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JUSTICE TO PORTO RICO.
4 Plea for the Passage Of the Home
Rule Bill By Congress.

To THE EDITOR OF THE SuN-Sir: When
the United States took possession OF
Porto Rico the island was enjoying
home rulc and had Its own representa-
tive ut the Cortes OF Madrid. by grant
ing home rule and citizenship &c Porto
R!cans Spain had thereby recognized
that Porto Rico was long ago capable
Of governing itself.
Since the American occupation the
United States has repeatedly promised
TO restore TO the people their rights and
give them the desired gift OF American
citizenship. but so far nothing has been
done to do away with the un-American
colonial government.
The people Of Porto Rico have re-
manned calm and hopeful. and for the
last seventeen years they have shown
by their wonderful progress in educa-
ton. and in the art OF gov
eminent that they can be trusted with
4 greater O Of home rule and are
worthy Of American citizenship.
The press throughout the United
States has again n again commented
favorably upon Porto Rico and its
people. Business men and men Of high
standing in social and political circles
who have visited the Island testify to
the Intellectual and physical progress Of
Porto Rico. The natives are capable of
holding Porto Rico to the level OF the
most progressive State OF tire Union.
President Wilson IN his last speech 10
Congress urged Congress TO do Justice
TO Porto Rico and decide as soon as
possible upon its future status.
While the Senate takes its Christmas
vacation n while the Porto Elcar
bill! awaits n hearing. Americans should
learn more about their little island.
which in beauty and natural productive
ness !s second to no other country.
YoNKkIs, December 20. A. L. A.
The sun., 1916-12-31
BAcKSLTDERS IN THRIFT.
Life insurance Policy Holders Who
Abandon or Borrow.

In an address on Thursday before
tho American Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Science, Il. Z. Ritten-
house. Commissioner of tho Equitable
Lifo Assurance Society. pointing to
the spendthrift habits Of Americans.
showed a table of new business written
and old business lost by lapse and sur
render during thirty years by the COM
panics which report to the Insurance
Department of this State. In this
table the first column after the year
shows the amount Of new insurance
written; the second. insurance lost by
lapse and surrender. and the third, the
ratio Of loss 10 new insurance, in per-
%entages
The sun., 1916-12-31
More Hind Words for the Police.

To III EDITOR OF THE SUS-Sa': Let
me indorse the sentiments expressed IN
the letter signed "An Admirer" saying
hat 'of all the fine things done in New
York this holiday season the finest OF
all was the Christmas Of the police TO
he children OF the poor" The kindly
spirit exhibited by the Police Depart
ment especially appealed to me. ] wish
10 extend my sincere thanks TO the
police and to say that ! firmly heliovo
that their hearty dispositions viii nave
a far reaching influence for good.
ANOTHER .ApMiRER.
New York, December so.
The sun., 1916-12-31
=. +. v.-The Felicity and FuMblc
Vocabulary.

To THE EDITOR or THE SrS-Sir: Fee
llcity OF phrase and tumble In fact
seem to characterize current history
at n near the seat OF government IN
Washington,
Why should not Felicity and Rumble
&c down the years Us consistent COM
panions TO Ieprosy and Loot and other
explosive alternatives of past nses?
B~EooKLyS, December so N. a
The sun., 1916-12-31

similar Behavior of Cow ana Man"
vas the title Of a paper read yesterday
to the scientists IN convention. Some
behave as intelligcntly az some
cows. hut no COW would behave as
foollshly "a sonie men. Cows chew
cuds. not tobacco or gum; they do
not smoke when that operation IN
wolves irritation OF the throat; and
while cases Of bovine alcoholism have
been reported, tho consumption OF
strong drink Ia not among their
common weaknesses. When tho be-
havior OF cows becomes similar TO
that OF men the rae will have de-
alarmingly.
The sun., 1916-12-31

