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By- mall, ratslde of rMIadelphla, except where tae I required, on month, twenty 2 one Venr. thre AttWarn. All .mall MNerfrtlons payable In advance. JPoWOd Subscribe wishing address changed ,, ifvo v.u as wen as nuw aaareas. of ihew iwlltleal Vice. Enough that &!(-. Palmer in Mt.o known, for the nomi nation ot little-known men Is essentially undemocratic. The nomination Of an ob scure man for Governor la a Virtual Im possibility: the voters elect an experi enced man they think thoy can trust, who could take his tlmo, with competent advice, to appoint men of known ability to the bench. Hist sense of responsibility would be 'no less than that of tho Prest' dent In appointing Justices, and tho Fed eral system hits worked well. Tom D4ly's Column WfcU 9ao WALNUT KEYSTONE, MAIN 300O KT Aiirta all communication fo Evening Iitiptr, Independence Square, Philadelphia, mrtraan at irta rniLADatriitA rwiTOrnca as eecosD-cuss maii. vtt. ftm AYEIUaE NET PAID D.ULT CIR CULATION OP THE EVENtNd LEPQnn Fpn, AP1UL WAS 117,810. rtdl.-VIphls. Mm! it. M.y 22, 1916. lti f I've ttood upon Achillct' tomb, And tttard Troy doubted: time will doubt of Rome. Byron, Now" that tho 206.000 army bill Is ready for tho President's signature, It will bo possible to Btart tho campaign for preparedness. Tcrhaps) this being Clean-up Week, ihe contractors who aro paid for keeping the streets clean will strain a point and keep the streets clean. It thero ore any goodies in tho con vention banquet at Chicago for a "favor ite Bon" of Pennsylvania, ho will havo to at them "off tho mantelpiece. When tho Kaiser returned to Ber lin to face the food crisis his hour of ar rival was kept quiet "to avoid a domon titration." Nature of demonstration not '-eflned In Berlin dispatches. There Is food for reflection in com paring tho rapid action of the House on the shipping bill with tho same body's action on tho, army bill. Is thero some thing in tho snipping bill for some ono? Celebrating the addition of a mot6r ctriven truck to tho ColIIngswood Fire Department, 5000 volunteer firemen went on parade: At thnttrate, 5,000,000 ought ' to get banners for every aeroplano added to our army. Tho flrat tlmo Estrada Cabrera In formed an anxious world that -ho was President of Guatemala he added the words, '"I abdicate." Senor Cabrera has had a singularly simple history, all things considered. (.Jtr-was a sound suggestlvo of the occasional report from tho powder works -ron tho Delaware when It was said that du Pont was "boomed." That the "boom" has "blown up" might have been ex pected. But there aro no casualties. Jail terms for reckless drivers of autoa, evert when their recklessness re sults in no injury to a pedestrian, would cut down tho present homicide fate prpmptly. But the plural is not needed. One Jail term would probably bo enough. The New York World, which has a leaning toward the party now in power, reminds its readers that William Howard Taft la the real leader of the Republican party, and breathes a prayer that ho will assume the powers and prerogatives of v,Ws office. The World is not alone In its respect for Mr. Taft, but It sounds too much like a French courtier praying for tho child Touis XIV to oust Mazarln. President Emeritus Eliot, of Har vard College, has written a letter to Sen ator Culberson urging, with the dignity and. assurance and Judgment at his com mand, that Louis Brandeis be ratified for the Supreme Court. At the age of 82 many years retired from office, Charles W. Eliot as still spqken of as president y those who Iqvo Harvard, and Is still known, aa the most distinguished Ameri can by those who appreciate their coun try. With a courtesy essential to his greatness, ha has ,not Interfered with .President Lowell at Harvard. With tho hon&r of the country at stake, Mr. Eliot 4oea speak, though all the Brahmins of Boston apeak against him. A brave and, wo'hope, an effective thing. Woodrow Wilson is fortunate no longer in the possession of a Protean cltfeenahlp. Hereabouts he has been a Jorseyman, but In Dixie & native of Vir ginia. Thero