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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-15

LISTERS AGRICULTURAL HEMICA
WORKS.
Manufacturers Of Fertilizers Of all kinds
Rome Black. Glue. Grease, Chemicals, etc.
Buyers or Dry Bone and Butchers Bone. Con-
solicited. For particulars address
LISTERS AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL.
Works rs Broadway, New York city. and
Lister av.. Newark. n. J.
JOHN F. KEHoE. President.
ALL kinds Of household goods. entire contents
OF houses and nats. stocks of merchandise.
etc, Bought for cash. REID'S AUCTION
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BUSINESS PERSONALS.

CHIMNEYS. CHIMNEYS-Smoky chimneys
guaranteed to draw; chimneys rebuilt and
pointed: also cleaning c%himneys al 81 tue \.
HARRIS 552 South Tenth st. l.. ID. tel. S952-L.
Newark.
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SIHtt hUUTeE.
VIM. SMITH STATE 6l3 North Fifth s.,
Harrison. Repairing promptly attended to.
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MCDOWELL SYSTEM-Easv to learn; rapid to
use. Gold medal Paris, ST. Louis Expositions
over ell competitors as leading method for cut
ring and making ladies' garments. Individual
instruction. Open daily; Monday. Tuesday.
Thursday evenings. Pupils make their own
dresses while learning. Call or send for cir
cular. ROSE C. LYNCH. s95 Broad st.
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CARD OF THANKS
DeeminS 1t impossible to thank all in person.
w take this means or expressing our sincere
and heartfelt THANKS 10 the many friends for
their kindness and beautiful floral offerings;
also James r. Caffrey. for his efficient services.
at the death of my beloved wife.
JOHN T. M SONS.
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HIGH-GRADE watch repairing. cash for old
gold and silver. O. BARTNICK. 2s Market IT.
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Months Mind.
LIE BLANCA Months Mind Mass will be
offered for the repose of the soul Of
Margaret LIE Blanc at ST. James's r. G..
Chnrch on Saturday. January Is. 1909, at
$50 a. m. Relatives and friends are
kindly invited to attend.
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IF YOU want TO be married quietly. without
rice, confetti. hoodlums. etc. there Is Justice
OF the Peace HOLLYWOOD. 26 Clinton st. Open
evenings till 10.
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a Married Mans "If."

IF were only half as smart as my
little daughter thinks she is or as my
wife thinks | am" unused the bene-
dict "I'd be a pretty conceited individ-
ual Now. last evening played a
game of checkers with my little girl.
and, of course, ! let her win. The re.
suit was that she grew about three
inches in as many minutes and went
to bed firmly convinced that she was
the smartest girl in the whole city
Then | played a game with my wife
and when she saw she was getting tn
better Of me she began to get cross.
why don't you go ahead and beat
meT she asked. DO you think I'm
an infant and you have to give rue the
game to keep me In good temper
II tried to convince her that vas
doing my best to win, but she wouldn't
have 1t that way. and when she finally
beat me she was mad clear through.
"'You know you could have beaten
me II you had wanted to- she said,
but you thought you had to humor
me- don't like It bit, and won't |
play another game with you tonight
"Yes. indeed" went on the benedict,
reverting to his preliminary statement,
IF were only as smart as my daugh-
ter thinks she is or as my wife thinks
am we would all wear diamonds and
have box at the opera"
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THE LINCOLN PENNY.

