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Trots 11 1! CtnTis, Chairman
P II WHAI.tlY . . Executive Editor
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PHILADELPHIA. THUIlUAV. UILEMDFR 16. HIS.
The poet has no moie imnylnntton than the
captain of (mtihj uhtt has
built a great btiilncts
out of nothing.
WHAT PHILADELPHIA WANTS
IP ANY ONC had tho iIlRhtest iloubtn of the
necessity for Sunday concerts In Phila
delphia, lit lost them yesterday. The entlro
capacity of the Metropolitan Opera House,
moro than 4000 scats, was offered to the public
through the newspapers The distribution
began at 9 o'clock Half an hour later the
Evknincj l.KiKinit had given out every seat
at Its disposal and was regretfully turning
away disappointed petitioners Nor whs the
Evr.NlNO L-mxirt alone In this predicament.
Tho concert Sunday will be the only form
of entertainment open to the public on that
day, and It will be a form bejoud r ivll. So
far ns humanly possible, precautions were
taken thnt tho legitimate Interests of Sun
day should not be scanted for the orchestra
Certainly, the 1000 men nnd women who will
henr the concert will soend two hours moro
nrolltabh nnd more nleasuinblv than they '
would have spent them without that boon j a revised nrlff. Kvery consideration of com
Tho eagerness for tickets, the honest desiro . man prudence, however, dictates that even
to hear good music and to be quietly enter- If a tariff for protection should not bo levied
talned on Sunday mav be taken as .i presage- , customs levies should bo reortcd to moro
ment that next year the orchestra will have I
to pla5 more than three times. It Is a city
Institution nnd tho city should have tho great
use of It
STILL JON THE JOH
As the three bis leaders Hied Into the
meeting Ilnrnes, Crane nnd Penrose, the
Informitlon was given out thnt Chicago
would be Kp'ectnd 1'iom the report of the
meeting or the Republican National Com
mittee THESI2 three men also ran the meeting
of the National Committee in I!I1 nnd
the Republican convention thnt met in Chi
cago In I9IL".
PROTESTING A LITTLE TOO MUCH
WHY should It be necessary to havo so
many uuifcrcrcos about the regulation
of tho Tenderloin " Some ono must be in
doubt about thi policy of the new Adminis
tration Hut why should there be any doubt
about If An open town was not the Issuo
In the campaign, at least so lur as any pub
lic announcement was made. It has not ap
peared since that any privato assurances
were given to the men und women who Hvo ,
on vice that they would be allowed to have j
a free bund in the Tenth, Thirteenth and I
rourteentb Winds, or any w here else.
William H Wl'tou. the new Director of !
Public Ffifc-N, liowever. Is having privato '
interviews with the police olllcors In the old t
vice distiut while he says In public that ho
Is "unalterablj opposed to an open Tender- I
loin " If In- is so opposed, a simple order to j
Keep the lid clamped tight is all that is nce
cssarj All tills talk behlnl closed doors
tends to make the public suspicious In .spite !
of the atsurat.ces of the Mayor-elect and
the mun whom he has chosen to keep the
lid on
PEN.VSCHANCE
WIU.NEVER a football team loses con
sistently there are reports or favoritism
in the selection of players. It Is common
talk in c ambridge, Massachusetts, whence
the so-called "Harvards" come, that the
change for the better begun when Harvard
grew tired of playing society buds in her
teams and put in some football players. So
with other colleges
With Penn the chatge is peculiarly dis
t res-sing because her democracy has never
been challenged Unlike Harvard, which won
her democracy through arduous effort. Penn
has been a spirit democratic by nature. Yet
Jt Is obviously from the student body that
the iharge has come It Is regrettable that
the candidacy of one man for the position of
coach should bring up the charge which may
return upon him But It Is necessary that
the truth be known. Penn considers Itself
entitled to a winning team. It la certainly
entitled to a football team.
BLACKLISTED
THE Chicago doctor. H. J. Haiselden, who
Sained a sudden fame in connection with
the Bollinger baby case has been condemned
by a council of the Chicago Medical Society
to expulsion from that body The commit
tee did not base Its recommendation on the
doctor's refusal to operate on a baby
doomed, according to him, to lifelong imbe
cility. The doctor Is to be dropped because,
close upon the publicity gained In the case,
he allowed a series of articles to appear over
bla name, and since that time the case has
been exploited In moving pictures
Such publicity, for a physician or surgeon
of high standing, Is abhorrent to the lay
mind It makes public an essentially private
matter, and puts the. doctor somewhere be
tween the barber and the green grocer, so
for as delicacy Is concerned But beyond
that, careful readers of the dally press could
have noticed another 111 effect of undue pub
Ho attention Immediately after the Bol
linger case, terharw within a day, three other
cases of congenital defectives were found.
