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GREAT WRITER A REAL BOY
Charles Dickens, Like the Average
Younsstsr, Had His Dreams Of
Becoming . Pirate.

The English boys Of years ago
there never was any doubt ~ to
American boys OF that or any other
period before or after--had romantic
ideas ~ to becoming ruthless robbers
by land or pirates on the high seas
ID shown by q recently discovered
speech made by Charles Dickens and
reported In the London Times Of April
13. 1864. from which the following
quotation from the London Dickenson.
ian is taken: '.Mr. Dickens said his
flrst recollections Of the northwest Of
London (this was in 1924. when he
was twelve years old. were connect,
cd with certain waste plot Of ground
used almost exclusively for beatins
carpets. The only ornaments OF the
locality. were piece Of stagnant va.
ter. few struggling docks and some
stunted green's. With It, however. was
associated the romantic story Of the
Field Of the Forty Footsteps, accord
ing to which duel had been fought
there between two brothers. the forty
dreadful PAGES over which the victor
pursued his victim being marked BY
the withering up Of the grass In forty
distinct places. Dickens had often
gone there. he said. accompanied by
an adventurous young Englishman,
aged eleven, with whom he had In
tended going to the Spanish Main n
soon a. ever they could amass sum.
Client wealth to buy cutlass and .
rifle"
The University Of London afterward
was erected on this site. Dickens as
boy in April. 1927. saw the corner
stone laid and "the ceremony OF lay
ing the first stone Of q new and
splendid public building" Of which
Mr.. Pecksniff was the architect. q
narrated In Martin Chuzzlewit," waf
reminiscence of this event.
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WHITES POOR PEARL DIVERS
Tried In Australia, but All Engaged
In the Business Are Either Dead
or Paralyzed.

Efforts have recently been made tc
employ white men as pearl divers OF
the coast of Australia, and Legislation
for the purpose has been adopted, IL
order to more fully open that industry
to Europeans.
But 1t now appears that the expert
ment has been by no means satisfac
tory. A very interesting statement on
this subject has recently been made
by Captain Talboys, who has had wide
experience Of pearling on the Austria,
lian coast. He says emphatically
that white divers are an impossibility.
He had hoped that the white man
would have proved a successful diver,
but he says that. after very lengthy
experiment, the idea had been aban-
idoned
The divers. six or eight OF them.
who were brought to Australia by the
master pearlers. from Messrs. siebe.
German & Co.. and Messrs. Henkie 4
Co, submarine engineers. about two
years ago, were all either dead or par
alyzed.
In view of the further facts alleged.
there appears to be no scope for white
pearl divers in Australian waters.
For. a. the result Of years diving.
says Captain Talboys. the best returns
of the white divers did not exceed .
ton. whilst the average yield Of an
Asiatic's work was between four and
five tons.
Besides, the Asiatic worked for SIC
to SIS per month, plus q commission
on the shell raised, while the white
man received $40 per month. with .
similar commission. in addition to
which the cost of keep for the white
man was about three times that ex.
pended on the Asiatic.-Far East,
Toxic.
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HIS YELLOW STREAK
BY GERALD TAYLOR.

THE reason why some men never
succeed" said Anderson at tho club.
.is that they don't measure up to
more than their twenty or twenty-five
week. Take Joe Ransom. for In
stance"
What, Joe Ransom who-r
Shut up. Mortimer. I'm telling this
tale"
But Joe Ransom has succeeded-at
least, he
Anderson turned on him 20 savage
ly that Mortimer growled himself into
silence. Then Anderson resumed.
Joe Ransom was poor clerk. earn
Ing 31s q week. That was four years
ago. Ho used to come round to my
bachelor rooms in the evening, and.
when wasn't too busy to kick him
out, he would lament the harshness
Of fate and the hardness Of his boss
until kicked him out anyway. Ran
some thought hadn't much sympathy
for him, and I hadn't. But he thought.
also. that hadn't any interest in him.
and there he was wrong. He was very
Interesting to me a. . psychological
subject. knew that Joe's failure
came from . certain instability Of
character. He had yellow streak In
him, but It hadn't had the opportunity
to show up. that's all.
He had . girl-all those fellows
have. Her name was May Latimer.
and they didn't see any prospect of
getting married. met her-once. She
was good-hearted. shrewd-headed.
rather common type Of girl. and Just
the mate for Joe. He hadn't had thu
sense to select her, though. She had
selected him.
And then one night Joe came rush
ing into my rooms. wild with excite
ment.
"'Get out!' said. I'm busy
Cant help IT, answered Joe. dane
ing round the room. You've got to
listen to me. Fortunes turned. I'm
rich
whats the matter?' asked. Got
= raise from your bossr
".No., answered Joe, trying the tan
go with my best leather chair. I've
come into . fortune N
Then he reminded me about an &c
centric old uncle Of his in Maine whom
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1rx sana.luood fer Ells,.

