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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-08

against adversely, which stiffens up
when the world goes hard and makes
one tug the harder; but somehow
case, comfort and the thought OF
prosperity take the spring out of tho
ambition. The motive to push ahead.
to struggle, to strive. is usually
weakened by the feeling of satisfac-
ton that one has achieved some
thing worth while, that he has gained
what he started out to get.
In perfectly-b balanced mind no
one faculty is developed out of pro-
portion to the others.
In a perfectly adjusted machine
every part is made with reference to
every other part. The movement Of
every wheel in a perfect timepieee
must be exquisitely adjusted to the
entire watch, and each must be suit
ed to every other wheel in the watch.
You would not boast of your watch
because it had a very powerful main
spring while all the other parts were
very delicately constructed and We're
not intended for so much power. We
value a watch in proportion as 1t
keeps perfect time, for this is its puF-
pose.
Most people do not realize how
much their success depends upon
their general reputation. 1t will make
all the difference in the world to you
what people think of you, how they
estimate your ability, what your
reputation is for square dealing"
| evel-headedness and q good, sound
judgment.
Unfortunately the training and edu-
ca ton of the great majority of youths
are not calculated to develop SYM
metry of faculty, balance of mental
power. There should be no discrep-
ancy between the physical and the
mental training; no one faculty
should be forced out of all proper
| ton until the balance is lost.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-08

BY MARY
Lady Anna Barnard owes her claim
to distinction to her delightful ballad,
AUD Robin Gray" one of the most
popular of all poems in Scotch dia-
lect. She was born one hundred and
sixty years ago today, and at the age
of twenty-one composed her famous
verses for the purpose of raising
money for an old nurse of hers. The
poem met with immediate popularity,
which increased as time went on.
But with the reserve so often expect
ed of women writer's of the time. she
kept the fact of her authorship
strictly secret.
In the meantime she mingled with
the most brilliant literary folk of her
time, both in Scotland and in Eng
land, and when she was forty three
married the son of the English bishop
of Limerick. He was young and poor
and accomplished, and as secretary
of an English official at the Cape OF
Good Hope, had to take his bride
away from her friends in London.
When she was fifty-seven her Young
husband died and she returned to
live in London, where she gathered
about her all her old friends and as
sociates. The Prince of Wales, later
George w, was again seen In her
drawing room. He was counted
somewhat to her discredit, be IL
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-08

erS brain became confused.
just so, in the great life game,
simple slip has often proved fatal
mistake; something which seemed q
mere trifle has resulted in dire defeat.
1t is not enough to be scientific and
efficient and level-headed the ma
jority of the time; We must be so all
the time.
Give us a man who is not easily
thrown off his guard, or off his bal
anee," is the cry when danger
threatens. The man who can think
clearly and act wisely when others
get excited is the man who is every
where sought to save the day in a
crisis; he is always wanted for i'm
portant positions, because in erner-
gencies, which are always likely to
arise, everybody feels safer in his
hands.
There is something superb, some-
thing we cannot help reyering and
admiring in a person who can stand
perfectly calm, unmoved, and serene
when others become excited, lose
their heads and have no control over
their acts.
1t is not an easy thing to carry a
level head through life. The majority
of mistakes which bring failure and
disgrace are made when people lose
their self-poise and fail to use good
judgment
One of the most difficult things for
a young man to do is to keep level
head. 1t is so easy TO lose ones bal
ance, to get ''swelled head over a
little prosperity, to lose ones am
bition for forging ahead by a raise in
salary. A little ease and comfort are
great tempters, great destroyers of
ambition.
| 1T is a difficult thing to keep level
head when the storms of temptation
and financial difficulties are raging
about one; but it is easier than in
prosperity. There is something in
| human nature which braces up
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-08
APPLYING THE PARCEL POST.

