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Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-14
PITH OF THE MAGAZINES
The Price of Being Public snir,ted.

The Price of Being Public Spirited.
The story of the Pittsburg bribery
nj the remarkable detective
work by which evidence was secured
against the bribe-giving bankers and
brlbe-taking councilmen makes one
OF the interesting features of the
october American Magazine. One
OF the most amazing and appalling
features of the case is the price the
public-spirited citizens of Pittsburg
had to pay for their efforts to clean
up their city. A. !. Mock, who
writes the article, speaking Of this
phase, says:
There are two separate sets of
statistics showing what 1t all came
to at the end of nineteen months.
On the dockets and prison registers
you may read of one hundred and
eighty-six indictments and informa-
tons involving one hundred and
sixteen persons, three OF them bank
presidents, several of them worth
many millions. And of all this the
end Is not yet. But on the saddened
races of the men in the Frick Build
ing you may also read that Mr.. We'll
is q lifelong friend of one of the
jailed millionaire bank presidents.
and FOR years his personal attorney;
mat he is an intimate friend of the
allied vice-president of the same
ranks that he has lost s15O.0OO
worth of business by his connection
With these prosecutions; that w. x.
shiras has a valued client among
the convicted men; that F. B. Bah
COCK had a brother on the director
ate OF the Columbia Bank; that Will
lis f. McCook Is vice-president of
the Workingman's Savings, personal
attorney and valued friend of the
aged president who confessed to
bribery and is now out on bail. 1t
comes high indeed!
But these men are not deceivlng
themselves with the idea that a city
can be regenerated by putting peo-
pie In jail. They know that no town
can purify itself until it takes on an
entirely new philosophy of civic life
and is educated into the saving
graces of a new civic spirit. They
have undertaken to represent this
philosophy in Pittsburg and bear the
pains of pioneering in the educa-
t1onal campaign; and right well,
when all Is said and done, is the
city falling in with them. Pittsburg
is not cleaned up yet by any means,
but as q whole, 1t Is unquestionably
lifted a little out of the cid bad ruts
of thought. More and more the
Torkaday world of Pittsburg Is
doubling the orthodox social phil
osophy; and many AMMAN there has
definitely hrOE4sn with tho old stand
ard doctrife that good laws, good
politiq4, Or even good business mean
alwaY and necessarily and exclus-
lively ysomethlng that one can make
mon9E out of.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-14
HIS DISTINGUISHING MARK.

One day a big city bank received
the following message from one of
its country correspondents: Pay
twenty-five dollars to John Smith
who will call today" The cashiers
curiosity became suspicion when a
cabman assisted into the bank a
drunken fare" who shouted that
he was John Smith and wanted some
honey Two clerks pushed, pulled
and piloted the boisterous indlV1d-
ual into a private room away from
the sight and hearing of regular de-
positors. The cashier wired the
country bank:
Man claiming to be John Smith is
here. Highly intoxicated. Shall we
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-14
HIGHT ON CAMPAIGN oAsH.

Judson c. Welliver, a noted Wash
ington political writer, thinks he
has discovered another political evil
that needs investigation. The re-
suit of a recent trip throughout the
country is embodied in an article in
the October Hampton's Magazine,
in which Mr.. Welliver says:
1.-THE Kansas fight gives a most
effective view of the workings of
the Republican Congressional Cam
paign Committee. William B. Nc
Kinley, of Illinois, multi-millionaire,
s~treet-railway promoter, and satel-
lite of Cannon. has been for years
chairman Of this committee. Its
theoretical business is to look after
Republican interests in the biennial
Congressional election. Its real
business Is the frying of fat and
the distribution thereof where it
will do the most good In recent
years, its function has been to sus-
tain the old Cannon machine at any
cost. q
when I went into Kansas inn
mediately following the ece pri-
maries at which the insurgents won
a sweeping victory, 1 was told 1e-
peatedly that the regulars had had
no end of money
"'Where did it come from?' /
asked.
From the Congressional Com
mittee, of course" was the univer-
sal reply. We don't know whether
1t came directly or through inteIme-
diaries; but everybody understands
that somehow or other Il came from
the Congressional Committee
IF there remains In this land
any sincere citizen who still has
faith in party labels, let him ponder
on this spectacle Of a Republican
committee using Republican money
to defeat Republican congressman!
1t is enough to convince the most
partisan that the only service or
party names nowadays is to keep
voters In line for the benefit of
those who make money out of poll
tics.
eff there is any one instrumental
ity in the whole realm of rational
affairs hat needs to be 0verhauled
and exposed, it is this Republican
Congressional Campaign Committee.
It is really remarkable that it has
never been the subject of an lnves-
t%igation."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-14

