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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-07

meersohaum pipe
Take a chance, any way pursued the
young lady. There isn't the slightest prob
ability of your winning it, you know"
All About Breath.
Prof Emil Otto, the German educator,
read at dinner in Milwaukee an essay on
Breath that a Milwaukee school teacher
had given him as a curiosity.
This essay, the work Of boy of nne ran
as follows:
Breath is made of air. We breathe with
our lungs, our lights. our livers, and our
kidneys. II 1t wasn't for our breath we
would die when we slept. Our breath
keeps the life a-gong through the nose when
we are asleep. Boys that stay in a room
all day should not breathe. They should
wait till they get outdoors. Boys in room
make carbonicide. Carbonicide is the most
poisonous Of living things, dead or alive
Plugs and Mongrels.
The Princess de Montglyon, whose collies
were a feature of the winters kennel
shows, was explaining to a young woman
journalist her method of breeding dogs.
But you" the princess said, ARE some
what ignorant of dog breeding, are you
not?"
II am the interviewer confessed.
GU are IKE, SAID the princess, 'tnat
amusing Mark Twain. who bought in the
west a genuine Mexican plug, thinking
the phrase meant thoroughbred Arabian,
or something of that sort. You are like
young friend Of mine who said one even
ing to her husband:
"'Oh, Jack, 1 have such a surprise for
you! Look at this perfectly sweet little
dog I bought this morning. Only $25. and
the man guaranteed him to be pure mon
grel.'
The Bright Side.
w. ]. Oliver, the lowest bidder for the
construction of the Panama canal, said
of a contract that q friend had lost:
"Oh. well, there's q bright side to every
thing. Had you gotten this contract You
might have lost money on It, All things
have their bright side. It il like the case
of the rejected sutton.
"'Oh. Mabel the youth moaned, bury
ing his face in his hands. after his rejec-
ton. make It easier for me to bear, can't
you, dearf'
Yes WILL Mabel gently answered.
snsrs terribly"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-07
Condolences.
From Puck.

Spendall-"If ia known you were so ex-
travasant 1 would never have married
you"
Mrs. Spendall-'If ! hadn't been, papa
would never have let YOU"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-07
ANECDOTES CONCI RNlNG WELL KNOWN PEOPLE.

with me. I'd have no earthly use for that
meersohaum pipe.
Take a chance any way pursued the
young lady. There isn't the slightest prob
ability of your winning it. you know. "
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-07
These Unpleasant Truths.

Senior Enrique Creel, the new Mexican
ambassador, said at dinner in Washing
ton, apropos Of unpleasant truths:
why should w ever tell them? They
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-07

POMEN have invaded another
field heretofore exclusively oc-
cup;ed by the men in the busi-
ness world. but it is not feared
their connection will be felt
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-07
Half Hour Gardening

Copyright, 1907. by ]. W. Muller.)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-07

THERB are many methods to keep weeds
down. Some of them have been pat
ented. OF all methods, however, there
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-13
ToothpiokA

ToothpicEs were in common use Tn encient Rome. Sometimes they were made of Guills, but preferably of the wood Of the mastic or lentisk tree whose astringent and aromatic gum is known to modern dentistry. Martial's epigrams frequently mention the den uscalpum, or toothpick, and recon mend the wooden kind above the quill. The tOothpick was taken to England by travellers from Italy and France.
 As Mares says, "The using of it in public was long deemed an affected mark of eentility." Shakespeare takes this view when he makes one of the characters iD King John remark:
 Now, your trave!er--
 He and his tocthpick al my worship'k
 mess.
 And when my knightly stomach is suf-
 feed,
 Why, then ] suck my teeth and catechise My picked man of countries.
 The most fantastic use to which the toothpick has ever been put was the sixteenth and seventeenth century fash ion of wearing it in the hat as a tro- phy or an ornament.
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If the Tree Falls, What of the Ivy,

If the Tree Falls, What of the Ivy?
 We hear q great deal about the mod ern girl developing mannishness, inde- pendence and losing her feminin!ty. A great many people are much alarmed because girls are not trained as for merly, in womanly gentleness. It Is a beautiful figure of speech to describe the feminine character as the ivy which clings to the masculine oak for support and in return covers and beau tif1es its hideous knots and scars.
 But if the oak falls what becomes of the ivy?
 There is too much of this ivy clinging and beautfying idea in training girls. They should be taught that it Is just as necessary to be independent, to be self supporting, as to be able to cling and beautify. In other words they ought to be able to stand alone if the tree falls and not go down with it. Success Magazine.
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Are Wornen's Watches Inferior?

