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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-18
DISASTERS IN MODEL MINES.

There is either something wrong
with the models of these model coal
mines or else the management doesn't
know how to work them. 1t was in a
couple of them in West Virginia,
equipped with every modern safety APP
pliance, Including the use of electricity
exclusively for light n power, that
an explosion occurred only a week ago
that cost several hundred lives and
brought restitution to many scores of
families. Now comes the news that in
another model" colliery in the Bir-
mingham district of Alabama, Monday,
an explosion. supposed to have been Of
coal dust, has entombed al least sixty
miners whose chances of escape are
almost nothing. There are enough
hazards in coal mining under the best
conditions. but It does seem as though
in q 'model' mine, worked with proper
precautions, the chance of these ex-
plcsions would be reduced to a mini
mum. There must have been some
oarelessness. some failure to carry out
orders, to cause such a disaster in a
model mine.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-18
MARR1Aer AVID SUICIDE.

Vital statistics from Chicago indicate
that of every three persons who COM
NIT suicide very nearly two are mar
ried. This will probably not appear
remarkable to the sociologist. Most
people who kill themselves do it to
avoid meeting responsibilities, n in
asmuch as marriage entails many more
responsibilities than single blessedness,
it is logical hat the ranks of suicides
should be largely recruited from per-
sons of family.
Probably the bachelor cynic would take
the statistics as demonstration of his
theory that to marriage anything is
preferable, even death. But he is simply
a skulker and doesn't count. Marriage
either doubles a mans happiness in life
or diminishes it to the vanishing point.
The chances are a little more than
ever in favor of the former result, but
the bachelor cynic Is afraid to take the
chances. He shirks the responsibilities
altogether. The married man who kills
himself after finding the responsible
ties too much for him shows himself a
poor hand at taking his medicine. but
at least he gave himself a trial.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-18
H LADY.

Philadelphia society has an opera
season of one night a week and all
The opera house boxes are taken by
subscription for the season. The wife
Of Mayor Reyburn, of Philadelphia, did
not rent a o and her dignity forbids
her TO occupy an orchestra seat. In a
public announcement of hat fact Mrs.
Mayor Reyburn resentfully says that
It strikes her ''as rather curious that
no provision should be made by the
management for the chief executive
of the town.
The position taken by the Mayors
wife is looked upon with mingled sur
prise, amusement and some disgust,
as we'll It may. People are wholly
unable to understand any connection
between the political Office of the hus-
band and the social pretensions of the
wife, who appears to be suffering from
q very severe case of the swell head"
1t would be something new in Amer
iesn ~oficialdom for an election of a
mar to public Office to carry with it
superior social p~rerogatives for his
wife.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-18
DEATH IN THE HOUSE FLY.

Flies, as the disseminators of disease,
are the subject of a communication to
Governor Hughes by Edward Hatch,
jr., of the New York Merchants Assoc
citation, which has been conducting
some Investigations and experiments to
determine the agency of the fly in
is declared that the non house fly
haunts the docks and wharves, which
are washed by sewage-laden water, and
carries the poisonous germs from this
sewage on feet and wings to dwellings.
Recreation piers, ferryboats and other
places on the water are all exposed
to the damage of Infection from flies.
Flies taken on the Manhattan water
front n subjected to examination in
the laboratory were found to be
covered with fecai bacteria. On a
single fly 100, 900 of these bacteria were
counted. A map was made showing a
clearly defined zone near the water
front in which many deaths from
typhoid and intestinal disease nave oc-
CURED. In the opinion of the experts
the mosquito, as a dissemination of ma
laria, is not to be compared with the
house fly as the agent of disease and
death.
The results of the Merchants Asso-
cations investigation possess a live in
terest for Newark and all the munich
palities on the Passaic River, the worst
polluted stream in the United States.
If the house fly is all that is claimed
in Manhattan it is ar even greater
peril along the Passaic. That river is
thickly coated on its sidee with sewage
filth, and at low tide a large area Is
exposed to the flies. The wharves and
piers also have a coating of filth. Not
only typhoid, but all kinds of intestinal
maladies that prevail among the popu-
of the Passaic valley, may be
due to the conveyance of the
disease germs from the river muck by
flies to poison the food and drink of
people.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-18
WEDNESDAY. DECEMBER is. 1907.
THE REPUBLICAN, HOUSE CAUCUS.

