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Philadelphia, rxTriED at tub riiiLApitiritu rosTorncw as SECOND-CLASS MAIL MATTM1 THE AVERAOn NET PAID DAILY CIK- CULATION OK Tllll EVENINO I.UDOHll FOR JANVAKV WAS 11S.777 Pbiladelplila. TumiIij, IVhruarv 20. Ill' Where's tho use In bothering with this daylight savins plan when tho huh Is only going to last 15,000,000 years longer? Illndenburg plans hlc hlovv In tho west. Headline Some think tho "big blow" Is nil there will be to It. See big Jump In price of children's hoes Headline. But few fathots will worry If tho children In tho shoes remain In tho mood o Jump. Senator Overman sees 100,000 spies In America. Why did ho not put tho number at 300,000? Isn't every unnat uralized German a spy, as well as some naturalized ones? Ambassador Gerard should know better than to trespass on tho "Colonel's" private preserves by saving the teporter from Le Matin who Interviewed him was "a deliberate, adroit mid monumental liar." The completion of tho live million dollar pension fund of tho Episcopal Church docs credit to that communion. When the other churches do as well tho faithful preachers can look forward to old age without that dread which over hangs most of them. The' gunner on the French liner Guyane, who sank a German submarine on tho way to New York, will get n fortune If ho returns, for thcro Is a largo bounty paid for such shots. If ho is captured he will bo put to death for piracy by the murderers of tho women and children on tho I.usltanla. Since March, 191.4, six persons havo been shot by tho policemen ns the Klppax boy was shot. Not one ot tho six wns guilty of a felony. Tho uniformed gun men used their revolvers contrary to tho regulations, yet all but one of them Is stilt on tho force. If precedent counts for anything, the ofllcer who killed young Klppax will continue to wear his uniform. "Hampy" Moore's belligerent pa cifism was laughed down In Congress after an immortal piece of unconscious humor most welcomo to thoso who lead the dreary pages of tho Congressional Record. Ho was reading an cdltoilal about demagogues In Congress. "But that doesn't affect tho gentleman from Penn sylvania," remarked tho Speaker. "Hut but but It does speak about 'demagogues In the House,'" cried Mr. Moore, and the House came down. Mr. Mooro has dono very well to curb the extremo Anglo philes In Congress, but ho did not know when to stop. Ho has, failed to realize that there is such a thing as talking peace to death. No thinking man could watch tho Sixth Regiment as it paraded Broad street yesterday without feelings ot profound respect for tho citizen soldiers who havo given seven months to tho icrvlco ot their country on the Mexican border. The prime duty of a citizen of a -free democ racy is to tako up arms for its defense SMS glT"" llllia.'T '" suusrSCTs, t?n when the need arises. Universal suf- frage and universal military service logl- W'. cally go hand in hand. Every ono an- Vf 'proves universal suffrage, but there must 47 i be a long campaign of education before universal military service Is admitted to be desirable. The most of us are will ing that "the other fellow" should do tho fighting, that some other mother's son should protect our mothers' sons when the crisis comes. To state tho caso in ti'" this way is to show the selfishness of -, : the popular attitude toward mjlltary scrv- sp- ice. The members of tho Sixth Regiment a. 4 saw a nil nrnlcfl fnr tVtntr ViotfA (... . deserve all praise, for they have shown jJUfaelr willingness to do the fighting. "When Kipling wrote that a woman ',! dnly a woman, but a good cigar ts a ,v 'moke he was not worried about tho (' irtitatorv effect on the weed of tho dim,. tore autojnaile cutter, against which plreaentative Gans has launched a bill. Various clear dealers In town lnAr 'Ifi. riflnfl'tf nlan. Thev ftnv th. -tnn. tter in4the stores Is insanitary. One ot them Insists that It injures the flavor f ttw'eigar. The proper way to ppon the 4ftt through the roll of leaf Is to bite t'jft 1M end off, according to this man. He ' b rii; for mere are, mysteries be- 1 tat emrhflton of UM,uniaxnd. ' 'ff.Nr i i :t 'i- dressing should always bo mixed wl'Ji a silver fork. Before tho Legislature passes any law ulilrli would compel men to uso their teeth ns cigar cutters the members ought to consult expert dentists, who', every ono knows, Insist that sea mitt esses