EVENING LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, SATURDAY, MARCH IT. 1010 8 f do PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY CYRUS . K. CUHTIS. FjtnsiDiST. ChfcrlM IT. t.udlntton, Vice President; John C. Murtln, Bfcrettirr n(t Tremurerj Philip 8. Collin, John 11. jwUllMiw, Directors, EDrroniAi, no Anns CMC It. K, Cuiitia, ChiUrmnn. r. n. whaley.... , . . ...... . . Editor JOHN1 O. MAHT1N general "faindneM Manager Published dully at Pent to trrora tlulMlne, Independence Square. Philadelphia. tienta C"TiUL.t.i,.,.tl)road nnd rhf(niit Plreen AtLaktio Cm.......... ;),- g New YoiK.ti 20IJ Metropolitan Tower ))RT01T, ........ 821) Ford Uulldintr . LOUIS,, .,,,,. 400 Mob- -i.i i., I I I ii ,g CmoAoo 1202 Tribune UulldlriB NKWS uumiAUst WAsnJNOTO.i nnnnp lllKRi Hulldlntf Nw York Ill'MUi- The riniM HulMIng nnttx noiuc no Prlodrlch"tnie Isnort Hcmuu Mnr onl llnue. Strand l'lmi IlUKKiu as Hue I.ouls lo OranJ sUHscnirTioN' teums By currier, n.x ctnn inr week li tnnll. pn-tpald jmtalde of Philadelphia, except where foreign po-mge lit required, one month, twenty-fix o rente: one rar three dollars. All mall subscriptions paahlo In advance. Notice Subscribers wlshlnc address changed muit live old a well 8,3 new address. BELL. 8000 VALNUT KEYSTONE. MAtVJjMM ICT" Addrtii all rommuiilcatlorn to Kvtiilas) ledger, Indcitrndence Square, Philadelphia, i.vrintii at tub rit ilapfi rnlA loiTrtrrtcn ah second- CI ASS MAIL MATTFK. THE AVRKAlli: NUT PAID DAIt.Y OlItCULA- tion or Titn nvKNM.NO t.nnantt Kon rmmtiAiir was ioi.iis PHILADELPHIA. SATXMIAY, M MICH 11. 1916. Xot by years, but by disposition, is wisdom acquired.- Plautus. More reason than ever for ti Patriotism Cay. Verdun will yet be graven on tho heart of Borne nation. Anyhow, there Is leal preparedness nlong tho border. The now Secretary of "War was in It befoio he know ho had begun. When Villa sets through with tlie United States there won't be nny Villa. Maybo tlie Mayor will bo nblo to woo In the South what a town without rapid transit looks like. Yet there will still bo found in our midst a f man to say, "Things nro dull and there Is no news." Tho Moewo does not appear to have been proporly Impressed with tlie fact that Britan nia rules the wave. The Swedish Parliament, which has lefuscd . to call a peaco conferenco of neutral nations, f evidently knows what happens to buttors-ln, How about 8-cent exchange tickets? Aro thoy any more "reasonable" than the elec tric llBht rates were? Arc thoy, in fact, legal? After all tho hubbub that's been kicked up about It, it shouldn't bo necessary to warn any newspaper-reading American about trav eling on armed ships. Senator Ashurst says that grape-shot is , better than grape Juico to use in dealing with . $ Mexican bandits. He would better watch out f dr Mr. Bryan will got him. Thero is no truth in tho report that tho At lantic fleet has been ordered to repot t to Co lumbus, N. M., at once. Tho expedition Is to be a military, not a naval one. Tim "Workmen's Compensation Hoard has been asked to determlno "what Is agriculture." It isn't planting mushrooms lu tho cellar and buying limousines with tho profits. Kuustoti has been a bandit-getter eer since he took up that profession In tho Philippines years ago. The harder they aro to get tho more certain ho is to get them. My Iady Nicotine is recognized as uno of ' tho most aluable nurses in the war hospitals. That Is why contributions nro asked hero for the fund to buy tobacco for tho lielglan soldier There was about half a billion dollars more in circulation In February of this year than In tho same month last yt.ir, or an nvorugo In crease of about $5 per capltn. Did you dls paver this before tho Treasury Department gave out the figures? Let us hope that no sookless, collarlcss htatesman will now arise and offer a resolu tion warning Americans to keep out of Now Mexico, because bandits have mndo living there dangeious. If we cannot piotect our citizens in foreign lands, wo can nt least pro tect them in our own. The cities of tho fctate spend about SO cents a year for preserving tho health of each citizen. If they would use for wiping out preventable diseases part uf the amount wasted each year by