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This
Mr. Hughes will not pay political
debts with national Jobs. Neither will
Mr. Wilson, much longer.
As "a sacred duty to the public"
tho National Master Bakers' Association
has fixed the uniform ntul minimum prtco
of a loaf of bread nt ton cents. The pub
lic bows Its head In melancholy pleasure
nt this, reverence.
The gentlemen who were crying
for definite words from Mr. Hughes nro
having their wish. The candidate yes
terday got down to bedrock In his words
on tho tariff. This is definite enough and
firm enough, and quito unanswerable.
The Cleveland psycho-sclcntlst who
says that blue Is tho color which leads
children Into the path of obedience must
be a pseudo-scientist. Pink, produced
by applying tho hand In the proper place,
Is a much moro effcctlvo color.
Health Commissioner Dixon very
properly decides that tho man who owns
a yacht has no greater right to bring his
children Into tho Stato In disregard of
tho qunrnntlna against Infantile paralysis
than the man who has to use a railroad
train. v
Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge, re
tired, of tho British Navy, calls our naval
proposals modest. Since he Is only a
foreigner and an expert, tho House will
not listen to him. Representatives from
middle Arkanssouri arc tho only au
thorities on naval matters.
Tho Danish ship Oregon, propelled
by a Diesel oil-burning motor. Is now ft"
curiosity. But when shipping men dis
cover that sho can be operated at a
greater profit than a steam vessel of the
same size, the Delaware piers will see
many moro ships of the same kind.
If gasoline can bo sold In New
York and New Jersey for twenty-four
cents a gallon, there Is no Justifiable
reason why twenty-five cents should bo
charged In Philadelphia. Tho report that
J'it is probable that the price of gasollno
In this city will take a drop" should bo
made to read that the drop is certain.
Tho temporal power of the Tope
has manifested Itself In the chartering ot
n, ship to fly the papal flag. Tho first use
to -which the vessel of this new sea
power win" bo put Is to carry the new
apostolic internuncio to South America.
The ship is neutral, and Is therefore sup
posed to be Immune from the attacks of
German or Austrian submarines.
One dentist Is not enough to at
tend to the needs of the Pennsylvania
troops on the border, if the report Is
correct that ninety-five per cent of them
have defective teeth. One dentist is bet
ter than none, and the Pennsylvania
"Women's Division for National Prepared
ness has set a good example by arrang
ing to send a man to the front to do
What he can.
The New York Outlook needs a
geographical editor. If it had one it would
not have announced, that a memorial to
its founders Is being erected "in the city
of Gertnantown." It would be as cor
rect to speak of a district on the loAer
went side of Manhattan Island as the
. city of Greenwich. Germantown was a
village until It was Incorporated In the
city ot Philadelphia, over half a century
ago.
It Is not necessary to wait for an
amendment to the Constitution before
the magistrates' courts can be shorn of
their power to do mischief. The Consti
tution Itself expressly permits the Gen
eral Assembly to put them out ot busi
ness, for It says that the magistrates
"shall exercise such jurisdiction
as is now exercised by aldermen, sub
ject to such changes as may
bf made by law." Pending their entire
abolition their Jurisdiction can easily be
so restricted, that there will be nothing
for them to da Along with thu reduc
tion of their powers should go a reduc
tion, in salary. Then It might be be that
these, pestiferous courts would disappear
by atrophy.
KsjEiSfecJji
Pat on the announcement of tho
Vrst Italian success comes the news of
Serbia. fall. Italy's first great victory,
'"Thu opening" of tha lower peninsula and
f Austria proper to invasion Is of vast
Importance becsaw. eoccvpt in a. few
jUBCloraV Central Empires have bean
ipJUfft. Tiwre have feen aa atrocities
as 'fmdflBK- sea cyt those in Ue At.
Of bmV JM wjjjTfMi mm tkaalvteifl answer la given to tfee dlylomaUe
;lkwkj Jhwm eofe t alts
f6ot t the French soldier precariously
holding on in the south. For the awlft
ending: ot the war nn Invasion Is essential,
because the moral effect will be tremen
dous, and even Germany Is susceptible to
moral Influences. tlorlzla Is aa refresh
ing: to the Entente as Erzerum, for there
has been a notable Blackening: of en
thusiasm and a decline of hopo in the
now offensive Tho meaning: Is Blmply
that tho first hopes, against tho explicit
words of the commanders, were excessive.
