Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 February 1916 — Page 2

Spirit of Washington WITH US TODAY

fNCE again, as the anniversary of his birthday rolls around, we contemplate the life and accomplishments of our nation s father. The United States of America is now in the midst of a great crisis—one of three. The first was the desperate struggle of the babyrepublic to maintain life between 1776 and 1815. The second was the terrific fever which rattled the bones of the half-grown nation from 1861 to 1865. The third is different. The hungry, blood-mad wolves of war are snarling all about us. We are charged with the problem of taking means of defense against the time when they may turn from their carcasses to attack us. We must insure for ourselves prosperity. For the good of the whole we must assume the task of harmonizing -all. the multitude of discordant and misunderstanding groups of people that compose our body politic—men and women of a great variety of racial antecedents, of political tenets, of religious beliefs, of capital and labor, of education and ignorance—-and weld them into one great patriotic mass. We must keep friendship with cur neighbors to North and South and across the seas So in this time of stress it behooves ua to keep our national temper and deal fairly and mean what we say. It is well worth while to eonsider the historian Lecky’s description of George Washington: "In the despondency of long continued f a i!ure, in the elation of snddcn success, at times when his soldiers were deserting by hundreds, and when malignant plots were formed against his reputation, amid the constant quarrels, rivalries, and jealousies of his subordinates, in the dark hour of national ingratitude, and in the midst of the most universal and intoxicating flattery, Washington was always the same calm, wise, just and single-mind-ed man, pursuing the course which he believed to be right without fear or favor or fanaticism; equally free from the passions that spring from Interest • and from the passions that spring from imagination. “He never acted on the impulse of an absorbing or uncalculating enthusiasm, and he valued very highly fortune, position, and reputation; but “aTthe* command of duty he was ready to risk and sacrifice them all. “He was, in the highest sense of the words, a gentleman and a man of honor, and he carried into public life the standard of private morals. “It was at first the constant dread of large sections of the American people that if the old government were overthrown they would fall into the hands of military adventurers and undergo the yoke of military despotism. 'St was mainly the transparent integrity of the character of Washington that dispelled the fear.” There has rarely been a time when the people had more need of the lessons of Washington’s life than now. We are in the midst of the uncertainties visited upon us, as a people at peace, by a conflagration which has enveloped a continent in war. In a year of peace, of sowing and reaping, of the productive activities of market and factory, we suddenly found ourselves face to face with the peril of such apanic as the world had never witnessed. Industry withered as under a blight; trade dried up at the roots; our chief export crop lost for a time two-thirds of its value; specie payments were suspended in our financial centers. Instead of having heavy trade balances in our favor, we were called upon for gold by the ton to pay for securities sent back to us by foreign investors. Want and destitution appeared where there had been plenty. We have come far since those black -days, but -adangerous —road still stfetches hdfore usr Tct us remember Washington, the commander in chief of one battle. That was Yorktown. Washington took the command of the armies of the colonies in July, 1775. He received the surrender of Cornwallis in October, 1781, more than six years later. These six years were spent In avoiding battle. There was one brilliant sortie —the battle of Trenton. But the history of his campaigns is the history of skillful retreats, like that which followed Trenton, rear-guard actions, defensive fights when attacked, disas : trous offensive movements like that on Germantown. He had no government behind him —only a loose confederation of colonips, which refused to pay their levies and left him at one time with a discouraged remnant of only 3,000 sbldiers. He avoided battle with the British; he used the arts of the Indian fighter and slipped out of the very jaws of disaster; he moved from place to place. But he could not evade hunger, cold, nakedness, dissension, discouragement. These met him in frontal

BITS OF INFORMATION

A cent's worth of electric energy will lift 100 gallons of water 100 feet. An object viewed through a foggy atmosphere seems larger than it really Is. Several Swiss churches are economically heated with eleetrlcity. obtained from near-by waterfalls, In an effort to keep the Germans from crossing the Vistula, several hundral women aided the Russian soldiets to dig trenches.

