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The. loyal majority In Congress Is
large enough to prevent the acceptance
of the Iron Cross by any Senator.
Mr. Knox has taken tho oath of
office, and Pennsylvania can now be said
to have a representative In the United
Btates Senate.
We hope those submarine nets nt
the mouth of tho Delaware won't prevent
the shad from paying their annual call
a little later.
The Pennsylvania Railroad carries
a ton of freight six miles to earn a cent
profit, yet pcoplo talk about exorbitant
rates!
There Is a prevailing suspicion that
tho Insanity plea Is being resorted to a
Eccond time In tho Thaw case to get the
man opt of the tolls of the courts.
There should bo no compromise on
the U-boat Issue with Austria unless she
ngrees to the three cardinal requirements
of sufficient warning, right of Bearch and
safety for noncombatants.
Ten boys were sent ,to Washington
for the Inauguration ceremonies on the
trength of having written pilzo essays
on "What I Would Do It I Were Presi
dent." They can thank their stais they
don't hae to try to do It.
The Congressional Union suffra
Blsts have abandoned picketing tho Pres
ident temporarily, till Borne of them can
thlnk up a new course. There Is one
consolation In tho thought that they
can't think of anything mora Idiotic.
The opening of a dark room by a
local hotfel suggests to householders one
way of reducing tho high cost of living.
A light meal In a dark room might bo as
satisfying ns corned beef and cabbage
with the gas on full.
As the President was speaking to
the world as well as to the United States
In his Inaugural address, he has very
properly had copies of It forwarded to
all foreign Governments, that they may
know authoritatively for what his na
tion stands.
1
, "If you and your friend. Senator
La Follette," writes Alton B. Parker to
Bryan, "had gone to heaven three years
ago Germany would not, have attempted
to drive the United States from the seas."
Which many will subscribe to, after
unending the eleventh word.
The American Life Extension In
stitute should open an annex to demon
strate how to get the twenty-five per day
to provide the necessary S000 odd calo
rles, otherwise the "free-lunch" route
will continue to alternate with the "hand
outs' for a number of distinguished citi
zens. It Isn't so many years ago that
Prince Alexander successfully marched
the Bulgarian troops against the Serbians
and whipped them to the tune of "Daddy
Wouldn't Buy Me a Bowwow" the only
one, the band knew. That tune was at
the time a prime favorite at Tony Pas
tor's theatre In New York. And now
Bulgaria wants to break with the U. S.
What Ingratitude!
Guards have been' placed about the
pumping plants and reservoirs of the
Philadelphia water supply system to pro
tect them from the attack of German
sympathizers. The New Tork water sup
ply systern Is similarly guarded. Watch
ers haye been placed In the subway In
New York Jo protect the rapid transit
system. The railroad companies through
out the eastern United .States are taking
great pains to protect their bridges frtm
dynamiters. Sentinels aro watching tho
.plants of the great Industrial corpora
tions lest they be1 damaged. All this is
I t, happenlntr in spite, of the attempts, of
no war to the actual combatants. Peo
ple anii'property' away from the battle
loV were safe In, thegreat wars of
MosMrtyearsT VnterttfleblaltleaVTvere,!!!
nine to atUkWrmeil'''Tf9r!cs. jisr.
etvant ships, w ho hlgjii seas .Were
rchsdfCr MMeend, but syen when
tar4 wMWVM on botnl the lives
pttfmng9r' atntt Wejsvrsr -protected,
SHrsstM nvetio hive
frig-
it.
of noncombatants who cau.. to bo In
tho vicinity. Tho United States Is pro
testing against this policy of rightful
ness on tho high seas. When pence comes
it must Join with tho other nations In
formulating rules of war which will pre
vent a recurrence of anything of tho kind
In the futuro nnd will effectively protect
from destruction all Uvea and property
outside of tho war atca. The world can
not bo permitted to sink back Into the
conditions that prevailed In tiio batbailc
periods vvhen whole tilbes waged a war
of destruction upon ono nnother and when
every tribesman was constructively, If
not actually, n soldier liable to fjo killed
on sight of nn enemy. If civilization
cannot prevent this, It lias failed more
mlseiably than wo aro ready to admit.
CONVENTION HALL
,rnUK city Is confronted by architectural,
- engineering nnd financial problems
arising out of tho Convention Hall pioJeU.
