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The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1908-08-15
A Welcome Relief.

well, I'm glad Georgia and Ala
bama and the rest of those southe -
states have gone dry" u
why? Are you an advocate of
temperance?
Not exactly: but after this there
will be no reason to mix Maine up
with all the prohibition jokes."-Chi
cago Record Herald.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1908-08-15
still Life.

Il consider this painting a beauti
full piece OF work." commented the art
dealer. IT'S dog after Landseer."
rs that sol" exclaimed Neurich.
We'll, the purp doesn't seem to be
going after him very industriously."
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1908-08-15

Jones-IS that your wife on . b.
cycle?
Brown-It is.
Jones-I thought you said you would
never permit her to ride one.
Brown don't permit it, but what
difference do you suppose that makes
to her?
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1908-08-15

John f. Wilkie, chief OF the secret
service division of the United States gov
eminent has not only upheld the high
traditions of that very responsible post.
but has won special laurels by his per-
sonai success in several big cases. lie
was born In Elgin. Ill, At years ago, and
before accepting the headship of the
secret service had made an enviabie rep
uation working journalist. While
connected with the Chicago newspapers
he made a specially OF criminal inyesu-
cation which probably accounts in part
FOR his unusual success a detective.
During the Spanish American war he or
ganized a special emergency force of men
to checkmate Spanish spies in this coun-
try. As consequence he succeeded IN
arrestirg their best spies and driving
most of the others OFF the soil OF the
United States
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1908-08-15
Absent-Minded,

Aforementioned,
1.-THE sexton Of our church must be
getting absent-minded,"
Why"
Yesterday he passed the collection,
plate at q funeral"
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1908-08-15

Wealthy Engraver In
serfs "Ad'' in Paper
and Then, "Finds"
Bogus Notes in Depot
That Gezv Proves
His Downfall and
Establishes Case
Against Him
Wealthy Friends to
His Aid.
The Idaho Springs siftings-news. (Idaho Springs, Colo.) 1905-19??, 1908-08-15

Many Thousands of
Dollars Worth of
Spurious Bills Are
"KHed'' by Clever
Culprit
Had Every Track
Covered by One Ruse
or Another.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-07

HERE is a homdy phrase, not very elegant, ut expressive n drather
frequently used, known a flying off the handle" W. may not know
- the origin of the phrase or it's literal meaning, but W re- all know the act
it describes AM its consequences. ##4##@@
1t is safe to say that there are of us without friends o relatives or
acquaintances who are o given to flying o h handle". 1t may be barely
possible that We are not exempt from he faut ourselves. u its a bad bui-
ness-this flying off the handle'-for nine times If ten it makes the flyer"
ridiculous. 4&&
We know the woman who "fes off the handle" every lime she gets her
She always finds articles charged which she is perfectly surew were never
purchased. She means to go dow ato ncea n tell them what she hnk of
N their bunders" It's carelessness, or. she hints worse. 1t would be
Just ike tat mean mar, with An income OF half a milion a year., to rim in a
pancake turner or a yard of cambria on her bill" ~t
w' So she swarms down on the rencarnated Job a the complaint desk with
her that the cambria ws ordered by her dr@smaker. and thu pancake turner
Vas a legitimate charge made by som member Of thu family.
There is the oma who gives III telephone girl the wrong number I'M
flies off the handle because she gets what se asked for, The absent-minded
lady who wHhes the conductor when he tres to collect a fare which she insists
she las paid until he proves by surrounding passengers that he has collected no
fares at all. E#
One of the most tresome OF persons is the nan who is always aging o the
handle" says a writer in the Philadelphia Press If he is joshed or stepped on
he is sure it Is Intentional and a wordy ROY ensues The IN of a cal journey
means al alteration with the cabman, whom he is sure is cheating on distance
He is always convinced that the waiter las made a misakei in hhsb bill argues
the matter With him before making sure of he fact
the end. He nus retract his positive statements or seem still more ridiculous
Therefore when lie is ct actively engaged in quarrenng with somebody he is
equally busy in apologzing for having lone 10
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-07
ANSWERS TOCORRESPONDENTS

