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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-21
CITIZEN SOLDIERY
ATTITUDE OF EMPLOYERS
TOWARD GUARDSMEN.
Gen. Greely's Report Shows That Many
Firms and Corporations Are Hard on
Militiamen in Their Employ.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-Interesting
information as to the attitude OF
firms and corporations toward men who
join the National Guard and who may
be absent on important military duty,
Is discussed in the annual report OF
General Greedy. who commanded the
Northern Division during the last fiscal
year. Inquiries on these lines were ad-
dressed to the Acknowledgement OF
the States in the Northern Division.
To the question, as to whether mem-
Dars Of the National Guard who are In
the public service are deprived OF any
portion of their regular wage while
absent on military duty, three States
reported NO" seven mo, with excep-
tions,' and two Yes, in part or in
whole"
To the question whether 1t is the
custom Of large firms and corporations
to make reductions in wages for time
of necessary absence on important
military duty, eight officers reported
yes" and -four yes, with exceptions"
Three officers reported Yes" three
No" and six NO, with exceptions" to
the inquiry as to whether employers
are generally disposed to discharge or
look upon with disfavor such of their
employees as may be national guards
men, when necessarily absent from
work on important military duty re-
quired by law or competent authority.
Two officers reported NO" three NO.
with exceptions" four yes and three
Yes, with exceptions" to the In
duiry as to whether the fact of a man
being a national guardsman initiates
against him when applying for work.
Nine officers reported Yes to the
question whether there was any diff
iculty experienced in keeping organiza-
tions filled with desirable men.
Among the causes for this are set
Town influence of labor unions, lack of
interest in military affairs. prosperous
times n plenty of work, inadequate
pay and allowances, and inadequate
State and national appropriations.
Seven officers reported Yes" and
FIVE Yes, with exceptions" to the
question II labor unions oppose recruit
Ing. h remedy suggested was that
the latter be educated to a full under
standing that the guard shall not be
looked upon as enemies. but should be
given to understand hat their common
object should be the welfare of the
country.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-21
DR.. BANTA'S HURT FATAL.
Ribs Were Broken by Fall in Quarrel
with a Woman,

PATTERSON. Aug, H.-Dr. John Banta,
one OF the ~best-known physicians in this
part OF the State, died at his home, 1i9
Broadway, yesterday of pleurisy, due to
the breaking Of two rib eight weeks ago
in an alteration with Mrs. Henry e. Civ
cans, proprietor Of the Collier House, across
the street from his office. Mrs. Giveans's
nephew was bitten by a dog belonging to
the doctor. and a row followed. DR.. Banta
was pushed or fell from his office steps
AID sustained his injuries.
DIR. Banta was 81 years old. He was
graduated from Rutgers College and Belle
yue Medical School. He began practise in
Paterson in 1880. For years he was a
member Of the United States Pension Med
ieal Board for the Paterson district. For
twenty-seven years he was connected with
the Prudential Insurance Company. part
Of the time being head medical examiner.
He is survived by a widow and two sons,
John H Banta and Frank d. Banta.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-21
AMERICAN WOLINIST
LOST IN THE ALPS
Francis Rea MacMillen Tried to Ascend
Mount Blanc and Has Not Been
Seen Since Venture.

NEW YORK, Aug. 2t.--Francis Rea
MacMillen, the American v~iolinist, is re-
ported in cable advices to be lost in the
Alps.
Samuel r. MacMillen, a brother, re-
ceived a cablegram from Marienbad yes
terday stating that Francis was lost three
days ago while attempting the ascent OF
Mount Blanc. 1t was added that a party
was searching for him.
A third brother, Charles MacMillen, ar
rived here from abroad several days ago.
He said last night that just before sailing
he had seen his brother. On that occasion
Francis was in a party which included
Yvette Gutlbert, the French actress; the
latter's husband, and Mime. Van Dyk.
They announced at the time their inten-
ton OF ascending Noun Blanc.
me violinist is % years old and a native
or Marietta. o. He made his American
debut In Carnegie Hall, this city, on De-
cember IL last, with the New York Sym
phony ORCHESTRA. Two weeks earlier he
had arrived in this country after an abb
sence of eleven years. which he had spent
principally studying music in Brussels.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-21
ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE
FROM MT. HOLLY JAIL
George R. Clark Makes Hole in Chimney
and Attacks Fellow-Prisoner, Who
Interfered with His Plans.
Especial to the Evening start

