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P.IILADt.Lril.A. SATURDAY, JAMMtn . 1916.
The youth who waits for some, one to push
htm upward tclll netcr rise very far.
It Is Impossible to find out wlmt tho city
needs by consulting the feeble minded.
Tom Vare'3 discovery that chickens thrive
drt late suppers Is Interesting but not new.
Wo gather from Arnold V. Ilrunner's ad
dress on city planning thnt there Is no such
thing.
According tn Tom Heed's dcllultloii Sena
tor Penrose cannot be n. statesman. He Is
stilt alive.
Tho new Administration has already begun
to Justify Itself by cIIIiir n Blankenbutg
precedent.
Indiana Democrnts arc delighted by their
discovery that Mr. Wilson Is willing to ac
cept a renomlnatiou.
Tho rioting at Youngstown Indicates that
Undo Sam has ti war problem of his own
right hero at home.
tt they should elect Colonel Itooscvclt as
Senator from Now York, tho proceedings
of tho Senate would gain In human interest
what they might lose in dignity.
Tho Philadelphia I'our Hundred, meas
ured by the Assembly Hall test, number One
Thousand, so much grcator Is tho City of
Brotherly Love than the City of Tnrnmnny.
Perhaps City Solicitor Connelly can pre
pare an opinion Justifying tho removal of
tho Civil Service Commissioners which will
really Justify It.
When tho Congressmen consider tho
WllHes-Darre postolllco caBe they should re
joice that the President has so few friends
to reward.
If .you nro weary of trying to follow tho
. war news you may bo nble to got some re
laxation by attempting to settle the contro
versy over tho translation of tho Sumcrian
tablets In tho University museum.
Thero will be disappointment, If not sur
prise, In certain quarters that tho Jury did
not decide forthwith that tho New Haven
Railroad directors were malefactors of Rreat
wealth.
The centenary of the founding of tho llrst
American savings bank Is to be observed next
December. If you mart now you can qualify
to observe the first anniversary of tho open
ing of your savings hank account early In
January of next year.
The proposed Federal censorship of moving
pictures Is only a llttlo bit more senseless,
more tyrannical and more absurd thun tho
present State censorship laws o? Pennsyl
vania nnd Ohio. IJut Congress ought to pass
.the bill so that tho reaction will swing nil
tho nonsenso Into oblivion at once.
Unless Ellis Ashmcnd-Bartlett exercises a
. llttlo greater discretion than he showed In
his first American lecture on the war he
Is likely to find himself ns unwelcome hero
as Doctor Dernburg was. A pro-British
propaganda Intended to draw the United
States Into the war on tho sido of tlio Allies
ton the "preservation of Anglo-Saxon civili
zation" would better be postponed, anyway,
until tho nntl-conscrlptlonlsts at home have
been convinced of the Importance of light
ins for British Interests.
Some sense of social responsibility must
have been aroused In tho young women
educated at Bryn llnwr College, or the class
of 1883 would not have decided to com
memorate the celebration of Its twenty-fifth
anniversary by arranging for a study of
methods of fire prevention In factories whero
women are employed. The arrangements
have Just been completed by tho appoint
ment of two trained social research workers,
end the State Commissioner of Labor
ifnd Industry has agreed to do till in
hla power to facilitate tho work. The young
wpjnen who are about to begin the Inspec
tion of factories aro not likely to find out
anything which is not already well known
to the faw whoso business Jt Is to be in
formed on tho subject. Tho valuu of their
work will depend upon the amount of public
Interest thoy can arouse to support tho
officials In enforcing the laws and in their
ability to porsuade the manufacturers doing
"business In Are traps that they are Imperll-
"fif the Uvea of their workpeople.
