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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-03

wife. " MS new
his bachelor friend. querled'
oh replied thel happy husband
father, she doesn't lmind them and tbs,
don't mind her.'-CEcago News. "N sney
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II teach my pakrot only short w,.a.
DO youl Now. q should think thntInss,
rnts were better adapted TO learninS ~,
s~yllables. -Beitlnpre American. Z
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-03

A process for obtaining ammonia from
peat has been tried in England with con-
siderable success,
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when the frst ring at the door bell IL moi
answered, DON'T conclude that the folks are
not at home. This applies to advertising.
Ring again.1-Britlsh Pripter.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-03

Charles II. Gleason. principal OF the
Summer Avenue School. is conined 10 his
home. 800 Summer avenue, with the grip.
1t Is hoped tina he will be able to resume
his duties Monday.
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Martin L. Cox, principal of the Thir-
tenth Avenue School, Is i'll at his home,
$50 Clinton avenue. A few days ago a
severe fit OF coughing resulted in the
bursting of one of his ear-drums. 1t is
hoped that he will be able to occupy his
office Monday.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-03

AZ the February meeting of the Parents
Association of the Central Avenue School
Elmer X. Sexton. the principal, will give
O talk on Historic and Literary Boston.
illustrating his subject with stereopticon
views. 1t is likely that the meeting will
take place Wednesday evening, February
10, instead OF the second "Wednesday In
the month. which is the anniversary of
the birth of Lincoln.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-03

The neal regular executive meeting of
the Essex County Teachers Guild will
take place in the Free Public Library
next Wednesday afternoon, when a num-
Der of important matters will be brought
up for discussion,
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-03

At the next meeting of the Newark Pub
lie School Principals Association, to be
held in the Free Public Library Wednes-
afternoon, January Is, a report will
presented by the committee which has
been investigating the question Of recess
In the various schools.
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DR.. Poland's round table meeting with
the assistant superintendents, supervisors
and principals will take place in the lee
ture room Of the Board Of Education in
the Civ Hall next "Wednesday afternoon.
Local teachers are happy in the possess
sion of their December salaries. having
been paid today, unusually early. as they
usually receive their checks about the
tenth of the month. The pay-rolls must
always be made up before the final meet
Ing of the year of the Board Of Education,
and this accounts for the promptness Of
the payment Of the salaries.
There are 1880 teachers on the pay rolls
and the pay roll is mad up on the last day
OF the month by the principals, who then
turn II over to the Board of Education to
be looked over, and then the city treasurer
has to again go over the list and make out
the 1850 checks, which this month meant
that the force of his office had to work
at night and also on New Years day.
This was done because of the fact that
after the holidays it was thought that
like the rest of the people they would
gladly welcome the pay ahead OF time.
For the rest OF the year payment will be
made about the tenth of the month.
49, -f-..-- a..
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-09-10

ing with them the things that they
had secured in their trading. At
ter many handshakes and fare
wells the last boat departed. We
hoisted anchor and started for st.
Lawrence Island, on which place
! shall write about in my next
narrative.
lll5 BY A WHALER.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-09-10

One going thru life doing good
even in a humble way will surely
not have lived in vain-as every
kind deed brings its own reward.
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-09-10
SIDE LIGHTS 4 !; =:
BY s. a. P.

