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V 01.1 ME LX Will—NO. 32.
!M<)XD,\Y, FEBRUARY 51,
SELF-DENIAL /V STATE FINANCIERING.
It 1* believed that tin legislative lead rs nt Trenton have decided to make
f; the economies w • ssar.v < >,v U fe any •.. ssity for a palpable wrong to the
M school tlfptthcte hihI res . t 1 * ’! r. arc good reasons for the faith that
\ the qo-oafind. problem will • v . >! ity !;rlf-(lenltil. \\liJcli i the usual buslm >
i. way of dofrtg things w! n ha .tine pot equal expense. In the late financial
. panic the railroad 'ompnui' ■■ ••••fronted l>v a hud business situation and greatly
3 lessened receipt*, shut down mi all projected Improvements not absolutely neces
V sarjr and eftectgd'.eij >■’ rrenomi-*. including in mrnc-Instances cuts mi the higher
h salaries of the officer*. Til. Htat iverr.m■ ■ nt is, or should be. n business eon?
ccnijy jam oh the ;.a* • business principles, It h is been proposed to keep up the ;
W. Nm, large rate of exo. iiture and to > inliark in new money-spending vent res.
M ■ and the prospective inctu . for the year, based on extravagant estimates, being ;
aorn^Tflh-.’ib^ iefis thj.n tl exiamso-. to confiscate the municipal school moneys;
, f or biker inunfatpeJ «jr. rtpO. it would h. folly to elnini any business principle ,
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E for a course so foreign to‘'business methods and s'O unjust and oppressive to the I
j municipal "fixpayer.'’ T»er flaps the , i ople at this juncture have reason for thanks 1
jp that partisnr polith s came into piny. It is on exceedingly risky tiling to do for1
fe a political ngny in-the h*gislat'ire to stand sponsor for an act so unpopular as j
it the diversion Wa large (art of the people’s .-school funds to 'State uses for in
{Jk Hated expond.itur.es.
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A NATION AWAKENED DV A MELODRAMA.
England has suddenly and violently awakened to the fact that her insular
position an<f big licet are not security against invasion. Curiously, the awaken- j
ing was effected by a cheap melo I rani at ic performance in London, that is now
I being repeated in the'provincial towns, creating a feeling akin to panic every- j
t where, British statesmen and eminent military authorities have warned the Eng- ■
lish people and Parliament that they were living in a fools’ paradise in their blind
and stubborn disbelief that a hostile power could cross the watery space between
continental Europe and England and effect a landing. It has remained for a
‘ fourth-class playwright to strike the popular chord that statesmen and military
| experts vainly sought to reach. England’s great weakness Is in her land forces,
it . Compared with Germany or France or Austria, the British home military estab
| lishment is a-corporal's guard. A German army of 100,000 men landed in England
could take Eondon. German warships might destroy London even before the [
invading army reached It. England lias cherished the tradition of the failure of j
Napoleon, to. croqs.tho. channel with his army •If Napoleon had grasped Robert |
Fulton’s idea of the steamboat the course of history would have been changed.
Germany, wiser than . Napoleon, has made a study of the problem of invasion,
aided by. science and invention. When the airship seemed to solve the problem
all Germany rejoiced. But the airship is only a part of the German program,
and against carrying that program out England has at present nothing but her '
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navy.
V A WEEK OF LINCOLN.
The preeenl week may be said to be dedicated to the memory of the Immortal ,
Lincoln. Tolnorrow the New Jersey Legislature will hold memorial services in
?■ the Assembly chamber, Governor Fort presiding. That incomparable world's!
classic, the Gettysburg addr s by Abraham Lincoln, the sentiment of which is ,
engraven on the hearts of millions of people, is being read and reread with a j
’ freshened interest and heightened admiration. It reveals the great secret of !
£ Lincoln’s power over the hearts of the people. It is the language of the great
popular tribune, gifted with inspiration from on high, occupying an exaltel I
position and completely identified and in sympathy with all the aspirations of j
the people.
BORROWED COLLIERS FOR THE FLEET.
