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Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-13
PREFERS JAIL TO TAxPAYINa
Montclair Man Willing to Go if Warden
VIII Feed Him.

VIII Feed Him.
Montclair, N. J., Sept. BE. S.
Elmer of 40 Inwood avenue informed
the local authorities he thinks he
would as lief go to Jail, provided food
Is supplied, as pay four years back
taxes, for which the town collector,
Howard A. Sigler, has dunned him.
In q letter TO Mayor Hinck, Elmer
says:
Il have had sent me a tax bill Of
1920 on personal property. l haven't
been taxed before, either while living
in Morristown or since 1 came here,
four years ago, so that / did not pay
any attention to the bill, and now the
collector wants to put me in jail,
guess. If he will give me my grub
don't know but he might as well have
me, as I have the rheumatism SO bad
now | can't do anything"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-13
Allan RYAN Denies Illness

New York, Sept. 13.-1t is announced
In Wall street that Allan Ryan, at Col
orado Springs, has denied that he was
a victim of tuberculosis and that he de-
clared he was there on a vacation and
eve enjoyed better health than at
present.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-13
ASTORS ENJOY QUIET TIME.
Honeymoon at FerncliHe Not MARRIED
by Guests.

Honeymoon at FerncliHe Not MARRIED
by Guests.
Poughkeepsie, N. Y, Sept. 13,-Colo-
mel John Jacob Astor and his bride are
having a quiet, but thoroughly enjoy
able honeymoon at Fernclife, where
they are finding plenty to do to occupy
their time. There are no guests at the
mansion.
Mrs. Astor is fond of outdoor life,
and she is finding recreation in play
ing tennis with her husband, strolling
hundred acres, and taking short auto
mobile rides with Colonel Aston and
her Airedale terrier as companions.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-13
"THy ~NEIGHBOR,s WIFE"

Elmer Harris set himself a diff
cult task when he attempted to
solve a domestic problem of the in
HsE Neighbor's Wife, now run
he Lyceum for a limited en-
gagament, with only four charac-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-13
p B S A l. e !
Public Sale of
Brick Yard
at MATAWAN, N. ].

The New Jersey Clay Brick Company
will dispose of their brick manufactur-
ing plant, with Barron dryer, capacity
a large acreage with a good body of
clay. VIII divide to suit purchaser.
Excellent railroad facilities.
The above plant VIII be sold on the
premises, formerly known as Farry's
Brick Yard, on Monday, September
25th. at IL o'clock.
For fuller particulars inquire of
f. WEAVER, Attorney.
Third and Market SITS,
Camden. N, J..
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-13
Favorably on the Treaties
President Taft So Well
Negotiated.

LEXINGTON. Va, Dec. 1S.-Dr.
George H. Denny. the retiring presi-
dent of Washington and Lee Univer-
sity, and who has recently been chosen
president of the University of Ala
bama, is one of the strongest advo-
Gates of the Arbitration Treaties in
the South. Speaking upon this sub
ject DIR. Denny says:
Undoubtedly the most far-reaching
achievements Of President Taft's adj
ministration has been the negotiation
of the arbitration treaties. Shall
these treaties be ratified? There can
be no question that an overwhelm-
ing majority of the American people
desire such action. Will the senate
find a way to meet this righteous de-
mand of the country? Or will 1t al
low. this supreme opportunity for
worldwide service TO be sacrificed 70
imaginary legal and technical difficult
ties?
The public sentiment of the
country will surely express itself at
this crisis of our national life con-
corning this great movement-by far
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-13
PEOPLE DESIRE
SENATE TO ACT

