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FRANCE
OVERSEAS today our greeting and our
wonder and our faith go out to
France. A second time Castillo Day finds
her struggling for her hfo and for our
faith. A second time tho fires of war
. burn purer and tho world'n heart leaps
with an unaccountable Joy. France haa
held.
It has been Mild, with purposo to In
Volvo this country In tho war, that .tho
Allied nation? are fighting tho battlo of
democracy. If that is so, it is because
they fight with France. She is the ex
emplar and the Justification of democracy,
tho good omen of our own power to hold
whon tho crisis comes. Balked at every
rjtrldo by European militarism and
bureaucracy, she has maintained superbly
tho true dcmocracys,of her spirit, and she
emerges from this war, whatever tho out
come, nobler of stature, moro grand In
spirit, magnificent and proud, a challenge
and an inspiration to tho world.
Perhaps there Is not, in all tho lino list
of her institutions, anything moro sym
'bollcal of France than her military medal.
For tho medallle mllltalre may bo won
either by a prlvato or by a general in
command of armies who has already
worn the Grand Cross of the Legion of
Honor. Joffrc, after the battlo of tho
Marne, rose to tho level of the common
soldier when ho received the medal. Tho
potlu, granted the precious medal for
bravery, stands beside tho Commander-in-Chief.
Last and first, they drink from
the same cup of their common and glori
fied humanity.
WE MUST return, in order to under
stand what that humanity means to
us, to; the hot summer of torrlblo days
When tho war broke out. For days Franco
knew that war was imminent. Quixotic to
tho end, while Germany massed her troops
nt the border, France ordered her guards
drawn ten miles within her own frontier.
She threw up the earthworks of her faith
before the advancing peril, and when
tho war came she sent her armies forward
to fight behind that defense. Over it
trampled the greatest army of modern
times, and the French, troops, retreating
through the terrible fields of northern
France, drew closer and closer to Paris.
Ih-vlho Ave black week3 of that retreat
the world had time to foresee the end. It
had time to realize that democracy was
beaten at last, that free men had proved
themselves incapablo of discipline, that
liberty, equality, fraternity had come to
the end of their long road. Franco was
fighting with her standing army, but the
world knew that the soldiers who fought
were those 'who had taken the Bastille,
wero the peasants of the Vendee and the
ragged boys of Valmy. The world knew
that France, dreamer of a romantic
dream, had come to a narrow place, and
tho walls were falling down upon her.
This we saw and trembled. Jt was not
that the same enemy might be moved to
attack us. It was pot physical fear or
pressing danger. But with the ruin of
France must, come the ruin of our faith,
that a democracy can survive In the
family of nations. And each day the
gray armies were completing heV ruin.
But France held. The miracle of tho
Marne took place. The giant blue wings
pf. Foch. and Manoury settled slowly down
op the German armies, and as they rose
again they showed the invaders swept
back tq the banks of the Alsne. The
explanation Is easy to give of strategy,
, q! Von Kluck's error, of surprises and ar
tillery but the miracle remains. And be
hind t there Is another mystery, more
wonderful stllL
THAT mystery Is tho soul of France
since the war settled down In Its deadly-
grip of the trenches. Jluijy nations are
at wtr, but apart from the huge and
HHuutlDgleas tracts of Russia, the land
of France has suffered moat- For her
territory, the vers soil nww flowed by
4i-llg niwj tWB bj- Irnrnu-liiutiua i,j,a
a s'fiutftomee ti iter.
Hir j-utity u, Ha-
filed by war and by the fttlen's touch.
Her wealth Is held; her armies, from
every corner of tho Republic and from
every class of her citizens, have borne
always tho first shock of battle nnd
have paid the highest price. Yet she
has not murmured. She has not de
nounced lis for not fighting her battles.
She ha not pleaded for special favors.
She lias not tried to corrupt our Govern
ment, nor has Bho been torn by lnternat
dissensions while the onemy shook tho
gates of her citadel. She hns been self
sufficient and loyal, and sho has looked
so clearly Into the eyes of death that life
can have no terrors for her again. What
was weak In her has been burned out.
What was strong now knows how to bo
tender.
