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The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-06-23
The Austin Bridge

There is now good substantial
Oridge across the river at Austin.
The approaches have been csmpleted
aud the structure Is ready for use.
This bridge will be great convent
snce to the public and has been long
needed. IL is just above tho II nqm.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-06-23
Weddin0in PittSburg

Mr.sRay Roster and Miss Gay Van
Arsdale were married in Pit-sbul y,
Wednesday morning. Both these
worthy young people were formerly
residents of Chanute and we're we'll
favorably known here.
They will live in Kansas City where
Mr.. Roster has good Job.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-06-23

Sans cold blooded direct tax COL
lectors. Is the reciprocity and
Free Trade folly going ahead or will
the United States Senate put stop
to it now, as it has an opportunity
to do, before further damage is done?
-Clarlnda (Ia.) Journal.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-06-23

Some Of the retired teachers at
the State Normal school are in
clned to kick and make things
warm for Pres. Hill. II they will
blt go over to Pittsburg they can
get lots of sympathy and some
pointers.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-06-23

Nicholas Longworth says some
times he would rather be COW than
a congressman. A creditable ad-
mission. A good COW is worth
much more to society than the
average Congressman,
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-06-23

Dry weather still prevails in this
locality. The corn is standing it
very well so far but will have to
have rain soon or be seriously dam
aged. Pastures are drying up and
water getting scarce.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-06-23

The business of making money is
being superseded by telling how it
was done.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-06-23

For some reason the advice of
Billy Bryan don't seem to have
much weight with the Democrats
any more. He and the SO called
pIogressves seem TO have got too
close together.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-06-23

The hotel keepers of London are
complaining that they are not get
ling enough patronage out of the
coronation crowds. Guess, the
American tourists must be board
ing themselves.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-06-23

Why kick about the heat it is
only seasoning for the world to
come.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-06-23

1t is our observation that fly
trap in operation is as much OF a
horror as the flies.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-06-23

The thunderslorms that have Wis
lted this locality lately have been
a little long on thunder and con
siderably short on rain. And we
didn't really need the thunder.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-06-23

Summer just fairly started, and
still we have had two months of it
s1re ady.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-06-23

If Burbank could just develop a
variety OF corn that would ma. .ure
without rain what boon it would
be for Kansas.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-06-23

Uncle Sam is making it little
warm for lumbermen in the invesi-
cation of the trust.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-06-23

Some boys went to the river fish
ing, Saturday morning, Tney made
a nice catch and strung their fish on
line. About 5 O'clock they started
home. When they reached home
they found they were cooked to a
turn, the fish, not the boys.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-06-23

There is here and there voca-
ton IN which no law can limit the
number of hours applied to 1t, if
those engaged please to have it so;
and the newspaper business is one.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-06-23

Diaz says he will never return to
Mex co unless called to defend his
country from a foreign foe. He
will probably never return.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-06-23

Prayer for rain is fully as effective
as prophesylng it-only keep it up.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-06-23

Why is it that after person has
held an appointive position for a
number of years he thinks he owns
the place and that no one else has
any claims?
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-06-23

The Canadian government would
not be guilty of drawing the color
line but she does not think her cold
climate desirable for the Oklahoma
negro.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-06-23

With ali It's wickedness New York
is constantly STRIVING for the higher
life. Another twenty four story
hotel is 10 be constructed there.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-06-23

"The Big Gasbag TO Be Here
Next Week" is a headline in the
Topeka Capital. Where has the
governor beea?-The Journal.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1911-06-23

Somebody Is string up the joint
lists il Chanute. Ii seems a pity to
molest these law breakers when al
they ask is just to be let alone.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-18
FOR POPULAR ELECTION OF SENATOR'S.

