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Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-26
HOUSEHOLD MEASURES.
Just What Is Meant by Teaspoonful
and Tablespoonful in the Or
binary Recipes.

A Blasting Spoon.-Means the pressed
iron spoons about half as long as ones
~srm. The bow of most of them, of
dlfferc~Qt lengths of handle, holds the
same. Sly basting spoons of liquid
are cne-half prirt'7Ss a cupful. 1t is
The most useful melF ire for molasses.
A fun spoon of molT $es is two ounce
A bastlng spoon o{ melted butter OF
lard Eot quite FUN is one ounce. Six
spoons brim full will be one-half pound
Of butter.
A tablespoon ~ times full is a cup
1uI, or one-halff pint of water. Not
trimming. but level full.) Two table,
spoonfuls of melted butter is one ounce.
III IS rear enough 10 count a table,
spoonful as onA-half ounce of any
fluid except mdlasses, of which a
tablespoon rNay be made to take up
one ounce. A Heaping tablespoonful
Of coHn starch il one ounce, four will
fill a cup heapinA full-starch can be
heape'l so much Agner than sugar. A
moderately heapeN tablespoonful Of
four is one ounce three fully heaped
UP ioul odItCos vi O66o
broker in a cup three tablespoonful
are equal to n egg.
Coffee. One heaping cupful Of
ground coffee is four ounces.
Tea.-Two heaping cupfuls of tea are
a quarter of a pound. One heaping
cupfnl OF tea is IA t~easpoonfuls. One
teaspoonful should be allowed to n
cupfIl OF boiling water for making the
beverage.
Chocolate. - Common unsweetened
should be used, as the sweet chocolate
is half sugar. and will not make 1t
strong enough; one o'Ince (unsweet-
ened) will make four cupfuls Of bev-
erage. One heaping cupful of grated
common chocolate is three ounces and
makes three quarts; it contains seven
tallespoonfuls. The ounces are marked
on the cakes.
A cupful, unless otherwise indicated,
should be measured level. Put the in
gradients in from a scoop or by spoon
fuls. round slightly and level with a
knife, care being taken not to shake
the cup.-Chicago Tribune.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-26

will be rip-rapped and ballasted with
rock. These will have 20 foot openings,
permitting the passage of rowboats. In
the wide channels and where there is
deep water and the openings are more
exposed to storms owing to breaks in
the outlying reefs a concrete arch via
duct will be constructed. The great
problems of the project lie not so
much in the construction of these as
guarding them from the violent storms
that prevail here, while the work is in
progress and afterward.
There are four of these long viaducts
to be constructed, aggregating SIS
miles. The distances are: From Long
Key to Conch Key, 10000 feet;
knights Key channel, 1900 feet; Moser
Key channel, 1900 feet, and Bahia
Honda channel, 1850 feet. The via
ducts will consist of a series of reen-
forced concrete, circular, arch spans
and piers, ONE so, others 80 feet. The
depth of the water varies from 10 to
thirty feet. The bottom is limestone,
but the frequent storms will make it
very difficult to place the concrete, and
1t will be necessary to anchor the piers
to the bottom to prevent their shift
ing out of line. Piles will also be sunk
into the rock and carried to within two
feet of the s%pringing line of arches.
1t is expected that the entire line
will be completed within three years.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-26
BIG RAILWAY PROJECT.
BRIDGING THE BAY OF FLOR
IDA TO KEY WEST.
One of the Most Peculiar Pieces of
Railroad Construction the World
Has Ever Known-Island
to Island.

