three years, v,r.s.qT
CHRISTOPHER WEBSTER.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-02
TRAIN EFT SLEIGH.
Ten Ladies' hid Society Mem
bers Dead. .4
SAD DISASTER At HORNELLSVILLE.
U~niversaIist Church Pleasure Party
Near Airport, n. u, In Collision
with Pittsburg Train-Aii Ma
trOns Killed or wounded.

H-. .Hh
HORNELLSVILLE. y. H.. Feb. p
4 passenger train on the Pittshurg,
Shawmut and Northern railroad last
night crashed into q. sleigh containing
Il party Of thirteen women, killing ten
Of them and seriously injuring the
remaining three. Some Of the latter are
in a serious condition. The accident
occurred neal Airport. The sleigh was
n Of three carrying 4 party from the
U~niversalist church Of this city.
The dead are Mrs. Mary Gillette,
Mrs. Charles Thomas, Mrs. Eugene
Shaw, Mrs. Joseph Hallett, Mrs. c. {.
Graves, Mrs. Bert Moore, Mrs. Ruin
ratchen. Mrs. Coates, Mrs. t. Green
and Mrs. +. BrOught0n.
The injured are Mrs. +. X. ItoWley,
Mrs. Bond and Mrs. Wallace Clark.
The members Of tie Ladies' Aid socl-
ETY. Of the Tniversalist church went 10
the Baldwin farmhouse, near Airport
to spend the afternoon. II was nearly
dark when thoy started Oh tlie return
trip TO the city. The occupants or the
Lending sleigh saw tho TN approach
ing as they neared the ShaWmut cross
| Ing. The driver urged his horses ahead
and the sleigh passed over the tracks
in safety. The women in the first
! slciob then attempted 10 warn those in
| the one following Of tho danger, and
| they did succeed in directing their at
tendon to the rapidly approaching
ur1in. but too late 10 save thcm from
disaster,
The driver pulled up his horses, but
ne could not check The heavy bobsled
guicSly enough, and whea it came TO a
|siindstil the box of the sleigh was Iii.
rectly across the railroad track. The
pilot Of the engine struck the sleigh
with great force, reducing II 10 splin-
ters and hurting the women in all di-
rections. Every woman on the sleigh
was killed or injured.
Elisha Quick. driver OF the second
sleigh. was badly hurt, but was able to
make the following statement:
Il was driving along At a sharp can
ter when | sudGCl.iy saw the flash Of
the headlight and heard The ladies in
the front sleigh call oUr noC to attempt
to cross. The women in my sleigh saw
the train ut the same time and, reali2-
ing thcir peril, began 10 scream ana
shrek for help. Their cries and the
glare of the light SO frightened Tho
horses that 1 was unable 10 stop them.
and they sprang upon the track. They
succeeded in clearing 1t. but inst as the
sleigh was halfway across the engine
struck us with q terrible crash, aud |
remember nothing more until / found
myself being picked up out Of the
SNOW. | simply could not control my
horses"
The place where the accident oc
corrcl is at the crossing of what is
known as the Airport road.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-02

ing that the Pu rlic;HService Corpora
ton will get the desired franchise
across Woodbridge creek bridge this
spring. In that event the proposed
,hange Of route for the through cars
between Jersey City and Trenton as
described in the NEWS several days
a 20. " Il probably be realized. III that
e eDt P'Ith Amboy and the surround.
1 K terrific y will be benz fitted.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-02
HIGH TIDE.
NEW YORK HERALD WEATHER
FOREt asst.

In the Middle States aud New England
TODAY partly cloudy to fair weather ano
slowly falling temperature will prevail
with light. and fresh west to northwest
Winds. preceded by cloudiness on the
coasts aud followed by cold wave. On
FRIDAY fair to partly cloudy and dec idec-
~ colder wea ther will prevail, with fresh
west to northwest winds and tempera-
lures falling to zero 10 the central Hud-
|sou and Del valleys, and followed
probably By snow aud high winds in the
districts and or Saturday cloudy
and continued cold weather, with snow
and high winds on the coasts.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-02
OLD PlANOFoRTE IN USE.
One at Glens Falls, N. Y, Is Probably
Most Ancient Instrument
in This Country.

