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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-07

Premature rejoicings by the Demo-
Gratis over an imagined victory in the
State cost the party candidate some
embarrassment when his friends called
TO congratulate and his sympathizlng
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-07

Today there assembled in st. Peters,
burg the third Duma under the So
called new Russian legislative system.
The two previous Dumas declared that
their souls were their own and were
summarily dismissed by the autocrat.
This Duma has been carefully picked
and consists mostly of large landed
proprietors whose chief concern is to
keep down the %peasantry and retain
their own selfish privileges. But per-
haps a few drops of reform can be
squeezed out of even this body.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-07

Republican Trenton elected a Demo-
cratic Mayor in the political mixup
last Tuesday. This vas almost as sur
prising as Republican Mercer giving a
good Democratic majority for Katzen-
bach.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-07
The short-weight swindlers.

At Boston within a week three trades
men rave been convicted Of giving insufh-
cient measure or weight and punished in
accordance with the law enacted by the
Legislature of Massachusetts at it's last
session. One of the culprits was convicted
of using false scales. This incident viii
attract considerable attention wherever the
facts in regard to 1t are published, Sas
there is a growing feeling that something
should be done to protect consumers
against swindling by the use Of manipu-
lated scales or measures-Mflwaukee Wis
consin.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-07
( when Trousers Were FIRST worn.

To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
When were the trousers or long panta-
looms of today first worn. j.. B. 7.
IA trade paper called the Tailor and CUT
ter says; THE modern custom Of wearing
trousers was taken from the military dress
introduced into the army by the Duke of
wellington during the Peninsular War. In
early days these were known as Yelling
ton trousers. after the Duke. When they
were coming into general use at the COM
mencement of the nineteenth century the
religious world and The fashionable were
most determined in their opposition. A
clause in the originsl trust deed. dated 1870,
Of a Sheffield Non-conformist chapel, pre-
yided that under no circumstances what
ever shall any preacher be allowed to occu-
was not all. Some doubts were expressed
in army quarters concerning the question
whether n man could be religious and ap-
pear in trousers. One Of the founders Of
the Primitive Methodist body remarked to
a colleague In the ministry that trousers
wearing, beer drinking so-and-so will never
get to heaven Father Reese, a famous
Methodist minister, twice president Of the
conference (born IN 1865, died in 1850 could
not be induced to accept trousers, and
among the Methodists was the last to fol-
low popular fashion in this respectfully
Answers to Correspondents.
j. B.-Railroads formerly allowed min
listers to travel at half fare, but many of
Them have resclnded the p~rivllege.-Ed.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-07

we sometimes wonder what the wives
and children of candidates really think and
feel, during the canvass. They have to be
nm involuntary audience FOR their lord and
master. They have to encourage him and
to bring pleasant things to him and to
keep unpleasant things from him. We hope
that, after election. so far as the defeated
are concerned. they will be angels, pillows
Tor poultices, or ministers of grace and
philosophy, as occasion may require
Brooklyn Eagle.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-07
Cann1 should Be Larger.

There is no good reason to suppose that
we have closely approached the limit as
to dimensions of merchant or war ves-
sells. Some of the ocean craft of 1857 may
as far exceed those of 1907 in size as those
of 1857. Let us build the canal SO ~largeSat
the outset that it will not have to be
widened or deeper ed within the lifetime Of
anybody now here.-St. Louis Globe-Demo-
erat.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-07

Hurrah for Colonel Sam Dickinson and his ehum, the Hon
orable Robert Davis Under their banners the intelligent, IN
purchased and unpurchasable sovereigns of Jersey City marched
to victory. They are leaders to be proud of-leaders whose
only thought, asleep or awake, is to elevate their fellow man
and purify government.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-07

With undivided responsibility for both the Legislative and
Executive branches of the State government of New Jersey, it
is strictly up to the Republicans to get busy on a program Of
legislation for the ensuing session. J NJ.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-07

