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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

What happened to BabylOn?" asked the
teacher of her Brooklyn class.
"It fell" cried the pupil.
"And what became of NineVch?
"It was destroyed"
"And what of Tyre?'
"punCturcd. .'-EXchange.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

SHE.
The fall bride is n wondrous thing
OF furbelows and laCes,
AS pretty as the new blown rose
The wedding page she graces.
HE.
The bridegroom doesn't count at all:
The future Elum he faces;
An ordinary mortal, he,
On checks, his name he places.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
Wonder What Was Meant

"The only homes I want are Paris and
Heaven"
well, you'd better make the most of
ric
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
From the News Columns

Some parents think an heir crying need.
And that's the way he usually turns out.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

DURING the days preceding our own war
~ with Spain, General Weyler was nearly
Iynched In newspaper office, only he did not
know 1t, and it is doubtful whether his
ignorance has been dispelled even now It
was at the time when the chrome news
papers were out-yellowing one another to
the fullest extent of their ingenuity and
regardless OF their financial wounds The
yellowest of them all conceived the idea that
1t would be a splendid thing If it could get
Weyler Into the hands Of the Cuban insur-
rectos, obtain his last statement, have him
lynched and then photographed Men were
sent to Cuba to visit the revolutionists, and
all the arrangements for the kidnapping were
completed when the proprietor of the paper
in question backed water, and declined to see
the "enterprise" through. When pressed for
an explanation, he gave voice to the follow
ing cryptic utterance:
Il don't mind being yellow but I'll be
dashed if I want the world to think that I
am purple"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

MRS ETHEL CAUGHLIN, of Moore's
1Yl Flat Nevada, is desperately anxious to
resign her office but Uncle Sam has declined
with thanks and 50 she is still postmistress,
a mile from the nearest habitation with her
husband a hundred miles away The Coy
ernment can get no one else to take the place,
which pays only $40 a month There must be
some one in charge Of the office, so the pleas
and walls Of Mrs Caughlin have been un-
availlng Now she has induced her bondsmen
TO withdraw their security, hoping that this
move will force her out Of an office that
sought the woman and having gained her,
kept her a Federal prisoner.
BRADFORD
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
IN A SPIRIT OF HUMOR
The War Game

French troops check Germans.
German army checks Russians.
Austrians checked In GaliCia.
Sounds like the baggage room of a rail
'oad station,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
The RlnM.Ont

Have you consulting editor?"
mo, an office boy"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

In The Sanctum

principal Fish About to Resign."-Wor-
Cester, Mass, Gazette
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

VTTHEN Girard died he was the richest
w man in this country. The inventory filed
by his executors showed that his total prop
erty, real and personal-and he had great
deal of both-was valued, in 1882, at more
than s6,OOO,OO0.
We have become so accustomed to the
millionaire in our day and, in our conversa-
tions at least are even now flirting with
billions, that we do not realize what $4,000, 900
meant in 1892.
There was no other man in the United
States at that time who could hold rank
anywhere near Girard in the point of wealth.
The immense fortunes with which we are
so familiar are of much later date; they
are even Of our own times, when the work of
exploiting the resources of the country
began.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21
Matinee today
2 +. NJ.
SHARP.

WHO in blazes is Sharp? Put Stetson
there" he thundered, and no amount of ex-
planation would induce him to change his
mind, But it was when Baron de Grimm,
the artist staged Rider Haggard's "she" for
Stetson, that the latter broke all grammatical
records. In the play was a line:
She, who must be obeyed," and stetson
argued for three blessed hours that it should
have been Her, who must be obeyed"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

Oxtail soup Is of olden origin, dating back
to the Protestant refugees who fed from
France after the revocation of the Edict of
Nantes, in 1885. In the extremity of want
they bought the tails of oxen from tanners
and made soup therefrom. Accident brought
the edible to the attention of an epicure who
liked the broth so we'll that he proclaimed It's
virtues until 1t became fashionable dish.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

