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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-18
NO ExrRAvAeANT CoNTRAcT.

An additional appropriation of $780,
to cover the extravagant cost involved
In the contractors bids submitted to
the committee on schoolhouses of the
Board of Education, will not be n
toned by the taxpayers of Newark.
The Board of School Estimate will GER
tainly not give ear to any proposition
to vote the additional amount
One fact may be admitted. The
bids offered were few and there was
only one offered for the whole contract.
That was more than 100000 higher
than the total of the lowest bids for
separate contracts. The appropriation
of $500, 900 was made under expert adj
vice that the amount would approxi-
mately cover the cost of the building
according to the architects plans, and
the contractors estimates nearly
double the cost.
There is much work for contractors
this year, and they can afford to take
the chances of ciphering for big profits
on a public job. The small number of
bids shows that most of the contrac-
tors now have all they can do. The
fact may also be explained in the
i~nadequacy of the advertising for bids.
Labor is fully employed, and it might
be difficult to get the necessary work.
men for a large building operation.
But whatever the cause for the aston
ishingly high contract prices bid, the
plain fact remains hat no such ex-
penditure should be considered at all.
Bids can be readvertised for and
advertised for in other cities. If local
contractors cannot do the work at
reasonable rates, perhaps an outside
can be found to bid a figure
within the means of the Board of Edu-
Otherwise the enterprise should
be postponed another veal
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-18

A New York judge has issued a sem
sible order. which ought to be made
the rule in all municipal police depart
ments. In the course of a year the
accommodating weapons taken from
prisoners in the station houses in a
large city is considerable in amount.
The practise has been to sell them to
secondhand dealers. Judge Rosalsky
orders that hereafter the collection be
destroyed. There is a police museum
in Newark In which are placed the
weapons taken from arrested persons
and it contains many curiosities assoc
ciated with crime and criminals. There
l. no auction of old weapons. and.
therefore, none get back into h hands
OF criminals. as has been the case in
New York.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-18
Years Change.

fI tell you. num-" remarked Sandy
Pixies. as he dipped up the
ries and cream. when you are leadlng
de hobo life you have to keep up with
the times"
rs that so. my poor mann" said the
sympathetic housewife.
Yes. indeed. mum. Why, dis time
last year I used to say 1 came from
San Francisco and people used to give
me handouts cause dey thought I was
an earthquake sufferer. Now. If /
should forget myself and say | came
from San Francisco dey woul be liable
to hand me over to de police for being
an escaped grafter."-Chicago News.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-18
The .sUnwrftten Law.v

What would happen If some emotional
citizen petitioned the Legislature of his
State to pass an act making it lawful for
a husband. father or brother to kill on
sight any man who wronged the woman Of
whom he was the natural protector? OF
course, the other citizens would point out
that drastic laws in the statute books pro-
vide p~unishments for such offenses, these
p~unishments having the sanction of the
entire people. Yet the passage of a legisla-
tive act authorizing killings In anger and
for revenge would merely transform into
written law the so-called "unwritten
law" to which lawyers defending slayers
OF men often appeal nowadays and not
infrenuently appeal successfully.-Chicago
News.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-18

Public opinion in Newark is undoubtedly on the side of
Sunday liquor selling under certain restrictions. But the traffic
must be conducted lawfully. We cannot return to the old
vicious system under which the politicians or the police were
permitted to say whether or not the Jaw should be enforced.
And it must be borne in mind that the so-called Bishops law
did not make Sunday lquorseIing any more illegal than it
had always been. In this respect it simply provided an easy
method of enforcement. While the law is on the statute books
there is nothing for honest and conscientious officials to do but
insist on obedience to it. At the same time. it must be appa-
rent to persons of ordinary understanding who are not prejudced
that no law can be permanently enforced which is in conflict
with the public sentiment of a community.
What we need and ought to strive for is Home Rule-the
right of each municipality to regulate this matter for itself
Until we win that the existing law must be enforced fairly and
fearessly. j. M.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-18
THE VICTIMS OF THE PLAGUE.

India is so remote and strange to our
civilization that one reads with only
passing interest that In the six months
ended June 80 no less than a million
and sixty thousand persons died of the
plague in India. That is one-half the
population of New Jersey. India has a
population of about 800. 900, 900, and the
mortality therefore constitutes a small
percentage of the whole population.
But such a number of deaths from
plague is a dreadful thing to eontem-
plate. and the plague continues its
fatal work. At the same ratio of
deaths. the victims for h year will
number as much as New Jerseys en-
tire population by the census Of 1905.
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AL the particulars.

