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Pertfy Amboy Evening J4ews
FOUNDED 1879 AS THE PERTH AMBOY REPUBLICAN.
An Independent Newspaper published every afternoon, except Sundays,
by the Perth Amboy Evening News Company, at
5 King Street, Peith Amboy, N. J.
J. LOGAN CLEVENGER,.Editor
D. P. OLMSTEAD,.Business Manager
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THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1903.
While on your vacation Don’t for
get to have The Evoniug Nows mniled
to yon, and in this way keep in touch
with your home doings. No extra
ohargo for mailing, and address
changed'as often as desired.
''•■x. While the people are talking about
pavements it might be well to
remember the plan suggested by Al
derman Runyon several months ago.
It was argued that, as so many of
Perth Amboy streets needed naving
and it was practically impossible to do
it all at once or within tho next few
years, the residental streets should bo
paved up tho centor with macadam
thus giving a crown to the streot and
affording a good roadbed for vehicles.
This is similar to the present paving
on High street from Smith stroet to
the river.
> JJow that the city is to have more
|f£jj|||Bey raised bv taxal ion a good share
9H^Hild no spent on i lie streets, grad
curbing and paving them.
IjSj^^Kadam is a good material for pure
■SBresidential thoroughfares where
■ - Bel is ligjht. It is cheap and. with
reasonable amount of care, will
There arc very few
outside the principal
in cities of this size
the country. For a
oominal sum, the city can keep in
operation threo or four watering carts
which will not only keop down the
dust, but will aid greatly in keeping
the street in good condition. We have
already reforrod to the city of Eliza
beth where the expense of sprinkling
macadam is charged up to the street
(repair account. With macadam, a
large number of streets in Perth Am
boy could be put in excellent condi
tion next spring.
The manner in which the funds for
the carnival are coming in is very
encou^^ing to those having the affair
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casions. There now seems to be no
doubt but that the fund will go far |
Electric Liu Itf In Rnthroonm,
The using of electric light in bath
rooms. either public or private, so it
is asserted by an English engineer,
is dangerous in many cases. Writing
I to the Government Gazette, lie says
that “the electric light switches most
usually employed have brass covers
and brass knobs, and it is quite pos
sible that this metal work may be
fn unsuspected contact with the elec
tric supply wires. in such a case a
person standing on a dry wooden
floor, and using the switch, would not
notice any defect, but anyone in the
act of taking a bath, or standing with
bare feet on a wet or metallic floor,
and attempting to turn on the light,
would receive a very severe shock,
which would probably prove fatal even
at tlje comparatively low pressure of
rvolts.”
Friend'* Fried Onion*.
A new tenant in au uptown llathouse
was promptly and forcibly r< monstrated
with when she was found to possess an
appetite for fried onions. Later, when
she became acquainted with the other
tenants-and they grew to like her, she
rtlvely mentioned her fondness for
dible and her disappoint
;he could never have them
, of course, you can have
never you want them,”
the prime movers
ier at the beginning,
ouldn’t live in the
returned the
“Oh, but it’s
swer, in seri
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nbove tlio $500 mark and it is greatly
to be desirod that it does. If sufficient
money can be secured, the fireworks
will equnl any of the displays to be
seen at Manhattan Beach, therefore
the citizens who think it is worth
three or four dollars to go to that
resort, might contribute that amount
to the fund and have the display
brought to them. This has the groat
big advantage of being right at home
so tnnt when it is all over there is no
tedious ride in the train to spoil all
the pleasure.
Karitan bay has done its part
toward affording amusement for
everyone this summer and has quito
made up for the bad season klast year.
Both fish and crabs have been plonti
ful and when one lots up a trifle, the
other is on full forco so tnore is al
ways something doing. Then, there
have been two boat races and a carni
val will soon be held. This is the
proper spirit. It is not every city that
has a water front and Perth Amboy
should make tho most of hors.
EDITORIAL COMMENT.
