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Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-06-12
Running the Newspaper.

Running the village newspaper is
the happiest of vacations. 1t is a
tossup between ones friends and
ones enemies as to which can make
life the more desirable for the editor
The subjoined effusion is a fair
sample of what reaches the sanctum
from time to time on this or that
subject.
"Can you tell me why you so con-
sistently rub the fur the wrong way ?
By which l mean that you seem not
to be in accord. And this means with
my personal views. look to see you
ignore those people of the community
who are your known and open enemies
and of your publication, yet they seem
to receive as much consideration at
your hands as those of us who sup
port you in the good you have done
for the community"
Well, if this isn't rubbing the fur
the wrong way, what could? Why,
dingit, folks, whoever you are who
have this or similar views as this par
ticular correspondent, running a pub
lie journal cannot be rightfully done
if one plays favorites for or against
his enemies or his friends. The most
complete impartiality should be OBJ
served by all fair-minded journalists.
Being any other thing never has oc-
Cured to this editor. Personal pre-
JUDGE should not enter into the equa-
sion-it has nothing to do with the
case. Things would not balance other
wise. The local newspaper is a sort
of court of social justice or of equity
over which the editor presides, or
should preside, with the same fidelity
as judge of court of justice. Ones
enemies are never an objection
rather they are a benefit. Without
enemies there would be no progress.
The whole economy of nature is a
contest of bitter endeavor to get
ahead of the other fellow. Without
enemies life would lose half of it's
interest and would soon pail. Ones
enemies may be overlooked on account
of the good they do. No newspaper
would be worth hill O. beans if
everybody thought it paragon. 1t
is what a newspaper holds up as it's
IDEALS that gives it rank, even
with it's enemies. No enemy ever
failed to respect newspaper that
had the courage of its convictions.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-06-12
players on the opposing sides repre-.
sent in themselves.
Chicken SiLencer.

Bayonne has again become famous.
A story is going the rounds of the
press to the effect that silencer has
been invented by resident of that
ambitious young city to be used on
the noisy rooster. Along about day
break in provincial towns like
Bayonne the resident is generally
wishing for a sort of muff1er on the
chanticleer that dares to pipe his
lusty scream just about when sleep
is sweetest. 1t remained for Frank
Green, a poultryman, to come to the
rescue with peaceful solution of
the rooster evil. On account of the
general complaints from the neigh
bors in the vicinity of Mr.. Green's
poultry houses, this versatile and en-
terprising dealer put on his think
ing cap and got his wits to working
in groove that finally led him along
the smooth road of success. He
finally evolved a little chamonis skin
cay which he fastens over the beak
of the rooster. He first tried his
device on lusty young Plymouth
Rock, but the next morning the bird
was not to be found. He finally,
however, on account of his hunger
came out of his hiding place. and
though deeply Inundated, permitted
the poultryman to remove the silence.
so that his food could go down. Of
course, experimentation with hens
with the silencer was not to be at
tempted, because of the sensitive dis
position of the hen. Her pride might
have been so wounded that she would
have refused to lay One of Mr.
Green's neighbors is responsible for
the story that the ROSTERS have now
become so accustome to the silencer,
that every evening they appear at the
back door of the house each with the
little bag hanging on his beak! This
is certainly startling instance of
the force of example.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-06-12

man character and German ideals, as
we'll as German ambitions. Prepar-
ing himself and his people for almost
half century for eventualities, the
Kaiser has been dreaming of power
and what might happen. He fools
himself who feels that the German
mind is not prepared to hold to his
faith in the belief that Germany is
unconquerable, that she will eventu-
ally overcome her enemies. If we
think the German cause hopeless, we
do not know what emphasizes the
German hope that is grounded into
their systems like the root of mon
arch oak. The Germans are making
every sacrifice, and will make more.
They are optimistic always in the
face of every obstacle.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-06-12
AT THE GRAVE OF POE.