the most vital movement OF modern
times. The remarkable progress al
ready made in recent years in tho
direction of higher civilization Will
not be allowed to be ruthlessly sacri-
feed The selfshness and the ag-
grandizemenr of few men will not
be permitted to snatch from the
hands of the great masses of the
people the moral, the material. and
the spiritual benefits that will inc
vitality come from a definitely accom-
plished scheme of international ar
bitration.
The most hopeful and the most
impressive thing in our national life
in the last quarter OF century has
been the remarkable growth OF pub
lie sentiment against militarism, with
its grindinC burdens, its glarinG in
justices, and its pathethic sacrifices
Plain men OF sound common sense
are learning to settle their own per-
sonaI differences without resort to
violence. They can see no reason
why nations may not make an honest
effort to do likewise. No country IL
in better position than the United
States to blaze the way to universal
Iarbitration among all the nations
Our geographical situation is one
thing that summons us 10 the leader
ship in this high effort. Our freedom
from foreign entanglements is anoth-
err thing. Our habitual regard foT
and natural loyalty to the spirit OF
Justice and our vast material power
likewise admirably qualify Jus to SET
the pace for the rest of the world.
"The various objections urged to
the treaties have not strongly inn
pressed sincere minded men. The.
whole problem, once the dream OF
the fdeaIist has now become real,
living. vital issue. to be solved by.
practical. men, who will henceforth'
insist that there is no better teacher
than human experience even if. as In
the case of war. it's lessons do sons
times come very dear. The human
race in the truly civilized portions
Of the earth has grown tired of war,
It will welcome the opportunity, UNI
der solemn treaty obligations, to sub
nit to an institutional test the great
modern achievement of arbitral JUS
tice.''
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-13

Quinsy reach the deeper
Prevents seated tissues by absorb
49, ton through the tonsils,
QulLASy causing the horribly pain
full inflammation which results in sup
puration Quinsy IS simply a develop
ment of Sore Throat to which some people
are peculiarly subject. With them, a
tedious or neglected Sore. Throat termi-
mates in Quinsy. With them, quickly
cured Sore Throat means Quinsy,, avoided
aud nothing else cures Sore Throat as
.qhiclxly and surely as TONSlLlNE.
Many such letters as below prove TOM
SHINES value in preventing Qulnsy.
Gentlemen: Il have been subject to
Quinsy for the last fifteen years and have
simply had to suffer from ten days to two
weeks with it at every attack, never
having been able to find a preventive,
until I commenced using TONSILINE.
Up until year ago l had had ten at
tacks OF Ouinsy, but have been able to
avoid it twice since that time by the use of
a Is cent bottle of your remedy. Hoping
that others similarly troubled will profit by
my experience, and thanking you for what
YOUR TONSILINE has done for me, re-
main, Yours very truly, p. I. KEENA n,
Chief CLERK AUDITORS once, @. A. & Q. Ry.1 NJ
Sufferers from Quinsy should
always have TONSIEslNE ready for
instant use ON first sign Of Sore
Throat. 25c. and SOC. Hospital
Size 81 90. All Druggists, 10
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-13

F.. j. Ehret was business visitor
here "Wednesday from salem,
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-13

Martha Washington Candy at Wells
TIaymaker Co Leave your order for
Xmas.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-13

SUSPENDERS-Put up choice gift boxes soc to $780,
GLOVES-A kinds, for all kinds of service 81 to So
HOSIERY-Cotton, Silk Wool, 25c to $1OO-
FANCY VESThat will please careful dressers So to So
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1911-12-13

e OVV OF TNVV0 GGNlN u VVWO JUL
Would surely please hirlinnensey Select the one you
right away and wely 1T aside to be delivered when
doesn't fit him. he prefers style,
him bring back and we'll exchange with pelas-
A good will cost anywhere from
$40 to $35
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-12
TEXAS SALT LAKE MYSTERY

By some peculiar chemical process
hat is not understood by scientists
who have investigated the subject, ma
INTO salt deposits upon gigantic
scale in the bed of Shafter lake, a
body of water more than 1900 acres
IN extent adjoining the little town of
Shafter Lake, Texas. This lake is one
II the wonders of the southwest. 1t is
Tar removed from railroad transpor-
,atiou and is within so miles of the
New Mexico line. For more than a
quarter Of a century and as far back
as there is any historical record the
Indians and white people of the terri
.ory within 500 miles Of what is now
,alled Shafter lake have obtained their
salt supply from this storehouse of
nature. Wagon trains still make their
ong Journeys to and from the lake,
carrying the crystal salt to ranches.
mining camps and towns.
II is shown by repeated tests that
here is no alkan in the soil of the
scope of territory that uses the lake
as its natural drainage basin, and
his fact is borne out by the purity
If the flood water. But within a few
hours after the water enters the lake
becomes so impregnated with salt
hat q white crust forms upon the
surface, resembling snow. In the
shallow places the pure water is
quickly replaced with solid mass OF
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-12
The Secret EIottar-

