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MASCOT is really a ten
cent tobacco-Quality and
Quantity-and I sell it for
5 cents-How can I do it?
When I bucked into this tobacco-selling busi
ness I brought along with me a brand new idea.
The idea was to give you a ten-cent quality—
and quantity—of smoking tobacco for 5 cente,
and still keep from going broke myself.
There was only one way to do it. I knew
the way. It was simple. I cut out the tin box
cost—which is heavy—and put MASCOT in an
inexpensive cloth pouch. The ΙΟ-centers come in tin
boxes. Y ou can't smoke tin, but you pay for tin.
My pouch is just as good as the tin box; in
fact, it nas many advantages over the tin box —
and it saves me tne money which makes it possible
for me to give you double value for yours.
CRUSHED CUT TOBACCO
The Good NEW Smoke for Pipe and Cigarette
has built up a whirlwind success
just on that simple idea.
And remember, MASCOT isn't
"Just another nickel tobacco."
it stands shoulder-to-shoulder
with any ton-cent tobacco you ever
smoked. It is made from regula
tion ten-cent material.
Here's MASCOT:
Good old ripe mild Burley leaf—
the best that Kentucky's golden sun
and rich soil produces — carefully
cleaned and cured until it is pure ana
In Pouch 5c—In Tins it
would cost you double
y<n*t4.
&. CL
mellow and sweet; then sliced and
crushed until the tobacco runs uni
formly throughout and does not
"smoke in*streaks."
Men, the proof of a tobacco is
in the smoking of it. Take it
from me,
thereisn't
any bet
ter tobac
co than
MASCOT.
Smoke it
today.
Had the Last Word.
The Frofessor (acknowledging intro
«Jnction)—Glad to meet you, Mr. Mink
You are a distant relative. I presume
Mr. Mink—Of Mr. Beaver, Mr. Fox
Mr. Kuhn. Mr. Marten, Mr. Wolf 01
Mr. Fisher, you were about to say'
Not the slightest, sir.
The Professor (forestalled, but rally
lug gamely)—Well, you otter bo!—Chi
cago Tribune. *
MORAL EXCELLENCE.
Moral excellence is man's highest
glory. Men everywhere and in all
ages have rendered it their homage,
but never more so than in the pres
ent time. Nothing in this age can
take the place of it or atone for the
want of it.—Rev. Dr. A. A.
Willi ti.
"Nearly all those Wagons and
Buggies are Studebakers * '
Every year over one hundred thousand
Studebaker vehicles are sold.
This tells you what the farmers of the
country think of the Studebaker wagons.
This appreciation has been constantly grow
ing for sixty years.
This appreciation has been earned by the deter
mination of Studebaker to produce an honestly built
wagon that will do a full day's work and keep on doing
it, and not to build a cheap one.
The man who buys the Studebaker gets all the
improvements gained by the experience of two genei
ations of wagon builders.
Farm WneoM Trucks Delivery Wigooi
Dump Wagon» Buggies Surrey*
Bu&ûaeM Wagon· Pony Carls Harnes· Φ
Sold under the Studebaker χ uara/it**.
Sec oar or write us.
STUDEBAKER
South Bend, Ind.
NEW YORK CHICAGO DALLAS KANSAS CITY DENVER
MINNEAPOLIS SALT LAKE CITY S.vN FRANCISCO PORTLAND, ORE.
UNIQUE BEAUTY
AT EXPOSiTIONj
Structures at San Francisco
Rapidly Near Completion.
I Spécial by United Press Wire.
San Francisco, May 8:—Located
on a site of unique natural beauty,
the structures of the Panama-Pacific
exposition to be held in San Francis
co in 1915, are well on their way to
ward completion today. The view
afforded from the fair grounds is un
surpassed. From the Service build
ing, which already is completed, a
wonderful panorama unfolds itself.
Directly in the foreground is the in
comparable Golden Gate and the blue
waters of the Pacific; to the left the
eternal hills, topped by the green
capped peaks of Mount Tamalpais;
to the right the rolling Berkeley hills
with the cities of Berkeley and Rich
mond lying beneath.
