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CHINESE COURTESY

Editorial ingenuity has been taxed
since the earliest days of periodicals
to formulate a letter accompanying
returned manuscripts which would
soften the rejection and explain the
feelings of the editor. The contribu-
tor will not interpret the words mot
available as aught else but objec-
ton, in spite of-the fact that there is
no space for a thousand of the little
reasons that cannot be recited with
each manuscript in explanation.
From the Chinese we can learn
much in editorial diplomacy. One
letter sent out by a Chinese editor
in the graphic characters of the Ce-
lestial language has been preserved
as prize example, and most i'm
pressively tells a story for which
the mother tongue of America seems
Inadequate:
I'VE have read your manuscript
with infinite delight. By the sacred
ashes of our ancestors, we swear
that we have never read such a
splendid piece of writing. But If we
printed it, His Majesty, the Emperor.
our most high and most mighty
ruler would order us to take this
as model. and never print any
thing inferior. AS this would not be
possible in less than a thousand
years, we with great regret return
thy divine manuscript and ask a
thousand pardons."
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-29

gether with few mechanical dirt dig
ging machines of an impractical char
acter, the United States planned to do
by modern machinery. While part of
the American canal force was in
stalling a sanitary system and wag-
ing war on the yellow fever mos
quitoes, many others were equally as
busily engaged getting the great
steam shovels from the dock at Colon
to Culebra Cut
Each one of the gigantic American
shovels can do more work in one day
than one thousand French laborers
accomplished in the same time. Each
is operated by two men, sheltered
from the intense tropical sun by
cabin on the shovel. The taking out
of the dirt from the cut goes on from
early morning to the close of day.
The shovels, with their great steel
hands, almost human in their move
ments. reach down, pick up five cubic
yards of earth and rock, and load 1t
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SYNOPSIS or PREyIoUs cHAPTERs


The body of an apparently wealthy
woman, with one wrist enclosed IN u
handcuff, is washed ashore on graelhs
at Lonesome Cove. Professor kent,
visitor, interests himself in the case, and
learns family secrets of Wilfred BAR,
who subsequently Is announced as DEAD,
and funeral Is held. Francis Sedgwlck,
an artist, Is accused OF the MURDER OF lne
the wife of young Blair and fallen In love
with her. Kent and Sedgwiek learn that
the supposed grave Of young Blair con-
tains only a coffin weighted with sand
Kent goes to Boston and visits an
astrologer, whose advertisement ne
found in one of the papers taken by
the Blairs. On the way he sees Mrs;
Blair and arranges to have mutual
friend Introduce him to her. From
this friend he finds out that Wilfred
Blair disappeared from the mouse
about the. time the strange Wonlan
was seen in the vicinity Of Lonesome
Cove and never returned. Kent learns
that Mrs. Blair has lost necklace
and other valuable jewelry that had
come down to her from the ner neer rsdi
procured from Elder bennett. and
finds 1t is Elliotts painting OF tne
grandmother The two visit preston
badly bruised wrist. Jax tells Of hay-
ing arranged a meeting at Hawkill Gins
with a woman who gave him Jewels anu
chained him to her with PAIR OF manu- 1,l
cuffs, and attempted to drag him into the
sea with her. and that he escaped with
difficulty. The woman. he salu;
jumped from the cliff and he heard
a Shrek of a mans voice about the
same time.
In order to conceal the cause of her
death Jax said he dashed the body to
grating after soaking IL IN the SCI
Kent returned to the village and Calls
the Interested parties together in his
room at the hotel. where the whole
matter is Strengthened up. Jax pro-
duces the jewels he took from the
body and had buried. Kent explains
Wilfred Blair's delusion about star
worship and the insanity that
prompted him to masquerade as a
woman at times. After long trip
abroad. Marjorie Blair returns to
Francis Sedgwick.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-29
Takes Issue with DIR. Peters.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
The American farmer, by his
rrowess and ingenuity, has brought
to this country the reputation OF
yielding the best crops in the world.
1t. is true that there are some men
who work their farms in an unskilled
and unscientific manner and who are
scarcely able to make living out of
their acres, owing to their indiffer-
ence, but these men are greatly in
the minority.
1 think DIR. Madison C. Peterss
Characterization of the American
farmer as a "clodhopper" is -a'1ittle
farfetched DR.. Peters is lecturer
not a farmer; he is also an idealist
and, because the American farm does
not give as much wheat to the acre
as he thinks it should, he gets peeved
and takes it out on the farmer in his
lectures.
Does DR.. Peters know how more
wheat per acreDcan be produced? If
he does, there are some rich Amer
lean farmers, grown rich by the
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THE STORY OF PANAMA
"Lear Or
NO. a. THE GIANT SHOVEL
School,