Plans were made for u stiuctuio to tost
$3,000,000, but tho Supremo Comt has
held that as onl $1,843,000 litis been
voted by tho people, tho city may not
start tho larger structure as originally
planned until sulllclent money has been
oppiopriated. Tho pressure upon tho
available funds Is so great that there Is
no Immediate prospect tit finding tho ad
ditional sum needed
Now, what Is to be done"
The Major has suggested that a email
hall to accommodate C000 people bo
erected with the tnonev In hand, that tho
exhibition building of tho Commercial
Museum bo used for gatherings that need
more room nnd that for such an assembly
ns a national nominating convention a
temporary structuro be put up
This Is not an Ideal way out of tho
dilemma Tho people desire the large
convention hall ns originally planned
Thcro Is nn doubt of this They know
that there would be practical illtllcultles
in tho wnv of constructing a temporary
hall to accommodate a national conven
tion. They khow. too, that tho national
Industrial exhibitions seek citleH which
have provided ample accommodations for
them In a hall suitable for tho display of
goods. They aro awaro that unless this
city Is equipped with such a meeting and
exhibition building It will bo difficult to
bring hero tho great conventions and ex
hibitions which we seek
There aro thousands of business men
hero who would bo pleased It tho Mayor
and his advisers could find a way within
the restrictions of the Supremo Court
decision to tevlso tho plans for tho great
hall to cost $3,000,000 in such a wav that
It could b built in sections, each section
complete within Itself, but capable of
being connected with those built in tho
future It Is possible for nrchltcctuial
engineers to make such plans, but no man
can safely predict what tho courts would
sny of tho legality of such a proceeding
Yet the peoplo would like to havo the
Mayor take some such way out of the
dilemma Into consideration before ho
reaches a final decision
AUSTRIA TIMES TO DODGE
AUSTRIA'S purpose Is bo beclouded In
A the mesh of subtleties In Its subma
line noto that that document must be
considered rather as nn attempted open
ing for further negotiations than as an
answer to tho American question.
It declines to Bay "jes" or "no" to any
thing, let nlono the one question with
which we nro concerned, whether or not
Austrian submarines nio going to sink
ships without warning Vienna Is ap
parently trlng to back up Berlin in the
ory and placate tho United States In piac
tlce. Only a Teuton mind could com
pletely grasp such precarious logic.
Tho note tries to establish nn Infinite
number of distinct principles of nctlon
between tho two extremes of sinking
with warning and sinking without warn
ing. The conduct of tho submarine com
mander would all depend, on the kind of
vessel attacked, what It was cairylng, Its
obvious or probable Intentions, nnd so on.
The clear statement that a merchant
Bhlp will Invariablv bo safe from sinking
without warning Is not made
The Admlnlstiatlon took three dajs to
consider the German noto of January 31
before breaking off relations, and will
doubtless tako an even longer tlmo to
unravel tho Austrian tangle of contra
dictory tentatlves,
Tho decision will bo of eMraoidlnnrv
Importance I-Is conceivable that upon It
will ultimately depend tho question of
pence or war, for a break with Austria
would probably bo followed by bleaks
with Turkey and Bulguila. If wo were
at odds with all four Central Powers the
chances of our being drawn Into tho con
flict would be Increased fouifold It would
give us nil the appearance, at home and
abroad, of being definitely aligned with
the Entente Allies.
U-BOATS NOT ON THE JOB
rjTHB splendid work of the British navy
J- In the last few days In trapping or
Intimidating U-boats and their com
manders is the one bright ray of hope
In a depressing situation. It would not
restore American prestige If tho British
exterminated them while Congress split
hairs, month after month, over our mani
fest duty to defy these pirates with armed
force, but It would remove tho peril to
civilization which a German vlctoiy
gnlned through Intolerable barbarity
would visit upon the world.
