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■Newark ®t>enntg Star
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Newark Dally Advertiser Publishing Company.
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Member of the Associated Press and United Prose.
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One year, 18.00: six months, 31.B0; three months, 80
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copy additional. _
VOL. Lx'liiv.—NO. 2!**. _
WEDNESDAY BVEN4NG, DECEMBER 15, 1915.
BIGGEST INDUSTRY SEEKS A PROBE.
For the first time in history a great American in
dustry asks the government to investigate it. The
boot has generally been on the other leg. Another fact
which wili surprise many is that the pioneer volunteer
for the Federal probing process, which happens to be
the lumber Industry, Is the greatest manufacturing In
terest in the United States, measured by the number
of persons employed. Lumbering, with Its 48,000
sawmills, its billion dollar investment in those plants
and its army of 605,000 men to operate them, claims
that, distinction. This does not include the standing
timber, which brings the total investment up to
13,500,000,000. This Industry furnishes railroads
with a traffic income of *200,000,000 a year.
The plaint is now heard that lumbering is one of
the worst depressed of American industries. In the
ypllow pine branch, which comprises more than half of
the product, chaos has resulted from the ouster pro
ceedings of the Missouri Supreme Court, bringing
down prices nearly 36 per cent. It is asserted that
the past few years have entailed a loss of *89,000,000
to the trade.
The trouble seems to be that the effort to gobble
timber areas before they should be reserved aB a part
of the public domain- resulted In private ownership on
a scale so big that the Industry as a whole was over
stocked. Prices have also been depressed by the in
creasing vogue of fireproof building materials, the
growing requirements for reduction of fire risks in
cities and the use of portable sawmills on farms. Since
1907 the country’s consumption of lumber has de
creased 10 per cent., while the production has fallen
off only 5 per cent. Then there are the tax expenses
of bolding large timber tracts and the interest on
heavy capitalization. All this tends to the reversion of
timber lands to public ownership and control, a situa
tion Which evidently makes for the principle of na
tional conservation.
RHINE LINKED TO NORTH SEA.
In the midst of war’s ruin and waste comes from
the moBt. active of the combatant nations the an
nouncement of a tremend9us step forward in peaceful
Industry. This is the opening of the Minden-Hanover
canal, and It marks the half completion of Germany's
greatest commercial project of these times. By tap
ping the navigable Lelne at Hanover, the Rhine is
now linked with the North Sea by an all-German
waterway. This barge canal, •floating craft that can
carry 600 tons each, will mean an immense boom for
Bremen at the expense of Rotterdam after the war
is over.
Before the outbreak of hostilities 18,000.000 tons
of German commerce were passing every year through
the groat Dutch port, which was enabled by the Rhine
trade to expand faster than any of its German rivals.
Rotterdam's tonnage Increase in three years was
double that of Hamburg, and Dutchmen were even
building 75 per cent, of the steamers plying on the
German portion of the Rhine.
The other half of the great German vision will be
realized when a ship canal, costing *200,000,000 and
accommodating ocean vessels, which has already been
authorized, shall have been constructed. Ocean steam
ships will then be able to go up to Cologne and the
rich Rhenisb-Wcstphalian district, and the “German
Rhine” will be not only a poetic sentiment but a com
mercial reality.
AMATEUR CAN All RESCUERS.
A multitude of suggestions, some of them pub
lished with serious approval, for preventing the slides
in the Culebra cut shows how little the uninformed
citizen knows about the difficulties confronting Gov
ernor Goethais and his engineers, who are fighting a
battle against nature in the Panama Canal zone. One
genius advises plastering the sides of the canal with
nncreto. Another would bind the banks by planting
willow trees, as is done along the dikes of Holland
and in the lowlands of the Mississippi.
