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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-04

eousness; and downright honesty in
our dealings with other nations; It
must be sustained by the devout recog-
milton Of an overriding Power, who
governs all things by His wisdom,
whose experimenting Providence
watches over the affairs of nations as
well as of men, without whom not even
bird can fall to the ground.
zone of the leaders OF the conven-
ton that assembled in Philadelphia to
frame the constitution Of the United
States made the following sage remark
to his colleagues: We have spent many
days and weeks In our deliberations,
and we have accomplished little or
nothing. We have been cropping in
the dark because we have not sought
light from the Father of Lights to IL
lumine our understanding. I have lived
for many years and the older l grow
the more l am convinced that Su-
preme Power interposes in the affairs
of mankind. For IL sparrow cannot
! fall to the ground without His knowl-
edge, how can an empire rise without
His cooperation. And we also know
from the Sacred Volume that unless
the Lord build the house. he laboreth
in vain who buildeth."'
4 And happily for the nation this
humble recognition OF superintend-
ling power has been upheld from the
dawn of the republic to our own time.
What striking contrast we present
in this respect to our sister republic
across the Atlantic. which once bore
ltho proud title of eldest daughter of
! the church. The leaders Of the French
\ republic Dire go far carried away by
4 the tide of unbelief that they studious-
4 ly eliminate the name OF God from
\ their official utterances How differ
ent In the conduct OF our leaders and
statesmen! They Rave all paid hom-
age to the moral Governor of the world.
All the presidents Of the United States.
from George Washington to William
4 Howard Taft, have Invariably invoked
the aid Of our heavenly Father in their
inaugural prociamations. tits also the
edifying custom OF our chief magistrate
TO invite his fellow -citixens to as
semble in their respective places Of
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-04

worship on the last Thursday Of No
vember, to offer Thanksgiving to the
Giver Of all gifts for the blessings
vouchsafed to the nation. Both houses
Of congress are daily opened with
prayer. And all important civic and
political conventions are inaugurated
by an appeal to the throne of grace.
Gods supremacy is also recognized bv
the observance Of the Christian Sab
bath throughout the land.
TT is true, indeed, that we have no
official union of church and state in
this country. But we are not to in
fer from this fact that there is any
entagonism between the civrr and re-
ligious authorities, nor does 1t imply
any Indifference to religious principles.
Far from 1t. Church and state move
In parallel lines. The state throws
over the church the mantle of its pro-
lection, without interfering with the
God given rights of conscience; and
the church on her part renders val
liable aid to the state in upholding the
civil laws by religious and moral
sanctions"
mo man should be a drone in the
social beehive. No man should be an
Indifferent spectator of the political
and economical questions which con-
front him. Indifference and apathy in
civic and political life are as hurtful
to the state as Indifference in religion
is hurtful to the Christian common
wealth.
"a sincere man who. in attaching
Christian faith honestly believes that
he is right, is less blameworthy than
| the torpid. lukewarm Christian who
never takes an interest In the re-
ligion of Christ. In like manner, a
citizen, who earnestly espouses a
faulty political principle. is less dan
gerous to the state than the supine
citizen who never takes an interest in
the political welfare of his country.
| 1T is my profound conviction that
| If ever the republic is doomed to de-
cay, IL the future historian shall ever
record the decline and fall of the
American republic. It's downfall will
be due, not to a hostile invasion. but
to the indifference, lethargy and po-
| litical apostasy of her own sons.
And If all citizens are bound to
take an interest in public affairs, that
duty especially devolves on those who
are endowed with superior intelli-
gence and educated and who ought
to be the leaders and exemplars of
the people, guiding them in the path
| of political rectitude.
There are three conspicuous citi-
zens who are now candidates for the
presidency Whatever may be my
private and personal preference and
| prediction, it is not for me in this
sacred pulpit or anywhere else pub
| licly to dictate or even suggest to you
the candidate Of my choice.
May God so enlighten the mind and
quicken the conscience of the Ameri-
can people to a sense of their civic
duties as to arouse in them an earnest
and practical interest in the coming
election. and may He SO guide their
hearts that they will select a chief
magistrate whose administration will
rebound to the material prosperity and
moral welfare Of our beloved repub-
lic."
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-04

