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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29

in accordance with the rule OF succession Isid
down in the laws. Tuerta was a constitutional
President II was not until three days later
that Madero was killed. The Taft Admins
tration entered into correspondence with the
Huerta Government to discover what as
surances II could give that it could maintain
itself and observe the rules of international
comfy While the negotiations were in prog
ress its term Of office expired and the Wilson
Administration came into power. Every one
knows what followed. Mr.. Wilson refused to
have anything to do with Huerta and used ell
his influence to starve him out and to force
his withdrawal. He even went so far as to
demand that Huerta hold an election to choose
his successor. The outcome has not been sat
isfactory to the United States. and it is doubt
full IL Mr.. Wilson himself is pleased with the
rauttIf
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29

~ LIMPSING Doctor Alexander Hamiltons
VI "Itinerarium" last night, we came upon
a choice bit which had escaped us in our first
skimming of the book. Some may find in it
a peculiar interest at this time. Writing un-
der date of June 8, 1744, he says:
We crossed the Cristin Ferry at 10 o'clock
and Wilmington about mile to the left
hand. 1t is about the largeness of Annapolis, but
seemingly compactly built; the houses all
brick. We rid seven miles farther to one Foord's
passing toll bridge in bad repair, at a
placs called Brandywine At Foord's We dined
and baited our horses There one Usher, cer-
gyman Joined our company, man seemingly of
good natural parts and civil behaviour. but not
ting ready a certain Philadelphian merchant
called Mr.. Howard and with him We had a
dish of swearing and loud talking.
After dinner we fell upon politcks, and the ex
pected French war naturally came in, whence
arose learned dispute in company, which was
about settling the meaning of the two words dec
IdTdtton and proclamation. Mr.. Smith asserted
that proclGmdtioE of war was an improper
phrase and that 1t ought to be a declaration OF
tOdr; and on the other hand proclamation OF
peace. Mr.. Morrison affirmed with bloody
oath that there might be such thing
proclamation of a declaration, and swore heartily
that he knew 1t TO be true both by experience
they put about the bowl and I retired into
corner OF the room TO laugh little, handkerchief
fashion, pretending TO be busted in blowing my
nose; so 1 slurred laugh with nose-blow-
ing
At last the parson determined all by learned
definition, to this purpose, that proclamation
was a publication of anything by authority and
declaration only simple declaring of anything
without any authority at all, but the bare as
sertion of a certain fact, as II I should declare
that such a one drunk at such time, or
that such a person swore so and So
This dispute ended, we took our horses and
rid moderately, it being excessive hot observed
the common style of salutation upon the road
here was Hot0 d'Vsf and Hot0 ts'tf
The people all along the road were making OF
hay. which being green and piled up in rucks,
cast a very sweet and agreeable SMELL There
are here as fine meadows and pasture grounds
as any ever saw in England. The country here
is not hilly, are the woods very tall or thick
The people in general follow farming and have
very neat brick dwellinghouses upon their
farms.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

1. Mr.. Taft 10 n professor In Yale University.
2. Thomas Jefferson the first President
inaugurated In Washington.
8. Vera Cruz Is tho principal seaport of Mexico.
4. The Children of Israel crossed what Is now
known q the Gulf of Suez.
3. "Anthracite" means hard coal, and It is not
strictly correct to say "nnthraoite coal"
9. No divorces are granted in South Carolina.
=. Major General George Barnett is commander
of the Marine Corps.
8. Charles G. McChord Is chairman of the In-
terstate Commerce Commission.
0. Cervantes Is noted for the authorship Of
"Don Quixote."
10. Ralph Adams Blakelock Is an American
artist who painted great pictures, but
went insane because of want and worry
when their merit was not recognized.
belated fame has been followed recently
by his removal from a public insane
asylum to private sanatorInn. .-..I. .
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Tom Daly's Column