Tbe trouble is that the earth does not simply roll
down the hill into the canal, as is the case with an
ordinary landslide or washout. The slides are a shift
ing of many acres of soil, sometimes forty feet deep,
due to pressure of hilltops upon their bases, weakened
by the excavation. This pressure often forces the bed
of the canal upward to a height of twenty feet. It is
obvious that concrete facings would be of no effect,
and the willow trees would move along into the chan
nel with the soil in which they were planted.
CAPITAL OB CAPITOL?
When a statue of the late Vice-President Hobart
was erected in front of the Paterson City Hall some
years ago certain persons objected to the way Mr.
Hobart’s middle name was spelled in the inscription
on the pedestal—AVGVSTVS. They didn’t understand
or didn't like the old-time classical form of the let
ter U.
The trouble over the wording of the tablet just
placed by a patriotic society in Trenton to mark the
site where the seventh Congress of the United States
met is of a different nature. In this case the spelling
involves a question of fact, not merely the style of a
letter. The opening wordB of the inscription are:
"This tablet commemorates the site where was seated |
the seventh National Capital and where was assem
bled the Congress of the United States."
A heated controversy has now arisen. The tablet
marks the site of the old Trenton Inn. which stood
where the Mechanics’ Bank now stands, and the critics
argue that the intention was to commemorate the
building and not the city, and that consequently the
word “Capital” should be "Capitol.” They find sup
port in the fact that in the invitations to the dedi
catory exercises It was spelled "Capitol.”
A bronze plate is a costly thing to make over. It
cannot be speedily and cheaply “replated” like a
newspaper page which has an error. But in this in
stance is there really an error? it might be con
tended that if Congress found a temporary “capitol”
in Trenton, that city was for the time being the na
tional “capital.”
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CHRISTMAS TREES FOR BIRDS.
Secretary Pearson, of the National Association of
Audubon Societies, tells us that birds forage bravely
for themselves during the temperate season, but in
severe and ice-bound weather they, (lie in large num
! bers from starvation, or they burrow in the enow to
find shelter from the bitter wind, and when a crust
forms they cannot break out again and perish* mis
erably. Mr. Pearson also notes the fact that many
birds, not seen before, are now trying ta» winter in
Northern climes, and find food and shelter difficult
to obtain. *
As one of the appropriate observances of the com
ing holidays, ft is suggested that Christmas trees be
provided for the birds. Conifers are not necessary.
Bits of suet should be fastened to the branches, placed>
about a foot apart and bound to the tree with thread
or twine. Bird houses fastened to the trees would
complete the idea of hospitality.
In the parks of many of our cities for several sea
sons past food and shelter have been provided-for
man’s feathered friends, and as a result many insectiv
orous birds which formerly migrated make their win
ter homes In the public pleasure grounds. Birds
crave their natural food in addition to the suet ration,
and vast numbers of the larvae of noxious insects are
destroyed. Citizens with trees on their premises can
extend a like hospitality to the songsters of the air,
and what an appealing notion for the children of the
family—playing Santa Claus to the little birds and
dressing Christmas trees for th^m!
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 ever 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 a perceptible relief from the usual
eleventh-hour rush of a Qhristmas 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 malls. Postmaster Bock and hto staff
are anxious to render the best service possible during
the holiday season, but whether they are able to cope
with the situation satisfactorily depends upon the co
operation of the public. Postmasters and their sub
ordinates are only human and cannot do superhuman
things. The people of Newark should assist them by
mailiug their Christmas remembrances earlv.
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LESS COTTON BUT WORTH MORE.
Despite the war’s Interference with cotton exports,
better prices for the chief staple of the South have
made the lot of that section much happier than last
year. The total crop is estimated by the government
at 11,161,000 bales, a reduction of about 6,000,000
bales from the yield of 1914, but the price on Decem
ber 1 was 11.3 cents, against 6.8 a year ago. These
official figures Indicate the total value of the cotton
crop to be $600,000,000, an increase of $62,000,000 in
the value of this product to the American grower
within a twelvemonth.
