j i ;. " fl .r in ? """ ) PUBLIC ledger company ' -. .crsr?.uIr' K- CURTIS. rKstnoiT ) w'3!tl.!, "'. Lulnton. Vlco Prmldent t John C. , . Jftrl1": s?EJB.,r'p ana Tremurer! Philip S Colllnt. in Mill H. XVIlllatvaa Tnhn T OntiwAAn niHitFnr. j, .........., ... v. mimbwiit fc...m... 0 Crnua It. IC. Ctntiis. Chairman PAVID E. PMILfeT Editor JOHN C. MARTIN.. .. General BmlncM Manager lubllhpd dally at Tcnuo I.rpoca Pulldlni, ( , Indftwndence Snuarc, Philadelphia, w Atmntio Cut Prr.l.Jm Bulldlne Jfw Yotx. 200 Mctropolltin Tower Dratoir , 701 Ford Building fir. iHtrti .....loos Pullfrton Ilulldlnic t. Chicuoo 1802 Tribune Building . NEWS DUnEAUSl N. 1. Pnr P.nnairtwants Iv. an.1 Ult. 3t 4 JtfBW York Bcnuv.. ''"vie Sim Hulldlne j i-omon uuiituu London Times Th Ernximi PciiLia Lome la en'l to FUti- M . wi.uvib in -iiuaue.,inii ami E7i,.rounuinK towns A ftt.thn rntn nt twalVA M2I rent.. tip wlf. navahln to the carrier. . By mall tn point- ontnlde of Philadelphia. In the united States. Canada, or United State. po- v pennons. , osuce free, nrty (no. cents per monin. ' Rl 11(11 nllar. ..at. ma . nnvahl. n ftrfvnna. To all forelcn countries one ($1) dollar per tnonth. None Subacrlbers wlshlnc address changed fiiuat glvo old as well as new address. nrft .Mn wlTvtrt. rpvcrnvp tfaTV -.Ann .ZZIZl "'"-'t.. fu.v...... ....a... -.-.. I - tty Address nJJ communications to JTtfittnjj PuM.a i Ledger, Independence Bqvare, Philadelphia. , ... . Member of the Associated Press ' TUB ASSOCIATED mKSS is exclu sively cntitlcc. to the use for republication (S of all news dispatches credited to tt or 110c othoruHso credited tit this paper, and also tho local news publlihcd thvrem. ATI right of republication of special dls 5S f patches herein arc also reserved. rillntlell,lil, Tup.diT, Uecemlier 2, 1919 STREETS AND TAXES I V , . ,, , JHEN may street repairs be caueu permanent? Upon that question and the manner In which it is answered by Controller waiion ana tne nnancp. commiiiuu ul - Councils depend all plans made by the Bureau of Highways for safe and tol- i erable thoroughfares in this city. W Chief Dunlap estimated yesterday that I improvements of the sort that are im peratively necessary on all the main o.v-ww, u.i..w.. Uv i..v. ....u ....j -... obtamablo under normal tax rates, iiis assertion that-51,000,000 could be spent annually for five years on needed street ilU- imurovements can be understood by any one who takes the trouble to look around even in the central business section. E No such sum can be raised' by direct taxation unless the finance committee 3 wishes to face a storm of complaint. Mr. Walton ruled yesterday that the re- j surfacing of streets cannot be called ? tl " i ... I, U. T-.. lap disagrees with him. Money not a needed for permanent improvements F cannot be borrowed under the terms of S the new charter. No one has estimated the loss due to i depreciation in motortrucks, passenger l automobiles and tires that are pounded to a premature finish every day on the , neglected streets of Philadelphia. It must be stupendous. Previous adminis trations feared to raise taxes. They preferred to put the burden of current ,1 VUljJlW.flGa Via 1U.U1C UltClalllUlia, Willi..., Jit' " being unborn, couldn't complain. Now . some one must deal with the conse quences of that policy. ft- Many of the central streets are almost Impassable. Walnut, Chestnut, Market iS and Arch streets, as well as the main traveled thoroughfares in other parts of the city, are in a condition that would "not be tojerated by many up-to-date country towns. i DnmuioniiMu inc ouumk ULUb v i 'i& announcement by a Department .' r - ST Tit (3 - nnnni ll.! Ij il A. a u uoui.u aciik m uiis ctiy tnai Is combination sales with sugar as a bait Y arc illegal is decidedly timely. The f sweet club has been frequently flour- i- hcu oi luie. Housewives nave dis- F covered that it was often easier to get g sugar when other purchases were made, and some grocers have not been averse A to respond to "business instincts." to apportioning Diame in this situation 1$, Is not easy. All buyers have not been V' consciously brihers nnr kvn nil online I deliberately employed hold-up methods. Si Considerable spontaneous coaxing