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iosikix JicaMU a rail Mall
cstora dating even buck of the landins of DISTRACTIONS OF
uie iirn oi i'enn a coioniata on 1110 Hiiuron ui
the Delaware. ,
The men of science are wrong when Ihoy
nrcrlbo It to the effect Of pollen. It Is really
n sniffing of superiority Induced lri by thd
eitit of past jencrntlons and transmitted
lliiough tho centuries to tho present genera-lion.
A SUMMER'S DAY
1
Sounds From Fnr nnd Near Har
monize fn a Delightful Obligate to
tho Blue and Gold and Fresh
ness of Sky and Field
"MEBBE THEY'LL DO FOR ROUGH WORK, BUT I'LL NEVER FEEL
UP' IN 'EMI"
Fair Piny
TTcNIcnOL bidding on specifications not
Icaui noarie o FrliflehtraM
iwwp Jil'RMV . ., 4 run amii HH, E W,
Palls BvbUv .13 Itua Loul la Grand
. . flunscntPTioM terms
mtknttr, VtitT Oiat, all nt y mall. fwntpald
faU f PhlladiTpbla, mctpt what frrrlrn pottata
la rnulred. Uilux Okit, ona mftnlh, twrntr-flraeintii
SM!fJ,0,"T on Tar. three dollara, All nail iut-
Notiea SutirctlKera wlihlnr addteia chanced mint
glva eld a well ai ntr addreai.
BElt, M tTAlSVT KEYilTOXE. MA Iff IMI
tT Mirtui alt nmmuHttaUonn lit KV'tiNa
ldctr, Indtrrndmcii Stuart, Philadelphia.
ara At irna rnu.jpn.rim rnirorrtoa i ircoKD.
Attll llill. MiTTM.
TB AVEnAOB NET TAID DAILY CIltCUIiA-
TioN or thd evening LnDaEit
ron jult was ttfizu
FHIUDELPHIA, TUESDAY, AUGUST 17, 1913.
There' no doubt at aU thdt many thtnpa grow
In a garden that tccra not sowed there.
Dlsgrnco of Georgia
WHKTHEH Frank was Bullty of mur
der or not, Georgia in disgraced by tho
occurrences at Mlllodgovillo last night.
Tho mob vlolcnco thnt threatened tho
Governor when ho commuted tho death sen-
icnro ana tno murderous attack upon
Frank In tho prison, together with tho ox
fcltrd stuto of public sontlment, ought to
pnVe warned tho authorities of Impending
Hanger. Frank was In tho custody of tho
State, and all its power ought to liavo been
exorcised to protect him and by protecting
him to assert tho ability of tho Common
wealth to ehforco Kb decrees.
But it was possible for a company of 25
men to forco their way Inttj tho prison, over
power tho guards, drag Frank by tho heels
td a waiting automobile, carry him 20 miles
irom tho prison, tio a ropo about his neck
Wld hang him to n tree.
Were tho prison authorities parties to tho
plot7 Did they connlVo with tho mob lead
ers to deliver tho man to them? Their
heglect properly to gunrd him could not
havo been moro complete If thoy had de
liberately planned to malto a Jail delivery
easy.
Not only tho State of Georgia but tho
WhoJo country Is disgraced by this outrage
tin Justice. Frank was on trial -in tho ilrst
place, but the action of tho mob has now
brought the Government of Georgia before
the bar, charged with tho crimo of wilful
neglect.
Starting the Free Library
THANKS to Mayor Ulankcnburg, work on
tho rew building for tho Freo Library Is
to begin aB soon as specifications enn bo
drawn und contracts awarded. Tho prelim
inary plans nre'so far'advanced that llttlo
time will bo needed to cot tho tirnwin i
shape for submission to tho bidders. It Is
nopea mat actual work can begin early In
tho autumn.