THERE was yet another delegation from a
Aforeign nation in this country, the three
Beers, who sought aid in their war against
Britain. No sooner had they landed than an
enterprising weekly paper commandeered
them and brought them into a special room
in their hotel where the sun was bright
and had photographer take an even dozen
pictures in various, more or less graceful, at
tltudes.
And when the twelve plates were devel-
oped, Just one pair of magnificent coattais
appeared to view! The plates had been
lght-struck, and-the delegates were on
their way home!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

IN THE days when Brooklyn was yet
municipal entity, David A. Boody was its
Mayor Mr.. Boody is n gentleman to his
finger tips, and was completely out of touch
with the political gang which ruled the City
OF churches. But as Mayor he was not al
together a success, for the gang" took
great pleasure in putting things over on
him. So 1t was no wonder that one day
the telephone in his office rang violently
and an excited voice at the other end of
the wire informed the Mayor that at a GER
tain number in Raymond street there was
congregated the greatest aggregation of
thieves, cutthroats. burglars and criminals
ever gathered under one roof. The Mayor
at once passed the news to Chief of Police
campbell, who sent a wagonload of police
men to the place.
On dead run the patrol dashed down
Raymond street and drew up-before the
Raymond street Jail!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

Wish We Knew Caption Narrowing Enough
To Do Justice to Thisl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

CTlLL, being purple" is not nearly so bad
~ as being born to the purple without the
needed financial backing, as was the case of
Frederic Lematre, the great French actor
Lemattre was in debt from the day of his
birth to the day he ded-not ordinary indebt
edness, but overwhelming financial oblga-
lions. So he spent most Of his waking hours
evolving plans for raising money And even
now, in its spare moments, Paris remembers
his vagaries.
A new play was billed. Lemaitre was
the star. At o'clock in the evening an
hour before the curtain was to go up, the
manager received note from pawnbroker
informing him that Lemaitre had pawned
himself for 10000 francs and that there
would be no performance unless he was re-
deemed He was.
Another time Paris was amazed when it
saw Lemaitre driving down the Bois in a
magnificent equipage, drawn by four white
horses. A friend hailed him from the side
walk.
You are a fool, Lemaltre, buying such
an expensive carriage, when you are head
over heels in debt. Why did you do it?"
II had to-" responded Lemaltre, sticking
a torn shoe out OF the window How the
deuce could l afford to walk the street
looking like that?"
A SIMILAR character, but American, was
~ John StetgOn. the Roetpn tbaa trico1 ,,,o,,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

began.
n IRARDS fortune was piled up labori-
VI ousy and slowly It was not specula-
tive, in the modern of the word. He
was a keen buyer; he knew values, whether
1t was Of wines, which he imported by the
shpoad and bottled and sold, or of real
estate, which he bought and rented. He was
constantly importuned to take stock in the
various new enterprises of his time, but
where he merely desired to obige the seller,
he bought but few shares. 1t Is evident
that he regarded these as contributions and
not business.
For instance, we find his executors enter
ing one share each in lie Courier des Etats-
Unis, the French newspaper; in the Do
mestic Society, in the Susquehanna and
Lehigh turnpike and in the Downingtown
and Ephrata turnpike, but they did not place
any value opposite them. These were not
regarded as investments by q like
Girard, but do find him owning 22O0
shares in the SchuylEill Navigation Com
pany, and these were valued in 1882 at
$264,OOO. He held nearly a million In Penn
sylvania per cents. and $l13,5OO in City
per cents.
His coal lands which consisted of nearly
10000 acres in Schuylllill County, were
valued at $175,246 at the time of the inven-
tory. Now they return a profit of more than
that every year.
His Philadelphia holdings were listed at
$11S9,631, and other man owned so
much at that time. The Girard Estate has
now three buildings worth more than that
amount, to say nothing of the college itself
ALTHOUGH Girard's holdings in the south
"A crn part of the city contained consider
able acreage, and one OF his parcels of land
in Passyunk township contained his plan
tatlon" country place, they We're valued
at less than $4,000. 1 should not like to
venture upon estimate OF their value to-
day, for on the site of part Of his plantation
rows of houses of the most modern Charac-
ter have been erected and rented. And still
there is more land to be improved.
Three buildings, now covered by the Mar
iner and Merchant Building, at Third and
Chestnut, were rented in 1882 at sl6O5, $1SO5
and $l6O5 respectively year. He had
dairy farm in Moyamensing district that
rented for 5000 year. and a whole row of
dwellings, Fairmount avenue then Coates
street, that were rented for $257.5O a year
each
For the old Dunlap house, at the south
east corner Of Twelfth and Market streets,
Girard received SOS a year. This was re-
garded as a large rent for that locality in
those days, but think any person would be
willing to give a good many times that
amount for such a corner now.
From all his city properties Girard re-
ceved only little more than $4,000 a year
in rentals and he was the richest man in
the United States in his day.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

