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EVENING LEPQ13R PHILADELPHIA. MONDAY, APRIL 3, 1916.
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PUBLIC LEDGER COMPANY
. Cmua H. K. CURTIS, rMarr-BXT.
Oiarlea H. twllntfon, Vl .TrMld-git : JjAn C. ""tin,
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CTnr II. K. Ccmn, ChMrmtn
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PHILADELPHIA. MONDAY. APIltL i, 1916.
Qbd sendeth and giveth both mouth and the
I meat. Thomas Timer.
BEWARE THE TAX BOGEY!
Transit obstrnctlonlata are trying to con-
1 srlnee the public that the Tnylor plan menus
hither taxes. Had' the elty built It' n
traction lines In the beginning a handsome
revenue and no debt wonld Imre reniiltril.
I The Taylor plan means the retention b
' tbe people of some part nf the Milne of
,' their franchises. It mill add not rrnt of
, permanent debt to the. city, anil will eientu-
l ally put money nnnnnlly Into the trrnstir.
i The Twining plan, mi tbe contrary , would
j fasten a debt on the city for the lienetlt
1 of the P. IX. T.
DIRECTOR WEBSTER has announced the
, leasing of municipal pier number 15 to
j Hie Pennsylvania Railroad nt a yearly rental
0f $20,000.
The city does not own an Inch of wharf or
' fculkhead that Is not producing revenue.
Dlroctor "Webster Is, In fact, refusing long-
rm leases, on the ground that even better
tlrma for tho city aro virtually certain. Yet
, (already tho annual gross rental paid the city
fJa $181,922, and tho advantages accruing to
jjiftlie city from tho municipal pier facilities
vtued for tho handling of business Is Incal-
" (salable).
As each port Improvement yields a revenue
ftsd becomes self-supporting, tho cost Is de
(rfucted from the city debt and is no longer
Uharged against borrowing capacity.
Tho point is this: T'o havo in the municipal
ltr system an example of tho sort of public
utility -which supports itself, for the construc
tion of which the city's credit Is merely bor-
' rowed, a utility which is obtained without any
' Borden whatever upon the taxpayers.
New Orleans, for instance, has one of the
kBt pier systems in the nation, built under
JtBo direction of a. Port Commission. Tho sys
tem has not cost New Orleans one dollar, we
fcure informed. It has been self-sustaining from
l&e beginning.
the municipal gas works here, badly man-
feged though they were preceding the lease to
tho U. G. I., did not, in fact, cost tho tax
'iyers of Philadelphia pno nickel, and today
the) city. In addition to some free lighting. Is
leceivlng ono-flfth all the money paid for gas
Jiy citizens.
There Is a revenue of almost two millions
.fcnnually which comes to the city treasury
faierely because the city in the distant past
lent its credit to secure a municipal gas
upply.
THE construction of the Taylor system of
rapid transit does not, as tho obstruction
ists argue, contemplate the Imposition on tax-
Jiayers of a vast debt.
The Taylor plan, on the contrary, proposes,
fry the use of tho city's credit, to return to
'the people thomselves a part of the enormous
value of traction franchises. Heretofore such
franchises have been grabbed by private cap
ital nxJ have been utilized for the enrichment
ttof tdlviduals.
A list of 200,000 names is a marketable
bmmodlty, B.rjng 200,000 people together,
it on a pralrio site, and instantly new
falues are created. Land mounts in cost.
lie grant of the right to furnish thebe 200.000
' jjeoplo with light becomes a franchise of great
worth. The privilege of furnishing them with
their dally transportation becomes a most
valuable franchise.
The accumulation of franchises under
which the P. R. T.-operates in this city repre
ents a right to serve, say, a population of
half the present population of the city. The
growth n the number of Inhabitants has, In
effect, created new franchisee, for the exist
ing system Is overtaxed and the right to serve
,the surplus becomes a new right, valuable
3iow and of extreme potential value.
