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A Summer Refrigerator.

rope to the box and bring it over a
well pulley hung to the frame above
and then to the windlass l also have
a second pulley (not shown in the
drawing) on top Of the frame, with a
small wire cable running over it. One
end is fastened to the box and heavy
iron weight is suspended from the
other which hangs down the well. With
this device a child can raise the loaded
elevator with ease.
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eet a RuIIetln Roard.

A good investment for farmer is
an inexpensive bulletin board, which
may be set up at the roadside and
serve to advertise what the farmer
has for sale. Particularly on a road
Travelled by motorists from town, a
sign announcing fresh eggs or garden,
truck Is likely to bring good returns.
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REMARKABLE LETTER FROM A WELL
KNOWN WASHINGTON DRUGGIST.
In reference to Elixir Babek the RTentFeHledV
for chiHs and feUsr and all 1lalqTiai diseases.
'sTYithin the last five months have sold $500
bottlesof Eitxir Ba belk for Malaria, ,Chillsand
Fever. Our customers speak very well of 1t,
Henry Evans go st., NV, Washington, DC"
Elixir Babek 80 cents all druggists, or by
Parcels Post, prepaid, from Kloczewslzi s. Co.,
Washington, D. c.
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When to Breed.

Early breeding decreases the size
at maturity. If man is working for
size In his stock he win do well to
breed his heifers that they may drop
their first calves at the age Of from
thirty to thirty-six months. During the
six months previous to calving feed
the heifer literally.
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PhfIosOphy n Hinuu Proverb.

Thsre is a Hindu proverb which can
give a good deal Of solid satisfaction
In hard world. It runs, Il had no
boots to my feet and murmured un-
til I met a man along the road with.
no feet"
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GOOD CHANGE.
Coffee to Postum.

The large army of persons who
have found relief from many chronic
ailments by changing from coffee to
Postum as a daily beverage, is grow
ing each day.
1t is only a simple questiF of try
ing it for oneself in order to know
the joy Of returning health as realized
BY an Ills. young lady. She writes:
Il had been a coffee drinker nearly
alI my life and it affected my stomach
-caused insomnia and !. was seldom
without a headsShe. I had heard
about Postum and how beEshciaI it
was, so concluded to quit coffee and
try it.
"I was delighted with the change.
I can now sleep well and seldom ever
have headache. My stomach has got
ten strong and can. eat without suf-
fering afterwards. think my whole
system greatly benefited by Postum.
my brother also suffered from
stomach trouble while he drank cof.
fee. but now, since using Postum, he
feels SO much better he would not go
back to coffee for anything" IL
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Greek, Mich. Read "fhe Road 70
Wellvilles'' in pkgs.
Postum comes in two lurms:
Regular Postum-must be wall
boiled-15c and csc packages.
instant Postun=wis a sclublaf poF-
der. A teaspoonfui dissol - y
In a cup Of hot water d
cream and sugar makes q pus
beverage InstantIy-soc and
The cost per cup Of bot ~
put the same.
There's Reason for
--sold prs.
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Sure Enouah.

Patience-This paper says an ap-
paratus invented by Paris scientist
matches chickens and protects them
from all microbes until they reach a
desired age.
Patience What is the age when a
microbe desires a chicken?
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Wav to Test II

A writer in the Tampa Tribune has
been discussing the worId-old ques-
ton of whether prayers are ever an
swered. We suggest to the gentleman
that he gives prayer thorough test
and see how it works in his case.
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Making It Het.

Bill see portable crematories
have been suggested to follow the
army in warfare.
Jill-Looks as if they were trying
to make war look like what General
Sherman said 1t was.
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Value Of sunAowers.

Sunfowers along the edge of poul-
try yard will provide shade in summer
and also produce some excellent feed
for winter.
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A man between 20 and 80 loses uu
an average of only 515 days year
from illness, but between so and so
he loses about 20 days annually.
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The tRub.

Does It aggravate you that ask
you for rs louis?"
No, that does not aggravate me; it
is the giving Of 1t to you."-Pages
Folles (Paris).
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Mlstaken idea.