bring men to be* well acquainted (( with the duties °* a so,dier re( l uires time. To bring them under proper discipline and subordination not only requires time but is a work of great difficulty and in this country, where there is so little distinction between the officers and soldiers, requires an uncommon degree of attention. To expect the same service from raw and undisciplined recruits as from the veteran soldiers is to expect what never did and perhaps never will happen.— Washington.

attack. The siege of Yorktown was a- splendid thing—but the real test came at Valley Forge. When at last the hour came to fight, fighting was easy by comparison with the waiting that had preceded Jt. On July 2, 1775; General Washington arrived at Cambridge, Mass., accompaniedby Major General Lee,..his next in commandr wnd other officers, and established headquarters in the mansion subsequently occupied by Longfellow. About nine o’clock on the morning of the following day, attended by a suitable escort, he proceeded from his headquarters to a great elm tree near Harvard college. Here the Continental forces were drawn up Imnllitary order. Under the shadow of the tree Washington drew his sword as commander in chief of the American army, declaring that it should never be sheathed until the liberties of his country were established. 4 Finally the day came for Washington to take leave of his army—October 18, 1783. For the last time he assembled them at Newburgh, N. Y., when he rode out on the field and gave them one of those paternal addresses which so eminently characterized his relationship with his army. But his final leave of everything connected with his military life was taken on December 3, 1783, at Faunces' tavern, New York city. Here he had requested his officers in full uniform to assemble. On entering the room and finding, himself surrounded by his old companions in arms his agitated feelings overcame his usual self-control. Every man arose with eyes turned toward him. Filling a glass of wine and lifting it to his lips, he rested his benignant but saddened countenance upon them and said-. _ “With a heart full of love and gratitude, 1 now take leave of you. .1 most devotedly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous as your former ones have been honorable and glori-

The United Kingdom leads all the countries in the world as a market for the domestic farm and forest products of the United States. During the last ten years the United Kingdom averaged annually 39 per cent of all farm and forest products exported. Milking machines are being introduced in some parts of the south coast of Australia. The Sydney Herald says that one installed on a Rocky Hill farm is proving a success; with two men some 45cows can fee milked and the separating done in an hour.

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ous. 1 cannot come to each of you and take my leave, but shall be obliged to you if each of you will come and take me by the hand.” A profound silence followed as the officers gazed at the countenance of their leader, while the eyes of all were wet with tears. He then expressed again his desire that each of them should come and take his hand. — One after another followed, receiving and returning the affectionate adieu of their commander, after which he left the room in silence, followed by his officers in procession to embark in the barge that was to convey him to Paulus Hook, now Jersey City. As he was passing through the light infantry, drawn up on either side to receive him, an old soldier who was by his side on the terrible night of his march to Trenton, stepped out of the ranks - and reached outrhi 3 arms, exclaiming: "Farewell, my dear general, farewell!” Washington seized his hand most heartily, when the soldiers forgot all discipline, rushed toward their chief and bathed him with their tears. The scene was like that of a good patriarch taking leave of his children and going on a long journey whence he might return no more. Having entered the barge, he turned to the weeping company upon the wharf and, waving his hat, bade them a silent adieu. They stood with heads uncovered until the barge was hidden from their view, when, in silent and solemn procession, they returned to the place where they had assembled. Napoleon Bonaparte said: “Posterity will talk of Washington with reverence, as the founder of a great empire, when my name shall be lost in the vortex of revolution.” Like so many other of the prophecies of the great Napoleon, its truth is becoming more and more apparent every day. A little more than 116 years ago, Washington died at Mount Vernon at the age of sixty-eight, after an illness of only 24 hours, in 1796.

His Specialty.

Mrs. Youngparent —George, dear, listen to the baby; he’s beginning to imitate you. Mr. Youngparent Why, what do you mean? to crow.

A Jolt.

