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lands proclaimed their independence at The
Hague. In n formal sense, the Dutch Re-
public was July born. Swiss patriotic at
tention is annually fastened on July D. for
1t was on that day in 1883 that the epic of
Winkelricd was enacted, the field Of Sem
pach won and the cantons virtually deliv-
cred from the Austrian yoke. Rome be-
came the capital of m independent united
Italy on July .. 1871. On July 70. 1880.
the Bourbon monarchy was permanently
overthrown in France
On July II. 1911. the independence OF
Venezuela was proclaimed. On July ID,
1916. the union of the provinces Of the Rio
de la Plata. the nucleus of the Argentine
Republic. was asserted. Eighteenth OF
July street" in Montevidco denotes the rev.
erence for this key date in the liberation
and formation of little Uruguay.
On July o. 1921. General San Martin,
the libcrator. rode with his valiant army
into Lima "city of the Kings seat OF the
Spanish Viceroyalty of the Americas ana
the last vcstige Of its imperial sway.
South Americans are in the habit OF
characterizing July as the Mes de Liber-
tad" month of liberty. The iuxtnposition
of circumstances is incxplicable. but 1t is
exceedingly striking. even II ultra scientific
chroniclers are uninovea by the mystery.
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A TYPICAL TANGlE

TT MAY safely be assumed that the general
i public is not Interested in thp dispute
that has arisen concerning the jurisdiction
Of the bathing beach Mt League Island Park
That controversy is deplornbly characters
istic of the kind of wrang!ing which seems
20 be inseparablc in all municipal improve
ment work.
The traditional obstacle Is taxpayers
suits. but that method Of obstructionsn has
of late years been exhibited as comparatively
primitive The long promised Free Ii
brary building operation was held up, 1t
may be recalled. because of Il passionate ar
gument about Philadelphia cut stone.
The latest stultifcntion is the contltrt Of
the City Administration with the Fair
mount Park Commission.
Director Wnrburton is perhaps justified
In rescnting the passage of the councimanic
@ordnanre according the Park Commission
ers control of the League Island bathing
beach which has been developed under the
Department Of Welfare. The commission
is likely TO contend that it VIII observe tn"
fat of Council. Technical points in the
debate may be scored by both sides.
Meanwhile. what becomes Of tn" plan for
expanding thc rocrcative resources OF home
dwelling Philadclphans: The beach and
bath and locker houses. which should hav"
been opened at the beginning of summer
are not yet ready for general use.
The disappointed public is probably will
ing to award first prizes in pickering 10
whatever faction will settle down II con
structivo performances and the fultiIm"nt OF
DromisCS
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DANGEROUS FOOLS


l. Millerand has been called an Anarchist.
This is a handy term with which to de-
scribe a class of crack Drained individuals
whose morbid love of scnsationalism has
been responsible for some of tho most
wanton and utterly senSclcsS crimes in mod
ern history.
Neither philosophlc anarchism. such as
the indomitable and fine spirited Kropo,kin
practiced. nor that unreal and spcculat!v"
Socialism Of which Marx and I.assalle were
cxponon,S originally gave comfort or sup
port to murdercrs. Whatever the wildness
of these doctrines. they are mild compared
to the insane extravaganza of their miSin-
t"rpretors
II is more than probable that the frantic
Gun,avc Bouvet. whose shots. intended for
the French President. barely missed the
Partisan prefect of police. is not diSsimiIar
in mentality and perceptions to those de-
hdod notoricty seekers who slew William
Mckinley, Elizabeth OF Austria, Sadi-
Carnot and Jean Jaures.
The folly of an attempt upon the life Of
the President of France is particularly
glaring. As Premier, NJ. Mil!eraud pos
scsSed tangible power. AS the so-callcd
Executive Of the republic. he is little more
than a tigurchead for festal occasions, such
in particular as Bastille Day.
There is doubtless much radical senti-
mcnt in France at present, but It's extent
cannot be determined by reference to
Bouvrt's spectacularly planned perform
nnce. Radicals, especially those of the al
legged ''intcllcctual type who are display
ing aspirations to wear the cloak Of re-
spcctabiity. cannot afford to make a hero
Of such IL morbid creature as Bouvet without
seriously damaging what they believe to be
their cause
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WELLS GOES MARCHING ON

