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The Newark journal., 1904-11-25
AN EASTERN CONVICT CAMP
One in Massachusetts, Intended by
the State for Minor
Offenders

Massachusetts has established
q convict camp in the hill country
near Rutland. 1t is different
matter from the convict camps of
the south, however, and the Occu
pants are not farmed out for
profit, as is the case in Florida and
some of the other states. The new
enterprise is undertaken by the
state itself and is intended TO ex-
ercise reformatory function. 1t
is accessory To- farm. No exper-
fenced and hardened sinners are
taken to the place; on the con
trary, the idea is to establish it as
a camp for minor offenders, espe-
cially for the Incorporate who are
not lost to the appeals of their bet
ter selves and who have sinned
through weakness rather than
from intention.
1t is said that the substitution
OF air, sun, wholesome food and d
measure of freedom from the usu-
al gloom, foulness, idleness and
lack of care which characterize
jalls and their keeping has
already shown beneficent results,
not merely in the physique of the
prisoners, which it is never the in
tent n of a state to harm, but upon
then moral nature.
In time hundred convicts will
be kept at work at the Rutland
farm, their present employment
being chiefly concerned with re.
deemlng waste land; and its iso
lated position secures them
against a public scrutiny that is
inevitable in the south, where
streets are cleaned and much pub
lie work is done by chain gangs.
The Newark journal., 1904-11-25
HOMES OF HOLtANDERS.
survivals of the Early Settlers Came
Down Through Descendants
to the Present.

The HolIanders were the first
people to make home life comfort
able. as we understand II, and
they brought to the new world
their high ideal of home, says Mrs.
Henry W. Rogers, in the House
Beautiful. What surviyals of the
early settlers and their descend
ants have come down to us in
their houses, furniture and uten-
sils, and in their customs and per-
sonal belongings, evidence the
comfort and simplicity in which
they lived and their sense of the
value of the picturesque and the
beautiful in their homes and en-
vironment. They chose slightly To-
cations for their homes, on gently
sloping hillsides, or by the water
side, with longing thought of the
motherland, and even the simplest
country homes were models of
comfort and quaint homelikeness
and excellent workmanship, as of
a people long bast the rude begin
nings of pioneer life The low,
substantial stone houses were
picturesque, and into them went
handwrought timbers and shin
giles and solid masonry. Within
were immense frepIaces with
Dutch hearth tiles, broad window
seats. wonderful scenic wall pa.
per and the substantial furniture
brought from Holland. The bur
nished metal utensils. the hand
wrought plate, and artistic Delft
ware added the touch of bright
ness TO the interior. The things
they used in everyday life were
artistic and of sound workman
ship, so that to-day what survives
of them is kept in museums and
chief rooms and copied diligently
by a generation awakening 10 the
value of beauty in the common
life.
The Newark journal., 1904-11-25

their "scattering a fog with a
fan ~ When a Jap undertakes the
impossible his neighbors do not
scoff at him or mock him. They
simply say that he is Building
bridges to the Clouds" or that ne
is chipping up the ocean with a
she'll" Failure in such a country
must be as delightful as success
in our more material land. Chine
own heart makes the world Is
worthy of Emerson or Browning.
The Newark journal., 1904-11-25
SOME CURIOUS ALMANACS.
Queer Methods Employed by Solitary
Men to Keep Note of Pass
ing Sime.

The boundary riders of the great
Australian sheep ranches have
each a district to look after, in
which one must keep the wire
fences in repair and see that the
. sheep come to no harm. 1t is
hard and lonely life, living, as
!. each boundary rider does, quite
alone in the wilderness, says the
Buffalo Commercial.
A writer tells of some of the Gu
rious ways in which these solitary
men keep count of the days.
One old man, who had lived in
the back country for 80 years,
used two jam tins and seven
pebbles. One tin was marked:
-E'This week." and the other, Last
week" On Monday morning he
would take pebble from Last
week" and drop it into This
week" and each subsequent
morning, till This week" had
swallowed the seven. They were
returned to Last week" and the
old fellow knew that another Sun
day had passed.
Anotherman has tried and failed
with several plans. At last he hit
on a new idea. He made q big
damper (cake of flour and water)
on Sunday night, and marked it
into seven sections, each section
being days allowance, so that
every time he picked up the dam.
per the grooves would remind him
of the day. Unfortunately, one
Tuesday there came visitor with
a ravenous appetite. The host
stinted himself that the hungry
one might be satisfied with the
days section. But he wasn't.
With anxious eyes the host saw
the knife clearing the boundary
The Newark journal., 1904-11-25
THE JAPANESE PROVERB.
In It's Significance It Closely Re-
sembles the Common Amer
lean Variety.

