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The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-21

CHICAGO, Jan. 21.-From an obscure
messenger boy to president of n of
the greatest banking institutions in the
west-this is the history of the rise of
Lucius Teter, who a few days ago was
elected president of the Chicago Saw
ings Bank and Trust Company.
1t is a few months short of sixteen
years that young Teter came to
Chicago to make his fight for fortune,
and when his dreams were realized he
also won the added distinction of be-
coming, at IS years OF age, the young
est bank president In the country.
The son of a country lawyer in In
diana, young Teter was a stranger in a
strange land when he arrived here. He
had no friends, no training in the
vocation he sought to pursue. no infiu-
ence to push him to h front; nothing
but a goodly amount of courage, a
good deal of self-relianoe n a de-
termination to win that no vicissitudes
could dampen.
With these assets as his only capital
he started In to climb the ladder Of
success, beginning as a messenger at o
paltry salary In the old Columbia Ma
tional Bank. When asked by his
friends last night to explain by what
method he succeeded in reaching the
top, Teter laughed and said:
Why, l was so busy getting there
that / have nearly forgotten how 1
did It,
Pressed for an explanation, he con-
tinued: 4
when I came to Chicago I made up
nv mind to get ahead. I loved bank.
ing and finally I got a Job as messen-
ger in the Columbia National Bank.
And by the way, I want to say that
no young man has any business going
into anything he does not like. He
ought to love his work as he does his
sweetheart. If he does he will not
look at it as work: it will be more In
the nature of recreation. IF a man
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-21
~. nhanrenhle airl.

1 loved a girl with hair Of golden hue;
She was nineteen, and | just twenty-five
She was so sweet, and given much 10
mirth,
I thought her just the dearest one on
earth.
A year went by-dear friend, now do not
frown-
then I loved a girl whose hair was
brown.
I thought that she some day would be my
mate,
And could not wish for any happier fate'
Another year, and still I am not wed
/ love a girl whose hair Is Titan RED.
But still time flies: I would not call 1t
back
I'm welded to a girl with tresses black.
You say I'm ~ickle-have been all my life;
i've never loved but n girl-she's my
wife.
well, you do not understand. And
why?
II was the girl who changed each time
NOT I. -Yonkers Statesman.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-21

Some time since a young couple boarded
a Main Line train in the suburbs, and
we're at once put down as a bridal couple.
They were remarkably self-possessed, how
ever, and acted so indifferently that the
passengers began to doubt IL their first
surmise was correct after all. AS the train
started the young man proceeded to re-
move his overcoat, and a shower Of rice
fell out, but he was equal to the occa-
sion.
"Wen. what do you think of that?" he
exclaimed, CHANGING first at the coat and
then at the rice.
Think of what, George?' responded the
blushful lady.
1.-THE blunder that l have made an
swered George in a o tone. u have
made a mistake and put on the BRIDE
groom's overcoat. '-Philadelphia fele-
graph.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-21

The Legislature made a start last
night with the introduction of a first
batch of bills that gave promise, OF a
congestion of the grist for the law
mills before the session is far ad-
vanced. Last years session was Sc
greatly prolonged that TO make ur
the proper legislative balance there
should be a short session this year, but
the idea of conining the session tc
nine or ten weeks seems to BIZ
precluded by the Importance of the
recommendations of the WI execu'
tives, especially If the Legislature i:
going to follow precedent and dawdle
away the first eight weeks of the ses.
sion.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-21

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
VIII you tell me something about the
process Of stereotyping, when 1t was first
used. etc. READER.
1.-THE papier-mache process, which is the
most general, was first used in France in
1S4S. 1t Is extremely simple. The types
being set, corrected, made Into pages and
fixed in a frame, are laid upon the stone
or table used, face upward, and a little
fine oil is brushed over them to prevent
the papier-mache from adhering to the
face Of the types. This papier-mache which
is used for making the matrix or mold, is
formed by pastlng upon a Sheet OF tough
brown paper several sheets of tissue paper
and a sheet of soft absorbent white paper.
1t is made In sheets, and usually, to make
a matrix Of the desired thickness, several
sheets are used. 1t is kept moist for use
and is lightly covered with pulverized
French chalk when laid upon the face
of the types. Then it Is beaten with a
stiff brush to force the soft paper into all
the interstlces Of the types. Other sheets
of prepared paper are>added to secure the
desired thickness. and the whole Is then
covered with a WOODEN blanket and put into
a press, the bed OF which is moderately
heated and the press is screwed down
The heat soon dries the matrlx. which,
when taken out of the press, is a stin
cfru' SHOWING a perfect ISNeiseu iHlples
sion of the types. A mold n metal Is then
taken from the matriX, in which the exact
face of the types is reproduced for print
ing. When the plate is to be run on a
rotary press, it is cast in a box which is
curved inside, so that the form OF the
plate will fit the cylinder of the press.
By this method an entire plate can be
made in a quarter of an hour or even less
time. For fine book work the matrices are
made Of plaster OF paris, which Is a much
slower and more costly way. but produces
a finer and cleaner plate when finished.
This process was invented o lI31.-Ed.l
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-21
OUR ovERcRowDED STATE
HOSPITALS.