If there is going to be a free for all
race for the United States Senator
ship in 11)05 Morristown has two mill
ionaire citizens, Gecrge W. Jenkins
and A. R. Whitney, who may enter
for it. As neither of the gentlemen
is known in New Jersey politics,, it
is hard to imagine where either would
come in a race between Senator Kean
and the well-heeled Essex gang, now
controlling State affairs.—Camden
Courier.
As the (late of the fall primaries
approaches it certainly does seem that
they who are putting np the loudest
cries against the new primary law are
those who will be hit the hardest.
That clumsy, elephantine act, with
all its faults, seems to bid fair to
cleanse and purify politics.
Party leaders see their prestige and
power slipping from them as the
primaries are put beyond the*r con
trol. Is it possible that the dream of
honestv in politics is about to be real
i/.ed, locally at least?—Asbury Park
Press.
expected of a porter, he made his suc
cession in connection with railways,
and rapidly rose until he obtained a
post as government director ol' rail
ways. He became minister of finance
some 11 years ago, and since then has
grow'n more and more powerful. A sim
ple and unostentatious man, M. De
Witte does not lack impressiveness. He
is a big man. He stands six feet one
inch in his stockings and his frame is
strong-limbed and muscular. His fore
head is very high and full and his hair
rises from it combed straight back with
out a parting.
Very Conservative.
Conservatism is believed to be the
distinguishing characteristic of Eng
lishmen. A young man of Bermuda, of
English descent, now residing in New
York city, shows that the belief is well
founded. He imports his collars from
St. George’s Town, on the island w'here
he was born, not because he has any
prejudice against American-made
goods, nor because he can’t get a col
lar to suit his needs in one of the
thousand or more shops where collars
are sold here, hut simply that he is
used to the sort that he imports. “It’s
the kind I’ve always had. y’ know,"
he says, by way of explanation.
Another L'nfortuitate.
Walker—Dat wus dreadful distressin’
wot happened to Hungry Hanks out in
Kansas.
Rhodes—How wus it? Did he git
ketched in de floods?
"Wussun dat. He got fetched in de
harvest field.”—Kansas City Journal.
Saved by HlrfJe.M MeNHage.
In the case of the French ship which
went ashore on the Goodwins evidence
jiven in the admiralty court showed
hat by means of one short wireless
nessage property to the amount of
1212.940 was slaved. W
| ONE BASS THRICE TAKEN.
Greeily Fifth Come* Buck After the
Bait Although Wounded
in the Effort.
Sometimes a fish strikes because it it
hungry, sometimes because it is irri
tated, sometimes because it has got intc
the habit of doing so. There are fish
which, when a bait has been snatched
away from them once, cannot be tempt
ed to attack it again, though the hook
has not touched them; there are others
which will return to the charge, even
though they have been badly scratched,
says the New York Sun.
Recently a couple of men fishing
Irom a boat on Round Lake, in Sawyer
county, Wis., caught a couple of dozen
of bass and, having enough, returned
to the water all taken thereafter. One
returned a three-pounder whose side
had been freshly scarred by a inuskal
longe.
A moment afterward the frog wras
taken and he hauled out a fish scarred
in the same place. He believed it to be
the same fish, but to make sure clipped
the edge of a back fin with his knife and
put it in the water.
After a couple of casts the frog was
again seized and the fish, after a fight,
was reeled in. It was the marked bass.
To avoid taking this fish all of*the af
ternoon the boat was moved away.
Early in June two friends named
Wade and Shively, fishing on Long
Lake, Wis., lost two frogs apiece and all
within five minutes. They were using
small green frogs hooked through the
lips. They believed that some extraor
dinarily smart bass was after their
hook.
Then Shively got a strike and
hooked his fish. A big fight followed,
and when the bass was landed it was
found that it had taken all five frogs.
George Clark, of Chicago. fishing in
nf 1\1 inU icrOTt t Vl 1 O
spring, hooked a muskallonge when
trolling with some sixty feet of line
out. The fish Immediately rolled over
on the line, wrapping it about its body
twice or thrice, and gave a hard fight.