II OF the most peculiar pieces OF
railroad construction ever undertaken
In TINS or any other country is that
now being pushed forward by the
Florida East Coast line in their exten.
sion from Homestead to Key West. In
fact the extension extends from Miami
to Kew West, but the first 2S miles of
it to Homestead have been built.
A glance at the map of Florida
shows why this piece of railroad CON
struction is $ peculiar. 1t shows the
Florida keys stretching out beyond the
southernmost point of the main land
for a distance of more than 100 miles,
and it is over these keys, crossing
from island to island that the road
must be built. OF the 154 miles be-
tween Miami and Key West 126 miles
of roadway are yet to be built, and
1000 laborers are now at work upon
this section. OF these 126 miles 65 will
be built upon natural foundation
formed by the islands. and the remain
ing miles must be laid upon arches
from island to island, the arches to be
formed of concrete.
Scarcely a mile of this part of the
road will be constructed without the
solution of questions that have never
before 'arisen-the solving of difficult
ties without precedent. The project
has been a favorite one with Mr.. Hen
ry NJ. Flagler for a number of years.
Its completion will crow his life work
and benefit his fellow men for ages.
Experts place the cost at between
ten and twelve millions. The construc-
ton of this remarkable roadbed above
the rushing waters of the Gulf of
Mexico as they pour into the Atlantic
is not the only problem to solve. There
remains. the question of maintenance
and operation.
Although Mr.. Flagler has had the
p1 reject Of constructing this road in
mind for years, 1t is only since the
rapid development of Cuba following
the Spanish war that the plan has
seemed feasible.
AS now determined upon. the route
crosses from the mainland to Key Lar
go, at Jewish Creek. On this key Is
miles of track will be laid. The line
then crosses from key to key to Key
West. Nearly 30 miles Of these small
islands are used, many of them fertile,
with ~pineapples, lemons and cocoanut
groves upon them. Some of these are
not more than 200 feet apart, while
wide open channels, some more than a
thousand feet across, separate others.
Where the water is shallow dredges
will throw UP an embankment that
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-26
ASTONISHING AcRoBATIcs.
Startling Feats Performed by Enter
tanners of Different Nation
alities.

Paris, at least, is enjoying novelties
in the vaudeville line ven if other
cities may be bored by stale acts. The
French are leading all other countries
in the production of unique acts.
One of the startling feats accom-
plished by a performer has won MIN
brief fame. He is an acrobat who,
after many difficult feats, finally places
a candle on top of a table ana stands
upside down with one hand only on
the candle, balancing himself in that
position.
Three japanese performers have i'm
proved ard mace more daring the old
circus slide for life" the three coast
ing down a slightly Stacked wire at a
terrible angle to the stage.
There is an Indian juggler, discov-
cred by some enterprising Partisan
vaudeville manager. who walks the
slack wire and. while balancing there,
performs the most difficult tricks OF
juggling-feats which the ordinary
performer would not attempt on the
solid floor.
But above them all in popular favor
stands the juggler who is declared to
be the most wonderful that has APP
peared in Paris for a long time. He
does all the stock tricks of the vaude-
vile iuggler, and a lot of new ones,
juggling everything on the stage
chairs, tables, lamps, rugs, umbrellas.
cigGrs-everything, and he does it all
while keeping one hand in his trousers
pocket through the entire act.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-26

