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Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1905-03-23
MASONS SHOW
BIG INCREASE.
Grand Lodge Of New Jersey At-
tended by ESQ Representatives
Many Reports Heard.

Trenton. Mar. 23:--The annual Ses-
sion Of the New Jersey grand lodge.
Free and Accepted Masons. opened in
Masonic temple yesterday morning
with nearly 30 representative, Of sub
ordinate lodges OF the state in atten-
dauce The day was taken up with the
presentation Of the reports OF commit
tees and the report of Grand Master
John H. wilkins of Newark.
The renort showed there had been
steady increase in the membership
Of the order, the present number be-
ing above the 25.000 mark.
The report of the Masonic home
committee showed there are 81 in
mates in the home at Burlington. This
include, Is children. orphans OF Ma
sons. The average age Of the inmates,
exclusive of children. is Il years. The
finances are in good shape. The grand
lodge has started the erection of an
orphanage at Burlington. which will
cost in the neighholhood of $50, 00o.
At this mornings session officers
will he elected.
Last evening in the colonial room OF
the Trenton House the Veterans A.
sociation. composed of past masters OF
twenty years or more standing, on
joyed its annual banquet. The officers
are; President. Charles I. ChaAicy'
Paterson; first vice president, Fred
crick Wiesse, Bordentowu: second
vice president Daniel Dematest
Montelair: secretary. Valentine E
Bagley, Jersey City.
The annual meeting OF the Mos
Pui,saut Grand Council Of Royal Mas
tiers resulted in the selection of Gil
bert Is. Slack. of this city a, secre
tary-trca-urer for the fifteenth con
,ecutiyc time George :. Morrow
Newark. was elected grand master.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1905-03-23

From now on until after the election
of new officers OF the local fire depart
ment all of the tiremen will be very
anxious to see the>outcome. The fire
men of this city believe that this will
he the last year that the Perth Amboy
fire department viii be controlled by
n volunteer chief and assistants. They
seem to think that next year the de-
Dartment will be under paid official
or superintendent. Nearly all Of the
companies have friends whom they
would like to work in for the last year
and This partly accounts for the un-
usual activity over the approaching
election.
Ii is rumored that at the next meet
ing of Mcclellan Engine Company
Patrick Rock will be nominated for
the position of chief and with the ald
of the dissatisfied members of Protec-
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1905-03-23
CASE AGAIN ADJOURNED.
Carlton Schwartz Matter Goes
Over for Agument on NOn-Suit.

The suit Of samuel ,Carlton against
Leo Shwa~tl, for rent ior building used
as saloon, which WAS adjourned from
last week, was again up before Judge
Lyon in the district court, preceding the
Holcomb Pardee Jury trial thi, morning.
After some testimony had been taken,
Lawyer c. c. Hommanu. counsel for
Mr.. schwartz, moved for non suit.
/. W Beckman, counsel for the plain
tiff. said be desired to submit arg nments
against the motion for non suit, ana
the case was adjourned until neXt week.
Two or three tilt between counsel marked
the hearing of this mornings testimony
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1905-03-23
Women Visiting the Several Con-
Germs TO See Whether or Not the
Law is Being Violated.
LABOR UNIONS INTERESTED.

said that they could not tell anything
at The present time as in due time the
report would be given out from
Trenton. When asked by the reporter
what they thought Of the condition OF
the local factories they had visited,
they refused 70 say.
This l. the first time in many
months that a factory inspector has
been in thi. city. but during the past
year 50 many factories here COM
meneed to employ girls and boys that
il is thought that the visits viii now
be more frequent.
At q recent meeting OF the local
Central Labor Board ii is said that
the subject Of child labor in the fac
tories OF this city was fully discussed
and that the union asked the chief
factory Inspector to keep his eye on
this city.
The result of today > visit viii be
awaited with great interest by both
bosses and labor unions.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1905-03-23
NEW PLUMBING
co. is FORMED.
A. |. Ramsay and A. H. CFoweII
Two of the lncOrpOratOrs
Of the Concern.
.Sbeclal 10 tie h9rnlH.g Was.

