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The ChudFcn's Crusade,

That Henry FoRD has abandoned
his peace pilgrimage aud is returning
Ia this country in impaired health i
the latest news from Europe concern
ing this amazing enterprise. So much
mystery has been thrown around his
recent acts that the mornings news
may contradict this. and reveal him
either in n snnitarium or struggling
Ia continue the trip 10 which his I'M
measured zeal committed him in spite
of the obvious futility Of his mission
and the grave dangers inseparahlc
from the attempt to carry it out. The
one u%ndeniable fact now apparent is
that with the approach of his party
to Europe the difficulties that had
seemed Of negligible nccount when
contemplated from the upper floor of
Il New York hotel took on Il different
aspect.
Not the least of these were the oh
staclcs tn success Inherent in the
guests themselves. The party had not
been atloat forty.cight hours before
the temperamentnl defects of its mem
hers began to operate against their
continuance together in peace and
harmony. DiSregnrding those who
had accepted Mr.. FoRp'S invitation
from unworthy or merely trivial mo-
tireS, the aggregation of delegates
included n number of persons whose
simplicity of mind and praiseworthy
ambitions cannot obscure the fact that
they are not easy or comfortable com
panions. Each of these clings stub
bornly Ia his own scheme of reform /:
each is convinced of the honesty Of
his own intentions and ~ the practl-
cability of the plan he has devised !;
and. unfortunately, most, If not all of
them, are deeply suspicious of the
motives and purposes OF all who do
not agree with their theories.
On the man who seeks to accom-
plish the result for which they are
striving by means other than that on
which they have pitched. these earn
est souls look with distrusr MS deep
rs that they hold for open opponents
Of this aspiration. They see NJ vim
tue in men who cannot swallow their
ambitions and their plan of campaign
, whole, indOrse them in every detail,
and give support To every move they
| advocate. Each cherishes ms inspired
, wisdom his conception Of the evil
to be assailed and the methods for at
| tncking II, and all who dare to ques.
tion in any detail ar" convicted Of
folly, had faith, and disloynlty.
Mr.. Ford must have found travel
with these unreasonable, II vlrtuous,
PERSONS. most trying. His own dispo.
sition we do not pretend to know
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HESSIAN LETTERS.
They Report Opinions on Our Climate
Women and Institutions.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir: The
editorial article on the "SparrOwgrass
papers and the Hessians suggests the
very Interesting information on America
contained in the letters written by these
Keesians to their friends in HesseNCas-
SCI. We must not confuse these people
with the P~russians. many of whom
served In the American army These
letter. are full of entertaining remark
on the climate and Other doings noted
by the writer's. on the climate a letter
from Staunton. Va, JuneS 1873, writing
Of the intense heat and terrible thunder
storms. continues:
Toward the end OF February the peach
and cherry trees had already blossomed.
but toward the middle and end of April
all the fruit became frozen. even the rye
and winter wheat suffering severely.
So the climate doesn't seem to have
changed.
In a letter written from Philadelphia,
January IS. 171S:
At the present time I can form no men
tai picture OF an earthly paradise with
out including In It the Jerseys and Ions
Island. Not 80. however. with Pennsyl-
van!a. II the Hon. Count Penn were to
orer ms the Who'll. country OF Pennsylva-
MIA with the condition that I should live
"a i'SN - - '''s ~ N
I should accept It.
One writer In n letter dated Kinder
hook. December Is. 1877. says:
To-day being a day OF rest. I shall give
you an account OF two things which par
ticularly struck me in this country. The
frs, OF these was the evident mastery
that the women possessed over the men,
In Canada this power 81 used by TN
women 70 further the interests OF the
men. but here Il Is used nearly to ruin
them The wives and daughters OF these
people spend more than their incomes
upon fnery. The man must fish up the
last penny he has In his pocket.
The beauty and grace Of the women
and also the absence of scars from
smallpox. due to Ejaculation. are also
noted.
That the Hessian 10 not a Prussiar
Ia noted IN letters written between No
vember -. 1877. and October 10, ITS. n
sort of diary. where the meeting between
Prussian officers serving in the Amcri-
can army and their expression OF de
light at the sight OF our blue coats
are set forth. and also In a letter from
a Hessian chaplain. from 'Brooklant
lBrooklyn1 near New York" Septen,
Der :. l776;
our loved Hessians asSmlla;e them
selves TO their surroundings IN all things
The delays OF the English Gen.
erals make them impatient. while the Of
fcn.!ve looks cas-, upon the Germans by
the English exc!tes still more their ire.
Many Hessians left the army and set,
tied in America. one prisoner. a Colo
mel De Mengen, married the daughte,
OF John Hancock. a signer OF the Dec
laration, and settled in Philadelphia
Johann Hintesass married a Berkshire
Massachusetts,. girl. and as John Hen,
derson left descendants who are still
living.
General George A.. Custer, the ludlar
lighter. was the great-grandson OF ;
Hessian officer who served under Bur
goyne. Captured and paroled, ne set
tied in Pennsylvania, changed his name
from kuester. removed to Maryland
where the father OF General Custer Wa!
born in 1906. ANDERSON PRICE,
NEW YORK, December 20.
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No contract jumper shall ever again
he permitted to play in organized base
ball while ! have anything to say about
it.-BAN JOHNSON.
Inasmuch as the most important
concession made to the Federal
League in the peace terms Is the re-
instatement of contract jumpers 80
that the Federal magnates may sell
these players TO organized baseball for
highly remunerative sums, thus re-
coupling n part Of their losses, this
seems to he one instance in which the
car OF Baseball" chang cd his mind.
Those who like clean" baseball wish
that Big BAN had stood firm on his
original declaration.
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NOn-POiitical Dinner Remarks by
the Colonel.

