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El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-25
FOR SALE.

FOR SALE.
An old. well established. good pay
ing business. stock and fixtures, viii
amount to about $4,000 to $50. 900.
Owner wants TO retire, will take part
IN cash. balance in valley land
Have several real borgains in new
proved and unimproved farms in TIE
Rio Grande valley. Have several good
loans. secured by first MORTGAGE
write IRE. livestock accident and plate
glass insurance. furnish surety bonds.
guaranty land values TO purchasers. II
interested in any OF the above. cali on
or write
VIM. 5fOELLER,
REAL ESTATE.
Bell 1927 Office Herald Bldg
AUTO 1875 Main Entrance.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-25
FOR RENT.

l have large rental list Phone
my office; no trouble to answer cues
lions.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-25

If you are in the market for city
property it viii pay you TO see me. /
have large list and cannot advertise
all the bargains l have TO offer Give
me an opportunity to show you and if
1 have not what you want will
secure it for You.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-25

FOR SALE.
A large s roorl residence. Sc feet
south front, on Nagofin Ave A ) or
room house taken in part payment
This is q beautifu, home.
FOR SALE ar EXCHANGE.
90 acres. improved. miles above
city; new 4 room house. $3.50 per acre
Also 10 acres partly improved. near
the above $3.50 per acre. VIII ex.
change both pieces for city property.
Both of these are bargains
McGHEE REALTY CO..
Room Ii, sTOrehouse Block.
FL Paso, Tex.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-02-25

VIII be glad to write your Fire In
surance, Livestock Insurance. Liability
and Plate Glass Insurance.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-26
RAILROAD TAX INCREASE SINCE 1884.

ID Y degrees and after long intervals the taxes on railroad prop
I'D erty in New Jersey have been increased from about $1oOO0O
in 1882 to approximately $6000O0O under the reyaluation
assessment for the present year. The statement given out yester
day by the State Board of Assessors shows an increase of $26,393,
936 in second-class railroad property alone. There will be an
other large increase in the valuations of the franchises, but none
is expected in that of the main stem. Prior to 1854 twothirds of
the railroad property in New Jersey was exempt from tax, and
The assessment upon the taxable property was only onehalf of l
per cent. o II a nominal valuation practically fixed by the railroad
companies. There was no State board to assess the taxes. The
railroad tax act of 1884 abolished the exemptions and opened the
way for a railroad tax .reform which has taken twentyseyen years
for its accomplishment. In 1884 a hasty and imperfect valuation
of railroad property was made by the newly created State Board
of Assessors, and there is no record of any thorough valuation
since that year until the Legislature two years ago ordered one.
This retaliation, extensively made, makes a basis for future
annual valuations and assessments. The State board will now
have definite figures to estimate upon for assessment of additions
and betterments to railroad property. BY a new system, also, the
franchise is valued and assessed separately so that the public can
see what is franchise and what is real estate. The State has made
slow progress in reforming its railroad tax system and has been
penalized to the extent of about seventy million dollars III the
twentyseyen years since 1884 by legislative neglect.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-26
Praise for Star Fund.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Now that the summe season is
drawing to a close, I think that a wor
of praise, or rather a whole column of
praise, should be melted out to your
paper for the splendid work lone with
the aid of the fund for furnishing ice
and outings to the poor.
1t is only those who have little ones
of their own who are able to realize
what a day of fresh air and change Of
scene means to them. The work 80
well begun, so faithfully continued and
now drawing to a happy close should
inspire the givers of 1911 to double
their interest in the plan in 1912.
But l cannot help thinking how mean
the wealthy man or woman must feel
when he or she. nov that vacation days
are almost over, returns from the CON
yentional extended stay In Europe"
or elsewhere, and accidentally learns.
perhaps, that just one of the many
wasted dollars may have saved q little
life through the STARS fund.- A.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-26
LOCAL WAR NEWS
OF FIFTY YEARS AGO.

