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Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-13
OUR WARDS ARE SPORTS

When Cuba was permitted, several months ago, to float a loan
Of ~$500oo,0OO in the United States there was a definite under
standing that the famous government lottery should be examined
and purified.
This has not been done, and there seems no likelihood that it
viii be done. Inasmuch as the Cubans themselves are Indifferent
about the matter and the United States is never eager to intervene
actively unless American interests are threatened in a definite
manner, it looks as though the old scandals will continue. Since
Cuba announces herself prepared to pay off an old loan of $1,000,
OOo-the first war debt to be paid this country-there will be those
inclined to urge that the situation be left alone.
There is another phase of it, however, which has to do vitality
with the future of the Cuban people, and that is the patent con-
nection between the lottery and politics. The government sells
$4,000 tickets; each ticket is sold by the government at $3.50.
Thirty per cent. of this goes to government revenue, the balance
being split up into prizes, with 100000 at the top, and averaging
out at one winner in twenty ticket. Drawings are held three
times a month.
That seems not unlike the lotteries in South America. italy and
4 Spain. But the Cuban government does not sell its tickets direct
they are turned over to agencies which are supposed to resell
them at $21, but in fact charge whatever the traffic will bear, fire.
quently as high as $50. These agencies are plums and all are
within the patronage of the president, who has appointed his son
Alfredo Zayas, Jr, as director to succeed Norberto Alfonzo, the
president uncle. Inasmuch as the director is responsible only t.
the president, it is inevitable that a family machine of a most loya
character is built up at the expense of what most certainly is ar
exploitation of the public.
Elections are approaching and that fact is being considered
in connection with the recent increase by the Cuban congress Of
agencies from 600 to 1000.
Patronage of this direct sort can not be divorced from politics
and It is a great pity that the United States government has bee,
unable to find a way to persuade Cuba to keep her promise anc
place the lottery on a healthier basis, the most healthy of all bein!
to cut of its head.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-13
COLOR LURES

Fishermen and campers who want to be left alone by
mosquitoes should wear yellow clothing. Investigations by
scientists at Cambridge University in England disclose that
mosquitoes stay away from yellow, having an almost unan-
imous aversion for it.
On the other hand, these buzzng biters flock to navy blue
with great joy, it being their favorite color. Light blue, they
avoid.
People who have lived in a mosquito country know that
these pests are attracted by light, like moths, and nat
urally the best way to keep them away it to sit in dark
ness at-night.
Mosquitoes also are attracted by the scent from warm, hv-
ing bodies. Flies, on the other hand, are drawn by the odor
of carrion or other decaying food.
The Cambridge scientists check up and confirm the belief
that flies and mosquitoes never travel long distances except
when carried by the wind. They breed nearby. An old tin
can full of stagnant water is a natural mosquito incubator.
Flies multiply fastest where there is a stable or garbage they
can reach.
AS far back as Darwin, it was proved that many insects,
especially bees and butterflies, have q color sense and
color preferences. Flowers display the colors that lure the
insects that distribute the flowers pollen for cross-fertii-
cation and reproduction.
Insect life is easily the greatest natural enemy OF man,
next to germs. Science in studying insects iswaging a sort of
world war for all of us.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-13
NOTICE no CoNTRAcrons

Sealed bids will be received at the rooms
of the Board of Chosen Freeholders Of
the County Of Middlesex, in the County
Record Building. BayaTd Street, New
Brunswick. N. j., on Thursday, October
4th, 1923, at 1880 P. NJ, Standard Time
by the Board OF Chosen Freeholdefs for
the construction of a King Rod TRUSS
Bridge over a branch of the Milestone
River near Applegarth in Monroe Town
ship. Plans, Specifications and form OF
bid may be had at the County Engineefs
office on the deposit of $500.
Bids must be made out on the standard
proposal form in the manner designated
therein and required by the specifications
must be accompanied by a statement from
a surety ompany stating they will fur-
nish the contractor. should he be success-
full. with a bond in the amount of one
hundred per centum of the bid; also with
a certified check of not less than ten per
centum of the amount of the bid drawn
TO the order of f.. VIM. Hilker, County
Treasurer and be delivered at the place
and hour above named.
The Board of Chosen Freeholders re-
serves the right to reject any or all bids
should they deem It 70 be to the best
interest of the County so to do.
BY order OF the Board of Chosen Free
holders of the County of Middlesex,
MORGAN r. LARSON.
2796E9-1s-20-27 County Engineer
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-13

