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I SOUTH AMBOY |
SONS OF VETERANS.
Ihr. Roddy Joins the Organization? An In
teresting Body of Men.
Bernard Roddy Sr. y as enrolled as
m'tuember of Sons of Veterans in kthe
new camp jnsfc organized in this bor
ough. Mr. Roddy's father enlisted
when fifty-seven years old in 186a in
th? 162d New York volunteers. He
made a sprightly looking soldier, his
son savs.
In '63 he was taken prisoner near
New Orleans and exchanged after
wards and, not being able to bear the
trouble, was taken sick and was placed
in a convalescent camp. He died
there and not nntil abont six months
afterwards did his son learn that he
was dead, and bnried in two cracker
boxes in a swamp. There cannot be
xnaay Sons of Veterans as old^as Post
master Roddy living today.
The Sons of Veterans were organ
ised Monday evening at Welsh's Hall
at the G. A. R. rooms bat. Mr. Roddy's
name was not enrolled nntil Tnesday
?renins.
HELP IS SCARCE.
Plenty of Work in South Amboy for al(
Hands, but no One Wants it.
Business is rushing at Sterngling's
shirt factory, but they are short of
hands. They say they cannot get
enough to do their work. The farm
ers ar6 making the same complaint.
It isn't only the dry weather that is
tormenting them, bnt lack of hands
to help them do their work. All these
reports, along with the preceding one
about the men leaving at the ship
yard, tends to make one think that
someone has found a gold mine around
town 'and taking in partners are work
ins it on the sly. It is only a short
time sinoe it was reported that Street
Commissioner Quinlin could not get
hands to work oyer a day or two at a
time and yet it is known that there
were lots of idle men around town.
nTlater cars.
People Complain that Last Night Car
Leaves South Amboy Ahead of Timp.
The people of the borough are com
plaining about the trolley cars not
leaving atjthe time they are supposed
to at night. The franchise reads that
the last car is to leave after the thea
tre train comes in, bat it leaves at
10.30 o'clock instead. Quite a number
of the people have relatives living at
South River and New Brnnswiok who
would like to come to Amboy and
spend the evening, bnt are deterred
from doing so on acconnt of their
leaving so early as it is late when
they get here. One of the new Coun
cilmen, when seen Wednesday nignt
Tegarding the running of the cars,
said that he was not aware that the
franchise called for the cars to run so
late. He wonld look the franchise np
and if it called for running late cars
he would do all in his power to make
the trolley company live up to their
agreement.
JR. 0. U. A. M. GROWINS.
Several new Menbers Taken in at Recent
Meeting? Had Enjoyable Time*
Joel Parker Council No. 69 Jr. O.
U. A. M. initiated five new members
last Friday night. Georgia Liming,
of Long Branch, formerly of this bor
ough, and Richard Fisher, Fred Ton
ney, F. Lockhart and Henry Bright,
of Sayreville. The Sayreville boys
think the order just right and were
greatly 'pleased with their reception
and the enjoyable time they had after
the initiation. They all took the in
side degree, The Oriental, and that
always means a royal good time and
lots of fun. The order is constantly
growing in numbej.
The men who have made the largest
fortunes in business are those who
have been the most^ extensive adver
tisers
H. P ARISEN
201 David St. So. Amboy, N. J.
PIANOS and ORGANS
BRADBURY, WERSTER and
HENNING PIANOS
Organs from $10 up. Square Pianos from
$15 np. Cash or Installments. i
TACKS IN JHE STREET.
Puncture Tires of Automobiles|and Bicycles
?Arrest Anyone Caught in Act.
Some parties are throwing tacks
aronnd the streets and causing the
tires of automobiles and bicycles to
be punctured. Dr. White's automo
bile picked up quite a number of tacks
in the tires, in front and rear Tuesday
afternoon causing an expense of about
$25. There have been a number of
complaints from the wheelmen about
their wheels being punctured also. If
the parties are caught they will be
sent over the road as it is malioious
mischief.*
NEWS ITEMS.
Mary Daily, of Walnut street, Ber
gen Hill, has the scarlet fever. Mary
Byrns, of Pine avenue, and George
Shultz, of Aueusta street, are also il
with the same disease. The houses
are quarantined.
Mrs. Annie Worthing, of Brooklyn,
is visiting her sisters, Miss Emma
Dayton and Mrs. Fred Littell, of Bor
dentown avenue.
A sil^r spoon lined with gold, en
graved with a lily .and the initials G.
F. S., emblems of ihe Girl's Friend y
Society, is to be presented to Mrs.
