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Moral Superiority of the Countryl

Brand Whitlock. In ScribEers.
The tradition of the moral superiority OF
clodhoppers has been handed down. in
sort OF apostolical succession, from Theo-
critus and Virgil and Horace, to Bacon.
who regarded tie country as Gods gar
den: to Cowley. who went so far a. 10
make Cain the father OF all municipalities:
to Cowper, who fixed the tradition in his
line
God made the country. and made tn.
town..
and helped to raise a superstition in
America to the dignity of a political prin-
ciple. For the preachers the publcists
and the politicians have initiated the poets
in these their pious preferences. and when
ever the complex social problems uf the
time become too difficult, they extricate
themselves from their perpleyit:es b.. glid
ing down to those familiar generalities In
which the youth of the land are advised
to stay on the farms. 1t is easy, perhaps.
to account for the attitude of the poe..
1t is the effect of his idealism. IL is quite
natural for him to love the vague. the
remote and the unattainable ana while h.
may not be willing to go TO such eX
tremes as Byron. who wished to dwell in
the desert. he does long. in Ills garrets ~
on those city pavements where he dreams
his dreams,
for some toundiess coniigGity az shades"
To him the ideal so easily becomes real
that he beholds the jewellers in the woods
and fields of his time beautiful and in
nocent as Daphnis and Chloe as Corydou
and Thyrsis. and with the Ecloeues Of
Virgil and the ldylls of Theocritus he
would amend the Revised Statutes and
restore the golden age to Ohio. Ind ana
and Illinois.
The prepossession in favor of this myth
on the part of the preachers can better b.
ascribed to their love OF the pagan classics
than to their love of the country, since all
of them. or all of them who can dc
quickly leave the country and HE to the
city like their brother humans. despite
professional distrust of urban life as sug-
costing the denominations of Nineveh and
of Babylon.
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as a class, according to the statistics col
iected by the bfometrists are inferior.
not superior. to the cadets. With many
exceptions. of course they show the in
furious effects of many adverse influ-
ences, including the relative imma turity
of their parents. the excessive care of
which they are the objects. and the fact
that. with futures more or less assured.
they are not as strongly impelled as are
their juniors to develop the qualities OF
self-reliance. initiative and enterprise.
The accident OF birth dooms eldest sons
to defend what is. that being so favor
able to themselves. and to view with
something Of GOODNESS what ought to be.
that being so apt to cut down or off their
personal privileges. And yet. in spite of
primogenetic customs. somehow the world
has been getting along-and forward. The
solution Of the paradox lies, perhaps. in
the worlds need for just that conflict
between conservatives and progressives
which primogeniture so effectively per-
petuates. From the racial point OF view
the incidental hardships to individuals
unlucky enough not to be born first are
negligible
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Criminals Champions.
From London Tit-Bits.


The creator of Sherlock Holmes certain
~ ought to be himself a competent anna
teur detective. and his success in the
famous E3alji case proves that his powers
in that direction are of no mean order.
He has now undertaken another difficult
case-that of proving the innocence OF
Oscar Slater who is al present under
going life sentence for murder.
Quite number of novellsts nave inter
ested themselves in crime and criminals.
Edgar Allan Poe used to state that there
was no problem which man could set
which another man could not solve. and
he applied the rule to crime. His greatest
triumph in this method of unrayeling ap-
parently inexplicable mystery gave the
world that famous story. me Muroers
i'm the Rue Morgue.
Dickens was strangely drawn toward
the alienation Of suffering of all xmas.
and his novels did much to bring ABOUT
the more humane treatment of prisoners
But Charles Reade not only exposed
harsh prison methods in his famous noVel
TT Is Never Too Late to Mend, out
actually, like Conan Doyle. took up the
case of what was known as the PenSe
murder.
In spite Of a magnificent and MOVING
speech for the defense by Sir Ed"aIo
Clarke. the Judge summed up against the
prisoners so decidedly that 'ne 't ny
found them guilty. 1t was then that the
novelist entered the lists. with such ten.
ing force and convincing argument ina,
the home secretary promptly commuted
all the sentences. 49,
Probably the earliest instance or the
intervention of a novelist to save man
from the gallows was DR.. Samuel JONI
sons herculean efforts to obtain mercy
for the celebrated DR.. Dodd. who was
executed in spite of all that the sage OF
Fleet street could do or say. Iooay
thanks to writer's like Reade and Dickens
M such advocacy would be needed. fol
The famous parsons crime was forgery,
for which death is no longer the penalty
Boswell in his Life of Johnson devotes
a large amount of space to this charac-
teristic example of his hero's kindness
and humanity.
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ADAM \. wEScIuLER. AucrIoNEER.
trustees Sale OF \ Valuable One
Story Brick and Cement Five
Room Bungalow on North Side
\labama Avenue, East OF Ninth
Street. Congress Heights. ID. G..

