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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-23
ORIGIN OF FASTING.

To the Editor of the Evening Star;
What is the origin of the practise of
religious fasting? M.
1.-THE origin is obscure. Herbert
Spencer collected a considerable body
of evidence to show that fasting may
have arisen out of the custom among
AVA peoples of providing refresh
ments for the dead. These offerings are
often made in so lavish a name as
necessarily to involve the survivors in
temporary starvation, and it is no I'M
common thing for a man to ruin him
self by a funeral feast.-Ed.1
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-23
LARGEST ARMY IN HISTORY.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
What is the largest army ever gath
cred together? R. K. H.
History tells of many large armies.
Minus and Semiramis are said to have
had armies amounting to two millions
of fighting men. The army of Xerxes
is sale to have been 1900 900 foot and
so, 900 horse.-Ed.]
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-23
DON'T BE A PIKER.

An individual of the Weary Willie
type was given ten cents by a philan-
thropic lady. who said. al she handed
him the money:
II am not giving you this because
you begged, but for my own pleasure"
"Oh, ma'am." replied the tramp,
"make 1t a quarter and thoroughly en-
10y yourself. Magazine.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-23

TT uNDREDs of letters are be-
ing received in answer to the
question which Mrs. jeremiah
Sheppard, of Bridgeton, had to
solve and solve instantly. Views
of readers will be published until
after the prize-winner has been
nounced.
Here Is the situation which con-
fronted Mrs. Sheppard: Her hus-
band was drawn under the water
by quicksands. She was standing
nearby in -four feet of water with
her 4-year-old boy on her shoulder.
To save her husband she would
have been compelled to drop the
boy. She held the boy, and her hus-
band drowned before her eyes.
What would you have done?
"A counter-question arises: What
would the father have done If con-
ditions were reversed? Certainly,
he would have sacrificed the child
to save the mother. But his mo-
tS 1 ivy Nphlb aNC bCCh
prompted by the greater loss to
him; whereas the mother. in her
unselfish love, looked to the help
less babe, and sought to save where
rescue was comparatively sure. Had
she gone to assist the father, I'M
doubtedly all three would have per-
ished; so il she reflected at all, it
must have been to consider the pos
sibility of saving two lives where
three would have had to be sacri-
feed" says Miss Rose insolvency,
of the College of St. Elizabeth, at
Convent Station.
"God alone urges on heroes and
heroines. They alone hear His voice
at the fatal moment. Mrs. Sheppard
need not regret her action. as what
was not accomplished ceased to be
a duty when she did what she
could" says Miss Lottie NJ. Jeffer-
son. of Al Borden avenue, West As
bury Park.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-23
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS

Russia the military expenditure or
Japan was less than $50, 600. 900. The
expenditure during the war from Oc-
tober. 1903, to May, 1905, amounted to
$500, 900, 900 for the army and 500, O00, 900
for the navy. Since hen the annual
military expenditure amounts to be-
tween $35, 00O. 900 and $40, 900, 900, but Is
increasing.-Ed.l
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-23
SEVENTH HEAVEN.

To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
What Is the explanation of the ex-
preston the seventh heaven of joy?"
L. C. +.
lin the Mohammedan religion there
are seven heavens, a a little finer
han the other, the seventh culminat-
ing in the supreme glory" 1t Is prob
ably in this hat the expression you
give has its source.-Ed.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-23
GREATER PERIL AVER TED.

The terrific electrical storm that visited South Jersey alta n early hour yes
terday did great damage, but saved hat section from infinitely greater damage
AN extraordinary drought prevailed. The crops We're burning up. n many hun
of square miles of forest were like finder The new foresta laws provide
fome safeguards from forest fires. but in a thoroughly dried n baked country
b fire once well started amid he cedars and pines wuld develop intoa con
to sweep resstessy over forest farm an village. That ws the
peril of South Jersey that "a ended yesterday by a copous downpour, accom-
panied by severe electrical discharges.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-23
! YOU SMOKE TOO MUCH.

