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Word I are the daughter of earth
and thing ore the ton of heaven.
Samuel Johnson.
Tho Parkway claims arc soon to bo
paid. Ah, yosl But where Is tho Parkway?
James J. Hill was not eligible td tho
Presidency, but ho did moro for tho North
Trest than any President has ever done.
' '-Tho Iowa delegates aro said to
think that Roosevelt is trying to "hog"
things. VWho could havo given tho secret
away?
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If tho nation had been prepared be
fore Its past wars there would havo been
fewer graves of mon killed In battle to
be decorated today.
Tho chief assets of tho Vares seem
to bo a Govornor, an Attorney General,
tho Mayor and tho police. What they
need now Is somo statesmanship.
Commencement season Is upon us.
Tho graduates preparing to sottle the
." world war havo only ono thing against
. them. That is tho success of those who
i tried it a year ago.
To let tho world know what their
sentiments are, tho advertising men are
planning a great water pageant for their
convention. And the water will not bb
diluted with a stick either.
Somehow Mr. Taft falls to appeal to
the imagination in tho role of convention
otterrYet, by all logic, If the Republi
cans nominate Mr. Roosevelt. Mr. Taft
Will havo to And a now party for himself.
Justice Hughes would at least be
able to meet Carranza on equal terms. As
.the two foremost spurrier's of tho razor
they would havo enough In common to
sart a conversation without dragging in
tho weather.
If Mr. Ford continues to send peace
parties to Burope, ono of them will get
there at about tho time the belligerents
are ready to stop fighting. Then he can
claim credit for'gcttlng the boys out of
the trenches.
Movie men declare that their proflti
are not so great as generally supposed.
But when wo know that some of them
have risen from clerks to multimillion
aires we cannot bo persuaded that there
18 no Tnonoy in the business.
Representative Parr seems to havo
common sense. He told Congress that it
would be more economical to spend $500,
000,000 for warships to prevent war than
to have four weeks of war costing
125,000,000 a day. This is the right way to
talk.
A Socialist has at lost been ap
pointed to an imperial office. Judging by
the activities of Briand and other French
Socialists the reason must have been that
Germany needed a dictator more than
anything; else. A Socialist in office is
usually a tyrant over there.
It Is not disgraceful that Philadel
phia will spend only 36500 for a Fourth
( of July celebration. On far less than that.
If the heart be in it, a fitting memorial
service could be held. But it is a little
"unfortunate that the city should be eo
Impoverished that $6500 is the maximum
It can actually afford to spend.
Ships of twenty nations were in the
port of Philadelphia last week. The
Director of the Pott announces that so
crowded are the docks that no new busi
ness can bo taken on. The pending suit
against the enlargement of the piers is
based on he assertion that it will Le 25
.years before new facilities are needed. A
splendid indifference to the fact is the
surest elgn of genius and of madness.
The Balkans cropped up again yes
terday and by some trick ot fate there
was ? lull at Verdun, so duo prominence
was given.their re-emergence. The situ
ation has nothing new in it. At Galon lea
the Allies are strongly intrenphed, but
!the German influence etill dominate h
lJrectlng power of dreece, which has been
"- premised beautiful things if it stnvs nen.
gw tnt The Bulgarian flag has been raised
in Maradnntii. htwI If iht rnntrai Pmni.
meditate a triple-drive Greece will be the
scene of one. A tragic feature of the
event la the appearance of Serbia, literally
al there la of the country and its spirit.
-a JflO.OOQ men, ready to return to battle.
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, The. Literary Digest has taken
' Vf-w vote of some 3000 Republicanlegia.
