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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1914-12-13
They Create
Nerve Power.
Kellogg's Sanitone Waters Renew
Old-Time Vitality in Rundown
Men and Women.
SOC BOX FREE.

Are you "On the toboggan"-an
"Old codger" at middle age only?
Are you sliding from life's happy
health summit to the valley of down
and out?" Kellogg's Sanitone Wa
fers are your stars Of hope. They re-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-16
THURSDAY EVENING. APRIL 1e, 1914.
THE POLITICAL CHANGE OF A FEW MONTHS.

Before the year 1914 came in the prospects of the
Democratic party in the State and nation were I'M
dimmed. A Democratic Congress had passed the new
tariff law and enacted the currency bill Even voters
who were doubtful of the effect of these changes felt
compelled to admire their spirit.
Suddenly an apple of dscord was flung into the
Democratic party councils to the amazement and be-
wilderment of the whole country. The Democratic
party was asked to reverse ITSELF to break solemn
Govenant with the people in the Democratic national
platform, to stultfy the President himself by sur
gender of sovereignty the Panama canal to for
eign power and under duress.
Instantly the situation changed and the action OF
Che House of Representatives on his unheard-of de-
mand upon the patriotism of the nation swept away
the confidence with which all Democrats looked for
ward to the elections next November At once the
Republicans passed from the detection of disastrous
defeat to jubilant hopes and they confidently believe
chat the coming elections they will elect the next
Congress and sweep this State and Democrats who
have any vision acknowledge that this confidence is
well grounded.
But there is time for the Democratic party to re-
deem itself and avert the threatened disaster. The
great before the country is not yet settled and its
settlement involves the fate of the party. Mr. Taft
and the Republican leaders in 1912 were not conscious
of the ground swell of public opinion until they
overwhelmed by it, There Democratic leaders at
Washington Hike them. There other party leaders
who have their to the ground and hear omnous
sounds. Shall their warnings be disregarded? The
Democratic party in New Jersey is in peril. Shall it
remain inert while senator elected by Democratic
votes in this State and pledged to the Baltimore plat
form is prepared to give his vote to bill the passage
Of which means the wreck of his party?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-16
POSSIBILITIES IN MEXICo.

With warships, embracing nearly all of the
Atlantic and Pacific fleets both coasts of Mexico
there will be established a complete blockade il
Huerta proves obdurate and if hostilities ensue.
Mexico gets nearly all its material from abroad,
and with her ports bockaded all supply will be cut off
1t should be remembered that we now have to deal
with only onehaf of Mexico all the northern half
is under separate government, which is at with
Huerta and about to send its armies to besiege the
capital city 1t is yet to be seen how the forclble
landing of American troops at Tampico is going to
affect the sentiment in northern Mexico.
few weeks ago it said by Constitutionast
officers that American Intervention would unite all
Mexico but it is believed that the eud of the factions
is too bitter and too unreenting to permit of any
kind of reconciliation. In fact, recent declarations by
officers of the Carranza government in regard to the
Tampico incident show that they have no feeling
against the contemplated action by the United States.
In any event if troops should be landed it
will not be handwriting expedition. Mexico
must pay the cost, whatever it may be. That is the
law of nations, and in all probability it will be the
Carranza government, after Huerta is ousted, that
Will have to honor the bill 1t will, of course, be
discretionary whether the pay be in cash in terri
tory as was the in the last Mexican Lower
California would compensate for the trouble and
expense will have undergone
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-16
NEWNEWS OF YESTERDAY
An Amusing AnecdOte of David B. Hill

