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Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-05-10
D { N NSYLVANIA
RAILROAD
Schedule In effect FEB. IS, 1906.
Trains leave PERTH AMBOY as follows:

rams leave FEhIH HMbUI do IUIIU"o'
LEAVE PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD STATION. for
Railway, Elizabeth, Newark and Nav YORK,
COS, CAB, 7.S2 and S.48 A. NJ. 1915, 5.O', 5.35,
and 1914 p. NJ. week days; go A. NJ, %
p. M. Sundays.
For Long Branch, Asbury Park, North Asbury
Park Sundays. Gee n Grove. Spring Lake, Sea
Girt. and Point Pleasant, lib A.. M. and 1.25
p. NJ. weekdays; lib texceot Monday, 10 ~
A. M. and 6.T p. Nj. Sundays.
LEAVE CENTRAL RAILROAD OF New JERSEY STA
TIoN fc- Railway, Elizabeth, Newark and
New York, z 40, $50, and 1926 A. NJ, 3.25 and
l40 P. NJ weekdays; 1918 A. NJ. and I.s9
7. NJ. Sundays.
For further information see time tables
Tickets for all points on the Pennsylvania Rail
roal and connections. Pullman Accommodations
&c ~ ticket office, Perth Amboy.
W. w. ATTERBURY, j. R'W
Genl Manager. Pass'r TrafAc Manager
GEO. w. BOYD,
General Passenger Agent.
1861 1-2 If
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-05-10
Apt to Follow.

Bill-After hazing what?
Jill-Why, the coroner's inquest o.
course!-Yonkers Statesman.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-09
A RAILROAD COMPLEXION.
Practice Of Riding Back and Forth
with Face Unprotected Damag-
ing to Good Looks.

Mercy, no; never bother with 4
veil," she said. As she said It. she
rubbed her handkerchief briskly over
her face with the tip OF one finRer.
And the kerchief came OF black! NOW.
she thought, when she thorouRhly
scrubbed that face she would get all
the dust and CRIME out OF the pores
But why get 1t in, in the first place?
There Is no practice more damaging
to good looks that the habit Of riding
back and forth on railway trains or
through dusty city streets with the
delicate skin OF the face exposed to all
the SCOT and CRIME In the air. saws
the Philadelphia Bulletin. Carefnl
women never do 1t. They alwaya
wear, when travelling, plain chiffon
veil-not one Of fancy or lace or mesh
mind you, but a close-woven veil for
real protection. This Is tied over the
hat, drawn snugly under the chin ana
fastened firmly to the back Of the hat
It has 2 certain trim air. but tha
most important thing Is the service
It renders In saving the face from a.
qutring an unnecessary and appallins
amount Of dirt. & -
The complexion 90 protected wi11
stay fresh and clean many mora vea 8 g
Particularly should the business vom-
an who rides back and forth into TIA
city daily adopt this precaution. leat
she find herself the unhappy posaeaso,
Of the road complexion z
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-09
FOR WILD ANIMALS
Raised in Yellowstone Park to Serve
as Winter Feed for Deer
and Sheep.

Raising alfalfa to furnish winter
feed for wild animals is proving q
great success in the Yellowstone ma
tional park, according to Superintend-
ent Pitcher In report Just issued.
One hundred tons of fine hay were
raised In the government field near the
Gardiner arch and stacked near the
soldiers quarters.
Superintendent Pitcher says that
three years ago deer was seldom seen
in the vicinity of Mammoth hot
springs and as an experiment few
bales of alfalfa hay were scattered
around near the parade ground. The
next day a dozen blacktail deer made
their appearance, the number steadily
increased and now comprises over 100.
The animals quickly lost all fear Of
human beings, and are not even
startled by the firing Of the evening
gun within 100 yards of them. but
show much more interest in the low
ering of the flag from the star in the
center Of their feeding ground.
Mountain sheep, considered the Wild
est Of western animals, also tecame
more friendly, and now number about
100 within the confines of the park.
These animals are rapidly disappear
ing In the west, and this fact makes it
the more important to preserve those
in the park. Antelope, also, are be-
coming rare. About 1900 OF these lit
tie animals make their home in the
park and seem to be Increasing rap-
id1v
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-09