The Newark Daily Advertiser, now
the STAR, Oh August 26, 1861, published
the following:
"On Saturday a writ was issued by
Commissioner Whitehead, of his city,
for the arrest of Phineas F. Frazee, of
Railway, for proposing to Joseph
Gabriel, of Railway, to join the South
ern army. Gabriel made an affidavit
that on Saturday, August Is, while on
his way to New York to join the Sec
ond Regiment of Fire Zouaves, he met
Mr.. Frazee, who offered him a pass to
the South and a captains commission
If he woul join the Confederate army.
Mr.. Frazee was arrested by Deputy
Marshall Benjamin on Saturday. At
the examination this morning before
Commissioner Whitehead District At
torney Keasbey presented the case,
Governor Pennington being counsel for
the prisoner. Mr.. Frazee was held IN
s.. 1000 bail for trial.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-26
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0UBORBNN TSWNS

MI. and Mrs. s. Erwin Manness. Of
Mt. Prospect avenue. are touring about
the New Jersey coast in their automo-
bile, with Asbury Park as their head
quarters.
MIR. n Mrs. David Lowry, of "a
Bathgate place, announce the mar.
riage of their daughter, Miss Gertrude
Lowy, and Morris Hauser, son of Mrs.
Esther Hauser. of 165 Quitman street.
The marriage was solemnized yester-
day afternoon by the Rev. Joseph
Hahn. of the Congregation B'nai Alb
raham. After a wedding journey Mr..
and Mrs. Hauser will reside in New
ark.
Edward Symons. who has been con-
nected with the firm of L. S. Plaut &
Co. as buyer of the upholstery depart
ment for several years. sewers his con-
nection with the firm today and leaves
for Philadelphia to take a similar po-
sition with the John Wanamaker Com
psny.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-26
onncc Of -Prcyentlon.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
II 1t is true, as charged, that the ter
rible wreck of a Lehigh Valley train
at Manchester, y. Y, was caused by
spread rails. there will be little diff
Guilty in placing the responsibility.
The responsibility, spelled with q
capital r." will lie at the door of tho
man or men who were so anxious to
make the railroad pay dividends that
they refused to employ enough track
walkers to properly guard the lives of
the passengers.
Frequently on my way home / have
to walk along the railroad tracks OF
the Lackawanna, and when l see a big
train whizzing past me | wonder there
are not more wrecks, so great is the
momentum and power behind the
gigantic mass of steel and wood. A de-
fective rail would send it bounding
down an embankment or into a hillside
to certain destruction.
Why cannot the officials of the rail-
roads be far-sighted enough to realize
that IAN ounce of prevention is worth
a pound of cure" The loss to the COM
pany, caused by this wreck, in property
alone (the loss In life cannot be esti-
mated in money!, would have paid the
wages of many competent track-walk-
ers, and such a horror would nave been
impossible. TRAVELLER.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-26

Congressman Walter. L. Mccoy. of
Ralston avenue, South Orange. is home
from Washington. He will return to
Washington in November, accompanied
by his family.
=
Mr.. and Mrs. William E. Topping and
their family. of De Graw avenue, are
spending a part Of the summer at
Starlight, Pa.
Mrs. Raymond II. Crane and her two
children will leave today for Ocean
Grove. They will remain for several
weeks at the seashore.
a
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Varndell have
gone to the Maine shore for the rest
of the summer.
Mrs. c. X. Smith, Mrs. C. NJ. Post
and Mrs. Charles e. Barker, OF Bald
win avenue, are enjoying a sojourn at
Atlantic City. They are staying at
the Strand.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-26
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BY EuScne Ficius
Wynken, Blynken and Nod one night
Sailed off in a wooden shoe
Sailed on a river of misty light
Into a sea of dew.
Where are you going, and what do
you wish?'
The old moon asked the three,
we have come to fish for the herring
fish
That live in this beautiful sea-;
Nets of silver and gold have We"
Said Wynken,
Blynken,
And Nod.
Three little bags of rice and a bunch
of dried vegetables form a days ra-
tons for a japanese soldier in the field
NO
embalmed beef,
you understand. See?
The Gerlach (Cal.) jail* has been
cut down for kindling wood.
at was a tree to which prisoners
were kept tied.
To stop a runaway horse there has
been invented a curtain, to be at
tached to the harness at n side OF
the animals head and unrolled over
its eyes by the driver pulling a cord.
Hot stun.
"Oh, let me see those sparkling eyes
of thine;
They are like stars of heaven.
Cite, etc., and then:
"Oh, let me kiss those rosy lips OF
thine,
Those sweet lips, once sweetly kissed
by mine
| call them ours"
Painlessly extracted from a love
song, written by the Rev. Pedro Ilgen,
a st. Louis preacher.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-26

