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Smith and Jones were passing down Oh
ford street. London. and before then
strutted one of the members of a musica
society, who sang as he walke alone
snatches from ballads and operas to MS
W intense satisfaction.
II bet you a level shilling, said S. to
j.. that l give that chap in front OF US
who is singing. a terrific kick, which lie
will not resent. and instead of being an
noyed will hank me-"
Perhaps you Know him-he is a friend
of yours" j. replied.
Il have never spoken to him, and he
doesn't know me " said S.
Right you hre, then; I'll take you,
said j.
S. advanced to the warbler and, watch
ing his opportunity, dealt the tenor a ter
rife kick. The singer turned round, mad
dened with passion at the ~unprovoked AMI
unexpected attack. s.. in no way discon-
certed, raised his hat politely, and, with
the most profound how and with the ap-
2earance Of sincere regret, said:
Excuse me! / thought from your voice
l recognized my old friend Caruso."
The compliment was too telling, and the
singer, overcome with pride at the sus-
ge5ted comparison, replied:
My dear sir, you are too kind"
Smith won his bet, but the joke should
not be tried upon the same tenor again.
.rit-Bits.
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eERMANY,s GREAT SCANDAL.

A great scandal in German high
life, which very nearly touches the I'M
perial Court, recalls a similar scandal
in the British ~aristocracy which was
unpleasantly aired a few years ago.
The scandal has eliminated in a trial
in the court, in which some shocking
facts are disclosed. The chief culprit
is the son of the late Prince Albert of
Prussia, and is a general in the army,
a member of the court camarilla and a
blood relative of the Emperor. Domestic
life in Germany is pure and sweet,
and a scandal like this must be deeply
painful to the whole nation. The NOR
ais of the German Emperor are exem-
plary. There is probably no purer-
minded man in Europe. To such a mar
It must be CALLING to find that he has
been in such close touch with moral
leprosy.
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Railway Mileage,

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Has the United States more railway mile
age than any other country and how much?
A. J. q.
GConsul w. c. Tcichman, of Eibenstock,
quoting from statistics recently computed
and published by a German periodical for
railway science, says that they develop
the fact that the mileage Of railroads in
the United States alone exceeds that OF
any country in the world, and also that of
entire Europe. He summarizes: The total
length of the railways of the world on
January l, 1905. is declared to have been
563, 771.7 miles (E1nglish) or, in the figures
given, COS, 695 kilometers, OF which the
United States represents 215, 713.39 miles
b1,503 kilometers) and Europe 1872, 247.52
miles 1909, 1913 kilometers), resulting in an
American lead of about 23,500 miles over
Europe. The total mileage on the Amerl-
can continent Is estimated to be more than
one-half of that of the entire world. The
report calculates that the entire capital
invested in the construction of The worlds
railroads amounted on January |. 1868, To
1872, OO0,O 900 marks. or $+S, $40, 900, oO.-EdA1
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DoIIiver and the sugar-Barrel.

Senator Dolliver, of Iowa, can tell a
humorous story as well as Mark Twain,
and to get the real flavor of the fun in
the following one should listen to it as
told by him In his dry, inimitable way:
sugar was sugar when l was a boy. II
cost from twenty-five to thirty cents q
pound at that time, and children we're not
allowed TO eat quite as much of 1t as they
DO nowadays. 1t was a rare OCCASIONS
sort of family event-when Il barrel of il
was brought home. At such times I can
well remember o the precious cask was
solemnly conveyed to the big closet store
room under the stairway, rolled inside,
and the door carefully locked and the key
turned over to the housekeeper.
one Of the many tragedies of my boy
hood occurred one fateful day when she
accidentally forgot to lock tina door,
sneaked into the closet to help myself to
the sugar-got caught at it--and before /
could get my head out of the barrel the
er-eXercise began Judge.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-26

The preservation of American traditions
of freedom requires that those traditions
should not merely be learned in school his
tories, but that they should be felt by
contact with the scenes where those ira
ditions were born. But there is a more
practical and purely commercial side to
the matter. Today more Americans prob
ably visit the places of historical and
literary interest i'll England than in their
own country. Part of that is fashion, no
doubt, but the fashion was set by English
devotion to those places. When Americans
are made to know the riches of American
history as they know those of English,
more of them will stay at home. Other
places in this country will become popular
shrines k Gettysburg. A great deal of
work remains to be done in the interest
both of good Americanism and good bust
ness.-Brooklyn Eagle.
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AIsska,s Anniversary.