, Him asa the results, are nearly 3 to 1 on
. ,Jfyl6t against Roosevelt and 7 to 1 on
JftemtAa asralnst Root. A Etrontr wind la
Eptff' tr tM4u luuetH m vucuivi u mpiujy
, Ot KajmbUc&n party will Cnd Itself
: tUfr ! BCUtMt SJBMft HT KTO.
m JiUrtM Wifim
remain on the trench white a candidate
for the Presidency, The defeated Demo
crats would thon still have a session t
Congress during which they would un
questionably sanction president Wilson's
choice for tbe Vacancy, and if th9 Bran
dels appointmentstlll is Unconfirmed would
sanction that as Well. President Wilson
would thus havo three appointments to
the bench, and the interpretation ot law
would be strongly tinged by His views arid
those) qt Ills party. It is common opinion
that the Supreme Court is not political,
but tho political courso of tho countrj
has frequently been altered by Us de
cisions, and tho Republican party lead
ers, who are not all too keen, for Justice
Hughes, may well point to tho danger of
his candidacy. Win or lose, his sent on
the bench would bo vacated, to be taken
by a hostile, possibly dangerous, thinker.
WE SHALL MAINTAIN WHAT
THEY DIED FOR
The most precious possession of the
human family Is the Amerlcnn form of
Borernment. It must ho perpetuated
by ailequnte preparedness for Its pro
tection. TO THOSH who have passed In glory
or in suffering In tho caravans of the
dead, wo pay this day our yearly tribute
of pralso and gratitude and loyalty.
Innumerable heroes, shrouded In pro
digious deeds, havo sunk into tho boson
of their eternal riothcr. This nation has
.had its share ft them, bravo nun who
laughed at depth and went tloun smiling.
Tho bones At somo ol them wo havo
gathered Irtto our churchyards and others
lie, unknown and unmarked, In strnngo
fields tioyond our ken. But not ono of all
the multitude, who bled that this nation
might be born and bore great agony that
It might survive has died in vain. Some,
truly, wcro plunged Into tho abvss need
lessly, but all together, In ono con
glomerate sacrlflcu, established tho in
stitutions under which wo llvo, gavo
form to the principles which we cm
braco and nurtured Into matuiity, with
their blood, tho ideals and tho visions
which now inspire and anlmato this
nation.
Wo should Indeed bo unworthy of the
splendid heritage, which they have left
us did we not consecrate ourselves also
to tho great purposes which, they loved
and the perpetuation of the principles for
which they fought. It Is a slmplo thing
to lay with reverent hands flowers upon
their graves. It Is not a slmplo thing
to follow In the paths they maiked. Tho
Integrity of democratic Institutions and
themalntenanco without dishonor of our
national prestige constitute the goal of
our endeavor. We can bo worse than
traitors to humanity If by mere slmplo
ness of thought wo Jeopardize tho heritage
which has como to bo at once tho refugo
and tho hope of the oppressed. For there
has been bullded on this continent a
structure of government which Is of moro
moment to tho happiness and peaco of
the human family than all the material
Inventions of man put together.
The world's great failure has been gov
ernment. Not until this great nation
burst into bloom was there anything In
any practical phase of government ex
cept tyranny or oppression of ono sort
or another. But hero there 'has been
raised up a government of freedom, in
the elements of which each man- Is but
a man and none by birth or accident
towers above another. This fabric of lib
erty, which has reacted on men's minds
to produce Bells and Edlsons, is the most
precious possession of tho human raco
today, to bo safeguarded above all other
possessions and kept untainted.
it does not dovetail with human ex
perience to bellove that wo can protect
our form of government or the prosper
ity and greatness which t has induced
without sane, sensible and adequate prep
aration against possible adversaries. So
long as other peoples rely on tho force
of gunpowder to wprk their will, be It
Just or unjust, so long must we be ready,
If necessity arise, to heed the call of tho
tocsin, not In the manner of an untrained
mob, but fully armed and disciplined,
amply provisioned with tho munitions
and Implements of war. That Is tho duty
the graves In the cemeteries teach. We
are not worthy of our heritage unless
we are Btrong enough to protect it. Wo
are, indeed, only trustees for posterity,
with a life Interest In the civilization wo
havo Inherited and charged with tho sol
emn duty of passing tho property on,
unimpaired and even Improved, to those
who come after us. That is what the
men who died for their country did. That
is tho view they held. Wto cannot es
cape the duty which has been thrust
upon us, and It is a duty which wo must
not seek to evade.