the politicians, tho death rate would show a marked decrease. It Is fitting that nt Philadelphia, the Cradle of Liberty, -such a day should be celo. brated. Presldont Doehm, of the Ad Men's Club, of Atlanta Quite so, and evon more fitting that it should bo celebrated at such a period lit tho world's history. Tho delegates to the Pan-American Congress In Washington two or three months ago knew more about American history than the American delegates knew of the history of the South American countries). Harvard has established a chair of Latin-American history and elected a scholar from Argentina to nil It. but It will take more than one piofessor to teach us what we ought to know of the countries to tho south of us. "Working one's way through college has its disadvantages, as the secretary of the Uni versity Employment Bureau points out; but there is now and then a young man who can start hla college course handicapped by poverty and yet get so good an education that he can outdistance his more fortunato competitors In the race for success in after life. But after all, the average boy with only 1200 a year is likely to get more out of his college course than the boy with 16000 a year. "Ja It any more of a crime for a man to write a letter tp a member of Congress asking Mn) tp vote; for something for his benefit than it la for a member of Congress to write a let tar ta his constituents asking them to continue biro, Jn office, at $7500 a year?" queried Con gressman Martin B. Madden, of Illinois, during Usm debate on the postoffloe appropriation bill. Ht Wt," was his own answer Tlie only dlf (umum la that the constituent pays two cents uit to write M Qjagrewmafl,'whJle the Con gressman probably sends out a dozen speeches of "Extension of Remarks" under tho frank ing privilege, which tho constituent pays for Indirectly. Of course, thero Is no crime on tlis part of tho constituent; but It Is a mooted ques tion with respect to tho Congressman. FORWARD AT LAST The Administration lins nt tnst decided. Annrrhy along the border must end. Vllln must be put out of tho Viity. Pence must relmi In Mexico run If e lime to en force It vtllli the hit.tonrt. The possibility of rnmplleitllons, ulille nrrilt, rltnnot deter the iinlion In the performance of n lioihulen duly ALON'O series of oiitniact, In which tho t'nliod Stales has given iho npiioarnneo of acquiescence by unpa ultctcit patience and toteinnce, has resulted llnally In n sort of anarchy within our own borders. Thu depie datlons of tho Mohican bandits are of such a diameter that not oven tin optimist enn ex pect nny permanent relief for American elu sions nloni the border until tho extirpation of theso outlaws Is accomplished. Such extirpa tion Is not possible except through tho actlvo Work of the United States itself, the futility of the Carransi Oovei nment's efforts to preserve order having boon long slnco established, Thero remains, therefore, but oilo thing for Washington to do. On tho proper course it tins determined, after a lont? period of hesi tation. Tho program will bo backed by tho virtually unanimous approval of American citizens. If It should appear, however, that tho Administration's decision Is an lmpulso nnd not tt dellbornto conclusion, to bc reso lutely followed, there will result no gain what ever to this nntlon. tt will lnstend bo a readier proy for nny other set of bandits that may deride to wage war. Tho country Is against another expedition of the sort that went to Vein Cruz. It expects, us It has n right to expert, that this time there will bo no withdrawal until the objects of tho Incursion have been achieved. It looks to the Administration to pursue with vigor tho course now begun, be tho cost what It may. Therj can be no cost comparable to tho humiliation visited upon a people who are unwilling to light for their rights and to vindicate them on all occasions. It Is proper that tho American people should realize the potential gravity of tho situation. General Scott, who Is one of tho best Infoimed men In the country In his knowledge of the Mexican character, mnkes no secret of his fears that our action may he misunderstood. The Carranza forces have not suddenly been puiillcd. Tlry