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DRINK
HABIT
RELIABLE HOMK TREATMENT
Thousands of wives, mothers and sis
ters are enthusiasts in their praise of
ORRIXK, because it cured their
loved o;»es of the "Drink Habit" and
thereby brought happiness to their
hom<s. Can be griven secretly. OKKINE
costs only SI.OO per box. Ask for Free
Booklet
Geo. A. Gorgas. IK North Third St.,
and Pennsylvania K. H. Station; John
A. McCurtly. Steelton. Pa., H. K. Krun
house. Mechamcaburg. Pa. adv.
JOIN «. WALMEK. SI. DIES
Native Dauphin Count I.in Expires at
His Home in Lebanon
l<ebanon. Got. 23. lohn G. W aimer,
prominent grocer, died at his residence
in this city yesterday, aged 61 years, of
Bright's disease. He was born in Hum
over town-hip. Pauphin county, ami
was a son of the late .lohn and Mary
Wglmer. After being a resident of
Harrisburg for some time, he moved to
this city.
For mar. v years he was successfully
engaged in the grocery business here.
He was also a prominent member of
Christ Presbyterian church at Mt. Leb
anon. His wife died two years ago.
The deceased is survived by the follow
ing brothers ami sisters: Noah A. Wal
mer. Harrisburg: S. J. Watmer, Wil-i
kinsbttrg. Pa.: Irwin Walmcr, ths city;!
Mrs. Margaret Marti. Harrisburg; Mrs.
Giieon Bomgardner. Paris. Illinois:
Mrs. Howard Kauch and Mrs. Elmer j
Kmbiek, of this city.
Deceased was a deacon and treasurer
of Christ Presbyterian church. He had
K remarkaole record for attendance at
the Suu-lay school. Oniv three times in'
SO vears. until his recent illness, ha 1'
he missed a session of the Sunday
school.
FLAG DAY AT XI RSERY HOMK
Will Be Observed I.'axt Saturday,
When Priies Will Be Awarded
fae Nursery Home >\ il observe next
Saturday as Flag Day. Prices will be
given the same as iast -car. Flag Bil
lions are located a; the '.cues of the
following persons:
Mrs. Albert Koen.;. Ma pie Grove
hotel. -101 North Sixtii street; Mrs.
dames P. Hawkins. 1207 North Third!
street: M-s. 1-red Marsh, Third and
State s:rec:s: Mrs. H. B. Montgomery,■
90.' North Second street: Mrs. J. E»|
Dickinson, 22? North Second street.'
and Mrs. Charles M. Froehlich. 1111 i
Market street.
lu .ase of raiu. Flag Day will be
ostponed until the following Satu.-
day.
Halloveen Celebratica at Lebsnon
Lebanon. Oct. 23.—Child-en of this
city who are fond of celebrating on I
Halloweeu will nave the opportunity
this year to ba\e a good t me ber mse
now n jr jres- t'.;r a
; - parade. Th.s has beeu maie I>JS
►bi • through the _enerosity of the
1 rnnklin * ontra ttng > oin: anv whvh'
is laying the wool block paving in this
cttv and the public sp - t of the men;
I'ers of the Tyrrell Military baud, of
t.iis city, rth.-n w'l head tie parade.
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The Best
Index
•t' what the coffee trade think of the harmfulness of the coffee-drug. caffeine.
> shown in their efforts to get rid ot it—to get a coffee that doesn't contain
;affeine!
When they do succeed in getting rid of some of the caffeine drug-content,
tin result is a weak, "clover-tea" decoction that few appreciate.
But after all their efforts to rid coffee of part of its caffeine, how about
tiie other coffee-drug, "tanniu"—about 'J 2-5 grains to every cup of coffee?
Tannin is the drug used to tan hides with. Do you know what it does to
vuur stomach? Probably not. Here i< what good authorities say about it: —
"Tannic a-id in coffee interferes with digestion."
' The caffeine and theine in coffee and tea are cerebral
stimulants, and the tannic a- id is an astringent, affecting
• specially the muscular fibers of the intestinal walls."
"Tannic acid is universally condemned by all authorities as
a hindrance to digestion and health."
Why keep on running the risk of s.-rioys interference with health. Why
not quit a table beverage that bears in its train a lot of trouble like nervous
ness. headache, heart, stomach, bowel disturbance, insomnia, etc.
Thousands, suffering from these i Is. find it easy to quit coffee when they
have at hand the delicious, nourishing beverage—
POSTUM
— a pure food-driDk.
