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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-24

NOTICE OF INTENTIoN-Board of Street
and Water Commissioners
Pursuant to a resolution adopted by the
Board of Street and Water Commissioners Of
the city Of Newark, at a meeting held the
eighteenth day Of July. 1907. and approved by
the Acting Mayor of the city of Newark
on the nineteenth day Of July, 1907, public
notice Is hereby given that It Is the inten-
don Of the Board n Street and Water Com
mlssioners of the city of Newark. under and
by virtue of provisions OF the act entitled IAN
Act to Revise and Amend the Charter OF the
City Of Newark" approved March IL. 1857.
and, the supplements thereto. and the act Gre
ating the Board of Street and Water Commits
Eioners q the city OF Newark. approved March
rs. 1891. and other public laws OF the State Of
New Jersey, to order and cause the paving Of
WOODSIDE AVENUE.
from Montclair avenue to Grafton avenue,
with telford pavement with brick cutters.
Such persons as may object thereto are re-
questea 10 present their objections in writing
to the Clerk OF sale Board. at the office Of the
Board Of Street and Water Commissioners
City Hall. Newark, on or before the ex-
piration Of six days from date Of this notice.
BY direction OF the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners OF the city of Newark.
M. r. SHERRERD,
chief Engineer.
Newark. N. j.. July 10. 1907. jy19-5t
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-24
NOTICE OF INTENTIoN-Board of Street

Newark. N. j.. July 10. 1907. iyis-5t
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25

Il convict. Mr.. SUtlVau, but meanCr
hound than any convict on your farm.
One who has Il special spite against
mc-thc Lord knows why, so he brib-
ed these men to take the saddles sim
ply in order to get me into trouble.
What do you think of that: | over
heard all about it out ut Jarman'S hut.
| heard his name too. Would you like
TO know what it isT''
Sure it's himsclf-the dhirty divil"'
And Peggy O'BriCn was ut Toms
side, with one hand clutching his arm
and the other pointing Scornfully at
the baIcful blue eye and the vile. quiv
ering lips of the younger sullivan.
What followed was the affair of Il
moment. It was as if 4 mad bull had
made Il rush, though whether ut the
girl or Tom or both it was impossible
to say. Tom thought the first. dropped
the saddles. and his right arm flew ont
from the shculdcr \ sharp smack. Il
heavy thud, and Nat Sullivan lay in a
heap on the ground. with n livid mark
between the ear and the eye that lay
upturned TO the moon.
we've kilt'm, Ye've Eilt'm" cried
the girl, clingng in terror to Toms
arm.
81 hope l have" he answered. at
will he n good thing done for all COM
ccrned."
"Whisht. They'll be afther hearin'
We. Look bchindw
Even as he turned the gate swung
open. and there was DR.. Sullivan him
self. with his frogGed coat flying and
his night shirt tapping outside his nan
keen brooches. The Waterman Roberts
was at his masters naked heels. close
ly followed by Ginger, the overseer, in
similar diShabille. These two seized
Tom. who showed no scmblarcc of re-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25
The Beer
]e h1iIv|Slllkee dnn0uS

II was ordering her there myself"
he vowed. Il had found her prowling
about
a bra2cn baggage" cried DR. Sui
Ivan. Not another female will ever
apply fer. They are ten times worse
than the men. SO you thought he was
going TO strike her. did You: Any
thing else, ! wonder?'
Nothing that you will believe. but
he was at the bottom of a plot 10 get
me logged for nothing. He had bribed
two of the men to steal those saddles
that you see and put it on me. but |
followed them and had got your prop
erty back when ut the gate here
"I'll stop his les said Nat and
staggered to his feet. but the doctor
pinned him by the arm.
You will not. You will leave him
to me-" said the father sternly. He
was the stronger man. The son stood
quelled. We know they're lies" the
doctor added. "All convicts are liars.
Have any two men been out of the
huts tonight. Roberts,
Not one. sir-out of the huts. I can
swear to that. How this one escaped
me-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25
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Orrine Treatment is to Be Used at
Home Without Publicity or Loss
of Time from Business.