are one with the bandits under Villa, so far as love of spoils is concerned. All nllko aio adventurers, and it may well suit tho purposes of tho several leaders to uulto in a so-called "patriotic" war against tho In vader. If thev do, not 10,000 nor oven twice 10,000 men will bo .sulllcleut to reducu tho country to order. Villa may icnlizo his hopes and bj his boldness join to him In general defense Mexi cans of all shades of political opinion. Wo do not holhvo It, for we aro convinced that tho great masses of Mexicans aio weary of the chaos n which they have been enveloped. But It Is Just as well for citizens to realize that the expedition may become an army of occupation, in which caso it will be months nnd years. Instead of days and weeks, beforo a lottiru to normal conditions may reasonably bo anticipated. Wo take it that public opin ion is ptcparcd to face the consequences, bo thoy what they may. The character of tho country favors the bandits, and It will be re membered that the Italians had n hard time of It in Tripoli. Tho American soldier will give n good account of himself, no matter what tho dllllcultles, but pence on thu frontier will not bo won without somo losses. That there will bo rest and quiet nnd lasting peaco Is assured. "What happened In Nica ragua may happen In Mexico. It Is hard that a great, peace-loving nation Miould bo com pelled to dual with a highwayman among tuitions, but tho police duty Is ours not only as a result of our closeness to Mo.ico, but ulso on account of the hegemony which wo assume In this hemlsphete. It Is a duty wo have too long neglected. Tho end of Villa and of brigandage is In sight. It may not bo tomorrow or tho next day, but It is ns certain us the totting of the sun. Tho prayer of tho nation Is that It may bo achieved without too great Joss of good American lives, lives which are, however, willingly offered In tho furtherance of our good purposes. HATS OFF TO COOKE IT WAS not many months ago that a dispo sition was evident among some people to quostion the value of tho services of tho Blankenburg Administration to the city. Those services were. In fact, many and great, but none was more spectacular or more deserv ing of high praise than tho accomplishment of former Director Morris L, Cooke, who, in tlie face of bitter criticism nnd hard lighting, laid the groundwork for and fought to a successful conclusion the campaign far lower rates for electricity. A particularly pleasing featuro of tho outcome is the general belief that the new rates will not be more beneficial to the city than they will be to the company Itself, which will undoubtedly gain through the greater vol ume of business offering, it Is a matter for public gratulation that a conclusion so satis factory was reached, and there Is much more appreciation of Mr. Cooke's service than he Is likely ever to hear about. PROTECTION AND EFFICIENCY GROWTH of protectionibt sentiment in Eng land, although given a temporary setback by the firm free trade attitude of 30 of the 33 directors of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce, is indicative of the advent of a new kind of efficiency and preparedness in the United Kingdom. England has always had a substitute for protection in her control of ocean freight rates, which she has skilfully used to her own advantage. But this will no longer suffice In the changed conditions preva., lent in the world. Free trade England will furnish discussion only for historians in the decade to come. Tom Daly's Column ovn viLLAaa povt. Whenever it's a Saturday and all my work is through I like to ttalfc on Ohcslnut Street to sec what news is new. Indeed, 1 HAD to walk this afternoon, be cause, iou sec, The cars they wasn't rtoinin1 wllh no teg utarlly; At first 1 vouldn't pother what the trouble was nt all, Hut finally 1 seen it when 1 not to Oily Halt. Vor there the cats were stalled; an', tike so many Jum)ln'jacks, It'ctd lt ami l.'d and llrothcr llllt, a'btoCktn' up the traeks An' U'hetirin' o His Honor, dear Misguided Utile man, To turn a funny jllit'jtap on the llapld Transit plan. "I've heard," thinks 1, "that every cloud has got its silver llnln', Hut 'round this place 1 setm to tee Jci6 rosy