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THE EGYPTIAN OBELISK.

10 the Editor of the Evening Star:
When was the Egyptian obeisk SET
up ineNew York, and who presented
it to the city? A brief account OF It's
history would be appreciated.
OLD READER.
1.-THE Egyptian obelisk was presenter
to the city of New York by the khediVe
of Egypt. Lieutenant Commander Gar
ringe, u. S. N, after three years
struggle, obtained possession of the
obelisk and moved it to it's present
position in Central Park, at an ex-
pense of nearly 500, 900. 1t vas finally
swung into position at noon, January
%, 1881. The height from base to tip
is So feet 2 inches. The entire weight
of the monolith is 219A tons. In the
course of the thirty-fve centuries of
it's existence it has seen Moses, Pharaoh
and his host going to their destruction
in the Red Sea; Shishak marching to
the, conquest of Jerusalem, Cambyres
desolating the land, Herodotus, Scion,
Plato and other Greek students of
Egyptian lore; Alexander the Great on
his victorious expedition through the
land of Goshen, adm all the long line of
Moslem rulers since Caliph Omar.-Ed.l
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Log of the Big Red Loafer

the prince. He does, for ten min
utes while car waits. Many pass
engers jump overheard here, say
ing they prefer going into New
York to finishing cruise.
ll:45-Start for Newark again. Stop
at Elks' clubhouse in Kearny to
watch men laying sod.
ll:52-Motorman meets old friend
on bridge over Passaic. (Talk-
fest).
ll:56-Conductor and old lady friend
start big talk-verein on rear plat
form when she starts to alight i'm
Washington avenue Conductor
speaks good Plattdeutscher, but
speaks too much of IT'D.
12-Red Loafer arrives at Broad
and Bank streets on schedule time
with only a few of the passengers
who originally started. Others de-
hected to New York.
MORAL.
Newark merchants could get prac-
tically all of the suburban trade
along the route of the Red Loafer
if the cruiser would cut its schedule
In W and bring shoppers in in
thirty minutes instead of an hour.
This could be effected by eliminate
ing the useless and time-killing
stops on the route. And the officers
OF the company ought to know that
they would carry twice as many
passengers.
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1.-THE FOURTH ESTATE"

To the Editor Of the Evening Star;
Why are editors and newspapers III
general sometimes referred to as the
fourth estate?" }. b. Y.
lin the fifth chapter, fourth book OIL
volume 1 of his French Revolution,
Carlyle ays "A fourth estate oil ap1e
editors springs up; increases and null
tiplies; irrepressible, incalculable. Ne"
printers, new journals and ever new
$50 prurient is the WORLD, let our SUI
curb and consolidate as they can. IN
a lecture on 1.-The Hero as a Mar OF
Letters" he said: 'Witenagemote, old
parliament, was a great thing. The al
fairs of the nation were there deliber-
ated and decided. But does not, though
the name of parliament subsists, the
parliamentary debate go on now
everywhere and at all lines In a lar
more comprehensive way out OF .parlia-
ment altogether" Burke said there
were three estates in parliament. But
in the reporters gallery yonder there
sits a fourth estate more important tar
than they all."-Ed.]
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May 6.

May 8.
II a. m.-Good cruiser Red Loafer
of the Hudson River line left
Rutherford on schedule time,
Many passengers bound for New
ark to shop.
11:07-Stop in Park avenue to
watch four men carry a piano in
q house. Good job. Conductor
bossed the work.
11:13-Conductor finds in
seat; sits down and reads.
1l:17-Two girls in Valley Brook
avenue, Kingsland, stop car four
minutes to invite motorman to
strawberry festival at the church.
He viii be glad to go.
l1:2O-Wait at Kingsland switch for
another car. Conductor gives
motorman newspaper and tells
him to read what a prince says
about Americans. Other a
passes and motorman continues
to read. Very interesting. Wait
five minutes more.
ll;27-See big pile of cleared under
brush in field in Kearny avenue.
Gosh. that'd make n fine bonfire"
says motorman. Stops car and
lights fire. Watches it several
minutes.
11;33-Change crews at Belleville
turnpike. Much talk on news from
both ends of the line. New motor
man advised to read story about
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DRYDEN AND NATIONAL FINANCE.

