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Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-16
THE LAST LINK SEVERED.

The last link that bound the regular army to the
volunteer army of the Civil War has just been
cred, and Colonel John Lincoln Clem, u. S. A., be-
Brgadier- General Glenn, retired. That a vet
of the Union service should still have been
below the legal age Of retirement sixty-four, and
consequently the active list of army officers, fifty
years after the close of the is phenomenon ex-
planned by the fact that Glenn only fourteen years
old when the Boys in Blue mustered out. The
claims of many to be 1.-The youngest soldier of
the Civil War" have to be taken on faith but this
sturdy youngster, only sxty-four years old last Fri
day has the records. Before he years old he
tried twice without to enlist as drummer
boy and May l. S62 while still under eleven, he
did manage to get into the Twenty Michigan
Infantry
Johnny Glenn served in the Army of the Cumber-
land during the rest of the war, drumming and
fighting at Shiloh, Chickamauga, Perryvlle, Stone
River, Reseea, Kenesaw, Atlanta and Nashville And
when drumming and fighting days this boy
of fourteen went back home and took five years
schooling. President Grant commissioned him second
lieutenant in 1871, and he got into the regular
army, where his service has been mertorous but his
chief renown will remain johnny Glenn the drum
mer boy of Chickamauga"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-16

In preparing the digest which con-
tains the full record OF the diplomacy
of the State Department at
Washington so far as that re-
lates to arbitrations, DR.. John
Bassett Moore. who was twice As
sistant Secretary of State, and in the
first year of President Wilson's adj
ministration counselor for the State
Department discovered in the arch
ives many incidents not reported at
any time and yet furnished sidehehts
upon the intellectual and tempera-
mental characteristics of some of the
Presidents ana almost all of the
Secretaries Of state. The work itself
is monumental. both in respect To
size and IN the informa ton it con-
tains, although il is probable that
nobody except Dr. Moore ever read
it.
Shortly after Dr. Moore retired from
the post he had he'd for a year in
Wilson's administration as counselor
for the State Department, | had an
interesting conversation with him, in
which allusion was made to some of
the strange, even humorous, incidents
which had long been buried in the
archives of the State Department.
Among these was the story of the
extraordinary coincidence in point of
time with respect to our acquisition
of the territory west of the Mis-
sissippi. whereby at last we gained
the sovereignty from the Atlantic to
the Pacific south of Canada and north
of Mexico.
DIR. Moore said that in 1903, by a
strange coincidence in point of time,
we acquired Louisiana territory un-
oXpectedly. for not 'even President
,TeffersoD Lad the cIioltest idea that
Napoleon Bonaparte would be will
ing to sell Louisiana territory to the
United States. At the same time,
through Jefferson's leadership, we
took the steps which clinched our
title to the oregon territory and gave
us command of a strip of the Pacific
Coast.
That coincidence in point of time.
DR.. Moore said, was afterward
matched in 1916. There has been
serious, and at one time somewhat
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-16
ORGANIZED UPLIFT FOR KEARNY.

Kearny years ago had good government
club, which accomplished a number of betterments
for the town. including the grading and macadamiz-
ing of Passaic avenue by the State and county at
cost of $4,000, not cent of which fell upon the
town treasury. That club, like many organiza-
tions of the kind, allowed to die out Its sue
cessor the Kearny Improvement Association, has as
it's primary object, perhaps, the building of bridge
over the Passaic to Newark, but there are several
other ways in which it may prove benefit to the
community For instance it may induce the county
"a light Passac avenue and to take and inn
proye Schuyler avenue. Ii viii be worth while for
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-16
BIRTHDAY OF NOTED WOMEN
AUGUST 16
Sarah Porter
Copyright, 1915.
BY MARY MARSHALL.

One of the country's most able
educators, Sarah Porter, was born 102
years ago today in Pennington, Conn.
As the daughter of a minister she
was early given the advantages of a
fair education and when she was
scarcely more than a child she began
to teach school From the first Sarah
Porter showed unusual ability as an
instructor and instead Of taking her
duties as something that should be
got over as quickly as possible she
showed decided interest in the work
of teaching.
Her ambition was to have school
of her own where she could put into
operation her ideas of education. and
after teaching in boarding schools in
various parts of the country for
few years she opened small school
in a room over 4 store in Farming
ton. This venture succeeded, and by
renting a few rooms with private in
dividuals in the town she organized
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-16
HEALTH AND HAPPINESS
Your Nerves a system for Transmitting
BY DIR. LEONARD KEENE HIRsHBERG.
A. g.. NJ. A, NJ D. (John Hopkihs).

