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Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-02-17
STATEN ISLAND NEWS
LOCAL BOARD MEETING AT
ST. GEORGE IOH0.}R0N

An important meeting of the Lo-
cal Board of Public improvement
will be held tomorrow morning at
l0:30 o'clock at Borough hall, St.
George. Borough President George
Cromwell will preside. One new pc
tition has been advertised for a first
hearing at this time This one is
number 1906, relative to setting
100 feet concrete curb on the south.
side of Sea View-ayenue in the
fourth ward. The other matters
are petitions which have already
been advertised and had full hear
ing and several were laid over at the
meeting two weeks ago, simply to
permit of the engineering reports
which the law requires before def
mite action is taken
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-02-17
King Haakon's Hopeful.

One day Prince Olaf had little play
mate with him In one of the private
salons in the palace at Christiania The
visitor climbed into one of the arm
chairs Get out of there" cried Olaf:
that's my fathers place" King Haa-
kon hastened across the room to crm-
scared. and In order to reassure him
picked him up und sat him on his
knee. At this young Prince Olaf be-
came still more enraged With Il stamp
OF his small foot. he expostulate ted. Get
out Of there. | tell you: that Is my
mothers place"'-T. P.'s Weekly.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-02-17
A Message 10 Women
Who are "Just Ready to Drop
Who Are Just Ready to Drop. -


When you are "Just ready to drop, +"
when you feel so weak that you can
hardly drag yourself about-and be-
cause you have not slept well, you get
mp as tired-out next morning as when
you went to bed, you need help.
Miss Lea Dumas writes from Malone,
N. Y, saying: 81 was in q badly run
down condition for several weeks but
two bottles of Vinol put me on my feet
again and made me strong and we'll.
Vinol has done me more good than all
the other medicine | ever took"
If the careworn, rundown women, the
pale, sickly children and feeble old
folks around here would follow Miss
Dumas example, they, too, would soon
be able to say that Vinol, our delicious
cod liver and iron remedy, had built
them up and made them strong.
1t is a wonderful, strength creator
and body-builder, and we sell it under a
guarantee of satisfaction. You get your
money back if Ninol does not help you.
Lauer Drug Co., Perth Amboy, N. J.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-02-17
MADISON PETERS TO SPEAK
AT PROGRESSIVE CLUB

Rev. Madison C. Peters, of
Brooklyn, will address the Progress
sive School Club of Pleasant Plains
at it's February meeting in the au-
ditorium of public school No. 3, that
place, tomorrow night, at O'Clock.
DR.. Peters will speak on THE High
Cost of Living" which subject he is
very familiar with.
Dr. Peters is well known In this
section, where he has lectured on
various occasions. 1t is expected
that many members OF the club and
their friends will be present to hear
this lecture on such a timely sub
ject. An excellent musical pro
gram has been arranged in connec-
tion with the affair.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-02-17
LIFE SAVING CORPS TO MEET.

A meeting Of the Raritan Bay
Division Of the United States Volun-
teer Life Saving Corps organized at
Raritan Bay Park last summer, will
be held tomorrow night at s O'Clock
in the World building in Manhattan.
This association. which assergan-
lied last summer among the resi-
dents Of the bungalow colony, has q
large membership. nearly all who re-
side in Manhattan, Jersey City, New
ark and other sections during the
winter. Those who reside here now
who are going to the meeting are
Louis Johannsen, Fred Peters and
Charles Keefer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-02-17
VISITORS AT MT. LORETTO.

The monthly visiting day at the
Mission of the Immaculate Virgin,
Mt. Loretto yesterday brought down
. several hundred visitors on two
special trains to the institution yes
terday. The visitors arrived shortly
after noon and remained at the in
stitution until o'clock. After Wis.
iting the children and inspecting the
various buildings they returned
home to Brooklyn, Jersey City, Man
haitian and the Bronx. Many from
Staten Island were among the visit
Ors to the place.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-02-17
WOMAN'S PRECIOUS GIFT.

The one which she should most jeal-
ously guard, is her health, but it is the
one most often neglected. until some all
ment peculiar to her sex has fastened
itself upon her. When so affected such
women may rely upon Lydia E. Pink
ham 8 Vegetable Compound, a remedy
that has been wonderfully successful in
restoring health to suffering women.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-02-17
My Garden.

