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Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-03-14
FOR
new SCHOOL

A number of prominent residents
in Kennedale Park interested In hav-
ing a new school located in that
section have drawn up a petition to
the Board Of Education. 1t is being
signed by nearly every resident in
that vicinity.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-03-14
SCHOOL GIRL
TRIED SUICIDE
Had Gas Turned On In Her Room
in New York Boarding House..
Found Just In Time.
WOULD DIE AS FRIENDS DID

Special oy United Press Wire:
NEW YORK, Mar. 14:-Deter-
mined to die as she says four of her
school girl friends died before her,
Helen Baxter, pretty young woman
of seventeen, attempted to asphyxi-
ate herself with gas in her room in a
West Forty-third street boarding
house early today. She was found
barely in time to save her life. She
refused to tell her friends names or
whether suicide agreement existed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-03-14
British steamer Aground.

special TO the EVENING NEWS
WOODS HOLE, Mass, Mar. H.
The British steamer Sylvia Is ashore
off the Cuttyhink and Sow and Pigs
reef. Her compartments are full of
water and she is believed to be in a
dangerous condition.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-03-14
TWO SCRANTON BOYS
HELD BY THE POLICE

Two boys, who said that they were
Earl Croft and Frank Snyder, of
Hoboken, but later said they came
from Scranton, Pa, were arrested by
Patrolman Whitworth at 4 O'Clock
this morning on Front street, on
suspicion of being runaways.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-03-14
Boy Goes Rack to Ja1mesbure.

DOy OOcB DsSCK 70 OHNHeSUuTBs
Joseph Zboyan, of Broad street,
accused of trying to steal a pair of
shoes from the store of Harris Edel-
stein, of 239 Smith street, was this
morning taken to New Brunswick by
City Marshal Walters. He is a pa
rolled prisoner from the Jamesburg
Reform School, and will be sent
back.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-03-14
BIDS FOR INTERIOR
WORK ARE RECEIVED

Collector of Customs Robert Car
son will receive bids at the local
custom house this afternoon, for
painting and decorating the interior
walls and ceilings of the federal buifd-
ing.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-03-14
Janitor Hart ON Vacation

The city fathers have granted
William Hart, janitor of city hall, a
months vacation, because he is ILL.,
He left this morning for Pennsylva-
MIA. During his absence his place
will be flled by his son. Raymond
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-03-14
Nine Killed. Ten Injured.

cPcCttbt ~ tssc ~ 61St4v0 I'VE w q.
TRENTON, Mar. 14:-The Acct
dent Bulletin of the Railroad Com
mission shows that nine people were
killed and ten injured on New Jersey
railroads during the week ending
March 8.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-03-14

The EVENING NEWS gives you all
the local news and the news of all
the world besides. No other paper
does this.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-03-14
Now Boat club at Keyport.

KEYPORT, Mar. I4:-The Key
port Boat Club, of New Jersey has
been organized here. At meeting
this week steps were taken to incor-
p0rate.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-03-14
FORESTERS AID FELLOW
MEMBER WHO Is ILL

Court Standard No. Ill, Foresters
of America has forwarded money to
William T. Major, one of the mem
bers, who is i'll in jamaica.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-03-14
CompIain of Ball PLAYING.

OOmpIHIu Oh DHII 4 Iuy ing.
Mrs. Fannie Booth, of "a High
street, and Charles H. Edwards, of
64 High street. reported to Sergeant
Mulligan, last night, that number
of boys were in the habit Of playing
ball in the lot between these houses.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-03-14
Valley Wrecking Crew Out,

A bad wreck at Park View, on the
Lehigh Valley railroad, early this
morning, called out the local wreck
ing crew.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-03-14
MAN SLIGHTLY HURT
IN FALL FROM CAR

A man who, from all appearances.
was a visitor in this city, fell from
trolley car No. 1,1S9, near State and
Smith streets, yesterday afternoon
and became somewhat scratched and
bruised.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-03-14
FORT WINS
METHODIST
CONFERENCE
South Jersey Preachers Have
Warm Discussion Over Govern
Ors Attitude on Local Option.
TELEPHONES THAT HE'S FOR IT

