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Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-17
BahoanS and Water

In Captain D~rayson's Sporting
Scenes Among the Kaff1rs' we find the
folio wing: well" said Kemp, when
I go into a country where there is not
much water I always take my ba-
boon" you don't drink him, do your
"No, but 1 make him show me water -
How do you do thatT' "In this way:
When water gets scarce 1 give the
Bavian none. IL he does not seem
thirsty I rub a little salt on his tongue.
I then take him out with a long string
'or chain. At first 1t was difiealt to
make him understand what was want
ed, for he always wished to GO back
to the wagons. Now, however, he is
well trained. when I get him out
some distance 1 let him sc, He runs
along a bit, scratches himself, shows
his teeth at mig, takes a smell up wind.
looks all rou1d, picks up a bit Of grass,
smells or e8ts 1t, stands up for another
sniff, ~canters on. and SO on Wherever
the nearesg water Is there be Is sure to
lgo."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-17

Lots OF iii in Perth Amboy But Daily
Growing Lsss.

The Kidneys cry for help.
Not an organ In the whole body so
deiieately constructed.
Not cns 30 important to health.
The kidneys are the filters OF the
blood.
When they fail the blood becomes
foul and poisonous.
There can be no health where
thsTe LIS peisaued blood.
Baekaehe In ons Of the trst tndt-
eatfkns of kidney trouble.
It 10 the kfdaeys cry for help.
Heed Il.
Deans Kidney Pills are what La
wanted.
Are just what ovsrworked kidneys
need.
They strengthen end invigerete
the kidneys; help them to do their
work: W fail to cure any case of
Mrs. J. II. aeer. rs William ST..
T~ottenyills. StsteA Island. N T..
lays; "Tha excellent results obj
tanned from the use Of Doan's Kid
Esy Pills in our family during thu
past two years, warrant me In giving
tAen my highest endorsement. I
can cay that this remedy lives np to
representations"
For sale by all dealers. Price So
csnts. Foster-Mliburn Co. Buffalo,
Nav York, sola agents for the Uni
ted States.
Esasmbsg ths Aams-Doan's-
and faAs He othara
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-17
STATEN ISLAND NEWS
CLEVER SWINDLER PAID
VISIT TO THE ISLAND

A few days since a sleek rogue
landed on Staten Island and pro-
ceeded to rob some of our kind
hearted people In a most polished
manner.
Before calling at the residence of
a victim a bogus telegram would be
sent by a confederate, dated at some
place where a friend resided, WHOSE
name would be recognized and re-
quest al. once. granted. The telegram
would represent that the stranger
was a personal friend of the sender,
that 1t was all right, and any favor
granted the stranger would be fully
appreciated.
be cordially and kindly received.
The caller would then state that he
had met with a misfortune, was f.
nancially embarrassed, and desired
to have a check cashed.
OF course, they would cash it
n party In New Brighton really
| giving almost double the amount Of
the bogus check. Then, with an ex'
preston of extreme gratitude, the
stranger would depart
The stranger. was . fascinating
fellow, a good talker, and had a nice
presence. He had plenty Of time Il
get away from the island before hii
~rascality was discovered. He viii
find the climate on Staten ISLAND
quite warm. however. should he eve
return to renew his acquaintance
ship.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-17
IoTTENviLlE

Mrs. Emma Boyd and daughter
Bernice spent Saturday and Sunday
In Brooklyn.
Miss Lila Dimoek, Of Woodbridge,
is visiting here.
Harry Bachman Is home from a
southern trip.
Miss Charlotte Salverson visited
In Brooklyn yesterday.
William Tabor Is home from
Scranton, Pa.
Oscar Ommundsen spent yesterday
in Brooklyn.
The Misses Margaret and Agnes
Kress visited here Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. G.. e. Huntington, of
Elmira, are the guests of their son,
Herbert Huntington.
Benjamin Bishop and Watson
Joline we're in Manhattan yesterday.
Ralph Juhl is a student at the
New York University.
Edmund Benz has resigned his
position at H. Levinson's, and taken
a similar one with Reynolds Broth
ers in Perth Amboy.
Ruth Sher was awarded the UNI
brelIa by the Mohawk A. c. Satur-
day.
Miss Teresa LaForge has taken a
position in a Smith street bakery in
Perth Amboy.
Bentley Lodge, Odd Fellows,
meets tonight.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-17
The Tyrant In the Field.

