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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-03

How They DO Things in East Aurora,M Y.
Where The Fra Is Entertaining ~Brad1s'

A patriotism that will include
other countries, with no lack of love
for ou- own.
Disarmament through mutual
agreement, and a constant campaign
of education until this is brought
about.
No war of aggression, excepting
on a popular vote of the people, in
Guiding ONE
The taxation of church property
and all educational or p~hilanthropic
institutions that are not supported
through and by taxation.
A square deal for horses. cows,
cats, dogs. birds, rabbits, guinea
pigs, guinea hens and all other ami
mails. wild and domesticated.
Conclusion: The mintage of wis
dom is to know that rest is rust, and
real life lies in love, laughter and
work.
Before telling what Fra Elbertus
had to say about the platform, it is
Only ldlT 10 TeCOTu-l1dt iOT tile HISl
time in his flfty-two years of un-
abashment he was embarrassed.
Also. that he ~apologiZed.
THE recipe for success he said.
"is to subdue yourself and devote
yourself. And when you've done
this you find that everything you've
had to give up has come pack to
you with interest added"
1--WE all know enough, but we
lack the will to do what WI know
we should do. This talk of sending
men to college to learn is laugh
able. If men were really taught
as they should be while they're in
college, it would be different. But
they're educated at n end only.
The hands and the heart are neg
lected.
But, after all, the best thing we
car do Is to work. And when the
work you have done in the past
looms large to you it's a sure sign
you have not done much that is
worth while this day."-Leigh Mi
chael Hodges in Philadelphia North
American.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-03
LOCAL CARE OF the IMPROVED ROADS.

In reply to a communication from the Mercer County Board of Freehoders
stating that the roads n the county were being ruined y the speeding auto-
mobiles the State commissioner of motor vehicles replies that it Is the province
of the Local authorities to police the roads and prevent this damage The ON
missioner refers to a circular letter issued by the department a year ago. in
which notice to this effect "a given. The State employs only ten inspectors.
and with these the department could not begin o do police duty The county
boards communication shows the inattention of public officials to matters of
the kind Evidently the board, although sitting in Trenton, has no knowledge
OF the circular of the State Commission, whose Office is in the State House, and
ws ignorant of the fact that the commissioner las M legal right to do police
duty in municipalities. But If tn improved roads in Mercer are being badly
In other counties?
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-03
The ARsHip OF THE FUTURE.

The feat Of travelling many miles with a great dhigble ahship and doing
stunts in the air does nt solve the problem of aerial navigation. The big GER
man aEsMp is nothing more han a toy The problem al be solved only by a
machine like that Of thu Wright brothers that il heavier than air and is raised
ana lowaed and propelled by its w machinery alone The question of fuel
to generate power is the most serous dihcuhy to overcome for all aiships that
ira navigated against the wind. Until enough power cn be lightly stored n a
small space to drive an arship for at least twenty tor hours the use of the
arship In warfare will be impractcable. The contrivance that made a long
trip OF wednesday would be a good target for a lons.range If it approached
nsar enough to a hostile force, and invention will without doubt turn out guns
specially adapted for h purpose
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-03
Mental High Brows Listen to Ebert Hubbard's wisdom and
Then Turn to Their Hobbies for
Recreation.