The man who smokes ten-cent cigars.
Or two-fers, stogies or a pipe,
Who puffs inside the smoking cars
The smokestack's human prototype
perhaps that SMILES not right,
But pipe" has mona, too many
rhymes
Is apt to hear this day or night,
Till through his memory 1t chimes:
You smoke too much"
If he complains about his health
And says that his digestion's bad,
They drop the hint on him by stealth.
And for the opening are glad.
If he observes that times are hard
And that he cannot save enough,
With this remark they'll interlard
His constant rhythmic draw and puff!
You smoke too much"
1t gets so when he misses trains,
Or buys a suit that doesn't fit,
Or when his taste for drama wanes,
Or when he shows a caustic wit,
Or when his teeth begin to ache,
Some critic then is sure to shout
And this remark is what he'll mako:
You smoke too much"
No matter what the poor man does,
No matter what he doesn't do.
No matter what the poor man was.
Nor what hard luck he struggles
through,
If he should have ingrowing nails.
Or if his eyes are growing weak.
Or if his voice In singing fails,
Somebody else is sure to speak.
"You smoke too much"
Chicago Evening Post.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-23
IN KIpLING'S %"L'ENVOI."

To the Editor Of the Evening Star;
Where are the following lines to be
found?
And only the master shall praise us,
And only the master shall blame;
And no one shall work for money,
And no one shall work for fame;
But each for the JOY of working,
And each in his separate star;
Shall draw the thing as he sees it,
For the God of things as they are
READER.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-23
Sn 2\gMtsome MOOD
INITIATING PAPA.

A poor lady the other day FASTENED
to the nursery and said to her little
daughter:
Minnie. what do you mean by shout
ing and screaming? Play quietly, ike
Tommy. See, he doesn't make a sound
"Of course he doesn't" said the lit-
tie girl THAT is u game. He is
papa coming home late, and l am you"
-~Everybody's Magazine.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-23
THE OFFENSIVE wHIsKEY FLASK.

The whiskey flask on he railroad train is never a desirable feature fol. pas
senges generally. As a rue, the mn who carries a flask of whiskey in his
rocket is a man to be restrained. In Louisiana new law vests railroad train
men with the authority of public officers and requires them to arrest passengers
who exhibit TASKS of liquor. The La does not apply to beverages taken with
in dining cars. There is vastly more ems in that lw than in other
laws that are devised to place whole communities in moral strait jackets
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-23

8 If your husband were drowning
! and your only chance to save him
& lay In leaving your boy to the
s mercy of the sea, what would
s you do:
: The awful choice vas forced
I upon one New Jersey woman
s She had no time for reflection.
: Every IN meant life or
. death to either her son or her
+ husband. She solved 1t as best
{ she could. What would you have
< done?
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-23
II BOYS WHO eoU0HT N WAR,

Prosecutor Henry !. Nevius. of Monmouth County in his address to the
great Civil War that should be impressed or tn mind and memory of every
american. OF the soldiers who shouldered muskets to ave the Union $4,000
were not IA years old 25O00 were nc t16 years DID, and only 100000 Exceeded the
age Of 49,. The val al fought, o. both Sides practically by boys. There are
veterans of the raj today who have Ill the appearance and IL thu vigor of
comparatively young men. The hope of a nation, m its goodnight arm. arr its
xoxth 81 their teens
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-23

Americas shared of the wins in the big events Of the Olympic games in Lon
don is compensation for hi shabby treatment accorded by the English COM
mhtee having charge Of the affair. he American athletes were seriously
Handicapped not only by unfair rues and heats but also by the peculiar
weather, which Slapped thdr energies. The British athletes are accnmated. and
were mot affected by the weather conditions On a fair field, with no favors
Shown he American athletes would have practically Won all the principal COM
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-23
WHERE HE GOT 1T.

Mrs. Cullud-What o t'ink is de
mattah wild de boy, doctah?
D~octor-It's a case of chicken-poX.
Mrs. ~Cullud-You Missile, good-for-
nothin' Rastus; didn't l one tol o to
keep away FUN lat henhouse?-Boston
Transcript.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-23
PROPER CLASSIFICATION.

Dribbles-Why do you call Squibbs a
veteran humorist? He can't be more
than 25 years old.
Scribbles-Well, his jokes are in the
vetera class. just the same.-Chicago
News.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-07-23
BRITISH SPLINTERS.