Thousands of persons who really
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realize that they cannot do so with
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costs less than the average drinker
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In using Orrine there is absolutely
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booklet and consultation blank.
The desire for liquor is soon destroy
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! from the terrible drink craving. ant
the drink will not be missed.
Orrine is for sale by Harper house
! pharmacy.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25
SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAP
TIERS.

CHAPTER Thomas Erickson, a
young Euglishman. has lost the money
with which he was To pay his passage
out to India. lie lends Captain Blaydcs
$50, the amount of his passage money.
and in return gets worthless check,
which leaves him pcnnilcSs. lie con
fcsses his error To Claire Harding, his
boyhUOd sweetheart.
Oh AFTER IL James Edward VIII
liam Daintree Is in love with Claire.
CHAPTER HI Tom finds out that
CAPTAIN Blaydes is paying attention 10
Claire and is To be at her house that
night IL" vows To hay" satisfaction
from BlaydeS. but promises Claire that
he will not seek Blayd,s for wv" weeks.
Tom meets BiaEd"s few moments
later and demands his t%5:
CHAPTER " Biaydes draws q
sword can" on Tom. Wh" SmashrS 1t
with a heavy stick which he carries.
Blayd"s has not ia" money. but gives
Tom his gold watch. and Tom signs an
agreement to pawn tn" watch and Eiv"
the ticket to BlaNdos. Tom leaves and
is accostcd by a d"formcd man. who
asks the time. Th" next morning
BiIydes is found brutality murdered he
side tn" still" where IA" had been talk
CHAPTER V.-Blaydes has been rob
bed of everything. among which the
newspapers mention the gold watch
which was really given 10 Tom. Tom
had stopped for TIA" night at the house
of the man who was driving the coach
at the time Tom met Blaydca. lie is
accused by ~" 'oArhWHH 81 being 'h'
murderer lie escapes and diSGul$rs
himself, but is afraid 10 pawn the
watch
CHAPTER VI-Tom spends the night
in Il buuth"uSc and next day is invited
into the house of a small. fat gentleman
him feel at home. lie is betrayed 10y
this man into tn" hands of the polio,
for the murder of Elaydcs.
CHAPTER Nll--Cidir" believes hin
guilty. Mr. Harding hires LAWYER L
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25

Tner bank the squatter was now en-
camped.
1t was n perilOusly clear night. \
of a small forest of red gums. and the
famous constellation burned but feebly
in the south. Tom kept his eye on it.
however. and. bearing slightly To his
left. struck the creek ut last out Of ear
shot Of the squatt"r's hut Here he
paused 70 cool his feet in the delicious
running water. Ills plan was to cross
the creek and then rccUnmOiter the en-
cmy's position from tn" rear. and so
well lid ii work out that Tom skipped
behind friendly trunk just as the
thieves succeeded in making Jurman
hear, who now appeared with his black
gin in the mouth Of the wigwam.
New saddles? What in thunder was
the use OF new saddles. or old on"S
either. to him? Where was he II stow
them il the myanwhileE Did they
want him = I've landed with the SWas
on his bands ana Jagged all over again
to uIli%e pair Of luhhers like them
And here Tom felt that a door would
have slammed hal there been one. rs
it was. tLc outraged i&rnan cane to
pause for want OF breath. and Mae
beth got in his word at last
Tom could not hear it. hat it seemed
to make Il difference. 1t made the very
plainest difference in the squattpr's
tone.
"What? What's that? don't believe
it, cried Jarman in one breath
Take your oaths to It, will YOU:
Well. if its fact. i'll bear thinking
about said ali that. did he? And you
! think lie won't g ana round on us
after all? Well. then. come inside. and
We'll talk it over. IN you go. missus
and light up"
| Tom took peep rs the men followed
the black woman into the hovel. They
! had left the saddles outside but t
| snatch them now was impossible The
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25
CHAPTER XVIT.
sat still in his bunk.

