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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-11-23
]. P. MORGAN INVESTS
IN WASHINGTON HOTEL.

WASHINGTON, Nov. pa quarter
paign of Mr.. Taft's political friends
to bring about his denomination next
June is silently in progress. Charles
d. Hilles, secretary to the President.
is at the head of the Taft forces, and
it is the best tribute to him to say
that in that position he is not making
a noise.
There has been much talk about
Postmaster-GeneraL Hitch ock's part in
the campaign, but while Mr.. Hitchcock
will undoubtedly be consulted regard
ing the Southern delegates, who are
mostly postmasters under him, it can
be stated now ihe Mr.. Hitchcock is
not playing politics any lore.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-11-23
COMMISSION TO MANAGE
FRISCO AFTER JANUARY s.

SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 23.-By the
adoption by the Board of Supervisors
elect yesterday of a report of the COM
mittee on general administration of
city affairs the new Rolph administra-
ton, which will assume office January
8, will inaugurate a plan of city gov
eminent almost identical with the COM
mission form. The plan is a radical
departure from any method hitherto
practised in San Francisco.
The administration Of the city and
county affairs will be in the hands of
eighteen committees. each supervisor
being the head Of a committee.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-11-23
MUNICIPAL LIGHT PLANT
PLAN is TOO EXPENSIVE,

PAssAIC, Nov. %. The Garfield
Borough Council has turned down, for
the present at least, the proposition Of
building a municipal electrical light
ing plant. Engineers estimated hat to
build IA plant suitable would cost $4,000
The lowest of the bids solicited by the
borough came to $4,000. Several
months ago the voters decided to spend
S25, 900 for a plant.
A hve-year contract will probably be
entered into with the Public Service
Corporation,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-11-23
WINS SUIT AGAINST p. S.

JERSEY CITY, Nov. 23.-Complain-
ting thai undue force was used in or
dering him to get off the rear platform
of a trolley car of the Public Service
Railway Company at the transfer sta
tion near Demott street and Summit
avenue, in West Hoboken, Osman X.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-11-23

semblyman Thomas f. McCran, of
Paterson, who will probably be the
next speaker of the House; County
Register Thomas p. Alworth, Frank j.
Book, Carl v. Baumann, Winton c.
Garrison, Board of Works Commission
err Arthur r. enman and George E.
Halsey. Senator Nichols and Mr.. Con-
gleton.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-11-23

Nestor, of 3095 Hudson Boulevard, West
%IIoboken, sued the trolley company.
and in Judge Speer's branch of the
Hudson County Circuit Court a jury
awarded him $500 damages. The alleged
force in ejecting Nestor from the a
platform was used, it was said, on the
night of March II last.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-11-23
Mems and Youths Trousers

About 200 pairs; as they are odds and ends
we offer them at a reduced price; plain blue
and black serge, neat stripe worsteds and fancy
cashmere; not every size in every pattern, but all
sizes from from 20 to g IS Y. waist list, measure ne nH! to , 90
cial, per pair. ..
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-11-30
NIAGARA and,victoria,

What is the true comparison be-
tween the power'of Niagara and the
Victoria falls intSouth Africa? The
answer is that the-fow at Niagara
varies between 1900 900 and 104,-
100000 gallons per minute; that at
Victoria is as low,as about 100000
gallons in August. The mean avail
able drop at Niagara is 160 feet and
ut Victoria $50 feet. Hence while
the minimum Niagara flow repre-
sents about 5000, 900 horsepower
the Victoria flow in August repre-
sents only'5s0,00 poo horsepower, and,
accepting the statements of local
authorities that in November the
flow at Victoria drops to only
100000 gallons per minute, the
minimum horsepower there can be
only about one-tenth of Niagara's
minimum. The maximum of Vic
toria is not given.-Scientifc Amer
lean.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-11-30
Tho Hearing Of Ants.

