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PHILADELPHIA. TUESDAY. FLDHUAUY . 1916
Let Kings go mad and blunder as they may,
The people In the end are sura to pay.
Horace.
It la about tlmo that Jlr. Bryan understood
ho was not elected to run tho country.
Looks as though tho President had a
scheme on foot to take tho wind out of tho
Roosevelt balloon.
Tho Now Haven road has ordered 50 new
locomotives. It ought to get a few engineers
who can tell a signal when they see ono.
Maybo If Germany starts destroying all
merchantmen tho Government won't havo to
warn many Americans against traveling on
them.
That California distillery which has been
converted into a moving picturo studio will
probably produce no more reels than for
merly. Governor Whitman advocates compulsory
military training, but he does not think It will
be necessary to use tho draft to get a presi
dential candidate from New York.
An eminent scientist has announced that
the body of the average working man contains
enough phosphorus to make 80,000 matches.
Maybe that accounts for tho case with which
they strike.
Will that member of tho Irish Fellowship
Club, of Chicago, who has volunteered to bo
the official taster at a St. Patrick's Day ban
quet recelvo a Carneglo medal for heroism
If ho survives?
Nebraska Democrats are beginning to sus
pect that Mr. Bryan Is playing politics with
tho prohibition issue in their State. They do
him an injustice, for Mr. Bryan himself in
sists that prohibition, liko pacifism, is a moral
and not a political issue.
The new Ambassador to Chill Is to be J. II.
Shea, a "deserving Democrat." Ho comes
from Indiana, where, before ho became a
Judge, ho was an active helper of Tom Tag
gart. Until thl3 Administration camo into
power few persons reaflzed how many emi
nent citizens were hiding their light under a
bushel.
The vaccination of a few hundred people In
West Philadelphia was ono of tho wlso pre
cautions which tho general welfuro of society
requires should bo taken, whatever the dis
comfort It may cause to a iew. The remark
able thing is, however, that tho propaganda
against vaccination should continue in spite
of the long series of proofs of Its effectlveni'ss
in preventing disease. But there are still
people who deny that the earth Is round, and
there aro othors who aro convinced"" that all
progress Is a crime.
The famous case of "Cook vs. Peary" '.,: re
"The Discovery of the North Polo" Is still a
much mooted matter if tho Congressional
Record is to be believed, since Congressman
Henry T. Helgosen, of North Dakota, In an
"Extension of Remarks" takes up sixty-nine
pages of that publication at the expense of tho
taxpayers of the country In an effort to show
that Peary did not discover tho Pole. Inci
dentally he puts Peary's North Polo story up
to Congressman J. Hampton Moore. We un
derstand that tho Philadelphlan has been a
newspaper man, bankor, author, politician and
orator, but did not know that he has become
a scientist. Possibly "Doc" Cook or Peary
could explain.,,
Tjongfellow, one of the most popular poets
in England, was born 100 years ago. The so
ciety which has secured the house In Portland,
Me., in which he first saw the light Is ask
ing for subscriptions to a fund to pay oft
the mortgages on the building and to collect
interesting objects connected with the poet
and books about him, and for other literary
purposes. Contributions have been received
from every European country, as well as
from Japan and Hawaii. But New Eng
Janders, with tho local pride that has made
their Bection of tho country famous und pro
duced the Impression that It Is the centre of
the intellect and patriotism of the nation, are
behind the movement. It ought to succeed,
but we ought PQt to forget that there were
patriots In other places as well as in the
northeastern part of the country, and that
American literature Is broader than the out
look from the New England hills.
In a lengthy memorial presented to the
Senate by Senator Smoot "the people of the
State of Utah," through the Commercial and
Rotary Cluba of Salt Lake City, urge Con
press to make Fort Douglass, Utah, a base
for a large mobile army and supplies for na
tional defense purposes. The memorial ar
guca that "if a substantial body of troops be
station ij at a point practically equidistant
from 2800 miles of border and coast line as
suming proper railroad transportation facili
ties exist they can be moved to any locality
on this line In substantially the same length
Of time aiul be present at any point thereon
At the time of attempted Invasion, unless such
lavalon jsmes without suspicion and with
the KtsaM or a thief in the night" This form
of argumeat Is rather illuminating, since the
people of the Interior, who generally are op
iruMed to a larger navy, declare in the same
l, -'a-t'i tot an increased army, providing a
tn.itia of that uwjy Is tflvm WW to some
j,.t, m their wn &m- Ah Twnny t cr-i.-uJ
net going to wad a. caUagrgsi to the
ttuening;
United States Government telling us that wo
aro to bo attacked. When tho enemy does
arrive ho will nrrtvo like "a thief In tho
night."