was a touch of the "profes sional Southerner" in his Jest at Char lotte, N. C, about the Mecklenburg dec laration being more Important than that jnlnqr Declaration of Independence" at Philadelphia. But he did not hesitate to inform his audience that it was, not jtrom t!i South that the real America has coma any more than from New England. "The characteristic part of America orig inated in the Middle States of New Tork, Pennsylvania and Now Jersey, because there, front the first, was that mixture -sapuUtlons, racial stocks, antecedents. which i the most singular and distln- ajulehed mark of the United States." The. pre-iunmenco which na grams to this vicinity will go far toward making up for slur about our Declaration and at h same tlmo Axes him as a Middle fjjjUtH man. It is for the future to say K Jfc. ( a nlddling statesman. Whether Charles Palmer, obscure K JM")?- actually becomes Supreme Court :jpHaa or nor, ma manner in which fias been enabled to run a neck- pts. faco wm jusuce waning be sufficient warning to the State ';tfuig to the appointive system. mt," "UsUessness," "nogli- BjBgi" jBlerance" are some, of the terms run) me aiuiuae or ino voters j &at Bcary. to prove, anx wm THE TARIFF IS THE ISSUE Kronnmlo prepnredneM la na rltnl to the nntlon na military preparedneaa. Unrlnjc tho next four yeara protec tive tnrlir will bo eauentlnl tn the proa perlty nmi well-being; of the country. IT WILL not bo nufTlclent for tho con vention at Chicago to namo a candidate who can bo elected Prcsldont. It must write a platfoim also that will carry a Republican majority Into Congress. Wo can Imagine nothing more awkward than a hybrid Government for tho next two years, unless It wcro a hybrid Govern ment for a longer period. Wo stand on tho threshold of a now era In human affairs and particularly In International relations. Tho ndoptlon of deflnlto nnd nbsoluto policies, which will glvo busi ness men a solid basis on which to work and plan, Is essential. A President of ono party and cither Houso or Senate of an other party would mean no legislation except compromlso legislation, and com promise legislation at Its best is about tho worst kind of legislation It Is pds slblo to get. What tho convention must aim at, there fore, Is not simply tho nomination of a man who can win tho Presidency, but also tho formulation of policies which will sweep Into offico tho wholo Republican ticket. This offers no particularly dif ficult problem so far as tho Houso olono 13 concerned, for tho Democratic majority Is already only a Tammany majority, but a very different condition exists In tho Senate. Thero a Democratic majority of 16 Is to bo overcome. Astuto observers believe that a gain of six can bo made by the Republicans In Maine, Now Jersey, New York, West Virginia, Ohio, Nevada nnd Maryland, but this would still leavo the Democrats with a majority of four. Indiana is being looked to for relief, since tWo Senators are to bo elected there, and that this will havo Bomo lnfluenco on the convention in selecting Its nominees is certain. It would bo fatal, In these circum stances, for the party to make prepared ness, as tho term is popularly understood, tho paramount Issue. Wo havo empha sized repeatedly, and wo shall continue to do so, the utter folly of dofenselessncss and tho criminality, not to say waste, In volved In tho sham defense measures adopted by tho present Congress. But tljcro Is another kind of preparedness Just as Important, and even of moro Im portance politically. It is Industrial and commercial preparedness. To tho American people there Is always ono lssuo that oeltops all others, and that lssuo Is prosperity. The Republican party is tho party of prosperity. Its his tory Is a series of calls to save the Union from hard times and soup houses. This year, through tho alchemy of circum stance, tho natural effects of Democratic policies have been neutralized. Instead of commercial demoralization, money and times nro easy. To rout a "starvation" Administration is ono thing; to overthrow a dominant party when tho flood of pros perity flows high Is another. It