There have been few commanders so
tyrannous as Lopez. the dictator Of
Paraguay, when, In the war OF 1865-70,
1t fought single handed the neighbor-
ing countries of Argentina, Brazil and
Uruguay. Lopez, says Mr.. ". III. Koe-
bel In his Argentine" was wont to
carry the theory Of victory IT death to
an uncomfortable point. "Ohlcers
were executed for mere remarks
whose tone fell beneath the standard
of confidence that Lopez had set up
for himself. One, for instance, was
shot for having announced in the
course of his duty that the enemy vas
strongly intrenched! Another met his
end on account Of an unguarded
speech to the effect that theNPara-
guayan army was accustomed to count
the enemy's losses and forget its own"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-17

e. c. Werthmuller, of the Allan
tic Inn, Grant City, and w. H. Park
er, of Concord. have gone 80 the for
nfer's camp in the Adirondecks,
where they expect to hunt big
game. Mr.. Werthmuller will give a
Venfson dinner to his friends after
he returns.
Miss Emma Sassenberg has re-
turned from Deal, N. J.
I Ollie Mckee, Of Great Kills, was In
~Tottenville yesterday.
William Dolan, of Annadale, was
a Perth Amboy visitor Saturday.
Mrs. John Crane and daughte,r r.
Louise, visited in Perth Amboy Sat
urday evening.
Harry Depew and Miss Lulu Ma
nee took a ride through New Jersey
yesterday in the formers carriage.
John Nuttall was seen in Totem
Vile Saturday night.
Misses Olive and Ruth Hitchcock,
or Prince Bay, were at the basket
eall game in Perth Amboy Saturday.
Among some of the local people
seen at the basketball game in Tot
teny1fie Saturday were: Misses
Minnie Miller, Mamie Mcnamara,
Edna jarrett, Edna Baldwin, Mamie
Johnson and Roslyn Doty.
Mrs. George Doty, of Station e
nue., visited her daughter, Mrs. AL
fred Palmer, in Tottenville, Satur-
day.
Bert Benz was In Perth Amboy
Saturday.
MIR. and Mrs. William Hall, of
Brooklyn, visited Ia Prince Bay yes
terday.
Thomas Scully was q TottenvilIe
visitor yesterday.
u. S. Grant Council. Jr. o. U. A.
M, meets tonight.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-17
PLEASANT PLAINS, HUGUENOT
PRINCE BAY
MAN JUMPS In RIVER
TO ESCAPE THE POLICE

When the police Of the Goth. pre-
cinct station, Tottenyille, made a
raid on an alleged crap game that
was in progress on the floating boat
house at the foot of Main street,
shortly after l o'clock yesterday af-
ternoon, one of the members of the
gang that was playing jumped over
board with all his clothes on and
SWAN ashore to the lumber yard
dock to escape being taken by the
police. Patrolmen Cole and Winant
made the raid, but none were caught
as all escaped. The name of the one
who jumped in the water could not
be ascertained, but a new suit OF
clothes was ruined in the unexpected
bath.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-17
WASHINGTON
SIDE LIGHTS