More than 1,000 men today are
working on Machinery Hall, the larg
est of the exhibit palaces. It will
cover an area of approximately nine
acres. By July, every one of the
fourteen great buildings will be well
under way in construction and 7,000
men will be working on them. This
number is exclusive of those who '
will be employed in the other two
sections of the exposition, which will
be devoted to concessions and foreign
and state pavilions.
Harris D. H. Connick, director of
works of the exposition, declared to
day that it is the aim of those in
charge of the affair to set a new rec
ord in exposition construction. "At
DENS
MILK
-PEERLESS BRAND·
Many a Dish is Improved by its
Use. Rich, Pure and Wholesome
Sen J fdt "BorJmrt'e R*cip«a"
BORDEN'S CONDENSED MILK CO., N«w York
previous American expositions," said'
Connlck, "it has been the rule that
the exposition has been postponed a
year from the original date set for
the formal opening, or visitors have
found construction and installation
incomplete with an army of workmen
busy. This naturally detracts from
the beauty of what should be a fin
ished exposition. All buildings hero
will be fully completed eight months
before the opening date and all the
exhibits will have been Installed.
The grounds will have been terraced
and planted with shrubbery and
trees when the formal opening takes
place. Grading, levelling and ex
cavating nnd the installation of the
sewer and water supply systems al
ready .have been completed, and
every detail of the exposition will
have been perfected at least two
months before the opening on Satur
day, February 20, 1915."
More than 1,600,000 cubic yards
of earth have been filled in on the
center portion of the site, which oc
cupies 100 acres, and which will be
devoted to the fourteen main exhibi
tion palaces. Twenty-eight of the
world powers have thus early signi
fied their Intention to participate
and many others are preparing to
take part on an elaborate scale. Of
the thirty-three states of the Union
that have promised to participate,
twenty-six have selected the sites for
their pavilions. New York has made
a preliminary appropriation of $700,
000 for the New York state building.
California will spend $1,000,000 on
her state building. Other appropria
tinnp frnm d i ft'Arntif «*··»* u :"u
have selected their Bites vary from
$250,000 to half a million dollars.
The exposition officials say there
are two great reasons why California
is making great effort to "break all
records of all expositions." The first
is that California and San Francisco
especially realize the Titanic achieve
ment which the occasion is to cele
brate, and they wish to make the
celebration in keeping with the
building of the Panama canal. The
second great reason why Californians
are so anxious to show the nation and
the world what Californians can ac
complish, say the officials, is the
memory of desolation which reigned
in the city of San Francisco following
the earthquake seven years ago and
their desire to show to the world
what California and San Francisco
can accomplish in the face of such a
calamity in that short length of time.
To realize this the world's greatest
sculptors and architects have been
secured, with Carl Bitter at the head
of the former. Jules Guerin has
charge of the color plan and .John C.
MacLaren, who constructed tile
famous Golden Gate Park, has charge
of floral decorations.
One of the great features of the
exposition will be the National Boy
City, with a population of 15,000
boys. More than $1,000,000 is to be
spent on this city. Two great com
mercial organizations, which spend
vast sums in developing the efficiency
of boys throughout the United States
are behind the National Boy Ciy·
project.
The boys, the pick of the nation's
youth, will be, during the period the
exposition is on, members of a model
settlement, the watchword of which
■will be "Achievement." Already the
machinery for executing the plan has
been set in motion and lads all over
the country are fitting themselves to j
participate in the contests in 436 :
congressional districts of the United!
States to win the coveted privilege of J
being one of the representatives of I
his home section at the National Boy I
City. These boys will be chosen in
competitive examinations. Twenty
five per cent, will be allowed for edu
cational qualifications; 25 per cent,
for moral character; 25 per cent, for
physical development, and 25 per
cent, for music. All their expenses
to and from San Francisco will be
paid, and there will be no expenses
attached to (heir remaining during
the time the exposition is there.
Every precaution against disease or
hurt will be made by the exposition
authorities, a staff of physicians hav
ing been already engaged to look
after the health of the boys.
It will be not all play for tliese
boy-citizens by any means. The lads I
will install and conduct their own I
government and visitors will be given j
a chance to see citizenship in the
making.
Reynolds Bros.
The Merit Store.
136-138 Smith St.
Perth Amboy.
JAPANESE ARE
NEEDED THERE
W. B. Pratt Gives Interview
on California Situation
Some interesting facts relative to
the Japanese question which is the
bone of contention in California at
present have been obtained from W.