According {" II guest at The Gary
dinner" there was no politics N that
repnst and Colonel ROOSEVELT made
only two remarks that could be- ron
strued either rs II reflection upon
President WILSON or as relating 10
the preparedness issue" Both were
made to Judge GARY and by him re-
peated To other diners. who. although
the gathering was small and select.
were not supposed 10 have heard what
the Colonel said.
One of these remarks was 10 the
effect that more Americans had lost
their lives during the revolutions in
Mexico and rs the result of Outragrs
upon American life in the European
war, such as the sinking of the Lusi-
tania. than were sacrificed In the en-
tire war with Spain. We really cannot
understand how Colonel Roosevelt T
could know this TO he the ease. In
the Val with Spain the United States
army lost in killed and dead from
wounds 81 officers and 3lS men, while
81 officers and o.4S5 men succumbed
to disease. The navy lost Is tone
Officer) killed in battle and 30 from
wounds and injuries. while 30 died
from disease. The total of lives sac
rifced' was therefore 3.OlS. Could
Colonel ROOSEVELT show that as many
Americans have lost their lives In
Mexico and at SEA in the European
war: Could he even prove that as
many Americans as lO5, the number
Of officers and soldiers of the army
and officers and sailors of the navy
who were killed or died of wounds
In the war with Spain, have been
"sacriiiced' in Mexico and in Euro
pean waters;
Another remark of the Colonel'S
which Judge GARY i said to have
repeated To the assembled guests was
to the effect that since the conflict
in Europe began Great Britain hal
built more war vessels than are rep
resented by the entire strength of the
United States navy. At the outbreak
Of the war Great Britain was build
Ing fourteen lrpadnought battlcShips,
II battle cruiser and twenty light
cruisers, according to tnitcd state,
NCr0I institute PrOccCdWOs. which j.
usually we'll informed. Eight of the
fourteen battleshipS were launched in
1918, and they are probably all in
commission by this time. The pre-
sumption is that the sfN laid down
in the end Of 1913 and early In 19l
have not been completed yet. The
battle cruiser Tiger. which was
launched December Il, 1913, is IN
commission. Probably half III,
twenty light cruisers, whose displace
ment ranges from $500 to 5,4OO tons
have been completed, but there Is n,
means of knowing definitely.
II may be assumed that new hat
tleships and cruisers of the dread
noupht type have been laid down 1,
British yards since tho war hegau
hu, Colonel Ro"s,v1G, who was one
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Not All Discoveries Are So.