A French genlarme sent in the fol-
lowing report to his superior officer
recently:
The undersigned declares that at 10
o'clock in the morning he passed in
such a street and saw two women and
two men in a shop occupied in break
ing glasses, the two women by the hair
of their heads and the two men by the
scruff of their necks. and of which one
had a broomstick, which was the mas
ter of the shop and which affair the
undersigned has nothing to say n
knows nothing about it."-London
Evening Standard.
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Requirements for Camping.

80
To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Please tell me what supplies and uten-
sis it would be necessary to take along
for about six boys on a two-weeks' camp
ing trip. A. III. M.
IAN old-time camper gives the following
information pertaining to camping require
ments: One coffee pot, two-quart; one
tea pot. two-quart; tin or agate ware,
three Berlin covered cooking pots. three
quart; two th~irteen-inch frying pans,
agate are the hest; six agate cups, with
or without esaucers; six agate plates, six
teaspoons, timed; six tablespoons, timed;
six knives and forks. steel; two salt
shakers. two pepper shakers, tin can for
81 gar, with tight-htting lid; one agate
pail. with lid for butter; one large bucket
for water. one heavy Ratchet or camp
ak. two colored blankets for each per-
son. one rubber blanket for each to place
on ground to avoid dampness, two Ian
terms, oil or candle, with the necessary oil
and candles: two pounds borax soap, zone
pound washing soda. for washing greasy
utensils: clean soil will remove grease and
with but little labor and a little soap and
water will render them as csean as new;
hang in the sun to dry, ready for future
use; a plentiful supply Of crash towels;
these can be bought for &c a yard; two
pounds ground coffee. half pound tea. bag
salt. quarter pound black pepper. tumbler
mixed with mustard. Jar pickles. one quart
of syrup. half pound baking powder, five
pounds sugar. eight pounds ham, four
pounds sliced bacon lin ~packagesl, four
pounds lard. four cans baked beans, one
quart vinegar. Eggs, butter and milk
can be had from the ~neighboring farm
houses. Corned beef, in cans. four pounds
| (use two-pound cans). three pounds soused
mackerel Zone pound cans), one package
rolled oats. one pound cocoa, twelve pounds
wheat -four. six pounds corn meal. half
bushel white potatoes, thirty feet braided
clothes line to air the blanket and cloth
Ing; half bushel onions. four cans chicken,
four cans roast beef, three cans salmon,
fifteen feet telegraph wire, to make hooks
to suspend pots over fire; a piece of net
ting comes in handy at door of tent to
keen out insects; two forked stakes driven
on either side of fire will support cross
piece to suspend cooking pots from. Other
things may be added at fancy of the
campers. plenty of matches in damp-proof
boxes. tobacco for smokers, fishing lines,
hooks and fishing rods; a bottle of es-
sence Of ginger, paregoric, tooth c
drops. spirits of camphor, string. etc.-Ed.1
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-18

There is no disposition to crowd Or harass, let alone bank
|rupt, the public utility companies. We need the railroads, the
telegraph, the telephone, the trolley and the heat and power
companies. 1t is to our interest that these concerns shall be
prosperous SO long a they give US decent and efficient service
at a fair price. As to these things we have a right to some
say because without the franchises and permits given in our
name they could not do business. We don't want to cut off
"a penny from their legitimate earnings, nor do we ask that they
indulge in foolish or unreasonable expenditures. We do want
a State Commission to see that they do the square thing by US,
both as to service and charges, and if they, will meet us in
the proper frame of mind there should be no difficulty in get
ting an equitable law and a broad-minded, able and impartial
commission.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-18
VIEWS OF EDITORS.
Naval pisasters.

The progress of warship construction
has not been attended by wholly adequate
development of effective means for the
safeguarding of the lives of those who
man these gigantic engines of destruction.
Every active navy in the world has its
own terrible record of accidents in time of
peace, a record which In almost every
case, it seems fair to assume. might be
improved upon by more careful study Of
the problem of reducing to a minimum
the ~preventable danger to the brave men
of whom 1t is enough to ask that they
risk their lives in time of war.-Boston
Globe.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-18

Jones had Just run over TO see II
Mr.. and Mrs Blank would go 10 the
theatre with them. Mrs. Blank was
awfully sorry-she would so like TO go
but unfortunately Blank was out,
probably he was at the club. She would
telephone. The following conversation
enzueds
"2i3A Gerard please. Hellol Is this
the - club2 Is my husband there1
Helloi Not there7 Sure? Well. all
right then. bur hold on How do YOU
known I haven't told you my name
There INIT anybody's husband here
-neveri' was tho wise attendants re-
piy.-Tatler.
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commission
All, ha The l~ynx-eyed Dickissonites have put ,