/ Your Nerves a System for Transmitting z
Messages.
Just as there Is real worth unknown
| to fame and glory in the world at
| large, and many machine and family
made regulations as we'll, SO in the
individual tissues of the human fabric
| there are both natural and artificial
| limitations, whips and stimulations.
Under normal conditions the muscle
tissues extend and relax themselves
by telegraphic flashes shot down the
nerve fibers. The nerves which eX
tend from the front part of the spinal
column, like wires from the arms of
a telegraph pole, end in the muscles.
Therefore, psychologists call them
motor nerves. Their messages move
the muscles to act
Thenerves which enter the rear hem
isphere arrive there from the piano
keys of sensation. That is to say, such
nerves convey sparks and flashes of
touch, heat, cold, tickling, grasping,
pushing, squeezing, pain and the
other five times five senses from the
skin, stomach nostrils, oesophagus
and elsewhere into the first transfer
point of the living creature-the
spinal cord
These are called sensory nerves in
contrast to the anterior spinal nerves.
The magic spell which names cast
over scientists as we'll as fools is we'll
exemplified in the words motor and
"sensory" as applied to nerves.
Experiments prove that there is no
intrinsic difference in the nerves. They
are structurally and actively alike. By
habit, practice. inheritance and local
ity they become better able to carry
ct If onntlpT
In other words, inheritance and ac-
quired habits stablish a block sys-
tenn In certain emergencies a motor
nerve can be transposed into a sem
sorry one This is abundantly proven,
yet psychologists under the fascina-
tion of names and numbers have lost
sight of the truth.
Professor Haller of the eighteenth
century gave proof that muscle tissue
wholly shed of all it's nerves, can be
made to contract, relay and do its
duty.
This discovery, isolated as it seems,
disposed of a lot of nonsense to the
effect that animal spirits" flow in the
hollow of the nerve cord and make
the muscles move. "At one fell swoop'
as the nickel novels say, the doctrines
that nerves are necessary to motion,
that nerves are hollow, that animal
spirits are existent were all swept
away like the flimsy cobwebs they
were.
No sane man with this knowledge
ever denies nowadays that muscles
need nervous force" or nervous en-
ergy'' to move them. 1t Is high time
now that all of these sane men now
admit once for all that sensation and
thought, memory and perception, are
equally in no need of nerves"
brain" and spinal cord.'
The nerves and their central sta
tions. the spinal cord and brain, are
co-ordinating, linking up stations,
central shifting points, like refuse dis
posal plants. The various flashes and
messages which spring from all quar-
ters are there sifted out and switched
into their proper channels. The brain
is not the mind. 1t does not think or
remember any more than it senses or
moves.
Answers to Health Questions
CONSTANCE-Q. Is cocoanut oil
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-16

what later became her famous board.
ing school for girls. Within a. few
years she had attracted so much at
tention through her unusual powers
as an educator that the citizens of
her town Joined in buying for her a
building where she could make her
school a permanent institution. Here
for many years she had a scnoet
which never exceeded 100 pupils.
owing to lack of accommodations but
which attracted attention from all
over tine country. 1t was next to
Mt. Holyoke, the oldest school of its
sort in New England
1t has been said that Sarah Porter
typitied the best social life of her
time and place. Her temperament
was always unequaled in steadiness
and evenness. The range of her in.
terests was as wide as the world. She
possessed a deep intelligent patriot.
ism and a Christian character whose
beauty those felt most deeply who
knew her best"
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-16
News of the Labor World

