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The Twin City star., 1918-03-23
Fitness for Army Flying
Sense Of Equilibrium One Of the Most lmportan. Tests
Applicant Must Pass

The physical examination candidates the aviation branch OF
the rigid than that for other branches Among the most
important has that of his of equilibrium How
this done described by Dr. Charles Small Chicago the Journal
of the American Medical Association II. r..
The candidate seated Baany charso called after the dis
of the organs Of equibaon This swing with foo
long handle with which whed by which
be stopped with the examiners foot The mans
closed his head tilted thirty degrees then
rotated to the right ten revolutions in twenty seconds and suddenly
stopped The applicant told @ and look straight front
of him at object If he be normal his eyes will make ky
mens to the left for about twenty-five seconds
The test repeated with the chair hrng the left which will
produce eyejerks to the right.
front the still blndoded candidate tells
him extend his right directly front of him and with his fore
finger touch the tip of the examiners Then he told to raise his
above his head and bring down exactly the This repeated
with the left The chair around ten times ten seconds
and the the examiner touches the candidates forenger
before and tells him repeat the raising and lowering of the hand
If he be normal he will not touch the finger but will point several
inches the right it. The repeated the Left and the normal
"past points to the left.
Those experiments the nomay of the horizontal canals
for the perpendicular canal follows The candidate bends forward
angle of 80 Degrees still bndfo his head resting his fists
held his knees The chair rotated the right
ond The instant stopped the told sit upright normal
will fall toward the right The then made swinging
left, when he will fall to the left
This method of testing the of equilibrium superseded
others because it is the most exact
The Twin City star., 1918-03-23
Says Hunting Dogs and
Common Ours Possess War
Service Qualifications

"French war dogs are not the only
ones that could be taught to do great
service in the world struggle" re-
marked H. r. Turner, a Kentuckian,
discussing the marvellous feats per.
formed by some Of the dogs on the
battlefields of France.
"The dog of America commonly
called a cur has instinct for such ser.
vice. Some patriotic women in the
West have undertaken to train dogs
for Red Cross work, and they have
found that the cur dog is possessed
OF all the natural qualifications for
war service. But, in my judgment,
the Kentucky hunting dog is better
adapted for this work than any other
because of his wonderful instincts. A
few years ago sportsman of Iowa
had hunting dog bred in Kentucky.
1t was an unusually fine dog and dur
ing the racing season in Kentucky he
sent his dog back to Kentucky to take
part in the fox chasing. After the
sport was over the friends to whom
the animal had been sent lost him.
They were much perturbed, because
they had promised they would see
that the dog was sent safe back home
to Iowa. After many days of search.
ing, however, they sent word to the
owner that the animal had disap.
peared. Sixty days afterward they
were informed that the dog had re-
turned to his home in Iowa."
The Twin City star., 1918-03-23
Texas Farmers Urged to
Produce Peanuts for Use
in Both Meal and Butter

That former peanut manufacturer
who said that people could exist for a
long time on nothing else but peanut
butter and crackers was doing a little
gratuitous advertising for crackers,
asserts the Houston POST There is
no reason why Texas peanuts should
not furnish both bread and butter for
all Texas people and there might be
enough for few favored mortals in
other states. If the food and feed
campaign which Is being conducted
should result in the planting of 1,O0O,-
600 acres in peanuts this year, Texas
farmers will be richer by some $50 OOO,-
600 and the food supply will contain
plenty of one Of the best foods In
the world. And then if the food ad-
ministration shall force the peanut
factories to make a reasonable proper
tion Of the nuts into edible meal the
country will have plenty of bread ma
terial as well as a liberal layer Of but
ter for every slice.
The Twin City star., 1918-03-23
TamaIe Pie.