1t Is appropriate that Abraham Lin
COINS face should be placed upon the
new penny to be issued by the United
States mint.
The penny is the coin Of the COM
mon people.
And we are informed that the face
OF Lincoln on this coin will have a
smile on 1t.
Lincoln seldom smiled. His life in
many respects was hard one, and his
face was scanned with sorrows. When
In repose those who looked upon II
say it was the saddest face they ever
beheld.
The artist wanted to find one picture
Of Lincoln In the act of smiling.
After long search he found one pho
tograph In which there was the sug-
gestion of a smile.
The artist took that suggestion and
studied out a facial expression such
as Lincoln might have used while talk
ing to children.
Says Victor D. Bremen, the sculptor,
who designed the new head: when
we talk to each other we are more or
less on our guard, but when we talk
to children we relax and are at our
best. So have tried to imagine Lin
coin"
Lincoln smiling at child!
The conception of the sculptor is
fine one. Lincoln was fond of children.
They liked him. They looked into his
face and with the insight of childhood
saw the goodness In that sorrowful
face.
Another significant feature in the
history of the Lincoln penny Is the
history of the designer Bremen came
here from Paris In 1890 a penniless
youth of twenty-one, Being unable to
find anything else. he sold penny boxes
Of matches on the streets of New York
until he could do better
The coin Of the poor-Lincolns face
smiling at child-the designer who
sold matches for a penny
Isn't that true and triple apotheO-
sis of Americanism?
Think of the channels through which |
the coin will go In the future years Of |
the republic! Common hands, the kind |
Of hands that Lincoln loved to grasp, |
will In millions Of ways handle the |.
humble coin.
The newsboy who boards his little
capital for making change, the Sunday
school child who brings its penny to
the teacher, the cashier of the depart
ment store whose fray is filed with
the shining pence, the gatherer up for
the penny slot machine. the worn and
feeble woman feeling with trembling
hands in her scanty purse, the beggar
Of the streets, the organ grinder. the
Salvation Army captain-all these will
often see the image of Abraham Lin
colin, and some will see also the lesson
Of his life.
1t was a happy choice-the new pen
ny with the Lincoln face.
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Re Told the Story.

Mr. Chamberlain and Mr. Ceilings
were rival candidates for parliament
one time Both had an effective an.
dote which they used to tell alter
ately at their campaign meetings the
understanding being that whoever
spoke first should have first call on the
yarn. At one meeting Mr. Ceilings ar.
rived rather late. and the chairman
Immediately called upon him to ad
dress the audience. AS he went or
with his grafton he began to lead uI
TO the famous anecdote. but before he
had time to tell IT he suddenly felt
gentle pull at his coattais Turning
around. he beheld Mr. Chamberlain re
garding him with an anxious face. IL
have already told them the story" be
whispered warningly. So Mr. Ceilings.
much disappointed. omitted II from his
speech A little later Mr.. Chamberlain
rose to speak. and. to the surprise of
MFR. Ceilings, he Immediately proceed.
ed to tell the fatal yarn.
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HOW OLD ARE your

Thomas A. Edison, the inventor, es-
Inmates that he is 100 years old
That is ito say. he estimates the
length of hls life by the amount of en-
ergy he has put into his life's work.
If the results Of a life are to be es-
timated. compared with the results of
the average mans life Edison is 1000
or even 10000 years old. He has pro-
duced that much more than most men.
Energy is the dynamo that drives
men.
1t is a sort of self generating dyna-
mo. Energy is will power in action.
! The mans will says. Il will do this
thing" and the latent energy In the
man is coupled up with his will. and
the result is activity.
When the human machine is thus
put into motion its velocity and mo-
mentum keep 1t going for a time.
When 1t Stacks up the will power,
generator, gives out a new impulse,
and the machine is kept going.
| Only
| To be effective the activity thus
generated must be properly employed.
A mans generator and dynamo may
be all right and the latter may re-
volve 10000 times a minute the shaft
! ing and belts maybe turning. and yet
the machine may wear itself out do
ing nothing.
Many men spend enough energy do
ing nothing when they might do great
tasks If only they were properly cou-
pied up.
II is the rare man like Edison who
knows how to so adjust the machinery
Of his life as to apply every ounce of
his mental and physical energy to do
Ing things.
Measured by what he has done. Edi- |
son is older than Methuselah.
How old are you. measured by that |
standard?
Are you really twenty, thirty. or
forty, or fifty. or sixty years old?
Perhaps you have put in enough
work. say. at fifty to be really a hun
dred years old-and failed.
Well. a man is measured no less by
what he has really tried TO do than by /
what he has done.
Philip James Bailey has put the
whole matter so admirably It cannot
be bettered:
We live in deeds. not years; In thoughts.
not breaths:
In feelings. not figures on a dial
We should not count time by heart
throbs. He most lives
Who thinks most. feels the MODEST. acts
the best
Measured by the poets standard.
how long have you livedf
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pared for this purpose.

pared for this purpose.
A movement is already under
way to equip the second colony
plant Of so tents. Each tent or
tent house, completely equipped,
represents an expense of $3.50, and
number of local Camps, or lodges,
of the Society have decided to do
nate tents. As there are over
$1,000 local Camps of Modern
Woodmen, and over 100000
members, it is anticipated that sew
eral colonies will soon be equipped
in this way.
The members and local Camps
of the Society have voluntarily con-
tributed to the Sanatorium fund
over $4,000, and at the last
national convention a permanent
tax of ten cents per member per
year was voted to the support of
this work.
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THOU SHALT NOT.

