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Williams, Dtreetofa.
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JVo gosling ever taught a goose to strtm and
no fledgling ever set up a school of Airing.
The Prodigal Court
IT IS a pity that tho Municipal Court,
which haa performed real service to tho
community In bo many ways, should bo pos
sessed of a mania for spending public money.
It Insists on having an army of retainers,
Whether there Is any work for them or not,
and it dreams of marbla palaces, gaudily
furnished, In which to Install Itself.
The Governor vetoed a bill extending tho
powers of the court on tho ground that It
had yet to prove the quality of Its service.
Ho thought that the court should continue Its
present duties, without asking for now ones,
until It "made good." That apparently Is
what the Mayor thinks, nnd It Is what most
other citizens think who have no axes to
grind. But the Municipal Court wants to bo
shaking tho plum tree all tho time. It is
Insatiate.
There Is some reason to bellovc that the
Municipal Court was never Intended to bo
a pesky autocrat and run the town. That,
however. Is what It Is trying to do. A com
pression cap is needed to reduco tho size
of Its head. In a financial way, It might not
be out of order to suggest a spendthrift
trust.
A Common Sense Decision
IF THE president of the Bethlehem Steel
Company were asked whether the United
States Steel Corporation was ablo to prevent
tho Bethlehem Company from getting all tho
business It could do, ho would r.eply In lan
guage both forcible and plain that his com
pany could compete with any steel corpora
tion on earth.
So long as this condition continues, most
men will agree with the United States Dis
trict Court for Now Jersey that tho United
Stated Steel Corporation 1b not violating the
anti-trust laws and should not bo dissolved.
The point at Issuo at the present time In
volves tho technical Interpretation of tho
statutes rather than tho facts of business.
When tho corporation was formed the attor
neys strove to keep It within the four cor
ners of the law. They consulted the Attorney
General in Washington and he approved their
plan. When tho charter was obtained It was
supposed that the company was immune to
prosecution under the Sherman law. But
other lawyers took a different view of the
statute, and the dissolution suit has been
dragging its way through the courts. It will
probably have to drag on for a year or so
longer until tho Supreme Court has had Its
day.
Divorcing Drink From Dancing
THE liquor dealers have read the signs of
the times and are profiting by what they
have learned, Their decision to banish cnb
aret shows from places where liquor Is sold
sprlngd from the instinct of self-preservation.
If they are to continue to do business, they
understand, apparently, that it must be done
without any allurements Intended to demoral
lro young women and young men. Dancing
must be divorced from drink and there must
be no places where the privilege of dancing
can be bought only along with a cocktail.
The saloon men object neither to cocktails
nor to dancing; but they have business judg
ment enough to know that the decent public
objects to the combination In drinking places.
The Dardanelles the Key to Przemysl
ENGLAND may blame Churchill for organ
izing the campaign against the Darda
nelles, but he has only to point to Przemysl
for justification and vindication of his pro
phetic vision, ,
Of the valor of the Russian troops there
can be no question. They have demonstrated
It again and again. There can be no ex
planation of the disastrous campaign In
which they have peen deprived of the fruits
,of their former victories In the Carpathians
except a lack of ammunition and proper ar
tillery. It has been evident from the dispatches
time and time again that the Czar's armies
were matching sheer grit against the most
modern and powerful war equipment In ex
istence. Von Mackensen's offensive has been
truly remarkable, as has been the whole Ger
man movement for the recovery of Gallcla,
put neither genius nor anything else could
have made It successful had the Russians
been at all adequately equipped to fight back.
Since the beginning of the war Itussla has
been "hut off from supplies. The amount of
ammunition consumed by modern armies Is
lneoneelvabiy large. France and England.
With all their resources, have been unable
to keep their own forces properly supplied.
The enormous output of American factories
doea not begin to satisfy the demand. Rus
sia must over and over again nave been In
deeperst straff. prUeularJy 1b continuing
HglU lasting for weeks and, oKewlwg no op
MStKnlty for refilling the powtUr eheets.
