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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-23
FIRST NOTE OF DISSENT.

The Jersey City journal correspond
ent at Trenton quotes a Republican
member of the Senate, a lawyer, I'D
criticism of the position taken in Gov
ernor Forts inaugural address, which,
the correspondent says, is regarded by
Republican members of the Legisla-
ture, especially the Senators" with dis
favor. The correspondent does not
name the critical lawyer-Senator, but
quotes his words. and this is part of
the lawyer-Senator's criticism:
II think Governor Fort will change
his mind about many things when he
studies up State questions. In his
speech accepting the nomination for
Governor he told us he was not familiar
with political matters. His inaugural
speech indicates that he Is over-famlliar
with them. The Senate will never ac-
cept the extreme views of his inaugural
address. That is certain"
This is the first note of dissent. 1t
would be of some interest to know the
identity of the lawyer-Senator quoted,
but If his acts and speech in the Sem
ate shall correspond to the views he Is
credited with he will disclose himself.
If it be true that, as the Journal cor
respondent says, Republican members
look upon the address as revolutionary
'ands dogmatic beyond anything yer
heretofore enunciated by a chief execu-
tive" the sentiment will not fail 10
materialize in the Legislature.
Governor Fort is doubtless we'll pre-
pared for opposition in the Legislature.
He knew when he wrote his address
that his views in essential respects
would be antagonized. Fol example,
while heartily approving the admirable
recommendations made for general re-
forms and economies in the State gov
eminent, there are many who doubt the
policy of giving to the Governor the
power to remove the mayors of cities,
while a vast number of people are OPP
posed to making the excise law more
rigid than it now is.
But opposition in the Legislature evil
IDENTIFY will be based on as many
grounds as there are selfish interests
to be overcome. The threatened State
commissions will combine for self-de-
Tense, the county boards of equalization
will form a phalanx, and the corpora
tions will not be Indifferent spectators.
1t is significant that the first protest
against the policies outlined by the new
Governor should appear in the stalwart
Jersey City Journal.
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MarriageabIe Age.

To the Editor OF the Evening otar.
What is the legal age at which a man
may marry il the various States?
EIGHTEEN.
In States that ave legislated on this
subject, the age at which a male can
contract marriage, independent OF his
parents consent, is 81. except in California.
Delaware, Idaho and North Dakota, where
it is IS. and In Tennessee, where it is
16. In the same States the age for
females is is, except in Florida. Iowa,
Kansas. Kentucky. Louisiana. Minnesota,
Montana, Nebraska. North Carolina, Penu-
sylvania. Rhode Island, South Carolina,
South Dakota, Utah, Virginia, West Vir-
ginia, Wisconsin and Wyoming, where 1t
is 81: Tennessee. where it is IS, and Cali
sfornia and North Dakota, where it is 10.
Ed.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-23
Colonial Money.

