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Pertfy Amboy Everting flews 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, Perth Amboy, N. J. J. LOGAN CLEVENGER,.Editor D. P. OLMSTEAD,.Business Manager . TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION: The Evening News is on sale at newstands and delivered by regular carrier in Perth Amboy, South Amboy, Woodbridge, Carteret, Tottenville and surrounding towns for 6c per week. By mail, postage prepaid, per year.$3 °° “ “ “ six months ..... 1.50 BRANCH OFFICE: Newark,.F. N. Sommer, 794 Broad St. Long Distance Telephone ----- 98 Entered at Post-Office as second class matter. THURSDAY, OCTOBER 8, 1903. Bv-the-way, what has become of the contract for the new fire apparatns which was awarded to the Rex Com pany some time ago? AI90, how about the new buildings to be erected for two fire companies? Again, what about organizing the new company which is to be located in the western section of the city ? Many months have passed since Assemblyman Gannon had the law passed by the legislature allowing cities to issue bonds to improve its fire departments. Tlie aldermen have surely taken their time about the matter. It was at first thought the new apparatus would be here in time to make an appearance nt Allentown. The fwernen were disappointed. Some of them) have given up looking for the proposed improvements until they see th4 new apparatus ,in the city. This iAiot surprising, but the public is gettinjg anxious. Why qot do something that at least looks like progress? The new com pany mj/ght be gotten into shape. The new buildings might the time all these j plied with it will; l if something I shortly, ''it^R1 be next. fimer before the much needed im Fovement is made. The little advancements made occa sionally have been sufficient to keep the fire insurance companies quiet, but their patience will be exhausted before long and an increase in insur ance rates will be doe to the delay in this matter. The Chamber of Commerce is not allowing the interest in the Westmin ster to lag. The committee appointed to take np the matter is working hard and it is to be hoped it succeeds in securing the old building for public use. The News has pointed out the historical value of the mansion time and again and Rev. Dr. H. G. Mend enhall’s review of its past glorios had been eagerly read in this paper. The public is united in the opinion that the structure must be saved and the only way to accomplish it, is to stick to the proposition. Many a city would be proud of such a relic of the revolutionary and colonial days. Perth Amboy can be just as proud. The committee now working to secure the edifice should be given everv en couragement. The Democrats have put a strong county ticket in the field and there is no doubt but that the candidates will make a strong run. Although Mr. Viehmann’s ability as a vote .winner [las not been tested outsidri^the county seat, his record there is one that shows his popularity. As soon as the Democrats get ready to show their hand in city politics and put their ticket in the field, the campaign in this city can be declared open. FICTION IN FREE LIBRARIES. Much of It Rrud by RnKll*b Render* When History mid Illoicruiiby Would llenellt More. - I Viscount Gosehen presided at the k summer meeting of the University Ex I tension students at Oxford, and in an f Interesting address which he delivered, dealt ng with free libraries, he referred to the complaint that fiction played so important a part in these institutions, reports the London Telegraph. In some V he had heard that as much as SO per cent. \ of the volumes issued was of that de scription, though he was glad to know that In others it was but 45. There whre critics who doubted the use of pub llcXlibraries if this class of literature was\o play so great a part in their work, but tfi^y should remember that general ly the Teaders had no books at all at home. While fiction was recreative and educational. It often was highly stimu lating and satisfactory. A great many of the readers in the public libraries came home wearied from their work, and in a frame of mind in which it might be difficult