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THE SYSTEM: BEAStvIPER
OR SAINT? ?,'
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DmECTOn WILSON has no confl
denco In his pollco forco; th'o -public
has llttlo confldenco in Director Wilson.
Persons who happened to bo downtown
tho night of Mayor Smith's election wero
under no delusions as to how the under
world vlowed the result. Tho paramo of
Jubilation seemed to mark the high' tido
Of bacchanallanlsm. The news accounts
9t tho tlmo described tho saturnalia of
tavelry that swept up Broad street on
that memorable night.
This exhibition was Important only as
r .'
showing that, while tho wires abbvo
sround wero tolling the world that Smith
was elected, tho wires under ground were
preadtng the invitation far and near
for tho brothql keepers and tho disowned
nd the degraded of tho earth to como
to Philadelphia and ply their soveral
ics.
fhey wero not long In beginning to ar
rive. A number of times the Evening
XiEdoeh pointed out that a revival of
looseness -was under way In tho Tender
loin. Every reporter know it So did
all those men and -women wh6 rojolco
in the letting 'down of the bars. Places
Which had been closed during the Blank
tnburg regime, began to open. "Unrentcd
property began to pay dividends. The
jentle game of politics as played by the
factions was under way and In tho Ten
derloin are many votes, to say nothing
of tho levies which in one form or an
other And their way into factional treas
uries, i
1
IT MAY well bo that Mr. Glbboney's
Investigation was begun long ago. Cer
tainly it is true that conditions wero bo-
coming so disgraceful that Director Wil
son realized ho must stage a spectacular
raid or- do something equally dramatic
to forestall the revelations which were
Imminent, aside from tho activity of Mr.
Oibboney. Publicity was about to thrust
Its rays on the district and no police
cfflclal responsible for the conditions could
have withstood it. Director Wilson may
or may, not h'aVe known what was going
on, but to assume that he did not is to
credit him with a dulness of perception
that would shame an idiot in an orphan
asylum.
THE Philadelphia that Us Philadelphia
la a clean, wholesome, splendid city, be
cause Its homes and the character of
Its people make It so. Only in the bound
ed district, where vice keeps step with
political depravity, Was it possible for
wantonness to strut and wickedness to
thrive, and there only if the police were
acquiescent. That they have been acqul
scent la admitted by Director Wilson, and
they could not have been so these many
months without his tacit approval. , They
are aa putty In his hands, to be made or
broken at his will, and the process of
leaning up the district could have be
gun months ago bad he so ordered. He
tsauH, In fact, have prevented the re
crudescence of vice by stern enforcement
the law. By non-enforceraenf the very
situation was invited which now with
no much clamor and spectacularity it is
proposed to ameliorate. The process is
an affront to the good citizens of Phila
delphia, who pay liberal taxes for pro-'
tatlon against just thp sort or thing
which has fee?n countenanced by the De
partment of Public Safety.
Director Wilson now announces that
he Ja sotns After tho gambling fraternity,
euxwl luck to him. But will the palaces
by- ww miracle of prescience escape the
M ...-r...W.. .1 mU1h.h. . Ai l..l
pV-B yruf urn uwii-9 vt m-o uw
apt jf fathered, in and brought before
-jib iiU-lvraT In that mockery of law-
at tfim ether day when to mis-
jpaW Jtaabti Mit destitute stood be-
fM fW T JttKlGS? 01 IWO-JP
msi iAii-wsytMw, ih scarlet
ci;wfa ,i qp rfcfe UBwoti
guilt passed through the frowning portals.
rnim Public Ledger demands that Di
rector Wilson bo ejected with becoming
speed from his ofllce. That Is what ought
to happen; but the stars In their course
seem to bo no more flrmly fixed than
the Vores In control of tho Instrumentali
ties of order In Philadelphia. Director
Wilson hears the rumble of increasing
public condemnation, but a whisper from
South 'Philadelphia la clearer to him than
the thunder of tho people's voice. And
who bo gullible, who so simple, as to
think that back of this nauseating story
the sinister hands of tho factions do not
spread, tho Hands of Esau clutching at
Penn's throat! There Is Director Wilson's
reliance, and ho seems to need no other.