To the Editor OF the Evening Star;
What were the earliest coins used in the
American colonies? b. 5. 5.
1.-THE first North American coinage OF any
sort was the "hogge money of the Ber-
mudas, so-called from the representation
of a hog upon the coins, The first coinage
in what is now the United States was
struck in Massachusetts in 1862. Mr.. Hull,
the miDt-master, kept the same date going
for thirty years and as he received one
shilling out of everytwenty he made, he be-
came exceedingly rich. 1t was he who
gave his daughter upon the occasion of her
marriage to Samuel Sewell, her weight in
New England shillings.{ Maryland had is
sued a ''pine-tree'' shilling in 1860, but the
die was prepared in England and some of
the coins brought over here. Coins were
issued at one time or another by all the
thirteen original States, as we'll as by YER
mont and Kentucky, the first two TO be
admitted to the Union. The Kentucky
one-cent piece has on one side a hand hold
ing a scroll inscribed Our Cause lis Just"
and around it the legend, "Unanimity Is
the Strength of Society Ed
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world will have to reform itself, il liy-
ing therein is to be tolcrable, he be-
lieves, and his ''heaven-on- earth" prop
osition is the solution of all problems.
Once it is In operation not only will
the lion and the lamb lie down together,
but they'll swap nature stories while
they're lying. The elephant and the
kangaroo will get along amicably, and
tine monkey and parrot will be OF
speaking terms. Mankind will bo one
big, happy family. 1t will be a good
deal bigger, too, for race suicide will
will have TO worry about food, cloth
ing or shelter.
Physicians, instead of waiting around
for people to experiment pom will
take delight In preventing all the i'll
ness that now gets them their living
Quacks will amuse themselves by oper-
ating on n another, If at all. Lawyers
will go out of their way TO make peace
between quarreling persons free of
charge. They will discourage all law
suits and fill the path of the trans
gressor with thorns instead of tryldg
to find loopholes in the law for
moneyed clients. Legal pe~ttifoggsry
will be unknown. The servant girl Will
disappear entirely, along with the day
laborer.
In advancing the plans for the mcdi-
cal fraternity, Prof. Elkins says The
dependence of physicians upon the
Inisfortunes of the community is i-
rational and unnatural.
1.-The time is coming when the re-
label physician will be appointed, on a
good salary, in each district and vii
lage, two or three in each town, and a
superintendent and a staff in every
city" he adds.
Preachers who are now imitators will
have to reform or drop out. The rich
will have no servants, only assist
ants In brief. all the evils of which
man now complains will be e~radicated
and everyone will be happy. All man
kind has to do is to hasten RATIONALE
zation.'
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-23

A great metropolis like New York
presents phases of life of which the
world gels too frequent glimpses in
tragedies enacted. The Thaw trial has
revealed all the aspects of gilded vice.
Yesterday a woman discarded by her
raramour shot him to death in the res
taurant of a department store and
then fatally shot herself, The pathos
of the tragical story was the figure of
the 1-year-old son of the woman sit
ting in his home in Harlem awaiting
the return of the mother who died by
her own hand. 1t is related in history
that while the guillotinc was doing its
awful work in Paris during the reign
OF terror the theatres We're filed with
gay throngs of people. SO the gay and
festive life of a great city goes on, UNI
mindful of the ever-recurring tragedies
and their victims.
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kecnc,. FINANCIAL lost.

James II. Keene told this story illus
trative of high finance at the Waldorf
the other night:
A Kentucky darby negotiated 4 loan
Of $40 from a local banker. pledging his
mule and cart as security.
Money is pretty tight" explained the
banker, and ! shall have TO charge You
$3.50 for the use of the $40 for a month";
The darby consented, signed the papers.
and half an hour later was found by a
friend standing in the road scratching his
wool With one hand and looking rucfully at
the $50 in his other.
waits de matter. saW?" asked bis
friend.
"ob. dere amt notbin' de matter, 'cept
! knows Use right. Dat bank mSa be
done charge me $3.50 for so for a month.
Use right. sur, for, if I had q asst TO- de teb
TO- foab months ] wouldnf = kpt nothin
Philadelphia Record.
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Races and Languages,

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
How many spoken languages are there
What is the worlds population according
to races? q. Is.
THE following is tue estimate of popu-
lation by John Bartholomew, F. r. G. s.,
Edinburgh: Indo-Germanic or Aryan
(white), 515.ooo,00O; Monaghan or Turanian
yellow and brown, $50, 100000; Semitic or
Hamitic (white), 65,000,0OO: Negro and
Bantu (black), 10000 900: Hottentot or
Bushmen (blaek), 10000: Malay aud
Polynesia Drown, 35,000,00o, American In
dian (red), 15,OOO,OO0 Total. LAC, $50, 900.
There are more than LOCO languages spoken,
exactly how many no one knows certainly.
Ed
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Girard College.
, the Editor Of the nyening star:

10 the Editor OF the Evening star
What are the requirements tor admis-
sion of a boy TO Girard College, in Phila-
delphia? X.
1.-THE applicant must be R child whose
father. at least. is dead. who is above the
age of 6 and under the age of 10 years.
and who is destitute of means or without
relatives able to maintain and educate
him. Preference is given to all boys born
in the old city of Philadelphia, the terri
tory lying between the south side of Vine
street and the north side of South street.
and between the Delaware and Srhuylkill
Rivers; second. to those born in other
parts of the state of Pennsylvania, third,
10 those born in the city of New York
fourth. to those born in the city of New
Orleans. All boys admitted are linden
tured to the city of Philadelphia, and
indeatures Cancelled when they leave.
There is no charge for board or i~nstruc-
ton. the benefits Of The college being en-
tlrely free.-Ed.l
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GREEK IN rHE COLLEGES.

