Domai tan. Belletonte, Pa., November 12, 1915. A DAILY CREED. . Let me be a little kinder, Let me be a little blinder, To the faults of those about me; Let me praise a little more; Let me be whem I am weary, Just a little bit more cheery Let me serve a little better Those that I am striving for. Let me be a little braver When temptation bids me waver; Let me strive a little harder To be all that I should be. Let me be a little meeker With the brother that is weaker; Let me think more of my neighbor And a little less of me. ‘Let me be a little sweeter, Make my life a bit completer, By doing what I should do Every minute of the day; Let me toil without complaining, Not a humble task disdaining; Let me face the summons calmly When death beckons me away. A LECTURE ON CHRISTIAN SCIENCE. Member of the Board of Lectureship of the Mother Church, the First Church of Christ, Scientist, in Boston, Mass. Clarence C. Eaton, of Tacoma, Wash- ington, a member of the board of lec- tureship of the Mother church, the First church of Christ, Scientist,” in Boston, Mass., delivered a lecture on Christian Science in the court house Thursday evening, November 11th. Mr. William H. Locke, a student of Pennsylvania State College, introduced the speaker as follows: We are gathered this evening to listen to a lecture on Christian Science. Now Christian Science does not claim to be a new religion, but to be the religion of the first centuries of the Christian era, based upon the principles of Jesus’ teach- ing. It shows how and why Christ and his followers healed the sick as well as the sinner. Healing of the sick, how. ever, is only one of the fundimentals of Christian Science. Through it we have the proof that Christian Science is a practical, demonstrable truth. Many erroneous ideas in regard to its doctrines have arisen and the purpose of these lectures is to correct these mis- taken opinions, not to win adherents from other denominations. It is the policy of Christian Scientists not to urge anyone to become a member of their church. They believe that works should testify rather than words. These lec- tures are given under the auspices of the board of lectureship of the First church, Christ, Scientist, of Boston, and the gen- tleman who will address you is a mem- ber of that board. Mr. Eaton spoke as follows: . Inasmuch as the successful demon- stration of Christian Science involves the rejection of the material or false stand- ard of man, and the acceptance of the spiritual and true standard, the import- ance of becoming more familiar with this question must be apparent at a glance. Indeed, Mrs. Eddy has well said that it was the correct view of man which re- sulted in healing the sick in Jesus’ day. The contention of Christian Science as to the verity, perfection, and spiritual nature of the universe, including the real and only man there is, is based wholly upon the Scriptures, and its claims in this respect are readily conceded when rightly comprehended. Two separate and widely differing ac- counts of creation are found in the Bible, the contradictory and conflicting texts of which appear to have escaped the atten- tion of many students. Moreover, the true nature and character of Deity is erroneously involved in this history, be- cause of a change by. the historian of the name of the Supreme Being from God to that of Lord God. Were it_not for the original meaning of these terms, this change might appear of trivial moment to the student of Scripture. However, it was of sufficient importance to attract the attention of Josephus, the celebrated Jewish historian, who refers to it in his history of the Hebrew nation. Moreover, it is of special significance to us, since the change seems to call into question the integrity of God, the creator of man, by confusing Him with the Lord God, who, one of these records states, is the supposed creator of Adam. SPIRITUAL VERSUS MATERIAL MAN. It should be thoroughly understood ' that the Scriptures plainly indicate that a distinction exists and is to be made be- tween man as the offspring of God, and Adam, who has long been referred to as our first parent. That man and Adam bear no relation to each other, and should not be confused, is very apparent. Inasmuch as the Bible history does not confuse them, we certainly are without authority for so doing. In this connec- tion the honest investigator will find that Christian Science sustains and proves true. to the text the purest teaching of the Scriptures relative to God and the significance of His being and creation. It points out the error of the practice of confounding the term God (Elohim), or Spirit, with that of Lord God (Jehovah- Elohim), or even Lord. It holds with the very best authority that these terms, with their varying shades of meaning, are not synonymous. The practice of Christian Science has demonstrated that the false material laws which by common belief and con- sent operate through fear, ignorance, and superstition to incapacitate mortals and cause invalidism, are rendered null and void by the higher law of Mind. The individual knowledge of this, and its ap- plication, naturally effects the