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A World In Pawn
tSjrVtj Europe over pay its war debt? Tho
aw- aggregate debts of tho Powers a yoar
woro about 18 billions of dollars. By
e.nd of this year they will aggregate about
JtHjltllona of dollars. So quickly does a war
YUila sort put tho world In pawn. In fact.
Mould tho conflict contlnua two or throo
ra tho annual Interest on national dobts
aHld amount to nu much as tho debts them-
Jlres amounted to before tho war. And even
Jen tho burden was so great that society
A became Intolerant of It.
Ija. sort of confiscation, Instead of direct
ipudjqtlcn, might bo accomplished by a
lAduatod incomo tax, although many of the
tlonal bonds aro guaranteed against taxes
any Kind. It Is reasonably certain that
principles of democracy will receive a
tj&t Impetus If Germany Is defeated, and
repudiation might not bo unpopular to an
leloctoratc. A yoko may In tlmo becomo too
xdensomo for a pcoplo to carry.
world In pawn! Who will tako It out?
will It remain In pawn for generation
er generation, until debt and evidences of
wealth and poverty, our wholo cco-
JAJ10, syBtom and our civilization havo been
hie.wn Into tho discard?
Tar
Tar. A Foretaste of What May Be
rlME Idea of what would happen if tho
G$calstent bkltlng of business by Gov-
While J. would ccaso can bo obtained by
printing ao iWd tho stock market reports
Intended Blvic
not have torsion of a subordinate court that
In seeing' hd States Steel Corporation Is not
In whlchiv was1 followed by such a boom In
all. Ho j, all corporation securities as has
1 ar"n seen for many a day. Now, If n
tvllf llv5) favorablo to business In a subordf-
house. jrt can Increase the confidence of
tho tendmen to such an extent, what would
yorKl"160' 0f a declslon by tht Supremo
hu)t.'at mcn who aro doing tlielr best to
lhy thvi law are not criminals?
Ycf
Jj Clean Drink or None
xaHEN the liquor men of Pennsylvania
,Y ibunned tho cabaret they took a big step
by third the salvation of their Interests In
tbe' state. But when they declared "that
J se breaches of tho license laws were ro
of tis'ble for tho local option and general
Fohibltion waves," they told a half-truth
:' fi0 crcd,tabl t0 tnclr perspicacity.
Apefe) are a dozen other sinister features of
theTplquor trade which havo raised this fierce
foreTrust, Tho cabaret is only one. If tho
1'rofr who have lnvestetl thclr millions in tho
In nWhouses and distilleries of America want
the jwe their bacon, they must make a cVean
vollejgp of tho adventitious corruDtlono.jrr'thelr
proao J
their
ness.
Jant
there.! The Fniintninn nf linn
An?jhould be the year of years for the
the girl's naBS""0'6, Already tho voice of tho
they stumbte-insatllled;. jye hear fewer Jibes
merest chan0nslty of youth for reforming the
He (.toori't"JB:n graduation orations. The
pulse and-not quite bo satisfied with itself as
beats. Sbefore last August,
t men are not always wise; neither
. aged understand Judgment," said Job.
' ' lr 1 wrote: "Not by years but by dls
A lN- Is wisdom acquired."
Jgbt In euch thoughts alone Is to be found
e'lnfinlte value of the bands of young men
id women who are leaving pleasant uca-
gemto shades for tho Great Commencement.
tjfs, year's sad tala sharpens the perception
bat, It Is not knowledge acquired which lends
So to these youths. We have had It each
ivemonth these many years, and there
tahds battling Europe.
gerhaps It is the fondest of foolish hopes;
Whence Is a new temper toward life to
na If not from youth broadened by learn-
Jfow is freah and more kindly humanity
ing into relstiM being if not through
generation?