Mrs. Walter Bodley, OF Glen Fails,
N. Y, purchased a piano which re-
minds one of ancient times. 1t ID
without doubt $50 years old and was
made, probably in England, by j..
Munson. 1t has a hye and one-halI
octave Keyboard and resembles 10 u
great extent the old melodeon. The
instrument is about half the size OF q
modern square piano, is made OF ma
hogany inlaid with rosewood and is
brass trimmed. On each side OF the
keyboard, inlaid in bronze. are TWO
rows of notes. On each side OF the
piano is a drawer, /. esumably TO hold
music. There is bur one pedal, and
this is shaped like the human foot
Owing to its age the instrument IS
very much out of tune. The ivory on
the keys is in good condition, there
being only one key cracked. The in
strument is very variable as q relic.
Mrs. Bodley is much enthused over
the instrument and says she will know
its complete history in time. Mrs.
Bodley said that the instrument was
made long before a piano was seen in
this country. The first piano imported
to this country was that received by
John Jacob Astor, AZ New York, in
1884, 100 years ago. The instrument
came from London. Mrs. Bodley mas
many interesting old-time articles.
among which is a Paul Revere Ian
tern, such as he used on his midnight
ride in 1916. She also has dishes
owned by Queen Anne. OF England,
and other valuable articles of "yo
olden time"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-02
THURSDAY, 2.
3 cking he President.

President Roosevelt is meeting with
a great deal Of oDpos ton in the senate
10 his efforts We the people som
relief from . owerful corporations.
Tt IS understeu | that an open rup ur
t%hreatened. There is no doubt
Pere the people stand in the struggle.
be senate never was a popular bory
5fth the people and now that it has
Become packed with ~millionaries and
personal representatives Of the big
corporations it is still more unpopular.
It is well for nauy of the senators
5f ON their own pint of view, that
they fave only the stnte Legislatures
to deal with One-half of them c uld
get enough popular votes to BE-
eIRcted pound keeper in a county viii
1ge, if their names should be put
a ticket. The election Of the
ba'ors by tie direct vote Of the peo-
is bound 10 come and the senate is
baning that time in its fight with
president. No man lives who is
Ee ponular than he and he becomes
Ee SO every day.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-02
Robbed Princeton Students.

PRINCETON, Y. j.. Feb. "A we'll
dressed man entered University hall
while the studcEts We're at dinner aud.
going FROM room 10 room, Helped him
self 10 ieWelry and other vaiuables
worth nearly 81 600. The chief losers
We're II. l.. Dillon, guard on the foot
ball team, and II. Il. McAlpin. De
tectivcs are on the case but no clew
yet has been found.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-02

PORTLAND, Ore, Feb. 2.-The fed.
eral grand jury has indicted United
States Senator John II. Mitchell for
bribery on six counts in connection
with the land frauds investigation.
State Senator George G.. ,Browncll was
indicted at the same time on four
charges Of subornation OF perjury.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-02
THE CAMEL OUSTtD.
DAMAsCUs-MECCA LINE TO REV.
oLUTIoNIZE HOLY LAND.
Progressive Sultan with an Eye to
Utilization Of Modern Methods
Abdul Hamid willy in Inlu-
encing the Mohammedan.

Do we look upon the sultan Of Turkey
as unmodern, a survival Of the dark
ages? If SO, we mistake, Consider for
q moment his enterprise in the matter
of railway building.
In the land of the superstitious Mo-
hammedan, in the land where every
inch is holy ground, Abdul Hamid has
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-02
Becky,th sIowty einl;nr

OBERLIN, o., Feb. 2.-AIr. Beck
with, president of the closed Citizens
National bank. is slowly sinking. It
is said that he may live for several
days, but is liable to pass away at
any moment.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-02

HUNTSVILLE. Tex, Feb. 1.-Two
convicts made a daring escape from
he penitentiary here. They overpow
cred the engineer and fireman OF u
locomotive in the penitentiary yards
ami steamed from the grounds under
fire Of the qua rds. They ran the engine
abouC i've miles. when they abandoned
it and took 10 the woods. One of the
prisoners was serving Il life sentence
for numbering his father.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-02
Juvenile Logic.