TT can be truthfully said that to
the giant shovel Is due the Pa
\ mama canal. Were it not for the
modern American steam shovels the
big ditch would undoubtedly have re-
manned as it was when left by Ferdi-
nand de Lesseps, ruined and heart
broken. De Lesseps abandoned the
isthmus, having thousands of work
men who had fallen victims to yellow
fever buried near the scene of his
hopeless effort to build this great
canal.
When our country began work on
the isthmus in 1905 nearly all the
French equipment had to be dis
carded. 1t was entirely inadequate
to accomplish the task undertaken.
What the French, guided by De Les
seps, had hoped to accomplish with
hand shovels and tiny dirt cars, to-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-29

on the dirt trains. Immune against
yellow fever and the fiendish heat of
the midday sun. totally disregardful
of the floods during the rainy season,
the shovels work month in and month
out. Never do they fail to remove
the many thousand cubic yards of
material expected of them.
The men operating these shovels
form a fond attachment for them.
And it seems as if the shovels felt
this regard so quickly and accurate
ly do they respond to the guiding
hand of the man at the lever. 1t is
the ambition of each slovenian to
take out the greatest number of cubic
yards of material from the cut dur
ing the day. So great is the rivalry
among the shovels that they remove
great deal more earth during the
day than it was originally expected
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-29
COLD AND HOT STATES

The following is. taken from the
current issue of Farm and Fireside:
From weather bureau data COW
ering a period of fourteen years It
has been discovered that the AYERS
age temperature of the United States
is 52,9 degrees Fahrenheit and the
annual amount of rainfall is 1905 cu-
bic miles.
1.-THE State Of Arizona had the low
est amount of precipitation, 5.8
inches, of any State during the four
teen years which extended from 1891
to 1904, inclusive. Alabama had the
greatest amount of rainfall, 71.6
inches.
1.-THE State having the lowest av-
erage temperature was North Dako-
ia, 1855 degrees Florida had the
Lhighes temperature, Ills degrees"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-29
THE FRIEDMAN SERUM A FAILURE.

evident that there good ground for the dis
trust the for tuberculosis when Dr. Fred
first appeared in New York The German doctor mad 1eo
10 get the the medical profession Germany
and there single authenticated of positive cure
produce American medical men are no
more disposed accept faith than European doctors
The American Friedman to America and his
commercial while here plainly showed the
professional motive While there dsrust and criticism
opposition every opportunity given to demonstrate the
In the judgment of eminent professional
has failed and, is dangerous in
present 1t is melancholy that the hope held out to
thousands of consumptves should be cruelty blasted.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-29


AID While he
distinguished not only
Ricod ngus of great ability
o n and dialects
of Mayor Rcord during his two terms Of Office from
bankruptcy AT wood paving into and although
Republicans
his
refused sign it allow the
stretching
disconnected
decision the
new
the Court of Common
cas- oil lis
distinguished physi
in until his
of He died here
August 49, 1897
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-29
Erie Ran bad Criticized.

To the Editor of the Evening Star:
The Erie RAILROAD should be con-
demned for its attitude regarding a
footpath over the proposed new
bridge. For years the attitude of the
railroad has been very narrow one
Gust like the footpath), and time and
time again it has threatened ITO do
away with the footpath entirely.
Not only people going to and from
work are compelled to use the al
legged footpath, but also commuters
on the Erie road itself, who, because
of the awful accommodations on the
Harrison and Kearny side, are OBJ
liged to cross the bridge to the apol-
ogy called the Newark station at
Fourth avenue to get a train.
1t is about time that some steps
were taken by the various municipal
tiles to whip this road into line ana
show the railroad its position.
WEST HUDSONITE.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-29