TIG. WELLS declared not long ago thar
II. he felt Il desire to give up writing md
90 into politics. Now he is out as Labor
candidate for the House Of Commons. To
be I.aboritc in England is to be on the
side of all sorts of advanced and cxperi
mental legislation.
We venture to believe that Wcls clever
40 he Is. will make less Of n stir in politics
than he has made in the world of literature
and Journalism. Criticism which he prur.
tices SO brilliantly is. after all, not what
might be called constructive occupation If
Il Is perslstcnty tuned in II negative key.
A politician must be constructive. even
though his finished work is clumsy and In =.
adequate.
Like Bernard Shaw, Wells is better at
sliscoverng trouble than at repairing it or
Z Indicating available remedies. lie has no
complete philosophy. lie has begun the
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Answers to Yesterdays Quiz

|, The Cheviot Hills and the River Tweed
Form most of the boundary between
England and Scotland
. The Opium War broke out in 1870 be-
tween CHINA and Great Britain as the
result OF the attempt Of the former 10
stop the opium trade with India
Though declared illegal in 1896. the
Importation OF opium about lSio
amounted yearly 10 a million and a
half pounds sterling. Charles Elliott
the moderate British representative,
was succeeded by Sir Henry Pottinger,
who carried on the war with such
igor that when it ended with the
Treaty OF Nnnking in 1872 china ns
opened the treaty ports to foreign trade
and ceded Hongkong to Great Britain
with an enormous indemnity
j. PROBABLY the first European to visit New N.
Florcntine navigator, who came ~
1924, In his voyage he seems to have
touched the the coast @ Of North Caroair; .au,iy
coasted south and then north as far
as Cape Breton.
RemHranHt ha Hsb paiTed the famous nGRtSIEs RyEs
Museum in Amsterdam.
s. "Nunc Dmittis," Latin, meaning nov
let,est thou depart" is the name given
from It's opening words e itan the Lake "ke
Xi, 29-32) which forms part OF ine
"ompline service CT the Roman pre-
wary; and in the evening service OF tne
Anglican church follows the second second
lesson, 'ompine is the name given
to the last service of common PRAYER
m for the day, coming nfSr vespeirs, vpisrtv
G. The Progressive or Bull Moose Parry
was organized In 1912
I. Obbligato is n term in music signifylhS
that the instrumental part so maINe"
Is absolutely necessary 10 the per
formance of the composition ana ear, ear,
not be omitted. The word Is eSperlnlS
applied to an instrumental atco"'
panimPnt TO Il vocal solo. =,
s A singlet Is an unlncd or undN"d "a's'
coat an undcrEhirt II jersey -,
.. Andrew Jackson was elected Ircslueh' VI
the United States in 1928, o,
10. Oceanica is the name given to the atsss area
including those islands of the fa.sssa
not in Asia or America. II insl!u'''
Malasia, Australasia and Polynesia
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What Do You Know2
QUIZ

l. "hnt Is meant by the term diplomatic
illness?
:. VINO originated the expression Coming
events cast their shadows before?
.. What Is an eXegesis?
4. Where are the Mints of the United States
located?
;. What is cosset?
o. Distinguish between the Red River and
the Red River of the North
!. What article Of clothing Is n surcingleo
D. Distinguish between sep;ennal and sep.
tentrlonal
D. What country is known to It's inhabtants
MS Chung iua Min-Kuo"
~ Nam" a bird that Is reputcd to live
hIndrcd years
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NOW MY IDEA is THIS!
Daily Talks With Thinking Pladelphians Subjects They
Kn0,U Best

