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Great truths arc portions of the soul of man,
Great souls arc portions of ctcrnttu.
Jamci Kusscll Lowell,
""' ,As Hamlet said, "Thrift, thrift, Horatio!"
',U- But. ho wasn't thinking of bank accounts.
I(t "Tho President can't scaro tho ICansans,"
i ; ono of them boasts. Ho does not want to,
J" but ho would llko to open their eyes.
Tho disagreement about tho identity of tho
German ship that captured tho Appam Is not
Important. Tho ship was captured all right.
Flnnnco Committee of Councils did tho
proper thing when It approved tho resolution
' authorizing tho,, Mayor to go ahead with tho
convention hall on tho Parkway at 21st strcpt.
The Scnato commlttco has made a favor
able report on tho treaty agreeing to pay
. 1E,000,000 to Colombia for our part In the
Panama revolution. Now look out for signs
of a storm about Oyster Bay.
Vlco President Marshall Is a courageous
man. Ho cast tho deciding voto In favor of
tho resolution In tho Senate declaring the
purpose of the United States to withdraw
from tho Philippines in four years.
When tho men at Palm Beach begin to
' wear pink and lavender silk suits on tho
streets, tho police will bo hard put to it to
decide whether they ought to arrest them
r, fpr appearing In public In their pajamas.
A correspondent writes to say that "tho
only way to dress an editorial pago Js to
trim down verboseness and cut copiousness
on the bias." Another suggests that better
than any dress Is changing It every day.
Have something to say and say It, has
always been a pretty good slogan.
Shall tho children run the schools or tho
schools run tho children? Tho answer is
easy There 13 a lot of syrnpnthy, neverthe
less, for a principal who during 18 years of
service has made himself so beloved that his
transfer Is regarded as a public calamity.
'But a man is not always safe in the hands
of his friends.
City Statistician Cattell says that this Is
a. great city because a baby Is born hero
every twelvo minutes, a street car made
every hour and a locomotlvo every two and
one-half hours. It will not bo so great as It
ought to be, however, till ho can say that
there has been a great Increase in tho dally
record of boosts and a decrease In the hourly
record of "knocks."
Garage owners and automobile men of this
city are warning amateurs to do their adjust
ing In the open, thus avoiding the stylo of
!w asphyxiation known as "pctromortls." One
of the strangest things about pctromortls Is
that no sooner has ono man died of It, and
the news been spread from Chicago to tho
' two coasts, when threo othor cases occurred.
Perhaps pitiless publicity waa a mistake In
this case.
Sweden has Issued a decree prohibiting
the export of wood pulp. This Js likely to
be a hard blow for British publications of
..." al kinds, which are already suffering for
js- want of paper. Sweden apFars to be con
siderably stirred up over th seizure of her
maI by England. There ari even rumors to
tho effect that Stockholm will Join the Cen
tral Empires In the spring. But the aliena
tion of neutrals continues apace Just the same.
;.. iond there Is no Indication of a change of
policy on England's part.
Yesterday the Democratic Senate, the Vice
President casting the deciding vote, agreed
that It would be wise to give the Philippines
Independence within four years, "with no re
sponsibilities attached to the United States
or other nations to protect them from In
ternal or external troubles." Then, Just to
prove our generosity, the Committee on For
eign Relations by a vote of 8 to 7 favored
paying Colombia $16,000,000, together with a
statement of mutual regret, for having
recognized the Republic of Panama. Pos
sibly we can gain the friendship of Japan by
string- the Hawalan Islands to Toklo. We
should still have Porto Rico left to present
to pome other nation, and If Mexico seems
hprt we can transfer Texas bapk to the. Juris
diction of the bandits. "Some statesman
ship' as the poets say, or statesmansllp.