Several of the Pennsylvania Congressmen
fu published Interviews with respect to the
factional fight on the election of one of their
number to the National Republican Con
BSjessloual Ccmmlttee referred to the position
Jia "unimportant." To tho layman, perhnps,
tho piatler in' unimportant, but to the
ujnbijipus roI'tIclani' " Is I Important,
tlnce the Pennsylvania member who is
efcctcd.,w!U conduct the 1016 Congressional
ttiiui'algn l;t hia pwn State. He will con-U-ol
Jhe expenditure of campaign fuuda in
j Ik various Congressional districts and by a
W.m or unwlso apportionment he can alo
pnfrul the lolitlcal destinies of the canO
t. Thomtia 8, Rutlers. complaint dur
r j the 4Uat a day or so ago was that he
I S i'wltfed only JHQ from J. Humptou
jkr-r who conducted the 191K campaign
" Y it Kr lotjrif declared that Buj
,' tihA asr hi b"Hff mention of
EVENING: TflPaEftPHlLADiaLPfllA, SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 1D16
uppermost In Ihe minds of all the, Congress
men who caucused on Tuesday Is which
sldo Ahall control the finances In tho 1914
campaign, shnll It be Vnro or shall It bo i
Penrosot Truly, I
n the face of this, can
Congressmen declare that
tho Pennsylvania Congressmen
the position Is Unimportant
.WANTED: AN IMPRACTICAL MAN
ONE of the
crop of t
lie most familiar of the cnrller
motorist whose car slopped short In n
ciowdcd street. Ho lifted the hood and then,
following the precedent set by comic artists,
crawled under. Ho gathered about him his
wrenches and pller", nnd oiled xlgoroUsly.
He examined parts and ho called to passing
motorists to help him. Finally through the
gathered croud camo an old man, who had
never been In a car In his life, nnJ said,
"Perhnps you have run out of gasoline."
A similar story Is told by Gilbert K. Ches
terton, tho celebrated Ihtgllsh defender of
human rlRhts, In his nppcnl Tor Impractical
men. Government, religion, education, com
merce, all have been given oor to specialists,
lo experts, to practical men. until some
times It would bo a blessing to bnvp a breath
of Imaclnntlon stirring In tlio world. Hero
In America tho samo contempt has grown up
for the theorist, for the malt whose Imagina
tion Is not bound down by facts. We havo
no more bitter term than "dreamer," no
word more cxpresslo of admiration than
"hnrd-hbaded."
Obviously, the last thing to be defended
Is the soft head; but there Is nt least n word
to say for the henit which Is not hard and
tlio brain which haR not yet petrified. Tho
Routlcinan In tlio "Pickwick Papets" wbo
prepared a paper on Chinese Metaphysics
by rending llrst under M for mctnph) tries
and then under C for China, and combining
his information, Is not the only type of Im
practical man. When Thomas .lert'eison
signed tho Louisiana purchase apt cement
ho was essentially Imptncttcnl. His Imagina
tion, more than his practical sense, dictated
the action from which the otean-to-ocenn
extent of these I'nlttd States has sprung.
Mr. Ford Illustrates, in it striking way. tho
two qualities. Ills trip to Europe was a.
work of the Imnglnntton, which seems In most
men wild and fnntasllc. Hut his vision of
peace in Km ope Is matched by his vision
of boundless llelds, plowed by motor-drlen
tractors, enriching the world Inestimably
And tho latter vision, the work of a theorist,
will be accomplished. A practical man would
deter himself with thoughts of the ancient
convention that fields must no plowed b
horses. A visionary sees one man with a
ti actor doing the work of ten men, and doing
It better1.
Nations nnd fortunes ate not the onl
things thnt have been built ny tho factilt
which It is now tho fashion to despise. The
lives of men havo been changed and bettered
by their habit of thinking In grand terms
instead of in the terms of everyday. Tlio
day's work consists of so many houis at
the olllce or at the counter or In consulta
tion with "prospects," for the purpose of
drawing so much money at the cashier's desk
once n week or fortnight. But ono man who
alts at a desk nil day Is flgutiug on an In
come of $8000 a year by the time ho Is 33,
nnd another Is wondering whether ho can
get $25 a week when the next raise Is due.
Both havo their noses to the dteadful grind
stone; but one, in spite of everything, hns
his eyes toward tho Hints. He Is a dreamer;
but tho dream throws a light upon his work,
and In the end ho will havo his thousands,
because the man who takes his dream Into
his work hns discovered the great secret,
that dreams come true.