Every foreign Office of Europe acts
on the theory that an army of spies is
constantly on the alert to steal it's
secrets, and infinite precautions are
taken to battle their efforts. Very
shortly after the first use of bIotting
paper it was discovered that it was
quite possible to cause q blotting pad
to give up jealousy guarded secrets
by simply holding it in front of a mir
ror. Long after all the commercial
world had forgotten the existence of
such a thing, the British foreign Of
fee used a sand shaker to dry its i'm
portant written documents. Then
specially manufactured black plotting
paper was used, but this was not
found to be absolutely spy proof, and
a return to the sand shaker was con-
templated, when some one suggested
the simple expedient of a small alb
sorbent roller. These rollers have
since been used for drying diplomatic
documents. When such roller has
been run up and down across a docu-
ment once or twice, the cleYerast spy
in the world is at liberty to try his
hand at deciphering the impressions.
-Harper's Weekly.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-12
Evarts and the Great Scientist

the entire company in this way. Sena-
tor Evarts took from the cooler by
his side a champagne bottle which
contained perhaps a third of its orig
inal contents. He placed the bottle
upon the table
a Professor, he said, 7 wish you
would explain to US why 1t is that. in
the lower part of any bottle contain
ing spfrituous liquors the greater
strength is to be found In other
words, why the upper half of a bot
tie of champagne seems to be less
stimulating than the lower halt
The professor looked quiZically at
the bottle of champagne a few mo-
ments.
q That is, indeed, very interesting
question; 1 never had it called to my
attention before he said at last. I
cannot at this moment offer more than
a surmise in the way OF explanation;
but I should be happy to make very
careful investigation, first, to estab-
lish the fact as you state it, and. sec
ond, to discover the reason
well, said Senator Evarts, I
think my own experience may aid you
in establishing the accuracy Of the
fact; but, as l am not learned in any
of the sciences, am utterly at loss as
to the explanation
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-12
LARGEST OF ALL EGGS

An egg of the gigantic extinct bird
.epyornis, of South Madagascar. is on
exhibition at the Museum of Natural
History in New York
The aepyornis egg has a capacity
Of two gallons, or $50 times that of
hens egg. The shell is one-eighth
mch thick. Lengthwise it is 80 inches
n circumference and it measures IS
inches around the middle. Though
termed a fossil egg it is not petrifed,
but is in perfect condition, unbroken,
md has a yellow color. The contents
have turned into a fine dust which
comes out, wnen handled through a
small natural perforation on one side.
The aepyornis, like the moa Of New
Zealand, was exterminated by the
hand of man A few centuries ago it
was quite abundant. Several 1ncom-
plete fossil remains have been discov-
sred. but no complete skeleton has
aver yet been found These show the
bird was three-toed, Of massive pro-
POrtiCns ana short winged. The
Madagascar natives have for many
ears used the great egg shell for
Sriouz kousehold purposes. In fact,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-12
Senator's Problem in Natural Science
ProPounded to Savant Who Was
Boring Brilliant Company
at Dinner.

I have been told many very inter
esting anecdotes about William NJ.
Evarts, but l do not know any which
illustrates the keen wit and the humor
which were SO prominent among the
many characteristics of Mr. Evarts
that compares with an Incident which
came under my own observation" said
Gen. Charles S. Fairchild, who was sec
rotary Of the treasury In the latter
half Of President Cleveland's first ad-
mlnistration.
x was a guest at a dinner which
was given in 1888. when Mr. Evarts
was still in the senate, by very prom
irent public official at Washington. 1t
WAS, in the character Of the men who
were gathered around the table, per
haps as brilliant a dinner as any in
which 1 participated while was a
member OF Mr.. Cleveland's admins
tration. Senator Evarts was one of the
most distinguished Of the guests pres
ent; and, as usual at a dinner which
Mr.. EvaEts graced with his presence,
thu best u good fellowship and a true
feast OF reason, and humor, and wit
were the experiences Of the guests.
There happened to be at this din
ner man of great achievement as a
scientist. He was. however, a good
deal Of dry-as-dust, and he seemed
Ga be disposed to inject science into
she conversation, or to apply his own
particular knowledge to every state
nent which was made After awhile
the persistence Of this scientific gen
Sleman paIled little upon the guests,
although he himself seemed to be I'M
aware of that fact. Not even the host,
notwithstanding his perfect courtesy,
was able fully to conceal his annoy
ance at these learned and scientific
interpretations.
Eat last Senator Evarts, who had
been, apparently, patient and earn
est listener, addressed the man of sci
ence, saying:
I have been much interested, pro-
fessor, in what you have said; and 1t
has occurred to me that possibly you
may be able to explain a curious law
Of nature, which l, myself, have never
been able to explain or to find any
one who could explain
81 should be delighted said the
professor. What is it?''
Having attracted the attention of
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-12
"CLlMBS" DOWN SKYSCRAPER