If It should become* necessary to send battleships from the Atlantic to the
' Pacific again the navy department would have to hire or buy foreign colliers.
As the emergency would bo men *i i. *1 an that which took the battleship:
fleet .to the Pacific, the department coi.M i •' windy depend on the hired foreign !
collte*. It would have to buy tin ' i id u en thorn with American crews.
Otherwise the danger would be thm the tt. ships would he b ft without coal
at a critical time and become mere <irin ins; hulks. The voyage now near its end
has been performed with borrowed >al, from which the motive power was
derived. The fleet has done rnaguifu ui!>. and the discredit of its poverty in;
coaj supply equipment be lor. to a j ri.lind Cor.gTr-.-.--, that * ven in the naval j
appropriation this year r**futo v ! u ore than one < oilier.
SENTIMENT AND THE ELECTRIC CHAIR.
When the State adopted th<- Met - chair in place «.f the gallows for the !
{ execution of murderers the ui. ntai opi»'»sitioTi to capital punishment prac- !
ticaily tJefesed. Only a J . ip* rs- vi-iiivc people in this State now harbor the :
delusion that capital t rim would b le ffrwd by abolishing the d‘*ath penalty, i
jj,-. That tSehndon was enie* \ d n • *d l y Ik . ■ for period, during which the guillotine j
was put away, the guillotine.
i The Trenton True A met an • :,!:■ void the •responsibility” of devoting halt {
jy h column of larg editorial type to nr u. uunent against - apital punishment, in j
which the writer-ptl v. i; ,r> - i nunkr that when a murderer is executed j
|r every individual in the Store “who ! r pt silent and failed to do what Ik* could1
. do to prevent the execution .stain- d wiih hi blood/' Naturally, as the Tru • :
Amerlc^ivnibralipt ohservt "it is not a Td-'a-unt thought/’ Hut what a singular
£ view-point to take lor a nows pa per one edit- d by the late Joseph Naar.
NE& JERSEY’S WEALTH IN STONE.
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In. Ope rfespcct, ,at least, «tc< ordmg to i*rofi Lewis, th> geologist at
Rutgers Celtoge. the natural resource of New .bi-sex are inexhaustible, and
I that is the* State’s tmjldjrig ■ tone of good quality. .Prcfe:- .or Lewis Is not a mere !
j -cloeet. geologist, eitlier. lie has visited the rooky sections of the State, examined :
tbs'rock formations, and his opinion Is first-hand. Last year the quarries yielded |
J 41,500,080 of wealth. This is not '.cry large, hut New Jersey tone is availnbl i
| for the future, when population is greater, when villages will become towns ami
towns will grow’ into cite «. Tht hone of the New Jersey highlands lias created
y in a few .vears a. vast and growing cement industry, too. and cement is destined
| to largely replace other building materials.
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’tlfijjffe. will be ; rfgffier flood of bill* in tile Legislature tonight, and more work
|f , cut out fot a session the business part of which has hardly begun. The promise
* was given that there would be a short, business session, but If that promise
shall be kept Ifc by a great acceleration of the work and the cutting
jut of the ttlftMrott.it]'. and whimsical propositions that the fancy nr'vanity or
it Ignorance of members thrust upon a Utft&UUlve session to congest ils business
l ‘ ”1.prolong itrs-irte.
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Ben Shmelev of Indiana Needed a Rest
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So He Got Himself Elected to the Senate
Knew That He Could Keep Quiet
There and Get a Rep=
utation.
W VSHINGTOKt. Feb. 8
AVOWEDLY this: is the story of
a great man and upon close in
spection will he found to con
tain a plot and a mom l, the plot being
to find the momk It deals with a man
who has iv< • iy d more compliments
and less actual r cognition than any
other man tin.* e-'nntry has ever known
—Benjamin F. Shiv iy, of South Bend,
ind.. whos- Si u uoing to send him
to the Senate shortly.