on 3 doui siaes nas led to the result. Nevertheless the practice has seri ously added to the annoyances of the l ouirar-shortatre Droblpm. Thn ofToM- nt r-i x. ji ja. .n . . "-" "X ? - yiuuu.i.K n, us megai snouid he whole- fi "" antno PntV. ft, , j ii... ,. -...w- WviA .... fiAwwKiB unu wiear cli ents are playing the game unfairly when tj tney apply persuasion with either sugar s, a vi ta.ua purunases as a lure. t DOWN TO DOTS WITH MEXICO & 'A STUDIED effort to avoid any sug- I A JU nnoinH nf 4-.... ...1 f . t jicon" uj. biucuimice is apparent in oecreinry Lansing's reply to the Mexi- can Government's refusal to release Consular Acent Jenkins. ( The extremp rnnflnn ltanlAa.nJ l,- d both merits and drawbacks. It is not inspiriting to find the American Gov- . eminent speaking in velvety nhrases "BrTian TVfovln caAa fl- Sm..! J t ,.w. ...v... ajtj ,, n, muuige ui sucn tart and acrid utterance. On the other hand, the courtesy of our note which will become all the more deferential in the Spanish has an ele ment of strength that will acquire ad ditional value should Carranza continue to be obdurate. " In other words, if the Jenkins case is , -to become a casus belli it will bo Mexico , ",H6lf that will give it that character. In that event the rectitude of the Amer ican position will be beyond dispute. "Kf Ana will a nlaln 4-n ....a.f 11 -a., w..- ...a. uaj uum n IjUCBUOn U9 ts morality of drastic action after a pro- ' 'ludo of outraged patience. "Fortunately, too, the note Is inform ing to the American as well as the Mex ican public The triviality and vague- hjs . , new) 01 tno cjiarge- upon which Jenkins , h held are contrasted with the terrorism ' ' . ; .. ..-,, ,""".. " "" Mkfwors are unpunisnea, while the consu- ' tr'gcnt is imprisoned for "rendering ,, fpkle judicial testimony," the substance j t which Mexico carefully declines to fwvoftL Opposed to that nation's "bare unsup- " 9rtd statement" is the welcome an- a pBcement that "investigation of the mm by representatives of the United States .in Mexico fails utterly to sup- v w.w ,... .... ... 1 wniqn pas neretoioro Deen witn- .' -. JwtM from the American public. It must nauttunr Mutueaft. jfajaajpnOSBW .iiyiiiiniii " -- tho Mexican Government flatly mis quoted its own constitution regarding tho state and federal jurisdiction in the southern republic should have a similar effect. The authority of tho state of Pucbla in this instanco is not supreme, since tho Mexican federal tribunals havo authority in "all cases concerning dip lomatic agents and consular officers." A lie advanced in order to becloud tho crisis has hero been effectually nailed. Thus armed with tho truth, tho mild ness of tho United States in renewing "its request for tho immediate release of Consular Agent Jenkins" is more apparent than actual. We have stated our case explicitly and reiterated our position. Unless we are to revert to the old policy of shuffle, nny further com munication from Washington on this subject must be terse and ringing if Carranza still refuses to yield. Cer tainly tho patient treatment reaches its final defensible stage in tho Lansing note. m IS A POLITICAL HACK TO SUCCEED MOORE? On the Answer to This Question Largely Depends the Influence of Philadelphia on National Legislation "rniO is to succeed J. Hampton Moore ''as representative in Congress from the Third district? Mr. Moore will become Mayor on tho first Monday in January and will resign from Congress in time to take the oath of office when he assumes his new duties. The district is one of the most im portant commercial centers in the whole United States. It contains all the waterfront wards from Wharton street to Lehigh avenue, and in addition the Twelfth and Seventeenth wards, which are separated from the waterfront by only a few squares. Cramps' shipyard, is in it. It contains the great banking and insurance houses in Chestnut and Walnut streets below Seventh. Some of the biggest manufacturing establish ments in the world are within its bound aries. And the great piers with their adjacent warehouses, which handle the bulk of the wnter-borne traffic of this port, lino the waterfront between the northern and southern extremities of the district. Mr. Moore