HOW IT STANDS
The President has ileclilril tn preserve
the neutrality of dm United States by re
fusing; tn consent tn any clmnito In Inter
national law, willed now permits merchant shin
to rnrry nrms for defense. Up will hold
Oermnny responsible for loss nf American
lite. War nnlil not necessarily follow n
break In diplomatic relations.
AT MIDNIGHT tonight Germany la to roil-
sume her submarine warfare with a new
fleet of undersea boats.
Sho has announced her Intention of regard
ing armed merchant Bhlps ns warships for tho
reason that no merchant Bhlp In tho Atlantic
Is armed for any other purposo than to attack
submarines.
Tho latest unofficial word from Berlin Is
that no passenger ships will ho attacked
without warning, and that a submailuo com
mander will endanger human lives on such
ships only In enso tho ship attempts to
cscnpo or to lire on or ram the submarine.
Tho contention of tho United States in that
merchant ships may curry guns for defense.
This contention is bused on the common un
derstanding of Intel national law. Guns ato
carried by tho ships In tho China Undo to re
sist attacks of phates. They used to be car
ried by tho ships that entered tho Mediter
ranean because tho Bnrbary coast was In
fested with pliatcs.
Germany maintains that thoro mo no
plrat'es In tho North Atlantic and that mer
chant ships engaged In a legitimate trndo
have nothing to fenr. Sho nssotts that the
provisions of International law do not cover
tho conditions that now prevail.
Ambassador Bernstorff Insists that thcie Is
not and cannot bo any such thing ns an
armed merchant ship. Ho further maintains
that tho promises which Germany made somo
tlmo ago to refrain from attacking merchant
ships havo been nullllled by secret orders
Issued by tho British Government to tho mer
chant captains to sink submailnes on sight,
either by ramming them or by Hring upon
them.
In this crisis It becamo jieccsnry for tho
United States to decldo what course it would
follow. Tho duty of deciding rests upon tho
President.
He could consent to a modification of tho
long-standing rule of international law which
permits merchant ships to entry guns for do
fenso and make no protest against tho courho
of Germany.
Tho effect of such a decision would bo to
give aid and comfort to tho Teutonic Allies.
It would bo a deflnlto act of sympathy, be
cause It would Involve our consent to a modi
fication of the accepted rules of maritime
practice In favor of one belligerent and
against another while war was In progio&s.
On tho other hand, the President could pio
test against anv change in International law
and Insist on tho right of met chant ships to
mount guns now as they have mounted them
In the past.
Tho effect of such a decision would bo to
favor tho Entente Allies. But such a favor
would be only that which lay In the condi
tions that existed before tho war began. It
would bo tho coursctof tho strictest neutral
ity. Just as our sale of munitions of war to
tho Entcuto Allies and not to tho Central
Empires has Inolvcd no violation of neu
trality. The' President has decided to take tho neu
tral course. Ho has Insisted on tho tight of
merchant ships to arm themselves for de
fense He has gono further than that, for
ho has announced that ho will hold Germany
responsible for tho loss of American lives on
merchant shlp3 sunk by German submarines
without notice and without giving tho per
sons on board an opportunity to escape. The
difficulty of reaching this wise and Just de
cision has been Increased becauso there aro
hundreds of thousands of American citizens
who sympathize with fjcrmany and wish to see
her win tho war.
The responsibility of the decision rested on
tho President and not upon Congress, just as
the responsibility of deciding whether to recog
nize tho revolutionary Republic of Cuba rested
on President Cleveland In 189G. Congress
proposed to take tho initiative then, but Sec
retnry OIney remarked that a congressional
resolution would not havo the force of law
and would merely express the opinion of "tho
eminent gentlemen who voted for It and
perhaps defeat the best efforts of this Gov
ernment to afford such citizen- (Americans
in Cubit) protection." Tho effect of any con
gressional resolution on tho submarine con
troversy today would bo to weaken tho hands
of the President and to mnko his task of de
fending tho rights of Americans on tho high
seas exceedingly difficult. Tho President is
familiar with his constitutional powers, and
he Is apparently In no mood to permit Con
gress to usurp his functions.
