MEAT-EATING AND TEMPER.
In Proof of Plausible Theory National
Apjietities Are Presented by
This Writer.
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A writer in the New York Tel
egram asserts that meat eating is
responsible for most of the bad
telnjK»r that exists in the world.
To prove his point he claims that
j^hc* English, who are thought to
ue the heaviest meat eaters, have
also the worst dispositions.
“If you go to France,” he says,
"*vou don’t get much meat. The
French like fruit, vegetables, sal
ads, a little tisli and a little chick
en. I’d venture to say that an
Englishmen eat more meat in a
day than a Frenchman does in a
fweek.
“What effect on his disposition
does the Frenchman's less gross
food have? A good effect. The
French are polite. The world over
they are noted for their politeness
and good humor.
“But the Japs prove my point
l)est. The mass of the Japanese
(people live on rice and fruit and
sweetmeats and fish. They don’t
touch meat from one year’s end to
another. And their temperance
«md delicacy at table give them
the best dispositions in the world,
tin the streets of .Japan there is
never any lighting: or quarreling.
You never see a disturbance of
any kind among that people. Tot
eranre, courtesy, high-bred and
ceremonious manners are as prev
alent in .Japan as grumbling in
England.
“What is the philosophy of all
•this? Why, simply, that meat is
a stimulant, like beer, and that
after the brief, happy effect of this
■stimulant has worn off, there
comes a long effect of ill-humor
and irritability. All heavy meat
eaters have bad dispositions, lx*
cause they are always suffering
from their food’s aftermath—be
cause they are always, so to speak,
getting over a spree.
“This holds good, too, among
animals. Lions, tigers, leopards,
and the rest of the carnivora are
fierce and treacherous and mean.
■The herbivora—elephants, ante
lopes, camels—are good tempered,
mild creatures.”
TRICK WITH SILVER COIN.
Simple Performance Which Is Apt to
Surprise One on First Ex
hibition.
Here is a way in which you, too,
may join the ranks of those who
control the magic power over tin*
seen and the unseen. It is. per
haps, a very humble experiment
with which to introduce youself
into the wizards’ circle. Vet if
will demonstrate conclusively
that you have the same power fin
a sense) as tin* greatest practi
cians of the black art, says the
Boston Herald.
Procure an empty basin. Set it
near the edge of a table. Place a
coin in the center of the bottom.
Then ask one of the spectators to
first stand alongside t he basin and
then to walk slowly backward un
til the coin is hidden from his eye
by tin* rim of the bowl.
iNow nin'C! tin* person to watcn
the bowl intently. Make hint ad
mit that he sees nothin}?. Then
modestly state that you will cause
the coin which lie knows is in the
bottom of the basin, though invis
ible to him, to become visible
without his moving an inch or you
touching it.
lie says it can’t be done. You
call for a pitcher of water; pour
it slow ly into the basin, until it is
about half full. Wheuit settles the
result will be that the coin w ill ap
pear perfectly visible to the eye of
the surprised onlooker, and von
will have proved your power to
make the invisible become visi
ble—in this case at least.
Former Rulers of France.
Thirty-four years ago France
was ruled by the government of
the national defense, which con
sisted of 12 of the best known
members of the opposition under
the empire. Among them were
sneh famous names as Leon (lam
bet ta, Jules Simon, Jules Favre
and (Jen. Trochu. Eleven of the
twelve are dead c- iv and of
them are forgon u Tin
vivor is Henri 1'<• h- -n
his time has heet -in isi, con
vict, member of i . mneut
and Houlangist.
FOREIGNERS IN Jr
Interesting Expei iei s oi I .er
ican Women Who Live,.
Like the Natives.
Two American ladies who have
lived in Japan in real Japanese
I style recently related some 01 their
! experiences.