! made a little garden.
! dug 1t with my spade,
! raked 1t with my little rake,
And then three holes | made.
! made EN- with my finger-soi-
To put things into 'em to grow.
In one | put penny.
In one l put a bean,
And In the other one put
button that was green.
Tn waiting now quite patiently
To see what each will grow to be.
] think they can't be growing
The way they ought to grow.
And so perhaps I'll dig them up.
I'd really like 20 know.
This morning when first went out
I planted them. and they don't sprout'
New York Herald.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-02-17
PlentY O. Room insice.

Grnndmothet-Wh Eennic. what
big dinner you ere eating for such a
tery little boy, Bcnnie-Yes grnndc,a,
know ain't very big, but I've got
an awful thin shell,-Woman's Home
Companion.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-02-17
True.

Have you ever observed that the
man who frequently asks himself
whether nfe is really worth living usu-
ally suhsists on diet and shudders at
the mere thought Of getting his feet
damp?-Cbh'ago Ret ord Herald
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AZ to Dignity.

II I am walking In the very eye Of
heaven and feeling 1t on me where
20. there is no question for me Of hu-
man dignity.-Meredith.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-02-17
HAYS HAIR HEALTH.
RESTORED BY

RESTORED BY
HAYS HAIR HEALTH.
There is no need of any one nowadays
having grey or faded hair, or nandrutf
either, that causes it to fall out con-
stantly.
Falling hair and Dandruff ruin a
beautiful head of hair in no time and
grey and faded hair make you look so
much older than you really are.
HAY g HAIR HEALTH used regu-
arly viii bring your hair back to its
natural color quickly and more effect
lively than anything else. 1t is so easy
TO use it; just apply a little at night,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-02-17

by saying he had never kissed his
wife during their quarter of CEN
tury of married life. George w.
Deems, the husband. when question
ed about his unkissed wife. seemed
much surprised He said he had
kissed his wife "more'n a thousand
times that he had also kissed her
mott er, and he could have kissed his
father-in-law had he felt so disposed.
She knows how to kiss, and she Ell
joyed being kissed" declared the
husband in speaking of his wife. ut
is all bunk about her never being
kissed" Mrs. Deems is quite pretty.
The Madison journal., 1913-07-19

curing quickly. which helps to make q
sweet tobacco. Formerly when labor
was plentiful and cheap. this was the
universal custom, and in case OF q
sudden rain, hands were available to
put the tobacco quickly into the barn.
In many sections this method of sun
curing is now impracticable on &C
count Of the high price and scarcity OF
labor.
When the labor can be had and the
building so arranged as to permit, the
best method is to scafford the tobacco
a few days in the open air, then hang
in a shed open to the south to finish
curing. after which 1t should be car
ried to a dry barn and hung until It
is taken down to strip. The surest
method is to build a shed with doors
covering one entire end, then build
trucks in sections that will just pass
In and out of this shed. These trucks
can be hung full of tobacco and rolled
In and out of the shed on track
built for the purpose, according to the
weather. When the truckful is cured
it can be. raised into the barn and re-
filled with green tobacco. II would
not be practicable. of course, to cure
the whole crop this way.
The Madison journal., 1913-07-19
WANTED TO MAKE 1T SQUARE
Besides He Liked the Place and Hated
to Leave 1t, With His Three
Square Meals a Day.