for them to apply themselves to some of the more serious books, but if they would only try biographies, histories and works of that ktnd, they would find them, as soon as the nluntrp hnd been taken as m-eat nr of even greater interest than works which seemed lighter reading. FiXporlN of flutter. Argentina exports more than 3,000, I 000 pounds of butter annually, nearly all of it to Great Britain It brings 18 cents a pound at the creameries and the exporter gets an average of 24 cents a pound. Butter from no oth l er country except Denmark brings ai L good a price. The cows are princi ■ pally Durham crosses. ■ Bavaria** Beer. W ' The Bavarians are well aware that * they make the best beer in the world. Their exports last year amounted to 2,606,801 hectoliters, while the imports •were only 1,076,926 hectoliters, mostly from Austria. «1 IIIn Vocabulary. of Turkey declares that, "dangerous and immoral hich leaves him little rst automobile chugs 1<1 Over. h Instruments f, while our hrough by nd Egyp ' -x PUDDLING FOR BULL POUT. lion the Fifth Are Cmmlil with the Dure Feet In Cnnnnrinlflrua l.nke. Yew York. “Puddlin’ fer pout" is a novel method of catching what are commonly known elsewhere as bullpout or “bullheads”— a species of catfish common to all the lakes, ponds and mud-bottomed streams of this region. It is done with the bare feet, says the New York Sun. The puddlers—and there are only a few of them, owing to the truly ticklish nature of the pastime—frequent the marshes along the inlet at the Head-of the-Lake at the season when bullheads “hole in.” A puddler’s outfit consists of a basket or a bag thrown over his shoul der to hold the fish. Nature does the rest. The puddler goes into the marsh in his oldest—and sometimes his only garments, first rolling up his trousers and sleeves as far as possible. Then he moves along cautiously, bare-footed, on the muddy bottom, feeling with his feet for the holes that form the lying-in re sort of the female bullhead. When his carefully groping foot comes into con tact with a smooth, slimy, slightly squirming substance he knows that he has found his quarry. Deftly reaching down he slides his hand along the fish’s body so carefully and gently that the preoccupied pout suspects no evil. He maneuvers until his hand can tightly grip the wedge-shaped body of the bull head and then, quick as a flash, he grabs the fish and has it in his bag almost be fore it can flop. 'Then He Quit. She—After all you cannot deny that women are better than men. He—Oh, I don’t know. The good book doesn't say anything about seven devils being east out of a man. She—No, of course not; he has every one of them yet.—Cincinnati Enquirer. He IteeoKnlzeil Them. "Our minister gave voice to some great thoughts in his talk this morn ing,” said the good deacon. "Yes,” replied the village librarian, “thoughts, in fact, that have been thought by some of our greatest think ers.”—Chicago ,Daily News. "You seem/io mine mat you've made me I am, socially and other wise,” rai^ald, bitterly. “Oh, deer, no," be replied. "I know perfectly Hell that it’s the dressmaker who has d.OLe that."—Chicago Post. -"V ( . '■■■ . PROFITS OF PUGILISM. Ltirfff Siimn Realized by the Lending Prise Flghtem in Tlieir I£ n g u ge tn e n t m . It’s a profitable business—this prize figh'ing, alter one gets to wi igh a couple of hundred pounds and can boast of having “knocked out" a score or two of men, says the Baltimore News. For his part of the proceedings in the recent fight, Jewries has been able to add to his bank account nearly $33,000, while Corbett’s roil has been increased a shade less than $11,000. Of course, the training expenses amounted to some thing, but when the men have attained such notoriety as the two principals In question have, it is generally the cus tom for enterprising roadhouses to fall over themselves bidding for the honor of entertaining them duiing the weeks of preparation. Nearly all of the fig ures mentioned for each man will be clear profit, and it Is a pretty tidy salary for half an hour’s work, even though that work consists of being b chopping block for the other fellow. Besides, the prominence with