Both of the great hospitals for the
insane maintained by the state are
overcrowded, although the Legislature
has made large appropriations Of late
years for Increased recommendations
The last nnual report Of the Morris
Plains Hospital reeommenda the cree.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-21

It is to be hoped that the advertising
committee of the Common Council,
which exercises a censorship over the
posting of advertising pictures on bill
boards in this city, will not relax its
vigilance. Particular attention should
be paid to those pictures which depict
characters in the act of shooting and
stabbing. 1t should be made a mis-
demeanor to post such pictures in a
public place.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-21
what We Are Coming To.

'Is the room disinfectod?"
Yes. mother; and I have sterilized the
curtains, deodorized the furniture, septi-
cised all the fixtures, vaporized the air.
washed my lips in an antiseptic solution.
and
'sHave you septicized the mistletoe?"
Thoroughly, mother; everything is done.
Arthur IS waiting now in the hydrogen
ROOM"
Then you may go in and let him kiss
you, ear."-Lppineott's.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-21
al. she underrtood Tt.

Mr.. stubb with illustrated weekly
Martha, here is a picture entitled. Dock
ing an Ocean Greyhound"
Mrs. Stubb (1aring up)-I just don't
want to see it. I think there should be a
law aaalnyt clipping off a poor dogs tail.
CHICAGO News.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-21
A hit Limited.

The inquisitive visitor to the studio OF
the famous. crotchety artist propounded
the query: What do you mix your colors
witb?'
with brains. sir,. replied the painter, 10
dignifed tones.
eAh," commented the visitor, $50 you
paint miniatures. -Pearson's Weekly.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-21

10! she's awful. whenever she tries to
sing a sol q she simply murders It,"
But that's not the worst OF 1t. II shed
only murder 1t outright I wouldn't mind,
but she tortures It so ong ."-Philadelphia
Press.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-21

In the judgment Of Governor Fort,
the twenty-one county boards of
equalization have outlived their useful
ness and can be dispensed with. The
annual cost of salaries of these boards
is nearly 500, 900. They have been in
existence two years. and, having pro-
cured the equalization of assessed
values. their further existence is un-
necessary Governor Fort is opposed
to the voting machine as a hindrance
TO voting. BY the use of the machine
the voter cannot see how he is voting,
q right that belongs to him. 1t is
recommended that the people be given
the opportunity to say at the polls
whether they want or do not want the
voting machine, and that meanwhile
no additional machines be purchased.
The Governor recommends a civil
service law and jury reform.
Governor Fort favors the submission
10 the people OF the Judiciary amcnd-
ments drafted by q SPECIAL commission
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-21
Nntural suprosftion.

Little H~arold-Papa, did Solomon have
700 wives?
Papa-I believe he did, my son.
Little Harold-Was he the man Who said
'Give me liberty or give me death ?"-Chi-
cago News.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-21


There are other questions that Gov
ernor Fort will take up at an early
day in q message to the Legislature.
They include grants of riparian lands,
State aid for an inland waterway in
South Jersey, reduction of the num-
Der OF of State institutions,
an employers liability act and regulat-
ing contracts by boards of fr~eeholders. A
pledge thai must be fulfilled is hat the
primary and election avs shall be sim
plified.
In this inaugural address Governor
Fort strikes the keynote of his ad-
m~inistration, and much of the address
is upon entirely new and original lines.
There Is not a perfunctory word or a
platitude in the whole address. Every
word is studied and every sentence has
it's well-defined meaning. There is no
mere rhetoric. Governor Fort says he
means his address to be business
like" and it is par excellence a bust
ness-like utterance, backed with the
thought that comes of ripe knowledge
and experience and replete with mean
ings for the people and the Legisla-
ture to ponder we'll.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-21
GOVERNOR FORTS INAUGURAL.