"Yes, madam" said the jeweler, showing watches to a woman custom CT, "this is a sixteen point action, the best that is ever put in lady's watch"
 Don't you put just as good works in lady's watch as in a gentleman's? 2" asked the woman.
 "Why. no, not at all, madam. La dies do not need such good watch. Most always they wind up their watch once in awhile, and then they let 1t be for week or two without using it. This is as good as any lady needs"
 The woman explained that she was a business woman and just as depend ent on trains and boats as man, but the jeweler remained unmoyed in the conviction that sixteen point was all any woman needed.-San Francisco Call.
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Great Pigeon Cities In the Swamps.

Each spring in May all the rosy gull> of wide region somehow agree to re sort to a particular one of various marshy lakes for the purpose of rear ing their young. Just how they decide the important question is not for us lu- mans to know. At any rate, what they do select is a great area of grass. reeds or rushes growing out of the water, and there, out of the abundance of dry stems, each pair builds a partly float Ing nest, side by side with others. thousands upon thousands of them. These great cities of the prairie pi- geon present one of the most dramatic, spectacular sights in the bird life of this continent, comparable in way to the former breeding "roosts" of the real wild pigeon.-H erbert K. Job i'll Outing Magazine
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ltaIy's leanino Towers.

Most gleaners of the wonderful con- sider the leaning tower of Pisa to be something unique in architecture. This is an error. however, for there are two others in Italy and several in other European cities. The two at Bologna are the most remarkable. One of them is 821 feet in height and leans over six and half feet from the perpendic- ular, and the other Is 161 feet high and has "a lean" of over nine feet. The oldest of these two remarkable structures was built in the year 111O.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-13
Flies.

Tho astonishing abundance of flies during the latter part of the summer 10 accounted for by the estimate made by an eminent entomologist that the progeny of single house fly in the course of one summer will number 2OeO,32O. If 1t were not for the in- numerable enemies provided by nature for the destruction of the fly. the whole air would be filled by the end of Au- gust with swarms of flies, which would fender life insupportable.
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GRO WOMAN
 IN TROUBLE

lHey were tellluS SnOSt StOfleS Democratic cloak room in the senate, and Senator Bailey asked if anybody had heard the story of the man who had been reading late at night and who turned around to find something in the shape of man, but without q head, sitting close beside him.
 "The man jumped up," said the sen ator, "bolted out of the house and ran like whitehead until he could run no farther When he was exhausted. he sank down on a log gasping, but hope. full that he had left the apparition be- hind. To his intense horror he found the same figure sitting beside him on the log when he looked around He was too much played out to run just then, so he sat and shivered In minute the figure hitched up close and said, That was very pretty race we had, wasn't it?'
 "'Yes,' gasped the man, but 1t isn't a marker to the one we're going to have as soon as get my breath"
 "A young friend of mine." said Sen ator Bailey, married not long ago q woman of fifty years. She was rich and ugly; he was handsome and poor
 "The day after their wedding met the bride and groom on Pullman train. The groom went into the smok ing compartment with me. and we lighted up. He smoked gloomily.
 "'Well. Jack said, so this is your honeymoon. eh?'
 He smiled grlmly. Don't call it my honeymoon,' he said Its the harvest moon with me-"
 Senator Bailey was stopped one day by Texan.
 Senator. I'd like a little chat with you" he said.
 'I do not know you. What can l do! was the reply.
 "l am one of your constituents. and l want a consular job. I've written you to send me to Moji."
 Indeed! That's thoughtful of YOU. Why didn't you say Szzechuun?'
 1-I would have. senator" came the IaIterlng answer, 'If I'd only known how to spell it."
 II am convinced,' the senator said on one occasion. that it is more fun to De poor man than a rich one. Now. there may come times when l want $500. and it worries me to get it. but can tell you that it doesn't worry me half so much as it worries a multi. millionaire to get a million or two when he needs ready money. He take < his story to banker. The banker says, List me your securities.' Then the banker picks out the choice ones. makes call loan and as soon as he sees the millionaire is hard presse !! calls the ~an and grabs the securities leu can't tell me that the poee man Isn't tue happier of the i've"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-13
Why He Baked.

