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Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-09
WORK STARTED
AT CROSSING
AboIishlng First Grade at
Huguenot.

The first grade crossing to be
abolished on Staten Island by the
Public Service Commission for the
first district of New York, of which
William r. Wilcox Is chairman, was
started at the Amboy avenue cross
ing at Huguenot on the line of the
Staten Island Rapid Transit railway
on Monday of this week.
As this Is deemed the most dan
gerous n on the island work will
be rushed on 1t to have 1t completed
before the summe is over. At this
crossing the tracks will be elevated
SO that trains will pass over the
roadway. The commission has or
dered that the grade of Amboy ave-
nue. at that point of Intersection
with the tracks shall be depressed
not less than ten and not more tina
twelve feet below It's present grade,
and the tracks Of the railroad shall
be raised to such an extent as may
be necessary to provide a clearance
OF fourteen feet from the lowest
member of the bridge to the surface
of the highway. The Amboy road
approaching the crossing Is to be
constructed sixty feet wide, includ-
ing sidewalks. The column supports
for the bridge will belocated along
the curb lines the width of the side
walk.
1t Ia estimated that the cost will
pa about ~S78,z37.02, which figures
were made bv the engineers of the
Borough OF Richmond. The states
share 81 the cost now estimated Is
3f9.55e The second crossing to
be elm ed will be the n known
as Crooke's crossing at Great Kills.
This the commission has already or
dered to be abolished. Work will
be started on this crossing in a short
time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-09
IN A RAILWAY sMAsHUP.
Tho Proper Thing to Do II You Have
Tims Euouoh.

Time Enough.
If you were a passenger on a rail-
road train that co4Eided with another.
jumped the track, ran into an open
switch or fell a victim to any of the
other misfortunes that railroad trains
are heir to, what would you do or
what do you think you would dor
A writer In an engineering Journal.
after describing from his personal OBJ
servation what most passengers do In
such times of stress and peril-that ia,
stand up and howi"-gives what he
calls sound advice. which is simply ito
drop upon the door, prefersh bly, In the
aisle. or cling to he seat frame"
That advice is not only sospd. but
simple. The trouble. however. Is that
not one person In ten can tell with
any degree OF certainty to what ex-
tent the same kind of mental demoral-
ization that causes the volunteer fire.
man to throw mirrors out of the win
| dow and tenderly carry feather beds
downstairs would possess him In such
an emergency. The man who believes
| with absolute conviction that he
would remain calm, cool and collected
under all circumstances may be the
yesy man who would make a mental
aviation digit that would cause the rec
ords of the champion aeronauts to pale
into NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Times
| Star.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-09
Eczema Cure a Beauty Wash

Although D. D. D. Prescription
has been recognized for years as the
one xemedy for Eczema. Psoriasis,
and all other forms of skin diseases,
II is now known that there is no
other wash, even those used by the
beauty specialists, that can compare
with this mild liquid for cleansing
the skin OF pimpfes. blackheads,
rash, and all similar skin affections.
For this reason alone. a bottle of
d. ID. %. should be kept ON hand In
every household. A trial 25c bottle
will show you the merits of this
great remedy az q complexion wash.
%. d. ID. seems TO remove the
sause, whatever the trouble may be.
cleansing the skin. and leaving 1t as
loft. az smooth and clear 40 that of
81 healthy child.
Get : ssc Hottls today and keep
the houae.
MAekuv Il Rek&
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-09
DIAGNOSING A Joke
IL Seemed Easy at First, but h Case
Proved Hopeless.

