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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-01
sUppPessNG THE MAJORITY VOICE.

The singular action If the State Railroad Commission in emitting from
its first annual report the minority report of Commissioner Borden d. Whiting
and making n reference to this repo TT a properly rebuked by the Senate
in unanimously ordering 500 copies of the minority report printed. suppress
sion of adverse views and recommends lions Of minority members by the ma
trty of a State board does not reflect favoraby upon the boards motives
The public and the Legislature are the judges of the comparative value of
majority and minority views in matters of public policy lot the board alone
The state Railroad Commission does not command the public confidence that
ought to belong to al important State body, and has done nothing to justify
it's existence. This episode does not improve the boards prestige,
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-01
RUSsIA.pOLITICAL CONVENTIONS.

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
l. Is Russia a limited monarchy?
2. When are the United States national
conventions held? j. M. F.
II, Russia is an absolute monarchy.
2. The Republican convention will be
held at Chicago June 16, and the Demo-
cratic at Denver July 7.-Ed.l
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-01
4 coLossAL scnnME 0 DEBATE.

A subject of such great Importance as that Of giving to the State conn
mission presided over by Ex-Governor Foster NJ VOORHEES, the power to issue
bonds for millions of dollars 10 te expended on al immense engineering
scheme of creating a N artificial lake in the Passatc valley, to impound waters,
cannot fail o attract a large attendance of citizens to the Board of Trade meet
ing next Friday night when this scheme. which is % be contaminated i'm a bill
now before the Legislature. is to be discussed. 1t is well enough known that
the East Jersey Water Company, which is TO be the principal beneficiary of the
enterprise, is actively interested in the enactment of the BILL and its repre-
sentatfves and Spokesman will be present in force in the meeting. Having
secured the blind Endorsement of the Board of Works for the bill it's promoters
would probably achieve their purpose a Trenton if the Board of Trade could
by any means he made to appear to favor it.
The vital point in the civil service bills is that of the appointment OF cleo.
ton OF the commissioners, and upon that point there is no argument and APP
parenhy there will be one 1t is imnateral what Other points the eonferees
IN the bill may agree N a long as hi remains undecided
AS the House has passed the bill for the retirement Of supreme Court and
chancery judges on pensions who have served three terms and ar seventy
three years old or more. the bill is practically sure of passage by the senate
Governor Fort recommended this step and will sign the bill Its terms are
calculated to make the state judiciary more attractive to the best legal
talent, and therefore to maintain the high standard IF New Jersey judges
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-01
THE POETS WOES.

just whom begin to sing a little thing
On Spring,
Mentioning the shining grceu that now
Is seen
It's meant
Then the weather boils my blood, for |
strike, with slushy thud
The uudf
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-01
ADDITIONS mol THE CABINET.

10 the Editor of the Evening Star:
What was the original size of the
Presidents Cabinet, and when were
the several additions made?
N. X. Fl.
lin Washington's administration
three executive departments were ere
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-01

ated, the heads of which were known
respectively as the Secretary of State,
the Secretary of the Treasury, and the
Secretary of War. The same year the
positions of Postmaster General and
Attorney-General were created, though
the former was not considered a Cap
met officer until 1929. In 1898 the Sec
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-01
PRESERVE THE PLA YdRoUNDs FOR The CHILDREN.

The protest by East Orange citizens against the mutlaton of the excellent
law authorizing the establishment of chldren's Fairgrounds is voiced also by
people generally in the resto Of the state The Fairgrounds are OF children,
and children should have the benefit of them. To lease them u for exhi-
hilton purposes fort the sake of revenu would shut ot he children on Satur-
days and holidays, the very days they are al liberty for playground
recreation. But 1T is unreasonable tod demand that a State law, passed for the
whole State, shall be practically nuIhfed in its N object to enable the local
Fairgrounds Commission of East orange to make profit out Of the Orange
Oral
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-01

rotary of the Navy was added. The
Cabinet was enlarged again in 1S49 by
a Secretary of the Interior. From that
date until 1889 there was no addition,
but in that year the Secretary of Agri-
culture tool his scat. The last addi-
ton was that of Secretary of Conn
mcrce and Labor in 1903.-Ed.1
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-01
HAVE A LAUGH WITH Us
AT THIS SEASON.

