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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-19
BOYS ILL FROM DRINK.
Picked Up in Streets of Paterson in
Helpless Condition.

PATERSON, Dec. 1.-TWO 14-year-old
boys staggered about upper Main street
late yesterday afternoon in helpless state
of intoxication. One of them fell on the
trolley tracks at the intersection of Green
street and might have been run down by
an approaching trolley car but for the
action of n school janitor.
The two collapsed while awaiting the ar
rival OF the patrol wagon and were deathly
sick when landed at headquarters. 1t was
feared that one of the boys was dying and
medical assistance was summoned.
The boys are Hugh Murphy, of Railroad
avenue and Green street, and John Alex
ander, of 14S Jackson street.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-19
ELKS BUILDING
EXEMPT FROM TAXES.
Claim Made by Orange Lodge to County
Tax Embellishments in New
York and This State.

Two nice questions of exemption from
taxation were up for decision before the
County Board of Taxation today. One was
preached by the Benevolent and Protec-
tive Order Elks in Orange, who contend
that property belonging to the order should
be exempt on the grounds that the Elks
form a charitable organization, and the
other by Charles +. Watson, Of West
Orange, who holds that stocks Of n New
York trust ompany taxed in Manhattan
should not be assessed again in this State.
Opinions are expected from County
Counsel Elvin w. Crane some time this
afternoon.
President Lathrop Anderson and his col
leagues of the board hold that as long as
the local lodge of Elks puys taxes on Its
Green street property there is no reason
why the Orange body should not do the
same.
In the case Of Mr.. Watson the commits
sioners assert that although the trust
company may have paid taxes on his
stock, as he says the company did, there
was no reason why the board should
change its course on that account.
After tomorrowy the tax payer who has
failed to pay his taxes for 1907 at the
office of Tax Receiver Robert l.. Ross, In
the City Hall. will have the pleasure OF
paying u per cent. per annum on the
amount taxed. Today ends the period OF
fiat tax, or taxes payable at the face
value of the bill. and after tomorrow and
until the IA of April the Il pei cent. rate
will be charged.
During the first ten days that taxes were
received. from October q until the 81,
per cent discount was allowed for prompt
payment, and during that time the gross
amount paid was $2,SI7, 293.49, with the re-
duction Of the 1 per cent for prompt pay
ment. and of $1,3oS.0i on appeals of tax
payers for reduction of value by the tax
board. made the net receipts for this first
ten-day period. s2,S16. 1860. as against
50, O34. 675.45 net. for the preceding year,
During the period between November !
and goth, during which one-half of l per
cent. was allowed the net receipts were
1901, 406.91,
From the end of the cash | per cent.
period to yesterday the receipts Of the
office we're 1898. 1862, and the receipts OF
total are expected to amount to 5000
and tomorrow, the last day, Mr.. Ross ex-
poets thta the receipts will amount 10
500. 1000. as a number OF big firms are
| expected to pay their bills so as to escape
the interest charges that will follow. Last
year the amount received during the fiat
Tux ror'oI g., ass~trI 20 sTaeg fra Oving
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-19
sHErARp,s ARCADE pICrUREs.

While developing the picture taken Of
the audience at Shepard's Arcade Tues
day night the plate was broken Ihis
makes IL impossible to exhibit II on Fri
day evening as originally planned. FoI
this reason the audience will again b
photographed tonight. and this picture vii
be reproduced at all performances tomor
row evening.
vere's Ride" continued at Shepardss Arcade
this subject will be retained in addition
TO an entine ely new program of animated
pictures and illustrated songs the 70
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-19

TO the striueency of the money market =
number of large t~ax-paying companies
and corporations. which in former years
had paid early and obtained the discount.
have held off this year, among others
being the Public Service Corporation
which, through its several general utility
companies, has been assessed approximate
ly $4,000. 49,.
Thu total amount Of money that Will
accrue to the city from axe this year
is 500. 1863. O6. and approximating $4,000
for the fiat tax period which ends tomor-
row, the amount so far received, figuring
on the face value of the bills. Is $S.SSI,SlS,
leaving. approximately, $1.210,656 to be
paid, with Il per cent. interest aceruing TO
the city, and making up for the discount
allowed early pawers for promptness. OF
the amount above an average OF 10 per
cent. goes into arrears and is advertised
for sale. aud half of the latter amount Is
generally the average actually sold f0
of taxes.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-19
WOMAN COLLARS THIEF.
Knocks Her Into Chair, Which Col
lapses; He Escapes.