Death" which is likely to add a
new note to the unfinished SYM
phony of human song. Fourier
fills, whose head looks like a Sec
tional view of a mattress factory,
on hair-sorting day, was playing
with "Bobbins' out on the green
grass. Bobbins is soft and delight
full. He's a baby dog.
Katherine Yates, of Chicago,
whose Christian Science stories
have greatly pleased Mrs. Eddy,
was unwinding wordy tunes on her
typewriter. and Alice Hubbard
Mrs. Fra Elbertus-sat figuring
out how she could put ninety-seven
persons into rooms accommodating
eighty-four. The result Of this
problem in arithmetic is the housing
of several visitors to the annual
convention in private homes around
town.
You see these folk just drop In
from here. there and everywhere.
ll1Gy Iuh liz WllOIC 5aiilul vi
bumps, from the garrulous crank,
who honestly thinks he has found
the universal solution for all ills.
itches and idiosyncrasies, to the
mild-eyed matron, who has fed her
mind on predigested mush all her
life and begins to feel the need of
something more solid on which to
cut her delayed eye teeth.
The Fra, with his good cheer and
his vast originality, is the hub of
each individual set of wheels. He
spreads thought fertilizer over the
assembled gray matter. and you a
grow the brand you like best.
Creeds don't count. The fellow
who can handle an AK at the wood
pile, just back of the Bindery. Is
the boss of the bunch. And lots OF
'em split wood while they're here.
AS OF yore, it was the Fra who
set the wheels in motion this after
noon, and out of respect for the late
Republican convention and the
coming Democratic one, he started
the ball rolling by setting forth a
platform. Yes, a platform with
eighteen planks, in which tariff.
trusts and injunctions were not
even mentioned by name.
So here is the platform as adopt
ed by a unanimous vote in the
chapel at 2:3O, after Miss Jenny had
made the piano sing some part of
her soul.
do not know where Miss Jenny
came from-she is modest and does
not use her tongue for a billboard
but 1 have an idea where she's
going IL she keeps on. Some folk
spell 1t F-A-M-E!
And the Roycroft platform, when
put into print, reads thusly:
Health.
Happiness.
Good roads.
Broth ,rhood.
Cooperation.
Human service.
Equal suffrage.
Manual training in all public
schools.
,rree-planting and forest preserva-
ton.
Good cheer and courtesy, wen
under p~rovocation.
The keeping of promises made to
those who cannot enforce them.
The kindergarten system, and its
introduction into the higher grades.
Universal peace through arbitra-
ton.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-03
7HEFOUR7H


PROLOGUE.
From the dim-lit East,
AT the first, faint CLEAN of the rising
sur
On the wings Of dawn
Floats the ponderous boom OF the
Fourtn's first gun!
Then a oar and a clatter!
A screech and a dash!
Voluminous chatter.
A yell, n a smash!
A crying, a shouting!
Unbearable noise!
A flash, and a bang
From the powder-illed toys!
A Sizing, a whizzing,
A flare. and a splu.ter,
A terrified warning.
A leap, and d flutter!
The bursting of cans,
The burning of fingers.
The din, and the crash
That vibrates and fingers!
The leap of the rocket,
The roll of the drum.
The grooming, the moaning,
The clamor, the hum!
The whirr of the pinwheel.
The snap of the zap,
The whizz Of the ~sizzers,
The scotland the slap.
The turbulent masses.
The laughter, the songs.
The race to the fire,
The ambulance gongs!
The bandaged. the limping,
The hospital bed,
The screams of the wounded,
The dying. the dead!
The calm of the restless,
The end of the rush,
The dark Inc the silence
Then infinite hush.
EPILOGUE.
From the darkened West,
At the last. faint CLEAN of the set
ting sun,
On the wings of night
Floats the ponderous roar of the
Fourth'a last gun!
-E, DE ROY KOCH.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-03
7HfRTY.oNe DIS 1PicTs PETITION.

Thirty one Of the forty election districts of Newark in which voting ma
chimes are ed have now presented to thu Common Council petitions signed by
rs per cnt Of the voters Tor special elections to vote pon the question of the
retention Of these machines. To make the election general in the city OF one
day all the districts should petition so as to settle the matter for good. The
clever chap who drew the legislative act knew that in a general election in a
city the machines would be overwhelmingly voted against, so thu special cleo
lions were provided for by districts. But it is dollars to doughnuts' that there
b not a single election district IN Newark, an probably not ne in the State
that will voe to retain the voting machines.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-03
A EDITOR or A PAST GENERATION.

Murat Haistead, who passed away in Cincinnati yesterday. belonged to a
past generation, n was a power rim his time a editor of the Cincinnati Com
mercal and Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. He "a on of the most versatile
and strongest writer's sin American Journalism, and had few peers. He made
his newspaper a dominating influence in the Middle West. Mr. Hastead was
of the ace of editors OF whom Henry watterson is a surviving type-men
whose personalities we're everything. their newspapers being merely their
mouthpieces. In he impersonal journalism of or a this ra of editors
IL lost
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-03
INTERPRETATIONS STARTING UP.