Governor Forts inaugural address is
a striking state paper, refreshingly
original in its ideas and suggestions
and replete with interest for the peo-
pie of New Jersey. 1t will command
wide attention and comment outside
the State. It embodies in concise shape
the views of a practical and long-ex-
~perienced man in public affairs, and 1t
is prominently a presentation of
statesmanlike policy. In the main
there viii be universal agreement with
what tho new executive says. On
points that are in controversy, such as
the question of the excise, there will
by readers of the inaugural. which is
printed in full in the columns of the
STAR today.
All the important subjects treated
OF by Governor Fort in the late po-
liticaI campaign are consistently taken
up in this address in the same spirit
and with appropriate recommended
tons. The most prominent subject is
that OF the regulation of public util-
tiles. Governor Fort strongly favors
a bill for that purpose, its pro-
visions to include the fixing of rates,
subject to court review, and the regu-
lation of the output of stocks and
bonds. The present railroad commits
sion, being superffuous, should be abol-
ished n its powers and duties as
signed to the new commission. In the
same line of legislation a department
Of corporations. with a single commits
sioner, should, in the Judgment of the
Governor, be created to have certain
powers as to the issue of stocks and
bonds n to inspect books and pa
pers and, with the approval of the
encouragement, to take legal action
when necessary.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-21

Bill-It is said that Alexander the Great,
when on a campaign, ate the rations OF a
common soldier.
Jili-And did the poor soldier get moth
ing?-Yonkers Statesman.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-21

"And how can you be sure Of going to
heaven ?" asked the Sunday school teacher.
II guess" said little Tommy Wise, "the
best way would be to get pa to say we
couldn't. Then ma would take us there
or bust. That's how we got to the seashore
last ummer. "-Philadelphia Press.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-21
FROM STAR READERS

Anonymous communications cannot b.
printed. Except on political subjects the
names Of correspondents are not required for
publication, but as q guarantee OF good faith.
-Ed.1
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-21
I'M I
So Like.

Ascetic and gourmand are like, after al,
For sac has the very same aim;
Ones always forgetting the good things
of life,
The others for getting the same.
philadelphia Press.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-21
A candid Opinion

Bacon--Do you think we will ever have
Universal peace?
Egbert-I'm afraid not. There seems 10
be lust as many cooks and church choirs
IN the world as e~ver!-Yonkers Statesman.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-21
Defending the cat.

The cat does kill birds. It also makes
night hideous, at times. In Its condition
of unrestraint and multiplication 1t be-
comes a frequent nuisance. But in spite
Of all this the cat has its uses, n Its
friends are friends for more than senti-
menta' reasons. AS a pet the cat is by
many preferred to the dog, and in point
of usefulness it holds first position. The
plague of rats and mice is one from which
no civilized country Is free, and one
against which no anti-toxin has so far
been discovered. These vermin become
uncomfortable In stores Of all sorts, in mills
and in many houses. In most of these
places, especially where rats and mice
are. most numerous, the cat Is the only
preventive found effective to keep them
down. 1t does its necessary work well.
1t will have its defenders until some eff
ficient substitute is found.VNew Haven
Register.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-21

last year. He favors the pensioning of
judges for age or disability, after serv-
ing at least twenty-one years. He asks
that the power OF remova of State and
municipal statutory officers for cause
be vested In the Governor, and espe-
cially that he have power to remove
mayors of cities on charges of neglect
of duty. In the matter of legislation
the Governor strongly recommends
strict rules against the intrusion Of
lobbyists in the legislative chambers,
and he gives notice that he will sign
no bill that has not been placed in his
hands before adjournment, or within
five days thereafter.
The excise question, which figured
so prominently in the political cam
paign last year, is treated with great
candor as well as vigor. and 1t must
be affirmed that the views here ex-
pressed correspond generally with
those which were enunciated on the
political platform. Tho Governor will
veto any bill suggesting a modification
of the existing excise law as to Sunday
selling. Local option is a question Of
the future, upon which public senti-
ment has not yet been voiced. Cow
ernor Fort submits a number of propo-
sitions for more drastic legislation. He
would increase the minimum license
fec to at least $500; he would limit the
number of bars, and fix a closing hour
for each night; he would abolish
transfers; he would forbid the brewers
to establish saloons, or furnish money
for the purpose, or to make agents to
sell only their product; he would estab-
lish a board for the revocation of
licenses, this board to sit in all parts
of the State; he would have enacted a
provision that upon proof that any
LIQUID was sold or delivered on any
prohibited day it should be presumed to
be intoxicating liquor, and the burden
of proof to the contrary should be with
the defendant. Not more than n or
two saloons should be allowed on any
single block in a city. This part of the
address will be of especial interest TO
the multitude.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-21