prove their claims-if you are able
to comprehend their proofs!
For Scientific Investigations
There is no industrial OF COM
mercial use for such a low tempera-
.ture, but 1t is useful in scientific in
designations and that is the reason
for Professor Kanolt's work. Also,
the Bureau of Standards has under
taken the experiments for the pur-
pose Of studying the method in or
der to render its use by other labor
'atories easier.
Hydrogen was first certainly
liquihed by Sir James >Dewar in
England aoout twenty-five yearI
ago" Professor Kanolt told an in
terviewer. About two years after
ward he succeeded in freezing some
of the liquid to a solid. Since that
time liquid hydrogen has been pro-
Iduced in several laboratories, nota-
bly, that OF Professor Kamerlingh at
Leyden.
The Importance of liquid hydro
gen lies in its use for the production
of extremely low temperatures and
the study of properties of matter at
these temperatures. Some of these
properties are important in theoret-
Iieal physics. The method has never
been used industrially."
The scientific description of the
method of l~iquifying hydrogen is as
follows: The hydrogen is first COM
pressed to a pressure of about rs to
100 atmospheres, then preceded to
a temperature Of about 200 degrees
centigrade, which is produced by
forced evaporation of liquid air un-
der reduced pressure and then passed
through a heat exchanger, consist
Ing of a close coil of copper tubing,
and allowed to expand to atmos-
pheric pressure through a valve.
The gas Is further cooled by the eA-
~pansion and the cold gas is used to
cool the incoming gas by passing it
around the heat ~exehanger of copper
tubing. This process reduces the
temperature until part of the hydro
gen liquifies.
Try to understand thatl And then
listen while the expert tells you that
the principle is comparatively SIM
pie.
Then you will be prepared to be
told hat after the llquifcation pro-
cess it is relatively easy to freeze
the gas to a solid by placing it in a
vacuum-walled container and evap-
Grating 1t under reduced pressure
produced by a rapidly acting vacuum
pump. You may not comprehend
but If you have access tt the Bureau
OF Standards you nay at least see
the apparatus used by Professor
Kanolt. You will see a large tank
with two indicators on the front to
measure the pressure, and below
the gauges are the switches which
turn on an electric current. AT the
top is q black box containing the
LIQUID hydrogen which is solidified
SO YOU are told-in a short time af-
ter the scientist makes ready and
turns on the switch.
I But II you find 1t difficult to GRASP
any of these processes you may get
a concrete idea OF what liquid hydro.
gen is like when you are told tina
a cork will not float In It, for The
density of cork is three pr four time
that Of liquid hydrogen. One usual!
thinks OF cork as a substance tina
will float in any liquid.
Liquid hydrogen was first shown
, in this country when Sir James De
; war, the Englishman, exhibited hi
product at the st. Louis World Fair
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-13

done without a reasoning process.
Kleptomaniacs appropriate generally
bright or attractive articles, slowing
them away often without conceal
ment, never putting them to any use
or obtaining any gain from them.
Q. Where did Thomas Marshall
live while serving as vice president
of the United States Pm. e. w.
A. Former Vice President Mar
shall made his home in Washington
while Vice President at the Hotel
Willard, occupying the same suite of
rooms as the one occupied by Rresi-
dent Coolidge.
@. Did Jefferson Davis have any
thing TO do with the designing OF
building Of the capitol7-G.N.D.
A. Jefferson Davis had no such
connection with the capitol, but
Crawford's bronze statue of Free
dom which tops the dome ear an
unusual liberty cap of eagles feath-
ers which was suggested to Craw-
ford by Davis.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-13
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