"Roses have thorns.r and
"N ais have ears" are as common
in he japanese speech as in our
Owls. says the Rochester Post Ex-
pres We say More haste, less
speed" but the japanese phrase
is III in a hurry go round" In
this country we very often remark
thai Accidents will happen in the
best regulated families
TIE Japs, on the other hand.
witt an eye to the picturesque,
yitaiize it, so to speak, in their
"E' en- a monkey sometimes falls
from a tree" One of our useful
English sayings is "Those who
play with edged tools must expect
to cut their fingers" In express
ing similar thought the Jap goes
us one betterso far as picturesque.
ness is concerned. He saws sIf
you keep tigers YOU are likely to
have trouble" One of our stand
ard maxims is to the effect that
"Oil and water won't mix" The
Japs have not improved on this
You cannot rivet nail in a Gus
tard" is their way of putting it
THE lotus springs from the mud
is their poetical expression of the
common thought that "Out of eyi
good may come"
What could be more suggestive
aud at the same time so poetic al
The Newark journal., 1904-11-25

line and the hungry man ruthless
" carving into the almanac. At
last he could stand it no longer.
"Stop, stop he cried, as he
grabbed the damper and glared
at ii.
"There," he said, "you'ye eaten
Toosday and Wednesday, and now
yer wanter slice the best O. the
mornin' o. Thursday, an l won't
know the day o. the week."
The Newark journal., 1904-11-25
Stopping Motors.

The French committee on auto
mobile traffic has made a series
of experiments for the purpose of
comparing the quickness with
which horse vehicles and automo-
biles can be stopped. At a speed
of seven and a half miles an hour
the horse vehicle can only be
completely stopped at 80 feet, the
motors at ten feet. At a speed of
ten miles an hour a one horse We
hicle stopped at 40 feet, the mo-
tors at 134 feet. NJ Il speed of 12I
miles an hour the distance in
creased to 43 II and 164 feet re-
spectiyely.
The Newark journal., 1904-11-25
CHARM OF MONT ST. MICHEL
Isolation of the Picturesque Spot Is
Its Principal Dis
tinction.

My stay in Mont ST. Michel ex-
tended long beyond the usual
days outing, but | never got over
my first impression. From my
balcony, and from the pretty ar
Dor in the garden where l ate my
first breakfast, says Elizabeth
Robins Pennell, in Century, |
looked down upon a wonderful
collection of old houses, all tur
rets and tumbled roofs, and then
out upon the endless stretch of
sands, crossed and recrossed by
innumerable streams running in
long, flowing lines, and beautiful
curves, the color changing with
the flight of the clouds and the
journeying of the sun across the
heavens.
| could sit there for hours,
watching the light wander over
the gray level, or waiting for the
tide to come in and widen the
Couesnon-the river that sepa-
rates Normandy from Brittany
into an enormous bay, and never
was there a moment of monotony.
of the abbey, higher on the hill be-
hind me, nothing was to be seen,
except in the late afternoon, when
1t threw a gigantic shadow across
the sands.
Mont ST. Michel is isolated; de-
tached; it stands alone; it is COM
plete in itself And it is compare
lively small, with it's whole life
and architecture eentertng about
the abbey. There is room for
nothing else but the handful of
houses elinging to the southern
slope.
From the first gate up the one
village street ten minutes walk
brings you to the abbey; you need
be no longer on the way if you fol
low the walls; while in half an
hour or so of plodding through
wet sand and scrambling over
rocks you can make the entire
round of the mount.
If | left my high perch to wan
der up and down the endless steps
or along the narrow paths on the
hillside between abbey and vii
lage, it was to come at every turn
uponsome encouragement, some
fresh outlook more picturesque
than the last And on stairs, or
footpaths, or street, or walls, or
sands, | could seldom forget the
isolated position of Mont st. Mi
chel, which is at once its charm
and its distinction.
The Newark journal., 1904-11-25
A Competition of Patience.