whenever ies Saturday an an 'nv 'oorb ts'
through,
Hke to toolb on Chestnut street an see sohdt
netos IS nesc;
Bat ottentires. these days, ~ seems this
dckle AprtI toedther
Has plumb stopped up mn nose for netos an
spoiled it altogether.
At any rate n don't smell out no inteTestin'
item
Nor gossip o. the totcn the toay dltodys IKE
to acrttc 'em;
Seems IKE there's something In the air dp-
pears to sort Of dedden
The interest IN common things an make 'em
dun an ledden.
COAT eroctly just enpIdin ,ohats runntr' IN
my mind,
But achen toalb on Chestnut street these
Saturdays I find
A kind of unreaNty In everything see,
As n the thing tpos ttoisted round from aohat
it ought to be.
For instance, noto " should tortte that had
chonced to meet
with "Dr Jimmy Wister and umbrella" on
the street,
Nobodyd care a snap for thot; but noto "
could say
"Doc Wister had fshin' rod on Chestnut
street TODAY"
our folks'd call that netos indeed an, mebbe,
so 4oould he,
An Ji,nineei IL seems to me that's hoto Il
ought to be.
An tOhen IN Lupton Broomeu's hand see a
little packet
feel ought to make it oroto an be tennis
racket
when Joe DamaPs small erYand boz enter0es
iron, the store
whence Joe himself rushed bdllpark,cdrd an
hour or ttco betore)
Deliuertng to some stylish ouy tcalting
stick and hat,
I'd like to make those articles a felder's glove
an bat.
In fact the netos on Chestnut street It surely
seems to me,
These lovely sp,'inottme Saturdays amt 'ohdt
1t ought to be,
An nearly every article that's carried there
an then
Had ought to just be changed around to
something else again
An even this I'm, using notc, this inky toun-
tain pen.
1t ought to be mn driper, brassie, mushie or
mn cEeek-
For you ndy uery ,oeH belere IT'S not the
truth speak
To say that on Saturday, 1ohen all my 1oork
Is through,
Ike to 1oalk on Chestnut street to see 1ohdt
netos Is neto.
TN OUR travels this past week, about twenty
i miles out of Cleveland. we noticed upon a
this and no more:
n I'm A ID mi FI,,NT
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29

When the Governor OF Indiana appointed
Thomas Taggart to the Senate the Democracy
Of the State could shift the blame on him
Now that the Democracy has formally nom.
mated Taggart for election to hll out the term
of the Late Senator Shivey 1t must face the
lznominy that attaches to the Endorsement
Of one OF the worst machine politicians in the
whole country. His name was smirched by
the Terre Haute scandals and when the Grand
Jury investigated conditions In Indianapolis
ne was indicted for election frauds. The in
dletment was later dismissed for lack OF evi-
dence: but fhe action of the court did not
clear the reputation OF the former chairman
Of the National Democratic Committee
Whether he Is personally guilty of election
ETauds or not does not affect the situation. He
stands for the worst in American politics II
the Republicans OF Indiana do not embrace
the opportunity presented TO nominate clean
sssd upright statesman TO run against him, the
decent citizens OF the State win have only them
selves 70 blame for the humiliation OF their
commonwealth
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lion and Wexford was retaken by the English
under General Lake.