Germany profosses solicitude for tho lives
of noncombatants, and says that sho will sink
no ship without warning, unless an attempt
is first mado to escape or to attack the sub
marine. If American lives should bo lost
again in the submailne raids war with Ger
many will not necessarily follow. The Presi
dent can dismiss tho German Ambassador.
Ho can seizo all the German shipping In
American ports, and hold It as hostages for
German good behavior. He can order a con
voy of warships for vessels carrying Ameri
cans and tako various othor peaceful methods
of impressing Germany with the determina
tion of this groat nation to defend the rights
of its citizens to continue their peaceful voca
tions, even on the sea.
If the nation stands behind tho President
now it is not likely that thore will be any
war, such as would Inevitably follow a long
succession of outrages committed because it
was thought we had not the nervo to defend
ourselves.
A NATURAL EMBARGO
THE embargo on freight destined for this
city, or through this city for other points
at home or abroad, Is not an arbitrary or sur
prising thing. It is the result of natural
causes and of contributory negligence. The
causes begin with the long mile of oars stalled
outside New York, upon which city an em
bargo was declared some time ago. The neg
ligence lies n the lack of storehouses and in
the failure to provide enough ship to carry
the merchandise for which Philadelphia made
such ardent demands.
What the situation brings out is that no
railroad and no centre of commeree is greater
than Its terminal facilities). The prosperity of
Philadelphia is momentarily Joltd by the em
bargo; but the prosperity of Philadelphia will
be seriously undermined if an unofficial em
bargo continue to exist through the lock of
facilities for handling far greater quajilKlan
of good than art) bow coming Thin city must
be prepared for the bmt, or when tbe tttgt
dean noise It will be snatched away by tetuUar
haoda.
Tom Daly's Column
PROOESBWNAtj.
Fcbruarvl
Chlllv, chary
Of the vistas visionary
Through savannas blue and airy,
"Where the fancy seeks to sec
Promise of the days to he I
Llltlc sun and Utile blue
Pfcrcc your dull pray mantle through
Saddest of our months are you,
1'cbiunry.
Out upon youl we ulll sing
To another, kindlier thing,
Hoping that our song may bring
Some returning, flashing wing
"Which Is augural of Bpitng
To the heavens' brightening arch,
Come, then, foi ward from the Houlh,
lllrds iclth music In the motlthl
I'oiwardl all-yc sleeping seeds,
J'orwardt biooks among your reeds,
Violets and eglantine,
1'orteatdl all along the line,
March I
Mixed Metaphor
Sir I wonder whether Prosy with his "tie) nnd the
Alps Lies ltnly" licriima my history Prof, who lec
tured Willi pathos nnd gestures. "And nt last tho
10.000 Oreeks drank In Willi greedy eyes tho blue
Waters of tho Illack Hea." Hela,
Dear T. . Ohl Lookllll
outa tho Neu Yawk Times:
I just clipped this
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SKATINO IN Till: PATtlCS.
Van Cortlandt Park No skatlne yes.
terilnw
Central Park No skatlnu dterclay.
Prospect Park No skutlnpr jestcrday.
I suppose If the ennio man had to write tho
weather reports it would be something liko tills!
nAININO IN l'lIILAnni.PIIIA.
Wet Philadelphia No rain.
Foulh Philadelphia No rain.
North Philadelphia No rain.
Kensington nnd all points cast No
rain.
T. B. TV.
-.., GeorRc Washington
nniNo 'not only a ihiymhd story of
HIS I.IKE. HUT ALSO ALMOST A COM
PLETC HISTORY OF THESE U. S.
iiy rjEOP.au Monnis.
(Ssnopsls of preloua chapter: (Von: had JU9t
finished riotnir what he had done.)
Ocorse now heard his fathcr'n olco
It Bounded rather iiuecr
He knew that therw was something wronff
Tho sound It camo out clear.