James Prvce, of Plainfield, formerly
of this borough, by Christ church
branch of whioh she was a member
before her marriage.
Mrs. Theodore Bloodgood, of Perth
Amboy, was visiting her mother, Mrs.
McCartney, of Second street, Wednes
day.
The John Oliver family attended
the wedding of Miss Mae Gildersleeve
and Mr. John Rue, at Sayreville,
Wednesday at 3 o'clock. The bride
and groom have gone on a wedding
trip to Philadelphia.
Mrs. George Disbrow, of John
street, was enjoying a drive around
town today and the new horse and
carriage was greatly admired by a
number of people.
A horse belonging to Joe A. Sexton,
while carting lumber from the depot,
ran a large spike in his foot and is
laid up.
Miss Sarah Nicholls, formerly a
saleslady at Kaufman's, has accepted a
position at Asbury Park.
Mrs. Phillip Hemstreet has had a
monument erected in her plot at
Christ church cemetery and a fence
built around it. Mrs. William Long
street has had a fenoe put up around
her plot there, also.
Miss Grace MoOartney has accepted
a position with M. Kaufman, as sales
lady.
Edna Green, of Broadway, is very
ill with pneumonia.
Bert Appleaate, of Bound Brook,
was a borough visitor Wednesday.
Mr. H. Forgotsen, of Brooklyn, has
opened a branch store in Mrs. Hoff
man's building, conches of his own
manufacturing, upholstering and re
pairing.
Richard Stevenson's little boy is
quite ill. |
Joseph Salz. of Red Bank, was a
borough visitor Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. William Munn, of
David street, have a little daughter,
born Tuesday.
Mrs. William Ferguson and daughter
Maggie, of Yonkers, are visiting Mrs.
Ferguson's parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Baker, of Broadway. Mr.
Baker's daughter, Mrs. Edward An
derson and son have returned to their
home in Yonkers after a few days
visit with Mr. and Mrs. Baker.
The members of the M. P. ohurch
gave their pastor, Rev. Mr. Hampton
and wife, a surprise reception Wed
nesday night at the parsonage on
Second street.
Lerry Forman has returned home
from his visit with friends in New
York City.
Knowing: Old Ilnefcelor..
jtewlj wed? What do bachelors know
about women?
Oldbach ? Lots; otherwise they
wouldn't be bachelors.? Philadelphia
Record.
To Sleep Well
get your stomach and liver
acting right. The easiest,
quickest and safest way to
do it is to use
Beecham's
Pills
Sold Everywhere. In boxea 10c. and 25c.
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TOTTENYILLE.
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The Evening News is on sale at
Ostburg's 44 Main street. Extra cop
ies of the News and all the New York
papers can always be secured.
READY FOR PARADE.
J|The members of Protection Hook
and Ladder Company are ready for
the parade to be held in New York,
Saturday. The truok, with its driver
and assistant, will leave Tottenville
early in the morning, while the com
pany and the Tottenville band will
leave on the 11.15 train.
The Protection bovs are to fall in
line at 9th street between 5th and 6th
avenue, with the foreman of the com
pany twenty feet in advanoe of the
track. The maroh will be np to 59th
street. A large number of Tottenville
people will see the parade.
BENEFIT STICK FUND.
Saturday evening, June 16, the
members of the Excelsior A. 0. of
Pleasant Plains, will give a dance
and entertainment in Amioitia Hall,
Pleasant Plains, for the benefit of the
siok fund of the club. The following
committee of arrangements has been
appointed: J. M. LaForge, William
Engelbrecht, A. J. Androvette, 0. S.
George, H. S. Jobes and M. F. Hum
phries.
FORMER RESIDENT RETURNS.
William Jacobs, a former resident
of Tottenville, who left here seven
years ago, visited friends in town
yesterday. He is now a sailor in the
United States Navy, and has been
stationed at Porto Rico for a number
of years where he has a wife and two
children. He has beea assigned duty
in New Mexico.
WEST END SOCIAL.
The West End Sooial Olub, on Main
street, is now one of the finest athletic
club in Tottenville. The boys nave
recently added a new punching bag
and a pool table. The members of the
club are mostly railroaders and the
club house is draped in blaok for the
death of the late Thomas Tyrrell who
was a member.
IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION.
Wednesday night the Citizens Im
provement Association held a meeting
in Mechanics Hall. Nearly all the
members were present and the main
thing up for discrssion was sewers
and streets.
OBITUARY.