We have dawdled and wasted tlmo. We
have sought to fool ourselves Into be
lieving that we are not as other nations
are; that all governments are mortal ex
cept our own. Let us have done with
such childishness and face a real world
with a realization of its realities. Let us
see to it that the institutions v hich have
been handed down to us by the mon who
died in their defense shall be protected
mightily and forever ngalnst all foes, no
matter at what cost.
This day, this year, spells preparedness
lUeif
It la
niLL, EMPIRE-BUILDER
WITH tho passing of James J. Hill the
same factors in his greatness will be
reviewed as were noted when he emerged
triumphant over his rivals, tlmo after
time, in the development ot success. He
was born "like the rest," and the occa
sions for self-improvement weie not more
than come to millions of others. His sim
plicity and his devotion to the task, what
ever It was, his energy and the variety
ot his Interests, hardly distinguish him
from many other famous men. In his
will and in his vision lay tho germs of
his greatness, and of the two, the latter
la the more rare and the more precious.
He not only saw, he foresaw. The West
was the world for him and he was per
suaded of the limitless possibilities of
human endeavor. To say that he built an
empire, and to restrict that name to the
mere district he developed, would be mis
leading, regardless of the importance of
the work. It be built an empire he Joined
it to a republic. He enriched the country;
b.ut, far more than . that, he completed
through his own initiative and efforts the
tjoasolldatlon of East and West which had
been undertaken by the Government. 'His
prevision was not merely of the wealth
of the West, but of the physical unity
pf the jEast and West, asr of North and
South, upon which the spiritual unity of
fe fBttJiUx satfctt dpe&dL
Tom Daly's Column
itYBELF I DECOR ATS
Mvaetf I decorate. '
With the fortitude ,
Borne in the uAnter af'VaVcv Forgo!
With the desperate courage
Of those that fought and died
At Gettysburg; 7
With the patient love of Lincoln;
With the rccklest braver) of them that
marched
With flhcrman to the sea;
Wtth the righteous anger of the Xorth;
With the splendid tradition of the South;
And the undutng faith
Of Osauatomic Brown;
1 decorate inpsclf.
And the wreath that 1 lav
On a natnclcss soldier's grave
Is poor payment, indeed,
Vor his crown of thorns
And my hcittagc of liberty.
WILL LOV.
Hence the Name
Tho mate- stood on the empty deck
Whence all but him had fled;
He made oration without end
About tho navy's dentl.
And ei the crew that day ogrecd
That thirtieth of May
Hereafter should bo known by them
As Deck-onllon Day.
lllm. Mrs
standing.
O. L.
Jcmaris lo the contrarr notwlth-
RDVVILLD
(Stay 30, J916)
Arrows the yiorntnp sift cr voices call
And, tilth the bugles, apparitions rtio
Obedient to their reveille in the skies
.1? though they shaird our solemn fes
tival. Tor he who wakes is one with him. that
streps, '
While memory doth her dominion hold,
And man may age, but love docs not grow
old
While heart wHth comrade heart com
munion keeps.
The drums arc beating as the pulse onco
beat,
The flags fly note, as radiantly they flew
With "Stonewall," or with Sherman to
the sea.
What need of words, where men and
brothers meet
And clasp liandt on great captains that
they knew,
For ichom the rose? bloom immortally?
rULLERTON L. WALDO.
The Vcternn at Parade Rest
""V7"ES, SIR; the rear guard Is mustering
JL smaller. Tho work Is nlmoat done.
We have taught that It Isn't the flag,
It's what flying it means The threads cling
together, nml they don't fear any storm
Wo said It in '65, that a whole flag Is bet
ter than a torn one, anil that a great flag
Is better than two smaller ones And tho
two of us that fought have worked together,
making a larger place, far larger and far
better than If we had worked separate.
And we havo brought In. others from over
tho sens to help, only theie have had to
bo taught what tho flag means, and what
flying ,lt means. That has been tho work
of the renr guard. The flag must stay nloft,
and It must mean In 1916 what It meant
to Lincoln In '65. Soon wo'll take tho last
watch, soon we'll cross over tho ford, nnd
soon we'll trudgo on, weary but willing,
past tho bend on tho farther road, on our
way to tho homecoming. But when we
move on, the work Bhall bo complete. Tho
flag will be kept flying, nnd what It means
shnll be clear as clear as Its meaning was
to Lincoln. The flag of 1865 shall be tho
flag of 1965, God willing."
