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The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-23
The Cyn1cs Whfcisms

When a gentleman is short does he become a gent?
The social climber believes hat Ts well that ends swell
The moste exclusive people in the world are either in society or jail
The man with a. iron will should De careful lot to let it get rusty.
Don't strike a man just because he insists that he is your match.
The girls with them most cheek dom d. thu most iushing.
Honesty is the filtration that cause a cear conscience.
The bbubus char is generally more celebrating thai celebrated.
Second thoughts are My bet when they are not nor expensive.
1t is just as well to have a short acquaintance with the fellow who lis al.
ways broke.
Many a man who doesn't nov N note from another attempts to sng his
W praise.
A woman can always accomplish more with tears than a MIN can with
cuss words
Discretion, being h better part of valor. prefers to d it's lighting over
thu telephone. eAt- ~ @tae@ sN 2
Anidle umor gains currency, which is more than IN idle a is apt to d9
for nothing.
Ch1drens should be like churchb ens,. which always d o as they are toMed
Unfortunately the things worth doing are, the things m other fellow has
done first. Z
To say that all is lot gold that glttas isn't necessarily an admission Of
quilt #
1t requires no knowledge of botany to recognize a blooming idiot he YOU
one =
We should all strive to glove our neighbors We can get more out of them
that way.
ought to marry her n dsee.
1t may be impossible TO III happiness but a wom spettvc close 20
1t when She buys here clothes
NeVer tell a GIRL Is a indpcement to marry ou, tina she shall want for
nothing. M girl ever want to wan for nothing.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-23
Simultaneous Discoveries Not
So Rare as Many Persons Think

get a telegraph line in operation be-
tween Washington and Baltimore in
1874. Yet in England as early as 1887
there was a line in operation, the first
to be used for commercial purposes.
And Germany goes Morse one better
still. There people consider Sommering
of Munich the inventor of the tele-
graph. AS early as 1909 he is said to
have had a telegraph apparatus in
operation.
Another case of particular interest
just at present is that of the invention
of the sextant, most necessary of all
things to polar explorers, since by its
help alone can they determine whether
or not they have reached their goal. 1t
started with the cross-staff, a primitive
instrument for taking observations,
much improved by John Davies, who
described his perfected instrument in
1894. Further improvements were made
in 1929 by Pierre Bougeur. In 1880
Thomas Godfrey designed a s~extant,
soon after put to use by ~navigators, and
close on his heels in 1871 came John
Hadley with another. 1t is claimed
that, whereas the latter's sextant traces
it's descent from the invention of Bou-
geur, that of Godfrey was entirely in
dependent both of the latter and of the
Hadley sextant. Sir Isaac Newton, too,
evolved something like a sextant, but
apparently no developments of the in
strument were ever based on It,,
The entire credit for the original an
nounce;nent of the doctrine of natural
selection goes, as a rule, to Darwin.
Yet a review of the facts in the case
would seem to show hat some part of
the laurels belongs to Alfred Russell
! Wallace, another British investigator.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-23
AN REFORM
FOR ALL REFORMS

permanent legislative reform is dependent upon it.. Those re-
formers who prate about reforms and do not heed or favor this
constitutional reform are either ignorant or insincere. For the
basis of all desired reforms must be majority rule in the Legis
lature, where we now have minority rule. The State Senate is so
constituted in its membership that it can safely ignore the great
majority sentiment of the State, and, therefore, it is indifferent
to the great popular sentiment and to popular demands. \ re
view of legislative history in New Jersey for half a century will
show that the Senate has always been the great stumbling block
for popular and reform legislation. 1t has ever been the citadel
of selfish interests. And no real and substantial reform in gov
eminent is practicable until we have a Senate representing dis
trict units of equal population. The people of New Jersey are
waking up to that fact, and they will presently force the issue
upon the Indifferent attention of the reformers who so persistently
ignore reform at the bottom while chasing reforms, real and
fanciful, at the top.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-23
Cook-Peary Clash Recalls Other
Times When Originat0rs
Claimed Same Idea.