An ndequato structure to accommodate a
collection of books of tho size which ought
to be provided for tho free use of a great
city will cost about threo times as much
6s Is now nvnllnble. Tho trustees, how
ever, havo wisely decided to becln tho
structure with, tho money In hand nnd to lay
tho foundations of the whole building. The
city win provldo the remaining money as it
i needed. This is much better than build
ing ono wing or u central pavilion with tho
1855,000 now at hand, because It l In ,v.
ftroaslon of the consciousness of tho need of
a suitable library building and nn evi,innn
of faith in tho public spirit of the city In
Which the first public library In America
was opened.
drawn by himself, McNIchol Undertak
ing work which Will bo Inspected by men
not subservient to him, Is a very, different
McNIchol from the contractor "boss who In
other days was buyer and seller too. There
is no objection to McNIchol as a contractor
pure nnd simple. Ho Is a menace to tho
community only when as n politician ho lets
contracts to himself as n contractor.
Hut suppose McNIchol names tho next
Mnyor, and tho next Mayor names a Di
rector of City Transit, who In turn names
as Inspectors men on whom McNIchol has
put his brand! Supposo tho contracts for
other parls of tho work to be let during tho
next four years are prepared by a McNIchol
Instead of a public servant! Not much like
lihood then of bids a million less than the
estimates. Not much clinnco then of such
enormous savings as Director Tnylor hns
shown.
To .McNIchol, contractor, good luck In his
work, and may his engineering feats be
neath City Hnll oxclto tho nilmlratloti of
nil men. Hut for .McNIchol, politician well,
tho voters have learned n thing or two of
lato years.
Hy WALTER PRIGIlAnD EATON
TN BUMMER I wrlto every morning In a
Protest Against Militarism
SECHKTAIIV LANSING'S answer to tho
Austrian protest against the- shipment
of munitions of war Is directed to tho Amer
ican pnclflstB as well as to tho Teutonic
alliance.
With ono blow It sweeps tho foundations
from beneath tho feet of all those who think
that peace can bo secured by an embargo
on the shipment of munitions, and that mili
tarism can bo avoided by such n perverted
neutrality as would compel a nation to for
bid the sale of war material to a belligerent.
If tho prlnclplo for which Austria con
tends were accepted tho nations In order to
secure their own protection would bo forced
to build munitions plants of their own nnd
to manufacture such a supply as would pro
vide for any rcasonablo contingency. This
would place the burden of militarism upon
tho shoulders of all peoples.
So long as a nation may go Into tho mar
kets of the world to buy what It nccdK In nn
emergency that is, so long as neutral na
tions may sell munitions to belligerents
tho full cost ot operating a great war need
not bo Incurred till tho war has begun or
till It Is Imminent. If tho United States may
not sell to belligerents when It Is at peace,
then when tho United States Is nt war neu
trals mny not sell to It, nnd It will bo neces
sary to build great ursenals, to storo enor
mous quantities of nrms nnd explosives, nnd
annually to appropriate millions to keep this
supply of war material In proper condition
for use by replacing tho antiquated weapons
and by Inventing new nnd moro deadly Im
plements. Tho Secretary of Rtato faces facts ns thoy
aro and Indulges in no special pleading. Ho
nrgues against militarism with tho clear
logic of a man with no Illusions.
"Vegetables and Such"
THE glut of vegetables In city markets is
having an unexpected effect In tho city of
!.i i w".u Tl reao,lon Is effect Is to
aimlnlsh the oversuppjy, as witness the fol
lowing from the sporting pago:
A doubleheader was enlivened by a atorm
?LiJf,p"?,ottlfa nU numbers directed
againit Umpire Byron. Byron ea-
ffJlS?" mlM'Ies' but tho game was de-
i5if?jPV!Jn,n?.,M w,ll,e n d,len neI handa
cuenmbera. u'u,"onq 0I lM UottlCH and
. Pop bottles the average human Intelli
gence can understand. Hut why In the name
of everything vegetable, why by tho great
divinities of baaeball, why In all creation,
u..(mv.0 vvimiever nave cucumbers done
to bo so used? For what crimo (oxfcept
cucumber Jelly) aro they under IndlctmentT
A dOm Held hands worked for flvo min
utes clearing the Held. Tholr labor Bnni.,i
that of ono able-bodied and Blnelo.minrtrt
man for ono hour. At least Koa .,,.,
?.Where did the fans get them? Why did
plhey have them In the stands? And if
,,-., .... vweu, lyimi woma they have
deno with them?
Theee are eerlaus questions. St. Louis
mother of mysteries, make answer!
Our Hereditary Aristocracy
NEITHER Constitution nor statute laws
can deprive our heroditnrv n,i.