b00Iu IdtCIOu ~ uolo uuAAnS OH'
of the cold nights recently b
thought they would rattle him ou
of the place-but the weather be
came milder-and he il still here
A fellow does not have to WORRY
here about which suit he will weal
to business and whether or not hi
four-in-hand matches his outfit
One worry knocked out.
Judge Taft says he is willing t.
take the stump if the party man
ayers so decide. Specially bull
platforms would be necessary OF
his auditors might take to the
woods.
There is no such thing as being
insulted. No gentleman will at
tempt to insult any one and nc
true gentleman can be insulted
"Recognize the source" as the say.
ing goes and then forget it.
One of the boys in the printing
Office is devout believer in and
earnest votary of the Christian
Science Church. He ought to be
able to work the "thought-force'
game and squeeze out thru a key
hole. y
School will soon begin and here
Is a query for the pupils: Which
one of the two following sentences
is correct? "What I want is tow.
els?" Or, "What I want are tow.
els?" Send your answers in brief
form to the editor of The MIRROR
Last Monday being ''labor" day
all hands refrained from labor and
RECALLED and refreshed themselves
while they watched the officials la.
Dor. Those who imagined they
had lost their voices enjoyed an
opportunity of testing their vocal
chords.
The saying that opportunity
knocks at ones door but once is
one of the greatest fallacies of the
age. Opportunity is constantly
knocking at every ones door. The
average person fails to hear the
knocks. That's all.
An ex-convict in the Far West
recently bequeathed $1OO,OOOOO to
prison chaplain. Gentleness and
kindness sometimes pay. Gruff-
ness never gets any one anything
at any time. The moral is plain.
Ebert Hubbard says: '"That
man was made to be happy; that
happiness is attainable only thru
useful effort; that useful effort
means the proper exercise of all
our faculties; and that we grow
only thru this exercise.
The housewife who boosted oil
changes in her menus for break.
fast and supper with milk and
mush in the morning and mush
and milk in the evening would
probably change it here to mish
and mulk on one of the occasions
at least.
An exchange calls the editor Of
it's contemporary "the biggest lial
and CRATER in the state" because
he captured the official printing o.
his county. If our complaining
friend were here running TIL
MIRROR he would have monopo
iy and there would be no occasion
for the acrimony now existing be
tween these rival publishers.
Some persons turn adversely in
/ To iornsnaritv Per contra. other,
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-09-10


thing about the Esquimau baby is
that they hardly ever CRY. Dur
ing my sojourn among them I saw
hundreds Of babies and I never
heard one cry. But am getting
ahead of my story. Later on I
will describe them and tell you Of
their funny superstitions. also
their medicine man and what he
does. We will now see how things
are going aboard the ship.
As fast as the natives made their
skin boats fast they began climb
ing on board. There were at least
two hundred of them, not count
ing the children and almost every
squaw had a papoose on her back.
The captain called all of the head
men of the village into his cabin
and told them to fetch all the
things they had to trade with them.
The captain gets the first pick, af-
forwards anybody on board can
trade with them. He then gave
orders to the cook to feed them.
and right here let me remark that
this is the reason why our cap
tain could get more out OF the ma
tives than all the other captains
put together for he always fed all
that came on board. Us sailors
had to suffer for lack of food in
consequence. Those of the ma
tives who did not have valuable
furs but who had lot of other
stuff such as skin shirts, coats,
pants, sox, boots, mits, etc., came to
the sailors to trade. 1 am going
to tell you of a little trading that
I did for [ never got the best of
trade until I struck that village.
One old fellow came over to me
who had a bundle on his back and
after lots of motions with my
hands l traded for the following
goods: First, I traded for large
deerskin coat for which I gave
one 5O-cent outside shirt. Then l
got 8 pairs of seal skin boots, 2
pairs of mitts, 9 pairs of deerskin
sox, a fine muskrat shirt, 8 walrus'
tusks with queer designs on them,
and about 100 walrus' teeth, all of
which were ivory. For the entire
lot l gave the following articles:
l shirt, package needles, | sack
smoking tobacco, 3 plugs of chew
ing tobacco, 2 loaves of bread and
l can of syrup. [ thought that
was highway robbery, but the old
fellow was tickled almost to death.
By the way the others focked
around me he must have told them
I was easy. Well. I traded every
thing had, and when [ came to
look at the things I found l had
enough skin clothes to last me for
life. My bunk was SO full that [
had to sleep on deck until [ man.
aged to straighten things out. |
have never regretted having those
clothes,for they we're the means of
saving my life more than once.
No one can stand the terrible cold
without such garments. Most all
the sailors by this time had Sc
cured for themselves a similar out
fit to the one I had, and after that
natives and whites looked alike,
save for color.
The captain made fine haul,
getting at this place two silver
grey fox-skins, l coal black fox
skin, 4 or 5 polar bear skins, over
500 deer skins, also Russian brown
bear skins, mink, wolverine and
about 800 pounds of ivory tusks
from the walrus. But the best of
all was a whole bundle of whale
bone. This was small fortune
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-09-10

