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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-03
First Postal Train

The first trial of a postal car SER
vice, in which mail matter is as
sorted while in transit, was made in
1864 on the Chicago & Northwestern
railway. The scheme was thorough
success, and railway mail service
was inauguarated that year on
several of the important railway lines
and was gradually extended all over
the United States and adopted by
other countries.
In 1874 the American railway mail
system was thoroughly organized on
a permanent basis, with eight ter
ritorial divisions, each In charge of a
superintendent subordinate to a
general chief at Washington.
This service was among the first
to adopt modern classified civil SER
vice, appointment of railway mail
clerks having always been made for
a probationary period permanent
employment being conditioned on
satisfactory service and conduct, and
removal based on good cause only.
The service has sbeen gradually in
creased and new divisions organized
and is now operated on practically
every railway.-St. Louis Post-Dis-
patch.
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Soldering EnameIed Wire

Now that enamled wire is coming
extensively into use for winding cleo
tromagnets and for similar work it
is of interest to be able to solder the
ends Of such wire in ready manner
and especially to clean, off the coat
of enamel so as to leave the ends
bare. Where the wire is very fine it
is a very difficult matter to strip the
enamel without breaking the wire,
so that the present German method
is a timely one. The ends of the wire
are dipped for some time in boiling
potash lye or in concentrated sui
phuric acid or again in a concen-
trated and cold I've bath, then wash
ed for an instant with hot water and
dried by dipping in alcohol. This
leaves a clean surface of metal for
soldering.-Scientifle American.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-03
Necessity for National Leprosarium

I.eprosy is one of the Oldest dis
eases of which we have knowledge,
and about which we know relatively
little. The route of entry of the
bacillus Is not definitely known; the
germ is cultivated with the greatest
difficulty and exists in many strains
which present marked differences II
is not dangerous to the lower animals
and we do not know the length OF
it's incubation period in the BODY OF
man. The role of rodents and insects
in its transmission has been suspect
ed but not proven. There exists no
positive means for its diagnosis in It's
earliest stages no wholly satlsfac-
tory method of treatment has been
devised; the period of its greatest IN
fectivity is unknown, yet we belleVe
that the disease is mildly contagious.
we do know that there is no racial
immunity to leprosy, that 1t exists in
All portions of the globe and that
segregation and personal cleanliness
are our only weapons against 1t. The
individual and community fear OF
the disease is so great as to amount
to a veritable leprophobia. There are
several we'll stablished centers OF In
lection in the United States. The
disease is slowly but surely on the
increase, and there are probably many
more cases unreported than there are
reported, yet there exists no Federal
institution for the exclusive care and
reception of lepers in the continental
United States.
There are only two facts on which
we may lay hold for the purpose Of
controlling the disease, says Assist
ant Surgeon General W. c. Rucker,
of the U. S. Public Health Service. in
a recent issue Of the Journal OF the
American Medical Association. These
are segregation and cleanliness. We
know that the disease exists among
those who are careless in their per-
sonal hygiene and that when these
persons are removed from intimate
contact with society. the disease dies
out. The disease has been made no
tifiable in most of the States, in three
of which leprosaria have been estab-
lshed. Each Of these treats small
number of lepers, but the per capita
cost of such treatment is excessive.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-03
To Protect Iron Pine

Iron pipe can be protected from
corrosion by heating in muffie to
900 degrees f. and admitting steam
at the same temperature. A layer of
magnetic oxide of iron is formed. A
more satisfactory protection, how
ever, is obtained by Smiths process.
The well cleaned pipe heated to 700
degrees r. is dipped into mixture of
pitch, coal tar and little linseed oil
which has been heated to 300 degrees
r. After a few minutes the pipe is
drained vertically and cooled. OF
course the rapid oxidation of the lin
seed oil forms tough binder. as in
paint drying. Lead lined pipe is used
for many purposes.
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Swinging IN the Lane