for many years for no grass would grow
where the fratrlcidal blood had stained the
Hward
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

A SIMILAR character, but American, was
n John Stetson, the Boston theatrical man
ager' one afternoon he arrived at the
fremont Street Theatre and saw a sign
reading:
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-21

In these modern days IT seems that It
would be more up-to-date for tho armies TO
be automobilized.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-27
The Australian Blacks.

It is believed by many persons that
the blacks in Australia are dying out
As matter of fact. says correspond
ent OF the London Standard, no such
thing is happening. The belief, how
ever. Is easily explained. AS civiliza-
don advances. and 1t is yearly advanc-
ing, the blacks recede farther and far
Their into the back blocks and unknown
country, save few who have acquired
the craving for opium or drink. These
latter succumb amid the advancing
wave of civilization and seldom leave
any children. Those who have passed
inland, II they do not increase, have
certainly not decreased. In some few
cases whole tribes have died out when
civilization has reached them. but these
have usually been small tribes.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-27
PAYING THE FIDDLER

S7StS7 dancing going on b the
wv newngled the oldfaahoned
paying nor can We have much Of
anything in this world without paying for Y
bnt evaa the resnnnby - ralsrg anv ns @ h :. iii 49,
aB our 9s sgPd5 T. TOO late xasI wake e
horse hssns
etc. to sell 0~'s' go
and shin AT orebar ~ the y more central aa = ven = @ ~ @
This
the
ruinous prices
certain obligations The local storekepers entitled considers
HOW MANY Us APPRECIATE AND ACKNOWLEDGE THIS FAcTs
many of us consider that the local l. entitled to our trade ana
that morally bound consider
regrsttaole tina. many guilty
o o We nothing
We sIeed BY sIsyery ssssa embellishments and neatly
eoun.; forgss snordIna opportunity dispose
~. @ - nae s nossz invested y stock g sss.nd.s &C.
closer the limitations local dollar diverted
only permitting we inviting our
close up shop and go out Of business or to move some community where
~ lac. orskespsrs
Is AWAKEN 70 REA11zAroN OF THE CONDITIONS WHICH
CONFRONT d. PLACE SOME LIMITATIONS ON OUR DIsRE
We the fail
handwriting il written plainly the wall
Shall the writing profit CONTINUES
to dance msry and foo on until the time shall come when we must
There win VIM be With an
wE WII PAn PEAELr us we AWAKEN TO Full SENSE 81
We wish y change fiddler.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-27
STILL DEPEND ON CAVALRY
Observers Were Wrong Who Said
That Armies Soon Would Get
Along Without That Arm.

The horse is holding his own in the
present war. Dispatches mention
clouds of cavalry" screening the. Ger
man advance. Parties of uhlans scout
far and wide picking up information
which is sent back to the main body.
From East Prussia. from Galicia and
from Belgium come reports of cavalry
engagements. That troopers are the
eyes and ears of armies is an old say
ing that is being verified every day.
The aeroplane is very valuable, and SO
is the automobile, but neither displaces
the cavalry. Cavalry can act on the in
formation they gather In an instant,
they can see and strike simultaneous
ly. PloWed ground that might stall an
auto is no obstacle whatever to capa-
Bile cavalry intelligently commanded.
All great armies cherish their mount
ed troops, and make provision for re-
mounts. IL the cavalry competition
depends on the supply of horsefesh
Russia has a great advantage over all
other European nations 1t is esti-
mated that within the cars dominions
are more than thirty-three million
horses, two-thirds of which are in
European Russia. According to the
latest available statistics Germany has
100000 horses, France about $780,
600, AUSTRIA Hungary 100000 and
Great Britain nearly 100000. The
United States, with more than 10000
600 horses, is admirably qualified to
become great cavalry country.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-27
ADDING MACHINES.

