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Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-29
kSHLAkDS To ENTER
A BASKETBALL TEAM

The AshIands have announced
their Intention Of forming a basket
ball team. They have many Of the
players of last years team and with
the addition Of several others they
consider their prospects bright. They
will probably join a Junior league If
one Is formed. They have secured
the use Of a hall and practice will
begin Immediately. Hornsby, Smith,
Regain, and McCreery have already
been spoken Of as probable mem
bers of the team.
Further arrangements will be
made at the next meeting of the
club and plans for a schedule will be
adopted.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-29
LIVE ., $500 TIPS

List to this: If Dick Betchel has
dough, has Patty Rocks?
Staten Misunderstanding Totem
ville-is not so proud of its ball
tossers. Saturday the Danes took
a fall out of that bunch and glory
be to the Danes.
Perth Amboy Methodists VS.
South Amboy Methodists is the lat
est. But it is a baseball game. Yet
it might serve to revive the old Sun
day school league which fIourlshed
a few years ago.
That will be a good game. The
Maurer A. c. VS.. St. Anthonys. Ii
will come off Labor Day at Amuse-
ment park and, take it from me.
there will be a big crowd on hand.
Both teams say they'll win, OF
course.
Huguenot boasts OF a first class
player In the name of Hennessy
who holds down the first corner for
the H. A. c. Several teams are
dileI IluI5 IuAOT states.
1t will be the first class thing HUI
guenot ever turned out, anyway.
All eyes on the Tuesday Fishing
Club. They are going to fish of
a tie today. out from MOrgan's Sta,
ton. Two boats, a side bet, and
good weather will make things in,
teresting for the party, 1 imagine.
When is the Lptos Club going tc
start up againP
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-29
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

Rachael Virginia Valentine, one
e%ntine, deceased, by direction of the
Surrogate of the County Of Middle
sex, hereby gives notice to the cred
itors of the said Milford D. Valen-
tine, to bring in their debts, de-
mands and claims against the estate
Of the said deceased, under oath or
affirmation, within nine months from
this date. or they will be forever
barred of any action therefor against
the said executrix.
Dated July II, 1911.
RACHAEL VIRGINIA VALENTINE,
EXecutriX.
22776-7-1S-9t-oew
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-29
B b and Sunday.

The observance Of the Sabbath by
the Jews is first mentioned after the
exodus of the Israelites from Egypt,
but no direct evidence Of its being
kept in pstriarchal times is to be
found In the Pentateuch. The early
Christian church observed the first day
of the week in commemoration of the
resurrection OF Christ, and this grad
ually took the place among Christians
ofthe Jewish Sabbath. The very ear
lest law by which the observance OF
the first day of the week was ordained
Is the ediet of the Emperor Constan-
tine. A. d. 821--New York American
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TO PLAY
HELMETTA SATURDAY
spscfal TO th5 EVENING vERSn

Jamesburg, Aug. 29.-Jamesburg
VS.. Helmetta is the attraction offered
by Manager George Tomson for this
Saturday in the way Of a baseball
game. Helmetta will make an at
tempt to keep a clean slate by win
ming the final game of the season. as
the total games played this season
have been Yictors for the latter.
Lincoln avenue grounds will be the
scene OF action.
Owing to the rain Saturday the
senior baseball team did not start
for Monmouth Junction to play their
scheduled game with the team OF
that town, cancellfng the game in the
morning.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-29
IR0QUOIs GOING To
. MT. LORETTO SUNDAY

On account of wet grounds the
IroQuois were unable to play the
game scheduled with the Goodwills
lIunday. The Iroquois viii travel to
Mt. Loretto next Sunday to play the
fast team from that place again.
MuIlin will be back on the Job in
the stall and Schultz will act in
the receiving CAPACITY.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-29

AMERICAN LEAGUE
Al Observation-Disclosures, 81 Detroit, 3.
Batteries-Plank and Thomas; Donovan.
Covington and Stanage,
At St, Louis-New York. a. st. Louis, 2
Batteries-Caldweil n sweeneyi Curry,
Hamilton and Stephens.
At Chicago-Boston, 1. Chicago, l. Bat
teries-Pape~ and Carrigani Baker and
Block.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-29
BASEBALL.
Results of Games Played In National

Results Of Games Played In National
and American Leagues.
NATIONAL LEAGUE.
At New York-New York, q; St Lor,Ir
Q. Betteries-MarQuard and Myers: Steele
n Bliss.
At Brooklyn-CincInnati, 2; Brooklyn, L
Batteries-Fromme, Casper and Mclean;
Rucker and Erwin.
At Boston-Pittsburg, 8; Boston, 0. Bat
teries-Adams and Gibson; Perdus and
King.
At Philadelphia-Chicago. s; Philadel-
phia, l. Batteries-Brovn and Needham;
Alexander, Burns and Spencer,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-29
Wet Courts Delay Tennis Match.

