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

Strip the earth of its thin pellicle
of soil, thinner with reference to the
mass than is the peel of the apple,
and you have stripped it of its life.
Or, rob 1t of it's watery vapor and
carbon dioxide in the air, both stages
in the evolution, and you have a dead
world The huge globe swings through
space only as a mass of insensate
rock. So limited and eyanescent is
the world of livpg matter, so vast
and enduring is the world of the nom
living. Looked at in this way, in
the light of physical science, life, l
repeat, seems like a mere passing
phase of the cosmic evolution, a fit
ting and temporary stage of matter
which it passes through in the pro-
cession of changes on the surface of
a cooling planet. Between the fiery
mist of the nebula and the frigid and
consolidated globe there is brief
span, ranging over about one hundred
and twenty degrees of temperature,
where life appears and organic evolu-
ton takes place. Compared with the
whole scale of temperature, from alb
solute zero to the white heat of the
hottest stars, it is about a hands
breadth compared to mile.
Life processes cease, but chemical
and mechanical processes go on for
ever. Life is as fugitive and uncer-
tain as the bow lin the clouds, and,
like the bow in the clouds, is con-
fined to a limited range of conditions.
Like the bow, also, it is a perpetual
creation, a contract becoming, and
its source Is not in the matter
| through which it is manifested,
| though inseparable from it. The ma
teriaI substance of life, like the rain
| drops. is in perpetual flux and
| change; it hangs always on the verge
| of dissolution and vanishes when the
| material conditions fail, to be re-
newed again when they return. We
know-do we not?-that life is as lit
orally dependent upon the sun as is
the rainbow and equally dependent
upon the material elements; but
whether the physical conditions sum
up the whole truth about 1t, as they
| do with the bow, Is the insoIuble
question. Science says Yes, but our
| philosophy and our religion say No.
| The poets and the prophets say No,
and our hopes and aspirations say
No.
Where, then, shall we lock for the
key to the mysterious thing we call
life? Modern biochemistry will not
listen to the old notion of a vital
force-that is only a metaphysical
will-o' -the-wisp that leaves us fioun-
! dering in the quagmire. If / question
the forces about me, what answer do
l get2 Molecular attraction and re-
pulsion seem to say, 1T Is not in us;
we are as active in The clod as In
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-03
To Find Mean Sea Level

Every effort is being made to give
unique Importance to the new Brit
ism tidal observatory. 1t is designed
TO give important information of
somewhat varied kind, and only after
careful study with this in mind has
the ordnance survey chosen Dunbar,
on the east coast of Scotland. as the
most suitable site. To give surveyors
much needed permanent datum, a
primary object of the new station
will be to fix the position of mean sea
level with exceptional precision, using
self-recording instruments. Other
purposes will be to examine directly
the rise or fall of the coast line if any
movement occurs to record the local
tides and all tidal phenomena and to
determine, of possible, whether the
changes of the tide produce any
measurable reformation of the sur
face of the adjacent land
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-03
OPINIONS AND VIEWS FROM THE EXCHANGES

Canadian road carries a large per
centage of the world trav-
elers from Europe on its Pacific En-
press boats.
This service has been inaugurated
at the request of business men and
commercial interests in the United
States and the Philippines. and un-
doubtedly will bring Canada into
touch with valuable new market.
The Indispensable Man.
From Leslie's
In the onward march to efficient
business methods the indispensable
man is being eliminated as one of the
weakest links in the chain. E. c..
Church, head of the bureau of sup
ply, gas and electricity of New York
city, in reporting upon the savings of
thousands of dollars in the last two
years through efficient methods in his
department, says: TT is necessary
that there be no Indispensable men.
Such ones are the most dangerous
units in any organization, for, sooner
OF later, they are taken sick or die,
get better positions elsewhere, and the
work suffers since they were 'indispen-
sable and there is no one prepared
to take their places" The brilliant
and Indispensable people are, after all,
not the most wonderful. Sir Freder-
lex Treves Is one of the greatest liv-
ing surgeons, and it is interesting to
hear him say that If he were COM
PEELED to undergo an operation he
would be very careful to select a sur
geon who was not brilliant. Hard
work." says he produces better re-
suits than brilliancy." Brilliant and
| indispensable people have work to
| do, but every effort toward efficiency
aims to train up the average, hard
working man to carry on the work
! they have begun.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-03
HAL
AT BALL GAME
YOUR Special corispondint.