Naturalists generally appear to
have accepted.the opinion that ants
are not able to perceive any sounds
that are audible to human ears,
but there are tthose who contro~ert
this opinion. One investigator'con-
Quoted careful experiments with
four species of American ants, from
which he deduced the conclusion
that these species, at least, were
able to perceive sounds, but whether
they did it by means of organs Of
hearing or through the sense Of
touch being excited by atmospheric
vibrations, he was unable to ascer-
tain. This experimenter inclines to
the opinion that.ants do really hear,
as some individuals showed a per-
ception of the direction of the
sound, such as that of a shrill whis-
tie, and others, which were not dis
turbed when violently shaken in
their glass PRISONS, seemed greatly
TO be perturbed bytshrill sounds
Harper's Weekly.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-11-30
Couotsrfs;ts st the Bank,

ut is interesting to observe the
panied expression on the face of a
depositor when one stamps 'Coun-
terfeit' on a bill he has brought us
to Hnd out whether it is bad or
not" said a bank clerk. 'sThe man
had his doubts or he wouldn't have
brought in the bill, and it is the
stamp rather than the discovery
which makes him downcast.
of he objects to the stamp he is
reminded that surely be wouldn't
care to pass a forged bill, and nat
urally there is no answer to that
But just the same he is likely to
look panied when the red stamp is
put on and whatever possibility
there was Of his accidentally pass
ing the bill goes by the board
New York Sun.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-11-30
OLD TIME GEOGRAPHY.
Sailors Yarns and Flights Of Fancy
Recorded a. Fscts.

Ss
In the old days, before the ex-
psorers had SO thoroughly mapped,
charted and otherwise made.known
TO all the mysterious places of the
earth, geography must have been q
vastly more interesting, even fasci-
mating, study than it is today. So
little was known positively about
the distant world and so much de-
pended on the tales of seamen that
il would seem each ~geographer
chose his facts to suit himself. The
result was that there was a never
ending variety about the old geog-
rsphies.
"The joint snake" declared the
suthor of Geography Made Easy"
more than a hundred years ago, "is
a great curiosity. It's skin is as hard
as parchment and az smooth as
glass. 1t is so stiff it can hardly
bend itself into a hoop and so brit
tie That when it is struck it breaks
like a pipestem. You may with a
whip break it into pieces not an
inch long and produce not the least
tincture of blood"
'1n California" the old geog.
rsphy stated, there fall in the
morning great quantities of dew,
which, settling on the rose leaves,
becomes hard like mama, having
all the sweetness Of refined sugar
without its vhiteness."
Another curious fact set forth BY
the old tine.geographer was that in
the Friendly islands the great men
we're fond of a singular kind Of Ink
ury, which was TO have some one sit
beside them all night and beat on
different parts of their body until
they went to sleep, after which they
would relax a little of their labor
unless the subject appeared likely
to wake, in which case the opera
tors would redouble their exertions
until the subject was again fast
asleep.
The diversions of the Scots, as
given in the ancient geography,
we're dancing, goff and curling.
The goff is a species Of ball playing
performed with a bat and ball, the
extremity Of the bat being loaded
with lead, and the party which
strikes the ball with fewest strokes
into a hole wins the game"
To the question, What curiosi-
ties are there in France ?" this re-
ply is made: "a fountain near Gre
noble emits a fame which will burn
paper, straw, etc, but will not burn
gunpowdeT. Within about eight
leagues of the same place is an in
accessible mountain in the form of
a pyramid reversed"
In like manner the old geogra-
pliers ranged from Australia to
New England, setting forth the
most marvellous matters. - New
York Press.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-11-30
THE DATE LINE.
It's zisxas Course From the North PsIs
to the South Psle.

There are some curious features
in what is generally known as "the
date line"
1t is easy to see that at every
point east of that where it is just
midnight of Saturdaysit is Sunday.
Since it is necessary that each day
shall be supposed to begin some
where men have agreed that it
shall be on a line one-half way
round the globe from London
that is, $50 degrees east or west
from Greenwich.
But convenience requires that the
line shall not be straight. The me-
ridian of $50 degrees passes through
the eastern peninsula Of Siberia.
Russia treats the whole Of her pos
sessions as being comprised within
the same day. Before the United
States purchased Alaska the Asian
day was extended even to the
American continent. 1t was a day
later at Sitka than at places due
north from that place.
When Alaska came under the
American flag the day was changed
and the date line was shifted to the
west Of the Aleutian archipelago.
These are not the only variations
from the one hundred and eightieth
meridian, but within these limits it
is not possible to notice them at all.
1t is, however, interesting to trace
the date line from north to south.
Starting at the north pole, it fol-
lows the meridian adopted until it
approaches the Siberian coast.
There it bends/ to the east and
passes through Boring strait,
thence in.a ,soutirwesterly direction
so as to take in all the Aleutian
islands. Next lit curves back to the
one hundred andseightieth meridian
and followsfi3tosthe equator.
Again it sbendseastward through
the midst io1 numerous groups Of
islands, leaw ing the Samoan group
on the east and tne Tongas on thu
west. 1t sweeps s,lmost to the ONT
hundred and six ty-fifth meridian
then curvesI back gradually to thu
one hundr ed and eightieth meridi
an and follows ID to the south pole
As we all kna w, when a vesse
crosses Che Pac fc from east t
west it drops one day from the cal
endar upon pass ng the date line
In 60 ing from " est to east it re
peats Iene day,--I Exchange.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-11-30
CHARLOTTE CUsHMlN.
Bitter Ending Of the One Love Affair
OF. The Famous Aoteoas.

