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Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1908-10-15
Do the People Rule There?

A telephone message from Oyster
Bay to Saratoga made the work of
the Republican convention in the
empire state light and its proceed
ings tame. Are the people ruling
there? Boonville Advertising.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-16
THE OF A WATER MONOPOLY.

These be times of hard and bitter adversely for the East Jersey WaterC pm
pany, that for SO long a period waxed as fat Is the stalled o with bountr
full fortune. Not long & it seemed that no adverse faeco Gould overtaKe ms
powerful concern, buttresSd as it was on all sides by great allies, almost
potential at Trenton, commanding the services Of many jealous agents m m
pIoytng the shrewdet attorneys to fight its legal battles. The hrsto y olow
for the company was the law prohibiting the diversion of water ut of the
State for sae For that purpose thereh had been built a large n costly plant
at Little Falls and great pipes had been laid al far a 8 Bayonne. Resort o
nshment of the lay al a fnalty. At the same time the company was shut out
of an attempt to get possession of the Newark water works at Behevhle o
further its purpose. Then can the Appellate Courts decision In favor Of Jer-
sey City in the litigation over the Rockaway water plant built for Jersey City,
following the defeat in the Legislature of the companys sly bill to enable 1t
to steal into Jersey City and appropriate 100000 annually Of the municipal
income from thu sale of water. The solar plexus blow. however, was the dect-
sion by the Chancery Court outawing the East Jersey Water Company a a
purveyor OIL potable water, putting it out of business and practically declaring
its Little Falls plant subject to condemnation. The company wHn desperately
fight this decision but here is a principle declared in it that the Jew Jersey
courts and the United States Supreme Court will surely uphold. The waters
of w.Jerseyb belong to the people fr their use. Private monopoly OF the
waters pp in New Jersey is n o more. The East jersey Water Company is
simply a building contractor
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-16
LOOKING TO DUR COMMERCIAL FUTURE.

General Bird W. Spencer Of Passaic. president of TIN corporation char
tered to construct ship canal from Wellington OF the Passdc across Bergen
$50 feet wide and forty feet deep will be ut and opened between thePassaic and
IIackensack rivers after which the construction will continue between the
Hackensack and Hudson. The companys plan includes a parallel railway and
a fine, straight road Ito draw automobiles and other road traffic. If President
Spencer isn't talking through his hat and if the company really means
business the enterprise, when carried out, ma work a marvellous transforma-
ton in the region traversed by the canal and at it's termini on the Passac
and Hudson. The rapid growth of commerce in New York Bay makes avail
abesa large territory on Its west side for dockage and transportation. May
not the time cor for the Passaic to be deepened from Passaic to the bay
to permit ships of large tonnage to reach Newark from Edgewater. Mean
while the Board of Works will take a hint from the expedition promised by
General Spencer to forward It's municipal enterprise at the meadow In bay
front, and an appropriation by the Council IF 500 900 for the preliminary
work will be timely. Liverpool has the fnest system of municipal docks in
the world. and $1oOOOO is now o be spent for the construction Of new docks
and buildings. In the last three years the tonnage paying dock dues has
increased by 100000 ms We have Dor for a much greater growth. 1t all
depends or Newarks enterprise.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-16
TRUE HOSPITALITY RARE;
CLEVERNESS A REQUISITE
Writer Finds One Woman Who Is Not Bound by Any Specially
but ExCelS in All Ways.

hospitality! I "a a splendid example OF it n day last week
while 1 waited for small repairs to be made o an utof in which /
Il vas a guest. 1t was a country garage where W stopped, and h
propriaor n his small family lived in the house adjoining It,
1 had seen his wife nee before. but at a distance only ut am not hkeiy
to forget her and the thoughtfulness hat brdged overs long interval be-
tween breakfast and luncheon, by inviting the women OF tn party TO tea
nd thread ad butter. The average woman is devoted otea, n the INVITA-
ton ws accepted with alacrty. 1 have never seen a more sef-possessed
The table was freshly laid by the green maid who, u hostess as
sued u.s. was a sample of the best to be had in the country. There a no
for shortcomings, nothing but warmh hospitality from a woman n
evidently understood hr seq.
I learned man things during that visit First there was a small daugh-
ist turned g. who boosted that she could tie a bow knot and demon
that fact by relying the .lacing OF her shoe. Later, she va quietly
sent upstairso oil a errand. 1 ventured a remark on the ceverness of the
child, who obeyed without a murmur, and was told that the mother believed
The mother vas as interesting IS the child. She keeps house. thu
office end of the business operates her own auto and does the family sewing
which includes a wardrobe fol- the child. which might be eaualed, but gould
lot be surpassed by a family o wealth. There is hand embroidery every
WHERE beautiful work done at odd moments. 1 was told that in the last
twelve year u hostess had made a gifts in a large circle If relatives
and friends, and in every case the RENE mbrance had been the work of her
skfful fingers. Previous t. that she had not the slightest use for the needle
or knowledge of it's use. ~
There ire many clever women in the world, but usually they are special
lists. developed ony in IN direction. Here is a woma who knows n o bounds
apparently, for se excels In all ways. says Betty Bradeen. She is particu-
large family by feasts, which everybody who is invited attends, say in rare
burdens In their lack Of time could have a opportunity of studying tis
remarkable woman, who seems to be as contented and happy as the day is
long.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-16
WOMEN WHO SIDETRACK
FRIENDS THROUGH LIFE
"Meanest Man" Discounted by Many of Sex Whose Seemingly In
nocent Sights Hurt Their Sisters Feelings, Ada Lynn Says.
BY ADA LYNN.
y.
G13