JERSEY CITY, Dec. l9.-Mrs. Mary Bell,
an elderly woman. found a tall, hin mu-
latto sneak thief doing up a bundle Of
Sunday dresses in her apartments, at 24
Railroad avenue. yesterday. She caught
him by the coat collar and wanted to know
what he was doing.
The Intruder struck her a powerful blow
with his clenched fist, and she fell into a
rocking chair, which collapsed under her
heavy weight. BY the time she picked
herself up the thief had escaped empty
handed.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-19
SETS MATCH TO HOUSE
TO GUST INVALID WIFE.
Bedridden Woman Saved by Daughter
Arrested, Holds He Had Right
to Fire Place.

BRIDGEPORT, Conn, Dec. 19.-Thomas
Mccain yesterday deliberately set fire to
the house in which his wife lay bedridden.
Their daughter rushed through the smoke
and lame and carried her mother to
safety. Both women was slightly burned
and nearly suffocated. They will recover.
Mccain later gave himself up to the
police. saying that the house was his and
he had a right to burn 1t If he wanted TO.
His family refused to leave the house, he
said, and he was trying to smoke them
out
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-19

Gifts for Men.

In the Mems Clothing Section there
are many new things that men will be
glad to get at Christmas tims.
Fancy Vests, 81 to SO.
Fancy Vests with Spats to match,
SIS.
Full Dress Vests, 81 up.
Full Dress Suits, $40.
Tuxedo Suits, silk lined, SIS.
Trousers, ST. to $40.
Black Suits, all wool, $40.
Cravenette Coats, $40 to SIS.
Overcoats, $40 to $35.
Rubber Coats, $2.7S to SIS. so.
Mackintoshes, at half price.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-19
BILL roR STEVENS INsrITurE.
Ispeolal 70 the evening star.l

Especial TO the Evening Star.]
WASHINGTON. Dec, 49, Ex-senator Kean,
Of New Jersey, has introduced a bill for
the relief Of Stevens Institute, in Hoboken.
II the bill is made a law It will reimburse
that institution s47.sn1.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-19
BOARD REFLECTS AHEARN.
New York Alderman Hughes Removed
Will Retain Borough Presidency.

NEW YORK, Dec. 19.-John r. Ahearh,
who recently was removed from the Office
of president of the Borough Of Manhattan
by Governor Hughes, on charges preferred.
was today elected by the Board Of Alder
men, borough president 20 succeed hir!-
self. Ahearn was elected Trough presi-
dent by popular vote at the last city cleo
ton.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-19
Only
More
Shopping
Days.
Couch Covers

EAANY beautiful things come from France and G-ermany-won-
nFA%M derS in tapestry, rare and beautiful designs, exquisite color
~ ings. and fabrics that will wear till doomSdsy. The best
GE9 things the American manufacturers have produced are also
generously represented. Particularly nice are the "MoSSrose" creations
which have attained a great reputation for beauty and durability.
In this line there are many reproductions of the finest Oriental
patterns.
There are SO many kinds of couch covers here to show you that
most customers will ask the salesman to stop long before he has shown
the full line. One can easily make a selection from any dozen we show.
Prices begin at s175 and go to $2t. n
SPECIAL-Couch Covers in four different designs; Oriental
colorngs 50 to Sd inches wide; 8 yards long; finished with S -
fringe all around; regularly sold at $3.50; tomorows y
price, at
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-19
Sewing Machines
FOR CHRISTMAS GIFTS

