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Aiin Philadelphia and surrounding towns at the. ,"- a ImIv, 1191 rant, ni YV.k. nnvAbln hy j?to tha carrier, r.1 nv mall In nAlnts nutslde nf Phllndelnhla. In he United States. Canada or United mates po lona. txntaaa free, fifty 150) cents per i.t jtonth. Six ($) dollars per year, payable In " To aii foreign countries one ($1) dollar pet" month. , ' 8f $iut clve old as well tin nrw R3lriA, I' ...tt ::a err. j HUIII.IB TUUBLiuiir aviniiiiiaa nrnrri iiianavu IV SCU WU WAUbl rtS P l "1.. MAi; JUU'I sT" Addrtts all eommiinlcflllons in Krenl'to Xedirrr, "dependence floiiare, Philadelphia, i.NTram it Tim niiiAtutirtiu roTorrics in SECOND-CLASS MAIL MITTM. THE AVEftAOE NET .'AID DA11.T CIR CULATION OK THE KVKNINO t.EUClElt FOP; JANUARY WAS tl.1,m riiHadtlr.hu, I'tid.y. March 2, 1917 March ciimo In like u lamb, but It zs a black one. It docs not look as If much progiess r "re making towurd that Cciman-Hus-S.unJapaiu'so alliance. Is tho Mavor'j e.spiesslon of a will. I jnesH to be Investigate to bo taken in G Pickwickian beg pardon, a llruin b.ughlan scnse7 City rold vaults Jammed with food. Headline. So different from the stomachs of t!jo poor. While the General Assembly Is re galing seveiul bundled obsolete lawn It Ijllt well seo to it that It passes no w ones which will become obsolete be-,,-e the end of ' the ear. The agreement of tho House In J'trrlsburg to the plan to permit the t ivernment to buy land to cnlaige the 1 ankford Arsenal has come none too 1 on. The national Government should 1 tve permission to buy nil the lanJ It la-eds, ' South Philadelphia,, believes that f e genernl boycott has been the chief i ctor In lowering food prices, and South j .iltadelphia Is light. It is an honorable ' 2apon nnd it icquires for succejsful use 1 ttlence and self-: eatinlnt qualities that ) ake for chai actor. And it U tho house 1 ddcr's only weapon. If he persists In l lng it whenever pi Ices rio nbove nor- Ji al, he will force 11 thorough leorganlza t in of food production nnd distribution P3& "' alons the line. It is devoutly to be hoped that the rews from London Is true, that a vastly I I' -eater number of submaiinoj have been aptured In February than during any j -eceding peilod of tho war. Moie ex . ting events have left tinemphnslzed the i tot that the German ruthless campaign v,as weak In tho closing montha of Feb- 'ary. The starving out of Hngland and t ie defeat of the Allies that would result v ould mean the ascendancy of an In I umane and utterly heart ess Govern Went, unrebukoJ and triumphant over one hemisphere and menacing to the ether. Whether the proposed lease of the rew transit lines to the P. U. T. Is ap proved or not, the Chestnut street sub way will be needed In tho near futuie to lelleve the pressure on Market street. JThcre are only two tracks In Market rtreet, and they aie already carrying 1 bout as many trains as they can ac- ommodate durin? the rush hours. At the rate at which high buildings aie I olng up In the central part of the city the existing car lines even when sup J lemented by the delivery loop nnd the Droad street subway will bo Inadequate. If Councils does not authorize the con f tructlon of the Chestnut street line thlf , tpripg It will have to do it later. Lloyd George Is not n minister's ron, but he was brought up by his uncle, Hlchard Lloyd, a "Welsh Baptist preacher, who has Just died, bo ho was the' next thing to It. Ministers' sons In America have also risen to high office. President Wilson is the son of a Presbyterian cler- yrryman, and Mr. Hughes, his opponent In itftthe last election, had a Baptist preacher for a father. Both Cleveland and Arthur rv'Mrere eons of clergymen, and Garfield was .'" i.lM.ie .tMA.i.A.. iM .v. si.. j , l 7, iiuiiocii u. tiicatuci 111 uiu wsiurcn 01 me 1'A, Disciples for a, while. Fourteen of our Vtwenty-seven Presidents have been sons ..of1 farmers; but ns the farmers; outnumber ,'4uio prrucuuia uy uuuui iiuy 10 one, Tne Tlinlsera, sons , seem to hold their own pretty near tho Head of the procession. t'CyA; S if this country Is to compete success. C fully for tne traae, or the worlq after the war It must place Itself In a posl. (; tlon wnere, it can, hargaln for that trade uie unine an uuier cpuntnes are ready IrA preparing- to do-rthat Is, by the Mootlon of a tariff system or rri,r le?tibUlty-From a statement Issued by ftvtka" Fhllsirietnhffl fammoilal lltt,..... 9 .-"i .' - --'".. . Thu .M;th' view pf,commerclaI ex- rttj.unbtased by partisan political con- uoiiB. 1 j -pace is 10 De loilowed,. by c-rtimrgaining tanrfathat Is. ro-' M tarJIf agrenents. such ns hai Mmr bfr extofd, The men In charge .nm itMrhdtvUon in Washington seem to WM'taiiJraV.of tha A. 1 1 ' .