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ALCUQUERQUE UOr.lX'G JOUr.L', FRIDAY, NOVEM3ER 20, 1914.
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Larcar etrrulail'.n than any alitor paper
la Na Mm. Tha only par la Maw
Mailca UawU arr day In tha rar.
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Dally, kr aarrlar or mall, una muni h.... Me
NOTII'H TO srHHOIIUKfl.
Rubaorlhora la tha Journal, ho arming
to baa th.ir paar channel to a B ad
traaa moat ba aura to gla tha old ad.lnma
"Tha Morning Journal haa a hlfhrr clna
lallna rating than la aoeonla to anr ulnar
p4p.r la tSmm M .-!;." Tha Ainafloan
K.v.papar Dlrattorr.
FRIDAY NOVEMBER 2, 1M
"im iii" mniHTii;
lxur old "Hull" lltirdette la dead.
Editor, lecturer, author, preacher
humorist always liurdelte hud a
notable career n u maker of sun
shine for thiiBP with whom he came
In contact, cither personally or
through Ms drolly phllosophh ul pan.
lie was Intensely human, ami had a
sympathy fr !l thing hiimiiri.
Much as ho devoted his life and tul
wit to provoking; smile and laughter
Irom others, h knew what it was to
hiriiKnlc, In full and full again, and
flniilly to win.
Worse than the ki i uke l" of hi
early days with poverty, "Rob" Bur
den had the misfortune to contract
the drink hublt. which at time ho
could not control. Ho fought ugnlnst
It. uftor he understood what ltd con
llntiuiicc meant t lilui, hut even lif
tr he became, a minister of t ho gos
pel Im was not ulwuy Itmiiuiie from
ItM IllltO IMT.
tillt III! IIK't Ull Of tllO lllllllllilllloll
of II, all the rrilhiFiii hla frailty mi
tiillid from Ihoxff who did not under
idi ml tha rtKht lw win inukliiK. with
u Finllo and a JphI, and finally he won,
and won thoroughly, l'.ut he newt
atopped aiiilllnK, or hla efforta to
cauaa olhcr ptoplo to mnlle. Ho on
tlcratuod piiiplo and ho loved theni
l.t cnusf he know tiiont of 4 hem wor"
weak, llkn hlmwlf, uiid, ltk hliiielf,
wire tijinit to do hi tter than their
Uvea would Imlii'Uto.
Aftir III health compelled him to
pAvv tip tho pimlorato of hla I,oa An
Kelea church, he touk ft hounn from
tho vcrandnh of which he could look
out on th ocean. Ho hud he-en
through Nlu orient throtiRh Tmllu,
I'hlna, Jupiin and the Philippines.
1.41st winter h" wrote a letter to
the member, of hla former congrega
tion In U Aiih'elea that was a prune
poem. Ho wild while h looked te
JoiiK the aunaet, he nw HKln the
laiola of the orient lie hud vlnlled. He
knew they Were lluro liecnuao he
lmd aeen them, but was n more cer
tain Of their KeoKMphy ufter. ho had
Men them limn ho wna before. 1!
knew of them before, ho lmd een
llleiu li.ru use ho hud lend Of them
und been told of them.
I.lkewiKc, he was witltlnK tor his
htlt to heiiven, llfl had not been
there, but he had tho aame confl
uence In lu reality that he had In the
enifttencc of China, llidlit and Japan
before he aaw them.
lllinlelt- liimtc hla Hrit repulution,
11 n n hiinioiiMt, 011 th ltmiliiKton
ll.ik.e, tliiii In churiie of hlmeclt'
mid t'liinU Iliittoit. Tho paper be
(nine (lie muni tulktil of lienapaper III
th liiited Hlutta at that time, und
the iiiiihI liiiotcd, lluttuii went into
polltii'K, and becuine pimlnmn. r KeU
irul under I'leMileiit Arthur und nf
lerwiir.l editor of the WukIiIiikUiII
1'oM. liunlelte went on the lecture
plnltorm, und Into the mlnlftry.
The Cleveland liuimleulcr sixes up
the. nuisance value of Onrrunm as
that vt a Htiuill person placed in a
poHltion where ho can work mischief
tar beyond the ineusiire of his 1m-l-'orlance.
Correct.
Till: SANTA ll.At.S KM 11.