Tho Taylor system proposes that, Instead
K-i " C tmrning thesS new franchises over to a
private corporation to make what It can out
f them, the city shall lend Its credit for
construction purposes, lease tjie system, us
Jt does Its piers, under reasonable conditions,
end receive Itself some part of the profits
resulting, both In cash and n the form of
superior service to the public.
2 Taylor plan Is based on a most care-
tftll census of riders. The amount of travel
' section of the city was determined, at
a hours of the day, and the minimum
re for each of the proposed lines was
kand conservatively determined.
that wuld pay from tho begin-
k-oked to the lines that will not
ivldend producers, In ordr that
kve eysitem might be QbUaed
strain-
.taxpayer Mr, TajIorhea
persuaded tho Legislature and people of the
State to permit a less burdensome method of
amortisation, and ho provided that Interest
during the period of construction and ono year
thereafter should bo capitalized, thus assur
ing no tax, whojever on cllbens until tho new
system had been given nn opportunity to provo
its earning capacity.
Ho persuaded the State, moreover, to sub
sldlzo this public utility to the oxtont of al
most $1,000,000 annually in tho foun of a
personnl property tax, formerly paid to the
State.
He piovldetl, In tho tentative ngi cement
entered Into with the 1'lilladclphln Rapid
Transit Company, for tho remission of tho
Hundreds of thousands of dollars now being
pnld by citizens in tho form of exchange
tickets.
In these two items alono ho piovtded for
about halt of till tho charges that could pos
sibly fall on taxpayers ns a tcstill of tho llow
transit system, oven it tho system lhl not
cam ono penny, but teittnlncd idle niul un
productive. Tliti taken no account of tho enhancement
In real estate vnluoi which h.ivo Invariably
followed better transit facilities, both hero
ami olsowhere; nn enhancement likely lo be
to gloat that tho rovunuo to tho city there
from would In nil probability bo suftlflont not
only to meet any possible ospoiiBO resulting
from transit Improvements, but actually also
lo yield n largo wurplus In addition.
Tills is not n d renin, tt Is a conclusion
found to bo true In tho experience of thin unit
other cities.
Tho Taylor system may ho likened to a
great factory, complete In all of Its details,
turning out a completed product mid earning
a profit thereon.
The stunted Twining plan may ho likoned
to a half-built factory, which but half com
pletes Its pioduct, wherefore it can bo operated
only at n dead loss.
TUU Finance Committee can decide In
favor of saddling tills town with n tjreat
debt by sanutionlng inakc-bellevo rapid tran
sit In tho form of the Twining plan.
It can, on tho other hand, provide the
community with a great public utility and
necessity and make thin In fact nn Imperial
city, without tho addition ot ono single dollar
to the permanent debt of tho municipality, by
standing straightforwardly for tho Taylor
plan, despite any ulterior Influences which
may bo brought to bear.
Let no taxpayer bo deluded Into thinking
that the Taylor plan will penallzo him. That
Is tho ono lino of nttnek on which tho ob
structionists havo massed their adjectives.
It is a trap In which only tho unwary will bo
caught.
Was William Barnes lunching alone?
A war correspondent speaks of tho "un
equivocal emptiness" of vast battlefields. A
good word, but what does It mean? Shells?
President "Wilson's advice not to bollovo all
tho reports from tho border Is unnecessary
It would bo impossible to reconcilo nil of them.
Senator Martfno is not to get tho Democratic
nomination without a fight, and he will not
have "Woodrow "Wilson to holp him this time.
An unkind critic of our military methods
suggests that, In speaking of General Persh
ing's punitive expedition, tho accent be placed
on tho "puny."
When Insurance Commissioner Johnson was
asked to insure the election ot Brumbaugh
delegates ho decided that was not part of his
job and got out.
Twenty young Germantown society women
are learning how to cook as part of their
campaign for preparedness. It is not neces
sary to ask for what they aro preparing.