The decision of the State Department in
tjie Appam case heaps fiery coals on the head
of Germany, for every contention of that
, country Is upheld In conformance to a treaty
fc which is older by many years than the treaty
jViolated In th$ Invasion of Belgium. The
fftplaierPepartment well knows that the award'
ytty be challenged by England, It knows
:. i2 wi ftMt the Hague conventions to whl.eh
b4" United States assented controvert pre
ttMy t!t clause of the Prusflan treaty
fc troiiflC which the decision was reached. One
IwssHiiS question was settled by the two Gov
ernments involved, as no attempt was made
to m!l the Appam a converted cruiser so that
internment us a wart hip was out of order
9 pritu.lt Uu eminent, however, is x-
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last year Ou of the technicalities of the
law there etllt shines a bright light, which Is
that the United Btnicn holds to ltn Interna
tional agreements, that some kinds ot paper
arc hero Inviolate.
MODERN MAN IS Nor IN ECLIPSE
The dnrkened sun odny Hoea not attlhf
lernr Inlo he henrt Inr the rrnaon 1hn
tt knnrr lift rntine. SiiperMHImi rtrend
of tunny itlafnam linn tllantipi-nrrd for the
mmr renaon. Men nrr nolilnor tlir enlmtta
of he unltrrac Iir courngcon nnrauK of
fnett.
WHEN tho man in tho slreft read yes
terday that there would b an eclipse
today and thai at 11.12 o'clock thin morning
ho loner hilt of the nun would bo covered
by tho nharlow of tho moon ho felt no moro
doubt about It than that the sun Itself
nolild rise at tho usual time.
Ho did not know how tho astronomers
vcro nblo to read tho timetable of tho
heavens, but ho was willing to accopt their
word for their knowledge and to be unwor
rlcd by their predictions.
When faith In tho knowlcdgo of scientists
Is so widespread that tho common man
shares It we havo marched a. long way from
tho tlmo of Ilnlloy, tho astronomer, who pre
dicted tho appearance of a comet with nn
orbit so largo that sovonty-flvo years Is re
quired for It to make tho circuit, Hnllcy had
studied tho movements of comets and found
that tho orbits of threo which had appeared
respectively In 1531, 1607 and 1682 wero so
nearly Identical that ho was persuaded It
was ono comet reappearing at long Intervals.
Ho predicted that It would appear again In
such a placo In tho heavens In 1758, and called
upon thoso who came after him to verify his
hypothesis. Fow had any conlldcnco In his
predictions, but they began to look at tho
sky In 17B8, and on Christmas Day Halley's
predictions wero confirmed by tho swinging
Into the rnngo of earthly vision of tho bril
liant visitor from tho stellar spaces. Twice
since huvo Halley's computations been veri
fied, tho last tlmo In 1910.
Tho old-fashloncd superstition about tho
heavenly bodies has almost disappeared in
Christian countries, oven though lu India
uneducated, people still bellovo that the dark
ening of tho sun In an eclipso Is really
caused by a dragon who swallows It tem
porarily. It Is no longer Impious to be
lieve that tho earth revolves about the sun.
The beautiful Ptolemaic theory, that tho
earth was tho centro of tho universe and
that the sun and stars wero suspended In a
series of concentric crystalline spheres, has
been abandoned and tho Copernlcan theory
of bodies revolving In orbits about tho sun
Is now the basis of astronomical science.
Nowton's discovery of tho law of gravita
tion when applied to tho heavenly bodies de
stroyed tho last remnants of religious super
stition among educated people on that sub
ject. It proved that tho planets wero sub
ject to tho same laws ns govern the earth,
and It broadened the bounds of tho physical
universe beyond the grasp of the unite
imagination.
There Is a new attitude of mind in tho
world .of which our complacent regard of
tho eclipso Is merely a single manifestation.
We arc not afraid to examine any physical
phenomenon. Wc are hungry for facts and
wo hesitate to form theories until we havo
adequate data In advrice. Our nnccstors
framed their theories and twisted tho facts
of life to fit them, sometimes with poor
success. Pasteur did not regard tho pest
that was killing tho vineyards of Franco as
a mysterious visitation from God to be en
dured reverently and submissively. Ho
wont Into his laboratory, sought out tho
germ that was causing tho disease, Isolated
and found a way to destroy It. Then ho pur
sued tho germ hunt In other directions.
