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Ton JANUARY WAS 99,211
rntLADELrniA, tiiuiisday, MAncn :, nit
'Tls Heaven dlone that is given away;
'Tis only Ood man be had for the asking.
,7. It. Lowell.
Mr. Wilson 1b quoted as expressing the wish
that he had learned a trade. Cabinetmnklng,
for instance.
Despite tho Browing use of self-starters, the
1916 model Ford peace plan, like the last year's
model, will be started by a crnnk.
Tho announcement that Milwaukee has the
lowest water rato In America Is another In
stance of the usual effect on prices of lack of
demand.
The annual report of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company proves that the powder
makers have not got all tho prollt from war
munitions.
The charges of "contempt" which are faclntr
certain brewers In the Pittsburgh probe are
only a weak Imitation of what awaits the same
brewers afterward.
The Grand Duke Nicholas appears to have
been "shelved" In the Caucasus In much the
tame manner that Mr. Roosevelt was shelved
In tho Vice Presidency.
(' ti,e Tnosi pathetic of all objects,
"a punctured balloon," Is the compailson chosen
, by M'Llss. But the thamvhlchest of pathetic
sights is a punctured pacifist.
It Is understood that the maible head of the
President that has been ordered for the St.
Louis convention Is to be used on any recal
citrant who tries to bust the slate.
. ' Count TIsza savs It would be a. crlmn fol
ic,. tire tJnlted States to take part In tho Euro
pean J war. It's unfortunately up to the
nations whose cause the Count upholds.
If what Doctor Salmon said nt the feeble-minded
exhibit nbout the ease with which de
fectives can enter tho country Is true, 'here
Is need for a radical reform at Ellis Island.
8
The influx of immigrants fiom Europe after
t q the war will probably be compl6tcIy offset by
t' , the emigration fiom our shores of American
tourists going to view the battlefields and
ruins.
A very desirable testimonial of the value of
rapid transit comes from Frunkfoid. Two new1"
schools are asked by tho 45th Ward Sectional
School Board, to Insure against the crowded
conditions which the new I. line will bring to
that section. The business men of Fiankford
n re banking on population and prosperity as
a result of high-speed transportation, and they
are banking on a sure thing.
The activity In photographing events of the
day In Philadelphia, which has been carried on
by the Evening Lkuq-U, bus more than one
side. It Is almost unbelievably rapid, it is all
Inclusive and this Is the Item which may
cause surprise It Is artistic. Proof of that
lies In the fact that photographs made for the
Evening Iikdobr and used In tho Evenin.
tiBOOen merely as pictures of news events
have been awarded prizes and mentions at
the photographic exhibit now going on In this
city. The modern newspaper Is in many wuys
a real artistic treat and the photograph, In?
teUigently treated, Is the sauce,
It has been said that the memory of the
public Is very short. As a matter of fact.
the memory of the Individual member of the
community Is far from long A Cleveland
tlietrananpr nroveu thlH flip nlhr rtnv
" J7 -Then It sent a corps of reporters around
'fy'l'SUthe city to auk the moat prominent
business men to give the name of the I.leu
j tenant Governor of Ohio. About 00 per cent.
v of those questioned confessed that they could
not remember. The remaining 10 per cent.
had a hazy notion and some were able to
Give the lost name of the official. How
would such an investigation go In Phila
delphia? How many persons could tell off
hand and without consulting a manual the
name of the lieutenant Governor of Penn
sylvania. To go farther, and perhaps fare
worse, how many persons could tell, without
scratching- their heads, the name of the
Vice President of the United States. Com
paratively few, we venture to say, and yet
. the present Lieutenant governor of Penn
sylvania has been a conspicuous figure in
ttia public lire or the state for years. Whv
' . iw.t try recalling such tinmen and also me
oaics ,oi noiauie puurrc events ,ih a means
of cultivating- the memory? Editorial from
JJie 'Philadelphia Imiulrer.