hopes iielfirtMlft'," 1 laughed right out, an' some one asked i "Say, is it your intent To borrow tiottbtc hereabouts" An' I sex: "Xo, it's Lent." That started me a-langhW more, but didn't stop me secln' That he was kind o' smllln', tooan' it was Jimmy Nhcchun, "Ohol .Vo boufhiil bntvnl" sez t, "there's very little doubt, tint you'rr the lad that has the news to make you smile about." It was his grand old mother's health that made htm so elate; Juit weathered pleurisy an' grip, an' she is 081 ft seems tee lit'f ii-growln' folks these days to live so long; An' yet icc'ro started "llaby Week" to make the baby strong. An' now along on top it' this we're startln' right away To git In lino for .tmic-tlme an' our "Patriot ism day." Looks like this denied old world'll be some better by an' by, If thingi keep on Improvin' like they ought to, an' that's why Whenever It's a Satuiday an' all mu work Is through I like to irnllc on Clii'stmtl Street an' see what news is new. IX connection with "Baby Week," it may not bo uninteresting to quote from .Tedldiah Morse's "American Geography," published lu 17S9, this line or two relating to the Philadel phia of his day: Xenrly iiiio-hnlf of the children born In Philadelphia dip under two ream of age. nnd clilclly with a disease In the stomach and bowels. liif? Profits .S'o?)io men build better than they knoie, In such things being unskilled: Some building operators though Know better than they build. IT'S a crime to maintain a desk as disheveled nnd frowsy as ours K but early In our emoer somo one must have assured us that fcot t of thing was a mark of genius and from affectation it became a fixed habit. At any inte, digging among tho drons thero we occasionally turn up an unexpected nugget. Wo don't remember to have hoen beforo this ftom .1. M. (.'., which has'proh ably been buried for weeks: It mightn't be amiss If you should find that thpie's one story about motoring you don't Know. A friend of mine has a bug, which can go HUe lightning. It lias an SO-horso motor, and baldly tinj thing to pull, the machine being just u Hkeleton. Hut Its hpeed would scaio tho wits out of the (lying Dutchman. One day lie overtook an old farmer and gave him a ride toward town. Thu speed of tho machine finally did attract tho wagbeard's attention. IJetwccn the gusts he hollered: "Kin e go any faster?" My friend snld. "Hiiro'." and put It nil on. In about a minute Fanner Grey face hollered at the top nf his lungs: "She can go, all right. How's she on the In alien ?" "Fine," smd my filend, and he stopped her Inside of .10 feet. "Yep!" said tho farmer, "and It'll be ?100 or six months. My office Is right across the street." The Superfluity A letter sent out from tho office of the P. L., addressed to Hon. Charles F. Barclay, SInna mahonlng, Pa., comes back marked "De censed. Cannot be delivered." Whafllwccallit? I WOULDN'T ask any reader to try to wrlto vor&es llko tho following, but I should like to got a name for this peculiar art product: Oh, see the pretty butterfly So nonchalantly llutter by, To boost tho Evkni.vo Li:iimit high Your writers must not hedge or lie. MAC. Arthur Gultcrmau utes tho form and calls It "twist-rhyme." In his book "The Laugh ing Muse" wo find these lines built much upon tho plan of Mac's: TWJST-UHYMB O.V WOMEN. Some women walk in hobble skirts While others sew and cobble shirts. Equipped with pan for cake, and book, The prudent learn to bake and cook; Though many, seaward hurling care. Devote their time to curling hair. Yet all though coyly seeming chill. For hlmtile youths aro scheming 111; With every eyo-glance mangling ten, They weave their webs for tangling men. Gems From "Luck in Disguise" tA noel written In sood faith by William J. Yextcr. revlied nnd punttuuted by I,, p. Culter nnd copy rliihtwl 18hl) by John W. Lovell Co.. N. Y.) "TTENnY retired early, thinking to tranquil XJ. nl3 burdensome mind. Poor boy! his mind was completely mystified." "He la John's twin brother, nnd I think It Is too bad they are deprived of being together no oftener." "Suppose they have a father, and he a poor, worthless Inebrlte, must we as rational human beings suffer their tender, helpless forms to perish from tho cold to