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Go forth under the open sky, and Kit
To Nature's teachings.
Dryant.
Suppose it was only flvo above zorol Wasn't
It zippy weather?
Bulgaria Hogs Separate Peace. 1 leadline.
Belgium spurned It.
Von Papcn has won tho Hod Eagle. For
his happy gift of phraso-mnking?
Colonel Roosevelt will ngrco with "Billy"
Sunday when ho says that "Tho prophets all
carried a big stick." '
Horsed will !io too slow for the ad men's
pageant In tho great convention next June.
Tho world do move In motorcars.
Shot During War Argument. Headline.
For all tho good It docs, tho soldiers who
have suffered similarly might have been In
ah argument Instead of In a war.
Tho Lord save us from off-handed, flabby
checked, brittle-boned, wcak-kneod, thin
skinned, pliable, plastic, spineless, effemi
nate, slsslfled, three-carat Christianity.
"Billy" Sunday In Philadelphia yesterday.
As Shakespeare has it, "Old Sunday still!"
Tho story that former Secretary of War
Garrison is to oppose Wilson at tho St. I.ouls
convention Is ono of threo things a myth, a
slander or a. Joke. In view of what Is going
to happen at St. Louis the third Is our fnvor
ito guess.
If three of tho German submarines would
prove a match for 22 of the "K" typo of tho
American navy, ns Admiral Grant told tho
Houso Naval Committee, how long will it
take to persuade Congress to consent to nn
improvement In the typo?
Mr, Ford Is onco moro showing his faith In
tho power of advertising by planning to nt
tack preparedness through paid announce
ments In tho newspapers and magazines.
But ho will llnd that It Is Impossible to sell
spineless Inefficiency that way. Tho best
advertisement In tho world will not sell goods
unless thero is class in them.
There Is no mystery about the fighting now
being waged in the Champagne district of
France. Tho French gains In that section
last fall wero Inconclusive, but so long as
they held tho approaches to positions domi
nating lines of communication, tho threat
remained. Tho French lines curved outward
to hold these gains s'iClrlently to mako tho
point of attack available. Nothing yet has
been done to presage a general attack, and
tho bitter business of holding or winning back
trenches Is still tho feature of a war which
that business seems impotent to decide.
Ex-Mayor ninnkenburg has tho eminent
consolation of a clear consclenco In respect to
Mj olllclal duties as Mayor of Philadelphia.
No less welcome for that Is tho report of
Chairman Sowers, of tho councllmnnlo com
mittee which has Investigated moro than 1000
complaints of unjust removal from office and
finds for the Mayor. Director Cooko also Is
praised In this report, for tho commlttco
f6und that "there has not been tho slightest
evidence shown to reflect directly or In
directly upon Director Cooko in tho effective
and. impartial discharge of his duties." Nor
is it an ungraceful thing for an Administra
tion to report thus of its hostil predecessor.
It was ono of tho fallacies of Napoleon's
Btrangely limited mind that every conquered
country became a tributary to the French
army, and that he could call upon formerly
hostile nationals for support in new cam
paigns. Apparently the Kaiser Is willing to
imitate here as elsewhere, for the report has
come that he may recruit an army of nearly
a million Poles from that Poland which onco
was Russian and now 13 Joined by military
prowess to German Poland. As, a prerequisite
the autonomy of Poland is to be guaranteed,
even as It was published months ago. It
remains to be seen whether tho disaffection
of Polund from Russia bus tended in any
degree, toward affection for the new con-1
queror.
If the tempest In a teapot growing out of
the. visit of Judge Henry Nell, of Chicago,
to this State to interest the inactive counties
In, the mothers' pension legislation serves to
call attention to tho Inadequate appropria
tions made for the caro of dependent chil
dren, it Will serve a good purpose. , Two thou
sand applications for relief have already
been, made in this county und there is money
enough, for only 126. The State appropriated
only ?350,00Q tq be distributed among all the
counties. Of this, 436.000 comes here and the
county raises an equal amount for the two
years covered by the appropriation, This
l woefully inadequate. If we are to gjve
tjia kind of relief Involved in the system, we
should do It In p, whole-hearted way. At
present an illusory hope U held out to poor
mftthers trat they can keen' their children 4
lit their own homes Instead of sending them
to an Institution. Every mother knows that
V she. had what it costs to keep iter child In
an institution she could keep it at home.