Yellow fever has lost its terrors because men
of sclenco went on a hunt for facts and
found them. Wo do not flee the plague; we
fight It. Wo have discovered that this Is
a unlverso of matter and that every effect
has a causo which can bo found If wo search
long and faithfully enough
Tho .human Intellect is emancipated nnd
feels itself freo to roam at will, confident
of Its ultimate ability to find out all the
secrets of nature. Tho progress which has
been made In the past fifty years In. Inven
tion and discovery Is greater than all that
was achieved before sinco tho foundation
of tho world. But wo havo only touched
the fringes of knowledge. There will bo
Newtons and Hallcys and Pasteurs In tho
future whoso achievements will mako tho
discoveries of Newton look llko the con
centric sphere hypothesis of Ptolemy and
tho germ theory of Pasteur seem crude and
primitive.
TRAMPLING THE HYPHEN
THE so-called "Packard anti-hyphen" plan
has received Immediate indorsement by
two important manufacturing firms in this
city, and it is not unlikely that in tho pres
ent temper of the country the Idea will
spread more widely.
The original Idea Is to encourage citizen
ship by giving advancement only to citizens
or thoso who have declared their intention
for citizenship. The foreigner who has every
Incentive of loyalty yet refuses the defining
symbol of allegiance Is put under a proper
ban, and as men are much affected by their
weekly wage it Is certain that citizenship
will not be long neglected. But is it wholly
desirable that such an additional allurement
be cast over the simple duty of adhering to
the country which provides all that the
native land has refused? And Is the disaffec
tion really so much among non-citizens as
among those who have cast off foreign en
tanglements? These questions need not be asked with any
desire to discredit the new fervor of Ameri
canism, Distaste for the hyphen Is a nor
mal and a desirable thing Yet Americans
have lived abroad, prospered there and re
turned to this country, and it is In many
ways for the good of the world that they
should continue to do so. The attack on non
cltizenshlp, which is not the same thing as
the hyphen by any means, is a double-edged
sword.
CHILDREN'S CRUSADE
THBRE'is still room for surprise at the
dramatic protest made h,y the pupils of
thr.Fltler School against a change in the dU
rectlng personnel.
" The rasons, assigned or concealed, for
transferring the principal of the school to
another post may be challenged, but the spec
tacle pf boys and girls making lltte martyrs
of themselves by way -of rebellion need not
be indulged. There Is more than one avenue
of redress which the parents of the children
might hae chosen have, in fact, chosen.
Tbe public sclwol is still a. democratic in
stitution, and th cooperation of parents,
quietly and responsibly helping the authori-
Um in Uf f mat effort of teaching discipline
WWh 1? 'Wys inspiring sight But
ilPe towmy and m tot re-
i nut tmmw&m r ta h tsf $,
Tom Daly's Column
JWMAXCB!.
Sometimes lUtcn lis a rainy dap
And 1 can't tjo oulsldc to play
I like id make bcllcic that I'm
A J'ltnacss llkf In oldtn lime
Thai's fot'Jrrf up In a lofty toiin
And I iillt ilt there oil Ihc hour
And rlnn my hands and look around
To see It I can tvrar a stmnd
TJkr om bold hero's charger's feet
Come pranclnp nearer down the street.
And oftcntlmci when I have spied
A cat or something else outside
1 make believe that It Is he
The Prince that comes to rescue mi.
And then I lift the window high
And lean out from the sill and erg
"Ittstt" "llistt" and make up talk to sag
And plag hoa 1 shall get away.
It's lots of fun and get I know
If I liad lived long long ago
I would not have enfoyed it so
To be a Prlnccis In a tower
And have to sit there by the hour
And ring my fair white hands and grieve
1 much prefer to make believe.
LtTTLE POM.Y.