Mrs. Shortcommons-Have some more of the lamb. MT. Wisenham. MT. Wis enham-No; l can't bear to eat it. It was somebody's pet lamb once. Mrs. Shortcommons-How do you know? |? Mr. Wisenham-Because they must have waited years and years before they had the heart to kill it.-Cleveland Leader.
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A Dinlomat.

II say. fathel," queried little John ny. whats dnplomat?"
 "A diplomat, m- son." replied the old man, "is persol. who doesn't mean what he means others to think he means"
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-13
A pamper.

Marion-1 shovel papa those verses you wrote me, and he seemed pleased. Harry-He did? Marion-Yes. He said he was so glad to see you were not a poet
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Wit end Humor
 JOSEPH w. BAILEY.

A MAG V F "A writer on ce
 asked the first ten members of the press gallery al Washington that he met whom they re garded as the ablest m an in congress Every one of them answered. "Senatoi Bailey of Texas" Bailey does not in-
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cA9ToEIA. p...,. 1The KinG You Have Always Bought s's':s''' % $; ' ZHzzzzzI

Hot weather saps the vital energy and makes the hardest workers feel lazy To maintain strength and ener- gy, use Prickly Ash Bitters. It is the friend of industry.
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So Sudden.

Carsone-Would you like to own . puppy, Miss Cecelia? Cecelia-Oh, MT. Carsone, this is @ HYoung's Magazine
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-13

dulge in much humor in his speeches. though he at times crossed swords with Tom Reed and held his own with the best debaters in both the house and senate. He is especially happy as story teller.
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For sale-Locomobile runabout for sale cheap. Apply Geo. H. Adams.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-13

Telephone us yGur orGer when iB need of job printing. Both phones.
 ADAMS PRINTING co.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-13

The way Joe Bailey finally got his nomination to congress is told in the following anecdote:
 He was again a delegate to the con vention and on the way met an old farmer.
 Going to the convention?" asked Bailey. Yep" said the farmer. "Ever hear of young lawyer named Bailey around here?' asked Bailey. "Nope," said the farmer Good speaker, bright fellow, I understand" suggested Bai- ley. "Spose so" said the farmer. "Yes," continued Bailey, "and he Will be over there today, and I'll tell yo" what we'll do. We'll call on him to make speech. You see all you friends, tell them about Bailey, ant: we'll call on him."
 The farmer said "all right No more was said about the matter until there was lapse in the convention. Sud. denly the farmer got up and suggested that the convention hear from Mir. Ba'i ley, "a risin' young lawyer of these diggin's," he said, "an' a feller who talks like putin out fire" Bailey, Bailey. Baileyn' more than a dozen yells went up. and Bailey came forth He made one of the hottest speeches of his life, and the upshot of the whole thing was that the "risin' you,a yer of these diggin's'' got the nfnpf tion for congress.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1907-08-13

Bailey first appeared in politics In Texas as delegate to a congressional convention. He, of course, spoke elo. quently for his man. There was i" deadlock, and so great an impression had Bailey made that some one pro posed to nominate him, and a stam- pede started in his favor. Bailey felt in honor bound, however, to stand by his candidate and tried to stem the tide for himself, but all in vain. Final ly an inspiration struck him. He an nounced that he had not reached the constitutional age of twenty-five, and as result his name was dropped, and the man he favored was nominated Bailey failed to say, however, that he would have been twenty-five before he would have had to take his seat if elected.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-04
PAVING HELD UP
DAVIS AVENUE RESIDENTS
NOT benefited.
Harrison Council Turns Down Telford
During Absence of One
Advocate.