the shovel was capable of doing.
1t is hardly conceivable, but never
theless true, that this spirit of RI
valry and pride felt by the men for
their shovels has pushed the capacity
up to such an extent that one shovel
has record of digging and loading
1923 cubic yards of earth and rock
in one day. This, if loaded on wag-
ons, would have required 5000 two
horse teams to carry off.
Every day different human inter
est story will appear in the Evening
Star. You can get beautiful intaglio
reproduction of the above picture
with five others. equally attractive
Ix9la inches In size, with this weeks
Mentor" In "The Mentor a we'll
known authority covers the subject
of the pictures and stories of the
week. Readers of the Evening Star
and The Mentor" will know ART
Literature. History, Science. and
Travel: and own exquisite pictures
On sale at the Newark Star Office
stamford place. and p. Il. Mulligan
Dgi Broad street Price fen canfs
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-29
NEwARK's NIGHT SCHOOL SYSTEM.

WAS of the first cities in the United States
of night school instruction. it the
city establish schools Both of these auxiares
for the day schools have and dourshed and reached
invited the emulation of other cities
Tayo report of the evening schools published to-
day. tells the gratifying made by these schools and
interesting features of their development The
socially well edueaonay touched
Ipon supervisor influence for
night school system that has been unsupported by
he uhl
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-29
MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCE.

THIS YEAR is the fftieth anniversary of the battle of
Gettysburg turning point in the great Civil War; and Me
Day, will borrow interest from that
celebration of the holiday will be i'm
There will be not few veterans in the parade who
participated the three days battles Gettysburg In New
unwilling of the to the dead of the bat
Maine will be national event. 1t is than fifteen
blowing up the Maine Havana harbor and
But the will endure
long the republic lives
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-29
DIRECT PRIMARY FOR PRESIDENT.

If CONGRESS before 1916 shall law providing for the
and VicePredent in direct primaries
will be question of Southern delegates for the Repub
party settle for there won't be national nominating
bat only conventions chosen stat
adopt platforms Probably the plan would be for
composed candidates Congress- the hold
the candidates for President and Vice Pres
dent This would the New Jersey plan how long
would it take get Congress consent TO such revolutionary
step n national politics?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-29

Not quite. all, l fancy" returned
Kent. smiling at Marjorie.
She took his wet hand between her
own but it doesn't seem quite
fair" she protested Frank and
have found each other. But you, who
have fought our battle for us so
splendidly, what reward do you
have?"
Chester Kent shook his head. My
dear.t he ssaid gently, the great
game isn't played for prizes"
THE END.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-29
The Mayors of Newark
From 1886 to 1913
No. 14-FREpERIck w. RECORD. 1szo

n FREDERICK
and
of
indies later
settled in Baltimore where his youngest
Philip
of Frederick William Rcord like
Philip medicine graduated from the
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CONTINUED from Yesterday