1t is related of Henry Hawkins,
the famous English criminal
Judge, that on one occasion an ex-
eeedingly loquacious and prosy
counsel observed his honor writ
ing very vigorously. A few mo-
ments later an usher touched his
elbow and handed to him the fol-
lowing note:
patience competition. Gold
medal-Sir Henry Hawkins; hon.
orable mention-Job."- Success.
The Newark journal., 1904-11-25
BOOKS WENT BEGGING.
Many of the Great Literary Successes
of To-Day Were at First
Rejected.

A lot of nonsense is being given
typeroom these days about the
good manuscript that is being re-
jected by periodical editors and
readers for the big publishing
houses. Yet it is a fact, says the
st. Paul Globe, that many of the
great literary successes of to-day,
Yesterday and before that even,
had to go begging from door to
door among the publishers before
they could find a market.
Thus the first and most success
full of Irving Bachelors books,
"Eben Holden" whose sale was
wonder-making and still contin-
nes, though reduced, was turned
Town repeatedly in its first form
and under its first title: "The
Shadow of the Lone Pine"
In its first form this story was
written long before David
Harum," of which it was frankly
advertised as an imitat0r, and
which had a much longer and more
disheartening period of begging
among the publishers than Mr..
Bachelors book passed through
practically all the imitation of
David Harum' shown in "Eben
Holden as it stands was the crys-
utilization of the whole story
about the one central character of
"Eben."
MARK Twain's' "Innocents
Abroad" was peddled and peddled
and peddled among the stand
ard publishers in the metropolis,
and failure was predicted by the
majority of the directors of the
subscription book house that
finally decided TO bring it out. Ten
years ago his royalties from the
book were much in excess of $780,
600, and it is still selling.
1t took Gen. Lew Wallace two
years to sell ben Hur," and after
its publication, even, the book Ian
guished until President Garfield
took it up and lauded it. After
that it became great seller, its
returns exceeding that from any
American book save "The limo
cents Abroad" until the days of
"David Harum," ''Eben Holden"
and Mary Johnston's ITO Have
and to Hold
Edward W. Howe, who began
his successful literary career with
"The Story of Country Town"
could get no publisher to take up
his book, and finally in desperation
put it into type in his own printing
office.
The Newark journal., 1904-11-25
City Directory.
MUNICIPAL OFFICERS

MUNICIPAL OFFICERS
Mayor, j. III. Holderby,
Recorder, j. A. Gibson,
Marshal, Walter Pascoe,
Night Marshal, H J. Mayhan,
Treasurer, E. j. MagDess,
Aldermen:- A. A. Henderson, w. T.
MagnesS, w. c. Minis, Fred. D. Whit
ing, Morg Drennen.
Council meets first Monday night in
each month.
CHURCHES
Methodist church, services at IL, a
M and 7:30 p. m. fourth Sunday in
each month. Rev. G. Fl. Newman,
Pastor
Baptist church, services at 3 p. m.
Saturday before third Sunday, and IL
a. IN. third Sunday in each month.
Rev. J. L. Brown, pastor
Christian church, services first. and
third Sundays in each month at II a.
IN. and 100 p. m. Rev. w. w. Young,
Pastor.
FRATERNIT1Es
Dannelly Chapter r. A. NJ. meets
third Saturday night. L. c. Nuckolls,
E. II. p; T. III. bearing, Sec.
Newark Lodge f. & A. NJ. No. 24S
meets second Saturday night. Il. j.
Raney, w. NJ; J. II. Emerson, Sec.
Newark Encampment l. o. OF. l6s
meets second and fourth Thursday
nights G. A. Ashley, c. p; f. G. Hoyt
Scribe.
Newark Lodge |. o. o. F. No. 263
meets the first and third Wednesday
nights T. J. Raney, n. g; o. F. Craig
Secretary.
Newark Camp WOW. No. 2Ss meets
second and fourth Tuesday nights in
each month. E. FL. MagnesS, C. c.;
o. f. Craig, Clerk.
Independence Lodge No. 1919 X. 81
L. of II. meets first and third Monday
nights in each month. o. f. Craig,
Protector; Zed Griffith, Secretary.
The Newark journal., 1904-11-25
TRIUMPH FOR FREE SPEECH
How George w. Curtis Compelled At
tention from an Unwilling
Convention.

