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rhiliJtlphU, Wtdneida;, June 21, 1916.
Government Is a trust, and the
officer of the Government arc the
trustees. Henry Clay.
HuRhes joins In song with old grnda
e headline.
Not a swan song.
Kaiser.
"I havo lost a truo friend." Tho
Deity?
Another unhappy allusion to tho
Amoricnn youths recking ndvonturo
may now And It nearer nt homo than In
tho trenches In Europe.
FIro-c.itcrs havo to ho food-eaters
first, a fact which Is Just beginning to
bo realized In Germany.
They evidently expect moro of Mr.
McCormlcIc ns a manager than ho was
ablo to show as a candidate.
Duluth, Proctor Knott's, famous
"zenith city of tho ttnsaltod seas," has
Bono dry, but not because It has tho un
salted seas to drink.
A "vision" of his mother mado a
youthful burglar drop his loot. And yet
thero are thoso who question tho moral
benefit of tho "movies."
Mexico has bought only two and a
half million dollars' worth of munitions
In tho United States since July of last
year, but tho bandits loaded up before
that.
Just because a gentleman with
whiskers is likely to bo tho next Presi
dent of tho United States Is no reason
why Mr. Carranza should get tho big
head.
Amateur strategists aro now de
serting tho European field and aro con
fidently explaining how two United States
warships can shoot across tho cntlro
Mexican situation.
Exports to Europe havo exceeded
Imports by $3,000,000,000 slnco tho war
began, and tho Democracy Is claiming tho
credit. Thero Is no longer any doubt ns
to who caused tho war. Tho Wilson Ad
ministration did It In tho Interest of
American prosperity.
Mr. "Wilson's acid test has shown
pure gold in soveral cases, at least In
Philadelphia. Men will bo given full pay
while serving with tho Guard and rein
statement Is promised when they return.
Evidently this patriotic "hysteria" has
had Bomo lasting effect.
Thero are no weasel words In this
last note to Carranza, although, as one
might say, It was delayed In transmis
sion. That cesspool down thero must he
cleaned out, and tho only lightning nnd
thorough cleanser In this part of tho
world happens to b tho United States
of America.
Thero will bo no railway strlko If
war comes, according to thoso who ought
to know. "Tho men will forget their
personal grievances and turn in for tho
good of the nation," says Mr. Enochs,
secretary of tho Brotherhood of Hallway
Trainmen on the Pennsylvania lines oast
of Pittsburgh. This Is not a mass-meeting;
It is a nation.
The country can rejoice that Sena
tor Tillman happons to havo a big hay
In the kind of navy wo should build.
Tho utterly Inadequate building program
approved by the House Is subject to tho
action of the Senate, whero Senators Till
man and Lodge Intend to see to it that
come dreadnoughts are provided for.
Little men and little navy men aro
synonymous terms, It appears.
The announcement of a unanimous
agreement among the Allies for the pro
tection and nourishment of their trade
after the war ends, Including a plan to
prevent "dumping," and providing for
subventions and advances to certain In
dustries as well as protective tariffs,
merely emphasizes the necessity of In
dustrial and economlo preparedness In
this country, A new era Jn tho history
of trade is upon us, and the conservation
of our prosperity depends on the intelli
gence of national legislation, which must
be inspired by devotion to the economlo
theory of protection of the sort that pro
tects a sort of which the Democrats
know nothing and for which they care
less.
THERE is still a chanco that tho nrmy
of the United Stntos-wlll Hot cros3 tho
Itjo Grnndo nnd that the smalt force now
In northern Mexico will bo withdrawn.
Tho lmpo stilt persists Hint war will not
bo forced upon two peoples of which the
ono Is reluctant, tho other Irresponsible.
But whether war comes or nob, tho people
of tho United States should realise that
they havo already gono Into Mexico nnd
that they cannot como out of It unlit their
mission Is fulfilled.
When that mission Is understood tho
peoplo will bo nblo to Judge moro right
eously tho "history of tho past live years.
Thoro has been In nit that time n tre
mendous forco working for Immediate
and complete Intervention In Mcxlcp. Tho
Stato Department lias Implied the exist
enco of a conspiracy which subordinated
tho Interests of tho United States to cer
tain Interests In Mexico. In Congress a
Itcpresontatlvo denounced tho slnglo and
selfish desires of a Senator ns tho basis
for action. Tho prlvnto scandals of Mexi
can exploitation nro numerous, known
and Indefensible But at tho samo tlmo
thero has been a great public necessity
demanding security In Mexico which has
clashed with tho national nmbltlon of
Mexico when that ambition limited Itself
to revolution. Thoro has been tho Interest
of civilization clashing with "the Interest
of humanity."
