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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-05
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 5. 1908.
GUARANTEEING WILDCAT BANKING.

okahomas hopeful plan of taxing all The banks ito create a guarantee hd
To protect depostors of BADLY Or dishonesty managed banks IRON loss mas
urowd abortUe as to national banks. Acknowledgement Bonararte having rem
dereda an opinion that the plan is mpractcabe, because it is Illegal h okHa-
hom pan creates a State banking board and requires thisb body to levy uph
he capital stock of each and every bank existing under the laws oil the state
81 pr cent tax OF each banks day average Of deposits" his assessment 1t
Il. proposed. shall constitute what is designated "a depositors' guarantee n
In addition to he tx on deposits. assessments. if necessary, my be levied on
thu capital stock of hi banks. The assumption Is That when some one paN
or a number of banks operating under tn provisions of the law g to smash
the depostors will be paid nut of the fund created ron taxing al the BANKS
hi is virtually a tax Oh the honest M Competent to enable the dshoheSt aHu
...u,oto TO- q bnkino business 1t axes way III safeguards from bank
In The risks of speculative or crooked banking under this plan ire move
from the managers of a ruined bank and placed pom he stockholders Of Other
wen-conduced banks. The effect Of Auorney-General Bonapartes opinion Is
to relieve te national banks in Oklahoma from compliance withth he State law,
and that means the collapse of the guarantee fund plan.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-05
POWER OF THE HEART.

To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
What is the working power Of the
human heart in terms of mechanics?
c.. B.
1.-THE weight of the blood expelled at
each contraction of the left ventricle of
the heart Is about four ounces. Tho
multiplication of this number givesAus
PA foot-pounds-that is, a force capable
of raising that number of pounds one
foot high-as the work performed at
each contraction of the left ventricle.
In an adult person in good health there
are performed some seventy-ive such
contractions per minute. Adding the
work don by the right ventricle, which
is about one-third that of the left, We
find that the force expended by the
human heart in twenty-four hours
would suffice to raise 100 on weight
one foot high.-Ed.1
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-05

IfkILE Oh AlU MdS OllcItu by
IA THE EVENING STAR for
the best solution to the prob
lem Today the winner is IN
nounced.
Instead of hundreds of answers
being received, as had been antici-
pated, thousands poured in. On ac-
count of the great interest displayed
in the contest, the time of making
the award was heightened. Only a
small fraction of the replies We're
printed. Had all been printed, the
whole paper for several issues would
have contained only the answers to
the narrowing question.
A careful canvass of all replies
was made and the prize-winner
finally decided upon is Joseph A. G.
Baudermann. of 260 Littleton ave-
nue., who submitted the following
letter on July %:
Exerting Its influence I'm this
world In n mighty power 1--WE may
call ID God, nature or destiny
which ImpeIs the mind and soul of
mnn to such thought and action as
will ultimately elevate h human
race to the hig hest possible state
OF perfection. Each generation
transmits to the following one the
accumulated knowledge and en-
Iightenment of h past. This I'M
mutable law of transmission and
progress has endured for ages,
therefore. let no one oppose that
power and to preserve the old sac
rifice the new.
Mr.. Baudermann's letter was
published in the issue of July 81.
The question was one suggested
by the unfortunate plight of a
Bridgeton Mrs. jeremiah
Sheppard. While she and her hus-
band. with their child, were bath
ing in the ocean near Egg Harbor,
the small boat they had used drift
ed with a rising tide from h sand
bar, where it had been drawn up.
The husband went after it, but
stepped upon quicksand and was
drawn down to his death. Mrs.
Sheppard, holding her 4-year-old
boy Upon her shoulders, watched
him drown. To save him it would
have been necessary to throw the
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-05
ANSWERS TO
CORRESPONDENTS.
THE FIRST REPORTER.
FTFT+TFETTE

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Who has the distinction of having
been the worlds first reporter?
Fl. w. B.
[The modern reporter hanks back to
the reign of Queen Anne, and to the
unknown scribe who attempted to tell
the public the secrets of her Parliament.
He had a hard time of 1t, for the Par
lament wished to keep its secrets to
itself. In 1928 an order was passed
that it is an indignity to, and a
breach of, the privileges of this House
for any person to presume to give, In
written or printed newspapers, any ac-
count or minute of the debates or pro-
ceedings; that upon discovery of the
authors, printers or publishers of any
such newspaper this House will proceed
against the offenders with the utmost
severity. This was reversed in 1772 in
the famous Wilkes case.-Ed.1
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-05
A TRUE LEADER OF LABOR.