After twenty minutes of work it was
brought to the boatside and shot
through the head.
It weighed 12 pounds, not a partial
larly big musky, but strong and game.
Certainly it struck at the spoon be
cause it was angry and not because it
was hungry, for sticking out of one side
of its mouth was the tail of a bass
which weighed a pound and a half.
Three inches of the tail and body pro
jected; the remainder of the bass was
firmly fastened in the maw and doubt
less the tail would have been swallowed
after the other part was digested if
Clark and his spoon had not happened
along.
The musky made its fight with the
bass sticking out of one side of its
mouth and the hook sticking into the
other side of it, and the bass was not
loosened at all by the struggles.
HOME OF CASHMERE SHAWLS.
There In \nl Enough Demand for the
Industry to Keep Workers
Employed.
A New Yorker who is now living in
Shadipore, India, in the vale of Cash
mere, the home of the beautiful Cash
mere shawl, gives a melancholy ac
count of the decline of a great and
famous industry. These rare and costly
shawls, which were so much prized in
the days of our grandmothers and
handed down as heirloms from mother
to daughter, are still made in Cashmere,
but their glory has departed, and the
cheap and seductive aniline dye has
displaced the soft and beautiful color
ings in the old-time vegetable dyes, says
the New York Tribune.
The men who understand their ma
nipulation have gone to more lucrative
fields, or else they lie in humble grave
yards hard by the straggling village
streets, and the wild iris clothes their
resting places with colors far more deli
cate than any they ever mixed.
The Cashmere shawl industry re
ceived its death blow during the Fran
co-Prusslan war, at the breaking up of
the French court. The shawls were
brought to France for the great Na
poleon, and fashion immediately set her
seal upon them. But when the court of
Napoleon III. crumbled in the dust the
YUftuu ui uii vwauim it ointwi icii VV11 U
It, and famine and distress invaded the
far-away valleys of Cashmere.
Shadipore, which was once one of the
centers of the Cashmere shawl indus
try, is beautifully located in a valley at
the junction of the Sind and Jhelum
rivers. Numerous herds of cattle find
rich pasturage on the surrounding hills,
and the giant chenar, the glory of Cash
mere, makes the valley look like a
park. But the village has shrunk to a
mere hamlet of rickety houses, and the
j luxuriant vegetation fails to cover its
bareness and poverty. What Is left, of
the shawl Industry is carried on by
boys and men, who earn from two to
eight annas a day, or from four to
J eight cents in American coinage. For
this beggarly sum they sit all day long
at the looms, which are almost as for
lorn as themselves in appearance, for
they date back to the days of prosper
ity and are held together by a generous
use of string.
. There is just enough demand for the
shawls to keep the industry alive. Rich
Cashmerians like to wear Cashmere
shawls, and also employ them as
draperies, and a few find their way to
Central Asia and Tibet.
t'oiilrin’t Soar** IHm.
“Colonel,” sain the fair hostess to the
I hero of many battles, "are you fond of
' classical music?*’
“Madam,” replied the gallant colonel,
“I’m not afraid of it.”—Chicago Daily
News. |
On thifltiuine Plnn«.
Foreign AttjAe—Are they on the
same plane so Ally?
American—(A yes; thc^exclMagn
STRATFORD HISTORIANS.’
■elf-imposed Duty of Neighborhood
Boys About the Home of
Shnltespeure.
In Stratford-on-Avon, where Shakes
peareau pilgrims pay their summer
homage, the schoolboys have a sober
sense of duty. Their duty is to tell travel
ers all about Shakespeare. The stranger
in the dreamy town walks with delight
through its quaint streets. Suddenly he
looks down. Whence comes that buz
zing? No, he is not mistaken. It comes
from a group of schoolboys, writes
Arthur Folwell, in Youth’s Companion.
