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Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-14
HAS MESSAGE
FOR METUCHEN
Mayor Wilson Recommends
Many improvements.
pp.csal Il, the EvHNTso NEWS

Metuchen, Jan. 14:-Mayor Wash
dngton Wilson has sent the following
message to the Metuchen borough
council:
It ii with considerable satisfac-
tIon that / meet with the council at
the beginning of my second year.
regret with you the loss OF our
esteemeds councilman, Roy G. Burr,
TOR three years president OF the
council. hut feel we are fortunate to
have AZ his successor one who mas
n1raady had experience In the af-
fsfrs or the borough and welcome
MI johnson on his return to activity
III public life.
The borough finances are in q most
satisfactory condition. We began
the year with q debt amounting to
shout $4,000. 90, an inheritance from
the year 1909, but happily close the
6scal year out Of debt. As we have
passed to the new fiscal year with
ont using any of the money paid on
account Of the 1910 assessment, q
condition before arrived at, 1t
III to be hoped hat we shall be able
Ia go through the year without bor-
rowing. The borough money is now
i'll banked in t he Metuchen National
hank. In the corporate name OF the
borough, subject to drafts thereon,
To be signed by the mayor, attested
~ the borough clerk. and counter
signed by the collector or treasurer
The several committees OF the
council have done effective work and
desire to compliment them upon
this fact.
Tbs most excellent financial con
dItiOn Ii due to the careful planning
and foresight OF the Finance Com
mittee and the cheerful cooperation
Of the collector.
The Street Committee should have
honorable mention taking into con-
sideraticn what has been accomplish
"a with the means at hand.
The police department has had a
VERY duh year. thanks to the vigil
Ance OF the Police Committee and
oar efficient borough officers. Our
p~atrolling marshals have worked
faithfully and well, peace and good
order has been maintained and the
welfare and protection of persons
and property have been fully cared
for The hearty thanks OF the COM
mutifty are due to these officers.
The borough clerk has done most
excellent md effective work. He
has docketsd, indexed, cross-indexed,
backed and filed all borough docu-
menfa, so that they can be produced
ut i moment's notice. He has estab-
lfBh6d q pay day for borough en-
pIoyes. paying them the Wednesday
night following the council meetings.
We are fortunate to have SO capable
i gentleman serve the borough.
The borough recorder has been OF
material assistance In maintaining
the peace and good order Of our
His office has been conducted
With dignity and to the satisfaction
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-14
BE PAID
FOR INJURIES
Carnegie Ready to Support
tho Compensation Bill.

New York. Jan. 14.-AndreW Carne
gle and Colonel Roosevelt spoke ut the
annual meeting Of the National Civk
Federation tn the Hotel Astor OF
Compensation to Workers In Case Of
Industrial Accidents -
r. Tecumseh Sherman, chairman OF
the legal committee Of the department
on compensation for industrial acct
dents and their prevention. reported 3
proposed bill. Some OF Its provisions
are as follows:
In the case OF = man earning legs
than 1850 q car, II an accident inca
paoitated him from working, but was
not fatal. and In case the accident was
not the fault of tae injured man. 10
Is to be kaid for ten years half ~ th~
wages he waa earning. In case OF 9
fatal issue his family is to be paid his
wages for four years. the full
paid, however, not to exceed 5000.
Medical attendance II to be fur
nishsd In case the accident il not fatal.
the money so spent not to exceed 500.
Mr.. Carnegie said he was ready t.
support the proposed measure.
Colonel Roosevelt declared himself
strongly in favor OF the proposed COM
pensation bill, which would do away
with suits for damages, he said.
HA
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q; sss ~ /.