President Wilson Is not to ho scorned
ns a dreamer becnuso ho has spoken of
tho Interest of humanity. Tho Interest of
humanity Is too seldom advocated In pref
erence to tho principal of a foreign loan.
Tho fnult with tho present Administration
Is that tho rights ot humanity havo been
considered elilelly hh tho right of human
11 to bo wrong. Tho President has been
so Inspired with tho rights of enrh tuition
that ho has failed to iccognlzo the rights
of all nations. Ho ban madn nn honest
attempt not to favor private right, tind
has carried his scruples so far that ho
has almost lost tho power to punish public
wrong.
Tho most heinous crlmo of Mexico Is
not that bandits havo murdered citizens
ot this country or of any other country,
but that organized government has bolted
tho doors of Its gtanarles while Its peoplo
starved, has closed tho mines nnd broken
up tho ranches without a thought of tho
world which depends upon them. Tho
narrow limitations of politics or geog
raphy cannot persist In nn ago so frankly.
Inevitably International as tho present.
Tho oil which naturo put Into Mexico's
soil was not InteAded to light a lamp hid
under a bushel. Its mineral wealth Is not
for a king's ransom, but for the world's
ransom from poverty and misfortune.
So long as Mexico maintained a govern
ment Its own deficiencies wero pardon
able. Tho doors wero open and tho tools
lay ready for tho talents which could
uso them.
Tho great concessions which European
and American exploiters enjoyed in Mex
ico took nothing from tho Mexicans which
they themselves could use. Tho peon
scratched his plot of earth and gained a
meagro harvest. Tho oxploltcr dug under
tho peon's hut and gavo tho world a for
tune. Tho revolution in Mexico seeks to
restore the peon to his acre. It is actually
robbing tho world of Its acres of dia
monds. Tho claim Is mado that tho United
States must not interveno In tho affairs
of Mexico becauso tho United States is
a democracy. Tho fact Is that tho United
States could not Interveno If it wero
not a democracy. Tho brlgandago and
militarism which calls Itself a govern
ment In Mexico denies tho fundamental
equality ot democracy because It Insists
upon tho rights of tho least worthy. Tho
pretense of agrarian adjustment hns
fallen through In Mexico slnco Villa
turned bandit, nnd tho wholo effort of tho
do facto government has been directed
not to maintain order, but to maintain
ltsolf. Tho United States goes in, by forco
or by tho compelling power of its position
in tho world, to restore human rights, ot
life nnd of property, in tho country which
despises thoso rights. Tho case against
Intervention has been a case against ag
grandizement for prlvnto gain. It has
been necessary to withhold the hand of
tho police lest South America mlstako it
for tho hand of tho pickpocket. That Is
no longer necessary.
Wo have to do In Mexico what wo havo
done with honor In Cuba. As that coun
try was freed from a foreign despotism
this ono must bo freed from internal
anarchy. As that country was left to its
own devices, this country will bo left
whon its devices nro beyond suspicion.
There Is a law higher than tho law of
Bmall nationalities nnd a destiny which
fulfils Itself In many ways. It Is the
law that thoso who can shall bo froo to
do, and tho destiny Is tho Inexorable
future of civilization. Today the United
States Is tho Instrument.
Mnrchlnjr Sonp
Vrcxp's made us richer than tee ever
were before.
And he kept us out of icarl
Wheat Whllchousckccpcr of his age (and
weight and mote)
And he kept us out of icarl
livery Umc the Kalsct's men Mete ufi
some neutral hoals
I'rcxp dipped his pen In Ink and virolc
the strongest notcs)
Xcvcr cdrliitf hnw he hurt the Swiss ami
1'crslnn Voles
And he kepi us uul vf iiaft.
Vrexp's added adjectives am tnlverbs id
our store
A nd he kept us out of icarl
Words aie fine munitions, tids, tttttl id's
lol thvm tioloir,
So he kept us out of warl
True, the slltp Mexicans are siU))Ul nitys,
and so,
Jihakt-nlail Interpreters, dispatched lo
Mexico,
Must adumbrate Vrcxu's icovds and let
the Greasers know
ltoxo he's kept us out of icrti'.