~ HCui, Il litlll. uANl'Cltu
b a voice that ne knew
Hell hear ye, Mac. He's
only next door"
"Wnat's about it? I'll slit his Jug
gler if he daurs to interfere. Heard
We that?"
II did. That's better"
The crafty groom was snoring where
he sat. with one eye at II Granny In the
rude partition between his lair and
the saddle room. In the latter there
was as yet no light.
An that's better still" muttered
Macbeth rs one was struck. "Slit his
juggIer" he repeated, with Il chucklc.
81 wadna think twice OF. the moSing
BLACKBOARD, Now. whaur's thae sad
dies. for my hands is freeT' And his
teeth snapped on something that
cleaned between them in the light.
"Wait a bit. | smell the oil Aha.
here's one"
AN here's the ither Dinna heed
the brides. Ava we go afore Jar
man turns in"
Jarman was the sQuatter on the
creek. The hour was still short of
midnight. and Tom, who had bounded
lightly to the floor. now stood irreso-
Lutte. In the end he let the rascals go
Their footsteps had already left the
saddle room. The groom listened and
lost them I'm the night. Then he felt
about for his clothes.
He was thankful he had not waylaid
the thieves at the saddle room door;
the field would have been too unequal.
the consequences perhaps too serious
for one and all. And he fOresaw the
neatest triumph now. Jarman's name
had given him a foregOne victory. for
now he knew the way to Jarman'S
ramshackle hut. and the saddles should
be back upon their pegs before morn.
ing. So full was Tom of confidence
as he dressed himself in the dark
But the thought of betrayin% his com
rades in captivity was rs far from his
heart as that of allowing his masters
saddles to be quietly stolen before his
eyes. Stolen they might he. but only
for the moment: he would call in Mac
beth and his mate to see how nice they
looked in the morning.
In few minutes he was fully dress
ed and lodging Roberts. the nigh
Waterman. behind the convict huts
No other man among them wouJi hav
found this precautiOn necessary, bu
the groom was an unpopular charactci
whom Roberts would have reporte
none the less readily after winking, Il
he must have done, ut the theft of tn
saddles. With luck and ingenuity
Tom managed to elude him. hOwevei
and was soon racing down the wOode
slope where the timber was being fel
ed, leaping the stumps as he ran an
steering by the Southern Cross for tn
southern boundary of the farm whic
was, in fact. the creek on whose ful
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25

1T makes no NATTER said DIR. Sui
Ivan. gripping his sons arm still.
The saddles are not the point | saw
the blow and shall inquire into moth
ing else. The blow. you ruftian. you
shall answer for tomorrow before the
nearest magistrate Now take him
away. Clap him in the heaviest irons
we've got Come. make haste, Let
me see him in front of me-
So Tom was led of. unresisting still,
but scornfully silent now. between
Waterman and Overseer. and the father
stalked and the son slouched behind.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25

Tom took u peep us the men toiiOlCCd
the black JrOmGIt into the h0rcl
sackug that did duty for Il uOor had
been drawn aside and hitchcd to a
nail. ON the lighting of candle stuck
in Il bottle within some eager face was
revealed to Tom whenever he dared to
look from behind his tree. Even if he
We're not seen he vs1uld be heard Be
sides, the party might break up at any
moment.
So he stood where he was and lis
tened to the voices, but ceased strain
ing after the words. Then Il cork Don-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25
CTo be ContinuedD
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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25

SuttiUan lag In q heap.
of the whole mischief and shall go back
to government tomorrow. Be off. you
huSSy. Be OFF to your bed before
have you taken there by force
Peggy glared at Tom and only went
at his nod. The tacit Interchange
brought Nat to sitting posture with
doubled fists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25

Ask fer tie BJr7vcry Boiling:
Common beer is sometimes substituted fer Snbkte.
To avoid 6eiu imposed bon that tie cork braHde
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1907-05-25
Gbe
Rogue's
March,.