total ass8sSed VHrrss~vn@~s y1T
SOS, 8E5446, Of which sum $1,4b8,-
1876 is real estate and $140,670.4e
personal property. In order that the
assessDr's work mas be facilitated,
the council has ordered the prepare
stion Of an assessment map, ope Gee
tion OF which Is complete and can be
Inspected at any time on application
to tho borough clerk.
This collectors work for the year
III hnAshed and HIS efforts have prov
an very satisfactory. He has col
lected enough In Interest on delin-
uuenI taxes TO pay mis- salary rs col
llectox. The thanks OF the commun-
nv ara due these two officers.
The Board Of Health has presented
n very full and comprehensive re-
port / do not think the community
properly appreciates the value of the
rnselaish services OF this board.
The Shade Tree Commission has
gonasinto retirement through death
and resignation With the permits
zion OF your honorable body. / shall
revive tile anne.
The dangerous grade crossing
over the eLhigh Valley railway ha,
been closed and a new street opened
south OF the railroad connecting tn,
avenue through a public park decided
10 the borough. This has been &C
complished by and through the eff
forts and generosity of Charles G
Mundy. Esq, and William T. Camp
bell. Esq, the railroad company pay
ing all costs for damages and build
Ing the new maeadam road.
It Is again my pleasant duty t.
publicly acknowledge the great ser
vice rendered to the community b.
our firemen. Metuchen is very for
tunate in having two companies
maintained at a high degree Of eff
cheney by private subscription
Through the efforts of these compa
mics we are enabled to continue
low fire insurance rate. l conside.
IL 70 be the duty as well as the priv
ilege of every citizen to assist thes'
brave mel whenever 1t may be nee
essary, in the renewing of apparatu
and hose as they become worn out II
our service. Our borough has beer
grossly Disseminated against by tn
railroads by reason of the increased
communication rates.
Most vigorous and persistent eff
forts should be maintained, individ
ually as well as q community, to sup
port the Commuters League, of Me
taehens in its efforts to right thi;
wrong. This increase affects ever,
Individual who owns property In tai
community. for with this "Commu
tation Handicap" against Metuehel
tts growth viii be slow indeed. 1t 1
very unfortunte that the borough
council cannot assist in this move
ment by IN appropriation OF money
hui the borough Law limits the ex
penditure Of money to specific pur
poses.
The council has, however, passe,
resolutions calling upon the Govern
81 OF the state the United State
Senators and the Congressman {
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CIVIC FEDERATION TO
WORK TO END STRIKES
suessa1 bv uutfed Pres, yyfrs.

Special bu United Press Wirs.
New York, Jan. 14:-At the clos
ing session OF the Civic Federation
today resolutions were adopted advo-
eating the extension OF the Erdman
act to include all Interstate public
utilities, especially telegraph and
telephone companies. and advocat-
ing extended powers to all state de-
partments OF labor SO that compul-
sorry arbitration might be brought
about. The closing session of the
federation was devoted entirely to
the consideration OF methods for the
prevention OF strikes, especially In
public utilities
AT the closing session Seth Low was
reelected president and all the other
officers were reelected.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-14

One day Mr.. Beecher was dining be-
side Emerson and said. sAr. Emerson.
when 0 ars eadng this fine beef can
you tell by the nasor what kind of
grass the OK ateT"
why. no, of course mott"
Il am right glad to hear it," replied
Beecher, "for I have been feeding my
congregation on Emerson fer many Z
year, and I hare been afraid thar
would ind &c out"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-14
Acts Of the Apostles.

The weight OF testimony Is in favor
OF st. Luke as the author OF the Acts
of the Apostles, though some respect
able critics claim that the authorship
is quite unknown. There are no sure
data for determining the date of the
Acts Various dates have heen4 as
Ecrfbed. Some think that It was writ
ten about the year so. while others
hold that It could not have been writ
ten before the second century, about
A. ID. 125.-New York American.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-14
IA Sensitive Child.