Fierce Fighting Ahead
Sill This morning as I came down In tho
elevator tho net moat Important man
In our building said to mo, "Aio you going
to war 7" "Yes," I snlil. Just llko that,
"I'm going to meet my wife at the mil
liner's nnd try to Indiico her to tnko a
$10 hat Instead of tho $10 ono she has her
mind bet on." HUB.
Hear Tom I havo patiently nwnlted the roar
I thotmht must fnltmv the penlleninn'H statement
tn o. o. il, paper that feeiliiiic the proletariat tftci
lienvllv Ih rnmlurhe to titxlnrsa. hut as nono catno
throiIKh I'll stait It Kit:
Hid Hon hear that lilshhrnw'a bivrl
About the uorkimtn'H Kail
In wnntlnj; to Unm'k off unrU nnro In a tthllo7
An' ,nu Imnrd his nrathftil hlcli
When ho sttld n llkn to weleh
When Vn crt enough tn live n while In stjle.
of ronrse he's rlcht. old top.
lor U't-'ve no bustiirss to rop
A minute from our 111 old dully fmht.
An' nlvns lwnr In mind
Thnt nl' fllKhtirnu-'fl very Mud
To let us hunt the h.i nt home nl nl-slit.
8n next lint" ou -vnrit to pull
A way from toll, an' shoot the hull
While snted 'nentli (lint dour id' apple tree,
.lust rernfinher llluhhrciw'H Ktnwl
WhMi he hollered with n semvl
"If there's any loatln' well, leave thnt to m-!"
HMI.V1I".
Honorable Mention
HATS olf, please, for the conductor of
tho 10: in train for Bethlehem out of
tho Rending Terminal last night!
In ono of tho day coaches ho found a
fat passenger sprawled over ono seat
with his feet up on another, who handed
up a ticket to Columbia avenue. Tho
conductor said: "Sir, If you wish to
occupy two seats for a five-cent ride you
will havo to put a newspaper under your
feet."
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And while we'ro talking nbout conductors,
thu ono who bosses tho 1:10 train for
Ocean City, and who Is known to every
d)oily as "George," hns a favorlto story.
Ho swears It on ono of tho colored porters
who Infest tialns in that vicinity. This
porter, so the story goes, Is always met
at tho ocean end of the run by a love-lady.
Oeorgo says ho heard them in the (lark the
other night ns they sat In tho shadow of
onu of tho cars. Tho gentleman said, "I'm
gwino to kiss you every tlmo I fceo a shoot
in' star." Then ho heard numerous noises
llko a rubber shoo lifting out of tho mud
anil then a voice gurgled, "O, IlastusI Yo'
countln' llghtnlu' bugs!"
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THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
Henry A. Bombergor Insists That the Progressive Party Is Still
Alive and Actively Opposed to the Republicans Unaccom
modating Mototmen Other Matters
THE ARMY AND THE GUARD
The humanizing of law which goes
so far as to make the District Attorney
Interested in the defendants in criminal
suits may appetar dangerous, but when
be defendants are children and no othar
jxwer protecta them the danger may well
be risked for the benefit to society. Mr.
Hotan in his "human interest document,"
th District Attorney's annual report,
dal particularly with the Juvenile Court
CONGRESS reconsidered Its purpose
yesterday to pass a resolution putting
Into effect at once the section ot the army
reorganization law authorizing the Presl
dent to draft the National Guard Into the
military service of the United States for
fear that its action would bo misunder
stood. The section provides that when
Congress shall havo authorized the use of
armed land forces in excess of those In
the rogular army, the President may
"draft into the military service of tho
United States, to serve theroln for tho
period ot the war, unless sooner dis
charged, any or all members of the Na
tional Guard," and that from the date of
the draft all persons drafted shall stand
discharged from the militia. When tho
Guard Is drafted Into the Federal service
its commissioned officers are to be ap
pointed from among its members. Those
not above the rank of colonel are to bo
named by the President alone, while those
above that rank aro to be selected by tho
President, subject to confirmation by tho
Senate. Without further congressional
action, the section, as wellas the whole
law, will become effective on July 1. But
then the National Guard cannot be
drafted into the Federal service until and
unless Congress decides that the regular
army is not adequate fur the task ahead
of it, and directs its Increase by the trans
formation of the organized militia. Into a
volunteer army The National Guard then
PLEASSA, Signer, eef I laugh cot is
nottn for you. Ycstaday I laugha so
mooch I nm secck een da hide. Earla een
da mornin' ces com' een to my chair
bigga fatta man for a shave. Yestnday
mornin' I fcela vcrra happy baycause for
da Una weather, and so I talk, talk, talk.
