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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-17

| Boston, and | always enjoyed half
hours chat with li-m Upon the oc-
casion to which | now refer he spoke
to me of some of the temptations
which a man who held important
governmental office. especially in the
treasury department, was sure sooner
or later to encounter. He told me that
he had been able completely to turn
his back upon everything which con-
tanned the slightest hint of tempta-
ton to use the office for personal or
political advantage.
II can repeat almost word for word
what he then said. 1t was substan-
TALLY this: I made up my mind be-
fore | went to Washington to take
office in the treasury department that
] would diVest myself of everything
which / possessed which might be
favorably affected by some action
which | might take as treasurer.
This was not an easy thing to do.
was trustee of-certain properties and
was the owner of some very good
securities. | made an inventory of
everything | possessed and after
had done that transferred absolutely
and without any string attached to
the properties everything that
owned which could in any possibility
be affected by any action taken by
the treasury department
=" Therefore ! went TO Washington
a perfectly free man. Yet | felt safe
about the possessions which | had
turned over to another for | had
placed them in the unqualified or UNI
limited ownership of one in whom |
had perfect confidence, who, in fact,
was near to me by certain family
ties.
Judge Richardson did not seem to
realize that If he had placed his pos
sessions in such safe hands he was
practically still the owner of them.
The quaint and perfectly sincere sim
plicity, which was characteristic OF
this transaction WIS also character
istic of Judge Richardson and his
entire career
Copyright. 1914. by DR.. f. j. Ed
wards. All rights reserved)
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-17
VISITOR SEES
JOE TUMULTY
AT SEASHORE
your Special correspondent.

ALLENHURST. N. jersey. July
l4-seen Hon. J. T. our presidents
sec Secretary last mite and are
Distinguish neybor was Smiling
somewhat loudlie Inside house As
your Own special Private Core
spondint Gentle tippitooed up >
Hon secs private Door front offe
Euclid Avenue. Hon sec asked me
weather new Hal and say red
facely | did not. Wife Ives in W
(white) house, Hon secs home
being wife all over the outside is
o K in Diplowmatic Language. Hon
sec tole me with winke Hugh Erta
him of Mexiko whom skidoed his
Own Native harth please Mister
Woodrow whom Hon ] thinks is
the 4 most countriman and our
Great Leader in Raising offe coun-
trie sycologick depresiun can now
go on Chatiqua Root 4 money o
X rainey days like w Jengs
Brian Are piecefull Sec of all
states of the great unyun of ours.
more Soon again Shortly
yours TRULY,
HAL.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-17
NO RIGHT OF WAY IN THE MEADOWS.

The ong-winded claim by ffty-year-old ship
canal company, which materialized, to owner
ship of the right of way for canal on the Newark
meadows won't interfere to any great extent with
the city's plans of developing the meadows. The
city's law department has looked the history of
the canal company and its ancient charter and set
the mind of the Board of Works at rest.
But the incident of the claim presented to the
board recalls the fact that century ago there were
men who could visualize the great benefit of canal
zing the Newark meadows and who sought to get
capital to build canal. That they failed to finance
the enterprise only showed that fifty there
were few men with the vision.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-17
coLoRs IN room

Cool colors, colors delicate and
vernal, should characterize the foods
served in warm spring weather" said
a $4,000 chef.
THE soup for a luncheon on hot
day like this should be Of delicate
green hue, like the early leaves-or.
again, it might be white, to match
the wild flowers.
THE nextrcourse of fish might have
a coral or emerald sauce for such
colors are the springs very essence
I'VE decorate the meat course with
cool cress, or with delicate spring
vegetables cut In dice. The salad to
follow is a spring harmony-the red
of the tomato. the pale green Of the
lettuce, the translucent pearl of the
young onion, and so forth.
THE. ice that concludes the lunch
con is nodded and colored to bring
spring thoughts to the mind very
successful ice is shaped like spray
of lilac
such luncheon" ended the $4,000
chef, "cools one off a. dozen degrees,
and turns the heart pleasantly to
thoughts of love. moonlit beaches. the
tango and hammocks swung on the
dark. deserted piazzas of old-fash-
toned seaside hotels"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-17
Our UNpERpAIp EDUCATORS.