TN
X Ti
March of the Veterans
'61 they started out
To put tho rebel hordes to rout,
A beardless lot. uncouth, untrained;
But many a face with tears was stained,
When, Joyously with eager feet,
Tho men In blue went marching
Marching, marching,
Tho mon In bluo went marching
Down tho village street.
Tho streets aro lined with crowds today
And flowers are scattered all the way
For the veterans who come marching past;
Tho' now their rank3 are thinning fast,
And Death has blown a last retreat
For many who came marching,
Marching, marching,
For many who came marching
Down tho village street.
Now fifty years havo passed, and still
rifty years may work their will,
But should tho moment ever come
When, terror-stricken, tee ore dumb
Then they who never knew defeat
Will, double-quick, come marching,
Marching, marching.
The veterans will come marching
Down the village street.
CASA WAPPY.
Bare yer skull, ye roughneck coot,
Swing yer lid an' root an' root
Ker th' guys that worked the big time In
the days o' 81,
When they answered ol" Abe's call
An' gave the Rebs a nasty fall
In a rough an' tumble muss, Bo, that cert'ny
was a lion.
Make a noise, let out a yell,
Raise seven kinds o' well.
Look Ilka yer glad to see the ol' boys
p'radln' by,
Fer they're the guys that went to bat
An' pinned the Johnnies to the mat
In the days when "On to Richmond'' was
the rallyln' battle cry, Heinle.
Dear Tom Please aend American Beauty rosea
to "Agate ln Jiair." Day Side.
MEMORIAL DAY!
To Just a few,
Awakes anew the memory
Of blood-bespattered fields.
Victims, begging in the name of God, for
water, ,
Widows, orphans, anguleh like the very
depths of hell.
To the rest of us passing millions
The waving of a flag, a patriotic song,
And more than all a holiday!
And this is what buf fifty years can dol
F. DeS. T.
Some more signs over an uptown pic
ture house; N
DECORATION DAY SPECIAL
THE POWDER WORKERS IN
SIX PARTS
Connolly.
BUINO TUB LAD BIGHT IN, MA'AM!
Sir Can't ou And room lo your column,
wbo U parade on. Tuesday, for aur Jehjj
Jecepbt ll w torn, en pcrtln pay. chris
tened off Vls Day and too hist first xld co'.tt
jVuxtb. , ?ulr. . jonuk
"THE PAST, AT LEAST, IS SECURE!"
OUR CONTRIBUTING EDITORS
Praise for the Work of the Girls' High School How the Blind
Are Helped at Home Roosevelt Admirers Attack
Hughes Other Current Matters
Tils Department f ren to all rtatters icho
wish to express their opinions on snWeets ol
current Interest, It is an open fomm. and the
Kvenina Ledger nssHturs no responsibility for the
ileus o Its rorrrspomlntfs.
EDUCATION OF GIRLS
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir I have no personal Interest In tho
discussion nrlslng from a letter In your cor
respondence columns regarding tho obsolete
ness of tho Philadelphia High School for
Girls, because I am neither an alumnn of
that school nor a member of Its faculty, but
I sincerely bellqve In tho exposure of un
truths While I am sure the school docs
not wish or need defense, I cannot let the
opportunity pass of protesting against state
ments that aro ns absurd as they aro un
true. Tho college I attended had among Its
students many graduates of the above
Bchool who formed, likewise, a large group
In the college with which I was later con
nected In n business position. I unhesitat
ingly speak for both of those colleges when
I testify to the trained and quick Intelli
gence which won for those girls not only
ncademlc honors but elective positions of
responsibility ns clnss and student govern
ment ofllcers. Tho modesty with which they
carried and contlnuo to carry this dis
tinction would seem to refute tho back-patting
hnblt emphasized by your qorre
spondent. I recall, too, what was brought to my at
tention quite Incidentally last December, by
a business associate, that of the emergency
forco employed in ono store during tho holi
day rush (some department stores employed
high school undergraduates at that tlmo),
tho honor of being tho first one to do her
work faultlessly fell to a graduate of tho
17th Street School She hnd had no techni
cal business training, of courso, If this be
the result of unenlightened methods I advo
cate their moro general adoption.
