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rniLADELrillA. FtUDAY, AUGUST 13, 1915.
27 logic o dtohoncit promises and prosper
ous conclusions; of the triumph of craft
and brute force; of visiting the sins
of the fathers upon the children;
of being pushed bu the dead
hands of heredity, still
awaits post-mortem
explanation as It
always did.
The State Must Protect Philadelphia
TUB decision of tho Intcratato Commerce
Commission ordering reductions in
anthraclto coal rates causes at once an
Intolerable situation. ,
Tho decision, while- ordering reductions
from Ponnsylvana cool Holds to competing
ports outside of Pennsylvania, docB not
touch on rates from tho same coal flcldB to
tho chief port In Pennsylvania. Philadel
phia, In other words, becauso It Is In the
amo Btnte as tho coal fields, Is subject to
rates approved by tho State, over which tho
Interstate Commerce Commission has no
Jurisdiction.
It Is obvious that Immediate steps must
bo taken to make offcetlvo tho Intrastate
rates recently ordered by the- Public Scrvlco
Commission, which aro now held up by legal
proceedings. Philadelphia will bo sovcroly
penalized If tho now Intcrstato rates aro
operative before tho new intrustato rates
are in effect.
Tho Intcrstato Commerco Commission has
made tho actual reduction of lntrastato
anthraclto coal rates in Pennsylvania an
absolute necessity, thus Justifying tho
orders of the Public Service Commission,
and delay In' tho courts will bo Intolerable.
Burying Smith
BURYING Smith In tho Public Service
Commission may bo a better thing for
tho State than catapulting him Into tho
Mayor's seat, though thcro Is no good rea
son to bellovo that a dilemma existed. Yet
It Is ovldont that tho Varcs think they havo
played shrowd politics. More than onco the
Governor has appeared to play tho poli
ticians' gnme, only to have It appear in the
final result that ho was using tho politicians
Instead of tho politicians using him. It piay
be, too, that Smith knows as much about the
duties of a Publlo Service Commissioner as
Bomo of the others. At any rate, ono thing
in cortaln most Philadelphlans would be
better pleased with Commissioner Smith
than with Mayor Smith.
Pacification, With or Without the "A.B. C."
SECRETARY LANSING and tho A. B. C.
conferees havo put a straight and simple
proposition to Mexican factions: Pence, the
accommodation of differences, tho choosing
of a government ad Interim, recognized and
supported by both Americas, and a fair elec
tion for a constitutional president.
- The possibilities of rejection are large.
Villa will doubtless accept becauso ho can
lose nothing; Zapata, with him. But, though
thero Is no reason why Carranza should not
accede to the conferees' proposals, if he feels
that ho genuinely represents the Mexican
people and has no ambitions for th Pri.
, denoy. there can be little doubt that his an-
swer will Ho not only negative but Insulting.
However unfavorable the reception of the
conferees' noto may prove, the necessary
consequences are clear. If tho other Amer
ican nations will agree to a Joint occupa
tion, the pacification of Mexico will bo a
simple and speedy affair. If they balk, the
United States must go it aldne. Pacifica
tion is the ono and Inevitable necessity.
An Echo From an Imperialist
RUDYARD KIPLING onco spoke for all
England. In his poem. "The Return,"
oscura this stansa, the perfect expression of
one Kind of patriotism!
U England was what England seems.
And not the England of our dreams,
Rut only putty, bra and paint;
Ow quick we-(j chUBk her But gh8 B,n,(
But she is- And the true patriotism Is to
realize her terrible detlolenoles and to make
them up. Chuck her? Never! Make herl
Power to Decree Good Teeth
HfpE modem State oaiildecree that no child
trio, la tta dominions shall suffer from ,
rtaHth, nnd It can enforce that decree thmno,
fyw schools. That, says Graham Wallas, the
lpusiwa puoucisi, u the most notablo differ
L'.enee In power and aim between th nfot
lrf today and the saolety of antiquity. The
ww or xne nrst utopto stopped far short
hm th possibilities of beneficent rav-n!nn
s
E1We modern tudmae and modern politic
p mawe uiw laois WBee he wrtM his
JkWXMiMtc."