They Are Not New, AZ Pascal invented
One In the Year 1912.
The adding machine is of modern de-
Yelopment but not a modern invention,
q passable one having been invented
I'm 1912 by Pascal Q623-1662). a cele
brated French geometrician, philoso-
pher ard writer. Later, in 1871. the
adding machine was modified to facili-
tate multiplication by GOttfried Will
helm Leibnitz. a German mathemati
clan Of great achievement. and his in
vention was followed by many i'm
provements.
A notable experimenter In this line
was Charles Babbage (1792-1871), an
English mathematician. many years
professor of mathematics at Cambridge
university. In order to secure accu-
racy In tables Of logarithms he con-
ceived the idea OF doing the work By
machinery and was commissioned by
the British government to superintend
the construction OF a machine for the
purpose. He spent much time and
money in experimenting and attained
some remarkable results, but died be-
fore perfecting his machine.
All calculating machines contain Ger.
tain features devised by special refer
ence to the work to be done, including
circular metallic disks, wheels with
teeth. etc., ingenious, but not more
complicated and no more responsive to
human Intelligence than many other
machines. The thinking is all done by
the operator.-Philadelp Press.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-27
SINGING BEFORE ROYALTY.
The Part Mary Garden Found TO Be
the Very Hardest.

Mary Garden. the famous opera
singer, says that it bores her to sing
before kings. Her highly personal com
ments on some of the royalty of Eu-
rope reproduced below are taken from
an article In the American Magazine
in which she gives an intimate and ex-
tended account of her experiences on
the stage:
Singing before royalty is perhaps
more of a professional than a social
distinction. have done it many times.
but it Lores me to distraction. 1t IL
ouch a nuisance. I never sang for the
car But r did sing before the English
court. the old court of Edward and
Alexandra The king slept through ii
all. as heavy a sleep as | have ever
seen. But the queen would always pat
his hand at the time to applaud and he
would wake up
The king Of Greece. a brother of
Alexandra. was special friend of
mine. He used often TO come to
where / was singing. He told his
sister OF his admiration for me. and
she had me come to Windsor to sing
While there would sing and courtesy
and walk off again.
ST am afraid I'm an anarchist In my
heart don't love to courtesy. There
are some who are not kings-such as
Marconi, who has done big things-to
whom ] would go down on my knees
because OF their achievements. but
just had to get my courage in my two
hands to courtesy to the king OF Eng
land. 1t went against me"
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-27
APPLY SLOAN'S FREELY FOR
LUMBAGO

Your attacks of lumDago are not
nearly SO hopeless as they seem.
You can relieve them almost instant
ly by simple application of Sloan's
Liniment on the back and loins.
LumIbago is a form of rheumatism,
and yields perfectly to Sloan's, which
penetrates quickly all in thru the
sore tender musc1es, limbers up the
back and makes it feel fine. Get a
bottle of SIoan's Imminent for IS
cents of any druggist and have lit In
the house against colds, sores and
swollen joints. rheumatism, neural
gia, sciatica and like ailments. Your
money back If not satisfied, but 1t
does give almost instant relief
enthusiastically
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-27
Foundation of . Fortune.

The late William Gibson. who left q
fortune Of half million pounds, was,
when a little matchmaker in Belfast,
one day examining watch which had
been sent to him for repair. It was
during the time OF the Belfast riots. A
stone was thrown through the shop
window and hit Mr.. Gibson in the
eye. Under the malicious damages act
Mr.. Gibson was awarded 10000 This
was his start in Iife.-London Sporting
Times.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-27
Formosa,s Ancient Tree.