The Franco which, more than a century
ago today, told the world that God was
tired of kings tells tho world today that
humanity has Its place nnd Its powers
and that, In the Divine Order, thero 'is
room for liberty. Sho tells It In a passion
of sanity. Sho Is logical In her war as
In her pcaca, and rises to tho height of
beauty In tho ugljest hour of the world's
history. It Is hardly to be wondered at
that Germany herRelf has bcert loudest In
her pralso, for moro than ever Is It true
that every man has two countries his
own and Franco. Sho has done what Ger
many ardently desired to do, has been
both human nnd divine. For this Is tho
secret of Franco, that In her tho passions
tor tho highest and for tho lowest, for
nrlstocracy nnd democracy, burn with
tho samo forvor. She erected tho Bastlllo
whon sho carried tho cult of aristocracy
to Its extreme, and sho tore It down. Sho
won, then, her Grand Cross. Today sho
carries democracy to tho same limits and
wins tho medallle mllltalre. Sho has borno
her cross. Sho wins her salvation.
Substitution may be all right, but
vnen a man buys mutton ho does not do
It to get his neighbor's goat.
The man who wrote "I Didn't
Pi?.t My Boy to Be a Soldier" announces
that his boy Is ready to Join tho army. It
Isn't what wo sing that counts; It's
what wo do.
What would a free vote on tho con
tinuation of tho war hy all tho soldiers
on both sides show? What's tho uso
asking? Their Governments would never
lot them havo it.
Tho captain of tho Doutschland is
an able seaman, but hi? historical Ideas
aro singular. Wo had been under tho
Impression that It was chiefly Fiance, not
Prussia, which aided tho United States
In tho Revolution.
Doubtless peoplo who were accus
tomed to sitting on red-hot stoves would
not complain of n heat wave; but In
this matter-of-fact world there's nothing
quite so satisfying as being the Ice man.
In tho Interests of "harmony," If
there aro going 'to bo statues wherever
thero Is" u triangle along the Parkway,
let tho distribution bo fair and Impartial.
Tho McNIcholltes arc entitled to repre
sentation, as tho "Captain" has an
nounced, . nnd there must not bo moro
ashcarts than statesmen along tho great
avenue.
A baby an hour continues to bo the
mortality In New York from tho Infantile
paraly&is plague. If thero Is a German
submarine under way with a preventive
or a cure, It cannot arrlvo too soon and
thero would not be many questions asked.
Peoplo are inclined, however, to remem
ber that turtlo tuberculosis euro which
was so widely heralded a few years ago.
It Is to be regretted if the Presi
dent has definitely decided not to appoint
William A. Glasgow to succeed Mr.
Hushes In the Supreme Court. Tho very
obvious fitness of tho man nnd tho very
geniral commendation with which tho
suggestion was received caused many to
hope that tho President would honor
himself nnd his Administration by mak
ing the appointment.
Down In South Carolina they have
managed to drive most of the Are Insur
ance companies out of the State by ap
propriate legislation. After a long doso
of Bleaselsm some of the people down
there have It In their heads that capital
is oppressing them. The less capital there
li In a community the more certain an
antl-capltallst Is to ride Into office by
mouthy denunciation of what capital
thero Is.
The shlp-purchaso bill is now noth
ing but an orphan, supported by none
who loves It and sanctioned at all only
because political exigencies seem to coun
sel such a course. It is very much like
the kind of protection which It is pro-
j-posed to give the dye industry a pio-
tectlon which carries with it a threat
and encourages Investors by telling them
that they better make good pretty d
quick or the Government will adopt
measures to assure the loss of all their
money. It Is equivalent to a father say
ing to his Infant, "If you are not four
feet tall when you're five years old I'll
murder you, and don't you forget It"
In the first place, the necessity for
Government merchantmen, if there ever
was any, has long Blqce passed. In the
second place, under the umended bill the
Government would be dplng little more
than forcing its financing down the
throats of men who don't want It. It Is
not the kind of medjclne they are after.
"Pa not give us crutehoH with which to
stumble along," they ery. "Just cut loose
the chains that bind us and we'll get
along all right." But no! The Adminis
tration is going to cling; to thoe absurd
navigation laws no matter what happens
and this In spite of the fact that the
President himself has said that these
jUw-s are inexcusably bad. And, in the
Ujira place, wie uuvcrijiuuitt biiip4 wouiu
never correct any trouble became the
board to manage them has been so for
mulated aa to be a reuse for "lame
UurKji" luiteud of business statesmen.