Moreover, are not tho vast majority of tho
teachers In the primary and grammar
schools of tho Philadelphia system grad
uates of the high school under discussion?
If for four Impressionable years they have
been tho victims of antiquated Instruction,
how can they. In turn, sand out f,rom their
classrooms pupils capable of assimilating,
wtth BUCh signal success, the very progres
sive and up-to-date Instruction of the high
Bchools other than that at 17th and Spring
Garden? Or is it that the Normal School,
In two years. ' completely, counteracts the
baleful Influence of the four that precede?
May I add that my knowledge of tho
graduates of the High School for Girls falls
ery well within the 20 years described by
your correspondent as tho period of the
school's decadence.
M. R. RAVENCL
Philadelphia, May 26.
HOME TEACHING FOR THE BLIND
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
glrTThe Board of Managers of the Penn
sylvania Honv Toachlng Society and Free
Circulating Library for tbe Blind desires to
express Its hearty thanks for the publicity
given In your columns to the discussions at
the recent conference of home teachers held
at overbrook. ,,,.,
This society employs 10 blind or par
tially blind teachers to visit and teach the
adult blind of Pennsylvania In their own
homes to read the Moon type, which Is most
suitable to those who become blind In adult
life as It Is founded on the Roman letter
and has but few abbreviations. A dotted
type Is also taught to any pupil able to
e!The number of "Moon" type books loaned
by our society laBt year was 18.928. They
are Bent to readers In all parts of the United
States. No charge of any kind is made to
blind pupils or readers.
ISABEL W. KENNEDY, Secretary,
Philadelphia, May 29.
WHO FAVORS HUGHES?
To the Editor of Evening Ledger;
Btr is Hughes a Protestant, Catholic or
a Jew? I am fairly well posted about
things that are, but Hughes is a problem
beyond me. You know you can't count on
a name for one's religion. Is he a Progres
siva or a Republican? Is he the man who
had charge of the Infamous Insurance scan
dal and how many prominent directors did
he send to Jail? I wish to be fair to all
nrospectlves, and If Hughes has ever done
any real good for the working clans I would
be obliged for tbe Information.
You know. blng a Justice doesn't count
to his credit. Mr Taft was a Justice. Jus
tices make poor Presidents as a rule.
However, we won't hold that against him
If he can show how he can alleviate the
hardships of tbe oppressed. They used to
call Mr Taft "Injunction Bill" Does Mr
Hughes believe in tbe injunction? I admit
that Mr Hughes Is so far above the people
that he cannot descend to answer questions,
yt do you thlak It V wise thing tor toe
Republican party to nomlnntc a man who
Ir so llttlo known? Who recommends
Hughes? Is It Root or Morgan, Rockefeller,
or who Is It? Roosevelt recommends him
self, and wo who are oppressed are satis
fled with tho recommendation. Tho Old
Guard Republicans, Penrose, Barnes and
company, recommend Hughes. Aro the peo
plo crying for Hughes? Have tho labor
unions demanded Hughes? Candidly and
honestly now, who Is It that wnnts Hughes?
Tho American people are not going to play
politics this year. Wo nro going to play
Americanism. We can't afford to play
politics In this crisis. I would llko these
questions nnswored, and thank you In nd
vnnco for tho favor.
Dk , , , , ROBERT B. NIXON. Jr.
Philadelphia, May 29.
A GOOD WORD FOR GERMANY
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir H. L. Dubois Is a great Joker. Ger
many has never hypnotized her own people
with deception, ns he states It. Sho has
from the very start laid her case before the
rorum of her own people without hesita
tion So every German soldier knew exactly
what he was fighting for when ho entered
!.V-e .?el'!' flB"tlns for the existence of his
Fatherland." This conviction has been
Germany s greatest strength, not tho big
guns; tho living human wall not only re
sisted tho onslaught from east nnd west,
but carried the war far Into the territory
of her enemies by a series of victories
unparalleled In tho history of any country.