Wi
COMMEND to tho present-day
ad writer this suavo yet stately card
from "raxton's Directory for 1818":
CLOTHING
Tho Subscriber finding that tho pressure
of the tlmo demands an attention to econ
omy, nnd that the days of luxury and high
prices havo been replaced by outstanding
debts and vexation In collection bo pro
poses to accommodate IiIh mode of buelncits
to tho new state of things, and to rcduco
tho prices of better times to such a stand
ard ns shall not render It necessary to his
friends and customers to open nn account,
or defer payment to n. futuro day. Ho will,
as usual, execute nil work committed to his
care with promptness and n'catnesq; and by
reducing tho prlco hitherto given, to ono
much lower, ho presumes that ho mny also
have a right to expect prompt pajmontj
and this li the prlnclplo that ho means
to pursue: finding that the expense") of nc-1"
count-keeping, collecting and Interest have,
for noma years made a greater reduction
from the former high prices tho rulo not
to keep any account book for debts, and
to havo no collector but himself, will cnablo
him to avoid debt, nnd serve his friends
with much greater satisfaction than when
ho was obliged to trouhlo them on tho
first of every six months for three or four
years with a bill, seldom reduced nnd fre
quently augmented.
IIS?3' Xw ')rlccs nntl Prompt payment will
be his futuro rulo of business.
JAMES QUEEN,
51 South 3d street.
Dear Tom: i
O'er curious signs you lovo to gloat,
So, on a Reading ferry, note,
As to the Jersey wilds you pass;
"For burning liquid; brake tho glass!"
As further detail, plea-io inquire
If braking glass stops boat or fire.
J. D. C.
Unconscious Cop Candor
Sir Over a month ngo no reported a robbery
nt City Hall. The police department wrote that
"a defective would be put at once on the case."
"That seems? to be exactly what was done. At
any rate, that's the last we've heard of It.
Tapley.
A. Diem lsv.an undertaker on North 15th
street.
Tabloid Vnudcville
This ono Is by our own Montague Glass.
Scene, the street. Abe, shabbily dressed,
meets Mawruss, tho pink of perfection.
Abe Oh, Mawruss, how fine you look and
how costlj ! You nre very prosperous?
Mawruss Sure, I am prosperous.
A. For why aro you prosperous?
M. Brains. Brains is it what makes one
prosperous.
A. Uralus! How did you get It brains? You
and mo Is tho same as boys together In tho old
country and your father and my father have
no brains each llko tho other.
M. Fish.
A. AVhut d'ye mean, fish?
M. Eat fish tlsh is brain food.
A. So. fish make brains. What kind of fish
you eat?
M. eoldflsh.
A. Goldfish?
M. Sure, I have goldfish In my pocket. See
this Is a goldfish.
A. And can I havo It that goldfish?
M. Sure! for ?5 jou can have It that fish.
A, Five dollars! You say surely It
give me brains?
M. Sure! flih Is brain food.
A. Jlero Is tho live; give me the fish.
Goldfish? that fish tastes to mo like herring,
yet!
M. I tell you so. Already you got brains!
, H. H. H.
FAME IS SO ELUSIVE.
A local paper recontly announced lta publication
of a utory "by Gilbert K. McChesterton."
S. P. U. G.
Sir What Is the feminine of Gink? Glnkess?
I'd like to call to the attention of tho Society
for tho Poisoning of Useless Glnkesses the
saleswoman who thinks to get you frantic to
buy an nrtlcle by telling you she wears It, or
them, herself. Miss Knox.
ITS KINSHIP.
Though "pity Is akin to love,"
So lowly Is Its station
It bores us in tho manner of
A mighty poor relation.
Hatch.
NO, THE anuniFEit WAS ON THE DISHOr'S
HEAD.
Sir Marie-Odila has grown to young woman
hood "as a novitiate In an Alsatian convent,"
says Tuesday morning's P. L. But the re
mainder of the review Indicates that the writer
was not merely an apprenticeship. It qualifies
him as a genuine Journalism. I wonder does
this remind you of the thurible who entered the
sanctuary swinging a thurlfer over his head?
