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Pinclint, the Impossible Caiuliilnlc
THERE Is nothing left f the 1'rogrcsslvo
party except the family quarrels. Mr.
XMnchot, It Is hue, continues his Junket ubottt
tho Stoto, n candidate wlllioul a colleague
nnd without a patty, hut otherwise th Pro
gressive movement 1ms simmered uwny. It
accomplished hut one thing worth while In
American politics; that is it demonstrated
boyond nil douht the utur unwillingness of
Republicans any longer to acquiesce In tho
meretricious leadership which had seized
upon tho party.
Mr. Plnchot Is eloquent In denunciation of
penroseism. Ho wants to see it driven out
and utterly disrupted, he says. There is a
way. Mr. Lewis saw the hopelessness of
eloctlon and withdrew. Tho Fennsylvanlan-for-the-purpose-of-hls-candldacy-only
should
be equally qulclc In Immolating his ambition.
JLet him prove the sincerity of his Intent by
doing the ono thing that is certain to ruin
fenroselsm. He Is now tho senior Senator's
tnoat formidable ally.
Abolish the Magistrates
THE Magistrate's Court svstem has again
been discredited bv the scandals In tho
"straw bail" case traced to tho ottlco of tho
notorious Mr. Call. The prima facto evi
dence Is quite sufficient to convince the pub
lic that the petty courts uf justice In this city
are practically In leuguu with tho criminal
classes to safeguard them from tho conse
quence"! of tholr wrong-doing. They afford
no protection to law-abiding citizens, who
look to them In vain for redress or simple
Justice.
Since tho establishment of the Municipal
Court the Magistrates have been a fifth
wheel to the co.ich, and a very Hat wheel,
too. They should be abolished by a consti
tutional amendment at the very earliest
opportunity. They have brought law and
Justice Into the utmost disrepute among the
most numerous class In tho city, whose chief
protection they were intended to be against
Just such sharks and shysters as now uso
them at will to harass and oppress those
whoso real hope of Justice and equity lies In
tetr prompt suppression.
Great Britain Docs IS'ot Own the Seas
GREAT BRITAIN" has been for generations
the pig of tho oceans. Vonlce once
claimed the sea as her bride, and warned all
others to cease their Illicit Intercourse. Tho
United Kingdom assumes thr .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 registiy of tho
Robert Dollar, owned nominally by a British
corporation, but in fact by American capital.
Our Government cannot afford to yield ono
Jot or tittle In thN mutter. The nation when
a comparatlvo weakling dared tho might of
the British Kmplro In defense of Us right to
use the seas. It will be no leas vigilant in
protection of American Interests now. Tho
nation has decided to put tho Hag back on
tho oceans, and it Is going to do it. London
ha3 failed to appreciate the depth of Ameri
can purpose in this matter. In fact, tho Brlt
lsh attitude Is extremely Impolitic In view of
the abnormal conditions now existing, whan
the friendliness of tho United States is some
thing which no nation In tho world can
nfford to alienate.
EVEjNTI'nG LEDCrEE-PHILAPELPHIA, SATURDAY, SEPT 13 MB Eft 19, 1914.
A Livelihood in Brain and Hand
THE value of vocational guidance and
training as a remedy for Juvenile delin
quency and dependency is not properly
appreciated. Whlln the pen entngo of actual
Illiteracy is large, even among American
born delinquents, adult and juvenile, the
amount of delinquency dun to partial or
deficient education and Iatk of vocational
guidance Is even greater, and the danger
from the half-educated Is moro to bo dreaded
than that from the wholly ignorant, Their
limited knowledge has brought them to tho
point where discouragement Induces the
belief that, since It can carry them no fur
ther, cduiatton is of little value, and that
"the world owes thom ci living, anyway."
Their lack of vocutlonttl education shows no
way out of the "blind alley" of Industry but
crime, and to it they drift, becoming nt once
u burdtm and a menaco to society.
The average boy und sirl in America
ehould be vocationally guided for the simple
reason that the majority must eventually
earn their own living. If the public schools
do no more than discover tho outnful bent
toward futurn technical, vocational educa
tion, they will fulfil their mission, leaving tq
more advanced departments of the educa
tional system, trades s( hools and the like,
the task of actual instruction In th techni
cal details necessary to any trade.
