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rniLADELrniA. Tuesday, Arnn, i, xm.
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At thirty, man suspects himself n fool;
Snows it at forty, ami reforms Ms plan.
Edtcard Young.
The neutrals In this war nppcar to bo "In
Dutch."
What tlio Mayor said was that ho was an
Heallut, not an ideal.
I" Tho fighting nbout Verdun is not called oft
on account of tho weather.
Pleasure Jaunts' abroad are "vcrbotcn" to
Germans. Because they would not return?
"When tho little fellows get more than their
hare- tho big fellows must get loss than theirs.
Nobody has over seen this sign In gilt let-
on a door: Varo, Smith & Varc, Politics
. Bonds,
Does Carranza imagine that because a good
Mexican is a dead Mexican any dead ono Is
aa good as another?
rind something that a suburban community
ught to do and you will find something that
Merlon has already done.
A medal has been given to Glfford Plnchot,
I, tut not for tho courage ho displayed In con
nection with the. Progressive party.
pv Just to relievo tho anxiety of the country,
' rhy not award tho Republican nomination to
the candidate who can 11 rat catch Villa?
Tha price of gasoline Inspires no terror in
the man who is preparing to exchange a mart-
-gaga on his homo- for a second-hand car.
Wo bellove it Is admitted even In England
that the theory that the King can do no wrong
' merely a legal Action. It seems to be a
ayozul boost elsewhere.
the gentleman, remarked after contrlbut-
Fr" ta the fund to provide Belgian soldiers
nth tobacco, the enemy may outsmoko them.
it thoy cannot smoke them out.
fho first column set for the Frankford L
: not a flying column by any means, but it
xpected to aid many a Frankfordlan In
pursuit of a little leisure between work
i bedtime.
oops numbering G00O will begin practicing
moves at tho Panama Canal this week.
nza might note that the step between
tf. and play la very easily taken by 6000
prepared for either.
the military services when an officer Is
Fronted with grave accusations affecting
ionor he demands and gets a court-martial.
lie civil service there appears to be a dlf-
fent code of honor.
Ebere are towns mapmakers never heard ot
ch have experienced no trouble in getting
1,000 postofflces. Philadelphia, however, is
npelled to get along with an out-of-date
Idingr. Tho custom house is even worse.
Fhe strongest pacifist argunient that Henry
3rd can uso is his name written at the hot-
om pf a check. Iet him try it on the poll-
tlclans who are lying in watt for his barrel and
Ihe will discover how easy it is to get the fight-
r.out of the trenches.
f ' The talk about all being fair in love and
Jwar has -evidently led some enthusiasts to
ilieve that battles are an affair of the heart;
(Therefore, if the heart is right that Is pre-
tredness. But there are brains behind guns
days. There are. In fact, brains before
, are any guns.
benefit for Hnghey Dougherty could not
k appropriately held anywhere but at Du
jaonfa Theatre. If. at the age of 73, the
anewnt minstrel wants consolation, ho may
remember that no one is bo quickly forgotten
tho world aa those who gave It the most
pleasure. Even those who give It the most
sorrow are longer remembered.
The amazing thing is not bo much that the
Zeppelins have inspired terror In England as
at tile. Allies have not been able to duplicate
madhlnea. More than one Zeppelin has
a wrecked on enemy soli. It may be, of
cMirse. that skill In navigation of the huge
ibJeR ifl p, more Important factor in their
lg&eea than their structure,, but it is doubt.
Msliinhle, to the Allies. It was from a wrecked
Carthaginian galley that the Romans learned
kow to construct the fleets which were to play
o. Important a part Jn the ruin of the African
aation.
Eight motor accidents on Sunday, all with
jMrfous. results, is not a satisfying showing
by any means. The causes were divided In
Jut about the usual proportions, loss of con
trol, reckless- driving and thoughtless walk,
frig sharing in the criminal list. The theory
wf traffic still seems to be that those who can
it) no hann, the pedestrians, shall do alt
th watching, while tne motorist, who holds
UT& and deqth in his hands, shall do as
fet pleases. Not that this la the universal
ifcblt of juotorlng men and woinen and
ii.i'ift-rrk. " remains the general impression
pmm of tb carels fw. Uut even these
oiWrt b ssurbed.