Within a weeWW community was too small
to lack some aspe of the case Forjunate
ly American mlndsire far too busy, ven
It they are not too,atosloie, ;o oe iiwa m
for lorifr Hut the evil of mfeillrectcti ntlvor
thlntr Is grent, nnd whatever one's qynipi
tliies may be In the particular ro-(e In Chi
cago, one rnntiot help brllevlnfr that a tnlu
tnry lesson In ethics has been read there
PREPARING FOR THE GREAT DRIVE
CMNKIDnNVn of vlctorv Is refleited'ln the
decision of the Republican to hold their
national convention a week tarlier than tho
Democrats meet If thev had followed prec
edent, thev would havo waited until tho putty
In powct had nominated its candidates and
framed It Platform Hut the head of tho
Democratic ticket Is nh early nominated, nnd
he must run on his record and not on his
promises for the future He must, Indeed,
stand befote the country as the apologist
for his partj tt Is good political strategy,
therefore, to be first in the field with n for
mal pionouncetnent
The Chicago convention of June 7 enti malto
Its own tho gteal liun-p.irtlsan Issues nf na
tional defense nnd the protection of national
honor nbroad. It can also deiiv to tho De
mocracy the right of being sole etlstodlntt
of the rights of Americans In foielgn lands
and on tho high seas, and It can assert Its
belief in the dtitv of preparing the nation
to maintain Itself against foreign aggres
sion It will be Ohio to Indlit the Adminis
tration for all lis fnlluics and be able nlso
to put it on tho defensive In St Louis, Where
Its leaders had been planning themselves to
take an nggrcslve stand on the non-partisan
Issues Slllilcletit evidence has already been
accumulated to Justlfj. the Republican con
vention In charging that, however good the
motives of the Democrncv may be. It Is In
capable of originating ami oatrylng out nny
adequate plans for the protection of the 'na
tional honor abioad.
Thete i cumins the gteal issue of protection
of American Industrv The war has inlscd
a protective hairier about the coutitrv higher
than In anv Republican tariff In hlstoiy
Hut when peace comes, all Huiopo will rush
Its goods to our markets English and
Trench will bu no German goods that they
can get along without and CJcimans will go
without rather than bus from England or
Prance These nations will be forced to sell
their surplus here 1'nlcs Congnss pre
pares against this Invasion, It Is mornlly cer
tain that disaster will overtako our Indus
tries Congress shows no disposition to consider
this question The tin iff Is to be let alone,
save foi the sugar schedule, where the duties
are to remain as thev now arc At a time
when academic theories should be Ignored
and piactlcnl business sense be applied to
meeting an Impending crisis Congress Is
planning an increase of Internal taxes, whllo
Ignoring the vast possibilities of revenue in
extensively for r.ilsing money,
There Is ammunition enough for the Re
publican campaign All that Is needed Is a
good general to lead the fight. Tho decision
to select him befoto the Democrats aro lined
up at St I.oula will give to the Republicans
the s-ame strategic advantage that the Oer
mans had when they made their first dtlvo
to Paris.
BEING ADVERTISED
PHILADELPHIA ought really to sit back
and look into the mirror and say pleasant
things to Its imag". One of Its Institutions,
a bell not remotely connected with natlonnl
history, has Just been "tout'ed" through tho
provinces, speaking loudly of Philadelphia's
care and attention No sooner had tho bell
returned than the Pennsylvania Railroad
placarded the wide stretch of country as far
south as New Orleans and us far west as
Chicago with announcements of our Mum
mer on New Year's Day
A little hit modestly, but altogether cheer
fully, the city coii'ideis these things nnd ad
mits that It likes to be advertised.
AMERICAN LABOR
M1
R. SAMCEL OOMPERS very properly
tnkes no credit to himself, nor docs he
Invoke any for tho members of tho American
Federation of Labor, when he puts himself
on lccord as being for America It Is Im
pottant that this should be the tnse, and it
,. , , ,. ... ..... . ... .
is uriioi,ioie enuuxi! iiiai we nave como in
the time when oath man must be questioned
whither he bo for us or against.
