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ron Armti wap iit.sio.
rmtADELrniA, tednesdat, may io, u.
Marriage and hanging oa by destiny,
Vnatchca are made in Heaven. Robert Burton.
Tho "West Is awako!" enthusiastically says
Colonel Roosovelt. But Is It heroic?
"Hoot and du Pont" sounds too much llko
swear to bo an offectlvo campaign slogan.
Bryan to Speak at Own Expense Head
Una.
And for his own pleasure
England Is building Zeppelins. Apparently,
tho low-down, Igrorant, efficiency-crazed Huns
havo Somo good with them after all.
Tho Irish rebels aro referred to as "repub
llcanA." but tho way they went after tho post
offlco mada them look llko plo-hungry Dem
ocrats. Thero Is a play In Philadelphia called "Tho
Devil's Invention." Tot It was reported that
tho play about politics had gone complotoly
out of fashion.
Arq tho ifcthodlsts planning to drop from
tho marriage service tho promlao of tho man
to endow his wlfo with all his worldly goods
hocauso she gets them anyway?
In Now Tork an enterprising- business man
has been offering subway tickets for 1 cent
oploco. It Is reported that several visitors
demanded their money back after tho rldo. V
The war Is a feast of suggestions for the
writer of melodrama. A prima donna is in
teresting enough as such. When she Is also
a Countess tho plot thickens; when sho is ar
rested as a spy, it positively curdles.
It, must bo a strange, unhappy feeling for
Senator Penrose when he hears himself men
tioned, far from here, as a presidential pos
sibility, or finds his namo inserted by some
Ironic Jester in a straw voto. Had he served
Ws country as ho served hlsfrlonds
Tho question of tho Cymric is simply, was
he a merchant ship or a member of tho navy
engaged in tho transport of munitions? On
thp present evidence It is still doubtful whether
tho submarine commander made so much as a
technical orror in sinking the Cymric.
Meat prices aro to go upward endlessly, it is
Bald. Yet no ono 13 suggesting tho possibility
of meat cards in America, and, what la worse,
there is as littlo inclination as over toward
economy. Apparently wo must feel the bite
of want before wo learn to husband our goods.
The Coroner's demand for more stringent
Jaws for tho regulation of elevators comes
unfortunately after and not before two
grievous accidents. There would be somo
veatlgo of an excuse for such fatalities if it
were not known to every ono that elevators
are obtainable which make loss of life im
possible for all save those actuated with the
motive of murder or suicide.
On tho auspicious day when the President
fcalmly reasserted the right to independent ac
tion, won by this country HO years ago,
another attempt against Its integrity received
the punishment It richly deserved. A lieuten
ant of the German army was found shame
fully gulltyof conspiring to blow up ships
belonging to a country friendly to this nation
and engaged in commerce with this country.
Robert Fay and his two codetendanta will go
their way to prison. The sentence Imposed"
on them is light, but were It heavy as doom It
would not mitigate the offense of Germany.
No ono believes tho German Government Inno-cent-
Wo have reason only to believe that
that Government has learned better.
The addition of tho militia of three States
Rnd four regiments of regulars to the forces
engaged In Mexico and at points on the 1800
mlla border still leaves the numerical advantage-,
with armed Mexicans. The new
troops that Funston will get will bring his
total hrfrdly above that of Obregon. who Is
believed to have 35,000 men ready for action
In the northern Mexican States. But only
one-half of the American forces are actually
Within Mexico 18,000, and are outnumbered
two to one. This condition, the Mexican War
Minister's, refusal to sign the jirotocol, the
latest raid and the ordering out of the guards,
men'to repel invaaloa" actually puts this
country for the time in a defensive position
toward Mexico, both in a diplomatic and a
military sense. The continuance of such a
situation even gr daya would be an into),
erable blow "at the prestige of a nation that
has just dispatched the brief and uncompro
mlslne note which has been placed In the
hands of the Kaiser.