is this very situation which makes it more than ever imperative that the Republicans concentrnto their artillery on an exposure of Democratic economic fallacies. Far-vlsloned men dread a re turn to normal conditions under a Demo cratic tariff. Thero Is certain, in any case, to be a rebound from the excessive war prosperity now existing. It Is a pros perity belonging not to the United States alone, but to Norway and Sweden and all the great neutral nations In common, an international rather than a national prosperity. For us It Is a prosperity which exists in spite of, not because of, present economic legislation. To permit tho country to face during the next four years tho renewed and vlrllo competition of tho great commercial Powers under the handicap of the Underwood tariff would be a disastrous blunder. Never, wo suspect, has a protective tariff been so needed as It will bo needed during the next four years. The tariff remains, therefore, as It has been for half a century or more, the para mount Issue. It must not be relegated to the rear; It must, on the contrary, bo brought to the front. No man ought to be nominated at Chicago who Is not as sound as a dollar on protection, not only In his belief In It but also In his convic tion that It Is the Issue of Issues In this period of tho nation's progress. Protection nnd prosperity! A victory for that slogan this year will, wo aro convinced, settle tha tariff issue for a generation to come, If, Indeed, It will not lift It out of politics forever. A Democratic triumph, on tho other hand, would merely postpone tho inevitable re turn of the Republican party to power, though not until the Industries of the nation had paid dearly for the blunder of the people In assuming that present pros perity had somo other basis than the abnormal conditions arising from the great war. HUfcHES IN OREGON IT IS apparent that tho voters of Ore gon are content with an oracle even when It Is silent. They voted for Hughes solidly and overwhelmingly, and Justified the point made in the Evening Ledoeh last week, that Justice Hughes, has a known status, made definite in 1908 and never abridged or amended. It is almost Incredible that any group of voters should have gone so heavily (or a candidate without trust In him far superior to their trust in others. Mr, Roosevelt's vote in Oregon- was very small, smaller than that of Henry Ford, whoae name also had to be written In the ballot. The double significance of this is that the Republicans of Oregon think Mr. Roosevelt unacceptable and think Mr. Hughes highly desirable. And Oregon spoke no louder than Vermont. For what ever purpose the Hughes boom was started, it now goes' forward on its own strength. The voters know him as an estimable man. They are at least sure that with him against the President a clean and sharp campaign battlo would be fought. PART of tho exercises of "Kindness to Ahlmals" week was the planting of ft horso chestnut tree In Independence Square last Friday afternoon. The prin cipal address was made by Mr. Robert R. Logan. Wo'ro sorry wo missed It. Vtc had hoped to attend and to read this dainty poem of Joyce Kilmer's I TnUKS. I think that I shall never see A poem lovely as a tree. A tree whoso hungry mouth Is prest Against tho eArth's sweet flowing breast! A tree that looks at God all day Ami lifts her leafy arms to pray; A tree that may In summer wear a nest or robins in ner nnir; Upon whoso bosom snow has lain; Who Intimately lives with inln. Poems are made by folks like me. Hut only God can make a tree. Score One for Uz WE WISH wo had strolled on Olnoy avenuo (Just east of Wlstcr street) on Thursday instead of yesterday, because on Friday wo were asked If we thought this Coruscating Colonnado had mailo any dent at all upon tho community, nnd wo couldn't answer. But yesterday wo noticed that tho sign of "Doma Vltn, Prlvato Sanatorium," at whoso bum latlnlty wo snorted somo tlmo ngo, has been repainted nnd rclettercd: "Belflcld Sanatorium. Private." CONTEASTING METHODS We confesi we're soft. It tickles tii nl most to tears when wo find nny little eecil we