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The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-06-30
PHONE AID TO MATRIMONY.
Girl with One in Her Home Always
Popular with Young Men.

II is needless TO say that the tele-
phone is a great institution. says the
Utica Press. II has long been an alb
solute essential in every place of bust
ness. Just now there is a great in
crease in the number of phones In pri-
vate houses. 1t is possible to talk
with pretty much everybody at his or
her home. The companies are evil
IDENTIFY endeavoring TO boom that
branch OF their business, because they
are advertising extensively. The
other day st. Louis paper had big
display ad at the top of which was
picture of an attractive young lady
telephoning and represented as say
ing: as that you, Harry" The text
beneath 1t includes this statement:
1T is a well-known fact that the girl
who has telephone is the girl who
has the most friends and consequently
has the best time"
This appeal to the young people is
adroit and doubtless will serve to
make the st. Louis exchange bigger
and buster. The parents who have
uldIIldeSaDlc daughters Will w WSlA
to consider this ingenious contrivance
and modern aid to matrimony. 1t is
something of a bother for a young
man TO call or even to write a note
asking the young lady 70 go TO the the
alter. go for a walk or drive or ride
to the park, but If he can transmit the
message by telephone it is an easy
way Of making an appointment.
Many a delicious message is tele-
phoned these days and there is reason
to believe the statement made by the
st. Louis company. 1t applies, of
course, with equal force in every
American city. The young ladies for
whom a life Of single blessedness has
no charms are not exactly buying a
lottery when they hire phone. They
can get much pleasure and comfort
out of 1t as they go along, for it is a
constant contributor TO convenience.
1t is worth the price, with the enhanc-
ed matrimonial possibility thrown in
as an extra inducement.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-06-30

Section IS. In case of accident TO
person or property upon any public
highway due to the operation thereon
of any motor vehicle, the person OPP
Grating such motor vehicle shall stop
and give such reasonable assistance
as can be given, and shall, upon re-
quest of the person injured, or any
other person, give such person his
name and address, and if not the
owner, the name and address of the
owner of such motor vehicle, together
with the registered number thereof.
Section D. Any person violating
any of the provisions of this act and
who shall be convicted thereof, or
who shall plead guilty to any COM
plant for the violation thereof. shall
be punished by fine not exceeding
twenty-five dollars and costs of pros
ecution; or if such fine is not paid
then by imprisonment in the county
Jail for not exceeding ten days; for
the second offense he shall be pun
ished by a fine not exceeding fifty
dollars and costs of prosecution; or if
such fine is not paid then by impris-
onment in the county Jail for not ex-
ceeding thirty days; and for third
or any subsequent offense, he shall be
punished by a fine not exceeding one
hundred dollars and costs of prosecu-
ton or by imprisonment in the county
Jail or the Detroit house of correction
for period not exceeding thirty days,
or by both such fine and imprison-
ment.
This act contains in all 81 sections,
but the most important features are
contained in the above extracts.
The law took effect June Is, 1905.
Non-residents are exempt from sec
tons two and four, but are amenable
to all others.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-06-30
ACTORS OVER THREE SCORE,
Jefferson Only One of Many Who
Have Reached Longevity.

1t is a popular notion that active
participation in the work of the stage
is incompatible with longevity, but
this. Mr. Jefferson was 76 when he
died. His death was not due TO an IN
trinity of age and his professional
abilities had shown no impairment.
On March u John l.. Toole, long d
popular favorte in London, celebrated
at his home in Brighton his seventy
second birthday. Born in London in
1888, he first appeared on the stage in
1852. Tommaso Salvini, living in
Italy, was born in Milan in 1880.
Henry Irving was born in Yorkshire
In 1898 and Lydia Thompson in Lon
don in the same year.
James II. Stoddart, who has been
acting at the head of a company OF
which he is the star, has been a resi-
dent of. this country since 1854. He
was born in Yorkshire in 1927. Mrs.
Annie Geamans was born in 1896 and
Henry Clay Barnabee in 1888. Mrs.
William @. Jones, who has been ap-
pearing in "The Little Minister" and
other plays, is &c, and has been on
the stage for sixty-six years. Mrs. G.
H. Gilbert was IS when she died.
Pauline Dejazet, the French actress,
was born in Paris in 1898 and died IN
1875. Frederick Lemaitre, born in
Havre in 1898, made his debut in 1923
and acted for the last time in 1873,
when IS, after exactly fifty years OF
professional service He died in 1876.
Prolonged success on the stage is
compatible only with the retention of
good health, preserved by regularity
Of living and the avoidance Of ex-
cesses. The aged actor who becomes
truly celebrated has pursued even in
an arduous profession the methods of
living which conduce to longevity.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-06-30

