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The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-17
live Stock

Steers. good to choice fat, S5o0 to i2oo Steers. medium to good. $50 to 12oo Ibs. 3lk94l1c.
 stsss. good to choice fat. sso to $50 lbs. 3MQ4c.
 Steers. medium to good. sso to sEe lhs. 3q312c.
 Oxen, good to choice. 804c. oxen, medium to good, 2h63c. Cows and heifers. good to choice. sm to 1000 lbs., 3lsQ4hc.
 Cows and heifers. medium to good. |3@4c.
 Cows and heifers., goes to choIca eoo 600 to 800 pounds. 3A 0ic. . Cows and heifers. medium to good. e to 800 lbs. aG4c.
 Yearlings medium to good, 2110l3c. Bulls. good 10 choice. 800 to l200 lbs. 3Q31ac.
 Bulls. medium to good, $50 to $50 lbs.. 21aG3c.
 Bulls, medium to good. 800 to l2oo lbs. 2h @8c
 Gamers. 2G2%c. t Eggs-Fresh. 1Sc per dog. Hogs. choice (corn fed). 1So to 250 lbs, Ilac.
 Hogs, choice (corn fed). 14o to lso ibs. 7lhc.
 Pigs, 80 to 12O lb. wts.. 7c.
 Pigs, 50 to 80 lb. wts.. 6h@7c. Fat cattle. demand good. Oxen. demand fair.
 Medium cattle, demand good. Yearlings. demand fair.
 Bulls, demand fair.
 Gamers, demand fair.
 Hogs, demand good
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-17
Fruits and Produce

(Corrected by Douglas Bros, Apples-Fancy red. s to S6 Oranges. California. A.75: Florad7, a, ,a @2.50.
 Pineapples. $3.50.
 Lemons-Fancy, N. yimes-Imported. per 100. 7bcO&. Irish Potatoes-New stock, per bushsa 75QSoc.
 Cabbage-Danish cabbage. 13kc. On.ons-Red Globe. 23kc lb. Navy Beans-Choics Michigan. per bus $3.25. Lima Beans-Per lb., 7c. Peas Virginia black-eye. per bu. N.M Spanish onions, per crate. Q.M Y Celery-Fancy, per crate. A.6. Cocanuts, s5.50d6 per 100. Sweet Potatoes-Per barrel. $2250z5a Grapes-Malaga, keg, q. Canada turnips, per h.. 11zc. Grape fruit. Florida, per box. S3.so Tangerines--Per box A.00. Strawberries, Florida-30 to S5c at. Apples-Wcstern, s2.50G2.75 box.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-17
Poultry and n~ws

iCorrected by Jarrett 6 Hino3 Hens-Me edium. 40Q50c; live. per m. 16c.
 Large flyers. S5Q4oc, 16c per lb.: medium flyers. 25@S0c, 2oc per lb.; small, 20026c. 200 per ID.
 Ducks, 40145c; suineas. Soc; roosters. 3O635c; geese, 45q60c; live turkeys, per lb. 2Oc Dressed turkeys. 2SQ24c. 'Eggs.-Fresh, 17c per dog.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-17

YOUR LAST OPPORTUNITY
 Suits or overcoats made to order from remnants, $9.76, former $16.75 to $30.00 values.
 SINGER $, 107 N. 20th St.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-17
LOCAL SECURITIES

OtaI sales for the day, 7O3,6OO shares.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-08

and the manufacturers, still I think 80
per cent. Of those caught in the flames
would have escaped had a fire drill
been in vogue. A good example of this
is any of our public schools, in which
the drill is practised.
Recently a fire broke out in a public
school in New York containing 1900
children. Then the benefit of the drill
was evidenced. At the sound of the
gong every pupil jumped into line at
once, and in less than three minutes
the entire building was empty. There
is M a in the world why older
people at work in factories cannot be
instructed with the Same efficiency.
Let Newark lead the way in relieving
flre-trapped factory workers. Drills
once or twice a week would soon have
the workers trained like soldiers. and
the same process would make the girls
used to the fire gong, SO they would
not faint or become hysterical when
real danger confronted them.
DRILL.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-08
THE STATE GOVERNMENT shNEcUREs.