There are 2.455,Ooo wage-earners in
Greater New York.
Women car conductors at Hull.
England, get $675 a week.
A bureau of labor has been estab-
lished at Winnipeg.
Wheeling (W. Va.) carpenters now
get As cents an hour.
Frisco unions will dedicate their
new labor temple on Labor Day.
German trade unions have issued
a memorial on the subject of unem
ployment Insurance.. in which they
favor the Ghent system and the crea-
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-16

soap? . What can l do for a deep
| wrinkle between the eyes? I wear
| glasses to relieve the eye strain but
it does not help
A. 1t is safe to use on the hair.
>. Have a competent oculist examine
your eyes and then have them fitted
with the proper glasses.
c. A.-Q. Is sycosis curableq 1
have had It for about nineteen years
and have tried many treatments for
1t without success. What do you ad-
wise?
A. Radium and X-ray treatments
have cured true sycosis; also the per-
sistent use of white precipitate ONT
ment with spermacett has helped a
little.
w. L. K.--Q. We have a baby girl
ten months old, born with protrusion
of the tongue, which she still has
What do you advise? .. What do YOU
think of one being i'll and treated ac-
cording to James 5:13-15? : Is ieaI-
ousy a disease? Can it be cured?
A. Take the child to a hospital.
?. This is all right if a competent
physician is also in charge. 3. A
psyche analysis will disclose It Is a
disease. It can be cured.
HUSBAND-Q. My wife has a
wen" on her temple as large as an
egg. What do you advise?
A-If the skin is split open and the
egg sac dissolved out it will be the
end of the Wen
TROUBLED. Newark-Q-T am
troubled with the following symptoms.
Heart palpitation, trembling, culver
ing of the eyelids, fear without
cause. inability to act naturally. What
do you suggest?
A-This condition is, at times, as
sociated with overactive thyroid. sex
and other glands. Muscular exercise.
physical training and swimming les
sons will help you.
MRS. j. P, Newark-Kindlv send
me the names of medical men who
use the electric needle for the pur-
pose of removing superfiuous hair.
Aft you will send a stamped self
addressed envelope with your query
repeated | will be glad to furnish you
with the names of several surgeons
using this.
r. G.. Newark-Q-What do YOU
advise to whiten the arms? They are
very dark in comparison to my face
Aust after a wash or bath and
while still wet, dry the hands with
the following: Fine almond meal
ounces; finely powdered borax.
drains; finely powdered orris root,
ounces; finely powdered pumice stone.
drains; oil of bitter almonds, 8
drops; oil of lily of the valley, 8
drops.
MRS NJ. B.. South Orange-Faulty
training by mothers before the child
is year old is generally responsible
for this habit. Operations are mad
visable. Patience. persistence and
close attention, with muscular exer-
else to strengthen the muscles and
reward and punishment-not scold-
ings-to strengthen the will power
will effect cure after a time. Have
the child sleep on a cool. hard bed
and have lots of outdoor life. Awaken
him every hour or two for a few
nights and he will form the habit of
caring for himself
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-16

with by the payment of a nominal
fine of S5 and costs by Judge j. F..
Billingsley, before whom Mr.. Bryan
was to have been arraigned.
The ex-secretary was charged with
operating an automobile without a
license. He used the car while on
visit to the city last winter and neg
lected to see that the customary Ii
cense was paid. When the matter
was scheduled to come up for hear
ing, Judge Billingsley announced that
he would settle the case, and ac-
cordingly placed the fine at $5 and
costs, which he paid. Mr.. Bryan was
not required to appear before the
court in person.
Question of Cats Alienates SayviIle suf-
fragists from I. r.
NEW YORK, Aug. 16.-Colonel
Roosevelt has alienated Sayville suf-
fragists by his plans to save Long
Island birds. 1t SINNERS down, they
aver, to a question of cats or birds.
A prominent suffragist conducts
what is locally known as "cat
farm" She has swayed other MEM
bers of her party to her own way of
thinking, and the suffragists have
declared unreservedly in favor of the
cats.
The cat farmer has four sons of
voting age, all of whom are under
strict injunction to defeat Colonel
Roosevelt on the cat issue.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-16
Summer Calls

