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Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03
Getting Boys to Their Jobs.

The New York board of education
has taken an advance step in the mat
ter of getting schoolboys in touch with
their proper jobs. 1t will seek the place
for the boy or advise him if he seeks
one for himself. Much complaint has
been made for years about the general
inefficiency of schoolboys for the work
which confiding employers place be-
fore them. Naturally the misits are
innumerable. Just as education is no
longer a simple matter of three RS, so
work is no longer a matter of pick and
spade merely.
There is just the same stuff in the
American boy that there was in the
days when the greatness of this repub..
lie was being founded. But methods of
education and work have changed.
Every boy expects to make good. He
is always willing to creep before he
tries to walk. but the difficulty is to
find his proper job, the job that he can
fill. Drifting is waste of time and
patience, and the new plan is to size
up the boys capacity before placing
him. This is what judicious parents
would do.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03
Wide Interest In Air Flight.

Almost simultaneously In October
big events happened in the three
branches of air f1ying-the balloon, the
dirigible and the aeroplane. Ten big
racing balloons started from ST. Louis
in an international race. In more than
one sense was this race international,
for not only were the participants from
several countries. but most of the bal
rooms crossed the border and sailed far
mp into Canada. Then about the same
time Walter Wellman and his crew
performed the perilous feat of sailing
big dirigible nearly a thousand miles
in the air lanes above the Atlantic
ocean. At st. Louis. New York and
elsewhere aviation meets were held,
the contestants including the most IA
nous of the air men from abroad, as
well as the American thrillers.
There never was time in the his
tory of the world when so many big
aerial events were pulled off. and Oc-
tober of 1910 will remain a notable
month In the annals of flying. Specta-
tors of the great aviation events on
Long Island had the opportunity to see
ten aeroplanes of the several types
afioat simultaneously. circling and
curving and swooping about each other
in a manner calculated to put to shame
anybody who expressed the opinion
couple of years ago that the aeroplane
was merely a dangerous and unde-
pendable toy. Even as late as one year
ago successful aeroplane fight Of any
considerable distance was of world
wide interest Now such flights are be-
coming almost commonplace.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03
Sensitive to Art.

Said the art gallery guide. "Just
watch the crowd awhile and see which
of their antics impresses you most"
Presently the visitor said. II think
it is the queer attitudes so many of
them strike"
Exactly" said the guide. "They
are initiating the poses of the figures
in the portraits. Anybody who sits
for a portrait is supposed to strike a
graceful attitude. All these people
who have never been painted realize
the grace there is in the poise of the
head, the turn of the wrist. the slope
of the shoulders. They wish they
could look like that. and unconscious
ly they try it. The men are as bad
as the women. They straighten up;
they droop: they tilt their heads; they
arrange their hands and feet in imi-
tation of the figures they admire most.
Sometimes their attempts are very
clever; again they are simply ridicu-
lous. New York Times.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03
The Waiting championship.

An Atchison woman who looks for
good in everything is glad she mar
ried. 1T has taught me patience" she
said. When girl she few into a tenn
per If she had to wait five minutes for
something she wanted. but now she
waits and waits and waits and says
nothing. She waited nine years for
her new front porch. six years for her
husband to take her to the theater and
eleven years for him voluntarily. when
there was no company around to offer
her rocking chair. This" she said
recently to friend who heard she was
sitting up half the night waiting for
her husband to come home, "is moth
ing. can wait longer and say less
about it than any woman who ever
lived. am glad | married; other
wise l could never claim the waiting
championship belt. ."-Atchison Globe.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

81 was on an ocean liner when SIZE
ran on the rocks off the English coast
some years ago" said a travelling man,
'and in the panic that ensued there is
one incident that stands out In my
memory. illustrating the slender thread
between the tragic and the ridiculous.
We had fellow on board who had
managed to keep pretty wei! loaded
all the way across. and when we
struck the rocks he was in his usual
condition. When everybody thought
for sure we were going to the bottom
he sat down at the piano in the saloCl
and what do you suppose he begaL
playing? Home. Sweet Home Some
body went to him and begged him to
STOP Immediately he switched off
from the doleful strains of the old
song to the rollicking melody of Down
Went McGinty.' Tae absurdity of the
thing seemed to strike everybody at
once, and a general laugh followed
The tension was relieved, and there
was good order after that"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03
Ever Ready Dynamite.

