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The Red Cloud chief. [volume] (Red Cloud, Webster Co., Neb.) 1873-1923, 1912-12-19


When they were questioned where the king was
to be born they answered.: In Bethlehem o!
Judea: for thus 1t Is written by the prophet Anu
thou. Bethlehem. in the land Of Juda. art not the
least among the princes OF Juda; for out OF thee
shall come a governor. that shall rule my peopie
Israel" According to the authorized version
10 then stated In the New Testament tha'
'Herod. when he had privily called the wise men,
inquired Of them diligently what time the star
appeared. And he sent them to Bethlehem. ana
said. Go and search diligently for the young
child; and when we have found him. bring me
word again. that may come and worship MIN
also. When they had heard the king. they de
parted: and 10. the star. which they saw IN the
east. went before them. till It came and STOOD
over where the young child was. When they saw
the star. they rejoiced with exceeding grent Joy
That Is the whole story Of the Star OF Bethle-
hem as 1t Is simply and directly told In the Sec
ond chapter Of the gospel according to st. Mat
thew.
II was a cloister fancy Of the dark ages hand
ed down through centuries. that led the Chris
tion world to regard the Star Of the East as a
miraculous luminary. akin to the pillar OF fire
that guided the children Of Israel in the wilder
uess-a luminary especially created for the sole
purpose of leading the Magi to the birthplace
Of Christ. The modern Christian Is more apt
to regard the star as natural phenomenon and
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" Knowing Human Nature Would %
u, This Man Would Have Made
Good Preacher.

"Dr. John Haynes Holmes. who
preached Bull Moose sermon 70
President Taft the Sunday before cleo
ton day. isn't like Washington
White" said . membersof DIR. Holmes'
Church Of the Messiah in New York.
Washington White was an aged
hod carrier. Laying down his paper
one evening he said to bis wife over
his spectacles:
Martha. believe I'd make .
preacher. Listen. now. and Ill give
you q sermon
The old man then stood up to the
table and beloved out q vigorous dis
course on the wickedness Of the idola-
ters Of the Orient.
Ills wife said ut the end:
"a good enough sermon. Washing.
ton. but you've told US all about tho
sins Of the foreigners. and never .
word about the sins Of the folks ct
home here
"'lla. ha. ha, I understand preachin'
too we'll for that laughed the willy old
man."
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M rooA or evil and particularly % naroinseFs
OF nestilence and war; To poetic eastern poo
nj. vho revered the stars - symbols especially
at IN the heavens for the guidance Of men.
comets were undoubtedly awesome visitors the
Chaldeans. Persians and Jews were astronomic.
ally no more enlightened than the meoiaevs'
Christians and II ut the fall OF Constantinop'e
in 1853 all Christendom was alarmed ~ tne sp
ne.rsnce az A comet "a comet which We now
know to have been Halleys). 10 highly PROB
able that the Orient was no less impressed BY
these sudden visitations. Comprising ~ It does
q nucleus, q coma or envelope surrounding the
nucleus and measuring from twenty thousand
to one million miles in diameter. and long tail
which streams behind the nucleus for sixty to
. hundred million miles or more. comet 10 one
Of the most mysterously beautiful celestial ap
partitions that meets the eye But whether
or not the Star Of Bethlehem really was such an
astronomer can merely state that the idea 10 not
untenable and that II is less Objectionable than
the conjunction hypothesis.
Lastly the theory has been proposed that the
Star OF Bethlehem was what Is called new"
star or nova" a star which suddenly flares up
in the heavens and fades away again to its
former magnitude after the lapse of weeks or
months. Such new stars are not altogether rare
Ten appeared between b. C. 1874 and the end Of
the fifteenth century Since the fifteenth Gen.
fury no less than sixteen have been recorded
In our time they are discovered with fair
frequency
Even before the invention OF the telescope
such new stars were studied by astronomers.
Apart from the astronomical evidence In favor
of the theory that the Star OF bethlehem was q
nova. POLITICALLY, at least. It seems singularly At
ting that a matchless orb blazing forth In sud
den magnifcence should have marked not only
the birth OF Messiah whose destiny It was to
save mankind by his own suffering and to make
this new world by purging It OF evil. but also
the birth OF q new sun with embryonic planets
wheeling about Il in shining clouds OF gas and
stellar dust.
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M4g1 OF Wn0m 81. Matthew speaks!
They came from the east. they said.
and the east. according to the geo.
graphical knowledge Of Matthews
day. was Chaldea Persia, and that Arabian des-
ert where the sons Of Ishmael roamed. In that
east Of which they spoke star.gazing was to
some nations religious observation to others Q
mystical traditional rite. The pseudo. science Of
astrology out OF which our modern science OF
astronomy was slowly evolved was thus engen.
dered. Exegetes Of the New Testament nara
tive hold these Magi to have been astrologers.
members of that strange. nonnational. privi.
legged priesthood whose once II was to watch
the sky each day and each night. to note the
position and apparent motion Of the sun from
dawn to dark. and to predict those changes In
planetary positions which. In that day Of A.
and reveal the destinies Of kings and nations.
In them science came an early worshipper At
the feet Of Christ.
To ancient ~ we'll 40 medieval astrol0gers.
certain groupings of the stars and planets had
q hxed prophetic significance. The planets
were named In accordance with their supposed
influence. Mercury. always lurking near the
sun. furtively cleaning in the morning or eve
ming. was the patron Of tricksters, knaves and
thieves Mars. flaming in red was the symbol
of war. the guardian Of heroes and warriors.
II the Magi were astrologers who believed in
stellar influences. the apparition Of the Star
of Bethlehem must have been an astronomical
phenomenon. But no ordinary astronomical
phenomenon could have enticed these practiced
star-gazers from their temples We must. there
fore, hnd some celestial event sufficiently extra
ordinary to warrant Journey from Chaldea or
Persia to Bethlehem.
When the Magi arrived in Jerusalem Herod
was within q few weeks of his death. The mas.
sacre of the babes of bethlehem was ono Of his
last cruel deeds. When he inquired diligently
what time the star appeared the reply was evi
IDENTIFY such that he felt It necessary to kill all
male Infants "from two years old and under"
Il 10 probable. therefore. that the Magi hrst saw
the star two years before their arrival in Jeru-
salem. Herod died in b. c. l. Hence the Star
OF Bethlehem must have appeared about two
years before that date. We must discover. II We
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eelna q Diplomat.

