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Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-17

O. We wish to plant some trees
"a memorials to our soldier dead.
What kind would you advise III
d. w.
A. The Department of Agricul-
ture suggests that black walnut
trees be used for this purpose
Demand for this wood for war pur-
noses depleted the number of trees
anc this would be an appropriate
"a of filling their places. Black
walnut was used for g~unstocks and
atrplane p~ropellers. the nut shells
contributed carbon for gas masks
while the nut meats were used IN
cakes ana candies for the boys IN
the service.
O. Do the Chinese eat much su-
gar IN. V. r.
A. While the average consump-
lion of other countries is Sc pounds
OF sugar a year for each person, In
China it is but three pounds.
O.. How should mail be address
ed in order to catch a boat going
through the Panama Canal?-J. IL.
w.
A. Mails for ships passing through
the canal or touching at either or
the terminal ports should be ad-
dressed to "Cristobal. Canal Zone"
@. Does the palate assist in talk
ingY If so. how?-O. p. S.
A.. The teeth, the hard palate,
and the interior walls of the cheeks
merely serve as a resonating sur
face in the process of language for
nation, and hence are sometimes
termed the passive. organs oil
speech, in contradistinction TO the
active organs, which properly In
clude only the tongue, the lips. and
the soft palate.
@. How many states have Indian
names?-D. F. G..
A. Twenty-three OF the states
have names derived from the Indian
tongue.
Q. What causes the most fires?-
A. Electricity has been the chief
cause of fire loss in the last five
years, matches and smoking being
second. and defective chimneys,
third.
Q. How many people in the
United States keep house servants?
s.
A. The last census on occupations
showed that in 931a per cent of Am
erican homes, no servants were en-
ployed. The census that is being
compiled at present will probably
show an increase in servant-less
homes.
Q. Is a mile longer than a kilo'
meter?-B. N. z.
/ A. An English mile is longer
than a kilometer. being equal to
1909 kilometers.
Q. Must a man be dead to be
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-17
THE REAL ST. PATRICK
BY DR.. w. E. BARTON

pagan priests and chieftains gather
ed for their heather celebration on
Easter eve, and NJ fire was to be
lighted until the pagan king had
lighted his fire; but Patrick. like
Elijah of old. called down fire from
heaven.
He founded many churches. Of
which thataat Armaugh is most in
timately associated with his name.
Three documents have been pre-
served, which are with much reason
attributed to him. One is his Con
fession' written in the latter years
of his life. and containing some ac-
count of his life. Another is a cour-
ageous letter to a British king of
strathclyde rebuking him for the
murder of some Christian neophites.
The third is the Hymn of st. Pat
rick" which is a rapt song OF
praise.
We have, therefore, more than
tradition concerning Patrick.
st. Patrick was a man who COM
bined a deep spiritual nature with a
strong capacity for action. He had
a firm purpose, and an enthusiasm
which carried him over every OBJ
stacle.
- He redeemed Ireland from pagan
ism. He introduced the Latin Ian
guage, with its wealth of learning,
and he brought that then isolated
island into touch with the civiliza-
ton of western Europe.
He was not the first Christian
preacher in Ireland; there were be-
ginners before him; but he organ
lied the Christian societies. and fired
the heart of the Christian people
with new hope. and he vastly In
creased and strengthened the work
of enlightenment and of civilization.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-17

elected to the Hall OF Fame?-
II. c. b.
A. A person must have been
dead ten years to be eligible TO cleo
ton in the Hall of Fame"
@. What American shipyard
turned out the most vessels during
the war?-A. NJ. P.
A. The Hog Island shipyard stood
first in shipbuilding during the war.
Q. Are diamonds affected by
heat?-E. 70. w.
A. The Geological Survey says
that diamonds heated in an ordinary
temperature obtained in an average
fire will not be affected if only the at
mosphere of the air is present. II
heated in an atmosphere of oxygen,
however, they will burn.
@. How many gorillas are in cap
tivity in the United States Pc. E.W.
A. So far as we are able to as
certain there are no gorilias in cap
tivity in the United States at the
present time. The New York Zoo
did have one for a number of months
but it died some time ago. \
q Who was the first man to be
e~lectroeuted for a crime?-B. n. NJ,
a The first man to suffer the
death penalty by e~lectrocution was
William Kemmler, who was put to
death by electricity in New York
state, August s, 1890.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-17
REWARD FOR MERTroRIoUs SERVICE.