The report of the department of agri-
culture indicates that this years wheat
crop will be the largest crop since 1901
That year the yield was AS, 100000 bush.
els while government experts are claim
ing 729, 100000 bushels for this year. The
present prices of wheat, if maintained
during the marketing of the crop, will
bring to the farmers more cash than did
the crop of any previous year. The farm
value of the crop of 1904 was estimated
by this same authority at 500, 100000
while the value of the corn crop for the
same year amounted to 81 ,0S7 100000 To
appreciate the magnitude of these values
we can take for comparison the removal
of the coin from the old sub-treasury
vault in the Rand McNally building to
the new federal building in Chicago,
which took place last week. The gold
in the vaults amounted to S45, 100000, or
in weight 50 tons. This immense sum
seems insignificant compared with the
values produced by these two cereals in
one year, and not record year at that
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-06-30
Fdi+0ri rial Comment
sfofe Constitution Should be Revised.

The work Of the Legislature, satisfact-
ory as it was in most of the measures
passed, could have been bettered by hav-
inc some means devised to take from that
body the vast amount of local Legislation
that is presented and place 1T where IL
belongs-next to the people affected.
There are two ways this can be brought
about. both methods being through the
constitution, one by revision, the other
by amendment. All attempts to revise
the constitution have been defeated by
the people whenever the question has
been submitted to them, not because the
present constitution is entirely satisfact-
ory. but because of the fear of change
more detrimental than the present pro-
visions.
A measure was defeated in the last
session which, If made part OF our
present constitution, would do more to-
wards shortening the sessions than any
one thing. A bill providing for salary
for the term OF two years was introduced
and was killed. A salary of $1,000 for
the term of two years, with the mileage
and all other perquisites cut of and no
pay for extra sessions, will have ten
dency TO check the introduction of local
measures and encourage the enactment
OF laws giving larger powers to munich
palties and to the people. The per diem
payment of members with the full time
from beginning to close makes It easier
for the hangers on to prolong the session.
A partial compilation ofthe bills shown
here emphasizes the situation and will
bring conviction to every thoughtful
voter:
"Of bills authorizing local commun-
tiles to provide for themselves needed
utilities, and to levy taxes and to Dor
row money to pay for them, there were
81. OF bills creating various local offices,
and prescribing duties and compensation
of various local officers, there were 93,
a few of these of general application. OF
bills to amend the game and fish laws,
and provide for the protection or de-
struction of various wild creatures, there
were l49, and so of these were local bills
applying to a county or limited region
differently from all the rest of the state.
OF bills granting franchises and incorpo-
rating societies and associations, there
were 81. OF bills providing or amend
ing charters of incorporation for cities
and villages, organizing or disorganizing
townships and school districts, erecting
or altering election precincts, wards, and
other minor civil and political divisions,
there were l27, all for special and very
restricted localities And finally, Of
miscellaneous local bills, enabling acts
for various purposes, granting to certain
communities privileges not enjoyed un-
der the laws of the state by other COM
munities, there were 100 more
With this showing, and an opportun-
ity offered by the enactment of law
signed by the governor few days since,
putting the question of revision before
the people, this question can be settled
in the near future and a stumbling block
removed from the Legislators path.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-06-30
The Property Mans Troubles.

The company was playing Romeo
and Juliet" the other day, and in the
balcony scene a cannon went off. He
sent for the property man, who ex-
planned that it was a cannon which
should have gone of in the perfor-
nance of Henry "" two days before.
He spoke to that property man more
In sorrow than in anger.-From an ad-
dress by +. r Bensontin London.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-06-30

DURING the last six years the revenues
of the government of the United States
have exceeded the expenditures by $780,
100000. This is very satisfactory state
OF affairs, and still more so when we re-
member that out of these receipts we
have paid s50OO0,0O0 on the Panama
canal This condition is in direct con-
trast to our financial situation under the
Wilson. Gorham bill, for under that law
each year brought a deficit and necessi.
tated bond issues.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-06-30

Ir is intimated that w. w. Wedemeyer
of Ann Arbor has that tired feeling that
comes with occupying position that is
to a man of Wede's energy,
and it is rumored that as a tonic for that
tired feeling he will enter the congress
sional race ia the second district.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-06-30
Swiss Dairy Statistics.