who knock at the warring gates to-
tna.y still nurse the venom that has
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MWIiaB4LEt urttVS man Tint whava ! I- tkau
p. (. . -. "! moo (MOfO
Jiy the Arm Contract Cornea ITere
the nemlnjton Arms Company
ted to make a million and a half
sfar Buwi in the shortest possible time
that PhltadJpJila companies had
macjbtntry and the men fitted for
. Tto reputation of the manufac-
jts cootrolled here is world-wide.
metal-working men in other
w more about the capabilities of
than the average Philadelphia
The Eddyutoo plant of the Baldwin
.motive Company, whieh Js to make tbe-
is admirably adapted to the work, and
turn out fuiis with a rapidity and a
a whl-h would maltft JJ4-OwtB
if hr cuuld find in Bi;tan4 stmUar
r
jpa.ldin-i are eald to have other war
which ih? secured beeauae of the
Of their rue t a I-working machinery. The
Mllik hre. cnAnglflaT Iron and ateel
tmi and machine are aa famous as
Their compeUHors are rejnlUar
tMea, M4 with the dvanteTefliae iMaV
SOUIe bf IBM MUM. BlU
tonOan
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ought to understand that a city which has
been chosen as. tho headquarters for some of
the biggest Industries In the nation Is n suit
able homo also for tho smaller Industries.
Our citizens are standing at tho door of
a. wider opportunity that awaits their open
ing1. All that Is necessary Is for them to
havo the Imagination to picture to them
selves tho expansion which Is possible for
them, and tho courago to begin to expand.
They will find the nation eager to buy their
wares, Just as the Baldwins are profiting by
tho reputation of Philadelphia for alertness
and efficiency when big tasks are to bo accomplished.
Mr. Tnft Is on the Kight Track
Mlt. TAFT Is right when ho says that tho
present Is not an Inopportuno tlmo for
considering the prevention, of wnrs. When
penco comes the world will be ready to adopt
somo plan for settling International disputes
more reasonable than by the uso of nit tho
engine-) of destruction which tho wit of man
can devise
Tho rulo of peace must como through tho
rulo of righteousness and Justice. It haB
come In tho American federation of Stntes
through tho agreement of the Stntes to settle
their differences through Judicial channels
Tho United States Supremo Court, which is
tho final arbiter In nil great disagreements
hero, has been tho wonder of tho world.
Students of government have expressed their
ntTmtratlon for It ever slnco It vindicated its
creation moro thnn i century ngo It Is tho
triumph of tho Constitution. Mr Tnft thinks
that nn International Supremo Court, on
which shall sit representatives of a group of
tho great Powers, can do for lntcrnntlonnl
good will and for lntcrnntlonnl law what tho
American court has done for order nnd Jus
tice In a single nation, Ho may bo unduly
optimistic; but ho Is on tho right trnclt.
Every student of tho question Is woll
aware that tho authority of untlonnl courts
rests really upon force of nrmi. There Is
power somowhoro to enforce their decrees.
It Is ovldent that tho decrees of nn Interna
tional court must also get their nuthorlty
from tho International forco behind them.
International peace will be measurably near
when nn Intcmatlonnl army and navy li
called out to enforce tho decree of nn Inter
national Supremo Court ngnlnst tho losing
lltlgnnt in that tribunnl
Dnlcful Borrowed Bathing Suits
EVEBY llttlo while nomo city olllclal goes
clenr out of his way to hunt for trouble.
Just now It's Doctor Zlegler on tho danger
of strange powder puffs He not only tells
the vacation girl to stop using friend Gertie's,
rlco powder when her noso is in danger; but,
onco and for nil, ho puts tho ban on tho bor
rowed bathing suit
The motive li all right, but when will these
philanthropic public servants lenrn that hu
man naturo Is human nature? Gcrtlo nnd
Amlo are going to trade clothes nnd cosmet
ics to their dying day; nnd It's quito posslblo
that tho next world will hear remarks such
ns, "Lend mo tho loan of your halo-pol-Islier,
Emily."
