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TalUaMpkll, Mni. IVbnury 17. 111! I' . ' . ' "- WHERE MM. TA1T mTVNDS It U u real League of Nations. It n rot all that I wished, but It conies nc.ir Jt Is a great deal better than I hoped It contains within It terms provisions fur Its own growth 'William II. Tnft, la Helena. Mont. THC significance or tlil Indorsement from tho mo6t prominent American ad vocato of a leaguo of nations uiul tlm man who lias been working for list creation for many years will not bo lost upon the mem bers of Congress. Mr. Tjft is not content with merely expressing his gratification at tho action of tho representatives of tho nations In Paris, llo has called upon very one to us all posslblo Influence with the Senate to sccuro the ratltlcitlon of the plan when It la formally submitted to that body for Its approul, along 'nltli the peaeo treaty. This Is the attitude which thoso who know Mr. Taft expected him to take. Ho will undoubtedly un all the influence that ho has to make tho new constitution of tho family of nations an effective and valid Instrument. inRECOVEUAULE CROWiNS THE final splutterlngs of tho greatly over-pres-agen ted royalist revolt In Portugal are visible. Oporto, at no tlmo securely held by tho reactionaries, has been restored to the republic, and Talva Cou celro, Jeudcr of tho party to which c Klnsr Manuel himself has given such lack luster support, has been urrehted. Tho outcome of the disturbance gives validity to tho belief that a crown onco lost tn these days cannot be regained. Re publics may bo ungrateful. Incompetent In their ambitious efforts, but somehow or other they abide. China came perilously near darkening this deduction, and yet in spite of anarchy and Intrigue tho dragon flag of the emperors no longer naves oin ctally over that vast nation. Tho grand dukes, who were to havo succeeded tho Czar when the Russian revolution was new, met tragic fates. '"What does a king do?" asked Huck nnn. v "Do?" echoed Tom Sawyor. 'They don't 3o nothing, only Just hop around." And today In certain Instances there aro oven territorial limits on such gymnastics. Manuel of Braganza, agreeably Idling In England, doesn't seem to mind them, and doubtless that Increatea 'William Ilohcn zollern's muted melancholy. If tho rela tively harmless and now placid ex-ruler of Portugal nees no hope from a people by whom ho Is not particularly hated, what chance Is there for tho exile at Ameron gen? Tho rango of cvklngly hopping In this era stands a mighty slim likelihood of taking in a throne. ARE YOU DURGLAlMMtOOl ? TJAINT your diamonds hlnclc. -- Put your automobile In the cellar and carry your watch In an Insldo pocket. If It bo a wrist watch hook It on your ankle. Borrow tome old clothes and wear them regularly In order that you may nut look promising to u thief. By such means as this jot will bo able to co-operato In the newest police plan for crlmo prevention, now deftly outlined bj Detectlvo Lieutenant "Wood. Lieutenant Wood's suggestion to business men that 'they keep their money out of sight In order that highwaymen may not bo tempted Is novel. It may help. Since tho police can not help you you must help yourself. Ono of these days the polleo department will bo efficiently organized and then wo may all be ourselves again. THE EBERTS AT HOME w 'ELLOWED by a glass of mild Johan. nlsbergcr, "Krltz" Ebert Is rated as a likable chap. Lulse, his "frau," Is In good standing both as homo cook and home dretsmaker. The wholo domestic combi nation Is full of charm; to much so, indeed, that tho dream of tnarblo halls In which tho first President of Germany and his lady aro now forced to Indulge em bodies the rude attributes of a nightmare, Tho profusely decorated Bellovue Palace, afuggested as the new "Executive Mansion," la awesomely dreaded by the first citizen of tho land as "too Imposing'." Frau fearo tho ahafts of toclal crltlclsn' peclally from her husband's own dsSTTCi cratlo party, If slio attempts to extricate herself from the "caste" In which she has been reared. Here are tho elements of one problem that not even the supremely ambitious wia men of Paris would daro to tackle, In its American aspects the prlnciplo -of v lfletermInatlon lias poen ratner con- '''" a(tntly applied, but that has been no war- Mnty that the manners of u President, ' fbrmal or unpretentious, aro exempt from unfavorable popular Judgments, WAshJnglon was bltteny ntiauiceu ror fej 4tapkty6 of ullluiul grandeur, and Jcf- deeply offended luverti vi mo 4UM when ho Wore Jong, uiucu ia)tux of tray kn-t4iaj MWJ, it thd, WM Bi-e. Tho alcoholic abstemiousness of Hayes