sorted to figuring to determine that the
future wa out ahead and not behind"
A point we'll taken. The sentence
should have stopped ut the word "fu.
ture." But does any one really mind
these little pleonasms? II is further
alleged!
page six, column seven. Concerning
JAr Joxu MAN. Chinesc)-'.About q
year ago MAN reiinsuished his dreams
OF becoming n chop sucy magnate--'
In Chinese the family name comes first.
This bankrupt 10 a JAr. not a MAN, un-
less you would call him by his first
name"
That Is just what we would do.
On another day the complainant al.
leges that this newspaper snid Of IN
unnamed person:
"He Is stopping at the McAlpin."
He means that we said that the
man was stopping ut the Mc.Alpin.
This simple record Of fact is nssailed
rs follows:
"~'Stopping' is the present particlpls
Of STOP and when anything stops STOP
ping II stops. Even . snail cannot pro-
long the act Of stopping beyond q few
seconds"
We should have said that when
anything stopped stopping It went on,
but, this aside, VIC may state that in
the sentence In question as stopping
Is the progressive form Of the present
tense Of the verb "stop." 1t does not
mean that the gentleman Is just COM
ing 10 IL standstiil at the hotel. but
that he has, temporarily Mt least. mr..
rested or stopped his travels at that
place. If "a. H." will look in the
Century Dictionary he will find TINT
the third meaning OF the verb stop"
used intransitively. Is:
TO make a hal. or a stay o: longer
or shorter duration tarry; remain"
In closing his bill Of particulars u
reader says:
"But We prefer The srS to n other
New York newspaper. because its news
is carefully chosen and It's articles gem
orally we'll written and carefully edited"
Shall all he forgiven?
The sun., 1916-12-31
Popular Authors.

To THE FIpIroR OF THE SUN--Str: !
have read with much amusement Mr..
wilstach's letter regarding Mcssrs.
Anon n Ihld.
Am sorry to note hat 10 Mention
was made Of good old Supra and 1T Seq.
They are both charming fellows and
intimate friends Of mine. Y. l.,
NEW YoRK, December 80,
The sun., 1916-12-31

Two anecdotes of LINCOLN and some
"reminiscences OF the Bmancipator from
the pen OF the late Captain GnRsRr ].
GREENE have been brought together by
Mr.. CHARLES T. WHITE under tho title
"Lincoln the Comforter" and printed
at the Herald Press, Hancock, n. Y,
for private distribution among the
compiler's friends. The volume derives
unusual interest from the fact that
Mr.. WHITE. In addition to preparing its
contents for publication. verifying the
dates and performing the usual func-
tons OF editor. personally set the type,
made mp the forms and superintended
the press work in the shop where, a
third Of a century ago. no learned the
use Of stick and shooting stick. In APP
pearance and In matter this bit Of
Lincolniana does equal credit to Mr..
WHITES interest In a subject Of mex
haustible fascination. and his contin-
ued mastery of the art pr~eservative.
Homeless in $4,000 apartment.--Heod-
Hne.
Almost every nat dwcller, no mat
ter how gilded his cage, has had
NAAk A>
The sun., 1916-12-31

Mr.. Rittenhouse said that the prog
ress OF life insurance was oil the
more remarkable because It had TO
advance three. steps TO get ahead
two" The policy holders who nban-
doned $s1s. 900. 900 Of insurance last
ear had spent ses.o0o.0 900 on 1t.
Tho Commissioner found another
evidence Of the tendency 70 spend saw
ings In the increase In money borrowed
by policy holders from their insurance
reserves. This has gone steadily IN
since 1890. us Mr.. R%ittenhouse's table
shows. first. the amount OF loans to
policy holders, and secondly, the per-
The sun., 1916-12-31

In Withdrawing reserves. Mr.. Eittcn-
house said, policy holders are borrow
ing from the widow and orphan" and
only about 10 per cent. Of these loans
are repaid. This borrowing. which is
authorized by law, Is a convenience
in time Of stress, but II Is also IN en-
couragement TO wasteful tendencies.
The speaker said he believed II should
be restricted to the purpose OF paying
premiums.
The sun., 1916-12-31
A TALK O TIME.