general way all that can be said OF
the habit Is that it Is of modern or.
ls1n,-as is the summe vacation. -
Secretary MaeVeagh spent several
months at his summer home at Dub
lin, N. Fl. He had the service of a
stenogFapher and devoted several
hours every day to affairs of the de-
partment, sent to him from the main
Office. Assistant Secretary HiIles
spent some time in Ohio, the home
state of Mrs. Hilles, and took a look
at. the Ohio Republican State Con-
Vention. He also spent some time
on the New England coast. Assist
ami Secretary Andrew enjoyed a So
journ for several weeks at his sum-
mer home near Gloucester. Massa-
chusetts.
Both mountains and the sea ap-
pea1ed to Lawrence O.. Murray,
comptroller of the currency. He WIS.,
tied Atlantic City and then sought
the higher life In @ mountain resort.
Royal II. Cabell, Commissioner of
Internal Revenue. made a trip to the
Pacific Coast. He called meetings
OF revenue collectors for c~onsulta-
ton and instruction and in CaIifor-
MIA he conformed with wine makers
concerning contested points In the
enforcement of the revenue laws.
Lee McClung, treasurer of the Uni
ted States, visited Atlantic City and
New England.
Secretary Wilson, OF the Depart
ment of Agriculture, passed by all
the resorts and found comfort and
Joy on his Iowa farm.
Secretary Ballinger, Of the De-
partment of Interior, inspected a
number Of parks and reclamation
projects in the west and visited his
home In the state of Washington.
Postmaster General Hitchcock
sought relief from the whitening
Washington summer in a trip to
Europe and later visited Arizona and
New Mexico.
An inspection of the immigration
stations was made by Daniel J..
Keefe, commissioner general of the
Bureau of immigration. He visited
the stations along the Canadian Dor
der. where many . problems exist
over the smuggling of Chinese and
other undesirable aliens into the
states.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-17
TOTT'ENVILLE
A. c. CRIPPLED
One Member Gets Broken
Lag and Another sprained
Ankle al Opening Games.
FOOTBALL & BASKETBALL

The opening of the football and
basketball season Saturday of the
Tottenville A. G. was an unIueky day
for that club. With one of its num-
her with a broken leg and another
with a sprained ankle the football
team and basketball team are badly
crippled. Benjmin Cole, of William
street, Tottenvtlle, left guard on the
football team, while playing in the
football game against the Sherman
A.. G., of New York, received a broken
right leg above the ankle. 1t is not
known exactly how the accident hap
pened, but 1t occurred in the first
half when a signal had just been
given In the play. Cole was carried
from the field to the club house and
a physician summoned. DR.. r. e.
Meyers. of Johnson avenue, who ar
rived, said the break was a bad one.
Cole was made as comfortable as
possible and removed to his home in
an automobile. At the same time
that this accident occurred Charles
bennington, fullback on the team.
came near receiving a badly sprained
wrist.
At the basketball game In knights
OF Pythias hall, Saturday night.
Joseph Bedell, left forward on the
team. received a badly sprained
ankle in the first half of the game
and had to retire. He was attended
by DR.. David Coleman In the hsa
and later taken to his home. whers
he Will be confined for some time.
Cole received a broken collar bona
In a football game last veal.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-17
MUNICIPAL

washington, oct. IA decision
which may establish a precedent In
municipal financial arrangements
has been handed down by treasury
department officials in a controversy
over a provision IN the Aldrieh-Vree-
land currency law, upon which ex-
perts differed.
The law provides that emergency
Gu rency may be issued by national
banks On the security of bonds OF q
municipality or district whose net
funded indebtedness does not exceed
ten per cent. of the valuation of its
taxable property, to be a~scertained
by the last preceding valuation of
property fer taxation"
The problem concerned the de1ni-
ton OF met funded Indebtedness"
aud valuation of it's taxable proper
ty." The treasury decision is;
The phrase met funded indebted
ness is held to mean the entire bond
ed debt OF a municipality, less n
bonds not yet sold, OF any bonds re-
purchased and not cancelled, as for
singing fund account.
THE phrase valuation of Its taxa
Bile property Ia construed to mean
the valuation of taxable property as
estimated by the assessor. Where
the law preScribes that the assessors
shall estimate the value of all prop
eFty subject to taxation at it's actual
value and that the taxes shall be hs-
sessed at a fraction of such value,
the valuation of taxable property is
understood to mean the actual Ealu-
alton as estimated by the assessors.
however. the law makes M
distinction between actual and taxa
BILE value of property the Valuation
of taxable property is construed to
mean the taxable value upon which
the actual taxes T levied"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-17
YOUNG PEOPLES N
WAS GREAT SUCCESS