All, ha The lynx-eyed Dickihsonites have put Mayor Pagan
into a corner. They have enlightened him as to his Repub-
licanism and demonstrated that he can't legally go into the
Mayoralty fight without pledging himself to support the nominee,
whoever he may be.
That is real kind of them and, of course, Mayor Pagan is
properly grateful for their sotcitude. 1t would, surely, be unkind
to ask the followers of the valiant Colonel to testify under oath
as to the Mayora1ty candidate for whom they voted two years
ago. That would imply doubt. 1t would carry with it a
suspicion that they had not voted for Mayor Pagan, and neither
the Mayor nor any of his friends could do anything so cruelty
suggestive. Also it goes without saying that every mothers son
of them will vote for Pagan next November
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-18
SUNDAY LloUoR ssLLfNd-pUBLI UTLITles-MAYoR FAozN.

Popular sentiment in this section of New Jersey IS over
whemingly in favor of a Public Utilities Commission, and there
is nothing to indicate that a discussion of the proposition n
other. sections of the State will result in the expression of a
strong feeling to the contrary. It is to the metropolis of the
that one naturally looks for leadership in such matters,
and on this matter the outlook is that Jerseymen generally agree
with the views expressed here. Our community is not a n ultra
radical one. It takes the common sense, logical view that COM
panies using public franchises and catering to the public must
be under reasonable State regulation and supervision.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-18

Hypochondriacal hubby (who has lust
speculated in a pennyworth at a railway
weighing machine)-You win be very sorry
to hear, dove, that / have lost seven
pounds.
Wife of his bosom-Gracious goodness.
And l want a new bonnet 80 badly.
Hubby (gIoomily)-No. no; seven pounds
of flesh, l mean.
Wife with intense relief)-Oh, is that all?
] wish you would be a little more con-
siderate. and not frighten any one out of
ones wits about such triies--Tit Bits.
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and win decide on July 81 whether
to put up a candidate. the understand
ing being hat Gardner Colby would be
the mar The present chairman will
be the candidate Of the regulars.
Whether the New Idea men can sum-
mon up the strength they did last year
is a mooted question.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-18

Consul I. H. Norton reports from Chem
nltz that for some years past a certain
number of female inspectors have been APP
pointed in the boards for factory inspec-
ton In the Grand Duehy of Baden and
In the Duchy OF Saxe-Coburg-Gotha. So
satisfactory have been the results secured
that the central German States, Sake
weimar, Eaxe-Meiningen. fsaxe-Altenhurg.
Reuss and schwarzburg have decided TO
also introduce the practise.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-18

How does 1t happen that you are re-
tanned I'm so many divorce cases?"
well" replied the lawyer, seeing that
you are not In my line, I'll tell you. I
look over the marriage licenses every
morning and send my card around to the
contracting partles.'-Judge.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-18

be made to sustain itself IN the air and
be propelled. the carrying of an arma-
ment of guns and a cargo of heavy K
plosives is quite another thing. 1t Is
not as easy as the German story would
make 1t appear to overcome the force Of
gravitation.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-18

The Ki-Yt.
Roll and tumble all the day,
Happy
Yappy,
Full of play.
Not a foe except the cat;
Roly
Poly,
Round and fat.
Hate to see him growing up; +
Sunny,
Funny
Little pup.
Washington Herald.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-18

The refusal by the Court of Pardons
to consider the application Of J. Frank
cordova. the reprobate ex-minister of
the gospel. now an inmate of the State
prison. for a pardon was to be expected.
clemency for this criminal would have
been an outrage On justice and public
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-18

To the Editor OF the Evening Star;
Is there any distinction to be observed
in the use of the words Tit" and
'1ighted?' g. P. p.
mot much, according to the dictionaries.
The Century Dictionary gives Lighted.
more properly lit" Both the Standard and
Webster's international say, lighted or
lit Nevertheless. speakers and writer's
generally show a preference for lighted
when the reference is to the act of light
ing, and to lit" when reference is made
to the state resulting from the act Of
lighting.-Ed.]
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-18

The science of ~aeronautics is almos a
fat aocompli. There are only two pUnts
left for a~eronauts TO discover. and then
the problem will be solved. They are:
Flrst-The means of raising themselves
into the air.
second-The means OF keeping up there.
-Pele Mele.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-18

aParson. somebody dared us to get
married. n we never TAKE a dare.
Here we are"
well. my young friends, I dare you
70 go home and endeavor 10 cultivate
some common sense."-Louisville Cou-
rIor-Journal.
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An Odlous Comparison.

