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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-20
England's Civil Service.
From the Philadelphia Ledger.


Now and then some badly Informed
advocate of the civil service reform
in this country points to England as
an example to be commended anu
initiated. Sir George W. Kekewlch
in London Everyman, shows us that
the civil service system in that land
is not at all democratic institution,
hut was created and is still main
tanned as a refuge for so-called gen
tlemen" with proper family creden-
tials. So dividing line is drawn and
higher and lower divisions are formed.
While providing that no man who en-
tered above the line should ever be
sent below it, no matter how incapa-
BILE he might be, it was so arranged
that men once below the line should
stay below the line, however capable
they might be, and never invade the
sacred class circle above, not being
eligible by birth and education.
Nomination. says the writer,
'1ends itself freely to jobbery. and
there are plenty of cases where friends
and relations of ministers, former
ministers and permanent officials,
have profited by it. There should be
established a system of free promo
ton throughout each office, breaking
down the barrier between the higher
and second divisions, and there should
be a rule that no man should be inn
ported from outside into the higher
ranks of the staff except for special
reasons. which should be given in
report presented to parliament"
There may be some food for thought
in this worthy the attention of the
American market.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-20
Noted Women Whose Birthday Is Yours
FEBRUARY 20
Louise Victoria, Princess Royal
Copyrs
RY MARY MARaHAL1.
FEBRUARY 20
'e Victoria, Princess Royal
Copyrighted. 1913,

Only one of Queen Victoria's grand
children-and there were some forty
OF them ltogether-married a mem
Der of the British nobility, and that
was Louise Victoria, the eldest daugh-
ter of the late Edward VII. and the
sister of the present king. She was
born on February 20, 1857, and mar
ried the Duke of Fife, who was eigh-
teen years her senior. She has two
children, Alexandra Victoria and
Maud Alexandra. Alexandra Victoria
was married not many months ago to
her cousin, Prince Arthur of Con-
naught.
Anne Grant, famous letter-writer,
was born February 20, 1755, in Glas-
gov. When she was two years old
abe came with her family to this
country, where her father settled on
the banks of the Hudson river. AS
she grew to girlhood she was great
favorite with the old families then
located in Albany, and was in good
way of becoming a thorough going
American when her father suddenly
returned to Scotland. Here she mar
ried a garrison chaplain and settled
with him in a village parish in the
highlands, where she performed the
difficult tasks of a poor parsons wife.
She even learned Gaelic SO as the
better to understand her husbands
parishioners and took great interest
in the local folklore. In 1901, when
Mrs. Grant was forty-six, her hus-
band died. leaving her with eight
children and only a very small PEN
sion. Her fathers estate in America,
which might have relieved her. had
been conflscated in the revolution.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-20

No longer can the violator of the
game laws escape by claiming that
his guilty venison is only blameless
bear, or innocent goat. A way has
been found to prove deer meat is
deer meat without hide, head or hair
for evidence, and whether the venison
be fresh, broiled, jerked or in fried
liver sausRges.
The story of the first venison con-
viction ever secured in America by
the ingenious "precipitin test is told
by Frank C. Clarke, biologi-
cal expert of the California
State Fish and Game Com
mission, in a paper just issued from
the Hearst laboratory of pathology
of the University of California, where
Clarke carried his experiments to a
triumphant ISSUE
1t was a Mendocino county deer
that died to save his kin from being
slaughtered in closed season. In the
icebox of the Palace Hotel, at Ukiah,
ten-pound chunk of meat that
looked, smelled and tasted like ven-
ison was found by Deputy Fish and
Game Commissioner B. H. Miller. But
looks, smell and taste won't convince
a country jury unless there be cor
roborative antlers, hoofs or hide, for
"how do you know it tastes like ven
ison?" is poser. The hotel proprie-
tor, f. Sandelin, stoutly declared the
meat was only legal bear, not Illicit
deer.
So science was appealed to. Clarke,
trained at the university In field and
laboratory methods of biological re-
searh, was detailed by Secretary Err
and Game Commission, to find
whether that, Ukiah icebox had shell
tered deer or bear.
B'rer Rabbit was called upon to aid
In the investigation. An extract of
deer muscle was injected on nine diff
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-20
SPOT MADE BY LUTHER
IN FIGHT WITH SATAN

