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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-29
I'M HUMOROUS VEIN.
Proved.


A distinguished French physician has
announced, as the result of his observa-
tion of our national characteristics, that
Americans are coming to look alike
Daily Newspaper.
You don't believe it? Well, it's true,
As I will shortly prove to you,
By taking you about the place
And showing you face after face.
Come on, and I will show you first
Charles Evan Hughes and Willie Hearst,
AS like are they as twin-born peas,
As any blind man plainly sees.
Next look as Chauncey NJ. Depew,
And tell me, Is he Kyrle Bellew
Or. Mr.. Fairbanks? On my heart,
I cannot tell the three apart!
Then there Is also MI. Taft
Just look him over fore and aft,
And tell me IL It's really he,
Or Colonel William Jennings b?
Amongst the ladies', look around:
What marked resemblances are found
'Ywixt Carrie Nation, fond and fair,
And Nazimova debonair.
And when Maude Adams comes along
with Nordica, the Queen of Song, =
Pray tell me quickly, If you can,
Which one of them Is Peter Pan?
And SO it goes right down the line,
There's Anna Held dad Hammerstein;
And Reverend Charles T. Parkhurst, too,
The replica of Johnny Drew.
And dear old Andy Carnegie,
WHO looks so very much like me,
Thai beggars stop me by the score
To ask me for a Dinosaur.
CASTOR v. Drake, in Harper's Weekly.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-29

How true a saying it is that one must
go away from home to hear the news!
The Philadelphia Ledger gives us this
bit: After nearly five years the new
subway tunnel under the North River
is now practically completed, and to-
day 1t was formally opened. when a
party of officers of the marlborough
Rapid Transit Company made the trip
from Bowling Green to the Borough
Hall in Brooklyn" This is not only
news, but revised geography. 1t seems
that Brooklyn and Jersey City have
been transposed, and that the tunnel
that has been five years a-boring under
the East River has been picked up and
sunk in the North River. But, then,
there's no limit to the miracles of
modern engineering, and the news is in
teresting, IL true. +
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-29

Bernard Shaw and Rudyard Kipling can
not be suppressed. Whether either Is a
literary artist Of creative power to be long
remembered is still held open to debate.
Few critics are ready to yield the laurels
of greatness to the "~thoughtful merri-
ment" of Shaw or the soulful material
ism" of Kipling. Yet the Nobel prize in
literature oes to Kipling and the appear
ance Of a new play by Shaw is the sensa-
ton of a season In Lcndon.
If they are not great for immortality,
these two Englislmen are great In the
attention they attract while they live. 1t
is worthy of notice that they are singular
ly alike in one respect. II they have in
troduced anything 1t is a manner of treat
ment. Both have chosen to go to an ex-
treme in trusting their literal vision or
Interpretation. They are as far as possible
from the other extreme of Chinese adj
hesion to models and authorities. CLASH
cism and conventionalism are affectations
If they are marking the path of future
literature. 1t is too early for dogmatism
on their permanent fame, but 1t is plain
that they have caught the fancy of an
era disposed to value plain facts above
ideal beauty, prophetic visions and form
less longings. We can tell better about
them after we have waited for the next
oscillation of literary fashion.-Philadel-
phia Ledger.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-29
TOM rAGGART's LUCK.

What a mercy it was to Tom Taggart
that the Indiana Superior Ceart did not
promulgate its decision sustaining the
State authorities in their seizure of the
expensive gambling pa~raphernalia at
the French Lick joyhouse of the chair
man of the National Democratic Com
mittee contemporaneously with the
meeting of the committee he had called
there to decide that tariff reform should
be the issue next year, Not that it
would have been embarrassing to the
chairman. exactly. for he Is seasoned
by many seasons Of profits and couldn't
blush, short Of an attack Of apoplexy,
but It might have made his colleagues
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-29
A o Panic.


