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The daily sentinel., 1912-01-02
big CROWD TUESDAY TO GREET
THE CHOCOLATE SOLDIER"

Judging from the activity display
ed about the box office, The Choc-
olate Soldier" fresh from triumphs
in New York and Chicago. will enjoy
a huge success at the Park opera
house, where 1t comes next Tuesday
evening, January >.
The famous, My Hero" waltz
borne everywhere in the breezes, has
been considered most insidious in its
appeal and the most musicallly per-
feet bit of harmonic composition
since the days of Johann. grandfath-
er of the present Oscar Straus. COM
poser of The Chocolate Soldier -
sent forth The Blue Danube Waltz
es' that have so long lived and sung
themselves into the hearts of all the
world.
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.0PEN HOUSE IS
GREAT SUCCESS
Y. NJ. C. A. Proves Royal Entertainer
in Afternoon and Evening. "A
Program of Music and Games
Makes Big Crowd Happy.

Open house at the Y. NJ. c. A. on
New Years is an annual affair but it
is doubtful if the association will ever
entertain more appreciative guests
than those who gathered yesterday
afternoon and evening TO be the
hosts of the officials and directors of
the organization.
In the afternoon gymnastic drills.
games and contests made the crowd
of several hundred enjoy themselves
thoroughly while tasty refreshments
satisfied the gastronomic cravings of
the audience. In the evening the
basketball game between Palisade and
the Y. NJ. c. a. with the result in fav-
or of the visitors to the tune of SO to
%.
Following this was a musical pro-
gram that was hugely enjoyed 1t
was arranged by Mrs. NJ. II. Loeffler
Of the music department of the Wo-
mems club. The following was the
program:
Piano Duet Mrs Albright. Miss Roge
Piano Duet----------------
Mrs L. c. Albright. Miss Rogers
Vocal SOlo-------Mrs. r. 5. Nichols
Readiug---------Mrs. o. l.. Nichols
Vocal Miss Edna Lille
Vocal Number, Ride of the Elves
Mesdames E. S. Nichols, O'Hare,
Johnston, Turpin and Agnes and
Minnie GigaX
Vocal Solo---------Mrs. John Groves
During the evening the Presbyter-
ian boys band discoursed pleasing
music to the delight of their audi
tors.
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Installation Services and New Years
BANQUET.

This evening at the Masonic hall
the newly-elected officers of Sun
shine Chapter No. SO will be installed
into their respective offices, which
Will be followed by a New Years
banquet. The elective officers are as
follows:
Mrs. vina M. seegmiller, worthy
matron.
Mrs. Martin Flynn, worthy patron.
Mrs@Almeda Jay, Associate Ma
tron.
Mrs. Anna Coltrin, secretary.
Mrs. Ella Gallupe. treasurer.
Mrs. Sophy Flynn. conuuctress.
Dr. Isabelle Morelock, associate
conductress
The peculiarly beautiful service of
the chapter will be used for the in
stallation ceremonies, after which a
social session viii be enjoyed by all
present, All members and visiting
members are cordially urged to be
present.
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New Years Gathering.

One of the most enjoyable of New
Years parties last evening was at
the home of DR.. and Mrs. l.. b. San
dali at i105 Grand avenue. when a
number of friends and neighbors
gathered around big log fire and
spent delightful evening telling sto-
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DoAND SAY.

Two brothers once lived down this
way,
And one was Do and one was Say:
II streets were dirty. taxes high,
Or school too crowded, Say would
cry:
Lord, what town." but Brother Do
Would set to work to make things
new,
And while Do worked, Say still
would cry: 1N
He does it wrong. | know that
Could do it right. So all the day
Was heard the clack of Brother Say.
But this one fact from none was hid
Say always talked. Do always did.
Exchange.
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4 Beautiful Play.

A Beautiful Play.
In The Chocolate Soldier" which
is to open at the Park opera house
Tuesday evening, January 2, love, ro-
nance and intrigue are the themes
on which the opera is based, with de-
licious comedy enlivening the issues
of the story.
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The Daily Sentinel expires.

: The Daily Sentinel expresses
3 its appreciation of the kindness
: and courtesy of the Mountain
!, States Telephone company in in
: stalling a telephone at the Park
:, opera house yesterday. enabling
= this paper to secure a full and .
= correct report of the Du Cray .
= Olsen wrestling match. Partic-
= ularly is appreciation due to f. !
= ]. Richards of the public rela-
= tions department for his offer of
= the temporary use of the tele-
= phone.
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Big Orchestra-"Chocolate Soldier.