But for some reason the authorities sum
afraid to trust any one with the distribu
tion to worthy mothers of te sums needed
to- tlielr rdif. And some nt the charitable
otttl are oppused to the slfip as a whple.
because- of what they believe1 to bo tho un
avoidable fraud Involved In It. It ought not
to bo beyond the Ingenuity of honest men to
dovlso a system of distribution which would
cllmlimto fraud.
ROT!
A MILLION patriots springing to arms be
tween suhrlso and sunset. W. J. Bryan.
Moro llinn a year ngo I pointed out tli.it it
was the duty of tho United States to chntn
plon tho integrity of tho ncutml rights of
Belgium (which had received tho sanctions
of Tho Ilnguo conventions, to which tho
United States wns a signatory) ngnlnst the
"lawless" conduct of belligerent Germany.
Tlieodoro Roosevelt.
Whatever Us purpose, the prlco of war Is
too high. David Starr Jordan,
Tho Imperial nernmn Government pro
tests solemnly nnd emphatically against tho
dishonest fight which a rlvlll t population
waged ngnlnst German soUHom with tho most
roprch'cntlblo menus nnd oyen moro ngnlnst
tho attitude of tho Belgian Govcrninrnt,
which, nftcr the utter neglect of Its duties,
shown In Its Indulgence of the wild passions
of tho population, now Is shameless enough
to bcllo and dofntno tho German army In
order to exonerate Itself from Us own heavy
guilt. Gorman Whllo Book.
If by entering America could end tho
war, tlint indeed would bo a real service
to humanity, I think oven tho Germans will
concede that. Alfred IS'oycs.
Only In defense of a Just cause shall our
sword fly from Its scabbard. Von Bothmnnn
Hollwcg, August 4, ION.
Our present wnr scare Is largely duo to the
carefully worked propaganda of tho men und
Intorosts that mako great profits out of wnr
and preparedness. Governor Arthur Capper,
of Kansas.
We'll get tho boys out of tho trenches nnd
back to their homes by Christmas Day.
Henry Ford.
Unless Holland Intervenes tho war will last
a long time. H. G. Wells.
I know nothing more disheartening than'
tho announcement that tho United States,
the ono great country left In tho world free
from tho hideous, bloody burden of wnr, is
about to embark upon tho building of a hugo
nrmada. Lord Roscbery.
It Is Germany that stilkcs. When she has
conquered new domains for her genius thru
tho priesthood of all tho gods will pralso tho
god of war. Maximilian Harden.
You can't make the peoplo prepare for war
until you can convince them this country Is
nbout to bo Invaded. William i J. Bryan.
We, Austria-Hungary, nro on tho outposts
of tho war, facing that constant menace of
tho barbarous I2ast. Wo did our
best to keep tho danger off by peaceful
means, but It had to be averted anyhow, not
for our sake only, but In tho Interest of every
great principle sacred to enlightened pro
gressl"c, liberal-minded humanity. Count
Apponyl.
Tho United States hasn't a friend In tho
world. Familiar saying.
At least threo nations greedily dcslro that
thu Touton bo killed In ictall since ho can
not bo killed In wholesale. Rudyard Kipling.
Thank heaven, I have cured myself of the
filthy vice of patriotism. Chnrlea Rutin Ken
nedy. Adequate preparedness Is a wlll-o'-tho-wlsp
and could not be obtained under nny plan
proposed short of conscription and tho mili
tary domination known In Germany and
which led to tho moral ruin of that coun
try. Oswald Garrison Vlllard.