But T can seo dnt da man een da chair ho
no can ondrastand. So I say to heem:
"You aro foreign man, oh?" Ho eesa
looka scaro; hces face ees gat so whlto
Ilka da lather. Steell ho Is gotta sense
onough for how do you call? da
"safety razor first," so ho say "Mo, Swiss."
I hava da razor on bees throat and alia
tlmo I know he ees German. I maka my
faco h)ok verra fierce so llla dees,
b-r-r-r! When ho ees gon' out I laugha
so mooch I am no fit for work.
Sign on a -ualoon at Cth and Lehigh:
FIIBC LUNCH WILL BE
Be
Al'TEIt JULY 1ST.
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Prominent Parties
WHO Is tho largo, elderly man ra
diating happiness nt every er
breathing conscious vlrtuo with
every breathe, as ho comes down tho
steps of the railroad terminal?
A. That Is tho wealthy commuter who
always hands up his morning newspaper
to tho engineer of his train, T. F. D.
Sir In view of tho recent Irish uprising
for freedom, how about this for your
Vestibule of Notables:
J. Liberty Tadd. . rtlst, 277 South 11th St.
B. K. R.
This Is part of a letter sent out by the
Bull Publishing Co.:
Our cartoons and sarcu-Ums, Jokes, etc, are
original. Our policy Is to (lent Ilrlllah lies In
tho United btatta by rldlcullnk' them. Va aro
also after the newspapers, newspaper editors
and owners, liars, etc. Wa are not coverned
by any newspaper conventionalities whatever.
Our policy Is to hit straight from the shoulder.
Speaking of this "Bull" that is "hitting
straight from the shoulder" reminds us
that in this morning's paper we read this
headline: "Darlo Resta Shows Heels to
Palma." We have always thought that
to sea an auto-racer's hoels one would
have to be In front, possibly equipped
with an X-ray machine, and capable of
tfiaklng rather a nimble getaway.
.H.t hmt Tlrianajttln Tlalatlnnft df tsion In
Imth the human element must iMWCynI automatically disappears,
WANTED Uojs 14 years of age as messengersi
Teleuraph Co.. oil Market street.
Ad In Wilmington
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tkoM hating wheel preferred.
paper,
Supererogation! Our experience with
14-year-old boys Is that they all have em.
IN HIS fine sketch of the House of
' Horstmann ' In yesterday morning's
p, L., "Glrard" referred to the fact that
Grandfather Horstmann "had left his
hyphen in the Attantto Ocean." It was
James P. Lafferty, Esq., of the Philadel
phia bar, who upon being told by a visitor
from the other side that he had met some
of Mr. Lafferty'a clan In Ireland, but that
they were fi'I.affertys there, replied:
- t, it was the o'Latfertys and such like
Who KUt the, p' in Ocean,'
TUt ifriiniftiirnf ft trer tn all readers udio
wteh to express their opinions on subject of
current interest. It is ail open forum, and the
Vvcntntj I.cdorr assume vn icsponstbitttu for
tho views of its correspondents.
MISAPPREHENSION ABOUT PRO
GRESSIVES To the Hdltov of Korning Ledger:
Sir In your leading editorial of today
you mado tho following rather forceful
statement: "No fraction of tho opposition
of four years ngo can bo won over to tho
Minnort of Wilhon un'oss Its. Individuals
turn their bneKs on tho principles which
thoy ptofess to believe.
Nevertheless, this Is truo only In a very
hiipcrllclnl way. Tho writer has been inter-
lowing a largo number of Progressives,
Democrats and Republicans, all of whom
fail lo see any essential difference between
tho Democratic and Republican platforms,
except that tho former Is a littlo stronger
on Americanism nnd preparedness, both fa
voring a nonpartisan tariff commission as
far us this particular Isstio is concerned in
ono of her recent interesting reports, pub
lished In tho Public Ledger, Mary Rob
erts Rlnchait says that tho Democratic
party, as a matter of fact, Is now nothing
moro than a minority Republican party,
and that tho real party of opposition Is tho
Progressive party to all of which every
discriminating mind must fully assent.