Another Blazing Indiscretion
SIR LIONEL GARDEN, 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 polity Ever
since the Mexican situation became acute Sir
Lionel has deliberately Ignored the higher
neutrality and has been guilty of blazing In
discretions that call fur hie Immediate sup.
presslou or recall. It Is not enough that the
British Ambassador at Washington should
apologize for his colleague. If (JriMt Britain
is sincere in her friendly attitude toward this
country she should give the "blood-ls-thlcker.
than-water" theory a practical exemplifica
tion by promptly recalling her Brazilian En
voy. America has hud to play a ditBcult part In
Mexico, and. so far our South American
watchful watti-ig" diplomacy shines In most
brilliant contrast with that of Europe, which
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hna broken down In most discreditable
fashion.
Sir Lionel I'arden'fl nntl-Amcrlcnti out
bursts nto distinctly adverse to tho success
of tmr country's steadfast put pose and policy
In the establishment of cordial political and
closer cotntnetclal telatlons with Latin Amer
ica, ninl should be put a stop to with lm
picsslve prutuplltudo by our British cousins.
PASSED BY THE CENSOR
Morality Conies Before Economies
MR. I'KNROSIJ Is or Is not the directing
brains of the Organization In PhllndeN
phla and the State. He is or ho Is nut to
sponsible for Its acts He approves or he
does not nppruAc tho bipartisan alllunco
through which the liquor Interests mo
btoitght Into support of his candidacy. If he
Is responsible for the notorious political Im
morality with which his name Is associated,
ho litis no right to ask even consideration of
his economic views. A candidate must come
Into cmnt with clean hands. Can Mr. Pen
roso do that?
Prophecy in Process of Achievement
Till: prophecj of Olivier in Fiance, and of
August Debet In Germany, hi coming to n
realization. It wns Olivier, tho l'rlmo Min
ister of N'apoleon III, who In a letter to Wll
helm I warned him against tho nnuevnllun
nt Alsace-Lorraine, It was August Rebel who
In 1S71 alone had thu courage to stand up
In thu Reichstag and plead with tho tulets
of Germany not to tear asunder the bonds
which tied a people together. He boldly pro
claimed tho lurking danger to the Intel ests
of tho Gei man t'mplio and the peace of Htl
ropo In such an uct. But in vain, (ieimany
was to hecoino a world power, and In execut
ing this design she wus to stop nt naught.
Educational Appropriations
THE educational budget of the city of
Xow York for 1915 is expected to total tho
magnificent sum of $43,133, 3S7, the largest
amount ever spent by uny municipality In tho
history of tho world, that Its children might
obtain educations, that they might become
useful citizens.
But large as Is the sum which Now York
spends for Its splendid school system, Phila
delphia Is not only equully liberal, but, hs a
matter of statistical fact, It spends more per
child than does New York. Next year the
metropolis will expend $5" 61 for each of the
estimated total of 750,000 pupils. This year
Philadelphia is spending 506 35 for each of
Its 100,000 students.
Philadelphia may pride itself on Its schools.
It Is only a question of time when the old
structures will bo replaced by new; when
vocational schools will come Into vogue moro
gonerally; when summer day and night
schools will be tho rule rather than tho ex
ception Hercules in Bondage
BECAUSE the soundness of Republican
principles has been contlrmed by tho
lisks and fatuities of a Democratic National
Admlnistiatlon, thu Republican party ap
peals with redoubled force to tho country.
Its long reign of accomplishments furnished
Its positive warrant, and now this has been
btrengthencd 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 President far stronger
In personal ascendency than In party
regularity.
Should Mr. AVIIson let go the steering
wheel, the legislative car would plunge
through tho fence. By exercising tho pre
rogatives of a benevolent autocrat, Mr. AVII
son, with what measure of tribulation none
but ho can fully know, has contrived to save
his party's face.
With the Republican party precisely the re
verse Is true. The party principles are
sound; the party Itself Is trustworthy arid
efficient at the core. But It Is blocked from
power by an evil leadership which the peo
ple do not dare to trust with their national
destinies. The Republican party Is the only
party In this State that cm safely be given
political power If permitted to act of Itself,
free from boss dictation. It is tho boss of
Republican Pennsylvania -who has driven It
out of power and kept It out of power. It Is
Penrose who hns been the heHd and brains
of that bipartisan betrayal of public Inter
ests In this State which has shamed the
Republican parts' no less than It has lent the
Democratic party a fictitious influence that
alone It could not have exerted.