John Mitchell, former president of he United fine Workers, who made
such a splendid fight or the miners a few years 81 could nav mac the emo
cratic nomination for Vice-President if he had cared to accept ii. ut Mr..
Mitchell has never been in politics. and doesn't propose to get in. He % says
he will take no part in the presidential campaign, except IN to vote as a ciE
would be well if all men who are placed in a position to represent industrial
masses OF men in industrial affairs were like him. The sam remark would
apply to employers of labor, 20 the heads IF religious and fraernal organiza-
tons n all other on political interests. If men voted in elections not on the
general principles OF the great political parties nut as abor men,, Or church
men, or fraternity men,, or according to som other affiliations election results
woud be utterly illogical n representative government would De absurd. 1t
couldn't endure.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-05
Husband and Son: If They Were Dreaming Which
Would You Rescue? Here Is the Prize Anszuer

boy into deep water. She preferred
to take no chances, but saved the
boy.
BY an overwhelming majority,
readers of THE EVENING STAR
declare they would. under the same
circumstances, Save the boy. Mar
ried folks especially, mothers, wives
and husbands, declare they would
save the boy. Single and
single men believe the man should
have the preference.
Eliminating doubtful answers, a
tabulation of replies has been made
by THE EVENING STAR, show
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-05

stitution as coach for cross-coun
try runners for several years. He
has an athletic record of which
anyone might be proud, and shows
many handsome medals as proof of
his ability as an athlete. Among
them is the junior championship in
the half-mile race in the Irish
American games won three years
ago.
1.-THE true mother would save her
child. no matter how dearly she
loved her husband: and the true
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husband would understand why.
The maternal instinct implanted
in the female by God is paramount.
The stronger and deaSer she loved
her husband. the surer would she
sacrifice him for her offspring. That
is the essence of her boundless affec-
tion.'-George Morningstein, 139 Elm
street.
James Joseph, of 2 Bloomfield
avenue, writes: For my part 1
think that a oma should save her
husband because he is her main
support"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-05

sheriff, the Mayor and the hef of police nave all frankly told the State x-
probers that he Bishops la cannot be enforced there for the
reason that 95 per cet of the people are opposed to Sunday closing, what
remains to be done? Fortunately Governor Folk, of Missouri who has the repu-
tation of a radical reformer has shown the way here Therei is the same kind
of trouble in St Louis county, Missouri The people of the county, or an
overwhelming majority, don't believe in a tght-shut Sunday, n the State
lay is regarde Grand jmes won't indnt pet jues won't convict n
the county and municipal authorities are in sympathy with the people. So
Governor Folk has given orders to the brgadhr- general in command of the
National Guard of Missouri to call nut the First Regiment for Saturday and
SUNDAY and garrison the city Of st Louis. Civil lay having failed, military
la has been invoked If a similar courseis to be adopted in New Jersey,
nt Atlantic City alone, but Newark Jersey City, Paterson, Hoboken and
Elizabeth. and even Trenton and Camden, should De occupied by troops, with
deachments in Orange, Bayonne, Cape May and other towns. This
o call n requistion h entire National Guard of New Jersey If thereis
ny other way to enforce a Law confessedy so generally violated. Governor
Folk has lot discovered it. and it has lot been pointed out in this State
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-05
THE RURAL WAY.

Mrs. Hayrick Cat the village post
office)-I was expecting a postal card
from my mother-in-law saying what
day she was coming down to visit me.
Village Postmaster (absently)-She'll
be down on Wednesday. Why, er-er-
here's the postal.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-05
ZIGZAGGED.

Max-What time did you get home
from the banquet?
Dax-Three in the morning.
Max-That's strange. I got home at
?. and I had farther to go.
Dax-1ou think that you walked
farther, but o didn't see me walk.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-05
A CURRENCY MVEs TIdA non ABROAD.