properly By needless hirelings. who.
while never having known anything
of luxury in their homes, take = scorn'
full pride In ]. demolishing It u the
homes Of their employers.
B A youthful housewife 10 often 50
anxious to entertain beautifully and
to set her table with exquisite nicely.
that she forgets how easy it IL to let
monthly bills accumulate. Il there be
over-solicitude about the payment OF
bills and IL the husbands income
prove inadequate to their prompt set
tlement in the first year Of married
life, there 1s apt to be the little rift
within the lutte.
It is well to have standards, and
to aspire to excellence, but It Is not
worth while to be worn to shreds
and reduced to nervous exhaustion in
the process. Aunt Caroline returned
to her little cottage in the mountains.
stronger and cheerier for her Eastern
trip. but she was not in the least sur.
prised when after awhile. Jeanie
wrote her saying, "You were right
about our having too many beautiful
articles to look after. but you were
wrong about Tom. He is more Of an
angel than ever"
Copyright. by Joseph B. Bowles)
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-09
1lliterate Immigrants.

Discussing the immigration bill now
before congress to rase the tax from
two to i've dollars head, the Phlla-
de)phia Record says chief complaint
OF the petitions is not that the immi-
grants are physically weak, but that
they are too strong. It goes on to say:
'As for the educational test, which
prescribes that every immigrant over
Is years shall be able to read, long ex-
perience shows that this small degree
Of culture is not necessary Tor labor In
the fields, In railroad grading, tunnel
6g, street cleaning and other pursuits
with which the masses Of immigrants
begin life on these shores. To ward on
the political evils Of illiteracy the
states most effected By them (Pennsyl-
vania. for example). have only to pro-
vide. as Massachusetts and most Of the
southern states have done, against put
ting the ballot In the fists OF people
who cannot read t. But by a curious
contradiction the utmost facilities for
enabling ignorance, native and mature
allied, white and black, to exercise the
suffrage are afforded by Pennsylvania
and other states in which most OF the
flliterate immigrants find lodgment. II
these states should apply the educa-
tional test to the elective franchise
there would be little cause for COM
plant concerning the immigration OF
illiterates from Europe"
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-09

SAYINGS OF TEE TOTS.

!. Mamma" said little Ethel, WI ) war
looking at the pictures in . Sunday
school hook, how do the angels get
their night gowns on over their
wings!"
II think papa and mamma likes the
baby better than they do me, said
four-year-cld F'lossie to the visitor,
' cause hs lets EN- do just as they
please
Tommy" said the teacher, .'don't
you know better than to talk aloud Il
school?
But what Is feller to dor queT.
ried Tommy. You said the other day
I mustn't whisper =
It was the roll OF distant thunder
that caused little 3Margie to observe:
''They must be cleaning house In
heaven to-day. mamma"
Why o. you think 70. dear I" asks1
her mother.
= hear the angels movin' tho furn.-
ture around. replied MarEie.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-09
fed. I wish Ethel wouldn't remember

fed. wish Ethel wouldn't remember
everything. az
"Come, now, Dick; you are duh to-
day. Mention some of your frierda.
There's Mr.. Andrews, whom you used
to talk about SO much. Would he
sing for us?"
I shook my head solemnly and mur-
INJURED dead"
There was a slight pause.
1T must have been very sudden -
she observed.
Terribly sudden, dearest"
Eyes, indeed; for you see, met him
at the Clarks' last night"
HE has twin brother" said,
feebly.
HE may have half a dozen twin
brothers, but none of them were at the
Clarks,."
The afternoon had become oppres-
sively close. / felt too hot for speech.
I heard Ethel snap the elastic band
on her notebook, and knew that she
was searching for her pocket.
Il say, Ethel" began, at last, Tt
was only JOKE
"Of course it was," she returned.
calmly; you surely don't expect me to
take you seriously at any time?"
felt small enough to have fallen
between the bars of the garden seat.
I'm very sorry, DEAR" sighed,
after a while.
so am I. But it's better to know
the worst"
"You mean?"
81 mean that am glad to have dis
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-09
0a1r Army IS Small.