The first five days of February Raw 31
ships sunk, 41,887 tons; tho last five days,
33 ships, 109,165 tons. But in the first
five days of March only three ships, a
total of 6370 tons, are reported Bunk. No
dqubt there were other sinkings, still to
be reported, but if there had been any
thing )lke 'the February records accom
plished b'the Germans, It Is likely thaf
through" reports of ships overdue the
hidden truth could not be so long con
cealed. In the past the submarine campaigns
have come "In waves," the undersea units
making a raid simultaneously so as to
ke'ep the British destroyers busy In sev
eral places at once, thus dividing their
strength. Possibly this strategy is again
resorted to and the German fleet is home
getting supplies for a new raid. But this
was not the theory of the new campaign
as announced. There were declared tq be
so' rnaflynew Ubeatsv that there would
I mo cessation of iwUvltfe. England will
tn. on;U',tJre r t be
'EVENING jLEDGER PHILADELPHIA, WEDNESDAY, MAR
FILIBUSTERS
IN THE SENATE
Why Rules That Make Them
Possible Are Defended Un
successful Attempts to , .
Stop Debate
By GEORGE W. DOUGLAS
SIINATOU BACON, of Georgia, Democrat,
now dead, said some years ago that' the
House of Representatives docs not legis
late. "In Its haste It does no more than to
suggest legislation, Tho Pcnnto puts the
legislation Into proper form." ho concluded
This Is a notoriously correct description
ot what takes place In Washington The
Hotiso lins been known tn pass a tat 1ft bill
with virtually no discussion of Its pro-
.visions All delinto Iiqh been shut oft and
tin hill has been Jammed through by tho
brute force of tho majority carrying out
tin orders of the caucus ngrccd tn by a ma
Jnrllv of tho party In power, though not
necessarily a majority or the members of
the llouso Then tho Senate, noting under
Its tules. which permit unlimited debate has
whipped the bill Into shapo and sent It
back to tho House. Conference committees
have ndjusted tho differences between the
bill ns It came fiom the llouso and as the
Senate changed It and the two houses havo
agieed to tho mcasuro thus perfected
Tho rules of the Senato luivo been sub
jected to frequent attack from members
within the body and from critics on the
outside Hut (hero never before was so
lillicr a denunciation of them as that con
tained In the statement given out by the
President last Sunday night In the heat
of his Indignation at the success ot the
opponents of the bill to nrm inerchint ships
In deflating that measure Whether the
rampilgn against those rules which he has
launched will succeed Is an open question
H Is my personal opinion that It will not
succeed for the experienced minority In
tNi body Is tint likely willingly to submit
to a clmngo of tho rules that will permit
a party caucus to shut off till dctnio nnd
Jam bills through under gng rule There
Is a considerable number ot Senators who
hnlU that tho abuses which arise under
tin' rules even such an abuse as that which
the President has denounced, aro In tho
long run less serious than those which are
likely to arise under a cloturo rule.
Tho Foreign Practice
The Kcntte rules havo been In force slnre
180(1 The Ilrltlsh Hnuso of Lords allows
unlimited ilebntn and nlunjH has Tin
llouso of Common ordinal llj permitted it
until IS82 when tho obstructive tactics
adopted bv the Irish members led the inrtv
In power tn niako a rule for bringing a
bill to a vote on a definite date regaidless
of the wish of obstructionists to speak upon
It Further rules were later adopted which
provide for "clnsuro by compartments
that Is, for closing dobnto on section after
section of a measure on succeeding dates
This wny of silencing the opposition has
come tn be known ns "tho guillotine ' He
sort to It, Is nlwo denounced ns despotic
bv the p-vrty In opposition, whether It be
Conservative or Liberal. Vet the guillotine
Is frequentl) used on extremely contro
verslil medsures Tim French Parliament
lias resorted to closure on many occasions
since the coup d'etnt of Napoleon In 1 85 J
When Henry CIa entered tho Senate he
attempted to change the rules, but failed
other Senators havo attacked them with
out success In comparatively recent times
.senator Dtvld H Hill, of New York who
was a political boss was restless under
tho necessity of permitting his political op
ponents to block his plans, nnd he waged a
campaign for limiting tho freedom of de