& etmaJBg of the port of Awfaaiigel may
ttMtva conditions, and mutoulHediy soma
BuppUe bav boss reeJvd by way of Asia,
but Ruiwta. will continue to be a cbalned
bear until CoMtanttoopto falls and a faejle
route tor the Uanjutor cation of munitions of
war U opened.
fo Obvious la Um iroi-ortance of tfe caw
pi?a tot to DftrtajiMdle that UMlMibt"
4Jy rav isar fecrete i(ri to suwwe w&
mm there will fe tn&4. An ad vaiue toy Um
J!rJn troop, (Aerator, womM be of im
9Maupifeto Mtn-y to tb AlUm. They
M, ajfcl to tw bfeem to tos BftE t-'i
EVENING
In return tor his help and that of Greece.
Tin Immediate key to the Allies' success Is
Constantinople. They should make almost
any sacrifices In order to get possession of It.
Preparedness, Not Militarism
TUB Brn.Mixa Ledoer, of course, does not
favor militarism, desplto the fact that a
correspondent so Interprets n recent editorial
urging tho Republican party to take n defi
nite stand In favor of adequate preparation
for the national defense.
Thero Is a Vast tllltcrcnco between militar
ism nnd preparedness. Wo need, for Instance,
no great standing nrmy. No formidable
enemy can strlko us without first traversing
thousands of miles of open sea. Our crying
heed is for n navy of sufficient size nnd
strength to guard our shores and prevent
hostile Incursions against us.
England was lulled to sleep by fcoft voices.
Lord Roberts pointed out the danger, almost
begged his countrymen to make prepara
tions, but they ridiculed and laughed at him.
Wo cannot mako other peoples' peaceful by
being peaceful ourselves. Wo cannot over
come tho machinations of a military autoc
racy by being Iambs. We have not only tho
most precious material possessions In tho
world to protect, but In our keeping also nro
tho most precious of human principles, lib
erty and freedom. It Is our bounden duty to
assure tho perpotuntlon of them.
Society docs not require policemen moro
urgently than tho nntlon requires protec
tion, There nro bad nations Just ns thero are
bad men In tho world.
So obvious nre theso facts, so strongly
havo they been emphasized by tho course of
ovents In Europe, that tho great majority of
American citizens will not enduro a policy
of unprcpnredness. It behooves tho Repub
lican party to speak for that mnjorlty, to
translate Its wishes Into a deflnlto program,
to stand squarely and fairly for tho sort of
preparation thnt will assure us ut all times
against European or any other aggression.
Shirking a Disagreeable Responsibility
WHEN the General Assembly, with knowl
edge of the probnbla revenues of the
State for tho next two years, passed bills
appropriating $10,000,000 moro than could bo
raised, It shirked Its obvious duty.
Tho Governor, it is true, has the power to
reduce tho approprintlonH to tho limits of
tho revenues; but that Is a function which
he should not be culled upon to exercise. It
Is too much power to put m tho hands of
ono man. He Is tho executive and not tho
appropriating power of tho Commonwealth.
To execute the laws Is responsibility enough,
yot there must bo government of soma kind,
and If the representatives of tho peoplo ab
dicate, then an autocrat In tho oxccutlvo
mansion must govern.
But autocracies are not popular In America.
Where they exist it Is only because tho peo
ple, or tho lawmakers elected to represent
them, have refused to do their duty. As a
result, wo have the edifying spectacle here
In this Commonwealth of a slnglo man, sit
ting in his olllco In Harrisburg and saying
what shall and what shall not bo done for
tho next two years, almost as though thero
had never been any legislative session. It
is fortunato for tho Stato that tho man is
fully competent to perform tho task.
"Italy Is Not a Vassal"
PREMIER SALANDRA denies tho charge
that Italy sold out to the Allies by assert
ing that his country refused to become a
vassal of Germany. The German dream of
continental hegemony, says he. Is shattered,
and when peace Is mado It must bo upon the
bnsls of tho Independence nnd equality of all
nations,
This Is tho kind of defense which will stir
the patriotic hearts of Italians and Increase
respect for Italy throughout tho rest of the
world. Between vassalage and Independent
action for Its own Interests there is but one
choice for any self-respecting nation. '
What's n Veto Between Friends?
