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ron Aroii. was 118.027
rMM.lpnU. Tbrmdif, Jun. ?, HIT
Tho regular army still needs 82,000
mon. So thoro Is plenty of chanco for
thoso would-bo voluntoors who wero "dis
couraged" by consorlptton.
Tho rechrlstcnlng of the German
Interned merchantman Kiel as tho Cnm
den Is official ovldonce of tho Govern
ment's opinion of tho shipbuilding capaci
ties of our busy municipal neighbor.
Llttlo Luxembourg's appeal to
President "Wilson to Ravo her from "a
fata similar to that, of Belgium" displays
a lucid comprehension- of Amorlca'H nlms.
It Is noticcablo that tho tiny duchy relics
' en vtho well-spring of freedom.
Whon wo say that Registration
Say passed off as quietly as n national
election day, wo not only prnlso tho pa
triotism of ten million citizens, but we
emphostzo tho eloquent fact that our
great democracy rightly regards a presi
dential election as tho ideal symbol of
law and order.
Franco's peace terms are what they
always wero and always will be return
of Alsace-Lorraine nmt reparation for
damage In Invaded territory. Simple,
dlreot and unimpeachable Perhaps tho
best formulation of Allied terms would bo
lor each nation to stato Its own terms,
Irrespective of thoso of Its allies.
Two French soldiers stood in the
mud and rain. "Wo'Il win," said one, "pro
vided thoy. stand Arm." "Who do you
mean by 'they'?" asked his comrado.
"Tho civilians," was tho reply. Thoy said
that, at least, in cartoon by Foraln, and
It Is tho most popular cartoon of war
time France. It is tho wholo war In a
nutshell.
Germany's description of ourselves
as "a nation of tango lizards" acquires a
certain glimmer of meaning from tho ac
tions of tho Uto Indians who resisted
registration by Indulging In a war danco
In favor of peace. Perhaps tho contempt
uous yet Imaglnatlvo Teutons really bo
Ueved that tho bulk of our population was
till composed of aboriginal redskins.
I believe some big underlying organiza
tion Is responsible for tho widespread sale
of "dope" in South Philadelphia State
ment by Internal Itevenuo OfTiclal.
A complcto account of tho workings
Of that organization was published In
this newspapor about a year ago. Inci
dentally, tho remark of a South Philadel
phia magistrate yesterday that 93 per
cent of tho larceny cases that como be
fore him, aro duo to "dopo" is evidence
that tho cxposuro was mado nono too
soon.
Tho slur repeated for two years
and a half thnt many Englishmen In
America were hiding behind tho Stars
and Stripes In ordor to escapo going to
war Is being gloriously erased by tho
rush to tho first British recruiting sta
tion In tho United States, opened yester
day. It Is ovldent now that geographi
cal circumstances and not spiritual do
fectlon restrained thousands of our Eng
lish residents from answering the call
Ot liberty. "Within twenty-four hours
every United States army and navy re
cruiting station'wlll bo authorized to nc
cept applicants for British service, and
tho Indications now aro that the number
of recruits will run high Into tho tens
of thousands. These troops will bo all
Volunteer another Indication that con
scription Is no check on Individual Ini
tiative. There are no men In mlddlo life
today who can say: "I was a Boy Scout
; - ' i i n
jjjl,
j ,- "When I was a boy I took tho Scout oath,
Which was that on my honor I would do
" My best 'to do my duty to God and my
ieountry, and to obey tho Scout law, to
,feIp other people at all times, to keep
physically strong, mentally awako and
morally straight.' And that was tho
Vest Influence In my life after I left my
toother's knee." "We are only beginning
to reap tho harvest of this great organi
sation. It was a thoroughly revolution.
... ary Idea, this mobilizing of boyhood to-
V .M.M A .An ..rill . ..! -..,. -M .
i.Wjf-via w ;omb mil 1110 lull ATUllB 0
S aM measured. But Its inunr rrnuth
'iSre&dy testifies to the fact that It was
ywwvii u. iwiumi uuu nut an arunciai prin
ciple that the Scouts' league was founded.
Organizations for boys under a less
ligoroua phase of military discipline there
'ijad been, but never before hod the em
phasis In such movements been placed
en BonmlUtary helpfulness, upon the
ptfu-tleai of kiiutauM toward hurnantf and
- i.ataJaAttla. Uacm iJaWaaalaAAfaMi af atfjALftl. 1.
dlvlduallsm. There win a time when It
was thought iv boy could not bo a real
boy unices he robbed birds' nests. But
tho Scouts havo proved that boys who
build bird houses aro tho boys who per
form nets of heroism, It wilt bo hard
to make gang politicians out of Hoy
Scouts. It will be harder to down a na
tion that has thus encouraged and dis
ciplined Its boys.