When David B. Hill was governor
of New York State he found mental
relaxation and Intellectual delight in
entertaining at his suburban home'
which overlooked the Hudson river,
men of intellectual power and OF
learning not merely in the field Of
notifies and craftsmanship, but also
in that of science. He was charm
ing host to those who We're able to
speak informingly upon any subject
which related to the growth and de-
yelopment of the United States. He
was fond also of hearing discussions
respecting some Of the great men IN
public life. both across the sea and
in the United States.
After Mr.. Hill became a United
States Senator he discovered that, al
though certain customs of the Senate
made it expedient for him to particl-
pate in the social life of the capital,
as he was a bachelor and occupied
ineonspicuous apartments he was not
expected to do any entertaining him.
self.
After two or three experiences as a
guest at dinner parties Senator Hill
found that entertainment of this kind
palled upon him greatly Thereafter
he declined all invitations excepting
those which certain considerations of
courteous obligations made 1t neces-
sary for him to accept.
Among the intimate friends whom
Senator Hill gained and whose
friendship he kept while governor of
New York was Edward G. Riggs,
now an executive officer of the New
Haven Railroad system. Recently
Mr.. Riggs narrated to me an amusing
experience he had in Senator Hills
apartment at Washington about two
years after the latter took his seat.
Il had occasion to call upon Sen
ator Hill and went to his room at an
hour fixed by him, at about 10 O'clock
in the evening"" said Mr.. Riggs. 81
thought / should find him at work,
for he was one of the most indus
trious of workers, having an especial
faculty for the analysts of statistics
and the looking up of law cases.
"He was not in when I called and.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-16

bottom. They had thousands of mos.
quitoes in them ready to be sprayed
with a colored liquid, and the SAM.
tary inspector was asked how he
caught them.
HE said: We have a more scien-
tific way, but this had to be done in
a hurry. We simply let the mosquito
bar down, as you would open a bed,
left one side of it open and put
Jamaica negro in there for bait. As
soon as the mosquito bar was full the
bait was removed and the end tied
up.
Il saw a Jamaica negro standing
there. John, We're you the bait in
that bar?' / asked, and he replied
Yes. boss; that Is the easiest money
/ ever earned-ten cents an hour for
sitting there and doing nothing but
just inviting the mosquitoes in
In the beginning but very little
provision was made for quarters for
families of canal employees. 1t soon
became evident that order could nob
be maintained, contentment prevail
and q permanent force kept unless
the wives of the men were there, SO
the commission undertook to build
family quarters. 1t was announced
in circulars, etc, that employees would
be provided with family quarters
within ten months after arrival on
the Isthmus.
mot only all the married men i'm.
mediately applied for quarters, but
nearly every unmarried man on the
job applied. Family quarters carried
with 1t free light and fuel. Nearly
every young married man, the first
time he came back from leave,
brought a wife if he could get one.
"The building department was con.
sequently overwhelmed and the COM
mission was forced to withdraw its
literature and make no promises. An
attempt was made aftereth to pro-
vide a certain per cent Of the em-
ployes family quarters"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-16
TRENTON FAvoRs FREE TOLLS.

Trenton follows Newark in it's condemnation of the
bill for repeal of Panama free tolls At large meet
ing there last night Democrats and Republicans united
In strong opposition. Mayor Donnelly as member
OF the Atlantic Waterways Commission, testified to
the effect of the bill upon New Jersey waterways and
terminals.
Trenton aims to be seaport, and when the Della
ware river dredged and the Trenton waterfront is
developed by the city her dream will be realized.
The tolls repeal BILL if passed. will be fatal blight
20 the ctys enterprise, for with the thousands of dol
lars of tolls coastwise ships there will be small
chance of ships passing between New Jersey city
and the Pacific coast. Trenton's Mayor realizes what
citizens of Newark imperfecty understand in regard
TO Newarks harbor being developed. If the free
tolls repeater passes it will be more of blow to
Newark enterprise than to Trentons On every ten
thousand-ton ship sailing between Newark and San
Francisco there will be tolls penalty of twelve
thousand dollars.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-16
Motor Cars and Armies.

