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EVENING LBDGEK MErLADELmA, SATtritDAYi SEPTEMBER 19, 1014'.
lift3 broken down In most discreditable
fnslilon.
Sir Lionel Carden's antl-Amerlcan out
bursts are distinctly adverse to the success
of our country's steadfast purpose and policy
In the establishment of cordial political anil
closer commercial relations with Latin" Amer
ica, and should ho put a rtop to with Im
pressive promptitude By our British cousins.
I'inchot, the Impossible Candidate
THRRti Is nothing left of the Progressive
party except the family quarrels. Mr.
Plnehot, It Is true, continues his junket about
the State a candidate without a colleague
and without a. party, but otherwlso the Pro
gressive movement has simmered awny. It
accomplished but one thing worth whllo In
American polities; that Is, It demonstrated
bcyuttd all doubt the utter unwillingness of
Ttepubllcans any longer to acquiesce In the
nieretrlclou? leadership which had seized
upon tho patty.
Mr. linchot Is eloquent in ilcnunclaiion or
Morality Comes Before Economics
MH, PENROSE Is or Is not the directing
brains of the Organization In Philadel
phia and the State. Ho Is or ho Is not re
sponsible for Its acts. He approves or ho
does not approve the bipartisan alliance
through which tho llnuor Interests are
brought Into support of his cnndldacy.- If he
Is responsible for the notorious political Im
morality with which his name Is associated,
he has no right to ank even consideration of
his economic views. A candidate must corns
Into court with clean hands. Can Mr. Pen
rose do that?
PASSED BY THE CENSOR
Prophecy in Process of Achievement
THE prophecy of Olivier In France, and of
August Bobel In Germany, Is coming to a
realization. It was Olivier, the Prime Min
ister of Napoleon III, who In a letter to Wll
helm I warned him against the annexation
of Alsace-Lorraine. It was August Bebol who
in 1S71 nlono had the courago to Btand up
In tho Reichstag and plead with tho rulers
of Germuny not to tear asunder the bonds
which tied a people together. He boldly pro
claimed tho lurking danger to the Interests
of tho German Empire and the peace of Eu
rope In such an act. But In vain. Germany
was to become a world power, and In execut
ing this design sho was to stop at naught.
UP near Brown's Station in tho Catskllls
they destroyed seventeen villages and
tore up tho tracks of two railroads. No, this
Is not a story of the war, merely a recital of
what man can do. Having finished the work
of destruction, Ihcy built a reservoir thirteen
miles long and two miles wide tho largest
In tho world. They also constructed a dam
of gigantic proportions, tho whole work cost
ing more than 112,500,000.
A young' man, blue-eyed, straight of build
and allvo to hlo work, was In charge. Ho was
unknown to tho great mass of tho people,
for ho had no press agent, but Philadelphia
heard of hlin and his work. So Mayor Blank
enburg induced htm to leave tho employ of
the city of New York and take charge of tho )
water system of this city. At onco a hue
and cry was raised that tho salary of the
new man, $10,000 a year, was out of propor
tion to his services and that in any case tho
position should havo gone to a Philadelphia)!.
Since then, Carlcton E. Davis has worked
wonders with our water system. Typhoid
has been reduced to a minimum. Tho water
Is clean the department is run on a busi
ness basis which should delight taxpayers.
even now n masterpiece may bo taklhg shape.
Springfield Republican.
Tho problem of stock inarket resumption . Jn
this country Is thd problem of providing the
proceeds" In such other shape than gold ns
Europe will bo willing td take. New York
Hun.
Wo put Henry Lane Wilson out of tho busi
ness of so-cnlled diplomacy. If Great Britain
wishes to satisfy tho United States, It will dp
tho same with Sh Lionel Cardcn. New York
World.
Tho Immigration restriction bill that ap
pears to have been pigeon-holed somewhere.
in tho Senate should bo resurrected and
passd. Nashville Banner.
DONE IN PHILADELPHIA ,
IN A SPIRIT OE HUMOR
Educational Appropriations
THE educational budget of the city of
New York for 1915 Ib expected to total tho
l'cnrosolstn. Ho wants to seo it driven out magnificent sum of 53,130,387, tho largest
and utterly disrupted, he says. There Is a
way. Mr. Lewis .saw the hopelessness of
eleotlon and withdrew. The Pennsylvnnlan-for-thc-purpost'-of-hls-candtdiicy-only
should
be equally quick in Immolating his ambition.
Let him prove the sincerity of his Intent by
doing tho one thing that la certain to ruin
Penroselsm. Ho is now tho senior Senator's
most formidable ally.
