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ritlLADELrillA, TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1918,
ilore die it) eattna too much than too Uttle.
The icorld has little patience with the
Impatient man.
Steps Toward Naval Preparedness
PBEPAItEDNESS took a leap forward to
day. And In what la undoubtedly the
most Important division of tho branch of
tho scrvlco ltsolf of most usefulness to tho
United States tho submarlno division of
tho navy. Tho news columns of tho morn
ing carried thrco stories of work on foot to
mako our navy commensurate In strength
and rango with tho nation It must defend.
One Item Is a record of accomplishment,
the perfection of a disappearing rltlo for use
on submarines. In view of tho consider
able activities of German submerslbles abovo
tho surface, Ihe pursuit and shelling of
vessels attempting to cscapo, tho success of
tho navy's gun factory In working out a
light, disappearing threo-lnch rifle, which
will hereafter bo installed on all submarines,
Is highly important.
Secretary Daniels announces that two
great shipbuilding plants, ono In Newport
News, tho other In Camden, aro preparing
for the manufacture of submarines and havo
asked for an extension of dato on bids for
new vessels. Tho enlistments of two such
great plants should mean tho rapid manu
facture of more and better submarines than
the halting little fleet at present In com
mission. Probably most Important of all, If plans
do not go wrong, Is the announcement of a.
new bureau of Invention and development.
With Thomas A. Edition as a civilian ad
viser at the head of a group of native in
ventors who wil give the navy tho benefit
of their large practical knowledge. Secre
tary Daniels has taken tmmedlnte steps to
utilize the largo body of nebulous but valu
able suggestion from ofllccrs of tho navy
and interested citizens. Tho bureau's first
duty will bo the perfecting of the submarine
beyond any present standards. If tho Gov
ernment is ablo to supply the new bureau
with the necessary experiment station, It
should do a tremendous amount to end that
sorry spectacle of foreign. countries rushing
far ahead whero America has shown tho
way.
Seeking a Catholic Forum for SufTrngc
WOMAN suffrage Is not a religious ques
tion; there can be no moro cleavago by
creed than by party. It Js a human question
of human rights.
The formation and work of tho Catholic
Suffrago Leaguo assuro this. There ore
suffragists and antis In every parish and
every congregation; It is only a matter of
eeekinff them out. Tho new leaguo can do
fine work for suffrage on these lines within
the spacious fabric of the Catholic Church.
The power the league may exert Is con
rlderable. At present It is engaged in gain
ing permission to address meetings of the
various church societies. If It succeeds. It
will have opened a forum to suffrage that is
broad in numbers and earnest in convic
tions. A good move for tho community as
well as for the women's cause,
A Trustee of the People Speaks
WESTWARD the course of academic free,
dom takes Its way. Just now It's the
University of Wisconsin that Is worrying
over Its professors and their right to manage
their university and ipstruct Its students In
the way that seems wisest to them. The
Governor wants a central State board ot
education to supervise tho supervision that
already exists, and friends of the Wlscon
sin's exceptional president, a R. Van Illse,
see in the proposal an attempt to curb the
work that that gentleman and his teaching
staff have done for the good of the State, as
well as of tho students.
Governor Brumbaugh is somewhat of that
opinion, too, in the letter he has written
Wisconsin's Governor; and- though both It
and the rejoinder of the Western offlsUl
forebear to mention matters acadsmto In the
neighborhood of West fchlladalphta, the im.
presston one carries away la that a certain
gentleman In. Harriaburg, bo Is also a
trustee of the University of Pennsylvania,
would Just as soon let the publlo know where
he stands on a similar matter, recently
broached quite near home.
Sharing the Profit of the Trolleys
PROFIT-SHARING Is to have a trial on
the street railways of WilkM-Barre. As
Wdlng to the decision of the arbitration
larl, wages will not only bs slightly In,
9rUH& but a further increase will -
operative in 191 and 1817 If the pawwgaJ
' uunng uu nss above that of 1U.
Profit-sharing has sot been Invoked In thl
easa for the purpose of MtabUatUog Justice.'
ft is purely opportunist. Tba board not only
. . !"r vtotofi M rovemw.
U as Indus! wlu i..