bate Hut ho failed, as Clay had failed be
fore blm
Justification for the present rules Is
found by their defenders In whit they as
sert Is tho fnct that they have rarely If
ever prevented the pnosage of a bill which
was sincerely supported by a m.ijorlty of
the Senators It has happened on more
than one occasion that the Senate has con
sented that a bill should be talked to death
when it did not wish to kill It In any other
waj This happened In tho closing ilnvs ot
the session In lini. when Senator Carter
of Montana, held the floor for thirteen hours
nnd a half and prevented the passage of a
JuO.Ono 0(1(1 rivers and barhois appropiiatlnn
bill l'rcsidcnt McKlnle would have vetoed
tho measure It It had been passed nnd a
large number of Senators who did not care
to go on tecord ns voting against It were
really opposed to It They nisisled Senator
Cnrtcr to hold the floor by supplying him
with criticisms of various Items In the
measuie which he could nttack when his
own knowledge of It was exhausted
Filibusters Don't Always Succeed
The passage of the force hill authorizi-g
thr stationing of Federal troops nt polling
places In tho South was defeated bv n
filibuster led bv Senator Ooiman After
a continuous session' of twent-four hours
the Democrats succeeded bv a parllamcntarj
device In starting a discussion of fre.e silver
coinage and got the silver Senators, talking
op that This sidetracked the force bill and
killed It
That a filibuster, using tne opportunity
f
ir unlimited debate, cannot succeed against
the
le undoubted sentiment of tho majority
was pioved In the extraordinary Session of
Congress called by President tjieveianu in
1893 to repeal the Sherman silver purchase
law Senator Hutler, of South Carolina,
roared out his indlgr'tion at the demand
from the White House
"The edict, the ukase, the Imperial
order" be shouted, "has gone forth that the
Government stop until tha Sherman law- is
repealed' I, for one, will not obey that
imperial order' '
Tho session began In August The fight
continued week after week until It reached
a climax In tho middle of October, when
the Senate was kept In continuous session
for thirty-five hours and forty minutes be
fore It adjourned through the exhaustion
of tho members The Sherman law, how
ever wns repealed.
An Illustration of the possibilities of
abuse in the rules Is afforded by the suc
cess of Senator Tillman in forcing an Item
of $47 000 Into an appropriation bill to pay
certain claims of South Carolina which the
auditing authorities of tho Government
oald amounted Justly to thirty-four cents
He threatened a filibuster, and the Senate,
rather than have Its business held up,
bought blm oft for the sum mentioned
Senator I.a Follette conducted a one-man
filibuster In 1D08, vvhen he held the floor
for eighteen hours or thereabouts. When
ho got tired he raised the point of nn
nuorum and demanded a rollcall This gave
him a chance to rest But he was not
allowed to question tho quorum more than
once or twice, for by express vote at the
time the Senate decided that'new business
must Intervene hctwen two such rollcalls
Senator AUrlch engineered the discomfiture
ot the Wlse-onsln talker.
Under the rules, as they stand, n Senator
may not speak more than twice- on the same
subject on the same clay. This means a
legislative day and not a calendar day. A
legislative' day may be extended for ast
many calendar days ns a majority of (he
Senators see fit, regardless ot the wishes of
filibusters, Vtften the Senate adjourned at
noon last Sunday it was working on tho
leplslatlvo day 6f the previous Friday, At
the.tlme of the Ia Follette filibuster In 1908
Senator Hale, ot Matne, remarked that the
enforcement of the Mile" against speaking!
more inuil lwn-9 uii uio aaiua euujeci un ino
same day would make It Impossible for any
filibuster by a small number of men to
succeed In holding up business very long.
A legislative day might be extended to a
w eek of calendar days qf continuous session,
which would seem to be long enough to tire
out a great many long-distance talkers.
In case a filibuster prevents a change of
the rules, at the present time, thobe who
defend the existing practice can argue that
the Senators preferred to kill the new rules
bv Indirection rather than by putting them-
selves rr record by a vote. Those who sln
oerly. "desire to limit debate wU regret
loemnas cnueneats ifMp.