Why on earth Si lively wants to go
10 the Senate i jk , t of the mystery oi
the story. If he i ,-d worked very hard
all his life and imv. wanted a rest, it
would be easy to un* rstand. But lie
has been a tariff reformer and con
gressman In the i si, which is equiva
lent to using the dumbbells and taking
a short run own i the block before
breakfast with tin- r-st of the day off.
In going to the r'uote, Shively will
virtually go into profound coma, for
he will not be lie *j m for about two
years.
The Senate, h ir known, is very
haughty .about it privileges. A. now
member must k- ■ , his lips glued"'io
vetlnr. It t members hear his
•hildish 11 *' tii \ quelch him im
me'dia; ;y. s •ur.ing to the Sem
ite. Shively «■ vi u ly wanted rest and
ui coin inn he • from t he Indiana
political tl. a' the most complimented
man that St at is ever known. There
was not a n * oman or child out
I here who wmi agree that Shively
Is a prince.
TTf y would id- ring candidates
for n ticket. ■ *od places would
be filled. TL • , id need a man of
per on a 1 pepid i *'• »r the tail end. to
carry the tl k— :,]nag. “Ah.” they
won In ail say us, “how about
Shively?" Ai ! <lv would go on
tin i.ill end i d; t. And Shively,
usually, would i k>-\.
Tic online; s I • ;, «1 man decid'd
long ago to no use worrying.
He r» coileetf <: kitr of one of his
n • who w a al
ways Wf.rry -heat his dyspepsia.
While Shi\ iy aworrying about
tariff reform this of his was wor
rying about 1 • dypfpKia. Everything
that anvboc' nv'sted as a cure he
tried for awhi!<
They told SI IvMyks friend to cut out
tobacco. He jc*mediately crossed it off
j ihe list. Then they told him to cut out
; drinking liquor. Oft the list went iiuuor.
Then all starchy foods, then foods of a
is. ous nature. He cut them all out.
•'Till he did not feel any better. “Starve
irself,” they said. He tried that,
i after two days virtually without
d lie began to feel better. Then as
i ' walked along the street a brick fall
■ from a high building operation
■ 1: him on the head and killed him.
i rofiting by this sad story, Shively
■died not to .worry. He had the good
v iil of all bis friends, everybody
* d him on the back and said that
! 1 1 • ~ i corking fine citizen, and he
It. that .nine day, maybe, he might
■ * v. hat was coming to him. When
’■ 1 "tor Fairbanks was up for reelec
in F'03 the Democrats in the Legls
1:11 got together and decided to give
ly their complimentary votes,
was not the slightest hope of
at, and ev< rytap 1;
O' w it. but Shively had always been
h a fin", loyal and square chap that
; tiie .mocrats felt that they ought to
! something for him.
li was; Just like that meeting of the
i ‘ it" I'"!" Makers' Hnlori, when some
1 ,,, , • "isy.-stcd that they ought to do
tliin - for tin- poor and they finally
! ■ -<1 i" give the poor three cheers.
when Senator Beveridge was
i "i r - lection, the Democrats de
I Shively should be rewarded,
do they gave him their compli
y votes. Fong before that, way
i -i. when the State was over
. rtepublican, and there was
1 "i 1 1 finest chance of the election
Democrat, they had put him up
for Covemor.
- i - u the Democrats swung bade into
1,1 1 with i he election of Marshall as
nr last fall, it became certain
t there would be no difficulty in
t;g a Democratic Senator to suc
1 1J uenway. Wilh this assurance
' f • s. Shively was the last man
tlx i of V>y the leading Democrats
, a: ii;e man for the place.
Me, John W. Kern, who ran for Vice
F - ",nt on the Bryan ticket the last
" -mpaign, and who, according
d reports. Is still running, was
i t to b<- the ideal man for Sena
jt-r. It, could keep right on running,
never a pause, and windup—and
I" off—In the Senate.
Tw-r.ty ballots were taken. Korn
’ .id a ;. ,nd lead on the first lialloi and
a the third he increased his vote to
m i 'our. He kept his lead until
-v,.1 the end, when Shively began
-I pull up. And when the twentieth
j The Evening Star s Cynic Says f
Makes false impressions—The dentist.
