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Middletown transcript., 1907-07-20
TEACHERS OPPOSE aExAM.' RULE
Principals Directing to the Annual Grill.
ing by the Superintendents

ing W Inc ouperlHtSnueuIS
| There's looming up before the school O
Kent and Sussex Counties a teacher prob
lem that is likely to give trouble, says the
Smyrna Call.
Under the State law, as interpreted, il
seems that every teacher in the State,
high, low and medium, has got to appear
before the county superintendents an
nually and take an examination to ascer-
tain whether ''they are still fit to hold
certificates" Against this ruling, men
holding the position of principals of high
schools in the State, who have back of
them college and university diplomas and
years OF practical experience with gilt
edge recommendations from the best
schools of neighboring States, are pro-
testing with protest that means business
Some OF these principals, and to man
they are scholars and gentlemen, declare
most emphatically that they will not un-
dergo this indignity, and if the rule is
enforced their designations are ready, and
they will go to other States where neither
Summer Schools" nor class examine
tions are held up as requisites for their
accepting positions compatible with their
ability and experience.
Principals Burdette and Pontz, of the
Smyrna High School, are away on their
vacation. They have both been reelected
for another term, and whether either or
both of them will submit to it is perhaps
query. But that others, and among
them some of the best instructors in the
State, will not submit is very certain.
Prof. McBee of Clayton, has been re-
elected for another term, but he will |
probably not serve the schools there if |
this rule is enforced. Professor McBee is |
a competent man, an able instructor, has |
a college record back of him, and the |
highest recommendation from school
boards where he has taught. He has
closed his second year at Clayton with a
splendid record, and hence naturally feels
that to "stand up and be examined" now
in order to hold his certificate to teach is
both unnecessary and unjust.
= @Other principals in both. ..Kent.and Sus-
sex are revolving against this 'examina-
ton" and it is also said that some of the
best teachers in the State are joining
them.
Middletown transcript., 1907-07-20
PROTECTION FROM rREsPAsszas

In order that its property may be better
protected from the depredations so fire.
quently committed by tramps and tres
passers the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany has determined to establish a sys.
tenn of police protection of its own and
within short time expects to have a
thoroughly organized police force. The
system will be divided into several dis
tricts and Charles German has been
named as the inspector of the p, B. w.
district which includes the Delaware,
and Central Division. Each
district will have an inspector who will
have under him captain, lieutenants
and certain number Of officials. Be-
yond the appointment Of Inspector Cor
man no other officials have been named.
Middletown transcript., 1907-07-20
CHINESE USE TIME STICKS
Each Will Burn Throughout a Period
of Twelve Hours

VI AHSIVS AAVuS
The Chinese have several contrivances
for keeping the time of dav. The water
clock has often been described, but the
use of burning sticks is less familiar.
These are described by Colonel Bridges
in his book, Ground the World in Six
Months
We bought small bundle Of time sticks.
The sticks, each of which is thirty-two
inches long, are used, as their name more
or less implies, for the purpose of measur-
ing time. For use by day some are es-
pecially made, while others for service
by night are particularly constructed.
Each burns during period of twelve
hours. OF these "King Alfred candles, !"
as some of our party termed them, we
bought two, and from printed circular or
advertisement which was at the same
time handed to US by the man who sold
them, we learned the following particulars:
The materials from which these time
measuring sticks are made are prepared
according to the directions of the official
or imperial astronomers or astrologers.
The duration of each time stick is adjust
ed according to the clepsydra or water
clock, SO that the time which it indicates
when burning may be regarded as cor
rect.
Time sticks which are manufactured
to mark the hours of the day must be
lighted at day dawn when the lines on
the palm of the hand are just visible,
while those. which are constructed to mark
the hours of the night must be lighted
at dusk, when the lines on the palm
Of the hand are not discernible. Each
stick when burning must be placed in
position. !. 1t is also neces-
'ary that it should be placed in room
.res from currents OF air. = Youths Com
1anion.
Middletown transcript., 1907-07-20
A Corn-Cutter