Next week will be schoolmen's week nt the
University, when the teachers of the Com
monwealth will come to Philadelphia to learn
how well wo do things here. Perhaps they
can teach us something also.
Tho President expects to bo too busy this
summer to spend much time in the Long
Branch mansion that he rented. His lease on
tho Executive Mansion will run out in less
than u year, and ho Is wondering whether
his landlord will consent to renew it.
The Governor and the president of the
United Mine "Workers of America talked to
the unthraclte miners on Saturday from the
same platforms In Scranton and "Wllkes-Uarre.
Mr. White told the miners that the eight-hour
day, which they are asking, will be granted in
the-near future, and Mr. Brumbaugh, who was
Introduced as a "friend of tho workingman,"
bald that he expected the men to obey the
law and to keep the peace. The meetings were
important because they occurred on the day
when tho agreement between tho miners and
the operators expires. Negotiations are still
In progress for the drafting of a new agree
ment. Mr. White's opinion seems to be that
an understanding will be reached without a
strike, and that it will Include a new wago
scale and a shorter working day, if not'Imme.
dlate recognition of the union. Every anthra
cite user In tho country is hoping that both
parties to the controversy will realize their
obligations and keep the mines running, even
If they cannot come to an agreement Imme
diately. The guarantors of the Philadelphia Or
chestra will be asked this year to pay the full
amount of their guarantee, with the under
standing that 70 per cent, of that sum will
make up the deficit of the Orchestra. The
extra 30 per cent., it Is understood, will go
toward the formation of a permanent endow
ment, a system of financing far superior to
that pf the jenewed subscription each year.
The Orehastra Is one of a very few institu
tions -which are "good business" even when
they run to a deficit each year, because they
powees a good will and a power for progress
which cannot be measured In money. The
Ideal endowment, if the Orchestra. la to be a
city Institution, would be one made by a -vast
number of subscribers, more perhaps than
could hear all the concerts, given during a
year. In any case, whatever tbe form, , the
Orchestra should feel itself confident of sup
port from year to year. And this Is a notably
good time for a bsjinnme because Ue Orchetsi
tra lias eminently proved Its wortb i the pasf
Tom Daly's Column
LOVELY MAltY rtXXBnTY
Sure, I used to wonder tchu.
In Oils parish of the Trinity,
So few ftoucrs ever try
To rise up and nrccl the eye,
Mary Flnncrty.
tint I look upon pour face
And the reason there 1 fined J . '
There's not icon o' them uotiM rfafc '
To attempt to be so fain !
They'd took faded to he tiiaU ' -
Maiy l'lnnertv. .
Sure, 1 used to iiondcr why, ,
tn this parish of ihc TftmiV
A'e'cr r sonohtrd ulves a cry
To xlcUuhl the passerby,
Mary rinncrly,
lint the day ! heard your visits,
1'aUh, I knew they had no chelcS v
Hut be still or chirp 'n firttt?.
l'or you'd make them seem tlka ctvWSi
And yourself not have to try,
Mary Pinneriy-
Suit, t used 10 wonder why,
tn this parish tit the THnttV,
Kttfft n rfiiM tittir spicads on high
In the rrpton of the sky,
Mary l'lnnertv.
Is there snmetlilnu here thtlt'a mmte
X'rry lira it n't blue to fadef
In Ihrrr something stilt more tirlyht
To an anient lover's slahtif
tirhl the answer's In yonr rye,
.lffi I'lnnerly,
An nnniii iiiou.i rorrospondont onus l
Rival length "what tln IrMi have over
done." Well, not much anonymous cor
respondence, for one thing.
MIt. ADAM pritAKPFBIl, of Mi
l'a.. sold n Iioifo two years n
leetWood.
ntjo nnd
there's SB0 of tho price still unpaid. Recently
Mr. hVhaeffer wrote and reminded tho do
llnuurm. Here's the reply:
Stony Run, .Tan. m. id HI
fiear Sir that Mill $f.O yet; take mure
reson. At lfnst you Kce t have Know
machine trr make money. 1 think you will
mnkp a man tl.v. Have jou Unnw money
down there, the wnv oti ask with Wright
Itig. 1 unit turn Hie World for one ImrFP.