was culled provincial. "Palace-maltcr" was tho epithet hurled nt Tlteodoro Roosevelt when ho enlarged his official resldonco on the Potomac. How a President und hla spouso should act Is still un open question. If Dolly Madison was too bewitching, well, other first ladles of the land were too dull. The Kbcrts, about to open their "town house," will havo to work out their own .oclnl salvation. Sincerity will bo tho most trustworthy guide, and this wilt prevent them from striking attitudes In medieval uniforms, waving Jeweled bwords or de manding a flatulent "Kolundo dl Berlin" opera from un intimidated Italian com poser. If tho Herman dlo Is not Indeed custo any longer, euch restraint should romo as a distinct relief. CASH KILLS BOLSHEVISM AS CARBOLIC KILLS A COOTIE 'Ihe Pen Will Die in America, for Diseaee Paeilll Cannot Live on a Silver Hollar TJALF A 1XZE," binull bo.vs armed with --- tin cans tilled with dried peas can make a deafening noibo and attract a gr jt deal of attention to themselves. Likewise a small group of discontented radicals can create tho Impression In the mlnil of tho eHslly excited that dissatis faction Is general and tho established order Is In danger. Tim radicals aro talking now und we lnar dttmindj from all purls of the coun try that thoso of them who aro not citizens lie deported and that thoso who are citizens bo forbidden to hold public meetings. Tear is cuprecsed that tho healthy citizens may li Infected with tho poison germ which these people nro trying to propagate. Hut the plvjslrlaus tell us that a iltaeaso germ must liavo a Hospitable environment before It can develop. There aro disease germs In every healthy man, but they cannot propa gato until tho normal resisting powers of tho man are weakened. Tho most virulent bacilli die within a few hours alter they have found lodgment on u silver dollar. Tho germ of Bolshevism can thrivo only whero the social and political body is ill an unhealthy condition. Tho alarmists who think it can spread hero as It lub spread In Russia forget that the conditions neces sary for lis spread do not exist in the United States. Thero Is freedom of oppor tunity hero for every man, and when a man accumulates a few dollars ho has the antidote to the sort of social poison that Is ruining Russia. The germ of Bolshe vism shrivels up and dies aa soon as It comes Into contact with a fat pay envelope on Saturday night. It cannot stand the sight of a Liberty Itontl and a savings bank account kills it as quickly as carbolic add Kills a cootie. But if wo attempt to stamp out Bblsho .vlsm or any other Imported social disease germ by trying to conftno It In close quar ters where tho poor congrega'te wo shall produco conditions favorable to its spread. The best way to treat It Is to force It Into the open and let the pure air of rcaton blow about It. Let tho men talk as much as they will. If they preach anarchy, then hold them rcsponslblo for what they do: but, for tho sake of all that Americans hold dear, do not prevent any ono from easing his mind if ho feels burdened with any thing. Tho rest of us aro healthy enough to escape contamination. One has only to consider the fato of radi cal theories lu this country In the past to havo faith lu tho future. Way back In 1896, when Mr. Bryan was appealing to all the discontented to rally to his standard and was promising them that they could pay their debts for fifty cents on the dollar, ho rallied to his support all tho Greenback ers and Populists and then polled fewer than a million votes moru than were cast for Grover Cleveland four years earlier, whllo McKluley polled about two million votes more than were cast for Benjamin Harrison In tho last Cleveland campaign, and tho Irreconcllablo Socialists vvero ablo to muster only a paltry 36,000 supporters for their candidate. There aro only about half a million So cialists In tho wholo country who go to tho polls In a presidential election, out of a total voting electorate of nearly twenty millions at tho present time. About 900, 000 Socialist votes were polled In 1911, It Is truo, but that was ($0 year when Colonel Roosevelt waa running against Mr. Taft and Mr. Wilson. Hundreds of thouwids of men, disgusted with tho conditions In tho two great parties, voted for Debs then, not because they vvero Socialists, but lye fame they wanted to register a protest against the political muddle of that year. And a few radicals, who call themselves Socialists, us wc all know, aro tho Bolshe vists of America. Wo all know, too, that they are objecting to abuses to which tho rest of us object also. Those abuses will bo corrected In tlmo and