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A HICHWAY TO KNOWLEDGE.

4 CAPITAL story Of the year tells Of a native American who
~ had come to the end Of his resources and who "began life
= = over again" by discovering America as the immigrant does
an4 availing himself of the aids to advancement which the immi-
grant uses. He drew books from the free libraries, frequented the
college settlements, attended the free lectures gwen under the aus
pdcss Of the schools, and accepted the opportunities for free technical
training. So he climbed upward as the self reliant immigrant does,
with the public boosting as the public is willing to do. The depend
emit clerk became the Independent contractor.
The story is recalled by the report Of the Supervisor Of Lectures
IN he public schools. Between October, 1910, and May, 1911, more
than $4,000 persons attended lectures given by 71e lecturers on
1857 topics before GAIL audiences, an average audience Of 176
persons. The lecturers comprised graduates from the leading Ameri-
can and English universities, with some claim to rank as specialists.
Their topics included literature, modern science, health and santa
ton, travel, the science of government and municipal administration.
Anybody with a thirst for knowledge may take deep draughts
at our free lecture system. Contrast it with the lyceum courses
offered in smaller communities where admission is charged. The
latter cover only a few dates in the winter and these are filed by
man with far less warrant to speak authortatively than those in
our own lecture system-by men whose disposition to scatter fire
and scintillste rather than ilumine is betrayed in such titles as
,eta, etc. The typical New York public school lecture has a genuine
student behind it, not Q mere entertainer, and his product is in
keeping.
Thousands of young women Of foreign birth in domestic service
here are making good use of the public facilities for the spread of
knowledge. They draw books from the libraries, they 20 to night
school, they attend these lectures. Some Of their employers might
well follow their example. The newspapers and shop windows an
nounce the lectures in advance. 1t is possible for people jealous for
study to occupy every free evening in listening to well presented
lectures, to make each lecture bear upon the last, and to supplement
it al by the reading prescribed at the circulating Libraries. Here is
real university extension" for old and young. ,.
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by ex~tortng the strident harmony of
Pull For The Shore. Sailor!' from the
organ, when he ceased the clamor
was snoti.ered.
They ate liver because II was cheap"
DR.. Greese went on hurriedly. John
Armstrong. the wheel wright, spent too
much Of his mon:y In the man trap.
Then one day that village was aroused
by the announcement that DR.. Greese
and Prof. Slurk. the Moral Anarchists,
would lecture on temperance in the
town hall. John Armstrong. the wheel
wright. had been elected from the man
trap because h. had no more money"
Il beg pardon!' said a fussy old lady
in the front row; Il am a vegetarian.
| Am / to understand that this man Arm
strong had wasted all his none poison
Ing his family on liver-an animal
foodT"
"He had poisoned himself on alcohol
In the man trap explained DR.. Greese
"Ah. true. he wasted his substance
In riotous living!" echoed Prof. Slurh
from the organ.
He went to our meeting" h en-
barrassed lecturer continued. Went t.
~sneer!' 4
' Prof. Slurk rolled his eyes an
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SHIFTED

w. HERE does the East end and the West begin? The West.
w ern Governors who are coming East by special train to ad.
vsrtse their own section have made four answers to the
question. These place the dividing line at Pittsburgh, at Chicago,
at Kansas City, at Denver.
It is neither possible nor profitable thus to delimit East from
West. It might be otherwise if the East had not itself settled the
West within the compass Of q century, if there were no transcont.
mental railroads, II each section did not have ocean frontage, and il
the Mississippi River system did not serve both. To call a man an
fastener OF . Westerner no longer photographs him. If he is an
Easterner II he an Ohio business man, a Pennsylvania coal operator
q New York broker, q Massachusetts textile manufacturer o r a Maine
potato farmer9 If he Is a Westerner is he a Hoosier poet, a Chi
cago beef packer, q Kansas prairie farmer, a Rocky Mountain miner
or sheep raiser, OF a Pacific Slope fruit grower2
A mans altitude and rainfall are more to the point than hi
meridian. 10 he Of the shore, the plains, or the hills? Thus ma,
all Americans be classified. Of the first has Plato said, "The SET
10 pleasant enough as a daily companion, but has also a bitter ant
brackish quality, filling the streets with merchants and shoppers an,
begstting in the souls of men uncertain and unfaithful wavs.o O.
the Others it was said long ago that the besctting sin Of the plains
man u Stiffness and of the mountainecr STUPIDITY.
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Ey&SmaQy


