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AMITYVILLE One of the prettiest dances of the season was given at the Amityville club on Monday evening. About fifty were present and all had a most pleas- ant time. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Clark Davis . Miss Viola Marhein- cke , Charles Homan , Miss Enid Melick , Miss Elsie Harding, Miss Gladys Wick s, William Wicks , Harold R. Bunce Har- old Albertson , Charles DeQuilfeldt , Russell Nolan , Miss Nellie Stevens, Paul Bailey, Walter Marheincke , Miss Bertha Spiehler , Ruthford Inglee , Miss Lenora Hart , Horace Darling, James Ketcham , Miss Selina Haff , Miss Ethel Beebe , Miss Carrie Molle , Nathaniel Smith , Miss Sarah Wood , Dorothy Purdy, Fred Brown , Miss Maude Corne- lius. B. F. Powell , registrar of Amityville village , advises THE SIGNAL that of the 82 deaths in th at village during the fiscal year of 1913 , the institutions con- tributed 57, making tbe actual number of deaths in the village under normal conditions only 25. Amityville was the only place outside of Bay Shore to be represented at the conference in Bay Shore last Saturday held for the purpose of reorganizing the South Side Baseball league. Nothing definite was decided upon. Scrap Book *— The » Wisa Old Dad. The young fellow felt moved to pro test to his father. He had a sneaking ambition to be a rounder himself , but he didn't think that a chap ' s dad ought to go in for that sort of thing, and what he had heard was worrying him a good deal. He approached the subject diffidently. "Say, father ," he began , "I—er—1 wanted to ask you something. " "Sure, old fellow. Sit down and have a ciga r. Now flre ahead. " "Well , I hear that you have put your name up for membership in the Afraid to Go Home club. " "That ' s right It' s a fine club, every- body tells me—comfortable, congenial , and all that." "Um! But say, didn 't j*ou know th;U it was the sportiest club in town?" "I did. I guess it's worse than that, from the rumors I hear. " "Well then , excuse me, dad , bul what do you want to join for?" "I'll tell you. I want to be a mem- ber so that I can blackball you ¦when you apply. And I' m on the list ahead of you . Do you get me? Have an- other cigar. Goodby!" Cleveland Plain Healer. The Second Mile. Has lt been your lot to meet One who 's gracious , kind and sweet. One who greets you on the street With a smile? Have you found a friend , unpressed, Giving all at love 's behest And who goes without request One more mile? Do you give that extra touch. Pro ve a favor not as such , But a pleasure wished for much And worth while? Do you add sweet grace and charm, Lend refusals swilling balm, Go in spirit , arm in arm, One more mile? 'Tis the little acts , my friend. Simple arts which ofttimes blend Happiness with di-fds and lend i 'nice and style. "Wealth and fame are poor beside Such a charm, and vain is pride. Love will ever prompt -ind guide One more mile. —Charles I.. H. Wagner. Too Many For the Boss. One of the bosses at Blank' s Lorn motive works had to lay off an n rjrn mentative Irishman named Pat, so !); saved disMission by putting the dis- charge in writing. The next day Pat was missing, but a weok later the bos*i was passing' through the shop, and !i> saw him again at his lathe. Going up to the Irishman , he demanded fiercel y: "Didn 't you get my letter?" "Vis , sur , Oi did ," s:iid Pat. "Did you read it?" "Sure , sur, Oi read it inside and Oi read it outside," said Pat, " and on I ' m inside yez said Oi was lired , and on tl*. * outside yez said , 'Return to Blank':, Locomotive works in five days. '' i.i;:. pincott's. Talking Shoes. Like the native Africans , the south sou islanders are very proud if I' ICV can get hold of a pair of Euro; •»;:* , shoes. They are especially RT . 'Alii.I i, ' they acquire a pair that st* . tt«. *-U . IK*. II -: the Africans eall them , shoes that. ' , ..ii , A story is told of a south sea ;. <h:u;J- er who went into churcli wit!: s^ os m errily a-squoak. lie walked pro; uly to the front and, removing Uio s»U«es, dropped them out of the v. Uu.ow so that his wife might ais:> !* . :«ve> the pleasure of coming in with "talking " .shoes. —East and West. Broke Up the Game. Willie finall y persuaded his aunt to play train with him. The chairs were arranged in line, and he Issued orders : "Now you be the engineer, and I'll be the conductor. Lend me your watch , and get up Into the cab." Then he hurried down the platform, timepiece in hand. "Pull out, there, you red headed , pale faced jay!" he shouted. "Why, Willie!" his aunt exclaimed in amazement. "That' s right; chew the rag!" he re- torted. "Pull out! We' re five minutes late already!" They have had to forbid his playing down by the tracks. —Everybody ' s. CHURCH NOTES j METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Services for next Sunday are as follows:—Class meeting at 9:30 A. M. Morning worship at 10:30 A. M., with sermon by the pastor , the Rev. Wil- liam M. Warden. Sunday school at 12:00 o ' clock. Epworth League at 6:30 P. M., subject , "A Social Survey and Its Results, " leader , Miss Bessie Jones. Evening worshi p at 7:45 o ' clock ; the subject of the sermon will be "The Affable Young Man , Absalom , or Miss- ing an Opportunity. " This is the fourth in the series to the young people. There will be a cottage prayer meet- ing on Monday evening at the home of Albert Davis, on Lincol n street , at 8:00 o ' clock , leader , W. C. Abbott. Tuesday afternoon at the close of school the Junior League will meet in the chapel. The Ladies Aid society will hold their social at the home of Mrs. S. O. Dim- mick next Wednesday afternoon . Wednesday evening at eight o' clock a cottage prayer meeting will be held at the home of John Argust in Linden- hurst. Thursday evening at 7:45 o ' clock , praye r meetin g will be held in the chapel. A union social of the Young People ' s societies of the Presbyterian , Baptist , and Methodist churches , will be held in the Presbyterian lecture room Friday evening, March 20. Saturday evening at 8:00 o ' clock the choir will meet for rehearsal. The Epworth League are planning to hold a Collar and Necktie social on the evening of March 23. Particulars next week . PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH. At the morning worship of the church next Sunday the subject of the sermon will be "The Christian Transform a- tion. " The subject in the evening will be " Four Types of Prayer. " The Young People ' s society will have for the subject of its meeting, "Well Stored Memories. " The Men ' s club has arranged a lecture for its members and their friends to be given on Wednesday evening of next week in the lecture room at eight o' clock. The subject , "Old New York , " will be presented by Roy W. Miner , Assistant Curator of the Ameri- can Museum of Natural History in New York city, and will be illustrated by stereopticon slides. Any who wish to attend may secure tickets without ch arge from any member of the Men ' s i club. The Young Peop le ' s society will hold its business meeting on Friday evening of next week promptly at 7:30 o' clock . The meeting is of especial importance as new officers are to be elected. At eight o ' clock a social will be held in which the members of the Baptist Young People ' s union and the members of the Epworth League of the Metho- dist church are invited to join. FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH. Sunday will be observed as Denomina- tional day and at both morning and evening services the pastdr will speak in keeping with the occasion. In the morning at 10:30 o ' clock , the subject will be "Baptist Contribution to the World . '' Bible school at at 11:45 o' clock , The contest trip to Palestine is Hear- ing the end , the two ships are only 23 miles apart. This makes the interest run high . The Young People ' s society at 7:00 o' clock , subject , "Well Stored Memories , leader , Miss Mary Dost. Evening worship will be at7:45 o ' clock : "Th e Baptist position on Baptism and why, " will be