II am much bothered" he said. e.
can marry q wealthy widow woman !
don't love. or q poor girl that ! do
love intensely. What shall do?"
Listen to your heart" advised his
companion. land marry the one you
love-"
you are right. my friend. I shall
marry the girl"
"Then can you give me the widows
address !"-London Opinion.
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Hopeless.

who wrote that story about Rooso-
velt's. return to the Outlook oflice?"
asked the managing editor.
BILLY Pennington" replied tho city
editor. II thought II was . pretty
good story"
1T was more than that. It was .
remarkable story. I think We ought
to raise Pennington's salary. He
didn't wind up by saying: "The
colonel then plunged into . mass Of
correspondence
I'm sorry 70 have to tell you that
he did. blue-penciled that part Of
it,
"Oh. pshaw! Well never be able
to make anything of that fellow"
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70 seek q scientific explanation OF
lts sudden appearance. not for the
purpose Of casting doubt upon the
narrative Of Matthew. but Of Civ.
ing It astronomical support.
Who were these wise men. these
Magi. of whom st. Matthew speaks?
They came from the east. they said.
and the east. according to the geo.
graphical knowledge of Matthews
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Fl dAxz1zS aH2xND0e WMSc GlI

SLAUGHTER Of the infants was issued
some time before Herod's death. Pro
lessor Stockwell advances the Puppo
sition that this conjunction was the
Star of Bethlehem. Since conjunc-
lions occurred so frequently. II ID
difficult to understand why more OF
them did not call forth Chaldcan or
Persian Populations.
Because OF these fatal objections
to any theory which regarded the
star of Bethlehem merely as con-
junction of two planets. the late
prof. r. A. Proctor cast about for
other celestial phenomena and nnai'
" decided that the wise men might
have been guided by q comet. There
IA much to be said in favor OF the
supposition. Comets are discovered
nowadays at the rate of two or three
4 wear. Not all of them are particu'
larry brilliant: but 1t 10 not incon'
ceiyable that In Biblical times COM
eta occasionally appeared that were
brilliant enough to strike terror into
superstitious hearts. Indeed. before
Edmund HALEY proved that the law
of Rravitation applied to the comet
which bears his name and which
has revisited the earth at intervals
of seventy-one and one-half to sew
entv.nine years. comets were regard.
ed a divine messengers. - omens
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He reign Of Herod had nearly ended
when the Magi arrived In Jerusa'
lem and asked: where 10 he that
Ia born king OF the Jews? For we
have seen his star in the east. ana
are come to worship HIM"
The news that q true king OF the
Jews" possible rival. was born
and that his birth had been herald.
ed by celestial phenomena. caused
Herod much concern. He summoned
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II am afraid" said Senator Sors.
hum. that the alteration in which !
have become involved must b moro
or less obscure TO the casual listener"
about all you have both said latsly
10 You're another"
Eyes. And We have said Il 20 often
that am afraid nobody remembers q.
actly what either OF 10 vas accused
Of being In the first place.
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Good Reason.

