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Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-02-07
ABOUT CULTURE OF LILY.
Cover Beds with Straw in Winter and
with Two Inches of Leaf Mold
in Summer.

The secret of lily culture is the fact
that most OF the desirable species make
roots above the bulb. as we'll as below.
II is extremely important to preserve
the Feeding roots thrown out by that
portion of the stem which Is above the
bulb. but below the surface of the
ground. The way to do this is to mulch
the Fly bed both summer and winter,
i. e.. cover it about two inches deep with
fine leaf mold in summer and o
three inches deep with strawy litter in
winter.
The summer mulch prevents the es-
cape of moisture from the soil Int
keeps the roots that feed near the sur
face moist and cool. These are condi-
tions which are needed by all surface
feeding plants, e. g., rhododendrons and
laurel. Consequently the proper
thing: for the millionaire to do is to
plant lilies by the thousand among his
rhodciendrons. Thus he gets two crops
of fl: Wers on the same ground. and his
lilies have the advantage of a good back
groulsl in the broad-leaved evergreens,
for u4ost lilies have unworthy foliage OF
their own.
Lily culture is a very special thing.
and it will pay to follow closely these
directions for making a lily bed:
Dig ten inches deep, but IN a three
inch layer of broken bricks or small
stones. as lilies must have perfect drain
age. Cover this material with an inch
of sanli. Set the lily bulbs on this cush-
ion of sand and drop a handful of sand
on top of each bulb. Then fill your bed
with six inches Of fine, rich, mellow soil,
containing plenty of well-decomposed
manIR'e. Be very careful not to have
any fresh manure near the bulbs, as Il
will ruin them. Cover the bed with
three inches of strawy manure Next
spr5hg remove the straw and after the
plants are six inches above ground put
on Two inches of fine Leaf mold.
The following require deep planting
a six inches: Lilium auratum, ele'
Eans. speciosum, tigrinum.
Tie following do not make roots
above the bulbs and therefore require
shallow planting, say, four inches:
Liliu.m ~Canadense, candidum, Chalce.
donieum and experimentation Mil.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-02-07

i eport of the condition of the First National
III Bank at Perth Amboy, in the State of New
Jersey, at the close of business, January 20. 1906.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-02-07
l THINK MY BUSINESS Sue
CESS is DUE LARGELY TO HAV-
ING ALWAYS TRIED TO PLACE A
PROPER VALUE UPON UNITS.

This idea is so big, so all-embrac-
ing, that it is a safe creed for any
one, businessman or who-not. 1t
goes beyond the ant and the ''busy-
bee," who have overwhelmingly
long hours of labor!
The shopper-which means the
Universal woman and the nine-tenths
Universal man-has a daily oppor-
unity to test the unit rule
o buy one thing az the right
store and right price before MAX
ng a second purchase, and TO re-
)eat the process indefihitely-thus
making right buying yield a real in
,ome, as over wrong bIying, at the
end of the year. OF course, only
shoppers who study advertisem%~
ire able to place a "prdper valY<
units" so that the point
preachment is plain.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-02-07
How It Happened.

Fuunyman-That wife murderer who
was, to have been hanged tomorrow
managed to cheat the gallows.
Pennibs-So? Did he commit sui
cide2
mo; he read one of my Jokes in to-
davis p and it tickled him to
de4th,"-Chicago Daily News.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-02-07
Severe on the Tailor.

~ used to be subject to the most
distr essing coughing fits" said the man
to ii lie tailor.
And you have got over them?" said
the clothes artist, pleasantly.
&c III. yes; haven't had a at since
yorS nave been ma & my clotbesl"-
YoNaers Statesman.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-02-07
GO TO
John d. Rockefeller,
Thou Shopper.
Consider His Ways +!

This advice is given because Mr..
Rockefeller is an improvement on
the tabled ant-formerly chief eX-
ample of hustle and thrift.
1t is related of the richest Ameri-
can that, in reply to a friend, who
asked him about the reasons of his
success, he said, in effect:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-02-07

Wear Diamonds and look prosperous. Yon
know everything depends on appearances
We have an elegant assortment of Rings.
The settings are unique and the work
manship excellent. The tones are with
out flaw and very brilliant. There is a
great variety of prices, but you are as
sured good quality no matter what the
price 1uoted may be. We had almost
forgotJa1 to say that WI sell Watches.
Clocks and Silverware, too.
L. pERELMAM, 800 STATE ST
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-02-07
What's the ANSWER

Johnny--Isn't a tin horn made of tin
mamma?
Mamma-Certainly 1t is.
Then now is it that a fog horn ism
made of fog ?"-N. Y. Times.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-02-07

Want" Ads. left at EVENING
NEWS branch Offices receive prompi
attention.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-02-07

County of Middlesex, 90
/, Harry Conard, cashier OF the above-named
bank, do solemnly swear that the above state.
ment is true to the best OF my knowledge and
belief.
HARRY COWARD, Cashier.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this 9th
day of February 1906.
q r. HENRY BARNES,
Notary Public.
CoRREcT-Attest:
G. d.. SNEDEKER.
GEo j. HANEy,
EDWIN G.. FRASER
Sc-31 II
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-11-15

What he calls his diplomacy is
always a cause of pride to the
trickster.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-11-15
Notice to taxpayers.