The Allies entered this war to fight Prus
sian militarism. In reality each of them
had a Bpeclal Issue. Franca to recover the
lost provinces and lost prestige, England to
wipe out tho German commerce and Russia
to dominate the Balkans and Asia Minor.
The world has never witnessed such a
downfall of ambitions.
Ho Is suspicious of England? Right you
are! If It serves England's Interest to
morrow she will Insist upon making peace
and eventually desert her allies. Dut, of
courso, there is Russia, he argues. Franco's
hope. Rut there Is no more hope for
Franco. With her 18-year-old boys In the
field she Is unable to hold back the Ger
mans at Verdun. How can sho ever start
a successful offensive with her infants?
Sho Is Indeed the worst beaten nation In
this war and In another generation or two
from now she will be reduced to the role
of Spain In population as well as In pres
tige. By that time the French will prob
ably know why Jaures was murdered.
GEORGE DORNAUER.
Philadelphia, May 29.
HE LIKES GOLF NEWS
To the Editor of Evening Ledger;
Sir In today's Evenino Lcoobr the
writer read with much disgust the article
"who Cares for aolf7" signed by "J, S.
W." As to the piece of bone on the golf
club, except the driver, the writer can
not imagine where he ever got that idea.
The writer and numerous other members
of my club read your golf news dally and
receive much enjoyment therefrom, so I
hope you will not pay any attention to such
a letter as- that from "J, S. W."
F. T Jr.
Haverford, Pa, May 27.
What Do You Know?
Queries of general interest will be an
swered in this column. Ten questions, the
answers to which every well-informed
person should know, are asked dally.
the
10.
QUIZ
Who were chiefly Interested In
Northern Securities Company?
What l n libretto?
For what purpose raa tho Mason and
Dixon line originally defined?
'Who nns Mayor of Philadelphia 10
years ngo?
What Is the nronliecr of St. Malachy?
What da the British call a frelchO
trnln?
About how old Is Justice Charles K.
IIurhesT
Aro there nny States In which murder
Is not punished by death?
What Is the difference In time between
' St. Paul nnd Philadelphia?
How many otea are required to nomi
nate a presidential candldute In the
Republican contention?
a.
0.
10.
A MILE WITH ME
Oh, who will walk a-mlle with me
Along life's merry way?
A comrade blithe and full of glee
Who dares to laugh out loud and free,
And let his frolic fancy play,
Like a happy child, through the flowers gay
Where he walks a milewlth me.
And who wll walk a mile with me
Along life's weary way?
A friend whose heart has eyes to sea
The stars chine out o'er the darkening lea
Arid the quiet rest at the end of the day '
A friend who knows and dares to say,
The grave sweet words that cheer the way
Where he walks a mile with me.
With suchi a comrade, such a friend,
I fain would walk till Journey's end,
Through summer sunshine, winter rain
And then? Farewell, we shall meet again l
Henry van Dyke.
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
What tbe "peace-at-any-prlce" advocates
really desire Is pce at no expense. Life.
The prevailing style of shells at this year's
Armageddon is far leas noisy than that of
four yearn ago. Cincinnati Times-star-
European hotel proprietors optimistically
figure that the entire cost of the war will
ha paid promptly as soon as tha regular an
nual Atnrlcan tourist siason opas. Bos
ton JfraJteripL
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
Aaron Ilurr was tied with Jefferson In
the tote for President. He became
Vice President and later was tried
for treason.
Das relief Is sculpture In which the
projection of the figures from the
surface Is slight.
A fifteenth century Karl of Warwick
was known as the King-maker, be
cause of Ills great power.
A sybarite Is one cUen to excessive
luxury and aelf-lndulgence.
The llluo Mountains are about 00 miles
from Philadelphia, cutting across
the State from Delaware Water Gap
to a point at about the middle of Its
southern boundary.
Eighty per cent, rfllclency means 80
per cent, of the power applied Is
realised In results.
Seventeen amendments. The last two
refer to direct election of Senators
and the Income tax.
Hllnlro Belloo is an English author.
John Milton wrote "Paradise Lost."
North, north by east, north-northeast,
norineast oy norm, northeast, north
east by east, east northeast, east by
north, east.