COUNCILS likes nothing so much as vetoes.
It eats 'em alive. Why not'.' Haven't
men been sent to Congress for obeying tho
Organization Instead of serving public inter
ests? Thero Is not a better drilled troop in
nil Europe than that noble band of repre
sentatives, select and common, which car
ries tho destinies of Philadelphia in its nerve
less hands, A Councilman, It seems, believes
In a declaration of Independence, If enun
ciated five or six generations ago, but he will
have nothing to do with such a thing now.
He prefers to be a tool, for that assures him
a job, and often two Jobs.
Yet that brave old gentleman in the
Mayor's Office, who for years has fought In
behalf of free municipal government, con
tinues to battle undaunted and unafraid.
With all tho power that Is In him he main
tains the struggle to protect the city's In
terests and those of its citizens. It must be
disheartening at times, as yesterday, for In
stance, when he saw his vetoes so riotously
overridden, but the old War Horse does not
flinch. It Is confidence such as his In the
final triumph of right that Inspires patriots In
the long struggle against selfishness, stupid
ity, subservience, graft and grafters.
Mr. Taft Is not the only man who rejoices
that Woodrow Wilson Is not a Jingo.
The Hole In the Wall, In the Broad Street
Station, will continue to be haunted by
spirits.
11 4. n i win u, i i.
Most-called-for book In the Congressional
Library these days "The Ready Letter
Writer." They are to have three-cent Jltnoys in At
Untle City, but how 4s that possible when a
Jitney Is Ave cents?
'I' lim.lw i
The exodus of Americans from Maxlco has
hegun; but when la tht, genesis of good gov
ernment there to start?
Probably (bo dop that bit the Marlon
liieh gefeMl coach were bjrd by the atblt
of sme otbw high aobaol.
gan Marino h declared war on Austria.
but Franote Jph 1 ot totta? any step
wer it, Apdoww. however, u mu neutral.
There Is so telling what the Ciemum Am
baMMdor kl to the President, but It Is
pretty welt understood what the President
jmW to the Gennaa Awhwwidor
It U uftderetood that the lateat version ef
the lutejrusalonI ourwry rhyme U:
Seer Saw! atasgary Dwl
Frseayei efcaU kmva a new inaatar
She atiu bavc but Uiantf a, dty
SiOW ah MX.t &iy soy fatti
LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, FRIDAY, JUNE S, 1916.
THE RED MONTH
OP GREAT BATTLES
Juno Has Seen Nnseby and Plasscy,
Bunker Hill and Waterloo, the
Glory of the English and the Free
dom of America.
By JOHN LUM
IT SOME perverse fate should glvo to mo
tho power of war and peace nnd call upon
me to fix the seasons of truce nnd tho times
of combat I should certainly make Juno a
period of pence. It Is Impossible to har
monize the promise of tho season with blood
letting. There nro fitter occupations when
the world Is knee deep In June than flying
at tho throats of brother men or than let
ting loose poisonous gases to be driven by
tho balmy winds over tho trenches occupied
by sons of grieving mothers. And thero Is
nothing In the Beason thnt can bo mado to
harmonlzo with firing shells ten miles, at a
tnrget which you cannot see, for the purposo
of killing men against whom you havo no
personal hnto. And tho summer seas ought
not to bo vexed by tho explosion of torpedoes
let loose from treacherous submarine mon
sters. Tho proper mood for Juno expresses
itself not in war, but in verses llko theso:
Who knows whither tho clouds have fled?
In tho unifcarred heaven they leavo no wnkc,
And the eyes forget the tenrs they have shed.
The heart forgets Its sorrow nnd ache.
The soul partnkes the season's youth.
And tho sulphurous rifts of passion and woo
Lie dead 'neath a silence fine and smooth,
Like burnt-out craters healed with (mow.
