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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-11
PLANS FOR STATE FINANCIAL RELIEF.

III When the Legislature reassembles ext Monday night it is probable that the
Is senate and House committees will have ready the schem adopted by them Tor
r restoring the State finances to a normal condition. The Governors alternative
on the people viii not figure in thu scheme. but part of his recommendation vii
b. adopted. Some s25ONo of thu expense of State educational institutions Is %
be saddled upon he municipal taxpayer by being chargeabe 20 te railroad 'a@
xchoo Income Governor Fort proposed to take about 100000 of these school
sN moneys for the purpose. The automobile tax license fees belong to the road
repair account of thu counties som s275ooo of this income got stuck in the
propose tic absorb this fun for the deficit Then therei is thu old nominate dept
4 Of ne riparian fund to the State treasury, which ws intended to be repaid out
oft the earnings HI fun 1t amount to $4,000 The treasury is to goobe
that in a lump nut of the railroad tax school money now held N trust by the
treasurer. None of these large items which aggregate 100000 or nough to
co., r. the alleged dehct. for h prent year represents rerenchment of x
But provision must be made fora safe treasury balance at te beginning OF the
next fiscal year. and here is where the pruning knife is used. To insure this
lsbalance statutory appropriations mad b. the last Legislature for this year are
to be sacrihced. The cms will include the money appropriated for n encamp
~menta at Sea Gt. for the inland waterway, for State roads m other dspensabe
items to make a total of about $So4OOo for treasury balance. Then, to provide
institutions will be recommended, with, also, economic reforms in situdona
$ management 1t is apparent that the " committees have not had copy Of
the Hahn investigating committees report before them during ther dehbera-
tons There's are valuable economic suggestions in that report of special interest
at this time AM in this connection The committees will, however, meet at
Trenton or Saturday to put their recommendations in shape for tbs Legislature
omcials supernumery clerks ornamental commissioners. viii be adopted a
a sAof to the $500 300 saved at the expense of the municipalities and the p
proprattons t-
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-11

Many of our greatest men today We're newsboss or apprentices in the be-
ginning. All their boyhood they hd opportunities of which, their little rich neigh
bors never dreamed. to cultivate will power and ambition I'M indefaugable
pluck. What chance have The IN of The rich. with ideas and standards that
were bequeathed to them with their homes n money, against h young men
who have the greatest possession of all, character that IA beer tried and
proven.
I do not believe that Abraham Lincoln would have been half hi man hi
was had lie not been tried in the fires of poverty Had he been born In the
lap of luxury he might nave become a great man, with all the fairness and
squareness for which we give him credit today. But it is nt likely hal he
would have possessed the strength Of character, the sef-renance, the COM
phte undewtandin of human mature that helped o make the man we love
and venGue fUtyfour years after his death.
lincoln vas generous ecaus he knew SO well what it meant % want
things. and to strive INT hope fol them, often in vain. lie could give nob1y
because lie knew what it meant to do without He was h friend Of all
children because he retained memories OF his own lonesome, hearth hungry
ambitious boyhood ad lie gay OF his sympathetic understanding to the
men and women who came to him because h "knew how it was" 4
Dear Lincoln! Was ewr a nan more blessed than he whom eve now we
remember more as a man in all that he word implies of honor and courage
AM strength n ndhnes than Us ne who brought his country safely
through the most important crisis in its history. and made men of a million
slaves
What chance has the son of the rich to obtains such a character Is LIN
coin carved or himself, with his hands and his hopes and nothing more?
Every poo boy IN the land Should read the life of this great mar and
understand that the world my be his, too if he but cares to win It, and that
his little rich neighbor cn never know what it means to fight to wn, unless
the blood of ONE courageous ancestor proves stronger than the weakness
that comes of too much luxury. In tms great America of ous there are
places at the top for a who care to climb. n he chances are in favor of
the sons Of the poor, in the making of the kind Of men that count.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-11