OUR FUTURE ON THE SEA
TAVAL successes aro excellent argu
ments for tho development of sea
power. This reasoning, howovcr, holds
still better If rovorscd. Strengthening of
tho sea arm Is lndlspensnblo to victory.
This Is the real lesson of recent naval
activity unequaled slnco tho battlo of Jut
land, England, Franco and America have
all participated brilliantly In sea actions.
Wo rejolco In such results, but thoy should
only spur us on to unremitting offorts
toward tho creation of a navy second to
nono. Complcto preponderance of sea
power would unquestionably win tho war.
Mighty as Britain's navy Is, had it bcn
mightier a dlfforent talo would havo been
told In tho combat off tho Cattcgat, and It
Is concclvablo that tho war might havo
bcon ovor today.
America can afford no relaxation of
effort toward making her sea armament
and equipment equal to tho skill and re
sources of her naval personnel. Every
day ot tho conflict drives this principle
homo. Its truth Is mado still moro unan
swcrnblo by tho encouraging survey of
what wo and our Allies havo recently no
rompllsh6d. An Amortcan merchant ship,
armed by navy gunners, has engaged and
presumably sunk a German U-boat. Tho
French steamship Oronoquo reports
having sunk an enemy submarine off tho
African coast. Britain has to her credit
tho destruction of ono Teuton destroyer
and tho sovero Injury of another off Os-
tend, and In addition an English squadron
has bombarded tho naval baso at Ostcnd.
Fully as significant as theso victories Is
tho reduction of tho week's U-boat toll of
vessels of moro than 1C00 tons from eight
een to fifteen. Ono black week less than
two months ago forty British ships abovo
this tonnago standard woro lost. Tho
porfect Bubmarlno quollor may bo myth,
leal. Ono Is nlmost content to abandon
this dream If tho decrease of losses
through U-boata continues In tho prcsont
ratio. France, it may bo mentionod, re
ports tho destruction of but ton vessols
by submarines throughout an cntlro
month.
Unquestionably tho Amorlcan fieet Is
doing its sharo toward bringing about
such happy results. Our squadron In
Brazil Is relieving tho Entento from South
Atlantic patrol duty. Our fleet abroad
has vital patrol duties of Its own. Could
any situation mako plainer the supreme
Importance of naval strength? Amorica's
need for tho g-eatcst of navies is trans
parently obvious. It .must bo built.
JAPAN READY TO ACT
""VUT of tho tnnglo of contradictory stato
v ments about Japan's nttltudo toward
ItUKSla these facts stand out plainly: that
tho Island empire Is in tho war to the
finish, Is thoroughly nwaro of tho menaco
a Itusso-German separato peace would
hold over her, and would uso overy
weapon In her power to mako up for tho
defeoa 1 ot Husslo.
About tho only way Japan could re
store tho old balance, with Russia out of
It, would bo by sending troops to tho
French front by way of thl3 country a
four weeks' trip. Sho has been In no
mood to mako war on Russia, would
havo nothing to gain and overythlng to
loso by taking over tho marltlmo provlnco
of Siberia, nnd could not carry on war
faro against Germany by marching
through a hostile Kussla, Annexation of
Itusslan soil would bo ordinary conquest,
agaln&t all Allied principles, nnd would
creuto new enemies against Japan even
in Allied countries.
Thcro aro not enough ships to spnro to
permit a rapid transporting of Japancso
troops. But several thousand a month
wpuld amount In tlmo to an Important re.
enforcement of the Allied forces. Tho
henrty welcomo theso veterans of 1905
would rccelvo If transported by way of
this country would do much to bring
America and Japan Into closer alllanco
and goodwill.
FIGHTERS WHO DON'T FIGHT
It will take a lot of courago for any
politician to start a factional fight In
tlmea like these. Mayor Smith.
COWARDICE, not courage, keeps tho
thugs and loafers busy following the
orders of factional leaders who wranglo
In times llko these. Factional fights con.
tlnuo because tho men who cngago in
them havo not tho manhood to servo
their country.