Tlnie was not o much attention
fclvcii In tlie prci-M disputehes of the
ruilinri of tiu Kinla Clans hM,., 2
son, from tlx; liiit. d States, aat .Sat
urday, us the incident was entitled to.
The ship carried five million presents
trom I His country to the children of
the warring nation of Kurope, ull of
which, ijicept the Tuii,, huve the
Fuiitit t "la us l,-g-ml woven Into their
social and religious fabric. They are
(ill'lMiull liatli.ns, tle.ui.il Just now
CDKMgi'd ill the Uil-Cbilsliuti conduct
of killing each other.
We have an id-. that tlie Knuta
Chiua ship will reach lt destination
eufcly. Kant CLitis biiu?elf is at the
helm. A she pannes by dreadnuughts
(end submirlnea. through uilned seas
and under the gun of in.iMtne fortu
Some hpeclal providence will preside
over her nafety until she reaches the
(uits of the unhappy nutlons with her
messages of peace ou tar ih and good
will to men.
When ChrUtma duy conies and
tho bundles are Untied by the chil
dren of ttusMU, Germany, Auktrlav,
Great lirilain and France, what will
bo the ihiI'Icdwuu lonmd t.j the
parent 011 the wind of the little
people In thoim alrlekeii lulidjT
Whui chubby huiida come to put
on warm inltlena, when chilly feet
are put Into new dry ahoea, when
hoxc of noodle ar opi.f.ed, and tin
horn are blown. It will bfl naked by
lena of thouKiind of ehlld.Vh voice,
Where did Kiintii Clau find all
lhene pretty thlni!?"- And their par
ent, auch na arc left, and inuny of
nhom will Ik clothed in black will
ii'iike but oho answer: "In America."
What will not th.it ono word,
"America," come to gland for In th
mentul Image of thoae count
IcM children, pennlleaa, obaoure ohd
bereaved? They will pur.lle It out, 0
children do. Tiny will a real fairy
lund. peopled with ationg folk, who
cni toy to unknown kiddle. The
present will apeak to those children
In a laniiung that I understood in
every loiiitue by childhood. They will
want to go to see that wonderful
place when they grow up.
"I there no wur there?" That hum
lion will be asked million of time,
und anxlou mother will answer, "No
children, there I no war there." Then
will come the question agulu, "If
there Is no war there, why should
I hero be war her?'
Hiinta Ciau will answer.
II X F.l ItmTIFK'ATlONH.
Fixed fortification cun no longer
resist landward nttack, a tho '.cr
nuin howiiger huve demonstrated.
Hut llxed fortification at III havo
viiJuo a auiiliiNt aeawurd nttack.
Iowerful as nuvul gun are, liono haa
been found so far, ablo to copo with
Ilia land Rung built by the Krupps,
thoiinh It Is clulmed the United
State la now tesllnu a naval jrun of
fully twioo the penetratlnir power of
the "Krupp surprise." I!ut there Is
another question thHt must bo set
tled: Will the deck of any ahlp stumi
the terrlflu recoil of such rung?
Hut forts si Mi luve value to com
mand such straits ns Iover und Gi
braltar. And a fort that Is Immune
from a landward altack may make
Itself practically Immunu from at
tack by oeu. Uut the' lesson of this
ttur la a broad one. ThoVinly renl de
fense for any country Is nn urmy In
trenche with mobilo artillery thut
can be shlfltd from poallion to posi
tion as the exlKeiicle develop. Ver
dun, not tho fortress, but the posi
tioner Verdun, Is the key to the.
French defensive' line. Ho fur that
strategic, position bus been auved by
French reiilmeiil In trenche outside
the fortress., who have prevented tho
Herman from setting; neur enoufth
10 use their blK gun anainst the big
fortiflcutions.
Money put Into fixed defense Is
largely wasted, except on the en
coast. A navy and an army, both
mobile, a,ru tho only defenses worth
while nowaday. Whether wo require
a defense la another question one
that probably will be settled by the
outcome of the war.
LXiUNirs Al.AltW.
Tlie Journal publishes elsewhere
on this page an article from the Lon
don Hpectator by which it may be
seen thut Uieut luitain Is taking tho
poiittlbliity of an Invasion Seriously.
That was tho dream of Napoleon.