New Brunswick, Mar. 23:--A new
Perth .Amboy firm was incorporated
here this morning. 1t is known aS
Bailey & Co., with headquarters at
1lO Smith street. Adrian Lyon l.
agent. The company is TO do tin
and iron business, take plumbing
contracts, make stoves and the like.
1t is capitalized at $4,000, divided
into 400 shares Of &23 each. The com
pany starts with a capital of 50, 800.
The incorporators are Frank Bailey
ST., OF Brooklyn. sixty shares; y. j.
Ramsay, of Perth Amboy. seventy-nint
shares. and Alfred II. Crowcll. o
Perth Amboy. one share.
They will open Il store in New York
but not in Perth Amboy.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1905-03-23
BOY OF TEN GONE WRONG.
Little Fellow Whose Parents Are
Dead Goes to the Reform School.
.Sbeclallo Ac Eyentn$ Nt7os.

New Brunswick. Mar. 23:-Christo-
pher Vreeland, boy ten years of age,
has been sent by Judge Strong to the
State Home for Boys at Lamcsburg ON
application of Ovcrsecr Of the Poor
Mundy, Of Raritan township. The
boy has no parents rs far rs can be
ascertained He lives with his step
ather. Charles Shoemaker. He is a
charge on the township and being in
corrigible is sent to the Reform
School. He will be taken there by
Sheriff Carmau today.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1905-03-23
HOSPITAL MONEY.

Mrs. W. :. Hall. Of the Hospital
Ladies Auxiliary, has now finished
collection on the program for the Elks
minstrel entertainment held in Wilder
hall January 30 and 81. She has paid
to MIR Richard White, chairman Of
the committee, 9327 Of this amount
tine Elk- have given TO the Ladies
Auxilia~ %I4, ier which they ex-
tend their hearty thanks
Mrs, C.. W. Sheath,
Srct'y. Ladies Hospital Auxiliary.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1905-03-23
Statute Passed in 1903 Dis
tinctIy Says Railroad Must
Build and Maintain Bridges.
City Can Proceed and Charge
Cost Against the Company
# Necessary.


Inc outcome OF the request TO he
sent 10 lhe harltan Nofth 9horc halI-
road according 10 the resoiutloN
passed py INC Board oi Aioeilnen'
MONDAY nlshl. 10 nuIld a hl1aSe over
us track al sheridan street near me
Oncsopfoo4i' a7eIlht "ofks' j.
AWAITED "ltA maINe" interest Inc
l''o-u'Ion j. pasP" Oh lAe +Nc' CONCERN
my l'aiIfoa'' lI'eFlsloh oI I'o'l'
me request specIllee Ihal Inc 'lIoSe
III question snail Pe MOI Ie37 man
'"eA'f SIN Itel I'D "IotA' "Au Sha4I
cross lile faIifoau 'Fack Il. III eIoNa-
'ioh oi '"ent}-three tecL
0'lcFloah street j. li4r approach 10
'i'e Ahlooy "fIo4' ana IL CROSSES lhr
spur 'i lhr liarltan Norlh Shofe halI-
ROAD nj a distance Oh about +3o ieet
from lhe ahore me where the Dlloge
structure proper ends.
Inc ia" upon "h!c" the aIoermanl'
acI'"H = "aoe" i 1""''"' III i'alh w.
low
IN section l. paragraph % OF 'hc
Aet concerning railroads. accofulll2
to the revision mace hy the l9o5 state
legislature Is round inc lollo"lh2
III shaIl he me du1y oil every ra'i-
road company owning leasing or con-
tfolIlng any rl2ht al way lo' fali-
road WITHIN TINS state TO constr uct'
ana Keep III repair Gooo ana SuiIlcien,
pfloge> ana passages over uhuer ana
across tIle ral'foaa OF rISht o. way
whefe any PUBIC or olAei roao' ',ree'
Or aNenac 10" OF htI'"l''F I'-~' Ni'''
cross the same 80 ti'a' "uol'r ""' ~
on the Nald road shalI nor oe l"peueu
lhefehy' ana Salo hfl"-e' auu l''Ssa% t.
7haII ne Oh 7ueh "IoVh anu o'4l''o ~ !
a. shaII pe S"ila"lc 10 ny Io'a'''a IA
when 'he same are 9I' Iate0 anu "is0
where sala falIroa" SUI u 4m'e's''e' ''ilS
farm or Iahu OF any inul luua'' ~
proVloe ana keep III repair 9u''aoi'
and convenient wagon "aS7 o'er,
Under ana across 'alu rali'o'uS, anu
to construct an" malnla4h sullap'e aho
proper ca'lIe-4 4uat''7 Il. ''4i Foao c',''S,
lngS; pro'ldeu' '2"' 'i.l' section Sha'
not enlarge the "u'E iii pose" pF ~
charlef upon any rai.'o"u COIN l''nl iH'
corpor"'eo by 9Pe'laI 'et anu "nos'
raHroao was ro"sti"C'GO "eto'o '"'
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1905-03-23
BIRTHDAY SURPRISE.
Enjoyable Occasion at Home OF
William r. Van peIt Last Night.