who bit off their tin end ruin their teeth nml Indltectly iindeitnliio their health. After nil, the fuctlonnl light In Harris buig may continue so llcico that Ilopre sciuatlvo Gans's bill will be lost In the tditillle iind the man who nirile u gold clgnr cutter on hi watch clialn in tv bo allowed tp lelnln it for tl!.c ns well ns for ornament ACCORDING TO LAW rnmiltn seems to bo Ilttlo doubt that tho President will nddross Congress this week. Intimations lm'vo romo fioin olllclals In tho past about Important do clsloni of the Administration before ac tion hns been taken In order to prepare tho public mind for tho event, and tl)o Mitno process teems to havo been applied to the present case. TJie Pi es'ldciil's nddicas will bo ot supicino Importance hut it will not decide the riuestlon of ptneo or wnr. Tho coun try does not want to go to wnr; Mr. Wil son and Congress nro tho last who would fotco it Into war, and so whatever our i,tnto fs or will he. It' must bo called (some thing clso by this "nation of lawyers" until war Is a fart or no longer it pnssi Willy. "The Congress shall have power to de-c-i.up war," snys the Constitution, but what this has nmnunted to In the past his been that Congtcss lias merely gone tin oiigh tho formality of declaration when the facts tonulrod It. There Is no need nf on extra session so far as declarations or states of war are concerned, because Congress will In any case act after the event. Mr. Wilson will ask, It Is under stood, for tho right lo arm merchantmen and uso tho navy In any way ho deems necessary for the security of tho nation; of course, he will not n'sk for tho right to "declare- war." These' nro not hair splittings. Tho Constitution requires of tho President that "ho shall take care that tho laws bo faithfully executed." and "tho laws" nro our .taws regulating Inter national relations ns well as domestic affairs. Wo move fiotn accomplished fact to accomplished fact In legal fashion. That is why wo did not seize tho aerman ships, to tho astonishment of Germany. It Is this legal habit of mind that pro duced tho gicatest Joko of tho war. After having torn up most of the treaties In tho world and wrecked tho mechanism of Its merchantmen In our ports. Ilerlln sud denly realized that wo believed in law nnd thereupon feverishly rummaged among tho archives to find tho benevolent tiraty of 1799 and hold It under our noses. As It we, who keep tho law ot 17S9, would break the law oC 1799! Tho extiomo pacifists In Congress seem to havo Miot their bolt. Their oppo nents, tho armed-ships party, will prob ably mako or confirm as law tho prlnclplo that tho President shall havo power to piotect our commeice. It will then bo up to tho Germans to respect our law or tako tho consequences. A SALOONLKSS l'AUKWAY QKCC v on 1'" COURSI3, there should bo no saloons tho Parkway any more than there should bo In tho Park, To bring the city's greatest playground directly to the door of City Hall through a wide nvenuo that has mown down factory and dwelling as with a scythe to have tho imagina tion to do that and then to clutter up that avonuo with piovlnclal little tawdry gin mills would be to sin against tho esthetic-light indeed. A ,hotcl on tho Parkway, however, might bo allowed to sell liquor in its dining rooms without having a bar opening on the Parkway. Saloon men and prohibitionists would object to this as inconsistent, becauso they both Insist on lewlng tho liquor question from tho standpoint of morals alone. Tho saloon men bay It Is Immoral to stop the wilo ot liquor nnywhero nnd tho prohibition ists that It Is Immoral to allow it to bo sold anywhere. They both' hnto hotel dining-room sales In equal measuic. Tho Parkway was conceived In tho de slro for beauty, however, nnd not in the deslio for better morals, sao as beauty conserves morals. "Wets" and "drys," it, they havo to settle tho Parkway dlsputo in a peace without victory, should com promise on a beautiful Parkway it not a "bono dry" one. "cnuir." of shout selling PLANS for legislation to prohibit hhort belling aro said to bo under considera tion by tho Houso leak Investigating com mittee. Such plans ino always proposed whenever amateur economists nro con fronted with tho conditions that prevail In tho stock exchanges. These persons regard short selling as a crhno nnd they think that none but a dealer in fcharcs is guilty of It. As a matter of fact short