The observance of the fortieth ami
versary of the raising of the American
flag over Alaska, by the Alaska Club.
of Seattle, is of more than usual signih-
canoe at this time. Not yet do the Am
erican people fully appreciate the real
value of this rich possession, and not
yet has the American government shown
that intimate care for Alaska's material
and moral welfare it should lave shown
long since.
What Alaska may be forty years from
now, no man is desperate enouoN - ~uess;
indeed, if some man, KNOWN item
~tialities and possibilities of lern
country, should venture a CUE. in his
behalf, there are sane men in this coun-
try who would look upon him as a
dreamer of dreams impossible of ~fruition.
But. finally, whether the Federal Govern
ment shall discharge its obligations early
or late. Alaska will fully meet the expec-
tations of those who are now seeking the
just constitutional rights of the territory,
and who, in season and out of season, sing
Alaska's praises and battle ~valiantly for
Alaska's rights.-Seattle Post-Intelligencer.
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SQUIRE OUT. TOO.

George A.. Squire, president of the
board of managers of the State Re-
f~ormatory. is the second State commits
sioner to resign under fire and by COM
pulslon. The first to go was Commits
sioner Percy Jackson, of the State Fish
and Game Commission, and the only
wonder in that case was that the resig-
nations of the whole board of commits
sioners were not forthcoming. As II
a the Legislature bounced the rest
Of the commission for good cause
President and Commissioner Squire
did not have the courage of Commits
sioner Jackson, who appeared before
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NationnI Holidnxs.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Kindly let us know if the Fourth of July
is a holiday in every State in the Union.
Also let me know if there are any ma
tional holidays and what they are in the
United States. ANXIOUS READER.
[July 4 is a holiday in all the States. Ter
ritories and District of Columbia, but N
is not, properly speaking, a national holi-
day, for there is no national holiday. Cor
gress has at various times appointed spe-
cial holidays. In the second session of the
Fffty-thirc Congress 1t passed ar act max
ing Labor Day a public holiday In the Dis
trict of Columbia and it has recognized
the existence of certain days as holidays
for commercial purposes, but, with the ex-
ception named, there is no general statute
on the subject. The proclamation of the
President designating a day OF thanks
giving makes it Il legal holiday only in the
District OF Columbia and the Territories
Ed.1
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run o cars.

One f. Benjamin Andrews is Chancellor of the University
of Nebraska. While exercising his vocal organs the other day
he suggested in that serious, earnest way of his that newspaper
men who criticize milHonaires ought to be hanged by the neck
until dead. Whereat the people of Nebraska are madden than
hornets who have been disturbed in their sleep, and they talk
of separating Z. Benjamin Andrews from his job. They are
Z. Benjamin Andrews is a freak, always has been,
and ever will be one, To this commonplace hundrum world of
ours he furnishes amusement periodically, and we can't afford to
discourage him. But for him, Chancellor Day, of Syracuse, and
the loftysou1ed Christian cergymen who regard Rockefeller and
his kind as demi gods, we should MISS a lot of fun and some
times forget where to look for a perfect model of the datterer,
the sycophant and the hypocrte. The mndness of the punish
ment suggested by L. Benjamin Andrews is what surprises most
of us. Burning alive in boiling oil would come nearer to fit
ting the crime of discouraging the millionaire industry.
JIM.
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THE NEW YORK CLEARING HOUSE.