Assuming that Frank S. Katzenbach had been elected Gov
.eruor of New Jersey, the anti Roosevelt newspapers launched their
previously prepared editorials charging it up to Roosevelt. Here,
for instance, is what the New York World" said:
There can be no doubt that the New Jersey result, above
all local issues, is a rebuke to the President for his intemper-
ance of utterance and for his methods of government by denun-
citation. 1t is an expression of conviction that he should not be
allowed to escape his share of responsibility for the feeling of
popular distrust which SO greatly weakened confidence and credit
and all but turned the recent financial furry into a national
panic
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-07

Mrs. Peckem-Henry. do you believe that
people are punished right here on earth for
their sirs?
Peckem-I certainly do-that is, If mar
rlagos are really made in heaven.-chicago
News.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-07
In Defense of the Quick LUNCH.

Quick lunch is an American institution
much maligned by minimizing physicians
in this country and viciousiy attacked
by obtuse foreigners who fail to compre-
bend its usefulness and refuse to believe
that 1t is rot upon a footing with the
adder and the asp In point OF deadliness.
As a matter of fact. quick lunch is not
necessarily fatal and may be eaten with
impunity by any one who is discrimi-
mating enough not to ram home the
wrong kind of s%ustenance and race for
the Office at a speed which paralyzes the
digestive apparatus. Quick lunch does not
mean luncheon that must be eaten
quickly, but, upon the contrary, luncheon
that is ready to be eaten and may there
fore be masticated at leisure. 1t is a
twentieth century Improvement upon
luncheon which Is prepared at your order
while you wait and bolted when 1t is time
for you to be back at the desk.-Louisyille
Courier-JOurnal
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-07

%neighbors illuminated their dwellings.
In a close election it is always Just as
well to wait for the revised returns
before yielding to exultation or
dependency.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-07
FROM STAR READERS

Anonymous communication cannot be
printed. Except on political subjects. the
names OF correspondents are not required for
publication. but as a guarantee of good faith.
Ed
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-07

A young theologian named Fiddle
Refused to accept his degree.
It's enough, said he, to be Fiddle, :
Without being Fiddle-dee-dee.
Exchange.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-07

No need now for Colonel Sam Dickinson to reinsttute his suit
against Mayor Pagan. He has been glorously vindicated by the
voters of Jersey City. and that, surely, is enough for any mere
mortal
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-07

Those Trenton clergymen who hurled their thunderbolts at
Katzenbach are doubtless enjoying the response made by the
voters of the Capital.
How long is it since a Democratic candidate for Governor
carried Trenton as Katzenbach did,
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-07

In making Essex County comparisons between the vote of
this year and last year it must not be forgotten that while the
Democratic Assembly ticket was elected in 1906, that was made
possible only by the Independent Citizens ticket, which rolled
up o,72o votes. The Democratic plurality was 6,I7o. combin-
ing the Republican and independent vote then would have left
the Democrats in a minority of $500. AS the Independent
ticket drew its strength mainly from the 'colbyites, how are we
going to locate the vote of the latter this year?
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-07

A Cruel Test.
ma, why does Sis sing so much when
Mr.. Spoonamore is here?''
II think dear, she is trying To test his
love. Chicago Record-H Herald.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-07

Of course the New York Times couldn't be ~behiudhand
in such a glorious work as that and 1t came along with these
highly illuminating remarks:
The Times presents its compliments to Mr.. Roosevelt and
begs respectfully to call his attention to the election returns from
New Jersey.
"Mr. Roosevelts pluralties in Hudson; Essex and Monmouth
counties, N. J., in the campaign year 1904 foot up to 55,57I.
This fall, before the Presidential campaign of 1908, these coun
ties record their political sentiment as follows: Essex, $500
Democratic; Hudson, 1900 Democratic; Monmouth, LOO Demo
cratic, aud the total Democratic plurality Is probably 5000"
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-07
IN HUMOROUS VEIN.