Elizabeth r. has sent in the poem,
Swinging in the Lane viii Annie
L. and all who desire il please clip
It,
How oft we talked of childhood days
And tricks we used to play
Upon each other while in school
To pass the time away.
And, o, how often ] have longed
For those bright days again,
When little Rosie Nell and |
Went swinging in the lane
Chorus
Yes, / would give this world to be
With Rosie Nell again;
| never, never can forget
A-swinging in the lane.
The boys and girls would oftimes go
A-fishing In the brook,
With spools of thread for fishing
lines
And Bonded pins for hooks.
They ofttimes wished me with
them,
But they always wished In vain;
would rather be with Rosie Nell
ASswinging in the lane.
At length a day of sorrw came;
A stranger man from town
Was introduced to Rosie Nell
BY Aunt Jemima Brown.
She stayed away from school next
day:
The truth to me was plain
She went off with that city chap
Assuming in the lane.
Now all young men with tender
hearts
Pray take advice from me-;
Don't be SO quick to fall in love
With every girl you see;
For If you do you soon will find
You have only loved in vain;
She will go off with some city chap
A-swinging in the lane.
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Continued from Saturday,

Good by-ee, good-by-ee. good
by-eel"
Dorothy and Davie waved at Far
mer Jones and Mrs. Farmer Jones
until Jim, the dear Dear family
horse, pulled them around a corner
Then they leaned back, signing with
satisfaction.
1T was splendid day." declared
Dorothy.
The dear Dear family had spent
the day at the Joness farm, which
they thought quite the most de-
lightful place in the world. In the
morning there had been q glorious
time in the hayfields, with a ride on
top of the load at noon. And after
a wonderful dinner the pigs and
cows and chickens and horses had
been visited.
And now the day was coming to
a close, and the dear Dear family
was riding home through the
frightening shadows, with a Davie
Dear who was frankly sleepy and a
Dorothy Dear whose eyes still shone
with excitement.
'We'll go again, soon," said
mother Dear, watching Dorothy's
face.
IT likes the COWS best" said
Davie in an effort to keep awake;
they let me pet them, they did"
His eyes closed in spite of him. IT
gave Blossom an apple, and
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Making of Maps

Anaximander, a pupil of Thales,
about $50 B. c., sketched the first
map. 1t was in the form of a disk.
Dernocritus, of Abdera, about 100
years after, with a wider range Of
knowledge, drew a new map, giving
the world in oblong form, showing
extension east and west rather than
north and south.
The first application of astronomy
to geography was made by Pytheas,
Marseilles, about 326 B. c., he hav-
ing made the first observation of
latitude. Hipparchus. of Nicaea, 1872
B. c., first determined latitude and
longitude Marinus of Tyre, about
fifty years B. c., was the first to
make use of Hipparchus's teachings
in representing the countries of the
world
Claudius Ptolemy, of Potassium
Egypt, about 1852 A. D., was in reality
the first scientific map maker. Not
withstanding errors in boundaries and
locations, the method was correct.
The Romans contributed nothing 10
map-making. No improvement was
made in 1t from the time of Ptole-
my until the thirteenth century.
when a map appeared in Italy which
was constructed with the aid of a
compass.-Exchange,
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Face PeeHng Easy
Blond or Brunette

