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WE POINT OUT FUTILITY
OP TOMTOMS
fTIHE oldest civilization Is not here; It Is
in China. There accretion') ot wealth,
crowth of luxury and other lnflucncos In
fluced a national policy ot paclllsm which
was ancient when this country was still
undiscovered and tho name of Columbus
appeared In no history book. Ono of tho
attributes of pacifism la hysteria, and In
the hysterical arts tho Chinese became so
efficient that they first discovered tho tom
tom. Moreover, it is recorded that In
many bloodless engagements tho myrmi
dons of oppression by tho excellence of
their tomtomlng achieved great and Im
portant victories.
nut tho tomtom cannot bo heard umld
the pcans of machine guns nnd tho roar
of Busy Berthas. Not nil tho tomtom
Itcaters in the world could carry a lino ot
trenches; for, however painful tho tomtom
may bo to the ears. It Is not deadly, whllo
the bullet from tho machine gun carries
un argument to which there is no answer.
We have listened with undisguised fear
nnd apprehension to much of tho tom
tomlng prevalent in America. Wo havo
seen fat-bclllcd men hinging tho national
anthem with a printed version In their
hands and heard them between music
courses complaining bitterly that some of
their excess profits would bo eaten up by
taxes. Wo. have heard eminent financiers
demanding that tho nation bo saved. How?
"Why, by tomtomlng business Into going
on a strike. "Save, save, save!" was the
burden of their tomtom, as if It could pos
sibly bo of any btrvlec whatever to tho
' jiaTlon for an individual to quit buying
ho things ho needed. Yes, quit wasting
food, quit wasting leather, quit wasting
everything which Is needed in tho war, hut
In tho namo of common sense why quit
producing the one thing on which every
thing else depends money? As well talk
of stopping the manufacture of steel and
iron. Wo havo to make money to spend
money, have we not? And wo have to
Fpehd money to make money, havo we not?
But among the great merits of tom
tomlng Is the diversity ot tho profession.
Moro than one tupo can be played on a
tomtom. While, for Instance, wo torn
lomed 'for selective conscription and got
H, we awoko later to find that In tho proc
ess the word "selective" rras dropped. Con
Hldcr the drafting of miners from Schuyl
kill County, for example. There were 1"",
000 mine workers in tho anthracite fields
in 1916, Now thcro aro about 132,000,
Home of the missing ones are In camps and
tome have gone to other Industries. They
have been tomtomed from tho one essen
tial Industry Into somo other industry that
cannot keep going without coal.
"Tho finest railroad system In tho world,"
nhouted tho tomtom. No doubt, but somo
of tho best railroad administrators In the
country havo gone to France and som
lit the best trained railroad men In tho
nation are learning how to drill. So bluco
the coal stays In tho mines and tho rail
road trains move with tho rapidity of
snails, tho Fuel Administration tomtoms
u signal for a general halt, as It tho trouble
were not that thero is too much of a halt
ulready, and all tho opposition tomtoms,
tit tvhlch thero ure many million, tomtom
with such a din and racket that ratiocina
tion Is unknown In tho land and tho hemi
sphere is converted Into a prodigious pho
nograph, Let's quit the tomtomlng. It does the
Iun no harm. IIu likes It and makes a
pretense ,of doing tho samo thing him
belf. Wo havo a problem to solve, not a
fchost to frighten. Wo want, do wo not, to
net coal out ot the mines millions and
millions of tons of It and we want to
inovo that coal to tho seaboard and the
cities. "To have more coal 'moro miners
rire needed," reasons tho General Commit
tee ot Anthracite Operators, apparently
having no tomtom at hand and depending
for results on the statement of a simple
truth.
There arc. some thousands of men In the
jltional service, many of them trained In
mining, and railroading and all consecrated
to the defeat of tho Hun. Would It out
rage -the military caste for Mme ot these
n
"men Jo be pfrmltttd to come lo tho rescue
of; the country In this emergency and rip
the heart out of the coal exigency by con
pIuous emerponcy service? Would they
. evuy ! m valuable soldiers on account
weeks of tralujnr they woulj
logo? Aro wo Insane or Is common sense
still somewhere resident In government?
Quit beating tomtoms. Lot's got some
where. Let's concentrate man power In
mine and on railroad until wc have such
a start on the coal Iseuo that never again
during this win will It threaten. Clod
mny wive tomlomers, hut they can .icvcr
wtvo themselves. Let's censo from nolse
mnklng and get down to work.
