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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-03

! was chatting with the late DR..
Beverly Mead While we both stooa
looking at the work OF destruction
of the house long occupied as the
country home, in Greenwich, Conn,
of William Rockefeller. 1t stood upon
Q piece OF land which was separated
from the country home of William
NJ. Tweed by a narrow street and
slightly broader lot. The home or
Tweed had been torn down carrier,
so that upon its site could be con-
structed a dwelling modelled after
the so-called Elizabetban architec-
ture. Mr.. Rockefeller's former home
was taken down so that upon it's site
a dwelling of modern architecture
could be built. While we were chat
ting there appeared in the driveway
an automobile driven by steam power,
as the vapor that came from the eN-
haust clearly indicated. DR.. Mead
mind was diverted by the appearance
of this car from the destruction of
the Rockefeller home to a recollec-
ton of an incident which came within
his knowledge forty years earlier
He said: 81 never see one OF these
autos of which steam power is the
driving energy without recalling an
incident in the career of friend OF
whose name, although it does not ap-
pear in any of the many biographies:
is known the world over because OF
his invention of the apparatus which
made it possible to dispense with
hand labor in rock drilling and to
substitute steam power for it.
"Ingersoll was born in a house
which is still standing, and is onl?
a mile or so on the Connecticut side
OF the boundary line between New
York and Connecticut. The house
vas a famous one in the early days
because il was built of rough brown
stone. whereas almost all the other
farmhouses in that vicinity were
built of wood My own home and
the farm upon which l passed my
childhood and early manhood We're
within pistol shot of Ingersoll's home
"Tne neighborly relation created q
sort Of intimacy between Ingersoll
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-03
TT IS 4 QUESTION OF SHIPS.

Half billion added to the commerce of the United
States by the is the cool estimate of the chief of
the foreign and domestic commerce bureau after
careful study of the consular reports and the reports
Of orders already received by American producers
In machine tool manufactures alone foreign orders for
from ten to fifteen millions already booked.
But commerce needs ships, without which Ameri-
can products cannot leave shores Many foreign
ships have been placed under the American flag but
the supply is inadequate Be it remarked also that the
foreign orders received from Europe and are
mostly the result of the We have comparatively
little from Latn-America, where almost exclusive
market is open for and as little from The Orient
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-03
OPINIONS AND VIEWS FROM THE EXCHANGES

House was. defeated; there whega
patronage has done mischief, and
yerder where, things are out OF 5oint
generally, there are rumblings which
may or may not Gauge eoTnno1ion.
But no leader stands out in this
gossip and no revolt ever succeeded
without a leader. Somebody must
show ehe ryay, and direct, operations.
Nothing is more futile than a leader
less protest. Even mob, to succeed,
must have a leader.
In this case 9. strong man is neces-
sary. For, whatever may be thought
of the election results, Ehe President
is still a powerful factor in affairs.
He still has patronage of value TO
distribute. and is still OF the dispose
ton to place it where it will do the
most good. And. moreover, he has
1915 in view.
Those numerals hedge him about,
IL he IS broken down row or soon. his
party breaks with him. A. respects
the next presidential race. he is the
party. if il cannot re-elect him, it's
doom is sealed. There is not another
man in il VINO could carry the stand
ard it discredited to victory.
DiSgruntled Democrats OF prorii :
hence and influence are likely to think
Twice, therefore, DSlOTS IlldhlIlB LHbIAi-
selves ugly in the open toward the
President. They cannot injure him
without injuring the party, and they
cannot injure the party without in
juring themselves. And the first law
of nature holds good in politics.
1t may be that the President OF his
own motion may decide not 10 drive
as hard at the short as he did at the
long session. An open revolt In Con-
sress may not be necessary to- bring
him to reason and moderation, as his
critics view the situation. He may
have read the election returns in
something OF the same light his critics
did. He may not need such a nudge
as ia suggested In the gossip Of the
i day.
But the play is about to begin. and
it will tell it's own story. The house
is full, and all are at attention.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-03
Roth SENATE AND HOUSE TO ACT.