London people have discovered or
adopted, rather. an agreeable way to
keep their houses free from flies and
mosquitoes. They burn sandalwood.
which has pleasant odor. but one
that IL disliked by these summer
pests. The idea has been imported
from the Orient. where 1t has been
used for many years.
The sandalwood can be bought at al
most any Turkish Or Japanese import
ing house. 1t is prepared for burning
by being cut up into pieces about half
an inch thick and three inches long.
and then baked or dried in slow oven
for "a hours. A piece of the wood II
then lighted and placed in a metal urn.
After It has become well afiame the
flame is extinguished and the red en-
ber left to smolder until 1t is all con-
sumed and only small heap Of fine
gray ashes is left.
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leaves have been reduced to q powder
the paper Ii busted clean with =
brush made OF common bristles and
Its surface examined with the naked
eye or microscope. II the tea IL
artifcially oolored little spots or
streaks of vivid Prussian blue will
appear in the flber of the paper. These
stains are 80 distinct In their color.
ing that they cannot possibly be con-
fused with any other stain that may
be in the paper.
The Ordway new era., 1913-09-26


the letter and looked At him. and
was quite shocked at the change In
his appearance.
$50 1t seems there isn't any prop
after ALL said. ~
".No.' he cried. The old hog hadn't
any title to that land at all. What am
going to do, VIII? I'm ruined
What about the real estate and
the touring carp l asked. I couldn't
help taunting him.
They're going % take everything
back, he answered savagely. But
what good will that do me! owe
five hundred for the clothes and It
will take me my life to pay that back
III L get back my job ~
How about Miss Latimer?' I ask
ed, and Joe sprang up and grabbed me
by the arm.
"I've been q hog and a skunk.
Will.' he said. DO you think she'll
take me back? Do your
II told him to be \ man, to go to his
boss first and ask for his old job back:
then to go TO Miss LAtimer and ask
her forgiveness. think he saw things
more seriously when I had finished
speaking to him. Anyway. he did
what I told him to and next day he
was back with his former employer.
working for SIS q week. And the fol-
lowing Sunday met him walking with
May Latimer and their faces were ra-
diant.
Eyes. that was = lesson for Joe
Ransom. All the town was laughing
at him. The little boys called 'chug.
chug.' after him In the streets. But
May was plucky girl and she stood
by him. and saw that he was de-
termined to live down the past.
Two weeks passed. The boys had
ceased to yell after Joe. The day for
the marriage had been fixed. \ The
tailor had been pacified, through my
Intervention. Joe's future was ap-
parently to be as untroubled - his
past had been. The brief splurge. the
short and vivid dream Of wealth had
steadied the fellow. The yellow
streak had worn itself away. And
then, q few nights before his we'd
ding day, Joe and Miss Latimer came
round to my rooms together. Joe had
. letter in his hands. He handed 1t
to me without q word. read It.
Dear Sir 1t ran:
1--WE beg to notify you that the
sale Of the property of your uncle, the
late Mr.. Josiah Ransom, netted the
sum Of $43,s97.16. and we are enclos-
ing you draft for the same, less hve
per cent. commission and estate fees.
2 Respectfully yours.
'Wedgwood and Orpington.'
We'll, young people, said, what
do you make of that!'
"Joe swallowed painfully. I've sent
Z telegram and had the letter con-.
nrmed. and they say the former let
ter was . hoax he said. IT'S true.
WIN. don't you understand? Lord.
that practical Joker saved my money
fer me. don't owe . penny except
to the tailor. and May 10 going to see
that there aren't any touring cars
"Tt seems - though that practical
Joker did you . good turn against
your wish,' said. Maybe he was .
friend OF yours in disguise. joe
MAYBE said Joe Ransom doubt
fully.
But May Latimer had more per
ception than had given her credit
for, because. as they went out Of the
door she suddenly turned and squeezed
my hand.
"'rn never forget this-never. Mr..
Anderson she said.
"'Take care OF Joe.' answered.
and we'll call it square,
"She did"
Copyright. 1918. by W. G. chapm.n.>
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roo Heavy 4 handieap.