When good Doctor Zleglrr. says that a
shiny nose is better than lumbago, appendi
citis or any of the other myrlnd consequences
of borrowed powder puffs, he simply displays
his nbysmnl Ignoranco of tho eternnl femi
nine. What Draws Us IlacU Home?
ABAL.TIMOBE boy, who ran nway to
work on a Montana ranch, got ns far ns
Chicago when ho saw a strawberry short
cako In tho window of a restaurant It re
minded him of home. Ho spent his Inst dime
for a pleco of what ho thought was tho
delectable, confection such as his mother used
to make. Instead, It was tho sham short
enko of commerce, and his disappointment
was so grent that he went to tho police nnd
asked to bo sent back to Baltimore, where
thero was real shortcake and a real homo for
a wandering boy
Ho was no different from tho rest of us.
Tho real home means comfort and satisfac
tion. Sometimes the satisfaction appears in
tho form of n Juicy beefsteak, brown and
crisp on tho outside and pink on tho Inside,
served hot from tho broiler. Sometimes tho
comfort consists In a kind word spoken nt
the end of a bard day, and a smooth and
soft hand resting on tho shoulder or the
brow, with a friendliness that there is no
mistaking.
The home is tho product of tho woman In
it. No landscape or portrait produced by
smearing colors on a pleco of canvas, no ar
rangement of words In that peculiar nnd
fascinating mosaic which wo call literature;
no production of moaulated and harmonious
sounds known as music, can compare with
the creation of a real home. The task is
worthy the best endeavors of every woman
to whom the opportunity offers itself.
The Baltimore boy's shortcake was but a
typo and Bymbol of what home meant to
him. It was not merely a combination of
flour and shortening, cream and berries. It
was tho spirit that had combined them for
his delight, had placed them before him on
the table and watched him with pleasure as
he indicated his approval of the efforts to
please him. It drew the boy back again.
The same ministering of comfort will hold
the husband and keep him from wandering,
and make home to him the dlvlnest place on
earth, combining as a famous Scotchman re
marked, "the pathos and sublime of life."
Steel now goes back to the old spelling.
Blxteen to one that Borglum's mask
Bryan Is a speaking likeness!
of
There are evils to war against much more
threatening than champagne sauce.
Sir Joseph Porter Daniels Is going tq In
vestigate "the pass-examination at the Instl
toot." '
As a. token ot King George's Both birthday,
ItuBsia thoughtlessly made a present of
Przemysl to Germany.
We do not know In what language Ger
many's notee are written, but President
Wilson uses plain United States,
Cleveland will dlseover, as It entertains
Mayor Blankenburg, that Philadelphia knew
what It was about when It eleeted him.
That Fox Chase farmer who oareseed his
bosses asd cows with a baseball hat and had
to Vf U far It. wilt he max tender here.
aftev.
While Germany apologizes for the sinking
of the Bldrtdge. she cautiously "coopers the
deal" by siokin another Norse boat, the
Cubsno,
A naturaj laek of harmony is enough to
account far the defeat e the sJatwMM Jnnef
Vaesoereher at the BraektyB igWrft
The chorus include W OmaeM, Tl WUt
THE DOCTORS MAYO,
COUNTRY SURGEONS
Together They Have Done Some of
the Great Work of the World in a
Franciscan Sisters' Hospital in
Minnesota.
By RAYMOND 0. FULLER
"T71AME went seeking tho Mayo brothers and
X found them In tho little Minnesota town
whero thoy have lived since boyhood. Tho
Mayo brothers havo never sought fame, but
only success. They havo won success because
success Is very much like doing faithful work
and good. They have been visited with
world-wide fnmo becauso good and faithful
work will out, despite any nmount of mod
esty. Their work, ns tho Bev. Dr. Hlllls has re
marked, has made Minnesota "tho State In
which tho Mnyos live" Tho railroad, having
taken cognl7anco of tho somo fact nnd hav
ing noted tho extrnordlnary number of pas
sengers bound year In and year out for the
country town In which St Mary's Hospital Is
located, runs extra Pullmans back and forth
between Chicago nnd Itochestcr. A well
benten path, albeit a railroad, has been worn
to tho door of tho Mnyos.