entered the royal apartment. He was
murdered with daggers in the pres
ence of the queen and his body
dragged out of the room. The stains
of blood on the floor are still pointed
out, and are very plainly visible.
After witnessing Napoleon's inter
view with Bismarck at a wayside
cottage, and his subsequent surren-
der, Archibald Forbes and fellow
war correspondent slept in the cha
teau which the fallen emperor had
occupied the night before The bed
room was just as Napoleon had left
il, and by the bed the open book with
which he had read himself to sleep.
1t was Lyttons Last of the Barons.'
Sitting at the adjoining writing table,
Forbes wrote his dispatches whilst
his companion gnawed at a ham
bone, their sole remainder Of food.
Irate at the little eating it furnished,
he flung it across the room and upset
the inkstand into which Forbes was
dipping. When Forbes revisited the
chateau a month or so later, the ink
stand was pointed out as caused by
Napoleon's rage on learning the Ger
man terms OF peace.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-20

From a commercial point of view,
cheerfulness is an asset fairly rank
ing with honesty and efficiency. st.
Paul in his epistle to the Corinthians
speaks of three abiding qualifications,
Faith, hope and charity, these three;
but the greatest of these is charity"
In the admonition and reference to
ck arity. he embodied the broad oriBi-
nal meaning of the word not limited
to the narrow present day conception
of it.
Charity, in his view, embraces all
acts and deeds leading to the peace,
comfort and pleasure of our fellow
man. In this sense it is not difficult
to measure the value of cheerfulness.
Assuming. then, that cheerfulness is
a virtue. it is apparent that It's appli-
ca ton in our every day life is not
orly desirable but demanded. There
can be and there Is no difference in
| its application to commercial affairs.
| Cheerfulness is not always evidence
| of success. comfort or accomplish
ment, but 1t cannot be successfully
denied it's practical use leads to such
results.
The merchant or clerk dealing with
|
Business is pleasantly contaminated
and there is mental satisfaction. The
| lack of cheerfulness retards OF hin
| ders ii. This being so. we should
| train ourselves to its constant use.
| Honesty, of course. is the first prin-
ciple in commercial dealings, but add
| TO this cheerfulness and the result
will never be doubtful.
| That this view is being recognized
by corporations employing thousands
| OF persons is evidenced by letter re-
Gently issued by the president of a
large railroad company advising his
workers to avoid worry. He says:
''Be content with your daily lot; sat
! isfaction with ones regular employ
ment is a great aid to dispelling
worry OF the mental causes, worry
is the worst. Learn to be a master of
your moods"
Dispelling worry does not neces-
sarily create 'cheerfulness. but is con-
| ducive to it. This is the ethical as
we'll as theoretical view of the oues-
ton. In the daily discharge of your
/ duties you may often find it difficult
to meet these requirements, but never
| impossible.
| In answering silly questions, trying
| to meet impossible demands or refut-
ing false statements. il il mot alwava
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-20
DEER MEAT TOLD FROM BEAR
BY UNIQUE, SCIENTIFIC TEST

ferent days into the same rabbits
Also extracts of beef, mutton and
deer muscle were similarly injected
into other rabbits. Then these rab-
bits were bled and the serum ex-
tracted from the blood.
Now came the test. An extract was
made from the muscle of the mystic
rious meat from the Ukiah icebox.
This clear extract was mixed with
the clear serum from the blood of the
rabbits that had been injected with
extracts of beef, mutton or bear.
Nothing happened. The mixture re-
NAMED clear. Then the clear ex-
tract of the meat suspected of being
deer meat was mixed with the clear
serum from the blood of the rabbits
that had been injected with venison
extract. Then, presto, the liquor
turned a turbid white. and later a
fiocculent deposit settled in the bot
tom of the tube. And when extract
of known deer meat was used exactly
the same thing happened.
Proved! 1t was deer meat in the
icebox. The Ukiah jury agreed that
the proof was absolute beyond dispute.
and the defendant was fined 500, the
first time in America this precipitin
test had secured a conviction in a
game law case. Only once before had
the method been used in America in
such a case-once in Massachusetts
by DR.. Frederick p. Gay, now pro-
lessor of pathology in the University
of California No conviction then re
suited. because Massachusetts had
then no law declaring Illegal the pos
session of venison out of season.
Now at last a ready method Is avail
able to convince any jury that deer is
deer and not goat. that cat is not
rabbit, that stew meat is horse; way
to determine what's what in sausage.
and whether there is ever any basis
for the venerable pleasantly as to a
relation between chicken tamale and
seagull.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-20