But, alas! tho sulphurous rifts of passion
nnd woo do not Ho dead In this June, nnd
thoy havo not been Inert In past Junes. Tho
month of roses has been tho month of bat
tles. It was In June that Bunker Hill was
fought. It wns In Juno thnt Sheridan mado
hH famous rldo down tho Shenandoah Vnlley
to Winchester. It wns In tho sumo month
that the Alabama and tho Kcnrsnrgo had
their duel to tho death. But theso are mod
ern scars on tho month of roses.
Cromwell at Naseby
The great victory of Cromwell over Charles
I nt Naseby, which destroyed the royat
power nnd laid tho foundations for tho
Commonwealth In England, was won on Juno
14, 1G45. This wns a triumph for democracy
ami a defeat for privilege which heartened
nil freemen, but In comparison with tho
battles of tho present Juno It wns only n
skirmish between two small forces. Charles
I had an nrmy of 10,000 and Cromwell mus
tered only 13,000, but thoy fought for their
llvfs with such weapons ns wero available,
and when Chnrlcs I lost his guns and am
munition train It was Impossible for him to
equip another nrmy In all England. But tho
pettiness of tho conflict does not diminish
tho gieatness of the Issues Involved.
Only eight years later Admiral Blake,
"general of tho s,cas," who treated tho Atlan
tic as a British lake and disputed tho right
of tho ships of other nations to sail It un
molested, met the Dutch fleet In tho Chnnnel
on June 3, and forced Admiral van Tromp to
fleo for hln life. Ho had not long beforo
.seized a Portuguese fleet of merchantmen
ns a reprisal on Portugal for refusing to
allow him to nttnek tho Dutch In Portugueso
waters Tho rights of neutrals wero poorly
defined In those days, and no right wns ad
mitted on tho sea save tho right of superior
power.
Tho power of tho sea which Blako won for
tho British Is now challenged by other na
tions; but tho dominion over India which
Lord Cilve won at Plassey, on June 23, 1757,
hnH been strengthened with tho years. But
It wns not a great battle, save In Its conse
quences. CUvo had only 1100 European troops,
supported by n smull native army of 2100,
nnd ho was opposed by 50,000 men under the
Nawnb of Bengal. But ho had undermined
tho loyalty of the Nawab's commanders by
tho liberal use of gold. The battle was a
farce, but for all that It Is down In tho rec
ords ns "a glorious victory," and one moro
to bo placed to tho credit of the month of
roses.
Tho Battle of Bunker Hill, which was
fought on another continent In June, 18
years after Plassey, was of greater conse
quence to the world. Although It was nom
inally a British victory, '.no colonists discov
ered that they could fight, and all tho other
battles of the revolution wero but echoes of
that conflict where tho waters of tho Mystic
and the Charles mtnglo ns thoy enter Boston
Harbor. The Battle of Monmouth, on Juno
28, 1778, is important, because It shows with
what persistence Washington pursued tho
enemy. Sir Henry Clinton, who had evacu
ated Philadelphia, was hastening to New
York with bis small army. Washington fol
lowed, and would doubtless have won a de
cisive victory If General Charles Lee had
obeyed orders. Lee, however, was afraid to
light, and Clinton succeeded In getting away
after a drawn battle. Lee paid for his dis
obedience by retirement for a year.
From Friedland to Waterloo
June was the month of Napoleon's great
triumphs and his final overthrow. June 14.
1800, Is the date of his brilliant victory at
Marengo. Exactly seven years later to a
day he met the Russians at Friedland, and
handled his troops with such wonderful skill
and triumphed so completely over the enemy
that it seemed as If the whole world were
his If he only chose to reach out his hand
to take Jt.N He had other triumphs after
ward, but his decline dated from that glori
ous hour at Friedland, when his men ac
claimed him with all the enthusiastic adora
tion of Boldlers who believed that their com
mander was more than human and only a
little less than divine. His downfall came in
June, 1815, when on the 18th of that month
the Allies under Wellington outgeneraled and
outfought him at Waterloo.