Bvsry dy tit observant eitUou ernv se
mm ns of tho creative powor of a. iLu.
tvwned city or gut. DooWr SBteslsfs
Mfwfr bulletins bring wi t hAlth, t!4
1M
i of iu soiumumu agfct lnt dUeaeo
ill Investigation of the patltnta treated
ding habits at ihe Philadelphia Genaral
ptasltnl itnows th part that bad living coa-
Clttvtia. evil asscMUte unl aasoUaUuns and
ohuru-omiftgs pl.i i, the spread uf
f th tof,ior OWSM f m;,dro life
'kw iWBofd tho torribta rsvsjras of
r,ff nuli:!. mii ii(ipv bekroujBd a,u4
rgmmmew tor tava ftsjtt fsm( it Ptasue
g
EVENIN
devastate a country. Power and knowledge
ar6 thcro to combat them.
If Greek civilization had measured an high
Irt selene as It measured In ml.id and spirit,
Plato would have written his "Jlepubllc" to
bo tho guldo of a great Intpcilat fltatc, In
stead of a protest against decoy, for It
was the plnguo of the first yenrs of the
Feloponneslnn war that corrupted the cour
age nnd doomed tho men of Athens.
Bring Forth a Man
TI1EIIE are moro good Republicans than
bad Republicans In Philadelphia. Thirty
pci? cent, of tho capital stock will often con
trol h great railroad. Control of less than
30 per cent, of tho olectorato often hands a
city over shackled to a polltlcnl boss or com
bination of bosses.
It has been demonstrated moro than once
that no boss Is so powerful, no organization
So Intrenched, that tho people" cannot over
throw it. Government nnd party nro In tholr
hands. They can do with cither as they
will.
Congressman Mooro Is convinced that a
Republican victory In tho municipal election
Is necessary. It would, ho thinks, Inspire
tho G, O, V. throughout tho nation and ma
terially aid In tho rehabilitation of the party
Ho may bo right and ho may bo wrong. It
depends on what tho rank and fllo do. A
mero victory of the bosses would not bo In
spiring to anybody except tho plum-gatherers.
But lot tho melt who will not' bo bossed,
.let tho good Republicans noinlnuto nil unfet
tered candidate; let them Hock to him In
the primary; lot them wrest control from the
contractors and recover It for their own use;
let them show to the nation not a nominal,
but a real Republican victory, and thero
need bo no fear whatever about the nation
wide good that will result.
Why assume that whoever tho bosses want
will" bo nominated In tho Republican pri
mary? Men of spirit novcr adopt so pusil
lanimous nn attitude. Better to fight and bo
whipped than not to fight at all. Better to
make a stand than to yield without a blow.
Better to meet tho contractors in their own
stronghold nnd smoko them out, hnmstrlng'
them In the prlmnry, than to wait quies
cently until thoy havo strengthened their
defenses and ull but succeeded In their con
templated plllago of tho town.
Consider tho scores of eminent citizens,
men of mark who havo achieved success In
tho fierce competition of business, men of
brains, men of Independence, who arc avall
nblo as Republican candidates. Consider on
the other side tho coterie of political oppor
tunists from whom tho bosses propose to se
lect a puppot. There are a scoro of cham
pions to lead a fight In tho primary. To lead
It mllltantly Is to win it. Courage to dare,
enthusiasm for tho right, dovotlon to Ideals,
Inspired opposition to tho prostitution of tho
great party that saved tho Union ond may
bo called on again to save it economically,
a mighty purpose to wrench party control
out of sclflBh hands oh, there Is a fight
worth making, thero nro things worth bat
tling for, thero nro colors under which any
man can proudly unsheatho his sword!
GIvo Philadelphia a real Republican to
voto for, nnd an Invlnclblo army of voters
will back him from primary to election, nnd
from election to tho last day of his term of
ofllco.
Mind Below Passions
TUE deceptions of dialectics, the petty dis
honesties of argument, how they shine out
with malevolent light from tho controversies
of tho Great War, Under ordlnnry circum
stances we dlsMttc "about It and about," we
bond every trick of phrase and turn of posi
tion to our usus, and we hardly noto our op
ponent's deceptions, let alone our own. Hut
when all tho world starts arguing, when ono
single question of lilood-gulltlncss Is before
the tribunal of man, how the mental casuis
tries of self. Interest leap to view!
