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March l2t OUR "NORMAL" WEATHER THE Weather lliireuu i always commend nblj piompt in it-. explanations ut rs centric cliinati' in this i. inity Mr Miss blames tlio vnrinbilitv. tlir ti'li-c uiilns of three or t'our .-i'asiiii in our. nium ihe urvat area of Atlimtn IiirIi pri'-.-uti' Ills 'Xpliiiintiiin ! mure itiviMiiulili1 than : the Instabilllv of the mi'ri'iir Meteorn'ouioal jazr.lnB contiiuti" to upit tlio-io jhtmhix who persist in uiti'rpretms I'liihiili'lphin wnither tflIAtltTII Mill ItCilltl ttt i 1 I TrtJ ,T HI IlfJ I tl J , i iiiuitll iiii i i ii i tm iii ? wii vui uuiii " Dosniti nil fln m t'tHXtproim m ifornuinro HUii.'i '.... ' : . r. V SUl. a !. I.A.m.vin(.. .1... t.,.. !,.. , ..i.ili.. n XMatRll"S"."L".,Wt . . . " . ... il 'ITt.l t .11 r 1 WJEIBri i Til 1111' I ill- I lllirilil'11'l . I1I"1TI1 ! 1111' I LIUlllll Ml 'ib1J iff n'?fI at'i-umiilntiMl rxi eors anil ip-nriem ii" '3ifllisn;Wif Vi'.'Ff of tcmperaturi', then- n u pcntral ft'i-luiR that -$ ttf V r e riEiu to pnih'ci noniiiii wi-iiuiit in .'It lT1h J thouc- imrt TIip fiillnot i- mute a- absurd ''lwJ''IWi'' 'jiji " ''int belief in viuiinns the olrelo 'Ktf"'' wL T " I 'Ifa Yctenln " Mimini,r weather in Man-li wu ffwwyty 7 11 Jflj'aorinal. KrenKs of i-liinnte in tlieo part- uie Vw!ftftSSL'f6& ' 'tjf! fo common that -omi' M'nxe of tanilanli- itation Tfnntnitie. Ihis ran ln n'arh prow .the reeorilw, ulmh nlmoii nons. l here h pliiliopnj in tniv sinep' tflnPA rf tlin mnvil nlilp lint llw nntiptit.. P for jnorvelint; more geiietallv prewnls. The native heveahinit- would be lot without his daily thrill of urprie at Miinerouultin; and eatiipultinc of all the .ones of the earth here, sometime-, within the spine of a few hours. j3; OFF AG'IN. ON AG'IN TU.ST lis William 1'. Wilson was .ottlin2 fitt ai . - ' t2if(Kfefti?ir'f W'"5 reeorilw, wlmli iilmoii nn.irialilj -iliow II'IkS'IiILP'm?'1'? a P"s' lrni esvmii of olitnate prodigic. 'i$H9w'awt&! :'P In lf,"' ,,,r "1tH""'- '"ri,h pioilueeil. one lpilf KWwIJK' ''t a' ,l "'"l'erature of (! decree". i'lSi)Sl?'alf iHf-'Vli'it! "Constant in their iumnMiuirj" was Wil- llls Ham Penn'n verdu t on the l'hilailelphin sea- -ft Wiif tl A t ' i VH& " O HI "s nun t' as M IIO'IIIU'! Ol 1M 'liwJ? 4 'i'i'Ji!ffl 3oai Internntiiinul 'oniiuis-ion. to wIim-Ii lie H'ilrir ' Swll'Jf; removed after he left the liepartmmt of WWi ''rS-V W J'abnr' ''"""irienr MurdinB sent for mn JSnlfii tinfB'tEHi President WiNnn had appoint) d him to f Hi 41 ' is,"t f v jj - nit- rui jiiu ill a suiir.i in ''ill'"! a vt'iii aim ,.flhl',l u ('i"fK.,'i with an mdetinne tenure lr Hnrdini: I SS5? liJtt. '.ivfiWi discovered that the tenure was at tne nle.is- ,( ure of the I'resnieni It was not his meiisui)' thut I resident lloon shoillil mil Ue u nis plensuri to remove labor for eijiit rears has mud' mum teeoirfs ,but none of rn 'ni has siupa-s...! th' -peeil with which he ei.tereu it new office and left n But the 1'enrisi.huiiin lima:, is mmI and ,tiifc on the farm whp h !, onus i, is srnti- Qt BCreeable w he will ret.m in-i and await ic uext e nt CONOMY AND SOMETHING ELSE O I'AK .is miii be uiiitii'icd nr.in tli" p ili- lushed stmipsis ni" i tii miiii mn i,lan of the National Ah uition (Pf iiwte'i- of Kail road Seciuitiis it n' i. to In a s, henn foi supplyinK lailioad ! ii pineni as it is neideil at as neariv tin i-u,t pnfe as possible S. Davit Warrli'M the ;ireiiinii of the ansoeiution. us that it i'l nv.' the rail ronds millions of linllais a at !! i- prole ably riKht The railroml iii.u.ir.'ei, lime frequently been ihiiKi'd wita hnv.ii; hnan- interesi ,n the lompanies whieh build railroad eiiuipnunt and with niakniu o n - tracts with tlios, lompanii- wimh ic them larse prolit- That is tin. ma miners have been hnrjted w itli talun ndvantase of their po.sitions in man" n,..ne ()n the -nle through then niwer tu ,i. from whom equipment should he bous;hi To put it baldly, tlo lime been i harged with heinc grnfters Vanoii' iit'emjits have been made ro bieah up this alleeii piaiiii'i b ln b.it the laws do not seem to niiM- been tip lent or r ti owners of mtlrouil i . untus would not be proposing a m w ilnn If the prop. is. d railroad e .ipini n m poration should be inurtirtil anil if it nouid have a monopoly m it- tie, i mib r .'ovrnmen' supervision . wi snou'd be mking a step in the direction of rime n owii.T-lup -a abort step it istr'.e bi' in i rtl,. 'es a ,t, away from nrmtii rn i ' lovurd t ib i governmental iei,lntion 'Iiiim e li.p. ,i,n nt an time ac wmn tin rai'io.uls w.