lion and Wexford was retaken by the English
under General Lake
1t was then, with everything at the blacklist.
that Tone returned. From August to october,
1898, ireland subject to raids from the
French fleet. One, under Humbert, was tenn
porarily successful; another, under Napper
Tandy, came to grief on the coast Of Donegal.
third under General Bompard with an army
under Hardy, was really led by Wolfe Tone
himself. On the 18th of october, at Lough
Swilly, the invaders met a British squadron,
and although Tone was given an opportunity
to escape he refused and was captured. He was
recognized, condemned as traitor and would
have been hanged had he not anticipated the
law by committing suicide.
"wolfe Tone" says Lecky, "rises far above
the dreary level of commonplace which Irish
conspiracy in general presents. The tawdry
and exaggerated rhetoric, the petty vanity and
jealousies the weak sentmentalism, the utter
incapacity for proportioning means to ends
and for grasping the stern realities of things,
which commonly disfgure the lives and con-
duct even of the more honest members Of this
class, were wholly alien to his nature. His
judgment of men and things was keen, lucid
and masculine, and he was alike prompt in
decision and brave in action"
In Easement Right?
That makes him not a little different from
Sir Roger Easement, who has won the hearts
more than the heads of the Sim Feiners. His
speeches of years ago not the utterances of
hard-headed thinker but of a greathearted
emotionaist 1t has been said that the climate
and the horrors of Putumayo turned Sir Rog-
er's head. 1t is whispered that his passage
over to Germany was arranged by the British
Government, and the history of the Irish re-
bellion contains more than one case of a man
who had himself repeatedly arrested by the
British in order to give away the most
precious secrets of the cause for which he
was supposed to be suffering. Like Wolfe Tone
Sir Roger has the ability to impress others
His word on ireland was presumably taken at
par by Berlin, and, in fact it is known that
Germany counted on universal discomfort in
Ireland before she put England out of her list
of possible enemies.
One thing remains for the parallel. In con.
ception and in faulty execution, the attempts
of Wolfe Tone and of Sir Roger Easement are
near enough to each other. But England
knows now that to condemn Irishman Is to
make him hero VIII she dare to shoot down
one who was for Is years a servant of the
crown because of his devotion to Ireland, even
Will she give Ireland another martyr? Or
will Sir Roger. still hypnotized by his great
exemplar, outwit the heavy English court.
martial and make martyr OF himself in the
Tower of London?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29

There has been 50 much MISUNDERSTANDING
about what happened IN Mexico In the closing
aags Of President Taft's Administration that
~ Knox did public service when he set
zesth ne facts IN his Grants birthday speech
4 Rlzfsnarsh. he reminded his hearers that
he revolt against Maasro was followed b. his
Eereed resignation "a February -. 1918. Ma
aaza KS sncceaded. under the Mexican con
szIEuElon. p Pedro Iasearain. the Minister q
s.za AUaEzs. Iaseuraln appointed Husrfa
zIa|sIez e 80 "a lhe same a. and then
z='zasa - presidency. - HaeEsa sseessasa.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29
at Might Have Been

Editor Of What Do Yo1 KnotO"-Wouid yoa
please publish the lines that begin like this;
''F'or OF all sad words OF tongue and pen
The saddest are these
And please tell me who the author Isl
THIRTEEN
The lines appear In Maud Muller" BY John
Greenleaf whittier. The poem is too long L
print here, but We can give tbs Concluding
stanzas:
Alas for the maiden. alas Tor the Judee.
For rich replnsF and household druagsl
GOO pity them bothl and pity US All
VINO yainly the dreams OF youth recall
For Of ali sad words OF tongue or pen.
me saddsst are these: 1T might have hsznFs
Al veil for u All some sweet hope lies
Deeply buried from human eyes
Ana. n the hereafter. angels may
Roll he aLoas from IL gFaxs aHaxl
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29
How to Make a Hektograph

Editor Of "What Do You Rnoto'-Is it pos.
sible to favor by printing formula for
making a hektograph. believe 1t is composed
of glue and geiatine. but do not know the pro'
portions and time of boiling. s. j. w.
A practical hektograph may be prepared &C.
cording to the following directions: Soak an
ounce of good gelatin night in enough cold
water to cover it well. taking care that all
the gelatin is softened by the water. Heat six
or seven ounces of pure glycerin to tenn
perature of 200 degrees F. over salt water
bath formed by dissolvng two ounces OF com.
mon salt In one pint of water. After the gly-
cerin has reached the required temperatures.
add the gelatin to the hot glycerin, first pour.
ing off the water from the gelatin that has
not been absorbed. Continue the heating for an
hour stirring occasionally. but be careful 10
avoid forming bubbles or froth. Add 20 drops
of oil of cloves to prevent decomposition. Then
pour the mixture into shallow pan designedE
to hold 1t while in rectangular cake tin
serves very well If you do not wish TO have
pan made to order. The pan must then be
placed In a level position in a cool place.
free from dust and allowed to remain until it
hardens At least five hours IS required Fail.
ure will be due either to insufficient heating OF
the composition or to the use of too much
gelatin, or to both. Less gelatin is required
in warm than in cold weather.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29

