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Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13

Rnmething In the story of Ralph Albert
Blakelock ought TO give the average American
business man pause. A few days ago Blake.
lock went back TO New York from an asylum
for the insane TO look at pictures he had
painted and sold more than sixteen years ago.
He painted many, and their total value now Is
over half million dollars. He sold them for
: few hundred and used that money to pay
rent overdue At last his mind gave way
under the double strain OF having his art un-
appreciated and his life hampered by poverty.
x q 2 piteons story, but there is something
ana n the end. But where there IS one
HIefeloek. there are thousands who are wor-
Fzlne themselves 10 the outer gates OF asy.
lnnls only to amass money driven by an In.
sklnct no less powerful but certainly less noble
nan the artistic impulse
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13
Lenrth of soldier, strides

Editor Of "Whdt DO You Hn0W"-Can you tell
me what the British army regulations have to
say about the infantryman's pace In marchingg
/ have heard it said that the Roman soldier
covered a mile in 1000 PAGES, How was this
possible? N. T. TENANT,
According to army regulations, the British in.
fantryman's pace is 80 inches In slow and quick
time, 3s inches in stepping out and 40 inches
in double time. In ordinary marching 2lI2
PAGES thus 20 to the mile. The Roman mile
was slightly shorter than the English mile-50OO
Roman feet which equal 1918 English yards
But even then II would need veritable son OF
Anak 70 keep up a pace OF five feet mile after
mile The explanation seems TO be that the
Romans did not measure their step. as we do,
by the distance from heel 10 heel. but by the
distance from the point the heel leaves 70 that
Ia which it Is set down So that really a Roman
than the English. being a little more than 20
inches
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13
Seq He. an, the Fight Begun,

"DARNEY sHAW's real Irish" says Shon
ID Rea. George Bernard Shaw has no use
for the 'long-dea 1-past Irishman.' Has any
one?
"A live Irishman proving to all the world
that he makes the best American isn't going
about collecting subscriptions for the re-
habilitation of matched cottages and the clat-
ter of handlooms. He's building mansion
out York road for his family, and if any
kernes show around he'll put the bloody con-
stabulary on them.
&c. B. S. himself is running the Great War,
from the inside, by George Isn't the Kaiser
himself aching to have the Irish with him?
Do you know. that name 'Mackensen is sus-
plcious! But, OH says he, if 1 could only
back him with a few O'Flynns!'
money in trench digging under City Halls
than in all Flanders! They have both sense
and the dollars"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13

II may become possible after many at
tempts. to get up a good self-respecting friend.
ship for Carranza. He has at last yielded the
Mexican Central Railway to United States
troops for transport of supplies, and General
Funston, for reasons of his own, has expressed
more confidence in the cooperation of Car
rama than heretofore. On the whole there is
nothing to be gained even politically by a
long stay in Mexico Certainly anything ap-
preaching an occupation of even a State of
Mexico would do this country incalculabIe
HARM A successful venture and quick return
vim re-establish the sincerity and honesty of
cur motives.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13
THE BOOK

The guns had ceased. the new sun blest the
earth,
Into my heart there ole a sense OF ease
Soft as the summer wind through summer
trees
That brings a thousand airy scents to birth
/ took my Book that tells Of pure Loves worth,
ST John. historian OF mysteries,
And read that tale nlumlned by degrees
Written In tears of men for angels mirth;
OF sisters twain who mourned q brother dead;
OF Martha grave. who went her Lord to meet.
OF Him who wept, then raised His friend from
tomb;
OF Him 4 guest At a white table spread,
And Mays tears prophetic AZ His feet
Ana of her incensa hiling al ths room
s--saturday RaEiews
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13
Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

/. A dark horse" is an expression describing
n candidate for political office brought for-
ward Mt the last moment.
2. Anthrax Is infectious disease affecting
herbivOrous animals, such as horses and
cattle. 1t Is also communicable to man.
3. The Dutch first saluted the American flag
in 1879.
4. PeonaEe Is n form of contract labor which
results In what amounts to slavery.
8. The Archduke was assassinated on June 28,
1914, month before the outbreak of hos
tillties.
o. The Italians were victorious, annexing Trip
oil.
=. In Europe and America in the last 100 years
the average length of life has increased
from about 80 to 40 years.
8. A "split infnitlve" Ia in which the ad-
verb Is placed between the "to" and the
verb. For example, "tO firmly insist"
0. After the Battle of Marathon, between
Greeks and Persians, 400 b. C., n runner
carried the news of the Greek victory to
Athens. The distance between the two
places sets the course for the modern
race.
10. Corfu is island 90 miles east of the ''heeI"
of Italy.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13