In remarking that 1.-The use of dyna-
mite for private revenge has come to
be one of the most serious of city
crimes the, Philadelphia Press had
in mind the bomb outrages" of its
own city, where three were recorded
in thirty days. Chicago has more than
its share, perhaps, but in New York
they have happened on an average Of
one a week for months at a stretch.
One remedy for these conditions
would be restriction of the sale Of
dynamite. England's experience under
her explosives act" indicates that
careful registration of the sale of dyna-'
mite and other high explosives prac-
tically guarantees their legitimate use.
At present the restrictions in this coun-
try are very slight. The manner Of
transporting high explosives is fairly
well guarded. Their sale could be
hedged about with difficulties the same
as that Of deadly poisons.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

People who redu " Iart1us nuI
Scattering know that the punishment
is a very unpleasant one. but few i'm
agine how terribly painful and dan
gerous it is Hardened tar is very
hard to remove from the skin. and
when feathers are added it forms a
kind of cement that sticks closer than
a brother. As soon as the tar sets the
victims suffering begins. 1t contracts
as it cools. aud every one of the little
veins on the body is pulled. causing the
most exquisite agony The perspira
ton is entirely stopped. and unless the
tar is removed death is certain to en-
sue.
But the removal is no easy task and
requires several days. The tar cannot
be softpned by the application of heat
and mnst be peeled off bit by bit
sweet oil being used to make the proc.
ess less painful. The irritation to the
skin is very great. as the hairs cannon
be diseEaged. but must be pulled out
or cut of No man can be cleaned of
tar in single day. as the pain of the
operation would be too excruciating
for endurance. and until this is done he
has to suffer from a pain like that OF
10000 pin pricks. Numbers of men
have died under the torture. and none
who have gone through 1t regard tar
and featkering as anything but most
fearful infiiction.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

Cowdray, once the estate of the earls
of Egmont and now in the possession
of Lord Cowdray, better known as Sir
.Weetman Pearson, is the subject of
very interesting superstition. Shortly
after the dissolution of the monasteries
Cowdray was conferred upon Sir An
thony Browne, the father of the first
Lord Montague, who had already been
given Battle Abbey as reward for
his services to Henry VIII. The story
goes that Sir Anthony, who had de-
stroyed the church and the cloisters in
Battle Abbey, was visited in the great
hall as he was holding his first feast
by one of the dispossessed monks. who
after solemnly cursing him, prophesied
that his family should perish by fire
and water. Two centuries and half
later the prophecy was tragically full
filled. In 1898 the house was destroy
ed by fire and within week of that
disaster the last Lord Montague lost
his life in Germany in an unsuccessful
attempt to shoot the falls of the Rhine.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03
Honor In Politics.

All his active life the late Senator
David Bennett Hill of New York was
q politician. He belonged to the old
school of politicians. which was not
always squea amish as TO means and
methods. Yet since his death it is re-
vealed that Senator Hill entertained a
fine sense of honor in pecuniary mat
ters. which is altogether too rare in
this country. According to a dispatch
from Washington. there is in the ma
tional treasury the sum of $4,000 to
Hills credit. This money was rendered
to him as salary for the time between
his election to the senate and the date
he qualified and began service. Sena-
tor Hill. we are told, Indignantly re-
fused the proffered pay.
Another politician recently came into
the Iimelight of popular approval by
resigning an official position in the mu-
nicipal government of New York be-
cause, as he explained. there was no
need for his services. This man. Rob-
ert C. Winters. voluntarily abandoned
a sinecure at salary of $4,000 year.
There Is man in Colorado. the pres
ent governor. John r. Shafroth. who
some years ago gave up his seat in
congress without struggle when he
discovered that his political hackers
had employed unfair methods to elect
him. 1t is a pleasure to record the
names of men like these. There ought
to be little hall of fame set apart for
politicians of their kind.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03
Value CT Weather Bureau.