You havo been taken In by tho munition
makera and tho wnr traffickers, who havo
been telling us that our country Is utterly
defenseless, In face of tho expert testimony
of naval officials that wo havo a navy second
only to that of Great Britain, nnd of similar
testimony from tho Secretary of AVar that
man for man and gun for gun our army Is
equal to any other on the face of the earth
From a letter written by a Pennsylvania
member of Congress to a correspondent urg
ing national defense.
From tho sentiments and opinions quoted
nbovo and from thousands of others llko
them, tho Amoriran peoplo havo been nsked
to adjust their sentiments and to form en
lightened opinions concerning tho most mo
mentous crisis In history. The amount and
variety of hectic nonsense? rubbish, sloppy
thinking nnd pure rot which havo been
offered lo America slnco the war began, nnd
since tho question of national defonso has
come up, art, appalling. No sldo has been
without guilt, and tho percentage of rot has
been surprisingly stemly. Thoso who have
spoken most havo spoken most foolishly, a
condition which accounts for tho absence,
from tho collection above, of French opinion.
The end Is not yet, and will not be so long us
It is easier to talk than to think. But tho
American public, thank Heaven, Is not, taken
in. It knows that rot Is rot. And It goes
about its business,
MR. WILSON IS A CANDIDATE
IN A simple, dignified and direct way the
Prosldent has put himself in the race
fov renomlnatlon. The letter written to the
Secretary of State of Ohio consenting to tho
use of his name on the presidential prefer
ence ballot In the primary elections -is an
open avowal of what has been no secret for
many months.
Mr. Wilson Is really the only candidate
whose nomination will be seriously considered
by the St. Louis convention. Ho has led his
party so far as it has been led at all. He
cannot be displaced by it without the con
fession that tho party has failed. The
Democracy could not afford to make Buch a
confession even if Mr, Wilson were not a
most available candidate. For him to as
sume that he was not in the running would
bo an affectation of modesty that would
commend itself to no one.
Ills announcement Is likely to discourage
rather than to encourage opposition within
his own party. Democratic, politicians with
unsatisfied appetites know that they will
fare better In the event of Democrats suc
cess in November if they tie themselves to
Mr. WiUqjn'a chariot wheels than if they
tight him. And they know, too, that there
is a better chance for success with a United
party than with a party composed of hos
tile factions. Conditions may change within
the next three month, but as it looks today
the opposition to him within the ranks of
hia party 4 UUeiy to be inconsiderable,
Tom Daly's Column
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TltV noli ShVD
When wo hat'C a fall of snoto
Antl a'consltno 1 icould go
I am tadt'Uka and slow
dls lecomes a chNd )iou know.
1 have quite n dalntv sled
H Is painted gold and red
And it imvcls down the hill
Not too fast to make vie III.
This would Jill my evert wants
It It had not been that once
rather up and spollrd the joh
ItVicn he took me on his hob,
Children, If ioi do not know
What It means to feci the snow
Flying by you like the wind
And you'tc leaving far behind
All your stomach, lungi and things
Which have hurried off with wings
Hack to where you started out
It Is plain beyond a doubt
That you have not felt the thrill
Of a bobilcd down the hill.
There's a moral In my tale
You will gather without fall
If you would cn.lov your sled
Do not try a bob Instead.
'A1
AM I to gather from ynur reront ctltlcisti
of Hubbnrd's 'Mossago to Garcia,'" A.
H. I'lorcy writes to nsk, "that you nro
utterly opposed to tho efficiency movement?"
Gnlher ye rosebuds where yo may, friend
Plorcy, nnd mnko commercial attnr of 'cm,
an' yo will! What wo mean to say about
tho modern efficiency movement Is that It
mnlnly smells of sweat nnd blood to us nnd
It likes uh not. Also, It's one of tho troubles
that seems to havo got under tho skin In
this country. It's going to bo hnrd to got
rid of It, but we'll do our nlinrc. Tills Is
our slogan: "Tho worker Is moro Important
than tho work."