In the sense in which the term 10
used ii Europe, this country has no
military reserve. The two military
forces recognized by law and custom
are the regular army and the militia. :
The regular army Is comparatively
small force. Taking into consideration
It's size, population and position among
nations, this country has the smallest
standing army in the world. For many
years preceding the war with Spain
our regular army numbered only about
z5. 600 men. With the outbreak OF hos
tilities with Spain came q very large
increase. After the close Of the con-
flict, however, there was q steady. radi-
cal reduction, until the American
standing army to-day numbers only
about 10000 men. OF these, about one
fourth, or in the neighborhood Of 49,
600, are In the Philippines. A small
force is maintained In Alaska, and
still smaller In Hawaii. leaving, in
round numbers. 10000 soldiers Of the
regular army In this country, or an in
crease Of only about $4,000 since the
days preceding the conflict with Spain.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-09
Rural Water Supply.


When such great sums Of money arc
uelng expended by city governments
mat the inhabitants OF towns may
nave a sanitary water supply, it seems
strange that the supply in rural towns
snould receive little or no attention.
Anis latter population may seem rel
auveiy Insignificant, but according to
sne last census 1t comprises about 4O,-
OoV.oOO souls. This means that 40.-
VOV.O0O people are drinking the water
most available, without thought of
a1s sanitary condition. These various
sources Of supply, whether wells,
springs or small streams, are similarly
unreliable for furnishing drinking wa
ser. The statistics Of mortality in the
country are very indefinite, but even
tnese show that the rural population is
not as free from illness as it should be,
And though everywhere the rural
death rate is lower than the urban
oeath rate, yet the lowering in the
country has not been az great as in
tne city. An examination of typhoid
statistics shows that the death rate of
otner diseases is generally lower in
tne country than in the city, but the
prevalence OF typhoid is almost equal
20 II not greater in the rural districts
tnan In the cities. Several instances
nave been reported which show the
rural typhoid rate to be ten times
greater than the urban rate for the
same district. To particularize. GER
tain district In central Pennsylvania
proves this fact. It is made up of q
rural population with 100 Inhabitants
70 the square mile. It is region Of
0ne farms, wild mountains and woods,
country residences and picnic groves.
And IN this valley there has been an
much typhoid fever as in the city of
philadelphia. Sad as this condition is,
there seems to be no remedy for It.
The sources of a city water supply are
lew, and the city government easily
controls the conditions affecting 1t.
But what can be done when tae
sources Of supply are numbered by the
thousands. A mint Of money and an
army Of chemists would not be suf-
dcient to give the same care to the
country supply that is given to that Of |
the city.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-09
BEcoMINoLY DRESSED.
No Matter How Old, a Woman Should
Be Careful Of Personal Clean
liness and Dress.

To be we'll and becomingly dressed
does not necessarily mean large OUT
lay of either time or money; neither
does it call Tor the latest creation
Of style or material. Often. the sim
plest and most inexpensive materials
made up with regard to the sultaDie-
ness Of style, color and fabric, adap-
tation to the figure and to the age,
are the most becoming and enectlVe'
A simple five-cent. calico or lawn can
be made into very dressy and De-
coming garment, while BIT q lace
or linen about the neck, and a toucn
of color at the throat, combined VIII
dainty personal cleanliness, WILL mako
the plainest Of women attractive. 10
not be In too big hurry TO dress
according to your age" for one VIII
grow old fast enough, and It IS just
as well to hang on to a remnant OF
youth as long as one can, even II one
has to resort to simple artificial means
to accomplish 1t. Personal cleanll-
ness is an adjunct to good looks above
everything else, and woman shoula
give proper attention to this feature.
It Is all nonsense for a woman to
claim that she is too ole" or TOO
poor, or too overworked to care Tor
her personal appearance. She should
resolve not to grow old; not to be
too poor to use soap and water ana
a wash rag, or an emollient for the
cleansing of the face, neck and hands,
or for the proper dressing Of her hair.
She should take, as her right, few
minutes every day in which to prop
erly attend to her toilet, and learn to
regard pleasing personal appear
ance as much Of necessity as the
getting up of the family meals. This
duty she owes to herself.
It Is not so much what "others say"
about us that should influence US; we
should approve OF ourselves. Deny It
as one may, becomingly dressed
woman irresistibly compels our atten-
tion and commands our respect, be
she young or old, and neatness OF |
person and apparel is passport into
refined society. We instinctively pay |
homage to woman who respects
herself. Moreover. looks" have a
moral and spiritual effect upon one,
and the woman who knows she is
pleasant to look at feels pleasant, and
Is pleasant, because in attracting ap7
proving attention from others, she
feels respect for herself which moth
ing but the assurance that she .looks
well' can ever give her.-The Com
noner.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-09
ITS ALL YOUR FAULT"
covered in time how deceitful you can