Mr. T aft Set the Example
MR TAFT was not considered a traitor
to his party when he excoriated 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 Eoiled It. Only
In Pennsylvania Is the theory advanced that
when burglars havo broken Into a house they
have a legal and ethical right to retain pos
session. The big fact for the rank and flle
In this State to remember Is that Republican
candidates everywhere else In the Union nre
praying, openly or secretly, that Pennsyl
vania will prove Its 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 atlll
continues to be red.
It appears from the news htorirs that the
Paul Revere of Brussels rode a motorcycle.
Sir Edward. Carson has Just been married.
He will now learn what home rule means.
"K- of K." has used more language Jn the
last few weeks than In his whole previous
life.
Servia's army Is not so targe, but her of
ficial news bureau Is fully up to the standard
of the allies in sending out reports.
To the first German soldier wl seta foot
on English soil a Berlin newspaper has
offered ?750 Just about enough to give his
remains a decent burial.
The pity of It is that the vast horde of
amateur strategists In this country cannot
be sent to the front, and to that part of the
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 canm remarkably soon after the
successes of th allies along the Marne began.
Those African troops of the French are
said to be the best shots among the allies, but
the Afrlians In American can be backed
against any of them when It comes to shoot
ing craps.
UP near Drown's Station In the Catskltls
they destroyed seventeen villages and
tore up the tracks of two tallroads. No, this
Is not a story of tho wnr, merely n. recital of
what man can do. Having finished tho work
of destruction, thoy built a reservoir thirteen
miles long and two miles wide tho Inrgest
In tho world. They nlso constructed n dam
of gigantic proportions, tho whole work cost
ing moro than $12,500,000.
A young man, blue-eyed, straight of build
and ullvo to his work, wns In charge. He was
unknown to the great muss of tho people,
for ho had no press agent, but Philadelphia
heard of him and his work. So Mayor Blank
enburg Induced him to lcavo tho employ of
tho city of New York and take charge of tho
water system of this city. At once a htto
and cry was raised that the salary of tho
now man, $10,000 a year, was out of propor
tion to his services mid that In any case tho
position should havo gone to a Phlladclphian.
Slnco then, Carleton K. Davis has worked
wonders with our water system. Typhoid
lias been reduced to a minimum. The water
In clean tho department Is run on a busi
ness basis which should delight taxpayers.
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Philadelphia school children can't lose very
much on account of the elimination of Euro
pean geography from the schools. They
couldn't keep up with all the changes in the
map anyhow.
wTpvAVIS is the wrong man In that Job,"
U said a member of City Councils to the
writer. "How In 'wnr' can ho do his work
right when ho drives out to the pumping
stations and Alters at three In the morning to
seo if tho men aro on tho Job? No man can
dissipate that way and get down fresh to
tho olllco in the morning."
Which is one of the reasons why Davis Is
making good.
ONCE upon a tltno there wns a gentlemanly
waiter at the exclusive Phllade Iphlu Club.
Because of his pleasant vviivh, he was de
servedly popular with tho members. Now, It
so happened that he fell In love with the
daughter of tho club's steward, who frowned
upon a young man who had no prospects.
The members watched the love affair with
Interested eyes, and when they saw how mat
ters were going they decided to help the
waiter.
Encouraged by them, ho finally eloped with
tho girl and married her. Then tho mem
bors furnished sufficient capital for the waiter
to tako charge of the old Hotel Bellcvue.
Since then, George C. Boldt has become rich
and famous In hotel life.
VOLTAIRE wus one of those who proved
to tho world that tho pen was mightier
than tho sword. Once, when he had paid for
a box nt the Paris operu, the Due do Lauzun,
a favorlto of Louib XV, drove him out. Vol
taire bt ought suit for tho ejectment, and the
duke's lawyer, In his opening address, ex
corlutud tho plaintiff thus:
"What! Is It Monsieur Voltulrc, a potty
Ink-slinger, who dares to plead against tho
Due do Lauzun, whoso great-grandfather
was tho first to scalo the walls of La Rocholle,
whose grandfather took twelve cannon from
the Dutch at Utrecht, whose father captured
two standards from the English at Fontenoy,
whose "
"Excuso me," Interrupted Voltalro, "I am
not pleading against that duke who was
first on the walls tf La Rochelle, nor against
tho duke who took twelve cannon, nor against
him who captured two standards. I am
pleading against the Due de Lauzun who
never captured anything In his life except
my box at the opera."