Springs glow and glamor over Bait
more
Above the green Gods acre where
he lies,
The sunlight-amber has some tabled
ore,
And the ethereal blue of vernal
skies,
He who so long since solved the
great surmise,
And haply now tunes an immortal
Tyre so we'll,
With the rapt ISRAELI,
And the celestial choir.
AS white the marble of his tomb
Against the climbing ivy on the
wall;
No cypress bough, with its unhallow-
ed gloom,
Here filings it's somber shade fun
ereal;
Even the church tower, turreted
and tall,
Speaks not of color, and the slender
spines
Of arbor vitae tell of life, not death,
The life that quickeneth
His immemorial lines.
Yet he was phantom haunted; eldritch
things
Peopled the silent chambers of his
brain;
Forevermore the winnow of dark
wings
Beat round him, as when autumn
rain
Is hurled by wild gusts against the
pane.
Weird wraiths companioned him, but
none the less
Admid the forms of ghoul and ghost
and gnome
Figures were wont to roam
Of light and loneliness.
His was the masters magic; every
He touched gave forth throb of
melody;
No music welled whereof he was no
lord,
Whether he sang some city by the
Or some strange palace built in
Faery,
He wove the spell of immaterial
chimes
Into his fabric; cen the midnight
bird
An unforgotten word
Breathed through his charmed rhy-
mes.
He walked with shadows, and yet who
shall say
We are not all as shadows, we who
fare
Toward one dim bourn along life's
fateful way,
Sharing the griefs and joys once
his to share
Who passed erewhile to that fair
Otherwhere
Beyond the poignancy of bliss or woe!
There hangs the immitigable pathos
of dead years,
High hopes believed with tears,
About the grave of Poe.
Clinton Scollard.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-06-12
Fort Lee Old Home Week.

An active start has been made for
a great time during the month of
August when Fort Lee will celebrate
"Old Home Week" in a manner be-
fitting the unique position, the age
and general historic Importance of
the settlement. In the nature of
things, any town that is more than
100 years old should have an inter-
esting history, and Fort Lee is not
behind any American community in
this regard. While nothing really
notable stands out in the annals of
Fort Lee, there are, at the same time,
enough incidents with enough i'm
portance and emphasis to make the
record worthy and interesting. Among
other things connected with Fort
Lees history is one interesting rec
ord, and this is the close shave Gen.
eral Washington had with Lord Corn
wallis, the latter being so close on
the trail that in another fifteen
minutes, so the legend goes, and the
Father of His Country would have
fallen into the hands of the British
commander. OF course, it would have
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-06-12
Base Ball Behavior.

BY reference to the local notices of
baseball games hereabouts, any one
can readily understand that the sport
as at present conducted in many
places of northern New Jersey, is not
according to the highest standards.
The habit of trying to disconcert the
visiting pitchers, players and the
umpire, is all wrong in principle, and
not at all in accordance with the rule
of fair play. The dominating rule
seems to be not whether a local team
is better in the contest, but can the
visitors be sent away with defeat
at any cost. So, the umpire is hooted
at for the slightest excuse. If he
call ball strike that some one feels
should have been ball, and vice
versa, his life is made miserable by
catcalls and other forms of abuse not
at all in keeping with the dignity of
true sport, or of gentlemanly be-
havior. When these things take place,
and they are taking place almost
every week, the game is descending
lower in the scale of human contest.
Young men and boys arrange them
selves on the side lines, and go
through all kinds of antics, use all
kinds of disconcerting talk calculated
to distract a pitcher or player,
and otherwise conduct themselves like
lot of hyenas. This has now be-
come so much part of the game that
a good rooter who can amuse the
crowd and rattle the opposing pitcher,
is looked upon as strong asset. 1t
is all form of wrong conception of
correct sport, and should be put an
end to. To win game of baseball
because the home crowd has upset a
timid pitcher or player, is not ethical,
nor is it just. 1t does not decide the
game on it's merits, and when sport
gets to that form, it is no longer clean
and wholesome. Side line talk of the
character indicated should be tabooed.
Every club manager should see to it
that his home audiences do not mis-
behave in this manner, and should
see to it also, that the contest is
conducted on the merits of what the
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-06-12