II Seemed Easy at First. but the CASE
Proved Hopeless.
) The name Of The author of the fol
lowing story is better known FOR poet
; ~ than prose. However. here IL what
S. e. Kiser perpetrated at a eonven'
ton of American humorisfs:
Paw and maw were sitting In the
sitting room one evening. and pretty
soon paw began TO laff.
Whats wrong?" NAV asst
"This il one Of the best toaks ! ever
saw w" paw says.
"Lissen and ri read 1t to you: Why
ia the mistake of a doekfer not as bad
as that of a dentust?' Do you known
paw asst.
mo" nav told him.
"Bec0z." paw red. zone fIis six feat
and the other dis an aker,"
How do they do thatT" nav asst.
sBecoz they made A mistake" paw
ansered.
which doesr" NAV says.
...Fsoth OF them" paw told her.
1ThafsslEhy the mistake OF the DOCK
Ter fxsenf as Bad an the denft1sfsAs
"why notT says NAV
.srhe dockter only oils Six feat"
paw told her. "and tine dentust Oils An
~ don't understand About the feat"
NAV sed. why does he FIN six of
them and What does he ill them
WITH Paw began to look kind OF
CLASSY nj of his eyes. and he Red the
joak agnin to himself So he would be
sure he Didn't make emmy mistake.
Then he says:
why you nee. II a dockter would
make a mistake It mite be fatle. and
10 he would fill six feat of earth with
. man. ',ecnuse the man would Be
4 about six feat tall. you no."
II don't ace mulch to laugh a bout
such a joak.. nav told him. "May
be 1T intent be a mar at all. Or ne
mite he short"
"Oh. WE'LL" paw says, they Just pre-
tend He would be a six footer SO ID
to Make 1t come In With the aker."
"why do they want to do thatY
nav asst.
'Thai's the joak." paw says.
(which lar ma told him.
"why, the aker." paw ansered-
"where are they emmy Joak abor
thatr nav ast.
1.-THE dentust fiis 1t. you no." pa
4 sed. but he Didn't Pm to be very sui
about II. BY that time.
"Yes." ma says. .'but you red tbs
h.s rasa 4 micfokor
Don't you know what an aker In
I paw ast. "a tooth that You Oil tn q
4 aker. and They have akers of ground
4 -But where does the mistake con
I'm q" ma sed.
"why. he Fills the rong one.s pa
I answered. wiping his forrid and kit
or looking Around like II he WIS II
4 Ing TO see II the escape was all cut o
"weii. then, how does He I'll! q
aker." nav asst, ''if the toott, be FL
8 is the rong one And duzzent ake?"
Then paw got up and tore the l
N waist basket and sed:
q ''They are no use Trying 90 brfl
emmy sunshine Into This family. lie
Il drop the subject. The man that re
y the joak Was q fool and the one Oh
n printed 1t was u worse one. but I'm n
I going TO rong Either one of them
unjust suspishens. Mebby they did
every. try to tall IL To a woman
4 New York Post.
Read the NEWS every DAY.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-09
TOTTENylLLE, KREISCHERVILLE,
RICHMOND VALLEY
NOTED IRISH ORATOR TO
SPEAK AT T0TTEkVlLlE

The noted Irish orator. Hon. Mich
ael J.. Tanning, of Philadelphia,
whom his critics say stands today
with few equals and certainly no SUI
periors, on the temperance platform,
is spending the winter and spring in
New York state, under the auspices
of the State WomaD's Christian Tenn
perance Union, and has been secured
for a two weeks campaign here by
the Richmond County w. C. T. U.
The dates are as follows:
Saturday, March IS, at s p. NJ,
Mariners Harbor Reformed church,
Sunday, March 10, New Brighton
Baptist church, 1890 A. M. I'M
manuel church, Westerleigh, 3 P. NJ.
Kingsley M. E. church, Stapleton, 8
p. M.
Tuesday. March 81, Norwegian
church, Columbia street, West New
Brighton, 8 P. NJ.
Wednesday, March %, West New
Brighton, w. C. T. u, 1880 p. M.
Trinity M. q. church. (Firemen's
Hall), West New Brighton, s P. Nj.
Thursday, March %. Zion Scandi-
navian church, Avenue B, Port Rich
mond, 5 P. M.
Friday, March "A, Asbury M. e.
church, New Springville, s P. M.
Saturday, March IS, Bloomfield M.
q. chapel, s P. M.
Sunday, March 26, Dickinson M.
e. church, Linoleumville, 1890 A.
NJ. Park Baptist church. Port Rich
mond, 8 P. M. GraniteviIle M. e.
chapel, s P. M.
Tuesday, March %, st. Marks M.
e. church, Pleasant Plains, s P. M.
Wednesday, March 20, w. C. T. u.
hall, T~ottenville, 8 P. M. st. Paul's
N. E. church. Tottenville, 8 P. M.
Tuesday, March 80, st. Johns M.
e. church, Rossville, 8 P. M.
Friday, March 81, Chapel, Sailors
Snug Harbor, New Brighton, 2 P. M.
Trinity Parish House, New Dorp,~S
P. M.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-09
STATEN ISLAND NEWS
MANY Dogs REPORTED
POISONED ON ISLAND