which they are now ex posed, or die from hunger, when our table and pantry are groaning under the enormous weight of dainties, as well as substantial food, prepared by Mary, expressly for this occasion, that we might eat, drink, give to our neighbors, that we may all be meiry?" "The invalid ladies husband, oh! Where Is he ! Ah It's sad ! In an unguarded moment ho was superinduced by his ravenous appetite to Indulge In the use of strong drink, until he was temporarily a bedlemlte, and, during his ab sence of reason he committed the crime, hence his enthrallment by the law." On a "White leghorn egg. sot by Mlu Harriet Franc, daughter of James Frances, of McKeea Hocks, on Sunday. February 2T. In raised script has Una discovered this l8end. "The end of time 101(1." The remarkable egg has been turned over to the Carnegie Institute. Some think the embossed lettering Is genuine, while others claim It is a trick. lit. Pleasant tPa.) Journal. Perhaps it's both; that is to say, a "gen uine trick." WOMAN wants position, peaks Ger man, from 3 to 10 o'clock. Classi fied Ad. What? Steadily T I J-KrfKa8SSlS?saafes 4)'ftJ$wlj JJ,. f f ---t; rmn-ukj.iA .w.j . ..r.M-ia.v.-r:i -?rr. 'I It I flM-j. Til il U'fA J! HI I V X r ""?;.. .ii".. -,(- r-J jswmBb i. m,inii.'ij iv ri . ii tium I v -- -- .. n - -t-'tA , . Mist i . r.jjKzz?mzkzsxxf?t'.i - " , o i vwMNft ivmij v mrt?mt,M ' - - -? --.- n. i f. . i" I ' lintfMyTHf'SUftVsA' il v ' . rj0iim-.J'fLWiLVfrzz&8e&i& 1 I. 1JU Y?hTrfilV '1215 I rLurrilHHrm'- iiT ' , w 'r r--r i j ym .nH7T"w iim wsor5?si-i",r' v- Eummek?m, V"Vi'-VV ' 'Ml r'i-rW" ' V TREBIZOND OF THE "GRAND COMNENUS" City on Black Sea, Now in War News, was Once Capital of an Empire Founded on the Ruins of rt Greater One TUHHIZOND has something on Nineveh and Tyre. Onco the prosperous and splen did capital of a prosperous and splendid em pire, It has letnlncd much of Its Importance through all the vicissitudes of Its varied his tory. At piesent that importnnco consists or did consist until tho Ilusslnns very recently gave the town a mostly military meaning In Its commercial activity and power. It Is situ ated at that point which commands tho long established tiado route from Persia and Con trnl Asia to Europe, over tho tableland of Ar menia, where tho famous highway of travel and trade descends to the Black Sea. Russian crulseis ato bombarding Treblzond, city of i omance. Tho caravan louto that terminates at Ticb 'htond I.s the course followed by Xenophon, when he led the Ten Thousand out of Meso potamia and neios-s the tableland of Armenia back to safety. It passes through Erzenun, 198 i.illes from Treblzond. Goods nio carried hack and foith along the highway on the backs of camels. A highway it is, though hardly lit for vehicles. Yet, for an Eastern country, It has been kept In fairly good con dition for centuries and centuries, ever slnco the masterly ictrcat of tho Ten Thousand. Older Titan Home Every schoolboy knows about tho Ten Thousand. Darius, tho great King of Persia, had two sous, Attaxcrxes and Cyrus. Cyrus objected to the division of tho kingdom, and In 400 II. C. organized an army in Greece and marched against his brother nt Babylon. Cyrus was killed, his barbaric troops were scattered and the Greek mercenaries left to shift for themselves. Their commanders be came rattled, nnd Xenophon, who had accom panied the expedition as a war correspondent. assumed command, reorganized tho force nnd i led it back through nn unknown country with marvelous skill. It was a military achieve ment that ranks among the most notablo In history. Ariived at Treblzond tho soldiers wero hospitably received by tho Greek settlers, and thero they found boats for the journey back home. Treblzond was settled by Gieeks fiom tho neighboring town of Sinope nbout 75G B. C. It Is therefore older than Borne. Not much, but n matter of n few years. In course of tlmo tho I Ilomans extended their empire to Treblzond i and farther, and the city became tho capital I of tho province of Cappadocla, Hadtlan built I the harbor, which wasn't a very good job, ac- cording to present standards, but good enough to satisfy the Turkish owners of tho modern period. Gibbon desiuibes the Treblzond