Naturally the ne national question upon which former Senator Dryden
dwelt most earnestly in his address to the Republican State convention yes
terday "a that of u currency system, a subject which. as he truly re-
marked, "aheds every phase Of ur daily life" Mr. Dryden shows that our
present system, which admirably served in the days of it's adoption, is now
archaic, and must be discarded for some better system. The great imperfec-
tons of the present system were universally acknowledged twelve years ago.
and in twelve years Congress mas done nothing ITO provide a remedy although
promises werer repeatedly given to the people. Witt a proper currency ss-
tenn in operation las year enormous sacrifices that were made and tremen-
dous pHhs tat were incurred would have been avoided. There would have
been n more han an ordinary monetary disturbance. That lesson, too, has
been lost m the present Congress, which has thus far been Indifferent and
inactive, even under the whip an spur oil public opinion. What shall the Re-
publican national platform say of this long and persistent neglect by Repub-
ncan Congresses, which had its fruits sin the financial cataclysm last year?
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THE PASSING OF TWO PARTY LEADERS.

One notable figure "a conspcuousy missing in the convention at Tren-
ton yesterday. 1t ws that of Major Carl Lentz wh1om Republican leader in
Essex and member of the Republican State Committee. -Four years ago
when the Republican State convention met to elect delegates to the national
convention n mar a more prominently in evidence than Major Carl Lentz
who ws then in the plentudc of his power in party politics. Another
figure then prominent IA that of Colonel S. D. Dickinson. of Hudson County,
but how differently from the appearance of Dickinson yesterday! Four years
ago II G came as a master. Yesterday he was a suppncant. Four years ago he
was the county leader and one of the principal. State leaders. Yesterday he
represented a faction at ar with the organization he once led and gave
orders to In the mutations of politics there are ups and downs appear
ances and disappearance and here have been one more strange than the
changes here noted, occurring within a period so short.
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THE MAGNATES IN JAU.

so you people put a couple of mag
mates in Jail on heavy fines, did you?''
asks the investigating reformer.
Yes" replies the native. 1--WE fined
them the limit; they wouldn't pay and
we put them in cells"
That's a good example,"
is 1t? Within two days they or
gained the prisoners, guards and Jail
ers into the International Penalty Com
pany, issued five hundred million in
bonds, paid the fines of all the prison
ers, left us with a mortgage on the
jail and the courthouse-and stuck the
surplus money in their pockets.-Chi-
cago Evening Post.
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STATE VEN RESULTS.

The Republican State eonVenio has eom and gone; 1t soNed the
vexed problem of the big Four IN ore amicaby than had been looked
fulfilled all the program arranged by the leaders The party organization
wa in complete control and there was n o hitch Former Governor Muir
ply vas Endorsed a New jerseys favorite son for the yce-presidental
nomination and a dfscreety worded set of resolutions al adopted. Fac
ton was there present, but it was muzzled, and, in fact, the Eve of a great
presidential election was deemed by many disposed to sympathize with fac
ton to be a inauspiious time to air party differences n discords A Ia
tional campaign is usually al exiting usher for family troubles in a party
organization. The settlement of these is left to off years As al outcome
of yesterdays convention, Governor r ort will serve u his term a IS Gov
ernor and he will head the State dele CATION to Chicago State Chairman
Franklin Murphy is the vice presidential candidate of the State. the two
United States Senators with David b aird and the Governor will comprise
the big Four" and John w. Gnggs is nowhere The State delegation is
att liberty 10 act at Chicago at its o wn discretion. Apparently, also the
friction between the Governor and OF her State leaders has been relieved.
The Republican organization in the state seems low in good shape to begin
the grand campaign of 1908 for presidential electors 1t is not in as good
shape for tho State election.
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IN II L SERVICE.

With the large capital at the I'M Inc of the Public Service Corporation
by virtue of the immense loan pledged by responsible financial interests, the
company is placed n a position % display a enterprise of the character Of
that If the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in making betterments The Penn
sylvanfa has expended millions in abolshng grade crossings, in building
bridges n tunnels n improving its terminal facilities and increasing its roll
ing stock. and all to good advantage Its policy is to cater to the needs of its
present service before investing in extensions. There is oom for important
bettements n the trolley service in this State, and if made they will eonduce to
the interests of the company as well as to the convenience of the public. The
great bettHment locally is suggested in the great congestion of cars at the
-Four Corners" The Pennsylvania Railroad Company would not leave that
problem long unsolved. 1t would build a subway for its cars In course of
time with the growth of population and street traffic, Newark will require
subways and will have them, but a subway at the -Four Corners" is now a
necessity unless the great currents of travel in Newark IA be entirely
changed, and that It's not practicable
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THE ARRIVAL OF THE TRAMP

oh, the spring again is with US
Balmy spring;
To his love the o is calling
Poor old thing!
And the robins on the twitter, "
And the blue-jay OF the filter,
And the gobbling turkey gobbler
Has his fling.
Now the tramp who's hibernated
Midst the SHOWS;
Midst the sleet and zero weather
Thawed and froze,
Comes him forth and doth awaken,
And his sleep from him is shaken,
And he goes.
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Sn 2,\aNtsome MOOD
GETTING EVEN WITH FRA ELBERTUs.