already been sold. Practically all of the
builders this year have had their housing
operations any way from one half to fully
sold before the structures were completed.
Il believe that this financial situation
was the chief underlying cause for the
housing shortage, much more so than the
cost of materials, the cost and the shortage
Of labor or any other economic conditions.
1t is true that the cost Of building materials
was very high and, for that matter, still Is.
and that the cost of labor was great and
competent help scarce. but even with these
handicaps it was possible to build houses
and to find purchasers for them. provided
always that they could be financed But
no person is going to buy Il house unless
terms which he can meet can be arranged
and this was the trouble for more than two
years.
Borrowing on Mortgage
1.-THE law prohibits any financial institu-
tion from lOaning more than two thirds of
the rnlle of Il property on first mortgage
but it is ordinarily not Il difficult matter to
arrange Il sale upon these terms if they can
be secured. That they are perfectly safe
terms is shown by the fact that the history
of loans made upon first mortgages, where
the initial payment of cash has not cx-
rccdcd 10 per cent of the purchase price.
shows that the failures or foreclosures due
to tn" upkccp of carrying charges are prac-
tically nothing.
The home is the one thing of which a
man never lets go. He will make any other
sacrifice to hold on 70 this. as he properly
should. am not now speaking of the spec
ulatOr. but of the real home buyer who is
purchasing Il home for himself and his
family. When any financial institution has
occasion to write off any losses. there Is
never | per cent of them due to losses on
mortgages on homes
Il consider that it is safe to say that the
Improvement in the housing market over
that Of Il year ago has been at least 100
per cent and it is due almost entirely 10 the
additional funds which have been placed at
the disposition Of the home buyers"
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ABOUT MUSIC AT LEMON HILL

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erection Of numerous systems, but he never
put roof on any Of them. AS voice In
the wilderness of British politics Wells
ought to be thrilling. lie may be Il John
the Baptist that the English are waiting
for. lie loves to hate hateful things. That
is n great virtue. Build he cannot. Yet
America would have reason TO congratulate
itself II we could have a Wells or two In
tonvrpss
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poll of the country organized on an
elaborate scale indicates that Kansas is the
only State in the Union so far in which II
majority is opposed to modification of the
Nolst"ad net or the repeal of the dry amend
M'ht' Ana the inrrab bic cync observes that
Kansas is aS she is because Kansans huye
been prohibitonists long enough to learn
how to make their own.
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We know how Mr.. Bryan would solve
the question of II dry merchant marine If he
were in the dilemma that now engulfs At
iorncy General l,aughcr'y and Mr.. I.aSkcr.
ne Il suggest that every passenger ship
flying the Stars and Stripes be cnujppcd
to carry Il COW.
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The Federal Trade Commission has dis.
covered that the Standard oil interests have
monopoly of gasoline. 1t is safe to sup.
pose that In the course Of time the com.
mission will learn that there was a war In
Europe not very long ago.
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European countries are actually being
reconcilcd to the thought of paying their
war debts to the United States. How nice
those foreign peoples are
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The Tacna- -..rica negotiations seem to
have rcac he'd the interesting stage in which
neither OF the two interested parties knows
what the other is talking about.
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SHORT CUTS

Germans can at least boast that their
assassins shoot straighter than Frenchmen
of similarly fnnatical type.
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Who is governing this country. any.
way? The miners. the rail shOpmrn. the
railroad corporations or the coal operators
bund!
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That ugly grinding noise you hear,
Geraldine. is tlV turning Of the screw by
which coal prices are moved to new high
attitudes.
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In abandoning authorship for parlia.
mcntary ambitions, II. q. Wells is display.
ing deliberate intention to limit his audi.
enCCS.
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Today's BIRTHDAYS

N'Scount Northcliffc, newspaper puhlishcr
ana influential figure in British puhlin Ifo
porn near Dublin fifty seven years nro
Marie Tempest, for many years no,od
n"'r"Ss m OF tnr Eng i"h' speaking stage, born
Brnjamn Id" Wheeler. president cmori,,,
Of the University of California, b"rn '"s VI,
Rnndolph, Mass, sixty eight years nrn ''
bishop Leo lIaid, abbot of the ccrIr,,od
Bencdir'ine abbey at belmont, \. G., Gnrn
"' Ih ,.h'r'p'' i'a,; sr'"ntN-'hrcc years ago.
J"hn j: Kindred, representative in Cnn-
sreSS OF the Second New York district hnru
eight years ago. "''s'
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1t is not so much the ties that bind as
the bonds that tie which is suggested by
the rapturous upward rush of Liberty loans
to par.
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GLOW are you standing the hea,?" may
give way il the coal strike is continued to
"IlOw are you standing the cOld?'
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wAsHlNoToN's GODFATHER
That's What Capital Folk Call Con.
oressman Foeht--A story About
Or. Rothroek - Eetopiasm
and the Professors Of
the Sorbonne
BY GEORGE NOX Mccain