I would, therefore, llko to paraphrase
your above mentioned statement by saying
that that part of the opposition ot four
years ngo known as Progressive cannot
bo won over to tho suppbrt of Hughes un
less its Individuals turn their backs, on tho
fundamental principles they profess to be
lieve, and unless they utterly stultify them
selves. Tho public may bo perfectly well
assured that any Progressive lender who
icturns to tho party of Reed Snioot, Murray
Crnno et nl , under present conditions, 1j
out for pork and not for principle.
When you say, sir. that tho quarrel which
split the Republican, party Is settled, that
tho grievances of tho ProgrcssUcs havo
been lemoved, you nro reckoning without
your host : you are simply wishing and not
really thinking. In fnct, tho differences
to which you refer will not disappear as
long as Reed Smoot, Murray Crano, Boles
Penrose. "Bill" Barnes nnd similar sinis
ter elements sit in the Republican saddle,
in nbsolute control of that party, and pro
ceed, ns ever, In deliberate defiance of the
will of the people. The procedure In 1012
may have been more open, high-handed and
scandalous; but in 1016 It was all the more
obnoxious, and deadly to Republican Insti
tutions, because of its being Insidious. They
were the whole thing, even If tho cards
were set up behind closed doors, as Mrs.
Rlnehart again says, at 4 a. m , in an
upstahs room of tho Congress Hotel, at
Chicago, over cigars, whisky and soda.
The popular will was once moro scouted by
tho same obnoxlou bunch of political buc
caneers who stole tho Republican convention
In 1912. And the case Is made oven worse
If an associate Justice of the Supreme
Court of the United States Is party to
this sort of procedure, and Is Its chief
beneficiary.
Ab to playing Into the hands of the Demo
cratlo party, it Is perfectly evident on
the very face of the record that the Pro
gressives did and have done their utmost
to avoid this very thing, whilst the Re
publican convention brazenly embraced It
by nominating Mr. Justice Hughes, whose
defeat at tho polls next November Is, as
a conscciuence, a foregone conclusion.
As to tho old tariff bogey, which you
call "tho great Issue of Americanism in this
campaign," you simply are trying to create
nn Ksuo between the Republican and Demo
cratic patties wlicio nn teal Issue ov
ists. The writer is ready to submit the
two platforms to any Republican of aver
ago intelligence In this nation, being quite
confident that such a ono will not ho nblo
to tell which Is which.
Indeed, sir, tho Issues between tho Pro
gressives nnd Republicans nro precisely
tho samo as in 1912; the samo fundamental
principles nro nt stake, tho samo agent ot
political corruption Is In power In tho Re
publican party, the most vicious and dead
ly foo of popular liberty, and tho fight is
still on to a finish!
HENRY A. BOJinERCIHR.
Philadelphia, Juno 17.
As Colqnol Roosevelt Is to Indorso
Hughes next Monday and as tho Progres
sive leaders In many Slates havo already
allied themselves with tho Republicans, tho
lew that tho breach has not boon healed Is
not sustained by tho facts. Editor of Evun-
l.N'O LUDQEU.
UNACCOMMODATING- TROLLEY-
MEN
To the Vdltor of livening Ledger:
Sir I was reading In yo'ttr bright and
up-to-dnto paper about tho great annoyanco
a gentleman, signed W. II. Fisher, ex
perienced, nnd I wish to say ho certainly
voiceu my sentiments to a T, as well ns
thoso of many others. Now I do n-t wish
to knock tho tiolleymen In gcm.-il. but
thero aro somo on tho lino which I am'com
polleil to uso most ungrateful to their em
ployers and to thoso that havo been good
to them In tho past namely, tho public.
Now tho lino I ntn compelled to uso is tho
Lehigh avenue, going east. I reside nt 21st
street above Somerset. At 21st and Lehigh
avcinio Is situated a public suaro called
Rcyburn Square, which cuts off 21st street,
south. Now the motormen never think of
stopping or looking north on 21st street to
seo If nny ono Is running for a car, but
simply fly past tho street, ns though It was
nothing but a dump. As Mr. Fisher says,
there may como a tlmo when tho trolley
men may need our sympathy nnd assist
ance. So thoy had better begin to bo more
obliging before It Is too late.
1). F. WALK.
Philadelphia, June 19.
What Do You Know?
Queries of ncnerat interest u.111 be onsLoercd
in this column. Ten question, tho answers to
uhtch evcrv eell-lnfortncd person should know,
arc ashed dallu.
QUIZ
1. Where It Mount firetnn?
2. Whnt N meant hv "Hlff-vruucInK"?
.1. What Is I.iiiI'h To.un?