Toko a ulnglo Instance. A recent Issue
of The Fatherland, VIereck's pro-German
weekly, reprints with evident approval the.
seal of n bound Mars which figures In the
propaganda of one of our Gcrman-offlcered
"neutrality leagues." Below aro the words,
"Bind War Free Humanity." This from the
sources where onco flowed eulogies of Ger
many's "world-mission." And meanwhile the
England which embraced war heavy-hearted
and only as an end to militarism, thrusts
such peaco-whlsperlngs as Tho Fatherland's
aside.
There may be something, after all, In the
philosophers who give man's Intellect only
the subordinate position of finding reasons
for what man's passions will.
If Moran only had Wyckoft 1
not need him.
Still, ho may
The Pan-American conference Is out to
pan Carranza.
The Italians would not object If Vesuvius
were only a little nearer to Gorlzla.
Thero are never so many men making
money that there Is a shortage of women to
spend It.
The 150,000,000 treasure Is safe in Mor
gan's vaults and the Host Side can now
sleep o' nights.
In the Eastland affair somebody beside the
long-suffering engineer of other aqeidents Is
to be the goat.
i i.i
It Is not the faet that Mr, Vare aspires,
but that he conspires to be Mayor, which
riles the public.
""' w
Will tho "Army of Liberation for Moxt,
eotv in Toxoji" call thJr new ropublto
"Moxas" or Toatlo8'fT
"Cot at Gorman family's fwd has risen
$3 a week." The AjnsrteaR vacationists pay
about tho same bonus for their own "place
in the sun."
How could any self-respecting submarine
commander resist sinking fishing smacks
that sported such names as Oceangitt,
gaperant d George Borrow T
How tW a Preach perftUMr resist
vs lUMler PU of ejUUths tmptUot to
CM kl tWWSS t lOJwtdtMU Of SO 4P-
KfejaritUs Hy a oalotrnat
TrnnrTT - rm.pffTA. friday, August is, idib. ,
ENVEE PASHA, THE
INDOMITABLE TURK
The Mnn of Turkey's Destiny
Fights With Ills Back Agnlnst
Tho Wall, But Knows the Way
of Retreat Into Asia
By LAWRENCE BIGELOW
ON SEVERAL nccountB Interest In the war
operations Is ngaln strongly directed to
ward tho Dardanelles region nnd tho military
condition of Turkey. A chango of French
commanders Is followed by n. chango of Gcr-
m a n commanucrs.
Tho Allies havo land
ed fresh troops at the
Dardanelles, nnd Ger
many Is said to be
massing ft forco to cut
n. road through Ser
vla Into Turkey. The
Huflslnn ambitions in
southeast Europo aro
receiving ronowed at
tention In discussions
of tho international
situation as a whole.
I'udoubtcdly tho su
premo power behind
the Turkish defense Is
E ii v o r Boy Enver
l'nsha now. He hns
u.wnri pasha hn() nn ftIm0Bt entirely
free hand In Turkish military affairs, and to
him, n much as to the German ofllccrs, Is
unquestionably due tho magnificent resist
ance the Turks have offrrcd the allied fleets
nnd armies In tho Dardanelles operations.
He Is a man to whom many sobriquet, nnd
epithets hnvo been applied "the Beau
Brummul of Asia," "the Gunman of tho
East," "tho Napoleon of Turkey," "Turkey's
Mnn of Destiny," "Savior of Islam,'" "Satan
In tho Moslem Dramu," "Snwdust Hero,"
"dictator," "patriot." Whatever else may
bo said of the 33-year-old Minister of War
of tho Moslem Empire, no one has yet called
him a weakling. He It, In fact, tho ono
strong personality- that Turkey has had
since Abdul Hamld was overthrown by tho
Young Turks party In 1D0S. Enver Pasha,
then little more than a boy, led tho revolt
against tho wily old Sultan.
Hero Par Excellence
Abdul Humid, when he was Sultan, inado
Envor many offers of high Government posi
tions, with the object. It is said, of getting
him where the Sullnn's assassins could find
him at n convenient time. He wisely kept
away from Constantinople, spending his
time In Berlin, where he was military at
tache nt the Turkish Embassy nnd a confi
dential friend of Emperor William.