Abolish the Magistrates
THE Magistrate's Court system has again
been discredited by tho s-cnndals In the
"at raw ball" cases traced to the office of the
notorious Mr. Call. The prima facie evi
dence Is quite sufficient to convince the pub
lic that tho petty courts of Justice in this city
are practically In league with the criminal
classes to safeguard them from tho conse
quences of their wrong-doing. They afford
no protection to law-abiding citizens, who
look to them In vain for redress or simple
Justice.
Since the establishment of the Municipal
Court the Magistrates have been a llfth
wheel to the coach, and a very flat wheel,
too. They should be abolished by a consti
tutional amendment nt the very earliest
opportunity. They have brought law and
Justice into the utmost disrepute among the
most numerous class In the city, whose chief
protection they were intended to be against
just such .sharks and shysters as now use
them at will to harass and oppress those
whose real hope of Justice and equity Ilea In
thiiLpromnt suppression.
amount over spent by any municipality In the
history of tho world, that Its children might
obtain educations, that they might become
useful citizens.
But large aa 13 the sum which Now York
spends for its splendid school system, Phila
delphia Is not only equally liberal, but, as a
matter of statistical fact. It spends more per
child than does New York. Next year tho
metropolis will expend J57.ni for each of the
estimated total of 750,000 pupils. This year
Philadelphia Is .pending $66.35 for each of
its 196,000 students.
Philadelphia may pride Itself on Its schools.
Tt is only a question of timo when the old
structures will bo replaced by new; when
vocational schools will come into vogue more
generally; when summer day and night
schools will bo the rule rather than the exception.
Great Britain Does IS'ot Own the Seas
GREAT BRITAIN has been for generations
the pig of the oceans. Venice once
claimed the sea as her bride, and warned all
others to cease their Illicit intercourse. Tho
United Kingdom assumes the same position
today. There are many ships owned by
American corporations that fly the British
flag. There can be no justifiable protest
against transfer to American registry of the
Robert Dollar, owned nominally by a British
corporation, but in fact by American capital.
Our Government cannot afford to yield one
Jot or tittle In this matter. The nation when
a comparative weakling dared the might of
tho British Empire in defense of its right to
Hercules in Bondage
BECAUSE the soundness of Republican
principles has been confirmed by the
rUks and fatuities of a Democratic Nutionul
Administration, tho Republican party ap
peals with redoubled force to tho country.
Its long- reign of accomplishments furnished
Its positive warrnnt, and now this has been
strengthened by tho record of a Congress
which, always on the verge of ruinous follies,
has been preserved from outright destruction
only by the hand of a Presldont far stronger
In personal ascendency than in party
regularity.
Should Mr. Wilson let go the steering
wheel, tha legislative car would plunge
through the fenco. By exercising tho pre
rogatives of a benevolent autocrat, Mr. Wil
son, with what measure of tribulation none
but he can fully know, has contrived to savo
his party's face.
With the Republican party precisely the re
verso is true. Tho party principles are
sound; the party itself is trustworthy and
efficient at the core. But it is blocked from
power by an evil leadership which tho peo
ple do not dare to trust with their national
destinies. The Republican party is the only
party In this State that can safely be given
political power If permitted to act of itself,
freo from boss dictation. It is the boss of
Republican Pennsylvania who has driven it
TvAVIS is the wrong man in that Job,"
JL Bald a member of City Councils to tho
writer. "How in 'war' can ho do his work
right when he drives out to tho pumping
stations and niters nt three In the morning to
Bee If tho men are on the job? No man can
dissipate that way and got down fresh to
tho oftlco In the morning."
Which In one of tho reasons why Davis Is
making good.
ONCE upon a tlmo thero was a gentlemanly
waiter at the exclusive Philadelphia Club.
Becauso of hla pleasant ways, ho was de
servedly popular with the members. Now, It
so happened that he fell In lovo with the
daughter of the club's steward, who frowned
upon a young man who had no prospects.
Tho members watched the lovo affair with
Interested eyes, and when they saw how mat
ters wcro going they decided to help tho
waiter.
Encouraged by them, he finally oloped with
the girl and married her. Then tho mem
bers furnished sufficient capital for the waiter
to take charge of the old Hotel Bellcvue.