the radicals will not do tho correcting. They aro merely agitators, as tho Prohibitionist party loaders wero agitators. But tho Prohibi tion party was dead long before national prohibition was agreed upon. Tho jgltators have a legitimate placo in society. It Is it mistake to suppress them forcibly when they demand social reforms. The remedies they propose may bo tho wrong ones. As a mattei of fact they are usually as wrong us the remedies which Mr. Bryan has proposed for admitted evils. But tho agitators servo a useful purpoeo In keeping us alive to tho fact that the world Is not yet perfect and that thero aro still things to bo done to make It a ' more comfortablo place for tho majority of us. At tho samo time, thero Is no place here for men who ussume that tn this land of tho free th,ere Is any excuse for using tho methods popular with revolutionists abroad. The thing against which those methods have been used does not exist In America. We have a lot of Americana with half-baked intellects who would try to maJto us believe that revolt is necessary. In tho nineties of the last century the West was full of orators who tried to draw a parallel between conditions here and thoso which prevailed lu France before tho great revolution, Just ns tho fathers of tiie republic harked back to tho days of Orct'ii' and Rome.; But those weatera ward 4M.yer were merely .butelcbif aW rk4ric, ,hey are wyinarwc jw njw tyr could have liail tho nerto to talk us they did. Fresh air and discussion aro tho best antidotes for Bolshevism on this side of tho octan. Wo can arrest tho advocates of bomb throwing and punish them for their overt crime. But the bomb throwero aro few, and tho ngltutors who arc enam ored of tho sound of their own voices aro tnanv. Let them rattlo their peas In their tin cans to long as they uro content with that diversion. CONGRESS KlUDLES WHILE INDUSTRY YEARNS IN SPITE of reports of unemployment from all parts of tho country, tho De partment of Labor l'n Wushlngton Is con lldent that within two or throo months tho demand for labor will bo greater than tho supply. Tho farms will need 2,0u0,000 un skilled laborer? In tho spring and the fac tories will bo lu tho market for tho tamo class of workers and will bid against tho farmer?. Building operations, suspended during tho wrar, will bo resumed und skilled labor will bo needed. Philadelphia opinion supports this view, for local builders are expecting unprecedented activity boon. Thero Is encouragement In these com ments on the outlook for labor. If Con gress would do Its duty, tho Eltuatlon would be Improved at once. Much of tho present unemployment Is said to bo due to tho failure of the government to arrango for paying men who had war contracts. Tho contractor doing buslncb3 with a small capital 1ms In many Instances been com pelled to close his shop und postpono relit ting ii for peace work because ho cannot get the money due liliti. If tills money were forthcoming ho could put his hands at work again. But Congress delays action and vcrbudy suffers. PENNSYLVANIA D1PLOM ATIS I S, THE diplomatic prominence of Repub lican Pennsylvania under a Democratic administration was emphasized onco more lit tho rumor that Vanco McCormlck was to be made ambassador to France. Although tho announced appointment of Mr. Wallace, of Washington, sets this tale at rest, it does not by Itself alter a rather curious diplomatic situation. The Ingrati ating and highly competent Mr. Hcrrick and the rather colorless Mr. Sharp, whoso resignation from tho Purla post has now beon accepted, were both from Ohio. Mr. Pcnfleld, however, was a Pennsylvanlan at tho lato Austrian court, and Rotund Mor ris, of this city, Is now tho American legato to Japan. Tho Danish post Is va cant, but Mr. Egan, a Philadelphia by birth, wus its last occupant. Mr. Wllson'o natlvo Virginia can claim diplomatic recognition at Madrid with Mr. Willard and 'at Romo with Thomas Nelson Page, but It Is a fact that the real South has had to bo content with somo of tho humbler diplomatic ofticcs. The situation suggests that tho European chancelleries may bo getting the notion that there are really a whole lot of Democrats of Penn sylvania birth. No wonder a leaguo of nations Is necessary to dlsscmlnufe accur ate information and prevent misconcep tions! There ta no occasion rranro Wanted It for surprise In the fact to tjo Farther that the French press dos not grow en thusiastic over the Constitution of the Leaguo of Natlpm. France Is in the position of a man whose family has been murdered, whoso goods have been stolen, whose house has been burned and whoae farm has been made