Ny heart said: Cup, away,
Where cooling breezes blow
Where leafy roads wind on
To meet the sunset glow.
Leave care and toll behind,
And to the summons trust
Go gypsying afar,
have the wanderlust.'
Ny purse cried: Stick right here,
| cannot raise the wind;
No Easy street for you,
Just get that notion skinned
Take up the work to do
And buckle down, nor rust;
Be deaf to other calls,
have the backyardlust."
-McLandburgh viii
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-16

great to allow of competition with other nations
And less than three months hence act that will in
crease this discrepancy will go upon the statute books
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-16

ton of auxiliary funds for the mol
organized and the non-insured.
The American Federation of Labor
will build its own home at Washing
ton, to cost approximately $150,0O0
Plans are now being considered. The
home will be prominently located in
Washington.
During the month of March the ur1-
employment funds of the various
trades unions in Holland paid out In
benefits to their members no less than
$116,062. Now that the municipal au-
thorities have stepped in to help them
out, the city of Amsterdam alone
pays out for this purpose $l4,-
800 weekly.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-16

From casual glances at the photo
graphs enlivening the front pages of
daily sheets since the Mexican bor-
der situation became acute there are
as many varied types of Texas rang
ers as there were different official
computations of the Pops standing
in the league last week.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-16
ODDITIES IN TODAY'S NEWS
Runaway Cow in Chicago Halted When
Woman Twists Tail.

Runaway Cow in Chicago Halted When
Woman Twists Tail.
CHICAGO, Aug. ia runaway
COW entertained the pedestrians in
the loop, lodging traffic policemen
and passing automobiles. A blockade
of auto trucks brought the COW to a
stop at Adams and Dearborn streets,
and while a woman held it in cap
tivity by twisting its tail the owner
haltered 1t.
Chicago Policeman Figures He Has 6s5,-
900 Nails in His Coffin.
ABERDEEN, S. D., Aug. 16.-J. l..
Babcock, police desk sergeant, is
eighty years old and hale and hearty.
He has been smoking cigarettes for
seventy-two years, or since he was
eight years old. He estimated that
during that entire time he has aver
aged from twenty-five to thirty five
daily. which for the seventy-two
years would total $4,000 Cigarettes.
Kind Judge Saves Bryan Trip to
Florida by Paying SIS Fine.
MIAMI, Fla, Aug. 16-The charges
against ex-Secretary Bryan, which
have been pending in the Criminal
Court of Record here, were dispensed
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-16
PIeasurabIe Sensations

Finding out when halfway home
from the golf club that you've donned
somebody else's shirt.
81
Many and mournful is the miss
who. eloping, pulls that time -honored
headline, Father I'm we'd" stuff
over the phone and then gets cut
off.
-sf-
Women mail-carriers made their
initial appearance on the streets of
London recently. They will probably
find reading postcards on their routes
just as instructive and entertaining
as their American sisters pastime of
listening in on a party wire.
s M e
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-16
The Sieve
Routed Romance

1t pdS a rainy eve and drear,
When Leo called on Daphne dear.
The while they passed out merry chat
Twas thus upon the couch they sat.
The hours rolled by, the witching
Jane
Enticed him into softer pein.
At ten O'Clock in perfect bliss,
LeoandDaphneSatiikefhiS.
Has! for lovers rosy dreams,
The air is filled with Ddphne's
screams.
For Dad, appearing nnaWares,
Has
kicked
poor
down
the
stairs
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-16

Answers to Health Questions
CONSTANCE-Q. Is cocoanut oil
safe to use on the hair instead OF
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-16
Board of Works meadow reclaimers
on the Old Damp Ground"

over in New York a playwright
has wagered $1,000 that a fellow
e1ubman cannot find four footed
animal with blue and white stripes
two inches wide That two-inch
stipulation, we surmise, must have
been put in just to make 1t harder.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-16

soap? .. What can l do for a deep
wrinkle between the eyes? I wear
glasses to relieve the eye strain but
it does not help.
A. 1t is safe to use on the hair.
,. Have a competent oculist examine
your eyes and then have them fitted
with the proper glasses.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-16

Give Us the Hospitable Wood-Pussies
Every Time.
Beautiful animals of wood-cats, dogs
and monkeys-for keeping the door
Hospitality open during the summer
months, are $5.-Shopping column note
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-16

MRS. j. P, Newark-Kindly send
me the names of medical men who
use the electric needle for the pur-
pose of removing superfiuous hair.
Aft you will send a stamped self
addressed envelope with your query
repeated | will be glad to furnish you
with the names of several surgeons
using this.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-08-16

Odd, isn't 1t, but out of all these
cigarette companies that have been
shipping millions of their products to
the front, not one of them has as yet
advertised its brand as the smoke
of battle"
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-04-09
SERB|ANS PROTEST
AGAINST RAIDERS
BULGARIAN IRREeULARS CROSS
THE BORDER AND ARE ROUTED
BY FRONTIER GUARD.
Attacks on Nciehsoring State Taken
to Indicate Course BuIgars Will
Pursue if They Plunge Into
the Maeistrom.

