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The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-03
A GENUINE A WORD
FOR FRENCH TELEGRAMS.
0ne=Fifth of a Cent Now Cost
Under New Plan.

General Horace Lee Washing
ton, of Marseilles, advises that after
some delay in the date first understood
an innovation in the French postal
service was inaugurated recently. when
from certain offices in France and
Corsica letter kilograms paid in ad-
vance were transmitted by wire during
the night 1t the rate of l centilne Q-5
of a cent? the word. No messages are
forwarded at a charge of less than 50
centimes 10 cents). The messages are
sent out as mail matter by the early
deliveries. He says:
Although messages are only for
warded during the night after 9 O'Clock
they may be deposited after I in the
evening, and at the designated offices,
which are open until midnight, up to
II O'Clock. They are received up to
midnight at Offices which are open all
night.
THE letter telegram is an expert
ment, and it's continuation will depend
upon the extent the public ayails itself
of. this opportunity. Considering the
low rate provided. and the immense
convenience to business interests that
admits of lengthy messages being sen
at the close of a business day and re-
ceived early the morning following at
points two or more days distant per-
haps by ordinary mail facilities, as is
the case when letters are sent from
Corsica to Paris, and twenty hours
when sent from the southeastern Sec
tion TO the capital"
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-03
FLOATING TELESCOPE
LATEST INVENTION.

A telescope that floats in a tank Of
water instead of being mounted on It
solid pier has been installed at the
Harvard observatory. The instrument
is of the rejecting type and is tha
largest of its kind in the world, the OBJ
ject mirror being five feet across.
The instrument proper is mounted on
a water tight cylindrical steel float.
which is buoyed up by water In a con
crete tank only slightly larger than the
cylinder and shaped to fit it. The cylin-
der is inclined and serves as the polar
axis of the telescope.
II does not float freely in the tank,
but has a delicate pivot al each end TO
hold and guide it. The water. how
ever, hears all the weight, so that none
of It rests on the pivots. All move
ments Of the telescope are regulated by
electric motors. The great glass mirror
IS 50 arranged hat it can easily be re
moved and r~esiivered whenever it
grows dim, although its weight is ahout
two tons.
The whole instrument IS mounted in
the open air, but the image is reflected
to an eyepiece in an adjoining building,
where the observer sits. The telescope
is expected to reveal stars of the seven
teenth or eighteenth magnitude-pos-
sibly even fainter oncs-and work may
thus be done with it that would be i'm
possible with any other instrument
Detroit News.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-03
Dan DRUFF| r:
GERMS MUST GO

In America the dandruff germs must
Q o The war Of determination has been
declared. The battle has begun. and
already thousands of intelligent Ameri-
cam have permanently rid themselves
of this llthiness.
Today it is nc more necessary for a
man to nave dandruff in his hair than
TO have tartar on his teeth.
Dandruff can never be cured until
the small, agg:avating and indomitable
dandruff germ is conquered and
destroyed.
And millions of dandruff germs have
been destroyed, thanks to the great sci
enlist and dermatologist who gave to
the world Partisan Sage, the only real
dandruff cure and hair grower the
world has ever known
If you have dandruff Partisan Sage
will cure you in two weeks, or your
money back.
But besides Kidding the scalp of dan
druff, Partisan Sage is guaranteed to
stop falling hair and itching of the
scalp. II is not a dive. 1t is a. prime
~favorite with women of refinement. It
makes the hair soft, lustrous and
beautiful and is not sticky or greasy.
"A large bottle for so cents at Menk's
Pharmacy, or by express, charges pro-
paid. from the American makers, Giroux
Mfg. Co. Buffalo. N. Y.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-03
FOX SKINS R O MAINE.