Senator Lodge is to take UP the cudgels in the
Senate for the national defense. He will introduce
in the Senate resolution similar to that by Repre-
sentative Gardner in the House for inquiry into
the nations state Of preparedness for Senator
Lodge believes that the American people should
know all facts that Is the belief OF the Amer
lean people.
When Representative Gardner made the deliberate
statements he did dinner in New York last night
he knew there could be refutation. And what he
said equivalent to saying that this great nation,
with its immeasurable resources, was today prac-
tcally at the mercy OF any great power; that even
it's harbor forts could be bombarded and destroyed by
warships outside the range of the guns of the forts
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-03
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
An Early Ancestor of the Automobile

and myself, although l was a younger
man than he. I learned, however,
that he belonged to the prevailing
type of American inventors who
were distinguished generally for the
lack of money sense. His inventions
have enriched the world by millions
upon millions, but he never had
much money and died poor.
ut was about the time Of our
Civil War that / saw Mr.. Ingersoll
riding along the highway in a go
cart of extraordinary appearance. 1t
went along all right, although
neither horse nor mule was attached
to it, and it made a tremendous
racket.
"Hailing Mr.. Ingersoll I was able
to get an explanation from him. He
said he had been called to account
in one Of the villages through which
he had passed because his wagon
made such a noise that it frightened
horses, and, besides, the horses were
scared when they saw wagon going
along without any horse.
"Ingersoll said that he had made
an engine which would drive a
wagon by steam power. He told me
that he would have to give up using
it because the farmers protested
the time would come when a self
propelliug wagon driven by steam
power would be in common use. Tine
principal difficulty to overcome was
to secure a sufficient supply of fuel
to drive the machine for any distance
without making too heavy a load
for the car lie also told me that he
was certain that some day a substi-
tute for steam energy would be dis
covered, and when that was done
self-propelled cars would pass into
common use.
HE did not live long enough 70
know Of the invention of the internal
combustion engine, but l never sec
one of these autos going by without
thinking of the talk l had that day,
years ago, with Ingersoll.'
Copyright, 1914. by Z. ]. Edwards.
All rights reserved)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-03

II would give the world. if l had
I it, said an unfortunate wretch, 10
/ be true man, yet in twenty-folr
| hours I may be overcome and DIS
graced with shilling's worth ~
sin.
You may meet man ON the street
| today who seems perfectly normal
and amiable. Tomorrow he VIII
commit a crime. The crlmlnal
| thought which he has been harborlnF'
and which has been making its tracks
deeper and deeper in his brain wes
| like The pebble dropped over the
precipice, which descended swiftly
until it's velocity could not be ar
rested. The man committed the
crime as certainly as the stone
reached the earth. 1t was the loglcal
sequence of the law of facility, habit,
the result Of an oft-repeated Thought
or act.
Do we firmly believe that we can
do a thing today and not do 1t To-
morrow? That we can take drink
today and as easily let it alone to-
morrow? That we can be idle TO-DAY
and Industrious tomorrow? That we
can half-do thing when we don
feel like it. and do it vel when we
do? DO we think we can be in
different today and enthusiastic TO-
morrow? Today use a little uecep-
ton, deviate from the trutl-and be
absolutely honest tomorrow?
How we deceive ourselves II we
leave out of our reckonings the force
of habit.
When a young man with an eH-
cellent education and fine training
perhaps to tide him over" until he
can get something better takes
position which seems a little question
able, he has not the slightest idea
that he will thereby lower his own
ideals or standards of right and wrong
and is very much shocked when he
discovers after time that he is con-
sidered liar. He never dreamed of
forming such a habit; but the little
Misrepresentation enough TO
turn the bargain, to get the order
had made beaten track in the nerve
and brain tissue, until, before he was
aware OF it, lying had become habit
ual.
On every hand we find people who
are held back far below their posi-
bilities by their bad habits. They go
through life disappointed because Of
their unsatisfled ambitions and long
ings, because they are not able to
measure up to their ideals. Very few
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-03