A a matter of fact, the number of those
(to answer question So. 8 of the quiz on
,y was comparatively large.
t It Is a surprise to learn that only 54,000
turners use resident 111 electric lighting,
y surprise Is not a matter of congratulation
V the Philadelphia Electric Company. That
'jficein Is distinctly a business which input
idspt itself to the developmsnt ef .PhlUulel-
'jjhja, anij. no matter liuw greet It. profits may
must be untiring- In service. Cleveland,
th half our population, has almost twice
many customers, according to the testi
mony gl en Tuesday before the State Public
panics Commission. The gist of the ex
yrt'a critiidsm was tiuit the company's
.'IMjKiirty valuation was too high and Us
jtn qrvPontiiniy orbUant. The 54,
Cftft wU 4re painjc 9T cents pe.- kilowatt
tuur uijM be ouuul plcastej at the rduo
tnn w 4 c."H at which rate, lite ertttc
,wr: ;, he c mKty eouM ttiill pay satis--at-tm
' 4afM "' 'uaUon
, n - -i-J - i ) ." iijatr too. is sub
itt , i Ue& sU
EVENING LJaDttfifr1HILADB&PflIA. THURSDAY, MARCH 2, 1010.
mates. One lias become rather suspicious
of experts figures, The main thing la that
the Philadelphia Electric Company cannot
nfforil to reject Rood advice. Its present rates
are Unquestionably a bar ngafnst further
rapid extension of the service.
THE MACHINERY OF THE CLOCK
An Important editorial In n neirpaper l
(he eomponlte production of many nilnila.
The newnpaper b an onanism, not tho In
dltldiial, sprnks. IMIIoM are not mallrlona
scoundrels. They are the Aeteleratora nf
ProureM.
"OL nrc, sir, a malicious scoundrel nnd
JC ought to be burning In hell" Is an ex
cerpt from a letter recently rpecived by tho
editor. The occasion for such violent Inn
gungo was this newspaper's vigorous support
ol the national honor nnd Its criticism of
those poisons, In nnd out of Congress, who
mlvocnted a policy of scuttle and praised
expediency as supreme wisdom In tho con
duct of our foreign affairs.
There seems to be on Idea prevalent among
people who know nothing of the Inner work
ings of a newspaper that some squnre-Jnwcd,
dyspeptic individual with a chronic grouch,
the editor, spends his dnys nnd nights think
ing up means of venting his spleen. Othois
Imagine that the cruel barbarian meets the
emissaries of foreign Governments In dark
plares luto nt night to receive from them
In ensh the price for his bottaynl of his own
country. Still others, living in their own
little circles, nro convinced that the editor
Is going out of his way viciously to attack or
misrepresent them.
As a matter of fact, there Is one goal tow aid
which a newspaper lo constantly nlmlng, and
that Is the truth. It Is forever seeking It. Its
scores of leporteis are engaged In that puisult
exclusively. N'ot only Is truth in relation to
facts eagerly sought, but in arriving nt an
opinion as to tho conect view when any great
controversy Is raging tho most exttaordlnary
care Is taken. An editorial article Is seldom
tho opinion of ono man. It leprosonts tho
composite expression of many men, who have
been trained to think and weigh with the con
science of Jurymen tho evidenco in the case.
There is a council of tho editors of tho
Evenino Ledger every day, nt which theio
is full nnd exhaustive discussion of current
Issues. "When a conclusion has been leached
as to the position to be taken by tho paper,
the writing of tho editorial Is assigned to the
editor particularly fitted to do the work. It Is
then subject to revision. Every Impoitant edi
torial, therefore, as it Anally appears In the
paper, is the product not of one, but of many
minds. It is the expression of the newspaper
and not of some particular person on the news
paper. So, In the prepaintlon of a cartoon,
although the visualization of tho point to bo
made is peculiarly the artist's own expression,
it Is tho paper and not the man that speaks.
But no matter what the care In editing,
errors are certain. There are occasional mis
takes In Judgment. But the precautions taken
to avoid such mistakes are stringent. Violent
partisans, acting on the theory that "those
who are not for us are against us," construe
anything not distinctly favorable to them as
Inimical. Occasionally some ignoramus, who
thinks he knows it nil, finds nn error which Is
obviously typographical, but he does not fall
to wtlte In to say that whoever wrote the
article "was an ass." Not long ago a type
setter who thought that he know moto than
Shakespeare changed a quotation from the
great bard to conform to his own Ideas. It
appeared In the alteied form in one edition
only, but that edition had not been on the
streets nn hour before the office was deluged
with corrections by telephone. But not one
of those offering n correction assumed for a
moment that the error might be typographical.