been a more romantic chapter in
American history if the boot had been
on the other foot, and Washington
had really captured CORVALLIS at
Fort Lee instead of at Yorktown.
But perhaps Yorktown sounds better
from the standpoint of euphony, and
so Fort Lee need have no regrets that
she merely was the stamping ground
of Washington's army, and that the
great American patriot really came
to Fort Lee to begin his famous vic
torious retreat to Trenton.
So, the browning point of historic
interest connected with the old town
is the association of Washington with
it's fame, and battle monument now
stands in the public square to attest
the prowess of the Colonial soldiers
who scaled the cliffs in front of
Fort Lee in order to outwit the British
and drive them back to the sea at
a time when they were making it de-
cidedly uncomfortable for the men
behind Washington. But there are
other things connected with the life
of Fort Lee that makes it's history
valuable, the details of all the chap
tiers being unnecessary to mention
here. All over the country there are
men and women who have at one
time or another made Fort Lee their
home. To them it is still the dearest
spot on earth, and to them the ap-
peal of "Old Home Week" must make
it's hearkening call. The voice of the
birds that sang in their childhood
here in these old woods will call
aloud to their listening souls, and
from afar off they will lend an atten-
tive ear once more to the song of
robin and thrush. 1t is no uncertain
song, this music of the long ago, and
when it is heard, the heart goes back
in longing wonderment. So, those
who hear the call to come back for
"Old Home Week" will turn the long
ing into reality and be back if their
strength may carry them once more
"down home." There is an earnest
appeal in this story of going home
once more, than which no tenderness
can be more dear to any heart.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-06-12
The End Not Yet.

There are many people who hold
peculiarly narrow views about Ger
many and the present war. This view
comes from those who depend upon
what partisan newspapers have told
them about the war situation. The
greatest need to-day in America is
genuinely neutral newspaper that
is not only able to do so, but really
willing to tell the truth about the
war. By this is not meant that news
papers do not tell the truth. They
only partially tell it. There are some
newspapers who believe the end of
the war is in sight, because they
seem to think that Germany cannot
stand the strain of a longer war;
that she is fast exhausting her re-
sources. The truth is, just exactly
the opposite is the case. Germany was
never better able to prolong the war
than at this time, but time will prove
the truth of this statement. She was
not forty-four years getting ready,
without providing for the struggle in
every possible way, including war
munitions, ready cash, credit, and
everything that would make her pos
sessed of every requisite for it's pro-
longation. This, of course, is only
one opinion, but it is based upon
facts that have been shown to be
wholly reasonable, as we'll as fair.
The fact that the South prolonged a
war for four years with very limited
resources, is leading some people to
believe that Germany is soon to be
reduced to even more terrible condi-
tions of want than the South ever
went through. AS matter of fact,
on the question of resources, Ger
many has resources the South never
dreamed of. Germany will not fall
a victim of exhaustion, except the
possible one of starvation from lack
of men and provisions. If her armie.,
have to go hungry, they cannot prove
efficient. If she does not have men
to replace the great numbers that
are killed and wounded, she cannot
fight on forever. But they are just
as doggedly determined as ever to
keep on fighting, and are as we'll pre-
pared today as they were last August
to continue the struggle. 1t will be
required of the allies to drive her
back foot by foot into her own terri
tory, out of Belgium and out of
France and on to the gates of Berlin
before there can be any safe plans
made for the ending of the war. With
the four or five million men under
arms, all we'll armed and well
equipped with the most modern guns
and every known fighting machine,
and with the advantage of being able
to select her own fighting ground, it
will be seen that the task the masters
of Germany have on hand is no small
one. 1t will mean terrific loss of
life in the end.
The war is going to end sometime,
but not yet. Germany is just begin
ming to fight. This may sound absurd
to those who have not studied Ger
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-06-12
A Mind of His DUN.