The mead and the heart in the game of
love
Must each play a separate part.
But We'll pardon a girl and a cold in
her head
II she'll only be warm in the heart.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-01
FROM STAR READERS

Anonymous communications cannot be
printed. Except on political subjects the
names Of correspondents are not required fol-
publication. but as . guarantee OF good faith.
ED.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-01
y y THE EVENING STARS TWO PAGE MAGAZINE y y

The fact that the LAUTER-HUMANA is being
purchased very largely by school principals, physicians
and busy business men, who are attracted TO it because of
the happiness for them personally that it engenders, is
have never been able to play for themselves. A ply
stefan told us recently that he would not now part
with his LAUTER-HUMANA, that it had proved a
source of relaxation and recreation that he would
scarcely have thought possible.
Women who had long since ceased to play are find
ing equal delight in this instrument. Finished piansts
who play we'll are turning to the LAUTER-HUMANA
with avidity, for with il their repertoire is increased a
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-01
NO USE For FRIVOLOUS THINGS.

He is the father Of thirteen chill
dren."
Evidently he doesn't believe in ace
suicide"
NO; he is too busy thinking about
race shoeicide."
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-01
IN THE CIRCULAR.

Gle is running a matrimonial bu-
reau."
Deals only in pretty eirls?@
sure
Il suppose that is what you would
call a fair exchange
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-01
SIRE SIGN.

I'm getting to be a. crack checker
player, let me tell you
That so? Didn't know you we're get
ting to be that Old
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-01
EVIDENT.

she says he fen in love with her at
first sight
lie certainly needs an oculist."
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-01
SEEMS TO LIKE IT.

whats Brown doing?"
Taking the rest cure
when will he be cured?"
Says he has an inward conviction
that 1t will take him the remainder of
his days to put an artistic finish to ii. .
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-01
APRIL FIRST.


On April first | wonder why
We sit around the house and try
To call to mind some silly plan
To make our humble brother man
Appear before the world for once
A blooming and a blitaering Ounce.
This something that we can't explain
Perhaps a microbe raises Cain
And causes us though ove six,
To play these simple, silly tricks,
Which would at any other time,
We hope, be listed as q crime.
We send him to the store to buy
A fly wheel built to trap the fly.
For aqua pura. which, he thinks,
Is quite the latest thing in drinks;
Or for some large left-handed tool,
To prove he is an April fool.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-01

thousand-fold; be-
sides this instru-
11ent can be played
by hand in the
usual way.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-01
FRILLS CHEAPEN HOSPITALITY
AND DISTRESS YOUR GUESTS
Entertaining in Just the Right Way Involves a Nice Sense OF the
Feelings of Those Who Sit at Your Board.

zg RUE hospitality is the knack of dressing yesterdays warmed over
bon with such fnls of genial courtesy that the unexpected guest
- will think it is hht of beef
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-04-01

Every number
in the program is
played pneumati-
cally, and not by
'b0 nd-although
you might sup
pose otherwise. g
At the close of
the Recital you
are invited to ex-
anime the Lauter-
Humane for your
self, and to play
upon it if you wish.
Latter Co.
657-65e Broad ST.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-09
.LILLEY CHARGES
 CAUSING TROUBLE Investigation Is Principal Topic
 In Washington LILLfY MUST TESTIFY Many Important Witnesses Will Be Summoned For This Case and All
 Want the Matter Hurried
 To a Conclusion.

