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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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 " "--
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