which each man is again brought before the country on the eve of another season on the stage is an asset which must not be overlooked. Such fights as that of a few weeks ago don’t need to be “faked.” Each man realized that there had been “nothing doing” for so long that he was dropping from public vision, which means death in the supplementary profession each has fhnHPTi ORIGIN OF THE TENT. Talmudic Lok(‘iiiI Attribute** It* In vention to the Ingenuity of Adam. “An ancient Talmudic legend relates that Adam, on his expulsion from Par adire, encountered a cutting north wind against which his scant giritle of Jig leaves pioved poor protection,’* says Hiram M Stanley, in Outing. “As he wistfully cast his eyes over the desolate plain of Shinar he perceived at a great distance a dead thorn bush, running thither he crouched behind it, and while still shivering he saw a wild ass come by. And Adam cried to the beast to lie down alongside and keep him warm. But the ass spake out (“for asses sometimes spake in those days, as since,” saith the com mentator), and derided him for not ^having a warm coat of fur. Where upon Adam waxed wroth, and slew the ass with a piece of the thorn tree, and with teeth and nails stripping off the ass’s coat wrapped it arotind himself. But toward noon, the sun growing hot and a scorching wind arising. Adam conceived the happy thought of hanging the skin over the bush and reiiosing in the shade thereof. It was done, the tent was invented and civ ilization began.” £6FF£E AS A STIMULANT. Medical Authority Declare* It I* nn Antidote tor Alcnlinl uml Oth erwise Beneficial. One of the highest authorities among medical publications, the London Lancet, gives a few words of advice and comfort to the lovers of coffee and says that this most popular of all drinks is not harm ful. As an after-dinner drink it believes coffee Is distinctly beneficial. Coffee also to an cntiHoto for nlnnVtnl Tho rlvctton. tic, it says, should not drink coffee or tea, because both are injurious to weak stom achs. As a substitute for the hot drink, how ever, coffee jelly is recommended. In this form it can be taken into any stom ach without injury, provided there is no stinting of the quantity of coffee in the Jelly. It has a cooling effect, assuages the thirst and is generally beneficial. Coffee, the Lancet declares, is a stimu lant, like alcohol, but, unlike alcohol, it arouses muscular energy without the collapse which follows alcoholic drinks. This is likely to prove grateful informa tion to the thousands of Americans who think they cannot begin the day without a free indulgence in eoffedand often con sume that beverage with each of the three daily meals. SetentlutH U Im Relieve In (ilinxtn. Among the great physicists, Sir Oliver Lodge believes in telepathy and Sir William Crooks in ghosts. Lord Kelvin recently said that ‘'science positively affirmed creative power,” and Sir William Thistleton-Dyer, the director of Kew botanical gardens, complains that Kelvin “wipes out by a stroke of the pen the whole posi tion Darwin won for us,” and Prof. Lankester, director of the British mu seum, says he does not know “of any one of admitted leadership among modern biologists who is showing signs of coming to a belief in the ex istence of a vital principle.” Automobile* and Safety, Ample evidence of the narrow margin of safety in the powerful automobiles is shown by the fact that in the Paris Madrid race nearly all the big cars came to grief through failure of working parts. The heat softened the metal in the bearings, cylinder heads crooked, rods bent, giving evidence that the ma chinery was under-proportioned and overworked. It is more than probable that this disastrous race will prove use ful in showing that the limits of safety, either in construction or operation, can not be exceeded with impunity. Itirtlin anil Dealhi*. From 1S90 to 1900 the average annual excess of births over deaths in the United States was 17.7 per 1,000 of pop ulation, while Prussia stood next with 14.7 per 1,000. Then came Holland, with 14 per 1,000; Norway, with 13.9; the German empire, with 13.7; Denmark, with 12.6; Scotland, with 11.9, and Eng