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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-28
COLD STORAGE FISH TWO YEARS OLD.

WHEN food a firm of food prisoners want to get
scientific of their pracseS they don't have TO
government prosecutions of that manu-
deeeriou health experts always hand
testify however treated good and whole
Under the Taft administration even governmenpaid ex
pers gave testimony State defeat prosecution
asof food Takers
So there be wonder that couple of chemists
declare that fish kept for two shows depreca
nutrve value and that the paatabliy not inn
paired the latter assertion fish generally will most
emphacay the of the experts There is
decided difference in paatabiy between freshly caught fish
has been kept in cold for length of
time.
kept in storage for years. especially without
having enas removed is still another proposition The fact
large decayed fish that have been in storage
period caed oa to be used for ert
dproves the by the Moreover it
practise replace fish in after has been
posed for sale and the icing has been melted
The this question of how long fish will keep storage
decay important for the fish trust The
longer legal period the tighter the of the monopoly and the
hold market for the sake of
= trolling the prices for
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-28

| | was a very smart child at the age
of thirteen-an unusually smart child
| thought at the time, wrote Mark
Twain in Sketches New and Old"
1t was then that did my first news
paper scribbling, and most unex-
pectedly to me it stirred up a 1ne
sensation in the community. 1t did,
indeed, and l was very proud of it,
too | was a printers devil" and
q progressive and aspiring one. My
uncle had me on his paper (the
Weekly Hannibal Journal, 81 year
in advance-50O subscribers-and they
paid for it in cordwood, cabbage and
unstable turnips), and on a lucky
summers day he left town TO be
gone a week, and asked me II l
thought l could edit one issue of the
paper judiciously. All! didn't l want
to try!
Higgins was the editor of the rival
paper He had lately been Tilted, and
one night friend found a note on
the poor fellows bed in which he
stated that he could no longer en-
dure life and had drowned himself in
Bear Creek. The friend ran down
there and discovered Higgins wading
ashore. He had concluded he wouldn't
do it. The village was full of it for
several days, but Higgins did not sus-
pect it. l thought this was fine
opportunity. / wrote an deliberately
wretched account of the whole affair
and then illustrated it with villanous
cuts engraved on the bottom of wood
en- type with jackknife-one of them
a picture of Higgins wading out into
the creek in his shirt with q lantern
sounding the depth of the water with
walking stick. I thought it was
desperately funny and was densely
unconscious that there was any moral
obliquity about such a publication.
Being satisfied with this effort !
looked around for other worlds to
Conquer, and it struck me that it
would make good interesting matter
to charge the editor of a neighboring
country paper with a piece of gratui-
tous rascality and "see him squirm."
| did it, putting 1t into the form of a
parody on 1.-The Burial of Sir John
Moore" and a pretty crude parody
it was, too. Then | lampooned two
prominent citizens outrageously, not
because they had done anything to
deserve it, but merely because
| thought 1t was my duty to make the
paper lively.
Next | gently touched up the new
|
gorgeous journeyman tailor from
Quincy. He was simpering cox
comb of the first water, and the loud
est dressed man in the State-and an
| inyeterate woman killer. Every week
he wrote "lushy" poetry for the Jour
nal about his newest conquest. His
rhymes for my week were headed ITO
Mary in H." meaning to Mary in
Hannibal, CT course. But while set
ting up the piece l was suddenly
driven from head to heel by what
regarded as a perfect thunderbolt OF
humor, and | compressed 1t into a
snappy footnote at the bottom-thus;
1--WE will let this thing pass just this
once but we wish Mr.. j. Gordon Run
nels to understand that we have q
character to sustain, and from thiS
time forth when he wants to com
mune with his friends in HI HI
must use some other medium thar
the columns of this journal"
The paper came out, and l nevel
knew anything to attract so much at
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-28
BAD CHECKS WERE COMMON