Prospects of having avis avenue, Har-
rison. paved, which has hung fire so long,
do not appear very bright to the taxpayers
of that street now. This is caused by an
ordinance to pave the t~horoughfare with
telford being defeated at a meeting of the
Harrison Common Council last night, on
its third reading.
At the last meeting of that body a reso-
luton was adopted by a vote of 6 to 4, to
pave the avenue with telford. That was
the outcome of a long drawn fight between
the taxpayers over whether a telford or
bitulithic pavement should be made.
Councilman M. OF. Dolphin was absent
from the meeting and had he been there,
in all probability a different tale would
BIO related, as he has been a telford advo-
cate IN previous meetings..
A resolution was adopted requiring that
in the future no huckster shall shout mis-
wares in the town.
Councilman Daily moved that the Public
Service Corporation fbe asked to place a
man at Harrison avenue and Fourth street,
Harrison, to attempt to make conditions at
that trolley junction safer for pedestrians.
The contract to erect a sewer In South
Fourth street. between Bergen and Mid
dlesex streets, was given to John Bone, of
Kearny. NThe figure for the Job was
81. S02.2 "a. Bones bid was the only offer
read. Andrew Malady was named as in
spector to look after the work.
An ordinance to pave Bergen street, be-
tween Fourth and Sixth streets, was APP
proved, and 1t was also decided to pave
Jersey street, between Second and Third
streets.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-04
DAUGHTER FOLLOWS
MOTHER IN DEATH.
Sad Bereavement in Family of John
Reid, ST., Well-Known in
Paterson,

PATERSON, Sept. 4.-The hand of
death hasNfallen heavily on the family
of John Reid, ST., the veteran p~hotogra-
pher of this city, removing within a
few hours a painstaking and lovable
mother and an invalid daughter, whose
end was fastened by the sad news of
her mothers approaching death.
The death of Mrs. Fanny NJ. Reid,
whose benevolent ways n many char
table deeds had made her loved by
many, occurred at 1870 o'clock Monday
night at the home of her daughter. Mrs.
Elmer ID. Fortune, 92 Hamilton ave-
nue..
For almost eight years Miss Fanny
Reid, daughter of the dead woman,
had been an invalid, and the mothers
constant attendance upon the daughter
had worn her out physically. SHE at
tended the bedside of the young
woman until about three weeks ago,
when her health gave way under the
continued strain.
The double funeral services will be
held at the home of Mrs. Fortune at 8
o'clock tomorrow night. The inter-
ments will take place on Friday morn
ing at the convenience of the family.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-04
%MOSQuTOLESS TOWN
ITS OTHER AND OFFICIAL
NAME is JERSEY CITY.
Of Course, There Are Some of the Pests
in the City, But They Come from
Bayonne, Says Delaney.
rspeclaI to the Evening star.1


JERSEY CITY, Sept. 4.-Health Com
missioner William Delaney, of the Jersey
City Board OF Health. who is chairman OF
the committee on mosquito determination,
when called upon for a report from his
committee at the Board of Health meeting
this morning. astonished his fellow commits
%sioners, who for over -four hours had been
slapping mosquitoes and inwardly "cuss-
in " the pests. by saying that the mos
quito determination experiment of drain
ing the meadows and oiling the pools
throughout the city a been entirely sue
cessful.
"I may say without fear of contradic-
ton" said Commissioners Delaney, that
there is not a mosquito breeding place in
Jersey City today. ] can see you laugh
and know that my statement will be re-
ceived with sceptlcism by those who have
In the few weeks last past been suffering
from mosquito bites, but 1t is so neverthe-
less. We did not have a mosquito in Jer-
sey City until the latter part of July, while
other years We have been overrun with
them in june and as early as May.
1.-THE mosquitoes that came into the city
in July and which continue to come In are
from Bayonne and the other municipalities
adjoining Jersey City. They are breeding
mosquitoes by the million In Bayonne and
we are getting the result. We shall never
rid the city Of mosquitoes until the adj
jacent municipalities are compelled to
adopt determination measures"
The board passed a resolution thanking
Professor Joh1 S. Smith, OF Rutgers, and
II. H. Bruhmme. of Newark, State in
spector. for the service they rendered the
city in the MOSQUITO extermination work,
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-04
Id WOMAN KILLED
. IN TENEMENT FIRE.
Eat Excitement Follows Blaze in Gel
lar in New York's Upper
\ East Side,

