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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."
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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-
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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
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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
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p Philadelphia City Hall. The diameter Is 25
fet. T1'le our ifand ,3 12 feet ,on& The dials
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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!
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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.
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f-ioutli Cnrolliifi.
William II. Thoinptnu.
North.
Longfellow.
Mohammed V.
Western.
Nullum Philemon llrau.
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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.
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