Each of these states may be said to
be waterproof, in the sense that the
engulfing of one would not involve the
sinking Of the other. California, for
example. might be overwhelmed by
the waters OF a political revolution
without disturbing the neighboring
states of Washington. Nevada and
Arizona.
III our states were mere provinces
or territories. without autonomy and
sovereignty. like other republics less
favored than ours. we would enjoy
less stability and less hope Of endur-
ing freedom than we now possess.
Autonomy Of the States.
THE safety and permanence, there
fore. of our republic largely depend on
the autonomy Of the several states,
without the danger Of absorption by
the general government. Should our
government and Legislators ever be-
come the subservient creatures Of the
federal government they would be
mere puppets. subject to the will OF
the chief executive. They would cease
to be waterproof and would share the
fate of the Titanic.
1.-TWO momentous crises occurred in
4
lated to test the vitality and strength
Of the republic. The first was the wal
between the states, when the nation
was cut in twain, when fratricidal
blood was shed over the land and a
tremendous conflict was carried OH fol
four years. This calamity has happily
ended, and the dismembered states are
now more firmly united than ever be.
fore. because slavery. which was the
bone Of contention, has been removed
once and forever.
4 The second crisis occurred in the
presidential contest in 1876 between
Tilden and Hayes. Mr.. Tilden was
robbed Of the fruit Of the victory
which. believe, he honestly won, and
by questionable devices Mr.. Hayes wa.
declared the successful candidate.
"A nation that could survive thess
terrible strains must be possessed OF
Extraordinary vitality and resources
land leads US to hope that in any fu.
Iture emergency the leaders and states
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-04
FATAL MISTAKE
OF VISITORS IN
SATURDAY GAME
Overconfdence Had Much to
Do With the Crushing De-
feat Administered to Salt
, Lake Team.

1t was genuine overconfidence that
resulted so disastrously for Salt Lake
high school at the hands of Boise
high Saturday afternoon. Confident or
having an easy time with Coach
Worthwiue's fighting machine, SAT-
Lake looked forward rather to the
pleasures of the junketing trip than
the football game. Disappointed, cha
grined but game, courteous and gen.
tlemanly the members of the Salt Lake
team were a crushed bunch of mole
skin wearers after they began to re-
cover from the stunning effect of the
game. In some respects their defeat
was pitful, for they We're so sure OF
winning. They made the fatal mis-
take, or rather their loyal supporters
did, of Offering to exchange silver at
odds, giving Boise the short end, ana
/ the fans here of a betting nature,
snapped up the money. Good hard
cash posted lavishly by the hackers,
!. now jingle in the pockets of many q
pise enthusiast.
Boise high approached the important
|ntest at different angle entirely
The Boise high was strictly informed
by its coach that there would be moth
ing easy about the Salt Lake game
and if they expected to win, they could
: only do so by good, clean, fast foot
ball, both defensive and offensive
Confidence that might develop into
oyerconfidence was crushed and beatal
back from the time the negotiation:
were closed for the big high schOo
gridiron match. Coach Worthwin,
kept at the weak spots, gave specia
attention to those players who Nigh
be inclined to think they would have
something easy in the football line an,
never lost an opportunity to make i
\ clear to his men that they ha,l to figh
Y for every advantage and every inch o
ground.
: Boise fans watched Worthwine's tao
4 ties closely They. too, expected t.
have a hard game, and knew that vic
d tory would only come through har,
II aggressive playing. But when the Sal
Lake confidence and money srucl
Boise. they fell for the temptation an,
grabbed the zoos, silver. Boise play,,
football without being overconfiden
and won. That is the secret of thei
victory.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-04
CARDINAL URGES
ALL CITIZENS TO
CAST THE|RVOTEs
Makes No Attempt to Die
tate but Asks That All
Americans Take Interest
in Politics.