A man there was who had some cash,
He put 1t in the bank.
To leave it there he vowed was rash,
One day when values sank.
And SO he fastened down the street
And stood out in the rain
With anxious heart and weary feet
And drew 1t out again.
And through the night he thought oil
thieves,
And all a-tremble heard
THE highest CULVER of the leaves,
Whene'er a branch was stirred.
He nursed his treasure with dismay,
TO sleep he tried in vain.
He promptly sought the bank next day
And put 1t back again.
And yet again arose the doubt
Which yexed his soul full sore.
Again he drew his money out;
Then put it back once more.
He couldn't work, he caught a chill;
And felt relieved to find
That presently the doctors bill
Took money off his mind.
Washington Star.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-29

1t looks as if that recount of the New
York Mayoralty vote, which the law
yers of Hearst have been so diligently
seeking, has been postponed to the
Greek Calends. The bill passed by the
Legislature at Albany providing for a
recount is now declared ~unconstitu-
tional, and that knocks away the main
prop of Hearst's contention. Mayor
Mcclellan will in all probability serve
out his term, and it is now not at all
likely that the ballot-boxes will be
opened for a recount.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-29
Owning Land in Japan.

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
What are the laws governing the hold
ing of land In Japan? Can a foreigner
own land there? I. V. N.
Tin 1874 land in Japan was subdivided
into state land and land belonging to prl-
vate individuals. Private land was held
In fee simple and title deeds Deal the
name of owners. The land tax varies &C
cording to the needs of the government.
Average holdings are small and owner
ship gives special privileges and rights
with regard to n~eighboring lands, such
as right of way, right Of drainage, right
Of using a neighbours land when building,
repairing houses or fences, etc. Land is
liable to be requisitioned when the inter
ests Of the public render it necessary. NO
foreigner may own land.-Ed.l
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-29

1t happened in an Eau Claire boarding
house.
.Good-bordig,'' said the boarder with a
bad cold.
WHAT cried the other boarders in sur
prise and also in unison, as they desisted
from their burned oatmeal.
Clearing his throat and blowing his nose
vigorously, the boarder with the bad cold
explained, somewhat YEARLY. that he had
merely attempted to pass the time of
day.
Whereup0n the other boarders apollo
gizezzd, saying,
we thought you said good boarding."
-Bau Claire Leader.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-29

Because the Legislature of Alabama
passes a law prohibiting the sale OF liquor,
the people of the city of Mobile talk of
secession. Mobile does not want the pro-
Inhibition law, and 1t is not unnatural that
the people should feel aggrieved at its
passage.
The Southern city, however, might look
abroad and observe the example of patient
acquiescence in distasteful legislation by
far greater municipalities. Alabama's
population is about 100000 and Mobiles
inhabitants constitute less than one-fifth
of this total. Boston, which has been the
victim of various acts of legislation which
the people did not favor, contains quite
o,e-ffth OF the pc pulation of the State
of Massachusetts,, but New York city,
which has WINGED under u~p-country spite
laws, hi fully one-half of the entire popu-
lation of the Empire State.-Boston Globe.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-29

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Who was the original of the celebrated
fop, Beau Brummell?
TIT was George Bryan, born at London,
June 7, IT'S; died at Caen, France, March
%. 1910. He wal an English gentleman
famous as a leader in fashionable society
in London. He was ar intimate friend OF
the Princ of Wales George IV), who, 1t
is said. on one occasion Began to blubber
when told that Brummel did not k the
cut Of his coat" BY no means a flop,
Brummall was never extravagant in his
dress, which was characterized rather by
a studied moderation. Losses at the gam
ing table forced him to retire to Calais
in 1916. In 1880 he was appointed consul
at Caen; was imprisoned for debt In 1895;
and after 1887 sank into a condition OF I'M
lecility, and died in an asylum.-Ed.1
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-29

Professor Searchem was engrossed in
the study of all things that crawled, To
him a pin had but one purpose-to impale
insects; tin cans but n use-to house
worms.
Professor complained his young wife
one evening, how the price Of vegetables
are soaring. Just think of 1t, 50 for this
bushel of apples. and half worms in
Them
Perhaps, darling" commented the pro-
lessor, as he strove to part the few re-
naming hairs on his shining head. they
are of a very rare species. '-Harper's
Weekly,
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-29
criticism Of Public ofieers.

