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Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-04-30
MATAWAN

Mrs. Koert O. Wyckoff entertained
at linen shower at her home In
Park avenue Friday afternoon in
honor Of Miss Naomi Bedle. who Is
soon to become the bride of Garrett
McKeene. of Keyport. The presents
were exceedingly useful and hand
some. About thirty Of Miss Bedle's
friends were present, those from out
of town being Mrs. Robert Seeley. OF
Elmora: Mrs. Fred ogden, of Key
port; Mrs. Harold G.. Smith, of New
York City; Miss Dorothy Dennis, OF
Newark, and Miss Helen McDermott
of sI,~aet@,is ..,i....s. ,.r.....
Lester ArrowsIni.A 1as a C4ln -, Jv,4
'isitor Sunday.
Rev. John Allen was recent visi-
or In Winona.
Niss Ethel L. Lewis, Miss Mildred
Moil8n N nJ hasJQtbE, Dennis. .Edes
ward FAIRY. Jr.. and Paul Weber mo-
tored to Asbury Park Saturday night.
Miss Mabel Emmons. of Freneau,
was q Matawan visitor yesterday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Laban Dennis and
daughter, Miss Dorothy Dennis, q
Newark, are spending few days in
Matawan visiting Mr.. and Mrs. AL
fred H. Morton and daughter, Miss
Mildred Morton.
Mrs. Harold Warwick and son,
norman, Oh cTeeHoiu, were tHo cri-
day visitors of Mrs. Warwick's father
and mother-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Warwick.
Thomas Fury was a Cliffwood visi-
tor Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Gittins, of
New Brunswick. have leased the
Frank Anderson bungalow in Allan
tic avenue and will move here in a
few days.
Mrs. Smith was Red Bank visitor
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George M. Harris
were Cliffwood visitors Sunday after
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan Harris. of
Roseville, were the Sunday guests of
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred H. Morton.
DIR. Walter Schilke, of New York
City, was recent Matawan visitor.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-04-30
keep LOOKING YOUNG
It's Easy-H You Know DR..
Edwards Olive Tablets

{ The secret OF keeping young Is TO
feel youGg-to do this you must watch
your liver and bowels-there's no need
W having a sallow complexion-dark
fings under your eyes-pimples-a bill
ious look in your face--dull eyes with
np sparkle. Your doctor will tell YOU
pinety per cent Of all, sickness comes
9rpm inactive bowels and liver.
DR.. Edwards, weli-known physician
In Ohio. perfected a vegetable COM
pound mixed with olive oil to act on
the liver and bowels, which he gave to
his patients for years.
Dr. Edwards Olive Tablets, the SUBJ
stitute for calomei, are gentle In their
action, yet always effective. They bring
sbout that exuberance of spirit, that
natural buoyancy which should be en-
joyed by everyone. by toning up the liver
and clearing the system Of impurities.
You will know DR.. Edwards Olive
Tablets by their olive color. 10c and
sc per box. All druggists.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-04-30
MISS TILTON ENTERTAINS
At CARDS IN KEYpORT
speoidI to the gENINc NEWS.

Keyport, April S0.-Miss Annie L.
Tilton, of Osborne street, entertained
sixteen friends at cards Friday after
noon when the prize winners of the
occasion were Miss Elsie M. Curtis who
received q cut glass bowl, Miss Eloise
III. Odell second, cut glass candle
stick, and Mrs. ]. Grover Curtis third,
O patriotic emblem. AT the conclus-
ion of the game refreshments were
served and patriotic decorations were
much In evidence. Music was pro-
vided for the occasion by the victrola,
Those playing were Miss Elsie M.
Curtis, Miss Edith V. Walling, Miss
Mildred Lackey, Miss Eloise H. Odell,
Miss Ethel Clarendon, Miss A. L. TIL
ton, Mrs. Elmer E. Morris, Mrs. As
bury w. Campbell. Mrs. Harvey S.
Bedle, Mrs. C, Russell Wharton. Mrs
Harvey Bronner, Mrs. Laura Camp
bell Mrs. Rufus o. Walling, Mrs. Will
liam L. Walling, Mrs. Harry M. Van
Dorm and Mrs. ]. Grover Curtis.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-04-30
KEyPORT MAN HURT IN FALL