{ A simple but efficient corn-cutting ma
chine has just been invented by work.
ing farmer, John Schauber, Of Morgenec,
just beyond the Maryland line. The
machine is without cogs and built to re-
tail at $35, is very light and drawn by one
horse. With the help of only two men,
the inventor guarantees to cut, with one
machine, IS acres of corn, shock it and
have the field ready to plow in one week.
--Ssdte Ners.
Middletown transcript., 1907-07-20
POLAR DAYS AND NIGHTS
Day, Which is Summer, Is Not SO Bad,
but the Night is Awful

Out Ine NlRuI is AW1W
During a polar winter the average
thickness of ice on the ocean where nc
storms or strong tides interfere reaches
six feet or more. There is really nc
warm season. Even during the long
summer days snow still falls frequently.
Clear spells are relatively warm, but,
especially in the antartic, fogs and clouds
are frequent, while winds bring low tenn
peratures.
Nevertheless the summer near the
margins of the arctic zone is described in
the Journal Of Geography as having clean,
pure, crisp air, free from dust and with
little precipitation.
The monotony and darkness of the
polar night is decreased a good deal by
the long twilight, due to the high degree
of refraction at low temperatures. The
sun actually appears and disappears some
days before and after the times which are
geometricalIy set for the change.
Light from moon and stars and from
the aurora alsol:relieve theI darkness.
Optical phenomena of great variety,
beauty and complexity are common.
Solar and lunar haIoes and coronae and
mock suns and moons are often seen.
Auroras seem to be less common and less
brilliant in the antarctic than in the
arctic. Sunset and sunrise colors within
the polar zones are described as being
extraordinarily brilliant and impressive.
Thus the north polar summer, in spite
of its drawbacks, is in some respects
pleasant and healthtul season. But the
polar night is monotonous, depressing,
repelling, an everlastingly uniform snow
covering, rigidity, lifelessness, silence,
except for the howl Of the gale or the
cracking of the ice.
Small wonder that the polar night has
sometimes unbalanced mems minds. The
first effects are often strong desire for
sleep and Indifference. Later effects
have been sleeplessness and nervousness,
tending in extreme cases to insanity, /
digestive troubles.
extraordinarily low winter tempera-
lures are easily borne if the air is dry and
IT'LL. Nansen notes "not very cold' at
temperature Of % degrees when the air
was still. Another arctic explorer at 8
degrees says "It is too warm to skate"
Zero weather seems pleasantly refresh
ng if clear and calm. But high relative
and wind, even light breeze,
giye the same degree of cold penetrating
ceiling of chill which may be unbearable.
Thus the damper air Of spring and sum-
ner usually seems much colder than the
irier air Of winter, although the tempera.
ures may be the same. When exposed
iirectly to the air, the skin burns and
'listers, the lips swell and crack. Thirst
las been much complained Of by polar
explorers and is surely due to the active
evaporation from the warm body into the
Try, relatively cold air.
l There is no doubt that polar air is
ingularly free from micro organisms, a
act which is due chiefly to lack of COM
nunication with other parts Of the world;
renee diseases which are common in
emperate zones, colds among them, are
are.
Middletown transcript., 1907-07-20

Aluminium kitchen articles should be-
cleaned in exactly the same manner Is
silverware, and should never be polished
with anything which win scratch the
surface.
Middletown transcript., 1907-07-20
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Middletown transcript., 1907-07-20
WASHINGTON LETTER