I'm enjoyable surprise was rendered
William T. Van Pelt at his home in
Rector street, last night, the occasion
being his birthday. Games, music
and dancing were the features Of the
evening. Refreshments were served
at seasonahle hour. There were
about twenty-five present They left
for home at au early hour his morn
ing.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1905-03-23
A SURE CURE.

". Is. Sharrott the venerable
butcher. had sick pet COW and could
not seem TO understand her ailment.
By boring Il small hole in one horn
with a cimlet the animal rallied and
was able 20 eat within an hour.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1905-03-23
CRIMINAL CASES.
Prosecutor Is Busy Getting Ready
for the April Term Of Court.
Sbeetal Ii ne EvsnsNg Ne7os.

New Brunswick. Mar. 23:--Next
Wednesday. Prosecutor Berdine will
take up the trial Of criminal indict-
ments and will continue the hearing
of cases until all of the indictments
undisposed of are tried. He will see
to it that every lawyer is on hand and
that every case is moved. He wants
to get the calendar cleared up before
the April term begins.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1905-03-23
WAS FINED SIS.

Special Lehigh Valley Officer Luke
Gray arrested woman coal thief this
noon. She was fined s.. and was re-
nanded in default of that amount.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1905-03-23
WHO WANTS THE LAW?

City Clerk MacWiuiam has received
a bundle OF pamphlets containing" the
laws in printed form, which have
been enacted thus far by this year, ,
New Jersey Legislature Copie, of the
pamphlets may be secured at the city
clerk, Office for the asking.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1905-03-23
NO GARBAGE WAGON.

= The police have received complaint
from resident of Rector street, near
Lewis street that the garbage wagon
has not come around for two weeks.
Real estate Rea estatel Read
the bargains in special column on
page 3.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1905-03-23
ELECTRICAL WORkE RS

special meeting Of the Electrical
Workers Union will be held in the
Adelaide building, l3s Smith street,
tomorrow night. All members are re-
ouested to attend as something impor-
tant is TO be discussed.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1905-03-23

If you are out of wor pus an ad
in the Evening News, it will cost ov
nothing
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1905-03-23
DISTRICT DEPUTY HERE.
Visited San Salvador Lodge K. of C
Last Night.

At the meeting of san Salvador Coun
ell. knights of Columbus, last night
District Deputy Fahey, OF Long Branch,
was present He made "A lengthy address
in which he told of the good of the Or
ders and how every Catholic should ioir
it. After the meeting refreshments were
served and cigars were passed around.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1905-03-23

You can sell your house easily If you
nse the News real estate column.
Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1905-03-23

. Need help? The News want column
will supply II.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-05
II A n D [ e A ?

privileged to be perfectly devoted to
her doctor and her lawyer, whether
he have wife or not. and If she be
able to pay him we'll it is to his advan-
tage to trade upon her fealty and
hypoch ondriacism. The Jealous wife
may insist upon it that there is nothing
the matter with that horrid woman"
but the doctor knows that his very
presence acts as q soothing syrup, and
il she be willing to pay the price he is
more than willing to do the soothing.
II is diplomacy and business on his
part, and then. tooy man does not live
who Is impervious TO a woman's un-
disguised homage. Tw0-thirds OF a
physicians female patients are in love
with him. and he knows it. and the
sensible man is pretty much like a
child who has an overdose of sweets
and IS dead sick of IT,
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-05

A physician. dentist. lawyer or news
paper man has really no business with
a jealous wife-in fact, / am not sure
but that he Is better off with no wife
at all The best of women are apt TO
be unreasonable in their demands upon
a husbands time, and physician who
is at all successful makes a very un-
satisfactory husband. If he is ambi-
t.ous and determined to build up
practice he must sacrifice many pleas
lres of life, and no matter what en-
gagement he has made with his wife
his duty to his patient is paramount
and he must respond to a patients
call. and we all know that woman's
pains and aches are very uncertain and
the best physician on earth cannot limit
nor calculate upon her time or endur-
ance.
Another feature. Every woman is
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-05
MATRIMONIAL