V idKjno Uvnht) legislates Why does be
itiw&'uo i A3 iiecutr
Tom Daly's Column
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LAXQUAOn. f
Language Is what people use
When thev wish to give their views
In a book or speech
So tva have to learn it voting
Starting telth the Mother Tongue
That our teachers teach.
1'lrst It's L'ngllsh that von pel
French you do not study yet
Xot unless you're rich
And you have a Govcrnorcst
Who idll tell you 7ioto to guest
Which of them is which.
Mixing language breaks Gods laws
And yott know that was the cause
Tower of llahbet fell
For the workmen got confused
from the different tongues they Used
As the Scriptures tell.
"Babhcl" Is our word for such
Xowadayi that talk so much
We don't understand
So Its alwayi best for each
To be learning just the speech
Of his native land.
The Dcutschlanil's Deck Passengers
FURTHER nominations for steamer
chairs on tho deck of tho Iromc-bound
submarine have been made, ns follows:
Lillian Glsh, Boles Penrose, Dusttn
Fnrnuin, J. Hani Lewis, several anony
mous sextons who ring church bells at
G a. m., Benny Knuff, Charles W. Morse
nnd Harry K. Thaw.
Among tho books nnd periodicals suit
able for submarine-deck reading there
have been mentioned: "The Cosmopoli
tan," "Poems' by Amy Lowell, "Tho
Menace," "Smull's Handbook," "The Con
gicsslonal Record," "Hill's Manual of
Business and Social Forms," "Thrco
Weeks."
Mr. F. P. Adams, who Is on vacation
In tho West, wires us: "Will gladly con
tribute my sluiro of the world's parsnip
crop" (10 words, collect). "Bum voyngo"
bas'ncts nnd boxes containing other dain
ties Iiavo been promised, ns follows: A. J.
Drexcl Blddle, $10 worth of prunes; Al
Warren, two cans condensed milk; Brit
ish Consul, one can Irish stew. Person
ally, wo'll provldo gooseberries.
T1W WELSH WIZARD.
Lloyd-George is a peacemaker
Of quite consummate art;
He gets the Celts together
By keeping them apart, RATIO.
Famous Movie Movers
PAULING FREDERICK moves tho au
dience. Charllo Chaplin moves a load on pay
day. Douglas Fairbanks moves his fellow
actors roughly about.
Mary Plckford moves gracefully from
smiles to tears.
John Darrymore moves tho feminine to
ndoratlon.
Marguerite Clark moves from hovel to
mansion. R. E. R.
"Can't someth'ng bo done." 51. asks Uf,
"about these pests who chatter at tho
movies? We confess that wo are thor
oughly addicted to that most popular In
door sport; and now that wc liac con
fessed, can't wo enjoy the thrills In peace?
What can you do about If?"
ws.
E USED to fume about this, too, but
o weren't long In discovering that
tho occasional gleeful earful wo got mado
It about 50-30. For Instance: Just after
tho storm scene In the "Ne'er-do-Well,"
when tho skies cleared, "at one strldo
came the dark" and the stars rushed out,
a woman behind us a mother or a
trained nurse, we'll bet exclaimed: "Oo,
looka tho stars! They camo out Just like
a rash."
Feeble-minded Show Will Be Placed
on Pier. Headline.
THIS news from Atlantic City reminds
us that tho height of tho fcoclal season
there is at hand.
Sir I taw this on a window of a Market
street meat shop:
"Fiesh brains. Be."
How about it; are you brain weary?
Have a brain, and Washington papers
plense copy. " 51.
HOW now, sirrah! Isn't this extortion
ate? As long as we can remember,
after ycahs an' yeahs In the buslne'ss,
we've been told there's nothing cheaper
than brains.
"Until tho hoft drink gets Itself a mono
syllabic name It never can live In verse."
F. P. A.
What Is more monosyllabic or explosive
than "pop"? How about;
"Fifteen men on the dead man's chest,
Yo-ho-ho! nnd a bottle of pop!"
B. L. T.
Wf
HY not Invent a drink to fit? Here's
hint for some wide-awake bottler:
Fifteen men on the dead man's chest,
Yo-ho-ho! and a bottle of ZEST!
