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aRArr oN our HIGHWAYS.

The automobile law has proved a Pat
take" for country squires and con-
stables, who reap a harvest from fines
and blackmail. The fines are supposed
to go to the State, which, however, re-
ceives only a percentage, the greater
amount remaining in the clutches Of
the dogberrys and their myrmidons.
Where graft is the best incentive for
enforcement of a law, be sure that law
will be abused and be made an instru-
ment of oppression.
Men and women held up on the high
way and compelled to face h alterna-
tive of paying a sum of money or being
hailed before a local justice of the peace
and subjected to indignity, usually
choose the easiest way out and sub
to blackmail. To the country
CRATER they are an easy mark" The
"fne'' exacted. they go IN their Il
and if there is no record OF the money
paid there is nobody who cares to in
quire. The autoist is glad enough to
escape their clutches.
There is little difference between a
hold-up of this kind and highway rob
berry. The nan who robs an autoist
does it under cover of the law and the
highwayman and footpad acts outside
of the law. But the owners of automo-
biles are getting tired of legalized rob
berry. and they propose to seek a REM
edy in new legislation. The country
Justice of the peace and his constable
always VIGOROUSLY been preda-
tory, but they never before had such
rich opportunities as they enjoy under
the State automobile law.
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THE ooR1e1NAL ~pAcKAGE.p

BY the present Federal statute re-
lating to interstate a prohi-
hilton State cannot prevent the bring
ing into the State and delivery to a
purchaser of liquor as long as 1t is con-
tained in its Original package" 1t
was with a knowledge of the law that
tho whites in Southern States adopted
local option and prohibition. 1t would
he easy for the well-to-do white citizen
to import from a non-prohibition State
All the liquor he wanted. The negroes
cannot do that,
Senator Tillman says that the ex-
press companies are flooding the local
option part of South Carolina and other
local option Southern States with whis-
key which is sent in from other States
&C. O. D." The customers for his
whiskey are all supporters of local OPP
ton and prohibition. The Federal law
practically exempts them from the
rigors of the State law. So a bill has
been introduced in the Senate to amend
the Federal law and enable the State
70 seize and confiscate the original
package after it comes within the
States jurisdiction.
Ii is to be greatly feared that if this
bill becomes a law 1t will prove a
damper on prohibition and local option
in many States and localities. If New
Jersey should adopt a local option law,
with the original package law amended
as proposed, what joys would be left for
the suburbanite, who, while he favors
local option for his particular borough,
Keeps well stocked with original pack
ages. He would have to move to own
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TIE SENATE ORGANIZATION.

Senator Thomas J. Hillery. of Morris,
is to be president of the State Senate,
and Senator Samuel X. Robbins, Of
Burlington. is to be the majority leader.
The Senate Republican caucus has so
decreed. The Morris Senator has had
i've years experience in the Legisla-
ture, three years in the Senate, and
will begin his second term in January.
Senator Robbins served nine years in
the Assembly, n last year was elected
to the Senate. Both men are lawyers,
and both good parliamentarians.
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Dressler seemed as anxious for the
operating table as most people are to
avoid it. But since she had dangerous
symptoms, it was necessary once more
to grant her wish.N
Mrs. Dressler had not been out of
Fordham Hospital more than a few
days before she presented herself
again. The surgeons refused to treat
her. but sent her on to Bellevue. Here
or February 26 she underwent, with
marked cheerfulness, her fourth opera
ton. Her peculiar mania was recog-
nized. and before she was discharged
the surgeons took pains to explain to
her that 1t was then impossible that
more needles should be discovered
lurking in any part of her system.
However, on May 5 she went again TO
the Fordham Hospital and once more
she was admitted for treatment. This
time she stayed away for over six
months, but she came back again on
December 8. and for the last time the
surgeons tried to extract needles from
her last Saturday.
The operation was successful, but ON
Sunday a violent fit of coughing came
on. The wound was still quite un-
nedleu, ana lne StIdln Was LOO HluCn
for the stitches. They gave way, and
her condition became serious. 1t was
declared last night at the hospital that
she was in a very critical condition.
She may possibly survive, but her many
operations have diminished her
strength. She herself is cheerful under
it all. She seems to regard herself
as a patient of distinction and to be
willing 10 take the consequences.
Dr. Alexander Nicholl, who has OPP
Grated upon her so often at the Ford
ham Hospital. has read several pa
pers upon the case before medical So
~cieties. and both her passion for needles
and her peculiar operation fever have
awakened much interest. Several of
the medical publications OF Europe
have reported her symptoms.
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Care in Sending GIfts.