rva~rhodv in this city breathed easier Noh-
sov AFTERNOON when it became known that tAe
s,sna who committed the atrocious crime that
40 shocked this whole community SATURDAY
,,,bt and Sunday had been arrested and haa
admitted his guilt. There was a feeling OF sat
i~sfaction and relief.
Rut had il not been for an observing troiiey
conductor and an energetic and fearless ponce
officer at Keyport. the mystery would rot nave
been cleared up so soon and possibly not at all
7, "a customary in all such cases for the au-
,horitles to offer a reward for the capture OF
criminals of this sort. There is hardly any
doubt but that If another day had passed Nlth-
ont the apprehension of the guilty party both
the county and city would have otfered sueh d
reward. But. thanks to the promptness OF the
trolley ear conductor and the Keyport olncer
together with the energy of the local ponce IN
securing the mans confession, the authorities
ala not have time TO issue a reward. The GRIM
inal was captured without such an incentive
But the EVENING NEWS feels that such
service to the public should not be allowed 10
mass without some substantial recognition. Ihat
the people of Perth Amboy are grateful goes
without saying. An opportunity is TO De gwen
10 show how grateful they are. Every l&ther
and mother. every husband, must feallze the
horror of what has taken place. To nave the
person guilty remain at large would have caused
a reign OF terror throughout all tht- section
Only the prompt capturs of the murderer saved
the c,nmunity this narrowing experience.
In order, therefore, that the people of Perth
Amboy may fittingly express their appreciation
for what the trolley car conductor and the Key
mort officer have done, and TO show that such
service to the public does not go unrewarded'
the EVENING NEWS today starts a suoscrip-
ton fund to raise among the people of Perth
Amboy a suitable cash reward to be presented
TO the trolley car conductor who gave the in
formation and the Keyport officer who traced
the murderer to his den and boldly made the
arrest.
Everyone is invited to contribute as he feels
inclined. Contributions will be acknowledged
through the columns OF the EVENING NEWS,
names being omitted when requested.
A grateful people will certainly give literally
for such a cause and VIII also give promptly.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-17

St. Patrick is believed to have
been born about the year 3S9. We
are more nearly certain of the year
than the day or the place.
He may have been a Scotchman;
some declare he was born in France;
but there is some reason to think
that he was born in England.
1t is said that he was born on the
night of the eighth of March, but
whether before or after midnight,
ne one could tell. as it was before
the & OF clocks.
When his birthday came to be
celebrated, one clan celebrated the
eighth and another the ninth, and
each endeavored to convince the
other of being in error.
A good and wise man suggested
that "One man could not lave two
birthdays" and proposed that the
eight and the nine should be added
together. BY this compromise all
differences were settled; the severn
teenth day of March hence is cele-
brated as st. Patrick's day.
Wherever he was born, his name
is forever associated with Ireland.
Not that the Emerald Isle vas the
only place where he lived and work.
ed. In the English Lake Region the
H0AlC ooAC RASoOA y IN 49,
dition If not the memory of his
labor in the north of England, not
far from the Irish sea.
When he was sixteen he WAS car
ried away by a band of marauders.
For six years he was held in bond
age in ireland. where he is said to
have tended the herds of an Irish
chieftain.
Patrick was reared a Christian,
his father; CalphurHius, having been
a deacon. In his captivity Patrick
was subject to deep religious emo
ton.
At the age of twenty-five he made
his escape, and fed from Ireland on
a vessel engaged in the export of
Irish wild dogs. He landed after
three days. on the west coast of
France. and spent some years in a
monastery near the Mediterranean.
Then he returned to Britain,
where he conceived the idea of re-
turning as a missionary to Ireland.
In a dream he saw a man named
Victorious bearing many epistles.
n of which was for him, and con-
tanned 1.-THE Voice of the Irish" He
heard in his ears their invitation,
I'VE pray thee. holy youth, to come
and walk again amongst us as be-
fore"
Although naturally difident, and
in spite of the opposition of his rel
atives, Patrick sailed to Gaul, where
he was ordained; and then he re-
turned to Ireland.
Patrick's was a conflict with the
Druids and other pagan devotees,
and he net the task with mighty
resolution.
1t is said that at Tara he met the
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-17
CUT THIS OUTFIT is WORTH
MONEY