More than o hundred years oo he
gathered men and transports U 'ul
His, but never attempted to cross the
channel because the Iliitish fleet wiut
muster of the seas.
According to the I.undon Specta
tor, the Probable plan of the, Ger
man Is to secure favorable foothold
on the coast, weaken the llrltlsh
navy by keeping up the work of de
struction, so guccensful so fur as to
cause general apprehension, by
means of submurlne and mines, un
til the German fleet, held securely In
the Hull Ic sen, cun come out and meet
the English vessels on more than an
equal footing.
There Is ulo tlie suggestion that,
regardless of the lsiitlwh fleet, a
force liiiiiil be lauded from transports
protected by mines and submurllies.
Wild ns the scheme appears, there Is
no doubt that tho Germana uro not
continuing their despumto and
bloody ktrugglo to break through the
lines of the utile tortnrd tho coast
without u well thought out plan for
titillisliig the positions when once Se
cured. l!ut the German plan to repent
tlie dash on l'lirls, of forty-four years
ago, fulled, it Is not probable that
any scheme for a successful Invasion
of Grout Iirltuln can succeed. Power
ful as tho Germans are from a mili
tary standpoint, and resourceful be
yond belief, Its they have shown
themselves, there are things that men
can nut do.
Albuoucrque will have a splendid
V. M. C. A. building as an ailrae
tion for the New Mexico teaeltei.
when they come back hre next year.
If the French and r.iitlsh aviators
don't quit trying to drop bombs on
1 he kulHcr, he will deliver them over
to the wrath of God.
Dreadnoughts ore hot living up to
their names. liolng such expensive
targets, they are fuller of dread than
anything ebe.
We have an Idea that before a
giest while It will be necetwiry fvr
the Germans to keep a watch on the
U hi ne.
A reverse now and then nn uiis the
sacrifice of only a few more thou
sands of Russia's "cannon fodder."
The world looks pretty good to
I'rele Joe, Csnnon. He predicting
4 ret uro of general prosperity.
The World of Light
By Henry I'uiigluin, 1621-1695.
' ' ') ' i' '
T11UV arc nil gone into the worH of light,
And I alone sit linn 'ring here,
Their very memory i fair aifcJ bright;
And my sad tlicittsrti clear. ! -
- :- 1 I'll ; ,
I sec tbeni walking in an air of glory
Whose light dHh trample on niy days; ' '. . :
My days, which ale at liest but dull and hoary,
Mere glimmering' and decays.
Dvar'.. katileoiw 'death ; the jewel of the just,
Shining nowhere but in the dark;
What mysteries do lie behind thy dust,
Could man o'crlook that mark,
lie that hath found some fledg'd bird'9 nest may know
At first sight if the bird be flown;
lint what fair dell or grove he sings in now,
That is to him' unknown.
1
And yet, as angel in sojnc brighter dreams,
Call to the soul when man doth sleep,
So some strange thoughts transcend our wonted themes
And into glory peep.
O Father of eternal life, and all ,
Created glories under thee,
Resume thy spirit from this world of thrall
Into true liberty. ... ; ..
Either disperse these mists, which Wot and fill
My perspective still as they pass; '
Or else remove me hence unto that tiill
Where I shall need no glass.
With Scitson and Patte
II".. '"'
(Kudyurd Kipling.) ; 1
if you can keep your bead when ail
about you, , . '. '
Arc losing theirs and 'blaming it on
vuii: iv
' I f Vmi sn II tsiiKt viiiiiKclf when all
men doubt you;
JJut make ullowaiKC. for their
doubting, too;
If you can wait and not be tired by
waitlDp.
Or, being liod about, don't deal in
Iks,
Or, being huted, don't give way to
hating.
And yet don't look too good or talk
too wise;
If you can dream and not make
tlreums your master)
If you can think und not make
thoughts your aim.
If iou can meet with Triumph end
Disaster,
And treat those two Impostors Just
tilfl same;
If you con hear the Truth you've
spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap
for fools
Or watch the thing you'Te gave your
life be broken.
And stoop and build it up with
wornout tools; , ' .
If you can mak one heap of all your
winnings, ,
And risk It on ono turn of pitch
und toss,
And I0H0, and start uguiu at your be
ginnings, , - .