4i tTZZZl-, luU 7-" ."J" t
wvu rpnmw wu wurone. will tEii
ft advantage sf'aatploj, eafl Haly4 in
tm tomwtittj i MrtJ way, u is sure
ls Srt-brlutT to lUp toward fer
tHl future OMgivipiamt and Mvig
tt irlant will b watched with J.
twi wbn j&utBy & feme, aad actual
vlwrtfct'u.i w, ef , tha Uy real twt of
. wrty rwttfri pen
n
EVENTNG
y
of disagreement from In wage pr hour to the
share assigned the workers' Further, Jt la,
of course, probable that years will coma
whon there will be no Increase, even years of
loss. What will be the temper of the men In
tho former case, and what tho temper of the
company In tho latter? If tho union becomes
a partner In Industry, leaving tho public out
Bide, will It be expected or prepared to share
losses as well as profits?
The Mexican Whirligig
JS TUB occupation of Mexico pity by Car
rania a bid for America's recognition of
tho "first chief"?
Ono thing Is certain, tho pronouncement
of President Wilson on tho Impossibility of
further annrchy In Mexico seemed to breathe
life Into tho Carrahza campaign After that
word, Gonzales started for Mexico City, and
he got there.
But Moxlco City has been occupied before.
Tho star of Carranza, the star of Villa and
the various lesser luminaries of tho Mexican
armies havo been In the ascendant on many
previous occasions'. It seems to be a matter
of waiting and wondering whether any one
of them will attain much more permanence
than a shooting star.
Kvcn on tho qulto as important question
of where tho Interests of tho Mexican people
themselves aro to bo found, there Is Just as
much confusion. Villa started his campaign
on tho plea that Carranza refused to carry
out a program of land reform, the "first
chief" Is enlisting tho new labor unions of
Mexico on his sldo as a friend rf the working
clAsscs Ono day It la Carranza who Is ac
cused of keeping his nrmy going by tho
largess of English and American oil Inter
ests; the next It Is Villa; while Znpata la
variously reputed to be standing blindly nnd
In many ways short-slghteelly for tho land,
less peon, and to bo "for his own pocket" all
tho time.
In military and political aspects Mexico la
confusion worso confounded. Difficulties of
Intervention nsldo, an effective and Just de
cision on tho whole situation south of tho
Bio Grando Is a problem such as fow Presl
dents havo had to solve.
Get the Convention First
I
to bring tho Republican National Conven
tion hero next summer do not depend upon
the Industry or hospitality of Councils. If a
prospective guest In ordinary llfo received
an invitation of no mora cordiality than that
extracted from tho lenders of Councils to
the Republicans of tho nation ho would not
make many visits. But tho Chamber of
Commerco has taken tho lnltlatlvo in Invit
ing tho Republicans to conveno here. It Is
sulllclcnt for tho present that this body ex
tends the hospitality of tho city nnd guaran
tees a convention hall and whatever funds
are necessary to flnanco tho convention. It
Is not necessary to havo tho consent of
Councils to construct tho convention hall be
fore inviting tho convention. Get tho con
vention first. Tho hall must and will follow.
Not oven Councils woufd daro thwart the
wishes of Philadelphia's business men by
delaying action If the Republicans choose
this as their convention city. Progressive
Philadelphia Is back of the chamber.
Amphibious Childhood
THE "old swlmmln' hole" where the boys
of our youth learned to swim "doggy
fashion" is no more at the disposal of tho
city boy. But behold what he has gained 1
In Its place he has everything that a pro
gressive Recreation Board, although handi
capped by lack of funds, can dev-Jsc. Today
thcro is not a boy or girl, nor a man or
woman, who cannot taste tho pleasures and
benefits of swimming taught by competent
experts In tho pools or bathhouses of the
city.
Best of all, tho girls aro not neglected.
Indeed, it Is astonishing to seo so many of
these young maidens, not yet out of tho
grammar school, actually enjoying Marathon
wlms.
Knowing how to swim Is primarily n pro
tection from drowning. But in tho physical
enjoyment and increased health It provides It
is worth moro than any addition made to the
curricula of our publlo schools and colleges
In the last decade. The University of Penn
sylvania secured a Into though commendable
start whon it decreed that every student
must bo ablo to swim a required distance
before receiving a diploma. Thero will bo ft
lot of exemptions from this course when the
present crop of schoolboys become freshmen.
Our War Chest of Food
IP ANY foreign Power wants to put a food
blockade on Pennsylvania, this is the time
to do It. Tho eggs nre already mustered in.