of the Homan period. "Treblzond, celebrated lu tho retreat of tho Ton Thousand as nn ancient i colony, of Greeks, derived Its wealth and splen- ' dor from the munificence of the Emperor j Hadrian, who had constructed nn artificial poit on a coast left destitute by nature of j secure harbors. The city was large ana populous." Tho original name was Trapezus ("Table Lnnd"), from tho fact that the town originally occupied n sloping table Jand, with precipices on two sides, the slope descend' precipices on two sides, the slope descend- ! ' , m, . ... , . .. Ing to the sea. Tho area of tho ancient city 1 1. m. nnlliwl tlirk T.wi1rili nnil lt (nlintilfml Viir Is now called tho Kalch, nnd Is Inhabited by the Turks. It Is surrounded by n vine-covered wall of gieat antiquity. Tho total population of tho present city Is nbout 10,000, consisting of Turks, Kurds, Armenians, Greeks and a motley of other races. Fragment of Byzantine Empire Tho tlmo of the Fourth Crusade Treblzond leaped Into new prominence in history. The Byzantine empire, with Its capital at Constan tinople, was beginning to crumble. From the 11th to the 13th centuries the family of Com nenus held the Byzantine throne. An attempt has been made to trace the ancestry of Napo leon back to the Comnenl, some of whom settled In Corsica after the break-up of tho Eastern empire, but it has not been sup ported by valid evidence. One of them, Alexis Comnenus, escaped to Asia. He went first to Colchis, the country of the Golden. Fleece sought by the Argonauts, and there he gathered an army with which he took pos session of Treblzond. Though only 22 years pld, he succeeded In making himself master of the greater part of the southern coast of the Black Sea. The empire thus established con tinued till the 15th century, when the Otto mans conquered Treblzond, having conquered Constantinople about eight years earlier. Alexis assumed the title of "Grand Com nenus," and by this title his successors were known. The palace of Treblzond was famed for Its magnificence, the court for its luxury and elaborate ceremonial, while at the same time it was frequently a hotbed ol Intrigue and Immorality. The Qrand Comnenl wer,a patrons ACROSS THE LINE '-?"- rTT&0". a.. 'S-,ias(rtKBa:r5c3-' JrffSSJPOT:'riaSah ai itr 1 J-,Dir-' ' - ' SSTT'TT-v of art and learning. Libraries and schools, churches and monasteries, flourished. Euro pean travelers praised tho splendor nnd tho glory of Treblzond in extravagant terms. After tho city had fallen Into the hands of tho Mohammedans, Cardinal Bessurlon wrote a work, entitled "Tho Pralso of Treblzond," which exists In manuscript In Venice. Tho iiamo nppears frequently in literature. Ono calls to mind "Tho Princess of Trezlbond," a comic opera by Offenbach. For Hat or Handkerchief Today tho ruins of palaces and fortifications make tho placo remarkably picturesque. Twcnty-fivo miles away Is tho monastery of Sumelas, said to have been founded 1500 years ago by one of the Comnenl. Its position Is most extraordinary, for it occupies a cav ern In the middle of the face of a perpendicu lar cliff 1000 feet high, where tho white buildings offer a marked contrast to the brown rock which forms their setting. A zig zag path, with frequent flights of stone steps, gives access to the monastery. The valley below is filled with tho richest vegetation, the undergrowth being largely composed of aza leas nnd rhododendrons. Six days' Journey from Treblzond is Erze rum, recently captured by tho Russians. For years It has been considered ono of tho most Important cities in tho Turkish empire. At the time of tho Russo-Turklsh war of 1878 II was occupied by tho Russians, who were forced by tho European Powers to withdraw. The Uno between the two countries was estab lished a little to tho eastward of Erzerum and left It still a part of Turkey. It was said after that event that If war between Russia and Turkey should break out again Erzorum would be tho Russians' first point of nttack. The south coast of tho Black Sea Is beau tiful, mountains rising high a little way back, and tho slopes richly follaged nnd decorated with whlto villages and oranges and cherry blossoms (in season). Riza, which tho Rus sians have