There are many trains on this route.
There is the DISHONESTY train.
On this train you are likely to run into
blind switch almost any time or
crash head-on into the fast limited.
The crew is careless and pays little at
tention to semaphores or block signals.
And there is the DISSIPATION
train. On this line train orders are
apt to be neglected. The engineer
takes chances and runs wild. He
keeps a full head of steam on, and the
air brakes are likely to get out of re-
pair.
Another train on the Wrong road Is
the SPECULATION train. Its sched-
ule time is that of the lightning ex-
press. And when the red light shows
It is often too late to stop. Wrecking
crews work day and night in clearing
the tracks, and the repair shops are
always busy.
Another is the AFFINITY train. 1t
starts at a station called FLIRTA-
TION and is very crooked line. 1t
is the short line to the Divorce Court
terminal.
So, you see, my friendly fellow sin
ner and traveller to the bar, it makes
lot of difference which route you
choose.
1t Is not a question of roadbed or
equipment 1t is question of TER
MINALS.
Which train are you on?
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A QUEER BANQUET.


Police Judge James Austin of Tole-
do, o.. whose motto is Lift Up the
Fallen" gave a banquet.
1t was a Scrptural banquet.
That is to say, the judge went out
into the byways and hedges, so to
speak, and invited the lame, the halt
and the blind to his spread.
1.-THE Golden Rule" judge was a
great friend of the late Golden Rule"
Jones, mayor Of Toledo. and tries to
run his court as Jones ran the city
government = upon the divine rule.
Whatsoever We would that men
should do unto you do We even so to
them"
So the merclful Judge puts himself
In the prisoners place.
Well, it was a queer banquet. Men
the women. black and white, all vic.
tins of misfortune, were the guests.
Gee, Gull. we're goin to be
mugged" remarked piggy" Mulley
when a photographer entered to take
a fash picture Of the motley crowd Of
sixty people.
There was much laughter at this
banquet, and some tears.
And the toasts!
There was Mrs. Fr1 Hscker, the
wife Of a paroled pr suue-. who in a
faltering voice told u her desolate
home had been mac lIugy by the
Judge who had reforI her husband
Life now held a prom - sEl she was.
oh, SO happy!
Then Mrs. Becker bad % -7gd cry.
A girl of fifteen tiIniCly lraa She
had been set adrift on the raets at
nine years of age. For three 81 and
nights she went hungry and t in
vacant house. Then @ woes told
her If she would go to a hoes mere
a red light burned over the she
would be taken in.
The girl probationer could cely
tell the rest of her tale for soLt &.
She said the woman who optrf tine
door gave her the first smile So had
seen in weeks. In that house A man
taught her to steal Judge Austin was
good to her, suspended her sentence
and got her a job. That was over
year ago. Now she was a good girl
and would be always.
OF such were the annals Of this good
Samaritan
Grizzled old men told how they were
leading a new life helped by the good
Judge Young men stood up and talked
about how the judge had helped them
to "cut out the booze" and get good
Jobs.
Surely If there is joy among the
angels over one sinner that repenteth
there was a jubilee in heaven over
that feast in Tony Miller's chophouse.
over by the ponce station.
And the good Judge?
He was happier than an archangel-
because It is not given to archangels
to save the souls of sinful men.
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SAY "YTS."