self responsible for any good he NAV
nave accomplished under any circum-
stances. He is so mortally afraid that
she will arrogate to herself too much
credit and spoil on his hands that he
Withholds any NEED of praise or words
OF announcement. After the poor soul
IS dead he may solemnly admit that
she was tolerably good sort, but at
that time she is too dead for any kind
ness to give her an enlarged opinion
OF herself, consequently he can praise
her then as matter Of common de-
oency.
But, unfortunately, it is only too true
that many women are Just about as
useful to man as would be a balky
horse on a hot, dusty road in July.
Women who are so suspicious, Jealous
and wholly devoid of common sense as
to be the most wretched of handicaps.
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-05

man nature Up shows a grim counte-
nance, and then we wonder how
q. man could have been so smart. OF
course, the man that wrote that book
had to have words, but common sense
finds all the words that are needful TO
its purposes-aH the words there is If
there should be a demand for them,
and then makes a few"
The schoolmaster shook his head.
Those immortal plays were written by
a man of the world, and a world man
of that day could have come from no
place other than university
That's all right and it may be true,
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-05
By Hate Thyson Marr

THE cases are legion where man
or woman is lassoed matrimoni-
ally without hope of escape.
Before a woman marries she
imagines that a sweetheart's lit
tie ways of which she disapproves will
be melted like butter in the sunshine
before the warm benignity of her beam
ing smile; later on she knows that she
might as we'll try to move the ram
parts Of Heaven as to get him to i'm
prove his manners or be guided by her
advice. A man often gives his mother
ali due credit for having been his saw
ng grace, while he would not give his
wife the satisfaction of thinking her
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-05
z DaNE GAxE
EU W4S
WEzzzEw>zy
AALAED OR
GREA1E.
- ~ -

tences are staked
off with stars
snatched out of the
sky on a June
night. 1t took the
world several hum
dred years to catch
up, and neither
the railroad train
nor these pantin'
wagons that, bull
eyed, plunge across
the country has
outstripped t h a t
book yet. And Wndt
is A torch held
high by common
sense. A lantern
ray flung into the
-,lool- fona - ~,
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-05

or common sense. 1t is Hover
bloomin' on the top of the buildin'.
And I believe it would be better for
every man and every woman to go
through a university 1t is the ware
house Of the ages. 1t might not teach
US how to make a better livin', but it
would enable US better to enjoy the
livin' we have. I don't believe in this
fcol idea that ignorance is any ways
kin TO bliss. / know what the sayin'
Is, where ignorance is bliss, ond so on.
but the world got 1T wrong and thought
IL was. a plea for ignorance. And
neither do I think that little learnin'
is as dangerous as much ignorance.
If a mans got little the chances are
that he'll get more. If we've got
mother wit. and il has come out Of
nature, let us thank nature for it and
try to improve it. But trace it on back
and maybe you'll find that 1t comes
from some care that our forefathers
took of themselves. One of these days
we'll be forefathers, and right here,
want to say, rests somethin' of a re-
sponsibilitx Let us all try to light
up the future with common sense
Old man Brizintine said that he was
willing. He was sure that he was in
debted TO his forefathers- His great
grandfather had been noted as the best
horse trader in the State, and" he
added, IF il hadn't been for him
might not have been such good judge
or a colt
Yes. might not have been here at
ALL" Limuel spoke UP. But. not
wishin' TO do the old man an injustice.
/ may remark that horse-sense don't
particularly lend itself to horse-swop-
PIN One of the best features of COM
mon sense is honesty. and the shrewd-
ness that is required in a horse trade
is sometimes twistin' OF that quality. !"
Brizintine had begun to swell with
a resentful reply when the school
master spoke. But giving genius the
place of high common sense, under
going, 1 might say. some of it's own
and peculiar evolutions. don't you be-
lieve that il sometimes goes through
this world unappreciated?"
We'll, / have heard folks say that
they want taken at their worth. /
know some that haven't been taken at
their word. Recollect old Gabner High
tower, over on the creek? He had a son
IQdI was DOr0 GENIUS his IdIIe WdS
Eiihu and he looked it all right. They
didn't want him to soil his hands for
fear 1T might smirch his genius. His
mother wanted him for the church be-
cause he want strong of body, and his
dad wanted him for the law because
his habit of silence would prove him a
good Judge. In the meantime Jim,
Elihu's brother. worked in the field.
Well they first tried the pulpit and
then they tried the law. but Elihu had
too much genius for either one. Then
they thought he was designed by ma
ture to write hymns, and he tried his
hand at it, but failed. They tried
many things before they found out
what he had a genius for"
And what was it?'' the school,
master inquired.
We'll, nothin' but for just lookin
like a genius. And Jim, his brother,
invented an evaporator for maxim sor
gum noiasses ard now owns about a
third of the county. Yes. sir, common
sense"
Copyright, 1904. by Opie Ready
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-05

