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Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-17
SEEK ROOMMATE AND $4,000.
Fritz Brarnnaer IL Accused or Signing
For Anothcr's Registered Mail.

Fritz 5rasnnaer In Accused OF Signing
Fer Another's Registered Mail.
Trenton, N. j., Nov. 17.-Wide search
is being made by postoface inspectors
and private detectives for Fritz Bran
mer, accused Of signing for a regis
tered letter addressed to Raymond
Snyder, his roommate. The letter was
from a Philadelphia lawyer and ON
tanned a draft on the Bank OF Eng
land for $4,000 and $3.50 in American
bank notes.
After he received the letter, 1t Is
charged, Brammer visited the New
Jersey State Hospital For the Insane
and drew $10.13 due to Snyder.
The draft for $1,000 had been for.
warded TO Snyder by his sister as his
share Of an estate.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-17
$4,000 Fire In Oil Works.

sEdgewater, N j., Nov. 1.-THE fire
in the Valveline Oil works here did
$4,000 worth of damage. The Edge
water fire department did its best to
quench the fire quickly, but 1t was out
classed. The FIRE consumed the barrels
of oil and spread to the printing estab-
lishment. A small tank of naphtha
exploded. but no one happened to be
near Ii at the time.
The EVENING NEWS has the
largest circulation In the county.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-17
ADMITS KILLING.
Prisoner Says He Shot Man In seli
Defense.

Defense.
Jersey City, n. T., Nov. 16.-Charles
Kuhn, twenty-five years old, was held
without bail in the First criminal court
here on a charge of homicide. Kuhn
admits he shot and killed Louis Foster,
twenty-six years old, late on Wednes-
day night in a lunch wagon owned by
q friend.
He says, however, that the shooting
was done In self defense, his victim
having ~wrongfully attacked him. The
shooting was the second to occur In
the same place within an hour, but nc
one was injured In the first affair.
, 1911-10-12
construction PRINCIPLES Alike.

Herr Knauth, the architect In
charge Of the Cathedral of Strassburg.
has shown that the principles of con-
struction followed by the great cathe-
dral builders of former times are
Identical with those used by the
builders of the Egyptian Pyramids.
and are based or triangulation. The
same simple geometrical figure under
lies all these constructions. More
than this, Herr Knauth traces the
architectural principle in the forma-
ton Of crystals. and lays down this
formula: THE laws of proportion in
medieval architecture are the geomet'
rical laws Of capitalization"
, 1911-10-12
His Brood Diminished.

A little group of commuters on the
New York, New Haven g. Hartford
road have discovered a new gambling
game with a fun attachment, says the
New York Tribune. Three of the party
board the train at one station and
keep the place and a deck of cards
ready for the fourth, who gets on five
minutes later. Mr.. Fourthman has
lately developed the chicken raising
habit and takes up valuable time tell
ing his friends about his wonderful In
cubators. The latest with him is an
incubator, and he smiled broadly
when he reported the first crop.
Fifty alive and doing well-not so
bad for a novice" la his self-satis-
ned report. Daily since then losses
have been spoken Of and his friends
now gamble IN the size of the brood.
He was greeted a day or two ago on
entering the train with: How many
"Nineteen-that's ALL" and the man
who took No. IS, being nearest, got
the pool.
, 1911-10-12
Aro,snt Church Custom.

At the Parish Church, Chard. Som
erset, the other morning. at the con.
oiusion Of tho hymn before the ser
mon, Prsbsndary Farrer remained
standing at the entrance to the chan
eel while . sergeant of police marched
through the center aisle carrying one
Of the curious old borough maces and
an oficial looking document. which
he duly presented to the vicar, and
without waiting for It to be opened re.
turned to tho west entrance. The
vicar then entered the pulpit, opened
the envelope. read the contents to
himself and proceeded with the ser
mon. This document was the ofioial
notification given to the vicar that
the town council had elected q church
warden for the ensuing year. priv.
lege which. according to an ancient
custom, the council possess-London
Daily Mail.
, 1911-10-12
HONOR CLAIMED BY IRISHMEN
many Firm In Belief That Ct. Brsndan
the Navigator First Reached tho
Western World.