Within the past two or three days
the police of the 99th. precinct sta
ton have received word of logs
dying In all parts of T~ottenvilie.
From the way several dogs deaths
have occurred it looks as If some n
has been spreading poison about the
town in an effort to get rid OF dogs
that roam the streets. An fnyestiga-
ton In the matter will probably be
started to try and locate the n
that is doing this dangerous business
of not only killing the dogs but en-
dangering the lives of children.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-09
ENTERTAINs WHIST CLUB.

Mrs. George Hoehn, Of Lafayette
place, Tottenville, entertained the
members of the Afternoon Whist
Club at her home yesterday. After
the cards light refreshments were
served. Mrs. Cornelius J. Rogers
was awarded first prize, a lunch
cloth, and Mrs. George w. Moore,
second, cake plate. Next week Mrs.
John H. Cook will entertain.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-09
MRS. DAMIRANT rs e A

Mrs. Mary Curry Damirani, fifty
FIVE years old, wife of Louis Dami-
rani, of 81 High street, Tottenville,
died yesterday after a short Illness.
Besides her husband she is survived
by a brother, Henry Herring, of
New York. The funeral will be held
from her late residence at 2:30
Saturday afternoon Rev.
Wilbert Westcott, of BethA M. e.
church, will oficiate and interment
follow in Bethel cemetery.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-09
CLIFTON BoaT CLUB ELECTS.

The Clifton Boat Club, which has
an attractive home and ADEQUATE
quarters on the Narrows at Clifton,
Staten Island, has elected as it's e
president. Alexander s. Lyman. an
active member and a wealthy citizen
Of the east shore of the borougA OF
Richmond. Mr.. Lyman succeeds Mr..
Ferdinand C. Townsend, who has
been president for many years and
who was formerly an a~ssemblyman
from Richmond county. Mr.. Town
send is now a busy man In Manhat-
tan and elsewhere and he felt 1t his
duty to r%elinquish the office, to the
regret OF all the members. The 9TH
er officers elected are: John A. Dom
aid, viee-president; G. e. Rowley,
E.sM. Seguine, secretary;
r. C. Saunders, captain; Alexander
Raohmei1 and Daniel l.. Brfdgman,
Ferdinand G. Townsend,
M. Dix, Gregory Mexican, :
William ] Bradford and Paul Kuntz,
k, Stephen Hr-s1.> ~
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-09
school,, LECTURE TONIGHT.

Grenville r. Smelling, of New
York, will deliver the first lecture on
art In the assembly hall of public
school No. 8, Pleasant Plains, to-
night. The subject will be IA
Glimpse at the History of Architec-
ture." 1t will be illustrated by ster-
eopticon views.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-09
THnfRLE CLUB MEETS.

The members of the Thimble Club
were the guests of Mrs. William
Wincapaw, of Fisher avenue, yester-
day afternoon. Euchre was the
feature. Mrs. Charles A. Marshall
and Mrs. George Leven were the
prize winners. Next week Mrs. Hec-
tor Monroe will be the hostess.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-09
elserrxy1Eyrx SOCIAL CLUB.