“William ShykeBpeare, the gryte
poet,” they are almost humming in
chorus, “was born in Stratford-on-Avon
in 1564—the ’ouse in which he dwelt may
still be seen—’is father in the gryte
poet’s boyhood was ’igh bhiiiff of the
plyce—one who shykes a spear is the
meaning of ’is nyme,” and so on, In an
even monotone, undisturbed and tran
quil, almost like the distant hum of bees.
That is about all the stranger can un
derstand. The rest is lost in faint, in
coherent mumblings, only an occasional
word being at all intelligible. The boys
do not look at any one in particular.
One gazes vacantly across the street,
another at his shoes, still another at the
sky; but all unite in telling the one
weird tale. For It, of course, they ex
pect to* be tipped.
The tourist, used as he may be to
guides and their parrot-like descrip
tions, is amazed by the Stratford boys.
As he listens to their chant he is at first
Inclined to say:
“What’s all this about?”
But he gets over that bravely. Inter
♦ l-iCi rotf APtl lrnntVi In File oi lifliPrl
story of the bard, and he will start again
at the very beginning, without stopping
to answer the question. He will show
no surprise, no vexation; he will simply
commence all over again.
The story the boys tell is not contained
in any accepted life of Shakespeare. Any
one who can comprehend it will find it
a collection of local traditions. There is
never a laugh in its delivery, not even a
smile. It is just a self-imposed duty—a
ceremony bequeathed by one generation
of Stratford boys to the next.
WANTED THE NOISE STOPPED.
Wa»liInpton Woman Called In a Po
ll cem ail to Subdue the WuilM
of u Sick Dnby.
A Capitol Hill woman who was told by
a neighbor to “tell her troubles to a
policeman” called in the officer on the
beat and caused trouble for the blue
coated guardian, says the Washington
Star.
“I’m simply sick and tired of being
disturbed,” she said to the officer, “and
I think it's about time the police were
putting a stop to the noises.”
The officer informed her that he was
at her service and that he would do all
in his power to assist her. He knew that
some of her neighbors had Vnanaged to
get crowing roosters and cackling hens
decapitated and that other objectionable
conditions had been removed. The wo
man with so many troubles also knew
of what her neighbors had accomplished
and so informed the man in uniform.
“And now,” she said, “I want you to
do as much for me."
All this time she had not told of the
nature of the noises that had caused her
so many sleepless moments and the of
ficer seemed unable to get at the cause
of her troubles. He had been detained
past the time for him to send in his
hourly call to the station and he was
thinking of the explanation he would
have to make.
“But I guess this is part of polled
duty,” he thought, "and certainly I’ll
not get in trouble.”
Making himself comfortable and feel
ing satisfied that his explanation would
prove satisfactory to the sergeant he
listened until the clock indicated that
another hour had passed. Then he be
came uneasy and insisted that the
woman should tell him what noise she
wanted stopped.
“The worst noise with which I have to
contend,” the woman said, “is the cry
ing of a baby. When the people with
the baby moved into this neighborhood
I was told that the young one had the
three-months' colic, but that was four
months ago, and the infant’s lungs are
growing stronger every day. Will I have
to stand this forever?”
The policeman said good morning and
departed.
A Cliinnfnnn'N Pocket.
A Chinaman's pocket is more diffi
cult of access than the proverbial
pocket of our grandmothers, which
furnished the theme of many ancient
jests. On occasion Chinamen produce.
They buy for ready cash. Money
comes from them at remote intervals,
but from what exact location no Cau
casian has been able to ascertain.
Each Chink is a sort of a prestidigita
teur. He contracts to purchase a thing
and, presto! there is the money on the
counter. There is no delving in the
depths of coat or trousers, as with the
white man. The coin materializes, as
it were, before your eyes. Enterpris
ing highwaymen have held up China
men and dissected them, but discov
ered no pockets. Where does the
heathen carry his change? It is a
question that vexes. It is easy to hold
up a Chinaman, but until we locate
his pockets it Is not worth while.
Young Davidson was perhaps seeking
to perform a public service. He could
not be a pickpocket where there was
no pocket to pick.—Chicago Chron
icle.