lrishmen have long contendsd thst
thsir W st. Brendan the Navigator
In his voyages of the sixth century wa
the frst TO bring back accounts of
the land beyond the western edge of
the world. and the enthusiasts Of the
Celtic revival insist that there 10 more
literary support for the legendary dis
coveries Of the hero than can be mus
tered In support Of the claim that
Lief Ericson's vinland il identical
with the New England coast. Although
the widowed and rat.gnawed LAsmore
manuscript was frst brought to light
nearly a century g there have nsvsr
beer more than meager notices Of It
until the recent translation made At
Oxford. No description of the Island
OF Brendan is contained In the Book
OF Lismore except It's attributes as an
earthly PARADISE, AN land odorous,
f1ower-smooth, blessed. A land many
melodied. musical. shouting for Joy,
unmournful." There IL, however, q
passage describing their welcome
which has been seized by the claim
ants as an Irish discovery Of those
shores as a contributory evidence that
Brendan reached at least one Of the
outlying islands of the West Indies.
Unfortunately for the purpose Of con-
troversalists, the chronicle omits any
further reference to the Island Of
Brendan, and gives no account Of the
voyage back.
, 1911-10-12
INCOME FROM THE CURIOUS
City Astronomer With Miniature
Telescope Reaped His Harvest
on Rainy Nights.

by all the rules of common sense
. rainy night ought to put street as
tronomers out Of business" said the
man, yet the most venturesome Of
the guild are out In every storm. Up
on One Hundred and Twsnty-hfth
street I often meet an astronomer
whom torrents could not keep indoors.
In starlight or pitch darkness he is
at his post. Often l have wondered
what good It did him to endanger his
own health and the efficiency Of his
telescope by standing out in . pouring
rain, but the other night I loitered
In q doorway long enough to ind out.
The rain fell in a steady drisxle and
thick clouds yelled the sky. yet the
astronomer pointed the end Of his
telescope at that point In the heavens
where the evening star was supposed
to shine and invited ~passers-by to
look at 1t. Two men did look.
What was the sense in this vast.
ing time and money on q night like
this I asked. What could they
seef'
Just try It yourself and ind out,
said the astronomer.
"And 80 I looked. OF course. ]
could not see anything, but the man
got my nickel.
"'Curiosity 10 see what 10 a4 the
end of a telescope on = cloudy night
gives me lots Of oustomsrs.' the ~
tronomer said."-New YORK Times.
, 1911-10-12

We have no real knowledge Of God
Save the King" before the rebellion
of '46. when It became . popular 10y.
alist song. but tunes of the same
shape had existed long before. One IL
to be found In a book "Ayres." dated
1919. by DR.. John Bull, and another a.
. minuet BY Purcell. According to
another theory. the tune Of God Save
the King used to be sung In James
lis private chapel to a Latin hymn
beginning 20 Deus Optims." and
after the revolution Of 1888 was pre-
served BY members of the Stuart fam
lily, till 1t vas performed publicly
about 1742. on the birthday Of the
princess of Wales. It is interesting to
find that the words God ave the
king" r In Coverdale's Bible Of
1885, and seem to have been used
there as Q familiar phrase rather than
q translation. God ave the king"
according to Froude, was q watohword
in the royal navy in 1916, the counter
sign being Long to reign over u.s.
Country Life.
, 1911-10-12
The Dickens Of a Toast.

Tho wit Of the late DR.. Francis A.
Harris was always ready. 1t came
like a flash as. when being told that
q Chinaman was about to be ap-
pointed on the police force, he re-
marked. The Asiatic collarer." and
passed on. At a banquet given to
Charles Dickens the younger, the
chairman inadvertently talking back.
ward, referred to the guest as one
not only honored for himself, but
because of his father. Then younger
Dickens, in response. dryly observed
that he was glad to see that critical
discrimination had not been lost on
hospitality. and DR.. Harris saved the
situation by rising and proposing a
toast to Charles the Second, who
never lost his head"
, 1911-10-12
HOW HE OBTAINS PIN MONEY
q PsrsuadIns the Hens 70 Lay
Moro Eggs.

Like most farmers husbands I am
compelled to rely on the chicken and
egg money to dress myself, As my
wife puts all the cash into labor-saving
machinery for every place but the
kitnhso. This was borne In on me
early In my married Life. 20 I carefully
studied means Of increasing the Lay
Of my barnyard friends.
In the winter time I always wear Q
pretty lace shirt and carry . palm
leaf fan when I feed the hsna This
apparel I have found completely de-
osives them into thinking It = sum-
msr. and they lay accordingly.
In The summsr II takes but . mo-
msnt for me to slip into my nsarplush
ulster and wind q bright red tippet
around my neck while scattering their
corn. This n important, for It makes
them think It II winter. and hence
summer. and insurss Q pAsatifal sup
ply Of eggs.
I have observed thsy DO not seem
TO oare whether these clothes are the
lsssst style or not. % I generally wsar
my third best- In additioa 70 these
simple little devices I always sing to
them, "Thsrsrl Be . hot time In the
old town tonight" q al ssasons OF
the year.
By faithfully following this pAan for
the last seventeen yssrs I havs man
assd 10 save enough moosg 10 buy q
perfectly stunning pair Of lilac hassm
troussr.-McLandbursh Wilson IN
New Yugk ffmeA
, 1911-10-12
Vvom.n,s Peculiar Wish.