The elder Brooklynites were discussing
over the backs OF the seats the REASON
why the wright's family ate Liver.
One old lady who ran a cattery was
declaring p,ercingly that liver was the
hest thing for the health. She fed IL
to her cats every day. she said.
A stoop-shouldered Brooklyn man,
who had eleven children with him, was
loud In his opinion that It would have
been better for the wheelwright's family
II they had maintained a diet of cereals
and nuts.
II am bringing UP my family purely
on proteins!" he declared.
How Lid those folks keep liver In
summer" asked a stout. worried look.
Ing woman. Il fnd hver spoils II you
look at IT. The only way to get any
good out of liver Is to get 1t right out
of the butchers Ice box and take Il
home and cook It. 1t spoIls in summer
in a family refrigerator. in no time"
DIR. Greese was aghast. II was the frs
appearaDce OF the Moral Anarachisti
east OF the Ohio River. And he real
lied mat he had raised an acute poin
in Brooklyn economy. n had aroused
question among experts on liver.
Prof, slurk. however. saved the da.
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Striped Rivers.

TN his article on his recent explorations
OF the great rivers OF South America,
Caspar Whitney describes an inter-
esting characteristic of these rivers, says
the Chicago journal.
One Of the phenomena of this land
Of waters" he says, lis the retention
by each OF its W color without diffu-
sion to the very point OF actual contact,
even where the rivers differ vastly in
volume. Black waters flow into white
ones. and white mes empty into black
ones, retaining their Individuality up to
the very edge, a visible line OF demarca-
tion-on one side white, on the other
side black-unm!ngled and unexplained.
Thus the puny black Atabapo Joins the
surging white Orinoco to no less of In
tegr1ty; the black Negro River receives
almost at right angles the odious white
C~asiquaire without contamination, and
itself empties into the Amazon, not so
much as tinging the -colored waters
OF that mighty river. Humboldt reports
on the lower C~asiquaire, which I did not
visit, a black and white stream, both
flowing in from the west, some are OF
Wv anu bpliit VI az NoNtis vi tnt
number OF small streams coming into
The upper Cass!quiare from the east.
those l noted were olive. These colors,
which among white waters range from
the really white Branco through many
yellowtsh mud shades, and of black
waters from the greenish and blush
and deep brownish to the really deep,
almost black OF the Negro, high up
are explained, the scientists maintain.
by the character of the soil whence they
take their source and through which
they now. Those rising among the de-
ca ying roots. leaves. and vegetable mat
ter Of the forests are the black, and
the white those that have their source
and course In the alluvial and clayey
soils. Yet the Orinoco has It's source In
the heart OF the mountain forest. and
flows under their very shadow on the
north until It sends on the pest-ladeu
CaSiQuisrs to the south"
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NO.
70 ehs Editor Of The Evening Worlds
10 the President OF the United States
torbidden 70 leave the country at any
time during his term. whether for the
a6eirs OF the country or on personal
mattsrsf Or. In other words, IL there
Law prohibiting him from leaving
the eountryi A. ABELDs.
ear More Capable"
r. ~ Editor Of The Evening World:
have from time 10 time noticed the
vas.ous letters regarding the ability o.
woms IN business. and from my own
experience ! can safely say that the
majority Of business women. II given
the chance. would prove themselves far
more capable than men. The trouble
10 that wen though they may hold the
name position a man would hold they
are not by any near given the same
Advantage In regard 10 the money
question. Women In most cases are far
mare conscientious than men and in the
caas where money 10 handled are far
Len Ia BILE TO temptations thar men. To
~ the least. II 10 hard TO see women
eustsa from time TO rms 20 make g
piASe for men especially when there
40 - many things = mh could Do
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Letters from the Peop'e