WHAT has doubtless struck many
w as the most noteworthy point
about the discovery of the north pole
is that after SO man. years of en-
deavor, during which explorer after ex-
plorer has gone into the frozen north,
some never to return. two men should
claim to have found the coveted goal
practically at the same time, for the
year intervening between the two dates
mentioned by Cook and Peary can
hardly be said to be a long period. Yet
this simultaneous attainment of an end
long sought by men is by no means
new in the history of the world. 1t
has cropped up again and again in con-
nection with some of the greatest
achievements in science and other fields
of research.
Another case in point. likewise OF
special interest to Americans, Is that
of the telegraph. Almost any Ameri-
can, asked offhand who invented it
would confidently name Samuel F. B
Morse. Yet the case is by no means
clear
Morse, to begin with, based his dis
covery on principles laid down by
Joseph Henry, whose great mistake
was that he made no practical applica-
ton of them. In addition, Morse owed
some of the most important and in
genious features of the invention, fol
which he. gets the lions share of the
credit, to Alfred Vail, his partner.
Nor is this all. Morse managed tt
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-23
A FATAL JOY RIDE
TO BE ATONED FOR

ployer will have its first severe application in the case of a dis
charged chauffeur at Morristown, who in his "jy ride ran dowr
and killed a boy at Fairfield. This man was committing a statu
tory crime at the time his victim was killed, a fact that make,
the killing one of exceeding gravity for him. There is no doub
that the new law has been frequently violated since it was passed
as it is nobody's special business to watch out for violators, an(
this case would not have been heard of if Il tragedy had not at
tended it. A serious duty, therefore, rests upon the crimina
authorities in the matter. The Joy ride" that cost a young lf
must be adequately atoned for.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-23
THE AND
THE ORGANIZATION

Fort last night in Newark and Elizabeth. 1t is evident that the
breach between the Governor and the leaders has broadened into
q oulf. Governor Fort calls for a war upon party leadership, and
he arrays himself with the party elements that are opposed to the
party organization. It may be remarked that, as Governor, he
has every right to crhicise legislative delinquency, and as a Re
publican has the right of every voter in respect to criticism of
party management. AS to the judgment displayed opinions will
differ. What the Republican party in New Jersey needs, above
all things, at the present time is a pacifcator and a peacemaker.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-23
WILL CELEBRATION
HAVE ITS TRAGEDIES?

occur. New Workers. are accustomed to big crowds, and admir-
ably know how to act. With many thousands of visitors the case
is different. There will be brushes of people on land and water
and there will be occasions for panics and wild rushes to impern
life and limb. During the naval pageants on the Hudson an i'm
mense number of craft of all kind will be moving about, and there
Will be danger of collisions, especially at night. Elaborate police
arrangements have been made on land and water to prevent acct
dent and to grapple with emergencies, but it will be a fortunate
celebration indeed if it passes off without some tragical loss o. life
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-23
fAMOUS BITS OF PROSE )
BY FAMOUS PIE OPLE &
Hannibal to His Soldiers.
Born B. c. SO
Died A. D. Is
BY TITUS LIvIUS QIvY)

l Z. LXXy.@ -I
~ N WHAT side oever l turn my eyes l behold all full of courage and
srength-a veteran infantry; a most gallant cavalry; you, my allies
- most faithful and valiant; you, Carthagfnians, whom not only your
|country's cause,b but III justest anger, impels to battle = "
swords. Come i, then! Be mem! hi Romans nay with mores safety be w
ards They have their w country behind them, have places of refuge to flee
to, and esecure from danger in the roads thither, but for you there is no
middle fortune between deatha and victory. Let this b. but well fixed in your
minds ant once again, 1 say % arec onquerors.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-23
Uncle Wall Mason
TIE Sanfosver Poet Of E.npona, Kansas. Saws Today


