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Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-05
LAMP EXPLODES In
KEYPORT CIGAR STORE

Keyport, Sept. 5:-The exploding
of a lamp in the cigar store Of Ber-
nard Kane about 4 o'clock yester-
day afternoon caused some excite
ment. The fire was extinguished be-
fore much damage was done. The
firemen who were not in Freehold
attending the Firemen's parade, re-
SpOnded to the alarm,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-05
HIGHLANDS TRADE 3D..
TO BANQUET TOMORROW
Special to the EVENING NEWs.

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Highlands, Sept. 5!-The Sea
Bright Board Of Trade will hold
their annual banquet In Sandlass'
Bamboo Garden tomorrow night,
This is a real feature that the board
Of trade and their friends enjoy each
year and a number Of prominent and
Influential men of the county and
state will be present.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-05
HORSE RUNS AWAY AND
THROWS OUT THE DRIVER
spectal to the EVENING NEWS.

Port Monmouth, Sept. 5.-A very
serious accident was narrowly averted
Saturday morning when the horse at
taehed to the delivery wagon of Downs
meat wagon became frightened and
started to run away. William Downs,
son of the proprietor was driving the
animal and was thrown out receiving
several bad scratches. He was cut by
coming in contact with some broken
glass. His wounds We're dressed by DR..
II. A. Hendrickson of Atlantic High
lands. Although painful they are not
considered dangerous,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-05
BUSY AT
ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

Atlantic Highlands, Sept, 5:-The
Democratic Executive Committees,
of the Borough of Highlands and
the Borough of Atlantic Highlands
will meet in the Office of AMI Pos
ten, tomorrow night and will lay def
mite plans for the fall campaign.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-05
$4,000, GOO Fire In GLASGOW.

Glasgow. Sept. 5.-The Scottish so
ciety's wholesale cooperative build.
ilgs were burned at a loss of 81, 900, 900.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-05

New York, Sept. Jerome D.
Trayers, metropolitan and New Jer-
Bey state champion; II. H. Hilton,
champion of Great Britain, and
other noted golfers are training ev-
cry day for the national amateur
championship, which will be decided
at Apawamis Sept. 11-16. In his
first game on American soil Hilton
did a se~venty-fve at Garden City,
and he will soon start his practice
work at Apawamis. Travers, who
has twice won the American ANA
teur championship, will begin his
practice rounds at Apawamis on
Sept. ). In the accompanying pic
lures, which were taken a few days
ago at the Upper Montclair Country
club, which he will represent in the
championship, Trayers' form in driv-
ing and putting and in getting out
of trouble is shown. Travers has
already come back by winning
two important events this year, and
golfers are wondering whether he
can come back" sufficiently to win
the national championship for the
third time.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-26

have been absolute free trade between the two countries had the democratic view been absolutely maintained. But Free Trader Bailey's objection to the proposed Canadian reciprocity and Protectionist Cummins s objection are identical. But the the country is for reciprocity. and reel procity it intends to have ere the sum- mer solstce come
 The death of Jonathan P. Deliver was a great calamity. He had junt begun to grow, and he promised to be second to no man in his party in the country. And there was another equally great calamity 1t came when the state of Tennessee refused second term In the Unitd States Senate to Edward w. Carmack. Had he been senator when the Payne-Aldrich iniquity was matched it would have been a foul bird. all right, but not nearly so foul as it is
 Had Edward w. Carmack been sena- tor the extra sesnion of 1909, the infa- nous schedule K would have been over- hauled Deliver would have brought that about had he got democratic aid Carmaek would have forced that aid, and John Sharp Williams would had he been there.
 Bye and bye. I am going to tell you something about the Lorimer case.
 Washington, March 20.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-26
SENATOR BAILEY'S RESIGNATION-By Savoyard

