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Nicknames of Presidents.

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
Please give me the nicknames applied 10
Presidents of the United States. S. ]. r.
[The following list may not be complete,
but it is the best available:
Washington-Father of His Country,
Step-father of His Country, Savior of His
Country, Deliverer of America, Atlas OF
America, American Fabius, Cincinnatus of
the West, Lovelyl Georgius' Flower OF the
West.
Adams-Colossus of Independence.
Jefferson-Sage of Monticello, Long Tom.
Madison-Father of the Constitution.
M~onroe-Las Cooked Hat.
j. O. Adams-Old Man Eloquent.
Jackson-Old Hickory.
Van Buren-Little Magician, Fox of KIM
derhook.
w. H. Acknowledgements Hard Cider
Harrison.
characterization Louis Philippe.
P~ierce-Purse
-Buchanan-Old Public Functionary.
Lincoln-Old Abe. Uncle Abe. Father
Abraham, Railsplitter, Honest Abe, Massa
Lin Kun.
Johnson-Sir Veto, My Policy.
u. S. Grant-Unconditional Surrender,
Hero of Appomattox. Three Stars.
Hayes-President De Facto.
G~arield-Martyr President, Preacher
President.
Arthur-Our Chet.
Cleveland-Man of Destiny, Old Grover.
Harrison-son of His Grandfather.
Roosevelt-Teddy, Rough Rider Presi-
dent.-Ed-J
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,MonEst arts that hourished long age
We mourn with grief sincere
The art of silence, for we know
Twill never reappear.
At morn the fierce alarm clocks ring
Then bells and whistles sound;
And %whooping/ railway engines hlne
Dire tumult all around.
The trolley and the motorist,
The street piano queer,
Combine all ruthlessly to twist
Your weary, aching ear.
And when your toll is over quite,
Your hopes of peace prove chan'
For when you get back home at night
They start the photograph.
Washington Star.
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VIEWS OF EDITORS.
The unspeakabIe Castro.

Castro is a persistent offender against
the law of nations, against International
equity and against the doctrine OF good
faith. He is a thorn in the flesh of every
government having business with his coun-
try. Now asserting unheard-of preroga-
tlves on his own assumption of right and
power, now cloaking his maneuvers behind
questionable judicial processes, he renders
the tenure of foreign investors in his ter
ritory uncertain and hazardous. The only
argument to which he yields is a 'whif
of gr~apeshot." 1t would be in the last
degree unpleasant to have to apply this
remedy to the case, but unless the Onited
States is to be discredited in the South II
must force the issue. even to that point
Washington Star.
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The Public Utilities Commission in
New York is not to have clear sail
ing. and there was no expectation that
it would. The marlborough M%etropoli-
tan Company is the first principal quar-
ry of the commission. The transactions
of this giant corporation need to be
publicly ventilated and the commits
sion has addressed itself to that duty.
The company records of recent years
are necessary for the information of
the commission. and it has been met
by the cool announcement that they
had been destroyed. This statement is
obviously false and has no credence
from the commission Now the COM
pany raises the question of the con-
stitutionality of the commission, the
usual dodge of the corporate law break
ers, and intends to fight the commits
sion In the courts. The time is not
far distant when the men who control
great public utilities will show a more
law-abiding spirit thar they now ex-
hibit. They are inviting severe les
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-31
PART OF THE ANTI-RoosEvELT CAM.
PAIGN,