The medico.sociolOgical research
professors are all the time
ing discoveries. That's what many
of them are for. Every time one of
them prOclaims II discovery and II IL
proved not to he true he makes Il
contribution I u human knowledge be.
cause he indirectly adds one thing
to the sum of things that the world
knows 10 he untrue. II there were
enough Of these researchers they
would In the course Of time perhaps
discover" all things that are not
true. and then by separating what
they have discovered from what
they have not discovered II would he
possible To draw the line between
truth and fallncy.
One of these professors. of Il eu-
genie turn Of mind, says that the
father who has not II family Of
three and seyen-tenths children is q
failure as n eugenic member of So
'A'As ~ w II 'ti,A
offsprin. seems to present II consid-
cradle problem to non-eugenic heads
Of families. The required number
might be- roughly approyimated by
providing the other children with n
half brother or half sister. but the
family would sill be t%wO-tcnths of Il
child shy. If IT should turn out that
the eugenic family is impossible, then
the professors discovery falls to tn"
ground.
Another researcher processes 10
discover the coming of the day when
science will control the growth ct
children. suspending it or causing ii
to he resumed at will. Thus, should
that day come. the hard-up head of
II large family could have the growth
Of the several children stopped until
they Wore ont all their clothes; after
which he could buy clothing for them
a few sizes too large, SET them grow
ing till they filled the garments, and
then. II necessary, II economy die
tated. stop their growth until the new
supply of clothing was past further
wearing. when the process could he
repeated. The grounds for this hope
full look into the future have not Yet
undergone the test of scientific ex-
animation.
Among the recent minor announce
ments Is that of II doctor who claims
to have discovered n new ailment thai
affiicts only drivers of gasolene vehi-
cleS and has been named by him
'chauffeur's knee" Whether this Is u
new afliclion or IL n of the many
varieties of rheumatism or perchnnce
atnlcts only the other fellow, the pc.
destrian whom the chauffeur has run
down, Is a question that may be
cleared ND later.
Still another discovery" that has
not yet been put to the ultimate test
Is that nervous students are the
siluIle~l, Wv >lutltUt WHO is lttlSt
nervous standing lowest In his class
in college," The baseball and foot
ball teams are not made up Of par
tlcularly ervou youngsters. They
are the men of ote In their classes,
and upon their graduation positions
await them that pay considerably
more than those of the university and
college presidents whom they leave
behind. II by "smartness' is meant
ability to become Il researcher, per,
hnps the u test Is right.
The recent discovery" that bald
headed persons are never insane
was quickly demolished through tn.
process Of counting the denuded pate.
in n large asylum for 'unatics. which
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indicated that the proportion Of bald
to those not bald was about the same
there as among persons n. large.
To the plain and wise old all around
doctors and to the skilled specialist
belongs mostly the credit for showing
the fallacy Of most Of the discover.
les" Of the ambitious young research
ers. These seasoned men Of science
do not jump at conclusions; they
jump on the vagaries Of unseasoned
researchers.
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One Of Mayor Mitchel's Acts Wins
ApprOyul,

To rHE EDITOR OF THE SUN-Sir. No,
that | take a whole lot OF stock In some
Of Mayor Mitchel's policies, believe me
But | do believe his New Years Eve,
3 o'clock \. NJ. edict is pretty close to
right.
Anything beyond that is silly, as u
strikes me, II I'm not ready to 70
home at 8 o'clock \. NJ, ! hope some
kindly cop will tell me TO "beat It"
JoHN WORTHY.
NEW YORK, December "a.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-25

We'll, he ~came-didn't he. boys and
girls, And the jolly old Saint. a lit
tie bit sobered by the heavy demand
on the tin soldier department Of his
toy factory, is especially ANXIOUS that
the young colonies and generals who
drill them and shoot them down by
p%latoons and regiments may never
know the horrors Of real war. but
only the pomp and panoply of parade
and the ardors Of blank cartridge bat
ties. in days Of peace with perfect
national honor.
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The Deiiy Christmas.