WANTED One diy laborer: nood wul-o. Ap
ply to U. 8 SCHATZ. ColleieUII. fa.
WE THINK we know the man for you,
if we can catch him. He played that
rolo for us once. But maybe his day
won't suit you. We caught him on a
Friday, but made the mistake of not
holding his pood wages until Friday
week. Do you eat him or does he have
to eat himself? Never mind the drink.
I
HERE'S the day; this is your last
chance to speak up If you're a rela
tive or friend of this One Barrel of Food
Product. Your Uncle Sam has spent hun
dreds of dollars on this notice In the Dela
ware papers, 14 insertions In this one
alone.
MONITION IN, THEt UNITED STATES DIS
lrlc Coast for lh district of Ixlaware
United States . One Barrel of Jaod uroduet,
purporting U be around bltek Pppr No
916 in Admiralty, la oNmUsws to a warrant
or wliuro to mo dlrcctsd. In tho a bow en
tltll cau I bavs wlwJ and taken Into in
custody on barrslof food product, purpartins
contain srouu, tcw or ino cause
.... HA(M. I,
ctiUd Uirr! of feed product knowing or bvlne
aimblBS te "D th. sJuW not b?
?i? thS's-vs "c'Suit to- u h.M rrrr:n;rr &
district ef Delaware t the United States Court
Room In the city of Wllmlnston. the 14th day of
trie nam t ft day ot lurUdlclkm othtrwU
(ynutoW
CS
un4 there to lu'trpos tlu.i tar (he same, ajj
tJtnaVe their lieatlun lu that beh.Uf ,
"-" MARTIN 1? KAHltY '
I nlt4 States Marshal DlsiiUt ut Delavtre
lu. 29730-Jy J. 3, 4 i. fl. I. 8. 10. 11. 13. w.j,).
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pa tuft dmxi uiy ot jurievji.-uan hmd aicer . ttxea
THE
MAN-EATERS IN NORTHERN ATLANTIC
WATERS SHATTER ALL TRADITIONS
Attacks by Sharks on Bathers Along the New Jersey Coast
Puzzle Scientists, Who Say Monsters Which Caused
Several Deaths Belong to Blue or Whjte Varieties
ALL scientific accounts nnd records are
jt"X blown to the four winds by attacks bv
sharks upon four bathers on tho North
Atlantic coast within a fortnight. Two of
the victims wero killed In open tributaries
15 mllc3 from tho tra.
Tho dying statement of W. Stnnlej
rishcr, who lost his Ilfo In Matnwnn Crook
In a futllo nttoiunt to aid 14-year-old
Lester Htlllwell. that tho shark which caused
their deaths was eltjht feet long, classifies
tho fish as being either a blun or white
shark, nlthnutjh there are to other man
eating varieties. These, the tlRcr fchtirk
nnd tho brown shark, aro bcltloin caught
less than 13 feet In length, and aro oftt-n
In their full adult growth 30 feet long.
It is therefore certain, nccoidlng to an as
sistant curator of the Philadelphia Acad
emy of Natural Sciences, that Jhc typo
which has caused alarm on the New Jer
sey coast Is either n blue or whlto Mtatk,
tlm lnttpr most llkelv. nsMt Is by prefer
ence a man-eater, even when other food
Is easily piocurablo.
Among Earliest of Fishes
Sharklike forms not unlike those ot to
day wero among the very earliest of fishes
found li tho scen teas. It Is. therefore,
natural to find ihark structuro simple nnd
primitive, as crmpared with other flt-h.
which have l cached their present anatomi
cal form and habits thiouRh evolution
Sharks are of tuo types or general group,
the more or less cylindrical or compressed
form, which Is tho truo shall;, and the
relatively harmless, broad, Hat. depressed
Epecles. mnny of which specialize by lying
uwn the bottom.
The true species. Including the man-eater,
l'i a laigo fish with a curved transverse
i-iouth on the upper side of tho bend and
an asymmctilcal caudal fin, the upper lobu
of which Is longer than tho lower. Tin
fish has no overlapping platelike scales, and
the more or less tough skin extends oer
the flapper-like fins. The latter are lery
different from fins of most fishes, In which
a framewnr'. of spines or rays Is connected
by d-tlcHle membiane.