Ministers Are Aroused by the Charge
that Their Session Is Turned Into
Political Machine-Rey, DIR.
Wright Defends the Chief Execu-
tive-Other Ministers Back Him
Up-Report Is Finally Accepted.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-03-14
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The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-02-27

dream creatures of her books than
were the people of her actual world.
ut seems so strange, so unreal, to
me that l should be speaking out like
this of my secret thoughts of things
she said, light of wonder in her
eyes when he had led her ON to talk Of
the tragic mating Of Lydgate with
Rosamond in ''Middlemarch;" of the
irony Of fate in the gifted doctors so
narrowly missing his true mate, the
high minded Dorothea; of the horror
1t must have been to the mother heart
of Mrs. Copperfield to die and leave
David to the mercy of that dreadful
stepfather; of the deep significance of
that cry wrung from Guido in the hour
of his extremity, in which when all
other sources of help are closed to him
he calls upon Pompilia for mercy, con-
Tossing in that cry what only his fear
of the gallows could eXtort from him
his faith that when all others failed
him she whom he had traduced before
all Rome would surely come to his aid !;
of the penalty which life exacts for
indecisiOn Of purpose or failure to re-
spond to the vital call of nature
through cowardice or other weakness,
as in ''The Statue and the Bust" He
was astonished to find how keenly she
felt and saw much which he would
have deemed impossible to one Of such
limited experiences. Untrammeled by
the worlds conventions in forming her
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-02-27
paIed Il complete routing.

pated Il complete routing.
will you make it all right with
pop" he eagerly and gratefully in
quired
With subtle diplomacy she answered
that she would.
1t was rot until the next evening
that she brought herself to brOach the
subject with Eunice.
when the evening chores were fin
1shed and the girl was about to take
her lamp TO go up to bed, she stopped
her and made her sit down with her i'm
the kitchen.
Il got to speak sOmepin to you," she
began in a tone of sullen reluctance
her whole person bristling with the an
tagonism she felt against her enforced
concession. "Me and pops been talkin
it over, and we cOnceited we'd tell YOU
that you'd worked pretty good and
steady fur us and now that you're got
your age and amt got no more claim
on us we wouldn't like to see you
throwed out on the world neither see
in how we brang you up like our own
So we just conceited that rather'n let
you unpurtected on the world we'd
keep on bein' parents to You, though
to be sure. we thought to look higher
fur OUr Abe, him bein' our only SON"
Eunice. sitting opposite her at the
Kitchen table. was looking ut her ratil-
er vaguely. But at this reference to
Abe her eyes lost their absent gaze.
and she met her foster mothers eyes
with liXity which the latter found al
most disCOncerting.
She made no reply. but waited in 81
lence for Mrs. Mo-ningstar's ramblings
to come to a focus.
ITO be sure. our Abe could do lot
better. But then, seein' you've got him
SOS he thinks he wants you, why, us
were not putin no hindrance in your
way. You kin have him.
She looked for some JOY or gratitude
from Eunice. but the girl continued to
regard her tixedly and without reply
ing.
1--WE mcan it," she said testify.
you're got the dare to marry him,
seein' you want him so bad. To be
sure, 1 guess it's hard fur you to take
1t in that we're leavin' you have your
way.'
Still the girl had nothing to say.
"Well:" cried Mrs. Morningstar i'm
patiently. What are you got to say
fur yourself: Can't you even speak
SADLY thank you to a body?'
Il wonder what you expect me to
say"-the girls soft voice at last an.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-02-27

"Hdd goa anything else to say to 1nc?'
swered the womans rough tones-.to
thank you for Offering me your SOM"
That's little enough to expect any
how" Mrs. Morningstar retorted.
Eunice rose slowly and stood resting
her hand on the table. Had you any
thing else to say to me-"
"YOu needn't go right aways. Set
awhile" she commanded. There's
we're at it,
what things?" Eunice asked hesi-
tatingly. not sitting down
"Och, I'd like to know how soon you
and Abe thinks yOus would like to
stand up to say Yes (get married., and
when you'll want to be buyin' your
aussteuer, and when yous want to go
to housekeepin'-thin like them"
eve need not discuss those things.
I will not marry Abe"
Mrs. Morningstar stared at her un-
comprehendingly. Eunice waited.
"What d'yOu say?"
Il will not marry Abe
UGH, tuc WOlldu Sdlu lIupdlleully,
"what's the use foolin' time away with
purtendin' and talkin' so dumm?"
81 am feigning nothing. would
not dream Of marrying Abe.''
'Is it that you want to be coaxed or
whatever?' Mrs. MOrningstar demand
ed, an angry red in her cheeks. There
1 am fur stoppin' when it would come
to coaxin'. amt coaxin' you any"
'It would be useless, certainly"
"What do you meanY' asked the wo-
man, fairly bewildered at such unex-
pected and incredible behavior.
''Why should you think l want to
marry Abe?' the girl suddenly asked.
Il have long wondered why you
thought must necessarily wish to-
she hesitated an instant, while Mrs.
Morningstar could only stare at her in
blank amaZement-"because, cOntin-
ued Eunice, ''there is rN fate which l
would think more tragic than being
married to your son."
"YOu amt talkin' sincere!' the wO-
man cried. 'I'd like to know how you
think you could do better or half as
good?"
81 think / could not do worse
Couldn't do worse'n marry our Abe!
Your
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-02-27