The changed Paris boulevard life in
the evening is thus depicted by a
writer in the journal des Debats:
Near the Gymnase, in front of a
restaurant which has ceased to exist,
because there arc no longer wedding
feasts and banquets, the families Of
the quarter take their airing, occupy
ing seats which are now free to
everybody, thanks to the war, at least
at the late hour. Between the Mont
martrc and the Opera, one still meets
with bouleVardiers, but no longer ele-
CANT and famous-that class has dis
appeared In their place are to be
seen the shopkeepers OF the vicinity.
"They walk in pairs, talking qui-
city, or file past singiy, the hands
crossed behind the back; the cigars
they smoke may be recognized by
their Indifferent perfume as products
of the government monopoly. In. pro-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-03
Travelette
By TEMPLE MANNING.
where the "Csmel-Nip" Grows.

Where the "Camei-Nip'' Grows.
My first experience with camel-nip
occurred when I was crossing the
Libyan desert with a caravan three
days out from Jarabub. l had just
won for myself little comfort on my
beasts back and some confidence in
being able to live through the camel
back days to come. AS is always the
case when ! am oversure, my con-
fldence received q blow. Apparently
without any reason whatsoever. the
beast | was riding suddenly tossed up
it's head and dashed madly across the
desert at right angles to the course
wished him to take.
I hesitated whether or not to slip
Off and take my chances of serious
fall Then I glanced back and saw
all the other camels in the caravan
coming after mine in wild pursuit
Their native riders, / was glad to
notice, did not show any fear They
took the sudden madness of their
steeds with philosophjc calm. The
reason became plain when we reached
a tract of low shrub growing in the
sand and the camels stopped ard
browsed contentedly. When mine bent
his long legs and crouched to roll over
and over in the shrub | took the
chance to slip off and out of harm s
way. .4....-,
/ joined the camel drivers, who were
watching their beasts follow my
cancels example, and inquired why
they did not try to stop them. st is
Allah's WILL said one old fellow.
"Allah's gift to the camels gives them
great delight. What a folly it would
be for us to try to stop them when
they scent it, Even though we wished
we could not, for it is Ailah's WILL
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-03
UPLIFT TALKS
HABIT INTO PARTNERSHIP
BY oRIsoS SWEET AfARDEN.
Author Of Pushing to the FROM. Etc
Copyrighted 1914.

+ realize the handicappine Influence nf
bad habits. They blame fate. Iuct.
chance, anything and everything ont,
side or themselves, never dreaming
that cable welded of little habits
formed early in life is the real ca,isa
of their failure, how they retard their
progress, how they are always trim
ping them up, making a bad impres-Y
sion upon others, undermining their
confidence in them.
We arc always prejudiced. for e..
ample against the person Wig
though he may not be aetuaIlV
vicious, has not sufficient mastery Of
himself to control all his acts and
moods. The man who drinks, though
not to excess, who is slipshod or
careless in his habits. who is not
choice in his associations, who has
not perfect control of his temper
no matter how capable he may be-
how much natural ability he may
have. is not considered a safe per-
son to promote, because every ore
knows the usual course of the man
with bad habits. They know that
they grow. and strengthen with ones
years, and that the tendency of one
bad habit is to introduce the whole
family. Hence. it often happens
that another man with much less
natural aplnty, DuI WIN better bab-'
its, is promoted over his head.
1t rests with ourselves what
thoughts or acts we shall make
partners in our great work of life
building. Henry Drummond tells us
that "all nature is on the side of him
who would RISE 1t is actually easier
to develop helpful, noble, desirable
qualities than their opposite. The
whole process is, scientific; it Ia just
a question of holding tho desired
suggestion or ideal steadily in ths,
mind until it has made e. beaten path
in the brain. Then the process be
comes automatic. Every thought
tends to change the brain structure
to correspond with it, and the char
acter must inevitably follow the
thought.
When we have once made the power
of habit our partner, 1t therefore
does large part of our work for US
1t carries us every day to our place
OF business without ever even thinking
of it. It not only does 1t brings US TO
our task, but when We begin the
days routine, it also actually per
forms a large part of it without our
special thought
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-03
Uncle sam,