its light we see beautiful pictures IF
the man is altogether uniettered we
call him crazy. But if he can write hA
may prove to be a genius. 1t is a sud
den lurch of common sense. an over
balancin as it were,''
Then you call genius Insanity" said
the schoolmaster.
NO. not that, but it is sort of pas
slon' that don't halt to reason by slow
means, but that sees all reason in one
hash Now, there was Shakespeare.
Written by Bacon. but proceed
broke in the schoolmaster.
don't care if it was written bv
nam, lard or soap grease, its SEN
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-05

enough OF his own
to write a notice
and tack il on a
t r e g ennouncin'
that he had a mule
for sale. He vas
like a blanket that
is raiped on. You
couldn't wiring out
of him any more
moisture than fell
on him. Yes. sir,
common sense is
mighty nigh every
thing. And when it
rises into a sort of
enthusiasm it is in
spiration. S o m e.
( i m e S ignorance
takes fire, and in
The San Francisco call., 1905-02-05

WV, - =
N HE wiseacres of the neighbor-
hood were discussing the aues-
ton of common sense sitting
4 about the blacksmith shop. wait
ing for their horses to be shod, when
a silence that had suddenly fallen
warned old Limuel Jucklin that it was
time Cor him to say something.
Yes" he remarked, good, hard
horse sense is of so rare a quality that
it Is nearly always taken for genius.
All that most any man needs is a little
judgment. the very governor on the
machinery of this life. and bein' so
needful it is what We seem to be most
lackin' in. To know how to do thing
isn't much more important than
KNOWN what not TO do. KNOWN when
70 do it is real genius. If you cut your
wheat before it's ripe you get sappy
straw for your labor If you wait too
long you get but dry straw. Judgment
comes from experience, and common
sense is the wisdom beat into the heads
Of men that have gone before"
You leave out education" spoke up
a schoolmaster
''Oh. no, ] don't, for education is the
experience OF the mind 1t goes back
beyond all books, and the first book
must have been written out of expert
enoe. But TO read of the common sense
Of other men don't always give us
common sense of our own. In my house
is book written by a man named
Kant, and he calls it the 'Critique of
Pure Reason Well, since have more
or less let up on hard work I've given
a good deal Of attention TO the books
that fortune and little lookin' around
have thrown in my way. but this here
one stEmDed me. ] read il forward
and ! tried TO read it backward, up and
down. and il seemed like / wasn't goin'
10 get thing out Of it Ny wife
seein' how 1 was bothered begged me
TO throw it away and eat a boiled din
ner that she had put on the table I
did eat, but all the time | was
a-thinkin' about that thing all set out
there in words plain enough, but what
didn't appear TO have any meanin'
After dinner ] took il up again
and fought with it, holdin' it
this way and that up and down.
in the sun at the window and
in the shade. but I'll be hanged if
I could get at the juice of it, Finally.
however. 1 struck one thing that paid
me for al my trouble, and il was this,
as near as l can remember it: a man
may read all books and understand
them, and he may be able to speak all
languages, and yet all this can
not atone for a lack of what we know
as mother wit Mother wit, horse
sense, you understand
But how are we to get. or rather 1
should saw, after maturer considera-
tion, how are we to proceed toward the
requirement of that quality denomi-
mated by the great German philosopher
as mother wit'?' protested the school
master, and old Linn replied
I'll be bIowed IL know
Then education is useless" said the
schoolmaster.
"Oh, no: but sometimes il does seem
like an experiment. There are two sorts
Of education, you know. one Of memory
only and one that teaches a fellow how
to think for himself. ] knew d fellow
that could hear a sermon once and
could come away and repeat every
word of it, but he didn't have ability
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1905-05-04

progressive city administration,
an up.to-date town, ETC." We Ill
now see whether this talk was for
effect or from convictions, by the
way you fall In with the first pro-
gressive act of this administration.
The present administration pro.
poses to be progressive and up-to.
date, and all who do not wish to CO.
operate with us should organize a
"kickers' club" for there will be
much occasion for kicking.
The city MUST be cleaned, nuis-
ances removed, the weeds kept
down and a greater pride instilled
into our citizens to beautify their
homes, that we may induce addi.
tions to our population by the
beauty and cleanliness of our town
instead of pretentious oratory.
ONE OF THE COMMITTEE.