The men who are doing their country's
work in Mexico haven't much of the glamour
OF war about them. They are in an uncom-
Portable and not too we'll disposed land they
are subject to disease and to accident and to
stray bullets from friendly" hands. These
things are all In the days work. But that
these same men should be bereft of the con-
solations of tobacco is an unnecessary mis-.
fortune. Whatever one thinks of tobacco in
the home, whatever reservations one may
make about the habit of smoking cigarettes
one must feel that the soldiers engaged on I'M
pleasant business are entitled to this indul-
gence.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13
USE FOR A MILLION DOLLARS

In social group, when some one propounded
the question, What would you do with a mil
lion dollars?' this answer subscriber reports
received general approval: IT would found
mothers institute in every city. Mothers and
prospective mothers would obtain here. through
lectures and individual talks by experts the
latest information to twilight Sleep prenatal
influences physical and moral training for
babies, with demonstration work as to clothing
sanitation etc. Rich and poor alike should find
help and knowledge here, and those most un-
happy mothers, unmarried women and penness
widows, would be heartened and encouraged in
these mothers Institutes Outlook.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13

TO Shakespeare, were printed over that name.
There isn't on the face of 1t anything to dis
prove the possibility that Bacon did write the
plays Nor is there anything to prove it.
Why the Problem Is Interesting
Is it all much ado about very little? Does 1t
matter? Not to the gallery god and not to the
worshiper of poetry. But the question is in
teresting enough to the student of human ma.
ture. We know a vast amount about Francis
Bacon-hs wonderful mind, his legal abilities
his political adventures, his trenchant style in
the essays the. revolution in thought he
brought about by his Novum Organum. We
know that Francis Bacon is mentioned with
Aristotle and Goethe as one of the very few
who in their time knew all there was to be
known. So wouldn't it be wonderful thing
for humanity If the same man who knew
everything actually guessed the rest? He DOM
mated the outside world. 1t would be nice to
feel that he extended his realm to the inner
world, knew the human heart and all its Sc.
crets and could display all the passions of all
mankind in terms of the highest beauty in
imperishable poetry.
If it wasn't Bacon if 1t wasn't Shakespeare
THAT is the Stratford player about whom we
know nothing) really are at sea. There
wasn't any one at the time who could have
done 1t. Not that the anti-Stratfordians ad-
nit this Some of the widest have picked
out Sir Walter Raleigh; some have gone far.
ther and Jared worse. No extravaganza has
been too mad and there have been diverting
stories about the filial relation of Bacon to
Queen Elizabeth and such scandals. You can
prove nearly everything by ciphers, and the
Baconians took their from Francis him
self, for he was interested in cryptograms
and wrote about them.
Mark Twain was an out-andouter for Bacon
although he wouldn't confess it, and he hated
the Shakespeare cult well enough to write
this:
feel that fetish Uhe Stratford-
Shakespeare idea) is safe for three centuries
yet The bust, too. there in the Stratford
church. The precious bust the priceless
bust, the calm bust the serene bust the
emotionless bust, with the dandy moustache
and the putty face, unseamed of care-that
face which has looked passionlessly down
upon the awed pilgrim for $50 years and
will still look down upon the awed pilgrim
800 more, with the deep, Deep deep, subtle
subtle, subtle expression of a bladder.
Three hundred years. Oh, well, he was not
of an age, but for all time
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13

The relief OF General Townshend's forces
nov IN the afth month OF siege at Kut-El
Amara. suffered severe blow when Generas
Aylmer's troops were thrown back by the
Turks. with reported losses OF 5000 men.
Warnings Of Townshend's desperate straits
have been frequent lately. ana no British, no
Russian activity seems able to withdraw Tur-
Key from her obstinate siege. Yet British
zalzlers have a tradition 70 uphold. both within
ne walls ana Ia the relieving force. In 1867,
aafine the Indian mutlny. Lucknow held out
s|ia i70a men against 10.O00 for twelve weeks.
Reinforced then ~ troops under HaVelock ana
z|allam the garrison held FOR two further
z.10Itz and Z vas orly when the famous
I LueHewF naaer eolin Campbell
m shs lseep4 nere ahls % ieass the
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13
QUIZ
NOlL
who Ia Karl Liebknecht?