As Usual, the enthusiasts for gang-government
have won a trick In the registrations
toJt 5S Tuesday's voting. Their furious
etFfa nIa"?a registration seemed, on
thKe of It, a laudable attempt to bring out
a jirge vote for presidential convention dele
gated. It turns out that only those who,
registered, whether for party or on a non
trtfsn basla. are eligible to vote for the
transit loans or against them. Many Dem
ocrats 'who felt that primary elections this
year were superfluous, in view of Mr. Wll
wn's certain poralnatlop, ap4r.maHy llep'uV
)!cps who, for various reaQnl,'failed to
rgilf wUl havo no jtaterrolnlng voice In the
rtfcrt swHt Jf fftlr It Is a blessing that
Ut 4Ptt f tfce conditions the largest resu
lt
i
tratlon n tho city's history Is to vote hel
Tuesday. On tho other hand, It Is reasonably
Certain that the antltranslt forces are fully
'enrolled. It remains only to be seen whether
they or the men who are working for the city
can account for the Increase in tho number
of voters.
WHY BE THE GOATS?
The propherj- wn tnnd months nro
that If rapid tranult iter enme, before the
tteople for n tote they would lie "marched
In tho polls In drove to acnttle their own
ahlp."
IT WAS In October, 1914, that the Even
Ino LfcooEn fired tho first gun for rapid
transit and followed It with a serlos of au
thoritative at tides explaining In detail tho
comprehensive Taylor plan.
On tho day tho first artlclo appeared, an
nble citizen of Philadelphia, whose business
It was to diagnose political situations, de
cided to givo this newspaper somo advice.
"You are In wrong," ho said. "I bollevo
Councils are crooked, and whether they are
crooked or not, they won't lct( anything by
inai is sponsored by the Biankcntjurg Ad
ministration. Besides, do not forget the
powerful interests In opposition. Thero is
not one chance- In n million of this transit
scheme ever getting to the, peoplo themselves
for a vote, and If it does over get to them,
don't you know they'll be fooled and marched
to the polls In droves to fecuttlo their own
ship? When Lincoln said, 'You can fool some
of tho peoplo nil the tlmo,' he was referring to
tho peoplo of Philadelphia."
But In the middle of November Director
Taylor began his remarkable- meetings In
nil parts of tho city. Ho wont about and
explained his plan and his purposes to large
crowds and to small crowds, but everywhere
ho went ho left behind him n new group of
adlioronts, pledged to tho great enterprise
and enthusiastic In Its support,
Again and again Providence seemed to tako
caro of rapid transit. When ono set of poli
ticians had their knives out tho other sot
was strong in Its advocacy of tho undertak
ing. Each of tho factions ha been. In turn,
enemy and friend to the Taylor plan, but
never at an Important Juncturo has that plan
been without tho support of cither. For tho
Taylor plan has boon at all times above sus
picion, a thing so Inherently good that It could
serve as n lifeboat for any drowning politician
who could tie to It. Amid tho chaos of selfish
ness, trickery and abjsmal treachery which
has characterized so much of tho municipal
legislation proposed or secretly contemplated,
tho transit plan has been a shining, radiant
light, with no flaw In It.
That tho undct taking should have passed
through so many dangers in safety is posi
tively remarkable. Tho State had to bo per
suaded to assist In the financing by yielding
tho personal property tax; permission had to
bo gdt to use this taxed personal property as
a basis for extending the loan capacity of the
city; an amendment to the Constitution had to
bo passed permitting a further extension of
loan capacity for financing transit and port
improvements only, under tho principle that
they would bo self-supporting Investments,
and. In addition, an easier method of .amortiza
tion was provided The financing being
provided for, it became necessary to educate
tho whola peonlo to understand the plan and
forco action by Couriclls. Thereafter camo
tho first loan vote, which was overwhelmingly
In favor of transit, and this was finally fol
lowed by an approval of tho Taylor plan by
the Public Service Commission.