There was published in these col
umns last week excerpts from letter
written by former Princetonian
about the fixed determination of
Woodrow Wilson. In it the writer
sought to convey the impression that
President Wilson was Of unwavoring
tendencies; that he never let up on
any plan of efficiency which he had
worked out in his own mind as right;
that he chung to his hobbies and his
fixed ideals until they were carried
through his way.
Well, the writer of the letter in
question really did not tell anything
new; he only emphasized a truth
about Wilson that everybody does
not know. Yet, if we only take his
record since he became a candidate
for the governorship Of New Jersey,
it is evident that he knows no law
of let up until he has won. All of
his record proves clearly that, first,
he will not undertake to operate a
plan of legislation or political policy
until he has pitched it upon plane
of the highest excellence. Second, he
will not admit that he has failed
merely because he is temporarily set
back. That he has a head of his
own, and that it sets level on his
shoulders is evidenced in every at
titude he has assumed since his en-
trance into active politics. He was
long time making up his mind to
stand for the Democratic nomination
for Governor of New Jersey. But
once he was named, he was "up and
at it" in a jiffy. How the very day
following his nomination he started
in at Camden to teach the people
of New Jersey how little they knew
of the government of their own
state; how he swept aside all of the
conventionalities of the State Com
mittee; how his candidacy rolled
along like a tidal wave and swept
him tino Office after his unparalleled
campaign, the like of which had never
before been known-these things are
all now past history.
Then his running for President.
There was the hand of the master
indeed. 1t was Wilson over the con-
tinent exactly as it had been Wilson
in New Jersey, from the moment he
got the Jump" at Camden, from the
first utterance he MAIDS at Sea Girt.
And all the time he went along do
ing things his way-not through a
spirit of selfish egoism, but from a
sense of clean, unalloyed, high-mind-
ed principle. And so, with all of his
tenacity of purpose, President Wilson
still has possessed the open mind.
With all his rigid back bone, he still
can yield to counsel. But with it all,
he has proven that his faith in lead
ership is his chief asset in politics.
"Aut Caesar, aut Nullus" may not
be applied to him in it's original feel
ing and meaning, but President
Wilson has shown the power of lead
ership as we'll as it's necessity as no
man has shown it before him, and
there is no exception to this state.
ment.
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-06-12
SOME POSTSCRIPTS.

Cuff buttons which allow a shirt
sleeve to be held at any desired posit-
ion on the arm without folding have
been invented.
No motive is required to operate
new English ice making machine
and selfl-contained refrigerator for
household use.
Stays are raised in China for their
horns, which are cut off when soft
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-06-12
md used in the manufacture of native

and used in the manufacture of native
medicines.
California is increasing las acre
age in walnuts after having produced
more than 100000 pounds annually
for several years.
A Berlin scientist claims to have
found a way to build up diamonds
from chips with ordinary illuminat-
ing gas and mercury amalgam.
To obtain absolute quiet a Dutch
Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-06-12

scientist has had three rooms con-
structed, one inside another, and has
created vaccums between the walls.
In a new propelling arrangement
for boats blades are thrust into the
water and backward and then lifted
clear for the return movement.
After controversy lasting ten
years it has been Decided in France
that the use of old corks in wine
bottles is not detrimental to health.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-11-19
.FLOTAT|ON TEST PLANT
FOR CONSOLIDATED
GoLDFlElD COMPANY WILL TRY
PROCESS ON ITS DEEP
LEVEL ORES

Successful laboratory tests to de-
termine the efficacy of oil fiota-
tion in the treatment of the copper
bearing ores of the Goldfield district,
have led to decision on the part of
the management of the Goldheld Con
solidated Mines company to proceed
at once with the installation of equip
ment for 90-ton unit for experiment.
ing on a large scale with this process,
says the Tribune. Flotation is prov
ing to be complete success in a
number of districts the ore of which
is refractory, and metallurgists now
regard it as the coming universal pro
cess for the treatment of ores that are
not amenable to cyanidation.
The deep-level ores of the Goldfield
district, for the most part, contain
copper and other base elements that
render them unsuited to treatment
by any milling process employed in
this region, and a great part of this
ore will not bear the high cost OF
transportation to smelling points. In
several of the Goldfeld mines, in
which development has reached an ad
yanced stage, large quantities of ore
of this character have been exposed
notably in the Mohawk, Red Top, La
guna, Grizzley Bear Claremont, jun
BIO Extension and Atlanta mines, and
good authorities declare that the ton
mage now available is of sufficient
volume to insure supply for a long
period, to a plant Of large capacity.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-11-19
THE SUNSET MILL is
BEING IMPROVED