1 am now ready to receive all
taxes assessed on city property for
the year 1906. Please call at my
Office and pay your taxes before
you are placed on the delinquent
list and become subject to the
penalty prescribed by law.
SANTOS VALDEZ,
City Assessor and Collector.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-11-15
Notice.

Owing to TIE fact that there is
no collector at present, members
of the Knights of Honor will caA
on A. Turk, treasurer, aud pay
their dues.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-11-15
For Sale.

The Hord homestead, on Wash
ington street near 9th., price $3.50.
Also the DIR. Smith homestead
on St. Charles, street, between Sth.
and 9th. streets. price $3.50.
See JOHN w. HoYT.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1906-11-15
Letter to Jagou Sons.
Brownsville Texas.

Dear Sir Some people get dis
appointed in painting; it doesn't
come out as they thought it would.
c B Edwards & Broughton,
printers, Raleigh, N c, painted his
house Devoe three years ago; he
had used 80 gallons paste paint
before and bought 80 gallons
Devoe. Had 10 left.
Paste paint is extra-thick-with
white wash.
Mayor w w Carroll, Monticello,
Florida, says: My painter said it
would take IS gallons to paint my
house; it took 20 gallons Devoe.
His house is the best paint job in
town; and he says Devoe is the
whitest white of all white paints.
Jones & Rodgers bought S gal
Ions Devoe to prime Mr. Pratt 5
house at Merkel, Texas. 1t paint
ed two coats.
The reason for nobody guessing
little-enough Devoe is: they learn
ed in bad school: other paints.
Yours truly
F w DEvoB & Co
P. S. Frontier Lumber Co. sell
our paint.
What he calls his diplomacy is
always a cause of pride to the
trickster.
Notice.
Notice is hereby given that no
more shooting will be allowed be-
tween the freight and passenger
oepots along the railroad track or
within range of houses in the city
limits. GEO. CONNoR,
Chief of Police.
Gilpin observer., 1906-11-08
Simple PRECAUTIONS Enough.

In recent article in German paper.
Herr Paul Speier shows that the spon-
taneous ignition of zinc dust is out
of the question when the material is
properly packed. Wetting of the ma
terial is also without danger. Ign:-
tion and explosion can only occur III
the presence of air. The matter is Of
some Importance, inasmuch as steam
ship owners sometimes refuse to
transport this material, and fire un-
derwriters have stringent regulations
with respect to it.
Gilpin observer., 1906-11-08
A MUMMY MENACE
SCIENTIST RAISES CRY OF WARM
ING AGAINST EGYPToLoGlSTS.
Declares That the Dust-Covered
CaGavers Are Prolific Seed Sow
ers of the Great White
Plague.

o tuberculosis out of the tomhs of
the PGaraohs, such is the startling
announcement of men of science
That the taking out the mummies of
the long buried Egyptians is fraught
with peril to the living of to-day, is
asserted with such positiveness as to
command the attention and thought
full consideration OF everyone, espe-
cially those who have penchant for
delving in the moldy, dust-filled cav
erns of the tombs of ancient Egypt.
Probably no scientific announce
ment of discovery of modern times
is of more vital Importance to the
whole of mankind than monograph
just completed by DR.. Rafaelle Sors-
nae, of Paris, under the title of
"Egyptology versus HEALTH
In this monograph, which represents
years of research, investigation and
experiments in Egypt and France, DR..
Sorgnac traces the Great White Ter
ror," consumption, back to Egypt and
down into the very tombs in which the
ancient Egyptians of the Pharaohs
We're laid away thousands upon thou
sands of years ago.
Thus the startling monograph prac-
tically claims that if Napoleon had
not invaded Egypt and looted the
tombs of the ancient illustrious dead,
. carrying back in triumph to France
the mummified remains of Egyptian
kings and queens, consumption or
known to-day.
1t is even possible to go a step
farther and say that if the Pharaoh
of the Oppression and of the time of
Moses had not held the people OF
Israel in bondage, refusing to let them
go when the Lord commanded him to
do SO, the plaques of Egypt, the dust,
the flies and lice, the rivers of blood
and the darkness, all contributory to
the causes of consumption, would not
have been visited upon the people of
that land
Napoleon first looted the tombs 100
years ago, and DR.. Sorgnac points out
that it was not until Napoleon's num-
mics and mummy cases reached
France that tuberculosis got foot
hold there.
Just why that is so has at last been
discovered by the French scientist.
He has found that the mummies are
teeming with living consumption
germs.
Psychologists have begun many
experiments during the last ten years
or so to ascertain just how long con-
sumption germ can exist in a bottled
up or perfectly dried-out condition.
Germs bottled ten years ago are still
alive. DR.. Sorsnac goes far beyond
this in his declaration that the germs
live for thousands of years, as he has
proved through the germs found in
the mummies.
1t is significant to add that an cpl
demic broke out among the first body
Gilpin observer., 1906-11-08
sALT0N SEA SCHEME
CALIFORNIAN SUGGESTS JOINING
1T TO GULF OF CALIFORNIA.
Would Afford, He Says, Magnificent
and Imrregnable Harbor for
United States War
Fleets.

