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Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09
Wise

In order to test a Chinese witness
qualification for taking the oath, an
English magistrate asked him, the
other day, where he expected to go
when he died. He replied: "Peking.
and was disqualified. Once in another
English court, a little girl, in answer
to that question, said: 81 don't
know The Mortified counsel called
the judges attention to the answer.
ooh, l don't know, either" said the
judge; Swear the witness"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09
Killcd hx cnnned salmon.

WINNIPEG, Man, Aug. 9.-Several
members of the Crank Trunk Pacific
railroad survey camp ut Sandgreen,
fifty miles south of Nermillion. Alberta,
were taken violently sick after eating
canned salmon. Major Herbert ].
Smith is dead and several others are
critically i'll. Major Smith served with
distinction in the Boer war.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09
Watches Instead of Medals.

According to a Neuchatel correspond
ent, the watch factories in that town
are extraordinarily busy, owing to a
huge order for "War Watches which
has been received from the japanese
government. The watches are thin
and of good finish, with oxidized metal
cases, and are intended for presenta-
ton to the mikado's soldiers and sail
ors, as mementos of their successes in
the war with Russia.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09

There is a farm in Maine where the
farmer never allows wild creatures to
be molested. Consequently they have
come to know that they are safe
there, and it has become n of their
favorite haunts. Nearly every after.
noon the deer come out and feed in a
field near the house, and the farm pee
pie car go very near without brighten
ing them. The farmer thinks that this
is much more interesting than hunt
ing.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09
snail's Slow Progress.

A snail's rate of travel was ascer-
tanned by experiments in Florence.
Half a dozen snails were permitted to
crawl between two points ten feet
apart. Exact time was kept from the
start to the finish, and thus the aver
age pace was learned. The figures
were then put into tables of feet,
yards and furlongs, and it was found
that 1t would take a snail exactly IA
days to travel a mile.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09
Paper telegraph Poles.

Serviceable telegraph poles can, 1t
is found, be constructed of paper.
Such poles are made of paper pulp, III
which borax, tallow, etc, are mixed
in small quantities. The pulp is cast
in a mold with a core in the center,
and forms a hollow rod of the desired
length. The paper poles are said to
be lighter and stronger than those OF
wood, and to be unaffected by the sun,
rain, dampness, or any of the other
which shorten the life of a
wooden pole.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09
FOR RIFLE PRACTICE.
Preparing for Great Event at Sea
Girt.

SEA GIRT, Aug. 9:-It was an
nounced yesterday that about forty
five teams are expected to shoot in
the National match on September 4.
General Bird w. Spencer, the Inspec-
tor General Of Rifle Practice of New
Jersey, has received many entries.
The matches of the National Rifle
Association will be shot first, COM
mencing August 81, and the National
match will begin on September a..
The trophy of the Dryden match is
one, of the h~andsomest prizes for
which riflemen compete. 1t cost $4,-
600 and was the gift of United States
Senator John f. Dryden, of Newark.
There are also cash prizes amounting
to $500.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09
Less Crocodile Stealing.

We fancy that after what has hap
pened to a Mr.. Kraus, of Buda-Pesth,
thefts of crocodiles will become less
common. Mr.. Kraus broke into a cir
Gus at night time to steal a crocodile,
but when. in consequence of Mr..
Kraus' squeals, assistance came, 1t
was found that the crocodile was steal
ing Mr.. Kraus.-Punch.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09
He Got a Pig.

A mans corpse was delivered to VIII
liam Archer, of Cromwell, Ind who
went to the express Office to get a
prize pig which he had purchased,
Archer refused to accept the coffin,
and inquiry developed that the labels
on the pigs box and the coffin had
become exchanged. Archer got his pig
ON the next train, and it is presumed
that the corpse was delivered at the
proper place.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09
Sexes Being Equalized,

Sidney Smith, in writing upon the
subject many years ago, declared that
nature had been just as bountiful to
one sex as to the other-that educa-
ton makes the only difference. This
view is becoming widely accepted in
our day. LET man either provide for
woman or give her a chance to pro-
vide for herself" wrote Mrs. Jameson
a generation ago. Man has since
needed this advice. The chance has
been given her.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09
To Kill Dandelions,

The best means, and surest, is to
dig up, root and all. This is tedious,
however, and expensive. Try, in case
the digging process is not employed,
the sulphate of iron solution. Use a
d handful to three gallons
4 ascr-and sprinkle this oven an
area Of 20 feet square. 1T will not
injure the grass and will kill the dan
d~elions; at least some of them.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09
still Room for improvement.