The official weather men in Uncle
Sans service do not always hit the
mark when they make bold to predict
probably sn wers." increasing cloud
iness," "clearil@ Saturday" and other
things of that sort. But they seldom
fail to make good in announcing the
really big changes in the weather and
giving warning to the public as to hur-
ricanes. cold waves and the like.
AS an instance of this valuable sery-
ice rendered recently may be cited
the warnings sent out in advance Of
the fierce West Indian hurricane. For
two weeks or more the people were
kept supplied with information as to
the probable course of this big storm.
This enabled mariners to protect their
vessels and cargoes Without such in
formation the damage to shipping and
the loss of life undoubtedly would have
been far greater.
The weather bureaus warnings re-
suit annually in the saving of millions
in property and of many precious lives
af1oat and ashore. Those who are dis
posed to carp at the weather mans
occasional misfit prediction should bear
in mind the fact that the general aver
age of reliable prognostications is high.
The weather bureau is an important
adjunct to commerce, and its scope
should be broadened and it's earnest
workers encouraged.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03
The Steel Buvers, svndicate.

!. The Steel Buyers Syndicate.
The Iron Trade Review declares that
it has evidence that a steel buying
syndicate which has been operating
for the past twelve months has been
put out Of business by the activity of
the government. The syndicate was an
association of steel scrap buyers
formed by the leading consumers Of
steel scrap as manufacturing material.
All purchases for the mills of members
of the association were made through
central purchasing interest. Says
the Review:
Following an extended investigation into
the workings of this system, representa-
tives of the government recently in New
York notified one of the largest steel max
ers who had been prominently identified
with the plan that the association in its
present form is infraction in their
opinion of the federal statutes prohibit
ing the restraint of trade 1t was sug-
gested that the present mode of operation
be revised or abandoned. Upon this ad-
vice being communicated to the other
steel makers who were parties to the
plan the association became inactive, and
1t Is in this state at the present time.
No buying in the open market has been
done since the governments ruling.
An association of iron mills was
formed to operate similar system Of
buying. but it was broken up before it
assumed the Importance of the steel
buyers association.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

The processionaries are rather strange
caterpillars. A single string of them
five or six yards long has just climbed
down from my parasol pines and is at
this moment Unfolding itself in the
walls of my garden, carpeting the
ground traversed with transparent silk,
according to the custom of the race.
To say nothing of the meteorological
apparatus of unparalleled delicacy
which they carry on their spine. these
caterpillars. as everybody knows, have
this remarkable quAlity-that they
travel only in troop, one after the
other, like the blind of Breughel or
those in the parable, each of them OBJ
stinately, indissolubly following her
leader; so much so that our author
having one morning disposed the file
on the edge of large stone vase, thus
closing the circuit, for seven whole
days, during an atrocious week,
through cold, hunger and unspeakable
WEAKNESS, the unhappy troop on its
tragic round without rest, respite or
mercy, pursued the pitiless circle un-
til death arrived,-Forum.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

'Marihuana is 4 weed used by people
of the lower class and sometimes by
soldiers, but those who make larger
use of it are prisoners sentenced to
long terms. The use of the weed and
its sale. especially in barracks and
prisons, are very severely punished.
yet it has many adopts, and India
women cultivate it because they sell
at rather high prices. The dry leave
of marihuana alone or mixed with T.
bacco make the smoker wi r than
wild beast. 1t Is ssaid that imnpdiate!
after the first three or four drafts Z
smoke smokers begin to feel IL sligl
headache; then they see everythin
moving, and finally they lose all con
troll of their mental faculties. Every
thing, the smokers say, takes the
shape of monster, and men look like
devils. They begin to fight. and. of
course, everything smashed is mos
ster KILLED" But there are imaginary
beings whom the wild man cannot kill.
and these inspire fear until the man is
panic stricken and runs.-Mexican
Herald.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03
Work of the Reavers

The formation of the plateau on
which Dubois is built is matter Of
great curiosity. Beavers are response
BILE for it Long before the white men
saw that section of Pennsylvania bea-
vers built huge dam in a well set
valley. Year by year the stream wash
ed rich mud into the dam. and when
the body of water was destroyed 64e
acres of land fat as table top were
left On this stands Dubois. Altoona
Tribune.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03
His Hardships.