1.-THE blondes complexion fades early,
because her skin Is extraordinarily thin
and fine" says Nine. Lima CAVALIER. The
brunette's. as a rule, Is the reverse. The
skin is thicker and has a tendency to an
oily appearance"
For either the faded blondes skin or
the brunette's oily or sallow complexion,
the best remedy is ordinary mercolized
wax. Used every night, this viii give
one an entirely new complexion within
about 9 weeks time. aThe wax gradually
peels off the worn out surface skin, with
al its defects, a little each day, without
affecting the delicate underskin in the
least The latter will have the exquisitely
beautiful glow of youth--indeed, one may
readily lose ten or fifteen years from her
age, so far as appearance goes, by a
course Of this simple treatment. The
wax, secnrable at any drug store, is ap-
piled like cold cream.
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up" he started for Springfield to the
office of the Daily -, at No. - Mas
sau street.
Confused by the busting and noise
of the presses of the busy city news
paper plant, he stood watching the
various things and hearing the vari-
Gus calls Of Copy" Copy boy" etc.
Finally gray-haired, kindly looking
man approached him.
I'm the Sporting Editor" said he.
Can I do anything for your"
yes er-that is," stammered Car
ter
We'll, my lad. are you after a
job?" asked the editor.
Yes, SIR" stammered Varlan;
here is a recommendation" handing
1t to him.
That is a good write-up, but you
can't be a reporter right off the reel
unless you've had the experience You
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home he got to work and presented 1t
to the editor of the Bradford Twice
Weekly.
The editor was astonished and pro-
nounced his write-up, to use his own
words, Fine for a shaver. Keep at
it," he said, land you'll make a city
reporter. You've got three good
merits for a reporter-sharp eyes, in
uuisitiveness and talent"
The boys viewed his story in aston
ishment and looked up to him as a
natual- born leader. The old mill for
the next two days was continually
visited, mostly by the younger ele-
ment
AT last the time came for him to
set off on the journey of life. He was
advised to be reporter and, liking
the work. he made his decision. So,
armed with a recommendation from
Mr.. Blade, the editor. and his write
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she" The curly head nodded
against father Bears shoulder.
Father Dear smiled as he put an
arm about Davies shoulders and
tucked his head down securely.
Sound asleep he told the
others; poor little tired mani"
Lets all be nice and quiet, SOS
he may sleep all the way" sug-
gested Dorothy, causing mother
Dear to say, That's my dear little
thoughtful grill" Which word of
praise made Dorothy very, very
happy.
Davie walked up just before they
reached the house, and was greatly
surprised to /. find that he'd been
asleep. Father Dear tousled his
curly head and cried: EARLY to
bed with you tonight, little hay
tosser."
In the hall on the table were let
ters for everybody. Dorothy was
delighted to find one from her dar-
ling Mary Elizabeth Brown, who
had gone to the mountains with
her mother and father.
"A letter, letter." she chanted
gleefully; i've got a letter."
Mother Dear was looking over the
others.
well, I do declare she said sud-
denly; there's one for Davie, too"
Davies eyes widened. His uncle
Dick had sent him little parcels by
mail, but he had never. never in all
his seven--nearly eight-years re-
ceived a letter.
"who sent it," he wanted to
know.
Mother Dear smiled.
"Why not open it and find out?'
She looked at the scrawly. sprawly
name and address all in printed let
ters
Daievee Der
iDeLe by the sea
new JERSEY.
II have an idea" said mother
Dear, smiling again. that it's from
Billy Brown"
Mary 'Lizbeth helped him to
write it. then, cause he can't spell
many words. He can print all his
letters and knows some words,
though"
Davie opened the letter and after
one look at the writing, he said to
mother Dear, you read it,"
The letter was short:
DEERE DavIE,-
I'VE are up HEAR now. 1t is
Nice. I saw Snake. l Was not
SHARED. I SAW A RABBIT GOOD
By Billy BROWN"
gle it to me-" said Davie,
gravely. Now I'll go read it my
SELF And off he tugged, as proud
as a peacock, feeling that he was
indeed grown up, now that he had
received a regular letter with a
stamp on it and all.
Dorothy.
Mary Elizabeth's letter was an
improvement on Billys, but then
she was ten and had been in school
for years and years, four years to
be very exact. She couldn't spell
very well. though, because, as her
teacher declared, she didn't pay
enough attention.
Dear Dorthy,
"This is to tell you that I mise
you very much. There are gurls
here but none as nice as you Dor
thy If yure mother asks my mother
to cume this sumer to see you we
viii come cause she SADIE so only
she said not to say SO cause you
shuld wait till you are asked so
fine out If your muther is going 10
aske my mouther.
There is little panty rooster
here he is so tame he sits on your
rist and eats out of yure other
hand. Write to me soon love and
kisses frum yure dear friend
MARY ELIZABETH BROWN"
'She spells her name right cause
she's had to write it and write it. in
school," said Dorothy, eyeing the
letter with her head on one side.
(To be continued)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-03
A New Species

Charles r. Knight. the artist, whose
reproductions of dinosaurs and crea-
lures of long ago are known the
world over, prefers, however, to be
known as a painter and sculptor of
the modern animals. He has worked
from the living model as much as
possible, and this has taken him to
the ZOOS in many cities. He was tell
ing his experiences at the zoo in
Washington.
zone afternoon an important
locking negro came along with his
best girl" he said, "They stopped
for a minute and looked at the sketch
l was making of deer.
Yer know what he am doin'
Z don't YER? asked the negro of his
companion.
'Mebhe' answered the woman.
Does yoh?'
Shohi He's making a landscape
oh one er dem habitats. Dere's mob
s habitats in dis ZOO than anywhere
else in der United States New
York Tribune.
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Efficient Germany