In a small village in the south of
Scotland an elder in the parish church
one day %reproving an old woman,
who was rather the worse for liquor,
nv saving: Sarah, don't You know
that YOU should fly from the tempter?''
sarah mot too well pleased) Flee
verseli" Elder-"O, Sarah! | have
flown" Sarah-"Awell, think yell
he none the waur O. anither fiutter!"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09
Continental Manners.

The way we live now certainly tends
toward the modes and of the
continent. We go in strongly for out
door amusement, we take our pleas
ures less sadly, social life is every
thing to us. and the ties of home and
family accept a back seat in our cal
culations.-Ladies' Field.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09
Choice of Pessimism.

The famous novelist was being lion.
lied at a picnic. But hoy" said q
young girl, do you yer get your
self In the mood to write such a bit
terly pessimistic book?' 81 use,' the
novelist answered, "a fountain pen.'
1t was then for the first time that
she noticed the large black stain on
his left breast, around the pocket.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09
Father Murders Little Girl.

MILWAUKEE, Wis, aug. 81 W.
liam Esler of townsville killed his
sevcn-year-old daughter by striking
her over the head with Il jug. He says
he killed the child because the mother
did not want it. Before killing the
child Esler drove his wife from the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09

Contrary to the general opinion the
HEAVIER does not always build a house
for himself, being content very often
with a burrow in the bank of the
stream. AS is the case with the house
the entrance to a burrow is under
water. though sometimes there is an
onening from the surface through
which brush and sicks are carried for
their food supply.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09
Where Suns Rays Never Reach.

At about 600 fet below the surface
of the sea the warmth and light of
the sun cease to have any effect worth
mentioning. From that depth down
ward the ocean is always cold and al
ways dark, the temperature of the
water standing a little above the
freezing point.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09
plsappenrance of the Beaver.

In the days of our great-grandfa-
theirs the beaver was a resident of
many streams and small lakes all the
way from Maine to Oregon. He is
now numbered among our rare ami
mails, and a few years ago seemed
doomed to total extinction.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09
Doctors Dignity.

Why should we tell patients what
we are giving them? Depend upon it
by so doing we lose u dignity as a
profession. The public now think
they know as much as the medical
man.-Medical Times.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09
Contrasts.

London is the city of great con-
trasts. Adjacent to places which can
be said to be the center of life of our
times we find streets where time
seems to have stood still, and life
itself moves in the slow and old
fashioned form of another century.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09
Hope for the Bald.

1t is not hard to grow new hair be-
fore you are so. Some day Ill give a
sure remedy for a steady growth. 1t
won't cost a cent. either, but l don't
want to become famous in the hair
growing business for awhile.-N, Y.
Press.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09
Compromise.

II have a little granddaughter"
said q senator, who Is very fond Of
animals, especially dogs. Her mother
has taught her to pronounce the word
until it sounds like dang. Her father
sticks to the good old-fashioned dawg,
so the child has compromised, and now
every canine is a dahg-dawg."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09

NEW BEDFORD, Mass, Aug. o.
The strike of the street car men in
this city is practically a thing of the
past, and people are patronizing the
cars as if there had been do difficulty
whatsoever. About seventy of the men
who quit work have returned.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09

FORT PAYNE, Ala. Aug. 9.-An
aged white man named Wright is in
Jail here charged with murder neal
Lydia, Ala. Wright went to the house
of his s~0ns-in-law. Samuel Bailey and
John Bailey and began to abuse his
daughters. The Baileys demonstrated
and John BGiley's throat was cut by
Wright so badly that he died almost
Instantly
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09
Her Modest REQUEST.