John Hassler, a steeplejack of Phila-
delphia, recently astonished the citi-
zens of that town by ascending on
the face of an 1S-stoTy building. with
out mechanical assistance of any sort,
using only the grip that he obtained
by hanging to the interstices Of the
stonework with the tips OF his fingers
and digging the tips of his toes into
the spaces as he felt his way to the
ground.
The building was the Morris build
ing, new structure at the corner of
Broad and Chestnut street, PhiladeI-
phia's busiest center. The steepleiack,
whose sole object in attempting the
daring feat was to show that it could
be done, swung himself from the roof
by a rope, and, dangling at a giddy
height from the sidewalk, felt for
safe spot on the sheer face OF the
building from which to commence his
descent. When he had secured a good
hold with the tips of his fingers, he
kicked the rope out of the way and
began his finger and toe descent.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-12
Made England Take Notice

wrote a series of articles-what We
call personal Notwithstanding the
first five or six American presidents.
These he offered to one or two of the
quarterlies which were then the great
standards of English critical litera-
ture, only to have them declined. At
last he ventured into the Office Of
Blackwood's Magazine and offered his
manuscripts. There they were speedi-
ly accepted, and John Neal received
what for that time was very hand
some check in payment for them.
Moreover, all England read those
sketches, it became widely known that
a Yankee had written them, and John
Neal became man of some literary
distinction. And whenever he met a
prominent EngEshman who congratu-
lated him upon his magazine articles
he would invariably reply in a very
kindly way, Well, at last you English
people do read an American literary
work, and now that we have broken
the ice | think in the course of time
you will read many more Of them
I'm due season John Neal returned
to the United States and was occupied
for the rest Of his life in literary
work And l think 1t ought to be re-
membered that it was John Neal of
Portland, Me-, who was the first
American to compel the people of
Great Britain to read an American
work. Soon after that all England
was reading the novels of Fenimore
Cooper"
Copyright, 1911. by z. ]. Edwards All
Rights Reserved.)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-12

What, then, has been your expert


What, then, has been your expert
ence?' the professor asked.
II can state it in a few words, pro
fessor,' said Mr. Evarts. I have upon
many occasions observed that the first,
or upper half of a bottle of cham
payne or other spirituous liquor did
net begin to have the stimulating eff
feet upon those who drank in my pres
ence which the second, or lower. half
of the bottle had upon them; so
have inferred that there must be some
scientific law which explains why the
upper half Of a bottle of champagne.
for instance, Is less stimulating than
the lower half
That is, indeed, an extraordinary
fact the professor replied gravely. I
am greatly indebted to you for having
called it to my attention / shall pro-
coed at once to make researches
And the professor actually did not
see, what all the other guests readily
perceived, that Senator Evarts was
making sly fun of him, UT that the
reason was self-apparent Why the sec.
ond half of bottle of champagne pro
duced far more stimulating effect
than the first half"
Copyright, 1911, by Z. J. Edwards. All
Rights Reserved)
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-12
John Neal of Portland Deliberately
and Successfully Undertook to
Make the British Read an
American Literary Work.