Charlotte Cushman, the actress,
was IN love but once in her life.
She met in Cincinnati, where she
was playing, an actor named Clark,
with whom she fell in love.
Through her efforts Clark was ad-
vanced to leading man in the COM
pany, and the course of true love
ran smoothly.
One night the actress met a
strange woman behind the scenes
between the acts.
The woman came up to her and
addressed her thus:
on r Charlotte Cushman, the
great actress. Haven't YOU got
enough men to admire YOU without
coming between man and wife and
robbing me of my husband"
"Your husband" cried Miss
Cushman, getting excited.
yes, and you have taken or YOU
are trying to take him from me-"
continued the ragged woman, look
ing Miss Cushman full in the face.
"Who is your husband ?"
Conrad Clark" replied the wo-
man, "the father Of this child"
pointing to a half starved, thin lit
tie child in her arms.
Miss Cushman started as if she
had been shot.
She went through her part that
night-acted it splendidly, brought
down the house; then, after the
performance, she sent for Clark TO
come to her dressing room. Clark
knocked and then opened the door.
She brought forward to him his
wife and baby, who had been wait
ing in the dressing room to receive
him.
Such q reception, Charlotte
Cushman never looked or acted so
grandly on the stage in all her life
as she did that night in her dress
ing room. She waved Clark away
with a greater majesty than ever as
Queen Catherine she waved away
Cardinal Wolsev and then, going TO
her hotel, probably she had a good
CRYING spell.
But she never loved again.-Ex-
change.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-11-30
MINOR INSOMNIA.
csusss Of SIssplsssnsss and the Wsy
70 Treat Thorn.

csusss Of Stssplsssnsss and the Wsy
70 Treat Thorn.
In considering the treatment of
insomnia it is well to treat the sub
ject under two heads-major in
somnia and minor insomnia.
Major insomnia, happily, is a dis
ease that concerns few persons, and
its treatment is a matter for the
trained physician only. IT may be
associated with severe organic dis
eases, or it may be the beginning Of
acute insanity. These cases, of
course, are neither for home dag
nosis nor for home treatment. But
almost any one, sooner. dn1ater, and
for one reason or another, may be
called upon to deal with minor IN
somnia.
In such a case the first thing is
to look for a reason. When a per
son who is habitually a good sleep
er has a restless, tossing, wakeful
night the reason is generally not
hard to find. A mistake has been
made somewhere, and in most cases
a dietary mistake. The last meal
was either too large or too late, or
it contained some substance that
refused to be digested.
The insomnia Of indigestion is a
particularly disagreesbie type. as
it is allied with a nervous restless
ness which not only forbids the suf-
ferer to sleep, but makes him feel
as if he would never sleep again,
and keeps him turning and tossing
in mind as we'll as In body. This is
the kind which makes mountains
out of all the molehills and dark
ems the thought Of the coming day.
Discretion is the better part Of
vaior in such a case. 1t is waste Of
time to toss and try. Get up speed
lily and move about for awhile,
slowly drinking several glasses of
water. Realize early that until you
have helped your stomach to the
victory You will not sleep.
On the other hand, an empty
stomach NAV keep YOU awake just
as obstinately as an overfull one.
In this case, however, the answer is
easy--a cup Of hot milk slipped
slowly will generally do the deed.
Some people keep themselves
wakeful by getting mentally excit-
ed late in the evening, and of all
forms Of mental excitement anger
and fear are the worst. To lie and
fight your enemy in your magma
ton is a sad misuse Of the blessed
darkness.
Many people find it wise to cool
their brains at the end Of the day
with a little light reading or sooth-
ing talk, keeping their problems
and their politics for the daytime.
Some fairly good sleepers accuse
themselves of insomnia simply be-
cause it bores them to lie awake,
and every minute is magnifed into
an hour. These should learn that a
little occasional wakefulness is not
to be counted a tragedy.-Youth's
Communion.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-11-30

