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Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-07-28
CASTE IN THE ARMY.
Civilians Find II Difficult to Under
stand Military Discipline,

One thing not commonly understood
among civilians is the completeness of
the barrier which divides army Off
GERS from the soldiers, or, as they are
more generally called, the "men." 1t
is always vastly amusing to those IA
miliar with the service to observe the
errors in this respect frequently made
by the novelist and the playwright
Personal qualifications have nothing
whatever to do with the matter. A
soldier may be Il gentleman who has
enlisted with the purpose of obtaining
a commission. yet there can be be-
tween him and his officers no social
intercourse of any sort. and severe
penalties would be inflicted upon the
officer who would attempt to disregard
the rule.
1t might seem that this enforcement
Of caste sense would result in much
hard feeling on the side of the men,
Such, however, is not actually the
case. 1t is taken for granted and rec
ognized as conducive to good order
and military discipline" 1t is a mill
tary regulation like any other and i'm
plies no disgrace. Directly soldiers
enlistment is out or directly he rises
from the ranks the prohibition is re-
Observation-Disclosures.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-07-28
George Washinston's sobriquets.

Washington was called by many So
briquets. He was first of all Father
Of His Country" Providence left him
childless that his country might call
him father" Sigourney calls him "Pa-
ter Patriae;;" Chief Justice Marshall,
the American Fabius." Lord Byron
in his lode to Napoleon" calls him
"the Cincinnatus of the West" For
having a new world on his shoulders
he was called the "Atlas of America" :"
The English soldiery called him by the
sarcastic nickname of Lovely Georgi-
u.s." Red Jacket, the Seneca Indian
chief, called him the "Flower of the
Forest" The Italian poet Vittorio Al
feri called him "Deliverer of Ameri-
ca" His bitter opponents sarcastically
called him the "Stepfather Of His
Country" during his presidency.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-07-28
The First Universities.

To fix precisely the date Of the rise
of the first universities is impossible
for the reason that they were not
founded. but grew. They were started
by few able men who had something
they wished to teach and youths
wished to learn. Gradually the free
voluntary center of learning became
the organized affair we know as the
university. Among the earliest of
these centers of learning were Saler-
no, Naples and Bologna. Italy bein>
the first land to experience the literary
revival. We may say that Salernc
university was fairly established by
the year 1000. the University of Bo-
logna by 116O and the University O.
Naples by the year 1900. The Uni
versity of Paris, which owes its ex
istence to the genius of Abelard. wa.
founded about the same time.-Nev
York American.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-07-28

The very budding barrister assumed
the approved legal look of indisputable
superiority.
"Now, my good lady" he observed.
shaking an adm0nitory forefnger at
the woman in the witness box you do
not appreciate the gravity of the ques-
ton. Endeavor TO concentrate what
brain power nature has endowed you
with and answer me- What relation
ship does the defendant bear to you?"
"Right-how responded the good lady
ais fathers cousin was my cousin
once removed. and is mother. marry
In me uncle's only brother
"My good lady," interrupted the bud
despairingly, 81 am not here to solve
puZzlesw
well, Pm blowedv' calculated the
lady. 'You was talkin' jest nah as
though you'd cornered most O. the
brain pahr goin'. If you 'adn't swank-
ed quite so much I'd "a told yer plain
ly an simply! Else me brother" -
London Answers.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-07-28
Lordly Disraelj.

Disraeli once told a lady that two
possessions which were Indispensable
to other people he had always done
without. II made" she said, ''every
kind Of conjecture, but without sue
cess, and on my asking him to en-
tighten me he solemnly answered that
they were a watch and an umbrella.
But how do you manage | asked. If
there happens to be no clock in the
room and you want to know the time Z
I ring for servant was the magnilo-
quent reply. Well continued. and
what about the umbrella? What do
you do, for instance, if you are in the
park and are caught in sudden show.
erP I take refuge he replied, with
a smile of excessive gallantry, under
the umbrella Of the first pretty woman
/ meet"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-07-28
Old Moon Beliefs.