Really" she approved, you're
progressing. l begin to feel repaid
for my visit, already"
This time Kent looked her in the
eve. you're not very demanding IN
the matter of returns for your trou-
ble.o he remarked. ITO come through
all this wind and rain and then be
content merely to contemplate the
outside of a door-that argues an
humble spirit. To be sure, however,
it's a very good door; one of the
most interesting features of our local
architecture, and may lead to-all
sorts of things"
1t was her turn to grow red
you haven't asked me about Sedg-
wick" he continued.
rs he well?" she inquired formally,
but with quickened breath.
HE is more than that. He is
cured--and a man. A man." he added
meaningly, for any woman to be
proud Of"
There was step on the floor above.
Marjorie Blair's hand went to her
heart.
at didn't know he was here" she
painted affrightedly. I Just came
to-look at the place. Then l saw
the light, and I wanted SO to come
in; but I didn't dare. I can't see
him now! must go! Don't tell
Chester Kent raised his voice.
Frank" he called. Come down
herel Quick"
Not twice in his life had Sedgwiek
heard that tone in his friends voice.
The bungalow shook to his long tread
across the floor. The studio door
opened and flew shut behind him. He
took the stairs at leap, and on the
landing stopped dead.
"Marioriei" he whispered.
She shrank back little from the
light in his eyes.
"What do you do here?" he said
very low
Still she did not speak, but stood,
tremulous, her face half panic, half
passion.
Unobtrusively Kent slid along the
wall. like shadow, and vanished
into the night.
"Where have you been?" Sedgwiek
asked, the woman of his love.
s.u,,arvwbere Nowhere. What does
n natter, she faltered 1--WE come
back"
He went forward and took her
hands in his. cold little hands that
chung as they touched.
s.wbv did Won never write me?" he
asl,ed gently
at don,t know couldn't. Dom
asig mo m exnlain. 1t was lust that
1T felt 7 must come back to you as
had come to YOU first, unexpected
and without word. Can't you I'M
derstand2''
M he said
..No. suppose not. A man
oo,,ldn,tn
"cood Godip he burst out. do
49, ,,,,at ~ is IN live in such
Sou eat s.tet,,i+,, md lonoinp as
q ne -, " ~ s;nna .you left. to wait.
49, "a lose hone and hone
anu ~ - fo,. word that never
any aar,as. 70 eat vour heart out with
sai.i,,,9,
e,, s,,i,a +ren,bled
SLOW, Woi ~ saana sha ssid 81
on her ups. wy -, nv iifa ;,
nave wai1eu io ,yaro a,Aund
suddenly ne .assoa ~ his
nlm' ner cheen ,,,isna,. w.,
| own, the pie''u u
at ms ear. .,n .,, - ~
On iohelVe ms W., ,,
TO you, my oeai NY ~ 81, rhos
Out IN tne VIM aliu s. $3.50 - :,
ter Kent Grew IN Tue ueep vieasm an -
satisfeo ana louliu S. az Ia ,,i,,.
lie hao peheiu' asaAuss III ", $50
dow shade TWO shaoo"s' "nas s son
ing motloniess lor noe
feet apart hao drawn sio"ls 49,. go,
as by some lrreslsl,p,e mas e',T ,,''
and sudaenly inelssu ,aeU n oas :,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-29
RACE THE TEST OF JAPAN.

THE should be the test observes the London
standard Japan would eventually have face the united
world And the is the test Intoleran of for
Japan insists rights for her subjects in this
equal citizenship claiming that denial dis
There spineess element the United States
that mawkish sentiment for
greed would uphold the japanese claim There Amer
can that hamed by the attitude of the British
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-29
THE TOLL OF BAD RAILS AND WHEELS.

A BAD showing for the steam railroads of the United
states Is made in the report the
mission for the months of 1912 OF the 1851 persons
killed. which of 1876 the corresponding
the year before go lost their lives in collisions
derailnaents and 716 per
roen wheels these elements being about
equally divided When will Congress and the States ht to
<rfoeep ipon the rule Of safety frst:"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-29

The cost, which will be borne by the
joint parties, is estimated at about
400 per year.
Ohios elective liability law has
been in operation one year. The su-
preme Court sustained the validity
of this law, and in twelve months re-
ferred to 1,022 employers became con-
tributors to the State insurance fund
The total of $217,SS5 has been paid in
and $4,000 employees protected. The
annual payroll is in excess of s4O.-
100000. The elective law will remain
in operation until January l, 1914
when the Green compulsory compen.
sation bill, recently passed, will &c
into effect.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-29

leB6 Oh GuySiCiduS anu CuTStOIfSt III
New York city, in 1910, the year in
which he became citizen. Mr..
Ricord married a daughter of the
Rev. Peter Stryker. of Belleville, this
State. and settled in that town. Mrs.
Ricord was a writer of ability, and 1t
seemed that her son Frederick had
Inherited her literary tastes
1t was while on visit of his par-
ents to the West Indies that the subs
ject of this sketch was born. Re-
turning. the Ricord family settled in
New York and then in Woodbridge.
this State. and then in New York
again. Mr. Ricord, the future mayor,
was graduated from both Hobart and
Rutgers colleges. He was admitted
to the New York bar and for a time
-practised law in Geneva, ". Y, but
he tired of the legal profession and
began TO teach in the schools of New
ark In his leisure time he wrote ar
ticles for the newspapers and maya
zines, and was the author and editor
of several works in book form.
He was elected a member of the
first Board Of Education of this city
in 1853 and served in that capacity
for seventeen years. He spent six
years as secretary of the board and
three years as president He was also
annointod State commissioners of Y,tib-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-29
Gossip Of the oilers

