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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-12-15
THE DUTY OF EARLY MAILING.

The campaign for early Christmas shopping vigor-
ously conducted for some years. has borne evident
fruit and more people than before are making
their holiday purchases, or have already made them
with the festival still ten days distant In this way
both the buyer and the merchant are benefited and
there should be perceptibe relief from the usual
eleventhhour rush of Christmas trade that promises
to be larger than for several seasons past.
There is however, another thing to be borne in
mind, and that is the wisdom of sending gifts early
through the mails Postmaster Book and his stan
anxious render the best service possible during
the holiday but whether they are able to cope
with the situation satisfactorily depends upon the
operation of the public Postmasters and their sub
ordinates only human and cannot do superhumar
things. The people of Newark should assist them by
mailing their Christmas remembrances early
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-12-15
Thirty Years a Senator.
! the PhiIadelnhia press


From the Philadelphia Press.
Francis Marion Cockrell, who has
just died at the age of eighty-one. is
one of very small group of men
whose vitality and the favor of their
States combined to keep them In the
United States Senate in continuous
service for thirty years. He entered
the Senate in 1875 as the successor OF
Carl Schurz and served until March
4, 1905, when Missouri varied it's uoli-
tics sufficiently to elect William War.
ner, a Republican, to the Senate.
When Cockrell entered the Senate
the leading members of that bod,
were Oliver P. Morton, of Indiana
William B. Allison, of Iowa; James a
Blaine, of Maine; Roscoe Conkling. OF
New York; George F. Edmunds ano
Justin s. Morrill,, of Vermont; John
Sherman and Allan G.. Thurman, OF
Ohio; John A. Logan, OF Illinois. and
Thomas f. Bayard, of Delaware
When CoclIrell left the Senate thirty
years later the only member of thai
body left to bid him good-by of thos,
who welcomed him thirty years be.
l IAcAC WeAAo TAAAA1OAg VI lOWdt W0OSf
thirty-1ve years In the United State,
Senate is the longest period of servic,
in the history of that body.
Senator Cockrell had been a briga.
dier-generaI in the Confederate Arm,
and was one of the Southern briga'
diers" that came into the Senate ii
the seventies as successors to tn,
Southern Republican senators of tn,
period Immediately after the Civi
War. He proved from the first a dill
gent, attentive and useful senator an,
became much esteemed and highl,
valued by his colleagues regardless O
party. When he retired a Compare
lively poor man at the age of seventy
one positions were found for him b
Republican presidents first in tn
Interstate Commerce Commission an
later as commissioner to adjust TN
boundary between the United State
and Mexico.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-12-15
Group of Commuters in Smoker Dis.
cussing Lackawanna Ferry
Service Changes.


AL JONES, the Jitney Service As
sociation director. is prepared with
a fiawless reason for not stopping
when Traffic Officer Reddington hailed
him at the Four Corners the other
day. Al couldn't see the peace OFF,
GERS signal for the crowd on the ra-
diator.
-:i;y
BILL HARRIS, the attorney for
the trustee in bankruptcy case, in
examining the bankrupt went and
eIassed a dollar watch as 3 liability,
not an asset. Bill is evidently one of
those who do not look on time as
money.
-.is-
JUDGE FREDERIC ADAMS, be
fore whom the Branford place assess
ment arguments are being presented
doesn't see how 1t will be possible
at the present rate of speed to ge
the cases out of the benches b,
Christmas.
DAN ROWE, who stage manager
in a local theater, is very much II
love with his job, especially when i
embraces moving an uncovered Gag
Of famished lions by the bars.
-:is-
DOC ANGELO BIANCHI, city
fatber-eIect from the First ward, said
at his complimentary banquet that
he was going to work hard to get the
Common Council to give his ward
public bath. We ali know what the
doctor-aIderman means, but some
times the. English Language is i'm
adequate. III A
JOHNNY DOBBINS, official mos
quito slaughterer for the county, ha
it all planned to start campaign Q
advertisement of the organization
The trouble with such a campaign
argues Johnny, is that the faster the
externinate the pests the less the mos
quito determination commission
called to the attention of the public.
| WARY vANDERVEER, tn
Standard Oil magnate. of Maplewoo,
IS in receipt of a letter from John l
Rockefeller urging that he advocai
ony Christmas shopping in his dil
tTlets
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-12-15