4. Where Ih the (.'olden IIorn7
C. Tor whnt were Acehjlui, Snphorlei nnd
lliiripliles renew nrd?
fl. About when did Trederlelc the flrent llc?
7. Who urnln -The Pled I'lper nf Iliimelln?
8. Tor whut purpuwe was Carpenters Hnll
used? H here Is It?
1). Who Is Ynshlhllii?
10. Wh.it Is the orlttln of the expression "I.jneli
law"?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
The Phi. law, approved 100.1, wits nn net
In priuniitt' the eillriene. or the tnllitiii.
2. Poll; w.is President ihirliu; the Mei!rnn War.
Tiitlnr's military mmicss won him tho
presidents.
3. A hrl'MiIe is innutised of two or more reci
pients. In the United Males Army there
tire three battalions In a regiment.
4. Spenser wrote -The Vucrle queen."
ft. 1 lie- lneas were princes nf lite ancient peo
plo nf Peru.
n. rullndeii. mil. mis (he List battle fought
nil the soil nf (treat llrlt.llll.
7. A watershed Is the re-dim wbleli contributes
to the Mippl-i nf a stream or other body
nf wuter.
8. The hallmark is the mark usrrr nr the llrlt-
lsti (iiiliUmlth'K Hall nnd by (in eminent
tissiy nrilios fur hlenllfilue st.ind.iriPi.-ohl
nnd stlier.
0. The l!u,' or r.lsniy Is north of Spnln and
west of rrnnie.
10. Hie in'isted Krnlus from wlihh coffee Is
made lire the seeds of the (otTee tree.
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DISCOURTESY TO MEXICO?
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir The publication of tho Wilson note
to tho do facto Government of Mexico be
fore it was received by that Government
Is not only a glaring Impoliteness, but a
most Inexcusable breach of dlplomatlo eti
quette. Another such breach of etiquette is ad
dressing tho Mexican Ambassador ns "Sir."
Custom, amounting to an unwritten law,
decrees that the title of an Ambassador Is
"Your Excellency," and to thajt form of
address the representative of Mexico Is a
fully entitled as the dlplomatlo representa
tive of Great Britain or of France.
AN AMERICAN.
Philadelphia. June 20.
O'BRIEN OBREGON
Ninety-five years ago an Irishman was
sent by thfl king of Spain to rule as viceroy
over Mexico. His name was John O'Dona
huo or Juan O'DonoJu In Spanish. His
closest friend and constant bodyguard was
one Micky O'BrUn. renamed by his adopted
Iberian brothers Miguel Obregon, and It
was to him that Juan O'DonoJu turned
when lturblde and bis army, flying the ban
ner of tho "first empire," decreed the end
of the 300-year rule of the Mexican vice
roys. Up the mountain wall from Vera Cruz
went these two sons of Ireland'to where
Cordoba, clings like a swallow's nest to the
seaward side of the sierra. And there
Jack O'Donahue and IBcky O'Brien agreed
to' repudiate their emperor and allow ltur
blde, the Morellan Indian, to rule until a
king of Mexico could be chosen.
And so well did Micky berve the first
empire that he became General Miguel
Obregon, and was placed In control of the
western coast of the land of Mowuahtesuina,
wl.eie, with lua wife 'o 'ame from the
laud uf bu fatherp, he le" ns to lay nun
1A xest when is Jasli AW. P-"118!
A few weeks ngo a stubborn president of
Mexico, almost at the end of his rope, sent
a great-grandson of that same Micky
O'Brien (Alvaro Obregon) to the rim of his
country, bearing arrogant demands, un
grantable ' requests, but with an army of
some 40,000wtroops supposedly to back up
those demands If It came to blows. Car
toons Magazine.
ORATORY
It Is recorded that Daplel Webstr, hav
ing revised an Inaugural of a President
who shall be nameless, walked away from
the White House with drawn face, saying
that he had Just killed ten kings and fifteen
imperial proconsuls. Daniel was needed at
St Louls.-Chlcago Evening Post
MEANING WHOM?
"Hay fever beds are growing luxuriously
In Charleston acres and acres of them."
laments the Mall of that West Virginia
city. And we regret to say that the same
appears to b the tase nu.tuidiuiii.iUly
speaking, in one of the Virginia congee.
clonal dlstrtcta. IUciiBitnd"Nj,a Loader,
The Jay Treaty
I.'ifffor nf "What l)n You Know" What
was tho Jay treaty and when was It ne
gotiated? T. G.