IT T was part of the program of this Legislature to abolish useless
Offices and commissions. Nothing yet has been done in that
direction. Governor Fort in his messages strongly recon-
mended the abolition or consolidation of salared commissions and
suggested the adyisability of singleheaded commissions, but the
three legislatures during his term were not in harmony with his
policies. The legislators were Enthusiastically willing, however,
to adopt a suggestion for a new salared Office, and when the Gov
ernor proposed the creation of a State editor of reports an act was
promptly passed to that effect. The office is VIGOROUSLY a sinecure
and should be abolished forthwith. The duties are nominal and
could be performed by some salaried officer in connection with his
other duties. But the editor of reports is not the only sinecure.
There are others who draw unearned salaries from the State treas
ury, and they also should CO. The Democratic platform last year
demanded "a thorough administrative reorganization" This would
involve, said the platform, "the abolition of all unnecessary offices,
boards and commissions, a concentration of functions upon the
model of the best business organizations and a careful coordination
of the several parts of the public service" Is there anything in the
platform more binding than that pledge? And what prospect is
there at the present time that it will be carried out? A bill has
been introduced in the Assembly to abolish the State editor. 1t will
be interesting to watch that bill, the first attempt to carry out the
nIafform nromiSe.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-08
Just Line
About Men
You Know

Amzi Berla, who ministers to the
needs of that portion of Newark's in
| habitants tina is interested in the ex-
else question, always manages to pull
off a laugh at the meeting of the board.
There are many names to be read at
each meeting, most of them foreign,
and most of them unpronouncable. At
the last meeting, after calling off a
dozen or more of hard ones" his face
lit up with a smile when he read will
lam Onions and Jonathan Booze"
On investigation it was found that
Onions was legitimate, but that Booze
was Buss. But then, Amzi accom-
plished his purpose. Everybody nae a
good laugh.
Special Officer Knothe, who guards
the front of the main building of the
"Pru," has more questions fired at him
every day than a score Of men at an
important civil service examination.
But he greets everybody with a sunny
smile and cheerfully pulls from his
pocket a memoranda Of things he
doesn't bother with keeping in his head
when the questions are tough. The
only one that makes him feel faint Is
the simple one: Say, officer. is this the
Prudential building?" This is asked In
good faith more than a dozen times a
day.
To celebrate his eighty-sixth birthday
an association of blacksmiths gave a
dinner in honor of a prominent politi-
clan. The POSTMASTER, an ilhteraSe
man, opened the proceedings as fol-
lows: "Mr. -, it Is six years TOO
late to congratulate you on being an
octoroon, but here is hoping we will be
able to congratulate you on being a
centurion"
William Hamilton Osborne, lawyer
novelist, tells this one: Il once had a
client of the name of Henry Schmidt
He had made out a check o me and
omitted the III in Schmidt. Say II
said to him, you forgot the III" You're
not English, are your He proved at
once that he was not, for to his German
ears the h had the sound Of age and
so he promptly inserted in the check
age, 27 years."
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-08
xxv-TExTUR

people like to be humbugged,p said
p. r. Barnum.
He had probably never heard or read
that Cicero had said practically the
same thing two thousand years earlier.
1.-THE world wants to be deceived" were
Cicero's words
The shade of difference in the two
expressions, which are identical in
sentiment, indicates the difference be-
tween the ul~tra-ref1ned Roman and the
somewhat coarse-grained, though not
less worthy, American. And this diff
ference was indicated not only In
| speech, but in the texture of their re-
| spective hands.
Cicero's skin on the back of the hand
was of as fine a texture as that Of g.
baby, while that of Barnum's hand
was of a rather coarse texture. N.e
Texture plays an important part in.
palmistry. For in making up your esti-
mate of a perso you must often
modify bad characteristics when they
are accompanied by f~ine-textured skim
And, conversely, coarse texture
coarsens to some extent even the best
and noblest attributes. -
But that ever the finest texture does
not necessarily indicate a correspond
ingly fine quality Of morals is EVIL
denced by the fact that. Just as Bar
mum did not hesitate to act upon his
conviction that the people wanted to
be humbugged. SO, likewise. did Cicero
not hesitate to justify, theoretically,
the deceiving of the world. "Mundus
vuit decipi, ergo decipiatur" C"The
world wants to be deceived; therefore.
let it be deceived"), said the worlds
greatest orator.
And so you see that you cannot be
governed as to character by the tex
ture of the back of the hand. 1t Is
merely a guide as 10 the degree Of re-
fnement.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-08
A GREAT HALL IN A GREAT CITY.