FRA ALESSIO.
roTOMODTiisi)
On Yo Value of Twos and
Threes In Holding of
Hands,
Stick your nose up in the
air
When you spy a loving
pair T
Seated on a single chair, '
Come; be a Sport; walk
by it.
Do not let them say that
you
Butted In on lovers true.
I-earn now, if you don't
know: Two
Is comp'ny; three's a riot.
"BALLV" IS EQUIVALENT TO "GOSH-DABNED."
OLD TOP.
Slr"TbU aceuery ot Leon BaVst'i muat b. won.
derful ftuif," b ajld. And without ao much as
jj.hrUy $? Hftxp&t ss
c3fjsatffli'w'-t"t " "h,eb &v
nowNKioKT cyrou, sin, doivnuiouti
SlTbrDQn't 0 think this tailor's sign
VS'CVj. (f
I i rTvrftn fTvpTAT. TTTT.AT
MOLLY FANCHER'S
GOLDEN JUBILEE
For Fifty Years a Bedridden Invalid,
As She Must Be the Rest of
Her Life, She Has a
Party Today
TODAY Molllo Fanchcr cclcbiales her
golden jubilee. You have heard of Molllo
Fanchcr, perhaps. For fifty years sho has
been an Invalid In bed, half a century a
prisoner of pain. In bed she must remain
ns long ns llfo lasts. But today sho Is hav
ing a party. Six hundred Invitations havo
been Issued to her friends. Beneath a mono
gram, "M. F.," and tho dates "1866-101 G," tho
invitation roads:
Molllo Fnncher
announces her
Golden Jublleo Testimonial
Thursday, February third, 1916
2 to C 8 to 12
160 Gates avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y.
You havo heard of Golden Jubilees before
but havo you over heard of such a Golden
Jublleo as this?
Guests will bo admitted only by card.
Curiosity seekers will be barred. Tho host
ess, reputed to possess extraordinary psychic
powers, does not like curiosity seokers.
Charity is equally unwelcome. Tho bed
ridden woman has worked with her fingers,
making beautiful embroidery and wax flow
ers, and tho money has como In handy. She
owns tho three-story red-brick building on
Gates avenuo that has been her prison and
her home so long. It was built by her father
when she was a very little girl.
Mary J. Fanchcr was born in Attleboro,
Mass., August 16, 1818. When sho was two
years old her parents moved to Brooklyn.
She was still a young girl when her father
died and only a little older when her mother
died. For some years she lived with an
aunt, whoso death finally left her without a
rolatlvo In tho world. But before that tlmo
sho nttended tho Brooklyn Heights Semi
nary, now tho Packer Institute. Sho was
about to finish her studies there when tho
series of accidents which resulted In her
long confinement began. She was described
as a tall and slender girl, with fresh and
clear complexion, regular and finely chiseled
features and abundant blond hair. So
hard did sho study at school and she was
near tho head of her class as graduation ap
proachedthat her health began to breJk
down and tho doctor told her she must leave
the somlnary and take riding lessons. Sho
bocamo an accomplished horsewoman.
Thrown From a Horse
One day a neighbor asked her to try out a
saddle horso that ho had just bought for his
daughter. Tho animal had never been rid
den by a woman before. Tho horse bolted.
Molly maintained her seat and escaped In
jury, but on another occasion, when tho dar
ing girl attempted to conquer him, she lost
control and was thrown Into the street.
Two ribs were broken and her eyesight was
affected. A little later she had just become
engaged to be married she was stepping
from a horse car when her skirt caught on
a hook and she was dragged nearly a block
before the car was brought to a stand. She
was picked -up unconscious. Several rlb3
had been broken and her spine had been In
jured.