- ' " W JWenHMtr.to A solely for the purpose of raisin revenue If they resort to them at all. A protective tariff mitigated by reciprocity treaties Is what this country needs now and will need In tenfold measure when the nations lay down their arms. There may be pro tectionists enough In the new House of Iteprcsentatives to pass such a measure and send It to the Senate. Without such a measure we can avoid commercial dis aster only by chance. NO MORE QUIBBLING TN TWO days tho Sixty-fourth Congress will bo no more. It Is to be hoped that tho Capitol will, sec no further attempts to sap public confidence In the Adminis tration which after Sunday at noon will have, for perilous days and perhaps many weeks, solo charge of tho destinies of tho Itepubllc. The attempt to hamper the President had Its source In sheer lack of Imagina tion. Men tulkol of cxecutlvo usurpa tion of power, ns if the times In which that power was to be cxertoJ lay seveial month-) ahead of us and not Immediately nt hand. Congress 3, or ought to be, at the least, a mass meeting of typical and lepresenta tlve Americans. If the great majoilty In It were not nt heart loyal and united, and were at the same time repicsentatlve, what could wo hope from the people at large? It would be a time to pray for America, not to net for her. Hut these feaiH aro passing. It Is becoming appar ent that thu dlstuibcis of the peace arc only eccentric Individuals, and that the Bieat majority of the Congressmen aic with the people and their President. ANTMKH'E PREPAKEDNESS The evil hns certainly not decreased since the enactment of tlio Kederal law (Harrison act). Oflalelhae noticed that many of the counterfeiteis and other offenders neainst the laws of the national Government are drug ad dicts. I cannot lay too great stress on the necessity of Irnmcdlttcly enacting State legislation wh'c'i will aid In stamping out the drug Bcaurge in Penn sylvania JUL 0 si DGC THOMPSON, of Hie I'nlted States Ulstrlet Court, thus explains uliy the passage of tho Whltaker bill by the Pennsylvania Legislature Is Impera tive. The national Government cannot tako up such measures to amend and correct the deficiencies of the Harilson net at this time. Yet the Wlpln; out of tho narcotic drug evil is an Important movement for national pieparcdness. , It Is .with the full powers of the youth of the land that we must face the trylns years to come, when, In peace or war, our tasks will be so great as to dwarf most of the former endeavors of our his tory, To leave bojs and girls at the meicy of the drug venders while there Is yet time to sae those who have slatted but arc not altogether slaves to the drug habit is to leave nn enemy menacing our rear. Drugs that make counterfeiters and other offenders against the Federal laW3 also make tialtors. spies anJ as sassins. The wiping out of this plague by the State governments would be, In the current phrase, "worth several army corps " , LAGGARDS ON THE SEA THK British determination to build new ships, ton for ton, to replace those sunk by the submailnes Is doubtless ie sponsible for the award of a contract fnt two 10.000 ton cargo ships to a Chester coi poration. The Biltlsh ards aie not able to replace the destroyed shipping fast enough, so it is necessary to come t"o the jards on the IVlavvnie, But why do not American shipping men give our own yatds so much to do that they cannot fill foiein orders? It Is esti mated that forty per cent of the ships contracted for on the vvnys hero ate for foreign countries. Indeed, enterprising men of other countries have seen so clearly the need for ships that they have given our jards so much business that the Government finds itself In difficulties when It vvunts to rush work on new ships for tho unvv. And the shipping board, which was to lehabllltate the merchant marine, has done nothing yet. We are laggards when we 0U3ht to be marching In the foi errant. AN ABSURD GERMAN PLOT THK Administration must have felt that It was a patriotic duty to expose tho amazing German plot to embroil us with Mexico and Japan In the event of war between Germany and the United States. For tills Is precisely the sort of docu ment which Mr. Wilson would otherwise have felt Justified In suppressing nt this time, It will undoubtedly irritate the Japanese, who aro already Incensed over the recent alien-rights dispute. But It Is proper that the facts should be made public, because it is necessary that we should thresh out all misunderstandings with Mexico and Japarr before we are drawn deeper Into the whirlpool of Euro pean