Of ns privileges. Those privilege are In
torrent In their physical and mnti ..-.
M? and ara manifested, alpng- about this
i7r:i:L'vnmin a at
... M , ,,vari nna TO atbw
fbfo ways. Tho great hav rav.- i.-.
tVl1 Wn, for
moat prevalent among persona of ,.!,."
We intellectual development who live in th.
I.wuf jne countryman an A the, du lanl
tr Immune. ni
Th. daie of the annual heglm of the hay
fav-r vtetiau U ujw)ly the tfch of Auawt
jHhuugn the trouhte manlfMt, umU t '
. ...,. ilHI miration trim
JuwUnd to the highlands is no.tnoH J?
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aian., ui uruer inai we in towa BMly
The Annapolis Verdict
DISCIPLINE can be maintained iu tho
Naval Academy at Annnpolls If tho find
ings of the court of Inquiry In the examina
tion frauds nro not upset by Congress.
The two mldshlpmon who were dismissed
deserved their punishment. They were guilty
of nn offense which should bar a man from
tho navy and from any department of tho
Government engaged In the nntlonal de
fense. Men nre Bent to Annapolis, and paid
by tho Government whilo they are there, In
order that they may maBter tho subjects
taught nnd qualify themselves for serving
their country. They cannot "crib" tho tech
nique of gunnery when In the presence of
nn enemy. They must know nnd know thor
oughly what thoy nro supposed to know be
fore tho national defense can bo Intrusted
to them.
It Is of the first Importance that both at
Annapolis nnd at West Point every young
man who falls to appreciate tho gravity of
the task for which ho la preparing should
bo dropped that his placo may bo taken by a
man of finer fibre.
tSLAllQ! ir In
' W, nor are t- ji,d ,,
The Braves came, saw, and were con
quered. Penny lunches In tho schools nro better
than free lunches.
Okuma Is almost ns Impervious to scandal
as nn American politician.
Bernhardt's leg may be wooden, but her
art! Ah, that Is alive!
It wjll take a good deal of cmlnnMin. .
explain the Smith appointment.
There Is never any telling what will hap
pen. The Athletics also won yesterday.
in
Tho President's first Mexican policy mleht
have been nil right if his Information had not
been nil wrong,
The Jow bid waa $l,SQO,000 below Director
Taylor's estimate. And yet some one said
that the Directors estimates were too low.
It may bo doubted If Austria-Hungary will
,.. ..u.ijr ,p wnie to undo, Sam for any
further Information about International law.
Jt would not be fair to assume that Mo.
Nlohol'B bid was the lowest beeause he
knows sq much more about underground
passages at qity Hall.
summer houso nt tho exlremo rear of my
garden a house which Is, In reality, n cow
shed converted by Virginia creepers, side
trellises, great openings sawed In nil four
sides, and a small plaster cast of a section
of the Parthenon frieze, painted with whlto
enamct paint to resist tho rain!
But I find It dlmcult to work out of doors,
oven In tho summer. There nro so many
distractions! I nm fnr from tho telephone.
I cannot even see tho butchor's cart wheii
It enters tho place, let nlono hearing tho
callers planning a suffrage cnmpalgn with
my wife. An npplo orchard nnd n hedge of
Japanese willow protect mo from tho near
est road. Behind, my own potato field goes
down to a tamnrark swamp. In front of mo
my trellis of clomntls, with a rose nrch In
tho centre, shuls out nil but a glimpse of tho
gnrden pool, and Just now tho beds of lark
spur and pink Canterbury bells beyond. No
callers nro allowed to come back hero to dis
turb mc Yet I nm disturbed Incessantly by
the tiny clamors of llttlo things, making
their Bwcet, Insidious appeal for attention.
"Chick-n-dcc" With Ono "Deo"
There Is, for Instance or, rather, thcro hns
been a chlck-n-deo's nest on my very sum
mer house. In n box Inched there to nttrnct
tho wrens. Alt my llfo I have desired to
havo a chlck-n-tlce's nest under observation,
nnd thlfr year my wish was granted. L'vory
morning while Mrs Chlck-a-deo was sitting
on her eggs I saluted her when I enmo down
to work. Standing In front of the llttlo
gray bird bo I would whistle, very softly,
the chlck-n-deo love call, nnd out would pop
her pretty llttlo black head, nnd she would
look with sharp eyes first in ono direction,
then In tho other, pretending nil the while
sho was looking for her mnto and didn't
know I wan thoro nt all.