your Special correspondent
ALLENHURST, N. Jersey, Aug p.
4 whent 2 sea b B teeme of as
berry Parke Bats with dansbepry
teeme yesterday on Foarmers dimond.
Will waitin four Bottle teens cume
Out Playe Bal l heear sumo / say
that Asbeerys teeme Is playin downe
inn celler, but they didn't Playe
inn Celler. the teeme eume rite out
in b. Bale costumes an Bats rite
on the grounde so as every Body
could sea them o K alrite an they
Beete dansbury teeme four two z
Runs; 1t was sum game Besides the
Penut man done A Hole lot of Biz.
your Private Special Correspondent
whent over 2 sea the Band leeder Of
our Towne band last nit askt him
about dayte of our TONNES receptiun
Too hon. j. F. Tumulty. But he was
out along Beech front fishin an inn
the Dark without even takin A lamp
with Him so his wife say Him Bee
brave man. Sure. moore Soon again
Shortly.
yours Truelly.
HAL.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-03
A Wonderful Wall

Few people realize what an almost
perfect condition prevails along a
large part of the great wall of China
The bricks of the parapet are as firm
as ever, and their edges have stood
the severe climatic conditions of north
China With scarcely a break. The
paving along the top of the wall is so
smooth that one may ride over it
with bicycle, and the great granite
blocks with which it is faced are
smooth and as closely fitted as when
put in place over 1000 years ago.
The entire length of the wall is ], 400
miles. It is twenty-five feet high and
twenty feet in thickness. At inter-
walls of 100 yards or so there are tow
ers, some forty feet in helght-Popu-
lar Mechanics.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-03
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
The Secret of Cabinet Minister'S Leisure

sessed a wonderful power of concen-
tration of mind and a profound
knowledge of the history of the
United States.
1T so happened, however, that Mr.
Evarts entered the state department
to find little or nothing excepting the
routine business to do. His prede-
cessor, Hamilton Fish, was a man of
extraordinary industry, submitting
with patience to any kind of druid
gerry; but in his administration of the
state department there arose ques-
tions of the highest national impor-
lance. 1t was his duty to handle
these questions. Among them was
the treaty for the establishment OF an
arbitration tribunal, before which
was to be submitted the claim of the
United States for damages against
Great Britain on account of the Con-
federate cruiser Alabama. This was
very difficult and laborious under
taking. Mr.. Fish carried it through
successfully.
"Then there was the fisheries ques-
ton, a very important subject; and
there were certain boundary claims
that were also of great consequence.
All this work was finished when Mr.
Fish welcomed Mr.. Evarts as his sue
cessor The result was that the desks
were cleared There was little but
routine work to carry on.
IT am frank to say, however, that
Mr. Evarts, when secretary of state,
instituted something which has been
of the utmost value to the American
people. 1t was under his administra-
ton and by his authority that the
system which is represented by what
are commonly known as the consular
reports was instituted. No one can
tell how great the value of these re-
ports has been to American CONNER
cial interests"
Copyright, 1914, by e. j. Edwards.
All rights reserved.)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-03
Manganese Ores

