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Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-04-06
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-04-06
L FOR DELEGATE.

In the selection Of Congressman
Thomas J. Scully as delegate to the
Baltimore convention, the Demo-
Gratis of this district have made an
excellent choice. While it is true
that he has merely given his consent
to run and hat the people still have
the opportunity to elect someone
else If they so desire, We feel con
hdent that the popularity of Mr..
Scully throughout the third district
will assure his nomination even if
the Smith-Nugent machine should
attempt to put a rival ticket in this
district.
The EVENING NEWS has urged
the selection of Mr.. Scu1ly from the
beginning. We have realized his
strength as a vote-getter and fol-
lowing his declaration, published in
the EVENING NEWS some time
ago, that If he went to the
ton it would be as a Wilson dele
gate, we impressed upon the Demo-
Gratis the ~desirability of making him
their candidate. MI. Scully has on
ly been in public life a few years,
jumping from mayor of South Am
boy to Congress where he has made
an enviable reputation.
Mr.. scully is, without a doubt,
the strongest candidate that Middle
sex can advance as her representa-
tive to the national convention and
It is a matter of congratulation that
the matter has been finally settled
through no less a person than Gov
ernor Wilson himself, who, in an in
terview with the congressman in
w dSnIHBlOu u udy Ol tNo dSO, SC
cured his promise to make the run.
Along with Congressman Scully,
as a delegate from the third dis
trict the Democratic organization
has selected State Senator John w.
Slocum, of Long Branch, who rep
resents Monmouth county's interests
in the district. Although not as well
known as Congressman Scully, Sem
ator Slocum is popular in his own
county and there is no doubt hal
being pledged as he Is to support
Governor Wilson for the nomina-
ton, he will run we'll with the con-
gresham and they Will make a
strong team for the governor when
the fight is on at the convention.
Ocean county, which makes up
the third division of the third dis
trict Is given both alternates by the
Democrats which u an yer di-
vision of the honors and places the
third district strongly in favor of
the nomination of Governor wilson
for the presidency. We do not be-
lieve that the Smith-Nugent ma
chine will even care to combat with
these delegates in this district, and
It looks as If Wilson would have
everything his own way In this part
of New Jersey.
AS time passes 1t becomes more
and more evident that the state is
lining up solidly behind the gov
ernor and If there is any split at all
1t will be confined to Essex county,
where Nugent still seems to have
some following. But even there the
Democratic voters are beginning to
see q great light and the Wilson
men are counting on sending their
delegates to the convention along
with the rest of the state.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-04-06

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Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-04-06
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Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-04-06
ALMANAC FOR THE WEEK.
BENZ. SPIVACKr3
New Paint and Wallpaper Store
2Oa NEW RRUNSWJCk AWE.

Now ready for business. With a big
Of Lucas Paints, Enamels and
Stains. Let us estimate on wall paper
ing. painting and slazing. Our prices
will surprise you. Special in wall pa
per, s cents per double roll and up.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-04-06

Now for active work on that play
ground.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-30
UNCLE SAM SHOWS WAY.

Great Britain has asked a leaf from
the book of United States as the pio-
neer in systematically destroying der
elicts or floating wrecks along the
coast, which are a menace to naviga-
tion and peril to lives at sea The
information sought for the benefit of
the London board of trade, which con
tons. has just been furnished to the
British embassy by the state depart
ment. The British government was
informed that the revenue cutter serv-
ice performed this important task for
the United States. One revenue cut
ter, the Seneca, was especially built
as derelict destroyer
At numerous international maritime
conferences the construction of dere-
lict destroyers has been recommend
ed, but the United States is the only
country which has adopted the sug-
gestion. During the fiscal year 1912
the revenue cutter service destroyed
or removed 45 derelicts. OF wrecked
vessels towed to port there was saved
an aggregate money valuation OF
s166,175, including ships and cargoes.
The state department estimate that
the revenue cutter service located rs
per cent. of the derelicts reported by
maritime exchanges and ships at sea,
all working in cooperation to clear
the paths of transportation.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-30
Machine to Write Music

A German musician has invented a
machine which, he states, automatical-
ly registers the notes emitted by the
piano. The new machine, Harpers
Weekly states, has the same object as
one invented by an Italian and used
by Mascagni in writing his operas, but
it is larger instrument and is operat-
ed by electricity. Into the machine
is inserted roll of paper and the com
poser seats himself before the piano
and executes the composition that he
desires to give to the public. The ma
chine faithfully registers every note
produced, so that the musician does
not have to depend upon his memory.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-30
Cards Signified Much to Those
Initiated.
French Minister of Foreign Affairs
Under Louis XVI Devised lngen-
ious System, Described by
Writer In the Century.