They were nil convinced that some editor was
ignorant and did not know his business. But
Philadelphia evidently knows Us Shakespeare.
Xot long ago a publisher came from a largo
American city to Philadelphia to ak this ques
tion: "To what do you attribute the gicat
success of the Evening Lehomi?" We were
inclined to tell him that the singleness of the
paper's put pose, namely, Its devotion to tho
interests of Philadelphia, and its fairness
doubtless weio contributing factors. During
the long and sometimes bitter fight for transit,
for instance, we did not, we believe, receive
even one letter of protest aguinst our piesen
tutlon of the news or our inlet pictation of It.
The Evkninu Leixii.ii Is. In fact, largely
edited by its readers and always for them
Kor every "knocking" letter received there
air; a scoie containing commendation and
helpful suggestions. Sometimes tho com
plaints ate ery peculiar. One man was par
ticularly Indignant and accused us of bigotry
because we had no account of a ceitain re
ligious gathering in which he participated.
He was very shamefaced when shown that a
"story" had appeared In all editions under n
display head. He had been searching for ii
so eagerly that he had missed It.
The Evenino Ledger Is the people's news
paper and welcomes criticism, favorable or un
favorable. The more of the latter It gets, the
mote helpful the morning mall. The editorial
policy Is militant whenever militancy Is re
quired. The exposure of the liquor "slush"
fund In the 1914 campal'n was made, for in
stance, only because publicity alone could
prevent contamination of the ballot. As a
result of that exposure, the Grand Jury in
vestigation In Pittsburgh Is now under wuy,
So, too, the Evenino Ledger took up the bat
tle for transit because of a deep conviction
that further delay In this matter would work
untold injury to the city. But we have been
able to accomplish many tilings quietly. Mayor
Smith did not hesitate a moment to take up
the suggestion of lighting "Father Penn," and
before the Associated Advei Using Clubs of
America meet here in June City Hall will be
bthed in light every night.
The editois are not "malicious scoundrels."
They are Acceleiators of Progress.
THE PRESIDENT CALLS
A PINE dramatic action must be ctedlted to
President Wilson in his demand that a
vote be taken on the McLemore resolution
warning Americans from armed ships. In
simplest terms Sir. wihson Is calling the hys
terical bluff of last week. And with a boyish'
energy which Is not usual with him he Is
double-daring" Congress to balk him.
The moral effect of this move has been tre- '
mendous. Leaders who had taken It upon
themselves to warn the President that the
resolutions would pass are now assuring him
that he will set what amounts to n complete
vote of confidence. It Is probable that neither
the MeLemare nor the Gore resolution vill
ever come to a vote, since a resolution indors-
ins the President's course will more than
cover the situation. It will be an astonishing
thing indeed that the Congress which haa
cried loudest about the President's tyranny
ahouki indorse it v willingly when put to the
test. The attitude of the country, at least,
ixaedo i' votp- As between Congress and
I'l-Midem it has atuufc manfully to the presi
dent. turtng jve fiwn wH-fqundt4 sriMftiso
to uplMd his bands.
Tom Daly's Column!
aot) nt,EB8 rot
tw. J. n. to w. w.)
Althouoh iif- parted tHonths ago
' Mu tavi still holxrs 6'cr you, , ,
I'd pitfrfc from crrinp feci and shoib ,
'. What pljdlla He before jok.
icatc.lt your step, your rt-crj step
itu eve each mot'ement seeth.
Indeed, t not J7ie faithful shep'
Herd, though the hireling fleeth.
1 flown upon the brutal ways
O) those tfio boldly slam you,
J'or 1 prefer thai English phrase
Which nsks the Lord lo bless you.
1 teas your guide some months ago,
Hut in your heart's red ceil Ire, ,
Vow're reckoning mc rtoifc, frnotc, i.
A great for gteal tor-J mentor.
Where'er your crilng footsteps iccnd,
ttemonber I who love you
Am nltcays near to ncl as fitepd,
And, maybe, gently shove you.
A man of pence, I loathe the ways
Ut those who boldly slain you :
I like I he llnyltsh in my phiase
Which aski the Lord to blest you.
Mlii Mnllcr has aclilced her chief fame
In a series of silhouette dances, which
she was tumble to tender last night. She
helleies that by a system of free, easy
movements It Is possible to develop the
body to keep peifect health. Proper exer
cine. Mlsi Mollcr believes, will rid women
of many bills.