Paris.-The Petit Journale says
that Serbia has protested to Bulgaria
because of the invasion of serbian ter
ritory by force described as Bulgar-
ian irregulars. While couched in mod
crate terms, the protest is said to re-
quest the arrest and imprisonment of
the persons responsible for the raid
Further details Of the incident re-
ceived here confirm the report that the
invaders were driven away from the
railroad station at Strumitsa, the Ser.
bian town near the Bulgarian border
where the attack was made. The rail
way station master at Strumitsa re.
ports that the line to Ghevgheli is now
clear of the raiders and apparently has
not been damaged.
Serbian frontier guards who pur.
sued the fleeing irregulars retook the
two cannon which had been captured.
Six bodies were found in the railway
station at Strumitsa The extent of
the losses inflicted upon the attacking
force is unknown. but it is believed to
be large. Thirty bodies were found
and the raiders themselves picked up
and buried number of others.
This is said to be the fifth incident
of its kind since the beginning of the
European war. and there is much spec
ulation in Paris as TO their exact sig,
hificance. 1t is felt that the attitude
of Bulgaria on the occasion will indi-
cate what policy she intends to pursue.
The Havas agency received Sunday
from Nish, Serbia, dispatch saying
the losses of the serbian troops were
so killed and 90 wounded. including
FIVE officers.
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-04-09
STARTING OF THE ANIMALS

Many ANIMALS can be started from
seed planted now for winter flower
ing. and with the use of the plants
now growing in the garden and young
plants raised from cuttings a good
display can be obtained for house
culture at a very small expense.
1t is good idea to pot the plants
sufficiently early SO the pots can be
plunged in the garden. permitting
them to remain there week or two
before taking them into the house.
A good rule is to allow two leaves
to remain on cuttings of such plants
as geraniums. cutting of the top half
of these leaves with a sharp knife.
Any cuttings that die or rot must be
Immediately removed.
The Rex Begonias are propagated
from leaf cuttings, that is, portion
of the leaf cut and stuck in the sand,
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-04-09
PEoNIES

No other herbaceous plant lives so
long or produces flowers equal to
the peony.
Peonies planted this autumn will
flower next season. The middle of
September to the middle of October
is the best time to plant, preferably
the earlier season to permit the plants
to make good root growth before
winter sets in. The soil must be rich
as the peory is gross feeder.
Remove The soil to depth of three
feet and fili up the space to the depth
of foot with well rotted COW manure.
Spade the manure in well. If the
soil is clayey. mix with it equal parts
of sand, leaf and mold and manure for
the other half Fill up the excavation
with the prepared soil, rounding it up
to the center, which should be six or
seven inches above the level of the
lawn.
In setting the plants dig hole from
one and half to two feet deep and
two feet wide. Allow q space of three
Get in diameter for each plant, pls'
The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1915-04-09
AUsTRlANs SUFFER DEFEAT.
Forced to Retire Before Fierce Rus
sian Attack.


Lcndon.-Stubborn battles are still
being fought for the passes in the Car
pathian mountains, but elsewhere com.
parative calm appears to prevail The
Austrians in their official message
Sunday morning admitted that they
had been forced to retreat in the Be
skid mountains, while Sunday night
they claimed to have repulsed many
Russian attacks and to have taken
more than 1000 prisoners.
Nevertheless it is the opinion of
British military experts that the Aus
tro-German forces will have to retire
to the mountains south of the Carpa
THAN range and make another effort
there to prevent the Russian armies,
and particularly the Cossacks, from
swarming over the plains of Hungary.
The Russian army. which for
months besieged the Austrian fortress
of Przemysl and finally forced 1t to
eapitulate, and starting westward
from the Galician stronghold immedi-
ately after its fall, has now entered
the Beskid mountains. a range which
connects the Little Carpathians with
the Eastern Carpathians. where the
Austrians for some time past stub
bornly held the passes and heights