Yot ho should go, and there should
go with him tho wholo system of pollco
degradation. Tho system of n pollco force
out of politics has been wrecked In a few
short months. But It Is a system which
must bo rovlvcd, not only because It Is
Inherently tho right system, but also be
causo without it there can bo no guaran
tee of Justice nnd honesty and progress
In Philadelphia. Onco let tho viperous
ward-heeler twist to his purposo tho po
llco and it is but a step to tho minor
courts and be It remembered that tho
ward-heoler Is no moro in such circum
stances than the lieutenant of tho deal
ers In vice, through whom ho thrives nnd
by whoso awful profits his Itching palm
Is soothed.
Nc
OT a million raids could closo n dis
trict the filth of which flowed from
tho Identical source whenco camo the
orders for tho raids. .
Sterilization of tho vlco district, it Is
becoming moro and moro evident, should
begin In police headquarters.
Visitors to prisoners In tho Camdon
Jail should hereafter bo rigorously re
stricted as to tho amount of ammunition
they bring In to their friends.
A "dollar revolution" may or may
not savo Mexico, but it would not bo use
loss If It prevented, In tho future,
diplomacy that looks Uko 30 conts.
Von HIndenburg hns been sum
moned to the western front, says a Berlin
dispatch. The Allies will now havo a
clianco to drlvo tho last nail Into his
statue.
Mr. Hughes Is a great diplomat.
For tho first tlmo in two years a "separate
peaco" has been concluded with satis
faction to at least two of tho contracting
parties.
The? flrsfc Intelligible Information as
to the exact sailing dato of the submarine
Doutschland comes from tho Schumacher
Company. "Anything," it remarks, "we
may tell you about leaving tlmo will be
a lie."
Nino ships, each of about 3000 tons,
havo been added to the Cuban merchant
marine, having been sold by the Mexican
Steamship Company, which feared serious
complications as a result of the present
Mexican situation. The sale Is not re
markable, but it must -be Illuminating
to Americans that Cuba lnstend of the
United States obtained the vessels, par
ticularly as American capital was In-
Vested In tho soiling company. Instead
of trying to revive the fnarine by Govern
)nent participation In tho shipping busi
ness, a rovlslon of tho navigation laws to
make investments in shipping attractive
to Investors in normal times is the great
requisite.
It Is typical of tho supreme self-
conlldonce of the Berlin Government that
t should see a silver lining even in the
black cloud of Austro-Hungarlan defeat
and disaffection. The bitter criticism of
Austrian military tactics appearing in
German newspapers is explained as a by
product of far-sighted German diplomacy.
If Hungary, where a party is being formed
fa demand Independence and a separate
peace for that kingdom, gains her desires
"that would only help Germany." If
Austria is defeated "that would even
tually help Germany," The reason given
for this remarkable optimism Is that the
Kaiser's Government has long had in
ralnd the annexation of Austria as a con
comitant of a debacle, the idea bel',g that
th'e elimination of Austria would not im
pair Germany's ability to hold off her
fees. But it will be hard for neutral ob
servers to imagine an Allied generosity
which would permit Germany to benefit
by the collapse of her colleague. The
flftt demand of the Allies of a Hungary
seeking peace would probably be her dis
armament and willingness to permit Bus
slin troops to advance through her ter
ritory. Only one thing can save Sir Roger
Casement from an Ignominious death and
England from inflicting a punishment
which, however Just" it might be, would
only aggravate the bad impression al
ready created in neutral countries, by the
swift vengeance upon fourteen other
Irishmen His sentence can be com
muted by the King that Is, by the Home
Secretary acting- under the direction of
the Cabinet. As Is well known, however,.
ma nanwnm wusuea ui nits BuverKiKii hlvh
(great walalit in Issues of this nature, and
in tune of war the King emerges from his
rlirurehaarf status to regain some of the
pregaUes of leadership. George Y
wiUjtaertfore, share the responsibility
If O&esMBt is hanged, Just as his grand
motner, Qaeen Victoria, had to bear part
of the burden of blame American opinion
put upoa her Government for long re
fusing to pardon Mrs. Maybrlck. If ever
there, was a special case that called for
special exemption from legal tech
nicalities, that case is Ireland and those
who Would make her free. At several
election in this century the people of
(, -eat Britain have w'lled that Ireland
be file, nnd It would not be even good
ilc policy, let alone International,
Covenuneat to exact another
of Sesfc.
Tom Daly's Column
BRITISH BLVMItEll BONO
(To b aunsr over the S3 American Arms boy
cottnl tnrougn "Kncmy Trade" act.)
There are dangers on the deep
There arc storms upon the sea,
Iictter Slav at home and sccp
Where no fear of harm may be.