influence. He had been the means OF
bringing about various reforms. The
poverty" streets of London have him
to thank for their present cleanliness.
He ono saved the city of London the
expenditure of 500. 900 by exposing the
dishonesty of a rascally contractor. He
did much toward effecting a settlement
of the great London dock strikes OF
1899. AS member of the London Oun
ty council, he displayed unsual ad-
ininistrative and executive ability. To-
day he occupies the position of presi-
dent Of the local government board,
has control of all public buildings, the
royal palaces. parks and post roads.
In this position he will come into per-
sonal contact with the knights man
that twice was arrested as dangerous
agitator, and once was kept behind
prison bars. The income that goes
with his post is $4,000 a year.
His life reads like a book, and in
looks he is not unfit for a book hero:
AT first sight he startles, but the i'm
preston which his darkness of COM
plexion causes wears off. He is a west
of Scotland Celt, but was born in Bat
tersea, England, in 1858. In former
times he would have been known as
Burns Dhu. His beard, which extends
high on the cheeks and advances on
the cheekbones, and his eyebrows.
which are beetling and broad and
nearly meet, are of that deep black one
finds in coal. His complexion matches.
The Eyes are light hazel shot with
green. as bright as a Ieline's in the
dark. but more canine than feline in
expression. One sees a likeness TO
Robert Burns. the poet, and it is ac-
counted for when it is a~scertained that
John Burns is descended from one OF
Burns laughs heartily and openly shows
a set of cleaning, evenly set teeth,
which add to the startling strangeness
of his ~physiognomy. He talks pleas
antly out of the f~ullness of burning
thoughts and of meditations forced on
him by hard experience. He is usually
in a state of permanent white heat
anger against what ne deems the IN
justice of the present social state, but
is not bitter or malevolent."
A hard experience indeed has been
his, and only the most rugged consti'
tuition could have come through. His
mother left a widow when he was very
Dung, he went to work in a factory
at the age of ten. But he went to
night school, and with his reading was
enabled to so on with the education
he so h~ungered for. He became a me-
chanical engineer and accepted a diff
fcult position at the work out on the
West African coast. The two years
there did not undermine his splendid
health. and on return to England he
vigorously set to work by means OF
lectures and addresses on economic
subjects to instruct and upraise his
fellow workmen. But he was no idling
agitator. To quote his own words: ~
went to work in a factory at the age
of ten years and toiled until | left
my workshop to stand as parliament
tary candidate"
HENRY THAYER.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-26
Novel Race.

In a recent race up the Eiffel tower
in Paris victory was won by a cyclist
named Forester, who climbed the 1928
steps in the extraordinary time Of
3:12 As. His next competitor was less
than four seconds behind.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-26
The Pace That Kills.

Oyer married only a year and gone
into bankruptcy! How did it nap
penn"
Trying to live up to the wedding
presents they received.'-Town Top
les.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-26
IN tha Links.

"On the golf links" remarked the OBJ.
server of events and things; "a two.
some is company and a threesome is a
crowd."-Yonkers statesman.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-26

In some German cities the hands of
criminals are photographed as well as
their heads for the purpose of identi.
flcation.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-26
No French Dishes.

Kansas has prohibited the printing of
menu cards in any language save Eng.
lish.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-01-26
THE ORIGINAL.

Foley & Co., Chicago, originated Honey
and Tar as a throat and lung remedy, and
on account of the great merit and popu-
laritv of Foley's Honey and Tar many inn
itations are offered for the genuine. These
limitations have similar sound-
ing names. Beware of them. The genu-
inc Foley's Honey and Tar is in u yeifow
package. Ask for it and refuse any sub
stitute. Il is the best remedy for couanr
and colds. C. A. Sexton'e Pharmacy. n
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-09-15
c.,,ois Skin of Commerce.

charles c.. Druedling, OF fniiauer
phia, has written an article for on tine tine
American Journal Of Pharmacy on 'ne
subject of chamois skins. what Is
known in the market as chamois sSlns
he saws, is really an obtained she
or lamb skin lining. Inc supp
skins from the chamois amman Is WI .
limited-enough could not Dc 49, 70
IN a wear to supply the United o'a'esS
for more than a single day. he nlauo
snecial inquiry on a recent visit 10
sw,tzerland about the aEnual crop OF
the chamois skin and ascertained that
from 5000 to 5000 skins would ID, be -, a
,a,r average yearly crop. This KIN IS
heavier han the skin OF the saeep Oh
Ierable, but for ordinary use and an.
pearance the obtained sheen skin
ining would, in most instances, he
preferred.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-09-15
Was Getting Even.