troubles. Analyzed, the German diplomatic plot Is pathetically absurd. Japan was prompt to throw In her lot with the Allies, be cause her allianco with Russia nnd Eng land la essential to her future, England, depending on American supplies, could not countenance nny Japanese aggression upon the United States, even- If Japan had hostile designs upon us. If Japan turned upon us, we could lock our ports against England and France and compel them promptly to explain an Entente one part of which was fighting the best friend of the other part. Germany knew that Japan did not want to and could not fight u,s but dangled the ridiculous bait, of a Japanese nlllance before a Mexican Gov ernment, which she supposed wan utterly distracted, as a trader would dangle a string ot beads before a savage. Poor Mexico was to Invade us with the "help" of a blockaded Germany and a Japan that has Just signed a treaty with Russia which b'nds her closer than ever to the Entente', The German-language newspapers In Oils country have been talking "yellow peril," tor some time, which la all ex plUned now. The old folk from the Fatherland, who have never learned. En ,lUh, and; who therefore are dependent uaen tht iwwp!r' have, to swallow " - - --1- ---- L4aMMr jaillrnali'aillin' f '"'l,' " i HOW THE KAJSER CAME TO A THRONE His Plots Against His Father Failed, but Death Removed Frederick After Three Months' Reign Hy JOHN ELFRETH W ATKINS x DURING: the year that elapsed between the spring of 1887 nnd the spring of 1888 the Imperial court ot iierun wan u.. I Hen nf mvalertnu linnnentnirs which haVfl since kept tho whole world guessing. William the Orent, the first Kmperor of the federated German Slates, vas slowly dying. The heir to the throne, the Crown Prince Frederick, was by nil odds the most popular man In the empire. In the Franco- Prussian War lie hnrt Keen a great on", worshiped by his soldiers, who had af fectionately dubbed him "Unscr (Our) Frlti." At the outbreak of that war. when the loyally of tho south German regiments was In doubt because of their bitter ani mosity against Prussia, "t'nscr Fritz" v. as chosen for their command because It was realized thnt be was the only power In the empire who could Infuse them with enough patriotism to right. That ho wns successful Is proved by tho fact that with these regiments be took Sedan nnd mado n prisoner of Nntiolcon III. One of Frederick's biographers, describing his wonderful force, ways- "Troops command-vl by him In person be came virtually InUnrlbe, for eery soldier In the ranks was by tha sight of Ihi'i princely leader r-tirred to deeds of courage and daring. Kcn the gteatest coward be came a hero when be felt the klndl eyn of Frederick the Noble upon him " I.Ike most really great men. down I'r uc Frederick wns democratic Yet In person be was far more Impressive thin een his father. Will am I Between him and his father there way nn esttangement as there was n so between him and bis son t'n" present Kaiser The old F.mperor regarded Frederick ns too liberal In In ' '"" " Prince HIsmarck. the Iron Chancellor, shared his opinion of the Crown Prince A dozen years before th Fr-inci-Pius "" War Freder'ck had nnrrled Queen Vn -torla's e dest daughter, the l'r ncfis ic tarla The Princess had beeinte unp'ipul.ir with the German people Her eldest child the present Kaiser, early developed n bumptiousness wh ch alienated him from bis father, hlm-elf (he most unaffected and natural of men. Because Fn-dorlc had vmght to Keep bis conceited son In the background until he could be fined of bis van ty the 'ntter never forgave these pa ternal efforts to suppress what be con sidered as bis God-giver- cleverness and genius. Indeed, voung W'U'im. when f.nl.v the heir p-esumptlve. nccu'-J hrj father or being Jealous of bis own extraordinary talents. The Growth in Frederick's Throat This breach between the Crown Princ and bis son Prince Willlnm. widened ear.y In 1887, when It was whispered throughout :urope'that tho former was Buffering fiom 1 case of cancer of tho throat Ah a mat- .