@. Where is the seismograph at
Georgetown University Wv. X.
A. The two small buildings to
the west of the astronomical observ-
atory house instruments of George
towns chronological Observatory,
where earthquakes as far away as
the antipodes have been recorded.
Frequently the news of such a dis
tUf bance is reported from here lar in
advance of its exact locality by cable
dispatches. This university was es-
tablished before the federal govern
ment came to Washington.
Q. What is the highest govern.
ment position in the world held 10y
o Jew?-C.W.
A. The American Hebrew says
that Lord Reading. as ~viceroy of
India, holds the highest position.
Q. Why was the Boxer Rehel-
lion in China of 1900 so-called p
G.F.
A. The Boxers were a Chinese
secret society whose native name is
~I-ho-chuan, meaning League of
United Patriots. The last part of
the name can be accented as to mean
fists" and since athletic exercises
ere much practiced by the members
the name Boxers vas given them by
for eigners.
@. Why will grapes fall off a
young vine before they are ripe p
g. o.
A. The Department of Agricul-
ture says that the cause OF grapes
falling from the vines before they
are ripe, is due to climatic condi-
lions during Towering. Extreme
cold is the usual cause of this con-
dition. However, in some cases it is
an indication of disease and II this
is so the vines should DO sprayed
with Bordeaux Mixture.
Q. How many men volunteered to
go to France with Roose4eiti-S.S.
A. When Colonel Roosevelt Of
fered to raise and lead to France
a complete division, over 100 D
men, above the draft age applied to
him for places under him.
@. What are the definitions for
"mauhd" and 'lakh?"AM.E .B.
A. Maund is a Hindu word refer
ring to a varying weight of India.
It's value has ranged from less than
10 to more than 1913 pounds avoir-
dupois. The government maund is
100 pounds Troy. Lakh is also an
Anglo Indian term meaning the sum
of 100, 1000, when used absolutely
100000 rupees. 1t was originally
used to express 1O0,0o objects OF
any kind but in modern times it's
use Is confined to money. In Java
and other Malayan countries the
lakh has been adopted from Hindu
stuani, but Is used for 10000.
e.S2.iM. What 'ause' hleDt0mania =
A. Kleptomania denotes a disor-
der of volition termed an impulsion
and constituting a symptom of in
sanity, due to mental impairment
1t is characterized by impulsive acts
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-13
1d6
IXlftlA
WOK[d
BY GEORGE BRITT
(NEA Service writer)

CHICAGO-'Up She Goes" refers
not merely to the musical show of
that name, but to Chicago's skyline.
Most anywhere about the Loop n
may find an office building with a
faring collar of boards about its top
and workmen busy piling on extra
stories.
A dozen years ago the building
limit was cut from 260 feet to 200,
and structures erected since then
have been held to around sixteen
stories. Last year the limit was
| boosted again to 264 feet, and the
building wners are hurrying to put
on four or six new floors.
= =
Ever notice the almost complete
absence of newsboys and their vocif-
erous sales talk from Chicago
streets? People here get their papers
| from stands on the orner and in
| the AZ" stations. In most cases there
is no one visible in charge of the
stand, one man scattering his atten-
| ton over three or four corners.
Mark this down, too; people make
| their own change at the stands n
leave the correct price of 2 or y
| cents for their papers with almost
invariable integrity.
|
pullman conductors do more
than Just see that every passenger
| has a ticket" says James Kelley OF
the Pullman Company.
Coming east from California this
summer a conductor received a tele-
| gram addressed to-say, Mrs. Grace
| Jones. No one answered when he
| PACED the train. A few hours later
| came another. No response. Then
q third telegram. Same result.
"He decided to open one. 1t begged
a wife to forget old quarrels and
| come back home to her husband.
The conductor went through the
train again, looking for the wife.
There at one window dropped a
pretty young woman whose eyes
showed the marks of tears. He made
up his mind, placed the kilograms
on the seat and said simply, For
you, Mrs. JONES'
IAN hour later he returned, sat
down beside her and said, Won't
YOU let an old man, who has been
married long and happily, talk to
your
"She told him after a while of her
first disagreement with her
and of how she intended to go east
to her uncle. The conductor kept
talking.
"She got off the train at Omaha
and started back west. About ten
days later the conductors wife in
Chicago received a happy and CRATE
full letter from her."
Archy, the talented cockroach who
infests Don Marquis colyum, has a
rival in the newly introduced Horace
pet angleworm, who does his SONG
and dance in Professor Teddy
Inns newspaper corner, "Chicage
Byways.' Horace got 500 words al
a starter, and at the last he II
stepped on and crawls away in two
pieces.
Gather round now, friends, and
meet a still later mascot, Ananias
the ubiquitous humbug.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-13
Building Loan Progress