"That was tit for tat with ven
seanoe," said Walter Christie, the S na.
tomobilist, apropos of a quarrel De-
tween two French chauffeurs'
minds me of a grocer l used to KNOW
IN paint Rock. This grocer went o,e.
TO the jewelers. n day 10 ge.
crystal put on his watch. lie ta,
as he fitted and cleaned the sd
ssaonIv eushed He bit his lip IL
Srowned His hand trembled so that
he could hardly &c on with his task
FinaIlv. handing the watch to the gro,
Ger. the jeweler said in a restrained
voice Beg pardon, but didn't l Just
see YOU put a couple of rings and q
scarfpin in your pocket?
=" Sure you did said the grocer,
boldly. when you come to my place
aren't you always putting things IN
your MOUTH"
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-09-15
Men Who Take to the Sen

Inc ofhcers and men of he Frenc,
meet which struggled so persistent,u
anu so frnitlessly against the British
IN the wars of the revolution and
empire were individually quite as in.
teilisent as their c~onquerors. PM ,ho
french were not at home ON the saa
ihey fought like brave men ON, -,
.heir element. They had not the COO
haDit by nature, whereas the British
Hau. IL Is much the same with Tho
Japanese to-day. The sea habit Is in
nate with them. 1t is not with Tho
RUSSIANS who have labored for ooo
years to acquire it, and have laboroI
IN vain, Hence it is that with a great
preponderance In their favor A. tho
outset OF the war, the Russians ,ost
verifying Their fleet was handle
n a professionally timid way bv i,S
commanders, awkwardly and at timos
IlmlessIy. Japan had a navy. Russia
7 collection of ships.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-09-15
WITH WARLlKE WAYS.
Fighting Instinct Is Pretty oeh
Throughout the Animal

Throughout the Ani
e'ai ,niousnout the amman King don
said the naturalist.
FROM the elephant to the mons,
.ne q~uadrupeds fight, even to thu, gen
''est' II there is sufficient p~royocation
ana eve sometimes without prcyoca.
ton at all.
Nearly all the birds are igt,nro
wen Inc tiny humming-birds quarrel
amongst themselves. and a dueI he.
.ween two of them is an exciting snec.
lacle' With shrill screams, they cash
at each other, battling with win, mn"
peak. until one is vanquished,
me life of the fishes is one oy ,o,
slant warfare. '"'
AS or tho insects, bees fight saw.
aseiy' both in swarms and a,ngI,.
,n,s battle with the greatest f.r,citv
,na when armies of them NEE, my
d." "e"u ana wound.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-09-15
AN OLD TIMER.
Has Had Experiences.

"A woman who has used pos.,z
oou Couee since it came upon tha
,Ae' . years ago knows from ax
49, the necessity of using Pos.
han,. pace. OF coffee If one values
A'ai'h and a steady brain.
one says: AT the time pos,u
nie' put on the market I wos aa
ins from nervous dysnenoio
to eiah mad repeatedly told me No.,
oia uSe tea or coffee. Finally ! ao
pos1 70 take his advice ana ~.
canasn u got a sample and had;
ciona prepared, finding il dali
;,s a 70 the taste. So I cont,nnI
use ana very soon its metz,
I got wou me of its value, for
pepsia. ''uShess and dys.
fee au husband tas had been drinking cot.
hIe al MS life until it bad a~ COZ,
r. sh lives terribly. l persuade hina
"Nii' 10 Postum and il was nm
Be- nm TO make the chance u'y 10
WORKED delicious. 1t certainIU
w wonders for him. '
,ot 1ooh learned that Postum doo.
tin,uIn'Ie or depress and doas oe
inmate but steadily and ho.H'
oh 7rnehs the nerves and tho S"
10 make a long story sho. s'onh'
HOie FAMILY have now u:o5 our
,fvine Soars with completely co.,
r',ns results, as shown in on sat
cod Vi health and we bayo
ent in bra'n unexpected improve.
anne given ana nerve power"
reek, SIten by Postum Co., Battle
avs foTow brain and nerve power al.
~ ',o% the use of Postum ~
trked manner. IN a very
Inc Road to
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-09-15
Lucky Mistake

nor LOU appea to be in a jolly I'm.
NOR remarked the bogus lord i, ,ho
shabby shoes. "'u al INC
NO wonder, me lord" ran,,., A.,
EMU u"' WIN the dicky under his dress
am'' went to Mrs. De style's din'
WAITER I2r a
Is mo- offended" u' dignity
oh, | can afford to forget
oaty ,or a little While when re.
celved enough in tips to keen mo re-
cigarettes and oatmeal for a w" me IN
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-09-15
WHEN STEAM WAS NEW POWER
First Boats Using II Were oons'u'
cred Something Remarkable