United States in the last presidential
election. The only possible approach
we can get to the number is to compare
the population of voting age as given
by the last census with the number of
actual voters in that election and then
guess at the matter of how nearly the
proportion was Appropriated among
the negro voters.
There were in 1900 2.o65.o 0 negro
males of voting age and 19.0S6, 600
whites. Of the latter more than 6,0oo,0oO
were foreign born. The number Of
votes cast in the election of 1904 was
approximately 49, SOC, 900. which is about
Ga per cent. of the voting population Of
four years previous am unable to
ascertain. Of course. how large a pro-
portion of the negroes voted, but II is
natural to assume that 1t was smaller
than the proportion Of native-born
whites. This assumption Is strength
ened by the fact that the number Of
votes cast per thousand inhabitants
was very much smaller in Southern
cities thai in the cities Of the rest
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-07
A NEW ATTORNEY GENERAL.

Former Supreme Court Justice Bennett vanasycke, who is mentioned IS a
possible successor to Robert H. McCarer as attorney gcneraI is n of the best
equipped an most learned lawyers In New Jersey. HI served four terms, from
1859 to 1890, on thu Supreme bench, an resigned or account of temporary i'll
health. Mr.. Van Syckel "a n of the two eminent counsel called in by the
encouragement to prosecute the claim of the State % equity in he property Of
the Morris canal and he is still engaged in that case. Born in 1880, Mr. Van
sycke is rs yearso old, and his age might preclude his appointment although he
is possessed of remarkable physical vigor and is mentally a able as he vas in
his prime. Mr.. Van Syckl las never engaged In politics. but is understood to
70 IN ole -Ine Democrat. The Office OF attorney general of New Jersey has in
the lastte years. ecome a highly important department of the State govern
rnent In former years a lawyer could occupy the office and not neglect his
private practise The work of the attorney general las now become so exacting
that it is not possible o do full justice to Its duties without neglect of private
affairs. The salary is $1,000 a year. Mr.. McCater resigns because his official
work actually serves to reduce his annual income. The creation of great public
cations in municipal government and the incorporation oil many largely capt.
tanzede enterprises have put much work and labor upon tn States legal depart
McCarter f Aa@ s&# eHs5 %W
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-07

Of the country, but this is the only In
dication that I have been able to OBJ
serve. 1t must be remembered, how
ever, that a large part Of the 5000, 600
foreign-born males of voting G would
be ineligible owing to the fact that
they have not been naturalized. If we
assume. for instance, that IS per cent.
Of the negroes of voting age actually
cast their ballots, the number voting
would nave been approximately 1,100,
900. but this Is as near as I can get
to a definite answer to your question:
Ed
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-07

It was calculated by NH organs managers that he would secure a plurality
of ten thousand in the townships and that this would overcome n possible
plurality for arigan n Newark. If he had attained that plurality he would
still rave been about VIC thousand short of n election. But the county gave
him only 725s. and the city gave Harigan 121s4, which made a plurality o. 4S7s
exist among many of Mr. organs supporters in the townships namely, that the
city of Newark Is not lesnimatey a part of Essex county. The fctt that the
city as the great bulk OF the cost of the county government and institutions
and is he county set would appear to entnde it to its say in the choice of a
county or legislative officer ~ -
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-07
CARS ON EIGHTEHN-HoUR TRAIN.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
What number of cars are on the
s~ixteen-hour train from New York to
Chicago. A says only three, B says
from I to 9. CLIFFORD.
[You probably mean the eighteen
hour train from New York, which Is
sixteen hours from Philadelphia. The
train consists of an engine and four
cars from Jersey City to Chicago and
an additional dining car from Jersey
City to Altoona.-Ed.] s
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-07
THE GOVERNORS APPOINTMENTS.