useless for a generation. Whllo tha law may very properly dcvlso means whereby such Crimea may be prevented In tho future, the victim, very naturally, finds It dlfllcult to consider tho matter calmly while tho mur derer Is at largo with tho stolen goods, cafely housed and rtady to take economic advantage of the fact that his victim can't raise crops. Sydney Smith once re- 'omlnatlons'ar marked of somo etna- in Order elated thinker that he had not "body enough to cover his mind decently with; his Intellect la Improperly exposed." Come, come, what modern statesman can wo hang that on? Call it the Outgo Tax and let it go at that. The postamble to tho covenant will take longer than tho preamble. Wo aro ready now to heir reports of tho arrival of the first robin. Citizens continue earnest In their dculro to tatto the nklp out of sUlp-ttop. Tho old word "p igarllo' means a bald headed man. but It is hard tu get him tu admit l At any rate there will be a refreshing abaence of argument aboard the George Washington. Whatever it features, tho peace eventual ly decided upon as just, by many will bo considered Just so-su. Uvcry day adds lo tho uvldcnco that tho bojs of the Iron Division wore truo as steel. They proved their mettle. Now if I'aucho Villa will Indorso the bcii tlments of Francisco de la Darra, everything will bo all rlwht lu Mexico. Diplomatic dentists of the old school will now proceed to do their darnedest to pull tho teeth out of the world league. It ts estimated that tho great wur cost 119 billions. And If It Insures a lasting world peace, It will be worth the money. Those w'.o are doubtful about tiro cor rect use of "ahall" and- "will," will Jlnd plentiful Illustration In that covenant. The President having accomplished pretty nearly all he undertook to do, will now have nlno days' leisure to wonder at It. Koulh Bethlehem hopes aoou to make cltlzena of 10,000 aliens. A little lesson In self-protection that the war has taught us. I A firmer director or Kruppa ia to attend a peace conference in Peftie. Ready to wake a bualneaa propcaltkjftr dehfclleaa, to turn ttw. p ivwinu iut COVENANT OF PARIS IS A REAL LEAGUE Extendi Monroe Doctrine to the World and Secures the Sovereignty of the Nations Dy WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT Corvrlulit, 1$10, lu PulUc LtCgtr Co. (.la the president of the Lcapuo to i'n force Peace, Mr. Taft particularly quail fled to analyze the covenant of twcntwslx articles drairn tip ht the special commis sion at the Paris Peace Conference, The folloKHnp article ft 7i(.i fdiforJaJ coin meat on the subfect and is reprinted from to- daj's Public Lcdarr.) ALL who have pressed for a league of nations lo maintain rcace and prevent war must thank Hod as they read tho pro visions of tho constitution of tho league upon which tho nations In .conference at Parle havo agreed. President Wilson ts to bo warmly congratulated that the leaguo of nations which he promised to tho hararsed Allied peoples In his messages and addresses and has urged beforo the conference has taken such a form. It Is a real league. It has clinching and cinching provisions. It Imposes on oil tho great powers and all others who enter the leaguo a solemn covenant not to begin war until tho differences have been submitted either to arbitration and award or to the ctccutlvo council of the leaguo aa a e'on dilating body. Tho parties covenant to obey tho award if the executive council unanimously recommend a compromise: and if tho party against whom it Is mado refuses to comply with the recommendation the other party covenants not to go to war. Then tho council nitiy take stcpa to secure compliance. If a party breaks Its covenant hi theso regards and goes to war' a complete bojeott of tho recalcitrant Is required of all members of the league. Tho breach of covenant Is an act of war against all the other members of the league. Tho cxecullvo council Is then to recommend what military forces each mem ber of tho leaguo should furnish to protect tho covenants of the league. The members arc to share tho loss arising to any member of tho laaguo by reason of the boycott. Tho boycott Is to prevent e-onimcrce not only be tween the outlaw nation and Its citizens and the members of the leaguo und their citizens, but Is to bo cMcnded to prevent commerce of the outlaw and Its citizens with nonmem bers of tho league. ' It Is to be a complcto isolation. It will thus be seen that economic prcssuro Is a force that alt members of the league nro bound to use In every caso of a breach of covenant In beginning war. Tho contribution to a military forco to suppress war la not obligatory, but