covered In time how deceitful you can
be- p.
"Oh, rot, Ethel! You know perfectly
I would never deceive you."
Il used to think so."
There was lengthy silence; then I
spoke:
Look here, dear"
please do not call me that"
II beg your pardon, dearest, but you
are lot to blame.'
How dare you?" she cried, indig-
nantly.
Indeed, it's all your fault, darling
she tilted her chin-'you get SO in
terested in Armenians, and tombstones
and Patagonians, and things, that you
neglect me, and my character suffers.
What can you expect?" I went on.
holding out my hands in vague appeal.
tits a wonder I am not altogether
abandoned by this time.''
She said nothing, and I proceeded:
"Your mother feels It, too. She is
worried about your health. So am l."
But that's silly Of you" said Ethel.
softening little.
"Of course it is,'' admitted; II am
too fond Of you; I am foolish about
you; I deceived you to-day admit
deceived you-because I loved you"
"And do you think don't" she be-
gan.
mo; you don't really care for me.
Ethel" I said, tragically.
It was long time ere she spoke;
then, / heard her murmuring as II to
herself:
Poor Patagonians!"
"Eh?" said /, starting. why so?"
Because they can't have any con-
cert, now" she whispered, sadly.
do you mean it, Ethel?"
"Well, If you won't help me"
mo; won't help you" I said. de-
terminedly.
"You are horrid, Dick, and yet
"What, darling?"
Perhaps you are trif1e better than
a Patagonian."
'You sweet wee SOUL" l said, shak-
lily. But wish had asked you nice
ly at the beginning to give up the idea
Of a concert"
II wouldn't have listened to you,
them was SO enthusiastic until you
threw cold water on my plans, Dick.
She sighed ever SO softly.
II got chilled myself" said /.
"And you deserved It," she said,
laughing and pushing me away.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-09

revers. The lower part Of jacket is
tucked where it joins the bodice; the
fronts are fastened by large bone but
tons. The elbow sleeves are finished
with turn-up cuffs and rufde Of
p!eated silk.
Materials required for the jacket:
Two and three quarters yards IS
inches wide.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-09

Rev. Thomas F. Millar, a preacher Of
GAINESVILLE, Mo-, announced to his con-
eregation last Sunday morning that .
collection for foreign missions was
about to be taken up, but that he
wanted no member to give a cent un-
less he had already paid his butcher,
baker. grocer and printer. "Pay your
local debts first" he said, "and then
nav the debt you owe to the heather" !"
Report has it that the missionay col
lection was small, but the respect OF
the congregation for the preacher was
large.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-09
OLD EGYPT'5 GOLD MINES.
Probably Located in the Mountains
to the South Of Ancient
CuptQs.

Prof. r. D. George. OF the University
Of Colorado. suggests that the ancient
Egyptians drew the larger part OF their
gold from the old v vorkings near Coptos,
latitude 26 degrees north, and from the
mountains some distance to the south.
The mountains to .he south Of Coptos
are probably the mines for which tha
kings Of the twelfth dynasty sacrificed
the lives Of many thousand men; fof
the rule Of Egyptian kings who wanted
gold was to invade Nubia and take pos
session Of the mines, just as when they
wanted copper they drove back the no.
madic tribes OF Sinai and built for
tresses to protect their miners. The
Nubian gold workings Of which Prot.
George speaks are placed in an almost
inaccessible mountain group surrounds
ed on all sides by waterless desert.
Three hundred stone huts shelter 300
mills used in pulveriz.1g the ore; im-
mense cisterns once caught the scanty
water supply from the upper slopes;
and near them stand the sloping tables
on which the pulverized ore was washed.
Records show that these mines were
worked with little interruption for 20
centuries by the Egyptians, and there IS
no means of knowing how long they
were worked by the Nubians before
them.
In the inscriptions OF the New Empire
various kinds or grades Of gold are nen-
toned; and In one Of the Tell-el-
Amarna letters, whitten during the
dynasty, the king Of Baby
lon accuses Amenophis III. Of Egypt Of
sending him a mass of base metal for.
gold. He says: The 20 nihas of gold
you sent me contained, when inefsed
lown, only i've minas Of pure cid" So
that the gold brick even theI was rot
u1xnoWA 81
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-09
EXTINCT BREED OF HORSES.
All Now on This Continent De-
scended from European
y Stock.