When the Lusitania took its hrs'
plunge into the waters OF the olsuo
It could have carried unseen On
corner of its deck the first steanhsnip
built in Britain. The Clyde ciainn'
both as its offspring. The Gomez,
constructed by Mr.. Henry Bell, hasheu
its four shovel.shaped paddle Oh COO
of its four wheels in the year i't
and carried on it's deck OF ~ iee.
10 as many passengers as lts NJ
borse.power could negotiate. ine
Comet was so conspicuously sucoee1
ful that two or three more poa's y.
a larger capacity were immeu'a
built. and the citizens OF uiaeso"
became the envy OF mankind W.
Lawrence, of Bristol, deteri ~
that England should not be lei' -
hind in the race, tried II y" ~.
Severn. and was so delighted wiz
the result that he steamed Win l. VI
the Thames, intending to reap =" =.
vest from city men on their way y
and from business. He overlooKe'
the company of Watermen' VINO n u,
such a fuss about this ~ ,i
netition that Mr.. Lawrence anu IA
steamship fell back to the se'e',
From 1918 to 1928 no vessei was u"l'
in Britain of a greater tonnage Una a,
500. the average Being only ABOUT "
The Lusitania of those days was vi
Atlas, described by the contempola
, press as the largest vessel e'.
: built" She was impelled, says d
enthusiastic reporter, by ne
mighty engines of 100 horse,pow'
each" This gigantic vessel l"n'e
could be slowed away quite coniloi
ably in the hold of the Lusi'ahi"
was built al Rotterdam, and iauhc"'
l. In the summer of 1928.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-09-15

It Is going to be a big cotton yea"
also, despite the efforts to restricf
production. The bulletin of the South
ern Cotton association reports the
acreage planted at 27,634,71s, agains'
26. 9s9, 491 last year, a gain of 6Sb,22T
acres, or 2.29 per cent. The genera!
condition appears to be favorable, al
though in some localities the crop is
late and not up to last years quality
or quantity. But the fact that there
Is an increase instead of a decline Is
proof of continued activity and holds
out the promise of larger prosperity,
even though prices should be shaded
a trifle.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-09-15

The scientific men who are all the
time discussing and experimenting
with sea products that are largely un'
known, have just had a feast at WOODS
Hole, where DR.. Field, OF Harvard
provided a new and strange menu
He gave his friends fried and picked
squid, whelk chowder, boiled snail and
sand lance sardines. The diners were
delighted. Snail are said to have the
,a.nrc If .cheanpeSs, but 1t is
,n~ sseo; Young William was studr
lug MS Bible lesson when an 49,,
p,o,her came in and ordered him 81
"iech up a horse, as he Desired - ~.
.unu a dance. William turned 70 ua
"aiier and remarked: "Auntv don.
,ou mink 1t awful for a consis,na.
tend a dance?" "orSe 10 at
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-09-15
FIRST In AMERICA.
ANNAMiTE WOMAN RECENTLY
LANDED IN NEW YORK.
Nurse Girl in Family Of OFFICER oom'
mandins French Native Troops
in Cochin China Excited
Much Interest.