The Aphorism of tho Mousetrap
Abovo tho desk of Dr. Wllllnm Mayo hnngs
a card bearing In lllumlnnted print nn ap
propriate quotation from Emerson. It Is tho
gift of a former patient nnd reads as fol
lows: "Havo something that tho world
wants nnd though you dwell In tho midst of
tho forest It will mnke a pathway to your
door." The aphorism of tho mousetrap,
which has been variously and controversially
ascribed to Emerson, Elbert Hubbard nnd
others, mny havo been derived from this pas
sage, but at any rate It was In tho mind of
tho distinguished Professor I'ozzl, of tho
French Academy of Medicine, when ho
wrote. In English, nfter a visit to nochestcr;
"On tho wall In Wllllnm Mnyo'a office hnngs
one of those many-colored mottoes tlint
usually reproduco Scripture texts and nro so
dear to the Anglo-Saxons. It bears n quota
tion from Emerson, which, ns I remember It,
runs, 'If a man can preach tho best sermon,
write tho best history, or construct tho best
mousetrap, ho enn go and live In the woodt
nnd tho throng of visitors will wear n pnth
to his door.' A path first, nnd then a high
way, havo thus been worn to the door of
tho Mayo brothers. I counsel my French
colleagues to make, In their turn, surgical
pilgrimage."
Itochestcr Is a mccca for wealthy nnd poor
who suffer from tho afflictions to which tho
flesh t heir, nnd n plnco of pilgrimage for
tho phystclnns and surgeons not only of this
country, but of Europe nnd tho Orient and
South America Great doctors travel to
Hochcstor to undergo serious operations
Grent doctors travel to Bochoster to obscrvo
tho methods of tho Mayo brothers nnd their
staff of specialists The 200 beds of tho hos
pital nro kept constantly full, and ns patients
nro moved out to convnlescent hotels Just as
Boon ns their condition will nllow It, nn aver
ngo of about 15 serious operations a day nro
performed At the downtown offices In tho
courso of a year 23,000 persons npply for
treatment. Physicians and surgeons from
tho United Stntes nnd foreign countries visit
tho hospital In such numbers that a club Is
maintained for them, nnd a building espe
cially adapted for their nccommodatlon has
recently been erected. Tho number of these
professional visitors reaches 3000 In n year.
Thero arc also In regular attendance at
Bochcstor many scientists from universities
nil over tho world who havo gono there to
do research work. Only tho other day tho
announcement wns made that through tho
generosity of tho Mayo brothers tho Univer
sity of Minnesota Is to establish a part of
Its graduate medical work at Bochcstor for
a tilal period of six years.
Why Is It that tho Mayo brothers have
sometimes been called "the two greatest
American surgeons" and Bochcstor "the
greatest surglcnl centre of tho United
Stntes"? Few discoveries of new methods of
treatment or of surgical cures for malignant
diseases emanate from St. Mary's. Profes
sional visitors do not expect to learn princi
ples from their observation of the Mayo
brothers What they do find to study nnd
ndmlro Is a magnificent hospital organization
nnd a faultless surgical technique They find
the discoveries and methods of every great
surgeon applied nt St. Mary's with ultimate
sureness and accuracy. And so tho Mayo
brothers and St. Mary's Hospital and Roches
ter aro famous.
After the Cyclono
"It Is not something different from tho
surgery of today generally that Is being nc
compllshed at St. Mary's Hospital," says a
man eminent in the medical profession. "It
Is only our present-day surgery, dono with
such care and attention to detail, with such
nicety of precision ns regards the observance
of aseptic precautions, and such skilful tech
nique that tho best possible results aro being
obtained. It Is not what Is being done that
Is different, but It Is the method of tho doing
that has been refined to the last degree."