SAAN
origin and descent of man, there is one
mystery connected with equine annals
that bids fair never to be solved. It has
to do with the total disappearance Of
the Quadruped from America a few thou
sand years ago, where previously. it had
roamed in countless numbers. not only
over the whole Of the United States, but
all the way from Patagonia to Alaska.
When Columbus landed he found no
horses. The earliest Spanish con.
querors, when they came, saw none. In
fact, tho Indians regarded with alright
the horses which the Spaniards
brought. Not only had they never be-
held such brutes, but their traditions
gave no account Of anything in the least
resembling them. All of the horses in
America to-day have been bred from
European stock.
What became of the ancient Ameri-
can horses, whose bones are dug up in
great quantities in various parts Of the
United States, especially in central Ore
gon and along the banks Of the Niobrara
river in Nebraska.
To what cause did they owe their ex-
tinction? No one can even offer .
plausible guess. They were too numer-
Gus ard too swift to be exterminated by
savage hunters. The glacial epoch
could hardly have frozen them out, for
the great ice sheet extended only as far
south as Philadelphia and st. Louis.
Nevertheless, they vanished utterly
leaving behind them, however, won-
derfully complete history of their fam
lily history. In the bad lands of tho
west, in the Niobrara rocks and else-
where their skeletons, scattered through
strata representing successive epochs.
tell the story of the development Of the
horse from an animal no bigger than a
cat to a creature much like the modern
equine quadruped. 1t is an object less
son in evolution, singularly complete.
the fossil remains thus far discovered
illustrating no fewer than u stages In
the life progress of mans four footed
friend and helper.
The evidence thus obtained shows
that the horse had its beginning about
100000 years ago, which implies, of
course, that it is far more ancient ami
NAL than man.
About the size Of q cat, with teeth like
q monkeys, four toes on each fore foot
and three on each hind foot. It dwelt In
the dense forests which covered all Of
this part of the world in that epoch
when the Gulf Of Mexico stretched far
up the valley of the Mississippi and tha
climate of North America was moist and
tropical.
z Then, as its successor, came horse
with three toes on each foot, followed,
after great lapse of time, by the one.
toed horses, which in the ice age were
contemporary with man. It is probable
that these later horses, which were much
like the modern, were striped, but,
whether this be true or not, it Is certain
that they spread over all parts of tha
world, except Australia. In Europe,
Asia and Africa they survived to be-
come the ancestors OF the horses of to-
day, but in America they disappeared
altogether. The reason why will prob-
ably never be explained; it is puzzle
that is likely to remain unsolved to the
end OF time,
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-09
His Own Business.

This anecdote was told by John Gra-
ham Brooks: One Of the brightest re-
plies ever heard came from lad
- my neighborho who was being
Quizzed about his tather's accomplish
ments, and was asked: What does
your father know. anyway? There
was no hesitation In the annwer: 4
don't believe he knows much Or any
thing except his own business: but 10
knows that"
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-09

There would seem to be no end to
1ha hidden dangers Of the streets. A
sentleman who: sends letter to the
pan Mall Gazette describes himself
- "A nitrate Of ammonia explosive
= ,ranufacturer." And to think that
nne might accidentally knock up
AGAINST him In crowd.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-09
A NEAT EMPIRE JACKET.
This Model Has the Fashionable El-
bow Sleeves and Fashionable
Silk Frills.

This is a new variety Of the popular
Empire Jacket; it is suitable to be
made in fine face cloth to wear with
any dress, or may be made OF the
same material as the skirt to COM
plete costume.
The short bodice is slightly curved
at the lower edge. and turns back with
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-09

II Q recent month $4,000 letters and
circulars that were Improperly ad-
dressed were returned from the dead
letter otice to the senders, and there
- stili on hand nearly threeQuarters
4ef 1 million to BE- examined.
St. Tammany farmer., 1906-06-09
PRESENTS
TOO MANY OF THEM ARE CIV
EN- THESE DAYS,

Youthful Housewife Who Has Diff
Guilty in Living Up 70 Her We'd
ding difts-CarelesS Servants Spoil
Table Linen and Bend spoons-Fi-
nally Locks Up HeE superhuous
Silver and China and Resolves to
Live More Simply and sensibly.