This looked like great misfortune
to Mrs. Grant, but it Is an i'll wind
that blows nobody any good, for this
hardship furnished her with the in
centive to write. She had always
been a clever letter writer, and at
the suggestion of her friends she pub
lished extracts from her correspond
ence and collected some of her poems
dealing with Highland life into a
volume. Her first money earned In
this way went to buy an outfit for
her son, who had received q COM
mission in the East India company.
So successful were her first books
that she continued to write, and in
1910 removed from the country to
Edinburgh, where she was warmly
welcomed by the literary people of
that city. Here she added to her in
come by taking young ladies to board
in her house. Sir Walter Scott was
possibly a little overcome by the
presence of these fair boarders, for
he says in a letter: Good Mrs. Grant
is surrounded by so many fetch and
carry mistresses and misses" as
fairly to overpower him.
Mrs. Grant deserved to have a
peaceful life after SO laborious a
beginning, but just when her chill
dren were old enough to take care
of themselves, and she. might have
enjoyed the fruit of her labors, she
was injured so that she had to spend
the last eighteen years of her life
on crutches. But she does not seem
to have complained about this mis-
fortune, and went on writing enthu-
siastically to the end.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-20

Visitors to the famous castle of
Wartburg in Germany are always
very carefully shown a big black
spot on the wall. The room where
this stain upon the wall is shown
was occupied by Martin Luther when
he was prisoned in this castle. and
here he commenced his famous trans
lation Of the Bible. The tradition is
that Satan appeared to him in this
room in order to make certain plaus-
ibIe suggestions TO the great reform
er. His feply was TO take up his
inkstand and shy it at his visitors
head. 1t crashed and smashed
against the wall, leaving stain
which has been reverently preserved
ever since,
Undoubtedly the most interesting
room in Scotland is the sleeping
chamber of Mary Queen Of Scots, in
the palace of Holyrood, which still
stands as it was when she occupied
it. The walls are hung with tapestry
ana half covered by il is a small door
leading to the Queen Mary's secret
stair. 1t was by this secret stair in
the year 1866 that the assassins Of
bhe queens italian secretary, Rizaio.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-20
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
Thurlow Weeds Opinion OF Roscoe Conklngs Oratory

A few days after the Republican
State convention of 1877 was held at
Rochester, n. Y, ! called upon Thur
low Weed at his home in New ork
city, for the purpose of getting from
him an explanation of the meaning
of that now traditional gathering and
a forecast of what the Republican
leaders of New York State would be
likely to do in the way OF presiden-
tial politics which would have the
Presidential nomination of 1888 in
consideration.
Mr.. Weed was almost blind. He
could see dimly, but he told me that
while he perceived my figure he could
not make out my face.
"Since my eyesight has become i'm
paired" he said, 81 find that I am
able to get a pretty good idea of the
character of men who call upon me
from the infections of their voices.
| cannot read their faces, but can
interpret their thoughts and this is
new gift for me.
$50 / am satisfied from what you
have Just been saying to me that you
want to find out from me who the
Republicans will nominate in 1880 for
President"
Yes" l replied, that is one Of the
purposes of my call.
WELL said Mr.. Weed, Il have had
the published reports of the Roches-
ter convention read to me. Roscoe
Conkling's speech had more meaning
in it than any one who does not
know Conkling as well as | do would
discover.
by the way, | want TO say this
of Conkling's speech: | think he
| made a mistake in attacking George
William Curtis as he did Nothing
is gained by an attack Of that kind
| l do not think he made mistake
from his point of view in setting
forth his opposition to President
Hayes. / have been persuaded al
along that the President made &
| grievous blunder, from the politica
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-20
Stenographers Of Ancient Times