Nothing omclally given, out Is contra
dicted by the latest report that the pres
ent offensive Is to go on until the mines
of Franco nro redeemed, to bo followed
by digging In and a final thrust next
spring.
WHERE DO WE GET OFF?
FTUtERE will probnbly be no railroad
-strike. Tho loaders of tho four great
brotherhood of railroad workmen have
agreed to submit their demands to the
Federal Board of Mediation and Concilia
tion. The railroad managers asked that
the dispute be arbitrated In this way.
Assume that tlio Board of Mediation
and Conciliation or an arbitration board
later will find that the workmen should
have nn Increase In wages, or its equiva
lent In somo form. The railroads will
have to grant the Increase when It It
recommended. They will then have to
go beforo the Interstate Commerce Com
mission and plead for permission to in
crease their freight or passenger rates to
meet the now charges, Tho Commission
will be compelled by the logic of Its pre
vious findings to permit the Increase.
Every Philadelphia commuter knows
what this means. A year or moro ago
the Intcrstnto Commerce Commission toltl
tho railroads that they must Increase
their passenger rates and not attempt to
meet tho deficit In their earnings In
putting tlie wholo burden on the freight.
Tho price of commutation tickets went
up, nnd the ordinary man, paid by salary
or wages, had his net Income reduced
by tho nmount of tho Increase In tho
prlco of his commutation ticket. The
money went to pay tho Increase In tho
wages of the railroad employes that had
previously been granted.
Tho average citizen will have to put
his hand In his pocket and draw forth
any extra money that the railroad em
ployes may get by the mediation award.
Ho will do It in this way: If the freight
rates nro advanced his grocer will In
crease the prlco of what he sells, his
butcher will add a cent or two n pound
to the price of meat, his tailor will chargo
him a dollar or two moro for a suit of
clpthe3 and the shoo dealer will add some
thing to the price of tho shoes or the
shoo manufacturer will uso a little cheap
er leather and keep the price unchanged.
And so on down the whole line.
The salaried man Is between two mill
stones. One Is the organized labor which
can forco nn Increase In Its pay and
the other is the capitalist employer who'
can compel the consumer to reimburse
him for every Increase in the cost of
running his business. The schoolteacher
suffers, so docs the clergyman and the
stenographer, tho college professor and
tho clerk. Tho nine or ten million women
workers who nro not organized suffer
along with the millions of other laborers.
They apparently have no redress.
They do not object to the prosperity
of any one. But they do think with somo
bitterness of tho hardships with which
they find themselves surrounded. Some
relief does come to them ultimately, for
we all know that the general scale of
pay Is higher than It was twenty years
ago, but the workers who need the relief
the most get It last and In the least
degree.
The conditions will continue until It
Is generally admitted that all kinds of
workmen and all kinds of employers are
mutually Interdependent, and until It is
perceived that any change in the eco
nomic equilibrium brought about by an
Increase of wages in nny one trade
affects the wholo social fabric, and until
It is agreed that the burdens of. a wage
Increase must be so distributed that
they will bear heavily on no one. It Is
unfair that one group of workers should
be paid at a rate far in excess of that
paid to other groups simply because these
other groups are Imuipable of organiza
tion. Perhaps in a hundred years or so
the economists will find a way out. In
the meantime, the vast majority of
Americans simply pay the freight and
wonder when the end will be.
DIPLOMACY BY POPULAR WILL
SECUETAItY luVXSIXG, returning to
his work, finds for solution a number
of grave problems. The present is Mine
of the few times in our history -when the
foreign affairs of the nation have become
the subject of general consideration and
when a foreign policy can determine an
election.
Although the major difference between
the two parties must remain that of do
mestic and industrial methods, we will
have now an example of Democratic con
trol of foreign policy on every one of
those questions which are brought up in
the campaign and will not be settled by
next March. Such control can seldom be
directly exerted, aa In an election year,
but it la the goal of virtually every Euro
pean not caught up In the mad -whirlpool
of the war. Peoples do not so lightly
Into war, as diplomats may, and when
they do go they go with more justice and
a nobler patriotism. In the same way
their judgment must be registered on
questions which may in the end lead to
v.ars.
