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PRAISE FROM AN EXPERT.

Nearly fifteen years ago Rear-Ad-
miral George E. Melville in a public
address declared that the navy of the
United States, in it's personnel and its
material, imam for man, ton for ton
and gun for gun, has not its superior
on the face of the earth" He now de
clares over his signature in a Ph1la-
delphia paper that he has had
occasion to change his opinion.
This conviction of a naval officer OF
long and wide experience is certainly
more worthy of respect tina the "opin-
IONS of laymen. written for muck
raking magazines. denouncing Il ships
as shaky old hunks, faulty in design
and construction and in every essential
of efficiency. Not only Americans, but
the world at large, will be more in
clined to take the veteran Admiral
Melville's word for it than that of the
lay critics, paid to find fault.
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REpRovrNa rHE BREEzEs.

Father Knickerbocker's virtuous
spasm persists, Little Tim" sullivan's
example, set when he took it upon him
sci to dictate public and
morals by %forbidding women to smoke
naughty cigarettes, is bearing fruit.
Another Alderman, named Mcdonald,
is hot on Little Tins heels with a
bin tina ought to make Anthony Com
stock bilious with envy.
This model young legislators ten
der %sensibilities have been shocked
by sights he has seen in the sub
way when sudden gusts of wind
have 1irted outrageously with the
skirts of fair passengers and an in
voluntary display of hosiery and
lingerie has resulted. So he and his
associates have passed a resolution
sakang upon the Interborough Rapid
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A Long Time.

Way off yonder In the distance
There's a big and yellow moon,
Where, the birds with sweet persistence
Sing again the summer tune-
Way off yonder there is June.
In the meantime twill be showing,
Thawing, freezing, flercely blowing;
In the meantime we must listen
To that speaker, or to this 'un;
Platitudes must be expounded
Though we doze while they are sounded
We must hear among the patter
OF the hail the self-same chatter;
Same old actors take their stations,
Same old plots and situations,
Same old friends dead~-broke-it's funny,
Same old people making money!
So Wen plod the winter through,
And the merry spring time" too.
Hear the echoes in the distance
Underneath the yellow moon,
Singing with a sad persistence,
Faint and far this mournful tune:
Gracious, but it's long till Junei'
Washington Star.
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CONVICT LABOR AGAIN.

The question of prison labor at Tren-
ton has been wrestled with for many
years, and without any satisfactory So
luton, During the term of Keeper
Mott there was no restriction upon con-
Wet labor, and trades were taught and
carried on in the State prison by con-
tractors until the convict labor issue
o in politics. There was adopted a
compromise plan by which only a GER
tain number of convicts could be m
ployed at any single occupation. That
system now prevails, but it does not
give satisfactory results.
State Charities Commissioned Wight
has suggested that the prison be re-
moved to some place where the n
victs can be probably employed in pro-
ducing stone, but that plan is impracti-
cable. In his annual report to the Gov
ernor he now recommends that a joint
legislative conUnission be appointed to
examine the subject and report some
better system of prison labor. 1t is no
likely that a joint legislative commit
tee could evolve any plan that would
be much of an Improvement on the
present one and be satisfactory to free
labor. But there is no harm in trying
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WOULD' BAR T WHO
TRAVEL ON THE SABBATH