- rnni fniinn np a severe com Fred- ..ii; h,i ,i'ovintieil In bis tluoat a growth which was the causo of serious scientific controversv Instead of standing by his father In this grave emergencv Pi Ire VtU llani allowed It to whet his Insatiable ambition. He gitbeied about h m a strong court faction, which bad the audacity to propose that the afflicted Prince Frederick s claim to the crown be set aside because It would be unwholesome to the State of the empire to have upon the thioiie a tiller aft! cted with an Incurable malad.v Al though he realized that his father the old Hmpernr William, was near unto death. Frederick Is said to have signed a formal pledge that he would nhdlcate his claims to the throne In favor of 'his son. should It he-proved that his milady was Incurable. On hearing of this abdication. Fred erick's Bngllsh wife, the Crown Princess, became highly Ind'gnatit. as Justly she might be. Her husband was signing away not only his but her own possible prospects of wearing n monarch's crown. Her mother, Queen Victoria, hacked her up In her Insistence upon her rights Su, to con tiavert her son's effoils to prove that lis father was dying of cancer., the Crown Princess sent to Kngland for that countrj's most eminent throat specialist, Dr. Mor el! Mackenzie Victoria Knights Dr. Mackenzie All Kuropo awaited the diagnosis of this great savant, lie clipped out a portion of Pr.nco Frederick's throat tissue and sent It for ana v'als to the noted Professor Virchow. Vlrchow announced that the tis sue contained no Indications of cancer, and this pronouncement pioved a great disap pointment to the partisans of the younir Prince William They Immediately accusod Doctor, Mackcnz e of having fraudulently clipped from nn unaffected portion of the Crown Prlrce's thioat th tissue which had been used for th anulys'j, and Queen Vlctoila leplled to his accusation from her grandson's followers by Immediate')' knighting Doctor Mackenzie. Partisans of the Crown Pr ncess now made some charges which perhaici had no foundation more firm than the suspicions of nn hysterical woman. They charged that Frederick must 1,a ' lnl,e,. Ant it R.tmnm In owine the machinations of his German physicians, who had been engaged to hasten Ills end Frederick was hurried to HtiKlanil anil to San Itemo, It wa') sa'd that )oung William had become absolutely estranged from both his father and mother, and rumor also had It that Doctor Mackenzie, at the request of the British royal rami y, was subjecting Frederick to terrible tortures that he m'ght outlive his aged father. If only for n few days. It was a neck-and-neck lace against the Grim Reaper "I'nser Fritz" won On March 3, 1888, when Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse gave up the ghost, his dying son was doctored up with stimulants, hurried to Berlin and crowned. He occupied the throne Just ninety-nine da)s. What really happened during those dra matic months prevloin to his succession will never bo known. (Copyright CHICAGO'S TRACTION BARONS The traction barons of Chicago aic mak ing the boldest and most aggressive cam paign for special privileges that they have waged since the defeat of Yerkes twenty years ago. They nre demanding legislation which will enable them to grab the streets of Chicago for half n century. They nre trying to unite all the traction Interests In a huge merger, and get authority under that merger to charge seven-cent fares. They are asking the city to pay the boodle debts of Yerkes to the amount of $7,714,100. The total boodle they are Beeklng Is many times that sum, but that much Is admittedly graft. Chicago Dally Journal, THE SINGULAR OP LYNX I.eo Harris was In Wednesday from west of the mountains with a link hide which measured four feet In length. Klldeer (N. D.) Tribune. PATRIOTISM You do not need to Ijear a gun Nor face" the cruel shell To h a patriot, my son ; You'll serve your country well If fn her days of strain and stress A calm demeanor you j'-ossess. If In her days of achf.and smart It Is not given to you To play a bold nnd active part. You've still a task to do. You can aBslst your fellow men If only you'll be patient then. If Idle when the light Is on 1 You're ordered to remain, " Your dijty t a harder one ' Than facing leaden rain. You must be loyal through and through Tothem that have the work to do. You must be slow to criticize. And slower to despair. You must beltive that each man tries ,Hi best to do hla share, iL '..-..., unhold the hand et heM iSSJSZ-M u' tMw.'UMtiMiM.'-i "-' . . 11 -v ir THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE Inscription on Bronze Tablet in the Andes "Near-Side" Cars "CHRIST OF THE ANDES" 7'd Ihr lUHtar nf the f.rrninn l.nlnn: Kit Quoting fiom "The South American Tour." 11 book 011 South Amerlia by Mss Annie S. Pi-ik, jironotmced by Klcardo P1I lado. Director or Cmnineico and Industry for Argentina, to be "tho best book on .South America I have seen no other work to compare with It In nirurae." you have this nbout Christ of the Andes on page 20r- "The monument consists of an octagonal gi.mlte column tvveiit-two feet high, upon which Is a hemisphere of granite- with a partial sketch of the vvoild's outlines. On this stands the binnze Chi 1st. twenty-six feet high, the