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The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1908-12-05

LYNNVILLE, TENN. DE Ar
mond delighted the Lynnville au-
dience last night. We had them
TWO years ago and asked for their
return this year. They are even
better than they we're two years ago.
Their show is high class in every
particular
This entertainment is the first
number of the Daytona Lyceum
course, January 5, 1909.
The Daytona gazette=news. (Daytona, Fla.) 1901-1922, 1908-12-05

1.-TWO we'll furnished cottages for
rent, six rooms, BATH hot and cold
water, electric lights, fireplace
Orange Ave, near Ridgewood. R.
j. Malby. Bond Lumber Co. If
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Mr.. and Mrs. S. NJ. Alger, of To-
ledo. Ohio, are located for the sea-
son in Mrs. C. E. Ellenwoed's cot
tage on Bay street.
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YM OES it pay a woman to ALLOW herself to indulge n coarse, vulgar speech?
1 do not think a woman "a put too much value On her morals all
49, though know society and the world at large make lots OF excuses
for shortcomings, which. in the days of or mothers and grandnothers, never
would have been tolerated.
Take. for instance, the woman. Who allows herself too much liberty of
speech, who does OF hesitate to indulge in stories that are rsque and that
SAVIOR Of a low moral tone. Is she safe In the esrsct Of her neghbors or
the people whose good opinion we,an like to enjoy?
1 think not 1 think she is taking big chances aid that soone DR. later
she will have cause to regret.
Someone avs of q certain woman: "Shes a good fellow She an tell
a bully story. There's lots of fun in her" But while that same someone win
give his approval at the time he also acknowledges he has not quite the same
respect for the woman rs he had before. and he is quite positive she is not
the sort of woman of whom he would like his wife or young daughter to make
a friend.
Someone else says: She's a married woman, and, of course. that gives
her more liberty. She has privileges that a single woman would not have"
We demonstrate, but people shrug heir shoulders and declare it's no.
harm.
No harm for a woman 10 forget her morals and her sefrespect! No
harm for her o u herself N a position to be talked of hghhy2
It is harm, and it's worse than harm-it is m of the greatest piucs in
the world-to find a woman who will stoop to foul speech; who will smlrch
her character just because she thinks she will appear smart in the eyes
of other women m men,.
1t is simply ridiculous to say that because a woman is married she en-
joys more liberty, that she need not guard her speech and her manners as
single woman would. If such a thing were permissible what sort of
homes would we have, and what sort of mothers would such women make?
The instanta woman forgets herself the instant she descends from the
pedestal Oh which all good won are placed, she not only loses the respect
of her friends, but she naturally loses her selfrspect
No matter what a womans condition in life may be, n matter whether
she be married or single, rich or ewr. she cannot afford to have more ths~
one standard of morals. nd that one cannot be too high.
II we give the matter serious thought We will certainly agree that it does
pay to be good. 49, 4
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SHALL rHERs BE- JUDICARY RHFORMp

The most important proposition before the Legislature consists Of the
proposed judiciary amendments to the State Constitution. TO tn average
citizen Judiciary reform is Of remote interest. There is nothing in it to ap-
peal to the emotional and hystencal And yet there is nothing that more
dvtauy Affects the gueralw veal Last rear the Legislature, with an m
nneuInr force behind it, dsregarded the recommendations o a special com
mission for a new system of jurisprudence This year the amendments hen
introduced rave been changed in some minor respects and reinroduced
They have lot yet been placed or the calendar. The present Court OF
Errors M Appeals is an anomaly yin its composition and it is the court OF
asst resort The amendments would abolish it and erect a supreme court with
three divisions appellate, chanc@y and law. with thirty-one judges a EDUC
tin of nine from the present system and of $3O50O annually in salaries
There will be a independent court of appeals and the judicial system VIII
be simphhed, litigation will be expedited and the expense for htfgants vii
be reduced. In each county there will be a county court, n 1t VII nav
all the over of te present courts which will prevent conflicts of juris-
diction and prevent the delay and expense of bringing suit in the wrong
court In the State courts the appellate court will have original 1urlsdc-
in. which it does not have now. By the amendmentsj justices of tn peace
will n o longer be constitutional officers. but will exist only by statute, which
is in itself a great reform. There has beer a conflict of opinion among law
yes in espec to judiciary changes but the consensus Of legal opinion 10Y
is for the adoption of these amendments, and the State Bar Association is
on record in their favor. Governor Fort approves and has urged their adop-
ton. If nt passed by this Legislature the amendments annot again De
IN for five years 1t would he a grave lapse o. legislative duty to let
the amendments die with the session. {
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MAXIMUM TAX RATE Law REPEAL.