Absence of criticism might engender a
sort OF sleepy complacence that would De
inimical to the common welfare. Criticism
is supposed to be particularly well adapted
to the peculiar needs OF our rulers and
captains of industry and men in high
places generally, which explains the
amount of 1t that is bestowed upon them
lavished would be the more appropriate
word, perhaps. They are rarely permitted
to infer from What is said and printed
that they are meeting requirements and
living up to expectations. They are re-
proved and admonished and warned
hourly, day by day and week by week,
lest they forget and proceed for an in
slant on the assumption that they are
doing well or their best, even. Criticism
is a public duty, and the public does Its
duty.-Providence Tribune.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-29
No Brass Band.

No brass band is being used in carry
ing out the reforms to which the admins
tration has set its hand, and which the
people regard as an inviolable pledge.
These reforms will be undertaken in the
full confidence of the public, as should be
the case with a government 'of the peo-
pie. by the people and for the people" No
body recognizes better than the President
that some harm will result to individuals
and interests innocent of wrong-dolng, for
1t is ever true that wheat and tares grow
weed there will be some sacrifice of good
grain. Regretting this as we may, we
should not fail to be frank and honest in
dealing with the facts as they really are,
and give blame only when blame Is due
Springfield Union,
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-29
PonuIaritx of FooshaII.

Though figures are not at hand to make
the comparison exact, it is probably safe
to say that football, as played under the
present rules. is not essentially more dan
gerous to life than several other sports
that might be mentioned. 1t is not now,
and never was. a game for girls, or for
men of weak courage and constitution,
but played under proper conditions, foot
ball should enjoy lasting popularity
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-29

Towne-He's pretty foxy. He's going
to propose to her just before Christmas
so that the diamond solitaire he means
to give her will serve as an engagement
ring and Christmas gift. as we'll.
Browne-He's not foxy, but very stupid.
You see, If she should ever jilt him she
could claim the ring was a Christmas gift
and not AVE to give it back.-Philadelphia
Press.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-29

cording to sworn testimony in the gov
eminent investigation of his business.
He can rob one railroad for the benefit
of another and the Standard, and make
at it, but he cannot, even in he
name of piety, pile up profits unless he
accepts legal tender coins when they
are offered.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-29

II feel she said, with a soulful sigh,
that we have been drawn together by
fate
by fate. Your faxaire he told me he ees
one time thinking he viii be ze college
prcfessairo. Zen no get-wbat You cali
him-nred from pc academy and 80 into
ze iron beeziness at Poetsbure. Eet ia
fats-Wasn
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-29
Cannon smoke.

Never mind about the number of cigars
Mr.. Cannon smokes in a day. That has
no bearing on his presidential boom. 1t
depends, one would imagine, on his humor
and the state of business. Maybe, too, a
little on his company. If John Sharp
Williams is unusually active. and keeps
the Speaker in the chair watching out
for him, the weed, for the time, must be
neglected. If. on the other hand, BUSH
ness in he House Is humdrum. and Mr..
Cannon, putting on a sub" retires to his
office for rest and consultation with cali
ers and lieutenants, the weed probably
burns brightly and continually. Uncle
Joe" both knows and loves tobacco. Smoke
not at all, is the shibboleth of some, but
many others indulge, and there Is no cru
sade against any roll larger than a ciga-
rette. And that does not affect Mr.. Cam
non, who does nothing by halves. Even In
his failings he leans to the robust side
Tobacco cannot be made an issue in next
years campaign, nor Mr.. Cannon's health
and strength be determined from a few
cigars more or less.-Washington Star.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-29
sneca Of GLACIERS.