Though there are many deposits of
manganese ores in the United States,
most of them are too small to fur
nish large amounts of ore regularly.
Certain classes of high grade ores
used In the glass and chemical trades
are not known to occur in CONNER
cial quantities in the United States.
1t is a curious fact that the United
States, with enormous deposits OF
iron ore, depends on deposits in for
eign countries for most of it's supply
of the metals used as alloys in the
manufacture of steel, such as man
ganese. nickel, chromium and vana-
dunn.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-03
Noted Women Whose Birthday Is Yours
AUGUST
Gracceanna Lewis, Elizabeth Penrose
Copyrighted
BY MARY MARSHALL
AUGUsT3

to supply the deficiency. The result
of her work was children,s history
of England which for forty years
was practically the only published
childrens history of England and
which went through an almost in
credible number of editions. In this
history Mrs. Penrose did not hesitate
to alter the facts of history to suit
her purpose. She omitted all scenes
of cruelty and fraud because she re-
garded them as hurtful to children
and all political matters in the later
years of the history Of England she
omitted as being too complicated for
the minds of children.
In appearance this successful his
torian was a fair slight woman, a lit
tie above average height. She was
very popular among her husbands
parishioners and so far from letting
her literary work interfere with her
housework she had the reputation of
being a model housewife. She was
buried In the cloisters of Lincoln
cathedral.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-03
A Nice Distinction

In regard to the question of pref
erence as between bachelor and bene-
diets, it is always pleasant to revert
to the delicate distinction set forth
by Gen. Lafayette in a conversation
during his second visit to America.
He shook hands with 5000 men in one
day, says the legend. and used but
seven words in all He asked each
one:' Are you married?' If the an
swer was yes, he exclaimed: For
tunate fellow!" If no, Lucky dogl"
After a long levee, friend asked
how the general could reconcile his
congratulations to welded and single
men alike. The F'renchman laughed
and answered: why, my dear boy,
can you not perceive the vast diff
ference between a lucky dog and a
fortunate fellow?"-St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-03
Chinese Organize Life Assurance Company

been a member of parliament, and
was at one time president of the Pro-
visional Assembly.
1t is the intention of the company
in addition to incorporation at Picking,
to register under the British laws of
Hongkong. A British subject has
been appointed inspector of agents,
and it is the announced policy of the
company to conduct its business in
accordance with the methods of for
eign life insurance companies. The
policies will be printed both in Chinese
and English.
1t is of interest in commercial
sense to note the tendency of promi-
nent Chinese, who have heretofore
taken an active part in the official
affairs of the country, to engage in
business pursuits, Shanghai being the
chief centre for industrial as we'll as
political activity. = Consul General
Thomas Sammons, of Shanghai
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-03

The Venus Life Assurance Com
pany, with headquarters at Shanghai,
has formally opened offices for the
transaction of active business. The
company occupies the entire floor of
a prominent building in the business
section of the city and has capital
Of $500, 900 (gold), Of which rs per cent.
is reported as having been paid up.
Mr. Tang Shaoi, who has been
prominent in many ways as Chinese
statesman, is chairman of the board
of directors. the chairman being
Mr.. Lu Sing On the board of di-
rectors there are number of highly
prominent Chinese who have been &C
tive in the official life of the country,
both at home and abroad. Among
these may be mentioned DR.. WI Ting
Fang, for many years American min
lister at Washington, and Lord Lii
Ching Fang.
Mr.. Sing, the vice-chairman, has
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-03

Gracceanna Lewis, who was born
on August 8. 1921, was a famous
worker IN the cause of abolition, and
Elizabeth Penrose, who was born on
August 3. 1880, was a very successful
writer of histories.
Mrs. Elizabeth Penrose was the
second daughter of the famous Ed
mund Cartwright, the clergyman who
revolutionized English Industrial con-
ditions by inventing the power loom.
Cartwright married a second time,
when Elizabeth was little girl and
SO most of her youth was passed in
the homes of relatives and she never
knew what 1t was to have home of
her own till she married clergyman
named Penrose.
Mrs. Penrose, as wife of a poor
country minister and the mother Of
many children, must have had a life
full of household duties. Still when
she discovered that there were no
published histories of England which
she considered suitable for the use of
her own children she did not hesitate
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-03
The Secret Of Life

