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Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-11-12

5 bags Corn.
8 bags Bran.
Dated Nov. 2, 1910.
A. H. CROMWELL,
Superintendent.
Resolution. f.
Resolved, that the superintendent
be instructed to advertise for pipe
and materials necessary to construct
suction, discharge and steam piping
for new pumping engine and the
Snow pump at Runyon.
Bids to be received November 16,
at $40 P. M.
Introduced by Commissioner Thos.
Grieve.
Adopted by the following vote: q
Com. Fraser-Yes.
Com. Snedeker-Yes.
Com. Crouse-Yes.
Com. Grieve-Yes.
Approved Nov. s., 1910.
A. BOLLSCHWEILER,
Mayor.
On motion the superintendent was
empowered to purchase a threading
machine, size Az in. by s in.
Whereupon the meeting adjourn
ed.
w. GUY WEAVER,
CLARK
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-11-12

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BY Paid to City Treasurer $7Q84.16
Perth Amboy, N. j., Oct. 31st,~ 1910.
RICHARD F. WHITE,
City Collector of Revenue.
On motion the superintendent was
empowered to purchase the follow
ing supplies:
] Dbl. Kerosene.
/ Dbl. Dalzel Crank Case Oil.
/ car Chestnut coal for Houses.
8 complete sets fire box Innings,
bricks and CRATES. Herman Sunshine
Range, No. s.
2 sheets Zinc 8 TT. by Z #.
IL az in. Heavy Elbows ESQ lbs,
steam pressure.
IL IA in. heavy tees $50 lbs.
steam pressure.
6 pair 21a in. heavy iange coup
lings 250 lbs. steam pressure.
II 2-in. heavy ellis 250 lbs. steam
pressure.
~ 2-in. heavy fanges, 250 lbs.
steam pressure.
1 ton Hay.
X ton Straw.
Is bags Oats.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-27

ina your headquarters at Sterling Forest.
To hsh the streams nearer the city 10 to
Nidvale. There you will find West Brook /.
Bssrnt Meadow Hrooly Cupssw Brook and
High Mountain Brook.
To reach any % thee u will ~ neces-
sary To make an early start. and get a iv-
eryman to drive you 90 the point whore
you want to begin fishing. All these
streams empty into the Wanaque, or
rather all hut Burnt Meadow Brook.
which ~ . tributary of West Brook. join
ing that stream about four miles from its
mouth
West Brook n the easiest IN fish and
- consequently the most hshed The
earlier in the season you get there the
better your chances. provided the snow
water 10 all out of the way You drive
about seven miles, and begin 20 hsh at
Charles Rhineemith's farm From that
point YOU will find trout all the way dou n
into Midvaie. where the brook joins the
river
You drive abou, the same distance
To the upper end ~ Burnt Meadow Brook.
and IN the early season you are apt TO get
lnrger tro'Is here than IN West BROOK,
although perhaps they won't be ~ plents-
ful ! fished IL all one morning nearly
dow n to its mouth With no luck. and Their
got eight beauties out % one pool: but
this was "a bright day, and ] was aided
when reached the pool 10y a fortunate
stray cloud that ohaCured the sun for
about fifteen minutes
-Cupsaw Brook IL pretty we'll posted
and you have either to drive a long dis
taDce To reach q or go ca Boardville by
train from Midvale In its open waters
have had some good luck and on other
ocrasions have caught little or nothing
I should say that after "A heavy rain. when
the water - slightly discolored - the
hest time To fish here
To reach the upper end Of High Noun
tain Brook You drive to COnk lintown and
fiah down. a distance Of about nine miles
right into Midvale. hut ON the other side
Of town from the mouth Of West Brook
Between the point where West Brook
flows into the river and farther down
where High Mountain Brook joins IL are
some factories that pollute the water Of
the river Consequently the trout in
High Mountain Brook do not come dow n
into the river. hut remain in the cold.
clear water 81 the upper part % the
stream.
In any 81 these brooks that have men
toned any man who il fond Of a day or a
couple Of days in the woods and is satis-
fed to catch trout that won't strain his
muscles can have all the sport he 10 look
ing for without the expenditure of either
much time or money
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-27
WHERE CHINESE SAILORS ram.
The, Never Learn 10 TIE q kRot Properly.
Says q Sklpper