I;y virtue Of . certain deed OF trust duly re
'.itted ga Iiber No. 25oG. al folio -; seq. OF
ib. and records OF the District OF CoUmLii, an
a the request OF the party secured thereby, We.
fH' uuuer- i@Hed trustees. will sell at public aue
ON. iu front Of The premises. SATI I:DAI,
Z HE EIGHTH DAY OF MARCH. A. ID. 1919. AT
HNLF-PAST FOUR O'CLOCK PM. the follow
~ described land and premises. situate in The
t"nnty OF Washington, In the District of Column
tia. 10 wit: All Of lot numbered eight tst IN
lock numbered one ut in Henry G.. Longnecker's
tdditIpn 20 Congress Heights, ~ per plat r..
'1.tied in Book County No. 10. III page q: the
records OF the surveyors otlce of sail District,
together with the Improvements thsrtOI.
Terms OF sale: uur-thirl of TIA. purchase
iaouey Co la paid ia cash. anu the IalaEec in
two equal ins3ai.met> payable in on" ami two
years, with interest At q per ceutum per ann I'm
payable semi annually from day OF sale. occurred
Ir deed Of trust upon the property sold ali
ash. AT The option Of the purch Isf-r. \ depos I
1T 500 will be required If the purchaser ut the
tine OF sale III cUuyeyanc!nc. recording. etc.
at the cost u the purchaser Terms to lie con
piled with within fifteen days from d'y q: sale.
otherwise the tTstsC~ tuc right L. res ia
the property at the -sS ana cost of the default p
u purchaser. after 1--WE days advertisement Of
such TeaIl- Ia SOME newspaper published Ia the
sity OF WashHgiOu, -. =.
GEORGE q. WATSON
SIMON III BE.
tr25 -ood&dbS Tu.t,es
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ADAM \. wEsCHLER. AUCTIONEER.
TRUSTEES SALE OF An ATTRACTIVE
DWELLING IN THE NORTHWEST SEC
TON. KNOWN As PREMISES No. S2i VAR
MN STREET

TRUSTEES SALE OV AN ATTRACTIVE
DWELLING IN THE NORTHWEST SEC
TON, KNOWN As PREMISES No. Soi VAR
Nun STREET.
by virtue OF ccrta n deed Of trust da ted Dc
toler n 1896. and recorded among The land rec
orfls OF the District Of Columbia. in Liner 3Uog
ri folio ISL ~ scQ.. and at the request Of the
holders OF the notes secured thereby we will
offer for sale NJ public auction In front Of the
premises. on TT ESDAS- THE ELEVENTH DAY
or MARCH. A.D. 1915. AT QUARTER FAST
FOUR O'CLOCK PM. the follow Ing described
real estate. situate In the county OF Washington.
District 81 Columbia. To wit: Lot numbered fifty
t5r' of ';"crgr 6. BROWN. tristee'S subdivision OF
lots ia biloxi numbered twenty fnrr (oA Pet
wostl Addition tu Washington as .ad sub
division is du!r recorded N BoOs County 30. page
g. az Ike record % the surveyors Office of the
District of Columbia.
Terms OF sale: Ona-third of the purchase money
IL le paid ia cash and the balance to be paid
IN tIreV equal iustailments respectively in one
two and three years from day o. sale 10 be
cured by first deed of trust the property
snlt. With interest thereon. payable semi-annual
Is "a TIE rate Of six per cent per annun. or all
cash. AT the option Ot the purchaser. \ depos
az $40 viii he required iie time OF sale
Sale 10 be clesrd in fifteen days from day OF
s8le, otherwise the trustees may resell the prop
crtE at tEc expense OF the defautinS purchase
after five dsys advertising in some newspa pc
Published IN Washington city. l.. G.. COlytyanc
Ing al the cost az purchase.
CLARENCE Il. RiIEEN. Trustee.
ALEXANDER T. IlENSES. Trustee.
fc.,J ia .cSyNmE, a., 10Th 81. INV.
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TRUSTEES SALE or AN ATTRACTIVE
DWELLING IN THE NORTHWEST SEC
TION. KNOWN AS PREMISES NO. SO VAR