The month Is fjill of anniversaries of bat
tles and sieges of the Civil War, Memphis
was taken on June 6, 1862; the battle of
CoW Harbor was fought from June I to 3,
1S84; the fighting at Winchester lasted from
June 13 to June IB, 1868. and at Lynchburg
from June 17 to June 18, J884. The seven
days' fighting before Richmond, n J882, be,
ggn on June 26, and the Gettysburg cam
paign, whieh culminated early In July, was
really a. product of June.
No mention of the June tragedies should
oralt rfrjee to the massacre of Custer
and his troops on the Little Big Horn on
June U. 1S76.
And yst, aa we look over the records, we
all feel Ilka saying In the slightly changed
words of Lowell, that
No mat tar bow bloody the pa4i may have
been.
'Tie enough for us now that the Uv are
Bfeea-
TRS COMING OP PAflB
Ob, draam oo Mere of UiiUt Uf:
Care 8ud the cftxaUaa out 3M wt U) vow,
'fblne besrt eatir to FsJtb's wr strife,
tio pes.ee W com, thou toow'M wM wfaau
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R M11P III
CURIOUS CUSTOMS OF RUMANIA
Wooden Plows Are Still a Common Sight on the Farms Fondness
for Folk Tales and Provorbs Personification of
Natural Objects Some Superstitions
By WILLIAM A. McGARRY
THE Ruman, or Roumnn, self-styled direct
descendant of tho Roman conquerors who
swept to nnd beyond tho Danubo under Tra
jan early In tho second century, may prove
to bo a most serious thorn In tho side of be
leuguored Austria If Rumania enters the war.
But tho outstanding characteristic of tho
Ruman is caution and tho memory of past
ovents will probably mako tho country
doubly caroful beforo taking any action.
Tho Ruman Is a lover of tho mountains and
tho woods. It Is, Indeed, to tho peaks and
forests of tho Carpathians thnt ho owes his
national existence.
Isolated In them, the Ruman has clung
moro tenaciously to the ways and customs of
his ancestors than any of the Latin races,
and It Is said that today his language con
tains more pure Latin words than the Italian.
His Is a composite nationality, however.
About 20 towns and villages of Rumania
havo been positively Identified by nrcheolo
glsts as of Roman origin, but there wero
Daclans In the land beforo tho Romans nnd
other racial stocks havo left their mark on
tho langungo and character of tho people.
Off tho beaten track in Rumania tho trav
eler may still find the peasant cultivating
his land with a cumbersome wooden plow
of tho fashion of 18 centuries ago. Fashions
In dress havo lingered through the same Ions'
period. Especially Is this truo outside tho
cities. Tho costume, both of men nnd of
women, Is nearly always white. Tho men
wear trousers almost twice ns long as tho
leg, very tight and gathered up In folds. Tho
shirt Is in tho form of a tunic that hangs
down over tho trousers and Is fastened at
tho waist with a broad red woolen sash or
a leather belt. Sheepskin Is usually tho ma
terial of tho coat, whllo tho winter cap Is
generally of lambskin.
Most of tho women peasants go barefoot.
Tholr principal garment reaches from tho
shoulder to tho ankle, the upper part being
covered with elaborate embroidery, Their
coats are similar to those of the men. The
head covering is generally a sort of veil.
Catching a Curcnn
A quaint story Is told by Rumanians of an
early Turkish Sultan who was so Impressed
with the fightlqg prowess of tho Thirteenth
Rumanian Regiment, known as the Curcanl,
or Turkey Cocks (because they wore a
feather of that bird In their caps), that ho
ordered that one of the regiment bo cap
tured and brought before him. The Turka
tried, but found the command difficult to
obey.
"Catching a Curcan," they told the Sultan,
"Is Just as difficult as catching the mountain
eagle,"
So they secured one of the uniforms from
a Curcan killed In battle and brought It be
fore the Sultan.' The long trousers, twice
as long as the soldier's leg, were stretched
out full length on the floor. With them, with
the bottom touching the top of the trousers,
was laid the tunic, and the boots were placed
so that the tops Just touched the end of the
trousers. The Turkey Cock hat was laid
at the top of the tunic. This arrangement
of the clothing made It look like that of a
ten-foot giant, and, according to the story,
the Sultan sighed:
"Of course, against such giants, what can
my poor soldiers do?"