when would not be appropriate for a
woman. IL men would adhere to the
vacations laid out for them # would
enable the opposite rex to adhere 10
Theirs, thu lessening the necessity for
the many comments heretofore mnde
on his subject. y. II. NJ.
Another DOG Grievance.
To the Editor Of The Evening World,
Readers, does II not come under the
head OF Cruelty to Animals to shut
up a little mite OF a pet dog. OF the
toy variety. In a cold. empty barn.
dark IND dirty. with windows broken
out to wind and weather. and leave II
there for t~wenty-four hours at a time
In bitter cold weather without food or
drink Cannot something he done about
~ VIII not some lover OF dumb animals
sug gest something?
MRS. c. c., Tarrytown. n. Y.
The Dollar Sign.
r, the Editor Of The Evening World:
A reader asks the origin of the dollar
sign 90. II was originally a monogram
OF ~. S." which was formerly placed
before any denomination 81 ans~,iual
money. n meant. ~ Il means now
United States currency. n 4 Z
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ar EFT me tell you the story OF
John Armstrong, whefN wright.
- began DR.. Greese. when froi'
Slurk had ceased his operations on the
organ. How many Of the little foiKs
here tonight know what q wheel
wright Vs."
Master Willie Jarr, his sister n
thoir grandmother did no KNOW
Neither did the others present AT ue
Brooklyn temperance lecture.
"Ah!" groaned Prof. Slurk at the
organ. And where IL the sawyers'
trade to-day" ,
And he shook his head, while old ana
young looked ~uncasily at each other
John Armstrong;. wheelwright'' coh-
tinwed DR.. Groese. leaving all present
with the disappearance OF wheelwrights
and sawyers ON their conscience as q
personal charge. neglected his trade
in the r.oceful New England village
where he dwelt. He spent his time II
a man trap. A man trap repeated
Or. Greese, while Prof. Slurk groane'
and snyacf,d hAs lips again.
Those man traps are around us even
now" said the speaker. sinking nj
| VOICE w tlt kIh'Sblhc
The children stirred uneasily. and on.
little girl who was up far beyond he
bedtime, began to cry
His family ate liver!" cried th'
speaker, raising his voice to down tn
whimper OF the little girl.
"WHY did they cat nver?" he aske'
imprssively.
one little boy, thinking a reply wa
In order. was heard to say that tn
wheelwright's family ate Evcr becaus
they liked II.
This encouraged Master Willie Jar
to pipe out shrilly;
Because II had no bone In IT,"
LATHE Miss Jarr was swinging ne
feet TO and fro, that the electric high
over her might reflect dazzlingly fror
the mirrored surface OF the pater
leather. She vas not Interested In live
She only knew that. 50 far as she coul
note. no other httle girl present ha
patent leather shoes with white XII
tops and pearl buttons. No other littl
girl carried a blue silk parasol. eitheI
She had only borne hers TO tie lectur
IN triumph after a passage at arm
with her grandmother. In this she ha
triumphed by the simple expedient c
r throwing herself on the floor an
/ screaming when her grandmother IA
tried to prevent her taking out tn
|, paIssoi at Iisht.
>, Prof. Slurk scowied. but tho mcctin
had gotten away from his confrsr,
The evening world., 1911-12-01
THE LAST LINE FROM RILEY?

4 7 ~fty-eight James Whitcomb Riley says he is done. His right
~ hand is palsied and he cannot dictate verse. "One must
= have his pen in hand to get the proper rhythm in such
work" Not so did Milton in his blindness.
1t is nearly thirty yetrs since Riley won an audience with "rhe
Old Swlmmin' Hole" His fame rests secure in "That Old Sweet
heart Of Mine" "When the Frost Is On the Punkin" and a dozen
other lyrics. Yet his years are not long and may yet reach an In.
dian summer of song that shall delight like his springtmc.
The evening world., 1911-12-01
Too Much for Her.