ISEItLIX APPEALS TO JULY I
TNSTIUD of answering Mr. Wlleon nnd
Sir. Lloyd tleorgo directly and accord
ing to schedule, the German Chancellor
has apparently decided to rest his case for
the present on a lengthy olflclal state
ment to tho Bolshevist Uovenimcnt. That
ho thus Is attempting to mako tho scope
of his pt-nco olfcnMve world-wldo Is shown
by tho euro with which Berlin gnvo out
the statement verlmtlm, nntl that ho hopes
to luro riPeldcnt Wilson Into further
"conveisntlotis" Is Indicated by hit refer
ence to tho legal pieccdcnts established by
tho American Declaration of Independence
and a I'nlutl States Supremo Court deci
sion of 1S0S.
Germany Is trying to prove that accord
ing to American law sho Miould havo an
equal shnro with liusslu In determining
tho ownership of tho western provinces of
Uussln. Tho argument, boiled down, seems
to follow this line of reasoning: The mo
ment a community proclaims Its Independ
ence It becomes free. Just ns tho Inde
pendence ot the United States dates from
July 4, l;c and not from 1782, when Eng
land recognized the young ttcpubllc, so the
Independence of Poland, Lithuania, Cour
land, etc., us well ns of Itussla (that Is, the
territory now controlled by tho Bolshe
vlkl), dates from March, 1317. Bolshevist
Itussla. then, has no more tho solo right
to dictate tho method of erecting a govern
ment In l'oland than Pennsylvania would
havo had to dictate the form of a new
government In Massachusetts In 177". If
tho Bolshevist Republic continues to ns
sumo paramount responsibility for Poland
It will thereby have lo confess to usurping
tho prerogative of the dethroned Czar.
That would be ns bail as If some one had
set up a government In one American
Stato between 1770 and 1782. taken over
tho sovereignty of George III In a sort of
Imperial presidency and dictated to till the
other States.
Having brought tho amazing argument
to this point, tho German statement de
clares "It Is not obvious, without further
explanation, on what tho Russian Uopubllc
Intends to baso its rights and duties us re
gards that (conquered) population."
Mr. Wilson answered that question In
advanco when ho said: "They (tho Bus
slan people) havo refused to compound their
Ideals or desert others that they themselves
may be safe."
Appealing to the historic law and princi
ples of the eighteenth century, tho German
statement speaks of tho frontiers of the
former Russian cmplro as "established by
foreo nnd crime, especially against tho
Polish people." It was the Prussian Fred
erick tho Great's crime against tho Poles.
But it would bo folly to argue against
these up-to-date lawyers. Law, not law
yers, will untangle theso riddles.
Yet It Is a supremely Important turn In
tho tide of events that Germany feels tho
need ot appealing to International law nt
all. Sho begins to seo tho need for "u de
cent respect to tho opinions of mankind"
that sentence which, tho President has
said. Is tho ono In all American hlstorj of
which he Is most proud.
HUT THE HOC, GETS THEItE
To the Editor of the J.'mitn; Public Ledger:
Sir "Hope Island" would bo a much
better name than Hog Island. The latter
name thould be dono uwuy with at oneo.
LAUORBIt.
QJOMK such Idea has occurred to many
of us city people. Folks from tho coun
try, however, who know what It Is to work
sixteen hours a day on u farm for 20 n
month In cIobo proximity to hogs describo
thoso animals as tho most persistent root
ers In existence, with ono business In life,
which they accomplish with maximum
elllclency. Let's get a hog's sharo of work
dono before wo dream of Islands o' Hope.
Some day tho farm-laboring folks of
this country are going to wako up and tell
the eight-hour-day peoplo what "Industry"
means. And when plain folks go after the
plain people, look out!
Pleasant weather for the Kaiser:
Tho supcr-Garfleld has not arrived.
It's always a Black Friday tliat leads to
a liluo Monday,
Wo must not mine coal the way tho
liolshevlkl wago war.
We have nothing ngainst La Pnlletto;
it's Wisconsin that ought to bo spanked.
Maybe ono reason why the democ.-ats of
Germany do not speak is that most of them
aro hi Jail.
Russia may as well look for armed Prus
sians to spring out of tho Trojan horso of a
Bolshevik peace.
As there Is not yet an Ico Eltortage, It is
hardly an economy to turn trolley cars Into
cold fctorngo plants.
They've got oil In New York, but not
enotiKh oil stoves. Which reminds us of thoso
anchors which were rushed to seaboard be
fore the ships were built.
Lincoln's War Administration broko
down completely. It did not recover until
the fact bad been made glaringly apparent.
Tho first requisite for complete victory Is
complete candor.