Since then. George C. Boldt has become rich
and famous in hotel life.
nnr nf rtnwnr nnd Ifent lr mil nf nrm'er. Tt !k
use the. seas. It will be no leu vigilant in I PftnrGS(! who has bcen the head anil bralns
protection of American Interests now. The
nation has decided to put the Hag back on
the oceans, and it Is going to do it. London I
has failed to appreciate the depth of Ameri
can purpose In this matter. In fact, the Brit
ish attitude Is extremely impolitic in view of
the abnormal conditions now existing, when
the friendliness of th United States Is some
thing which no nation In the world can
afford to alienate.
of that bipartisan betrayal of public inter
ests in this State which has shamed the
Republican part" no less than it has lent the
Democratic party a fictitious influence that
alone It could not have exerted.
A Livelihood in Bruin and Hand
THE value of vocational guidance and
training ns a remedy for juvenile delin
quency and dependency Is not properly
appreciated. While the percentage of actual
illiteracy is largo, oven unions American
borti delinquents, adult and juvenile, the
amount of delinquency due to partial or
deficient education and lack of vocational
guidance is even greater, and the danger
from the half-educated is more to be dreaded
than that from tho whollv ignorant. Their
limited knowledge lias brought them to the
point wheie discouragement induces the
belief that, sinco it can tarry them no fur
ther, education is of little value; and that
"the world owes thern a living, anyway."
Their lack of voi-utiunal education shows no
way out of the 'blind alle" of Industry but
crime, and to it thoy drift, becoming at once
a burden and a menace to suclety.
Tha average boy oud girl In America
should be ocattonally guided for the simple
reason mai mo majority must eventually
Mr. Taft Set the Example
MR. TAFT was not considered a traitor
to his party when he exconnted the Cox
machine In Cincinnati. Good partisans every
where realized that it was proper for a Re
publican President to take the party livery
off men who had stained and soiled it. Only
In Pennsylvania Is the theory advanced that
when burglars havo broken Into a house they
have a legal and ethical right to tetam pos-
! session. The big fac. for the rank and file
i in this State to remember is that Republican
1 candidates everywhere else in the Union are
PWing. openly or secretly, that Pennsyl-
vanij will prove iH party allegiance by giv
ing an overwhelming majority to Doctor
Brumbaugh and just as emphatic a minority
to Mr. Penrose.
The principal die-stuff from Europe still
continues to be red.
It appears from the news stories that the
Paul Revere of Brussels rode a motorcycle.
Sir Edward Cajeon has just been married.
He will now learn what home rule means.
K- of K." has used more language In the
earn their own living. If the public schools i ,a,t lew we!s tnan Jn n'3 wbole previous
no no more man discover the jouthful bent "e-
toward future technical, vocational n)iif.i. . , , .. , .
..on. they will fulfil their miss" n UaUng to ' S l " ?) '"f ,fcbUt.heP,
more advanced departments of , he Vducl! ",' nef bUrC3U ,3 ' ?P
. : v "H puuca- ,,e thn nil e in sendint; out reDorts.
uonat system, .raues schools and the tike,
ihe task of actual Instruction in the technU
vd I details necessary to any trade.
Another Blading Indiscretion
SIR LIONEL CARDEN. now British Am
bassador to Brazil, and ex-Ambassador to
Mexico, has again violated every canon both
of good taste and diplomacy in criticising
President Wilson's Mexican pul.cy. Ever
since the Mexican situation became acute Sir
Lionel has deliberately ignored the higher
reutrality and has been guilty of blazing in
discretions that call for his immediate, sup
pression or tecall. It is not enough that the
British Ambassador at Washington should
apologize for his colleague. If Great Britain
is sincere In her friendly attitude toward this
country she should give the "blood-ls-thlcker-than-water"
theory a practical xempllflca
tion by promptly recalling her Brazilian En
voy. America has had to play a diffK ult part m
Mexico, and so far our South American
of the allies in sending out reports
To the first German soldier wl sets foot
on English soil a Berlin newspaper has
offered 5750 just about enough to give his
remains a decent burial.
The pity of It is that the vast hoide of
amateur strategists In this country cannot
be sent to the front, and to that part of tho
front where the firing Is heaviest.
It may not have had anything to do with
it, but the decision of Turkey not to Join
Germany came remarkably soon after tha
buccesios of th allies along the Marne began.
Those African troops of the French are
said to be the beU shots among the allies, but
the Africans In American can be backed
agatnst any of them when tt comes to shoot
ing craps.
Philadelphia school children can't lose very
much on account of the elimination of Euro
pean geography from the schools. They
"watchful waiting" diplomat.- shines in most couldn't keep up with all the changes In the
miliar. t contrast with that of Europe, whicn j map anyhow.