Made from prime wheat (roasted 1 ke coffee) and a bit of wholesome mo
lasses, it contains no caffeine, tannin o • any other drug or harmful substance.
Postuni comes in two forms— Reg tlar Postum— must be boiled. 15c and
'I'M- packages; and Instant Postum—s.luble —made in the cup instantly. 30c
and 50c tins. Both kinds are sold b\ G.ocers and the cost per cup is abuot the
same. i
Old and young alike, drink POST JM with pleasure and comfort
"There's a Reason"
C. V. NE WS
ATTEMPT TO BI'RN HOI'SE
Plot of Incendiary Discovered in Time 1
to Prevent Big Fire
Waynesboro, Oct. 28.—The police
I here are making a determined effort to
locate .the person who yesterday morn
ing made an attempt to tire the two and,
one-half story double frame house, on
Philadolpnia avenue, occupied by tiie i
families of C hristian Minuich and John
Graft.
Six lighted candies, one each in as
many sections of the Graft house, and
all surrounded by kerosene soaked car '
, pets were found by neighbors, who
broke into the home when they discov
ered smoke issuiug from all the win-j
dows and doors. One of the candles
ha i burned down sufficiently to ignite j
the oiled carpet. THe Graft fain ly
was out of the borough at the time.
Divorced and Rawed
Gettysburg, Oct. 23.—Two days aft
er she was granted a divorce from her
husband. William Evler. Mrs. Lulu B.
Kvler was married Wednesday evening
at t>.3o o'clock to Karl Fitez, of Free
dom township. The ceremony was per
! formed by the Rev. P. T. K. Stockslager
at the Mt. Joy parsonage.
I The weddiug couple were unatteu.i
ed and the ceremony was witnessed
by a few members of the Stockslager
household. Afterward -Mr. and Mrs.
Fitez went to the home of the latter'si
father. George Bollinger, in Freedom |
.township. Mr. Fitez is employed on I
[the farm of Charles P. and Marshall'
Righam along Marsh Creek.
In their application for marriage;
j license the bride-to-be gave her age'
as 24. She was but sixteen years oldj
at the time of the trial of her first
j husband. That took place in 1906 and
Wilhnm Kvler is now serving a life
sentence in the Eastern Penitentiary.'
Shelled Bocks ou Teacher
Chambersburg. Oct. 23.—"Now
■onto on let's settle this." said Ruby'
Funk, a high school student as he
emerged from the school building Wed
nesday noon to Principal Shuck who
v.ith another teacher was leaving the
building for luncheon. This challenge
was followed by a shower of stones th it
| barely escaped* the principal's head.
Funis did not return to school in the
: afternoon.
The trouble started in the morn
ing when Funk was reprimanded by
the princ :>al for truancy. After chapel
services the boy was calle i aside and!
told he would be punished later. This;
caused some bad feeling and at noon
[the youth lav in wait for the princi
! r»<- ' I
Mrs. McCaleb Is Dead
Carlisle. Oct. 23.— Mrs. Alexander:
McCaleb, a', aged resident of New
v ile, died at the home of her daugh
ter. Mrs. Solomon Sheldon, of that
I place, Wednesday evening at 10 j
o'clock from infirmities of old age. Shei
i was S7 years old.
She was the widow of the iate Al
exander McCaleb and survived by
one son. George MeC.i ee. of Ship
pensb'urg. and five daughters. Mr».
C. H. Leib. and Mrs. Irvin Weist, of
Boii.ag Springs: Mrs. S. A. Fry. of
Knola; Mrs. Fred Mentzer, of Spring-,
vsUe, and Mrs. Solomon Sheldon, at
whose home slie died.
Toe funeral will be held Saturday!
HARRIBBURG ST A R-INDE PKN DENT. FRIDAY K VEXING, OCTOBER 23. 1914.
WHY SUFFER ANY
STOMACH DISTRESS
j When Mi-o-na Is a Quick and Effective
Remedy.
If your stomach is continually kick
ing up a disturbance, causing distress
! after eating, heartburn, coated tongue,
j gas. sour taste of food, and you feel j
j blue, irritable and nervous, you are suf
i fering from indigestion and dyspepsia.
It's needless for <you to suffer, and
j now is the time to quickly stop the
I distress and regulate yodr upset stom
j aeh.
Simply get from H. C. Kennedy, or
' any drug store, some Mi-o-na tablets—
I a simple prescription that does more
than give quick and lasting relief. Mi
o-na soothes the irritated lining of the
stomach and stimulates the flow of the
I digestive juices so that what you eat
is quickly converted into healthful
nourishment, then you are well anil
strong, and no longer worry about
trifles or have restless nights.