Uncle GusESo this Is the baby, eh7
I used to look just like him at that
age. What's ne crying about now?
Niece Susie-0h, Uncle Gus. he heard
what you safds-Chfcago News.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-14

BY desiring what Is perfectly good
we are part Of the divine power
against evil.-George Elliot.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

IN the office of State Superintendent of
! Public Instruction, MIR. Holloway has
forced the progress that marked his career in
the lesser field. He has been a deOeober of
Florida's educational resources, and today the
school system Of the state is moving toward
the upward plane of e69faiciency-fom the
lower to the higher forms of education-in a
manner that proves the ability and energy of
it's head. The forward movement of education
IN Florida is mirror Of his administration.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

the world 1t costs $4,000 to raise
baby and you never can tell whether it
is going to be worth $4,000 or soc when
it grows up. However, if 1t is a girl
you can always find some young man
to take chance on her in that other
great gamble-Matrimony.
Babies are very feeble and could
be completely demolished by a strong
man. Yet they often live for So years,
which Is more than any strong man
can do. But babies do not smoke
cigars. drink cocktails, or eat 10 grid
die cakes at a sitting. Feed a baby on
lobster Newburg and it would soon
fade away. Strong men grow old and
feeble on beefsteak while small babies
grow strong and big on milk alone.
There are three kinds of babies-cow
babies tin babies and home talent
babies.
Babies are not often given the con-
sideration they are entitled to- Among
today's babies are the presidents of
1860, the steel kings of 1850, the base
ball stars of 1910, the aviators of 1880
and the golf champions of 1885.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10
EXPERT BABY TALK
FROM POLK COUNTY RECORD.

do not tell ancient stories to their
friends, or talk politics when they
want to read a good book, or tell them
that the country is going to the dogs,
or ask them for SIS until pay day. AS
babies grow older they talk more and
lose a few more friends each year.
A young boy baby is frantically be-
loved by hundreds of women, but after
he is grown up and has learned con-
versation in all it's branches he is
lucky if he can keep one woman fond
Of him long enough to die married.
Babies are great diplomats. A baby
can induce a strong man to get up
at night and prance all over the place
in his pajamas, though the man would
positively refuse to do it for his wife
or his employer or the president of
the United States. Men who never
sung a note in their lives, and would
fight at the suggestion from anyone
else, will sing half the night when
requested to do so by a mere baby
with no particular eloquence at it's
command. Babies are the gamble Of
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

Rob people of their day dreams and
one of the most consoling pleasures
will have been taken from mankind.
Rob some people of their day dreams
and you will rob them of their only
higher thoughts, for unfortunately,
some people only have noble aspira-
tions when entranced in one or the
spells commonly called day dreams.
Tennyson said I'm the spring
young mans fancy lightly turns to
thoughts of love-" and if the poet hao
gone farther into the subject he would
no doubt have told of the day dreams
of the bits of fernininities who occu-
pied the fancies Of the young men. NO
matter what the season may be there
is some subject which is most appro-
pirate for day dreams and this is the
time for thoughts of Christmas gifts.
Next to the exquisite pleasure of day
dreaming the giving of Christmas gifts
is the most pleasant thing that l know
of. but when dreaming day dreams OF
Christmas gifts to those who Will ap-
preciate them most occupies your time
for a moment, you wish to close your
eyes and dream on forever.
Some of IFS may be so situated that
we cannot give the gifts that We would
give but 6ay dreams of them are
within the reach of all of us II we VIII
forget self long enough.
Did you ever pause for moment
or an hour and draw q mental picture
of the Christmas gift you would give
and the ones who would be mace
happy by such a gift? OF course you
have, and then mere thoughts OF such
a gift made you feel better.
It would not do for all Of us to
want to give the same gifts, for moth
ing would make a child as unhappy as
to get a super abundance of candy on
Christmas morning and to lind that
the toys and the rubber pig that
saueals missing. The little girls would
like the candy for a spell but candy
will, not take the place OF the goloen
haired dolly that goes to sleep Wnen
sh9 is laid down. So yo- see We must
each do our own giving 20 make
everyone happy during the Christmas
season.
In dreaming of Christmas gifts you
have all of the latitude you may de-
sire. Your actual surplus after paying
your weekly expenses may amount 10
but dollar and a quarter still you
may have dreams of being a million
aire many time over, and since 1t is
quite as easy to give a million dollar
Christmas gift in dreams as 1t is TO
give a ten cent baby RATHER, why not
have millionaire dreams.
That's the kind I have. If l could
carry Mr.. carnegie OIL INTO uTedIuldhu
and show him what I would give for
a Christmas gift, I know he would be
far happier than he will ever be by
giving his hundred thousand dollar
libraries, not that giving libraries is
not a worthy ambition.
When I first entered this mysterious
country of Day Dreamland my first
impulse was to search out every little
fellow who Santa Claus might pass
over in his annual trip through this
land of ours For these boys and girls
/ thought would buy a million dollars
worth of toys and candies and picture
books and fire. crackers as big as
baseball bats. Picture, if you can, these
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10
DAY DREAMS OF CHRISTMAS GIFTS
By William Bryan Mack.

