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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-21

The late John NJ. Toueey was
esteemed in his day worthy to rank
with the ablest practical railroad OPP
orators in the United States. Mr..
Toucey began his railroad service I'M
der Commodore Vanderbilt when the
latter was perfecting his eonsolida-
ton which became known as the
New York Central system. MIR. Toueey
was rapidly promoted until he be-
came general superintendent, re-
naming in that office until by rea-
son of his years he was retired some
eight or nine years ago upon pen
sion which carried his full salary.
Mr.. Toueey was familiar with the
great achievements of those who built
railroads, and he had personal ac-
quaintance with all of the leading
railroad operators of the United
States. He knew the special achieve
ments which distinguished this or that
civil engineer or bridge builder, anu
was able to tell many interesting
anecdotes about them.
1 remember a chat ] had with Mr.,
Toucey shortly after he had retired
from actual service, retirement, !
man say, incidentally, which was very
irksome TO him. He had worked SO
hard and so steadily all his life that
he did not know how TO adapt him-
self to leisure.
II think book ought to be writ
ten" said he, about some of the work
that was done by Octave Chanute
They know him in the West even bet
ter than we do in the Eastern part
of the country. They will never Tor
get out there the wonderful skin
which he displayed when he. was
called upon to provide plans for me
of the bridge over the
Missouri River at. Kansas City.
But, to my thinking, the eleVerest
thing Chanute ever did was at the
time he was employed by the Erie
Railroad. I ought to make a little
explanation TO you of the physical
condition of the Erie Railroad SO
that YOU can understand better what
Chanute accomplished. -.
"When the Erie Railroad was mutt
il was thought to be absolutely neees-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-21

batting up flies, can hit the ball more
than once in three attempts, and not
one IN thirty nine, hitting the bali,
can place it where he intended, If he
had any intent.
Not one in CAB can judge a fly ball
and get in position to catch 1t, and not
one in SO can catch an infield pop-up,
not one in SO can catch an outfield fly
and not one in f09 can catch high
infleld fly if the ball finds him in posi-
ton. One in II will be beaned at
tempting it.
Not one in 2,347 has any idea Of how
a curved ball is pitched; not one in
4 ,987 can pitch a curve; not one in 391
can pitch three balls across the plate
in seventeen tries. Not one in lob
can make a hit off a fair bush league
pitcher Who has anything in Ill times
at bat
Not one in POI could cover second,
take a throw to catch a base runner
and hold the ball If he got his hands
on it, and not one in 331 could tag a
sliding base runner.
Any 4 9S7 gentlemen casually coming
together, without selection as to ex-
pertness, may try all the tests here
mentioned, and If the demonstration
proves other than the statements set
forth, Wen acknowledge error, but un-
til then we submit the question: Can
Americans play the American ma
tional game?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-21
THE NEW DEAL IN MEXICO.

The long and laborious march of the victorious
Constituencies armies ended in Mexico City their
goal yesterday and in pageant through cheering
population, escorting Carranza the provisional
president. Pictures of Madero the martyred presi-
dent were in evidence. The populace which had so
recently given its acclaim to Huerta, welcomed his
conqueror with a new-found joy The man on
horseback" is always the Mexican ideal
But the duties of Carranza not picturesque
There is imposed upon him tasks that
mental Madero entered Mexico City after Diaz had
fled amid ELUSIVE acclams from those he wanted to
benefit and he had the tasks to perform. He fall
and showed weakness in the face of opposition
and he sacrificed, The tickle population of the
capital that had welcomed him efusively saw him
murdered and consented to his sacrifice.
For the sake of Mexico and civilization the hope
may be expressed that in Carranza Mexico has not
got a second Madero. If Carranza lacks resolution
and courage, If he fails to grapple with the selfish
landed and foreign interests, if he falters and
compromises he is not the for the regeneration
of Mexico: revolt will rise against him and probably
there will be another reaetionary military ehefain
to do to him what Huerta did to Madero.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-21
Peru the Source of Cocaine.