Mr.. Parmalee lowered himself care
fully into a chair and laid his horn.
beam staff across his knees. ANY
mail for me or my folks today" he
inquired.
Nothing today, Mr.. Parmalee," re-
piled the postmaster. Wait minute,
though-lemme see. There's a paper
here called the Voice Of Reason. for
that hired man Of yours"
HE amt there now," replied Mr..
Parmalee, with an air of satisfaction.
"bu. IL I had any idea where he We.
I'd have the paper sent on. / dunno
anybody that needs a paper Of that
name more'n he does.
when he fust come t work on my
place." Mr.. Parmalee explained, Il
was kinder hard-pressed t git help,
and greed t pay him-well, never
mind what 'twas-it was a good deal
more'n be was wuth. He hadn't been
there a day fore i begun to rue my
bargain. and the longer he stayed
round the sorrier l got. He want
good for nothin', and he KEEP gettin'
wuss. Finly tor him that the way
times was | really couldn't afford to
keep a hired man. but he come right
back and said he'd stay on a spell
and work his board.
We'll, he want even wuth his
board, but / didn't have the heart to
tell him so, so l let him stop. Well.
under this new arrangement he SEEM
ed to think he didn't have to work
as much as he did before, and he was
bout as near useless as anybody you
ever see. I'd tell him to do thing,
and then I'd have to stan right over
him and see that he done 1t, and ii
took about twice as long as 1t would
to do It myself-to say nothin' OF
bein' three times as wearin'.
'T stood it as long as l could, and
day before yesterday-Tuesday II
was-I toll him that / guessed I'D
have { try t git along without him
times bein' kinder hard and me not
havin' much t. do. had to do 1t ir
self-defense; he actually want wutt
half what he ct.
We'll, after I'd gin him his walkin
paper, he stood there and studied the
matter over real thoughtful spell
Ye see, he hated t give up the three
. square meals every day that he wal
getting for nothin', as ye might say
Bimeby he come up t where ! wal
!. settin' on the porch and I could SCI
, that he'd got the matter all fixed Il
: his satisfaction.
Now. Mr.. Parmalee,' he says, Nv
! been a thinkin' over what you tor m
, about my not earnin' my keep here
, and II kinder makes me feel mean.
don't want to 60 away OWN you any
thing. | guess I'll jest stay a spel
! longer and work along same's | ar
now, and kinder square the thing u
fore | leave!' l began to think
r should have to run the feller OF tn
e place with the dog. and every tim
Il | 20 back home I'm scared for fea
e I'll find him settin' there on the from
D porch waitin' for me!"-Youth's Con
panion.
The Madison journal., 1913-07-19
CULTURE OF TOBACCO
Best Results Obtained When
Crop Grows Off Promptly.
Plants Should Be Cultivated After
Showers to Destroy All Grass
And to Prevent Unnecessary
EVAPORATION of Moisture.
Ry w. w. GREEN.

BY w. w. GREEN.
The best results are obtained with
tobacco when the crop grows oil
promptly, with no subsequent check
ing of the growth. A careful hand
hoeing as soon as the plants take root
"a week or ten days after transplant
ing-wili encourage quick start. The
crop should be carefully cultivated
after showers as soon as the soil is
dry enough to work freely, not SO
deeply as to break the roots, but
thoroughly, about two inches deep. in
order to destroy all grass and keep
the soil we'll mulched to prevent the
escape of moisture. Throwing dirt to
the row Of tobacco with a turning plow
should be abandoned, except for an
exceptionally cold, damp soil, which
is not usually adapted to tobacco, any
how. This method break the roots
and exposes too much soil to be dried
out by the sun and air, especially In
case of a drought. Cultivation should
continue until the crop is well under
way, even after the leaves have met
across the rows and large per cent
of the plants have been topped. This
can be done without injury by rubbing
a little oil or grease of some kind on
the horses legs and also on the traces
and whiffletrees.
Curing tobacco is a delicate opera
ton requiring great skill. 1t is not
merely a drying process, as is often
thought, but a process in which there
must be certain chemical changes IL
The Madison journal., 1913-07-19
II you want q plain

out with them. II you want q plain,
the little girl wanted some amuse-
ment, and she saw this dulcimer In
second hand shop somewhere, and
bought it. The germs may have been
on there for six months, for all you
know. For what purpose they were
placed there in the beginning, ! don't
know. Certainly fail to see the mo-
tive that would make a person de-
sign so scientific a murder to accom-
plish SO little
"'All very true | answered. But,
just the same. have my theory. What
it is ! don't believe | shall tell you
right now, but if you want to help me
in wha. you think is a wild goose
chase, find out where that dulcimer is
while | do a little running around
on my own hook"
| had in mind the trunk which !
| had seen in the room, and while VIII
liams began his rounds of the pawn
shops, ! went to the cOroners office.
In the little trunk | found clothing. a
/ few post card pictures OF the city.
some addresses of business men, and
the like. but nothing that would aid
me in discovering the girls home
place. or the name of any relative.
| did not see Williams for two days
and when | did the information he
gave me took me farther from the
solution of the mystery than | had
been in the beginning. Shadows had
been placed on Grimes. They report
ed that he had been to the morgue
to look at the dead body Of the girl
and that he seemed rather nervous
and excited at the sight of her. More
than that, he had seemed strangely In
terested in endeavoring to find out
just what action the police had taker
to locate the parents Of the girl, and i
they had any success.
This to me a few hours sooner would
have been gratifying information, bu
as il was the news that Williams haC
brought me was rather depressing
For he had come to me with the
fact that little Miss Perry had bough
the dulcimer at pawnshop OF
Wabash avenue. 1t had been left ther,
several months before by some trav
cling musician, and it seemed for ;
moment that the theory which viii
Jams had given might be the real one
But there was this to combat 1t: I
place germs on the strings Of an In
strument one does not necessarily
The Madison journal., 1913-07-19
Children to Study Movies.