And never breathe a word about
your loss; t , t , , , ,. '
If you can force your heart and nerve
and sinew ,, '
To servo your turn long ufter they
ore gone-.
And so hold on when thorn is noth
ing In you,
Except tho will that says to "thpnl,.
Hold on!"
If you can talk with crowds and keep
your virtue, .,
, (,'t Walk,, with kiiiKMi uor lose the
coiiiiiiuu touch,
if neither foe nor loving friends can
nun you,
1
f ull men count with you, but none
too 111 ucn; 1
If you cun fill tho unforgiving tnln
uto With sixty seconds' worth of dis
tance run.
Yours Is tho earth and everything
that's la It, ,
And what Is more you'll ttf a
man, my son!
RIGHT ON THE POUVIl (IllCU;
(Christian Herald.)
There Is a Finland town which
stands directly on the polar circle, Ro
vuiiienil, tho .fifth. Iinpiiititut town in
lliu fur trade lit the world, Konw
eight or ten thousand people congre
gate there In February Russians,
Germans, Swedes, Norwegians, etc.
to bargain In bear, fox, rVinder, er
mine und other fur skinB. Travel is
by reindeer in the winter, which is a
beautiful season. As the compass
does not work within the Arctic. clr
vie, travelers b-urn by the trees to find
their way, exposure to the north tuak
Ing a difference in their shape.,
At Rovanienil is a little Lutheran
church through whoso grounds, and
w it In 11 a few yards of tho church, tho
polar circle passes- Borne one haa had
u slab placed on the lliie. wth these
words engraved thereon: "Moses, Sth
Book, 2"th chapter, verse 17,"
A LAKE OF SOAtV
One of nature's marvels is to bo
seen In the northeast comer of the
state of Washington. H Is a lake
which bears the name of Soap lake
and 'Im three mile in length by one
mites in breadth. The water in the
lake taste like a mixture of soap and
salt, and Its peculiar properties are
such that when the water ia heated
no soap la required for a buth, for as
soon a th water mme tnt contact
with the natural ol of tho akin and
i ,
1
gently ibbod
lather
it form beaut 1 ul
- The anly drawback la that when op-
plied to tha head one's half Is apt to
turn from lu natural color to a dusty
red. If not washed with fresh water.
In other words, it bleaches, tho Hoda
in the water no doubt being the cmiwo
of this. I
The Soap lake is well known
throughout Amerlcun on uccount of
Its Wonderful healing properties. In
deed, It Is asserted that Its waters pro
vide a cure for all the ills the flesh
Is heir to. llheumutism, skin discus
es, stomach and blood disorders alii
seen, to give way to the miraculous !
power of the Waters, and scores of '
people go there for" the purpose: of )
curing themselves of these- various
complaints.
As a matter of fact, the waters of
the lake have been known to tho In
dians for generations past on ac
count ef their wonderfui curative
powers, and even at the present time
parUen of them camp at the head of
the hike during; the summer months.
On the shores of the lake ar vari
ous sanatoria which remain open ail
the year round and attract many vis
itors, who Come, in search of health.
TlXMOIUtOW.
(From the Buslnes Philosopher.)
Today may be dark and forbidding;
our hearts may, be full of do
apalrf . i : f
Uut tomorrow the hope that wos wln-
m will prompt m, do and
. ' ' f - '
Today we may feel that lifes sorrows.
, outweigh ail th.0 Joys that we
. crave,. j. j ..
But tomorrow will teach us the lesson
that lfo Is worth while to the
.'-. bravo, ' .
Faint heart Is forerunner of sadness-
, despondency robs us of health;
Tho, ninn who ia chock full of gladness
... Is the man who makes most of
llfo's .wealth. .,, .
Today may bo all that is mournful
our paths cun not u I ways be
bright;
Uut tomorrow we'll somehow take
courage, and truHtlugly outer
tbu fuiut.
Tomorrow the sun will bo brighter;
tomorrow Oik kliM will hi, ftilrr
Xuluorrow OUP hearl8 wn, be tighter;
,,
cast asldo sorrow and
care.
Remember when heartsick aad weary:
th sunshiny comes after the
rain;
Tomorrow la tho t'.ma to be cheery
tomorrow we take hope again.
TREES.
(Joyco Kilmer.)
"I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely aa a tree.