Ho won his suit.
LITTLE MISS NINE-YEAR-OLD went to
J the theatre with her fathor. They had
the best of seats and a box of candy. Her
father treated her as a grown-up. Tho light
opera was dra"ing to a close.
"Father." said the miss, "don't you think
I'm getting old enough to be taken to supper
after tho show?"
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 conHtructed.
So far. It has been trnced from tho north
east coiner of Broad and Arch streets,
south, curving around the City Hall, us far
as Walnut. When the church at Broad and
Arch was being built, the subterranean flow
was observed and dammed In moro ways than
one. It came to light again when the Rltx
Carlton Hotel was In course of construction.
There It was observed that It ebbed and
flowed In synchronization with the river tide
two Inch abovo normal and as much below.
No etna appears to know whence It comes,
nor where It empties, but it Is a really, truly
river nevertheless.
ON tho street corner of Lyons, In France,
stood Elizabeth Felix, daughter of a poor
Jewish peddler, playing tho violin nnd sing
ing, that she might aid her sisters and broth
ers. Eventually she drifted to Paris, where
the revolt of 184$ had turned the city topsy
turvy. Somehow or other she fell In with
a mob of rioters, maddened with excitement
Tho rabble rolled along ono street Into an
other, until It came to the Theatre Francais,
renamed Theatre de la Republlquo.
A man lifted Elizabeth to the stage and
holding a gun to her head, ordered her to sing
the "Marseillaise."
Sheialsedhervolce overcome by emotion,
vibrant with the Import of the events in
which she was participating and intoned the
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.
Fiom 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 wns forced to can
cel her tour. She returned to France ta
die there. BRADFORD,
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
The National MuntclpM League is a very
well-meaning and high-minded Institution, but
If It Imagines for a moment that the peoples
of cities In general, and Boston In particular,
have the slightest notion of giving up the right
to choo.e their own Majors It Is gravely de
luded. Boston Post.
Tho moral damnga of this war to tho school
child will be incalculable. It tills his bead with
dallv stories of bloodshed, fightings, passions,
revenge. Religion Is bo overshadowed by the
dally story of Christians blowing each other's
brains out that It is hard to make It even a
realltv to hirn. and as to human brotherhood
there' Is no euch word In our vocabulary at
present except as we Americans can exemplify
ll.-Chr!btlan Work and Evangelist.
Thus far the war has produced no great
roein, and tho first forthputtings of the poets
of distinction hae been disappointing, but it
l too soon to abandon hope. The first shock
was too strong for poetlo expression, which
requires a transformation of emotion Into
doflnlto form It will be surprising If some
notable poetry Is not inspired by the war, and
r
oven now n masterpiece may be taking shape,
fiprlngllcld Republican.
Tho problem of stock market resumption hi
this country Is tho problem of providing the
proceeds lit such other shapo than gold as
Kuropo will bo willing to take. Now York
Sun.
We put HenryLnne Wilson out of tho husl
ness of so-called diplomacy. If Great Urltaln
wishes to snllsfy the United States-, It will dp
the same with Sit Lionel Carden. Now York
World. .
The Immigration restriction hill that ap
pears to tiave been pigeon-holed somewhere
In tho Senate should bo resurrected and
passd. Nashville Banner.
IN A SPIRIT OF HUMOR
A llatr-ltntsiiiK Joke
From the little wo have seen of purple
hair, It appears to bo woman's clowning
glory.
Twits Hut a Dreamt
He ate two big Welsh rabbits
In the land of honor tmrlcd.
He dteumt It was u frightful dream
Ho dreamt that ho was matrlcd.
Guise for Mirth
"Why mo tho hyenas laughing so hysteri
cally?" asked tho visitor to tho Zoo.
"Somebody mentioned Just now,"
explained tho keeper,
Insert mime of statesman you don't llko
over well.
Thus Died a Hero
There was Hie In his rye nnd his list In
Ills hand.
"Where's the dlshdonged printer who set
this obituary notice?" ho thundered.
"What's wrong with It?" meekly nsked tho
third subasslstunt city editor.