The man who thinks he can make
good cattle Oy feeding calves plenty
Of timothy hay, straw, cornstalks and
corn. has some things yet % learn,
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Reform.

"China is in need Of many reforms"
"Yes," ANSWERED. the globe trotter.
What reform would you start
,with?"
Spelling reform"
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The whale has the 'thickest skin Of
any living creature. Its hide in places
attains a thickness of fully two feet
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IncaI RenresentatiYe Wanted

Splendid Income assured, right young man %
act as oCr representative. All we require ts
honesty, ability and ambition, all or part time.
This is an exceptional opportunity for a young
man to get Into q big paying business without
capital and become independent Tor lie. Our
goods are staple necessities and sold TO
Grocery, Drug and general stores. Write now
for full particulars. Give age and references
z. c. Hazard 4 Company, Long Branch Nd.
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FOR sALE-245 A. IN CHESTERFIELD
CO., va; 100 a cult, 9 r. dwelling with bath.
barns. OutbIdgs.. tenant house. orchard.
ETC.. P. w. WING. PETERSBURG, VA
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Sweet Innocent.

He-It was fearfully hot at the
game this afternoon.
she-Why didn't you get one Of
those baseball fans we hear SO much
about?
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nehneh.

What is fnnate wisdom?"
ITS knowin1 all the little mean
nesses of you'll neighbor before the
town gossip or real estate deal puts
you se."-Judge.
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PATENTS 80: e C; :: S; 81;
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Common Poultry Disease.

Blackhead is a disease very COM
mon in young and old turkeys, and
also o'in young chickens.
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to FIVE or six for the younger poults.
This dosage is for the we'll. AS for
the sick, it would not hurt to try it,
though once sick with this, it usually
means death.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-24
THE TREATY OF GHENr CENTENNIAL.

The city in which, one hundred years ago, the
treaty OF peace between the United States and
Great Britain signed is occupied and gov
erned by Germany. It depends the outcome of
the present great whether Client Is to remain
city of Germany or once resume its character
las Belgian city.
It is a far cry from December, 1914 to Decem-
ber. 1914. Within the two dates immense changes
have made In the world and the whole character
of civilization has altered Within that time nearly
all the great utilities of the world have been intro
1uced. The changes wrought have been greater than
those of any previous FIVE centuries 1t in a
medieval city In 1914 that the peace commissioners
met to deliberate. Today Client resounds to the
tread of armed men and the rumbings of artillery
and presents all the horrid aspects of war.
As for the treaty itself, century old, the
notable fnct is that It has survived hundred years
without violation The is that. except perhaps
In the Venezuelan boundary dispute, serious diff
ferences have arisen between the two nations to Inn
pair their relations although mutual goodwill has
by no means prevailed.
The policy of England has been unpopular in this
country and has kept alive the prejudces created
during the Revolutionary period And there has al
British press In its the United States and
Americans.
Much stress is put upon the long undefended
frontier line between the United States and Canada
result Of the treaty OF Client. In point of fact
the century OF calm peace between the United
and Canada was not insured and maintained by the
convention of Ghent
It has been the result of identical interests SINH
arty of enterprise and to large extent mutual de-
pendence but chiefly of the peace-loving character
of the people of both countries
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-24
ORGANIZATION AGAINST CRIME.

Suppression OF the gunmen and thugs that infest
Manhattan and commit crimes of violence even In
broad daylight discussed in meeting In
Cooper Union last night This should be the initia-
tive of organized movement for cooperation with
the police to remedy the evil by drastic treatment.
And this can be done. The methods to be used must
be heroic.
New York has splendid body OF police. but the
force has been organized and generated right
1t has been saturated with politics. while weak
men have occupied the police judgeships and gun
and thugs have largely had the favor of the
nicipal The long list OF untried and
suspended sentences bears testimony to the baeful
influence of the police magistrates against law and
order and the efforts of the police to bring criminals
to punishment
When be murdered by thug for a
few dollars 1t is time for every citizen to Join In
movement to abolish the thug and cleanse the COM
munity of the crime that stalks the streets all
hours.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-24
state Regulation Of Railroad.

