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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-10-09
CHAPTER w.
A Flight for Life.

IN the morning which fonowea
his interview with the Mormon
prophet, John Ferrier went into
Salt Lake City, ands having found his
acquaintance, who was bound for the
Nevada Mountains, he intrusted him
with his message to Jefferson Hope.
In 1t he told the young man OF the
imminent danger which threatened
them, and how necessary 1t was that
he should return. Having done this.
he felt easier in his mind, and returned
home with a lighter heart.
AS he approached his farm, he was
surprised to see a horse hitched to
each of the posts of the gate. Still
more surprised was he on entering to
find two young men In possession OF
his sitting-room. One, with q long
pale face, was leaning back In tho
rocking-chair, with his feet cooked up
upon the stove. The other, q bull
necked youth with coarse, bloated Tea
lures, was standing In front OF the
window, with his hands In his pockets.
whistling a popular hymn. Both OIL
then nodded to Terrier as he entered.
and the one In the rockingham COM
menced the conversation.
Maybe you don't know u.s." he SAID.
'This here Is the son of Elder Drebber,
and I'm Joseph Stangerson, VINO
travelled with you in the desert when
the Lord stretched out His hand and
gathered you into the true fold"
"As He will all the nations, In His
own good time" said the other, In q
nasal voice; HE grindeth slowly but
exceeding small"
John Terrier bowed coldly, He had
guessed who his visitors were.
I'VE have come" continued Stanger-
son, ''at the advice of our fathers, to
solicit the hand of your daughter for
whichever of us may seem good to you
and to her. AS I nave but -four wives
and Brother Drebber here has seven,
ii appears to me that my claim Is the
stronger one"
may, nay, Brother Stangerson,'
cried the other; "the question Is not
how many wives we have, but how
many we can keep. My father has now
given over his mills to me, and ! am
the richer man."
"But my prospects are better" said
the other, warmly. when the Lord
removes my father, I shall have his
tanning-yard and his leather factory.
Then I am your elder, and am higher
in the church"
"It will be for the maiden to decide,
rejoined young Drebber. smirking at
his own reflection in the glass. we
will leave 1t all 10 her decision"
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THE pRIzE.WINNERs

The correct answer to last Fridays
rebus puzzle was Cinderella. The fol-
lowing children We're the prize-winners:
SALLIE SCHoTLAND, aged 8. 1S3
Livingston street, Newark (book);
FRANK WERNER, aged ID, TIA Bloom
field avenue, Newark (book); PAT
RICK TEER, aged 10, 407 Kearny ave.
nue., Arlington (baseball>.
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To Clean Ivory.

The woman who is worried by hay
ing her small ivory ornaments yellow
prematurely, should dip them In benz
zine, let them stay for about ten min
utes and then rub into the ~creyices
with a small toothbrush.
Benzine is also good to clean the
keys of a piano. but denatured alcohol
is quite as satisfactory and much
cheaper, besides not having a dis
agreeable odor.
Make the rag just damp enough to
remove the soil; when too wet, it runs
the cracks and Injuries the wires.
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Hozu to Make
The Home More
AHractiUe
2A 1NxNxgMl
The New Cake Tray.

A unique cake tray is one of the
ca~ndleboards to hold birthday or other
cakes for special occasions.
These are made of smooth white
wood, about twenty inches in diameter.
The centre is left plain or is burnt to a
delicate tint, while around the edge is a
border burnt or painted in rich colors.
On the outer rim and the depth of the
border within it are set eandle-holders
at intervals of. a n inch or more apart.
The inner circle of candles must be
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big enough to allow your largest circu-
lar cake-pan to slip into the space
easily. The candles are then set into
the holder instead of the cake.
The border can be decorated in floral
design or with a row of cupids, or, II
there are children in the family, with
Mother Goose figures at intervals.
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Sliced bananas
Cereal and cream
Poached eggs on toast
Plain doughnuts French rolls
Coffee
~ DINNER.
Cream of tomato soup
Boiled ham Dreamed cabbage
Boiled potatoes Fried parsnips
Tomato salad
Apple pie Cheese
Coffee
SUPPER.
Apple fritters
Baked stuffed eggplant
Sally Lunn
Peach jelly Plain cake
Tea
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Corn Imperial-Bofl a cup Of corr
meal in q quart Of water for an hour
and o halt. Take from fire, beat hard
for i've minutes, adding three table
spoons of sugar, one-half saltspoon of
salt and yolk of one re-. Pour into
baking dish and bake in hot oven
till the top begins to brown. Re-
move and spread over top an inch
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sHerbert G. Kimbail, in one of his SER
mons, alludes to his hundred wives
under this e~ndearing epithet.
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Health and Beauty
For EDery Woman
Care to PteOent the Spread of Disease by
hfecfion--Recpe for the Cure of
D~andrafff- To Keep the Skin Soft.
BY MADAME ALTA.