No accurate statistics are available
as to the number of foxes captured in
Maine in a year, but some time ago
Charles Z. Oak, of Caribou. then land
agent, said at a committee hearing that
more than 10000 fox skins were sold out
OF Aroostook county alone every year.
Outside Of Aroostook county. where
several men make a business of fox
hunting, perhaps $4,000 pelts are taken
in a yea making the total output Of
the State $4,000.
The price Of good fox skins reached
the highest notch last winter, even red
pelts commanding $3.50 to So each, as
against $3.50 two years ago and $2.25
five years ago. One fox skin in 200 is
from a Cross fox, and is valued at
$50, one in 10000 is a silver gray, and
is worth from 5000 to $500, and perhaps
one in 10000 is a pure and radiant
black, which may bring $500 or even
1,500, thus making the coat of the
black fox the most valuable garment
worn by any animal OH top Of the
earth.-Portland Press.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-03
PLAN TO DISPEL FOG
BY USING ELECTRICITY.
London Discusses Theory that
Currents May Break Up Gloom.

Electrical discharges to rid the Brit
ish isles Of fogs is the proposition of
Sir Olive Lodge, q scientist whose
name commands respect fer any plan
in natures domain he might express
Willingness to father. SAYS a London
cable dispatch. The Westminster coun-
Gil has provided ground near the
Grosvenor canal where experiments are
to be made under public auspices at a
cost of SO, 900.
The plan involves the discharge of
electricity at q light voltage from a
series of disks placed on the tops of
insulated poles. Precipitation of mois-
ture follows, and the fog laden at
mosphere is cleared.
The idea is said to have been sug-
gested by noting Improvement in Lon
don atmospheric conditions since the
modern Introduction and growth of
electrical industry. .
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-03
DOSING OF PUBLIC NOT
so BAD AS OF YORE.
Remarkable Change Has Taken
Place in American DrugstOres.

did you ever stop to think about
what a remarkable change has taken
place during the last fifteen or twenty
years in the American drug store?" In
CURED George w. Porter, a.. COM
mercial traveller from Pittsburg, to a
New York Telegram reporter:
Most of us can remember the old
apothecary shops where our mothers
sent us for squills and ipecac. What a
little, vile smelling place it was, with
the shufHing old druggist peeping from
behind a musty prescription counter
and leering at us through spectacles
sitting down on the very edge of his
nose,
But, thanks to a more enlightened
age, the old apothecary shop and the
ancient druggist have gone forever.
save in some very small and out of the
way hamlets in the Lakewood South n
the crude parts of the West. ,
w have now a new druggist. He is
a young man, who does not believe in
drugs. He fairly scowls when we hand
him an order from the doctor. He pre-
fers to sell us something which is al
ready put up and which he knows will
do us no more harm or good than the
S0-cent prescription ordered by the
doctor.
And the new drug store is larger
and brighter and does not smell of
drugs. 1t is a pleasant place to go
and chin with the fair cashier and dis
cuss the weather with the soda water
boy. The druggist himself is light
hearted and light-headed, and it is
fairly refreshing to hear him discuss
politics and the drama. He men,
tons drugs, and in time he hopes to be
able to say hat he has none to sell.
We are approaching the drugless age
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-03
PADEREWSKI'S DIET.

Prior to bis appearance at a con
cert, Paderewski would not thank one
for a piece of the finest turkey or for
the most toothsome Christmas pudding
ever made. On a concert day he eats
nothing until it is concluded except one
s~oft-boiled egg. When it is over he
takes a hearty meal, which he enjoys
thoroughly, as his appetite is excellent,
though he is so abstemious. During a
concert he drinks a soda-lemonade
made without sugar. 1t need hardly
be said that this is not intended as a
stimulant. After the concert he per-
mits himself a draught of some malt
beYcrage.-Tid-Bi Bits.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-03
DIR. PoIand's Lecture.

DR.. A. b. Poland, superintendent of
school of Newark. has SEN the follow
ing circular letter to all the principals
in the city:
THE one hundredth anniversary of the
birth of Abraham Lincoln will be appro-
priately commemorated throughout the
United States On Friday. February. u.
1909. According to the law of our State
this day will be Il legal holiday. when the
schools will be closed. On the day pre-
ceding. therefore, nccordin" to law and
custom. you will be required to conduct
exercises appropriate to the day.
LAS Governor Fort states in his procla-
nation. the coming anniversary of Lin
coins birth demands more than the Gus
tomary observance Principals are mr.
gently requested to take more than ordi-
nary care in making out programs suitable
to The occasion.
"rhis office would be glad to receive
and to file among it's archivese copies Of
any of these programs that it may deem
desirable to preserve.
"I am mailing herewith to each princi-
pal one or more copies of the proclama-
ton by Governor Fort, and a letter by
State Superintendent Baxter. both of
which may appropriately be made a part
of each program. Very truly. yours.
"A. B. POLAND.
city superintendent
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-03
MOB INSURANCE A NOVELTY.