taken, is described by a Black Sea captain as "tho most beautiful placo on tho coast, but everybody carries a knife and would not hesitate to kill a stranger for his hat or his handkerchief." OLD CLOCKS AND NEW ilefore the watch, the clock, and before the clock, tho hour glass and tho sun dial, Tho clepsydra was n graduated transparent vase, In which water trickled through a holo hi tho bottom at such a rate that tho receding water marked the passage of tlmo. In the hour glass sand was substituted for water. Tho Eastern nations had many curious devices. In ono form of the clepsydra tho water wns made to flow In tears from the eyes of automata. After a while a mechanism was Introduced by which the water as It fell turned a little wheel, which moved the hands on the face of a dial. When falling weights Instead of falling drops of water wero first utilized It Is Impossible to say. The Invention of tho first true clock Is claimed by many peoples. In the Middle Ages tower clocks, which aro the progenitors of our mod ern timekeepers, wero In general use in churches and monasteries. Tho oldest clock of which there Is any complete description was that set ui by a Gprman, Henry I)e Vlck, in the tower of a palaco In France. That was In 1379. This clock contained weights, springs und wheels, and the mechanical principle of modern clocks wero utilized. The Westminster clock Ii tho British House of Parliament Is one of tho largest clocks hi the world. It was set up In I860. The four dials, ISO feet above tho ground, aro 22, feet In diameter. Each minute hand Is 11 feet long and the hour figures on the clock are two feet long. The pendulum Is 13 feet long and watghs 700 pounds. But the largest clock (so ' " '"" "'; u' -" A.. ' .. . . ? p Philadelphia City Hall. The diameter Is 25 fet. T1'le our ifand ,3 12 feet ,on& The dials ' - nan t t... it.. .. . far as tho dials are concerned) Is that on the aro 362 feet above the pavement. NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW There must be n Government-controlled mer chant marine service If our foreign trade Is to remain a factor of prosperity. Cincinnati En quirer. The decent thing for Congress to do Is to adopt some Bystem that will prevent the abuse of the franking privilege and prevent members from campaigning for re-election at public ex pense. Houston Post. So If It Is true that our navy, going Into war today, would be defeated for lack of battle cruisers, the fault rests with the experts of the navy and with no one else. Des Moines Register. President Wilson loves peace, as America loves peaces no more and no less. He will keep this country out of war If It be humanly possible to do so, while refusing to consent to our playing tlio "poltroon." Cleveland Plain Dealer. The Hon. Jim Mann's outspoken blunt horse sense and ability to puncture pretentious hum bug and overinflated oratorical tires has been a national asset during this windy session of Congress. Why Isn't he a "Favorite Son"? Milwaukee Sentinel. Public opinion will continue to be on the President's side in his attitude toward the war ring nations, and now that meddlesome or ill disposed Congressmen have learned a lesson the country may count on a parliamentary calm for a time. It is -well. Birmingham Age-Herald. Possibly t was true that the laws of the Bute of Ohio hva been violated by the main tenanca of a, combination fixing a uniform bcala of wases for mill operatives. This, however! Sbf..;'1 Uv Pri0,1 a " Mlii- T--- --,. -uivuu DWT. IS"- :-,!i" --"- j-i i- .-: . j.M--".a.--v . iri-tS1 ,M--.wK.-!-f-1',J--" - - - i-n'.vu'ttit'T trn ra l asaStS2! UWBS&vSr'-fTiTiE-c;-.-,..- .-.. . . What Do You Know? Oncrc.9 of general Interest will be nnmirrcd in thh column. Ten questions, the aiisiccn to which every well-informed prison viouM A'lioio, are asked dally. QUIZ 1. Whut Ainerlciili ircneriil. uflcrunriU Pr.- Idcnl, Intiidcd fnrclirn Mill without orders 3 In iinler to i upturn bonier bnndlls? 2. I'nr w hut couhpIcuouh serlcn Is (lenrrnl runstun best known? j :i. What did the Anicrlcuii (Jowriuucnt do u'llh I the money rcccltrd from Chlnu ostensibly 1 to piiy the cpeusoH nf our shiire in the expedition itKillust the Iloxers? i 1. Who Is the Amrrli'uu Aiuhnssiiibir to .Mexico? j ,1. How luiiny men nro there In the regular nriny within the contlnentnl limits nt the United States? (1, About how fur Is the moon from the earth? 