II In Father said to him. "My son
It seems so Ntranffo to inn
That I should find arrosn this path
This ely cherry trco
Tor GeorRi he knew ho cut It down
Uo did not seem to fear
Ho heard his Patlier's volco so clear
Was rlnslntr In his car.
Who cut down that tree his Father said
When ho bepan to shake his head
Now Ocorffo ho did not run away
lie started In tho truth to nay.
Father T cannot tell a llo
And OeorKe ho then hean to say,
I did not know Just what to do
1 did It with my hatchet new."
The truth that pleased his Father mueh
His croat blv heart was gently touched
My son I'm glad ou spoko tho truth
You started right Just In jour outh.
Ho put his hand on George's head
And nlwuys tell the truth ho said
And all these trees I would let die
Than h.ivo my sou tell me u lie
(To Ho Continued.)
OUR COOKERY DEPT.
ASKi:i AND AN8VKIti:n
Sir: What Is the slzo of a walnut?
A. NUTHER NUT.
A walnut Is the size of tho piece of butter
to bo used whenover tho roclpo calls for a
pleco of butter tho size of a walnut.
It H. n Your answer Is not satisfactory. The.
question wuH. "Is a chain of sausage no stronger
than Its weakest link?"
Dr. Hamilton Back in Philadelphia
IT
XJ s
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, having
swung 'round tho Colonies, Is on his way
back to Annapolis,
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 17H We en
tercd Philadelphia nt four o'clock and Rhea and
I put up at Coclthurn's. I went at six o'clock
and spent the evening with Collector Alexander.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 14TH. I stayed at
homo most of the forenoon, the air being some
what sharp and cold. I dined with Mr. Currle
and Mr. Weemse, at a private house, and, going
homo after dinner, rend one of Shakespear'a
plays I drank tea with my landlady Mrs.
Cumc, and nt five o'clock went to tho coffee
house, where I saw Dr. Spencer, who for some
tlmo held a course of physical lectures of tho
experimental kind hero and at New York. I
delivered him a letter from Dr. Moffatt at New
port I met hero likewise one Mitchell, n prac
titioner of physlck In Vlrirlnln, who was travel
ing as he told me upon account of his health.
He was a man much of my own make, and his
complaints were near akin to mine Here I met
Dr. Phlneas Bond and others of my old ac
quaintances. At Philadelphia I heard news of some con
turbatlons and fermentations of parties nt An
napolis, concerning the election of certain par
liament members for that wretched :lty, and
was sorry to And that these trllles still con
tributed so much to set them nt variance, but I
pray that the Lord may pity them, and not
leave them entirely to themselves and the devil.
I went homo at eight at night, the air being
cold and raw, and was sorry to hear that my
fellow traveler Mr. Rhea was taken with an
ague, the effect of our night's ride upon Tuesday.
The news conies to us that Mr. Itutton, of
Valley, City. North Dakota, has a daughter Pearl.
KFAVAitu FOit punuc SEUVICn.
Wa are enjojlnir the reward bestowed by tha publlo
upon u faithful servant Our reputation for Integrity
and palnstuklngnaas brings business to our door. Our
modrately priced servlcu will meet with every man's
at,,r0V!"- o a. DUTWR
Funeral Director and Embalmer.
Ambulance In Connection. Telephone 119,
Ad. in Cumberland Times.
Even that isn't aa progressive as one of
these black-frock-coated gents in Jersey City
who advertises, "I'll get you yet!"
'Zasso? Rabbit Welsh? Rum Hounds?
Speaking of similes, our fellow colyumblne,
Tom Daly, has been conducting a best-simile
competition. The best of the offerings was weak
compared with that which a neighbor on our left
tossed off t'other day: "As lonesome as a rabbit
six Jumps ahead of a pack of hounds,"
B. L. T. In Chicago Tribune.
This came too late for the simile contest; "As
useful as a deckhand on a submarine."
MmisyJffiYourte
Advice to the Social Climber. As
suming the (ieatle Creature
Needs Any
Claim Intimacy) deprecatlngly,
With this renowned Pasha,
that Vizier great
To scribes) be generous with
smile and fee,
Bo that they hint your worth
and high estate.