President Dabney, of the University of Cincinnati,
realizes the fact that to drive great truth home to
the American people you want to put it in dollars and
cents. The rich man, he says, employs $4,000
lawyer and $4,000 doctor, but regards $1,000
college professor good enough to train his son.
The teacher who is the finder of knowledge and
the maker of men, to the ordinary individual
bookworm and it is this Indifference of the public to
all forms of intellectual effort that makes the salary
list of our educators the shame of the nation.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-17
THE BIRD THAT FOULS IT'S OWN NEST

While there has been any amount of romancing
by correspondents of American newspapers at Vera
Cruz the recall applied by our government to
only one and his offense a foul one The story
sent out by Boalt that American marines had shot
unarmed Mexicans by invoking the Mexican 'law of
flight as to be expected, has been utterly dis
proved by naval board of inquiry, and this reckless
correspondent will have more chances CORE
spondent spread abroad defamation of the nations
navy.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-17

of tomatoes this year that an abundant yield does
not always spell lower prices. Produce rots by the
ton in farms and orchards while prices rule high in
the market 1t may prove to be the story with
the bumper peach crop of New Jersey. Transporta
ton and the middlemen are still the unsoved prob
lens of food supply.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-17

why don't you go to the doctor
with that cold?
Cant afford it,"
you buy pair of shoes when you
need them ?"
Yes, and that ends the transac-
ton. The doctor keeps telling me to
come again. louisville Courier
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-17
CiSbt SbininS Out Of Darkness

God moves in mysterious way
His wonders to perform;
He plants His footsteps in the sea
And rides upon the storm
Deep in unfathomable mines
Of never-failing skill,
He treasures up His bright designs,
And works His sovereign will.
Ye fearful saints fresh courage take
The clouds ye so much dread
Are big with mercy, and shall break
In blessings on your head
Judge not the Lord by feeble sense,
But trust Him for His grace;
Behind a frowning Providence
He hides a smiling face.
His purposes will rpen fast,
Unfolding every hour;
The bud may have bitter taste,
But sweet will be the flower
Blind unbelief is sure TO err,
And scan His work in vain;
God is His own interpreter
And He will make it plain.
William Cowper.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-17
Nsbraskan 100 Years Old.

Thomas Morris. who is one hundred
and twenty years and six months
oic. is believed to be the oldest man
in the United States. He is the only
mar in Nebraska. at least, who has
lived in three centuries. He was born
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-17
Middle Glass Is Asleep,


From The Atlantic.
The poor know what they want.
The rich know what they do not want.
You scarcely know that a dispute is
going on For while the poor, in the
stress of a desperate strike, can rise
to an incredible pitch of heroism for
what they regard as principle, and
while the rich, stung by conscience,
will do what they can under the cir
cumstances of their false position,
you have never even dreamed of the
abyemal unimportance of practically
everything that is thought about and
talked about in the middle-class So
ciety to which you belong.
know. 1t is not so long since you
pulled your own feet out of that dead
ly mire of poverty There 1t turks
still, too close for comfort The days
routine Tags you. soul and body. You
come home, as | do or as anybody
does, with a furrow between your
eyebrows, asking nothing but to be
allowed to forget few hours. But
by the eternal, brother--I say to you
that the way to escape your troubles
is not to forget, but to consider the
troubles of the other fellow.
You who live in the small towns and
in the country--yes, even you Of the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-17

in the eighteenth century, saw all of
the nineteenth, and now has pretty
good start into the twentieth. He
was two years old when Washing
toms term as President closed. That
fact connects him with the admins
tration of every American President
Morris was born January 10, 1874,
al Bellew, Wales. His father was a
common laborer. AS lad Thomas
was apprenticed to q shoemaker,
which work he continued until re-
Gently In 1871. when he was seventy
seven years old he came to the United
States. He is a bachelor and has
been for years a confirmed woman
hater. He walks with the aid of a
stick and wears speetacles, the first
pair of which he bought after cele-
brating his one hundredth birthday
anniversary,
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-17
OPINIONS AND VIEWS FROM THE EXCHANGES