The health, growth and development
Of children and animals were years ago
supposed to be Influenced by the moon
II the sign was right at the time Of
birth they would be well formed and
Intellectual, but If it was wrong there
was no telling what sort of creatures
they would become. Every worthless
fellow, every dog, roofing hog. fence
jumping COW or kicking horse was be-
lieved to have been born under an un-
favorable phase of the queen of night
Queer people or those who were of
hateful disposition were children of
the dark moon. with the sign below
the heart
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-07-28
ECCENTRIC PAVING.
Louis XIV. Covered One Courtyard
With Silver and Gold.

With Silver and Gold.
MANY interesting instances of ipds.
vidual eccentricity or extravaganza in
+bo selection of material for payinc
streets and roads may be cited. 1t ia
related that when Maximilian Eman.
uel succeeded to the throne Of Bavaria
he celebrated the event by causing one
of the roads leading to his palace to be
naved with plates of FURNISHED COD
ner. This, cleaning in the sunshine
gave all the effect of the more precious
metal-gold.
We are told also that Louis XIV
naved one of the courts at Versailles
with squares Of silver, each of which
had recorded upon it some triumph of
the French arms. In the center of
the court stood large tablet ON. .Ol5
In representation Of the luxurious mon
arch's fayorite emblem, the sun. Mem.
oirs of the time of Louis make men.
ton of a lodge erected to the love Of
his youth. the fair Louise de la Val
liere. The approach was paved with
mirrors wherein was painted an ale
CORY setting forth the undying devo-
ton Of the king to Louise.
An eccentric nobleman of Milan con.
ceived the idea Of paving the court
yard Of his palace with slabs Of mar.
BILE, granite and other stone, each from
a different land. 1t is said that Eu.
| rona ApnarIca Asia. Africa and Ans.
tralia all contributed materials to
make up this quaint mosaic composed
of more than 1000 pieces, every one
Of which was suitably inscribed with
the name of the country or statG
| whence it came.-Harper's Weekly.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-07-28
A PLACID MERCHANT.
He Had Some Regard For the Social
Side of Trade.

He Had Some Regard For the Social
Side of Trade.
The summer visitor in a small sea
port town was amazed and amused at
the assortment Of merchandise display
ed In the little store at the head of the
wharf. The showcase was devoted to
an assortment Of candy at one end and
a lot Of cigars and tobacco at the 9th
er end and no barrier between. Next
to the showcase stood a motor engine.
valued at several hundred dollars.
Thinking to please the proprietor.
the visitor remarked that even the
large department stores In Boston
could not boast Of such collection.
WELL" he said, II amt aping them
stores, l can tell you. / aim to keep
what my folks want. When a man
wants an engine for his bot he wants
1t, and If the fish are running he can't
wait to send way to Portland or Bos-
ton for it. He wants it when he does.
then and there"
After a little pause he continued
'I don't like the way they do business
In them big stores, anyway. Why.
when you go into a store up to Bos-
ton the first thing you know some
body asks you what you want.
"Now, I never do anything like that,
II man comes into my place pass
the time O. day and ask him to set
and after he's set and talked a while
If he wants anything he'll tell me.
81 never poster a man to buy. May
be he amt come to buy; maybe he's
come to talk. youths Companion.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-07-28
DECAY OF TIN.
Remarkable Alteration Which Takes
Place In the Metal.

Place In the Metal
Anything made of tin. 1t seems. is
doomed to a brief existence. This
metal is subject to a remarkable kind
of alteration. a species of disease 10
which it is liable. When exposed jn
the air tin undergoes no chemical
change. as do iron and copper. whi.h.
Of course, chemically combine with the
oxygen or with water. The tin. how
ever, still remains metallic tin. but
gradually becomes gray and dull and
falls to fine powder.
The disease is catching" 1t infects
or induces the same change In other
masses of tin in the immediate neigh
borhood. We are told that in a Rus
sian imperial magazine, in place of tin
uniform buttons, little heaps of powder
were found. \ consignment of Banka
tin sent from Rotterdam to Moscow
In 1877 arrived at the latter place in
the form Of powder. This alteration is
due to change in the internal crys-
talline structure of the metal and is
analogous TO the slow transformation
Of monoclinic sulphur to rhombic sui
phur. AS a result. objects of tin of
archaeological interest are rare. Those
that have been found have been in the
form Of earthenware vessels, knobs.
ETC., which have been found in the
Swiss lake dwellings coated with tin
foil. Cassiterite or tinstone is the sin.
gle ore from which the tin has been
obtained in any antity.-Knowledge
and Scientific News, London.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-07-28
Handed Il Back.