Wl,
'HEN we read the above In a local con-
temp. terday morning wo got excited
and reached for the telephone. But our home
phone wus busy, owing, peihnps, to friend
wife's indulging In the customary morning
lung excrciso on the butcher, grocer nnd such
like blll-mnking folk.
Oh, well, perhaps It was only a blundering
compositor and not Miss Moller who said
that, after nil.
Ithymstcrs and Mr. Wistcr
Oreat I.uiki bh :
Make the poeta "ceone
Klrlns" on Mr. Wleler
Ob, not lo eavo tho nation's peace.
Or him another blister;
But for a reason fnr mote end.
Their era (like his) Is nil . n.
JOHN LUTHER I.ONCJ.
In :e3tuniu a r. I..
Dear John Your views excite our praise;
But look at what the headlino says.
Poor "rhymsters"! H is things llko these
That show them lacking, John, In c's.
II. II. If. suggests this Prize Contest:
In what direction Is Havana, Cuba, from the
most southerly point of the mainland of Florida?
All answers, to receive consideration, mint be
nccompanlcd by a statement, sworn to before a
notary (00c, please,) that the answorer didn't
look it up in the atlas.
Announcement of prizes later. Contest closes
at 12 noon of the date of this issue.
Tnn TOWN'S I'KT WHEKZK
I.
JOHNSTOWN.
The laigcst flnnncinl institution in captivity
is the First National Bank of this burg.
Why? Because It surrounds the United
States (bank).
II.
VONICERS.
Yonkers (and Ed. Oliver Is responsible for
this graybeard) is next to the biggest city In
America.
Oh, Very Well! There You Arc!
Don't put mc ichric they fold the page
i-7c I'll he In a dreadful tagc;
Or if Ihese couplets hit Hie mean,
1'ray let the fold come just between.
And oblige, WILL LOU.
T Wl
1 tl
ROTE this," says H. II. H "had It
pp written, framed nnd hung It in vari
ous places about tho liou.se. Now. whenever 1
do anything wtoug I turn to the nearest one,
nnd somehow when the stoim breaks it's
always a mild, gentle little storm, that passes
away almost befoie it is begun:"
I am, Indeed, a eiy beautiful woman.
My face shows, too, that I am Intellectual,
learned and refined.
My figure Is perfect: It Is nf beautiful
euies. yet It Is mother ly, and neither am
1 too slender My carriage Is the acme of
gince and dignity.
My olc Is soft and sweet, yet powerful
when I will, ft thrills the multitude, yet
soothes my child to sloep.
My mind Is such that It communes with
saants. et It responds to the whisperings
of my child.
My dlfiio.sitiou Is sweet and loving; iny
manner chnrinliig.
I urn tactful. I am witty. 1 am brilliant.
I am a perfect wife.
I am a perfect mother.
I am ii per feet woman
My onlv weaknehH Is my h'lifabarid, the
pour shrimp'
Henrietta Hermlone Hopkins.
Georse Washington
BEINU NUT ONLY A llHYitKI) STOrtY n" HIS
I.lKi:. lU'T A 1.811 ALMOST A COMPLETE
iuhtohy of tiiesi: r a.
Ily UKOKC1K MOIUtlH.
(Synopsis of previous tlmptere. Oeorge had Just fln
Ishad dolnu what h had done Hnd Pa had patted
hw'h-ad fur not li-lllnx a II" and ha a row to be a
man and won the M.ittlo of Hunker Hill.)
The Thirteen Colonys were up In arms
And most of his nvti were from the furins
Vor Imlependtnia It must tome
It nil Uejiended on every one
His men they done the best they could
Just llku nvory soldier should
'lli'-y trust him far they had faith
And fouzht lu win for their ounlT' sake
At Valley Korae the snow was deep
It mude his soldiers shiver and wtvp
The winter there was hard on him
la said I'll stkk It out und win
They suffered much they suffered brave
And some were carried to their grate
For the Stars and Stripes may eisr wave
Kit the country free and the tountry brave
And when he crossed the Pelawsra
Ills srmy they were some big care
' The Ice. the snow the winter rain ,
They ored right through with out In vain
On the I'ennsylvlnla aide he land
They Lame to tight, vs band in hand.