CONGRESSMAN BEN X. FOCHT is
~ known in popular circles Of the national
capital as 'Tbe Godfather of Washing
tom
AS he sailed down Chestnut street a re-
cent hot day cncascd in fimsy summer
suit he resemblcd anything but that.
just how he came to acquire the sobriquet
is story of national politics.
During long years of service as member OF
the House Of Representatives from the
famous .'Shocstring District" of Pennsyl.
vania, Mr.. Focht. by virtue Of seniority,
became chairman of the Committee on the
District of Columbia.
There is, let it be understood. n marked
similarity between this Committee Of the
District and Philadelphia City Council.
Both consist of twenty -one members !;
they manage the affairs Of great cities and
they get frequently and literally denounced
for doing the things they should not do and
omiting to do the things they should.
Neither body has much chance. for they re
''dnmned If they do and damned If they
don't y
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-05-04
Put an Idea Across.

Whether it was mental telepathy or
a mere coincidence, / cannot say, but
this is what happened:
On a railway station platform at
some distance from me stood an i'm
migrant family. The father carried no
bundles, but the mother was loaded
like pack mule. In one hand she held
a bundle resembling large weeks
wash tied up in sheet The other arm
bore weighty looking basket and a
husky baby.
For about 20 minutes looked on
as that woman in sort Of dumb pa
thence stood there motlonless under
that awful load. 1t was positively
nerve-wracking to watch her. and
finally yelled to her, mentally: For
heavens sake drop those bundles"
Instantly the woman let go of the
bundle, handed the baby to her hus-
band, placed the basket on top OF the
big bundle, folded her hands over her
stomach and heaved sigh of relief
Kansas City Star.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-05-04
A Yankee Samson,

For long time Grandfather Higgins
insisted that he was a very light sleep
er and that a slight noise would al
ways waken him. On the other hand.
grandmother was sure that he could
sleep sOunder than the ordinary per
sOn--so sure. indeed, that she declared
she could cut off his whiskers some
night without his knowing 1t until
morning. Grandfather retOrted that,
II she could succeed in doing 1t, he
would go with her TO visit their son
in Idaho.
For a few days grandmother said
no more about IL; apparently both had
forgotten the conversation. But one
morning when grandfather awoke his
throat and the lower part of his face
felt unusually cold. He sat up In bed
put his hand TO his face, and utter
ing little cry, jumped up and hur-
ried to the mirror. Sure enough, his
whiskers were gone. He looked round
in bewilderment and saw a mass OF
grayish-white hair and a pair OF grand
mothers shears on a chair beside the
bed. Grandmother was right =
Youths Companion.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-05-04
Mans MarxsIeus Msmery.

A man who has developed his mem
ory until he has an amazing store OF
information on wide variety of sub
jeets has been discovered at Birchen-
cliffe, Huddersheld.
He is John Holroyd. builders la
bOrer, and he Is self-taught.
HolrOyd has $1,000 facts stored
away In his brain. He can name ev.
cry man who has played football for
his country, and the winners OF all
classic races since 1850.
Another Of his specialties is cricket
scores and results. He can tell you
the birthdays OF national and local
celebrities. Once he hears a date he
never forgets IL. and he has more than
once sef parents right as TO the biIfh-
days OF their children.-London Tit
Bits.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-05-04
RED cow UNDER SUSPICION
silly English Superstition That Her
Milk Would Make the Hair
Of Baby Red.

A director of a London dairy COM
pany told a correspondent recently at
a dairy show a circumstance illustrat-
ing a belief that existed not long ago
IN connection with a cows milk.
II was In the days when many Lon
don dairies kept a few cows at the
back Of the establishment, partly to
give the impression that the daily milk
supply was all derived from these
cows, or to enable the proprietor to
meet the wants Of his customers in
special cases for infant feeding. The
shop had been closed for the day, when
a woman called to ask for new milk
for baby. This was supplied.
Shortly after the woman called again
and asked: "Can you tell me the color
Of the COW you took that milk from"
The owner of the establishment said
he was not quite sure, but would go
and see. He went and returned say
ing: ut was black COW, but why
do you want to knOw?"
"Well, sir" she replied. "if 1t had
been a red COW my mistress would have
asked you to change the milk, as the
baby would then have had red hair,
and she does not want London
Morning Post
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-05-04
mardi eras at New Orleans.