A nice ser So of selection is involved IN
choosing the present which shall be suit
able to the recipient, and along with this
there should be due attention to the pick
ing and sending of gifts, else their arrival
will cause disappointment. Thousands of
articles consigned to the mails this Christ
mas season will never reach their destina-
ton because of improper packing or adj
dressing. In the Christmas crush the mails
are more than ordinarily unsafe for the
sending Of fragile articles without sub
stantial Enclosures, or articles insecurity
wrapped. OEce an article is separated
from its wrapper, In the hurry which the
occasion engenders for the mail porters.
the chances of its reaching the person fer
whom 1t was intend are not good. The
carelessness of the public in this respect is
Illustrated by the sale now taking
place in Washington of more than $4,000
sent to the dead letter office within
Il limited period, in the majority of cases
because they did not receive proper
from the senders before being
consigned to the mails. A little attention
to this matter, whether articles go by mail
or express, will add much to the success
and pleasure of Observation-Disclosures
Union.
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CLAIMS INSANITY CURE BY
CUTTING THROAT GLANDS

Cure for one of the most pitiable
forms of insanity, hitherto considered in
expert medical works as 80 per cent.
incurable, has been found. it is thought,
in the surgeons knife by DR.. Newdi-
tate NJ. Owensby, physieian-in-ehief at
Bayview Insane Asylum il Baltimore.
This form of insanity is known to
the profession as ementia praeeox. 1t
attacks persons generally between the
ages Of Is and 30 years. 1t destroys,
as it proceeds, the human qualities of
resistance, thought and speech, render
ing the victim little more than a beast
often a most depraved degenerate.
The Bayview asylum contains many
victims of this disease in all stages of
its advance.
The disease in itself resembles in
certain symptoms the more familiar
forms of cratinism and myxoedema.
and 1t was this similarity that first
led DR.. Owensby to conceive Of an
operation. The two latter diseases or
iginate, it is thought. by a lack Of
secretion in the thyroid gland--a gland
located near he windpipe, and a fairly
effective cur was found in the admin
%istration of extract of thyroid glands
taken from sheep.
Following this line of treatment in
dementia praeeox. and bearing in mind
the similarity of symptoms, DR.. OWENS
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INTERNATIONAL MARRIAGES.

The reasons that International mar
riages SO often fail, according to the
man who was counsel for the Countess
de Castellane in her recent divorce
suit, are principally racial. He thinks
1t unwise for ~''opposites," so called, to
wed in any case, but especially when
they are "opposites'' in nationality. We
cannot wholly agree with the distin-
guished counsel. At least, there seems
no reason why English and American
should not form successful marital al
liances. There have been such as we'll
as the other kind.
In the case even of a German or
a Frenchman and an Anglo-Saxon,
1t is hardly likely that the racial
difficulty is fundamental. The trouble
almost invariably is that such alli-
ances are formed solely with the
end in view Of social or CONNER
cial advantage. The sordid purchase
or sale Of title or position for money in
marriage Is bound to result IN uniiap-
piness in ninety-nine cases out OF a
hundred. AS for the unwisdom Of
eopposites" marrying, we had thought
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BUILDING AND LOAN ORGANIZATION

A county organization of building
and loan associations would be mu-
tually helpful and advantageous. Essex
County contains a large proportion OF
the building and loan enterprise in New
Jersey. These associations have grown
and multiplied without any aid by leg
islation, and without asking legislative
favors. They have done an immense
amount of good in a natural and unob-
trusive way. They have conserved mil
lions of savings, built hundreds Of
homes and had an immeasurable in
huence in forming good habits of life
and creating a wholesome family life.
In whatever way this work and influ-
ence can be extended it should be done,
and there is no better way than or
ganization.
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ono Rabies Need AppIy.v