As to the humors of medicine"
said DR.. Ben Trovato reminiscently.
there is An old story about a woman
who had an abdominal tumor which
was found to weigh over eighty
pounds after its removal. while the
patient herself scaled only some sixty
four pounds. When she was cover
ing from the anaesthetic she is said
to have remarked family to b sur
geon that she might die happy II she
was sure that he would save the
growth. This Ia a. remarkable an
Instance of wit and humor in u PRO
fessional archives az I can recall ut
the moment."-New York Medical
Journal.
, 1911-10-12
ALREADY WAS GOOD WRITER
Amusing e<ory Of Frank n. Spsarman,
the Author, and His YOUNG
Con.

An amusing story - told Of Ffanh
H. 6pearman. the author Of Robert
Kimberly" of the shock he gavs one
of the brothers Of st. Mary's college,
Oakland. Cal. Mr.. Spearman ssnt one
Of his boys there to school. and. the
boy was a great favorfts With one
Of the brothers who was noted for his
penmanship. and for his ability 10
teach It. He prided himself ON turn
ing out the best writing pupils Of the
west. and he thought that Spsarman
was one Of the best Of these.
One time Mr.. spearman was talking
to him, not knowing that he was the
teacher of writing. He said. IF there
10 q thing that I do want II IL for
that boy to be . good writer"
But indeed he 10 q good writer
the brother began
Il want him to be q clear, foroeful
writer. non Of your little fancy pen.
pushers."
Upon this the mild hammered broth.
or rushed to his desk, and brought
back some specimens Of young Spear.
mans hand writing. He was In q
great furry Of excitement. He VA
used only to compliments.
Mr.. 6pearman looked surprised for
. moment. and then he began to laugh
"ohl" he said. II don't care about his
penmanship. meant that I want him
to write good English"
, 1911-10-12
An Incentive

Nov, my boy" said the head Of the
firm, "if you will attend strictly to
your duties 1 will do something nns
for you. I want you to always ask.
when you answer the telephone, who
II is before you let It be known
whether I an here or not. and slways
be careful, when the people come
here. to ind out who they are and
what they want before you come into
the private ONCE to learn whether /
wish to see them or not"
Yes. sir" replied the new once
boy, IT understand. l had to do that
where I worked before"
Very well. Sec that you make no
mistakes, and. as I have said. l will
do something Moe fol- you"
What are you goin' to do for me Il
I give satisfaotion-raise me wagssf"
We'll. I can't promise that. exactly.
but I'll bring you the o cards OF
the ball games and let you make an
album Of them II you tend to bust.
ness properly. I nsver miss . game"
, 1911-10-12
KEEPING THE STREETS CLEAN
susssstiens Of New York Man for
Securing Purs Air In the
Large cities. &.

William Van v. Hayes Of New York
presents suggestions for improving
the care Of the streets In New York
30 as to secure pure air. All sorts
Of microorganisms are found in the
dust Of the streets; anthrax. tubsrou-
losis. diphtheria, tetanus, typhoid and
dysentery have been detected In It
The tuberols bacillus when dried In
large. thick crust and left In . cold,
dark place like a corridor will live for
six to eight months. The bad oondi-
ton of the streets 10 in part due to
carelessness of the citizens and in
part to ~antiquatsd methods Of clean
ing. The removal of ashes In caAs
on . long automobile cart. without
smptyins them in the street, 10 advo-
Gated. The use Of cleaning
wagons IL advisable. The people must
be educated not to throw things into
the street. Splitting should be forbid
den In the streets as we'll ~ on side
walks and proper rs~ceptaoles provid-
ed. Cats and dogs should not be kept
In the city and automobiles should
take the place of the horse, whose
manure soils the streets. Flushing
the streets should be more frequent.
The subway should have In front Of
stations an improved roadbed that a
be cleaned properly; the entering air
should be screened and dust-gather-
ing cars should pass over the road a
intervals.-Medical Record.
, 1911-10-12
Emerson on Civilization.