Now wiley sports a Redeem gown
While hub a~ppeareth nifty
Accounted in a hand-me-down
That cost $11.5O.
louisville courier-Journal.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-07

1t is cruel to kick a man when he's down. Yet in a
matter of history one can't avoid recording the fact that SO
many individuals have been heard to utter these sentiments in
almost identical language:
I'm sorry for Mayor Pagan, but glad that the bunch
around him was knocked out And there didn't seem to be
any way of getting rid of them than by defeating Pagan"
Allowing for personal prejudice on the part of some, there
seems to be some basis for that feeling. Mayor Pagan was
not ignorant of the fact that his advisers were freely criticised,
but you couldn't get it into his head that those criticisms were
justified. He appeared to believe that the men around him
were assai1ed because of their fidelity to the interests of Jersey
City, and, in consequence, he stuck to them-and went down
with them.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-07

Take any city or county you please and examine the fig
ures for evidences of anti Rooseveltsm. For instance, what had
Roosevelt to do with the fact that ex-Judge Eggers carried the
city of Newark by a substantial plurality while Judge Fort lost
it by several thousands? Or with the fact that Fort had about
four thousand more votes in Jersey City than Mark Pagan ?
Or that Fort ran away ahead of his associates on the ticket in
Morris County while running behind them in Essex? Or that
Fort carried Ocean County while Senator Shinn was showed
undera Or that/Fort ran ahead of his ticket in Democratic
Hudson?
These illustrations are taken at random. The man who can
Ideduce from them anything in the shape of pro-Roosevelt or
ant-Roosevelt sentiment must be a good deal chverer than the
oldtime miracle workers who used to delight us by taking
money from the air and finding in hats a storehouse of all kinds
of articles.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-07

That sort of talk sounds conical--nay, ridiculous, to Jersey
men who know the facts and conditions. And even if Katzen-
bach had been elected the assertion would have been equally
pointess, as a study of the election returns will demonstrate to
anybody. Those who were paving the way for the anh-Roose-
welt cry in case Judge Fort were defeated kept circulating the
story that those who wanted 10 'rebuke Roosevelt intended
voting the straight Democratic ticket. Folks here knew
better. We knew that the voters, for reasons having no con-
nechon with national affairs, meant to do considerable ticket
splitting, selecting this man from one ticket and that man from
another, and the figures vindicate that completely.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-07
Child Poetess,

To the Editor of the Eveniug Star:
Who was known as the child poetess?'
T. II, e.
This title probably has been applied to
many. but 1t fits accurately a little girl
named Lucretia Davidson, who died In
1925 at the age of II. She left almost 300
selections. and had destroyed half as many
more. She wrote poetry before she was 8,
n Southey spoke of her poeticaI activ-
lty as a fatal pursuit ."-Ed.1
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1907-01-24


The biennial report of the State
Hospital for the Insane at Weston
shows that there at present in that
institution 968 patients, of whom 495
are male and 473 female. This is a
decrease since the last report of 1e
patients. Since April l, 1906, liz
patients were admitted. During that
time there were 81 deaths, and 104
were discharged as cured or reiased
on bond. The death rate was 2 IL
per cent. The per cent Of recoverief
is 81. The report shows that there
were 6,6l3 patients admitted to the
asylum since the beginning. Ofthese
1877 were sent from Berkeley county
161 from Jefferson county, and IS
from Morgan. At present there are
40 persons in the institution from
Berkeley county, 81 from Jefferson
and 6 from Morgan. The asylum
farm has yielded a total revenue fol
the year of So, 28l, with an expense
of $l,735. The chief product is milk
A COWS producing 29,3S2 gallons
worth 1886. The appropriations
asked for the present year aggregate
$2o9,55o.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1907-01-24
The Land Of Ducks.

There are more ducks in China than
in all the rest of the world. China,
literally, is white with these birds,
and day and night the country re-
sounds with their metallic and scorn.
full voices. Children herd ducks on
every road, on every pond. on every
farm, on every lake, on every river
There is no back yard without its
duck house. There is no boat, little
or great, without its duck quarters.
Even in the cities of China ducks
abound. They dodge between the
coolies legs. They fit, squawking,
out of the way of the horses. Their
indignant quack will not unseldom
drown the roar of urban commerce
All over the land there are great duck
Matching establishments. many of them
of capacity huge enough to produce
$4,000 young ducks every year. The
Chinese duck is extremely tender and
delicate-the best tame duck for eat.
ing in the world. Duck among the
Chinese is the staple delicacy. 1t il
sailed and smoked like ham or beef,
and duck eggs are eaten as chicken
eggs are in America.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1907-01-24
A $4,000 Dress.