In addition the Southern farmer has profited hand
somely by the increased planting and output of other
crops, so that the South appears to have as much agri
cultural prosperity in Bight as the West.
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OPINIONS AND VIEWS FROM THE EXCHANGES
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C*rle»« W»l« of Ufa.
ff-rem the Cleveland Plain Healer.
South Africa is about to dispatch
an expedition to accomplish the cap
ture of Germany's East Africa Pro
tectorate. The East African colony
is the only German African posses
sion which has not been taken by the
allies, and there Is little doubt of the
Bqerg’ ability to win. But in winning
they will lose many men, and will kill
many Germans. And what Is to be
Mined?
It Germany loses in the great Euro
pean war she will unquestionably be
mulcted of her colonies. If she wins
she will retain all her colonies, in
cluding those which have been tem
porarily taken from her and will un
questionably extend her holdings.
Battles in Africa will have no slight
est wetfcht.
It fa the height of folly to take seri
ously these little detached wars. All
waps are horrlbte, but these colonial
wars are uselessly horrible, for they
c*n have no efTect on the final out
worn*- The Dutchmen who die in the
aabault on East Africa and the Ger
mans who die in its defense will have
perished without bringing any ma
laria] gain. To kill and be killed in
auch 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 e*nse whatsoever in such fighting,
and it is merely an Indication of the
madness of the times.
“Misquoted. “
From the Chicago Tribune.
People whose utterances are re
ported In the newspapers complain
dallv that they are misquoted, mis
represented; that their word* are dis
torted Into sensationalism. The charge
l« go commonly heard that readers
disbelieve whatever they think can
not be true. 4
Of course, oewspappre make mis-1
takes. Exigencies of time and space
make them unavoidable. Inexpert re
porters occasionally get things hope
lessly enarled.
But the chief cause of misrepre
sentation in newspapers is the in
ability of the person interviewed to
say what he means. One of the most
difficult things a reporter has to deal
with is precisely this inarticulateness
of almost every person. People mis
represent themselves In the heat of
excitement perhaps, and say things
they do not mean. For most of the
statement® made to newspaper men
are begot of some crisis or other.
People talk not o*Ty bad grammar,
but had sense. But in the cold light
of the breakfast table they are not
emotionable. They do not remem
ber saying such things: they never
said such things; they have been mis
quoted.
Every newspaper office is acquaint
ed with persons who are misquoted
every time they open their mouths—
or they say so. If a stenographer
took down the words in shorthand
the result would be the same. These
persons simply fail to express them
selves deafly.
As a matter of fact; most experi
enced newspaper men do misquote
almost dally. They turn ungrammat
ical sentences into sentences which
approximate the rulew of speech, and
they are inclined to modify rather
than sensationalize the words of the
victim. For roost of these interview
ed persons are entirely unpracticed
in expressing their opinions for re
production. They exaggerate and
they omit. They make llbeldus state
ments, Just as anyone does in pri
vate conversation. And the reporter,
because his livelihood depends on his
accuracy, is often compelled to write
what he thinks the speaker means
rather than precisely what he has
said.
Men who are constantly in the
newspapers usually learn how to be
interviewed. These men are almost
never "misquaipd,” because they
OTicb eachwora as it is utt^d.
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Thirty Years a Senator.
From the Philadelphia Preaa.
Francis Marion Cockrell, who has
just died at the age of eighty-one, is
one of a very small group of men
whose vitality and the favor of their
Btates combined to keep them in the
1. nited States Senate in continuous
service for thirty years. He entered
the Senate in 1876 as the successor of
Carl Schurz and served until March
4, 1905, when Missouri varied its poli
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 G
Blaine, of Maine; Roscoe Conkllng, of
New York; Oeorge F. Kdmunds and
Justin 8. Morrill, of Vermont; John
Sherman and Allan G. Thurman, of
Ohio; John A. Logan, of Illinois, and
Thomaa F. Bayard, of Delaware
When Cockrell left the Senate thirty
years later the only member of that
body left to bid him good-by of those
who welcomed him thirty years be
fore was Allison, of Iowa, whose
thirty-five years in the United States
Senate is the longest period of service
in the history of that body.
