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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01
VOLUME Lxxvr.-No. eco.
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER /, 1907.
ESSEX MAY DECIDE.

Estimates of majorities in the twenty
enc counties of the State. finally made
TO the Republican State Committee
yesterday. foot up a net total of 1,45o.
The estimate allows Hudson. Sussex,
Hunterdon and Warren to the Demo-
Gratis and places the Democratic ma
jority in Hudson at 10000. Essex Is
credited with a Republican majority
Of 1000. The county managers had
beep instructed to communicate the
actual situation as they found it. and
the committees estimate was based on
their reports. The sum Of the majori.
ties might be reduced by one,half ana
siiIl leave a comfortable margin.
The Democratic State Committee has
also received estimates from county
managers. and they differ essentially
from those of their opponents. The
Democratic State Committee ciphers up
a plurality in the State OF upwards of
1000. and the committee pins its faith
to that figure as the minimum
plurality.
There is reason to doubt the correct
ness of both estimates. The Repub-
leans nave too much confidence in re-
suits in Atlantic, Bergen, Morris, Som
erset and Camden. and perhaps IN
Monmouth and Middlesex, and the
Democrats count too much IN Hudson,
P~assaie. Union, Monmouth and Middle
sex. Both parties claim Essex by about
1000, and there's the rub. 1t was said
in many previous State campaigns that
"as goes Essex so goes the State and
In all likelihood the scales will be SO
well balanced in the other twenty
counties that the vote in Essex will be
the deciding factor in the election.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01
Highly Suspicious.

1T is a rule. to which good lawyers
usually adhere" says a philadelphia at
torney, never to tell more than one
knows. There was an instance in Eng
land, not many years ago, wherein q
lawyer carried the rule to h extreme
One of the agents in a Midland Re-
vision Court objected to a person whose
name was on the register on the ground
that he was dead. The revision attor-
e declined to accept the assurance
however, and demanded conclusive tes-
timony on the point.
"The agent on the other side arose
and gave c~orroborative evidence as to
the decease of the man in question.
But, sir, how do you know the mans
dead% demanded the barrister.
We'll was the reply, I don't know.
It's very difficult to prove
As I suspected returned the bar
rister. You don't know whether he's
Lead or not.
"Whereupon the witness coolly con-
tinued: I IA saying, sir, that I don't
know whether he s.dead OF not; but
do know this: they buried him about a
month ago IN suspicion.-EIarper's
Weekly.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01
Gotham.
. of the Evening star.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
What is the origin of the name
Gotham occasionally used in designat-
ing New York? r. HIT.
["Gotham'' was first applied to the city
of Manhattan in a book of humorous
sketches called "-Salmagundi.'' written
about 1907 by Washington Irving in coll
liberation with his brother Peter and the
poet Pauldmg. 1t was intended to sug-
gest that the people Of New York made
undue pretentlons to wisdom. Gotham was
a parish in Nottinghamshire, England. The
old story tells how King John wished to
pass through the parish. The people there,
fancying that the passage of the king
over a route made 1t a public road, de-
cided to prevent the transit by pretending
to be crazy. When the king and his party
arrived they foundA every one Of the in
habitants employed in some peculiarly
foolish task. Thus, q group were join
ing hands around a thorn bush to keep
a cuckoo from getting away. some were
trying 10 drown an eel, others dipping
water with a sieve and 30 on. When the
king saw these performances he swore at
the people for a pack Of idiots. and, turn
ing, departed with all his retinue. The
Gothamites were delighted with the suc-
cess of Their scheme for turning aside
the king, regarding it as superlatfvely
clever, After this Gotham came to have
the reputation of being a sort of headquar-
ters fer conceited fools. In the time of
Henry VIII. a book entitled t.The Merry
Tales of the Mad Men Of GothamS' was
published. Among these was the story of
the Three Wise Men Of Gothams' one
Of whose, exploits was to go to sea in a
bowl-Ed.]
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01