The New Orleans observance Of the
Nardi Gras has been growing steadily
since Its establishment in 1880, and is
now numbered among the most bril-
liant OF the public and social festivi-
ties OF the United States. His Ma
jesty Rex, the king Of the carnival,
first rode at the head Of body OF
Arabic troops in honor OF the Russian
Grand Duke Alexis in 1872. The ex.
pertinent was success, and Rex be
came an established favorite. The
Mystic Crewe of Comus," however,
antedates this portion OF the carnival
by some IS years, for It was In 1887
that the first Mystic Crewe" appeared
in fantastic night parade Of gor.
geous floats. manned by masked rev
elers. But so many additions have
been made TO the Mardl Gras that now
Rex and Comus are only two features
OF magnificent celebration which EN-
braces the entire city.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-05-04
TAKES HIGH RANK AS CRITIC
Friend Paid Tribute to James Hume
ker's Virtues as Writer-Fear-
less and Stimulating.

II one were to choose one word that
was to sum up all Of Huneker's vir-
tues, one would say that he was re-
freshing, writes Norman T. Byrne in
Scribner's. He was an inestimable
breath of fresh air that deranged the
musty rooms of a criticism grown
didactic and lifeless. Life and vigor
were typified by his style-a sheen of
sparkling phrases set in rhythmlcal
prose that borrowed much from his
musical training.
He was well versed in the seven
arts, and if his knowledge of some of
them was not always profound, his
love of them was sincere, and the
manner in which he criticized each
one in terms of the other is a contin-
ued delight to his reader. His taste,
entirely European in character, was
rarely at fault He was taken In by
some things that were ephemeral, yet
he rarely failed to notice each rising
star Of genius. His defense was fear
less and his article always stimulat-
ing. Never didactic, never pedantic, II
he was found wanting in philosophical
ballast he did possess that sense Of
esthetic value that the scholar too
often lacks and that the critic must
have. That was Huneker's forte-his
taste and his verve.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-05-04
Trees Slow Development.

The slow development Of the trunks
Of certain trees at once calls up i'm
ages of immobility and eternity. The
dragons blood tree of the Canaries
awakens such thoughts. Thrice ia
nous for its Strange looks, its vast
size and its antiquity, this dragons
blood tree is equally so for the sta
tionary condition Of its growth. In
the legend Of Teneriffe we are told
that this singular eree was worshiped
by the Guanches. its original inhabi-
tants; and il is related that in the
Fifteenth century mass was celebrat-
ed in the interior of its trunk, fact
even lately attested by the vestiges
which were seen Of a little altar.
This tree grows so slowly that af-
ter a tolerably long interval Of time
II was not possible to verify any
change in It's circumference.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-05-04
"orIolnaI Packaae."

In American constitutional law this
means the package in which goods are
shipped from one state TO another,
The United States courts held that
where an article Is imported into one
state from another, II does not lose the
protection of the interstate commerce
clause, while the original package re-
mains unbroken and is the property Of
the importer. Interpretation OF these
decisions made II possible TO evade
state laws by selling direct to the Gus
toners I'm "originaI packages" Tlr
Importance OF this is In its bearing on
the sale Of cigarettes and other com
mOdities about which state laws differ.
The Mt. Sterling advocate., 1922-05-04
camargo and Vicinity


DR.. ]. T. Ricketts, left Sunday for
Somerset, where he has business in
terests.
Rev. John Ware remains in a very
critical condition.
Russell Oliver, Of Morgan county,
came down Monday with a nice lot
of cattle.
Farmers who sowed clover this
spring have been rewarded with a
fine stand of this most valuable crop.
Otto Greer has accepted place as
one of the head carpenters on a con-
tract at Nashville, Tenn.
Many farms are threatened with as
great a menace from yellow cress as
others have been from that awful
pest, oxeye daisy, which is next to
impossible to eradicate. Cress comes
like a whirlwind, having seed with
out number, and does best when land