One of Governor Stokess recommen dauons, which became a LAY "a
the adoption of a maximum tax ate for municipalities Governor Stokes
showed that the expenses of the municipalities had greatly increased, and
he charged extravaganza of expenditures The criticism ws just as ap-
plying 10 som municipalities, and yet there is probably not m municipality
in the State that does not today have many important unsatished needs.
The charge has been freely made that the intended effect of the statutory
rate vas to keep down the average annual tax rate or the benefit Of rail-
road property assessed under the icy tx law. Undoubtedly the maxi
num- rate is an advantage to railroad property, but that is purely Incidental
and the point really has no relevancy. The question is does the limitation
Is it really necessary? Should not the municipalities be permitted to fix their
tax ratosa according to their local needs? There is no uniformity Of con-
ditons among the taxing districts Of New Jersey Some are progressive and
Others arc backward; some are rich, while others are poor Some feel the
su of pressing immediate necessities and recognize the logic of a higher
tax rate. And in all municipalities the voters have a remedy for public X
travagance They can. in the next election, urn the offending admmstra-
ton ot OF office The House of Assembly yesterday passed a repeater of
the Hinery maximum tax law, and o doubt the Governor will sign the bill
IL the Senate shall send it to him. The repeater will be an mdoubted m
trbuton to local home rule. -
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-19
CAPTAIN D

To the Editor Of the Evening Star;
Where did Captain Kidd, the pirate.
live? Can you tell me any facts con-
corning his life? f. b. r.
TWilliam Kidd was born probably in
Greenock, Scotland. A ship of thirty
guns fitted out by a private company
in London was given in his charge to
seize pirates. In January, 1897, he
reached Madagascar, and soon there
after reports reached England that
Kidd had turned pirate himself. After
a two years cruise he went to the
West Indies and later to Boston. He
was arrested and sent to England.
wher he was tried and found guilty
of piracy and murder. He was hanged
in 1701.-Ed.1
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-19
is INDEPENDENCE" IN OUR
GIRLSJUST THE RIGHT THING?
Maybe There's Too Much Soda Water Love and Front Porch Court
ship, Which Mothers Should Guard A~gainstin Rearing Their Broods.
BY BARBARA KENT.
9z~

-- UGH hs been said and written about tho independence of thu Amer
kWN lear girl and woman, and her perfect ability to take care of herself
no matter what the circumstances may be.
An educated foreigner recently said to m that she has studied the young
women of this country, and found that they are ever after the soda water
Unfair. and that tin the summer this is almost carried to extremes.
She also sarcasucany remarked that a institution with which the girls
are closely Identified both before they go away to school and after they re-
turn "hnisheds is tina American luxury, the front porch. She described 1T
IS being usually furnished with easy chairs and a hammock, a place where
the daughter of the house may entertain her boy friends ron tn bashful
caller who supplements his thmid advances with a box II candy to ne
steady admirer. who works for a big concern downtown. and h frankly
hopes 10 make her his wife. S. s.
1t is a place where. the chaperons ire conspicuous by their absence when
the young men call. She said many more things, which made lie feela ashamed
of or American mothers
Quite a good example Of what may happen to such unchaperoned girls
may be found in the story now before the public, of thu criminal who
married four girls. How very queeny these Newark girls appear in the
story. That is an extraordinary case, to be sure,b nut the umbe O women
whose lives have been ruined by marriages with men already married is
sufficiently we'll known through the newspapers, although many are probably
never reported
mistresses Of every situation, without careful training toward the at
tainment of complete mastery over self.
Let the American girl have fewer mus haves' n don't cares IN
her vocabulary and more sis it right for me to HAYES" and ~ do cares"
She will certainly have much better times if properly chaperoned, and
one love affair n the married life after it will give her all she will be able
to enjoy and appreciate t
If all mothers would insist o. prompt obedience and observance Of all
|womanly rules there would be fewer unhappy girls and more good and pure
Iwomany women.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-19