u don't know why IL is said the
captain Of the tramp steamer in South
Brooklyn. sixty days out from HongkOnR.
hut you can't teach any of those Chinese
sailors there 10 tie a real knot.
There isn much need aboard q steamer
for the rope knowledRe that used to be 90
much the part % a focs'le training. but
We do need splices and knots now and
aGPin just the same.
Those Chinese there. who were aiRn@d
On a. A. BIS. can do anything needed in
the way % sp!lcS= that world make a
old tar green with envy and they'll IN
up deadeyes better than most Of ths men
I've shipped.
But you can't get one Of EN- 20 tie a
right knot. Teach 'em again and again
they remember the lesson for half an
hour. Neat time there's a straight
everyday knot 90 he tied the Chinese
fOcs'le hand makes up the same old
EVERY child that tries TO tie a Knot
makes a granny. This kind Of a knot 10
made up by passing the ends around
each other IN the reverse direction. max
ing the ends stand out at right RaRlen
The ends should be wound around zach
other In the same direction. WhSa thew
come out of tho knot they should H9
alongside the line on either eids o. the
knot. Such a knot wont slip. But a
Chinagnan cant learn " for kssps-not be-
The Isascar and Malay and KanakR
learn the riRht knot easily enouGh IN
a storm that's Ona % ths fhin0s We have
70 guard against u We have Chinese
HAtbOK8.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-27
THE LEWONiDE HIN.
Ne Has ISIS Shoes Black ed. which ~
FIRST seems . Great ENtraN aganee

Really u seemed like an extrava gsnce
for the lemonade vender tn have HE shoes
blacked by a bootblack. You'd think
that he might much better shire them
himself before he started nut in the morn
ing and save that nickel: TO pay out so
much that he might easily have saved
seemed like throwing money away. Yet
there he stood nv the side Of his lemonade
other bootbAcks. one sitting on his box
and the other standing. silently watched
the boy at work on the job. II seemed
like a frightful extrnvaRance.
But stay! The bootblack has dnished
his work and now the vendeT takes that
last foot down. and now gravely he re-
moves the cover from the Lemonade bar
rel and gFavely dips out a glass Of lem
onAde. a blg. a three cent glass. which
IN. hands 20 the bootbtaek. who now pro-
ceeds 20 drink il slowly with every indi-
cation Of endowment ~ the luxury. while
the two other bootblacks look on. wishing
who knows?-that they might have
struck the job.
You seeg The lemonade man raid for
his shine not in cash hut in trade. But.
YOU say, IL vas a biR. three cent glass;
True. but you have drunk the lemonadsi
IL costs: and do you not know that the
time il would have taken the lemonade
man to shine his own shoes was worth
more 20 him out seeking lstlaineas than the
cost ~ that glass 81 lemonade7
And 80 you come To realize that ~ far
from being extrava@ant In having his
boots BACKED AZ he did. he was really
actuated therein bv a clear perception Of
the correct principles Of economy.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-27
MILLING TINE.
Free Fare % Narteas klRas Ter ths
Issan&er Absas N~w r@re.

ts@un&Pr AoD0t teW N@gh.
To the lounger IN the metropolis IN ~
out ~ q job the opportunities afforded for
FREQ entertainment on the beaten pa'b
are many and various.
He need not depend upon the Aquarium.
the Botanical Garden. the Zoo. the mu-
s@'IFnS Of art and natural history. ibs
public Libraries or the shop windows on
the well known thoroughfAras alone for
amusement and instruction. And what
ever his tastes or hia incliiaatbc0s may Ne
he will find something 10 satisfy theu,.
The only conditions are that he be decSntlv
dressed and well behaved. He may 70
through dry goods stores and listen o"
two concerto q day given by excslle7t
musicians. and I'm the same establ ishmsnt
view special exhibitions Of costly wArss
incidentally. IN the same place. in toe
food departments he may by the sXsT-
else OF n little ingenuity sample enough
eatables to permit him 60 DO away with
the customary thres meAlp Of the day
IL he has leaning toward ART and M
bects OF vertu he may snter any one 81
a doNen places where paintinRa. pore
lains. old silver and Kindred Articles are
sold and inspect them ~ hts leisure. II
he has . leaning toward rare books. I'm"
btndings and the autographs Of famo,i~
people be may visit several largo ancsion
roOsns given over 90 the ease Of thoss
thinas and examina them ae hin own sweet
will
II he 10 Interested IN bowling OF billiards
h@ may 20 into q number OF largo halls
and In q roomy chair witness games ~
siehsr sport imdulgsd IN Ivy expeTts. Ant
finally " he N Of q rowing disposition b.
may ssek cut the various quarters q rha
city. the Syrian. tbs bohsmiGn. the Che y
aud the Chinese. and ind on every hAih
-. "a -
snRortsinmsnf and cause him 70 open bis
nwnn IN wnn2aT
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-27