Day was being deseerated every week
by clergyman who travelled from their
homes to other places in order to de-
liver sermons. How can we expect our
laymen to keep holy the Sabbath If
such a thing is allowed?" queried the
introducer.
The Rev. DR.. Henry Collin Minton,
pastor of the First Presbyterian Church
of this city, called the resolution un-
fair.
"Have we, an organization born but
thirty minutes, the right to dictate to
churches in New Jersey established
one hundred years ago?" asked DIR.
Minton.
Several clergymen said if the society
was for the purpose of seeing that the
Sabbath was observed properly In pass
ing a resolution of this character
would be a splendid beginning.
DR.. 7. r. Mutchner, secretary OF the
Pennsylvania Sabbath Observance So
ciety, stopped the discussion by saying
that such a resolution should not be
passed at this time.
A slight tilt took place between e
eral of the members over the salary of
a field secretary, but the salary matter
was laid over until later and the or
~ganization was finally completed.
Meetings are to be held annually, dele
gates from all the counties of h State
to be present.
The Rev. Samuel D.. Price, of Cam
den, was unanimously chosen presi-
dent; the Rev. S. H. Hahn, of Camden,
financial secretary, and the Rev. P. 7.
Schelly. of Phillipsburg. recording sec
rotary. Vice-presidents were nomi-
mated from every county in the State.
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TRENTON, Jan. 31.-The New Jer-
ganization having for it's object the ex-
tension of the Sunday observance laws,
was formed here yesterday. One of the
first resolutions introduced at the meet
ing provided that no pastor in the
State should receive into his pulpit
any minister OF speaker who had trav-
eled in a public conveyance on Sunday,
The resolution caused considerable dis
cussion, and was finally voted down on
the ground that it would cause toe
much inconvenience.
The Safe organization will work in
cooperation with the American Sab
bath Union.
The Rev. DIR. Frederick j. Stanley,
general secretary of the American
Sabbath Union, outlined the work
Of the Sabbath Association. An adj
dress In which he depicted conditions
In New Jersey which demanded a State
Sabbath association was made by the
Rev. Percy Y. Schelly, of Philadelphia.
rhe Rev. Holmes f. Gravatt, of Cam
den, unqualifiedly favored the organiza-
ton of the State Association,
Joseph Haven. of Camden, introduced
the resolution denouncing the custom
of clergymen travelling on Sunday. The
resolution asked all the clergymen in
the State to discourage this practise
and requested them to refuse to re-
ceive any clergymen or public speaker
who Travelled in any public conveyance
on Sunday. Spirited condemnation and
some favorable comment followed the
introduction of this subject.
Mr.. Haven stated that the Lords
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o He Escaped.

Jim Hance, the Baron M~unchausen of
the Grand Canyon of Arizona, was sitting
on the porch Of the Ell Tovar one day, re-
falling his marvellous adventures to a party
of gaping tourists. Jim has lived on the
rim of the canyon for nearly half a CEN
fury. "Yessum,' he said to an inquiring
lady, ST can shorely say them trails down
to the bottom of the canyon is dangerous.
or course, they've got them fixed up in
these days so it Is comparatively safe, but,
when l began to go down, l took my life
in my hand every time. 1t is plumb nerv-
Gus to be ridin' along the edge of one Of
them gorges an lookin' down 5000 feet be-
low to nothin' but jagged rocks"
"Oh, Mr.. Hance," broke in a sweet young
thing, 'did you ever fall over?"s
Once Hance replied-"only once. 1t
| was this way: I was ridtn' along by a
| chasm 1000 feet deep. My mule was an
old circus mule, and 1 carelessly began
to whistle Turkey in the Straw You see,
| tina mule had been trained to dance in the
circus to that tune, and she began to dance
right there on the edge. The nat'ral result
plumb down 1000 feet to the sharp and
cruel rocks. 1eaa
How did you e~scape?" n
"Oh,' replied Hance, nonchalently, II
| kept my wits about me. When we was
about % feet from the bottom, after fallin'
! 1916 feet, 1 picked out a nice, smooth spot
and jumped off the mule. l landed on my
feet, safe and sound"
But the mule?"
"Oh, the mule! Why, l gathered up what
was left of the mule and put it in my luncn
basket and gave 1t q Christian BURIAL
Saturday Evening Post. -
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and if the city possessed an %ice-cutting
plant an abundant crop of the purest
and best of ice could be obtained at
a cost to permit its sale to Newark
families at cheap prices. But the in
terests of the ice trust and of the
East Jersey Water Company cannot be
infringed upo and Newark can have
no benefit in the way of pure ice from
its reservoirs in the Pequannock.
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The South Carolina Legislature yes
ton. That was a serious setback to the
prohibition wave that has been sweep
ing over the South, and it may mark
the beginning of a reaction. 1t is GER
tain that the prohibitory laws enacted
in Southern States cannot last. An ex-
pertinent that has failed SO utterly in
Kansas and Maine cannot well be a sue
cess in Georgia and Alabama.
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IN I
Leap Year song.