Pretty Near Right.
Citlman—You hear of “journeymen
carpenters,” ‘‘Journeymen plumbers”
and all that, but you never hear of
‘‘journeywomen” at all. Funny, isn’t
It?
Subbubs—Yes, It certainly should be
proper to speak of “journeywome*
cooks." They merely journey from
place to place.—Catholic Standard.
CALENDAR OF LOCAL EVENTS
Aug. 22—4th Ward Repbnlicans will
meet at 127 New Bruns
wick avenue at 8 p. m. to
^ instruct the voters in re
gnrd to the new primary
law. All ReplJnlicans are
requested to nttend.
Aug. 27—Excursion to Ocean Grove,
Simpson M. i E. Sunday
School.
I Sept. 7.—Carnival.
, Nov. 18, 14, 20—Fair, Presbyterian
Chapel.
THOMAS M. THICKSTUN
Attorney-at-Law
122 Smith Street, Scheuer Building
l’EKTH AM HOY, N. J.
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III ■ WIilllllHH 'Wit II ■IWPIHHIlIBHIWBIlMMinW—Wii
Frkit Lupton. Hkrbkrt A. Bushnell.
LUPTON & BUSHNELL
SUCCESSORS to Lupton Sl Lupton
..Granite and Marble..
Monuments
Headstones
and Fencing.
Your Patronage Solicited.
| New Bruns'k Av. & Central R. R.
CITY DIRECTORY.
CHURCHES.
Belli Mordecai, Ilobart Street. Pastor,
Dr. M. Kopfstein. Friday, 8.15 p. m.
Saturday, 10.00 a. m. Hebrew School,
Saturday 1 p. m. Sunday School 9.30 a. m.
Congregational (Swedish)—Gordon st.
—Pastor, Theodore Englund—Sunday Ser
vices 10.30 a. m. 7.30 p. m. Sunday School
9.30 a. m.
First Perth Amboy, Hebrew Mutual Aid
Society, Elm Street, P. Joselson, Trustee.
Services, Friday 6 to 7 p. m. Saturday
8.30 a. m., 4.30]). m.
First Baptist—Fayette st.—Pastor, Rev.
Percy R. Ferris—Sunday Services, 10 and
and 10.30 a. m. and 7.30 p. m. Sunday
school 2. 30 p. m. B. Y. P. U. Friday 3.45
p. m. Prayer meeting Wednesday 7.45
p. m.
First Presbyterian, Market st and City
Hall Park, Pastor, Rev. Harlan G. Men
denhall D. D. Sunday services, 10.30 a.
m. and 7.30 p. m. Sunday School 9.30 a.
m., 2.30 p. m., Junior C. E. 3.30 p. m.
Y. P. S. C. E. 6.40 p. m. Prayer meeting
Wednesday 7.45 p. m.
Grade English Lutheran. Smith Street
Pastor, Rev. E. J. Keuling. Sunday Ser
vices 10.30 a. m., 7.30 p. m. Sunday School
2.30 p. m.
Methodist (Danish) Madison Ave and
Jefferson st.. Pastor, Rev. A. Hanson.
Sunday Services, 10.30 a. m. and 7.30 p.
m. Epworth League, 3.45 p. m., Sunday
School, 2.30 p, m. Class meeting, Wed
nesday and Friday at 7.45 p. m.
Holy Cross Episcopal—Washington and
Johnstone sis.—Kev.D. A. Willes, priest in
charge—Sunday Services 10.30 a. m. and
7.30 p m Sunday School 9.30 a. m.
Our Savior’s Lutheran (Danish) State St.
Rev. V. B. Skov, pastor. Sunday services
10.30 a m. and 7.30 p. m. Sunday
School 2.30 p. m.
Simpson Methodist—High and Jefferson
Sts. Pastor, Rev. S. Trevena Jackson,
A.M. Sunday services 9.30 and 10.30
a. m. and 7.30 p. m.; Sunday school, 2.30
p, m.; Epworth League, 6.30 p. m.; I'rayei
meeting, Wednesday, 7.45 p. m.; Bible
training class, Friday, 7.30 p.m.; Young
Gleaners, Friday, 4.30 p. m,; Junior Ep
worth League, Friday, 7.00 p. m.