Il suppose" said the kind lady AS.
she handed the husky hobo a$geneSous
wedge of apple pie, that 'yQlir lot is
full of harships?" - S9f
Oats de propertW6rd fer It. ma'am. ;"
replied the b. h. slnsde winter wen
de farmers amt doin' nothin' but est
in apples an drinkin' bard cider it's
too cold fer me to be ttainpin' aroun'
an in de summer peoples alters offer
in me work. ."-Chicago,.News.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03
Notice to lMAr1IrDrs.

ESTATE OF JACOB G. ,DEvEREAUx, DECD
1ORSUANTs to the order OF John r. c..
L Thompsohs Surrogate Of the County OF
Sum mDertapds made on theagth day ofSeptem-
Dc De5 lSSoa ppication of fthaundersfgpe ed Ad-
OF said deceased notice is hereby
IN =. se,the subscriber their debts, demands and
'Siaims s,nd against the estate OF said deceased.
Satn 1aae1 oath, within nine months from the
barred from prosecuting or recovering the
same against the subscriber,
Dated, September 18th. 1910. f
oo a. MARGARET BOWEN,
$50 CIV 1Auh'his'i" "t
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03
Wanted Il Msehsd.

MIS-. Prloe--.l lmm% 'dear, would vGu
mind doing an errapdbthr M rodar.s3
AIR Pride Whasf f3LAMrs. pri.a..
The cook says we wnhltshave aainuoh
chicken for dinner. 80 wisb you
woule cake this bird down "a he $ hon
and see if you can get9ft matched
London Mail
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

Supreme court decides the Montauk
Indians are extinct and not entitled to
the land they claim. If the court can
extinguish the appetites of the three
remaining families they will not COM
plain.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

So long as the people think politics
is implicated in the high cost of living,
politics will have to do most of the
explaining.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

A contemporary speaks of the ''rhi-
noceri" that Colonel Roosevelt killed
in Africa. Blundering photographers,
it is true. call them "rhinoceroses," but
this is an age of condensation.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

The death of the first stereotyper"
was recently announced. but the an
omitted to state whether
the deceased first stereotyped He said
in part or HE spoke as follows"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

Horseback riding is now taught by
mail. 1t would be interesting to see a
young man who has taken a CORE
spondence course in horseback riding
trying to negotiate a bucking broncho.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

The walters now ask to be divided
into classes. Excellent idea-waiters
who wait, walters who make custom
ers wait, walters who are polite and
walters who are otherwise.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

The neighborhood in New York called
Chinatown has been preserved as a
show place for sightseers of question
able taste. Doubtless they have seen
sights there which they ought not to
be privileged to see anywhere. The
neW police chief proposes to abolish
the sights" Good luck to him.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03
NOrlcegof Sal.s.Iamtns

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, THAT the
Too,, accounts of the subscriber, Orestes
q So1k, Administrator of the estate OF Rachel
sto a. tasH hssH deceased, will be audited and
NrnSsSoy tne surrogate, and reported to the
Os.Rnans' sa.es Court Of Cumberland County for
snuement neoent on Friday, the second day of
tha,nroer per next, at the hour OF ten o'clock ir
Dated Oct. 81, 1910.
ORESTES COOK,
Administ rator.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

The Greek canon of art, "Of every
thing enough, of nothing too much"
holds good in politics as well. By
talking less and spending less we shall
best conserve the nations welfare just
now.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

The economists who are urging the
cultivation of back yards and vacant
lots in cities as an antidote for high
prices may enjoy their fad, but it is
not at all probable that their efforts
will ever result in seriously affecting
the quotations of farm products.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

Chippewa's warrior son, who was at
Carlisle, after looking civilization over
says the tepee is the only place for a
redskin. If the good Indian has been
reading the political news he can hard
ly be blamed for wanting to take to
the woods.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

A trick horse that had been stolen
shook hands with it's rightful owner, to
the undoing of the thief. We defy a
trick automobile to do that.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

Anybody who thought that racing
was conducted as pastime. or. as the
printed documents say. ito improve
the breed of horses" should read the
returns from the New York graft In
quiry.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

LESS beer and more sport is the
kaisers suggestion to German univer-
sity students. First thing we know he
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03
A Deep One.