wbether an Annamite Is a Chinese
Is the puzzle that the Chlnese ihspe.
tors were asked to crack wneh MAJ
Edouard Sauvalle, of the Garde lnde'
genes. Cochin China, arrived mere
with his American wife, tnree
dren and a decided novelty III u
nurse girl line, says the Ne" I'm
Herald. The maid, who trailed ai'e.
the Sauvalles, appeared to the casua'
~op,ooker like q Chinese, and was 81
taken by the immigration inspeolols
who passed upon the Vi
Mat Sauvalle and his family. nu.
NIaj Sauval,e declared that the maid
was no Chinese, but an Ahhanii'e
the very first of her race ever " pc
foot in ~America-and as PROOF OF 'his
be disnlayed the warrant OF the Ahhe''
,can consul at AMMAN, who salu 'ha'
- co,ya,,e maid was a French SUD
iect in AMMAN. 90
The girls name Is as picturesque as
ber anpearance. 1t is Ha the lhah
ana the first of her three names IL
the one by which she Is caiieu w
her mistress. Ha is the wire vi oh'
nj the native soldiers In Ma. oau
valle's regiment in Cochin emma
Every time some one laughed a
on the way over from the far east 'n'
little oriental fastened to answer y
the 'ha, ha!"
One would think that Ha was
man instead of a demure little wonla"
very coy and tremendously shy. On
speaks nothing but a patois OF freh..
and Chinese, in which Maj. SauVaii,
his wife and children are aiso we,
, OF the EnhamfP e maid s was neVI n%ressr,a
/, uecioed mat she vas eligible to ente
the country. So Ha The Than a,
: companied M. and MMe. Sauyalle :
.neir american home in South Oranp,
where the Savalles are to live for IN
next nve months. Nine. Sauva,,s :
a hauve or New Jersey, and it was T,
"iio" her to be with her family ever,
now and then that Mai. Sauva,,,
bought the South Orange home occn
pylng 1t whenever he comes IN Amor
ica' This is the first time that the
iamiiy mas visited these shores In
.hree year and Nine. Savalle was
HAPPY when she reached the Oranoe.
MAJ sauvalle said that ever since
.he Japanese-Russian war the natives
IN french Cochin China, mostly of the
Shinese race, have been restless and
ire'iui, but that they are still tracta.
pie although not nearly so much 90
when the Japanese had not vet made
lie, victory over the Russians com.
ple,e. Today, the major said. the
yeIiow men believe that the yellow
race is ~invincible. He does nor faar
q yellow peril. however.
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An English writer, noting sorhe Of
the limitations of the language, says
they are often overridden In tbs
nursery, as in the case of a little girl
who, wishing to give her reason fc'
not carrying a certain parcel through
the streets, sought for the right worc
and finally said: You see, mummy
It makes us rather stareable." But
n of the best examples OF this YER
bal confusion Is found in an epitaph
in an East Anglican church, which
says of the deceased lady 1t common
crates that her extensive ~benevolenct
and universal charity will be remem
bered by all who knew her.
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-09-15
Cotton Long Known

ne manufacture OF cotton in rna,o
ua'es oack to its earliest h,, uIa
mere are illusions to II cor, S.ory,
w.t. w.t." INDIA In the Bible. In old son'
Iai. records mention is made ~ u.s.
o oelns used In India nearly 5000 Too us
ago; AT the time of Alexandcr ;earS
sas'on OF India the dress of ~ . IN
u, zoos was described as CONSISTING nm
OF c%alicos, pure white or ."lse'
Irr, Hmons the imports INTO E"'
, ,Upe u1rlng the first century. ern mu'
,nn .ea from India are described nv u;
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year ,oo1 ee nrst weeks of the fiscar
s,s oo osoa show a treasury deficit &C.
saoa OV,ooo The same weeks of ths
Scai year 1906, however, had q doea,.
sio'ooo'OoO. yet for the 70 montns
Tn ie was a surplus of s2G 0oO oon
ne year which is still in IFS esr uV.
nays Is likely to give an avan earlv
~b I , OF itself than did the or.
winch recently expired 'A' one
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-09-15

sone 'pie In Persia are trying to find
n nne way OF keeping their head nh,,1
u~onslncing the shah that the covn.ns
reeas a constitution. The shan MLs
him I ~ u, feels that while they have
The Tucumcari news. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1906-09-15

in Miss VI the new features of progress
Il missouri is the introduction ~ nn
ai gas Nearly 40 counties
ain coal deposits, and the CO. con
discussed. 'uei supply is