Do not allow indigestion to wreck
your health and happiness but get some
Mi-o-na tablets at once—they are cheap
and harmless. adv.
afternoon at 2 o'clock and interment
will be made in the cemetery at New
ville.
Burned Be.scuing Stock
Waynesboro, Oct. 23. Tiie barn on
the farm of .lohn Goss. three miles
north of Kdenville. was burned Wed
| uesdaV night, together with the wagon
i shed and poultry house. The fire was
| discovered about 10 o'clock in the hay
; mow. It is supposed a tramp careless
l ly set it afire.
Mr. Goss' sons. Albert and Benjamin,
were burned in,rescuing the stock from
the ; >arn. All the stock was saved. Al
bert was severely burned about the
head The farming implements were
burned, with 150 chickens, 20 tons of
• hay. 500 bushels of grain and 15 tons
I of rye straw. •
BRETHREN MEET AT HERS HEY
Church Adopts Beport and Chocolate
King Will Erect Big Building
Lebanon. Oct. 23.—The Church of
the Brethren of the I'nited States has
adopted the report of the committee
appointed to select a meeting place in
j the Fast for the annual general con
ference of the denomination. Hershey,
i'a., was recommended by the commit
tee, as against Hjngerstown and several
j other places which were considered.
M. S. Hershey, a manufacturer, of
Hershey. has offered to erect a build
ing there in which to hold the confer
once and his offer was accepted. The
church meeting will be held at Hershey
even- three years, at Miami. Ind., ev
i ery three years and at a place on the
Pacific coast, to be selected, every
three years. The committee to select
site included the Rev. P. S. Miller,
; chairman, of Roanoke. Va.: the Rev. A.
P. Bamhart, of Hagerstown, Md.; the
! Rev H. B. Brumbaugh, of Huntingdon,
Pa.; the Rev. Charles D. Bonsack. New
Windsor. Md. and the Rev. -P. S. Thom
as. secretary, of Harisonburg, Va.
"I know at least one office that al
ways has to seek t'he man."
"That so" I'd like to know which
! one it is."
"The deie-nive office." —Detroit
Pree Press.
IUST m> PIT,
nncH
He Will Insist on State
Employes Giving Full
Return for Their Sal
aries.
OUTLINES HIS
REFORM PLANS
Palmer and McCormlck Invade Home
City of Penrose and Plead With
Citizens to Prevent Senator's Re
election
(Special to the Star-Independent, i
Greensburg. Pa.. Oct. 23.—Some ouo
yesterday sent to Dr. Brumbaugh, Re
publican candidate for Governor, a
series of questions while he was on the
platform at Latrobe. He answered them
without pause or hesitation, evidently
to the satisfaction of his cheering au
dience. Pr. Brumbaugh's direct state
ment that he had no agreement, ex
pressed or implied, with the liquor in
terests. organized or unorganized, was
especially marked by applause.
In the allotted time Dr. Brumbaugh
could only reaffirm the pledges of his
platform, which brought to him what
he termed the "credentials of 253,000
of his fellow -citizens."
"When 1 am chosen Governor," he
said. "I will be Governor and nobody
else. 1 shall earn the salary that is
paid to me. and I shall insyst upon and
sec to it that every man employed bv
the State must earn his salary by hon
est work. If be doesn't earn it. I'll fire
him. No power or influence will be
strong enough to keep an unworthy
man in his job a single day."
Brumbaugh at Greensburg
In his Greensburg speech Pr. Brum
baugh said in part:
"1 am absolutely convinced that this
great State of Pennsylvania should see
to it that laws are enacted that are as
humane and benetieient and far-reach
ing in their provision for the care of
our working people as the wisdom of
the Commonwealth can produce. This
includes the whole program of social
service and civic welfare.
j '*l believe iu a good, sane, sensible
and effective workiugmeii's compensa
; tion act. 1 regret that the last Legis
-1 lature failed to eiiact such a law, and I
! shall insist "that the incoming Legis
lature shall speedily crystallize the
; wish of the people in this matter into
the law of the Commonwealth, and if
i elected Governor 1 shall assuredly sign
; such an act.