To the Editor of the Evening Star;
If glaciers move, whit speed do they
make? INQUISITIvE
NEAR the end Of certain glaciers in
Greenland a speed Of 70 feet a day has
been noted Most Alpine glaciers move
from four to sixteen inches in twenty-four
hourS.=Ed.1
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-29

and guests uncomfortable. and he
wanted to give them a good time. Con-
CALCULATIONS to Chairman Taggart on
the hardness of the decision.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-29
A Grateful Mother.

Husband Ito wife)-Do you believe in
the theory that the greatness of a father
often proves a stumbling block to the ad-
vancement of his son in life?
Wife-I certainly do. / am thankful,
John, our boy will never be handicapped
in that way.-Exchange.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-29

Accent ON the Box.

Wife-John, wasn't that a good box Oh
cigars I gave YOU on your birthday?
Husband-I never saw a better BOX, my
dear.-Chicago News.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-29
The Easiest rest.

Hes no good at an argument, is he?
Not at all convincing,
well, [ should say not. Why, hat man
couldn't convince a woman that she was
pretty!v-C1eveland Leader.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-29

'It wasn't a marriage for love, then9'
mot at all; a marriage of dislike"
81 don't understand"
well, she married him because she
couldn't bear to be an old maid. and he
married her because he hates poverty
Rire.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-29
OF EDITORS.
Cleveland.

It Is pleasing to see g~ratiied h nat
ural interest the public has In Mr.. Cleve-
and. His life Is one that nag be studied
with profit 10 the American people. But
let us hope that there will be nothing
more than this. Let ms not disturb the
fine old man Of Princeton with the tribu-
lations of a presidential boom" Let him
hunt his rabbits and live his life as he
pleases. He has earned his rest.-Colum-
bus State.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-29
His Favorite.

What is your favorite recitation"
asked the man of the lad who had just
come from the Friday afternoon piece
speakin' in the country school.
''That'n that begins My name Is Norval;
on my granpa's hills my father shed his
socks" he replied.
Then the inquirer knew that he had
u a disciple Of the impressionist school
of oral observation-disclosures News.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-29
where Ignorance Prevented bliss.

Wher IgnOFahce FFeVeuteu DH
A peasant in Southern France has adopt
ed the following unique plan to warn on
trespassers. His woods were formerly in
vaded by nutpickers. He learned of a
friend the Latin botanical name for the
European species of the hazel nut, and
then posted the following notice on his
premises:
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-29

Not a trespasser has ventured into the
wood since.-Exchange.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-29

How do you know your husband loves
you? Does he eat your cooklng?7
Yes: but he refuses 60 let me eat it,
Houston Post.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-29

CAUTION.
All persons entering this wood
do so at their own risk. The
Corylus Avellana abounds here, as
well as other equally venomous
snakes.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-27
Another Pioneer Gone.

H. c. Spencer, one of Idaho
county's pioneer citizens, died at
his home near Denver on Christ
mas day, after a short illness from
fatty secretions around the heart.
He had been i'll but a couple weeks
but his condition was so uncertain
that one of his sons was summoned
home from Portland where he had
been attending school.
The deceased was about sixty
years of age and owned a valuable
farm near Denver. He leaves a
wife and several grown children to
mourn his loss.
The funeral will be held at Den
yer as soon as it is learned whether
a son in California can attend it or
not.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-27
= Bridge Work to be Pushed.