An exhaustive examination of the currency system OF the European coun-
tries is to b. made on the spot by thu National Monetary commission. The
systems in Great Britain, France n Germany will b especially studied. The
members IF the commission, which is equally divided between Senators and
Representatives, the latter lot including Mr.. Fowler, New jerseys financial
EXPERT in Congress, are al ofa about the same mind is Senator Adhch, whose
currency bill at the last session was rejected by the House and denounced by
banking and business interests generally. Senator Adich is supposed to reflect
the views of j. p Morgan nc the Rockefeller interests. The report of this
commission will be submitted to Congress at thu next session, long enough after
the residential election to permit it to be considered rom a non-partsan
Jersey, the last item years in celebrating and promoting national currency sys
TENS n his prominence at thu head Of the lou currency committee, he
him.
= HNauonal Liberty" party, in convention at Wheeling. West Virginia,
4&SVace modestIy in h presidential ace with a natona ticket % be
Yong h rank outsiders" and the also rams" The mission of
the welfare Of the negro. .
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-05
TIME IN A TAXICAB.

Cleverton (who has hired a taximeter
cab to propose in)-Say yes" darling,
Miss Calumet-Give me time to think.
Heavens! But not in here. Con-
slider the expense.'-Life.
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WORKS BOTH WAYS.
breathe.

Teacher-What do we breathe.
Harry?
Harry-Air.
Teacher-That's right. Now, Elmer.
of what Is air composed?
Observation-Disclosures News.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-05
GIVING 1T TIME.

Jeweler-Is you watch all right now.
Mr.. Smart?
Mr.. Smart-Well, no, not yet; but it
seems to be gaining every ~day.-Boston
Transcript.
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hLightson1e Mood
NOTHING UNUSUAL.

HE broke the record with his new
automobile"
''Pshaw," replied his Aunt Lucy. HE
is always breaking something with that
machine. The repair bills will break
his father up in business"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-05
NO TIME For IT.
wonder

Brown is such a SLOUGH. 1 wonder
he wouldn't fix himself up a little
He can't: he's too busy being sup
ported by his wife"
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NOT USELESS.

profanity" said the long-haired pas
senger, lis 50 utterly useless"
WRONG" said the short-haired pas
senger. Il can make my wife hopping
mad any time by swearing a little"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-05
STOPPING THE SUPPLY.

Citiman-Hello, old man! Got your
new cook still?
Subbubs-No. I haven't got her still,
but I've got her bottle; found 1t hidden
in the cellar. n she's sober just at
present.-Philadelphia Press.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-05
A CONFIDENT LOVER.

THAT young couple must be en-
gagged
DO they act s%poony?"
NO, but he smokes a pipe now when
they walk out in the evening""
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-05
NOTHING OPERATE.

eve met brigands in Bulgaria" !,
THAT must have been romantic"
at might well have been, but, as 1t
happened, it wasn't. We had no tenor
to sing a solo of greeting."-Louisville
Courier-Journal.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-05
HER HORRIBLE EXAMPLE.

"Why is Watson so seedy looking and
miserable" -
His wife is off lecturing on how to
make home happy"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-05
THE HELP.

Witherly-How long did that last dim
ner set last?
Mrs. Witherly-Three cooks.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-05
A WILLING DISPOSITION.

"You have an unpleasant cough" l.
81 assure you I'd be only too glad to
exchange 1t for one of the pleasant
sort"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-05

If your husband were drowning
and your only chance to save him
lay In leaving your boy to the
mercy of the sea, what would
yOu do:
The awful choice was forced
She had no time for reflection.
Every moment meant life or
death to either her o or her
husband. She solved it as best
she could. What would you have
done?
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-05

PRIZE of $40 was offered by
THE EVENING STAR for
the best solution to the prob
Today the winner is an
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-05

Mr.. Baudermann had many close
seconds for the prize. In fact, the
awarding of a token of superiority
to anyone was "a matter of extreme
Difficulty in view of the large num-
Der of answers submitted.
The prize-winner is unmarried, an
athlete and a graduate of New
York University. He is "A years
old. Seven years ago he graduated
from the Newark High School, ano
thereafter was popular at that i'm
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-12-17
A THRIFTY TOWN.
AtAol's Old Financial Contract With
Lyman Jennings.