In The Chocolate Soldier" which
comes to the Park opera house Tues
day evening. Janu"ry ., no expense
has been spared on costumes, proper
ties and scenery. There is an ensem-
bic of so people and the music is
interpreted by the Whitney Opera
Comique Orchestra of 80 payers.
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ries and relating various experiences.
A bountiful supply of apples, can
dies and nuts was on hand and ad-
ded to the general pleasure of the
evening. Doctor Sandal proved to
be a genial and entertaining host.
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Entettnin at Dinner.

Mr.. and Mrs. r, CARRIER entertained
about twenty of their friends and rel
atiyes at their home, 72O Struthers
avenue. yesterday at a beautifully ap-
pointed dinner party. The guests
remained for the evening and enjoyed
games and music. Miss Ethel Gar
ber, daughter OF Mr.. and Mrs. CARRIER.
had a number of her young friends
in for the affair, which proved very
enjoyable.
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next year: Six months, in advance,
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The long winter evenings are here
and you need The Sentinel in your
home; subscribe today: soc month
$3.50 6 months; SIS year.
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Ask your druggist for free
Peruna almanac for 1912.
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Phone Randolph 120 for GAR.
FIELD COAL.
The daily sentinel., 1912-01-02

See Fred Mantey about a good
blanket or robe.
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Call us up on that rush job. ]
Il. Mckenzie, The Plumber.
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Mr. and MN Allison. $50 West
Main. entertained a number of friends
at a New Years dinner yesterday
noon. Music and games added to the
entertainment of the guests during
the afternoon and evening and all
enjoyed themselves thoroughly. The
guests were Mr.. and Mrs. Conarty,
Mr.. and Mrs. Roentgen, Mrs. Thomas,
and Messrs. William Doolin, Nesbit
and Herbert Roent9en.
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TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY,

TO TRADE - Good top buggy and
harness for kitchen range with
water front. 923 Colorado.
The daily sentinel., 1912-01-02

Miss Virginia Wheeler entertained
at her home yesterday on East Main
street at beautifully appointed New
Years dinner for a few intimate
friends, Misses Gretchen De Long,
Gladys De Long, Dorothy Ottman,
and Margaret Bunting.
The regular meeting of the ceme-
terry association will be held tomor-
row afternoon at 8 80 o'clock at the
Y. NJ. C. A.
The daily sentinel., 1912-01-02

WANTED-Girls to do folding at
The Sentinel office.
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AN APPRECIATION

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Level of Two Seas.

When attention was first called to
the practicability Of a canal from the
Mediterranean to the Red sea by the
first Napoleon a corps of surveyors
was sent out to run the levels" They
reported that the scheme would neces-
sarily have to be abandoned because
the level of the Red sea was thirty
feet six and a half inches higher than
that of the Mediterranean. That report
put damper on the canal project for
several years. In 1S47, however, some
doubling Thomases" prevailed on the
great powers to resurvey the route.
England sent Robert Stephenson, Aus
tria NJ. Talbot and France Signor Ne
grelli They found that the two seas
had exactly the same level, and the
SueZ canal was the result
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Pcstoffce Romance,

He was a gallant postoffice clerk, and
business for the moment was slack.
Presently, to his JOY, there entered a
beautiful young lady.
What can l do for your" he asked.
with unusual affability.
II want two cent stamp" said his
customer. "And would you mind weigh
ing this letter for me, as I'm afraid it
may be little too heavy"
Mind? The very reverse. He was
delighted and chatted glibly about the
weather while he executed her order.
He even volunteered TO lick and af6x
the stamp for her, courtesy which
she accepted with dainty blush.
Just as he was laying the stamp care
fully on the precious envelope, how
ever, she stopped him.
Put it upside down." she requested.
"Why2" he asked.
oh" she replied. that means some
thing to Charlie!'
And the clerks interest vanished as
the clouds Of monotony once more
gathered on his horizOn.-San Francis
co Star.
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How Seeds Travel.