It will be a triumptt fur democracy if.
wttn ait the othw ijutioas involved, a
&btea at thia xcar a NoveuiUr,
EVENING LEDGEEr-PHIBADELPHlA, THURSDAY, AUGUST 10,
Tom Daly's Column
IllELAXD TO EXdLATtn
..(With apolotlea to one Englishman, W.
iieniey.)
What have I done to you,
England, O Englandt
What is there thai 1 would not do, -England,
avlct ,
Itarkt an' sure you'll hear no lie!
Hlght betwixt vour greedy cues,
Apct bctwtxt them an' their prlto
it'ouM mnrf you half a brick, '
England
your skull tccrc not so thlckl
Where shall the tcatchful sun,
England, O England,
Match the brutal things you've done,
England, avlct
You who uvri for Belgium's ivocs
Cannot sec the urong that grows
Here beneath your very note.
Is it London fog, avlc,
England,
Or your skull that Is so thlckt
(There ir more, but the cenaor caucht It).
siivr.niNd niri.o.MATio relations
We are done with the Inirrnto ncron the
elreet He 1 nn una. Ills own beat friends time
torn in an during the pnat week. Henco wo leoe
JlmberkeMlelsm to writhe nnd wallow with Ita
own Idnd. A barrel or no of chloride of lime
durint- the hent nf (hi. t.at f..- .paaIt Ml.hi
ha presented the spread of the aluff.
We want to warn all concerned that The
Freeman ortlce lll not directly or Indirectly
permit Jlmberkejbllelam or am thing- or am
rereon contaminated therewith to acelc faora
here.
The tiao of freeman employea and Freeman
machinery to ere Imtrntltude la now paat
hlatorj with us. The ery type nnd metal unl
h the Ingrain across the street to strike per
sonally was set In our office, by one of our
emulate. In the nlht time, as a fnor, from
that emploir, because the Tribune had no
llnotpe operator, nor machinery In order, nt
that time, to set out Its own paper
)e nro clad to lay this quninntlne ncaln.it
tndereno. FINIS.
Ebensburg (fa.) Freeman.
Ol'It OWN MONT. ttl.ASS.
Irsky nnd Aip llcclde "Tlieni Christian
Sclencers Mionld Worry In Cnse of i'lre"
Ily HL'CJII MKim
"I feel It like the grip this morning," said
Irsky. the real estater, as ho took his usual
seat opposite his friend App, the ladles'
skirt and waist manufacturer, In Was
Bauer's restaurant.
"Vou would ought to tako Christian Sci
ence for them pains and things llko you
get 'cm so ftn, Irsky." responded App as
lie bit a lump of sugar in two while waiting
for his soup.
"I hear that already from my wife dozens
of times yet," replied Irsky, "but I uln't
what you might call sick enough, like stom
ach troubles, oiler blood poison, which I
could then see I would got to do something
quick."
"I could tell you." said App. "There Is
many things about tlilit here Christian Sci
ence which is not known only as you might
say If you would look good Into It. which Is
why If you would ot made a point to read
wlint tho papers say. Irsky, jou would not
now say It would be good only for stomach
troubles."
"Huh ! I suppose you would told me.
App. if I would of said I fell down on the
street and got already a leg or arms broke
or something, that this here stuff would got
tho goods which will cure it before I could
so much as ride to the hospital, maybe !"
"Sure." said App. "There Is nothing to
it but what enn be cured If ou take It like
that, they say."
"Majbe on the stomach troubles, mlt a
change to diet on crackers oder chicken
broth yet I w ouldn't go ns far, App, as say
'No' to that," replied Irsky, "but when you
get right down to what you might call acci
dents, which would leavo you with some
thing broke, or else If burned up een, why
that Is a difference matter."
"I read It In the Christian Science paper."
said App. as ho wrinkled his nose In cata
pulting his shell-rimmed eyeglasses to tho
end of their black silk leash, "that whenever
It happens a accident like say when you get
burned to tho ground or something, nil you
got to on is t.iuo tne matters out of mind.
and right away whatever happened, nnd all
consequences to It also. Is deceptions, not
reality, and Is only In the rellums of noth
ingness." Them Christian Scicncers then should
worry in case of lire." said Irsky, between
gulps of hot coffee, "but they sure should
got to be awful careful, understand me. for
fear till tho insurance Is all settled up,
understand, some low-life feller of a In
spector or somebody might could overhear
such talks, whereas there Is nothing to It In
the affydavltls where they swear both the
Are and the losses Is bony fide nnd gen
wlne." "I could agree with you there, Irsky,"
said App. growing excited, "and further
more than that, understand me. I wouldn't
believe that no reg'l.ir feller. ' understand,
could be no such nothinger which would
talk such talk not even one minute before
his Insurance would be paid In genwine
cash, unless it would be maybe some other
sucker's property, y" understand, which was
coming along with a hard luck story to
show he forgot over the thirty days' grace
yet to pay his premiums!"