iios extending five feet above. Two bronze tablets on tho granite base, the gift of the worklngmcn's nnd worklngwoinen's unions of Buenos Altes, bear Inscriptions In .Spanish, on 0110 side statistics and dates, on the other " 'Sooner shall tbee mountains crumble Into dint than Argentines nnil-Ohllians break the peace to which thev have pledgeu themselves ot the feet of Chrit the Re deemer.' " ACCl'P.ACV. Philadelphia, Febiuary 2d. "A BULL ON THE RAMPAGE" 7'o the lUlilnr nf the ,'renn; l.tilnn- Sli There Is no use In any argument with .1 bull that l seeing red but a stun ning blow Just now the Get man and the pro-German aio like the bull 011 the iam page. But to otheis who aro not In that abnoimal state the statement nf "IJnultv" that because Belgian frontier forts faced toward Germany, therefme Belgium de served nil the brutalltv of the Germans, seems the most absurd of the many pro Gerninn reasons given vet Amer'cans with ted blood object to this war planted on the world by Gcnnnnv. ruthlessly destroying men and the world's stock of food and cither property, and aro sore because we cannot make the mad bull see reason Tho timid an lng, "Put isa't on h!stall ' Tho timid among us nre say- Tbo liardv nre i .'"y , et I ;1'" ,le ijlet out your club, or jour gun. mes this way give him the biggest dose you cap " We arc divided on the subject Fnt the American of German origin we have only kindly sympathy, so long as ho remains loyal to the land of his choice For otheis who want to hold up a parasol and scream, or go out and pat him nn the neck and. say "Nice bull,"-we have only amused contempt Tho ical American stands rullv aimed to open file If he heads' this way, either subsea or as a snake in the glass. The en or made by "Hiiulty" and Germans gen eially Is In supposing that wo aro Influencea to any great extent by what her enemies sa of Germany We are seeing how Ger mans comport themselves under the series of victories nnd defeats If we find them, as we have, cruel and relentless In vlctorv and vengeful In defeat, nothing that the "pros" or the timid may say will avert our Judgment. The foits In Belgium would never liavo fired a gun had not the mad bull gons on the rampage. Luckily for tho world at largo that they were able to stop the first rush. No doubt, at some time the "pros" and others will want to clasp hands with those who stand fully armed to afford piotectlon. Let us hope when that day comes tho man w ho has done Ills bit may bo generous.. We are a nation In the making, and all irood 'citizens should seek an American viewpoint. llace uirterenccs nnu societies that foster divisions at a time like tho present should be strongly rebuked. PHO AMERlfA, Philadelphia, February 28. MR. MANN'S PERFECTIONS To the Editor of the Evening Ledger; Sir Hat's off to "C. H.," of Philadelphia, whose letter In defense of Congressman J. R. Mann appeared In today's Kvesino I.EDaF.n. Speaker Clark said several years ago that Democrats had to have everything about right to get past the scru.lny of Mr. Mann. Less than a year ago Mr. Mann's ene mies tried to defeat him for repomlnatlon In his district ty pitting against him a preacher who UBes his pulpit more to throw clubs at his neighbors than to preach the Gospel, and Mr, Munn snowed him under completely, . B. 13. Heading, Pn February 23. "NEAR-SIDE" CARS To the Ef-ltor of the Evening Ledger: Sir-Wlth would-be passengers upon out transit lines, )t ls a common experience to have to wait, at a crowded street crossing, while one "near-side" car after another passes without stopping and displaying its "car-ful" sign, but with only Jts front portion crowded, while' there la plenty of room In Its Inaccessible rear portion. Cer tain ot these persona have recently ad- dressed.. thouch the newspapers, to riders. r - . ' " .. -.-. .-" - ... .. . . 110 wwis sVPfM l 10 .pm riw SOUVENIRS OP A FRIENDSHIP " Implored or commanded to do by the con ductor. Hut those who have been compelled to uso these cats dining tush bouis know that the double lies, not with the passengers, but T.lth the car Itself, whoso radical de fect In design must be evident to all. The entianco and the exit aio at the same (fiont) end of tho car. and tho front por tion of tin, car soon becomes oveicrovvded by a congested mass made up of those eiiteilng, those leaving and those who, sooner or later, aro going to leave. A ear ago the boaid of directors ot the civic Club of Philadelphia, recognizing that additional rolling stuck must bo placed In service, both to keep pace with tho growth ot the tralllc and to ieplaco out worn cars, unanimously piotested against tho Installation of ndditlonnl "near-side" cars