Recruit-Please, sergeant, I've got a
splinter in my n
Sergeant-Instructor Wot yer been
dom? Strokin' yer ead?-Punch.
The Monticellonian., 1908-06-04

Issued the following general orders here:
 "In compliance with section ?. article 3, of the bylaws of the United confed crate Veterans organization. I hereby assume command. The staff of the late commanderin-chief is hereby continued as the staff of the present lieutenant general commanding, ard will be ebeyed and respected accordingly
 once more, in the mysterious dis pensation of an ali-wise God. the sur. viyors of the Confederate army are called upon to mourn the loss of great lead CT, in the person of commandcr-iH-ehie Of this federation. Gen. stephen D. Lee. lieutenant-general in the Confederate army, and the general commanding the United Confederate Veterans, breathed his last this morning at o'clock. in Nicksburg, Miss. after illness of week He was born in the city of Charleston, s. C., on Sept. 9. 1s3a. and had nearly reached his seventY-ffth birthday.
 He won the unique distinction of earning the highest commenlation in each arm of the service. a1l so great was the value placed on his aGiIitx by
The Monticellonian., 1908-06-04

the president of the Confederacy that in recommending his promotion from one arm to another, Mir. Davis expressed re- eret that he could not serve in both, as the position from which he was trans- fcrrel would feel the great loss of his presence.
 since the war, in addition to edu- eating the minds of the youth of the south, like his great namesale, he, as was the case with his predecessor. bent his efforts to healing the wounds left by the conflict, and there is something pe- culiarly touching in the fact that his death was brought about by his efforts in this direction.
 As citizen. with a character as pure as snow; as a Confederate soldier, with q record equal to the best; as husband. father and brother. measurin: up to all the requirements; a. an off cer and consistent member of the church, he lived a blameless life and has gone to his reward, universally loved, leaving behind his comrades"
The Monticellonian., 1908-06-04
Gen. Leos Body ls Laid to Rest.

Columbus. May 30.-Friendship cemetery. which has often in the past been the scene of outbursts of eleauenee and flights of impassion- ed oratery from the lips of Gen Steph- en D. Lee, commandsr-in-ch chief of the Confederate veterans, now contain all that is mortal of the great patriot and educator The body of the dead general arrived here from Vicksburg over the Mobile and Ohio Railroad at 5 o'clock Friday afternoon having been accompanied by members of the family and military escort of honor consisting of members Of the Vicks- burg company and staff of officers of Mississippi National Guard.
 The party was met at the depot by Isham Harrison Camp No. 27, United Confederate Veterans, Of which Gen. Lee was a member. the Columbus Ri flemen and large number of citizens. The procession proceeded to the family residence on North Seventh street, where the body lay in state until the hour for the funeral The camp as whole acted as guard of honor and watched the casket of their illustrious commander during the night Ii seemed to be the desire of the family 10 avoid ostentation as much as pos sible and the funeral took place at the family residence at o'clock Sat nrday afternoon.
 The funeral service was simple and impressive Rev ". A Hewitt, pas tor of the First Baptist church, of which Gen Lee has for a number of years been a prominent member, con dueted the ceremony and Gen. Glenn ent A. Evans, commandment of the Department of Tennessee. delivered an impassioned oration. Gen Evans delivered the oration over the body Of the late Gen John B. Gordon, and spoke with the same fervor and elo- quenee that characterized his address on that memorable occasion. The en- tire South was represented in the at tendance at the burial, and among the honorary and active pallbearers.
The Monticellonian., 1908-06-04
THE FIRST TASTE
Learned to Drink Coffee When .
 Baby.

If parents realized the fact that cof. fee contains a rug-caffeine-which is especially harmful to children, they would doubtless hesitate before giv- ing the babies coffee to drink.
 When l was child in my mothers arms and first began to nibble things at the table, mother used to give me sips of coffee. As my parents used coffee exclusively at meals I never knew there was anything to drink but coffee and water
 And so 1 contracted the coffee habit early l remember when quite young, the continual use of coffee so affected my parents that they tried roasting wheat and barley, then ground it in the coffee-mill, as a substitute for coffee.
 But it did not taste right and they went back to coffee again That was long before Postum was ever heard of. continued to use coffee until was 27. and when l got into office work, be- gan to have nervous spells. Especially after breakfast I was so nervous could scarcely attend to my corre- spondence.
 At night, after having coffee for supper, l could hardly sleep. and on rising in the morning would feel weak and nervous.
 "A friend persuaded me to try Post um. My wife and I did not like it at first, but later when boiled good and strong it was fine Now We would not give up Postum for the best coffee We ever tasted
 T can now get good sleep, am free from nervousness and headache recommend Postum to all coffee drink CTS.
 There's a Reason
 Name given by Postum Co.,. Battle Creek, Mich. Read The Road to We'll yille," in pkgs.
 Ever read the above letter? A new one appears from time to time. They are genuine, true, and full of human interest.
The Monticellonian., 1908-06-04
BOY BANDITS HOLD IP TRAIN
Leader, IS Years Old, Plans Job in Professional Style, and One Man Is Shot-eoys Arrested and
 Confess.