7 1'roni uluit Mute Is'senutor Tnll? S. How long lme Xoruay nud Sweden bren separate niitlous? U. tVhy ilocs ii ship generally curry n chro nometer with London lime? 10. About ulmt Is the popuhitlnn of i'ltic land? Answers (o Yesterday's Quiz I. According to the 1'edcrul census of 1010 there urn 'JM.V'-O tlncllliu; In Philadelphia. " PenilsAlMiulu Is 10,(101) sciiuiro tnllti lurger Hum 1'ortiiKnl. .1. lluth. I. 0. f-ioutli Cnrolliifi. William II. Thoinptnu. North. Longfellow. Mohammed V. Western. Nullum Philemon llrau. H. !. '0. Property Rights of a "Woman V.ditor of "irVmt Do 'ou A'hoiu" Will you please answer this question? If tho wlfo of a husband holds the deed of a property In her name, can her pioperty bo taken away from her for any debts that her husband contracts or any debts that she may contract In her hus band's name so long s she does not contract any In her own name? A. U F. Generally speaking, real estate owned by a wife cannot bo sold for tho husband's debts A woman's leal estate cannot bo sold by legal process except upon a judgment against her In certain cases judgment can bo had against t. woman for certain domestic debts for which the law holds her responsible as well as her hut band. This answer Is entirely general It may or may not apply to tho specific c.isn you have In mind. Degal questions almost always hinge on specific facts. If you desire advice about somo particular case, see a lawyer, or consult the L.egal Aid Society, 31 South 16th street, which gives advice free. Streets and Sewers :7!for of "What V. I'ou A'noio" Can you tell me tho length of streets in tho cities of the United Stntes which excel In that regard, In cluding Philadelphia? Can you also give me some comparative figures on sewers in those cities? URBAN, The number of miles of paved and unpaved streets and tho number of miles of sowers Ina selected group of cities appears In the taKe which follows. Miles of streets. Miles of Miles of paved streets, sewers. Boston Chicago Cleveland . . . . I.os Angeles... 57:1 4G81 8511 1475 5:in 893 2065 5 ISO 211 2111 I0S9 538 656 419 343 2202 703 7H ".OH 1081 619 SOS 435 661 New York 4037 Philadelphia 1C12 Pittsburgh 1036 St. Louis 936 San Francisco.... 825 Washington 509 What Every Schoolboy Knows Ucllfor of "What Do You Know" In re school girl's Inquiry for a passage In Macaulay regard ing what every schoolboy knows. It seems to m likely that she refers to the celebrated passage In the essay on Milton, where tho historian MP that a schoolboy of 12 years now knows more geography than Strnbo, etc. A J. B- True Worth dlfor of "What Do You Know" The uoeni that I. U D. asks for Is entitled "Nobility,' and was written by Alice Cary. A BUAUl-lt- Several other readers have answered tlie question. Wo reprint the poem In full for u benefit of those who have only one or two stanzas of it. True worth Is In being, not seeming, In doing, each day that goes by, Some little good not In dreaming Of great things to do by and by. For whatever men say In blindness. And spite of the fancies of youth, There's nothing fco kingly as kindness. And nothing so royal as truth. We get pack coir mete as we measure We cannot do wrong and feel right. Nor can we give pal a and gain pleasure. For Justice avenges each slight. The air for the wing of the sparrow. The bush for the robin or wren, But always the path that Is narrow t And straight for the children of men- We cannot make bargains for blisses, Nor catch them like fishes In nets. And sometimes the thing our life misses Helps more than the thing which It gets. For good Heth not In pursuing. Nor gaining of great nor of small; But Just In the doing anu aoing As we would be done by, Is all. Through envy, through malice, through ptlD Against me worm eariy uuu No Jot of our courage abating, Our part Is to work and to wait And slight is the sting of hla trouble Whose wtnnnlngs are less than bis worm. For he who Is honest is noble. Whatever his fortunes or birth. m J 1
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