Among the most inspiring rec.
elections of my life is a scene |
witnessed in the republican ma.
tional convention in 1860, which
nominated Abraham Lincoln an
its candidate for the presidency
Of the United States, writes Carl
SchurZ, in McClure's. The repub.
lican convention was about to
vote upon the republican platform
reported by the committee on res
buttons. Then arose the yener-
able form of Joshua Il. Giddings.
of Ohio, one of the veteran cham
pions of the anti-slavery clause.
lie confessed himself painfully
surprised that the declaration of
independence had not found a
word of recognition in that sol
amn announcement of the reW b.
Iican creed, and he moved 10
amend the platform by inserting
the words: THAT the mainte-
nance of the principle promuI-
gated in the declaration of indie
pendence and embodied in the fed
eral constitution, that all men are
created equal; that they are en-
dowed by their Creator with GER
tain inalienable rights; that
among these are life, liberty and
the pursuit of happiness essential
to the preservation of our repub-
lican institutions" The conven-
ton, impatient, as such assem-
blages are apt to be at any propo-
sition threatening to delay the
dispatch of business, heedlessly
rejected the amendment. Mr..
a look of distress upon
his face, his white head towering
above the crowd, slowly and sad
ly walked toward the door of the
hall.
Suddenly from among the New
York delegation a young man of
beautiful features
leaped upon chair and demanded
to be heard. The same noisy DEM
onstration of impatience greeted
him. But he would not yield.
Gentlemen" he said, in calm
tones, this is a convention of free
speech, and 1 have been given the
floor. | have but few words to
say to you, but | shall say them if
l stand here until tomorrow
Another tumultuous
explosion of impatience, but he did
not falter. At last his courage
won and silence fell upon the as
sembly. Then his musical voice
rang out like trumpet call. Was
this, he said, the party of freedom F
met on the borders of the free prai-
ries to advance the cause of liberty
and human rights? After few
such sentences of almost defiant
appeal he renewed the amendment
to the platform moved by Mr.. Gid
dings, and with an overwhelming
shout of enthusiasm the conyen-
ton adopted it.
The Newark journal., 1904-11-25
Contrary.

Either a girl loves a man be-
cause she wants to or because her
family doesn't want her ton. Y.
Press.
The Newark journal., 1904-11-25
A Paradox.

Iii possible to move in political
circles and still be square.-Phlla
delphia Record. ---.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-10-20