There glittered In the sky last night
The Universal Tree,
Each burning orb a candle light
Most glorious 10 see,
There shcwered from the sky as, nigh
Each universal gift;
Beyond all price, TO left and right.
They found us sure and swift.
Lake children, ovcrt!red with cheer,
We scarcely paused to mark,
Yet II II came but once a year
How We would watch and hark'
M~CIANpBURGH WILSON.
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Lest the Christmas festivities become
an agency of distress, holiday travel
lers are urged to take special precau-
tons In visiting cities and States
where the grip epidemic is prevalent.
The exercise Of reasonable care will
not spoil the Christmas fun, but neg
lect may easily contribute to the
spread of the discomfort.
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THE PARDONING POWER.
The President Has No Authority Out
side the Federal Establishment.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: VIII
you kindly decide the following contro-
yersy:
II a capital crime is committed, Ina.
Of murder. In a State and punishable
under the avs OF that state and the
courts of last resort have been appealed
to, and the Governor of said state re-
fuses to commute or pardon. has the
President of the United states a right
or authority either to commute, pardon
or override the fnal decision OF the
Governor of said State In such case3
NAT HYMEs.
NEWARK. n. j., December "a.
The pardoning power of the Presi-
dent extends only to Federal prison
ers. In crimes punishable by the
State he possesses no authority to
intervene, and when he interests him.
self in a case he does so as any other
citizen might suing for a favor. II
was In this way that Mr.. Wilson In
terested himself in the recent case OF
Hillstrom, the murderer convicted and
executed under the laws OF the State
Of Utah.
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Bulgarian officers are to apologize
for their treatment Of American citi-
zens, and We shall not have TO fight
bulgaria. The war hat "A been
averted by this concession ana repara-
,iorr would have presented difficult
problems. How would our campaign
have been planned and conducted?
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"Send my whole heart TO the dear
American public. but not the German
portion" SAYS Nine. BERN HARpT. The
immortal SARAH is a better patriot
than respeCter Of the ways OF neu-
trails. The dear American public
heartily reciprocates her good wishes.
and il Is not to he supposed that the
German portion" will be less sincere
in that than the rest.
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Because Of Many Excellent Reasons.

To THE EDITOR or Tuu StN-Sr' one
cent letters; why not one cent tele.
grams; why mote ANpREw PIr.nTk
FioRINpA. Fla, December 81.
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Ex-Ambassador Cno,rs is hopelessl

Ex-Ambassador CuoATE Is hopelessly
old fashioned. 81 do not believe he
says, the people of America can sit
idly by and see liberty crushed to
earth. law and order overthrown and
civilization abolished" The hearty
reception Of his speech az an Aneri-
can-Canadian dinner ,~hyphenated hos
pitality) shows that the Spirit of &c
is not departed from us.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-25
Overheard In the Parcel Post

First Present-Travelling much
second Present-Yes It's Q whe ~. that
knows al ips swnsrA
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Boston's population Is now 1i5.i3o.
compared with i70.5S5 in 1910. The
Sacred Goldfish has put on 1I.s5i new
Gales
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-25
4 Choice of Mansions.

kulgker-Who Is running our dIpio.
macy?
Bpker-E!ther the white House or the
other House.
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n our friends ,rho ta"or Us trith mann.
scripfs ond Illustrations for publication trish
10 haze rejected articles returned h'y must
IN oil cases send stamps toy that purpose.
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London onicc. Efnngham House, | Arun-
de street, strand.
Paris once. . Rue de Ia Michodtere. on
Rue du Quatre SeptcmDre.
Wa -hingtun office, IL IBIS Building
Brooklyn Office. los Livingston street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1915-12-25

Gee whiz.
what a cry
Merry
Christmas
y Merry Christmas Is
Bat, say,
Don't YOU forget
lust yet,
Thers's some the other way
", J. LANrIoS,
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Nassau street.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-04
GETTING THE BREEDERS IN
CONDITTON.

Everything will depend on the con-
stitutional vigor of the breeders as to
just what kind of stock will be raised
this year. The biggest trouble viii
be with body lice. Powder will not
keep the birds entirely free. Every
bird is at least rs per cent deficient
in earning power. Lice-O has done
more for putting profits into the poul-
try-yard than anything that has ever
been introduced into the poultry
business. 1t absolutely keeps the
birds free from lice and soc tube
will last the average breeder one
year. 1t will increase chick growth
wonderfully and is guaranteed cure
for scaly legs. A circular telling Of
what it is doing for other breeders
mailed on request. Large tube soc,
postpaid. The Lice-O Co., 2S6 "
Washington St., Portland, Or.-Adv.
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Proposed Law.