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
If the police of the Fifth precinct
don't wake up and catch the enter
prising burglars who go s%burgling in
upper Orange street there will be a
shake-up.
The storekeepers up that way are
almost in a state of panic. Many of
them live over the places where they
make their living. Even people who
don't own stores are afraid of the men,
who get into cellars and saw their way
through. The police appear to allow
the burglars to saw wood and a
nothing.
Why, | know of an Orange street
flat-dweller OF the third floor who
couldn't go to sleep for six hours last
night because he thought he heard a
burglar saving in the cellar. He, the
third floor lat-dweller. was evidently
afraid that he. the burglar, would saw
his way UP his way.
ORANGE STREET.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-26
WILL THERE BE CABINET CHANGES?

IT I is not improbable that there will be more changes in the
Taft cabinet before the presidential campaign opens next
year. Secretary Wilson. of the agricultural department, has
been seriously compromised by the Wiley investigation and he will
be excoriated in the report of the House committee when the regu-
lar session opens in December. The President must realize that
Wilson is II weak prop of his administration. Criticism, too, has
beat upon .AttorneyGeneral Wickersham, although he has dis
played more energy in enforcing the antitrust law than any of his
predecessors in Office. Mr.. Wickersham may resign of his own
yoidon. Nor has Secretary Nagel, of the department of com
MERGE aud labor. escaped just criticism, and he will come in for
more. altogether. Mr. Taft has not been fortunate in his official
f,nfI1
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-26
A MIXED STATE POLITICAL SITUATION.

cTa HE political primaries i'll New Jersey next month promise
to be Il spectacle of confusion worse COMPOUNDED, with fac
tons fighting the regular organizations and struggling
with each other. Party primaries in past years, when party or
CARNATIONS were intact, were often characterized by faction fights
but the factions did not claim to be political parties and all ac
knowledged loyalty TO the principles and objects of the organiza-
ton. With the faction spirit rampant this year party principles
are thrown to the winds and party welfare is made secondary to
personal or factional ends. In former years the faction generally
disappeared before election day. 1t was said of the Democrats
that the fercer they fought among themselves in the primaries the
larger their party vote in the succeeding election. But faction
then did not seek 10 abolish party organization. 1t held stead
fast to party principles and it didn't, either directly or indirectly,
go over to the enemy.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-26
wants Aviation Heet Here.

Wants Aviation Heet Here.
To the Editor of the Evening Star:
Why is it that Newark, big as it is,
has never had an aviation meet?
We have had all sorts of conyen-
lions, conferences and meets here. but
aviation, the foremost science of the
day, has never been any attraction,
apparently. for our people In the sense
of organizing a f1rst-class exhibition
OF bird-men.
AS far as natural facilities are con-
cerned l do not see how Newark, with
it's great expanse of meadow land, for
instance, can be beaten.
l know that we have had balloon
.ascensions, but as for a real live ayia-
ton meet why Newark isn't in it with
other first-class cities. F. w. r..
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-26

IT T is common to see on country roads in the State after night
fall farmers wagons without lights. An act was passed by
the Legislature in 1909 requiring all vehicles on roadways to
carry lights. The law was disregarded and was not enforced.
This year the act was strengthened, but there has been no enforce
ment. While unlighted vehicles at night are frequently met with,
there is no record of an arrest or fine. AS motorists are endanA
seed at night by the farmers wagon that carries no light the auto
mobile clubs should see TO it that the law is enforced, even if they
should have TO patrol the roads long enough to teach Il lesson to
the rustic drivers.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-26
Complains About aotorman.