BY the terms of a contract entered
INTO thirty-one years ago between Ly-
MAN Jennings, then fifty-nine years
odd. and the town of Athol, in Massa-
ehusetts, he gave the town $4,000 out
right on its agreement to pay him in
1erest on it at 6 per cent as long as he
4yed-$540 a year-and then to con-
tinue after his death to pay to his
widow $3.50 year and to each of his
Hhree children $120 year, an amount
equal to that which Jennings would
receive yearly during his lifetime, as
hong as each of these four heirs might
live. The results of the contract are
belng widely commented upon as a
rufuously reckless deal by that thrifty
New England town. The selectmen
decb1ed to take up with Jennings Of
fer after applying the figures of life
Insurance mortuary table to the five
proposed benefciaries. Jennings lived
thirty years instead of the fourteen
md half years that they had credit
ed him with. The town meantime had
paid out to him $4,000. His wife and
one daughter now survive him, and
Ahe town is paying them together $500
u year and must continue to pay one
$50 year and the other $120 so long
as each lives In other words, it is
NOW getting the use of $4,000 for only
about 3 1-3 per cent interest If it in
vested the principal properly there
ought to be a good profit in this. But,
xupposing Jennings had put that $4,000
IN good savings bank back in 1877,
ne would have drawn $540 a year on
n for at least fifteen years or so and
RTter that only 5 per cent or per cent
or perhaps as low as 315 per cent at
times, but on an average interest of
az per cent for the full period he
wOuld have drawn $12,500 in all, and
mis- widow and daughter would now be
drawing 4 per cent on 1t, or $500 a
year instead Of $500, and. besides this,
Ehey, not the town, would own the
$4,000 Lyman Jennings wasn't near
~ as good "fggerer" as the town Of
Athol was, after all.-New York Com
Maercial.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-12-17
The shortness of Life.

What alNays strikes one so forcibly
is, | think, the shortness of human
life compared with other works of ma
ture. The longest life-how short it
is! And half of it one can hardly call
life, being spent in sleep, which is not
real existence.
A French preacher | heard once
brought the shortness of life strongly
before me by relating in his sermon
how saint in olden days, wishing to
Impress on himself the rapidity Of
life's race when he came to years of
discretion, placed eighty marbles in
glass jar, each marble to represent
year Of human life, taking eighty years
as an outside limit very far exceeding
that. Then, taking another glass jar.
from the first one he took the number
OF marbles representing the years he
had already passed and placed them
in the empty jar and then year by
year extracted marble from the 9th
er till, more rapidly than he could
have dreamed, the two jars contained
forty marbles each. Then still more
swiftly did each year seem to speed
away, and what had so short time
before been the full jar became the
hearly empty one till three, two and
then only one marble remained, and
life, which had looked so long at start
ing had swiftly and silently melted
away.-C. de la War;
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-12-17

There is more Catarrh in this section of the
Sgnntry than all other diseases put together, and
lxatA the last few years was supposed to be in
zEsable For a great many years doctors pro-
senneed it local disease and prescribed loc Il
.asnedes' and by constantly failing to cure with
heal treatment, pronounced incurable. Science
Ass proven catarrh to be constitutional disease
End therefore requires constitutional treatment
HAlps Catarrh Cure. manufactured by F. j. Che
ysy & Co., Toledo. o.. is the only constitutional
on the market 1t is taken internally in doses
ssm 10 drops to a teaspoonful. 1t acts directly on
he blood and mucous surfaces of the system,
Ihey offer hundred dollars for any case it
3sils to cure. Send for circulars and testimonials.
Address F. J. CHENEY 81 CO., Toledo. o.
Sold by all Druggists, 75c.
.3ake Halls Family Pills for constipation.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-12-17
Gov Younu Thjno.