I. who Ia Karl Liebknecht?
2. What Is n prune?
8. WHO wrote "The Vicar of Wakefield?
4. What city is Mt this time the capital OF
Belgium?
8. which is the greater distance, a mile or .
kilometer?
0. what Is the yearly pay of seamen in ths
United States Navy?
I. What Is meant by mailing ones colors to
the mast?
8. About when was Mohammed born and when
did he die?
o. What Is the area of Philadelphia in square
miles? r.a t
10. How does New York city usually "go," Re-
publican or Democratic?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13
The Smithsonian's Founder

Editor of "What Do You KHotO"-win you
kindly tell me the origin of the word Smith.
sonian," and how the institution came to be
founded? G. II. ID.
The Smithsonian Institution, at Washington,
D. c., established by statute in 1876, under
the terms of the will of James Smithson, who
beque9thed hisI fortune in 1926 to the United
States for the increase and diffusion of Fnowl-
edge among men" From the income of the
fund "a building, known the Smithsonian
Building, erected land given by the
United States. 1t is named for Smithson.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13
AN EASIER WAY

European belgerent nations that are urging
economy might practice a little themselves by
employing New York gunmen TO aid in the work
Of wiping each other off the face of the earth.
According to a confession by one of the New
York thugs, murder prices have dropped to $50.
They used to be 500. Statsticians have figured
It out that II costs $4,000 10 kill man in war
We hope that there will be an immediate dema nd
by Europe for all the gunner in this country
Hartford Post
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13

II we put up with Germany's atroeious breach
of international faith in violating her pledge IL
we let the perjuries of her sea murderers over
of our Government and continue our laborious
endeavors to hide with ink the stains made by
the blood OF our citizens she has slain, why
us? Do what she may, she will be quite certain
that we shall do nothng.-New York Times
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13
BACKGROUNDS OF PROGRESS

The separation Of the general loan from
the transit and port loan, professedly Ito
save the latter from the wreck" has also
the eject Of throwing great and needed
civic improvements intb the cockpit OF fac
tional strife. The pettiness Of the skirmish-
ing over minor features Of the s47,OOO,OOO
loan is signal TO citizens to warn them
OF possible juggling and jockeyinF with the
larger details Of the city's plan for perma-
INN
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13
rae BREATHIEss SOLICITOR

fIetter received By local business housel
Dear Sir-Having been associated with my fathers 3
hnsinsss. & - for many years / now after
q - have gone into the business and solicit
our ostronags. which viii receive personal attsn-
ton = previously furnished you IN the past b. the
old company. - ----s dealers ~ mosaic ulea.
thsrsto, Including androns English back loastars ana
sidins drepIaea porcelain enamel medicine
chzat5 re1ulahtns ana n4eaiEiqz al knds II uasia1
,erkl aIao uaalfact1zzr9 u nraaa, hf1lza go
&l.Iaazz4 III orl lzeEit ck 4sz11e 'l4aczlali1us
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13
DPHTHERIAL. NOT TO SAY LARYNGITAL.
MILDNESS

My Dear Columnator-In looking over the
Atlantic Monthly Almanac last night to learn
what sort of weather are to have this month
I found set down over against April 1919 these
o'ertrue lines:
Come, gentle sprlngl
Diphtherial mildnessl when
We shed winter underclothes
And put them on again.
pass them on in the hope that they may stir
others they stirred me. JOHN LUM.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13
The Anagram Contest

HoING to seed? Only few more days
VI left. Do your anagramming early. The
hat blows on to somebody's head on April 20.
DARE TO GIVE A DEVIL ALL.
Q. d. p.
DEFIANT THEN IN A COLD. OPEN
DECREE. NJ s,
Yesterdays answers;
William Howard Taft.
''Tom hat. pleaseP'
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13
ODORLEss MEN wANTED.-classIa.d Aa.
Overheard BY S. B. in a street cars

Overheard by S. B. in a street cars
''Say, Lena yl1now been going out with you
for is months already? I'm gonR ask your pop
II can marry you"
'pOn't ask my father ask me-"
Silence. And then;
SAY. Lena y'knOW. don't believe in big en-
sAnd /. Jake. don't believe in long engage.
rnsnts"
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13

city. Mesopotamia has been a sore trial to
England since the first dash toward Bagdad,
but the siege at Kut is part OF a program
which she very well understands.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13
What Do You Know?

