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Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-11-12
BOY UNDER BONDS FOR
ELECTION NIGHT MISCHIEF

John Kjersgaard, fourteen years
old, of 316 Washington street, was
held in default of 500 bail by Re
corder Pickersgill last night on a
charge of malicious mischief pre-
ferred by Max Sacarny. of 234 New
Brunswick avenue.
On election night wagon belong
ing to the complainant was damaged
by some boys and, several days later
Angelo Terio was arrested for the
offense, but pleaded not guilty
Kjersgaard, it is alleged, was the
guilty one.
Thanksgiving pest cards at Sex
tons, 20 Smith street.
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-11-12
POWER MILL EXPLODED
AS TRAIN WAS PASSING
sssoial oy United rrss. ws-..

Kansas City, Nov. 12:-Thirty
passengers on the Kansas City
Southern railroad were injured,
some probably fatally, when a pow
der mill exploded as the train was
passing Holman Park, south of this
city Three houses were destroyed
and one man was killed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-11-12
USED ELECTRICITY To
RECOVER FROM TRANCE

Special bJ U1Ued Prcss TtFs:
Lowell, MSss., Nov. IA second
attempt to resuscitate Miss Lucyana
Piette, who has been in a trance for
the past two weeks, was made today
with electricity. The physicians
were encouraged by the partial sue
cess of the first application of gall
vanic electricity
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-11-12
Yacht club Meeting.

Raritan Yacht Club, last night, an
ship and several important matters
were discussed.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-11-12

Washington, Nov. 12:-According
to Senator Julius G. Burrows, of
Michigan, the new tariff measure
will be a law before the last of next
June.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-11-12
Son to Conduct business.

Julius Peterson. oldest son of the
late Peter Peterson of Fords, will
carry on the milk business of his
father.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-11-12
SMUCCLI ING ChINAMEN,
SIX OF THEM DROWN

Buffalo, Nov. 12:-In an attempt
to smuggle Chinanfen across the
Niagara river this morning six were
drowned and four others who were
rescued were placed under arrest.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-11-12

II you have an idea that will be a
winner II pushed, use a Wat ad.
In your quest for backing"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-11-12

Burnt wood outfits from S1.4s up.
Burning done and instructions given
free of charge at Sexton's. 70 Smith
street. 2030S-11-12-1ts
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-11-12

Our own make, candy fresh every
day. Sexton's, 10 Smith street
H030S-11-12-1t*
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-11-12

If you do not read the NEWS
every day you VIII miss a great deal.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-11-12
Going Out
of Business
Entire $4,000
Stock, Dry Goods
& etc. Must be
Sold

Other interests requiring their en-
tire time and attention compel A.
Salz & Co.. to remove from Perth
Amboy.
Entire Stock must be sold quickly.
Counters and Fixtures are also for
; Sale.
Attend this Retiring Sale and Sc
sure bargains of ''Once in a lifetime. =
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-11-12

An anchor to windward-an ad In
the EVENING NEWS,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-11-12

Read the NEWS every day.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-11-12
Fourth Ward club Plans.

A meeting OF the FouTth, ,ss ner-
Democratic Club was held last l4isof
in their rooms. at which plans were
formulated for a post election cele-
bration.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-10-27

for many of the department chiefs un-
der them to do the same thing at the
same time, it is reasonable to argue
that there must be a superhuity of help
in most of the governments depart
ments and that the working forces
could be materially curtailed without
destroying the efficiency of the service
provided the cabinet officers and their
subordinate chiefs were compelled to
remain at their desks and do an av-
erage days work for which they are
paid by the people of the country.
Such a cutting down of the forces in
various of the departments of the gov
ernment would be in the interests of
much-needed economy because Of the
fact that the government is continually
running behind in it's finances these
daUS
The Topeka state journal., 1908-10-27
LUCKY LAWRENCE.

