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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-25

To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
Can you tell me where a tribe oil IN
dams called the JIvaros is located? l can
not find mention of them in the cyclopedia.
]. N. r.
1.-THE Jivaros are a group of South Amer
lean tribes, apparently of a distinct stock,
scattered in the forests along the Amazon,
chiefly on the north or Ecuador side, about
the confluence of the Pastaza and Santiago.
They are a vigorous, wild and warlike
people, but at the same time honorable
and faithful, never . subjugated by the
Incas, and only temporarily brought under
the dominion OF S~paniards. whom they ex-
PEELED in n general revolt in 1899. Their
general appearance indicates muscular
strength, activity and quick intelligence.
They live ia well-built wooden houses,
with platform beds instead of hammocksi
cultivate corn, beans and bananas, and
weave cotton cloth. They use the blow
gun, bow, lance and shield. and wear their
hair long and flowing, with headdresses of
bright feathers. Their ordinary dress is a
shirt without sleeves and q pair of short
trousers; but in war they are stripped
and painted. They are noted for preserv-
ing the dried heads of enemies slain in
battle, and for the practise of taking a
strong emetic every morning as a prepara-
ton for the days work. They have de
veloped a system of signaling by means
of large drums kept in every village, by
which the approach and strength of an
enemy can be made known, or the war
riors called to battle.-Ed.l
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-25
PEOPLE OF NOTE.

oran Perry, Acknowledgement of Indiana,
is preparing to write the first complete
history of the movements OF Indiana
troops during the Mexican War.
King Edward, 1t is said. has his OWN dis
tillery, where whiskey is made for con-
sumption among members of the royal
family only. No whlskey is used that is
not at least fifteen years old.
Truxtun Bealc. aside from presenting a
park to the city of bakersfield, Cal, %as
given money for the building of an open
air theatre of the Pompeiian style OF
architecture.
1t is recalled, now that Francis Joseph
has passed through a severe sickness with
| out emitting any of his state business, TINT
there Is a tradition of the Hapshurgs that
no Emperor must die in bed, but must
meet death standing.
Paul Milyoukov. the leader OF the Con-
stitutional Democrats In the Russian
Douma, will address the Civic Forum IN
New York during the Christmas recess oil
the Douma. Later on hat body viii be
| addressed by Frcderik van Eeden, who IL
considered by some to be the forenos
poet aud author of contemporary literature
in Holland.
Miss SHERIFF. Mehemed-Ali, daughter oil
the new Turkish minister to the Gnitet
States, will act as interpreter for hcI
father. She is only 3 years old, but is Tho
only member of the family who speak.
English huently. The minister speaks this
Language only a little, but his bright
daughter rolls 1t of her tongle, II is said
like a native born.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-25
MUNICIPAL POLITICS AND FINANCES

The squabble that has arisen in Jer-
sey City In regard to the payment of
temporary loan bonds is not creditable
to city government nor helpful TO the
city credit. Temporary loan bonds to
the amount of $1,000. 900 were issued by
the Pagan administration when the
railroads failed to pay the taxes as
sessed locally upon their property. If
the loans had not bee made The city
government could not nave paid its
current expenses.
Mayor-elect Wittpen, who it appears
was advised by Allan NJ. McDermott.
has addressed a letter to the city's
financial officers requesting them not
to pay out of the first tax moneys col
lected next month any of these tempo
rary loan bonds. The Mayor-elect is as
yet only a private citizen, and has no
authority or responsibility.
The bonds were issued in good faith
to meet a public emergency, they are
payable on demand, and were issued
with that promise, There should be no
question about paying them. The dis
position in Jersey City seems to be
to create difficulties and make litiga-
ton. 1t would be disgraceful If pay
ment of this public obligation should
be interfered with in any way by the
jealousies mi antagonisms of local pol
tiles.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-25

be unable to stand the strain Of the
temptation of rivers of lager to be had
for the mere scooping up. That would
mean not only wholesale i~ntoxication,
but a great deal of sickness, for gutter
beer can carry as many disease germs
as gutter water. If the authorities of
this new State cannot find a way to
whip the devil around the stump and
get the beer over tho border, there will
surely be "the devil to pay" in Okla
hoina City
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-25