The mysterious cards employed by
the Count de Vergennes, who was
minister for foreign affairs under
Louis XVI, In his relations with the
diplomatic agents of France exhibit
great ingenuity in their arrangement
and show what the political condition
of Europe must have been at that
time to require such precautions,
writes John H. Haswell, who, in Cen
tury, describes many forms of secret
writing" The count was a great
friend of America, and it was largely
through his influence that the trea-
ties of amity and commerce and of
alliance of 177S were concluded.
These cards were used in letters of
recommendation or passports which
were given TO strangers about to en-
ter or depart from France; they were
intended to furnish information with
out the knowledge of the bearers.
This was the system: The cards CIV
en- to man contained only few
words, such as "Alphonse D'Angeha
Recommends Monsieur le Comte de
Vergennes, par lie Marquis de Puyse-
CUR. Ambassador de France a la
Cour de Lisbonne."
The card told more tales than the
words written on it. Its color indi-
Gated the nation of the stranger.
Yellow showed him to be English;
red, Spanish; white, Portuguese:
green, Dutch; red and white, Italian;
red and green, Swiss; green and
white. Russian, etc. The persons age
/ htr tho rhA -
card. II it was circular, he IVES un-
der 25; oval, between 25 and 80;
octagonal between 80 and As; hexag-
onal, between As and SO; square, be-
tween so and so; an oblong showed
that he was over CO. Two lines plac-
ed below the name of the bearer indi-
Gated his build. II he was tall and
lean, the lines were waving and paral-
lei; tall and stout, they converged;
and so on.
The expression of his face was
shown by flower on the border. A
rose designated an open and amiable
countenance, while tulip marked a
pensive and aristocratic appearance
A f1llet round the border, according to
it's length, told whether the man was
bachelor. married or widower. Dots
gave information as to his position
and fortune. A full stop after his
name showed that he was a catholic;
a semicolon, that he was a Lutheran;
a comma. that he was a Calvinist
dash that he was Jew; no stop indi-
Gated him as an atheist. So also his
morals and character were pointed
out by pattern in the angles of the
card. So, at one glance the minister
could tell all about his man, whether
he was a gamester or a duellist; what
was his purpose in visiting France;
whether in search of a wife or to
claim legacy; what was his profess
sion-that Of a physician. lawyer or
man of letters; whether he was to be
put under surveillance or allowed to
go his way unmolested.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-30
SCHOOLS IN PHILIPPINES

Under the administration of Presi
dent Taft, industrial education in the
Philippines has made rapid progress.
For the last four years industrial in
struction has been prescribed in the
primary course for both boys and
girls, and the work is systematically
carried on in an advanced stage IN
the intermediate schools. Twenty
six well-equipped trade schools have
been established in Manila and the
provinces; there is college of agri-
culture at Los Banos, and a college of
engineering has been added to the
University of the Philippines.
The civil government finds its .du-
ties much less onerous now that the
military invasion of the islands has
been superseded by the educational.
in certain lines, particularly lacemak-
ing and embroidery, the products OF
the Philippine schools not only COM
pare favorably with the work of the
famous French and Swiss experts, but
promise to compete with them sue
cessfully in the worlds markets
This whole system of education in
the islands is based on the principle
that the children should receive train
ing that will prepare them directly for
the life they are to live. In the low
est grades they make articles that
they can use and sell, both in their
own localities and elsewhere.
The most important industry taught
the boys is hat weaving. The schools
do not attempt to replace hand ma
cninery with modern apparatus, for it
Is recognized that there is a real de-
mand for the products of careful hand
workmanship. A set of dining room
furniture in red narre, made at the
Philippine School of Arts and Trades
in Manila, recently sold for 5000 at a
carnival
The first thing the Filipino girl does
in the sewing class in school is to
make herself complete outfit of
clothing. This work she usually be-
gins in the second grade, but some
times in the first. Armed with an en-
broidery frame, in most cases made
by the boys in the same school, she
advances in proficiency through the
various grades: hemming and en-
DIOluSIlHB COIlOn bQudTeS, Hne linen,
handkerchiefs, waists and so on. The
more expert girls turn out master
pieces in French net and embroi-
derry. In lace they make all varieties
of pillow lace" including "torchon"
Spanish lace), maltese, Ceylon, Irish
crochet, and so forth Battenberg is
also made for local use.
Nearly 100000 pupils are engaged
in some kind of industrial work in the
| islands
The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-30
Reduced Mortality From Cancer