Motor Cars ana Armies.
From the Rochester Democrat and
Chronicle.
The working people of Europe,
pending the arrival of Mr.. Carnegie's
era of universal peace, must support
about 100000 soldiers in idleness, or
one soldier to about 100 persons.
American have reason for congratu-
late themselves that our policy does
not include the maintenance of an
immense standing army. While our
population is approximately 100,000,-
600. our standing army numbers less
than 100000. Leslie's Weekly, how
ever, argues that peace has its hor-
rors as we'll as war" and that in this
country, where millions of people
live and die without seeing q men,
Der of the regular army. we not only
have to support a million automo-
biles, but this year we must buy AGO.
900 more" Each car, moreover, will
eat more per year than a European
soldier, and will cost ten times as
much to keep shod. But though the
burden imposed by the automobiles
is enormous. II is one that is gladly
borne. People deny themselves all
sorts of Injuries in order to own a
car. We suspect. furthermore, that
the inhabitants of Europe, if free to
make a choice, would gladly swap
their standing armies for American
motor cars. even at an increased cost
for upkeep.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-16
Noted Women Whose Birthday Is Yours
BY MARY MARSHALL.
APRIL16
Ellen Farren
Copyrighted 1914.

MARSHALL.
| and was received with great enthu-
siasm. An attack of cardiac govt put
her out of acting commission for sew
eral years, and she undertook to
manage a theatre in London. In this
venture she lost everything she had.
Her friends came to her rescue and
gave a benefit for her to which the
public responded so generously that
seYenty-two hundred pounds was
cleared at the one production. Part
of this Miss Farren took for her own
maintenance and part of it she gave
to endow bed in a children's hos-
pital.
When Miss Farren died, ten years
ago, five thousand men and women
went to her funeral, and the London
theatrical world was cast in gloom.
Strangely enough, Miss Farren had
few of the assets usually deemed
necessary for a great stage success.
She was not beautiful, and she had
only fairly good figure or presence.
Her voice was not wholly agreeable,
and she had no very great emotional
powers, but as stage boy she has
never been equaled.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-16

From Pearson's Weekly.
Can married man keep a secret
from his wife? Some people think
mot, and among them are the heads
of the firm who are building the Won
tierful new racing yacht with which
Sir Thomas Upton is going to make
one more attempt to recapture the
America cup.
There is always a deal of secrecy
about the design OF the new racing
yacht and particularly about the
shape of the keel. The keel Of sham
rock w. was cast at Messrs Camper
81 Nieholson's yard at Gosport Mo-
vember &c last, and not one married
man was among the men employed
nor take part in the construction of
the hull.
There are others beside yacht build
ers who have similar distrusr of
married men. Ruring all those years
that Lord Kitchener was busy per-
fecting his plans for the swoop upon
the Mahdi he would not have u bene-
dict upon his STAFF, If one of the staff
wanted TO get married. why-he had
10 JlllQ duOlucf JoL'---fiitt NelS All
As a matter of fact, there were sin
gniarly few assertions for this cause
The Sirdar gave his men precious lit
tie leisure for Ioye-making,
In businesses which depend for
their success on secret formulas
married men are sometimes refused
employment.
One such has for far more than q
century past been manufacturing a
certain popular sauce. This firm has
two large factories and employs a
very large number of hands, includ-
ing scores of women. There are plenty
OF married men IN the works, but tho
actual mixing Is in the hands of q
few highly paid and much trusted
men, not one of whom is married.
The plan seems to have worked
we'll for in spite of many attempts
at bribery, the secret has. remained
lnviolate for 100 years.
One might also quote the case OF
the vet known liquor. Chartreuse,
the forpu,a for which remained q
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-16
BaIsam Fir in Demand

The enormous expansion of the
wood-pulp industry in the last two
decades, with its present annual con-
sumption of three and three-quarter
million cords of coniferous wood and
the consequent rise in the price of
spruce, has put the balsam fir in
large demand, according to a recent
bulletin of the Department of Agri-
culture. The fir was, a few years ago,
considered of little value for any pur-
pose, but is being utilized now not
only for pulp, but for rough lumber,
such as laths and the like, in this
way also beginning to take the place
of spruce.
The chief objection to the use of
large amounts of balsam fir in the
ground-up pulp process of paper
making is said TO be due to the So
called pitch in the wood, which in
jules the felts and cylinder faces
upon which the pulp is relied out.
The material which gums up the
cylinder, however. probably comes
from grinding balsm under conditions
adapted to spruce wood. Yet from
ten to twenty-five per cent. and pos
sibly more of balsam can be used in
ground pulp without lowering the
grade of the paper. 1t is Known that
with logs left lying in water over a
season this drawback practically dis
appears.
In chemical pulp, produced through
the action of acids, these acids dis
solve the pitch, and any amount OF
balsam can be used, though some
claim that too much balsam in the
pulp gives a paper that lacks in
strength and character.
At the present time balsam fir fur
nishes about six or seven per cent.
of the domestic coniferous wood used
by our pulp industry The tree Itself
constitutes, numerically, about twen-
ty per cent. of the coniferous forest
in Northern New York and Maine
and is abundant in many parts OF
New Hampshire, Vermont, and in
Northern Michigan, Wisconsin and
Minnesota. 1t readily reforests cut.
over areas, and attains a size suitable
for pulp wood in a short time.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-16
Suicide's's Fiance Can't Collect ON Check
Left as Legacy.