Osvllle Snyder.
.Musical Trinlcls
".Musi of them Itnuck-turns.)
N
Tills Leo Stokowskl
'S ti muslcnl centaur.
Some say lie's a liluffskl,
This Leo Stokowskl.
Some can't got euoiighskl
And invo of their "mentor."
This Loo Stokowskl
"S a musical centte. RL1X.
The Anagram Contest
SFC1I ns they are. here aro the host wo iinvo
to offer this morning:
SAY, DR., STICK PAT.
Yelsow.
IDEAL TOWN MINGLE WAR.
J. J. M.
And the answer to Hugh Morr's in Satur
day's issue:
A soft answer turneth nvny wrath.
Sir Wo respectfully nomlnnto tho late, but
nono too lamented, month rf March to bo tho
champion zoological month.' Why? Well,
there's the March Hon, f'rliiMnnco, which calls
to mind, by way ot contrast, the spring lamb;
then wo meet the usual bull from tho spring
training camps in regard to old charley-horse;
and, besides, such doggone weather gets our
goat. J. H. D.
A SHARP-EYED contrib. who has been fol
lowing tho Ballet Russe, noticed this im
print In flno type on tho posters and other
advertising paper or that aggregation of won
derful Russian artists:
Berlin Photo-Ensravlns Co.
A QUERY
Why ihould wc call the women "dear"
2ar speak of men that way?
Most men have got their price, tec hear,
Yet brides are given away.
A. GROUCH.
to nn soi.n at rmvATK sai.i:
that i:i.i:ri.NT tuki:i:-stoixy
Rrick House
With the lot of ground thereto belonging,
situate at the southwest corner of Chestnut
and 6th btreets. The lot consists In breadth
on Chestnut street GO feet and in depth on
6th street 181 feet to Sansom's Row on
the back end of this lot there nio a largo
Ice House and a convenient Coach House,
with stables thereto adjoining all In com
pleat order for terms apply to Joshua B.
Bond, on the premises.
The only interest in this ad from Tho
Gazette of tho United States nnd Daily Adver
tiser of Juno 24, 1801, is that it has to do with
what is now "Home, S. Homo," to us.
A "READER of the column" writes to us:
"Can you use tills? It's original;" and
ho hands us the more or less famous "valve
handle wheeze." We've been watching for it.
No colyum can bo said to bo quito established
until that thing lias arrived. So wo thank
this "reader of the colyum" for putting us on
tho map.
The Little Huhaiyat
I
I sent my laundry through th" invisible
With foolish hopes that nil would turn out well;
nut. by and by, my shirts returned to me
Glazed, buttonless and saw-edged, like a shell.
II
Laugh well at him who rules of conduct emotes,
You'ie but a speck that In the mill-race floats;
Eat. drink and live as carelessly as Pan
And pay your bills with promlsboiy notes.
Ill
Ttyere was the door to which I found no key;
There was a ell through which I might not bee;
The doctor's high-down verbiage and fee
Both, equally, beyond my purse and me.
IV
Think if faint hope still in jour breast endures,
How, won by gold or lovers' fond allures.
Cook after cook, with rope around her trunk.
Adopted, and forsook, my house and yours.
V
Some grim, btone lions crouch in Trafalgar,
That hear nor shouts nor horn of motorcar,
But when th alarm clock of our girl goes off
Than hers their ears far more responsive arc.
VI
Oh, find for me that vanished shape once seen.
That mustache cup, with cunning shield be
tween The tea and tender foliage of him
Whose bushy lip caressed its well-glazed sheen.
A. A.
DYSPEPSIA Is a terrible thing. Every so
often one ot our contribs, gets it. Then
he takes his pen and writes:
"Here's a chance for you to start a 'move
ment.' Your sporting writers are 'staging
everything boat races, ball games, ptlze
fights for the love o' Mike, get 'em to use
some other word!