senator Cockrell had been a briga
dier-general In the Confederate Army
and was one of the "Southern briga
diers" that came into the Senate in
the seventies as successors to th<
Southern Republican senators of the
period immediately after the Civil
War. He proved from the first a dili
gent, attentive and useful senator and
became much esteemed and highlj
valued by his colleagues regardless of
party. When he retired a compara
tively poor mar. at the age of seventy
one positions were found for him by
Republican presidents first in the
Interstate Commerce Commission and
later as commissioner to adjust the
boundary between the United States
and Mexico.
Published daily except Sunday when
ever we hare the time to get It out.
Onr editorial policy, circulation and ad
vertising rates are nobody's business.
Steuart M. Emery, editor.
Readers favoring us with contributions
should give full name and address In
order to facilitate tracing the responsi
bility In case of libel salts.
Callers always welcome In the Bugle
office after, checking gnns and blackjacks
at the doer.
Open Letter to the Editor of the
Four-Corners Clarion
Dear Sin—We note In your anniver
sary issue of December 12 that we
have been awarded the second prize
in your essay contest, as is only right
and just. Three days, however, have
elapsed since the announcement of
the prize winners, and neither Mr.
Leonard H. Robbins, Mr. L. S. Garri
son nor ourselves have received the
trophies awarded us for our remark
ably clever compositions.
Mr. Robbins, with whom we had
conversation yesterday, is especially
disturbed that he has not as yet re
ceived his prize. He confessed to us
that anxiety over the delay in pre
senting him with his gift has caused
him to neglect his furnace shamefully.
He understands yiat the first prize,
won by him, is something that runs by
wheels, has a hard shell, and starts
by being w^und, but is neither an
eight-day clock or a red tin monkey,
so he cannot imagine what it is.
Mr. Garrison is also extremely per
turbed over the failure of his prize
to appear, as he has been counting on
giving it away as a Christmas pres
ent. He declares that if he does not
receive his prize by n,ext Friday night
he will reclaim the essay which he
wrote and sell it to the Atlantic
Monthly or Lydia Pinkham’s Al
manac.
Great inconvenience has been
caused us by the non-arrival of our
prize. Under the impression that
they were messengers bearing the
award we have already let three bill
collectors and a plainclothesman into
our house to the dissatisfaction of all
concerned.
If the matter of presenting us with
our highly-merited prizes is not im
mediately attended to Mr. Robbins.
Mr. Garrison and ourselves will ap
peal to the Supreme Court.
THE EDITOR.
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Weather Forecast
Ideal for foreclosing a mortgage or
turning an errant child out into the
snow.
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BROAD ST. BRIEFS
v_
GEORGE BARBER, proxy of the
Efficiency Club, of New York, ven
tured over to Jersey recently and de
livered a chat in the Orange Y, M. C.
A., telling his hearers that adapta
’tion to whatever line of business they
were In would help them later if
they changed their life’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 a won
derful future as a long-distance run
ner.
Croup of Commuters in Smoker Dis
cussing Lackawanna Ferry
Service Changes.
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AL JONES, the Jitney Service As
sociation director, is prepared with
a flawless reason for not stopping
when Traffic Officer Rcddington hailed
him at the Four Corners the * other
day. A1 couldn’t see the peace offi
cer’s signal for the crowd on the ra
diator.
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BILL HARRIS, the attorney for
the trustee In a bankruptcy case. In
examining the bankrupt went and
classed a dollar watch as a liability,
not an asset. Bill Is evidently one of
those who do not look on time as
money.
JUDGE FREDERIC ADAMS, be
fore whom the Branford place assess
ment arguments are being presented,
doesn’t see how It will be possible
at the present rate of speed to get
the cases out of the benches by
Christmas.