In spite of the efforts of the engin-
GERS of the Southern Pacific, who eX-
pect to divert the waters of the Colo
lado river into it's old channel, and
who say that then the waters in what
has come to be known as Salton sea
Will dry up, there are others who look
with skeptical eyes upon the success
of the engineering project. If the eff
tort does fail, and the great sea of
water in he desert grows, to what
use can it be put? is the question
come are asking, and M. R. Whitney,
Tor many years resident of Mecca,
Cal, has come forward with the amaz-
ing scheme of connecting the Salton
sea with the gulf of California, and
making of il an impregnable harbor
large enough to hold the fleets of the
Gilpin observer., 1906-11-08
CRO7ON DAM PARK
DEBRIS LEFT FROM BUILDING
DAM is TRANSFORMER.
Landscape Artist Succeeds in Restor
ing the Picturesque Valley in
New York to Old-Time
Beauty.

In the building of the gigantic spill
way at the Croton dam where en-
gineering skill has succeeded in pro-
viding Greater New York with an ade-
quate and pure supply of drinking wa
ter, there were mountains of rock and
sand and debris left, which disfigured
the beautiful valley and destroyed it's
former picturesqueness
But the landscape artist has taken
hold of the task of transforming these
unsightly piles of debris and rarely is
seen to better effect his skill than in
the disposition which he has made of
the various banks of excavated rock
and sand and the huge amount of
general debris. which disfigured the
otherwise picturesque valley OF the
Gilpin observer., 1906-11-08
Spiders Live in Families.

Spiders are not always solitary
creatures. A scientist has lately found
in southern India species of spider
that builds spongy nests with out
lying webs, each nest being occupied
by 40 to 100 spiders, with large
excess of females; sometimes five or
six nests are clustered together The
spiders not only live and work to-
getEer, but they share with one an
other any prey that may be captured,
and some even show maternal affec
ton approaching self-sacrifice.
Gilpin observer., 1906-11-08

OF workmen and scholars sent into
Egypt to orcn the ancient tombs and
prepare the bodies for shipment.
Here Is what DIR. Sorgnac says:
The great spread of tuberculosis
and consumption throughout Europe
and America in the past 100 years
found its causation in the disinter-
ment and shipment broadcast over the
land of the mummies which had re.
posed for thousands of years In the
tombs of the Pharaohs.
That the disinterred mummles
started the spread Of tuberculosis
germs in Egypt cannot be doubted.
There are more tuberculosis germs in
the almost impalpable dust around n
mummy case than in many cuspidors
Of cfiluvia.
These germs live for thousands OF
years, as has easily been proved. and
the exhumation of the bodies, even
the well-preserved ones. caused an
epidemic of consumption among the
workmen and scholars who first ex.
humed the cases.
II is also well known that the keen.
ers of the mummy cases have been
subject to the disease.
The start of tuberculosis in France
In a serious sense may be traced to
the great importation of mummies
and mummy cases at the time of the
Napoleonic invasion Of Egypt. and
this start gave the disease its first
great foothold In Europe. whence Il
has spread all over TIE eastern world
and throughout the western hemis.
phere as well.
Gilpin observer., 1906-11-08
Criqin of Bride Cake.