Mrs. Charles Withers, formerly of
Tottenville, died at her late residence
in Stapleton on Wedresday morning
of a complication of diseases. The
funeral will take place todav and in
terment will be made at New Dorp.
Mrs. Withers is survived by a hus
band, one son and daughter.
Farmer's Spring Salad.
Take a quart of dandelions, trim
and wash well in several waters,
drain and wipe dry and place in a
salad bowl; dust with salt and pep
per. Cut quarter of a pound of ba
con into dice and fry a golden brown
color; scatter these over the dande
lions. Put two or three tablespoon
fuls of vinegar with the fat in the
pan, beat a few minutes, remove
from the fire, beat with a silver fork
and sprinkle over the salad. When
ready to serve mix all well together.
? Washington Star.
Plinroah's Chariot Discovered.
Pharaoh's chariot, in which he rode
at Thebes, has been discovered in a
perfect condition in the Valley of
the Tombs of the kings at Thebes,
along with the tomb of Thothmes
IV, which is nearly 4,000 years old.
The Department of Clay
Working and Ceramics
Established by the
Legislature, at
The State College,
New Brunswick, N. J.,
has a modern and complete equipment for
practical and theoretical instruction in
the clay working industries, Two courses
have been provided? the regular course
of four years, leading to the degree of
B. Pc ; a short course of two years, de
signed for young men who have had
practical experieDoe in clay working.
For further information and catalogues
apply to C. W. PARMELEE, Depart
ment of Ceramics, or IRVING 8. UPSON
Registrar. AUSTIN SCOTT, Pres.
FOLEYSHONEY^TAR
for childrmni safe, aura, So opiatmm
NEWS ITEMS.
Mrs. M. Firth, of Amboy avenue,
is spending a few days at the home of
Miss May Nolan, at Riohmond.
The work of painting the local offloe
of the Prudential Life Iasaranoe
Company has been completed.
Miss Hattie Slaight has returned to
her home on Johnson avenne after
several days visit at New Brighton.
Joseph Bailev, of Port Richmond,
was a local visitor vesterday.
Fred Hanby, of Port Richmond, the
chief inspector of the New York and
New Jersey Telephone Company, on
Staten Island, was in Tottenville yes
terday.
A. A. Wood, of Johnson avenue1,
who broke his left leg a short time
ago, is now getting along niceJy.
Mr. and Mrs. Ferd Peterson, f>f
Wood avenne, will celebrate the fifth
wedding anniversary Jcne 27.
Mr. and Mrs. James Lynch, of New
York, have moved to Tottenville.
They will reside on Amboy avenne.
Charles Peterson, of Amboy avenne,
who a number of weeks ago was badly
injured in a bioycle collision, will
return to his duties at the S. 8. White
Dental Works, Princess Bay, on Mon
day morning.
Henry Jobes, who has been ill at
the Smith Infirmary, is now back at
his home in Pleasant Plains.
Robert Powers and Truman Simon
sen were out fishing yesterday. They
got a few fish.
Frank Worrell, of Perth Amboy,
w?s in town yesterday.
J. L. Bedell, of Amboy avenue, was
a Perth Amboy visitor yesterday.
Hans Toft, of Smith stveet, Perth
Amboy, has pcrobased a number of
lots on Amboy avenue.
F. 0. E. Peterson, a local baker, is
building a new large baking oven.
Ferd Peterson, of Wood avenue, was
a Perth Amboy visitor yesterday
afternoon.
DUTCH IN SOUTH AFRICA.
(re Hotter as Farmers and Polttl- |
clans Tliau the Entflisli, Suys
>11 English Writer.
The Dutch are better men on tie
land than the English. Mr. Khodes
affirmed it as strongly as Benjamin
Kidd. Not only are they better men
but they are much cleverer politicians,
writes YV. T. Stead in Booklovers Mag
azine. Dr. Gordon Sprigg, the pres
ent premier of Cape Coiony, told me
last year that the rough Dutch farm
ers from the back couutrj had such a
natural intuitive genius for politics
that after three weeks in parliament
they could give points to any British
member who had been in t.ie house
for months.
Not only are they better men all
round on land, not only are they ablet
politician's all round in the houses of j
parliament, but, what is 'far more im
portant, they are better breeders of
men. The British colonist, following
the example of the Frenchman and the
New Englander, shrinks from the
primal task of multiplying and increas
ing and replenishing the earth. The
Dutch cradle is never empty. If the
hand that rocks the cradle sways the
world, it is not less true that the race
that fills the cradle will possess the
world. Hence the destiny of Sov'h
Africa seems tolerably certain tc be
that of a federation of self-governing
states, preeminently Dutch, which will
or will not be sheltered by the union
jack, according to the readiness of the
imperial government to recognize
that it has no authority over African
ders.