-What do you think old Crusty told Miss Oldgirl when she asked him for an appropriate plant for her garden?" • What did he advise?” "Wallflowers.” , ’

SPORTING SPLINTERS

In searching for a successor to Vivian Nickalls, the Penn committee finds one candidate and Blue crews for nothing. As his terms are the lowest so far known, he . will pirobably land the job.—New York American. Jess Willard Is to give New Orleans its first heavyweight championship fight since 1892. From Sullivan vs. Corbett to Willard vs. Moran. And yet they say that civilization has moved forward. New York Tribune. It now looks as if the 1916 Olympics scheduled for Berlin will be held in Funchal, Madeira, or Montevideo, Uruguay. Philadelphia North American. One of the beauties of playing football for Carlisle is that you are allowed to play as long as you like, unless your grandchildren object. New York Journal. “The best football player of the year” Is the last star you have seen in action. First it was Eddie Mahan, then it was Charles Barrett, and finally it was Oliphant. Philadelphia North American. It is interesting to note that a man as well informed on the sport as John Anderson estimates the number of golfers in the United States as 600,000. We have heard a lot of persons maintain that there were not over 60 golfers in the United States. —New York World.

CONNIE MACK FOOLED ANSON

“Cap” Left Stranded on Third Base —After Hitting Ball Over Fence—Batting Rally Fizzled. Once upon a time —in the days of long ago—“ Cap” Anson hammered a ball over the fence, but refused to advance farther than third base, although he was entitled to a home run, and his team was three runs behind at that time. Why? Well, in those days the catcher played back until there was a man on base. Connie Mack happened to be the catcher that day and Whitney was the pitcher for the club opposing the Chicagoans. Anson figured that if balingered on third Mack would have to move up back of the batter and Whitney would be forced to pitch slower. Anson knew that one run would be useless to his side, and he thought

“Cap” Anson.

that slower pitching would enable his men to stage a batting rally. However, Connie foiled the shrewd Anson by taking a long chance in refusing to move up after Pfeffer had been thrown out at first. Then he took up his station back of the batter and Ed Williamson fanned, leaving Anson stranded on third, despite the fact that he had made a home-run drive.

INDOOR GAMES IN NEW YORK

Junior and Senior Meets Not Be Held In Baltimore as Previously Announced by A. A. U. Officers of the Amateur Athletic union report that the coming indoor championship games will not be held in Baltimore, as was previously announced. The junior and senior meets will, in all probability, be held in New York city as in the past few years. Baltimore, the home of A. A. U. President Turner, will be a bidder for the games a year hence when conditions and arrangements for the double meet are more propitious. , , ■

Seven of Crew Eligible.

Seven of the eight-oared crew of Leland Stanford university, which finished second to Cornell in the Poughkeepsie regatta last June, will be eligible for next year’s contest, ft is expected. .

GREAT MOGULS OF ORGANIZED BASEBALL

Ban Johnson, John K. Tener, Garry Herrmann.

Here are the great moguls of or-’ ganized baseball, photographed ten minutes after they had made peace with the Federal league, and also shortly after they had sworn they would never make peace. President Johnson of the American league, President Tener of the National league and Gerry Herrmann, chairman of the national commission, told newspaper men there would be no peace with the Federals. President Gilmore of the federals just smiled. Then there was i>eace. Anent the truce between the Feds and O. 8., Sid Keener, a St. Louis writer, relates an instance as to just how the moguls in the fold viewed the

James A. Gilmore.

situation. While the magnates were pow-wowing' a friend greeted an organized baseball owner and said: ‘‘What’s the idea of this peace? You got ’em licked, haven’t you? They lost money last year and they’ll lose more next year. Why don’t you make ’em give up?” I The magnate, puffed and sept the smoke to the ceiling; his eyes moved and finally his lips turned out: “Yes, feut what are you going to do when this Gilmore signs up a new ‘angel’ every year ? We thought we had ’em licked when Stifel lost in St. Louis; we thought we had ’em licked when Indianapolis gave up; we thought we had ’em beaten when Kansas City forfeited, and all the way down the line. “But each year Gilmore introduces another millionaire. I cannot vouch for Gilmore’s brain in baseball, but he’s a live bird ae a promoter.”