Make mush by stirring two cupfuls
# corn meal into six cupfuls Of boiling
water, add one and one half teaspoon
fuls of salt and cook 45 minutes.
Brown one onion sliced in hot fat, add
a pound of hamburger steak and stir
until we'll scared, then add salt and
pepper and two cupfuls of tomato. A
sweet red pepper or a green one as an
addition. Grease a baking dish and
put a layer Of the mush then a layer
Of the meat and cover with mush. Bake
one-half hour.
English sparrows make fine eating.
In many places they are caught with a
trap and a dozen or fifteen make a
good meal for large family. They
may be baked in q pie like the Mother
Goose rhyme of four and twenty black
birds baked in pie.
The Twin City star., 1918-03-23
Special Nicotine fobacco
Grown for Other Purposes
Than Chewing and Smoking

While half the trades seem to be
busy, to judge by advertisements,
producing coffeeless coffee, tanninless
tea, and tobacco without nicotine, it
does seem a bit incredulous to learn
Of seedsmen offering seeds guaranteed
to produce tobacco with from three to
ten times as much nicotine content as
is found in ordinary smoking and
chewing grades, observes writer in
the New York Times. OF course.
that is no evidence that the time-hon-
ored belief that nicotine harms hui
mans has been discarded, for in the
same seed catalogues one finds tobacco
seeds commended to the planter be-
cause they will produce leaf with the
minimum of the supposed poison. Doc
tors still tell us to smoke mild to-
baccos, Nnd the cigarette with it's claim
that its makeup carries little nicotine
continues to grow in popularity.
But there are not few uses for
tobacco other than smoking, chewing,
and snufing, and nearly all Of these
demand a weed that has lots Of poison
in it. Florists buy thousands Of
pounds every year to burn in smolder-
ing piles in their greenhouses to kill
insects and eradicate the tiny moths
that lay eggs that produce plant de-
stroyers. And 1t is the nicotine in the
smoke that kills the pests.
Nicotine is about the most efficacious
remedy when garden plants are at
tackled by sucking insects. These de-
stroyers cannot be harmed by eating
foliage and stems with paris green and
arsenic of lead, for they have long,
sharp beaks; some carry probos-
cises proportionStely as long as
an elephants, and these they drive
into leaf and blossom stems and suck
out the vital juices. Only contact
poison will kill them, and nicotine does
it most surely. A green or pink or
white plant louse, busily sucking the
life out of plant, turns brown the
instant nicotine touches his body,
stiffens his legs, draws out his beak,
and drops dead.
Tobacco solutions that carry 30 per
cent Of nicotine sell for $1.5O pint,
hence the ambition to grow tobacco
rich in the deadly essence.
The Twin City star., 1918-03-23
Food for the Family.

Corn meal dishes are very good when
good meal and careful preparation is
thought worthy of attention. Even the
member of the family who doesn't like
corn meal, may be won over if appetiz-
ing dishes, well prepared, are served.
As a mush with good top milk there is
nothing better for the youngsters sup
per, and even grandfather longs for it,
If he has had New England training.
Then what was left may be nodded and
fried for breakfast, a dish fit for the
king.
The Twin City star., 1918-03-23
Snakes.

An explanation of this hallucination
is offered by the result of French ex-
periments few years ago. Sixteen al
coholic patients were examined with
the ophthalmoscope, and it was found
that the minute blood vessels in the
retina of the eyes were congested. In
this condition they appear black, and
are projected into the field of vision,
where their movements resemble the
squirming of serpents-
The Twin City star., 1918-03-23
Professionaa Dianities.

"Dishere canal boat business Is loom.
In up right important" remarked Mr..
Erastus Pinkley. II specks dars gotta
be some 'scussion bout my employ
ment."
What's the matter with your jcb2"
TITS all right, 'ceppin' jes' dis. I
don't want to be called a mule driver
no mo-. Hereafter ! wants to bA
luded to as a pilot
The Twin City star., 1918-03-23
Brief Facts.

There are nearly 500 sulphur
mines on the Island of Sicily.
Chairs are being made of pa
per, twisted and REINFORCED
with steel rods. -
A mustache guard that can be
attached to any cup is an Eng
lish invention.
For portable electric lamps a
screen to check their glare has
been invented.
Fireproof barrels made from
sugar mill refuse have been in
vented in Hawaii.
A company in Japan has be-
gun the production of soda by
an electrical process.
Baking for a few minutes in
a hot oven will add to the life
of sachet powders.
The Twin City star., 1918-03-23
Mothers Cook Book.

If have faltered more or less
In my great task Of happiness
If have moved among my race
And shown no happy morning face
If beams from happy human eyes
Have moved me not, If morning skies
Books, and my food, and summer rain
Knocked on my sullen heart in vain.
Lord. thy most pointed pleasure take
And stab my spirit broad awake.
r.. L. Stevenson.
The Twin City star., 1918-03-23
Good Pressed Meat.