Baltimore, Nov. cardinal Glib
bons, in tire cathedral here yesterday.
delivered an election eve sermon de-
signed to awaken 1.-The supine citizen
who never takes an interest in the
political welfare of his country" He
declared that if the future historian
is called upon to record the decline
and fall of the American republic he
will ascribe as the cause the indif-
ference. lethargy and political apos-
tasy of her own sons"
The sermon was non-partisan as to
! the personal preferences Of the car
dinal toward the three conspicuous
candidates for president. He asserted
| his intolerance toward peSsimistic
prophets, who each campaign predict
the end Of the government unless
their favorite candidate is elected and
| by a discussion of our form of gov
eminent sought to show that the re-
suits Of our election cannot seriously
affect the endurance of the republic.
The sermon in part, follows:
1T is the habit of pessimstic pro-
phets to predict that our government
will soon come to an end, and that
it is already in the tfroes of dissolu-
ton, and the disaster Is sure to occur
if their favorite candidate Is de-
feated. These prophecies are usually
more frequent on the eve of a presi-
dental election. / have been listen
ing to these dire representations for
over half century.
But in every instance the Ameri-
can people wake up on the morning
after election to find that they were
disquieted by false alarms and that
the government is transacting its bus
mess in the same quiet and orderly
manner as before.
Confidence in tho Republic.
: Il propose this morning to state
as briefly as possible the grounds of
my confidence in the stability and
endurance of the American republic
by wise provision of the consti-
tuition of the United States political
authority Is not concentrated in one
, individual, or on one department OF
the administration, but is judiciously
, distributed SO that the balance OF
/. power may be preserved. Our gen.
eral government consists of the ex-
ecutive, the legislative and the Judi
cial branches. If anything goes wrong
8 with any one of these departments
the evil is checked by the other two
= and usurpation Of power is pre-.
.. vented. There is an habitual jeal-
ousy among these branches. They are
on the alert, zealously watching one
another, SO that no one branch ma,
exceed its legitimate bounds. Eterna
vigilance is the price of liberty.
Then, again, besides the federal adj
ministration, we have state govern.
ments and county rule; we have cit,
and town and village Municipalities
If all of these minor corporations wer,
labsorbed by the general government
lif our governors and state legislators
and sheriffs, and mayors and council
men were all under the control of til,
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-11-04

Con w. Hesse, Watch Inspector o
%. s. 1. for IS years. There's a reason
A
Evening star., 1912-11-17

one. John Heap, secretary Of the WASH
ington Humane Society. said to The Star
man:
"A yard of sand weighs about 2.4GO
pounds. a yard of gravel 200 and yard
Of broken stone $500 An ordinary dump
wagon for sand. gravel. dirt. etc, when
empty, weighs about 1890 pounds. A
'slat dump wagon for brick, dirt or sand
weighs from 1900 to 2.1O0 pounds An
ordinary sized brick weighs from six to
six and half pounds, say on an average
six and a quarter pounds.
1--WE have been endeavoring to limit the
number of brick for a two-hOrse load 10
$50, weighing with the wagon about 6,OOO
pounds Most of the brick used in the
city comes from Virginia, across the new
Highway bridge and a large proportion
of them go to the northwest part OF the
CITY,. all the way from Mount Pleasant
to Chevy Chase, a distance of from four
to six miles and up grade all the way. In
Guiding very steep hill after crossing
Florida avenue. BY the time the team
travels from the brick yards south Of
the river to Florida avenue the animals
are very tired, and then they have to
climb the long steep hill from Florida
avenue to get to any point beyond. Sand
and gravel usually come from the river
wharves or from Benning. and while the
distance Is mot so great as with brick the
gain to the animal In that respect is lost
by his being required to make greater
number of loads per day.
1T is difficult<to say what constitutes
load, as one must consider the size and
Evening star., 1912-11-17