THE PASSING OF "DAVE" LANE
"TAVE" LANE glvos as hjs reason for
L abandoning political leadership the
fact of his advancing years. "Wo hope that
this picturesque old fighter huts happy
years of good health before him outside
tho political arena.
Lane has always played his gamo out
In tho open. Ho held no traffic with thoso
middle-of-the-road hypocrites who play
now in,' now" out, of tho Organization,
posing as reformers all tho while. "We
think his Idea of how a city should bo
run Is entirely wrong. iSut ho thinks ho
Is right. And It Is no wonder thnt ho
camo to think bo was right, seeing that
tho reformers of our tlmo have shown eo
llttlo sustained zeal and so llttlo effort to
form a permanent organization against
tho1 Organization.
But those reformers who never give
up and never will give up respect Lane as
a worthy antagonist. Thera waa never
any question about whero be stood. Such
good fighters aj he do more for tho right
than many think, for at the worst they
make the wrong view so crystal-clear
tnat ujose Wia oppose tfcn knsr
fcM tvftiftigt,
EVENING
WAR FORCES USE
OF WHITE COAL
Alpine Streams in Dauphino Aro
Producing 800,000 Horsopower
for French Factories
By HENRI BAZIN
Staff Corrnpondent 0 lit J9ralD Xa&b
Franct.
PAItIS, May 17.
THAT which was ancient Dauphlne, an
nexed to tho French crown In 1349
under the rulershtp of Thlllp IV, Is now
and has been for very long the province of
Iscro, geographically so called, yet neverthe
less always referred to by the French
people as the land of its ancient name.
Situated In tho southeast of Franco, It
touches tho valley of the Ithone on the
west and north and tha mountainous prov
inces of Jin uto Alpes, or High Alps, nnd
Savolo on tho west.
Through tho cconomlo exigencies of tho
war, this hlstorlo nnd plcturcsquo section
of Franco bids fair to abandon Its archalo
sentimental name of Dauphtno for that of
"Lo pays do la lloultlo Blanche" "Tho
Land of "Whlto Coal."
For here, through all tho centuries, "whlto
coal" has existed, waiting to bo utilized
Industrially that wheels might turn and
looms pln and cannon bo forged through
Its potency. Whon I first heard tho two
words I was puzzled, and until It was
explained o mo that "whlto coal" Is but
tho hlr-allstlc term for water power, I could
well see tho gcnulno poesy of tho applica
tion. For all about this beautiful moun
tainous country of Iscro aro numberless
whlto and frothing torrents, cascades and
cataracts, springing from tho heights of
tho French and Italian Alps, constantly
watered through their oternal snows, con
stituting a great natural energy now for
tho first tlmo being seriously used for In
dustrial purposes.
Old-Fashioned Methods
It was In and about Orcnoblo. a city now
numbering 237,000 Inhabitants and the
principal ccntor of iFCrn, that French In
dustry centuries ago established Itself In tho
early sleepy fashion ot d.iyn when tlmo was
but the passing of hours nnd counted not
In tlici cost of produrtlon. Armor was made
In Grenoblo, eUlllfully and m.irvelously, as
early ns 14S0, paper ot finest quality from
1CC1, woven fabrics In wool nnd linen from
1721, and rllk, rivaling that ot Lyons, from
1825. Dating from tho last half of the nine
teenth century, theso last threo Industries
bad grown to points ot International Indus
trial Importance, playing their prominent
part In tho economic story of Franco.
From 1SG0 to 1900, Grenoblo, and the
surrounding districts ns well, becamo re
nowned for lino glove malting, the very
foremost position In tho world being taken
In this Industry through an exqulslteness
and perfection of workmanship. During
the same period workers In many branches
of tho metal trade, nnd In particular tho
manufacture of plain and decorative metal
buttons, now used all over tho world, ndded
their goodly quota to tho Industrial Im
portance of Orcnoblo and France.
From about 1800 the great quantities of
oak which had long abounded In Ipcre In
vited manufacturers of flno Interior wood
work and furniture Limestone nnd elnyey
matter, long virtually Ignored throughout
tho province, becamo Industrially utilized
through numerous manufactories of varied
cements establishing themselves near plen
tiful raw material. All these diverse
branches of Industry were dependent, savo
In a few Instances, upon tho Indispensable
first essential of coal mined In Isero, whero
300.000 tons woro taken out yearly, and
until 1910 burned to the oxtent of 45 per
cent Within 100 mlls of Its origin. Menn
whllo tho mountain torrents nnd waterfalls
rushed, foaming white, upon their continual
way, somo with a hbecr drop of 1G00 meters,
others In two drops of from 300 to 700
meters, with many of less, each wasting Its
producing power. They were but plcturcsquo
adjuncts to the natural beauty of a beau
tiful country, nnd no more.