DAN ROWE, Who stage managers
in a local theater, is very much in
love with his Job, especially when It
embraces moving an uncovered cage
of famished lions iby the bars.
DOC ANGELO' BIANCHI, city
father-elect from the First word, sold
ot hie complimentary bnnqnet that
he was solos to work hmrd to set the
Common Connell to sire hi. word n
public both. We all know what the
doctor-alderman means, bnt some
times the Enslbb lansuase is In
adequate.
JOHNNY DOBBINS, official mos
quito slaughterer for the county, has
it all planned to start a campaign of
advertisement of the organisation.
The trouble with such a campaign,
argues Johnny, is that the faster they
exterminate the pests the less the mos
quito extermination commission is
called to the attention of the public.
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WARRY VANDERVEER, the
Standard Oil magnate, of Maplewood,
is in receipt of a letter from John D.
Rockefeller urging that he advocate
oily Christmas shopping in his dis
trict, __„
HEALTH AND HAPPINESS
BY DR. LEONARD KEENE HIRSHBE BO.
A. B., M. A., HI. I). (John Hopkins.)
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Can Man Produce Races That Will Reelst
Die eases,
Controlling diseases by means of
anti-toxins, vaccination, anti-serums,
fungicides, parasiticides, antiseptics
and sanitation is a tedious method
which calls for constant variance as
the price of safety. In many maladies,
however, such as cancer, sleeping
sickness and rabies, even these diffi
cult procedures are uncertain and im
possible. The destruction of a germ
after it has attacked merely checks
disease.
Professor Coulter, botanist of the
University of Chicago, points out that,
with respect to plants, the permanent
disappearance of diseases will be at
tained only by the Introduction of dis
ease-resisting races. In the matter of
plants and some animals, this may
be possible by choosing individuals
immune to destructive infection. If
these are mated and pedigreed it may
be possible to develop a family, tribe
or line which will resist the most ma
licious and malignant onslaughts of
diseases formerly fatal.
Some Interesting Examples.
The loss of both animal and plant
life with disease is enormous. The
germs and parasites of many mala
dies are known, and methods to con
trol some have been devised, but
progress In developing immune races
is slow, although promising.
Mice have been made to resist can
cer. Several varieties of wheat and
other grains have been made immune
to rust and other diseases. Hybrids
of the buffalo are brod not only for
their value, but because they resist
various cattle defections.
it da well known that some mem
bers of the human family are less
prone to fall victims to tuberculosis,
yellow fever or diabetes than others.
It is none the less evident that a sus
ceptibility or predisposition to attack
is by no means necessarily associated
with a weakened condition of the in
dividual because persons in health,
as vigorous, apparently, as their
neighbors, succumb to some distem
pers which others throw off without
trouble.
Susceptible plants and animals arc
often open to attack only during cer
tain stages of their growth. Infants
and the young are prone to one kind,
while middle-aged and old are open
to others. There is immunity in one
decade and susceptibility in another.
Some species of the cotton plant are
resistant to destruction in one locality
and susceptible in another. Chickens
are immune to lockjaw bacillus, but
anthrax germs, to which they are
also resistant, can be made to poison
and kill them if their feet are kept
immersed in cold water.
Possibility of Success.
Man inured to outdoor life is im
mune to pneumonia unless he smokes,
drinks, suffers the chill of immersion
in cold water, or too rapid evapora
tion of perspiration. Housed-up per
sons are susceptible to pneumonia, as
also are those who have had it.
In the development of a disease-re
sisting species of potatoes it has been
discovered that evolved immunity
may gradually disappear in succeed
ing generations.
The proof that it is possible to de
velop disease-resisting races is found
also in the fact that different kinds of
I microbes and parasites tend to re
strict themselves to certain peoples.
Negroes are more immune to yellow
fever virus than are whites. Jews
are less susceptible to tuberculosis
than are other white races.