eradication of the discordant conditions which may be held in thought or externalized on the y. There is nothing mysterious or mi- raculous about the modus operandi of Christian Science healing, since an in- finite and irrevocable law provides for reconstruction, readjustment, restora- tion, recovery, or redemption, in accord- ance with the supreme wisdom and Dower of the Principle which established the law. CO ness, and which result in the healing of the sick according to the practice of Christian Science, are in no sense due to the use of hypnotism or suggestive ther- apeutics. The domination of a submissive mentality or consciousness by an impera- tive one, is recognized as a dangerous practice, the bulk of the results there- from being evil rather than good. More- over the practice is unchristian, because contrary to the teaching of Jesus, who denounced and repudiated such methods. The exercise of the human will as evi- denced in one human or mortal mind dominating another, was characterized by the Master as the equivalent of cast- ing out devils by the prince of devils. IMPORTANCE OF RIGHT THINKING. The simplicity of the mode of healing wrought through spiritual means, is fully appreciated when one realizes that wrong thought is responsible for the appearance of disease. Jesus regarded evil thinking as the source of all disorders. He indi- cates in words which appear in two of the gospels—Matthew and Mark—that the defilement or contamination of the body was due to “evil thoughts,” or the habit of wrong thinking. He thus taught that an exceedingly close intimacy exists between consciousness and its lower sub- stratum,—the body or embodiment. We might designate their relationship under normal conditions as that of master and servant. Following the teaching of Christian Science, and by educating con- sciousness in the way of righteousness and peace, many thousands have found, to their great astonishment and joy, that it is possible to obtain an improved men- tality or consciousness, and this in turn exerts a corrective influence over the body. This experience has repeatedly operated advantageously to one’s 1e- covery from discords, which seemed to appear wherever and whenever the nor- mal relationship of consciousness and body—that of servant and master—was not well defined or understood. The varied experiences of humanity abundantly prove that turbulent or ex- treme mental conditions have caused pain and disease in accordance with ex- isting mortal laws. The so-called mortal or material man seems to be the one who is especially subject to these exper- iences. To rescue all who believe in this standard of man, and who suffer the bit- ter consequences of such belief, was the chief mission of Christ Jesus 1900 years ago, and this is the exact mission of Christian Science today. : MRS. EDDY’S DISCOVERY. That there is a divine law operating in the affairs of men to accomplish healing and salvation through spiritual under- standing today, is the revelation of Christian Science to the world. If, as the Master and his disciples proved, a law existed and operated to effect heal- ing and redemption in their time, it surely exists and is operative now. Mrs. Eddy has again and again in her writ- ings illustrated the simple manner of ac- complishing the healing of the body through mental processes. An instance in point is found on page 428 of Science and Health, which reads as follows: “We must realize the ability of mental might to offset human misconceptions and to replace them with the life which is spiri- tual, not material.” And again on page 393 we have the emphatic declarations: “Take possession of your body, and govern its feeling and action. Rise in the strength of Spirit to resist all that is unlike good. God has made man capable of this, and nothing. can vitiate the abili- ty and power divinely bestowed on man. Be firm in your understanding that the divine Mind governs, and that in Science man reflects God’s government.” Here Mrs. Eddy gives emphasis to the teaching and practice of Christ Jesus,and urges us to extend the range of the in- fluence of thought or consciousness be- yond the mere point of directing the movement of the body, even to the bounds of governing its sensations and casting out its infirmities and protecting it against their recurrence. We are also urged to cultivate the habit of contra- dicting the errors of sense, and to oppose their suggestions with much firmness and constancy of thought. We are as- sured that habitually to maintain the attitude of denying the presence and power of evil and all that seems to threaten our peace, harmony, and pros- perity, is our divine right. In pursuing a right course in our work of overcoming the errors and discordant experiences which beset us, we find that prayer is a most effectual aid. True prayer is the inseparable companion of every effort which culminates in the healing of mortals. To pray aright means to pray intelligently and conscientiously. Prayer must be based upon spiritual un- derstanding. We may with reason and in all righteousness assume that God has anticipated all of man’s needs. Jesus gave this