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The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-06-06
A TRUE TALE
OF THE SEA
By GEORGE A. PATTERSON,
IOf the British nayJ.l


1t was evening at sea I had just been
relieved Of the second dog watch. and
had before me the pleasant prospect OF
all night in. SO the gunner's cabin being
open to all corners. I thought l would
turn in there and see what was going on
"Ah, gunner" one Of the trio OF slim
gunroom youngsters was saying. you've
never been tried by court-martial.'
well, you SEQ. sonny" replied the old
sailor, Il don't at all mind telling you
that 1 have.
1T was when I was gunner of the
Heron, and the Heron was stationed of
the coast Of Africa to aid in suppressing
the slave trade We waited months for
our first prize. but It was worth waiting
for; that days work was as good as six
months pay to me. for my share Of the
prize money. Not long after that we
took our second prize-a SLAYER with her
hold full of black birds And then We
got our third prize-by a trick.
The Heron gave chase to this brig
antine flying the American flag. After
a sharp race she hove to. There were no
slaves aboard, It's true: still. things
looked very suspicious. so her skipper
was invited to visit the Heron for fur
Their conference.
This was how 1t was done: There
were plenty of brigs but only two ships
stationed on the coast at the time, one
an English frigate. the other an Ameri-
can. Now, it was Judged more than
likely that this skipper had got the
straight tip from some OF the traders
that the English frigate wal just then
refitting at Ascension. So a well-primed
lookout was secretly sent aloft, and thus
It came to pass that after q while tho
masthead-man's shout was heard:
Sail hor and the following dialogue
ensued:
"Onicer Of the watch: What is it,
Lookout: Looks like a three-masted
vessel. sir. but can't quite mako out
"Omcer of the watch: Very well; re-
port again
Sail no" was again announced.
''Omoer OF the watch: 'Well?'
Lockout: Sail is . full-rigEed ship.
SIR. h..ding this way
"omoer OF the watch: All right
There HAD been a pause in the con-
versation between the brisantine's skip
per and tho Heron's commander during
the hailins. As the former heard the
lookout's announcement. 'full-rigsed
ship he started nervously and grew pale
he realised 1t must be the American
ftgate; and he rapidly came to the con-
clusion that It would be better to surren-
der his ship at once to the Union Jack
and 20 free himself. than wait to be
captured By the Stars and Stripes and
20 to prison under American law. But
when he discovered how he had been
6ieked-for Of course. you understand.
boys, there was no san in sight At al
he raved and went on like . madman.
We'll. after that We hoped for moro
prises. but. instead. We met unsettled
weather. There was no place for the
crew: and one midnight I woke to ind
myself being rolled out amidships
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of blood and fever. fell into q restless
sleep. All day tho canoe with the worm
out men drifted helplessly down tho
river under the fierce African sunlight.
until at evening a little consulate launch
slowly churning her way up the muddy
stream picked them up.
Copyright b. tbs Associated Literary Pre&)
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fighting gardener will feel tho ,,,..,

fighting gardener will feel the pair,,
truth OF such a note as:
"Cramp In the calf OF one leg Co...
pain In contraction in the right knas
and hip. Felt several times this mon,s
tMarch) a dull pain in the back ah"'.
the loins, and chiefly upon first vak,,s
or in STOPPING"
II was In 1854 that he was prenar,,.
for his Progress OF poesy" and "p,us
daric Odes." and II is Interesting =.
remember that in the following N, W
Gilbert White finally settled At Sol.
borne.
Gray makes n statement al,ou, ~.
state OF Affairs In France In 1854. proy.
ing that there are other scourges IA.
sides those of war:
This spring was very unhealthy I,
France. Disorders OF the breas, ana
scurvies carried off great number, !,
Paris. where there were more huro,,
In the parish Of 81. Eustache in ,on,
months than usually happen In a voar..
time In the whole city"
As typical of the main portion %, III,
remarkable diary the following may NJ
quoted.
I'm the beginning Of the month eyer,.
thing seemed to want rain. hu, ~
kindly showers that fell soon after ana
the gentle weather soon brought on Tho
spring in all it's verdure. Tease were
2 inches high on the first day ~ NAV
on the 3rd the Apple began to show II.
leaves. Strawberries fowerd on ina
18th. On the first day Of the month
the Rocks had young ones. on the .ec.
ond the Swallow appeard."
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WITH THE ARTFUL DoDGER.
riiHrimngr 10 Interesting spots In
DtckcRs's London.