Al dance and reception under the
auspices of the Phoenix Social Club.
Of Arnadale, win be held at Bam-
hergerss hall Saturday night. There
will be. good music. All are invited.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-09
pRisCOlL
ON TOUR OF ISLAND TODAY

First Deputy Police Commissioner
Clement Driseoll. Of the police de-
partment of the city OF New York,
with some other officials in the de-
partment made a tour of the Dor
ough of Richmond, visiting every
station house on the island between
3 and 5 o'clock this morning.
At the 99th precinct station, Tot
tenvil1e, Commissioner Driscoll
found everything all right.
Wasted NO Time.
"The manager says he engaged the
forty chorus girls In twenty minutes"
aGracious. he's quick at fguresP
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1911-12-30

one Of the worst of human sc5urges,
He believed that if the soil could SO be
changed by the action of electricity
the cells of the human body that nur-
turea and produced cancer could be SO
altered that they would lose this abfli-
ty to entertain q eancerous growth.
His experience has proven this To be
the case. With the general introduce
ton of his system it would appear as
if recurrent cancer Will become a
thing of the past. While science was
cropping with what appeared to he a
principle of small import, but which
is likely 10 prove one of tremendous
value, the medical world has been al
most staggered by the sudden and vi
client increase of death-dealing cancer.
Theories of the disease that were held
a generation ago have fallen in the
light on new Observation-Disclosures
Transcript.
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CANDY WORKERS.

With what wonders have not the
children endowed the place where
candies are made, To their elders ii
is astonishing. as 1t rears its tall head
high above the streets. silently pro-
claiming to what proportions the de-
mand for sweets has grown. Candies
in the eonfectioners windows or ar
ranged in his cases and shelves seem
natural enough. but barrels and barrels
of sugar and pounds upon pounds of
chocolate being melted and cooked for
this particular purpose. as is done in
factories. make one ponder.
When the present generation vas
going to school candy makers did a
large business. but it was as nothing
compared with that of today. In
greater Boston alone there are about
5000 stores that make a speciality of
CONNECTIONS, either as exclusive con-
|feetionery stores, as sections of the big
department houses, or in smaller
way. The last few years have seen
many manufacturers in the business,
and most of them have doubled and
tripled their original output. Some
Il W firms prefer to keep their business
small" in order to keep their product
choice. giving their attention 10 quality
rather than quantity. but even then it
amounts to thousands of pounds each
day.
once a luxury, candy is now deemed
a necessity. Pure candy is ranked as
a food. as well as deiicacy. There
fore the housewife lays in a supply Of
it, knowing that while she is indulging
the taste of her family she is at the
same time giving its members what
they need.
Modern armies and nayies have a
regular chocolate ration, and travellers
make practise of carrying chocolate
about with them. Business men and
women keep ii in their desks, and
shoppers in their bags SO as to tide
over the time when luncheon or din
ner Is delayed.
On summer jaunts and winter sports
"a box OF chocolates tucked into the
pocket adds to both pleasure and conn
fort. and mothers putting up luncheons
for children to take to school or on
their outings include chocolate candies
of their own selection, wisely prefer
ring to supply them themselves from a
St1th VI Miidl HtAts hboN W nc pun Z
than to allow the children to select the
cheap stuff that SO often attracts their
pennies.
Like poets. candy makers are born.
not made, for it matters not so much
what recipe they follow as how they do
it, There is always something about
what they do that cannot be put into
words, that indefinable something that
is so important a part of anything that
is really worth while. "A successful
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CAPITAL JoTTiNGS.

Mrs. Tenn Thumb, one Of the small
est women in the world. called on
President Taft, Thursday. When his
visitor was announced he looked w
and around the room. but apparently
did not see the diminutive Mrs
Thumb, who was standing on the OPP
posite side of the desk and whose
head just appeared above it. She
eeughed about the time the President
had taken a second glance around
the room. That attracted his attention.
He looked down and across his desk
and broke into broad smile. Mr..
Taft arose and walked around TO
shake hands with his visitor. 1t was
with difficulty the President reached
down far enough to do it. Mrs. Thumb
was accompanied by Countess Lavinia,
Count Primo Magri and Baron Magri.
al! of Italy. Mrs. Thumb has met
President Lincoln and every President
since
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BoWpofN.