Soma folks are never able to make any
thing at all out of a time-table, but a con
trlb signing himself Canfleld sends a
clipping which can mean nothing but n
chance to pick up n bit of change:
l-eave interview
S.00 and 11 00 A.
I'.'.OO 1. Jf.
Heach and Tennsvlle at
SI . 1 00. (1.30. . and
Sundayi. S.1S and "I0.4S P. M.
Donates Chamte on Sunndajs,
Dear Tom I was dining at Z's last night,
where I found the flies too numerous for
comfort I asked the waiter where they all
came from. He hesitated a moment and
then said:
"Well, some of them board here, sir."
G. W. D.
All your Uncle Sam asks- Is to get
near enough to Villa to give him a "Hello"
or a halo.
OUn SERIAL POKJl
T:iK reader must remember that yes
terday when we Interrupted
THE STRANGE HAMLET
tCopyrUM 1901. by Gorce K. I.othrop. Jr. S3
Hrooic anue. Beaton. Man.)
the wood carvers had quit work to listen
to the tramp who had begun to recite. The
poem continues -
Ills dramatic action was perfect.
His gestures and expressions wero superb.
Whlta through all of the, historic speech
There was not a single fault to disturb.
He had surely spoke those lines before,
For they were as perfect as from the
page. "
And never an actor could do more
Behind the glaring footlights of the
stage.
It was Hamlet's celebrated speech
Which for ages will be a masterpiece;
While from his lips the magic words rolled
As if an angel gave them their release:
To be, or not to be." (and so on
through the rest of the soliloquy).
When he ended the soliloquy
He bowed as the men loudly apptauded;
Then passed around hla hat for the cash
Prom which his cruel fate had defrauded.
He picked up the stray pieces of coin
And with many thanks to these who had
paid
Sauntered silently down the stairway.
And out into the cold, cruel -world strayed.
The woodcarvers asked among themselves
"Whit the name of this tramp actor
might be?
And confessed it was the finest speech
They ever expected to hear or see.
Then the boss spoke up from his corner.
And said this tramp was once a theater
star,
Pot that his thirst for liquor killed him.
Although be might have been known near
and far.
Than some cue asked for the actor's name
A the tang shadows began to grow
dark
VUa dee bass said In. Jest and sorrow.
"VfL lhy called him Homier, Prbwa t
Denmark."
.(IHdEniJ
THE VOICE OF
Tribute to Dr. Bliss, Founder of Protestant College at Beyrout.
A Characteristic Democratic Argument in Favor of Flood
ing American Markets With Cheap Foreign Goods
This ifrrnrtmoit is Irre to all readers trlio
ivtsn io express rinr opinions on auujr,-. w
current infcrnf. If is ntl open forum, and the
Krrnlno I,rdaer nsjmnrs no responsibility lor
the vietis oj Us corrrspoiidcnts.
TRIBUTE TO DR. BLISS
To the Kditor of fc'i-enino LeJacr:
Sir In yesterday's newspapers I noticed
the announcement of the death of the Rev.
Dr. Bliss, the founder and first president
of the Syrian Protestant College. Beyrout.
Syria. I am a Syrian and an old student
ot thin Institution, and felt unsatisfied with
the few lines given to him. and In behalf of
many, of my countrymen In this ciiy I
would like to pay hlirca tribute.
Dcctor Bliss was one of the greatest men
that ever lived and one of the finest men
thatcver went out to represent America.
The Near East has been always blessed by
having the cream of your universities. He
was widely known In Europe. Asia and
Africa, perhaps more than in America.