It has run the gantlet and been subjected
to every scrutiny, but In no essential featuro
has even modification been necessary.
At last and finally it Is before the people,
the supreme Jury. "They'll bo fooled and
marched to thp polls In droves to scuttle their
own ship." Tho rhetoric Is not very good, but
tho Idea Is there.
Is It true?
Last year, whon tho city was casting nn
overwhelming vote in favor of the $6,000,000
loan, "Dave" Lane was able to line up his
territory In opposition. He was ablo to lead
his people "in droves to the polls to scuttle
their own ship." Ho expects to do It again
and seems to havo assurances that enough
other "leaders" .will be with him this time to
swamp tho project. For let every voter
understand that If the Taylor plan Is beaten
now, ho will never got another chance to vote
on it. A defeat would throw the whole sub
ject back into tho arena of controversy, assure
the continuance of present Intolerable transit
conditions for a term of years and guarantee a
new deal in which the peoplo could be assured
of-holding tho deuces with the transit com
pany standing pat on its aces.
Were it not that tho gang had put so many
things over on Philadelphia, threats to kill the
loan could well bo ignored, so Inconceivable Is
It that an electorate should "sell Its birthright
for a mess of pottage." But the public has
been beguiled or sold out before. It may hap
pen again unless Individuals are awake and
vigilant.
"When Lincoln said, 'You can fool some of
tho people all tho time, ho was referring to
the peoplo of Philadelphia."
It can bo proved Tuesday that he was not.
Tom Daly's Column
"SHEATHING THE SWOTtD"
MT
Srnwq poems, from earliest times, have
always been supposed to make tho long
suffering editor hit tho tolling. Perhaps this
one, t which dates around the middle of the
thirteenth century, started tho trouble. Still,
for those who know, It's" a Joyl
OUOKOO BONO.
BUmcr i icumen in,
Lhude sing ell cent
Qrowclh sett, and bloiccth med,
And springeth the uiude ttu
Bing cuccul
Alva blcteth after tomb,
Lhouth after calve'cu;
BulUto aterteth, oucfce verteth, f
Murto ting cuccul
Ouccu, cuccu, tcelt singes thu, cuccui
2to auHke thu navcr nu;
Sing cuccu, nu, sing cuccu,
Blng cuccu, sing cuccu, nul
THE HOLIDAY SPIUIT
WASHINGTON, May 8. President Wil
son went to the clreus tonight. Seated on
the front row, fanning himself with Mrs.
Wilson, he Bharcd a bag of peanuts with
Secretary McAdoo, and apparently lost
nothing of the holiday spirit of tho occasion.
A dear Morning Contemporary.
AND tho head said: "Circus Crowd Ap
xjl plauds Peanuts and Clowns Enjoyed."
Somo stunt, Prexyl nnd won't it Induce
mouth-frothing on tho part of a certain party
who novcr In his most strqnuous moments at
tempted such a thing?
The Few
Senator McNIchol said that "any man who
goes astray for the sake of a few dollars Is dam
aged goods " News Item.
"Damaged Goods" is a rotten play;
Wo are rathor surprised at you.
When you'vo got a game to play
This hero bunk will never do.
Still that's nil right dope you sny
'Bout tho bone-domed geezer who
"For a few dollars goes astray"
With tho accent on tho "fow." F.
Dean Boundaries
VI.
CONNIE MACK.
Within this long and narrow bean, .
Are promises a-plenty, ',
" Thnt mnv hi rtnr- in ' I 7.
' M8. '19 or '20.
'ORE than peace with honor what Is now
bo desired Is a peace which will have
some meaning. Such a peace could not have
been established twelve months ago. Can It
bo seen now?
Without question the United States has
done much to answer that question In the
affirmative. Germany has given up, with all
her reservations cast Into the rubbish heap
by us, her Intolerable pretensions on the sea.