Now Independence It was signed
Ut sll tha people shout and stand
The Liberty Uell mng from Its ukr
And rang out freedom at every stroke
It rang until! the sound came back
The 1111 It rang untill It cracked
tleorge Washington was lbs man to win
Ills was tlrst In the hearts of Ills country men.
(THE ENO.)
Seeing Things
By the pale light of the moon
Once I saw an ootoroon
Fishing in a soup tureen! .
Tell me, sir, what have you seen?
i P. Villain.
B. A- reports that If one were to walk on
Catharine street bflow 4th one might see this
sign: v
A. BOARD
Carpenter and Builder.
A bookstore elrcular announces:
BNCTCLOPAEDIA BRITANNICA Uth EdltUn-l
Volumes
For II 00 POW'N and IX nwnthfcr papsJs of IJ M
each on Ia41 Paper, twuad fi serviceable idoth
tlon to It how wquM on r ST11-
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"I RECKON
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HENRY M. RICE,
OF THE PIONEERS
Type of a Wonderful Class of Men
Who Went West and Built
Commonwealths in the
Wilderness
TT
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T ISN'T so very long ago that Minnesota
as a pioneers' country. Congress has just
nccepted for Statuary Ilnll a statue of Henry i
Mower Rice, who nt 23 years of ago went
"West to Minnesota when Minnesota was a sort
of no man's land, an unexplored wilderness.
That was In 1839.
In 1837, at Philadelphia, H. L. Ellsworth
published "A Sketch of tho State of Illinois."
Tho BUbtltlo of tho book was "Suggestions to
Emigrants." During tho thirties there were
many accounts of tho "West written by ttav
elers, describing tho facilities for trade, fer
tility of the soli and rapidity of tho growth of
population. This Is today, as very likely it
was then, one of the most Interesting of these
descriptions.
Tho patt with which wo ate Just now con
cerned is this: "Among the number of ad
vantages which the "We3t has over tho East
may bo enumerated tho following: In the East
tho professions are monopolized by the older
members; in the West tho lesponslblo duties
of the professions aro confided to the young
men.
"Second. In tho "West gt eater Inducements
for the acquisition of a fortune being held
out by the farming or agrlcultuinl Interests
and greater privations having necessarily to
bo encountered, the number of professional
mon Is fewer thnn In the East, and, conse
quently, the field is more ample.
"Thhd. In a new country, everything being
to build up and construct, greater opportunity
Is offered for the exercise of ptofesslonal '
talent. ,
Country of Young Men
"Fourth. The tendency of n new country be.
ing to deelop nnd bring forward youthful ,
talent, exetts a highly favotablo itillueucu j
upon boldness, force and originality of In-
I tellect. I
! "Now, lit the West the population Is mostly
young, consisting chiefly of youthful ndvon- j
I turers, who have left their youthful homes ,
; with the determination to reap tho advantages
! of a new country."
Hlce was one of the eiitnrpiislug emigrants
of the thirties, lie, perhaps, never read Mr.
Kllswotth's account of the Western country;
but ho felt the lute of Western opportunity.
Indeed, at the age of 10 he had reached the
territory of Michigan. First, however, he had
been born. That was In 1810 at "Waitsfleld.
Vt. Before he started out to make fortuno
nnd fume he had gone tluough an ncademy
and studied law two years. "Whether he wus
thinking of fortune und fame at the time It Is
hardly certalrr. but probably he was. .Most
young, men thlnkrof these things nt one time
or another. Henry Rice was ambitious. In
his early years lu tho region which Is now
marked off by tho States of Michigan, "Wis
consin and Minnesota he followed various oc
cupations of a "frontier country surveyor,
post sutler of Fort Atkinson, agent of a fur
trading company, fur trader on his own hook.
In 1849 he settled in St. Paul, which until 1845
had been a straggling village of some thirty
families of voyageura nnd fur traders. Ip 1848
Minnesota had been cut off from AVIsconsln
and left without u government. Shortly after
ward a territorial government had been organ
ized. Rice soon became a territorial delegate
. .. ---
to Washington, in which capacity lie served
two terms ot four years each. He piocured
the passage of un act authorizing the framing
of a State constitution oreparatory to the ad
mission of Minnesota Into the Union. In 1858
he became one of the first two Senators of the
new State of Minnesota. A war Democrat he
strongly supported the Union cause and tho
Lincoln policies. Back home In Minnesota he
kn one of the ptlme movers in tire building
of the first railroad lu the State and the es
tablishment of a Stato university.