| she mad sunk back In her chair limp
| ly. The warmth and color had al
| gone from her. She looked up at him
| but the fire had died out of her eyes.
! "Why should mind it? 1t is to me
as hens cackle."
Her words gave KinrOss shock OF
! astOnishment. He felt thrill of pride
in her. mingled with humorous sense
of her remoteness from all ordinary
standards. SO it was not poverty OF
spirit that made her so forbearipg
but !argeness of mind that made
the woman's noisy upbraidipgs of nc
least moment to her
'You are happy, indeed, to be able
to rise above it instead of letting it
make you suffer misery and rage"
She did not answer. The subject was
evidently without interest to her
But let us not speak of her." he
said. anxious to restore the radiance
that had so suddenly and mysteriously
left her II have notion that l want
to examine you-may I?-as to your
knowledge of these books" glancing
toward the bookcase, with a view to
getting you employment if it prove
necessary"
IF it prove necessary? You mean,"
she asked, her voice subdued, her eyes
again downcast. "if l don't marry
Abe?"
"Well, yes" he lied.
Her lip Quivered, but she caught it
under her teeth and after an instant
answered him quietly.
81 am ready to be examined"
Evidently he wounded her by his
references to Abe. He did not under
stand it, However, he would avoid
that subject. too. hereafter
He told her then what he had not
mentioned before to any of the family
that he held the chair of psychology in
the college Of the nearby city. and he
explained to her that by virtue of his
profession he could the better "ey-
anime" her
When he spoke Of himself she listen
ed with an interest that brought back
to her face some of the brightness
which had momentarily left it.
The examination which followed
proved to be the first in his experience
in which he found enjoyment. 1t was
not quite the conventional examina-
ton. 1t soon degenerated into a form.
at least, of talk about books, though
Kinross' mental attitude the while
continued to be that Of schoolmaster
examining pupil. He had never be-
fore found any pupil quite so interest
Ing. Her quaint talk revealed to him
how much more real to her were the
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-02-27
CHAPTER XIX.

n R. AND MRS. MORNING.
IN STAR held counsel together
and came to some astute con-
4 = cluSiOns.
IF that there Doc didn't have some
The Sauk Centre herald., 1908-02-27

To be continued next week.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-09-17
THE LAST GUEST.

Col. Wardwell died on Saturday in
Arizona, his last thought for his wife,
a leper. She lies strapped to bed
in an adjoining room. For her, too,
the end Of the toilsome road is near.
No disease is so dreadful as lep-
rosy. Sickness etherealizes and death
confers it's seal of sublime majesty.
Alone the SCARED and manned leper
remains an object of horror. The love
which conquers death in such form
ou.weighs any Of the "grand pas
sions" Of which poets sing. Given
but a modicum Of courage, and death
for beauty's sake is easy. Death for
beauty destroyed beyond all hope of
remembrance calls for love almost su-
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-09-17

perhuman And such love Col. Ward
we'll had displayed. Prudence dictated
and the law sought to compel the
abandonment of her whom he had
promised to protect lin sickness and
in health. But the war-worn veter-
an found a higher law. Taking her
with him he fed the state which would
have compelled their separation. The
gallant soldier, now surrendered to
the mighty enemy, conquered, yet the
victor.
Sociologists are beWailing the weak
ening Of domestic ties, the courts are
choked with suits Of divorce and press
and pulpit deplore the levity with
which marriage is now regarded. The
story Of Col. Wardwell shows that
even in these prosaic days love en-
dures. One of Gibson's drawings por-
trays an old couple seated at din
ing table. Empty chairs give evil
dence Of the departed guests Her
head rests upon his shoulder, while
love invisible to both drains a toast
to the days that were. For Col.
WardweH and his wife love too has
remained "the last guest. IN. Y.
World.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-09-17
erzonnn
Public Opinion 7hr0ugh0uf the Union
Obe Jefferson,on