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THE VOICE OP
THE PEOPLE
Value of the Classics Sugges
tion of Way to Prevent Loss
of Life in Railroad
Accidents
STUDY OP THE CLASSICS
To the Editor of the Kicnxng Leaner:
Sir Considerable discussion has been
stimulated In 1'hlladelphla 1 the advocates
of the classical and utilitarian methods of
education Hoth sides hive argued their
eases to a lull vet neither has convinced
the other It Is onlv too apparent that re
peated attai Us on the classics will not only
depreciate their value from an educational
standpoint, but will eventually oust them
from their tlnie-hnnored place In the sec
ondary school curriculum As a graduate
of tho Central High School and as a student
of the I'nlverslty of Pennsylvania, I speak
from experience
For five Hears I have been steeped in
the Intricacies of the I.itln nnd Creek lan
guages During this time I have gleaned
Information that I would not exchange
for Its equivalent w eight lri gold The
study of these tongues has not onI opened
up to me a stoik of ancient lore, but has
nlo supplied me an enso nnd flexibility
In the uo ot tu native Kngllsh One
thing, however, has dominated the Instruc
tion In theso languages, nnd that Is formal
Ism Hy formalism I mean a strict nd
herence to grammatical foims nnd sntac-
tlc.al structures Tho result nt this con-
tralnt has been an nll-pervadlng Ignorance
. tnat mrhors In Its very essence the germs
ot malice Students who have been drilled
In tho technicalities of nn ancient language
fall to absorb the gist of their reading
They are unable to lespond to that elevating
Influence, that deep sympathy with man
kind which characterizes all great litera
ture Tbey cannot peicelvo throughout the
veil of moods and tenses the "gem of
purest ray sereno" that lies bejond I can
assert that no five members of my high
school class of thirty students could give
mo a satisfactory account of their dally
translations, et these men were Latin and
Creek scholars
HDMUND II. CIENKOWSKI.
Philadelphia, March 2
PUBLIC SERVICE
To th Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir Tho KvENiNO LBDOEa has certainly
proved a publlo benefactor In breaking up
the camps of the gipsy swindlers who,
under tho pretense of telling fortunes,
preyed on a too credulous public
These Itinerant humbugs leave tomorrow,
I understand, nnd their departure is a big
triumph for the Evening Ledger, which,
I feel pleased to say, Is ever foremost In
any movement for tho betterment of Phila
delphia. PAUL PRY.
Philadelphia, March 6,
RAILROAD PRECAUTIONS'
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir' Referring to tho recent necldent on
the Pennsjlvania Railroad at Mount Union
Stntlon, In which twenty lives were lost,
the thought has occurred to mo that an
added precaution on the part of the rail
road, might possibly minimize the danger
to passengers. At Mount Union, and also
In the wreck of the Bar Harbor express
on the New Haven Railroad some two
years ago, nearly all the fatalities were
among the occupants of the rear-end
sleener.
Most of the through trains carry baggage
cars, and without exception these cars are
placed next to the locomotive'. Why would
it not be better and far safer to put the
baggage cars on the rear end ot the train?
It seems to me that had this been done In
both cases referred to the loss ot life
would have been very small, and unless
there is some ery good reason for the
present arrangement of trains, I believe
this suggestion worthy of consideration.
JOSEPH R. CARPENTER, JR.
Philadelphia, Marcli 2.
PETROLEUM V. NASBY'S STYLE
To the Editor of the Evening Ledger:
Sir It may be Interesting to know how
David R. Iocke found the cue for his
style ot writing and his peculiar system
of spelling In his "Petroleum V. Nasby"
satires.
After the war had been In progress some
months the body of a young soldier who
"had been killed In battle' or died of slokness
s smpt hhi w -swap.
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soldier's father. On the day of the funeral
Ml Locke and threo other prominent Re
publicans drove out to Wlngert's Corners to
attend tho funeral The services wcro con
ducted by a. German Lutheran minister
by tho name of Vail, who undertook to
preach his sermon In Kngllsh. His Hngllsh
was so broken that Mr. Locke was In
wardly amused, even though ho .was at a
very solemn funeral That German min
ister's awkward sentences, by which he
poured forth his fervent patriotism, gave
Mr Locke tho cue to a stylo of writing
and a mode of spelling that made him
famous
Ills Nashy writings were published In
many of the papers ot tho country during
the war as well as for sears thereafter,
and Petroleum V Nasby became a house
hold word Later, Mr, Locke became editor
and proprietor ot the Toledo Blade, In
whoso columns his Nasby satire appeared
regularly for -ars, nnd many a good laugh
did they provoke from a host of readers.
Heading, Pa.. March 3 B. B.
TOGETHER
Together we'll laugh nt tho dawn of tho sun;
Together we'll smile till the evening Is done,
Together, together, tho day and the weather.
Are evermore fair when we two are to
gether. We'll sing at the clouds and we'll cheer at
the rain,
And thunder must roar In a rollicking strain
As together wo tramp through the wild
wood and heather.
For the whole world rejoices when we are
together.