The first annual dance and recep-
ton of the Young Peoples Society,
of Kreischerville, at Staudt's Shore
road hall, Rossville, Saturday night,
was well attended. The affair was
a success. Dancing commenced at
8 o'clock and continued until a late
hour. The music was furnished by
Professor Cerbi, Morrissey and
Ganss. Ice cream was sold in con-
nection with the affair. Those on
the committee were Charles Jahns,
Frank Weller, Oscar Ommundsen
and Max Kaletsch. Jahns was floor
manager and Weller assistant.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-17
STATEN ISLAND RAPID TRANSIT
RAILWAY.
Time table IN Effect Monday, oetobe,
10th, 1910.

I PERTH ANNOY TO NEW YORK
| LEAYE-s;10. 6:sa. TOO. T:2s, T:2e. 500 500
E25' $50. $40 7:sa. $780, iO:f7. ii:sa D. "a ms
TRAIN SERVICE LEAVE PRRTHI
AMBOY-gi2o. 1874, fass6. LIS a. m. 1915.
1s0. 40. 4.e8, 500 e:10, T:6, 7:5 g-z6. $50
s:55. 1900 p. m. I2:N a. m.
SUNDAYS AND LEGAL HOLIDAYS
LEAVE PERTH AMB0Y-S.lB, 7:4s, s48
s:46, 1916: i1.ss a. m. 1919, 1:4S. z:&S. s;a2.
4-42, s:s2. S:s2. SOS, s:5. H:f7 D. m.
ADDITIoNAL BOATs WITHOUT
TRAIN CONNECTION LEAVE Perth
AMBOY-s:@ 1919. n:ae a. m. 12:M 1:2o.
go. 40. SEE. Sc, To, T:Ao, G:s5. 1920,
1850. u:f7 p. m. 1920 a. m. and 100, 6:45
q. m. holidays only.
NEW YORK TO PERTH AMBOY.
LEAVE-s:0O. 100, 800. 800. 1000, 1t:e0
e. n. 1879, 1870, $40. $40 $40, 5:15. $50.
5:45. 6:16. $50. 100. TAO. 900, 1000. u:S0 p.
AD5DfTToNAL BOATS WITHOUT
TRAIN CONNECTION LEAVE TOT
| Ii:s5 a. m. 1903. 2s95, 8@. AIS, 5.16, ga,
SUNDAYS AND LEGAL HOLIDAYS
LEAVE NEW YORK-7;90 500 1900, It.00
a. m. i2.U m, los. 200. 500. 400. 500.
$3.50, 100, SOC. $50. 1f:30 p m. 1870 9. m.
ADDITIONAL BOATS WITHOUT
TRAIN CONNECTION LEAVE TOT
TENVIILE27.t5, 500, 9.25. 1925, I1.S0 a.
mi 1870. 1870 $50, S;58. $50. $50, $50. 7sS0T:60
| 1000. u:ea. 11s0 p. m. $50 q. m. holidays
GEORGE j. BROWN.
A4 GanL TEASE A@
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-17
OLD RESIDENT PASSED
AWAY AT ROSSVIllE

Stephen J.. LaForge, ninety-three
years old. died at his home in
Freshkill road. Rossville, on Friday
from fnirmities due to his age. Mr..
LaForge, who was born in Ross
vile and lived there all his life, was
one OF Staten Islands Oldest citi-
zens. He was a descendant Of one
OF the first families to settle on the
island and as a young man engaged
In the grocery business from which
he retired some twenty years ago.
Mr.. LaForge had been an invalid for
several years. Besides his widow,
he Is survived by two brothers, AL
fred and Harmon LaForge, of Ross
vile. The funeral was held from
his late residence at 2 o'clock this
afternoon.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-17
VISITED LACROSSE GAME.