NV EW JERSEY will have at last joined the twothirds of States
I'M that have petitioned Congress to submit an amendment to
the Constitution for the election of United States senators
by popular vote. The constitutional number of States have sgni.
fed that desire to Congress. The last House of Representatives
rassed a bill for submission of the amendment, but 1t was emascn-
lated and defeated in the Senate. When the extra session called
by the President shall meet next month a bill will again be intro
duced, and with better prospects of getting through the Senate.
Reactionary senators who opposed the bill at the last session, either
by voting for an amendment that alienated the votes of Southern
senators or by voting against the bill outright, will not be in the
next Senate and will have no opportunity to repeat that perform
ance. If Congress shall pass a submission bill the legislatures or
conventions of three-fourths of the States must ratify it. The final
adoption of the amendment may not then be effected in less than
two or three years. If the submission bill is passed with the proviso
that was so offensive to the Southern senators at the last session
it is more than likely that the legislatures of the Southern States
will reject it. The adverse votes of thirteen States would defeat the
amendment
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-18

"Chsnge General Kearsy statue site.''
To me Editor of the Evening Star:
Your good editorial last night ap-
proved a State appropriation Of $4,000
to properly remove the remains Of Gen.
eral Kearny from Trinity C~hurch-yard
to the Arlington National Cemetery.
Amen.
Now. why in the name of Mars and
decency isn't his statue removed from
its present place in Military Park-al-
most ever the ventilating shaft Of q
public comfort station-to some suit
able place near the old Trinity Church?
Publish a photograph of the me-
mortal where 1t Is now so that your
readers may see the degrading situa-
ton.
l am not saying one word about the
p%ettiness of the statue for any outdoor
position, either. May not the Grand
Army men here in Newark arise to
sufficient pride In the memory Of the
old ffrebrand to agitate among city
officials and prornineE. citizens for an
immediate change OF the pedestal and
Its supported figure to some more dig
niied and fitting placer
Something might be said along the
same lines respecting the statues of
Nathan Hale and Peter Cooper In New
York city, but in those cases the Of
fensive vicinity Is not SO immediate.
EDWARD A. PEARSON.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-18
XIX. WAIST.LIKE THUMB.

Closely akin to the refined thumb, of
which we spoke in the preceding SEQ
ton, Is the thumb the second or logic
phalanx OF which is waist-like in APP
pearance. The shape Is entirely dif-
ferent than that OF the so-caIled refined
thumb. But the effect, in point OF man.
ners, is very much alike. For persons
whose thumbs have this waist-ike
shape are extremely courteous and Will
so very far out of their way not to do,
or say anything uncouth or injurious to
Others.
They, too, If the tip and size OF the
will phalanx warrant 1t, are capable OF
heroic or stupendous undertakings. but
without any of the loud, coarse buster
with which the same things would be
performed by people with coarse
thumbs.
1t is a point well worth remembering
that If you ever have occasion to en-
ploy one in a matter requiring diplo-
macy you should not neglect to make
sure that he has either a refined
thumb or one the logic-phalanx of
which is waist-like.
If, on the other hand, you need the
services of a "strong-arm" man In an
affair wherein courtesy would act as a
handicap the coarse-thumbed individ-
ual will give you better satisfaction, for
where only brute strength will avail
diplomacy cuts but a sorry figure.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-18
The People s Rostrum


they will be doing him a kindness.
There is no doubt that Mr.. Oppenheim
means well n the letter doe great
credit to his heart.
The fact remains that Mr.. wflfred's
case Is not isolated; that it Is typical
OF millions Of cases just like his. Mr..
Schulz's outlook Is very narrow indeed
or he would see behind this mans CAGE
a world old problem that no six men
or six million men can settle.
What I said In my letter Is as true
now as 1t was before MI. Oppenheiin
scolded me so har SHY. There is moth
ing In Mr.. Wilfred's letter to commend
him above all the millions and mil
lions OF persons who are situated ex-
actly nk he is, n helping him would
be exactly like curing an Individual
pustule In a cas- of smallpox because
that pustule happened to be specially
painful.
Mr.. Oppenheim has not made q very
good guess about what l personally
am, even If my personality had any,
thing to do with the question.
l have sect so much suffering indi-
vidually and in the mass. I have seen
so many Mr.. Wilfreds that the recital
of a particular case like his does no.
hurt my tender feelings like it does
Mr.. Oppenheim.
/ am not sorry for any individual
case. I am sorry for what each case
typefles. and I do not believe in curing
effects and letting the causes alone.
ENIvEL.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-18
poLYDoRE QUESTION BOX.