Wet courts again prevented the
tennis games this morning, but the
contestants hope to get together to-
morrow morning, when Oren Brown
ing and Russell Woglom, Scott
Burns and Hans Roessler. Chester
Peck and FIRTH Roessler will meet
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-29

Professor-I tell you the phonograpt
is a great invention. Pupil-Yes; il
speaks for itself.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-29
A Sixth Sense.

Why should a sixth sense become a
bore? Because it would be q new
sense ~(nuisancel.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-29

tween the boys should furnish one
OF the finest fstic events Of the year.
The conclusion drawn by ring ex-
perts Is that IL Wolgast is forced to
live up to the Queensberry rules IN
this city Mcfarland will outpoint
him with plenty to spare In the ten
round bout, If Wolgast couldn't
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-29

MOON CHANGES IN AUGUST.
First quarter, LIST; full moon, eth;
last quarter, 18th; new moon, 23rd;
first quarter, S1st.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-29

outpoint K. o. Brown, a clumsy and
awkward fighter, in ten rounds, 1t is
argued that he will have his hands
full in a bout of similar length with
a clever boy like Mcfarland. VOL
CASTS best chance to whip McFar-
land d~ecisively would be in a long
fight.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-29

You'll find it In the NEWS.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-29

1t will be the first class thing HUI
guenot ever turned out, anyway.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-04-13
Relief Of Old Horses.

Every lover Of and sympathizer
with dumb animals will rejoice at the
progress that is being made in the
movement for the relief OF old horses
II Is pitiful sight to see an aged and
decrept horse dragging his SCARED
and weary body about as an annex to
the ramshackle wagon Of some ped.
dler or rag collector who by no
chance will properly care for him and
bought him for song only to work
him to death. One day the old animal
falls In the street and is unable to
rise. The bullet that becomes his por.
tion soon after Is the most merciful
thing he has known for months. The
division Of old horse relief of the Bos.
ton Work-fiorse Parade association
has been active in securing from bust.
ness concerns their assurance that
horses will not be sold after their
value becomes $50, which is the
amount agreed as that at which
horse had really passed his useful.
ness The response to the request
that when horse has reached this
period he be pensioned or mercifully
killed has been very encouraging
Boston Traveller.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-04-13
Her Little Mistake,

She weighed 224 II she weighed an
ounce. and she did weigh an ounce.
The whole rink shook and rumbled as
she struggled round In her efforts to
master the whirling art. Suddenly-a
terrific thud-a groan-and there,
piled up upon the boarding. lay
heap Of overbalanced femininity. A
dozen stalwarts hastened to her aid.
But her avoirdupols was too much for
their heaving. The woman opened
her eyes. 'You will have to wait but
moment. madam" politely remarked
a third. I'VE have just sent for the
crane. trust you are not hurt?"
"N.n.no. ! don't think sol" she gasped
bravely back. But. oh, there are
some dreadful Jumps In your noor!"
"Lumps. be hanged. madam" growled
half.smothered voice from under
meath. I'm not a lump; I'm one OF
Me attendants!"
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-04-13

We'll. sir. shadowed Backus for
three or four voyages without getting
on to his game. He was cunning as
they make EN-. For instance, at the
end OF every trip he'd regularly de.
declare a small parcel of stones and
pay the customs duty; and yet with
In a few weeks Sternmuler and the
trade would discover that they were
being undersold, and It was always
the choicest gems that were offered
In this way.
There's one good thing about Bul.
livants-they never hurry their men;
once you're put In charge OF a case
they let you alone until you cry
enough! So ! simply reported prog.
ress. sat tight. and remembers the old
adage about the pitcher going once
too often to the well' For In my own
mind ! was certain sure that sooner
or later I'd catch our friend Backus.
And SO | did.
We were coming west on the Ced.
ric' For several voyages I'd been
shadowing the gentleman, under diff.
ferent disguises. but had never spoken
to him. This trip thought I'd get a
little closer. So, in my rightful char.
acter as southern tobacco grower
! really was, you know. once upon n
time-l allowed him to scrape a
smoke'room acquaintance. After that
we we're together quite lot. Upon
every topic but his real business |
found him mighty pleasant fellow
an Importer he said he was: we
promenaded the decks. smoked, and
yarned and bet on the days run Just
as any other chance acqualntances
might.
On the evening Of the NTH day out
we happened to exchange cigars, and
he handed me fine large perfecto,
rich, fat. long. and dark. saying:
Try this, Mr.. Stanwood; l think
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oopynsA. $50. By W. O. Chapman,