discussed. The Ladies Aid society will meet on Tuesday at 2:30 o ' clock at the home of Mrs. E. W. Howell. The Coal social last Friday evening was a success. On account of the storm the attendance was small but a good time was enjoyed by all. Any who were not present and desire to do so will please give their sacks to Mrs. Howell , the treasurer of the Ladies Aid. Next Friday evening, March 20, the Young People ' s union are invited to a union social in theJPresbyterian lecture room. The invitation has been accept- ed with pleasure. BETHEL A. M. E. CHURCH. There will be services as usual next Sunday. The pastor , the Rev. L. Walter DeShields , will preach at 7:30 P. M. Miss Ada Perry, Leon M. Floyd and other young folks are preparing to give a dram a , subject , "The Charms of Music , " at an earl y date. The Rev. Isaac DeShields, father of Pastor DeShields, is still ill in Wilming- ton , Del. CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Services for Christ church parish for March 18 , the third Sunday in Lent, are as follows:—9:30 A. M., Sunday school at St. Ann ' s chapel; ll:00 A. M., Morning prayer at Christ church ; 7:30 P. M., evensong at St. Ann ' s chapel . There will be no early celebration. In Other Days. Spooning parlors were not thought of for churches in days gone by. Fur- thermore, a young man could not look sweet at a girl without being observed through the fingers of some deacon who had assumed an attitude of pray- er for detective purposes. BRIGHT PUPILS ON "UNCLE SID" HARKS FEBRUARY'S ROLL i BACK TO BOYHOOD List of Those Perfect in Attend- ance and Excellent in Deport- ment at Lindenhurst' s Pop- ular House of Learning. The honor roll of the Lindenhurst school for the month of February is as follows: KINDERGARTEN. Perfect attendance—Dian a Steamer . Henry Leehman. Excellent deportment Edith Bet- tinge r, May Johnson, Ellen Kitchen, Ruth Spitzer, Marguerite Voelker , William Bennett, Claude Gentz , Wil- ber Heling, Fran z Albrecht , Edward McGraw. FIRST GRADE. Perfect attendance—Jeanette Bohne , Henry Pebler. Excellent deportment Jeanette Bohne , Eleanor Clayton , Alice Mc- Graw, Doro thy Torns, Dorothy Snook , Mildred Wellbrock , Sam Hyman , Al- fred Feller , Francis Schmitt. SECOND GRADE. Perfect attendance Augustus Bau- nach , Joyce Schultze, Frank Wild , Nicholas Juliano, Sammie Steamer. Excellent deportment—May Betting- er , Henry Banks , Augusta Baunach , Francis Bopp, Georgi anna Stroh , Ed- mund Jaeger , Herbert Jaeger , Henry Sedler , Morris Hyman , Charles Bitt- ner , John Poldino. THIRD GRADE. Perfect attendance—Willie Becker , Willie Leeman , Alfred Ramsauer , Ger- son Steamer , Julian Steepe . Rocco Pol - dino, Fred Wild , Fred Wagner, Henry Heyer , Peter Schneider , William Mis- kin , Konrad Ackerman , Florence Bar- tholet , Margaret Zeilner , Emily Wie- bel. Excellent deportment Margaret Zeilner , Florence Bartholet , Willie Hoffman , Eddie Beyer, Norman Fein- berg. FOURTH GRADE. Perfect attendance—William Feller , John Mueller , Theodore Nass , August Wieland , Angelina Juliano, Elizabeth Kruger , Helen , ; Oberst , Florence Snook , Alma Wolter , Anna Zeigler , Katie Bittner, Louise Uge , Anna Blankenhorn, Fred Rail , Edgar Ruff. Excellent deportinent Max Fein- berg, Fred Rail, Edgar Ruff , Otto Sed- ler, Anna Blankenhorn. FIFTH GRADE. Perfect attendance—Lillian Groebly, Ethel Hillman , Mildfred Kruge r, Lulu Ramsauer, Mabel ^bldenauer , Albert Kurdt , Gurden Snobk, Franklin Voel- ker , H arold Schneider , Eugene Steig- er. Excellent deportment Lillian Brosch , Carrie Broach , Frances Ott, Ethel Hillman , Anna Pebler , Margare t Argust , Lillian Jommes, Mildred Kru- ger. SIXTH GRADE Perfect attendan ce Elsie Volden- auer , Peter Weierter, Mildred Voelker , Gustave Schmitt , Frank Kazda , Aug- ust Feustal , Anna, Wiel and, Helen Enz, Leslie Hillman , Harry Edelman. Chris- tiana Zeilner , Josephine Gaggin , Emil Rail , Abrah am Smith. Excellent deportment Alexander Jaeger , Alphonse Haberl. SEVENTH GRADE. Perfect attendance—Margare t Hey - er , Levina Melick. EIGHTH GRADE. Perfect attendance Edward Gehrke , Herbert Koenig, Albert Schneider , Dora Diamond , Lizzie Dietz , Gertrude Mosebach , Jennie Stein. COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT. Perfect attendance —Adelma Feller , Florence Donner , Wanda Stueve , Sus- anna Kruger , John Roggi , Alma Bush. Excellent deportment— Florence Vir- ginia Donner, Adelma Juliet Feller, Susanna Frances Kruger, Selina Burch Haff. . : , interesting Review of Original Liiidenhurst , When Popular Oak Island Boniface Was a Kid in Knickerbockers. Oftentimes the older residents of Lindenhurst assemble together and re- view the early days of the village, be- ginning with the time of the real es- tate promoters, Schleier and Welwood , very few being able to go back further than that time. A few evenings ago, Sidney Van Nostrand , proprietor of the Oak Island hotel and pavilion entertained a com- pany of friends in recalling some hap- penings of Neguntatogue, the early name given to the then little hamlet before it took the name of Breslau . Probably few know that "Uncle Sid , " as he is generally called, was born in an old farmhouse below the Merrick road in Lindenhurst , on the west side of that then bush road , one year before the close of the Civil war. Several years before his parents , Mr. and Mrs. Henry Van Nostrand , moved from Brooklyn and settled in Linden- hurst. They tilled the soil as honest farmers, and were blessed with eight children , seven boys and one girl. "Uncle Sid , " when a boy, attended the old school which was located in the high woods, just west of the new canal , and which still stands at the rear of the residence of George Knoth' s property. * The children of the hamlet , Negun- tatogu e, learned their th ree R' s from Mrs. John B. Scudder , of Babylon. "Sid , " as a little lad , often fell asleep in the old one-room school house on the wooden benches during school hours , as the lads of th at day wen t to school be- fore they were five years old. Besides the Henry Van Nostrands there were eight other families which made up the entire population of the place. Beginning on the west side of Neguntatogue lane, now Welwood ave - nue, Dan Smith owned the section from the bay front up the avenue to Elbert Ketcham ' s place. Next came "Sid' s" folks and then John Barteau owned a stretch. Joe Ketcham lived where the old Heling house now stands on the north side of the Merrick road and Isaac Ketcham lived farther to the west in a smal l house opposite the old school house. Adjoining him was another party by the same nam e in another very small house. Elvin Ke tcham liv- ed to the east of Joe ' s place across the lane and next to him came Charles Ketcham and these good peop le raised arge families and lived in peace and contentment until Schleier and Wel- wood endeavored to erect the city of Breslau and bough t up all the old farms. For a time "Sid' s" folks resided further up the lane just to the south of the Krueger estate. Later this pl ace was destroyed by fire while "Sid" was yet a boy, his parents losing nearl y everything. Some old apple trees are still left al on g the avenue wh i ch marks the location of the house. "Sid" remembers . his father taking him by the hand one summer day to see a train arrive from Brooklyn , short- ly after the railroad was put through. As the engine approached Negunta- togue lane the engineer allowed the steam to escape from the engine , which almost scared young "Sid" to death. He ran for the brush about where the Hoffman House now stands and says he fairly "dug out of sigh t. " At that time there was only a small freigh t station at Lindenhurst and trains were very infrequent. On the Fourth of July tbe boys would be given their package of fire crackers and some dried cat- tails for punk and they would spend the day royally. "Sid" tells of his father making him a present of a fine new pair of brass-toed leather boots with red tops and of going up the lane , the envy of the other lads , tossing a