a genuine novelty in the way of in
surance was recently introduced in
London, England, called mob insur-
ance." 1t is taken out by merchants
against possible losses through rioting
or looting by mobs. The most active
demand for this queer insurance is in
the vicinity of the parliament buildings,
which would naturally be the objective
point of ~ mob melted to make a dem
onstration against the authorities.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-03
INSPIRATION MISSING.

The absence of the ladies from be-
hind the grills in the House Of Com
mons has already had some effect.
Keen observers think they detest a GER
tain carelessness in the mems dress.
The eye of beauty no longer directs in
spring radiance through those envious
bars, and members feel forlorn.-Lon-
don Tattler.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-03
ROMANCE GONE.

"A novel always ends with the mar
rage
Which is proper. There is nothing
novel about the subsequent hunt for a
fiat, and a cook, and a job lot of furni-
ture."-Puck.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-03
IN 4 PROHIBITION STATE.

T wish a real circus, with a big
tent, would come along,'' writes a
Georgia youngster to the Atlanta Con-
stitution. 80 we children could. get
tickets and go to it. Dads got one in
his room, but NAV says it is a circus
of animals that nobody but him can
zee.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-03
EXPERTS AT COLONIzING.

The only two countries which draw
some benefit from their colonies and
understand how to manage them are
England and Holland-two countries
which have many national ~characteris-
tics in common.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-03
PRICELESS GIFT OF HUMOR.

1t is a fine thing to be able TO make
hundreds of people laugh heartily. To
have the power to achieve this pur-
pose is little less than a gift of the
gods, and h price of a real national
characteristics in common.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-03
KNEW THE ROPES.

Mrs. Dorcas-Do o believe that a
woman should handle the reins?
Dolly Swagger-I always do when
Charlie takes me out for a sleighride.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-03
His Beautiful Character.

Though It was >his most beautiful trait
of character, | cannot dwell upon Lin
colnls sympathetic spirit, nor his many
deeds of Kindness, ms my letter is already
much longer than | intended to make it.
Today's exercises should so stimulate your
interest in him that you will be certain
to read all about him that you can.
And last but not least. he believed in
a Heavenly Father wro cares for US ana
directs our ways-an Almighty Ruler who
presides over the destinies of nations. j.
G. Holland say of him: The unwavering
faith in a divine Providence began al, his
gold through all the inner experiences of
his life"
Emerson says that on his second in
auguration. President Lincoln delivered
an address which will stand forever as a
model Of lofty eloquence and sublime
morality.
His words and his life prove his firm
ness in the right his charity for all. and
clearly reveal his sterling character and
lofty purposes.
&C. J.. BAXTER.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-03

night, after he had closed the store, walked
several miles to restore the bit of silver TO
its rightful owner. He once took the same
amount of trouble to carry an ounce OF tea
to a poor woman to whom he had acciden-
tally given short weight. Being thoroughly
honest in little things during his days or
obscurity. he then gave evidence of the
deep sincerity and unswerving integrity that
served him 50 well when he became a
controlling influence in the affairs of the
nation during the most critical period of its
history. The superintendent of a large
manufacturing interest once said; My pri-
vate secretary is a slow fellow. but he is
true blue His trustworthiness makes
worth many times his weight in gold.
l do not know what l should do without
him. Honesty is not simply the best policy.
is au absolutely indispensable part OF
the equipment of the youth who is destined
10 win success,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-31
BY Times Hen
About The City