Keyport, April a0:-John yignes
sr.. of Union. near here. fell from .
load Of hay Saturday morning ana
received severe injuries. also break
ing his right ankle. Vernon Sullivanp
who was also on the load at the time,
The men were taking the hay from
the Harry Rose place on Poole aver
nue. and in some manner slipped
from the top Of the highly piled hay.
Mr., Rose took Mr.. Vigne to his homo
in Union and called DR.. s. II. Cassidy.
Of Front street, who gave the neces-l
sary surgical attention. Although res
ported to be doing nicely 1t will ~
weeks before Mr.. Vigne can resume
work.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-04-30
BEDlE KEYpORT FIRE Chief

Keyport, April 80:-At the annual
election Of the fire department of the
borough the fire chief and first and
second assistants were reelected.
a. chairman of the fire committee
ana Councilman William =. Bedle
acted az clerk of the election. The
tellers were Benjamin B. Huylar and
Gordon d. Woodey. The result Of the
election was Joseph d. Bedle, chief;
r. Walter Snyder, first assistant. and
Daniel VanPelt, second assistant. At
the meeting of the borough council
Monday night. May IA. the result of
the election will be certified.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-04-30
SUFFERING CATS!
GIVE THIS MAN
THE GOLD MEDAL

Let folks step on your feet hereafterb
wear shoes a size smaller II you likA
for corns will never again send electri6
to this Cincinnati authority.
He says that few drops Of drug
called freezone. applied directly upon
q tender. aching corn. instantly rec
ileveB soreness, and soon the entire
corn, root and all. lifts right out
This drug is sticky ether CONS
pound, but dries at once and simply
5hrfvsiyup th5 rofn n
or even Irritating the surroundins
tissue.
It IL claimed that quarter of an
ounce OF freezone obtained at any drug
store will cost very little. but r. suf-
corn or callus from ones feet. Cut this
out, especially II you are woman
reader VIII wears high hsels.--Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-04-30
HAS PARTY IN KEyPORT

Keyport, April s0.-Miss Marietta
Dey, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank
s. Dey, of Fulton street, entertained
q number of friends at her home Fri
day night 1t being the anniversary of
her birthday. The evening was
pleasantly spent in playing games and
music and singing was also enjoyed.
Refreshments were served at late
hour.
Those present were Misses Made
line Fairfield OF Perth Amboy, Alta
Walling. Edna Morrell, Carolyn Dey,
Eleanor Dey, Mrs. Alexander H. Hauff,
Martha Burlew, Kathleen Lambert
son, Paul Lund, Everett Polling, JOS
eph Cannon of Perth Amboy, Leon
Lambertson and Richard Hillman.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-04-30
PORT READING

Dances in Perth Amboy, New
Brunswick and Elizabeth attracted q
number of the young folks from here
Friday and Saturday.
Mrs. Joseph Ruth visited In Wood
bridge over the weekend.
Roy Dunn has enlisted In the
United States army service.
r. A. Brown was 8 Perth Amboy
siaiton Friday
Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-04-30

Riches In q Long Arm.
The longer prize fighters reach,
the more money he seems able to pull
dQwn.-Birmingham Age-Herald.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-26
Effects of Fear.

The coward on the field of battle
dies many times whether death comes
to him or not.
Not only on the field of battle do
men suffer fearsome deaths but in
various walks of life. Their fear of
failure makes weaklings of them, just
as the fear of disease renders them fit
subjects for it.
1t was not long since that some
thoughtless companions of young lady
who had horror of smallpox told her
that she had been exposed to the dis
ease and pointed to some innocent red
Splotches On her face as evidence that
she was taking it. For days and nights
she suffered from pain and fever and
mental anguish. Upon learning the
facts in the case the physician assured
her that she had not been exposed to
the disease and that there were no
symptoms Of it, She thereupon took a
turn for the better and rapidly re-
gained her health.
\This is but one of the constantly re-
curing instances Of the effects Of fear
on the mind and through it on the
body.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-26
SEES DOOM OF GOLDEN LOCKS
Statistcian Predicts Extinction Of
Fair-Haired Women, as a Species,
Within Next Two Centuries.

1t is gravely announced that the
bright glory Of blond hair, locks of
pale spun gold, such as the Lorelei
combed with her golden comb, are
doomed to disappear entirely. A sta
tistician has figured the whole matter
out, and he issues a solemn warning
that in two pitiful centuries the poets
(who will still be poets nevertheless
must cease to sing of blessed damosels
with hair like ripe corn, except, of
course, retrospectively, or paying tri-
butte knowingly to a triumph Of the
chemists art.
The reason for the diminutiOn Of the
number of fair women, the final ex-
tinctiOn of the species, is given. by the
statistician with the solemnity proper
ly belonging to his profession and
province, says the New York Evening
Post. 1t is that blends have been OBJ
served to be less inclined to marriage
than their darker sisters. They are
thus condemning themselves to the
fate which must little by little over
take them and rob the world of some
thing the world would not willingly be
bereft of.
For the benefit Of those who are
admirers of white horses it may be
added that red hair does not count as
blond. 1t is sui generis, and has stay
ing qualities as notable as that of the
brunette type.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-26
Famous Swords of japan.