James Grady remains quite i'll.
e. e, Cornish is about to move to
his farm at North Bath. where he
viii make his home IN the future.
Mrs. Mae Curtis was the guest OF
friends at Lisbon Centre and Lisbon,
Wednesday.
Norman Curtis of the Eastern part
OF the town was in this vicinity. Tues
day.
Mrs Huldah Denham is working for
Mrs. Norman Curtis.
Physicians Of Mrs. W. S. Cotton,
widow of the late w S. Cotton say
there are no hopes of her recovery
She Is i'll at the home of Mrs. James
Coombs at Marlboro, Mass, where SHE
went some time ago hoping the change
would benefit her.
The many friends in Lisbon and ad
teiaing towns, of DR.. c.. II, Foster OF
$40 Grand venue, Riverside. Calf.
are going to remember him with {
post card shower on his birthday, Jan
II. All wishing to. can send to the adj
dress above.
Mrs. Frank Buker was, recently
called to Boothbay by the illness o.
| her mother.
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The Poultry Yard.

Winter eggs and exercise go to-
sether.
Do not neglect the laying hens ex-
ercise.
Judge not a hen by her beauty. but
by the way she does her duty.
You may feed all the food your hens
an possibly use. but if YOU are short
If grit. the results will not be salts
factory.
1t is not good for hens TO dust in
GAL or wood ashes only. some folks
claim, but we fluid that a few ashes
sghten up the dirt
Noon is a good time to supply the
stock with some green stuff, such as
eabbages or roots of any kind. The
after can be cut in half, and the hens
viii then pick them to pieces.
Have the floors of the houses well
bedded with some light litter, so that
the biddies will be induced to scratch,
nd thus warm up their bodies these
cold, frosty mornings.
Drafts in the chickens home are
more dangerous when the fowls are
quiet on the roost than when they are
stirring around during the day; but a
cold air current sweeping through the
house is bad thing at any time.
{ AS the cold winds come in the fall,
il is noticed that the floeks do not take
so wide range as they did in milder
weather. but, instead, congregate in
he corn-fie and along the stone
fences in the pastures, where they can
get the benefit of the warm sun, and
at the same time be shielded from the
raw winds.
Poultry feeding has been much inn
proved and simplitied by the introduce
ton of the hopper method. The old
fashioned way of preparing ana mix
ing wet mash is done away with, on
account of it's tedious and needless ex
pense of time and labor. The hopper
lis filed with d variety of ground
grains, and placed where it is accessi-
bic to the fowls at all times. With
this arrangement the hens need never
so to roost without sufficient food
rom December Farm Journal.
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Headaches and Theiv Treatment.

In treating a headache. there is one
safe rule to follow:-t Never use any
medicine containing aeetanilid or similar
coal.tar derivatives without the advice
of your physician They may give
temporary relief, kdt they almost never
reach the cause Of the trouble and are
likely to weakeH the heart. The most
common form 6f headache, frequently
called sick headache, arising from a
disordered stomach, may be avoided
by care in the choice of feed. Shun
pastry, candy and rich food, take time
to eat, chew your food thoroughly and
keep your bowels in good condition by
using one-haIf to one teaspoonful of
L. f. Atwood's Medicine after each
meal. This old reliable remedy has
been perfect blessing to thousands
for sixty years. Get bottle today,
and prove it for yourself. Any dealer
has it for thirty-fve cents, or we mail
a free sample on request. L. F. Medi'
cine Co. Portland. Me.
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DAILY KENNEBEc JoURNAI.sArlRpsAy DECEMBER 30 19 .