Mr.. Landlord, tell me truly,
Were you once a little child?
Just the sweetest little baby,
On whom a mother smiled?
II affirmative your answer,
on this topic let us dwell.
WHY debar earth's richest blessings
From the realm of your hotel?
You have always room for women
Fondling dogs upon their breast,
Yet will turn away the people
Who with sweet children are blesti
Is your soul so cold and shriveled
You no tender impulse feel?
Is your heart not touched with pity
BY the babies mute appeal?
Is mo Babies Need Apply"
The motto hung in every hall?
Then relent-inyite the children
Take that motto from the WALL
There install this lovely motto,
Little Ones Come Unto Me-"
Even as the Master spoke 1t
Near the Galilean sea.
What about those babies-landlord?
Answer--tho' you blush with shame
Must they toddle back to heaven,
To the source from which they-came?
"A. o. Welsh, Milwaukee Wisconsin.
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A m a In Jersey City has been in
dicted as a common scold, together
with his hopeful daughter, and the evil
dence is hat the man and daughter are
fairly well matched in that respect.
The offense charged is recognized by
the common law, and in prosecutions
heretofore women were the offenders.
If the penalty was imposed in all cases
of abusive women brought before the
police courts a considerable revenue
would be derived, but it is rare that a
common scold is prosecuted and pun
ished for hat offense. The case of the
Jersey City M a appears to be with
out parallel in criminal annals in New
Jersey.
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cows.

IN view of the danger to human
health and life in milk from tubercu-
Aus COWS, the revelations of the nreva-
.loHce Of tuberculosis among the herds
ef mich cows In New York State made
hy DR.. Moore, bacteriologist of Cornell
University, are startling, to say The
least. DR.. Moore is the foremost ex-
pert IN his line in the country.
In various tests, by the State and at
Tie Cornell Veterinary College, from 20
10 y per cent. of the cows were found
Injected, and in examinations of 1854
herds, comprising s,640 animals, s6 per
cent. were infected. DR.. Moor estl-
mates that among the 100000 mich
with tuberculosis. The reason for this
fearful condition is that only within
i year has there been any inspection
ef COWS brought into New York from
outside, and the State has been made
a dumping ground" as DR.. Moore ex-
presses 1t, for t~uberculous cattle.
1t is of such vital Importance that
the animals which produce such an
amount of our daily food should be
healthy that it is a public crime TO
leave anything undone in the way Of
inspection and destruction Of diseased
cattle that will lessen the danger of
the people. The New Jersey state
Board of Health has need of greater
activity and thoroughness in this work.
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The fleet. we are told, will be stranded
on the Pacific side. unless Congress pro-
yides the money for the return cruise.
Well. let nobody lose any sleep on that
score. II is the nations fieet, and all our
hearts are with it. We all want it to
make the journey with safety, and make
everybody in sight or hearing on the Pa
ci1c side proud and happy. AS for the
rest. that will come in good time. The
party which for campaign or other pur-
poses should propose to limit the move
ment of the fleet. or play politics at its
expense, would SO completely offend the
spirit OF the American people as to make
itself contemplate in their eyes. It's doom,
for next yea at least, would be sealed.
The fleet is all right, and so is the country.
Washington Star.
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coNaREssMAN eARpNER,g apOpE.g

Congressman Gardeners exclusive dis
covery of a Knox sentiment in New
Jersey excites the mild wonder of the
Trenton Times, which says: ut is
strange what curious discoveries one
can make If he takes the right kind of
dope. and between Atlantic City and
Washington nearly all the varieties
be found"
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CIVIC American cousin.v