From the Baltimore News.
The Public Service Commissions
decision in regard to Communication
rates in this neighborhood will hardly
cause the railroads entering Balti-
more much dissatisfaction. The roads
presumably made their attempts at
Increasing the rates in conspicuous
au sertlsement OF the advice given
them py the Interstate commerce
Commission to get more revenues out
Of passenger service, when what they
needed was m-re profitable freight
traffic. AS an argument for use at
Washington it may be conceived that
the louder the public's protest against
this alternative the better the rail-
roads would have liked II.
Nevertheless, the decision brings
out the obstacle to satisfactory, con-
sistent regulation inherent In control
by mutually independent authorities.
The income of the Northern Central
railroad is that of an interstate Line.
From the company's standpoint, In
ferstate and intrastate business Is all
one. It's feeders, the parts that are
operated often at loss, are the small
branches, almost wholly intrastate'
And in every State II traversee these.
though in the aggregate they make
up very essential fraction of the
eompany's system, are subject to q
separate commission. A co-ordinated
attemnf to adopt the remedies, how
psvcr EEiHe In their general bearing'
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-24

suggested by the Interstate Commerce
Commission, which must survey the
earning power of the company as a
whole, is doomed to almost certain
failure.
Still more conspicuous is the action
of the Pennsylvania commission In
reducing freight rates on anthracite
coal Considering the gross income OF
the coal roads from the transporta-
ton of this commodity. the Interstate
Commission gravely decided that the
present yield was all the traffic would
bear. and exempted coal freight from
the per cent. increase. The next day
the Pennsylvania Commission as
gravely eurtails this source of income.
it's order covering a very considerable
portion OF the entire traffic. We may
be quite sure that had the Pennsyl-
yania order come first, the Interstate
Commerce Commission would not
have excepted anthracite coal from
the increase. The Pennsylvania body
to all practical purposes nullifled the
Interstate body's plan.
Heterogeneous regulation of this
sort Is not the best that can be de-
vised. We are still at the beginning
OF the problem. But as in every
other such case Of divided authority,
where each agency is beneficial in
itself but all work at cross purposes
as a whole, the remedy is indicated.
State jealousy may long prevent the
bringing of intrastate lines under the
Interstate Commission, or the con-
version of State commissions into
bodies subordinate to the Federal
regulating agency; but sooner OF
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-24
UPLIFT TALKS
PUT YOURSELF INTO YOUR GIFT
BIZ oRIsoN SWEET MARDEN,
Author OF pushing to the Front" Eta
Copyrighted 1914.

Two young girls were overheard
| talking about what they were going
to buy for Christmas. One said, u
have SIS to spend on my family; how
much have you?" The other replied
~ have $3.50 to spend, but not on my
family. They do not need It. | am
going to buy presents for poor chill
dren who have no money for Christ
mas" The latter girl was in COM
paratively poor circumstances and her
| 81. so meant much to her, but she had
the true Christmas spirit.
No matter what your nationality
your creed, color, or condition, this Is
the way to celebrate Christmas. Dc
what you think Christ would do ii
He were on earth and had your
means.
"" All who Joy would win
Must share it--Happiness was born a
twin"
Open your heart, be generous al
this Christmas time, and see how
many people you can make happy!
There is something about giving to
and by helping others in need that
has a wonderful reaction upon the
giver or helper By some strangt
alchemy, what we give comes bach
to u.s. 1t becomes our own.
"Scrooge," In Dickens's Christmas
Carol, never knew JOY until ne awoke
from his miserly, selfish dream and
began to love and think of others
When he went to church and watched
the people hurrying to and fro and
patted the children on the head and
questioned the beggars and looked
down into the kitchens and up to the
windows of houses he found that
everything could yield him pleasure
He had never dreamed that such
com mon things could give him happi-
ness.
Everyone should regard Christmas
as an occasion for clearing his heart
of all grudges. for forgiving al
offenses and all enemies 1t is good
time to forget and to forgive. a good
time to forget self and think of others
One cold night Just before Christ
mas I saw in front of big show
window In New York a poor. ragged
boy looking very longingly at a big
doil asked him II he wanted any
thing In the window. "No, no." he
said, "sbut It does make me feel bad
'cause can't get a doll for my little
sister She never had doll"
Think OF the poor children who
never owned a doll Even If. you
haven't anything stored away which
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-24
South American Trade Service for Manufacturers