he lion in The Jungle sat, M sadly said: where are we aq Where da
cur boosted reedom slide. for which u fathers bed and died? I don7f obscf
to being shot, he murmured, to the hippopot, when he WI,
IN TUE comes along to shoot is hire by Smithsons Inshtute: for If "a
shoots he full Of holes, 1 know that scientific Jul will soma
.JJNCTE day scan my mounted frame and use M in their lecture pame.
ant u ii educate thu fat and blooming proetariat Rt
tnereB neither sense nr rhyme in lodging kodaks a the ime
photographers ave grow so thick that I can near their shutters click. all dav
among inc Jung trees n also their look pleasant peaset And 10Y h
pencil artists come, to send home pictures weird and bum il keens ~. ,.ou.-
I'll Jay long md 1 10Y this thing is wrong! I always fear theyu snan me
Wheh I'm ustNe emerging from my dn, ere I've had time TO shine M claw or
clean my teeth OIL shave my jaws 1t sends a pink paint through NV .1.an -
think that some fool magazine may print my picture an, dav am make r.
seem sone jungle jay, who's cured OF nifty seven ills " taking m IA nur-y,
Copyright 1900. by George Matthew Adams
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-23

The one great funda-
mental reform to be accom-
plished in New Jersey is re-
form of the system of legis-
lative representation. All
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-23

The new State law making
it a misdemeanor for a
chauffeur to indulge in a
"joy ride" without the knowl-
edge or consent of his EN-.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-23

The aeroplane has made
another notable victim, a
French army officer. The
first victim was an Amer
lean army officer, who lost
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-23
A SECOND SACRIFICE
TO AVIATION

his life at Fort Myer. There will be other victims before the
aeroplane is perfected for common use, and there then will be a
daily record of fatalities, perhaps greatly exceeding the mortality
dye to the motor car.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-23

There will probably be no
public response by the Re
publican party leaders to
the structures contained in
the speeches of Governor
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-23

With the great multitude
of people in and around
Manhattan during the com
ing celebration the chances
nno fhnt fntnl nnnidonfn u-in
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-23

The great American boy
is equal to all things. The
Wright brothers were mere
boys when they began their
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-23
THE AMERICAN BOY
IN

now that they have succeeded ingenious and ambitious boys all
over the country who can command the means for materials are
trying their hands at building aeroplanes. Two Jersey boys at
Short Hills have constructed a biplane machine, and will make
an experimental trial next Sunday. The pride and hope Of the
nation Is the irrepressible American boy.
The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-09-23

THURSDAY EVENING. SEPTEMBER %, 1909.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-10
"ODD ANNOUNCEMENT" OF
WISCONSIN OFFICESEEKER.

From Wisconsin comes the news Of
"the oldest announcement on record
of a candidate for office" being Che an
nouncement of William Mitchell Lewis,
millionaire manufacturer, who aspires
TO be governor.
The "oddity" of his declaration of
purpose was in the fact that, unlike
most candidates for public office, he Of
himself really desires the place, is ap-
preciative Of the high honor, and, as
he says, is a candidate fer governor
purely of his own volition and not
upon the urgent solicitation of admir-
ing friends.
Isn't it singular that in a country
like this, where so much fuss is made
over the love of truth, there is so
much sham and Pretense in politics 2
Isn't it rather odd that so much effort
is made to instill into a boys mind
the glowing prospect that he, like
George Washington, may some day be
President, yet that in politics a man
usually finds it necessary TO excuse his
candidacy for office upon the ground
Of "the urgent demand of the people 2"
It is a hopeful sign in American
politics when candidates for office.
whether they aspire to be mayors Of
cities or governors of Commonwealth
or mere $3,000-a-year magistrates,
speak the truth regarding their ambi-
tions. Running for office is a proper
pursuit. and a man can have a laud-
able political ambition just as he can
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-10
PRUNING THE PANAMA
CANAL COST.