The great CONFUSION in Wall street
and in banking circles in New Yorl
has brought into greater prominence
that institution known as the New
York Clearing House. But for the TX
istence of this privately-created power
and authority everything in New Yorl
would have gone to smash and the
whole country would have been in
volved in a common disaster. In the
late emergency the New York Clearing
House acted with all Of the authority
of the governors of the Bank of Eng
land or of the state banks in France
and Germany.
At the elimination of the trouble
the New York Clearing House was
swift to act. 1t singled out certain
bank managers who had misused their
trusts and compelled their resignation,
1t gathered together all the conserva-
tive strength of the banks of New
York and used it to prop financial
credit. 1t invoked the of the
National treasury and commanded the
aid of such men as Morgan and Rookie
Teller.
But the greatest factor of the situa-
ton was the commanding attitude and
resolute will of the Clearing House,
which has made such a deep impress
sion upon the whole country. There
probably never will be in THIS country
such a thing as a government bank,
which is opposed to the spirit of
American institutions. But the New
York Clearing House is evidently
destined to be developed into some
thing not unlike the Bank of Eng
land. which is not a government
bank at all, and yet be unlike the
great British bank. The financial CEN
tire of the world has been gradually
shifting from Europe to America. and
1t will not be many years before New
York will centre the great monetary
of the world. The New York
Clearing House, which has evoluted
a mighty power in the financial
world, seems destined to become a
great controlling and regulating insti-
tuition for a" banking and financial in
terests in the land.
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the Hahn COMMITTEES and answered
questions. Squire has been a fugitive
ever since the early summer. and the
first word heard from him was his
resignation, received by the Governor
in response to a request for the same.
Perhaps it would have been much bet
ter for the State administration If
every State officer and every State
commissioner who showed up badly or
equivocally in the Hahn investigation
had received the tip to resign.
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They've dramatized the breakfast foods,
they've dramatized the courts;
They've dramatized the colleges and half
the college sports.
They've dramatized the Gibson girl with
all her winsome wiles;
They've dramatized the mushroom hat.
the fashions and the styles.
They've dramatized the corset ads-I say
it with a blush,
They've dramatized the ales and wines,
the kind that needs no bush.
They've dramatized the patent pill in most
attractive way;
And soon they'll go to work, no doubt,
and dramatize a play.
Louisville Courier-Journal
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Buck Fever.

In the delirium of buck fever he
mistook a colt for a deer.
And the colt, MORALLY stricken, sank
down upon the straw of the barnyard.
looking with glazed eyes upon the null
titude of sympathetic creatures that
gathered gently about it.
Have you no last message for any
one?" they inquired.
T%hereupon the moribund animal
reared its head proudly.
Tell my SIRE" it said, in a loud, firm
voice, that 1 died game"
One long, shuddering sigh, and all
was over.-Exchange.
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Master Walter. aged 5, had eaten the
soft portions of his toast at breakfast,
and piled the crusts on his plate.
"When l was a little boy" remarked
his father, who sat opposite him, II
always ate the crusts of my toast
Did you like them" % inquired his Off
spring, cheerfully.
Yes" replied the parent.
You may have these" said Master
Walter. pushing his plate across the
table.-Harper's Weekly.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-26