"This,' said the philosopher Of the
(~reserved) supper table, Els the birth
day Of Time. established by humans
to commemorate the hrth Of some
thing that possibly had no BIRTH"
II hope they will put the lights out
at IL O'clock" said his fair neighbor,
understandingly.
THAT little ceremony" said the
philosopher. emphasizes our work
aday notion that Time is the perccp-
tlon OF the sequence Of events. But
Is IT."
The neighbor laughed mcrrily. "Your
wife told me you were just the drollest
man. she said.
isn't II moro likely" suggested the
philosopher. that there Is no sequence
OF events. but rather the passing OF
Time with its succession and con-
tinuity? Or do you think that events
and Time both mover"
Here come the Hawaiian dancers"
replied the fair neighbor. "Out there
In the Pacific they won't have their
New Year for hours yet. will they?
And will their New Years Eve fall
on Sunday?"
Possibly not" said the philosopher.
Kant his followers would have
New Years come to Hawaii according
10 clock time. for they believed Time
10 be merely the creation Of the know.
ing subject"
And ism, tt9, asked ths ne,,bbor.
biting nm olive.
There's a dIsarreemen abou, that,
explained the philosopher. spencer
believed that the notion Of time in
general came from the abstract notion
Of aggregated positions between the
states of consciousness"
"Ycs, yes" said the neishbor. now
thoroughly interested. 80 on"
Locke believed Time 10 he a nc
Rod OF infinite duration" added the
philosopher.
mo wonder hi, novel, are 40 long"
said tho fair n~eighbor. brightly.
ITO B~ergson," asserted the philos-
ophcr. Homogeneous Time was not an
essential condition OF our cognitiye
| faculty. He believed that Il was an
| abstract schema Of q succession in
| general. a pure Hction,"
There is 40 little of that novadays."
| commented the fair neighbor. EVEN
the movies"
"As for myself" said the philos-
opher. 81 nm inclined TO agree with
the Greek Materiallsts, who regarded
! Time as independent Of all created
! things and capable of suryiying them
! all"
Hardly anybody Is doing tn. Greek
dances now" said the neiehbor.
There is a leaning toward the E,Cyp-
! tian arts. I've seen some Ecyptian
! dancers who looked lust like the de-
SIGNS on the cigarette boxes"
A 7 remember H." eaid the MIL
| ioeopber. identified Time
| with Eternity"
Then II must he very long,. said
| tho fair neighoor. what stinsy
! salads they servo with these New
| Year suppers."
..It IN vary long, ss,d thA nh,,os.
opher. "Our measurcmcnt Of Time IN
30 very short. A man who voted at
the last election said that betveen
him and his father they had voted
for every President OF m. United
! Stntes- There are onlv ten nofriarchs
between Adam and Noah. ten more
from Shem TO Abraham. n We we're
10 believe the Chaldeans. the FIRST ton
/, patriarchs lived z3c. 600 wears"
what a BORE" exclaimed tho fair
neighbor.
"a granddaughter OF Alexander
| Hamilton died only the other day."
said the p%hilosopher, Yet Hamilton
probably knew the FIRST Robert L.iy-
iugston. who was tho patron Of Can.
tain Kidd.
Time does ny, doesn't it?" said the
The sun., 1916-12-31
4 Modified IIoosier Pleasure.

Marion Green Is always a pleasure. Hs
encore number Mas Don't Care by Car.
pentier. but the audience was unable TO VA.
derstand tho words sufficiently wc1l to get
the full beauty OF the popular song, We
wish he would open his mouth more % III,
words could get out
The sun., 1916-12-31

7 0l 10 NIUTVT.Ue HI'
Jdst a, u" Dr'.W ruu,iG.'l Woo
he Jumped. his head coming '.', t'hl''
With the corner ~ the bureau and Nis khss
being badly cut by "a broken SASS knob -
the bureau. lie ~. rc ',Ii up Or sc'es'
dsNs
The sun., 1916-12-31

After DIR. HAYS declaration thai
man lived on this continent 800, 900
years g 1t 10 up to the Health De-
partment to suggest that the fellow
would 10 alive yet II he had kept his
windows open.
The sun., 1916-12-31
Psrk.

The House that Jack Built wss finished.
THAT'S nothing" we cried. you should
soc tho post odncs that Sam built r
The sun., 1916-12-31

From the Topeka Capital,
or eouuos Senator James Flapdoodl,
Reed was wrons about II. but thsrs Il
come slight palitatioa for hts offence. lie
hsd Just been ssmOe,led to listsa to Q
s.ssh By Senator ny Thorn pson.
The sun., 1916-12-31

First centipede-whst's tho natter
Second Centipode--I need u tradic cop
my feet want to 20 different ways.
The sun., 1916-12-31

Ex-senator JONATHAN BOURNE, Jr.,
cannot prove by the census that TO-
ooo. 900 voters did not 60 to the polls oil
election DAY.
The sun., 1916-12-31

Grounds fos . Disturbance n CslifssDiA
From tho Red Biu6 Couss.
Whenever we SEQ y man wearing . wrist
ture the peace.
The sun., 1916-12-31