New Jerseys Governor has a larger official patronage han n other States
chief executive, and it constitutes his great prop Of power. When the patronage
is exhausted in the last yearo his term the prov colapses and the Governor is
into office with the largest patronage of any Governor of this State. He I'M
prudently ent the great bulk of his first year appointments o the Senate at the
beginning of the session, and to that extern sacrificed his influence in the Legis
latures Probably thu appointments at the next Legislative session will not be
made as early Altogether the Governors appontees next winter will number
abouto m hundred nd twenty five, exclusive of any new positions to be created
And 1t goes without aging that the chief political Interest," in III appointments
will be that Of a successor 10 the Hon, David Baird president Of the State board
OF Assessors 4M@
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-07

/ IN RIPPING GOOD HUMOR /
f BY SAM IELLMAN. !
PROSPERITY.

Bring me my dinner pail,
Fill 1t to the top;
Hurry, wiley. hurry up.
I haven't time to stop;
The whistles are ~a-blowing,
OF work there is no lack;
We've got TO keep a-hustling
For prosperity Is back.
Tn very tired, WHEY,
Twas overtime today. =.
They sure kept us a-going.
But here's. the extra pay.
I'm mighty weary, mother,
But I don't care a crack;
We've sent, the wolf a-chasing
And prosperity is back.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-07

Since the erection Of the present Free Public Library building the library
has had a wonderful growth and extension Of its facilities and field Of useful
ness Last year s2ssN volumes were borrowed. and the circulation has shown
a large and steady annual increase inc 1900 when the new building vas occu-
pied. The collection has been as steadily added TO- In 1902 the library put e122
volumes OF ns catalogue. In 1907 the number OF 1888 was added, and the col
now exceeds 100000 volumes In 1909 there were n o branches, where in
1907 there we're SIX The fifteen branch school libraries with 1887 volumes In
1902 have expanded into 1872 libraries With 1858 volumes In 1902 there were
twenty nine entries for HI distribution Of books Last year there were 44
Among the library agencies are twenty-one frenen's n police libraries three
factory libraries threed department store libraries a postonce library, fourteen
travelling libraries and ter deposit stations. The various departments of the
library, especially that for h schools are admirably organized The art depart
ment is hi germ Of Newarks future academy. The work of the Newark Free
Library lis sc modesty and inconspicuously one that few citzenst AXE my note
of 1t Or mark the great progress the library has made since it was: established
in its present home. 49, trt. Nfrtt = -7&s# $50
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-07
THE PEOPLE KNOW HOW TO cHoost.

shrievany Candidate Connolly, of Hudson county, who was defeated by a
plurality Of more than thrteent thousand while Taft carried Hudson by moret than
two Thousand has not made a whimper. He throws nut n hints Of treachery.
The same cause separated t. defeat Connolly in Hudson an Morgan In Essex-
ran about $1,000 behind his ticket in Essex. Connolly ran about sixteen
thousand behind Taft in Hudson The Republican candidate in Mercer vas op-
posed on h SAL grounds taken against TIL candidates. OF Morgan I'M ION
nelly, n b h esame influences i'd he was selected. The people are perfectly
Capable of understanding and administering their public affairs, Guiding the
selection of their public servants. They need no moral coaching,
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-07
NEGRO VOTE.

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
What was the negro vote at the last
presidential election? G. p. :
IAN authority says: 8 far as !
know. there is no reliable information
in regard to the negro vote in the
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-07
NONE AT ALL.

Now that we know just what STALL
ings is goiNg to do, there's absolutely
no reason why we can't get in the
winters supply of coal.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-07
SEX POPULATION.


To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
Does the population of women in the
United States exceed that of men?
F. A. r.
[According to the figures of the last
census there were in the United States
80, 059, 242 males and 1924. las females
the males outnumbering the females by
1,S15, 097.-Ed.J
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-07

The New Jersey Supreme Court Is to decide a question that is OF wide in
terest, namely whether parents are justified in law Yin refusing medical attend
nc for their children In sickness and relying solely OF their peculiar religious
tended that a person who sees At to be guided by the Bible MAJ rely IN the power
OF God to heal sickness ad be within his rights under the Constitution OF the
stat.c claiming that n a case of this charact it a only necessary to show a
clear conscience and a bona fde belief On the other hand, It was conended
that medical attendance vas m Of the necessarhs a parent vas morally bound
to furnish a minor child. and that the argument about faith in thu divine power
Nigh do IN he case Of a person capable of judgment nut not in he case of a
minors child, which vas not sc capable, and h vas subject entirely to the will
Or within Of the parent The Stat aw recognizes medical science. an licenses
Its practitioner. It does not recognize Christian Science pacises. The law
defines h rights Of children as against their parents, holding the latter to GER
tain morale OBLIGATIONS. Te State Supreme Court is to determine the rights of a
child when i'll to tn benefit of the science which the la says is he only proper
curative means.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-07
THE D DOG.