Superintendent G. A. Carlson,
for Porter Bros. & Welch, con-
tractors on the Northern Pacific
extension from Culdesac to.
Grangeville, was a business
visitor in the city yerterday. Mr..
Carlson states that the work on
the big Lawyers canyon bridge
will be pushed forward as fast
as possible and the steel for the
structure, which is now at Guide
sac, will begin moving up over
the line to the site of the bridge
within the next few days. The
steel will be taken up as fast as
needed and the bridge will be
completed at the earliest possible
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-27
Shooting scrape on Snake River

Frank Raymond, a farmer liv-
ing on the Oregon side of Snake
river few miles below Pitts
burg Landing, was shot and kill
ed last Sunday by his brother-in-
law, Bert Whittier, a young man
18 or 20 years old. Details of the
affair are rather meager but it is
thought to have been brought on
by a quarrel arising from Whit
tier opposing the marriage of his
sister to Raymond about five
weeks ago. Raymond was about
40 years old and quite popular.
In the shooting Whittier used a
Winchester rifle and his victim
was shot squarely between the
eyes.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-27
YOUNG HUNTER
SHOOTS HIMSELF
Lost in the Woods, He is Injured
and Dies by his Own Hand
Rather Than Face Suffering
and Starvation.

Ed. Martin, 17-year old boy
recently from the east, is dead
by the suicide route as the result
of getting lost while out hunting
near Dent, north of Orofno.
The young man had been work.
ing near that place and decided
to go out hunting Sunday and
left with an experienced hunter.
They soon got onto the trail of
some elk and deer and separated,
Martin tracking the deer and the
hunter following the elk. After
going a distance he returned to
camp and eat dinner and then
started after the other man.
After following the trail for sew
eral miles he left it and went
down into a deep canyon. Had
he kept the trail he would soon
have encountered his friend who
had shot an elk. When the boy
did not return a searching party
went to look for him and found
his body several miles down the
canyon at a place where indica-
tions showed that the boy had
suffered a severe fall and had
been badly injured. Perhaps
fearing wild animals or a death
from cold or starvation, the boy
put his rifle to his mouth and
blew out his brains. His body
was found Monday but, owing to
the rough country, was not
brought out until word could be
secured from the mother in Ohio.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-27
F0RY STARTED
|. is A FALSE ONE
truth in Report That Bridge
c+eeI is Short and Will Have to
- peplaced With New Materi-
al From Factory

Reports have been published
from time to time to the effect
that a large quantity of the steel
for the Lawyers canyon railroad
bridge would have to be sent
hack to the factory and replaced
with new material, owing to the
first pieces being one-tenth of an
inch shorter than the plans called
for. We felt certain from the
first that the story was the work
of some railroad joker who filled
a Lewiston newspaper man full
of "hot air" in order to laugh at
him, but since other papers have
taken up the tale and repeated
it with sundry embellishments
we deem it time to call a halt on
the story.
Paymaster F. M. Mckay, who
is in touch with every part Of the
work on this line from Culdesac
to Grangeville, informed US this
week that there was absolutely
no truth in the report sent out
about the bridge steel being cast
too short, and that the steel was
being brought up to Vollmer
from Culdesac and other points
just as rapidly as the train crews
could handle the cars. Had the
steel been made sufficiently short
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-27

to necessitate new steel being
made to replace it the work on
the bridge would have been de-
layed several months and per
haps not completed until late
next year, but the fact that the
company is going ahead and
building the remaining piers this
winter and delivering all Of the
material for the bridge at the
site proves conclusively that
there is nothing wrong with the
bridge steel. Furthermore, as a
full inch is allowed for contrac-
tion and expansion Of the steel
entering into the construction of
the bridge the shortage above
mentioned would not be sufficient
to cause the slightest bother.
In fact, the work on the bridge
is progressing as nicely as could
be expected and everything
points to its being completed by
early spring, or at least in time
to permit trains running across
the prairie by the middle of the
summer at the latest.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-12-27

Fat hogs are quoted at N cents
a pound at present.
Hans Petersen was in town
yesterday from Keuterville and
informed US that he would leave
soon for Spokane to spend the
winter.
8 A. B. Rookie informs us that on
Christmas day himself and Mrs.
Rookie had the uncommon pleasure
Of having all Of their children and
grand children eat dinner with
them. This is an occurrence that
happens very rarely in families in
this country and Mr.. and Mrs.
Rookie are justly proud Of the
happy event.