Cut out this slip. enclose with SC
and mail it to Foley & Co., 1885
Sheffield Ave-. Chicago. ILL.,. writing
your name and address clearly. You
will receive in return a trial package
containing Foley's Honey and Tar
Compound for coughs, colds and
Group; Foley Kidney Pills for pains
In sides and back; rheumatism,
backache. kidney and bladder all
ments; and Foley Cathartic Tablets,
a wholesome and thoroughly cleans
ing cathartic for constipation, bill
iousness. headaches, and sluggish
bowels. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-17
Our Joe Miller Contest.

A Kingston, Ontario, reader claims that the
Oldest JOKE is the one about the English tourist
who was out walking in the north of Ireland
and who stopped at a little farmhouse and asked
for a drink of milk The milk was brought to
him in a large bowl, and the Irishwoman who
was carrying the bowl was followed by a Small
pig that was squealing noisily. The Englishman
took a deep drink OF the milk, but was annoyed
by the pig roofing at his legs and g%runting.
what is the matter with the pig % asked the
En~glishmau.
"Oh don't mind him, sor." was the reply.
Hes jealous, that's all, because you are drink
ing out of his own wee bowl"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-17
Railway to Debate Metuchen
lBy The Associated Press.
lnSErNLI II Ma rch IL III

10y THe AssOCTdTeu TTtssT
ROOSEVELT, March 1.-THE d.
bate between the Railway High
School and the Metuchen tra.I
School in the Metuchen school to-
night, is causing considerable inter-
est in this borough, due to the fact
that Miss Marion Quin, of this bor-
ough. the daughter of the borough
clerk, is a member of the Railway
high school team. The question to
be debated is: "Resolved, That the
United States should prohibit immi-
grafton for the next WI years" The
Railway school has the affirmative
side and the Metuchen school the
negative.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-17
SEWAREN

A cake sale will be held In the
waiting room of the Central station
on Saturday afternoon for the bene-
At of the Sewaren Boys Club. Mrs.
w. II. Weiant is the chairman in
charge of the sale.
There will be a dance for the ben
eft of st. Johns church in the high
school auditorium on Saturday
night. Anvil 2.
Mrs. Charles Wiswall Is visiting
her mother, VINO is i'll. at her home
near Albany, N. Y.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-17
ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

Any reader can get the nsw to
any question by writing The Perth
Anboy Rening News Information
Bureau. Frederic j. Haskin, Direc
applies strictly to Information. Tho
bureau cannot give advice IN legal.
medical and financial troubles. II
does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles, nor to undertake a
tive research on any subject. Write
YOU. question plainly and briefly.
Give full name and address and en-
close two cents In stamps for return
postage. All replies are sent direct
to the inquirer.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-17
THIS WOMAN

Mrs. II. A. Leaman Sturgin, Colo.
writes: ct suffered with bladder
and kidney trouble for years. Doc
tored and tried everything. No help,
Finally a friend SEN me Foley Kid.
ney Pills. They helped me so much
I used seven bottles. Now ! feel
fine. Spent sleepless nights. Suffer.
ed so 1t seemed I hardly could live
Recommend Foley Kidney Pills "a
all who suffer from kidney trouble
I did" Sold everVWhere.-Adv.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-17

The sky amt very sunny.
And a load is OF our backs,
When we're borrowing the money
For TO pay our income tax.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-17

81 wonder if you couldnt?' unused the Cheer
full Idiot.
You wonder If you could what?' asked the
Cheerful idiot.
why. I wonder If you could refer to a fish
erman's income as his net earnings?" replied
the Cheerful idiot. -
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-17