younger than James, had a keener
perception OF the relation of the rail-
roads and the telegraph to newspaper
publication than his brother, James,
did. At all events, Erastus was the
first to demonstrate the advisability
of the telegraph for speedy publica-
tion of news.
ut happened in this way: One OF
the earliest of the telegraph lines
built in New York State was from
Albany to New York city along the
banks of the Hudson. That was be-
fore the Hudson River Railroad was
constructed, and then the only way
, to reach Albany by rail was via
Chatham, New York, a. roundabout
| trip.
flames Gordon Bennett never heei-
tated at any expense in the procur-
| ing of early news and in those days
Albany was an important news CEN
ter. Mr. Bennett therefore established
a pony express, which covered the dis
| tance between New York and Albany
| in about twelve hours. Shortly after
the telegraph line was established
Ezra Cornell who founded Cornell
University and whose fortune was
made by the development of the tele-
graph, and Erastus Brooks met. Mr..
Brooks asked what the cost of send
| ing news by telegraph from Albany
to his New York paper would be.
Ezra Cornell, who founded Cornell
name price which he thought would
be satisfactory to Mr.. Brooks. The.
price was satisfactory, and New York
city was amazed one Afternoon to find
in the columns OF the Express a report
of proceedings at the Capitol in the
morning In this way Mr. Brooks
became the leader in the use of the
telegraph by newspapers. And it IS
Unnecessary to say that his leader
ship was speedily hnItated."
Copyright. 1915. by E. J. Edwards.
! All right reservedo
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-12-15
AMATEUR CANAL REsCUERs.

multitude of suggestions, some of them pub
ished with serious approval for preventing the slides
in the Cuebra cut shows how little the uniformed
citizen knows about the difficulties confronting Gov
ernor Goehals and his engineers, who fighting a
battle against nature in the Panama Canal One
genius advises plastering the sides of the canal with
concrete. Another would bind the banks by planting
willow trees, is done along the dikes of Holland
and In the lowlands of the Mississippi.
The trouble is that the earth does not simply roll
down the hill into the canal is the case with an
ordinary landslide or washout The slides are shift
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-12-15

The trio IF birthday patrons for to-
day Is made UP of an English queen.
a German actress and an English
writer.
The first is Catherine of Aragon.
who was born in Spain. the daughter
of Ferdinand and Isabella, in 1885.
When she was sixteen she left her
native land to marry Arthur, Prince
of Wales. the eldest son of King
Henry VII of England. He died
within year and she then became
engaged to the second son. who. upon
the death of his father, became King
Henry VIII, and took her to his
throne as the first of his many wives.
For a brief time Catherine lived
happily She had six children, but
only one, the Princess Mary, lived.
Henry, anxious for an heir, began to
think of divorcing his wife, and Cath
erine's happiness was over. She was
rather ugly in appearance, short and
stout, but she was very good and
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-12-15

Marrying sauires to Pool Interests and
End Runners Fights.
LOUISVILLE, Ky, Dec. 15.-Here-
after eioping couples who go to JEFF
fersonville. Ind, across the Ohio
river from Louisville, in search of
marrying squires will not be met at
the railway stations, interurban sta
tions and the river landing by matri-
monial runners, who have piled a
lucrative trade at Gretna Green.
The runners have for years been
working on fifty-fifty basis with
the magistrates. Tiring of this. the
squires have banded together. and, IL
plans go through. the marriage fund
will be split evenly among the six
magistrates.
The runners are upN in arms over
this consolidation. Brawls and fist
fights over eloping couples by rival
runners have featured Jeffersonville
courts for many years
Cupid Proof Phone Girls Are Sought In
KittanniDg, Pa.
KITTANNING, Pa, Dec. 15.-Dis
tracted over the loss of nine operators
in the last six weeks, the telephone
management has announced that in
all likelihood mo girls under fifty
years of age would be employed in
the future
Margaret Walthour. the ninth
operator to enter welded bliss.
eloped to Washington with George
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-12-15