Hush, my dearie, do not cry. '
Lulli'lull, lull, my alibi I
I tclU guard you frorn the wave
Which is not the place for you)
Nestle In your little grave,
Sleep and sleep and sleep anew.
Hush, my dearie, do not cry.
Lull, lull, lull, my alibi.
WE IlATHEtt expected a lot of noise
to be mado over our attempt nt a
national anthem, "Flag o' My Land,"
but everybody seems to have been busy
with less Important matters. Wo did get
one bouquet, however, that pleased us
greatly. At tho Fourth of July celebra
tion In Wlstcr Woods wo read our lines
for the benefit of tho neighbors. After
ward a tall, soldierly man came to us
and asked for a copy of tho verses. Ho
said ho was Fergus Elliott, a policeman.
A letter which camo from him later
proves him to be moro than that. "Your
poem." says tho letter, among other
things, "took mo back more than fifty
years, when It wns my prlvllogo to carry
tho colors of my regiment from Gettys
burg to Atlanta, reluctantly relinquish
ing them for promotion."
Well, now, Comrade nillott, that's pay
enough for any poem!
Wo never could evince vast enthusiasm
for whlbkerc, nnd even the scallops apper
taining to those of Mr. Hughes fall to move
ui to emotional applause. Neither do those
toucliln' on Charles Wnnen Fairbanks, van
dykely though they be, seem to call for ap
probation, Vet wc hope to prove, through a
series of essays on this subject, the ac
curacy of Mr, Gilbert It Chesterton's as
severation, "Whiskers may not be grown In
a moment of passion." The Cheshire Cat.
Bl
Sco history of John J. Samson and
Trlxlo Delilah.
Film Flickers
Mary Plckford, nttendlng tho theatre to
see herself In a recent Mm, learned that sho
Is 42 years old, has been mnrrled live times,
wears store curls and drinks like a fiah.
Francis X. Bushman's middle name is
not Xerxes.
Charlie Chaplin has decided not to buy
that Ford, as he is deathly afraid of tho
poorhouse In h s old ago.
Marguerite Clark owes her diminutive
height to the cigarettes sho smoked as a
child.
Iimlse Lovely may be, but Blnncho Swoot
certainly is. it. E. R.
Two heads with but a single thought
A silly one at that:
"On ten per week, it couplo ought
To rent a cozy Il.it."
K. E. C.
Harry P. Tabcr, of -Wilmington, com
plains: "Admiral Wyle T. Wll3on, the most re
markable paper hoxcr on earth. Is tho for
mer president of the Ananias Club, of Phila
delphia, which" is composed of moro or less
fishermen. He told us of Eeelng a plko GO
miles long. 'Do you know whero?" ho asked.
We were willing to bite. 'Where?" we In
quired Innocently. 'Lnncastor pike,' he cried
gleefully. And yet they shot men llko Lin
coln!" STRONG IX DEATH.
I havo fished In brook nnd river, quiet pond
and mountain lake,
Whero the sunlit ripples quiver and waves
with muslo break.
At dusk nnd dawn I've tracked my prey, in
storm and weather clear;
Through starry night and summer day, in
waters far and near.
I dream beside the fire tonight, my tackle
laid aside.
And those who fl3h may read aright my
dream and will not chide.
No dread nor sting of sorrow pricks as I
wonder with a smile.
When Charon rows me o'er tho Styx, will
he let me fish awhile.
They say the Styx Is dark and chill, but that
Is naught to mo.
I've fished In many a mountain rill; I've
fished the stormy sea.
Tho ferryman is stern and grim, but why
should he decline
If It should be an angler's whim to wet a
fishing line?
Maj hap he, too. Is of the race of knghts of
rod and reel ;
Then would he look with frowning face
upon a brother's zeal?
So, as his way across he picks, the voyage
I'll beguile,
When Charon rows me o'er the Styx, by
coaxing fish awhile.
NORMAN JEFFERIES.
OSSI
qfUS
Pleass', slgnor, you know da man weeth
da redda hair an' da wart on da nose?
He's frand o' yours? You batter gon'
tal heem shave heemsal' from now out.