NN ADDISON SQUARE GARDEN is one of the best social assets
" of New York city, although the city does not own the prop
erty. Not long ago a movement was started to get the city
70 acquire Madison Square Garden and maintain it as a public
hall and civic centre, but the attempt failed. The property
has now been sold to parties who propose to raze the old land
mark and use the site for skyscrapers. 1t is said to be yet possible
to preserve the Garden, but only by its purchase by the city. 1t will
be discreditable to New York to have the building torn down. A
place of that character has become a public necessity in a city like
New York. If the Garden disappears there will be no other building
in the great city with capacity enough for the meetings and enter.
tainments of the magnitude that have SO often occupied it. A great
public hall may be hkened in its character to a public park. A hall
of the size to accommodate a vast assemblage will not pay as a
financial enterprise and, therefore, it cannot be maintained as a
business proposition any more than a public pleasure park. The
municipality should recognize that fact and be as well prepared to
furnish the public the accommodations of a spacious public hall as
of a spacious public park.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-08
Playing with Firearms,

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
The serious accident of a few days
ago. caused by a young man handling
a revolver, should be a good lesson to
the man. fond parents who do not seem
to pay much attention to what results
these dangerous weapons cause their
families. While it may be that a father
able to handle a firearm, there are GER
tain restrictions which he should put
on the son in the handling thereof. !.
too, think that when a youth reaches
the proper g that he should be &C.
quainted with the use Of a firearm, for
the sake of self-defense, but not further
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-08
SOME BASEBALL MAXIMS.

It's a wise child that knows how to
keep a score card
Pitchers with glass arms shouldn't
throw curves.
A fly In the hand is worth two in the
air.
Infelders, like outflelders, come home
to roose on the umpire's neck. .
Make first while the sun shines In
the f1elder's y
A line drive cuts no grass. 7
A word to the wise is sufficient, but
a club for the umpire.
He who hits and run away may get
a hit another day.
If at first you don't succeed, slide
again.
To err is human. to hit 300 divine.
It's a poor bat thai won't work both
ways.
Hit and the world laughs with you
strike out and you mourn alone.
It's a punk curve that has no turning
Atlanta Journal.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-08
poLYDoRE QUESTION BOX.

Question-If the lines and contour Of
the hands are as fixed as the laws OF.
the Modes and the Persians we might
just as well throw up those sarne hands
and cry amen" PUZZLED.
Answer-Agafn ! regret that space
does not permit me to reproduce this
second letter from you in its entirety.
Neither lines nor the contour of the
hands are as ~unchanging as the laws
of the Modes and Psrsfans. True. tho
changes are so slow as rarely TO be
p~erceptible. But neither Is the growth
of height OF girth of the body percepti-
BILE, and yet nobody is &C skeptical as
to doubt that such a growth actually
does take place.
But, even II there were no change n
the lines we're really unalterably hxed.
why should we throw up u hands tn
| despair? II have evidently not sue-
ceeded in making my meaning clear 70
you in my previous reply. When I said
that II we fail in our efforts we must
regard it as "a sort of trying out
process. I4did not mean that we should
shutdown, with folded hands, and wait
and pray for the end Far from il.
True morality requires that we make
ourselves as useful to others as we
possibly, can be. The trying out
process fails utterly in it's purpose If
it does not make US keeniy alive to
this faith, this feeling, this religion OF
service.
Only in so far as we strive do we
make any progress on the road toward
the attainment of the crown. None
shall be crowned who hath not fought
WE'LL" says st. Paul. And somewhere
in the Book of Job you VIII ind that
Life is a warfare"
The point l intended to convey was
that if you were doomed, despite your
best efforts, to a life full Of worry,
drudgery n u~nhappiness, you might
at least console yourself with the
thought that 1t was all intended by an
i~nscrutabiy wise Providence for some
Interior purpose which you could not
fathom. In other words, If one who
aims at terrestrial happiness falls short
of the mark n finds nothing but. a
heavy cross which threatens to crush
him at every step, he will do wisely 10
+ try to bear 1t gracefully. 8
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-08