masked saint" He grabbed him by
the arm and hustled him toward the
hail of Justice. 4 crowd saw that
Santa claus was ''pineiled. 1t was
blasphemy for the police to do that
Little boys on Christmas shopping ex-
petitions With their mothers wanted
to form Il mob and RESCUE. tie saint.
Vigilance committees were rapidly
formed by leading citizens between
the ages of three and i've. A throng
followed in the wake of Sanoa Claus
and his captor.
Into the office of the captain of de-.
tectives at the hall of justice in Eddy
street Esola and the masked Santa
claus went.
In the Office of el captain Il strange
disclosure was made. Esola adroitiy
tore the mask off the face of the Santa
Claus, the long white whiskers came
too, Al first 1t seemed as if this sam
ia Claus hadn't washed his face since
he went down last years Christmas
.chimncys. Closer inspection disclosed
the fact that it wasn't SCOT that gave
this Santa Claus his complexion-it
| was Nature. For it was a specimen OF
ebony that had been masqueradng as
Santa Claus, in mask, a false beard
and II red smock
The negro said that his name WIS
Luciene Detrey. and he admitted that
he wasn't Santa Claus at all. II was
all 4 joke. Also that he wasn't col
lec;ing for any Spanish mission The
only mission he mad in mind was the
mission to get himself a good Christ
mas dinner, and he had been succeed
ing wonderfully. collecting on an aver
age So a day for the last five or six
days. The sign, Free Christmas uin-
ner for the Spanish poor. will be dis
played in the police court this morn
ing 1t viii ne marked exhibit \ in
the case of the people Of the state of
California against Luciene Detrey, ali
as Santa Claus, yagrancy.
Before "alias Santa Claus was
locked up he had one question to ask
Esola: Say, boss" said he. what was
dat lingo you all was trying to talk
to me with 2"-San Francisco Call.
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THE GREATEST ACHIEVEMENT,
President of kentucky University
Says Such Would Be international
Arbitration.

DIR. James X. Patterson, President
Emeritus State University, Lexington.
Ky. in the following statement hearth
~ endorses the Arbitration Treaties
negotiated with France and Great
Britain:
"Among the civilized nations a Clip
lomacy. enlightened and eonsiderate
and rational, has displaced craft and
6uplieify and falsehood. Private
quarrels are no longer avenged by pri-
vate encounter. Tribal disputes no
longer lead to determination. and
among the English-speal<ing race the
duel is relegateG TO the reign of bar
barism. Controversies between the
states OF the American Union are de-
cided by the Supreme Court OF the
United States, the most exalted and
most important national tribunal in
christendom, and all controversies be-
tween the federated states of the Ger
man Empire viii undoubtedly be SET
tee by the courts of the Empire.
There are now no outstanding diff
ferenees likely 10 lead 70 serious con
troversy between the United states
and Great Britain and France. or be-
tween any two of them. IL is there
fore peculiarly fitting that the Presi-
dent of the United States. represent
ing the peace-loving sentiment of
$50. 900, 900 Engiish-speaking people.
takes the initiative in binding three
Of the great opponents. of modern
civilization in a pact of amity and
good will. a pact which would refer
all International differences that might
or could arise between them 10 a trl-
l.li tf.Ia of
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DEATH BY LockJAW
OF w. c. GRAY. South Penobseot, Re-
suit of Gunshot Wound.


Belfast, Me. Dee, 29.-tspeciaD.- Will
lard G. Gray of South Tenobseot died,
last night. in the Waldo County hospital
of lockjaw, caused by bullet wound i'll
his left foot, which he sustained early in
hospital, Dec. II, having accidentally
shot himself the day before while walk
ing through the woods OH q hunting trip.
Carrying the loaded gun over his shout
der, it accidentally slipped TO the ground.
discharging its contents into his left foot.
Mr.. Gray was So years old. the son OF
Shadrack and Rosina Gray Gray. a
widow, three daughters and one SON. ali
Of South Penobscot. survive. The re-
mains were taken to his late home for in
terment.