Seven days In tho week statistics mako
us tired. Also, this sort of thing In a recent
Issue of "Printer's Ink":
'If 'fnrts nre tho dropi nf lilstorv nm they not
enunlly tho ilrnM eif Idournpliy? The millcnt facts
of llu- llfo of n,ny ninn ran ho Mated In few word,:
hut the question 'U'lmt nin'iner nf man wns thlw
who. nt IS, was worth $100,000 to n chlof 'Who,
whllo Intonsely humnti himself, Is known to de
mand vnltie for hln dollam?' ,nnnoL 1, iuifnwr'd
by a recital of lmro facts, Po lot ui clenr up tho
faets first. Then lot us seek the mnu behind tho
facts."
Tho man behind tho facts Is, or wns, C.
C. Grlswold. In 1804 he got a Job In a Wool
worth store In Albany, nnd In April, 10ir.,
succeeding a dead man, nnd ono who had
been his best friend, began to earn n salary
of $2000 fi week. Ho censed to earn It on
January 27, 101C. Ho died on that day. He
wan Just 48 years of age. If wo should
happen to bo tho only fellow standing be
tween you nnd that job, Mr. Piercy, you
may hang up your hat nnd coat. It's yours!
Laughable
Thoy say "love's blind"
Can that bo right?
Somo men In love
Arc Just a sight.
Champion Fealherweinht Trapper of N. J.
MAY'S LANDING, N. J., Fob. 11. Tho last
known otter In this vicinity was captured to
day near hero by David Towscr, a trapper,
weighing 10 pounds. Atlantic City Review.
m:nator smith ixays wii.hon at pontiac.
Headline In Detroit Free Prcm.
Now the flayers will havo their flaro;
Wilson's troubles Ho beforo him.
Campaign's on, and everywhere
Countless scores begin to score him.
The Tippcrary Christcnin'
THIS mothor wanted tho little girl christened
Faith. Tho father favored his mother's
name, which was Ellen. It was finally de
cided that it should bo Faith Fllen. When
tho child's keen Irish grandmother heard of
It sho said: "Huh! It 'twas a boy now
I suppose yo'd havo called him 'Suro Mike.'"
Most of Us Do
"I want to be an nngel!"
Ho said. "Oh! pray, don't doubt it;
But I may ndd tlint I'll bo glnd
To tako my timo about It."
Dr. Alex. Hamilton in Philadelphia
Sundny, June 10. Tills proved a very wet
morning, nnd tlicro wns a strange imd sur
prising alteration of tho temeprnturo of tho air,
from hot and dry (to speak in the stylo of the
elegant and learned physician, Doctor Snlmon,
and somo other ancient philosophers) to cold
nnd moist.
I Intended to havo gone to church or meet
ing to be edified by the word, but Nvns diverted
'roin my good purpose hy some pollto company.
fell Into, which wero nil utter strnngers to
churches and meetings. But I understood that
my negro Drnmo very piously stepped Into tho
Lutheran Church to bo edified with a sermon
preached In High Dutch, which, I believe, when
dressed up In tho fashion of n discourse, he
understood every bit ns well as English, and
so might edify as much with the ono as he
could havo done with tho other.
I dined at a private lwuse with somo of my
countrymen, but our table chat was so trivial
and trifling that I mention It not. After dinner
I reud the second volume of "Tho Adventures
of Joseph Andrews," and thought my time well
spent.
I drank tea with Mrs. Cumo at 5 o'clock.
There was a lady with her who gave us an ele
gant dish of scandal to relish our tea. At 0
o'clock I went to the coffee house, where I
saw tho same faces I had seen before. This
day we had expresses from New York, which
brought instructions to proclaim war against
France, and there was an express immediately
despatched to Annapolis, In Maryland, for the
same purpose,
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
WHAT 18 YOUK FAVORITE SIMtJ.E?
Last call! This contest closes tonight at
the witching mid-hour; but we can't be
sure when the prize will go to the winner,
Don MarquU hasn't shipped any of his books
to this town yet.
"Ha look) like an accident on lis way to happen
somawbare." J, p. F.
"H wan so mean that It his heart were put
upon a white plat It could not bo seen."