utuc4 ifag-lw i4J to oUim that
-m BMiwya water
an automobile tank and run" the engine with
the hydrogen at a cost of. less than 2 cents a
gallon. Soma newspaper mon havo Been htm
operate a car on Long Island with what ho
said was tho cheap "gas." When ho puts it
on tho market will be soon enough for motor
car owners to Intel est themselves In It. Of
course water can be dissolved Into Its con
stltuent gases. It is one ot tho stock experi
ments in elementary chemistry. Somo day an
Ingenious man will discover a way to do It
cheaply and In commercial quantities. He
may even make a device for burning water In
an automobile, engine by reducing It to a
gaseous state. Stranger things havo been
done. Hut when it la really done wo shall not
hear much about It until the patents havo
been safely secured nntt some one owns tho
process by a tltlo secure enough to enable him
to cash in.
A BUNCH OF MUTS?
The nntlonnt rrUli rnlU fnr Audi riillfl
drliilita nml l'tnnDrlrnnlfv lenclemhlp m
henenteil thp nntlnn In l( Infntic.v. Are Ihe
Stale lenilerw or are l'hllntlelphlnna n. hunrli
of political and patriotic puMyfontlnic
inollyeodilleif
rpiilS city does not harbor a "bunch of
-muts." It Is up to tho Phtladelphlnns of
the present day to prove that they are worthy
successors of tho great men who made this
town tho centro of tho nation when America
was young.
Philadelphia mothered the nation. Tho
Declaration of Independence was dratted and
adopted hero, nml In that momentous work
Phlladelphlans and Pennsylvnnlans had a dis
tinguished share. Tho Constitution was
drafted here, and James Wilson, onc-tlmo
professor of Latin in the University of Penn
sylvania, laid down tho principles which were
finally accepted by his colleagues In tho con
vention as tho foundations of national sover
eignty, Tho Constitution owes moro to this
Ponnsylvanlan than to any other single man.
Thcro were mon ot broad minds nnd pa
triotic purposes in those days. They were
devoted to principles and thoy know how to
light for them with well-reasoned arguments.
Tho nation Is Indebted to tho public spirit of
Phlladelphlans and to their statesmanship
moro than It has ever acknowledged.
Not only did wo mothor tho nation Itsolf
In its Infancy; Philadelphia was tho mother
of tho great Industrial, manufacturing and
commercial institutions that havo spread be
yond its borders and shared their riches with
other cities and other States. Tho history ot
steel and coal and oil in Amoricr. is the his
tory ot Pennsylvania enterprise in exploiting
Pennsylvania products. Tho genius developed
here has gono Into other States and taught
men there how to handle tho products of tho
earth so as to mako them useful to society.
Thero was onco no political problem before
tho solution of which Phlladelphlans would
hesitate. Thoy sought tho greatest good for
tho greatest number. They understood the
truth of Jefferson's dictum that tho art of
government consists In tho art of being hon
est. With an oyo singlo to ono great pur
poso they moved omvnrd with courago nnd
confidence.
Thero Is now no industrial problem which
Phlladelphlans cannot solve. Thoy nro still
leading tho nation in the peculiar Industries
of the State. This Is tho great manufacturing
city of the nation In tho great manufacturing
State. And wo nro moving forward hampered
only by our lack of political vision.
What are the great business statesmen of
the city doing today on tho eve of ono of tho
most momentous political campaigns In tho
history ot tho nation?
It Is a time when this city and State should
be taking tho lead in formulating tho policies
of the country. The United States cannot
escape the complications involved in tho great
world crisis. Preparation for tho inevitable
is imperative if disaster is to bo avoided. No
man knows what the Industrial conditions ot
Europe will be after the war, but we do-know
that Europe Is not going to look out for the
Interests of American manufacturers or of
American workmen. If these men are to be
protected, wo must look after them ourselves.
What Phlladelphian, what Pennsylvanlan
has risen abovo the ruck of factlonnl politics
long enough to say anything about this great
need in a voice loud enough to bo heard be
yond tho .'end ot his cigar?
Wbat Pennsylvanlan or what Phlladel
phian has been able Jo fire the popular im
agination with the necessity of military pre
paredness, for tha unforeseen use of force'
in the future, when the hungry nations want
what we have In abundance ajid nro equipped
with millions of veteran soldiers and tens of
thousands of trained seamen ready to take
what they want?