you would To able TO fix 1t up for
me
~ shall only be too glad the
head clerk would roplN. 1T was very
thoughtful OF your uncle to remember
me- l hope he is we'll. Come right
this way
"Then he would hustle the man.
perfect stranger to him, over to the
cashiers window. and introduce him,
and say it was all right II MT
DrexeP wanted to get any checks
cashed or needed any money
Mr.. Drexel would soon find him.
self a little Short and the cashier
would let him have couple of hum
bred dollars or more perhaps once or
twice. Then the young man would
suddenly leave the hotel the next day.
with no suspicion being aroused, m
case he had drawn cash, for perhaps
month or more, when the uncle
in Philadelphia, in reply to a bill
sent him, would Indignantly disclose
that Mr.. Reginald W. DrexeI was
an impostor If 1t was a check that
young Mr.. Drexel' had cashed, he
was sure to have gone before the
bank on which it was drawn could
get word to New York that the draft
was worthless"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-28

What is believed to be the largest
central power plant located In any
coal field in the United States is now
being constructed by the Lehigh Nav
igation Electric Company at Hauto,
Pa.
AS is well known the fine sizes OF
anthracite, such as buckwheat No.
and smaller, although containing
high heat contest, possesses but little
present value at the mines. The
fundamental idea in building this
power plant at Hauto, according to
The Coal Age, is to convert this low
priced and, from the monetary stand
point, comparatively worthless fuel
into commercially valuable electric
current
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-28
CHINA'S CIVIL SERVICE

Education can do little toward Great
ing 1t. -
Examinations though honestly
and impartially conducted, have often
proved a very insufficient test of fit
ness. The man who ranks highest in
the examination room may be the
man who ranks lowest in capacity to
fill a public station well.
ut is certain so far as may be that
more weight should be given in official
appointments generally to natural
gifts than TO acquisitions from educa-
ton. They have a deeper root and
bear more fruit"
Governor Baldwin said he advocated
the practise of making all appoint
ments and promotions on probation
and from lists of not more than three
He indicated that he did not approve
the practise recently adopted in New
York city Of taking the man or WON
an at the top of the list.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-28
Human Interest Side in Mill Work.

Human Interest Side in Mill Work.
From Fibre and Fabric.
There are two ways of operating a
mill or factory. One is the highland
mighty plan, where it is as difficult
to get to the big man in Charge as to
reach the President of the United
States, and the other is the open door,
where all hands from the back bow
to superintendent can walk in if they
have request or a grievance.
Only last week we witnessed a
working illustration of the humans
interest side of the mill business. 1t
was in a Massachusetts, mill employ
ing nearly 500 hands. It is a success
full property and its machinery is run
ming day and night to produce goods
that have been standard for nearly
100 years. The man in charge, a large
owner, served his time in the same
mill, and from birth to a death he
has human interest in his opera
tives. While visiting this mill a
young man came in from the picker
room In his oyeralls, covered with
cotton, addressed the manager, who
dropped everything and talked with
him, and requested a loan of $50 to
have a minor operation on his eyes.
The loan was made without hesita-
ton, and the young man was told he
had six months or more to pay it
back. Then he was questioned as to
how his family would fare while he
was laid up, and was told that if any
assistance was needed to call on the
bookkeeper in the mill office, who was
then instructed regarding the case.
There was no stage play to the
affair; just a perfect confidence be-
tween manager and man, and the OPP
erative returned to his work with
smile and a lighter step, and our
milP' and "our boss" were the biggest
things on the calendar in his mind.
This manager refused to discuss the
feature, simply saying: HE is one of
my men, and 1 am glad I can help him
in his trouble, as he helps me every
day he works by close attention and
personal interest, in maintaining our
standard"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-28

Governor Simeon e. Baldwin, of
Connecticut, which State recently
PASSED a new civil service law, said
recently before the National Civil
Service Reform League that much
might be learned from China and
Great Britain as to methods of
preparation for the civil service. To
its civil service system, Governor
Baldwin said, was due the fact that
the great Chinese nation had been
held together and had maintained its
respectable standard of civilization.
The fear of favoritism, Governor
Baldwin said, had caused Americans
generally to make their civil service
systems too rigid. He said:
1.-THE merit system as applied to
examinations can never be n test of
moral character, and high moral
character is almost the greatest thing
to be desired in a government official.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-28
H1id-Oanuarp