There is a shrub in high Peru which
does not bring the blessing of the po-
tato-I mean the cocoa tree, whence
comes cocaine. The leaf is chewed by
young and old Some doctors say it is
very bad for the people of Peru. The
infantile death rate is high and they
say few old persons are to be found
Other doctors aver that the cocoa leaf
is very good for the peasants. l am
inclined to take view between the
two opinions. I met a man in Cuzco
who was running a grocery store, and
Professor Giessecke told me they had
very good proofs in that town that he
was a hundred and fifty years old
, He sold me chocolate and also cocoa
leaves. I chewed the leaves to try to
cure an ulcer in my stomach, and
they helped me more than all the
medicines of civilization that I had
tried.-Peter MacQueen in National
Magazine.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-21
HAL" MEETS
A NOTABLE

your Special correspondent.
Allenhurst, N. J., Angus 21-soisetty
Is on the grande 4 Big rnshe ? eleer
It's slate of all Events befour Sept
first wich sumehowe begins the End
of Season Hear last mite your owne
Private special correspondent wieh
is I had 1 create surprising plesure
of meatin Charlie Knickerbocker of
n. Yorke him whom rites aboute the
hundred of n. yorke towne an there
afaires an wat they Due in Sociel
circles Among theirselfs & frens.
charlie refused ? meat the reel so
siettey Folke hear on the grounde
that He did Not want his presence
felt in our Towne witch Is alrite 10
do sumo Times o K buy the fashin-
nahle.
Miss l.. Frenzy Is about depart
Baeke too her home after A shortte
sojorne with her poplar fren & ehum
Miss Penelope Gribbins the dawter
of Mister A. Gribbins, a respectful
farmer & elder inc our TONNES
church.
Raine Is mulch headed inc these
parts 2 stoppe old Sol frum Burneing
up the crops with his terrible beet
these pass few Days.
Fisher is said too Bee guide hear
abouts as It's reported that c. Boggs
& Dan Watts, Boys wei nown and
sons of brother L. Boggs & deacon
Watts eatched cat Fish in Shrews-
berry river witch Is guide four an All
day capture moore soon again
Shortley.
yours Truelly,
Hal.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-21
Commerce and the Dangers Of War

1908, by substituting non-lntercoursa
law forbidding intercourse with Great
Britain, France and their dependen
cies. Napo con met our embargo law
with the Bayonne decree, ordering the
seizure of all American vessels in
Europe.
England by a series of Orders in
Council attempted to carry out her
traditional policy of controlling trade,
first by declaring a blockade from
the Elbe to Brest $500 miles,, next by
restraining neutrals from engaging in
coastwise trade and next by pro-
hibiting all neutral trade with
France. Napoleon responded to the
first with the so-called Berlin decree
declaring the British Isles in a state
of blockade, and to the last, by the
decree of Milan, declaring that all
vessels submitting to British search
or control should be seized where
found.
These things all spelled disaster for
American shipping. Our non-inter-
course laws had caused grass to grow
on the wharves and in the streets of
cur shipping ports. After their re-
peal CMay l, 1870, our ships COM
tinued to be seized by France and by
lean ships and cargoes valued at
more than 100000. /.
As a neutral our lot was not as
good as that of a belligerent. Ulti-
mately. France, with much guile, in
creased the friction between England
and the United States, until Eng
lands custom Of searching American
vessels for British subjects struck
fire. and war resultpd
While the United States today be-
lieves herself to have a better under
standing with her European neigh
hors than a century ago. and partieu-
lariy with England II Is well to re-
member that there Ia finder in trade
and that war is usually the steel that
puts spark in II. Our most earnest
efforts, therefore, should be directed
toward giving occasion for Just
offense to no nation, and while sup
plying the needs Of the beiligerents in
this great war to walk carefully.
speak softly, even though conscious
that we carry big stiCk.-U Uncle
Dudley. in the Boston Globe.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-21
Growths of Reserrolrs.