"Our liability act is not sufficiently
1 far-ieaching iu its provisions as to guar-
I antee to the widows and orphans of
j tiiosi ,who are fatally injured iu our
| industries the protection which the cor
porate power of the State should guar
antee to them. It may be that by tax
ing these corporations or iu some other
! fair and equitable manner the money
may be put into the hands of the Com
'monwealth itself and paid by the Com
monwealth directly to those who by law
are entitled to receive it. It ought to
! be possible for a man toiling in Penn
sylvania to know that if by unavoid
-1 able accident he should lose his life in
' his service to his family in earning for
'hem bread, that they because ot his
sacrifice shall never want for bread.
"Pennsylvania can point with pride
I to her already splendidly organized de
' part men ts of health, and we must go
! beyond this, and with all forms of pre
ventive aud precautionary measures,
safeguard the strength and promote the
; earning capacity and the happiness of
our people who toil with their hands.
Praises Health- Department
"The people of this Commonwealth
should be permitted iu each country to
>ettle for themselves the question
whether or not licenses for the sale of
intoxicating liquors shall be granted in
the country. This in my judgment is a
; duty which the Legislature aud the
Executive alike owe to the [>eople of
Pennsylvania, and in my primary plat
form, as well as before the .pjople in
' this campaign, 1 have steadily stood,
and shail continue to for this
| fonn of local option. It is a part ot'
the propoganda for the safeguarding
of the health and the strength of our
■ people, and is the natural outgrowth of
! the teaching in our schools.
I "Pennsylvania can well rejoice in
her splendid record of support to our
charitable institutions; but the method
of distributing the money is both un
businesslike and unscientific. Wc give
enough but we do not give it wisely.
This money should be distributed in a
purely nonpartisan way, on such a
basis as to promote the largest, pos
sible good and relieve the greatest
amount of suffering. No hand should
ever reach into the sources of support
for the helpless and needy of the com
uiouwealth or divert from them any
relief or assistance which the good
'heart of the commonwealth always has
generously provided for. Under wise
j supervision the State has an absolute
I right to know that its money is ac-
I eomplishing the thing which the people
intended it should accomplish,
j "If I understand aright the dignity
1 and the responsibility of the office of
I Governor, it is my solemn duty so to
administer the laws as to make it easy
| for the people to do right and hard for
| them to do wrong, and with singleness
| of purpose and solemn devotion to duty
! to serve in an honest and capable way
j the best interests of all pur people. My
love for the State, my respect for its
splendid past, my unbounded confidence
in its glorious outlook for the future
j aiike make it both a privilege and a
• pleasure to render to the people the
i best service I can possibly bring to
i them.''
Palmer in Penrose Territory
Philadelphia, Oct. 23.—A Mitchell
I Palmer, Democratic, candidate for the
United States Senate, carried his cam
paign into the city of Philadelphia yes
! terday, and spoke to the voters of Sen
ator Penrose's greatest stronghold. At
four big meetings last night and at a
' noon-dav assemblage yesterday. Con
gressman Palmer pleaded with the eiti
; r.ens of Philadelphia to join the inde
l pendent voters of the State in admin
Gigantic Suit and Coat Sale
500 Fall Suits and Coats 1"*
Will Be On Sale To-morrow,
In Our Sensational Lot I
Never Offered for Less Than S2O and $22.50
Latest trimming effects smartly tailored, coats and suits beautifully lined, long
and short models. Newest yoke skirt effects and flared yoke coats, fancy button
trimming—newest collars.
SPECIAL SALE OF VELVET DRESSES. *fl A Q0
Including the new Orlander Dress, with detachable top Wjgll- if Q
coat. Absolute sls values. Saturday, choice,, B
sloand sl2 Sample Dresses $5.00 New Fall Skirts
One or two of a kind in navy and (F'T QQ New flare tunic model in tine QQ
black only. Stunning models in all V l / «t/0 quality serge and Bedford 'cord,
serge and serge and silk combinations. All plain and*braided model, navy and black only,
sizes. AH sizes.
Coat Bargains For Saturday. <££ QQ
College Coats—Balmacaans and full length models in plain
colors, mixtures and large plaids
The most exceptional lot of coats it lias ever been our good fortune to be able to give you
at the price. Sizes for all from misses' 14 vears to women's 44.
ASTRICH'S
istering a rebuke to the senior Repub
lican Senator.
Vance C. McCormick, Democratic'
and Washington party nominee for'
Governor, accompanied Mr. Palmer in
his tour of the city and in addition 5
to the meeting at which Mr. Palmer |
spoke, addressed a crowd of workmen
at the League Island Navy Yard in the
afternoon. The gubernatorial candidate
asserted that if Dr. Brumbaugh were (
elected Governor, jt would be irnpos- j
sible for him to escape from the con- j
trol of the Penrose supporters.