upon the streets of Philadelphia, and on Fein 11,11. v lift. 1317. the board unani mously lealllrmcd this protest l.l'CY I.A.VG TltACTWINH. Clialtmnn Committee on Transit Condi tions, civic Club of Philadelphia. Philadelphia, Febiuary 27. JAPAN PLAYS THE MARKET A Japanese broker, says the bast and West News, wishing to capture some trade from the Hurope.in population ot Toklo, scattered handbills bearing this legend: "To the Wideawake Public. "One who want to make money why not try Stock business nt such raie extraordinary chance? Even a fool, his pocket Is swelling up every d.iv. Why? Because be Is daring It bllrTdly Awaiting )otir order More or less, yours faithfully, "OK1NO YONICSABUIIO." The handbills happened to Mutter upon the stieets nt a moment of peace panic, and Mr Yonesahuro m.sernbly failed to excite any new speculation Boston Journal PROTECTION FOR THE CANAL D seussinn "continues ns to tho Innde quacv nf tho protection of the Panama Canal. The subject could not bo too thor oughly considered, or the steps, f they nro necessary, taken too promptly to coirect the deficiency. The canal and the zone we conttol on the Isthmus ate among' this countiy's very valuablo assets. Even ir the war weie to end tomoiiow. adequate and up-to-dato piotectlon or the canal would bo a necessity. The war spirit will not end with tho present war. but will live, and be liable to flare up at any time. The canal will 1 emaln and Increase In every sort of value as time passes. Washington Evening Star I All Points of the Compass Rubaiynt of a Commuter XCI of couise. I haven't all the Things I want,; Some fi nit trees and some grape vines 1 must plant I'd 1 ke some Hollyhocks, but the Lady says They're too old-fashioned. So, of course, I can't. Casuals of the Day's Work Mr. Garielt P Servlss, who writes 011 any subject from cabbages, to kings, In cluding, also, astronomy nnd the problems or the fourth dimension, discourses at some length in ono of Mr. Heaist's esteemed, by some, Journals, on the subject ot new words. Ho quotes from some unidentified author: Ip fell nn his knees at her feet and siisplnl "run jou not pity me?" "No!" she rebuffed, "jour treachery has atoned my heart " Bad enough, surely; or, ns Ram Bernard puts It, "Sufficiency." Yet Mr. Servlss Is particularly peeved over the use of the word "stress" ns a verh, as In n dispatch which h quotes, "It was not denied that the Pres ident still had under Consideration the ques tlon of asking Congiess for advance author ity, but this was not stressed." He, goes on to say: There Is no nufflclent escuse for thus dlsflcurine the lanauane that we all speak and write. Already there eilaia an abun dance of 8nonmoua , vvordt with which to convey, and that with far greater' exactness the meantnff Intended by thla malformed channeling which amella of the laboratory auch word and phraaea aa urge, preaa. emphaalze, 'enforce, require, Inalat upon, prescribe, lay alreas on, main tain, demand, nnd many othera. which -hae lone been In use, and ar perfectly understood. Thero la another word, not so neiv ns "stress." usrd for a verb, which I person ally would like to see tabooed, and that la 1 the adjeitlve "human" plurallzed, and then employed aa 11 noun to describe men and women, "Humana" la a very weak word, with too many consonants nt thn end nf it whlcn net up in nw nose, -jnera is soma thins disrespectful about It, too. both In look and sound, and our recent per formances require that vve should at least speak vvell or ourselves, lest hither Intel ligences lako ua at our apparent face value. We quite agree. Any word with too many consonants at tho end of It which get up a person's nose Is not a nice sort of word, Not a-talll Still, even "humans" Is a fairly decent locution as compared with Mr, Servlss's "tabooed." "Taboo" was never a verb, and couldn't be made one. It Is simply a state of being, like "good" or "bad," Of course, they couldn't,arrest you If you choose to say, "Jones goods a whole lot." "Jloblnson gooded after his recent baddlng," but It wouldn't be considered quite correct form even In our own rough neck circles. So If Mr, Servlss keeps on lahnnine around the place vve shall bo In clined Jo slo yncle Tom Daly's bunkhound - if-:". : n .... . . ., l. ,.. .... .. otf biro, ana we Kucso,1uyn,, inai-tj iomnb .- . 1 What Do You Know? Ourtfe of ofiiernf bilrrnt ulll 'e ninwrrfd (n this column. Ten ouMlfonj, mo ansu-ers to uilch tlcrv iiell-lsonnccl person tliould know, aro ashed dalv. QUIZ 1, VUint Is the nie.-nlni: of the "nuns" nf po- sllile war nli'ih the fnlteil Mutes l snld to he iletermlneil In place nil (iermanj? 