assurance in his teaching, for he said, “Your Father knoweth that ye have need of these things.” Then to ask God for what He has already provided, or to expect favors the granting of which would require a change in the infinite plans, would be indicative of doubt and distrust. This would be asking amiss, and would preclude an answer. Readers and students of the text-book of Christian Science have found that the chapter on Prayer therein contains some of the most helpful and inspiring throughts and in- structions it has ever been their privilege to consider. When founding this great movement, Mrs. Eddy made known the teaching and practice of Christian Science by publish- ing the text-book, “Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures.” The relig- ious and metaphysical teaching therein embodied is founded upon the Scriptures, : and particularly the words and doctrines uttered and promulgated by Jesus of Nazareth. In this book, and in her other writings, Mrs. Eddy has given special emphasis to the fact of the reality of | spiritual life and being. She has quick- | ened the interest of mankind in Scriptural | history and teaching, and has given a | new significance to the so-called healing | miracles of Jesus’ time. She characterizes them as divinely natural manifestations, produced by the operation of the Prin- ciple of the Science of being, according to well-defined law. In proving her con- tentions, Mrs. Eddy has restored to the service of mankind the practice of heal- ing bodily infirmities entirely through spiritual means. The text-book referred to was first published in 1875. Successively, and as the needs have since required, there have appeared, under Mrs. Eddy’s direction, periodicals which are now being publish- ed monthly, weekly, and even daily. These publications contain instructive writings in amplification of the teaching and practice of this Science, and except the daily newspaper give authentic in- stances of healing which have occurred and are occurring from day to day as a The changes wrought in conscious- | result of the observance and application of the doctrines of Christian Science. They are also providing information rela- tive to the growth and progress of the cause, as well as legitimate news and world events of moment and interest, and valuable comments thereon. The Boyhood of Andrew Jackson. Andrew Jackson was the first of our Presidents of the United States of hum- ! ble origin and the first who knew the limitations of small means in his home. His parents were Irish with something of the Scotch in their ancestry. They came to our country from the North of Ireland in the year 1765 and located in South Carolina. They were very poor. The only capital of the Irish emigrant was his hands and a willingness to work. He finally located with his little family, in the wilderness on a little stream of water called the Waxhaw Creek. Here they lived in a little log cabin on the boundary line between South and North Carolina. They had few neighbors and those they had were as poor as them- selves. Life was primitive in the rural Coroelinas in those days. When the Jack- sons had finally succeeded in clearing the land and raising one crop there came to the young wife and mother the searching sorrow of the death of her hus- band in their wilderness’ home. The body of Mr. Jackson was buried in a field, no one knows just where. His wid- ow was left penniless. Soon after the death of her husband, on the fifteenth of March, in the year 1767, her boy An- drew was born in the home of a sister of his mother to which Mrs. Jackson had gone after the death of her husband. Fortunately for Mrs. Jackson her rela- tives were willing to share with her such homes as they had. One of her broth- ers-in-law offered to provide for her eld- est child and another brother-in-law took Mrs. Jackson and her two younger chil- dren into his home, his wife being an in- valid and there being the opportunity for Mrs. Jackson to take her place in the home. Mrs. Jackson and her two chil- dren remained in this home until the boy Andrew was ten years of age. The boy Andrew does not appear to have been a model boy. No doubt he had a much better time being a boy of some other kind, for the standard set for the model boy of those days was one that had something of the element of priggishness in it. One historian gives us this somewhat unflattering account of Andrew: “Andrew, or Andy as he was univer- sally called, grew up to be a very rough, rude, turbulent boy. His features were coarse, his form ungainly; and there was very little in his character, made visible, which was attractive. A companion said of him, ‘Andy is the only bully I ever knew who was not a coward.’ ” His widowed mother must have cher- ished some illusions in regard to her son, for she, being a strong Presbyterian her- self, was eager to have young Andrew educated for the ministry, a calling for which he seems to have been poorly fit- ted by nature. The educational oppor- tunities were exceedingly limited. What passed for a school near the unpromis- ing young Andrew’s home was buta rude log cabin to which came some ot the boys and girls to receive the rudiments of an education from teachers who, in some instances, had not themselves got- ten beyond the rudimentary stage in their own education. So it was that An- drew Jackson came up to the years of his manhood with but a meager educa- tion. The same historian who has told us what he was as a young lad gives us this account of him at a little later per- iod: “He grew up to be a tall, lank boy, with coarse hair and freckled cheeks, with bare feet dangling from trousers too short for him, very tond of athletic sports, running, wrestling and boxing. He was generous to the younger and weaker boys,but very irrascible and over- bearing with his equals and superiors.” When we read that this young limb was shockingly profane we may remem- ber that profanity was perhaps more common then than now, although we could well spare a lot of it which afflicts the present age. In many respects young Andy Jackson appears to have been what the Irishman called a “real bye.” This hustling boy was nine years old when the stirring times following the Declaration of Independence gave zest to his life. His Irish blood was up and when desolation came to the cabins of the Waxhaw because of the War of the Revolution young Andy Jackson regret- ted that he was toc young to shoulder a flintlock and join the troops fighting for independence. When the old log meet- ing house to which the settlers had gone was used as a hospital for the sick and wounded soldiers the Widow Jackson nursed them as best she could and her two boys made themselves useful in many ways. In August of the year 1780, Mrs. Jackson and her boys were - obliged to join the other settlers who fled before the invading army of Cornwallis. An- drew began to work for his board in Charlotte, North Carolina. At the end of six months he returned to his old home with his mother. He was now fourteen years old and full of fight. The warfare between the Whigs and Tories waged sharply and in one encounter the boy of fourteen was taken prisoner by Cornwallis. Something of his spirit may be known from the fact that when a British officer ordered young Andy to polish his boots the undaunted youngster drew himself up and said boldly: “I am a prisoner of war, and not your servant.” To his dying day Andrew Jackson car- ried the scars the brutal officer inflicted with his sword because the boy would not obey his command.— American Boy. A Knitting School in Sicily. “All the children here can knit,” says a letter from Sicily. “They learn at from four to six years old, and at six every child can and does knit her own stockings. The poor children are taught by their mothers, but those who have a few pence a week to spare send their children to a knitting school. There is one herg in Taormina. We visited it the other day and found fourteen little girls sitting in a stone room, the light coming only from the arched entrance. There was a charcoal fire on the flagged floor and two or three old women were look- ing after the children. “We took some chocolate for the chil- dren and each child clutched readily at the offering and smiled her thanks, but the chocolate was put on the lap, to be eaten by and by, for the knitting must not be interrupted for a second.” —Chris- tian Intelli; ——Subscribe for the WATCHMAN. -the poultryman has several points to con- List of Jurors Drawn for December Term of Court. GRAND JURORS. Simon Harpster, 1aborer......ccccoccosnnseassnsonnes Calvin Corl, farmer.......... Hamer Sankey, clerk... W, W. Bramen, chemist.. M. G. Walker, farmer.... J.C. Harris, farmer.......... W. B. Henderson, laborer... Geo. B. Winters, farmer..... E. H. Leathers, mechanic... Henry Wingard, laborer... Orvis Lee, laborer......... Wilbur Miles, clerk...... John Q: Miles, retired... = ° = = William Slee, insurance agent A. B. Tanyer, carpenter.......... John McDonald, laborer..... Paul A. Brown, operator.... P. E. Grenoble, plumber ..... J. L. Mattern, farmer ...... Clarence Lucas, laborer.. Edgar Gentzell, laborer... John A. Kelley, barber............... Snow Shoe Boro TRAVERSE JURORS—DEC. 6th. Geo. Fravel, collector............ .....Snow Shoe Boro Chas. Kuhn, cigar maker......c............. Philipsburg W.V, Schenck, clerk.................... Howard Boro 0. C. Harvey, baker... Samuel E. Troy, clerk... L. R. Smith, farmer..... W. E. Boob, farmer ........ J. W. Hartsock, farmer... L. R. Lingle, farmer......... William Conser, agent...........ceu.... S. T. Miller, farmer.. ... Sol. Poorman, laborer..... W. P. Hosterman, laborer... J. Orvis Peters, farmer Philip Freeze, miner...... ....Snow Shoe Twp Clifton Meek, clerk.......... ....Snow Shoe Twp James W, Swabb, farmer........ J. C. Crow, farmer.... M. S. Vonada, laborer...... George Gentzell, gentleman. ..... Philipsburg State College seeseseeenee. PALEON .Snow Shoe Twp W. P. Lingle, laborer............ ......Gregg John Beals, merchant........ Philipsburg Howard Wells, carpenter .................ccoeeuned Spring Wilbur Burkholder, agent.................... Bellefonte Claude Gette, clerk... .....Philipsburg John Mellen, butcher.... .....Philipsburg George Ishler, butcher. ...een. Potter Frank Fields, laborer... . Patton Samuel Wayne, miner...... Albert Stover, carpenter.. Harry Bower, farmer........ Lawrence Williams, engineer. Chas, Pifer, laborer.......cc.cevee. Z.W. Hoy, farmer... John Hoy, laborer......... Jerome Confer, laborer. N. E. Robb, clerk.......... J. B. Ralsto, laborer...... Abednego Laird, farmer...... John W. Reifsnyder, miller. David Rimmey, laborer.......cccecuersurmne ....... Spring «..Rush Liberty ....State College ..State College Geo. Harrish, miner..... J. B. Rockey, farmer..... Johnson Warner, farmer...... Jas. L. Kerstetter, gentleman. J. W. Silvas, farmer................ Doyle H. Foy, laborer.. W. R. Schenck, farmer.................... ettaeses Liberty TRAVERSE JURORS—DEC. 13th. Jesse Shaffer, laborer.... . Elwood Steele, farmer.. Ril = o 8 8 E. W. Motz, 1aborer................ciciiiinis Haines : W. C. From, clerk...... State College | 1. A. Way, 1armer......oonieiin ss iii Union ' J.'W. Stine, burgess...... ....Philipsburg Ghas. C. Daley, farmer. iaceeranes. Union S.H. Lohr, farmer........ ...Snow Shoe Twp CW. Swartz, merchant................i0iin main. Potter John Kimport, farmer........ oa James M. Moyer, inn keeper.. Wm. Kehoe, carpenter..................cccecvveeemnen. Rush L. D. Orndorf, merchant.........cou.............. Haines And. Tobias, butcher..... Snow Shoe Twp Joseph Bitner, farmer....... .une...Gregg Michael Hefferon, miner. Chas. Zindel, shoemaker... D. 8, Wert, farmer......................nr.eenc i Haines Michael Spicher, gentleman... ....Spring | Joseph Brugger, farmer......... ..Unionville | W. J. Carlin, merchant............. ...Miles Lawrence Nugent, merchant... Mark Williams, clerk ...... M. C. Walk, farmer .... ..... Wm. McGowan, moulder. D. F. Houser, farmer........ D. W. Musser, farmer............ .es H. E. Truckenmiller, farmer........cen......... Spring Harry Sayers, miner...... John C. Martin, clerk........ H.]. Tibbens, gentleman. C. W. Hartman, moulder... Clyde Jodon, merchant.... Levi Simmons, laborer. D. L. Pearce, clerk......... Chas. Miller, farmer..... Chas. Wetzel, carpenter .. Joseph Rachau, laborer... Augustus Armor, farmer.. Joseph Kirk, carpenter...... Bellefonte State College adevss Philipsburg Feeding the Hen for Eggs. In choosing a ration for the laying hen sider. Such a ration should be econom- ical, appetizing and nutritious and it should contain a variety of feeds. The ration used in feeding laying hens at The Pennsylvania State College School of Agriculiure and Experiment Station is as follows: Grain Feed Cracked corn 60 pounds Wheat 60 pounds Oats 30 pounds Dry mash Corn-meal 200 pounds Bran 100 pounds Wheat middlings 100 pounds Beef scrap 10C pounds The grain feed is fed night and morn- ing, a lighter allowance being fed in the morning than in the evening. The plan followed at the Pennsylvania Station is to feed approximately twice as much whole grain as mash grain. The mash is fed in hoppers, which for light breeds may be left open all day but for heavier breeds should be accessible only part of the day. Some grit in the form of oyster shell or ground limestone and some green food such as cabbage, mangel-wurzels, sprouted oats, potato parings or ground green bone should be provided, in addi- tion to the ration given above. Incomes of Over One Million Dollars. Forty-four Americans have incomes of over one million dollars. This interesting fact is learned from the official income tax statements of the Treasury Depart: ment of the United States. There are ninety-one of our fellow citizens with in- comes of more than $500,000 but less than a million, and there are nearly one thousand whose incomes are between $75,000 and $100,000. It is learned from authentic sources that many persons popularly supposed to have very large in- comes are in fact very small tax payers; while many others not suspected of be- ing millionaires return incomes which show that they are much wealthier than the public supposes. The Central Pennsylania Debating League. Object: To encourage public speaking in city and county schools by competi- tive debating contests. Plan: To hold informal preliminary debates on any question in every high, grammar and rural school in every coun- ty before a given date; the teams thus selected to meet in each county and debate with each other on a common question; the winning county teams thus selected to debate at the district city; and the winning teams in the four dis- tricts to meet in final debate at The Pennsylvania State College to select the champion of the league. : Cooperating Agencies: Chambers of Commerce of Altoona, Harrisburg, Hunt- ingdon, Lock Haven, Lancaster, and Williamsport; the city and county super- intendents of eighteen counties; the State Department of Public Instruction; and The Pennsylvania State College. Districts: Altoona to be the district city for the following counties: Blair, Bedford, Clearfield, and Center; Wil- liamsport—Cameron, Clinton, Lycoming, Tioga, and Union; Huntingdon—Hunt- ingdon, Juniata, and Mifflin; Harrisburg —Adams, Cumberland, Dauphin, Lancas- ter, Northumberland, and York. Times of Debates: All contests in units less than a