after it is rendered he can recall it with in a year afterward. A resignation works automatically and becomes potentially effective from the instant of time that 1t is rendered to him to whom it should be addressed.
 There were some curious episodes at tending MT. Baiey's resignation. It ap- pearcd to carry dismay into the ranks of the Hon. Bailey's political enemies. MT. Jim sherman, who has done more to cheapen the office of vice president of the United States than all his predecess- ors In that great station together. threw fit as soon as he learned that his adversaries on the democratic side of that august sanhedrin were to be de- prived of the prowess of the Ajax from Texas, and other standpatters were like wise stricken with consternation when Coriolanus banished himself from the armies of their foes.
 The vice president was certainly guilty of an impertinence when he directed the secretary not to read the notice of the resignation. Indeed, his action was an affront to the Senate. whose paper it was and had time permitted it Is likely that the Senate would have administered an- other rebuke to it's present presiding of- ficer, whose conduct makes it imperative that in 1912 both parties shall name a
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stand on the tariff. on reciprocity with Canada, and on the Lorimer case. He seized on the Arizona constitution and sought to make 1t a paramount to eclipse the Lorimer case; but the country. cared nothing about the Arizona business. One day after lie had overcome all his enc mics and his reign had become tranquil, committee of a church congregation waited on Frederick the Great and lodged complaint against the minister ne had sent them, who preached that there was no everlasting hell after death. Very we'll" responded the royal old reprobate. If you are resolved to be eternally damned, be it so ordered" And the coun- try is ready to say to Arizona that If she is in love with her constitution. let her keep it. Nobody cares rap about the Arizona episode. but all America Is concerned about the Lorimer case, that isn't yet res adjudicata' by a. long sight.
 Senator Bailey is strong for traditional demoncracy Has he read the platform on which John c. Breckinridge ran for President? If not, let him do so, and find himself confounded as to his stand on Arizona.
 But MT Bailey is a considerable force He has a following. He is a powerful senator with some half a score votes in the Senate, one of them from my own
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Arnold wrote it. When I read it, I thought: Here is a parable. For many young man goes down in the battle of life, slain by his. own fathers hand; the deadly weapon being harshness, home tyranny, unsympathetic criticism, de- structive hereditary tendencies, and lack of acquaintance with the boys na ture, cravings and associates.
 My observation leads me to think that the moral and mental home training is principally left by husbands to their wives. as if the mother had no weari- ness and no nerves that jingle for rest ous engagements and the like, and. therefore, have no time for that sort O thing.' He errs egregiousIy who leaves all this to the mother. The responsibil- ity should be borne mutually. Because of his necessary engagements, true, the father has rot as much time al home for this task of love as the mother has. but more time generally could be found if the father realized his responsibility. The moral strength of the father, back
 ing his instruction, Is always helpful and supporting, especially to his boy. A
 lad came to a clergyman and said that he had but recently come to the city and wanted to connect himself with the church and become a communicant. The clergyman said: "Ah, you have good mother, and her instruction has prompt ed you to take this step" The answer was: "Yes, I have a good mother, but it was my father who influenced me to do this. The night before l left home father came into my room and said: Ar thur, shall we kneel together in prayer l1n calf CA6o I did so, and it was a great help to have father at my side. He seemed to
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state of Kentucky, that he allows Payn- ter to cast. How long the democratic party is going to put up with the capers and shines the Honorable Bailey cuts is difficult to tell: but If on the reor- ganizaton of the Senate both the major ity and the minority of the finance com mttee are not revised, there is going to be terrible row. The unspeakable Pen rose must go, and so must the recalei- trant Bailey. Let these two tinker with the tariff and Aldrichism and Cannonism will remain with us always. MT. Bailey breaches free trade and practices pro- lection. He makes tariff reform absolute ly impossible by his stand for taxed raw materials. Aldrich knows. Penrose knows, Cannon knows, Dalzell knows. that free raw materials is the beginning and the only beginning of lower and hon. ester tariff taxation. Every one of these joins cordially with MT. Bailey for taxed raw materials. and MT. Bailey's position on that question is precisely the posi- tion they would have him take.
 An for reciprocity with Canada, that Is traditionally democratic. Tie free trade era-1s46-61-gave us reciprocity with Can ada by treaty negotiated when Frank lin Pierce was President. That conven- ton would have been broadened and re- newed had not the war of 1s61-65 come on to be fought. By this time there would
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seal my poor prayers with his great heart of prayer" "Ah, you have a good father"
 "Oh, father always helped us boys just where boys need help. If it had not been for father and here the boys throat began to choke with emotion What better wealth can a father leave his children than such princeIy example and influence?
 In some homes there is but little inti- mate friendship between the parents and the children, and many parental heart has been suddenly pierced by a ranking arrow of sharpest grief, involving per haps the family honor, because of lacls of closest friendship and confiding inti- macy between the child and the parents When the crushing blow fell, there was wringine of hands and with bitter an guish the question was asked: "Why has God sent this upon us" But God did not send 1t. It was the outgrowth of the absence of intimacy in the home
 From babyhood the child should be taught to keep the heart open to father or mother. and to have no friends closer than they. Not because they are his parents only, with the right to reprove and correct, but because they are his closest friends to whom any secret may be confided. How many young people come to their pastors for advice and when bidden to go home to consult fath- CT or mother, answer: Its no use; fath- CT is too busy and mother does not un- derstand me-" Sometimes this is the ex- pression of over sensitiveness: but often it is a statement of a pathetic fact. The friendly intimacy does not exist, the child is not understood, and the advice of stranger is accordingly sought. Does attention to society, or undue devotion to business, requiring such ! price as this pay?
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-26