: A gallant motorlst had rescued
beauty in distress from u dog-cart in
a ditch, where n scared horse had
landed it, says Motor illustrated,
when the lady lisped, skycctly, THANK
you so much. Would iyou mind 10.
ing 1t again? We do SO want our
horse to get used to those horrid
things"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09
No Escape.

The London Lancet points out that
since 1t costs more to train a doctor
nowadays fees should be higher. Al
ready overburdened by the cost of
living. we are threatened with an in
crease in the cost of dying.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09
WHATS the Usep

What a downpour!" calculated
Uncle Jack to his pretty niece; don't
be afraid to raise your skirts; there's
no one about to see you. Then
what's the use?" inquired the pretty
one, di~sconntentedly.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09
Where Mammon Rules.

Money is the basis of more talk
in New York city than n other
dozen subjects. During one hour in a
car, on the street, in two shops and
one office 70 conversations, and GA of
them involving money, were counted.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09
Stun Child's Handicap.

The English vocabulary of a slum
child of FIVE, according to a Scottish
school inspector. contains only two or
three dozen words. That of the aver
age child of the middle classes of the
same age is about 1000 words.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09

NEW YORK. Aug. 9.-New York
city is going into the ice business. A
start has already been made by the
department Of correction, under whose
supervision work is now in progress
on a plant that Will turn out $4,000 tons
of ice Il year.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09
bishop For OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.

TOLEDO. o., Aug. 9.-Amnounce-
ment was made that Right Rev. Joseph
Weber Of Lemberg has been appointed
by the pope as bishop for the United
States OF look after The welfare of the
100000 Poles in America.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09
London Society in Trade.

Three out of every fifteen shops in
the west end of London are owned
by men or women in society. who
either keep them under assumed
names or have a large financial inter-
est in them.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09
Machine Is a Wonder.

One of the cieverest inventions
ever brought out is the machine for
ssticking pins in the papers in which
I'm are sold. The continuance brings
ubeEa pins in rows. draws the paper
in boAtion, crimps it in two lines,
then at a single rush passes the pins
through the paper and sets them in
position.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09

When ones business is in such a
shape that he finds it impossible to get
out and take a holiday occasionally
there's something wrong with that
business.-Printer's Ink.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09
AS You Were Saying.

Ever notice in ~overhearing scraps
of conversation on the street that with
women it is nearly always something
about "he" and with men 1t Is some
thing about "I?"-Atchison Globe.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09
Totn1 Ahstninern Meet.

PROVIDENCE. r. l., Aug. 9.-The
national convention of the Catholic To-
tai Abstinence union began when a ma
jority of the 800 delegates assembled in
Music hall for the formal opening exer-
cises.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09

Your want al. will be found work.
ing Tor you until the last newspaper
has gone to bed for the night
and 1t will be ION the job again
In the morning.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09
according to circumstance.

A man never talks much about the
Sweetness" of a cob pipe so long as
he has money to buy cigars.-Topeka
Capital.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09
Quite Likely.

1t is true that Edgar Allan roe
failed to get admission to the Hall OF
Fame. but then he doesn't need II SO
much as some others who have gained
the honor.-~cenerville Journal.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09
Killed by Dye.

Wilbern B. Walker, aged 3S, a tool
dresser, died in the North Wheeling
hospital of blood poisoning caused by
contact with the dye of a pair of
cheap trousers.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09

what you have said l will con-
find a time both meet to
hear and answer" This is the
S~hakesperian forecast of the nova
days reader of advertisements.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09
Bryan in Newark Sept. 1.

NEWARK, Aug. 9:-William Jen-
nings Bryan will be in this city Sep
TENDER /, and will make three short
speeches.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09

A good many people hurry to read
the ads. in their paper and let the
news wait.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-08-09
"Sneczeland" Tree.