Labor., in pattloulur. has been a little on
tho defensive because of tho attempts by
foreign agitators to ally the entire laboring
classes against tho governmental policy of
neutrality "Ki lends of Labor" nnd "friends
of Pence" and other societies with as mis
leading names havo sent protests, in the
t name of American workingincn, against tho
, shipment of arms to countries with which
wo are not at war Against these mislead
I lug ventures Mr (lompers and the men for
, whom he speaks hive stood firm.
I They have had it in their power to wreck
every Ameiienn munition factory. They
I had, and still havo, moments which may
I never jetuin, for strikes, for revolutions, for
1 involving thW Government In tho war on
I one sldo or the other And they have gone
about their work heedless of these things,
asking n share In prosperity, compnrnhle to
their work for prosperity.
If tho United States had only labor to fear
In this ciisis our couiso would be fair nnd
tho seas calm.
Tom Marshull-'jou may have heard of him
Is willing to run again
Yuan Shlh-Kal still insists that ho was
forced to accept the kingly crown.
Even so, the baseball war may be settled
before the other little dispute across the
water.
Chicago Is now making plans to get the
Progressive convention. Assuming that there
will be one.
Vienna ia not quite so ignorant of what
has been going on as she would like to have
us believe.
It will take more than the left hind foot
of a graveyard rabbit to make a success of
an Administration.
Where Is the reluctant Yuan Shlh-Kal on
whom the Republican convention will have
to force the nomination?
You'd be cross, too. If your allies refused
to go on merely for the sake of a scrap of
paper, especially if you had shown them how
in Belgium.
The project of a building for the Philadel
phia Art Alliance in Rittenhouse Square is
still in the air The sooner it descends to
earth and becomes concrete the better it wilt
be for all the artistic interest! connected
with it.
Tom Daly's Column
WI2 CANNOT find words to adequately
express the Jov we feel In the discovery
that our publication of tho extracts from i
"Hills Manual of Social nnd Uuslnem
Tornis" lias already liorno rich fruit. Kev- I
oral of our readers evince In their composi
tion nnd ehlrographv geat Improvement,
nnd It Is with pleasure that we reproduce
here specimens from the recent correspond
ence of two of our most promising joung
melt. Our Jov Is tempered with the regret
occasioned b our Inability to reproduce tho
lovely penmanship of Mr. Towno's letter,
but at least wo can give his signature. Thus
do great oaks spring frotn little acotns. Hero
ale the letters:
i.i.TTi.its or niAMis
Philadelphia, Dee. S 10IS.
Dear Friend
ltnw enn I express tn J oil imp real fcellnKs of
pleasure, ilcflieo from tho exaullte natheMns at
on the ueek-cml? I lliank yntl ever
M inurli, for I had a inot enjoyable time. it
teemeil ilial the das uere nulto altogether loa
short What an Ideal host jdU are! IIo you
mako thn vfalrame HUB'
' How the answer Helm makes ,
Tn inilslr n night
VVItrn roueil h lluto nf horrt, she wake.
Ami fir awav ner Inuhs ami lakes
ones answering light "
Tims the port I' tt Shnllov.
Assuring you of mi ileep thank, nnd honing Mr
many more favors nf this character, I remain,
Truly jours,
Terrenee Pnmuets
Io ii 1 rb ml In Appreciation nf n VUII
New Vork, Deccniher nth, tfltft
friend riiarlt.
A I tonU hack upon the hnhou si ene. and
retail the ga ami pleislni; minpali) that gnlhered
iimlcr 5ur hnspltiiMo rnof-trec, I pxpcrleiue a feel
ing of gladne-s ami, for uur kindness second,
thm I'rnildenie has given me so uhutulanlh of thn
rh hnes of friendship and, thlrdls leinuic inn nra
uhat Mm itre- a man among men. or, a the poet
linth It. n prtme of good fellows" Hon tan my
poor pen iteph t the Joj m heart now feels' VV'hnt
eminent urltir ,ould do Justice, lu a mere niknowl
edBinent to a our uniform ami gracious kindness?
Alas words fall u at sut It times ns these, and wo
reallre how xnln after nil. mere words are' Onl,
I will sav this frl ml hnrlcs I do iippreilitn
nur generollv the heautles of nature that were
unfolded tn mo during tho Inst three ne tho
sound nr the surf as It loomed almost tip tn nur
door the soughing- of the wind, the mnvnslmtk
iiucits tnc rnui. , uie laugmer. tne f07. enm
fortahle rooms thp rare wines ami ilgars the vh
tunls, the l.iMsh lirejikfnsts, nnd last, hut hv tin
means lenst, the kindly fiue of our dear father
ns he sat at the head of tho hoird, with his hind
some oung nn nt tho font.