Hut with tho birth of the twentieth cen
tury tho energy of a few cataracts was for
tho first tlmo put to practical use, originally
In various electrical and metal Industries,
which had, slnro 1901, becomo a part of
tho Industrial prosperity of Isero in gen
eral, and Grenoblo In particular.
Water Power Revolutionizing Industry
In 1914, nt tho tlmo of tho fJcrman In
vasion, 39S5 manufacturing establishments
could bo counted In tho province, of which
fewer than 20 per cent used water power.
This proportion had been established, In
the main, closo to the liquid energy of
mountain streams, there deriving their first
essential, using tho power "raw." so to
hpeak, necurlng It upon tho old-fashioned
grist mill drive principle, whereby a maxi
mum quantity of water falling from a
height centralized within a minimum ln
cloauro of metal or wood, that, revolving,
caused machinery to revolvo with it. These
were added to in 1905, nnd from that tlmo
to 1913 by a relatively .small proportion
of establishments, principally metal nnd
chemical Industries, tho latter n new comer,
with capital enough to pay tho kilometer
prlco for piping nnd carrying "white coal"
to generate electricity in their own dyna
mos. But very quickly afterward gener
ating plants for supplying electricity
through original water power began to :'
vclop, offering servlco to whomsoever it
sired It In August, 1914, eIx such plant1
existed, nnd moro were In contcmplatlo
With the war and Its drive of necessity
toward tho manufacture of munitions and
supplies new Installations of tho generating
typo, together with now mills and factories,
bprang up with a rapidity never before
known In Franco. Theso new establish
ments were all electrically driven from the
"whlto coal" source, tho driving power
being delivered through conduits on the
meter Rystcm. Most of the old factories
that had previously used black coal or
raw whlto also adopted tho new method.
Factories, mills and foundries Increased, tho
workero being largely of tho women now
employed In France, supplemented by men
beyond military ago and youths below It,
ns well as by many Spaniards and Italians,
Tho entry of Italy into war with Austria
took awny most of the latter, but the total
of workers was not decreased to any ma
terial extent, because the continued addition
of women numerically filled tho gap.
Statistics today show that the Isere elec
trical appliance metal and munition Indus
tries alone wero using on January 1, 1917,
the equivalent of 310,000 horsepower elec
trically derlvod from "whlto coal," tho
generating plants utilizing for light and
traction purposes 210,000 horsepower, the
chemical-producing Industries 300,000 horse
power, tho paper and wood industries 33,000
horsepower and the divers other Industries
of the provlnco 18,000 horsepower, a grand
total of 871.000 horsepower.
All this in twenty months from the com
pletion ot any plant arising out of the
exigencies of war I Thero are actually thirty-one
generating plants In existence, some
Working twenty-four hours per day. They
tight not only Grenoble, but every town
and vllligo In Isere whore a factory exists.
They drive all tho tromcars throughout
the province. They are the direct sources
making possible the production of a part
of the means with which Germany is being
defeated. They will contlnuo after peace
to take a mighty part In the second defeat
of Germany, the Industrial and commercial
defeat, by the new and wonderful France
In which I write.
Through "white coal" they ore doing it
and will continue to do It at about 15 per
cent less cost than would be possible with
the black brother mined from the earth.
And "white coal" flows sparkllngly on from
the French and Italian Alps as It has for
ages. Much ot It Is still unshackled to the
usages of man. Only a portion of It is
working In tho light of day and the dark
ness ot night with Its centuries-old energy
now enlisted in the cause of civilization and
the rights and liberties of peoples.
Before tho end of the war much mere of
It will be mobilized to fight behind th. hi.
tie lines. And beyond that Its still greater
usage i P&?i 01 tea raw zwiure
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LEDGER-PHILADELPHIA, THUBSDAY, JUNE
Tom Daly's Column
TIIE other ovcnlng one of the young
stors at tho dinnor table reported that ho
had seen a scarlot tanager In tho woods,
flaunting his gorgeous colora among tho
green leaves, but that thoro was another
bird always closo to him, which was as
modest In plumage as tho first was gay.