Dickens knew his London with won
derful thurOughness He was acquainted
with secret passages and dark lanes
and among them he found much ro-
nance. such is the devotion OF his
innumcrahlr disciples that many spent
The sunshine yesterday afternoon in
tracing the devious ways of the Artful
l'odGer and the innocent Oliver among
the byways Of Finsbury and Holborn.
Many NJ the slums OF which Rnz
wrote so intimately have Cthank good
ness > disappeared. He did much him
self To cause their disappearance. says
the London Daily Mail hut William
j. Roffey, the well known Dickens leo
turer, who knows his seamy London as
we'll as the Artful Dodger himself. was
able to conduct a party Of members ~
the Selhorne Club to many landmarks
associated with the career OF oliver
Twist
bnr OF the most Interesting srnts to
which he led the enthusiasts Was the
abode NJ Mr. Fang--the magistrate
drawn from actual life who sentenced
young oliver to three months ON the
false charge of stealing Mr. BroWnlow's.
silk handkerchief Mr. Fang was such
thin disguise Tor the notorious Mr.
Lang that the gentleman WAS crossed
on the rolls very soon after making his
appearance in the novel Mr.. Lang's
offices were in Hatton Garden and arc
now occupied by a firm of photographers
The pilgrimage extended down Far
rlngtun street To West Smithncld, de-
scribed IN those days as "a shameful
place all a-smear with Nth and fat and
blood and foam" Much has been done
to wipe out the stain of the most pes
tilential places, but rhere still remain
many sombre Dickens landmarks
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COUNSEL AND GUILTY CLIENT
Mans Right Determined ny Couv,
and Not ny Ills Lawyer.

Ought an advocate to defend 2 nr,s.
oner whom he believes to he guilty? Mr.
Justice Darling, in recent ease in
which a solicitor was the plaintiff mads
some observations on this familiar nrob
lem which ought not 10 go uurecorded
I've protested, SAYS the London Giob.
against the notion that LAWYER
whether barrister or solicitor. was undsr
an obligation To- cease to conduct A
case which he realizes To be had
III an advocate, in the course OF A
trial for murder. comes to recognize ,hs,
his client IA guilty. is he asked IN.
learned Judge, ito say to the cour,
Hang my client >" Judges have sell
dom asked about the ethics Of ad, ocacy
in open court II was. however. In
considered Judgment in the Court OF
Exchequer that Baron BramUell mad
his famous contribution to the discus,
sion.
"a mans rights" said the Baron
ARE to be determined by the court
not by his advocate or counsel I, ls
for want OF remembering this that fool.
ish people object to lawyers that thew
Will advocate case against their owr
opinions. A client is entitled to say a.
his counsel: I want your advocacy. no.
your judgment | prefer that of tn
court" Mr.. Justice Darling. in N.
jargon Of the courts. concurs.
Laymen have usually been reader
than lawyers to DISCUSS the e'hic. ~
advocacy. what do YOU think o,
supporting a cause YOU know IN b.
bad" Everybody knows Dr Johnson
reply when Roswell asked him ,hv
question. sir. you do not know (, b.
he good or bad till the Judge determines
it,"
Less generally known is sydney Smiths
contribution 20 the discussion "Iuse.
Is found experimentally TO lie mos, e.
fectually promoted by the opposite e.
forts Of practised and ingenious nsr
presenting to the selection Of an i'm.
partial Judge the best arguments for N.
establishment or explanation Of tru,t
IL becomes. then. under such AN arrange
ment the decided duty of an advooa,,
To use all the arguments in his power
TO defend the cause he has adopted and
To leave the effects Of those arguments
tn the judgment of others" This va
said in an assize sermon the famou.
wit preached AT York in 1924. To vhich
"a characteristics touch this he rave
the disturbing title of The Lapyer
That Tempted Christ"
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chapters on problems not purely par
tisan, as education and Immigration:

chapters on problems not purely par.
tisan. as education and immigration:
Both parties in Arkansas favored i'm
migration. but were widely divergent as
to the character Of the immigrants sought,
and the rights and immunitles Of the new
conner as compared with the old citizen.
The Democratic view, from news
paper articles OF 1866 and 1867:
one Of the most terrible results Of the
war Is the destruction OF the labor sys-
tenn Of the South. our people are par.
tcularly attached to the plantation sys-
tenn. The Introduction Of a foreign ele-
ment as laborers will tend to destroy this
ancient sYtem. 1t Is to he desired that
the ownership Of the soil OF our state
remain for the greater part In our an
cient population and their descendants.
Foreign" here refers not to Euro
pean or Asiatic immigrants but 10
white labor from other States OF the
Union. The Arkansas Democrats
were ready to welcome the influx Of
'serfs' Of other nationalities.
The Republican view was EXPIRE ssed
by Governor Clayton in messages to
the Legislature:
We should invite all classes to come
here and greet every one with a cordial
welcome. ! confidently expect that at an
early period you will establish a bureau
OF immigration to direct the
capital and labor Of the North to this
more genial climate and by n thorough
diffusion OF facts and statistics so to
determine the line of immigration from
Europe to this State as to make us the
recipients of those elements Of wealth and
prosperity from which by the old order
OF things We were enectually declared.
In July Of so Chinese immigra-
ton convention was held at Memphis.
Tenn. at which the planters OF Ar
kansas were largely represented. and
similar meetings were he'd suisse
quently in Arkansas. As a result OF
this propaganda n number Of Chinese
laborers were brought into the State
ana placed on the cotton plantations
They did not last long. The labor
problem settled itself. Extracts from
the State papers of 1869 report a steady
stream OF settlers pouring In from
other States.
Gen. Clayton's posthumous volume
is not definitive of any phase or
epoch OF the Stlte history of Arkan-
sas. hut is a document which mus,
he taken into careful account in the
making Of such history. II is n coll
lection of echoes Of remote jetona-
tions. an aftermath" of the Recon-
struction aftermath"
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American Philosophy and Am~rI.
can Life.