A Wonderful New Poem by Kipling
The October American Magazine
contains the following wonderful
new poem entitled If" by Rud-
; yard Kipling.
IF you can keep your head when
all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it
on you;
If you can trust yourself when all
men doubt you,
But make allowances for their
doubling too;
If you can wait and not be tired by
waiting,
Or being lied about don't deal in
lies,
Or being hated don't give away to
hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor
talk too wise;
"If you can dream--and not make
dreams your master;
If you can think-and not make
thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with Triumph and
Disaster
And treat those two imposters just
the same,
II you can bear to hear the truth
you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap
for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your
life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with
WORKOUT tools;
IF you can make one heap of all
your winnings
And risk 1t on one turn of pitch
and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your
beginnings
And never breathe a word about
your loss:
If you "a force your heart and
nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they
r gone,
And so hold on when there is moth
ing in you
Except the Will which says to
them: Hold on!'
IF you a talk with crowds and
keep your virtue~
Or walk with Kings-nor lose the
common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends
can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but
none too much:
If you can fill the u~nforgiving minute
With sixty seconds worth of dis
lance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything
that's in it,
And-which is more-you1l be a
Man, my son!"
Copyright, 1910, by Rudyard Kip
ling.
ar tha NEWS teII YOUR wanrR ,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-14
NEW PARTY NEEDED SOON.

Judson c. Welliver, famous as an
authority on American politics. lik-
ems p~resent-day conditions to those
existing In the era just before the
Civil War. In an article In the Oc-
tober Hampton's Magazine he says:
"AII the political unrest and fer
ment OF today signify the effort of a
nation to equip itself with political
machinery capable of accomplishing
certain social and economic results.
For forty years before the Civil
War the country was engaged in ex-
aetAS similar efforts. 1t finally sue
ceeded in bringing forth a progress
siye political party-the Republi-
can-pledged to a proper solution of
the slavery question. But the party
was born too late to get results
through political action, and the eff
fort wound up with four years Of
head-breaking.
Now we confront a like situa-
ton. A series of moral problems
demand solution and there is no
party competent for the task. Are
we going to get such a party in
time to accomplish reform without
another era of head-breaking?
'If we do, 1t will be because
longer experience with the institu-
tions of popular government will
have taught us how to use those In
situations better than in the era
preceding the Civil War. The sim
ilarity between the collapse of the
old Democratic party under Buchan-
an and the present prostration of
the Republican party is so obvious
that President Taft himself has
been quoted as comparing his situa-
ton with that of Buchanan, pathe-
tieally wondering whether he was
destined to occupy the same rela-
tionship to the breakup of the Re-
publican party that Buchanan bore.
to the downfall Of Democracy"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-14
Something for People to Think
About When they Read
the Census Returns.