mesh supported by iron rods. In this
garden are young peach trees, peach
trees old enough TO bear fruit, grape
arbor and patches of lettuce. beets ana
other vegetables. Under the Older peach
trees are rows OF bee hives. The wonder
ful insects are humming throug nout tnal
garden 1t is the experimental apiary ot
the Department of Agriculture.
Not long ago the main American news
papers published the following cable dis
patch from London:
THE stingless bee is the next product
of mans ingenuity. An apiarist OF
Loughton in Essex after two years of eN-
periments has obtained a species OF bee
which can be handled by child In perfect
safety. He mated the Cyprian drones
and the Italian queens, the result being
which. however. are splendid workers.
1t is asserted that they are less liable to
disease than the ordinary honey gath
erer. 1t appears that the new product
has a singer. but 1t is useless as a
weapon of offense. Yet they die when
they lose it"
Washington is far ahead of Essex in
the breeding of gentle bees. and there
is probably some exaggeration In the
cabled statement that the Essex bees are
harmless. 1t is perhaps a relative state
it's temper, but the apiarist at the De-
partment of Agriculture has bred a bee
without a hair-tri.ger temper-a bee that
has some good humanity in its makeup
and which Is not ready 10 commit atroci-
ties at the drop of a hat. Z. F. Phillips
in charge of bee culture of the bureau of
entomology. knows more about bees than
anybody else in Washington and has
written cords of literature on the sub
Evening star., 1912-11-17

southwest corner Of Statuary Hall. the
national hall of fame, or hall OF horrors
according to ones art sense. but, at any
rate, these fine examples of bronze work
are in the southwest corner of that
dim-lighted. echoing and historic cham
ber. They are as fine bronzes as stand
there. and many pilgrims Of good taste
say that these statues and the bronze ef-
fgies of the Marylanders, John Hanson
and Charles Carroll Of CarrOllton, are
the gems Of the collection. However,
tastes differ and Statuary Hall contains
effiges in bronze of Robert l.. Livingston
of New York, James Harlan of Iowa.
Philip Kearny OF New Jersey, James
Shields and George Clinton.
In addition to these bronzes the latest
census Of Statuary Hall shows the follow
Benton of Missouri. Frances f. Willard Of
Illinois, Samuel Adams of Massachusetts.
Stephen z. Austin of Texas, Webster and
Stark of New Hampshire Sam Houston
of Texas. John Winthrop of Massachu-
sets, Morton and Lew Wallace of In
diana. Pierpont and Kenna of West Vir-
ginia, James Marquette OF Wisconsin.
Stockton of New Jersey, William King OF
Maine. Roger Williams Of Rhode Island.
Nathaniel Greene Of Rhode Island, J L:
NJ. Curry of Alabama, Robert Fulton or
PENNSYLVANIA Collamer or Vermont, AL
len and Garfield of Ohio, Lewis Cass Of
Michigan. Calhoun of South Carolina,
Ethan Allen of Vermont, Shoup of Idaho.
Muhlenburg of Pennsylvania. Trumbull
and Sherman of Connecticut and ingalls,
of Kansas. Some of these. like Stark,
Roger Williams Greene, Ethan Allen
and Trumbull, have been there as long as
Evening star., 1912-11-17

may have been an overload-up the ridge
on which new Washington is building.
They were struggling to do more than
their duty to their master. All they got
out of life was narrow stall at night,
bundle of hay not always good and
sweet. and some grain. ears OF corn
enough to keep their ribs and backbone
A drink OF water? They got that not
when they wanted it, but when their
driver, often careless. ignorant and
brutal, thought they should have 1T.
Pettng? They were strangers to 1t. Who
ever thought Of soiling a hand by caress-
ing the crest or the poll or the face of a
mule. almost NANCY from lack of groom
ing and from the accumulated dust and
sweat of hard work? Who ever thought
of handing an apple or a pear or lump
of suga-equine delights-to those poor
such luxuries are for sleek pets who live
in box stalls deep in clean straw and
whose only labor is to jog on park roads
or amble on soft and shady saddle paths.
Nobody ever spoke to the old mules ex-
cept to say Gid up or Whoa" and
mostly "Gid up" Usually they were told
this in a coarse, rough voice. Ihear
long Hopping ears were used to oaths.
But they struggled on up the hill.
dons from overwork. They stumbled and
knucked from leg-weariness. Knee scars
showed where often they had gone down.
Old setfasts showed where saddle and
collar gals had gaped and would cape
again. Yet they threw themselves into
their collars. arched their backs, dug
their toes into the asphalt, slipped, blum
dered, but toiled on with their load.
This question of load Is an interesting
Evening star., 1912-11-17