Lung trouble followed as a result of th.ese
accidents, nnd on February 3, exactly 60
years ago today, Molly Fancher took to her
bed with inflammation of tho lungs. It was
thought that night that she wofild not live
till morning. Life has remained In her body,
however, despite the suffering that has been
her lot ever since. The terrible spasms of
the first few years are now not so frequent
or Bevere, butv the body Is now paralyzed
from the shoulders down. In ono spasm her
right arm was forced up behind her head, and
It remained in that position for nine years.
Once for many days she Was bent backward
like a hoop. At times she would be unable
to see, hear or speak, and then the faculties
would return. Agony succeeded agony. To
day she smiles, as she smiled In tho midst
of pain, and today there is pain behind tho
smile.
ner Clairvoyance
Much has been said and written about
Molly rancher's clairvoyant powers. A book
has beerf published on the subject. Long
trances, one ot them of nine years' duration,
have been described, Molly Fancher cannot
sec, but her friends tell marvelous stories of
her ability to describe objects and events
which sho could not have seen had she pos
sessed her eyesight. But on this subject of
extraordinary powers she herself says, as she
said years ago: "It has already been stated
by many of my friends, and it has been pub
lished many years ago broadcast to the world,
that when I come out of my trances I some
times am grieved because I have been taken
away from brighter and better conditions in
another -world than what find n (his. It
hwt been said, as the public generally kWnwt.
that frwwJttly ?k ot fcuviBff geen p
H.HI.HHHtt.mk
I 'J I I.VJLi FiJ A.JLAM-. Jl. JU
i i ; - -
mother nnd other friends around mo who aro
dead.
"Then In nnswer to theso questions I
frankly and truthfully say that at times, nt
lc.ist In splilt, away from scenes of this wmld,
I nin with friends In most heavenly places.
My consciousness of theso things is to mo as
real ns the experiences of my llfo upon this
enrth. I often seo my mother and other
friends mound mo, nnd In my dreary days
of sickness, pain and suffering, and when
my spirit Is depressed, I can hear her tender
voice spcaklhg to mo words of cheer, bidding
mo 'bear up, bo brave and endure.' "
J Five Personalities
But Molllo Fancher has been subject to
apparent changes of personality. The author
of tho book already mentioned gavo each
distinct personality a separate name. They
aro Sunbeam, Idol, Rosebud, Pearl and Ruby.
Thoso personalities were manifested from
April 8, 1887, a day or two after tho invalid
fell from tho bed during ono of her spasms.
Tho following descriptions aro taken from
Judge Daily's book: Sunbeam was the per
sonality most frequently encountered. When
dominated by tho idol personality she would
frequently destroy tho work of her hands
dono when ruled by Sunbeam. Idol wroto a
straight hand, ns did Miss Fanchcr before
her Injury. Pearl wroto tho samo hand, whllo
Rosebud printed the letters ns would a child.
When Rosebud Miss Fancher'e features be
came llko those of a child. Her voico and ac
cent were those of a child. Sho would recall
childhood scenes nnd friends. When Pearl
sho appeared to be a young lady of 17. Every
word sho uttered bespoke tho accomplished
and cultured young lady of that age. As
Ruby sho would bo full of vivacity and dash.
Sho made light of pain. This was her bright
est mood. A peculiar trait of hers when dom
inated by this personality would bo her re
fusal to talk about herself. Her changes In
personality wero not frequent. Years would
go by without tho appearanco of somo ono of
them. Sunbeam seemed to bo tho ono which
remained with ber longest.
Molllo Fancher has lived her bitter llfo
buoyed up by tho belief that sho has a mis
sion. Sho believes her example has aided
others to bear misfortune nnd sufcrlng. It
Is true. And today sho celebrates her golden
Jubilee. Sho has been looking forward
eagerly and happily to this day.
SOME WORDS THAT AREN'T SO
We often como 'across quotations that
aren't so. Somotimes, howover, thero nio
requotatlons, so to speak, that tako tho
placo of tho original and could hardly bo
called misquotations. "Money is tho root of
evil" has been said many a time, but. St, Paul
wrote to Timothy, according to tho- King
James Bible, "Tho lovo of money Is tho root
of all evil."