Emphasis was placed upon legisla- j
tion designed to benefit the workingman !
by Mr. Palmer in his address at noon
yesterday at the Cramp shipyards. A
crowd of more than 500 men pressed
closely about the automobile from
which the Democratic candidate spoke.,
at Beach and Kast Morris streets. A,
score of shop foremen, but no oflicials j
of the company, were among his audi-1
enee. Mr. Palmer and Mr. McCormick 1
were introduced by Robert S. Bright,
of Philadelphia, Democratic candidate
for Congressman at-Large.
Beidleman Attacks McCormick
Morrisville, Oct. -3.—State Senator'
E. E. Beidleman, of Dauphin county, iu '
a speech here last night, challenged'
Vance C. McOormick, Democratic nom
inee for Governor, to joint debate for i
the purpose of discussing the latter's
fitness to be Governor and also Mr. Me- 1
Cormiek's labor record.
Mr. Beidleinaiv chargedlhnt Mr. Mc- j
Cormiek's oaJ, WK}L^dßf r - s expend
ed thousands 01" purchasing j
votes during the campaign In which he 1
was elected Mayor, amt asserted that'
he hail affidavits to prove his charges. I
lie also alleged that Mayor McOor
mick vetoed a bill to add 15 cents a
day to the pay of city street laborers,
who were earning only $1.20 a day at
the time.
In very emphatic terms the State
Senator declared that McCormick's
pretension that he is in favor of social j
reform legislation is a hollow mockery, j
belied bv the candidate's record.
'
BLAIN
Postofflce Burglar Has Labor for His
Trouble
Special Correspondence.
Blain, Oct. 23. —A burglar entered !
tho postoffiee and broke open the money j
drawer, but did not tamper with the j
safe. There was nothing missing.
Leslie Dunkleberger. Miss Ruth ]
Eaton. J. W. Dunklebergcr and Mr.'
Sweger autoed here and visited Mr. j
and Mrs. O. L. Hench.
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Kuhn announce j
the birth of a daughter.
MTS. Sarah Bower, of New Ger- 1
mantown, visited her brother, G. W.'
Gutshall.
K. I). Boyer returned home from
Philadelphia.
Mrs. Joseph Swartz. of Carlisle, vis
ited her uncle, David Boyd, of this j
place.
C. E. Oxentord was in ljancaster j
county, where he erected lightning rods j
on a large barn owned by S. H. Tress- i
ler.
THE "RECORD" AND THE WAR
Philadelphia Newspaper Doesn't Let
Europe Crowd Out Other News
About three-quarters of the newspa
pers of the eountiv seem to be laboring
under the impression of late that there j
is little of consequence going 011 any- *
where in the world but the European j
war. A notable exception is the Phila
delphia "Record,'' whose editors pre- i
serve a just sense of proportion iu the j
presentation of news, as usual. The j
war is getting all the attention it de
serves in the ''Record" in the shape
of full and satisfying accounts from all \
the foreign sources, but it is not al- j
lowed to overshadow reports of other
events, at home and abroad, in which '
well-balanced newspaper readers are in
terested. Freedom from sensationalism
has served the Philadelphia "Record"
well in this war situation.
"Record" popularity is perhaps ac
counted for by "Record" versatility.'
The Philadelphia "Record" covers ev
ery phase of human activity in its var- j
ied departments, and stands in the good
graces of every member of the family..
It is fair, clean, reliable, bright and i
entertaining. It is a level-headed all- !
around newspaper for intelligent people 1
who want trustworthy news of all hap
penings worth reading about, sifrved in
attractive form. Adv.
Russian terrorists who have been in
the habit of digging tunnels for the i
purpose of blowing up the czar will j
wonder why they never thought of
climbing over the fence of the winter
palace and getting in through a cellar
window.
If you listen to honeyed words you
are likely to get stung.
SOCIA L and PERSONA L
MRS. E. F. DUE HOSTESS
Entertained at Cards at Her Home in i
« Bellevue Complimentary to
Mrs. Cummins
Mrs. Edward F. Doelme' entertained ,
at cards at her home in Bellevue yes
terday complimentary to her guest, Mrs.'