Good Reason.
MRS. Comeup 10 always Boosting
that her husband can take any man's
measure"
That's true. He used to b tail.
or"
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Defendjnu Mother.

Defending Mother.
Papa. mamma says that onehalf
the world doesn't know how the other
half lives"
well, she shouldn't blame herself.
dear. Il isn't her fault"
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Not Always.

Not Always.
1T 10 money makes the mare co."
II she turns out . loser. Il 10 the
mare that makes the money CO."
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-18

USED SAGE TEA
To Darken the Hair and Restore
Gray and Faded Hair TO Its
Natural Color.

1t is easier to preserve the color
Iof the hair than to restore 1t, al
though it is possible to do both. Our
grandmothers understood the secret :.
They made a sage tea," and their
dark, glossy hair long after middle
life was due to this fact. Our
mothers have gray hairs before they
are fifty, but they are beginning to
appreciate the wisdom of our grand
mothers in using sage tea" for
their hair and are fast following
suit.
The present generation has the adj
vantage W the past in that 1t can
get a ready-to-use preparation called
|Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Hair
AS a scalp tonic and eeler
Irestorer this preparation is vastly
superior to the ordinary sage tea"
made by our grandmothers.
The growth and beauty Of the hair
depends on a healthy condition of
the scalp. Wyeth's Sage and Sui
|phur Hair Remedy quickly kills the
dandru1 germs which rob the hair
|of its life, color and lustre, makes
the scalp clean and healthy gives
the hair strength color and beauty
and makes it grow.
Get a so cent bottle from your
druggist today. He Will give your
money back Il you are moi satisfied
after a fair trial.
T4~urs EA
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-18

The news when It IS news IN the
EVENING NEWS.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-18
BOOK USEFUL
TO EVERYBODY
People Quick to Recognize
Grand Opportunity.

What is more use to you than any
thing in the world?
Is it water?
Almost everybody answers In the
affirmative.
But wait. There are two sides to
to every question. The chances are
that you would have but little use
for water If you didn't have light
and air. So after all, may be of
these-air, for instances of more
use to you than water.
But grant that we have sufficient
light, air and water, perhaps the
next great essential to our we'll be-
ing is learning-not necessarily
grave and deep, but mon, every
day education. How many of us APP
preciate the educational advantages
offered to US in the Bible? 1t is to
demonstrate this feature that the
NEWS is distributing the New Illus
trated Bible. AS an educational
work alone, the Bible demands a
place in every home, and the Illus
trations in this unique Bible will
enhance it's value a hundred per cent
for purposes of learning. 1t jortrays
actual scenes in a way that will per-
manently impress the reader with
the facts of history. There is act
ual need of a hand Bible in every
home. The old family Bible fulfills
it's purpose, but is unwildy even for
occasional reference, and where 1t
the man, woman or child hat cannot
gain knowledge from this book?
There are two styles of binding
to select from and also a Catholic
edition as shown in the certificate
printed elsewhere in this issue Cihip
the certificate today.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-18
Of Aldermen of the city of Perth Am