Queries of general interest toiu be onstCered
in this column Ten questions, the dnstCers
to ichich eUery tcell-intormed person should
bnotD, are asked daily.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13
The Reckless Guy

Play ball! Both leagues begin the game!
Hey! want to bet with me?
say the pennant-winners name
Contains an 20" or "e."
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13

Carranza, If 1t is true that he has his capi-
tai on a special train" is a great deal better
Off than three European monarchs, who can't
get a sight of their old capitals even by the
81 excursion route.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13

Delaware would have been ungrateful if.
after all that General du Pont has done for
the State, it had declined to name him as its
favorfte son.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13

More curious things are being done in the
name of harmony in Pennsylvania this year
than the French woman said were done In
the name of liberty.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13

More men will envy the President his season
pass to the Washington games of the Ameri-
can League than envy him any other per-
quisite OF his great office.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13
Who Knows "Kitty Murphy"?

Editor OF "WhGt DO You RnotU"-Kindly pro-
cure the poem kitty Murphy's Graduation
Gown" INTERESTED,
Perhaps reader may be able to provide
the stanzas of this poem.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13
NOT FOR KEEPS

We're told these Days of Fast are meant
For us to keep religiously,
But how can that be the intent?
If we're TO keep them, why should we
Be told that they are merely Lent?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13
NATIONAL POINT OF VIEW

Impregnabe forts seem TO be good deal like
hreproof buildings-all hunkidori until the right
sort of fire starts.-COlumbus (O) Citizen
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13

bridge, instead of a tunnel, is urged as
connecting link between Camden and Phil
lelphia. Perhaps the Camdenites, like the
sritons who protested against a tunnel under
the Channel, do not like the idea of Phia-
delphians popping suddenly into their quiet
=jxnidst
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13

The apex OF unnecessary information may
be this upon a sign over a nickel-in-the-slot
machine in the washroom OF the West Phila-
delphia station (P r. RI:
CONTENTS OF PACKAGE is PROPERTY
OF PURCHASER.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13

Why doesn't the President hold T. R. to
more strict accountability?
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13

H e a ntartp, 1eith me that no man sCds
ever icritten out Of reputation but by him
bclf--Ietchdrd Bentley
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13

One thing Atlantic City should abolish to
make itself an even greater place to make
holiday in than it is now-politics!
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13
First Piano Made in America

Editor oI "Rhat Do You HHOlD''-Can you tell
me II any pianos were made In this country In
the 18th century, and IN what city the frst
American plano Was mades n + HARPER.
The hrst piano made Ia this country vas maAs
II philadelphia. Il AIS.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13

Although the Senate has held up the gasoline
measure, the original owners of the stuff seem
to have got there first-Washington Post.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13

Kansas will feel little better now. Although
the States entire delegation in the House voted
for a make-believe army, New York has a Con-
gresham who voted not 10 chase VilIa-Kansas
City Times.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13
Domestic Distichs

The season OF the shad approaches.
Why does It also bring cock-roaches?
H. PECK.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13

They're off once more: us five, them four.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13

It is the desire for academic freedom in q
new form that is creating ructions at Bryn
Mawr
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13
General Shore is with General Lake in

Mesopotamia.
News Note.
MOT wishing to take the Joy out of any
IN body's day, 1t is nevertheless difficult for
us TO refrain from remarking that the name
OF that combination is sometimes Mud.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13

Any number of other works. not ascrbed now
to Shakespeare, were printed over that name.
There isn't on the face of 1t anything to dis
prove the possibility that Bacon did write the
plays. Nor is there anything to prove it.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-04-13
SHAKESPEARE DEAD?
DID HE EVER LIVE?
The Shade of Della Bacon Wants to
Know-Mark Twain Has a Word
to Say-The Great
Puzzlegram