"Also somebody is 'the greatest something or
other in th game today,' today! today!! to
day! I ! Of course if he is the greatest It's
todny. Please slip 'em the hint to can t,he
'tislay.'
"And, further, they ariJ having audiences
nowaiiajs wbwe spectators used tu grow.
Maybe audiences at movipa, track meets, bil
liard gaiu&t and well may be uu fait, but I
i doubt lt.M 1
- J0mm i " F' WB i irate
Mat '0Ww4.
a I j
AN EXCURSION IN
REALM OP HOWLERS
A Miscellany of tho Ludicrously j
Erroneous, Typographical, Lit- ;
entry and Legal The Uncon
ciousness of Humor j
i
THE other day q vtro talking about typo
empirical errors ami hadn't half Unltfltcri
with Unit subject when wo hml to quit. Wu
didn't mention the fnct that Ada Crohan be
came Ada Rohan through n misprint on n
program, nnd wo never .said a wind about the
"i;." of "U. S. Grant." IllranrSlmpson Ginut
went to Wc.it Point, nnd one of tho tilings
they did thefo was to put his ntimo In type
as "V. S. Giant." He left it that way. It
seems, though part of tho world still suspects
thnt ho was named originally for tho United
Stntes.
" Wo said something about tho way thu typos
sometimes add emphasis to tho author's copy.
Tho ndded emphasis may bu u llttlo too
strong. In ono case It camo near causing
war between Omaha nnd Lincoln. Conditions
weic rlpo for such a consequence. Keen rlvnlry
ousted between tho two towns, nnd especially
between the Omaha wholesalers nnd tho
wholesalers of Lincoln. Tho editor of tho
Omaha Beo dipped his pen in viti i'ollc Ink
and wrote. Ho was given to strong language,
and this timo ho lot himself out. Ho ex
ceeded Ills own speed limit. Ho roasted tho
Lincoln wholesalers to a terra cotta tint. Hut
It vns all done decently nnd in nulcr. Mild
enough ias the title ho chose. "Those Lincoln
Jobbers." Tho compositor mado It "Those
Lincoln Robbers."
Anything May Happen
Anything may happen typographically. In
ono Instance "typographical antiquities" fig
ured as "typogiaphlcal ambiguities." "Days
of tho leaguo" has appeared as "dogs of tho
Seine" and tho Lord Chancellor of England
has been referred to as tho "Lord chandler."
"Theological investigations of tho motive
power of heat" have been made, though tho
original intention was "theoretical," and
wo'vo lend of a doubtless interesting work
called "Mattlebrnn's Universal Geography."
In a sociological treatise It has been stated
that man, alone nnd Isolated, would becomo
"impatient nnd peevish," though tho author
meant thnt said social animal in said circum
stances would become "impotent nnd perish "
A judge, It was onco asserted, examined a bill
of exceptions nnd approved It because ho
found It "urifnvorablo" to the truth. Too bad
it wasn't "conformable." A plaintiff testified
ns to tho "poets," evidently Ignoiing the facts
in tho case.
Typographical errors ate really a promising
Held for tho psychologist. Some of them hap
pen psychologically. Yes, there was once a
printer man who got drunk and spent tho'
night In the lockup. Next day he explained
to a follow worker that he had been "Incar
cerated." "Incarcerated," ho Insisted. He
wouldn't have it tlmt he had been Jailed or
anything like .that. "Incarcerated!" The vic
tim of that emphatic tnlo was setting church
notices, nnd when he camo to the Church of
tho Incarnation of course he made It tho
"Church of tho Incarceration."