It was a dull ollvo green, as tho lad re
membored It, and ho was greatly sur
prised whon wo explained that tho green
she was tho scarlet he's mato, and that
Naturo had a habit of ovcrdccoratlng tho
inalos to mako them attractlvo to tho
females. And tho next day on Chostnut
stroet, seeing a marlno In his bright uni
form and with a girl on clthor arm, wo
realized how natural War is.
OIRLB TVILZ, OlIAXOE
Tho sergeant of marines was trim
And pleasing to tho ladles;
Because of two that clung to Mm,
Theso words of old O'Orady's:
"Thcv say tho girls they're raisin' hero
Has verv takln' ways.
Mavhap 'tis true, out, dear, oh, dear,
'Tls not their likes I'd praise.
There's not a wan of all tho lot
1'va ever chanced to sec
A'ot twin o' them that ever got
A heart-throb out o' mc.
An', euro, I'm not so hard to pl'ase;
'Tls I that used to know
A scoro of maids descrvtn' praise
But that was long ago.
"Although tho times an' styles may change,
A maid is still a maid;
But hero she looks an' acts so strange.
Bile's different, I'm afraid.
Mayhap tho climate here's to "blame
j For all tho faults I see;
At any rate, they're not the same
As maidens used to oe.
But Irish matdst Och, over thcro
Tha girls I used to know
Were always sioect an' true an' fair
Was that so long agot"
ON PAPER mado in Gcrmantown in
17SI, II. B. writes to call our nttontion to
tho fact that In tho Record of Marriages
of Christ Church, Philadelphia, under
dato of March S, 17G6, will bo found that
of John Codd nnd Mary Fish, tho cere
mony being performed by, tho Rev. "Wil
liam Sturgeon.
GEORGE JEAN NATHAN has a now
book out. It's called "Bottoms Un'' It's
an application of tho slapstick to saflre,
and hero's ono of tho things that's most
In keeping with tho tltlo. In 11 page rio
vntcd to "thrco modern dramatists," he
Fays of
Shaw
Act I
eapmiiuifl
Act II
soptniiBKi '
Act III
BopnjiJBM
Here's tho Irish Finisher
Sir Joo Tynan Is tho ono Irishman
who can stop tho submarine If It can bo
stopped. Ask Cramps' about him, or
tho Union Iron Works at San Francisco,
or ask tho English Government, which
gavo him tho shipyards of Montreal in
191B to build fifty submarines. Do you
know anything about his patents which
mndo tho uso of armor plato in tho con
struction of battleships such a slmplo
matter? Ho never saw n machlno shop
until ho worked In Baldwin's for J9 por
(meaning week) nnd now ho is tho first
and last word in shipbuilding on tho Pa
cific coast. There's your man!
JOHN J. RAHILLV.
Wo havo ways of getting exclusive news
from Fort Niagara which may yet mystify
and annoy tho German invaders when
thoy occupy1 New York. Latest advices
inform us of n panic nmong tho colored
waiters nt tho camp. Several days ago,
In tho lato afternoon, rumors spread
nmong tho help that German spies had
boen acting suspiciously around somo of
tho buildings. Tho waiters refused to go
to their quarters that night. They bunked
out under tho trees, but few of them slept.
Tho next morning ono of them told of
a rnco between two motorcars ho had
eccn and heard on n road out beyond
camp. Tho news was Important becauso
of his Interpretation of tho characteristic
crloa of two makes of motorcars: "In
do front was de Ford an' behind was do
Bulck. 'Long como do Bulck, 'Slz-z-z-z-zl'
But do H'l ole ford go, 'Ych-yeh-ych-ych-ych-yehl'
"
Black Ivory
Sir I overheard this Tuesday In a
registering office:
Registrar How old nro you?
Diminutive negro Thirty-five.
Registrar Whon wero you born?
Negro In L"3S.
Registrar Y,iat? If you wero born In
1828 you must bo moro than thlrty.fivo.
Negro No, sir, I'm thirty-five.
Registrar You haven't got that ago
right. Do you live near here?
Nogro Yas, sah. Yo' soo, I como right
hyar from work. I got my ago homo, but
I didn't stop dero befo' comln' hyar. I
can go homo and git it.
Registrar That might bo a good idea.
Go homo nnd got your ago. MACK.
The Neighbors Arc Saying:
George Williams, the cotton manufac
turer, would bo painting his barn nil tho
tlmo if ho lived In tho country; nnd they
do say tho only reason he built thoso new
concrete steps in front of his house on
Sedgwick street was so ye scribo would
seo them and put' this pieco in tho papor.