The shark's gill cavities open to the ex
terior by characteristic parallel silts on tho
side of the neck. The nasal apparatus is
well doveloped, for sharks depend much
upon the sense of bmell lu finding food As
a rule the shaik is sluggish, but Is capable
of great speed when excitfd. Tho man
eating varieties are knowi In group as
mackerel sharks. Th-y eonerally turn on
side or back In taking food from the
surface, although they have been known to
selza floating objects while maintaining an
upr ght position, but In so doing they aro
compelled to push the snout out of water.
The mackerel shark, be It white, blue.
THE RHETORIC OF WAR
Of all the rhetoric produced by this war.
In the best Eense of the word rhetoric, by
the way. It la not likely that much will
surpass In effectiveness the closing words
of O K. Chesterton's 'The Crimes of Rng
land," which, as may be Imagined, Is a
record of the crimes of Prussia:
The English went forward through the
wood that is called Crecy, and stamped it
with their seal for he second time, in the
highest moment of all tho seular history
of men. But It was not now the Crecy in
which English and French knights had met
In a more colord age, in a battle that was
rather a tournament. It was a league of
knights for the remains of all knighthood,
of all brotherhood In arms or in arts,
aealnst that which is and has been radi
cally unknlghtly and radically unbrotherly
from the beainn.ng. Much was to happen
ater murder and flaming folly and mad
ness In earth and sea and sky; but all men
knew In their hearts that the third Prussian
thrust had failed, and Christendom was de
livered once more. The empire of blood
and iron rolled slowly back toward the
darkness of the northern forests, and the
great nations of the West went forward,
where side by side, as after a long lover's
quarrel, went the ensigns of St. Denys and
St. George."
COUNTRY-HOUSE LITERATURE
Tht literary by-product of pretentious
country life In tht North l tflener the
output ot tuuekrakers toan of rumanUcists.
FOURTEENTH OF
brown or tiger, has been found In Isolated
Instances ns far north as Capo Cod during
July and August. All are pat Ocularly sin
ister In m.ilic-iip, and the sight of their
dark, loan fin lazily cutting zigzags on tho
quiet, spaikllrig surface of a summer sea
and then slipping out of sight, not to appear
again. Is suggestive of an evil spirit. When
Koeii nt close range they strlko tenor, show
ing n leering, chlnless faco and rows of
kiilfc-llku teeth. They have a brutal, nerve
less vitality and Insensibility to physical In
jury. In tho blue variety tho teeth aro strong
ly serrate, thoso of the upper jaw some
what oblique, those of tho lower narrower
ami erect. In color this fish is steel blue,
light bluish or grayish above, nnd paler be
low. Its greatost known length Is 10 feet.
The white vnnoty Is of a leaden gray color,
with white lit-llv. and the upper edges nnd
pector.il fins black. This shark Is known
sclontlfli-ully ns C'nrcharndon carchorias, or
"biter with jagged teeth." A specimen 15
foot long was raptured In a net off Wood's
Hole, Mass., In June, 1903.
Tho tiger shurk Is particularly dreaded
In West Indian waters. Stragglers have
been taken in strong nets as far north as
Catlo Cod, nnd one was caught near Islip,
L. I.. September 1. 1915. by Cnptaln John
lioxsell. tho monster being 1!0 foot in length.
Tho brnwn shaik has never been caught In
northern waters, nnd there Is no absolutely
authenticated recoul of one being seen on
the northern coast, although tradition cites
a number of Instances.
Dluc Shark Hard to Kill
There Is a scientific record of a blue shark
caught off Cuba In 1910 that was hooked
and aftcruaitl hauled to a vessel's deck,
whom It was pumped full of lead from a
magazlno liHe, partly disemboweled and
harpooned, ft remaining alert and alive
fur hours, during which time It threshed Its
tail vn-iiusly and opened and closed repeat
edly lis welid, expressionless eyes. This va
riety of shaik has the faculty of everting
its Ntonia'li. so that the whole organ, Inside
out. trails a foot or more from the mouth
while 'It's flsh swims swiftly on
The natural food of all sharks, even the
nian-i-ating varieties, consists of whelks,
cunohes and squid or devilfish, the latter a
natural enemy, which has had. from the evi
dence of sailors, terrifying battles with Its
moro swiftly moving adversaries. Pilot
fish aro often constant companions of
sharks, clinging to the upper side of the
fish's dorsal flit and seldom leaving even for
food Mnny sharks have been taken from
which, being dUiodged as tho monster was
heaved over a vessel's side, tho parasite
wandered aimlessly about for tome tlmo
btfore swimming away.