TRUSTEES SALE or AN ATTRACTIVE
DWELLING IN THE NORTHWEST SEC
TION. KNOWN AS PREMISES NO. SO VAR
NUM- STREET.
BY virtue of certain deed of trust. dated
August T. 1907. and recorded amcng the land
records OF the District of Columbia. in Liber
3f09, at folio 81 ct seq. and at the request OF
the holder OF the notes secured thereby. we will
offer for sale Mt public auction. In front OF the
premises. on TT ESDAY. THE ELEVENTH DAY
OF MARCH. AID. 1915. AT HAI-F-PAST FOUR
O'CLOCK PM. the follow Ing described real es-
tate, situate In the county OF Washington. Dis
t-ict of Columbia. 10 wit: Lot numbered hfty-two
t52l in George @. Brown. trustees subdivision
of lots in square numbered twenty four GA in
.'Petworth Addition 10 Washington per plat
Of said subdivision recorded IN Liber County No
90, page GO. of the records of the surveyor s Of
nee of the District of Columbia, subject TO
first and prior deed of trust securing the sum of
81. 500 and accumulate in;~rest thereon amount
ing TO S215.
Terms of sale: The deed OF trust for So 500
and interest thereon, above mentioned. 10 be-
sumed by the purchaser. and the balance 10 be
paid in cash. ell cash. at the option of the
purchaser. A deposit of 5000 to be paid at the
time of sale. Sale 10 be closed iG fifteen DAYS
from day OF sale. otherwise the trustees NAV re-
sell the property at the expense of the default
ing purchaser after five DAYS advertising In some
newspaper published i'm Washington city. ID. {.
ConveyaDcinC at the cost of purchaser.
GEO. ". +. SWARTZEII. Trustee.
ALEXANDER I. HENSEY. Trustee
fe2,-d& ds. eSu&mhi 721 18th st. NV
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AUCTION SALES.
Future DAYS.

THoS. ]. OWEN Il son. AUCTIONEERS.
TRUSTEES SALE or VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE. BEI\t; THE NEW THREE
STORY AND CELLAR BRICK DWELLING,
CONTAINING TEN ROOMS TWO BATHS.
HOT WATER HEAT = BACK PORCHES:
NEVER REEN OCCUPIED. No. 1903 COLUM-
RIA ROAD NORTHWEST; LOT 20 BY Us
TO ALLEY.
corded in I.iher No 1913 folio 1913 ct seq. of
the land records of the District If Columbia.
and at the request Of the party secured thereby.
TIE undersigned trustees will sell AT pnhic au'-
tioI. in front "f the premises. on Mo\pA1-
TIE TENTH DAY oF MARCH AID. 1913.
VT FIVE O'Clock PM. the following
described lanl and premises. situate in the
county of Washington. District OF Columbia.
aud designated as and being lot numbered one
hundred seventy four uTt. in Clarence Nor
Iient'S subdivision of lots in block numbered
sixteen t16i OF Todd and Browns subdivision OF
Mount pleasant and Pleasant Plains. and lots
in block numbered twenty three '23,. Columbia
Heights ~ per plat of first mentioned suhdi-
vision recorded In the office Of the surveyor 70:
The District of Columbia in Iiher 10 At folio 80.
Terms &c sale: Sold subject Ia a prior deed of
t~tIst If Si.Jo0 mt 81 per cent. due in about
~, Years balance over said trust cash. de-
poSit of SIuO viii be required NJ time OF sale.
vi concentrating. reccrlinc etc. at cost of TUr-
chaser Terms Of sale 70 be complied with with
in II DAYS from day of sale. otherwise The trus
tees reserve the right To resell the property at
the risk and cost Of def1ultiuG purchaser, ate
tive DAYS adv"rjiSe jueni of such resale in some
newspaper published In Washington II {.
ENtNI FL SFElGH. Junior.
WM. CLABAJ GH
r.oc Fms
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battery All the officers were killei.
then down went all the non -commis
stoned officers. Bang. bang. bang. By
apd by all the soldiers We're down bpt
me. / had fired the last shot. and
naturally was doing what ! could to
keep off the Bavarians.
We'll. a general came. and says n.
Where's your officers
"'All down. says l.
Where's your gunners? says he.
"'Al down but me, says l.
And you've been fighting here al
alone? says he.
~ couldn't let 'em come and get In !.
guns. could L" i says: and then he
up and put this ribbon on me, prob
ably because there was robody else
there to put it on
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MAKING OF SKELETONS.
French Factory for Assembling
Human Bones for Exhibition.
from Harper's Weekly.