The Republican Assembly caucus is
10 be held at Trenton next. Monday to
choose the candidate for Speaker and
select the other officers of the House
organization. There are forty Repub-
lican members, and twentyAone will
be a majority of the caucus. OF these
forty only twelve represent the eight
counties of the southern tier, which
have assumed to dictate the organiza-
ton and name the party leader on the
floor.
On the face of the situation there
could be no possible chance for South
Jersey to defeat a candidate of the
rest of the State, but reliance is had on
combinations and deals with individual
members and county delegations. What
combines and deals have been made
are not in evidence. and presumably,
also, the North Jersey members have
case of the House leadership there
ought to be a tolerable certainty that
William p. Martin will get all the sup
port that he has counted on since his
candidacy was announced.
There is something more than a sec
tional question involved in the leader
ship contest. The Republican voters of
the state want that important position
filled by a man of demonstrated ability
and capacity as well as probity, and
the Essex candidate admirably fills the
bill. He is head and shoulders above
Mr.. Jess, the Camden County aspirant,
in ability and parliamentary skill, and
if chosen leader he will be leader and
not merely a reflection of the will of
somebody else not connected with the
Legislature,
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-18
A SHIPPERS ORGANIZATION.

An important commercial organiza-
ton was effected last night at a meet
ing of the Board of Trade, when the
Freight Shippers and Receivers Blu
real came into being with a member
ship in all The cities and towns Of
North Jersey.
individually the shippers in this
State can do nothing in their differ
ences with the railroad companies.
When combined they can do much for
their own interests. The advantages
of organization are so obvious that it
will not be long before every business
man and manufacturer who ships
goods by rail will be enrolled.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-18

CHICAGO, Dec. 1S.-That the local
option wave is steadily gaining in
Chicago was demonstrated in the City
Council on Monday, when one more
square mile of dry territory was
voted. This was on petition of the resi-
dents. Another proposed prohibition
district was defeated and two more re-
ferred to the Council license commit
tee. Virtually half the area of the
city is now dry"
No oratory marked the addition to
the city's prohibition districts. From
the opponents of prohibition came no
speeches on liquor or its benefits" ex-
cept in the low-voiced nays of the al
dermen who are unchanged in their
support of the liquor interests.
The district voted dry" lies in the
Twenty-seventh Ward, and over al
most l per cent. of the city's area
Much of the new district, however. is
not built up. No breweries are located
there and only a limited number of
saloons will be affected.
Following the creation of one prohibi-
ton district, there came a surprise in
the defeat OLA plan to create another
bit of non-liquor territory. this one in
the Thirty-1fth Ward.
This ordinance was proposed for pas
sage by Alderman Dunn, and would
added an important territory TO
the prohibition districts. The measure
was lost by a vote Of "a to 81.
The ordinance, after its defeat, was
by Alderman Race, and
referred to the license committee. Two
more proposed prohibition districts
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-18
PEOPLE OF NOTE.

King Leopold, of Belgium, is to give to
the city of New York a collection of eth
biological and natural history specimens
from the Congo. The museum will send a
special commission to the Congo for speci-
mems desired. Two large halls will be re-
CURED to display the articles.
Colonel A. S. Colyer. aged 90 years, noted
jurist. statesman and author, died at his
home in Nashville, Tenn, Saturday. He
was a member of the confederate congress.
Colonel w. f. Cody has sued Mrs. How
ard Gould in New York for half the loss
he alleges resulted from her theatrical
tour. He asks $4,000.
It is reported that Heinrich Conreid, of
the Metropolitan Opera House, in New
York, has had trouble with the directors of
the company and will retire at the end of
the present season.
The engagement of Miss Cornelia II.
Hartman, second daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Il. Fl. Harmon. and Robert L. Gerry, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Elbridge I. Gerry, has
been announced.
Father Ducey. of st. Leo's Church. New
York city, will celebrate the fourtieth an
niversary of his priesthood on Thursday of
this week.
For a Christmas gift Miss Mary FL
bridge will give the citizens of Norfolk,
Conn, an excursion to Hartford, where
she has ordered a Christmas dinner for
each. She has chartered a special train
of ten cars.
DR.. Charles f. Whitney, former assistant
medical examiner of the Pension Office, has
been appointed medical referee to succeed
the late DR.. Sam Houston. and DR.. Addison
S.. Helton has been appointed as his as
sistant. The former is from Illinois and
the latter from Kentucky.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-18