War In not . necessity, DR.. Lors tells
Observation-Disclosures headline.
A luxury, perhaps.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-03-30

aa built q new church and leaves Il
congregation e. nearly $50, most OF
r-hom came iato the fold since lie
came here. Naturally they dislike
losing him. The only other change or
pastors in this county vas that at
Ir"ood Rev j Fl. Johnson succeed
inv Rev. W. E. jefferson, who goes
to Alexandria district. There is a new
presiding elder. Rev $ H. Brown.
Of Roanoke. Va. who succeeds Rev.
R. ". s. Thomas. who goes to Met
ropolitan Church, Baltimore, the large
est in the conference. Rev. ]. R. Da-
Wis returns TO HedgesvilIe, Rev ],
D. Brown 70 Shepherdstcfwn, Rev K.
P. Moon to Charles Town and Rev.
IT, L. Jenkins at Harpers Ferry.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-03-30
COAL At A BARGAIN.

Three coal ears We're smashed on
Wednesday in The b. & o. freight
wreck near Harpers Ferry and the
paip company bought the $50 tons
of coal at d bargain.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-03-30
Nur OF TILE RACE

When one wakes with stiff back,
pains in muscles, aches IN joints. or
rheumatic twinges. he cannot do his
best. II you feel out of the race.
tired, laDguid. or have symptoms Of
kidney trouble. act promptly Folev
Kidney Pills help the kidneys get rid
of poisonous waste matter that causes
trouble. Sold Everywhere. I'm
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-03-30

Miss Nancy BOpp. OF near Spring
Mills; Mr. and Mrs William Biner
and son, Leon, We're the guests OF
Mr.. Aaron Kline and daughter Miss
Rose OF West John street Saturday.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-03-30

,Huu los tsee lias.tsfrd f3I..rt.
@engaaen 5FCs.. lnc. Nee E44z ,.ss, san Flanelee1
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-03-30

FIRST OFFERING NEXT TUESDAY
The Disciple

Imagine what you would do if you
We're a strong jawed two handed man
"a parson bound to clean up the COM
munity. competent to beat the hard
men of the mining camp, and that one
afternoon after you rad invaded the
saloon, preached a sermon at the point
Of gun and won You. first real victory
you returned home 10 find that the big
gambler of the camp had run away
with your wife"
This gripping red blood story is told
in five acts.
Martinsburg W Va evening journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1913-1920, 1916-03-30
A Fine>Aid For
Moiher-io-be

We are all greatly indebted TO those
u no tell their eXpeIienceA. And among.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-01
The Finest Street In the World.

'Truly, New York is the unbelieva-
BILE city, as I have called it." said JOS
eph Pennell. the famous etcher. Down
Broadway there are endless new sub
jects. Stand. for instance. at the up
per side of City Hall square on Broad
way and look south. Now, know all
of old Europe. the parts that are left
and the parts that are gone, and there
is nothing. there was nothing, to COM
pare in grandeur and majesty with
this vista down Broadway. Were 1t
somewhere in Europe every one would
be staring at it. ogling it, patronizing
II, saying the correct things In the
guidebook about it. Here the guide
book says nothing. Broadway, to those
who can see. is the finest street In the
world."-New York World
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-01
CHIPS.
BURNING Diamonds.

You often hear Of people with money
to burn, but so far none has ever at
tempted to burn his diamonds. The
reason why perhaps IS because they
win burn beautifully. "a great many
people imagine that diamonds are in
destructible. said jeweler, who was
placing a load Of gems in his safe for
the night. 'but as a matter Of fact. a
fire of diamonds would be the briskest,
prettiest thing in the world Diamonds
are nothing but coal carbon. Put a
handful of diamonds on a plate and
set light to them. They will burn
with a hard. gemlike flame till nothing
Is left. There will be no smoke, no
SCOT, and at the end the plate will be
as clear as though just washed. Not
the slightest particle, even Of ash, will
remain. Press.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-01
A Case of Identification,

is that the officer who arrested
you?" his honor inquired of Nose Han
ibel. an old negro whitewash artist, ar
rested for assault
Il can't rekerlect." answered the pris-
Oner
Sure. arrested him, judge" put In
the policeman. with Indignation. HE
knows 1t too"
Take a good look at him, Moses"
insisted the judge. isn't that face ia
miliarT"
The darky squinted long and scowl-
ingly at his accuser.
Now dat uses mo- keer. jedge," he
said, "'peers like dey is somethin' IA
milyus erbout dat face. but dis yere
worr is so full OBJ nacherally ugly
folks jes' an ordinary man KANT al
ways tell de diffunce betwix 'em. OATS
him. jedge. OATS him But be
ez easy ez yo' kin on him, kaze he got
wife and TO- chillun."-Case and
Comment.
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-01
A Shabby Royal Palace.