The world Is bound to come in for a long
period of discipline, of efficiency and of prac
tical application ns a result of the war, and
It would certainly bo a grievous thing that
the war should bo fought, with all Its bit
terness and bloodshed, without some goud
coming of it. Thero will still bo a placo for
the mind which can create something which
does not exist and for tho spirit which can
hand on tho Image to thoso who will make
It live.
If one In doubtful, the lesson of Gcrmnny
herself can be cited. Sho is the great npostlo
of efficiency; but In every net of hers thero
Is a vision of something beyond. Bismarck
had the great concept of a nation united as
surely as Gnribnld. hud It. Today that
spirit operates In the least and In the
greatest of Germany's activities. On the
one side Is the prolonged struggle for a way
to Constantinople, a tltamc Idea. On the
other Is a trifling Incident which occurred
in 1911. When Germany doslted ,to Martlo
the world with tho famous "coup d'Agadlr,"
in which tho concordance of England and
Frnnce was abboltttely vital, she chose tho
10th of July for her announcement that sho
was sending a gunboat to Algiers. The 10th
was a Saturday, und (ho German mind had
visualized all of England going on a week
end. In fact, Sir Edward Grey was out of
town, und for two days France had to hold
off, not knowing what her ally could do.
So the imagination can work In the minut
est detail and It can work In tho highest
terms. Its counters are nil xs, to which
tho solution of tho problom assigns a value,
great or small. To tho practical man x Is
always an Integer, from which ho some
times builds up thousands. To the Impracti
cal man x Is always Infinitely rjreat. If ho
never quite succeeds In materializing his
symbol, he has, at least, the plensuro of tho
pursuit and tho knowledge that he has not
lived meanly.
IMPORTANT IF TRUE
THE announcement from "Washington that
the German Foreign Olllce has acceded to
tho demands of the United States for nn
agreement "which will clear up entirely the
I.usitauia case" must be extremely gratify
ing to all thoso who have been in sympathy
I with the efforts of the Government to pro
I tect the lives of Americans and to insist upon
respect for the rights of neutrals on the seas.
The delay has beon so long as to try the
patience. But If It la to be followed by a
completo yielding to the contentions of our
State Department there should be no com
plaint anywhere.
The good faith of Germany's promises will
appear In their fulfillment. Germany, ap
parently, ceased several months ago to at
tack merchant ships. Whether this was be
cause the British swept'her submarines from
mo sea, vr ipr omer reasons, is noi material.
If Germany professes to have abandoned this
method of warfare because of our protest no
i one should complain so long as the abandon
ment M real. There lias remained the ques
tion of reparation. "We shall know how Ger
many has agreed to meet the claims when
thjfe documents are made public The, method
is of little eonsetuce so fang as (he claims
aro met.
Tom Daly's Column
I fT0 SEE Raymond S. Martin play baseball
JL you'd never tako him for a dentist! and
to watch his serious demeanor when nos
fllllnjr teeth you'd never think ho had a
grnln of wit. Hut ho was V. of P.'s star
second baseman a few yeats pro, nnd he's
n bus dentist now. Also, here Is the other
critic-ne'e:
Martin mot one of his patients In a restau
rant the other day, "You seem lo be hav
ing n Rood time," he said. "Knjoy our
men In more slnco ou pot those new teeth,
eh?" "You bet," said the patient. "(Jood
teeth prove excellent company when n man
sits down to dinner." "Yes, but you must
be enroful how you pick your company."
VAitlABt.K
llntlter yc titir-nr'irji while ye mail.
OUl Time 1 itllt n-llylnv.
Anil ritmotn of pence uc henr tottnu
Tomonow they'll be denying.
"Ahl .vott big, wicked city," runs tho lino
on one of the lithographed posters on tho the
nttlcnl blllbonids this week, which dlscov
crs the heroine gazing from the window Upon
the municipal lighting system far below,
"how ninny poor girls have otir lights lured
lo their ruin!"
Mess jour Innocent heart' not' neatly so
many us your melodramatic author expects
ou to lute into the theattc.
-Etiquette of falling. -
rrom 'itliri Mnntml of Sorlnl nnd Itu-dnfff Forms."