The wireless dispatches received by
this newspaper from the steamship
CristobaI, on which the House Appro-
priation Committee is now sailing to
Panama, indicate that the committee
is determined to give a thorough con-
sideration to every detail of the Pan
anna canal appropriation The commit
tee proposes to get at the most accurate
possible determination Of the condition
and necessities of the canal and the
zone.
1t is not to be wondered at, in view
of the annually increasing budget for
the ditch, and the wide divergence Of
opinion even among experts, as to when
the canal viii be finished. The opinion
has been gaining ground, latterly, that
even when the canal is finally finished,
at a cost Of somewhere from 100000,
coo to $500, 100000, the end will not be
reached. Rather, it is fully anticipated
that the annual item for maintenance
and operation, including interest, viii
vastly exceed receipts from it for many
years. 1t develops that the Canal Com
mission is asking S48,0OO,OOO for the
fiscal year 1911, an increase of Sl4, 000,-
600 over the amount appropriated fox
1910. The increase of almost so per
cent appears rather startling at first
glance; but under analysis it may
prove much less sensational. The great
and highly expensive work Of construct
ing the locks viii be at its height dur
ing the fiscal year of 1911, and for this
vast quantity Of materials must be
shipped TO the isthmus, to be put in
place by skilled labor, under the direc-
ton of the most expensive engineers.
The locks constitute a feature of the
work on which, indeed, it has been i'm
possible to make very accurate expense
estimates, but which everybody has
realized must constitute one of the
great elements of uncertainty in build
ing a canal Of this type.
Under Chief Engineer Goetbals there
has been established feeling of con-
fidence about the engineering aspects OF
the work, such as was never before en-
tertained. Nobody seriously doubts,
nowadays, that given time enough and
money enough, the canal can be built.
a good many people do seriously cues
ton whether when it is completed, on
the lock plan, it viii be as well worth
the money as if it had been constructed
on the sea-level design.
Without doubt, there viii be renewal
the coming winter of the perennial de-
bate of the levels. There was serious
symptoms Of a revival of that discus
sion at the last regular session, and it
was indicated that the sea-Ievel fac
ton has gained some important con
verts.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-10

1908, and during the first six months OF
1909, there has been a steady fall in
the wages of the British workers, with
an increasing number out Of employ
ment.
How extensive the decline in wages
has been recently in tie United King
dom may be judged from the statement
by Mr.. Grifiths that in the first six
months of this year 1851, 273 persons
suffered a decline in wages, as against
6,439 who were benefited by an in
crease. Stated in money values, the
wage eaners of Great Britain were
paid, on an average, S2s7 $50 less in
wages a week for the last months of
1908 than for the same period of 1907,
and in the first six months of 1909
there was a weekly diminution of
wages of S329, 676. The coal miners are
the principal sufferers, and about the
only workers not affected are the en-
ployes in the clothing and printing
trades, and the employees of local au-
tborities and of the government.
With falling wages. high statistics
of unemployment, and a generally
tense condition of the British labor
market, it is not difficult to understand
Why it is that au economic questions,
especially those relating to unempIoy-
ment, wages. hours of labor, provis-
ions against the contingencies of old
age, and improvements in environment
of workers, are today occupying at
tention in England TO an extent IN
known anywhere else in the world.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-10
WASHINGTON'S GREETING
TO THE PRESIDENT.

It was a most neat and appropriate
procedure which the Washington Cham
Der of Commerce took last evening, in
naming a committee of representative
Washington business men TO greet
President Taft upon his arrival in
Washington this evening.
The President is in a peculiar way
the First Citizen of Washington. In
his hands reposes the final control Of
the governmental administration Of the
District of Columbia, which might be
hkened to a royal duchy, the imme-
date province of the nations chief
President Taft has lived long time
in Washington; his interests have been
identified with those of the city more
intimately than those of most men who
have become Presidents. He has indi-
Gated his deep concern and sympathy
with the aspirations of the Capital in
a great variety of ways; and it is most
fitting that, on the occasion Of his re-
turn from his great swing around the
national circle, he should be formally
received by delegation of the business
community of Washington
The President is himself an honorary
member of the Chamber of Commerce,
and Washington has especial reasons
for the hope that during his Admins
tration the intimate knowledge which
he possesses concerning the eity's in
terests, together with his ambition to
make it all that the Capital of this ma
ton ought to be, may bear much and
good fruit President Taft was one
Of the most popular men IN Washing
ton long before he was President or was
seriously threatened with being made
President. It is no disingenuous OF
self-seeking interest, therefore, whicb
grasps this occasion to extend to the
Chief Executive the greetings and well
wishes of the national city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-10
CONDITIONS OF LABOR AND
WAGES IN ENGLAND.