has adequately represented in Washington the interests of these great enterprises and through them thu interests of the people who are em ployed by them. And ho represented them so well that he won the respect of his colleagues and rose to a position of power and influence in the House of Representatives. So far as has been disclosed no one but the professional politicians 'is tak ing any interest in the selection of a suc cessor to Mr. Moore. Sheriff Ransley and Isidore Stern are said to be rivals for the nomination. Does any one for a moment believe that Ransley's strength lies in his com prehension of the questions on which a member of the House of Representa tives must vote? Ransley is noted chiefly for his activities as a county officer in raising campaign funds through the collection of assessments on city officeholders. Such activity is forbidden by law to city officeholders, but due to the dual government here it has been possible to beat the law through the willingness of men like Ransley to pass the hat. This newspaper, in order to allow Ransley to exhibit his qualifications to an anxious public, offered him the free dom of its columns to make any state ment he chose. Its reporter put a series of questions to him in the hope that he might be drawn out. But the sheriff had nothing to say. He will not even admit that he is a candidate. He is mum because political leaders appar ently have not yet told him to announce his candidacy with their support on the ticket. Mr. Stern could not be reached when the reporters sought for him. It will be interesting to see whether he is any more communicative than Sheriff Rans ley. Thus far the only development in the Third district situation is that the Vares and Penrose are planning to test their strength. The issue is not whether the district should be represented by a man of ability with imagination and vision, but whether it should be represented by a Penrose hack politician or a Vare po litical nonentity. And this is happening in the greatest Republican city on the continent and in the most important commercial district of that city! The plans of the bosses will be car ried out even to the nomination and election of a mere dummy who will act only when somebody pulls tho strings unless the big men of the city intervene and demand that the political hacks be turned down and a candidate be nomi nated who is more anxious to serve the community than to get his name on the federal payroll. In the search for a candidate it is not necessary to confine the investigation to the district itself. Any resident of Pennsylvania is eligible, and this means, of course, that any resident of any ward of Philadelphia can legally enter the primaries as a candidate for the nomina tion. Ho may live in Germkntown or West Philadelphia or Frankford or South Philadelphia. The first essential is that ho be a man of tried ability, loyal to the principles of Republicanism, with a mind open to all tho progressive influences now work ing upon the minds of the nation. Thero are such men here. They are practicing law or medicine. They are managing great commercial enterprises. They are men who have made their for tunes and retired to a life of compara tive leisure that they may have time to devoto to the service of the state. Never was a more splendid oppor tunity for public service opened to any man than that of going to Washington to represent tho Third district. The prestige of the commercial constituency back of Mm wmild get for him the ear I C$grMw m mb a Im took Us wafc EVENING PUBLIO LEDaElf-PHlEAELPHIA, TUDAY, DBOEMBEB 2, And if by his words and his nets ho justified tho confidenco of tho other congressmen, ho would soon becomo one of tho most influential men in Wash ington. No mora dummy can fill the place. No rubber stamp for Penrose or Vnro will bo qqual to the responsibilities of the office. And no man who would hesi tate to act until some banker or manu facturer told him what to do would command the respect even of tho men who gave him orders. As we said yesterday, Congress for metropolitan Philadelphia consists of nine men. Through them this city must make itself felt in Washington, or else take what tho rest