I don't want heem com' een here no
more. Alia right! s' enough. Today w'en
he ees een da chair I tal heem how I am
Bona to da sea-shore for da vacashe",
"You theenk I shoulda be scare' for da
shark?" I ask heem, "Oh. no," he say,
"you don't need be scare'." So alia time
I shava heem I tal heem w'at evra body
say I should go for da country an' not
whtre ees com' da sharks, Alia time he
say "No, dey won'ta blta you," "But," I
Bay to heem, Joost wen he ees gona 'way,
"evrabody say dey are bigga man
eatln' sharks." "Sure," he says, "so
you don'ta need for be scare?" Only now
I see what he mean.
DEAR T, D. Does not the WJBworthy
sentiment of Pr Wilson, that we
are In Mexico "not to flght but to help,"
smack somewhat of a W. K. popular song
of some ten years ago, viz.;
"Mexico, my dark-ejed Mexico,
Tho' years may come and go
I'll constant be.
Mexico, I dearly love you so,
And I would like to know
If you love ma."
Dear T. D. This week's a E. P. In a
story called "Sudden Jim"' gives the inter
esting information that a prime necessity
for the making of clothespins is maple ve
neer. Ever seen a veneered clothespin?
H- TIMS.
ASK somebody else. The Missus makes
li us hurry so when we're taking in tho
clothes we never noticed.
A aezUaa calf, born on the farm of
Fraalt Laibenooan, Mar OeryvUle. bavlnr two
headj, baUiboata. livere lunsi. one htart tbxae
tail twu blad (us and tour front ka, an4
tt motttr cow bgth died.
Mar or k tucollo contcmsorajy
This i contributed by M., who Irrele
vantly Inquires. "What does t bull
E3QOS8 look like?
WJIL-1
If vlcffl PS IibB-
OUR LAND
AgoshXmexicms are JISV- : C Mf ""' 'r !:rJZ
CANT YOU SEE TH BKfNETS ffffl3V ?
U- MARCH. MftRCM ffit ?TO lK rHD
ZD Crrmil? r 3?N n MPVou caIntsee arycun-
S" -. -ruFrL an'auumpin inTh'sun.
THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
More Shark Stories From tho Jersey Coast A Letter From a
Pennsylvania Guardsman on the
Border
This dfjiurlmcttf is fret to all readers who
rtah fo rrprrsa their ojiinlona on subjects of
current lnfcrc. It m oh open forum: and the
Jvuciidin Ledper assumes no responalbllllu or
tho ticit's of its correspondents.
WORD FROM THE BORDER
To the JUUtor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Inclosed you will find a llttlo sketch
of our life both In a song and a few words
here In tho deserts of Texas. I am a son
of Philadelphia and In a Philadelphia com
pany. Wo arrived here Thursday morning
and have seen enough. We nre not fighting
Mexicans, we aro not facing powder and
shells. We aro fighting rattlers, horned
toads and ground lizards and regiments of
all specimens of.bugs and wo are facing on
tho hot sands which blow In our meals, our
sleeping quarters and on, most every
where. We all In chorus thank tho cook, though,
for keeping us from starving. This is our
menu, with a small "m":
Morning Coffee and hardtack.
Noon Hardtack and coftco and a smell
of corned beef.
Supper Hardtack and coffee mtxed and
some beans, and so on every day.
We wero all thinking If tho kind, good
citizens of tho East could send us Borne
water, and, believe me, a bath Is certainly
welcome by every one.
Now for the song:
The little colonel, tho worst of them all,
He gets you homo In tho morning beforo
first call.
It's fours left and fours right and right
front Into line.
You hurry up, you lazy boot,
Or I'll give you double time.
CHORUS.
Home, boys, home that's whero wo ought
to be.
Home, boys, home. In God's country.
And when we get to Phllly
We won't give a ;
Wc will tell them about the ancient meat
they handed us for ham.
We go to bed at night and lay our Bhoes
aside;
Up comes a lizard and makes a bed In
side. And wo wake up in tho morning,
And find we're an hour late;
We look down at our llttlo toes
And find there are only eight.
PHIL F. PERNA,
Co. L, th Penna. Inf., N. G. U. S.
Fort Bliss, Tex., July 11, 1916.
SHARK STORIES
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Last Sunday I went to Corson's
.et on nn excursion. On going down to
tne beach I found a number of persons
congregated. I Inquired the cause of the
excitement and was told that, as there
was n: liquor sold at that place on Sun
day, nny one wanting a drink had to get
a shark bite, and that the crowd was ex
cursionists who were waiting for the shark
A PACIFIST PARABLE
"A stranger has come among us to teach
us a new religion. There are among the
doctrines which he preaches a groat many
things which are Indifferent to us, but there
are also some very dangerous for the
tribe. He declares, for example, that can
nibalism ought to disappear from the earth
and that it is necessary to renounce our
custom of eating human flesh.