DIR. Joseph Wood, hcadmaster of the
famous Harrow, School in England.
advises that Greek be banished from
the curricula of colleges and that. in
place of it, more practical and modern
subjects be substituted. What DR..
wood says is worthy of respect, FOR
he is the principal Of a school that. in
all it's $50 years of existence, has been
devoted solely to the classical studies.
so that, if prejudiced at all, he would
be likely to favor the established
policy.
It cannot well be doubted that in
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-23

The address of Mayor Wittpenn, OF
Jersey City, at the banquet of the Jersey
City Board OF Trade last night gives a
most favorable impression of Jersey
City's new Mayor. 1t was an earnest
~deliverance breathing the right kind OF
civic spirit 1t showed that Mayor
Wittpenn is capable of sizing up to
the problems of municipal government,
and in no city are they more complex
thar in his own
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-23
NibIo,s Garden.
To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Where was the original Niblo's Ga

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
Where was the original Niblo's Garden?
II. r.
ION the northeast corner of Broadway
and Prince street. About the year 1900 the
site, which was part of the old Bayard
farm, was used as a circus and training
around for race horses and was called the
stadium. Shortly after the war of 1872 ii
was used as a drill ground, and early in
1898 it became the Columbian gardens, with
light summer entertainments, in which the
best entertainers Of that day appeared.
William Niblo took a lease Of the place
a year or two later and converted it into
an ornamental garden with trees, flowers,
fountains. etc. and in the centre a sort
of temple for the musicians. This was the
original Niblo's summer garden. On July
4. 1877. the Sans Souci Theatre was opened
by Charles Gilbert in the garden, and a
year later H. became Niblo's garden
theatre.-Ed.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-23
PEOPLE OF NOTE.

DR.. Fernando E. Guachalls, who is
favorably mentioned as candidate Tor
President of Bolivia. is well known in
this country, having been minister to
Washington.
william Cross, the Secretary of State
in Oklahoma, signs his name officially
Bill Cross.
Judge Smith, of Texas, has the dis
tinction of representing the biggest
district of any member of Congress.
It takes the judge three days to make
the trip from one end of his district to
the other, and there are seventeen
counties that must be looked after.
The Maryland farmhouse where Ed
win Booth and his brothers lived for
some time. near Belair, Md, is now
used as a summer boarding house. The
place is reached by va narrow-gage
railroad that runs from Baltimore to
York, Pa.
AS she was a white House baby" in
the sense that she lived there when
her grandfather was President, Miss
Mary Lodge Mckee attracts as much
attention now as any of the buds in
looking, and may take front rank
among the bellies. Her mother, Mrs.
Robert James Mckee. has made annual
visits to the capital yer since her
father retired from the chief magis-
tracy.
Joshua lowering. a prominent BUSH
ness mag of Baltimore. is making a
trip around the world on a tour of in
spection of the mission fields in vari-
GUS sections of tho globe. in order that
the conditions in the'mission fields may
be reported as viewed from the stand
point of business men.
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IN I


INTERPRETATION
They say you're queer.
That is the cry,
And some may sneer
AS you pass by.
Well, don't deny tho allegation.
Columbus had that reputation.
They say you're odd.
Such Is the claim.
But let them nod;
That is no shame.
1t ought to be a JOY, I'm stating,
To get Sir Isaac Newton's rating.
When others sneer
As you pass by,
When far end near
They raise a cry
And dub you freakish from each steeple,
They're CHASING you with famous people,
Louisville Courier-Journal.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-23