"Wrong with it? Everything! I vvroto
n bcnutlful poem, beginning: 'She was left
a weeping widow' and that blnbgastcd
prlntec made It rend: 'Sho had cleft n
weeptfig willow.' Then I wrote: 'Throw thy
pearls before tho swine.' And how did It
como out? How? 1 ask! 'Buy thy curia
ns I do mlno.' I "
Gently, yet firmly, thoy killed him, for
obituary poets aro taboo In highest Journal
istic circles.
Speaking of Names
She -was round and she was ruddy,
And her checks weto llko the lose;
And she weighed at least ono-elghty
As tho hay scale record shows.
Sho was sound us uny dollar,
And no stronger girl you'vo met;
Y'et this big and robust creature
Had been christened Violet.
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
He is slsslflod and happy
And he shrinks from blows and strlfo,
And he never said a sctuppy
Word In all his peaceful life.
Ho would show a streak of jellow
If ho caw a wooden gun;
Y'et this (lossy llttlo follow
Has been christened Wcll-lng-ton.
Springfield Union.
Sho was built of bone and gristle,
And hue nose was filmi p and thin,
And her eyes wero sharp as gimlets,
And she had a scrappy chin;
With her tonguo she toro her neighbors'
Roputatioti up, and sho
In tho days beyond recalling
Had been christened Cha-rl-ty.
Houston Post.
Ho Is crooked and n grnfter
And he seldom tells the truth;
Has been robbing other people
Ever slnco he was a youth.
Beats his wife nnd plays tho bully,
But from any man would run;
Yet this much-detested villain
Has beon named George Washington.
Birmingham Age-Herald.
Why There Aro No New Jokes
' King Ashurbanurpal laid down the morn
ing paper, remarking to the Mesdames
Ash, etc., that thero was nothing new under
the sun.
"Where didst thou hear that, great King?'
asked tho court Jester. Which goes far to
prove thut oven tho wisest of undents wasn't
original.
An Aped Infant
"Miss Caiter was born In Mazle, Kansas,
at tho ago of 29 years, five months and one
day." Beardstown, 111., Star.
Tor Norwegians Exclusively
I once put on a pair of sklb
And jumped into tho skies;
But Just how to pronounce tho name,
I haven't been put wise.
JtiMt heiitd from the human encylopedla
who ndjolns us on tho northwest that the
plural of ski Is ski and that the singular of
ski is ski. For which Information an ex
pectant world should bo duly thankful.
A Diplomat
"Huw do you like your new music master?"
"Ho Is a very nice, polite young man. When
I inado a mistako yesterday he said, 'Pray,
mademoiselle, why do you tako bo much
pains to improve upon Beethoven?' " Paris
Figaro.
One Good 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,
who had been giving a lesson on the bap
tismal covenant, "can you tell me tho two
things necei-sary to baptism?"
"Yes'm," said Tommy, "water and a baby,"
Western Mall,
Survived the Ordeal
A Scot of Peebles said to his friend Mac
Andrew: "Mac, I hear yo have fallen In
love wl' bonny Kate McAllister."
"Weel, Sanders," Muc replied, "I was
neur verra near dacin' In, but the bit
labsle had nae blllor, bo I said to muself,
'Mac, he a mon.' And 1 wis a nion, and noo
I jtst puss her by," Argonaut.
fair Word or Nothing
"George," paid tho wife to her generally
unappreclutlvo husband, "how do you like
my now hat?" '
"Well, my dear," said George, with great
candor, "to tell jou the truth "
"Stop right there, George! If you're going
to talk that way about It, I don't want to
know." Ideas.
A Pleasant Ride Ahead
"Great Scott! I forgot to bring the tool kit
along."
"Good," exclaimed his wife. "Now we can
go right on without taking thno out for you
to tinker with the engine "Detroit Free Press.
The Explanation Mau
Oh, de explanation man, he come around
a-talkln' strong;
De words he uses soun's like dey was five
or six feet long.
He talks so ornamental dat you has a great
deblre
To drop job daily work an' atan an' listen
an' admire.
You It In ax Mm any question dat you chance
to have on hand;
Ills answer will be mob' too fine foh you to
understand.
He will tell ou 'bout de taxes an' de cost
of what you eat
An' 'bout de wars dat fill de world wlf sor
row bo complete.
But wif all dls conversation 'bout de mos'
dat ho can say
Is dat men Jes' keep on fightln' an dey
gut de tux to pay.