Governor-elect Fort wisely elects to
visit jamestown. THE STAR has said
that the best place to. get an education
in the of New Jersey and to
study it's principal institutions and
learn something instructive about its
public schools is the jamestown Expo
sition. Mr.. Fort is tolerably well posted
in State affairs, but he will have much
to learn in the New Jersey exhibit at
Jamestown.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-25

have their part in art education. There
would be more of these art treasures in
public and private galleries and muse
ums if the encouragement of exacting
prohibitive customs duties OH them
were removed. 1t is to be hoped that
the recent agreement with Great
Britain for lower duties on British art
objects is only a forerunner of their
final free admission, which would re-
ease millions worth now kept abroad
by American owners because of the
heavy duty.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-25
Thoueht He WA. the MiIkman.

At a club in this city the other evening
q prominent professional gent was telling
Of IN acquaintance of his who had got a
rude jar while calling on a sweet girl.
The young man was standing on the
step." said the professional gent, and
the girl was in the doorway. They had
Just kissed each other good-by for the
hundredth time when the second-story
window was thrown up and the head OF
a lady appeared. She
did the old woman tell him to AXE q
skidoo?' grinfully interrupted one Of t.
listeners. )
mo-" answered the professional gem
'She merely said, You may leave
quart instead of a pint this morning
Philadelphia Telegraph. !
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-25
IN VEIN.
Putting Him to the Test.

Marshal Lefebvre, duke of Dantzig, "a
favorite OF Napoleon, was conscious of the
qualities that bad made him what ne was,
He was vexed at the tone of envy and
unkindness with which a companion Of
his childhood, who met him in his pros
perity. spoke OF his riches, titles and
luxury, and said In reply: well, now
you shall have 1t all. out at the price
which 1 have paid for 1t. We will go
into the garden and I will fire a musket
at you sixty times, and then II o are
not killed, everything shall be yours" -
Chicago News.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-25
THANKSGIVING Day.

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
Kindly publish in your next issue OF
the EVENING STAR whether or not
Thanksgiving is a national holiday?
PERPLExED READER.
There is no national holiday, not even
the Fourth of July. in the strict sense.
The Federal Government may decree a
holiday Only in the District of Columbia
and the territories. The States individu-
ally decide upon all their holidays.
Thanksgiving Day is, however, OBJ
served in all the States, as well as in
Federal territory, though In some States
1t is not a statutory holiday.-Ed.]
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-25
Unique.
grown

The hero-worshipers had grown
A-weary of each name
Which had SO frequently been shown
Upon the scroll Of fame.
Their smiles and plaudits had become
Exceeding faint and few;
They murmured Cant you bring on
some
Comparatively new?"
And then upon their dazzled sight
There burst a figure strange.
Their eyes took on a joyous light,
So glorious was the change.
The herald proudly shouted Let
The populace make rooml
lie never had nor hoped to get
A Presidential boomI'
Washington Star.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-25
Natural.

There is a stalwart negro In a town of
Alabama whose naturally fine singing voice
is the feature of the local colored church
choir.
On one occasion, when the singer was
suffering from a protracted illness, one of
the deacons called to ascertain 10Y the
patient was 'gittin' on"
Hes got an awful bad cough jest now
explained the singers wife, with a most
mournful sigh.
well, OATS too bad. OATS too <hd!" ex-
claimed the deacon, casting about for some
means of consolation. Then a happy
thought struck him. Come to think OF
it" he added, "it amt no wonder, wifi dat
strong voice he was pressin' on his lungs
He's shore due to have a cough now n
then, amt he ?"-Harper's Weekly.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-25
A THREATENED BEER FLOOD.

1t would be a curious outcome if Ok
laholna's now prohibition law should
result IN the dumping OF 5000 barrels
Of beer in tho streets Of Oklahoma City
as threatened by tho brewers II they
are not allowed to ship their stock out
side of tho State. The streets Of the
city would he literally beer-flooded and
it is certain that prohibition principles
Of lnany hundreds Of OklahonlianS win
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-25
see-saw.