Ilellove me, dear friend Charles,
our admiring nnd constntit well-wisher
&XZ
fiP
Sir Tow lies letter Is iidmlrnble and. we do
not doubt, trlfiicrc vet wo hi.irtl this same goii
tlemnii at table thus address his host regarding
tho canvasbaeks mentioned In his letter "All!
friend Charles, these are good, lieh ducks, are
the not? ' "Yes," replied the klndlv and un
suspecting linit "Ah' I thought so, yet at
first I fancied them a Klrestone product "
FRIEND WILMER
Parm Journnl, sends
ATKINSON, of the
Is us a bag of Mountain
Buckwheat, "grown at his farm on tho
mountains of Pennsylvania and ground at nn
old-fashioned water-mill," nnd with a reclpo
for old-fashioned buckwheat cakes tied to the
bag
I thank thee, Prlenil Wllmcr, nnd beg to advise
That when cutting tho string to examlno mj
prize,
A strange transformation occurred In this room
The Moor was a sweet upland meadow In bloom
And tho wnrmth of September camo buck to
thn nlr.
And I sat on a fenco rail instead of a chair;
And the sound that I thought but tho tjpe-
w rlter's click,
Wna tho buzzing of bcea where thn blossoms
wero thick.
Then I camo to my senses and grabbed the
siting quick,
And restored thy good gift to Its wrappings
again,
For the wife nnd tho bnlrns in my "wee, but-
nn'-hen "
So 1 thank thee, Prlend Wllmor, and may thee
bo lieie.
To send us another such present next year!
Wards of Anuhis
"An old lady, whoso great-grandmother
walked a minuet with Washington uptown,
now palsied, lives at the southernmost frlnga
of Philadelphia with bej two dogs," writes her
doctor "It.igs Is one; fat, frowsy, tow -colored,
vague In character as a midsummer sermon,
remotely connected with tho Mastiff famll, a
bull. The other, small, meek, yellow, relaxes
his cowering brush before an ono that calls
htm Muttons- Rags Is ill mannered. He ran
yapping at the heels of a negro ashman's
mules reeentlj, and the negro hurled a cinder
that badlj cut Hags' foro foot Hleedlng, whin
ing, thru-legged he vi ended his homeward
way, and Ills agitated nuitress lianuaged tho
Injured foot and vwpt over him as ho licked
lur graj chick. Thnt night, despite her palsy,
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tlio old woman with Infinite labor dragged
her own mattress off the bedstead ro that
Hags could get on It without Jumping. She
lay beside him on the draught) floor and
crooned herself and him to sleep, quaverlngly,
with tunes mothers use.
"Buttons now struts exulting, for Rags the
bully Is bedfast In one short day, betwUt
spring and downfall of the light, Ruttons ac
quired the graee of walking with uxtended tall
Heretofoie when the old l.ul left bones for her
two friends Hags tool, all, nnd what ho could
not eat he buriPil like on egg trust Ruttons
would sit afar off on Ids pathetic tall with
mouth watering and wistful eye until Hags
slept the sleep of the sated Then Buttons
would sneak toward the cold ,toiage plant,
hastily dig and vanish with a bone and a
delirium of terror. He ltd a dog's llfo of It.
Ruttons" ribs are disappearing. He even buries
bones ostentatious;!, not remembering days to
come, while Hags complains to the wintry sky
The god 'Anubls gives every dog his day."
fair Illch life feign moving stairway,
level Market street ferries:
TO ELEVATED TRAIH2-
Honest to goodness'
II It II
I II f! MIXSTIIHI.
'I urn the merrv Minlntrel, oW qnd uiav,"
The Xorth'iiinil chants,
"4'he forest is my harp anil when I plau
The aiiQinUihes ilunce."
Hear fcir
With the mall bag full to oerflowlng. an I the.
Christmas rush already on the riuch oer-workd
clerk can still fln I time for a 'tween smile
We recently em out a Lauh of letters, one of
which was returned with the Indorsement, "Dead " A
second lot followed hefore the neuuwry lorrrctlon
was made In our !Uu Another letter, addressed to
the same person came with the notation, "Still Head"
C S. K.
County Jail and Other News
Prom, CatawUsa News-Item
The official trouble hunter of the Board of
Public Charities visited the Columbia county
Jajl on October 23 The county commissioners
are just in receipt of a letter from the board
stating that he found the Jail "badly ventilated,
corridor extremely dark, beds old, bedclothing
soiled, toilets completely worn out no lights In
cells, bath tub old, worn out and very dirty,"
coupled with the' statement that "the jail needs
a complete over-hauling."