fire cracker here and there. Charles Bar- teau , a bigger lad , was barefooted and the other boys were trying to drop a cracker on Charles ' foot. They were unsuccessful and Sid took a hand and quickly had one sizzling near Char- lie ' s big toe . but the next moment "Sid" went flying into the brush having tak- en a ride via Charlie ' s big foot. One warm summer ' s day "Sid" was on his way to his uncle' s home and while trying to squeeze under a rail fence be- came wedged and finally extricated himself , but not until he had soiled his brand new suit with yellow mud. His aunt about that time spied him and the family washtub being in use on that day, "Sid " was tumbled in clothes and all and says he came out in rather a " mussed up " condition. Many other interesting stories are told by "Uncle Sid. " Little did he think then in after years he would have a daughter teaching in both the Babylon and Lindenhurst schools, Miss Evelyn having taught at Linden- hurst last year and at Babylon this year. SPADA'S CLOSE CALL FROM CHILLY DEATH While Hauling Rope on Scooter in Middle of Bay Craft Upsets And Lone Sailor Is Kept in Water for an Hour. Severo Spada , 26 years of age, of Lindenhurst, familiarly known as Bo- lognio, came near losing his life when the boat in which he was sailing to Linden beach on Thursday morning upset. Spada was village watchman at Lin- denhurst some years ago shortly after the railroad station was burglarized. Later he returned to his former home in Italy and served a time in the navy. He was somewhat of an amateur pugil- ist and also took part in " movie " plays. Spada has been staying at the Wessel hotel for the past few months and came across Wednesday for provisions , using a small scooter. Leaving Am- merman ' s dock at the foot of Wellwood avenue about 9:00 o ' clock yesterday morning with a quantity of groceries , etc. , he was unable to lay his course on account of the northeast wind and when in the channel about two and a hal f miles from the dock , he went forward to take in the sail and the little scooter capsized. Spada was in the wate r for nearly an hour before George Dinger and Thomas J ohnson rescued him. They rushed him to Ammerman 's dock more dead than aliye , however rendering firs t aid on the way in. At the dock Mr. Dinge r , W. H. Tem- ple and Thomas Johnson worked over him for some time. Dr. Rice arrived in the meantime and administered re- storatives. Spad a was put to bed at Ammer- man ' s, where he now lies resting fairly well and will recover if pneumonia doss not set in. George Dinge r and Henry Voelker later went after the boat and brought it ashore. ) BABYLON TOWN RECORD j BIRTHS. Amityville. Feb. 14, Mrs. Frank Hendrickson. a son. Amityville, Mar. 2, Mrs. Daniel Badna , a daugh- ter. Amityville, Mar. 3, Mrs. James Powell, a daugb- . ter. Babylon, Mar. 8, Mrs. R. Wesselhoft , a daughter. Babylon. Mar. 1, Mrs. Frank Grasso , a son. Lindenhurst, Mar. 2, Mrs. Anthony Happs, a daughter. MARRIAGES. New York, Mar. 9 , Marguerite Baird, of Babylon, to Orrick Johns. DEATHS. Amityville, Feb. 21, John L. Terry, ae 60. Amityville, Feb. 26, Wesley H. Trimmer , ae 43. Copiague, Feb. 26, Mrs. Frederick Pearsall. Lindenhurst, Mar. 6, Fritz Schneider, ae 4S North Amityville, Feb. 15, Catherine Becker, ae 78. North Babylon, Mar. 9. Mra. Hannah Bedell , ae TO. West Babylon , Mar. 13. Theodore C. White, ae 63. West Babylon , Mar. 6, William Edwin Taylor, ae 31. West Babylon , Mar. 7, William J. Maxwell , ae 43. GENERAL FAMILY RECORD I MARRIAGES. Huntingto n , Feb. 21 , Hazel Cowan to Louis Ray Stilwell. Islip, Feb. 21, Mary Pirzodietnor to Michael Punda. Northport , Mar. 1 , Sthel Camelle Arthur to Ber- nard Gates. Patchogue , Feb. 18, Sarah A. Blake to Albert A. Jones. St James, Feb. 22, Alice Kath erine Gunn to Robert B. Elderkin. Center Moriches. Feb. 28, Lillian Wells to Charles D. Hawkins, of Moriches. Easthampton. Mar. 4, Irene Lawrence to Samuel H. Phillips , of Westhampton . New York, Mar. 7, Maud Russell , of Blue Point, to Edward H. Albertson. of Riverhead. DEATHS . Bay Shore. Feb. 18, John D. Wildunsr, ae 68. East Islip, Feb. 26, Michael Cunningham, ae 57. Easthampton , Feb. 24, Hazel VanFleet, ae 17. Easthampton . Feb. 28, Edward M. Raker, ae 65. Eastport , Feb. 12, infant son of Joseph Tuttle. Hauppauge, Feb. 23. Martin Blacklock. ae 67. Islip. Feb. 22 . John , son of George Blossom, ae 5 mo. Long Beach . Cal. , Feb . 26. Edward F. Filer , for- merly of Easthampton. ae47. Middle Island. Feb . 21 . Christian Enjrlehardt. ae fi s. New York , Feb. 21 . William D. Miller, formerly of Bayport . ae 41. Northport. Feb. 26, Miss Mary Brown Patchogue. Feb. 27, Mrs. Matilda J. Hulse. Perth Amboy, N. J., Feb. 16. Mrs. Julia Martin, formerly of Huntington , ae 63. Riverhead, Feb. 25, Mrs. Emma S. Hill , ae 64. Staten Island , Feb. 22, Capt. Robert Dixon , for- merly of Centerport, ae 79. Southampton . Feb. 24, James Olsen. of Sag Har- bor, ae 19. Shelter Island. Feb. 25. Mrs. Louisa B. Dickerson, ae 79. Sag Harbor. Feb. 27, Mrs. Emily Fordham Keese , ae 74. Sag Harbor . Feb. 25, Mrs. Theodore Brickel . ae 66. Sayville, Feb. 24, William Martin, ae 68. Aquebogue, Feb. 28, Mrs. Lizzie Nelenstedt. ae70. Aquebogue, Mar. I, Mrs. Merritt H. Smith , ae 77. A rshamomoque, Mar. 5 , Margaret E. Davis, ae 88. Bridgehampton, Mar- 2, Miss Abigail F. Wood- ruff, ae 76. Baiting Hollow, Mar. 2. Mrs. Mary .T. Eaton, ae 88. Columbus, Ohio, Mar. 1, Capt. Benjamin F. Davis , of Sag Harbor , ae 85. Easthampton, Mar. 7. John Henry Dart, ae 87. Greenport, Feb. 28, Thomas M. Shepard, ae 58. Greenport. Mar . 2, Henry K. Welden. ae 64. Good Ground, Mar. 3, William C. Squires, ae 66. Huntington , Feb. 26, Capt. Edmund F. Tuthill, for- merly of Wading River, ae 73. Islip, Mar. 6 , Jacob C. Elbert, ae 82. Mattituck , Mar. 2 , John E. Gildersleeve , ae 60. Middletown , Conn., Mar. 2, Capt. Charles M. Reeve, formerly of Riverhead, ae 73. Patchogue, Feb. 27, Mrs. Bartlett Hammond, ae 78. Patchogue , Mar. 1, H. Clay Losee, ae 66. Patchogue , Mar. 2, Caroline Buchtenkirch , ae 74. Riverhead, Mar. 3, Mrs. Walter Hubbard, ae 33, Riverhead, Mar. 4, Oliver C. Wells, ae 66. Speonk , Feb. 27, Joseph Liscombe, ae 77. Sayville, Feb. 22, Mrs. Robert Holmes, ae 75. Southampton, Mar. 6. John F. Fourn. ' er, ae 79. Southold, Mar. 6, Mrs. Nancy Tuthill , ae 92. Water Mill , Feb. 26, Mrs. Albert L. Lebuscbner, ae 74. wtireieti * . un aicycz. . A resident of Nottingham , Eng., haa mounted a wireless telegraph plant on his motorcycle and has received mes- sages as he was moving over the roads. State of Ohio, City of Toled o, I Lucas County f Frank J. Cheney makes oath thatf he is senio partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every ca 3e of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH CURE. FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my pres- ence , this 6th day of December, A. D. 1886. (Seal) A. W. GLEASON. Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally and acts directly upon the blood and mucous surfacesjof the system. Send for testimonials, free. - A Address: F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo , Ohio. Sold by all Druggists, 75c. Take Hall' s Family Pills for constipation. —Advertisement \ THE NEWS OF LINDENHURST WILLIAM FIAND GIVEN FINE BIRTHDAY PARTY Popular Young Man Celebrates His Majority Natal Anniversary in ! Royal Form--Chnrch Society Elects Officers--Telephone Central Has Party. Mrs. Carl Schetter ' s home on Palmer avenue was the scene on Sunday even- ing of a merry surprise and birthday party given to Mrs . Schetter ' s neph- ew, William Fiand , who reached his majority on that date. Mr. Fian d was located in the village by a friend and asked to return to the house for seme music and upon his ar- rival was met by twenty or more of his friends who offere d their congratu- lations. Miss Louise Weierter rendere d sev- eral piano selections and Miss Elsie Griebel sang several songs. Refresh- ments were served and various parlor games helped make the event an en- joyable one. Among those present were the Miss- es Elizabeth Feller , Elise Griebel , Mil- dred Bauer , Lottie Irmish , Louise We- ierter , Edna Torns , Margaret Feller , Agnes Grebel , Charlotte Bauer , Min- nie Albin and Tessie Schetter and Messrs. William Larkin , Cornelius Willeman , Felix Pollini , 'Jacob Boehl , Richard Holland , Charles Weierter Jr. , Warner Frevert , John Groebl y, Alvin Frevert and William Fiand. At a meeting of the Young Men ' s society of St . Johns ' church on Tuesday evening the following officers were elected:—President , Frederick Schnei- der , Jr. ; vice-president , William C. Fiand; recording secretary, Charles Weierter , Jr .; financial secretary, Arthur Steuwe; treasurer , William Gehrke . William Flendale , William Austin , James A rgust , Peter Willeman , Louis Boehl , Emil Becht and Andrew Unser were elected members. On the evening of March 24 there will be a debate on Woman Suffrage. The nega- tive side will be. handled by Messrs. Richard Holland , Jacob Boehl and William Gehrke , while the affirmative will be taken care of by Messrs. Fred Schneider , William C. Fiand and Arthur Steuwe. Mr . and Mrs. Harry Collins , the popular man a gers of the local telephone central office , have been entertaining several of their relatives and friends during the past week. Wednesday evening a jolly house party was given by the couple , when their guests were Mr. and Mrs. W. Frost , Mrs. J. W. Jarvis , Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Smith , Miss Helen Reid , Miss Hazel Reid , Raymond Dail y, Edward Voss and Claude Bedell , of Babylon; Miss Betty Roeper and Miss Anna Beta , of Bay Shore ; Miss Helen Silkworth , Warner Frevert and Mr. and Mrs. H. Collins , of Lindenhurst. The Board of Trade committee have sent out letters exp laining in detail the great need of street lights in the pro- posed district and a formal petition will be circulated next week . A majority of the business men favor the lighting district , and others also agree upon the great benefits to be derived thereby.Sig William Bush , who has been travel- ing with a theatrical troupe through the eastern states since December , ar- rived 'home on Sunday for a short visit. Mr . Bush is at the Orpheum in Brook- lyn this week and expects to take a trip abroad in the early spring. ^ Painter Boss John Weibel has his force of men busy painting and dec- orating the Schmalkuche building on Ketcham avenue, the Theodore Voel- ker bungalow , William Heling 's em- broidery factory and the Mielke cot- tage on Broadway . ilK^S&SiS J. P. Warta has entered the moving picture field and has several late reels which he is putting on at various houses on the Island. On Wedne sday evening the National was packed to see the three-reel play, "The Three Dare Devils. "^83 -j 5 !^ ¦>- , "! Helling and Dinger hav e been award- ed the contract to erect an em- broidery factory for Mr. Luchinger upon his newly purchased property on Ketcham avenue. Mr. Luchinger will install one of the late model power ma- chines. Liberty Hose company will give their annual entertainment and reception as usual this year on Easter Monday even- ingiat Washington Hall. An interest- ing programme will be presented by local talent. . SSSiSBi gSaB Mr. and Mrs. George Blake , Jr. , are spending the month with the former ' s parents in New York . Mrs. Daniel Utzman visited her daughter , Mrs. JBlake , on Tuesday and attended the theatre. Harry Ramsauer is learning the jewelry business at Baird ' s j ewelry store. The store is now kept open daily by the junior diamond setter. Mrs. William Bonn , of Bridgehamp- ton , has been visiting her daughter, Mrs. Joseph Heling, and son , William , during the past week. ' Z^l&S' t fgiH A number of Lindenhurst people at- tended the Egypti an masque ball at Eckford Hall , in Brook l yn , on Satu r- day evening last. Several Lindenhurst people attended the Baby lon Choral society ' s concert in Babylon on Tuesday evening. Lawrence Stipp is ill and confined to his rooms at the home of Edward Schmalkuche. Reduce your Cost of Living by TRADING WITH E, E. HENRY'S Grocery AND SAVE MONEY DEER PARK AVE., CORNER RAILROAD AVE., BABYLON New Mackerel , Spratt' s Puppy Salmon , Codfish, Dog Cakes 3 for 25c 3 lbs. for 20c Cal. Small Hams , Sugar Cured Hams 14l/ 2 c lb. 18c a lb. Try Our , New Prunes and Coffee and Teas , Whole Rice , at 19c lb. 4 lbs. for 25c iZ ff- ' . * ** ¦ : : f . ' ¦' . : ' . ; ¦ ' ' . - . . - ' . . ¦ ¦ . " . ¦ " :.:.. . ' ¦ " ;. ' . -. AZ . ¦ :¦* *£&& PIANO CONTEST STANDING The standing of the several contes- tants in the Smith and Salmon Piano- Player contest this week is as follows : No. Votes No. Votes 1 1 , 764,190 45 2,241 , 705 4 1 ,851, 825 46 2, 298,300 j 8 2, 117 ,560 47 3 , 450,735 j 9 6 ,153 ,955 50 1 , 709,295 j 10 1 , 671,610 52 7,918, 905 11 1 ,627, 505 53 2, 009,960 I 16 1 ,925, 960 57 2,518 ,240 17 2, 177,415 58 1 ,698,830 21 6,482,955 60 1 , 856,225 j 23 1 , 952,855 61 2,310. 180 24 5 ,803,405 64 1 , 785, 170 j 26 4,513 , 445 68 1 ,831 , 250 31 1 ,540,390 73 1 , 597,065 32 2, 838 , 360 75 1 ,609, 830 I 40 1 , 875 ,955 76 1 ,748, 390 i Village on stltt** . A unique village for workmen is to be erected by the contractors who will construct the Rogers pass tunnel on the Canadian Pacific railway at Gla- cier. It is a region of heavy drifting snow, and the houses will accordingly be built eight or ten feet above the ground and connected by elevated bridges. This town of stilts will cost about $50, 000. Cleaning Pearl Articles. A good way to clean pearl articles br ornaments ls to moisten them with nlcohol and then dry in magnesia pow- der or French chalk. These last two articles may be purchased at any drug store and the process of cleaning ls absolutely harmless. It also polishes the pearl and will not bleach delicate rolors. Not That Way. A little girl was watching an el- derly woman clean a set of artificial teeth in a basin of water. So in- tent did the child become in the per- formance that the woman was led to ask, "Do you ever clean your teeth ?" "No," was the prompt reply, " ' cause I can 't take them out." "I consider that whatever belongs to my husband belongs to me." —A wom- an witness In a Jersey City trial. The general feminine view and ln practice the usual condition. Milennium Not Yet Here. From the diary of Sackville Mo- Knutt : "The world may be growing more honest, but I notice that tho 'Lost' column ln the paper ls still con- siderably longer than the 'Found' col- ..**.*. ti ** tunn.. '-a " * ¦ ' 'V' Nothing New Alrout This. .thoro u ghly- convinced that he wiis ii man about town in the most ten-til t* sense ol * the phrase, he was wont, to act ;i< ooniingij*. "Yes; Jake 's joint ii cIuKed , " he remarked one night to :. Mend irom out r.f town , "but—-follow ** * e: I can get you hi . there, all i* hl-. isVHij though It Is long after h*;* .; :* . **. Just follow me, aud don 't say a ¦ ¦ > "d. ' Suitably impressed , the' tenderfoot fell into step. They paused before the dark , hidden side door of a well knoivi: restaurant. From within enme tin kling of music, popping of corks, iaughter—all the . assorted expression s of night life in a great city. The man about town , cautioning his friend to stand back and be very quiet, tapped on the side door. No answer. Anoth- er tap. Then a waiter threw the door open. "Say, Jim? '! whispered the man about town, "Just go; and tell Jake to come here a moment; M** you?" Exit ¦Tim. "It'll be all right, " murmured the man about Ctown, ' The tenderfoot felt convinced that he ' was seeing met ropolitan life Ih ail ; lta * ; brutal rawness. Jake, the proprietor , presently appear- ed from somewhere 5 lh the fascinating Interior of his r^taurant and stepped to the side door. "Itis :aie , Jake. Can we get In?" askgdV' tBe man about town in a hoarse, horrible whisper. "Sure, " answeredv ^ajkeV'-but for thn love of Mike " wiii y v - ' didn't you wall- right in through %# ?rpht door? It' s* open. " ' v-v W4&" ' . The greatest;' . 3^&f$ the/ -one . .wi* ' - fools himself. ' * , They Got In.