A S the wintry storms prepare to
~ put on their Al act and get
things shaped up Nor early
spring people near the Eastern sea-
board become excited over the APP
proach Of the shad season. 1t is the
time when fish lovers go shad mao and
the prices of that dainty go soaring
skyward, until they rival the market
figure on radium. weight for weight.
At Havre de Grace, Maryland, there
is a shad foundry, where shad are
~propagated each year. There the in
FAINT shad are Matched by the profess
sional shadders. The mama shad arc
coaxed into giving up the eggs they
have been accommodating and as soon
as the best brooders in the lot begin
TO cluck and ruffle up their scales a
quiet place is picked out in the river
where they may sit and not be dis
turbed.
/ hav often thought, after the ex-
p%erience I had with chickens, that il
must be an awful job to prepare a SET
ting of shad eggs by taking each of the
100000 o or so under the hen shad and
marking one side with charcoal SO yot
can tell when you look under her nexi
time whether or not some stray shad
has laid a fresh egg in the nest with
her. ! should not relish the job al
all.
Some of the brooding shad are set or
bare pine boards in the PUSHES at the
edge of the. river. so as to hatch out
plspked shh There is quite a differ
ence between shad and planked shad
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-11
THE SAND LOTS sUccUMs TO PRESSURE.

CaIfornias Legislature has, cceded to h demand Of he restof TIL country
voiced in the protests by the President, and finally refuse to enact the in
cendiary legislation asked for by those who have been bent Oh abrogating a
nationa treaty n FORGETTING the national faith by a State enactment Much
mischief las been done by the sandIots politics on the Pacific coast. The good
effect If the visit of or fleet to Japan has been destroyed in Japan Results
entirely satisfactory to the Pacific coast, that were insured by quiet diplomacy
and amicable agreement, have benc compromised. The illogical attitude OF men
who have supported the anu-Japanese measures n California is well shown in
Senator Perkins OF that State who at Washington opposed the building of four
batteships and at thu same time FUSED his influence 1t Sacramento in ave of
a policy that was calculated to plunge the country into a foreign var
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-11

The Board of Trade mas nw formally taken up the project Of the erection
Of a Board of Trade building at a probable cost Of 100000 for ground M struc-
ture stock to be subscribed for by thu membership. The idea is not newly con-
ceived. The necessity for fitting home for the board has been under discussion for
severaI years and board members are amihaized with it. The economic aspects
of the project have also been well canvassed. There is every business reason
to believe that with the rentalsa added to the rental ow paid by he board there
will be income to pay dividends o the stock and provide fora surplus to retire
the stock. The board is now located lin cramped quarters that poorly correspond
With its public dignity. 1t is living asc heaply as a trade board of a third class
town. It can we'll afford % pay more rem for proper accommodations. It cannot
AFFORD to remain much longer in rented apartments on a second floor, with not
enough space in it's assembly room for one half of It's membership Then, again
the Board of Trade represents he miner and industrial enterprise, the civic
spirit and the local rid II our city an they should ave more adequate ex
preston in the character of the building in which the board holds it, councils.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-11
THE BEST WIT OF THE DAY

Him-Mary! You have been kissed before!
Her-What makes you think so?
The beginning is half the whole-HeSod.
Il would that I might share your grhfsH"
You'd look mighty funny with me of my shoes on"-Houson Post.
The counter without the altar is the curse of man. a nfe-Chcago Tribune.
Hotel CIerk-what madeabdhat racket in your room last night?
Guet-I had on combination underwear an lost the combination kansas
City Journal
The best tune Rory ever played may tire one-Irsh.
Bank Clerk-You will have to be identified. maam.
Lady Customer-My friend here will identify me-
Bank Cierk-But I don't know her
Lady Customer-oh, WE'LL I'll introduce you-Boston Record.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-11

SO many shad germs at a sitting would
be afraid of becoming an aquarium,
but there is very little danger. as the
cooking of a shad egg practically null
lifies the danger of its Matching.
This is all I know about shad.-
Chicago News.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-11
WHAT TO DO WITH THE MAINE.

1t cal hardly be regarded as reasonable t. ask Congress to build a fence
around the sunken batueship Maine in Havana harbor o maintain the wreck rs
a monument Havana is foreign port. over which Congress has M jurisdiction,
and a request OF the kind should morep properly be addressed to the Congress of
Cuba. But the wreck is an obstruction in the harbor, and a fence fri it's pro-
lection would make the obstruction permanent The proper thing to 10 is to
raise the Maine and bring it to this country and inter the bodies OF the ixtytwo
American seamen TO- entombed in it in the national cemetery at Arlington.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-11
HIS FIRST PRACTISE.