With Secretary Taft the guest of the Legislature o N Monday night and
William ] Bryan the guest on Wednesday morning, the party honors at
Trenton will be fairly we'll divided Each nan is a candidate for his parys
nomination for President and the outlook is for the nomination of both can
didates It is a question whether either will receive the vote of New jerseys
delegates for the nomination. Ours is a conservative and critical State and
has it's W ways of thinking and acting politically. But on the occasion of
their visits it will be remembered only that Secretary Taft and William ]
Bryan are representative public characters that they are national types and
that as citizens they belong to the great body polite, differing only in their
political views They will not be in the New Jersey State capital on any po-
ndcal partisan mission, and therefore the propmety of the resolutions passed
by the Legisamre-a Democratic N for Secretary Taft and a Republican N
for Mr. Rrvsn.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-19
vOLAPUK.

To the Editor CT the Evening Star:
Is there an international language
besides Esperanto called Volapuk?
READER.
IYes; this so-called universal lam
guage was invented in 1879 by Johann
Martin Schleyer, a Swabian pastor and
later a teacher in Constance. OF the
vocabulary about one-third is of Eng
fish origin, while the Latin and Roman
languages furnish a fourth. The gram
mar is said to be very simple. In
practise S%chleyer's disciples limited
their aims to making Volapuk a on
v~enience for commercial correspond
ence. a kind of extended International
code.-Ed.]
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-19
:. JoKERs" m TnR REVISION.
for Mr.. Bryan.

If it shall prove true, a alleged, that the revision of the corporation laws
prepared by a commission of lawyers and introduced in the Legislature con-
tans a number of "jokers" the authors IF the revision bill have some explana-
uons to make, The charge is that a clause in the bill would enable the East
Jersey Water Company to pipe potable water on of the state. despite the
prohmdtory statutep passed two years ago. AS the counsel fol the East Jersey
vas a member of the commission, this charge reflects upon him. although the
clause in question may have been adopted inadvertently and with n o Interior
view. But there are sharp eyes scrutinizng legislative bills and, as this par
ticular m is nov under suspicion, it will not make much progress N the
Assembly IS long as 1t contains the suggestion # a Joker"
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TO U FRoM JHRsHY CITY.

Hoboken has accepted the offer by Jersey City to contract or the deiivery
Of aqueduct waterto make up for a shortage in Fobokens contract with the
Hackensaek Water Company The price is only $50 per one million gallons,
which is away below the figure charged by the private contractor, While the
city is saved the expenditure of 100000 for a new water main The contract is
helpful to both cities Heretofore the East Jersey Water Company has by its
characteristic methods been enabled To secure all such contracts. The COM
pany entered West Hudson and by means that dare not be confessed took away
contracts from Jersey City. 1t is now attempting to fitch all the cts bust
ness of supplying the railroad companies in Jerseyc City after having sold to
the city, at an extrayagant price a water supply system with the knowledge
and understanding that it would be used fol- this purpose as a means # pay
1000 - - .+
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HIS HEINoUs CRIME.

The words of pleading died upon his
Tongue
The husband sat. with shame upon
his face
His pitiful excuses ceased among
The shafts of scorn she aimed at his
disgrace.
loved her, and had failed. She
loved, and yet
Could not forbear reproaches; and her
brow
Was dark. but last she said. 81 don't
forget;
Give me the letter. will post 1t now"
H. S. r. in Judge.
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COUNTS

Men are so queer. Tell them after
the honeymoon that your love is grow
ing cold and they never glance up from
the paper"
mo, but tell them the soup is getting
cold and they jump about ten feet
Detroit News.
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THE SOUPS NAME.

customer-'Ere. waiter, what do yer
call this ere soup?
Waiter-'Are soup. sirl
Customer-Air soupl What do you
mean by ''air2''
Walter with dignity)-I mean the
ARE we heat, not the hair we breathel
Philadelphia Inquirer.
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WOULD HAVE FLED BEFORE HIM.