Germs may not be able to penetrate
the. skin, membranes or various cov
erings of the anatomy. Even if they
are able to enter the victim’s tissues
they may perish from lpck of nour
ishment.
On the other hand, the tissues may
furnish appropriate food; yet simul
taneously deal the invading germs a
death blow with poisons or anti
toxins generated in the body. I-ike a
mouse inveigled into a trap by means
of nourishing cheese, the door slams
down on it and destroys the Invader.
Answers to Health Questions
JAMES McK. 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
dlments, seasonings, highly seasoned
foods, nuts, peas and beans. Take
fifteen drops of a saturated solution
of Iodide of potash In water after
meals, increasing one drop at a
time until you are taking fifty drops,
then go down again to fifteen drops,
and up several times. Drink two
glassfuls of distilled water one-half
hour 1 efore each meal, lots of fresh
milk and cream, and take a Bulga
ria tablet with your meals.
MISS GDAfclYS M. Q.—I have dark
brown hair, and it is gradually losing
its reddish cast. Wtnrt can I do to
retain the color?
2—Is henna tea harmful, and should
it be used in conjunction with a sham
poo?
A—Henna tea is very effective for
this purpose.
-—It is absolutely harmless, but it
is best not to use with a shampoo.
The tea is made like any other tea,
and the hair is washed in it.
W. A. H. Q—Please tell me what to
do for ingrowing toe nails.
2—What will eliminate dandrufT.
A—The nail must be scraped and
made soft with caustic potash. Then
n V-shape cut should be made in <h©
top middle of the nail. Tills will en
courage the growth of the nail toward
the cut. Be sure and scrape the nail
all the way down to the cuticle.
2—Dandruff may be eliminated bv
using 1 dram each of acetic weld, re
sorcin and sulphur to 2 ounces of red
vaseline, used three times a week.
Massage the scalp gently andjoosen
It with the tips of the fingers.
J. B„ Newark—A small opening
has formed on the inside lining; of my
throat, in which there gathers a
white, crearpy substance. The open
ing is near the right tonsil—or it
might be the tonsil. What will you
advise me to do? «
A. Have the adenoids and tonsils
removed and the turbinate bones of
the nose compressed so as to allow
more air space. Irrigate the nose
and throat in the meantime with al
kaline antiseptic fluid three times in
water. Sleep in a well-ventilated room,
live an outdoor life and take deep
breathing exercises before an open
window each morning before dress
ing.
M. A., Newark—Q. Can you advise
me what to do for a cold I have had
over two weeks? I have tried several
remedies to no avail. I cough pain
fully, feel sore all.through the chest
and between the shoulder blades.
Kindly advise me what to do.
A. Coughs lasting such a length of
time call for medical attention. Go
to the City Hospital and have a thor
ough physical examination made. •
D. B., Newark—Q. Will you please
tell me what causes-and refcom
mend remedy for same, please?
A. The causes cannot be given
through the columns, but I would
advise your using the following pre
scription on the affected parts: Cala
mine, two and one-half drams; zinc
oxide, two drams; phenol, one-half
dram; glycerine, two drams; rose wa
| ter and lime water enough to make
three ounces.
M. E. B„ Newark—Q. What will
you advise me to do for constipation?
A. Tako a tablespoonful of milk of
magnesia about half an hour before
meals and a wineglassful of olive oil
about half an hour after meals. Eat
plenty of good whplesome vegetables,
splnch, carrots, young peas, potatoes
and vegetables with olive oil. Obtain
dally" exercise in. the open air, and
learn to swim and Play golf.
A YOUNG MAN, East Orange—Q.
About six months ago you said in
your columns that if we men knew as
much now about baldness there would
not be so many of us bald. Is there
any way baldness can be prevented7
If so, kindly state how.
A. Loosen the scalp by finger tip
massage. Disinfect combs and brushes
daily. Use only boiletV water on scalp.