A clergyman in the neighborhood OF
Nottingham was complimenting tai
lor in his parish on repairs which he
conversation he. however. incautiousl,
observed: When l want a good Goa
l go to London. They make then
there" Before leaving the shop he
inquired. by the bye. do you attend
my church,"
NO" was the reply. when I want
to hear a good sermon l go to Lon
don. They make them there."-Lon.
don Tit-Bits.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-07-28
A Curious RAIio.

A curious relic of Louis XVII. is the.
"game of dominos" made of pieces Of
the Bastille which were given to the
dauphin before he and his parents left
Versailles forever 1t is said that
when the box containing it was
brought in the queen exclaimed to her
bedchamber woman, Nine. Campan,
What a sinister plaything to give a
child? The sinister plaything is with
other revolutionary objects preserved
In P3ris.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-07-28

At the time of Buddha China was en-
joying large foreign commerce in tea
1t was carried by her junks to Japan,
Korea, Tonquin, Anam, Cochin. Bur.
ma, Siam, India, Ceylon, Persia and
Arabia. According to one record. il
was sent to a great black river country
west of Arabia, from which it was sep.
arated by long and very torrid sea.
which must have been Egypt. 1t was
carried by caravans to Manchuria
Mongolia, Kuldja, Tartary, Tibet, Per,
sia and northern India
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-07-28
Easier to Write II.

In 1871 Edward Lear was staying
with the governor of Bombay at Ma
habaleshwar. the hill station of the
Bombay presidency. l was there and
took a walk with him one day. He
asked me the name of some trees. |
told him thy were called "jambul'f
trees in India. He Immediately pro
duced his sketch book and in his in
imitable style drew a bull looking into
jam pot. He said it would help him
to remember the name.--Loudon Spec
tator.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-07-28
WITTY TOASTS.
Humorous Hits That Have Helped to
EnIiven Banquets.

Humorous Hits That Have Helped to
EnIiven Banquets.
A publisher once gave the follow
ing: woman, the fairest work in all
creation. The edition is large, and no
man should be without copy"
This is fairly seconded by a youth
who, giving his distant sweetheart
said, "Delectable dear, so sweet that
honey would blush in her presence and
treacle stand appalled,"
Further, in regard to the fair sex,
we have: "Woman-she needs no eu-
logy. She speaks for herself" "Wo-
man, the bitter half Of man."
In regard to matrimony some bach
elor once gave, Marriage, the gate
through which the happy lover leaves
his enchanted ground and returns to
earth"
At the marriage of deaf and dumb
couple some wit wished them "un-
speakable bliss"
At supper given to a writer of
comedies a wag said: "The writer's
very good health. May he live to be
as old as his jokes"
From a law critic: "The bench and
the bar. If it were not for the bar
there would be little use for the
bench"
A celebrated statesman while dining
with a duchess on her eightieth birth
day in proposing her health said:
May you live, my lady duchess, IN
til you begin to grow ugly"
II thank you, SIR" she said, "an(
may you long continue your taste fo
antiquities. ."-London Tit-Bits.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-07-28
EvADING THE LAW.
The Pictures Of Flying Birds In q Mo-
hammedan Mosque.

hammedan Mosque.
According to one Of the tenets Of the
Mohammedan religion. it is a sin to
make a picture of any living thing
The elaborate decorations Of the pal
aces and mosques of the east are al
most exclusively made up of ingenious
ly interlaced geometric designs. ara
besQues or flowers, intermixed with
sentences OF the Koran.
There is belief among Mussulmans
that at the day of judgment Allah will
demand that the artist who has made
the image of living thing shall endow
that image with life and that, failing
to do this, the artist will be sent to
perdition for his sin.
A gentleman who visited az mosque
In Algiers found that the tiles with
which the building is decorated, which
are very old and very beautiful, are
adorned with fights of birds. He ex-
pressed surprise at this and asked If
the command against such representa-
ton were a modern edict.
"Oh, no." answered the pious Alge-
rian to whom he addressed the ques-
ton. These are not pictures of liv-
ing birds"
"But they are painted as If flying
across the tiles" the other said in
some astonishment
"Yes," the Mussulman replied, but
do you not see that about the neck of
each there is fine black line? That Is
to show that the artist painted only
dead birds, and the command Of the
Koran is not violated"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-07-28
MENTAL INFLUENCES.
The State of the Mind Has a Direct
Effect Upon the Body.