One of the wonders Of Mexico is a
$40. 600 dress which has Just been
completed here, after nine years of
work. The dress Is the creation of
Mrs. E. Leon, who directed all of the
work that was done in its making.
At times she had employed more than
300 expert needle women.
Mrs. Leon ia the owner of large
factory here for the manufacture of
serapes or woman's shawls. When
she conceived the idea of making the
finest dress in the world it was for
the purpose of exhibiting it at the
Paris Exposition, where she hoped to
sell it for 8 fabulous price. She found
the task much greater than she ex-
pected, and the Paris Exposition
came and went with the dress far
from finished. She then thought it
would be ready for exhibition at the
st. Louis Worlds Fair.
But again she was disappointed, as
the delicate fabric was still in an un-
finished state. She continued the
work without interruption until a
few days ago, when the last stitch
was taken in the wonderful creation.
II is stated by all who have seen
this dress that its exquisite beauty is
unsurpassed. 1t is a vsritable work
of woman's art. The dress is made
largely of the finest linen thread,
which was imported direct from Paris.
The thread is drawn into beautiful
figures and the fabric is filmy, web
like lace, which shows no seams
". Y Herald.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1907-01-24

In the Berkeley Circuit Court at
Msrtinsburg on Tuesday Judge Faulk-
ner set aside the verdict for $500
damages in the suit of John W. Brown
against the Baltimore and Ohio Rail-
road Company, returned by ajury at
the December term of the court, and
to which verdict the defendant enter
ed demurrer on the ground Of Insult
cient evidence. Browns horse ran
away as the result of wind blowing
smoke from an engine along the ground
and the court held that this was an
action of the elements, for which the
railroad company could not be held
responsible. The case will be appeal
ed to the State Supreme Court.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1907-01-24

In book just published for the
jamestown Exposition Company by
Augustus Post, one of the prominent
automobiles of the country, the off,
cial route of the American Automobile
Association is given. The route is
mapped out between New York and
Norfolk, and is by way of Gettysburg,
Hagerstown, Sharpsburg, through
Shepherdstown, Charles Town, Berry.
vile, Winchester and by the valley
turnpike to Staunton, thence by Basic
City to Richmond and Norfolk. R.
R. Owen has also mapped out route
from New York to Florida by way Of
Gettysburg and Antietam battle6elds,
through Shepherdstown and other
points named above.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1907-01-24
Few Feet Are Perfect.

1t is rare thing nowadays per-
feet foot. To compare the foot of an
infant with that of an adult of mature
years makes it difficult to believe that
both started out az the same organ.
Our shoes have played havoc with
these members.
To be perfect foot is followed out
we'll inside and out. 1t has a high
in-step, short heel and long toes,
slightly spatulsted at the end. A
rare point of beauty is the hollow on
the outside OF the foot.
Shoemakers pay too little attention
to the conformation of their shoes to
the arch, an important problem, for
the arch is series of bones which e1-
tend to the toea and joints. 10 walk
Ing, this part of the foot gives the
spring and impetus for the next step.
1t is a wonderful mechanism, which
can be put entirely out of proper work
ing order by improperly made shoes.
The racial characteristics of the foot
are as pronounced as those Of the face.
The Frenchwoman has all entirely diff
ferent shaped foot from that of the
fat-footed English woman. The Swed-
ish woman's broad foot is marked
contrast to the Americ IN womans
foot, with its, high instep.
Feet too small for the figure are a
deformity and woman who totters
around on number twos when she
ought to wear number tours, is de-
forming her foot, spelling her looks
and trihing with her temper.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1907-01-24