After going around with naked-chests all win
ter, the women folks are to wear spring waists
that fasten clear up to the throat and cover the
chest. Wait a few weeks and you'll see.
One way for a Corn Fed girl to reduce would
be TO marry a Male Meal Ticket who is earning
Twenty Bucks per week.
Do not wait until the tide is coming N before
YOU cast your bread on the waters.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-17

This rhyme may give some folks a fit,
The writer they may want to flog;
INC yet. the dachshund, you'll admit,
Is sure a mighty low dow dog.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-17
The Golden Rule.

Born a brunette was Polly Pratt,
But now her looks are fair:
She thinks the Golden Rule means that
A girl should bleach her hair.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-17

The meanest thief probably lives in Lingle,
Wyo. for there it was that somebody stole a
5aby's bottle while mother was shopping.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-17

The Ministerial Association OF Des Moines,
Iowa, has put the ban on Sunday funerals, and
you can't get buried in that town on Sunday
hereafter. And Adam Breede opines that if
things keep on it will soon be considered a crime
to die on Sunday in the Land of the Bigot and
the Home of the Brave.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-17
Advice.

If you play the ponies.
rut thls in your pipe;
Don't try to pick winners
Before they are ripe.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-17
NIaking Ends Meet.

IT'S not so hard to make ends meet"
Said Rufus Oswald Roup;
Just eat some scrambled calf brains,
And a bow of OK tail soup"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-17

That excess profits tax is going to be as pop
foot race.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-17

What has become of the old-fashioned man
who had a big DO IT NOW!" sign over his
desk Luke McLuke.
He's out doing it, with a back next week"
sign on his door.-Yarren (Ohio) Tribune.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-17
Gosh!

Some folks use syrups, some use quinine, some
try opiates and others suck cough drops when
their Threats are irritated. But what we started
to tell you was that Docia Kauff lives in Char
lesion, w. Va.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-17

The firm of Love & Sunshine, wholesale con-
fectioners of Johnstown, Penn, was formerly
Love, Sunshine & Bliss.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-17
OmcIli

Il don't know what to make of that boy OF
mine, sighed Smith. 1T takes him a week TO
do a simple task that l could do in an hour"
well" suggested Jones. why don't you make
a plumber of him."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-17

Now. you Sect exclaimed Mrs. Gabb tri-
umphantly. 1T says here that a man spends
less mOneF after he is married than before! /
suppose \ III try to deny that"
"Oh, Il L won't!' growled Mr.. Gabb. He
hasn't 81 it to spend"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-17

Some men miss their vocation in life. What
a wonderful undertaken FINS Call, of Dawson
Springs, KY, would have made.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-17

Brooklyn Bridge, the Dennison, Ohio, attor
ney. has been elected president of the Lega
Branch of the Names Is Names Club.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-17
Corn Fed and Slim Princess.

Behind a tree the Corn Fed girl
From her beau tries to hide;
Now this is quite a job, because
she's four or five feet wide.
Luke McLuke.
The city girl when she would hide,
Has. found il is no trick,
All that she has to do is step
Behind an old broomstick.
Hastings (Neb.) Tribune.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-17

Maybe the walters are slow but sure. Any
way, you'll find this sign on the wall of the din
ing room in the Hotel Kilgore. Fordyce. Arkan-
sas:
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-03-17

Trust IN The Lord
And You Shall Be Fed.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1921-05-19
The Largest Geyser in the World