Weary Walker, of joke-paper fame, told
this to Bathless Broderick and Farfrom
Cody, whom he met on top OF a box car,
en- route to California for the winter:
Say, a lady says ter me, Go inter de
back yard an yer will see a wood pile.
Saw a couple nv cords an den come an
git yer breakfast After a while I comes
up to de house an asts fer me breakfast,
an she says, Did yer see de wood?' An
I says Yes An she says, Did yer saw
de wood?' An 1 says. Yes An she says,
Il didn't see yer saw it An l says, We'll,
yer saw me see 1t, didn't yer?' And she
says Yes Well I says. If you'd "a
seed wot I sawed you'd "a knowed.'" -
Judge.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-25
1'he FIRST patent.

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
When was the first American invention
patented? b. e.
(According to the Journal of American
History, the first patent in America was
granted to Joseph jerks, a founder and
machinlst, who had emigrated from Ham
mersmith. England. where he was born
in 1862. He was "A very ingenious man,
and was induced by Governor Winthrop,
the younger, to come to Lynn, Mass,
about 1912, as master mechanic, to es-
tablish the iron and steel works. He was
the acknowledged head of the iron smelt-
ing and foundry business and the first
builder of machinery in this country and
first patentee of an invention in America,
having introduced the idea first granted
by act of Parliament IN 1920 Of protec-
ton for the manufacture of improvements
by petition to the government of Massa-
chusetts Bay. In 1916 he took patents for
mill improvements, and in 1855 he patented
the present form of the grass scythe, for
which he should be held in grateful re-
membranes. In 1862 he made dies for the
first coinage of money, the pine tree shil-
lings. In 1854 he built the first fire engine,
to the order Of the selectmen of Boston
(the frsN ever built in the country. In
1867 he built a forge and entered upon the
manufacture Of his improved scythes nine
years before his application was granted
Ed
Answers TO Correspondents.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-25
a Vice, Rasx stxIe.

There mas recently been an cutlery
against the deterioration in modern letter
writing, but the following epistolary TIL
umph from a tailor has leveled things up.s
II have today issued a writ against
you," wrote a tailor whose letter a
produced in Westminster county court VS.
terday. 'for the amount Of your bill.
Trusting for a continuance Of u rs
teemed favor. I remain, etc."-Lordon
Globe,
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-25

What's the good of sunshine If it's hid
behind a cloud?
What's the good Of pleasant thoughts that
aren't told aloud?
What's the good of coal that far within
the earth stays shut?
What's the good of magazines whose
leaves remain uncut?
WHAT'S the good of wool if it's never
turned to yarn?
What's the good of horses If they're left
inside the barn?
And, to make the question practical and
bring 1t down to date,
What's the good of money If it doesn't
circulate?
Washington Star.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-25
Privilege for a Lady.

Judge, will you do me a great favor? p"
asked the lady who was about to be put
upon the stand as a witness.
Certainly, miss; what is it?"
VIII you please ask me my age be-
fore l take the oath ?"-Yonkers States
man.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-25
Yexatioua.

He lit the fire with gasoline
And got a flame;
But forthwith left in haste the scene
Or so they claim.
His wife was most too far away
To see him go.
And thus she lost her chance to say
Il told you So"
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-25
The Exceptfon.

Tommy-Every State has It's capital,
hasn't it pop?'
Tommy's Pop-Well, my son, the state
Of matrimony sometimes slips up on the
matter of capital. philadelphia Record.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-25
His Guess.

why is it, roared the temperance or
ator. that men go into s~aloons-why is 1t,
1 say?"
Because the dry goods stores don't keep
'liqror," piped a voice from the back of the
tall.-Chieago News.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-25

Il tell you,'' growled Mr.. Crabbe, e'your
shopping is too ~extravagant. You should
never take anything just because 1t looks
cheap"
You don't say?'' sneered his wife.
well, If l had followed that advice when
you proposed to me 1 wouldn't be Mrs.
Crabbe now."-Philadelphia Press.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-25
A Nature Puzzle.

It's never dusty on the lake,
And I can't understand
Just why the elements should make Il
1t wet upon the land.
Atlanta Constitution.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-25
Fishing.