f~ 30 could hardly choose anything that will give more
II NG)M pleasure to an industrious home keeper who enjoys doing
kES& home sewing than one of these splendid Denorest Sew
3S ing Machines. and you cannot buy anything that will
give you more real service for the money.
Think of SIS for one of these celebrated machines Why, the
price is less than half what machines no better are sold for by agents
This may be your last chance before Christmas to buy this
machine at this low price, for our stock of them is somewhat limited
and is likely to be exhausted before Christmas Day.
If you wish you can buy the machine on the CLUB PLAN.
making it easy to pay for.
We will hold sewing machines for delivery on the day before
Christmas, or Christmas Day if you say SO.
The Demorest sd drop head machine; II has Automatic Lift cover, it has
five drawers it is full ball bearing; it has swell front finished "a ~
woodwork; it has full set of very latest attachments; it has all " -
tn. newest and best features il is 4 machine worth fully $780, we
sell 1t on our Club Plan at ....... ,..
NOTE-Whh every sale of u celebrated No 10 Demorest Sewing Ma
chine we will give full set Of III. Goldman Patent Automatic Labor Saving De-
vice Tuck Folders They can be used for tucking chifons, silks satns, crepe
de chine, v;lvets. etc, without marking, creasng o baStng the material The
set sells for 5 l so.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-19
Pen KnfveST

Fen knfUeSF
An elegant gift for a fastidious man-a
nice variety of patterns to choose from.
Solid Gold Handles, $3.50 to
$40. so.
Other pen knives of every kind.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-19
Cuff Links

Hundreds of patterns to choose from,
all new and beauiiful-most of them
exclusive with lis.
Solid Gold, S1.50 to $45.
Gold Plated, Csc to So.
La Junta tribune., 1907-04-20
NAV Asovr
Town

Several ladies sat in their club q
few evenings ago discussing the yir-
tues of their husbands. Mr.. Bin
gieton." said one referring to her
life partner. never drinks. and
never swears indeed. he has no bad
habits" Does he ever smoke
some one asked. Yes. he likes a
cigar just after he has eaten good
meal. But suppose. on an aver
age. he doesn't smoke more thar
once month" Some of her friends
laughed and she doesn't seem to
understand why.
La Junta tribune., 1907-04-20

The park commission met last
Tuesday night and let the contract
for installing the pipe in the new
city park. The only bidders were
John johnson and the Bomgardner
& O'Neil Hardware Company. and
the contract was let to the former
at an agreed price per foot for pipe.
ranging from three-quarters of an
inch to two inches in diameter. in-
Guiding the installing of sixty-eight
hydrants. The piping of the new
park will involve an expenditure. it
is estimated, of about S1.lO0. The
grading of the park is practically
completed. and it was the intention,
previous to the snow storm of yes
terday, to commence the planting
of trees. shrubs and grass at once.
A carload of trees and shrubs ar
rived Thursday from Rochester.
New York, and w. w. Parce. Of
Boulder. the landscape architect Of
the park, is expected to arrive in =
few days to supervise the planting.
La Junta tribune., 1907-04-20

The poor old Santa Fe is struggling
hard to do the work expected of it
by the public. We can't help but
feel sorry for the dear old thing
size tries SO hard to have her trains
run on schedule time and always
fails. We would suggest thak the
management could save many ehous-
and dollars annually il the time
table folders were discarded: while
they are interesting reading matter.
the public simply looks over them
from force of habit. not that they
have any thing to do with the arriv-
al and departure of trains. MANI
nolo News.
La Junta tribune., 1907-04-20

Several county officials and others
took flying trip around the circle
by the automobile route last Sunday.
The party included H. D. Garwood,
H. r. Schuyler. w. w. Hubbard. C..
r. Buckley and w. H. Biebes. The
itinerary included Sugar City, then
to Ordway. north Of that burg into
Lincoln county, and a return home
by way of Manzanola. Rocky Ford
and Swink- about $50 miles. Over
north of Ordway they visited the
Burrell ranch. who has redeemed q
vast tract Of land by digging two
large wells 100 feet long. sixteen
feet wide and sixteen deep. from
which to derive water for irriga-
ton. The wells have about six feet
of water in them and the supply is
inexhaustible. Mr.. Burrell farms on
an extensive and elaborate scale,
using steam power. and with one
engine manipulates series Of
eighteen plows. with a disk harrow
and drag as trailers. the capacity
of which is eighteen acres per day.
He will grow eighty acres of can
taloupes this season to supply his
big seed house in Rocky Ford, be-
sides onions, cane, etc. the Sum
day desecrators say that the country
around Ordway is surely booming,
the landscape DER for miles around
being dotted with new houses. and
more building in every direction.
They report very pleasant trip,
making the journey sf $50 miles "a
less than ten hours including n
stops.
La Junta tribune., 1907-04-20