There are 100000 cows in Switzer-
land. They average 625 gallons Of
milk a year a COW, total of 462,500,-
600 gallons, valued at s44,000,0O0. For
ty-two per cent is used for home con-
sumption and the rest for condensed
milk, cheese and butter.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-06-30
COY. WARMERS PROMISES KEPT.
State Tax for 1905 a Quarter of a
Million Less than in 1904.
Appropriations are Compared.

When Gov. Warner took his stand
for economy in appropriation and in
his inaugural message urged that the
Legislature curtail every possible ex-
pense, he struck popular chord and
met with responsive action on the
part of the members of the legisla-
ture and their work as shown by the
comparisons in the tables below:
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500, $50 S+7. $50
$500, 600 S700,0 900
General purposes,
s4,OO3,O25 SSH 25
Grand totals.

Grand totals, S4,O05, 025 1851, 225
This total levy is about a quarter of
a million dollars less than the amount
levied two years ago. The amount
for 1906 cannot be precisely shown at
present, but it is safe to say that it
will be less than that of 1904 and will
bear the same proportion, which was
nearly one-third less.
With the tax levy for 1905 as here
found, the tax rate would be =. IS per
1000 as against S2.54 in 1908, show
ing that the promise to reduce ex-
penditure has been kept, and Gov.
Warner and the legislature are to be
complimented upon the good work
performed.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-06-30
S461.5 SIS $500.

The current expenses of the prisons
and of the insane asylums, which APP
pear below are determined upon per
capita rates in joint session of their
governing boards, and ended in the
tax levies under authority of existing
statistics. Under the present system
of governing the prisons and contract
ing the prison labor, they are largely
self sustaining. During the session
bill was introduced TO abolish contract
labor in all penal institutions, but
fortunately it did not pass.
The table below gives the appro-
priations for the five state asylums
for the insane and for the building of
two new institutions:
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Handsome Increase.

Our published is gratifying that beg
call your that you the hand
some increase of deposits during the past year
THE PAW PAW SAVINGS BANK.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-06-30
MISCELLANEOUS.
Van Buren, House,

West Paw Paw st. Rates, 81 per day
Special rates for board by the week
Large rooms newly furnished and com
fortably warmed
26 /. w. PROCTOR, Prop.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-06-30

Students can commence at any time at
Parsons college, Kalamazoo.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-06-30

The fall term of Parsons college, Kala-
mazoo, opens September 3.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-06-30
Pensions.

WANTED-Bright, honest young man
over Is from Paw Paw to prepare for
position in Government Service-Good
pay and chance for promotion-Address
Immediately Box one, Cedar Rap
ids, Iowa. TAI
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1905-06-30

The increase at the soldiers home
was for new hospital building, made
necessary by the increasing infirmi-
ties of those veterans and their wives
and widows whose circumstances are
such as to bring them under the care
of the state.
Industrial School for 1908 1905
Boys, 90, $50 : o., 200
L. 4. &
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EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS.
SS9l, $50 Sl,062, S5S

WI 20 " VU-, 600
OF this $40, $40 increase in appro-
priations $50, 600 was caused by the
burning of Wells hall, one of the DOR
mitories of the agricultural college.
For the six asylums for the de-
pendent and defective classes the
showing is a good one from any point
of view.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-09
THIS COUPON
POLICE COURT NEWS.