June interpretations sin New Jersey aggregate s@ $4,000 in capitalization
the highest sine February, 1907 This is N of thu rood gns OF tn times
During the previous months of the presn calendar yea the interpretations
greatly fell of. When business is dull ant prospects are poo people ire not
ssgauzing stock companies and putting up capital for new ventures Improv
ing prospects o encourage the capitalization Of enterprises.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-03

II the Denver convention shall adopt, without change, te esolutons Of
eubgy OIL the late President Cleveland prepared by Mr. Clevelands friends in
New York and to b introduced by Judge Alton B. Parker, and 1t Is hard to see
how the convention "a refuse to pay thst tribute I o the dead, there will 90 on
record with tn Endorsement of the Cleveland policies al implied rebuke of
policies with which Mr. Bryan has beer Identified. Mr.. Cleveland twice
elected President by the Democratic party and va he only Democratic Presi-
dent nce Buchanan went u of office in 1861, and a Democratic national con-
venton could lot confne its memorial to a'merep personal eulogy. His public
career, the principles he stood for, his services to the party and the nation must
be dwet upon as they re in this prepared resolution.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-03
FRIDAY. JULY 8, 1908.
INDEPENDENCE DAY. JULY 4

The day he immortal Declaration of American Independence was gne at
Philadelphia is n only day that he American people in State and nation have
ever recognized or ever will recognize as he naal day of nation and State.
What preliminary actor might hav been taken in h colonies pror to July 4
Is of little significance. Massachusetts celebrates the anniversary of the battle
Of Bunker Hill. That vas the beginning of a new era for the world. II opened
the great drama Of the War of he Revolution. View Jerseys proper State cee-
bration, apart from July 4, should be the commemorauon Of the battle Of ren-
ton. That battle turned the tide of the wal when II ws at its lowest eb. But
the ne great event that stands u in all American history, dwarhng every
thing else. was that awe-insphng spectacle of the fathers of the republic sign
ing their names to a document that, in caseof defeat would have been their
death warrant, a document that made h American Revolution the precursor
of the greatest political changes in the Old World, that made a republican CONT
nent and created an empire o the people that % stretches rom ocean to
oceans and has dominion in the isles If the seas When W re speak of the Deca-
ration of Independence we conjure UP the shades If Washington, Jefferson,
Franklin. Hamilton ant others who were great in the times that tried mems
souls In presence If that Declaration IL other eventsa and Incidents become of
comparative inagnifcance. But trust a people to fix upon the really great men
and great events of their national history They level make a mistake
although historians offer do. And the on great national festival for the Amer
lean people as long AS they are a nation will be Independence Day. July T.
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-07-30

her eye while she waited for Dick.
who had gone off in their carriage to
the postoffice to send some kilograms.
1t was small shop and the time early
afternoon, when few people were about
A man who had preceded her was
looking at watches and seemed deeply
absorbed in this occupation. She heard
his inquiries as TO quality and price
and knew that it was Armitage's voice
before she recognized his tall figure.
She made her purchase quickly and
was about to leave the shop when he
turned toward her, and she bowed
Good afternoon, Miss Claiborne.
These are very tempting bazaars, aren't
they? If the abominable tariff laws Of
America did not give us pause
He bent above her, hat in hand, smil-
ing. He had concluded the purchase
of watch, which the shopkeeper was
now wrapping in box.
u have just purchased a little re-
membrane for my ranch foreman out
in Montana, and before can place it
in his hands it must be examined and
appraised and all the pleasure Of the
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-07-30

not been for those words, she would
have thought of him again at all. She
remembered him as he stood framed in
ease the impression he gave of great
physical strength and of resources of
character and courage.
And so Shirley Claiborne left Geneva.
not knowing the curious web that fate
had woven for her nor how those last
words spoken by Armitage sc the car
riage door were to link her to strange
adventures at the very threshold of her
American home
fTo be continued next week.
Well Answered.
In the early part of the last century
there lived in Nantucket a young
Quakeress whose wit caused many 4
ripple in the demure circle Of the
Friends.
When this pretty Martha attended
yearly meeting in Newport at the age
Of eighteen her youthful spirit brought
her occasional grave looks from the
elders, although her real goodness Of
heart was never questioned.
One evening during r session of
yearly meeting Martha vas lie center
of a group Of young people gathered
near the windows of the parlor in the
boarding house where some Of the
Friends lodged for the time. The
young people were playing the simple
and amusing game of humorous def
nitions." Martha's wit caused such
frequent laughter that a solemn faced
person rose from his seat at the other
end Of the room and asked in a loud.
stern voice:
Martha, can thee give me the def
milton of gravity ~
The pretty Quakeress colored at this
public and unnecessary rebuke. but
after scarcely perceptible hesitation
She answered demurely
4 am not able to give thee q defini-
lion Of my own, Friend Brown. but
perhaps that Of De la Rochefoucauld
will suit thee. He says that gravity
y mysterious carriage Of the body.
invented TO cover the defects Of the
mind =
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-07-30