LEAGUE OF COLLEGE BOXERS

Project Considered Several Times in Past, But Never Went Beyond the Discussion Stage. With the revival of boxing at Harvard, eastern college sparrers are looking forward to the formation of an intercollegiate boxing league. The project has been considered several times in the past, but never went beyond the discussion stage. The faculties at the few institutions where glove competition is permitted frowned upon the plan, although the boxing coaches warmly advocated the proposition, and pointed out that the English universities —Oxford and Cambridge—sanctioned an annual meeting between the best boxers in all classes of the two universities and that although knockouts occasionally occurred the intervarsity sport was exceedingly popular among file students and apparently without bad effects.

Columbia Seeks New Pastime.

Handball is to become an intercollegiate sport. Dr. George C. Meylan, Columbia’s athletic director, has been Invited by Lambert Prettyman of Yale to enter a Blue and White handball team in an intercollegiate league, which is now being formed.

Woodrow Wilson Some Trotter.

• The new trotter, Woodrow Wilson, 2:15%, cleaned up so well on the Ohio tracks the past season that there is no question about another term for him. Experts say the youngster will develop into one of the country’s greatest trotter*.

GRAND CIRCUIT HAS BIG YEAR

Harness Horses End Thirteen Weeks of Successful Racing—Sport Was , Clean and High Class. The grand circuit, with its thirteen consecutive weeks of mile track racing and which for forty-three years has been the life of the trotting industry, failed to produce the many expected new champions this year, but for general speed the Reason just ended was a whirlwind, and from the viewpoint of high-class racing and clean racing it was the best in the grand circuit’s long history. At the beginning the most momentous year of all was anticipated on the form of several horses, but a terrific match race early in the year took the edge off two of the greatest trotters that ever looked through a bridle — Lee Axworthy and Peter Volo —and while the last named four-year-old did recover to win in the fastest two heats ever trotted by a stallion 2:02%, his form was not full, and now that he has been permanently retired the world will never know the capacity of this marvelous trotter. Then the promise of some rare pacing was spoiled when C. K. G. Billings bought William and retired him from the racing turf. Margaret Druien found nothing that could extend her during the time she was at her best, and Etawah never reached the form expected from him, although the great flashes of speed he displayed indicated a champion performance. William added his name to the list of horses that have beaten two minutes and Directum I took a long slice out'of the record for pacing in the open when he won in 1:56%. Add to these performances the 2:05% of the three-year-old Mary Putney and the 2:07% of Volga at two years*and the story of Important record breaking in the grand circuit is told.

INTERESTING SPORT PARAGRAPHS

Baseball peace finds the Baltimore Terrapins in the soup. .• • ♦ Navy is willing to suffer all the consequences of having a white Oliphant on its hands. * » * If a college athlete as much as stretches a muscle in summer time that makes him a professional. r • ♦ Del Howard is being urged for a place as manager of one of the Pacific Coast league tennis teams. • * • Having settled the baseball war, Barney Dreyfuss’ next move will be to look into the European muss. Canadian racetracks this year will probably have to pay a government tax of 20 per cent on gross receipts. ♦ • • This is a money-mad nation ail right. Wall street wallows in it and Packy McFarland wants $15,000 to box Ted Lewis?— " , 7• • • Critics ave*. that California will not excel at tenni« next year. Must have heard McLaughlin, Johnston, Griffin, et al, intend retiring. * * « Johnnie Ertl e seems to be another of those boys the real champion stride. He ha^ a only been picking easy marks on his jaunt East. .x-J • • • • President of the Boston Red Sox, World’s champions,, announces Bill Carrigan will be a bench manager of his team in 1916. In Atlanta t Luis Vasquez, Spanish billiard expe'rt, exhibited, and the description say“his mass shots had the crowd gaspinTv/' He must have used a choke bore \ C pe. Marty McHa> ie, once with the Red Sox, but last f season with the New Yorke, is on th ie road a* a single entertainer, his Specialty consisting of monologue and" ginging.