Some famous swords of Japan have,
as do some famous jewels, their own
individual names. One sword Of great
repute was called Little Crow" Le-
gends and superstitions are connected
with such historical blades or their
makers. One of these makers was
called the "One-handed Smith" The
story goes that while in his apprentice
ship to an older artisan he came to
learn everything his superior knew, ex-
cept the exact temperature Of the
water used in tempering. Finally, able
to endure his situation no longer, he
stole to the forge one day when the
master was working alone and pre-
pairing to temper a finished work Of
high quality. Rushing in, the younger
man thrust his hand into the water,
only to have it cut off by the irate
employer.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-26
BEETLE is GRAVE DIGGER"
Animal World Scent Dead Bodies
at a Great Distance.

When an animal dies in a garden or
In the woods and decomposition be-
gins, carrion bugs come from far and
near. A dead bird, a mouse or harm
less snake wantonly killed by some
wanderer provides a banquet for hun
dreds Of insects. Among these the
grave diggers'' are found, embracing
43 species, IL of which are found in
Europe, the rest in America.
You can identify these beetles, says
Popular Science, by the two jagged
yellowish red or reddish transverse
bands upon their black wing covers.
Their scientific names (Necrophorus)
means 20 more than curriers' Of the
dead" AS undertakers, the insects
have legs especially adapted for dig
ging.
A grave-digger beetle has a most ex-
traordinary sense of smell. He can
detect the peculiar Odor Of decomposi-
ton a long distance away and flies to
the dead thing as straight as an ar
row. His remarkably keen nose is
situated in his club like feelers.
AS rule several grave diggers are
found near dead body. They crawl
under it and scratch the supporting
earth away, SO that the body soon lies
in a hollow. Gradually the body is
lowered until it sinks below the sur
face. Then it is covered with earth.
The female lays her eggs around the
inferred form, thus insuring for the
newly Matched larvae plentiful food
supply.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-26
Shark Fishinu Season.

The best season for catching sharks
seems to be during the cooler months
from October to March. Fishermen
say that sharks are not so plentiful at
other times of the year.
The flesh, fins, maws, jaws and
other bones, livers and skins all enter
into the commerce of Alden, which is
the center of the shark-fshing indus
try. The fresh meat of the smaller
sharks is sold regularly in the fish
bazaar at very reasonable prices to the
poorer classes of natives who cannot
afford other sorts Of fish. The meat
is strong, but is said to be quite palat-
able when one is. accustomed to eat
ing it. The principal consumers Of
shark meat are the Arabs, although
the native Jews and Somalis also use
it. The Soma1i and Arab are Moham-
medans and their religion forbids eat
ing the flesh Of any fish that has not
scales. However, the working classes
of natives are so poor that shark meat
is the only sort Of fish they can afford.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-26
The Value of Biography.

1t is not only commanded by an
cient practice to celebrate the memory
of great and worthy men, as the best
thanks which posterity can pay them,
but all the examples of virtue are Of
more vigor when they are thus con-
tracted into individuals. AS the sun
beams, united in a burning glass to
point, have greater force than when
they are darted from plain superfcies,
SO the virtues and actions of man
drawn together in single story,
strike upon our minds a stronger and
more lively impression than the scat
tered relations of many men, and many
actions; and by the same means that
they give us pleasure, they afford us
profit, too and as the reader
is more concerned at one mans for
tune than those of many, so the writer,
likewise, is more capable Of making
perfect work if he confine himself to
this narrower compass.-Dryden.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-26
Are You One Of Them?