Archie is fairly going crazy over his
new automobile"
That's strange. Every time I've
seen him he has been going crazy I'M
der It," -
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-07
H OUTLOOK.

No more will Teddy send out letters
That are strong and piping hot.
But we'll get them reading this way
I'VE regret your story's not"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-07
THAT AFRICAN HUNT

No, Roland, Roosevelt is to get q
dollar a word, not a dollar a lion.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-07
WISE YOUTH.

II want to marry our daughter"
Can you-" s ~
Yes, sir. I can afford to pay SUBJ
stantial allmony."
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-07

Waiter" shouted the irate diner, IT
ordered soft boiled eggs, not chicken
or: the half she'll"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-07
R. E. MORSE.

A rolling stone gathers 10 moss. but
that's no sign that Morse won't be
rolling stones pretty o ns
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-07
HOW IT ORIGINATED.

I'm sure down to bed rock" solilo-
quized Jacob, as he pillowed his head
on a stone in the desert. g sfsf'
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-07
THE POET OF WINTER.
Give to me the snowstorm,

Give to me the snowstorm,
Let me nave the cold.
Warmth Is for the weaklings,
The decrepit and the old.
Having finished this quatrain, tn
poet went downstairs and raised tn
deuce with the landlady because Their
wasn't enough steam in the radiator.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-07
SAN JUAN HILL.

Does this my policies" business COM
pei Mr.. Ttaft to continue posing as ..'the
Hero of San Juan Hil1?"-Evening
Telegram.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-07
TAET,S RELIGION.

TO .the Editor OF the Evening SVaf.
Is William H. TAFT an infidel?{
e. S. *.
mo, he is a member of the Unitarian
Church, which is a far cry from being
an infidel.-Ed.J
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-07
THE VERY WAY.

Niggs-Were the inmates of the deaf
and dumb asylum pleased with their
excursion?
Noggs-They were speeches. with
gratitude.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-07
IT'S ALWAYS WAITING.

PA, what's ready money!"
THE kind the mar who offers some-
thing for nothing generally takes away
with him in barrels"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-07
VERrTAS.

The status quo remains intact,
The locus quo Is right. 4.
The absque dictum can't be beat
With the quid pro quo In sight.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-07
THE POLITICAL GAMUT.

I.
Aspiration.
II.
Nomination,
III.
Condemnation.
w.
Elimination.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-07
COVER DESIGNS.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Are the cover designs OF the various
magazines colored by the printers or
by the artist who draws them?
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-07
A BASE INSULATION.

A man in Detroit got a divorce from
his wife because she belonged to a
baseball team. She probably didn't
make enough home runs.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-07

1.-THE original designs are colored> by
the artist. but the reproductions are.
made by a lithographing process.-Ed,l
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-11-07
"FLYlNG OFF THE HANDLE''
NOT A WOMAN'S MONOPOLY
.%Preachment on Lack of Self control Which Makes Verbal Swapping
Turtles Out Of Many Of Both Sexes.

~ HERE is a homey phrase, 10 very elegant, but expressive and rathe
frequently used, known as flying off the handle" We may nt know
- the origin of the phrase. OF Its literal meaning, but we Ill know the &C
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-03-12
was among