have sown bcnrlng fruit. Imaglno our Joy, therefore, nlicn ho drew from our morning mall this nisurnnco that therp i nt least ono ncophjte toddling in our lyric foot-prints Vv'hcnoier It la nnnntlme. And half my work la through, I llkn to unlk li Mlrhell a ahop And boo what flow era are new. O. 11AII.ET. ossirai aimtMJ&M tff jf iU kSMjfesr.sa- rr -iriU' l TT-a.j i ' - EW You not wnnta mo tnlka to jou while I shaMn' sou. eh? Alia right I ain't otarta for shava you yet Pleais ' I joosta weevil to askn to you wan nucstlnn AVni you to da concert for da Iledda fro'" Italian at da Metrnnenpolltan Opera Houso Insta Monday night? No7 Wat. den I gona tal you w'als'a Imppen derc First ees.i com', yo'nga man for play piano "Uravo! bra vol' ces cry da crowd. Qtlecck ees com' from eennlde backside da Blnpe man weeth blgg.i bonch da rose, wheecli cesa tied weeth pink ribbon. Da jo'ng nrteest ho gnibba da bonch an go nnay Da ribbon ee-sa catch on som'tliecng nn' wan end ces pull fiom da bow. Hn! h.t! Ho I know- eet agon. Xc.' ees com' da tenor nn" ho seeng "Br.-no! bravo'" ces cry da crowd Queeck cei com' from eenslilD backside da Btage man with blgnn bonch da rose. Ha! cct cesa da panic. I so da ilb bon Da tenor he gr.ibb.i da bonch nn' go away. Kex' ces com' da soprano "Ilrals Rima!'1 ces cry da crowd Queeck eei com' from censlde backsldo dn stage da sniua man weeth sama bonch da roso. So, too, w'on ces com' da basso, eet ees da Fame; alia tlmo da same, but now alt da ribbons eos loose an' da llowers dey look ashamo'; dey blush Now w'nt I aska to you ees dees: Wat for dey peeck for Manager d.it flna conceit a man dat shave heemal? Lines (o a Wax Lady with a Gray Wis in a Hairdresser's Window -VTTHAT'S THIS? Gray hair seems out of yy place. Upon a faco so fair; O'er such smooth skin, so pink, bo white. And o'er those (lashing eyes so briRht, (With no faint hint of age, or trace) Demure and debonair. ' Those ees! What glassy languor there Peers blankly Into space. On whistling boy nnd hapless wight Who whines for coppers, whom tho blight Of a blurred mind makes unaware Of our quaint waxen grace. Go to! You're fooling me for spite; Come, luro me to the" chase, Your matcnlcss skin, without compate. But 111 becomes that wig you wear; I, pray thee don, tomorrow night, Another wig or face. A A. Sir I dislike to put a poison label on nny one's Jar of preterm es, but speaking of "the shortest poem in captivity," how about this one which I read several years ngo? It's title Is, "An Answer to Strickland W. Glllllan's Statement In Regard to Germs That Adam Had 'Em." The poem Is: ' "O! No." Curious. AND "O! No" is also our answer. This Jt. last Is a mean little parasite that manages to exist merely by fastening It self upon tho first. And, by tho way, wo didn't quoto Glllllan's classic quite cor rectly. It should have been: TH1J ANTIQUITY 01' MICROIIKS Adam Had 'em. THE Russian Cathedral Choir of New York city gave a recital In Welghtman Hall (University of Pennsylvania) last Saturday a week ago. I believe tho swim ming pool Is In tho samo building. How ever, the first thing I noticed on my way up the stairs to the concert was this sign: "Ear Stoppets and Life Savers for Sale." N. M. BAnTENDEIt wanta position; low wacs. knows the business, single, honest us the times will permit Classified ud. Fair opening for a saloonkeeper, with a cash register. The Immovable Loafer S' town avenue the other evening I saw a "corner Adonis" posing before tho win dow of a drug store. Just above his head a sign appropriately misspelled an nounced: STATIONARY Kute Kid Stuff BESSIE, who is ten, is the daughter of a dressmaker and often hears her mother talking with customers. Ono of these no ticed Besslo playing with a new com panion, a little crippled girl of the neigh borhood. "You've got a new little play mate, Bessie." "Yes'm," said Bessie, put ting her arm about the little girl's shoul der. "She's she's a 'second,' but I like her very much." MAY, Music Note When the very sweet young thing Asked the, baritone to sing, He replied, "Nay, nay!" Of course. That proved him a little hoarse. Will