To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
I have noticed that your column On
several occasions hasNprinted criticisms,
and I desire to have n printed b,
you. 1t concerns the Public Servic
who are the ones to get most of tn
''raps."
1 have had occasion to come home o
the cars late al night. On a certai'
a ] frequently meet O woman who
continually sits In the front part oil
the car talking to the motorman. He
keeps turning about to talk to her,
and as l go t the end of the line I
notice that she remains on the car
and rides back again.
There will be a serious accident some
day IL this motorman does not take
care. He neglects his duty when he
has that woman riding on the car, and
I believe that it is the duty of the con-
ductor to tell the motornlan to keep
her away. SAFETY.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-26
The Evening Star Weekly Review Of Books
The CLAW" Shows Ruling Passions of Various Types of
People; and, Perhaps, We Have Ours, loo.

Suddenly out of this entertaining
family sprang into prominence the son.
George NJ. Cohan. Not that they are
not all prominent-the Conan family
might be said to be a family Of stars.
But the point is that lurking within
that family all the whfie were un-
thought of possibilities-these resulted
in the famous George NJ. He has made
a tremendous hit as an entertainer.
a writer of musical comedies, a play
wright. The germ of amusement vas
within aim. 1t has borne fruit.
1t is true, however, that behind the
mere entertainer there should be an in
d%iyiduality. If a man knows nothing
else. he should have his own ideas
about life, and he should know real
human nature. The older he gets the
better he knows it, of course. The
story writer-the successful one-is not
a play actor. To put life n force in
his work, he must have life and mental
force within himself. For these, too, he
probably owes nature.
Now, If a man has within himself
the storytelling instinct, the dramatic
instinct, the literary instinct, then he
is all the better for education. OF
course, everybody must agree here.
But he doesn't need education that will
teach him how to tell a story half so
much as he needs education in UNDER
standing life and human nature. Every
storv-writer ought. of course. to he able
! to ,1se correct Eneljsh-unless as I say.
he can fell an illiterate story that In
meant IN he ;uiterate Language is in
val,a ble-and all that Language means
Ia RI he ahJa IN use ~exactlv the right
word in axactlv tbe r,eht nlace There
10 NO object in using . h;g word whom
a small ono will do Sometimes only a
h,p word win et-tben n must he used
M
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3 ho' IL ihere auinly ~ esoise d piot'
Iiere Is a piot, out III us n~akeoness'
far f,o,o hains a. intaras.1na s.or,,.
A ia an emba7zlar racl9ed bv D
datective roth arc on an ocean iiner
A snds ont hat n lie aftar him, rbare
is a sbinwraok The amhazzlar soy.es
the detective.s life what does p The
dot actiya do whom +bay oet 10 .bore7
He takes a In and gives him nm or he
does the other thing
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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-26
ATWOoD's ACCOMPLISHED FEAT.

MANLY New York city could have given Aviator Atwood the
" greeting he received yesterday when he passed swiftly in
his flight down the Hudson to Governors Island on the
last leg of a trip from ST. Louis that has no parallel in the history
of aviation. The whole metropolis was on the alert and the spen.
did Riverside drive was a mass of humanity. But some regret may
be felt that the intrepid aviator was not enabled to continue his
trip to Boston. That would have made a record almost unap
proachable by the European aviator.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-26

when commercialism plays such a
prominent part In life, there are some
persons who still have time enough to
notice the poor and needy.
The little orphans on those excur-
sions had more real pleasure than
those persons in the most elaborate
affair arranged for by a strong asso-
citation. The children may not now
fully realize what you are doing for
them. but others do. and the youngsters
will always remember you for it. Keep
up the good work. A. NUNCLE.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-26