Great Falls. Mont.-The hold-Up Saturday night of the North-bound Great Northern train al the stock yards about a mile and half from this city was the work of three boys, who now occupy cells in the city jail.
 A fourth youth. who admits having assisted in the hod-up. but took no ac- tiYe part. is also a prisoner.
 The quartette have made complete confession 10 the police:
 The four bovs are:
 Albert Hatch. aged 15; William Ran. dal. aged 17 Harry Reams, aged 15. and George Creswell, aged l6.
 According 10 the story told by Ran dal1. Reams and Creswell. the hold tip was planned and carried out under the generalship of Hatch, youngest of the four who is said to have turn ed the switch, ordered the engineer to back up and to have gone through the passenger coaches with the con ductor forcing the latter at the point of gun to collect money from the passengers According 10 the other hoys it was also Hatch who shot Will liam Dempsey and narrowly missed shooting Conductor Jack Hayes.
 Beams states that Hatch after they had left the scene of the hold-up. pro posed that they cross the Sun river to the Montana Central Line and hold up passenger train No 256 from Butte which was dre in two or three hours.
 Because he demurred, Reams, states, drew his revolver and threat ened to kill him He was disuaded from the second attempt at train rob bery by the two youths who were with him
The Monticellonian., 1908-06-04
Jerome Wells. who killed John W.

Jerome Wells, who killed John w Baker several months ago. hanged himself in jail with balng wire some time Saturday night at Mountain Home He was charged with murder in the first degree. When the turnkey took the prisoners their breakfast Sun day morning he found Wells body hanging by a rope of wire, which he had taken from the stovepipe that il held up. and braided together. The body was cold when found. and il is thought that he committed the deed in the middle of the night.
The Monticellonian., 1908-06-04

and commanding the Mississippi dlvi.ion of United Confederate Veterans, at an early hour this forenoon, and was soon known throughout the city, and steps were immediately taken to get together an escort of honor from among the vet erans of this city to go to Vicksburg.
 Gen. Lowry communicated with Gov Noel as soon as possible and suggested that arrangements be made to have the body lie in state in the capitol here, and the Governor at once communicated with eX-Eieut Gov. Harrison, brotherin-law of Gen. Lee, who was at Nicksburg. This request, however, was declined by rela- tiyps
The Monticellonian., 1908-06-04
GORDON MAY SUCCEED LEE.
Is One of Three Being Considered for
 Honor

New Orleans. the greater part Of the day which witnessed the death of Gen. stephen D. Lee, command er-in-chief of the United Confederate Veterans, has been given up to mourn ing throughout the entire South, the close approach of the Birmingham re- union has made it imperative in the minds of many at the headquarters of the veterans here that the choosing of Gen. Lees successor should now be dis cussei.
 So far but three names have been con sidered as possibilities. These are Gen. w. A. Cabel of Dallas, Texas, command ing the Mississippi department of the United Confederate Veterans, and since the death of Gen. Lee, the lieu tenant-scneral commanding the orgsniza- tion; Gen Clement A. Evans of Atlanta. Ga. commanding the Army of Tennessee department, and Gen. George W. Cor don of Tennessee commanding the Ten nessec division of the United Genfeder- ate Veterans.
 All three of these officers held the rank Of brigadier-ggueral in the toafed- crate army, and according to precedence in commission ranked in the foregoing order.
 Since the death ot Gen. Lee tEere are still living two officers who held com missions as Acknowledgements in the Confederate army. These are Gen. Alex ander P. Stewart of Tennessee and Gen. simon Bolivar Buckner of Kentucky. Neither Gen. Stewart nor ten. Buckner have been able to participate actively iH the reunions and affairs of the United Confederate Veterans as Gens. Cabell, Evans and Gordon. and are nat regard. ed as possible candidates at the repn'oa in Birmingham ii June.
The Monticellonian., 1908-06-04
 Sctf-Deni3I.