Something for People TO. Think
About When they Read
the Census Returns.
"This Is census year. Everywhere
II go ! hear people Dragging about
the growth of their home cities. On
many faces and in many newspapers
i see the signs of pride over popu-
lation. A middle Western state cap
ital is thrilled over the fact that
since 1900 the number Of its In
habftants has jumped from $4,000
to $4,000, or A per cent. 1t will
be found before this year Is over
that many OF our cities have grown
80, 40, or so per cent. in the same
period of time. And for this piece
of news many will be glad.
But / am not glad. And for the
simple reason that I live in the
pooh-bah of all big towns-New
York. BY a simple process of the
mind l dread to see other commun-
tiles marching rapidly on the way to
become great centers of suffering n
misery like New York. To me, news
Of the growth of a city Of $4,000 IN
1900 to a city of $4,000 In 1917
brings the thought that o people
in that city are without good air and
comfortable quarters than ever pc
fore. I had much rather hear that
$4,000 people had left such a city
and taken to the outlying farms and
villages.
ut may be that these cities are
the pride of civilization. But where
in civilization ear one find more des-
olation, disease, and downright I'M
happiness than in these same great
cities? There is no more solemn
news in the world today than the
news Of these great and dispropor-
~tionate increases in Jul city popula-
ton that is coming from the Census
Bureau in Washington. Prom the
October American Magazine.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-14
prettv Rapid.

Jack-Yes, l had a little balance In
the bank, but / became engaged two
months ago, and now Tom-Ah, love
makes the world go round! Jack-Yes,
but / didn't think 1t would go round
so fast as to cause me to lose my bal
ance.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-14

await identifcation7"
The answer read: Identification
complete. Pay the money."-From
Success Magazine"
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-14
SIMPLE DIRECTIONS


The Brakeman and e OTHER
FACES with wings of BIRD
MEN are shown in this puzzle
picture. Can you find the q
HIDDEN FACES? With pen
Il pencildraw a circle around
each one OF the six faces ON
this picture, or drawing Or
tracing ofsame; number each
head as you find it--the first
one ID, the second q, etc.
Remember neatness counts.
Contestants must fill out cOu-
pom below, or exact written
copy of same, and attach to
or enclose with your answer.
In case of a tie, the value OF
the prize VIII be equally d.
yided between those tieing, Or
q prize Identical in character
and value of that Offered,awar-
ded to each OF such persons.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-14

Read the NEWS every DAY.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-10-18
Smallest WorkIno Railway,

The Eaton Hall railway enjoys the
distinction Of being the smallest work
ing railway in Great Britain. The line
runs across many OF the park drives
and over small streams, spanned by
steel Orders. Sometimes as many as
three hundred tons of coal a month is
hauled by the miniature locomotives
and wagons. There are two engines,
the largest OF which has a tank ca
pacity of 70 gallons. boiler pressure
of 175 pounds to the square inch and
weighs four tons twelve hundred
weight There are "A good wagons,
two brake vans. one carriage, one par
eel car and one tool van. The pas
senger car runs on two four-wheel
bogies. is 20 feet long, and has seat
ing accommodation for Is passengers
1t has carried many royal passenger
Westminster Gazette.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-10-18
Leaning Tower of Pisa.

Brooklyn Museum of Art, has been
making measurements and surveys
which would determine the point IN
question.
Il am convinced that the obliquity
Of the tower was according to the de-
sign of the architect" he says in an
Interview. THE tower stands in a
shallow, well-shaped construction OF
masonry. made exhaustive meas
urements, particularly in the spiral
stairway, taking the distances on
each side of every step for the entire
height of the tower. These measure
ments are of remarkable interest as
regards sequence and graduation and
are not compatible with accidental
obliquity. To my mind they estab
fish beyond debate that the tower
was built to lean"
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-10-18
KEEP BABY'S SKIN CLEAR

Few parents realize how many es
Unable lives have been embittered
and social and business success pre-
vented by serious skin affections
which so often result from the neglect
of minor eruptions in infancy and
childhood With but little care and
the use of the proper emollients, baby's
skin and hair may be preserved, puri-
fed and beautified, minor eruptions
prevented from becoming chronic and
torturing, disfguring rashes, feelings.
limitations and chafings dispelled.
To this end, nothing is so pure, SO
sweet, SO speedily effective as the con-
slant use of Cuticura Soap, assisted.
when necessary, by Cuticura Ointment
Send to Potter Drug & Chem. Corp,
sole proprietors, Boston, for their free
32-page Cuticura Book, telling all about
the care and treatment of the skin.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-10-18
JUST A NATURAL MISTAKE
Gussie, in Fancy Costume, Astonished
the Doorkeeper for
Moment.