Question-There Is q distinct SEMI
circle at the base of my index finger.
Will you please tell me whether it
means anything?
Answer-Every line and other natural
marking in the hand signifies some
thing. These are 50 many HERO
glyphics, and an expert palmfst is one
who, like Champollion, ia able to de-
cipher their meaning.
The semicircle you mention is a
well-known marking, and is known In
palnistry as the Ring Of Solomon"
II signifies a love for occult matters.
It often is accompanied by q cross In
the middle of the hand, which gives
emphasis to this tendency toward &C.
cultism. And II, as sometimes hap-
pens, there is a curved line near the
edge of the hand midway between the
little finger and the wrist, with the
convex side Of the curve toward the
thumb, you may make UP your mind
you are face to face with a p~sychically-
gifted person.
OF this class are mediums and others
to whom apparitions and supernatural
voices are common occurrences.
Whether they r honest OF not in
what they claim to hear or see de-
ponds upon other markings IN the
and. II the little finger. for instance,
Ia crooked and twisted n the So
called head and heart ines are close
together it is dollars to doughnuts'
they are not above deceiving.
But If the little finger Is not twisted
and there is q wide space between the
head and heart lines the chances are
your spiritualist or clairvoyant is real
ly in earnest about his powers and
fully convinced that his spiritual ex-
periences are true.
OF the latter sort were Joan Of Arc
and all other saints who were mystics.
and probably also Angelus Silesius.
Swedenborg and Jacob Boehme.
But / suspect that the Count OF St.
Germaine must have had a badly
twisted "pinkey."
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-18
rrai.e. ItaIi.n Church.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
A visit to the First italian Methodist
Church, of South Market street, New
ark, N. j., has left a strong impression
with me and with all those who at
tended.
The congregation dedicated a beau
tiful painting of THE Good Shepherd"
which was acquired through the en-
beavers of the pastor and of certain
members, and which now adorns the
church. but this was not the real cause
for the Joy Of all the hundred or more
persons present. They are satisfied
and rightly so-with the development,
swift and remarkable, that the work
has made under the t~ireless, prudent
and enthusiastic directions of the young
pastor the Rev. j. Garbellano.
You should hear the unanimous tes-
timony Of affection and esteem which
they give to their beloved pastor: They
spoke Of the promising Sunday school,
directed by the sympathetic deaconess,
Miss @. L. Catlin. of the Arnaldo da
Brescia League, lately r~eorganized with
twenty-five young people under the
presidency Of the exhorter. F. De Cris-
tofaro; of the choir, ably guided by
Miss j.. Cavicchia; of the newborn
faith ana Jealous testimony of the
brethren; of the solicltous care that
Pastor Garbellano and his devoted wife
have for the well-being of the consre-
CATION.
I rejoiced in the proud denonstra-
tons of sympathy which are unani-
mously given to the popular pastor
Garbellano, and to them l wish to add
my warm and sincere appreciation.
/ am firmly of the belief that the
italian Methodist Episcopal Church of
Newark has before it a splendid flu
ture and will accomplish a good work
for the redemption of souls and for the
glory of God IL 1t is not denied the
means for propaganda and the 'neces-
sary development, and do not doubt
that the generous American brethren,
convinced of the goodness and the seri-
BUSINESS of the goal set by the Rev.
Garbellano and Of the italian congre-
CATION, will give them q more substan-
tiaI and constant help.
REV. e. TAGLIALATELA.
New York.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-18
clexelnna MemorinI Fund.