county (preliminary) to be held before the last Friday in February. All county contests to be held prior to the last Friday in March; the district contests to be held before the last Friday in April; and the final contest at State College before the last Friday in May. Questions for Debate: The debates in units less than a county (preliminary) may be on a topic selected by the city and county superintendents of the re- spective counties. The question for the county, district and final debate, shall be uniform and shall be selected annually by the officers in the league. Arrangements: Selection of Judges, offering of prizes, and other arrange- ments for the preliminary and county debates are to be in the hands the city and county superintendents; for the dis- trict debate under control of the several boards of trade; and for the final debate under care of The Pennsylvania State College. No prize shall be offered repre- senting a value of over Five Dollars. Expenses: Expense of holding the dis- trict debates, including transportation and entertainment of teams, shall be ar- ranged by Chambers of Commerce of the four district cities; of the final debate by The Pennsylvania State College. Question for the county, district and final debates will be announced by the officers of the league early in November. Questions for the preliminary debates should be set at once by county and city superintendents for their schools. : The debate to determine the county : team must be held on or before Friday, { March 31, 1915. Books and pamphlets on the questions i to be debated will be loaned free of cost | by the State Library Commission, Har- risburg, Pa. Inquiries concerning the league or any details of the debates will be cheerfully answered by the Secretary. President: F. W. Robbins, Supt. Public Schools, Williamsport, Pa. Secretary: J. T. Marshman, Prof. Public Speaking, State College, Pa. Member of Ex. Com., T. S. Davis, Supt. County Schools, Al- toona, Pa. Wilson Sets Day for Peace Thanks. “It has long been the honored custom of our people to turn in the fruitful Au- tumn of the year in praise and thanks- giving to Almighty God for his many blessings and mercies to us as a nation. The year that is now drawing to a close since we last observed our day of nation- al Thanksgiving has been, while a year . of discipline because of the mighty forces of war and of charges which have dis- | turbed the world, also a year of special . blessing for us. “Another year of peace has been vouch- ' safed us; another year in which not only to take thought of our duty to ourselves and to mankind, but also to adjust our- selves and to many responsibilities thrust upon us by a war which has involved almost the whole of Europe. We have been able to assert our rights and the rights of mankind without breach of friendship with the great nations with whom we have had to deal, and while we have asserted rights, we have been able also to perform duties and exercise privi- leges of succor and helpfulness which should serve to demonstrate our desire to make the offices of friendship the means of truly disinterested and unselfish service. : “Our ability to serve all who could avail themselves of our services in the midst of crisis has been increased by a gracious Providence by more and more abundant crops; our ample financial re- sources have enabled us to steady the markets of the world and facilitate nec- essary movement of commerce which the war might otherwise have rendered im- possible, and our people have come more and more to a sober realization of the part they have been called upon to play in a time when all the world is shaken by unparalleled distresses and disasters. “The extraordinary circumstances of such a time have done much to quicken our national consciousness and deepen and confirm our confidences in the prin- ciples of peace and freedom by which we have always sought to be guided. Out of darkness and perplexities have come firmer counsels of policy and clearer per- ceptions of the essential welfare of the nation. We have prospered while other peoples were at war, but our prosperity has been vouchsafed us, we believe only that we might the better perform the functions which war rendered it impossi- ble for them to perforni. “Now, therefor, I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of Amer- ica, do hereby ' designate Thursday, the twenty-fifth of November next, as a day of Thanksgiving and prayer, and invite the people throughout the land to cease from their wonted occupations and in their several homes and places of wor- ship render thanks to Almighty God. “In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and caused the Seal of the United States to be affixed. “Done at the City of Washington this twentieth day of October, in the year of Our Lord, one thousand nine hundred and fifteen, and of the Independence of the United States of America the one hundred and fortieth. - “By the President, “Robert Lansing. “Secretary of State. (Signed) “WoobprRow WILSON. ——Be the master of your habits, or your habits will surely master you. — SCORED HEAVILY ON PRINCE Beau Brummell’'s Remark Left