-ri' operated from Wasnuigtnii i rinu tie ir If the eountiv desin tin- son ,,' tniti,' it can have ii. b .' it ,i;i,t no i, 1, , r, t n d upon without ,i t i ' nalintioi . w.iu' i means. THE SILESIAN NUGGET COAL. . the n the chief session itf the ballot 'o U'lll , T t USIJI ( w i n n .1 bo hi ti tin in tl illl"l .rid nre -ia pus. , It T- i i ' -mn of '1 i i rstull. s strui t .re s i nnren ten Itol most i . This wialth founded on tl, frated in 'h invohed on s, 111 1 I'-. iitliistria ' si nai ir.i 'iiHHi .! up iiidin in ii II ol 1 citing plebi 8entlment it. s "B his i. ii ;'ul ' -ln ii I I . v ni ,n; upon the disposni in Ihe Silesia ball fied b) iiisn .1 i nb-sw u I I'dsi iii but in nn- tins peling 'mi- intcnsi i p-in f n a' i'1-iiii tat ions imagine n -."tin,, . ontesi upon the imu'r ship of the ainiini. i'i in hi. ol l'i mn ! unui and Some imiinii wi'i be gi iicii .. tin u, ten sity of the stri.ggb in tin n .'em wlmli hi 'Sine Prussian bv tin xt raoidiuun on (lientK of I'u'denck the dr. ,n m the eighteenth " ihum The ri suit, while no' m 'b'tinm known forecast another dcrman innni this time flt tho poll Talcs n' disonbis and termi iling thicats appear t" hme hei n 'hulls tiPtltlnus and "ti fin whole tl.e plebi.i ne. conducted l.llder allied llUsOlces. seems to SC swvt1 Tff'HtSil on,, rnn" "' "ri'''r '" ,!,h' l-ai) of a Til f'SH'5 '''' IP man 1 ll''' '"'"'' o Mi llurdiu:.' tnnil" SffitlfMi' $ ' H " bi pleasiiri' t'i asl for the lesiunation of M IWtlKi'f WHi sport, most grai ioiisIv ui ommodutid him M3raVlHwAHSafe The man wh r.M well :m ,., r.'turv of BiaSfcw J A l ii' bavo been finrlv .upen iwd. d. miiii 'ii- mfefl's' lir4 paeit)- for oigamalioii was li-pin x ! n the if 'i? W ' '',!'' wholesale hhipinents of former natives ami 'fllLt ' W-'1'W4!', residents of tl untrs m their home s,,,! BSt Of till Oder llVCI WHICH lllhei ts the oirlnn. the 'oh s have long pli ilolllltlilt ' il but the indusiiial iii. such n iinln. lCoenigshuti' and others hav hud dcrmun lUfljoritlcs for M-seral "ntiirn's When the result yf the voting is lull)- as- -A . -'miN -i''irriiiHridT'iiiriNtai -t-Mt-" ii,i ..ii Tnv. - wmm ecrtnlneif tho comlniKron of the lirlnclpal nnil associated powers will make a recom mendation concerning- tbe line to be adopted ur the frontier of flcrinnny in Upper Silesia. When the administration of the territory linn been .provided for by either the I'ollsh or the flei-mnii authorities the powcr.s of the commission will terminate. Flaw can. of course, he picked in the plebiscite rented) for racial tangles. There will be important German or I'ollsh minor ities In t'pper yiiesiu, no matter which way the voting lias gone. Hut an approxima tion of fair play will lime been reached in ii problem of vital lgnlficiince and exceeding difficult). The handling of the situation Mills far sheds an auspicious light on at least one portion of the general peace tteat) WHO'S MAKING AMERICA SAFE FOR MURDERERS? Crime Laws Hereabouts Seem Hardly More Effective Nowadays Than the Volstead Act TF Ml'ltDKIt doesn't become a reall) popu- lar out-anil-in-door sport for the under world of the foiled States it will not be the fault of the district attorneys of the period, the police or the juries, which seem to be swayed bv sentimental horror when they are asked to lender a verdict which call for the death penalty. Homicide, if one mav judge b) the curt cut record of, American courts, will soon he a safe as golf. There was a time not so long ago when unexplained and unpunished murders were not rrudil) forgotten or viewed as common place and unmoidablc incidents in the i nutinc of events Very rich men who used millions to obstruct or confuse the inedian ism of the law, to slow down nnd drag out court processes to a point nt which the In terest of the public and the cnerg) of prose cutors lapsed together, lime escaped the consequences of major crimes on u few oc casions, but they estaped usually h. the bruidth of a hair and after agonizing or deals. Nowada)S a man licensed of murder will seem to he heading struight for con Mctinn on one day and on tin next he will be recemng the i ongratulntions of his friends as n free citizen. The trend of recent events in the courts of Philadelphia is dearly suggestive of a di minishing general regard for human life nnd the statutes erected for its protection. Hut our reiord is no worse, no more sig nificant, tlinn the records established else where Another woman charged with mur der has been acquitted on her own testi mony. In the coal tii-liN of West A'irginia, where murder wus an organized business and where about incut, lues weie delib erntly sacrificed in gun tights between stiikeis and strike breakers, the lourt hme been unable to declare any one guilt). Within the past few months at least two men were murdered with brutal deliberation in Philadelphia. No one has been Mile quiitel) punished for cither crime nnd it is not likely that any one will be A judge presiding at the 1 1 ml of a person ihargeil with murder is usuulh preoccupied with tin- task of maintaining the technical i hecks and safeguards intended to insure simple justiie to the guiltv and the innocent alike Jur.Miien are the interpreters of facts reeali'd in the evidence. The lawyers for the defense have one dominating, driving purpose in mind when they plead in what is technical!) Known as "a bad case." The) seek to reate a doubt The doubt in the i ollei'tixe mind of the jur is the thing that, under the law. must shield the most in human of murden rs The first signs of its existence ale to the lnwers fop tin- defense mole welcome than the sight of land was to ('oiumbus This is in a win as it shni.ld be. The law i not an agen of vengeance It is established