The State of the Mind Has a Direct
Effect Upon the Body.
A good deal is said in these days
about the effect of mind on matter in
the way of the cure of disease. but
less is heard about mental influences
as a cause of bodily ills, yet it is an
old truth that the state of mind has
direct effect on the body. The gloom
and depression caused by worry and
anxiety create a morbid condition of
the physical system. 1t is impossible
to feel well physically when the mind
and spirits are downcast. The blood
does not circulate properly. appetite
fails, the head aches, and if these NOR
bid conditions continue more deep
seated ailments are likely to arise, and
cancer may be one of them.
With many persons a fit of anger is
followed by an attack of indigestion
Excitement destroys the appetite, bad
news creates nausea. fright causes
faintness. and so on. Violent or de-
pressing emotions always disturb the
equilibrium of body and mind alike.
This being the case. it is inevitable
that when these emotions often recur
or become continuous serious physical
results will follow The obvious les
son is. then, that mental serenity tends
to health-is. in fact. an essential
element of health-and that instead of
resorting TO mind cures after the
health is broken it is wise to preserve
the serenity as preventive and safe
guard against disease. - Indianapolis
Star
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-07-28
His Mistake.

Edward-What do you think l carry
in my watch case, darling? 1t is al
ways the stamp of your last letter
Your lips have touched it, and mine
often kiss the place where yours have
been. Angelina-Oh. Edward! I'm
awfully sorry, but l always use Fido's
damp nose.-Illustrated Bits.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-07-28
His Birthday Present.

Fair Customer want a birthday
present for my husband. Dealer-Yes,
mum. How would this old clock suit
you? Fair Customer-Let me see
I've got a corner in my boudoir that
will just do for it, And I've been
wanting an old clock for long time.
Yes, that will dor
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-07-28
PIeasap, Prospect.

"Yo' isn't STOPPED at de Palace hotel
befo'. is 70: boss:" inquired the col.
ored nan who was plotting a lust
arrived traveller from the railway sta
ton to the hostelry
mo. But what makes you sure of
itY'
"Uhkase 70 gwine dar now, sab.
Puck.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-07-28
Couldn't Tell.

HAS your pocket ever been picked? y
Really, l don't know 1t never was
before l got married. If it has been
since I, of course, would have no way
Of finding out about it."-Chicago Rec
ord-Herald.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-07-28
AmIabilitv RuIas

Don't hatter yourself that friendship
authorizes you to say disagreeable
things to your intimates. On the con-
trary, the nearer you come into rela-
ton with a person the more necessary
do fact and courtesy become.-HoImes.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-07-28
To Ra NohIA.

Most of our unhappiness comes
about because there is in us a scrap
of the infinite that is not satisfied with
Unite things. There is a longing in
the human heart to unfold into bet
ter life. To do and to be noble is the
deepest desire of every heart. DIR.
Henry van Dyke.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-07-28
Visual Proof.

She-Mr. Sweetly has such polish
and such finish, Haven't you observed
them? He (savagely)-No, I haven't,
more's the pity! I'd like to see his
f1nish.-New York Press.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-07-28
Hardness and coIdnass

Ethel-Jack really won Maud by
hardness and coldness. Elsie-what
do you mean? Ethel-Diamonds and
Ice cream.-Boston Transcript.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-07-28
The inspirations

"This is a pretty good poem. You
must have had some strong inspira-
ton"
81 had. The editor promised me
S1O."-LoEisville Courier-Journal.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-07-28
Aamitted

She-Oh, l hare no doubt you love
me, but your love lacks the supreme
touch--unselfshless.
what makes7ou say that?"
You admit l. You want me for
yourself alone. pu say"
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-07-28

The heart of loving woman is a
golden sanctuary where often there
jreigns an idol of clay.-Limarae.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-07-28

The Utopia oftoday is the reality of
tomorrow.-Pass.
Bridgeton pioneer., 1910-07-28