selling Is merely selling what you do not havo for future delivery at n price agreed upon at the tlmo of sale. If the seller can buy at less than tho agrecd-on price ho makes money. If tho price goes up he loses money. Tho man who takes a contract to build a steel-framed warehouse sells structural steel short. If tho prlco goes down be foro ho has to uso tho steel his profit is increased. It it goes up his profit is diminished by so much. The man who takes a contract to supply the army with 100,000 pairs of shoes orlOO.OOO uniforms sells leather and cloth short. The man who contracts to supply trjo navy with 20,000 bushels of potatoes sells what ho docs not havo to be delivered at some fu ture time. He sella short as really as the man who soils 1000 shares of Bethlehem Hteiel when he does not o'wn It. Our-whole cqmmerclal life ts dependent on short Belling. "Without Jt thorb would ba stagnation. Previous congressional commlttw. have made this discovery afUrNftW MV'Mw4(d,the subject awhllo EVENING teriEPHILAPELPHiA', TUESDAX FEBRUARY 2bV riATH PENALTY IN PENNSYLVANIA Relation of Capital Punishment to Number of Murders Said to Re Fortuitous Will Any Law Ro Enforced? Hy DR. AUSTIN O'MALLKY IN Till: rwont illsciisitliiii of rnpltnl liun lahment In IVtitmlMiiilii the arguments fferwl In fnvnr of the nhnlltlim of the ilrntb penal!) nrc ns usual, moru Willi mental Hum inilntml As the law Is np pllrd III this SMte at present. It m.lkcs little or tm dlffiMeiire whether tho sanction tf the lnw niriilnst nun del- Is death or lm prion n meat Possibly II M Imprisonment would bo to a slight degteo mniu ifftctlvo than death, because tin to might be more convictions by our Ineompctetit. (motional Julles If the punishment were Imprisonment nlone. In an Idml mnilltlnn, where tho dccU Klnn would be m idn by n bench of Judges', nr ecn a eummlsslnn of lawyers, there la Ilttlo doubt thnt tho dnatli penalty would be mnro rui'tle than Imprisonment. Tbero seems, however, to, bo no possibil ity of attaining this change, ns the Jury system has become n congenital (supersti tion nmong nngllsh-speakltig nations. The term effective Is gravely misused of late. The deterrent effect of thn sanction of a lnw should tint bo Fffcrllu1 In a phslenl sense, but only In nn cmotlvo sense It needs to be deterrent only In so fnr ns in Itself stillU-lent to Induco a tntlnnnl will to nlisntve tho law; and, secondly, In the sense thnt thcro Is n proportion between th reward or pain coniequent on the observance or violation of the Inu nml tlist observance or viola tion A mini-lion Is not lo bo effective In the sense that It Inhibits Impulse, or over whelms olurtnr nctlon. Vollllelnns nml talesmen who ny they hnve n roiiM-li iitlmiH objection to rnpltnl punishment im-'vixc the term conscientious, t'omolcnce is essditlnlly n rational moral motive force, not nn emotional Impulse, nnd these "eonnclentiipus" objectors ore purely emotlnn.il Thev nre like the lltisllsh slackers w'io object lo tho mud In th trenches on conscientious motives." An Individual bns a supreme naturnl tight to exlsteote. nml he mny morally defend thnt right even to Hie eiteM of hilling n formally or materially unjust aggressor upon this ilBht. because the light tho nggiessor has lo lire fulls b the fnet of the aggression Into n position of Jiirldle lnferloilty to the right the nttm Iced man possesses ; and thus tho nggiessor s life Is justly sacrificed to preserve th' Iniinri nt life, alvva.vH suppos ing no other mfans will avail For a like reason the .state may kill a linmlildu in defense of the social life or order which lit Jcopuullieil by the nit of u murderer, i MRn has n natural tendency to civil society. and he. therefore, has n right to preservo tho social order; If thnt preservation 10 qulrcs the death of the murdeter It Is etbli'iilly permissible to Kill the mmderer. The eentml quest Ions then to be answered nre- Flint, docs, homicide destroy souui! order? Secondly, Is the Infliction of the death penalty, by threat or execution, the only effective menus we have of piotectitig society ng.iinst disintegration thioiigh un checked homicide"' If the State can protut Itself by a means less severe than the death pennltv. It m.i.v nut apply the death penalty morally. AiKuments druvvn from tho oc casional eriors in convictions through cir cumstantial evidence aro Indirect nnd be side tile question; so also me nrgumetilM