The political leaders are not preparing to
lead in this great fight, but to trafllo in dele
gates in the Chicago convention. The City
Hall is steeped in scandal, where men of low
ethical standards are defending- their right
to their own private enterprises regardless of
a higher obligation to the publlo good. The
State Capitol is wrapped in subterfuges to
conceal the acceptance of gifts by the Gov
ernor. Politicians are berating politicians and
no one is thinking of the sliame of a great
Commonwealth.
Are there not men somewhere In this city
big enough to command the popular confi
dence and brave enough to force the mani
kins to the rear while they summon the
righteous citizenship to arms to assert them
pelves? Philadelphia should lead in the State,
and the State should lead in -the national fight
for the assertion of red-blooded, broad-minded,
forward-looking Americanism until no trading,
tricky delegate who has squeezed his way
Into the Chicago convention dare utter a
peep of dissent when the demand is made for
the nomination of a statesman and for the
adoption of a platform the reading of which
JH make the heart of every worthy son of
America quiver with enthusiasm.
t there any one btr? who. can 0 thia or
Ms W4 Just A "bwA of.iauta"I
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Tom Daly's Column
BmiNG IN LITTLE ITALY
Oh, aiuscppe da larler ccs crazy
with
sprcengt
lla's no pood ecn da. dayAimct for doln' a
theeng
But to theenk of da night, an' da. tunes he
koecll tceng.
Alia Uma to'en torn' customer gal ecn hecs
chair,
lie's so sloto xcecth da shave an' tccclh citlfln'
ra hair,
Dat hecs boss ain't do nothceng but grumble
an' swear,
tint Oiuseppe no care
For wan btcssa blame theeng
lint to plau mandolina
Where som' algnorina
Wcclt listen at night to da love song he secng.
Com' Oiuseppe, da barber, last ntghta too Xaio
To da house of da llosa an slan' by da gate,
An he secng Ilka 11 Oatto dat cry for hecs
mate.
Soocha playnla tovc'tnuslc, sooch cooin', such
sighs,
Boocha sounds from da heart an' sooch looka
su'prlsc
M"cn he Ircjt hces face up an' stare cento
my eyes
Lookin' down from da ivallt
Aht tliuscppc, your call
Hhould be starta more carta
For catcha my glrla,
For w'en da snrecng's here I jio
work-in' at all!
Tho cat.
During tho paat few weeks, a number of
people, touched by tho Hpring, havo nuked
us to reprint tho verses nbove. Why not?'
Once n year we feel obliged to print this:
(IVom "A Hhropihlro Iad."
Loveliest of trees, tile cherry now
In hung with bloom nlong the bough,
And ntands nbout tlio woodland rldo
Wearing white for Eastertide.
Now of my three score years and ton,
Twenty will not come again,
And tuko from seventy springs a score
It only leaves me fifty more.
And since to look at things In bloom
Fitly springs nro llltlb room.
About tho woodlands Ivwllt go
To see tho cherry hung with snow.
"Where can ono tlnd out something about
Housman?" asks tho reader who requested tho
reprinting of tho Shropshire lyric. Wo pass.
Probably thero Isn't much Information on tnp.
HoUHinan never advertised himself or his
work. li. L. T. in Chicago Tribune.
All of which puts an ugly mark upon Sir
A. T. Qulllcr-Couch, 'who, though tho com
piler of tho most admirable "Oxford Book of
English Verse," excludes Housman entirely
from his "Oxford Book of Victorian Verse."
JtAtinint).
SniXEIt SMITH, At Portland. Ore., on April 12,
I-enley Smith, daughter of. tha Into A. T. Smith
and Mr. A. T. Smith, to Charles E. Miller, ot
New York, son ot tho late Charles E. Miller and
Sirs, Charles E. Miller.
Local Contemporary. '
Homo llfo In Portland, Oregon, nnd even in
Now York, N. Y., seems to have been proper
and conventional so far as peres and mores
Smith and Miller nro concerned.
A Word Yet To Be Said
To tho Editor of Tho Tribune:
Sir: I congratulate you. If I got a chance
to say a good word for tho paper 1 will do
so. F. A. Wright.
Brooklyn, April 6, 1916.
From N, Y. Tribune.
To F. P. A., Tribune, N. Y.:
Don't that note speak a volyumf
It shoics this avcr-cautlous guy
Ain't never saw your colyum.