III the interest of justice If the rights of an an Usui man were nui pio tei ted al ever) angle, if judges permitted 'heir ptrsonnl feelings to w a them, if doubt in the mind of n jur) was not alwms ucwod a m-tilii ation ot in qtntinl or punishment milder than the evidem e cms to warrant, men. indeed, we should haw- cause to worij. V. t it is ii-rtain that justice i not alwms done in minder trials. Juries are otten a bit too leauv to doubt . miewlien- in the innehiiiei iieafd lor the Mifonement of onunon law there me weak links Tiifse weak links seem, m the light of n-i i nt and - urrent eent. to be the poll, i ami the ageni n-s etnblished b tin- oin pionwcalth tor the pnee. ution ot nmtnals The district attornev and tne polne are supposed '.I milk'1 their ill-" dollbt-ploof 'lheic hu" bi en tun's when though the t.isk was relatiw' i.u; , it wasn't a. ' oniplished. And nines mount be blnnn d it the) hesi tate to -end a man to the electric i hair whib rhe nave anv lingering suspicion ,,f his iniioi i-in e Tin- in-tin. tne obie. iniii in lupjta pum-n-inent is mote wid'spiead and deeper rooted than son," judges and -miii' lawyers appeal to real..c. 1 1 is due m part to a new and slo! ii'ipllieii kliowleilji of the .nil ot iiminals uhotind their wa to the execution moms at lit llefontc There i, ainong the mi n wno caih (ear niiti r the death pcniilt lor minder, a too great proportion ot th" ignorant, tin- friendless and the ouivmch pom. Illiteiutes and foreigners w ithoiit re souii is of nione) or natural -hiewdness arc not am -ted or m. used or tried am oft' tier than the admit gunmen or the sharp pm fesMomil luminals of tin- cilie- lint it i otten ncicssiirt in admit thin tlici nnd iscnpo finm the elei trie chair far mo-e uilh . nt rutin "tlor i '.asses of iiffendeis tind n In -miii lommiinitns and umong oiii" , itie- tin re is a lingeting feeling tli.it fin llfi of a uuiii who speaks mil a fme gn latigi.nge , sunn hou not qillti -o ,il'inble j. the life of a man who speaks I'liglina with tin month and ens) in . eiit n ,i nutne So .ill n 'Hough, mi alien who. tiim.gh siupul it v 1. 1 iguornin blunders into ,. tight m who h his oppmien' 's l.illnl, wil go to hi- baili while the shrewd'r man though hi ii.ord 1h Mm k uml Ins rmn deliberate, will I. Ins wm out f a in r of in umstiuitinl , ! n e inleqiiatf to proi hi III a bi uti , u . olu biiiodi d degi in rate and a niemn to ill let 1 I' the b'lMtle- III till- pollie (lllli of tic distri'' a'toinei to be shrewder than he and t Mi . t and presi ni their evidem e so 'hat iu r-. men i an render a wrdi't with . i in . Ilsi l M And it is bei nose polj. ,. . ml llftornevs -eem Iln'eisiligls this T tin t the staMs'i. s of hollo .t"llllls .11 till I'mleil Slate. umb' i of b ga' e.ei iitioiis 'row prosi i i t ing iniib!" Pi i. . lib llioull while the i P w I i Mow with .1 beuteti ' upieil had to piemen' tinnlls i aiioi't'iusis anil in in 'i. mini ji an i an ful s i'ssci a man wile o deaih in an apiirtun'tit that In ... on laikii sine i Hi. ii..ailiiiii. ri .' during the pimcss i v ni s nail t" bi loiind 'Ihe intuit was siirtui aferl as In- iiis ne i. lis . mi. ,,i, tii' be lloor III rib-i- lh.il ' tin gi tassas n, ght an The i rune I'lUrbaiinns d is lie) ond the gugeil in that oiniin t be i alb d biirnur init do that sort of Una.- It ni hie of the men w ho i n- i ntcrprise, who stood In ,n oisii testinions and sas1 the lordihg t job finished and then drose oil m tin sntnn . motor' nr. i'ot off svith a i on piuatiM h light s'titei.'e ami that, in all iiiobabilit) , will he the end of ihe uutiter. 'I lie .ill importiillt d'nibi i Doll win. li lavs, vers depend in aim"-! hopi e. ia- .sa. inated in the mind of the jurors Doubt will ahsass be rentcl in the minds of nines .o mug lis the men who lire lppnsci to mt I or the i onimonsM tilth tl" not know aoss to do their work or. knosving how to do it fni'. Treodwa).' said Judge Audeurlcd lo the Otfjiftri . f3Pmjmmmt)&mm ' ," "- ' ' ' II . .1.11. M IU I "Ml '" " '" " '"" WWIll pi, It, ,, I ,.l .....I. ., .. t,, , 1 1..HI..I -.r.Jl . .IIH l.lt..ll. ,. .' J """ ' 2 It J " J , ' t man who va8 tbe central figure in a wries of events that seemed to bo lending straight to tho electric cbatr, "I want to congratu late you on the verdict of the jury. I have no congratulations for the commonwealth I" That statement, following u limit sentence of approximately twenty years in the pen! teutlnry, was .significant enough for the prisoner as well as for the representatives of the commonwealth for whom the judge had no congratulations. Capital punishment mav be of doubtful nluo. It may uot be a deterrent o crim inals. If juries no longer have the courage to apply it other methods ought to be tried. There was a time, however, when the public heard less of cold-blooded killings thnn Is heard now and when Juries seldom lacked evidence on which to find just verdicts. A man who sits In a jury has n perfect right to demand unquestionable iind Incon testable proof of murder guilt before he tnkes a share of the responsibility for sending an other man to his death. So long nil criminals can find