Albert Cummins, ot' Haddontield, N. .T. I
After cards a buffet luncheon was!,
served to the following guests:
Mrs. Arthur Keown, Mrs. William
Bishop, Mrs. Nathan Hause, Mrs. Wil
lis (joist Newbold, Mrs. Frederick W. I
Watts, Mrs. George Doehne, Mrs. James
Fry Bullitt, Mrs. Oscar Wickersham,
Mrs. Samuel Dunkle, Mrs. Ijouis Haehn j i
len, Mrs. Karl Richards, Mrs. Albert!
AIUALC.E. RALLY IUESBAY
Thousands oi Endeavorers Will Gather
at Sixth Street U. B.
Church
The big annual raiiy of the Harris
burg Christian Endeavor Union will be
held in the Sixth Street United llreth
reu church, Sixth and Seneca streets,
next Tuesday evening at 7.45 o'clock.
E. J. Huggins, president of the Har
risburg Christian Endeavor Union, will
preside and the song service, under the
leadership of J. Frank Palmer, will bo
rendered by the Harrisburg < . E. Chor
al Union and the Sixth •Street C. E.
choir.
Addresses will be delivered by H. B.
Maerory, of Pittsburgh, State secretary,
and Karl Lehmann, Held secretary of
the united society. The president's an
nual report will be made and election
of officers will be held.
Prizes, two Bibles and a year's sub
scription to the •' C. E. Worfd" and the
"State Bulletin," will be given to so
cieties sending the largest percentage
of their members to the rally. It is
estimated that 1,800 or 2,000* Endeav
orers will attend. Several societies will
march to the church with banners.
DIED FOR HIS IDOL
Heroism That Led to Napoleon's Title
of "The Little Corporal"
It is related that Napoleon was once
SCHMIDT'S SATURDAY SPECIAL
Fresh Cut ROSES 49c Doz.
ALL COLORS. SATURDAY ONLY
SCHMIDT 313
FLOKIST Market St.
300 Coal Mines
There are more than coal mines and
collieries in Pennsylvania.
The coal from some of these mines is very inferior
in quality while that from others gives the maximum
amount of heat.
It is necessary for the coal dealer to have had con
siderable experience to enable him to select the kind
that will suit his customers best.
We have made a careful study of the coal business
and if you want'coal that you can depend upon we
advise you to let us have the order.
No order too large or tcfr> small for us to deliver
promptly.
United Ice & Coal Co.
Forster & Cowden Third & Boas
15th & Chestnut Hummel & Mulberry
ALSO STEELTON, PA.
[Fritchey, Mrs. C. Harry Kain, Mrs.
Frank C. Sites, Mrs. Harry Stover.
Mrs. Charles E. Covert, Mrs. Mercer
R. Tate. Mrs. Arthur Herr, Mrs. Mar
tin W. Fager and Miss Helen McFar-
I land.
Will Motor to Philadelphia
Mr. aJid Mrs. A. F. Beshore, of York
county, and Mr. and Mrs. F. H. Young
and son, Andrew, 1(514 North Fourth
street, will leave Sunday for an auto
mobile trip to Philadelphia going by
way of Reading, and returning via ban
caster and York. At Reading they will
be guests of Frank Beshore and fam
ily.
Visitor From Canton, China
A. Maxwell Paget, of Canton, China,
arrived in the city yesterday to spend
some time with friends in this city and
i vieinitv.
badly defeated at Cohlentz bv the Cos
sacks. After the battle he was sur
rounded by enemies and would have
lost his life had he not been saved bv
the presence of mind of one of his sol
diers, Corporal Spohn.
Realizing that Napoleon's only
chance for life was in getting off the
battlefield unrecognized, the corporal
begged the Emperor to change hats and
horses with him. The change was made
ere the smoke of battle had cleared
away and Napoleon, with his corporal's
hat and mounted on a poor steed, rode
away unnoticed, the Cossacks crowding
around the corporal. Taking him pris
oner. they led him in triumph to the
Russian general. There the mistake
was soon discovered, and the corporal's
brave act cost him his life.
According to the Cohlentz legend,
Napoleon, in remembrance of Spohn's
self-sacritice, always after this pre
ferred a corporal's uniform to any oth
er and wore it so often that his men
came to speak of hini familiarv as '• l.e
Petit Caporal."—Fioni "The Rhine,''
translated by G. ( . T. Bartley.
Nature's Abhorrence
The physics instructor in a high
school was teaching a German girl,
whose vocabulary was not very exten
sive.
'•What is a vacuum?" he asked.
"I have it in my head, but 1 can't
express it,'' was the reply.—Woman's
Home Companion.
One of the lessons we ought to learn
as life goes on is the foolishness of
hasty judgment.