Sir: Why not enter me ns yotir prlzo ana
gram? I'm Just tho same coming, going, from
tho middle, working both ways nnd upsldo
down? II. h. 11.
Anagram Contest
Here are three from a genial contributor
who dumps fourteen upon us In ono load:
(1) EXACT MONIES
(2) BOMBS RUIN AT SEA
(3) I AM CRUEL; I HURT AT ARMS.
Yesterday's:
T. It. Eats well Wall Street.
CHAPPY SASSAMAN. whoso very namo
is enough to brighten a paragraph, but
who is extra happy because he's one of tho
'leven little 'lustrious leathersmlths, askB us
If we saw this sign near Wayno Junction:
BREYER'S ICE CREAM
BETTER THAN EVER NEVER VARIES
DOMESTIC DIBTWIIS
House-cleanlngl Gosh! I've this one hopo:
I'll not tread on a cako of soap.
H. Peck.
THE NJJIV NEUTIIAL
I'll talk about the ivar no mora
Although, for all its chilling blight.
That subject makes my spirit soar.
But I lost custom, at the store.
By holding forth, the other night;
I'H talk about tha tear no more,
I like to read strategia lore.
I solve tear problems with delight
That subject makes -my spirit soar.
But I proved England's day is o'er .
.liicJ lost tia trado of Johnnie Wright;
I'll talk about the war no more,
I praised tha French, and, through the door
liana Bchwindt departed, full of fight.
I'll talk about the war no mora
That subject makes my spirit sore.
31. E. II.
IT'S so Jong since "Cap" Shaw was known by
his Christian name that to his Dartmouth
College mates he's never anything but "Cap,"
Wa don't know his full name, but, at any
rate, he's visiting his old chum, Dr, Peter
II, Lane, of Chestnut Hill, this week. Here's
how Shaw became Cap. In tho cane rush
between the sophs and the freshmen Oh, many
years ago! Shaw (a freshman) was at first
a modest spectator. SomeSof his classmates
noticing, and resenting this, pushed him. into
the melee. Then somebody hit him In the
Bolar plexus. That made him mad. He sailed
in with his good left arm and cleaned up the
whole bunch. Now his left arm was good
for that sort of thing because it was not
like most arms. Shaw had lost his original
left arm in a mill at Lynn, where he worked
as I a boy, and the substitute he used In
the fight "WW of wood. Nobody knew that
though, until after the fight. Then they
called him "Cap."
Sign in a shoe-repair shop at 9th and Arch
streets: '
Hava your (bota repaired whlU they Ire-Vilne
ahlncd. Keeto 3 jplnulu, aolea SO minute.
IIEYI KAIE1DO, THIS IS YOUK KCOl'K
In a paint shop on Arch street:
BEAUTIFY YOUB HOilB WITH WHITB
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AIR, AIR, EVERYWHERE
NOT A LOAF TO EAT!
This Cry, Like the Ancient Mari
ner's, Might Ring Out in the Fu
ture If It Weren't for the
Nitrogen-fixing Process
THE Ancient Mnrlncr, ns every ono knows,
found himself, on an Interesting occasion,
drifting around In circles on nn lmmonso
ocean of brine, whilst ho noted with dismay
an over-Increasing dryness of tho throat. Ho
was dying of thirst nmldst fluidity In nbund
nnco, and though tho pretty howd'y'do ho was
In produced an immortal poetical lino (slutll
wo quott It yet onco moro?), It did not pro
tluco an lnvcntlvo genius on board to extract
drinking water from tho salty seas.
That lino had bettor bo quoted again, for It
Is usually misquoted. It Isn't "Water, water,
everywhere, and not a drop to drink," but:
Water, water, everywhere.
And nil tho boards did shrink;
Water, water, everywhere.
Nor any drop to drink.
If It wero not for invontlvo gonitis, they tell
us, tho world would bo an Ancient Mariner
somo day, crying "Nitrogen, nitrogen, every
where; nor any bread to eat!" For nitrogen
Is the indispensable fertilizer ot tho soil; the
world's supply, ns It has been obtained, Is run
ning out; and yet four-fifths of the atmos
pheric sea this planet cleaves, foiir-llfths of
this common air wo breathe, Is nitrogen. This
nitrogen Is free; that Is, It Is not chemically
combined with tho oxygen of tho nlr; but tho
problem of using It for tho production of tho
Invaluablo nitrates, tho problem ot "fixing" It,
was Insurmountable In moro than a century
of research, and the great achievement Is only,
a few years old.