Why don't the girls propose, papa?
Why don't the girls propose?
The glad Leap Year at last is here,
I'm ready, goodness knows,
My little shy, eonsenting ways
My willingness disclose,
And yet they do not seem to mind
Why don't the girls propose?
Why don't the girls propose, papa?
Why don't the girls propose?
Three vars we waited wistfully
Among the bellies and beaux
But now q kindly Fate might put
An end to all my woes,
If only some sweet maid would pop!
Why don't the girls propose?
Why don't the girls propose, papa?
l almost want to cryt
Just think II Leap Year should elapse
And they should pass me by!
My heart goes p~itty-pat, papa!
This fateful year will close
In only eleven months from now
Why don't the girls propose?
-SomerviIle Journal.
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BRIDGE WHIST SCORED
FROM BENCH AND PULPIT

CAIRO, ILL.,, Jan. S1.-'tChicago women
leaders of society who play bridge for
money or prizes are violators of the
laws of Illinois and the laws of God"
said the Rev. DR.. L. d. Bass al the
Calvary Baptist Church.
This is gambling pure and simple,
and these women are outlaws" he con-
tinued. mo outlaw can be a leader CT
good society. Society hat trains people
to violate the law cannot be good
society. Card games are the most
deadly games. Even to know how TO
play cards is a temptation to gamble.
"Of all games of which the devil and
death have most to do is the game
with cards. The man who invented
cards must have come from Hades. He
certainly went there"
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BOSTON, Jan. 31.-Whist is a game
of chance, and all persons running
whist clubs, whether for churches,
charitable or other institutions. where
prizes are given, are guilty of
gambling.
This is the decision of Judge Went
worth in the Superior Court, and under
IL he found guilty six women who ar
ranged a charity whist party in con-
nection with the aid society of the
Main Street Baptist Church, and fined
them $50 apiece.
The women made about $500 by the
party. They charged a dollar admission
and gave out three prizes. All of .he
women declared they would appeal the
case, and were released on their own
recognizances.
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y TFe saFsFs1 TAs $500 =
Transit Company to stop the wicked
draugllts that cause the embarrassing
and demoralizing condition.
Let us hope the Interborough will be
able to comply, for 1t Is a worthy cause
and a worthy young man, doubtless,
that advocates it. But is 1t quite COM
pllmentary to the ladies?
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when ON Tour.

Papa-Ah. my boy. the old days were
the best Then We did our counting. walk-
ing in the country lanes, gathering butter
cups ami daisies.
Son-Why. pop, We go counting in the
country lanes Just the same today; only
instead of walking we go i'm autos, and
instead of gathering daisies we gather mo-
mentum.-Town and Country.
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The Democratic banquet in the New
Auditorium last night did not develop,
as was predicted, any anti-Bryan senti-
ments or any prediction for some
other candidate. At the anne time
there was a marked GOODNESS towards
Mr.. Bryan. He was not toasted as the
peerless leader" and there was no
eulogy of him in the addresses.
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To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
How long was the first Thaw jury out
and how long were the Nan Patterson
and Roland B. Molineux juries deliherat-
II &?
1.-THE first Thaw jury was out AZ hours and
3 minutes. Man" Patterson,s first trial
was a mistrial; on her second the jury was
out "a hours, and on her third 1t was out IL
hour 30 minutes Roland B. Molneuxs
jury was out s hours on his first trial and
% minutes on his second trial.-Ed.]
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An Illustration.

Let me illustrate the difference be
tween capital and labor" said the rich
uncle to the impecunious nephew. Sup
pose l give you 500
That's capital" replied the nephew, ex-
tending his hand for the money.-Philadel-
mia Inouirer.
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The cold weather has made a splendid
crop Of ice, and all danger of an ice
has vanished, The great reser-
voirs Of Newark in the P%equannock
are frozen over a foot in thickness,
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FROM STAR READERS

Anonymous communications cannot be
printed. Except on political subjects the
names of correspondents are not required for
publication, but as a guarantee OF good faith.
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North Pole Records.