A delegation of Curtis High School
boys. interested In the game of la
crosse, Saturday afternoon visited
the Crescent Athletic Club grounds
at Bay Ridge and witnessed a game
between the Crescents' second team
and the twelve of Stevens Institute.
The boys were accompanied by J.
Blake Hillyer, PHYSICAL Instructor
of the school. The Curtis lacrosse
players are getting ready to COM
pete In the high school champion
ship series merit spring for the, Col.
Thompson plaque and medal.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-17
FINAL REGISTRATION DAY.

This Is the final day for registra-
ton. The registry places will be
open from Z o'clock this morning
until 10 o'clock tonight. If you
don't register today you cannot vote
at the coming election to be held on
Tuesday, November s. The registra-
ton in the six districts in the fifth
ward on the2 third day, Saturday,
were as follows: Thirty-seventh.
Huguenot, 10; thirty-eighth, Pleas
ant Plains, 11s; thirty-ninth, Ross
vile, IS; fortieth, Kreischerville.
81; forty-first. ~Tottenville, 81; and
forty-second, Tottenville, So. The
total number registered in the six
districts for the three days Of regis
tration Is 1913.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-17
Old Time Railway Travail.

Third class passenger coaches in
England used to be coupled on next to
the engine. The travellers came In for
terrible treatment when any accident
occurred. At times the engine was
driven tender first, in which case frozen
hands could be warmed at the smoke
stack, The passengers were packed,
seventy of them, into a truck eighteen
feet in length by seven and a half in
width. There was no roof and not, as
a rule, proper protection at the sides.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-17
Vigorous.

victim-If your hair restorer is good,
why is 1t that you are bald yourself?
Barber-Well, sir, one | had a very
big order for ladies' plaits, and to exc
cute it | used ONE extra doses of my
restorer over my hair and got half a
dozen long plaits, sir. But it drew all
the hair out Of my constitution, SIR
London Mail.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-17
VISITING AT MT. LoRETTo.

The fine autumn weather brought
a large crowd Of people from Man
haitian, Brooklyn and vicinity to. the
Mission of the Immaculate Virgin,
MT. Loretto, yesterday on the
monthly visiting Sunday to that In
stitution. Two special trains from
st. George direct to the institution
carried several hundred visitors, who
came down to SEES. their children or
those that had been placed there af-
ter being bereft OF their parents.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-17
Music

OF all the fine arts, music is that
which has most influence on the pas
sions and which the legislator ought
the most to eneourage.-Eapoleon Bo-
naparte.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-17
A peuble eros.

"Poor Bill walked ten miles to pro-
pose TO his girl, and she turned him
down after all"
What did he sayT'
"'WelL.' be said, to think I've foot
ed 1t all this way only to have It
handed 70 mes Baltimore American.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-17

Host lat village inn, entering bed
room at 8 a. m, to occupant Of the
bed)-Beg pardon. sir, but two more
tourists have arrived. Have you slept
enough?
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-17
SUCCESSFUL PACKAGE pARTy

Eltingville, Friday, for the benefit
of the Holy Comforter Episcopal
church, was a success. Dancing was
a feature during the evening. Cake
and coffee were served and a geodly
sum was realized.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-17
LECTURE AT GREAT KuJs

James r. Lynch, of New York.
will lecture on Oregon, the Land
of the Big Red Apple" in the Mo
ravian church, Great Kills, tonight,
under the auspices of the depart
ment Of education in the third lee
ture of the course to be presented
there. 1t will be illustrated by
steTeopticon views.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-17

Some of the news" of your imma-
date neighborhoed may be found Ia
the want ads. today.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-17

More than $4,000 people n shsz
flcinity read the EVENING NEWS.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-12-31
EASY TO THREAD NEEDLES
Useful Device That Should FIno
Place in Every Woman's
Work Basket.