Margie Is six years old and her fam family are Presbyterians. Some of Margie's little friends are Episco- palians, and Margie was much inn pressed with their Lenten sacrifices. On Ash Wednesday she announced that she would eat no candy for 40 days. few hours later saw Margie with large peppermint stick.
 Why, Margie," said her friend, 'I thought you had given up candy for Lent"
 T did mean to-" admitted Margie. but I've changed my mind. I'm giv. Ing up profane language. ."-Montreal Herald
The Monticellonian., 1908-06-04
labor.Savina Device.

"Yes. siree. said the freckled lad proudly. my dad genius. he is."
 That so?h responded the weary coffee-mill agent.
 Wall, l should say so Dad noticed that every time the old hound came around Sunday mornings he began wagging his stumpy tail"
 Anything unusual in that, sonny"
 No, not for the hound, mister, but dad got up the idea of attaching a shoe brush and whisk broom to Bowser's tail. Now when dad is ready to go to meetin his shoes are shined and the legs of his trousers are dust ed without his moving finger By goshi Dads got as much brains as a turin diplomat"
The Monticellonian., 1908-06-04
ENTIRE STATE MOURNS.
Official Orders for Mississippi U. C. V.
 Are Issued

Jackson, Miss.-This has becn a sad day for Nlississippians and not since that December day in isS9, when the new. of the death of Jefferson Davis in New Orleans was flashed over the wires. have the hearts of the people hung heavier or the spirits of the people seemed more subdued. The news of the death of Gen. stephen D. Lee at Nicks- burg this morning was communicated to Mai Gen. Robert Lowry. exGovernor
The Monticellonian., 1908-06-04

with the south, to whose cause he of tered his heart and lis sword lie was one of the two officers sent by Gen. Beauregard to demand the surrender of Faft >umnter. and when the order was refused commanded the nearest water battery to open fire.
 He was captain in Hampton's Le- gioa. where he served until November, 1sGf, when he was commissioned as ma ior af artillery. and in 1S62 was appoint cd as lieutenant colonel and gained dis tinetion at Seven Pines and in the bat ties of the Wilderness. At the opening af the Pope campaign in 1862 he was promoted to a eoloneley, and served dur ing that campaign, and afterwards at sharpsbure.
 Made Brigadier-General.
 In the fall of 1862 he was appointed a bfisadier-4eneral by President Davis. and was assigned to duty in the western division of the Confederacy and was en- gagged in all the campaigns and move ments that preceded the investment and fall of Nie}lsburg After the surrender at Nieksburg he was paroled and after wards exchanged, and in the latter part of 1s63 was made a malor-general and the following year leutenant-general, and was given command of the depart ment of Mississippi, Alabama, Tennes- see and Eastern Louisiana, and at the close of the Civil War was campaigning in North Carolina.
 Gen Lee served as president of the Mississippi Agricultural and Mechanical College from 1ss0 to 1899 and retired from that position upon being commis- stoned by President Mckinley as d mem Der of the ,icksburg National Military Park commission. since which time he had led a busy and active life in his work of love i'll connection with the per lection of that great park system, of which he was one of the founders and originators.
 He commanded the Mississippi division, United Confederate Veterans, for sey- eral years. until his selection to be lieu tenant-gcneral of the Department of the East. He was second in rank of the surviving generals of the Con federacy Ut the death of Gen. John B. Gordon and the leadership of the gen eral organization devolyed on him, as Gen. \. P. stewart, his senior, was un- able, from the weight of years and Il, 1,,Hr l,, ership.
 He leaves one son, Blewett Lee, a practieing attorney and a member of the legal staff of the Illinois Central rail road, with home at Chicago, and a brother-in-law, Hon. James I. Harrison of Columbus, Miss.
The Monticellonian., 1908-06-04
Eighteen Destroyed; Village Dot Eighteen Drowned; Village Destroyed

City of MeXico.-Accordng to a special dispatch received Sunday, floods have wrought great damage in the neighborhood of Paehula during the past two days
 Eighteen people are said to have been drowned and the village of Pa ehula entirely wiped out of existence.
 Up to the time of the sending of the dispatch three bodies had been recov- cred. that of man. a four months-old baby girl and woman, all uEiden- tifled.