Gussie was knock-kneed, angular
and round-shouldered He had ter
rible squint, and mouth like a steam
roller. All the same, he reckoned on
making something Of a hit at the
fancy dress ball, and his costume was
as elegant as his figure was un-
lovely.
With fast beating heart he stepped
jauntily from his automobile outside
the town hall. where the ball was be-
Ing held. The hall porter stepped back
ward at the unsightly apparition.
Great Christopher Columbus!" he
gasped, as he regarded Gussie.
mo, no, my good mani" chirped
Gussie. as he tripped through the por-
tails. "Chawles the First, my dear fell
low-Chawles the London An
swers.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-10-18

into by thin threads of fame. Sweat
grimed employees of the road and
MOOrstowners co-operated in rescuing
the wounded and dead. 1t was the
most disastrous wreck OF the year.
Larkin, weak. limp. and in the
throes of an acute pain growing keen
er each instant, stumbled down the
road in the direction given him by the
native. At the door OF a small. gray
house, with white gravel, path lead
ing up to It; a path dividing a spa
cious yard with the bloom of spring
in its syringa and lilac bushes its long
beds of pansies and lilies of the val
ley; Larkin stopped. He tapped at
the door.
The slim girl answering the sum-
mons was the very antithesis OF the
image In the mind OF the man. She
had dark eyes. keenly sensitive to the
predicament of the tall youth with the
set Jaws A firm little hand assisted
him to enter.
Your father" gasped Larkin. now
we'll beside himself with the agony OF
his hurt wrist and wounded side, your
father sent me here
From the great easy chair In the
pretty furnished parlor. the actor
senses Fe'f-centered by pain, failed tc
~otice the start Of surprise followed
by the little smile curving the perfect
Ups OF the girl.
Il will do the best can for you,
sad the girl simply Il am glad you
came. Others-and a physicinn-wil
Ne here shortly"
The rarlcr door closed softly as the
gill went to answer the door. The
pretty house dress and the firm. easy
carriage would have impressed Lar
kin at any other time.
Other Victims" explained his host
eas. returning. My-er-our house
Is small There will be no more pa
t,ents. but the doctor is here, and h,
Will be in to see you" Larkin &C
cepted glass OF some stimulatin,
beverage and closed his eyes for
brief moment.
The door opened again. Careful fin
gers touched the broken wrist of tn
young man. But, representative, tn
youth instantly came out of his daz
and little lines OF pain furrowed hi
strong face
"Umm," murmurred the elderly ply
stefan. bad break" The docto
clipped his sentences. Too bac
Careful now" He examined the wris,
Suddenly his two hands closed owe
the hurt member. There was a
audible snap and smothered screar
from Larkin. The wrist was set.
you must not move for week,
| cautioned the medicine man. after a
vamination. You have three broke
lbs, and. although | have bandage
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-10-18
TOWER IS DOOMED
Leaning Structure of Pisa Re-
ported About to Collapse.
Has Been Out Of Plumb for Centurie%
but Engineers Now Believe
It Is Very Likely
to Fall.

Pisa, Italy.-The leaning tower OF
Pisa Is doomed. After careful ex-
animation of the celebrated structure,
royal engineers appointed to investi-
gate its condition report that the tow
err is on the verge of collapse. Its In
clination has recently increased eight
Inches through settling of the founda-
ton. The engineers say that 1t is
not likely that the tower can be
saved.
The ringing of the bells in the
tower has been discontinued under
orders from the engineers, who
fear that the vibration might further
weaken the foundations of the tower
The leaning tower was built in
1174-1350. 1t is 179 feet high, and
has for centuries been 10 fe6 out OF
plumb. 1t is now IS inches more
than that. AS the columns of Its
arcades are higher on the leaning
side than on the other. most authori
ties believe that the slant is not &C
cidental-that the architect built II
that way.
Whether the famous tower was
built in that way or accidentally slid
out of perpendicular long has beer
subject of controversy. Prof. viii
|. IN H. Goodyear, curator of the
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-10-18
Mosquitoes Feast Baby Boy.