tiiliui from (lie Incompetence of lay Juries. ' Murder Kate Misleading The whole subject Is extremely compli cated A Stale may have a certain decreaso In Its murder rale for a while after tho abolition of the death penalty, but the real reason for the decreaso Is often altogether unconnected with that nbolltluii. Fur ex ample, the abolUiun has In several instances taken place In a time of social revolution, nnd. the subsidence of the revolution and Its causes lessened the murder rate; again, a check In the use of alcohol has been co incident with the abolition, and the murder rate declined beiause of the absence of alcohol to a certain degiee. This last ap pears to be one of the reasons for tho de ellno of tho minder rate in Maine. Italy, without capital punishment, In IflOP. had twenty-sis times the number of murders thnt Cngland bad. whero there Is capital punishment ; Spain has four limes tho num ber of muiders thnt Kngland has. but both nations havo capital punishment Tho t'nlted States bad ISOOii murders between 1901 and 1U10 lieimnny, with two-thlids as many Inhabitants, had only 42."7 homi cides in tho same decade. Tho American murder rate was 4.C5 per lou.ooi) Inhab itants, the Herman nnlv n 70 per 100,000. Both nations have the death penalty. These facts nlone are not tho full ex planatlon In inns there were 302 murders In Chicago and St. Louis, but only two of the murderers were put to death For thn past twenty vears In New York State eighty-one per cent of nil tho murderers wero let off without any punishment what ever; when they mo "acquitted" they aio acquitted with advertisement, or honor, or an offer to go Into tho movies. It is dllllcult to secure conviction, except in Germany. where there Is question of the death pen alty Holland, wllh no death penalty, con victs about eighty per cent of her murder ers ; Belgium, also without tho deatli penalty, convicts scvoutv-slx per cent; England, with tho death pmalty. convicts only about thirty-three per cent. London. In 1911, con victed tvvmtv -seven per cent of Us mur derers; Manhattan borough. In New York, only eight per cent. l.ondon had twenty two murdeis; Manhattan borough, nne-lhlrd ns large, had IIS murders. Conviction also supposes a trained pollco with educated olllcers. a condition not even considered in tho L'ntted States Tho consensus of opinion among legis lators from tlmo Immemorial has been In favor of the death penalty. Tho Hebrew notion concerning capital punishment Is found first In Genesis (ix. fi), "Whoso shod dcth man's blood, by man shall Ills blood be shed, for in the Imago of God made Ho man." Tho Athenians had capital punish ment for homlcldo, but tho sentence was mado by tho Judges of Uho Aicopagus. The Romans, fiom tho .ery beginning, wero notably seveio in punishing homicide. Capital punishment has been abolished In Italy. Holland, most of tho Swiss cantons. Helglum. Portugal, Rumania, Michigan, lthoilo Isinn.l, Wisconsin, Iowa and Maine. It was abolished In Colorado in 1817. but It was restored in 1901 after an outbreak of lynching. It was abolished for a while In Prussia after tho revolution of 184 8. but restored soon afterward. Tho Marquis Caesar Iieccarla (1735-1791), in "Crima and Punishment." argued skillfully against cap ital punishment, and Voltnlro (1094-1778) agreed with his doctrine. Sir William Black stone (1723-1780), In his "Commentaries" (book Iv, chap 1). lamented tho terrible nbuse of capital punishment In Ihigland, In tho twenty-two years after 1749 tho llng llsh hanged 109 adults for shoplifting alone; after, ono asslzo In 1783 there were 103 hangings; in 18V they still had 222 crimes punishable with death In their code. Jeremy RenthAm (1748-1832). In his "Ra tlonale of Punishment'." nnd Sir Samuel Rolnllly, the prison reformer r (Memoirs, 1840), opposed Bcccarla's arguments, and tho question of capital punishment Is still under dispute ns a practical method. To settle the question ono way or tho other would require an elaborate .and dllllcult study of conditions, which no one has made. In Pennsylvania tho question Is purely, aca demic, because whatever way tho law may be It will not bo enforced. LJSTEN! A man In Cleveland has written to the Now Yorlr Sunt "From observation, I am forced to the conclusion that the word most in use (spoken) In the English language dally in this part of the country Is Listen." Tho worthy jailer might hove, written, th. Htme mine mwtr uivn umo uho, bu wwai'r"". SW mmmmB&mmmgi e"i.v jr?