It was on his return to Turkey that the
world heard of this neat and dapper young
man, with his clean-shaven cheeks nnd
curled, waxed mustache. Tho old Sultan sent
for him In July, JP08, to come to the capital
and bo pardoned. Abdul Humid had becomo
alarmed by the secret propaganda of tho
now powerful Committee of Union nnd
Progress, In which Enver was a leading fig
ure, and In charncterlstlo Oriental fashion
pretended that ho wished to honor rather
thin to punish tho suspect. But Enver, a
Turk with nn Arab ancestry, wns too much
of a Turk not to know what that kind of
pardon meant. Ho fled for his llfo and
abandoned all pretense of loyalty to tho
Government. His histrionic talent led him to
put on peasants' clothes and grow a beard,
this get-up being more pleasing to tho vil
lagers of tho interior than the Parisian
fashions ho hnd formerly affected. He spoke
well, and enrolled thousands of young men
under tho banner of Liberty, Fraternity and
the Constitution. Other ofllccrs wero active
throughout European Turkey and Asia
Minor, but when tho Revolution swept every
thing before It nil tho credit was given to
Enver. Ho beenmo tho patriot and liberator,
the Young Turk hero par excellence. Ho
would not allow himself to bo photographed,
and when praised to his faco remarked that
there had been thousands of heroes In tho
ranks.
Secret Society Government
The new Sultan, Mahomet V, offered Enver
Pasha entrance Into the Imperlnl family
through a marrlngo with his favorite 16-year-old
niece, daughter of Prince Sullcman.
Acceptance by Enver meant that his princess
would Insist that ho renounce his right to
four wives. But ho agreed, only asking for
two years In which to perfect his study of
military tactics In Germany, At the end of
that period tho marriage took place. The
Imperial alliance, however, inndo Enver
Pasha tho power behind the throne nnd the
virtual ruler of Turkey. Or did It? Enver
mado himself tho power behind the throne
nnd the virtual ruler of Turkey.
When tho first shot In tho great war was
fired Enver saw nn opportunity to launch u
patriotic venture. Turkey nt this Juncture
of evonts was governed by a secret society.
Men In olllce even tho highest wero
dominated by tho Commltteo of Union and
Progress, of which Enver was, nnd still Is,
tho head. Ministers obtained portfolios
only upon condition that thoy would obey
Implicitly tho behests of tho committee or
promptly produce their resignations nt the
Invltntion of the organization. The Sultan
was a figurehead, as he had been since the
commltteo had led him forth from the palace
In which he hud been held a prisoner by his
brother, Abdul Hamld, for many years, and
Installed him, blinking In the unaccustomed
light of day, upon tho throno of tho Kallphs
vacated by Abdul. The Minister of War
nnd his name was Hnvor was the whole,
government. It was he who sought to en
list the entire Moslem world In a holy-war
but failed.
Magnetic Personality
Enver la a marvelous swordsman, a fluent
linguist, a man of ascetic simplicity of life,
possessed of a romarkable combination of
the qualities of Idealism and practicality,
of the mystic and the man of action.
Of his forceful personality an Englishman
said before the war: "He Is without a sin
gle exception I an recall offhand, save pos
sibly Lord Kltehener, the most foreoful in
dividual I have ever known, and for sheer
magnetic attraction stands absolutely alone
in my exporisno. la any other country be.
sides Turkey In England, Germany or tho
United Statos he oould not fail of a great
career. Hare the higher a man climbs the
surer he la to bo marked for a fall sad
Bnver Bey has been In danger o: agsssalpji .
tlon ever eie.ee bis progressive spirit began
to manifest itself In his early teens. Some
day it may bo tomorrow cr it nAy not b
for a number of years the afottta ot bis
newies will kill hun, and whan ihffy do
there will pass the slncerest. ptrlot tbat
Turkey baa known sine the days of MMbat
Pasba."
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FEELING THE PULSE OF VOLCANOES
Frank A. Perret, Scientific Adventurer, Hobnobs With Vesuvius,
Stromboli and the Rest and Surprises Their Inmost
Secrets A Forecaster of Volcanic Eruptions
By EDWARD R. BUSHNELL
N American scientist has robbed tho vol
XJlcano of much of Its torror, subjected it
to an experimental analysis and made vol-
canology a respected
science. Frank A. Por
ret Is the man who
has accomplished this.