The hens havo done their April duty, nnd
17,000,000 dozen more eggs throng the cold
storage vaults than In March. Butter has
Jumped H.OOO.OOO pounds, and fish 1,400,000.
But while beef has declined and other meats
only hold their own, the squab supply Is
down to the alarming figure of 48 pounds.
The averngo nnd uUlmate consumer might
think that 18,800,169 dozen eggs Is a lot. Vet
how long would they last If Pennsylvania's '
seven million nnd a half of cooks and gour
mands set out to live on them in a period of
war? Few of us realize how close to the
wind a modern nation still sails In the
matter of food supply.
Neutral is as neutral does. In politics as
well as war. '
Prophesying the war's end In October, 19H,
Is considered optimism oyer In England.
By a bit of cosmic Irony, the inventor of
the German military gas goes by the name
of X,uther.
The eeml-waekly capture of Mexico City
has come oft without more than the neces
sary minimum of murder.
The ease of the men who stole a taxloab
Is only another demonstration of the well
known habits of the worm.
Jt looks as If the Southern States would
Mulsh the Dixie Highway In plenty of time
far tbj Wlfljjf exodus to warmer lands.
T?tia Austrian are losing "whole army
mtfm" onee W, Bvldsntjy the Patrograd
jwesa bureau has $4e a quiok rsoayery.
JtoU a million -passwffera jw aBd Mt a
a... .j.i. .... . ' """ nu
iT w t yaar h a reaora that ths
Pennsylvania Railroad can afford to adver
tise.' If Ow Blaukeeburg Administration had a
few vfars more to run. It coma pay for Oia
trawlt plan out of u,e awwy t nVM the
Hy-
Hjf fcfca Urns wa et through making muni
tions fair ths 2rjrpMM we sbaji Uv a good
& IfMkMw hew witt omm tar
LED&EB - PHILAPELPHIA. TUESDAY, JULY IS,, 1015.
A BUGOLOGIST BEATS
THE MAN WITH A BUG
Nebraska's Greatest Citizen Is Not
Bryari, But ah Bntotnogolist, Who
Added $100,000,000 a Year to the
Crops by Fighting Insects.
.1 ii ii
By JOHN LUM
THE first citizen of Nebraska Is not a poli
tician with a bug but a man of science
who knows all about bugs.
Ths committee appointed by Governor
Morehead to select the most distinguished
Nebraskan to--be hon
ored at the Panama
Paclflo Fair, rejected
tho claim of William
Jennings Bryan and
chose, instead, Prof.
Lawrence Brunei head
of the department of
entomology In the
State University.
Mr. Bryan's admirers
may seek consolation
by assuring themselves
that tho extinguished
commoner Is a citizen
of the world and thnt
no single State can
LAwnENeE nm ne
claim him But that
still leaves Lawrence
Bruner at the top of tho list of Ncbrasknns.
And Bruner, after ull, j0 not n Nebraskan,
but a Pcnnsylvanlnn Ho was born on
Match 2, 1866, at Catasaqua, Lehigh County,
only GO miles north of Philadelphia. His
father was Uriah Bruner nnd his mother
was Amelia Bropst. He, therefore, Inherited
tho sturdy qualities of the raco which has
dono much for this great Commonwealth, and
carried them with him to. the West when his
parents migrated In his youth. Ho was edu
cated at tho University of Nebraska, receiv
ing tho degrco of bachelor of sclenco in 1880,
when he was 24 years old, and Immediately
began that pursuit of bugs which has led
him to his present high place In tho esteem
of his fellow citizens.
Vanquisher of tho Chinch Bug
Ho was at first an naslstant In the United
St'tos Entomological Commission. In 188$
ho boenmo field agent for the United States
Department of Agriculture, and v. as at
tached to tho University of Nebraska. Ho
became Instructor in entomology In tho unl
vorslty In 1890, and was promoted to a full
professorship and the head of his department
In 1895, nnd has been Stato Entomologist
since thnt date.
When tho chinch bug was destroying the
wheat crop In Nobraska young Bruner dis
covered a parasite, harmless to the wheat,
but deadly to the devouring bug. Ho tamed
it, nnd let It loose to multiply In tho fields.
What was tho result? Tho wheat crop of tho
State, which was 17,450,000 bushels in 18S,
fell to 8.C0O.0OO bushels In 1894 through tho
ravages of tho bug.
In 1896 It rose to 19,400,000 bushels.