abler nnd more resourceful advocates than the com monwealth can muster in its own behalf, the lnws that nppl) in cases of homicide xvlll not operate with much more certainty than the Volstead net. If a man is guilty he should be proved guilty, and If he cannot be proved guilty he hns as great a lcgul right as any one else to his freedom. And if juries are willing to bring in second degree xerriictx because they shrink from the thought of capitnl punishment other penal ties ought to be fixed for tlrst degree murder. A lengthening procession of murderers walking freely out of court or escaping with light or relatively light sentences because of legal tcchuicnllties is an intolerable spectacle. WOMEN AND TOBACCO SOMK OXK has lntely been wondering why it is not fitting for a woman to .smoke a pipe It is admitted that women are smoking cigarettes, both in this country and in ICurope. If women are to smoke at all. it has been argued, they should be allowed to use tobacco in nn) form which pleases them, whether it be in a cigarette, in a cigur or in the bowl of a pipe of da), meerschaum or briar. Well, the answer to this is that the women have always done as they please about it. In the Philippine Islands the na tives all smoke. There is a fainilv cigar hung in the middle of the room and the men. women and children each take their turn at it as the mood suggests. In Puritan New England in the lirst half of the last cen tury ssomen smoked. Horace Greeley In his teministences tells how it was his duty as a bos to till his mother's pipe for her and light it and get it started, but he admits that he never i ontriii ted the habit of smoking. Ho docs not tell us wh). Perhaps it was be cause his mother did not tell him lie mustn't. The forbidden thing is usually much more enticing than the unforbidden. Amy Lowell, niso a New Knglander. found solace in a black cigar when she was in this cit a year or so ago. No effeminate cigar ette for her Whether she smokes u pipe we do not know , but we should not be sur prised to learn that she has a collection of lay pipes, perhaps church wardens, which she uses after the manner of Tennyson, who i. sed the ehiinh warden once, then broke it and lighted another. And nosv we are learning from London that titled ladies are smoking pipes in pub lic, csen in the lounges of the theatres. At a icietit lutn heon a lady whose title goes back to King John told her guests that there were cigars and cigarettes for "those of you wiio are f o ih enough not to -moke pipes." and thereupon ut her own pipe , And K. K. l'.enson in hi autobiography tells how his mother, the wit" ot an archbishop, was in the habit of smoking a pipe. A PRODIGIOUS WARSHIP A KHAliINtl equipment with tonnage and di.plni eini nt the superdieadnought ('olorado which takes the waters of the Pel.iwnie toda). can he acniutited one of the Ion mo. t nghtuig engines of the world The great battleship, similar in t)pe to time sisier. one of which is already in lomnussion at Ness port News, is far and 'was the largest ever constructed in the Philadelphia industi ial territory. It- loscst risii' the Idaho, also a Ness York Ship building ptniliict, la. k'-d the displacement of the i 'olorado by tHKi tons ll.ittleslups of the Colorado's magnitinie length li-4 teet and displacement .'W.ii(it) tons - represent the swift changes that ssithin a oiiiparutisi is less years have entered into tin- . onsiiuctiiiii of nasal lighting arms The nil i. not yet. since the new Iowa and Mn-.-n lu.setts. for sshich bid. were opened some tini" ago. will eai h have displa ement gieafr bs lO.IHin tons and will measure tist let ' trom stein to stern As set the pioblem ol luting the nasal e. pan-on program to the Panama Canal has tmr aiisen Th" shallowest portion of that wuttrssii) has a depth of tint) -one feet. Tne lnssu s tliaft xv ill be thirtv-' hree teet. lint th" present late of naval dcselopment. il lontinuid. m. I) indeed esentuails occasion . n.bjrrassjnent nt the isthmus Meanwhile, hosseser. the twin iti'-s of I'muilm ami Philadelphia mas i.ii.c a just p-.ii in todas's laumhing It i ''presents i.ti- mils a prodigious in i ess of Amern nn n.isiii -tnngth. but a triumph i American nn h.iiinnl ingenuiis , -hip i rnftmanship ami engineering skill. DONE IN ENGLAND FIRST T Mil! M Paul union tin ti ing.igid in b .tiding trades sslio husc gom mtn the . oritr.i' ting ni.siness thiough tin ir organ u.ilioii.. are following the cxamph of lintish uoikuien i'i - i in 1 1 ii i- i outlining. Tlieie wil- a disagreement b'twen the men nnd their iiuplo.ser-' osei wage and ions of work After a sain attempt to i ji ii an itgn ement the Itruish unions a: tanged a plan bv which tin) would taue .mini t for building and the mm would do Mi" work Tins- arranged a viIhsJiiIl- of "in rutmiis win h was intend' d to Keep the piaster' rs. the brn Uliiy i-r and the mrpm tcr at ssui'k throughout the yc.n regard ' . of weather iniiditious. No udequale re ports of the working of the experiment have iii en leceisid Oil this side of the 01 cat! 