C. II. S.
"As ferWdJliiK a lot as the Ten Ceramandmenta."
"Ilia wliila wtatker liowd down his vast llko
milk out ot a tprjakllnir pot." ' Yellamo.
They Ain't No Such Animal
The Quaker City P,ubber Company, 629
Market street, displays the sign:
WANTED BOY STRONG FOR J3RRANDS
Who ever heard of such a kid? P. R.
Somewhat Exclusive
Claude Sc&slry, proprietor of the South
Reading avenue restaurant, will open a
rwMttraied tedieg dining room oa Saturday
Potutown Ledger.
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CONWELL'S OWN
ACRES OF DIAMONDS
His Career an Exemplification of
the Opportunities for Service
and Success Start of a
Pioneer Life
YEARS ago, when I was a little boy, my
father took mc to hear a lecturo in a
neighboring town. It Is one of my clearest
recollections of that period of my life. Wo
drove the live miles in a sleigh a cold, snowy
night, with tho snow
drifting across tho high
way. Tho drifts wero
deep enough in somo
places to mako travel dif
ficult, and onco wo wero
overturned. But all
roads led to Barton vil
lage that nigh t. Tho
peoplo camo from miles
around to honr tho
lecturer. Tho lecturer
w n s Russell Conwcll.
Tho lecturo was "Acres
4 tuyg"
DR. CUNWULI,
of Diamonds."
Introduced to
At its conclusion I wns
tho speaker, nnd I liked
him as much as I liked his lecture.
I hoard
him again several times, for every year, or
nearly so, he camo to Barton. Tho story of
AI Hafed stayed In my mind. That story,
I believe, serves Invariably as tho Introduc
tion of "Acres of Diamonds." Tho Impres
sion mado by lecture and- lecturer was lr
radlcablc. It has been thus with hundreds
and thousands .of people, youngsters and
grown-ups, all over the country. And on
my very first visit to Philadelphia, nnd on
tho first Sunday of that visit, I attended
church nt tho Baptist Templo and heard
Conwcll preach.
Bis Things Every Day
But when, Bomewhat earlier, I began to
run ncross graduates of Templo Collego nnd
to know their work and tho work of tho
founder of that institution, I learned that
Russell Conwoll was practicing what he lec
tured. Ho hlmsolf has found acres of dia
monds. For ho has thought In large terms.
Tho largest term of llfo Is service. It wns
In Al Hafed's own garden that the diamonds
wero found, not In a search fur away. Big
things und everyday things go together
and not moro remarkably than In tho story
of tho work which keeps tho noted Phlladel
phlan so Interested and busy. Tho whole
story Is not easily told. Somo of tho chap
ters nro tho Baptist Temple, Templo Uni
versity, tho Samaritan and Garrctson hos
pitals, tho lecturo trips which havo brought
millions to tho assistance of ambitious
youth, If tho work, thus represented hasn't
yielded acres ot diamonds, If It hasn't been
Itself a harvest of splendid opportunities
seized, then acres of diamonds are a myth,'
Russell Conwcll's has been described as "a
pioneer life." Ho has done many first things.
As a mero child ho organized tho first debat
ing society In tho countrysldo whero he was
born. At Wllbraham Academy ho started
tho first paper of that school and organized
the original alumni association. In war
timo ho built tho ilrst schoolhouso for tho
first freo colored school and started the
"comfort bag" movement. In Minneapolis
ho Instituted the Y. M. C. A., tho first li
brary and the first dally nowspaper. He as
sisted James Redpath in opening tho first
lyceum bureau in tho United States. Ho was
tho prime mover In tho establishment ot
schools nnd churches In various communi
ties. In Philadelphia ho has initiated organi
zations and institutions which havo mado a
deep Impress on the Jlfo of tho city and on
the lives of countless Individuals. He is
known as tho founder of tho institutional
church in America.
What Is the institutional church? Let Con
wcll answer the question: "When Jesus was
upon earth, Ho devoted His attention to
three things healing tho sick, teaching the
Ignorant and preaching the gospel. We have
endeavored to follow Christ's ideal. Our hos
pitals heal the sick; Templo University gives
an education to thousands of young men who
otherwise would nover obtain it, and in the
Templo we preach the gospel."