Germany now has 1882, 900 inhabi-
tants according to the imperial sta
tistical off1ce-67, S12, 600 of the best
trained persons living in the most eff
fectively organized society, disci-
plined. in some respects, to degree
that would be offensive to American
individualism, free, in others, to
degree not comprehended in our liber-
ties. They have increased 7,000,0oj
in nine years and, gathered within
20s,000 square miles. they have either
to be Intensive cultivators OF their
own minds. bodies, resources and
powers or burst forth to conquer and
hold. They began colonizing when
most of the fat places of the earth
had been seized and now in the great
empire of few acres efficiency Is and
must be the law of life. - Chicago
Tribune.
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Another reason why we should
have a national leprosarium is the in
human treatment to which lepers are
subjected in this country. A man
marked as a leper becomes a pariah,
an outcast from society, to be
bounded from place to place, to be
locked up in lonely, often filthy,
building, there to be viewed at a
distance as some wild and dangerous
animal The unwelcome visitor dis
turbs trade, and he is hurried by
night over the State line, there to be
subjected to further indignities and
to become a thorn in the side of an
other community, by reason of the
economic losses which his presence
produces. Verify the lot of the leper
in this Christian country of ours is
sad and troubled.
From time to time intelligent legis-
lators have introduced bills into Con-
gress looking to the establishment
of an institution In which the I'M
fortunate leper may be protected
from society and society protected
against him. No one doubted the
wisdom of such a measure, but the
leprophobia of the general public is
such that none of these bills have
ever been allowed to come to vote,
BECAUSE every community lcdACo thlt
1t might be selected as the site for
the leprosarium. 1t was useless to
say that the disease is only mildly
contagious. The public as whole
has not yet learned the simple lesson
that cleanliness in all things is our
greatest bulwark against disease.
Many of the countries of the world
have leprosaria. Many of the coun-
tries which support such leprosaria
are far less wealthy than the United
States. We know that the number
of cases In the United States is
relatively small, and that If the dis
ease is fearlessly attacked now Its
control will be relatively. easy. 1t is
true that leprosy is a disease which
spreads very slowly, but where it has
once spread it never recedes unless
active measures are taken.
DR.. Ruclker urges the establishment
Of a national hospital for lepers under
the care of the U. S. Public Health
: Service.
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must first be a copy-boy and get used
to newspaper ways. I'll see If / can
get you a Job with the city editor"
He was gone about twenty-five
minutes and when he returned he
said:
Start Monday morning. and,
glancing at his travelling bag, he said:
"By the way, lad. if you have no
boarding house stay with me until
you get one. Other copy-boys have
stayed with me until they got a
home" Then he gave the address,
Hastily thanking his kind friend
Varlan departed.
After one and one-half years of
hard work Varlan became reporter
at the age of twenty-o one
One morning a copy-boy came run
ming to him.
Mr.. Star, the city editor wants
YOU
Mr.. Star explained to Carter:
There's another of those gilt-edge
bond cases of cheating Mr.. Letder.
q business man, was cheated out of
$3.50 by gilt-edged bond seller who
said he sold PIT. M. Mine stock, also
In which Mr.. Letder invested in a
share of it, for $50, which proved TO be
worthless, as were the bonds. The
seller said he was John Gatz, and"
What" said Varlan. That's the
miller's name" and he showed his
first 'write-up."
The city editor smiled. There are
plenty of John Gatz's in this city"
Then he turned. Hurry" he said.
we've got to score beat on the
Citizen so hurry. Gatz was caught
and is in Essex street Jail. Even now
the other reporters are hurrying TO
the chief of police for the story"
Carter hurried to the Jail. Imagine
his delight when he found his most
intimate chum of boyhood days was
the chief, who promised him the story
first. so he went to interview the pri-
soner
He started back at this first view Of
the prisoner; he was the milleris
double. BY degrees Varlan got q
story out OF him. The miller was
his great grandfather, and he gave
the story of the defense of the mil
when some Tories attacked It,
Hurry" said. the chief. cor I shall
have to let the other reporters in
soon" Selling the chiefs telephone,
Varlan got the city editor and tbe
Daily -- secured the beat"
Then, he turned to the chief. LET
them in" he said.
Then they came to be confronted by
Carter, bowling profusely.
"Stumped," they muttered, but nev
ertheless they went to secure a, story
AS Varlan passed out a newsboy
yelled, "Extral Fake bond broker ar.
rested, Claims to be a great-grand-
son of John Gatz, a miller of 1776."
Varlan bought paper. 1t was true
He had secured the Daily -
biggest beat"
And his luck had turned. He was
no longer unlucky. but as the other
reporters said. Lucky Carter"
Carriers pay was raised and he was
chosen for big stories.
The Bradford Twice Weekly had
| treat It printed the story of Var
| lan's life and his picture and made
great sales among Carriers friends.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-03
Queen Mary's Kindness