II is difficult sometimes to say mo"
Many a business man has been ruined
because OF his inability to say that
word. Many a young man has lost
character and reputation because he
could not give emphatic refusal to
temptation.
But
1t is about as difficult to say YES"
"Yes" is as decisive as mo" In
both cases It is the final word. There
may be dallying and hesitating before
hand. but sooner or later the issue
must be met with the last word of as
sent or dissent.
For instance
You stand on the threshold of a new
enterprise 1t means everything to
your future well being. II is feasible.
II has been accomplished by others
who are no more Hb, lou. New.
ertheless you hesitate Yun
Linger shivering on the brink
And fear to launch away
But II you have thoroughly can
vassed the proposition and know IL in
all Its bearings. cOme up to IL. face II
and say TO yourself:
YES! | CAN DO 1T"
When you say that and mean Il Won
have half your battle fought. You
will waste no more time in doubt. The
energy you have wasted in worry you
can use IN work. Having crossed the
Rubicon. there is no turning back.
Or
You have struggled hard over some
onerous task. Sometimes the battle
goes against you Your plans have
been upset as a wind topples over toy
soldiers. You feel as IL you could
SIT down and cry-if that would do
any good And. almost ready to sur
render. you ask yourself.
as Il worth whileT
That Is the precise time for an en-
pathetic ~YESr To give M is to fan
utterly. And. II your ship must 20
down. co DOWN WITH 1T and with
your Tag Tying. Whatever happens.
say to yourself:
Yes
And when you have said that you
VIII 90 to your task with a vim and
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ciation.l
SHORT AND SWEET.
President Taft made big hit when
he put his tariff message into 800
words
The article you are now reading is
composed of 500 words, so you can
readily understand the brevity of the
Taft document
The newspapers have come to dread
the appearance of the average mes
sage that fills so much space, to the
exclusion of the news.
Besides
1t is an open question whether one
person in a thousand really reads the
voluminous executive deliverances.
Ex-President Roosevelt's favorite
picture-the one over the mantel In
the executives private office-was the
one in which the old farmer is shown
as sitting up after the family has gone
to bed, burning the midnight oil and
porting over each sentence of the pres
idents message.
The picture is rather fanciful.
Nowadays the farmer is about as
busy as the business man. He Is on
a rural route, gets his daily paper and
skins over the headlines after taking
a look at the markets just as the man
in town does.
But it is safe to say the farmer and
everybody else read every word Of the
tariff message.
The art of condensation is a rare ac-
complishment.
If brevity is the soul of wit, it is
also the soul of eloquence.
Study the masterpieces of modern
eloquence. Note the short, incisive SEN
fences and the epigrams that come
like lightning from the orators brain.
Few speakers understand this art OF
condensation. They use words, words,
words, and they muss over an idea I'M
til they tire their audiences. The
same is true of many writers.
The story of creation in Genesis Is
shorter than many editorials.
The Lords Prayer is put into sixty
words.
Lincolns immortal address at Get
tysburg is shorter than many newspa-
per paragraphs.
The most thrilling utterance of one
human to another requires but three
short words
81 love your
The most eloquent marriage ritual Is
the briefest, as is the most impressive
burial service.
The language of sincerity, the Ian
guage of the heart is brief speech.
When you have something worth
while to say, make 1t short and
sweet
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GOING, GOING, GOMEZ

On the one hundredth anniversary
of the birth Of Lincoln, the emancipa.
tor, 200 white slaves" were sold at
auction.
What!
Strange as it may seem, these men
were actually sold In a Brooklyn
church to any one who would offei
food, shelter and employment fol-
them.
These 200 men, of various ages and
ability, were er-the-fence-and-ou
men
Discouraged in the long, vain search
for employment. they offered them
selves to the bidders
In a previous sale some fifty men
were sold by the same auctioneer. The
plan originated with a machinist who
advertised himself for sale in the
newspapers He sold himself by this
method to a woman who sent him tc
run a chicken farm in New Jersey
Among those sold on Lincoln day
were several college graduates who In
default of any other work had been
shoveling snow for the city.
Unlike the auction sales Of slaves be
fore the war, each man wore black
mask to conceal his identity.
You thought slavery and involuntary
servitude had been done away by Lin
coins proclamation?
Mistake!
Men always Will, until the day of the
1, IL,
tarily and some because Of misfor
tune, some Of their own Volition oil
fault, some because they got between
the upper and neither millstones
1t may be there are gross Inequalities
in our economic system that cause
white slavery Certainly there is
something wrong when men who are
willing and anxious to work are de
MED that boon.
The spectacle Of men selling them
selves on the block makes one grow
sick at heart.
Nevertheless
The world is growing better and sanel
and more merciful-slowly. but sure
". Slowly. but surely. we are getting
further away from slavery aid tyran
ny and injustice.
II his connection the inspiring poem
written by George Alfred Townsend
some years ago Is apropos, and We
quote from it the following lines:
Deep the wells of humble childhood, cool
the spring beside the hut
Millions more as poor as Lincoln see the
door he has not shut
Not tin wealth has put its canker every
moor whites cottage through ---~
Shall the great republic wither orJthe in
fuel subdue.
Stand around your great commander.
Lay aside your silly fears
Every Lincoln carries freedoms car along
a hundred years
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FIGHTING TUBERCULOSIS