too lazy to endure the fatigue of writ
ing. He may have been a sorry poet
but the stenographer evidently knew
his business.
In considering the subject it Is easy
to fall into the error of assuming
that an approach to perfection was
only reached in the days of Cicero,
but there Is no other proof than the
lack of evidence that shorthand was
not widely practised long before
Cicero and Caesar came on the
SCENE. The critical historians have
taken the liberty of assuming that
the speeches of generals addressed to
their armies. and the talks made by
ambassadors, which are invariably
presented by Livy as If he were
quoting verbatim, were simply put
into the mouths OF the Roman an
nalist; but there is no reason what
ever for such an assumption. except
the intrinsic evidence of similarity OF
STYLE There certainly were short
hands capable of taking down a
speech, and the sameness may be at
tributed to Livy having the same sort
of liberty as a modern stenographer
who, If he is an expert, instinctively
edits the man he reports.
But whether Livy wrote the
speeches with which his history 10
literally Supplleu or not, IL is IoleTdDIy
certain that at a very cary period
speeches were reported and that the
use of shorthand was very common
in Rome for several hundred years,
SO common. indeed. that it became
necessary to regulate the price for
teaching Ii to the large number who
took up stenography as profession.
Just how extensive the stenographer
was used in the ancient business
world it would be difficult to say:
perhaps not so freely as at present.
But in the publishing of books he
was great factor, for the practise
was quite prevalent of dividing up a
manuscript among many copyists in
order to insure expedition. and such
success attended this method that
books in Rome at the beginning OF
our era were as cheap as they are
at present. Without the interpretation
of the shorthand man that hardly
could have happened, unless indeed.
the Romans had found mechanical
way of multiplying copies. which GER
tain facts suggest may have been the
case
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-20
pAGEANTRY FOR NEwARK's ANNIVERSARY.

IDEAS FOR the celebration of the 250th anniversary of
Newark will gathered conference of the American
pageanry Association New York exhibit of
pageantry collection be made and experts will make ad
dresses The will occupy three days Pageantry will
principal and attractive feature of the anniversary
celebration this be supplied by artistic after
study fortunate that there National Pageany
Association furnish ideas.
celebration be picturesque illustrative and
Characteristic Our industries and other material
interests furnish substantial background for series of
nleasnp pictures fancfu all related
symbolic Newak $50 years of development 1t will take much
tme to examine and adopt complete pageanry pro-
gram and then prepare the material for it. and as preliminary
there should organization which should be accomplished with
out delay
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-20
SECRET OF STAGE GHOSTS

in the pantomimes," was the shade.
and he wore a closely fitting suit of
gray material, sewn together in the
form of ermor, and in this he f1oated
across the stage like a shadow behind
sheet of gauze, much to the de-
light of the spectators.
When the old playhouse in Drury
lane opened in 1894 with a perform
ance of Macbeth" Banquo's ghost
acting was fine enough to make the
audience almost believe that they
really did see the ghost, the people
were not satisfied until the system
they had been used to was re-adopted
and Banquo's shade allowed to trot
| bodily across the boards. In those
days theatregoers would have spec
ire, Notwithstanding that the spectre
was a super" in a white sheet, with
streak of red paint upon his brow,
who thrust himself through a trap
door or, rose from behind a cardboard
tomb when blow was struck upon
tin can and spoonful of blue
fire ignited in the wings.
Rejecting mirrors and the cine
matograph are coming into general
use at the theatres, and with them
it has been found possible to manu-
facture ghosts capable of striking
terror into the hearts of all followers
of the occult. 1t is interesting to
know that the Autrion Theatre in
Paris, when Gerald Hauptmann's
'.Hannele" was acted, in which the
men are spirits seen by dying child,
all the phantoms were the reflections
of actors cast from mirrors behind
the stage on to the bed. In much
the same way the ghosts in Richard
III" have been brought into being.
Quite an assembly of apparitions are
supposed to rise up and address
themselves alternately to Richard and
TO Richmond The spirits of Prince
Edward, Henry VI, Clarence, Rivers,
Grey, Vaughan, Hastings, the two
young princes, Queen Anne and Buck
| ingham have to denounce with curses
! the tyrant and bless his opponent.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-20