stop. / tell you. Decide on your own
way-that's your business-and let
us know when you've got the right
kind Of evidence"
Well. Bullivants assigned me to the
Job. Facts l had none. save that
Binns & Backus we're rated AL plus
In the commercial agencies; that they
did an apparently straight business.
and were also reported to be making
money hand over fist. made 1t my
business to find out when brother
Backus planned to make his next trip
abroad, and went on the same steam
er-but my wife wouldn't have known
me. My game was to watch him
from the time he crossed the gang.
plank In New York till he came back
and likewise to keep out Of his way.
Well, | shadowed him to Antwerp.
which found was his headquarters
on the other side, and there was very
little he did that ! wasn't wise TO.
For instance. found out that he
was very thick with gang OF |. d.
B's-that Is Illicit Diamond Buyers
from the African mines-tor In spite
Of all their vigilance out there a GER
tain percentage OF fine stones get
away every year. or course, these
contraband diamonds could be bought
considerably under the market rate,
and at first | thought Sternmuler and
his associates In the trade were mis-
taken as to the smuggling, and that
this was the advantage which enabled
Binns & Backus to undersell the mar
ket But when found that all hands
were more or less implicated In the
surreptitious buying Of these Illicit
diamonds changed my tune,
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-04-13
MENACE OF COLLAR BUTTON
Point Presses Into the Spinal Column
and Often 10 Cause Of serl.
Gus Trouble.

Chicago.-The doctor didn't say,
Your asthma and bronchitis are
caused by your collar BUTTON" but
after feeling under the collar at the
back Of the patients neck he did say.
ITS a wonder q person who wears
such collar button can breathe at
all.
Il suppose for rs years you have
been wearing high, rigid collars" con.
tinued the doctor, with a collar but.
ton half an inch long pressing heav.
lily against the spinal column near
where 1t enters the brain-where 1t
enlarges into the medulla oblongata.
The tall, stiff collar. worn as tight as
you wear It. cuts of good deal Of
the blood supply from the head.
When you lean forward over your
desk 1t chokes the big blood vessels
that supply the brain; then when you
lean back 1t presses hard against the
base OF the brain itself. But the col.
lar button, such as you wear. and as
most men wear, Is worse than the
collar. and together they are certainly
a vicious combination. The medulla
contains vital centers Of the auto.
matte action Of the body. The chief
Of these centers Is that controlling
respiration. II the medulla is injured
death ensues by suffocation. In cases
Of hanging 1t Is the injury to this cen.
ter that causes death. The medulla
Is also the center for the vasomotor
nerves. regulating the size Of the
blood vessels. A heavy and continu.
GUS pressure on the spinal column
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-04-13

IL, Of course, II II wouldn't be tres.
passing on professional secrets"
Not at all" he countered. I'll
use fictitious names, anyway-so you
can print all you've a mind to. and
no onell be hurt. This was the how
OF 1t, or rather the way II began.
And then he told me the following
yarn straight from Bulliyants ar.
chiyes:
One day about ten years ago there
blew into this Office one OF the lead.
Ing diamond importers In the Maiden
Lane district He was hot all over
and boiling mad Says he:
This thing has got to stop, else we
and every other honest house might
Just as well go out OF business" The
chief smooths him down and inquiries
what's the trouble.
Just this" says Mr.. Sternmuler.
There's firm wn yonder-Binns
& Backus-who're underselling every
other house In the trade In the fnes,
grade OF unset stones. There's only
one explanation-they don't pay the
duty. See7 Binns is the residen,
partner; Backus-his names really
Backhaus. and he's Belgian-does
the travelling and the smuggling But
they're so devilIsh clever about II that
they've never been caught, although
the customs people have been after
'em for the last four or hve years
Don't ask me how he does 1t. for
don't know. But we want you to find
out I've got the trade behind me,
and we'll stand for any expense In
reason. All We ask you to do 10 to
stop their little game"
pretty large contract" says the
chief, his eyes twlnkling. but guess
we can handle II. given SUN icient time
and money"
"Take all you want Of both." says
stsrnmuler. "The things got 10
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-04-13
Clubhouse for Girl Students.