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 18th, 1907.
THIS is bad weather for monopolies in
: restraint of trade No sooner has the
government outlined the scheme OF re-
ceiyership for lawbreaking trusts than
there comes another announcement of a
plan that the President has been working
over for some time which is to make the
government part owner of the railroads
and have government representative on
the board of directors OF each of the prin-
cipal lines. This is really about the neat
est, most up-to-date and inexpensive
scheme that has been broached yet It
makes the government part owner Of the
railroads, minority stockholder, in fact,
and puts the federal authorities in position
to know what is going on inside the di-
rectorate without saddliDg the govern
ment with the burden Of direct owner
ship and without eliminating the much
Vaunted "priyate brain" which is always
advanced by railroad officials as suffi-
cient reason why the roads can be run
better under private than under govern
ment ownership. The plan as outlined
by some of the people who have talked
with the President at Oyster Bay is simple
in the extreme. 1t is simply for the gov
ernmeut to buy certain amount of stock |
in the big roads in the open market. 1t
would not have to be q large amount, con-
sidering the influence of the federal |
authorities to insure the election Of a gov
eminent director on the board Of each of |
the big trunk lines. Such a director
would have to be picked man, one of /
ability coupled with unquestioned hon.
esty. Being party to the meetings Of
the board, he would be in a position to
know what was being done and would be
able to advise the Department Of Justice
of anything unlawful that the railroad
had done orseontemplated doing. There
could be no reasonable objection on the
part Of the railroads to such government
representation, for the only object of such
q man would be to report railroad law
breaking. Ofcourse, the railroads cannot
confess that they ever want to break the
law, SO they could make no logical objec-
lion to the presence Of an official whose
business was to see that they did not.
Congress, would of course, have to appro-
pirate the money to buy stock, but it is
not likely that Congress would raise any
objection to an expenditure Of this sort.
Middletown transcript., 1907-07-20


The periodical announcement has come
to the War Department, not officially but
by way Of the newspapers, of the arrest
OF Japanese spy who has been skerching
the coast defenses. This time the spy has
been caught in Fl. Rosecrans, at San
Diego, Cal. Possibly it is the same spy
who has been caught by the papers SO
often before. If it is, he ought by this
time to have quite large aud interesting
portfolio Of American coast defense plans.
He has been caught, granting, Of course,
that it is the same spy, at Manila, For
tress Monroe, Ft. .McHenry and one or
two other places. lie has always had to
be let go because there was no law to
punish man for making sketches OF
American forts. But it only shows how
active Japanese spies are lin Jingo news
papers), for the same sort of a capture
occurs almost regularly about three times
a month. The only curious part of the
story is that it never gets officially re-
ported to the War Department, which is
the first thing that would be done if the
capture were ever really made.
Middletown transcript., 1907-07-20
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Middletown transcript., 1907-07-20

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Middletown transcript., 1907-07-20

NJ
Along with the war scare announce
ment of the capture of the japanese spy
comes a very pacific speech from th'
Japanese admiral, Baron Yomamoto, who
lunched with the President this WeeE
and was entertained at big peace ban.
quet in New York. Baron Yomamoto
is almost the ranking Admiral of the
Japanese Navy. He has been on a tour
OF Europe with very distinguished staff
comprising number of high naval Of
fcers and princes more or less closely
connected with the throne. He has seen
all Of the latest development in the
European navies, and is stopping in this
country to find out what the United
States is doing while ON his way back to
Japan. He made very agreeable after
dinner speech in the presence Of Admiral
Evans, Admiral Coghlan, Ste ewart L.
Woodford, and number of other lead
ing Americans. The burden of his talk
was that the United States had been the
first friend of Japan among the western
nations. We had opened up the country
to western civilization, and Japan had us
to thank for her material progress of the
past half century. The Japanese people
were grateful and did uot even like the
thought of these long existing ties Of
friendship being broken, and SO far as
japan was concerned, the present friction
over events on the Pacific Coast could
never develop into armed hostilities. The
conclusion Of this was true enough, for
several good and sufficient reasons, the
chief of which is that Japan is neither
physically nor financially able to fight.
Moreover, there is nothing to fight about.
Finally the Hague Conference has decided
there must be declaration before hostili-
ties, and this will balk Japanese tactics.
Rather curious state Of affairs has de-.
yeloped in the Smithsonian, where there
is some indication Of the institution being
eaten up by some of its own collections.
The enemy is nothing less than the white
ant. The Smithsonian has animals and
insects of all sorts brought from the four
quarters of the earth for exhibition and
study. There have been several importa-
tions of white ants, and it seems that some
of them must have gotten loose in the
building and found comfortable quarters
through the winter in the neighborhood
OF the steam pipes. They have increased
greatly, and following their natural habits
have burrowed out nests in the most con-
veniently located woodwork. Tables and
chairs have been attacked and in some
cases fairly riddled before it was discoy-
cred what was the, matter. Indeed 1t
would not have been discovered now, ex-
cept for rather stout female employee
who sat down too vigorously in one of the
chairs. It went to pieces with her, and
inspection showed that the ants had made
. perfect shell Of the woodwork. II is
hard to tell just how much damage has
been done, as the ants work from the
heart of the wood outward, but the dis
coyery has set the major part Of the force
ant-catching with anything but semitic
ardor.
New-York tribune., 1907-04-29
FOR REFORh IN COURTS.
Jerome Going to albany to Press
Passage Of Many Bills.