hair. II is very thin and falling out.
My scalp is covered with dandruff.
Please tell me how often I should wash
it? e. H.
You must free your scalp from dand-
ruff before you can hope to promote
the growth of your hair. If the scalp
is in healthy condition you will have
no trouble, but when a diseased condi-
ton exists-and dandruff is a disease
of the scalp-it is perfectly natural to
expect hat the hair will be poor. Try
the following mixture to cure the dand-
ruff, and IL 1t does not benefit o after
a fair trial write to me again:
Tincture of cantharides. 1 ounce.
Liquid ammonia, / dram.
Glycerine. u ounce.
Oil thyme. " dram.
Rosemary oil, " dram.
Mix all together with 6 ounces Of rose
water and rub the scalp with the mix
ture every day until all evidence Of the
dandruff is removed. 1t is necessary
that the scalp be kept free from all
dust.
For a scaly Skin.
Dear Madame Alta:
Just as soon as the cold weather
sets in my face begins to chap and be-
comes dry and scaly from exposure. If
you can advise a remedy that will be
harmless I will be very grateful. Hope
to see your answer In our column of
THE EVENING STAR, which l read
r%eligiously every day.
GERTRUDE B.
The following lotion will work Won
ders for the condition caused by the
wind and exposure. Apply to the face
with a small sponge before going, out in
cold weather:
,Iodide of potassium, 1 to 2 drains;
distilled water, 1 pint. Dissolve and
add one ounce Of pure glycerine.
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x NEWS OF WOMEN FOR WOMEN AND THE HOME ST
AARRTTn.1oe.ADVICE
ROAD TO TOMORROW
BY MARGERY DOOM.
All Kinds of DimcuIty.


All Kinds OF DimcuIty.
Dear Miss Doom:
Would like our advice on something
that has troubled me. 1 am % years
old, of German descent, and am en-
gagged to a young man of 26, who Is
of Irish descent. L have kept
with him for several years, with my
parents consent, and now since we
have announced our engagement, my
parents absolutely refuse to recognize
him, on account of his nationality,
claiming hat | must marry a German,
as the rest of my sisters and brothers
did. / could not owe a German, while
I love him. He is anxious to set a
date for the wedding, but my mother
said that she would not buy me q
single thing for myself or home II I
married him. His mother is very fond
of me, and has told me hat I could
live with her for about six months
and earn enough for my outfit, as she
would not accept any board from me.
I am a s~tenographer. making good
salary, and think In six months or less
time than that l could earn enough to
buy all I need.
The one thing that troubles me Is
whether / would be doing right to live
in the same house with him and his
mother before we are married. and
would be glad for your advice on this
point. 1 am sufficiently old enough to
know my own mind. and know that
while he lives I never could care for
any other. He Is making a good living.
and could support me as we'll. II not
better, han my parents did. and l
think they are foolishly pr~e1udiced
against him on account Of his nation
ality, don't your PERPLEAED.
Certainly you are old enough to know
your own mind. II o sincerely love
this young mar I would advise you TO
marry him without your parents con
sent, IL they continue to object. But /
think you would be very, very foolish
to 60 to his mothers home to live be-
fore marrying him. 1t would give Cos
siping persons a splendid opportunity
to say unkind and untrue things about
you, besides putting you under a rather
heavy obligation to your future mother
in-law. 1t would be a grave mistake.
Why don't you quietly try to save. a
little money and marry him very soon?
A trousseau is not absolutely necessary
to ones happiness, especially when one
has to face difficulties like yours.
A Birthday Gift for a Young Man.
Dear Miss Doom:
Would you kindly give me advice?
What is there to give a young man for
a birthday present. He is q very good
friend of mine. Thanking you In adj
vance, I remain,
CONSTANT READER.
A book, cravat, MATCHBOX, tie-clasp,
cigarette case, burnt wood collar and
cuff box, pipe-rack, silver collar-button
box or leather cardcase would prove
acceptable and appropriate.
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Care of the u