"There have been In all ages Individuals
to whose stomach this aliment was repug
nant. But this is a rare physiological
Idiosyncrasy, Even those who suffered
from It regarded It as an Infirmity, This
Is the first time that an attempt has been
mado to make a dogma of this pathological
distaste, ,
"The propaganda of this stranger might
prove fatal. At the least public feast, where
ten prisoners werelmmolated, three of our
warriors have refused to touch the flesh.
That Is why I have resolved to demonstrate
to you that this doctrine is absurd and that
those who permit themselves toibe seduced
by It will be traitors to their tribe.
"In all ages, as far back as the memory
of th oldest men can reach, enemies killed
in battle have been eaten and prisoners have
been fattened into proper condition for kill
ing. When a custom Is so ancient It is
not' dependent upon the will of men. It is
not an accident of their history, but a law
of their nature, instituted by the gods
themselves. Hearts too tender may deplore
It, but against natural fatalities It Is vain
and puerile to wish to fight.
"Repudiate then, Olympla, these new
ideas. Antl-cannlballsm Is a doctrine es
sentially chimerical. Men have always
eaten one another; they will continue to do
so in the future as they have In the past
And the best way to avoid being eaten our
selves is to enfeeble neighboring tribes as
often aa possible by liberal bloodletting."
V La Revue.
HAMMOCK LITERATURE
Just how much of the whole truth did
the New York Tribune tell in thl bub
bling figure. Of speech?
"Let ns fay that the American rosga
suje is the fountain of our literature ;
nnd. for thereverse. is a pretty accurate
nt-mr ta Alnk of our magazine 4ltera.
dressed m -ftblte before a great polUhed
FORCES ARE BUSY THESE HOT DAYS
to put In an nppenrnnco bo thoy could get
bitten.
Talking about sharks, some years ngo
beforo the bar out In front of the pavilion
nt Longport I was fishing along tho Jet
ties built by tho railroad company to pro
tect the roadbed, when I heard a rlflo shot,
and looking across the thoroughfare saw
two men In a boat shooting at some object
on n smalt bar. Presently they made fast
to It with a rope nnd towed it over to tho
shoro and mndo fast to tho wharf. It
turned out to bo a female shark six feet
long, nnd whllo In the shallow water It
ga-o birth to nine young ones. They ap
peared to be born blind, and after thoy
swam around a llttlo whllo poked their
noso on the sand, whero a small boy
knocked them on tho head and put them L
in u uurrei.
On another occasion somo one caught a
shark six feet long, and after It was dead
a doctor opened Its mouth and propped It
open with a stick,, then began to explore
Its throat. Ho then took out a lancet nnd
cut the shark open to see what was In Its
belly, and out rolled a silver watcn or tno
dollnr kind. The doctor picked It up and
made the remark that tho watch was run
ning, and on Inquiring tho time found that
tho wntch was right. There wore at least
50 persons looking on who had come down
on the trolley from Atlantic City, and on
their return told the story nncf, of course,
were ridiculed. This may bo n shark story,
but Is true. The doctor, who was a sleight-of-hand
expert, whllo exploring tho shark's
mouth, passed tho watch Into tho shark's
stomach, and of course when tho shnrk was
opened tho watch was found. When he
camo up to the hotel he gave the thing
away to somo of his friends, but tho peo
ple who went to Atlantic City on the trolley
were none the wiser.
Another time, while fishing up In Egg
Harbor Bay for weakflsh, tho Ash stopped
biting, and somo ono suggested that a
shark was In the bay, and nsked Captain
Sam Davis to put out his shark line. Ho
baited It with two weakflsh and waited de
velopments. In about 10 minutes there was
a pull on tho lino and we all manned the
rope, the captain ran a slip knot up over
the body and around the throat and made
fast another ono around Its tall. Then we
heaved all together, and got the shark on
the aide of the boat. Wo had her tied so
tight she could not use her tall or teeth.
She gradually choked to death. The cap
tain informed me that all the sharks caught
In the bay are females, and he never saw
one male caught. On reaching shore a cdr
penter who was working there took out his
rule and measured her, and sno was 7 feet
long lacking an Inch.