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AMITYVILLE

One of the prettiest dances of theseason was given at the Amityvilleclub on Monday evening. About fiftywere present and all had a most pleas-ant time. Those present were Mr. andMrs. Clark Davis. Miss Viola Marhein-cke, Charles Homan , Miss Enid Melick ,Miss Elsie Harding, Miss Gladys Wick s,William Wicks, Harold R. Bunce Har-old Albertson , Charles DeQuilfeldt,Russell Nolan , Miss Nellie Stevens, PaulBailey, Walter Marheincke, MissBertha Spiehler, Ruthford Inglee, MissLenora Hart , Horace Darling, JamesKetcham, Miss Selina Haff , Miss EthelBeebe, Miss Carrie Molle, NathanielSmith , Miss Sarah Wood , DorothyPurdy, Fred Brown , Miss Maude Corne-lius.

B. F. Powell , registrar of Amityvillevillage, advises THE SIGNAL that of the82 deaths in that village during thefiscal year of 1913, the institutions con-tributed 57, making tbe actual numberof deaths in the village under normalconditions only 25.

Amityville was the only place outsideof Bay Shore to be represented at theconference in Bay Shore last Saturdayheld for the purpose of reorganizingthe South Side Baseball league.Nothing definite was decided upon.

Scrap Book*— The »

Wisa Old Dad.The young fellow felt moved to pro

test to his father. He had a sneakingambition to be a rounder himself , buthe didn't think that a chap's dadought to go in for that sort of thing,and what he had heard was worryinghim a good deal. He approached thesubject diffidently.

"Say, father," he began, "I—er—1wanted to ask you something."

"Sure, old fellow. Sit down andhave a cigar. Now flre ahead."

"Well, I hear that you have put yourname up for membership in the Afraidto Go Home club."

"That's right It's a fine club, every-body tells me—comfortable, congenial,and all that."

"Um! But say, didn't j*ou know th;Uit was the sportiest club in town?"

"I did. I guess it's worse than that,from the rumors I hear."

"Well then , excuse me, dad , bulwhat do you want to join for?"

"I'll tell you. I want to be a mem-ber so that I can blackball you ¦whenyou apply. And I'm on the list aheadof you. Do you get me? Have an-other cigar. Goodby!" — ClevelandPlain Healer.

The Second Mile.Has lt been your lot to meetOne who's gracious, kind and sweet.One who greets you on the street

With a smile?

Have you found a friend, unpressed,Giving all at love's behestAnd who goes without request

One more mile?

Do you give that extra touch.Prove a favor not as such,But a pleasure wished for much

And worth while?

Do you add sweet grace and charm,Lend refusals swilling balm,Go in spirit , arm in arm,

One more mile?

'Tis the l i t t l e acts, my friend.Simple arts which ofttimes blendHappiness with di-fds and lend

i 'nice and style.

"Wealth and fame are poor besideSuch a charm, and vain is pride.Love will ever prompt -ind guide

One more mile.—Charles I.. H. Wagner.

Too Many For the Boss.One of the bosses at Blank's Lorn

motive works had to lay off an n rjrnmentative Irishman named Pat, so !); •saved disMission by putting the dis-charge in writing. The next day Patwas missing, but a weok later the bos*iwas passing' through the shop, and ! i >saw him again at his lathe. Going upto the Irishman, he demanded fiercely:

"Didn 't you get my letter?""Vis, sur, Oi did ," s:iid Pat."Did you read it?""Sure, sur, Oi read it inside and Oi

read it outside," said Pat, "and on I 'minside yez said Oi was lired , and on tl*.*outside yez said , 'Return to Blank':,Locomotive works in five days.' ' — i.i;:.pincott's.

Talking Shoes.Like the native Africans , the south

sou islanders are very proud if I ' ICV

can get hold of a pair of Euro; •»;:* ,shoes. They are especially RT. 'A l i i . I i, 'they acquire a pair that st*.tt«.*-U . IK *. II -:the Africans eall them, shoes that. ', ..ii ,

A story is told of a south sea ;.<h:u;J-er who went into churcli wit!: s^ osmerrily a-squoak. lie walked pro ; ulyto the front and, removing Uio s»U«es,dropped them out of the v. Uu.ow sothat his wife might ais:> !*.:«ve> thepleasure of coming in with "talking".shoes.—East and West.

Broke Up the Game.Willie finally persuaded his aunt to

play train with him. The chairs werearranged in line, and he Issued orders :

"Now you be the engineer, and I'll bethe conductor. Lend me your watch,and get up Into the cab." Then hehurried down the platform, timepiecein hand. "Pull out, there, you redheaded, pale faced jay!" he shouted.

"Why, Willie!" his aunt exclaimedin amazement.

"That's right; chew the rag!" he re-torted. "Pull out! We're five minuteslate already!"

They have had to forbid his playingdown by the tracks.—Everybody's.

CHURCH NOTES j

METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

Services for next Sunday are asfollows:—Class meeting at 9:30 A. M.Morning worship at 10:30 A. M., withsermon by the pastor, the Rev. Wil-liam M. Warden. Sunday school at12:00 o'clock. Epworth League at 6:30P. M., subject, "A Social Survey andIts Results," leader, Miss Bessie Jones.Evening worship at 7:45 o'clock ; thesubject of the sermon will be "TheAffable Young Man , Absalom, or Miss-ing an Opportunity." This is the fourthin the series to the young people.

There will be a cottage prayer meet-ing on Monday evening at the home ofAlbert Davis, on Lincoln street, at8:00 o'clock , leader, W. C. Abbott.

Tuesday afternoon at the close ofschool the Junior League will meet inthe chapel.

The Ladies Aid society will hold theirsocial at the home of Mrs. S. O. Dim-mick next Wednesday afternoon.

Wednesday evening at eight o'clocka cottage prayer meeting will be heldat the home of John Argust in Linden-hurst.

Thursday evening at 7:45 o'clock,prayer meeting will be held in thechapel.

A union social of the Young People'ssocieties of the Presbyterian, Baptist,and Methodist churches, will be held inthe Presbyterian lecture room Fridayevening, March 20.

Saturday evening at 8:00 o'clock thechoir will meet for rehearsal.

The Epworth League are planning tohold a Collar and Necktie social on theevening of March 23. Particulars nextweek.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.

At the morning worship of the churchnext Sunday the subject of the sermonwill be "The Christian Transforma-tion. " The subject in the eveningwill be "Four Types of Prayer. " TheYoung People's society will have forthe subject of its meeting, "WellStored Memories."

The Men 's club has arranged a lecturefor its members and their friends to begiven on Wednesday evening of nextweek in the lecture room at eighto'clock. The subject, "Old NewYork ," will be presented by Roy W.Miner, Assistant Curator of the Ameri-can Museum of Natural History in NewYork city, and will be illustrated bystereopticon slides. Any who wish toattend may secure tickets withoutcharge from any member of the Men 's iclub.

The Young People's society will holdits business meeting on Friday eveningof next week promptly at 7:30 o'clock.The meeting is of especial importanceas new officers are to be elected. Ateight o'clock a social will be held inwhich the members of the BaptistYoung People's union and the membersof the Epworth League of the Metho-dist church are invited to join.

FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH.

Sunday will be observed as Denomina-tional day and at both morning andevening services the pastdr will speak inkeeping with the occasion. In themorning at 10:30 o'clock, the subjectwill be "Baptist Contribution to theWorld .'' Bible school at at 11:45 o'clock ,The contest trip to Palestine is Hear-ing the end , the two ships are only 23miles apart. This makes the interestrun high. The Young People's societyat 7:00 o'clock, subject, "Well StoredMemories, leader , Miss Mary Dost.Evening worship will be at7:45 o'clock :"The Baptist position on Baptism andwhy," will be discussed.

The Ladies Aid society will meet onTuesday at 2:30 o'clock at the home ofMrs. E. W. Howell.

The Coal social last Friday eveningwas a success. On account of thestorm the attendance was small but agood time was enjoyed by all. Anywho were not present and desire to doso will please give their sacks to Mrs.Howell, the treasurer of the LadiesAid.

