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Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-10-04
A oImcult Cholce,

A London literary critic thinks that
laughter 10 immoral. Physicians say
Il is 4 splendid aid 10 digestion. Shall
We be morally dyspeptc or immoral.
iy happy
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-10-04
hs's Entitled - u.

The dog that barAs At the moon gets
the same kind Of sat!sfaetion that 10
experienced by weak man who SCOTS
at the work q great man does.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-10-04
A Daily Thought.

II IS only by labor that thought can
bs made healthy. and only by thought
that labor can be made happy.-Rus.
kin.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-10-04
Damascus In the Lead.

Damascus Is the frst city In the
Turkish empire TO be III with cleo.
tdcity and have electric street cars.
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-10-04
Impulse Breeds Impulse.

Franklin: II 10 easier to suppress
the FIRST impulse than to satisfy all
that follow It
Franklin's paper the statesman., 1907-10-04

Luck.
Lazy men afs always talksng about
some other men who ~ fools ~
iuel.
The Yale expositor., 1907-12-06

laws evils such as child labor. as the
over-working OF women. as the fall
ure to protect employees from loss OF
life or limb can be effectively reached
any more than the evils OF rebates and
stock watering can be reached without
good laws. To fail TO stop these prac-
tees by legislation means to force
honest men into them. because other
wise the dishonest who surely will
take advantage of them will have
everything their own way. II the states
will correct these evils. well and good;
but the nation must stand ready to aid
them
The Yale expositor., 1907-12-06

The president devotes much space TO
the affairs OF the army. and strongly
urges that our regular military organi-
zation be kept up to the highest possible
standard OF efficiency. and says:
''The medical corps should be much
greater than the needs OF our regular
army In war. Yet at present II is small
er than the needs OF the service demand
even in peace. The Spanish war oc-
CURED less than ten years ago. The
chief loss we suffered in II was by dis
ease among the regiments which never
left the country. At the moment tho
nation seemed deeply impressed by this
The Yale expositor., 1907-12-06
Greater Elasticity In
f-.-....., NJ. rf.~.a

The president Quotes extensively from
his last message In dealing with the d.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1907-09-01

man, OF the National Association
Of the Audubon Societies; Profit
IN Hogs Tor the Mississippi
Farmer, d. a. Saunders, Stark
vile, Miss. Evening session,
sis Few Matters Of npor-
tance 10 Mlssissippials, Hon.
Il, l.. Blakesiee. Commissioner
OF Agriculture. Jackson, Miss !.
The ses Of Trees for the Pur-
pose OF Economy aud E.auty
illustrated Prof. Geo. l..
C!othier, OF the College.
Friday, Sept. u Morning ses-
slon, io-lIow Beef Cattle Can
lie Made Profitable % Our State,
Prof. Archibald Smith, OF the
College; Discussion. Mr.. ]. NJ,
.Aldrtca, Michigan CITY, Miss.
Afternoon session. a1-Wnat
Has Alfalfa Donc 10 Increase
Land Values ia Nississippi. DR..
!. {. Gathtngs. Prairie. Miss. +.
Problems 10 Successful Alfalfa
Growing, Mr.. II. II. Strorg,
West Point, Miss. Evening ses-
sioc, sst5-Pouitr7 Raising 10
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-17
THE ORANGE MURDER MYSTERY.

Frederick r. Romer was murdered in
his bedroom in the old Park Hotel in
Orange at an early hour on Friday
morning of last week The Orange po-
lice are not accustomed to deal with
murder cases, and this particular case,
being involved in some mystery, was "a
c%onundrum TO them. The steps taken
to detect and a%pprehend the murderer
were not calculated to effect that OBJ
ject. Some letters from women found
among the murdered mans effects
seemed to furnish a clue, and upon
that the police vaguely worked with
out getting anywhere or developing
anything.
But should the people of Orange leave
the matter of the murder entirely to
the local police? The fact that a murder
so bold and brutal could be committed
in the heart of the city of Orange and
in a hotel filled with people, and the
murderer escape undetected, is damag-
ing to the prestige of the town. Such
a crime might happen in New York,
where people as a rule do not know
their next-door neighbors and where
strange sights are common, but Mt is
extraordinary that it should happen un-
detected in the city of Orange. There is
detective talent that might unravel the
mystery, but it awaits reward. The
citizens of Orange should not wait until
ali traces Of the murderer ave been
lost. They should subscribe a FUND and
set the best detective talent to work.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-17
CHRISTMAS FOR THE NEEDY.