;lv and flat when you are broke.
ll'H ; aiv.'iij. prove, that there is a'ahine in the
heart,
m il tiling well than to make a botch of a big thing.
" "r ■' 1 1 • <1 you a light touch?
Power — Vi , he 1b shttaficil with a live-rent tip.
. right in it. ,v.ty, i. I nothing covers a house Jike insur
ance •
Adrh Ju.-t look at Be.-s; she i.Hv. y. assuming a striking attitude.
J-.f a d, 1 pi . .nine she is trying to make a hit. ", i J
11 ' v *,y*'* r"r ;l "liln t*> find a yardstick long enough to lake his
own moasurt*. •
! :l 1 a w nan .m -peak with iter eyes?
Dojibs -Us, but sin ihc.-mt utUii give lie. C}c* u tliaiie*. _„
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Tariff Agitator Joins the Don’t!
Worry Club, the Senate
Majority.
vote was counted, Shively had won In
tin- caucus, which is equivalent to hav
ing won in the Legislature, as the
Democratic majority there is sufficient
to do away with all doubt as to the
final outcome.
So Shively at last has a job that is
111,1 "holly complimentary. Perhaps he
will think otherwise when he takes his
•“‘':l1- he thinks too much and his
till liking makes a noise and annoys his
neighbors they will probably sit upon
him. Cummins and LaFollette were!
going io do wonders when they ar
rived in the Senate. Every new Sen
ator feels the same way about it. Ail
the latent power of a lifetime is to be
exploded upon tlie country through the
Senate walls.
HARD TO REALIZE.
The flash and glint of steel shod, clink
ing heels.
Tiie rasp and glitter of the skates
on glaring ice, .,
And round and round the schoolboy
skims and wheels.
Above his quickened breath in vapor
takes its rise,
Awhile in sits upon the bank in snow
And o’er the frozen surface sweeps
his shrinking eye,
"1 wonder how I ever come to swim
in tills here pond in hottest days of
las’ July!"
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it takes a woman to reconcile the
anxieties of the spiritual life with aj
keen interest in bargain counters. I
Every Year
sees an extension of no exception. Ad
the good work of this vances along all lines
Company. 1908 was marked the year for
The Prudential
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IN my dreams I have sensations, odors, tastes amt ideas which 1 do not re
member to have ha*l in reality. Perhaps they are the glimpses which my
, mind catches through the veil of sleep of my earliest babyhood. | havt
heard “the trampling of many waters." Sometimes a wonderful light visits me
In sleep. Such a flush and glory As it Is! 1 gaze and gaze until it vanishes,
smell and taste much as In my waking hours; but the sense of tninth pkfvs a leg:
Important part. In sleep l almost never grope. No one guides me. Mven in n
crowded street I am self-sufficient, and ] enjoy an independence quite foreign
to my physical life. Now I seldom spell on my lingers, and It Is still rarer for
ethers to spell Into my hand. My mind acts independent of mV physical organs
I am delighted to be thus endowed, If only In sleep; for then my soul dons it*
winged sandals and joyfully Joins the throng of happy beings who dwell beyond
the reaches of bodily sense.—The Century.
I IN RIPPING GOOD HUMOR §
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QUITE SO.
"It takes time to learn about the cus
j toms of a foreign land.”
"fih, I don't know. You can icarn
| considerable right on the duck when
they open your baggage." BouiaviUo
Courier-Journal.
Grief is never half so terrible as when
Joy acts as her herald.
JOKERS. BOTH.
A Waterbury (Conn.) chicken thief
who was wounded is suing the gunners
because his raid on the coop was a
joke. So was their charge of birdshot.
- New Y'ork Tribune.
PLEASE DON’T; OUR LIP IS CRACKED.
Cleveland is to be connected with
Pittsburg by trolley. In time all of
Pittsburg’s suburbs will enjoy this ad
vantage.—Pittsburg Gazette-Times.
Bife offers no pain so keen as that of
sacrifice—made for one who does not
know that it is a sacrifice.
THEIR FAVORITES.
He—What is your favorite game?