While the Waimangu Geyser in
New Zealand lasted it was the largest
in the world. Its name, "black
water" in the Maori tongue, came
from the dark column of water and
debris that it threw up at every erup-
ton. Stones and boiling water, ac-
companied by vast clouds of steam,
rose nine hundred to fifteen hundred
feet at irregular intervals, twenty or
twenty-five times month. At other
times the water of the Waimangu lay
in cup-shaped depression about
twenty feet deep, two hundred and
forty-nine feet wide, and four hun
dred and two feet long.
Several hours before each eruption
the lake would begin to boil violently
and to send off dense clouds of steam !;
loud subterranean rumblings were
heard. When the final explosion came,
the whole lake, mingled with material
from below, rose bodily; its torrential
fall was destructive to a large area
round about, and the slopes near by
are still furrowed by the rivers of
water that coursed down them. The
column of water was thrown up
about four times as high as the Giant
Geyser, now the largest in the Yel-
lowstone Park, throws its water, and
the area of its base was about two and
a half acres, in comparison with the
few square rods of the American gey-
ser.
Close by the geyser is hill sur
mounted by an iron hut, about four
hundred and fifty feet above the pool,
where observers took refuge during
eruptions. One day in August, 1908,
a party was on the slope below this
building watching the boiling pool.
As the approach of the explosion be-
came more imminent the guide
warned them back, and all except
four obeyed and remained a moment
too long to take a photograph and
were swept to tragic death.-Ex
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1921-05-19
Saltwater, Minnesota, Thursday May 19, 1921.

accounted in large measure for the
inroads made"
If it had not been for government
regulation which prevented any trad
ers going to the infected districts or
from the infected districts to the Eski-
mos, it is probable that there would
have been very few left of this race
at the end of the epidemic, declared
DIR. Marquis.
One peculiar custom noted by the
Presbyterian secretary was the Eski-
mo habit of building fences of whale
bones about their cemeteries. 1t used
to be that whalebone was regarded as
very precious, but because of the
many successful substitutes that are
now being used, it has lost much of
its commercial value. What peculiar
property attaches to the whalebone
that it should be such an excellent
material for cemetery fences is not
known, unless the scarcity of other
material makes its use cheap and de-
sirable.
DR.. Marquis, with his daughter
from New York city, made an un-
successful attempt to reach Point Bar
row, Alaska, the northernmost mis-
sion station in the world operated by
the Presbyterian church.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1921-05-19
FURS AND THE MARKET
By E. W. L.


animals into articles, especially
clothing, for the use of mankind, is
unquestionably the most ancient, and
perhaps, | may say, no country exists
in which, to some extent, the skins of
different animals are not so used at
the present time.
In China and Japan, furs as arti-
cles of luxury, were used at least
$500 years ago, and likewise furs
were much priced by the Romans, ex-
tremely so, during the latter days of
the Empire.
The fur industry, is indeed, one of
great Importance, and stands apart
from all Others, in that it requires
great knowledge and experience, as
the stability as well as the appearance
of most furs depend much upon the
method of curing, drying, and making
up.
1t is said, but for the hardy and
adventurous Briton and Frenchman
who early sought fortune in the fur
traffic, the settlement and advance
ment of the country would have been
somewhat delayed, as it is in most in
stances, only after the path through
the wilderness has been blazed that
the first steps of agriculture and .civili-
zation can be led into newly dis
covered region.
| fully contend that the fur traders
are to be regarded as the chief pio-
neers of North America, and that
they are also worthy of much credit.
in the important part they played in
advancing the settlement of the coun-
try.
Perhaps many of us have not the
least idea of the perils, and hardships
endured by these trappers and voy-
ayers, as they journeyed into the most
distant and inaccessible regions, in
search of furs, and at the same time
being founders of very many of the
first settlements.
In the infancy of the fur industry
the Canadian provinces attained their
first start on the road to prosperity,
and after the French pioneers discov-
cred that as the Indians were abso-
lutely ignorant of the value of the
furs which they accumulated, the
profits were stupendous to the success
full trader, as the Indians would ex-
change the most valuable of peltries
for mere European trinkets that were
practically invaluable, save from the
cost of transportation.
The search for furs was one of the
objects of the daring expeditions of
the voyagers of French Canada, as
the search for gold was the motive of
the Spanish invasion of Mexico and
South America. But, disputes arose,
as to territorial rights, and heated
controversies, and feuds of various
manners followed, and in conclusion
were only partly settled, by the form
ing of large trading companies. The
greatest of these, being the Hudson
Bay Company, which was originated
in 1910, and at that time claimed the
entire country from the bay to the
Pacific, and from the page 8, COL s)