O5HT N1dudITIC zAItd'
Kindly tell me something for my
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wide panel down the front, braided for
some distance down.
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ero Be Continued Tomorrow,
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A Birthday Gift for a Young Man.
Dear Miss Doom:
Would % kindly give me advice?
What is there to give a young man for
a birthday present. He is q very good
friend of mine. Thanking you in adj
vance, I remain,
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CONSTANT READER.
A book, cravat, MATCHBOX, tie-clasp,
cigarette case, burnt wood collar and
outlook, pipe-rack, silver collar-button
box or leather cardcase would prove
acceptable and appropriate.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23
HORSE IS BLAM ED.

From the New York Times
 Mir Harold Bolce draws a heavy bill of complaint against the horse in Ap- peton's magazine for May. The beast is responsible for most of the cost of street cleaning, which in this city amounts to s6,Ooo0O0 per annum. Since maladics fly in the dust. physicians would charge the maintenance of the New York hos pitals against him-an item of $4, 900, ,0O0 yearly. If motor trucks were substituted for the 900 horses in our streets, each truck being as efficient as four to six of them, MT. Bolee thinks SIS, 900, 900 might annually be saved. The cost of delivering food to population of 4,2S5,4S5 exceeds by 10 cents per capita each day, he recl- ons, the cost by motor delivery, or $150 000,000 a year. Twenty thousand people die annually in the state by infections attributed to dust; their worth to society is s250O each, or $5O.oOOO 900 in all Sanitary experts behold with dismay the "formid- able fact that the cities of the United States comprise a total quadruped pop ulation of 2.936,sS1 notoriously costly horses and 173,9os dangerously expensive mules.
 The animals are indeed a prolific source of dust disease germs and disease breeding flies. Cities would be better off without them. MT Bolce's compilations of the bills they run up are not calcu- lated, we think. for absolute acceptance, but they are suggestive.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23
FAMOUS WHEAT CORNERS.
Record Shows Promoters Always Lost
 and Producers Benefited.

From the Brooklyn Eagle.
 A record of the corners in grain in the United States, just compiled. indicates that corners are now things of the past, partly because the nations crops have grown too big for corners to be attempted, partly because the losers usually have been the "cornerists" and partly because legitimate Boards of Trade have stopped them. The record from the civil war on shows. contrary to common belief, that the producers were benefited by the cor ners, as they were afforded the oppor- t,inity to sell their crops at ''fcticious' prices before the corners collapsed, us- ually ruining in their collapse the men who attempted them. The speculation which becomes market factor neces- sarily benefits the price paid to producers.
 In May, 1867, there was corner in wheat, and on the 18th day of that month the price was forced up to $2.S5, only to fall back to $2.16 the day the corner ended The farmer, who did not sell his wheat at the fictitious prices he could have secured, claimed that the "corner did not benefit him. In August, lsn' tnere was another corner" and the price was
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"DIETETIc DIPLoMAcY.r
le New York Work.