May Lasko, of Charles street, was
fined SIS by the recorder this morning.
She was arraigned on complaint of Spec
ial Iehigh Valley Officer James McDer-
mott, who caught her on Monday after
she had been on the company's lands for
Dermott, eXtricating her hands from the
nippors, as told yesterday. When the
city marshal went to her home to serve
the warrant on her, late yesterday, she
refused to promise to appear in police
court this morning until Detective Peltier
threatened to lock her up, whereat she
promised to answer the mmon She
paid her fine.
Thomas Layden, of Madison avenue,
near Fayette street, appeared before the
charge of petty larceny preferred by M.
Denisen. Two posts which had been
stolen from a house which the latter is
building nearby We're found cut up in
Layden's cellar. Layden denied taking
them. He was given till Monday to fur
nish bonds.
None of the boys of the gang of TWEEN
ty-three which burned the steps of the old
Greek Catholic church, appeared in police
court last night as ordered, although they
had not all paid their share of the dam
age, an officer OF the church declared. He
said that thirteen of the twenty-three had
settled.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-09
Society
RETURNED r o a

Mr.. and Mrs. F. Luis Mora, accompan-
led by Miss Lola Compton and their
cousins. Miss Dissosway and Mrs. Trask,
have returned from a delightful four
months tour of Europe. They arrived
yesterday morning on the steamer Kroon-
land from Antwerp.
The party first visited Barcelona and
spent three weeks there. Then while Mr..
Mora made studies at Madrid the rest of
the party visited other points of the con
tinent, among which were the cities of
Geneva and Paris. Four weeks were
spent at the last place, where they We're
joined by Mr.. Mora.
He has a large collection of studies
and sketches of Spanish subjects which
he will use in his future work. He has
also "a copy of q celebrated painting in
the gallery at Madrid, which he hoped to
Xhibit at the academy during the month
The picture has been delayed, however,,
and will not be exhibited until spring.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mora will remain in this
city until Christmas and then return to
their New York residence.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-09
CADETS NOMINATE.
Soldier Boys to Have an Election Next Fri
day Night.

At the meeting of the Westminster
Cadets in the armory in Rector street
last night, the nominations of officers
and other important business ook
place.
The officers nominated were as fol-
lows: President, Leonard Wait n
James Griswold; vice president,
Thomas Hansen and Walter Com
ings; financial secretary, Earl Barnes
and Harry Tooker; recording secre-
tary, Harry Comings and Otta Rass-
mussen; color-sergeant, Harold
Coutts and j. Christianson; corpor-
ais, Harry Comings, Harry Tooker,
James Griswold and Raymond Bath.
Charles Damgaard was appointed
chairman of the nominating commit
tee which is made up as follows:
Lewis Garben, William Linderberg
and Fred BRIGGS.
The election of the officers will
take place next Friday night. 1t is
expected that every member will be
present for the contest is to be a hot
one and the officers elected will have
a hard fight of it.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-09
REAL ESTATE TRANSFER

The following transfers of real estat
nave recently been recorded:
w. Barthoviak to New Jersey Terra
Gotta ompany lot on Catherine street
block 1853, lot II.
w. II. Motif Company to Arthur J.
Calvin, lot on Hanson avenue; lot 372 in
block 313 NJ.
Joseph e. Chapman to Donardo Fee
mean, lot on tombstone street; block $50,
lot 9.
w. +. Carlock to Hans J.. Hansen,
three lots on Carlock avenue lots 1855,
1876, and 157 in block S14 X.
Motif Realty Company to Margaret
Bentley, two lots on Donald avenue; lots
SO and 81 in block 312 G..
w. C. Arnold to John j. Jorgenson, lot
on Hall avenue block 200, lot 81.
Margaret e. Sanford to Joseph Szyd-
lowsky, lot on Cortlandt street; block
262, lot Is.
Motif Realty Company to Andrew
C~howanetz. two lots on Elizabeth avenue
lots IS and as in block 312 G..
w. II. Moffitt Company to Neils Knud-
sen, lots ~ to as in block 313 d on Han
son avenue and Carson avenue.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-09
HoNoRED

A number of the friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. Hendrickson, of Sayre avenue,
gathered at their home last night in hon
or of Mr.. Hendrickson's birthday. Music
and dancing were features of the evening.
Refreshments were served and the guests
departed at a late hour after a most en-
joyable time.
Those present We're Mr.. and Mrs. mud
son, Mr., and Mrs. Nelson, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ungerskov. Mr.. and Mrs. Jorgen Hanson,
Mr.. and Mrs. Marcus Hanson, Mr.. and
Mrs. Carl Peterson, Soren Nelson, Chris
Nelson. Henry Hanson. of Carteret, Hans
Hanson, Mr.. and Mrs., Johansen, Edward
Larsen, Hans Peterson, Mr.. and Mrs. j.
II. Ackerland, and the Misses Elsie, Mary
and Hannah Hanson.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-09
MANY BILLS
IN INTRODUCED.
Only a Few Days of Congress
But the Mill Is Already
Working Overtime.
AWAY OVER SUNDAY.