point of view, when he removed Cen
eral Arthur, Naval officer Cornell
and Surveyor Sharp from the New
York custom house.
Politically speaking, it was done
too early in his administration. 1t
revealed a purpose to destroy the
present Republican organization of
New York, the intention being. I have
no doubt. to build up another organ
ization which will be able to swing
New York Republicans to the sup
port of John Sherman for the presi-
Dental nomination. Sherman Is I'M
doubtedly Hayes's candidate for the
succession, and it was poor politics
Tor Hayes or Sherman or both of
them to show their hands at this
time, For that reason, Roscoe Conk-
ling, who is the leader of the New
York Republican organization, was
perfectly justified in attacking Presi-
dent Hayes as he did. I am satisfied
that it is Conkling's purpose to Sc
cure the nomination of General Grant
in 1880. Now 1 have answered YOU
frankly, but | want to add another
thing. You should read Conklings
speech over and over again. tt is a
masterpiece of its kind. Conkling's
command of the English language is
superb, and his rhetorical artifices
were never better displayed than in
this speech.
Il heard only this morning tina,
although Conkling spoke without any
notes before him, and seemed to be
| speaking extemporaneously he ha(
| given all of his time for several day.
to writing that speech and then hat
committed it to memory word fol
word. My friend, Thomas l.. James
told me this morning that Conklin,
read that speech to him from thu
manuscript the evening before it wa
| delivered"
Copyright. 1914. by E. J. Edwards
! All rights reserved)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-20
AN INVITE TO THE REPUBLICAN PARLoR.

THE THREE and resolutions that emanated
last night from the Republican County Committee inviting indie
pendents help the Republican candidates Of
rhe committee needed reforms policies beneficial
all the people may inauguraed improvement the
ress recently offered the committee by East
Orange That related only the Progresves and
far more repelent than
voters to probably will be much harder for the
committee this year keep many party
have become independent their than draw outside
Nor there much ground the Republican party
record faith in the promise of needed reforms,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-20
stork Worked Overtime. So Employer
nraw Line ut Raising Pay.

stork Worked Overtime. So Employer
Drew Line at Raising Fay.
WAUPUN, Wis, Feb. 2O.-Six
years ago the Loomans Lumber Com
pany promised John Howard, an en-
ployee, that with every arrival OF
the stork his pay would be Increased.
Howard had just married
At the end of a. year the first baby
arrived. When he saw the boost In
the figure on Towards pay check,
President |. Z. Rossman, of the ium-
Der company, smiled.
..It is a worthy deed" he said as he
signed the check.
The next year twins arrived and
tbe following year brought two more
babes. At the end of the fourth
year President Rossman smiled only
family as he signed the pay check,
and at the end of the fifth year ne
smiled not a whit
Encouraged by its more enthusiast
tic reception each time 1t arrived,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-20


A scare has been thrown into the
real estate business of New York
city and into the whole of landlord
dom by the success of the single tax
ers in obtaining support from certain
Progressive members of the legisla-
ture for a bill cutting the tax rate
on buildings and improvements to
one-half of the tax rate on the land
itself
The measure is put forward partic-
ularly by the Society to Lower Rents
and Reduce Taxes on Homes, and
real estate men apparently fear the
popularity of a political cry for lower
rents. The bill has been introduced
in the Assembly by the Progressive
party leader Mr.. Schaap, and an
other Progressive leader in the city,
John ] Hopper, has lately presented
an argument to the taxation commit
tee of the New York Merchants As
ISOLATION to the effect that the only
effective method of giving permanent
and deserved relief to manufacturers
is to reduce the tax rate on build
ings and increase it on land"
The bill in the Legislature provides
that, for 1915, the tax rate on build