&3i&Sy',j. fSr?-'-' & :- 3rvC- -iTtoi'v.C' :-K" ' THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Pieketers Like Publicity Wash ington on Profanity Is Mrs. Martha Avery a Socialist? Thin Dmaitmrnt i Irec to all inirfrrs itio vlitU lo nprrs thrtr ej.InloiM n luhirrlf nr tnrrcnl (nlrrrX. ( mi nucil forum, jmJ the llvenlnn l.rdnrr niiumri no rtspoiiilWlllu for llin tlrii-s of fM rrrrJ0il((fiiU. Letter mut be. Hlqnrd tm the name ml oiMreM nt the writer, not nicexsarltu for ttubllcatlon. hut ni o uuarantev of n'od faith. A SUFFRAGE I'ICKKTKR SPKAKS To the Udltaraf the livening Ledger: Sir Penult inc. through your columns, to tlianii the estimable surfiaglsts wlio so volublv protest ngalnst tho picketing at tho Whlio House, thereby aiding tho pub licity of the work of the Congressional I'nion for Woman Suffrage. As a plcketor I mil, of course, Intensely Interested In all that Is published In legnrd to this silent pica of women to the whole country A dllfeience of opinion Is n healthy sign of Independence, of thought and piolests never rttatdeil any progressive action. VAIJV I'AP.ltOI.I. novi:i.u I'hiladclpliln, February IS TOO MUCH PROFANITY V'o f7ie f.dilor of the nvcnlng Ledger: sir The ireneial use of liinfnnlty nnd hl.ispheni) in the country, especially among men. Is niinalllnir. Wliy tliev" are Indulged I Is one of tho conundrums of life for their use Is neitner gcmiu nor iiiuiiuuiv- .v thought can bn expressed In good, plain English wllh far mote foue than with pm f.iulty The uso of profanity minimizes one's vncaliulary and weakens tho power of ipicsslon. 1'inlei the law ot the Hebrew theocracy, vvheio the form of enactment wns, "Thus salth tho Lord." the penalty for blasphemy was death: but under the laws of Pennsyl vania, where the form of enactment Is, "Mo It enacted by the Senate nnd tho Houso of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In General Assembly met," the penalty for blasphemy Is a lino In a nominal sum, nnd is rarely, It ever, Im posed. , , Genrgo Washington, one evening while be was In command of tho colonial armies, entertained a number of his subordinate olllcers at dinner, and be observed tbst they wero nil using profnno language nt his table Ho rebuked them for their profanity by saying to them, "I thought I had invited none but gentlemen to dlno with me." Would that there wero inoro Wnshlngtons Reading, Pa.. February 10. It H. II. MRS. AVERY'S POLITICS To the r.dllomt the livening Ledger: Blr Mrs. Martha Mooio Avery is a Social 1st' So says today's Bvn.NlNO I.EDduit. It Is u good thing for the young woman who In terviewed tho well-known Boston-"antl that she went homo today. Otherwise sho might, and no doubt would, make display of somo ot the fire that makes her tho "greatest woman orator." Slnco she hap gono home, however, permit a mere lirooklynito to say that tho Jubtly celebrated Bostonlan Is not only not a Socialist, but well, ask somo well-Informed Soclallbt about her work and nauso for reply 1 JOHKI'I! A. CUMMINQS. Philadelphia, February 10, REFERENDUM ON SPIRITISM To the Hdltor of the Hvnifng Ledger: Sir Tho recent debate upon Spiritism between Professor Hyslop and Doctor Leuba, In which the question of tho lower nnlmals making their continued existence after death i,,un to us was discussed, has doubtless appealed to tho interest, "not to say rlslblM Itles, of many reauers. nui wny not avuu ourselves of the science we really seem to have and take a vote on the question? A satisfactory decision might bo reached, be cause the percentage of ayes and noes can be calculated with mathematical precision, and conclusions so reached seem, to be tho vogue. The only weak link noted In recent applications of this method Is that the per sons selected to vote may not, as a class, have any more real Information bn the aoMect than tho contestants themselves. 8 ' , H. MBRIL Atlantic City, February X7. OUR NEED. OF "DEAD" TONGUES To the Editor of tht Svenlng Ledger ( , , 'sirAllow,m;...IJMs.. 9WMtwUty' to -atcf- y. rtjriAi. --;k-Cnjv- If n ' ...- "-w-i .PL7?sTar,-v- " & - "S. ' ROUGH SLEDDIN' ,;- .