From the NEWS Correspondent
WASHINGTON, d. c., Dec. o.
Up to the time of adjournment
Thursday afternoon there had been
introduced in the house of %represon-
tatives a total of 5,9G3 bills. B. E.
Matlack, of Mount Holly, the print
ing clerk, worked the greater part of
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
night getting the bills in readiness to
be sent to the printing Office and it is
expected that before Monday, when
congress will %re-convene again, the
work of the bill room will be all
cleared up.
Senator Perkins, of California, has
introduced a bill which will permit
Rear Admiral b. H. McCalla, form
erly a resident of Camden, to accept
a decoration OF honor from the En-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-09
x Adjusted.
Commissioners of Appeal Are About
Throuuh for the Year.

The Commissioners of Appeal met last
night at city hall and finished their work
to date. They cleared up all of the COM
plants which had been pending or which
were received last night.
They will meet again next Thursday
night at Z 80 o'clock at city hall and they
expect this to be their final meeting this
year. 1t will be the final meeting unless
more complaints are received at that time
than they can dispose of in one evening.
The commissioners have finished a
deal of work and will not be at all
sorry when the sessions are at an end.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-09
in
THE CONTEST

The standing in the EVENING
NEWS contest to date is as follows:
Mrs. Charles Helmer,
10 Woodbridge road, ......653S
Miss Jessie Gluck,
245 Smith street, .1S4S
Miss Mary Hanson,
Union Grove, W'bd'ge road. .1491
Mrs. Florence Hanson,
1877 Market street, ........1O5S
Miss Mary Hanson,
"a Charles street, .1191
Mrs. John Hanson,
1855 Hall avenue, ........ SO
Following is the coupon o today.
Fill in the name and address of the
person for whom you wish to vote
and send or bring to the NEWS Of
fee within n week from the date it
bears, otherwise it will be void.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-09

ness the launching of the idaho at
the Cramps shipyard.
No Application for Bridge.
II was stated yesterday at the of
flee of the chief of engineers of the
war department that as yet no appli-
cation has been made for the build
ing of a bridge to span the Raritan
river below New Brunswick for a
trolley line. The Trenton-New Bruins
wick fast line is obtaining right of
way through to Elizabeth, and it is
expected a bridge will be built in the
near future.
The post office department has APP
proved a rural free delivery route to
be established February first, 1906,
from Ringoes, Hunterdon county.
The route will be "a " miles long
and will cover an area of twelve
square miles. The population served
will be 513 and there are ia houses
on the route.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry S, Day, of
Paterson, called at Senator Kean's
committee room yesterday afternoon.
Mr.. Day is superintendent of the
Peerless Plush Manufacturing Com
pany.
Edward c. White, of New Jersey,
has been named as an assistant sur
geon in the navy.
There was no faye and nay" vote
on the canal appropriation bill SO
that the New Jersey congressman did
not have to go ON record when the
bill was passed. c. S. A.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-09
FILES ANSWER TO
SUIT FOR DIVORCE.
Rudolph Becker, of New Brunswick
Denies Charges Made by His
Wife.

Special to The EVENING NEWS.
TRENTON, Dec. 9:-Rudolph H.
Becker, of New Brunswick, has filed
in the court Of chaneery his answer
to the suit for divorce brought
against him by his wife, Mrs. Rita
Becker. After admitting the facts of
the marriage, Becker files a general
denial Of the charges made BY his
wife.
Becker submits to the court that
his wife is not entitled to a separa-
tlon ana asks TO have the suit dis
missed without cost to him.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-09

Chicago and Mrs. Harner will return
there in a day or two.
. . Q
The seniors of the high school are pre-
pairing for a final test Monday.
Miss Margretta Clum, of Market
street, is seriously i'll at her home with
diphtheria.
Harold Seel, who was operated on at
the city hospital for appendicitis, last
week, is improving.
J. Warren Andrews will give an organ
recital at his studio residence at Wee
hawken December IA.