Washington March S.-(Special.) )-Con- lectures as to the nature and probable effect that possible disclosures may re- suit from the alleged corrupt methods adopted by the Electric Boat company to secure appropriations for the purchase of the Holland type of submarine boats are rife in the national capital.
 The sensation caused by the publca- ton of the carges made by Representative Lilley of Connecticut a member of the House naval committee, and his sweep ing condemnation of the practices of the Electric Boat company has not abated. Numbers of congressman, not on the naval committee, and therefore at the present time not involved in the scandal, are discussing what will be the probable effect of the investigation on the political futures of their colleagues. The investi- gating committee started to work today and promises to push the inquiry with vigor. A notice sent to Mir Lilley to ap- pear before the committee Monday morn- ing to confer and advise with it as to methods of procedure in the investiga- tion In the interest of a thorough in- quiry Mir. Lilley's wishes will be compiled with by the committee as far as pos sible.
 All witnesses wanted by MT. Liley will be summoned by the committee and com pelled to attend; the books of the Electric Boat company will be called for; officials of the navy will be ordered to attend and members of the House naval commit tee will be invited to give their testimony
 Members of the committee on naval affairs as well as many other members of Congress not implicated in the scandal are desirous that the investigation will be completed and the findings announced at an early date. All feel that a report must be made by the Investigating com nittee before an adjournment of this ses- sion of Congress. They do not wish to carry the load of an unexplored scandal into the coming campaign.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-09
NEW DEPARTMENT
 BEING PROPOSED
FOR TRANSPORTATION AND PUB LIC WORKS-WOULD RELIEVE WAR DEPARTMENT OF MANY OF ITS PRESENT DUTIES.

Washington, March S.-A bill to create new executive department of transpor- tation and public works was introduced in the House by MT. Ransdell of Louis iana The bill provides that the new de- pertinent shall have control of national affairs relating to transportation, includ- ing waterways and the construction and maintenance of all public buildings, works and improvements, which shall be author ized by Congress and for which provision is not otherwise made by law, also all work "to foster, promote and develop the conservation and efficient utilization of the natural resources of the United States.''
 One of the most sweeping effects of the measure If it becomes a law would be to transfer to the new department practical ly all of the projects, aside from navy and army undertakings, now controlled by the war department.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-09
IN THE AFRICAN WLDS
BY FRANK. G. CARPENTER.

i, blankets of cowhides ted with the hair on These blankets 2 fastened over one shoulder, leaving arms and half ours. They eat roastifars off the cob, and they boil beans ] corn together,
 making a kind of suGsh. They have
 also d gruel made of ct and milk, and if one of the familyeomes sick they sometimes give himntton broth. In their cooking they uflay jars, which they rest upon stonesd build fires un- ! der them. They use lrds for carrying i the milk and water, q make bags of ] woven bark ranging size from a pint to four bushels Suchgs are used for all sorts of purposes. the larger ones serve for the transpoHon of their grain 1 to the markets
 Wives Wof Money.
 The WaMkuyu looApon the females ! of his family as so 4h available capi- tai. If man has pr 20 wives he is supposed to be wealtlieyond the dreams of avarice. l am tothat many of the chiefs have q dozerf more, ana that since the British hal begun to exploit
 the forests the morndustrious of the
 native men have berapdly increasing
 their families. A d girl, large and
 healthy, will bring aiauch as 70 sheep,
 and man may paYwn ten sheep and
 agree to bring in thelance from month
 to month as himselhd his wives earn
 them. He goes intoe woods and cuts down trees, being paso much per stick.
 Ii man works hane may make Sl. 2o
 or $1.5O a month, aif, in addition, he
 has several women help him, his in-
 come may be doublelr trebled.
 In such work the Il cut the wood and a tn a
 market They aroaded up by their husbands, a piece o'oatskin separating the rough sticks frothe womans bare skin, the burden bel tied on by a rope of vines Wlich restsn the forehead. In addition to this goadn on her back the
 woman usually hasl apron or skirt Of skin, which is tied tout the waist and reaches to the lneead sometimes below them. A good lustgirl can carry as much as 200 pounds wood in this way, and her husband donot scruple to load her with all she witake I made some inquiries as to the pes of such women. and am told that a I is supposed to be. ready for sale at 1years and that $20 in cattle or sheep an average price. For this sum the wohn should be large, well formed and fairgood looking. Ug- ly girls and lean girgo cheap and some Sucu are Ollen uuHlTleu, III WHICH cdse they have to work f.their parents.
 Great Railrd Thieves.
 I saw a half doa Nandi, including two women, at onef the stations be- tween here and tn Escarpment. The men were almost ned, save that they wore cloaks of monk skins with the fur on and strips of cow.in about the waist. The women had owaist cloths and
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-09