"A tree whosa hungry mouth is prest
Against the - earth's - sweet glowing
breast; ' 1 '
"A tre that looks at God oH day
And lifts her leafy arm to pray;
"A tree that may irt summer wear
A nest of robins ia hor hagr;
"VPoh whqse bosom snow h;,!"'".
Who intlirfutoly Uvea vVth' ihfn.
"Poems are made by fools like tne.
But only liod can maka o." ,
MIND OF THE VSUEUGUADVATE.
(Henry Seidcl t'anby In tha OcteOor
; , Tale Review.) .
Tho mind ef the undergraduate Is
like a slab of coarse-grained wood.
upon which the cabinet-maker lav sh
ea his stain. Its empty pores soc v In
the polishing- mixture, b matte bow
richly it may be applied, and iir many
instances we fail to get the expected
gloss. Much English teaching, in Xaet.
ia (to change the figure) subterranean
ta its effects. Tou may remember o
Tennyson, and yet have gain-nl a sen
sitiveness to moral beauty, and an ear
for the glory of words. Toar ShoJtea
peare tiiay have gathered dust for a
decade, and rot jU h quir-kenlne
your sympathy with hnmtn
nature.
;Ttiut glow lu tho presence of a soaring
lno or towering, mountain; thut
warmth of th lluiiuUIou a Jiome
tnodcru slruHglo r.U ag aiicient
protagonist: tho feci lus thut life la ul-
wtiyli Intcrelncr ojiihow, somewhere
hoV much of tjiis T due to Wurdf-
orth, ijhiilcy, Stevenson, UrownlnS,
ot Keuts, aim In the memory per
haps, but potent in the nubcoiwiouj
Ujm, im- who van ever deter hi la. The
psyelioloKlat wUI unswer, much. The
laniun must consider the aptiutf, the
levupcrutiv power, tott quantity and
quaM'y ff hoppliies anioitf tho well
read In comparison with the ukread,
fur but fply. Tbu reauJta of my own
observation enablo u to View even
the dubria of lecture and ttudy in a
"flunker'a" exainiiwtloB paper with
dejection, to be sure, but not with
despair. The undergraduate, I admit
aorrowfuUy, I usually uprflcUil la
hla reading;, and aometline merely
burl.aroug In tha Use hd niAkes Of It;
but there i more (rained from his
training; in literature than tiieeta the
sight.
SEW tVEHY MORNING.
(Susan Coolidge.)
Every duy is a fresh beginning.
Every morn la the world made new;
I Tou w'ho ax weary with aorrow and
alnninpf.
Here ia a beautiful hope for you
A hope for me and a hope for you.
All the pant things are gone and over.
The tasks are dune and the tears
are shed;
ttatorday'a errors let yesterday cover,
ietcrduy' wounds, which anarlud
and bled,
Are healed with healing which hlfc'bt
has shed.
Ycslerduy. hi a part of forever, ,
Hound up in the sheath which God
s holds tight.
With the glad days and sad days and
baj duy which never
Shall visit u more with their bloom
or their blight,
Their fulness of aunshine or or-
rowful night.
Let them go since we cannot relieve
them,
Cannot undo or cannot atone;
Ood In his mercy receive and forgive
them.
Only the Bw day are our own
Today is ours and today alone.
Here are the skies all burnished
1 brightly,
i Here I the spent curth all reborn;
Hero ure the tired limbs springing
lightly
To greet the sun and share With tne
. , , morn;
hi Its chrism of dew and cool of the
dawn
Every day Is a fresh beginning,
Listen, my soul, to the glad refrain,
And In spite of old sorrow and older
sinning
And trouble forecasted of possible
pain,
Take heart with the new day and j
begin again.
tne
A LIXtOLV STO'HV.
Another Lincoln story from
first volume of "Heart Throbs":
President Lincoln w-as walking with
a friend about Washington and turn
ed back, fur some distance to assist
a beetle that hud gotten on Its back,
and lay on th walk, legs sprawling in
air, vainly trying to turn Itself over.
The friend expressed surprise that
the president, burdened with the
i cares of a warring nation, should
find time to spare, assisting a bug.
. , "
homely sincerity that has touched tho
t.ll a 1 . 1 T 1.. ....!. .4U V.r
hearts of millions of his coumrymen
and placed him foremost in our af -
1 feetlons as the greatest American, do
1 ... it f U-,1 I. . f
that bug
back, I
llB-thero on lu
wouldn't have felt right I wanted to
hin, hiH ,.. n(1 .ive him an
equal cliunce with ull the other bugs
of his class."