Philosophy and life consor;ed. We
gather from american Thought from
P"rifdnism To Prngmdfism, 10y Prof.
WOopRRipGE RILEY Of Nassar College
'HolD, in the early years in America.
In the Declaration NJ Independence
craftsmanship and religion meet.
The Puritans believed in passivitv.
determinism. a gospel ~ pessmism.
The deists believed in activity and
freedom, an optimistic creed Their
views went into the honored docu-
ment life, liberty and the pursuit
or happiness are antithetic to fore
ordination and the ppssimistir view.
The entertaining parallel is pro-
Jectcd; In the seventeenth century
philosophy discussed God. in the eigh-
tenth God in the natural world. and
in the nineteenth, nature more than
God. In the same time stages politics
proceeded from the king 10 the king
and his people and then to the un-
HINGED people. puritanism believed
In absolute monarchy. kngship 10y
divine right, deism. in limited mon
archy, power shared by ruler and
people: transCendentalism. in repre-
sentative democracy. An amusing
exercise
The history Of philosophy is
record of action and reaction. The
revolt against Puritanism intindu, "a
Ethan Allen Of the Green Mountain
Boys and Fort TT" as philosopher.
I'm the name of the Great Jehovah and
the Continental Congress" may he a
myth, but the Nermonters "Oracles
OF Reason" published in 1854, may
yet he read in the few copies that sur
vived the accidental destruction hv
fire Of Almost the entire edition. An
evidence of the workings Of a watchfu,
Providence f.than's stern opponents
called that fire. The book was not
or the schools. President Dwight of
Yale and President Sparks Of Har-
ward denounced it roundlv, bur
George Washington said: There Is
an original something about Allen
that commands attention" He took
his commission from the deistIcaI
bible. reason"
The revolt was carried along by
Samuel Johnson Of Connecticut 1886
I'VE, later president of Columbia. and
his idealism paved the way for Jona-
than Edwards l703-l75S). mystic.
preaching the inadequacy II reason
to explain the mystery of the inner
life. From mysticism straight
track runs on to the Quakers and in
these times, Christian Science. Mys-
ticism Is characterized as appealing
generally to minds practical yet I'M
critical, non academic yet specula-
tive And side by side with this goes
the statement that dealism has
fiourished in the Northern States. ma
teri ism in the South-generaliaatio tons
fertile In speculation
The reaction against Puritanism
made. to all effects and purposes.
team mates OF persons so unlike in
their circumstances" as John Wool
man. the New Jersey tailor, and
William Penn, Royal PropriQ or. But
the native American ide[ lists fol-
lowed a faith somewhat inarticulate
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formula makes much Is poetic meta
phor mot SMILEY. OF which English
readers will appreciate the full import
without Analysing its method. The
translation keeps pretty close to the
original, even in places where verbal
changes might have enabled a still
more faithful transmission of the
poets intent.
A giant among the poets Is EMILE
NERHAEREN. whose selected poems are
translated by ALMA SrRETTEIL U.ane).
Here are beauty, power and intellect.
heights and depths and far reaches;
the mysteries, adventures. tragedies.
joys and conouests of life magnif-
Gently synthctized. The shadows pro-
claim the spIendor Of NJ. verhaerens
universe. Mankind is not mean but
noble. Courage Is beauty. Defeat Is
not ignominious. He does not spin
with laborious craft web OF words
around one little nuclcar idea; his nu-
clear ideas expand and multiply. He
is dynamic. propulsive.
What should translation Of the
Inferno" "Purgatorio" and Para
disc" he? 1.-THE Divine Comedy" as
translated by Prof HENRY JOHNSON Of
Bowdoin College yale University
Press. is commendable because 1t
faithfully follows the form Of Dante.
To reproduce the poet himself woull
require another Dante. People who
care about the "Commedia" at all
want 1t for itself. not as tn.
mere material Of new and inferior
works. There is not a single note
to mar the beauty of the 435
pages Of poetry; the only apparatus"
is Ave pages OF appendix translating
Dante's Latin phrases. This is not an
academic but literary work. 1t has
its flaws; there would be some even in
n variorum. composite OF all the trans
lations ever made. Critical minutie
aside. 1t is a good performance In
a department where nowadays there
are few who would even care to
launch upon such a venture.
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briefly In the shade of a hedge, PEREZ
CRIME told a silly story of some edu-
Gated hens he had met walking, ten
Of them. single fi.e into Emporia.
Each one was swearing. ] would not
venture. l added, to repeat what they
said" Not n word from the Mennon-
ties. Conversation with the hens was
reported: they were agitated because
there was to be a Sunday school pic
mic. and all the hens were under
orders to lay devilled eggs:
I'VE do not laugh at jokes about
swearing" said the Mennonite driver.
and climbed back on his reaper. MY
partner STROBE solemnly out into the
sun and began to pile shesves.
There is another harvest than that
of the wheat on those Kansas prai-
ries. the harvcsters are themselves
harvested: THE harvester CANDLES
with sunstrokc. disease and dsmnation.
In one way or another the money
trickles from his loose fingers. and he
drifts from the wheat in Oklahoml
north To the wheat in Nebraska. He
goes To Canada to shock wheat there
AZ the season recedcs. and then per-
for Duluth. Mimi, we will say He
takes up numbering. or he may make o
circuit Of the late fruit crops Of Colo
RADIO and California. lie is. pretty
largely. so much crude. loose. ungov-
erned human strength. more useful
than wise. Looked at closely. he may
be the boy from the machine shop.
impatient Tor ready money. the farmer
failure turned farmland. the bank
clerk or machine shop mechanic tired
of slow pay. or the college student
on a lark. more or less incognito. He
may be the intermittent criminal the
gay cat or the travelling religious
crank'-or the trader of rhymes for
bread.
1t is not the gospel Of beauty" nor
the rather nahby philosophy Of labor
that makes this record Of "A wander
jahr welcome, hut the snapshots of
odd characters met. the paragraphs
ruled 10y commanding emotion that
drives out self-ConsCiousness. and the
bits Of whimsical hobo lore: Five
households may he approached with
the offer of swap. work for a meal.
before one is come upon "in a meal
giving mood" And two times out OF
three this kindly disposed person re-
fuses to barter. saying 'Oh. come on
In and eat anyway" II the proffer If
work is accepted, a task set cutting
weeds or hoeing in the garden may
he worked out. but stint at the
woodpile ends prematurely: Every
thud Of the inevitably dun instrument
seems To go through him. After FIVE
minutes he thinks ! have worked an
hour. and he comes to the porch and
shouts Come in and get your din
ner.' In the middle West no town
is too small Ia have rival livery sta
bles, and after giving up his matches
the wanderer is pretty sure To he al
lowed To s,eep in the hay.
These adventures. like all others Of
their kind. are interesting not for any
revelation of the real life of the road
hut for what they show of eccentric
characters in unaccustomed environ
ment \ certain cultured college pro-
fessor who once tried ii was hit of
by his students in ribald verse:
Here's to Weary , bum,
l.oafer. tramp and hoho's Chum. IL
we'd been that, why, we'd keep mum
oh. here's to Weary -- -, bum"
But keeping mum is no part OF Mr..
Lindsays programme
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WAR WEATHER FORECASTS.
How Observations Are Made h,
Gcrmsns In Conquered Territory.