Whey Rice came to Minnesota tho country
was an unexplored wilderness. There were
very few people except some soldiers at Fort
'l
II-
Snelllng nnd a tew missionaries, and In addl-
tlon to that the fur traders and their em-
ployes. As a fur trader Rice became Intimate j
with the Indians and very popular with them.
They looked upon him with favor, because he !
always treated them fairly, and as a conse- i
quence Ire wa3 largely Instrumental in socur- I
Ing their consent to the opening of the coun- '
try to white settlement. When he came to
the State In 1839 the whole country except 1
a little territory around Fort Bridling was pc- '
oupted by nomadic bauds of Sioux and Chip- j
pewa Indians. Tiie first great problem of the
embryo State was to secure those lands from
the Indians and to obtain the removal of the
Indians therefrom. In this matter Senator !
Blb waa very aotive mni sWt. H per-
itb tha Indian and M a rmun of hi otforU
Rice waa very active and efUpltjnt. He per-
WE CAN GET SOMEWHERE NOW t"
In tho forties nnd early fifties tho Sioux and
Chippewa Indians ceded to tho United States
most of the lands of Minnesota, nnd that
opened tho country to settlement and enabled
It to embark on the gicat progress It has since
made.
Hounding Up tire Indians
Fiom the beginning of his career in Minne
sota Rice took a leading part In public affairs,
throwing himself energetically Into overy
movement and entcrpriso projected for tho de
velopment of St. Paul and tho State. Ills
gains ho generously shared with the public,
donating and raising funds for good roads nnd
streets, educational enterprises nnd other
means of frontier development. An early ex
nmplo of his Influence nnd success may bo Il
lustrated by a contract given him In 1850 for
collecting vagrant "Winnebagocs and return
ing them to their reservations. Tiie "Whine
lingoes woro a powerful tribe before tho whlto
men came and long after. The Government,
through presents nnd annuities, persunded
them to vncate their mineral lands and move
to tho so-called "neutral ground" In Iowa. Tho
gifts and annuities, however, were the ruin tit
tho "Winnebagoes. They became Idle, dissolute,
mischievous. A treaty was made with them
effecting nn exchange of tho neutral ground
for a reservation in northern Minnesota. But
some of them refused to start on their jour
ney, some fell out by tho way and tho tribe
was scattered. Ill feeling between the whites
nnd Indians Increased. Tho Indians com
plained of bad fnitlr and 111 treatment. But
they had so much confidence In the fairness
nnd friendliness of Rice that they voluntarily
chose him their sole commissioner nnd put
their future in iris hands. He established
them on their reservation without difficulty
nnd the threatened trottblo was over.
Flaws perhaps may be found In the public
career of this pioneer nnd commonwealth
builder, but none that properly detracts from
his chief distinction. Ho typifies a great
movement, a great period of creation. In
Michigan, as Senator Ciapp says, ire "Joined
with those who, then In the Hush of their
young manhood, were engnged In this Ametl
can task of building government, fitting our
country for civilization nnd development along
great nnd lasting lines men then unknown,
but men who by their energy, their sturdy
chaiactets and wisdom, not only laid deep and
broad the foundations of that great Common
wealth, but brought faino to themsehes In
their achievements. Hut this lure of the West
that had culled this race r-aufcrcl Mr. Rice to
move further westward, until ho found him
helf in what Is now the State of Minnesota.
I wish 1 hud tho descriptive power, to portray
thu character of that class of men of which
j ho was u fitting type.
They were peculiar irr
themselves; their like is found nowhere else In
our history. Theio vvns culture and refine
ment about them; they could adorn the bench,
thu Semite hull or my l:id'H parlor. There
was a certain dash about them, and yet there
was that fortitude, that courage, that power
of endurance that unaided them to withstand
nil the hevero nnd untried conditions of the
western country."
NOMINATED
The appointment of Mr. Brainlels to tho Su.
prenre bench has created enough surprise to en
title him to membership in tho "Look Who's
Here!" Club. Washington Ht.ir.