Tho Jay treaty was negotiated In 1791 by
John Jay on tho part of tho United States
and Lord Grenvlllo on tho part of Great
Britain. Tho evacuation by tho British of
forts on tho Northwest frontier was tho
only ono ot n number of American claims
resulting from tho Revolutionary Wnr
which was definitely decided by the treaty.
Tho settlement of tho boundaries on tho
Noithensteru and Northwestern frontiers
was tn bo dceldcd by a Joint commission, ns
was tho question of tho British debts. Tho
last IS at tides constituted a tre.tty nf com
merce. Plucking-
W. T. To "pluck," In tho sento you refer
to It, meant originally to reject a candidate
for literary honors because ho is not up
to the required mark. It Is used In this
country usually to mean removal of officers
from active service.
Mamelukes
F. R. Tho Mamelukes were the slaves of
the boys in Egypt ; they were brought from
tho Caucasus and formed Into a standing
army. In 1251 theso military slaves raised
one of their body to tho supreme power;
and Noureddln All. tho founder of the Ba
harltes, gave 23 Sultans to the country. In
1S11 Mohammed All by a wholesale massa
cro annihilated the Mamelukes and became
Viceroy ot Egypt
"On the Side .of the Angels"
Editor of "What Do You Know" Can
you tell me the origin of the saying "On
the sido of the angels"? j. j. j,
Disraeli. In his Oxford speech, November
25, 1S04. said: "The question' is, is man an
ape or nn angel? I am on the side of the
angels." He was referring to the Darwin
Ian theory and the controversy that fol
lowed Its announcement.
Woman Inventors
.Editor of "What Do You Know" I saw
rccentlyf a letter In your column inquiring
about woman Inventors. I think that such
a list may be published by tho Patent
Office. In 1890 It Issued a three-vc-lume
reiiort on patents Issued to women, which
listed some 3000 Inventions by women ba.
twesn 1790 and 1S8S. Kinca that time
more than 301)0 additional patents have
been granted to women, and I understand
that there are from 200 to 30a such patents
issued every year. If ,, Patent omce
doss not have such a compilation one mluht
perhaps b able to obtain It from ilunn &
Co.. Wo-olworta Building Xaw vt.. JL
Some of the Inventions made by womarf'
concerning which the suffraei... k." "'J r?
clippings are that of ,he detachable
starched collar for mens shirts, which T wis
invented by Mrs. Anna Montague, of Tio.
N Y Una hundred and twenty live lnxe,,.
tiiu,r.-utii.B u, cvug r,ailllle, ,, . ';;
issued to women. Tlw Bieles tooW ,"
wa ldsa. BUi'Jr-IU.qj.S'r.
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'FAILURES' WHO
SUCCEED IN WAR
AT it if n t "..,. -e.i . .
" i.xu xuannca for
Greatness
T MoaRAPHEno nf co..,-
-D mako a great mistake T ,"" "
how great their heroes were in tu
career, and think it necessary to '
this with a flowery account of ti 0 M '
of greatness that theso Iwwe.'K'S
boys nnd young; men. What would U
iriuclr moro Interesting as well , I
truthful would bo tho recounting om'4
littlo promise ot anything but comiT
failure a number of tho Caesars of t?
wot Id havo shown in youth. "
It Is interesting to recall that Itcnrv v '
as wild Prince Hal, was courageous Jl-'
gonial, but It Is moro inteicstlng to i noli
that ho was a common drunkard nnd
petty thief before becoming tho b,iJ,
military lender of his time n Is wise ,
observe that John Keats was a fanciful
nnd sensitlvo cl.ltd nnd later a great poet
But it Is wiser to remember that between
child and poot Keats was a hopelessly in
efficient surgeqn. It comes down to this"
that It all great men wero great youths .
thero would bo littlo lncentlvo for striving
to tho ordinary run of mortals whos
adolescenco hns bcon undistinguished.
Wnr has been always tho great dls.
covcrer of hidden gonitis. Tho reason tor
this probably lies in tho fact that tho man
who succeeds tn military affairs must
havo a singularly clear ability to trana
lato thought Into action. Tho very u..
cldlty ot this ability to trnnstato bafllM
him in times of peace, for tho complex
patchwork of ordinary exlstonco requires
patient compromises tratlicr than swift
decisions. Tho muddler In business may
bo tho Nnpoleon of a field of action, not
becaiiHo war Is unbusinesslike (It Is tin
most difficult ot nil businesses), but b0.
causa business is too often muddled. For
example. It wns n typical soldierly trick for
Funsto'ii, when suddenly placed in charm
ot a Kansas newspaper during tho pro
prietor's vacation, tc chango It from a
Democratic to a Republican organ. Of
course, ho wns "fired" on tho spot. But
It wns fundamentally tho samo soldierly
trick which enabled Colonel Funston later
to chango Aguinnldo from a dangcioua
rebel into a harmless prisoner, and this
tlmo ho wasn't "fired."