An article describing the use TO whic
the German meteoroiogists are putt,rs
the Relgian Royal Observatory a Uecl.
about two miles from Brussels. u tod
in the Gazette 4 strououltquc, the o-ear
Of the Astronomical Society of An'verr
which. after eight months has nov
resumed publication in London
When the Belgian army retired 'row
Brussels n German force took posses
sion OF the observatory and cs'aN.
lished there a field meteornlos st..
ton, with four prominent Germa
meteorologists as observers TIE r.
"ian astronomers and mrtcor1' Z : =
were allowed to remain. euhjer, to CO..
tain restrictions.
The German army meteoroloc sis ve'-
observed filing with h,drogeu Iri,
pressure small india rubber balloon
which they launched and FOLLOWED
with theodolte. Another t1'ofol''
was evidently established elsewhere o.
some distance, and tn" Il S,uSS m 2.
their synchronous readings v.ut CIV
useful hints on the direction ava ye'.
ity OF the currents In the upper a'ro'
phere. These operat ons were ~
tinued into the night. tho balloons AZ
dark being somewhat large, and ar e..
ing an electric poke, lamp formHr
art ncial star which could . n
lowed for "A long time when ~" 8
was clear.
The data thus obtained, 'oG'' 90 "
readings Of German meteor 'og'"'
standard instruments set up r ~
grounds OF the observatory. wore q
once transmitted to the "SccR 20"
Hamburg by means OF telCgrapu vito
directly connected to Tcc'c :" N"
bination with similar ohSrrypt o"s ~
lected IN Namur and p"rua0- N'S'
whore In the conquered countries ~.
with the German, Dutch and Sand .
navian observations, th'v ucr. '
doubt intended t. increase O." ~
cheney of the German mi'lt,r, ,- -
vice, which was badly Narl ,np'
from the outset Of tho va ~ - ~
Snnnn OF Rrltish nhAnrNltLn..s
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POETS GARDEN NOTES.
'"'rrrs''"H Find Of an inknow
Manuscript Of Thomas Gruy.

manuscript journal for 1854 hy
Thomas Gray, who wrote the immortal
Eleey IN Country thurc yard" has
nten unearthed says the London Ddily
TcIc1rdph. by Sidney Hodgson among
mass OF legal documents
II covers the lnosi careful! meteor3los,-
cal and botanical observations made hy
the poet from March to September
30, 1884, and reveals MIN AS a gifted
naturalist,
The observations on flowers and
shrubs mr." meticulously exact and close.
ana embrace notes made in London
stoke Poges. Hampshire, Twickenham,
Bucks, Bletchley, Warwick and Gret-
worth. Now and again he takes rity
on his many ailments, and many a
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-05-24
POLICE BOARD
MAY SHAKE Up
CAPTAINS TODAY
That Is the Rumor, Anyway.
First Meeting in Two
Weeks.

The Board of Police Commissioners
will meet in conference today after
a period of two weeks IN which no
upheaVal in the department has been
effected. Rumor has it, though, that
further changes will be made today
or at the regular meeting Thursday.
Shifts among the captains which
have been impending since the death
Of Captain Ryan, are said 10 be due
this week. Further the process Of
taking traffic details and other jobs
from men who have held them for
some time and awarding them to
men of the boards own choosing has
not been completed, although the
board has made much progress along
this line in q. short time.
One matter Of long standing which
the commissioners are not likely to
take action upon is their intention to
denote nine lieutenants and nine
sergeants. The matter has been ad-
iourned indefinitely" and is likely
to remain so. Meanwhile the board
may take the attitude professed by
Commissioner Frederic Bigelow re-
Gently:
well, even though we did denote
the men. we would have TO promote
some of them again. We need the
services of some Of them.
Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-05-24
COUNT T|SZA WILL
SUCCEED BUR|AN
IN PREMIERSHIP
Resignation of Austrian For
eign Minister Generally
Credited i'm Rome.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
PARIS, May "A S:45 a. IA
HaVas dispatch from Rome says the
Corriere Della Sera announces the
resignation of Baron Burian, the
Austrian foreign minister, and says
that he will be succeeded by Count
Tisza, the Hungarian premier.
BY the Associated Press.
ROME, via Paris, May "a. $50 a, IN.
Reports which haver been received
here that Baron Buran, the Austrian
foreign minister, has resigned are
generally accepted as true and have
caused vide. comment. His reported
fall is attributed to the failure of the
AustroItalian negotiations and the
declaration of war by Italy.
The newspapers point out that
Count Won Berchtold, his predecessor,
refused to accept German suggestions
regarding the necessity of granting
concessions to Italy, Kajetan Mercy
Won kapos- Mere, who retired as Aus
trian ambassador to Italy soon after
war began. w9s said to have been
obliged to give up his post because he
firmly maintained that Italy never
would take up arms against the CEN
tral empires. similar stand was
thhEii ny lphioli i'hl ltilis III hlitAA VI
position to the advice of Prince Won
Buelow, the German ambassador.
\ report that Baron Burian had
offered his resignation to Emperor
Francis Joseph, but that the monarch
had refused to accept it, came from
Geneva Friday. This may be the
basis for the, belief in Rome that he
has given 4up his office. No confirma-
tion of this report has been received
in London.