North Pole Records.
10 the Editor Of the Evening Star:
What are the 'farthest north records
of the polar explorers? i.
[They are in order: 1876. Sir john Frank
lin, King William Sound, latitude 70 de-
grees 5 minutes; 1858, DIR. e.. X. Kane, Of
Philadelphia, took the Advance to rs de-
grees 8 minutes north, and his fellow voy-
ayers went over land and ice to 80 degrees
IS minutes; 1880, Commander G. w. De
Long. III the Jeanette, reached q degrees
10 minutes north: 1SS1-1SS2, A. w. Greedy
reached latitude 50 degrees north; 1896. DR..
Fridtiof Nansen, in the Fran, reached
sc degrees A minutes; 1900, The Duke of the
Abruzzi, in the Stella Polare, attained SO
degrees 80 minutes; 1901, Robert e. Peary
reached "a degrees II minutes; 1902, o. Sver-
drup attained 50 degrees north; 1906, Robert
f. Peary set the "%furthest north record at
81 degrees 6 minutes.-Ed.1
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A Mixed P-erformanee.

1.-THE weather used TO be in four acts;
spring. summer, autumn and winter"
"Well?"
'But now nature seems to have gone
into vaudeville ."-Louisville Ceurler-Jour-
nal
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PEOPLE OF NOTE.

Robert e. Lewis, general secretary for
ten years of the Y. M. @. A. in Shanghai,
China, has returned to the United States
to become the Ohio State secretary of the
Y. w.. c. A. He will assume his new
duties February L.
The Rev. John La Fargo, of the Jesuit
Order, son of John La Fargo, the great
landscape and figure painter, has accepted
a rrofessorship In modern languages at
Loyola College, Baltimore. He Is one Of
the youngest priests in the order, being
only 81 years old. File IS said to bear a
striking resemblance to his father.
Delos Fall, senior professor in Albion Col
lege, Albion, Mich, and a delegate to the
Constitutional convention, and his win
brother, De Witt Fall, have just cele-
brated their sixtieth birthday anniversary.
Or. William Osler, who is a friend Of both,
in response to an invitation to attend the
party. sent each OF the brothers a bottle
of chloroforrn.
Professor David Eugene Smith is having
many interesting, unusual and valuable ex-
periences in his travels through the Orient.
He reports that the Buddhist priests have
displayed much interest in his search for
mathematical material among the Burmese,
and that he has obtained from them a con-
siderable number Of curious manuscripts.
Some valuable casts of old numerical in
s~criptions secured from the Calcutta
Museum will be added TO Professor Smiths
large collection.
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"I want to be an angel" That
We heard a fat man say.
I'm growing weary of this fat,
l would not live all weigh"
Philadelphia Press.
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Helping Her.

you loved her very much ?"
$50 much that when her first husband
died I married her that I might share her
grief and SO lessen it."
"And how did 1t work?''
Fine! Pm sorrier now for his death
than she is. '-Houston Post.
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Gsreat Comedian. and Never ReaIined Il.

Marion Hills short stories of the stage.
now running in the American Magazine, are
full of fun. In the February number is the
story of the young actress who was con-
stantly irritated by the pompous behavior
of the actor-manager in whose company she
was playing.
Now, Miss Duke" said the great one.
you'll have an opportunity to show your
talents in another direction. I've cast you
for a dandy part, small but fat And
you'll have a chance to study me In a new
role. You've never seen me do faree-coin-
edy, have your"
Eyes, I have contradicted Miss Duke,
1--WE seen your Macbeth"
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Another withdrawal.

lyon mentioned me for the presidency
yesterday"
II did"
"And 1 Immediately bought drinks for
seventeen big loafers."
Representative citizens, SIR"
let 1t pass. And now you want two
dollars?'
1.-TWO and a half"
''Well, I'm here to state that I have
withdrawn from politics Louisville Cour-
f~er-Journal.
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YES said Miss Prettyman, "he said
1 had a complexion like a peach"
YES replied Miss Chellus, II suppose
he's old enough to remember when you
d."-Philadelphia Press.
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old school Farmers.