The kindness and consideration
shown by Queen Mary recently en-
deared her still more to the hearts of
the British public. Some time ago a
firm of boot sellers. which for years
had enjoyed royal patronage, dismiss
ed their manager for no other reason
than that he was too old
He set up for himself in a small
shop in southwestern suburb and
was hugely surprised and delighted
when it was indicated to him that
Queen Mary had heard of his dis
missal and had resolved to transfer
her patronage to him. And now the
tiny shop sports the royal arms in
stead Of the gorgeous premises from
which the manager had been dis
missed
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The First Carpet

The first carpet ever seen in East
Hampton, N. Y, was in Parson Ly-
man Beecher's house. One day a lit
tie money came from Uncle Lot Ben
ton, the good angel of the Beecher
family. With 1t young Lyman bought
the cotton; his wife Roxana spun It,,
had it woven and painted it over In
oil colors, with a gray border round
the edge and groups of flowers in the
centre.
When the new carpet was laid down
the people were astounded at the
ma gnificence of the pastors parlor.
Good old Deacon Talmage, coming
enc day, stopped at the door, afraid
to enter.
Walk in. deacon" said the pastor.
II can't, he answered, 'thout
steppin' ont. Dye think, y he added,
in wondering admiration, we can
have all that and heaven, too?'-
Youths Companion.
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All Rests on Fate

During a prolonged study of the
lives of various men, both great and
small. l came upon this thought: I'm
the web of the world the one may
well be regarded as the warp, the
other as the wool. 1t is the little
men, after all, who give breadth to
the web and the great men
firmness and solidity, perhaps, also
the addition of some sort of pattern.
But the scissors Of the fates deter
mine it's length, and to that all the
rest must join in submitting itself. -
Goethe.
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The "Macaroni"

The ''macaronl" were exquisites or
tops, who, in England and France, led
the fashions from 1880 to 17s5 and
were distinguished by an immense
knot of artificial hair worn on the
top of their heads. A small cooked
hat which perehed ridieulously on
their topllnot, satin or brocade coats
and small clothes fitting tightly to
the body and silk stockings with rib
bon garters composed the costume of
these fashionably attired men who
stick with tassels attached and fire.
quently bouquet tied to the handle,
and encouraged a mineing and affect
ed gait and manner. There was dur
ing the war for independence a body
of Maryland soldiers who on account
of their snowy uniforms were called
.maearoni."
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Dogs and MosIen1s

Dogs in Mohammedan countries
have even more freedom than with us,
not because Mohammedans love them
more, but because 1t Is impious to
kill or modest an animal, however
mean, that Allah let's live. But there
is no bitterer insult than to cali a
Moslem a dog. 1.-The Swiss Family
Robinson" is not admitted at the
Turkish custom house because IL tells
about a dog named Turk.
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Prepared Speeches

Disraeli, whose eloquence Lord Cur
zon ranks below that of Gladstone,
tried hard to give his hearers the
impression that he was not in the
habit of preparing his speeches. Dis
GUESSING Plunket's oratory with Dis
raeli Lord Granville remarked that
the Irish statesman hesitated so long
for word that he seemed to be on
the point of breaking down. Lord
bless you'll Disraeli exclaimed. Did
that take you in? Why. that Is part
of the trick. have often done ii
to make 1t appear that my speech
has not been prepared. London
Chronicle.