Bets show which way the wind blows much
more accurately than straw votes. In Wash
ington the sporting men are betting even on
Hughes; but they demand odds of three to one
on Roosevelt eight to one on Burton. ten to one
on Root and CummIns. five hundred to one on
Ford and one thousand to one on du Pont.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29
Gilman F0I.Kn

The people who live in the hearts of men are
the human beings" of history-the Lincolns the
Mark Twains and the Walt Whitmans of life
who lounged through the world in shirt sleeves
They never took the trouble to put on airs be-
cause they knew that If they did they would miss
the whole show. The price of admission to that
human show-the greatest show on earth-is to
leave selfshness and pride at home. That DONE
you walk in past the doorkeeper without giving
him anything but wink.-Boston Globe
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29
Silver in Nevada

Editor of "What Do You Raot0''-Kindly pubs
llsh, how. when and by whom silver was dis
covered In Nevada M. q.
According to books of reference silver was
discovered in Nevada in 1858. 1t the first
pure silver discovered in the United States. The
Comstoek lode was discovered on June IL. 1853
by Penrod comstoek Co. Perhaps some
reader can tell M. G. who made the discovery III
1858 and how.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29
Alfred Moves in Philadelphia

Editor of "What Do You RHoto"-can you tell
me whether Alfred Noyes, who will speak at the
Academy of Music on May 12, will speak anys
when and where? n. s.
Alfred Noyes will read a poem before the
University of Pennsylvania chapter of the Phi
BETA Kappa and Sigma XII societies in Houstoh
Hall on Monday evening, May l.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29

General Wood qualified as an epigrammatist
rs well an anti-militarist when he said to
an audience of civilians that the American
soldiers do their best to get themselves out
of the trouble that the American people get
them into.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29
Domestic Distich
With tomoRRow's setting sun
OysteR's working months r done.

OUR anonymous correspondent insists this
" happened in Lansdowne:
WELL" said she, "it doesn't much matter
what we have for dinner, you wouldn't eat it."
But" complained her dyspeptlc husband,
"I did think you might prepare something
to tempt my appetite"
1.-THE idea! Why you've admitted time and
again that you haven't any appette!"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29

Governor Mccall has vetoed the bill amend
ing the fire laws of Boston as TO permit
the erection of wooden tabernacle for Billy
Sunday. He is evidently Indifferent to the
Sunday vote In Trenton. Baltimore, Syracuse,
Philadelphia and elsewhere.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29

MOT to name any names. the gossips are
IN saying that this happened in German
town. The man said TO his wife;
.'I don't see Why you want to hire large
hall for your musicale. You've only got about
a score OF friends that you're going to invite"
II know. but I've got several score OF
enemies am not going TO invite, and want
them to know that l had plenty OF room"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29

If the managers Of the Indoor Horse Show
could get the presidential dark horses to go
through their PAGES in public the Third Regi-
ment Armory would be crowded to the DOORS
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29
Schools for Chauffeurs

Editor of "Whdt Do you Raoto"-Please tell
in your paper II there any free trade
schools in Philadelphia that teach you how to
automobile. MOTHER.
The department of superintendent of the
Board of Education, to which your inquiry waS
referred, knows of free schools for training
young men in the operation af automobiles.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29

Director Wilson denies that the police are
IN politics. but he says that he never believed
that man holding Office should be forbidden
TO take an active part in a political organiza-
fion. Even a man unable to pass a civil service
examination can understand what this means
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29
So Very Cute

She held him in the hollow OF her hand.
His admiration OF it made him simple,
This hollow OF her hand" you understand
Was just most enhancing little dimple.
Biloxi
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29
"TRIEDn REPUBLICANS

'tried" Republican is wanted for President
Mr. Roosevelt has tried number and found them
wanting.-Philadelphia Evening Ledger.
Try Billy" Lormer Says he intends to re-
enter public life when the jury is through with
him.-New York Evening Telegram.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29
ma Temnter.a Yaica