HE comic papers are never weary of telling tales of the "meanest
MAJ" but we seldom or never lear of his feminine prototype, though
- when it comes % meanness she "a beat him forty ways.
|tde Of friends Yu meet Ter with a couple of girl friends, and she purposey
oh, yes she does-avoids introducing you. She laughs and chaters and gives
neither you or them a chance to ret a word in edgeways and the next time
she meets o she wills say with the most innocent air in the world, my DEAR,
will you ever forgive my rudeness? I actually forgot to introduce OF to m ~
friends" And you look at her rather suspidously and say: "Oh, that is all
right; I never thought of it,"
Why Of course, you say that. 1t Is the way of the world, and to save
your life ou couldnt tell her what you actually thought, now could III
that IN your heart % thought her selfish and incondderate
lust when yu are beginning to forget all about, the incident yu meet
hr again. ms m she is with a young mar Up to you she will dash
being sweety impulive is me of Ter winning cards with men-and sy "You
dear thing. why haven't you been to see me? I've had sc much to tell yu
cessant chatter until she thinks it's time % 60 The young nan looks at
IN a tnendy way tyou return the look. The girl cannot help seeing this ex-
change, but does she take the hint? Not for a minute!
FIh xtthe you sec her-for in sme of her 'protestauons Of affection
IN does lot bother to call unless there is nothing else for her IN the van
OF anusenent-sheN VIII say with a pout: tom a simply aging the other
day because Iforgot to introduce him to you; I'm such a Needless thing; I
never car remenbe to introduce folks; must arrange for you to meet him in
he ear future and again you say, "Oh, that's all right; 1 didn't give it a
thought"
That is the reply you max. every time she filings that worn n shabbv nm
ruth In you lace. Some days o wish with all Vol might that you could
ell her Jus exactly what you think, but you know o never will. such re-
marks would only be met with a blank look of injured innocence And she
he ever met She Just sdetracks her friends all through life. She is
s"oh d n"y' frivolous pretty Dit of emininity a a rme that the majority.
especially men, fail to get wise to her neuv
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-16
AT THE FOUR CORNERS.

To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
Allow me a line or two in your valua-
bic paper. There has been a great deal
said from time to time about the -Four
Corners" | saw it mentioned again
last evening in your paper. Now, it is
high time that conditions should be
remedied. especially when it can be
done so easily. Two lives have been lost
now by being crushed between the
cars. Since the cars have been made
wider than formerly, one track should
be taken up and made fifteen or eigh-
teen inches wider apart from the other
track, say, on Broad street from the
canal to the First Presbyterian Church.
and ais on Market street from Halsey
street to Mulberry street. They should
abolish the curve at the -Four Cor
ners.' Let the Paterson and Bloomfield
cars take the curve at Broad street
and Central avenue. run through Wash
ington street to Market street and the
same way back again. OBSERVER.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-16
A NEW JERSEY CHARACTERISTIC.

Governor Fort, in his address at the Governors conference at Washington,
described in bef the characteristics of his State, and his description wa a true
me- He said: we Of New Jersey believe in conservatism; not in the con-
seryatism he synonym of which is the oppressive phrase ID nothing but
rather h conservatism which finds its real definition in the word caution :"
A study of the policy of the State as uniformly shown in tsl legislation. poll
tsa n government confirms h expressive words of the Governor. Thu axiom
in New Jersey legislation is make surrey o are right and then g % ahead
There-a a impatient souls who want to reach results b y a hop. step and jump.
but they are almost invariably sat down upon. The conservatism of prudence
md caution almost invariably prevails. The best laws W e have were the
results of long elaboration and the best institutions we're OF slow growth. When
tie W State political conventions sent uninsructed delegations to the
national nominating conventions they obeyed the unwrtten law of the State
for conservative caution in all things few Jerseyw wants to see what the stu
ATOMS ea at Chicago and at Denver before committing herself.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-16
RECORD OF MARRIAGE.