The "Vanishing Fertilizers
Tho best proof of the pudding Is In tho lilgh
prlco wo havo to pay to eat It. Tho most ex
pensive foodstuffs nro thoso which contain
most nitrogen, for tho simplo reason that thero'
Is, and always has been, a shortage of nitroge
nous foods In tho world. Agrlculturo furnishes
theso proteld or nitrogen-containing sub
stances, whether we eat them directly as vege
table products or indirectly as animals which
have assimilated tho protclds from plants. It
so happens that by our Ill-balanced methods
of agrlculturo wo take nitrogen from tho soil
much moro rapidly than It Is supplied to tho
soil through natural' ngencles.
Wo have tried to remedy this discrepancy
by enriching tho soil with manure or other
fertilizers, but this has been found totally in
sulllclent, especially with our methods of in
tensive culture our flelds,noed moro nitrogen.
So agrlculturo has been looking anxiously
around to llnd now sources ot nitrogen ferti
lizer. For a short time an excellent supply
was'found In the guano dcposlts'of Peru, but
It was sought so eagerly that tbo supply lasted
only a few years. The ummonlum salts re
covered from tho by-products of the gas works
came Into steady use as fertilizer; but here
again the supply is entirely insufficient. Our
principal source of nitrogen for agriculture, as
well as for tho Industries which require salt
peter or nitric acid, 1ms been of lato tho nat
ural beds ot sodium nitrate In Chill.
Saltpeter brings us to explosives and pre
paredness, and tho Senate the other day
voted nn amendment Into the army Increase
bill providing $15,000,000 for a Government
hydro-electrlo plant to produce nitrates for
(war munitions and fertilizer, too.
Crookes' Terrible Warning
But tho real call to arms that led to such
far-seeing enterprise was sounded by Sir Wil
liam Crookes In 1S98. Ho called attention to
the threatening fact that at tho increasing
rate of consumption tho nitrate beds of Chili
would be exhausted before the middle of this
century. It was a warning to tho human
race, raised by one of the deepest Bclentiflo
thinkers of our generation". It meant no less
than that before long the race would be con
fronted with nitrogen starvation. The less
nitrogen there a available as foodstuffs tha
nearer the population la to starvation1.
The great famines' In India, China and Rus
sia, countries that are deficient In nitrogen,
are examples of nitrogen starvation.
Crookes" warning did not worry the poll
tlclans, but to tha men ot science it was a
reproach. The' problem was solved. The
needed nitrogen will be forthcoming from
the air. But no sooner had science bestowed
this boon than ungrateful humanity, in Its
slipshod economy, set about belittling it by
running it Into the ground .with an over
production problem. The question arises. Will
thero be an overproduction and will the rival
processes for obtaining nitrogen kill each,
other by slaughtering prices beyond remun
erative production?
jNltrogta, ertUlKrf are. already, jised, pt lbs J
A RACE WITH DEATH
vi wT3-- uzrjvtfyjv'rnr'Yg T"i
rnto of nbout $200,000,000 worth a year, and
any increase In price and bettor education
in farming will probably lead to an enor
mously Increased consumption. In this con
nection it is Interesting to recall that In 182S
tho first shipload of Chill saltpeter which
was sent to Europo could find no buyer and
was finally thrown Into tho sea its useless
material. In view of tho later demand It
was like throwing a cargo ot gold overboard.
Two American Inventors furnished tho first
practical answer to tho problem propounded
by Crookes, Bradley nnd Lovojoy, at Niagara
Falls, created tho first industrial apparatus
for converting tho nitrogen of tho air Into
nitric ncld by means of tho electric nrc. Thoy
demonstrated that nltrla ncld could bo pro
duced from tho air In unlimited quantities.
A foolish question suggests Itself and fool
ish questions are tho first ones that should
bo asked and answered; tho others can wait.
Will wo uso up so much of tho nitrogen of
tho nlr as tov endanger our breathing supply?
Well, tho nitrogen will find its way back to
tho ntmosphere, but if thero wero any doubt
of that ono wouldn't worry for a long time,
for thero Is enough nitrogen In every squaro
mllo of our atmosphere to satisfy our total
present consumption for moro than half a
century.
PATRIOTISM DAY IN ROCHESTER
Tho Philadelphia Evcnino Lnnanit says thero
Is moro reason thun over for a Patriotism Day.