They are young men yet. Dr. William Is
54; Dr. Charles, BO. Their father, W. W.
Mayo, who died not long ago after passing
his four Bcoro yeara and ten, was a country
doctor In Bochester when In 1891 a cyclone
struck the village. Two score people were
killed and many were Injured. In caring for
the Injured Doctor Mayo and a number of
Franciscan Sisters co-operated. Tho next
year the Sisterhood founded a hospital In
Booties ter. and Doctor Mayo was asked to
take charge ot (t. He accepted. The two
Mayo boys came back, William on gradua
tion from the medical department of the Uni
versity of Michigan, and Charles with a de.
gree from the Chicago Medical College (now
part of Northwestern University), to take up
the life of country doctors and assist their
father at the hospital.
The three had no thought of making St.
Mary'fl famous, but only of doln.g their work
in the very best way possible. The "boys"
took turns visiting clinics In the country
and abroad to acquire knowledge of all new
methods. Now they keep up with the times l
by sending members of their staff on similar i
errands, and sometimes going themselves. Of
course, they have made discoveries, they
have Improved on methods. And perhaps it
is Incorrect to say that principles are not to
be learned at Rochester. For at least one
great principle Is there exemplified the prin
ciple of thoroughness. It Is displayed In the
acquisition, the organisation and the appli
cation of modern knowledge In medicine and
surgery. It reveals Itself in superlative effi
ciency. THIS FJJWT TJUWG TO DO
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IN BEHALF OF JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES
He Isn't a Horrible Example, After All ; At Least, Not to Mrs.
Jack Though He's the Butt of Efficiency Experts,
His Lot Is a Happy One
By WALTER PRICHARD EATON
THE Jack-of-all-trades has always been
tho butt of tho moralists and proverb
makers nowadays we should say of tho effi
ciency experts, slnco efficiency seems to bo
tho new morality The Jnck-of-nll-tradcs Is
supposed to bo master of none, and to fur
nish a horrible examplo for all aspiring youth
who feel the Itch to do nbout 75 different and
equally fascinating things. But there nro
two people whoso Ideas on tho subject might
bo someuliat different tho Jnck-of-all-tradcs
himself nnd his wife.
Let us take up the latter first. Consider
the advantages, from her point of view, of
being married to a man who enn tend tho
furnace, Install now batteries in tho doorbell,
put on tho double doors, mend tho screen
doors, hang tho pictures, relny tho stair
carpet, raise all tho family vegetables In th
back lot, repair tho clock, thaw out tho
plumbing, mend tho wringer, help John with
his algebra, teach Suo to spell, gluo tho
broken round Into tho dining room chair, fix
tho sitting room tabic, hook her up beforo
tho dance, put new hinges on tho front gate,
weed tho pansy bed, make a cement spill
way for tho bnso of tho water spout, con
struct n bird bath, suggest a program for tho
Thursday Morning Club, mnko llttlo William
n bow and arrows and a willow whistle and
n box for tho new pigeons, raise hens, gluo
tho head on Sue's doll, mnko a baby house
out of nn old "commode," rig up a stand for
tho gcrnnlums In tho window, nnd so on and
so forth, Including the driving, cleaning and
general caro of the automobllo.
A Great Comfort Is Jnck
Tho Jnck-of-all-tradcs doesn't earn as
much as other men Ho doesn't have tot
Think of nil the money ho saves his wlfo in
household expenses, to say nothing of tele
phone tolls nnd tho nnnoynnco of waiting
for tho men to come' A Jnck-of-all-tradcs
must bo a great comfort 'round tho house.