Do not wear a stiff hat, or one of
heavy felt. The scalp needs as much
exposure as the face. Wear no hat,
If possible. Massage wool fat (one
half) and sulphur ointment (one-half)
into the scalp. Also use an electri
hair brush.
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Evening Star Astrologer
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“The stars Incline, but do not compel.”
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 16, INS.
(Copyright, 1916, 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 beneflc aspect
Venus and Uranus* are adverse.
It is a time In which to be cautious,
especially in the making of plans for
the new year, which will be big with
great events.
Politicians and publishers should
be especially careful, for the autumn
will bring many problems of policy.
There will be a memorable campaign
in 1916, which will cause factional
dissensions in the two great, parlies
and will inspire editors to indulge in
scathing personalities
This should be an auspicious rule
for the settling of old accounts and
the winding up of financial obliga
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 tjirthday
of the Emperor of Germany has a
sinister omen. Plots and secrets will
be uncovered and troublof-wlth papers
is indicated. Sudden loaSea «ue
shadowed. May will be a time of su
preme crisis in his affairs if his hor
oscope is read aright.
Astrology gives little hope of peace
in Europe In 191fi, fdK while there
may be overtures toward a settlement
of the world conflict, the planets ap
pear to Indicate that the end of the
war will not be reached for two or
possibly three years.
A scandal and libel suit in which a
famous man and letters of a publish
er will be implicated are prognosti
cated.
Today's sway of the stars is inim
ical to romance and most unlucky for
love affairs. Women are warned
against a condition that is believed to
incline them toward sentimentality
and they are counseled to be wary of
wooers. ,
The last week of January In threat
ening for the Panama canal and the
first of February may bring conditions
that entail loss and vast expenditures.
The troubles over loans and foreign
credits may be expected in February,
according to astrology.
Persons whose blrthdate1 it is havd
rather an unfavorable augury for the
year. Young girls will probably re
ceive offers of marriage. Those who
are employed should prosper.
Children born on this day should bp
generally successful through life.
Girls have the forecast of mere than
WMjganriace. ..... j
f BIRTHDAY OF NOTED WOMEN
DECEMBER 15
Catherine of Aragon, Christiana Amalie Becker, Elizabeth
Kirby
Copyright, 1H5.
UV MARY MARSHALL.
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The trio 'f 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 1485.
When she was sixteen she left her
native land to marry Arthur, PHnce
of Wales, the eldest son of King
Henry VII. of England. He died
within a 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
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 1778 at Wei
mar. She married a German actor, a
friend of the great Goethe, and re
ceived some training under that mas
ter. Her beauty and charm made her
a favorite with court and public and
Goethe Immortalized her in his poem
"Euphrosyne,” written in memory of
her last appearance on the stage iq a
character of that name in one of his
dramas.
Elizabeth Kirby was born in 1823.
in r-elcester, 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, Discontented
Children.” She later published many
more, some of them written with her
sister.,
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mew mews of yesterday
The First Paper to Get News by Telegraph
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The late Henry B. Stanton, who for
fifty years was an intimate associ
ate with all of the newspaper pro
prietors and distinguished editors of
New’ York and with many in other
large cities, and furthermore, who re
membered vividly the1 establishment
fn New York of the penny papers,
said to me in the course of reminiscent
conversation that he was convinced
that brilliant and successful as were
many of the Journalists of a latter
day,, nevertheless the originators of
penny newspapers coutd favorably be
compared with the most brilliant of
their successors.
. VI take that view," said Mr. Stan
ton, "because those who came later
had the advantage of the example and
experience of the men who estab
lished newspapers at such low cost
that every one was able to boy or to
subscribe.
“The newspaper of today is only an
evolution from the newspaper estab
lished in the thirties and in the early
forties. This evolution was in great
measure due to the invention by Pro
fessor Morse, of the electric telegraph
and to rapid trahsportatlon furnished
by the swift development of our rail
road systems.