A demand is made on the Jersey
City police department, and it is a rea-
sonable one, hat a list of the n
thousand names claimed to have been
fraudulently registered for the coming
election shall be made public. The offer
is made by the Jersey City Journal to
publish the list without charge. The
object of the police should be to pre-
vent a fraudulent vote. and to insure
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any sense a home or asylum, but a hos
pital and training school to teach pa
tients to care for themselves in their
homes. But what shall we do with the
incurables? They are to be left to their
own resources, 10 the uncertain care of
relatives and friends. They cannot be
admitted to the city hospitals. Shall
there be no provision made for such
casesa
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1.-The people and the corporations" said
Senator LaFollette in Madison the other
day, remind me of a woman and her lit
tie boy. There was a very large chicken
and a very small duck on the table and
the woman, pausing with the carving knife
raised, said: Johnny, which will you take,
chicken or duck? Duck piped Johnny.
But the mother shook her head. NO,
Johnny she said in a firm, yet kindly
voice, you can't a duck, my dear. Take
your choice, darling, take your choice, but
you can't AVE duck Chicago News.
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"Yeh," said the first gallery god, describ-
ing the melodrama, de hero done de
villain up all right, all right, but de villain
wouldn't admit it,"
"G'on!' exclaimed the other.
NO" the first continued, de last woids
he SEE wuz: I am undone.' "-Philadelphia
Press.
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wifey-But why don't you want me
to buy your neckties any more?
Hubby-Well-er-Fd rather buy
them myself than have you go to all
that trouble.
Wifey-But I like to do things for
you.
Hubby-Oh. in that case, I'll let you
look after the furnace this winter
Judge.
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Rlackfah At Flshinr nank..

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
To settle a bet will You please tell
whether there are any blackfish ever
caught during the year at the fishing
banks. j. g.
[Blackhsh are caught at the fishing
banks.-Ed.1
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Safe.

He-Did you hear me singing under
your window last night? 1 hope your
father didn't hear 1t.
She-Yes, he did; but you needn't
worry; he thought it was the CATS
Meggendorfer Batter.
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this object the names should be given
the widest publicity. If the names are
withheld from publication there will be
some Justification for the suspicion
that the story of the n thousand
fraudulent registrations is fiction.
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IN HUMOROUS VEIN.


Reporter-The society leaders, first hus-
band was an actor and the second was
from Boston. How shall describe them 7
Editor-Oh, just head the article Ham
and Beans. "-Chicago News.
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Not Improbable.

Il understand In France a fine is M :
posed when a train is late"
ID you believe they fine the train ~
Al to that, 1 can't say. l know they
always dock the boats. "-Louisville
Courier-Journal.
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STAR READERS

anonymous communications cannot be
printed. Except on political subjects the
names OF correspondents are not required for
duplication, but as a guarantee of good faith.
Ed
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The new sanatorium at Glen Gardner
is for durable cases Of tuberculosis and
not for the incurable. 1t is not to be in
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If dust baths we're fashionable Bloomfield avenue would be
the best patronized highway in Essex County. Those who
want to get covered from head to foot with tiny particles of
refuse of all kinds need only walk, ride or drive up that
avenue from Newark to Bloomfield. That stretch about three
Quarters of a mile on either side of Branch Brook Park is
especially commended, and one may get the full benefit in the
wake of a trolley car. Perhaps the most comfortable way of
enjoying this luxury is to invest a nickel with the Public Serv-
ice Corporation and ride o II the rear of one of its trolley cars
there's rarely room inside, anyway, and those who do get
seats are deprived of at least half their share of the delightful
show that envelops and ,penetrates everything.
The trolley company might advertise this attraction. but il
it intends doing anything of the kind it must be prepared t
run more cars.
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WILL THE ROOSEVELT ISSUE CUT ANY FIGURE HERE P
CAMPAIGN 0U5sssRs ON DECK. ETc. ere.