Another time whllo I was fishing In Cor
son's Inlet for klngflsh In a Btnall row
boat a big shark, about 6 feet long, came
within 20 feet of the boat, and I lost no
Urns in getting up that ancnor, nelzlng the
oari and putting for home as quick as the
Lord would let me. R. F. W.
Philadelphia, July 18.
machine, drawing swiftly and dexterously
vanilla love stories and frosted chocolate
love stories and occasionally even a straw
berry ice-cream love tale of a bold plnk
lEhness." And yet care docs not lurk in carbonated
waters; Ice cream may be nourishing as
well as delightful; one can meet the neigh
bors and get the drift of things from a
perch In front of the counter where the
long spoons are active. It's cool In there
avvuy from the street and the Job, and ex.
pcrtb tell us that those who like sugar in
all Its manifestations are not so likely to
fait for alcohol. But no athlete ever did
train on soda water. What else are you
reading this summer7 Collier's.
BUT IS IT?
The preparedness movement Is the best
advertised Joke In the United States.
Florida Times-Union.
IN THE INVISIBLE
"I sent my Soul through the Invisible,"
Waiting In silence in breathless awe
What strange, new influence I thence might
draw,
At once a dear, familiar air I breathed,
Here were life's sweetest, holiest flowers
enwreathed
To bless my path and crown my numble
head.
And the 'deep founts my hungering fount
had fed,
"I sent my Soul through the Invisible,"
And found one there most loved and ever
dear,
With all the loves that bless the passing
year.
And gentle spirits that o'er man preside
Faith, Hope and Charity, with arms thrown
wide;
I saw, as If my holy maglo led.
The Joyous eyes of those whom men called
dead.
I send my Soul through the Invisible
Dally and hourly -with expectant awe,
For I. e'en J. perceive the primal law
By which the lewer doth the larger hold.
As doth the seed the fragrant bloom
enfold,.
And. wait most Joyously the destined hour
My WddtQ ufe shall come to perfect flower.
Sirih L. Burton In Christian Begisttr
Cop right. 1010, by John T. McCutchcon.
What Do You Know?
Oucrfea o central Interest will be answered
In this column. Ten Questions, the answers t
whit.h ien well-Informed iieraon should know,
are asked daliu.
QUIZ
1. tVhnt, If nnr. Is the difference between a
mechanic nnd n rnnrhlnlnt?
2. Who l the 'ount Kurolji? .
S. AMint la the function of nn Appellate Court?
t. 1plnln the Initials P. O, H. of A. .
R. Which la llthtcr. molut nlr or dry air?
S. Why la pie Iron ao called?
hone wns the aword Kxcnllhnr?
8. What different trnlta of the llrltUi
hotlzed hy ttm llrltlfih Lion nnd
lint ilirroronf. Irnlta nl Ihn llrlllHIl n
re jrm-
hollzcd by the Ilrltlnh Lion and John Hull?
n iiu
roarl
D. What do acumen menn br the
rinc
rortlea"?
10. What la meant br "A Greek clft"?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1, Rotten Howl derhed from "Itoute du Kol"
the Ulnc's pnannce. . ...
2. Tho I'stnpacni a river In Mamand, empty
ing into Chesapeake, liar below llultl-
8. 'Tetrr'n pence," an nnnitnl contribution paid
nt tho fenat of St. I'cter to the Vatican.
4. "A nickel Is worth 0 cents"! this current
iilnr refers to the rle In the price of
the mctnl. the nctunl talue nf the nickel
in tno o-cent piece now twin- nearly u
cents.
B. "Time, nnd half-time." Sfanr Inhor
hour remuneration a half again na much
na for working time during the regular
garurations require tor work done niter
worKing tinr.
G. The lint railroad to Atlantic. City wns the
Cnmdcn and Atlantic, completed 1831.
7. A ahark In attacking a human being turns
over on Its hack because of the position
of tho mouth on the under side of the
head.
B. The Hupcrtnx la the higher percentage nf
tnxatlon upon Incomes ahote a certain
size.
0. Indirect lighting. . Its chief advantage Is
the sating of the eyes from strain.
10. Mansard roofi a roof In which the rnfters.
Instead of forming nn Inierted V, ure
broken on each side Into an elbow.
Race Trades
ficflfor of "What Do You Know" Can
you tell mo where Is the location of the
race tracks Windsor nnd Hawthorne? Could
you tell me of any place around Philadel
phia where I could buy race horses?