Trufles, like mushrooms, belong
to the family of the fungi, but are a
distinct and very peculiar genus.
They are cryptogamic plants and
subterranean, their position under
meath the soil varying from two to
three inches to two feet in depth.
They have no root, stem or leaf and
vary in color from light brown to
black. They are sometimes globu-
lar in form and vary in size from
that of a pecan nut to that of p
ducks egg. Their surface is wa
terry and covered with a skin. Their
exact method of growth is not pre-
cisely known. They are, of course,
regarded as a great luxury by the
epicure.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-11-30
STATE EDUCATORS
MEET AT PIERRE
Unwilling of the Beadle Statue
Nash President

Pierre, Nov. 2S.-By the unani-
nous vote Of more than six hundred
people, delegates to the twenty
ninth annual session of the South
Dakota Educational association, DR.
George Williston Nash. president of
the Northern Normal and Industrial
school at Aberdeen, was chosen pres
ident of the association this after
noon, succeeding in that position G.
E. Swanson, of Sisseton.
The browning event thus far was
the session MONDAY evening at which
time the Beadle statue provided for
by the school children of the state
was unveiled at the state house.
Preceding the unwilling which was
performed by two Young ladies. one
a daughter of the general, came a
report from the Beadle Memorial
commission and an inspiring address
by George Smith Of the state uni
versity.
The statue UNVEILED was a revela-
ton to the spectators; a perfect
piece of sculpture and a perfect like
ness of the general. General Bead
| lie who was present at the unwilling
was the object of hearty congratula-
tons from the thousands of specta-
tors who crowded to the auditor
ium.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-11-30
Chinese O%stentation.

The ostentation of the rich
Chinese is noticeable in their flu
neral obsequies. Even if by chance
a man should desire an unpreten-
tious burial the thought of such q
thing would be abhorrent to his
heirs, who would consider it a slight
both to themselves and to their
family gods. In consequence a
rich mans funeral is made as gor-
geous and costly as his means will
allow. The number Of pallbearers
varies according to the status Of
the deceased. Thirty-two or even
more are seen. Spirit chairs for
the use of the dead Croesus in the
future life. are borne in the process
sion, together with venerated OBJ
iects intended for the precipitation
of the gods.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-11-30
Phil Nav and His Models.

Many Of the figures in Phil Mays
book "Guttersnipes'' we're sketched
from memory while staying up the
river.
"One day" he said, when speak
ing on the subject, Il saw a de-
lightful little model for my pur-
pose, a dirty, ragged bit of girl hui
mainly. | spoke to her and wrote
a message on my card for her to
give to her mother. Next morning
she came in charge of an older sis
ter, as tattered and unkempt as her
self. When ] had made my sketch
es Of the two of them | asked the
elder one if she had any more sis
tiers like herself. oh, yes, four or
five, worse than I am Bring them
round said |. rs the little un to
come again? p she asked. NO, I've
done with her The next day they
came, the little I'm included. She
had persisted in it, for she said:
He's my artist. I found him first
London Tit-Bits.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-11-30
n q Robert Quit.

The husband arrived home much
later than usual "from the office"
He took off his boots and stole into
the bedroom; but, vain precaution,
his wife began to stir. Quickly the
panic stricken man went to the era
die of his irstborn and began to
rock it vigorously.
"What are you doing there, Rob
ert?" queried his wife.
give been sitting here for nearly
two hours trying to get this baby
asleep" he growled.
"Why, Robert, T've got him here
in bed with me-" said the spouse.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-11-30
A King and . Miller.

Every reigning member Of the
Hohenzollern dynasty has been not
ed for his sense of fair play in deal
ing with his subjects. tits said that
the Emperor Frederick the Great
was greatly annoyed by the pres
ence of a -four mill that stood close
by one of his palaces in Berlin. The
miller refused to sell his mill and
insisted that he should retain pos
session of it as long as he lived.
The emperor stormed at him with
out avail and finally threatened to
drive the miller out by force and
confiscate his property. The daunt-
less miller replied to his threat by
saying, "There are still judges in
Berlin, your majesty" This reply,
which has since become famous
throughout Germany, impressed the
emperor so favorably that he with
drew both his threat and his re-
quest, and the -four mill is standing
to this day.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-11-30
Bird Sounds.