Navaisha. L AVE you ever heard of the waki- IT fagug
 of them in this part of Africa They live on the highlands just east of here an 1. about Mount Kenia, which is more to the north. l reached their country shortly after leaving Nairobi, the capital of British East Africa. That town is at the end of a series of highlands. It is on the western edge of a plateau and the land rises beyond it. We mounted oyer 20O0 feet in 24 miles and then found ourselves among the villages of these curious peo- pie. We could see their little farms ev- eryWhere. They take up patches of wood land and burn off the trees. After that they work the ground to death for a few years, and then go off to ta ke up patches somewhere else. Some of their farms are no bigger than a bed quilt, others cover quarter of an acre and some twice as much. The fields are not fenced and now and then rhino or hippo gets in an1 wallows, while near the woodlands the monkeys pull up the crops. The chief thing raised is Indian corn. I see the wo- men everywhere working the fields. Halt nude, they bend low, pulling the weeds and digging the ground over with noes. In most places the men squat around on the ground and keep them up to their work. The more wives a man has the richer he is; and the more he drives his wives the better his farm. Indeed the cheapest cattle here are human cattle They Wear Grease, Clay and Tele-
 graph Wire.
 The chief dress of the Wakikuyu con- sists of grease, clay and telegraph wire The grease makes their brown skins shine, the red clay gives it a copper hue, and the telegraph wire loads their arms, necks and ankles The grease is usually mutton fat and the clay is the red soil found everywhere. The more rancid the fat the better they seem to like it. The average man or woman smells high to heaven, and one can distinguish a natives existence before he gets to him. They soak their hair with this grease, and un- der the tropical sun you eansalmost hear the stuff sizsle They stiffen their hair with clay so that it can be put up in all sorts of shapes, making their head-gear a pale brick-rust color. I examined one mans head the other day. It was covered with something like 10000 individual curls which stood out over his pate like the snakes of the Medusa. Each curl was an inch long and 1t had been twisted by a professional hairdresser.
 Pipe Stems as Ear Plugs. This man had three long pipe stems in each ear. Each was as big around as a | cad pencil and of about the same length. | It was fastened through a hole made in 1 the rim of the ear by kind of brass but | -on, and these three stems standing out l
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-09
EXPORT NEW YORK'S SURPLUS CHILDREN A Business Mans FIier on Child
 Market HE INVESTED Sl0,OOO chiIdren's Aid Society as His Agent Locates Short Demand in West and South-Homes Found
 for 322.

New York, March S.-(Speciak) )-Three hundred and twenty-five ideal homes have been found in the south and the west for child waifs of this city by a hard- headed business man who believes that the law of child-supply and child-demand can be-, and should be, adjusted like that of com mercial commodities. It has cost this man just Si0.000 to establish his some- what unusual theory. He regards 1t as money well spent however as it has taken 322 children from habitations where they were unwelcome and placed them in homes where people appreciate the. priv llege of caring for little folks.
 Perhaps the most unusual feature of this mans self-imposed adjustment of the law of supply and demand, as it relates to children is that neither sentiment nor domance prompted him to take up the work As he explained to the officials of the Children's Aid society. which acted as his agent in placing the children, it was merely ''cold, practical business proposition"
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-09
DRs. DozIER & DozIER,s S