Those who pursue happiness are for
tunate to catch up with content.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-11
ADVOCATES WHIPPING POST
FOR EDUCATED CRIMINALS

DOr.GEVILLE, March 6.-L Editor
HERALD: After some two years resi-
dence here and having perused the
los Angeles dailies most all the time
7 certainly must give your paper the
credit of being clear and clean, tull
and fruitful in it's columns of news
etc. a o.o
conspicuous by their absence, and falr-
ness in presenting controversies goes
without saying.
Tn a recent issue I read Prison Re
form Crusade Futile" by William G.
owen. 1 think his criticisms of the
methods advocated by Mrs. Maud
Rallington Booth and that llk OF
goody- goody faddists and fanatics are
very Just, and the authorities ne
ouotes-Hugh c. Weir, Charles b.
Russell and others-as bearing out
his advocacy, to be far more rational
than all such purist theories.
Now, in my simple layman's opinion,
which. by the way, will materially diff
fer from most ideas as to criminology,
I would advocate first a punishment
TO fit the crime" in all cases where the
culprit is we'll educated to know the
difference between right and wrong
the more educated the more severe the
punishment On the other hand, those
unfortunates who are dragged up in
slums and squalor l would place in
class by themselves in a sort of re-
formatory environment. OF course,
one cannot enter into the primal cause
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-11
FEARS HAND OF TRUST
EVEN AS CAVE DWELLER

Los ANGELES. March '1.-tEditor
Herald: "A Gentleman" from Pasa-
dena knows the capitalist idea of the
high cost of living along with James
Hill. and Ripley of the Santa Fe. The
working people are living too high, one
of the beef packers tells US. THE
workman should eat meat only once
a week the same as they do in Eng
land and he ought to know because
he is a millionaire. The American
workman does not understand his po
sition, he should not want meat; some
workmen have gone so far as to ride
in automobiles, and a few own them.
If they keep on in this mad way there
will be no distinction between the
workman and the capitalist. They
ought to have sense enough to know
that all the good things were intended
for a few rich people, but they have
little sense, they don't know how to
economize. Ripley says the housewife
uses the telephone too much and has
her groceries delivered. She should
walk to the store and order her gro
cerids and carry them home. If she
knew how to economiZe she could carry
them home easily enough There is
no need of a telephone and the electric
light could be done away with. The
workman should not think of having
the good things of the world he
should think only of his work and how
to economiZe. how to get along with
little less today than he had yester-
day. 1t worries the poor millionaire to
see the working people enjoy the mod
ern inventions; it takes away his ex-
clusiveness and he don't like it, The
working people should consider this If
the people would practice economy
more and more they might bring them
selves down to the level of the cave
dwellers, not all at once, but by de-
grees, and then we would have no
worry about the high price of meat.
But | fear there would be drawback
here Who would prevent the cave
trust buying up all the available cave
sites and charging the people an out
rageous price for a cave? And If any
one should want to import a cheap
cave he would find that impossible on
account of the protective tariff on
caves A. r. A.
Los Angeles herald., 1910-03-11

of criminology in a brief letter; 1t
would lead to an analysis of our pres
ent institutions from the "cradle to the
grave so to speak. Home influences
and teachings, or lack of that early
attention and training on the part of
parents not only in slum but in man
sion life, which will not permit OF
such digression in this, so that, to be as
brief as possible, my advocacy as to
the punishment of the intelligent Grim
inal, when caught red-handed, would
be summary justice and sentence in
case of bank wreckers, holdups (not
caring if victim is dead or not), gar
roters, burglars violators of chastity
and all persons perpetrating personal
violence unprovoked, to a term of i'm
prisonment adequate in duration to
the offense committed with a period
ical musical application of the CATO
nine-tails, which, given or admins
tered by a sturdy turnkey, or sheriff
or other designated official, would be
a pretty sure cure.
In case of incurables or old Offend
ers, we have island possessions which
we could make penal colonies. Send
them to one of these to commence life
anew. Boys and youths from the slums
of the cities can be best handled and
reformed by providing training ships
in our United States navy-this kind
of material makes good, if not some of
the best stuff for our fighting ma
chimes. l believe 1t has proved so In
the British navy. Street arabs and
slum dwellers. juvenile offenders, etc,
are corraled and made good use of.
JAMES FARNELL.