tho council ia to recommend what contribution each leaguo member should make. .Moreover, each member Is required to give pas-sago over Its territory to forces of tho l.aguo engaged In attacking the recalcitrants. It would bo dllhult to make stronger provisions that have u tendency to force league members Into war with covenant breakers without trcuting a distinct and positive obligation to make wur. Tho mem bers of tho league, whether they fight or not, are- not neutrals In the modern sense. They must prevent Intercourse of noninembers of the league with the recalcitrant nation. They must !eld a right of v,Ay to league military forces attacking that nation. The recalci trant may therefore properly regard them as belligerents and enemies. Provision Is made for future creation of an international court, but meantime arbitration before agreed arbi trators Is provided. On tho whole, the short program of the League to Unforce Peace, adopted Jn June. 1910, differs but little from the nub' of this, except that military contribution Is not ex pressly obligatory and that In this either party to u dlfferenco may avoid a court and nn awurd and seek a council of conciliation In the executive body of tho league whero unanimity of recommendation la requlre-d. The proposal to use compulsion to secura submission rather than execution of Judg ment or recommendation came from the pro gram of the League to Unforce Peace, and was adopted by Oeneral binuts In a remark, ablo brochure submitted by him December 16. ivis. it I understood that tho President wan much Impressed with the paper of Gen eral Smuts and with his plan as well. We iiiiiy ipu i-cruiiii mo constitution as now adopted was largely taken from his recom mendation. He argued for tho Joint obliga tion of leaguo members to use force, which was only partly adopted, as I, have pointed out. He, too, recommended req'ulrcd submls. slon of tho Justiciable questions to a court avid of nonjusticiable questions to a con ciliation council as the Leaguo to L'nforco Peace had done. But the Smuts plan was much more comprehensive than that of tho Leaguo to Enforce Peace. From that plan carno the mandatory sstcm of admlnlstrat Ing backward countries and Internationaliz ing cities as wards of the league through competent and existing governments an agents answerable to the league. Prom that plan came the union of all present Interna tional bureaus under the league, as well ns the permanent secretariat. He advocated In ternational tabor reforms through the league, and this function la -left to bo developed under tha league. He, too,- brought non members of the league under Its influence and action. The giving of the great powers five votes In an executive council of nine la one of tho most Important features of tho constitution and Is Indispensable to any practical work ing of It. They aro the responsible members who aro to do the work to bo done. The minor states of tho league enjoy Its pro tection, but will not be willing to evpend mdnoy or effort In maintaining Us authority. They should not bo permitted to arrogate to ttieinsdvcs equal authority with the great powers and thus seriously interfere with the league's efficient operat'ons. This Is a sum dent fnfMruard against a too early admission of Germanv One admirable featuro of the constitution Is Its clastic character. The President has commented on it. It may be well that us tho concreto problem of kenlng pe,-icu be tween the new republics and the old countries out of which they have been carved priveuls 'tself in detail special measures for the ra's Ing of military forces may have to be in corporated. Doubtless other readjuatments wfll have to be made as experience shows their iiect-kvlty. In other words, this fact does pot rlg'dly maintain the slut us quo, but makes provision for development and uro. resa among the nat'ons. In many Instances, too, tho old and paratyx'ng requirements of ununlmous uctlon by ttie powers havo been departed from. Now that President Wilson brlniw back to ue a real league ard has fully made rood hl announced purpose, It would greitly please the country If tho Senators could give blm unanimous support. The fourteen na tions havo done do. Why not the Kenale? Such action would be heard uround tho world with ucclulm. Article X covers the Monroe Doctrine and extends It to tho world. The league Is not a super-sovereign, but a part nership Intended to secure to us and all nations only the sovereignty we can properly have. I, e., sovereignty regulated by Inter national law and morality and consistent with the same sovereVnty of other countries. The United State ' not under til's conitt tutlon to be forced Into actual war against Ita will This league Is to b rwarded aa a conflict with the advice of Washington only, with a narrow and reactionary viewpoint Lt ua hope that a ferwara-)ooklr.g Bnie wll not eek V) MMtehU grand adyaMa, Of manklni, towaJJrWf Uatlnr jtfw. "' &.