They have been discovering some ex-
traordinary plants in England, plants
which puzzled the botanists, to whom
they were either utterly unknown or
known as growing olly in far distant
lands. One natura st picked On the
grounds of the Bradford sewage works
160 species of foreign plants. Among
these were several Australian buTs,
iimson weed, pricllly poppies from
Mexico, others native TO Peru, Siberia
and the Azores. All were Of a prickly
nature. Investigation proved that the
dust from wool combing establishments
was being used as fertilizer and the
washings of wool were run into the
sewers. The burrs of these foreign
plants had come in the wool and had
grown. Other plants had sprung from
seed in rags and others been brought
in soil on foreign timber.-New York
World
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SELECT CULLINGS
The TitaniC'S Final Plume.

The filing of the forward compart-
ments brought her down by the head
and gradually to an almost vertical
position. Here she hung awhile, stern
high in air. like a huge. weighted spar
buoy. AS she swung TO the perpendic-
ular her heavy engines and boilers.
tearing loose from their foundations.
crashed forward downward, and the
water pressure, increasing as she sank
burst in the so far intact after com
partments. 1t was the mufIled roar of
this death rattle of the dying ship
that caused some survivors to tell Of
bursting boilers and a hull broken
apart. The shell of the ship. except for
the injuries received in the collision,
went to the bottom intact When the
after compartments finally gave way
the stricken vessel. weighted with the
mass of engine and boiler room wreck
age at her forward end, sank, to bury
herself. bows down, in the soft ooZe Of
the Atlantic bottom, two miles below
There, for aught we know, she may at
this moment be standing. with several
hundred feet OF her rising sheer above
the ocean floor, a sublime memorial
shaft to the 1000 hapless souls who
perished in this unspeakable tragedy
Scientific American.
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SPOKE HIS OWN DOOM.
In Spite of His Caution an Innocent
Remark Condemned Him.

The father of Gueau de Reverseaux
had been a distinguished lawyer, and
through his influence he held impor
tant offices under the government
When the revolution began he gave up
his office at La Rochelle and retired to
Charities.
From the time that the revolution
began Gueau de ReverseaUX devoted
his attention exclusively TO preserving
his own safety. He wrote 10 letters.
II would receive no letters. He saw
no visitors and paid no visits. He
spoke to no person and allowed no one
to come near him. 1t would have been
impossible to be more prudent than he
was.
However. he wanted some sheds built
on his farm near Charities and ven
tured to consult a carpenter. The car
penter told him that lie could not I'm
dertake the work Immediately, as
Gueau de Reverseaux wished, because
most of his wOrkmen were drafted TO
join the army at once.
Gueau de ReverseauX replied: "The
workmen need not go. They can send
substitutes"
This remark was heard by the work
men, but only the, first phrase made
any impression on them. They reported
everywhere that NJ. Gueau de Rever
seauX, who must be good authority,
had said that they need not 20. The
news went to headquarters that Gueau
de ReverseauX declared that the draft
ed workmen need not obey the gov
eminent. This was considered to be
conspiracy, and he was condemned TO
death and executed.
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HUM0R OF THE DAY
Dreadful Alternative.

He was prosperous looking citizen
going home at 10 o'clock at night, and
he was suddenly accOsted by tramp
who stepped out of doorway to say:
''Sir. not a morsel of food has passed
my lips for the last thirty-siX hours.
The prosperous looking citizen didn't
even look at him.
And If | cannot raise threepence for
Il Ded tonight l must sleep on the
ground" continued the tramp.
He was heard. but not needed in the
slightest.
And you would not miss q siXpence
l should say by the smell that you are
smoking a cigar that cost at least .
shilling. About one-third of the cost
of that cigar will get me bed
Still no answer from the prosperous
looking man.
You have kindly face on you, sir
and | hope ! am not appealing in
vain"
Continued progress and continued in
difference on the part of the other.
Look here" said the tramp, with a
menace in his tone. II don't want to
resort to the last expedient, but l am
hungry and sleepy, and if can't get
something to eat and a bed tonight
then you look out"
$50 you threaten me, do you? was
asked as the other came to a halt and
raised his cane.
Not with bodily harm, sir. 1 know
where there is a japanese restaurant"
'"WelI?'
81 will go there. L viii insult the
Jap. He will order me out. will re-
fuse to go. will give him wallop
on the chin. l will tip over tables and
break chairs"
And get yourself arrested?"
Eyes, sir; but at the same time the
matter will he brought to the attention
of the japanese government. An apol-
ogy will be demanded and refused. A
Jap feet VIII be sent over here to open
fire, and i: hey don't knock your store
and houSt into a cooked hat then I'll
eat dirt. Sixpence or japanese bonn
bardment. Take your choice"
The prosperous looking man thought
it over for a moment and then came
down with shilling and said he hoped
that would do.-London Tit-Bits.
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A DUEL IN BALLOONS.
Curious Aerial Battle Fought by Two
Frenchmen In 1903,