I'-wrlstl, Tho.. n Illll, Chlmgo, IKS2.
What Should Uc Aoidetl When Calling
Do tint stare around the room
Do not t.iku a dog or "inn II child
Do tint linger at the illmicr hour.
Do not lay aside the 'bonnet nt a formal call.
Do not llclnct with jour cane, hat or parasol.
Do not innKo a call of ceremony tin a wet day.
Do not turn otir back to one spatid near .ou
Do not touch the plnnn unlci's Invited to
do so.
Do not handle ornaments or fiirnltuie In the
loom
Do not iiul.c a illil.iv of consulting our
watch
The DfturcH In tho nhovc To iiHtMimc nn tiif) cen-
lllMtrntlon rrp r e a e n t trrl attitude iho lmllM-
Krntcful poFturej- lo he mil niuct lit) Belf po-
uaeumed li Imth lndle peeacd To lo o ntten
nnd pentlernen In the pur- i linn inunt ho Klven tn enny
lor Ah will lie eeen, How or InnnunRe. luippy
ulicllirr holding hut or I exprcN8lnn of thought,
fan either alttlng or ' tudy of cultured aoclety
fttnndtn?, the poaltlona I nnd tho general Iuwh of
lire nil may nud grateful. ! etiquette.
Do not. If n gentleman, leave the lint In
the ball when malting merely a formal call If
the call Is extended into a islt, (t may then
be Eel afltlc. Whether Bitting or standing (Fig
ure 7), tho luil may be gracefully held In tho
baud.
Cltarlicclinplinitis
Dear Tom A few nights ngo some joiing it'l
nthci of mine were pining for entertainment.
I ndvli cil it clip Into the p.igcs of certain Juve
nile chronicles ou and I wot of. My miKKei'tlon
was given tho hoot. This slam nt the clasdes
of childhood led me to nmlto further Inquiry.
Here Is tho tesiilt:
Hey, diddle diddle! the Cat nnd tbelFlddlc.
Tho row's lunar stunts don't provoke
A snicker worth while not tho ghost of a
smile
From modern niirBeiy folk.
The Giant Killer to Dad was a tlitillcr,
A hero who didn't approve ease.
Now, C- car-old Sep. says tlio killer lacked
"pop"
Is outclassed by the stars of tho "movies."
Childhood once was a feared at the name of llltio
Ileal d;
Ited Hiding Hood's wolf made tleyh "goosey";
But, pshaw! they're moss-backed. Kids prefer
their nerves racked
By four reels of "I.lght-Flngcied I.ucy." '
Alis! poor Aladdin no loiiRer can glndden;
His, genie Is clean out of Htjle.
Nowadays not it cub for this1 lump gives n rub.
For the "flllums" can beat It a mile!
T. i:. Orr.
Gordon's "Gazetteer of (lie State of Peunsyl
Minia," published In 1S32, seems to promiso
somo curious Knowledge nud perhnps an oc
casional bit of inlFlnfonnutlou. At any rate,
Itere'u one specimen of the latter: "The name
of Philadelphia Is derived from a city of Asia
Minor and Is compounded of two Greek words
J'hllon, friend, nnd Atlelphos, brother."
Oh, ye,! n llttlo further on It sajs: "The
city was originally chartered in ISO), hut the
provisions of the act of Incorporation not being
tvllieleiitlv popular, It was nlirog.itcd nt the
revolution."
Ballads of Portland
Denier In
1!(ID'I, .SIKH',"! AND Kl'IlltKltS
182 Middle Street
1 heard n voice sing low nnd sweet,
1 want 10,000 human feet!
I listened while mj coul grew calmer.
And found It came from M. G. P.tlnier,
And then, as In a dream, I heard
That crowd obe his mighty word.
And rush before my wandering view
To Middle street, 132.
Ten thousand feet! Five, thousand palis
Of boots und shoes are sutely theirs.
And wide or narrow, full or slim,
You get a fitting boot of him.
And corns and bunions, at his name.
Droop down their heads In very Bhame.