from Harpers Weekly.
The skeleton of man or beast is much
more useful and salable object than one
would be inclined to suppose. PROOF OF
this is the frequency with which We nho
these objects mounted in museums.
schools of medicine. anatomical caolnets
and even in the classrooms Tor chilo
physiology and in the studios or painters
and sculptors Much labor is employed in
separating the skeletons from the tissues
and bones that cover them. whitening
them and mounting them. Some of them.
1t is true. are prepared and sold by the
medical profession. persons occaslonaliy
Tin the interests of Science) leaving their
bodies to the care of this or that medical
fraternity, for whatever use they ma!
tend to serve. This, however explains
very inadequately the supply available, In
response to the ever-growing demand.
AS a matter of fact. the greater part
of the skeleton trade is carried on in
France. nearly all of it originating there.
Paris has very we'll equipped factory
for the furnishing of skeletons Of men
and animals. for whatever purpose re-
quired. and this factory has branches In
London and Berlin. Most of the human
bones employed in the French manufac-
ture belonged in life to criminals or to
unknown persons whose bodies were I'M
claimed after death In hospitals or aims
houses. After being utilized in the dis
secting room, the remains were removed
to this factory. The proprietor of this
factory is. or should be. very rich man.
for he practically monopolizes this in
dustry. The factory has many depart
ments. First comes the preliminary pre-
paration of the skeleton in the carbollc
acid tank. and finally the fitting of the
bones and joints together with wires.
The preparation of the skeleton takes
many months from first to last. and is
a very expensive process in the bulk.
There must be thorough chemical treat
ment of the bones, in the first place, to
insure their hanging together and re-
manning in an unaltered state. 1t Is hard
ly ever the case that skeleton seen on
original parts. The formula employed in
bringing the process OF the skeletons
completion to a state of relative perfec-
ton is still an industrial secret. 1t must
be. when sold. as white as marble" In
the warehouse of this factory are rows
of shelves where skeletons OF all forms.
and representative of all races. may be
SEEM some by accident or in virtue of
dissection processes have been broken or
dismounted and very carefully refitted
with fine wire. Underneath are multi
tudes of boxes full OF assorted bones.
with big bones such ribs marked of
with letters and numbers. In showcases
may be seen for sale-or Ito let for
whatever purposes may be deSfred-skele-
tons of giants, dwarfs. negroes or Of
strange races discovered by explorers in
far-off countries. Crimir1als' heads with
their names and the dates of their exc
cution (some of them very remote) are
seen here, and pamphlets descriptive Of
their crimes are held for sale, with cards
ter. to be attached. If desired, to the skull
or skeleton
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Oldest Sons on the Defensive.

From the New York Times
AT all times and among all peoples
until very recently, it has been the Gus
tom to accord to eldest sons rights and
privileges which those born later either
did not share at all or shared on far
from equal terms. Only recently have
the younger sons anywhere been put
on a level with the Oldest as heir to
whatever of honor and fortune the
family might possess. and nowhere.
probably, do they yet hold position
not in some respects inferior.
For a "folkway" as nearly universal
as this there must have been, and. for
that matter, must be, good and suf-
ficent reason in the shape OF results on
the whole desirable, but recent tnvestiga
tons conducted by followers of the new
science called biometry have come pretty
near proving that. whatever the excuses
for treating the eldest son so we'll may
be, they do not include either physical or
mental superiority. For the eldest sons.
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Lunch Incident Recalled.
Tasmania's Parliament.
he Lon,Ion ChroDicIe.

From the London Chronicle.
Tasmania, which is about to enjoy the
luxury of another general elect1on-the
second within twelve mOnthS-posSeSses
one Of the smallest parliaments in the
empire-an upper house Of eighteen and
Z lower one of thirty. lit has had an
ex-archdeacon of the Church of England
the Hon. Thomas Reibey-among its
premiers. Another premier. the late
o.r Edward Braddon, was d brother of
on" veteran and most prolific lady novel
ist. Tasmania is a very healthy place
and is crowded with centenarians. The
sergeant alarms is ninety, but the Tas-
maGian parliament is a very well behaved
one and he is never called upon TO OFF,
clate as "Chucker-Out.
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TO MEASURE ESKIMO MIND.
Psychologist Going With Stefans.
son on Polar Expedition.

IOWA CITY. Iowa, March 1.-The Uni
versity Of Iowa will send the first psy
chologist to be member of a polar eX-
petition north this spring, with Vilhjal-
mar Stefansson. Luther f. Widen of
Iowa will accompany the expedition with
a complete laboratory outfit of psychology
ical apparatus to measure the efficiency
of the Eskimo mind. He will make a
special study of the blond Eskmos dis
covered by Stefansson.
The testing instruments to be carried
by Mr.. Widen will be the first ever tried
on a primitive race He believes that
data of great value may be procured by
q comprehensive study of the mind of the
wild Eskimo. practically the only race
which has not felt the influence of the
white man.
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Modesty of a Hero.