There is a record of 200 cases of
tuberculosis, treated at the govern
ment hospital in New Mexico. in each
Of which the disease was brought on
nv the inhalation of cement dust in
which the victims were compelled TO
work.
Economic leadership and Industrial
efficiency of the German nation is
due to the splendid system of con-
tinuation schools. which have given
German workmen the advantage of
those in this country. The continue
ton schools are frequently supported
nv manufacturers, who realize the
necessity of having skilled workmen
in their factories, who will add to a
general education the increasing tech
nical knowledge required in various
departments of manufacture.
In Germany negotiations aiming at
amalgamation are being carried on
between the executive councils of
the unions Of glassmakers 19,000
members), potters d6.600 members)
and edfJ0eHW al z oNON NA"s'NS(
members.
How far the German railway au-
thorities go in their guardianship of
employees is shown by an order of
| the frankfurt directors that the
| zenda of all union meetings must
he given in detail and handed in
fourteen days before such meetings
| or the total number of wage earn
ers in Germany counted in 1907
% 900, OOO-one- third are female, thell
number having increased from $500.
900 in 1895 TO 100000 in 1907.
/ A Joint central committee has been
elected by the labor party committee
of Switzerland, and the Trade
Unions Federation for the systema-
tic encouragement of educatio~
features among tha ~orklnx ai4AsA
The Delta independent., 1913-06-20

elements, there is bound to be more or
less criticism and complaints, some
well founded and some not we'll
founded
In creating commission of five
members, with the director as chair.
man, the secretary of the interior has
relieved himself of the burden of hear
ing. innumerable petty matters con-
nected with the service. that will now
be heard and decided upon by the
commission of five men, with ma
jority vote determining questions This
viii make it impossible for anyone to
charge favoritism or prejudice in any
action which the service may take.
All big questions of policy, as we'll
as complaints and appeals from the
action of the service. will be heard by
the commission. and the secretary
plans to make the decision of this
commission final, except in very un-
usual cases where he may have to
review the matter himself"
Secretary Lanes order was issued as
a result of the IA days hearing of
complaints made by water users and
settlers recently at the interior de-
partment The board is to consist of
F. H. Newell, chairman. George Bar
ton French, commissioner in charge
OF operation and maintenance; A.
Davis, chief engineer; Judge VIII R.
King of Oregon, chief counsel, and an.
other member not yet named, in charge
of contracts and finance.
The Delta independent., 1913-06-20

small roots on each tree can be cut
off. The plowing should be followed
by cover crop to evaporate any ex-
cess Of moisture in the soil Some
people still hold on the old exploded
idea. that fruit buds and leaf buds
are formed as two distinct classes,
but this has been thoroughly proven
erroneous. They are all alike till the
leaf buds or vegetative shoots are
changed INTO fruit buds in the latter
part OF the season which as We have
seen is effected by the checking of
the growth by holding up the supply
of water.
Sorauer in his PLANT Physiology"
says on page 222: "A continuous and
excessive formation of leaves is det-
rimental to the formation of flowers.
that in warm insular climates they
grow into magnificent foliage trees
but remain unproductivc of fruit. In
all these cases it proves to be advan-
Shoots and to bring a complete period
of rest The best means of doing this
is BY drouth." Again on page 223 he
says A damp spring will cause the
production of strong foliage and an
early dry and warm summer follow
ing upon this will prevent the leaves
from growing too long and will cause
the production of a large number OF
Towering buds"
/ could quote much from this emf
nent author to the same effect, but |
think have proven from the best
authority that heavy irrigation if
carried on after the middle of the
summer will prevent the formation Of
fruit buds and thus greatly lessen the
crop Of fruit during the next season.
II we can not increase the formation
of fruit buds by excessive irrigation
carried on through the whole season
as some folks seem to think. then is
there any way that we can increase
the next years crop by anything We
NAV do this ycar2 One Of the things
we can do is to cease irrigation after
the middle Of the summer and give
our trees that rest which Sorauer
says they need. So long as we keep
up heavy irrigation, fruit buds can net
be extensively formed. We must not
carr this too far or we may injure
the fruit on tho trees. for too much
drout1 will rctard tho growth of the
fruits and they will not color so we'll.
Princes Walden.