WAR.
(Bennett Chappie, in National Muga
lino for November.)
Gone Is the vaunted banaer thut pro
claimed the World for peace.
The mask is torn asunder and ull Hell I
hus seen releuse,
The heat of age-old anger now has
. cracked
ln fliln veneer
lie nun vioiti.
I Ten in
ion men are targets ami all
! Europe is a bier.
The inhjhry guns are booming In their
terrifying voice, -
They cut tlie Held like reapers and
tho soldiers huvo no choice.
They face the ram of bullets, und
with niltnhood's staTwurt Seal
They march with very souls aflame
through Jaws of glistening steel.
Theirs but to fall In winrows deep,
cut down by scythes of lead.
Till truce piles high the harvest there
in gory stacks of dead.
Napoleon took two million lives be
fore he drank his dregs;
"To muke an omelet," he said, "you
have to break some eggs."
Tea million men now face the guns
an omelet, in truth
Ten million sturdy warriors so full of
strength and youth,
Ten million men In uniform, stirred
to heroic deeds.
Ten million men in league with death
while Christ In pity, pleads.
The proud world hangs Its heartsick j
head at such a grewsomo stgnt;
The grim old skeleton of war once
more has come trt light.
And savagery has brushed aside all
civilising creed,
Turned back the clock a hundred
years to let tha nations bleed.
What is this pride of nations that
will pay such awful price?
What Is this commerce of the world
. that asks such sacrifice?'
Oh, is it worth the candle that the
sombre altars light
When men perhaps a million men
are victims of the fight ?
rOWEIl OF AFFIRMATION.
, i (Unity.)
LVelare your unity with Dlvino
Mind; and through' your generative
word fill your nerves with energy and
substance. Declare over and over,
silently and aloud, until the very air
pulsates, ' 1 am energy; I am strensth
and power: I am filled and thrilk.-rt
with oui.iprescnt life and the vitality
of Got HTmente every filler of my
being' 1
Services cfLlihu B. Washburn in Paris
Muring the Franco-Prussian War of 1870
(Kansas
Many Americans of the older gen-'are us? follows: 'For cats, a commun
cration recall With a feelM or pride ! eat, 8 francs: a Thomas cut, 10
tho duys of the Franco-l'russlafi worjfrunca: for ruts, a common rat, 3
when Ellhu Benjamin Washburn,
t'nlted States minister to France,
tobnd himself In a sit uut Ion almost
parallel to that which uow confronts
Ambassador Merrick.
Mr, Washburn wua appointed! envoy
extraordinary and minister Jilenlpo
tentlary to France by president Orunt
In IMS. Tho Appointment followed
his resignation from the office of sec
retary of state, a resignation occa
sioned by III health. He represented
th fnited Wales In Purls for eight
and a half years. The period, to use
his ow words, "comprised one iif the
most interesting poehs of history,
and embraced the siege und commune
of Paris."
A Heavy noHiilbllil.
In "Recollections of a Minister to
France," two volumes published In
I8S7, the year of his cuth, Mr. Wash
burn has given us a vivid story of (he
trying; times which followed the
French declaration of war against
Germany. He alono of all the offi
cial representative of the great pow
er remained at hi post and with re
markable coolnes and tact, consid
ering that he had Just entered upon
a career which was new to him, took
care not only of those of his own
nationality In. tho capital, but, at the
request of . the German ambassador,
also the subjects of tho North Ger
man confederation, the Kuxoiis and
the subject of llcsao and Suxe-Co-burg
Gothu. Of this he wrote:
Count fe'olins, charge d'affaires of
the North Gvrmun confederation, scut
to the United Htutes legution tho most
valuable of their archives, upon
which I placed our seuL I ul.so took
charge of the German embassy In
Pari, and placed over it the Ameri
can flag. The concierge of the em
bassy having been forced to leave, I
placed it under the charge of two
young and trustworthy Americans,
who had been residents of my own
congressional district In Illinois. These
young men courageously occupied the
embasay until the close of hostirities;
and, though sometimes threats were
made, thcro. was never any violence
offered to the embassy end its guar
dians. The French went Into the conflict
confident of victory, feeling; It a fore
gone conclusion that the war would
be simply a sort of triumphal march
upon Kerlin. How badly they were
mistaken is a matter of history.
