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to the men who did or exceeded
certain amount of this labor. They
attempted it vigorously, but none sue
ceeded in earning any of the extra
money. Instead they all fell consider
ably below the fixed task.
Prompt investigation by an expert
disclosed that the trouble lay in the
fact that the men were working with
out sufficiently frequent periods of
rest. Thereupon a foreman was sta
toned by a clock, and every twelve
minutes he blew a whistle. At the
sound every barrow man stopped
where he was sat down on his barrow
and rested for three minutes. The
first hour after that was done showed
a remarkable change for the better in
accomplishment, for the second day
the men all made a premium allow
ance by doing more than what had
been too much, and on the third day
the minimum compensation had risen,
on the average, 40 per cent, with no
complaints Of overdrlving from any of
the force.
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How Animal Pests Are Brought to u. S.

Returning travellers do not always
stop to consider that about half of the
serious plant, animal and insect pests
to which this country has been sub
jected has been traced to the impor
tation of some desirable pet or am
ateur scientific attempt to add for
eign novelties to q home collection.
OF course, many pests have been in
troduced accidentally in commercial
shipments, but others have been
brought in by deliberate intention by
some misguided enthusiast, and as a
result by a law passed in 1905 the i'm
portation of living insects into this
country is forbidden, and there are
other laws which regulate so strictly
the importation of larger animals
that in many cases no discretion is
left to the authorities. The depart
ment of agriculture has published
some interesting statistics about some
of the pests already stated here.
The classic instance of misguided
enthusiasm is the introduction in 1859
of the destructive gypsy moth by a
scientist named Trouvelot. Trouvelot
was a Frenchman by birth, an as
tronomer in Harvard. Unfortunately
he was also an ardent entomologlst,
who had devoted much of his leisure
time to the consideration of the SILK
worm industry. In an evil hour he
conceived the idea of breeding har-
dier worm which might Withstand the
diseases which were then raVaglng
rearing establishments in France, and
in pursuit of this purpose imported
some gypsy moths, intending to cross
them with some of the native species
found in the United States. 1t so
window of his study in Medford,
Mass, open one day.
When he returned a mass or eggs
laid by the gypsy visitors had dis
appeared-apparently 1t had blown
out of the open window. Az
this point Trouvelot's experiments
stopped. Their results did not. They
are still with us and have cost the
country millions of dollars. For
twenty years the gypsy moth at
tracted no attention. The people OF
Medford may have wondered at the
destruction of their trees, but the
damage remained local and the out
side world knew nothing of 1T. In
1889, however, the pest suddenly be-
came prominent. Since that time
bitter warfare has been waged
against it, but the victory Us not yet
won.
In this case the probable motive
was a visionary scheme to profit in
some way from a government appro-
priation to stamp out the pestilence.
But ignorance can do as much harm
as malice. Travellers with the most
innocent intentions in the world de-
light in bringing back with them
souvenirs of their travels, and few
have any conception of the ease with
which disease is spread among plants
and animals.
The mongoose is another creature
which individuals persist in bringing
unlimited to these shores. For this
it is, perhaps. fair to hold Rudyard
Kipling largely responsible. The
he immortalized under the
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Speech of 1906 Survives

The Channel Islands-where there
is still in everyday use a patois al
most Identical with the Norman
French spoken by William the Con-
queror-are the home of other quaint
antiquarian relics. One of them, an
ancient form OF injunction, was re-
vived in Guernsey last month.
A local politician whose election as
jurat had been annulled by the royal
court of the island on the ground of
his having been sentenced to a term
Of Imprisonment some years ago,
knelt bare-headed at the entrance to
the court house and exclaimed:
"Harol Haro! Harol a Taide, mon
prince, on me. fat tort" The effect
Of this appeal, technically called the
Glamour de Haro," is to stay pro-
ceedings until the petitioners case
has been heard.
In modern times the cry has most
frequently been raised to interrupt
building operations on land to which
the title is disputed-much to the an
noyancn OF unsuspectno STRANGERS
who have settled in the islands with
out being aware of this curious ira
dition. Popular etymology explains
"Haro" as an abbreviatlon of "Ha!
Rollo," thus making the cry direct
appeal to the first duke of Normandy.
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FOLLY ARMS MEXICO.