The Persian royal palace is a most
unattractive place. The courts are I'll
ed with painted figures of cast iron In q
Kind OF operatic Romeo's costume, and
with boys Of gilt iron Offering vermilion
'uIsS To gilt eagles. The tanks are stag
nanr and shabby. the gardens neglect
cd The rooms are horrible even for
me of those monuments Of bad taste
called royal palaces; the walls are COW
cred with mirrors. and q decoration
made of small pieces of mirror set In
elaborate patterns, the effect remind
ing one Of wedding cake. The fur.
uiture is without exception European.
IF poor quality and worse taste; there
IS not a single one of those exquisite
works of Persian art which In the col
ectiuns of Europe arouse enthusiasm
not so much as fine carpet Neither
the famous peacock throne-so long er-
roneously thought to be the one built
TOR the great moghal and looted by
Nadir Shah-nOr any of the jewels are
now exhibited Local gossip believes
hem TO have been broken up and sold
IN Europe by the present government
From Moscow to the Persian Gulf"
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-01
A Lost Book.

Among the Somalis Of Africa there
Is a legend that when God first made
them, a man and a woman, he wrote
down in a book the law they were to
follow. They were promised that as
long as they carefully preserved this
book they should continue great and
powerful. but If they lost It their
greatness would depart from them.
One day the book was carelessly left
lying outside a tent, where a bullock
found and devoured 1t. From that IA
tai day their decadence set In, and to
the present time whenever an OK dies
of disease or is killed his entrails are
religiously examined to see If any
trace Of the book can be found II
found they believe they should recover
their lost power
The broad ax. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1895-19??, 1916-04-01
Talks on
HEALTH,
CLEANLINESS,
PROPER LIVING.
SANITATION, ETC.
DR.. w. A. DRIVER
$500 So. State Street
Phode Douglas 36I7
DR.. w. A. DRIVER
$500 So. State Street
Phode Douglas 36I7
CLEANLINESS
Physical and Mental.

GAS a man thinketh so is he.''
Those words are the product of the
brain of the greatest devotee of wis
dom according to popular opinion in
the Jewish and Christian environments.
As far as ocular evidence is concerned
a person who presents a clean exterior
is generally and popularity accepted as
clean individual physically and men
tally in almost all but fortunately not
in all environments. For the purpose
of showing the inefficiency of mere
outside cleanliness such as the eve be-
holds of the person, let us call your
attention to the fact that the physical
man has "feeding tube" called by
some the inner man but known to the
scientific world and to the physician
in particular as the GASTRO-INTES-
TINAL TRACT. It is not called GAS
TRO-INTESTINAL because gas often
forms in the stomach or other parts of
that tract. AS a matter of fact gas
does not form in the gastrointestinal
tract of a wise person. Such a person
keeps clean internally as well as ex-
ternally. Such an individual is normal
physically inside as wells as outside;
such an individual shows that priceless
asset wisdom by eating the proper
quantity as well as the proper quality
of nourishment. Such an individual
takes the proper amount day and
NIGHT by way of the ELEVATED
window of the greatest demonstrable
tho invisible factor-FRESH AIR.
Such a person takes daily that ether
indispensable, comparatively free tho
visible chemical combination called
WATER and let it be understood that
the wise person takes plenty of water
internally and externally via daily
bathing the entire body by immersion
in bath tub of ample proportions and
via frequently drinking UNADULTER-
ATED water several times daily. Let
us pause here and now to ENJOY the
greatest and freest gifts of all MA
TURE'S BENEFACTIONS- drink of
water and fresh air. Pause! "HERE'S
LUCK!-Not even the cup that cheers
can excel the two donations from
PROVIDENT NATURES LABORA-
TORY that like six feet of earth make
US all of one size.
We are taught that the sage Solo
mon also said: "Wisdom is the prin-
cipal thing; therefore get wisdom:
and with all thy getting get under
standing. "Wise persons are not
gluttons for many reasons. They real
ize that excess of food produces an I'M