France has been almost as conlncing on the
land, for there she has demonstrated the vul
nerability of the German military man. The
system has not been defeated, but It has been
discredited- because It has not proved capable
of' Inflicting defeat. England has declared
that she will not sheathe the sword until
Belgium Is recompensed for her misery; but
Asqulthhas gone deeper Into the matter and
insisted that Europe must be free to choose
her own path without the interferenco of a
military oligarchy.. Europe may now be
assured.
A military oligarchy can exist only so long
as the Illusion persists that tho military arm
is destined to victory, A defeated Germany,
or at Wst a Germany thrown back to Its
former state, may remain mlitarlstfo, but It
can no longer entertain a superstitious re
gard for Its soldiery. The myth of Germany's
destiny as ft single, dominating Power has
been exploded. The hope of any one nation
to place on the head of its ruler the crown
which rested on the head of Charlemagne
must be abandoned. There can be no Holy 1
Roman Empire based oa conquest.
Wc Never Take a Dare
"Hey!" rudely cries T. Lynch, "I date you to
print this":
THE HirilEN
Pat-riot.
, AND while we're about It wo hero record our
XJL belief that a long poem might bo written
upon tho nose of King Georgo V, under which
tho professional Irish patriots (standing upon
the stago in Madison Squaro Garden (shako
their fists.
PRECOCIOUS KIDS.
Ilegt florist, send a laurel loreath
To Connie's baseball baby-farm.
Qosht toto them youngsters cut their teeth
On ll'altcr Johnson's pitching arm I
Colors
MOTHER TONGUE.
(From Webster's Dictionary).
JUuIberri, n 2. A dark purple color like the
hue of tho black mulberry.
We Seek Instruction
"None," said she, with a strong Imitation of
an English accent, "nono nt all." The Strange
Case of Mary Page.
How would a strong Imitator of an English
accent put It?
Tho Boy's Clothes
Horn always makes me mad clean through
The way she buys my clothln'.
Bie always picks out things fur you
That fills ycr soul with loathln'.
It's happened time an' time again,
"When I want somethln' sporty
She sets her mind on somethln' plain,
"Real cheap at seven-forty."
I try a suit that fits me right
A fit there ain't no doubt of
An' blamed If she don't say: "Too tlghtt
Too easy to grow out of."
She set I'm fist "a little brute"
An' "drive her to distraction,"
But she ain't never bought a suit
That's gave me satisfaction.
I may be bad, but, Jlmlneel
I ain't a-goln' to bear it.
I guess I know the suit fur me,
Since I'm the one to wear it.
I kicked so hard today, 01 my I
You bet I jtst raised thunder.
An' she went home an' told Pop I
lYus "gttttn' quite beyond her."
Then Pop he sez soma words, sez he,
That filled my soul with laughter,
lie sez he's goln' along o' me
To buy my clo'es hereafterl
Our Own Sykcs
II II il
Wltb ?much' afcco'mpils'hed by the war,'
enough has been done to give the subsequent
neace meaning and dignity. That it la deenlv
desired la clear. Only emshasls now ta kck, I f04 J wart wondering U th first, read In con
. . - " f i juncugn th um awxuui, reters to rooms or tha
oianuiiij- oi, uuhhh numana, Ji y.
Our Own Movie -
(Pined by the Natural Snti)
BY SHON REA
KEJSI, II
A BOOK AGENT was stranded In a seaside
resort, but he did not despair, ""A sale) a
salel" he cried. As he could not see a sals In the
village, he Inquired if there was any person liv
ing thereabouts he had not visited. Yes, there
was a man living on an Island about three miles
out, who usually kept away from the village He
was the keeper of the lighthouse. Also ha was
notorious for his miserliness, and the canvasser
would be taking a chance by going to see bun.