New York.-Under bush in Cen
trail Park, and surrounded by cloud
of mosquitoes, patrolman found a
4-months-old baby boy. The child
was crying Justify and waving its
chubby hands to keep away the in
sects that were devouring it. At Belle
yue hospital 70 severe insect bites
we're counted. and the attendants de-
clared that the child's condition was
serious as a result of the wholesale
poisoning by the mosquitoes. The
baby was dressed In new clothing
marks
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-10-18
q .. 81 e~SA2C 00a Vas--o
The Luck of Larkin
By Stacy E. Baker
e-sG&0&~1o0 0sp>-2 as =Srp--22 Dr. So SN9s-2
Copyright. 1910, by Associated Literary Press

Train 16-pride of the Prather sys-
iem-left the tracks at the curved
entrance to the Moorstown tunnel, and
resolutely tried to pillow its way
through the rock.
Steven Larkin. after extricating
himself from the debris of the last
Pullman, found himself with a broken
wrist and badly damaged side.
My good fellow" he called. Lar
kin was an actor. MY good fellow,
come here" A bearded rustic gaping
At some little distance away. hurried
forward
rs there a doctor hereabouts?"
None higher than eight miles"
Il can't continue this way" COM
planned Larkin petulantly. The numb
ness of the sudden break was COM
mencing to die away, and the deep,
throbbing pain substituting itself,
brought with it disgusting nausea.
Not much you can't" contributed
the other. eth be hours before the
tracks clear enough for trains to
come and go on. Best thing you can
40, l reckon, Is to stop mere, and
an avaricious CLEAN crept into the
eyes of the localite-"Tll use you as
well as any one, and for as little
money. You'll find my house the third
on the right hand side of the road, if
you want to go down there and stay
tonight. Doctors will be in soon from
all around. I'll see that you get one
My daughter will come to the door
Tell her who you. are, and that ] sent
you, and for her to give you the spare
| ROOM" The Moorstown man turned
away.
In the gathering dusk of the evening
Larkin made comprehensive survey
of the badly dilapidated train, the
coaches of which. strewn along the
rails, were here and there being eater
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1910-10-18
FAMOUS CHURCH REOPENED.
Interior Decoration of Ensenanez9
Edifice Declared to Be the Most
Beautiful In Mexico.

City of Mexico-In the reopening OF
do Donceles, formerly Cordobanes, one
OF the richest and most valuable gems
Of art work was restored to public Ell.
jOyment.
This church was among the prop
erty confiscated by the state at the
movement and the separation OF
church from state in Mexico. 1t was
constructed about 175 years ago, out
of funds donated by wealthy Span
ish countess, and placed in charge OF
the religious order that conducted the
Ensenaneza convent, now used by the
federal courts.
In addition to the handsomely
carved high altar, rich piece of work
in cedar overlaid with pure gold Leaf
and reaching to the top of the nave
are ten side affairs, equally as hand
somely carved and also overlaid witt
fine gold. Very little, comparatively
of the wall space is left uncovered BY
these massive gilded furnishings, anc
this space is filled in with immense
oil paintings, some of the rarest works
of art of the kind in Mexico City, in
Guiding one or two genuine masters.
On account of the rare value o.
these decorations, and their unique
character as the only church decora
lions of the kind in Mexico. Secretary
of Finance Limantour some time age
took steps to have the temple restored
to the religious authorities, succeed
ing in having the plans for enlargine
The court buildings over that site