Ten resolutions leach of them mine);
oversight myself, then there were nine.
Nine resolutions left upon the slate;
One extra cigarette then there were eight.
Eight resolutions should carry one to heaven;
Whiskey and soda, then there were seven.
Seven resolutions managed to survive;
Cold tub neglected, then there were five.
Five resolutions tout of half a score);
Shaved by barber, then there four
Four resolutions only left to me;
Bed in the small hours, then there were three.
Three resolutions; the month was through
lost my temper, then there we're two.
Two resolutions (the list nearly done)
Borrowed flyer, then there
One resolution I'll keep with might and main
Never to make resolutions again.
Pail Mall Gazette
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-28
Home Robbed, Father Writes Congress
man There's "No News"

Actuaries say that of each thou
sand men living at the age of twenty
500 will still be alive at sixty-five.
Economists declare that of the 500
living at sixty-fve 200 will be in
want; that eight-ninths of the pau
perism in America is among people
who have passed this Same age of
sixty-five.
A man is, of course, sometimes
brought to want in old age through
accident, through continued illness of
himself or his family, through a
dozen and one mischances against
which even the wisest is helpless
adequately to provide In spite of
this, however, therd are certain tried
and proved recipes by which a young
man may guarantee at least the
probability that he will not be found
among the unfortunate 200 after the
age of sixty-five
Avoidance of wasteful, destructive
habits; thrift, economy, the practise
of spending habitually less than one
earns, the habit of study which in
creases ones usefulness and earning
power-such are a few of the stable
qualities which distinguish the young
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-28
NEW NEWS OF YESTERDAY
Chauncey Depews Experience With Railroad Col Sellers

he identified upon the map an
imaginary railroad. He told me that
the construction of that railroad
would save the Vanderbilts and pre-
vent their being bottled UP. In the
most matter of-fact manner he in
timated that If I could prevail upon
Mr. Vanderbilt to give him an adj
vance of thirty million dollars the
road would surely be constructed and
the Vanderbilts would be saved.
This man was intensely in earnest.
[ really felt sorry for him when told
him that it would be impossible for
me to recommend his plan to Mr..
Vanderbilt.
HE stopped over and began to
roll up his map. When he had got
it about half rolled up he stopped
and standing before me with great
dignity, said: You had better give
my plan further consideration. 1t
certainly will prove to be the saving
Of the Vanderbilts.'
81 told him again it would be i'm
possible for him to lay his plan be-
fore Mr.. Vanderbilt He went on
at last finished rolling and had begun
to tie the map up he said: Mr..
Depew, can't you report this plan =?
Is this your final answer
again I told him that could not
consider the proposition. Straighten-
ing himself up and looking at me
very sternly, as though he were a
man of utmost Importance, he said:
We'll, Mr.. Depew. at least you can,
in view of my trouble and of my
interest in the Vanderbilts, provide
me with free transportation back
again to my home
81 gratified this simple minded
Colonel Sellers by securing for him
the free transportation which he
asked"
| Copyright, 1914, by e. j. Edwards
All rights reserved.)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-28

MANY of those who served as
presidents of American railroads
more than twenty years ago, and es-
pecially at the time just after the
close of the civil war, would be able
to write a story of their experiences
from the human-interest side which
would contain in the highest degree
the quality of humor," said ex-Sen-
ator Chauncey NJ. Depew to me re-
Gently. 81 know that in my own
experience as a railway president my
burdens were sometimes lifted mo
mentarily by some of the funniest
experiences that can be imagined.
I have often said that had there
been some man of Dickens's power
to sketch character he could have
found in the offices of the American
railway presidents from time to time
many Micawbers
This is not so much the case at
the present time, for today the heads
of our American railroads are almost
without exception men who have
worked their way up from positions
as telegraph operators or surveyors
assistants or section hands.
Let me tell you one of my eperi-
ences. There came into my office
one day tremendously impressive
person. He staggered under the
weight of great load, but with a
skill worthy of sleight-of hand per-
former he tapped the roll out with
a single twitch of his wrist so that
1t lay exposed on my floor, completely
covering an Office rug. Then he ad-
dressed me. His point was that the
railway mana gers of Chicago and the
the West We're going to combine in
such manner as to throttle the Van
derbilt system.
IT looked very seriously at the man
and I suppose my manner revealed
an intense interest, which I really
felt. 1t was not an interest in the
mans plan, but it was confined to his
personality. With raise of his hand
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-28
BETTER LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS METHODS.