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Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-05-25
English Author Says American
Women Are Nations Aristocracy.

DIR. Emil Reich, the noted historian
and author who is lecturing for the Lon
don university extension at London uni
TerSIty, in a recent paper on women ana
social eruptions. makes American WoM-
en- prominent feature of his discussion.
In this connection he says:
People who have never Travelled, or
who have done so after the manner OF
their Gladstone bags, can hardly imagine
Row varied and divergent the several ma
tons are, not only in point OF occupa-
ton. dress or amusemeuts, but also III
respect of the causes apropoS Of which
they go mad. Madness has its geogra-
ply, as its degrees. Where an English
man remains calm and callouS an lf!SH-
man IS next door to insanity, ana wee
versa. The Americans. higl-strung to a
degree. show Il mentality totally different
from that Of the average European
There is TO talk music. no legato in their
life Everything is staccato prestssimo
Hence, when they get excited they can
come only to a rapid finale with fear
1ul crash Their uuGovernable rage IS
neither a big fire nor a vast flood. but
volcanic eruption.
"0f the things that bring that Amori-
can volcano into function there IS e--
p"eiaHy one that will seldom fan ot If
tect. | mean attacks on their women.
livery American has, in all truth and
sincerity. a deep-seated respect for a
strong desire 20 worship bis Vame.t9.E.
RE IS rAivaT0us and invariably polite
~ them. He treats every woman as 81
@e was a lady born.
AS has been remarked nunaret
1aes, the American gentlemen is qU.
satisfied TO Pile up money uy ,3urlH1
"s~ and most Worrying labor la tse office
or tire factory, provided ais mj,si, is
thereby enabled 20 give receptions. 60 'o"
Europe, 20 become a scholar aud To shine
-eraliy ia society. In is quite true
1Hat millions OF American women age
working just as hard as 10 American
l.sH.
This however. does not impair the
generalization MT all. Like all true gem
sFaiiz7tonS the present one comprises
..ti. the actual and the potential woman
-a America. Any one of the hard-worE-
ing American women would as soon ~
ArF ashland made money enough -
render her personal labor superiuaus. ST.
'-ee rise 10 the occasion, and shine
same IN the parlor ut the theater. It's the
Watering places: while her husband
would continue TO drudge for her with
"a couteHted smile.
Men are. in America. not supposed 10
FerTGpt tile literary conversation 81
me ladies On leaving Hungary I 6rS,
vent 10 America. and when ! saw the
-fSt American reception ] found all the
men standing specchleSsly. with arm,
\ -'.ded on their breasts. in the back draw
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-05-25
GOSSIP FOR THE LADIES,
Broken Music.

Broken Music.
note
All out of tune III this worlds instrument
Amy Levy.
Z know not in what fashion she was made
Nor what her voice was, whvf4 she used
to speak
Nor If the siIken lashes threw shade
ON wan or rosy cheek
I picture f1er~ with sorrowful vague eyes
flumed with such strange CLEANS of III
As Ilne 1T' in 1'I The drift Of London skies
Ere twilight turns to night
know not conjecture Twas a girl
That with her own mbst gentle desperate
From o a Gods mystic setting pluckcd
lies pearl
lis hard 10 understand.
So precious life is, Even to tn old
The hours are as Il miser's coins. and
within her hands lay YOUTHS unlimited
And all felicity.
GAe WINGED impetuous spirit, the white
MAT was her soul once, whittier has it
down.
Atoyo her brow gray lichens blot her name
Up ON the carven stone.
This is her Book of verses-wreu-lke notes.
shy franknesses, blind groupings haunt
AZ times across the chords abruptly noats
\ mist of passionate tears.
A broken music, weirdiy Incomplete:
Here proud mind selfbatIIed ANA self
Lies coiled in dark defeat
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-05-25
A Broken Heart.