In 1906 It was r.2,288,000 bushols.
And in 1914 It was 71,000,000 bushels.
They may say thnt republics aro ungrate
ful If they choose.
But Nebraska farmers, nnd all Nebraskans
dependent on tho prosperity of the farmers,
are grateful They know who has mada
wheat-raising possible.
Bruner has saved the crops of tho State on
several other occasions when thoy havo been
threatened by Insects. Tho despised bug
ologlst who used to bo seen wandering over
tho fields with a net chasing butterflies has
proved that bug study Is of greater Impor
tance to n Commonwealth than the construc
tion of rhetorical periods
The effect of this entomologist's work is
shown In tho development of Nebraska as an
agricultural State. Of course ho has not
dono It all, but his sharo In tho work has
been greater than that of any other man.
Slnco 1S90 tho vnluo of the farm products
has Increased fourfold, while the numher of
acres of Improved land has Increased only a
little moro than twice. Tho exact figures
show that 25 years ngo $102,000,000 worth of
stuff was produced on 6,300,000 acres. In 1900
tho number of acres of Improved land had
grown to 11,470,000 and tho value of the farm
produpts had risen to $486,000,000. But In
1910, tho dato of tho last census, the farm
products were worth $1,614,000,000, while tho
acreago cultivated had Increased only to
14.200,000.
Tho addition of moro than $100,009,000 a
year every year for ten years to the value of
Nebraska's agricultural products proves be
yond the faintest shadow of a shade of doubt
that It pays to study bugs.
Ho Stayed tho Plague of Locusts
Professor Bruner's fame is not local. Ar
gentina was being devoured by a pest of
locusts In 1897 nnd 1898. The Government of
that country had heard of tho Nebraska bug
hunter, and cabled to him to come and save
tho wheat, Ho wont nnd conquered tho
locusts as he had vanquished tho chinch bug
of tho Nebraska farmers. Ho has told all
about the locusts of Argentina and Paraguay
and Peru In books that he has written, and
has also put Into books somo of the few
things that ho knows about Insects In gen
eral. He is the author of an Introduction to
the study of agriculture, as well aa an Intro
duction to tho study of bugs, though In these
days of pestiferous Insects the layman might
Infer that both subjects should be Included In
one volume, or, at any rate, that the intro
duction to tho study of bugs was really an
introduction to the pursuit of farming.
A member of tho committee which unani
mously selected tho entomologist has ex
plained the choice by saying:
"Political fame, puch ns Is possessed by
Bryan. Is a bubble nnd fleeting. True dis
tinction only Is Jastlng. That's why wo dei
elded Bruner was the most distinguished
man."
And when one considers that every high
sohool graduate is familiar with the fame of
Hippocrates, but would be put to It to name
any of the Bryans of the fifth ante domino
qe'ntury, one Is persuaded that the commit
teeman speaks words of soberness and truth.
TUB ARMY'S MAIL
yrem tb lA&don Cbreoiala.
Mr. Hsrbsrt Bamusl ays it Is ImposaibU to
reduce the rate of postage on parcaJs to trasiM
at the front owing to the axcMve burdea tbat
would be thrown on tlvo transport autberUles,
"The number of parl sant dally to the .
padJUtmary farce In France has incra4d from
U,0 w Wevgmbsr and U.00O la j?hfmry.M he
aaX? "'? 60,oog- ,B addition abaui half a
mJHtga tattsra and newspapers aro saflt daily,
and the total weight of mall matter i about
m tons a day "
TIME'S LAVISH GIFTS
I griajva ma not witfe brooding on tho years.
Nor mystic charm to stay ttroV hand I
crave
Mora elsarty k I saa as aah day 8a
Ttroa canaot take ana Utaa of all If av!
A. W. vsaca. ia aaataara Wssmji's JaatB.
WW m
HOW ENGLAND PREP ABED FOR WAR
Men Taught in the Officers' Training Corps Soon Qualified for
Commissions in the Army Sent to France The Oxford
Contingent Enlisted in a Body.
By" K. A. SELBIE
Of the Officer- Tralnlnr Corps.
The following description of the British
method of preparing officers Qualified to
command the army enlarged for purposes
of war should oe of Interest to every
American who would like to set. prep
arations for tho defense of his own coun
try entered upon with an Intelligent
appreciation of the gravity of the problem.