THE CALIFORNIA plan for legislation will be further tried
Golden this year and will be judged by its results
this however of ultimate adoption by
State legislatures generally The idea of first digeng legislative
bills passing them commends itself well to the
judgment that it is bound prevail in shape
many years the great reproac of Legislation at Trenton
Half of has been wasted and
congesed with result of bad imperfect laws
overflow of hundreds of hastily passed and poorly under
passed bills upon the Governor Every attempt correct
abuse of the public business has been frustrated Mr. Nc
Eemott rule for conscientious effort for REFORM
the method proposed faulty and did appeal to the
Judgment the legislative majority he entitled TO credit for his
endeavor which is yet to bear fruit
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-28
TO UTILIZE WASTE FUEL

A considerable proportion of the
fuel mined in the country today is
used in the generation of electricity
Particularly during the last few years
the idea has been gaining force that
it is cheaper to manufacture power
at the mine and transmit it to the
point of application than it Is to ship
the coal over an equal distance, and
there convert 1t into electric energy
in a small and isolated plant.
One of the unique features of the
plant that is now being built is that
the ashes from the furnaces can be
discharged direct into air-pump ash
carts of standard gauge that are run
into the building under the floor of the
boiler room. The expense of ash
disposal is thus greatly reduced.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-28
OPINIONS AND VIEWS FROM
THE EXCHANGES

not committed himself. Why should
he do so, when he has just set out
on his journey, and so much of the
road is before him?
The Baltimore platform was pre-
pared in haste, and by a rhetorician.
Mr. Bryan, between turns on the
stage in the convention hall, pre-
sided over the committee, and what
he said went" He had made him
self felt in town, and there was eX
pectation that he would name the
candidate. Why not. therefore, per-
NIT him to write the creed.
So he wrote the creed and NOM
mated the candidate. Later, he
changed his mind about the candi-
date, and nominated Mr.. Wilson in
stead of Mr. Clark. But the creed
would have answered in Mr. Clark's
case as it did in Mr.. Wilson's.
As for the second term question,
as many Republicans as Democrats
want the Constitution changed to suit
the one-term proposition. But until
the Constitution is changed to forbid
a second term, either party will be
at liberty to renominate a man who
has succeeded with his Presidential
commission.
As matters stand, Mr.. Wilson is in
a comfortable. not to say command
ing, position. He has started in to
redeem the platform upon which he
was elected; and the task is a huge
one. He cannot hope. even with the
best luck, to do it all'' at this ses-
sion of Congress, nor yet finish up at
the short session. Something must
go over until the next Congress.
Now, If the Democrats control that
body 1t will be on the record, and
the record will be Mr.. Wilson's. Why
then, will he not have his way with
that body as he Is having 1t with the
present one? And. if he does. he will
be in action as a joint executive and
legislative force at the time of the
holding of the next Democratic ma
tional convention. What else would
such a body do under such circum-
stances but put III best foot foremost,
unless expressly forbidden to do so?
On the other hand, if by that time
there is strong indication of a change
of public sentiment and a return of
the Republicans to power. what |
Democrat of Presidential size will not
share in Mr.. Wilson's discontinue? |
Mr.. Marshall and Mr.. Bryan are
members of the administration, while |
Mr.. Clark and Mr.. Underwood are as
sociating themselves with the Con- |
gressional program which Mr.. Will |
son is both preparing and putting |
through.
Win or lose meanwhile, Mr.. Wilson !
will be the most prominent man in |
his party in 1916. and in either case
the logical man for its leadership |
that year
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-28
Potency In Advertising.