'Ill St. Paul men are not willing tn a., epl a dlt in wages. The think that they ,iu ,'i t the old si ale if they eliminate the i niiti.i' ting middleman and add his profits to the wiu'ts he is willing to pas If i),ey c.in tind lit' working capital the mas .i,. , f"d not mils in keeping Up the si ale of .sag. s. but esin in mini in,' the o-t of building Ksers mn interested in the housing pmi,. l.-ii. will wnti h the (Xperiiuent svith .nt). id' I nine i arioslts Tne Mate Federation of Labor bill tor unemployment insurant c s( cms designed to nn ri use the labor tuinosei. The tact that the lull would i (impel employers lo pas cut pld.scs S. .1(1 u da) during pi nods of ullniss providing that said einplo)cs have In en em piosed for twenty -s. ssteks or more would i cm to In an exi client reason win em ployers should urn employ men tor a period exi idling tssents -tne weeks. Th" main trouble with the bill is thai it is class legis lation "f the most vicious sort. This does not nn an that unemploi inent insurant!- in itself is sicioun. That tor the moment may leiuain an open question. The piousness lies in the fact that the bill is ilesigmd to benefit one class at the expense of another. And the one damning cireumsuinie In all Mich hgislation. incidental)),, is that the darned thing won't work, never would work if it cut bucamu a luw. ..uMMttfc w. .l.otmtHM ,(ilWMIWV'fa'V,.- UNIQUE HiSTORY It Was Written, 8et Up In Type and Published by n Man Eighty Yeara Old Old Newspapers and Their "Ads" Hy GEORGK NOX McCAIN THE unique "History ot Philadelphia, " of all the sketches and histories of the city, is, beyond doubt, one printed nnd published by Daniel Ilowcn in 18.111. It Isn't a history properly speaking, but rather n guide book with historical refer ences, containing 1100 pages. A rare copy came to my hnnd from a lady whose ancestors' names figure iu the quaint volume. The oddity of the publication is associated with the personality of the author, Daniel Ilowcn. Its historical value is contained In the purely local coloring nnd description of men, shops, museums and institutions of the 30s. Bowcn ssns n native of Philadelphia. He served both as a soldier nnd sailor in the war of the Ilevolution. From 1700 until nbout 18.18 he was awav from the city continuously. He came hack as a comparative stranger and writes his impressions as though he were a French or English tourist visiting the city for the lirst time. He was then a very old man. and I fancy was one of the earliest types of the "tramp printer," He obtained permission from tho pro prietor of "Young's Printing office. No, " lllnck Horse alley, off South Second street between Market and Chestnut," to use his type, ornaments, nnd presses gratis for the publication of his history, which he set up with his osvn hand. The author, printer and publisher was at the time eighty years of age. THE fiftieth anniversary of the organi zation of the Philadelphia paid tire de partment last week calls up this Interesting fact token from Howen's history. t'nder n heading "Regulations of the State House Hell" he gives the following arrange ment for notifying tin- citizens "of the di rection of tires." "When the lire is in the vicinity of the State House (Independence HnlU, the bell is struck rapidly without any distinct inter mission. "When north of the State House, one blosv is given svith a distinct pause between each repetition. "When south, tsvo blows nre given. When east three. When west four. "When the (Ire is northeasi, one blosv is given followed by a distinct pause then three blows in quick succession. "When northwest, one, four. When southeast, tsso, three. When southwest, two, four." It lcquires thiee pages double column measure to contain the index to the work. TVENTFItE the assertion that in scores of old Philadelphia and Pennsylvania homes there nro hundreds of priceless relics hidden nway iu attics and bureau drawers' of whose worth the osvuers are blissfully ig norant. There must he hundieds of copies of val uable hooks, newspapers and manuscripts not to mention old china and rare pictures, engravings and furniture. The idea was impressed upon me sslien David II. Hosse, the banker, -bossed me a perfect copy of the Ness England Weekly Journal of April S, 17'-'S It was published iu Huston bv "S Knee land and T. Green at the printing house in Queens street where advertisements arc taken in It was a single sheet about ten by four teen inches and its latest nesvs fioni abioiul ssas dated Lotulou, November 4. l"'J7. This ran- old Kips, which was about tin third newspaper published in Massachusetts, ssas found in a bureau drawer in Chester county, together ssith some other old papers that had been lying neglected for thirt) .sears before it was rescued und presented to Mr. Hosse. T7T.RY V of o EltY fesy copies of American newspapers ouin l lie contents nt tins one nre terrsting ns the sheet itself. quite Us in- One of the advertisements rends: ''Choice uesv coffee nt eight shillings p(.r pound " At ordinary pre-war exchange this would be about equivalent to $1' a pound todn.s. A hook advertisement offers "The Histoi) of the Hise, Increase and Progress uf the Christian People Cnlled Quakers. Intci mixed With