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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01
DO YOU KNOW THAT.

1t is estimated that Kansas has
the largest per capita wealth, based
upon the assessed valuation, of any
State in the Union. The per capita
assessment valuation is $1,642.30.
Rearing dogs for their skins is a
large industry in Manchuria.
A horse has one toe only. A deer
or goat two, really, however, a split
hoof. The camel has a genuine pair
of toes, quite unlike those of a goat.
The rhinoceros has three toes, the
hippopotamus four and the elephan,
five. That is the limit in toes.
Not until the days of Henry VIII.
were ,raspberries, Strawberries and
cherries known in England.
The rate of a bees flight through
the air is a mile in two minutes. Its
wings beat the air at the rate of 1870
strokes a second.
Palm leaves have been found grow.
ing on Palm trees clong the Amazon
with a length of thirty to fifty feet
and a width from ten to twelve feet.
The United States treasury de.
partment has only introduced
double entry bookkeeping in the con-
duct of its affairs within the last foul
years.
During 1910 the Philippine govern.
ment spent 5000, 900 for educating the
youth of the islands. There are moro
than half a million pupils on the ISL
ands and to teach them it requires
more than 5000 teachers.
There is a graveyard on an island
in rance that contains the remains
OF cherished animals. Inferred in
this animal metropolis are $40 dogs.
395 cats, 10 parrots, 6 ROSTERS and
hens, 4 pigeons, 2 goats, a lion, a
panther, a calf and a goose.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01
PUBLICITY

The late John Stetson, whose Globe
Theatre. in Boston, was one of the
country's landmarks, was an odd
character, as those who came in con-
tact with him can vouch. Thomas
w. Ross. while a member of the old
Boston Museum, was a great adj
mirer of Stetson and his methods.
He had a young man by the name
of Sharp. whom he employed as treas
urer,' relates Ross in the New York
Morning Telegram, land during one
of the memorable long run at the
Globe. Stetson arrived al his theatre
at 1880 p. No., IN Saturday, and was
amazed to find a sign displayed in
front of the theatre, reading: $50
Matinee, 2 p, m. Sharp.
1.-The manager Immediately ordered
the sign changed to read:
Matinee 2 p. m. Stetson.'
81 he said, am paying the rent
of this theatre and 1 do not see any
reason why the treasurer should get
the benefit of publicity at my ex-
pense.'"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01
CHANGED HIS MIND

A certain provincial town had
appointed a new chief constable, and
thereby hangs a tale. In the course
of a cricket match one of the players
drove the ball out of the ground. 1t
passed through one of the windows
of a house occupied by a police con-
stable. Two minutes later a furious
man in blue strobe into the cricket
ground and demanded to know the
name and the address of 1.-The idiot
who broke my window" THE IDIOT
who was still batting-was duly
pointed out, and the irate constable,
refusing to wait until the batsman
was out. stalked across the pitch ito
teach the fellow what the law had
to say on that subject When quite
near the batsman the constable sud-
denly pulled up.
We'll, constable asked the player,
what is it?"
Nothing, sir" stammered the man
in blue. "Leastwise, sir, 1 mean to
say, as that was a beautiful hit you
smashed my window WITH
h batsman was none other than
the new chief constable, who had not
been recognized in his cricketing
flannels.-Tit-Bit
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01
AHEAD OF TIME

In the latter part of the Civil War
Basil Gildersleeve lay one day appar-
emily at the point of death, surround
ed by several members of his family.
Brother he murmured family, II
nave, at most, only a few days to
live, and when 1 am laid at rest I
want you to have my new pair of
boots in the closet yonder. / paid
$3.50, Confederate, for them, and you
are solely in need of a pair" Instead
of the expected Sburst of gratitude
there was no answer. Backed with
emotion at the thought of his great
loss, the brother was evidently too
much overcome for speech. Broth
err" persisted the future Immortal"
weakly, you Mustn't have any foolish
sentiment about those boots. l will
never we well enough to wear them
again, and it would be pure e~xtrava-
gance to bury me in them" Still the
brother, his face flushed, his heart too
full for utterance, made no reply.
Won't you promise me 20 wear the
boots after l am gomez G~ildersleeve
pleaded. Basil" stammered the
other, c%rimsoning with confusion,
I've got EN- on now."-Lippincott's.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01
THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 1, 1912.
IMPENDING CHANGES IN CONGRESS.