Spend gold, time, self-respect
tilt all are spent. ;
Push humble frnds 'astde,
Build anxiously '
Where arrogance and gilded
power mate,
And cherish, aa you eitib, tW
recipe:
Daily new (oo4 far R)bWBj
quUlto ereat
Sweet are tthf ua of adyar-
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swteww
r.Xi' riniri in i iiuhi ihm in i in i ' i i ' i'jn.' . i . it ,ifi -t.v i..t '. ih
Ml
SPEAKING THE
PUBLIC MIND
Sunday Concerts, Temperance Re
form, Fire Protection and Other
Topics of General Interest
Discussed by Readers
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Tho protest of tho ministers ngnlnst the
proposed Sunday concerts Is nn Illustration of
how a lot of fanatics can hurt the progress of
a latgo city. People who work hard all week
aro longing for just such entertainment.
There nro thousands who believe tho day of
lent Is Saturday not Sunday. Why Interfere
with thein? Cities of the first class (who aro
not curbed with these meddling fanatic) Increaso
lu population nnd have municipal improvements
that our city will not have In the next B0 years.
Chicago, with Its liberal Sunday laws, has SO
miles of boulevards that surpa&s those of Paris.
It has underground roads, the finest of bridges
and tho liveliest city In the Wrst. New York,
with Its wonderful buildings, its great hotels
and Its variety of amusements, makes our city
look Ilka a. village; but these places are not
handicapped by a lot of fanatics who meddle
with the rights of others . NOTTIRB.
Philadelphia, February "G.
WANTED: A LINCOLN
To the Editor of Eventng Ledger:
Sir In those times of strife nnd. turmoil
there Is n great need of a man of high calibre.
Thoro is need of a man who cm pierce the
walls of tho future, nnd having a vision, with
unflinching courage dares to go forward leading
tho nation on to glory and honor.
Thcro is need of a man with a big heart, ten
der, kind nnd sympathetic, yet able to hco tho
best way out, although at times It may bo dim
and obscure.
Wanted, a man who will placo his country
above himself and ids own particular wants,
always btandlng up for tho common good.
Wanted, a self-made man, a man taught In
tho school of life, who has hewn his own way,
not theorists or egotists.
Wanted, a man of principle and character, a
man whoso spotless reputation and clear and
well-defined principles aro worth the admiration
and respect of all.
A man who, selng a wrong, dares to right It.
Wanted, n man of sound judgment, not a man
of indecision or changeable mind.
A man to btnnd by the peoplo in all that Is
right: for them In all that pertains to their wel
fare nnd of them, a freeborn American in all
respects.
A man who has pity for the poor and de
pressed. A man 'who Is convinced that he Is right nnd
will proceed uncompromisingly, not compro
mising the honor and integrity of the American
people.
And,, In conclusion, a man of prayer, whose
motto will be, "In God we put our trust.'
May God grant that such a man may arise;
that ho may load this country on to greator
glory and higher honor, nnd that Us name may
become fairer and brighter; that wo shall havo
another beacon light, whoso enduring example
shall shine down the centuries that nre to come.
JOHN LANDENBURGER
Philadelphia, February 28.
REAPING THE WHIRLWIND
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir The human lace Is reaping the fruits of
Its own folly. Man was cieated to be a rea
soning being, but from tho time a boy or girl
arrives at tho ago of maturity they are advised
or taught not to think for themselves.
Ry that statement I mean they are taught to
seek knowledge from books and people only,
and while that Is necessary ns regards tho exact
sciences, to know of tho great plan of life nnd
tho Industrial changes that have made our
civilization the Individual must go to life Itself
and study It and the changes of tho years.
Men do not do that. They read books written
by men with opinions who got such opinions
from others, and like a twlcetold tale, such
second-hand information changes with each
tolling, allowing the thought of the world to be
a veritable confusion of intellectual reasoning
power. On certain subjects (and they the most
Important ones) mankind does not claim nor try
to have true knowledge. Almost everybody
studies issues or remedies for Industrial evils
before they study cauaep, like a doctor who
would prescribe medicine for his patient before
he knew what tho disease was.
A comparatively few men lead the thought
of the world, while millions follow them In
stead of developing their own reasoning power.