Lqu. Sir 'T'other day there was a little note 'on the sporting (excuse! sports) page of the E. If. thus: Other Sport on Pais 17 60 far as I could see, th only things on." page 11 were help wanted ads, and tha fcbltuary notices. Which wins I Ii. . ' -Ik tmtm&k&muw.ii&ii &.MM ,offntP" ... vnaffift- P0Hm w K ,: V'a, r f '", ill -W J.1 . i a . . Ml mM',,'r'J.W' uh, xrjti&rr 'i . r'- THE STORMY PETRELS OF EUROPE Germany, England and France Have Their Irrepressible Critics. The Strange Powers and Personalities of Harden and Shaw France's Miracle "y Qjr? HARDEN DURING tho Civil Wnr Abraham Lin coln had a little troublo with a man named Clement Laird Vnllandlgham. Vallandigham was so keen for tho Con federacy that a commission was in- structed to inquire into h 1 s loyalty. Found wanting, ho tvns sentenced to imprisonment, but Lincoln, with his customary sagacity and humor, deckled that Vallandigham should havo h I s dearest wish ful filled. Slnco ho sym pathized so strongly with tho Confeder acy ho should go thero Accordingly, ho was shipped acioss, and it is to be noted that ho didn't stay there. He went to Bermuda. Tho Vallandigham case ought to bo brought to tho attention of Kaiser Wll helm and Sir Edward Grey. Negotiating through Switzerland, for oxamplo, thoy might arrange a transfer or exchange of stormy petrels. Bernard Shaw would go to Germnny and Maximilian Harden would come to England or to America. The Two Critics These two men, Harden and Shaw, wero predestined to their ofiice of Pooh-Bahs and Thorns in tho Flesh. It is a peculiar thing that tho mordant critic of England Is an Irishman, and that tho barcastlc, straight-dealing analyst of Germany Is a Polish Jew. Yet each of them is devoted to his country, to the country ho attacks and hampers nnd Infuriates, with the pas sion and tho zeal of a convert. Shaw Is playwright, critic, novollst, wit. debater, writer of letters to the papers. Harden Is ono thing and one nlono, the editor of "Die Zukunft," most of which he writes himself. It Is a 48-page weekly, more feared In Germany than tho edicts of tho Kaiser and much better written. Both began their careers as critics, Shaw of music (under itho pseudonym "Corno dl Bassetto") and Harden as critic of books and plays. Shaw wo know well. At the outset he wrote "Common Sense About the War," which most everybody considered uncom mon sense about the war. They wanted to hang him for It and they had reason. On the faco of it Mr. Shaw accused Sir iCdward Grey ofpstarting the war, drove out of court the pleas of Belgium, in sisted that English militarists were a sight worse, because they wero hypo crites, than German Junkers; ridiculed every fine emotion and ideal for which England fancied she was fighting, Sev eral days later Mr. Shaw was defending Grey and attacking Arnold Bennett. Be fore a month was out ho was the best re cruiting agent in England. "We're in the warv" he said, with certain reservations about the propriety of that condition. "So, for goodness sake, let us be tn it well," In December, 1916, Mr Shaw was urging America to spend two billions for defense, and insisting that the Entente troops must enter Berlin with this deep under lying purpose: "In lighting the German army we are not fighting an infallible, porfect organization, but a romantic dream from which It Is necessary that the German peoples be awakened. We roust make up our minds that the war is going I Kroke outp yjeiaed tho pIa t 0uatlt nn till wa have shown the Germans that,KT,-v a thi i v, . ,. """"' they roust be content and confebs their coromon humanity." So much for -Shaw's swinging around the circle. At any givfen point lie Is irre- stijjle, Ypu cannot argue him down, symbol 0 all France, Sr - You must let him go as far as ho likes. Glvo him ropo enough to hang Groy and tho Kaiser and ho may end with hanging himself. They do not know what to make of him In England, for ho Is a strange man. He looks llko Mephlstopheles, wore a brown suit for ten years and refused to dress for tho thcatro, cats no meat, novor celebrated a birthday in his life (which makes Gilbert K. Chesterton