Client-Didn't you make a mistake in
going into law instead of the army?
Lawyer-Why?
Client-By the way you charge, there
would be little left of the enemy.-Tit-
Bits.
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HAVE A LAUGH WITH US
DEcIDEDLY STUCK UP.

Misunderstanding called on us the
other day. and l saw a man so
stuck up in all my life.
wlse-Norasense! that isn't his style
at all.
Phamley-T know. mis- style was
simply ruined. He brought onr chill
dren candy and held them on his lap
while they ate 1.-THE Catholic Stand
ard and Times.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-19
1He MooTRp QUESTION M PuBLIc uTnIrIEs.

If public utilities commission bill is not enacted at this session of the
Legislature it will o be due to any lack of models There is an assortment
to choose from Next Tuesday the House is to devote the day to the con-
sheraton Of the subject and probably something will be evolved that can
command a majority vote. Then the Senate is to be reckoned with, and
there's the rub. Tho vital point is the rate-naking power. Shall such power
be given to HI commission? Shall it be absolute? Shall the courts ave the
power to review? There is no present prospect Of agreement on these points
and until there's shall be the Public Utilities Commission question viii hang
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F%IGURATIyELY SPEAKING.

what became of Nineveh?" asked
the Sunday school teacher.
ut was destroyed" said Johnny
promptly.
"And what became of Tyre?'
"Punctured cleveland Leader.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-19
FROM STAR

Anonymous communication cannot be
printed. Except on political subjects the
names of correspondents are not required for
publication, but as q guarantee of good faith.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-03-19
DEFINITION.

What is an epigram?''
'As a rule answered Miss Cayenne,
IAN epigram is something hat would
sound foolish if said by anybody except
ia protested Observation-Disclosures
star.
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ELEPHANrINE.

Gibbs-Does your wife ever lose her
temper?
Dihbs-Lose q thing OF that slze7 Inn
possiblel-Roston Transcript.
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LOVE REDUCED.

What Is love7
Love Is war; for further particulars
see sherman.-Harvsrd Lampocn.
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~- UGH hs been said and written about tho Independence % IN Amer
WI lean girl n woman, and her perfect ability to take care O herself
V n matter what the crcums ances may be.
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SPEECH A FOLLY
WOMEN SHOULD FROWN ON
Gretta DOnley Points Out the Danger Which Comes When CONVEX
Sation Becomes Risque Just for the Sake Of Good Fellowship.
BY GRETTA DoNLEY.

oEs it pay a woman to allow herself to indulge in coarse vulgar speech
IL 1 do not think a woman a put too much value OF her morals, a
= THOUGH l know society and the world at large make lots of excuse
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1908-05-07

II and secured the cash box contain
ing 500. He returned the way that
he had come. but As he was leaving
the empty house he noticed that q
shred Of cloth was torn from his coat
and he reasoned correctly that II had
been left attached to the broken laths
where he had cut the hole through
the ceiling.
Instead OF risking capture by re-
turning to remove the piece Of evil
dence against him he slowed the
money securely in his clothing and
hurried round to the nearest police
station. where he met the station
detective whose duty II would be TO
investigate the crime He invited the
man out for q drink and then accom-.
panied him to another part Of the
town on an investigation he was max
ing. On the way he drew the detec-
tive's attention to his coat. telling him
that II was torn on q nail IN hrs
room.
When he left the detective he hIr.
ried to his room. drove a nail into
position to correspond with the story
he had tcld the detective and arrsng
ed a few threads of cloth carefully
ON the end Of IL, but not enough to
identify the pattern. Then he burnt
the coz. IN .he Gre and dressed him
self In two suits Of underwear and an
extra waistcoat. An hour or 20 later
his friend. the detective. came hurry.
Ing to see him.
Where Is that torn coat Of yours
he asked
Il gave u away TO q 5cgRar just az
ter ! left you" Williams replied.
The detective swore and then VII
liams drew his attention 10 the nail
The detective eagerly collected the
threads sticking TO - and compared
! them with the piece Of cloth he ioos
from his pocket.
"Tncrc has Dccn . burglary up tho
street" he said. and this cloth came
from the burglars coat. II looks IN
commonly Ike your coat"
way. 50 Il docs" said Williams
when did the burglary take place?
The detective told him and VII
liams innocently remarked that "
must have been just at the time the,
scre together, and the detective sf
ter . moments reflection agreed thai
This vas 90. His suspicious wert
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himself, and the detectives last sus-
n3cyon. nora saf af rest