Bride cake is a relic of the Roman
confarreates, a mode of marriage
practiccd by the highest class in
Rome In confarreatinn the bride was
led to the altar by bachelors, but con-
Quoted home by married men, and the
ceremony took place in the presence
of ten witnesses by the PontifeX Maxi
mus, whereupon the contracting par
ties mutually partook of cake made
Of salt, water and flour.
Gilpin observer., 1906-11-08
Siberian Bridal Custom,

In some parts of Siberia bride
groom, on arriving home, commands
his wife to take off his boots. In
one is a whip and in the other a
purse. The contents of the boot she
first selects for removal presage
whether he is to be generous or the
reverse to her. A very kind husband
will put purse in each boot, and
omit the whip, to make her believe
that her choice is auspicious.
Gilpin observer., 1906-11-08
Section Of croton Dam Park.

Croton river below the new dam, dur
ing the years that the work of build
ing was in progress. These banks of
excavated material were necessarily
of large proportions, as will be under
stood when we state that before the
masonry of the dam could be built in
place, it was necessary. according to
figures of the Scientific American, to
excavate 1,750,000 cubic yards of earth
and 425,0OO cubic yards of rock.
The greater part of this mate
rial was carried down the valley
and dumped into large spoil
banks, which extended in some cases
for thousands of feet. Although, aftes
the masonry Of the dam had been cay,
ried up above the original level of the
bed of the river, large amount of the
excavated material was used for fill
ing in the excavated trench and re-
storing the original bed of the valley,
there yet remained vast amount OF
debris below the reservoir.
4: The finishing touches to the Croton
dam consisted mainly in the erection
Of a 200-foot steel-arch bridge across
the spillway, the laying of the roadbed
of the 1S-foot driveway across this
bridge and over the crest of the dam
from one side OF the valley to the
other, and the formation of an orna-
mental park on the downstream side
of the structure. The lastaamed work
involved the grading down and form
ing into terraces of the debris, the
construction of central fountain, and
the laying out of a series of driveways
and footpaths, OF which latter two
lead from the fountain to the foot of
the steps. by which the ascent may
be made at two different points to the
crest, of the dam, while a driveway
leads to 150-foot steel bridge across
the bed of the Croton river, whence II
extends TO connection with the main
road leading down to Croton Landing
station. The 1S-foot driveway along
the crest of the dam forms connect.
Ing link between two macadanlized
roads. which follow the shore of the
new Croton lake, and form a contnu
GUS ride over 40 miles in extent. This
road crosses the various arms OF the
lake by handsome steel bridges car.
ried on granite piers, and it Is destined
ultimately to form one of the most
picturesque drives in the vicinity of
Greater New York.
The total length of the dam from
the southerly abutment to the bridge
is 1,16S feet. and the length of the
spillway from the bridge to its ter.
minus up the valley is 1000 feet. max.
Ing total length Of masonry of PIGS
feet. The 1000 feet of spillway pro.
vides complete security against dam.
age by sudden floods. As the waters
How over the spillway they enter n
wide channel blasted out of the rocky
side of the hill, and they are led be.
meath the steel arch bridge down to n
new artificial channel. which ultimate.
ly directs them into the old bed of
the Croton river.
Gilpin observer., 1906-11-08

"Well?"-Philadelphia PlOss,
Gilpin observer., 1906-11-08
Teach Children Gardening.

A course which is designed to fit
teachers to conduct children's gardens
is presented in the summer school of
the New York university. There are
several gardens laid out for the use
of pupils in and around New York
city, but the authorities are ct loss
to find men and women trained to
conduct them. The phenomenal
growth and success of this work in
Philadelphia has led to an extension
of school gardening in many cities.
Gilpin observer., 1906-11-08
Ingenious French swjndIers.

There a:c under Arrest in Paris eight
men who formed a society for swim
ding accident insurance companies.
All were insured in different compan-
les and took turns at being knocked
down and injured by carriages, carts
and street cars. Two or three men,
hers of the society We're always pres
ent, so that they might give evidence
of the reality Of the accident. The
men have confessed that they each
made $4,000 out of the companies dur
ing the last two years.
Gilpin observer., 1906-11-08
How Il Looked TO Her.

The Friend-I hear you are going
10 marry young Wilde to reform
him.
The Maid-Your hearing is good.
The Friend-Well, II you don't sue.
ceed. you won't be able to keep him
out OF jail.
The Maid-That's all right. II he
doesn't reform, I'll not want to keen
him out.-Chicago Daily News.
Gilpin observer., 1906-11-08
Give Up Indigo Cultivation.

In Java the planting of indigo is
steadily decreasing by reason of the
great increase in production of the
synthetic article. Much of the land
on which indigo has heretofore been
cultivated has now been turned into
sugar plantations.
Gilpin observer., 1906-11-08
SpirituaIist at Fault.