Radical changes in the commission
system of the State government are rec
commended. The riparian and arbitra-
ton boards, now so utterly discredited,
should be abolished and a single COM
missioner be appointed to look after ri
parian affairs, subject to the Governor
and encouragement. The Board Of
Health and Sewerage Commission
should be consolidated, with a reorgani-
cation of the former nj a salaried
board. The Potable Water and Passaic
River Flood commissions should be
abolished and replaced by a department
of water, to consist of one commits
%sioner, or not more than three. The
various oyster commissions should be
consolidated into one department, with
a single salaried commissioner. AS
Governor Fort remarks, There are
other commissions needing modification
or abolition" and they will be consid-
cred later.
a ShPSilOo SNSlCil VI printing anu
issuing State reports has been a stand
ing reproach upon State government.
Governor Fort deals vigorously with
this crying abuse. He proposes that all
official reports shall be ln%telligently ed
tied, so as to excise all ~extraneous mat
ter intended to fatten the printers job,
and make the publication readable, with
summary and index, which are invaria-
bly, lacking. He recommends the Gre
alton of a commission to revise the
state reports, and points u that the
work done would not only make the re-
ports more creditable to the State, but
also make for economy in tn States
printing bill. 1t is recommended, also,
that a department Of accounts be in
stituted to examine and audit all public
accounts. and that a thorough system
of check and counter-check be estab-
lished for all departmental expenditures.
Governor Fort would create a depart
ment of motor vehicles, and believes
that a reasonable horsepower license fee
would derive for the State an income OF
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-21
views OF EDITORS 5.
our Record HI Cuha.

The world furnishes no parallel to
Americas lofty policy In dealing with
Cuba. From the day Mckinley summoned
the army and the feet to eject incompe-
tent Spain down to the present moment
there has been nothing selfish in the work
done by this country. Many good lives
and many millions OF money were spent
to give the Cubans a chance to rule them
selves. This is no day to spoil so splen-
did a record.
Hence the country will very generally
indorse President R~oosevelt's decision to
effect the earliest possible withdrawal OF
American troops, and to give the innapl-
tants a free and in governmental affairs
Philadelphia Press.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-21

1t is to be regretted that the young
member from Alabama again paTades his
Japanese bugaboo. Somehow he cannot
rid himself during the closed season OF
his Chautauquan extravagances. He even
undertakes the common intelligence. He
doubts IL the public Is advised OF the
numerical strength Of China and Japan.
Maybe he thinks the public is WI
of where those countries lie. And II, as
he says, we canno hope to win over
Japan on land, and her alliance with
Great Britain has destroyed our hope Of
winning on the water, what is all the
bother about? Why not make a bow to
Japan and respectfully ask her for terms
permitting us to live?
TIL jingoes are a little mixed. Strike
now. IS h cry of some. Anticipate
japan, and let's have it out as soon as
possible. But II we may believe Captain
Hobson, we are not only not in condition
to strike now, but shall not. be for years
not until the hundreds of millions he has
in mind have been invested and the ships
to show for them are in commission
Washington Star.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-21
As n Moral Example.

BY the remission of more than half Of
the indemnity that China had to pay to
his country on account Of the Boxer up
rising. the American government aban-
dons Its claim to about s13,000,00O, repre-
senting the excess over actual damage in
the original bill. Senator Lodge said that
technically we are entitled to the claim
that we surrender, but that on a broader
principle Of justice the act is one which
1t becomes the United States to perform.
The remission is described as IAN act OF
friendship" 1t is something better than
that, however; It is an act of generous
equity which cannot fail to have effec
as a moral example to the nations.-Bos'
ton Globe.
The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1908-01-21
iEnsIish the Language of Courts.

English the Language of Courts.
Although English has not superseded
French as the vehicle for the conduct
of diplomatic business, 1t is steadily pre-
vailing over French as the language used
in foreign courts and society. Even at
the court Of st. James French was spoken.
when German was not available, In pref
erence to English, up to the accession Of
George III. Since the accession of King
Edward English has been adopted as a
familiar language at many courts In
preference either to French or German.
Many monarchs are using English In in
tercourse with one another. The Car OF
Russia, for example, speaks English better
than German. and the German Emperor
speaks English better than French. So it.
Is natural that the two sovereigns should,
as they do, correspond in English.
King Edward, to whom so many social
and political phenomena in these days are
attributed. is credited with the progress
that England has made at foreign courts.
English speech and English ideas having
been introduced through the marriages Of
his numerous relatives, and especially those
belonging to the younger generation, to
Of foreign royalty.-Boston Globe.
The times and democrat. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1881-current, 1908-04-03

A tickling cough, from any cause,
is quickly stopped by DR. Shoops
Cough Cure. And it is so thoroughly
harmless and safe, that DR.. Shoop
tells mothers everywhere to give it
without hesitation, even to very
young babies. The wholesome green
leaves and tender STEMS or a lung
healing mountain shrub, furnish the
curative properties to Dr. Shops
Cough Cure. 1t calms the cough,
and heals the sore and sensitive bron
chlal membranes. No opiura, chloro-
form, nothing harsh used to in1ure
or suppress. Simply resinous plant
extract, that helps to heal aching
lungs. The Spandiards call This shrub
which the doctor uses, "The Sacred
Herb" Always demand Dr.. Shops
Cough Cure. Dr.. ]. G. Wannamaker
Mfg. Co.