of the country choose3 to givo us. These nine men as a whole do not represent this community as it should be represented. They have been chosen, as a rule, not primarily because of their fitness but as a reward for some V-n(l of service to the bosses who havo se lected them. It is useless to blink this fact, for everybody knows it, even the representatives themselves. There is no use, either, in blinking tho fact that the successor to Mr. Moore will be chosen by one boss or another. The only hope there is for getting a man who will measure up to tho standard set by the retiring congressman lies in impressing on the bosses the importance of turning down all the political hacks eager to get the salary of the office, and the imperative need of nominating a man of courage, force and ability who has some knowledge of the problems with which he will havo to deal. This can bo done if the interests vi tally affected wish it to be done; but if they prefer to sit idly at their desks whilo the politicians use the office to re ward a man who is an expert bell-puller on election day or a successful shaker down of officeholders for campaign funds, the now representative from tho Third district will be about as effective in Washington as a penny squirt gun in putting out a fire. A $1,000,000 MISTAKE TZNOWLEDGE of human nature is a - rare and valuable thing in anybusi ness. Lack of it has just cost the Cam den trolley company about a million dol lars. Part of that sum was spent within the past few months in reorganizing and equipping the street car lines for the zone faro system that has just been abandoned after futile efforts to recon cile tho public to the new arrangement. Losses due tu diminished patronage make up the imposing total. Mr. McCarter, president of the Public Service Railway Corporation admits that the zone fare experiment failed dismally. "It was," said he, "the most expensive mistake of my business life." The money is not altogether lost if it has bought wisdom for the street car management. And a good many ques tions of modern street railway admin istration seem to have been settled for the country nt large by the great faux pas of the Camden company. It is made plain, for example, that when street car fares were put up to eight and ten cents they reached the limit. Regular riders will not be in duced to pay fifteen and eighteen cents to be carried to work. The high cost of living has gone up for corporations and their men, and greater revenues are doubtless neces sary. But the trolley lines will have to increase their earnings by efficient man agement and throdgh an increased pat ronage rather than by a constant in crease in rates of fare. Among the jmns sold by the government in Allentown tlio crnne- You Take a Cake of Yeast, Etc. fruit article wns a druc on tho market until somebody discov ered that it could be turucdlinto wiue. Tlien it became the most popular brand. Which goes to show that the imrcgenernto are numerous nnd that Uncle Sam knows the value of a good press ngent. The Duplies, of Marl borough now wishes to enter the British Or Should It Bo Cow? House of Commons, following the lend of Lady Astor. If this kind of thing keeps on the typical Britisher may change from John Bull to Jane Bull. Whether they win or Estrone lor the taws lose, opponents of tho Republican state chalrraaa tre going to eat Grow. Count Knrolyi's fortune, amounting to $20,000,000, has been found in the cellar of his palace and confiscated by the Hun garian Government. Since no dry laws are being enforced iu Budapest, wonder how they came to look in tho cellar? Though contrary to the belief and under standing of the Washington political dope stcrs, it may be that the indictment of Senator Newborry was based on tho simple fact that he ia alleged to have broken the law. A British investigating committee has awarded Winston Spencer Churchill the credit for having invented the tank as an engine of war. Now who gets the credit for putting the tank out of business with the dry laws? At a meeting in Milan the government was asked to suppress D'Annunzio's enter prises in Dalmntia. Italy apparently is be ginning to realize that even a patriot may go too far. Considering