New York "aunties" havo started a cam
paign to have the woman suffrage rescinded.
This has often been talked of out West. Hut
It can't be done. Newly enfranchised women
voters do not vote against themvclvos.
The House of Commons has rejected con
scription for Ireland. But Ireland rejected
It tlrst. However, out of a population of
4,390,000, Irishmen to the number of ?.1O,b00
are at the front a mighty high percentage
for a nation with a grievance.
We'd like lo run the risk of a con trad I
Hon on this: Too many men. laborers and
executives, are taking .their Jobs In too matter-of-fact
a manner, putting It up to the
Government nnd letting It go nt that. Why,
Mr. Man, you are the Government.
We never ttnew ot a task that some
body not doing It could not do It .better
than the man doing It We never knew a
do-nothing who could not, hi l.ls own opin
ion, do everything If he only bothered to
try. Rut we neoda new Fuel Administrator
just he same.
PENNYPACKER ON
THE DEATH OF QUAY
Governor Pnys Final Tribute to
the Powerful Republican
Lender
I'lINNM'AI l(l;ll AI'TtlllllMlltAI'HV M). .11
Coiwrlaht. 131t. Iv rnbHt l.t4etr Votnv
A VICIOUS system had grown up In tho
Stato ot providing for tho maintenance
of tho pence by the appointment of what
wero called "Coal and Iron" police. It
began with tho railroads nnd mining cor
porations, but had gradually extended so
its to include corporations In various sorts
of business. These police1 wcro selected,
paid nnd discharged by tho corporations,
but wero commissioned by tho Stato and
exercised Us authority lo innko nrrests.
This most delicate power of tho Slate ha1
to it groat extent been transferred to tho
olllclnls of ono of tho parties to tho con
troversies whtrli every onco In u while
arose. With entire propriety, the working
men engaged In btrugglcs with their em
ployers resented tho Intrusion of these
police, nnd their Interference wits tnoro
likely to cause than to prevent violence.
During tho last year of Stone's Adminis
tration 4812 of theso police had been ap
pointed nnd, whllo during my first year
thpy had been lessoned to ISO, tho situation
was still bad enough. The commissions
had been Issued for Indellnlto periods of
time nnd there wero unknown numbers
of men within tho State who, after being
dlschurged, still hold these evidences ot
authority. In April of lliu-1 1 took hold
of the matter. I required before appoint
ment utlldavlts to be filed, giving the rec
ords and characters of the men and tho
necessity for their appointment, nnd re
stricted the commissions to a term of
three years, and determined at tho next
legislative f-csslon to endeavor to do away
with the entlro system.
Tho Good Roads Movement
During my wholo term as Governor nil
attempts to mako Uso of the olllce and Its
Incumbent for advertising purposes were,
ns I havo written, resisted and thwarted
and, therefore, all Invitations to pitch the
first ball at baseball games and to do like
things were declined. On the thirteenth of
April, however, I went to Shamokln Dam,
In Snyder County, along with Hunter nnd
other officials of the Highway Department,
and there, with a pick and a shovel. In the
prcsonco of a crowd, began tho good-roads
movement and tho improvement of tho
roads by the State. I tnado a little speech
to the onlookers mid then began to throw
tho dirt.
A commission, of which Governor Wil
liam A. Stono was tho chairman, for tho
purpose of erecting a Capitol In tho place
of that which had been burned, had been
organized August 20, 1001, but moro than
it year had been occupied In the selection
of tho plans and tho preparatory arrange
ments, so that little of tho work had been
done when I beenmo Governor and as
sumed the responsibility for the progress
ot tho building. 1 laid tho cornerstone
May 5, 1901, which covered a copper box
containing contemporaneous records and
suitnblo Inscriptions, using a sliver trowel
presented to mo for the purpose. A cor
ncrstono had been placed by Governor
Daniel II. Hastings in tho structure bo
gun in 1S9S, but hinco that was a cheap
brick building, virtually abandoned, being
regarded as Insufficient, it was thought
best to begin ttnew.
On the twenty-fourth of May I made an
address in tho morning ut the dedication
of tho new courthouse In Norrlstown, and,
in tho afternoon, introduced by Wttyne
MucVeagh, 1 took a pick and broke ground
fur the erection of the new building of
the Historical Bm1ct of Pennsylvania,
at 1300 Locust street, Philadelphia.