Closely following the German police
ordinance barring children from the
ordinary cinematograph theaters,
comes the organization, by prominent
representatives Of art. science. official
dom and commerce. Of an association
for cinematographic study.
The associations purpose 10 two
fold: 1t will endeavor to raise the
standard of the ordinary films. and
also to further the production OF films
Of an instructive and scientific nature
II the producers feel that films of the
nature desired will not be profitable
the association will itself bring about
their production. 1t is also to further
the establishment of a cinematogra
phic museum and archives for the pre-
servation Of especially valuable films
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and Williams and I standing there
by the bed. wondering at the Unsuitable
greed which could drive a woman to
take the life of child that she might
gloat over the money which would
come to her through her death.
The woman had sunk back on her
pillow. She seemed unconscious.
Williams strobe a few feet away and
stood looking at the floor.
Tell me how you guessed all this
she said feebly.
81 didn't guess it, was my answer.
1t simply worked out. / knew that
Grimes had nothing to do with 1t. For
learned that he acted in that way
with every case The physician was
| out of the question. Then was left
/ by the simple system OF elimination.
one person. This woman who had
seemed to have taken so much OF an
interest in this little girl. who could
be nothing TO her.
There are hundreds of such cases
in the city. Why should this one be
singled out for such marked atten-
tior? | determined to learn the rea-
son. obtained her description from
the janitor and in the guise of book
agent l sought among the charity
workers until / found her. | went to
her house as a book agent, but l
talked to her of many other things.
And OF two in particular-money and
death.
Il noticed her eyes CLEAN at the
mention Of one subject, then her lips
paled at the other. In my brain was
fashioned the conviction that there
was some connection between this
woman and the girl, and that Mrs
Brent had killed Eileen for money
That is all / knew, Williams, and that
was all | knew this afternoon when
you and | came
"A wild scream interrupted, and we
whirled toward the bed, Just In time
TO see the woman who had murdered
her niece plunge forward. the blood
streaming from her throat. where she
had pierced 1t with penknife. NJ
further explanation ever came from
her, for ten minutes later physician
looked upward with a queer little ex
preston and uttered the one littl'
word which has caused so many sor
rows in this world and ended so mucl
suffering-Dead.'
A blatant orchestra was sounding
strain Of a late Broadway ragtime a
Miss Clement concluded her story. Fo
a moment she sat there in meditation
then reached for the carte de jou
nearby.
Charity covers a multitude Of sins,
she said, simply.
The Madison journal., 1913-07-19
The DulCimer
Copyright. by W. G. Chapman)