From the Municipal Engineering.
The word vegetable" is here to be
taken in its broad sense, as it should
include not only those growths which
would be recognized by the public at
large, but also those of the minute
world as well, which latter constitute
one branch of that lake life known as
"Plankton."
AS an instance of excessive over
growth. a small lake could be named,
which is so loaded with dense vege-
tation that decay gets ahead of new
growth, and the use of its water Is
productive of temporary diarrhoea. 1t
rs a stained water, but its color is
not to be considered as a measure
of its Objectionable qualities for table
use, as many waters of much darker
tint are of excellent quality for such
purpose. Color and fitness for drink
ing bear no relation to each other.
1t is true that colorless waters are
now demanded by the people and
meadow teas" are growing in dis
favor, but-that change in public opin-
ion is of recent date and Is not based
upon established hygienic grounds.
The deepening in color of the lower
layers of water stored upon an I'M
clean bottom, the encouragement of
growthe Of small organisms producing
taste and smell by reason of an accu-
mutation of extracted food suitable
for their development and a deficiency
in dissolved oxygen in the bottom
levels constitute the sum of objections
that can be raised to the impounding
of water, and they are much more
than balanced by the advantages that
accrue from such storage.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-21
FRIDAY EVENING. AUGUST q, 1914.
PRAYING FOR THE DAWN OF PEACE
JAMES SMITH. JR.

ID When the cardinals of the Sacred College gather
to choose a successor to Pope Plus X, profound
thought should, and undoubtedly will be- given to
measures or movements looking to eternal peace
among the nations of the earth This will be in keep
ing with the feryenty expressed wish of the venerable
pontiff in his dying moments.
Whether emanating from Catholic or Protes-
project aiming at the elimination of war
ana its horrors will be hailed with fervor by Chris
tianity and with all nations working to a common
end for humantys sake the dawn of that sincere fra
sternalism and OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES everlasting peace
..and goodwill among men may be not far distant
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NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY


sary that the guage should be six
feet. | mean by that, of course, the
distance between the rails. That was
well enough for road which oper-
ated short trains, but after traffic
began to be heavy it was discovered
that if the Erie was to hold its own
it would be compelled to alter its
gauge.
But the question was how that was
to be done. Somebody proposed at
first that the company lay third
rail just at the distance from the
outer rail to furnish the standard
gauge which had been found to be
the best for American railways. They
actually did put down the third rail
for some distance, so that the cars
operated by an Erie train were fire.
quently of two gauges. There would
be one car of the broad gauge and
then another of the standard gauge.
That did not work, and Chanute was
asked if he could devise a plan by
which the gauge could be established
according to the standard without
interfering with traffic, He insisted
that in order to do so the Erie road
must be double tracked. The new
track would be built by the standard
gauge. When that was completed
they could reduce the old track from
the broad to the standard gauge. They
told him to go ahead. and in a re-
markedly .short time he had double
tracked the Erie established a stand
ard gauge on both tracks and dem
onstrated that by reason of these
changes ii was possible to operate
trains twice the length of those
which are operated on the old broad
gauge.
ct was as fine a piece of railroad
constructive work as | ever knew and
it attracted a good deal of attention
at the time Standardi2ing he gauge
of the Erie Railroad made it possible
te standardize both freight and pas
senger cars, so that now car which
is run on tracks of any railroad IN
the United States can run on the
tracks of all"
copyright, 1914, by DR. Ell. Edwards,
All rights reserved)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-21
THE ENEMY WITHIN THE GATES.