Though he's very Informations an he does
de bes' he can.
You neer gets much comfort fum de x.
planation man.
Philander Johnson In the Washington
Star.
THE literary ancestor of my friend Brad
ford, who chats so pleasantly every nftcr
noon In the noxt column but ono to this, was
a man of historic figure In any nccount of
American Journalism or printing. As already
I hnvo mentioned the editor who first pub
lished an evening Paper In this city, I now
want to call to your mind tho man who
printed tho first newspaper published in this
country south of Massachusetts.
This was Andrew Bradford, the son of
Wllllnm Bradford, who was tho first printer
In Pennsylvania, and, for that matter, In tho
Middle Colonies. Andrew was born In Phila
delphia in 16S6, the year his father Issued tho
first publication from his press.
Thero Is strong renson to believe that Will
lam Bradford came to this country with Wilt
lain Penn, and this is one of the things that
will be olearod up when my friend Albert
Cook Myers completes his search for mate
rials for n llfo of the founder of Pennsylvania.
Mr. Myers Is now In England, and Is hard nt
work gathering and copying totters and docu
ments for his projected definitive edition of
the works of Pcnti. I have assumed thut
ho will subsequently write a life of Penn in
view of the Immense amount of unknown
mnterlal he has already garnered from tho
old families In this country and In England
nnd Ireland.
It Is only fair to Mr. Myers to say that
ho hns not yet declared that ho wilt do this,
but when I suggested It to him, ho would not
deny that such an Idea had come to him, also.
All tho early Bradfords were men of dls
tlnctlon, and held high position among their
fellow citizens here and In New York, but
today I want t talk about Andrew In par
ticular. READERS of Franklin's "Autobiography"
will get nn Impression of tho man and
printer that probably is a llttlo prejudiced, I
have no doubt that Franklin intended to bo
fair to his rival In buslnoss, both as a printer
and as a newspaper publisher, but he does
attempt to dcrldo both the subject matter
that appeared In Bradford's Weekly Mercury
nnd also tho typography of that and tho
other publications that came from Bradford's
Press.
After the elder Bradford has been arrested
for an Indiscretion, by order of the Provin
cial Assembly, and hlu printing shop over
hauled with tho thoroughness of the old Rus
sian Secret Police, the victim decided to
shako tho dust of Philadelphia and set up a
Bhop lu New York, where Inducements had
been made to him by the Legislature. This
was In 1603, 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 a limited amount of print
ing to be obtained In New York and tho Brad
fords got It. Thero was a little In Now Jer
sey, and they got that, too, but In the greater
city of Philadelphia and In tho moro promis
ing province of Pennsylvania thero 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 the house, get the official and
other business.
So, In 1712, wo find Andrew, now a man.
back In the city of his birth, opening a print
ing houso or, as has been suggested, merely
taking over the shop which William Bradford
had left In tho charge of Reiner Jensen.
At this time tho only attempt to Issue a
nowspapcr In this country had been promptly
suppressed In Boston. This was tho News
Lettcr, a little half sheet that I believe made
Its appearance once; for the publisher, hav
ing had the audacity to comment upon tho
characters of tho assembly, It was promptly
closed up.
IN THOSE days the liberty of the press had
not yet been regarded as a constitutional
right, and no printer dared make the ven
ture. However, In 1719 another Boston at
tempt wns made, with the Boston Gazette.
Tho same year Andrew Bradford b ?an the
publication of his American Weekly Mer
cury, und this was continued for many
years. Tho first number was issued on Tues
day, December 22, 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-pnge sheet, with a very
crude picture of a postboy ornamenting the
wings of the title. There waB llttlo of what
wo now would call news, and for a long time
tho only attempt at literary embellishment
was occasional excerpts from some of the
English periodicals.
Although the elder Bradford renounced
his membership In tho Society of Friends, tho
Friends seem to have brought a great part
of their printing to the younger Bradford
when ho began here. He also became the
printer to the province, nnd tho bOtcalled
Bradford Laws were all printed at his shop.
The exact location of his ollice cannot be
learned, but it seems to havo been nt one
time at tho corner of Second street nnd
Black Horse alley, between Market and
Chestnut streets. Outside hung his sign ofv
the Bible.