From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The slab-sided old curmudgeon who
Is universally used as the personiflca-
ton Of the American people is subject
of bitter protest by a correspondent
of the New York Tribune. Uncle
Sam, according TO this critic, is a
most unlovely carica ture, and a def
mite insult TO the people who have
created him and complacently accep.
him as the likeness of their own ma
tional traits. He is uncouth, eurely;
no represents no extant type. Even
the backwoodsman of today bears no
resemblance to the frowsy old fellow,
whom we have so long worshiped as
our national ikon.
Uncle Sam might well be MANN
facturer Of wooden nutmegs or a pro-
fossional horse-swapper. The supreme
craftiness of his face is, next to his
uncouthness. his most striking char
acteristic. 1t is not impossible that
the efflgy has done much to give for
egners a wrong impression of the
American character; just as the
bloated, bibulous, equity and irascible
John Bull has given an altogether
erroneous impression of British trait g.
That Americans actually love Uncle
Sam and that the British are fond
OF John Bull may be accepted as an
indication of the Anglo-Saxon sense
of humor. Anyone who makes fun of
himself is certain to draw a laugh.
No other nations have set up such
figures. Other peoples prefer u ma
tional cartoon which will be compli-
mentary rather than derogatory to
themselves.
The United States, of course, has
Miss Columbia, and Britain has the
Amasonian Britannia, with helmet
and spear. These two fair maidens
are rather hattering representations
but they must be Exceedingly weary
Of their careers as cartoon partners OF
Sam and John. real ladies'" would
be uncomfortable in such company,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-03
From Everywhere

Notwithstanding the departure of
Young men to the war, marriages i'll
England and Wales for the quarter
ending October ] We're IL per cent.
greater than the mean rate for the
10 preceding quarters, the rate per
thousand being ia.
In the order named quinine, cal
omel castor oil, tincture of iron,
opium and brandy are the medicines
most used in the tropics.
a famous jewel. presented by a
London broker in 1855 to the president
of Dartmouth College, and designed to
be worn by him on occasions OF state,
has been found in the vaults of Park
hurst Hall, where it has lain forgot
ten for many years. President Mich
OILS may resume the old custom of
wearing it on state occasions.
King Albert of Belgium is a practi-
cal mechanic, who has given especial
attention TO gasoline and electricity
driven motors, and to steam driven
railroad locomotives. He is also a
writer of some note on serious and
practical matters. His wife was the
Princess Of Bavaria, daughter of a
famous archduke oculist. She is her
self fully qualified doctor of medi-
cine, which knowledge she is putting
to use in effectively directing the OPP
erations Of the Belgian Red Cross So
cicty,
a singular tree in Cuba is the va
guey. The seed is carried by a bird,
or waited by the wind, and, falling
into some moist, branching part on
the top of another tree begins to
grow. It sends a kind of thin, string
like root down the body Of the tree
soon followed by others. In course of
time these rootings strike the ground
and growth Immediately commences
upward New rootings continue to be
formed and get strength until the one
tree grows as a net around the other
The outside one surrounds and presses
the inner. strangling its life and aug
menting its own power. At length the
tree within is killed, and the parasite
that has taken possession becomes
itself the tree.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-03
BIRTHDAY OF NOTED WOMEN
BY MARY MARSHALL.
DECEMBER 3
Barbara Erietcl1ie
Copyrighted 1914.