TIIE TERRIBLE MEEK
I leg to ralso my voice In praise
Of men as mild as sheen.
For every day the papers say
Ifs only "strong men weep."
(MSA WAPrr.
What Else Could One Expect?
"It is claimed that the Hessian fly has
destroyed approximately one-sixth of the
entire Kansas wheat crop. this year." Aph
cultural Digest; AB"m
IN tho aristocracy of labor that which
we were in tho habit of calling a hod
carrier Is something elso again. Tho
Sunbury Daily tells us:
Falling through a scaffolding at h.
new St. John's Methodist Eplscopi
Church, now under construction, w it
Fox. of Augusta street, suffered severs
contusion of the right side yesterday Mr
Fox was employed as a brick tender, his
fXttayer. "
Or, pefhaps, ona 1 only a briev t...
SghlV,Ba HJMJMJaUjia .frgjqaaj.
if
GAVE HIS LIFE
FOR AMERICA
Tho Last
Career
Chapter in
of Our First
Martyr
the
By HENRY JAMES BUXTON
A WOMAN shrieked and fainted, another
laughed hysterically; others wept silent
ly nnd hid their faces In their aprons. A
red -faced, blasphemous soldier, In the uni
form of a provost marhhal, struck ono sob
bing female with tho flat of his sword.
"Vou rebel hussy," he said, with an oath,
"stop that whining!"
Throughout this scene, enacted Sunday
morning, September 22, 177C, In Colonel
Itutger's applo orchard. Now York, but one
person exhibited a calm In keeping with
tho peace and quiet of tho beautiful Sab
bath morn. Ho was tho central figuro In
this orchard tableau, a tall, erect, noble
featured young man, who stood upon a
rudely constructed scaffold.
So superb was tho poise and courage ot
this man that no answering tremor dis
turbed his young body, oven when tho gen
tle morning breeze swayed the, hangman's
nooso against his cheek. It Is probable
that ho did not feel tho momentary kiss of
the death-ropo; that those calm gray eyes
wero oblivious of tho weeping women, and
that his cars wero closed to tho blasphemy
of tho provost marshal. Tho calm ot tho
young man's soul was too profound to bo
disturbed by mere temporal things.
It was left to one of rjodV pure little
creatures to bring him bark to his sur
roundings and a .sense of his position. A
robin Hew to a branch Just ow lih, bead
and perched there, swaying, its bead cocked
to ono side, as if it were pondering as toithe
Import of tho scene. Tho bird warbled in
Joyous notes, and the man In tho shadow ot
death, looking up at tho songstor, euj'led.
Perhaps lie Interpreted tho song of the .ird
as a message of hope from another werla.
Tho circumstances which brought this flno
specimen of manhood to the gallows had
begun unfolding a few weeks previously
when Genoral Washington had found It ln
perativo to send a spy inlo tho British camp
on Long Island. A bright young lieutenant
volunteered for tho work. t,. -Kid so against
tho protests of his friends, a i j pointed out
the Btlgma attached to tho o.cratlons ot a
spy. Ho silenced them with t.o proud re
Ply: "I am fully sensible of the conse
quences of enpture and dlscoveiy In such a
situation. Any kind ot servlco necessary
for tho public cood becomns. I n..i.u .:.
being necessary." Assuming .ho role of a
pedagogue ho visited many 'Jritish camps
gleaning much Information. With drawings
and plans of British fortifications concealed
in his shoes he was preparing to return to
his own lines when ho was captured bv
some English marines. Brought before
Sif,e?Ll,?r' th Y0We min 'rankfy a5!
rnlttod that he was a spy, and declared that
ho was sorry he had not been able to serve
his country better. Although his heart
ilES ,f,r th fin6 vouns Wlow. Lord
Howe could do no moro than comply with
tho stern necessities of warfare and con
demn him to be hanged. n
Howe said after the war: "it flu. ,
with sorrow to have to send th s .pteniw
young American lieutenant to his doom? The
f.rmnkr,e8,man,5r bearln(f nnd fine pa riot"
ism of this young man touched a tender
chord In my heart." naer
m T!l? mmC(1 y wi Blven to tho keep
Ing of William Cunningham, a provost mar
shal, nptorlous for hi. cruelty-cruVity of
such a savage order that he was7epualated
and shunned by his own fellow officers
The young American asked for a Blbteand
a chaplain, and both requests were dented
,The lieutenant composed brief letters to Ids
mother and sister, and to Alice Adam.