Honors have been paid to Russell Con
woll in tho spoken and tho written word, but
what are verbal tributes compared with the
actual story of "a pioneer life"? No need
of praise when facts are In evidence,
Russell Conwell was born on a farm In
Massachusetts. Very early In boyhood he
was compelled to earn his own living, and
he must have possessed then the twin habits
of perseverance and do-lt-now, for even
while, attending the district school ho was
paying his way by manual labor. By dally
labor he paid his way through the acad
emy, and by the same method he kept him.
self at Yale until ha enlisted ia the Union
army. After the war he studied and prac
ticed law. For years, too, he served as a
newspaper correspondent in foreign lands.
KINDLING
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A vcrsatllo man and n. man of varied ex
perience, ho has mado a mark In ovcry activ
ity ho has undertaken,
A Do-It-Now Pioneer
It Is said that Conwcll preached his first
sermon when ho was four years old. Hip
nudlenco consisted of n Hock of chickens as
sembled in iho barnyard, whether by com
pulsion or not wo do not know. Compulsion
certainly Isn't respoiislblo for tho slzo of hl3
audiences now, unless It bo tho compulsion
of attraction.
Ills first public lecturo was given when
ho was 1G. It was delivered in a llttlo
schoolhouso nt Chesterfield, Mass., nnd tho
titlo was "Heroes at Home." Out of that
lecturo grow "Acres of Diamonds," a namo
conferred by auditors becnuso of tho open
ing story. "Acres of Diamonds" has boon
given beforo moro thnn C00O audience.", and
Its author long ngo becamo the recognized
lender of tho lecturo field. Tho proceeds hav'o
been devoted entirely to helping worthy boys
through school and college.
Tho lecturo has Inspired thousands of
henrcrs. The man who invented tho turn-out
nnd switch for electric cars received tho
suggestion from "Acres of Diamonds." Two
men who henrd It went out and mado the
Mesa Aralloy bloom. These aro but Illustra
tions of tho helpfulness .of ono of tho most
remarkable compositions of tho times. Its
helpfulness has been felt in many less strik
ing but no less effectivo ways. Tho prln
clplo of It that great opportunities aro lying
nil around has been practiced by Russell
Conwcll himself In his career of achievement
and service as a do-it-now pioneer. R. II.
MOKE ABOUT THE FOKKER
In responso to requests for further Informa
tion about the "Fokker" than that recently
given In tho "Wlint Do You Know" column,
tho following facts nro given: Mljiihecr Fok
ker, tho inventor of tlto monoplane which has
created havoc nnd consternation In Great
Britain nnd Franco for tho Inst two months.
Is a native of Holland and Is said to bo not
moro thnn 23 or 2i years old. Ho has spent
tho greater part of hH llfo In Germany, but
would appear to bo thoroughly familiar with
tho French flying machines. Tho bullet-proof
dovla,tors nttnehed to tho blades of tho Fok
ker, rendering the machine almost Immune from
tho fire of tho enemy, nro said by tho Frencli
to bo tho Invention of ono of their flyers, Gar
ros, who was captuied bv tho Germans In
Flanders only a few months ngo.
Fokker, apparently tho guiding genius In
German monoplane activity, had this bullet
proof devlco on his machines which first at
tracted tho attention of his adversaries last
December. During that month ho and his as
sistants brought down 16 British neroplanes
without damage to their own machines. Tito
French loss Is believed to havo been fully ns
large, although statistics In this, as In nil
French casualties, havo been withheld from
tho public. In tho British nlr casualties for
tho last week of January tho Fokker accounted
for threo of Its enemv flyers hi' two days. Tho
chief vnluo of tho Fokker Is Its speed, this
bolng over 100 miles an hour nnd to exceed by
25 or SO miles an hour anything which tho
British or tho French monoplanes can accom
plish, and Fokker himself seems to bo respon
sible for this unlquo feature of his machine
Tho gun Is stationary, Tho flyor has only to
steer tho monoplane.