If it had been left to General Funston or the ad-
mral of the fleet those arms and ammunition for
Huerta would not have been landed in any Mexican
port Unfortunately General Funston and the adj
mra of the feet had their hands tied by tmid, vacil
latng and spineless craftsmanship at Washington.
This ridiculous but costly fasco may be credited
by foreign critics the ineficency of the American
navy blockading the coast. When, upon orders from
Washington, our warshps withdrawn from Tam
pco and hundreds of American citizens with their
wives and children abandoned to the Mexican
mob until rescued by German and English sailors, the
blame was at first put upon the navy and it was ex-
posed to European gibes. Then the truth came out.
The administration withdrew the protection of the
navy from Americans in peril of their lives.
How many American lives will pay penalty for the
landing of the German steamers cargoes in Mex
leo for which the administration is wholly respon-
sible depends events In Mexico. II our troops
shall have occasion to into conflict either with
the Federals the Constitutonasts they will know
that they will have to face $50 machine guns that
would not be in Mexico but for the inane folly of the
Washington government
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Noted Women Whose Birthday Is Yours
MAY %
Sarah Duchess of Marlborough
MAY2e
BY MARY MARSHALL.
Sarah, Duchess of Marlboroug
Copyrighted 1914

duke on the battlefield. To him AL
ways and everywhere the duchess
came first.
The duke and the duchess of Marl-
borough probably came in for -
much royal favortism as eyer A.,
enjoyed br nobleman and his wife
and, If contemporary gossip can be
believed, the clever duchess deser- es
the credit for much of this favor
Just as an example of what such a
clever woman was able to do here is
q list of the various incomes the duke
received for year. AS plenipoten-
tiary, seven thousand pounds; as
general of the army, ten thous. nd
pounds; as master of the ordnance.
three thousand pounds; as colonei Of
the guards, two thousand pou. Is;
from the states general, ten thousand
pounds; pension, five thousand
pounds; travelling expenses, tvo
thousand pounds; for table, one thcu-
sand pounds and another income of
fifteen thousand pounds, maxim. an
income for the duke of fifty-five thou
and seventy-five thousand dollars
and all from the government.
The clever duchess managed to
have several incomes in her own
right. As groom of the stole she re-
ceived three thousand pounds, Cor
each of the following posts she re-
eeived fifteen hundred pounds-rsnger
of Windsor, mistress of the robes,
and keeper of the privy purse, max
ing a total of. seventy-flve hundred
rounds or thirty-seven thousand
five hundred dollars for the duchess
from the government.
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There is nothing about which civil
lied nations are quite so sensitive as
the courtesy due to their national
flags. A deliberate insult to a flag
will bring even the most patient of
nations to boiling point. Flag Incl
dents always lead to strained rela-
tons and often to war.
How seriously nations take these
things is shown by the suddenness
with which the huge war cloud has
doomed up in Mexico.
Only a couple of years ago Britain
nearly had trouble with the United
States over a flag incident. Some
Canadian troops were marching
through a town near the United
States border when a very unwise
American thought fit to wave large
American flag in their faces.
A drummer promptly tore 1t out of
his hand and threw 1t on the ground
TO be trodden on by hundreds of
marching feet. There was a good deal
of war talk in the more lingo news
papers, but saner opinion in all three
countries concerned felt that the in
suit was rather given by the stray
American and no official representa-
tions were made on the matter. The
Jealous drummer had been repri-
manded, but the reprimand was cam
celed
1t was flag incident that renewed
the Balkan war after Turkey had
been successfully crushed by the
three allies. There was strong i'll
feeling between the allies as to the
/ division of the spoils A small Ser
Wan party crossed the Bulgarian bor-
| der and was quietly looting a village
] fva p
master hoisted the red. green and
white Bulgarian flag over the post
| office. He was shot in the act and
| the flag riddled with bullets. Next
| morning Bulgaria declared war.
| The great Civil War in America
would very possibly have been STAYED
off but for a flag incident. Negotia-
| lions We're still proceeding when the
| Southern States decided to withdraw
various sites that they had given the
national government for coast de-
Tense. This was being done peace
| fully when a small ship, the Star of
| the West, sailing TO supply Fort
| Sumter with provisions, had the en-
! sign at its masthead riddled with
! bullets.
! The federal government promptly
broke off negotiations and announced
a state of war
Flag incidents keep cropping up ac-
cidentally, but apologies smooth
matters over. 1t is, for instance, IL
mortal insult for a ship to fly an
other national flag below it's own, as
this implies capture and conquest. 1t
has occasionally been done inadver-
tently In dressing ship, i. e., making
1t gay with flags on gala occasions.
A Russian warship did it some years
| ago during call at Portsmouth. 1t
was, of course, followed by a COM
plete apology to the local admiral.
This explains why, when the British
admiralty issued a universal code of
signals, some years ago, for use by
all the nations. there was a good deal
of international heartburning over
| the colored plate of national flags
| that prefaced II. The Union Jack,
naturally came first. Diplomatic re-
J lations, particularly with Germany,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-29
The Songs We Used to Sing