that we all have to die some time, fear that the world is going to end with the end of the year would be just a little silly, even if the facts were correct. The country has again the opportunity of judging how long Congress can have a hen on without hatching anything out. We now anxiously await the maiden speech of the first matron in the British House of Commons. Perhaps it is just as well Mexico has been given no ultimatum. We ought to have a policy first. Mine leaders declared they would not fight the United States Government. Miners themselves will be not less patriotic. ExperlencO'is a light to the feet. AVh.n a tfiau takes a tumble to biisself'be realises tMt jwy a ldiiUlijht.KlAmp. QUIET CAL COOLIDGE Governor of Massachusetts Won Suc cess by Doing Much and Saying Little and by Being as Good as His Word Hr Arnold V. Prlneo, In New York Tribune. KTOllTIUMPTON, Mass., is being be- ' sieged these days .by a host of investi gators commissioned to inquire into the strange report that the chief executive of a great commonwealth, although safely re elected, persists in scorning the flcshpots of easy living and tho stratagems of practical politics. Should it fall to your lot to be one of those seeking a "close-up," intimato im pression of Governor Calvin Coolldgc, hero is a word of advice: When trying to get tho governor's home on tho telephone be careful to say "V" very distinctly in giving the number to Cen tral. Otherwise you may find yourself talk ing to the Rev. Ambler Garnctt and ex plaining that your business has no connec tion with the Plrst Methodist Church, but with the governor of tho state. Both men aro on tho same party wiro and Governor Coolldgo only answers and ho will generally do it himself when ho is there when the bell rings once. When it rings three times tho pastor nnswers. SHOULD you, however, decide to go to the governor's homo in person, it will be well to give the taxlcab driver specific directions. Else you may subject him to embarrassment, ns did a visitor recently. This visitor nsked the driver of a taxicab standing in front of the railway station if he knew where Governor Coolidgo lived. , "I know tho house," replied the chauffeur, and drove off with his fnre. lie drove confidently for about ten minutes, but upon turning into a pretty residential street seemed suddenly seized with misgivings. Drawing up finally iu front of a large frame house, painted white, ho shook his head doubtfully. "Thought you said jou know the house," remarked his fare, observing his perplexity. "Oh, this is tho house, all right," re plied the driver, but Col only lives in half of it, and I'm danged if I c'n remember which half it is." vrORTHAMPTON! -where Governor - ' Coolidgo has lived for more than twenty three years, is nbout 150 miles north of New York city, and nbout tho samo dis tance west of Boston. Its population is divided into three classes, Trench, Irish and "Yankee," and the city, suc when "Cal" Coolidgo is running for office, is subject to violent political fluctua tions. Sometimes it goes Republican and at other times Democratic, but when Coo lidgo is a candidate it is almost undividedly Coolldgc. Why this should be, however, is a mystery to the inhabitants themsclvcsT" THERE is "Phil" Gleason, for example. "Sure I'm a Democrat," he said. "But when Col wants something he gets it, so far as I'm concerned. "I guess it's because he's never gone back on a friend in his life. Or majbe it's be cause when he says he'll do n thing he docs it. The man's a very diwil when it comes to that. And maybe again it may be be cause he'll help you out any time you go to him. Anywny, I'm too good a Democrat to wreck the party by voting against him." If this sounds somewhat disconnected nnd emotional a more polished and well balanced explanation may be had from Henry P. Field, associate judge of the Probate Court. "Calvin Coolldge is a Vermont Ynukeo with a Massachusetts education," he will tell you solemnly, nftcr settling himself comfortably in his big leather chair, "and that is a combination hard to beat. "I've never known a man who could say what he means more concisely than Coolidgo. Moreover, he has an amazing faculty for reducing what he wants