NEW YORK, April 16.-Leon Guip-
on, magazine artist and pupil of
William NJ. Chase, committed suicide
because of ill health on June IA, 1910
A few hours before he killed himself
he mailed a letter containing a chick
for s7212, representing his entire es-
tate, to his fiancee, Miss Agnes
Foster, daughter of Albert Foster,
president of the Peoples National
Bank of Roxbury, Mass. The appel
late division of the Supreme Court in
Brooklyn decided yesterday Miss
Foster can have nothing from the
estate, while the proceeds of the
S,212 check must go to second cousins
of Guipon in France, of whom he
never heard. The case was the first
in the State of New York in which
a check virtually constituted a will,
disposing of the savings OF a lifetime.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-16

When Benjamin Franklin arrived in
France as an American ambassador
the kings attendant was so Disguised
at the homespun clothing of the man
from the Pennsylvania backwoods
that he hesitated about presenting
him to his majesty in that condition
and tactfully asked if he had brought
a court dress with him. FRANKLIN
replied: NO, but l brought my head
with me- and such head had never
before crossed the Atlantic.
1t was not long before the highest
honors were conferred upon this
plain, homespun dressed man from
America. He became so renowned
that his picture was displayed in the
shop windows, and found on all sorts
of manufactures. People crowded the
streets, so eager were they to get q
glimpse of the simple American who
had eclipsed the popularity OF many
of the famous men of Europe. Men
wore Franklin hats, and women had
their gloves dyed to what was called
the Franklin hue. A la Franklin
dishes We're served on the menu at
fashionable dinners. No man OF his
day received the honors this man re-
ceived, and yet he never lost his sim
, pt1Clly. ne his dPPCdi eiAAS1 Ia
the streets of Paris in his homespun
coat, his long curly locks hanging
down upon his shoulders. There was
no haughtiness in his manner, ap-
parently, no self-consciousness of his
greatness. He was man, one of
natures noblemen. Notwithstanding
all the honors which were heaped
upon him he never lost his head, his
mental poise.
superb, well-balanced head, with
faculties keen. judgment clear and
soud; a mind that is not made one
sided by fattery, not weakened by
the worlds adulation. is a rare thing.
The well-balanced person may have
a profound respect for himself with
out being overvain. His good judg-
ment will not allow vanity to mar the
symmetry of his character.
We often hear people say that they
cannot understand why Mr.. - has
had such a mediocre career. or has
been a failure, when he had such a
brilliant mind; but. it does not mat
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-16
SOUND DOCTRINE FOR OUR ADOPTED SONS

If the of foreign birth who casts his lot In
America is going to be useful citizen of the republic
he must make up his mind that he is no longer a
German, Frenchman Pole but Ameri-
Organizations of fOregn-born citizens which aim
to keep alive the language customs and traditions of
their native land interfering with the heathful
process of assimilation which makes for the progress
of this country Professor Munsterberg, of Harvard
Germanborn, expresses the right idea when he tells
organization of graduates of German universities
that 1--WE should endeavor to the entire nation
and not strain to maintain German individuality
in America. All the nationaties that come to Amer
lea should give up much of their individual char
acterstics is necessary become truly American
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-16