“I sometimes think that there has
not been due acknowledgment to the
pioneer w’ork performed by Eraetus
Brooks. He was a brother of James
Brooks and, like his brother, was
born in Portland, Me. Erastus Brooks
was more of a scholar than Jamee,
but T don’t think he wrote any mpre
brilliantly than James Brooks did.
These brothers established a low’
prloed afternoon paper in New York,
and for the first few years It was a
hahd-to-mouth fight for existence.
Both were interested In politics, and
both became members of Congress.
"T am Inclined to think that Eras
tus Brooks, who W’as about five years
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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.
"It 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 wav
to reach Albany by rail was via
Chatham, New York, a roundabout
trip.
"James Gordon Bennett never hesi
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 a price which he thought would
be satisfactory to Mr. Brooks, The
price was satisfactory, and New York
city was amazed one aftemojn to find
in t he-columns of the Express a report
of proceedings at tne 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 w'as speedily Imitated.”
(Copyright. 1915, by E.' J. Edwards.
All right reserved;)
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Oddities in Today’s*News j
Marrying Squires to Pool Interests and
Knd Runners' Fights.
LOUISVILLE, Ky„ Dec. 15.—Here
after eloping couples who go to Jef
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 plied a
lucrative trade at Gretna Green.
The runners have for years been
working on a fifty-fifty basis with
the magistrates. Tiring of this, the
squires have banded together, and, if
plans go through, the marriage fund
will be split evenly among the six
magistrates.
The runners are up* 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 (iirls Arc Sought In
Kittanning, Pa.
KITTANNING, Pa., Dec. 15.—Dis
traded over the loss of nine operators
in the last six weeks, the telephone
management has announced that In
all likelihood "no girls under fifty
years of age would be employed In
the future.”
'Margaret Walthour, the ninth
operator to enter wedded bliss,
eloped to Washington with George
Star. All of the nine operators who
have left the telephone company'*
employ to wed did it via the elope
ment route,
Ohio Bab.v Hu ni* First Teeth at
Birth.,
CAhTfON, O.. Dec. 15.—A son born
to Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Gibler, of
Sandyville. near here, had his first
teeth at birth, according to Dr. Good
rich, of Sandyville, the family phy
sician. The baby is normal in every
other way, and the presence of teeth
Is causing no great alarm, but Indi
cates an’advanced prenatal develop
ment.
head Cockroach Bought Food for Mao
Several Months.
CHICAGO, Dec. 15.—A novel method
by which he has eaten for the Iasi
several months at the expense of
various high-class restaurants and
hotels was told in detail by H. j.
Callahan In the Court of DomesUc
Relations while testifying in a non
support case.
Dead cockroaches were used by
Callahan in his operations.
’■I always carried a supply with
me,” he said. “When I had finished
eating I would throw one on the plate
Then I would call the proprietor,
point disgustedly at It, and walk*In
dignantly from the place without set
tling the bill. It never failed.”
News of the Labor World
A recent census disclosed the fact
that in San Diego. Cat, 29.2 per cent,
of the workmen were part-time work
ers.
International Typographical Union
seeks to abolish seven-day situations
and establish a six-day standard.
Union printers of the San Francisco
bay district have put a five-day week
in operation.
Wheeling (W. Va.1 barbers are
meeting with success in an attempt
to reduce the working hours per day.
More laber troubles in the British
textile trade are threatened by a
strike vote now being taken by the
Dyers' Union in England, who are in
dispute with the employers over
wages. The trouble affects 20,000
dyers.
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Forty-two per cent, of the ingle
membership in Germany’s trade
unions are serving in the army.
Upward of 2,000 miners went on
strike at Cwmaman (Wales) colleries
as a protest against the employment
of non-unionists.
The United States Supreme Court
has declared unconstitutional the Ar
izona law which provides than an em
ployer of five or more persons must
employ 80 per cent qualified electors
or native-born citizens.
Millions of homes this Christmas are
protected by Prudential Policies.
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