VOLTAIRE was one of those who proved
to the world that tho pen was mightier
than tho sword. Once, when he had paid for
a box at the Paris opera, the Due do Lauzun,
a favorito of Louis XV, drove him out. Vol
taire brought suit for tho ejectment, and tho
duke's lawyer, in hla opening address, ex
coriated the plaintiff thus:
"What! Is it Monsieur Voltaire, a petty
ink-slinger, who dares to plead against the
Due de Lauzun, whose great-grandfather
was the first to scale the walls of La Rochelle,
whoso grandfather took twelve cannon from
the Dutch at Utrecht, whose father captured
two standatds from the English at Fontenoy,
whose "
"Excuso me," Interrupted Voltaire, "I am
not pleading against that duke who was
first on the walls "cf La Rochelle, nor against
the duku who took twelve cannon, nor against
him who captured two standards. I am
pleading against the Due do Lauzun who
never captured anything in his life except
my box at the opera."
He won his suit.
LITTLE MISS NINE-YEAR-OLD went to
i the theatre with her father. They had
tho best of seats and a box of candy. Her
father treated her as a grown-up. The light
opera was drawing to a close.
"Father," said tho miss, "don't you think
I'm getting old enough to be taken to supper
after tho show?"
I And it cost father two dollars to make good
his promise to treat her like a real lady.
UNDERNEATH Broad street Is a river. It
has caused untold bother for builders and
; it will cause the expenditure of much extra
money when the subway Is constructed.
So far, it has been traced from the north
east corner of Broad and Arch streets,
south, curving around the City Hall, as far
as Walnut. When tho church at Broad and
Arch was being built, the subterranean flow
was observed and dammed in more ways than
one. It came to light again when tho Ritz
Carlton Hotel was in course of construction.
Thero it was observed that it ebbed and
flowed in synchronization with the river tide
two Inch above normal and as much below.
No no appears to know whence It comes,
nor where It empties, but It is a really, truly
river nevertheless.
ON the street corner of Lyons, in France,
stood. Elizabeth Felix, daughter of a poor
Jewish peddler, playing tho violin and sing
ing, that she might aid her sisters and broth
ers. Eventually she drifted to Paris, where
the revolt of 1S-1S had turned tho city topsy
turvy. Somehow or other she fell in with
a mob of rioters, maddened with excitement.
The rabble rolled along one street into an
other, until it came to the Theatre Francals,
renamed Theatre de la Republique.
A man lifted Elizabeth to the stage and
holding a gun to her head, ordered her to sing
the "Marseillaise."
She raised her voice overcome by emotion,
vibrant with tho import of the events in
which she was participating and intoned tho
famous battle hymn. Half singing, half
chanting, her voice rose and fell, the hushed
rabble seemingly hypnotized by the frail girl.
Then she ceased and an uproar of wild ac
claim burst forth.
From that moment, Rachel, greatest of
French actresses, was firmly established in
the volatile hearts of her countrymen. Event
ually, when stricken with tuberculosis, she
came to this country, but was forced to can
cel her tour. She returned to Franco to
die there. BRADFORD.
NATIONAL POIKT OF VIEW
The National Municipal League 13 a .very
well-meaning and high-minded institution, but
if It Imagines for a moment that the peoples
of cltlea in general, and Boston in particular,
have tha slightest notion of giving up the right
to choose their own Mayors it 13 gravely de
luded. Boston Post.
The moral damage of this war to the school
child will be Incalculable. It fills his head with
dally stories of bloodshed, fightings, passions,
revenge. Religion Is so overshadowed by the
dally story of Christians blowing each other's
brains out that it is hatd to make it even a
realitv to him, and as to human brotherhood
there" is no such word in our vocabulary at
present except as we Americans can exemplify
it.-Chrlstlan Work and Evangelist,
Thus far the war has produced no great
poem, and tho first forthputtlngs of the poets
of distinction have been disappointing, but it
is too soon to abandon hope. The first shot-U
was too strong for poetic expression. whli
required a transformation of emotion Into
definite form. Jt mil be surprising ir some
notable poetry Js not Inspire by the war, and
A Hair-Halsing Joke
From the little we have BCen of purple
hair, It appears to bo woman's clowning
Glory.
TwasUuta Drcaml
Ho ate two big Welsh rabbits
In tho latul of horror tarried.
Ho ilrcamt-Mt was n frightful dream
He dreamt that ho was married.
Cauf c for Mirth
"Why are tho hyenns laughing so hysteri
cally?" asked the visitor to the Zoo.
"Somebody mentioned - Just now,"
explained tho keeper.
Insert namo of statesman you don't like
over well. "
Thus Dlcl a Hero
Thero was flro In his eye and tils fist In
his hand.