Little Ethel was learning to sew, and
one day, after vainly trying TO thread a
needle, she asWed: Mamma, don't they
call the hole in q needle an eye?"
Yes. dear replied her mother.
"Wcll.' continued the little miss, "Fll
bet this old needle is cross-eyed. Gin
cirinti Enquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-02

NEW YORK. Feb. "A disagree
ment was the result of the delibera,
tons OF the jury In the case of Henry
Lundberg, former inspector Of steam
vessels. accused Of manslaughter in
connection with the General Slocum
disaster - f -
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-02
lie Utilities

iC utiilieF.
yesterday the NEWS told of two
ting companies selling out to the
kic Service Corporation. One of
was the Carteret Electric Light
ower Company and the other the
Ven County Gas and Electric Com.
By. Slowly but surely this giant
opg monop les is absorbing every
Q utility plant in New JERSEY.
the exception of the lCcL gas
banv it ia unders cod that every
concern in the state north of
pton is under Public Service con
As muct "a the people might
to municipsl ownership they
Aforcsd into it by the private
themselves. Competition is
y nscsssary in these matters.
|concarn bfe1mes so great that
Iasily afford to huy cut very
competitor it is time FIR the
palities to take a hand. such
IMITATION of public eont'o o was
dreamed of a century ago. 1t is
raj and against the funda-
principals upon which q re
> founded.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-02

WASHINGTON. Feb. 1.-THE follow
ing ca5lcgraM has been received at the
navy department from Commander
Niles Of the Boston at Panama: Mar
biehe0d to Chanc hay for record target
practice. Boston is announced free
from infection. Danger new cases
passed. All four cases c~onvalescent.
Lehay and Sackett go 80 hospital short
~. viii have record target practice,
then proceed north
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-02
FIRE ALARM BOXES.

% Haritsn Copper WORKS
70 High and Lewis
" madison ave and Paterson 80
% Market and First SITS.
IS smith and High st
81 tate and Smith SITS
IS BuekiD CHAM ave and HRrtf
IS Commerce and Front SITS
AZ dtgh and Washington str
81 state st and Buckingham ave
50 dali ave and Charles st
81 ave and Wayne
% Washington and First SITS
69 Turnpike ana Elm st
CAS- NTH 1t and Watson ave
IS Commerce and State ts
70 front and Smith ats
I 70 Water and Gordon ste
"a Kearny ave and Gordon at
50 smith and Herbert st
So Woodbridge road and Washington st
"a Lehigh ave > ' Stanford st
To send in an alarm, open the door Of the b
and pull down the lever and let 20 once on
Stay at box until 6remen arrive.
SPECIAL CALLS.
tap-Break In circuit. 2 tap Drill and d.
alarm test. Hydrant at corner OF Jefferson a.
High street always to be used for this trial.
taps Fire out. 8 taps Police call. i2-Call Il
Lincoln Hose ts-Cah for Washington Ho-
i4-Call for Mcclellan Hose ib-Cal TOR FIR
tActiou r and e
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-02
Des4roy~r M santo Domingo.

WASHINGTON. Feb. 2.-The torpe-
do boat destroyer Stewart has arrived
at Santo Domingo city. She has been
assigned to duty as a small boat during
tie conclusion of the negotiations there
to the protocol,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-02
Bryn M:wr Girl BEAD of Tetanus.

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 9. Miss
'!ary Il. Richie, one of the most pop
ular young women of Bryn Mawr, is
dead of lockiaw in the Bryn MavT
hospital as!tiie result of a runaway ac-
cident. A
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-02

AIS easy TO be II great novelist
nowadays. The las, work is always the
best.
Eyes. It used to be that authors
died, and their works lived; now tho
authors live and The works d.e.-Royal
Magazine.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-02-02

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