2. Mlint Is 7mllural light, whlrli tnav lie oli- i-erietl this month 1o Rnoil elTect? .1. Mini U (he Ii4iitiln of the House of Itenre srntutlves? 4. Who wan Hplriiriis nml what did lie tench? R. What nml .where Is Kiit-el-Anmra? v fl. tWmt country makes more inotlun-plf lure lllni than lines any other? . mint President, a l'ennsjHniilnn. Is liurleil In reiinHjIianhi? 8 Who Is runiiiimider nf Hie Atlantic fieri? P. Wliut priiniirt'nn of lambinil's food Is pro duced oversea? 10, Cumiiiire (he mllltnr. Mreneth nf (lie Piilon und Confederate nrmtes In the Civil Yinr. Answers to Yesterday's Quiz J Itnoaiiine In prnnoiinied "Im-polim," "a" being ns In "ask." the 2. As explained bv (fe (lennnn ( linnrelSnr, thel Hiiuimirlne win-lure esuuuisnes mil 11 lilocl.ade. hut "deltnlte burred nines with in whlrli everv thin his to fount on im mediate attnik." 3, 1'h.ilnrlerlc lire Miiull cses containing mules of (lie moral law, worn by Jews as reminders. 4, Star ferls nre rnuahh stnr-slinpeil forts, or fortifications with projecting nngles. 5, Solomon was nsslgned (he nedntl b-dhllng nf (lie Teinole hj .lelininh because Dnvlri, Sm'iimnn'a fudicr. wns 11 "man nf wnr." fi. "St " Is (he mnxmllne, "Ste." (he feminine aliliret iit'nn of "snlnt " The former alsii Maud fur "street" nnd "strait." 7, President MrKlnley Is hurled nt Cnn(nn, O. K. ".Vlnonshlne" whisky Is so called bemuse (tie manufacture and sale of It usually nre tarried on nt night 0, Illoodstnne, the .Vlarrh btrtlmione, gels lis lolor from red Jasper. ,, 10. The (lermnn ollvereln Is union nmong Mutes to rollert lusloms duties. New Half Dollar It I.. AV The designer of the new half dollar explained the design ns: On the ob verse ("head") a full-length figure of tho Goddess of Liberty, bearing sprigs ot laurel and oak, symbolic, respectively, of civic and military power; her light hand Is out stretched Jn a spirit of liberty for the country." On the reverse ("tall") Is the fearless American- (agle perched high on a mountain crag; from the precipice shoots a sapling of mountain pine, symbolic ot Amei lea. U. S. Mints H. K. There nre five United States Mints at Denver, San Francisco, Philadel phia. New Orleans and Carson City. All aie known ns such, buf only the first three coin money. At N'ew Orleans nnd Carson City the work Is that of assaying bullion. "Cow-Killing" Tune I,. K, .1. The "tune the old cow died of" Is said to be the tune played to the cow by her owner In lieu of food. The words of the song contain the lines you .mention; Consider, good cow. consider. " Thla Isn't the time for grass to grow. The meaning has been extended to cover Inharmonious tunes. Information Test M. W. The list ot 100 questions and an swers is the "information test" of. the Friends' Select School, Media, Pa which Is given to its pupils to stimulate interest In contemporary events. The. list may bo obtained by wrltlng-to the school. Austrian Representative SV, Pending the settlement of dlplo. matlc questions with Austria-Hungary, the Charge d'Affatres of tho Austro-Hungarlan Embassy, Baron Erich SJwiedlnek. repre- sems wiwi cuuniry 111 me united states, " f Presidential Succession D. F, 0. In case the President and Vice President die or are unable otherwise to perform their duties, the Secretary of State would act as President until the disability of the President or Vice President Ib re moved or a President Is elected. The order of suc6esslon through the .Cabinet is Sec retary of the Treasury, Secretary of War Attorney Oeneral, Postmaster General, Sec retary of the Navy and Secretary of the imenor. SAM LOYD'S PUZZLE CHANC--NO one letter at a time and -always producing correct words, we transform WAIUI to COLD as follows; Warm. Ward. Word, Cord, Cold. Now transform the following nairs in four moves each: . Fish to Meat! More to Less; nide to Walk. Answer to Yesterday's Puzzle ' JOHN'S Age was 0 5- months. James's 36 5-t ,'mpnths and Joshua's 23 E-a nthi.wjW m..,.,, . - ,,i I Tom Daly's ColUtmi UoryyOLJ A-o& o 77 Tim DAHK DAY It was so dark ot 110011 today Iff! coita" not look across the trao tVicii teacher's back was turned ani niiciciLu 11, uur riiuvj uiiu irica to jm Above tnc classroom v:naoo tttl. Then everybody not so still turf solemn looklnp like they do At funerals I scarcely Knew If I should show my fccUnos too 'or smile at teacher in her chair And make pretend I didn't care. Hut that's exactly tchat 1 did Vor when she smiled at tne I hid The quiver that teas In my chin And let a pleasant smile come in. Then teacher made us rise and sing M emu tnc jrcess ,oen woulit ring; And when it did sho kindly said: "It looks so stormy overhead I will not ask tfou to come back," Outside it teas so strange and black Instead of shlnini in jhe sun I did not speak to any one Hut ran as fast as I could run Until 1 came to our own door And fell my mother's hand once mori So now I've had my lunch and here Without the slightest bit of fear I sit and try to study out iYhal all thii blackness was about. first off, I must admit to you, I u-as afraid the u-orld was through ?i Or else the war had reached our land wtiii enemies an every hand lint ,tn, l lf.f..I. r . .!!.. f ..., u,v , ,,. 