"Where's the dlshdongcd printer who sot
this obituary notice?" he thundered.
"What's wrong with It?" meekly asked the
third subassistalit city editor.
"Wrong with It? Everything! I wrote
a beautiful poem, beginning: 'She was loft
a weeping widow' and that blabgasted
printer mado It read: 'She had cleft a
weeping willow.' Then I wrote: 'Throw thy
pearls beforo the swine.' And how did It
como out? How? I ask! 'Buy thy curls
as I do mine.' I "
Gently, yet firmly, thoy killed him, for
obituary poets are taboo in highest journal
istic circles.
Speaking of Names
She was round and she was ruddy.
And her cheeks were like the rose;
And sho weighed nt least ono-elghty
As the hay scale record shows.
She was sound as any dollar,
And no stronger girl you've met;
Yot this big und robust creature
Had been christened Violet.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
He Is slsslfled and happy
And he .shrinks from blows and strife,
And ho never said a scrappy
Word In all his peaceful life.
Ho would show a streak of yellow
If he saw a wooden gun;
Yet this flossy little fellow
Has been christened Wcll-lng-ton.
Springfield Union.
She was built of bone and gristle,
And her nose was shatp and thin,
And her eyes were sharp ns gimlets,
And she had a scrappy chin;
With her tonguo sho tore her neighbors'
Reputation up, and sho
In the days beyond recalling
Had been christened Cha-rl-ly.
Houston Post.
Hels crooked and a grafter
And he seldom tells tho truth;
Has been robbing other people
Ever since he was a youth.
Beats hla wife and plays tho bully.
But from any man would run;
Yet this much-detested villain
Has been nnmed George Washington.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
Why There Are No New Jokes
King Ashurbanurpal laid down the morn
ing paper, remarking to tho Mesdames
Ash, etc., that there was nothing new under
the sun.
"Where didst thou hear that, great King?
asked tho court Jester. Which goes far to
prove that oven tho wisost of ancients wasn't
original.
An Aged Infant
"Miss Carter was born In Mazie, Kansas,
at tho ago of 29 years, five mouths and one
day." Bcaidstown, 111., Star.
For Norwegians Exclusively
I onco put on a pair of skis
And Jumped into the skies;
But just how to pronounco the name,
I haven't been put wise
Must heard from tho human eucylopcdia
who adjoins us on the northwest that the
plural of ski Is ski and that the singular of
ski in ski. For which information an ex
pectant world should be duly thankful.
A Diplomat
"How do j ou like your new music master?"
"Ho Is a very nice, polite young man. When
I mnde a mlstuko yesterday ho said, 'Pray,
mademoiselle, why do you take so much
pains to Improve upon Beethoven?' " Paris
Figaro.
Ouc Cood Bathroom, Surely
"That rich Mr. Smith is going to build a
home that will cost $3,000,000."
"That looks as If the plumbing was In
cluded." Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Two Essentials
"Tommy," said the Sunday school teacher,
ti."mal .ov'lrnautr"can you "tell me the two i Bradford Laws were all printed at his shop.
THE literary ancestor of my friend Brad
ford, who chats so pleasantly every after
noon In tho next column but one to this, was
a man of historic flguro In nny account of
American Journalism or printing. As already
I have mentioned tho editor who first pub
lished an evening paper In this city, I now
want to call to your mind the man who
printed tfio first newspapes published In this
country south of Massachusetts.
This was Andrew Bradford, tho son of
William Bradford, who was tho first printer
In Pennsylvania, and, for that matter, In the
Middle Colonies. Andrew was born In Phila
delphia In 16S6, tho year his father Issued tho
first publication from his press.
Thero Is strong reason to believe that Will
iam Bradford came to thl3 country with Will
iam Penn, and this Is ouc of the things that
will bo cleared up when my friend Albert
Cook Myers completes his search for mate
rials for a llfoof the founder of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Myers Is now In England, and Is hard at
work gathering and copying letters and docu
ments for his projected definitive edition of
the works of I'cnn, I have assumed that
ho will subsequently write a life of Penn In
view of tho Immense amount of unknown
material he has already garnered from tho
old families In this country and In England
and Ireland.
It Is only fair to Mr. Myers to say that
ho has not yet declared that ho will do this,
but when I suggested It to htm, he would not
deny that such an idea had come to him, also.