Criticises Professor ~PoIydore's View.
To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
In a recent article your Professor
Polydore, replying to a failure" did
all he could to console the unfortunate
woma by suggesting that happiness
may be waiting for her in the life to
come. The professors thought is ideal;
it is beautiful; but it is not helpful. /
would give much to feel certain that
there is a hereafter, and that / will be
given another chance in another world,
but az yet I have not been able to con-
vince myself that there is any reason
to believe that better things are in
store for me when 1 depart from this
earth.
To mo there is no consolation in the
hope that better things are awaiting
me in an underlined, imaginary place. I
want happiness here, and now. and I
am certain that "Puzzled,'' the pro-
lessons correspondent, agrees with me,
even though she believes in a future
existence.
I want to believe in a future state:
I hope there is one; nevertheless, I do
not know that there is, and / am not
going to waste my present opportuni-
ties by banking on the future. Happi-
ness is in store for us here il we look
for 1t, il we make up our minds thai
we are going to be happy, despite all
the misery to which we are subjected.
Happiness does not lie in having a
liberal share of this worlds goods.
Happiness lies within the person. BY
making ourselves useful to society, by
educating our interiors in mind and by
learning from our superiors, we can
attain to an enviable height. There
are more unknown great men than
known, there are more useful men that
the world never hears about than there
are men who for their philanthropy
break into the public print. We can
be happy n successful in this world
il we wish to, il we have the right idea
Of success. s
I shall do all I ear here to make my
self worthy of a high position in the life
to come; but since I do not know thai
there is such a life I am not depending
upon 1t. oPPENHEIM:
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-08

m D"JOURNMENT of the Legislature is now the talk at Tren-
IN ton. This week bills were rushed through in onetwothree
order in both houses, and bills were signed at about the
same pace in daily patches. These were all bills of a minor char
acter. The Senate gave little consideration to the batch of i'm
portant school reform bills recommended by the FreIinghuysen
committee. With the thirteenth week of the session expiring, this
haste to get rid of long neglected business was natural. Next week
the pace will be accelerated. The legislators want to adjourn and
look after their private affairs, and, necessarily, they become care
less about public affairs. The lobbyist and the engineer of snake
legislation know the moods of a legislator, and they know the
psychological moment for lobby methods and snake bills and
"jokers' to come into play. The Morris canal bill has been held
sback for that moment to be reached, and its appearance in the Sen
ate is about due. All that the Legislature has accomplished in
legislation could easily have been performed within o period of six
weeks. Seven weeks have virtually been wasted. And only one
important bill, a Senate bill, has become a law.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-08
Baseball Holiday.

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
The baseball season is now at hand.
/ am an employee in a local depart
ment store and several of my friends
have asked me to write a line 10 see
whether it would not be possible to
get the merchants to close the stores
half a day on April 20.
It may not be generally known, but
many of the young ladies' are great
fans and would appreciate the oppor-
tunity of attending the opening game.
Thus far none of the stores have sig
nified a willingness to close. If one of
them would take the initiative j am
sure all would follow. Trusting that
this will be given a consideration by
our up-to-date merchants we are, the
COUNTER-JUMPERS.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-08

INV AIlOhAL politics IN play at Trenton began to overshadow
AN State politics and affairs as soon as the legislative session
began. The paralysis of legislation was primarily due to
that fact, for the seasonal business was held up for a single. spec
tacular play intended to dazzle the country at large and point the
choice Of the Democratic national nominating convention next year.
THE plays the thing" not it's quality. Boots it little what the
effects may be if the victory is won and the prestige is gained. 1t
is not unusual for State legislation in a year preceding a presidential
election to be devoted mainly to objects looking ahead to that cleo.
zion, but the objects are not always, of a personal character. They
contemplate party advantage. 1t will be observed that since the
legislative session began early in January and until the present
week absolutely no attention was paid to such matters as water
conservation, the Morris Canal, the public school Investigation, the
abolition of useless Offices and commissions and other highly i'm
portant subjects of purely State concern that do not figure in dis
play articles in the newspapers Of other States and have no rele-
gancy to national politics.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-08
Fire Drill. for Factories.