$ I 71 ' f .1- if-ti ' -.,' . , "l)-rt 5u".'vrA WlS-jO- llt 4 v M rP. - v-,? "v": V" nnd Greek fiom the high-school curriculum. All will admit that them Is no liner or more vpresslve language than Latin, lively Ian gunge possesses some Halt of that one wbii li iaesar, Antonhis, Pompey, Sulla, licero. mid and Leiiliilus i mplovcil Wheio in nnv tongue can theic be found nnv lutter pueli.v than that of Vergil? lit what nation lias (lino been pioduued men (it t'iceio's caliber? We have Fiench, Italian nnd Spanish, which wei.i taken almost directly from Latin. Tako our own llngllsh A study of. Latin makes our knowledge of Ihigllsh lrtoie pioncient. A. L. MIIYKRS. Philadelphia. February 1C. UUTHLESSNESS To the Hdltorof the livening Ledger: Sir Will ou kindly say why It is that the new simpers Invariably uso the word "ruthless" In connection with Germany's new suhmarino campaign? 1'p to yesterday tbero were 101 ships tor pedoed In this campaign, with tho total li ss of four lives, nnd this, in most cases. b drowning. Is this "iuthlcssncss"? If It be, what woid in -our language would lit the campaign If ten lives bad been lost? Tho sinking of ships by Germany Is "ruth less," while the starvation of German non combatants by L'ugland Is ivell let lis say "warfare." 13. J GOV. Philadelphia, Fcbru.-fry 17. CUBA Ten thousand rllles now are lent. To aid great Menocal's ambition; , And I'nclo Sam, with them, has sent Five million rounds of ammunition. Dolil Gomc-i with tho rebels stands. And Spain remembers his defiance, Tho Zayas turbulence expands. And we are Menocal's lellance. Our help Is certainly Immense; Ono sldo Is under our protection; With that, 'twere grave Incompetence To fall to carry an election. Hut rebels laugh at bogus counts, On which inero lawjers fiercely chatter; On loaned munitions they may pounco. And mako tho war a serious matter. Ono pregnant thought Is Washington's Thoughts come though many statesmen spurn 'cm If Zayas grabs, our borrowed guns, How then will Mcnocal return 'em? J. A., In the' Brooklyn Uagle. All Points of the Compass Kubaiyat of a Commuter LXXIV And lately to my Front Door blithely came An Agent, and ho seem,ed to know my Name. Ho wanted to inako Crayon Portraits Fi ee. Alas, he caught me with his Little Game. LXXV Ho said my Picture would bo Just Immense, And for It I would bo nt No Kxpcn.se. I wasn't. Hut ho mado mo buy a Frnmo Which cost, eleven Dollars fifty cents. LXXVI And If that Agent with tho Dark mustache, Comes 'round ngaln with foolish Crayon Trash, I'll havo somo Business with him, and I thiol. That after that ho won't he quite so brash. Colonel William J. Bryan may hereby consider himself unanimously elected to the high olllco of Splller of tho Royal Beans. And (business of nfterthhrklng) It would seem that as Chief Tracer of the I'eaco Noto Leak Colonel M. S. Iiummer, of the PostofHco Secret Service, should have been appointed. Maybe ho was. General Harrison Grey Flske tells ua that the climate along the Delaware may bo con sidered as some considerable variation of the usual tune. "I wake up In the mornlmr he says, ''and see tho boys skating on the river. At 10 o'clock, looking up from my vrltlng, I Bee them, fishing. At 3 In tho afternoon, after rehearsals, I look out again and find that they are all going In swim mlng." "And after that," says Old Reliable WIlUs Svveatnam, "they's all dono got pneu monla." , Miss Nellie Fillmore, thef champion heavy weight portrayer ot Dixie Land'characters she weighs, one may Bay. about oh. wn he weighs a lot came Into the hotel ami registered, "What sort of a room would S 111., ir. kavMl" anlrAfl ,1,a ,IIa .. you ov ,-.iw. v ...w a,w,,q room .otork. "SorMtnlncvrith a kom atrooy btvdl ,f 'St. ,) Olfr sitr?!"-.' ,v-J v.-n v,v i:,y : - ,ShTv. m&, w-v fe !! vv - r'iw?" What Do You Know? Qurrlci of general .nfeir5 it III he annuerrd in thin column. Ten Question, theanstcera to i'ifi vtu weU'informtd virion bhoultl know, urn u$rU. dailv QUI. I Ibis the Viillril Shltes srvireil illnlomntlr relations with the I'entr.il I'nncrs? S. Where nre the t'nlleil Mates naval station-.? .! (If what mitloii.illtr Is Luiils ItnemarUrs, the wtir iiirloiinNt? I. Where Is I'reshlfiit Madison hurleil? !i. .lhut Is ti iriillinrter? 0, Mlmt l "Hie Old laiilr of Threailnreille Mreet'".' 7 Mlmt anil where Is amhoanffs? H. Mho was the "Iron l)nl.e"? II. Mho Is the VViuiilrrlnc Jew? 10. Nnliie the Cnnfeilerate Mutes. Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1 1hf rnlte.1 Muffs n,uy It dhldril Into tin Atl.iiitlr. Atlantic Hi-Mr.?, I'nrlllr, rnrlllc Jtesere nnd Ahlntlc ItrtMs, hesme ulilim on spot I il 1ut. 2 T I Min. is .IfiTrrvnn N burled nt Montlffllo. AllitMiiarlr Count. Va 3. A ih'flmctrr N nnr-triith of a nifter (3.037 IimIip-Oi u dfkiuncter Is ten meters (.11)3.7 Indie's), 4. Ix'ttcrs nf miirqiip nri romtnlHilont Iit n Kmernnient to destroy host Mo hlilnplnc nnd other iironertj. 5 llipn nrp nliout fiOO.OWl nnrtN In Hi l.nizlUh lnnmiiRe. uhout Imlf uf uhlrh arc Mlfii tlllc terms or art hale, ohsulete or obso lescent uonN. C. Hip eountrleH of Central Amerlr.i arei sJu.itenmhu Hondiint. llrMUli HondnraM. Salvador. 'osta Klca. Mcaraeu.i nnd Panama. 7. All dromedaries are camels, but not nil iimrls ttromed.iries. The dromedary Is the Arahhiii lumel onr-lniniied). an dU-tliiKiii-lifd from the llactrLtn tamel (to humped). K. ''Wind ckkh" Is one of tho names for MiiaU. olUlesN effs 0. Serial hoods nre bonds nf which parts nrc to h redeemed within MireessltA htlpu l.itcd periods. 10 filter den Linden, ItcrllnV chief street ex tends u mlli from the llrnmlenliiirc Gate to the l.nw.i Talarr It Is I'JK feet uldc and Is lined with lime trees ami a feu - thestnut trees. Wor.ffn's Preparedness Mrs. W. W. W. The Pennsylvania Women's Division for National Prepared ness has a branch, Department No. G, In which women who own motoicais have enrolled, pledging their cars for use In messenger and other service In case of war. Tho headquarters Is at 221 South Bight eenth street. The Presidency O. S. Nothing In tho Constitution re stricts a President of the United States who has served two terms from becoming a candidate for election to n third tcim. No President ns yet has served more than two terms, duo probably to a precedent establlf-hed by Washington nnd Jefferson, who, after serving two terms -each, refused to allow their supporters to nomtnato them for third terms. Washington was tired ot public office. Jefferson's reason was that ho did not believe that such a practice would bo beneficial to a democracy. At that tlmo tho Republic was young, having but a short time previously thrown off tho Bngllsh monarchical government, and tho antl-monarchlcal sentiment was very strong. Cannon-Ball Velocity U. S. S. MINNESOTA Dr Arthur Willis Goodspeed. professor of physics nt the Uni versity of Pennsylvania, says that If a shell with a velocity of sixty miles nn hour were fired In a forward direction from the front of a train traveling with n velocity of sixty miles an hour, .the velocity of tho shell over the ground would bo 120 miles an hour. This Is obtained by adding the velocity ot tho shell with respect 'to tho train (sixty miles nn hour) to tho velocity of the train. The reverse of this firing tho shell' In a backward direction from tho rear of tho train Is that tho velocity of tho shell with respect to tho train would be the 'same (sixty miles nn hour), nnd with respect to the ground, zero; I. e., the Bhell would drop to tho ground. This Is obtained by sub tracting tho velocity of the train from tho voloplty of the Bhell with respect to the train, the one neutralizing the other. SAM LOYD'S PUZZLE . TABBY and Sport raced from a tree to a stake and back to the tree, a distance of seventy-five yards. Sport sprang five feet at one bound and the cat only three, but then Tabby made flvo springs to Sport's three, so what should be the result of the race? Answer Jo Yesterday's Puzzle - VA-Viv, aasssj., wmhivi,, j'auL,, j r V .... r.. i. .l .,-i. . . li 3kl2d Tom Dalr'i Column llALLAVU IX M'lllTi: (To A'ocl) Tha year foams ;i root 0Tay to f f The year sinks down from r"4 orccn to liray, With wrath and ,a0htcr mtxed bcto,, I Thn enrven frost and pctalcd May. s Aurf tore h born with alec and plL A And tore with time and trnr, i. .... ' l 7'iot this h than no holiday ' Your pale, uiinacnfc dlsdaint Harpers have suno their amorous bIc ' In verses fiothful as the spray, And yet soft ulrlhood as their n'uetn 1,'is trcmlled at their sonns' array ' Alone and laureled with dismay, ' My hrait it lee, my sonn- Is rain, ' ' Jlecausc io lyrlo shall allau ' I Vour pale, immaculate disdain. .1 The taper that I hear hut heen, Shall he, and yet life answers: ' "jr0 Think not your shining may be seen-' Wind hcauty has no word to say."' Within some pearl-hung, hidden lay Your soul tccltnes, devoid of slain. Vor the love of love, ah, turn aicay Your pale, immaculate disdain I I VJ H -til j:xyoy Unshaken star, 1 dare not pray Your white, leait favor to obtain ti .H 77ic blade of time