Tho owners of great estafWvJjre pictured
nftener as members of a SmoWavS't than
members of an urlKtrun-nm, mi i " ,
i"' XM..".1"1 ""ir ho.Se?
... ..... - -.,wi4ins omun .were slmniA
farmhouses, offering a SdWcorrwts, .reir
convpniences and no Jiufuiles, havefailed to
Inspire a sympatic! 'literature of manners,
such as that protbud i,y ife n rural Fng
land, in the I,at(if-European countries and
in the antebellum South, is a question to
which a student of social .conditions In
America might address himself with Inspira
tion and with Interesting results Louis,
vllle Courier-Journal.
RED, WHITE AND BLUE
What will be the color of the book tho
State Department will Issue on the Mexi
can rulxun? Not yellow, let us hope.
Louisville Herald.
AND IF YOU CAME
And If you came Oh, I would smile
And sit quite slll to hide
My throat that something clutched
while.
the
My heart that struck my side.
And you would hear my slow words fall
(Men do not know!) and say,
"Sbe does not love me now at all,"
And rise and go away.
And I would watch, as quietly
Your footsteps crossed the sill.
The whole, world dyiug out from me
And speak on smiling stUL
Margaret Wlddemer, In Tj9.
JULY
What Do You Know?
QutiUa of general into est xutll bo answered
in tiiia column Ten questions tho answers to
which et.tr u tvctl-in funned rcnon should Know
are usktd tiattu.
QUIZ
lirro l tho II In llt-itil iIMrlrt, to wltlrlt
I'oiintvhnttli ffii-irilimrn Ii.no been fent
for jmtrnl tbtl?
Mint tiro Thpil.in?
Mlirro In liillnilrlpltlii U nn equestrian
Miitne of .In.ui of ,rf?
Mlut N Hip so-rnlleil "full rrfw U"?
A Mrrot In t'nrln l nllrtl "the 4tlt of Pei-
tcntlii-r street." M'lty It Unit tlate incmo-
rnlilr?
In what imrt of nermunx U Il.ivnrln7 To
wltnt flinrrli tlo tttc majority of the In
Inililt nils inlhrrc?
M'ltitt Ih ninittl by "fittiircH" In nown re
ports tilintit tlip wheat market?
Mlmt Is n Rlurier?
Mlnit Is "tho Jletl.il of Honor Lenlon"?
Mlmt N mortmain?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
The Herman Clianrrllnr Is nnpnuetl by n
Ptirtj which srrkH to renew the Ktilimn
rlne policy ilenotinretl by tho I'nlted
Mates.
"Ornnaemeii" tlerho their nntne from Will.
lam III. who wiib Prlnro of llranne. "Tho
J.nju! Oriiiik-o Institution" was formed by
IrlMi Protestants.
Tho rail or lite ll.mtllle. 1789, is celebrated
nn .Inly II.
Tho nrlre of ens to consumers hero Is $1 n
loot) rithle fret.
"tintiiltil-i" pplleil o cnnl-carrjlnc frelslit
ram of u bn.illlko shape.
The percent iko of mnlstiiro In llio nlr to
what it Hiinlil hnhl If Miturntcil Is railed
tho "rrlitlio humidity."
IMnte wrote "Tho Illilne Comedy."
Aladdin nnd III iimkIo lamp occur In "Ara
bian MrIiIh."
"llllllncsE.itr" A district of London lone
Klieu otir to tlsliiniiticrrsi the uord lias
heroine tlesrrlptho of vultur nnd roams
l.tiiKii.ik'r.
Tho lsiil.it lin; of the serm of u disease Is
Iho dlMlnKiishlnic of Its clrirnrterlsllts
from those of others for the purpose af
ldciitlf)hn: mill rumliutlnc Its effects.
To Iicttertoh, Mel.
AV. T. C Thl3 is a detailed route to
netterton. with some of tho markings City
Hall to Broad and Walnut, to Woodland
avenue and 34th street, west to Darby.