The old farmer stood in front of the
Human Frog In the museum. 'How
did yeou ever find out yeou were a
contortionist?" he drawled curiously.
"'Sh." whispered the contortionist.
'It's a secret. but I once tried to dress
in the upper berth Of Pullman
sleeper"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-11
PAINFUL POINTS, TOO.

"You're-a queer looking thing to want
to fight with me-" said the young bull
dog contemptuously. You're not in
my class"
Perhaps not" replied the p%orcupine
quietly, but l think I can give you a
few points"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-11
ANOTHER

Percy Pickle-Aw-I called on Miss
Wose last night and for two hours she
played the piano.
Miss T~abasco-Yes, and she said the
music reminded her of you.
Percy Pickle-Of me? In what wayf
Miss Tabasco-It was SO soft and
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-11

2ync0\n's Blaness
Due TO Poverty
BY ADELlNE STANLEY CARRICK.
y HERE is no school like the schoo

T HERE is no school like the school
of adversely. That is why the
sons of the rich are placed at a
disadvantage. They have few oppor-
tunities to show how much they pos.
sess of the qualities that make real
men. Born to luxury, they are pro-
tected all through childhood by trained
caretakers, and later on by the number
of their parents dollars. When they en-
ter college they assume that the world
is theirs by right of superiority, and
when they come out they fall into COM
Portable berths procured long in adj
vance by their elders. And if they
sometimes fall short of the require
ments of honor, in moments when quick
decisions are necessary, it Is hardly
fair to blame them, because they have
been reared without cultivation .of the
mental strength that comes from fight
ing ones own battles. Poor little sons
of the rich. They are bound to be lit
tle'' all their lives, the great majority,
because they cannot get away from
their early training. or lack of 1t.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-11
IN RIPPING GOOD HUMOR
CARRIED AWAY.

Jack-Yes, I had a little balance in
the bank, but / became engaged two
months ago., and now
Tom-Ah, love makes the world go
round.
Jack-Yes, but I didn't think it would
go round so fast as to cause me to lose
my balance.
When you are the anvil, be still and
endure. When you are the hammer,
remember the anviPs patience.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-11
FINE.

Ibid they have a fine wedding?"
Yes; one of the finest ! ever attend
ed. Both the bride n groom were
laid up for a week after we got through
with them"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-11
FORESIGHT.

Mrs. Nexdore-Of course my daughter
plays the piano very we'll by ear, but
she wants to take lessons from a regu-
lar professor.
Mrs. Pepprey-That's natural enough.
Mrs. Nexdore-Oh, yes!
Mrs. Peppery-Yes, I suppose she's
wise to want somebody else to blame
besides herself.
Cheap regulations, like cheap clothes,
soon wear out.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-11
A ROSY EXISTENCE

Wifey-Women are not expected to
know much about business.
Hubby-No. Most women believe
that all a man does at his Office is to
sit in an armchair, smoke cigars and
listen to funny stories.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-11
1t .CAME TRUE"

Are you a believer in astrology?"
Sure. An astrologer once told me
that | would meet with an accident,
and the next day I fell off the water
wagon"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-11
OUR DlmwUTive STATE FOREST RESERVE.

New Jerseys forestry policy may be described as homeopathic. 1t is ad-
niniaered in small doses The State Forestry Commission, created a few years
ago. has acquired a few thousand acres of land. New York State has a las
nihcent forestd domain. The State of Pennsylvania has a forest reserve If S17o57
acres New Jersey has next to nothing The mere wasteo of public money in the
last ten years would have paid for all the forests the State needs as a reserve
and would nave bought all the inland lakes none of which is n State ownership
with a big balance for other useful objects
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-11
A CHANGE.

81 remember when she told me ne
was her IDEAL"
Eyes. Now he is merely her hus-
band"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-11

IA woman's lips are the coral reefs on
which many a mans career has been
wrecked.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-11
IMPAIRED BY TORTURE.

Lawyer-Isn't your memory goodf
Witness-Well, not when I'm on the
witness stand.
The difference between work and
play is largely in the way you look
at it.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-11

To know ones mind Is an advantage
only when there Ii q mind to know.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-11

Sheriff Harrigan is to have a private secretary. The need fr NJ was felt
by Sheriff soumer The business of the Office row every yar and makes in
creasing demands upon 1.-THE sheriff time and attention. When a bualy occupied
mar needs thrc hands instead II two to get through his day work he thfrd
hand "a be supplied in the shape of a private secretary.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-11
INADEQUATE TO THE OCCASION.