Don't forget in this holiday season
that there are others besides our own
who have some claims upon us for a
little Christmas cheer, and for whom
most of us can spare something to
help them to some of the feeling of the
festive spirit of the occasion A little
more food, a little more warmth and
comfort would impart that spirit to
many that must otherwise go without it.
There are philanthropic societies that
know the needy and their needs
and can use much more than they
know how to get to minister TO the
poor and the sick, who, If we do not
know Individual cases, will see that
whatever we can afford will be be-
slowed where 1t will do the most good
and bring the most happiness. BY
giving according to means and giving
now we will have the satisfaction OF
knowing that we are helping to bring
Christmas cheer to those who else
would have zone.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-17


NEW YORK. Dec. 1.-TWO hundred
nersons have i,,st heen formed into a
-. 3. +hta it,, - sa~,,a DC subiaots
-'t.ss 49, o.
= - W
mysteries OF hyphotlsm ever proJeceeu
The experiments, 1t was announced
yesterday, will be made under the
auspices of the Society for Psychica
Research. The experiments VIII De
conducted by DR.. Gustav A. Gayer, a
psychologist of international renown.
II Is said that President Roosevelt is
taking a deep interest In Dr. Gayers
work.
The possibilities of the Investigations
as outlined by Dr. Gayer are IN
bounde& 1t Is likely, he says, thai
much of the strange period OF human
life beyond the ~cloudland where history
begins Will be revealed through the
subjects under hypnotic influence.
one ignorant supJect, Wnlle Hyp-
Noticed, a already told Things ABOUT
the life OF prehistoric Egypt, previous
~ unknown. otner sup1eels, Ut. Iayer
says, nave feVealeu strange thlhss On
neeted with what the metempsychoslses
would can thelr previous e~Alsteness'
Inc results OF tnls INQUIRY INTO the
sup-conscions minus OF an army %
mental nhonstrosi.fes are II Is
10 form tne OASIS Ior CURING uisease
ana preVelllns ciinie ~ 'he seneia
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-17
A A T TO sEwEIL.

Because Congressman Loudenslager
viding for an appropriation of 500, 900
for a statue of General Phil Kearny
the Camden Post-Telegram is of the
opinion that 'the Legislature might
appropriately provide for a statue to
General sewell. Congress having al
ready donated sufficient material in
the shape of old brass cannon for the
casting" Immediately after Senator
sewell died some inconsiderate friends
had a bill introduced in the Legisla-
ture appropriating $4,000 to pay for a
statue to Sewell, to be erected in front
OF the State House. The improperly
Of such a step was impressed upon the
minds of members Of the Legislature
and the bill quietly dropped out Of
sight.
1t would have been In much better
taste If the friends of Senator SeweTl
had subscribed the money and erected
a statue on some other site than the
State House grounds. There are not a
few Jerseymen whose names have been
conspicuous in the history of the State
who deserve to be concentrated in
bronze, and to whom no public me-
mortal ever was erected. It would be
strange indeed If the Legislature
should ignore all these eminent
WORTHLESS to do special honor to a man
WHO died but yesterday and the meas
ire of whose public character is yet to
be taken. A quarter of a century
hence William J. sewell will either be
remembered or forgotten. BY that
time there will be a just estimate of
the man, and if he shall be deemed
worthy of a public monument he will
probably get one.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-17
JERSEY c1TY,s BACK DOOR.