Nevertheleis
(Continued in the next reel)
Sir Here are two signs which appear next to
one another in the same window of a house on
Tasker street, west of Broad street:
DESIREABLB VACANCIES '
MARRIAGES PERFORMED
Ing.
OH, THEY'LL LOCK UP AFTER A WHILE 1
HIP if IP! 1m; xi
SSwSBSk li If; $7Qmr til
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MERCILESSNESS OF
TEXAS RANGERS
The Famous Force Took Internar
tional Law Into Its Own Hands
and Got the Border
Bandits
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X vt
ANY ONE harbors doubts about tho
oluo of that sort of efficiency which
arises from tho training of specially qualified
mon for a specific task ho will find his un
certainty dissipated by the most casual study
of tho history of the Texas Rangers.
J This body of peaco ofllcors shares with tho
Canadian Northwest Mounted Police and tho
Pennsylvania State Constabulary tho distinc
tion of being morcllessly persistent In Its
pursuit of offenders and In achieving tho dis
tinction of necr giving up tho chaso so long
as tho man It Is after Is uncaught. Tho net
creating tho Rangers was passed shortly
after tho Mexican War. It states that tho
force Is to bo organized "for tho protection
of the frontier ngalnst marauding and thiev
ing parties and for tho suppression of law
lessness and crlmo throughout tho State."
There hao been as many as 400 men In tho
force. At present thero nro only 02, divided
Into four companies, each commanded by a
captain. They act under tho direct com
mands of tho Governor, when they nro within
communlcablo dlstnnco of him. Otherwlso
they uso their best discretion.
Tho way thoy uso their discretion was illus
trated lato last summer when threo Rangers
and three unofficial citizens set out to freo
the lower Rio Grando Valley of Mexican
marauders. They todo through tho wilder
ness of mesqulto trees, prickly pear and
cactus. Tho whole country&ldo was quiver
ing with the heat. Tho animals that lived
In tho bush were silent, and theft only llfo to
bo seen was now and then a chaparral cock
that had been disturbed and had fled after
the fashion of its kind down the trail ahead
of tho horsemen.
In the midst of this burning sllcnco the
Ranger who was leading tho band suddenly
halted and pointed to a thin column of smoke
rising straight In tho air.
"It Is a campflro," he remarked softly.
Tho men dismounted and walked beside
their horses, making no sound. After a time
thoy came upon a small open placo beside tho
trail whero they found two Mexicans armed
with rifles and loaded revolvers. The men
were questioned briefly. Tho questioner de
cided that they were outlaws, and leftHhem
dead beside tho trail and passed on. Not long
after It became known that the Rangers wero
acting In this way General Funston declared
that tho whole border was under martial law,
Und the Federal troops displaced tho Texan
authorities In protecting the frontier.
Tho Famous Red Ride
These men, however, hajl been engaged In
the same kind of work as their predecessors,
and they went about It In the same way. Tho
most famous exploit of tho Rangers occurred
about 30 years ago, when John Ireland was
Governor. Thieves and murderers were
crossing the border then as nowT" They did
not call thorn Insurrectionists, nor did they
apply any other' euphemlstlo names to them.
No one In Texas had any Illusions about
them. Governor Ireland decided to rid the
State of them, and sent for Captain Lee
Hall, the commander of the Rangers, The
captain found the Governor in his office fa
his shirt sleeves. '
"I sent for you, Lee," the Governor said,
"because things havo come to such a pass
along the border that no decent man can live
or travel in that part of tho State with safety.
I want you to clean it up. Can you do It?"
"I can," Hall replied.
"All right go ahead," the Governor said.
These were the only orders Issued, but Hall
knew what was to be done. He began his
plans at once, and within a week started on
what has come to be known as the "Red
Ride."
He used the whole force qf Rangers, which
he divided Into squads of fron two to four
men, and formed them In a straight line run
ning at right angles with the Rlq Grande
lt)to the State. The squads were stationed
from 200 yards to a mile apart, and they ex
tended Into the river country for 30 miles.