iCOos
IN this day of the development in
aeronautics it may be interesting to
recall the first duel that was ever
fought in the air. 1t took place in
1908 and, as might have been ex-
pected, occurred in France. NJ. de
Grandpre and NJ. lie PiQue had a quar-
rel arising out of jealousy concerning a
lady engaged in the Imperial Opera.
They agreed to fight duel to settle
their respective claims. and IN order
that the heaI OF angry passion should
not interfere with the polished ele
gance of the proceeding they postponed
the duel for Il month, the lady agree
ing to bestOw her smiles on the sur
vivOr The dueliSts were to fight in
the air.
Two balloons were constructed eX-
actly alike. On the day of the duel
the car of one balloon, lie PiQue and
his second the other. This was in the
garden of the Tuileries, amid a big
crowd Of spectators. The men were
to fire, not ut each other, but at each
others balloon. in order TO bring them
down by the escape of gas. AS PTS
tolls would hardly have served for this
purpose, each acronaut took i b!Under-
buSS in his car.
At a given signal the ropes holding
the balloons We're cut, and up they
went into the air. The wind was
nearly moderate and kept the balloons
in their respective positions, about
eighty yards apart When about half
a mile up in the air the precOncerted
signal for firing was given. NJ. lie
Pique fired, but missed. NJ. de Grand
pre- fired and sent a ball through lie
Pique's balloon. The balloon collapsed,
the car descended with frightful rapid
ity, and lie Pique and his second were
dashed to pieces.
De Grandpre continued his ascent
and terminated his aerial voyage at
distance of seven leagues from Paris.
History does not state whether he was
rewarded by the hand of the lady for
whose sake the duel had been fought.
New York Herald.
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FRENCH TOBACCO TESTERS.
Men Who Find Smoking Anything but
an Agreeable Task.

The French governments official
tasters of tobacco form a category of
civil servants of whose activity little
is known outside their own depart
ment
Tobacco is state monopoly in
France, and these experts are employ
ed under the ministry of finance to re-
port on all classes of tobacco that are
permitted to be sold in France. The
men are mostly superannuated inspec-
tors of tobacco factories.
Their hours of business are from 8
10 5. As a rule, it is the lower grades
of tobacco that need the most careful
attention. They have to report not
only on the cigars, cigarettes and pipe
tobaccos put on the market by the
French Tobacco Reggie. but also n all
imported tobacco.
Smoking when compulsory is any,
thing but an agreeable duty, these
employees say. They are in constant
danger from ills caused by the exces-
sive use Of tobacco, and they combat
these by taking large quantities of
black coffee, which is also said to as
sist them to differentiate between the
various kinds of tobacco on which they
have to give their opinion.-Exchange
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LANDED A BIG FISH.
Then He Hooked Bigger Game and
Had an Exciting Time.

Had an Exciting Time.
A singular fish story is told in the
East Indian papers. A fisherman
started for the river. accompanied by
a shikari, carrying rife for use in
case of an encounter with big game
The fisherman in a short time landed
q large fish and then moved up stream
to another pool On his way he pass
ed a ravine and caught sight of an
enormous tiger.
In a panic the fisherman concealed
himself behind a pile Of rocks and was
fattering himself that he had escaped
observation when the fish fell from his
hands in full view Of the tiger.
The fish was fioundering in the road,
and the tiger instantly bounced on it
and carried it off. But the hook still
held, and as soon as the tiger felt the
resistance of the line he gave his head
an impatient shake, which resulted in
the harpOoning Of his upper lip.
At this critical moment the enraged
animal saw the crouching fisherman,
who was totally unnerved by his dan
gerous position, and actually began to
play the tiger as he would a fish.
The tiger stopped for a moment in
apparent amazement at such audacity,
on the scene with his rife and sent
bullet through the brutes brain.-St.
Louis Globe-Democrat
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Bride Fined For CoouetrY.