round houses we saw we were told
were the houses of Esquimaux,
and that the place was called In
dian Point. Everybody was ex-
cited on hearing this news, as most
of us had never seen native in
his natural state. Long before
our ship came to anchor we could
see the whole village on shore,
some running here and some there.
No doubt they were as much ex-
cited as we were. They knew that
on board was ''cow- COW" food and
ammunition for their guns, calico
and many other things especially
Tonga meaning wliskey and for
which the native would gladly sell
his wife or daughter. This is a
fact as I shall prove later. The
captain also traded with them for
the skins and whaIebone they had
caught
I will now give you sample of
how the whalers trade with the ma
tives. In the first place, money to
them is valueless. That's the on
ly place I know of where it is not
wanted. Offer a native dollar or
bareback and he will grab the
food every time. When they get
money they pound it into rings
and other ornaments. Their great
desire is to have tea, hardtack and
shells for their guns, knives, cali
co and beads. In exchange they
give you the finest furs in the
world. I will give short list of
the furs the natives bring on board
to trade, and of other things also.
First, there is the black fox, valued
$500 to 81, 900; white and red fox,
Frisco price, $500; silver grey,
500 to $1,000; muskrat, ermine,
mink, beaver and deer skins, 80
cents a pelt. Seal skins-that is,
the seal found in that part of the
world has almost no value for
trade, yet the natives could not live
without it, as it furnishes food and
clothing, also boots called muck
lucks." I have seen the captain
take several natives, who each had
bundle of fine furs, into his cab
in and after giving them a few
drinks of Tonga and a lot of cheap
praise, give them few sacks of
-four, few plugs of tobacco and a
box of shells for the whole bundle
which to him was worth about
$500. This is fact. He told me
himself that he gave native 500.
worth of goods for 700 pounds of
bone which brought him over $5,-
600. Poor trade, wasn't it? This
is the way the natives are used by
all the whalers
Now to get back to Indian
Point No sooner had the anchor
been dropped than twenty or thir-
ty boats came alongside, and each
boat running over with natives.
Nothing was left on shore but a
few dogs, and they tried to swim
over, too. And such sight 1
never saw before. At first all [
could make out was bundles of fur
but as they came nearer l saw for
the first time genuine Esquimaux.
[ couldn't look at them enough,
they were so strange and talked 80
funny. Men and women dress
alike. The only difference was
that the women had long black
hair that came down in two long
braids and almost all of them we're
tatooed. They have peculiar
way of carrying their babies. They
wear large deer skin coat made
like sweater with hood attach
ed. The women have belt that
noas around the nntsida of their
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-09-10
In Yellowstone Park.

other thousands of visitors from
the old world have discovered dur
ing the past decade that the Vel
lowstone National Park is one of
the greatest scenic regions in the
world. There is no better place
on this continent in which to
spend an outing of week,
month or season. Nestled among
the great peaks of the Rocky
Mountains, some of which reach
attitudes of ten to thirteen thou
sand feet, is land of pine, brac-
ing and health giving air; of SUM-
light and blue skies; land which
endows every visitor with an ex-
hilarating inspiration of the sim
pie life.
Improvements which have been
in progress for many years have
made the Yellowstone Park easily
accessible, and during the past
three years the United States gov
eminent has expended $4,000 in
building roads and in other ex-
tensive engineering works. The
park is now provided with the fin
est system of roads that is to be
found in the world, these roads
leading to the points Of special in
terest. The hotels and transpor-
tation systems have supplemented
the governments work and pro-
vided the means by which the
wonders of the park may be seen
without sacrifice of comfort. The
park area covers 1912 square
miles of territory. The route trav-
eled by tourists, exclusive of many
fascinating side trips, includes one
hundred and thirteen miles of
coaching in comfortable four horse,
concord stages, over roads which
are sprinkled daily and which wind
in an out among geysers, boiling
springs of rare beauty, sky tinted
terraces, sparkling streams, and
awe inspiring waterfalls and cas-
cades, all of which are set among
encircling mountains of imposing
grandeur and In broad and peace
full valleys Of fascinating attract
iveness.
From end to end, Yellowstone
Park is crowded with the wonders
OF nature. It is a land of beauty,
of marvellous vistas which have
inspired thousands. Few have
left it's boundaries without keen
regrets that they were unable to
remain longer, and many have
journeyed from distant parts of
the world, not once but many times
to renew and broaden their first
delightful impression.
The grand canyon of the Yellow
stone has been termed by many
competent judges to be the most
beautiful of all the great natural
gorges. Its tremendous depth,
the brilliant tints of It's rock
ribbed sides, and the glorious pam
Drama it presents as seen from one
of several vantage points, makes
it sight never to be forgotten.
The great falls of the Yellowstone
and the beautiful upper fall, rank
first among the great mountain
.cataracts. When Improvements
now under way are completed it
will be possible for tourists to
journey over the summit of Mt.
Washburn, one of the great peaks
of the park, without leaving their
conveyances. From the summit
one finds spread out below I. mag
ni6cent panorama in which may
be seen all the great landmarks
and points of special interest.
1928.
One uoino thrn life DOING uood
The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1908-09-10