The sad wind upleaps In a frolicsome glee;
And from woeful willows a bright melody
Sounds through our revel when light ns a
feather
Our heart's fare the highways of beauty
together.
Together, together, we'll laugh In the sun
And smile till our evening of gladness Is
done.
Together, together, tho days and the
weather
Will alwajs be merry when we aro to
gether. St Louis Post-Dispatch.
All Points of the Compass
Casuals of tho Day's Work
xxxiv
IN" TUG Btudy of psychology, coupled with
a q s of logic, and further advanced by
some slight knowledge ot therapeutics, we
have been taught that cure may be
achieved by the elimination of the cause of
disease, whether this be mental or physical
Granting this, we are still In doubt whether
It were better to remove Mr. GUIs O Jones
permanently, by means of tho well-known
electrlo chair method, or whether we would
better lock him up in a padded cell and
have this equipped with some sort of
echoing apparatus whereby he would be
constantly reminded of his own words. The
Chinese, or some other Important people
who knew something of torture, used to
have the pleasant habit of tying a citizen
under a dripping faucet so that at regular
Intervals a drop of water fell on said
citizen's head. After a few days of this
treatment the patient became mad, or, as
the Old Cattleman used to say, "he went
plumb bug."
Writing In Life, Mr, Jones discourses on
"Facta and Fiction." He makes a point, for
In his last paragraph he says, ."No wonder
that truth Is stranger than nctlon ; we spend
so much less time In getting acquainted
with It."
We grant this, grudgingly, to be sure,
but still we grant lt But what we want
to punish Mr. Jones for Is his use of words
which are not words. In the very first line
ot his little essay he says, "If we should
go statlstlclzlng upon the subject of fiction
writers andkflctlon readers, we should un
doubtedly find "
G-nough I
"Statlstlclzlng!" We would, f we had
the power to Inflict a cruel and ,unusual
punishments sentence Mr. Jones to write and
repeat this word aloud and alone for an In
determinate period, "Burglarize" Is one of
our pet aversions In words, and when we
read In the society columns that the
Brown-Robinsons "week-ended" somewhere
we see red, and the murderous Instinct
rises In us to & point where It nearly over
flows, Ellis O. Jones we always thought there
ought to be an exclamation point after O I
writes a whole lot of things for Life, but
when he spoils our whole evening by in
venting such a word as "statistlclze," we
.begin to regret that the nation-wide prohi
bition movement has been as great as It Is.
Ws wouw niee to.arown'ur sorrpw. put
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What Do You Know?
t Queries of aenerat intcmt vHll he ntmictfr!
in this column. Ten qurvtionv, the annum to
u hich eirru v elt-informctl vcrson should knoii,
are asked daily ,
QUIZ
1, tVlint nnil where Is rermimbticn?
S. mm N majorltr lender In the senate?
3. Mhnt I, cloture?
4. Vihv nre rowhojs railed 'rowpunrliers"?
ft. What Is latin .Vnifrlra'.'
fi. Vvhat nnd where nre Ihe Kvrndades?
7. What Is n 0!?!'..'
ft. mint InnBiince Is spoken by the crentest
number f person?
0. miat l-i the original mennlnt; of "(111-
buster"?
10, About what helclit determines whether or
not 1111 eleintlon U n mountain?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Strntejsv rntiHlsts of pluns for nmneuiers
of armies -.eeklni; n definite result 1 tartles
Kin-.i-.iN of the operations In nitual rnn
filit. Mr.ttesr in unrlmni-enlile, hut ull
rruft. trenihes nml iiinrhlnp puns linve
nltered tnitlrs In the jire-.etit war.
1. A submarine rlinser Is n small bnit built fur
Mieed. rills nnd Its nrm iment make It a
form liable foe nf Hiitmi iriue-i.
3. Mriple suenr Is mmle h evtendrd evapora
tion uf tne sip of the stliMr maple tree, '
4. Daniel milnril, president of the llaltlmnre
11ml Ohio Kiillro id. Is the new rhnlrmun
of the iitltUnr) ronimNslon of the Coun
cil of Tsiitlonnl Defense,
5. II 1 linn-Hum: Is Prexlilent of China.
(1. "DlEElnK one's crave with one's teeth"
means overeating nnd consequent UN, per
linps dentil.
7. "The President of the I'nlted States of
Vmerlrn" Is the I'reHlilent's fun i,ue.