1t was stated at spiritual seance
at Zurich that ga 900 recently stolen
from the station lay in guards
house, but when the money was not
found the guard brGught action against
the spiritualist, who was ordered to
make public apology and to pay f12
damages. zses<N-sg~Els9 xsSsa ..-@
Gilpin observer., 1906-11-08
Coal for a East Liner.

Tremendous quantities of coal will
be required to run the turbine liner
Lusitania's engines. The ships in
dicated horsepower. is $4,000, which
will mean consumption of not less
than 435 tons of steam each hour and
a corresponding consumption of so
tons of coal in the same time. This
would work out total of 1900 tons
of coal day.
Gilpin observer., 1906-11-08
Glasses for Sensitive Ewes.

Eyeglasses slightly tinged with an
orange-yellow, are said by French
expert, DR.. Metals, to be peculiarly
agreeable and soothing to feeble or
oversensitive eyes. Patients who can
not use blue or smoked glasses see
well with these.
Gilpin observer., 1906-11-08
BARRIERS and Surccons.

In the fourteenth century the bar
ber's craft was recognized as a pro-
fession, being allied to surgery The
BARRIERS were confined. as to surgery.
to the letting of blood and leeching,
and the extraction of teeth. but The
surgeons were prohibited from shaw
ing the face
Gilpin observer., 1906-11-08
Good Work Done by Women.

The city council of Birmingham,
England. has increased the number OF
women health inspectors from four to
20, because of the excellent results
achieved in the homes of the poor and
in the factories. In the same city the
policemen have been taught the prin-
ciples of first aid
Gilpin observer., 1906-11-08
Watchmakers Out of Date.

In New York city are about 700
signs that read Matchmaker" and
not single one of them belongs to a
matchmaker, and few that have them
could make a watch, and If they could
and did the watch would cost about
500, while any of them can sell bet
ter watch for $40 that came from a
great factory.
Gilpin observer., 1906-11-08
Coat Made of Rabbits Ears.

A coat which has been placed on
exhibition in London furrier's shop
is made out of 1000 rabbit ears, which
have been sewed together in such a
manner as to make a serviceable wa
terproof coat.
Gilpin observer., 1906-11-08
Alcohol and Gasoline.

Tests of alcohol and gasoline in the
internal combustion engines used in
motor vehicles and motor boats ind;.
cate that although alcohol has only
about 10 per cent as much heating
power as gasoline, 1t can be used
with 20 per cent. less operating waste.
Gilpin observer., 1906-11-08
Worlds Wealth of Coal.

According to the American Manu-
facturer. the coal deposits of North
America are estimated to contain
nearly as much as those of Europe, or
6S1, 200, 900, 900 tons, but even this gil
gantic figure is completely dwarfed
by Asia's wealth of coal, as to which
1t is at present impossible to make
an even approximate estimate.
Gilpin observer., 1906-11-08
Postmen as Debt Collectors.

A debt collecting agency which is
run as part of the regular public
postal system is the newest i'm
provement" of the post office of Aus
tria. Despite the novelty of the en-
terprise, the plan has, worked admir-
ably, so that many thousands are col
lected annually by the postmen
throughout the Austrian empire
Gilpin observer., 1906-11-08
Great Maeician's Career,

Alexander Hermann was of Ger
man parentage, but Paris was his
birthplace. He made his professional
debut as a musician at the age of
eight years in st. Petersburg, Russia.
lie died in 1896
Gilpin observer., 1906-11-08
Combination Works Well.

Formerly milk producers in Eng
land were at the mercy of whole
sale dealers or middlemen. BY judi
cious combination in various places
they have been able to secure uni
form and equitable prices, securing to
individual members extra profits up
to 5000 a year
Gilpin observer., 1906-11-08
- =sA
Parched Land Of Little Value.

In parts of Australia where the
average yearly rainfall is not more
than ten inches a square mile of land
will support only eight or nine sheep.
In the Argentine republic. South Amer
lea, the same area. with 81 inches of
rain, supports 1850 sheep. =
Gilpin observer., 1906-11-08
Mommsen and Bacon,

Trinity college, Cambridge, possesses
a famous portrait of Bacon. The other
day when party of visiting German
editors viewed it, they were told how
DR.. Mommsen, when it was pointed
out to him, stood with folded arms
in front of it, and observed: so,
it is you who gave us Lady Macbeth
and Falstaff."
Gilpin observer., 1906-11-08
Abvssir.ian Laws

Modern ethnolo gists are inclined to
hold that the black Jews" such as
are to be found in central Abyssinia
and elsewhere, are not OF Hebrew
descent, but simple peoples that at
some remote time adopted the Jew
ish religion.