frst-class man for second place on each ticket Only a few democrats appeared to be disturbed by the announcement of the resignation, and some democrats were impolite enough to say it was the most popular thing the Hon. Bailey has done in his 20 years service in Con- gress. A majority of the democratic sen- ators were delighted whereas every standpat republican was cast in gloom.
 What will come of it is somewhat diff cult to tell but 1t is quite likely that when the Senate next conyenes objection will be made to Mir. Bailey's presence as a mem Der.
 MT. Bailey is a public man and folks have the right to talk about his official acts and surmise the motives that prompt them. He had just achieved victory when by a vote of IS to 10 the Senate had plastered a coat of whtewash on Willia m Lorimer, a successor to Stephen A. Doug lass and Lyman Trumbull in that body. As Garrett Davis of Kentucky once re- marked in the United States Senate, "Ye gods, what a succession.' There are some things in statecraft recondite to the common herd, but the Lorimer case is not one of them The people had tried him and found him guilty and even the Senate could not hide the manifest fact that.its conclusion was nothing but a bald
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hibition of knightly spirit made by Ja- pan in tn at war for her independence. Men seem to forget that had Russia's desires succeeded Japanese independ- ence would have been at an end, would have been an apple between the teeth of the bear. Or. if men remember this they ignore the meaning of 1t and wantonly accuse Japan of forcing the war on for purposes of territorial eX- pansion. Now that Corean independence has gone, they say that it was sacri- feed to Japanese ambitions. The truth Is that Corean independence was gone already, and the only hope of justice for Corea was and is in the alignment of her people with the Japanese them- selves l venture to think that in spite of all whisperings to the contrary, the Coreans are getting justice aad in the near future will have a social devel- opment that even India has not yet gained under alien rule after all these years.
 Those who are interested will read the paper by MT. Jenks, who, by the way, is professor of economies and pol itics in Cornell university. They will find him dealing with two sections of the present situation. The first may be called HThe Improbabiity of War" and the second. Commercial Interests at Stake" Professor Jenks admirably surveys both fields. He says, as to the first.
 Every American knows that the United States will never be the ag- gresor in a war against Japan. She would have nothing to gain by such war and the loss in men and property would be enormous. It would be dis tinct block to her progress and public sentiment would not tolerate 1t.
 To this we may add, however, that de- mocracies sometimes have gone wild
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sympathy, courtesy, knightly chivalry and truthfulness, these enter into the vital warp and wool of the forming char acter, which, in most cases, all the ex- periences of future years cannot wholly destroy. But what may be expected of the child who comes from the home whose chief characteristics are diseon- tent, impatience, bitterness of speech,
 low ideals, slouchiness of attire, and where general grumpishness pervades the atmosphere and where no song Is sung and where games are crimes. A good character may possibly grow up out of such obstructive conditions, even as flower may spring out of the Assure of rock, but 1t will be In spite of the home influences. From such home the youth or maiden goes forth morally crip- pied for life, and the lack of proper home training is responsible for many defeat which they experience in their fight for llfes high places.
 Does the reader remember the Persian poem written by Matthew Arnold, called Rustum and Sohrab? They were father and son. In very early life the boy was taken captive and borne away to a dis tant land where he grew up to young manhood. That far-off land became his country and the people his people. In the course of time a war arose between the two countries, and. in a fierce bat tie Rustum and Sohrab, father and son, met in single combat, neither knowing his relationship to the other. Finally, the fathers spear crashes into the heart of his son, and before the youth breathes his last breath the father learns that ne has killed his boy. I am relating this story from memory and in some detail my memory may be playing me false; but l am sure that in the main 1t Is as
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-26