vea4EW YORK, Sept. A woman 80 years
AMIDST her life in a fire at 202 East Ninety
eighth street early this morning, and an
other woman was injured In leaping from a
fire escape, while panic prevailed among a
hundred other tenants. All this was in a
cellar fire which did not spread above the
ground floor nor attack the two stores that
were located there.
The dead woman. Mrs. Kate Aroniwitz,
was found on the fourth floor breathing her
last. Her position. so distant from the fire
in the cellar, puzzled the police. Battalion
Chief Graham had a theory that perhaps
the old woman smelled the smoke before
the other tenants and that she went down
to investigate, after which she went rum
ming up through the building frantic with
the pain of her burns, to fail at length
exhausted.
Eighteen families make their home in
the five-story tenement. On the ground
floor are the two stores of Julius Goddard,
dealer in notions, and of Morris Lubinsky.
A fortnight ago there was a slight fire in
the Lubinsky apartments. The one this
morning was In the woodshed in the cellar.
At the rear of the building there was
quite as much excitement as at the front
of the building, with a panic stricken
flight down the escapes. Mrs. Ida Miller,
who lived on the third floor rear with her
husband. Morris. could not walt for the
1remen, but jumped from the fire escape,
sustaining severe bruises and Commissions.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-04
OF EASTERN STAR.
Triennial Convention of General Grand
Chapter Meets.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis. Sept. 4-The
twelfth t%riennial convention of the General
Grand Chapter Of the order Of the Eastern
Star opened a three days meeting at the
East Side Masonic Temple to-day Over
800 delegates, representing every State In
the Union with the exception of Delaware,
are present. In addition delegates are here
from Canada, Hawaii and the Philippines.
line B.. Conkling, of Oklahoma City, and
the Most Worthy Grand Patron. Dr.eWfl-
liam F. Kuhn. of st. Joseph, No, deliv-
cred addresses and presented their reports
at the opening session.
The revision of fhe constitution is one of
the most important things to be consid-
cred. Mrs. ella S. Washburn OF Racine,
Wis, is in line for the highest ONCE and
will be elected Friday. Minneapolis, Pitts
burg, Pa, and Jacksonville, Fla. are seek
ing the honor OF entertaining the next
convent ton.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-04
KEARNY.

A handsome floral piece was forwarded
yesterday to the family of the late Police
man George Cassidy, of L~yndhurst, who
was murdered Monday morning, by the
Kearny police, as a mark of respect In
which he was held by the officers.
The Republican, town convention will
be held In the Town Hall on Thursday,
September II.
Health officer Albert Z. Geisler will be
on duty all day Saturday at the Town
Hall. the day set apart for free vaccina-
ton by the Board of Health.
Truck Company No. 2 will hold a smoker
tonight at the 1rehouse.
Chief of Police William Tolen was adj
vised this morning that Albert Campeth,
10 years old, of Duke street and Quincy
avenue, had beer missing from home since
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. William a. Robb, of De-
Won street, AVE returned home from a
vacation at LAUGH Chunk.
Mrs. Thomas Doyle and family, of POM
eroy avenue. have returned home from a
visit with Brooklyn relatives.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-04
News Items of West Hudson
TO BURN BODY OF
PUMP WORKS MACHINIST.
Ashes of Henry T. McGookin, VIII
Worked in Harrison, Will Be
Shipped to His Sister.

The body Of Henry Theodore Nc
Gookin, a Harrison man, was taken to
Linden this morning to be cremated at
a request of the dead mans sister in New
Hampshire. McGokin was a well-known
machinist. employed in the Henry r.
Worthlngton Pump Work, in Harrison,
and a member of the machinists' union.
He was As years old and lived in a hotel
In Worthington avenne, Harrison.
Monday, August 26, McGookin was
taken very i'll and walked to st. Michael's
Hospital, this city, where he was until
last Saturday, when he passed away about
$3.50 o'clock in the afternoon, the cause
being hemorrha yes, 1t is said. The body
was taken to Bernard p. Walsh's morgue,
In Harrison, Monday, and remained there
till this morning, when a Harrison UNDER
taker took 1t to the Rosehill Crematory,
in Linden, where the remains will be
burned. The ashes will be shipped to
Miss M. stevens in Myrtle street, Man
chester, N. H., by express.
A bartender In the saloon OF H Vain.
right, us Harrison avenue, Harrison, told
an EVENING STAR reporter this morn
ing TINT he notified Miss Stevens OF her
brothers death Saturday. She responded
quickly, asking that a funeral director
take charge Of the body and embalm 1t
until such time as she could make mr.
Engagements TO have 1t cremated. Nc
Gookin was unmarried.