Perhaps the best word for the cry
Of the cricket is that of Tennyson,
Not a cricket chirr'd," he writes
in I'm Memoriam." But Tennyson
was always curiously exact in his
vocal rendering of the songs of
birds. What could be truer TO sound
than "the moan of doves in imme-
mortal elms?" Then, too, the %linnet,
the robin and the thrush pipe"
the woodpecker laughs" and
"mocks," the lark and the plover
WHISTLE" the jay "scritches," the
parrot Screams" the peacock
Squalls" the blackbird MARBLES"
while the ocean fowl "shrief" and
the eagle "yeips. London Chroni-
cIe
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-11-30
LInterruptAd GriaNina.

A woman in Scotland had lost her
husband, and the minister, calling
to condole with her, found her sit
ting in front Of a large bowl Of por-
ridge.
"Terrible loss, terrible loss"
sighed the minister.
"Aye," was the reply, "it's a ter
rible loss to me. I've just been
greetin' a NIGHT, and as sumo as !
finish this wee drap porridge Pm
just gaun to begin again"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-11-30
The Taetful Lady.

Shortly after Sir Laurence Alma
Tadema, R. A., was knighted he
and Lady Alma adema gave an
cat home" at st. Johns wood. Ev-
erybody present vas congratulating
them, and one lady was very pro-
fuse. ooh, dear Sir Laurence"
she said, "I am awfully glad to hear
of the honor you have received. I
suppose now that you are knighted
you will give up painting and live
like a gentleman"
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-11-30
NAP0LE0N'S LETTER.
How the Initial IN" Punetuatsa th.
Great C%onqueror's Career.

Great conqueror's Career.
From Marengo to Moscow was
the long swing of the pendulum of
Napoleon's life, the one the great
est battle out Of which he came
with his life, the other the abyss
which engulfed him. Mr.. J. M
Buckley, a literary expert on coinci-
dences, pointed out how strangely
the letter IN" played a part in the
life of the great conqueror.
Marboe was the first to recognize
the genius of Napoleon at the Ecole
Militaire. Melas opened to him the
way to Italy. Mortier was one of
his first generals. Moreau BETRAYED
him, and Murat was the first MARTYR
to his cause, Marie Louise partook
of his highest destinies. Meter
Mich conquered him on the.feld of
diplomacy.
Six Observation-Disclosures, Mortier.
sMarmont, Macdonald, Murat and
9Moncy-and twenty-six of his ZEN
lerals of divisions had names begin
ming with the letter ON"
Murat. duke of B~assano, was the
counselor in whom he placed the
greatest confidence His first great
battle was that of Montenotte: his
last was that of Mount st. Jean.
He gained the battles of Moscow.
Montmirail and Montereau. Then
came the assault of Montmartre.
Milan was the frst'enemies' capital
and Moscow the last:in which he en-
tered.
He lost Egypt through The blum
ders of Menoa and employed Mol
lis to make Plus VII. prisoner.
Malet conspired against him, after
ward Marmont. His ministers we're
Maret, Montalivet and Molten.
His first chamberlain wastMontes-
.duieu.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-11-30
Poor, but Wear Shoes.

The poor of London are very
Door. But how seldom-in compar-
ison with the poor of almost any
town abroad or with Newcastle,
Dublin or Glasgow in these isles
do they let their children 60 bare
foot. An entirely unshod man or
woman you may live a lifetime with
out seeing in London, and bare
legged children only in certain dis
tricts-London Chronicle.
The Miller press. [volume] (Miller, S.D.) 190?-current, 1911-11-30
This He Realized.

Hardening to the call Of the
country, p young lawyer who had
attained a measure of success at
the bar decided to buy a farm. He
invested $1,000 in an estate and
kept the place for a year.
by the way, Charlie, what did
you realize on that farm investment
you made?" inquired an associate
as the two met the other day.
Realized what a chump a man is
who buys a farm without knowing
how to run it," said the other rather
gruffy.-Philadelphia Times.