cine. uu. TH. Hls uH f. content.
H.u ..rut.I d.. burning. Samples
1f .n...Ia 1ud mute H... ...0 uut WI
fur fuu .1..
Tl. introduced U.u.H.uI insects lam
Australia arrived loo better condition.
. have riHtsl Mr. ku.msky u charge
of th, breeding room.
Th, Japanese Beetle tAJur.tu. um-
brosusD
one large box tvo-thirds ul OF
earth and containing about 1000 of the
BEETLES. some of which We're fungloizcd
specimens received from Father Mlthi-
as through the kindness of Mr. Nc
Guirc. These were I'm there nearly
three weeks, so that now nearly all
the beetles are dead. and the entire
box. earth and AN is well permoated
with the fungus We are now ready
to notify the public advising them to
bring beetles and call for them on the
evening Of the third day
Up to the present we had three boxes
inoculated. the others will be ready
in a week or so. More might have
been prepared, We're it not for "a lack
of beetles to reach the office.
Some half dozen species of lady
bird beetles received from Messrs
Koebele and Perkins, oct Attn per $.
5. Ventura, are being fed and notes
taken on their life history one of
these, LeisNconformis, voracious
aphis eater is doing particularly we'll
a male and two females We're received
alive. Eggs We're found from time to
time, altogether 33S eggs of this spe-
cies were counted up to date. Most
of these have Matched as they pass
but GO-7O hours i'm the egg-stage. They
seem to be fond of orange aphis; un-
fortunately the later is growing scarce
i'm the Nursery orchard. They appar-
entely take other aphis also Sugar cane
and bean CD aphis were not excepted.
A good stock of Vedalia cardinals
and CryptOlaemus montrouzeri is be-
ing bred up. Most of these, however,
are still in the immature stages.
RhizObius ventralis seems to be do
ing WELL as their characteristic grey
larvae were found playing havoc with
all the stages of Lecanium hemis-
phaericum that were supplied them.
Orcus australasia placed upon the
above scale, while still alive, as yet
have apparently produced no progeny.
Those speciments that died on the
way or since coming, are being mount
ed up and labelled as fast as time per-
mits, as the livestock is given first
consideration, and this takes consiu-
cradle time.
1 have been promised by the Honora-
BILE Ellwood Cooper Commissioner of
Horticulture of California, colonies Of
beneficial insects for various pests
found on these islands.
AS directed by you, 1 have entered
into correspondence to secure colonies
of insectivorous bats for the destruc-
ton of nocturnal insects.
Respectfully submitted,
(Signed) ALEXANDER CRAW,
superintendent the Division of En-
tomology.
Acting on this report the Board drew
up a set of rigid rules in line with the
recommendations, which will be sub
mitted to the governor for his approval
and PRONUNCIATION.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-10-20
ROOSEVELT SURE
TO Be ELECTED
GEORGE A. KNIGHT SAYS PEOPLE
ARE NOT STIRRED UP BECAUSE
THEY KNOW WHAT THEY WANT

WASHINGTON, October 9.-George
A. Knight is in Washington, en- route
to West Virginia. He will speak in
several other states, going thence to
New York City to speak in Madison
square Garden, with several other ora
tors of national reputation.
There is not much to say regarding
the campaign, as l have studied it,"
said Knight. The people are not
stirred up at all, because they know
just what is before them and what
they want. There is no new or novel
issue in this campaign. Roosevelt is
just as sure of being elected as any
thing i'm the future can be sure. There
is no special reason why spellbinders
should go through the country trying
to arouse enthusiasm. Still, good
crowds turn out and listen to political
speeches. ! spoke i'm Indiana, which
some people regard as debatable
ground. l don't see how they can fig
ure it that way. SO far as / was able
to Judge it is strongly Republican.
Fairbanks is very popular there, and
it is the best organized State in the
Union"
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-10-20
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The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-10-20
OLD APPLE TREE.

Close to the shore of Eastern river
in West Dresden, Me-, there is an ap-
pie tree which has few equals. 1t
stands 80 feet high, measures 10 feet
and three inches around and spreads
so feet. It's owner, Mr.. Ham, has gath
cred in some years 30 Bushels of APP
els from this tree, which is said to be
more than 100 years old
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-10-20
A Good Guess.

Lord Curzon's writing was so bad at
oxford that when he wrote to a reia-
tive and to friend with whom he was
wont to be candid about the relatives
shortcomings and put the letters in the
wrong envelopes no harm resulted. His
kinsman couldn't read the letter but
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1904-10-20

DresSy
T1an

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BOSTON,

Speaker Cannon shouldn't call BOs-
ton names. He may want to pay us a
visit some time. 1t isn't at all nice Of
Cannon to speak Of Boston as one OF
the "has-beans." In most of the es-
sentials Of modern living this COM
munity stands, to use a western
phrase, as very much of an izzer."-
Boston Transcript.