city suburbs-reply: How can we
be expected to understand these
things2 We cannot understand what
we do not see.'
From the windows of a train rolling
through the steel mill district of a
Great Lakes port you look on gaunt
chimneys belching flame, a smoke
stained heaven and befouled tene-
ments where the workers snatch their
brief rest before hurrying back to the
inferno which burns their lives away
The man in the seat ahead pulled
down his window shade On an I'm
pulse he was asked, why did you
pull down your shaded" ITO shut
out that dreadful sight" said he.
quite simply; sit is too horrible to
think Of Too horrible for you to
1 think of, yet not too horrible for some
one else to live in?" But what can
man like me do?"
You can stop pulling down the
! shade.
Salem cIings to Wooden shingles.
! From the Providence Journal.
The first carload of material re.
ceived at Salem for the rebuilding Of
the city consists of wooden shingles
Has the lesson of week ago Thurs
day not yet been learned?
The wooden shingle is a prolific
cause of disastrous fires. In tn
Salem catastrophe it must have con
| tributed it's full share to the enor
nous property losses. Sparks in tn
high wind, showering down on tn
tinder-like wooden roofs. no doub
started new blazes in such number
and at such widely separated point
that the task of the firemen wa
greatly increased. Particularly II
dry weather, such as prevailed TO
weeks before the Salem fire, this com
bustible roof covering is a publi
menace in thickly settled districts
And yet the Massachusetts cit
promptly imports a carload to star
the work of reconstruction.
II seems as II the stricken com
munity would hate the sight of
J wooden single after its fearful ex
perience.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-17
THE CRY OF THE OPPRESSED.

FRIDAY EVENING. JULY IL 1911,
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Won. LXXXmI.-NO. les
Omaha daily bee., 1914-04-26

by splendid system OF canals and laterals,
mainly planned by and constructed under the
personal direction OF King Nebuchadnezzar.
The plain lying on the western bank OF the
Euphrates was commonly called "Edin," and
Is supposed by many 10 have been the Eden"
of Genesis. II was upon this fruitful plain
that the Bedouln subjects of Nebuehadnezzar
captured in war. pastured the hocks and herds
OF their Babylonian masters.
Here was enacted the drama played by the
insane king, one OF the greatest and most i'm
pressive figures In ancient history. He had
proved himself TO be an exception to the rule
that strong men In positions OF power must be
ruthless also, InYlncible In war undefeated
throughout his forty odd years as ruler OF a
warlike nation, he was yet peaceloying mon
arch and devoted to the work of beautifying
his capital city. improying the agricultural re-
sources OF his country and fortifying both
against invasion by neighboring rulers
Twice he marched on and captured Jerusalem.
The second time, bSS h. C., he sacked the city,
tore down Solomon's temple and led the in
habitants away to the last Babylonian captiv
ity. This act was inspired by knowledge OF the
fact that the Jews had betrayed him to the In.
vading Egyptians, whom he overthrew
But neither Nebuehadnezzar's greatness as a
military genius nor his wisdom a civil gov.
ernor would have kept him alive during his
period OF insanity II he had not found food
that would sustain human life. The question
naturally arises, therefore, could he have eaten
grass like oxen and stil live?
In the light OF modern science the answer TO
this question Is "fes." Here is the explana'
ton;
In the year 400 b. c.. less than 100 years
after the Babylonian king is said TO have lived
and fed with the beasts in the field. the Arabs
brought into Greece from Persia the seeds Of
plant with which they long had been familiar
Alfalfa" At that time Babylonia had be-
come part OF the Persian Empire through
conquest by Cyrus after the death OF Nebuchad.
nezZar.
The Bedouins who fed the Babylonian hocks
on the plain OF Edin were nomadic. pastoral
Arabs who had hocks and herds OF their own;
Dred strain OF horses that has been famous
Omaha daily bee., 1914-04-26