There's nothing in this talk about a large number of conf
muters going to bolt the Republican ticket in order to get
square with Roosevelt for the financial stringency and dis
turbances. Action of that kind, for such a reason, implied a
reflection on the intelligence of the persons referred to, but in
quiry shows that it is without foundation.
As a matter of fact, if it could be demonstrated that a few
hundred persons affected by the Wall Street muss were likely
to follow the plan outlined it would bring to the Republican
ticket ten times IS many Roosevelt men who are, so far, dis
posed to be- indifferent. This lukewarmuess on their part may
not be commendable, but facts and desires do not always jbe.
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The campaign guessers are OF the job, and there are quota
tons to burn now. If you really want to know, however,
how your own city o # county is going to show up on Election
Day, the best place to get information is away from home,
preferably i'll Trenton. AT the State capital there are amateur
accountants who have it figured out even to the odd votes.
The Democratic figures claim Hudson by 5000, Mercer by 1000,
Middlesex and Monmouth by small pluraities, Atlantic by 500,
Essex by 1900, and they seriously avow that Camden won
give Fort more than 5000 plurality. Then listen to the
Republican jugglers of pluraites and majorities: They won't
permit more than 10000 plurality for Katzenbach in Hudson
and they solennly swear that Fort will carry Essex by 5000,
Camden by at least that many, and that he will win in
Atlantic, Mercer and Monmouth.
The Republican artists seem to have more responsive and
better upholstered imaginative faculties than their rivals. Lord
only knows where they get their 5000 in Essex
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Possibly it is true, as has been SO insstenty asserted,
that New Jersey must give a Republican majority next week in
order to uphold President Roosevelt. Possibly that is so, but
the statement stands by itself without support or backing.
Why should it make any difference to President Roosevelt
or his policies how this State goes on November S Is
Judge Fort an enthusiastic Roosevelt man? Has Franklin
Murphy, his campaign manager, been noted for strenuous advo-
cacy of the Roosevelt policies? Are their associates pro- Roose-
welt or anti Roosevelt
These questions re asked not in a carping spirit, but IN a
search for light, information and instruction. Straightforward
answers may help some Roosevelt supporters to determine their
lineup at the polls next week.
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Assemblyman Edward H. Wright takes the ground

Assenblyman Edward H. Wright takes the ground that the
real issue in New Jersey is the abolition of commercialisn and
graft in politics, and he refuses to recognize any other. Well,
many men, many minds, as George Buchanan, the Scottish
philosopher and scholar, was fond of saying. On the " Hill,
and in other sections, he won't hear anything but Bishops bill.
In other quarters you are met with the statement that this
election is solely a question of whether or not Roosevelt is to
be Endorsed. Then some of the high priests of Mr.. Wrights
party tell US that the only point at stake is the turning out of
office unfit, incompetent and unfaithful servants. And so it goes.
'Ts a pity, though, that we can't relegate to the rear all
the little, transient and relatively unimportant issues and have a
cean-cut fight on the proposition submitted by Mr.. Wright 1t
ought to be the issue in this and every other State until we
have driven from public life those who make a business of
politics, and traffic in the confidence of their fellow men.
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Lahaina, Maui, December %, 1906.
Hon. l.. l.. McCandless. Honolulu.


L L McCandless
Dear SIR have of the Goth will
oughy sympathy with with attitude the
willing furnish information
left Lanai November
exception
muku The fisheries
mostly
marketed Lana Some of those natives owned kueanas but did
o
suitability
eight Hawaii the
the
Lanai hills
exception miles
sinking shallow along drkable
Range can easily six or mile
The Mauna Sugar raised side of Lanai
that regarded the dry side would though small farming
be NJ Vetlesen Honolulu
Muna could definite information
point
Mr. California ranch, teacher
drought of Lanai blowng believe
depreing
occasionally
thing has the island first formed The
which considerably shifting
those places
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s piles Where they generally
the Lanai deal Following correspondence:
Maui December
Hon. L. L. McCandless
Dear SIR In connection with
which while
The Postoe Keomuku
Kahaepaaoa In
resigned Mr. applied
of the fact that large majority people
the Postofe of
Honolulu T
of
As have been resident
the liberty of asking little information regarding
Will kindly let
Island Lana
What do
land collectively your
Of
ranching puposef Also small farming
Thanking anticipation for kindness this
J. S
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(Signed)
Hilo, Hawaii, December %, 1906.

e,
I. I. McCandles, Honolulu Hawaii
publish objection
by the when he
meeting which notice
Legislature elects of the
reputable citizens
all would did
deal feel that
sending
public apparently
dried; only stamp It is
outside Of those holding office
the Of
8 Lanai