St. Mary's Roman Catholic, Center St.
Kev. is. i. u Connell, pastor; Kev. b. A.
Mitchell and Rev. T. F. Blake, assistants.
Sunday services 7.00 8.30, 9.30 and 10.45
a. m. 7.30 p. m. Sunday School 2.30 p.
Hi,
St. Paul’s German Church—South First
street—Pastor Rev. Jacob Ganns. Services
every 1st and 3rd Sunday of the month.
Sunday School every Sunday at 2 o’clock.
St. Stephens Komdn Catholic (Polish)—
State St. Kev. J. Zielinsk, pastor. Sun
day services, 8.00, 10.30 a. m. Vespers,
4.00 p. m. Sunday School 3.30P. m.
St. Stephens Lutheran (Danish) Broad
St. Pastor Rev. J. Christianson. Sunday
services 10.30 a. m. and 7.30 p. m. Sun
day School 3 p. m.
St. Peters Episcopal—Rector St. Rector,
Rev. J. L. Lancaster. Sunday services
10.30 a. m. and 7.30 p. m. Sunday School
2.30 p. m.
W. C. T. U.—Meets at 27 Smith st. ev
ery Sunday at 4 p. m.
LODGES.
A. O. U. W Meets Odd Fellows Ilall,
Smith Street 1st. and 3d. Mondays. I. B.
Mandeville, M. W.; J. S. Phillips, Sec’y.,
7 Kearney Ave.
B. P. O. E. No. 784. Meets K. of C.
Hall, corner Smith and Rector Street 1st.
and 3rd. Tuesdays. Dr. Frank Crowther,
E. R.; W. A.' Crowell, Sec’y., Gordon
Street.
C. L. B. Father Quinn Council No. 88.
meets 2d and 4th Tuesdays every Montn
in K. of C. Hall. William Hallahan, sec
retary.
D. of L. Meet in City Hall, every Mon
day evening. Counsellor Mrs. Maggie
Herbert, High street. Secretary Charles
Cluney 444 State st.
Deeree pf, Pocohontas—I. O. R. M.
ary 2d and 4th Friday at City Hall
Stein metz, Pocohontas. Mrs.
reenleaf, C. of R. Mrs. P. Erick
W,
F. adn A. M. Raritan Lodge No. 61
Regular Communications 2nd. and 4th.
Thursdays, Odd Fellows Hall, Smith Street .
C. F. Hill, W. M.; C. K. Seaman. Sec’y., A
High Street. ™
F. of A. IL'ourt Amboy No. 58. meets at
K. of P. IlarLfirst and third Wednesday.
Thos. Lucas, tli'ief Ranger, E. J. Dalton
Fin Sec., 95 Nv"’ Brunswick ave.
G- A. R. Major James II. Dandy Post
No. 43. S. G. jGarretson, C0,nma,1der>
Adjt. Rev. E. B. French, Westminster.
Imp d O. R. M. Po Ambo Tribe No. 65
Council Sleep every Thursday. Peter
Axeen, Sachem, Hans S. Smith, C. of R.
Andrew Jensen C. of W.
Ira B. Tice Lodge No. 309 Rail-Road
Trainmen, meet (Any 1st and 3rd Sunday
Knights of 1’ythiiM Hall Cor. Smith and
High streets. T.B Griffin Master Robt.
Mulvainy Secret*, Charles Miller Tres
urer. W
I. O. of F., C'Mrt Keasbey, No. 3367.
Meets last Tliw'sday o£ every month,
K. of C . Hall, ^corner Smith and Rector
streets. G. W. Fithian, Chief Ranger
If. E. Pickersgill, Secretary, 77 Lewis st.