There was short shrift for the two
negro butchers who paid the penalty
in the electric chair at Trenton yes
terday for their awful crime in Cam
den County four months ago, and the
world is happily rid of the pair. These
creatures were types of a british class,
which, %unhappily, has increased and
multiplied of late years in New Jersey,
and the only way to deal with that
class is to strike terror into it. Yes
terday's executions will have that
wholesome effect.
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ourselves it we see 1t coming. The
untamed savage who would venture to
oppose the onward rush of a devil
wagon is untamed indeed. The hyena
and the lion and the, tiger and the Gle
plant certainly have demonstrated
that they have more sense. But we
do not believe it was solely the rattle"
of the motor car, nor even its fearsome
honk-honk that caused them to turn
tail and ANONYMOUSLY fee.
1t was the SMELL
The of modern invention
are wonderful indeed.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-18
Rescue.

a Santa Claus! A Santa Claus!
A Rescued Hip hooray!
Let panics conn and panies go,
Wen save our Christmas Day!
What no. We, varlets OF the Press
And ministers of state.
You've saved the banks, but Santa Claus
You've let unto his fate.
They tell me that his jolly pack
He scarce has toys to- Ill
Because he lacks the ready cash
To pay his yearly bill.
Go sound the tocsin from the tower
And fire the culverin.
Rouse every bIoated millionaire!
Call every dollar inl
Call in the men Of mighty wealth
And show them 1t were best
That we should see each Christmas tree
With olden s%plendor drest.
'Twere better far that men should groan
And timid women weep.
Than that from little children We
Their Christmas cheer should keep.
So let us all with cheerful hearts
Put all our goods in hook,
Ere we allow in all the ms
One little empty sock.
Town Topics,
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-18

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Did the people of Norway, Sweden i
Denmark come from the same race? II SO,
please explain how the countries became
separated. D.. B.
1.-THE people occupying the regions known
as Scandinavia, Norway, Sweden and Dem
mark, during the earlier periods, While
separated into tribes, were largely Of tile
same race. The early history of these
countries Is obscure. Authentic history
began about 1000 A. d. The three Scandi-
navian countries were united in 1897 by the
act called the Union of Calmar. Sweden
was very FESTIVE under the union, and re-
peatedly tried to break away, which was
not accomplished until led by Gustavus
Vasa q523). Norway remained with Dem
mark. BY the terms Of peace at Kiel, 1914,
Norway was to be transferred from Den
mark to Sweden, which the Norwegians
accepted without protest, owing to the lib
eral terms offered by the Swedes. The
union of the countries endured until the
separation which has only recently been
confirmed,-Ed
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ping upon 1t in a crowded street car,
even if one could reach so far. The
means of revenge would be too SUBJ
s%tantially in evidence. Where another
woman would have to pick her way
over muddy streets with imminent dan
ger of immersion, the Chicago woman
may plant her number tMelves in per-
feet safety and confidence. If she be-
comes confused in the middle of the
crowded thoroughfare she has but to
stand her ground and all traffic is
halted. She need never fear falling
down a dark areaway. There isn't
room. Even if she dives head first her
progress will be halted before she
reaches bottom.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-18
HALF OF CHICAGO NOW DRY
PROHIBITION AREA CROWS