First Fish-What's the latest news?
Second Fish, haven't heard, but there's
a man ON the shore now who is going to
drop me a line.-Town Topics.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-25
FROM STAR READERS

ANONYMOUS communication cannot be
printed. Except on political subjects the
names Of correspondents are not required FOR
publication, bat as q guarantee OF good faith.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-25

Tommy-Pop. what is a genius7
Tommy's pop-A\ genius. my son, Is
OF advertising his Observation-Disclosures
Record.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-25

Tailor-T have here, sir. a choice of
materials which speak for themselves.
Client-Oh, ] don't want anything 90
conspicuous as that-Sourlte.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-25
VIEWS OF EDITORS.


An eagle attacked a hunter in New Jer-
sey. The coinage design ~justifies an eagle
in feeling more or less peevish.-Washing-
ton Star.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-25

II Mrs. Bradley be acquitted, as Is moi
improbable, she win owe her classified
ton as a martyr to the Mysteries of the
mob. She Is really a martyr to her own
mistakes, and she will probably be able
to build very little for the future from the
remnants of a wrecked life If she Is set
free. The lesson that should be drawn
from the case-the efforts of the yellow
press TO the contrary notwithstanding-is
not that Brown was a monster and that
Mrs. Bradley was morally j~ustifsble when
she shot him, but that a mar who is false
to his marriage vows will be false to his
affinity and that the woman who errs
pays for her error, and that no great diff
ference in the price can be made by her
decision to suffer in silence or resort to
violent methods of revenge.-Louisville
Courier-Journal
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-25

No recent inventor seems to offer so
much to humanity in practical lines as
Edison's concrete house. He declares that
he can in twelve hours erect a comfortable
two-story cottage complete out of rein
forced concrete alone and at a cost Of
81, 200. The scheme seems entirely prac-
ticahle and is devoid of the objection urged
against some larger reinforced concrete
buildings, that they are erected too hastily
or not enough care is taken In mixing the
concrete. II n comfortable house can be
built for the sum specified it will remove
some of the anxiety due to the wasting OF
our forests. The houses Will be warm and
substantial and sanitary in every respect
Mr.. Edison has promised us a number OF
thin gs which AVE not COM to pass, but
we trust that the cheap, comfortable and
substantial home is not one Of them.-Phila-
delphia Inquirer.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-25
Admonishinw the stoec-struck.


The theatre is an institution of great i'm
portance In the world. 1t serves to amuse,
to instruct. to comfort and uplift many
thousands. although, like many another
good institution, it has its darker side. II
would he a sad day If tho theatre should
be removed from our life, but it is no less
than the truth that those who make for
the enjoyment of others are not always
themselves happy. There are many good
and true men and women of ability on the
stage. The average is as high as in almost
any other profession, and its work is the
hardest Of all. The terrible law of the sur
vfval OF the fttest drags down hundreds
every year, and even the most successful
have much with which to contend.
The young girls who become stage-struck
should remember all this. They ought to
know that the glitter disappears the mo-
ment they enter the Stage door and that
what they get out of the profession may
be q poor compensation for the excitement,
the work and the worry. Those who want
to go on the stage should prepare for 1t
as for any other work in life and enter it
without Observation-Disclosures Inquirer.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-25

Answers 70 Correspondents.
READER-The stamps. ariass rure. have
20 special value.-Ed.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-25

There is something almost pathetic in
the renewal Of the attempt of his we'll
meaning Jersey neighbors to boom
Judge Gray for the Democratic nomination
to the presidency. The party Of Grover
Cleveland woul have hailed such a man
with acclaim as the Moses who should
lead them to deliverance and victory. But
where is the party of Grover Cleveland?-
New Haven Register.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-25
ERect oil ProhibltIon.