For TIE parpcss 81 securing cAs@rnea@.
simplicity and precision in tho applioa-
ton Of cOmpAas errors the hydrographic
Otlcs % the United States navy has
adopted q nov form Of compass on which
there n no north. south. eaMA or wmwf
hut which CONSISTS q CIRCLE DIVIDED into
no degrees. beEinning With - aha true
north point and reading 70 the right.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-01
Fish Trained to Be Shy,

There are people in the world who
will hardly believe that fish can be-
trained to be shy. Training, they ap-
prehend, has the effect of producing
confidence, and even boldness In some
creatures. Shyness is a quality inner.
tied by nature, they say, and is a
trait, under some circumstances, to
be eliminated. This is a case illus,
tratiye of the wonderful play which 1t
Is possible to place upon many Of our
English words. We are reminded of
the Frenchman who enlarged upon
this peculiarly Of our tongue. you
say fine for beeg tings and fine for
Ieetle tings. You say elephant is fine
animal and the needle be fine You
say fine day when it is glorious, and
the rain when 1t is fine very fine"
After all, 1t very economical to be able
TO condense, so to speak, our vocabu-
larry in this way and utilize one small
word to convey so much. The fact ia
we say that fish are shy when they
really are cunning-but it is the kind
of cunning which is indicated by this
word-shy. We find also that there
are degrees and varying qualities of
shyness, judged by fshermen's par.
lance. The fish are said to be gut shy.
hook shy, shy this and shy that, which
indicates that the evolution along this
line is going ahead.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-01
Mothers Visit,

An old-fashioned woman from the
country recently packed some fried
chicken, bread and doughnuts in a
market basket and went to see her
daughter who lives in the big city.
She was scandalized when the family
staid up till II o'clock and decided
that she wouldn't tell pa anything
about it when she wrote home next
day. "He might think we have fallen
into evil ways" she said to herself
as she was going off to sleep. She
awoke at her usual time o'clock, and
the house seemed strangely quiet
Town folks do get lazy" she thought,
"and they probably don't get up till g."
She dressed and went downstairs and
watched the clock until S. Not a
sound; the she waited till 6, and at
7, between hunger and alarm, she was
almost brazed They've been muir
dered in their beds!" she yelled at s
o'clock from the front steps, and soon
the house was filed with people rush
ing in to see what had happened. The
family were surprised and indignant
when police, market gardeners, news
boys, ETC., rushed into their bedrooms
and woke them up, and this explains
why the old-fashioned woman came
home that day. 81 never expected"
she sobbed to pa, that any girl would
talk to her ma as Jane talked to me-"
-Atchison Globe.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-01
Two Women Have Their Own Sweet
Way In Farewell Greetings to
Departing Friend.

Minneapolis, Minn.-A matter OF
tremendous importance stopped an
outgoing train to Chicago about 8 a
m. the other day. The train even
backed again into the station. the
matter was SO very important. And
Joe Kilgriff, the caller, hasn't got
over his establishment yet
Just as the train began to move
two women, bearing small parcel
dashed madly toward the gates.
as that the Chicago train?" they
cried.
at is" said Kilgriff
stop it! Oh, stop it," begged the
women. ooh, it must be stopped"
1t happened that there was big
crowd of university boys at the sta
ton, waiting for the football team to
get 1t. Inspired by feelings of gal
lantry, they began to yell:
stop the train! Stop the train!
Stop the train!"
The conductor came out on the OBJ
servation platform. The station was
in an uproar, and the two women
were running desperately towards the
train. The conductor hesitated,
grabbed the rope and yanked it. The
train stopped and began to back in.
slowly, while a woman also appeared
on the observation platform.
The two women rushed to the car
One of them handed up the box OF
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-01
SYNOPSIS.