Large Joints, Ingrowing nails, depart,
All conquered by our Palmer's art,
And in repairing, no delu
Detain his work through anxious das.
lie promises at such a date
And does not make you longer wait
Then go to him and find 'tis true
That perfect is each boot and shoe ;
And men and women creak Ids worth
Whene'er they step on mother earth
His Sister Also Can Find Good Home
Sir Smpathy goes out to the Nlcetovvu mer
chant who placed In the window the following
plaintive sign:
WANTED A BOV SIXTBKN YBAUS."
Nalnacs.
As to the Tub
"The great pipe you ce on the cover," sa
the January number of a technical magazine,
"Is one of (lie many through which tho pure
mountain water flows to the thirsty, and those
In need of a bath, throughout Greater New
York."
"Here," says II II H.. who brings the matter
to our attention. "Is a question that the column
might open for dlyeusslon. viz.: When is a
man In need of a bath (throughout Greater New
York)? la, for liiEtance. a man actually In need
of a bath likely to get ope? Does a gentleman,
distinguished from mere man, bathe so often
that he keeps ahead of the time of need do that
he never really needs one and so on and so on.
A delightfully elegant and refined subject for
discussion."
Burely Thorns. E. Hill has fuJUy covered JhU
nainful subject, but If any tsadar. ctumi to.
aSadvrt vpm it, we fchau U gfe$ to Ul.
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ROMANCE OF AN HONEST ADVENTURER
Strange Career of James Silk Buckingham, Who Stirred the
World, But Is Now Forgotten When He Came to America
2000 Philadelphians Attended a Banquet in His Honor
TO MOST people today tho name of James I
Silk nucklnghnm means little or nothing, I
yet he was one of the most remurkablo men
of his time, nnd his Inllucnce on history was
considerable. His career from the day when I
he went to sea nt the age of D to the day of
his death Is an extraordinary story of
romance nnd adventure, of misfortunes anil ,
disappointments, of successes nnd liotiors '
one experience following another In inpld
and vagarious succcksIoii throughout his !
life. On his visit to America 2000 citizens
of Philadelphia gave him a banquet, nnd
elsewhere In this country he was tecelved '
like a king on a triumphal tour. To an
swer tho question, "Who wns Jntnc.s Silk
Uuckingham?" Ik to recount a notable bit I
of now unnoted history. The answer to tho
question introduces us to n man who la- j
bored devotedly, while enduring many forms '
of persecution. In bchnlf of such objects ns
the following:
lleform of the government of India.
A canal across the Isthmus of Suez.
Improvement of methods of cotton ciiltit'c.
Knl.irgomeut of hydrogrnphlcnt know ledge.
IJ.xttnction of suttee; other sltnl'nr Indian
icfnrms.
Fieodoni of tho Iiid'nn press.
Trial by Jury In India.
Kducatlon of DgvpMati .vou'Jii hi Kmtaud.
Abolition of Wont Indian slavery.
Pinmotlou of Chilstinn missions.
Housing reforms.
Temperance reform.
Welfare of nallors.
Intel national pence.
This is only a partjnl list of tlio piotnlnont
activities of a most versatile Ihigllsliman,
who accomplished much und helped to
accomplish a great deal more. Sailor, scien
tist, editor, author, lecturer, legislator, re
former, philanthropist he was alb these, yet
ho had hardly a day of fmmal schooling in
nil his life.
Went to Sea at Nine
His world-wide travels began early. At 0
jctir.s of age. In 1733, ho went to sea. Ilefore
ho was 11 ho had been n prisoner of
war nnd suffered confinement at Coriinnu.
Ilefore he was 1'J ho had marched barefoot
many hundred miles through Spnlu and
Portugal to Lisbon. At the ago of 21 ho was
In command of a vessel. In bin far voynglngs
he hnd learned tho French, Italian, Gieek
and Amble languages, hcMdcs tho dialects
of a hundred potts. Determining to settle
ns a general merchant at Malta, he
Journeyed thither, only to be barred out on
account of the plague raging in tho town.