The club women Of Boston are In.
teresting themselves In a clubhouse
for undergraduate girl students. The
clubhouse comprises two separate
three-story apartments thrown togeth.
er. On the first floor are the dining.
rooms and Offices. on the second are
the rest and study rooms and the re.
mainder Of the space Is given over to
sleeping rooms. Of which there are
IA. At present there are 20 girls liv.
Ing at the clubhouse and paying from
seven to ten dollars a week for room
and board. The club 10 open to any
girl student Of good standing In the
higher schools Of Boston. Afternoon
tea Is served free and 4 member may
bring friend for ten cents extra.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-04-13

scrutiny revealed none Of the tel1tass
marks I had sxpscted to ind. But
on going to the bottom of the box !
discovered that each band. on the un-
dermost layer bore . minute cross In
red ink-so small. in fact, ~ to O.
cape al ordinary observance. being
apparently part Of the gaudy design.
This was what / was looking for. 30
I slipped one Of the marked cigars
into my vest pocket, substituted for 1t
another from the open box on the
table 10 as to make the tally correct
should Backus count them, restored
the box to the Gladstone bag. which
snapped and locked itself. and betook
my way to the saloon, where my room.
mate discovered me calmly eating my
lunch when he came in.
Immediately after the meal he went
back to his game Of bridge. being
properly anxious to press his luck"
for *hi"h | thanked the Fates, and
was left free to put my theory to the
test.
Right aft l went to the turtle-back.
There the deck was deserted. Turn
ing my back on the ship I drew out
the marked Perfecto Ruthlessly l
broke 1t In two. and then crumbled
the leaf, wrapper and filler. In my
palms just as pipe smoker serves
his plug-cut Result: goodly hand
full Of faky brown tobacco. But from
the dark depths OF the mass sundry
hidden CLEANS shot forth. Carefully
winnowing the pulverized fragments
in the smart breeze. then blowing and
letting them watt away astern. there
were gradually disclosed four beauti-
ful diamonds glittering and scintilla.
ting in the sunlight. each at least six
or eight carats In weight, and worth
at least thousand dollars apiece
had discovered the secret OF Binns &
Backus. and why they could undersell
the New York diamond market"
"And them" l queried as Manley
ceased speaking to relight his pana.
tella.
The rest was easy. Shinnecock
Light was abeam and we would dock
In few hours. knew to a dot what
Backus would do. According to Gus.
tom. he'd declare a small parcel OF in.
ferior stones, then march coolly down
the gang-plank bag In hand. A Gus.
toms inspector would go through his
Gladstone and find nothing dutiable;
the partly-smoked box of cigars called
for no duty: In fact, Mr.. Inspector
would probably be jovially handed one
Of the gaily.banded smokes-of course.
one Of those with unmarked labels;
the purely perfunctory ceremony over
and done with, the travelling member
OF Binns & Backus would call cab
and proceed to office or home accord.
ing to the time Of day or night"
so you" was beginning again.
when Manley again took the words
out OF my mouth.
so used the wireless. as you
were about to suggest. Result: the
box Of Perfectos was seized on sus-
plcion. the diamonds were confiscated,
Binns & Backus had to pay heavy
fine. and my two years work resulted
in breaking up one of the cleverest
smuggling schemes e"er devised to
beat Uncle Sans revenue"
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-04-13
TEACHER USES CHAIR
ON OFFENDING PUPIL
Unusual chzstlsemsnt Causes Great
Sensation In Illinois
Town.

Alton, 1ll.-In an effort to maintain
discipline in the high school Of Upper
Alton. Principal |. W. Bush broke q
chair on the head and shoulders Of
Ralph Reeder after slapping him TN
the face for an alleged infraction OF
the rules. This unusual form Of chas-
tsement caused Edward Reeder, faith
er Of the boy. to swear out warrant
against the principal. charging him
with assault. Recently an epidemic
Of gum-chewing swept over the school.
and the incessant wagging Of jaws in.
terfered seriously with studies. The
board instructed the principal to stop
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-04-13
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mysteries, as he and sat In the coy
corner OF an uptown New York cafe
not thousand miles from the Great
White Way.
so I've heard" I commented just
to keep the conversational pot boil.
Ing: mot that personally know much
about II, but I've read lot. and I'm
willing to take your word for the
rest"
Manley nodded. slipped his Rhine
wine and seltzer. lighted one OF his
interminable Panatelas. and settled
b.mself comfortably. Seeming a story
merely looked as intelligent as
possibly could
Yes" he went on. II once tracked
one OF 'em for two solid years"
And" prompted.
"Oh, yes. got him at last. But
only by accident after all" True
genius is ever modest. you see.
"l'd like to hear about It," ! muir
INJURED. hltching my chair closer to the
little round table between US. that
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such as is exerted by q collar button
that is SO long and 30 firmly held a.
to imbed Itself deeply In the tis.
sues Of the neck cannot help but af.
feet the nerves leaving the medulla,
causing troubles in breathing and a
long line Of distressing symptoms due
to vasomotor nervous disturbances.
II would not say that a shorter col.
lar button and loose and soft collar
would cure your asthma, but they Ger.
tainly are among the remedies indi.
Gated. Just think Of the weight OF
pressure that 10 put on that collar but.
ton, with heavy winter clothing, tight
ntting as to collars Of vest. coat and
overcoat, forcing this small piece Of
metal deeper and deeper down on
these nerves that control the most
vital functions Of the body"
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-04-13