Lawrence has ever been pointed out
as one of the unusual towns in Kan
sas. unusual in many ways. And re-
cent development shows that it is now
entitled to be considered as an un-
usual city among all of the cities of
the country. OF course, there are
some who would say that it's being an
unusual city in Kansas would of neces-
sity make it an unusual city as COM
pared with others throughout the
land. Be that as it may, it is none
the less entitled to it's new distinction
for unusualness.
A local newspaper there has been
delving into things with a rather deep
spade. 1t has discovered. to its own
satisfaction, at least. that the wages
paid in Lawrence are fortv-five per
cent higher now than they were
twelve years ago and that the cost of
living has increased but twenty per
cent in that interim.
Census bureau statistics show no
such difference between the per cent
of increase in wages and in the cost of
living in any locality in the country.
The increases in wages and in the cost
of living according to the government
statistics have been in most instances
in about the same proportion and in
others the greater increase has been
in the cost of living. But maybe the
census workers overlooked Lawrence.
The personal experience of most wage
earners, however, has been along the
lines discovered by the census bureau
and at first thought about every man
will express the opinion offhand that
the cost of living has increased much
more rapidly than his wages, but this
will be proved to be wrong except,
possibly. in isolated instances. There's
not the slightest doubt that wages
generally have increased materially in
this country during the past twelve
years or SO and neither is there any
doubt that the cost of living has in
creased on the same material scale.
Nor can there be any doubt that
Lawrence stands alone on an unusual
plane in this regard if the figures
presented by one of it's newspapers are
correct. If they are, certainly the
town that is also distinguished above
all others in the state because it hap
pens to be the home of the state uni
versity. has been an elysium for wage
workers during the past decade. All
of them ought to have snug bank ac-
The Topeka state journal., 1908-10-27
A YEAR AGO.

That the country has recovered
magnificently from the effects of the
serious panic of a year ago, with its
mostt extensive ramifcations and is
now we'll on the road to a prosperity
which many believe will eventually
prove to be the greatest that this
country has ever enjoyed is succinctly
told in a paragraph in the current
weekly financial review issued by ].
S. Bache & Co. one of the most con-
servative and reliable firms of bankers
in New York city and therefore in the
country. 1t reads:
"These are the anniversary days of
the panic a year ago, and even a
casual glance at conditions shows
quick and substantial recovery. When
it is considered that we are still un-
der the halting Influences of a presi-
Dental election the progress seems
even more impressive. OF the fifteen
New York institutions which closed
under the stress of last year. fourteen
have resumed or paid in full. and the
fifteenth has paid 80 per cent and
will probably pay the balance. The
stock market, which a few days later
broke to it's lowest. has recovered
through a long series of declines and
advances, and today industrials aver
age about 80 points above the lowest
figures, and railroads about 40 points.
Credit was almost unobtainable a year
ago and currency was at a premium.
Today money is loaning at unprofit-
ably low rates in the middle of the
crop moving season. Industrial con-
ditions are steadily mending through
out the country, and railroad earn
ings are slowly drawing up to normal.
The farming community will be fur
ther enriched this year with the pro-
ceeds of a great crop. and the entire
west and south which comes at first
in touch with crop money and pros
poets, is feeling in business the stimu-
lating effects of new wealth distribu-
f0r,
The Topeka state journal., 1908-10-27
HYHAWKER JOTS

"Ingalls Hail. is the name given
the new auditorium at the Western
Theological seminary at Atchison.
Foolish query from the Wichita
Beacon: The Kansas consumer is
come down in proportion as hog values
tumble.
eff the people of the. east had as
in their stocks,' says the Abilene
Chronicle. they would have better
crops and lower prices"
Ralph Faxons serial in the Garden
City Telegram entitled "The Sand
Hills Road" has now reached Chapter
XXXII, and the villain still pursues
her" remarks the Hutchinson News.
The independence Reporter is
mending it's ways. 1t announces that
hereafter it will refuse to support
for office any horsethief who hap
pens to be nominated on our ticket
Evidently the people of Pratt county
are true believers in the adage that
there's nothing in name, for popu-
lar candidate for the office of county
treasurer there is named Mr.. Swindler
Kansas City man is said to be
figuring on sinking a coal shaft at
Atchison, and Charlie Blakely peril
nently asks: whats the matter with
the 100000 coal shaft already
there?"
During the recent Jubilee week at
Wichita one hundred and eighty
thousand people paid fares on the
street cars in that city. This is con-
siderable traffic for place the size
of Wichita.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-10-27
HEARTLEss ADVERTISING.