The development of Jersey City's
back door on the meadows is not going
to be of a character to meet the ex-
pectation of the Jersey City Journal
that this development viii unite east
and west Hudson geographically. On
the contrary, it will separate them the
more widely. The dreary stretches of
meadow have begun to be transformed,
but no by the kind of Improvement
that makes for a resident city.
The railroads have acquired large tracts
and viii soon occupy them with tracks
and storage yards and shops. The fac
tories that will come IN will also dis
courage the location of tenements. Jer-
sey city on the water front is shut
out of a large part of its own territory
by railroad property, and in the same
way the Hackensack meadows will be
fenced to isolate West Hudson from
the rest of the county. The back door
Of Jersey City n Hudson County is
naturally the Hackensack. and % the
Passais.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-17
SEES DETERMINATION OF
CRIME BY HYPNOTISM


of man. said DIR. Gayer yesterday.
1--WE have no connection with religion
or spiritualism. BY long observation
of the secondary mentality, we are
now getting to the point where we can
understand miracles. me miracle iles
in the subject himself. by arousihs
this dormant but meh-
tality we can ~not-alone make d hlaii
rise above the insanity OF ms norma
mind, which makes MIN a criminal,
but we can also IN very rare ni9s
cure organic diseases anu Lisaa
panisn al trace OF ne.you 49, IN a
WIN a view 10 saeheiiis -
large scare we hdVe p.a III,
ices Oh THESE wv sup9eIs ,atanoa ~
an pe hsphoei@eu' a. s1;11 he
ne pomeAs 'nen no ~ ha,aat ~
oaieiuhs ~ sLuontsts who
ny ~. CIV aaaiatias when we
az ",. soautaI supee.tions
M 'a. - casas ! .od,,ce
80 than wa shs know
LII s* nafortnnat, whom
~ 49, mola into good.
hso,thv men and women in u future
49,
s,rIai,.nce under hvpnotism is
ho,nn st,,S,ad hy ne With great inter-
est We ara Enable RI give much in
ss,.t,o, - araw reasonable deduc-
tions in resnect to this phenomenon as
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-17
POORLY VENTILATED srREEr CARS.

The stuffy atmosphere of the average
street car, particularly on a rainy or
snowy day, is something which does not
permit of adequate description in polite
language. When people are herded to-
gether to the number of sixty or eighty
In a space suitable for the reception of
thirty or forty, with wet and steaming
garments and breathing regularly into
each others faces the inhalations of a
poisonous, germ-laden atmosphere, the
wonder is that they ever get u alive.
The man or who is forced TO re-
main in such an atmosphere after a
hard days work is not likely to be
greatly refreshed by his ride home. If
he gets there in anything but a state
bordering on collapse he is fortunate.
The alternative to the condition de-
scribed above is the car which is kept
at a temperature so frosty that the pas
senger can amuse himself watching mis-
pAtdih DC II AOiiho III i1iSiNS OONh iiS
mustache. Coming out of a warm office
to sit for half an hour in such a state
of frigidy would hardly be advised by
medical experts as a preventive of colds
u influenza.
Perhaps If health officers and trolley
officers could get together they might
devise some method of ventilating tht
cars automatically. This should be
lone so that the apparatus would be in.
dependent of conductors or the whim'
Of old-maidish passengers who shy a
the very thought of a breath Of fresf
air. The ventilators should be so con
structed as 10 keep out rain and snow
and replenlsh the air of the a at ieas
every Ave minutes. If such an arrange
ment were made the grip epidemics o
which one now RACES would have on
less cause of being at east.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-17
dignation at a wrong he was always

dignation at a ron he was always
eloquent.
The very limitations of n which
shut Whittier out 0 the ranks of the
great and universal poets served to
make stronger his service in his day
and generation. Quite as much as his
strictly poetic labors will his patriotic
work against slavery be recalled to
his undying credit by his eulogists to-
day, the centennial anniversary of is
birth. His great plea was for freedom.
"A hate Of tyranny intense" moved him
above all else, and in his courageous
advocacy of his principles in his verse,
the cause of abolition received the ire
mendous impetus hat always comes
when a great soul expresses itself with
all the force Of a great and righteous
feeling.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-17
when Robert Plays.