who win succeed James Wilson as Sec
rotary Of Agriculture If Mr., Wilson
ever resigns. made his way, financially
and politically, as the editor of a week
~ newspaper. which he finally con-
veTted into a daily publication.
What does Scott know about agri-
culture?" asked one Of his fellow mem
bers.
Why" said former Representative
Charlie andis Of Indiana, also the edi-
tor and owner OF country paper. how
can he htlp knowing all about it? The
subscribers pay the country editor with
their prize yegetables-take IL out in
trade, you know. If Scott is Ike me.
he has learned all about farming just
from the farm products laid on his edi-
torial desk.
Il could run a farm by what / learn
ed from the trade brought I'm to pay
the subscriptions TO my paper. You don't
have TO ride pillow or run a mower to
know all about farming"
Representative William Brown McEin-
ley of Illinois, the owner of more mics
Of interurban electric railways than any
other man in the world, is remarkable
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-31
INCREASE OF WEALTH IN
UNITED STATES.

How rapidly does wealth increase
in the United States?
Any person whose memory stretches
back over the last decade must be con
scious from no end of signs that
there has been an amazing growth of
wealth in that time. lie that runs can
read. At the same time it is not an
easy thing 10 express it in terms Of
dollars and cents. George Paish, editor
Of the London Statist, has been study
ing American economic conditions, and
he has come to the conclusion the an
nual increase Of wealth in this country
is $1,000 900, 600.
This seems almost incredible, but
when it is remembered what this coun-
try produces annually, through its
farms, its mines, its manufacturing es-
Establishments, and other sources the
figures appear more reasonable. For
instance the farm production which
Secretary Wilson's forthcoming report
viii show for the past year is about
81, O00,0 100000. In this, there must be a
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-31
THE EXPECTED HAPPENS AS
TO BUILDING FEES.

The plea for a reduction IN the cost
of building permits for repairs is at
bottom a plea for a return to the old
system OF charging for permits. This
ought not give anybody heart disease.
Builders, investors, and spectators
who have been paying 81 for the right
to erect structures of any size AID
character may be expected to kick
when made to pay 500 or $1,000.
But neither the petition for a re-
duetion in the cost of repair permits
nor any interview so far published in
support of that petition puts any new
face on the matter.
These builders would have al the
bills of the District government paid
from the general fund. Very naturally
That would distribute the cost Of in
specting structural work not only
among the investors in the project but
also among all the owners and all the
tenants of all the other buildings al
ready erected.
These builders think the charges are
too high. Maybe they are. But they
can be reduced without destroying the
whole principle of making them pay
for whom the inspecting is done.
Finally, there is reason enough for
denying such a general change as this
petition suggests in the profitable ex-
perienca Of other cities like Philadel-
phia, which charge for their permits in
direct proportion to the amount OF
work to be inspected.
The building regulations have now
been generally amended. This fee
system has been enacted into law. The
outlook for effective supervision under
the new regulations and by virtue of
the fee system is better than it has
ever been before.
But it is yet far from perfect. And il
is hard to see how it can approach
practical perfection until some means
is found for Furnishing the builder Of
unsafe structures. This might well be
done by making it impossible for him
TO continue in business as a builder. II
there Is TO be any change in the exist
ing regulations let it be in this direc-
ton, no matter what may be done
also as to the less important question
Of fees.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-31

nual economy that would be attained
in charges for maintenance and ex-
ploitation If the German railway
system were electrified would be
$ll,75O,O00. This would assure an
interest of per cent on the capital
required to make the alterations, about
S22O,OOO,0OO. It is therefore evident
the time has come when change to
electricity on the German roads can
be attempted with the assurance it viii
pay.
Mr.. Norton says there is a general
opinion that in the early future cleo
tricity wiz displace steam, entirely or
in great part, on all the leading Ger
man lines. It is likely the develop
ments in this matter in Germany viii
compel American railway managers to
give more serious attention to the sub
iect than they have in the past.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-31
NOW COMES THE CRISIS IN
IRISH AFFAIRS.