MOVIES TO ADVERTISE BOLIVIA
The Republic of Bolivia Is the first foreign
country lo make use of the movies in advertis
ing Its Industries among tho business men of
thu United states Four teels ot films have been
prepared, based upon subjects Hint are intended
to uive some Idea of the vvenlth, resources and
liusliif'.sa activities und customs nf Mint ntinf,
. . . . . . --. ..H..W.1,
arid ineso nave nneauy ueerr shown.
The Chicago brdnch ofllce of the Bureau of
Foreign and Domestic Commerce has had sev
eral opportunities to present these views be
fore Important clubs nnd associations. This la
the first time that any considerable number of
American business men have been ablo ttj ob
serve tho actual dally conditions under which
the uctlvltles of one of the South American
nations take p'ace.
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
And yet there are educated, well-informed
people who will ask. "Who Is Crurlle Chap
lin?" Springfield Republican.
There is hone that irr some not too dlsinnt
I time the free beeds and mileage and publio
I bulldlm: and franking and kindred evils win
I building and franking and kindred evils will
be mitigated, It pot entirely eradicates Kan
sas City JournaJ.
Overworked employes dq not give good serv.
Ice. Both humanity and common Mne busi
ness demand protection of woman and children
against exploitation at the expense pf their
health. Boston Record. '
The penalty of Indifference to duty la always
tbe name Vry few men have ever cheated
their way through life Thousands have at
tempted to do It with miserable results and
fearful penalties to their lot ad ones Dayton
Jourpal
The real lasue tn Cougreg l whether the
Ciorwumaut of tbe UnlUd States shall yid
iva sww " jfi u juvMiwintry expediency
J wfffi?-" Jih7,i if j V,? ,m ,l H,
tm. &! SjwlwAiMiii-Bflvi, vfTf
. WrJUjSi M, i W2 .. IS
WhatDoYouKnow?;
. vd
ijueries oj general interest writ oa anjrccrei
fn tftfj column. Ten questions, the onito
fo which every well-informed person (wJ4
know, are asked dailu. -j-
V,
QUIZ
I, Tliirf nre frequent references to the Jfnre lnliMlj
Xnvy Ynril. liere Is It? 4
M'lm ttnt, lln,it.t,ttt,( U'owf? l$(
- ' ;
3. Mlint Brent Anierlrnn neitotlnted the imrrhiM ttj
AlnHkn from ltiisilit? 3gj
I. Mhn It nt (he liend of the Amerlinn lied Crtiiit
.'. M lint uns the eM mime of .Atnrket Mrrrl?
0. Alinnl hem f.ir Is It from the (irrnmn llnti U
llanilrr fo London'.'
7. Mlmt nre mimntimrv laws? $
S. Niime ono member of the 1 eilenil Trade OS-!
mission. 1
0. Almnt how lorn: does It tnlie to en from MnMtr
to Moscow in the Trnns-Miriermn rtainvari
10. What Is the netiril worth or the nietnl In u ll!M
ilollnr? jj
4Mn...AHr. 4 V'.nlnnlnll'o fit, IV V
ivnanLia lu iraitiuiij o .(uih
1. Huron Ilch Zvvlecltnek von Siirilenliorst. c6ont!t7
n.i.l ...... al'tlffi, ttB- ' -
S, The Oregon illsiilxeil KI.'JHS tni hint :i upentSli
10.711 hunts nml Vint, iirmeil vvltli I ra-inniOTn
ii ml ft R.lnptt mnu. The I'eniiH.vlvnlllil (mown.
tMie) illsphires .11,1(111 tons. Inis n stirrd of II
Knots, Is nrmeil vvlt'i VI Jt-Inth nnil S3 B-isti.
Runs. :
3. Trent hlcneil h-trcen three nr.inilsoii of CtaU-a
innirne. SIS A. !.. nt tint mice, i reaieo ,
tlnrt (inlllr nml Teutonic KlncilomH nnd for
-ilmilavvcil vvnri over Als.nc-I.orralne. z
1. I li.mu CM irk. Mn.! I-. IV. Mnmlell. WlO.I WIllU.l'
Kent, Cal. i .1. II. Ii.tvis. Te;.,t Wm. i i,a ks
lette, Wtihlr. M
ii. No. "M
0. He Is on the in live Ihli liv speelsl ItdslsUtiA
Atllvltj Is. however, limltril to Ileitis nrrsldesM
of the (Icneml llonril. y
7. Havana.
N. A metre Is loneer Mian n jaril. m
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10. .1. Il.iy ISrovvn. M
"One Taper Liiihts a Thousand"
Kiflior of 'What On Yon Know" I have btraj
searching without success for the poem wnia
conlaliui tho following stanza
One taper lights n thousand,
Yet shines ns It has shone.