The advance began at Brownsville. This 20
mile line of picked and courageous men
swept the country clean of all undesirables
as they moved onwarfl In their relentless
course. When they camped for the night
there was no suspicious character left alive
behind them- How many men were killed
will never be known, for no pne kept count.
Within about six weeks from the time of
their start they arrived at El Paso without
the loss of a single man, and that part of
Texas was quiet and undisturbed tot a long
while afterward.
The Rangers are not troubled, by any quib
bles about International law. It they start
after a man they get him. evert tt he cross
tho border. Governor Colquitt reminded the
Stato Department about two yeais ago that
this Texas forco crossed tho border In 1874,
undor oidots from Governor Coke, in puisult
of outlaws wanted on this side. Thoy got
them.
In 1892 Captain Hall crossed over without
orders and In splto of a warning. Ho was
stationed with his company near El Paso,
whero Colonel Shatter was in command of
tho garrison. A band of 37 Mexican free
booters had been i aiding tho lanches on tho
American side for a long time. Tho cap
tain secuied tho confidence of ono of tho
band and learned whoio tho mon wont with
their loot. Ho then wont to Colonel Shaftor
and told him thaUho knew whero tho Mexi
cans were, nnd that ho had a mind to gd
after them.
"Don't do it," said Shatter. "It would bo
a violation of International law. Got them In
somo other way, and do It off"this sldo of tho
creok."
Hnll assured Shatter that ho would not hurt
International law, and wont nbout his busi
ness. An hour beforo bun-set ho loft tho garri
son and Joined his own forco about 12 miles
away.
"Saddlo up, boys.V ho said to his men.
"We'ro going to rldo tonight."
Left 'Em WhcreHe Found 'Em
Fifty well-aimed Rangers soon started for
the river, crossed it and rodo as only fron
tiersmen can tide. Their horses were as skil
ful as they, nnd kept tho trail with uneirlng
precision. At about 4 o'clock In tho morning
they tcached tho camp of tho outlaws. Hall
arranged his men .around the encampment
and waited for daylight. As soon as It was
light enough to seo the fighting began. It
took nn hour to do tho woik on which they
had set out, and nt its end ovory man In tho
camp was dead. Two hours after the Rangers
had at rived they started back with tho stolen
horses and cattle which tho band had not
disposed of. Along In tho aftorno&n of tho
samo day they camo across Colonel Shatter
and some other officers In civilian clothes
hunting on the Mexican side of tho liver,
about five miles from the border.
"What havo you been doing?" Shatter de
manded of Hall. "I thought I told you that
you could not got those outlaws on this sldo
of tho river without violating International
law?"
"I did not get any Mexicans," Hal lcplied,
calmly. "I left 'em where I found 'em."
They know nil these things In Texas, and
their patience has been sorely tried by tho
policy of tho last months, under which the
old kind of border outrages havo gono unpun
ished for fear that Mexico might bo displeased
with tho disregard for the sanctity of her
territory,
j
AN UNCENSORED INTERVIEW
Being Some Special Correspondence From
the Peking Morning Glory i
NEW YORK. May I. On the oe of a presl
"dentlnl election In this American Republic there
Is a universal demand for nn illiterate candidate.
I proceed to give reasons. This will also ex
plain the small amount of copy I liao been
sondlng in lately and extraordinary size of ex,
pense account I hereby Inclose.
Three weeks ago, second day of Month of the
Speckled Tiger, I wept interviewing ex-Supreme
Mandarin Roosevelt now In excited retirement
at Oyster Bay, I Mas received with much cor
diality and alarming vigor. I said: "Incom
patable Magnificence. Jhe people of China are
extremely anxious for vour opinions on the
proper foreign policies of this American Re
public In this hour of c.trome critical sltua
tlon should the people of America go to war
with somebody, or what?"