thousands of little ones-strangers to
Santa Claus-going into their stock
ing on Christmas morning. Imagine
the happiness such gift would make
possible by taking a trip into Dream
land.
After / saw tucked into their little
beds on Christmas night the thousands
of little ones who had been visited by
Santa Claus for the first time, my
thoughts went out to another class Of
people to whom Christmas does not
bring any joy. These are the ones
who fill the prisons Of the country.
and the ones who have no homes
whatever One of the saddest states
into which man can fall, think, is to
be without home or friends and believe
that the world and every person in 1t
hates you.
Men and women reach that strata
in life.
When thought of these unfortunate
ones my heart went out to them, and
with millions at my disposal I sought
to give them a Christmas gift that
would make them happy.
While you may be immensely rich
in your dreams you still may be at
loss to develop plans that will carry
out your ideas. Just what kind of a
gift would please these people most I
could not decide upon. To bring them
back to the happy state of childhood
and allow them to begin life anew
would be the greatest gift, of course,
but even in dreams time cannot be
changed.
Then I thought would build home
for them under the sunny skies Of
Florida. All of the doors ! would open
to them and would not only ask but
insist that they come into their own
home. This gift would be failure
to a large extent I knew for the man
and boy, woman and girl who, is hard
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

A baby is large volume Of noise
entirely surrounded. by safety pins.
The baby itself is not large, how
ever. 1t rarely weighs more than an
unabridged dictionary, and is, very
fragile to look at. But then the
smallest baby can make noise which
will cause an old bachelor three blocks
away to tear the picture of Roosevelt
from the wall and stamp on it.
This is because a baby deals exclu-
sively in noise. He does nothing and
thinks of nothing but making noise.
Men who have become great by stick
ing to one thing and learning all about
it claim that specialization is new
idea, but for over 5000 years babies
have specialized in noise, and their
success is more impressive than that
of Edison or Hans Wagner.
Babies are very young and have no
past to speak of. They are greatly
beloved by all who know them, not
because of what they, say. but be-
cause of what they do not say. Babies
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

ened against the world needs more
than an invitation.
What think you of Christmas gift
to this class of people, made so by our
social and Industrial laws? Few men
are criminally inclined at first but
circumstances and environments make
them so. Think of the thousands of
wandering men and boys and women
and girls living amid the hustle and
hustle of modern civilization, who
think that the world is against them
and it is.
Except in our day dreams most of
us cannot reach this class of persons
except by offering cheering word and
a helping hand at the right time. Of
tentimes the desire to do better things
is cast aside when another who ought
to offer a friendly hand gives the cold
shoulder and an insulting slur.
If you should possess material
wealth to an amount equal to your
possessions while dreaming, to whom
would you make the largest Christmas
gift It might be to those afflicted
in body, or another class of people
might appeal to you most. Others
might want to feed the hungry on
Christmas day but there are some OF
US who would build an institution
where men and boys and women and
girls might come to work and live and
receive a new lease on life. They
could then go out and face the world
with different ideas and with a de-
termination to do something for man
kind, if not for God.
1t is the boys who have no home and
who think they have no friends that
my heart warns for at Christmas
time. I would build them a home a
mile long and with the grounds like
the fairy gardens in story books, if my
day dreams would come true.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10
caustic As connoisseurs.