Ebert Hubbard says he was nearing
the end of the lecture before one thou
sand attentive inmates of a State in
san asylum. when an old woman came
screaming down the aisle:
MY Godl l can't stand this non
sense any longer"
THAT said the superintendent to
Mr.. Hubbard, lis the first sign she has
shown of returning sanity success
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WHEELS.


He was a great inventor.
1.-THE thing | am working at now
he began, stroking his thin beard with
a thinner hand, will be a boon to
every family and will startle the whole
world. In fact, it will put the alarm
CLOCK trust out of business. The idea
is simply specially prepared tablets
that help you get up i'm the morning.
For instance, if you want to arise at
o you take five tablets; if you want
to get up at 8 take six tablets; and
so on"
"Rut how will it affect the alarm
clock trust?"
why, these tablets will cause a ring
ing in the ears at exactly the hour de-
sired"
But the little crowd could wait to
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HER REASON.

Mamma" salt small Susan, before
she began, her evening prayer, may L
pray for rain tomorrow"
IF o want to, dear" replied her
mother. But why do you want it to
rain?'
Annie Uppson is going to have a
lawn party and | wasn't invited eX-
planned Susan.-Chicago News.
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ONE SHORT.

She asked him if he was the photog-
rapher. He said he was.
She asked him if he took children's
pictures. He said he did.
She asked him how much he charged,
He said, -Four dollars a Dozen
"Then I'll have to go somewhere
else" she replied; II only have eleven"
Success.
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AS A STARTER.

Il think we ought to go in for the
town beautiful. Any Improvement that
you could recommend"
II would suggest that you remove the
dark pants which have filled the broken
pane in your parlow window all winter
and substitute a discarded shirt waist
or something summery."-Louisville
Courier-Journal.
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A SACRIFICE TO SCIENCE.

A jolly young chemistry tough
While mixing a compound of stuff,
Dropped a match in a vial.
And after a while,
They found his front teeth and on,
cuff. Success
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-06

The batheshfp fleet together with the cruisers and the torpedo hotnla, is
in San Francisco Bay, and ar enormous assenblage Of people is there to
welcome this magnificent exhibition of the naval power of the republic. San
Franciscos entertainment will eclipse all previous mes. That city, which has
experienced sucn a wonderful resurrection, now focuses IL the patriotic sent-
rnent of the Pacific slope. 1t is treated to a spectacle If national grandeur
such as o other American city has b. held, and its citizens are prepared to
do full honor to such al event What adds interest to the presence of the
fleet at the Golden Gate is the fact that Admiral Bob Evans, the nations
favorte admiral now in service, is in command.
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WHEN THEY COME TO-.

Blobbs-The great trouble with mar
riage is that few people realize the full
solemnity of it.
Slobbs-No; at any rate. not until it
is too te.7rPllladelphia Record.
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VAIN REGRET.

But. Tommy" said his mother, you
asked for two cakes and l gave them
to you. Aren't you satisfied"
mo. l amt growled Tommy, you
was so easy I'm kickin' meself now
cause | didn't ask fur forr p-Philadel-
phia Press.
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Once again he start. a-tramplnx.

Once again he starts a tramping
On the tramp:
Once again the highways know him,
Dry or damp;
Once again, with proper feeling,
He is for a dime appealing
Lying scamp!
He will work if he can get it
In a hornl
Dead his wife and dead his children
All forlorn.
Something ails his lungs or liver
Something for to make you shiver-
Sure you're born.
But he comes with April weather.
He is here;
And we give him friendly greeting
And a cheer. j
He's an old and crafty hummer,
But he'll help to bring the summer,
And our beer. JOE KERR.
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HE WILL NOT.
or of the Evening Star:

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Kindly let me know in the Wednes-
day STAR in your queries and nswer
column if Buffalo Bill will be in New
ark this year. and If so. when?
w. L. j.
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THAT DAY.

'Good-night.' he said. The clock
struck one.
She noted Times swift flight
Smiling, and whispered, Tell me, will
You come again-tonight?"
Judge.
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ANATOMICAL.

Investor-When win the company be
on it's own feet again?
Receiver-When it is out Of my
hands.-Harper's Weekly.
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A CONVENTION TRIBurE no CLEVELAND.