THE Boer War taught England man los
sons, not the least of which wai tho In
adequacy of her supply of officers ir case of
a big war. Tho pinch was felt oven during
tho Boer War, chiefly owing to the reckless
ness with which ofllccrs exposed themselves
and the quickness of the Boers to recognize
this fact and to pick them off. When Lord
Haldano becamo War Minister ho took ad
vantage of tho lesson and proceeded to estab
lish tho present officers' training corps and
territorial battalions, known as a Wholo as
tho territorial system. This was to tako tho
place of tho old-tlmo volunteer and mllltla
companies, and the justification for his far
seeing policy Is already apparent. Its suc
cess is phenomenal, and the greatest of Us
results Is tho sure supply of officers It has
created from an excellent material of young
university, business nnd professional men.
Tho organization of the system Is roughly
as follows: It Is divided Into two groups, the
Officers' Training Corps and tho territorials.
Tho latter aro local formations, as are tho
corresponding units of the regular forces.
Their officers aro drawn from the professions,
businesses and universities, tho mon from all
walks of life; shop assistants, factory hands,
clerks and even laborers. They are primarily
Intended for home defense; to take the place
of tho regular army when the latter is fight
ing abroad. That Is. they cannot be com
pelled to go abroad, but In tho present war
several territorial battalions were asked on
parade to volunteer for foreign service, and
all, to the last man, offered. The precedent
has been followed, and many territorials who
were, comparatively speaking, trained on tho
outbreak of the war, were sent straight out
to India, Egypt or tho front.
Volunteering' la Not "Playing Soldier"
The territorials are Just as much a part of
the army as tho regulars, and this vital fact,
together with the respect nnd admiration
they nro now earning for themselves, has
done much to destroy the former contempt
In which volunteers were held (and very
often Justly hold) by the regulars, and to
promote good feeling between the two forces.
Volunteering Is no longer "playing at sol
diers"; a man has to work and to work hard
to keep his place, and he must be keen on
his Job. Again, It Involves no expense to
Join the territorial force. Uniform and
equipment are supplied, and army pay Is
earned each year In camp. The require
ments aro attendance at a specified number
of drills per year, tho passing of musketry
courses and efficiency standards nnd the at
tendance yearly at a fortnight's camp.
The Officers' Training Corps, or the O. T,
C, Is tho senior branch of the territorial
force. In It a man is trained for one of
three things: The regular army, after leav
ing school or college; the special reserve
of officers, or the territorial army, as de
scribed above. The cadet Joining the regular
army proceeds In the ordinary manner to
Sandhurst or one of the other military
schools. A cadet who Joins, the special re
servo after his O. T. C. training Joins a reg
ular regiment, but Is placed on Its reserve
strength; that Is, is attached to one of its
reserve battalions, of which every regiment
has several. He Is required to pass a cer
tain amount of Urns with tha regiment on
Joining It, at the expiration of which time
all he has to do is to attend a fortnight's
oamp very year. While he is still a cadet
h may pass one or both pf two certificates,
called A and B. Without a certificate tha
time ha must put In Is six months, alther
straight off. or with Intervals, aa he can at
it In with his ordinary work. With oertlfl
oate A lie must do five months, with B only
three. On Joining he geta a bonus of somo
e ($l) for uniform and equipment, and
he waives qflJaera' pay during his training
and during eamp. A cadat who Join the
territorial force merely dots the ordinary
training of his battalion as 4saribl above.
Ttw O. T, 0- itwdf it dlvldsd j,tc, ta w.
tioju, saalor aad. Juater. 3fa Jwr soMlato
"WHO'S AFRAID?"
of tho school corps, officered by the masters,
who hold their commissions in tho territorial
force; tho senior of tho university and busi
ness men's corps, such ob tho London Scot
tish, tho Inns of Court (somotimes known as
the Devil's Own), or tho Artists' Rifles.
Cadets in these units are, of course, In the
ranks as privates, or N. C. O.'s., but their
training and teaching has tho end and aim
of making officers out of them. A cadet who
leaves tho O. T. C. with certificate A to his
credit is equal, as far as mere knowledge
gdes, to a second lieutenant who has passed
Into tho army In tha ordinary way. Great
caro Is taken with tho training, especially at
tho yearly camps, where staff officers and
other regular officers aro assigned as adju
tants and temporary colonels to the O. T. C.
battalion for purposes of Instruction. A great
debt Is duo from tho O. T. C. to these men,
who give up their time during this period In
tho kindest and most helpful spirit. As I
heard It onco expressed by an enthusiastic
cadet, "They como and grovel on their stom
achs with the best of us." Most senior O. T
C. battalions contain an infantry force, a
cavalry section, medical section, signalers
and communication companies, whllo some,
such as the Cambridge University O. T. C,
have an engineer section. Others again are
purely cavalry units, or yeomanry.