The appointment and confirmation OF
Justice Pitney as Chancellor to succeed
Chancellor Magic occurred only by rea-
son of the advanced age of Magic n
the desire to preserve Vigor in the
exalted Office of Chancellor. The duties
and responsibilities of the chancellor
ship have multiplied exceedingly since
Chancellor Runyon practically created
the court, and the work demands all the
strength and fibre of a vigorous man
hood. Chancellor McGill succumbed to
the work, although much younger than
Magic when the latter assumed the
office. The new Chancellor is in the full
vigor of life, and is mentally well quail
fed to take up the tasks that his prede-
cessor has resigned into his hands
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-23

The offer by a benevolent woman to
swap a tract of $50 acres of mountain
land in the Pequannock for the twenty
acres of land and building improve
nlents included in the city's sana-
forum at Verona may be regarded as
in perfect good faith but a~rtless.
Mountain land in the Pcquannock is
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-23

BY placing a representative of Jersey
City on the State Board of Assessors,
which values all railroad property for
taxation, Governor Fort did a neces-
sary and just act. In Jersey City is
located the great bulk of the railroad
property of the State, and a representa-
tive of hat city should sit in the board
that fixes the assessments.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-23

When they were engaged he taught her to
swim,
Each lesson he pinned to begin it:
And now she spends all he has coming to
him
Houston Post.
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worth about two dollars an acre when
It is saIable, and the whole tract Of
fered might be worth a thousand o
lars to a purchaser. The inspiration
for this offer was furnished by a land
uner in Verona who is possessed of
the idea that a sanatorium will injure
the selling value of his property. After
the institution is established and in
operation that notion will be dissipated.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-23

Your husband said Gaddie, appears
to be a man Of great s~elf-control."
yes" replied Mrs. Peckham, "he is"
II suppose" Gaddie went on. "he in
herited that quality from his father, the
judge"
NO she replied, significantly, Cts a
virture he acquired since his marriage"
Philadelphia Press.
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To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
What and where is Scotland Yard in
London? A. ]. p.
lit is the building long famous as the
headquarters of the London police, located
at the southeastern corner Of Charing
Cross. 1t derives its name from a palace
assigned from the time of Edgar to Henry
IT,. ms the residence of the Scottish kings,
whenever they should visit London. New
Scotland Yard, the police headquarters
since 1890. is on the Thames embankment,
Ed
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-23

Sir Robert Ball had delivered a lecture
on rSun Spots and Solar Chemistry" A
young lady who met him expressed her
regret at having missed the lecture.
well" he said, IT don't know as you'd
have been particularly interested 1t was
all about sun spots why she re-
piled, ut would have interested me ex-
ceedinsly. / have been a martyr to
freckles all my ife."-Bellman.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-23

Life is rot all beer and skittles.e
musingly said the tall-browed, dreamy
eyed person.
mo, sua!" promptly replied Colonel
Begad II care very little for beer, sub;
and. as for skittles, whatevuh they may
be. | have nevuh drank any OF 'em in My
whole life. "-Smart Set.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-23

Jaw, shucks, the world amt no stage"
Whats UP now"
when a Teller in a play comes hone
late, he's all primed with brilliant rapid
fire repartee, but when I go home late !
have to stink in. Aw, shucks!"-Louis-
Vile Courier-Journal.
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The Danger of a Little Learning.

IAt a Frenoh restaurant IN Sohol.
BERTHE (affected by Continental atmos-
phere)-Well, If I On see you again, au
revoir,-Punch.
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She Understood.

The Widow-The way to interest a man
is to talk about what he is most inter
ested in.
The Maid-But I soon tire of talking
about the man I am talking to.-Chicago
News.
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Carried Out.