Then, after I had settled down, and hnd
Just got a paragraph well under way, Mr.
Chlck-a-deo would appear with n worm or
bug In IiIh mouth to feed her, nnd I would
have to lay down my pen to watch him.
First ho would perch on n twig 20 or 30 feet
away, nnd without dropping the food from
nis moiitn, say "chlck-a-deo" two or threo
times very softly a pretty, wiry, tinkling
sound. Ho never on any occasion added tho
remaining "dco-deo-dees" of the fnmlllnr
call. After repeating his announcement bo
would then fly to n strip of tho trellis, besldo
tho bird box, nnd sitting thcie oneo moro
give his wiry llttlo "chlck-a-deo," mean
while never oponlng his beak enough to drop
tho bug or little worm, nnd keeping his eyes
roving In all directions. Then ho would
suddenly glvo a hop to the perch below tho
hole In tho box, transfer tho food to tho
waiting bill of his wife, who would have her
head out ready, and depart. A fow minutes
later I would hear him singing off somo
whoro In the dlstnnce, ns if to reassure his
wife that ho waa Btlll on tho Job. t
The Oriole at tho Bnth
Another disturber of my labors Is a bluo-
blrd whoso fnmlly Inhabits n box In my
neighbor's yard, but who prefers to hunt In
mine. I can never resist watching tho flash
of hl.s blue wings over the flower beds. Still
nnothcr disturber Is a Baltimore oriole. Ho
feeds in tho orchard, swallowing down a bug
or catcrplllnr and then fairly dancing on a
spray whilo ho emits a musical grace after
meat. Ills liquid, ringing song, which enn
ho easily Imitated, Is omnipresent over my
gnrden, and -tthen he gets tired of eating ho
goes to tho bird bath, whom I can hear
him splashing, nnd so nm forced to leave my
work nnd sneak up through tho rose arch tn
watch. Getting Into tho shallow water, he
tills his body Jerkily forward till his vivid
breast goes under; then ho ducks hl.s head.
Thpn ho straightens up and flaps his hrlN
llant wings, sending out llttlo silver spatters
on tho flowers below. Finally, hn hops to
the edge of tho both, shakes himself, files
to a nearby twig, shakes himself again and
sings. I Imitate him and ho answers me,
nnd so wo talk for five minutes.
Sometimes a yellow butterfly Invades my
privacy, fluttering across my vision to at
tract intention, and then winging In circles
over tho potato field or tho flower beds. I
watch It In Its flight.
Tho butterfly departs presently, nnd I can
work ngiln until I chance to look tip nnd
seo n gieat cumulus heaped behind tho hill
beyond my tnmarnck swamp, a cloud like
tho plied snow summits of somo great moun
tain range. It scarcely moves In tho blue
sky. I admire Its puffs and billows, the ex
qulslto modeling of light and shade, the
pink, pearly tints on Its edges.
ok 'DRESSED
ADDENDA TO "SCHOOLBOY HOWLERS"
More Examples of Young Ideas That Missed Fire Evidence
That Sometimes the Boy Is Humorous Rather Than Help
less Skepticism Concerning the Cherry Tree Tale
By ROBERT HILDRETH
THERE'S no doubt about it. "Howlers,"
especially schoolboy "howlers," exercise
a wondrous fascination upon tho general
mind, Tho fact is proved by the far Jour
neylngs of the collections of schoolboy
"howlers" recently published in these col
umns nnd by the epistolary response which
their publication has evoked.
It's llko telling stories tho other fellow Is
nlways ready to toll another, perhaps a
better ono than your own. Unquestionably
the supply of schoolboy "howlers" Is Inex
haustible, and every teacher who keens a
diary ot humor possesses a storo of fun
prjvocntors hard to beat. I cmbraco the
opportunity of passing on a fow bits of
delightful misinformation reportod to mo py
rrnders of the previous articles.
From, tho director of tho School of Flno
Arts of a Western University comes a lottcr
containing a welcome contribution to tho
pay subject of examination answers. Tho
question, "What wns a saga?" in tho courso
on tho "History of Music," brought forth
widely differing vlows. One answer read tu
follow v. i
"A saga was a pitiless warrior but a kind
and loving husband." As tho director re
marks, "This embryo Carreno evidently
thought of iv Viking."