Two boys who managed to be rash.
er unruly In school so exasperated
their teacher that she requested them
to remain after hours and write their
names one thousand times. They
plunged into the task. e
Some fifteen minutes later one Of
them grew uneasy and began watch.
ing his companion in disgrace. Sud
denly the first one burst out with de-
spair between his sobs and said to the
teacher:
"rTain't fair. mum! His names
Bush and mines Schluttermeyer."
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solomon Generous 40 We'll .s Wise.

Solomon Generous - Well ~ Wise.
A family travelling In . covered
wagon through Solomon the other day
had an opportunity to learn what kind
Of people live In that town. A horse
belonging to the travellers dropped
dead in its harness. on the main street
Of the town. The family was poor
and had no money to buy another
horse. 30 the Solomon folks took up
collection. bought hofse. gave It to
the strangers and sent them on their
way within few hours.-xansas Cly
Star.
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Human Thumb a Brain Gauge.

tIum3u q 0seHH S&ebSs
The fact that there is what 10
known as the thumb center" In the
brain, recognized by all surgeons.
demonstrates the immense importance
attached to the thumb by medical
science. A
7 II there Is tendency toward par.
alysis, the physician notes it in the
thumbs long before the malady shows
itself in other directions. An opera
sion to avert the calamity. II possible,
is frequently performed on the thumb
center" Of the brain. and the thumb
itself Is watched for results favorable
or otherwise.
1t is a matter of record that the
thumbs OF idiots and those mentally
weak are undersized, characterless.
and usually cling closely to the side
of the hand.
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The Lovers Domain.

you say" remarked the married
man. that all the world loves lover
But where do you get that stuff!
Poetry. eh? II it's poetry 1t must be
true. A poet wouldn't lie.
$50. all the world loves q lover!
There's the fellow who has to sit ur
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How to Test Tea. Purity

A remarkably simple method OF
testing the purity OF tea for coloring
matter II to use an ordinary table
knife and sheet of white paper,
upon which . small quantity OF the
tea to be tested Ia placed. The tea is
then rubbed with the knife. When the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-01
ROUND
AT ATLANTIC CITY
Travis and Herresh0ff Show
Real Form in Golf
Tourney.
RISLEY AND MOTT SURVIVE

ATLANTIC CITY, Nov. Wv. ].
Travis and Frederick Herreshoff, of
Garden City, Maurice Risley, Atlantic
City, and Richard Mott, Huntingdon
Valley, will be the competitors in the
semi-final round for the Governors
Cup at the annual fall golf tourna-
ment today on the links of the At
lantic City Country Club at North
field. Both matches won by Travis
yesterday were closely contested He
defeated Robert Weir, of Wilmington,
Del, at the nineteenth hole in the
morning round, and won from w. II.
Follett, Royal st. Davids, England,
2 up in the afternoon.
Follett, who was one of the dark
horses in the tournament, averaged
% yards more than Travis on his
drives, but the latter's superiority at
putting enabled him to win the
match.
Herreshoff won his game with COM
parative ease, defeating Frederick
Snare, Havana, 8 up and to play,
and Garfield Scott, Philadelphia, up
and to play. Mott won from Theo-
dore Senseman, Atlantic City, 2 UP
and to play, and from s. D. Wright,
Philadelphia, and L.
Risley, the youthful winner of the
medal round, also had an easy time
winning the morning round, up and
6 to play, from Mcleod Thompson,
and eliminating II. M Weaver, Hunt
ingdon Valley in the afternoon, 6 to 5.
In the semi-final round today
Travis will meet Risley, while Her
reshoff will play against Mott.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-01
Yale Figures Crushing Offense
Will Batter Down Colgate