Golf Girl-Dear me! How annoying!
Caddie-Gee! If that's all she's got to
say when she breaks a stick, it's hardly
worth while talkin' about. @
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-11
WHAT SHE NOTICED.

He-They have not a picture that 10
worth while, and their library shelves
are practically bare.
She-That may be so. but ought
to see the beautiful diamonds the ladies
of the family have.
1t is easier to commit suicide with .
pen than with a pistol.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-11

Says the Trenton State Gazette: Governor Fort has not intmated NV word
or action that he is n enemy of the public schools Oft the State and h probably
never will" There is som doubt whether this is audatfon or libel 1t ead like
libel
The daily Alaskan., 1909-04-21
FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES

Regular meetings of Skagway Aerie No. 9, Fraternal Order of Eagles first and third Wednesdays in each month, in their hall on Fifth Avenue, at S:SO p. m. sharp.
 All members are requested to be present and visiting brothers are in vited to attend.
 HENRY A. RHODE, Worthy Pres,
 J. NJ. Keller, Worthy Secy.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-04-21
PoVERTYs CHILDREN.

PONEH ' . SFilLL MEN, "A IL through the city. on every side. A Poverty's children are scattered wide. DoVERTY. she Is cruel mother. But she has more ch.Idren than any
 other r TITLE she gives them to eat or wear IL Rags and tattcrs and bones picked
 bare. ToYs. both ErewsOme and strange have A they Cleaned from the refuse and cast away. NOR Poverty turns her children out U To play m the guttcrs round about. NTAUGHT for their good does Poverty Cheats them of sunlight and common air CROWDS them together in filthy pens. V Herds them in stihinE, unwholesomo
 dens. DINGY walls that are gray with grime, b Sodden yards that are thick with
 slime. Ts it a wonder. such homes within. Poverty's child k child of sim
 Albion Fellows Bacon.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-04-21

JeffrieS has at last announced that he will fight Jack Johnson and We can rest in peace knowing that the colored problem is settled.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-04-21
THE GREAT SEAL OF ALASKA

The great seal of the District of Alaska" is hollow mockery, de- lusion and a snare. inasmuch as 1t is in scarcely any sense typical of Alaska: nor does it in any manner portray any of its industries, save one and that is almost forgotten. namely catching fur seal
 A snow covered mountain range crowned by the rays of the setting SGn, or is it the orb of the day riS- ing?-with fringe of scapty timber Il it's base, serve to give some yer. Similitude to an otherwise bald and mconyincing seal of the District Of Alaska. An awkward figure of a man both hands claSping something that resembles a ten foot pole at an angle Cf forty.fiye degrees, seems to be Gmolins along in the wake of three or four amorphous.looking objects. which might be porpoises were they not in. tended as the counterfeit present IrentS of fur seal perSued by spear. IHan; a couple of Eskimo igloos look cut with an eye single upon water in which two maSted schooner. all sails set, rides at anchor, apparently waiting for something-perhapS for the man in what may be either a canoe or a bidarka. but who seems tO be heading for shore to assist the lone fur seal butcher, who acts as ii he had lOcomotor ataxia; a rocky is iet in the bay, and the nose or the stern of another Sea.going vessel of indeterminate class. seem to have been flung into the center of the seal by the designer, to add to the tout ensemble. or to fill an aching void rrobably the latter.
 The seal of the District of Alaska lis it District or Territory?D is arch. ale in that 1t does not herald the Al. aSka of today-not a familiar scene. save the snow draped mountains. Their little basic fringe of dwarf tim. Der is libel on the great forests of fir. spruce, hemlock and red and vel. low cedar which cover vast areas of the territory.
 The present seal. perhaps, to be ex- actly fair, should not be utterly con. demned. IL has served it's purpose. since it shows the beginning of thing in Alaska-that time when fur seal was it's principle product, if We ex. cept the whaling industry of Boring sea and the Arctic But surely with the advances Alaska has made. even in the last decade, her importance as a gold producer, her possibilities in the production of copper and coal, petrolium, tin and other minerals, to >'y nothing of her immense fisheries and her wealth of forest, demand that something Of these be written into the official seal of this great common. wealth. Let us have a new seal. The original one has outliyed it's use rulness. It was never attractive.- Katalla Herald
The daily Alaskan., 1909-04-21
sometimes

The flowers appear on the earth the time of the singing of birds is come, and the voice of the turtle is Eeard in the land.-Solomon' Song, Chapter 2-l2
The daily Alaskan., 1909-04-21
LADIES OF THE MAccABEEs.