of Aldermen of the City of Perth Am
Gentlemen:
I hereby render statement of the use
go days use Of roller between June
18th and September 21st at $500 per
Respectfully submitted,
Geo, NJ. Adair,
Street Commissioner.
was received and referred to the Coll
%1ector Of Revenue for collection.
The following report of the Street
To the Honorable Mayor and Board
of Aldermen.
Gentlemen:
1 hereby render statement of re-
moving Ice from sidewalks owned by
Wedeen s. Greenspan, Block 10, lots
~ ~, 70 q on Smith Street and on
January 1912, 33 hours @ 26c..s S.q5
February IL, 81 hours q &c.,. 7.75
Total $1,000
Respectfully submitted.
Geo. M. Adair.
Street Commissioner.
was received and referred to the Col
lector Of Revenue for collection.
The Clerk reported that the Acting
Mayor mad returned approved, g reso-
bonds; a resolution to pay matron Of
Almshouse $40 per month additional:
a motion to purchase horse from Eagle
hose a motion to buy a sup
ply or Mazda electric lamps; which
We're ordered. placed on file.
The following resolution:
WHEREAS, certain property owners
living along New Brunswick AvenIla
from the Lehigh Valley Railroad cross
ing to Convery Place have petitioned
1.-The council to cause said street to be
paved with asphalt block. according
to the provisions of Chapter zoo of the
laws of 1898.
BE 1T RESOLVED. thai it is the in
tention OF the Council OF the City Of
Perth AmDoy, to cause New Brunswick
Avenue from the Lehigh Valley Rail-
road crossing to Convery Place to be
paved with asphalt block, In accord
ance with the provision of Chapter
200 of the laws of 1898.
And that the City Clerk give notice
of the intention of the Council to
adopt an ordinance to cause said inn
provements to be made, that said ord
nance will be introduced and passed
On It's first reading at a regular meet
ing to be held on the first day of April,
newspapers printed and circulating in
the City of Perth Amboy, for the space
Of two weeks. briefly describing the
proposed work and requesting such
objections in writing at or before the
expiration of said two weeks to said
City Clerk.
was introduced, and adopted by the
following vote: Yea-Hornsby, Calvin,
butcher. Dalton, Sandbeck, Garretson.
Nay-None.
On motion the Committee on Fire
was authorized to procure estimates
for an aerial truck for Liberty Hook
and Ladder Company.
On motion the COMMITTEES on Fira
was authorized to install a gas heater
In Lincoln Engine House for MAIN
tanning steam In the steamer. cost not
to exceed SI06.
On motion the Council adjourned.
Wilbur LaRoe,
City Clerk.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-18
MAKE APPEAL
TO The WOMEN
Urged to Help in Backing
to Edge Bill.
, the Women Of New Jersey:

To the Women of New Jersey:
The Edge bill, Senate Bill 81,
passed the senate of New Jersey on
Tuesday with some amendments.
This Is the bill which seeks to limit
the hours of women's toll to ten a
day in stores, factories, bakeries,
laundries, restaurants.
Over three hundred physicians OF
New Jersey say that the passage OF
such a bill will not only save the
health of women, but will insure a
stronger and better life to their chill
dren. The Consumers League of
New Jersey, labor organizations, all
the women's clubs and many asso-
Citations of men and women-all who
realize how dangerous it Is for
women to be kept standing and
working for a stretch of more than
ten hours-are supporting this bill.
The Newark Board of Trade has en-
dorsed it. Many humane manufac-
turers who would not work their
women SO long under any circum-
stances must sympathize with It. In
deed, the president OF the Manufac-
%turers' Association of New Jersey
openly promised the senate commit
tee TO support the Dill.
The intelligent workers them
selves are behind the measure. Many
working women of New Jersey who
have to stand until their heels seem
to come through their shoulders and
to work until brain is tagged and
nerves OF edge, beseech the promo
tiers of the bill to keep up the fight.
and win for them a chance to keep
their health-a chance to live.
Statistics, which will be furnished
upon request, show that the long
hours of women's toll takes its toll
in infant mortality and in death be-
fore birth.
The bill will now go to the assem-
bly,. The rumor Is abroad that those
industries who are willing to build
their success on c-orworked, over
weariea aud prematurely aged wom-
en-, are going to fight hard to defeat
this wise bill in-the assembly.
Shall New Jersey continue to lag
behind the thirty-one states in the
Union who protect their women?
Women of New Jersey, will you
let this bill be killed? Remember,
that the girls who work in stores,
factories, bakeries, laundries and
restaurants are as much your en-
Eployes as II they worked in your din
Ing room or kitchen; that the re-
sp~onsibility Of their health Is your
responsibility.
Save Senate Bill 81. Write at
once to your representatives at Tren-
ton and induce all the voters that
you can to write and insist upon the
massage of thio hin h further
amendment.
II these women al toll unbe-
friended for thirteen hours and
more, as many of them do, surely
ven can give a moments activity to
setting them free for health and al
lowing their children to be born
strong men and women instead OF
weaklings.
ANNA ROCHESTER,,
ALICE TAYNES,
STELLA G. S. PERRY,
Press Com, Central Committee for
the Edge Bill.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-18
SHE WANTS To
Be PRESIDENT
Baby Suffragette's' Boom
Is Launched for 1920.