NEW year will bring important additions the benefit
of the parcel post maximum weight of fifty instead of twenty
pound any point within $50 miles, and
pounds the other should greatly
possibilities of the service for bringing produce direct
from the farm to living
The the beyond the second ought also
to transfer express parcel
post contemplation make the limit 100 pounds for all
The admission books forward step All in all
will very acceptable New Years gift that the postmaster
general and Interstate Commission Amer
people small and grudgng by the Taft admin
being ampifed make Professor Taft gasp
n his New Haven All this could happen under
second Taft administration.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-08

ing, housekeeping, budget manage
ment, basket work, weaving and other
forms of domestic labors common to
farm life Both boys and girls will
be taught the necessity of making
homes homelike and keeping them
neat and pleasant with trellises, vines,
flowers and hedges
These same advantages after school
hours will be offered the farmers and
their wives through motion pictures
and lecture courses
1t will be an easy matter to reach
the centralized school and community
centre.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-08
For Worn Books.

The most beautiful books are bount
with leather. If in constant use III,
calf or morocco soon becomes worn
To remedy this condition use equa
quantities of white of egg and water
beaten together. Apply with a soft
brush or piece of flannel. When thor.
oughly dry, polish with a fresh piect
of flannel
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-08
Cat Mothered Chicken.

An Atkinson (Me.) man has a cat
which distinguished herself, after los
ing a family of kittens, by curling up
in the woodbox and mothering to the
BEST of her ability a small chicken.
That she had given It thorough
washing" the condition of it's feath-
ers showed, as well as by the noise
it made
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-08
Umbrellas for "Cops.-

From the Wide World Magazine.
In this country the policeman gem
,rally has to take his chances with
regard to the weather. He is pretty
well looked after as regards wet or
cold. but v her it comes to hot wealth
or he has to be content with lighter
unif I'm, and perhaps a white cap
or helmet; in some places he does not
even get that In Calcutta, however
the thoughtful authorities take great
care of their policemen-the native
ones, at all events. Not only is the
Indian 'cop" provided with a cool
white suit, but he has a sunshade to
protect his complexion from the daz-
zling rays of the Indian sun as WE'LL
Nobody seems to see anything incon-
grous in the idea, yet If a policeman
appeared on Broadway with a sun
shade over his head crowd would
quickly assemble to gaze ON the novel
sight.
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Lighting street Cars.

From the Electric Railway Journal.
Those who complain of the methods
commonly used for lighting street cars
must realize that a car is one of the
most difficult interiors TO light prop
erly. In the first place, aside from all
difficulties which reside in the proper
supporting of the lamps, the physical
onditions present about the maxi
mum of difficulty from an illuminat-
ing standpoint. A street car is long
and narrow, with insufficient head
room for The easy placing of fixtures
with seats generally running length
wise and with sides mostly composed
of windows, through which the light
may stream unobstructed unless they
are covered by dark curtains, which
makes the matter 10 better. Besides
this, it has been customary to give
the interior woodwork of street cars
a rather dark finish. We have, there
fore, to deal with what is practically
1t long and narrow room with little
or no diffusion from the wall surface,
ana we are expected to give good
light at least along the two sides
without placing lights where they
will shine in the eyes of the passen-
gers. The obstacles in the way of
meeting the requirements are very
great, and Ii is small wonder that re-
suits have been often unsatisfactory
The present increasing use of the
draw-wire tungsten lamp has given
greater promise of successful car
lighting than has ever. been in sight
before, and recent experiments show
mat excellent results are thus OBJ
tanned. There seems to be little doubt
that the Lest method is centre-deck
lighting, where the lights are in a
single roW at the roof of the car In
this position the lights are above the
heads even Of standing passengers
and in good position to throw the
light downward alons the two lines
of seats at q very effective angle
Furthermore lights n this position
mean greater simplicity and lower
cost in the wiring, to say nothing of
lessened general maintenance and the
easy possibility of using larger tung-
stem lamps and hence lamps with
stouter filaments and more resistant
to Snoc<. ie
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-08