The naval experts of the New York
press bitterly d%enounce the step taken
by President Roosevelt in sending the
battleship fleet to the Pacific. The risk
and the cost appall them. And then,
again, the Atlantic coast will be
let exposed to possible attack by
some foe, and at the same time
there are no facilities on the
Pacific coast to properly care for the
ships, and all ito crafty Mr.. Roose-
velt's weakness for noise and show"
These irresponsible critics of the adj
m~inistration put their cheap and shall
low judgment against that of the Presi-
dent and his Cabinet and of the Naval
Board, without any knowledge of the
true conditions. But their clamor has a
familiar sound. 1t was raised many
times during the Civil War and, unfor-
tunately, it caused some great disas-
tiers. 1t was raised during the war with
Spain and served to greatly embarrass
the operations of the government. 1t is
raised now as a part of the Wall Street
campaign against Roosevelt, a cam
paign that has no regard for the na-
tional interests and is disloyal to the
nation.
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Governor Stokes Is reviled by Dickin-
sons henchmen in Jersey City on ac-
count Of the absence OF Republican
State officials and leaders from the
Dickinson Association outing on We'd
nesday. It is charged that the Gov
ernor tagged and sidetraeked the men
who had received invitations, among
them Senator Hillery, of Morris. There
IS no doubt that Governor Stokes looked
with disapprobation upon any general
participation by leading Republicans Of
the State in a demonstration gotten up
in honor Of the man who disgraces his
party. and he has the hearty sympathy
of people OF the State generally. II the
absence of all the State leaders was
due TO his influence the fact will always
be quoted to his credit.
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The figures showing the number of
trolley accidents and fatalities in New
ark for the last our months of the
present year are startling. They are
taken from the police records. The
total number of accidents for the period
named was las. and the deaths num-
bered ten. 1t is to be observed that
in the summer season the open a is
in general use and the greater number
of accidents are due to these cars, with
their side rails crowded with people
during the hours of busy traffic. In
most cases Of accident the corporation
is mulcted in damages and the aggre-
gate in a year is a formidable sum.
How 10 prevent or reduce the number
of these accidents and consequent dam
ages is o conundrum that the Public
Service Corporation must solve for its
own sake as well as for the public's.
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Forty-nine teams of rinemen APP
peared on the firing line at Camp Perry,
Ohio, in the national team match under
the auspices Of the Federal Board for
the Promotion of Rifle Practise. eight
more teams than appeared in the match
at Sea Glrt a year ago. Only four
States are missing from the roll and
they win turn up with teams next year.
New Jersey is represented by a team
on which are three representatives of
the First Regiment, of Newark. The
success OF this match, authorized
specially by Congress, has been re-
markable. II shows the wisdom of
the policy Of federal encouragement OF
rifle practise. II will not be long be-
fore the one great event of the year
Will be this contest for supremacy in
rifle shooting.
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examiners. superintendent Poland,
chairman of the Board of Examiners,
in his explanation to the board, made
the matter clear enough to the major
ity. and only six commissioners voted
to sustain the textbook committee. The
fact that misstatements were made to
mislead the judgment of the board does
not do credit to the committee.
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Colnmbus,s Remains.

To tho Editor of the Evening Star:
Can you tell me where the body Of Chris
TOPPER Columbus was first buried; where
it was afterward removed. and its final
resting place? A. c. w.
Tit has been said that his remains were
removed from the Franciscan Convent at
V~alladwolid to the Carthusian Monastery,
near Seville. in 1913: that. in 1886, they
were transferred with those of his son
Diego to Santo Domingo. in Hispaniola,
and that. after the island had been coded
to France in 1875. the Spanish admiral,
Aristozabal. being unwilling that the said
remains should repose on French soil, had
them retranslated to Havana, in Cuba.
And historians have yet to ascertain how
much truth, If any, underlies the said
story,--Ed.l
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What was it that made the socailed Colby organization
possible Was it not corporation domination, intoerant bossism
and the apparent imposdblity of Kidding New Jersey of the
various evils connected Herewith through the agency of either
the Republican or Democratic partyl The people were sick and
tired of being treated as hayseeds who could be hoodwinked and
gouged in the interests of corporations and their political allies,
and they revolted. IF both parties have taken the lesson to
heart and the ulcers on the body polite have disappeared, we'll
and good. If not, is it conceivable that the voters will lapse
back into their former state Of inertia and permit the old style
of government to be resumedp To answer that in the afirma-
tive would be to reflect on the intelligence and public spirit of
Jerseymen, who have not now the excuse of being ignorant of
the facts.
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DECADENT FRANCE.
Her People Have Even Forgotten How
to Dance.

10 OduCC.
People do not dance now with any vim,
says the Boston Evening Transcript. The
mammoth is no more. The buffalo is nearly
extinct. We are after the mosquito and
consumption. Perhaps even the fool will
one day be abolished. But shall we tamely
sit by while dancing and the very house
hold fly are menaced? Rise, sturdy citi-
Zens of this s~oulless age and hurl back
these impending outrages OF an improve
ment-mad new time. Will we meekly stand
still and suffer this privilege of your man.
hood to be wrest from your grasp? M.
Desrats, dean of the Paris Academy of
Choreagraphy-for such is his imposing title
hear his lamentations on the disappear
ance Of all grace from mankind-along with
the Punishment of his bread and butter.
One dances no more" sadly says M.
Desrats, who, though getting on to n, still,
like a young Sir Willoughby Patterne, "has
a leg" and one of which many a junior
might be justlhably proud.
Dancing, which he has practlsed and
taught for ffty-seven years, has kept his
limbs 1.-THE, his cheeks rorJ and his mind
fresh. His enthusiasm for his art is as
warm as 1t was when be was 20. when,
after a liberal education, he gave up
thoughts of the legal or medical profession
and preferred ito consecrate himself to the
cult Of Terpsichore-in his own language,
which is as fowery as his manners.
Though he has always had and still has
plenty of pupils, he has come to the tragic
conclusion that dancing is dying out.
"Oh, monsieur" says he; under the en-
pire how beautifully the women danced,
and what beautiful women they werel'' In
a year 122 official balls were g~iven-that is,
one every three nights. He dates the
downfall of dancing from the Introduction
into France of the Boston" which he as
sumes to have come from America. What
a calamity was there, for the slipshod two
step has killed the waltz. while out-of-door
sports have buried It, The .aristocracy
dances no more. Only the small bourgeois
now and then sacrifices to Terpsichore. =
When the cakewalk. the 'mattchiche, the
kraquette and the liguette were mentioned
to M. Desrats he sWooned and had to be
revived with scented salts, such as early
Victorian ladies inhaled when emotions
overcame them.
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II Is a novel view of the status of an
architect in charge of construction that
he is merely an umpire between the
owner and the contractor" and has no
personal responsibility. This view was
gravely set forth by an architect at a
meeting of the buildings committee of
the School Board last night. All the
compensation of the architect is paid by
the owner and he is hired to bee that
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-31
IS THE COLBY MOVEMENT EsNTE0RATN02 GOVERNOR STOKES
FOR GILBERT COLLINS