Especial to the Evening Start
MT. HOLLY, Aug. ELIMINATES at
the county jail were aroused at 2
o'clock this morning by cries following
an attempt to break jail on the part
of George r. Clark, who is charged
with shooting Thomas ]. aBrrett, pro-
prietor of the hotel at Roebling. Clark
broke a piece of iron from the flush
tank in his cell, and with this he picked
out some bricks in the chimney, maxi
ing a hale two feet square. Into this
he crowded, expecting to get to the
roof, but the opening was not large
enough for his body to pass through.
He was afraid to open the wall and
drop to the yard because of the blood
hounds below.
Deeming 1t wise to watch Clark an
other prisoner named Joseph Misler
was placed in the cell with him. The
latter brought Charles Williams to the
scene on the plea that he was sick.
So angered at this was Clark that he
grabbed up the blade from a safety
razor, made Misler get down on his
knees and pray. IT will cut your
throat and mine, too exclaimed the
maddened man.. AS he made a move to
put his threat into execution Misler
jumped up and turning on Clark to
save his W life got the razor blade.
In the presence of Sheriff Norcross,
Deputy Sheriff Gaskill, Detective Par
ker and Turnkey Gaskill, Clark was
brought from his cell and transferred
to ''murderers' row." where he will be
chained if his movements become sus-
picious.
Something is the matter with me-"
he said, "but l don't know what it
is"
The mother and wife of Clark Wis
tied him yesterday.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-21
E~LIzABETH'S FIRE BOARD.
Captain Cox Is Reappointed as One of
the Commissioners.

ELIZABETH, Aug. 21.-C Captain
William T. Cox has been appointed a
membe of the Board of Fire Commits
whose term expired yesterday.
Captain Cox served several terms on
the board before Mayor Berry's term,
but WAS removed when that official
took Office, for partisan reasons. He
has continued to aid the city fire de-
partment in distinguishing blazes along
he Sound with his own fire boat, and
his reappointment gives general salts
faetions
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-21
LIFTED BY HIS THUMB.
Then the Latter Gives Way and Is Torn
Completely Out.

TRENTON, Aug. 21.-Lewis Smith, of
Riverside, was the victim of a horrible
accident Yesterday while working
around a derrick near his home. His
thumb caught in a pulley just as the
derrick was raised, and he was lifted
fifteen feet in the air, screaming and
struggling, in spite of a companions
effort to stop the mechanism.
Then the thumb tore loose, taking
with it a muscle reaching to the elbow,
and Smith was dropped back to the
ground. His condition is serious be-
cause of the shock. If he 1t
is feared he win be partly paralyzed.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-21
USES RATTLESNAKES TO
MAKE NEW CONVERTS.
Indiana Pastor Wraps the Reptiles
Around His Neck as He Pleads
to Sinners.

NASHVILLE, Ind, Aug. 21.-The Rev.
William Crabb, pastor of the Church of
the First Born is adding hundreds to his
flock by demonstrating the power of his
creed with rattlesnakes.
lie declares that nothing can bring harm
to true worshipers and says he can handle
any kind of snakes under divine protec-
ton without injury.
To prove his faith rattlesnakes caught
In the woods a few days ago were taken
to the church, and he was asked to prove
his sincerity. He took them out of the
box, wrapped them about his neck and
thus adorned exhorted his hearers.
Many sinners went to the mourners'
bench after the demonstration.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-21
GIRLS LOVE OF FIRE.
Eight Alarms in Ten Days from Her
Home in Brooklyn.

NEW YORK, Aug. 91.-Maude Mills,
Z years old, of Brooklyn, has had a
lot Of experience with fire recently.
From July 81 to August II the child's
love of the flames caused eight alarms
TO be sent In to extinguish outbreaks
In her home. Her peculiar mania led
to her being sent TO the Asylum for the
Feeble-M Minded.
The doctors say that hers is the
most peculiar case Of pyromania that
has ever come under their notice.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-21
POWDER WILL ExPLODES.
One Man Killed Outright and Two
Burned Fatally.