said Claiborne, with some malice ii
must be confessed, for his sisters ben
eft.
"That is possible. am very fond
of Washington" responded ArmiEage
carelessly.
"Of course you will look us up" per
sisted Dick. 81 shall be at Fort Ayer
for awhile, and it viii always be a
pleasure
Claiborne turned for a last word
with the porter about their baga
and Armitage stood talking to Shirley.
who had already entered the carriage
.sOh, is there any news of Counl Won
Stroebel's assassin she asked, nIting
the newspaper that Armitage hea III
his hand
Nothing. It's very mysterious
and puzzling affair"
"It's horrible to think such a hing
possible. He was wonderful old nasl
But very likely they will find the nur-
derer."
"Yes; undoubtedly.
ssThe secret police viii scour Erope
in pursuit of the assassin" sheob
served.
YES" replied Armitage gravely
s'The truth will be known befoIs we
sail, no doubt, said Shirley. 9Th as
sassin may be here in Geneva b5this
time"
That is quite likely said JohT Ar
mitage, with unbroken gravity. I'm
fact, rather expect him here n
should be leaving today myself.
He bowed and made way for thEin-
patient Claiborne, who gave his and
to Arrnitage hastily and jumpedintol
the carriage.
Your imitation cut glass drummer
has nearly caused US to miss our ain
Thank the Lord, we've seen the lat OF
that fellowi''
Shirley said nothing, but gazee out |
of the window with wonderindook
in her eyes. And on the way to Ner- |
pool she thought often of Armi ge's |
last words. Il rather expect him ere
or / should be leaving today myslf
be had said.
she was not sure whether, It isaad
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-07-30
THE PORT OF
| MISSING MEN
By MEREDITH NICHOLSON.
~xe~s Author Of H0use of Thousand Candies"
,conpAny

that is SO greatly admired IN young
womanhood. She gave forth the inn
preston of vitality and strength, She
was beautifully fair. with high color
that accentuated her youthfulness. Her
brown hair, caught up from her brow
in thesfashion of the early years of the
century, flashed gold in sunlight.
Much of Shirley's girlhood had been
spent in the Virginia hills, where Judge
Claiborne had long maintained refuge
from the heat of Washington From
childhood she had read the calendar of
spring as it is written upon the land
scape itself Her fingers found by in
stinct the first arbutus. She knew
where white violets shone first upon
the rough breast of the hillsides, and
particular patches Of rhododendron
had for her the intimate interest of pri-
yate gardens.
AS the Claibornes fingered at their
table short stout man espied them
from the door and advanced beamingly.
..Ah, my dear Shirley, and Dick! Can
it be possible? l heard only by the
merest chance that you We're here. But
Switzerland is the real meeting place
of the world
The young Americans greeted the
newcomer cordially. A waiter placed
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-07-30