From the Firemens Herald.
Last week we published a detailed
description of Philadelphia new sys-
tenn of safeguarding places of public
assembly against fire. This week we
publish the report of conditions in
that city as they were found to be
under the old and still almost uni
versal plan of having a fireman sta
toned in each house while perfor
mances are in progress. So far as
we know Philadelphia is the first city
to make a thorough investigation of
possible, though far from being Ger =
tain, that if similar Investigations
v ere made in other cities better CON-
ditions would be discovered.
One thing is clear, however. Phila =
delphia has a plan which seems to
assure a high measure of inspection
and resulting protection for play
houses without reducing the strength
Of the fire-fighting force. The con-
iIol remains where 1t should be--in
The hands of the fire department, and
there is nothing inherently impossible
about compelling, under penalty, the
stage hands and ushers to be an eff
ficient fire-prevention corps in the
Various places where large numbers
Of people corgrsgate An increasing
number OF department stores are do
ing just this work without the con-
tinuous presence of firemen whose
absence from their companies unde-
niably weakens them.
The Philadelphia plan, as taken over
from Boston, is obviously the product
Ct a good deal of work and thought.
II seems to cover the situation ade-
ouately, and we therefore commend
it to the candid consideration of our
readers.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-08
Little Uncertain.

Parson Cunningham came across a
tipsy fellow leaning up against a
fence one evening. and, stopping,
asked him where he expected to go
when he died WELL" replied the
drunk, "if I can't get along any bet
ter than 1 do now shan't go any,
where
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Che Cast Call

Do your shopping early,
Do it soon, we pray,
Lest it be cyclone.
On the latter day;
Lest the happy season
Which no art should foil,
May become torture
OF a wild turmoil
Do your shopping early,
So it is joy
To yourself, TO Others
Naught which can annoy;
Filled with prospects pleasant,
And the time to choose
All the pretty presents
Friendship wants to use.
Do your shopping early
For humanity,
So that tired-out workers
May blessing see
In your kindly promptness,
Thanking you again;
So the season honor
Of goodwill to men
Baltimore Ameri
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Yes, Well Maybe.

like Longfellow's Cham
bered Nautilus" whereof the poet
sang: Build me more noble mansions,
o my !''-Moving Picture World
Yes, says #. 2. A. in the New York
Mail, or like Holiness Vision of Lord
Launfal,v whereof the bard intoned
"A yellow primrose was to him, and
1t was nothing elsa"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-08
The value of Courtesy.

From the Scranton Tribune Repub-
lican.
IL pays TO be polite Courtesy has
been found to be a real asset The
fact has been brought home to men
engaged in every line of business and
trade. The other day New York
firm lost business amounting to $500
because one Of it's girl employees was
brusque in talking to customer over
he telephone. "Who are you?" she
called out rudely. II am man who
will never do business with your house
so long as you are in its employ, :
came back the answer. 1t is inferred
that the cause of his grievance was
quickly removed, but, of course, the
damage had been done. There was a
time when railway conductors and
trainmen could afford to give short
answers to passengers, and it is a
matter of common knowledge that
many Of them did So These Doors
have been compelled to alter their
demeanor toward patrons or have
been relieved of their duties. Finan-
cial institutions, commercial houses
and places of entertainment are now
featuring advertisements, in which
they make prominent the fact that
people who do business with them are
assured of considerable treatment and
polite attention.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-08
Landing in Moral America.

You are a singer? Are you mar
ried?"
mo, Mr.. immigration Commits
sioner. This gentleman with me
merely accompanies me on the piano."
Get out of herew-Jugend.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-08
.UPLIFT TALKS
BY oRIsoN SWEET MARDEN.
Author of Pushing to the Front. Etc
Copyright, 1918.
LOST THE, GAME BY ONE SLIP