Small minds cannot grasp great
opportunities.
The author of Kilograms is full
of wit and wisdom.
Finger prints are more popular
hereabouts than foot prints.
No "going home in the dark"
here. No "Rain-in-t he-Face" bus
mess "eyther."
"It pays to be kind, gentle and
sound'-the chief attributes of a
good horse.
Some of our greatest men and
women have undesirable" weak
nesses.
Said one of the officials: cit is
very easy to get in here--but hard
to get out" Seems so.
Envy eats the hearts out OF
many people. Therefore be not
envious or jealous.
It lie wonderful how "great" men
can see things the wrong way
when they want to do so.
'Many rose is born to blush
unseen oftentimes Genius
is held in thralldom.
The railroad managers are yell
ing poverty again. They always
do Just before Presidential cleo
ton.
Quit talking. Talk to yourself
and you will not get into bad COM
pany or turmoils.
There is one piece of parapher-
MALTA often missed on the outside
which is never missed here-the
umbrella.
The saying, ''snore and you
sleep alone" has no significance
here. Shore or no snore-you
sleep alone anyway.
A lallapooloosa is a .''bird." Now
then what is an 'alacasaz? It's
not in the acknowledging new
slang word.
That Kentucky woman moon
sinner has killed another revenue
officer in defending her domiclle.
"She shore knows how to shoot"
"The only fault [ find with the
Chef" said one of the boys the
other day, sis that he allows the
succulent bean to work overtime.
The country is now safe. All of
the various candidates recently
nominated for President and Vice
President have accepted the NOM
nations.
Thanks to the editor of The
MIRROR for his kind introduction
to the ''insiders." The writer is
one of the Outsiders and yet an
ssinsider."
This institution boasts an in
mate 6 feet 5 inches tall. He
wears No. Is shoes and can slip
his shirt over his head without
"unbuttoning a button"
The initial haircut here lasts a
long time. Watching new crop
of hirsute covering grow breaks
the monotony of an otherwise un-
eventful situation.
"Give good dog bad name
and it will do him great damage.
The Washington times., 1908-12-12
IS MOURNING
FOR "PYSCHIC NEEDLE
Wealthy ST. Louis Man Asks Police to Locate Wife, Who
Left Him, Taking Daughter His Medium,
With Her.

ST LOUIS, Dec. III. H Tourvile.
member Of one OF St Louis oldest
French families, has asked the police 10
find his wife. Mrs Katherine Tourville.
a handsome blonde Of thirty years, who
has left him. taking along his psychic
needle" Marie Louise TOUrviLe. twenty
months old. Through the child he can
read every thought OF his wife, he says.
Tourviue said his wife, piqued by his
powers. left her home :ecause he was
adept at reading her thoughts through
the medium of the child
Il can always tell what my wife is
thinking about when our child is near. %
TourviIIe said My Impressions come
through Marie Louise as a transmitJer-
1 often have read my wife's thoughts
aloud TO her. and j don't believe she
liked it.
while I was seated with Marie
Louise on my lap recently 1 received
the psychic impression that a man had
been 20 the house during the day. A
man called on you today, my dear
The Washington times., 1908-12-12