Kings and princes, statesmen complimented
him on his work. I remember very well
how at one of our commencement exercises
a general in the Turkish army (in full offi
cial uniform) stood upon the platform and
kissed Ills hand publicly ns a sign of re
spect. He lived for more than CO years In
Syria. Ills son. Dr. Howard Bliss, who is
now the president ot the college, was born
In a village on Mount Lebanon. He was
pious, great, with a most Imposing stature
and looks, a wonderful speaker and an
extraordinary personality. The Syrians
particularly wero attached to him, and not
long ngo they presented to the college his
marble statue. The college sprang up out
of nothing. It Is now the largest college In
Asia wfth the exception of those ot Japan.
American tourists have repeatedly told our
students that It has the most beautiful
campus and were stunned at the wonderful
equipment. If America is to boast of any.
thing, let her boast of her self-sacrificing
Christian sons. T. W. HARARI.
Philadelphia. August 9.
WANTS EUROPEAN GOODS
To the Editor of Evening Ledger:
Sir Your editorial "Don't Blow Up the
Dam," In Monday's Issue, forcefully, com
pletely and logically depicts the awful situ
ation that will confront us If the voters
fall to return the G- O. P. to power.
Your reference' to "anti-dumping laws
which never work except when they are
not needed" Is not Just as clear to my mind
as It might be. Do such laws have to bear
the Imprint of the G. O. P. before they can
become effectle, and is it only Democratic
anti-dumping laws which will not work
when needed?
You make It quite clear that Kaiser Bill
and Johnny Bull hae only been bluffing In
their carrying on of an alleged war with
each other, their real objective all the time
being to first create great stacks of desir
able goods, store them In mountainous
heaps, and then, when the dogs of war are
safely kenneled, dump these stacks of goods
on thd shores of our ill-fated land, thus
simply overwhelming dear old Uncle Sammy
with wealth that he Is sadly in need of.
A careful perusal of th newspapers for
the last few years gave me the Impression
that our manufacturers, tradesmen and that
other insignificant, but numerous, Individ
ual, the consumer, were sadly In need of
many of the articles that must go toward
making up a large part of the stacks that
EMPRESS EUGENIE
The man who told us In song of the
friendship of memory for grief could not
have had In mind such a case as that ot
this poor old woman, this Empress Eugenie,
born Eugenie Marie D Monttjo. at Grenada,
Spain. May 5. HI'S How lovely, graceful
and compelling ot admiration must have
been her presence may be imagined when
e recall bow her beauty and amiability
startled Paris in 1851; how her reign as
belle ot that capital continued, with that of
fashion, long after her coming to Imperial
ktate in 1SS3. Spanish beauty' fades early,
but here was a woman fascinating enough
at 27 to capture in marriage the then most
prominent man of Europe, the blase, roue
son o4 Hortense, that Louis Napoleon whom
she was to lead by the nose to his destruc
tion 17 years later
PoOr old lady How utterly hoUow to
her thought must be the state in which she
stiH moves, to be U4i address as - Tour
Majesty." and to exchange couruswa with
royally Her bitterest enemies. If enemies
tb sct may have, fould hardly w&a bee
a sd4r life than that of this survival of
I a 4ir we ujb uw w taw survival ot
att tUt w toij hr-te tte jw
"AND YET TROUBLES !
;2S
THE PEOPLE
B.1I and Johnny proposo to dump on us.
nnd that we have been paying extraordinary
prices for the very much limited supplies
at hand.
It seems to me that If the Evknino
Ledger or our Government would send
a representative over to BUI and Johnny
and Inform them that they need not dump
their goods on our wharves, but that we
will gladly exchange our stacks of grain,
boots and shoes, beefsteaks, cigarettes, etc.,
etc., for their stacks of clothing, dyes, toys,
etc.. etc . all will be well. This will to some
extent prevent us from getting articles of
desirable wealth too cheap, the horrible
result of allowing the dumping process to
proceed. Let us hope you will continue your
enlightening editorials and keep us from
Ignorant!)- blowing up the dam which stands
between us and the cheap goods which we
ignorantly think wo want.
oliver Mcknight.
Philadelphia. August 8.
(This Is a characteristic Democratic ar
gument. The Republicans prefer that Amer
ican workmen should make the goods that
Americans need and object to flooding our
markets with cheap goods from Europe and
forcing American workmen Into idleness.
Editor of the Evening Ledger.)