NEW HAVEN, Conn. Nov. L.
With badly shot-to-pieces eleven
Yale win meet the doughty Colgate
eleven today, conquerors of Cornell
and virtually of West Point, whose
solitary score against them came
through a technical failure TO regard
the ball not In play.
Five of Yale's rush line is new for
the game with Colgate foe, including
both ends and the four players Of the
right wing. A sixth member of the
rush line, Talbot, has only resumed
his former position at left tackle ar
ter spending the entire week at end,
leaving in reality Captain Ketcham
of the line as the only player in the
place he has filled all the season.
A Yale coaching maxim, old as Eli
football, has 1t that THE best defense
is q strong attack" Some OF the Yale
coaches think that the saying was
borrowed from the Napoleonic code
Only by assuming that today Yale
will force the fight at all stages are
the coaches justified in the belief that
the Eli eleven will remain unsecured
upon at the close OF the Colgate bout.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-01
Mahan and Hitchcock Out
OF Harvard's Cornell Game

CAMBRIDGE. Mass. Nov. 1.--Har-s'
ward practise got late start yester-
day. as Cornell used the stadium for
q workout. and the Crimson had to-
wait until the visitors had finished.
The work for the Harvard varsity
was light, consisting of dummy
scrimmage. in which the scrubs used,
the Cornell plays and a fast signal
drill.
Harvard will present a somewhat
lcrippled lineup today, as Mahan,
Hitchcock and O'Brien will be out OF
the game Bradlee will take Mahan's
place in the backfield. Coolidge will
substitute for O'Brien, and Ted With-
ington will go In at Hitchcoclz's place.
at tackle. The substitutes are alb
first class players.
A shift has been made in the HAIR
ward defense. Hardwick will back
up the line instead of Briclxley, who
will play in his old fullbaclz positione
of last year. Hardwick usually went
back on punts with the quarterback.
but tomorrow Bradlee will do this, as
Mahan is to catch punts in the big
games. The latter Is at his best rum
ming In kicks.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-01
Trio of New Penn Players
Will Face State College

PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 1.--coach
Brooke took a radical step last night
when he announced that the team
that will start the game for Penn
against state today will be q con-
siderably-shifted eleven. the ends
and the line are the objects Of
Brookes action, and three new faces
win start the game, and one man will
be shifted to another position. Har-
ris has been finally picked to play
the right tackle position and Carter
viii be shifted to left guard where
he will replace Russell. Mccall and
Rooms will be succeeded by Bloom
and Murdoch.
Captain Miller is the bulwark Of
the State eleven, and around him the
offense of the team will be built
Bergman is another man who IL well
remembered on Franklin Field, not
only because Of his running with the
ball, but his great defensive quail
ties. Welty is their punter, and.
though not ong-distance kicker. he
is a good placer and usually has the
opposing quarterback running after
the ball Tobin, the fullback. has not
made any name for himself, but -
d good, steady player.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-01
Coaches Believe Radical
Changes Will Aid Princeton

PRINCETON. Nov. 1-rPrinceton
will face the Holy Cross football
eleven today with radically changed
lineup. Click, the regular right half
back. will be at quarter in place o.
S. Baker. and Law has been drafted
to the varsity right half mainly for
his kicking ability GLE and Long
streth have been replaced at right
guard by w. Swart and Semmens will
play the other guard. The combl-
nation is one which the coaches have
been trying out on the side since tho.
Dartmouth game. r~s
Giles inability to punt creditable
distances. the coaches said. necessi-
tated a new kicker. and as they hest
tated to add to the work of Captain
Baker. Law. who had been showing
good form in punting for the club
was put at right half. Click is not
new man at quarter. He played
four years at quarter in Pittsburgh
before he came to Princeton, and Is
filled the same position on his freshs
man team last year.
Practise was confined to q long but
light signal drill in which the team
went through all the plays it expects
TO use against Holy Cross. -,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-01
High School League Charter
Still Bone of Contention