were referred to the license committee,
which is generally hostile to prohibi-
ton. Both of these are in the Twenty
seventh Ward.
while l have not the exact figures
at hand said Edward ]. Brundage,
corporation counsel. II am of the
opinion that half of the area of the
city is embraced in the prohibition and
local option districts. The largest pro-
hibition district. of course, is Hyde
Park. When Hyde Park was annexed
to the city, the four wards comprising
that section came in under a State
prohibition law, which had been voted
previously.
e@'i other Chicago ordinances were
accepted except those governing the
liquor traffic, and this was agreed In
by the city making prohibition there
beyond the control of the City Council.
The town of Cicero, embracing a num-
Der of west side wards, came IN d
the same terms. Tor a number of
years the prohibition and local option
districts have been steadily increas-
ing"
Although the City Council may es-
tablish prohibition or local option dis
tricts upon its W initiative, it has
been the habit of the Council to pass
the ordinances upon petition of a ma
jority of the residents of the district
or when both aldermen of the ward in
which they were located asked for 1t,
and no existing saloonkeeper was put
out of business. Prohibition districts
have been established in hooks
and corners of the downtown First
Ward.
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A. 1t Happens.

They parted as girls they met as women
sAnd what OF all your sweethearts? %
asked one old-time chum at length.
"Gone the way Of all good thingsi" an
swere6 the captivator.
THAT tall, lanky blonde with the fierce
mustache. for instance?"
went i%nsane!'
Gracious! And Jimmie ~Bowles-'the
little muskrat' as you used to call him.
who was so deyoted?'
KILLED in an auto accident trying to
save my life"
Dear me! And your needy a~rtist-swain,
who found in you the only customer for
his wonderful paintings?
Became a waiter and married an
heiressr'
"Well, we'll! And the Englishman-St.
Clair, who stood so well on his feet, never
said anything but yes and no and despiseo
everything Americana"
Married a Brooklyn girl, and now living
at Swamphurst, N. j."
"And the kinky-haired little French
count?' 4
Ran away with my maidI"
Worse and worse! And how about Reg
gle? You did profess to love him. you
known"
Nov my brother-ln-law!"
'Neveri Well, that Mr.. Hardhint, who
used to snub us all-yourself included? I
hope he met his deserved finish"
He did. Come up to the house and
I'll introduce you to him. He's my nus
bandi"-Young's Magazine.
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THE cHICAao FOOT.

A perennial topic for matchmaking
by the professional humorists that
ranks with the mother-in-law. the Bos-
ton beans and the Kentucky mint julep
jokes is the size of the Chicago foot
At last there is an authoritative word
on the subject from headquarters. The
Chicago Inter-ocean takes up the
cudgels in behalf of the Chicago foot as
follows;
1.-THE feet of our women have been
bitterly and most vindictively criticised
and misrepresented. They la stood
the test, but no one here, speaking with
any authority, has ever made the claim
that they are small. They are net
small in the sense that they are tiny.
They are exactly the size they ought to
be. The average Chicago woman has
feet that are of practical use, not ones,
twos or threes, but ives and skies, that
support with proper dignity the beauti-
full form above them.'
This is resentment very properly ex-
pressed. No doubt the Chicago woman's
foot has been maligned. But equally
without doubt it needs no defense ven
if. as commonly reputed, it reaches ITO
the dimensions of tens and twelves. 3 As
a matter Of practical utility it is the
foot par excellence" as the sporting
editor would say. 1t establishes a clear
space about its owner impossible to
overlook. one would not think Of steps
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-18
THE MOTOR CAR IN THE JUNGLE.

Exploration of the African jungle
no longer has its terrors. No longer Is
the %intrepidity of a Stanley or a Liv-
ingstone demanded of one who would
penetrate its Businesses. 1t is now all
70 simple that a child in arms could
make the journey safely.
It is recorded of a German lieutenant
who is making a motor our across the
Dark Continent hat he has progressed
over 500 miles in such uneventfuI Sc
curity that he has been afflicted with
monotony. Not even a solitary savage
has raised hand to modest him, and
.all the big game fed into hiding as
the rafting motor approached"
We do not blame the wild beasts a
bit for sid~e-stepping. That is just
what we, who know the auto well do
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-18
Capture of Gibraltar.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Print n brief account of the capture OF
Gibraltar during the war of Spanish SUE
cession. A. 5. II.
tGibraltar was captured during the war
of the Spanish succession in 1904 by Adj
miral Sir George Roake and Prince George
of Hesse-Darmstadt. The attack was IN
the nature of a surprise, and the conquest
short and almost bloodless. Military neces-
sity called for the temporary capture, Int
the continued British occupation was the
subject of bitter controversy, and of two
unsuccessful sieges by Spain and one on
an immense scale by France and Spain.
But the British possession of the key of
the Mediterranean has never been threat
sinee.-Ed.l
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-18