NEW YORK ALSO HAS FAULTS
To the Eilitor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir I do not know whence comes your
correspondent. Arthur Thomas Dyson, but
I Imagine he Is one of those who dwell In
"Ne 'Ork" and consequently cannot be ex
pected to know that Phlladelphlans rarely
expect any change out of a dollar tendered
for refreshment. I can but wonder what the
"refreshment" was that entitled him to
"change" out of a quarter.
The writer spent 22 months In "N'e "Ork."
but that was some years ago, and wj on a
recent visit to that city, landing at Ellis
Island pardon me. I mean Liberty street
"slip" he walked to Broadway and inquired
of the traffic policeman the direction of
John street. '-Two or t'ree blocks down
that way." said the "cop." pointing mjuiIi.
Perhaps there are borne people In Man
hattan who could direct the stranger, but
thlspartlcular stranger was compelled to
find his own way and discovered that John
street is north of Liberty street.
In long experience with New York street
car conductors not more than ten out of
every halfscore failed to Inform the writer
of the nearest point to the address he de
sired. It Is not reasonable to expect the
conductor of a street car. with his multi
farious dufles and evermoving. changing
group of passengers, to remember the des
tination of any.
I repeat that I spent 22 months In New
York. long enough to know that the aver
age New Yorker knows very little about
his own town and far less about any other.
In a little town In Ohio I once met a New
Yorker who declared thst. he could not
stand for the "slow Pennsylvania Dutch"
In Philadelphia !
And In response to the statement by a
Phlladelphian that there are nq Pennsyl
vania Dutch In 1'hlladelphla, tie replied.
"What are you talking about? All i'our
political leaders are Pennsjlvania Dutch i"
"Yes," said the Quaker City man, "Jim
McNIchol and Tomrqy Ryan are Dutch.
You can tell that by their names." .. ,
COSMO.
Philadelphia, August 5.
of her Influence over men, her vanities,
friendships, devotion of husband, love of
only child, admiration of the millions who
thought of her only frankly to admire her
grace and beauty.
And the tragedies she aided In bringing
to nations! There was that of Maximilian
In Mexico, and then insistence upon, "my
war." as she called it. that of 1870. with
Prussia. In which French armies were de
stroyed or captured, billions of francs In
demnity wrung from the people. Alsace and
Lorraine lost, the throne gone. Then the
Commune and flight to England sad life
at ChUelhurst. death ot the deposed Em
peror and finally the killing of her son in
British service In Zululand. H who wis
to have been Napoleon IV. run through
with an assagai by a greasy Zulu! Cm.
cinnati Enquirer
DOESNT IT LOWER!
Tbtre is pa little merit in the leave to
print privilege. It saves Cobswss Uom
listening to its own oratory w.tbeut towc
Ins the representative of y ppj ,
t tne esteem aiaa regard and sJCectistk o . I
Mti(s0Sto S f 'i
1C
What Do You Know?
Queries of general tnttrtst will lie answered
In this column. Ten Questions, the answers to
xchleh event toelhlnormed person should know,
are asked dally.
QUIZ
1. Wlmt fuel will permit n steamship to dis
pense with smokestnckH?
2. Whnt Is n terrain?
3. Whnt Is n bridgehead?
i. What U the difference between n footpad nnd
u hlclmayman?
3. Why nre Kncllsh policemen called "nobbles"
n nil "reelcrs"?
0. What N banllni:? Why ho called?
7. Who Is Arredondo?
8. Uhut Is the Importance of the fall of Corlzln?
Whr nre the Irish homttlmes culled Mile-
Mnn7
Did Joe Miller ever write a Joke book?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
t. Sir Domcln Hale Is In command of the
Itrltish forced on the western front.
2. A Ilardrl.fr Is a culde book, to named after
the compiler,
3. The Kuronean plan at hotel separates the
thanes for lodilnr and for food.
L The operations near the Suez Canal nre
Important for their direct results, and be
cause of the urestlce of Knicland. which
would bo hurt In the Kat if hue were
takrn.
3. A "close-up" Is n near lew of a person or
tlilnr In a movlnc picture.
0. WakhlnEtm Square lies went of SUth street
below Unlnut.
One etatne of Kranklln stands before the
I'ostotrire. another U on the Idier build-'
The columbine blooms In red.
bine.
white and
A prlje eynrt Is cne concerned with ships
captured nt kea durlnc war.
A fleldsrnr Is a Ofrm.in toldler of a cer-
. ".irll""i-. ca""1 becuuse of the color
or ni uniform.