Willi t Folks Siiiy.
"Some folks say," remarked the
newly blossomed strawberry blonde,
"that dyeing the hair injures the
brain."
"Yes," rejoined the hardened old
bachelor, "and .some other folks say
that people who dye their hair are
brainless."? Chicago Daily News.
A Safe Bid.
Contractor ? Whoop! I've got the
contract for cleaning the streets! I
bid lower than anybody else.
Wife ? Isn't there, any risk of losing |
money by your low bid?
Contractor ? Not a bit. Flounces |
are coming into fashion again. ? N. Y
vVe?kl v.
GOOD
HORSE,
SENSE
will teach yon that
coffe? in an air-tight,
sealed package is
urer, cleaner and
resher than coffee
kept in open bin*.
.ION COFFEE
never sold in bulk.
^00 DB RIDGE
BOYS AT THE FIRE.
An exoitement was caused on Wed
nesday evening by a larg6 bonfire.
Mr. F. I. Perry having been collecting
trash for some time, tonched a match
to it. The blaze was very high and
about a half an hour after starting
the fire a wagon load of bovs came
from about two miles awav to see
what the fire wns.
NEWS ITEMS.
Mrs. John Pfeiffer, Jr., of Maurer,
was the gnest of her parents, Dr. and
Mrs. Seth Lockwood, of Edgar's Hill,
yesterday.
Mr. Fred Han by is in Trenton for a
few days.
Master Fred Potter is busy putting
up his tent. Hnts and tents are the
present fad with boys.
Mr. F. E. Craig, of Brooklyn, was
in town a few days ago, calling on
friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Brown, of
Yonkers, were in town Tuesday.
Mrs. W. T. Ames Sr. was in town
Tuesday night.
Mrs. Willard Freemnn, of Rahway,
spent today with her mother, Mrs. J.
B. Edgar, of Avenel.
The olass day exercises of the Vail
Deane school, of Elizabeth, tojkplaoe
on Tuesday evening.
VIRTUES~OF~lVORY.
Prescribed as a Medicine and Made
Into u Jelly in Eighteenth
Century.
Ivory was formerly used as a medi
cine, but this was discontinue d about
the end of the eighteenth or the be
ginning . of tha ninettemh century.
It was certainly prescribed in 1746,
the date of the last edition of Castel
lo's "Medicae Compendium," says
Stray Stories.
In Schroder's Zoolog ?, 1659, trans
lated into English by T. Bateson, it
is thus described under the heading
"Elephas:" <
"His teeth are only used in medi
cine, vulgarly called ivory. The vir
tues: It cools and drys, moderately
binds cuts, strengthens the inward
parts. It is good for the jaundice, it
chaseth away vvormes, it is good for
inveterate obstructions; it take*,
away the pains and weakness of the
stomach; it heals the epilepsie, drives
away melancholy, resists rottenness
and poysons. It is used in infusions,
and the powder is given in substance.
The dose is half a dram. Preparation:
i. Burnt ivory, called Spodium. and
to distinguish it from the mineral
Spoduim, Spodium of Ivory, ii.
Troches of Spodium."
Ivory ground fine, and made into a
sort of jelly, has been used as a
etrenthening fo< d in more recent
times, by medical advice.
EXPRESSION IN THE HAND, i
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That Member Im Frequently Far More I
Kluijuent Than the
ToiiKue.
There is a wealth of meaning in the
simple pressure of the hand. Xot in
frequently a woman's nature and
breeding may be distinguished by the
manner in which she shakes a friend's
hand. It may be due to the fact that
there are more nerves between the
brain and the hand than between any
other two portions of the body, but
true it is that the hand is often more
eloquent than the tongue, a Washing
ton orator is quoted as saying, and
when a woman once appreciates the
importance of this she will immediate
ly begin to study the expression of
the hand. One human touch of sym
pathy or grasp of the hand can and
frequently does mean more than a
volume of words, and to possess this
quality, particularly in a woman, is no
light charm and a thing that lies with
in the reach of every woman. Should
she not have it naturally she should
speedily cultivate expression of the
hand.
Of coursetherearecertain hall marks
of a refined hand, beauty and texture
of skin, whiteness of nails all essen
tial, but not half so important as ex
pression. Graceful gesture and a touch
of quick sympathy, these never lose
their charm or power.
"Where are you goin' with Fido,
Freddie?"