It was no easy matter to live
amongst the natives, for foreign
ers in Japan are restricted to cer
tain areas, and are not allowed to
become householders outside of
these areas, or "concessions,” as
they are called. The advent urous
ladies accordingly took a house in
the name of their Japanese maid
servant. Even then a difficulty re
mained, for it was found that Jap
anese law would only permit a for
eigner to reside outside the for
eign limits for two reasons—ill
health or scientific research. An
obliging Japanese doctor, how
ever, was found who certified to a
trifling ailment and thus satisfied
the law.
After that it was necessary to
register at the police headquar
ins m wiiif ii nit' u«u iv
send a report of their doings every
week!
Tlie ladies were not such thor
ough converts to Japanese living
as to dispense with their piano,
the sounds of which drew crowds
of native neighbors round the
house every evening.
One night t he quaint, simple or
der of things received a rude
shock. The corners of the room
in which the visitors were sleep
ing swayed to and fro, and tin;
the house seemed about to fall.
It was the inevitable Japanese
earthquake. Fortunately no
harm was done. Japanese houses
are built with special reference to
earthquakes.
The newcomers acquired great
popularity by the reason of the
fact that their maid gave hot
baths to their neighbors, thus en
abling them to save their char
coa 1!
HE WAS GLAD OF ANY SORT
White Mountain Philosopher Who
Was Not Particular as
to Weather.
My summer vacation was plan
ned to take in the ascent of a high
]*eak in the White mountains with
a city friend, a gentleman who had
not had the advantage of moun
tain climbing, writes "The Sauu
terer,” in the Itoston Itudget. We
planned to make part of the ascent
the day before, resting at an old
farmhouse part way up the moun
tain, relieving us of two or three
miles of climbing the following
day. The furniture of the farm
house was primitive, the fare some
what simple, consisting of ham
and eggs and a cup of ( hickory,
unnin m.nf.f tipf or hia/mtf
As we retired for the night we
hoped for a pleasant day in the
morning, as our view depended
upon the absence of clouds.
Our host was a philosopher, of
unshaven face and quaint appear
ance, and spent much of his time
on the door stoop, which consisted
of an immense flat stone, upon
which he rested his feet while he
smoked the pipe of peace.
Our slumbers ended early in the
morning, and after dressing we
immediately attempted to predict
the weather. Chat'.igat the prev
alence of heavy fog and clouds run
ning so low as to prevent any view
should we climb the mountain, we
impatiently found fault with the
weather, and gave vent to some
unkind remarks about the pervad
ing dampness and fog.
Thereupon the old philosopher
approached me, and laying his
mammoth hand upon my shoulder,
remarked, “Young man, it is fool
ish for you to find fault with the
v ■ or. You ought to be more
1 for tin* blessings you
\s for myself, when I wake
morning I thank God that
nv weather at all.”
NATIVES KfLL RUBBER TREE
The Demand for Motor Tires Increas
ing and the Eaw Supply
Rapiuiy "Waning.
“What will automobile tires be
made of when the rubber trees are
all dead?" is a question which is
causing the manufacturers much
concern, according to a C incinnati
man. “Since 18<0, when the gov
ernment first began keeping sta
tistics of rubber importations,
the volume that has come from
South America, the sole source of
production, has increased 1,200
per cent.,” he said. “That does
not sound reasonable, but it is an
actual fact. For the fiscal year
ended June 30, 1004, the importa
tions of rubber to the United
Slates were valued at |40,000,000,
an increase of $0,000,000 over the
preceding year, and a dull time for
rubber, at that. Those figures
show that the demand is Mill
growing. The large consumpiam
for vehicle t ires, to which was add
ed the demand for the large auto
mobile tires, has taxed the market
beyond what it is able to stand.
Rubber is higher than it ever was
in the history of the world. Tin*
quantity used is something im
mense.