this section there is comparatively
little typhoid. Dublin is singularly
free from this disease. In the middle
and north Georgia counties there is
great deal Of typhoid, and in other
sections where the water supply is
bad. Wells should be drawn off fire.
quently and all surface water pre-
vented from communicating the drink
ing supply. When this is done and
the pesky fly is kept away from milk
and the food supply, there is little
danger from typhoid.
The time is coming when it will
be disgrace to be sick, for the rea-
son that it will then be shown that
almost every ailment is the result of
criminal carelessness.-Dublin Cou-
rier-Dispatch.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-09-17
FAIR PLAY.

It is a poor rule that don't work
both ways. If farmer puts rock in
a bale of cotton he is looked upon
and punished as a thief-but if he
buys a pair of shoes the soles Of
which are mostly paper, the man that
made them and the man that sold
them go free although they are the
the meanest kind Of dirty thieves
IF the merchant buy from a farmers
wife a dozen eggs and finds a couple
that are out Of date, he orders his
clerks not to buy eggs again from
her while for those very eggs he had
given her sand in her sugar, chicory
for her coffee, short weight soap and
calico warranted not to fade that
was only fit for mosquito bars after
being washed. The farmer has never
been allowed to price anything, weigh
anything or measure anything but
must take the price, weight and meas
ure Of the merchant for everything he
sells or buys and it is about time he
was claiming his rights and attending
to his own business. I am out to
help the farmer get fair play and if
he will aid me by joining the union
and taking my advice, he will get fair
play. Take, for instance, two pair
of scales, exactly alike and made by
the same man. Now is there any rea-
son why they should differ one ounce?
Put one pair on a platform in town
and the other at a gin house in the
country, and the town scales. will short
weight his country brother from five
to twenty pounds. Get together,
brethren, and put an end to all this
and get at it now.-Miss. Union Ad-
vocate.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-09-17
BRYAN AND WALL STREET.

Democrats under the guise Of Pop
ulists have control of the regular pop
ulist organization in Nebraska and
have placed the Democratic electors
on a ticket which they call Populist.
In no other state is there fushion on
President Mr. Bryan lost Nebraska
in 1900 and with his backsliding on
the money and railroad questions and
with the Wall street platform adj
opted at Denver it is hardly probable
that as many Nebraska Populists will
vote for him this year, as did in 1900.
His own party is far in the minority
in Nebraska. Roosevelt carried that
state in 1904 by over 2 to l, the vote
being Roosevelt 1858, Parker ST.
876 Bryan campaigned the state in
favor Of Parker, got as many populists
to vote for him as he possibly could.
Now that Bryan is standing on a
platform that is even more suitable to
Wall street than was the Parker plat
form it is quite likely that most of
these Populists who wouldn't follow
his advice to vote for Parker will
not vote for Bryan this year. Mr..
Bryan's chances, if he has any, are
not in the West. The money power
can turn New York, Indiana and New
Jersey to him and may do so. The
New York delegation, which was
under the absolute control of the
Wall street element of the party,
voted for Bryan's nomination, and it
is not improbable that Wall street
sees it to it's interest to give De-
mocracy "a term of Office in order to
keep the old party alives For should
the Democratic party disband, the Re-
publican party would be whipped IN
the very first battle thereafter-Mis-
souri, World.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-09-17
PAGE TWO.
GEORGIA'S STIGMA.

The report of the Georgia special
legislative committee to which was re-
ferred the investigation Of the State
convict lease system, whitewashing
the present commissioners and giving
the system a further three-years lease
Of life, is not only discouraging but
is positively descreditable to the
sentiments of the people of great
State. The developments following
the inquiry were revolving, scandal
lous and thoroughly disgusting. Now
one single fragment of favoring testi-
mony was adduced during the hear
ing, but everything from the smallest
detail condemned the system-that is
as an institution maintained by sup
posedly civilized, humane and Chris
tan community.-Chattanooga Times.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-09-17

Mother liked best Theodore;
Father swore by Cluribel;
Grandma wanted Leonora
Or Jeanette or else Estelle.
Grandpa fancied Arabella;
Auntie talked most of Patrice;
Sister favored Isabella;
Brothers. choice lay in Clarice.
They considered Viciana,
GERALDINE and Marcelle,
,Anastasia, Mariana,
Hortense, Eunice, Mirabel;
Argued Claire, Leola, Startling;
Fought Ger Constance and Elaine
But, alack! the precious darling
1t was christened Mary Jane.
Bohemian.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-09-17

Speaking Of some of the more sol
emn and awful features of rural life,
President Roosevelt remarks:
All of us know that certain type OF
the best room in the farmhouse, the
one that is kept so carefully that you
could not hire the husband or the
servant to go into it. Isn't it true7
Sure! Open it up!-Boston Herald.
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-09-17
WHAT BETTER POSTAL SERVICE
WOULD MEAN.