To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
Can you tell me when and where 1.-THE
American Cousin" revived recently by Il.
H. Sothefn, under the name of Lord
Dundreary,' was first presented and who
composed the cast? READER.
1.-THE American Cousin was first pro-
duced at Laura Keene's Theatre, Broad
way. New York, October IS, 1858. The cast
consisted OF: Asa Trenchard, Joseph JEFF
%ferson: Sir Edward Trenchard, Edwin
Varrey; Lord Dundreary. r.. A. Sothern;
Lieutenant Vernon, Mines Levick; Cap
tain De Boots, Mr.. Clinton Coyle, J. 6.
Burnett; Abel Murcott, Charles Couldock;
Binney, Charles Peters; Ruddicomb, Mr..
McDouall; Rasper, Mr.. Wharton; John
Wicker. B.. Brown; Florence Trench
ard, Laura Keene; Mrs. Mopntchessington,
Mary Wells; Augusta, Efle Germon;
Georgianna. Sara Stevens; Sharpe, Miss
Blynn;, Skillet, Mrs. Levick.-Ed.J
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Thnt Canndlnn Tonat.

DIR. Longs account of the annual dinner
of the Canadian Fish and Game Associa-
ton, at which a toast TO President Roose-
welt was declined by all and jeered by
many, may be strictly authentic, If so, his
Canadian friends were not men whose opin-
ion is of consequence. A toast to the Pres
ident of the United States is like one to
the King of England. 1t is a tribute to the
office and the country. The Canadians
committed an act OF. discourtesy to the
United States.
Moreover, whatever Mr.. Roosevelt is not
he is a good sportsman and a genuine lover
of outdoor life. Even If the toast could be
taken In It's purely personal application, the
Canadians did not do themselves credit.
AS for DR.. Long, If he sat still, encour-
aging a slight put upon his nation and its
Chief Magistracy. he came close to fully
justifying Mr.. Roosevelt's caustic remarks
on mature takers "-Philadelphia Ledger.
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rency Is flowing out Of its hiding places
and doing the economic work it was
designed for. The tax Office is a good
barometer for the general prosperity.
When taxes come in freely people are
easy in their circumstances. When
taxes are withheld and people fail to
take advantage of the time limit.
thing is ailing in the body polite.
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1--WE made one mistake" admitted the
Alabama legislator.
Pressed for particulars he explained that
he had in min the incompleteness Of rail-
road legislation. TITS plain enough now"
he said. that we ought to have tackled
on a rider abolishing Federal courts
Philadelphia Public Ledger.
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Boadicea.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
You will greatly obllge an old reader
if you will print the story or legend Of
Boadicea in brief. X. J. w,
[Boadicea, the British warrior-queen, was
the wife of Praesutagus, king of the
Iccni, a tribe in the time of the Romans
inhabiting the part of Britain now occu-
pied by the counties of Norfolk and Suf-
folk. on the death of her husband, about
the year 60 A. D., the Romans seized her
territory, and treated the inhabitants with
the most brutal cruelty. The queen her
self was s%courged, her daughters were
outraged and the noblest among the Iceni
were treated as slaves. Boadicea, reused
to fury by her wrongs, gathered around
her a large army, destroyed the Roman
colony of Camulodunum Colchester, took
Londinium and Verulamium Oondon and
st. Albans), and put to death, according
to Tacitus, as many as 10000 Romans. Sue
tonius Paulinus. the Roman governor of
Britai.., who a been absent in Mona
(Anglesey), now advanced against the
queen, and with not more thar 10000 men
inflicted an overwhelming defeat on an
enemy twenty times as numerous. The
British loss is said to have been $4,000, the
Roman only 400. Boadicea, overwhelmed
with despair, killed herself by poison.
Cowper and Tennyson are among the
poets who have treated the subject.-Ed.l
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Not an Ananias.

Say said the tired-looking man as he
paused in front of a stall in the fish mar
ket, throw me four or five Of your big
gest trout, will your"
but why do you wan me to throw
them?'' queried the astonished dealer.
80 l can look my wife in the eye when
I get home and tell her 1 caught them"
replied the other, YEARLY. II may be a
poor fisherman, but I'm no Ananias."-
Chicago News.
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that. so far from this being true, the
contrary was proverbial, the character
Of the one party to the ideal marriage
being supposed to supplement the char
acter of the other.
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Woman as ThrOwer.