He smiled, but I was not afraid. "My views
on the subject," he said, "are all In my last
book, 'Fear aod and Take Vour Own Part,
J1.-50 net, usual discount to the trade. Unless
circumstances change, I have nothing to odd to
or take away from what I have said there,"
I wrote down the JUIe of the book, the pub
lisher and the price, and said: "In many of tha
newspapers It is reported that the people of the
Western States are greatly opposed to a large
army and aggressive forelgh policy, Is this so,
Exalted Benevolence, and If so, why?"
He brought down his list on the desk, which
was of reinforced concrete. "The spirit of the
people of the interior and the forces which hae
entered Into the shaping of that spirit are ade
quately and once for all described In my 'Win
ning of the West,' 6 volumes cloth, each JI.B0, or
4 -volumes limp leather, each 2 SO. As long
as that work Is in print it would be mental
debility on my part to attempt a statement of
my views." S. S, In the New York Evenlns
Post
11 'i in
WELL? WHAT?
'Without a fourth, or a peace, party, may we
ask, what Is to become of the ote cast for
Henry Ford In Michigan and Nebraska? De
troit Times.
COLONIAL SECURITY
Whatever else fails, we still rely on Mr
Asqulth's excuses Toronto Mall and Empire.
WOMEN AND TRANSIT
To the Editor of Evening Ledger
Sir Ypur Interesting articles on the loan bills
are sure to have a strong Influence on the voters.
Permit me to suggest that you make a special
plea to the women and girls who use the cars
daily, asking trutro to do what they can to per
suade the falhe a, brothers aid vyeihirt tr
oi for tee WHS. J H9VARJ Balao.
CJatr Ssuare. May i.
What Do You Know?;
Queries of general interest will be aniverH
in this column. Ten questions, the antvai
to which every well-informed person rtnif
know, aro asked dally.
person ihctii
'V!
QUIZ
1. Boea Imprncliment monn llio removal it in
oOlclnl from otrice? U
2. Wlij' nro the lillln In the tlirntre nt w?
Ilrl, no Mil .10.1 . ......I V. .'J
.... ..., ,, ..i.a.turrrur
3. Kxplnln why there nro two bnttona on tS
uiick oi iroca nmiire;; coats?
1. Who I Governor of Toxnn?
o. under wiint rlrcumstniicrs mnr th v.3
tlonnl flunrd lie cnlleil out by th Prolyl
dent? jl
0. Xnnio nt lenat ono fnmona lltlnt; FrmdS
port nnil ono French enmpontr. J
7. Which la more likely to bo tracked br nttf
wnier, n thick claaa or n thin tlau, asil
why?
8. In "hent lightning" n correct exprnlon.J3
aerlptlto of the phenomenon It ilfsrrbn?
0. Whnt la meant by "tho metropolitan 4I.J
irirt-r ,ij
10. About what pnrt of nn Iceberg ihowi tlionj
tho aurfore of the wntcr nnd nnai piilj
la nenentn flio aurrnce?
Answers tn Yrstfrrlnv's Omit ?8
1, Cloture, la tho limiting of debate- In a hrlt-Jj
Inttvo body. yl
2. The Itniettn Stone, benrtng Inscription! Ill
the hieroglyphic, the demotic and Ortti.5
rurnuiicii the Key by which Erjpl
hteroslyphlca huro boon deciphered.
3. Tho knot la 0083.00 feet or 1.18 rallei.
i,. The Azorea nro n group of lolnnda anootWll
miles test of Portugal, to which thH
belong. i jtjM
S. A cnplnln tn V'"" navy, rnnklng Willi a cttfjx
nel In tho nrmy, nutr.anka nn armr ci9H
tnln. V ' ,J1
0. Any body of wnter which hna no outlet i4
ccpt through evaporation la made, .ill bl
tho mlncrnla held In aolutlun.
7. Itlrhnrd It. Sheridan wrote "The School frtl
Hcandal."