UhS. DOIlGk C DOZlER IS MEDICO-SuRGICAL AND ELECTRO
 THERAPEUTIC INSTITUTE 1171a North Twenty-First Street BIRMiNGHAM ............ ALABAMA A strictly high-class institute for the scientific treatment of all chronic Nervous, Blood. Skin Rectal, Female and Genito- Urinary diseases, Deformi- ties, Tumors. Stiff Joints, Cancer Lu- pus, Malignant Ulcers, Rheumatism and Consumption.
 Hemorrhoids, Varfcocele, Hernia and
 Venerial Diseases of every name,
 nature, form and character, are
 also treated and n legal GUARANTEE OF CURE WILL BE
 GIVEN IN EVERY CASE
 Our equipment, consisting of we'll kept Prescription Department, X-Ray. Violet Ray, Static and Galvano- Fara- die apparatus, Super-Heated Air Electric Light Cabinet, Eureka Nehu, lizer and Ozone Inhalations for nose throat and lungs and thorouahlv equipped Surgical Department, modern and up to date in every particular, give us a prestige over all competitors in Alabama in our special line of prac- tice.
 Correspondence Inyitcd-Consultation
 and Examination Free
 Question list sent free on request of out town persons.
 Terms liberal and confidence held inviolate. Office hours am. to p.m. Sundays, am. to 1 pm.
 A FEW OF MANY ENDORSEMENTS
 FROM THE PRESS
 The Birmingham Ledger: The Drs Dozier are without doubt the best known specialists in the South, and their fame is due entirely to their great skill.
 The Birmingham News: Both Drs O. T, and Byron Dozier are reliable and experienced physicians and sur geons who deserve the great success which has been and is theirs.
 The Age Herald: Drs. Doziers long standing and approved abilities enti- He them to the proud distinction of standing at the head of their profes- sion. .
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-09

All buyers were pleased with their bargains at our last sale. Will hold another auction sale of 150 mules and 30 horses Thursday, March 12.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-09

T have $10,O0O,' he said, which I am Wiling to spend in finding real homes for children who need them I am not offer Ing this money as a memorial to any dead child All my children are alive and we'll Neither Is there any romance or senti- ment in my proposition. l know, how ever, that there are hundreds of children in this city who are either roaming the streets or staying in homes where they are not welcome. I know also that there are thousands of homes where a child Is wanted, especially in the southern and western states. l believed it is possible to bring these unloved children and child lovers together, and l am willing to wager $O,000 that it can be done."
 The donors only stipulations were that his name be withheld, and that for every SSo paid out, at least one unfortunate child should secure a real home
 The $3O was to be spent in locating fos- ter-parents and for the chid's transpor- tation. There was no need of spending money to find children who needed homes, or to pay people to welcome them The roster of the Childrens Aid society, which is the saddest juvenile roll in this country, always contains the names of hundreds of unhappy little ones who would be benefited by a change of en- vironment
The Birmingham age-herald., 1908-03-09

for whom homes have been "purchased' by the business-like Samaritan of this city. Although in their new homes only a few years IT of the children have al- ready been legally adopted, and steps are being taken for the adoption of scores of others
 Altogether, 372 children were given ad- vantages by the S10,000 fund. Of this number, however, 16 gave up their new homes and went to relatives who were able to take care of them. Seventeen tions and decided to shift for themselves. Seven proved unsatisfactory and were returned to the society; two went into the navy, two died and only six turned out badly and left their places without the societys knowledge or consent, to return to New York.
 Taken all in all, both the Children's Aid society officials and their practical bene- factor, who receives regular reports of the "homes" on his account, are entirely satisfied with the $10,OO0 investment. The latter says it Is the best investment he ever made in his entire business career.