to sav to epigrams. No man has ever known Calvin Coolidge to go back on his word. He has lived in this city for more than twenty-three years, and jou won't find a man or woman, Republican or Democrat, but will tell you that this is true. I've never known any one who was a better judge of men. I've never known any one who doubted his courage. I've never known a clenner mnn, a more decent citizen, a more loyal friend." HE WAS admitted to the bar in 1807 and two years later was elected to the City Council. A candidate for tho office of city solicitor, he astonished the opposition by tho case with which he won over his opponent. A Democrat meeting him on the street the next day congratulated him on his victory. "I didn't vote for you," the Democrat ad mitted. "Well," drawled Coolidge, "somebody did." Coolidge was returned to the office of city solicitor the next year, and in 1007 was elected to the Legislntuic. Not once, from the time Calvin Coolidge entered politics up to the present day, has he ever been de feated for public office. Twice a candidate for mayor of Northampton, twice for the state Legislature, four times for the state Senate, three times for lieutenant gov ernor and twice for governor, he won each time, and only once was the race anywhere near close. This was when he ran for the Legislature the second time against Alfred J. Preece, the present deputy sheriff. His plurality on that occasion was sixty-three votes. "I don't know how he beat me," Preece will admit, "except that he refused to answer nny of the questions I asked him. I chal lenged him again and again, when on the platform, to tell the people what he would do if elected, but he never would do it, and he never replied to nny of my questions. I gi'ess that's the way he beat me." MEANTIME Coolidge had met Miss Grace iJoodhue, a teacher in the Clarke School, in Northampton, and in 1900 they wcro married at her parents' home, in Burling ton. Vt. Up to tho time of his marriage Coolidge lived in Rahar's Inn, n humble establish ment just off Main street, opposite the Draper Hotel. Today they and their two sons, Calvin, Jr., aged eleven, and John, aged twelve, live thero still, paying thirty-two dollars a' month rent. The governor invariably goes to his home when his duties do not require his presence in Boston, and after arriving in Northarap-' ton generally walks to his home, after drop ping in for a few minutes at his office in the Masonic Building and chatting with bis law partner, Ralph W. Hemenway. He has never owned an automobile, al though most of his friends in the city do, He owns no real estate, and has occupied the same law office over since he opened it f ter being admitted to the" bar and quitting the firm of Hammond Held. He is as quiet and friendly as ever, as unobtrusive in his habits ns when be moved to North ampton, and there is a little framed legend over the cheerful open fireplace in the parlor of bis home which may or may not have a bearing on bis character. It reads: V A- vse old oiol lived in an oak, The more he aou, the less he spoke, The less he spoke the more he heard, !WhV"f"'t ie he like that oldoirif ' v'Wkiei probably Is as jood a way to close tliia atetry M W &&. "OH, WELL, THE CHAFFING DISH College Life on the Screen WE DROPPED iu at our favorite movie theatre. Tho organ was tootling its throaty and heart-throbbish melody. AVe found a seat in our favorite place about the sixth row, where a shortsighted person can be sure of reading any letters, docu ments, or incriminating "papers" that are thrown on the screen and prepared for delightful thrills. Tho first thing wo saw was the following caption: "My heart is yours; hut for the next few weeks loth our hearts belong to Yale." This sounded bad to us. A little later the organ burst into tho strains of "Boola Boola" and the hero, stroke of the Yale crew, was sent in to interview the dean for having participated in a fraternity initiation. The dean asked him to tell the names of his comrades in the outrage. The athletic young man looked bruised to the soul by such a thought, and sternly declined. He then said, according to the caption : m "I should not care to Jeopardize the fair name of Yale by remaining