European Questions
V. C. II. The Ems telegram was sent
by nismarck In July. 1S70, and was one
Of the direct causes of the Franco-Prussian
War. By cleverly suppressing portions of a
dispatch sent to him by the King, he made
It appear that theTFreneh Ambassador had
been so Insistent In presenting certain de
mands related to the Spanish succession
that the King had been obliged to snub him.
The actual matter under discussion had
been settled Bismarck later boasted of
his trick, which caused the French to make
ln,u ff r, Sf lntefnaonaI honor the casus
belli. (2) Jean Jaures was a great French
socialist leader and editor 111, assassina
tlnr. Just as war broke out may have af
fected the course pursued by Socialists In
France since then An antl-Giiiic pub Ids"
has given It out that Jaures was put out of
L,t, "'m" .av.V0,a "Mmilituriillc Ppa.
ganda while the war was coming on m
Fashoda Is a town In the Egyptian Sudan
7- I "JIM. Captain Mafcha ,d ran J n
the French flag and was met by Kitchener
fresh from Oindurman. who ran un the
Egyptian flag and appealed to his GoVrn!
ment for assistance. War kerned Lmlncn,
but a compromise wa reached m n" '
sumably, you refer to the former vLli
secretary of England.' lordnaowne
was responsible In great meaim ,n
foreign po.lcy of thalry
Name for Social
Udifor of "What Do Vou Knowv.
rmtnha1eZtSorgedaaUH
gesToneT SU'tab" " "lyou's
Why not call yourselves the II "ir A,
Club, meaning "Merry Men utU ,7 r M
Club." The Jolly S&lai the rJ
Club are others. ' e Good T"ne
Lychnobite
PRINTEH-A lychnob-lte Is Dn. ,.
works at night and sleeps by day ,7,
rarely found In dictionaries hut i U ,s
especially among those who L n use
mechanical departments oMm'SV" th
papers. "wrmnj? news-
Denver '
iZtt'lfi? has
ernment The cemmhSS Ssti0'!7 ov'
continued after a tore? yea? Vrifi M not
new charter doe, not gi!bLv .'' bl" the
sanural system. ot bl e,to " M
legwlatlve power ana tnY Mav,ns th
h virtually a city manager rf , erted
referendum and prefS,
French Krupps
w f -pkI - I
Mkxtr& a, tie
THE MYSTERY OK
Ttiiij kjud Wll
Her Connection With f !
den Death of President Pa2
of France Has 7
own explained
By JOHN ETwA'TKLVs
Rlvr.n Pnlnrn .: .'?"
... " .: . r. "'" on th.nLi.T
Febtuary 16, 1899. Attaches . ,
went hurrledlv. T ij i."ra,a5l
announced that k Francois Felli1
President of the Republic va , S
dead pf apoplexy at 10:15 of tfc, .T5
President Fnure had been .vM
great nervous strain. The Dfeyr,, Til
day had harassed him greatly, uJ
passed tho half-century mil.i.. ."Si
had been noted of late that i,. J " '
worn nnd haggard. So at first u.1
cial announcement of the cause tt ?'
death aroused no skepticism tl?
cynical Paris. Later, however l
gradually leaked out rumors that uS
not died from tho causes stated.
During thoso times there dwelt h
of wonderful mngnetlsm, who
scssed n voluptuous beauty that braS
to her feet many men high In (JS
circles. She lived In apparent haraZ
with her husband. Arinlnho oi.i..r3
---. -.. "iciuntb.