From the Philadelphia Ledger.
The ordinary newspaper or periodi-
cal reader doesn't dream of the po-
tency of good advertising. One of the
largest if not the largest general adj
vertiser in the United States is
manufacturer in the Philadelphia
metropolitan district. There is a never
ending race at that plant between the
advertising department and the build
ers. The advertisers bring in so much
business that the builders are kept
busy charging the factory.
Something like 100000 a year Is
spent on advertising the company's
output, which is luxury in every
sense. At the present moment or
ders for new business are so far ahead
of the capacity of the plant that it
would seem a hopeless job to catch
up. But the advertisers never relax.
The head of that great concern now
knows almost better than anybody
else that before you can reap a har-
vest you must first SOW the seed. The
advertisers are the chaps who are
doing that.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-28
Noted Women Whose Birthday Is Yours
JANUARY %
Lady Bury
ghted
BY MARY MARSHALL.

Lady Charlotte Bury is one of the
beautiful English women of century
ago whose charm and aristocratic
grace give them place, if not among
the famous women, at least among
the notables of the century. She was
born year before the American
revolution and died a year before the
American Civil War. Her father was
a duke and her mother was a daugh-
ter of duke. She herself was of
exceptional beauty, of sweet and
disposition, and needless to
say as a young girl she enjoyed
enormous popularity.
Among the brilliant folk who gath
cred in Charlotte's mothers drawing
room to admire the charming daugh-
ter was Sir Walter Scott, the literary
lion of the day. She married first, at
the age of twenty-one, a young arts
tocrat, and after the birth of nine
was left a widow. She was
still young, beautiful and charming,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-28

and after the first grief of her widow
hood she was appointed lady-in- wait
ing to the Princess of Wales, after
ward Queen Caroline. Later she mar
ried a clergyman named Bury and
had two more children.
But in spite of all her one-time
popularity. she outlived most of her
friends and at the end she died in a
cheap London lodging house unknown
and tended only by strangers. Short
ly before her death there appeared a
diary obviously written by a lady
in-waiting, dealing with the intimate
life of the court Lady Charlottes
name was Immediately mentioned in
connection with this diary and, as it
was never denied, and no one else
came forward to claim the diary, it
is supposed that she wrote 1t. The
diary is exceedingly interesting, but
excited no little criticism at the time,
dealing as it did with the more init
mate sides of the court life.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-28
ODDITIES IN TODAY'S NEWS

the end of the letter Mr.. Rubey's
father said: well, I will have to
close, as there is no news to write
about"
Ghost of vassar Drives Tenants from OLD
Home.
POUGHKEEPSIE, Jan. %. - The
ghost of Matthew Vassar, founder Of
Vassar College, is said to be haunt
ing an old farmhouse, once owned
by him, on the New Hackensack road
between Red Oak Mills and New
Hackensack. Within the last four
months three families have moved
from the place in terror. The present
owner, who SCOTS at the report, has
nevertheless placed For Sale signs
on the old house, as he cannot rent 1t.
Forty Clergymen Working rs Carpenters
on New Tabernacle.
SCRANTON, Pa, Jan. 2S.--Forty Of
the city's ministers attired in overalle
and with hammers, saws and levels,
went to work on the Billy Sunday
Tabernacle at North Washington
avenue and Poplar street.
Put carpenters in the pulpits with.
out any rehearsals and they would
likely make more mistakes than we
w. Bull, pastor of the First Presby-
terrain Church, at the close of the
afternoon shift.
1t is expected that with the forty
clergymen helping the regular car
penters the building will be up by
Saturday.
Parcel Post Proves Fine Medium Tor
Transfer of Forty-Dound Child.
SHARON, Pa, Jan. 2s.-While gath
ering mail this morning on his route
James Byerly, the rural carrier OF
Sharpsville, received a forty-pound
girl to be delivered by parcel post
The child was the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. J. w. SAWS, of Pine Hollow,
and was consigned to George Ken
nedy at Clay Hollow. The little pack
age" was duly weighed and a charge
of As cents was collected. ACCORDING
IN fine postoffice authorities the child
safely reached her destination yester-
day afternoon.