The same oaks or elns that have grown about the house ever since we have knoEn it may still cast their shad- ows athwart the lawn in summer or writhe and moan in winters blasts; the old-fashoned roses may buy and bloom as in the far-off springtime that has now become fragrant memory; the golden days of summer with buzzing hum of in- sect harmony may come as aforetime. and all things around and outside of the house may seem as of old; but enter and how marked the changes. There is no musical prattle of beautiful children. therc are no toys about the floor; no little Noah's ark awaiting the flood; no snow white lambs to be led to the fold at nightfal; little dolls to be tucked Tn heo for the night; no drums, nor wag- ons, nor soldiers; no horns, nor tools, nor tops, nor marbles. All are gone. The two old people, sitting in room filled with tender associations, look out upon the deepening twilight, and live in the days that are no more" They dream dreams that are dear "as remem- bered kisses after death"
 There are occasional visits to the old home by children and grandchildren at and at other times of family reunions; but there soon follows the good bye" and the old home 10 left behind to the silence of memory. Such is the ever rolling panorama of life. There is one reflection that will give light at eventide. It is this: That when the children were in the home their young lives were filled with hap piness and their hearts instructed in the highest principles of goodness, hon. or and religious fidelity.
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something that would willingly die for | you. | Life is not only what we make of it,
 but what we think of it.' | Which is true. l And it is none the less true because | it was written by bedridden cripple Thomas Iockhart of Wellington. Mo.
 This man has been utterly helpless for 24 years, having the use of only one l, finger and thumb and one eye. But he Is not a winner. Despite the dreadful handicap Lock- hart has earned his own support, paid for d nurse for nine years and purchased q little cottage home. For many years his mother was de-
 voted to him, but nine years ago she died, and Lockhart was left alone and helpless. What would you lave done? I,ockhart started to write books. And this is the way he wrote: Lying on his back. unable either to turn or to raise his head. the paper was put where he could reach it, and with the one finger and thumb that would do his
 will he. held the pen. Among the things Lockhart has written is this:
 .I am 39 years old and two-thirds of my life has been spent lying motioness as 8 marble statute. Life has had few joys Tor me. It is drawing to close. Yet l can smile and laugh and sing and praise God for my blessings
 Say, you
 You who can walk and use your arms and fingers and eyes, you who say you
 lave no chance, you who bewai the tides of your i'll fortune, you
 Are you not ashamed?
 You who talk Of failure because you have mo pull you whose plans must forever wat because you have mo cap ital," you with your health and appetite
 Are you not well rebuked by this brave raralytic?
 He says life is what we think it. and he is eternally right
 If out of the depths of living grave Thomas I.ockhart can laugh and sing and be thankful. where shall you appear if you go grumblng and discontented glum and ungrateful. on your way?
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HOA1E-Fourth Paper-By Dr.. w. E. Euans