0At the last meeting of the Execu-
tive Council of the Modern Wood
men Society, held at the headquar-
tiers of the Society in Rock Island,
Ill, it was decided to conduct that
Society's sanatorium. located at
Colorado Springs, Colo, for the
treatment of members afflicted
with tuberculosis, free of all charge
to members.
The Modern Woodmen Society.
several months since, acquired $50
acres of land within seven miles OF
Colorado Springs, and has establish
ed thereon an up-to-date sanatori-
UNI, the tent colony plan being en-
ployed. The first colony was open
ed for the reception of patients on
Jan. l, 1909. 1t is equipped to
care for 60 patients, to which num-
Der admissions will be limited for
the present.
The tents are octagonal struc
lures. with shingle roofs. canvas
sides, hard wood floors on solid ce-
ment foundations, heated by a
central plant, equipped with all
modern conveniences, such as tele-
phones, etc, and each tent will ac-
commodate one patient. An ad-
ministration building for physicians
nurses, dining hall, baths of all
kinds etc, stands in the center Of
the colony.
DIR. J. Z. White, formerly of the
Nordrach ranch sanatorium, the
Medical director in charge, states
that only those consumptive MEM
bers who are durable, OF whose lives
NAV be prolonged for a consider
able length Of time viii be ad-
mitted as patients. The wisdom Of
this rule is apparent. Rigid medi-
cal examination as a condition
precedent to admission will be in
sisted upon in every case, and
special blank forms have been pre-
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WHICH ROAD7

Along the line Of life are many juno
uon points. and two roads lead out
from each junction-the Right road
and the Wrong road
From the folder OF the Right road
you may learn that
The road Is single track and In some
places narrow gauge. II Is mostly up
grade. several feet to the mile. There
are sharp curves that 20 around big
rocks and along deep declines. But
ON account Of the altitude the air Is
ine. and when you get up the scenery
Is unsurpassed. And Il Is SAFE
The features Of the Wrong road
are
The roadbed Is well ballasted. the
line Is double tracked all the way. and
the equipment Is luxurious. II Is easy
riding-no steep up grades. Il Is down
hill from junction 20 terminal But
While the coaches are sumptuous
and for few stations the scenery is
fascinating. By and By the train runs
through desert places and gloomy can
yons.
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WHERE DO you LNE7

II asked the question you would give
the name Of the town or city In which
you reside, adding perhaps the number
and street
But that is not where you live.
That is only the place where you are
staying
You live 10 another world-a world
apart from your daily abode For In
stance
Some live in a world Of LEISURE
They live a Iounglng sort OF exist
ence. lolling through the hours, taking
the line of least resistance. seeking the
things that make FOR luxury. They
care only for themselves, lodging all
self sacrifice or hardness. preferrfng
the sensuous. pampered way.
Some live IN 8 world OF DIsslPA-
T1ON.
They walk the primrose path Of dali
lIapca daily. They cry: Chase the
winged butterfly Of pleasure! Watch
the drvads dance. Listen to the pat
ter OF the fountain. Eat, drink and be
merrv FOR fomorrow-there is no to-
morrow
otbers live 10 a world Of ACTION.
Tho Ar, restless. ambitious. I'M
oulet oriated. They are rowing in
snIrit disturbed. incessant Brisk.
pronnt HveJ, they go the pace that
tells.
San. i've u the world Of THOUGHT.
Tbeir ard to them a kingdom Is
They rlty hin who riots or him who
doIli.s theirs is the world Of intel
let In that world they live and
NOV. and have their being. They are
az that rre people who are good com
PAM for themselves.
orsers i've In a world Of FEELING. /
Tbey are easily moved. though slow
NJ scfisa- They enjoy the exercise OF
their emotions They are ready to
r-rrp Nth those that weep. bot slow
70 ar the mourner's tear Having
ssusltilities that are keen. ever sen
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the blood. muscles and Fkidneys
renders il inert and harmless and
drives it out of the system. 1t is
composed of perfect antidotes for
the rheumatic acid poison in the
system, and the secret of its won
derful success lies in the fact that
it is designed to cure Rheumatism
only.
Uric-O is sold and recommended
by J. NJ. Taylor, and by druggists
everywhere at 75c and Sl.00 the
bottle. They will furnish samples
and literature upon request or same
can be obtained by writing to the
Smith Drug Co., 302 Smith Bldg,
Syracuse, n. Y.