can never slay Vour pale, Immaculate disdain. riORA, Thcro Is a houso on South Broadway St. Louis, bearing upon Its outer will a bronze tablet leading, "Hero was hem nugeno Hold, tho poet." This tablet wa U unveiled by Mark Twain and David R. ' j Francis in 1901. Itobcitus Love, who m witnessed that ceremony, now potnts out in it lent-i iu mo .si. i.oius .viirror that Oeno was born in a houso on Colllni 'sj'j street, winch was torn down many ycari ' ago. "I would suggest," says Mr. iiove, "that nil poets or persons who art threatened with poesy, or those who by, heredity, environment nr nerversllv r. K potential addicts to tho habit, should '3 m.nrk their own blrtbnlnees." n rhllopcna!' Only last week wo gav. our attention to that very matter. It was In tho course of an eloquent address Si to tho Kalrmoitqt Business Men's Asso- 1 elntlnn nn AVniliinsdnv nlebt thnt Ti-a ll, y-il "Pome day you will bo moved to plac. upon tho front at tho houso 2303 Fair, mount nvenuo a bronze tablet. Let It say; HI3KE WAS CORN May 2S. 1ST I (Our Name Spelled Out In Full) GRUATHST I'OHT OF HIS AGE nnd vvelsht Hearth Fire With the sunlight on your tresses,' Wllh the starlight In your eyes, With the moonlight on your forehead Jlntv I loved you, sweet and wiid Yet 1 lore you marc than ever In the armchair's deep embrace, With the lamplight round our shallow And the fit flight on your face. AUTHVll aVlTVRHAN, HUGH 1IKRR desires to call to the at- ,! tentlon of Secretaries Baker and Danlell J this sign displayed on New York avenue, -MM A.ln.,11, m, ril TRY OUR 'ffl LARKSPUR LOTION KILLS HUMAN VERMIN TIIK BILLBOARDS They nmbuscade tho trnvelers near andi far On meadows desolato or urban walls; Thn enze thev rivet from the swirling CM And force attention to their flaming call! Tho tnblo sauce mars serveu in mam,. , balls Is her9 made known, the while the beat 5 cigar The Vniipsneli can bo had at all the stalls- The posters hcream It from the Held! fli they mar. Tho scenic sweeps ot beauty chain the Jjjl mind And ono must marvel at the wealth un- filrleil. Across tho burning west as daylight dies. & .. .... ,.M .. '.. almAlt N men inrust oeioro us uu ui ... blind A tooth wash blazoned to a heedless worlo. And liver pellets lauded .to the skies. T J. MURRAY. Tin: card of Joseph Glaser, 614 Wood street (and tho name is interesting for'; lis own Hnke announces "painting Ol I.. ..,.,. ...,' , f i" i? ail Kinus, uruituil tjiaaa l'ufc -fi ... rrt J literary ii (Received by an automobile concern.) nie.ns nnv n. teanchln. say we bawt motor cycle from Oscar Peterson least sum- s mcr nnd noy ho has lean anu oin - Weast and have no wone to seana lor- repears and wo goto have them. ' r ...i.n. ,.i m,n in iinvn vniis to seana A" a catalog of tho Minneapolis of a" P"i'fl Yous now wo gotto heave them If yourS motor Is going to git the creaaei. j c?.. .,.. i,n. timf i-nrhiireter where a-si O..J JUU ........ ...... "--." A ,V.fXS pullcs In ear that big pacKing m ''":., scrawo and Nut got loos ana irecu . o, T trtir r-lf n tin U'Hiin. ""ffrl Pleas do yous best. My wrlghltng Is wrl VICTOR SUNUwauu, vi H 1 Box CO Red Wing, Mini- nn iiHMitv VAN DYKE has written. o i,it ' nf verso that's bad enough to, U . quotod in tho poets' corner of the Con., gressional Record. It is that current , . .. .. j tua cms. wherein about mo ircuuuiu u. v..- - - says he: 1 i'v, ,w tn sav with perjured W Vo.flB"t o make tho ocean ire-" whoso black trail of butchered iUM bestrews tho bed ot every sea where u.. man submarines have wrought tneir rors! Havo you never thought what yo n (...J men call nlracy?" ""J Thorn1 nnother flno pair ot lines. in it thnt wo mustn't pass ovei "A dark memorial ot the dead worn ur.d children whom you leu to --r .... Ti,.inr vnn Dvko s naa wnen wo - ,. irnied to those lines wo chortled w glee, for wo havo nursed a grouch as him for ten years. In Scrlbners MM zlne for April. 1907 (tho centenary y. .. t n v h Don nut forth a i unrhymed catalogue bf the achie em . .' . .i n. whn "shepherdea.n flock with music" and concluded with isi sop to tho highbrows: ' ... ...,.. n his way ftlons. w-l 00 era. unto .B roountaln: w(c And I know not surey whether " , Hut he'liBBSo" It -t oljifht. . m - in-fl VOlCs Ql P pii.si.,. -wiln I . The nervo oMtlml.say we. v"Tt well that there are those wwv- for the doctor vers) tfieaon.r- abort lsrldMMILJMV
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