To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
To whom and where must I apply to
get the record of a marriage, and also
birth, and what will it cost?
ANDREW MCKEE.
ITO the clerk Of the municipality in
which the marriage or birth occurred.
Anybody can search the records, but a
small fee may be charged If 1t is done
by the official concerned.-Ed.1
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-16

The Martin act was passed by the Legislature at a time when the munich
pal books N Newark, Jersey City Elizabeth and other cities of the State were
crowded with unhquidated tax accounts running back for man years There
was no means of collection The city sold the properties at auction for the
taxes " took the properties in but 1t vas a mock performance. The act took
the name of its introducer. the late Senator Augustus IF. r. Martin, Of this
city its object being the adjustment on some fair basis and collection Of these
past-due taxes. The act was successful and millions of liens were wiped
out. Many property Owners obtained unjust concessions, but that al X
pected. But the continuance of the act has been attended by abuses, and
Jersey City has been the principal sufferer The present Martin Act Com
mission is charged with making excessive allowances to delinquent property
owning corporations Mayor Wttpenn proposes to fight the commissions
awards this year and more power to his elbow"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-16

u down Park place to Centre street to
the PENNSYLVANIA Railroad depot? |
live on South Tenth street and use the
Central avenue car TO Market street de-
pot. Am also thinking of selling nv
property, but if such a route were in
operation it would mean to me a great
deal, as there would be a clear and
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-16
VALUE OF COINS.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Kindly let me know in THE EVEN
ING STAR what a penny of 1888 and
q two-cent piece of 1864 are worth and
where / could sell them. READER.
IAN 1888 cent is worth ten cents.
There is no premium on the other. We
cannot give addresses of dealers in
this column.-Ed.1
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-16
WELL SUPPLIED.

THAT man Toes not look as If he has
much mind"
HE must have. though"
How do you know2"
Because his wife has systematically
been giving him a piece of hers for the
last ten years.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-16
MIGHT SHOCK IT.

ITO tell the truth"
Don't
"Why?'
"An right, go ahead if you want to,
only did not think it was an occasion
that called for an unnecessary strain"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-16

clean road to the depot, and a saving of
time In the main streets. H. II.
lit is unlikely that there will be such
a o in operation for some years. It
is said the Public Service Railway Com
pany will not seek any new franchises
whiie the present law, limiting fran
chises, is in force.=Ed.1
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-16
SM 2\gMtsome MOOD
BRUTE

You always meet trouble half way!"
she exclaimed p~etulantly.
mot always, my dear, not always
returned her husband. Remember that
you overlook me-"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-16
SOOTHING.

''That was a fine sermon the minister
gave us this morning"
Eyes; / don't m when l have
heard that caused me to have such
pleasant DREAMS"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-16
DOES WHAT SHE CAN.

His coal bill should be light"
us his house different from others?"
"No, but I understand his wife makes
it warm for him a good deal of the
time
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-16
HARD CASE.

"His wife earns her own money"
Indeed! / did not know she was EN-
ployed."
"oh, yes; hard at it all the time"
"What hoes she do?"
Works him to give up"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-16
NEW TROLLEY ROUTE.

To the Editor Of the Evening Star;
Can you give me any information
through our evening paper as to
whether there is going to be a trolley
car run from Orange down Central ave-
nue. to Park place or from Central ave-
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-16
DODGE THEM BOTH.

Between two evils o should al
ways choose the lesser"
But suppos one is a bear and the
other a r~ettlesnake?"
Then climb a tree"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-16
HIGH SPOT.

Il am looking foran appropriate name
for my new home"
you say it is the highest spot in the
country?"
1.-THE very highest.
Call 1t The Ace"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-16

1T looks" says the Camden Post-Telegram, a if a Republican Legsla-
tue in passing the civil service act played into the hands of the Democratic
party" But it only looks that way now, when the Democratic authorities in
Essex County are taking the initiative in adopting the nw law. Obviously
it would be difficult to devise a civil service system that should benefit only
Republican oficeholders or Democratic ofcehoders You can't make fish of
me and flesh of the other in such a case, A civil service law must be general
in its application.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-16
THE TRAIN EnR HIM.

How do you like your cousin who is
visiting your"
HE is the limit"
'"Then why don't you send him home
on the limited?"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-16
QUITE AN IMPROVEMENT.