In European cities at the present time the govern
ment its power to restrain greed and keep down
the prices of the staple neeessaries of life. Men who
combine in any way to withhold food and advance
prices treated public enemies which they
enemies who attack the nation from within and in
its vital parts Martial law supersedes the civil
authority, and these enemies find little grace.
In the United States have from with
out but we have from within--a of in
satiae greed upon the food of the people. And the
people be defended only by the civil laws and the
police power. 1t is to be determined how far these
powers be stretched against the public enemy.
Probably they would be effective if all the energy
of the government should be used in the investigation
and punishment of the conspracies, known to exist
against the nations food supply And what extent
is that energy exhibited?
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parish, southern Louisiana. A small
production comes from surface de-
posits in the dry chimes of Utah and
California. In 1918 the marketed pro-
duction of rock salt in the United
States was 1,062, 2st short tons, valued
at s1,96s, 567.
The processes employed at the pres
ent time in the manufacture of salt
by evaporation are solar evaporation.
direct heat evaporation, steam evapo-
ration and vacuum pan evaporation.
Salt is made by one or more of these
processes in the great majority of the
salt-producing States. California is
unique among these States in that the
great bulk of the salt produced in
that State comes from sea water, be-
ing obtained by solar evaporation on
San Francisco bay, near Long Beach,
and near San Diego.
Michigan ranked first among tho
producing States in 1918 in both
quantity and value of production, fol-
lowed by New York, Ohio and Kan
sas in the order named. Details re-
garding the salt industry in these
and the other salt-producing States
are given In a pamphlet on the salt
and bromine industry in 1918 recently
issued by the United States Geological
Survey as a part of mineral re-
sources of the United States.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-21
THE GERMANS IN BRUSSELS.

Brussels, the beautiful capital of Belgium, is
in possession of the Germany army. The city was
undefended and therefore escaped the slaughter at the
forts that preceded the taking of Lege. 1t was
pected provided for that Brussels would be
pied by the Germans. What it's strategic importance
will be developed in the future operations of the
For one thing, no harm to the city
itself War is mercess but it spares the monu-
mens and institutions of a great city that is not
fortress defying an army. Many thousands of Amer
lean citizens visited the historic capital of Bel
GUM as they have Lege, and they feel treasured
that the capital will be much respected in its public
treasures as Liege has been by the German invader
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-21
In Kansas CITY.

In Kansas City they love to tell CT
a certain wealthy meat packer who
never loses an opportunity to impress
upon visitors to his house the great
extent of his riches
He was showing caller from the
East through his palatial mansion on
one occasion when they stopped be-
fore a handsome plate-glass mirror
of massive size above the fireplace
in the drawing
See that mirror" asked the
packer. ut cost me just ten thousand
dollars"
"Heavens,' exclaimed the visitor.
duly impressed. Then, after a careful
examination Of the article, he added,
But what a pity it is scratchedw
Yes" said the packer, carelesslY.
Then. turning to his wife, he said
Mary, perhaps you'd better not let
the children have any more diamonds
to play with."-Lippineott's.
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Evening Star Astrologer
Copyright, DID

will come from unexpecte sources and
those that are imported will divide
honors with domestic production The
vogue of cheaper places of amuse-
ment where legitimate drama is pre-
scented is foretold.
The approaching autumn is likely
to be an exceedingly critical time for
Japan. Warlke feeling will be diff
cult to control.
San Francisco is subject to a rule
indicating increase of taxation in DC
tober and much public discomfort, but
the outlook for the Panama Pacific
Exposition is better than at any pre-
vious time. Prosperity in California,
if labor troubles can be avoided, is
foreshadoWed.
Ever since the first of the year as
trologers have prophesied that women
would be subject to influences tend
ing toward crimes. Again a warming
is given that scandals and untoward
incidents will multiply.
Persons whose birthdate 1t Is have
the augury of quiet year. They
should beware of accidents.
Children born on this day will prob
ably be keen and argumentative.
Both boys and girls have the promise
of success in life. They should be
able to attain high position through
personal merit
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but sent him forth as an itinerant
preacher.
When the countess was thirfv-six
her two sons died of SMALLPOX and
it was while going through the grief
of this sorrow that the countess was
able to show how great was the
strength which she derived from her
religion. She appointed Whitehead as
her personal chaplain, and in order
that he might be heard by large con-
gregations she moved from Leices-
tershire to London, where she opened
her house in a fashionable neighbor-
hood twice a week so that the pub
lie might have the benefit of White
fields preachings.
The Countess of Huntington had
many less important proteges than
Whitefield or the Wesleys. To a
great many young Church of Eng
land clergymen who were accused of
having Methodist leanings she ex-
tended her support and encourage
ment, and since it Is permissible in
England for a peerless to have as
many chaplains in her employ as she
wishes, she shielded the suspected
clergymen under her roof. WHITEHEAD
once said that she looked like a
good bishop with his chaplains
around him" When the countess was
fifty-four she sold her jewels In or
der to pay for a chapel in Brighton.
England, and, later. she bought an
extensive estate in North Wales
where. with the aid of Whitefeld. she
opened a seminary for training Meth
odist preachers. This school was
opened on her birthday in 1858 When
Whitefield died he left the countess
his possessions in America, and from
the proceeds of this bequest she
opened an orphanage in Georgia. She
died at the age of eighty-four. ac-
tive till the last in the cause for
which she had given her life and her
fortune
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-21
No FAITH I'M JAPANESE PROMISES.