land and Wales with 11.7. The two for eign countries in which there is the nearest approximation to race suicide are France and Ireland. NOVEL PEDOGRAPH. tewly Devlued Instrument Xnt OixU’ RcginterH Distance \\ alketi, Iiut Alsu the Direction Taken. The pedofwaph is a newly devised nstrument which not only makes a i record of the distance traveled by a ' pedestrian, but of the direction taken, ! so that at the end of a tour a map can be shown giving the distance cov ered and direction taken in black and i white. It is the invention of a man 1 named Ferguson, who gave a descrip j tion of the machine before the Engin I eers’ society, of Shanghai. | The pedograph, according to the Bal I timore News, is contained in a box I that the person walking bears before I him suspended from the shoulder by I a strap. This box contains a small board, on which is fixed a sheet of paper which is to receive the tracing, parallel to the board and at a little I distance from it being a plate of un I polished glass. The active portion of j the instrument—called the recorder— ; is composed of a small metallic frame | bearing a wheel with pointed teeth I which rests on the paper and traces by i punching holes. The recorder is sup I ported on the paper and on the glass by small wheels. The board is maintained vertically under the action of its own weight, the descent being regulated by the shake given each time by the steps of the bearer. Here are the essential portions of the recorder. A small moving body—ar ranged as an equilibrated pendulum— a long spring acting on a very small lever, winch, at each oscillation, makes advance to the extent of a tooth, and a ratchet wheel, the axis of which car ries an endless screw geared to the printing whee1. If the ratchet wheel lias 50 teeth, 50 oscillations will make one round of its axis and the printing (wheel has made a mark for 50 oscil lations or steps. If the interval of the teeth of the printing wheel is 1.20 of an inch corresponding to 50 steps, 1,000 steps will correspond to one inch or one-half mile, 2,000 steps to two inches or one mile. etc. The hoard is always vertical and Is fixed in the middle of a horizontal axis connected with the box or envelope, and consequently the board may ttirn around this axis. At the upper part of the box—which a spirit level always keeps evenly held—is,a piece carrying a magnetized needle forming a com pass. A button, which is turned by the hand, makes the piece in question always coincide with the needle, if a turn in the direction causes the walker to deviate from the original direction. A little transmitter composed of two pulleys of the same diameter and an endless cord connects the piece carry ing the needle to the axis of the hoard, so that if the hearer changes his direc tion to right, or left, the hoard inclines from one side to the other of its orig inal direction, while always remaining the same as the glass in a vertical plane. It. will he found that the re rorder thus not only traces the dis tance, but also the direction in which the hearer is going. INCIDENTALLY AN EXPERT. Snpcemifiil Mlnlxter Wliosp Florlcnl turnl Work on Hip Skip Uua Mude Him FumouH. In the year 1884 a Massachusetts clergyman who had broken down phys ically resolved to find amusement tor spare hours and strength tor his nerves a hedge of sweet peas decided him to make the sweet pea his specialty. At the time there were only a dozen varieties of this ilower. It was easy to make a collection, and by attention and experiment the kinds increased and the collection grew until the minister had 19 varieties. Thrifty, odorous, beauti ful—missionary llowers, too, for one year he sold a hundred dollars’ worth of seeds for the1 benefit of the home mis sion fund of his church. The next important development was a little book about sweet peas, which had a circulation of 50,000 copies. Then the clergyman t^ok a vacation trip abroad, and exchanged ideas with Eng lish llorests. They had already heard of him, and in his own country he was becoming known as an authority. In 1894 he performed the important task of naming varieties—there were 50, by that time—for the California seed-grow