Milton wroto:
Thick as autumnal leaves that strew the brooks
In Vallambrosa.
But tho trees of Vallambrosa do not shed
their leaves thickly In autumn. They are
pines.
When you come to words, what do you
mako of Dresden China, Dutch China. Chel
sea China? Chinese China seems about as
reasonable.
Cleopatra's needles wero not erected by
Cleopatra nor in honor of that queen. Baf
fin's Bay is not a bay. Arabic figures were
not invented by tho Arabs. Galvanized Iron
Is not galvanized. Lunatics are not affected
by changes of the moon, though the word
comes from the Latin for that paloferb. Rice
paper Is not made from rice or the rice plant.
Sealing wax contains no wax. Turkish bath3
are not of Turkish origin. Neither are tur
keys. Whalebone Is not bone at all, nor does
It possess any qualities of bone. Ventrilo
quism has nothing to do with the stomach,
though you might think so from the name.
ANTIQUITY OF PASSPORTS
Passports are a very ancient institution. Some
of the old monkish chroniclers, mention as an
achievement on the part of King Canute that
he obtained free passes for his subjects through
various continental countries on their pilgrim
ages to the shrines of the Apostles Peter and
Paul, at Rome. Each pilgrim was furnished
wl,t,hJa..iocume.nt ln ,hB nature of a passport
KTTUI? de Itlnere Peragenta," Hall In
his "Chronicles" makes references to a system
of passports In the time of Edward IV, and
the enforcement of this system It known to
JTb.een veTry 8tr'ct " th reigns of Elizabeth
and James L London Chronicle
WINTER
Thy youth is over; time has brought
WhUer upon thee; hope Is grown
o.'l"la3.,h!norm w!ndi h0" art old.
,M.irou ln thy dark hous a'one;
With no man converse shalt thou hold.
With no man shalt take counsel; naught
Naught art thou, naught be thy desire
Sit still alone by thy dead fire
Tilt hope shall mock thee, fool, again.
Blinding thine eyes with frosty gleams
Vexing thy soul wth dreams, with dfeama
Like snowfiakes In the empty plain 3
Sit thou alone and dumb.
Cry not for spring, It will not come.
It will not enter at thy door.
Nor make thy garden green once more.
Jor cheer with hope thy withered age.
Nw loose thy spirit from her tage'
Sit Still. Sit U11 Thw llf. i .M 2.
Naught r thou, bo with naught mteBL
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QUIZ
Xnmr fire Juillcra of tho United htnlca 8m
( nurl. '
, M lint fumntu EnKlNIi port lina recent!,
lured In I'lillnilrlplilu? '
. Is tlirro n Ntnlo tux on bind In 1'cnnijli;
AHuit li tlir crcntcut mnnnfm turlnir rfnl
11)0 Unllrn htnlca? m
Wbnt Is n I'oll.rr?
Nnme lx uniy jnrrtH maintained br the r
Mutes,
i In ii iiurdinne of slniha or nt homla tha
iin cM ineM?
Mhnt I'lillndrlpbtnn financed the Itevolnllr
Mlmt did It cost upproxlniutely to build
Hull?
Is Cnnstniitlnuiiln north or south of ThlL
phlu? ,
People Eat Snails ",
Editor of "What Do You Know" A frlen
slsts that tbero aro civllbcd people Mho
snails. I maintain they do not. C.&
Certain kinds of snalli aro considered a
delicacy In France. They aro said to bo fc
flavored than oysters. s
Provinjr Murder J
Ilditor of "What Do You Know" A S
that a man cannot bo found guilty of rar
unless tho corpso of tho victim has been (
B claims that tho death can bo proved fcj
cumstantlal evidence. Which Is correct? U
E.JU
Direct ovldenco la necessary. Jl
Fresh Figs M
Editor of "What Do You Know" I U,
Southerner, and want to know if it Is possl?
buy fresh figs In the North. ALABA1L
In recent years fresh figs have been ail
to this country from France Each fig Is ma?