Such a plan or mode of reasoning allows na
tions to be ruled by men who have opinions
more than knowledge of tho subjects legislated
on, and the preposterous pat.t of It all Is the
fact that they take pride in such opinions, run
campaigns on the basis of them, get elected to
office, carry out policies, make laws and rule
nations, while almost everybody exalts, them
simply because of the office they hold.
Mankind, not being natural or original as to
reasoning power, has no way of knowing the
true from the false, and that Is why the world
s misruled ami has enough great wars to make
civilization a failure.
The reason man uses force so much Is because
he lacks reason or reasoning power.
ORIGINAL THINKER.
Paulsboro, N. J., February 2$.
NIPPING FIRES IN THE BUD
To the Bdltor of Evening Ledgtr:
Elr Some one has raised a question anent
Mayor Smith' recent orJr placing the keys of
the city's fire alarm boxfn in satoon. poolrooms,
cigar Btores, etc Will not the consequent delay
la the turning In of alarms more than offset any
pouible saving of exprutt to the municipality
by BteveotliUT the calling out of apparatus on
fal alarm which i the declared purpose of
thft above; order?
Wfey mi carry the argument a Map or two
fwrihM aid taduea Urn xea to all aoaenui
by rufeifc nmnber of area tor whtoh II U 1
MsmMSKSsam mmmmmH 1
"WHAT ABOUT THESE?"
WfttMfiiiSi?;Lv.,. s. ' . I
necessary to call out tho apparatus, and thus
effect a double having, of which tho cost to tho
City Trcasuiy is apt to bo much the smallest
factor.
If every household were provided with a hand
fire extinguisher and every member of ench
family had a rudimentary knowledge of how to
behavo in the presence of an Incipient fire, n
nst economy of life nnd property would bo
effected and tho city would havo more property
on which to nssess taxes, as well ns less ex
penso In the operation of its fire department.
Whllo walking along Broad sttcet recently th
writer's attention was attracted to a largo tour
ing car drlen by a woman, which camo to a
stop almost opposlto him. A gieat deal of smoke
and somo Haines wcio coming out of tho radiator
and nround tho hood Without an Instant's de
lay tho di Ivor jumped out of the enr and with
a small flic extinguisher, which sho held In her
hand, put out tho fire almost before I realized
what sho was about
If a Binnll portable device not much bigger
than n blcyelo pump will put out a gasollno lire,
fiutely It will do tho same to any Incipient flio
that Is apt to occur In the average homo.
Why do not our honoru.blo Mayor and Iho
Councilmen tnke tho stops necessary to Insure,
that somo such dovlco be plnced In every dwell
ing house, with information when and how to
use It? HERBERT S. DONNELLY.
West Philadelphia, February 24.
PROGRESS OP TEMPERANCE
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir May I tnko this opportunity on behalf
of tho National Tempcranco Union of thanking
you most cordially for tho splendid ntslstanco
which your pnper gava us.
With such support on tho part of tho public
press this great work will certainly go forward
to a rapid and completo success.
I still remember tho nssistanco which your
paper gave us at tho very beginning of our work,
when Mr. Bryan, then Secretary of State, spoke
In tho "Sunday" tabernacle on March 15, 1915.
Since then, and including tho "Billy" Sunday
meetings, wo have been again nnd again in
debted to you for your assistance.
J. JARDEN GUENTHER.
Philadelphia, February 2G.
FLAGS FOR PREPAREDNESS
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir I saw on Washington's Birthday what I
believe- was an unusual number of Hags dis
played from dwellings in West Philadelphia.
I presume this was general throughout tho
city. It impressed mo not only as a sign of
respect for tho memory of the illustrious Wash
ington, but as an Indication in many instances
of that kind of patriotism which favors prepared
ness. In this connection I would suggest that each
citizen who favors preparedness, both men and
women, wear a miniature American flag, a small
button, on n specially designed emblem. This
would doubtless have an exemplary effect on the
lukewarm, and might help immeasurably to
quicken the propagation of the principle in this
city. In advocating this idea I am at the same
tlmo one who absolutely believes that prepared
ness Is tho best tiling to keep up out of tho war.
Philadelphia, February 28. Ed J. N.