Seveial Remarkable Occurrences, bv William Sewell " Another lends "A vers- likelv Negto girl about thirteen or fourteen )pars of age. speaks good English, hns been in the (ountrv some sears, to be sold, inquire of the printer hereof " That same advertisement might base ap pearcl anv time prior to 1 Still in any news paper south of Mason and Dixon's line NO'I all the shaip comer trnnsiii lions ore turnei rs in i onimercinl d bs hrms and corporations in the ordinary couise of busi ness I learned of a new one which ssn pari of the experience of A Lincoln Acker, the i its - pun busing ngent Tin- purchasing agent not onls hiss escrs tlung in the way of supplies needed bs the cits and its institutions, from piovisinns by the ton to toilet soap, hut the cits also has a lot of tuff to sell which is a part of tho dits of tin- purchasing agent to dispose of. Some time situ e, Mr. Ackei hud sum' old mat) rial to dispose of. There s, isn't w-ry mill h demand for it, and so he reieised only a few bids for the stuff He was considering the highest bid when In reieised u communication from a broker in one of the Ness England cities who offered him a f i action of a dollar more than the highest bid. There svns a peculiar odor uboui the mat ter that led him to investigate it in a quiet ssas. ssiicn he discovered that the bmker ssas the representative In tin- uorthi-iiM of the ioi al loinern that had offend the highest prn e for the material It o'ciincd to him that tl' iinsbuds was willing b) surreptitious means to oiler more than his own bid the material was of more salue than appeared on the fan- of jr. And it was. for lie obtained a highci tiguie for it later on. SENA'I chni ENATOR LARRY FA RE of Cncier 'onimittee iiiinroiitintian-' The prim ipal duty of himself and his loiiiniittce just now is to recuse delegation', of ( iti.ens Tins come to plend for inoiies -money to run hospitals, erect buildings, maintain iharitable home-, and for all otln i purposes where i ash i an be used. Slllne of the people In these delegations are cheerful, kindly souls. Otlnis are in- istdit. dictatorial and pcp-istcni It is all more or i- of a worrv to the (ban man There was il long-distance call on the telephone the other dav for Si alitor Evie. The voice at the far end of the wire Inquired . Senator E.sre, jou are ihaiiinnu of the appropriation oinmittce, I believe':" "Yes, who is this?" "Thin is Mr H and 1 wish to know if jou will be willing to stilisiribe to a fund to be used for sending a delegation up to llarrisbiirg tn appear before sour up propiiation committee on behalf of the " and the speaker named a iirlain institution "I admire sour nerve, lephcd the -in ator. "hut I'll mu subscribe a penny. Do sou imagine that I am going to help pas the expenses of a lot of people to come up heri iind pester the life out of me':" ami the telephone reccisir svas clapped on tin. houk with a iraslu In one half a column of a newspaper are to be found these three stories. In Dover, (., a man eighty -tsso yeais old gets u divorce from Ins wife, aged sixls-cight In Columbus, O.. ii business man, listening to a mule chorus composed of convicts, llnds Ins son umong the singers, In a murder trial in Mllford, Pa . the name of the slain mint was ihe lirst to be drawn out of the jurv wheel. What three-volume novel or three-reel film play could mntnln more hu mau interest and more druniatic coincidence. 4,. -rzm M .Is-" - -" ' .- m.f. NOW MY IDEA IS THIS Daily Talks With Thinking Philadelphiuns on Subjects They Know Best A. C. BIGELOW On the Distribution of Food V HE dav "of superabundance of food has passed, and it is evident that every gieat industrial community must compete more keenly and go further afield to obtain adequate food supplies, suss A. C. Rigelosv. chnirmon of the agricultural ( oinmittce of the Chamber of Commerce, sshich urges the appointment of a market (ommissiou b) Mayor Moore to survey the situation. "The history of the human race through all the agest and among nil rates shows that the most dominant, compelling, ever piesent problem of humanity has been that of food siipplv," Mr. Rigelosv said. "It was the vision and the hope of a 'land flowing with milk and hone)' which sustained the spirit of the Jews during the tiials and tribulations of fmtv vein's of wandering, and finally brought them to the 'promised land.' "The supeiabundance of food production iu this land has been the most potent factor in the migiatinn winch in so brief a period changed the continent from a vasl wilder ness to u mighty empire of more than 100. 