Just queer little story of broken
heart, and we don't purpose to try to eX-
plain it 1t is called up by the news item
from an OHIO town telling of the sudden
death of boy in school while the teach
cr was Furnishing HIM, and the death of
the boys mother three days after from
Il broken heart. Our little story runs
this way, and you must take it as it was
told to US: An engineer on Il railroad run
ming through Ohio had charge Of an en-
zine drawing a train that was standing
at way station waiting for passengers,
including Il wedding party. The engi-
neer was engaged to he married to
Young woman who lived at that par
ticular station. and he was docking out
of the window of his cab, wondering
why his sweetheart was not near the
station to exchange greetings with him,
when the wedding party drove 10 the
station in carriages. His hand was on
the bell rope, ready TO ring when he
should get the signal to start. lie never
got that signal. Looking i'll a disinter-
osted way at the passengers hurrylng
toward the train he recognized in the
bride the girl he was expecting to marry
There was one loud tap OH the engine
bell and minute later the engineer
was found dead. standing bolt upright in
his cab, his hand still on the bell rope
Doctors said a leisiOn of the heart No
mystery about that, But the engine
bell was cracked, in fact split, from top
to rim. The stroke that broke his heart
split the bell FGI years that cracked
bell hung in the round house of that rail-
road at one Of the division headquarters.
and all kinds of psychological and sClen-
title theories have been advanced to eN-
plain how tho bell was cracked and the
heart broken at the same time. And yet
materalists insist that heart-break Is .
mere figure Of speech.-EXchange.
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-05-25
The Discouraged Child,

How is Louis getting along: asked
frlc81 who bad been absent from the
city several years.
"Su.oudialy" said the mother. II
think ! ana safe ia saying THAT b. Is the
most promising one If the three.
"i}.t Ire W4~ So back ward. @a2 la"
f.leaI iu evident establishments
-. Le was" siid the mother. hut
.... encouraged J im. He WlI never De "a
fiery orator as Fred is capable ut i'ee9m-
sa- nor d social fav3rite as Tom already
5. I}uJ He is going to make something
worth Vbi.e. aud when he gains TREND
doesn't La-e him again. We W"fe c1u-
earnal about she boy ut the tlIae you
aeut away. aul we set Ia work -o go
something for him. He was not only
backward bat utterly di~c4ura aad. " q
began hv cuIriyatiHg ~eIf-cal.Iaruco. -
listened - him with attention when he
tr.e4 sa tell anything and ! privately
warmed r.e other boys not o. tease j
d. was slow ar awkward in expires sing
himself We drew him into c"nversi-
Geus. aul made him think and SpeaE.
Then we Qoirred 0ut to him that t.7 tat
puts must lie in a dif~renf direction
from tuas. e quick boys. and he must
accomplish hg patience and industry
what others seemed to grasp hF lntHFHiL
Nud we did not fail ta remind him tbat
the greatest things are accomplished ~
the very means be must Use / made II
uv business 10 SOC that be thoroughly
understood the things Lee was studying
before De- went OBJ. II i II course long
story. bat we ai8 succeed 10 arousIng
confidence. ambition and sturdy de-
Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1907-05-25

Rest.
A brilliant foreign actress. writing to
Il woman here. was delivered thu~: Il
love you very much. l long to love you
more / should like to be with You
hours and hours. But what: III America
there * no time for tenderness" Tender
ness was her name for much Il i'll
cluded affection, of course and loyalty
NO doubt. In her mind. behind that
word lay peace and harmony. sweetness
light, and measure She heard in it.
perhaps. echoes of silent thought, inn
pulses from the spring. or Sensations
sweet. felt in the blood. and felt along
the heart" Had she been an American,
or an English woman, hesethoughts might
have gone to that great soul who, best
of all our poets. has expressed the rich
ness of the quieter world; who, in CON
trast to the fretful stir Improbable.
and the fever of the world" has sung
to us of the
Sense sublime
OF something far more deeply intrrfused,
Whose dwelling is the light of setting suns,
And the round ocean and the living air.
And the blue sky, and in the mind Of man
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