"I'm goin' to take him down to the
?tore ajid buy him a pedigree like Bil
ly Smith's dog's got." ? Chicago Amer
ican.
THOMAS F. BURKE #
? ..Funeral Director..
4 This is the only up-to-date Funeral
J establishment in Perth Amboy & vicinity
Omci BKS1DKNCK
J 363 State St. 21 Mechanic St.
Telephone 45 f Telephone 41 ic
# PERTH AMBOY, N. J. #
Harterrt
NEWS ITEMS.
Herman Shapiro was burning some
rubbish in front of his store when a
child, who had been wheeling Mrs.
Shapiro's baby carriage, upset it and
precipitated the baby into the flames.
Those who saw it were horrified for
they expected that the baby would be
burned to death,) but Mr. Shapiro,
: who was in the store, ran out so quick
ly that he caught it before it was
harmed. The Carriage was not hurt
but the spread, bedding, eto. , were
destroyed. ,
The Carteret^Lodge No. 267 I. O.
O. F. is growing rapidly. They held
a meeting on Monday night in Fire
man's Hall, and conferred degrees on
ten candidates. Several more appli
cations have been received for mem
bership.
ODD JAPANESE TIMEPIECE.
Made lo Ili-present n Nonnilnv I.nud
Hcnpe with Ererc Oeluil in
Perfection.
"When in Japan not very long
eince, 1 saw as remarkable a time
piece as 1 suppose the world con
tains," said Mr. William T. Crews, of
Newark, N. J., reports the Washing
ton Post.
"It was inclosed in a frame about
three feet wide and five feet long, re- ^
presenting1 a noonday landscape of
rare beauty. In the foreground ap
pear plum and cherry trees and gor- j
gerousplantsin full bloom; in the rear
there is a sloping hill, from which a
cascade seems to flow, the crystal im
itation being of wonderful likeness.
A thread-like brook meanders from
this point, encircling rocks ab(l
islands, and finally disappear ng in a
piece of woodland. In a miniature sky
a golden sun. turning in a silver wire,
strikes the hour on sii er gongs as it
passes.
"Kach hour is marked in the frame
by a creeping tortoise which Ink"
the place of a hand. A bird of exqui
site plumage warbles at the close of
each hour, and as the song censes a
mouse sallies forth from a neighbor
ing grotto, and scampering over the
hill to the garden is soon lost to >
view." J
A Plokleil Trn?eler.
A traveler in Tartary tells the fol
lowing' story of a corpulent Greek
servant who accompanied him: "At
the end of the third day the well
seasoned kavass in attendance, whose
whole life had been passed in the
saddle, came with a smile to report
that Uurgis was unable to proceed
from abrison, as the doctors called it,
of the epidermis. 'He can't be left
behind, sir, in the desert,' added the
old beirakdar, 'so. with your leave,
we wall give him the Tartar bath.' A
tub of the strongest brine was ac
cordingly prepared, in which the un
fortunate Gurgis was forthwith im
mersed, uttering the most appalling
howls at the first plunge, but subsid
ing shortly afterward and eventually,
after half an hour's tanning coming
out so effectively case-hardened that
he rode a further thousand miles to
the Black sea in the course of the
next week without showing a symp
tom of distress."
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Rejected (or Stammering. <
As stammering is a cause of rejec
tion for military service, its frequen-1
cy is shown by the statisfics of the
examination of recruits in different'
nations. The number rejected asl
stammerers is 7.50 per thousand ex
amined in France, 3.23 in Switzer
land, 2.87 in England, 2.2 in Austria,.!
.86 in Italy and but .19 in Russia. i
OTTO SPITZ,
Sanitary Plumber
STOVES, RANGES, HEATERS
Rahway Ave.
Shop near O.R.R. Depot, Carta ret- N- J
JOSEPH SHERWOOD
Carpenter and Builder
Estimates given. Jobbing promptly attended to
CARTERET, N. J,
Main st & Hazelwood ave.. Rahway, N. J.
CONRAD BROS.
SANITARY PLUMB N6
TINNING and HEATING
RAHWAY AVE. Cartel et, N. J.
Next to Engine House.
JOHN THOMPSON
Carpenter and Builder
Jobbing promptly attended to. Estimates given
PORT READING, N. J.
CHAKLES TEOiTieXIiTS
Painter and Paperhanger
Ail orders by mail promptly attended to.
CARTERET N.J.
M, PETERSON, ,
Mason and Contracto
Carteret & Port Reading, N. J.
Residence ? John Thompsons House, Port
Reading ^