I was fortunate or unfortunate enough to
seo the first fow weeks of the war In England
and to try to materialize tho training I my
self had had in the O. T. C. at school and
college In tho shape of a commission. When
I presented myself on tho third day of tho
war at the O. T. C. headquarters In my uni
versity I found there somo 200 men, past,
present and even future members of the uni
versity, on tho samo errand as myself. Many
of them had never been In the O. T. C, but
had turned up at the headquarters as being
the likeliest place where they could realize
their desire. Our first duty was to fill up
and sign many and Intricate army forms,
giving our record, and stating which we
wished to Join, regular army, special reserves
or territorial force. This done, we had to
present ourselves before a board, consisting
of tho vice chancellor of the university, tho
lieutenant colonel commanding the O. T. C.
and various officers from the War Office!
'Technically, ono Is not allowed to leave the
university whllo one's course is unfinished
or onos degree untaken. As In the Boer
War. a special act was passed in convoca
tion whereby tho undergraduate can go to
the war and. if he Is lucky enough to return,
can tako up his studies where they were
left off without counting the intermediate
time. The vice chancellor accordingly gave
the required permission, together with aa
Informal handshake and blessing and we
were set free.
Oxford Men Rush to Enlist
This board had sat all day and every day
of the war, and It continued to sit until, as
I was told, every member of the O. T, C had
passed before It. and nearly every member
of the yarslty, some SOOO men, together with
hundreds of past members from one to ten
years' standing. Of those now left in Ox
ford, mostly doctors' rejections, all are drill
Ing hard, Including the professors and tutors
who are of age. After this those of us
who were fortunate enough to pass the
medical tests were sent Into training at once
Volunteers for the regular army were en
lered at Sandhurst, those offering for the
special reserve or the territorial "owe wer"e
sent into training camps. I due time They
were drafted Into their respective urdt8 and
sent overseas or to the front, or remained
In Bnsianrt ,, ,,.. ..' "mainea
In England for hom A.t ' . "m
might be. Prom the above account it m
be sn that h ..ni. Ji.J.."W0?nt
of tUat0mfUOa,VISban'18 "e outbreak
of war. Its members preseatlnr th.m ,
for commissions from ITr?"
The Junior divisions remain aTbstw . P '
cad.,, can leave .biof . a
Join the army, and many have done ti
territorial f8roe is called i out l?.a n
with thS regular am" iTth. Dm?bl,l21
many of thW w. Mt to .tT1 T"
-mnr Job of ttahlH?"
UW points. But the uwfutair" f
fore 1. obvious. M ,t at oWELf.r
T sjieM with wttlok oAoM. k. v
C. automatleany dT.h' 7 tt '
tribute to the genius which foresaw theti
things and to the organization of Lord
Kitchener. No doubt It Is In great mcnsufS
attributable to tho war fever. No man Join
now from passing or languid interest; every
ono has one desire, to necomo proptrlj-j
trained ana physically lit in the shortejl
posslblo tlmo. That tho "terriers" aro capablal
of holding tholr own in tho trenches, ai
mat tney are propony otucorea, nas Peqra
nmnlv ahnwn In thn Innf fAw rnnnlhn rM"!&
;"t ".: .:..: :: i v&a
ccrs ana men aiiKc, iney nave oeenjrioia,'?
through their peace training. aulcklyin0
easily to pass from civilian 4to mllltary'Mrji
tivities, ana no man of them regrets tST
small trouble he may havo taken to do sog
DO ANIMALS ENJOY THE SCENERY?