A dealer in hardware noticed a
farmer getting a consignment of
goods from one Of the mail erder
houses, and demonstrated with the
purchaser. telling him that he had
the very same goods in stock and
was selling them at a lower price
than the farmer had paid for them.
Is that so?" queried the farmer.
Il take two of the county papers
and | never saw where you adver-
tised these things for sale. / re-
ceived one of the catalogues of this
firm and it gave description of the
goods, the prices. etc, and ! made
the purchase. would rather buy
them of you. of course. but did not
know that you kept them" The
point to this story is so obvious that
anybody can see it.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-01
The Religious World

Another sort of hymnology is now
called for, hymnology which is indeed
sacred. but still is independent of liturgy.
The people need the power Of saying to
God the things which spring from their
own hearts but which they lack the power
to formulat, and express. 1t is indeed
deplorable to think that Italy is utterly
destitute of popular hymns, popular, that
Is. in a true and magnificent sense. Such
should be distinguished both by the Dig
nifty of thei- language and the beauty OF
I a music which the people might employ.
They should form a sort of poetry In
which the noblest ideals of religion would
be expressed and be songs in which every
italian from the king to the peasant,
from the pope to the laboring man. could
give utterance to his emotions
-
"The devil was the prettiest man in
the world before his DOWNFALL asserted
Rev Walter L. Adkins of Philadelphia to
the eventh Day Adventists congregation
| In the old Baptist church at Tenth and
King streets recently He did not say
what the devil looks like now, burt inn
piled the evil one still was beautiful, and
was far from being the creature Of scar
let hue, pointed ears, forked tail and
cl0ven hoofs that has frightened good
ptOpit l0I tSnlutlcos iiC PtchCitct ottAQ
there was no such hell as most persons
have in their minds eye, that there is no
fire and no place where thirsts are
quenched with molten lead.
-
Rev. Dr. Gunkel of Germany, speaking
of the Old Testament. says: 'All the
poetical parts of the Old Testament I'M
cluding the books of Psalms and Job. are
in large measure folk songs and popular
lyrics. They are for the greater part orr
ginally the work of one man, and have
gradually got spread out in the course of
time as they were employed for this or
that occasion 1t is surprising what these
songs contain. as illustrations of the ma
tional life of the people Our knowledge
of Jewish lyrics has three sources: the
Psalms. the tales of the narrative books
of the Old Testament and the prophetlcal
books.
THE Psalms were the songboolz of the
people. Numerous poems which we are
apt to think are connected in some way
with the books in which they appear have
been arbitrarily dragged in for effect,
just as a literary man of the present day
breaks UP his pages with poetical QUOTA
tions-
Scattered up and down the pages OF
the Bible are also number Of funeral
songs which were used on mournful oc-
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-01

TT is always flattering to man to
have a citizen suddenly make signt
n draft upon his 'omniscience. There
fore when a Herald reporter asks me-
in confdence-compellin tone, to set
forth lin brief interview the condition
of Los Angeles as compared with the
eastern cities in her religious, social ana
business aspects" he has no need to man
the reportorial pump He does not even
have to turn the faucet. He has but to
stoop at the crystal fountain of the ever
ready and never failing supply of orig
inal information and dip his pail DIP
deep; you can't empty the sea.
Socially Los Angeles is clean. and sane,
and fair in name and life, because she ,is
so far away from Newport for one thing.
The contaminations and the banalities Of
the Arrylehrs and the Van Won Vans
reach her only through the screaming
columns Of the Daily Blush. She might
like to be just as foolish in the scare
heads-I hear that she has been holding
receptions to ''hoss"; but thus far she
doesn't know how. She's all right so long
as she keeps Newport ct distance.
Financially she is far better off than
the cities of the unhappy. effete east,
because she is 30 far from New York,
"the land OF the thief and the home Of
the knave." II she were near enough for
Wall street to reach she would have her
pocket picked and her watch lifted just
as often as the "neighbors'." Many q
man has been saved from DuyiIls q sold
brick because he didn't have enough
money to get to town. Going to bed at
half-past 8 may not be an exciting life.
but 1t saves the early sleeper from the
holdup man, whose office hours are from
- midnight. Let us. as we wind the
nightly clock and take an extra lap of
the leather thong around the neck Of the
old wallet before sliding it between
the mattresses let us be thankful
that "Stringtown- -between-the- Creeks is
afraid to travel west of the Harlem on
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-01