Later one of the Curcans was captured and
brought before the Sultan. The Curoan ad
vanced, stretched himself out full length and
ehouted loudlly, "Sa Trait!," (May you llvel)
at which the Sultan fell on his back ex.
exclaiming:
"Help, help, the turkey ooek la eating me
up!"
The Rumanian are fond of their folk tales
and proverbs. One of the moet popular of
the proverb U: "The Rumanian never
die." The Rumanian U anything but ar
rogant, yet the pride shown In the provorb
la exemplified again In the fact that he will
not do dpmwtlc service if he can avoW It. He
has put this aversion into song, thues
Green leaf or garile
Than wvut to the Clocol.
Bather shaffeMd to the ewe
With one's bead on tbe mole hlU.
Tbo Conceited, Lofty Poplar
Tb native eon are Innumerable. h
Human haa tbeoi for every like and Mflik-i
He haa one for every tree and for many of
the uMlld ylnu The lo ot tbe wood U
"ME AND BETSY-
cnrrled even farther. Ho calls tho oak his
brother, tho elm his first cousin. For some
reason not qulto clear ho scorns tho poplar
as "conceited and lofty," 'but the "broad
leaved lime" that has sheltered him In flight
and given him shade In tho sultry days of
summer he loves. Ho has a song deploring
his desertion of the forest-roaming life ho
lived for centuries:
I go off; tho wood remains,
Tho leaf Is weeping after mo.
No one else is there to weep.
Tor I havo done no good deed,
And If I have done some wrong
I olonc shall bear for It.
Tho Ruman Is superstitious, Ho has pop
ualr tales that mark tho red-headed man
nnd tho man without a mustache as strange
characters who are sure to work mischief.
In some parts of tho country there are still
old pagan beliefs In witches. Many old seml
bnrbarlc customs remain, as, for Instance,
that of burying the dead with uncovered
faces. In some parts of the country a flower
is painted on tho wall of a cottage wherein
lives a girl of marriageable age.
Until recent years tho Ruman was sus
picious of his wealthy and powerful country
men. Thero Is a story of how the bolars or
nobles started a movement in 1857 to gain
tho confidence of tho peasants by summon
ing representatives from all parts of tho
country.
A Double-Barreled Parable
One of tho nobles was selected to explnin
to tho peasants tho value of united effort,
but he had difficulty in making them under
stand. Finally ho said to an old man who was
acting as spokesman for tho peasants:
"You seo that stone? Bring It to mo."
The man tried to lift it, but failed. The
noble directed nnother man to go to the as
sistance of tho first. The two tugged at tho
stone, but wero unable to move It. A third
peasant, then a fourth, and finally a fifth
was sent to their nid, and by combined effort
tho stone was lifted. Said the noble:
"In union there Is strength" or words to
that effect.
The old peasant, however, was not satis
fied. After a moment he asked the noble:
"Why didn't you help with the stone?"
Freedom from the Turkish yoke was
achieved by the Rumanians at Plevna, where
their troops, although not nearly aa atrong
as the Russian force, were assigned to at
tack the most difficult of the redoubts.
Several years later, when the country gradu
ated from principality to a kingdom, the new
crown was made of steel from Turl 'sh can
non captured at Plevna, There are millions
of Rumanians In Transylvania and Buko
wlna, who have looked forward for years to
a union with the mother country. In this
respect the territorial desires of Rumania
are similar to those that have stirred Italy
and Greece,
"THE MILITARY PARTY"
To the Editor o JSnf(j Ledger!