10 the Editor of the Evening Star:
One of the letters in your Rostrum
columns the other day declared it
would be expedient to inaugurate a
city ordinance providing for fire drills
in factories. That vas a good idea, and
I would like to say it has been warmly
commended by many friends. Doubt
less il will be a long time before we
secure proper legislation regarding a C
tory buildings. So it will be better all
around IL the ordinance can be enacted
for Newark enforcing fire drills.
Although the two recent fire horrors
at High street, this city, and Wash
ington place, New York city, killed
nearly 200 people, and much blame
rests on tine owners Of the buildings
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-08
List Revelvsr PURCHASES.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Noting that many persons have i n
their possession r%evolvers, which often
leads to disastrous results, would it not
be a good plan to have dealers take
the name of every person to whom they
sell one? 1t is a law, l believe, in some
States for all sporting goods establish
ments that sell revolvers OF other fire.
arms to take the number of the gun
and the name Of the person to whom
a weapon is sold and hand the list to
the chief of police every month. This
would, I believe, have a great tendency
to have only proper persons handling
the dangerous weapons. j. N.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-08
NEWARK,S BIG PUBLIC ASSETS.

ea HE city of Newark is much richer in substantial assets than
the city has been given credit for in it's official reports. The
expert investigation just concluded gives a total value of
nearly seventy million to the cnys property, and that is a conserva-
tive estimate. All previous estimates were simply slovenly guesses.
THE STAR disputed the accuracy of these estimates at different
times and the experts report sustains THE STARS contention
that the figures then given were absurdly low. The net debt of
Newark is only a fraction of the value of the city's assets, and,
therefore, there is abundant security for all the bonds that the city
can reasonably issue.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-08

The double funeral Of Andrew j. Carl
and his wife, Frances M. Carl. who died
within three hours of each other, was
held from the home of their daughter,
Mrs. James McCluskey, at 157 Freling-
huysen
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-08

A statement given out by Mayor
Lebkuecher reveals the citys debt to
have decreased 567,625.H during the
past three years. The total gain in the
financial condition OF Newark is
$3.50 900.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-08
The People 5 Rostrum
EF+.

than that. Teach the boys that to play
with a dangerous weapon is a menace
to safety and loss of life is the ultimate
result. FOR SAFETY.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-08
YEARS AGO TODAY.
APRIL &. 1896.

One hour after his marriage, Daniel
Mckinley, of Elizabeth, was instantly
killed by a Pennsylvania railroad train
at Elizabeth. The bride, who so soon
became a widow, was Miss Catherine
Galligan, of 30 Clark place, Elizabeth.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-08

! Miss Elizabeth Munroe Wilkinson.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Francis A
wilkinson, of 1872 Clinton avenue, was
married to Halsey Meeker Larter.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-08

The sale of s~evepty-fve houses on the
property purchased for Branch Brook
Park has begun. The highest bid thus
far was $675.
American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1911-08-10
VIRGINIA CHICKEN
Correct Recipe for Dish That is Pop
uIar at Christmas and on Spe-
clal Occasions.

Here is the correct recipe for the
Genuine Virginia chicken salad. 1t is
served at Christmas and on other spe-
cial occasions: For making the dress
ing for this salad the chicken oil, skim.
med from the water in which the
chickens are boiled, is used in place
Of the olive oil. The chickens, which
must be plump. are simmered tender
in lightly salted water. When cold
the skin and bones are removed and
the meat cut, not chopped, into small
bits. Mix with double the quantity of
celery cut from tender, well-bleached
stalks that have been crisped in ice
water, then dried in clean towel,
minced and added to the mixture,
which is then dressed with good
salad dressing, preferably mayonnaise.
and set on the ice to chill and ripen.