Representatives of the four schools
in the projected Newark City High
School Athletic Association met yes
terday afternoon at Barringer High
School for the purpose of revising the
tentative constitution drawn up by
Randall Warden, the head of The
Board of Educators physical de-
partment, for the new body's adop-
ton. Wayland Z. Stearns, the prin-
cipal OF Barringer High School, who
is chairman of the committee which
is revising Warden's instrument, re-
fused admittance to the newspaper
men.
1t is believed that letter from st.
Benedicts applying for admittance
into the City League was read at
yesterdays gathering. Those In
charge of athletics at the High street
college admit that such a letter was
written early in the week.
AS the body in session yesterday
has not the power to act upon the
application of the High streeters, the
action had to he waived until next
Wednesday, when there will be O
general meeting at the City Hall. It
is said that Newark Academy will be
invited to participate in the forma-
ton of the league. 1t is very improb-
able that the Farrandites will enter
into any such utilization with the
other schools of the city. Years ago
the Academyites were members of
the New Jersey Interscholastic
League. but withdrew after a rup-
ture in the relations of the Farrand
and Newark High School, now Bar
ringer.
The committee in session yesterday
will be busy until the meeting next
week with the work of shaping "a
the proposed constitution. An article
that is said to have met with oppo-
sition is that in relation to the power
of the treasurer to collect the entire
gate receipts of the intracity games
under league jurisdiction.
All of the schools are believed to
differ with Mr.. Warden on this point,
and in all likelihood the article will
read SO that the league will receive
a tariff or percentage from the games
rather than the entire receipts. The
schools contend that the athletic
associations of the respective schools
require support financially as well as
the controlling body.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-01
BIG SHIFT in TIGER LINE
BEFORE HOLY CROSS CLASH
COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Tho more important gridiron battles
on the schedule for today, with the
Harvard-cornell game as the big at
traction, follow:
Princeton vs.. Holy Cross, at Prince
ton.
Yale vs.. Colgate at New Haven.
Harvard W. Cornell at Cambridge.
Army VS.. Notre Dame, at West
Point.
Dartmouth VS.. Amherst, at Amherst.
Navy VS.. Lehigh, at Annapolis.
Pennsylvania VS.. Penn state at
Philadelphia.
Georgetown Va. Carlisle, at WASH
ington.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-01
MONTCLA|R HIGH
SWAMPS STEVENS
Fast Mountain Town Eleven
Batters Down HobOkenites
for 800 Victory.
HILL PLAYS GREAT GAME

Montclair High School boosted it's
percentage in the New Jersey Inter-
scholastic League standing to 500
points by registering a 90 to 0 win
over Stevens School yesterday. For
the first two periods the Hobokenites
withstood the slashing of the heavy
Sohwarz mHehine without score.
In the third period the Dutchmen
made their initial tally. Manners car
iied the ball over after the Montclair-
ties had worked IL down the field
with the frequent use of forward
passes.
Three of the five touchdowns were
made on forward passes. In the final
period the mountain towners scored
20 points.
Hills playing for MontcIair stood
out above all the rest of the Mont
clair eleven. While he did not make
any spectacular runs, he was sure
ground-gainer, and ripped through
the line time after time for ten and
fifteen yards. He also made some
great tackles, and smeared up a
nrmbe, of Stevens's PLAYS. although
the whole team was after him Man
ners and Baker also showed UP well,
Bakers running back of punts being
of high order. Starrett and Kn ght
played theii usual consistent game,
both being In every play that was
pulled off. Starrett's throwing OF for
ward Iasses was immense, while
Knight succeeded In breaking through
the line and smearing up Stevens's
plays before they got started.
The two Stevens tackles. Downing
and balleck, showed up In great
style. The playing of the former was
especially high class. He did not
seem to have any trouble In getting
through the Montclair line and
throwing the back field for losses.
Cone tho fast right end. was also q
shining light. He tore off couple OF
end runs and his tackling was one
of the features of the days play.
Madden, the engineers centre, was
always on the job, and intercepted
forward Iasses on four occasions.
The lineup and summary;
Montclair. steyens;
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-01
Coaches Pat Click at Quartes
and Law at Right
Half.
HARVARD ELEVEN CRIPPLEn
=
Yale Hopes to Make Up for
Previous Showing
Today.

The first Saturday in November
usually tells the tale in intercollegiate
football. but the program for the
day is not likely to produce any up
sets. Princeton meets Holy Cross.
O team that lost to Harvard recently
by AZ to 0. 1t can be said very safe
ly that the Tigers will not approach
the total made by the Crimson.
Harvard will undoubtedly give Cor
nell pretty trouncing, and the main
interest in the contest lies in the
ability OF the Ithaca eleven to hold
the Crimson down TO score that will
not disgrace AL Sharpe'e cohorts
Yale looks to have q hard PROPOSE
ton confronting 1t in the Colgate
team. but 1t seems that the upstate
eleven played itself out a bit in tho
6-to-7 game with the Army and will
not present the spirited attack that
made the West Point men hustle to
win.
Pennsylvania has lot OF old scores
to settle with Penn state, which Is.
to visit Franklin Field today.