81 The Peking dispatch telling of inquiry to ou
r.
government looking TO the cession by Germany o.
Kiau-chau to the United States, to be Immediately
transferred back China, could be answered favor
ably only after the consent of Japan given, and
that would be doubtful If it is the intention OF
Japan to the territory to China she has better
faith than European governments and better than
eJapan itself has exhibited in the past
Japan violated the treaty of Portsmouth with
Russia She promised in that treaty to respect the
rights China in Manehuria and, borrowing the lam
guage of the treaty, Ito restore entirely and COM
pletely to the exclusive administration of China all
portions of Manchuria in the occupation of or
under the control of the Japanese troops. Japan
held ON to and holds large territories with
cities and exercises all the powers of the sovereign
The sudden and extraordinary utimatum by
Japan to Germany conceived in the spirit of the
gross violation of the treaty of Portsmouth, and
China has good to know that fact. She knows
what the Japanese promise of ultimate restoration
Smeans II means the Greek calends
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-21
ALI ABrE-BoDIED MEN GONE TO WAR.

mo able-bodied men in Berlin, says cable dis
and there be doubt of its literal truth
Men who are exempt by reason of age from military
service lads not of military age and women perform
The duties of civilians But Berlin is not an excep-
ton Throughout all of Germany and Austria and of
r. France the cities and towns have been stripped of
their able-boded men, who either in mobilization
tUsmps or the firing line.
= In Great Britain the draft upon the manhood of
the nation has not been great, but it will be- As
the war progresses and the British troops lose in
killed and wounded heavier drafts will be made on
tie male population. There is CONSUMPTION in
Great Britain in continental countries, but the
losses sustained in France will be incentive for enlist
ment
= How the manhood of our own country was drained
the great Civil War during the four years it ex
listed we all know. There is nothing finer in history
than the devotion with which both armies were filled
up after they had been depleted by sickness, wounds
'rand death.
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"The stars incline, but do not compel
SATURDAY. AUGUST ee. 1914.

1.-THE stars incline, but do not compel
SATURDAY, AUGUST se, 1914.
Venus exercises a strong influence
for good today. according to the read
ing of astrologers. Late in the af-
ternoon Neptune is unfriendly, but
the dominating influences are held to
be lucky.
1t is an suspicious time for we'd
dings. Love affairs should prosper
under this government of the planets.
There is a prediction, however, that
the summer romances of this year
will not lead readily to marriage, as
conditions are said to be conducive to
extreme reluctance to accept respon-
sibilities of every sort.
This is believed to be a particularly
auspicious day for those who seek
engagements in theatrical companies
or opportunities to win public ac-
claim. Artists of every rank should
beneft.
The wearing of new clothing Is
supposed to be especially fortunate,
when Venus is in benefc aspect.
Confectioners, hotel keepers, mana
gers of restaurants and florists should
benefit greatly by this configuration.
The omen is promising for certain
theatrical ventures, but the successes