And the government, the great gov
ernment of the United States. can sug-
gest no remedy. This is disquieting
news. 1t means that women all over
the land will continue to go into hys-
terics and have badly broken and bat
tered hearts for a temporary period of
familiarity of some folks who use the
mails for advertising purposes.
That women do have their hearts
torn asunder for the time being and
get so excited that they are afflicted
with more or less serious ailments by
certain kinds of advertising matter
which is sent promiscuously through
the mails, was called to the attention
of the federal government by an irate
father in the middle west. He was
angry, and with good reason. His SON
in-law, travelling man, was away on
an extended trip, and when the father
went to call on his daughter he found
her in a flood of hysterical tears She
was nearly without reason except that
she had made up her mind to pack her
clothes and hurry home to mother, as
she couldn't think of ever remaining
longer in the home that her husband
had provided for her. horrid, deceiv-
ing, dual beast that he was.
On investigation the father found
that his child had been wrought up
and excitement by a letter which had
come to the house for her husband.
Probably. please bear In mind that the
The Topeka state journal., 1908-10-27
REFLECTIONS ON MARS.


Ii Mars is filled with beings who are filled
with brains and sense,
why don't they let us know 1t, since our
interest is intense?
Ihey tell us-our astronomers-that Mar
tian folks are more
inteiigent by far than we. which cuts US
NOW. since those Martians know so much
Thinkumbob Machine?
So far as our savants can see. the Mar
Ilans merely make
canals that run from pole to pole with
mere and there a lake.
OF course in irrigation work they heat ms
for a fact rs
But then we're irrigating some, as per the
And as for bitches. theirs are long and
doubtless deep. but, ah.
JUST look what were about to do down
there in Panama.
We must admit those Martian minds hava
solved the riddle old 49," "'o
I" men sun remains unsolved on earth) of
why a sphere is poled
mol only have they found their poIes bo+b
,r, noNh ana south-they've brought
l ne same 70 fertilize their soil; and that's
For when the snow and iceharos r,,ar+
tney slulce the waters far
io oSautiIy their desert spots and make
But still I cannot understand how sucb
amazing minds eA
~ study ulh9 otbsa bway knas to cross the gulf and
VI 1rr1gS tfon-such as ours WHY don't
they fraternize 1oN
win Ife1 fllea6y and folk in other spheres (of
wen. Iye my own opinion, which now
and here uncork; "
nose 1eon1d Mdrtians T., are provincial. like the
New Yorlx Sim
The Topeka state journal., 1908-10-27
QUAKER MEDITATTONS.

[From the Philadelphia Record.1
Even the rainbow follows its natural
bent.
Many a man is as dull as his point
of view.
Some people won't steal as long as
they can borrow.
Does a man speak broken English
just because he shutters?
Even the left-handed man may feel
that he does everything right.
1t is sometimes hard for a man to
be on the level and climb upward.
We would all rather profit by the mis-
takes of others than by our own.
Good habits require constant culti-
vation, but bad ones grow like weeds.
The hen that has just laid an egg
cackles almost as much as a woman
who has just been told a secret.
Virtue is it's own reward, as the fat
ted calf discovered when he got it in
the neck for a prodigal son.
IT'S the little things that count"
quoted the Wise Guy. That's right"
agreed the Simple Mug. "A microbe
isn't as big as an elephant, but 1t does
more damage"
why don't you stop begging and
look for work?" demanded the man
who had been touched. What's the use
of giving up a sure thing for an un-
certainty?" replied the beggar.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-10-27

Chicago is certainly taking time by
the forelock and giving it twist that
other cities In the country should en-
ulate. Its city council is now consid-
ering ordinances looking to a sane
Forth of July the next time one rolls
around. Now Is the time for cities to
pass much needed ordinances of this
character. II the matter Is delayed
until somewhere near the time of the
great event the dealers in fireworks al
ways have the good plea to put forward
that they already have their stocks on
hand or on the way and any limita-
tion in the sale of fireworks would
mean great pecuniary losses to them.
And it is just such pleas as this which
have knocked out many a safe and
sane Fourth of July ordinance which
was under consideration by a city
council.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-10-27
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