A near-typographical error was the com
bined product of a publisher's Ingenious mind
nnd tho public's psychological eyesight, Cat
nach, from his olllce in Monmouth court,
fiooded London with ballads, songs, broad
sides and "last dying speeches." Every pub
lic event he turned to the most profitable ac
count, among other veritable gold mines be
ing the trial of Queen Caroline, the Cato street
conspiracy and the murder of Weare by Thur
tell, the interest In which, when the excite
ment that the mutderer'a execution had
caused was on the wane, he revived by lssuipg
a penny broa'dslde, headed "We are alive
again," whtoh, being generally read "Weare
alive again," caused the sheet fo sell like
wildfire. Naturally when the people found
how even though It had been through their
own oversight people had been trapped, they
were duly Indignant, venting their rancor
on the broadside, which they dubbed a, "catch
penny," a term which ever afterwaids stuck
to the publications of the Monmouth Court
Press, and even survives to the present day.
Following Copy
We cannot turn from the subject ot typo
graphical howlers without reminding the
reader of a story from Chicago. In the old
daxs ot setting type by liand a newspaper
compositor was standing by his case near a
window some floors above the street. It was
windy, as usual, and a sudden gust took pos
session pf his copy, the printer man following
in pursuit He was picked up. on the pave
ment below and carried to the Hospital The
newspaper next morning paid the highest
"EXHIBIT A"
tilbutc lo which a compositor is eligible. "Ho
follov.ed copy," was the headline on tho story.
Another Instance of following copy may bo
given. A recent novel supplied u word per
ploxlng to the lcxirogruphei. The story was
laid In the twelfth cciittir ; nnd In a descrip
tion nf n monastery there win) frequent men
tion of u "oentinlone," which re.ideis pie
minted to be mi unfamiliar f entitle of Norman
sireh'tcclure. It was eventually discovered that
the author, In "rending up" his pubject. had
boon misled by n descilptlmi of certuln towers,
of which the "eentiul one" was spesillcl. The
printer hud omitted the npncu between the
two words; unil the novelist had rushed to
conclusions uimnthoilsod by history nnd tit t.
Sometimes novelists perpetrate howlers thnt
mo In unwise typoginphlc.il. Entirely without
alibi. We have tnken great pleasure In pie
Kontlng n number of examples, and now, with
the uiil of tho Tninny, wo add n few nioie.
Novel novelties they might bo culled:
"lie swung n gloomy leg."
"Her plea fell on dumb ears,"
"Their eyes clung together."
"Ills arms wont round her like cnllpora."
"lie became uwuie of u thick, muddy pain."
"Ilcautlfut women had turned to gall on hlsj
tongue."
"The moon fell; ho saw it crash silently
Into tho lake." '
"Dorsoy hung on her wouls as if dangling
over a chasm."
"Ho utood in n litter of shavings and bits
of board with a kindling ce."
Legal Lore
Howlers aro of inlliiito vmlety, as we havo
pointed out from timo to tlmo with illustra
tions. Typographical, schoolboy, literary,
sartorial, legal, legislative, ot cetera. Our
neighbor, tho Satovepost, talks true talk 'as
follows: "Our modest ancestors confessed
their inability to find tho merits of tho cause,
and so relegated tho whole nlfalr to tho in
tervention ot supernatural ugonclcs. Tho main
dlffoience Is that wo nro less modest. Instead
of tho ordeal of battlo or tho old key-aud-Illblo
test or the 'slovewltch,' wo have tho defendant
play a gamo of trlp-thc-coui t. If ho can catch
tho Jtulgd putting nn i-dot over nn o he wins,
and is pronounced Innocent." A Judge finds
that an indictment for "larcey" Is bad no
such crime is known to tho laws of his State,
and another finds that tin indictment for the
minder of Ah Fong is likewise invalid becauso
It contains no allegation that Ah Fong is a
human being. The .Supreme Court of Missouri
decluies that "Instantly" will not do for "then
and there," and the Supremo Court of Califor
nia finds thnt u verdict ot "gully" Is all right,
but a verdict of "gulty" is all wrong. So It
goes, with many howlerous ramifications. The
"law's delays" have a striking illustration in
tho suit over tho construction of tho battle
ship Massachusetts. Tho suit is said to havo
been Instituted by tho builders more tlian
twonty years ago; it lias just como befoto
tho United States Supreme Court. Menn'whlle,
tho ship has been retired from service.