ISLAND OF ST. THOMAS
Tho question of the purchase by tho United
States of tho Danish West Indies, of which the
Island of St. Thomas Is perhaps the most im
portant, has been revived. Bret Harte be-rhymed
the island after this fashion following a terrific
hurricane In October, 18S7;
Very fair and full of promise,
Lay the Island of St. Thomas;
Ocean o'er Us reefs and bars
Hid Its elemental scars;
Groves of cocoanut and guava '
Grew above Its fields of lava
So the Gem of the Antilles,
"Isles of Eden," whore no ill is.
Like a great green turtle slumbered
On the sea that It encumbered.
Then Bald William Henry Seward,
As ho cast his eye to leeward,
"Quite Important to our commerce
Is this island of St. Thomas."
The poet then goes on to say whut tha moun
tain ranges, the black-browed hurricane and the
sea thought of this proposed Yankee invasion:
So the mountain shook and thundered,
And the hurricane came sweeping,
And the people stared and wondered
As the sea came on them leaping;
Each according to his promise
Made things lively at St. Thomas,
Till one morn, when Mr. Seward
Cast his weather eye to leeward.
There was not an Inch of dry land
Left to mark hls"Jrecent island
Not a flagstaff or a sentry,
Not a wharf or port of entry,
Only to cut matters shorter
Just a patch of muddy water
In the open ocean lying,
And a gull above it flying.
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
Safetyl The "safety first" propaganda Is mak
ing sueh progress in. this country that In time
Americans may no longer be noted for heedless,
nesa in the matter of personal security. Leslie's
Weekly.
We cannot build up a dye Industry without
protection, and the President and Democratic!
Senators and Representatives are pledged and
sworn to oppose any application of the principle
of protection. Spokane Spokesman-Review,
Only the applause of the unthinking Is won by
the declaration that every man should have all his
rights all the time and that It Is cowardly to
ugest otherwise. Our dally community Ufa
would be impossible If we acted ou that princi
ple. Des Moines Register.
It would require not less than IS or SO years
tor this country to build a navy as large as
Great Britain's at this tune, and probably by the
end of that period we should And that Great
Britain's construction bad, Isft us far bsnUj.
What tfce cAuatry tw wnwtrttsd nhaul as uwuui
uv w Mf iimwm vm
What Do You Know?
Queries of general Interest will be antverti
In this column. Ten Questions, the atuvurt,
to wilch every well-informed person ihouli
know, are asked dally.
QUIZ
1. What Is the route of nn "all-mil" shipment (ran ''
lljix'imt lo riillutlrlnhlii? t
11.1. .. . ... (- n. ... j-Lt.A '
,,,, iiriiu' uiirin aoiii p. i imm T
S. nii.it Is the Noulhcrnnioit lor!on of tb
United Stntrs? . '
4. I Oltiiuu north or south of Scuttle? '
5. Aliout when wns nccln.itlon us n prcrenllre f j
Ninnllnnx first used?
G. niilfh President sitcrrriled lilmielf after belli
out of ofllre four years?
7. In what nar did (lencrnl Kuropntkln, now Is
ronumini! of the Kinslnn armies on tli north
ern front, hpcoinc well known?
8. Has l'ciinijlianla it port on the Great T.akei?
0. Wio Ii rnrdlnnl Mrrclcr?
10. On what rhcr Ii HarrlihiirK?
Answers- to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Verdun was taken hy the Germans In 1702 tsi
recaptured !j a citizen French army after Ui
llnttlo of Vulmy.
2. He wiih horn In Canada.
3. About $35,000,000.
I. It Is Krnrrallr Klren ni 25,000 miles, which tl
Nufllclcntly accurate for most purposes.
5. Life or durinc boo J hehnTlor.
0. II.inI.
". Ile,culli himself "an accelerator of public wis-'
Ion." Ho sericd two nnd n half terms In Cco
grefis, wns a newspaper editor, untl Is Dow s
lawyer lu New York city. ,
A. Trunk II, Mf Chilli, of Lancaster.
O. South. '
10. nicliurd OIney. , w
Cannot Be Written
i-Mffor of What Do You Know" I Who la the
president of the Philadelphia and Beading Rail
way Company? 2. Is this correct In fact as well
as in grammatical expression: "There are two
to(o)s In tho English language." If it is not
written ns nbove, how would you write It?