Wallace G. Mays, twenty-five years
old, an engineer on the Norfolk and
Western Railroad, shot and killed
Mrs. Eta Murray, thirty years old,
wife of W. @. Murray, Roanoke, and
then killed himself. He end Mrs.
Murray were cousins. Mays was a
single man and had been boarding at
the home Of Mrs. Murray. He was
madly in love with Mrs. Murray. Be.
sides her hueband. she leaves FIVE small
children.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1907-01-24

Mothers who give their children Ken
redy's Laxative (containing) Honey
and Tar invariably endorse it. Chill
en- like il because the taste is so
pleasant. 1t is the Original Laxative
Cough Syrup and is unrivaled for the
relief of Group. Gets at the trouble
and drives the cold out through the
bowels. Conforms to the National Pure
Food and Drug Law. Sold by Rein
hart's Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1907-01-24

Food don't digest 2 Because the
stomach lacks some one Of the essential
digestants or the digestive juices are
not properly balanced. Then, too, il is
this undigested food that causes sour
ness and painful indigestion. Kodol
For Indigestion should be used for re-
lief Kodol is q solution of vegetable
acids. 1t digests what you eat, and
corrects the deficiencies Of the digest
ion. Kodol conforms to the National
Pure Food and Drug Law. Sold here
by Remnants Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1907-01-24
How to Avoid Appendicitis.

Most victims of appendicitis are those
who are habitually constipated. Orino
Laxative Fruit Syrup cures chronic
constipation by stimulating the liver
ard bowels and restores the>natural &C.
ton of the bowels. Orino Laxative
Fruit Syrup does not nauseate or grippe
and is mild and pleasant to take. Re.
fuse substitute. Hills Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1907-01-24

1t is said that gold in paying guam
titles has been discovered recently
on farm at present owned by N. G.
Keim and Others near Elkins, this
State. 1t is said that the rock taken
out assays $3.50 ton. If Mr.. Keim
really has gold mine he ought to
have no trouble getting into Congress.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1907-01-24

"They like the taste as we'll as maple
sugar" is what one mother wrote Of
Kennedy's Laxative (containing) Honey
and Tar. This modern cough syrup is
absolutely free from any opiate or rar-
cotic, and does not stupefy or consti-
pate Conforms to the National Food
and Drug Law. Sold by Remnants
Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1907-01-24

When the cold winds dry and crack
the skin box of salve can save much
discomfort. In buying salve look for
the name on the box TO avoid any imi-
tations, and to be sure you get the orig
ioal DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salye. Sold
by Remnants Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1907-01-24
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad.
sohsaule erecllve Noyember 8. l0Os.

Schedule effective November 2j. 1906.
rhefollowingisthe time oftrainsstopplrg
AZ Shenandoah Junction:
KAsT-BoUED.
No, l0-I.5O A. NJ. Pittsburg and New York
Express. Stops on Signal. Daily.
so. s-IO.a A. N. Chicago and New York
Express. Daily.
40. IS-l2.4l p. NJ. Martinsburg and Balti.
more Accommodation, via old
main line. Daily except Sunday.
40. s-2aP.M. Chicago and New York
Express. Stops on signal. Daily.
No. 1850 P. N. Cumberland and Balti
more Accom- modationIV WA Wash
ington. Daily except Sunday.
No. H-s.aP.M. New York Express. Stops
on signal daily.
WEsT-BoUED.
No. II-2I2 A. NJ. New York and Pitt burg
Limited. Daily.
So. I2-I.65 A. a.. Baltimore and Cumber-
land Accommodation. Daily ex-
cept sunday.
No. I7-I.2s A. N. Baltimore and Martins
burg Accommodation. Daily ex-
cept Sunday.
No. I-6.8P.M. View York and ST. Louis
Limited Express. Connects with
n. W.south. Daily.
No. s-II.us P. NJ. Baltimore and Cleveland.
Pittsburg Express. Daily.
No local trains on sunday.
Train u connects at Martlnsburg With No.
IS for the west via Wheeling and Rarkers-
LEI PRICE. Ticket Agent
Shenandoah Junction, ". Va
C. W. BASS EFT,
General Passenger Agent
J. 8. Fleming VIII sell tickets on the b. a
o. Railroad for the West and south.