"And say! The songs we used 70
sing in the days before the war;
chuckled the garrulous old timer,
giving way to reminiscent mood.
And what recollections will come
up along with 1em out of the years!
Singin' school, sleighride parties, con-
vivial gatherings, with the accom-
paniment of the family melodeon,
did you ever see or hear one, you
of this day and generation? No?
Lucky dog! Sister used to play it.
Best fitted to play Plunged in gulf
of dark despair or Come we sin
ners,' yet the family melodeon had
to likewise moan along in accom-
paniment to the livelier tunes that
broke forth as a variant of the pro-
gram at those old-time singfests. 1t
was indispensable, the family melo-
deon, standing in one corner of the
parlor, with it's congenial environ
ment of black haircloth 'sofy' and
geometrically-po chairs of SINH
lar upholstery. where I think I can
see 1t now, with 'Hark, from the
tombs' sticking out all over 1t.
There wasn't any such thing as
'ragtime' known in those days, and
the trend of the popular lyrical music
was toward the sentimental Love-
ly Annie Lisle,' over whom we used
to solemnly bid the willows wave
and golden sunbeams smile, for
earthly music cannot waken lovely
Annie Lislie.' 1t seems strange to
me now, for some of the earthly
music that was turned loose over
lovely Annie in those days was quite
enough to waken even less gentle
ones among the dead than Annie was
alleged to be.
"And Niobe all tears! How we did
use to bemoan to the plying through
that.
I'm the hazel dell my Nellie's Sleep
ing,
Nellie loved so long ago;
While my lonely, lonely watch I'm
keeping,
Nellie lost and gone!'
"That wasn't the same Nellie,
though, who was confidently declared
by us, many time and oft, to be a
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-29
Blind watchmakers.