eTTa HERE is grave concern among the Republican members of
Congress who look for reelection in November. The
party situation fills them with profound misgivings. Not
a single one of these men is imbued with any confidence that he
will be returned. In every State there is now a Progressive
organization and there will be Progressive candidates put up in
every district except those where a Progressive congressman
may be nominated on the Republican ticket. In New Jersey
three members of the present delegation are Republicans and
all will ask for denomination. Twelve congressman will be
chosen this year, Gardner, of the Second district, got a plural
itv of 5.946 in 1910, of which 1927 was in Atlantic county. The
election in that county this year will be held under radically
changed conditions, and, with a third candidate in the field,
Gardner, if nominated, may be third in the poll on election day.
That there will be retirement for most of the present Repub-
lican membership of the House of Representatives is practically
sure, and the change will take out of congressional life men
who have been prominent in the House for years. The whirligig
of politics will also make marked changes in the Senate on
both sides of the fence, but chiefly on the Republican side. The
next Congress is likely to be Democratic in both its branches
and the new House will be virtually a new body of legislators.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01
HANDY PAPER

A Yorkshire farmer was paid b.
check for some cattle he had sold. 4
was the first time it had happened.
What's this?" he said.
why, money for the beasts, sad
the cattle dealer.
The farmer stared. and lad to he
assured that if he took it to the har,L
they would give him gold for II.
IWeii'' he said. Anvil try, but IL
IT'S wrong 'un thou'll hear about II
me check was cashed, of CONES
n the farmer vent home bappv ~,
ne not sleep. He had ss,., q
wonderful thing, and 1t had .xci,sd
hins As soon as day broke he mai.
Tor the dealers home and ,,oke Ins
dealer.
ITS me- he said. where's I'm
got tnim bits Of paper from? Aw end
do WI half a dozen myself,"-Yomas
Companion. W."
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01

Falls and will take a trip through the
Great Lakes. After visiting several
places they will finally locate at Salt
lake City, Utah.
Miss Florence Heyn, of East Or
ange. left for Bay Head today.
MRS. W. NJ Cooper and her daugh-
ter, Miss Maude Cooper, of East Or
ange, will leave for Oceanic tomorrow.
Miss NJ. C. Smith and her sister.
Miss Ella Smith. of East Orange. will
go to Buckhill Falls, Pa, about the
middle of August.
Miss Dorothy McCloud, of Cleve-
n o., is visiting Miss Adele Bro
die, of North Eighteenth street, East
Orange.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold W. Traivers
and family, of East Orange. have
gone on a motoring trip through New
York and New England.
MIR. and Mrs. Fl. K. Boice and
family. of Hampton terrace, East Or
ange, have gone to Lake George.
DR.. William Lowenthal, of Maple
wood; his son Ernest and Miss Mar
garet Schultz, of South Orange, who
have been spending a few days at
Lake Hopatcong. have returned.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01
A COMMAND OBEYED

EARLY in her speech the militant
suffragist struck the keynote Of
emancipation from masculine con
troll.
The day of tyranny is past" she
said. MEN may command, but we no
longer obey"
1t was a stirring speech. AT inter-
walls throughout its delivery an in
significant-looking man j n the rear
of the hall called out, Louder,
please" and each time the speaker
pitched her voice in a higher key.
When in obedience to his often re-
peated requests she had apparently
attained a vocal limit she said:
Can you not hear what | say?
Perfectly" said the little man.
Then why have o been asking
me to speak louder?"
Just to Show said he, that in
spite of your Dragging, a great. fine
m like you will still do what a
little, ~no-account man like me asks
her to do."-Exchange.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01
THE SEASON OF VACATION.