To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
VIII you kindly print "A sketch of the
origin and history of the game "~djabolo."
FRIEND.
TDiabolo comes from tho Ear East. It
centuries ago, long before the French revo-
with spools looking very much like the
favorite In France toward the end of the
eighteenth century; 1T then was known as
lie jeu du Diable'-the ''game of the
devil. From 1872 to 1918 the game became
a perfect craze I'm France. An author
wrote In 1912: 1.-THE chief preoccupation of
the day is not the Aeronome, which does
not manage to hy;it is not the wars of the
Emperor ;, the one universal thought Is the
Diable. - Diabolos were then made of
precious wood or metals, carved or CHS
elled by artists; the smart set had dab
oos of crystal, which had a stronger hum
ming and broke more easily. Hundreds OF
pictures, engravings and caricatures APP
peared at that period representing society
playing dlabolo. Politics even used it as ~
symbol.
The origin of the name of the game is
thus explained in The Bellman;
1.-THE curious name of this toy is to be
traced to the fact that during the %restora-
ton the game was played with a double
pronged head to one of the sticks, which
conveyed a vague idea of the instrument
Of torture that legends attribute to satan
and all monsters of the Apocalypse, SO
that 1t was designated the jeu du diable.h y
-Ird1
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01
Parties and Pumps.

The late Francis Murphy, well-known
as a temperance advocate, had many
an adventure in the course of his very
useful life.
He once told of a case in which a
man got a little the better of him In
an argument.
The man was a clubman, a generous
liver, famous for his wine-cellar; and
Mr.. Murphy read him a strong lecture
on the drink evil.
But the hon vivant only smiled, shook
his head. and said:
well, Mr.. Murphy, I nave seen many
a pleasant party around a table, but ]
have never seen N around a pump
| Harper's Weekly.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01
He. Set n Date.

A merchant in a Wisconsin town who
had a Swedish clerk sent him out to
do some collecting. When he returned
from an unsuccessful trip he reported;
YIN Yonson a he will pay ven he
sells his hogs. YIN olesen, he will pay
ven he sell him wheat, and Bill Pack
say he will pay in Yanuary?'
' We'll" said the boss, that's the
first time Bill ever set a date to pay.
Did he really say he would pay in jan
uary?"
Yell. aye tank So" said the clerk.
He say it ban a dam cold day ven you
get that money. ] tank that ban In
Yanuary."-TIarper's Weekly.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01

to be informed that Newark has a
Custom House and Collector of the
Port. and that its total tonnage by
water last rear was 2.Os1, sss ton of a
value of s162. 745.O6S. Last year q total
of 2s,sSs vessels passed the Central
Railroad drawbridge, and Of these
16, o57 were steamers. AS Newark frdNts
on Newark Bay and that bay is an M
of the harhor of New York. the q all.
|ctl'
problem IS deeper water n gSdel
edockaee. Sck
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01
You Can Never Tell

You Can Never Tell
One man eschews tobacco and lives a
hundred a
Another man
Chews all he can
And thus our moral queers.
One chap no liquor n lives
for years, but then
Here comes his pop,
A human mop,
And puts us out again.
We learn in life some lessons they
didn't teach at school.
For living long
Or being strong
There is no hidebound rule.
louisville Courier-Journal.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01

Little is to be gained by sending gas
bags aloft, even when they float over great
distances and demonstrate the power of
their navigator to take maximum adj
vantage of the winds. Nothing can ever
come of this sort of air navigation for
practical purposes. The advances in the
art since the days Of Montgolier have, of
course, cen considerable, yet the gas bal
loon remains in effect practically where
1t was in his day, a means of hoatation
subject to the caprices of the air.-Wash-
ington Star.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01

While the Republican State Commit
tee is willing to concede 10000 Demo-
cratic plurality in Hudson County, the
Hudson Observer predicts a surprise
and declares that If Katzenbach carries
the county st wiH>be by a majority so
small that the figures will not be con-
spicuous in the plurality column"
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01

detained late in the town. Probably
If a majority Of the board of directors
of the Public Service Corporation were
women the point made by their pro-
testing sisters in South Jersey would
be entertained.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01

Of a concerted move by the railroad
corporations to make reprlsals on the
government and people for recent
legislation and prosecutions. it will be
bad in the enc for railroad enterprise,
as sure as fate.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01
IN HUMOROUS VEIN.


please let me take your picture,
miss. pleaded the young man with the
camera. 81 declare. you are sweet
enough to eat"
"Graciousi' laughed the pretty sum
mer girl. And is that why you wish
to put me on a plate ?"-Chicago News.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01
Absolute Rest.