Here is a useful device invented Dy
a clever woman. 1t should have place
on every womans sewing table. Get
block of wood two or three inches
square, a double pointed tack (like the
kind used in matting) and small fold
ing reading or magnifying glass.
Open the glass and lay the cover on
top of the block of wood, let the glass
project it's full size over the size of the
block. then fasten in place with the
tack. If a block of wood is not OBJ
tainable use an empty spool of bast1ng
thread size.
When you want to thread small
sized needle hold the needle and the
thread under the glass and you will
have no trouble in getting it through
the eye. When you use the machine
tip the block over near the needle and
save time and trouble there also.
These blocks are invaluable fol
elderly women and those too busy to
bother with threading and unthread
ing needles continually. A good plan
is to thread before starting to sew al
the needles with their different kinds
of thread and silk that you are likely
to have use for.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-12-31
The Weddino Rina.

The little circlet of gold, so dear
to a woman as the token of the affec-
ton of the man she loves has its
origin in very ancient times. It's very
shape, without beginning or end, is
symbolic of constancy and indicative
of the true and lasting love which is
the foundation of a happy union.
Thus the gift of ring has come to
mean more than an ordinary gift of
friendship with all nations, and so i'm
portant an event as the giving of an
engagement ring has in some districts
given rise to superstitious observ-
ances.
In former times the ring was given
as the betrothal and was then worn
on the fourth finger of the right hand.
till the bridegroom transferred it to
the fourth finger on the left, at the
instruction of the priest, on the wed
ding day.
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-12-31

at tree beyond it, or at any tall OBJ
ject, you will see your finger double.
Then look directly at your finger, and
you will see the tree double.
The explanation is that each eye
sees separately, and when both are
looking at the finger the right eye sees
the tree on the right side of the fin
ger and the left eye sees it on the left
When, however, you look at the tree
directly with both eyes, each eye sees
the finger apparently in a different
place. If you will cover one eye and
look with the other, you cannot see
either the tree or the finger double.
which is the proof of the experiment.
Place two bits of white paper about
a foot apart on table. Cover the
right eye and look steadily at the
right hand piece of paper with the left
eye. By stepping backward you viii
reach spot where the left hand piece
of paper viii disappear. You can
make the right hand piece Of paper
disappear by looking at the left hand
piece of paper with the right eye.
When you have made one disappear
in this way, move your head ever so
slightly backward or forward and the
paper will instantly reappear. The rea-
son of this is that every persons eye
has a blind spot on the retina. and
when an image of the piece Of paper
falls on the spot, it cannot be seen.
Physicians use this principle in the
correction of vision.
Place on a gray background a piece
of colored paper in any design, and
look steadily at it for a minute or so.
Snatch the coIored piece away, and a
design exactly like it win be seen in
the same spot, but in a different color.
If the design was green. the replica
will be red; if yellow. the replica viii
be violet.
Instead of snatching the paper away
after looking at it steadily, look up at
the ceiling. and the image will be
The Hays free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1908-1924, 1910-12-31
BOYS AND GIRLS SCHOOLING
mon School Education = What
Every Youth Should Know.

Every boy and girl that is educated
should be able to
Write a good Iegjble hand
Spell all the words in ordinary use.
Know how to use these words
Speak and write good English.
Write a good, social letter
Add column of figures rapidly
Make out an ordinary account
Receipt it when paid.
Write an advertisement for a local
paper.
Write a notice or report of a public
meeting.
Write an ordinary promissory note
Reckon the interest or discount on
it for days, months and years
Draw an ordinary bank check.
Take it to the proper place in
bank to get the cash.
Make neat and proper entries in day
book and ledger.
Tell the number of yards of carpet
required for the parlor
Measure the pile of lumber in the
shed,
Tell the largest number of bushels
of wheat in the largest bin, and the
value at current rates
Tell something about the laws of
health, and what to do in case of
emergency.
Know how to behave in public and
society.
Be able 20 give the great general
principles of religion.
Have a good knowledge of the
Bible
Have some acquaintance with the
three great kingdoms of nature.
Have some knowledge of the funda-
mental principles of philosophy and
astronomy.
Have sufficient common sense to get
along, in the world.-NationaI Edu-
Gator.