Boil two pounds Of pigs hooks in
,alted water until the meat drops from
the bones. In separate pot, cook a
pound of lean beef until tender. Mix
the meat adding such seasonings as
desired and mold in a loaf. The liquor
in which the meat was cooked may be
used for soup or to cook corn meal
mush, giving 1t most appetizing
flavor
The Twin City star., 1918-03-23
Not to BE Disputed.

"Have you any
definite theory as
to why the cost
Of living has in
creased?"
Certainly; I
think it is be-
cause prices have
gone up"
The Twin City star., 1918-03-23
Social Ambitions.

0VCI0I ENTIIOIStVTSs
"Mrs. Comeup is not stopping at
any expense to break into society.
Her prizes at her charitable card par.
ties are really princely."
"What are they? Jeweled orna-
ments?"
"No, nothing, so common as that.
At her last party the first prize was
a ton of hard COAL"
The Twin City star., 1918-03-23
A SMILE FOR YOU
Accounts for It.

II was told
that your neigh
bOrs, the Spats,
were breaking up
housekeeping"
"Oh, that ac-
counts for the
racket we heard
in their fiat this
morning."
The Twin City star., 1918-03-23
The Reason.

The Reason.
"The fortune-telling business is a
paying one, isn't it?"
1T ought to be when it starts off
with q prophet
The Twin City star., 1918-03-23
Safe Enouuh,

Bon Vivant-Haven't seen Jack at
the club for q week.
Mrs. Jack-No, Jacks been out of
town.
Bon Vivant-Oh, we were beginning
to worry about him. We feared he
was staying at home.
The Twin City star., 1918-03-23
Retribution.

II understand it was a gasoline car
which struck Henry"
Exactly, and that is one reason he
is smelling out suit"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-11-08
Old Bridge Election Results

By Special Correspondent.
OLD BRIDGE, Nov. S:-The cleo
ton held here Tuesday vas very quiet.
there being only 1928 votes cast out of
a total of zoe registered voters.
The voting was very close on all
the candidates where there was OPP
position and on the wet and dry
question there was a doubt on this
pole until the last ballot was counted.
when the final result showed that the
-drys had a majority of nine, the vote
being At to 38. With the result at
pole number one at Dunham's Cor
ner the vets have an apparent ma
jority of four in the whole township,
but this may be overcome when the
soldier votes come In, as 1t Is known
that some of these will undoubtedly
be dry.
The exact result of whether East
Brunswick will be dry or wet will not
be known definitely for some time.
The dry result in town was some
what of a surprise, as 1t was predicted
that this pole would probably vote
wet.
On a close vote this pole went Re-
publican for United States senator and
state senator vote. for Scully for
congressman, and on the assembly.
Appleby, DeVoe and Johnson were
high men, while for f~reeholders.
Warnsdorfer and Bennett were high.
On the local offices, Russell Herbert.
Republican, was elected assessor:
George d. Rue, Democrat, collector,
and William L.. Green. Republican.
township committeeman
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-11-08
UNITED THOUGH FAR APART
Ceremony Known as "Handsehoen'
Recognized Under the Dutch Law
as Legal Form OF Marriage.

Not so very long ago a Boer In Pre-
toria was married to a girl in Amster'
dam, Holland. the ceremony constitute
ing what the Dutch call handschoen,
or glove marriage.
In spite of the fact that a distance
of 5000 miles lay between the bride
In the Netherlands and the bridegroom
In the T%ransvaal they were just as eff
fectively married under the Dutch law
as If both had been present In the
same church.
The bridegroom sent to his friend
or best man, In Amsterdam a power
Of attorney to represent him as his
proxy at the ceremony, and at the
same time forwarded his glove, which
at the proper moment. when the two
were made one. was held by both the
bride and the proxy. The wedding
was duly registered at Amsterdam
and at Pretoria. where the bridegroom
filed an affidavit with the proper mag
istrate.
This curious form Of marriage is o
purely Dutch institution, the custom
having originated. 1t is said, In the
old times of Dutch-Batavian rule. II
is. however, a dead letter In the Trans
vaal since the English took owe that
colony.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-11-08
ONE HUNDRED
MEN EXAMINED
Draft Board Preparing for Call
of Eighty Three From
This City