Events Prnvdlng tin; Siege.
Following the proclamation of the
j republic of France, In September.
ir.v, which sudden overturning 01
the dynasty of Napoleon waa accom
plished without a drop of blood being
shed and without disorder or un
usuul excitement, the I'nited States
recognized tho new nation and Mr.
Washburn retained his post in hiF
J new capacity. Depression, occasioned
j by the repeated reverses of the
French arms, gave way to renewed
'ardor and ?r.hasU(,i and it was be
lieved thut it would be only a mat
ter of days before revivified Fran -e
would sweep the invading Germuns
back over the border. The hysterical
optimistic Parisians indulged In all
cfes and w.fated valuable energy pa
rading the streets under the tricolor.
Liberty, equality and fraternity, were
the watchwords of the day. when cav
alry, artillery and Infantry , would
ihgve been more to the point,
1 . . ' v c V" ""
I .Suddenly, however, Paris, roused
i,,!,"If ,0 the realisation thut Bismarck
was hammering at its sates, ijeptem
ber 18, 1870, these gules were closed,
ai)d the great city gradually discover
ed that thi? invading army meant
business. Day after day ami week
after week Mr. Washburn recorded
in his diary every event which cunie
under,, his observation. There was
endless and monotonous tulk of sor
ties, wild rumors, wilder suggestions
and wilder hopes. During the first
few days of Us Investiture, however,
Paris went on Its usuul calm and
peaceful way even the streets were
sprinkled and the avenues were
j 'iigeu nn guiiy uresseu people.
' v ' lunun" "" " coni-iucreu
, . . , , ....
i '- v" ""' me nno-
isier mm 10 unravel, jnero was 11
school lit
the Ituc le fa. Faiiiidelie
for American and Ciifllsh boys, eon
ducted by a Mme. Hedler. one l;ly
tin attack was made on the building
by French soldiers and the matter
was reported to Mr. Washburn. When
he had sifted the affair to the bottom
he found thut tho excuse for the at
tack rose solely from the fact that a
pigeon had been seen to fly over the
garden wall in tho direction of the
German lines, and it was concluded
that tho bird carried messages to the
enemy.
Wa.sbbuin'H Reply to Blsniurck.
Another incident clearly showed the
teniper of the American representa
tive. This rose from a communica
tion from Count Bismarck that no
diplomatic dispatches to foreign gov
ernments -wouia oe allowed to pas
the German lines from Pari unlets
said dispatche were unsealed. A
meeting of the few remaining mem
bers of the diplomatic corps was call
ed, and there the question was warm
ly discussed. Mr. Washburn enter
tained no doubts of any sort as to
what should be done, nor did he show
any hesitation. His reply to Bis
marck was. briefly, that he would not
write a dispatch to his government
which would have to be submitted to
the inspection of "any other govern
ment on the face of the earth." His
decision stood.
During the siege a grand total of
twenty-three perfectly useless and
puerllt journals were being published
in Paris. Instead of giving trust
worthy news they ouraued a nolicv of
deceiving their reader with false re
ports of victories and devoted col
umns to verbal assaults on their business-like
enemies. "The amount of
aosoiute trash," remarked Mr. Wah
burn, "taken all together surpasses
uayinin; in history." ,
Paris During the Rombardumit.
As the siege progressed and the
weather grew cold and food scarce
suffering atnone- the poor Increased.
The following memorandum in the
' niary ) significant:
I
City Star.)
franc; loiig-tallwl rat. 2 1-J francs;
for dogs, a cur of low degree, !
francs a pound; for. a fat dog. S 1-j
frnncs, and for a damn fat dog, 3
francs per pound.
"Mr. Kern (the Bwiss minister),
says he now lives on horse moat and
macaroni, and when I said to hln.
that he would not be likely to starve,
he answered 'neigh.' "
When the bombardment of tlie city
began on the 108th day of the sieg...
inuny people, men, women and chil
dren were killed, eaoecinlly In the
I.ntin quarter. On January 8, Mr.