1T is astonishing what faith the old
school farmer used to put in his alma
nae" said a farmer OF the new school,
a graduate of an agricultural college,
MY father was an old school farmer,
and in June he would consult his al
manac to see If we were going to have a
clear Christmas. What though the al
| manac usully went back on him? Some
times it's predictions were true, and one
accurate prophecy c-ounterbalanced in my
fathers mind fifty mlscues.
! "Once I crossed the ocean with the Odd
man. We sat at the captains table, and
the first night out my fatoerI laying down
his spoon, said anXiously:
Captain, hev we got an almanac on
hosrd?'
mo the captain answered.
THE old man frowned and shook his
head.
""rhen, by gosh he said, well jest hev
to take the weather as she comes Los
Angeles Times.
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1t Is not for either Governor Hughes or
his friends to lay down the law. His
friends are privileged to regard him as the
very man for first place. and as too big for
the second. But it will not advance his
prospects for the first place for them to
undertake to hold up the convention by
the declaration that unless he is nominated
for that place the party shall not be per-
mitted to enjoy the weight of his name in
the campaign. Men Of great ability n
deserts have filled the Office of Vice-Presi-
dent, and one such is filing it now. And
we may be very sure that II the conven-
ton in its wisdom dominates Governor
Hughes for second place on a ticket with
any of the other men now mentioned for
first, or on a ticket headed by a dark
horse, he will accept. A refusal would not
only remove him from all future calcutta
tions, but convict him of ingratitude for
what his party has already done for him.
washington Star.
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VIEWS s. OF EDITORS.
No Enthusiasm over Hughes.

Governor Hughes has his admirers in
Detroit. but they are confined principally
to those for whom his acts have for various
reasons had an especial appeal or TO those
who have made a special study of his
career. He is generally respected in this
community, but there will be no popular
enthusiasm locally over his announcement
TO the effect that he will be "A candidate
for President. if the party wants him.
II nominated, there would be little doubt
of Mr.. Hughes's election, but, as the nomi-
nee, he would be from five thousand to
ten thousand votes weaker in this county
than Mr.. Taft, whose hold on the affec-
lions of the rank and file is very strong.
Mr.. Taft's name at the head Of the ticket
would mean very much more strength to
local tickets here than MIR. Hughes's name
would mean.
What is true of Detroit is undoubtedly
true in greater or less degree throughout
the West. While the demand for Mr.. Taft
is a general demand, MIR. Hughes is still
in the favorite son class. And he is a
~favorite son who is not likely to command
the united support of wen the delegates
from his W State.-Detroit Free Press.
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Women In Business.

Like death. the typographical error loves
a shining mark. At a meeting of the
Women's Press Club, in New York, Mrs.
Lydia K. Commander was down on the
printed program for an address on the
"Fumigation of Business II wrote Fem
imitation Of Business" she explained.
My husband has often told me that my
handwriting would get me into trouble,
but it never has until now. However, I
don't know but what the phrases are
practically synonymous, after alL."-Hart-
ford Times.
The semi-weekly messenger., 1908-02-21
WOULD NOT EXTEND HOURS.
Interstate Commerce Commission Re-
fuses Petition of Railroad.

Washington, Feb. ia petition
recently was filed by the Georgia
Southern and Florida railroad COM
pany with the interstate commerce
commission requesting that the time
of putting into effect the so-called
nine hour law be extended from March
next to such time as the commis-
sion might determine, so far as the
petitioner was concerned. The COM
plant, alleged that the Southern and
Florida company had a large number
OF stations along it's line at which
telegraph operators were employed
but that their duties were combined
with those of a station agent or freight
agent and that all of their time was
not consumed in sending or receiving
train orders. 1t was maintained by the
company that the combined service
rendered by the operators could be
performed with comparative ease,
and 1t was the desire of the petitioner
that these men should be employed
for twelve hours in the performance
of their duties.
The interstate commerce commits
sion today, in an opinion rendered by
Chairman Knapp, denied the request
OF the petitioner for an extension.