"He was born of rich but honest par
ents."
THAT is a new kind, isn't it?"
"Oh, / don't know. That is the kind
all the wise children are selecting these
days"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-16
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.
Ed
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-16
LOOKING TO THE FUTURE

II hear he has reformed"
yes; he got scared. The doctor told
him that a warm climate wouldn't
agree with him." :
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-16
HAS TO. THEN.

mo man can serve two masters"
How about a woman? She often
has two hired girls"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-16
MUCH H SAME.

Greening-Did you visit the Cave of
the Winds while at Niagara Falls?
Browning-No; but I spent half a day
in the Senate gallery when / was at
Observation-Disclosures News.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-16

AS long as his name is before the Democratic convention Governor John
son. of Minnesota. will be voted for by the Minnesota Democratic delegation
That is the instruction oft the Minnesota Democratic State convention to the
delegation, and there is vgor in the attitude taken. Governor Johnson's can
didacy looms formidaby large m the Democratic horizon.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-16

Senator Foraker met with another serious reverse yesterday in his ponti
al campaign for the negro battalion that shot up Brownsville. Judge Hough.
of the United States District Court. sustained a perfectly legal the act of the
President in summarny Diminishing the battalion Foraker 10 doesn't seem
to have a leg left to stand upon or a peg to hang a doubt upon
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-16

comic papers are neve weary of telling tales of the "nneanest
man." ut w seldom or lever hear of his feminine prototype, though
p when it comes o neanness she car beat him forty ways.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-05-16

hospitality, I Jaw a splendid example Of it n day last
while I waited for small repairs to be made on a auto in VIII
II was a guest. 1t was a country garage where we stopped, ane
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-18
SUGAR TRUST DENIAL
Said That There Was No In
tent to Defraud Uncle
Samuel.
EXPLANATION is GIVEN.

New York, Nov. 1S.-The charge Of
fraud in the weighing of sugar on
which the United States government
bases its suit to recover 1924, 600
from the American Sugar Refining
company was denied in statement is
sued by that company. The allega-
tions of the government are that it
has been defrauded of duties on sugar
for six years past, and 1t asks for ST.
10000 in duties and the forfeiture of
sugar valued at 1924 600 on which it
charges that customs duties have not
been paid.
The American Sugar Refining COM
pany in its statement declares that
during that six years the company has
paid nearly 100000 in customs du-
ties and that the claim of the govern
ment is for about a half Of one per
cent on that amount. The company
asserts that no two persons weighing
the amount Of sugar calling for the
payment of that duty could make the
weight agree within the difference
claimed by the government. The
charge, the company says, carries it's
own refutation.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-18
ROOSEVELT PRAISES
Y. v. {. A. WORK
No Organization Deserves
Better Support.

Washington, Nov. 1S.-T doubt if
there is a movement among the move.
ments that one can broadly term phil
anthropic in the country which better
deserves the interest and support OF
our people than the movement for
Young Womens Christian Associa
tons" Thus spoke President Roose'
welt to gathering of prominent
young women of Washington, who
called at the white house on the presi
dents invitation to receive his con,
CALCULATIONS on the splindid work be.
ing done by the Young Women's
Christian Association in this city, to
shake hands with Mrs. Roosevelt and
him. The president reviewed the
work being done by the Young
Women's Christian Association in this
city, expressing his gratitude to the
workers and bespeaking for them the
support necessary to erect an ade-
Quate building.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-18
WILL NOT MISS
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN
New Amusement Palace Over
Railroad Tracks Planned.

New York, Nov. 1S.-New Workers
will not miss long the Madison Square
Garden if new plan to build an
amusement palace in the heart of the
city, which has been divulged, is car
ried out.
A proposition to construct a NAM
moth amusement arena and show
place upon one of the great squares
over the New York Central railroad
tracks, north of Forty-fifth street, has
been laid before that company.
1t has been demonstrated by practic-
al tests that such a structure would
not be affected by vibration or by the
noise from the trains. Experts de-
clare that a grand opera house, built
over those tracks, would not be mar
red at all by the close proximity of the
railroad on the surface underneath it.
The construction Of high-class hotels
or family apartment houses on this
great superstructure above the tracks
Washington, Nov. Isl doubt II
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1908-11-18
Chicago FOrger Remains
to Identity Spurious Paper

Chicago, Nov. 1S-Peter Van Vliss-
ingen, whose arrest for forgeries which
will reach 100000, caused a sensation,
decided late Tuesday to forego tempo
rarily his desire to begin serving his
prison sentence Immediately. He will
remain in Chicago a sufficient time to
aid in untangling his business affairs,
which the Chicago Title and Trust
company, the assignee, found in snarl-
ed condition.
So clever were his forgeries of notes
and mortgages that theassignees were
unable to tell the genuine from the
spurious when they were presented by
anxious holders and they had to be re-
ferred to the prisoner. One batch ia