Another responso ran thus:
"A saga wns mado of wood nnd brass,
hold on the left knee and played with tho
right hnnd,"
Of such stuff Is mado tho criticism ot un
picpaiedness for college.
Health Dlrestgr Zlegier Is convinced that
'"i.w iyJ5.lh WmUy ,8 88rved w"h bat sr
rallfc TM u a pretty eooA oertlfieate of
rtriMpy for the Health Department
tbs "barmonlwa" hve
Kuiniuf, iMr. ami in me "aoaL1
uoei9d in
TJtfa com-
klv tiBBMSHied hv thn nmlo,-tD.,. T7 m BMtUYrtjr unknown gentleman luu. ....,
. . w-.onay,- UBHIOR. , . ... . . -VV -"" KVHUilKU
itnti. of the intellectual superiority of iiV TJiSZlZZZ. Wi.Wa f 48, im
:.,. kuu uuK iu me naj rover cluto.
:. not perctnp im ayperlunlv ln th-p
ii uti.aii.,u, uui 'i i ii nut
iBtUgftllity for tha M. .... i... t.rr"1
ped. AU he sets out of ir i .T.
mm year. Meantime. Broiher Billwho
t convtwad that h. ,l hZ .. ""..wn?
for: M... ,,. 1 " -" " " eieSMXl
ffft 4Mtt'. wmu, , , -t I --'" -''- - e not entered thB
revr raz ??"?. i - mir s?2? s
Whnt the Ant Led To
When I look back nt my paper an nnt Is
crawling over It. The ant makes me think
of my young apple trees set out this spring,
for tho ants crawl up young apple trees and
evidently dovour tho green aphis on the
leaves. Have my new troes any aphis? I
must get up and Investigate. Yos, they have.
I must get tho hoso nnd spray them off!
Back at laBt at my table I am freo to re
sume my work, ana another paragraph gets
completed. Then I hear a meadow lark, or
even, perhaps a wood thrush, nnd arrested
by the Bound pause to listen, and my ear
catches clearly the various noises of the
summer day, which so often wa hear with
out hearing, and would only be aware of If
they stopped altogether. I hear the tinkle
of my chlek-a-dee, the gay,, masterful song
of the oriole, the squabble of two quarrel
some robins, tho full-throated call of a, song
sparrow, the faint wash of the breeze In the
tree tops, the shrill, fairy undor-song of the
little things In tho grass, i hear, too the
tit off cry of children playing, the bay"o a
doar, tho purr of a motor elimblng the hill
Into what a dellelous obligate t0 the blua
an4 gold softness and freshness- of a sum.
mar day all thane sounds blend and har.
monla:e! To sink baek and Just listen to
fwl the touch of the breeae on your cheek
to watch the grat, lazy, beautiful white
aloud, 'o- fmell the warm scents of the Bar
denthat 1st better than working!
But I cannet sink baek ln my ohatr ij
has uo back! I have to uw thjtf kind, to
Jfpro!eUQn (whleli mean prgttntlen froro
sJ8. So I refill my pipe, call myself varlouj
InwlUng names, take a fresh gtlp on ny
pesrs of concentration and unce mara set
to work.
Why.Are tho Feet?
In a public school this spring tho follow
ing question was presontcd to the pupils for
consideration:
"Whnt do you know about tho care of tho
feet?"
Teacher Is said to havo been somewhat
suspicious, thinking that perhaps a misprint
had occurred In tho list of questions. "Caro
of the feet" seomed almost vulgar. Verifica
tion was obtained over tho telephone, how
ever, and tho youngsters tackled their Job.
Ono pupil wroto exhaustively:
"The feet nre tho extreme end of tho body
opposlto tho hed of which there nre two. Tho
feet are tender. Some have corns and soma
have aches and whatever you do don't think
that the feet aro an unimportant part of tho
body. What could wo do without feet? Wo
couldn't walk. The dog Is a guadroped but
the man Is a blpedo, Feet consist ot ten
toes, nnd a heal. Walking Is Buch o good
exercise and keeps the dlgestun In such good
working order that It Is not good to havo
the feet so sore that wo cannot walk."