Trenton, N. J., March 1s-'I shall
be the first woman president Of the
United States" boldly declared pretty
sixteen-year-old Dorothy D. Frooks of
Bayonne, fondly termed the baby suf-
fragette" by her sister s~uffragettes.
This declaration was made here after
starting her presidential boom, prior
to her return to her school duties In
the Bayonne high school.
The little suffragette with the big
aspirations came to Trenton to make e
speech at the legislative hearing in the
statehouse on the resolution to amend
the state constitution by allowing wo-
men to vote, but she did not get the
opportunity. She frankly admitted
that a man had taken the time allotted
for her speech, but she did succeed IN
making her address to persons at the
Hotel Windsor, where she was staying
Miss Frooks was accompanied by II
w. Smith, a veteran Of the civil war
who knew Abraham Lincoln person
ally and who thinks the baby suf
fragette' is a wonderful miss.
The girl is among the youngest Of
the militant ~suffragettes. She is G
"suffragette," not a "s%uffragist.'
"There Is a distinction between the
two" says Miss Frooks, 'for a suffra
gist is not a fighter. while q suffragett,
Is a warrior''-and she Is the latter.
There is nothing of the drone ahoui
the baby suffragette." She intends t.
be a lawyer, then a judge; after that
a United States senator, and then tht
presidency
Miss Frooks said that when she frs
enlisted in the suffragette army he
family opposed the campaign for wo
mems votes, but now she has convert
ed them ~irrevocably to the cause. Hel
brother is a former representative
from New York, and he also served il
the state legislature.
In about five years she tnt
ballot wifi come to fhe She
confded to the reporter that when shl
reaches the age of twenty-one she ex
poets TO cast her vote.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-18
DR.. MARY WALKER DYING.

Woman Famous For Dress Reform
Ideas Critically Ill In New Ysrk.
New York, March 1S.-Dr. Mary u.
Walker, who for more than half a
century has been wearing trousers and
doing things that have made her name
known throughout the country, Is crit
ically Ill In the Presbyterian hospital.
Mrs. Nellie b. Van slingerland, re-
cording secretary of the Betternent
league, who is with Dr.. Walker. said:
''Dr. Walker, I fear, Is dying. She
developed a heavy cold weeks ago,
neglected 1t and now has collapsed
completely. She has bronchitis, pneu-
monia threatens her, and she is q very
old woman"
DR.. Walker had been In Washington
for several months pressing before the
judiciary committee her contention
that the constitution gives woman the
vote. Recently she journeyed TO Al
bany In the interest OF the suffrage
movement.
On her way from Albany Saturday
Or. Walker, who had taken a severe
cold, tainted and was not revived for
nearly en- hour.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-18

Lincoln, Neb., March 18:-Mana-'
gers of the Lincoln Bryan clubs
annual dinner, which will be held
March 10, say that it will be a ma
tional conference OF progressive
Democrats. Senators Gore and
Owen, of Oklahoma; Senator Kern,
of Indiana, and Governor Wilson, of
New Jersey, will be the principal
speakers,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-18
Resewatsr Chairman.

New York. March 1S.-Victor Rose
water of Omaha, vice chairman of the
Republican national committee, has
been appointed acting chairman of the
eoommfftee in place of the late John +.
Hill. governo Of Maine.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-18
senator srnith Fer WiIson.

Washington, March Ex-senator e,
D. smith of South Carolina, who has
been claimed by both the Clark and
Underwood clans, came out In favor of
tho nomination of Governor Wilson as
tha Democratic presidential candidate.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-18
Dynamite River Lea.

Rochester, N. Y, March 1S.-Ice for
nations Of unprecedented thickness In
the Genesee river and the rising of the
waters following rains and a thaw
threaten serious flood danger to Roch-
ester. The services ota9s4dmiter
were called In to try and avert the dan
ger.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-18
BRINGING MAINE HEROES.
This North caraIsna, With Sailors Bod
Ess Exnseksd Tsrnorro~ Morning.

New York, March 18-The cruiser
Narth Carolina, with the bodies taken
from the battleship Maine, Is expected
In Hampton Roads tomorrow.
The bodies viii be transferred to the
birmingham and taken to Annapolis
and then to ArIington Tor ~fnsernaent.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-18
on;,.r, p,. undsr Fssn.

Shanghai, March 18.-A presidential
decree Issued at peking forbids opium
smoking. 1t also prohibits the impor
tatfon or cultivation of the poppy.