But protested the space writer, per
haps you could use this article II I were
to boil 1t DOWN. Z
Nothing DOING rejoined the man be-
hind the blue pencil. If you were to
take a gallon Of water n boil it down to
a pint. 1t would still be water."-chicago
News,
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decency. cordova should be compelled
to serve his full term and lose his citi-
zenship. A nation that excludes from
entry intended immigrants for whatever
cause cannot consistently restore the
privileges of citizenship to a man Of
cordova's depraved type.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-18

Every man in the turret was a
hero" is the proud remark by Rear
Admiral Brownson in comment on the
disaster on the ~battleship Georgia. But
the American navy man is always a
hero.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-18

In surprised" said Gabbie. that
Roosevelt hasn't hit upon a real REM
edy for the trust evil
Perhaps it's rather a hard thing to
do suggested Wise.
sNonscnsei Why. any fool could
frame m up. I know I could."-Phil-
adelphia Press
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-18

Newarkas City Fathers have been in too much of a hurry
to put themselves IN record. They might better have waited
until the State laws empowered them to make such regulations.
As it is, their action is futile, to say the least. Indeed, it
would not be surprising if the immediate outcome of it Is to
retard rather than hasten the results at which they are aiming.
The old recipe of first catching your hare holds good in this
After catching it there will be plenty of time to talk
about the cooking.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-18

The New Idea Republicans in Essex
County propose TO make a new fight for
OF the Republican County Com
mittee In the primary elections this
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-18
No Respite.

The fierce mosquito sings all night,
Rejoicing In his sins.
And when he stops, with mornings
light
The buzzing fly begins.
Washington Star.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-18
The Newark Common Council ordinance permitting the

The Newark Common Council ordinance permitting the open
ing of saloons on Sunday between I and 1890 P. M. is a
deal like the Inland Revenue tax n saloons. Many per-
sons enormously regard this a $ a license. 1t was so regarded
in Asbury Park by scores of liquor sellers and by a few even
in Ocean Grove who did business for many years without any
Other authority. Payment of that tax to the National Govern
has no bearing whatever on local or State regulations, as
is exacted equally from those who are fully authorized in
every way and those who are doing business in violation of
ordinances or State laws.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-18

Old Lady-Miserable wretch You
have killed my cat
Man-For humanity's sake, madame.
I am a member OF the Society for the
Protection OF Birds.-Bon Vivant.
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He Con their wedding trip, in the
motor)-Now, darling. we must settle
down now. We must only kiss each
other once every three miles.
She-Well, you must let me drive,
then, you go SO slowly.-Fliegende
Batter.
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FROM STAR

Anonymous communications cannot be
printed. Except on political subjects the
names Of correspondents are not required for
publication. but rs a guarantee of good faith
Ed
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He Courdn,t Do 1t Now.

IF 1 had anything on which to
stand,'' said Archimedes after he had
invented his lever, It could move the
world
That, however, was before Taft had
settled on our planet.-Judge.
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N HUMOROUS VEIN.


when = man can pronounce Les
Miserableas* without raising 4 litter he
is a conversationa1iHt-Louisville Cou-
rier-Journai.
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EVIL Of the Divorce Example.

The proneness to forget how much Of
our civilization is due to a proper obe-
dience to the laws of the social relation
is very ominous. 1t is an old maxim that
many men sneeze when the king takes
snuff. There is much in example, and
when a rich upstart whose money has
made off with his morals appears on the
horizon, divorcing and being divorced for
no adequate cause, and often for the
ostensible purpose of remarriage, a host
who hang upon the skirts of snobbery are
induced to look lightly upon the practise,
If they do not make it a rule of their own
action. The danger is in taking the first
step in excuse of principles so antagonistic
to what is best in our national life.-Phila-
delphia Ledger,
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value of the Haywood Trial.

The Haywood trial has been valuable
whether a verdict is ultimately reached
by the jurors or not. The East is COM
ing to see the conditions which the West
has had to contend with and in spite Of
which It has grown to its present great
ress. This clearer knowledge will inevi-
tably bring the two sections of the coun-
try closer together in fFaternal feeling and
mutual respect. The Englishwoman who
asked Eugene Field how the people OF
America lived and was told by Field:
well, when l was caught 1 was up a
tree" was not much worse than many
Americans, who knew little or nothing of
the other part of their own country, but
are content to let Others do their thinking
FOR them, let justice and accuracy be pres
ent or n-ot.-Spokane Spokesman-Review.
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The Real yellow peril.

The yellow peril is not the rise of the
yellow races in the world, for that Is nat
ural and inevitable and to be welcomed,
but it is the yellow press, which in Toxic
as in New York, in Paris, London and
Berlin, is the originator and dissemfnator
of falsehoods and a menace for pay to the
peace Of the world.-Washington Star.