New York city breathes free again.
Sunday is no longer to be a day of
modification Of the spirit and the
flesh. The weapon eagerly seized by
tie Iuritanical clement to WELD
against all rational recreation on Sun
day, even the most educating and
eleva'ing, has been turned aside.
There will be no Scotch Sunday in
New York.
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ner plensnre spoiIcd.

"She seems to be very sad since she OBJ
tanned her divorce. She never seemed =
care for him when they were living to
gether."
mo. I don't believe she ever really iove3
him."
'.And she got enough alimony to make
it possible for her to live in very good
STYLE
Eyes. but you see he has been very for
tunate since their separation and his In
come is so big now that he can pay her
and still have plenty to make things very
pleasant for his second wife.
Record,
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New Answer. to Questions.

'Is this a good ten-cent cigar?"
mo, sir. That cigar is Connecticut nle1
and Wisconsin wrapper. It's worse than d
second. We don't sell a decent cigar for
ten cents, because our trade is mostly
transient and isn't worth holding. We
have a fair ten-cent cigar at thirty-fve.
cents, or three for $L'-Puek.
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I'M VEIN.
A Little work.

A Little work.
A little work, a little play
To keep us going-and so, good day.
A little warmth. a little light
OF loves bestowing-and so. good nigh.
A little fun, to match the sorrow
OF each days growing-and SO, good NOR
row!
A little trust that when we die
We reap our sowing! And so, good bye!
George Du Maurier.
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clever Dog.

Ayes: this dog Of mine IS q clever
brute. / tell you. Every evening he COOS
to get me some sausage at the butche~'s.
ana do you know what he does 50 that
other dog shouldn't take it from him
B-No; what does he do2
Axle cau rs hlmself.-Frankfort Wiz
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Advice to a Young Man.

what do you say to a young lady at a
dancer queries the youth who was about
to attend his first ball.
'oh," replied the society man. talk to
her about her beauty"
But, suppose she hasn't anyg' said the
youth.
I'm that case" rejoihed the s. M, talk
to her about the ~ugliness of the other girls
present. "-Chicago Daily News.
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srWhy should an eminent literary man
like you talk so much about himseif?
asked the critical friend.
"Because,, answered Mr.. Jawburnem
short. II am a topic of so much i'm
portance that nobody else could do me
Justice ."-washington Star.
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Reductlon.
up the hill with

The old nag was jogging up the hill with
the clippers.
Yes said the old nag, at is rather
tough pulling them up to the parsonage,
but it will be easier coming back.
How so?' queried the friendly goose Mt
the roadside.
why, can't you see that after leaving
the parsonage two will be made one ~
Chicago News.
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An Awful Predicament.

'Dey tells me Br'er Williams IS 'twixt
de devil an de deep sea-"
Too badi"
ut sho' is: fer. ter my sartin' lnowl-
edge, he can't fight fire, an he never did
! larn ter swim!'-Atlanta Constitution.
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Joakley-He would never have become so
addicted to drink if 1t hadn't been for the
trouble he had.
coakley-Why, what trouble did he
have?
Joakley-He had trouble keeping away
from 1.-THE Catholic Standard and
Times.
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do you see that smart lookin' Teller over
there. Joshua?'
"Th' one thet's escortin' tn ladies'?
Thet's a floor walker, amt it?"
mo. He told me he was a aisle man
ager."
'Mebby he is. 1 kin see the lie on his
hair clear across tn store."-cleyeland
Plain Dealer.