And the humblest light may kindle
A brighter than its own.
Can ou or any of your readers find It forgt
arrd tell me who wrote It?
CHEST.VIT STItEET.
Will some render come to the assistance of
Chestnut Street? lf
I'ainc "Wrote It
Editor of 'What Do You Know" The follow
Ing paragraph was receutl read to tne irja
a letter addressed to the President '
Thn HininntPi- whlirli Mr V lins t-
templed to act lu the world Is a sort of;
nondecrlbable chameleon - colored thlnf
i-nlloil nrudenen. It is. In inanv cases a SUb-i
Mltuto for principle, and Is m nearly allleis
to hjpocrlsy that It eatlly slides into m
Ills genius for prudence furnished him In;
this Instance with nn expedient that seni-.
as Is the rinttrrnl and general nature oij
expedients, to diminish the enibnrras3nintj
of the moment and multiply them aim
ward
Will you let me know through your colBirt
who wrote this attacl: to, or on. Jlr vrrw
S. II. If
If wo did wc should bo playing falss ilH
memory ol Thomas I'alne, who wrote mat p"
graph In a letter lo Mr. W -. more faminsjj
known as tho Father of his Countrv. more to.
a century ago. The whole letter will tPi
reading aloud.
Mr. James
llditor of "What Do You Know" Wan H2i
james ever rnarriea; iiui""i
No.
Iteferendum
TMlnr nf "Wltnt Dn Ynn Knnw"lla3 tKQ
ereudum ever been used to choose a canaMlJjl
for the Presidency? if so, when and by wnaoi
Khi;nw
Thn flrat l-Afpretlilllm In MinnKA ft nresIdOnti?
candidate Is now going on under tho aUsp'SU
of the Socialist party. Watch tho papers I"a
March 10 or thereabouts for the result
Polyphemus and Ulysses
Editor of "What Do Yon Know"T StV
like to (hid the poem which begins In this wj
A very remarkable history this s
Of nnfl -Pnlvnhpmus nnd "Mr. IMvsseS
The latter a hero accomplished nnd boldfe
The former a knave and a fright to behold-vl
I wlalr also to know who is Its author
CLASSICAL, STL'PB-V
The poem called "Polyphornus and I'lysVU
Is by John CI. Saxe, a humorous poet, Who ?2
Joyed great pspularU 50 years ago. It K
luntj u) tiuuitj nere. as t( covers ruur iM,9-''.
the volume of Sase'a poems, published in IH
We reprint the llrst page
POIA'PHBML'S AND ULYSSES.
A very remarkable history this Is
Of orre Polyphemus qnd Mr. Ulysses;
Tha Inttnr n hern nt-f-nmnlfRlipri nnd bold.
The former a knave and a fright to behqli
A horrid big giant, who lived In a den,
And dined every day on a couple of men.
Ate a woman for breakfast, and, dreadful to
Had u nice little baby served un with W
indeed, Jf there's trutrj In tire sprightly nanr'
ut rtorner, a poet ot some reputation
"r virgu, a wriur out utile mierror
Arrd In gome things, perhaps, Hie 0"!
superior
Polvohemus was trulv a terrible creator'
in manners and morals. In form and In f4(
For law and religion ho tared not a wV9
A..A ... -i...-. ,-.. ,t . . ! ........ ,viiriDS
,u. lit ruvii. icu ilia lliuc was n, .'..-
What made hlra a very remarkable Kvy
Like the late Mr. Thompsau tied on' one
ut QmX was a whoppr - a ten We o"
"As' l.ree fVlrsr'l says) as t'.e d k w :
. nrrrrraru. out ratner erraB6i ' t"i j
I Wtficft. lueana. i ppoie. that ms eve
' lttee ttitatl vtfhaJ r wife m "
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