In waxed paper to protect It from theiifei
few figs. In season, find their way hero fri
South. It is very difficult to keep fredtt
from souring. A great Industry In preset
the fruit has grown up In recent years, pari
iuny in mo region aDouc Houston, tox.
Greatest Living Senator
Vdttor of "What Do You Know"U 119
mat in Washington Mr Penrose Is considemi
greatest living Senator? INQUlSITITu
It Is a matter of opinion Other thlnsJI
equal, a Senator's influence depends on hlitef
ot service.
The Same Bacdad
Editor of "What Do You Know" Is thai
nuu iu iui;h x buo rciorcnccn in me report
tho fighting In Asia tho tamo Bagdad InV.
Haroun al Raschld lived who figured li
"Arabian Nights"? ft
ERNEST SCIIWIMME
It Is tho samo city. Its present populatfi
xis.uuv, or nuout mat ot xoieuo, u.
The Phoenix
Editor of "What Do You Know" I havi
tho plioonK used In tho decoiatlon of churc!
Can you toll mo whether It has any pccdllsf:
nmcanco-; sukgius RABONiWTiu
Tho phoenix Is ono of many symbolical ff.
useel in unrlstlan decoration It Is a Bjnni
mo resurrection rrom tlio ilend ana usuaur
pears with tho Latin motto "Resurgam.9
pelican, mo usn, tue novo and tuo iam
other symbols frequently seen.
twain and the Immortals i
Editor of "H7int Do You Know" Can J'
mo something about the speech Mark 5
onco mado which offended the BoitonlaM
much? M COUTP
Tho occasIonvwas n. hannuet In honor of.
tier's birthday. In 1S77. All tho New ptf1-
Immortals were there Twain deliver"
Imaclnarv roniinlso'onno. In which he tfflfl
coming to a miner's camp and announcing
self as a literary man. Tho miner sourly??
that ho had Just gotten rid of three of,t
".vr. Longfellow. Mr. Emerson. Mr OilYert
dell Holmes confound tho lot." There f
bomo Verv uncomnllmentarv descriptions S
physical appearance of the three, with tsy
cludingremark, "They had been drinking; I P
see that." Tho story was received vpW
black frost." Thirty years later Mark Jf
asserted that It was as good a story Hf
be, "jf i had thoso beloved and revetw'
Immortals back here." ho said, "I wouliy
tnem until they would run nil over tne iw
Translating French
Editor of "What Do You Know" In rejj
many war Hiories, iiciiou, i mean. .;
aernnq llirt ovnraulfln Mrnnrl Af Iron" f0l
road, when the scene Is In France. Po "
mpn rpnllv unv "rrtfirl nf Irnn"? Hi .m
Decidedly not; although tho French njSJ
railroad is "chemin de fer," which,- l""
translated, is "road of Iron." Imagine ywM
ess reversed with such a word as '-ouioa
any other compound of which the priglaliJ
mgs of tne components is lorgoiic", S
win see now aDsura mis is.
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW,
Flood
aod prevention engineering unJer!fi
remendous magnitude, and Is ProV'?5SI
ly, but It takos only a slngia aWjJ
of tremendous
threatened flood to make It clear that pgj
tion is what wo must have indianap
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ir.. i,i, .,..,i i.i....i AnnfrnnteolftSl
the singular situation of being forced tflt
for his policies within his own partyg
me natural enemy can, be counieu v z
or nearly so for help Kansas City J
Milwaukee would certainly not naYjai
visited by Mr. Wilson naa pa ixw
deolariner lh TAiitnnln nawers to be a
this country and a peril to its 'ulurij
ana prosperity and lienor apnasu
can.
Thfl hfUl.l tha, t,!a Tiatlnn T'lld tUtl
million defenders between junrue J
involves presumption tlu.t gtiere aie
able cos4ittona in whib tney awe' 52
ana nwsu; coaqUiwia m oi
iris peyut would --uw v
thent Washington imes
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