Death of Senator Quay
On tho twenty-eighth of May Senator
Quay died. I have endeavored to mako
nn analysis of his character nnd present
hl3 achievement In a paper, prepam! nt
tho request of tho Legislature of Pennsyl
vania, and It appears In my "Pennsylvania
in American History." Tho feature of his
career which impresses mo most forcibly
Is its pathos. Here was a man, with a
lineage identified with tho Stato binco
Its foundation, whoso forefathers had borne
tho commissions of thp province In tho
French and Indian and Revolutionary wars,
with a capacity for statecraft conceded
to havo been unsurpassed, with literary
attainments and skill, with gonctous In
stincts and a kindly tolerance for oven
his enemies, without thoso elementary im
pulses which are gratified with tho ac
cumulation of money, who devoted his
wholo llfo to the advancement of the In
terests of tho Stato and accomplished very
much in her behalf, a soldlt'i' who fought
for her with distinguished honor and a'
statesman who won for her great rewards;
and yet ever followed by tho persistent
abuso of tho faithless and incompetent,
ho failed to receive tho appreciation which
was his duo. A bravo knight, he won his
many successes only by continuous battlo
against Iioavy odds. It is easy to win tho
applause ot the crowd to give them up
lift Is a difficult process. Had wo given
him support, ns Kentucky gavo It to Henry
Clay and Massachusetts gave It to Daniel
Webster, In splto of their many aefln
quencles. It would havo been 'well for tho
reputation and tho welfare ot the State.
I had seen him u few months before his
death. Ho sent mo a telegram from At
lantic City asking mo to como down there.
I dined with him and ho nnd I wero pushed
mound over tho Boardwnlk In a little
cart. He talked to mo about the family,
his people, about his experiences In life,
and during tho whole three hours not
ono word concerning tho politics of the
State. I understand that ho had sent for
mo, In order to bay farewell to one for
whom ho felt a sympathy and to whom he
had shown a friendship. If thero was any
thing of n personal character which ho
would have liked to have accomplished ho
never mentioned the subject, and so dis
played a delicacy of which few men would
have been capable.
Monday (iorernor 1'ennj packer tells ubout
Uooteielt at lletlisburr.
V
A H'ELL-IIXK1' I'KOOHAM
Tho limine convention of listrlct Thrr,- was
held at Paid Hill While every rendi
tion seemed to nnd a pleasant lodalnir place, nnd
especially "did some children work who led and
directed a heavy chorus of ataf srs. The program
win wall mixed with auxtf as duets, quartets,
omntsts. etc TinU.'o.uah, pkla PhocrUa.
"T. R. VS. WILSON
FOR PRESIDENCY"
Pennypnckcr's Comments on Pro
gressive and Democratic Lead
ers Set Washington Talking
A'lKCial CotretiiiOndrnre livening Ptthllc Lutset
WASHINGTON. Jun. IS. ,
GOVERNOR PRNWYPACKBR'S memoirs
as published In the Kvbnino Pontic
l.Kixiim ate attracting Intertst In Washing
ton. The Governor did not have an ex
tended acquaintance at the national capital,
but ho Is well enough remetnbtted here to
make bis comments upon public men vlo
with thoso of Chump Clark and othcra
whose biographies are now appearing in
print. Tho chiirm of his writing lies in
their almost brutal frankness. No one llnd
fault witli the Governor's style; that is ad
mired both as to gtnmmar and diction Just
ns Woodrow Wilson's Is, but every one
acknowledges that the Governor has "a
style" and "a punch," nnd that ego, or In
genuousness, removes It from tho common
place. That tha Governor, In what he set down
for futura PcnnrytvaitlniiK to read, was
truo to the quaint and curious character
istics familiar to those who knew him well
goes witltout saying, but even so, those who
wcro closely associated with him mav be
pardoned for smiling at tho ease wllh which
In some Instances ho sets down Incidents,
oddly Interprets them and announces con
clusions which, s to political conditions
especially, show thst a good Judge may
overestimate his ublllty accurately to an
alyze the human animal, or may under
estimate tho cleverness of thoso with whom
lie has to deal.
The tlovernnr's confidence In Quay In con
nection with the attainment of the guber
natorial nllleo was well placed, but his mild
strictures upon Penrosp, Durham and others
who were brought up In tho Quay school of
politics and who bom tho burnt of tho great
battle with the Stonc-Blkin-Kyre forces at
Iturrlshurg indicate that Quay did not tell
the Governor very much about the real
ciiiitust and that the candldato was misin
formed ns to the many practical political
muxes that lull to bo tnado to win the da.