religious, and It was said that she
was more beloved by the islanders
than any queen that over reigned."
The. second of the trio Is Christiana
Amalie Becker, born in 177s at Wei
mar. She married a German actor,
friend of the great Goethe, and re
ceived some training under that mas
ter. Her beauty and charm made her
a favofite with court and public and
Goethe immortalized her, in his poem
"Euphrosyne," written in memory OF
her last appearance on the stage IN a
character of that name in one of his
dramas.
Elizabeth Kirby was born in 1923
in Leicester, England. She was a born
story teller, and soon began to write
stories and verses for children. But
she published her first story at the
age of thirty~one- THE, Disconnected
Children" She later published many
more, some of them written with her
sister,.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-12-15
THE BUGLE

Published daily except Sunday When-
ever we have the time 90 get lt ont.
Our editorial policy. circulation and ad-
vertising rates are nobody's business.
steuart NJ. Emery, editor.
Readers favoring as with contributions
should give full name and address In
order to facilitate tracing the response
bIIIty In case OF libel suits.
Callers always welcome in the Bugis
ofacs after checking guns and bIaekjacks
at the door.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-12-15
BROAD ST. BRIEFS

GEORGE BARBER, prexy of the
Efficiency Club, of New York, ven-
tured over to Jersey recently and de-
.livered a chat in the Orange Y. NJ. c.
A, telling his hearers that adapta-
'tion to whatever line of business they
were in would help them later eh If
they changed their iife's work. What
with enraged citizenry dropping into
the office of The Bugle all the time,
if we should ever have to change our
branch of .endeavor we have won
derful future as a long-distance run
ner.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-12-15
-The stars incline, but do not compel"
THURSDAY. DECEMBER 10. 1915.


THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 1915.
Copyright, 1915, by Mcclure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
Astrologers read this as an uncer-
tain day in which good and evil
forces contend. While Mercury, Ju-
piter and Saturn are in benefic aspect
Venus and Uranus are adverse.
1t is time in which to be cautious,
especially in the making of plans for
the new year, which will be big with
great events. ts
Politicians and publishers should
be especially careful, for the autumn
win bring many problems Of policy.
There will be a memorable campaign
in 1916. which will cause factional
dissensions in the two great parties
and will inspire editors to indulge In
scathing personalities.
This should be an suspicious rule
for the settling of old accounts and
the winding up Of financial obiiga-
tions.
Saturn gives encouragement TO the
aged. today. They should be stimu-
lated and encouraged. All who are
wise, however. will set their affairs
/ in order.
The seers declare that the birthday
of the Emperor OF Germany has a
sinister omen. Plots and secrets will
| be uncovered and troubleswith papers
is Indicated. Sudden losses ale tors
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-12-15
Cupid-Proof Phone Girls Are Sought II
KittanniBg, Pa.