“The large motor c;w»s used for
VI L j,»u I » VI ^11 I1U r r % II V 3
f>.| inches in diameter, and it takes
two inert to lift one of them from
the ground. In connection with
those facts remember that the
rubber trees thrive on only a com
paratively small area of ground on
the I*ara river, in South America,
and you can see exhaustion star
ing you in the face. The tree-ean
not be successfully transplanted,
and it is as much as a man’s life is
worth to tamper with the ‘re
serves’ of the South American na
tives. They will let you catch
their fish, kill their gamereut their
timber, but the minute you touch
a rubber tree you stop a poisoned
arrow and your end is near. In
that way the natives are left to
gather the rubber sap in their
own crude way, and the trees die
every year by the thousand. It’s
worse than the destruction of tur
pentine woods. All manufactur
ers of rubber goods tire apprehen
sive of the exhaustion of their raw
material.”
SERMONS FOR SHUT-INS.
Telephone Utilized by Philadelphia
Pastor for Inmates of
Hospitals.
No use to which the telephone
has been put hits afforded so much
genuine pleasure to the sick as
that conceived by Dr. Kussell ("on
well, president of the Samaritan
hospital, Philadelphia,, when he
had the wards of that great insti
tution lined with telephones,
which were connected with big
megaphones lined along the front
nf flu. viu 11 lit nf fli#* H flutist teni
pie.
Visitors to the siek of theKama
:t:in hospital a few Sundays ago
'■ "re surprised and delighted to
s >• the rows of patients with re
• 'vers at their ears and joining in
the services of a distant church
wit 'i fervor and enthusiasm.
K ery word of the minister’s
ser ion came to the ears of the pa
fie’ is as distinctly as though they
ore# pied choice seats in the tem
•*le. and when the preaching wTas
w: r and the choir began to
ii”' the famous old hymn “How
H-m a Foundation,” many of the
irk unconsciously j*oined in the
•>aging, so realistically close were
h» '- to the services that were tak
”tr place tnanv blocks away.
To many of the inmates of the
’’ospital wrard who were reH'dous
v inclined this innovation was a
'Mirce of comfort and congelation
■at no other means con1'1 nnsei
I ’dy afford, ft "nvesomu
ure that I >e. Ton well feelc J1 1 1,0
'ms solved He problem o ’
'!,7ht enn”i '>mon<r the si# ’
'•ospital. r™ ^ tp/tjurn an
•nv of a t>er| often rf
ncovery or n --ons path"
"n wel''w I <■ nii’nns df*’’
O'-#' |o ’ ” llijti rj T'
nts t h #’ r> - "fh'Ttnr the * t
>n t ri#w1 T' o thp ’ e
n not f o c tk to he othed
and comforted fir the voire of the
priest that come* to them from
the distant church or the solemn
chant of the choir that they have
been deprived of hearing for so
long. __
Sours the Milk.
A fussy person quickly sours the
milk of human kindness.—Chica
go Daily News
Better So.
“Whv do the roses fade slowly
away?” she inuqired, poetically.
“Well,” replied the bald-headed
young man, “when you think it
over it’s all for the best. It’s more
comfortable to have them fade
slowly awav than to go off all of
a sudden like a torpedo.”—Tit
Bits.
Eaters of Earth.
Consumption of earth as food is
said to be common not only in
China. New Caledonia and New
Guinea, but in the Malay arch
ipelago as well. The testimony
of many travelers in the Orient
is that the yellow races are es
pecially addicted to the practice.
In Java and Sumatra the clay
used undergoes a preliminary
preparation, being mixed with
wai-*r. reduced to a paste and the
sami and other hard substances
removed. The clay is then formed
Ill l u 011m» • — • —-- -- ---
as thick as a lead pencil and baked
in an iron saucepan. When the
tablet emerges from this process
it resembles a piece of dried pork.
The Javanese frequently eat small
figures roughly modeled from
clay which resemble animals or
little men turned out in paatrj;
shops,
CAME BACK TO HIS OWN.
Reflections of a Busy City Man Who
Found Himself in Quietest
Part of Maine.
The man who lives in a great
city becomes accustomed to its
noises. Then, some day the mail
goes out of town, to the mountains
or to the quietude of rural life,
says the New York Sun.
“That’s what I did," said a man
w ose place of business is in old
John street. “1 was in the quiet
est part of Maine. For two weeks
I had to fight for sleep.