cTTa HE late Professor Sumner, of Yale, used TO tell his classes
in economy that the main object of toll is ito get leisure
Men work hard so that they may some day be in a posi-
ton where they will not have to work. This is the time of
year when hundreds of thousands of Americans Temporarily
Join the leisure class. Railroads report the vacation travel so
far this summer the heaviest in their history. Our New Jersey
resorts on the Atlantic coast were never so thronged. with
visitors in June and July and the great rush will come with
fhe present month. The present generation works as hard as
those before it, if not harder, but it demands more recreation
between times. Employers, too, are more generous in granting
vacations. They realize that the hours of work that r. lost
are more than made up by increased efficiency.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01
SMALLER PAPER MONEY COMING.

eTa HERE are now nineteen different designs of United States
paper currency, comprising government notes and certif-
Gates and national bank notes, and the size, about sew
eneand oneguarter by three inches, is inconveniently large. The
proposition of the treasury department to reduce the number of
designs to nine and the size to six by two and onehalf inches
is a good idea. 1t will save the government 100000 and the
national banks 100000 annually in plates, paper and labor
snd it will make less bulk in the roll" The most consp;cuons
change in the appearance of the currency will be the portrait
Of an eminent statesman engraved in the centre. a different
subject for each of the nine denominations. This will no a
safeguard against counterfeiting, especially the raising of a
bill to a higher denomination, and will also make our paper
money a circulating lesson in American history.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01

eTa HE details of the Rosenthal assassination plot as mar.
rated by the two confessed accomplices in the crime
read like a chapter of history in the middle ages in Italy.
when the peninsula was divided up into petty states and ruled
and misruled by selfish and INSCRIPTIONS mobiles, who kept
braves in their pay and made murder their pastime. In the
year 1912, in the metropolis of the new world and the chief city
of a republic. we find bands of braves ready for hire to do
murder and, apparently, at least one man in official authority
who does the hiring and orders the killing. The organized
crime that has stirred the metropolis more deeply than it was
ever moved before seems incredible. The American world has
become unpleasantly familiar with the crimes of the BLACK
Hand ard the Malta" but these were imported from southern
Europe and their victims came from there. They are exotic.
The murder of Rosenthal was an outcome of New York life and
its alleged inspirer and beneficiary is a nativebor officer of
the law.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01
A DEFECT

Mark Twain was visiting III. H.
Rogers, who. leading the humorist
to his library. said. as he pointed to
a bust of white marble, What do
you think of that"
1t was a bust of a young woman
coiling her hair, a very graceful ex-
ample of modern Italian sculpture.
Mr.. Clemens looked at it a moment
and then he said:
1T isn't tru to nature
why not?' Mr.. Rogers asked.
"She ought to have her mouth full
of hairpins," said the humorist.-
National Monthly.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01
WHAT HE KNEW

The lawyer shook his finger warn
ingly at the witness and said: Nov,
we want to hear just what you know.
not What some one else knows or
what you think or anything Of that
kind, but what you know. Do you
understand"
WAL, / know" said the witness,
with emphasis, as he lifted one timber
leg and laid it across the other-'I
know that Clay Grubbs said that Bill
Thomson told him that he heard
John Thomas's wife tell Sid Shuford's
gal that her husband was there when
the fight TUX place and that he said
that they slung each other around in
the bushes right consid'a able. Elk
change.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01
liked REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES IN HUDSON.