A little girl, In this crisis, drew upon her
knowledge of mythology:
"Tho feet ore bo necessary that Achillea
was weak In the ankel and thnt was the
only place that they could kill him In. If
he had strong feet he would not have been
hurt."
While we're on the subject of physiology
and hygiene a reminder of Its relation to
economics Is appropriate;
"Tight clothing la not only unnrtlstlc apd '
not aiyusn, uui u is nau ror growing boys
and girls. My mothor bought me a dress
when I was 4ght years old, and before I
was nine It didn't fit. It Is therefore good
that close" should be large enough so that
growing children don't have to have new
dresses too often. It is also Important that
we should eat nourishing food. Peanuts nre
not only unholesome but UBeless to the gas
tric Juice."
We should mlaa something if wa over
looked the Information vouehsaffd j,y other
members of the physiology elaas:
The digestive system oonslsts of the ar.
tlllery oanal."
The eyea are located In the obituary
oavlty."
A Humor Ut of Conservation
Conservation, a subject of whleh we all
heard much ajew years ago. Is revived by a
young humorist: '
."Don't make whistles 0t Qt the maple
Ktqr. tatwdtd that mly the wind ahguTd
Wow through them. Owrt t or the $$
the tree and not always the twt thing i9t
the boy. No matter what part you fall on,
It Is always likely to get hurt."
History, as tho study of tho lives of great
men, Is a prolific source of schoolboy "howl
ers." "Major Hale," wo nre told, "said Sick sem
per tlrnnnls which is Latin and means I nm
sorry I have but ono llfo to glvo up for my
country. And then they hung him and every
body wns sorry for liim becauso ho was such
n young man and so patriotic."
Another hero who serves ns a mark for
tho wild shots of the cmbnttlod schoolboy Is
Ben Franklin. "Benjamin Franklin." wrote
a ten-year-old biographer, "was born In
Philadelphia. Ho worked hard as a boy as
well as as a man. Ho was tho Inventor of
the kite, the stove, public libraries, lightning
and electricity."
What was it Patrick Henry said? "Olvo
mo liberty or debt. Is llfo so sweet? Well
sirs then mako tho best of It."
Hacking nt History
Tho well-known story of tho cherry trco Is
told with variations ln a group of "exam"
papers from which u history teacher quotes:
"Abo Lincoln was tho 16th President of
tho United States and freed tho slaves. His
father never told alle.nnd said to his son
Abe. bo never tell a Ho nnd Abo said all
right father I will. His father had n cherry
tree. Abo cut It down Just for fun nnd his
father caught him doing It and to seo If Abo
would tell tho truth ho said, who cut down
my cherry tree? And Abraham Lincoln
spoko up and said I did it father, I did It
with my hatchet hut I'll never do it ngnln."
Skepticism begins early If wo may Judg'o
from tho following example of precocity:
"Thoy tell so many funny stories about
great men that I don't hellove half of them
George Washington might havo been a great
man but oven If his father rcolv did have a
cherry tree and ho cut it down Gcorgo would
maybe havo lied Just tho same as anybody
else."
If this Is startling what about tho cynicism
of the boy who wroto, "If President Wash
ington was so good ns to never tell a lie ho
nover would havo been President"?
"How do wo know that ho ever chopped
v.w.T n.srry .eor. lnt,Urea anotlc
mentntnr "Ti,- . ... . "
... ., uralua a lmng Ja m
book is no reason why It Is right. It mlcht
be that the thing wasn't worth anything
anyway and George Washington know his
father would not thrash him anyway and
so he didn't care about tolling tho truti.
That's If he really did chop down a Sly
To abandon all attempt at classification
here nro some other gems: ""ion,
"Plants take n oxygen occasionally but
always take in nitrogen nt night "
"The life of the bees In the hivn i i..,
a communal one; for they communicate aT,
he time by buzzing or rubbing their an
tennao together." ' r 8n"
"The moon rose over tim ...
transfixed the night ?nto day P3 nna
'Diffusion of gases .a the 'odor in an Ice-
A sharp piece of literary criticism i ft
remark of a high school student'
"The author of a 8tnr m..I -
insert a pleasant dW-,." . '"WWy
"Tho closing of a letter is tho manner In
which you excuse yourself."