Him Master of Situation, but Victory Was a Costly One, The greatest dandy and fop of mod- ern times was George Brummell, known as Beau Brummell. He lived a life delicate and leisured, and sinee he was poor his living depended upon the favor of the court. The court at that time was represented in the set where the beau’s influence was felt by the prince of Wales, who was, if truth must be told, not a slender man. It happened that the prince and the beau quarreled. To be a dandy is not generally con- sidered the first mark of being a brave man, but Beau Brummell gave instant proof that he was not only a great dandy but a great man as well. The details of the story are somewhat vague, but the main facts are certain. Brummell knew that his quarrel with the prince would mean an end of his prestige, but he refused to yield, and on the day following the quarrel went walking with a friend, said to hava been Sheridan. ° The news of the rupture between, the prince and the dictator of fashions had spread, and there were not a few who gathered in the hopes of a passage at arms between them. It happened that Sheridan and Brummell met the prince and his party. With princely ostentation the royal personage called Sheridan aside and spoke to him, pointedly ignoring, Brummell, who stood by. Brummell did not flinch in the crisis, he was the only person who seemed to be in- different. Then Sheridan returned. With a gesture of indifference Brum-! mell lifted his glasses to his eyes and, indicating with a slight wave of; his hand the person to whom he re- ferred, he asked in a clear but lan-' guid voice the famous question: “Sherry, who’s your fat friend?” Brummell spent the greater part, of the remainder of his life in Calais,! an outcast, a broken man. But with the memory of his great rebuke, it can hardly be said that in the crisis he was found wanting. Came Handy in His Line. “There is nothing like sleep,” re- marked a chance ‘acquaintance to the newspaper man as he sized up the belated sleepers in a New York sub- way car in the wee hours of the morn- ing. “All my life I have done what- ever has been in my power to help the cause of sleep in the human race. Whenever I have heard that a doctor is counseling his patients to sleep longer, I have made a point of writing him a letter of congratulation. And I do not mind saying that I myself have done a bit to persuade people that sleep is the greatest blessing to man- kind.” “The perfect sleeper,” ob- served the newspaper man, “is he who by rigid and constant practice has brought his power of sleep to such a stage that he does not awake even when a dynamite bomb is set off in his room.” The chance acquaintance leaned back in in his seat with rapt expression, as if contemplating a beau- tiful vision. “And what makes you take such an interest in the slumbers of the human race?” was asked. “I am a burglar,” he replied. “But just because one of my fellow men did not reach the stage of somnolent perfec- tion I had to abandon my trade for some years.” Important Russian Industry. The production of wood pitch and tar is a highly important industry of the timber districts of Russia. A large quantity of such substances is not only used for home consumption in Russia, but is also exported to for« eign markets. England alone takes over 100,000 barrels yearly of Russian pitch and tar. In normal times pitch is exported chiefly to England from Archangel, where it is one of the prin. cipal articles of trade, while turpen- tine has been shipped to Germany from the BaMic ports and overland. In recent years in western Russia, es- pecially near the Vistula river, large quantities of pitch and turpentine have been distilled from the stumps left after the clearance of woods, this hav- ing been in great demand in Germany on account of its good quality and low price. Up to the present time the op- erating methods employed in this in- dustry have been, for the most part, of -a primitive character, and carried on in small establishments, where the owner is at the same time workman and salesman. Girls Will Marry Crippled Soldiers. A letter in the London Daily Mail conveys the information that hun- dreds of English girls have expressed their willingness to marry crippled British soldiers and to care for them as their contribution to their country’s cause. The offers came as the result of a published suggestion that plucky girls might be of service so, and all that stands in the way of the success of this wholesale matchmaking is that no degree of pluck and patriotism seems sufficient to overcome maidenly shyness. The girls have agreed to marry, but they cannot walk up to the first one-legged soldier they see and tell him so. Meetings are to be ar- ranged by certain women of the Lon: don West end, where these self-sacri- ficing girls will be introduced to the lifelong burdens they have agreed to take as husbands. Of Course Not. “That doctor claims to have discov- ered an entirely new disease.” “I hope he won’t publish the symp- toms of it.” “Why not?” “People cannot have it if they do not know the symptoms, can they?”
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