Thence he proceeded by a toundabout route
to Alexandria, in Kgypt, whero he was
cordially received by the British consul
general and by Mohammed All, the i tiling
Pasha. He proposed to them at that time
he reopening of the nnclcnt canul that had,
connected the Hcd S-'cn and the Mediter
ranean. Ho penettated into Upper Egypt,
but beyond the Cataracts he was halted by
nu nlmost total blindness. Returning ho vrns
captured by a band of mtitineeting Egyptian
soldiers, who left him naked, shelterless und
foodless In the debert. After terrible suffer
ings ho finally reached Cairo, having re
ceived assistance from tho natlveu of the
country through his knowledge of their
language und customs. Habited as a native,
ho now explored a largo part of Egypt. The
IJritUh merchants of the country engaged
him to make a hydrographlc survey of tho
Ited Sea region, and then engaged him as
their emissary on an Important errand to the
Rrltlsh merchants In India. After perform
ing this mission he was commissioned as
captain of ti frigate in the service of the
Imaum of Muscat, but was Informed by the
Bombay Government that, as he did not
possess a llcenso from the East Ipdla Com
pany directors In Ixindon, he could not re
main In India. It was at that time required
that nobody should be allowed In India
without such a license.
Later Uuckingham visited tlio country as
the envoy of Mohammed All, no license being
required of a representative of an In
dependent ptlnce. The first part of tho
journey was overland, through Palestine and
Mesopotamia, where he made extensive re
searches on the site of ancient Babylon, dis
covering; a portion of the city Walls, identify
ing the hanging gardens of Scmlramis and
the palace, of Nebuchadnezzar. He fought
pirates in the Persian Gulf and joined forces
with a British naval commander In an
attack on Ras-eIKhyma Finally arriving
at Bombay he performed his mission for the
Pasha, and a license having been forwarded
him from- London he resumed hh post in the
service of fho Jroaum of Muscat. He was
ordered to, the coast of Zanzibar to give con
vey to a fleet to slave-trads jtblps, bu$ so
"BAH-H-H ! "
:. - r t v: i
opposed was he to tho slave system Hint
ho quit ills Job forthwith.
At Calcutta, under the fnvor of Lord
Hustings, the Governor General, he estab
lished a newspaper called the Calcutta
Journal, which sprang so quickly Into
popularity that In three yearn' time It wus
yielding ItK owner nnd editor a net iinnunl
profit of JCS000. After tho depiit litre of Hast
ings for England, the Journal fell into dis
favor with tho temporary Governor General
nnd Buckingham was ordeictl out of India.
With his wife, who hnd Jnt Joined him after
several years' separation, Buckingham re
turned to England. Treated In India ns a
man guilty of some heinous ciime, he was
welcomed In England as it victim of the
most cruel tyranny.
citizens assured him of their sympathy und
respect, but In general acted according to
the notion thnt the East India Company
was omnipotent. It must bo remembcied
that tho domination of India affairs by the
company was not removed until tlio middle
of the century. Its agents ruled with a high
hand, dictating to everybody, whether
native or Britisher, and Buckingham was
sent out of tho country without trial or ex
planation. A Serious .lohc
A number of years later tho House of
Commons got up courage to appoint a hcltct
committee to ltiquli'i Into the case. On this
committee of :'." members weio Lord John
Bttssell. Sir Boboit Pod, William Ewait
Gladstone, und other men of like distinction.
The unanimous report was that Buckingham
wns guiltless of nny wiong nnd thnt bin
persecutors could point to no other causo
of his dismissal than nn edltoiinl In which
ho playfully alluded ti the appointment of
a Scotch Presbyterian minister to tho
office of a clerk of stutloncry In the Govern
ment ofllccs. A leading of the cditoilul
teveals tho titter ridiculousness of the
action taken against Its author. Moreover
and this Is funny, too the appointment hal
no sooner been heard of by the India di
rector.! In England than It wus nnnullpd as
grossly Impr.qper, while tho Boaid or Indian
Control of tho British' Ministry censured the
appointment, nnd tlio General Presbyterian
Assembly of Scotland gave the tevcrend
gentleman tho option of resigning his secular
post or surrcndeilng his ministerial gown.