1 ,iu, rvriuii; . What mntlft fhn i-rl nf ,MW.,,-oS .-... H .- -, ..... .v.....,., it'll, 'l'r nttm xrrn nn f'hnoituit of,.,,.. How wlndow-drcsscrs spread a sheet, I So you may not too quickly ticio ( What they will soon display for vou. This dark was hung up for the sprliif 10 mac 111c flowers and everything , That it's preparing now to bringl 1 If you should sneer at this narraflon,1 I'd like to hear your explanation. i Peering out into tho outer darknei when It first began to gather, we watch the electric lights growing brighter anl more numerous nnd noted the first flo ering of the business signs. The carlleai to blossom on Sixth street read BAR I'allios This Is the story of nn amusement . ad- vertlscment that became n death notiei The Ll.nciKR prepared this neat littij earn nnu sunmiiicti proot to fill pens tendent Carson; " J' Zoological Gardens U Admlsta-ionE5tCh.Mfs.nia fppw i-wnrvnAV o The proof came back bearing this?! scripiion: "Tho above would be U. K. If out. and only giraffe had not died last nfi If you can change the cut please d Itobert I). Carson. Sunt.'1 s . ! - t Vt .1 lurrunuxci: y 'y The blushing bride bursts on our view, A In uxdding finery anayed. , . Wc hope she is the maid so true, Itnf I..,,,,,,, .ol,, Ic lh tmnoofnn y,fttA 8.8.1$ ii CANNED OPENERS Prediprested Preludes Prepared fi Postnrandinl Prattlers m ine class win picase supposo tins mornf lng that one oflts component memwn has been selected to lespond to a toast ttl tho annual dinner of tho Countv Lepll and Judicial Fraternity Ho will arise nnd adjust over his ears and under Mil chin n fringe of bushy nnd vivid grtea fo lace. An audience will stand for al most anything from one unmistakabk I mat ked as of the humorous race. Hi I will then say: "I was told, gentlemen, that I would mtrt here a lot of dlstlnculshed people, ll fact, the felly that told me, not belnl verv careful nf bis enunciation, said molt or 1011 would be noted ns wearers p( vermin. I was In the army once ineself. so I feel at home. $ "At any rate you don't scare me, for ir tint ine lrlsli. uero horn in sinna 1 fme llulires? It was one of U7.?;j know, who having been haled Into; cpjj felt the searching eye of the Judge ' him 'Your face Is familiar,' sezxhevc jer honor, sez the felly, 'Aha; and-JH was the charge the last time I saw yS Twmty-nve cents, yer nonor, mu-j a brandy an' a big one. I'm the tender down nt Clancy's.' ' "Dn vou know thev sav the nuresti Eo Is snolien In Dublin? Well, there's tn in it. There Is so. In Duhlln they.P nounce 'lawyer' 'liar.' " J The speaker will remember that "brie to n laf-.il torm nml tVlnt It mnV hfl W ,a , iicu, ,.,, ,,u va.uv ,v a.. .. . , r. , itil- nil , ,n nnnnl.lA V, I M onrl Ul -ma JJUill- lu Luiiumi:, ,o .. . (-V. One of the denizens ot our bullda straining his eyes through the fog, no,! and called to our attention a sign ono window of the stationers' shop next,d to the bank on Chestnut street Just ab Sixth: "Is Your Bank Account SaM Later It -was explained to us that stationer was merely advertising a ch wrltlni? device. JM Clc T AIA nnt 'Baa VlA blinlfhOUnd fit I rinir Show vesterdav. so It looks as If,, might bo grooming for the fellows who M form that atrocity agains. good tasio j green carnation" for March 17th. They J already at It. all right. I heard severdl them asking for green dye, I tr-wi should also tret after those triplet,. That kind ot thing sets people to' thijj Twins nre bad enough witn prices v potatoes and porridge at their presf rllf-lnim figures. I exnect the. next-IV triplets they will be sending yoir wfll1 like this; a n c. Saft a wee! Erin go Uragh! Ha, ha, ha! Happy go lucky. Old Kentucky,' Here's tae us. Who's like us? Faugh a ballatrh! Send your good, old. bunkhound'ijea tne tracK - 01 an tnts num.. - .,( IHJATHKIt B9 Kentucky counts for tvq ifterJ'lK Hrlnlf anil It'a alurav,, uflcr tha first in l-ess -,1 Till 2IEB&Y PAlNTXIt.,, To paint y preen and blue WjMjl ,""":'"" """ """. i rim Sl But whw'he found the Jap a j 9l SmmimMs fkit&Uk. ..m i-grrTKqss-sssBaBBSBtnaar-rjaaaLi'1 navsenw'i n 11 111 m ftitwiftmwmwMimHmiHimiiWMi i h JiM
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