NJ Il S. A L
ETA, in Cynthia
S~tockley's story,
1.-THE Claw, in
PRODUCES her Afri-
c a n friends I 0
Deirdre S a n,
the heroine of the
book.
Mrs. yaletta,s
says the heroine
on page 10s, had
returned to her
business of intro
ducing to me a
1arg e. queue of
e S hly arrived
e She present
ed each with q
brief biographical
note, regardless of
the protests of
the victim.
r
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-26
COMMISSION GOVERNMENT MDlsCRETyoM.

CS HE first gr0wl at the new commission government in Tren-
ton may be noted. The Trenton Times declares to the com
mission that "holding conferences behind closed doors to
consider the public business is not calculated to excite the conf
dence in the new city commission that will bring the best results"
The growl is a mild one. Probably no attention will be paid to it..
The commissioners are in Office and power for several years, and
can do what they please, and the most natural thing in the world
is for them TO act accordingly.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-26
soUELcHhNG CIVIL WAR sEc7loNALlsM.

1ITa lie veterans at the national encampmen displayed Il senti
ment entirely in harmony with that of the nation at large
when they turned down a resolution introduced by an tree
oncilable, calling upon the government for the removal of the
memorial to General Lee from the Hall of Fame at Washington.
That rebuke ought TO extinguish The unsoldierly and unchiyalrOus
spirit that after nearly hall a century nourishes the resentments of
the war and would keep alive sectional animosities long after we
have become Il reunited nation.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-26

NBoUT MENx
(6QTWoW

If there is anybody in Newark or
vicinity who thinks he knows how to
play pinochle Ed" Bauer. the popular
reserve mar of the Third precinct,
would like to meet him.
Ed" has the Indian sign on all the
ops Town around the Third" Such
players as Policemen Martin, Rauser,
O'Rourke and Blewitt are not easy
picking by any means, and to down
this quartet is quite an achievement.
He is open for all challenges.
Archibald Wettach. who makes pot
hooks M dashes for the prosecutors
office for a living. went fishing with
some friends to Sandy Hook the other
day. Mr.. Wettach admits that he
knows more about shorthand pothooks
than he does about fishhooks. Every
time there was a ripple on the surface
of the waters somebody yelled blue
fish, and the alleged fishermen left
finally dawned upon them that schools
of m~ossbunkers, and not bluefish, made
the ripples. Mossbunkers don't bite at
hooks, and don't amount to much, any
way, but the alleged fishermen didn't
know 1t. As a result of the days
sport the party got one poor lone
weakfish. which wasn't strong enough
to get out of the way OF a hook and
Wal caught bV accident
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-26
Praises Orphan Outings.

To the Editor Of the Evening Star:
The article in a recent issue of the
Evening STAR telling how the inmates
of an orphan asylum enjoyed them
selves on an outing given by your
paper attracted much attention. It's
a good thing to know that in this age,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-26

The STAR extends the privilege
of these columns to the public and
invites signed communications OF
not moro than ono hundred words
treating of topics of the hour.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-26
NEW PLAYGROUND DONATED
TO PLAINFIELD BY CITIZEN.

PLAINFIELD, Aug. 2e.-Parkec
Field, donated to the city for ten years
by Andrew MCLEAN Parker ard
equipped at a cost of $50, 900, will oe
thrown open to the public on Labor
Day. Under the direction of the Plain
field Fairgrounds Commission, of which
George P. Mellick is president, a three
hours program will be provided for the
entertainment of the citizens.
Thirty-three hundred children, who
have enjoyed the privileges of the fogc
public Fairgrounds here this sumr1er,
will give a series of drills and folk
dances.
Why oes a man come trotting home
early every evening that his wife's
away visiting her folks? Dunno. DO
you?