FALLING one day to see an old friend who
was visiting her married son. I inquired Of
the colored maid who answered the bell.
rs Mrs smith At homer
"Yes'm. she home" the girl replied. showing
no inclination 10 invite me In. She here AL
right. but she got q MISERY In dc head"
Mrs. Smith seniort' I asked with concern.
''ssen met she exclaimed susp!ciously. "Coss
abe seen me. Huccome she am see me wen she
hire me las night huh own selft"-and she In
dignantly shut the door without further psrlsy.-
Lipuincott's,
The evening world., 1911-12-01
The Days Good Stories

Bat the car shot . yard OF two beyond the
mark and hit the man again rust - b VA ssettns
up. with a sroan he fell back and ths mortified
doctor turned his runabout onos more .snA thds
time approached With greater caution.
A. he very slowly and carefully stored tOwGsd
bis unfortunate victim. An excited s~pscsatos
shouted from the Sidewalk:
Look out. he's coming ct you asainr"
Thersupon the man scrambled up and ran away
- fast ~ . painful limp would let hin.
ington Star.
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Geographical ally ambiguous,

THE preacher had been sloQusut In h. ~
mark concerning ths young Sin ova
whose remains the funeral services were
being held. Tear were In the eyss Of al prsssaA
Even the sneakers voice tfemblsd With the fos0
Of his emotion.
He concluded his sermon With this outbuyt:
Cen any one doubt that thk fair. fsaeih
flower has ben transplsnted to the h,thouss &
the Lordi"-Popular Mssasins. a.
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A Persistent Mot r.

~ II. CUTLER was making his round, In bis
electric unsbout one morning when he
- had the bad luck to bump into and upset
n pslestr,sn. The doctor looked behind, and,
seeing the man still mpine on the road. he
turned his runsbout and came back. intending
to stop beside the poor fellow and help him.
The evening world., 1911-12-01
BLEEDING
Kansas"

graced the name of civilization were committed. Murders pitched battles. burn
ig n ptnage we're Of common occurrence. Kansas suffered most. II vas tho
foremost Of IN border States in which slavery abolition struggled for mas
terry The Southern element wished to make Kansas a slave State The AboN-
tonlsts there combined under tn title Of" Free SoiSs" Between thu clashes Of
n W factions the State recelved-and we'll merted-is sinister nickname Of
Bleeding Kansas"
And now. out Of IN turmoil OF border warfare. tut of tn conflict OF slave.
holder n free soer arose a srang n epoch-makng hgure-a mar who
hs been alternately haleda as a hero.martyr n cursed - q fanaicai murderer.
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borders. Taylor's calm wisdom In this and othe
combined with his steady refusal to countenanc,
favoritism. gave promise Of Presidential greatn
his sudden death rendered void.
All along the border. now. between the pro-slave
s,ave States N awless warfare raRed Afrocities
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The Last
Battle.

So ended me Of the oldest vars In history. A wr in which " . lost X
n important battle and in which " e almost invariably fought against he.v
numerica odds A var that wn for us California and New Mexico. and 4
the moment stned. the everincreasng volume of the slavery disputes clauo
1t was a war, too which IA active military training % certainy young omcs
who we're later to achieve world wide fame. Among these officers may 20 mel
toned Ulysses s Grant, Robert 4. Lee and Jefferson Davis.
Now that tn Mexican conflict vas over, the slavery question once mo
sprang into fierce prominence. There were at that time about a equal numb
Of slave and ant-slave States But most of he territory from which futu
would be carve. lay to the noth of tn Slave State line arranged By Il
Missouri Compromise" When California sought admission TO he Union q
declared herself against slavery the prolave party bitterly opposed hm .
mNtance.
Then 1t IA that President Zachary Taylor showed he had perhaps as gre
for craftsmanship as for va His opponents n III politicians u h
WI party had thought the simple old mai would be cas- to fool In matters
statecraft. But eve his rough honesty brushed aside thu webs tn politician
u for his undong.
In the present crisis II "a hoped that as a Southerner and a Shareholder
would support the roslavery action. Instead he recommended that Cahforn
be admitted oil hr own term (which was accordingly done) and that all futu
Statessh should decide for themselves whether oil nt to permit slavery within the
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Leavenworth and invaded New Mexico, when s tneh d NieAoA wv"
session. Thence he turned toward the far richer Mexican province Oh
California
But already California had been conquered by the United states. 'oh
c. Fremont, The Pathfinder had gone thither with q OF sA'
frontiersmen and the local American settlers had hocked to his standard
Commodores Stockton, Montgomery and Sloat had seized the coast M
land and naval forces swept all resistance aside. On Feb s., lsf' Cahfor'
MIA was proclaimed a part OF the United States territory.
All Northern Mexico was now in our hands. Gen. Scott with IN army
OF 5000. landed at Vera Cruz and marched straight toward the City OF
Mexico the invaded coun,rys capital He beat every Mexican army that sought
to bar his way and reduced one stronghold after another to submission. Al ne
heights Of Cherubusco. for example. he defeated with 10000 non q Mexican force
$4,000 strong santa Ana asked for . ruce preparatory to arranging terns o.
peace But when Scott found Santa Ana as usns the TINT granted BY the
armsuce in a effort to strengthen the capitals defenses he declared u sVcs
at n end and advanced o n the city.
After hot nghtng the Americans entered the City of Mexico In triumph o
Sept Il, 17. The ar with Mexico as practically over. Everywhere " -
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The Story
OF Our Country
Bv Albert Payson Terhune