000, OUO piople. Facing New Era "Now. in all wass. we face a new era. one sshu h will well iiidin e us to breathe from our heart tin- entire appeal of the Lord's piastr, putting emphasis on -our daily bruid,' because the pressure of popula tion upon tin- means of subsistence i-1 getting evtn more seven-. "It must be reinembeieil that the term 'adequate food supplies' infers qiiulit) . quun lit) . variety and price "Il must be recogni.ed thai adequate food siipplie. dnectlv ufl'cU and condition the health and happiness of thr mnutnity. the growth of eliildien, the effective energy of the woikeis and the rate of wage. "Ilrondls speaking, fond is the fundamen tal factor in our industrial and social status, and bears the same relation to human foice that coal does to mechanical power. "The situation in legnrd to food supplies mav be stated briefly : "Per nipita production has been ion tiniiolls di creasing "l.ngidills, prices have been sluwly but siiiely rising. "Approximately 00 per cent ot food costs to (onsuiners is made up of distiibutioii COsts. Waste in Ilig Cities "The lui ilities and methods of this my. as in other large uties of the L'tuteil States, an- wasteful and unduly expensive, "Having loiisuleieil this situation, the Chamber of Commerce urged the appoint ment of a market commission, and the sub led was brought to the attention of Mtiyor Moore immediately after he came into of Hi' MA MSMS ; tj WILLIAM ATI1ERTON DI PI V JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS, senioi sfna tor from Mississippi, is somewhat old fashioned ,iiiI tlicrefoic did not iiiiliu diutels submit when his so. reiary urged that he go to ii Turkish hath to break up a cold. When he I'mallv yielded he was not m a sympathetic mood and grumbled a bit over tlie tiopic temperature of tl"' steiiinroom and swoie under his breath while getting a Seue gainbiau mii'siige on the marble slab. He jieldeil lo being soaped and latheietl tsso or tinee tiines, tiist on one side and then on the other Tin n he was liused oil nicely ami thought it ssas all over. The utten'dant, howevei, began all user again ssith ii handful of lough salt. The senator lebeiled , "Look hen-. Sam," he said. "You stop that. 1 mav base been dirty enough to need soap tluei- times, but 1 won't have .sou begin on m now with sand " The Itruish nnd the I'liinh, sa.s Dr Robert S. Woodward, tleaii of the corps of siunllSls sshi'll rev oh l'i. about the Cosmos Club in Washington, have done most for the advancement of science in the last teiitur). For sheer intellectual fori e and oiiginali'tv the lintish base excelled. The Frenchman likewise bus an inventive mind, but his forte is cl-nrness of exposition. A Itrilisher may write n profound treatise on u m ientihe nub iis'l. If jou are wim. sou will lead sotin Frenchman's explanation oi il intlier than the original. The American scientist lcud3 lu ix-icarth rather than in theory. 00-O-OH, THATPS csrw fice. A public hearing was had at which strong argument was made for the appoint ment of such a commission. A venr hns pushed and the Ma.vor has failed to take action. "Tin- reason this survey should be under taken bs the city lies in the fact that it is a very broad and important matter which aflccts every household as well as the eco nomic status of our greut industrial com muint) . "It involves diverse interests t nnnectcd with distiibutioii, and )et interests which must he considered in relation to the whole proposition, uninfluenced bv selfish consider ation. "It would seem potent that the munici pality should undertake and direct this study of our food situation through the agency of a commission, whose personnel should be of such a characler as to assure absolute con lideme in its findings as to facts and its recommendations for action. Is Important Question "It would seem that this question of food siippls and food prices should at least rank its of equal importance with a Parkwav. dredging the Schuylkill river for boat racing, art galleries and other activities in which the municipality intciests iiself and for which it expends the money of our citizens. "In many instant en this city has suffered from lack of constructive vision. Involved as this food question must be with the future growth of this cits in population and in dustrial expansion, there Is presented now an oppoitiinit) to vision the futuie and its needs and to formulaic a constructive plan to develop elhcient. i conoinic marketing facill ties and processes which will place us in a position to attract the food to us under lavorable conditions, ami distribute it ut u minimum of cost and waste." What Do You Know? QUIZ I .Nnine Ihe :' Who ss'as capital ol .osv the author of lork "fluns Bn-li- matin" .' v Who hi tin. el.euuer . Uritlsh chancellor of the ix. I t nder svh.it name is living In Holland- tho former kaiscr . Hh.it Is n drypulnt cubing" l. Name the composer of ihe s rnphonv ' Jupiter" 7 What Is ullllt ration ' K. Who was the "svnr presideni uf France- ' , ' ,,. r" u m.''H'" "J' a state subvention - in XV li.it tsso Presidents of the lnlted States have bun noted ns historians'.' Answers to Yesterday's Quiz 1 ' hatlmte lliontc, Knglisli novelist ssiotn t'uirer !B,1-" U"dC'' ""- P" m of : Knui Hamsun ts a distinguished Norwe gian novelist author uf "HutiKer" HI11 The IJruwth of the Soil." 1'!, ''ns r'.i'-'n"1 Vi" V"bt'' ,,r'z" U,r '"-mture In 11'20 About a score of years ngo be w..s it street-, at conductor in I'hlcairo l.p grapny In the sclent 0 iclatlnir to si rlt l nifs or (ngraslng on monuments coins, stones, etc 'sum, I Tin t'nllnlsheil Symphony' was .utn posed by Krnn. Shubert. i An t pie is ,, narrative p,.m OI, ,h(. . si. vie, usually cenicrlriB about some national r iacl.il hero, as rivHB'. ent.iH, Hiowulf. Jtoland, f'h.irlei wffne ie An 'epic of gr-wth" Is on" ',T, ,' has evolved siKuitmicouslv from foil songs, foil, tales. ..to. ia't(r,r,;i mo l.leraiy form by poets or some ,Vn" """,".. r.x.nmI'les re Homer's "IU" .mil tl.e "Beowulf" An epic of art Is a (on.