Rochester has Its Patriots' Day In tho publlo
schools and it has proved a good tiling for tho
children, ns well an for tho general patriotic
liontlmcnt of tho city. Rochester Times.
WHAT HUGHES THINKS
Ho favors tlio development of a navy of tho
strength nnd character recommended by tho
general board.
Ho favors doubling tho slzo of tho standing
army, the development of a reserve, and the com
plete federalization ot tho National Guard.
Ho believes In upholding tho Monroe Doctrine
unequivocally and In preparing tho nation to
dofend It at nil hazards.
Ho bellovos that at tho outbreak of tho Euro
pean war tho nation should havo been placed In
a state of preparedness to defend Its citizens and
commerce from aggression by tho belligerents.
Ho docs not agreo with Colonel Roosevelt that
tho United States ought to hnvo taken a hand In
tho Europenn war over tho question of the viola
tion of Belgian neutrality by Germany,
Ho believes that tho Mexican question should
hnvo been met with Ilrm Insistence upon tho pro
tection of Americans and American property
from harm, and tho employment of force, If
necessary.
Ho 13 opposed to withdrawal from tho Philip
pines until tho people of tho Islands aro fully pre
pared for self-government. Chicago Journal.
COAL MINING IN ALABAMA
Tho earliest known record of the exlatenco
of coal in Alabama was made In 1834, hut the
first statement ot production In tho- State is
contained In tho United States census report
for 1810, In which tho nmount mined Is given as
961 tons. Tho mines of Alabama wero probably
worked to a considerable extent during tho civil
war, but there aro no specific records until 1870,
for which the United States census reports u
production of 11,000 tons. Tho development of
tho present great Industry really began In 1881
nnd 18S2, when attention was directed Ho tho
largo Iron deposits near tho city of Birming
ham. By 1885 the' coal production of the State
had Increased to nearly 2,500,000 tons. In 19H,
according to tho United States Geological Sur
vey, the production was 15,593,123 tons.
ANOTHER GEORGE
Probably most people have believed that at
tills time and In the great war thero was but
one King George. There la another. And King
Oeorge of the Tonga Isles offers a prize of 600
to tho first Tongan soldier who shall win the
Victoria iross. Boston Herald.
FROM "YOSEMITE"
O terrible, abiding and august.
The walls wherefrom thy eagles .have their path!
Bastions sublime, cliffs- Inaccessible
To giants in their wrath!
O summits lifted unto endless flood!
Heights that the hand of law shall not annul
When all tho pyramids are trodden dust!
Well were It that the fabled seraph stood .
With quenchless sword before the shielded portal,
Crying, "Bare ye your heads and transient feet,
For yo are face to face with the Immortal, .
The beauty which to gaze upon is to live!"
LoJ Hera sublimity apd beauty meet
Meet in a final covenant and give
Unto man's heart and soul for everlasting
The sura and measure of their deathless grace
The guerdon of their good,
'A promise nnd a portent, a forecasting
Of those far halls that yet shall house the race
When self and night have died in Brotherhoodl
Q domes and towers and stupendous walls!
O voices of auroral waterfalls!
Slerran thunderheads of cloud and stone
That share the heavens aa a realm overthrown!
How high your ancestry in Nature's art!
Here once the unfathomable granite lay
UngTaven to the day
And burdened with deep rivers ot the ice.
But age by age slow billows rent apart
The cold foundation and the chiseled flanks,
Till pinnacle, and '.ower
Told from their westward ranks
Where ank tha Abysmal quarries of th Power.
O patient :caturlei ,
Thai -vith vast device '
Frame otionKh-oIda such as thue!
O'ba'tlemeotn arisen to the sky.
Whence sods might chant to tha depsrtui sun
Hymns of oblivion.
Or Iron litwiUa ot -world that dlel
aorf n Sjlrllnft
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What Do You Know?
Queries of general interest will, be answered
in this column. Ten Questions, the answers
to which every well-informed person should
know, aro asked daily.
QUIZ
1. Wlin Hiircreilnl tlio Into Mnynr flnynor ns
Mayor of New Turk city?
2. Wlmt In the monnliiff iif the pnlltlcnl slang
term "iHirk"?
3. AVIio were tho "Copiierliendu" In American
IioIIIIch?