UV AVING control of the party machinery in Hudson county
I'M the Progressives will join with the Rotterdam Republi
cans and vote in the Republican primaries to nominate
candidates for Congress, the Legislature and a county ticket.
This arrangement will make very interesting Republican pi
maries in Hudson next month. In the June primaries in the
Eleventh and Twelfth Congress districts of Hudson the Pro
gressfves beat the regulars by ISIS majority in a total vote of
ky310. In 1910 the Republican poll in the county was 23.6s7.
A much larger vote will come out in the September primaries,
tailed to vote in June.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01
A YACHT

This is good weather for Mediter.
ranean yachting" said G.. A. Cor
mack, the secretary of the New YORK.
Yacht Club. Some of u finest
boats are now cruising in the blue
waters.
How fine and luxurious yachts
nave become Mr.. Cormack resumed.
In the past it wasn't so. A spirit
of gayety took the place Of luxury in
,ne past. An old seaman, you know.
was once asked by a young lady for
the definition of a yacht and correctly
replied:
wen, my dear young lady, a
yacnt Is any old tub with a bottle Of
champagne on board Pittsburgh
Gazette Times
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01
A BANK DIRECTOR

Norman E. Mack relates this story
about himself:
."On one of my trips to New York
l had to visit a bank that is not very
well known. 1 got mixed up in my
sense of location, and finally I asked
a newsboy to direct me to the build
ing, telling him that l would give
him half a dollar for his services.
He agreed, and led me to the bank,
four doors away.
That" I remarked, as I gave him
the money, was half a dollar easily
earned"
II know it, he said, hut, boss,
you must remember that bank di-
rectors are paid high in New York ;"
Magazine.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01
HIGH PRICES THE REAL QUESTION.

TT does not seem to be realized as yet at Washington that
the question of the high prices of the necessaries of life
is going to be the principal one in the national campaign.
All other questions will revolve around it. All kinds of theories
are presented as to the causes for the high prices and as a
rule they avoid the real ones. Senator Burton, of Ohio, chases
all over creation to discover general causes so as to make it
appear that the high tariff taxes and the trusts are innocent.
The National City Bank circular for August perceives that the
high cost of living is due to the crop situation. While the
population has increased 81 per cent. the acreage for cereals
has increased only 35 per cent. Another authority has it that
the cause is the increased production of gold. All this is dodg-
ing the question. The plain facts are before the people and
they can reason better than the deceptive theorists seem to
imagine. They have settled in their minds what the real causes
are and they intend to strike at them through the ballotbox.
If that fact were better realized at Washington and by many
political managers there would be a change of tactics.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01
WHAT HE RODE

What horse is there for me this
morning, Pat?"
Well, scr, the one you rode yes
terday is lame and the one you rode
the day before is at the veterin-
ary,s."
What did your master say 1 was
to ride today"
"He said you was to ride a strate
car, sir."-The Bailie.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01
A ESCAPE

Woman of House answering third
ring)-Are you trying to pull the
house down?
Boog Agent-Beg pardon, madam.
but have you the Life of GranS?"
Woman-No, but if l vas a man
I'd have yours in just about one
minute. (Slams the r.)-Boston
Transcript.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01
SETTLED DOWN

"How's the June bride getting
along?"t
"All right. She's settled down in
the rut of married life"
80? In what way?"
well, she's got SO now that she
doesn't care how she looks at break
fast time.''-Detroit Free Press.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01
HAD TO

Clarenee-Your valet yen. on
strike, did he? 1 hope you didn't ac-
cede to his demands?
Claude@Pon my life, / had to, old
chap. The cunning creature actually
threatened to leave me one morning
when / was half dressed.-The Taller.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01
oFFIcER!

"Td like to get off today said the
Office boy.
whats the natter" asked the
boss. Grandmother dead?"
mo. she's not dead by n means.
/ want to take her out to see the
ball game.'-Exchange.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01
h SAME OLD STORY

Smith-We are certainly in luck
with u new cook-soup, meat, vege-
tables and dessert-everything per-
feet.
Mrs. S.-Yes, but the dessert was
made by her successor -Fliegende
Blaetter.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01
TO THE JUMP

81 suppose, my boy" said the
stranger in town. IT can jump on any
one of these cars and go to the
park?''
Il dunno" replied the newsboy.
"Anudder guy dat looked as clumsy
as you tried to jump on one de udder
day and he went ter de morgue."-
Exchange.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01
NOT CONTESTED