-ilous endeasor to write cspeclnlls .ihuilt soin, heroic figure or some ItirKu national subject. Examples are Tennv. sous "Idylls of the Klnif " l.avainoi'H "Hruf VergllH "Aenol.l," 'M ilto ,s "I'nradln- Lost" -xiuioti s i) liilgiatte is the inpit.il of Serbia T. Mr Laming WorlhliiKtoti-Evnns is the nosv Urlllsh hecrttary of state for svnr S l'he thistlo is the niitiunnl lluwcr of sJiii land ' f The niin.e of thfi reignlns Hntlsh tos.il lous.. is Windsor H xx a ilianfro.lt,, this duriiiB Ihe war by ,,, t of l-.irlhi-nitnt, trom U'ettln on account of il liernmn implications of the latter lu A pallii'lioinii Is a word or ei(,,10. ,. i.. ... tails the same backward nnd forward l.xumplfs an 'Madam" "Miulani 1 m X.lam" "Able was I en. I. iV..'.n. isciltidl to Niipoleni, nnd one . red lit', m P T Illinium, "l.essd did I h x, s,l .lid I tlssel," which in, hUi.'sVr Ti lui impirfict on amount of th' obli gation of using the isnibol & instead uf spelling "and ' out. t C . T .,-.....,, . .,....v,..r-., .... . ,.....JJ ,iti SHORT CUTS Spring mado her official entry picio.isly. Germany Fpper Silesia, took the palm Sunday in The legislative jam is going to loav many a worthy hill iu pickle. The Mnrch lamb may yet turn out to bt a lion with a bone in its teeth. When Dr. Furbusli cries. "Take " it is an invitation, not a farewell. the If the Palmer ruling holds, all a soda fountain will need will be a suds scraper and a brass lail. Even with a two-inch tariff bill there is possibility that a congressman will be abl' to put his foot iu it. Res. Dr. I'inger, of National Par!', V. J , who inveighs against the one-piece bulb ing suit, is evidently nn admonitory one. Now that a Toronto man has flagged ,i train with a red sock, the girl who used a red petticoat may take u much-needed rest Life is n circus to emancipated women, remarked Demosthenes McGiunis. and ever so many of them apparently wish to be bareback performers. Which'll you do, demands the admin istration of Congress, put up enough niones to man the fleet ami make no bones of it or l educe the ships to skeleton crews? ' Alter he had eaten his Sunday dinner an Ellsvood, Pa., man ute eight dozen raw oysters; and we'll bet another )$f that he was jiibt us intelligent as uny oyster lie ute. Tin; victory of Germany in I'ppci Silesia is far from being un unmixed evil. Defeat would huve been an excellent reason for ob jecting to tin- payment of reparations per haps the tirst valid reason offered, The suggestion of Effingham II. MoinJ thai trustees of the Fnivcrsity of Pennsyl vania resign after ten years service appears to hove drawn attention to an ancient sav ing that the old guard dies but never -uc-icndcrs office, or words to thut effect. Six hundred farmers supplying Nw Y'ork with vegetables have organized to "protect themselves against unfair specu lation." Consumers will reserve their en thusiasm over the biff received by the middle men until they see whether or not llicy are to share in the benefits. An English psychic in Chicago says the Egyptian mummies iu the urt institute Iihsi' put n curse on those who have handled them and the consequent brown spirit rays make it impossible for her to deliver her lecture on "The Higher Mysticism." Which sug gests the thought thnt to raise brown spirits as an alibi is, as it were, distinctly ruiuiuv. A batch of girl immigrants who arrived al the Gloucester immigration station oa Saturday wore bobbed hair and short skirts and had rouge on their cheeks. Once upon. a time a paragrnpher might have said that tliev were readv equipped for musical comedy, but time has killed that whee;.e Chorus girls may soon be wearing as WV on the stage as they do on tho strep'.. In Ilackcnsack, N. J., a thirteen vein old boy hanged himself because he svas nm allowed to attend a wedding. In Lancaster Pa., a thirteen -year-old girl shot horsd' after being ehided for disobeying orders l' going to the movies. Truly tho griffn m rhildicn-are very real. Truly the rc-ponsi hilitj of iiiislng boys nnd girls is very great And truly , in such unusual cubes, it Is itu"-" easier to find fault with pareuts than lo km wheieiu they erred. Il was not thought when the e.vi' service law was fni initiated that it wotii'i prove to be H friend of the politician. l"P so it may turn out. Tbe policy of the liaiu ing administration riiiii-eriiing postniasle' " ships, it is said, will In- to put lirst. second and third class pnstmiislerships into t"" tivil seivicr. hold roinpetltlvn ovaiiilniili" f ni-li place and pick u good Republic' an when possible, for the place fioni among '"' Ihiee highest cllgibles. 'I'll Is gives the ml giessmait a chuuec to use his Influence "'' jet relieves him of the necessity of niaM" enemies of the muuy applicants turned ac-
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