C, I. It
1. Theodore Voorhcos. 2. It Is correct In fact
so far as It goes, but it is incomplete. No on
but Josh Billings or somo other Ingenious spell
ing reformer could write tho sentence you hav
In mind Billings would havo put it this way:
There aro threo 2s in the Kngllsh langUM
The fact cannot be stated concisely In correct .
EnglHh. A circumlocution Is necessary. For
example, ono could say with perfect accuracy
that there aro threo English words bfllfferent
meanings pronounced "to." This bentence is tns .
basis of an old conundrum, "What English sen
tonco is It easy to speak, but Impossible t
write?"
Evangelical Churches
Editor of "What Do You Know Please pub. &
IIM. l.n .1llnnilnn lAnmon T?VfimTPlIeai &vS
ItOll L1IU IllOllllUllUII MOlWKI.ll "-NIB
Churches" and "Protestant Churches," glvlnr M
,l.n ...tn.U.I .1 . . .. . I m n ,tnnc nrt.fr.ll 1 frftteSt 'iK
Ilia i't.l.l.iJJ.11 uuiiujlllliuiivitr, ndiwi, . T,i, A
ant, but not evangelical. A. C. LEAGU&
Thore is no proper distinction between evari-
rrnllrnl nnd Prntnslnnt churches. 113 all evangeli
cal churchpa call themselves Protestant The !
evangelical churches, however, are those of tns X
Protestant communion which maintain wi
tho'essence of the gospel consists In tho doctrlns
.? to1,.lrxn l,w fntlll flnrl (nRlst that neWtS?
good works, nor sacraments have any saving ffi'
cacy. Nearly u not quite an mo i-iv'""?
churches, with the exception of the Unitarian
and Universalis, claim tho right to be callea
evangelical, though some Insist that they are
more ovangellcal than others.
Blizzard Snow Falls
Editor of "What Do You Know" Wilt J
kindly state what was the official fail of snow id
the blizzard of 1888, also that of 18987 ,
11. l "
vThe fall of snow on March 12, 1888, was lltt 11
JcW On January 10, 1898, U was V,i incUta, u
in
Area of Cities
i'dflor of "What Do You Know" Is ChlcMf
the tecond largest city In the country In ,r -as
well as In population? When I said It J
was disputed. , GRhGQRT.-
No. Los Angeles. Cal., is the second jatw
city in area. Ilere is a list of the large" "
KuBO u., u. u. ui .. Est!mte4 ;
ATta. sq. m. POPUIMSS: -
New York 3Hi
I.o3 Angeles ,.,,,.,,.... 288
Chicago .,.,., ii. 198
New Orleans ,, 198
Philadelphia 129 &
6.59T.00J
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SIM'J
1.7J.M
TltA f arnaat TCInwpr
iiji, t uiuyt n v. HStnui" Does B'i
the eunliower produce the largest blossorn know- ,
among plants? r " " ;
.-i.- . i n.a- la tha bloSSOW
(ID. lw larBtxii jw.unu u. , -- ,.
of IlafHesat Schandenburgla. It was flr ""J
covered by Schandenburg in Sumatra. ,i
reaches Its irreatest perfection in the ni
Mountains, on the Island of Mindanao, wo.j
specimens have been found threo feet toj$?M
and weighing 32 pounas. A sunnower
In diameter is exceptional.
Pfiatititnrr'ii Svmnhnnv
Bdifor of "What Do You Know"W P"??!i
referred iq unanmng-n syropnoy - '."'iktM
on Sunday. If It Is not too long, can iwu prj
It for me? CONTEN x J
Here Is what U usually quoted as ChannWS
Symphony: "To live content witn srnau "r
to seek (Uegance rather than luxury, tftotme,
.r.t .hn f.,-hin..- to ha worthy not respe!5
able, and althy not rich to stidy hard tWM
. .i tii-.l., hihlaa and saeei WHO """TO
heart, to bear . 11 cheerfully, do U tiravrljp ?vfli
occasion, bmr iwver. io a ' J' Tg
h-uoh ttu i-inimiu. Thin i lu be cy r" ;!
pboay."