Coal Briquets
Editor oj "What Do You Know" Can
you tell me whether the production of coal
briquets In the United States Is increasing?
SHAMOKIN.
In 1912 the production amounted to
220,054 tons; In 1913 It fell to 181,859 tons,
but rose In 1911, the last year for which
complete statistics are available, to 250,635
tons.
Production of Blturninous Coal
Editor of "What Do You Know" I as
serted that Pennsylvania produced more
anthracite than any other State but was
far from the first In the production of
bituminous coal, but my statement was
disputed. Am I not right?
central man.
You are wrong. Pennsylvania produced
157,107,618 tons of bituminous coal In 1915,
West Virginia, the next greatest producer,
mined only 74,000,000 tons. The total pro
ductlon of bituminous In the United States
was 131,711,922 tons. .
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Capacity of Freight Cars;
Editor of "What Do You Know" What
Is the greatest capacity of freight cars In
use on American railroads? STUDENT,
The Pennsylvania Railroad has built a
great many cars capable of carrying 70
tons, but these are exceeded by the 90-ton
cars of the Norfolk and Western Railroad,
Poison in Canned Goods
Editor of "What Do You Know" l have
been told that It Is unsafe to leave canned
goods In the cans after opening, as a pecu
liar and dangerous poison is generated.
Is this sq? HOUSEWIFE.
The National Cannera' Association says
that it is not so, but the sickness that
arises occasionally from eating canned
goods that have been left In the can after
opening arises from the decny of the food
itself and is not caused by the tin. Fish
especially spoils yery quickly when exposed
to the air. Careful housewives, however,
always empty a can as soon as it is opened
and never use canned fish 21 hours after
removal from the can, unless it was heated
when the can was first opened.
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Widw'B Rights In Pennsylvania
Editor of "What Do You Know" What
share of her deceased husband's estate Is
a widow entitled to In this State If he dies
without tnaklay a wiUT K.M.
Tna widow is entitled by Pennsylvania
law to the entire perma.! tta un to
isogg m4 ,to oe-WU ms$. h nmm ot
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HEROES AdLTCHiP
IN CITTOHEA
Graves of IWotti .. j . I
Only a Step From ,, .!W
StreetA Toast That Be.
came an Epitaph
N, , ,T ,n adelphla do ttiikS
XN tie and bang ot the attteu bail. V$3
ancient traditional Mi"?,u..,)e,l !
Old Ph ladelphla as In the hea t IT &
Philadelphia Itself. But tlf
about 2d and 3d and Market Tnd ? '
nut streets Is blessed as u.. .Ch.M'
tho city Is with oases of peace T
matlc and extreme as the damor oi t
thoroughfares. Ono can slln m.t 1, i
turmoil into Chrlnt ri,,oi. -. . "
Instant drop tho century and aViatt (
which has produced the Jumble if faJA
u uuuuuD. in me cool hush of the lu. "
empty, church tho meaning of the Y,u .'
nag at me chancel within a strids of tW.
spot where Washington worshiped g
and throbs in tho eeml-darkness as ln w
cathedral, after tho eyes have forgotten
tho garish outer sunlight, a stalncd'slu.
Window that was at first a meanlnglfa, ;
mass begins to bloom with hidden
glories. ' a
,Tho change is not so sharp on entering
the graveyards of tho section, for around '
them tho rumble of drays and cars Is an
encompassing storm, growling nnd threat,
onlng as If it intended to drive the dead
from their insccuro resting place. But'
in at least two cases tho fretful current,
of present-day oxlstonco will have a hard
tlmo uprooting, though they find It easy
to forget, tho dead.
Tho Grave of Decatur
Ono expocts to find peace In a grave
yard, but will not find it If ho takes his
Imagination along. ' For he Is Inclined to
think that ovory ono burled there Is old, '
But not so. Many of them went to their
rest in their prime In Old kt. Peter's
"quiet graveyard lanes tho grave of Deca
tur Is peculiarly disturbing. The cluster
of llttlo flags at tho baso of tho tall shaft
flutters In tho vlnd today1 as unrestfully
as If thoy felt tho urge of the adven
turous spirit they honor, and above, ths'
eagle at tho top of tho shaft, with out
anrnnrl Yvlntra ennmt, v.nn.1,, ,- ... , .
t... aw, hvwh. wj w bhuujj aooui VI
scrcamlng( a vigorous American, answer
n mo toast upon tne pillar.