the flower The four principal ele-
ments-oxygen, nitrogen, hydrogen
and carbon-say, 1T is not in us, be-
cause we are from all eternity, and
life is not; we form only it's physical
basis" Warmth and moisture say,
ut is not in us; we are only its
faithful nurses and handmaidens."
The sun says, 1T is not in me;
shine on dead worlds as well. | but
quicken life after it is planted" The
stars say, TT is not in us; we have
seen life come and go among myri-
ads of worlds for untold ages" No
questioning of the heavens above nor
of the earth below can reveal to us
the secret we are in quest of.-John
Burroughs, in Harper's Magazine for
August.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-03
Available for the Militia

According to c. E. Kilbourne. the
census of the United States of 1910
gives 2O,473, 6S4 males of militia age.
while the reports of the adjutant
generals of the several States for 1913
give the number of males available
for service in the event of war as
16,127,357. The census figures, it will
be noticed, are considerably larger
than those of the adjutant- generals
but in these figures are included all
persons of an eligible age, but the
law excludes aliens. persons Of un-
sound mind, criminals and others
disabled from various causes.-Phila-
delphia Press.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-03

pendent on the charity of their government. And to
those Americans abroad who in their admiration of
Europe have been disposed to disable the benefits
of their own country" new sense of its blessings
must come from their present experiences They see
what all the pomp and pageantry of Europe really
what dynamite has existed beneath its civilization
what savagery was masked by its smiling demeanor
This war in its effect upon Americans should and
Will promote more ardent admiration for American
institutions and stronger love of country and
probation of its great blessings @The vacation trips
of Americans hereafter, instead of taking the direc-
ton of Europe will favor the United States with the
wonderful natural beauties of which few of the ma
rooned tourists have any knowledge
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-03
Che Summer Resort

Same old beach,
Same old peach,
With the same old winsome smile
Same old stare,
Same hot air,
And the Hrtatious style.
Same old view
Nothing new,
Same old skeeters there to sting
Same old sand
Same old band,
Same old cash register to ring.
Same old drones,
Chaperones,
Sitting in the rocking chairs.
Same old walks,
Same old talks,
Same old spooning the stairs
Same canned food,
Boiled and stewed
Same transparent slice of meat.
Same old girls
Same old curs
Same old slot machine to beat
Same old junk,
Same old bunk,
Same old stunt and nothing
Same price list
Same bridge whist,
Same old never-ending bore.
Exchange.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-03
PROBABLY NO CUP RACE.

In all probability there will be America cup
race this year. as with Great Britain plunged into a
colossal Sir Thomas Upton cannot well consent
to race Britishers will be thinking of serious
things next fall than yacht race and, in fact the
participation of English yacht in international
race would be an offense British popular sentiment
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-03
Campers Catch Peculiar Bird, Half Owl
and Half Monkey.

IRONBRIDGE, Pa, Aug. Camp
ers on Perkiomen Creek near A. l..
Oberholzer's grist mill caught very
queer bird animal in Norman Det-
weiler's woods. The thing has body
like an owl, but the head resembles
that of a monkey minus the ears.
There is hair on the head and feathers
on the body. The campers have Mr..
Monkey Owl in a cage outside the
camp, and in the evening the mother
owl brings and deposits food near the
cage for it's freakish offspring.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-03
FATE OF THE SMALLER STATES AND COLONIES.