B. Pratt, α prominent real estate
dealer of this city, who has spent a
number of years in that state and in
Arizona. The California legislature
has Just passed a law that no alien
can hold title to property in that
state and that all property now held
by aliens must be sold to the highest
bidder. The law has not yet been
signed by Governor Johnson.
"I am not in favor of any alien
holding title to property in this
country," said Mr. Pratt, when Inter
viewed by a NEWS reporter today.
"Ame. lea is for Americans and if the
Japs or Chinese want to be property
owners here they should become citi
zens. But that is out of the ques
tion, as the present laws of the
United States prohibit it. I think
the new California law would be all
right if it barred the selling of land
to aliens In the future, but it is not
fair to take away what they already
have. I don't believe In going back
on a contract.
"The Japanese and Chinese, how
ever, are absolutely necessary lu Cal
ifornia, Arizona and some of the
other western states, and 1 think it
would be a good plan to allow a cer
tain number to come into the coun
try every year. Not enough to flood
us, but enough to supply the demand
for that sort of labor. The Japanese
men and without them California
would be In a serious predicament.
Practically all of the farming in the
state is done by them and if they
didn't do it no one would. The
work is too hard and the heat too in
tense for the white man. Why, in
the valleys which are fertile six
months in the year the temperature
in the shade Is 13 5. The San Jo
qUln valley which is about 300 miles
long and 100 miles wide is very
fertile, but it requires men who are
used to hot climates to till it. The
Japs and Chinese have their little
farms all over the valleys and raise
everything in the vegetable line that
is eaten in California. The Sacra
mento valley which is north of the
San Joquln and the Imperial valley,
which is the hottest in the world,
are also the havens of Japanese and
Chinese farmers. The Sacramento
valley is the one where the Japs are
most thickly settled and It is over
their laud holdings in that spot that
the present agitation is being carried
on. Most of the Imperial valley is
below sea level. The white man In
California and Arizona will raise al
falfa, which grows without much at
tention, run cattle ranches and do
mining, but ho will not go out In the
broiling sun, dig deep furrows in the
ground, irrigate the land etc. The
Japs and Chinese, however, do this
day in and day out without flinch
ing and apparently do not mind the
excruciating heat. The Chinaman
will go into the fields early in the
morning and work until sun down
with only an occasional pot of tea
for stimulant. That he must have.
"While the Japs and Chinese can
not become citizens, I think the for
mer would like to and I think they
would make good citizens. As a
whole the Jepanese are the most ar
tistic race in the world and an idea
of their tastes along this line can be
obtained in any of their stores in
this country. They are a peace lov
ing race and a clean people. Far
more so than the Chinese, who may
look clean, but are not as clean as
they appear.
"I spent six years at Phoenix, Ari
Is Easy to Have, Natural
Colored and Beautiful
So many women have grey or faded
hair; neglect It until it becomes thin,
dry and lifeless, begins to fail out and
makes them appear much older than
they really are. If your hair is In
this condition get a bottle of Hay's
Hair Health today. Don't wait until
some one says how much older you
look. You'll be delighted at the
résulte from even one or two appllca'
tlons. The grey hairs gradually dis
appear and your hair will become full
of life and vitality. No one can tell
that you are using it. It's not a dye
but a nice, clean preparation that
quickly and effectively keeps your grey
hair dark, glossy and natural colored
and that all druggists guarantee sat
isfactory or refund your money. Al
ways ask for Hay's Hair Health. It
never fails.
Free: Sign this adv. and take It to the
following druggists and get a 50c. bot
tle of Hay's Hair Health and a 25c.
cake of Hartlna Soap, for 50c. ; or $1.00
bottle of Hay's Hair Health and two
26c. cakes of Harflua Soap Free, for $1.
LAUER DRUG CO.
K. K1LLENBERGER.
F. A. SEAMAN.
RARNEKOV Α ΡΚΊ-Λ.
zona, and during that time had num
erous Chinese rooks. When watch
ed, their habits are all right, but
when your back la turned they wilt
resort to sprinkling clothes with the
aid of their mouth and likewise In
making pie cruets. A lady who came
to visit my family happened to de
tect the cook doing this playful trick
on some pie crust and she vowed
never to eat any pie hereafter made
by one of their sort. In several
weeks, however, she forgot all about
It and seemed to relish pie as much
as I did. I left Arizona in 1896 and
came east, but I was in California
last summer and had been there
many times previously.