the gum-chewing at all hazards. Bush
said Reeder. who Is fourteen years old.
was one Of the worst offenders. and
that he repeated the offense in spite
Of the strict orders. Bush said he
slapped the boy on the face two or
three times. and the lad resisted and
put up such strong fight that In
self-defense Bush picked up chair
and Swung 1t on him couple Of
times" until the chair broke.
The Raymer enterprise., 1911-04-13

T ALL forms OF mod.
ern get.rich a vi C k
schemes. dia IN o n d
smuggling Is the easiest
and the most profit.
able. Captures are few.
and while the risks are
great. the rewards are
correspondlngly great"
Thus spake Mark
Manley. In reminiscent
mood. the young.look-
ing gray-haired special
agent OF Bullivants
Limited. crime detec-
tors and solvers OF
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-07-29

sudden glory arising from a sudden
conception OF some eminency In our
selves by comparison with the infirm-
ity of others, or with our own for
merry"
II laugh Is a benefaction and the
provoker of laugh a benefactor, why
are there more statues to dull people
than to witty ones? Who was the
greatest laugh promoter in history.
1t was said Of Sidney Smith that he
was the father of 10000, 900 laughs.
Laughter" said Lord Rosebery re-
Gently. 'is \ physical necessity We
live under a sunless sky, surrounded
BY a melancholy ocean. and 1t Is a
physical necessity for the English ma
tion-even for the Scotch nation and
the Welsh nation-to laugh. 1t ex-
hilarates all social relations. Was
not" his lordship added. the laugh
The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1911-07-29

For years several representatives IN congress
tried to secure an appropriation to be used Tor
the building o, a monument General Miller at
Peterboro, n. H.. which town I'll Try Sir"
lived farm before the of 1912, and for
years after its close. The representatives who
had the matter of pushing the bill In hand used
the words OF Captain Miller at Lundy's Lane to
express their own determination to secure VIC
tory. They certainly did try. and the speeches
that made before the library committee OF
congress held patriotic appeals in every sentence
Apparently. however, IL easier for Miller to
capture a battery against odds than IT was for
members of congress capture the dollars neces-
sary build monument of enduring stones
to his memory.
1t was a Of try and try again. While tho
cause of Miller whose heroism worth
dozen monoments was being pleaded congress
voted money for memorials to other men less de-
serving Finally. however. New Hampshire
member who had been digging into history found
something about I'll Try Sir's' career which
generally known. Congress had been
told time and again that Captain Miller not only
had shown conspicuous gallantry at Lundy Lane.
but that prior to that fight he had thrashed a
superior force of British and Indians at Managua-
Congress had also been told that Miller had COM
manded the center column Of General Browns
army, which routed what was apparently an
Overwhelmingly greater force Of the British at
Fore Erie
These things didn't make impression. Con-
gress seemed to think that inasmuch as Miller
a soldier that it his business to defeat
superior forces OF the enemy every day in the
week without imposing any monument-raising
duty posterity. The New Hampshire member.
however, found out that after the of 1912
Miller went back to his farm Petersboro.
plowed fields chopped wood and MIXED the cows
instead OF going to Washington to ask the gov
ernment to do something for him account of
his record
Miller's popularity was such after the treaty OF
peace that tho government probably would have
been glad to give him anything that 1t had to
give. When I'll Try Sir" was asked why he
was playing Cincinnatus instead of taking 4 Job
in Washington, he replied When begin
leaving the farms for the cities the nation will
begin to decay
Congress told Of this saying OF Miller's,
and either admiration for his choice Of a farm
er's life else belief that he was a prophet
who before long might have the truth Of his
prophecy proved brought a favorable report
from the committee on library In the matter OF
the monument at Petersboro.