THE prayers delivered at the great
conventions have been beautiful"
Yes" replied the delegate. IT am
pleased to observe that the nation is
progressing in religious ideals. The
prayers were the only ~utterances that
met with unanimous APPROVAL
Washington Star.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01
FITTED HIS PROFESSION

What you need,' said the wordy
medic in his ~ponderous way. SIS an
enlargement of your daily round, a
wider circle of activity"
Maybe that's right said the pa
test. I'm a bareback rider in a
one-ring circus."-Cleveland Plain
Dealer.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01
ROMANCE

WAS your love affair romantic? ~
oh, very. | me Reginald at the
seashore. We both pretended to be
very rich"
Yes. yes"
And now it turns out to be that
he collects the payments on our
Observation-Disclosures.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01
POOR THING

Proud Father-I believe, my dear
that the baby knows as much as l
do.
Mother gazing at the infant)-Yes,
poor little fellow.-Milwaukee SEN
tinel.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01
DIScoRD

"How's things at your boarding
house?"
Very inharmonious. We've got
four kinds of Republicans and three
kinds of Democrats, to say nothing
of those who favor the bull moose
party.''-Courier-Journal.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01
CAUTIONED

Yes, he stole New York. He stole
New Jersey. Am I going too strong?'
asked the campaign orator.
Not for those States, perhaps. But
make it ~'purloined' when you get to
Boston ."-Exchange.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01
FoRAClNG EXPEDITIONS

DR.. Dressup-And so you two little
brothers are Boy Scouts? Where do
they do most of their accommodating?
Miss Flasher-In our refrigerator
Exchange.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01
ACCOUNTS FOR IT

First Rooster-That little red hen
seems to be very cold and reserved.
Second Rooster-Yes. She was
Matched from a cold storage egg-St.
Louis POST Dispatch.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01
JUNE

We love June, and have tried to
say so, but all our words reem weak
after seeing this from the Houston
Post: "Oh, you juicy, joyous, jubi-
liant, jiggerish, j~ulepiferous June!'-
Toledo Blade.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-08-01
PUT TO USE

Griggs--I should say that the W
keys to success are luck and pluck.
Briggs-Surei Luck in finding some
one to pluck.-Boston Transcript.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1912-03-24
Constitution Today Answers Stories Being Used in the
 Georgia Campaign
HIMSELF
 WRITES LIFE SKETCH
Statement Refutes Charges That Have Been Used by Opponents Reflecting on the Political
 Views of His Ancestors

Atlanta. March 23.--( Special 1.-The Constitution tomorrow will publish the following:
 Comment upon the following docu- ments Is superfluous In the first one, Senator Bankhead of Alabama submits to the Constitution Oscar Underwood s own story of his life Tn the second, the unadorned narrative of the Ala bama statesman explodes every petty charge of "seotionalism' made against his ancestry and tells a life story en- titIing him to rank among the first of Americans -
 Following is Senator Bankhead's let ter: s.=s#sss
 1n Interest of Truth''
 "Editor Constitution--I am sending you a statement prepared by MT. Un- derwood himself touching certain newspaper misrepresentations that have appeared concerning him. :, 2
 T do not send this statement with the view of having you publish 1t in full. Indeed I do not know that it will be of any service to you at all, but I thought it was well enough to have the facts before you, and you can use your own judgment and dis erection as to whether anything con- tained in this statement will be use full to you in refuting misrepresenta- tions.
 Ut is not MT. Underwood's habit to at tempt to correct newspaper statement, but he thinks perhaps in the interest of truth that some of the facts contained in this statement might well be put before the people of Georgia. For instance, you will see that his father was arrested early in the war and imprisoned on account of being southern sympathlzer, and kept in prison until he accepted a parole pledging him not to take up arms against the United States. His two uncles were confederate soldiers, you will see, etc. am simply sending this statement for your information. Sincerely yours.
 "J. Fl. BANKHEAD, Chairman.
 ''Washngton, D. C., March 20, 1912