A NDREW BRADFORD nlso was one of the
XJL earliest postmasters of Philadelphia, If
not the first, mid, of course, his bhop was the
pobtolfice. Franklin was envious of him In
this position, realizing that to be postmnbter
und have the control of the postboys was n
distinct advantage In the distribution of n
newspaper. How Franklin managed to get this
office and how ho turned the tables on Brad
ford by bribing the postboys to neglect Brad
ford's Mercury and take care of his Gazette
Is very characteristic of tho gieat philoso
pher, who was; not all philanthropist where
business was concerned.
Bradford, who died In 1742, published the
American Magunino 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 fallings.
For Instance: Here are two clerks In ft
business office. Both have planned to go to
the ball game this afternoon. All morning
the game is on the mind of ono of theso
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 time, he will go to the game. If not, well
he will go some other day.
The first clerk is due at a party this eve
ning. What will he wear to make a favorable
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impression? All day ho worries about lti
mentally tries tills nnd that on J wonders if
he will look no welt as tho others there.
Tho second fellow plugs on. If ho lias n
party to attend tills evening, lto will !nko
caro of tho matter of dress when evening
arrives. Now!
Which young man do you suppose wilt get
tho moro real fun out of tho party or the
halt game7 The fellow who used up hfs nil
day cnetgy In anticipating the occasion or
tho fellow who enters Into It fresh-mlnded
nnd with a senso of having accomplished
something worth "Wlillo beforehand?
If your play Is moro Important to you than
your work, your snlnry Is too big, no mnt
tor how smalt It Is. If your work comes first
and stays there some day tho other fellow
will como to you for a job. Ho will cnll you
"lucky"; but, no doubt, ho will still bo en
gaged In the selfsnmo elght-liour-a-day pur
suit of secondary things trifles.
THE IDEALIST.
CURIOSITY SHOP
Tho expression, "knock wood," )h said to
(Into back to tho Crusades, At that time,
when tellglous fervor und belief were far
stronger than today, almost every sol
dier cnrrled ti piece of what ho conceived
to bo a part of the true cross. When evil
seemed Impending, or before going Into
battle, tho crusaders were wont to touch the
bit of wood, usually kept in an expensive
golden receptacle. Eventually any pleco of
wood wns touched for luck, and so the ex
pression enmo into general vogue.
Delaware gets the nickname, the Blue Hen
Stuto, from mi expression attributed to ono
Captain Culdwoll, noted for his cock-fighting
proclivities. In days gone by the entire
Stnto wns addicted to this hind of "sport,"
and Captain Caldwell's allegation that no
t ouster could ho gnino unless hatched by a
bluo hen stuck to the Stale
Tho so-called Fatal Stone, now resting in
Westminster Abbey, wns used first as
a placo on which to ciown tho kings of
Munster. It was originally deposited in tho
Cathedral of Cashel, their metropolis. In
1213 Forgus, a prince of the royal line, hav
ing obtained tho Scottish throne, obtained
this stono Tor his coronation at Dunstaft
nago, whore it continued until the time of
Kenneth II, who removed It to Scone. In
1228 it wus taken by Edward I to London
and placed In tho world famous Abbey.
"As Goes Maine"
From the New Tork Kvenlner Mall.
Tho Maine result remonstrates anew that the
Republican parly cannot hope to regain public
confidence to tho extent of winning Stato eleo
tlons so long us It remains. In policy and hi
leadership, under control of the men whoso
cottrso In 1012 forced it to the most overwhelm
ing and humiliating defeat that nny national
political paity ever suffered.
The Mnlno verdict foreshadows tho national
vet diet because Its voters aro Vmtslde tho preju
dices that affect people In largo cities. They are
nccustomed to do their own thinking, and to
do It In their own peculiar way.
That Independence still prevails. Yesterdaj's
election, therefore, hns n significance that must
not bo minimized by students of national po
litical currents. Coming from a State In which
the Republican policy of protection should, It
anywhere, strengthen greatly the Republican
cause, the figures must be legarded as show
ing that tho asserted weakness of the Wilson
Administration Is a Republican hope rather than
a fact. Also to bo leckoned with, as equally
decisive if not equally as numerous as In 1912,
aro tho forces that moved forward when the
Republican patty, under Barnes, Penroso nnd
Lorhnur, moved backwaid. Those forces are
stlll looking forward, and they see no Repub
lican party on the horizon. It has not jet
caught up from the rear.