plete her education. Miss Richards
became one of the most able chem
lists and sanitarians of the country
and was adviser to many mercantile
institutions When she was thirty
three she married one of the pro-
fessors of Massachusetts Institute
OF Technology.
Ann Drinker. who was born in
Philadelphia December 8, 1927, wrote
considerable poetry OF real merit
under the name of Edith May"
Another patroness of the day IL,
Mary Lowell Putnam, elder sister of
the poet. James Russell Lowell. She
was one of the most remarkable
linguists this country has ever
known, for she could speak fiuentlv
French, Italian, German, Swedish
and Hungarian, ana understood
twenty modern dialects, besides hav-
ing q reading knowledge of Greek.
Latin, Hebrew, Persian and Afabic
Mrs. Putnam married when She
was a young woman and depends
for her fame principally on her
translations.
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where also there are now wonderful opportunities for

where also there are wonderful opportunities for
American goods.
IT is a question OF ships. And in our ports lie
many OF the finest steamers in the world. those of
the Hamburg American and North German Lloyd
companies Private capital cannot buy these splendid
vessels. but the government Nobody will ques-
ton the genuneness of sale to our government. And
the companies are willing to sell. Think what a
stimulus the ownership of these vessels would give to
foreign trade and what feature OF the revived
American ocean marine
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-03
News of the Labor World

The Massachusetts State Industrial
Accident Board is arranging for q
safety first" campaign in the mills
and factories.
Seven State labor bodies were rep
resented at the uniform labor legis-
lation conference recently held At
Chicago.
All the horse nail factories now OBJ
serve the eight-hour day and are
under signed agreements OF carrying
the label.
The next convention of the Ter
nessee State Federation Of Labor will
be held in Chattanooga December %.
Baltimore Typographical Union has
inaugurated campaign against
tuberculosis in the printing industry
Of that city.
In an address before tho recent
convention of the International
Photo Engravers' Union at Indian
apoEs, Frank Duffy, secretary of the
carpenters organization, opposed
sympathetic strikes or strikes which
have their origin solely in jurisdic-
tional disputes.
Within the past four years San
Francisco Associated Union Of
Steam Shovelmen has increased its
membership from forty-one to its
present membership in good standing
OF 975. In the same period wages have
increased from % to so per cent.
Coroner Peter Hoffman, of Chicago,
has induced the jury commissioners
to adopt in part his plan for giving
preference in the selection Of jurors
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-12-03
A Bit Insipid.

An invalid Manchester Tommy"
was giving his French experience to
a friend, and among other subjects
the difference in "Grip' of the beers
of the respective countries came un-
der discussion. The travelled man
finally summed up the difference
thus
Drinking one of them Frenchy
beers, or books, as they call EN-, just
tastes Ike kissing your sister"
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che pacifler

When comes home from work at night
All tired out from mimi coal
An black an sweaty TO the sight
amt til gladdest kind of soul
TIL world don't make no hit with me,
I'm mighty weary with my lot
An every bloomn' thing see
Just seems to feed tn crouch I've got
| cusses at my daily work
damn the pitboss to the pit,
| thinks of all tn dust an murk
OF minn'-an' cusses it;
thinks, "Us miners amt men,
We're pore dumb beasts that's htched and drove;
starts once more to swear--an then
smells tn supper on tn stoye'
1t mebbe amt very much
"a miner amt no millionaire
But when scents that stew an such
well, | half forgets to swear
From worries an from troubles, too,
Ny thoughts begin to stray an rove
An life assumes difrunt hue,
When smells supper on tn stove
An when they brings that supper In
An wife an kids an me sets down,
| finds sort of pleasant grin
Has chased away my ugly frown;
puts away all thought of strife,
My appetite gives the call,
An thinks, oh we'll, this miners life
Amt nothin awful after ALL
-Bcrton Bralcy in the Coal Age
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or all the women born on Deem
Der 3 there is none better known
than Barbara F'rietchie, who has be-
come famous because of Winters
famous poem, based partly upon her
experiences.
Mary Lamb, the sister and Co
worker of the English essayist,
Charles Lamb, is another woman
whose birthday falls on the third day
of December.
Ellen Henrietta Richards, born
seventy-two years ago today, is one
of the few women who has gained
fame as a chemist. She was one of
the early students at Vsssar Col
lege, entering that institution when
she was twenty five years old to
gather up the loose ends of the edu-
cation she had already received" At
college she developed remarkable
aptitude for chemistry and mechan-
ical studies, and through special
vote OF the trustees of the Massachu-
setts Institute of Technology was
admitted to that institution to COM