8. Fork came Into general use about (ami
centurlea ago, ".!
0. Tho "loud pedal" does not make the Bottil
sound louder. It simply prolongs UmJ
tlurntlnn of the Hound.
An IIIuNlon N nn Incorrect perccpttoB
something that really exists) a deluiUnhJ
belief In something that doe not exlrt, -
10,
Mrs. Eddy's Estate
Editor of "llVint Do You Know" A nef
piper nrtlclo n day or two ngo stated rfjt
"Wealth may be used for laudable purposes, M
ono of tho most striking instances of this fa
modern times is nffordodf by the use of lit
wealth ot Mrs (Mary Baker Glover) EdSjJ
earned by her work, which Is now being dis
seminated for the good of nil mankind" VW
you kindly publish tho facts regarding the
trlbutlon of her estate? ", I u?
Tlin A-eslrfunrv leir.iteea of tho estate were 1
dltectors of the First Church q( Christ. Sclenjlt.
of BoHton, the will putting Into their handTtkel
bulk of the estate. Thoy received about IS.00,'
000, which the testatrix directed them tauieWl
the promotion and extension of Christian Saj
enco as taught by her
President and Supreme Court
Edllor of "What pa You Know" FollowlMl
li the nnswer to question .no. 7 or last w"w
jlay's Quiz: ,3
" WHi tl Kitnmma Crttrt rtApfnreS &U ECt3
unconstitutional, the President may, u
chooses, continue to enforce the act; redrewl
may only be had In individual appeal ty
tne court.
1VI1I vnil nloftnn tnrlti-nfa Vinw nn act m&Y t
enforced under such circumstances without ,a
jetuub me i-reniueni o inipcucinuoiin
HARRY I. ABRAKASiS.
The Supreme Court has no power to cmX
clearly In tho Administration of President J
son Jackson failed to execute the inanoas
reversal which the Supreme Court Issue4 w ij
lnfiA n mlaalnnnm pnulpl.H In n fleorsla COUJI
of unlawfully entering an Indian r'Mrff'g
which the court held not to be within the jur
diction of Georgia, The court could not cww
the president, so the writ wem un'x ,
Tha enn.t ripMlan pn-.fl nn Blich. and 0S I
!.. . , ..... .lotnfe bOOS
IJUltCr IO rcJI.UVO 4 IW.W IIUJU Hiw a,.--- ", -
It might decide thatone appellant's apPf.S
the Constitution was valid at a certain '"!irs
reverse Itself In a Blmuar ease i in -'vr;
continued to enforce the act, It is true tiui J
President for ignoring the lnJunyouJ',3l
court, but Such action would be at the JjSl
of the House, and the court coma no. w
thfr rtouse to itnpeacn ino. I'resiuem
The Iconoclasts
Editor of "What Do You Knout" 0t!jH
term "iconoclasts." which I understand ?g
"Imaira breakers' or "idol Dreauern, ww
general to those who have this attitude MB
a. I na.l am tat nf nAltniA? USJ
tell me anytfiinff of the history of tho qr
a ffrnnn ef erMnllaul reformers of the
century were Called the Jconoi lasts. Tfrey
averse to the wnployment of pMes, ij
..vlMa , All vIuIMa v-aanresentatlOnS OS
objects. A movement against thesj WKM
gan In 73, under tho Emperor l.eo IU, V"n
tlnued for J30 years.
Operation of Trp atiea
f.ii- f mvliil Tin You. JaTnOVO" WB
kindly let me know whethor a treaty ." p
tlve when It Is sjgned. or when t u MffL
It
As a rule, with a very few exception!: J
la history, a treaty Is not valid or w em
until an exenanga o nuifi- "lUUIii
In those cases tha operation and cofi
may lie iwj5fo ...-.-. --;--
ftcatUwi. Tftt rty. nottsv.r tat
signing. wUwt othrwt Brwv.aed.