THE WORDS OF PAUL
To the Kdltor of tfbenhw .edoeiv
Sir a short while ago the Rev. William
Sunday was charged by somo one with being
a grnfter. To this Mr. Sunday lepllcd; "The
man who said this should have his photo
graph taken. If I meet hlni I will beat him eo
that even his own mother would not recognize
him." Evangelist Nicholbon, of Dai by! is be
coming a Mr. Sunday No. 2. In contrast with
prizo ring utterances notice the words of Paul,
a genius, a leader of men and a thorough
gentleman: "Being reviled, we bless; being per
secuted, we endure; being defamed, wo en
treat." It would be Impossible to think of a
Spurgeon, a Bishop Simpson, a Phillips Urooks
replying to a falso charge with the clenched
fist, on tho platform where Christ is preached,
in the presence ot calm-minded men, some ot
whom deny the deity of the Saviour. Such re
marks will be bewildering to heathen people who
live In our country and to our Hebrew fellow
citizens, who will mistakenly think that these
words of prominent Christian leaders partake of
the Bplrlt of Christianity Those evangelists
have done vast good in reaching men and lift
ing up the morals of the community, but they
ought not to cultivate bitterness of spirit. In
the words of the New Testament, they must
"put on a heart of compassion, kindness, lowli
ness, meekness, long suffering."
O. P. CACHES.
Haddonfield, N. J.. March 30.
WHERE THE DANGER IS
"Our danger (s internal," says Fenry Hord,
the well-knqwn voyager. That would teem to
fix It In the general neighborhood of the tpark
plug. Cleveland Plain Dealer.
FIVE YEARS PLUS , .
The term of five years required for- the
building of a navy does not include the time
which may be demanded for preliminary . dls
oussion. Washington Star.
COLONIALS AT THE FRONT
When one reada that British Columbia hi
tending more men to the war than any othei
similar division ot the British Empire one real
ize what splendid soldiers the colonials must
be. for those are no weaklings woo have sought
Out tue nocl"Wt:3iw u .v Lv.iu-. ." At
(a said that in one recent -moi th 1300 men came
UP tee jrraaer Hivtt mi jw.ma uu i.j "
Carlbu4 iron ana jaiaea a nuuii. -oyru
Republican
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What Do You Know?
Qurrlcv of general interest will be ansiccrcd
In thli column. Ten questions, the answers
to trhlch every well-informed person should
A-noir, flic asked daily.
QUIZ
1, lliiu innio teeth urr there In the nnrninl
iiilnlt?
2, Hbo nnnbl Hiirrreil In the HnnlUh throne If
mine nf Klnir (lerRC hchii atirilied him?
:i, tVluit rlt) In the. United Stntes uiih fourth In
point of population by the last teimiiM?
I, VWint Is the luiiilshincnl for plrnry nnd In
Albeit rnnrlH uaiild piracy 'iii.es be tried
In thin 4'iuntr,?
.1. IVImt members or the United Hlntes hennte
lime Indian blond In their olnx'.'
fi. Wlm t N the i-hlcf aoiirre of rcienue of the rlty
if I'lilbuli'liililit nnd nt ulml rate Is It
lei led'.'
7. Vt hn Is .1 nil il I". White?
.1. In ubat Slates Is capital punishment inflicted
b slimitiliK
!l. Wlm! Is the rliumlrul rnmpiisltlnii of u titer?
Id. With ulint Uurnpeiin nation ur nations Inn
the United stales lieen at war, beside
IhiKlanil, and when?
Answers to Saturday's Quiz
. iilti'her with the Athletics. 1
Itlrbard Iturliiiicr.
I!ll or loin.
Ulnt'imiH.
Mnrlbu Unniulinrsnii I'lntcy.