The Republican leaders of this State are living On false
hopes if they are banking to any extent on beneftng by the
lack of unity in the ranks Of the colbyites. It is true that
the latter are pretty much broken up on the Governorship ques-
ton. In Essex County nearly all of them favor Frank
Sommer, but George Record has kept the Hudson men from
indorsfhg him and he has influenced the Passaic and Bergen
folks to view the situation from his standpoint. Throughout
the rest of the State the colbyites are not showing many signs
of life. From these conditions many of the Regulars are
extracting the consoling inference that the Colby movement is
on the eve of dsintegration and that it will be practically non
existent after next November.
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Senator Kean, Congressman Gardner and Loudenslager and
Major Carl Lentz II out and out Pitney champions. 1t IS
possible that the Governor might have been won over to that
side but for the Roeblng opposition to Pitney, on account of
Barker Gummere and the fact that Congressman Loudenslager is
for Piney. The old feud between Stokes and Loudenslager has
been reopened and they are likely to have a beautiful rucdon
at the primaries. The Colby influence throughout the State has
a list toward Forts side, though Pitney is not Objectionable.
There is nothing to indicate that a single Colbyite delegate
would vote for Collins. In Essex, at any rate, the Collins
propaganda doesn't seem promising. The fight here will be be-
tween Fort, Sommer and Pitney. ]. M.
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Dream of the Automoboatist.
I'd love to float
In a motor-boat,
The automobile of the sea;
To run down whales,
And scrape the scales
OF the shad and the G. o. d.
I'd love to scoot
With a honking toot
Through waves that are scraping the
sky;
And scare the shark
In the fathoms dark
Where the cables supinely lie.
I'd love to speed
Thro' dank seaweed,
over coral and reef and rocks,
Till the old sardine
In the waters green
Was frightened nal out of his box.
I'd owe to dash
With a roar and a splash
Through the ocean so vast and cool,
And break up the class
AS I noisily pass
In the Porpoise's Saline School.
I've had my day
In the usual way
In my little red car so free,
And now / wish
Mid the waves and fish
To do just the same at sea-,
John Kendrick Bangs. in Harper's
Magazine.
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A Pertinent Query.

you are a millionaire" said Mr.
Dustin Stax.
"I am" answered the young man with
matrimonial intentions.
Then it is needless to ask II you
can support my daughter in the style
to which she has been accustomed"
IT don't know" was the thoughtful
rejoinder. Does she play bridge
whist ?"-Washington Star.
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The Board of Education last night
administered a rebuke to its textbook
committee by voting overwhelmingly
against the recommendations by the
committee to adopt three new textbooks
on music and also a new geography.
The Board of Examiners. a competent
and trustworthy body. had declined to
mdorse these textbooks. but the major
ity OF the committee were convinced by
some process Of reasoning that their
judgment was better than that Of the
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-31
Three Fingers In Texas.

81 understand the colonel has sued
the railroad for damagesg"
YES, sub; he lost three fingers IN
the collision"
From his right or left hands"
From his hip pocket, sub; the col
lision th'owed him against a seat and
broke his bottle."-Houston Post.
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Initials on Coins.

To the Editor of the Evening Star;
1 have noticed different letters on United
States coins. What do they indicate, and
is there any premium on them?
IThe letters co." IS" and &c. c.. APP
pearing on silver coins are but the initial
of the minis at which they we're coined.
Those marked with an "O'' were minted
at New Orleans: those marked with an
rs" at San Francisco and the &C. c."
coined at Carson City. All silver coins
of these mints I've been so marked, and,
of course can have no premium value
Ed
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The Tramu Evil.