Doctor-Madam, your husband must
have absolute rest.
Madam-WeIl, doctor, he won't listen
to ME
Doctor-A very good beginning. madam
Ia very good beginning, madam
very good NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. In
quirer.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01
Overgrowth Of cities.

VIII the day ever come when the nations
having the largest cities win be pointed to
as having failed to solve the problem of
living? 1t may. And meantime, any force
which decentralzes the overgrown city
and places more people in the country
town and moderate-sized city will be a
force toward the sane life and a steadier
and more responsible citizenship. Living
a healthy. rounded, Individual life, and not
merely counting as one atom in a city OF
come the ideal MISUNDERSTANDING Dis
patch.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01

Johnnie said a mother t~hreateningly
to a naughty son, IT an going to tell your
father TO whip o when he comes home
tonight"
PLEASE don't do that mother" said the
lad penitently-"dad's always so tired when
he comes Observation-Disclosures inquirer.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01
CnnRht.

Mlstress-How was It that I saw a
soldier kissing you in the kitchen, last
night?
Afaid-I don't know, ma'am, unless
you were looking through the keyhole,
Comic Cuts.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01

Possibly Major Lentz is way off in his election forecast,
but past experience has shown him to be one of the best in
New Jersey when it comes to making advance estimates.
During a generation the only time that he fell down badly was
when he ran for Sheriff. 1t is rare, however, to find any man
a good Judge in cases where he is the person directly concerned.
Three years ago, for instance, while every unbiased observer
knew that Stokes was absolutely certain to be elected Governor,
he had grave doubt himself up to almost the last moment.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01

Little Tommy Whaeken was taken b.
his mother to choose a pair of knicker
bockers, and his choice fell on a pail
to which a card was attached. stating
These can't BIO beaten."-Phi1adelphis
Inquirer.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01

some of our State contemporaries
speak of the Newark canal and dock
project as In furtherance Of the am
bition Of Newark to become a seaport .
It may interest these contemporaries
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01
souI-Mated.

'she declares they were made for each
other"
How does she>make that out?"
HE earns about the monthly amount
she'd like to spend. ''-Louisville Courier
Journal.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01

DO you see that lady owe there?
She broke my cousins hearth
was she so cruel?"
mo, but the day before he broke off
his engagement to her she inherited
200, 900 marks."-F1iegende Batter.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01

In making election predictions the greatest difficulty is
found regarding the probable number of stay-a-homes-the fell
lows who won't vote. So many elements affect this, and some
of them don't develop until the actual day arrives. The
weather, business or personal feeling-either or all may in
.Auence a man and even two or three such in each voting pre-
.cinct throughout the State makes a respectable total.
j. M.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01

If the discharge of 1000 hands en-
ployed On construction by the Harri-
man railroad system is the beginning
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Yes: we are to be married."
Going to travel life's road together,
eh?"
"Oh. for a couple of blocks."-Louis-
vile Courier-JoNrnal.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01
FROM STAR
$

Anonymous communications cannot bs
printed. Except on political subjects the
names or correspondents are not required for
publication, but as q guarantee Of good faith.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01
The MILLENNIUM IS m sldHT-sTLL WAITING TO HEAR FROM
JUDGE FORT =

THB MILLENNIUM IS nv sI0HT-sTIL WAITING 10 Hear From
JUDGE FORT
There will be no more straphangers if I am elected Gov
ernor,' Candidate Katzenbach is reported to have said in a
public speech the other night.
Now we are surely getting within reaching distance of the
millennium. No more suap-hangers? It is time for all the
other issues to go away back and sit down, i'll the face of
this one.
How is Mr. Katzenbach going to accomplish this revolution ?
Newspapers, independent citizens and public bodies have grappled
with the problem, and all in turn gave it up without moving
a step forward.
Abolish strap-hanging? All, if he would only tell us how
His intentions arr doubtless good, but the age Of miracles is
past. If he'll give us a dead-sure, acid. proof plan he can
count on not less than 10000 plurality next Tuesday.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01