uruaij iier uuugiuer iuartha, a Jj.1
ful child of nlno, and an elderly koq-
1UUUII(U UU),, (.UJII 411
Introduced In later years
Madamo Stelnhcll had proved so kit. I
tlvo to men high in affairs ot (W I
mem inui aim reuuuy made htnd(
political power. In fact, It u mit
that sho became nn ofllclal spy andlfc
one 01 iier commissions irom the Cat
ernment had been to fascinate ths E
of Cambodia during that dusky &
arch's visit to Paris, and hold kla,
tier ciuicnes uniu no signed a traj
granung rrunce vuiuuuia COncesJlottt
Nino years nftcr tho death, of Prsi
dent Faurc, or In May, 1908, Paris
shocked by tho news of a horrible b
der in JIadamo Stclnhell's apartaet
The dead bodies ot her husbandiit
JIadamo Jnpy wero found bounty
In another room JIadamo StelnhtU
discovered gagged and strapped to a l
post. According to Madamo Stelnl
story, told In straightforward fuia
to the, police, sho had awakened to H
soveral figures wearing masks and rm
entering her room the night before, S
a search proved that nearly everfthi
of valuo had been taken from the prt
lses. After recovering from her
Juries this remarkable woman, bearlc'i
of the external marks of grief, teiloai
aided the authorities In hunting dOTjfti
murderers. She was an object of pdli
pity. 'Suspicion fell upon one ftsj
Coulllaud. Ho was nrrestcd and chvpj
with the double murder, but shortly if
ward was acquitted, and Paris was 4a
founded to learn that Madamo SttitM
herself had been arrested for the ti
crime.
Under tho ordeal of the third dtpt
she Is alleged to have made a dnnil
confession that sho know the WeuSl
nf tho nlnvpr of her husband and il
Mndamo Japy. It was then dlscovrM
that tho latter was not her own mothsM
but only her stepmother, and thus I
tho belief that sho had claimed tho doj
relationship the better to avert suspBa
that sho herself had killed the old ifi.
To account for her confession, alleijf
declared that Madamo Stelnhell hadt
suffering from a recognized form oftjt
terla which commonly manifests ltoKJ
pxtravacrant statements of a self-las
Inatlng character.
Her trial was one of the mostja
tlonal hearings ever held in Paris. B
cause of her penchant for wearing rjj
back in tho gay days before her mos
inc. she becamo known in the annul
the news ns "The Red Widow." M
weeks of suspense, so cruelly tnrtnf t
her charminc daughter, now a iwsj.
belle ot 18. "The Red Widow" wu
quitted.
- Meanwhile, the close scrutiny of ft
"Red Widow's" past llfo, entailed if
Investigations connected with her tfjj
uncovered certnln rumors connecUnfli
with a tragedy even more serious C
the murder of her husband and I
mother. According to a story alkiwj'
bnvR hen tnid in confidence by scm
In the innermost circle of the EU
Palace, President Faure had had ta
portant engagement at the palace os fij
afternoon ot February 1, W- j
nonappearance caused palace attaf?
inotitott, n Mrafni search, and M
Faure became alarmed by their n
tr. nn i,im Oorrnln susolclotui Bfl
for some time been rankling In her b
'sfn.jnm,. t,,..a kamminBr desperate, FT
ceeded to Madame Stelnhell's aparW
and, entering suddenly, round nerj
band dead in a chair, his handJ "
i. h.,j coinhali's hair. AC"- i
'ltt .UttUiHllO HVC,....v.. .- . .
, i .1 l..-..l,!o nhock. JIM5
Faure collected her wits and, with Pi
presence of mind, resolved to w
.i .i 1,0- !, i stand's honai
summoning some trusted servants ik.
the palace, she had the President cog
nnvereH n nt tn avert BUSpiclOD. ,
after darkness had fallen had it
piert into the Elvseo Palace and ?
In a chair where It might be oMscov-J
by those who later gave the w""gl
rnr.llnr- tn onmn Paris IiapetS. V" f3fl
..,., e .i, crjl Widow's" trU
the murders at her apartment la-gf
carefully arranged by the high o-j
of the Government uniu nml
limitations had prevented the PJJ
of an official Inquiry into "jg
Faure's death. After the "Red Wai
. -ith the ffisi
...., At... cram..
acquittal, ner conneciwu
rinnt'a mnrnet- became gradually ffd
:: 7. : -.--... ...in nrobabiyifS
Kuuen, ana me worn --- . jiM
know whether Felix Faure died nm
plexy In his own apartment, wh J
committed suicide, or whether he g
-. . ,..ni after 21
.uauame steinneus " i..- - jgj)
Ing either gone there of his "M
will ' nr havlnir been lured there S
he might be sceretly dtoP0e,0''litt3
Rochefort. in Le Patrie, caUed " rf1
io tne tacr. mar,, on ""
death, Faure was to have been v
,ih t,o ,. tnr the revision
Dreyfus case, and that he had 1
his determination to wlthnoia -
ture from that document
Oopyruht
TEMPORABILV DISCONTnl
The Inventors ot a substitww
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