But tho person who Is most unconsidered j
In all this moralizing over tho Jack-of-all-trades
13 that person himself. Has It ever
occurred to anybody that ho may bo quite
satisfied with his lot, and Is getting some
thing out of It that tho moralists nover
dream' Nevertheless, he Is. You nnd I, who
if we enn sell bonds couldn't mend a clock
to havo our souls, or If wo can argue a caso
In court couldn't grow sweet peas with 16
Inch stems If our lives depended an it, or if
wo can keep books couldn't build a book
case, may bo extraordinarily proficient each
In his line, but we havo n very limited com
mand over tho whole of our environment,
and If we. are scornful of tho Jack-of-all-trades,
way down deep In our hearts, per
haps, that Is rather duo to a snenklng envy
of his superior attainments. At any rate, he.
Jack himself. Is serene In his creative Joy.
Ho Is master of his environment. He Is
nrtlst in any medium, from mahogany to
manure. He Is not the helpless slave of a
gardener, a carpenter, a plumber; he Is gar
dener, carpenter, plumber.,
"Do ono thing well," says tho efficiency
expert.
"Rats!" says Jack-of-all-trades. "Do a
dozen things well! Why stop with one? Is
my garden any less successful than my
neighbor's, which he has to hire tilled? Isn't
the edging of the cement walk a good bit
neater than the work which is done by the
village mason? And you ought to see the
cedar cheat I built for my wife!"
"But meanwhile what becomes of your
business?" asks the efficiency expert tri
umphantly. Jack Explains Himself
"I might Bay, that Is none of yours," re
plies Jack, "but I won't. It la getting on
very nicely, thank you. And right here I'll
tell you something which perhaps you never
guessed. When I come home from my busi
ness I forget It. I bury that side of me. I
bring out a new side. I become an artist In
cauliflowers, or I go to my work bench and
create things w(th wood and nails and var
nish. I don't doMhtg because It is 'efficient'
(a horrid word, nearly as bad as 'duty'), but
because I like to. I like to feel that I'm not
a poor, helpless, one-sided ribbon clerk or
ticker-tape worm, but a man with hands
and feet and brains wtja could nave done
what Robinson Crusoe did Ab a matter of
fact, when I go back to my particular bread
wlnnlng Job Monday morning, however, I
And I'm rather more 'efflehwit' than some
who've been worrying over It all Saturday
and Sunday Still, that bos nothing really
to do with the ease.'
I ksow a very wise and famous medical
satMfaJtet, who is. oertolnly ttfofcliy Woe-
m U. m But if you t up mo the
UXtX
THE STARTN LIFERS HANDIUU-.
up with tool benches, metnl lathes, and every
appliance of a machine and carpenter's shop
Hero ho spends ninny hours of his time, for
getting his patients, nnd manufacturing
stenmbonta 3 feet long both hull and engine,
furniture, rlflo sights and a hundred other
things. If ho wnsn't n doctor he would be a
machinist. If he weren't a machinist, he
would bo a carpenter. If ho weren't a car
penter, ho would bo something else, from a
stonemason to a big game guide. The rea
son he Is such a good doctor Is because ho
has tho capacity to bo something else, be
causo his commnnd over his environment In
other lines gives him Increased command
over his specialty.
Tho old-fashluncd Jnck-of-all-tradcs, who
made his living first by ono nnd then by an
other, may have been a rolling stono who
gathered no moss (thero Is something to be
said for tho rolling stone, too think how
much moro of tho world It sees, and tho
polish It gets!); but even ho usually had a
charm of character nnd a delightful resource
fulness. And ho was fnther to the modern
Jnck, who is tho better in his specialty bo
causo he rides ho many other hobbies well
or shall wo say that ho rides so many other
hobbles well because ho la a broader, bigger
man thnn his fellows? At any rate, this
much Is certain he has a much better time,
ho gets moro out of life!
SAN MARINO CASTS THE DIE
Thirty-eight Square Miles of a Fourth Cen
tury Republic Added to War Zone
SEBVIA, Austria-Hungary, Bussla, Ger
many, France, Luxemburg, Belgium
England, Montenegro, Japan, Itnly, and now
this crowning entry In tho National All
Comers should bo printed In great primer
SAN MARINO. Thursday tho smallest re
public in tho world, tho oldest State in Eu-
rope, and tho most contented land In clvill-
7atlon, Joined In tho International outdoor
sport of casting tho die for war.
