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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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,
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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.;
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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. >