for three thousand years; roamed from place
to place when they we're not serving in en-
forced captivity; fought when they could find
anyone TO hght with; practised predatory rob
berry and violence and stole everything they
could get their hands on. Yet they honored
with religious fidelity a code OF ethics with re-
spect to their pledged word that modern peo-
pies might copy 20 their, everlasting credit
They were popularly supposed 90 be descend
ants OF lshmael, son OF Hagar, and their proper
home was in the northern part OF the Arabian
peninsula. Southern Arabs were an agricu
turRl, commercial and industrial people living
in cities and villages.
These so-called Bedouns had known and used
alfalfa for centuries before they introduced It
into Europe, and they had given to IL the name
II now bears in this country, the meaning OF
which is, literally. "the best fodder" This
fact being established, il is permitted to as
sumo that alfalfa grew abundantly on the
irrigated plains of Babylon Just as 1t now
grows luxuriantly in the irrigated valleys OF
Central California, in Texas and other Western
States.
AS a matter OF fact, it is not only reasona-
BILE to suppose such to be the case. but II
would be unreasonable to doubt IT, The Baby
lonians OF NebuehadneZzars time had at.
tanned 10 high state OF civilization, and they
we're far ahead of all their neighbors in ad-
vanced agricultural methods. They had the
best OF everything to be found in Western
Asia, Is II reasonable to suppose they did not
also have ''the best fodder?"
II il be true that alfalfa grew on the plains
of Babylon In the sixth century before Christ,
there is no element of improbability in the
statement that Nebuchadnezzar ate alfalfa
like oxen for alfalfa alone OF all grasses is
shown by chemical analysis to contain digest
BILE nutrients in the proportions required to
sustain human life. All other grasses contain
so large percentage OF non-digestible hber
and other matter that the digestive organs OF
man cannot take from them and assimilate a
sufficient quantity OF nourishment 10 feed the
body.
The analysis may be found in Bulletin No. s5. is
sued by the North Dakota Agricultural College
an official publication. The analysis differs
It. 1914. By the star Company Great Britain Rig
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Against the Cruel and
SenSeLeSS Practice

bTFHB cruel haElng Of Miss Mary
Rogers, OF Purdue University.
= Ind, has led to n countrywide
agitation against this degrading prac-
tice IN girls colleges.
Miss Rogers has brought suit for
$1,000 damages against her torment.
ors. The detailed statements she
makes under oath in her complaint
will astound many persons who look
upon the higher education OF women
as valuable means Of improving
society.
The defendants are all young wo-
men Of good family and social posi-
tion. They are Mary Clark, Indian
apolis; Ruth Cowan, Chicago; May
Blue, Lafayette; Mary Sheridan, At
tlca; Agnes Phillips. Monroevllle; Es-
ther Kistner, Terre Haute, and Helen
Lee, Oxford.
These girls, according to Miss Rog-
ers's story, came TO her in her room
when she was studying on the even
ing OF January IA last, a cold Win
ter's day.
They chased poor Miss Rogers
around the room and tore her cloth
ing Off. They painted her body with
red ink. poured mucilage over hol
back. covered it with feathers, stuck
her body fun Of pins. and then thrust
her into a tub OF cold water until heI
face was under the water and SHE
nearly drowned.
II was Iii at the time" says Miss
Rogers. "and told them this when
they attacked me. ! begged them e
stop, but they paid no attention 10 my
pleadings.
Miss Rogers declares that as a re
suit OF this hazlng her eyesight ha'
been permanently injured, and hel
nervous. system has suffered an In
Jury from which Il has not vet recov
cred. and will probably never recover
Hitherto many girls who have beef
injured In hazing escapades have ab
stained from making complaints from
sense Of honor or fear OF their com
panions. Miss Rogers Is seeking lega
redress with determination, and he
action is welcomed by many educa
tors who have tried In vain TO stamI
out the evil OF hazing among girls.
President Stone. OF Purdue Uniyer
sity, has suspended the accused girl
and has declared that he will maxi
every effort TO stamp out the evil.
Many observers declare that girls
when they indulge in hazlng, are ap
to be more cruel than men students
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Science Explains That Nebuchadnezzar May Have Lived on Alfalfa