In order determine Of Newark and Northern
purchase materials
will EXTENDED OF
return
July sufficient permit
following buying the
their desire the
STAR Mr. Gardner viii seek for them specific Information % m
ned at that Mr. Gardner can arrange therefor ne
product win gladly furnished request
without obligation part
of the results Of Mr. Gardeners trip Will appear from time
EVENING STAR to further In the
manuac-
gladly this their disposal
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-24
Law Greater Than Thaw.

From the Philadelphia Evening Ledger.
Harry X. Thaw has been one OF the
most pernicious parasites with which
the country has been encumbered in
decades. He has been able to back
his Wild imaginings with murder and
money. He cheated the hangman,
and then undertook to cheat the in
sane asylum. He has played with
courts and justice and held up to
mockery our tribunals and institu-
tlons. His career has been an excel
lent example Of how the safeguards
of freedom can be taken advantage
OF by a derelict able to pay his way.
The country has not been particu-
larly interested In the quibbles CEN
tring about the rights of a State in
the extradition OF the insane or In
:, mbre arguments devised to prevent
the enforcement of justice. 1t has
been interested In seeing that Harry
Thaw is put back in safe keeping,
whore he ought to be II the security
OF other citizens Is to be assured. This
is the Wow the Supreme Court has
taken In a decision which is charac-
terized by abundant common sense. 1t
will be applauded by the country in
general, although there will be, of
course, a coterie of persons neuroti-
cally inclined, who will continue to
look upon this paranoiac as a victim
and martyr -
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-24
IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE PRISON SYSTEM

II the incoming Legislature accepts the judgment
of the heads of various correctional and conservation
boards called in conference by the Governor the
ostion to abandon the State prison at Trenton and
erect adjoining the Railway Reformatory
will be shelved. The conferees had been inclined to
favor the removal plan, but their final decision is
that the time has not yet come for costly and
radical a STEP Instead they propose acquiring the
State arsenal grounds, which adjon the prison, and
reconstructng the latter along modern lines The
added grounds would give the convicts room for
heahful exercise. and the prison population would
be reduced to about six hundred by employing an
equal number at outside work the State-use plan.
II Is believed that annual appropriation of 600
for four years would enable the proper reconstruc-
tion of the prison and that immediate grant of
375 900 would provide the necessary apparatus for
industrial pursuits. The Legislature will have
before 1t definite plan which will at least do away
with the great evil OF the present congestion IN the
prison, and make improvement In the moral
condition of the community while the expense out
lined is not heavy
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-24
CHRISTMAS.

Christmas. to which nearly one hundred millions
OF the American people, young and old are looking
forward, will be ushered in tomorrow with glad ac-
claim In the churches the devout will pay pious
tribute to the religious character of the great festival
and no doubt on account of the extraordinary
now in progress in the world. there win be much
larger church attendance than usual.
Sympathy for the people Of the warning countries
and the desire for peace will take many people to
their religious temples invoke the interposition of
Divine Providence to end the and reconcile the
Sations
This year there have been heavy demands upon
charity. Our cities and towns have been filled with
cases of desttuton consequent upon unemployment.
These conditions temporary. but none the less
acute And they bear upon thousands of people who
never before knew want Charity and philanthropy
have been active before and one significant
evidence of giving that is never recorded in the
newspapers is the enormous increase in the parcel
post.
In its social aspects the Christmas holiday over
shadows all others It is the festival for childhood
and whatever appeals to the child appeals to all
humanity The undeveoped understanding of the
child does not grasp the splendid of the birth of
the Redeemer for mankind, and for childhood there
FORE there is the tradition of Santa Claus, which
under different names enehants the Imagination of
ahe children In all countries
Tomorrow the minds of the children will not be
gexed by any thoughts of the great war, nor will
adults pay much attention TO and the
OF the awful distresses of the people in the
war zone. Christmas will bring glow of pleasure
into every household to shut out the unpleasant
things that have occupied the public mind long and
take and women away from the and re-
soonsbllities of their daily lives.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-24
THREE TONGUES, BUT ONE PEOPLE.