Tho civilized man ~ built . coach,
but has lost the use Of his feet. He
II supported IN crutches, but lacks &c
much support Of muscle. He has .
Geneva watch. but he fails Of the
skill to tell the hour BY the sun 4
Greenwich nautical almanac he has
and 20. being sure Of the information
when he wants It. the man In the
street does not know q star In the
SKY. The solstice he does not OBJ
serve; the equinox he knows as little;
and the whole bright calendar Of the
year 10 without a dial in the mind. His
libraries overload his wit; the in.
surance once increases the number OF
accidents; and It may be q question
whether machinery does not incum.
Der; whether we have not lost by
refinement some energy, by a Christi
anity intrenchsd In establishments
and forms. some viSor Of wild virtue
For every Stoio was . Stoio. but in
C~hristendom where II the Christian
Emerson.
, 1911-10-12
TurnIps, Lamb-and Mutton.

We travelled with n of those trou-
blesome fellow-passensers In q stage
coach that IL called a wsllinformed
man. For 20 miles we discoursed about
the properties Of steam. probabilities
Of carriage BY ditto, till all my SCI
snce, and more than all was exhaust
Cd, and l vas thinking Of escaping my
torment by getting up on the outside.
when, getting into Bishops stortford.
my gentleman, spying some farming
land, put IN unlucky question to me
what sort Of q crop Of turnips l thought
we should have this year." Emma's
eyes turned to me to know what In
the world / could say, and she burst
out into q violent fit of laughter.
maugre, her pale, serious checks,
when, with greatest gravity 1 replied
that ut depended. 1 believed. upon
boiled legs Of mutton."-Charles
Lamb.
, 1911-10-12
RIQhts Of the Child.

Mrs. e. r. Weeks Of Kansas City.
well known In club circles OF Missouri,
was elected one Of the vice-presidents
Of the Mothers congress. DR.. Jea-
nette Bolles Of Denver said at the last
session of the convention that 1t had
taken 20 centuries for parents to
learn that It ia a good rule that works
both ways and that the commandment
should read to them. Honor thy son
and thy daughter" She said 1t In q
baby's right to be we'll born Of healthy
parents, who know how to care for
themselves and their offsr-tng
, 1911-10-12
KOSHER KITCHEN IN SCHOOL
Food 10 Especially Prepared
for Puplis.

Six hundred and thirty Jewish chill
dren of New York had luncheon the
other day for the small sum Of three
cents each at the opening of the new
kosher kitchen just installed In public
school No. 90. This IL the third large
school in the city to operate its own
lunch room.
The idea is to determine whether
children in New York elementary
schools suffer from malnutrition and
whether serving lunch at cost price in
the school buildings will tend to raise
the standard of scholarship in the
Jewish district, the cooking 10 done
according to kosher methods.
Before school each morning brass
checks good for one full meal are
sold in the school yard. At nine
o'clock word is sent to the cook az to
the number Of luncheons that will be
required at noon. This does away
with all waste Of food. The meals
are served by the children and they
do the clearing up and the dish wash.
ing under supervision.
Many Of the children come from
homes where the mothers work out
by the day and there is no n to
prepare the luncheon should they go
home for II The medical examination
shows that tho children who have par.
taken OF the lunches are In far bet
ter physical condition and are doing
better school work than those who
have done without
, 1911-10-12
KNEW HOW TO DISTRIBUTE 1T
Now York Politicians Shre~d Scheme
to Insure Coal Going tn
Proper Place.

Perhaps no one man in town knows
more rich men-and more poor ones
than does Dick" Butler, politician
and head of the Longshoremen's
union, says the New York correspond
ent OF h Cincinnati Times-Star. Nor
Is there anyone who is more sternly
practical In his methods of giving
charity. Mr. Butler would not hest
tate to have a ~wife-beating bum cor
rected" by a corps of his hardy dock
wallpapers, nor would he permit that
beaten wife to need any necessity of
lie and comfort during her husbands
period of convlescence. Except that
he doesn't always go about his phil
anthropy in the rutted fashion of most
gtvers.
How can we give this coal to those
who need 1t and make sure that we
are not being imposed upon?" Robert
Fulton Cutting ono asked of Butler.
Cutting was the head of an Informal
organization to whose custody had
beef entrusted 10000 Joni of coal,
contributed to the poor Of New York
by President Baer Of the Reading
railway.
D you really want to know how
to get that coal to those who need it,"
Butler asked.
Mr.. Cutting assured him hat such
was his desire.
Just wreck that coal train some.
where on Eighth avenue" said But
Ter, "and then put none but wooden
legged men on guard. I'll promise you
that every kernel Of coal gets to a
rusty stove"
, 1911-10-12

81 tell you, Dobbleigh." said Hark-
away, as he put down a medieval his
tory, I'VE ought to be glad we live in
these enlightened days instead OF In
old times, when fellows were broken
on the wheel. Gee! that must have
been awful"
There's nothing particularly an
cient about that" retorted Dobbleigh,
II went broke on my wheels last
month-cost me $500 for new tires
Haxpar's Weekly.
, 1911-10-12
NO WONDER THEY LAUGHED
Visiting Russian, Ignorant Of Emo.
iIsh, Had Made Comic Mistake
In Copying Address.