One hundred men were called by
the local draft board at city hall
yesterday afternoon for physical ex-
animation for the coming call OF
seventy-three men who are to start
for camps between November IL and
IS.
OF the men called seventeen were
Of the old draft registration and
eighty-three were of the new regis
~tration of September IL. 1918. The
examination started at 1 o'clock and
lasted until 5 o'clock. at which time
1t had been completed. The men ex-
amined were in most cases found f1t
for service and the board will have
nearly all of the one hundred from
which to pick the eighty-three men
needed.
With the finishing up of the physi-
cal examination the work of sending
put notices to the men who are to go
to camp will be started and will be
finished in a short time.
The examination yesterday was
conducted by the regular examining
board Of doctors. They were ably
assisted by Clerks Costello and Sea-
man of the draft board and William
Murtagh. the building Inspector.
Among those called for examina-
ton were Tony Karpowitz. He ap-
peared at the headquarters but re-
fused to submit to the examination
or to sign q QUESTIONABLE, stating he
was not going to throw his life away.
Sergeant Tonneson was called in by
City Clerk Graham and the man was
locked up. He will be given q hear
ing later on.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-11-08
MERCHANTS OBJECT
Early Closing Order Causes a Stir In
the Borough

BIZ Special Correspondent.
KEYPORT, Nov. S:-Considerable
dissatisfaction is said to be arising
among some of the local merchants
relative to the new closing order
which prohibits the majority OF the
stores to remain open later than 6 y
m. while a few are allowed to close
at 8 o'clock. The merchants state
that If this were q general rule and
an absolutely necessary on the
part of the fuel administrator they
would be only too willing to comply,
but since 1t applies. to but two coun-
ties they question the necessity of the
early closing.
In every instance the stores have
closed promptly and exactly as they
were asked to do by the fuel admin
~istrator, but there has been some talk
of holding a meeting to present a Pc
tition that they be allowed to remain
open until a later hour. This OF
course applies to but a certain per-
centage Of the merchants.
For some time the 6 o'clock closing
movement has been In progress here
and has been q very popular one, but
the public feels hat it would like to
be able to buy certain articles such
as ice cream, etc. later than 6 or s
o'clock. However, this is only a de-
sire and the public and merchants
will conform TO any rule IL 1t Is
deemed necessary.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-11-08
KEYPORT

The Women's Home and Foreign
Missionary Society of the First Bap-
fist church met at the home of Mrs.
Vadin Curtis of Atlantic street on
Tuesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Saxon Anderson have
come to Keyport for the balance of
the winter and will reside with the
formers father, Theodore NJ. Ander-
son, of Kearney street.
John w. Keough, who has been
confined to his home on Church
street with illness. is reported to be
slightly improved.
On Monday afternoon at 4 O'Clock
a special meeting of the Monmouth
Memorial Hospital Auxiliary will be
held at the home of the president,
Mrs. John G. Osborne. of Front
street. This is a very important meet
ing and all members are requested to
be present.
Alden w. WEIGH, OF New York.
spent Tuesday with Rev. and Mrs. f.
T. B. Reynolds of Division street.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-11-08
MAN RUNS
AMUCk IN CITY
Joseph MCNulty Celebrates
Supposed German Peace Not
Wisely But Too Well

Joseph McNulty, proprietor of the
Pennsylvania Hotel of State street,
near Centre street. started out to cell
citrate tn declaration of peace"
late yesterday afternoon and accord
iEg to the police he soon had plenty
of drink in him. He then started
down New Brunswick avenue with
the vowed intention OF beating up
all the Hebrews whom he could ftnd
as he declared, according to the
police, they a not voted for Harold
E. Pickersgill for recorder.
The first person he met was a man
named KoplowitZ. whom he is sand
to have insulted n beaten up. He
then attacked Leo Sarokin, of New
Brunswick venue who has two sons
| fighting in France He is said to
have insulted Sarokin and then as
saulted him.
ness the trouble notified the police
and the result was that the patrol
wagon with Patrolmen Steed. Calvin
and Kozusko was dispatched to the
scene. The three officers had all
they could do to handle McNulty
who seemed to be like a wild man
and in the battle he is said to have
called Patrolman Kozusko all sorts
of names and to have hit him q num-
Der OF lines. no was nnaily TAKEN
to police headquarters where he vas
locked IN a cell for several hours and
later taken home by a friend.
| Patrolman Kozusko stated this
morning that he would obtain a law
yer and start suit against McNulty
for the language he had used and the
abuse he had heaped upon him.
A number of prominent Hebrews
met at the office OF Lawyer Harry
Golenbock last night and Mr.. Golen-
book told a NEWS reporter today
that suit would be started against
McNulty at once
McNulty will be given a hearing in
the police court on next Tuesday
morning on the charge OF creating a
disturbance.
The police received word from a
citizen at 10 o'clock last night that
there was trouble In McNulty's saloon
and when they responded found that
there had been a fight and hat a
sailor named Grace. attached to a
United States boat. had bee hit over
the head with a bottle by some n
and was In a bad way. He was rush
ed Il the city hospital where he is
said to be In q serious condition. 1t
is not known who hit him.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-11-08
RED CROSS TO MEET
Keyport Chapter Finally TO Have An
nual Meeting.