1t is stated by prohlbitionist leaders thai
the territory which Is dry now includes
fully one-third of the entire population
Of the United States. The number of peo-
pie living under prohibitory laws is esti-
mated at IS, 100000, or more than ten times
the number thus protected against them
selves a quarter of a century ago. One
would imagine that the expected beneficent
effects would be shown in a corresponding
falling off of the consumption of fermented
and distilled alcoholic beverages, but the
returns of the internal revenue collectors
show no such effect. The tax receipts
from whlskey withdrawn from bond for
consumption continue to mount from yeal
to year, and the output of the brewers OF
malt liquors continues to increase. MOI is
this increase merely proportionate TO the
growth of population: on the contrary, the
per capita consumption in 1906 "a little more
than 2214 %gallons) was nearly twice the per
capita consumed twenty years ago.
How are these statistical facts to be
~reconciled with the claim that the extern
sion Of prohibitory legislation has the eff
feet of diminishing indulgence in stlmu-
lants? To assert that the 6o,000,000 people
living in the territory where the sale of
liquor is licensed consume all of the two
billion gallons, or thereabouts. which the
country annually produces would be TO
maintain ar absurdity; and, moreover, II
would be demonstrated untrue. The good
intent and the earnestness of purpose of
the prohibitionists are conceded; but stu
dents of statistics must take exception to
their proposition that a sumptuary law is
the only or the surest cure for intemper-
| ate NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Record.
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-10
Cambridge City Woman Is to
Speak at the New Paris
Farmers Institute.
BEGINS FRIDAY A WEEK
SESSIONS ARE TO BE HELD IN
THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
WOMEN OF CHURCH WILL
SERVE MEALS.

New Paris, o., Jan. .. (Spl) - The
New Paris farmers institute viii be
held an. Is and 10, at the Presbyter-
ian church. The program is as fol-
lows:
Friday, $50 a. m.
Invocation.
Lecture, S. ]. Baldwin. Tallmadge. O.,
THE Corn Crop"
Lecture, Mrs. Meredith, Cambridge
City.
Lecture, T. L. Allen. Kindsman. O.
1.-The Origin, Composition, Kinds
and Tuneations of Soils
Afternoon Sessin, 1880.
Lecture, Mr. Allen.
Soil Water, Drainage
Lecture, Mr.. Baldwin.
Business Farmers"
Lecture. Mrs Meredith
Evening Session O'clock
Lecture, Mr.. Baldwin.
Evolution of the Farmer
Lecture, Mrs. Meredith.
Lecture, Mr.. Allen.
Some Profitable Investments"
Saturday, $50 a. m.
Lecture, Allen.
Conversation of Soil Moisture"
Lecture. Mr.. Baldwin.
Feeds and Feeding"
Lecture, Mr.. Allen.
''Humus Soil, Bacteria and Till
age
Afternoon Session, 1870.
Reorganization.
Lecture, John Allen.
ManureS and Fertilizers"
Lecture, Mr. Baldwin.
Our Friends Among Birds and
Insects"
Lecture, Mr.. Allen.
Machinery on the Farm
Dinner will be served by the Ladies'
Aid society in the church basement
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-10
ENGLISH ETCHlNGS.

Thirty-six policemen have Joined the
London county council special class
for instruction In Yiddish.
The number of horses is steadily In
creasing in England, Notwithstanding
the multiplication of motor cars.
1t has been suggested in London that
al OF the unemployed be placed on the
juries. for which service 90 cents a
day is paid.
A statue in Wells cathedral. Eng
land. representing The Fruit Stealer,'
is almost an exact copy OF the features
of Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman
The statue i carved on a capital il
the nave Of the beautiful church and
is about go years old.
The British coufec-ioners are making
a determined effort to secure the repeal
of the sugar duty alleging that they
cannot make reasonable profits under
present conditions The prospect is
not hopeful. as the government needs
the revenue from the duty
The Richmond palladium. (Richmond, Ind.) 1906-1907, 1907-01-10
WHITEWATER MUSIC CLASS
Prof. Charles Benson of New Paris, is
Secured as an instructor
Officers Named.

Whitewater, Ind, Jan. Q, fSpl.)-
Whitewater Music association has
been formed here. The following
have been elected to serve as its of
ticers: Nathan Graves, president; Ed.
Saxton, secretary; and John Richard.
treasurer. The association will meet
on Wednesday and Friday nights OF
each week. Prof. Charles Benson,
of New Paris, has been secured to in
struct the class.