West to Chester pike, following trolley
through .Sharon Hill (7 1 miles), Olenolden
(8.2 miles), Norwood. Moore, Illdley Park
,to Eddystono (12.5 miles). Enter Chestor,
turn to left with trolley at 9th attest, thn
right with tiolley to Morton avenue, left
with trolloy to 7th. Turn on 7th street with
trolley to first street beyond Chester Creek
(Penn street), then left tri 3d street, trolloy
to end of 3d street, then right with trolley
to Marcus Hook (18 6). Here the trolley
turns right, but keep straight on and meet
it Hi miles on Keep through Claymont
(20.1) and through Holly Oak, -Bellevue, to
Wilmington. After crossing steel hrldee trn
Lrlght to Market street, to Court House at
Jltn street, on lltn to monument, then right
to Delaware avenue, to fork and drinking
fountain, then left to Tonn avenue and left
to Broome street to 4th street, then right
to Union street and on Union half mll to
end. Itlght on macadam road to Klsmere
Junction (29 5). Cross two railroad tracks
to Price's Corner. Left at trolley station
to MarslulUnn (32 miles). Cross railroad
aim hu -ou yarns iu ueait enil. Jfignt,
frldge, left Into Marshalltan village,
(Iffmacadam. hulf mile to St. James' C
ftlist before church, left and for 114
and so 200 yards to dead end. Right, cross
right
'' Church
'A miles.
Cross railroad sharp right, 14 milts
through rsowarK (! miles). At fork by
railroad take left direct to dead end, then
left half mile across railroad to Elktou. At
Court House to Main and Bridge streets,
south of bridge and across to road, right
to fork, bear left, cross canal bridge, turn
right into Chesapeake City at postottice.
Right at stone church, then left to end and
right to Cayots Corner At store cross
bridge to Cecllton Through to Krederlcks
town. At postoflice cross bridge Into George
town. Into Galena, right at store, fork.
Locust Grove, left at store, cross, turn Into
Betterton road; fork; turn right. At out
skirts of Still Pond bear right, avoiding
town, to a turn, sharp left J thr'tAj miles be
yond turn sharp into Betterton. Total dis
tance, 81.4 miles.
Election Day
Editor of "What Do You Knout"- Who
arbitrarily fixed election day as the first
Tuesday following the first Monday, and
why the provision of the -'first Monday"?
What would be the harm In having it the
hrst Tuesday, even If It falls on the first
of the month? UNSIGNED.
' Congress Is responsible for tbe day. The
reason is not mentioned by any author
It but Is generally supposed to be that
the Hist of tea month was unavailable oq
umuxiercui groucua.
t
HOW THEY TOOK
THE BASTILLE
Storming of the Fortress Gave
World Its Second "Glorious
Fourth' America's
Share in It
JULY, 1789, saw President Washing
ton nnd tho American Constitution In
tho third month of their great experiment
In liberty. The first of tho Presldonta
was governing under tho provisions of
nn accomplished Constitution when tho
representatives of tho Krcnch peoplo wero
declaring nt Versailles that they would
nover ndjourn until they hat! given
Prance a constitutional government.
The American Revolution had proclaimed
tho sovereignty of tho people; the French
weto about to complete that revolution
by tintlcrmlnlng tho throno of the last
king. America fought for tho lndc
pendonco of the peoplo of America. France
fought for tho Independence of tho
people of Europe. Sho Is still fight
ing for that today, when she cele
brates -her national holiday, commem
orating tho Ball of tho Bastille, tho first
great blow struck in her eternal revolu
tion. Several weeks beforo that blow was
stiuck tho first meeting of tho French
Parliament In two centuries was called nt
Versailles, twelve miles from Paris. It
had been called becnuso tho court was
bankrupt, nnd the only way to get money
was by nppenllng to tho estates of tho
realm. , Thero was a gorgeous procession
from tho palace (that palnco whero now
on Sundays the laborer and his family
can squat on tho green lawn nnd munch
bread and drink wlno from tho bottlo and
call tho King's fountains nnd statues their
own) to tho hall of tho estates. In that
hall wero ranked on cither stdo of tho
throno the clergy of all orders and tho
nobles In their blazo of r.llk and Jewels
nnd gemmod swotds, and in tho rear tho
COO commoners, In black nnd without
Bworda, a Mttlo awed, but determined. Far
nbovo them all sat tho King on his throno,
nn enormous diamond In tho feather of
his hat; njiovo him tho vast canopy of
purplo velvet upon which shone tho
golden threads of the lilies of Franco,
Tho black-garbed commoncrn know what
was expected of them; they wero merely
to ratify tho wishes ot tho great. Thoy
did noti dream of tho great events that
wero to follow and sweep away In a
delugo of blood nil this array of pomp and
splendor; that thoy so soon wero to bo tho
sole and undisputed rulers of France.