With bills making radical changes 81 the machin-
cry q the Of this county IN his satche! Dis
trict Attorney Jerome will go 10 Albany to-day 10
urge their passage Several Of them notably one
ab0lislug the Recorder and another abolishin6 the
city judge. VIII probably provoke spirited opposi-
ton. bat the District Attorney thinks that their
merits will be obvious enough. after his explanation.
10 insure their passage.
Among the other bills are some 70 Increase expe-
ditiou IN disposing of the trials Of felonies in this
county. one Of them providing FOR additional
judge Of General Sessions and for an increase ~
salary Of such judges from Sl2 900 20 $4,000. An
other bin provides for the establishment OF anothe-
part in General Sessions. making fve parts in all.
These bills make necessary some other considerable
changes. such providing for additional
Eistant district attorneys three additional deputy
clerks for General Sessions, two additional inter
Irefcrs for that court and additional stcnogra-
piers and chief court attendants etc.
SIN another Of AIr Jerome'a sheaf OF bills
provides for two grand juIics each month and
gives permission 10 any deputy assistant district
attorney u appear before the grand jury when
facts Of law TO bo presented. Under the pres
ent system. only assistant district attorneys are
permitted do THIS.
Under these proposed changes. Mr.. Jerome said
yesterday, IL viii be mandatory that three parts
Of General Sessions shall hold all day sessions in
present. This will, the District Attorney thinks
give much greater facility To the speedy disposi-
piling up on his hands.
There is so much work TO do" Mr. Jerome con
tnued that have requested legislation which
viii provide for the holding OF In three parts
all day, thereby getting great part OF the work
of the court dOckets before the fall term. / have
asked that the laws be changed with regard to
procedure. that any Of my assistants or deputy
assistants may appear before the grand jury. The
procedure permits only assistant appearing,
and this sometimes requires that the deputy, who
/ possesses all knowledge OF the facts. must turn
over his memoranda to the assistant Much time
is lost thereby. ] exceedingly desirous that
this legislation shall be granted, IL readily will
be seen that everything ask really is a para
mount necessity.
one point mentioned neither by the District At
JoTney in any of the bills Is that of hts salary
The salary Of the District Attorney always has
been fixed the that Of a Judge Of
General Sessions. and IL may be that Mr. Jerome
has hopes that his salary Will go up with theirs
New-York tribune., 1907-04-29
BEHIND UTILITIES BILL.
List Of Organizations Giren ont bu
Gorcrnor'S Secretary.
"a rslesrnph % T.ho rrihnne !