nual MccttnR.
By Special CorrsGDondent.
KEYPORT, Nov. s:-After having
been postponed on three occasions,
the annual meeting of the Keyport
Chapter of the American Red Cross
will be held on Tuesday evening of
next week at the High School build
ing.
At this meeting the election Of on
GERS will tax place and considerable
business will be transacted. Work
ers will be present In uniform and
Sergeant Colbrough of the Anzacs will
make an address. Sergeant Colbrough
has seer active service and will have
many interesting events to relate.
A music program will precede the
business session which will be held in
connection with the regular executive
committee meeting. The local chap
ter is particularly busy at this time
on work which has been allotted the
various departments.
The knitted goods department has
been given a considerable number OF
sweaters and socks to finish by No
Vember Is while the hospital garment
committee was allotted fifty pairs Of
pajamas.
The surgical dressings committee
has a large number of drains to finish
and two hundred paper-backed alb
DehI pduS 10 De mdue Delore NO
vember 10. Workers are invited to
come to the rooms on the first four
days of each week, when they may
assist.
The cartons for the Christmas boxes
for the boys over there" have ar
rived and are being distributed daily.
A number nave applied for the boxes
without a label from the boys them
selves. The local chapter of the Red
ross is unable to give a carton to
any applicant without an overseas la
bel. although many do not seem to
understand this.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-11-08

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Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-11-08
CLEAR COMPLEXION
Rudy Cheeks-Sparkling Eyes
Most Women Can Have
Says DR.. Edwards, a Weil-Known
Ohio Physician

DR.. F. M. Edwards for IL years treated
scores of women for liver and bowel
ailments. During these years he gave to
his patients a prescription made of a few
well-known vegetable ingredients mixed
with olive oil, naming them DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets. You will know them by
their olive color.
These tablets are wcnder.workers on the
liver and bowels, which cause a normal
action, carrying off the waste and poison.
Gus matter in ones system.
Ifyou have a pale face, sallow icok, dull
eyes, pimples, coated tongue, headaches, a
~listless, no-good feeling. all out of sorts,
inactive bowels, you take n OF DR..
Edwards Olive Tablets nightly for a time
and note the pleasing results.
Thousands of women as well as men
take DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets-the NC
cessful substitute for calomei-now and
then just to keep In the pink Of condition.
10c and 25c per box. Al druggists.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-11-08

KEYPORT GOES WILD
Borough Exhibits Great Enthusiast
o. n.nDn nnalnnE


Over Peace Rumors.
IT, Special Correspondent.
KEYPORT, Nov. S-When the good
news reached the borough yesterday
afternoon, in less han ten minutes
thousands of American flags and fes-
toons of bunting we're in evidence.
All over the borough flags were
flying n many patriotic persons who
owned victrolas opened their windows
and palyed the national air and other
patriotic selections. Crowds of enthu-
siasts were about the business section
of the borough ringing bells. blowing
whistles and horns, while many re-
sorted to banging on huge tin pans.
Never in the history Of Keyport has
such enthusiasm been shown as the
demonstration Of yesterday. Many
automobiles had the kaiser In ef1gy
hanging on the back oil dr2gging
along the ground. The greatest of ex-
element prevailed everywhere. The
school children were Allowed half of
the afternoon session. as o o as the
whistles and bells began to be heard
as II was impossible to calm them.
In the midst of the celebration
Mr.. and Mrs. Saxon Anderson, who
recently removed here from Brooklyn
to Kearney street, received IN official
telegram announcing that their son,
Judson Anderson. had been wounded
in action.