after J had betrayed my companions." By this time, although no particular liga ments of affection bind us to the college at New Haven, we had begun to hope, in pure charity, that no Yale man was in the, house. Well, the hero stroked the Yale boat to victory against "Plimpton," as was to be expected. He looked to us like rather a jerky oar, but, then, that may have been partly due to the speeding of the reels. The cap tion writer got more cheerful, ending with a bang by saying (rather merrily, wo thought), when the heroine at last capitulated, "She went into tho hands of a receiver." Then the organ played, "For God, for Country and for Yale," and we Issued forth into the rainy night. We wondered, also, if it were subtle irony on the part of our favorite movie organist, Mr. AVilllam Lancaster, when he played "Home, Sweet Home" while sonic current events pictures of Sing Sing prison were be ing shown. The only time we have ever been called "a regular feller," it occurs to us to re mark, was when we spent a day of very pleasant visiting with some high-spirited murderers and con men at Sing Sing. "Say, Soc," remarked one of them as we left, "You're a regular feller, you ought to bo up here with the rest of us." The chief trouble with American literature today is that there are so many people writ ing books. - We notice that nearst's Magazine bos conferred a knighthood on G. K. Chesterton, nnd calls him Sir Gilbert. There is a certain stage in the career of every eminent Eng lishman when American editors get uncer tain whether be has been dubbed or pot. But we think that in this case Hearst's is think ing of Sir Gilbert Parker. Still, the world does move. We note that the Krupp works are said to be making photographic supplies. Now if only Mexico will devoto herself to speeding up the pro duction of tamales. ( Do your Christmas chaffing early. Is it only our imagination, or is the amount of bunk1 in' circulation increasing? Perhaps it Is only our annoyance at the annual crop of Christmas "illuminated senti ments" which always spell Its with an apostrophe. Portrait of Mr. S. T. Kelsey Mr. S. T, Kelsey, the general manager of the Ltnvllle Improvement Co., Is at onco a philosopher and engineer a botanist and a BCholnr. His neatly proportioned person Is a little smaller than that of the average man, and from beneath his brim peeps, in cunning- brilliancy, a pair of email, keen, penetrating, expressive blue eyes, which everybody takes for black until they aro otherwise Informed, Ills lone beard, that would do honor to the daya of Uosea, falling gracefully upon his bosom. Is clean and white as tho enow. His hair to of' a iwIM, rich, gloiwy cream elor, W fw Uufc. ttrua la hl im Mia LET'S SEE WHAT THE J1- "TL ''n IStQt iari A "-... rfgaMi ij rT J&? J ' i mustache, Interspersing the white, are his dnly souvenir filaments of middle life. The Balsam Groves of Grandfather Mountain. The.Cowpunche's Song "VH, I feel like I'm wantin' to go, boys, I feel like I'm wantin' to go ; Though where to I can't say as Ii know, boys, where to I can't say as I know; But I feel that I'm in for a change, boys, an' I'm tired o' this life on the grange. OH, I wanta go back to tho range, boys, I wanta go back to the range I H, MY boss, be is plnin' to roam, boys, my boss, ho is pinin' to roam ; An' I feel like I wnuta go home, boys, I feel like I wants go home: Oh, I itch like as if I'd the mange, boys, an' I'm tired o' this life on the grange. OH, I wanta go back to the range, boys, I wanta go back to tho range I QH, TnE moon, she Is shinin' so bright, boys, the moon, she is shinin' so bright, That I'm packin' my blanket tonight, boys, I'm swingin my saddle tonight. Sure, the feclin' I got, she is strange, boys ; but I'm tired o' this life on the grange. SO, I'm goin' right back to the range, boys, I'm beadin' right back for tho range! ROBERT LESLIE BELLEM. -- There are many worse jobs than that of a colyumist. How would you like jto be nn American charge d'affaires in tho D'Au nun'zlo sector? Walt Whitman TJIS was the prophet's voice, the voice of - a spirit which sang Songs of immortal tone, Holy, gigantic, crude, Sweet ns the breath of the dawn and strong as the heart of the