It takes a bravo man
to beard an actlvo
volcano In Its den, but
Perret has been doing
It for tho last 10 years,
und he likes his Job.
While others flee in
mortal terror from tho
deadly volcano. Perrot
Courtesy World's Work. drop() everything and
rnANK a. rcnnET ln Bplt0 ot ava nsneg
and poisonous gases, marches right up the
mountain side, and, If he can, looks Into the
crater Itself.
This American student Is a familiar fig
ure ln Italy. And now that Vesuvius,
Stromboli nnd Etna havo begun to belch forth
again, tho Italians know It won't bo long
until Perret arrives. Indeed, tho Italian
pensants, whose homes aro near these vol
canoes, think Perret Is crazy. What moro
natural conviction could they have of a man
who defies death when they aro fleeing for
their lives?
But this fenrlcssness of death, coupled
with his scientific turn of mind, has mado
Perret n benefactor of mankind. It has
enabled him to reconstruct the science of
volcanology, to sound tho subterranean
depths of these volcanoes and to foretell with
unusual exactness tho preparations 'or out
ward activity going on in the bowels of the
earth.
Honored by Italians
Becauso of these achievements, becauso he
has relieved the minds of Italy's peasants of
groundless fears, because he proved that tho
volcanic lava frequently may be a blesBlng,
ho waB knighted by the King of Italy. Even
tho residents of the Japanese volcanic re
gions swear by him, nnd American scientists
agree that ho has revolutionized this science.
Not many persons would select a live vol
cano as a subject for personal experimenta
tion. But Perret did, and since 1906, when
he took up this work on Mount Vesuvius, ho
hns proved erroneous a whole lot of theories
concerning volcanoes. Mr. Perret was orlgl
nally an assistant to Thomas A. Edison.
While with him he invented the "Perret low
speed motor," the first In this country. He
had previously Invented a light dry battery
for automobiles. Then his health bmu
down and ho was sent abroad to recuperate.
It was to Naples that he went.
Ho started on his now career by his meet
ing with Professor Mntteuccl, who was di
rector of the Roynl Observatory at Mount
Vesuvius. Vesuvius fascinated the American
at once, and, with his Investigating turn of
mind, he began n study of this famous vol.
cano. By accepting the position of honorary
assistant to the director, he wsb permitted to
remain on tho mountain and use the observ
atory Instruments.
Ferret's first discovery was a method of de
tecting the coming of a volcanic eruption. It
was in March, 1908, that "the old gentle
man," as the natives referred to Vesuvius
gave evidence that another outbreak was Im
minent. Perret was awakened from sleep In
the observatory by a buzzing sound. It was
hardly audible at first, and could not be heard
at all when he raised his head from the pil
low. No sooner had he retired than the
vibrations reached his ear again. This time
he arose, and, taking the Iron rod of the
headboard between his teeth, detected the
sound more distinctly. When ho told his im
pressions to the director he was laughed at.
But Perret stuck to his eonvletlon and saw
his theory proved true when 10 days later
Vesuvius burst forth in fearful eruption.
Prisoners of Vesuvius
For eight days Perret and Professor Mat
teuool were prisoners in the observatory, the
strength of which prevented thwn from be.
ing crushed under the tons of ashes and
rocks belched forth by Vesuvius. It was
here that tby experienced the darkness of
which PHny wrote when Pompeii and H.
culanoun ware burled In T9 A. D-: "Not the
darkness at tbe darkest night, but the dark
Boss of a seated dungeon "
The investigation, iei p, to adapt the
mienptnta uuanmr of tb tttoofaon
j that be could feel the pulse f tbe earth's
"THERE NOW, THERE NOW."
depths and detect the first subterranean
'rumblings of a 'volcanic outbreak. Tho re
sults of that cxpcrlenco during tho 1906
eruption saved tho Jnpnneso thousands of
dollars when eight years later Mt. Snku
rashlma toro loose. A study of the fresh
nnd dend lava pourncd out by Vesuvius taken
with other observations, proved to Perret
that eruptions havo periods of varying In
tensity which follow regular cycles and
which enn be foretold with sufficient ac
curacy to warn thoso In danger. This In
formation, put nt the disposal of tho resi
dents of volcanic lands, will save millions In
money nnd lives.