All tho early Bradfords wcro men of dlsv
tlnctlon, and held high position among their
fellow citizens hero and In Now York, but
today I want t "talk about Andrew In par
ticular. READERS of Frankllnta "Autobiography"
will got an Impression of the man nnd
printer that probably 13 n little prejudiced. I
have no doubt that Franklin Intended to bo
fair to his rival in business, both ns a printer
and as a newspaper publisher, but ho does
attempt to deride both tho subject matter
that appeared In Bradford's Weekly Mercury
nnd also tho typography of that and the
other publications that camo from Bradford's
Press.
After tho elder Bradford has been arrested
for an Indiscretion, by order of the Provin
cial Assembly, and his printing shop over
hauled with tho thoroughness of tho old Rus
sian Secret Police, the victim decided to
shako tho dust of Philadelphia and set up a
shop In New York, whero inducements had
been made to him by the Legislature. This
was In 1C93, when his son Andrew was about
seven years of age. Tho boy afterward was
placed in his father's shop and learned tho
trade.
Thero was only n limited amount of print
ing to bo obtained in Now York and tho Brad
fords got it. Thero was a little in Now Jer
sey, and thoy got that, too, but in tho greater
city of Philadelphia and in tho moro promis
ing province of Pennsylvania there was a lot
of trade that was going to others, and tho
Bradfords seem to have decided that Andrew
would better go to Philadelphia and, on tho
strength of tho house, get the official and
other business.
So, in 1712, we find Andrew, now a man.
back In the city of his birth, opening a print
ing house or, as has boon suggested, merely
taking over the shop which William Bradford
had left In the chargo of Reiner Jensen.
At this tlmo the only attempt to Issue a
newspaper In this country had been promptly
suppressed In Boston. This was the News
Letter, a little half sheet that I believe made
Its appcaranco once; for the publisher, hav
ing had the audacity to comment upon tho
characters of the assembly, It was promptly
closed up.
IN THOSE days tho liberty of the press had
not yet been regarded as a constitutional
right, and no printer dared make tho ven
ture. However, In 1719 another Boston at
tempt was made, with the Boston Gazette.
Tho same year Andrew Bradford b trnn the
publication of his American Weekly Mer
cury, and this was continued for many
years. Tho first number was issued on Tues
day, December 2J, 1719, the day after Boston's
Gazette appeared. Among the reasons an
nounced for the appearance of the paper was
the general one, "the encouragement of
trade."
It was a small four-pago sheet, with a very
crudo picture of a postboy ornamenting tho
wings of tho title. There was little of what
we now would call news, and for a long time
the only attempt at literary embellishment
was occasional excerpts from some of tho
English periodicals.
Although the elder Bradford renounced
his membership in tho Society of Friends, the
Friends seem to havo brought a great part
of their printing to tho younger Bradford
when ho began here. He also became the
printer to the province, and the so-called
tilings necessary to baptism?"
"Ves'm," said Tommy, "water and a baby,"
Western Mail.
Survived the Ordeal
A Scot of Peebles said to his friend Mar
Andrew: ".Mac. I hear yo havo fallen in
lovo wi' bonny Kato McAllister."
"Weel, Sanders," Mac replied, "I was
near vena near daein' in, but the bit
lassie had nae siller, so I said to maself,
'Mac, bo a nion.' And I wis a mon, and noo
I Jlst pass her by." Argonaut.
lair Words or Nothing
"George." said tho wife to her generally
unappreclatlvo husband, "how do you 11.' c
my new hat?"
"Well, my dear," said George, with great
candor, "to tell you the truth"
"Stop light there, George! If you're going
to talk that way about It, I don't want to
know." Ideas.
A Pleasant Hide Ahead
Great Scolt! I forsot to "bring the tool kit
along:."
"Good," exclaimed his wife. "Now we can
go light on without taking time out for you
to tinker with the engine." Detroit Free Tress.
Tin; Explanation Man
Oh, de explanation man, ho come around
a-talkln" strong;
Do words he uses soun's llko dey was five
or six feet long.
He talks so ornamental dat you has a great
deslro ,
To drop yon daily work an' stan' an' listen
an' admlte.
You klu ax 'im any question dat you chance
,to have on hand;
His answer will bo iuos" too fine foh you to
understand.
He will tell you 'bout de taxes an de coat
of what you eat
An' 'bout de wars dat fill de world wlf sor
row so complete.
But wlf all dis conversation bout de mos
dat ho can say
Is dat men Jcs' keep on flghtln' an' dey's
got da tax to pay.
Though he's very Informatious an' he does
de bea he can.
You never gets much comfort fum de ex-
planatlon man.
Philander Johnson In the Washington
Star,
Tho exact location of his office cannot be
Iparncd, but it seems to havo been at one
timo at the corner of Second street nnd
Black Horso alley, between Market and
Chestnut streets. Outside hung his sign of
the Bible.