hills ! Boldly he sang, but they heeded him not ; Laughed him to scorn and said : "Listen the songs that he sings! Heard ye their like before? Strango are the gods that he. worships: dan gerous tho things he proclaims I Away with him and his s'ofags ! We will havo none of his works!" THOR he sang of an age and a, time to hasten which great men have greatly died, The age of Brotherhood of Man, when clean, and strong, nnd pure, Man's naked heart shall speak to naked heart I j j.. LOUD In his songs are the sounds of the winds of the wars of the world : Blood : death : tenderness : righteousness un afraid, yea and the moan of the man Suffering, lone, hurt on the field of the battle of life! HIS life boro witness of his songs and of his life he made The things of which he sang. He was Himself, none other! So he lived and thus it was be died, bis life and work A hymn of praise to that great land be loved, America! A g, WHITMAN! Poet r.Prppbet: Man! When comes there Buch another? O. H. VAN nOUSHN. A good many young ladles are being "presented to society" these cool evenings. It is an arduous life, and we admire their courage., Of course, you have heard of the fatuous football team of Centre College, Kentucky, The rumor that two members pf the fac ulty played on the team will servo, greatly to enhance the respect in which college pro fessors are held. Increased salaries will now bs easily jtitalaaWe 'itgrnAvik Umi eouctry. , - f BiaTBH, ' ' v ' ' ', ' '' JUDGE SAYSl" FATE WE DROVE a furrow straight And we planted a seed well; These were the deeds of Fate That a wise world should tell. We set a fire at the gate And the foe to our sword fell; This they remember who wait To the last ember of Hell. We came to a grave late, When tho brown leaves fell; And there were lears for a hate That was burled deep and well.- Shall blood and a dream mate? Shall Heaven be compassed by HeUT oirnngo are tno deeds of Fate That the wise angels tell. The heralds cry In the gate, In the flying tongue of the bell There is joy golden and great Where peace has come to dwell. George Street, in Sydney Bulletin. What Do You Know? quiz , 1. What will be the balanco of nn?M i. the Senate if Truman II. Newberry ir UAUltlUCU 2. What are penetralia? 3. Name two books by Maria Edgeworth, 4. What is the smallest stato In the Aug-. tralian Commonwealth? 5. What is polyandry? -0. Nnmc three poisonous plants? 7. now many kings have reigned over United Italy? 8. Who wcro they? 0. What part of England will Lady Astor represent in Parliament? 10. Two political parties in American hi. tory elected, respectively, only two Presidents. What were these parties? Answers to Yesterday's Quit 1. Oklahoma City is the capital of Okla homa. 2. John Bartram, who founded the first botanical garden in America, may b regarded as the first great American naturalist. He was born in Penn sylvania in 1000. 3. The Alamo is a mission building founded in San Antonio, Texas, In 1744. It was subsequently used an a fort. It Is famous for the terrible siege of 1830, when it was captured from tha Americans by the Mexicans. .The entire garrison, including Colonel W. B. Travis, Davy Crockett and Colonel Bowie, were killed. 4. Truman H. Newberry h nt present Itef publican senator from Michigan. He hns been indicted by a grand Jury oa charges of illegal expenditures in Ms political campaign. 5. "In the name of tho prophet, figs J" is a burlesque of the solemn language employed in eastern countries in tbe common business of life. The lise occurs In tbe imitntion of Docw Johnson's pompous style in "Rejected Addresses," by James and Horace Smith, 0. John Napier, a Scotch mathematician, invented logarithms. His dates are 1B50.1Q17. ' J 7. Polygyny is a plurality of wives. 8, There are six transcontinental railways on the American continent south f the United States. Two are In Mex ico. The others are, respectively, la Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama apd Argentina-Chile, ' 0, Gargantuan means enormous, glgaiitie, in allusion to Qnrgantua, a gUnt 1 Rabelals's satire. 10aiM "A B C! mUmm u Arceatesy . BrH sod Chile.! . ' Mi I jl ' rj L a r-. 11 - ' n - J I - sp J
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