Lawyer-So you want a divorce from
your wife because she throws things at
you. Ell?
Client-Nothing of the kind. She's too
smart to throw things at me.
Iawyer-But l thought
Client dnterrupting)-She invariably
throws things at the dog, but she always
manages to hit me.-Chicago Daily News.
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Caesar, upon the Lupercal, thrice re-
fused a kingly crown.
and" remarked he to Marc Loeb, I
guess that will relieve some OF these
philadelphia Press.
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Anecdote Of onto.


Cato. the Censor, made many speeches
in the Roman Senate
No matter what the subject matter.
however. 1t was his custom TO end every
speech he made in this manner: 1T is also
my opinion that Carthage should be de-
stroyed. and nat Christmas shopping
should be done early. philadelphia Press.
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rlag strnck no AM Enemy.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Were the Stars and Stripes every struck
to an enemy? ARGUMENT.
There Is probably no nation whose flag
has not been struck to an enemy at some
time or another. In spite of the success
with which the United States has waged
its wars, the Army and Navy Journal
records that exactly thirty-two American
vessels, in all, have struck the American
flag to an enemy. During the War OF the
Revolution the British captured fifteen OF
our vessels, thirteen at sea (the Licking
ton, Cabot, Alfred, Hancock, Raleigh,
Trumbull. Virginia, Providence, Boston.
Delaware, Confederacy, Hague and
Ranger). and two on Lake Champlain Cthe
Jersey and Washington of the notilla
commanded by Benedict Arnold. In 1893
the French frigates lie Volontalle and
LInsurgente captured the Retaliation,
commanded by Lieutenant William Balm
bridge. And in the War Of 1912 the Chesa-
peake, the Essex, the President, the
Argus, Siren, Nautilus, Vixen, Tigress,
Someis, Wasp, Rattlesnake, Alligator,
Growler, Julia. Scorpion and Ohio were
also captured by the British.-Ed.l
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I'M /
Man Proposes, woman Disposes.

mo- said the girl with the refrigerator
heart, II can never be your wife-and I'm
sure I never gave you any encouragement.
encouragement! echoed the young man
who was too dense to realize that he had
won by losing. why, even your father
thinks it all settled"
'IIow do you know he does?" queried
the chilly fair one.
Because" explained the young man.
The tried to borrow money from me last
week. Chicago News.
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A Girls Prayer.

ETHEL has gone over to the church to
pray.
ITO pray! What for?"
For her husband. of course
why, she hasn't anyi"
Il know ~it.''-Smart Set.
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CIaeh nf Emofionn.

Nan-What broke off the engagement be-
tween Dick Short and Mile Long
Greene?
on account OF the financial stringency and
he insisted on having 1t right away for the
same reason.-Chicago Tribune.
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M central American treaties.

There are seven treaties TO be ratified
and, taken at face value their adoption
is epochal. One creates an international
arbitration tribunal of the same com
pulsory nature thai the recent Hague con-
ference considered impossible. If time
shows this compact effective, it would APP
pear to put an end to wars in Central
America. Probably of next importance is
the agreement making the territory of
Honduras neutral. A glance at the map
shows the pivotal position of Honduras,
which breaches from the Caribbean Sea
to the@Pacific Ocean, separating Nicara-
qua from Salvador and Guatemala with a
stretch of only a few miles. With this
territory neutral, the frequent belligerents
would be prevented from c~lashing, unless
one takes a water route to reach the
other. Those who know what q Central
American navy is like understand the re-
moteness Of this possibility. The other
agreements touch topics less vital. Taken
in the aggregate they mark a decided ad-
vance in international comfy. 1t is hoped
that Mr.. Roots confidence in the good
they will accomplish is not misplaced
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Tn going to make a lot Of money
writing books. and then I'm going to
farm"
"Why not make a lot Of money farming
and then write OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Press.