righteously furious), Is happily married and an nounces that his recreation Is "anything except sport." Harden's Career Maximilian Harden has also turned many corners in this war. To understand tho montroslty of his being popular wo havo to go back to tho early years of tho century when, In 1907t Harden exposed tho "Round Table." Tho nature of tho exposures Is rather unsavory, but the fearlessness and tho faith of Harden are tremendously Inspiring. At the age of 33 ho had mot Bismarck, tho dropped pilot, who put Harden's hand on the wheel. The dead Bismarck inspired tho attacks on von Moltko and zu Eulenberg, and it was only after two trials that Harden was convicted and sentencod to a brief term in Jail. 'At first Harden surprised Germany apd the world by appearing in public and de livering Impassioned harangues In defense of Germany, attacking Ejigland, praising the commander of tho Emden, proclaim ing German glory to tho world. Then tho sniveling attitudo of somo publicists dis gusted him, Just as tho attitude of injured innocence among the British disgusted Shaw. To the Kaiser's "I did not will this," Harden retorted, "By Heaven, wo havo willed this. Lot us go on to glory." When the German press began to revile all Britishers Harden called a halt, Just as Shaw did when British publicists be gan to talk of "Huns" and barbarians. By tho beginning of this year Harden was back at tho starting point, pouring vitriol on enemy and neutral alike. In February ho wrote, "The United States must recon cile itbelf to the conviction that no fur ther hesitations will crlpplo our Bub marine war and no stars and stripes will protect a ship in tho war zone. We are not tired, not afraid and 19 months of war have not paled our resolution." Not 19. but 22. When the final series of communications began with Germany Harden wrote a. 48-page Issue of "Die Zukunft" under the single head, "If 1 Were Wilson." It contained a eulogy of the high prlnciplesj of the President; but more Important, it was a sulphuric attack on the submarine warfare of Germany, and several days later Harden confessed that Germany was beaten. "The sword has failed us," he cried. "Let us save what Is Jef t by our brains." So Harden, too, has completed a circle. His paper was pften suspended because ho told the truth about things, but it was always al lowed to reappear because there are ele ments In Germany who aro opposed to the mllltarlat and want the truth to be known. And Max Wltkowski (or Witow ski), known as Harden, is the one man who can tell It. Fearless, keen and kind. Intelligent and Informed, a poseur, rail of body and indomitable of spirit, he has been called the greatest European. He is willing to live up to it. France liad her stormy petrel, too. Jean To liroa odbi oelnninJ 4.. ueu.v., nuii ju as ine wnr la..,. Herve. Arid thU Is the miracle. Once a socialist and antlmllitarlst, Herve hailed me aoveni o a new spirit In France when he changed the name of hU paper from "The Social War" to "Victory." it U the .V,S, What Do You Know? Queries of oencral interest will to an swered In this column. Ten questions, tho ansiccrs to which every well-informed person should knoib, are asked dally. 3. QUIZ How lone In miles, la n decree of lati tude? Did nny mnn ever decline a presiden tial nomination after It was made? When win gna first used for lighting streets In the United States? 4. What was the alto of City Hnll used for before the present publlo bulldlnea were erected? 6. Wna tobacco over mnde leirnl tender In the United States? 0. What Is the highest mountain In America? 7. Who Is Charles Palmer? 8. What la meant by "a white elephant"? 0. Was gold discovered tn Alaska before or after the United States acquired It? 10. What rank do West Point cadets re ceive on graduation? Answers to Saturday's Quiz 1. The rattlesnake was n favorite emblem of deflance In the pre-Ilevnlutlonary period, and with the motto, "Don't Tread on Me," was Inscribed on the early Revolutionary flags. 3. The stars are suns, which are the cen tres of systems of planets. 