A young woman of Zurich has been
fined fl As and costs for "coQuetry."
She was about to be married and duly
presented her birth certificate at the
town hall, where it was found that
the figures of the year of her birth.
1883, had been changed to 1856 by the
bride, who thus became three years
younger. AS it is a serious matter n
Switzerland to tamper with official pa
pers, the police We're informed, and
the young woman, who belongs to
good family, had to appear before the
magistrate. She explained that she felt
at least three years younger than her
age Gwenty-nine) and therefore chang
ed the figures. In pronouncing SEN
tence the magistrate smilingly remark
ed, "Ah, mademoiselle, you must not
be so much of a coquette. Geneva
Cor. London Standard
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Mestern Bank Loans.

The difference between the Ameri-
can east and west so strongly empha-
sized by rhetoricians and meteorOlO-
gists extends even to the banking sys-
tenn. In the west they lend money on
reputation, in the east on security. On
a day in June last six little banks in
Seattle had lent on individual or firm
notes without any other security than
the names $780,, OOO while the whole
National bank group in New York had
lent on similar paper only little more
than 100000. On that same day in
San Francisco the loans of this sort
amounted to more than S47.000,O 600.
The western system is one Of credit
based upon industry and upon much
closer and more accurate knowledge of
the man himself than can ever be pos
sible in the bigger eastern cities
Worlds Work.
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Toll of the Icebercs,

The list OF vessels battered or sunk
by icebergs is long one. and it is well
to recall it at a time when all the
world is thinking of the Titanic. Thus,
to take an example or so at haphaZard,
in the spring of 1890 four steamers of
the England-Amerlca route utterly van
ished, and in 1899 ten steamers disap-
peared. In 1908 the. Mongolian was
imprisoned for two DAYS in the ice, but
escaped. In 1909 the Lake Champlain,
the Regulus, the BonaviSta and the
Montrose were so battered by the hoat-
ing ice that each escaped calamity by
a very narrow margin. while none can
tell how many fishing smacks are year
ly dashed TO pieces by these towering
CLASSY crags.-LOndon Queen.
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q Match For Whistler.

whistler rarely met his match, al
though he did so once in Sir Morell
Mackenzie, the famous throat special
ist. He called on Sir Morell to treat
a French poodle of which he was very
fond. The renowned physician was
not too pleased at being invited to dag
nose the illness Of a dog. But he kept
his peace, prescribed, pOcketed his fee
and drove away. Next day he sent an
urgent message to Whistler asking him
to call quickly. On his arrival Sir No
rell said without a smile: How do you
do, Mr. Whistler l wanted to see you
about having my front door painted. -
Americans In Paris"
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Who He Was,

4 traveller saw woman take man
by the collar, yank him up the steps
into railroad car, jam him down into
a seat, pile up valise and two big
brown baskets with loose covers and
long handles at his feet and say:
'Now, sit there until L help Mary
Jane on the car. and don't move till
come back"
When the woman reached the door
the traveller said to her:
as that man your huSband?"
NAV" roared the woman. Hes
my daughters husband. and she hasn't
spirit enough TO say her soul is her
own"
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Year before last on the writer's Ore
gon ranch he took a long shot in the
late transplanting of a siX-year-old tree
that had to be moved to make room
for some buildings. The verdict of
neighbOrs long time residents Of the
valley was that the tree could not pos
sibly live. 1t made a start in leaves
after being set, but looked decidedly
sick during the latter part of the sea
son and was given up for dead. How
ever, the following spring il took on
new life and is now growing vigorous
ly. The extreme dryneSs of the Ore
gon summer, coupled with the fact that
the top of the tree had been cut back
sharply to correspond with a reduced
root system, seems TO have been re-
spohsible for the trees having made a
live of it,
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The Weioht of the World

A cubic foot of earth weighs about
five and half times as much as a Gu
bic foot of water. 4 cubic mile of
earth then weighs 25,694, 100000 tons
The volume of the earth is 259, SSO,OOO,-
600 cubic miles. The weight of the
world without its atmosphere is $685.
2JO,OOO,O 200, OOO,O0O,OOO tons. If we add
to this the weight of the atmosphere
given above we get a grand total
G,6GG, o55, SIS, GOO, OOO.OOO,OOO tons.
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She Used Them.

Does your mother take an interest
in your fathers business?" asked the
lady visitor.
Indeed. she does" replied the boy
feelingly.
And what lis your fathers bust
nessT'
Hes in the single business. '-Yon-
kers Statesman.