The Muiui l.lsa (I. a (iluconila) nf l.cunnrdo
da Vine. Yes,
Vlrtiiully none nl present, II Is nn outlet
from the H.iItU-, hut its niirthrrn limit la
dominated bv neutral country.
.Nn. lie Is called Ton no iir Kulrl. "Mlliiidn'
Is iinellciil mill Is used only. by fnrelprneraj
Udivln VrllnKtnn Itnblnsnn. j
lie .iiassaciuiseiis, .sciv i urn, irKimnj
iiui nun loiMi limn Mtiie-nuir inns pe:
mlttlni; the iidnplliin nf this plan.
Unniailublc Mutter
h'ditor nf --H'm Do I'oii Knoie " Will yoi
Kindly tell me through your column If there Is
t postal law that would punish one for i-uIIiiikI
tome one else a "darn stingy nut" thiough thej
malls".' Ih there any law In tact thnt g i n-ntl
wlint shall be said in letters just mu tin v are noil
used to defraud? ' J
According to the postal regulations postal
cnrd.i me uniiiiiilalile If they bear delineation."!
epithets, terms or language of nil indecent lewil.j
hiscliiirus, obscene, llnelous, scurrilous denuna-,
tory or tlueatenliig diameter calculated by thrj
terms or manner or style of display and oiiva
ouslj intended tn letlcct injurlousli upon till
character or conduct of another. Dunning ipostal
Cutds ate included in tho prohibition
I "Annabel Lee"
Kdltor of "H'VifiJ Do Voi Knoie "--Will yoil
kindly publish the poem called "Annabel Lce.'J
In looking over tho Hvbni.vo I.imaEii, I fount
the last stanza of the poem, and am desirous
ot haWng tho entire poem. A 11.
It was many and many a year ago,
In a kingdom by tho sea.
That a maiden there lUed whom you may knonl
By tho name of Annabel Lee:
And tills maiden she lived with no other thought J
Than to lovo and bo loved by me
I was a child and she was a child,
In this kingdom by the sea:
But we loved Willi a love that was more than
lovo
1 and my Annabel Lee;
With a loe that the winged seraphs of heaven
Coveted her ana me.
And tills was the reason that, long ago,
In this kingdom by the sea.
A wind blew out of a cloud, chilling
My beautiful Annabel Lee;
So that her highborn kinsman came
And bore her away from me,
To bhut her up In a sepulchre
In this kincdom by the sea.
The angels not half so happy in heaven,
Went envying her and me
yes! that was the reason (as all men know,
In this kingdom by the sea)
That the wind camo out of the cloud by night,
Chilling and killing my Annabel Lee.
But our Jove it was stronger by far than the love
Of ttuvse -ho were older than we
Of many far wiser than we
And neither the uugeis in heaven above,
Nor the demons down under the sea,
Can ever dissever my soul from the soul
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee:
For the moon never beams, without bringing me
dreams
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And the, stars never rise, but I feel the-brlght eyes
Of the beautiful Annabel Lee;
And so, all the nlght-tlde, I He down by the side
Of my darling my darling my life and my
bride,
In the bepulchre there by the sea,
In her tomb by the sounding sea.
Horac) Greeley, Forest Lover
Editor of "What Do You Know" Replying to
your Inquirer who asked about quotation con
cerning forests, I cull the following from my
scrapbook. The quotation Is ascribed there to
Horace Greeley; "I have a hearty love of
forests. They prolter gentle companionship to the
thoughtful and rest to the overworked, fevered
hrain. Our streams will be fuller and less capa
cious, our gales less destructive, our climate
more equable, when we shall have reclothed our
rugged slopes ana rutgr ccaio wim irees.
Timber grows yearly ecuccr aim uearer wueri
it ought to DS uecoiniuK inuru pienuiui anu.
cesslble. ana wouia. oe it we aovoiea io
the land wmen we eaiurem m
cultivate at an. wi mi
Bather seeds anoj
be boug
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