TFrom the Chicago News.1
Politicians who wear new clothes should
not fling mud.
A barrel of liquor contains a multitude
of headaches.
A man seldom appreciates rose until he
encounters the thorns.
A man can flatter any woman by pre-
tending to be jealous about her.
It's hard for a lazy man to be truthful,
for he Is happiest when lying.
The girl with a scrawny neck naturally
thinks decollete gowns bad taste.
But for the mistakes made by great men,
history would be awfully uninteresting
No sooner does a girl get into the wo-
man class than she begins to worry about
her complexion.
The young man who considers himself
above his work Will never occupy posi-
tion that is above him.
Some men think they could give the
Lord n good many pointers relative to
running the universe
Probably nothing in the world arouses
more genuine curiosity than the presence
of stranger in country village
When a young man proposes to a girl
and she asks time to consider 1t may
mean that she wants to consider the ad-
visibility of breaking off another engage
ment.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-10-27
JOURNAL ENTRIES

poor mans chances of becoming
rich are just about as good as they
ever were, with the emphasis on "just
about"
X X
If a lad develops the habit of call
ing his rivals in games harsh names
he probably has quite a future before
him in politics.
\
Had a fellow a choice between a
million dollars and a girl he'd be a
fool if he did not take the million for
then the girl would be easy.
X X
Most everybody has the idea that
if he was blessed with the great sums
of money some other person has he
could spend it more intelligently.
X
Although men may change their
positions frequently they generally
keep pegging away at the same old
job of working for the missus and the
children.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-10-27

word probably is used. the wife
thought that the letter contained
something of importance with which
her husband should be acquainted, and
which would not permit of a delay in
cident to forwarding it to him. So she
opened it and this is what she read:
"Dearst:-After you left me yester-
day 1 remembered that I had forgot
ten to tell you
But after getting thus far, which
would be quite far enough with most
women, the young wife fell into her
hysterical fit and was in that condition
when her father found her. He, too,
proceeded to pour out some venom on
the head of his unworthy son-in-law.
and then he thought 1t might be a
good plan to look further into the let
ter and see what the destroyer of his
daughters happy home had to say
Imagine his pleasant surprise when he
found out that If his daughter had
read on in the letter she would have
found it to have been nothing more
than an advertisement which told of
the merits of certain patent medi-
cine. OF course, daughter was won
derfully comforted when she learned
the truth, but the poison in the OPEN
ing lines of the epistle had done its
dirty work and she went to bed with
an illness which lasted for some days
Then it was that the father took the
matter up with the government at
Washington. He thought that this
sort of advertising was anything but
proper in view of the temporary in
juries it had inflicted on his high
or nI1vhf riCh%
But the government politely replied
that no remedy for this evil suggested
itself. And more's the pity. The
hearts of women should certainly not
be tampered with, even by advertisers.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-10-27
HUNOR or THE Day