Accredited representatives OF the Two
parties in New Jersey have entered INTO
an agreement to discourage the corrupt
Use of money at the coming election.
Something of the same kind has been done
in Maryland, and there are plenty OF IN
stances where similar arrangements COW
ering counties have been made. Nothlng
Of the kind ought to be necessary, where
the laws so generally cover the corrupt
use of money In elections and provide FOR
punishment. All that would seem to be
required is the prosecution of a few of the
guilty. The laws, however, are not OF
much account, IL politicians on both sides
conclude to ignore them, and where the
prosecution of some one on one side would
be certain to call for retaliation ~ the
prosecution of some one on the other side
there is no great danger that the law will
be INVOKED. 1t Is, therefore, likely that a
party agreement will be more effective
Philadelrdhia Press.
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VIEWS OF EDITORS.


Mr.. Cleveland throws his influence in
favor of Mr.. Whitney In Massachusetts and
of Mr.. Katzenbach in NeY Jersey. Well.
why not? They are Democratic candidates,
and he Is a Democrat. Mr.. Whitney, be-
sides, is the brother of the man who~inan-
aged Mr.. Cleveland's third campaign for
the Presidency, and did more than any
other one person to win the election. Mr..
Cleveland did not support Mr.. Bryan, be-
cause in reason he could not. Mr.. Bryan's
nomination in 1896 was the most pro-
nounced protest possible against Mr.. Cleve-
land and all for which the latter then
stood. And It became the fashion In
Bryanite circles In that campaign TO de-
nounce Mr.. Cleveland as a Republican In
spirit and disguise. How, then, could Mr..
Cleveland support the ticket when by do
Ing so he would appear to indorse the
charges against himself? But as Bryan
ism is not supposed to be a factor in either
New Jersey or Massachusetts this year
the ex-PresIdent takes his stand/with MS
old friends again. Mr.. Bryan, on the other
hand, has declined to go into Massacnu-
setts, and he has not been invited INTO
New Jersey.-washington Star.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01

Among the political workers in Newark, the men who do
the actual work in getting out the vote on Election Day, the
objective point is the Board of Works. The Democrats have
control of the Common Council and the Board of Freeholders,
but even at that they haven't half enough jobs to go around.
Possession of the Board of Works would enable them to find
places for several hundred of the true, tried and faithful who
are yet outside the breastworks.
To the Republicans the Board of Works fight is-even more
important. Having lost the Common Council and Board of
Freeholders, their last citadel is now in danger, and to lose it
would play hob with the party organization. Alfred N. Dalrymple,
who succeeded Major Lentz as chairman of the Republican
County Committee, is putting up a great fight, and he is con
hdent that the record, character and popularity of ex-Judge
Eggers will enable the party to hold the Board. MI. Hol-
Finger, the Democratic candidate running against Judge Eggers,
lis under the disadvantage of not being so well known a his
opponent,
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01

The Republican, Democratic gang that is out to do Mayor
Pagan has already apportoned the city Offices. The Right
Honorable Robert Davis will, of course, dispense the patronage,
and it goes without saying that his old college chum, Colonel Sam
Dickinson, will. have the pick of the lot. The Colonel may
find the Trenton atmosphere bad for his health during the com
ing winter, and he is likely to feel himself more at home in the
Jersey City municipal building.
But wouldn't it be a joke if Mayor Pagan upset, the plans
of Bob and Sam by being reelected? =
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01

The Amboy bridge controversy is raging merrily betwixt
Judge Fort and Governor Stokes on one side and Charles A.
Bloomfield, of Metuchen, on the other. Tonight Mr.. Bloomfield
is to be in the Judges home city, East Orange, and he is
expected to add a few new chapters. Up to date he seems to
have somewhat the better of the argument, but the last has not
yet been heard, either from Judge Fort OF the Governor, on
the subject.
Let the war proceed. And everybody is at liberty 70 quote
Mr.. Macbeth's remark to Mr. Macduf on a famous occasion.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01