Cancer has at last. by steady and
uniform increase year after year,
reached a mortality of eight thou
sand" a recent bulletin of the New
York state department of health re-
ports. Cancer as a disease has in
creased more rapidly than tubercu-
losis. The comparison with tubercu-
losis shows that in the preceding 20
years there have been 100000 deaths
from that cause and 100000 from
cancer" The bulletin adds: Com
pairing cancer with the almost sta
tionary mortality of consumption, it
would appear that within another 20
years there will be more deaths from
cancer than from consumption"
The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-30
Thunderinq Leqion.

The laundering Legion was the
twelfth legion of the Roman army un'
der Marcus Aurelius, acting against
the Quadi in the year A. D. ia. The
legion was shut up in a defile and re-
duced to great straits for want of wa
ter, when body of Christians, en-
rolled in the legion. prayed for relief.
Not only was rain sent, but the thun-
der and lightning SO terrified the en-
emy that complete victory was OBJ
tanned, and the legion was ever after
called The laundering Legion" Ac'
cording to Brewer. the Theban Legion,
t. e.. the legion raised in the Thebais
OF Egypt, and composed of Christian
soldiers led by st. Maurice. was like
wise called THE laundering Legion" :"
Brewer, however, states that the term
existed before either of these two
were so called, but he gives no further
explanation of the origin of the name.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-30
TOLD BY PASSPORTS NOT A POETIC SOUL
Maiden Might Be Classed as oil
the Earth, Earthy.
Simple Narrative Which Further
Proves That Love Must Endure
Many Hardships in Its Search
for a Kindred Feeling.

He was a very poetic and impress
sionable youth. and, though she was
very prosaic maid, there was some
thing very attractive about her and
he often asked her to accompany him
on moonlight walks along the country
lanes. He was sometimes nettled at
her Interruptions, but, lost in reverie
as he often was, he allowed her to
prattle on until he recovered the
thread of his discourse.
They were crossing a small bridge
over creek, when he said:
Don't you admire little bridge"
Yes" she interrupted; bridge is a
great game. l often play with Mrs.
Van Duser as my partner"
AS she gossiped on he became lost
in meditation. Coming to a broad river
they paused at the margin and he ex-
claimed:
How wonderfully enhancing this
is! Just to see the CLEAN on the wa
ters. Don't you like the moonlight
dancing"
Yes" she chimed in. dancing in
the moonlight is SO fine! | attend all
the hops at the hotel. and there. on the
broad. open platform"
He betrayed no disappointment at
her lack of interest in their surround
ings as they stood by the edge of the
stream, and he wandered on with her
into the open country. They fingered
by low stone wall as he said. i'm
pressed by the scene:
How wonderful is Nature in all her
aspects! How inspiring the lofty trees
and the grassy levels! Is it not boon
to get away from the city's heat?
pine so for the country zephyrs! Do
you not feel a yearning in you for a
cool"
Yes" she said, I'D ever so much
like to have an ice"
And sadly he took his way back
with her to the hotel and ere long he
disappeared into the narrow confines
of his room, to get what comfort he
could from his poetic musings.-Na
than NJ. Levy in Judge.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-30
"cIeanIIness is Next to eodIiness.-