international baseball contests
II
through
tumble
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-08
wheeled Their Three Children 1900
Miles in Baby Carriages.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Dec. s.
Declaring that they had wheeled
their little girls nearly 1900 miles in
baby carriages, Milton Updegraff
and his wife arrived in this city last
night after four months journey
from Nebraska. The last lap, from
Lancaster, Pa, and few other short
stretches, were made in trains, but
most of the trip was made afoot. Up
degraff, a native of this city, who
was employed as a sheep herder in
Nebraska, lost his position and de-
cided to come back East They be-
gan the trip more than sixteen
weeks ago. pushing a pair of two
year-old twins and another four
year-old child in baby coaches.
Variety in Items of Expenditures Out
of Senate Contingent Fund.
WASHINGTON, Dec. S.-Razors,
grapefruit knives, spools of red-tape,
horseshoes, $3.50 pounds of timothy
hay. oats, meal and bran, straw,
arnica, gargling oil, mustang lini-
ment and asafetida are among the
items for which expenditure was
made out of the contingent fund of
the Senate for the period since last
March up to the end of the last fiscal
year. This information is disclosed in
the report of James M. Baker, secre-
tary of the Senate.
Among the expenditures was $l5.12
for floss pillows and numerous items
for bags of salt for the senator's
bathroom, mineral waters. taxicabs to
convey senator's from night sessions
to their homes, and items for dinners
furnished to the Senate pages de-
tanned at the Capitol by late sessions.
In the bill OF a local druggist were
items for asperin, Jamaica ginger,
bromo settler, horehound drops, quiz
nine pills, adhesive plasters and pond
lily.
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ODDITIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

his memory, which had departed on
Friday, and he returned to his home,
sos West 18th street, last evening.
His disappearance, his physician
said, after examining him, was due to
motor aphasia.
The first word that the young mans
father got of his whereabouts was
when he answered the telephone yes
terday afternoon. Then voice said
to him This is Joseph. am all right.
will be right home. Reaching home,
the young man was examined by the
family physician.
Starts Course in Medical school by
Selling Newspapers.
CHICAGO, Dec. S.-Profits from
the sale Of newspapers on the streets
of Milwaukee today enabled Philip
Eisonborg, of that city, to begin a
course of study at a medical school
in this city. Although he has saved
enough to insure his education,
Eisonborg will continue to ply his
trade as ."news hustler" going
there on Friday evenings for the
Saturday and Sunday sale of maya
zines and Sunday newspapers.
Enjoys 18th Birthday; Made Burial
Stroud 90 years Ago.
NEW YORK, Dec S.-Although
cheerfulness is the recipe by which
Mrs. Hannah Kosol1off says she has
attained the age of 116 years. she con-
stantly has burial shroud folded be.
meath her bed. She made it herself
fifty-five years ago. when she thought
her time to die had come.
To friends who congratulated her
yesterday on her 1t6th birthday she
proudly displayed the shroud and
said that thinking of her need for it
soon did not disturb her serenity one
bit. "Old Hannah is in the home of
the Daughters of Israel
Mrs. Kosokoff told her friends
how, when she was a little girl she
had shaken the hand of the grand
father of the present ruler of Russia.
She had seen the great Napoleon, too.
she said, when he invaded her coun-
tryp She recalled the wreck of the
sailing ship which brought her to
America In 1852 and OF the rescue. She
stun enjoys health and retains all her
Faculties except that she is slightly
deaf
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-08
Dazed Since Friday, Hot Coffee Re-
stores Memory.

NEW YORK, Dec. S.-Joseph Web
Der, a bank clerk employed in the
University Branch of the Corn Elk
change Bank, who disappeared on
Friday morning, spilled hot coffee on
his hand in an Albany lunchroom yes
terday morning. The scald restored
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ARTICLE l..
Eight hours o work,
Eight hours o play,
Eight hours o. sleep and
Eight bob a day."
Song of the Laborer of New zea-
land.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-08

Copyright, 1913, by e. j. Edwards
All right reserved.)
Tomorrow Mr.. Edwards win tell of
THE Romantic Story in Statistics
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-19
NJ. Louis G. Witherow was In
I'm s!le first of the week.