3. United States possessions are ao dis tributed about the globo that "the sun never sets" on them. - 4. "Sopbomoro" mean "wise fool." B, The Mint stood on tho site of the Wldener llulldlng. 0. The ball Is the symbol of the material world and Is properly surmounted by the cross, symbol of the spiritual world. 7. "Shooting stars," or meteors: fragmenta of matter Ignited by passing through the earth's atmosphere, 8. Joseph Uonaparte, exiled King of Na ples, came here nnd later settled at Dordentown, N, J, D. The maulstick Is held In the artist's left hand against the edge of his can vas, and on It he restB and steadies his right hand. The southern boundary la atralght to the Delaware circle, but the northern Juts above the line In the north western orner of the State. 10, m& MARSAi3J COME TO AMERICA The Mystery of Mapoleon'a Mar Bhal, Who Taught School in Carolina After "Death" Copyright by J. w.in T PROTEST, before God anTL 1 try, against this sentenct Z, condemned me. I appeal ffift to posterity, to God!" to&, My bravo comrades', when I Pw hand upon my heart firel Bee thlt m ,, turnea to Ney.n ' m U-boats and F-boats Editor of "What Do You Know." Kindly give me Bomo information about the mean ing of U-boats and numbers. Also about F-4, which appears to be one of special In terest, my opinion is tnat a u or otherwise lettered bejat means one without any special name. A. M. LENOX. Letters of this kind aro used to describe types of vessels and It Is generally under stood that lm Europe, as In this country, they do not stand for any particular word. They are numbered as a rule according to the order In which they are built "American Railway Manufacturing Company" dor of "Want Do You Know" Kindly Inform me through your column If "The American Railway Manufacturing Com pany" Is still In existence, or If they merged with some other company? This company was of New York, an"d was Incorporated tn 1855. D. C. C. Poor's "Manual of Industrials" does not mention a company of that name, nor does Smythe's "Obsolete American Securities and Corporations," though both mention past and present companies with such names as "American Railway Supply Com pany,' There, But for tho Grace, Etc" Editor of "What Do You Know" Can you tell me wife It was, on watching a man being led to the gallows, said: "There, but for the grace of God, goes , ," mentioning his own namer N. S, WARE. The saying Is attributed to several great men. It. Is said that Goetjie remarked )t on an occasion when he saw a man being Ud to prlbbn. Dr. Samuel Johnson said it to a friend on a somewhat similar occasion. In one form or another, of course, the Idea was expressed many times before Johnson and Goethe were born. Solon Was an Athenian Editor of "What Do You Xuow"Jn the answer to the quls of May 16, you stated that "Solon was the law giver of Sparta." Barnes and Fisher's "Ancient Histories" state that Lycurgus was the lawgiver of SpaKa and that Soldn wsshe lawgiver of AthtAgL . .r4!9n E. O. SsSafflaafltJ "1 'ia?Baaaar5f Solon livertaec. take suro aim at my heart!" vi-no ooomed prisoner then ...u u.B m,uau, composed of 6n Vst.. of his own armies: ' vewan,j Raising his hand to hs bosom ha 1 gavo tho tcrrlblo bW-i. mu'.elh ragged, nervous crackllna of ,,. and Michael Ney, erstwhile Marshal l France. Duke of Elchlngen. $ ! mosKva, uroppca upon tho ground t Si faco turned slightly to ono skla "A Tho dust beneath him became crlm. 3 with his life blood. The oM., 2J 1 away. And then a squad appeared X I a Utter, on which tho corpse was bZ J to an ndjacont hosnltat. iw .A. .Wl In a loadon coflln encased within a caT.. u. ai, i,ariy next morning It was bot to tho cemetery nnd burled. Such la hlstnrv'n n.m., .. .. ' llM-n'a rnr.ln r,,1t.. . . " VS ow v.,ui,ib, xiia crirrift ya i... d loyalty to hla old commander, NbmIm,. . Plnpr.d nt tt, i,,i ,. ... "'.'Nap?Ia.',!a - ... ... ,,v, ut UIl nrirjy ..i . LoulsvxVIII to capture the fugitive from' Elba, Ney had fallen upon hb ,ul T foro his former Emperor and brought lZ . vlr.tn.