ers. In 1900 he represented America in London, at the two hundredth anniver sary of the lntroductitm of sweet peas into Great Britain. Let it be noted that this clergyman did not neglect the demands of his pro fession, the main business of his life. That he is authority in another field, and therein could command an expert’s remuneration, is due to the determina tion with which he began, “to know nil that was to be known about this one flower.” Busy people ought to have a “fad,” a spare-hour diversion employing an other set of faculties than that which they use in the daily struggle for bread; but the wise plan is not to attempt to cover too much ground. It is much bet ter to succeed with sweet peas than to fail at a flower-garden. Specialization means mastery, which involves the sac rifice of no pleasure, and leads to large increase of profit. The Why of It. She (at the review grounds)—What an imposing figure Capt. Borrows has! He—Yes; naturally so. “And why naturally, pray? ‘‘Oh, he’s always imposing on his friends.”—Cincinnati Enquirer. Incineration. Hewitt—Is that fire insurance com pany in good financial shape? Jewett—Oh, yes; it has money to burn.—N. Y. Herald. I n(louhteilly The Gyoom—We didn’t know any rea son wm we shouldn’t get married. Thel^erly Party—Indeed? Soyou’ve taken al«re way to fiMout!— Puck. CALENDAR OF LOCAL EVENTS Oct 8—Ball, Ladies Aid Society, St. Paul’s GermaD Church, Wilder Hall. Oct. 10—Athletic Games, High School A. A., Smith street enclosed ougrnds. Oct. 12—Organ Recital, Simpson M. E. church. Oct. 13—Ball, C. B. L. Father Quinn Council No. 8, Braga Hall. Oct. 14—Private reception, Braga Hall. Oct. 15—New England Supper, Ladies Aid Society, Baptist chapel. Oct. 15, 16, 17—Fair, Independent Order Good Templars, Temp erance Hall, Prospect street. Oct. 20—Reception, L. O. B. A., Wilder Hall. Oct. 22—Ball. Singing Society Har monie, Wilder Hall. Oct. 22—Concert, Christian Endeav or Society, Presbyterian Chapel. Oct. 24—Ball, Dana Relief Society, Oot. 27, 28, 29—Bazaar, Grace Eng lish Lutheran church, Odd Fellows Hall. Oct. 29—Entertainment, Epworth League, Simpson M. E. church. Oct. 29—Entertainment and Ball, ladies of Vorwaerts, Braga Hall. Oct. 28—Private reception, Braga Hall. Nov. 1—Braga Club night, Braga Hall. Nov. 5—Marine supper, Parsonage Aid Society, Simpson M. E. church. Nov. 11—Ball, Woodmen of the World, Braga Hall. Nov. 12—Entertainment, Epworth League, Simpson M. E. church. Nov. 12—Play, benefit of Free Kind ergarten, Wilder Hall. Nov. 13—Delta Baseball Club, Braga Hall. Nov. 18, 19, 20—Fair, Presbyterian Chapel. Nov. 18—Ira B. lice Lodge, Braga Hall. Nov. 25—F. of A. Court Amboy No. 58, Braga Hall. Nov. 23 to Dec. 3—Fair, St. Mary’s church, Wilder Hall. Nov. 26—Concert, Simpson M. E. church. Dec. 31—Ball, Woodohoppers, Cabin Amboy, 49, Wilder Hall. Doc. 31—Steamfitters Union, Braga Hall. THOMAS M. THICKSTUN Attorney-at-Law 122 Smith Street, Scheuer Building PERTH AM ROY, N. J. 1 Forrest L> Smith CITY SURVEYOR^ ScilKUER BUII-UINO. | Frkd. Lupton. Herbert A. Bushnell. LUPTON & BUSHNELL successors to Lupton & Lupton ..Granite and Marble.. Monuments Headstones and Fencing. Yonr Patronage Solicited. New Bruns'k Av. & Central R. R. CITY DIRECTORY. CHURCHES. Beth 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, Flm Street, P. Joselson, Trustee. Services, Friday 6 to 7 p. m. Saturday 8.30 a. m., 4.30 p. m. L':_* 1)_1' * T7>_—i- T>_i._D_ Percy R. Ferris—Sunday Services, io 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. in., 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. Graoe English Lutheran. Smith Street Pastor, Rev. E. J. Keuling. Sunday Ser vices 10.30 a. m., 7.30 p. m. Sunday School 2. do 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 sts.—Rev.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 7130 p. m. Sunday School 2.30 p. m. f Simpson Methodist—High and Jefferson Sts. Pastor, Rev. S. Trevena Jackson, ■ T^M^^^Suriil^Bsendees 9.30 and 10.30 a. m. and 7.^H[ m.; Sunday school, 2.30 p, m.; EpwoiWLeague, 6.30 p. m.; Prayei meeting, WecBesday, 7.45 p. m.; Bible training class, Ipriday, 7.30 p. m.; Young Gleaners, Friday, 4.30 p. in,; Junior Ep worth League, Friday, 7.00 p. m. St, Mary's Roilnan Catholic, Center St. Rev. B. T. O’Connell, pastor; Rev S. 