There are great many people who
would be very much benefited by taking Cham
berlains Tablets for a weak or dsordered stom-
ach Are you one of them? Mrs M. R. Scarf,
Baldwinsville, N. Y, relates her experience in
the use of these tablets: II had bad spell
with my stomach about six months ago, and
was troubled for two or three weeks with gas
and severe pains in the pit of my stomach. Our
druggist advised me to take Chamberlain's
Tablets. I took bottle home and the first dose
relieved me wonderfully, and kept on taking
them until I was cured These tablets do not
relieve pain, but after the pain has been relieved
may prevent it's recurrence.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-26
ANOTHER MINEAL POINT CASE
1t Proves That There's a Way Out
For Many Suffering Mineral
Point Folks

Just another report of case in Min
eral Point. Another typical case.
Kidney ailments relieved in Mineral
Point with Doan's Kidney Pills.
George h. Hartley, cigar manufact-
urer, State ST., Mineral Point, says:
II suffered for several months from
severe, sharp pains in the small of my
backs. My kidneys were sore and the
kidney secretions were unnatural. l
got Doan's Kidney Pills at Ivey's Drug
Store and two or three boxes drove
away the pain. The kidney secretions
cleared up and I felt much better in
every way.
OVER FIVE YEARS LATER Mr.
Hartley said: Il have as much conf
dence in Doan's Kidney Pills today as
when [ recommended them some years
ago. They rid me Of an attack of kid
ney trouble. Whenever [ have any
return of the symptoms of kidney trou-
BILE use Doan's Kidney Pills at once
and they always relieve me.
Price 60c, at all dealers. Don't sim
ply ask for kidney remedy-get Doan's
Kidney Pills-the same that Mr. Hartley
has twice publicly recommended. Eos
ter Milburn Co., Props, Buffalo, N. Y.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-26
He GOT The FANS
Officer Met Objections of His
Superiors in Washington.
Offered to Transfer One, of his Heavy
weight Ensigns to Make Room
for Extra Equipment.

When a squad of civilian volunteers
went ON a battleship training cruise,
Lieut.. F. II. Roberts one day told them
about service with the destroyers.
''No special attempt" he told the
volunteers, lis made in selecting the
men to serve in torpedo craft, wheth-
er they are fat men or lean men. short
men or tall men. The character and
spirit are developed by association af-
ter their arrival. AS a rule, they are
older than the men on the battleships.
''You all know that one Of the char
acteristics of destroyer is ability to
make high speed. To this end it has
always been the policy of the naval
constructors to keep fittings Of the
vessel strong but of light weight No
chances were ever lost by the naval
constructors in tightening the Destroy
ers by removal of any fittings that
they considered Unnecessary
To illustrate: A fotilla of Destroy
ers was dispatched from the Atlantic
coast to the Philippines via San Juan,
the Azores, the Mediterranean, the
Suez canal, Indian ocean and the West
Indies.
1t SO happened that on one of these
destroyers the commanding officer was
a man weighing 23O pounds. His two
assistants, both then ensigns. each
weighed we'll over 200 pounds. Out of
half-dozen chief petty officers three
Of them were heavyweights, and in the
rest Of the crew were two others of
the same avoirdupOis.
Upon arrival in the Philippines the
weather was hot and sultry, the sun
keeping the decks Of the vessel warm,
adding another torment.
The vessels original allowance list
had included one electric fan, so the
commanding officer submitted a requi-
sition requesting that a fan be fur
nished for the wardroom, and one in
each compartment in which the crew
were quartered, total of five fans.
The request in due time reached
Washington, and some three months
later was returned disapproved as the
bureau did not wish to add any I'M
necessary weight to the vessel for fear
of reducing it's speed.
Nothing. daunted, the commanding
officer returned the requisition with a
statement thereon of the weights Of
himself, his two commissioned assist
ants and other members of the crew
and requested that one of these heavy
weights be transferred and that a man
weighing about $50 pounds be sent in
his place.
The fans were forthcoming and no.
body was transferred. Since that time
electric fans are among the few COM
forts found on destroyers.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-26
New National Dishes.

At banquet, the superintendent of
the mining department of a large
firm told this one: At a miners
union meeting held at Bisbee at
the time there was an attempt being
made to unionize the camp, the ques-
ton arose as to whether MeXicans adj
mitted to the union should be allowed
to work underground. One speaker op-
posed any such thought on the
grounds of difference in economic
equality Of the whites and Mexicans.
Waxing warm to his subject, he shout
ed: "How do they live? You all know.
What do they wear? You all know.
What do they eat?"-(voice from back
of hall)-"Chile Killarney and Torpe-
notwithstanding and Mining Jour
nal.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-26
An Easy Time.