RACINE, Wis, Aug. 21.-An explosion
at the Latin & Rand powder mill, at
Pleasant Prairie, Kenosha County, to-
day, killed Norman Phillips. of West
Virginia, 80 a old, and fatally
burned Walter Harren and John Nolan.
The cause of the explosion is not
known. Thu damage to the buildings
is light.
This is the same mill that exploded
several months ago. killing nine men
and injuring others.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-21
PACIFIC COAST DEFENSES.
Army and Navy ofacers Go to Lay Out
Defense Sea Areas.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 21.-Brigadier-
General Arthur w. Murray, chief Of
artillery, left Washington today by way
of Philadelphia for the Pacific coast,
where he is to lay out what are known
as defense sea areas, similar to those
which have been established on the At
lantic coast.
At Philadelphia he is to be Joined by
Commander Spencer Wood, OF the
navy, who goes with General Murray
SO that there may be uniformity in the
work as between the army and the
navy. They will visit Seattle, Portland,
San Francisco and San Diego.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-21
BEGINNING HOUSE CLEANING
First Step in San Francisco Is the Re-
moval of Police Commissioners,

SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 2O.-Mayor Tay-
Tor today began his promised cleansing
of the municipal departments by send
ing a notification of their removal from
office to four police commissioners. The
communication scored the commission for
failure to remove Chief Of Police Oman.
who. Mayor Taylor declared, is incom-
pstent and lacking in character. The
commissioners after a secret conference,
announced that they would not recognize
any power except the court. 1t is I'M
derstood they will resist any attempt to
take possession of the records by an APP
peal to the police.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-21
MOB CLAMORS FOR MAN
WHO SHOT POLICEMAN,
Young ohioan Kept His Vow to Get
Even with Cop, and Is Barely
Saved from Violence.

DELAWARE. O., Aug. 2t.-DennIs
Rowan, % years old. last night kept a vow
to shoot Patrolman Charles Rudder, and
nearly paid a summary penalty at the
hands of a mob. He owes his life to AS
sistant Chief of Police Spaulding, who,
after being shot at four times by Rowan,
fought his way with a blackjack through
the clamoring crowd Into police headquar-
tiers.
Rudder is in a serious condition.
For several hours the crowd of five hun
bred remained outside the prison, mutter-
ing threats against Rowan. Reinforcements
were secured to prevent violence.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-21
LOSES PAVING SUITS.
New York Street Car Companies win
Famous Case.

NEW YORK. Aug. 21.-The city's at
Tempt to force the street railway companies
to pay the cost of repaving the portions Of
streets between the tracks Is not likely to
be successful. II a report filed yesterday
with the Supreme Court by Hamilton
Odell as referee, is confirmed.
The dispute over the cost of repairing
the street between the tracks has been
going on for about fifteen years, and cul-
minated in 1908. when the suits were begun.
1t is said that the repavink between tho
tracks has cost the city several million
dollars in the past fifteen Dr. twenty years.
None OF this money VIII be recoverable
should Mr.. odeIl's oninion be reamrmed on
appeal.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-21
FIRE AT MORRIS PLAINS.
Stables on whitney Farm There Com
pIetely Destroyed.

MORRIsTOWN. Aug. 21.-Morris Plains
had a $4,000 fire Yesterday when he
group OF stables and farm buildings on the
estate Of Mrs. Stephen Whitney were
burned to the ground. The horses and some
of the carriages were run out. The Morris
Plains fire department, just organized,
turned out. but as their apparatus has not
yet arrived, they could do nothing but
help with buckets.
The chemical engine and a hose wagon
from Morristown were sent and the hremen
from the State Hospital also responded.
The gardeners cottage was saved BY the
hard work Of the flremen. The buildings
were valued at $500. while the contents de-
stroyed approximate 5000.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-21
CUT GREEN TOBACCO.
Connecticut Farmers Fear They viii
Lose Crop.