That the industrial depression in
Great Britain is Of serious extent is
made clear in a report prepared by Con
sui General John l. Grihiths, of Lon
don, from British board Of trade re-
turns. The present profound agitation
over the budget and the questions in
volved therein can no doubt be ascribed
ia considerable part TO this depression.
The facts given by Mr.. Griffiths can
be studied with the more interest in
this country just now because the in
dustrial trend is upward in the United
States and American worlingmen are
confronted with improving conditions.
It is not so in the United Kingdom.
After a number Of lean years, culmi-
mating with 1904, in which wages Of
British workers were constantly fall
ing, an upward tendency was mani
tested, which reached its climax in 1907.
Beginning with the second quarter OF
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-10

He real origin OF the greatest fake
hero story ever told has come to
light in a scrap book owned by
an old resident Of Washington.
A group OF Revolutionary heroes were
standing before an old bar In Wash
ington, and from the lips of each there
fell wondrous stories OF what he had
done in the shock OF battle or the frenzy
Of the charge. Finally one old fellow,
with long white whiskers, remarked:
Il was personally acquainted with
George Washington.
II was lying behind the breastworls
one day pumping lead into the British
ers when heard the patteT Of horses
hOofs behind me. Then came a voice;
Hi, there! You, with the deadly
aiml Look here, a moment
Il look ed around and saluted, recog-
mixing General Washington, and he said
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-10
THE REAL THING IN POLITI-
CAL BOURBONISM.

II mossbaciism wants a platform
that represents the real sentiments Of
some of the people who are helping to
shape political action in Maryland, we
suggest this platform, which the op-
ponents in New Jersey of the New
Idea" In polities-meaning opposition
TO bossism and commercialism-hav
put forth in a letter written by ex-
Senator Murphy;
L believe IN the Immediate repeal
of the present primary law.
2 DO not believe in the election OF
United states Senators by the people,
because I think the great argument
presented by Senator HOar IN favor of
the present custom unansWerable.
8. believe that every ofhceholder
who owes his position 70 the fact that
he Is q party man should contribute
annually 70 the support OF his party.
Guiding the judges OF our highest
courts governors, mayors, and other
great numbers OF salaTied employees
who owe their living 70 their party
& am IA doubt about the advis-
ability OF the civil service law until II
can be shown that a position made
permanent by the law, instead OF by
faithfulness and reliability, does not
materially increase the cost and I'm
pair the efficiency OF the public serv-
Ice.
That IS ti-s real thing in bourbon
ism It is exactly what a great many
politicians believe and want, without
the courage to come out boldly and
say SO. No rights in the primary no
voice in the selection Of United States
Senator'S, leYying Of blaelzmaiI on Of
fieeholders, and the old system of ap-
pointment to Office by political "pulI."
One thing we particularly like about
the Murphy plan is that there is no
compromise about it with the "fool
reformers.'
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-11-10
SideIights on Our Statesmen

What's your aamei'
" Hogan I saiC
Your first manner
Pat. sir-Pat Hogan
Well. Pat ne said; go home. You re
killing too many. It's slaughter. And
Pat. don't call me general. Cali me
Seorge!"
-
James Wilson, the Secretary Of Agri-
culture, knows more about useful plants
than any other man in this country
Burbank, the man who gratis plants
and obtains wonderful results. NAV
know more about the fancy side of gar
dening, but Wilson is right on the lob
when 1t comes TO going into the tropics
and the Arctic regions and transplant
ing useful plants to this countTy
1t is largely for this reason that he
has made himself so useful TO the farm
ers OF the country and has become so
famous as . Secretary of Agriculture.