Next Friday evening, March 20, theYoung People's union are invited toa union social in theJPresbyterian lectureroom. The invitation has been accept-ed with pleasure.

BETHEL A. M. E. CHURCH.There will be services as usual next

Sunday. The pastor, the Rev. L.Walter DeShields, will preach at 7:30P. M.

Miss Ada Perry, Leon M. Floyd andother young folks are preparing togive a dram a, subject, "The Charmsof Music," at an early date.

The Rev. Isaac DeShields, father ofPastor DeShields, is still ill in Wilming-ton, Del.

CHRIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH.

Services for Christ church parish forMarch 18, the third Sunday in Lent, areas follows:—9:30 A. M., Sunday schoolat St. Ann's chapel; ll:00 A. M.,Morning prayer at Christ church; 7:30P. M., evensong at St. Ann 's chapel.There will be no early celebration.

In Other Days.Spooning parlors were not thought

of for churches in days gone by. Fur-thermore, a young man could not looksweet at a girl without being observedthrough the fingers of some deaconwho had assumed an attitude of pray-er for detective purposes.

BRIGHT PUPILS ON "UNCLE SID" HARKSFEBRUARY'S ROLL i BACK TO BOYHOOD

List of Those Perfect in Attend-ance and Excellent in Deport-ment at Lindenhurst's Pop-ular House of Learning.

The honor roll of the Lindenhurstschool for the month of February is asfollows:

KINDERGARTEN.

Perfect attendance—Diana Steamer.Henry Leehman.

Excellent deportment — Edith Bet-tinger, May Johnson, Ellen Kitchen,Ruth Spitzer, Marguerite Voelker,William Bennett, Claude Gentz, Wil-ber Heling, Franz Albrecht, EdwardMcGraw.

FIRST GRADE.

Perfect attendance—Jeanette Bohne,Henry Pebler.

Excellent deportment — JeanetteBohne, Eleanor Clayton, Alice Mc-Graw, Dorothy Torns, Dorothy Snook,Mildred Wellbrock, Sam Hyman , Al-fred Feller, Francis Schmitt.

SECOND GRADE.

Perfect attendance — Augustus Bau-nach , Joyce Schultze, Frank Wild ,Nicholas Juliano, Sammie Steamer.

Excellent deportment—May Betting-er, Henry Banks, Augusta Baunach ,Francis Bopp, Georgianna Stroh, Ed-mund Jaeger, Herbert Jaeger, HenrySedler, Morris Hyman, Charles Bitt-ner, John Poldino.

THIRD GRADE.Perfect attendance—Willie Becker,

Willie Leeman, Alfred Ramsauer, Ger-son Steamer, Julian Steepe. Rocco Pol-dino, Fred Wild, Fred Wagner, HenryHeyer, Peter Schneider, William Mis-kin , Konrad Ackerman, Florence Bar-tholet, Margaret Zeilner, Emily Wie-bel.

Excellent deportment — MargaretZeilner, Florence Bartholet, WillieHoffman , Eddie Beyer, Norman Fein-berg.

FOURTH GRADE.Perfect attendance—William Feller,

John Mueller, Theodore Nass, AugustWieland, Angelina Juliano, ElizabethKruger, Helen ,;Oberst, FlorenceSnook, Alma Wolter, Anna Zeigler,Katie Bittner, Louise Uge, AnnaBlankenhorn, Fred Rail, Edgar Ruff.

Excellent deportinent — Max Fein-berg, Fred Rail, Edgar Ruff , Otto Sed-ler, Anna Blankenhorn.

FIFTH GRADE.Perfect attendance—Lillian Groebly,

Ethel Hillman, Mildfred Kruger, LuluRamsauer, Mabel ^bldenauer, AlbertKurdt, Gurden Snobk, Franklin Voel-ker, Harold Schneider, Eugene Steig-er.

Excellent deportment — LillianBrosch, Carrie Broach, Frances Ott,Ethel Hillman, Anna Pebler, MargaretArgust, Lillian Jommes, Mildred Kru-ger.

SIXTH GRADEPerfect attendan ce — Elsie Volden-

auer, Peter Weierter, Mildred Voelker ,Gustave Schmitt, Frank Kazda, Aug-ust Feustal, Anna,Wieland, Helen Enz,Leslie Hillman, Harry Edelman. Chris-tiana Zeilner, Josephine Gaggin, EmilRail , Abraham Smith.

Excellent deportment — AlexanderJaeger, Alphonse Haberl.

SEVENTH GRADE.Perfect attendance—Margare t Hey-

er, Levina Melick.EIGHTH GRADE.

Perfect attendance— Edward Gehrke,Herbert Koenig, Albert Schneider ,Dora Diamond, Lizzie Dietz, GertrudeMosebach , Jennie Stein.

COMMERCIAL DEPARTMENT.Perfect attendance—Adelma Feller,

Florence Donner, Wanda Stueve, Sus-anna Kruger, John Roggi, Alma Bush.

Excellent deportment— Florence Vir-ginia Donner, Adelma Juliet Feller,Susanna Frances Kruger, Selina BurchHaff. . : ,

interesting Review of OriginalLiiidenhurst, When PopularOak Island Boniface Wasa Kid in Knickerbockers.

Oftentimes the older residents ofLindenhurst assemble together and re-view the early days of the village, be-ginning with the time of the real es-tate promoters, Schleier and Welwood,very few being able to go back furtherthan that time.

A few evenings ago, Sidney VanNostrand, proprietor of the Oak Islandhotel and pavilion entertained a com-pany of friends in recalling some hap-penings of Neguntatogue, the earlyname given to the then little hamletbefore it took the name of Breslau.

Probably few know that "UncleSid," as he is generally called, wasborn in an old farmhouse below theMerrick road in Lindenhurst , on thewest side of that then bush road , oneyear before the close of the Civil war.

Several years before his parents, Mr.and Mrs. Henry Van Nostrand, movedfrom Brooklyn and settled in Linden-hurst. They tilled the soil as honestfarmers, and were blessed with eightchildren, seven boys and one girl.

"Uncle Sid," when a boy, attendedthe old school which was located in thehigh woods, just west of the newcanal, and which still stands at therear of the residence of GeorgeKnoth's property. *

The children of the hamlet, Negun-tatogue, learned their three R's fromMrs. John B. Scudder, of Babylon."Sid ," as a little lad , often fell asleepin the old one-room school house on thewooden benches during school hours, asthe lads of that day went to school be-fore they were five years old.

Besides the Henry Van Nostrandsthere were eight other families whichmade up the entire population of theplace. Beginning on the west side ofNeguntatogue lane, now Welwood ave-nue, Dan Smith owned the sectionfrom the bay front up the avenue toElbert Ketcham's place. Next came"Sid's" folks and then John Barteauowned a stretch.

Joe Ketcham lived where the oldHeling house now stands on the northside of the Merrick road and IsaacKetcham lived farther to the west in asmall house opposite the old schoolhouse. Adjoining him was anotherparty by the same name in anothervery small house. Elvin Ketcham liv-ed to the east of Joe's place across thelane and next to him came CharlesKetcham and these good people raisedarge families and lived in peace andcontentment until Schleier and Wel-wood endeavored to erect the city ofBreslau and bough t up all the oldfarms.

For a time "Sid's" folks residedfurther up the lane just to the south ofthe Krueger estate. Later this placewas destroyed by fire while "Sid" wasyet a boy, his parents losing nearlyeverything. Some old apple trees arestill left along the avenue wh ichmarks the location of the house.

"Sid" remembers . his father takinghim by the hand one summer day tosee a train arrive from Brooklyn, short-ly after the railroad was put through.As the engine approached Negunta-togue lane the engineer allowed thesteam to escape from the engine, whichalmost scared young "Sid" to death.He ran for the brush about where theHoffman House now stands and sayshe fairly "dug out of sight." At thattime there was only a small freigh tstation at Lindenhurst and trains werevery infrequent.

On the Fourth of July tbe boyswould be given their package of firecrackers and some dried cat-tails forpunk and they would spend the dayroyally. "Sid" tells of his fathermaking him a present of a fine newpair of brass-toed leather boots withred tops and of going up the lane, theenvy of the other lads, tossing a firecracker here and there. Charles Bar-teau, a bigger lad , was barefooted andthe other boys were trying to dropa cracker on Charles' foot. Theywere unsuccessful and Sid took a handand quickly had one sizzling near Char-lie's big toe.but the next moment "Sid"went flying into the brush having tak-en a ride via Charlie's big foot.