0NE of the oldest jokes in the world deals
~ with the interesting fact that Caesar
is dead This Is the Iyav of II.
Newell reclamation news. [volume] (Newell, Butte County, S.D.) 1910-19??, 1916-06-08

Stock tresspassing on our place
southeast of the creamery, will be
held for damages.
FRANK HUFxzeAN.
Newell reclamation news. [volume] (Newell, Butte County, S.D.) 1910-19??, 1916-06-08

Agnes Mccormick was born in
County Down, Ireland, in 1857
and passed away at the home OF
her neice, Mrs. A. +. Walker, in
this city Sunday night, June 4th,
1916. The cause Of death being
due to burns received when her
clothing caught on fire about 1880
that morning. She ran from the
house and neighbors soon discov-
cred her and ran to her assistance
and smothered the flames and Drs.
Hill and Rogers of this place were
soon in attendance and DIR. CHASED
of Belle Fourche was called but
without avail. She is survived by
two Younger brothers in Ireland.
She was an active worker in church
circles. Funeral services were
conducted Monday from the Con-
gregational church by Rev. Fred
Smith and internment made in the
Newell cametary.
Newell reclamation news. [volume] (Newell, Butte County, S.D.) 1910-19??, 1916-06-08
Low ROUND TRIP FARES TO
EASTERN POINTS.

Special low summer vacation
tickets via the Chicago & North
Western Ry. on sale daily June |
to September 80 to points in the
Great Lakes Region and on the
Atlantic seaboard, affording spl-
endid opportunity to enjoy trip
back east.
Seven fast limited trains leave
Omaha daily for Chicago, making
direct connection with trains tor
the East.
Modern equipment, smooth, we'll
ballasted double track, automatic
electric safety signals and unequal
ed dining car service.
For tickets. reservations and full
particulars apply to ticket agents
Chicago & North Western Ry. ct
Newell reclamation news. [volume] (Newell, Butte County, S.D.) 1910-19??, 1916-06-08
LOCAL AND PERSONAL NEWS

Chas. Reed of Sturgis, Wa =
Newell visitor yesterday.
Henry Jacobsen was in town
Saturday and took home . new
press for his newspaper.
Mr.. Hans, Mr.. ard Mrs. Adolph
Amunson and Miss Fara were
Belle Fourche visitors Monday.
Miss Nina Hull returned the
latter part of last week from Linz
coin. Nebraska, where she has been
teaching school.
Mrs. Herreck, from four miles
east Of Vale, was operated on for
appendicitis by DIR. Clark June I'd
and is doing nicely.
ALI Reed is attending the Rep
ubiican convention at Chicago.
Newspaper reports indicats that
Hughes will receive the nomina-
ton for president.
Newell reclamation news. [volume] (Newell, Butte County, S.D.) 1910-19??, 1916-06-08
LOCAL AND PERSONAL NEWS

NJ. A. Dobbins of Sturgis, was
in town last night.
@. E. Farnham was transacting
business in Belle Fourche last
Monday.
Mrs. E. Huffman returned last
Saturday from a few days visit
with friends At Whitewood.
A baby boy was born to Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Alkire of Arpan, at
DIR. Clark's residence last Monday
morning.
Mr.. Seekins was an arrival from
Whitewood this week and has
accepted a position on the expert
mental farm.
Mabel Fisher celebrated her
thirteenth birthday last Monday.
A number of her friends success
fully carried out surprise party
on her.
Newell reclamation news. [volume] (Newell, Butte County, S.D.) 1910-19??, 1916-06-08
LOCAL AND PERSONAL NEWS

4
l.. H. Dunn is siding his shop
with steel today.
Frank Dowd made the trip from
Sturgis to his Fairpoint ranch
yesterday.
Attend the Children 5 Day SER
vices at the Congregational church
next Sunday.
Irene Eisall was an arrival from
Wasta yesterday and will visit her
sister near Hoover.
w. ID. BuchhoIz is attending
Grand Lodge at Sioux Falls this
week as a representative Of the
local Masonic order.
For Sale at Bargain -240 acres
of choice prairie land at S.. 80 per
acre. Terms: $4,000 cash, bal
ance mortgage of $4,000 to be
assumed running about I years.
Legal description: Sc Ia and +
liz OF SW IA Sec. II Twp. 10,
Ranue 10, Meade county.
Address owner. +. j. Walton,
Port Angeles, Wash.