Connecticut maiden, to wtaS h, 3 '
trothed. These letters breathed a remark
able purity ot thought and soul. ThTnro
vost marshal, with foul laneuara th.t Fr
up these missives In ttawStaM!
young ylcttra. Th. lieutenant looking cin
'im uaiKo. j. tha orchard W
OUR RUSSIAN MISSION
lieutenant his "last dying speech and con
fession "
In a clear, confident 'one tho handsome
martyr and patriot replied:
"I only regret that I have but one life to
lose for my country."
Tho women resumed their weeping and
men turned their faces away to tide tho
tears.
"Swing tho rebel oft!" yelled tho savage
Cunningham, hoaroo with rage.
Thus died Nathan Hale, tho first martyr
In tho cause of American liberty. It Is Tor
tho salvation of this samo liberty that
America has now entered the greatest war
of all tlmo. Tho beautiful drama ot the
life of Nathan Halo has been ono of the
most powerful forces in creating tho undy
ing spirit of American patriotism. It Is
this samo patriotism which today is calling
thousands to the colors In the nation's hour
of great perhaps greatest need.
WAR SURGERY
Tho success of Carrel's system, I am told
by thoso who know, Is not duo to a single
element, but to tho combined advantages of
a highly developed technique. Tho opera
tion Itself 1h first performed with unusual
care. A system of rubber tubes, with open
ings nt close in:- -als. Is next arranged
over the wound, which Is then Irrigated to
tho greatest posslblo depth at regular in
tervals with Dakln's antiseptic fluid, sup
plied from a reservoir. Think of the con
trast with tho surgery of tho Civil War!
I havo heard our veteran colleague. Doctor
Keen, descrlbo with the emotion which all
who wero forced to use those earlier meth
ods must now experience the deadly er
rors into which they were led by Ignorance,
nt length dispelled by tho greatest of
Frenchmen Pasteur. It was no uncommon
thing in thoso days not so 'long ngo, yet
medieval in their obscurity for a Burgeon
to withdraw his knlfo from a wound,
sharpen it upon his boot and plunge it onco
more, loaded with virulent bacteria, Into
tho very life-blood of his patient! What
wonder that deaths were a common se
quence of even trivial wounds! And yet
tho human sympathy of the surgeon and
his Intenso desire to rave wero no less ob
vious than at tho present day George E.
Hale, In Scrlbncr's Magazine.
PEACE
i..'.? i.t0 6pca.!5 l,,lalnl'1 ix-ace Is not In
ntiiv.hV!?,an 1(le.al" Ab ,onr a " leaves
unsolved the problems of Justlco it is not
even a desirable aspiration. It may even
an rnnSJV0 the. moraI "ntlments of
an enlightened conscience. It Is to be de-
llZif?1 71 U ls th8 concomitant of
realized social good, for It ls in no sense
an end In Itself. But the word Is not to be
set aside as representing a mere negation,
as If It were simply the absence of strife
reaco on earth would mean the liberation
SuUman,.facUltles for tha highest and
noblest achievements of which human na-
SJ!?. ! "??"?-. " wu'a mean aTplendU
iuinuiica or art, literature, science
r ' -- " in Enure, culture In
ts best sense, as tho spontaneous unfold
lng of the powers of personality. "David
Jayne Hill, In tho Century.
WIRELESS
Now to those who search the deep
Gleam of Hope and Kindly Light
Onco, before you turn to sleep
Breathe a message through tho night
Never doubt that they'll receive It
Send it, once, and you'll believe It
Wrecks that burn against the stars
Decks where death Is wallowing green
Snare the breath among their spars '
Hear the flickering threads between
'themU,m a" the "t0rms Wind
Quick with' worlds that rush to find them.
Think you these aerial wires
Whisper more than spirits may?
Think you that our atrnn,- a.,.'
Touch no distance when we pray?
Think you that no wings are flyln
Twlxt tho living and Uie dying?
Inland, here, upon your knees
You shall breathe from urgent lln.
""J ta !.hlp3 that suard youreea',
Fleet on fleet of angel ships j '
Yea. the guarded may so bless them
That no terrors can distress themT
Y rA&ll guide the darkim- ..
Kneeling thusand far Inland--You
shall touch the .torn'be bTow
Gently as a pl.rit-band,
Even a blindfold prayer mar nn ,..