In his speech at fremont Temple,
Boston, last Monday night, T. P. O'Con-
nor announced that at that very time
parliament was considering an improv-
ed land act, one better even than that
under which already more than 300, 900
Irish peasants have become landed
proprietors. This new land act is the
one which Premier Asquith has just de-
cided to make a big fight over. 1t has
been reported back from the house of
lords with amendments that, so the
prime minister says, the house of COM
mons viii not accept. Thus the crisis
in British political affairs becomes grav-
er than it was before.
The act in question is an extension
of the policy of giving Ireland back to
the Irish and leaving the native stock
to develop the country under benevolent
conditions. 1t is a scheme that has so
far done much TO plaoate the Irish lead
ers, for it has been doing away with
obnoxious, and sometimes oppressive,
landlordism. "And in fifteen years, /"
said Mr.. O'Connor to this Boston audi
ence, '1andlordism viii be a dead and
buried thing and every rod VIII be own
ed by the Celtic race, and the only lord
above them win be the Lord Almighty"
The bill now under discussion in
wolves the appropriation of about a
billion dollars for loans TO tenants who
would become proprietors and for in
eidental compensation to the landlords.
The peers, of course, are yielding to this
great reform as slowly and reluctantly
as possible. The contest has practical
ly united the various Irish elements
the landlords excepted-and the present
Liberal government is stoutly in favor
of the completion of the work, as Pre-
mier Asquith has demonstrated by his
declaration that a week from today
he wiz move to have the house Of com
mons reject all the amendments made
by the house Of lords.
Naturally the standpatters in parlia-
ment oppose this wholesale adoption
of the principle of ireland for the
Irish" on the ground that if the Liberals
win the land bill fight they viii then
have TO fight for home rule. Mr.. O'COn-
nor, who is sharp observer, predicts
that home rule viii be realized in the
course of a few years, the way things
are going now.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-31
Wise and
OtheruiSe
Statesmen

because OF the way in which all animals
love him.
IF he hadn't made money in rail-
ways said John Eversman the other
day, he could have made a fortune as
an animal trainer At home every dog
IN town knows him and follows him on
the street"
James Smithers. chief of the telegraph
service at the White House and Gus
tOdian of all the state secrets that go
over the wire to and from the Presi-
dent, is a shark at playing chess.
Col. Robert ". Gates. Of Tennessee. is
one Of the best known newspaper cor
respondents in Washington, and is noted
among his fellows as an eXemplification
of the fact that the art Of conversation
is not dead. He reads Addison and
Swift and Steele. and is as full of fine
phrases as a dandy Of the Elizabethan
age
When he had finished his lunch in the
dining room OF the Press Club today
and had taken his departure after his
usual contribution to talk. Louis Brown
low, also a Tennessee correspondent and
mOnOlOguist Of parts. said:
Gates has gone, like the passing OF
sweet music"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-31
Race in Ne2D York

Judge Gaynor announces that in this
campaign ne stands on his head. It
doesn't seem necessary to prove #, and
Il looks as If he would have some diff
hculty in falling on his feet.-PhiladeI-
phia Inquirer.
+
''Hurrah for the man with the square
tsWi' was shouted at a Barnard meet
IN x IN New Y ork the other evening The
laws OF the other candidates seem to
attract more attention by their activity
than their contours.-Boston Transcript.
i
What the city of New York needs is a
mayor who will measure up 10 the stan
dard OF official life set by the present
governor OF New York State-St. Louis
Globe Democrat.
=
Those who think this week ends the
fight with Tammany forgqG the recount
seasOns--BOstOn Herald.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1909-10-31

vast net profit and increase of wealth.
Moreover the Census Bureau figures are
not much different rom those of Mr..
Paish and show a growth in wealth of
but little less than FIVE billions an
aually between 1900 ana 1904.
Reduced to other figures this would
seem to mean the average family IS
adding to its net income $500 a year.
1t is at this point the shoe begins to
pinch. How many families of working
people are adding $500 q year to their
net income? Not many. A vast mum
Der of them are well content to come
out even at the end o. every December.
The S5,000,000,OOO net increase in
wealth as everyone knows is going to
a disproportionately small percent
age of the families. This is inevitably
so, though an increasing number of
folks are coming to think there could
be a more equitable distribution if
tariffs, taxation, freight ates, and some
other factors were given more intelli-
gent public attention.
Mr.. Paish's figures are arousing much
thought and discussion, and they are
compelling new attention to the ques-
ton Of the channels into which the
vast annual growth in wealth is pour
ing.