The following advertisement recent.
d appeared: Being aware that it is
Scdelicate TO advertise for a husband,
refrain from doing SO; but if any
gentleman should be lnclf1ed to ad,
sertise for wife, | will answer the
advertisement without delay. l am
goqng, am domesticated, ind consid-
sTed ladyllke. Apply" etc.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian., 1908-12-17
couIdn,t Sos raIkIna.

''Now, what are you going to do
with that machne2" asks the lady Of
the photographer, 20 whom she had
been talking continuously since she
came into The studio.
pardon me madam. replies the
artisy, "bui the QEly way / can get
your photograph aud have likeness
is TO tase moving picture. ."-chicago
Post
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-21

way to Hamburg. I have at present
several travellers on the way home,
some of them with very large con-
expect one of my men from Siber;I.
He is bringing me deer, sheep and
other animals"
Two animals, ii seems, are exceed
ingly scarce Just now. These are the
hippopotamus and the rhinoceros.
They are taken from their moth
ers when quite young-no easy feat,
as you can imagine-and then brought
up on milk. The feeding of them,
when you have finally secured them,
is no light undertaking. A baby hip
popotamus will drink thirty pints Of
milk day and below for more. To
arrange for such a supply in the des-
ert, means that a large number of
tame goats have to be taken along
with the hunting party. Thirty years
ago l supplied the London Geological
Gardens with an African rhinoceros.
1t was the first rhinoceros brought
to Europe since the days of the Ro-
man amphitheatre."
Another very scarce animal is the
giraffe, and between 1880 and 1900
only three CRATES were imported in
to Europe. Among his innumerable
adventures with animals Mr.. Hagen
beck had one with a giraffe: In
Suez, some years ago, a full grown
giraffe ran away with me. The rope
held him by got entangled around
my arm. and could not get free.
was dragged along the streets and
fearfully banged about. When / at
length got loose l was so exhausted
that was obliged to lie down for
quarter of an hour without NOV
ing" The king of animal dealers
considers that his narrowest escape
took place while experimenting the
lowering into a pit of a huge ALI.
gator: Suddenly, with a sweep of its
tail, it knocked me right into the
middle of a dozen large alligators. I
jumped out in an instant, or / must
assuredly have been torn to pieces"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-21
CATCHING WILD ANIMALS.
How Carl Hagenbeck Obtains His
Supply for the Geological
Parks.

The greatest animal dealer in the
world is Carl Hagenbeck. who lives
at Stellingen, a suburb Of Hamburg.
Here can be purchased almost any
wild animal in existence. Asked re-
Gently how he managed to keep up
his stock. Mr.. Hagenbeck replied,
says the Montreal Standard: From
my depots. have depots everywhere
six In Asia, three In Africa, several
In Europe, two in America. as well
as depots in Siberia. l have over
sixty travellers working for me all
the time, whose sole business is to
collect animals and ship them to me
here. They employ thousands of ma
tives to help them. Then / buy up
everything that comes into Hamburg,
and / may say that IL anybody abroad
wishes to dispose OF his animals he
invariably writes to me-"
The next step is to telegraph to
an agent in the neighborhood, who
inspects the stock with a view to pur-
chase. For instance" continued Mr..
Hagenbeck, "the other day received
letter from resident in Rhodesia
saying he had got a large collection
of African deer and birds, and wish
ed to get rid of them. Within three
weeks had secured the whole col
lection, and they are now on their
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1908-02-21
His Mothers Ruse Failed.

A Kansas City professional man,
who is prominently identified with
Missouri politics, tells the following
story on himself
MY folks moved from Indiana to
Johnson county, Missouri, when / was
6 years of age. We settled on a farm
near Holden.
The first Sunday we were there
and while the family was preparing
for Sunday school, it was discovered
that / did not have any shoes. My
mother, realizing that folks would
talk IL one of her children made his
first public appearance barefooted
suggested that l have cloth-tied
around one foot to create the impress.
sion that / was unable to wear shoes
because Of a sore foot. So the rag
was tied on me.
Everything went along smoothly
and / learned all about bears eating
the bad children up when heard q
smoker from a boy'I afterward lick
ed. He was pointing to my right
foot. I glanced downward.
THE rag had slipped on and my
mothers ruse was exposed.
City Star.