When modest young miss has been asked
for q kiss
She should nee right away from that place.
Though tie thought thus expressed may Be
aults q ths best,
ne yeies ls quite frequently hsza
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29

The Kaiser summoned Ambassador Gerard
10 the front to discover whether Uncle Sam
means what he says. He could have found
cut more easily by telephoning TO the Ameri-
can Embassy in Berlin.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29

Ambassador Morgenthau raised the sinews
of war for the last Democratic campaign. He
is not going back to Turkey, for the time is
approaching when more sinews are needed at
hnna
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29

Some of those correspondents in El Paso are
exhibiting sufficient class to warrant their
being drafted for big league service on the
European battlefelds
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29

II things turn out they should. the war
IN Europe will be ended just In time for the
expert trench diggers to get jobs on the
Broad street subway.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29
What Do You Know?

Queries of general interest tuHl be dnsioered
IN this column. Ten questions, tho dnstoers
to tohich epery loell-informed person should
knotD, are asked daily.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29

Denver man has devised scheme for
taking the scent out of gasoline He would
be hailed as a greater hero, however. IL he
could take a few cents out of the price,
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29

People who are opposing an increase in the
army because of the expense have spent $780,
900 on fool telegraphic messages to Congress
protesting against war.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29

General obregon says that villa is not dead;
but we knew it before.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29

As a philosopher once remarked, THEY
ought not to kill those poor fellows in Ireland
they ought to feed EN-"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29

Sir Roger Easement, who planned to finish
his life as an American citizen when the war
was over. is likely to have it finished for him
in a less agreeable manner.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29
NATIONAL POINT OF view

Champ Clark has sent us copy of his speech
on THE Making of a Congressman" Cyclone
Davis ought to get out one on the "Unmaking OF
a Congressman" and experience has equipped
him to do something fine along that lne.-Hous.
ton Post
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29

It was easy for Roosevelt to write 'The
winning of the West" but can he do 1T
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29
GERMANY's TRIUMPH

Germany has triumphed. In the nsld the
decision ls still to come. In forcing her ene-
mics and neutrals TO accept her ideas, even
when those ideas were against the nature
of the country, Germany has won victory.
But there are some things In the German
ideal which America will never asstmilate.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29

Shakespeare may have lived the life of 9
dog, but he wrote the language of princes.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29

That taxicab driver who is planning to run
against Congressman Ware might have better
chances of success If he had gained his politi-
cal experience on the front seat of an ashcart
or a iitney
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29

Whether Won der Goltz is the real name of
the whose confession has shown up so
many undertakings of German agencies or not
really makes no difference. This fact at any
rate remains. that he is blackguard a traitor
TO his fatherland and his comrades-New York
Herold.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29
Eneeia of Alcohol

Edstor OF "What Do You KAop"-Please state
the important parts Of the body affected By tn
use OF alcohol. ANXIOUS.
Alcohol, used TO excess. Affects iniuriously the
brain. the stomach. the kidneys and the liver
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29

Trcoshm doth never prosper tohafs the
reosonf
W'hv. u A prosper, none dare coll it treason.
Str John Hurrtn0ton.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29
The Big Guy

All-round athlete out at Penn!
Champ? Well, should snicker.
Watch him, all ye sportin' men
Be a Berry-picker!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29

Mr.. Wilson cannot make war or peace. The
United States cannot make or peace. We
have no choice, and we shall have none. There
will be war unless Germany abandons her cam
paign OF wanton and illegal l1lling-the killing
of neutrals, of Americans The greatest service
Mr.. Wilson can render the cause OF peace Is to
make Germany understand this-if he fails now
IL is his last chance and our last chance
New York Tribune.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-29

II must be admitted that the possibility OF a
strike on large scale in the PennsylvanIa coal
fields is 10 be seriously contemplated Ii the
leaders OF the United Mine Workers believe that
the shortage of manual laborers In the United
States. due largely TO the stoppage OF immigra-
tion from Europe, has created a condition In
industry highly favorable TO a successful en-
forcement OF their most extreme demand
sprinRdeld Republican