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. in. 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 Roman Catholic (Polish)— State St. Rev. J. Ziellnsk, pastor. Sun day services, 8.00, I0.30 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. ra. St. Peters Episcopal—Rector Si 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 Hall, Smith Street 1st. and 3d. Mondays. 1. 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.. ol nail, vviuiam naiiaiiau, sec retary. D. of L. Meet in City Hall, every Mon day evening. Counsellor Mrs. Jennie Platt, Secretary Charles Cluney, 444 State st. Degree of Pocohontas—I. O. R. M. Meets every 2d and 4th Friday at City Hall Mrs. G. Steinmetz, Pocoliontas. Mrs. William Greenleaf, C. of R. Mrs. P. Erick son, C. of W. F. and A. M. Raritan Lodge No. 61 1 Regular Communications 2nd. and 4th. Thursdays, Odd Fellows Hall, Smith Street C. F. Hall, W. M. ; C. K. Seaman. Sec'y., High Street. F. of A. Court Amboy No. 58. meets at K. of P. Hall, first and third Wednesday. Frank Rhodeciier, Chief Ranger, E. J. Dalton Fin. Sec., 95 New Brunswick ave. G. A. R. Major James H. Dandy Post No. 43. S. G. Garretson, Commander; 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 every 1st ana 3rd Sunday Knights of Pythias Hall Cor. Smith and High streets. T. J. Griffin Master Robt. Mulvaney Secretary, Charles Miller Tres urer. I. O. of F., Court Keasbey, No. 3367. Meets 2nd and 4th Monday of every month, K. of C . Hall, corner Smith and Rector streets. G. W. F’lthian, Chief Ranger II. E. Pickersgill, Secretary, 77 Lewis st. I. O. O. F. Lawrence Lodge, No. 62 Meets Odd Fellows Hall, Smith Street every P'riday night. W. A. McCoy 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. F'red Waters, C. C.; /"•L M-__ V U oewl c: “ •• I —* — - ’ K. of C. San Salvadore Council. Meets every 2d and 4th Wednesday in K. ot C. Hall, Smith jand Rector Street. W A. Growney, G. K.; Recording Sec’y., Richard A. Bolger, 124 Market Street. I. O. of F. Court Perth Amboy, No. 3043. Meets K. ol P. Hall, High and Smith Streets, every 1st and 3rd Tuesdays. John K. Sheehy, C. R. Peter Poulsen, R S., 165 Elm Street K. of G. E. Meets in Odd Fellows’ Hall, Smith street, every Tuesday night. George Bath, Noble Grand; Frank B. Reed, Keeper ol 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. R. A. Middlesex Council No. 1100. Meets Odd Fellows Hall, Smith Street every second and fourth Tuesday. Henry McCullough Regent, N. H. Moore, Secre tary, 60 Jefferson Street. 8t. Patrick’s Alliance meets 3rd Thurs day in every month, in K, of C. Hall, J. N. Clark, Pres. Dennis Conklin, Secretary. W. O. W. Perth Amboy Camp No. 19, meets at City Hall 1st and 3rd Wednesday. Chris. Mathiasen C. C., Hr. H. K. Mason Clerk, 63J Smith street. Washington Literary Club meets in Un ion Hall Adalaide Building, on the Seconf Sunday of Each Month at 3 o’clock p. m. John Clark, President, Dennis Conklin Secretary. Vitality of tlie Centipede. The sight of a full-grown centipede is said by travelers in tropical lands to ue euuugn iu aneci me strongest nerves. Ten to eleven inches is the average length, although larger ones have been seen. Lafcadio Hearn, in "Two Years in the French West In dies,” says that the vitality of the cen tipede is amazing. He kept one in a bottle, without food or water, for 13 weeks, at the end of which time it re mained as active and dangerous as ever. The hen attacks the centipede with de light, and often swallows them, head first, without taking the trouble to kill them. The cat hunts him, but is care ful never to put her head near ' him. She has a trick of whirling him round and round upon the floor so quickly as to stupefy him; then, when she sees a good chance, she strikes him dead with her claws. Nitrogen In Rnillum. One mystery seems to have been re moved from radium. Sir Michael Hug gins, the greatest authority living on the spectroscope, with the aid of his wife, has discovered that the lines at tributed to hellon In the radium spect rum are really the lines of nitrogen. >