| The visitors to the housc-party
|atSe W. NJ. Scott home tins
|yeek are:
Misses Doll Prcliciu and Theo.
|prlIeiu of Atlanta ; Misses JOS
|nhine and Marjorie Smith, OF
|sRrlington, La; Miss Matte Flu
n. Of Baton Rouge; Miss Grace
|Iuoua of Alexandria; Miss klara
Eesson Of Como, Miss; Lillian
Arm. t Q, g of Plea sart Hill, /
Misses Trilby McGoodwin ant
|BeIen Dunn, of Lake Providence
| Esi Alice Ward, of Mar Ell, Ark
|E;s Bessie Spencer of Tallulah
|,a Messrs Robert McGoodwin
'Hstaire Guenard and Joe Cald
veE. Of Lake Providence; MIR
|0surse Craycroft of Reedland
iik:and DR.. Jno. Nj oven NV
0dans La.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-19
STA GIN Sale.
State OF louisiana, arish OF Madison,
Ninth judicial District Court
q. =. Blair

g. p. Blair
VS.. No. 1S6O.
Heirs Of Kent McRea
BY virtue of Writ of Seizure and
Sale to me directed from .he Honorable
Ninth Judicial District Court for the
prrish of Madison aforesaid, i'll the
above entitled cause, | will proceed to
TO sell at public auction, at the door OF
the Court House in thc-town of Taliu-
lab, in Madison Parish, Louisiana, on
the 2nd Saturday,
The 9Th Day Of August, 1913, A. D.,
between the hours pcScrioed by law
all the right, title, and interest OF Heirs
of Kent McRea in and to the following
property, to-wit:
Two lots fronting on Walnut
Street commencing at 4 point $50 ieet
north OF the north cast corner OF lot
number fourteen of the Town OF Tallu-
lah, Louisiana, and running thence
nOrtherly along the west side OF Wal
nut Street said distance OF Ono Hun
dred feet and running back bewcen
parallel lines at right angles To said
Street distance of one hundred and
fifty feet.
Also that certain lot fronting fifty
feet on continuation OF Walnut Street
in the town OF Tallul3h, La, said lot
commencing at a point $50 feet from the
northeast corner OF lot number fourteen
of said town of Tallulah and running
thence northcrly on the west side OF
said Walnut street fifty feet and run
ming bark between parallel lines Il dis
lance of one hundred and fifty feet and
being the lot 5Uxl0O feet lying north OF
lot OF Thomas Ligh.foot, seized III the
above suit.
Terms OF Sale: Cash with benefit of
appraiscment.
n. J. SEWER, JR.,
Shcrifs's Office, SHERIFF.
TaIlulah, La, July ., 1913.
The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1913-07-19
IL Suffered Years
With NV Back"

Backache resulting from weak
kidneys, a bad cold or other cause,
usually renders the sufferer unit
for work and often results IN per-
maacnt disability.
Il suffered for years with my
back, or kidney trouble, and have
tried a number of remedies iron:
different physicians. More than a
year ago, one of our local druggists
induced ne TO try
DR.. Niles Aati-pein Pills
and after using them some three
months | found decided improve
merit in M kidneys, and | am glad
70 say that hope soon to be fully
restored 20 heal;h." J. 2. ALLEN,
Ex-Judgc City Court, Glasgow, NY.
As long as pain is present in any
par, of the body rest is impossible
snl the system becoming weakened
Is exposed to ary form Of disease TO
which the sufferer may bc inclined.
Or. s:s!es' Aati~pain Pills
By stcaaying the irTitated nerve
ccnters, make refreshing sleep pos
sib!c. thereby enabling the body to
recover lost strength. As arcmcdy
Tor pain Of any description u.
Miles Anti-Pain Pills are unsur-
passed.
Sold by al druggists under quar-
antee assuring tie return o. tire Prics
Of the first box II no bcncht results.
MILES MEDICAL CO.. E!chart Ind.