In action tlm Fokker rises swiftly to a great
height. 1500 ftot or moro, and nbovo the air
craft of tho British nnd French, and thoro It
awaits tho appcaranco below of tho enemy.
Then It stands on Its head nnd dives, sending
down a stream of bullets which forms a cone
at tho apex of Its own gun and whoso cylinder
covers every inch of the victim's Immedlnto
area of escape. Two men operuto the steering
gear, and a passenger Is apt to be found In
front working a machlno gun In those' cases
when tho Fokker is nblo to tako range directly
behind Its enemy, aiming them along a straight
lino which covers tho enemy's pilot, engine and
tanks, destioylng or Injuring everything In one
fusillade. Its own- propeller blades protect the
Fokker so that only halt n dozen bullets In a
hundred will go through, and Its opponents
havo hardly a fighting chanco cither to escape
or take tho defensive.
About flvo years ago Fokker made his ap
pearance In tho German flying corps, and his
first monoplano was received with such small
enthusiasm thoro that tho 'invention was of
fered to the British Government. Some Eng
lish expertB examined It, recommended it as
being uncapslzable, but so badly constructed
that It mado the flyer's life anything but se
cure. They therefore declined to recommend
its purchase by Britain.
THE NATIONAL POINT OP VIEW
Justice Hughes Is carrying himself with ad
mlrable polfce and propriety In quite exceptional
circumstances; and if his more ardent admirers
villi copy his, example they will do themselves
much credit and him a service. Baltimore Star.
Mr. Garrison, oven in his departure from
public office, performs a high service to his
country not only in offering an example of
high and steadfast principle, but also in raising
Issues of the utmost moment to the nation.
Chicago Tribune.
The federallzlnar ot the State militias will not
be complete and adequate unless there is left
no vestige of State control and no police func
tion to identify this force of citizen reserves
with the duty of local patrol work In times of
petty rioting or of labor disturbances. Sprlne
field Republican.
We have said bfore that the main charac
tertatle of Mr. Unwdels, as dUcIoaed by hia
eaXrl,V,alH H -" ' attract and
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What Do You Know?
Queries of general interest telll be anuccrtj-!,
In this column. Ten questions, tho aniweti-1
to which every well-informed person thovlil
know, are asked dally. I
QUIZ
Who ia tho ArchbMinp of Chlraun?
Whut Mar u cr niltlaUen for the llthtl d
nn ncroplnne In Delaware Initt nlxhtT
lVhnt la a Bosch?
Mho prrfrrtnl (lie wireless telegraph ts
nnile It practicable?
AVhn la tho Secretary of the Nary?
"When una Temple University founded?
How lonf? has the lYdcrnl IleserTo buridaf
HjRtrm been In operntlon?
Who wrote "Tho llcccsslnnnl" nnd what calleJ
it forth?
Arc there nny Stntca In which the TfliUtnn
meela eicry jenr?
When did the prebent charter ot Philadelphia
so Into effect?
Answer to Yesterday's Quiz
.Tames I.. Mnrtlnc nnd William Hushes.
In March, 1842, hy Dr. Craufiird W. I-onr, at
ficnrjrhi, In ml operutlou for the remoT&i it
a inmor.
New York.
1809-77.
Yea.
Fnlrmotint Park, Philadelphia. '
Charles llrockdcu Bromi, of Philadelphia. '
Philadelphia. '
On the Adriatic, hi'tncen Austria and Albania.
lis dili'f Kcoerunlilcnl tculurc, the b ;
tiiftiintiiiti vl.ou tlm iintnt'.
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Austria, Ilussla, (irnt Ilrltaln und Prnnla, la ;
juji. ccox!!ieu uy accuiui ircuiy 01 14110011.
1839, throughout Ihiropr.
Judicial Temper of Congress
.Editor of "What Do You lino to "Thomas ttl
Reed once said something about tho nonparty
sanshlp of Congress which had a sting In It.