The author of the phrase. "cleanli.
ness is next to Godliness," quoted by
John Wesley in his sermon on
Dress" and again in his journal
February 10, 1772), is not known.
Long before Wesley. Bacon had put
the same idea into the words, Clean
liness of body was ever deemed to
proceed from a due reverence to
Cod" and Aristotle, still further back,
into Cleanliness is half virtue"
But even long before Aristotle this
well-known English phrase had been
taught by the Rabbins of the Talmud,
both as a religious principle and a
sanitary law in the form: THE doc.
trines of religion are resolved into
carefulness; carefulness into vigor
BUSINESS; vigorousness into guiltless
ness; guiltlessness into cleanliness;
cleanliness into godliness."
The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-30
ALL KINDS OF DOGS.

The following advertisement appear
ed in local paper the other morn
ing:
Lost or strayed. from the Russian
Embassy. 1701 X street. a gray
Yorkshire terrier, s years old. ar
swering to the name of Bobby II
found and returned no questions
will be asked. and a handsome re-
ward paid. The dog was lost about
Oct. l.
A stream of persons accompanied
by dogs started toward the Russian
embassy. Every sort of dog. from a
ten-ounce spitz, to a two hundred
pound mastiff, was presented for in
spection. Long before Ambassador
Bahmeteff and Nine. Bahmeteff were
up, dogs galore had been passed upon
by attaches. Yet at sundown, Bobby
had not been found.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-30
Icelandlc Ponies.

Icelandic ponies. which are being
Swiss army, aroused the admiration
of the great traveller, Nine. Ida Pfeif-
fer I'm spite of scanty food" she
wrote. they have marvellous powers
of endurance. They can travel from
35 to 40 miles per diem for several
consecutive days. They know by in,
stinct the dangerous spots In the stony
wastes and in the moors and swamps.
On approaching these places they
bend their heads toward the earth and
lookly sharply round on all sides. If
they cannot discover a firm resting
place for their feet they stop at once.
and cannot be urged forward without
many blows"
The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-30
Fostering Canal Traffic

In order to take care of the traffic
on the New York state barge canal,
which will be completed in 1915, an ex-
penditure of $1S.S0o.00O has been au-
thorized for canal terminals in New
York city and other cities along the
canal. In New York city there will
be IA canal terminals, costing alto
gether s9,740,000. The remainder of
the money will be spent in building
terminals at 21 different cities and
towns
The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-30
Removing Ink stain From Book.

You can quite effectively remove
the ink stain from an injured volume
by applying dilute solution of OK
alic acid, tartaric acid. or citric acid.
Any of these acids take out ordinary
writing ink, but do not interfere with
the print. You would achieve results
slowly by just moistening the spot
with a sponge and sprinkling over it
a coating OF damp cream of tartar, let
dry and repeat, If acid solution
is used it should be quite dilute and
applied with damp sponge.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-30
Novels and PLAYS

An English writer describing the
difficulties that lie in the way of a
successful novelist becoming effective
as a playwright notes that novelist
is free while the playwright is limited
by the stage, and adds: "In a play
it all has to take place in somebody's
chambers and all the women of the
play have to be got there somehow.
The method mostly adopted is to take
away their characters because then
YOU can put them where you like"
The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-30
LIKES UNCLE SANS LAUNDRY

Heinrich Wollheim, representative
of the Imperial Bank of Germany,
who came to Washington to inspect
the operations of the bill-washing ma
chine in use at the bureau of en-
craving and printing, has expressed
his entire satisfaction with the device.
He will return to Germany within a
few days. and will submit a report to
the Reichsbank of Berlin, recon.
mending the purchase of one or more
of the machines for use in Germany.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-30
WHITE HOUSE SENSATION

The sensation of a recent White
House garden party was the putting
of cigarettes by an Austrian woman
the first to ever smoke at a White
House function; that is, the first to
ever smoke at a White House func.
ton within the memory of living wit.
nesses. Dolly Madison, the beautiful
Dolly, whose fame has delighted two
continents, probably smoked pipe
there; at any rate. she rubbed snuff
which is ten times worse.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-30
Typical cross-Examination.