What Do You Know7
QUIZ
I. Vho made the flrit aeroplane? When?
S. How ilM the llorouch of the Bronx, New
..ork city, ret Ita name?
3. Jtho ere tho Aclurana?
J. J) nt qiicen wan cuileil llranily 'om"?
o. Mho li nicknamed Min Allre"?
0. Who dliieoirrrd the method of Mparatlm
. .,..''"'' RKr from the plant? When?
.. ttlmt lire the thief funitiona of uu adjutant
Keneriil?
S. Who l the "man from nonhtro1'?
II. Where Is Alx-ln-Chaiielle?
10. What li the height or St. raid's Cathtdril,
London?
Answers to Yesterday's Quiz
1. Nathan Halo was born June 0, 1755.
2. J. Vt. Orlnwold linrnled the tlotrpe In 18JJ.
3. The Trench rxrawited ;8,14R.MU cuhle atdi
In their work on the l'anauia Canal. Tha
eicaiatlon of oiJ 2t),U0tt,000 a of ml
, ...to our cnnal bullderx.
i. William Iirimrr, I'nltrd Stirtra Senator
from Illinois until he as expelled, ll
known an "Illond mil."
0. Kduln Austin Ahhrr waa one of Philadel
phia's KrenteM, iirllMf. lie painted a
aerlea on the Holy (.rail for tit Itoitoi
Public J-lbrnrr, nnd a ruminlMlonad br
Kliie Kdivnrd VII to paint the coronation
acene In WestmlnMrr Ahbey.
e. C. I1. S. meana Keeper of the Trlvr Seal
The lettera are the InlUnla or tha Latil
"r-mtoi Prhall Slgllll."
7. Aberdeen, the chief aeapnrt nnd city of
North Scotland, Ilea at the mouth (if the
KUer Dee. lit mllr-a north or J'JInburth.
8. The treaty between Itunala and Suedtn la
mis, nr winrli mmln retained pari oi
J'inland,
Abo."
ts known na the
I'ence
01
O. Absinthe la made In Switzerland. . ,
10. The Harvard Unhernltr Library, foondfl
In 1G38, Is the oldest In the I'nlted Statei.
NOISELESS TRACK CROSSING
The problem of suppressing the nolee and.
shock of the street car In passing over an
Intersection has been attacked In a novel
manner by a Philadelphia Inventor, Samuel
B. Meeker, who accomplishes the object
without the uso of any of the movlnt
and Interlocking parts which character
ize most of the inventions for this purpose
and without making nny great changes la
the design of tho crossing Itself The latter
Is constructed In one piece or unit and at
a point slightly In advance of the intersec
tion of the rail sections. Each rail sectioa
Is formed with the face of tho rail cut awar
In an Incline which allows the weight
tho vehicle to pass from tho base of th
wheel to tho flange on which It continue!
for a few feet, until the wheels have passed
entirely over the intersection, when th
weight of the car again passes to the baa
of the wheel. This change Is so gradually
accomplished that it is not noticeable to
the passengers and the car nasses over tha
crossing without Jolt or noise. The latter .
ls a matter of great Importance to person!
living in tho vicinity of such Intersections,
for the pounding of the cars over them at
night comprises a serious annoyance.-
Scientific American.
THE OFFICE BOY
"How ls It that you employ bald-headed.
irhlte-whUkercd old men for ofllco boys?"
inquired a friend who was calling on tha "j
head of a larce Industrial concern In ona
of the great cities the other day. The an- 1
e.ci wuu mai me man who was so acn
was not an office boy, but was in charge of
the office boys. "We find," said the pro
prietor, "that such a man is preferabla
to a me'ro head office boy promoted from
the ranks of his fellows, who so often be
comes a' petty tyrant or merciless grafter,
and sometimes both. This old man Is sym
pathetic and yet the boys cannot bluff him.
He Inspires in the boys a deep Interest in
their work, and has not an ambition to be
the president of the United States or head
of the house." In many of tho great cities
of the country old men are taking this place
a head office boy. These overseers, with
their kindness nnd fairness nnd encourage
ment, aro In marked contrast to those thus
mentioned In tho Bible: "Therefore Jhey
d d not set over them taskmasters to if
filet them with their burdens." Christian
Herald.
THE LOST PARADISE
I looked into the little room
I may not enter more,
The room that was a Paradise
,YT u? ten years before;
"'"I, chlng heart and praying eyes
I lingered at the door.
Across your bed the gleam and gloom
Of sunlit leavea that crowd
One must not play aloud. .
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