A5
NDREW BRADFORD also was ono of the
earliest postmasters of Philadelphia, If
not the first, and, of course, his shop was tho
postofflce. Franklin was envious of him In
this position, realizing that to be postmaster
and have the control of the postboys was a
distinct advnntage In tho distribution of a
newspaper. How Franklin managed to get tills
office and how ho turned the tables on Brad
ford by bribing the postboys to neglect Brad
foul's Mercury and take care of his Gazette
la very characteristic of tho great philoso
pher, who was not all philanthropist whero
business was concerned.
Bradford, who died in 174'.', published the
American Slagazino the previous year, the
publication making its appearance about the
same time that Franklin's magazine ap
peared. That was another time when Poor Richard
opposed his rival and defeated him.
GRANVILLE.
THE IDEALIST
The pursuit of trifles Is one of the most
common of human failings.
For instance: Hero are two clerks in a
business office. Both have planned to go to
the ball game this afternoon. All morning
the gamo 13 on tho mind of one of these
clerks; he mixes base hits with bookkeeping,
beautiful running catches with columns of
figures.
The other fellow subconsciously knows he
Is going out to a. ball game. But the fact
exists in his subconsciousness only. For the
present, his mind Is taken up with his day's
work. If he completes It satisfactorily and
in lime, he will go to the game. If .not, well
ho will go some other day.
The Hrst clerk Is due at a party this eve
ning. What will he wear to make a favorable
impression? All day ho worries about if.
mentally tries this and that on; wonders If
he wilt look as well as tho others there
Tho second fellow plugs on. If ho has a
party to attend this ovening, ho Wlll tak
caro of tho tnalter of dress when evening '
arrives. Now: , s
Which young man do you suppose will get
tho moro real fun out of tho party or tho
ball gamo? Tho fellow who used up his all
day energy In anticipating tho occasion or
tho fellow who enters Into It fresh-mlnded
and with a sense of having accomplished
something worth whlto beforehand?
If your play Is more Important to you than
your work, your salary Is too big, no mat
ter how small It Is. If your work comes first
and stays there some day the other fellow
will como to you for a Job. Ho will call you
"lucky"; but, no doubt, ho will still bo en.
gaged In the selfsame elght-hour-n-day pUr,
suit of secondary things trifles.
THE IDEALIST
CURIOSITY SHOP
The expression, "knock wood," Is said
date back to the Crusades. At that tim.
when religious forvor and belief wero tnr
stronger than today, almost every sol.
iller carried n pleco of what ho conceived
to bo a part of tho truo cross. When ovii
seemed Impending, or before going into
battle, tho crusaders wero wont to touch tn
bit of wood, usually kept In an expensive
golden . receptnclc. Eventually any pi ceo of
wood was touched for luck, and so tho ex.
presslon camo into general vogue.
Dolawaro gets tho nickname, tho Bluo Hen
State, from an expression attributed to on
Captain Co dwell, noted for his cock-fight.
Ing proclivities. In days gone by the cntlr.
Stato was addicted to this kind of "snort"
and Captain Caldwell's allegation that no
rooster could bo gamo unless hatched by I
bluo hen stuck to tho State.
J
irmev ll
Lrc'2rwV
Tho so-called Fatal Stone, now rcstlnc In
Westminster Abbey, was used first m
a placo on which to crown tho kings of
Munstcr. It was originally deposited In tho
Cathedral of Cashel, their metropolis. In
1213 Fergus n prince of the royal lino, hav
ing obtained tho Scottish throno, obtained
this stone for his coronation at Dunstaff
nage, whero it continued until tho time of
Joonnf.th "' ?'ho "moved It to Scone. In
1220 it was taken by Edward I to London
and placed In tho world famous Abbey.
"As Goes Maine"
Prom th New York Evening Mall.
Tho Maine result remonstrates anew that th
Republican party cannot hopo to regain public
confidence to the extent of winning State elec
tions so long as it remains, in policy and In
leadership, under control of tho men whoe
course In 1912 forced It to tho most overwhelm
ing and humiliating defeat that any national
political party over suffered.
Tho Mnlno verdict foreshadows tho national
vordlct because. Its voters nro outside the preju.
dices that afreet people In large cities. Thoy arc
accustomed to do their own thinking, nnd to
do it In their own peculiar way.