"They need people on the Pacific
coast and I think it is wrong to ex
clude the JapS and Chinese entirely.
They need people on the Pacific coast
to build it up and bring prosperity
to the states, but the Immigration
should by all means bfc restricted
It wouldn't be a bad idea to restrict
the immigration on the Atlantic
coast, also. By allowing a limited
number to come in each year I think
the government would be making a
wise move. They must have people
of the class of the Japanese and Chi
nse to develop the wealth of the Pa
cific states; people who can adapt
themselves to the climate. This Is
proven by the fact that the assessed
valuation of New York city is great
er than all the other states west of
Missouri. Let the Japs and Chinese
come in, but restrict the number an
nually, as it is a mistake to keep
them all out.
"The opening of the Panama Ca
nal may benefit the Pacific states
considerably, as then Italians and
men of Southern Europe could immi
grate direct. It is too expensive for
them to come to New York and then
pay their car fare to California;
therefore, most of them stay east.
Of course there are some Italians
in the Pacific states, but the majority
of the laboring work Is done by the
Japs and Chinese. If It hadn't been
for the Chinese the Southern Pacific
railroad would never have been
built. Other workmen could not
have stood the heat. As far as Cal
ifornia fearing that the Japs will
ι take all of the state's money that Is
ridiculous. Why 1 knew a Japanese
who came to Pheonix when I lived
there who had about $50,000 capi
tal. He started in by investing his
money in various enterprise», such
as eleceric light plants, etc, and in a
few years he didn't have fifty cents.
That doesn't look as if the Japs
couldn't lose money, does it? The
Japs and Chinese are industrious
people and California needs them.
Everyone who has lived in the state
and who has studied the conditions
will admit it. At present only 100,
000 Chinese are allowed in the
United States and California has
ninety per cent of them, so you can
judge for yourself."
In conclusion Mr. Pratt said the
Californiens had been spoiled by the
emigation from the eastern states,
consisting of well-to-do Americans,
who have made from $.r>0,000 to
$100,000 In business east of the Mis
sippl and then gone to California
to spend the remainder of their days.
There are thousands of such people
In California and they are the kind
of settlers the Californians want.
Those westerners, Mr. Pratt declar
ed, do not begin to know what it is
to contend with such an immigra
tion as we have here. Out there
tho Japs and Chinese go to the land,
settling in the country. That is just
what we In the east are trying to
get the hordes of immigrants that
laud at New York to do, but they
persist in sticking to the cities, col
onizing in a way that presents a
hard problem. Mr. Pratt thinks Cal
ifornia has nothing to fear from Ori
ental immigration.
PSYCHOLOGY ΑΝΙ» .TOHH.
Are you looking for a job as mot
orman? Prove your ability by psy
CUUlUgJ. Will ^ U U mane t* g\j\j u.
chauffeur? Submit to a mental teat
and find out. Would you be a suc
cessful telephone operator? You will
save the company's time and your
own by undergoing a psychological
examination to determine your fit
ness for the position. Psychology
plays a prominent part in the various
plans for vocational guidance cur
rently reported to the United States
Bureau of Education, by means of
which scientists hope to devise ways
of measuring people with regard to
their qualifications for certain kinds
of work.
Dr. Leonard P. Ayres, of the Sage
Foundation, has just summed up a
number of pycliological tests for
positions actually put into practice in
modern Industry. Thus the Amer
ican Telephone and Telegraph Com
pany engaged PProf. Munster'oerg to
introduce a test for determining
I which applicants were likely to prove
good telephone operators. The girls
I were examined with reference to
ι "memory, attention, general intelli
gence, space perception, rapidity ol
movement, accuracy of movement,
and association." The results show
ed that the girls who qualified in the
tests were the most efficient in prac
tical service, while those who stood
at the foot of the list failed later
and left the company's employ.
Three Babes Walked Fifteen Miles.