For on tho tomb of the young Deca
tur tho was only 41 years old when a
duelist's bullet laid him low) there U the
featuro, unusual for tombstones, 'of a
toast to which the wlno glasses were
onco emptied with a vim such as few
toasts havo over called forth. "Our
country, right or wrong!" cried Decatur,
nnd It ,1s his epitaph. On tho other elds
of the monument his name Is described
as "brilliant from a series of heroic deedj i
on tho coast of Barbary." To one who
recalls anything, of those herolo deeds
that gravo can never bo a place for rest
ful revery. It was In 1804 that It was
determined by tho American admiral that ,
some one should be bravo enough to de
stroy a vossql which tho enemy had cap- (
tured, tho Philadelphia. It was held ln
tho harbor of Tripoli. ' "
There was a call for volunteers, and
Decatur, a lieutenant, 26 years old, too
his men In boats on a dark night Into the
harbor. Ono hundred and forty-one gum
roared from evory side of tho harbor,
trained on tho few little boats of Deca
tur's men. But ho kept his men 't,o
the work nnd thoy fired the Philadelphia,
which was soon a pillar of flame shooting
high Into tho tropic night while the guns
spoke on, Thon he brought his crews out
of tho harbor ngain In safety.
Barry's Resting Place
So wide had tho fame of Decatur's
memorable toast, "Our country, right or
wrong," spread about that If he had said
or done nothing else that alone would
have brought him fame. Into the grave
yard one bitter March day In 1820tHey
carried trjo hero of sea fights. A certain
officer, Barron, had gained the Impres
sion that Decatur had Insulted htm.
They met In a Maryland woods arid De
catur foil. He died shortly afterwards
and his body was brought to this city for
burial. An Immense crowd thronged t
pay him honor and the city was In mourn
ing. 1
Around the corner from Decatur's
grave is that of another hero, the great
Barry, whose grave In St. Mary's
Cathollo Church yard is also marked by
flags today. On the stone !s cut the great
title, "Father ot tho American Navy."
There, too. the spirit of life surges strong
despite tho tombs. In Independence ;
Square mands his statue, withWhe dnv
niatlo arm extended, and the hand seems
to quiver with an intensity of fervor la
the vision to which it points' eternally.
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A HORSE CAN BE A HEI10,
General Meade's Old Baldy Was
Wounded In Many Campaigns
The head of one of the most famous
'horses In history hangs, mounted a
a shield, In the headquarters of Oeorga U
Meade Post In this city. It is thaj.
Old Baldy, General Meade's mount IcTtM
operations' ot the Armies of th, Potomao
and Virginia. The horse was raised in
the West and was brought East by Colowl
B. D. Baker, of Oregon, who was Wiled
at Ball's Bluff on October 21. ?! G!
eral Meade bought him in Washington for
1150. The horse was wounded In the no"
by a piece of shell at the Battle of Boll
r ...... , ,oai huf was not put
ouToer JleveTatanU..
Mechanlcsvllie, uainea -- -Jecon4
ton. and was wounded again at the tetom
battle of BjiH Run on August SO. 18-,
Shen he was shot through a hind .
Two weeks later he was ridden
battle of South Mountain and on September
17 he was shot tnrougn " '"j" 7 '., .'
bv Generar Meade's servant browsing ort
& abant,Uf.ld!eaHe had revered ;
clentlv to serve General Meade in w
5S.V& IheVrs't tK-K ."ffi
... .. n litiv 1. a nil r --
and at oy'" ,- : -July
was anot inreut." "" '"':" , that
H
snot inrpwB "- j-" -- ,. that yer
waa In tnrea ojr :'irDu.mMj cam
teas ffis-s? " "&,
At the end of the war he waa ttkM
SE&srjawSrS ;S
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jemuuwii", - "Vim ,lnr bacaiu
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