- ' ' ' i . .- "t ?"i.--.f-i '-'-" v ,a- ' Vf.- .' '. i- "'-r--" ''f-'--r--A:-2'-'" :?'?' L .. T . jj 5jF jj V , JF . ' -;l "a .. vifc THE TUNING FORK QNL vui E of tho saddest features of human itercourse la that you so often know what a man Is going to say even before ho sas It and still he Insists. "I couslder It a thoroughly vicious docu ment," said Mr. Ilohcnzollern. when Inter viewed by a bpeclal representative of The Tuning Fork. "A great deal Is said about the high contracting parties, and yet there is no mention of Germany, which has cer tainly contracted moro than any of them." To paraphrase Marl; Twain's famous re mark, somo people think that a very good league of nations may be started by leaving Germany out. Wo are authorized lo contradict tho rumor that un eccentric Individual was found laying a grenade against ono corner of Independence Hall, saying, "It will havo to go, It's too Idealistic." Some of tho comments on tho proposed covcuntit of the league of nations remind us. of a sentenco in the greatest book writ ten In tho English language since 1674: When thcu tasted of the water of the river over which thcu ucie to no, they thought that it tasted a little liltcrlsh to the palate, but it proved sweeter when it was down. PEACE COVENANT REJECTED! (Hpeclol to" The Tunlna I'ork) WHEN tho first draft of tho wedding service was presented to tho committee on marital affairs thero was general pro test. "This covenant is plainly the work of an Idealistic dreamer," cried one. "It has no teeth. Whero in the document do we find any safeguard against interference in domestic problems on the part of a mili taristic nnd aggressive mother-in-law? Where is thero any specification of pains and penalties for tho luldlng of Ice-boxes after midnight, for spilling cigar ushes on the parlor rug. for the refusal to sew on buttons? Where Is any bpeclflc guarantee of an Individual bank account and latchkey for tho wife? Where any adequato assur ance that Article It, dcullng with tho mat ter of iove, honor nnd obey,' will bo scru pulously observed?" ii Atf I oc "" taltl anotlier' "tills fau .Xxtastlu 'document hue been drafted by thoso whoso feet do not touch thd earth. It seems to me that both the high con tructlng partlos commit themselves to ob ligations which impair their own sov ereignty and aro Impossible to bo property discharged." (i A COVENANT of peace drawn up ulong these lines," insisted a third, "would transform domestic llfo Into a mere.bew Ing circle. It-Is an entangling nlllaucvo, if cv'cr theru was one." "i CANtfOT possibly Volo to' ratify any, such doctrlnalro scheme," said a fourth. "The languago ,1s excessively vague, and I am constrained to bellevo that no husband would bo ablo to Furry out theso provisions without maintaining a largo standlnc army. Moreover, nothing whatever Is said about disarmament on tho part of parents-in-law. Under sue!) a covenant 'It la qujto conceivable that .the mother-in-law might claim perpetual man date of the TUet-rom. 1 commend the purity &&&&if&i!iA ?!,,e; zmji A'iffirr'TT STILL AT JT aUaaaaaaajlTll I J' ) 3i HaT W V - iam aaaBBBBBLi t J I m aairTM35 af rlr- - m m 43T .ai - Impractical. In the conditions of modern life It would never work." . Tho document was unanimously ro Jected as nn Imperfect legal Instrument. Mr. Wilson has taken Fionch leave, but has given that disagreeable phrase a now und honorable significance. But why did ho decide to land In Boston? Artificially bleached fabrics wear out rapidly, and ditto artificially bleach I lit erature. Some seem to think that the league of nations scheme will provide Just what des perate and embittered critics havo said a certain mode of therapeutic ortlmlsm of fers "a real cure of imuglnaiy ailments and an Imaginary cure of real ailments." Bee-proof bonnets now at a premium. Lips that touch slacker, bua Miss Ann Dante, will never touch" mine. After not summer, Sjdnoy Smith's famous remark will have to bo revised to read, "Who ever dtinka an American drink?" Dear Socrates Thirteen has come to bo regarded as President, Wilson's lucky num ber. Has this number any b.gnlilcanco in regard to the dato of the next presidential Inauguration? Fourth or March IS letters. 