While they are at It the commissioners might
as well put in bowling alleys, blllard and pool
tables, a Cabaret show, Moris chairs, indirect in
candescent lighting, a sideboard, a sun parlor,
a tennis court, a card room, a barber shop, and
a few other necessaries for the comfort of the
prisoners.
Charles L. Pone Is housed up by a severely
strained leg. caused by a fall last Saturday
while chasing a rat In the yard.
Owing to a delay In the arrival of his railroad
ticket Adam Mensch did not start for the
soldiers' home at Johnson City, Tenn, until Mon
day of this week
Luther Eyer, ot Lewis' band, purchased a
new u tut urass norn at a cost of. w.
"BUT MOSES NEVER SENT A COPY OF THE TEN COMMANDANTS TO VIENNA!"
SIDELIGHTS ON
A SPLENDID CAREER
Lord Alverstone Was One of tho
Most Remarkable Men of His
Time His Many-sided
Personality
milOl'OH he visited this count! y but once,
-Lord Alvetstonc. who died In Loudon yes
teiday, was held In tho friendly regard of
the Amerlcin people bevnnd most distin
guished cltlcns of other counttles His
American ftimo Is
due in large p-irt to
his participation in
,hi niblttation over
he Boring Sea con
trov crsy, tho Veno
JMtclii dispute and
the Alaskan boundary
question, his work
winning him not only
n place of high
esteem In tho United
Mates, but tho prulso
and admiration of
both British official
dom nnd tho British
public. This gen
eral recognition of
his judicial qualities,
or, in broad terms, of
I.OHU vlviiihto.nl his fairness of mind,
has followed his public nets throughout his
long career.
Tho career of Richard Webster, first Lord
Alverstone, has been one of remnrknble suc
cess, duo to tlio possession of no less remark
nblo qunlitles. Tho distinguishing mental
characteristic which enabled him, with no
special ndvantnges, to liso to the highest
pormnnent Judgeship of England, was, in
ono word, thoroughness. Genius has been
described as the capacity for taking infinite
pains, and there was perhaps no Englishman
of his tlmo who possessed thnt victory-winning
capacity in a higher degree than Lord
Alverstone, who retired ns Lord Chief Jus
tice threo yenrs ago nt tho ago of 70. Ho
was the architect of his own fortune, but In
his recently published recollections ho pays
tribute to tho early training given him by
his lather, Thomas Webster, n well-known
pntent lawyer of his day.
"It may bo of Interest," wrote Lord-Alverstone,
"if I refer to ono general rule of con
duct to which I havo always adhered. My
father, when I was a lad nt school between
tho ages of fourteen and eighteen, had taken
mo to seo tho carrying out of any process
which might bo affected or Involved In the
question In dispute upon which ho was ad
vising In this way I saw manufacturing
processes in actual working, with tho result
that I determined that whenover n cas-o in
which I wns consulted Involved nny process,
or rcfetred to any particular species of prop
erty, I would mako a point of seeing for
myself the work as It was being cnrrled on,
or, at nny rate, the local surroundings, thus
enabling mo to appreciate better nny ques
tion of fact that might arise. I adhered to
this rule without exception during the 2S
years that I was engaged in private prac
tice Only to give a single example, I spent
the whole of a Sunday in tho screw shaft
and engine room of tho 'Atrato.' "
A Marvelous Memory
At Charterhouse and Cambridge Univer
sity Webster won a reputation ns an ath
lete, especially as a runner nnd hurdler, his
Interest in athletics and sports remninlng
with him during his life Choosing his
father's profession, ho distinguished himself
as a chancery lawyer In his very Urst case.
Richard Webster used to amazo people with
the minuteness and accuracy of his knowl
edge. "What n memoiy!" they w'ould ex
claim; but it was something more: it was a
naturally fine memory kept up to a rare
standard of excellence by application that
never (lagged Thomas A Edison once paid
him a splendid compliment. "Sir Rich
ard Webster," ho Bald, "now Chief Justice
of England, was my counsel and sustained
all my patents in England for many years.
Webster has a marvelous capacity for un
derstanding things scientific and his address
beforo the courts was lucidity itself."