Funston's Failure
Funston was n falluro as a newspaper
man. Ho had tho notion that a reporter's
llfo was tho most romantic and exciting
Hfo In tho world a notion that Is enter
tained by every ono who Is not a re
porter. In 1895 wo find tho littlo Kansan
In New York city looking for work as a
reporter and being turned down. He
learned that tho Cuban junta was sending
mon Into tho field. Ho applied, but was
turned down "cold" as less promising as
a soldier than as a reporter. This was
largely on account of his small stature
Funston was only flvo feet flvo and
weighed only 120 pounds but also be
cnuso tho Junta had heard tho American
volunteers wero unsatisfactory. Going
out of tho office, Funston met a friend,
who told him that what the Cubans really
wanted was mon who could work Hotch
kiss guns. So ho went to the Ilotchklss
people and In tho courso of tho afternoon
"wns made over into nn artillery officer."
So ho again presented himseir to the Junta,
and wns soon In chargo of all the Cuban
Hotchklsses ns well ns of the Slmms
Dudley dynamite pieces, and became
colonel In tho Cuban nrmy. Tho man vboi vSj
had failed with tho typewriter and th
editor's Wuo pencil had found tho ma
chlno that wns meant for him.
If ever failure had marked a mari for
her own, that man was General Grant A
West Point graduate, a gallant officer In
tho Mexican War, tho man seemed a rank
Incapable In tho period between MS and
'CI. In 185S Grant, who had found farm
ing impossiblo ns a means of livelihood,
entered a partnership In a real estate and
collections business In Missouri, Then at
tho ngo of 30, at a tlmo of llfo when
falluro would bo fatal fvr most men, Grant
fulled again. As a collector he was a
"flat." Any hard-luck story would arouse
his sympathies nnd disarm him. Th
partnership soon lapsed. He made an
effort to obtain appointment as county
engineer, hut It was given to some on ,
who had political Influence. Buraeneo
with cares nnd debts, tho dashing horse
man, who was honored abovo nil at Mon
terey nnd Mollno, found himself bending
ovor a desk nt $800 a year, tho employ
of his younger brothors, and a despondent
and Inclllclont ono nt that. He hid his
pain, though racked with fever and th
pains of nguo. Tho brothers found him
of no earthly uso at driving bargains or
tending store. His clothing was poor and
slinbby, his hair and beard grew long
and ragged. "
Pictnrn nf Grnnt at 3G
A man who camo later well-nigh to '
worship him heard thero wa3 a Mexican
war man. a West Pointer. In the neighbor
hood, and went to see him. He said later;
"I went round to the store. It was a
sharp winter morning and thete wasn't
n Ritrn nf nna thnt looked like a soldier
about the s.hop. But pretty soon a farmer
,.--.,. .. n Inf nf' hides Otl hl3 BWS
and went inside to dicker, and Presen"f
a stoop-shouldered, brownish-bearded w
low. with a slouch hat pulled down over
his eyes, who had been sitting whittling
.u .tn... bn T was Inside, came ou.
pulllne on an old light blue aoldlertlJ
coat. He tluns open the doors eadtal
down Into the cellar, laid nom ot . -
hide, frozen stiff Jt was. tugged It loos
. ' . .. .i, xviute. Then on
by one, all by himself, he heav ed off fW
rest of them, a ten ,m,,uu" " rk into
in that weather, then slouched back Into
the store again, shed the blue cortf
some water, washed his hand., hen cam.
back to whittling again, and ""
a word to anybody. That was my M
look at Grant, and look at him now -
side oy sme ui "---- 7 er thouM 1'
safe to say that Adam neer "WJ4
would come to that Rochester Ilersia-
SAFE AT LAST
The radical Democratic movement
American polities has. for the tto
spent Its organized force " ? g.
Bryan and ended with Roqseyelt W r
gressive natty Is uriuauy --- M a
Bis an tn the Hemoe. at k party " fls
hopeless nadir ot his influence spriB $
Republican.
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