Was it. really necessary for Prosecutor Speer to mix himself
UP in Sheriff Kaisers case2 AS Prosecutor of Hudson County,
was he obliged to act as counsel for Kaserf Or did he pro-
ject himself into the case just to show on which side his sym
pathies are?
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-01

1t lacks but four days of two calendar months since Judge
Fort promised to answer the charges i'll connection with the
attempts to disbar and indict him twenty-one years age. Pos
siby that was a rash promise, but it seemed to most people
Just the thing TO do, because Jerseymen have a liking to see
such matters settled, mau-fashion, in the open. Knowing their
own faIibility and weakness, they don't expect their candidates
for public office to be perfect men. They know that persons
who never make mistakes never make anything, and that even
the wisest of us commit grave plumbers at times. But they
want TO know the facts s as to judge for themselves as to
whether the errors were really serious, whether they were due
to ignorance, recklessness or pure cusscdnes, 0 of a character
that would indicate defects of the. kind that are in the blood
and cannot be remedied.
Tonight and tomorrow still remain for the Judge TO keep
his promise in both word and spirit.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-03
ARE BACK TO AMERICA.
Cricket Players Were Royalty Treated
While Abroad.

Philadelphia, Sept. 3.-Six out of six
teen members of the University of Pen
nsyivania's cricket team, which went
to England in June to play the public
school teams of England and Ireland,
have returned,
Captain Lee, who was with the party,
spoke in complimentary terms of the
craftsmanship and playing ability of
the public school cricketers whom they
met, but said they we're hardly match
for his team, owing toStheir youth.
Sixteen matches were played by the
PennSylvanians eight of which they
won, drawing six and losing two. the
losses being to Harrow and to the
Woodbrook club, of Bray, ireland.
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National League standine.
AMERICAN LEAGUE.
washington 2-s. Philadelphia 3

Philadelphia, Sept 3.-Philadelphia
defeated Washington before the largest
crowd of the season. Washington had
the home team beaten until the ninth
inning when base on balls, single
and a sacrifice followed by a wild throw
of johnson into the bleachers allowed
the locals to score enough runs to win.
Score by innings: R.H.E
washington .........01 OOO0OO-2
Philadelphia .........1 0 o o o o 2S IL 0
Batteries : Johnson and Warner;
Plank and Powers.
Morning game). Inability to hit
Smith caused the defeat of Philadel-
phia by Washington Monday morning.
Waddell relieved Combs in the seventh
inning on account of wildness.
Second game-Score by innings: R.H E.
Washington ..........0 o 1902 1908 2
Philadelphia .........0 o 0 o 0 o o OIL
-Batteries-C. Smith and Block;
Coombs, Waddell and Schreck
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Topeka Nfidgets SIS, scranton 7-2.

Scranton, Kan, Sept. 3.-The To-
peka Midgets took two games from
the locals Monday. The morning
game lasted fourteen innings, the de-
Gliding score being made after 1
O'Clock in the afternoon. The second
game was called at A O'Clock. -.
Midgefs 30 o0asooO 2OOIsI5 3
Scranton 20 o o 3 OF o o 02OOO7 Is 4
Batteries-Lowe and Snyder; Hoov-
er and Critics.
Second game-Score by innings: R.HE.
Midgets ...-.......-...0 1 o 0 o o o As 10 8
Scranton .....-..-.-.--0 l OOOO1 00-2 8 4
Batteries-Sears and Snyder; Car
ney and Critics.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1907-09-03
CLARK GRIFFTTH's JOB.
Will Manage the New York Americans
Next Season.

New York, Sept. st has been de-
finitely settled and is semi-ofhcially an
nounced that Clark Griffith will man
age the New York Americans next sea-
son. This information was gained from
a. man close to Owner Farrell, of the
New York club, and will be officially
confirmed in a few days.
In their efforts to strengthen the team
for next season Griffith and Farrell have
already spent r$35. 900 for. new players.
The list includes the stars of several
minor leagues. Farrell states positively
that he never for a moment considered
George Davis or Joe Kelley as Griffth's
successor