The Sunset Mining and Develop
ment company. operating the old
Tramps Consolidated property at
Rhyolite, is making Improvements In
its mill that are designed to increase
its capacity, says the Goldheld Tn
bune. The principal new equipment
will consist of Dorr duplex classiher
and a Hardinger ball mill Some ac.
cessory equipment will also be install
ed. The classifer is now on the
ground and concrete foundations for
the ball mill are being built. The ad
ditions to the equipment will be com
pletely installed and in operation by
January l and will Increase the mill
ing capacity of the plant to approx.
mately 100 tons per day
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-11-19
PERSONAL

G. A. LANEY is a visitor from
Goldheld
5. W. BOSTWICK drove over from
Round Mountain last evening.
PRITCHARD SMITH of Goldheld is
spending today in Tonopan
f. S. HUNT is over from Goldfeld
looking after his business interests
J. w, HUTCHINSON. a mining
man Of Goldfeld, is spending to-day
in Tonopah.
CON FISSLER returned this morn
ing from San Francisco, where he
spent the past week
WILLIAM FORMAN. the attorney
was passenger for Hawthorne on to
days train. He is retained in a min
ing case which win require severa
days to try.
MRS. JAMES MAYBERRY was a
passenger on today's northbound train
for San Francisco, where she goes tC
visit the exposition. She expects t
remain away until the first of tn,
year.
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-11-19
EDUCATION
PUT IN CURRICULUM
SHORT COURSES WILL BE GIVEN
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
NEVADA

1t has been proposed to give short
courses (about one week. in physi-
cal education at the University of
Nevada. 1t was suggested that the
week including Thanksgiving would
be good time. This, however, is not
feasible but instead any teachers who
are in Reno during the Thanksgiving
recess may receive help in folk dane
ing and games at the University.
The first session will be at the Uni
yersity gymnasium from 10 to ~ on
Friday, November 26th.
Notice Of the short course will be
sent to all schools within the next
two weeks. 1t will probably be Of
fered during the last week in January
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-11-19
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
ADJUSTMENTS
BUTLER THEATRE

The feature at the Butler tonight
will be VIM. Fox production en-
titled The Regeneration" 1t is a
brilliant photoplay version of the cele.
brated Broadway dramatic success
containing five hundred vivid scenes
picturized in the vibrant New York
of today and yesterday. 1t is based
on owen Kildare's romantic and ira
gic story MY Mamie Rose'-One of
the big scenes is the burning of an
excursion barge on the Hudson river
On the day that the scene was taken
the boat was off the foot of Dyckman
street. All of the smoke-pots were
going and the actor eXcursionists
were leaping madly over the sides
of the boat while the cameras were
grinding merrily From the windows
of number of apartment houses
along the river front the burning boat
was visible and some of the upper
New York residents rushed madly to
the telephone and informed the police
and firequarters of what they i'm.
agined another Slocum disaster II
Is not so long ago that more than
1000 lives were lost in fire on the
water which was exactly the same as
the one which the picture men were
getting and under the existing con.
ditions the city can be thankful that
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-11-19
HUNDRED THOUSAND
MARK IS NOW PASSED
CONTEST FOR NEVADA FILM CO.
PRIZE NARRoWs TO TWO
CONTESTANTS

There is still time for other con.
testants to enter the race, but at pre-.
sent there are only two candidates
for the $1,000 prize offered by the
Nevada Film Company, Inc, of Tono
pah. The winner in addition to re
ceiving the stock certificate, will be
the leading woman in the first pic
ture to be put on by the company.
Following is the standing of the
candidates today:
Miss Isabel Davis, $1,000 votes.
Miss Eleanor Malone, 33,400 votes
Tonopah daily bonanza. [volume] (Tonopah, Nev.) 1906-1929, 1915-11-19

the scene that was enacted on the
Hudson few weeks ago was only
picture stunt for had 1t been the
real thing there is no telling how
many lives may have been lost The
preliminary reel will be Pathe Week
ly. Tomorrow, Charlie Chaplin in a
comedy and The Texas Steer" from
Charles Hoyt's Merry Comedy of So
cial Satire, and great stage success