"A graceful and most commendabe act by the Republican State convention
YESTERDAY was the rising vote of sympathy for former President Grover
Cleveland that eminent Jerseyman" who has bens seriously i'll at Lakewood
A mar n las occupied the most exalted office of government in the world,
that Of President of the United States. is thereafter invested with a char
acmrt that lifts him above the strife of partisan politics and makes him the
regard to party. Mr. Cleveland is besides. a nahvebon Jerseyman, and the
people If the State cannot forget that he arose to the chief magMtracy If the
nation and that he wa a worthy President.
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How much would a trunk sewer for the Passaic valley really add o the
pollution of New York Bay? 1t has been estimated at about 10 per cet of
that Of New York, but this estimate takes 10 accoun of the moun of sewage
now carried to the bay through the Kill Won Kun by the outgoing tide The
river down to the sea and of the many millions Of gallons OF sewage
daily discharged into the Passaic son millions IF gallons finds its way into
New York Bay AS the pollution Oft the river increases, the outflow inot the
bay must increase In point of fact the increased contamination of the bay
waters by a Passaic sewer would be inconsiderabe ndt the merest fraction of
the enormous volume 10Y poured into the bay by New York city.
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hear no more and hurriedly disbanded
-Harper's Weekly.
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~ NIONSl Yes. Just onions-thats all
IA They have cost me the friendship of a young mar I thong
w. much of a young man, l thought, did not have a single IN of I'll
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-24
New Gaming Hall.

express wagon stands half block away.
Is the coast clear? Six men come run
ming with what seems very long trunk.
Hop! OF go the horses on a trot. to in
slant burial or railway-there'S no other
choice.
But what If relatives object?" said.
LIT Is distasteful to our rich. arlsto-
cratic guests to see a daylight funeral
explain physicians and officials. Then
comes the hotel proprietor with bill
for 81 900 damages. Guests have quit be-
cause of the suicide; the rooms furni-
ture must be renewed; he must pay heavy
fees to servants for their silence. In a
word. he wants $1,000"
could he get it,"
THAT is not the question: answered my
informant. IF the family cannot pay
the usual case with suicides because of
DISQUALIFICATION turns to fearful thanks
when the casino offers to square the bill
If they go off quietly"
Suppose they refuse?" said.
They're in false postion-owing
money and attempting scandal. They'll
be hustled. Folks who can't pay their
bills have no weight"
And if they pay?"
''They must be important people. Quick.
take that thousand dollars off the hotel
man! Quick, fill private car with flow
ers, All is arranged Will you take 1t to
Paris or have a smart funeral at Nice?
Unfortunately, there is not single
hearse in Monaco
Evidently the Casino corporation cannot
give their money back to heavy losers.
like the Brazilian merchant on his annual
buying trip who opened his veins in
hotel de Paris bathtub when he got to the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-10-24

was none other that the great Napoleon
Jefferson went, Madison came. then
Monroe and Adams. Napoleon died.
Jackson came into the proud office Of the
was his associate On the service OF Uncle
Sam for the President of the United
States is supreme authority over both.
the army and navy.
Other Presidents came and went-van.
Buren,. Harrison. Tyler Polk. Taylor
Fillmore. Pierce. While Fillmore was
President Macabee nearly lost his life
while on the Yorktown on the ill-fated
cruise when she was wrecked at Camp
Verde, September 6. 1850.
In Retirement Thirty-Four Years.
Buchanan. Lincoln. Johnson, Grant. an
had for petty officer in the navy the
brave old Baltimorean. who went through
dangers lightly. making life a joke, and
rocking nothing of danger.
But time finally came, in 1874. while
Grant was President. that the old fellow
decided he had about gone the limit OF
service possible to him. In fact he woke
up all of sudden to the fact that he was
getting along in years too far to be quite
as active as he had been. He was then
seventy-one years old. and he concluded
to go to the naval home to enjoy the COM
fort he had earned'by serving in the navy
from the days Of the war of 1872
That was thirty-four years ago. and he
is still at the same place. clipper and
cheerful, and able to talk lucidly of past
events.
Bill has not suffered so deeply from the
infirmities of age as most men do.
His cheerful disposition helps to save
him from that He can still hear fairly
well, can read with the aid of glasses and
is a bright talker.
This old man has become big pet with
officials of the navy, and when the big
celebration was held five years ago that
marked his one hundredth birthday no
less person than Paul Morton. Secretary
of the Navy OF the United States. went
to Philadelphia to attend the birthday
party.
1t was the first time in his long exc
perience In the navy that Bill had en-
tertained one of its heads but he was by
no means abashed. for when the Secretary
asked him. How have you managed to
last so long?" Bill replied, Good nature.
good rum and good tobacco"
Uncle Sam is making sure that he never
lacks these or anything else he may need.