HARTFORD, Conn, Aug. 21.-Rather
than risk losing the crop, owing to
the extreme drought throughout the
tobacco raising section of Connecticut,
many Of the farmers are cutting to-
baceo.
The plants are not matured. but if no
rain should fall in the next ten days
the crop would wilt and lose its flavor
The tobacco now being cut is heavily
gummed. and viii require unusual care
in curing. Much OF the crop is Of ex-
cellent quality.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-21
FIRE IN R~ockPoRT. Me.
Believed to Have Been Of Incendiary
Origin-Damage $4,000.

ROCKPORT, Me-, Aug. 21.-Fire, be-
lieved to have bee of incendiary
origin. which did damage estimated
at $75, 900, broke out along the west
side of the harbor at 1880 this morning.
Eight of the wooden structures about
the kilns of the Rockport- Rockland
Lime Company and a large storehouse
containing cooperage material were
destroyed.
At 2:40 the firemen had the flames
under control. Two schooners were
slightly damaged.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-21
rorABIIIrrEs ARRIVE FROM BRAZIL

NEW YORK. Aug. 2l-sir Daniel
Morris. imperial commissioner CT agri-
culture In the West indies, ana Bishop
Kinsolving, Episcopal bishop. OF South
ern Brazil, arrived here today on the
steamer Byron from Rio de JaneirO.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-21

I consider the public press the very best ad-
yertiaing medium. Manager Howard, Rrysons
Graham 8 Co.. ottsliA
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-09-04
A Problem.

Two Irishmen were discussing po-
litical economy. "The problem Of
political economy" said Casey, so
l was reading in one of thim books,
is the distribution of wealth. That
means, Grady, how are we going
to compil the rich to give back the
money that they have stolen from
the poor" "Ye may be right"
said Grady, "but there is wan other
thing about yer problem, Casey,
that l can't fggcr out. 1t is this;
How the divvle did the poor iver
manage to git all the money that
We say the rich stole from thin Pr
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-09-04
Finicky.

"Cleanliness is a prime factor in
successful chicken farming" said an
expert. keep the runs clean, drN
cheerful and your hens will do their
duty by you nobly. Ii, fact, to make
hens lay well it is almost necessary
to carry neatnesS to the tinicky
point-to be as fnicky as the old
lady with the aquarium. This old
lady did not merely keep the aqua
ruin neat-the glass spotless, the
stones at the bottom snowy-but 1t
was said of her that every Saturday
night she took the fish out and gave
them Q bath" i
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-09-04
Parliamentary Humor.

On one occasion when Mr.. Glad
stone was beginning to give up the
lead in the house of commons to
Sir William iIarc0urt it was noticed
by the members that he left the
house at the dinner hour, and Sir
William Harcourt led for the rest of
the sitting. Mr.. Darling one even
ing drove Sir William to fury on
failing to elicit definite answer to
an inquiry by casually observing in
the course of his speech, 81 have
noticed that lately the party oppo-
site, adopting an ancient precedent,
has set up a greater light to rule
the day and a lesser light to rule the
night"
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-09-04
A Dry Land Fish.

The periopathalmus, one of the
most remarkable of the several spe-
cies of dry land fish eatalogued by
the naturalists, is a native of Mauri-
thus. He is only four or five inches
long, but has a big head, very promi-
nent eyes and side fins which bear
a strong resemblance to legs. They
have the curious. habit of leaving
the water in the evening and spend
ing the entire night hunting the
nocturnal insects which inhabit the
muddy flats near tidewater; A sim
liar species of New Zealand are
called "runping fishes" by the ma
tiyes.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-09-04
A Popular Delusion.

"Did yoa read this, DEAR said
Mrs. Grigsby to Orlando the other
night. dts a strange case. A
harmless lunatic imagines that.he's
grain of corn and will not 90
into the yard lest chicken eat him.
Isn't it an odd delusion?"
"Oh, the worlds full of such de-
lusions, DEAR" said Grigsby. Il
know a harmless lunatic who seems
to imagine that she's piece of
cheese, and she will fly from a room
when mouse enters it for fear the
little creature will devour her. -
London Tit Bits.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-09-04
EXCESSIVE ATHLETICS.
Tina Danger Of Weakening the BODY
and the Nerves.