casions and slightly altered to suit cir
cumstances
you you'd not think it, but the Bible
contains children's songs and fragments
of lullaDies--what we would call nursery
songs There are also workmen's songs
quite number of drinking songs and
one of the best collections OF remarkable
wedding and love songs in any language.
THE Song of Solomon is an entirely
sprofane work, without any, even the
most remote, connection with the things
of religion. 1t is an erotic work. pure
and simple, full of the most lascivious
imagery and a voluptuousness which
only an oriental imagination could con-
ceive
Finally, there are the political songs,
which might we'll have been sung at tspo-
litical meetings If the ancient Jews had
such things. They are mixed. Of course,
with religious sentiments. because the
ideas of religion and politics were insep-
arabic in the Jewish mind"
81
Alfred Farlow, spokesman for the Chris
tian Science church, speaking on sue
Science church will never have any other
personal leader besides Mrs. Eddy. 1t Is
part of the mission of Christian Science
TO do away with leaders and to teach
mortaIs to- depend upon divine guidance.
and in compliance with this fact a bylaw
Of the Christian Science church specifically
provides that the term leader shall not
be applied to Christian Scientists in con-
'nection with Christian Science"
-
Church vetesments of great value are
preserved in nearly every church OF Italy
Recently these was much disnay in gov
ernment circles when an historical cope
from a church in Pistoje was found to be
missing The police authorities could not
trace 1t. and it is still missing. Then
there are the churches of this city which
contain more valuable objects OF art than
all the other Italian churches put to-
gether
Under the Church of st. Peter there is
a vault which contains most Of the valua-
bles which were kept in the Vatican pal
ace before the year 1870. They have been
Stored there for safety as It was feared
at the time of the occupation of Rome by
the Italian troops that the Italian govern
ment would seize the treasures of the
great church. lf
There are preserved there hundreds OF
chaiices made of silver and gold. pyxes.
ostensoriums and similar church articles
made by famous artists In centuries past
some OF them by Cellini. whose six cande-
inbra are placed on the papal altar once
every year and are said to be the principal
treasures Of the Vatican because they
were made BY that famous artist and
wrought in silver and gold.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-01
Literary Notes

In 1.-THE Loves of Literary Men Myrtle
Reed discusses the relations with women
Of nine famous authors-S Swift, Pope. DR..
johnson, Sterne. Cowper. Carlyle. Poe.
Shelley and Keats.
Thomas Nelson Page, the Virginia
writer. has, it is announced, decided to
go into the raising OF mules on an ex-
tensive scale ON a 100O-acre plantation
near Beaver Dam, Va. The mule busi-
ness viii not interfere with his literary
efforts.
George Bernard Shaws latest contri-
button to the printed record Of his par
ticular kind OF philosophy is "John Bulls
Other Island and Major Barbara (Bren-
tanos). In addition to the two plays
W ich give the title to the volume there
is also included another. How He Lied
to Her Husband
In his Yale lectures on the responsible
tiles OF citizenship, now published under
the title, 1.-THE Citizens Part in Govern
ment' (Scribner's). Secretary Root COM
siders a the task Inherited or assumed
by members of the governing body in a
democracy; (O the function Of political
parties as agencies Of the governing
bodv. f3) the duties of the citizen as a
member OF a political party, and Cd the
grounds for encouragement
II
Two useful recent volumes on what
might be called the mechanism and struc-
ture Of English literature are Prof. Will
liam. II. Crawshaw,s Making of English
I steraturep (Ieath) and Miss Evelyn
NAV Afbrieht's study, rThe Short Story.
IL principles and Structure OIacfnii-
LAM.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-01

1145 pounds weight per passenger is
claimed to be 200 pounds per passenger
less than is true of any other all-steel
coach yet built. The 24-inch circular
windows have aluminium sash and in their
rubber castings are weather and dust
roof The supply of fresh air is taken in
al the ends and screened through dust
boxes before being let into the car, by
meaps of ventilating system which has
been patented The efflux of air is
through the roof venitlators. BY reduc-
ing the thickness of the walls ar increase
OF inches in the width of the aisle has
been made possible and the general APP
Iearance of the interior has been made
most inviting. The lavitories have been
located on either side of the center en-
trance thus, dividing the car into two
compartments which may easily be made
separable If desired.