That independence still prevails. Yesterday's
election, therefore, has a significance that must
not be minimized by students of national pp.
lltical currents. Coming from a State In which
the Republican policy of protection shoulo, It
anywhere, strengthen greatly the Republican
cause, the figures must be regarded ns show
ing that tho asserted weakness of the Wilson
Administration Is a Republican hopo rather than
a fact. Also to be reckoned with, as equally
decisive If not equally as numerous as In 1912,
are the forces that moved forward when the
Republican party, under Barnes, Penrose nnd
Lorlmor, moved backward. Thoso forces are
still looking forward, and they sen no Repub
lican party on tho horizon. It has not yet
caught up from tho rear.
Mulno sounds a warning that must be heeded
by Republicans In every state In which they
hopo to retrieve their fallen fortune.
An Appeal to the Farmers
From the New York Tribune.
Recognizing the fact that America must sup.
ply an extra large part of the world's food
stuffs ' next year, tho International linn ester
Company of America baa begun a cnmiialgvVo,
arouse tlio farmers of this country to tlUV
opportunity unci niitv. it urges everv r.irmev
to utilize every nvailable acre and to Increase
tho average yield 01 each acre. Tlmt 1? ex
tremely good ailvlce on two counts.
The first Is the natural desire of all producers
to have available a largo supply of merchnndUe
when there is an unusual demand. With Eu
rope In chaos, no question exists a'jout the
demand and no question about tho desirability
of being able to fill It with profit. Tho second
Ib the more humanitarian and altruistic con
sideration of ability to lellovc, out of the over
flowing atotehouso of American faints, the
suffering which Europe's shortugo uf grains
nnd stock will Inevitably produce This lias
been a year of bountoouB crops here. If care
ful planning and skilful working can do It,
next year's crops should Iw even hlggei, for
theie will he need for all that tho best farm
ing and tho most propitious weather conditions
can produce.
America ami Holland
From the llaltlmoro News.
Tho favor of thin country seems to be coin ted
on all sides. Tho propaganda, which Ik being'
carried on hero Is dungcious to our penco of
mind nnd our spirit of fairness; not to our
national peace. Hut It goes on elsewhere.
There Is a little country called Holland that
Is struggling mightily to pivserve Its neutral
lty, and to which war would spell ruin and
perhaps obliteration. Yet for all the regtet and
horror of war that tho great Power are dally
expressing, each Is spending Its elforts in
Inciting that little country to hostility against
the other. What sort of friendship Is it that
permits such things? The world Is already
half embroiled. Why should the other half bo
Inundated with unsubstantiated actu3:ii'i!J.
half-truths, cxuggeiations that, if believed,
must at tho very least embitter Its tieJtrallty
and may oven lead It lo eondono offense asai'1"
its strict neutrality or tempt It to depart from
an honestly Impartial course'.'
Sober Second-Thought Treaties
From the St. I.ouli Republic.
Treaties of peace and aibitration ale .tlua.blt
manifestations of public sentiment. They also
help to creato and deepen right sentiment.
They are educational und thoy foster habits of
thought that mako for sobilcty and moderation.
The Bryan commission treaties nto deslijiied to
insure delay and give mason and common sense
a chance, ff such treaties had been In force In
Europe last July, and If Austria and Sorvla, to
begin with, had lived up to them und appointed
a high Joint commission of inquiry, the war
might havo been averted. Tho whole world
knows thut delay and opportunity for more dis
ciissloji and moral presauro wcie devoutly
wished for at that anxious time YUtliout
cherishing illusions then the acceptance by so
many Powers of the llrynn tieatles may b
welcomed ns a heartening sign. Such treaties
will be part of civilized und democratic ma
chinery of war prevention. Military cabals
never can wait: peace loving nation will sh
themselves amplu time for reflection and sober
second thought.
righting it Out
From the New York Herald.
Any cessation of hostilities (in Euiope
this time would be a disaster to the ';
truo peace, a disaster to humanity. Far betv,
that the issuo of Prussian militarism b fous"
now'
IN THE CORNFIELD
Unseen, the farmer's boy from round the nl'l
Whistles a snatch that beeks his soul ul
And fills some time with tune, albeit shrill:
The cricket tells straight on his shupw
thought ...
Nay, 'tis tho cricket's way of being sliu
The peddler bee drones in and gossips tiausni,
Far down tho wood, a one desiring uoe
Times mo tho beating of a heart uf !
And these be all the sounds that mix, eacu
morn,
With waving of the corn.
There, while I pause, my fieldward tatlnsi
Take harvests, wheio the atatoly corn ranhsrw ,
Of Inward dignities.
And large benignities and Insight wl"-
Graces and modern majesties,
Thus, without theft, 1 reap another's flw ,
Thusr, without tilth, I house a wondrous
And heap my heait with quintuple crops
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