.She—Quail on toast. And yours?
He—Eaglos on $20 gold pieces.
Honor is not without profit in its own
country, but it happens that way often
enough to discourage most of us.
A POLITE HINT.
As the clock chimed the half hour
previous to midnight the fair maid in
the parlor scene let out a soulful sigh.
"Why do you—er—sigh, MiSs Dolly?”
asked young Callowit.
"Because,” answered the fair one, "it
isn’t always good form to express one's
thoughts in words.”
Many a man thinks himself famous
who is merely a topic of conversation.
WAYS AND MEANS.
• “It takes a heap o’ determination,
son,” said Uncle Eben, “to hav yoh
own way in dis life, an’ a heap o’
brains to know what to do wlf it after
you gits it.”—Washington Star.
AN ALL-ROUND TOUCH.
"What,” asked the innocent youth,
"was the most touching incident you
ever experienced ?"
"The most touching incident I evet
bumped up against," answered the ok
man,% "was due to an attempt on raj
part to break into the United State*
SenattT”
Too many honest people make the
mistake of trying to beat a swindler at
his own game.
THE ONLY ONE.
"That fellow Singleton is always or
iginal."
"What has he done now?”
"Issued the February number of his
magazine without a solitary Lincoln ar
ticle in it.”—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
It is strange that, kneeling before the
cross, the sign of renunciation and suf
fering. we pray for peace, happiness
and the gratification of our desires.
AIRY.
There was once a fellow named Blair,
Who lived upon nothing but air.
When they asked "Is it good?"
He replied: “It's nice food.
If you have it exceedingly rare.”
Put not your trust in prices.
LOVE STOPPED.
“I can never be your wife. W^ must
part.”
“Why, don't you love me, dear?”
“Vos, I love you. but you don’t like
niy banana salad and that's, the only
thing I can make.”—Detroit Free Press.
Many a man sets out for immortality
and arrives at oblivion—without ever
realizing that he has missed his desti
nation.
WHAT EVERY MAN KNOWS.
Wlien beauty walks upon the stage
Exhibiting a head of hair
That is sufficient te engage
Our exclamations for its rare
Ingenimisnof.s in curl and puff.
Its greet abundance and its height—''
What every man knows well enough
Is that she takes it off at night
St. Louis Post-Dispatch.
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A Tremendous Study.
“So you are going to study law?"
“Yes.”
“Going to make a specialty of crimi
nal law ?”
“No."
“Corporation law?"
“No. Both are too easty. What I
want Is to be accurately and reliably
informed as to what months in the
year and days in the week it is per
mitted to shoot certain game in the va
rious sections of the country.”
Editor and Contributor.
Clearly the editor had been in a bad
humor, for in returning the Regular
Contributor’s last consignment of jokes
he had written at the bottom of the
courteously worded rejection slip:
"These are older than the English
language. They antedate the mother
in-law and summer girl, and with even
less excuse for being."
The Regular Contributor wrote in re
ply:
“Sorry to have afflicted you with such
chestnuts, but at least when they got
back to mo they were roasted chest
nuts.”
What We All Like Best.
Mme. Calve, at a ladies' luncheon at
Sherry’s, was condoned with by an eld
erly spinster on the ground that a laud
atory article about her had not been
very subtle or discriminating.
‘I know well.” said the spinster,
smiling behind her glittering spectacles,
“that only discriminating praise counts
as praise with you.”
“Don't talk about discriminating
praise.” answered Mme. Calve. "Ful
some flattery is good enough for me.”
An Indefinite Number,
Three-year-old Andrew was in a
rather petulant mood, and in order to
restore his customary good humor his
mother promised him stone preserved
strawberries if he would be a good boy.
Calling a servant, she said:
"Jennie, please give Andrew about
four strawberries.”
Jennie proceeded to flulfill the wish of
Iter mistress and counted out tho ber
ries—“One, two. three, four.”
“I want live," protested the child, i
"But your mother said four,” said
Jennie.. ,
“Mamma said ‘about four,’ ” replied
Andrew.
And he got the fifth.