“The quietness, the awful still
ness of the night, act uallv kept me
awake until at last 1 had to resort
to opiates. I had heard of this
sort of thing before, hut I had never
experienced it. When 1 returned !
to the city I was like a boy coming
home.
“"The first day I was at my desk
1 shoved up the window. The old
familiar cry of ’■hey-up* from the
teamsters sounded comforting.
Then the clang of the trolley ear
gongs broke in upon me, and I felt
good.
* ne«ra t hh battle of toamstops i
jnsr below—that old fight for space
and place that goes on the vear
lound in tin* city. 1 longed to see
tlxon go at one another in bulldog
style.
“N°t a sound that 1 bad beard !
for a year had changed. The noise
was no greater, no less. I think if
any man had dropped out I should
have noticed it. This had a sort of
consolation in it. “They are all
here, I murmured to myself.
Then 1 looked out toward the
crush at the crossing of Nassau
street. 1 saw the j)llaheart man
light ing to hold his own. He looked
so natural.
At the opposite corner I saw’ a
lied er whom I have seen there for
.tears. I have bought mv shoe
aces and trinkets from him for so
long that I should feel lonely if he
were to go.
And when I started for home
that first day on my return the
8am*' 01,1 policeman helped me
across, just as he had done these
tnant years. I spoke to him and
hanked him more sincerely than
I had ever done before.
*<He |1lI,1“’t know I had been
,i wa,\. e hadn’t missed tne, but
1 d missed him.
, ' h<n 1 Went to bed that r
I threw open my wind- -,v an
ash-ep to the no, , j
the elevated trains. I iiad'ri
eu (o my own.”
City Directory. |
»CNICIl>AL OKKIOKRS
Mayor,. J. H. Holderby,
Recorder. J. A. Gibson,
Marshals Walter Paseoe,
NiKht Marshal, H. ,j. Mayhano,,
Treasurer, K. J. Madness,
Aldermen:- A. A. Henderson; W.T.
Madness, W. C. Minis, Fred. D. Whit
ing, Morg Dvennen.
Council meets first Monday nighsfc in
each month.
CHURCHKH
Methodist ciiureh, services at IT a.
m and 7:30 p. m. fourth Sunday in
each month. Rev. C. U. Newman
Pastor.
Baptist church, services at 3 p. t».
Saturday before third Sunday, and Lt
a. m. third Sunday in each month
Rev. J. L. Brown, pastor.
Christian chujrch, services first and!
third Sundays in each month at 11 a.
in. and 7:3o p. tn. Rev. W. W. Young*
Pastor.
HHWTBKMTIKS
Dannelly Chapter Lt. A. M. meet*
third Saturday night. I. c. Nuckolls,
E. II- P.; T. II- Hearing, Sec.
Newark Lodge F- & A. M. No. Z4K
meets secend Saturday night. T. Jw
Raney, W. M.; J. II. Jituerson, See.
Newark Encampment 1. O. O. It 1HR
meets second and fourth Thursday
nights. G. A. Ashley, C. P; F. C. Hoyt.
Scribe.
Newark Lodge I. O. O. F. No. 263;
meets the first and third Wednesday
nights. T. J. ita»ey, N. G; O. F. Cmi|£
Secretary.
Newark Camp W.O.W. No. 28N meet.**
second and fourth Tuesday nightly in
each month. E. II Magness, C. L;
(>. F. Craig, Clerk.
Independence Lodge No. 2379 K. Jt
L. of H. meets first and ttiird Monday
nights in each month. (>. F. Craig,
Protector; Zed: Gritlith, Secretary
,-iM
Railroad Time Card,
WHITE RIVER BRANCtt
St. L. I. M. & S.Ry.
Train* pa.*s Newark as follows:
GOING wkst.
No. 127..12. jO p. m.
No. 125.* ijO ». in.
GOING HAST.
No. 128.....Ski© a. m.
No. 12C.7.02 p. m.
F. C. Howe, .\g«*m.
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