Regular reviews of Hive No. 2, La dies of the Maccabees will be held the first and third Tuesdays in the month at D. Tn. sharp, in their hall on Sixth avenue.
 All visiting members are cordially Invited.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-04-21
BENEVOLENT AND PROTECTIVE
 ORDER OF ELKS.

Regular meetings of Skagway Lodge, No. 43l, Benevolent and Pro tective Order of Elks, every Thurs day at D. n. sharp, in their hall on Sixth Avenue.
 FRED. CALLARMAN, SeCy.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-04-21

WEATHER CONTIaUES FINE

The result of the observation taken at Moore wharf at midnight, April, l9 1909, Is as follows; Temperature time observat'n. 37 above Max. temp. preceding 24 hours 66 above Min e U 24 above Mean {" e 15 aboye
 Barometer 30.32.
 Clear and calm
The daily Alaskan., 1909-04-21
OF FRATERNAL SOCIETIES
ARCTIC BROTHERHOOD.

Regular meetings of Camp Skag- way, No. l, every Tuesday at s o'clock sharp, in A. B. hall, Broad way.
 Visiting brothers are cordially in- vited.
 H. II. DRAPER, A. c. F, J. Rosenberg, A. R.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-04-21

The Payne tariff bill, which con- eress is now discussing, seems to be generally unsatisfactoy-except to the protected interests.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-04-21

Such d protest went up from alaSka over the cake of ice and ssar' A-Y-P stamps that the expo, Sition officials got busy and had the design changed. It pays to kick, sometimes.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-04-21
FREE AND ACCEPTED MAsoNs

Regular meetings of White Pass Lodge, No. 1l3, Free and Accepted Masoas, second and fourth Fridays of each month, at s p. n. sharp, at Ma. sonic nall, 225 Fourth avenue.
 Sojourning and visiting members are requested to meet with us.
 A. P. DRAPES Sccy.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-04-21

Come to the Pack Train saloon to- night and get q glass of that fam GUS Seattle.Ranier Book Beer. Just arrived.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-04-21

AT HALF PRICE-good second hand lumber. All kinds; dimension, flooring, siding, windows, frames and doors.-Sce Martin IUen, Bay-yicw House, MoOre's Wharf. If
The daily Alaskan., 1909-04-21

Home cooking at popular prices q the Dominion Hotel, Whitehorse.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-04-21

skagway should be represented at the A-Y-P
The daily Alaskan., 1909-04-21
Delicious

If you are craveing some- thing sweet, and wish to give yourself or some one else a treat, buy a box of our SOCIETY CANDY. It is without doubt, the finest ever sold in Skagway. The Chocolates are specials ally made for our store, and if you should find a box that is not just as sweet and fresh as you want it, we want you to tell us and get your money back.
 VIM. BRITT
 The Druggist
The daily Alaskan., 1909-04-21

Get your Sunday dinner at the BOARD OF TRADE restaurant. Tn best the market affords.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-04-21
HEADACHES AND NEURALGIA
 FROM COLD.

LAXATIVE PROMO Quinine, the world wide Cold and Grip remedy re- moves cause. Call for full name, Look for signature E. W. GROVE, 25c w.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-04-21

PILES CURED IN 6 TO f4 DAYS.
 PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any case of Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protruding Piles in 6 to 14 days or money refunded. soc.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-04-21

Why not put few crisp readers In The Alaskan, advertising your long stock, and get rid of it?
The daily Alaskan., 1909-04-21

Get busy next Saturday and help clean up Skagway.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-04-21

Subscribe for the Daily Alaskan.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-04-21

Home rule for Alaska. Advertise.
The daily Alaskan., 1909-04-21
INTERIOR WEATHER

Whitehorse, If above
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