B. P. Powell, In tho Independent.
I plant flowers around my barnyards anil
barns as freely as around my house. I infl
quite sure that animals like flowers, and thrJ
aro maae more vaiuaDie as wen as nappy Byl
Dleasant surroundings. T h&vn notice K-ni
cowb lying down In a barnyard or pasture la-a
variaoiy raco the moon and seem to be enjoying!
the night very much as we do. Tnls matter hi
not taken into consideration as it should bfl
A neighbor of mine Insists that his honeiS
when let out to drink, enjoy tho viow of tail
"nv juoi uiioau, bd tnai iney are twice ul
long at the trough. He has finally built C.
screen so that they will eo on drlnklnr atl
once, for he says, "I have no time to show thcl
valley to 20 or 30 horses In succession." Jfll
NATIONAL POINT OP VIEW
Sir. Bryan continues to withhold the text cfj
nis conversation witn AmDaBSaaor JJumba. jj
he afraid or merely ashamed to make it known!
DpnnBiiBia union.
After all, what the South needs is more wWtfl
people. Tho addition of a few hundred thoaa
sand whlteB, by immigration, to the population
wumu m ine course ot a quarter or a century,
relievo the race problem In South Caroltns ot
its most Irritating aspects, Columbia (8. C0
Dime.
Of course, the moral of the Nashville corns!:
slon government fiasco Is that mechanic.!
changes In mechanical plan, may or ratvMtS
mean reform. Without the clvio virtu ttff 4
Insists on putting Into power men who can I
trusted, no system will h eoort nrnokton i
Eagle.
No Governor could make a greater contrlott-'l
tiqn to tne weirare and future progren m
Georgia than bv settlnir hlmnoir tr. th Ttlni-.
tion of mob violence In this State. There ii nol
greater work for any Oeonrlan tn Hn; tnr neofii
gla Is Lelng disgraced, and disgraced again anil
usiun, in mo eyes or tne world. Augusta Cftron-'
I'.tC.
Th existence of a Stato with but one partrl
.a iiot imoReiner neaicny. Tne Angio-Amencwj
political tradition presupposes a blparty rivalry.?
a. v tMto wuiiuiuuii ui auairs, nowever, jkhwc
...v v...w,n, hui ma jjcupie ot Virginia- "
to blame. The race laaue haa made all tfc
Ci,l. &. c... .., , . ... 4.,
"""'""" in BuiRio party communities. u
.,w ui his iicbiu is aeiinuciy ana Dy io
consent "counted out" of politics can two stron
a nrl (rsniilnalu ..t. ji k t. ba
.. bw.uuiciv uumeiiuius parwcH ejuat in ,
Rnllth niAlimnnJ mlu. nl. it M
v(... attviuituuu Aiiuco-ijjopatcn,
THE MUSE ON THE BENCH
,u,ii mi piioninj ppoxeaman-neview, u
Judge William Hutchinson, of the District
Court of Hioux County, Iowa, is something ofJ
a poet. In deciding the case of Vrles verauaj
v""" mm rnoTinwesiem jianroaa loropai'a
laha.al. At., t.tlll . .--...- . . ... . ta?S
"""' " Riiiing or a nog oy a train wa uj-i
volved and the amount asked 25, the Court!
" me louowing statement or issues ana ung
Btructlona: fl
"Paragraph 1-Plalntlff brings suit against d
oiiuaiu, miu tor nis ciaim aotn say;
" 'My razorback stole down your track
One cold December day;
Your eixty-nlne came down the line
And snuffed his life away.
You can't blame me. the swine, you see,
Blolo through your broken fence,
So Just strip off some currency
" uoui io recompense.' ,:
"Paragraph 2 Defendant for reply and in ii
nfttl Mlaadm ' II
"'Our coffers are not full enough
To answer all our needs.
Our Blxty-nlne Went down the line
And killed your swine, we know;
But razorbacks on railroad tracks
Quite often come to woe;
The twenty-live we must decline
For which your heart doth pinel
Juat plant the dead, place o'er his head
Here lies a foolish swine.' "
AMUSEMENTS
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B. F. KEITH'S THEATRI
CHESTNUT AND TWHI.FTH 6TREET3
BELLE MASON
BAKER & KEELER
JUADDIS OUFF-1 FOUR ANTWERP HIW-S WARBjj
FlTZOBnALD. AWO OTHER BTABS
THE MARKBT BT ABOVB lTB
,4 A t .rt ,, IK V U
Stanley
Addtd OlIARLEI
Charlotte Walker
Im v t m r r. t n a
Addid CHAJILE3 CHAPLIN lu tha Flrtt BXwU3
JrVWtWr onaEBSriij. ami souHsra
UfVAWfl
HARRY HOLM JIN JJO
GRAND
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