tTo Robert Adams-Buell. Pianist.]
The stars shine brighter in the skies,
When Robert plays;
1 see my own star-with surprise
When Robert plays.
The palpitating air doth bring
A sweeter note, on breezy wing,
And all my being seems to sing,
When Robert plays.
I see Beethoven list'ning, too,
When Robert plays.
He hears as we'll as Tor you
When Robert plays.
And Mozart bends his shapely head,
Chopin and List SO softly tread,
And NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ZONE are dead
When Robert plays.
And when I hear Grieg's music, sad,
Which Robert plays
The folk songs, all i'll minor clad
Which Robert plays,
| see the aged bending low,
| hear the storm, / feel the snow,
share their poverty and woe,
When Robert plays.
And then a summons comes to-Wake!-
When Robert plays.
He strikes the keys-I almost quake
When Robert plays
For Wagner's music, rich and grand,
Bursts forth, beneath a masters hand,
And all creation seems to stand
When Robert plays.
e. Buell., in Milwaukee Wisconsin
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-17
WHITTIER.

One may grant John Greenleaf Whit
tier the need of greatness as a man.
but never solely as a poet, yet he had a
natural gift for poetry. He possessed
facility and grace in rhyming. The gen.
ueness of his lovable soul formed tender
and ready translation in the poetic
form. His ~plainness, his sincerity and
his simplicity, which speak everywhere
in his verse. made his way straight to
the hearts of the plain people, of whom
he was one. He was the laureate of
Kew England. Excepting in his re-
ligious poems. Illustrating the purest
and most universal of Christian teach
ings. his message and his appeal were
strictly local. Whittier's descriptions OF
nature in New England, though not re-
markable for emotional depth or in
fpirational fire, nor marked with the
highest artistic workmanship, were yet
models Of simple truth and beauty.
The spirit Of New England and OF
New England character has found
no more ardent spokesman. His
moral hold on his readers was pure
n strong. In the telling Of a
Story in ballad form, though apt TO be
rhetorical and unimaginatlve. he ex-
hIpited right popular iesiinE, IN
IH
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-17
PEOPLE OF NOTE.

1.-THE Republican Samuel ]. Tllden, OF the
twentieth of the centuries" is "a Colonel
Henry Watterson calls Governor Hughes,
of New York.
Mrs. Elizabeth Smith-Miller and Colonel
Thomas wentworth Higginson are now the
only survivors of the eighty-nine persons
who signed the call for the first National
woman's Rights convention, which was
held in Worcester, Mass, in 1880.
William r.. Smith, a Scotchman by birth,
is about TO complete his flfty-ifth year as
superintendent of the Botanical Garden in
Washington,
Mary Josephine Crane, daughter OF
Charles r. Crane, the ~well-known Chicago
farmer. Miss Crane has been deaf and
Colonel John Jacob Aston is confined IL
his New York home with a severe attack
of grip, which threatens pneumonia.
The condition OF Abe Hummell, the New
York lawyer, who Is serving a prison tern
for conspiracy, Is such that he nay die al
any time.
To Senator Francis Emroy Warren more
than to any other man, is due the legisla
ton enacted for the irrigation Of the arl'
lands OF the West. He has been the fore
most and most earnest champion of TIN
people in this Improvement. and is looke'
upon as the Father of Irrigation HI
has not finished his work as vet, and viii
continue his efforts along that line.
Professor Paul Clemen, the German rep
resentative at Harvard, was rendered
reception last Thursday in New York b,
DR.. James r. Shotwell, of the Department
of History of Columbia University. Pro
fessor Clemen was for several years
member of the suite of the Crown Prime
of Germany MS his instructor in the histor
Of art. and In company with the Crow
Prince and his younger brother, Prime
Sitel. OF Prussia. he has travelled exten
sively In the Orient.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-17
Sensational sermons.

II like to run over the religious news
columns each week. said an elderly WON
an, '1n order to pick out an Interesting
and sensational sermon to hear the next
Sunday"
She took some clippings from her bu-
reau.
Here are his weeks best topics she
said. "They all sound juicy. 1t is amaz-
ing how our preachers keep up to date
They beat the evening newspapers"
The list Of sermon topics ran:
"Why Our Rich Girls Make Poor
Peeresses."
's.All About Diabolo."
Low Necks or High Thoughts?"
.,Rlghts Of Motormen in Winter"
Thin Ice"
poe and the New England Poets"
.'now Your Pastor VIII Spend Christ
mas
seThis Winters Flu Styles"
"a Bowery Barroom With Lanterr
Slides"
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-17