Ashca Good for tho Soil
It was when Sakurashlmu began Its last
eruption that Perrot proved to tho Japanese
that laya Instead of blighting tho land was
really a fertilizer. When tho eruption be
gan Perret was In Naples. Ho had planned
to return to America by tho English route,
but n new volcano presented such an oppor
tunity for study that Perret changed his
plans and headed straight for Japan. When
ho arrived tho worst was over, but Perrot
risked IiIb llfo by climbing to within n few
hundred feet of the crntcr. As a result of
his Investigations ho showed that even an
active volcano is comparatively safo In the
morning and nftcrnoon and most dangerous
nt noon and midnight, this being due to the
chango in the barometric pressure.
The Japanese remember Perret with kindly
regard for his proof that tho layer of lava
dust which covered tho orchards ln tho neigh
borhood of the volcano uld not endanger
their fruit. When they asked Perret how to
rid their fields of tho ashes he advised them
that they bo left alone, on the theory that
tho acidity of tho ashes would disappear In
ten days and that the ashes would then act
as a fertilizer. That Is what happened, for
the orchards thought to be ruined brought
forth n phenomenal crop.
Ferret's fame as a volcano prophet was
further enhanced when ho told tho Japanese
correctly how soon It would bo safe for them
to return to their homes. Ho took a. sample
of the fresh ashes, mixed It Into water and
then dipped n piece of bluo litmus paper In It.
it lumcu rcu, Biiowing tho presence of
"live" lava, from which evidence followed
tho conclusion that the eruption would con
tinue until the examination of lava dis
closed particles of old lava crust. Ferret's
prophecy proved to bo true, and now he Is
a prophet among the Japanese.
THINGS WORTH SEEING
As Recorded In tho Weekly Bulletin of tho
Bureau of Municipal Researcii
TlL'Sil??8 .' Pj'erima Journey, yearly to
Philadelphia In order to visit th5 many his
torical places. Hundreds of others come to
Inspect the mammoth Industrial plants or muni
clpal undertakings, '
Publicly as well as privately, this city leads
he country ln many activities Wherever This
s he case, citizens should know It and take
Just pr de In efficient commun tr management
SHiSCh!yement- "ver. they shoufd dU
play an Interest Jn what Is being dona by nubile
r,'r.?ntona. ln no better way can they evince
It than by visiting spots where work of nam!
mount importance to them Is being conducted
For example, near Holmesburg Is Xated
the sewage treatment works where was bearun
the restoration of our polluted wat "cmSSJS
to a clean condition. These works, by protect!
7" . .' . '""" "era me De aware nivar winn
feet below the Intake to the Torresaale wile?
filters, are a safeguard to two-thlrda nt ifl
water supply of the city. ' tha
Afl W??& I ?" acJ Df tlle legislature of
A1,.!?' l,.fl6'. c,v,nK the s'ate Department i
Health control over the dlseharii n - '
into water coureesT Pmiaditnhut Waa J6!
permits in NOT to extend Its Mw.lFant6d
?hSd0o'l('lL,1l0at Vy m SveSyp&fo?
tne eollaetton, treatment and dlaruMi or
age of the whole city ouUl proi2d W"
These comprehensive plans are tmZi
and the works at Penny pack aik SPW
th. mt step in the white Thl hly
Bn operation ln December, 1M Tha J?e"
operandi In brief is this: e ewttiu?
passes through two sHoouUon tanks 7n
order to remove tbe setUeable mattw it
then sprayed over a one-acre DoroSttJinL. ,. "
to oxidize , the putrescent maUedU&ed'E
destroy the disease garrua; and flnaUyiSiiS
to remove any suspended matter iS"W
?V,e STP,4 M Instead ct IS
JouL polluting swage formerly duESLS? .i
the creek, tbe effluent of thes WortffJ.
Inodorous and nearly teru Thlau SiT'r'
without creatine the MmNancJ J2 .U Jtf
indeed, tbe grounds are aii,o,, "".