One of the ~euriosities of South AT
rlca is The "~sneezeland' tree. No one
can cut 1t with a saw without sneez-
ing, as the fine dust is very Irritating.
eve planning the wood will sometimes
u sneezing. No insect of worm
viii touch it; it is very bitter to the
taste and when placed in water it
sinks.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-07-05

saloon keeper. My reply was that for
one thing had observed that the com
panies pay their men in checks, and
that saloons are the most convenient
places in which these can be cashed;
and that also as a consequence OF the
lack of dining-rooms the men are liter
ally compelled to resort to the saloons
in winter. The packer then dropped
the subject
Prior TO the last strike In Chicago
the union officers made a computation
based upon ten thousand time checks
and found that the average weekly
wage in Packingtown was between 20
and Sc: since the strike, conditions
have of course grown worse. A frlend
of mine who has recently been making
investigations for me stated that ne
stood in a saloon on Saturday hlgh.
and gathered up the pay envelopes OF
the men as they came in and got their
checks cashed. He collected over
score. and the average was less tnan
IA: there we're some as low as $i'fo'
rhis represented a weeks wages Tor an
able-bodied man in Packingtown at d
dull season.
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Cultivation OF Garden Crons.

Frequent shallow cultivation should
be employed for most garden crops,
and during dry weather the depth
should not exceed inches by keep
Ing the surface soil well stirred what
II termed a dust mulch" Is formed,
and while this layer Of finely pulver.
lied soil will become quite dry. II pre-
vents the escape OF moisture through
the pores OF the soil. A mulch con
sisting Of fine manure. clippings from
the lawn, or any similar material,
spread 10 n distance OF 10 or IL inches
around the plants viii preserve the
moisture; but the mulch should not be
so heavy or matted as TO exclude the
air.
A crust forming over the soil after
a rain or watering Is detrimental to
plant growth and should be broken up
as soon az the land can be worked.
To determine when the soil Is suf-
ficlently dry for cultivation, apply the
same test OF squeezing together In the
hand AZ Is utilized In determining when
to pillow. Sandy soils can be worked
much sooner than clay soils after n
rain. Too much Importance cannot
be placed upon the matter of thorough
cultivation OF the garden, and II the
work Is promptly and properly done
there will be little difficulty In con-
trolling weeds.
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-07-05
PROFITS IN CHICKENS.
Crate and Machine Fattening bring
the Highest Prices.
IT. H McGrew

Some time since we published an
article on poultry growing North and
West. and referred to the large num-
Der OF fowls that are grown upon the
wheat fields OF the Northwest and
which are purchased and shipped In 10
the big packing establishments OF
Kansas City and other western centres.
The packers OF the west have estab-
liSiied enormous finishing plants, as
they are called, for the feeding, fat.
tening and preparing OF poultry OF all
kinds for market. The fowls hereare re
celved I'm large numbers, placed in
coops that hold from three to Ave
birds. according to their size, and are
trough fed"-that Is. they are fed
mixture of ground meals properly pre-
pared I'm troughs, and permitted to
eat as much as they Will consume.
from three TO FIVE times per day.
Poultry crate-fattened I'm this way
will continue to eat well aud thrive
from nine 20 twelve days. 30 soon as
they cease TO feed themselves raven
DuSly from these trouchs. what Il
known as the examining machine is
brought into service. The manipulator
n the examining machine must have
experience In the handling and feed
us OF the fowls In this way. The
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-07-05
tzoue.made Bone Fertilizer.

Everyone with a large garden mas ah
ont Of the-vay place for fertilizers
where "bone barrel" could be placed
To reduce bones TO fertilizer without
the use OF acids takes time. but Tor
the home garden II is well worth walt
inc for Put in a barrel three or -four
inches Of soil. then n closely packed
over OF bones. broken up somewhat,
md cover these with wood ashes ana
vet with liquid manure from the
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-07-05