To the Editor Of the Evening star:
It is to be regretted that the Cleve-
land monument fund was not COM
pleted in time so that the cornerstone
OF the handsome tower to be erected
at Princeton to the memory Of the for
mer President could have been laid to-
day. the anniversary of his birth.
The project that was started by the
STAR soon after Mr.. C~leveland's death
should have received heavier backing
at once from the people generally,
whose interests he always upheld.
Cleveland was em,nently n Of the
people, and while it is gratifying to
know that the fund is completed, 1t
is not pleasant to reflect that millions
Of people of this country did not con-
tribute a dollar. =
AS a matter of fact. I understand
from those much interested In the
movement that the collection Of con-
tributions in no earlier stages was
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-18
VETO OF THE MILK STANDARD BILL.

TA NOUGH was said at the public hearing at Trenton yesterday
IL on the bill debasing the milk standard in this State, which
passed the Legislature, to show the vicious character of
the bill and to more than justify its veto. Assemblyman Meyer, Of
Sussex, who introduced the bill, represents a county with a popu-
lation about equal to that of a single ward of Newark, and in Sussex
his bill is wanted by a few score dairymen. All the great populous
counties are opposed to the bill. In Essex and Hudson alone more
than a million people are unfavorably affected by it. If a vote on
the Meyer bill should be taken in the State it would be rejected
by an overwhelming majority. The Assembly passed the Meyer bill
heedlessly. If brought to a vote again in the Assembly it would
be defeated. If the Meyer bill shall be sent back to the Assembly
with a veto the majority of that body will be glad of the chance to
atone for the blunder of passing it.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-18

m n ominous decision by the Interstate Commerce Commission
IN yesterday was that for a large reduction in the rates charged
by the electric railroad company running between Washing
ton, ID. c, and Mount Vernon. The decision was based on the fact
that the capitalization of the road was $207, 900 per mile, while the
investment was only $4,000 a mile. The passenger rates of the
company were fixed to pay dividends on the entire capitalization,
threefourths of which is pure water. A large number of railroads
Of all kinds in the United States are similarly capitalized, and If
the decision in this case marks the future policy of the Interstate
Commerce Commission there will be a shaking up of the dry bones
among corporations that show the inflated capitalization. The de
cision may prove to be vastly more important than that in the rail.
road freight rate cases.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-18
II CLEVELAND MEMORIAL FUND COMPLETE.

cTa HE Cleveland Memorial Fund Association has accomplished
its patriotic task Of raising a fund of 100000. The beauti-
full tower designed to be erected at Princeton as a tribute
TO the memory of Mr.. Cleveland is now fully provided for, and will
soon be built. In all public enterprises of this character the labor
and responsibility devolve upon a few. And usually success de-
ponds upon the zeal and executive ability of one directing head. In
this case the directing head was former Senator Dryden, to whom
is due the credit that today, Cleyeland's birthday, witnesses the
final completion of the fund and the assurance that the memorial
tower will arise at Princeton and stand for ages, a majestic re-
minder of a great American President.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-18
Just a Line
About Men
You Know