! Archibald Terhune, a popular and in
dolent young bachelor Of London, re-
celVes news that he has been made heir
TO the estate Of his Aunt Georgtana, with
an income Of $4,000 a year. on condition
that he become engaged to be married
WITHIN ten days. Failing to do SO the
legacy viii go TO a third cousin in Amer
lea me story opens at Castle Wyckor,
where Lord Vincent and his wife, friends
Of Ierhune, are discussing plans to find
him a wife within the prescribed time. It
seems that Lady Vincent is one Of seven
persons named Agatha, all close girlhood
chulns. She decides to invite two Of them
70 the castle and have Archie there as
one of the guests. Agatha Sixth strikes
archie as a handpainted beauty. Agatha
First is breezy American girl. Lady
Vincent tells her husband that Agatha
Sixth already cares for Archie. He gains
from Agatha Sixth the admission that
she cares for him, but will require
months time fully to make UP her mind.
Agatha First, neglected by Terhune re-
celyes attentions from Leslie Freer. Four
days Of the precious time have passed
when Terhune is called to London on
sickness, excuses herself from a motor
trip planned by the VincentS. Later they
see Agatha First picking flowers with
strange man. The Vincents discuss
Agatha's seeming duplicity. The follow
ing day the party visits the ruins Of an
old convent Terhune continues his at
tentlons to Agatha sixth. Then suddenly
he transfers his attentions to Agatha
First Vincent scores him for his appar-
ent hckIeneSS. The last evening Of the
time allotted in which to become engaged
arrives. The following day Solicitor Burns
will arrive from London, and the Vim
cents are anxious to COnsummate the en-
Ragement. Vincent discovers Agatha
First and a man with his arm around
her waist. Vincent decides that the man
must be Terhune The next morning Ter
hume and Agatha First are very friendly
ct the breakfast table. while Agatha
Sixth seems somewhat displeased. SoliCi-
tor Burns arrives. The Vincents are
anxious. In an interview Of Vincent and
his wife the latter cries in desperation
over the puzzling condition of affairs.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-01
An IjnintentionaJ Joke

Jacob A. Riis tells an anecdote OF
a reporter detai@d to police head,
quarters by well-known newspaper
His special forte was fires. He is
dead, poor fellow In life he was fond
of a joke, and in death it chung to him
in a way wholly unforeseen. The
firemen in the next block, with whom
he made his headquarters when off
duty, so that he might always be with
in hearing of the gong wished to give
some tangible evidence of their re-
gard for the old reporter, but, being
in hurry, left it to the florist, who
knew him well, to choose the design.
He hit upon floral fire badge as the
proper thing, and thus it was that
when the company of mourners was
assembled and the funeral service in
progress, there arrived and was set
upon the coffin, in full view of all,
that triumph of the florists art, a
shield Of white roses, with this legend
written across 1t in red immortelles:
Admit within fire limits only"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-01
DUMB AMONG 90 TONGUES
Patois Was Only Dialect Recently Ar
rived immigrant Could Talk
Wanted a Meal.
mHm

Steelton, Pa.-Although Steelton's
foreign population of several thousand
souls includes a variety of two score
different languages and dialects, Rene
De Burghgrouse, aged twenty-one,
found himself "a stranger In the
crowd" when he got here from Ellis
Island, and for hours was as helpless
as if deprived Of his faculties.
Burghgrouse is a Flemish Belgian
from near Brussels and was en- route
to Chicago and had no money to take
him further than Harrisburg. Rail-
road men there could not talk with
him and finally sent him to Steelton.
Almost every foreigner in the Dor
ough tried to converse with the young
man, but it was not until he had been
here nearly all day that Joseph Jiras,
a leader among the local Europeans,
met him. Jiras speaks twelve Ian
guages, and finally opened conversa-
ton with the newcomer in a French
patois. The first thing Burghgrouse
wanted was meal. Then arrange
ments were made to get work for him
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-01
EamIn. Architect,

Nine LARSON, the old lady of 90
who died few days ago at her resi-
dence on the Quai dOrleans, was in
her younger days the reader and con-
f1dential friend Of the Duchess de
Barry, the niece of Louis XVI, who
Economically attempted to foment a
royalist rising in 1882. A still more
remarkable link with the past" was
Charles Famin, who died at Charities,
January IS, at the age of 101. He
was the grandson of the last "eche-
VIM" or sheriff Of the city Of Paris
(1789), while his mother was descend
ed from Natter, the famous painter
of the epoch of Louis XIV. M Famin,
his father, was architect to Napoleon
l, and when he was restoring the cha
teau Of Rambouillet, little Charley
used to play freely in the imperial
courtyards. 1t was on one Of these
occasions that the Emperor, passing
by, noticed the youngster and picked
him up and embraced him. In after
years Charles Famin followed in his
fathers footsteps, took the prize Of
Rome" for architecture and lived at
the Villa Medicis with the painters
F1andrin and Herbert and the musi-
clans Gounod and Ambrose Thomas.
Active to the last, he took lively in
terest in architecture and archaeo-
logy, and was over 95 when he defend
ed himself with vigorous and trench
ant pen against certain criticisms in
connection with the demolition Of
buildings around the famous cathe
dral.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-01