There is no doubt that a better sift-
ing process should be devised of the
throngs of aliens that pour in on us
year by year. Already this year near
ly 1,400, 900 immigrants have landed in
this country, and it wouldn't be
strange that among this great army
there should be a large number of I'M
desirables. but an educational qualitica-
ton for landing, as is again proposed
in Senator Lattimer's bill, Is not so
important as that of sound health and
good character and industry.
These requirements, if well enforced,
would probably trim down the num-
Der of immigrants to a point where the
'glutting of the labor market need
not be feared. Besides, there is a con-
siderable annual Offset to the incoming
horde that keeps down the "glut" in
the aliens that return to their old
homes, temporarily at least, during the
fall and winter months. This year 1t
win amount to more thar a third of
the total immigration. thus relieving
the labor market at a time when out
door labor is slack or suspended. Some
Of them come back in the early spring
and restore the balance. There will
be room for plenty of aliens for a long
time yet, and plenty of work ane
wages for them, if we get the right
kind.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-17
Our Invitation withdrawn.

President Bell on the Hotel Mems Asso-
citation, before the Democratic Executive
Committee, which met yesterday to select
a city in which the next national conven-
ton is to be held, Withdrew the invitation
Of Atlantic City, as he confessed that the
resort had no hall big enough in which
the convention could be conducted. He
thereupon recalled the invitation, with the
understanding that 1t was TO be presented
for the 1912 gathering, not only Democrats,
but also of Republicans and Prohibitionists
By that time Atlantic City, he said, would
likely by in possession of such a hall as
is required for national conventions. -Four
years promise to bring great changes to
Atlantic City. Many things will be trans
formed and improved, and many new
buildings will be erected. Among them,
let us trust that there will be a convention
hall ample to hold any and all conventions.
It is something we need, and since the
public realizes hat 1T is necessary for our
happiness and prosperity, some ways and
means will be devised to bring 1t into
existence.-Atlantic City Review.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-17

The good-by to the battleship fleet in
Hampton Roads yesterday was n to
be warmly remembered by the adven-
turous mariners. 1t gave them an
adequate idea of the feeling of the
American people and of the solicitude
with which they will watch every
stage of the progress of the fleet
around the continent. The spectacle
yesterday was calculated to stir the
emotions Of the most Indifferent. and it
did. There was something more than
the spectacular in the great naval
pageant as it swept out the Virginia
capes on it's long journey.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-17

incredible. They had quilted the prison
nearly an hour before their absence
was discovered, and then they had a
long start. The many escape from
the %antiquated Middlesex County jail
were not more ridiculous for the keep
ers than was this prison delivery at
Trenton yesterday. The occurrence
suggests the query as to the character
of the prison discipline that makes it
possible for two criminals to escape so
readily, and without being missed until
the regular roundup of the prisoners
at 6 o'clock.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-17
Good for Roston.


The defeat of Mayor Fitzgerald, of Bos-
ton, for reelection as Mayor should serve
as a warning to the political managers
of other municipalities. Mayor Fitzgerald
was opposed by the Good Government As
ISOLATION, a non-partisan organization,
representing the leading commercial bodies
Of the city. The Democratic machine
imagined that 1t could name any one and
win because Boston is normally a Demo-
in Philadelphia can put up any sort OF a
''heeler'' and elect MIN and because the
Tanmany combination in New York can
force its nominees down the Threats of
the Gotham voters the Boston machine
believed that the voters Of the Hub would
prove just as docile. That is where they
went wrong in their calculations. What
was accomplished in Boston is even easier
Of accomplishment in smaller cities and
the Morning Call would like to see Good
Government Associations in all municipali-
ties. Organized purely on local and non
partisan lines they could force the cleo
ton of the best men to office no matter
what their political Affiliations or national
questions are. Boston did itself proud on
Tuesday when she ridded herself of par
tlsan shackles. If the Independence which
manifested itself in the Massachusetts me-
tropolis could be transplanted to PhiladeE
pphfa and New York the Jim McNlchols
and Charley Murpheys would soon be sent
back to the s1ums where they had their
origin.-Allentown (Pa.) Call.