A Russian gentleman tells a funny
story Of his first encounter with the
English language.
b day after his arrival in London
he made a call on a friend in Park
Lane, and on leaving inscribed in his
notebook what he supposed to he the
correct address.
The next day, desiring to 20 to the
same place, he called a cabman and
pointed to the address he had writ.
ten down. The cabman looked him
over, cracked his whip, and drove
away without him.
This experience being repeated
with two or three other cabmen. the
Russian turned Indignantly to the no.
lice. with no better results. One of.
flee would laugh, another would tan
his head and make a motion init
mating the revolution of a wheel. and
SO on.
Finally. the poor foreigner rave It
up. and with a great deal of diff
Guilty. recalling the landmarks which
he had observed the day before.
found his way to his friends house.
Arrived there, and in company with
one who could understand him he de.
livered himself of a severe condemna-
ton OF the cabmen and the police of
London for their impertinence and
discourtesy.
His friend asked for a look at the
mirth-provoking address. and the mys-
terry was solved. This was the en-.
try:
Ring the Bell"
The Russian had with great care
copied, character for character, the
legend on the gatepost, supposing
that 1t indicated the house and street.
, 1911-10-12
England Copied From Am.rle.

0HS'sHo SoP'oo Fr0" <Wefto&
The American system of letter
grams is responsible for an innova-
tion which has been recently put into
operation in England by the postof-
ace authorities by which the advant-
age Of the delivery Of a letter on Sun
day Is secured at the expense Of a
trifing fee, It Is simply necessary to
write on the envelope: ITO be tsle-
phoned on Sunday" and adds an extra
h~alf-cent of postage for every 80 words
or fraction thereof. Then the postal
clerk at the receiving once calls up
the person addressed by telephone and
conveys the message without leaving
the %postofice. II enough postage Is In
cluded. the same message may be de-
hvered by telephone to q number Of
different parties in the same oity.
, 1911-10-12

JONES 4 WILLIAMS
~ Cattle branded left side. earmrr
S half overcrup on right hall underciot
on left, horses branded left should,'
Range Cow and Spring creeks. r..
Address Encampmsnt.
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-02
MOTHER OF THE M'NAMARAS STILL
REFUSES TO BELIEVE BOYS guilty

that il was the same James, the
Younger boy, cherished so because h'
was the weaker, who confessed thai
Il was his act That caused the death
of II men In the Los Angeles Time'
building explosion
Its all wrong" said their brother
Robert. who lives AT the homo of the
mother 81 won't believe IL tin hear
II from them
There's mistake somewhere
cried their sister. Mary who has
worked 10 help support the family
since John and James We're arrested
yU6r- .L-R HLDulSiiRDLultDL
The cry of newsboys passing the
Mcnamara home griday night With
extras on the McNnmaras' confession
was heard by the gray-haired mother
and she secreted herself In her home
sine refused 90 talk until saturday
Through the night she read and re-
read a letter that came 10 her Friday
morning. IT was written by John and
also signcd by jim.
Keep mp your spirit mother we
are innocent ana VIII prove II In
time" ,hc letter said IN part.
1t was written last Friday In the
Los Aneolcs Jlil
"Be patient, mother" Il continued.
I'VE are in good physical condition"
The Marion daily mirror. (Marion, Ohio) 1892-1912, 1911-12-02

Mr.. ana Mrs George Setter en-
tertained the members Of their
family az a dinner Thanksgiving day
The Setter home was prettily decor.
ated or the occasion. with chrysanth-
emums and green plants an unusual
~ pretty table decoration being de-.
veloped with these pretty flowers
Covers were placed for Mr. snd Mrs.
George c. Setter and son clifford, Mr..
and Mrs. Adam Setter and son Joseph
and daughter Esther, Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel j.. Setter and son carl from
Z. leasant township, Mr.. and Mrs. John
y. Setter and daughter Thelma from
Marion, Misses Kate and Anna Setter
Christian Benzler. John OehIer ana