8. Miss Jennnelte Rnnkln. of Montnnn, the first
woman ever elected tn ( oncrehs. win take
her seat In the nevt House of Iteprrsenta
tlves. 0. Treklilent Grant wns the nnlr President to
be criiduiited from the tnlted states Mili
tary Aruileni).
10. Cblnn's KTietunre acalnst Oermnnr Is that
many ( hlnese laborers have been drowned
In the torprdnliic of ships currjlnt: them
to trance,
Frost in Ground
J P The United States Weather Bureau
has no record ns to the depth of frost In
the ground, but the cllmatologlst of the
bureau furnishes the result of Investigations
as to earth temperatures at various depths.
Following Is a tablo of temperatures of dif
ferent types of soil at different depths, from
"Soli Temperature," by George J Bouou
cos. based on experiments mndo In .lanunry,
1012, at the Mtch'gan Agricultural College
experiment station, with a monthly average
temperature of 11 degrees:
son, 0 IN. 12 IN. 18 IN.
Gravel , 3H ss .u
Sand 1 L8 r.i
I.oam 7 .SO 3'
lav Si -M si
Peat 1 20 so 83
Following Is the tesult of experiments at
Edinburgh, Scotland, for the month of Jan
uary, In which the temperatures are eight
year mean annual temperatures and the
depth of the thermometer below tho surface
Is given In feet:
depth TEMPEnvrunn
S n 40
4ft 41
10 n 4tl
20 8 7
The calculated surface temperature was
36 degrees Fahrenheit
Victoria Crosses
IC. la, J. Information as to the number
of Victoria Crosses that have been awarded
on the western front In the present war Is
not available now. Tho "V, C , as It Is
called In England, was Instituted as a
military and naval decoration bv onun
Victoria in 18E6. Tho subject ljad been'
consiaerea Dy tne uritisn War Offlco as
early as the middle of the Crimean war.
The decoration, which Is awarded f6r
braveryt regardless of rank, consists of a
bronze maltese cross with the royal crest
In the center; underneath Is a scroll bear
ing the words, "For Valour,"
"Paradise Lost"
K. S. K. John Milton (U08-74),
llsh poet, wrote "Paradise Lost,"
the Eng-
SAM LOYD'S PUZZLE
AT THE feline show we put four cats
. and three kittens on the big scale,
and they tipped the beam at thirty-seven
pounds. Then we weighed another lot
of three cats and four kittens, which
totaled thirty-three pounds. Now, If cats
weigh alike and kittens weigh alike, what
are the respective weights of cat and kit
ten? , .
Answer to Yesterday's Puzzle
milE sentence Is made complete by In-
ixsortuv um woreuMouuoeav
Tom Daly's Cojungl
McAronl Ballads
hXXYlt
MAltZO
Here ccs come da tlmo 0 year
Vest of altl
I.lha trumpet an my ear
l'.cs ccf 111.
l.ika tiumt.et far axcav
Vlrst 1 hear cct vestaday,
Wen a wind dat's sailed da tea 1
Come along decs street to tne'
,lti" cct touch my hair an' saw. '
"J am hcrel"
Xoxo ccs come 'da time of year '
should, sccng;
Far Vctattan scenes so near
Vet can brecng.
Home, ccn Mono, I could go
Findin' on da sunny side 2
Of some fecg tree, where dey nM 1
1 io(C(3 uui vr-y, jiatioi
1le aro herd"
Here ccs come dat time of year;
Uui no note
Of datsong dat once was dear
Swells my throat.
Ah! ccf only now, today,
She dat's vcrra far away
Farther dan Fetallan shore
Comln' weeth da sprccng once no
Joont could touch my hand an' mr
"I am here I" i
Say, listen! Did you know that he
thcro wan a vacant Massachusetts it
In ho Senato almost exactly ninety j-u
ago tho friends of Daniel Webster feu,
that If ho left tho Houso of ncpresem
tlves ho would lose In prestige? i(
"nut," said ndward Everett at thatth
"It is a comfort that tho Senate can ntt
fall low er than It Is now."
One of Don Marquis's contrtbs remtrl
speaking of n certain social worker, t
sho nlways looks on the East Side
things " And through a lorgnette,
Mr. Dooloy so pithily put It.