I. O. O. F. Lawrence Lodge, No. 62
Meets Odd Fellows Hall, Smith Street
every Friday night. Dr. Frank Crowther,
N. G.; F. L. Herrington, Sec’y., Brighton
Ave.
Jr. O. U. A. M, Middlesex Council No.
63. Meets every 2d and 4th Wednesday
in City Hall. Charles Cluney, Counsellor,
G. M. Adair, Recording Secretary 203
Madison Av.
K. of P. Algonquin Lodge, No. 44.
Meets every Monday K. of P. Hall Smith
and High Streets. Harvey Stetson, C. C.;
Chris Meshrow, K. of R. and S.
K. of C. San Salvadore Council. Meet9
every 21I and 4th Wednesday in K. of C.
Hall, Smith and Rector Street. W A.
Growney, G. K.; Recording Sec’y.,
*»• 1_1 » 1)1__ AiT_1_a c » —_*
I. O. of F. Court Perth Amboy, No.
3043. Meets K. ot P. Hall, High and
Smith Streets, every 1st and 3rd Tuesdays.
John K. Sheehy, C. R. Peter Poulsen, R.
S., 165 Elm Street
R. A. Middlesex Council No. noo.
Meets Odd Fellows Hall, Smith Street
every second and fourth Tuesday. Henry
McCullough Regent, N. H. Moore, Secre
tary, 60 Jefferson Street.
K. ot G. E. Meets in Odd Fellows’
Hall, Smith street, every Tuesday night.
George Bath, Noble Grand; Frank B. Reed,
Keeper ot Records, 129 Mechanic street.
P. O. S. ot A., Washington Camp, No.
79. Meets every second and fourth Thurs
day K. of P. Hall, cor. High and Smith
street Fred Waters, President; J. M. Mills,
Secretary, 210 Oak street.
W. O. W. Perth Amboy Camp No. 19,
meets at City Hall 1st and 3rd Wednesday. /
Chris. Mathiasen C. C., Ur. II. K. Mason
Clerk, 63J Smith street.
Washington Literary Club meets in Un
ion Hall Adalaide Building, on the Second
Sunday of Each Month at 3 o’clock p. m.
John Clark, President.
Where He Fell Down.
He could write a comic article that would
make you fairly roar.
And his after-dinner speeches were with
humor brimming o'er;
But when left to mind the baby his re
sources were dispelled,
And the funnier he tried to be the more the
baby yelled.
-Tit-Bits. _
THE SKOOXD FIDDLE. 1
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V
She—Gracious! The last time 1 saw
him he was the most opinionated fel
low in town. How he has changed.
He—Oh! didn’t you know he was re
cently married?—Detroit Free l'ress.
Where They «<».
The men w ho deal In flower seeds,
Would suffer like the dickens
In business, if ft were not
For neighbors who keep chickens.
—Chicago Tribune.
Jink's Fool IVotlon.
Winks—Did you evgr notice that,
during hard times, religious revivals al
ways start up and the long-empty
churches are sure to be filled?
Jinks—Yes.
“How do you account for It?” ^
“Salvation’s free.”—N. Y. Weekly.
No More Jain.
Mother (putting the boy out of the
pantry)—How many more times.will !
have to tell you to keep a way from that
preserve jar?
Small Hoy (sobbing)—No more,
mamma, the jam’s all gone.—Cincin
nati Enquirer.
The 'lliorn and the Rose.
First Married Man.—Women are
frightful gossipers, aren’t they.
Second Married Man—Yes; but just
think what a lot of entertaining in
formation one would miss concerning
the neighbors were they otherwise.—
Chicago Daily News.
An Explained.
“Say, pa,” queried lit tie .Tolinny
Humpernickle, “what’s the difference
between a green grocer and the other
kind?”
“The other kind sell exclusively for
cas-h. my son,” replied the old man.
Cincinnati Enquirer.
A I’ennlmlntlc View.
“I suppose there will never be^
to grabs utntil everything is g:
“Oh! Not even then; becau
pie whoi haven’t grabbed any
be trying to grab what hi
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