WOODBRIDGE, s g t., 13:--
Splendid financial progress Of the
Norwood Building and Loan Assoc
iation was reported at the meeting
OF that body on Tuesday night by
E. C. Krutzberg, president. The
association plans to make numerous
loans to home builders in the north
ern section of Woodbridge and
therefore expect an oversubsoription
of the second series for which books
will close the first week in October.
An extensive publicity campaign is
planned by the association under the
direction of Maxwell Logan and F.
j. White.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-13
YOUR HEALTH
BY DIR. CLIFFORD c. ROBINSON

Teethlng is a normal process in
baby's development. With right
feeding and careful attention to the
health, it should cause no more trou-
BILE than growing nails or fat cells.
But parental ignorance has blamed
1t for all kinds of alarming ills.
Don't let your baby have to en-
dure the distress and oftimes dis
aster of such ailments as fever, ear
ache, diarrhea, swollen glands and
commissions, on the theory that teeth
lng's bound to cause them and that
baby has to grin or cry and bear II.
Call the physician and have him at
tend to the real trouble at once.
Some pains ana fretfulness are
frequently present at different teeth
ing periods. They seem to occur
more in b~ottle-fed babies thar the
| other kind Do not seek relief by
lancing of swollen gums. II is dan
gerous and may cause Infection. II
fever is present, the physician VIII
find the cause in urine, throat, chest
or ears, and remedy 1t. "Paciners'
are useless and dangerous. Grand
mas old ivory teething ring Is mucn
better for baby to chew.
The teeth should appear In pairs
from three to eight weeks. The first
pair should appear at the eighth
month: two or three more pairs by
the twelfth month; at two and one
half years, there should be 10 pairs
Don't be distressed If some irregu'
larity ocurs 1t often does, but Is
best taken care Of by proper feeding
Clean baby's teeth when you car
count ten or twelve. Use an appli'
cation with a solution of baking
soda and water. One teaspoonfu
to eight ounces OF water. Brush thu
teeth after the second year,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-13
THE REFEREE
Fires
tBy Albert Apple)

Fires
Forest fires in Ontario province,
Canada, this summer have de-
stroyed five to ten times as much
timber as falls before the lumber
mans ak in a whole year. So claims
| Robson Black, head of the Canadian
| Forestry Association.
The camping season is over, but
hunters soon will be hiking for the
woods. They cant be too careful.
| Fire is the most dangerous force
| harnessed by man. In the United
| States the original forest of S22
million acres has shrunk to 1873 mill
lion acres of virgin forest and ESQ
million acres of cut-over and second
| growth.
Scotch
Looks as If the Scotch whiskey
| business is going to be cornered by
one big company. The Dewar n
Buchanan interests have bought
control Of Ave big rivals, including
Haig and Haig and Johnnie Walker
Continuing it's absorption, the com
bine is rumored about to take over
the few independent distilling firms
left in Scotland.
Dewar-Buchanan have 100 million
quarts in warehouses. A big figure,
but it's probably small compared
with the number of. counterfeit
Scotch labels in the hands Of Amer
lean bootleggers.
Jazz
The poor quality of music causes
the poo quality of dancing. OBJ
serves Louis II. Chalif, official of
American Society OF Teachers of
Dancing. when you hear jazz mu-
sic, you can't help doing those wig
giles. And the more jazz, the more
wiggles." :.
You can know a nation by Its
popular music, the same rs you car
know a man by the tunes he whis-
ties, especially in absent-minded
moments.
Mortgaged
Only 46 out of every 100 American
farms are mortgaged, claims g
prominent banker, minimizing agri'
cultural depression. Only! Jus
suppose as per cent of the homes
and working equipment of city PEG
pie were mortgaged. Eth? Well
maybe they are, at that.
Four-ffths
The worlds trade in 1922 (com
r bined exports and imports of al
; countries) totaled a fifth more thai
, in 1913, the year before the wal
: measured in gold dollars. Gain du
{ to higher prices.
| Other figures, just announced
show that in tonnage, which tell
> the true story, world trade in 1872
= was four-ffths as big as before tn
war. Meaning: The world was
fifth below normal when It starte
1928. The present year, however
s is making good Roadway at cuttin
t down that fifth to a smaller Fraction
The worlds economic trouble Is pri
y marily financial.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-13
COUGHS DIsTRUB SCHOOL
WORK .