I am writing nn cssuy on tho subject and woull
llko to. find It. , STUDE.YT.
You probably refer to tho remark which In,
miulo to Henry Uauot Lodge, sir. Jtecu
toted tho House of Representatives whllo It wl
in session nnd asked Mr. Lodge what luslneais
was beforo It. Tho Massachusetts rcpresenti-T
tlv6 said that It was an election case and starteda
to explain It. "No explanation is nocejs&r,"I
lleea remarked. "The iiouso never amaci rai
strictly partisan lines except when It Is actlElJ
Judicially."
Life .fel
r.iltlnr of "What Do You Know" I would llkli
to find tho short poem about dying which entoM
Say not "goort-nlglit." out m somo uruunr
Bid mo "good mornlns." MARGARET. 4
flic ar,ntvi la Uv Tra A T. TtarhlUlld J1J ll
IIU liv.lll J MJ ' --"a - ia
called "Life." It follows: -i
Life! I know not what thou art,
But know tluit thou and I must part;
And when, or how, or where wo met
T nwti In nin'H n Rprrnt vet.
Life! We'vo been so long together, flj
Through plcnsant nnd through cloudy ttfUMtM
"Vl hnnl tn ;iri when friends nro dear M
T.l,ii,,u 'twill nnat i, hU?1i. fl tear!
Then stcul away, glvo llttlo warnlnr, chOMiJ
thine own time; i
Say not "Good-night," but in some brlr&wr
cllmo
Bid mo "Good morning."
"l':-.l Mnlhora"
Editor of "What Do You Know" I wanl ; tj
find n poem that I can give to the hard.worN
motnors who are soiueumea iuu mcu ... -- -
to their children. I have seen Just what I w
oui x only reiueniucr mai ,w Mnr;
ubout a mother who would fiUe evrytMMs
sho had If only she could get her dcud boy ,
ngaln. I appeal to you. SOCIAL WOHKEK. fl
.. ..m tl Wolhnro " bV iiitti
Louise Riley Smith, will answer your purpo.
Tlm last two stanzas follow:
T .nn.laM on i I , ,1 f Tlinllllira AVPf tTtt !
At llttlo children clinging, to their eown, , 1
Or that the footprints when the days are
Are ever black enough to maao imw -j
If I could llnd a little muuuy uooi.
Or cap or Jacket on my chamber floor,
If I could kiss a rosy, restless foot. ,
And hear it patter In my house once mora.
If I could memj a broken cart today,
Tomorrow make a kite to reach the ""
.... ... , a.I'u n,M couia 2.
'mere is no woman in uu ....--
She was more blissfully content than I, ,
-..... -.,...- nl... -.Iltn.n n,yt mV OWH -
liui, am iiib uuuuy f,w ,,--- - .
Is never rumplod by a shining hew
My singing birdllng from Its nest Is now,
The little one $ used to kiss Is dead.
v,nur, bih.b .. , T,lMutf
Editor of "What vo you M.-t h"-ritUBfa
to know whether there ore churi,,,,lii
eiiouoh In Philadelphia to accommodati i -
population If every one wanted to go ""J
on the same day, and if not how far tho ' wz
ber falls short, aiso, a wuuw .---(,
number orcnurcn Bluings in iu R.JI,j
Perhaps some reader can answer thess oofi
tlons.
The Shorn Lamu , 0
Editor of "What Do Yon Know"---l (j
find who said "The Lord tempers the w
the shorn lamb." I have consulted tea
cordance,of my Bible in unrrB&i
Will some reader help "TTau-u" '
Editor of "What Do Yon f
, i.,.i Dh.n.tnn Binceted to retuj;
the Antarctic? , ", .ft4r
He seat word to London last j '
,.,..- j.ia.1 i.u tho thickness or 'cj ''",.
Ia starting to cross U An,ar"!t eTSlE
.nd mm.iilv hla return roust o rflW
-,' 5-v-rt-Mrrr
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for uatflTthe beilnalBg of ot "" M