Story of the Quay Telegram
As n matter of fact tho celebrated tele
gram from Quay to Pcnnypaekrr iiotlfjlng
him of his nomination, which tho (lovcrnor
proudly refers to as having como to hint
while he was rulmly proceeding with his
duties as President Judge of Common Picas
Court No. :', was written In the pres-nce
of tho writer by Horace Peltlt, a Philadel
phia lawyer, now deceased. It rainu about
In this wny. The writer, who w:ia chnlr
iiiiiii of the "i'ciinpacker fttinpiiiuii Com
mittee," nn organization to favorably intro
duce the Judge to the political force-, of tlic
State, nml who seconded Hampton I. r"r
Kfn's nomlnutluii of pennjpaek, r follow i-c
the (Pry appeal for I-llliln by the "I ted IP .
of l,uncaiirr," the present Lieutenant o..
rrnor McClaiii, was leaving the convention
bull wllh Petllt. when fluay came cm ex
hausted und alone. This then ensued:
"Congratulations, Senator, nn your great
fight."
"The credit belongs to you, young fellow.
You'll have to take hold hereafter I'm
ubout through."
Then, ns un afterthought, be said:
"I wish one of you would wire Penny
pucker ; tell him tho number of votes he re
ceived ujd sign my name."
Pet tit nt onee volunteered nnd the tele
Brum win sent. Two days litter the writer
congratulated Judge Penny packer upon
having won "u hard fight." but made no
comment, when the Judge, eyeing him
ffucmlously. said: "There wasn't nny fight,
was there?'' ; and followed It up blandly by
referring to a telegram bo had tccelvcd
from Quay, which telegram bo said sur
prised him becauso tho number of votes
referred to by Quay had fallen short of his
original estimate.
It may bo truo that tho Judge "spent
nothing" to secure his nomination, but tho
memoirs of Quay. If published, would cer
tainly throw an Interesting bide light on the
subject. Thero Is no doubt whatever that
thoso who lined up for Pennyparker against
Blkln, In that memorable Hairlsburg con
vention, were successful only after ono o'
the most strenuous and resourceful cam
paign!! ever waged In Pennsylvania.
Roosevelt nnd Wilson Criticized
Theso nalvo Pcnnypackcrlsms, of course,
do not rellect iipon the intellectual qualitl t
of the Governor : tney pprtnln moro to his
credulity. Ho was a good Judge, und It Is
to W hoped that history will not find bin.
to have been spoiled us u Govcrnur. Ilo was
too Intenso a Pennsylvania!! to be doubted
cither as to Integrltv or patriotic Intent. Hut
lie was a vigorous bitter, who frequently
bit on short acquaintance. What he says
i. bout Roosevelt ami Wilson lias made tho
litterateurs of Washington sit up and take
notice. Who elso would daro to write about
Roosevelt. "Too much commotion, not
enough result not a high order of Intelli
gence" ; or nf President Wilson, "A smllo
lights up his face, nut It suggests that It Is
a thing of hublt"?
People here nt the cupltal talk about
Roosevelt and Wilson. They aro talking
ubout them now more than ever for these
'wo men seem destined to figure In the big
things that aro yet to come but what they
say Is not put up In Pennypacker phrases.
What they say thoso who aro analytical
does not havo the Pi any packer sting. And
yet tho writer is personally awaro that
Pennypacker had small opportunity lo know
well either Roosevelt or Wilson. The
Roosevelt sentiment sprung In tho last
hours of tho Penn packer campaign, that
"the defeat of Pennypacker In Penns- Iva
ula would be it national calamity," was tho
ptoduet of on Interview had with tho Presi
dent by tho writer, und was released about
the time Mr. Roosevelt appeared ut the
Jlasonlo Templo tn Philadelphia.
Tho Govcrnur und President Roosevelt
wero together at tho opening of tho Stato
Capitol, but there wciu few other occasions
for close observation und scrutiny. Tho
Governor's estimate of Roosevelt, therefore,
was duo largely to acts, writings nnd pub
He utterances nf tho latter. So It was as
to President Wilson. Tho Governor prob
ably saw less of him than ho did of Roose
velt. Tho occasion on which ho saw Wil
son so as to observe that "he has spurso
hair, eyes of no particular color," was nt
tho rededlcutlun of Congress Hall at Sixth
nnd Chestnut streets. Tho writer accom
panied Mr. Pennypacker (who wus no longer
Governor) Into the hall and sat by his tide
when President Wilson was Introduced and
spoke. Ho commented then upon tho Presi
dent's appcaranco and speech und was not
favorably Impressed by either.
Washlngtonlans who havo been reading
the Governor's breezy talks aro wondering
if tho two national characters ho criticized
bo freely will do battle for supremacy In tho
next presluentlal campaign. Somo aro in
clined to think so.