Albany. April 2S-"Despite tho onoe,,,o., a..
public utilities bin has aroused among certain
corporations and corporate interests. no bill og
its scope has ever received more general mora
universal or more hearty supper, from civi,
organizations and the mass OF the peon1a
throughout the state" said an officer of a civil,
club tonight.
The fight to create a public sentiment against
the public utilities measure that has recentIv
been pushed with great vigor by its opponents
has served to arouse its advocates TO renewed
efforts 10 have 1t passed In practically its orgna,
form. From all parts OF the state come hearty
Endorsements OF the bill. Clubs and other or
ganizations have met and passed resolutions ap-
proving 1t and urging its passage. the Governor
is daily receiving hundreds OF kilograms and let
ters supporting it and many Senators and AS
semblymen are receiving letters from their con-
stituents requesting them TO vote for IT,
Politicians as well as corporations directly af-
fected by the bill watching with great in
terest the result OF to-mOrrows conference AS
the utilities bin is reported to the Assembly 90
VIII It be passed by that house. Assemblyman
Moreland said tonight:
'As soon tho public utilities bill is reported
1t will be rushed through as quickly as the rules
of the House permi: There are indications that
the opposition in tho Assembly will be weak
The great majority OF the Republican members
strongly in favor OF IL. Only a few. IL any
of them Will Opposs II. And even some of the
members of the minority have assured me they
will vote for IT,"
Among the organizations that have declared
themselves for the measure and have formally
told Governor Hughes OF their approval of the
bill in It's present form. according 20 list given
out tonight by Robert II. Fuller. secretary to
Governor Hughes, are:
New York County Board OF Aldermen Re
publican County Committee. the Peoples In
stitute. the Hughes Public Utility League, the
committee rapid transit OF the Retail Dry
Goods Association Of New York. the West Side
Republican Club. the Citizens East Side I'm
provcment Association of New York, which
urged the prompt passage of the bill: the Fed
eral Club of the 9th Assembly District OF New
York County, representing the regular Repub-
ican organization of the district; the Ivy Club,
representing the regular Republican organization
OF the 18th Assembly District New York Coun-
ty; the Republican Assembly District COMMITTEES
of the Goth Assembly District New York COun-
~, which requests "the members of the Senate
and Assembly to expedite with all decent speed
the passage of the bill; the Liberal Republican
Club OF the 23d Assembly District OF New York
County, representing the regular Republican or
sanization; the Progressive Republican Club. OF
New-York tribune., 1907-04-29
DEFENDS JUSTICES SALARY BILL.

In response 20 the opposition expressed toward
the bin TO increase the number and the pay OF
municipal court justices. Julius Henry Cohen.
chairman os the Citizens Union legislative
Inittee issued a statement yesterday, in which he
answered Mr.. Parsons objections. He says that
Mr. Parsons is much mistaken In his attitude, and
that. in common with most practitioners whose
time is spent largely in the Supreme Court at
Washington. in the Court Of Appeals in Al
bany his Judgment Is based the conditions in
the courts when he young
After rehearsinG the history OF the Wells bill,
Mr. Cohen shows how each justice, in an average
wears work, would have TO dispose of at least
200 cases and proceedings would try at least 1900
cases. handle about 400 summary proceedings and
take about eco inquests. Some of The justices who
until II p. m, ne says. have made record Of
eleven hundred trials. while justice who died in
harness lately had record OF six hundred
In seven years. he says the Supreme Court. with
twenty-si1 justices, tried fewer than the mu-
nicipal court justices IN year
Mr.. Parsons's CRY Of robbery OF taxpayers. ."
says Mr.. Cohen, would be effective II IL
came earlier. Unfortunately his political objections
TO the bill We're communicated in confidence to
too many district leaders. Assemblymen, Senators
and judges 10 be Kept under cover The ever alert
Albany correspondents knew Mr.. Parsons's real
grounds OF opposition even before he visited the
Governor
New-York tribune., 1907-04-29
Warren st.
ALIENS THROW AWAY WEAPONS.

The 1892 steerage passengers on ooaFG -
steamer Citta di OIilano, OF La Neioee -. -.
were informed yesterday on the way uP NoT IN
Quarantine that they must dispose Ol
weapons If they expected to pass the iniilis.~
ton officials The immigrants took the HiA'-s- s.
as a joke at first. but when several s'eW~-o --.-s
went into the steerage quarters and insis'eo -
no alien who carried a knife OF other Ne's- -
could land. a shower Of stilettos files anu
eraI revolvers went over the rail into ths 4'N'
River. ne TOO
A number OF stilettO wielders threw a - y, isr
forcefully and their weapons landed on eh. .oSSout
Several boys from gang that ICaii1s5 along
94th street and the North River cTiWlEu ,stvss
the stringpiece and picked up oO1e"
that stuck in the pier shed.