is your husband up yet?" asked the
@ piied 1i'Hts the stern-raced e woman. @ sld like
to say few words to him. 10 NE 20
m4Fs tPhn leT PTess BE nasnt come h0
,, What! 4 great; big. husky fellow IKE Sc
me to do. take it away from yer Er.n
Post
Ethel-The Count pronounces love.
loaf" Jack-That's natural enough: II he @
succeeds in capturing that heiress, loal
Is precisely what it will mean to him.
Boston Transcript
Customer-Quick shave, please. Barber
Close. sir? Customer-See here; what
business is it of yours whether I'm close
or not? I'll tell you one thing, young man
Il don't tip. If that's what you want 10
know.
You don't seem much concerned oyer
soon yet replied the actress. IT don't
know whether it's a scheme of my nus
band or of the press agent. .'-Philadelphia
Ledger.
Bach-Is your wife a good cook? Newed
confess that what she calls Floating is;
swamp I @KaSsas iWags seei cty yks Timas oaiihs
scene-Fashionable watering place in
who is suffering from toothache II say.
gardener. have you dentist hereT' Old
Visitor-Does he extract teeth with the aid
of gas? Old Gardener-Bliss US a., mem.
We hae aye guild daylight here.-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
in \ nh Rage 0ften foqnS # hard se live With
7f eH efher t9 ths otRs5 sbd
Mrs. Gadley (severely)-I want you to
understand. sir. 1 pick my company. Mr..
(rrOuCh-TO D1eCeS. madam.-ROStOn on Trans
cript-
out gloves. Bella-Yes. and it would have
been better for poor dear George IL he
Sun.
away. she-No, iii always think of YOU
as very close.-Cornell Widow
get Into conversation with it"-Cieveiand
Plain Dealer
The Heiress-Oh. papa. The earl has
proposed! Papa Bigwald-H' m. what's
his proposition?-Puck.
Knicker-I hear Jones is recovering
from an operation. Bocker-Appendix or
cks:-Sun.
Smith tells me he has asbs been graduatsd
feelingly refers to 1t as alma motor"
Caller-Is the cashier in? Bank Presi-
dent-Yes. 1 think he Is. but we don't
know how much vet. The examiner is
going over the books.-Puck.
HE claims his wife drove him to drink"
''I'll bet she didn't have to use a whip
Birmingham Age-Herald.
What stately creature that tall blonde
Is! She always makes me think of her
as the ox-eyed Juno" Peroxide, you
mean."-Baltimore American.
Does she know her to talk tor NO
only to talk about. The October Smart
Set
The Topeka state journal., 1908-10-27
GLOBE SIGHTS.
[From the Atchison Globe.l

From the AtCnlSon GlODe.1
We like nearly every sort of man
better than a thoroughbred.
1t is never safe to tell a newly
married man a secret: he'll tell his
wife.
After a boy passes twenty-one and
still lives at home. people say: THAT
boy is big enough to live ait hotel"
An Atchison wife has become so
far emancipated that sne carries a
night key, and her husband hasn't
any.
The greatest trial in the world is
to have a trouble on your mind, and
a guest in the house at the same
time.
AS soon as a boy comes into his
mothers presence. she screams out:
How on earth did you tear your
clothes!"
We have yet to meet a man who
ruined. If his wife had refused to
marry him.
Occasionally a man who has a nat
urally cheerful disposition depends
too much upon it, and becomes gen.
orally worthless.
Somehow a coffin. carried on a
country road In a farm wagon, looks
a great deal more horrible than when
seen in hearse.
A widower who has one foot in
the grave, has taken it out, and put
it in a yellow shoe, and is having
his house painted bridal style.
About the worst use you can put a
man to is to stand him in a corner,
and let him growl about what the
city ought to do in the way of i'm
provements.
1t was so dull in Atchison the other
day owing to the snow storm, that
every man who wore a new hat was
compelled to explain why he didn't
buy a different style.
BY light refreshments" is meant
the kind that wouldn't keep a man
awake If he ate whole barrel of
them. Light refreshments also
stand for the kind served when
father is tight with his money.
Formerly, the hunters of this sec
ton killed turkeys. and deer, and
wild geese, and prairie chickens. Now
about all they get is a mud hen occa-
sionally. In five years. they will come
home with big bags of English spar
rows. In ten years. there will be
nothing left to shoot except grass
hoppers.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-10-27
REFLECTIONS OF A BACHELOR

TFrom the New York Pressl
A man can run his house well when
his wife does it.
People are never hungry enough for
it to enjoy warmed over love.
Next to running the government a
man is seldom sure what he could do
best.
The reason woman likes to spoil her
children lis everybody warns her
against it.
The satisfaction a man has in losing
his money on a bet is that his family
didn't spend it foolishly.
The Topeka state journal., 1908-10-27
wIrH A HANDFUL OF ROSES.

Everything my heart would say
Valiant roses shall declare.
Since my lips, less bold than they.
Dread her frown. and do not dare.
They shall nestle on her breast.
They shall whisper. soft ana low'
He loves truly, he loves best,
Who's afraid to tell you SO.
Everything my heart would say :.
These brave roses know full well,
And they mean, in their sweet way,
More than any words can tell
They shall be her boson1's guest;
They shall whisper. soft and low,
He loves truly. he loves best
Who's afraid to tell you So"
William Winter in the New York Tri-
bune.