death came to mis- rather. Besides the
governor, the senator left his wife,
another son, Redficld Proctor Jr., and
a daughter, Miss Emily d. Proctor.
After appointing a committee to es'
Cort the body of the late Senator Proc,
tor to Vermont and adopting a reso'
hutton of regret for his death, the
senate Thursday, as further mark
of respect, adjourned for the day af'
ter session of seven minutes. The
committee appointed consists of Sen
ators Dillingham;, Daniel Gallinger
Perkins, Taliafero, Overman and Hem
enway.
Notice of the death was officially
conveyed to the house by one of the
clerks of the senate. Resolutions OF
regret were unanimously adopted and
the speaker announced the following
committee to represent the house at
the funeral: Messrs. Foster and Has
kins, Vermont; Parker, New Jersey;
Littlefield, Maine; Lamb, Virginia, and
SIayden. Texas AS a further mark
of respect the house at 1872 p. m
adjourned.
Senator Proctor was born in Proc
torsville, VT, June /, 1881. He was
graduated from Dartmouth college and
the Albany Law school. He became q
colonel in the civil war After the
war he entered the marble business
and controlled the largest marble in
tcrests in the world. He recently ac
quired the celebrated Carrara marble
quarries of Italy at a cost of $4,000,
600. He was governor of Vermont
from 1878 to 1880 and secretary Of
war under President Harrison.
Gov Proctor is mentioned is a prob
able successor
Proctor. Vt.-The funeral Of the late
Senator Redtield Proctor was held il
the Proctor Urion church here Friday
Immediately after the arrival of the
two speciaI trains that brought the
funeral party FROM Washington.
The Greenville journal. [volume] (Greenville, Ohio) 1850-1918, 1908-03-12
THROATS OF THE WAUDENS
WERE sLAsAED BY THE 0EsPER'
ATE LIFE coNVICTs
Before One of the OFFICERS Could Shoos
Down His Assailants-Escape
Was Planned.

Deer Lodge, Mont, March 9-War'
den Frank Conley, of the Montana
state penitentiary, was dangerously
wounded and Assistant Warden Jonn
Robinson was killed, when three nte
convicts, George Rock, w. H. Hayes
and another whose name is not given
made a dash for liberty. Robinson S
throat was cut from ear to ear, ana
the jugular vein was severed. Conley S
throat was gashed, and he was stab
bed several times in the shoulder ana
groin before he was able to draw MS
revolver and shoot two of his assall
ants down. Convicts Hayes and ROCK
were both shot down by COnley after
the latter had been wounded 1t is
believed that the warden will re-
cover.
The attack and attempted escape,
according to the prison authorities,
had been long planned by Rock and
Hayes, who were cellmates. Both were
armed with penknives, the blades oil
which were sharpened like razors.
The three convlcts were brought tC
the Office of the prison in the court
yard by Deputy Warden Robinson TO
be tried for some trivial infraction OF
the rules and, Conley was waiting to
sit in Judgment. Hayes had for sew
eral months been a ''trusty' and had
been given the position as turnkey. he
had been placed in the same cell with
Rock because the authorities believed
he would watch the latter, who had
been regarded as a most desperate
convict.
The moment the men entered the
| office door Rock turned swiftly upon
Robinson, who was closing the door
and. quickly drawing a knife, he be-
gan slashing at the Wardens throat.
| Tie deputy sank to the floor dying. Al
the same moment that Rock attacked
Robinson, Hayes drew a knife and
started for Conley. The latter re
treated to the rear of the Office but
before he could draw his revolver
Hayes had slashed his throat. The
convict, seeing his intended victim get
ting away, grappled with him and stab
bed him several times in the shoulder
and the groin. Although bleeding ter
libly, Conley managed to draw his gu1
from his pocket and fired four times
with the weapon pressed against
Hayes abdomen. AS Hayes sank tG
the floor Rock rushed at Conley who
cmpted the remaining cartridges
into Rock and the latter also Went
down.
The third convict who had been call
ed to the office took TO his heels at the
first of the battle, but was quickly cap
tured. The authorities refused to give
out his name until they have investi
gated whether he was concerned lr
the plot or had merely been called e
the Office at the same time as tn
other two.
How the convicts, Hayes and Rock
secured possession Cf.the knives is q
mystery. 1t is believed that the infrac
ton of the rules had been planned IN
order to reach the warden's office
where they would have more chance II
making a dash for liberty.
Rock was shot through the lungs
twice and Hayes three times through
the abdomen. Both are badly wound
cd, but it is believed they will recover