From Ttt-Bits.,
Blind people-those who have been
born blind-are, as Is well known, ex-
ceedingly clever with their fingers.
but it is not often that we hear of
matchmaker who was born blind.
And yet there have been instances of
the kind.
A famous blind matchmaker lived
at Holbeach, in Lincolnshire. His
name was Rippin, and, although COM
pletely blind. he could take to pieces
and put together again watches of the
most delicate construction with the
greatest ease and in quicker time
than most watchmakers who have
the advantage of good eyesight. On
one occasion some of the tiny wheels
and screws used In his trade were
stolen from him, but the thief was
captured with the property on his
person. and Rippin identified them by
his delicate sense of touch.
Barnstable watch and clock
maker brought up his blind son to
his trade, and the young man proved
so skilful that on more than one oc-
casion he detected faults in time
pieces which other tradesmen had
failed to discover.
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invigorate. refresh and stimulate the
weary children of men.
The dream of Andersen has already
taken shape in his own ingenious
brain. Nowadays we are nothing If
not practical. In collaboration with
Ernest Hebrard a French govern
ment architect, he has made plans
and blueprints and prepared estt-
mates. He has interviewed mon
archs on the subject and has received
encouragement The French Sor-
bonnie has given the scheme consider
alton. Even the American govern
ment has exhibited an interest in the
matter Andersen has even written
a book entitled Creation of a World
Centre" 1t is all very delightful, very
idyllic, very picturesque, but one can
not help asking: Why should the
world "a vague entity at best-be
asked to build an unnecessary capi-
tal2 Have we not capitals enough al
ready? The history of civilization
shows that cities spring up when
there is a demand for them. Babylon,
Alexandria, Athens, Rome and Con-
stantinople did not come into being
by a process of artificial incubation.
What we need in this age of unrest is
not an increase in the number of big
cities, but more open spaces, more
freedom for struggling and over
worked human toilers, more health,
more ease, more happiness.
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Flag Incidents That Have Caused Trouble

were rather strained for some time.
though there was no danger of war.
1t was realized that alphabetical
order was impossible, as many
nations spell each others names diff
ferently. Britain, for example, would
count Germany among the Gs, while
Germany calls itself Deutschland,
among the DIS.
All nations show one another equal
courtesies on the seas nowadays, but
for a solid five hundred years Britain
made the other nations dip their
flags on meeting a British ship, and
many of England's fiercest naval
wars, particularly with the Dutch.
were fought to enforce this act of
submission.
Nowadays the dipping of flags is
done on both sides. The ensign Is
swiftly hauled down to half-mast
and up again. An omission to pay
this courtesy to another nations flag
or to fail to fire a gun salute on
entering a foreign port would always
lead to international representations.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-29

From Modern Electrics and Mechanics.
A new profession has recently
sprung into existence, 1t is agri-
8 cultural blasting. Dynamite has been
extensively used for "A number of
= years for clearing land of stumps
: and boulders. 1t is also an effective
and economic agency for the excava-
tion of bitches. the drainage of
swamps, the planting of trees, the
rejuvenation of rundown orchards,
! The regeneration of partly-exhausted
soils and the subsoiling of ground
: underlaid with hardpan.
4 !. A young man called at the office Of
a manufacturer of dynamite recently,
nsstating that he would like to take up
agricultural blasting as trade. He
was told that as much of that kind
Of work could be developed right in
- his home community as could be
~<found anywhere else. To test it, he
.Feeaid: well, / will take an automobile
End go out on a two days trip
If9@ He found that he would be unable
y-to use an automobile, because of bad
roads. SO he took horse and wagon.
Instead Of remaining out two days,
she was gone just about six hours. He
e1went less than eighteen miles, and
secured so much blasting work to do
.Mthat he was actually compelled TO run
= away from the locality TO avoid
taking more business than he could
"ffandle In his little trip he had
secured contracts TO blast out six
acres of stumps, TO clear three acres
: IF boulders and TO plant 800 trees.
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lady. but who last night had died.
compelling us to the sad duty Of
calling on somebody to toll the bell
for lovely Nell, our dark Virginia
bride. And Alice, sweet Alice. whom
We persistently demanded to know OF
Ben Bolt, If he didn't remen er:
sweet Alice, whose hair was so br, VII
and who blushed with delight wi en-
he gave her a smile, land trembled
with fear at his frown.
THE number of sweet, gentle love-
ly maidens whom the songs doomed
to die young in those days was pa
thetically large, and Lily Dale was a
star among them. Oh, how the melo-
deon did dote on Lily. Annie Lisle
wasn't marker to Lily Dale in stir
ring the lachrymosal depths.
Twas a calm, still night, and the
moons pale light
Shone soft DER hill and vale.
When friends mute with grief stood
around the deathbed
OF poor, lost Lily Dale.
On. Lily, dear Lily, sweet Lily D
Now the wild rose blossoms DER
little green grave
Meath the trees in the f1owery vale
Sad case, that of Lily's, and when
l come to think it over now, a.
all those years, I guess mayb.
don't blame the melodeon for fee
SO all broken up over it.
only a few among the scores of
songs of sixty years ago are these,
for besidss the many creations of
unknown geniuses with touching
words and music that appealed to
the heart, the songs of Stephen C.
Foster, the so 6 maker for all time,
were then findhg their way whnr-
ever voice could be raised or inst J.
ment played. But the creatures
Fosters genius are never old or fl r.
gotten.
But the ones whose melody was
sweet, and whose sentiment or hunlor
was gripping in those days, , It
which passed into forgetfulness With
the coming of more taking songs IF
the hour, how rarely do we hear even
a suggestion of them, save wheI =
reminiscent old-timer puts on his
thinking cap and with the tuning
fork of memory gives the pitch to
them and says. Bless my soul! how
they do come back to mel And WI t
recollections they do bringr IN "
York Sun.
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cept list of presidential candidates from President
Wilson? 1t all looks so utterly absurd
When the French Revolution overthrow monarchy
and the "ancen regime Austria and Prussia, with
the help of England, wanted to mediate and COM
pei France to set up government after their IDEAS
They even invaded France to impose their mandate
on the French people These foreign meddlers were
flung back across the frontiers BY of artisans
and peasants.
The Constitutionalst armies inspired by the
same cause land system reform and release from
bondage to small and selfish class. No foreign
arbiter can come in and decide such cause, and it
cannot be compromised any moro than there could
have been compromise between the French people
and their naughty oppressors
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-29
THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION MARCHES ON