Tho Select Committee recommended that
compensation bo paid to Bucklnghlm for
the financial losses he hnd suffered. Tho ex
perience had cost him 40,000 worth of
property, besides an annual Incomo of CSOOO,
and threw on him. In addition, personal
responsibility for debts of tho publishing
concern amounting before settlement to
10,000. Tho property was nominally osten- i
blbly hold for his benefit, but really con
fiscated, for the proceeds wero Insulllclent
to pay the debts already mentioned.
BucKingham Keeps His Feet
Not tho least admirable characteristic of
Buckingham was his ability of rising above
every disappointment and blow of ill fortune
and going on with work In which his heart
was equally enlisted with his mind. After
the bitterness of his "failmo" In India, he
established the Oriental Herald, through
the columns of which ho sought to Impress
upon his country the value of tho British
possessions In the East and the necessity of
closer intercourse between London and i ", VT?,,?"."3" "IVErb ta
India. Indln at that tlmo Rppmpfi n innn- ,- i- I ,At-n nf i, ym-hhn mmv hpfnre the Tr
off to the English people, who knew com- whelming Teuton-Bulgarian forces were ou
... ' ' -" i . . ulll i, rav nld warrlofi "t
parativeiy little or its management or of the i LT eonouerabTa so iViTand a weak body; W
commercial opportunities which wero to
mean so much to them when the trade
monopoly had reached an end. In his work
for the development of Eastern trade and
for the reform of the Government of India,
Buckingham apparently was animated by
public spit It rather than by rancor that
mlf'tit linvn linti nnironrlaKml lit 1.1.
experiences at the hands of -the East India hnmsNew York Bun th6 mrt8BBe
Company. The Oriental Herald published ' YortBtin.
a great deal of general Information about
Eastern lands, and helped increase the
Englishman's knowledge of far quarters of
tho globe. Tae venture from a business
standpoint, however, was not successful, and
f Buckingham sank several thousand pounds
In the enterprise. Nothing daunted, hu I
established the Athenaeum, a Journal
chiefly devoted to literature, science and the i
arts. It remains today one of the best
known of the weekly Journals pf London.
In J832 Buckingham was sent to the IIou?o
of Commons as the representative of th
town of Shefflcid HU publie appeals on the, i
subject of India hnd won him the gehtflj
fnvor of the people of that constituency, w
at tho time of his election ho had never!
visited tho place or become acquainted tvW:
nny of tho Inhabitants. The election, lmfS
over, was unanimous. In the House of CoS
iiiunp ijuimiiKiiuiii lui'UKJi liiuusiiiuusiy 10-
.1.- .l ..1..M .! iii."I
liic iiiiviiiivjciiiuiiL iii iivu uuu reilgiour
liberty. Ho introduced the fltst bill for tlr
. . ,. , . - ,.,.. ,, , .T
csinuusumciu ui jiuiuic icuiuauun jnaces lorjl
tho woiklngmcn of tho industrial centre?!
and though It fulled of passage ho lived lonj.
enough to see a beginning nindo toward"c
accomplishment of its purpose. Ho also In!
trnduced bills for providing literary M
scientific Institutes for tho benefit ofVth
working people. IIo wns successful In brtn?
Ing to an end the practice of ImpresS
. .,. IF.
niir Hcnmen. nun scuureu inc nassace
measures calculated to Improve tho condltl
of seamen aboard ship.
HuckinRlmin in Philadelphia
Resigning his seat nfter six years' serrjej
Buckingham camo to America, spcnllar
threo years in this country In
' ! ,., I...1I ..! I... .1. ttttn.. mnAl.l.