questions. Where did that dulcimer
come from?'
THAT musical thing? he asked and
scratched his head as he thought. I
don't know where it came from. She
didn't have it with her when she came
here
Did you ever see her bring it in?'
No
Did you oversee anyone come to
visit herr
Lord, she didn't have any friends
that | know of. There is so many peo-
pie going in and out of this building
all the time anyway, that | wouldn't
be able to tell. Some of them settle
ment workers might have brought 1t
to her for all know. Come to think
of il, did used to hear her picking on
that thing, but she never played It
too took sick. l don't guess she was
able
Il looked up and down the hall in
the hope of seeing someone who could
give me more information. There was
none. The rooms were unoccupied
their doors standing open, showing
the wretched interiors where paper
hung from the wall and plaster whit
ened the floor. l turned again to the
janitor.
did the settlement workers visi
her when she became ill?' l asked.
Yes, there were two that did. One
was :. man that didn't like at all. He
was always grumpy and just stooc
around and talked about how mucl
charity patients cost the city, ant
every time he left the poor little kic
seemed just that much worse
His name? l questioned.
- think it was Mr.. Crimes b,
answered, or some name like that
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light of morning break over the city.
She was struggling with temptation, a
temptation of an ordinarily good wom-
an who had allowed greed to enter her
heart and stifle all else.
She began to visit the little room,
and to work around the various
charitable institutions in order that
she might cover her action. One day
in the laboratory at the city hall
where she had gone on some char
liable quest there came the opportu-
nifty to steal a culture tube containing
| typhoid fever germs. In an instant 1t
was in her handbag, the decision was
made, and she was Fastening to FL
leen's room.
The girl was playing. or was at
tempting to play, ON the dulcimer,
when her aunt arrived. The instru-
ment had been one much loved by her
father, and lonely days spent In the
city had reminded the little girl many
times Of when fortunes were better
and when she had listened to the
strains of the instrument as played by
her father.
This was a sentiment in which
Mrs. Brent had INDUCED her. and she
had given her the money wherewith to
buy the plaything.
Eileen looked up with a smile oi
happiness on her face as the woman
she believed to be only charity work
er entered the room.
"I am thirsty the aunt said, after
the first greeting. Gould you get me
glass of water"
She wanted time in which to make
her plans. The girl laid dowr
the dulcimer and left the room. In q
cash it came to the aunt. The gir
loved tc play the instrument, and tC
turn the pages of the music as she
rracticed. She must now and ther
touch her fingers to her lips to moist
en- them. Hastily Mrs. Brent drew
forth the culture tube and applied
some of the germs to the strings. Ter
minutes later she was chatting will
the girl over her chances of obtain
ing employment. and two weeks latel
she was sitting by the bedside OF 6
fever ridden patient watching the frs
effects of her work.
Eileen was out Of the way now. ty
phoid was doing its work. Soon th'
eyes which cleaned with fever woult
be glaring in the stiffness OF death
, That gold bearing land in the ives
was hers. Hers at the cost Of a hu
man life.
Mrs. Brent had finished the story
The Madison journal., 1913-07-19
Method Of scaffoIdina Tobacco In the
Field

order to get -'r desired color and
texture. These changes take place
most freely at a temperature ranging
in humidity OF about So per cent. In
from so degrees to so degrees F.. and
an extremely dry or cold season the
tobacco does not pass through this
curing process, but will be mottled
with spots of green or yellow through
the leaf. In such weather 1t is well
to leave the barn open at night to let
the damp air in, and close I IN the
day to keep out the dry air.
On the other hand. in a wet, warm
season. there probably will be damage
from pole-sweat or house-burn, which
NAV be corrected to some extent by
opening the barn on dry days and
closing it on damp days and nights II
the tobacco becomes thoroughly limp
under these methods then ii is best
TO open the barn in any weather, as
damp air circulating is not as bad as
damp air stagnant in the barn
In most st ctions a dirt floor is pre-
The Madison journal., 1913-07-19

town in Pennsylvania, where she had
earned her living by doing housework
after her fathers death.
In other days the Perrys had
been wealthy. but when the father
died it was found that his sole pos
sessions consisted of small tract of
comparatively worthless land in Col
orado.
This bv the will was left to the
trust of the aunt whom Eileen had
never seen The years went by and
the child grew TO near womanhood,
still in the servile position which she
had always occupied. One day in rum
maging through some of her fathers
papers she found the Information con-
cerning the western land and wrote a
letter to her aunt notifying her that
she was now of age, and TO sell the
land for whatever she could get for it.
The letter came back to her mark
ed opened by mistake Eileen be-
Heved her aunt had left the country,
and believing. also. that the land was
worth absolutely nothing, gave up the
quest She then turned her eyes to-
ward the city. A little later there ap-
peared in the town a woman who
made inquiries concerning the girl,
and on learning that she had gone
to Chicago. left the village.
In the meantime Eileen had found
hard work to secure position. Dis
couraged and disheartened, she one
day answered an advertisement for a
servant girl and poured out her story
to the sweet appearing woman whose
apartment she was in
Miss Clement paused a moment.
THE rest of the story is easy to
guess" she continued. Eileen Perry
had fallen into the trap that was laid
for her, and told her story without
knowing it to Mrs. Brent, her aunt
who had come to the city and adver
tised for a servant in the hope thai
Eileen might see and answer.
"At that time the woman didn'
know exactly what she was going t
, do. The land that was once worth
| less had shown gold and was pour
ing in money. She must get 1t ava!
, from the girl by some means. How
she did not know.
AT first there came the idea of hir
: ing the girl as a servant and inveig
. ling from her the deed to the land. |
D was given up, and the girl sent away
: leaving her address. That night Mrs
= Brent saw the stars fade and the whit