a chair for him and took his hat. Ar
thur Singleton was an American,
though be had lived abroad so long as
to have lost his identity with any par.
ticular city or state of his native land
He had been an attache of the Ameri-
can embassy at London for many
years. Administrations changed and
ambassadors came and went, but Sin
gleton was never molested. 1t was said
that he kept his position on the score
of his wide acquaintance, he knew ev-
cry one, and he was a great peddler of
gossip, particularly about people in
high station.
The children of Hilton Claiborne
were not to be overlooked. He would
impress himself upon them, as was his
way, for he was sincerely social by in
sfinct and would go far to do kind
ness for people he really liked.
.'Ah me! You have arrived oppor-
timely, Miss Claiborne. There's mys-
terry in the air-the great Stroebel is
hereunder this very roof and in
dreadfully bad humor He is a dan
gerous mana very dangerous man,
but failing fast. Poor Austria! Count
Ferdinand Won Stroebel can have no
successor. He's only a sort of hold
over from the nineteenth century, and
with him and his emperor out of the
way-what? For my part see only
dark days ahead" And he concluded
with a little sigh that implied crum-
bling thrones and falling dynasties.
The reader of the Neue Freie Presse,
preparing to leave his table, tore from
the newspaper an article that seemed
to have attracted him, placed it in his
cardcase and walked toward the door
The eyes of Arthur Singleton lighted
in recognition. and the attache mutter-
ing an apology to the Claibornes. adj
dressed the young gentleman cor
daily.
why. Armitage, of all menY' and he
rose. still facing the Claibornes with
an air of embracing the young Ameri-
cans in his greetings. He never liked
to lose an auditor, and he would in no
circumstances miss a chance to display
the wide circumference of his acquaint-
ance.
"Shirley-AIiss Claiborne-allow me
to present Mr.. Armitage." The young
army officer and Armitage then shook
hands, and the three men stood for a
moment, detained, it seemed, by the
old attache, who had no engagement
for the next hour or two and resented
the idea of being left alone.
Zone always meets Armitages' de-
clared Singleton. "He knows our
America as well as we do-and very
well indeed-for an Englishman."
Armitage bowed gravely.
"You make it necessary for me to
disavow any allegiance to the powers
that rule Great Britain. I'm really a
fair sort of American. | have some
times told New York people all about
Colorado, Montana, New Mexico!"
His voice and manner were those of
a gentleman. Els color, as Shirley
| Claiborne now observed, was that of
an outdoors man. She was familiar
with it in soldiers and sailors and
knew that it testified to vigorous and
wholesome life.
"Of course you're not Englisht' ex-
claimed Singleton. annoyed as he re-
membered. or thought he did, that Ar
mitage had on some other occasion
made the same protest.
| Tin really getting sensitive about
Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-07-30

gift Destroyed by the custom officers
in New York. hope you are good
smuggler Miss Claiborne
I'D like to be. Women are supposed
to have knack at the business, but
my father is so patriotic that he makes
me declare everything"
Patriotism viii carry one far, but
object both to being taxed and to the
alternative of corrupting the gentlemen
who lie in wait at the receipt of Gus
TOMS
sOf course the answer is that Amer
leans should buy at home, replied
Shirley. She received her change, and
Armitage placed his small package in
his pocket
..My brother expected to meet me
here. He ran off with our carriage"
Shirley explained.
s'These last errands are always try
ing. There are innumerable things one
would like to come back for from mid
ocean. tariff or no tariff
There's the wireless said Shirley.
in time we shall be able to commit
our afterthoughts to it. But lost views
can hardly be managed that way. Aft
er get home shall think of scores of
things should like to see again that
photographs don't give.''
Armitage had been the subject Of so
much jesting between Dick and her
self that it seemed strange to be talk
ing to him His face frightened pleas
antly when he spoke. His eyes were
grayer than she had mockingly de-
scribed them for her brothers. benefit
ly courteous, and she did not at all be-
lieve that he had followed her about.
Armitage was aware that a jewelers.
shop was hardly the place for extended
conversation with young woman
whom he scarcely knew, but be lin
gered in the joy of hearing this Amer
lean girls voice, and what she said in
terested him immensely. He had seen
her first in Paris few months before
at an exhibition of battle paintings.
He had come upon her standing quite
alone before High Tide at Gettys-
burg" the picture of the year. and he
had noted the quick mounting of color
to her cheeks as the splendid move
ment of the painting-its ardor and fire
took hold of her. He saw her again
in Florence, and it was from there that
he had deliberately followed the Clai-
bornes.
His own plans were now quite unset
tied by his interview with Won Stree
bel. He fully expected Chauvenet in
Geneva The man had apparently been
on cordial terms with the Claibornes,
and as he had seemed to be master of
his own time it was wholly possible
that he would appear before the Clai-
bornes left Geneva. 1t was now ting
second day after Won Stroebel's depar1
ture. and Armitage began to feel un-
easy.
He stood with Shirley quite near the
shop door. The carriage drove up
and Dick Claiborne came up to them
at once and bowed to Armitage.
"There is great news. Count FerE
dinand Won Stroebel was murdered ID
his railway carriage between here and
Vienna. They found him dead at Inns
bruck this morning"
"Is it possible! Are you quite surf
he was murderedY II
1t was Armitage who asked the qud
ton. He spoke in tone quite M
-