himself, and the detectives last sus-
picions were set ut rest.
II was I'm the West End that he met
his Waterloo. He had entered Q
house and had just pocketed several
Jewels when what he describes - o
nasty little yelping terrier" woke up
and reused the house. Williams made
q dash for the door. but, contrary to
all precedent. . policeman met him
It the foot Of the steps. He drew ais
revolver, firing rs he ran. and hit the
policeman in the leg. He continued
to fire wildly with the idea Of fright
ening the police re-enforcemepts
which came up. an done Of hts shots
struck = postman who was passing
and killed him.
Williams escaped. and for SIX
months the police secured England
from one end to the other for him.
Then he was betrayed by . man he
he'd befricnded. and who vas temps-
ed by the reward OF $500 which was
tried and sentenced to imprisonment
for his natural nfe. r-
Il must be explained that there are
two kinds Of life senteaces In Eng.
land. The ordinary life sentence 10
always commuted after 20 years, bot
Williams Is the only natural hfer'
Who has ever emerged from the prts-
on gates alive, and the story OF how
.. he accomplishing his release 10 . TIT
eute to his mastery Ingenuity. He
was sentenced In 1881. and for II
years no watched with unccasing pa
tieuce for his opportunity to secure
release. II came when he vas trans
fcrrcd 20 Darjmoor Prison and while
he was employed on some work out
side the prison he got supply OF \
drug which Is q powerful heart dc'
prcssant. but which leaves little trace
which can be detected ty the doctors.
Az soon ~ he returned 10 hts cell he
took . dose OF u and sent for the prt.
sos doctor. Who q. oucn ORDERED MS
removal TO the irfrmAry. Wiil'sms
kept this M for t~o years in spite
Of the most careful watching by the
prison authorities, and In the mean
time he pe;itioned for q pardon on
the ground % III health.
Tvtce his petition vas refused but
kis hesith continued 10 csgsc alarm
ssd The prison doctors said b. coosa
sct i've smother year. Al lass ke wss
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The Greatest of Burglars

have become bishop, and had he
taken to soldering, he would have
commanded armies. Williams Is a
slender. vell-6uilt man Of about 80.
with hair just turning gray. He Is
not one Of those who took to burglary
from necessity He was the son OF
man of large income and was we'll ed
ucated. All the professions were open
to him. bat he took to burglary be-
cause he loved the excitement Of The
life, and he practiced Il as assiduous.
" as the soldier or the clergyman
practices his calling and with the
same enthusiasm. He brought to its
aid all the resources Of science and
q trained mind.
Williams first burglary vas COM
mitted when he was a boy In Birm-
ingbam and the story Of how he came
TO take the FIRST step In crime Is in
terestirg. In some way he made the
acquaintance Of a handsome young
woman. the widow Of q police inspee.
tor. who was employed at leading
jewelers. shop. His imagination was
fired BY tie jewelry and he persuaded
the young woman TO procure the key
Of the sh6s for him and one night
while she kcpx watch. using her know
ledge Of police habits and methods TO
assist him. he entered the shop and
carried away nearly $4,000 worth OF
jcwciry. He gavcNtkc young woman
valuable diamond ring. and year
ia,cr A, WAS recognized and the won
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now lulled but Williams was not con-

nov lulled but Williams was not con-
tent. He never showed the slightest
sign that he knew he was suspected.
and when his friend was leaving he
suggested that he should go with him
and look ut the scene Of the burglary.
When they entered the room he ut
once commented on the smallness OF
the. hole In the ceiling. He must
have been q very little chap who got
thr, ugh there said Williams.
oh, you would get through" said
the detective. his suspicious return
ing. TRY IT," Williams drew mp .
table and swung himself up, but he
stuck fast in the hole. thanks to the
clothing with which he had equipped