From the New York Work.
 Representative Harrison of New York who himself knows when it is time to put on swallow tailed coat, paid a perfume tory tribute in the House debate on the diplomatic bill to "shirtsleeve diplomacy in contrast with the "dietetic diplomacy" of rich men.
 The trumphs of shrtseeve diplomacy may be counted on the fingers of one hand of an armless wonder
 As for dining, drinking and display, in diplomacy? Feeding diplomat is as wise as feeding the country buyer of q wholesale house. It makes him good natured. There was valiant trencher work at Tilsit. Arthur Paget took 20 carriage horses to Berlin and impoverished his estate. John Randolph of Roanoke ran into debt to entertain as American min ister to Russia. Gortschakoff was a guz- zer; Bismarck was a tremendous feeder, who once ate 150 German oysters at a sit ting Franklin was a social lion in Paris salons and spent more money than he could afford. Did not Lord Rosebery say to Ward McAllister: "The canvasback ought to be your national bird, not the eagle?' Do not even congressman in Washington manage to dine fairly well at times?
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forced to s1.so, and forced up to s1.61, but at the end of the month was .1e.
 During May. 1880. there was a small ''corner." but the range was only $i.21 to a.l9 In August. 1881. there was an- other corner" the price advancing from sl.l9 to s1.3s. In June, 1887. the memorable Cincinnati combination to 'corner' wheat developed prices being advanced from S0ssc to 94Ae. but the "eorner" collapsed, running the men engineering 1t and caus- ing the failure of several Cincinnati banks. But the producers who sold on the bulge" made money. In September, 1888, there was corner" the price being run up from S9Ac to $2 or over H.1 per bushel.
 Everybody remembers the famous Letter deal" which collapsed in June, 1898. with a loss to Joe Letter of many millions of dollars. the bulk of which and much more producers of the country re- ceived, for the price Of wheat was run up from below the dollar mark to $1 .S5. It is not exaggerating to say that that deal netted fully 50 cents per bushel to pro- ducers who took advantage of it, and all had chance to.
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world. and he is far from being the best one that the world holds.
 It is generally thought that the King has not voluntarily on account of age decided to hand over the Congo. He fears that the control of it will become an international issue-that the United States and Great Britain stand ready to call him to account Some pressure of this sort has no doubt induced him to part with his great possession, aad Little Belgium will no doubt take over vast territory many times larger than the home land.
 How long she will hold it and how wisely she will govern it are matters of the future. King Leopold may live many years, but the Chamber of Depu- ties is the real power in the govern ment of Belgium. The treaty will doubtless be confirmed, and the pro ductive Congo country will then be governed through cabinet officers and parliamentary budgets.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23
HEIGHT IN GREAT MEN.

From the New York Press.
 The Duke of Wellington has always been a mystery. l have read that he was six feet four inches tall. 1 have read also that he was only five feet six inches. Historians tell us he was any where from five feet six inches to five feet eleven inches. There are some things, seemingly very simple which 1t is impossible to establish; this is one of them. Historians are still guessing the height of Julius Caesar, the size of Han nibals head, the weight of Alexander the Great, and the genreal dimensions of Solomon. Why, we are not even sure of the stature of George Washington. It might be believed that Napoleon, Alexan- der the Great and Jay Gould were of the same size, three bumptious little chaps. And it is common belief that Charle- magne, Erling the Bold, Frederick the Great, Robert Bruce, Sir William Wal lace, Gen. Winfield Scott, and Richard Occur de Lion were all top-notchers, "Old Fuss and Feathers" formed in the prodgality of nature, leading in girth and weight
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TRAVEL ON THE LAKES.

From the St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
 It is often said that the palmy days of travel by river are over, but this remark applies only temporarily to certain streams that do not at this time afford the necessary conditions. Taking the world as a whole, there is more journey ing by water than ever before. The figures for last years passenger traffic on the lakes show that 7,5O0, 900 passengers were carried out of Detroit by boat, 1,90O,- GOO from Chicago, 530,O0O from Milwaukee, over 100000 each from Port Huron, Grand Haven and Marquette, with smaller ports getting proportionate share. One fea- ture to be noted is the exceptional safety of lake travel. Not a life was lost among the 7,500,000 persons who left Detroit by boat, and passenger casualties were few anywhere on the lakes The vessels have increased in size until they are almost in the class of ocean liners. They offer roomy berths, ca bins and promenade decks, with good fare on various plans, and the public comfort and enjoyment are carefully studied Between some of the chief lake cities excursion steamers of the largest size run daily during the heated period as a means of refreshment to the crowded population, keeping in motion on the water as long time as possible.
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From the Boston Herald.