I have read with keenest delight the autobiography of Prof Hubert Herk- omer some time lecturer on art, at Oxford, and was profoundly impressed by his description of the typical peas ant home of Germany. Some statements made by the autobiographer bear up on the subject now in hand. His father was a "Tischler Meister" by trade, that is. master joiner, which means that he toiled at his bench but, though poor, he was an uncrowned king. When I was born" says Professor Herk omer, my father was heard to say, This boy shall be my dearest friend And I remember well when this was afterward told me as a boy the solemn and impressive feeling the words left with me and which l never lost Those who saw my father in his last years al Bushey know that was privileged to enjoy the predic- ton." At my fathers bench What 8 happy time it was for me The in- nuence of his companionship there be- longs to the memories for which l have most reason to be thankful and l sec more and more how firmly his lessons took hold of me and have borne fruit. I had unbounded faith in him and ad- miration. Nobody that l had known or was likely to know, l thought, was quite so clever" But to realize the sacred friendship between the boy and the father one must read the whole story. Ii will be found in From Han del to Halle," published by Swan 6 Sonnenschein, London, 1890. In con nection with this story of beautiful friendship recommend Barriers Mar aaret Ogelvie," and 1Aammertons s Around My House.
 In the home, children should be fitted
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-03-26

K I'M. JEREMIAH W. JENKs, who is MI a trained observer, and for M several years a trusted adviser of governments, widely travelled and specialized on things oriental now earns our heartiest thanks for kindly saving what many others have thought. In the 'Outlook' for March II is his article on ."The Japanese in Man churia," which admirably covers the question: Will there be war with Ja- pan? Meantime down in Texas are mud dy warriors on muddier beasts, guns galore, vast sweeping military move ments. confabs of officers, newspaper correspondents lurking on the outskirts or prancing bravely through the center, duly bedizened in dun -colored khaki apparel, decked with Texan mud. From that busy and beplastered scene come whispers of real war, and we are asked to recognize on the edge of the horizon the face of Japan, Japanese hand clutching a gun; and here in the center our brethren holding sort of prayer meeting before the great god, Wish, that real war may come.
 Furthermore, the outlook" editor ially observes that plans are being pushed by certain lords of the Phil istines to corrupt the American press with letters and dispatches from the Orient, whose purpose shall be to stir anger against Japan MT. Hobson, whose twin passions are war and wa ter. prophecies dark days from Maine to the gulf, his 'eloquence being pleas ant to hear, like ghost stories when the wick is long and the wind howls In the chimney. For many months, months runnings into years we have not been sure whether we were gently laughing at the bugaboo. gently gasp ing in a sort of nervous apprehension,
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as of an old maid when she thinks she hears a burglar at the dead of night, or gently snoring because we know that when war is inevitable MT. Hob
 son will be afloat again.
 Since the year 1884 l have been in rather close and constant touch with Japan and the oriental question. To me at least, as to many more who have had opportunity to measure the psy- chological forces at work, the war with China, which closed in 1895, was very inevitable thing, and if unhindered by European jealousies, would have open ed the door for many years of peace full and rapid development in China, Manchuria, Corea, Formosa and Japan itself. But Germany was no less jeal- ous than Russia or France, and the proper fruits of her advancement were snatched from Japan. Then came the grabbing of land, under so-caled leases" by all three conspirators, prov ing that they were never seeking Chinas welfare; and China came with in measurable distance of partition among European nations. Russia clear ly intended to encircle Japan on the landward side with ramparts she was about to steal from Corea, and the long expected second phase of the war, the struggle with Russia, was now in hand. We were not surprised at the success with which the doughty island CTS swung ships and men into line and shattered Russian pride in the early weeks. What did surprise us all was the awkwardness and weakness of Rus- sia and the power of Japan to keep up the pace. That she concluded the war with an honorable peace, concluded 1t with triumphant success, astounded the men who knew Japan best. l am quite sure it astounded the Japanese them selves. The utmost they could have