~ TUDENrS of the Bible have frequently
been puzzled by the statement that
Nebuchadnezzar. King OF Babylon. did
eat grass as the oxen, and lived In that man
ner for seven years
DR.. ]. B. s. King. OF Chicago, author Of the
standard work "The Chemistry of Food" has
put forward the interesting suggestion that the
reason why Nebuchadnezzar was abls TO live so
long in this way was that he ate alfalfa, the
wonderful food-plant which has done so much
for vast regions OF the West. There Is evidence
TO show that alfalfa grew In the vicinity OF
ancient Babylon and that its raw leaves will
feed men.
The story OF NebUehadnezEar Is told in the
Book Of Daniel. The great King. at the height
OF his power, had a strange dream, and called
upon Daniel 70 interpret IL. The prophet said
that the dream meant that:
"They shall drive thee from men, and thy
dwelling shall be with the beasts OF the field;
they shall make thee to eat grass like Oxen.
and seven times shall pass over thee, until
thou know that the Most High ruleth in the
kingdom OF men. and giyeth It TO whomsoever
he will.
The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon
Nebuchs sdnezEar; and he was driven from
men, and did eat grass as the oxen and his
body was vet with the dew Of Heaven, till his
hairs were grown like eagles feathers, and his
nails Ike birds claws (.
The seven times" Is understood TO mean
seven years" The Bible narrative tells us that
al the end of that period Nebuchadnezzar re
turned TO HIS home strengthened In mind and
body. free from arrogant and tyrannical ten
heneies and greatly improved In character.
How are we TO explain this occurrence? We
know that man cannot live for seven years
or for many days, on what is ordinarily called
grass. Every occurrence may of course be
explained on the ground that II was a divine
miracle. but in this case Il would be more
reasonable 10 seek for natural explanation
Ihis would De provided II We find that alfalfa
grew around Babylon.
The Territory adjacent 10 the city Of Babylon
vas highly cultivated alluvial district Irrigated
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There is no recorded case where the
men students of college did any
thing as cruel as sticking pins into
their victim. Such performances must
necessarily be more dangerous to
girl than a man, on account OF her
more delicate organization.
Professor David Edgar Rice. the
distinguished psychologist, Of Colum-
bia University, recently pointed out
that when woman resorted to physi-
cal force, which was not normal to
her, she showed a marked tendency
to be more violent, unrestrained and
cruel than man. He illustrated this
by the example of the Chicago police
women. They were appointed be-
cause II was believed they would be
gentler In handling women; but as
soon as they had occasion to use force
they behaved with great harshness.
The Chicago women strikers com
planned bitterly OF the police-women,
and declared that they would much
rather have TO deal with policemen.
In this case we may observe the
same natural tendencies that appear
10 make girls more cruel and unre-
strained than men when they engage
in. the practice OF hazing-a bad prac-
tlce under any circumstances.
One OF the many cases of brutal ha-
zing that has been reported was thar
OF pretty Miss Julia Mills, a New
York girl OF wealth and well-known
family. She was TO be initiated into
the Sigma Gamma secret society. The
others stripped and bound her and
then made her believe that she was
being branded In the middle " the
back with a red-hot iron. She faint
ed away and suffered an attack Of
serious illness from which she was
long In recovering. Afterwards she
learned that "the branding iron" was
lump OF Ice.
Miss Anna johnson fell from an
upper story windo' of the University
Of South Dakota, and severely iniur.
ed herself while endeavorlng to es.
cape a hazlng party.
Miss Lorraine Clark complained
that her fellow students at Bridge.
port High School made her eat ma
aroni boiled In soap while blindfold-
ed, telling her that II was worms.
Then they forced her TO drink kero-
sene and tabasco sauce and pushed
her down a flight of stairs.
The complaint filed by Miss Rogers.
which has brought about the present
movement against these dangerous
practices, Is given herewith In full.