Some people may think the matter of small
Import; hut historians will set immense store
by the net. because It Is technically impos
sible. San Marino hus never been at pcaco
with Austria; how can It now declare war?
In 1870, when the dual war of Italy and San
Marino against Austria was patched up, the
violent little republic absolutely refused to
sign tho treaty of peace. It showed Its mar
tial temper clearly enough on January 8.
when It refused to receive the commissioners
that Germany proposed sending to Inspect
Its wireless stations and see why they were
not strictly neutral.
Tho material effect of San Marino's en
trance into the war on the side of the Allies
must, of course, be discounted, however the
morale of tho late occupants of Przemysl
may be bolstered up by the news. For. in
spite of conscription from the ages of 16 to
CO, the army of San Marino numbers only
950 men and 38 officers. According to somo
authorities, this means one officer to every
square mile of territory. Others, however,
put down 30 square miles as the area. In
estimating so small a space with such cum
bersome units of measure, mistakes are nat
ural. At any rate. San Marino puts Luxemburg
to scorn. The Duchy has 998 sntmr. m,J
and offered no resistance to German ad-'
vance. San Marino's U.4S9 people (counted,
,L the Way' on th0 Iast day ot December.
1906). are up in arms to a man. Much more
densely populated than Andorra In the Py
renees, where 6332 people are spread over 125
square miles of land. San Marino has given
a prompt and decisive answer. Germany
hasn't yet dared to advance.
What does the future hold for this land.
a " a PIpUous cliff of the ApennlnesTlf
Austrla-Hungary takes a day off to conquer
It. the proud Independence of 1600 years goes
under. If the army of San Marino captures
Vienna the corruptions of that "Paris of the
?t,Vl, maf !6aVe the Blmpla "Win" of
this historic land blighted.
Demoeratlc and paternal. Individualistic
and yet tinged with Soelallsm. th Govern,
ment of San Marino has brought peaee and
harmony to Its citizens. There we flnd no
chance for autocracy. Not one President,
but two. Not two terms, but a single one of
only two months, with two years between
Offloeholdlng. As for the Socialism, the Gov
ernment employs two doctors who supply
free medical service to all citizens. The
Presidents-or regents, as th6y are salled
exeroise a monopoly In salt The RanuMio
ha Its own stamps a,d ootu. u wells
we ixUfcemM. yiaaiiy. tt. tZa JT,
nlshedto tho Incumbents by tho State. If
they Jon't happen to fit well, that Is the
fault of tho electors.
If tho curbstone cabinet Is nt all Inclined
to underestimate tho Importance of all this,
tho vital meaning to the Teutons In the re
discovery of this enemy of forty years'
standing, lot It remember that San Marino
is Just about tho size of tho 35th Ward of
Philadelphia. Napoleon respected Its Integ
rity n hundred years back. Italy did not try
to nbfirli It In the unification of 1860. Look
out, there, Franz Josophl K. M.
THE GERMAN TOUCH
Poultney Blgelow, In tho New York Timet,
quotes n letter which ho hns received from
"the man who, moro than any other. Insured
the success of America at tho last Olympic
gntherlng of athletes In Stockholm He Is uni
versally respected as n captain of Industry;
nn enthusiastic patron of amateur sport, and
a mnn of wide travel and sound Judgment."