F. JOHNSON.
Windsor Is In Windsor, Canada, across
the river from Detroit. Hawthorne Is in
Chicago. There aro no breeding stables in
Philadelphia, but many horse markets which
might supply you.
Facts About Nathan Halo
II. F. D. 1. Nathan Hale was born Irf
1755. He was graduated from Yale Uni
versity in 1773 and became a teacher. 2.
The purpose of his expedition as a spy was
to find out at what point. It at all, the
British intended to attack New York. He
assumed a disguise and passed through the
British lines in Long Island in the char
acter of a schoolmaster who had become
disgusted with the courso of the Revolu
tion. He visited all the British camps on
Long Island and drew up memoranda, writ
ten In Latin In the privacy of his room at
night. Meanwhile, the British captured New
York city, so that Hale's excursion would
have been of little advantage to Washing
ton. He gathered considerable military In
formation which would have been useful
In a general way to the American com
mander. 3. The capture was effected short
ly after Hale entered a famous tavern,
"The Cedars," and asked for a night's
lodging, This wsb at Huntington Bay,
where h was to be called for by a boat
man, an American sympathizer. As he sat
In the Inn parlor a number of persons
were seated abqut, and Hale noticed that
one of them, a man whose face he seemed
to recollect, suddenly rose and left the
place. At dawn Halo left for the waterside;
where he expected his boatman. He saw
a boat approaching, supposed it to be his
confederate's, gaily saluted the rowers, and
then to his dismay saw that they were
British marines. He was captured and sen
tenced to be hanged. 4, Hale's last re
quests to Cunningham, the provost mar
shal whosupervsed the execution, were
refused, Juven his hurriedly written letters
to his mother, Bisters and youthful sweet
heart, Alice .Adams, were ruthlessly de
stroyed before his face. His last words
were, "I only regret that I have but one
life to give to my country,"
The Old Guard
T, G. The flower of Napoleon's army
was known as the Old Guard. In the battle
of Waterloo they were reserved to make
the final charge, which, though gallantly
carried out. was unsuccessful. All hope of
a French victory was lost, and retreat was
ordered. The Old Guard were surrounded
and called on to surrender. Then General
Cambronne is said to have replied (though
the phrase Is claimed by some to have been
an after Invention) "The Old Guard dies
but never surrenders," and thoy were over,
whelmed. In our political history the sup
porters of Grant In the Republican Conven
tion In 1880 were knowq as the Old Guard.
and of this famous but unsuccessful "306."
It was said. 'The Old Guard dies, but never
surrenders."
Turks
Editor of "What Do You Knout" I would
like to know whether the Turks belong to
the Mongolian or White race. We have
been having a big controversy ever jt and
would like to settle the question.
H. 8. and J L.
The Turks are of the Caucasian race, noi
of the Mongolian. The term whlto race la
misleading, for the Caucasians range from,
wbt we call a white man to some very
dark skinned peoples. But the Turks are
not of the so-caHed. YeUW Jw:B
ENGLAND'S RARE
TREASON TRIALS
Precedent of a Century Says
That Sir Roger Casement
Will Not Hanp; for His
Work
THERE Is ono man In tho House of
Commftns who has watched with more
than passing interest tho trial, convic
tion, appeal nnd ndverslty of Sir Roger
Casement. The member for County
Caler Is that man, nnd his Interest Is ho
most natural thing in tho world. Ho has
been thero himself.
Arthur Alfred Lynch Is ono of the very
few who havo been tried for treason In
England since the beginning of tho 19th
century. In tho early tlaJ's tho very
grounds of treason wero vaguo and in tho
time of Henry VIII thoy varied with tho
whim of tho sovereign.. At ono tfmo it
was treason to questton tho legitimacy
of Mary, rtt another to question that of
Elizabeth. Later, tho high ground of
treason was questioning tho legitimacy
of thoso children. To get rid of Kather
lno Howard, tho mionnrch of tho many
wives put on tho statute books a most
outrageous law on treason. It was al
ways possible after any net, to call it
treason,
Recent Legislation
Moro recently tho grounds for treason
havo been codified, simplified and brought
Into contact with tho nctuat feelings of
tho pcoplo who aro governed by them.
Thoso of tho United States aro a. moilol
of simplicity, and tho constitutional defini
tion Is virtually nit ono needs to know.