School teachers should give the
same advice to children who have
coughs as did this Florida teacher:
81 recommend FOLEY,s HONEY
AND TAR to the children in my
school who had the flu and good
results came whenever 1t was used
writes Mrs. l.. Armstrong, Okeech-
obee, Florida. Foley's Honey and
Tar contains no opiates. Ingredients
printed on the wrapper. Quickly
relieves colds. coughs and Group,
Sold eyerywhere.-AdM
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-13

Any reader can get the answer 70
any question by writing The Perth
Amboy Evening News Information
Bureau, Frederic j. Haskin, Direc-
tor. Washington, D. c. This offer
bureau win not attempt to answer
medicinal and financial troubles. II
does not attempt to settle domestic
troubles, nor to undertake exhaus-
tive research on n subject. Write
your question plainly and briefly.
Give full name ana address n en-
postage. All replies are sent direct
to the inquirer
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-13
Bible Thought For Today

HUMBLE YOURSELVES Stumble yourselves therefore
under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time:
Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you'll Peter
5:6,7.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-13

treet by street-Know Your City


Sayre Avenue
Sayre avenue extends from Mat
tano Place west to Rathburn Place.
It was laid out In 1900 by O. Q.
Hommann. There are several resi-
dences along this thoroughfare, also
the plant of the Perth Amboy Tile
Company. The street has been grad
ed. There are a few private side
walks and curbs.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-13

The boys are off for college where
many will learn for the first time
what pajamas are.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-13

This is the season the school boy
thinks a little knowledge is a dan
gerous thing.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-13
SMILES
BY TOM SIMS

While silence is a very good sub
stitute for brains, perfume is a very
poor one for soap.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-13

The real trouble with all narrow
minded people is they are too mar
row minded to admit it.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-13

A fairly hard thing to do is make
a fortune and u around with Miss
Fortune at the same time.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-13

NJ SENSE during the Qdys
apples. This may be why they are
best taken with a grain of salt.
Breathes there a boy with soul so
dead who never to himself hath said
Schools a crime?"
What this country needs most Is
a law requiring all bills to be sent
anonymously.
Taking a drink of the average
bootleg booze will not run a man
crazy. 1t doesn't have to.
Being a politician pays good
money. 1t should. You are always
liable to reform and be out of work.
Don't throw away your straw hat.
Be honest. Take 1t back to the cafe
where you got it.
Powder sprinkled on her partners
neck will keep a girls nose from
| getting shiny at a dance.
Rich men should keep their sons
away from dances. Girls always
want to catch the fresh heir.
Select and chew food we'll" says
a health article. 1t should have been
headed "Chews Food Well"
You can't keep a secret and tell
it too.
Some people think as If they had
the toothache.
A bottle in the auto is worse thar
two In the road.
When we learn how happy a lark
is we will tell you how happy this
country should be.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-13

Staying up all night may make
you as wise as an owl, but owls have
no sense during the day.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-13
COOLEST SPOT ON EARTH
rs TOLD OF BY HASKIN
Investigations

prove their claims-if you are able
to comprehend their proofs!
Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-13

Tomatoes once were called love
apples. This may be why they are
best taken with a grain of salt.