"A copulatlvo verb is ono which couples;
example: A frog's head Is fastened to Its
body."
"Tho first part nbout a business letter Is
its subject nnd predicate."
"Tho parts of a business letter are! 1,
date; 2, intcrduction; 3, body; 4, signature;
5, postscript und placo for other sontences."
' "Pilgrims means people that run about."
"In 1620 tho Pilgrims crossed tho ocean,
and this wns known as pilgrims' progress."
"Tho Mexican Wnr was caused by the
turning over of tho spirit."
"Tho reason Taft wns not elected in 1912
was that tho Republican party separated
him."
"Tho chief events between 1765 and 1777
leading to tho American Rovolution was the
Allen and Sedition Laws, nnd tho seceding
of tho States from tho Union."
"McBcth was a romance ot noble people.
Lady McBcth wns of common or undertone.
Thus great sadness arose! and all Interest
died."
A SUMMER THOUGHT
The Interstate Commission hns ordered the
haughty nnthrnelto railroads to reduce their
rates on coal. And wo hope It makes them dig
tho clinkers out of tho grate next. Grand
Rapids Press
NATIONAL POINT OP VIEW
It Is unpreparedness of tho rabbit thnt keels'
It on tho run. But aro our American leRs as
efficient ns tho rabbit's? St. Louis Globe.
Democrat.
Judge Gary's "private Information" that peaca
in Luropo Is ot hand would glvo moro general
satisfaction If it were a great deal less private,
Cleveland Leader.
Mr. Wilson's note to Austria will como ns a
clear and timely warning to that class of busy
incendiaries who propose to carry their cam
paign into Congress when that body nsaembles
In December. Brooklyn Eagle.
Friends of J. Hampton Moore have been glv
ng careful consideration to tho possibility that
...n omviko us mayor or Philadelphia would re
suit in greater loss to tho cause of bettor water
ways than tho nation can afford to sustain.
Washington Star.
Live, not paper, soldiers are wanted when tha
..i, or .Nat " 1,as need "t them. It la alto
gether natural that Mr. Garrison, who has shown
himself In all ways a llvo. and r n paper,
Secretary of War, ahould realize th bearings
II Id "nd act accordlnBl'- Chicago
Pleasant dos-rimi " .1 "!"
paolfy the reader." oraer 'to
Getting Back at Teacher
To paolfy the Bchoolboy it shni,i
that he Is not the nly perL wh Bat(1
"bowler," Teach.ra or bl TT19
flounder in the river of JHh AtTfn
would swra , tmm ewwrou , M mi lc
submitted by SrtiSta f.W? WMt
York Tribune: jwumw in j,e New
"The amoiiiit of ralafaii ranUi .
eral agrioulture is iTfwt -' w"
"That the earth la round waa A.
"Asheyllle is wu noted
In a agbmarine fort- 0n RCCount " be-
?? . ro? contrl of political machines, the
ill ,n.0 'oru,ns for freo apeech. tho many
nmoral tyrannies that politics would impose
upon freo speech and a free press all testify
to the conflict between publicity and "the In
CU Tl n,oney" wrongfully exerted. Kansas
APPORTIONMENT
As a lioness laps at a midnight pool aone,
Tho allver alaver dripping in diamonds from her
beard,
So Tain's rough tongue laps at the dark deep
waters
Within my soul.
LiaawJa,hpurrlnff "oncss: I. overthrown,
v.. nd my ."esh ia ared;
slaughters " Bhe snuffs nfftr n,W
And a fiercer toll.
Thanm?nJh.lb,ack.ore3t fllo' a Burerapear
Than mlnejthe mall of a hero gllttera between
Th6 pr0eT81ngrPS frm nb0ve me' My B"h,'
Turn'a on tho twain,
""night" Thet8 are S,'ame(U For now ln the
r&ng8' dW,h ot hl8j To wrth that
Onslaught Of Pain!
Wllltam I1M9 Benet In tha Outlook,
"Gibraltar la n io,i - .
erally used by lawuHoT ,re Sen
pomttoM and Si TST
trnh aarety." " 4fltlng thrtr
'Corpe i nouB in tht tmaai
cans it denote mmtoms ma
AMUSEMENTS
B- EDITH'S .THEATRE
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