Washburn wrote:
Tho carelessness and nonchalance
of the Parisians In all this buslnes
wonderful. No sooner does a shell
fall than all the people run into that
quarter to see what harm It has done,
and If It has not exploded they pick
It up and carry It off. Ladles und
gentlemen now muke excursions to
the Pont du Jour to seethe shells full.
An opportunity was given the
American minister to leave Paris dur
ing the bomburdment. This he de
clined to do, his only comment on
the fact being "There were still re.
mainlng in the city some ISO Amerl,
cans. Mx countrymen all looked to
me for a certain protection, and they
would much regret to .see me go away,
leaving them behind." '
The Storytellers
look Out.
Of Professor Archibald Ilowman of
Princeton, who Is alleged to oe Hunt
ing with the allies, a lawyer ruld ut
the Princeton club In New Tork:
"Iiowmun has a trenchant tongue.
I remember how trenchantly he oiicj
advised me not to murry for money.
"I had been telling him about a
millionaire suffragette I hod my eye
on. and I exclaimed enthusiastically:
"'How fine it would be. professor,
to many a girl with an independent
income!'
"Look out.' Professor Bowman
growled, 'look out that you don't
marry on income with an Independent
girl!' "
Tgic Wnrked Cathedral.
At the T-Hquare club In Philadel
phia a group of well-known architects
were talking about the wreck of the
Rhelnis cathedral.
"In proving that they are the ban
ner bearers of cull ure,". said Charle.
Klitilder, "the Germans are pliilnly
resolved to leave no stone unturned."
"Yc'S." Horace Trumbuucr agreed.
"Germany Is out for the spread Of
art, ond when her melinite shells
struck the cathedral of Uhelms, art
was spread all over the city."
The IlivUcanl Lady.
The kaiser, as all the world know,
is a musician, a poet, a culptor and
a painter,, although, of course, his
specialty is war.
There is u ntorjk-about thp kaiser
and Mme. de II. germun-f.lndenkrone.
the brilliant American wife of a Dan
ish diplomat.
Thti ktt.r once, nt Kiel, strummed
for Mme. do Hegerman-I.indenkron.;
Aeielr's March." his well-known mu
sical composition. He then showed
ber a photograph of his paintins.
"The IJist Charge," and a sketch of
his statuette, "The I'hluit."
At the end, smiling excitedly, th
kalner looked at the lady.
"Well?" he nald.
"So much tuste," murraurnl Mme
do llegermun-Undenkrone, whose wit
give her many privileges. "So much
taste and all of It bad."
- Hie Waders.
Tlie neutrality of Holland led John
T. Conover, secretary of the Holland
society, to tell this story In New York:
"Queen Willielmina, . In the first
flush of ber youth and bouty. was
honored by the kaiser wllj a review
at Berlin. ,
A troop of six-footers passed. The
kaiser looked at the young queen In
terrogatively. She smiled und shook
her head.
"'Not tall enough,'-she said..
"A little later a regiment passed
wherein every man was 6 feet 5
Inches In height.
"'Not tall enough,' laughed the
young' queen again.
"'N6t tall enough?' exclu'ined the
kaiser. What .on earth do you
mean?'
" i mean, sire,' the queen answered,'
'that when we open our dikes the av
erak'" depth of the water Is tiiil
feel." " (
The Russian goveriiineti't has placed
an embargo on all kinds of lutiil" !',
to prevent Its exportation; walnut
lumber, including. Circassian wulnu',
much prized by American furniture
makers, is specifically mentioned.
"OH! -- OH!"
Try "GETS-iT," the Pa'liilowi Sew-
l'Lau t orn Cure. Sut- 1 our turns
Vanish la a Hurry.
"Whew! hurts way up to my heart.
I've tried almost everything for
corns!'
Corn-sufferers, comics joy Is at
hand! "GETS-IT"' is the only real en
emy any corn ever had. Put "OUTS
IT" on In 2 seconds, and away they
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J as ttp-
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at H(
i tear
"Well, Did Voa Ever! Come )
see How Kay 'GETS-IT
'lliat Corn!"
go, shrivel, vanish. No roor
rings to make the corn sha
more dulgy. no more banda
circulation and stick to th
no more sa vea to turn h..
and make the corn "puijf
knives or ruzora iiin"
ing and blood poi
ut-ts-rr" is
and Is absolute!
flesh. Warts .-
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