hat their operations have netted them
not less than SEQ a month.
How long the alleged conspiracy has
existed IS not known. For several
months. IL is said, Theodore J. Tally.
the manager, has known tlat the full
amount Of money that should have
been taken in for drinks every day had
not been accounted for Cu days when
business was known to have beeen un-
usually heavy there was not a corre-
spending increase in the cash, IL is said.
Hotel detectives. as well as private
detectives, were put to work on the case.
but evidence that would warrant taking
any action could not be obtained FL
nally Mr.. Tally appealed 10 the police,
and Hewlett and Pratt were assigned To
the case.
Trusted EmplOye.
Rafferty,, the cashier, is said TO have
been one Of the most trusted employees
Of the hosiery. and it was not until a
few days ago that suspicion was at
tached to him The police say they
learned that Rafferty, had been spend
ing considerable more money recently
than his salary would justify.
The police say that the method OF
operation was to turn in a much
smaller check than the customer had
paid or else hold the check out al
together.
The Washington times., 1908-12-12
FEMININE FINERY
AT TARIFF HEARING
Married Men on Committee
Show What They Know
About Hats.

The Ways and Means Committee to-
day got tangled up by the subject OF
women's hats and displayed a lack OF
information on this subject.
Peter Fucker. representing millinery
importers Of New York. and large mil
hnery manufacturers. appeared 70 op-
pose the proposal OF New YorJ, MANI
factures OF artificial feathers ana aow-
ers 70 increase the ad vaIoreB dutv
from 80 to 70 per cent. Mr.. fucker
urged that the duty remain as It is.
II there Is any article In the world -
said Ia, IN which the question % con.
sumer comes In it IS a woman's hat.
He argued that the styles OF decora-
uons Of hats were set IN Paris and that
the average woman insisted on having
her hats trimmed with imported fow.
ers and feathers He said that cheaper
trimmings were made here, but were
used only on the cheap hats
"A higher duty would not keep ou
a single imported flower" declared Mr
Fucker. and the consumer would bavj
20 pay the additional duty
Mr.. Fucker further urged that il was
not the ultra rich that were anecte5
alone by the plan for an increased duty
but that the great middle class would
have TO pay more for hats he an6
Champ Clark had an argument about
the average cost Of hats. the member
from Missouri quoting prices that had
come under his personal observation
and Mr.. Fucker quoting New York
prices. Mr. Clark figured it out that the
average price OF a hat was 8.
Chairman Payne and certain othel
me mbers Of the committee who ar,
married were visibly affected at tn,
idea Of women's hats costing more thar
they do now.
IF a woman wants TO buy a bonnet, >
said Champ Clark, 'she don't care ;
snap how much she pays for It," II,
added that II a reduction of the tarif
would make bonnets cheaper. he was
for II.
It was brought out that the Govern
ment gets $3,0O0,000 out OF revenues fol
imported hat trimmings.
Jules Collet, Of Brooklyn, a former
manufacturer Of feathers and flowers
urged the increase in duty to these ar.
ticles. He said he had been driver
out Of business because the tariff was
so low. It developed later, however
that he had started in business in 1SS
with a capital OF s. and retired nineteer
years later with $4,000 of clear profit
The Washington times., 1908-12-12
CHARGE CONSPIRACY
TO DEFRAUD HOTEL
Five Employees of Raleigh Accused of Operating Well
Organized System of Appropriating Daily Por-
rion of Bar Receipts

Five employees OF the Raleigh Hotel
were arrested last night and This morn
ing by Central office Detectives How
lett and Pratt in connection with an
alleged conspiracy TO defraud the hotel
company that the police sav has netted
the quintet several hundred dollars a
month. The men arrested are:
JEROME J. RAFFERTY,, twenty
five years Old, cashier. OF 1901 Seventh
street northwest.
FRANK s. MAHONEY. clerk, OF 1907
Sixth street northwest
HENRY BERGER, thirty-three years
old. bartender.
GUY c. WINES. twenty-five years
old. clerk. Of 2OO5 FIRST street northwest
NEVOES P REED, twenty-seven
years old, clerk, OF S02 NJ street north
west
Work in Harmony.
According 10 Inspector BOardman,
Chief Of Detectives. all five Of the men
admit that they have been working to-
gether in a scheme that enabled them to
put into their own pockets a certain
9art Of the money which should have
been paid in at the bar every day. and