ina Danger OF Weakening the Bod
and the Nerves.
Exercise is as necessary for the
human body as food and drink. Il
is impossible to maintain perfect
health without it. But it must be
taken in moderation, for excess in
this respect is as harmful in its way
and sometimes in the same way q:
excess in eating.
The effect of exercise is to in
crease the tissue changes in the
body. The weaker cells are destroy
ed and replaced by new and stronger
cells, the nutrition is increased, and
the waste products are thrown off
If the exercise is carried to .extrema
lengths, it may happen that the
waste products are thrown into the
system in so great a quantity that
they cannot be disposed of in the
ordinary way, and they accumulate
to such an extent that the body is
poisoned by its own waste. The re-
suit Is the same as when an excess
Of food is taken, and so exercise,
which in moderation tends to coun-
teract the evil of overeating, in ex-
cess only increases the evil.
1t has always been known that ex-
cessiye physical labor has a tenden-
ey to shorten life, and the attain
ment of old age is seldom the lot of
the laboring man. But the fact is
often curiously overlooked that
physical labor is physical labor,
whether it consists in welding a
pick and shovel or in throwing
weights, rowing boat, running or
jumping.
The dangers of inordinate devo-
ton to athletics are that one part
of the body, one set of muscles or
certain organs, such as the heart,
will be developed out of proportion
to the other parts. This is espe-
cially the case in the young who
have not yet attained their growth
Again, as has just been noted, the
body becomes poisoned by its own
waste thrown off more rapidly than
it can be eliminated by the natural
processes. The nervous system,
which presides over and regulates
all the functions of the body, is put
to a great strain, and the overtrain-
ed athlete is in great danger of be-
coming neurasthenic. But it is es-
pecially the heart and arteries, the
carriers of nutriment to all the or
gans and tissues, which. are apt to
suffer the most.
The heart is a patient organ, and
when strain is put upon it it quietly
increases its bulk and its strength
to meet the task. So long as the
strafp is continued it works along
tMt when the call upon it is dimin-
ished suddenly, the young man Civ
ing up his athletics and taking to a
sedentary life, its muscular tissue
begins to degenerate.
The arteries under strain act in
the Same way, and when the tension
is relaxed the condition known as
arteriosclerosis develops. The It's
sues are poorly nourished, and the
man aces before his time.
When devotion to athletics has
been excessive, it is only by the
2reate.t care in training down that
the athlete can avoid the danger
If weakened body and nerves.
Nnn.l' G,-+taniau
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-09-04
A Gentleman.

What is it to be a gentleman !?
Is it to have lofty aims, to lead
pure life, to keep your honor virgin,
to have the esteem of your fellow
citizens and the love of your fire
side, to bear good fortune meekly,
to suffer evil with constancy and
through evil and good to maintain
truth always? Show me the happy
man whose life exhibits these quail
ties, and him we will salute as a
gentleman, whatever his rank may,
be. Show me the prince who pos
sesses them, and he may be sure OF
our love and loyalty.-Thackeray.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-09-04
Tho Leaning Tower Of Pisa.

The leaningstowe of Pisa is Pc
culiar in that it deyiates about four
teen feet from the perpendicular,
a popularity not due to original de-
sign. Beginning to keel over at the
completion of the third story, the
architects deliberately accepted the
conditions and, adhering to the in
elination, diminished the slope of
the upper stories so as to keep the
center of gravity well within the
walls. The height of the tower is
$50 feet. It's cost, reckoned in
American money, was $250,000.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-09-04
Feat of a Greek Scholar.

1t may safely be said that no feat
of translation in any age has ever
equaled that achieved by Professor
Jebb in rendering Browning's "Abt
Vogler" into Greek verse. This fine
soliloquy of the musician is less OBJ
scure, no doubt, than many other Of
its authors productions, but it
abounds in imagery and in turns Of
thought which even an Englishman
finds 1t not very easy to follow and
of which he could hardly have con-
ceiyed it possible that any Greek
equivalents could exist. Yet they
did exist, for Jebb found them,
though it may be doubted whether
any other Greek scholar living
would have been equally successful
in his search.-London Telegraph.
Lexington gazette. [volume] (Lexington, Va.) 1871-1962, 1907-09-04

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