4. Who. I rninlilln I. Itaonovelt?
0. How ilu the Mexican pronounce "Mexico"?
fl. Who wrote "reck'n Unit liny"?
7. What In "heroin" nml what In the law in
regard n I lie snip of It?
8. Wlm iron the lnitlte of Grrmnntown, tit
llrltlfth 'or tlio Amerlcniin?
0', Why wn tlio nnmo of the cnpltnl of llussla
changed to 1'ctroRrnd?
10. Whn U tlin npproxlmnto equivalent In dol
lars anil cents of tho Hinjllnli crown, florin,
sovereign nnd guinea? J
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Sir Wnltrr Knlclgh In credited with hnrlnff
lnlrnduced tnhnrco Into Knglnnd,
2. Cllnrlc S. Melltn I former nrenltlent of the
New York, New Ifnven nnd Hartford
lliillrnuil.
3. Clinrronl nml illnmnndn nrr both cninponed of
curlion. In two ot the nllotroplo modifica
tion of the element.
I. Ilerlln Is on the Wver .Spree.
8. Tho Vrenrh Academy, the most eminent of
file nciiiIemlcN coiiktltutlng the Institute
if France. 11 40 members aro culled the
IimnorttiK
0. The Cnniiril J.lno operated the I.usltanla.
7. CcrvnntCN.
8. Tho Htutua of Wllllnm I'enn wim placed on
V)ty Hnll In 1801.
0. ronsreu liny U on the Pacific coast of Ni
caragua. 10. The imotmastrr of Philadelphia Is John A.
Thornton.
Where Coffee Lovers Abound
Editor of "What Do You JCnoio" Can you
tell mo which countries aro the greatest con
sumers of coffee? j,
Tho United States, Germany. Franco, Austria
Hungary, Belgium nnd Holland report tha
greatest consumption of coffee in tho order
named. Bnglnnd. whloh Is fnr down on the list,
leads In tho consumption of tea.
What the White House Is Made Of
Editor of "What Do You Know" Tie, kind
enough to toll me of what our White House at
Washington. D. C is mado and what Is used
to keep It white. EVANS.
The White House Is constructed of sandstone.
The exterior of tho building la usually painted
every second year. The paint used Is a mixture
of pure white lead, French zinc, pure linseed
oil and turpentine
Rhodes Scholarships
Editor of "What Do You Know'' What are
the Bhodes scholarships and why nro they so
called? What was their origin? L. L. T.
Cecil Rhodes at his death left a part of his
fortune for tho establishment of a system of
scholarships at Oxford University, England, to
bo awarded to students In tho English colonies,
tho United States and Germany. Each State
Is entitled to two of tho scholarships at tho
university at all tlnios. Germany to 16 and tho
English colonies to from ono to nlno. Candi
dates aro selected by competitive examination
held nt responsible universities In each State. '
The Little Eoltlppus
Editor of "What Do You Know" Can you tell
mo what an "eohlppus" Is? Isn't there a verse
in which the -word occurs in somo humorous
connection? BATES.
The eohlppus was a tiny ancestor of the horse
In prehistoric times. You aro probably refer
ring to the rhynie:
Said the little eohlppus,
"I am going to bo a horse,
And upon my middle finger nails
To run my earthly course."
In the process of evolution the several "fin
gers" of the eohlppus and his descendants be
came the single hoof of the horse of today.
All the Days in tho Year
Editor of "What Do You Know" It you will
reduce the number of dayB hi a year to, hours
you will discover the fallacy In the computa
tlon that you printed tho other day, showing
that there was only one day a year left for
work after deducting the usual amount for rest,
recreation and such like. If you count eight
hours for sleep, eight tor recreation and one
hour for noon rest you will have seven hours
left for work. Putting these and other deduc
tions In a table we have: ,
Hours In year, 21x305 ,..,.,,,..,87(0
One-third for recreation,, ,,..,,,, ,.,,8920
6810
One-third for sleep ..,.,,,.. .,,,, ..2920
2920
Vacation, Hx7 houra, ,,,,,.,.,..,,,.. 93
3813
Sundays, 52x7 hours..,,,., .,-,-,-,-, 334
3453
Noon houra ,.,., ,........,..,. 35
3093
Saturday afternoons, 52x3... , .. us
JsST
Now, if we divide 19$7 hours by 7 we set
37 j working days, which Is nearly the average
number of day a human being works.
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