In the famous I'arnell trial Webster was
counsel for the Times It was said of him
by u famous public man, as quoted in the
London Telegraph, that "there was not a
name, there was not an initial, there was
not an episode in all that vast network of
movements and rival organizations, In all
that labyrinth of puzzling and bewllderingly
similar names, which he did not know. Nay,
there was not a person of any importance
or, indeed, of no Importance In the gallery
of the hundreds in the movement In Ireland,
in England, In America, whose handwriting
Sir Richard wan not able to Identify Such
u feat in the absolute mastery of an un
familiar subject I have never seen equaled
by any man In my time I am told thnt he
Lw ' 5UU aLd IKS
miraculous grasp of details and facts in
every case In which ho appeared "
A man of cultivation ns well nsf a master
of facts, Lotd Alverstone appreciated nnd
ntlmltcd Gladstone's wonderful grnsp of his
subject and his Intimate knowledgo of tho
classics. Tlio following Incident, given In
tho "Recollections," n Longmans publica
tion, Is Illuminating In tcgnrd to both men.
"Duilng the period from 1Ss till 1892 ho
(Olnilstone) wns In the habit of attending
ono of tho bteakfnst clubs where somo ono
subject was genoially selected for discussion.
Shortly beforo tho occasion In question Sir.
John Lubbock, afterward Lonl Avobury, had
published his book on bees, and when tho i
question was raised ns to n sultnblo topic i
for discussion the subject of bees was sug
gested. Mr. Gladstone at onco acquiesced,
and for nonilv nn hour took a prominent
part in tho discussion, showing what ap
peared to be an extraordinary knowledgo of
tho habits of bees. As Lord Morley walked
away with Mi Gladstone from brenkfnst ho
said, 'Well, Mr Gladstone, voli seem to know
all about bees I supposo you hnvo been
rending Sir John Lubbock's book?' 'No,'
sold Mr. Gladstone, 'I havo never read a
word of It, nor hnvo I ever scon it. It was
the Georgics from which I got my Informa
tion ' This incident Is not only Illustrative
of Mr. Gladstone's power of generalisation
nnd of his knowledgo of Virgil, but Is nlso
a striking testimony tp tho poet, for I be
lieve thnt thero Is Ilttlo really known about
bees which Is not described or Indicated In
tho Georgics."
A Friend of Americans
Lord Alvcrstono was acquainted with most
of tlio leading men of England In law, let
ters, sclenco nnd political life, nnd with
ninny well-known Amerlcnns. His reference
to our representatives at tho Court of St.
James Is perhaps of particular Interest to
their countrymen. "Among other wcll-knotvn
men with whom I was acquainted wero Mr.
Phelps, Mr Lincoln, Mr Bayard, Mr. Choate,
Mr. liny and Mr. Whltolnw Tteid. They wero
nil Ambassadors from tho United States to
tho Court of St James, most distinguished
nnd worthy representatives of tho great no
public of tho West." All but Mr. Hay were
frequently his guests nt his homo in Surrey,
and ho nnd Mr Hay wero often together.
Mr Choato Impressed him as tho best of
them as a public spcuker. Ono of his closo
friends was David Dudley Field, tho famous
Amcrlcnn lawyer, Another was Alexander
Graham Bell
Sclenco lost a brilliant student when Rich
ard Webstor choso tho law. On second
thought, he wns nn nccompllshcd student In
sclenco throughout his rcmarkablo career.
On tho mantelpiece of his town houso thero
stands ono of the curiosities of the place, nn
electric clock, which, ns n card states, 1b
"worked from two plates, ono copper, one
zinc, burled in tho garden Started May 29,
1879." Lord Alvcrstono waB one of tho pio
neers In domesticating electricity, and In
stalled a plant of his own before nny electric
light company wns In existence.
AFTER ALL
A Sing Sing convict has written a book, en
titled 'Tho Pleasures of Prison Life." It must
bo a small volume Detroit Tree Press.
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
Mr. Wilson does not understand tho American
business man any better than he understands
business. Kansas City Journal.
Cities that have commission government con
tinue to demonstrate that successful municipal
administration Is not a political problem but one
of economics. Kansas City Star.
Burope'a need3 for our farming products will
be more urgent nnd for greater quantities next
year than at any prior period of time. There
will bo immense demands from Europe for such
products for years after tho war ends. Cincin
nati Enquirer.
All the circumstances In tho Ancona ease dic
tate to the Vienna Government an early de
nunciation of its naval subordinate's crime; and
It ts ditlicult to believe that Bmperor Francis
Joseph will permit what now seems like an In
evitable diplomatic rupture between the two
countries unless reparation is made for so In
excusable an outrage. Springfield Republican.
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