J. HAMPTON MOORIi
WHEN CHURCHES SAVED COAL
That tho stivo In tho meeting house was
a "snare ot the devil," to make people too
comfortable, was an opinion not only ex
pressed, but actually enforced, by the Purl
tans In olden days In Salem. Those rugged
old souls would not have a stove In tholr
meeting house. They did relent enough to
allow. tho use of foot stoves, by women and
children. But the men and the boys had to
stamp their feet and clap their bands to
keep from freezing during meeting time.
JWt. CHOATE'S INVESTMENTS
In the estate of the late Joseph II, Clvoate
136 stocks nnd bonds wore found and 'only
five of them were of no value. That's a
better batting average than most Investors
can show. Hon ton (Ilobe.
A 1IKAU IIMI
Ir was no common "cornOeld niaro,' but one
'hlh Innwrnced In srammah." who presented
himself to a local draft board and asked for ex
emotion eairlny "J am not only a married man.
sab, but 1 am the father ut a posthumous child,"
THE TRAIL OF THE
"JERSEY DEVIL"
Showing the Hoofprints oC a
Diabolical Press Agent
of Years Ago
TUB gossip in theso columns the other day
about tho old museum nt Ninth and Arch
streets gave but tho barest mention to C. A.
Hradcnburgh, the most cons'dcrable show
man connected with tho history of that houso
and the man In whoso Interest tho greatest
hoax ever conceived by a press agent was
perpetrated.
It was just about this time of year. In the
whiter ot 1H03-0I!, that tho "Jersey Devil"
broki- loohe somewhere In the pines of Capo
Slay County and set tho wholo country by
the cars. Thero Is a include to tho story,
and It runs thus:
A dull, gray wintry afternoon was drawing
to a close, when u thoughtful young man
might huvc been observed perusing the pages
of a small book which ho had picked up
from tin- stand outsldo Lcary's bookstore.
It was an old book of folklore, and the
pages which paillculurly attracted our hero
dealt with a tule current III the Jerseys m
revolutionary times of a woman who, having
expressed the wli-.li In a neighbor's hearing
that "tho devil might tako" tho unwelcome
baby which was about to be born to her,
later gavo out tho startling news that that
very thing had happened.
At any late, the child had disappeared, and
the woman's story that tho demon had car
iled It up the chimney was believed by the
slmplo folk of the countryside. Furthermore,
the chronicle went on to say, various Inhabi
tants came forward from time to tlmo to declare-
thnt they had actually seen tho change
ling flying through tho woods.
Norman Jefferles for our young man was
Indeed he pondered thoso wise words for
several moments, then, slipping the book Into
hla pocket after paying for It, of course
he went away with tho air of ono who had
scon a great light.
The Tirst lloofprint
It was a few days after this that the editor
ot a small town paper In South Jersey found
upon his olllce counter nn anonymous con
tribution, which ran something like this:
"Tho 'Jersey Devil,' which has not been
seen In these pails for nuuily a hundred
years, has again put In Its appearance,
Mrs. J. II. Hopkins, tho wlfo of a worthy
fanner of our county, distinctly saw tho
creature near tho barn on Saturday last
and afterward examined Its tracks In tho
snow." (Then followed a description of the
devil, as ho looked to tho farmer's wife.)
Tho editor printed the' thing, nnd here tho
ubiquitous country correspondents ot tho
metropolitan papers took a hand. One of
them sent the Btory, with elaborations, to tho
Philadelphia Press, and It was given a couplo
of Inches of space In that paper. Then tho
other country corresiwndents, who had been
beaten on the first story, begun to get busy,
Hepoilcis were Invited to come and in
spect clovon hoofprlnts In farmyards. Now,
any sort ot footprint In the snow melts first
in its center and speedily takes on tho ap
pcaranco of a hoof inaik. Add to that a
dash of fevered Imagination, and you'll get
ulmost anything. The first Philadelphia
paper to take notice of the story had by this
tlmo sent a man to take plaster casts 0
some of these prints, and these were exhibited
In Its Chestnut street window.
About this time a great windstorm nroso
opportunely and helped Immensely. When
ever the wind beat upon farmhouse shutters
it becamo tho devil trying to break In. Tho
terrpr spread rapidly from ItB starting point
and reports of the demoniac visitations came
from Norrlstown, Bristol nnd other points
In Pennsylvania. When Sunday came there
followed stories of hysterical women attacked
upon lonely roads on their way home from
church ; and theso came simultaneously from
fifty widely separated localities.