In England tho person of tho sovereign
and tho safety of tho Stnto nro equally
protected, and tho right of succession
is held unlmpcnchablo by print or spoken
word. Aiding nnd abetting tho onemy,
tho grand chnrgo dgalnst Sir Roger, is
tho ono of most frequent occurrence
Tho last trial beforo that of Lynch was
for attempting to assassinate Queen Vic
torln. Tho assassin was caught, acquitted
on tho grounds of insanity, sentenced to
confinement nt Broadmoor and finally re
leased. To get a case of actual oxccutlon
wo must go back nearly a century, to
the days when tho Cato street conspira
tors, nrrcsted when about to murder the
members of tho Cabinet nnd plotting
against tho llfo of tho monarch, met death
on tho gallows. Slnco that timo every
precedent favors tho llfo of Sir Roger
Casement, afUl nono of theso moro so than
that of Arthur Lynch.
Lynch's "Wild Career
Arthur Lynch Is a man of extraordi
nary gifts, and beforo tho Boor War was
considered ono of tho ablest politicians,
ono of tho most distinguished Journal
ists of tho British Empire. Ho was born,
of Irish parents, in Australia nnd gravi
tated, after taking his master's degreo
at Mclbourno, to Ireland. Ho was an
ardent Parnelllte," vainly contested Gal
way against tho antl-Parnelllto candidate
and then burst suddenly into Journalism.
Ho had been a civil engineer, but crav
ing excitement, got a Iptter to 'the fa
mous T. P. O'Connor nnd bocamo a
writer on tho Sun. His stylo was trench
ant and bitter. His Interests varied from
cricket to criticasters. His ferocious at
tacks on tho sloppy literature of his
tlmo aro still remembered. "Our Poots,"
a caustic commentary on minor versi
fiers, made him n Joyous host of enemies.
Ho was, when tho Boer War found him
in Paris, a man of high promise.
Ho went from Paris to South Africa
aB correspondent for.Lo Journal. Michael
Davltt, In his book on "The Boer Fight
for Freedom," takes up Lynch's history
at that point:
"Mr. Lynch was captivated by the
heroic character of tho Boer struggle
against such cruel odds and ho throw
away tho pen for a Mauser rlflo. Ho
was elected to tho post of Colonel, and
being an able linguist, speaking French
and German with fluency, succeeded In
enlisting 150 'IrishmeA' from'several Euro
pean nationalities not hitherto reckoned
as subordinate members of tho Celtia
racial family." Colonel Lynch earned on
excellent reputation for bravery, and
so inspired his men that members of
several other commands chose to fight
under htm. General Botha Bpoke of
Lynch as "one of tho very best of my
officers," andsLynch enjoyed tho Gener
al's confidence until, when guerrilla war
fare broke out, Lynch returned to Paris.
Irrepressible Impudence
The most thrilling episode in his ca
reer la what followed. He had fought
against Britain, had sought to become a
naturalized citizen of an enemy country,
had violated the first, law of the land,
and yet he had tho "nerye" to stand for
Parliament. Whllo still In Paris he was
elected member for Galway against Hor
ace Plunkett, elected with a great major
ity, nnd disregarding all warnings, pro
ceeded to London to take his Beat. He
was promptly arrested, tried, convicted
and sentenced. His sentence was even
more promptly commuted and 'finally,
after a brief service, he was freed, He is
now a loyal citizen of Great Britain, sits
In the House of Commons and will prob
ably do all he can to save the life of his
fellow Irishman,
In fact, the excitement caused in this
country by the sentence passed on Sir
Roger is not paralleled In England, even
by those who heartily hate the idea of
legal mur,der. (They simply have an his
torical background which we lack. They
know that the appeal of Sir Roger could
hardly haver been granted without im
pugning either the honesty or the ability
of the Lord Chief Justice of England.
Merely out of consistency the appeal
must have been denied. But they know
that "the King's mercy," upon which all
traitors are thrown, has not failed to
act for a century, and thoy do not expect
to see It fall now, Arthur Lynch was
said In the indictment to have been se
duced and instigated by the devil. The
instigator of Sir Roger la popularly sup
posed to be the Prince, not of Darkness,
but of Potsdam. But even that anger
must die down and the probable as. well
as the desirable thing is that Sir Roger
will He in a British Jail untlr the war is
over and then be pardoned.
THE SEASON
And it may be that the German navy Is
walthii for ajoouver consignment of low vis
ibility bft- putting to sa agqin. Slacoi
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