A recent census disclosed the fact
that in San Diego, Cal, 29.2 per cent.
of the workmen were part-time work
ers.
International Typographical Union
seeks to abolish seven-day situations
and establish six-day standard.
Union printers of the San Francisco
bay district have put a five-day week
in operation.
wheeling CIV. va) BARRIERS are
meeting with success in an attempt
to reduce the working hours per day.
More labor troubles in. the British
textile trade are threatened by. a
strike vote now being taken by the
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-12-15
News of the Labor World

Dyers' Union in England, who are in
dispute with the employers over
wages. The trouble affects 10000
dyers.
Forty-two per cent. of the male
membership in GerInany's trade
unions are serving in the army.
Upward OF 1000 miners went on
strike at Cwmaman CWaies) colleries
as a protest against the employment
of on-unionists.
The United States Supreme Court
has declared unconstitutional the Ar
fiona law which provides than an en-
ployer of five or more persons must
employ so per cent qualified electors
or native-born citizens.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-12-15

ing Of many Of SOIL sometimes forty feet deep,
due to pressure of htops upon their bases weakened
by the excavation This pressure often forces the bed
of the canal upward to height of twenty feet It is
obvious that concrete facngs would be of effect.
and the willow trees would along into the cham
mel with the soil in which they were planted
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-12-15

che Shade

Ger the land there hangs a shade
Sometimes very gloomy
Which is wide and deep and long,
Fact is--yery roomy
1t brings many anxious thoughts
Often is unpleasant;
T'is the shadow of the list
OF the Christmas present.
With the cost of living high
And lot of people
To remember; does that list
Seem tall as steeple
While imagination's worked
Until minds are harried,
How to make all presents nice,
Yet TO have them varied
Still that cloud, though sometimes black,
And met with repining
To all save the pessimist,
Has silver lining;
For though folks will mourn its call
With their tired brows mopping
Deep down in their secret souls,
All love Christmas shopping.
Baltimore Americs
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-12-15
Weather Forecast

Ideal for foreclosing a mortgage or
turning an errant child out into the
snow.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-12-15
rom the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

kIDm tue NleNeldhu rum Deditrs
South Africa is about to dispatch
an expedition to accomplish the cap
tura of Germany's East Africa Pro-
tectorate The East African colony
is the only German African possess
sion which has not been taken by the
allies, and there is little doubt Of the
Beers ability to win. But in winning
they will lose many men. and will kill
many Germans. And what is to be
gained?
If Germany loses in the great Euro
peap war she will unquestionably be
snplcted OF her colonies. II she wins
she will retain all her colonies, in
Guiding those which have been tenn
pofarily taken from her and will un-
duestionably extend her holdings.
Battles in Africa will have no slight
est weight.
1t is the height of folly 10 take seri-
oslsiy these little detached wars. All
vars are horrible, but these colonial
wars are uselessly horrible, for they
can have no effect on the final out
come The Dutchmen who die in the
assault on East Africa and the Ger
mans who die in its defense will have
pefished without bringing any ma
teriel gain. To kill and be killed in
such a war is utterly futile.
The only possible gain is the proof
offered by the South African Dutch
men of their loyalty to Great Britain,
and surely no proof was needed after
Botha's brilliant conquest of German
Southwest Africa. There is, really
no sense whatsoever in such fighting,
and it is merely an indication of the
madness of the times.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-12-15
Answers to Health Questions

JAMES NICK. Q--Is there any cure
for high blood pressure?
A-All excitement must be avoided,
and you must obtain lots of sleep
and rest. do not overexert yourself
and keep the bowels active. Avoid
hot dishes, salt, pepper and other con-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-12-15
sssIisquofed.
grom the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
People whose utterances are re-
ported in the newspapers complain
daily that they are misquoted, mis-
represented; that their words are dis
toffed into sensatioualism. The charge
Is 50 commonly heard that readers
aisbelievs whatever they think can
not be true.
OF COURSE newspapers make mis-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-12-22
The Manger of
The Blessed Babe

TRADITION tells us that within
the stone Manager, which may
now he seen in the Chapel of the
Nativity at Jerusalem, there was an
other of wood 1t is also stated that
the stone manager which attracts the
interest of every visitor to Jerusalem
was the outer one, and within it was
incased the second. That humble
stone trough in the Holy City is splen-
did and beautiful, with white marble,
soft. rich, costly draperies and radi-
ant with Il silver star.
But vet more glorious and interesting
is the wooden manager which may be
seer. in the city of Rome. 1t is held
that this is the veritable manger in
which the Christ Child lay. 1t was
removed to Rome during the seventh
century during the Mohammedan in
vasion of the Holy Land, and there it
is preserved in q strong braZen chest,
from which it is brought forth on
Christmas days, when it is placed upon
exhibition.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-12-22