From the Boston Herald.
 @ WO brothers, circus clowns, have @ inherited, it is reported, '2'5o900o
 from an uncle who died at Glas- gow. Lot us assume that the story is true and congratulate the brothers, es- pecially if they be ''Shakespearian clowns on the opportunity to prove that they are prepared for either fortune.
 There Is an old comedy on which Offen- bach's delightful Princess de Trebzonde'' is based mountebank draws in lot tery a chateau with much land and the title of baron. generous soul, he takes his companions, jugglers, clowns and tumblers, to the chateau, and there they all eat and drink famousy and sleep without care. Soon this lazy life bores them Little by little they resume their old habits in the chateau. Invited guests are amazed when the host welcomes them by turning a handspring, and at dinner spins nimbly plate of soup on fore finger while another of the band keeps knives and forks revolving in the air, and another eats while standing on his head.
 As is well known, a clown is usually a serious, if not wholly melancholy per son. He is often given to reading books of science or morals Not that he always dies of a broken heart in a hospital or of some cruel disease when the ironic mask is on his face, as many novelists would have us believe; but he is often
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IN HOTEL LOBBlES
In aIrmlnaham,s Favor.

After 2 recent rlsit east came to the conclusion that Birmingham was in far better shape. from business point of view. than the larger cities" said Leo K. Steiner.
 T was in New York. Philadelphia and Pittsburg and found the effect of the panic was felt more seriously in those cities than was the case in Birmingham Here at home general business has held up well. real estate values have remained firm and the banks have been in excel- lent condition
 Financially Birmingham is not only well off but it leads all the cities in the south. In New York and other eastern cities many eroakers are found. In Bir- mingham the people as a rule are cheer full and are confident of this districts great future, while croakers are little in evidence.
 Business may be comparatively quiet this summer, but the crop outlook is good and large crops mean prosperity"
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,Judee Feagil'S Report

After showing that 11,67S arrests were made last year-5241 whites and 6417 negroes-Judge Feagin makes four recommendations for the better ment of social conditions, as follows:
 1. A detention home for wayward chil- dren
 ? A trade school for boys and girls who are compelled to help the home in money making.
 3 A night school for foreigners and working people.
 1. The compiling of a city code to be taught in our public schools.
 Out of his wide experience Judge Feagin finds reasons for the proposed changes. The proposed detention home he plainly considers the most urgene of the four, because it would enable the city to keep wayward boys from the time of arrest away from hardened prisoners. After trial white boys can 
 now be sent to the East Lake Indus trial school, and negro boys can De sent to one or two reformatories in the state. but the boys that are not sent to the special institutions are con fined with some of the worst elements of our citizenship. constituting, in Judge Feagin's own words, "a verltable school of crime" In order to separate in a comprehensive manner the young from the old we need a house of de- tention. and it ought not to be difficult or expensive to plan one that would serve reasonably well until the city can afford to put up "a building ot modern scope and equipment.
 The other recommendations of Judge Feagin commend themselves by their evident practicality. Judge Feag'n 5 hest efforts seem to be directed toward 1 the children, who are, after all, the hope of the state. If the children of today can be kept from evil ways the state of the next ger eration will have citizenry that would not call for H. CTS arrests a year jn population not exceeding 5O,0O0.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-04-23
NEWS IN NORTH CAROLINA.

From the Nashville Tennessean.
 There are people living in the noun tains of North Carolina who never rode on a train," said A. J. Carpenter of Asheville, N. C.. at the Maxwell And some of them never saw train. This sounds fishy, but 1t is fact, so help me.
 Mot long ago I had occasion to ride through a section of the mountain coun- try of my state. I was about 100 miles from any railroad station, and the peo- pie treated me royalty. The inmates of a house where l stopped overnight took the greatest interest in asking me all the late news The old man of the family hadn't heard that the United States gov ernment feared war with Japan. I asked him if he ever read newspapers.
 Stranger said he, I ain't seen a newspaper since last fall
 Through that section of the country you'll find scores of people who can't read line. They can't write their own name, but they are clever folks just the same'