BY MARY
Ellen Farren, one of the most
charming actresses of the last half
century. was born on April 16, 1S4S.
One of her contemporaries said of
her: 'She could play anything, dress
in anything, say and do anything
with any quantity of go and with
out tinge of vulgarity. She ought
to go down to theatrical posterity
as the best principal boy ever seen
upon the stage ever since Sir Will
lam Davenport introduced ladies in
the drama in the reign of Charles IL
She was especially a boy actress
the leading boy of her time-and for
twenty years [ have tried to find her
double and failed.''
Ellen Farren was born in Liver
pool, England, and first appeared on
the stage when she was five as the
young duke in "Richard III" At
nine she appeared singing in popu-
lar song of the day. Her first full
fledged performance was made when
she was fourteen in 1.-THE Rose of
Barney" a Christmas extravaganza.
Miss Farren once came to this
country at the prime of her career
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-16
UPLIFT TALKS
BY oRIsoN SWEET MARDEN,
Author of s.Pushing to the Front, Eto.
BROUGHT His HEAD WITH HIM

I ter how brilliant man may %
he is vain and lacks sound judgment
he is all the time queering ms o"A
advancement. -
orr Judgment was intended to PIT
side over our mental faculties anu
help US discriminate between IL
wise and the foolish. That man wins
who Keeps a level head and uses
sound Judgment on all occasions
We are sometimes surprised to see
n man without any apparent talens
or brilliant faculties get ahead muceh
faster and succeed much better IN me
than others of apparently greater
power. We do not realize thatht 70
because his faculties are in harm}ny
one does not fight against anoteis,
neutralize another, or counteract
achievements
The great object of early trainin
should be to maintain the balance
to get eauipoise of faculty, symmetry
or evolution, because only in TINS
way can good judgment be developed,
a sound mind produced.
Develop your Judgment early and
exercise YOUR caution until 1t be-
comes reliable Your judgment is
your best friend; your common sense
is your great life partner, given you
for guidance and to protect your in
terests. Depend upon these three
great friends-sound judgment, eau
ton, and common sense-and you will
not be flung about at the mercy Of
adverse winds.
Every individual owes it to himself
and to the world to make the most
possible out of the stuff that is in
him, to develop himself. not partially,
not narrowly, nor in a one-sided way.
but symmetrically-in a large way.
1t is as much his duty to make the
largest possible man of himself as it
is the function of an acorn to be-
come a grand oak-not a little sap
ling, but a mighty tree which stands
alone, buffets the storms and tenn
pests, and furnishes shelter for man
and beast and timber for the ship
builders.
1--WE should so live and labor in our
time" said Beecher, that what came
to us as seed may go to the next gen.
Grafton as blossom, and that what
came to us as blossom may go to
them as fruit"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-16
Effective Mosquito Bait

Lieutenant-C Colonel William l.. ST.
bert, u. S. A, the builder of the
Gatun locks, the Gatun dam, the
breakwater at Colon harbor and the
excavation of the channel between
the Gatun locks and the Atlantic
ocean, asks this significant question,
says the National Geographic Maya
zine;
Now that the canal is essentially
finished, what are the American peo-
pie going to do with it? Shall the
new markets brought into existence
on the Pacific shores of Central and
South America by this new cheap
transportation route be supplied by
the United States or by foreign coun-
tries?''
If there are any people who yet
hold the idea that the waters of the
Atlantic and Pacific will mingle in
the canal, Colonel Sibert dispels that
idea with the two statements that for
about thirty-two miles the canal is
eighty-five feet above the level of the
oceans and that water" will not flow
up hill.
"a little to the north of the Gatun
locks the American and French ca
nails intersect," continues Colonel ST.
bert. HAD the French canal been
completed 1t would now be out of
date, for it's locks would not be of
sufficient size to pass the boats that
would now offer.
I'm 1912 Gatun had probably the
greatest influx of malarial mosquitoes
in its history. The sanitary depart
ment determined to locate all the
breeding places for mosquitoes near
Gatun, catch mosquitoes at each
place, and after painting them turn
them loose, and determine from the
color of the mosquitoes caught in
Gatun from what point they came.
II went down there one morning
to see how they were caught and
painted. Mosquito bars were sns-
pended from limbs tied up at the