Copyisx. ie1. by The Press Publishing 10 rTsN e York wono'
NO. ~. Our Conquest of Mexico.
F-T5 HILE Taylor was battling with Santa Ana in the Buena vista "a
paign other United States forces had been giving spendia ~
counts Of themselves elsewhere in Mexico. Gen. Stephen keafne
AA had marched across 900 miles Of plains and mountains from %
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been vlctorious. On Feb. 2, 1913, a peace ire
cluded.
BY this treaty's terms we were to pay s16.W
fornia and New Mexico and were to assume
for debts to the amount of 1850 900. due to
citizens from the Mexican Government.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-24
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The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-01-24
FRENCH CABLES AID
IN BOOSTING WHEAT
Prices Rise When Report Is
Received That France Acre
age Is Reduced.

CHICAGO. Ian. 23.-RuyIng on a large
scale by leading longs pushed up the
price OF wheat today. Decreased acreage
in France helped. and so did lessenlng
of the visible supply, The close was at
a net gain of &c TO &c. Latest figures
for corn showed a rise of 2 shade TO &c;
oats were Lice up TO &c Off, and provts-
Ions Irregular, f5c down to sac advance
In the face of such liquidation by some
owners, and notwithstanding great deal
OF short selling OF local account, the pur
chasing for the principal longs was re
markably persistent, and In the end
brought a number of followers to the bull
side.
The new recruits were Influenced TO a
considerable extent by an official report
from France saying that l750,000 acres
less than A year ago had been seeded in
that country. Further assistance came
from the fact that stocks on hand I'm
Liverpool had fallen off In a material de-
gree. Not much hcadway was made
against the bears. however, until the an
In the United States available total.
Although the rise did not suffer
check, the final tone was decidedly dn, nsr-
vous. May ranged from 9S4c TO 99sc,
closing &c up, at 99t@99sc.
The corn market was n rather small
affair, May fluctuated between 1920 fs3c
and soc, finishing at soc. a net gain OF
a shade Cash corn was easy; No, yell
low closed Al i7@A7Sc.
Country offerings OF oats were liberal,
at tri1c above current prices. The
actual sales proved TO be limited. May
kept within &c OF Saturdays latest fig
ures. and in the end was exactly un-
changed at 34sc.
January pork was bid up. otherwise
provisions were mainly weak. The days
trading left pork i5c lower 10 sac higher;
lard. oic to TIC down, an dribs at de-
cline OF sc TO 5@7sc.
CASH QUOTATIONS.
Cash quotations were as follows: Flour.
quiet; No. 2 rye. s5c: feed or mixing
ha rlcy 65m15c: fair 10 choice mating,
sGm92tc; flax seed. No. l southwestern.
81 5al, No. / northwestern. $2.66a: timo-
thy seed. s1050d 1850: clover. Sl4.75:
mess pork, per b8rrell. 20.0062025; lard
per 100 pounds, $.92t; short ribs, sides
Coose). sl0,00@ 1850; short clear sides
(boxed), s10.7561l.o0.