II sent you some suggestions telling
you how to make your paper more inter-
esting Have you carried out any of my
ideas?"
Editor-Did you meet the Office boy with
the waste-paper basket as you came up
the stairs? Yes. Well, he was carrying
out your ideas!-Philadelphis Inquirer.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-23

But it is in the suggested abolition of
several State boards and the consolidation
of others with a view to economy and in
creased deficiency that the Governors re-
form program is noteworthy. This is a
step toward the Capitalization of the pow
ers of the State and against their dilution
through the multiplication of boards and
commissions possessing merely advisory
powers
The change proposed has its warrant
renewed in the failure of the Pennsylvania
two-cent passenger-rate law, a measure
passed after a superficial inquiry into its
far-reaching effects. 1t j~ustifies Governor
Hughes's veto Of similar legislation in
New York last year. The adoption of
these reforms by New Jersey should curb
the tendency to hasty legislation and
strengthen the State in its regulation and
control of corporations through the en-
forcement of laws enacted after proper
inquiry with a due regard for their
validity.-New York World.
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The Proof.


Studious-Aunt, are you superstiious?
Aunt-Most certainly not!
S~tudious-Then lend me thirteen thaler!-
Transatlantic Tales.
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Popular.

Clara-what kind of face powder do you
use?
Maud-Why do you ask?
Clara-Charlie Spooner says it's the best
he ever tasted.-Life.
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No Cause for Complaint.

Landlady-Mr. Slopay. you'll either have
to pay what you owe or leave.
S~lopay-Thanks. The last place ] was
at they made me do both.-Chicago News.
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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 as a guarantees OF good faith
--Ed1
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lie rose to speak, and with a lot
OF shop-worn phrases strove to pbsass.
All the applause he ever got
Was printed in parentheses.
Washington Star.
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Always Absent.

Quizzem-To what religious deronnina-
ton do you belongg
Stayaway-T'm a seventfa-day abBentist
Kansas City Times.
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Yes, I've often shot at Windsor Cas-
tie
Ever hit itr-The Bystander.
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Governor Fort would like to simplify the
judicial system OF New Jersey. He tells
the Legislature that the ideal judicial sys-
tenn Is that which has but two courts, one
with original jurisdiction and one with APP
pellate power only" This is true, but New
Jersey will not adopt the ideal system. 1t
has the most cumbrous and complicated
and one Of the most costly judicial systems
OF any State in the Union. but all endeav-
ors to simplify 1t nave come to naugbt. By
persistent effort of those bent on judicial
reform 1t may be improved in some par
ticulars in time, but we do not look for the
adoption of anything near the ideal sys-
TEN which Governor Fort recommends
Philadelphia Press.
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VIEWS OF EDITORS.
The pIutocrntIc r'armer.

No better illustration Of the prosperity
Of the Missouri farmer can be found than
a social event which took place one night
last week just across the river from
L~eavenworth. Edward Olvis, a wealthy
wheat grower, who owns nearly 700 acres
of bottom land. gave a barn dance in a
new barn, just completed. and which
covers almost half an acre of ground. All
the society people of Leavenworth and
Fort L-eavenworth and almost all the resi-
dennts of Platte County were invited, and
the attendance was large. An illustration
of the expenditures of the host was the
fact that a steam heating plant WAS in
stalled for Use on this special occasion
Dozens Of autos belonging to tile farmers
and others We're lined up outside of the
bafn.--kansas City Journal.
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Without a, doubt the Democratic party
is, unfortunate in some Of the burdens it
has TO carry. Redolent With radicalism,
Senator jeff Davis, of Arkansas, looms in
the spotlight as one of them. Old Atlas
was never so pestered.
Mr.. Davis's latest ebullition before a
New York audience, in which he talks of
insanity stalking abroad in the marts OF
commerce, and calls aloud for the abso-
lutte destruction of aggregations Of CAPT.
tai, is scarcely calculated to appeal to
that progressive conservatism, that high
sense of equal justice, upon which
Democracy must base its hopes.
If Mr.. Davis really wants to do the
Democracy a service and make perform
ance of profession, be could not do better
accept the offer of Steve Brodie, the
one-time bridge jumper, who proposes to
pay him 5000 a week to go or the real
vaudeville stage.-Atlanta Constitution.