One warm summer's day "Sid" wason his way to his uncle's home and whiletrying to squeeze under a rail fence be-came wedged and finally extricatedhimself, but not until he had soiled hisbrand new suit with yellow mud. Hisaunt about that time spied him and thefamily washtub being in use on thatday, "Sid" was tumbled in clothes andall and says he came out in rather a"mussed up" condition.

Many other interesting stories aretold by "Uncle Sid." Little did hethink then in after years he wouldhave a daughter teaching in both theBabylon and Lindenhurst schools,Miss Evelyn having taught at Linden-hurst last year and at Babylon thisyear.

SPADA'S CLOSE CALLFROM CHILLY DEATHWhile Hauling Rope on Scooterin Middle of Bay Craft Upsets

And Lone Sailor Is Keptin Water for an Hour. •

Severo Spada, 26 years of age, ofLindenhurst, familiarly known as Bo-lognio, came near losing his life whenthe boat in which he was sailing toLinden beach on Thursday morningupset.

Spada was village watchman at Lin-denhurst some years ago shortly afterthe railroad station was burglarized.Later he returned to his former homein Italy and served a time in the navy.He was somewhat of an amateur pugil-ist and also took part in "movie"plays.

Spada has been staying at the Wesselhotel for the past few months andcame across Wednesday for provisions,using a small scooter. Leaving Am-merman 's dock at the foot of Wellwoodavenue about 9:00 o'clock yesterdaymorning with a quantity of groceries,etc. , he was unable to lay his course onaccount of the northeast wind and whenin the channel about two and a halfmiles from the dock , he went forwardto take in the sail and the little scootercapsized.

Spada was in the water for nearly anhour before George Dinger and ThomasJ ohnson rescued him. They rushedhim to Ammerman 's dock more deadthan aliye, however rendering firs t aidon the way in.

At the dock Mr. Dinger, W. H. Tem-ple and Thomas Johnson worked overhim for some time. Dr. Rice arrivedin the meantime and administered re-storatives.

Spada was put to bed at Ammer-man 's, where he now lies resting fairlywell and will recover if pneumonia dossnot set in.

George Dinger and Henry Voelkerlater went after the boat and broughtit ashore.

) BABYLON TOWN RECORD jBIRTHS.

Amityville. Feb. 14, Mrs. Frank Hendrickson. ason.

Amityville, Mar. 2, Mrs. Daniel Badna, a daugh-ter.

Amityville, Mar. 3, Mrs. James Powell, a daugb-. ter.

Babylon, Mar. 8, Mrs. R. Wesselhoft, a daughter.Babylon. Mar. 1, Mrs. Frank Grasso, a son.Lindenhurst, Mar. 2, Mrs. Anthony Happs, a

daughter.

MARRIAGES.New York, Mar. 9, Marguerite Baird, of Babylon,

to Orrick Johns.

DEATHS.Amityville, Feb. 21, John L. Terry, ae 60.Amityville, Feb. 26, Wesley H. Trimmer, ae 43.Copiague, Feb. 26, Mrs. Frederick Pearsall.Lindenhurst, Mar. 6, Fritz Schneider, ae 4SNorth Amityville, Feb. 15, Catherine Becker, ae

78.North Babylon, Mar. 9. Mra. Hannah Bedell, ae TO.West Babylon, Mar. 13. Theodore C. White, ae 63.West Babylon, Mar. 6, William Edwin Taylor, ae

31.West Babylon, Mar. 7, William J. Maxwell, ae 43.

GENERAL FAMILY RECORD I

MARRIAGES.Huntington, Feb. 21 , Hazel Cowan to Louis Ray

Stilwell.Islip, Feb. 21, Mary Pirzodietnor to Michael Punda.Northport, Mar. 1, Sthel Camelle Arthur to Ber-

nard Gates.Patchogue, Feb. 18, Sarah A. Blake to Albert A.

Jones.St James, Feb. 22, Alice Katherine Gunn to

Robert B. Elderkin.Center Moriches. Feb. 28, Lillian Wells to Charles

D. Hawkins, of Moriches.Easthampton. Mar. 4, Irene Lawrence to Samuel

H. Phillips, of Westhampton .New York, Mar. 7, Maud Russell , of Blue Point,

to Edward H. Albertson. of Riverhead.

DEATHS.Bay Shore. Feb. 18, John D. Wildunsr, ae 68.East Islip, Feb. 26, Michael Cunningham, ae 57.Easthampton, Feb. 24, Hazel VanFleet, ae 17.Easthampton. Feb. 28, Edward M. Raker, ae 65.Eastport, Feb. 12, infant son of Joseph Tuttle.Hauppauge, Feb. 23. Martin Blacklock. ae 67.Islip. Feb. 22. John, son of George Blossom, ae 5

mo.Long Beach. Cal. , Feb. 26. Edward F. Filer, for-

merly of Easthampton. ae47.Middle Island. Feb. 21. Christian Enjrlehardt. ae

fis.New York, Feb. 21. William D. Miller, formerly

of Bayport. ae 41.Northport. Feb. 26, Miss Mary Brown •Patchogue. Feb. 27, Mrs. Matilda J. Hulse.Perth Amboy, N. J., Feb. 16. Mrs. Julia Martin,

formerly of Huntington, ae 63.Riverhead, Feb. 25, Mrs. Emma S. Hill, ae 64.Staten Island, Feb. 22, Capt. Robert Dixon, for-

merly of Centerport, ae 79.Southampton. Feb. 24, James Olsen. of Sag Har-

bor, ae 19.Shelter Island. Feb. 25. Mrs. Louisa B. Dickerson,

ae 79.Sag Harbor. Feb. 27, Mrs. Emily Fordham Keese,

ae 74.Sag Harbor. Feb. 25, Mrs. Theodore Brickel. ae 66.Sayville, Feb. 24, William Martin, ae 68.Aquebogue, Feb. 28, Mrs. Lizzie Nelenstedt. ae70.Aquebogue, Mar. I, Mrs. Merritt H. Smith, ae 77.Arshamomoque, Mar. 5, Margaret E. Davis, ae 88.Bridgehampton, Mar- 2, Miss Abigail F. Wood-

ruff, ae 76.Baiting Hollow, Mar. 2. Mrs. Mary .T. Eaton, ae 88.Columbus, Ohio, Mar. 1, Capt. Benjamin F. Davis,

of Sag Harbor, ae 85.Easthampton, Mar. 7. John Henry Dart, ae 87.Greenport, Feb. 28, Thomas M. Shepard, ae 58.Greenport. Mar. 2, Henry K. Welden. ae 64.Good Ground, Mar. 3, William C. Squires, ae 66.Huntington, Feb. 26, Capt. Edmund F. Tuthill, for-

merly of Wading River, ae 73.Islip, Mar. 6, Jacob C. Elbert, ae 82.Mattituck, Mar. 2, John E. Gildersleeve, ae 60.Middletown, Conn., Mar. 2, Capt. Charles M.

Reeve, formerly of Riverhead, ae 73.Patchogue, Feb. 27, Mrs. Bartlett Hammond, ae

78.Patchogue, Mar. 1, H. Clay Losee, ae 66.Patchogue, Mar. 2, Caroline Buchtenkirch, ae 74.Riverhead, Mar. 3, Mrs. Walter Hubbard, ae 33,Riverhead, Mar. 4, Oliver C. Wells, ae 66.Speonk , Feb. 27, Joseph Liscombe, ae 77.Sayville, Feb. 22, Mrs. Robert Holmes, ae 75.Southampton, Mar. 6. John F. Fourn.'er, ae 79.Southold, Mar. 6, Mrs. Nancy Tuthill, ae 92.Water Mill , Feb. 26, Mrs. Albert L. Lebuscbner,

ae 74.

wtire ie t i *. un aicycz..A resident of Nottingham, Eng., haa

mounted a wireless telegraph plant onhis motorcycle and has received mes-sages as he was moving over theroads.

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\ THE NEWS OF LINDENHURST

WILLIAM FIAND GIVENFINE BIRTHDAY PARTY

Popular Young Man Celebrates HisMajority Natal Anniversary in

! Royal Form--Chnrch SocietyElects Officers--Telephone

Central Has Party.