Professor Langley, ot airship fame, who
was Interviewed by a local newspaper, gavo
It as his opinion that there might very prob
ably be but one, for such a creature, as the
devil was described to be, could fly with In
credible swiftness and appear In many dif
ferent places In a very short space of time.
Artists got busy making pictures of the
thing from tho word-sketches ot those who
had "seen" It. In a week the furore had
reached as fur north as Jersey City, nnd
each Philadelphia paper was giving from two
to four columns qf space to It each day.
The fever grew and grew. Several mills
In Gloucester closed down because their
female operative were afraid to go home In
,the dark, and Phil Nash, the noted theatri
cal manager, who had leased the Broadway
"HERE'S HOPING!"
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Theatre In Camden, was compelled to close
Its doors for several nights.
The Capture of the Demon
During all this uproar and excitement
nobody thought to look for the line Italian
hand of Norman Jefferles. He had been
bailed from tho news columns tome time be
fore beenm-o tho editors had grown tired of
his putting things across, but ho still
haunted tho olllces. This thing was so big
and so apparently spontaneous that nobody
connected nim with It.
Ono night, when the excitement was at Its
height, a certain managing editor who had
had more leason than his fellows to remem
ber Jefferlcs's skill In putting press-agent
stories across, saw him sitting In that paper's
local room, ilo called him Into his ptlvato
olllce and said:
"Look here! This thing has gone far
enough. You'vo put It over, and though
you've cost us thousands of dollars, I'm hold
ing no grudgo against you. But don't you
think It's tlmo you captured that Jersey
Devil?"
Jefferles started to play Innocent, but only
for a moment. "Oh, very well," he said,
"how would tomorrow afternoon nt I o'clock
do?" So that was settled. During the two
weeks of that devil's rampage Jefferles had
been making Ills plans ngainst tho urrlval of
that day of exposure. He had secured from
Professor Kdvvards, an "animal store-show-man"
of Buffalo, a live but very tamo kan
garoo and had been experimenting with It In
tho eellur of tho Dlmo Museum. Ho equipped
It with green whiskers and with devil's wings
of licet copper, cunningly secured with n
wide belt of rabbit-skin around tho anl
mafH middle. '
On tho 11101 nlng of the day sot for the
capture Gcorgo Haitzcll, now- leading clown
with Rlngllng Brothers, but who wus then
"at liberty," mobilized a score or so of
helpers dressed ns "Rubes" and plied them
Into a furniture van. Another van carried
tho devil, in 11 cage. The procession moved
north to Hunting Park, and there tho devil
was chained to a tteo nnd Hartzell's farm
ers wero grouped around in a circle In the
act of capturing htm. Phlllppl, tho pho
tographer, who had been brought along, took
several excellent pictures.
That was on a Friday, and Sunday's papers
blazed with llarlng nils. When the museum's
doors opened on Monday a great crowd
surged In. Tho devil was In a cage, which
was completely boarded up on threo hides,
but provided with a draw curtain In front.
The curtain was drawn, a boy poked It
with his stick, the devil uttered a jell and
leaped at tho bars, but was brought up with
a Jerk by his clanking chain. The crowd
swayed back against the wall and the curtain
was quickly drawn to again. This attraction
was good for two weeks of crowded houses.
Then the devil, shorn of his wings nnd whis
kers, was returned to Professor Edwards, of
Buffalo.
Hut to this day you will find folks who
will tell you they actually "saw" tho real
"Jersey Devil" In his native haunts nnd that
this story doesn't clear up the mystery at all.
- T. A. D.
a womi to thi: wish
Thoui.il Wisdom seek forever
rreh knowledge us It flows
'Twill never know no, never
What folly thinks It knows '
What Do You Know?
QUIZ 1
1, What Is arable land?
3. Who Is Huron Heading?
3. Define teolotT,
4. Name the seven hills of Home.
0. Define stratetr,
0. Where Is KutT
7. Who Is Charles Lathrep Pari?
5. What Is meant br ehtarotruro?
, Who wrote the American opera, ".Valotua";
10, Who Is Oiear llammersteln?
Answers lo Yesterday's Quiz
1. The fuel ndmlnlstratkin wus dim Its aaihn
Itr under the Ier food and fuel uui.r-
2. The KtislUh-speaklne- nations are referred tn
as "Anilo-haious" l-eeanw the Auil n5
Haxons were anion the Teuton tribes uhleh
ronouercd and colonized llrltaln. "
3. Ode-uia la a Ilosslan port on the lllaek Hea
4. Ituthle.s slnklnrs br U-boats are at the rale
of about doxen a week. "
B' TYhe7l.uJe.,, '"" ot ibt i "'""I
0. lltitrlonlei Itelnllnr to uellnc, from a Orel
uord meanlnE irtnr. unT"
1,
When a trestf of lies re U made be(ten 11,.