Nothing is more fatal to a girl than
to get the fancy that the easy life is
the ideal. There are some people, it
is true, who slip through the world
without encountering any difficulties,
without shouldering any responsible
ties, or bearing any burdens, but they
are SO worthless that it almost seems
g misuse of language to call them hui
man beings. It would be better to
Scrub for a living from youth to old
age than to join the ranks of idlers
who were ambitious fo- an easy time
AID realize their ambition.-Girls'
Companion.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-26
Grabbed DISPOSITION.

"Now, this is a snappy suit" said
the glib salesman.
"See here, young man." answered
the grouchy customer. "That word
'snappy,' when applied to clothes is
my pet abomination. / don't want
snappy suit. If you show me another
I'll get snappy myself"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-26
Don't Use Rhubarb Leaves.

Because rhubarb leaves contain GER
tain substances which make them poi
sonous to a great many persons, spe-
.cialists of the United States depart
ment of agriculture warn housewives
against using this portion of the plant
for food. A number of letters have
been received by the department call
ing attention to the fact that certain
newspapers and magazines are advo-
eating the use of rhubarb leaves for
green's, and that disastrous results
have followed the acceptance Of the
advice.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-26
Would Be Liberal.

Several men have been with the
company for more than thirty years.
What shall we do to show our appreci-
ation?' "Um. Let's see. Suppose we
give each man gold star on his col
lar" "Shal1 we require the men to pay
for the sameT "No, that would hard
ly be fair. The company will pay half"
Louisville Courier-Journal.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-26

saying.
And in less time
than it takes to
tell it the mother
robin had hoped
over to her baby'S
side and helped
the baby robin
back to the nest.
She seemed to
be nursing the
robin for several
u a y S +. he Hdu
tried to fly higher
than he could and
he had hurt his
wing.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-26
Nothing to Be Gained.

A Roman stole philosopher was dis
coursing one day on life and death.
"They are just the same" he said;
there is no difference between them"
"Why don't you die, then, if there is
no difference?" one Of his disciples
asked. because there is no differ
ence," returned the philosopher.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-26
Nothinu to Worry About.

"According to the critics, this popu
lar dramatist skates on thin ice in his
latest play"
"Well, there are so many veteran
shock absorbers in the average theater
audience nowadays that few persons
would be able to tell if he kept on
skating or broke through occasion
ally"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-26
How They Work.

In an argument against fanaticism
the late General Funston said to cor
respondent: Gwen the looking glass
and the wine glass have their uses.
The looking glass reveals our defects
to ourselves; the wine glass reveals
them to Others"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-26
Something to Worry About.

You better stop yo' growlin wen
you amt got muffin tall ter growl
bout. Des s'pose dat you wuz rich an
had ter pay de income tax; or dat you
couldn't sleep wen night come fer
thinkin' dat a yethquake mought swal-
Ter de bank, wild all yo' money in it !!
-Br'er Williams, in Atlanta Constitu-
ton.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-26
Friendly Children.

Udu HtuTu WIlIS-
per or not. But somehow or other,
Something told them about the bread
crumbs, and they went into their
houses and brought out great many
pieces of bread, which they broke up
into tiny crumbs.
Oh, how the birds sang! And how
happy the robins were. And Baby
Robin thought he was the luckiest Of
birds, for he lived in a sunny world
where there were nice sisters and
brothers, dear mother robin, friendly
children and Fairy Queen who whis-
pered wondrous suggestions.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-26
DOING Good.

Few medicines have met with more
favor or accomplished more good than Cham
berlain's Collie and Diarrh5ea Remedy. John
F. Jantzen, Delmeny. Sask., says of it Il have
used Chamberlain's Collie and Diarrhoea Rene
dy myself and in my family and can recon-
mend it as being an exceptionally fine prepare
tiOn -
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-26
Nut Eatinu,

In general, nuts are as easily d.
gested as other foods, if they are
thoroughly masticated, and if eaten
in moderate quantities. The fat Of
nuts thus eaten is in an emulsified
state and cannot interfere with the di
gestion Of other foods. The addition
Of salt does not assist their digestion
in any aDpreciable degree.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-26

pCACu " . " III Y
children nearby:
"Go, children.
Get some bread
crumbs plenty
of them, for you
see how m a n y
birds there are
and scatter them
all around where
the birds are hop
ping about"
t he children
hadn't seen t h e
Fairy Queen and
they weren't quite
sure whether they
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1917-07-26
Cause Of Dependency.

Dependency is often caused by in
digestion and constipation, and quickly disap-
pears when Chamberlain's Tablets are taken.
These tablets strengthen the digestion and
move the bowels