Switzerland is country of three and three
languages and its ftalian-speaking population has
9nst been recognized for the drst time in the election
OF president. The three elements represent to
and tongue two nations opposed to each other
in the present war, and third which is neutral and
It Is natural. DR.. Motta the president says,
that private sympathies should be varied But he
predicts that If there is violation of Swiss soil the
aggressor will be the enemy for all Swiss 1t will
ind no French Italians Germans in Switzer-
land, but only Swiss. That is the Swiss national
epirt and It Is a magnificent bulwark for the little
republic This should be and will be the spirit of the
American nation in any such emergency, and there
and languages represented in the
American people than in the Swiss.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-24

you could give these poor people win
out fmpoverishing yourself, you oar,
N least call on some OF them. xzNe
them your sympathy, your encour-
agement.
I would like to ask you. my reader
to join mo this year in a special effort
TO. make children happy, and espec-
ially those who have no money with
which to buy presents. Christmas "a
really children's day. We give too
much to adults and expend too littie
eHort In making the young folks
nappy. 1t is really their day and 1t
MAKE them happy but to help them
make others happy. and to show them
what Christmas really means; that IL
Is the Christmas spirit, the love
spirit, the helpful unselfish, and
truly sympathetic spirit
Few people realize the possibilities
or making people happy by writing
encouraging Chr 'stmas letters. 7
know OF poor woman who has no
money for presents but she writes
the most beautiful. encoura sin9
cheer-up letters to many poor ana
Unfortunate people. especially the
sick in the hospitals and other shut
ms. 1t Is the spirit that counts: that
IL eVerNfnins; and If II doesn't 20
with the money you give. u II isn't
in the check or the groceries YOU
send. you are not giving anything
worth while.
No matter how humble our position
IN life we can always give a kind
word and perform little deeds OF
he'ptulness ard good cheer In our
family and among our friends and
acousintances A cordial grasp Of q
discoura Fed hand with a little svYn-
pathy and announcement will often
do more good than a costly gift. You
cnn rerder no o~eafer service co
othe"s than hv holding kindly. mag
nanimous thouehts toward them,
giving them cheer, your sympathy,
your helpful Encouragement. These
are an everlasting benediction and r.
perpetual delight
Christmas ought to be a great heart
me'lowirg. affection quickening,
friendship renewing occasion. II
ought not to be considered a burden
or d bore. It ought to be a season
of Joy and happiness, a season of
peace and good will. Everybody.
rich and poor, should look forward
tn Christmas with anticipations OF de-
light
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-24
FARM RECRUITS FROM CITY SCHOOLS.

Adding the elements of agriculture to the regular
course in the Detroit high schools is a step In pro-
gressve education that will command wide attention.
It recognizes intensive farming a proper study for
city well country youth.
The population of the country Is increasing much
faster than It's agricultural element and the farms
must be recruited from the cities The time is coming
ss the Detroit superintendent when the average
sized American family will have to know how to make
q good living out Of hve 1t Is pointed out one
OF the to avoid the yellow peril" is to settle
up the tllabe land In the United States and divide II
5nto small, intensvey cultivated farms.
Why should the mind of the city youth be trained
IN the direction of almost every breadwlnnng activ
ity excepting the very which his country most
needs?
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-24

Union bakers In New York city con-
template q CO. operative bakery.
A labor forward" movement has
been started at Charleston 3. Z.
International Brotherhood OF Book
binders was organized In 1892.
At least 90 per cent. OF the accidents
in Industrial plants are preventabie.
San Diego, Cal, BARRIERS have organ
lied to secure a shorter work-day,
Minnesota's minimum wage law has
been declared unconstitutional.
Preliminary steps have been taken
to organize the 100 900 civil employees
of the city, State and Federal Depart
ments In New York city. A tempo
rary organization was formed by