Troops Threaten Legislators
It was soon plain in thl3 strango Par
liament that tho will of tho crown was
that tho three estates nobles, clergy nnd
commons wero to sit separately; nn ar
rangement llko tho Lords and Commono
of England, by which It would bo easy
for tho privileged orders to nullify tho
legislation of the Third Estate, tho peo
pie. Tho King announced that thoy wero
to dlsperso nnd meet tho next day In sep
arate halls. But tho commons did not
disperse. They sat on In silence until tho
Master of Ceremonies, little moro than a
boy, covered with cloth of gold, his fingers
studded with diamonds, entered to tell
them In his well-bred drawl that thoy
wero not to linger, but go home. Still
thoy would not go. "Wo aro hero by tho
will of tho peoplo!" cried Mlrabcau, "and
only death can dismiss us,"
Thirty regiments moved, for tho most
part German-speaking mercenaries, upon
whom the court depended In tho last ro
sort, to dismiss tho commons and capturo
nnd disarm seething Paris, twclvo mlleo
down tho vnllty. Tho court saw the
commons wore determined to have n real
volco in affairs, thoreforo tho commons
must go. Troops filled the streets of Ver
sailles, new guns rattled along tho roads.
Would Paris rise? Tho citizens were
without ammunition, and the plans worn
complete to crush any uprising that'
might follow tho dismissal of tho Na
tional Assembly and Its demands for a
constitution.
But Paris did rise to piotect the rights
pf its representatives at Versailles. On
July 12, a Sunday, tho peoplo hurried
to tho Palais Royal. A young man'
mounted n Mble, held up a pair of pis
tols and shouting, "To arms!' plucked a
leaf from a Uee, of which ho made a
cockndo and stuck it In his hat. The
peoplo followed hla example. In the
great square beforo Town Hall a. Jolly
Parisian priest, sitting astride a barrel,
saw to tho serving out of powder nnd ball.
Arms and ammunition, even cannon, were
demanded at tho Invalldes, and obtained.
The mob moved on tho Bastille on the
14th.
Attack on the Bastille ,
This fortress had been used for cen-.
turles as a State plrson and was a sym-J
bol of arrogant privilege. Besides, it,
contained most ot the ammunition In1
Paris. There was a demand foe its sur
lender, which was refused. Two men
mounted the roof of the guardhouse and
broke with axes the chains of the draw
bridge, which fell down. Tho mob rushed
upon It and ran to a second bridge, to
take It In like manner. At this moment
a discharge of musketry from the garri
son brought the besiegers to a stand;
they fell back, but filing at tho same
.line. Thero was an attempt to set fire
to the building. The French Guards
brought up cannon, and the assault wentv
forward In military f-rm. The garrison
replied with volleys ot grape.
De Launay, In command of the garri
son, selzetj a torch to blow up the fort
iebs. The garrison prevented him and
obliged him to surrender, The entrances
were thrown open. The people rushed
in. A young woman, beautiful and trem
bling, came forward; she was seized and
about to be burned, when a brave soldier
wiested her from the hands of the mob
and conducted her to a place of safety,
At that moment a bloody hand raised
above the head3 a bunch of hair. It was
the queue of De Laun.y, whose head had
bean Just struck off.
This was the answer of Paris io the
threat of armed force to dismiss the As
sembly. The court was beaten, and sur-
rendered. The next day the King walked
to the Parliament House and announced
the withdrawal of the mercenaries. The
French Revolution had begun.
'WINNING BRITAIN i
Baseball has at last obtained a f.rm foot
ing In Unsland, having been popularized by
the Canadian soldiers. The great American
game ought to serve the good put pose in
Great Hrltuin of beiu its' the people t forget
their troubles. Newburgb, Journal.
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