scene in the drawing room of the night
before that I intended to make. After
all, as in the case of my discovery of
the red automobile in the wood, we had
seen what We were not meant to have
seen. And until Arch came to me and
spoke of that event himself and asked
my advice, my hurt friendship made
me resolve not to demand his conf
dence or thrust advice upon him. Let
him keep his secret if that was his
wish. I would not intrude upon it,
though his reticence panied me ever SO
much.
I couldn't very well help it," he re-
piled. Upon my word l couldn't The
girls very fetching, you know, and she
seemed to take such an extraordinary
fancy to me that I couldn't help re-
spending. Agatha Sixth, on the other
hand, had hardly word to say to
mel"
of course mott" said hotly. 1.-THE
more attention you paid to Agatha
First, the less Miss Lawrence paid to
you. That was quite natural. You'd
! asked the girl to marry you, you know,
and she couldn't understand why you
should want to have anything to do
with anyone elset"
Yes, I did ask the girl to marry me,
and she chose to keep me waiting for
an answer" replied Arch impatiently,
, which kept everything at standstill
l couldn't go ahead till she said the
word, and as time hung heavy on my
hands"
You made love to some one else
Deuced clever!" I interposed sarcasti.
cally
We'll, l couldn't make love to her
very well. could I, when she wouldn't
say positively whether she wanted me
to or not? She kept me at arms
length all the timei"
~
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-01
One of Aleutian Islands Leased From
Government for Purpose Of
Raising Beef.

Seattle, Wash.-The cattle king OF
Alaska is Miles Jamison, who leases
from Uncle Sam Atka island, one OF
the largest of the Aleutian chain 1t
now has a herd OF $40 cattle, and the
natural increase to his herd for last
summer was 1856.
Jamison went north seven years ago
and landed on Atka island, intending
to trap. He saw the grass plains and
herds of deer and ell. feeding there.
He determined to return to the states
at first opportunity and secure some
cattle. He selected the Galloway
breed, because of their adaptability
to severe weather The weather,
however, was not the worst to be
feared On this island, as wolves killed
half his first crop of calves. After
he had rid the island of wolves his
herd prospered.
samison has been the object Of an
investigation at the hands OF several
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1910-12-01

hand through his thick, slightly gray
hair, careless of the disorder it left in
it's wake.
Poor old chap" I said pityingly. l
felt thunderingly sorry for him, for 1t
was uncommonly hard lines, but some
how | couldn't think of a thing to say
that made matters any better
Where was ito" 1 asked him with
natural curiosity to learn the scene of
the disaster.
In the west garden" he replied
I'D been sticking in the house all
morning waiting for her to come down
stairs. You know she went up right
after breakfast, but hadn't succeeded
in seeing her. So I thought I'd take
turn in the garden to brace me up,
and there she was herself"
"Fine," I calculated, as interested
in his recital of the catastrophe as
if I were at play or watching the
races. We had both of us forgotten
Solicitor Barnes, who had retired dis
creetly to the heaTthrug and was
pacing it with mathematical precision
Not so ffnei" went on Terhune,
because she made as if TO escape me
directly, which of course wasn't very
encourag ing!"
Decidedly mott" I exclaimed. But
you asked herr"
Il did. I blocked her way as she
started up the path, put my cane right
across in front of her, and asked her
y--by- cba yz-or+od RI WIN ovI-o1, Fror,, NO
when all wanted in the world was to
stay by her all the rest of my life!"
"Bravo!" I cried. Played, indeed.
And them"
And then" he said, polishing his
eyeglass furiously as he spoke, and
then if she didn't go and pretend to
misunderstood mel But I didn't let
that hinder me. I simply said it again
as plain as man can put it, viii you
marry me?'" He stopped and I could
see that pain and anger, resentment
and humiliation for the moment had
mastered his power of speech. And
then2" l prompted him again.
Why then she refused me-" he said.
She to me il were the last man on
EARN she wouldn't marry me! 1t was
very. cruel and l can't imagine why she
should speak so harshlyl" I thought l
could. I fancied l understood Agatha
olxth's reasons for behaving as she did
perfectly well, in the light of her suit
0C's performance the previous evening
sat OF course Terhune was still il the
dark as TO our knowledge of that cpl
sode.