Three children—Ida Farrow, eight
years old, Willie Farrow, five, and Lin
da Benton, eix, of Petersborough—
walked 15 Mi miles to Whaplode Drove
one recent Sunday to see their grand
mother. The children, who undertook
the Journey unknown to their parents,
arrived exhausted, and after being fed
and rested were driven home again.—
London Mail.
ELKIN'S DEPT
e
COR. SMITH AND OAK STREETS
IS GIVING AWAY $10,000.00
WITHIN TEN DAYS
LOOK AT PAGE TEN
WHERE WE TELL YOU ALL ABOUT IT
A
WHAT IT COST I
i CITY FOR YEARl
Special Report Issued Today·
by Department of Commerce·
For the fiscal year of 1911 Pert\
Amboy spent more money for It*
city government than did Orange or
West Hoboken, both of which citie>
have approximately the same popula
tion as this city, according to the
last census. 1 here are four cities In
i\ew Jersey having approximately
thirty to thirty-five thousand popula
tion, and the cost of governing these
municipalities according to a prelim
inary statement of a special report
011 financial statistics Issued today by
the United States Department of
Commerce, of the 193 cities having
an estimated population of over 30,
000 each, during the fiscal year of
1911, were as follows: East Orange,
34,371 population, 11,227,414;
Perth Amboy, 32,121 population,
$719,448; Orange, 29,630 population
$675,682.
Perth Amboy was one of the twen
ty-seven cities of the eighty-three iu
the United States having from thirty
to fifty thousand Inhabitants, hav
ing an indebtedness of over $2,000
000. The following is the indebted
ness of the four cities mentioned
above at the close of the fiscal year
of 1911: Orange, $2,766,802; East
Orange, $3,368,182; Perth Amboy,
$2,27 4,564; West Hoboken, $1,
191,869.
From the data of the preliminary
statement the following concise facts
are drawn concerning the finances of
Perth Amboy for the fiscal year
1911: Revenue receipts, $566,514;
from general property tax. $198.
4ï>5; public service enterprises,
$111,773; other revenues, $256,286;
payments for cost of government,
$719,449; expenses (or cost of cur
rent operations), $362,562; expenses
of public service enterprises $43,
989; other expenses, $318,573; out
lays (or costs of permanent proper
ties and public Improvements),
$280,748; amount outstanding at
close of year, $2,274,564; amount
incurred during year, $513,056;
amount discharged during year,
$263,230.
The statement shows that during
the fiscal year of 1911 the 193 ci
ties in the United States, who§e pop
ulation exceeds thirty thousand, have
collected and spent the following
amounts: Revenue receipts, $804,
888.228; from general property tax,
$480,349,190; from public service en
terprises $85,163,030; other revenue
$233,121,706; payments for costs of
government $928,211,013; expenses
of current operations, $510,807,917;
of public service enterprises, $36,
075,962; other expenses, $474.731,
955; Interest. $100,722,561; outlays
(or cost of permanent properties and
public improvements), $316,680,
535; indebtedness (without deduc
tions for sinking funds), $2.635,148;
I amount incurred during year, $568,
1087,210; amount discharged, $380,
611,735. The total revenue from the
'cities given above includes seven cl
I ties, whose collections are not pre
sented in the three Itemized
'Arold—"Who glv' yer yer black eye,
Jtmmle?" Jimmie—"No one. 1 wa·
lookin' thro' a knot-hole in the fence
at a football match, an' got It sun
burnt."—London Sketch.
tions of collections.
Munchausen, Jr.
Slore
Week=End
Specials
in dependable Merchan
dise. Values that are
worth while considering.
MEN'S TROUSERS.
Made of all woo) cassi
meres, striped worsteds
and corduroys; strongly
made and warranted to
give first class service.
Values $'_'.0U and $2.50
Special at SI.50
LADIES' HOUSE
SLIPPERS
of good quality velvet
with leather soles and
heels. 50c values.
Special at 25o
BOYS' SUITS
in new spring patterns,
of good, serviceable fab
rics, double breasted and
Norfolk styles; regular
$5.00 values. Special
at S2.49
Men's 15c Shaker
Socks on sale at ... 10c
25c Cassimere Socks 12c
Women's Carpet Slip
pers at 15c
Babie®' $1.00 Caps at 49c
Men's 50c Caps at ... 19c
Kyman Wedeen
271-273 Smith SU