my native city of Portland, Me-,
has been the birth place of a good
many distinguished men, but OF all OF
them sometimes think l am proudest
of John Neal" said Thomas B. Reed
to me not long after he had resigned
from congress and taken up his resi-
dence in New York city for the prac-
tice of law.
Il suppose you have never heard OF
John Neal; yet in the first half of the
nineteenth century he was a volum-
nous writer of novels, one OF the
leading newspaper editors Of the
country, and a sympathetic adviser to
all struggling young writer's, among
them Edgar Allan Poe. And he was
a pioneer of American letters in Eng
land. He was, in fact, the first
American who made an Englishman
read an American literary work, and
1t is because he set out deliberately
to do this that l am so proud of him.
John Neal died in the centennial
year, at the ripe old age of eighty
three, but years before that | had
come to be numbered among his
friends, and from his own lips heard
how he set about making England
take notice of American writer's.
when John Neal was young man
there appeared in one of the Eng
lish quarterly reviews the now his
toric question: Who reads an Ameri-
can book? That question Inundated
many Americans and it touched a raw
spot in American life for more than
half a century It made John Neal
especially angry. By that time ne
had written several works of fiction
or semi-fction and of biography, and
so quite naturally he felt very keenIy
the slur implied in that British ques-
ton.
We'll, several years after the ques-
ton had been asked John Neal an
nounced to his friends that he was go
ing to England.
What do you intend to do there?
they asked him.
Z am going to write as Yankee
something which will be published in
Great Britain and which everybody
who reads anything at all will De sure
to read he replied.
But have you enough money to
live on while writing and awaiting
publication of your writings? has
friends, asked, anxiousIy.
have, replied John Neal You
may be sure that it will not be neces-
sary for me to borrow or beg while
am in England
$50 John Neal sailed away for Eng
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-12
SPLENDID CANADIAN
CROPS
Wheat, Oats and Barley Uni-
versalB Good Throughout
Manitoba, Saskatchewan
and Alberta.

The reports that come to hand from
the wheat fields OF the western Cara
dian provinces show remarkably good
yields in all parts. Yields are record
ed of wheat going So and 10 bushels
in many places. and oats from so to
100 bushels per acre. Barley and fax
are splendid. The thousands Of Amer
leans throughout the United States
who have friends in Manitoba, Sas-
katchewan or Alberta will be pleased
to learn of the great success that
has followed their efforts. Many of
these have not confined themselves to
the growing Of grain, but have also
gone into the cattle industry. On the
luxurious grasses that are so abuH-
dant there, in almost all districts,
make this industry safe and profitable.
The land sales reported by the rail-
way companies and by the different
land companies show the great in
crease that will likely take place
during the next year in farming oper-
ations. What has been said time and
time again may now be well repeated,
that there is no place on the Ameri-
can continent where the same oppor-
tunitfes are afforded the man looking
for home, for the young man start
ing out in life, the man with a grow
ing up family, who desires wider
scope for his ambition. The Cana
dian government agents located at
different points in the states will be
glad to advise the reader OF the condl-
lions, and relate to him instances of
the great success that has followed
farming in Western Canada
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-12
Minister Condemns II as Unbusiness-
IKE, Among Other Caustic
Criticisms.

Rev. Moses Breeze is one Of those
militant preachers who believe the
churches and the ministry need over
hauling every now and then, and that
more than gentle reproofs are re
quired to arouse them to action. In
an article in Munsey's, Joseph Ii.
OdeII quotes Rev. Breeze as the au-
thor of these epigrams:
IF the average business man ran
his business as the average church is
run, he would land on the financial
scrap-heap-"
tOne great proof to me that the
church is divine is that 1t stays on
earth and does business with so little
business ability in it; if God were not
in it, It would have gone bankrupt
long ago"
The time has gone by when We
can trust the financial affairs of our
churches to the Good Spirit who takes
care Of little children and idiots"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1911-10-12
COLLISION between BULLETS

1t is not often that two bullets
meet in midair. 1t undoubtedly has
Of itself to tell the tale.
Here, however, is a case of bullet
striking and piercing another bullet
It happened in a recent shooting con
test at Grenoble, France, when a Bel
gian lead bullet was struck by cop
per bullet fred from a new model
Lebel rifle. The bullets were found
sticking in the butt in the position in
which the accompanying photograph
shows them. The Belgian bullet had
struck the target first and the French
bullet had followed it.