-fr,.,,, tt T..l m... . "u'"1im i. , w..uo ,.,i iuna. .men naa come tha surrender to tho Allies, Napoleon's nn! to St. Helena, Ncy's own flight, hla can. turo in a friend's castle, his trial and con! demnatton, his execution on December E " 1815 Tho day following tho marshal's fa. neral Philip Potrlc, a sailor, while holy, stoning tho deck of a vessel bound from Bordeaux to Charleston, S. C. glanced up, and, recognizing a ruddy-faced Individual saluted respectfully. "Who do you think I amV' asked thrf passenger. "My old commandor, Marshal said Petrle, very positively. "Marshal Ney was oxocuted two dv ago in Paris," replied tho stranger, with', a scowi, ana uuring mo remainder of the voyago he remained in hiding in his cabin. A fow weeks lator several-French to. migrants, meeting a familiar figure opott tho streets of Georgetown, S. C, cried out? "M6n Dieu, lo Marcchal Ney!" whereupon tho personage thus addressed vanished, llko breath into tho wind. It was about this tlmo that a mysterl. ous stranger, calling himself Peter Ney, appeared at Cheraw, S. C, and there en gaged himself to teach tho school at Brownsville, nearby. Glancing at a news paper ono morning In tho schoolroom h fell In a swoon nnd school had to bo dis missed. That night ho was observed id bo burning documents, decoratloni and 'l badges. Next morning ho was found in bed with his throat cut, tho blade of his pocket knlfo being broken off in th wound, which, thanks to good nursing, healed. Tho newspaper which caused he fainting fit contained news of Napoleon's death. Later, when shown a paper,?'" nounclng the death of Napoleon's joa, tho schoolmaster suffered another pwoi. ysm and proceeded to burn more rninu scripts. Ono morning while at Stalesvllle, B. C, John Snyder and Frederick Barr, veter ans of the Napoleonic wars, recognized tho schoolmaster as the Field Marshal of France. Snyder went so far to accost Peter Ney and received only, black looks for his pains. Tho schoolmaster, while on his death bed In tho early winter of 1846, was pressed by the physician to clear up tho mystery of his identity. "I am Marshal Ney, of France," the Frenchman gasped with almost his dying breath. And after his funeral one of his Intimate friends, Mrs. Mary C. Dalton, of Iredell County, N. C, revealed what , sho claimed to havo been a confession made to her by Peter Ney shortly before his, death. According to this story, the teacher was tho great Marshal of France! Wellington had interceded and saved his life. Tho firing squad hnd been Instructed to fire over his held, but not until h should give the signal by pressing hl hand to his -heart, by which action be burst a bag of red fluid secreted beneath his shirt. To further these deceptions, trusted men from his own army were se lected to fill tho firing squad. At the hos pital, whither he had been brought upon a litter, he was that night disguised in ill fitting clothes and started on his way to -Bordeaux. Thero, posing as a servant carrying a valise, lie embarked for Charleston. , History proves that Marshal Ney" trial and Its preliminaries wero conducted by secret methods. Members of the As sembly who voted for his execution old so with the understanding from the KlnS that the death sentence was to be com muted to life exile. , Wishing to satisfy himself as to m mystery clinging to the Ney case, LfiuU Napoleon, after coming to the throne, or dered the marshal's grave opened. When searched the Inner coffin contained not a bone, not one rello of a human corpse. Carolinians, who knew Schoolmaster Ney, when Bhown portraits of the great Marshal of France, pronounced the IJKe ness as precisely like that of their friend. Both the teacher and the marshal werf ..,.., nt f,,. Each Blent but five hours a night; each was a good fencer a less horseman, a skilled mathematician and a clever performer upon the flute. But If Marshal Ney did escape to Amer lea. why did he n6t return to hta beloved France after amnesty had been granted to all political exiles? NATIONAL P0RW OP VIEW Rochester Herald. Blnghamton PfW-' Mr. Bryan will probably wgJ the Aero Club of Amertcwiuch WJJ, iSI to turolsh e air if the dw" iS. the olane. sail " "-- CJ.I1, A M gs-j..g
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