It will be unlawful for any person,
or association to ship between the
states for the purposes of sale any
seed or grain falsely labeled, or falsely
represented as to grade, character or
name, if bill introduced by Repre-
sentative William A. Cullop, of In
diana, becomes law. The bill pro-
yides puishment by fine of not less
than $500 or by Imprisonment for
not more than one year.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-04
Sudan Grass as
a Forage Plant
THE negro, the diamond, and GER
tain grains introduced into this


- country from the dark continent
may have proven to be of great value,
but what promises to be the most val
liable thing for the American farmer
coming from Africa is a plant sup
posed to be the parent of the sorg-
hum family, and native of the Su-
dan country. 1t was discovered by
the experts sent out by the United
States Department of Agriculture
searching all parts of the world for
plants of value to the American
farmer.
In 1909 a few seeds were sent to
Texas and distributed among the sew
eral experimental stations under the
general direction of the A. NJ. college.
The reports uniformly placed this new
grass at the head of the list, and after
being subjected to all sorts of severe
tests 1t was pronounced superior to
anything among the grasses.
Use in Southwest.
The Farmers Congress next passed
upon it with enthusiastic favor, and
soon every progressive farmer in the
Southwest was wanting the seed,
which became so scarce that last year
1t sold for 50 to 81 per pound. 1t is
cheaper this season with probably l.
100000 pounds of seed grown in
Texas. Everyone who grew it last
season expects to SOW it the next, so
the demand is still on the increase in
this and other parts of the country.
Wherever tried 1t produces more and
better hay to the acre than any other
grass known, and 1t is expected to
cover the entire country as no other
grass has ever done. This year ex-
periments have been made by agricul-
tural stations from Maryland to Ore
gon with astonishing success.
Results in Northwest.
While 1t is presumed to grow more
luxuriantly with a larger number of
cuttings each season in the Southern
states some OF the best results have
come from the Northwestern states.
1t grows from four to 10 feet high and
yields four to eight tons of dried hay
per acre, making it very desirable for
the stockraiser, and under ordinary
conditions produces from 400 to 1000
pounds of seed per acre.
This Sudan grass resembles the
old-time Johnson grass in general
appearance as well as the sorghum
but possesses all of their merits with
none of the Objectionable features.
Being an annual it dies down every
year, SO does not become a pest but
may be grown where most desired.
1t natures in 65 to 80 days from
sowing and makes an abundant sup
ply of excellent forage, silage and hay.
All kinds of livestock prefer it to al
falfa hay and poultry like the seed.
1t is we'll adapted to the arid regions,
does fine in the rain belt, prairie and
hill country, in fact, seems to grow
reasonably well in all kinds of soil
in the South, East, North and West.
1t is indeed a wonderful grass and
worthy of a trial by everyone who can
procure the seed. 1t is the grass that
laughs at drought and smiles at rain.
The gazette-times. [volume] (Heppner, Or.) 1912-1925, 1915-02-04
What Father Didn't Say.

Father-Do you think you can sup
port my daughter in the manner to
which she has been accustomed?
SuitOr-I think can, sir.
Father-Then you can't have her.
She's never had anything in her life.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-01-15

cotton linens we are using there. AL though the cotton napery there has been in use since March, defy him or anyone else to tell it at sight from linen. Only by feeling it can one tell the difference, and then he must be something of an expert"
 We'll spokenl MT. Beifeld says there are 5000 American hotels and 40,0O0 restaurants, besides dining cars and boarding houses, which would give the south a market for 500,O0O extra bales of cotton annually if all used cotton napery. The esteemed manager ot the La Salle evidently formed his opinlon of cotton napery from an inferior product. MT. Beifeld, on the other hand, sees a splendid opportunity to save money and help the south at the same time. The best grade of cotton "1inens" cannot be told from real not by the diner who spends $5, $10 or even $15 for his dinner.