From London Tit -Bits.
A French reporter encountered in a
little village of the south of France a
gardener who wore. pinned on his clean
Sunday blouse. the ribbon of the Lee
giVn of Honor. Naturally the news
paper man desired to know how he got
it. The gardener. who. like many of
his trade seemed to be a silent man,
was averse to meeting an old and
wearisome demand but finally he be-
gan:
"Oh, / don't know how | did get it.
was at BaZeilles with the rest of the
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Bibles in Bristol.
I'm the London Chronicle

T
A hint of ancient Bibles in the neigh
borhood of Bristol has brought many
other confessions of concealed treasures.
There is Brooches Bible of 1910, a
"Bishops' Bible of 1555 in a country cot
tage, a Bible in good condition dated
1899, and another dated 1894. which the
owner. being a poor man, would like to
sell. That also is in good condition. They
bound their Bibles well when printing
was young. and that is possibly the secret
of their preservation.
Those long-preserved west country
Bibles remind one of the peculiar sane
tity which the Bible attained among those
who never opened it. I'VE always keep @
Bible in the house in case of Illness" sal
a pous vllager. but. thank heaven. we've
had no use for it since poor old grand
father was took
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Stop, Look, Listen f!
New York Times

rom the New York Times.
he railroads have for more than one
generation kept at their grade crossings
SiSnposts with the familiar legend calling
upon travellers and pedestrians TO stop.
look and listen before passing across the
tracks. We know that grade crossings
should never have been laid and that
franchises given TO the railroads should
have included the requirement that high
ways be crossed by trains above be
low their level. With the increased vol
ume of rapid road traffic the abolition of
the crossings ut grade has become i'm
peratfve, and il is proceeding with all
possible speed. Meanwhile reckless
drivers of carriages and automobiles con-
tinue Ia imperil their occupants by dis
regarding the signs and signals at the
crossings
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ADAM \. wEscnLER. AucrIoNEER.
CHNNCFEY SALE OF VALUABLE IMPROVED
REAL ESTATE. KNOWN As $40 STREET
Es+T

REAL. ESTATE. KNOWN AS $40 q STREET,
NORTHWEST.
Bv virtue OF decree of the Supreme Court of
tht. n strict OF Columbia, passed in equity cause
No. SlU61 we. the undersigned trustees. will sell
ri public auction, in front OF the premises. on
WEDNESDAY. TIE FIFTH DAY OF MARCH.
Nd. 1918 At FOUR O'CLOCK PM. the fol-
lowing described land and premises. situate In
he city of Washington. in the District OF Co.
lumhia. and designated and being part or
uriginaI lot in square 49,. beginning for the
same. on the line OF q street at "A poiut distant
j. feet inches east OF the northwest corner OF
said lot and running thence east along said street
- feet 4 inches. thence south 81 feet - inches
thence - feet { inches and thence north
~ feet inches TO the beginning, together with
hc improvements. consisting o. premises NJ"
30 {; street northwest.
Terms of sale: All cash over and above GER
tain debt due tn the German American Fire In
surance Company, secured by deed OF trust.
amounting to s. S0a. with interest at &c per an
50, 400 from November l.. 1872 and on
500 from June a. 1872. \ deposit of 90 will
he required OF the purchaser at the time of sale.
-tll conveyancing. recording and notarial fees at
the cost of the purchaser. Terms of sale 10 I've
complied with within fifteen days from day OF
sale. otherwise the trustees reserve The right 10
resell the property at the risk an! cost of the
defaulting purchaser after five days advertise
,nent of such resale in some newspaper published
the city or Washington. u. c.
MATTHEW T.. O'BRIEsN.
400 18th st. NV.
JULIUS A. MAEDEL.
il6 9TH st. NV.
raIa-dSCS eSu. reo2&mhi Trustees
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Dreadful Mistake.

From the Saturday Evening Post.
There is a very sweet girl in a Kanscs
town who shutters dreadfully One
night not long ago when her beau was
leaving she accompanied him to the
porch and said: George. are you COM
ing again next S-s-s-S-
The dog was on the porch. After
George was half mile down the road
with the dog gaining on him at every
leap. it occurred to him that possibly
the young lady had intended to say
Sunday instead of seize him. but
1t didn't occur to the dog for as much
as mile or so beyond that