The letter refers to Incidents at Stockholm:
"Germany wns represented by nn exceedingly
strong, able nnd very delightful set of men, all
highly educated All thrco could speak with
equal fluency In the ofllclal languages of" the
congress, nnmcl, English, French nnd Ger
man, and 5 on would pick out that delegation
prima facie ns tho one wielding tho greatest
Influence In the convention. Yet, through some
lack of tact or delicacy of touch, they could
do nothing with the convention. When they
presented some amendment to our rules, using
ns their sole argument that tho Kaiser or
Prince Max wanted It, ono did not wonder that
It was voted down. As they had on their list
a number of propositions, somo of which we
In tho United States weio In favor of, I sug
Kestcd to them that, as they had a great many
things to look out for, It would perhaps save
time If they would let the United States take
chargo of at least part of them. At first the
suRgestlon was received with surprise almost
as nn insult; but after a llttlo further expe.
rlcncc with tho temper of the congress they
agreed to turn them over to us, and we had
them rushed through the congress as non
contentious matters. Our good services were
recognized, and after the congress adjourned
the German delegates gave me a dinner In
acknowledgment of my services.
"I tell sou all this to make this point. That,
with all their ability and many good points,
the German delegates never onco sensed the
reason why they themselves could not carry
things thiough the congress. They antag
onized people, not knowing that they were an.
tagonlzlng them, precisely ns they aro dolnr
now In the United Stntes."
SOME NOTABLE ARCHERY
In the days when tho buffalo was found In
vast herds on the Western plains there wert
Indians who, while riding at a gallop, could
tend an arrow through a buffalo's body. Its
murkable ns tlilw archery was, it did not equal
that reached by tho archers of ancient times.
It Is of tecord that tho MacRaes, of Galrlock,
Scotland, were such skilled archers that they
could hit n man at the distance of BOO yards.
In 1791 tho Turkish Ambassador at London
shot an arrow In a field near that capital tu
yards against the wind. The secretary of the
Ambassador, on hearing the expressions of iur
prlso from the English gentlemen present, said
the Sultan had shot 500 yards. This was th
greatest performance of modern days, but a
pillar standing on a plain near Constantinople
recorded shots rnnglng up to 800 yards. Sir
Robert A'nslle, British Ambassador to the Sub
lime Porte, records that In 1797 he was present
when the Sultan shot an nrrow 972 yards.
HUMAN EFFICIENCY AT PANAMA
General (loethala, In Bcrlbner'a.
That contentment leads to efficiency wdi
fully recognized at tho beginning of the enter
prise, and had resulted In the adoption of a
broad, generous and what seemed to me a very
wise policy In regard to the force.
OLD CAMPMEETIN' SINGIN'
I.
We don't have stylish muslo hare, to heaven's
high gates a-rlngln',
But high an' low the Joy we know of old csrsp-
meetln' elnsln.
It has more music than the bells you'll hear In
many a steeple
An' when It soars to Zion'a shores it elevates
the peoplel '
II.
Sweet hymns of hope to souls that grope wber
shadows dark are drlftln', "
While light shines down from Zton Town a
all the clouds are llftln.
We sing the shore that lies before, to which the
lights are leadln'.
The Promised Land of shlnln' strand, the fairer
fields of Eden.
III.
We sing the fine, old-fashioned hymns to tune
ful numbjrs given
The ones the angels of the iky must love te
hear In Heaven;
The hymns our mothers used to slnr. that tell
the old. aweet story,
That bring the comfort of the Cross and llrop
the Land of Glory,
It's then you see the brethren rise from Life
surroundings dreary
To read their titles In the skies where rest U
for the weary;
They sing with voice an' heart an' hand, set
free from all replnln',
On Jordan's stormy banks they stand, but M
the lights) a-shlnln'l
An comas a oheerln' word from far, Lore't
message to deliver,
Of where the many mansions are. beyond t
last deep river;
An' on their souls It's then it seems the greater
bleuln's fallln',
They see the bright, eelestial stream where
Home an' Heaven are sallln'.
VI.
An' when our time bos coma to tro wb
earthly tlaa m uvu
With all the friend we're levin" so, 'twon't M
good-by foreva!
For we'll wave bands from brighter itsuMi'
they'll kaar tha tuimhll rtnuln'
An' there we'll welcome tkan at last wits f
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