Leading statesmen nnd I "J-' lu ",v "l,ra "' ou"' '
most, popular icciiucs; luiniiuium:., rt
motion of Education." "Establishment di
Sailors' Homes," "Furtherance of the Cau
of Universal Peace." He was a cW(
evangelist. Ills reputation hud prccete
him. Tho American people had takcnii
lively Interest In tho wrongs he had suffi
and the work ho had dono In England.!'
wherever he went ho wnii
moat cordiSM'J
welcomed
H'u'n t l,,,iiu.t ml nf 11, n ullti'xtnntl.llL I
citizens of Philadelphia honored him with
banquet. In the flr.st year of his busy AmtK
lean tour ho traveled nil through tho pOT
or the country lying oast of the MlssiEslpp-J
At Charleston, S. C, his lectures on "EJ
and Palestine were attended by tho larjesf
!'iidpie"s that had nvor fathered there. -At
Washington, D. C, tho Hall of ltepresentM
tlvcs wits granted hltn for a tempcrtuw
meeting. Through his efforts n bill was pna
puied and carried through Congrats for tM1
suppression of dueling among Its membnt
In tho Stato of Kentucky, within a few rr.ilM
of Lexington, the friends of temperance mttl
in n forest ono Sunday afternoon to ms?1
him. Thousands camo from far nnd near M
horseback and in cnrrlngcs Tho clioirt J
tho seveial churches of the city Jolnedtj
tnt.in n.li... ...,.t !..... 1 1 , , rl, I n fll fl m fSTtt
hilt sorvlpps) iTiiitiiltmiMlv nt hundred iff!
..... . m.
meetings held for tho ptomotlon of tcroptfi
nncc, education and other caws, nnd HjlSji
about $100,000. which he entrusted for 'djjj
tributlon to various organizations and ,laj.
stitutlons. Ills tour of America was no tngjj
profitable, financially, than other cntcrprwjj
Into which ho threw his energy with
thought of personal advantage. 'J
Impractical Buckingham was In manfffi
hin projects, dmihtlpu, yet be showed .Mi
occasion it very effective practicality. 'Wl
uomo ho was (.corned as a "visionary." Ye
his work, in bovornl notable Instances, 'sWjj
not without definite results Tho variety w
his activities cannot be described here. HjjJ
versatility has been ohly suggested. PerhaaJ
im l. I 1 . ..! 1 n.. Una fll tlSlt.U
and kept at it, wot king out one PfoJectJgJ
ono place, he would huve accompusneu "l
than ho did, und his name today wouwffia
.,, . ... ..... i.r. wnrlttat
tumiiiur iii ovcryoouy. iiui w ""
according to his nature, und deserves WjM
membrnnce for the courageous, justlce-lQVJ
1
man he was.
fiENEnAL PUTNIK
Reports ftom tho Sciblan. front say tba'$53
Ainl litit,llr hnu lipfln .nmnollprl nil SCCOUDU!
illness to leave the army. He has been JiS!
tired more by a European standard than ?jvjB
blau standard and pronounced one of the V i
est of strategists. The victories of the Sert'B
In the two Balkan wars, the defeat of the 'Ml
K?JI
r.,:. r: z ... . i... ii. imw sm 1
niv leiiijJvr waa never uKrccuuiv. ." - . h
sq tlwroughly that he directed the army J2 I
a map or chart. His home was a small a , m
not far from the American consulate W RJj I
a small b?t
sulate in
re. rhanc
grade. It may not haye been mere chance 1 15
-.. ....tn.. . .1. -tt n..-l.J Ik Hnn sr nlS "'
tbt I
an
Austrian uhell crushed it. Ono of nu
mlrers pointed out this modest home as P"S
of the amall pay of Beiblan offlclals na
P'13
ficedom from graft. "Ilesplte all nis "'Vf
bH
hard work," he said. "General Putnik nY
NATIflMAI. PPilMT OP VIEW
. ... - .., . i. ...... ,, ni meriti
not only offering a practical ineuns of "J'SSjM
ruvenue, but a means of enforcing social nya
Chicago Tribune. mU
jf a brak must com? with the Teutonic l'j
ers, jne unarraeu iuauaniu ouero u "jt.j
ter specific Justification than the armed ry
SprlnglleW iteputmcan.
rr. rnrnncnrltit Kltavo that ihtt next RCp&l
can nominee will be drafted because of
eminent fltneis lor tbe two-fold work "HI
upltlDg the Republicans and thereby of w
the opportuutty to rectors the nation tol
uihnrA honar is olaced before safety &B
uiiMMW before cicc liotuu Trauj(riyU
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