A ~10-year-old friend OF James A
Mungle. secretary of the County Boarc
of Taxation, was rehearsing his Sun
day school lesson the other day. The
lesson was on the destruction of the
cities of Babylon, Ninevah and Tyre
What happened to Babylon ht
was asked.
1T fell" vas the reply.
And what became of Nlneveh?"
"It was destroyed"
And what of Tyre?"
ut was punctured," was the quicl
response.
A practical joker. with a trick inl
bottle that apparently upsets and spills
ink. gave Miss Emma Kredel, of tn
county clerks office. the scare of hel
life yesterday afternoon. Miss Krede
had Just lnishd two days. work on a
batch of figures when the joker, cali
ing her attention away for a moment,
upset his ink bottle.
Miss Kredel gave one look, one
shrek that brought all the othes
clerks in the office on the run to her
desk. and then patheticalfy thought
two days work wasted" It was not
until she got blotters and tried to dry
up the ink that she found out she had
beer hoaxed.
Incidentally, Tom McLelland, clerk
of the criminal courts. cut loose a few
vocal pyrotechnics when he found what
he thought was an upset INK bottle in
the middle Of an important page In his
criminal record book
And Harry Housed, of the auditors
office. made a few remarks about care
lessness of a certain newspaper lar
when he discovered what was appar-
entity a big splotch of ink on an insur-
ance policy that was lying open on his
desk.
One of the most distinguished look
ing men that pass almost daily through
the ornate portals of the "Pru" Is for
mer Chancellor Magic. He was recent
ly elected director of the big insurance
company, whose home offices have
helped to make Newark known in every
civilized country In the world. The
former chancellor is tall, stately In his
bearing and the personlfcation of dig
nifty. He Ia as much interested in his
new line of work as he was In any of
the many knotty problems OF equity
that came before him while on the
bench.
when I went to Hoboken recently
to burn a consignment Of opium we
had discovered said United States
Deputy Marshal Louis G. Beekman,
"a Jersey City newspaper man knew
Of 1t. When he failed to see me for
some days afterward he wrote an ar
ticle in which he accounted for my
absence by telling how 1 had succumbed
to the opium fumes. I was busy gath
ering in gold, building air-castles and
dreaming of beautiful eyes, etc, ac-
cording to this scribe.
ut almost ceased to be funny,
though declared the marshal, when
my wife woke me up and asked me to
explain the article which had just
caught her eye"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-18

Nn ONDAY night will mark the beginning of the eleventh week
Y of the legislative session. During the ten expired weeks
the Senate has had little occasion to hold executive SEES.
sions. Both the Geran bill and the executive appointments have
been held back as if by some mysterious relationship. Only in his
second term, when he wanted to hold a majority vote in the Legis-
lature, did Governor Fort wait as long before sending in the bulk
of his appointments. In the first and third years of his term he
disposed of his patronage without undue delay and without using
it to influence legislation.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-18
A DOCK COMMISSION.

m BLUNDER at the start of the enterprise of dock and meadow
~ improvement is that of committing it to the Board of
Works. President Burnett, of the Board of Trade, speak
ing at the public hearing on Wednesday night, advocated a perma,
nent commission for the reason that the Board of Works changes
periodically. Every year one or two new members are elected and
as many retire. The commissioners newly elected will be entirely
unfamiliar with the work. The details of street paving, water sup
ply and other systematized public work are readily learned, but
meadow and dock improvement to cost several millions of dollars
is a different proposition, requiring special study and Judgment.
Nor is it just to the Board of Works, saddled as it now is with the
care of the watershed and water supply, the streets and sewers,
street transportation, franchises and other responsibilities, TO load
upon it unfamiliar work of such magnitude as a comprehensive
of the meadows and bay front. Such work was never
contemplated for the board when it was organized. 1t belongs to
an Independent dock commission.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-18
An.uer. to mr.. oppenheirA.

To the Editor OF the Evening Star:
Now that Mr.. Oppenfeim has said H..
/ hope he feels better. After accusing
Mr.. Schulz Of not saying enough, and
me OF saying too much, he proposes q
remedy which he thinks would not be
very cruel, as he GUS me Of beiog.
He thinks that II six men meet and
dissect this poor unfortunate failure
pry into his innermost private affairs,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-18
WORDS OF COMFORT.

my doctor say I must sleep out-of-
DOORS" said the nan who Is not strong.
We'll. replied the friend who makes
painful efforts to cheer up; "it's Ill
right so long as your landlord doesn't
say it."-Washington Star.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-18

FL.

The STAR extends the privilege
of these columns to the public and
not more than one hundred words
treating Of topics of the hour.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-03-18
YEARS AGO TODAY.
MARCH Is. 1895.

DR.. Dennis Downing Mulcahey. of II
Bank street, complained to City Attor-
ney Depue that the traction companies
had not removed the snow from the
streets along the car tracks.