examining machine Is composed OF n
feed trough or chamber placed upon
the top ~ three legged. movable
table. as IL might be- called. with n
plungcr In the top. placed there after
the cylinder * nlled with the properly
prepared food. and with the pressure
~ the foot upon the lever. the food is
forced through the tubs into the crop
OF the fowl.
THE CBAMMER Is An EXPERT.
The operator In charge 81 the cram
ming machine has several assistants
who br.uI the fowls from the COOP TO
him: he placing the tuhc down the
throat beyond the wlndpipe towards
/ the crop Ills the same by a pressure
Of the foot always gnugns the amount
forced into the crop by the hand
pressure urOn IL.
IN manner OF feeding Is carried on
for a sufficient number OF days %
make the entire period OF feeding from
"a TO Il days. An experienced handler
knows just the time when the fowls
are finished ready for killing When
this time arrives, they are speed "
killed. dry-plcked, and placed IN proper
cond ton for market.
The food made use Of for this pur
pose is n mixture Of meals Of severa
kinds. 10 conform TO the requirement,
OF the market. Ground oats. corr
and middlings. mixed with boiled
milk or water into "a very dry masl
or mixed food is made use OF for tn,
first II TO II days for trough feeding
During this period. the fowls hav,
grit and plenty OF water to drinl
where they can help themselves. $,
soon as they show disposition q
stop feeding themselves. all the food
water and grit Is removed from tn
: trough. and the stufling machine /
brought into service. The same meal
mixed into n Cruel are used for thl
purpose, the food forced into the crol
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-07-05

wooden floor and slide part way into
a filthy mems toilet. lt was picked up
by two employees, placed upon truck,
carried into the cooling room and hung
up with other carcasses, no EFFORT being
made TO clean 1t.
Tn another establishment, equally
well known. a long table was noted
covered with several hundred pounds
of cooked scraps OF beef and other
meats. Some OF these meat scraps were
dry. leathery. and unfit To be eaten
and In the heap were found pieces Oh
pig-skin. and even some bits OF rope
strands and other rubbish inquiry
evoked the frank admission from me
man in charge that this was 10 pe
ground up and used I'm making potteo
ham"
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ONE VAST TRUST.

The conditions in Packingtown have
reached their present state Of degrad.
alton by the natural process OF com.
petition, or rather, there is competi.
ton OF labor while there Is no competi.
ton OF capital. There is but one
vast employing trust and a body OF
absolutely unorganized and helpless
types Of human beings are coming
there. There has been a regular pro-
cession Of the races through Packing
town; the industry was founded BY
skilled cattle butchers from Germany:
then they began the importing OF Irish
men. After the strike OF 1894 they set
to work deliberately TO crowd the labor
market so as to prevent further trou-
bles; first they brought Poles. then
Bohemians. then Lithuanians, and now
finally Slovaks. These are nearly all
understood, wretched people who can
not speak English. and who impress
one as having no more intelligence
than a dumb animal The bosses beat
them and kick them and spit in their
faces. saw sights Of this sort which
fairly made my blood boil. saw a
poor, wretched Lithuanian pushing a
truck In one Of Swift & Co.'S cellars:
II was loaded with hams, and the poor
fellow was scarcely able to stir Il on
the level floor. He came 10 a slight
incline and could not get 1t up. and the
boss fell upon him and pounded him
out OF the place. | presume that D,
was firing" him. Another an,
stronger man took his place
COMPELLED To VISIT SALOONS
One of the things pointed out in tn
Presidents report is that the men ar
provided with no places 90 eat. II 1
difficult to imagine what this means 4
the winter time. saw them crouchin
In the stairways of the packin
houses and outside under The sheds
get away from the falling snow.
conversation with one Of the packe
] spoke of the horribly low wages tn
were paid to the men, and be answers
that there was no use in paying ar
more, because the balance went TO Il
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FROM THE BEEF TRUST REPORT.
Extract From Neiii-ReynoIds Docu-
ment Which the President sent
to Congress.

IAN absence of cleanliness was found
.varvwhere In the handling OF meat
being prepared for the various meat
food products.
"As an extreme example OF the en-
tire disregard on the part OF employees
of any notion of cleanliness In handing
dressed meat. we saw hog that mad
iust been killed, cleaned, washed, and
started on its way to the cooling room
fall from the sliding rail to dirty
Crittenden press. [volume] (Marion, Ky.) 1879-1907, 1906-07-05

stables, II possible. or with plain water
strengthened with 10 cents worth
OF washing ammonia. Repeat the
layers as there are bones enough until
the barrel Is full. Cover with soil.
rounding the surface. and SOW with
clover or grass seed, or plant the top
With some plant that will knit the soil
together as cover, that will not let
through much moisture. In a year