J ujm cTaowi.c!li
wnieb tbe employe. twT 7ZZ" a "
beds end lawns
Personal orida .
m
wbkh make tbe ntantT rrTA ?." sad
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to vtait
moet interesiln
Tbe col
works, and parts represent an Investment of
$193,000.
Eventually Philadelphia will have a system
of collecting sewers along tho banks of the
water courses, and thrco main treatment
works so ns to care for tho sowago of the
whole city. These works will restore the sew-agc-pollutcd
creeks and lower Schuylkill Illver
to a clean condition, will provent the fouling
of our docks by sewage deposits, and maintain
tho source of our water supply ln such condi
tion that tho public health will bo protected
through a pure, wholcsomo water supply.
Tho cost of these works will be approxi
mately $22,400,000. This expenditure may seem
large, but may bo spread over a period of
year, and the dividends In public happlnn
and prosperity will bo Incalculable. '
THE LACK OP OBSERVATION
"No," complained tho Scotch professor to hM
students, "yo dlniin use your faculties of obser
vation Yo dlnna uso them. For Instance "
Picking up a Jar of chemicals of vile odor, con
tinues the Windsor Magnzlnc, ho stuck one
Ilngci Into It and then ono Into his mouth,
"Taste it, gentlomen!" ho commanded, as hs
passed tho ve-uol from student to student. After
each one had licked his finger, and had felt
icbclllon through his wholo soul, tho old profes
sor exclaimed triumphantly: "I tol' ye so. Ye
dlnna uso your faculties. For If ye had ob
sarved, yo would ha seen that tho linger I
stuck into tho Jar was nao tho finger I stuck
Into my jvu,;th."
NAT 'ONAL POINT OP VIEW
The pcopU havo already paid for an army hot
delivered unpreparedncss Is not to bo charged
to thcm.-Florida Times-Union.
And no doubt thoso farmers who can't thrash
their wheat on nccount of tho frequent rains feet
llko thrashing tho weather man. Indianapolis
News.
If tho Progressives como back and run Pen
roso out of the Republican party their return
will call for an expression of gratitude. Colum
bus (Ohio) State Journal.
Prince Leopold of Bavaria, In command at
Warsaw, tells tho Inhabitants that ho expects
they will follow the fighting In Poland "with
IntenBo interest." It is not unllkcly.-Sprlng-field
Republican.
If Illinois hns ono presidential possibility It U
Senator Lawrenco Y. Sherman. Wo would not
predict ns to him, merely ns to others. Even
ln this period of doubt all principles of politics
will not bo proved negligible Chicago Tribune.
Our national administration has an Idealistic"
tendency to foreclose tho future. It Is ideallstla
butldangerou.4. A nation does not know what
forces will get to work on It or how far they
will drive It, and tho country which assumes
to outllno or restrict Us policies for tho future
makes work later for tho apologists. Chicago
Tribune.
STORY TELLING
Most every night whep. they're In bed.
And both their little prayers havo said,
They shout for ine to come upstairs
And tell them talcs of grizzly bears
Ana muians and gypsies bold.
And eagles with claws that hold
A baby's weight, and fairy sprites
That roam tho woods on starry nights.
And I must Illustrate these tales,
Must, Imitate the northern gales
That tosa tho Indian's canoe.
And show the way ho paddles, too.
If In the story comes a bear
I have to pause and sniff tho air
And show tho way ho climbs the trees
To steal tho honey from the bees.
And then I buzz like angry bees
And sting him on his nose and knees
And howl In pain, till mother cries;
"That pair will never shut their eyes
While all that noise up there you make,
You're simply keeping them awake."
And then they whisper: "Just one more."
And once again I'm forced to roar.
New stories every night they nsk,
And that Is not nn easy task.
I have to be bo many things;
The frog that croaks, the lark that sings,
The cunning fox, the frightened hen;
But Just last night they stumped me, whan
They wanted me to twist and squirm
And Imitate an angleworm.
At last they tumble off to sleep,
And softly from their room I creep.
And brush and oomb the shock of hair
I tossed about to be a bear.
Then mother says: "Well, I shoutd say
You re Just as mueh a child as they."
But you can bet I'll not resign,
That story-teUIng Job of mine.
B. A. Ouaat, In tbe Detroit Trea Prsaa.
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