- The universal belief right along outside OF the
state department has been that the conferences of
mediators at Niagara in the nature of solemn
farce and no of common sense expected to see
the Mexican Constitutionalists take any part in the
proceedings with view to making a single sacrifice
of their cause. Nor will they
The future of Mexico lies with them, and they
have mapped it out. Within few weeks they Viii be
SIN Mexico City and they and dozen individuals
! sitting at Niagara will set up government for
Mexico
The program of the revoutonists is principally
the breaking up of the medieval land system of Mex
-eo Shall any outsider dictate to them limits for that
policy? Shall the Mexican constitution be writ
ten at Washington? Are the Mexican people to &C
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Little Editorials
by the People
Rev. DR.. Stewards Statement
Regarding Bible.

To the Editor of tho Evening Star;
Sir-In The Star, on Monday eve
ming, there appeared an account of a
sermon preached on Sunday night
in the North Reformed Church by
the pastor. Rev. DR.. Charles II.
Stewart, on why Do Protestants
Become Roman Catholics?" Among
other things you quote the reverend
doctor as saying. 1.-The policy of the
Roman Catholic church has been TO
keep the Bible out of the hands of
the people, to make 1t the sole pos
session of the hierarchy and to forbid
its circulation among the uniniti-
ated." This statement of the good
doctor is a mere repetition of very
old attack, one that has been re-
futed thousands of times. II has
never been the policy of the Catholic
church to keep the Bible out of the
hands of the, people, and it is pitiful
to find a minister of standing utter
ing a worn-out libel.
trust you have mlsquoted the
reverend gentleman, because I dis
like to think of him as having given
voice to a statement that has no
foundation in fact. If he has been
correctly quoted let me urge him
to use greater care to give fact
rather than fiction to his congrega-
ton hereafter.
1t would take too long to enter
upon a discussion of the doctrines
of the Catholic church which DIR.
Stewart declares to be preposterous.
l must content myself with saying
that as we are able to prove the
truth of these doctrines, and as we
firmly believe them to be true. we
are untroubled by the personal views
of the pastor CT the North Reformed
Church regarding them.
WILLIAM I. TOOHEY.
219 Garside street, city.