1921 add digits togpthcr, equals 13. Also, may I not observe that the drafted covenant of tha league of nations contulns 2C articles twice 13! ANXIOUS INQUIRER. Jltiscum tJets Colonial House, Headline In New Yortt Evening Post. Reading that lio.ul.lno hastily, wo got quite a shock. Article VIII of the already celebrated covenant Is a rcductio ud absurdutu of the old iiillllury schema of things. What's tho fun of having armaments If you havo to tell your friends ull ubout tlicni? The sweetest sound wo know Is tho long drawn thunder of a rolltop deslt crashing down upon four cubic feet of unanswered letters. SOCRATES. Wo hear a good deal about high con tracting purtles. But thoso of us who may have to accept a inundate of backward territories, will feel moro llko low expanding parties. Tho city's share of the cost of tho pro posed brldgo across the Delaware will bo about 11,(100,000. And tho money will come back In business almost ao quickly us It la puld out. Among the trees to bo planted in this city during the coming yeur by civic orgaul zullojiu and others, let us not forget the chestnut treo to bo planted by the Aiucrlcun press humorists In June. South Jersey farmers liavo begun their spring plowing. Truck gardeners aro har rowing nnd preparing to plant onions and peas. But the real harrowing tale win be told when a belated Jack Frost plants their hopes. Advices from Bridgeport, N. J,, promise an early run of shad. And the moment they quit running they have to walk the plank, Thllf l a hard roe. Whenever you hear an orator begin a eotenee with '"beyond a peradventure,'' you WW 18 NW raaaaNHM, a , i ki'v;' '7 . THE ICEBERG OUT of tho dark I know not why , Of tho cold magnetic North come 1,1 Released from continental Ico That holds the axis In Us vise, As fateful, ponderous, Blow, serene, ' I slipped Into tho sea's doep green. - 'Jt,t Beneath the white stars, Bhlnlng whit I sail the unbroken arctic night, ,, And flash to Vega and Altalr , Far prisms of the polar light; And nuked, frozen, gaunt and bare, Athlrst for water and for air, The blackened lunar peaks loolt down In ever-deepening despair Upon tho waters that I crown. ' Only my shining head they see Tho searching skies that bend o'er met For six times deep I drift unseen. Inert, unllghted, cold, serene. Imbedded lu the sea's deep green. Yea, to myself unknown am I, Who six times deep must burled lie, Impervious to the starry sky! A : But bomctlmcs In the quiet night When crystal spheres are glittering whita), ! upon uufathomed deeps below , There comes a phosphorescent glow ' - " That speaks disturbance shown In light; U la It lTlnm HlftrilW ilvnn T lrnn.ii "3 Down in that darkness infinite? - . ' 'M W. E. Buhler hi tho New York Sun. Vi! :4 mere is something incongruous fci i reputable citizens going to City Hall for per- .. . ... mlts to carry flreurms, whllo any thug ItvthaM city can want Into a pawnshop and buy ,a J revolver any hour of the day , ''3 H What' Do You Know? 4 QUIZ f A, .xliri. .. ...Ill Tl I...... ..... . '. r ... .,.,.. ,v, v iii j-rfsiueiu wuson jantii on tub imuru to tins country? .r What ia the Perslun name of Tarsia? How many square jards make u square' juu ui icrcn 4. Who wrote Seville"? tho plaj, "Tho JJarbcr of" 1 5. What Is tho longest tunnel on the Amer ican comment-; v C, Who was the Greek goddess of health? $ T. Vital la, a dodecagon? 8. What Is a cresset? 9. Vhut Is bljou'erlc? 10. Who was Wolfo Tono? Answers to Saturday's Quite ''" 1. The first name of President Polucaro, ofj riatiuc, ja Jkujiiiunu, :. The tragic event which potently affecleaK? tho course, or American history, ttiMK occurred tueutJ--oh6 eara ago htttu Saturday, was -the blowing up of the'J ' United States battleship Maine In thel harbor of Havana. . : 3. An "ocll de boeuf" is a round wlndeiH seen lu entresols, etc. By exUnsleaj the name was given to tho large royH? reception room in the palace of Vete, sallies, France, lighted by window of that type. The literal meaning y1 --ox-cje. ; i. Ten-penny nails are very, large nalla',1 1000 of which, would weight tetVf pounds. Penny Is a corruption of "pounder," "pun en" as In two-penny liana, luur-yciuiy , luiis, uwvru ma i .... ....i.h, ne 1iaa nf it,-.,. - i-. 1IIQ KTIRI" vvv v w4; S. Pierre Is the capital of .South Dakota. fi. The overhang of a ship Is the portion the hull over and unsupported by tfi water. 7. llorotd wrote the muslo of the op "Zainpu," g. The Yavig-Tse la the longest. rlver'inVl 9. The Whig part won two pral4A t.il,.a I n A am &( a a-a IiIbIawi au4l ciccuun m fiia;av. tuvuer -mrilllon I f tins IfaprifLAn AiUF Ka&j TaytW riwiaUliaV as awlWtam ry i i t ,v m ( V a '. 'X '- I .,?' k. .- .-iBkAi - . V f- ,f'
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