Miss Eliza beth Marbury, the noted
dramatic agent of New York and
Paris, was discussing, at the Colony
club, wine connoisseurs.
Perhaps" said Miss Marbury. cit
is a fine thing to be able to tell a
Bourgogne from a Bordeaux wine. a
1900 from a 1905 champagne, and all
that sort of thing-and certainly the
men who can do it are inordinately
fond Of their ability
Miss Marbury smiled.
'All the same" she said, these long
discussions about wine always seem
to me the sort of talk in which prize
pigs would indulge, if prize pigs drank
claret instead of swill. Boston Her
aid.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

ests of the new state. He was born
in Herkimer county, New York, in
1858. He went to Fort Scott. Kan, in
1880 and while there was admitted to
the bar. The same year he came to
New Mexico. For ten years he did
surveying and mining engineering and
in 1890 took charge OF the CarrizoZo
ranch and has held the position of
manager ever since. He has a wife
and one daughter.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10
William W. Holloway Has Produced Much Educational Advancement
Without Cost to the People,

f he FUN in aymg OF
b. ee h Ip TI
VIM. M Holloway Candidate for Reflection Let Him Continue His Faithful Work
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

After a man has been arrested for
bigamy he can't understand how
Solomon acquired his reputation for
wisdom.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

A troupe OF New York chorus girls
has been provided with chaperonS.
but the Pittsburg millionaires are stu
unprotected.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

A fool tells what he is going to do,
but a wise man points to what he has
done.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

Many a mans idea Of good sermon
is one that isn't strenuous enough to
interfere with his nap.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

Instead of talking about man be-
hind his back, be considerate and
register kick.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

Much of our misery is due to the
fact that we think we are miserable.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-10

TOR twelve years MIR. Holloway was
l Superintendent of Public Instruction of
Alachua county. During that time he built up
the school system Of that county until it ranked
as among the first in the state. In November,
1901, at the State Fair in Jacksonville, the
school exhibit of Alachua county was giuen
first place and gold medal awarded. This
was in competition against the whole
state, and Mr.. Holloway was superintendent
of Alachua county at that time.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-31

times, and said that ought to have an
operation. | would not listen to that.
and when friend af my husband told
lin abont Lydia Il. Pinkham's .Vege-
table Compound and what it had done
for his wife, I was willing to take 1T.
Now / look the picture OF health and
feel like it, too. can do my own house
work, hoe my garden, and milk COW.
/ can entertain company and ENJOY
them. / can visit when | choose, and
walk as far as any ordinary woman,
any day in the month. / wish ! could
talk toevery sufferingwoman andgirl."
Mrs. DEMA BETHUNE, Sikeston, MO.
The most successful remedy in this
country for the cure of all forms or
female complaints is Lydia L. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound.
1t Is more widely and successfully
used than any other remedy. 1t has
cured thousands of women who have
been troubled with displacements, in
flammation, ulceration tibroid tumors,
Irregularities, periodic pains, backache,
that bearing down feeling, inaigestion,
and nervous prostration, after all other
means had failed, Why don'tyou trylt2
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1911-05-31

TIMELY HINTS
FOR FARMERS
Selecting Head OF the Flock.

In selecting ram two classes Of
breeding should be ,avoihed-the com
mon scrub, that has no good charac-
teristics to fix. and the pure bred
scrub" without individuality. whose
purity of breeding only gives him
greater power to work ruin In the
flock Good individuality, backed by
several generations of good ancestry,
will insure prepotency with almost I'm
failing certainty where the ewes are
suitable and management correct.
Great attention should be paid to the
rams general contour. His structure
should be firm and massive. with
broad spacious breast, no dispropor
tionate length of legs and well formed
and fully developed quarters. especi'
ally the hind quarters. His loin should
be stout and well knit, his features
bold. and Il muscular neck Is desirable
a bold and courageous eve and car
rage are indicative OF spirit and vigor
Ills head should be long. but rather
small and wen nodded.