Counsel-Do you know julius Cae
sar?
Witness-No, sir.
Counsel-Have you ever met him
Witness-No, sir.
Counsel-You remember that you
are under oath?
Witness-Yes, sir.
Counsel-Then, If you have never
met Julius Ceasar. how can you say
on your oath that you do not know
him?
JUSTICE think we have had enough
of this style of examination.
Counsel-Your honor will please
note my exception to your coming tc
the assistance of the witness
Justice-If you say that again
shall have you expelled from the
courtroom,-Town Topics.
The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-30
Doctor Knew.

Doctor, my husband is losing his
mind, / fear. He continually mumbles
and mutters to himself
rs it possible?"
Yes; he mutters to himself. and
when you speak to him he stares at
you blankiy."
"I know what the trouble is" said
the doctor, smiling. He's memoriz-
ing some lodge work. belong to the
same lodge"
The Colorado statesman., 1912-11-30
Suppression of Oldest Newspaper.

The president of the Chinese re-
public, Yuan Shat Kai, recently sup
pressed the newe~- ner King-Bao.
which undoubtedly Ids the Oldest
paper in the world. For 1900 years
it has reported the more important
news not only of China, but also of
foreign countries. At the time when
the art of printing and journalism was
as yet unknown In Europe, the
Chinese Gong-Chung invented a means
for making types from lead and silver,
and in the year 400 A. D. the paper
King-Bao was printed. and has since
been issued regularly until recently.
The first edition was printed on ten
sheets of yellow silk. neatly tied to-
gether, and was thus sent to ali the
high officials of the Chinese empire.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-04-06
SENATE FAVORS SMITH BILL
Approves South CarOIinian's Measure
to Require Additional Reports on
Cotton Supply Consumption.

Washington. April 3.-The senate
committee on agriculture today or
dered favorably reported a bill intro
duced by Senator Smith Of South
Carolina, which would require the
director Of the census, in connection
with the ginners' report Of cotton
production, to publish the domestic
and foreign consumption of cotton OF
American production; the surplus
held by cotton manufacturers of the
United states and the exports.
The house bill directing the secre-
tary of agriculture 10 report in July
instead of June each year the acreage
planted in cotton was ordered favor
ably reported by the senate commit
tee on agriculture today.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-04-06
BLACKSMITH RUNS AMUCK.
TimmOnsvillc Man Commits Fearful
Deeds, then Kills Himself.

Timmonsville, April 2.-Last night
about IL o'clock, John Lockwood, a
local negro blacksmith. got on the
warpath, and. II seems, tried to an
nihilate his race. lie went home and
picked up his gun and shot at his
wife as she jumped from the window.
the load cutting several fingers off
one hand. He then turned on Ellen
Mack. a colored woman in the house,
and made an attempt to cut her
throat, inflicting a bad wound. Next
came his infant, which he picked up
and carried in the yard and cut it's
head nearly off. Lockwood then left
home and met another negro man,
John Russell, who received severe
wound about the neck. Several
others got in his path, but managed
to escape any injury. Lockwood then
turned and took bottle of carbolic
acid and was himself dead in a few
minutes. An inquest will be held to-
morrow morning. 1t Is thought that
worrying over some trivial affair caus-
ed him to. lose his mind.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1912-04-06
IIGTr FOR STATE INSTITUTIONS

From The Daily Item. April 8
DIR. Geo. w. Dick. chairman of The
House committee to let a contract for
lighting the state House. South Caro-
lima University. Soldiers Home. Pen
-ftentiary' and State Hospital for the
Insane. went To- Columbia this morn
Ing to attend a meeting of this COM
mittee and a like committee OF the
Senate. Dr. Dick does not think the
committee appointed to look into
these institutions will take any action
st this time. The personnel of the
two committees Is virtually the same.
but there are certain contingencies
tn overcome before a thorough exam
instion can he made and a conclusion
reached. One OF the obstacles Is
that the flve hundred horse power
owned by the state was leased In
1892 for thirty years and the lease
therefore has ten years yet to run.