Mrs. Carl Schetter 's home on Palmeravenue was the scene on Sunday even-ing of a merry surprise and birthdayparty given to Mrs. Schetter 's neph-ew, William Fiand , who reached hismajority on that date.

Mr. Fian d was located in the villageby a friend and asked to return to thehouse for seme music and upon his ar-rival was met by twenty or more ofhis friends who offere d their congratu-lations.

Miss Louise Weierter rendered sev-eral piano selections and Miss ElsieGriebel sang several songs. Refresh-ments were served and various parlorgames helped make the event an en-joyable one.

Among those present were the Miss-es Elizabeth Feller , Elise Griebel , Mil-dred Bauer , Lottie Irmish , Louise We-ierter , Edna Torns, Margaret Feller,Agnes Grebel , Charlotte Bauer , Min-nie Albin and Tessie Schetter andMessrs. William Larkin , CorneliusWilleman , Felix Pollini ,'Jacob Boehl ,Richard Holland , Charles Weierter Jr. ,Warner Frevert , John Groebl y, AlvinFrevert and William Fiand.

At a meeting of the Young Men 'ssociety of St. Johns ' church on Tuesdayevening the following officers wereelected:—President , Frederick Schnei-der , Jr. ; vice-president, William C.Fiand; recording secretary, CharlesWeierter , Jr .; financial secretary,Arthur Steuwe; treasurer, WilliamGehrke. William Flendale, WilliamAustin , James A rgust, Peter Willeman ,Louis Boehl , Emil Becht and AndrewUnser were elected members. On theevening of March 24 there will be adebate on Woman Suffrage. The nega-tive side will be. handled by Messrs.Richard Holland , Jacob Boehl andWilliam Gehrke, while the affirmativewill be taken care of by Messrs. FredSchneider, William C. Fiand and ArthurSteuwe.

Mr. and Mrs. Harry Collins , thepopular managers of the local telephonecentral office, have been entertainingseveral of their relatives and friendsduring the past week. Wednesdayevening a jolly house party was givenby the couple, when their guests wereMr. and Mrs. W. Frost, Mrs. J. W.Jarvis, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Smith ,Miss Helen Reid , Miss Hazel Reid ,Raymond Daily, Edward Voss andClaude Bedell , of Babylon; Miss BettyRoeper and Miss Anna Beta , of BayShore ; Miss Helen Silkworth , WarnerFrevert and Mr. and Mrs. H. Collins,of Lindenhurst.

The Board of Trade committee havesent out letters explaining in detail thegreat need of street lights in the pro-posed district and a formal petition willbe circulated next week. A majorityof the business men favor the lightingdistrict, and others also agree upon thegreat benefits to be derived thereby.Sig

William Bush, who has been travel-ing with a theatrical troupe throughthe eastern states since December, ar-rived 'home on Sunday for a short visit.Mr. Bush is at the Orpheum in Brook-lyn this week and expects to take atrip abroad in the early spring.^

Painter Boss John Weibel has hisforce of men busy painting and dec-orating the Schmalkuche building onKetcham avenue, the Theodore Voel-ker bungalow, William Heling's em-broidery factory and the Mielke cot-tage on Broadway. ilK^S&SiS

J. P. Warta has entered the movingpicture field and has several late reelswhich he is putting on at varioushouses on the Island. On Wednesdayevening the National was packed tosee the three-reel play, "The ThreeDare Devils. "̂ 83

-j5!̂ ¦>-, "!Helling and Dinger have been award-

ed the contract to erect an em-broidery factory for Mr. Luchingerupon his newly purchased property onKetcham avenue. Mr. Luchinger willinstall one of the late model power ma-chines.

Liberty Hose company will give theirannual entertainment and reception asusual this year on Easter Monday even-ingiat Washington Hall. An interest-ing programme will be presented bylocal talent. . SSSiSBi gSaB

Mr. and Mrs. George Blake, Jr. , arespending the month with the former'sparents in New York. Mrs. DanielUtzman visited her daughter, Mrs.JBlake, on Tuesday and attended thetheatre.

Harry Ramsauer is learning thejewelry business at Baird 's jewelrystore. The store is now kept opendaily by the junior diamond setter.

Mrs. William Bonn, of Bridgehamp-ton, has been visiting her daughter,Mrs. Joseph Heling, and son, William,during the past week. 'Z^l&S't fgiH

A number of Lindenhurst people at-tended the Egyptian masque ball atEckford Hall , in Brook lyn , on Satur-day evening last.

Several Lindenhurst people attendedthe Babylon Choral society's concert inBabylon on Tuesday evening.

Lawrence Stipp is ill and confined tohis rooms at the home of EdwardSchmalkuche.

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PIANO CONTEST STANDING

The standing of the several contes-tants in the Smith and Salmon Piano-Player contest this week is as follows :

No. Votes No. Votes1 1,764,190 45 2,241,7054 1,851,825 46 2,298,300 j8 2,117,560 47 3,450,735 j9 6,153,955 50 1,709,295 j

10 1,671,610 52 7,918,90511 1,627,505 53 2,009,960 I16 1,925,960 57 2,518,24017 2,177,415 58 1,698,83021 6,482,955 60 1,856,225 j23 1,952,855 61 2,310.18024 5,803,405 64 1,785,170 j26 4,513,445 68 1,831,25031 1,540,390 73 1,597,06532 2,838,360 75 1,609,830 I40 1,875,955 76 1,748,390 i

Village on stltt**.A unique village for workmen is to

be erected by the contractors who willconstruct the Rogers pass tunnel onthe Canadian Pacific railway at Gla-cier. It is a region of heavy driftingsnow, and the houses will accordinglybe built eight or ten feet above theground and connected by elevatedbridges. This town of stilts will costabout $50,000.

Cleaning Pearl Articles.A good way to clean pearl articles

br ornaments ls to moisten them withnlcohol and then dry in magnesia pow-der or French chalk. These last twoarticles may be purchased at any drugstore and the process of cleaning lsabsolutely harmless. It also polishesthe pearl and will not bleach delicaterolors.

Not That Way.A little girl was watching an el-

derly woman clean a set of artificialteeth in a basin of water. So in-tent did the child become in the per-formance that the woman was led toask, "Do you ever clean your teeth ?""No," was the prompt reply, " 'cause Ican't take them out."

"I consider that whatever belongs tomy husband belongs to me."—A wom-an witness In a Jersey City trial. Thegeneral feminine view and ln practicethe usual condition.

Milennium Not Yet Here.From the diary of Sackville Mo-

Knutt : "The world may be growingmore honest, but I notice that tho'Lost' column ln the paper ls still con-siderably longer than the 'Found' col-..**.*. ti **tunn.. '-a "* ¦ ' 'V'

Nothing New Alrout This.

.thorou ghly- convinced that he wiis iiman about town in the most ten-tilt*sense ol* the phrase, he was wont, toact ;i< ooniingij*. "Yes; Jake's joint i icIuKed," he remarked one night to :.Mend irom out r.f town, "but—-follow***e: I can get you hi. there, all i* „hl-.isVHij though It Is long after h*;*.;:*.**.Just follow me, aud don't say a ¦¦ > "d.'Suitably impressed, the' tenderfoot fellinto step. They paused before thedark , hidden side door of a well knoivi:restaurant. From within enme tinkling of music, popping of corks,iaughter—all the . assorted expression sof night life in a great city. The manabout town, cautioning his friend tostand back and be very quiet, tappedon the side door. No answer. Anoth-er tap. Then a waiter threw the dooropen. "Say, Jim?'! whispered the manabout town, "Just go; and tell Jake tocome here a moment; M** you?" Exit¦Tim. "It'll be all right," murmuredthe man about Ctown, ' The tenderfootfelt convinced that he 'was seeing metropolitan life Ih ail ;lta*;brutal rawness.Jake, the proprietor, presently appear-ed from somewhere 5 lh the fascinatingInterior of his r^taurant and steppedto the side door. "Itis :aie, Jake. Canwe get In?" askgdV'tBe man abouttown in a hoarse, horrible whisper."Sure," answeredv ^aj keV'-but for thnlove of Mike " wiiiyv -'didn't you wal l-right in through %# ?rpht door? It' s*open." ' v- v W4&"' •

. The greatest;'. 3^&f$ the/ -one ..wi* ' -fools himself. '* ,

They Got In.