The Highland Lassie on Christmas.
Grant In his Highland Customs" tells
how the Scotch lassie rose with the
first gray streak of dawn to bake her
Christmas sowans, or sour scenes, hard
oat cakes, soft cakes and pannich
paron The days enjoyment always
consisted of trials of skill and games
and wound up with a grand evening
meal. In some parts of Scotland, as
in England, it became customary to
hang a branch of mistletOe in the mid
die of the room or over the door, and
if by accident or otherwise a girl pass
ed under it any young man was priv
ileged to give ner as many kisses as
there were berries on one of it's sprays.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-12-22
McCalI's Magazine.

4 recognized Fashion Authority
for 45 years, with more subscribers
than any other fashion magazine.
Fifty exclusive designs monthly,
showing latest McCall's Patterns,
whose style, fit, simplicity and econ
omy make them first choice OF
thousands of well-dressed women.
More than 100000 families love
McCall's for its wholesome stories,
sympathetic articles, newest ideas
in fancy needIework, home dress
making lessons, Betty Lyle Will
sons own special receipts, and the
many other interesting and helpful
departments, including Housekeep-
ing Exchange. Il cannot tell you
ali that it means to me" writes a
South Carolina subscriber. 1.-The
second copy saved me more than
enough to pay for years subscrip-
ton" writes a Texas friend. Prom
Fashion to Fiction, it is supreme"
writes a New York reader.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-12-22
Mothers Magazine.

A magazine OF service, whose ed
itOrial policy is the result of scien-
tific study Of the needs of its sub
scribers. It's special articles and
practical departments constitute an
invaluable reference library for the
great home-builder = the Mother.
over haIf-milliOn circulation build
ed upon forty years successful ex-
perience in dealing with the most
intimate home and personal prob
lens.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-12-22
Ladies' World.

The favorite household magazine
in over million homes. The value
of its Pure Food Department, con
Quoted by Professor Lewis B. AL
Ign, is Unreasonable. Also special
ly noted for ITS Accordingly inter-
esting Fiction. Forty Big Features
monthly give it the unique distinc-
ton of being the only high-class
dollar magazine of general interest
in the entire woman's field.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-12-22
Grant County Herald.

Grant County Herald is county
paper and endeavOrs to cover GER
tain features exclusively. We offer
our readers not only the Court Pro.
ceedings, Real Estate Transfers,
Road Progress, County Treasurer's
Reports, County School News and
like matters that county seat pa
per can best give, but also items OF
general interest from the cOmmunI-
ties where the paper mas general
circulation and a staff of excellent
community correspondents. Ii yOU
are not taking the paper now. we
invite you to become one OF the
Herald family. Ask your neighbor
who does take it, and be guided by
his recommendation. THAT'S ALL
WE ASK.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-12-22
Pretty Dutch Christmas Custom.

In Holland Il pretty custom exists.
On the night before Christmas. in com
memoration of the star of the east. the
Young men Of the town assemble and
carry through the dark streets large.
bright star All the people go out TIC
greet it and give to the bearers of the
"star of Bethlehem" as it is called,
aims for the poor.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1915-12-22
Cbougbts for
Christmas

CHS was the chorus Of that heavenly
anthem which fell upon the shepherds
cars and which will ring down the cen
turies till the end OF time: 'Glorfa If
eFceIsts Deo-peace on Garth, good vii
toward men,"
- -
May Cbrist's glory tIIumtne every
bone and cradle, every workshop and
counting bcusc! May a brighter ba!c
than the painters PUT around bis
head surround every mother and babe
throughout the land at this Christmas
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