Maine sounds n warning that must be heeded
by Republicans In every stnto In which they
hope to retrieve their fallen fortune.
An Appeal to tho Farmers
From tho Mew York Tribune.
Recognizing the fact that America must sup
ply nn etia large part of the world's food
stuffs next year, the Intel national Harvester
Company of America has begun a campaign to
arouse the farmers of this country to their
nppoitunlty nnd iluv It tirsos every farmer
to utillzo every available aero and to Increase
the aveiage leld ui enih luie. That is ex
trcmelv good ndvico on two counts.
Tho first is the natural deslic of all pioducera
to have available a large supply of metchnndlse
when them Is nn unusual demand. With Eu
rope In chaos, no question exists about tho
demand nnd no question about the desirability
of being able to till It with profit. The second
Is tho more hunmultnrlnn nnd altruistic con
sideration of ability to tcllevo, out of the over
flowing stoiehousi! of American faints, the
suffering which Euiopo's shortugo of grains
nnd stock will Inevitably pioduce. This lias
been a year of bounteous crops here. If cure
tul planning and -ski If ul working cnu il It.
next yonr's crops should bo even blggei, for
thcie will bo need for nil that the best farm
lug ninl the most propitious weather comlltluiis
cun produce.
America and Holland
From the Ilaltlmore Nows.
The favor of this countiv seems to be courted
on all sides. The ptupagnnda which Is being
curried on litre Is dangeious to our peace of
mind and our apltlt oi fnlineb.s; not to our
national peace. Rut It goes on olscvvheii
There Is n little country culled Holland that
Is struggling mightily to proseivo Its neutral
ity, nnd to which wnr would spell ruin ami
perhaps obliteration. Yet fur nil the regitt and
horror of war that tho gitat Puvverb ate dallv
expressing, each Is spending Its efforts In
Inciting that llttlo tommy to hostility against
the other. What sort of friendship Is It that
permits Fitch thlnvrs? The world Is nlieady
half embroiled. Why should the other lmlf be
iuunilntetl with unsuibslnntlnti'd uictisatlons
half-tiuths, exaggerations that, if believed,
must at the erj least (inbillet its neutrality
and may evtu lead It to i undone- offense against
Its strict nculiiillty oi tempt it to depart from
an honestly luipaitlul couiso'f
Sober Second-Thought Treaties
From the St. l.oula Republic.
Treaties nf pence and arbitration are valuable
manifestations of public sentiment. They alsc
help to creato and deepen right bcntlmenl
They aro educational and they foster habits of
thought that make for sobriety and moderation.
The Bryan commission treutles aro designed to
insure delay and glvo reason and common sense
n chance. If such ttcatlea had been In foice In
Europe lust July, and If Austria and Hcivla. tu
b'jgln with, had lived up to them und appointed
a high joint commission of inquiry, tho war
might huvt. been avettcd. The whole world
knows that delay nnd opportunity for more dis
cussion and moral pleasure were devoutly
wished for at that anxious time. Without
cherishing Illusions then tho acceptance by o
many Powers of tho Bryan treaties may he
welcomed ns a heurtenlng sign. Such treaties
will bo part of civilised und democratic ma
chinery of war prevention. Military cabaU
never can wait; peaco loving nations will give
thcmsolves ample time for reflection and sober
second thought. .
Fighting it Out
From the New York Herald.
Any cessation of hostilities On Europe) at
this tlmu would be u disaster to the cause uf
true peace, a disaster to humanity. Far better
that the issue of Prussian militarism be fought
now.
IN THE CORNFIELD
Unseen, the farmer's boy from round the hill
Whistles a snatch that seeks his soul un
sought. And fills some time with tune, albeit shrill;
The cricket tells straight on his simple
'tis tho cricket's way of being still
The peddler bee ilronea In and gossips naught.
Far down tho wood, a one desiring dove
Times me. tho beating of a heart of love;
And these be all tho sounds that mix, each
moi n,
With waving of tho corn.
There, vvhllo I pause, my fieldward faring es
Take harvests, where the stately corn ranks rise
Uf Inward dignities.
And large benignities and Insight wise,
Graces and modern majesties,
Thus, without theft, 1 icup another's field,
Thus, without tilth, I houso a wondrous yleW,
And heup my htait with quintuple crops con
cealed. Sidney Lanier.