one year. If the interest is not re-
newed the institution has the right 10
sell the article. Generally several months
additional elapse before this is done.
When the sale takes place, If there is any
proft-and there generally is-it is re-
turned to the borrower, less the expenses
which have accrued. Last year $121,2
was paid to borrowers as profits.
large part of this bonus. however
SAT, ,96S to be exact-went not to the pub
lie but to the merchants who buy pawn
tickets In France, although no private
pawnshops are allowed, the borrower is
permitted to sell his pawn ticket TO
merchants who have sprung into exist
ence all over Paris and who, while pay
ing the borrower outright for his ticket.
at the same time give him an agreement
under which he has the right to buy
bac ack the pawn ticket after two months.
plus interest. which figures out at about
90 per cent per annum. AS the Mont de
Piete loans so little on articles, these
private merchants, by buying pawn
tickets under the conditions just named.
really negotiate second loan which
varies from 20 to 80 per cent of the loan
made by the government-and which is
conclusive evidence that the government
is overcautious. 1t has become habit
among Parisians to effect this second
loan even at 90 per cent interest
Evening star., 1912-11-17
A Nasty Trick.

JEROME s. McWADE OF Duluth. in an
J address TO statesmen al the Duluth
Y. VI. &. A., said:
"A salesman who shutters. no matter
how persevering, how resourceful. how
aggressive he may be, has a hard row
to hoe.
A suffering salesman called on a
New York buyer with an excellent propo-
sition In well turned sentences he pro-
ceeded to lay before tire buyer his superb
argument But, alas, in every Well turned
sentence there were BIS and rms, and
over these the salesman suffered pitlably.
The buyer before whom he was plead
ing was a caustic, nasty sort of chap
and after five minutes of suffering, at a
point where the salesman was founder
ing most dreadfully, the buyer held up
his hand and said:
I'm afraid l can't understand you.
call again when you're sober.
The salesman turned scarlet with
modification and rage.
B. b. but
No said the buyer, waving him reso-
lutely toward the door, not now. When
you're sober.
And the infuriated salesman departed"
Evening star., 1912-11-17

middled-aged Washingtonians can remem-
ber.
But, to return to Virginta's gift to the
nation, the statues of Washington and
Lee They are represented in military
uniform as are many other statue
soldiers standing around them. Among
all these soldiers cast in bronze and
chfseled in stone only Washington and
Lee wear spurs, and this leads to another
Interesting observation. washington
wears continental boots close-ftting to
the leg and turned over so that the boot.
like the present military boot, does not
reach the knee. He wears old-fash1oned
spurs with straight shaft instead OF
rowel Lee wears boots of the pattern
that come above the knee with loose tops.
but do not reach the skirt OF the coat and
apparently provide an excellent recep-
tacIe for rain. He, too, wears spurs
Now, the artist In putting on Lee
spurs did not put buckle on the spur
strap Washingtons spurs nave tne
necessary buckle and 1t is an olo-s.yle
oval buckle The thought comes TO close
observers of the Lee statue that Lee had
a patient and skillful striker" or he wore
his boots so big that he could put them
on and off without removing the spurs,
or that he slept and lived in his boots and
spurs In this day, without giving con-
sideration to the matter of box spurs,
man wearing spurs cannot get along
without spur straps that buckle across
the instep.
Evening star., 1912-11-17
A Pretty Little Park.

NNE of the cozy. intimate parks OF
~ Washington is the triangle formed
by Park road. Mount Pleasant street and
a short street, evidently a spur of Park
road, but the name of which does not ap-
pear on any lamppost in the vicinity.
There is a bower in this triangle and the
seats are screened by shrubbery. 1t is a
great haunt for the little children of the
neighborhood and their nurses.
The apex of this triangular garden Is
toward the east. From the apex a broad
brick walk leads west and inclines down
ward till IL reaches a circle inscribed
within the triangle. This circle is con-
siderably below the level of the adjacent
streets making of the little park a sunken
garden. Within the greater circle is a
smaller circle at an elevation above the
walk and out of this circle grows a sin
gle tall spruce tree.
Around the interior circle is the walk,
and around the outer edges of the walk
are six of the familiar green-slatted park
benches, close together, These benches
are below the street grade and the tri
angle. being closely planted with shrub
berry, little nook has been formed which
the children have been quick to take ad-
vantage of. THE RAMBLER.