With England, Germany, France Austria Russia
and servia embroiled in the consequences
and end of which human being can foresee, how
can the smaller states of Europe keep themselves
aloof? Italy has declared herself neutral under pres
ent circumstances, but she is fully armed and pre-
pared and her hand may be forced before many days
Spain is remote from the theatre of war, but she
is not unlikely to give troops to France Holland
may find her territories violated and be compelled to
take a hand. The Dutch army is now modified. The
Scandinavian States act in concert for mutual
protection They distrustful both of Russia and
Germany, but chiefly of Russia. The Balkan States
seem destined to involved and if the Slav in east
ern Europe triumphs Turkey will make her final exit
from Europe Consantinople will be the capital OF
a new Eastern empire of the great Slav race.
Can this be confined to Europe? All the
great powers have colonies and dependencies. The
British possessions encircle the globe, and outside OF
the British Isles they include thirteen million square
miles with about four hundred millions of popula-
ton. This at the strength and the weakness
of Britain's empire. Germany's colonial empire is
chiefly in Africa. France has great possessions IN
Northern Africa and the Far East. Holland owns an
extensive and valuable colonial system which in the
turmoil of a general stronger power may wrest
from her And it is fortunate for England that Rus
sia her ally in this war will have designs dis
eontented India, held by handful OF British troops
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-03
800 Sing Sing Convicts Free for a Day.
Play Baseball.

OSSINING, Aug. 8. = Warden
Thomas Mccormick set precedent
yesterday by giving 1900 convicts in
Sing Sing prison, heretofore always
kept locked in their cells on Sunday,
the freedom of the prison yard.
The prisoners were permitted TO
govern themselves for the day. They
appointed their own sergeants and
monitors to discipline any who mis-
behaved. The guards were reduced,
only half the usual number being on
duty.
The prisoners played handball,
medicine ball and baseball and
listened to the band.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-03
Youth Just Out of Teens First to VOlun-
teer for Kaiser.

PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 3.-When
the doors of the German consulate
were opened for business yesterday,
Rudolph Jugel, a German youth just
out of his teens, was waiting on the
steps to offer himself as volunteer
Doctor Mudra, the consul, after hear
ing his story, took his name and adj
dress and told him to stand in readi-
ness to sail at any moment. And Incl
dentally he was the first one, follow
ing the declaration of war, to volun-
teer in the service of the Emperor.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-03
Shooting Looms

The great northern loon is one of
the hardest of birds to shoot when it
is on the water Many a marksman
contends that the birds will dive after
they hear the report of the frearm
and thus evade the bullet or shot, as
the case may be.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-03
ODDITIES IN
TODAYS VS.
Tots Carried on Ten Miles in play
house" BY Locomotive.

KENT. Aug. S.-Charles and Ber-
tram Donaldson, twins, five years old,
were restored to their parents in
Holmes, near Kent, after their play
house ran away with them tenAmiles
yesterday.
They got into a New Haven Rail-
road car on a siding in Holmes to
play. A locomotive picked up the
car and pulled it to Brewster.
There Frank Stebbins, trainman,
found the boys. They were turned
over to their father, Matthew Dom
aldson, who had been summoned by
telephone.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-03
Remains Reasonable.

From the Brooklyn Eagle
Before Panama ceased to be part
of the territory of Columbia this
country offered to her s10,00O.OOO in
cash and $3.50. 900 a year for hundred
years for what 1t has since acquired
which offer was refused.
Defending the proposition to set
tie" with the Southern Republic by
the payment of $4,000, 900, Secretary
BRYAN saws that in all, had the offer
been accepted, Columbia would not
only have received 81, 500 900, but
would also have retained the State OF
Panama. He adds:
What justice or fairness can there
be in the proposition that Columbia,
having refused to accept a fair price,
Is not entitled to any damages at all?
The payment Of the SIS, 100000 pro
yided for in the treaty now oe1ore
the Senate is only reasonable com
pensation for damages actually SUI
fered.
reasonable compensation does not
become unreasonable when it is char
aeterized as blackmail
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-08-03
rnter phiIlpplne Trsde.

From the Toronto Globe.
Considerable interest has been ere
a+ed in shipping circles by the an
,,e,,ncement that the Canadian Pa
eific will enter the Philippine trade
on June ii, when the steamship EN-
press of Russia will make Manila
port of call
The fastest schedule hitherto from
any North American port to Manila
has been twenty eight days, but the
Canadian Pacific, with its fast sail
ings, will cut this down to seventeen
days
THE new schedule will bring consid-
enable tnufist trade to Manila. a. the