Doting Mother-Tell pe.srprofessor
is my son deep student? Professor
tdryly)-None deeper, ma He's 81.
ways at the bottom.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

It is worse than useless to argue
with the baseball enthusiast should
you happen to hold to the opinion that.
there are things of more weight and
moment than the winning of worlds
championship pennant
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

The Mark Twain relics. literary and
otherwise. are to be sold at auction.
AS Mark smoked cigars mostly. there
WON'T be many pipes to pick up
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

That three weeks old Chinese senate
has already begun to holler for re-
forms. What will it do when it cuts
its teeth?
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

Some of Holland is evidently to be
taken away from the Dutch now that
a big department store on the Ameri-
can plan is to be started there.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

One wouldn't mind an October cold
wave so much if it wasn't accompa-
MED by such an unpleasant odor of
moth balls.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

Looking for lost balloons may yet
develop into quite an industry, but the
cranky aeroplane comes down before
it has chance to get lost.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

Mrs. Rorer says that more people
have died from overeating than from
starvation. Still. this doesn't make
starvation any pleasanter.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

They say Justice Hughes wears "a
smile of satisfaction" The supreme
bench rides easier than the hobby
horse of politics.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

Andrew Carnegie is now collecting
old china If he ever gets down to col
lecting cigar bands we've got some
perfectly lovely ones we'll swap with
him
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

At about this time of the year it is
proper to expect the annual announce
ment concerning a shortage of tur-
keys.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03
Extravansnt Eooaon,x

Economy often consists in doing
without something you want now rn
order to get something you don't want
In the future.-Atianta JQusnal.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

Portugal is said to have seventeen
different political parties. 1t will take
a genius to hafmonize them.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

The swapping of American money
for European experience has made
record dent in the country's trade bal
ance this year
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

British government bonds are lower
England is poorer, but that the Eng
lish are less confident of their country
and its future.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

Edgar Allan Poe has at last reached
the Hall of Fame, although, so far as
we know. he was never on the lecture
platform.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

Walter Wellman's trip may help to
calm tse fears that an airship fleet
might cross the ocean on a hostile mis-
sion.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03
NOTICE to Creditors.

ESTATE OF JAMES R. RAINBAR, DECEASED
pURSUANT to the order OF John R. c.
a thompson, Surrogate of the County of
OF october, 1910. on application OF the under
signed Administrator OF said decd, noticeiis
nIerepy given to the creditors of the decedent
70 pring IN 10 the subscriber their debts, de-
mands and claims against the estate of said
deceased, under oath, within nine months
from from the date OF such order, or they will be
ioaene1 :, t barred from prosecuting or recover
ing the same against the subscriber.
DATED October 18th, 1910.
,oa ORESTES COOK,
lVS wv administrator.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

If Wellman and the cat had not come
back what lot of glory they would
have missed!
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

An aviator has shown that airships
can be steered by the compass. But
they continue to drop by the plummet
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

Happy the aviation meet where
breaking things is confined to records.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

New York lost $500 on horse deals
in one month. says official investiga-
tor. Cannot Mayor Gaynor find David
Harum open to engagements? -
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

References to our ex-president"
have been fewer of late than when his
speechmaking was done in Europe.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

Wisdom oozes out of Wellman's sea
flight: Before you go ahead be sure
your equilibrator is on right"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

Many man wouldn't mind if Jack
Frost should nip the crop of growing
hats.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

New nationalism didn't think there
we're so many buzzsaws in the world.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

In England an innocent man doesn't
want to get biWseif in a position
where he mag Be tEied for murder.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

Society item from Lisbon: Mr.. Man
uel, former resident of this city, Is
with friends in England.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

The weather is perfectly impartial.
Even the coal man gets slice to suit
him.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

DR.. Crippen was found guilty in thir-
~ minutes. Juries in England don't
have the debating habit.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-11-03

A few more hurricanes and Florida
may acquire the Kansas habit Of build
Ing cyclone cellars.