How many sorts of patriotism! 1
thero? Moro'thnn all our enemies co
shako a stick nt; nnd let no one tori
that "tho femalo ot tho species Is a
deadly than tho male." When a pert
lady starts to screech, In tho mlttjl
notion that sho ,ts poetically etprw
Intense feeling, sho soiiietlmcs uses wo
unfit for tho cars of tho tired buslr
man. Hence wo havo deleted one w
fiom this llxlvlous letter nddressed
tho IMItor of "Poetry" nnd publls
In tho March Issue of that Magaz
of Verse
Dear Poetry I really mean thlsl
PATRIOTISM
Tnetrv 1 would die for you If you
were recruiting nrmles I should not
need conscription but Bladly would ro
tn vnur banners and pin my heart
iicnln"t in- buvonet nf n fos or sjffo
cate drowning In floods of sas horrlblr
nr tnnsle im In lnrbcd lr
Anv ilenth 1'octrv for ou wllllnflr
" our demands of rlc srs o
difficult HELEN HOTT
Deleted
nut nio tho demands of service
dlfllcult, nttcr all? Pages 277 to 28
tho Match number carry eleven offerl
healing tho name ot this same patrl
lady, nnd h'eic Is a fair sample:
arches;
Under the hlfth-arrblne brldse, ttu
shadow arch bends Itself curved dosr
Intn .Via n , r inil llf- In Ihs MStcr a'
motionless ns the arch jhovi It h
motionless Mnnonrv of the dusk.
And In the same interesting issue'
Amv Lowell becomes an unconsc
humorist. Sho "wishes to express
indebtedness to Mr. Arthur -Davison P
for his proso translation of Btreeti
Yakut a Sanjln," nnd this is her p
version of It, except that In the mage
tho words nro laid out in ten lrreg
lines:
As I wandered throuch the -tht hun
drcd and eluht streets of th city,
saw nothlne so beautiful s the ""J1
nf tho (Ireen Houses with their slrdie
of spun cold nnd their lone sluvf
,i-..e i"lor-d like the (tralnlne o
wood As they walk, the hems of tfcel
. 11. i Mtiiii'iit Ilultcr npm and t
I lond red llnlnits Unw like aturp
toothed mnplo leaves In autumn.
SEVEN AGES OF DOG
Hcrit-age.
v Append-ago.
Cour-age.
Pill-age.
Wharf-age.
Pound-age.
Saus-nge.
WHEN vv o saw Will Irvvln In New
last week ho told us he expected Jo
for Spain on March 8, and now c
word that Irv Cobb -will probably re
to tho scenes ho described In his S 1
nrtlclcs and later discussed from the
fotm. When Cobb comes back he
lectin o ngqln and he may not. B
ho does, It's a safe bet he'll have not
to do w 1th the press agent who was
wished upon him when he startled
Lyceum circuit before. This genius
was Just fresh from, another field c
deavor, conceived a plan for the
latlng of publlo Interest In Cobb.
"Whon I wns with Doctor Cook
Cobb," said he, "we had In each
little contests arranged, contests lr
form of n debate among school chl
as to whether or not Doctor Cook
at tho North Polo, as he claimed to
been," "Yes," said Irv -wondering. "V
said the press agent, "what -suce
onco should succeed again,"
All of us who acknowledge the ar
temperament will proffer a flsw
handclasp to this brother artist, th
ular1 Jones Mill correspondent of
Mount Pleasant (Pa.) Journal, who '
In last week's Issue:
Your correspondence was Interw
In ,..lnv Vi Tntii XflUn IteamS 1
appeared In the last issue of The Jl
nal. Perhaps It would be well to
some means of distinguishing W
Jones Mills Items, when written
tome one other than your r'STiIsr '
respondent,
First suggestion for k title to
Herbert's- Rose Festival vralU comes
B. 33. Aver, of Danville, Pa. "C
Vlctorose Waltz,'" seas he. The
Festival folks authorize us to offer
bunch of roses for an (acceptable nar
JUDO'n ALTON B. PAKKER
fury I Isn't that a spectacle? Now,
Is one ptiher thlnsr we'd like, to see.
have observed In our "time mlschl
and overzealous men whose raatn ra
In life seemed to be the plying ol c
with, liquor to make poor weste-l
., drink btws'rUiJU,-M.
oo-araiaaie-'Msi