Sir The Evening Ledc-eh Is famous for Its
fairness, and as a Republican I wish to vigor
ously protest your editorial of May 28 entitled
"Let Practical Men Compel National Prepared?
neM , In .thU artlcIe you Intimate that antl
mUltariim , Is a form of moral decadence. You
speak of "driving aU the theorist and dream"
eLs .'i't0 t 6TOilp?rhere tny n be wuntedV"
as though upholding th highest Ideals were
r,ftl?'n8r,0r WhiLch a " hfid- taw
head In shame. The very fact that we ara
unprepared (In the European sense of the
word) has kept us out of the war thua far
though you may deny It. Had our population
been imbued wth the military spirit which
battleships and large armies engenda? we wSuld
have be?n unable to hold back when the Luti.
tanla was torpedoed. Does any thlnkln m?n
aubjusate Mexico? A large army would LH
precipitated a war with Mexieo long beforo thU.
Po not ample the good old name of iuou
lleanUm with militarism; they do not hSSSn
!? ?Vtr wt ,tarVa new Wrty aSdcaflTb;
Its right name, "the military party" io h
people of this country will not be mlaledT
PhlUd.l.a.T8"8"" BR
SEEKING INFORMATION
To tht tUUer of livening Ledger;
Str About a month ngo there appeared cm
yaw editor al page of the BvMrim & S
artWj entitled, "Fulfill AU PledgiT" t6?
meant that our Legislature that wu abotHo'
adjourn ebould be careful to do oT and tw
,'""" e no aincbing at any want'" I
Laat faU you prtntd the, RnubSLu &L I
form to full adopts j Mitib i
o. ptenit read, aa follows -W, ahi TfJ7
rlwuOa ot a law num,, Lum
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pensions to the mon who enlisted amomr'isl
yenrs from 1801 to 1865, known as the Enc?
coney Volunteers." Now what was done? 'til
iiotifo ot iicpre8enmiives passca the bill tm
unanimously, but the Senate ADnrODriilC
Committee sldetrncked It In their commlitu
having llvo of Its mcmberi.' from our cltj''I
it. Tnis committee also Knew ...o uovtru
wns favorable to fulfilling this pledge,1' he in
mi; mentioned it n snort time ago as cm i
tho 18 pledges. Tho Senators nro tho sole as
tiiM at fault, but they don't seem to an
lias tne cnairman anytning to say in Mil
of his committee why nil the pledges shot
not havo been fulfllleu7 s r
ONE WHO WOULD LIKE TO KNOW.
Philadelphia, Juno 1.
COLLECTING WAR CURIOS
from the Indianapolis News.
Curio dealers from England and from
Continent are reported to bo In the vicinity
battlefields In northern Franco ondeavorlnr
buy trophies of tho war which theyopf,':
time mny uc vaiuauic. iney una, it is t
some difficulty In driving bargains Araati
who have come Into possession of troDhleili
them for high prices or will not sell on L
consideration. It is recalled that efterijj
American Civil War enmo to an end a book
seller In tho Bermudas when the caritott
tho blockade runners In the harbor nt His
ton wero sold nt auction bought a nunjbtylj,
pacKage cases witnout tne least KnowiMrn
their contents'. Among these wero tera
boxes of brass buttons consumed to thi Ca
federate army for use on soldiers' unltej
Somo twenty yenrs later tourists dlscowmi
these old cjonfelernto buttons. A New lis
dealer made a high bid for tho entire iWB
This bid was refused, and these buttons,'.'.-
wmen in mo succecuing years a smau rrww
of a cent was paid, have been selling U
cuius uuu $1 eacn. 4
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A SECRET SHRINE I
There stands on a far peak that towerj
The temple of my soul, a secret shrine
That I havo raised until It reaches sir,
Upon Its altar lighted fame divine.
Borne high above tho world on hallowed fdmk
I built my temple with a magic ml?htlj
I filled It with the songs the angels sln&
xnen cioseu its portals on a mystic lug
M
My temple stands aloft, so fine, so pure,,.
That hevcr may I hope to come agsia'i
To Its high altar tortured, must endure fl
A vision splendid I may not attain.
Hero I must stand remote and raise my t'm
To that far shrlno that never may be ws
My temple, that I built against the sWtw
I see It shining splendid In the sunt il
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