In Formosa there is a tree between
$500 and 1900 years old, with circum-
ference of sixty-five feet and the low
est branches forty-five feet from the
ground. The tree is species OF cy-
press. the japanese beniki.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-27
First Thanksoivino ProcIamation.

The Thanksgiving proclamation was
originated by Francis Bernard. cap
tain general and governor I'm chief over
his majesty's province of the Massa-
ehusetts bay" 1t was issued Nov. 4,
1767, and tie form was that which has
been in substance adhered to ever
since
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-27
Missed Il.

The prudigal son wrote the old man
rs follows: Il got religion the other
s;iy Send me $40" Rnt the old man
-epird: Religion is free. You got
he wrong Kind
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-27
Jealousy.

Mays new hat is perfectly hid
pous''
1T isn't bit more hideous than
mine You're always saying nice things
about May."-Philadelph Ledger
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-10-27

'rhe !mpuTa the deteiving and the
;. hss:f.!s.p pxtf1ile themselves from
.'.:..i:i hiss is thri! unftuess for en-.
ling iscrL3
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-12-30
A GROWING INDUSTRY
Creamery Business Of c. ]. Story & Son
Meets With Merited Success.

A Morristown industry that has been
steadily growing for The past two years,
although without special publicity, is
the Creamery business conducted by G.
j. Story d Son at their farm down near
Lake Lamoille. "Clovermead Creamery"
was opened to the public in August of
1912 and from beginning with two Gus
, toners, the business has grown unit
/ at the present time the patrons list
number 81, between 80 and 60 of whom
are carrying cream there regularly!.during
the present winter months. An addition
was built in the rear of the farm house
the past year and has been fitted up with
a. first-class. mudei n ou,fi, including Sim
pick combined churn and butter worker,
the power for the plant being furnished
by three-Lorse power electric motor.
Chauncey b. Story, the junior member
OF the firm, has the management of the
creamery and is entitled to much credit
for the success of the enterprise. The
reputation of the firm for honesty and
square dealing is too we'll known to re-
quire mention here, but must be counted
as one of the reasons for their success.
Another reason is their business-ike
method of marketing their butter, which
is all sold directly to the consumer, large
ly in small quantities. Among their Gus
toners are many who have been at Samo-
set for one or more seasons and are &C
quainted with the methods used in the
manufacture of the product. Other fea-
lures are the comprehensive statements.
prompt payment, high prices and guaran
teed tests, which are all appreciated by
the patrons. One of the rules of the
creamery requires every patron to bring
his milk the same day, thus reducing the
cost of running the plant to minimum.
Another advantage of this rule is that
the cream all comes in the same state of
ripeness, insuring the best results. In a
word, the writer believes there is not a
creamery in Vermont that is doing more
for its patrons than the Storys and none
more deserving of success.
The junior member of the firm gradu-
ated from the U. V. NJ, agricultural de-
partment, in 1908, and since returning to
the farm has been working out with his
father, ideas along the line of the ''Reor-
ganization of the Vermont farm" New
have been built and other i'm
provements made which should result in
success. Besides the creamery and regu
lar farm work they have made special
ty of shipping maple syrup, in small
packages, and eggs directly to the con
sumer and in these lines have worked up
a large patronage.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1914-12-30
PentecOsraI Church

The local church has received an invi-
tation from the Pentecostal- N az arene
church at johnson to unite with them in
a watch Night Service" Plan to at.
tend if possible.
We now announce the date of the COM
mencement of-our special services, with
the Rev. Fred St. Clair of Berkeley, CAL,
Evangelist, in charge, as Jan. 3lst. Mr..
st. Clair has been very successful in re-
viva7 work in New England this fall and
winter and we shall be very glad to have
him with us in Morrisville. We extend
a cordial invitation to all to attend these
services.
Miss Allen supplied the pulpit of the
Johns IN church on last Sabbath, during
the absence of Rev. and Mrs. SaIston.