United state, and It. enendV. It "m. H
iifKOtlated or n commission appointed b?
(he President nnd appro.ed br I he henal
Th. treaty must be muled by the Mm.?;
and alcmxl br the President, "aie
Whmfnr;V&.!' Hl ,,",""," r '
Aialanebel The fall of a mass af .,,
or lee dawn a mountain shipe, " " B'W
x,.,.u,cl, urasurri llieifl(bt Of nlr as
measured u the barouitfef, r
xne viuage rout ji
wncu, ever, on a aniuruny um anyDoayfei
see 1
So many puzzled, idle folk ns there ml
like to be J
Foregatherinp; from everywhere, wheal
all their work is through, "'l
To walk today on Chestnut street to feel
what news is new :
I've strolled abroad, in other years, uponj
this self-same street, 1
Through winds of spring-, nn summer's!
heat, an wintry snow an' sleet, ,
An' marked tho many moods an' whiins
that moved our villaire folk -'
When trouble thrilled the brooding air or,J
life was but a joke, .
When sable plumes shook in the brceie 4
or when somo Ray parade ij
ut marcning nosts, irom cum to cutp,5
one stream of color made; '
But what we look upon today is nothtogjB
quite like that 'S
The town is full of citizens who donlfs
know where they're at:
,.,. . 9'
it uocior uarneiu Fnouiu appear upoa syi
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An' ride along, distributing black nug-j
gets from a bag, , 4
Or if among the eager crowds with lavisnj
hands he tossed '
A golden quid pro quo for nil the wagejj
to be lost - 1
The people scarce would think it stranpj
because this wretched war S
Has brought about a lot of things thatl
never were before. JM
An' watching for the next move of ouw
Fuel Autocrat, M
The town is full of citizens who doail
know whore they're at. ag
Of course, there's little likelihood of finjr-JJ
thing so droll .,&
(Although, you know, a prancing steed a
But why should people look for that it)
show the least dismay 3
At any sort of hardship that might comj
nlnnr tnrlnw? ?
For, dang it! folks, we've been at war foil
close upon a year, 3
An anything that happens shouldntM,
considered queer. 1
Oh, we're at war, I say, at war! an jrtt
fn unito rtf tbfit
The town is full of citizens who dopjl
know where they re ut. ..,.?
TOM DALY.
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW
11 lu inf-al nnd HHnlr lo TTnnver to WSU
somo of his senatorial Investigators e&U(J
their own words. Boston Herald.
Vtnlilnn .-Am ft ,!.,,., Illlla lM VftW TOT
well enough to know tho Insanity et w$Mn
giving It priority for coal und food suppij
Wall Street Journal.
It will have to be admitted that U 5j
tlonal Commlttco has scored ono P"1"'?
tho Republicans by beating them to U
organization ot a woman s uuiwu ;r.e
iiuiiiti luiimiiuce. x ciiiu)J9 uicio - - -sj
..l.nn .. nl.1. nt nl.-Ulnv lfeBSTf.1
Smoot, Hemenway and Penrose, but H1!
havo not yet appeared In politic -fJ51
IVth IVUliU.
Tho difficulty of getting any cltar WI
of what Is happening at Brest-Lltovsk U 'J
sufficient explanation of why Berlin lo-Jl
on meeting the Russians at tnis ,"?'y
trana-YlKttiln rltv. Out of h mass of CC!J
rltctlno- KtnrlcH u- irnfhcr onlv an imprel
slon that the envoys of the Central PS
ers are lighting desperately n pm "ra
Ihlnr, nt.A. n 1. a Tl.lel. .l1r ThAll D0U3
is dictated by the wisdom of the fox FW1
carries a stolen chicken to cover In or"5l
to dismember and eat It unobservea.
cago Bvenlng Post.
Th,p tu i Men.., i.M nnral fl
shlng, "whose moral tone and whosj ''ij
tilde tnwnril -1n n mora commendo!al
The American commander was J0'?fl
with a correspondent, who was
.him 1 1 charncterlza na aIra tha SWeepH
chnrirea nf ,lrtinlrnn,i-uu nml ,1-nrnVltV tSjl
are being Insidiously, circulated la QiM
i mieu states against our troops in '
General Pershing added that "the cw
ot our soldiers in Farls and tnro
France Is so SnlemlM that It is the
of fuVorabla comment by all MtlonaH
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