The establishment. of the postal
savings bank in this country would
afford the working man or woman the
opportunity to accumulate by degrees
sufficient money to buy home or
become a property owner in small
way, and this is universally admitted
to be the start toward good citizen
ship. But the other measures included
in the proposed reform, namely the
extension of the parcel post system at
more reasonable rates and the installa-
ton Of a parcel-post on the rural
routes, would be almost as far-reach-
ing in their effect, for the reason that,
if carried out as suggested, they would
inevitably favor the the establishment
Of small shops in villages and towns,
afford an icentive to shop keepers
already in business to improve and
increase their stock and give to the
farmers a service as adequate as could
be obtained in the city. This extern
sion Of the postal service is no newer
than the question Of postal savings
banks, nor is it's desirability less
assured. AS the matter stands now,
the United States is far behind other
countries in the matter of postal
service does not now fill more than a
more limited service than obtained in
any other Of the thirty-three countries
with which we have postal conven-
tons, with the result that the express
companies reap a rich harvest while
this important branch of the public
service does not no fill more than a
fraction of the field intended for it..
In this country everything that ex-
ceeds the wei ght limit Of four pounds
must be sent by express and even
within the limit it is cheaper to send
package by express than by mail at
sixteen cents a pound. In twenty
four foreign countries with which we
have postal conventions the weight
limit is eleven pounds and the postage
in all but four cases is twelve cents
per pound, so that it is actually
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-09-17
MAKE DISEASE A CRIME.

Last summer we heard a public
speaker state that the time would
soon come when disease would be a
disgrace He argued that there is a
local condition for almost every dis
ease, and that with the proper pre-
caution there is no necessity for any
one to be sick.
This is literally true Of two of the
prevailing diseases. Malarial fever
is caused by mosquitoes, which can
be barred out with wire screens, and
typhoid fever, which is always the
result of bad water or flies.
In discussing the cause Of typhoid
fever, the Louisville Courier-Journal
says:
"Typhoid fever has its harvest in
the summer and autumn, because the
infection is taken into the system
through the mouth, food or drinking
water, as a rule. It is called a pre-
ventable disease. It is not always
possible to trace a case of typhoid
fever to it's origin with positive ac-
curacy. House flies may bring the
germ from an infected source, and
the disease may appear where the
water supply is pure, but the great
err number Of cases of fever result
from carelessly swallowing the germs
of typhoid fever. Guarding against
infection is a reasonably certain de-
tense, and is not unreasonably diff
cult. Typhoid fever is not fatal in
a large percentage Of cases as it for
merly was. Good nursing, which IS
as essential as good doctoring,' Of
ten results in cure. "
If the people will keep their water
supply pure and prevent the fly
from communicating it, there is no
reason why there should be case of
typhoid fever.
So many times has it been proved
that mosquitoes alone produce ma
larial fever that when case de-
velops it is known positively that
nothing has been done to keep little
pests from getting in their work.
This is not theory, but we'll es-
tablished fact. 1t has been shown
conclusively that mosquitoes are not
one cause Of malaria, but the only
cause. Bar them out and malarial
fever in your family will cease.
AS troublesome as is malarial fever,
however, one case of typhoid is worse
than a whole season of malaria. In
The Jeffersonian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1907-1917, 1908-09-17

cheaper to send a package abroad by
mail than it is to send it from one
point to another within the limits of
the United States.-From "More
Efficient Postal Service" in the Sep
tember Craftsman.
Truth. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1901-1908, 1908-03-28

ready communication with the handling
weghty articles all of them be that
great plant
1t industry of which Salt Lake City
proud enterprise that could supply
mountain country with all kinds iron work. machinery and cast
ngs.
AS enterprise infancy creation mans
brain and industry gigantic
qualification to a state, it is all that desirable