The railroads must cease transporting
tramps from place to place, and the local
authorities must enact and enforce
vigorous vagrancy laws against these
dangerous and annoying outlaws. II they
cannot travel except on foot and are made
to work for their food and lodging in
every city, borough n township they
enter, tramp life will soon be foupd to be
not worth the living. This would stop
both the slaughter and the creation of
tramps. 1t is this cooperation between
the railroads, town and State authorities
and public and private charities that the
National Conference Of Charities and Cor
rection recommend. 1t is the only effec-
tive way of meeting IN evil whose malign
influence and vast proportions are steadily
increasing in the face Of the weak and
intermittent efforts which have been made
to check it.-Philadelphia Press.
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the work is properly performed for the
owner, without regard to the interests
of the contractor. An architect possessed
of that idea and, in his Judgment. ire
sponslble, is an architect that an owner
should be careful not to employ. The
city doesn't want that kind of an archi-
tect.
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Take Middlesex County by way of illustration. There was
a terrific camor in that section against "Dory - Strong's
leadership and in order to retain his Office on the State Board
of Assessors he was obliged to cease his political activity.
Has his retirement purified the political atmosphere Has
bossisnn been dethronedl Are the voters now admitted to "a
larger share in the management of affairs
Unless all the indications are misleading Strong has been
succeeded by half a dozen associate bosses and it is not unfair
to say that Strong is the peer of any or all of them. These
men have not changed the methods of procedure which turned
Mdd1esex County over to the Democrats last year. They are
running things in the same old way. Now what do they
expect1 That the people who protested at the polls last year
have forgotten and forgivenl
And the situation in Middlesex is duplicated in other
counties.
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History Revised.

A dyer had brought his dye stuff to
Caesar, who was experimenting in royal
puppies.
In handling the vase containing the
stuff the dyer clumsily spilled a drop
or two on Caesars toga.
The invader of Gaul was greatly
angered. Selling the vase of dye he
hurled it after the fleeing dyer.
'The dye is cast" he said, and went
in to change his linen.-C1eveland Plain
Dealer,
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counties.

This week has seen some amusing developments in the
field. Three or four weeks ago Governor Stokes
had a strong leaning towards Supreme Court Justice Fort. He
has lost that now and is booming ex-Justice Collins, the favor
lite candidate of Colonel Sam Dickinson. Unless Dame Rumor
be more than ordinarily economical with the truth, the Governor
has taken charge of the Collins boom and is trying to line up
the various county leaders. The Mercer County folks are dis
posed to follow his lead. Dickinson will, of course, try to de-
liver Hudson. "Jncie Dam Voorhees, is expected to bring
Morris into the Collins camp, though it is a mistake to class
him as being against Justice Pitney; he simply isn't enthusiastic
and would prefer to oblge the Governor. "Davy' Baird isn't
showing much partsanship on either side, though he inclnes to
Fort and is likely to be confirmed in that inclination If the
Governor sticks to Collins. "Davy" isn't exactly what you
would call fond of Governor Stokes.
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The Compromise.

This is our dance, I believe"
81 would rather not dance. Let us
sit on the stairs"
81 had counted on the dance"
81 am sorry, but I prefer the stairs"
And I prefer the dance. Well. let
us compromise. I will sit on the stairs
If you will let me put my arm around
you."-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
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Little Albert-Mamma and papa keep
me worried all the time.
Little Gilbert-What do they doF
Little Albert-Mamma won't let me
stand on my head and papa fuses be-
cause I wear my shoes out SO fast.E
Boston Globe.
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Her Idea of a wooden Leg.

Hewitt-Is your wife a woman of
practical ideas?
Jewett-Well, 1 could imagine that If
I lost a leg she would think that the
vacancy could be filed by taking one
of the legs out of a pine table that we
no longer use.-Judge.
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Digby-How long did it take you to
learn to run a motor car?
Skorcher-O! five or six.
Digby-Five or six what? Weeks?
Skorcher-No, motor cars.-Catholic
Standard nd-Times.
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channel to Trenton from philadelphia.

Agitation for a deeper channel between
Philadelphia and Trenton has been started
thew by the Trenton Chamber OF Com
merce. Closer relations with Trenton by
the water route can and should be had
and maintained. No one is looking Tor a
thirty-1ve foot depth above Philadelphia
just yet, but there is every reason why a
channel for steamboat uses should be
dredged SO that schedules without regard
to tidal conditions can be operated. As a
matter of fact, every foot gained for a
channel above Philadelphia brings nearer
the proposition of a ship canal across New
Jersey. If at some time the Delaware and
Raritan should be taken as a basis for en-
larging, deep water above Philadelphia to
the mouth of the canal would be ~ssentia
But that is another matter. Trenton
wants deeper water to Philadelphia for the
benefit of commerce. Philadelphia desires
the same thing. For tine making of the
Delaware greater than it is In every re-
spect the two cities can pull together-can
and will.-Philadelphia Inquirer.
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