i = nisin Pa., December 8, 1916 SO EASY. So easy to say what another should do, So easy to settle his cares; So easy to tell him what road to pursue, And dispose of the burdens he bears. It is easy to bid him to be brave and be strong, And to make all his short comings known; But oh, it’s so different when the cares and the wrong And the dangers we face—are our own. It’s so easy to mock at the other man’s role, When our comforts of life are assured, And the sting of a wrong beating sharp on his soul By him must be endured. It’s easy to tell him the path he should take, And to bid him to laugh at his care, But oh, it’s so hard when it’s our hearts that ‘ache And we have the burdens to bear. We all know the things that another should do, His faults are like books on our shelves, We can ponder them over and read and review, But, we haven’t a book on ourselves. We can settle the other man’s troubles each day, His griefs we can calmly discuss, It is easy to sweep all his troubles away, But we can’t do the same thing for us. The faults of another it's so easy to see, When our own wants are all satisfied, And the bold and courageous it’s easy to be— When it isn’t our soul that is tried. But oh, it’s so hard when we're stumbling along— To keep ourselves steadfast and true: It is easy to tell some one else to be strong, Yes, it’s easier to talk than to do. —Reformatory Record. Rain and Snow Away Down in Texas. A Variation in the Regular Drill Periods Breaks the Monotony of Soldier Life. Troop L. in Good Health. By Corp. Harry J. Cohen. Camp Thomas J. Stewart, El Paso, Texas, November 25. It hardly seems possible that exactly five months ago this morning we left the dear old town amid the cheers and well wishes of our friends and relatives, to go whither we knew not or what fate had in store for us, but we went as all of the many who answered the call, ready to do whatever our country exacted of us, and while our actual services have not been needed, we have the right to say we are on the job and ready for the worst, or whatever is demanded of us. We have just come in from a visit to the hospital where we were given number two in the series of inocculations for the para-typhoid, and already the most of the men find their punctured arm about use- less. It seems as though this one was more severe than any of the previous in- occulations, as it hurt more and is acting more quickly than its predecessors. We were surprised somewhat on Mon- day when appearing on the drill field for our daily task to find that instead of the regulation drill, teams were picked to compete against each other in such con- tests as a tug-of-war, racing, potatoe races on horse back and the relaying of mes- sages, the same being a test in speed for saddling and unsaddling. It was quite a novel experience and being out of the regular routine of work was quite interest- ing and entered into with great zest by | all the men. The regiment was under arrest all of Monday and not a man in the entire out- fit was allowed out of camp, but it didn’t seem to affect any of us very much, as we haven't been paid for over six weeks and would have stayed in camp just the same. Not because we love the new home so well but simply because our ex- chequers were not up to normal and one can’t go into town without funds. The railroad here is not a charitable institution. Can you imagine us having rain here Monday night and all of Tuesday, but such was the case. It rained and rained, and then rained some more. And the ground that on Monday morning was ankle deep in dust was mud just as deep. Tuesday evening it grew cold and the rain turned to snow. It was a disagreeable day and drill was out of the question. The only thing beautiful in this whole big country was the mountain, as it ap- peared in its new covering of snow, this being the first time we saw it with such a mantle. Ordinarily it scintilates with every color of the rainbow, and we have even seen it covered with a raging fire, but the snow covering was the most beauti- ful of all. The sun came out Wednesday morn- ing and started in with real wigor to clear up the situation, so we were able to take a little hike over to the camp of the Georgia and Kentucky troops. This be- ing our first visit to these outfits it was quite a pleasant trip. It is needless to say that when we returned to camp we were a veritable mass of mud. By even- ing the sun had done its work and the ground, especially the parade ground, was dry, with the exceptions of the low spots found every here and there. A new feature has been added to our already long program, and that is the art of packing an army mule under the su- pervision of a regular from Fort Bliss. A detail consisting of Sergt. Stover, Corp. Howard and privates Johnston- baugh and Gummo have been assigned to this work and are making rapid pro- gress. amount of weight these little packmules can carry, and the distance they can trav- el without becoming played out with fa- tigue. Capt. Curtin has just purchased for himself as a souvenir of our stay It is almost unbelieveable the here a pair of the cutest little jacks (men Two Former Centre Countians Give | mules) and is having them broken, so they will be in shape for use at anything he feels disposed to put them when we get back to Centre, if such a thing ever happens. The big day of the week was Thurs- day, when we had anothér division re- view given in honor of Congressman Ju- lius Kohn, (not Cohen) of California. The day was an ideal one, the weather being very pleasant and not a speck of dust to mar the picture. It gave us an opportunity of seeing and hearing the new mounted bands of the artillery sec- tion for the first time. The morning had been spent in a general clean-up of all equipment, and we no doubt made a real impression on the Congressman as we passed in review. The purpose of his trip was to gather information for his committee on the advisability of turning Fort Bliss into a division barracks instead of regimental, as it is now. The proposition is being strongly backed by the business people of El Paso as well as the city’s Chamber of Commerce. There seems to be quite a few more colds and coughs among the members of Troop L, and they seem to hangon like a leech, but otherwise the troop to a man is in a fit physical condition and making the best of our prolonged stay. The usual regards of Troop L and machine gun troop to the people at home. Official Vote of Centre County. On Friday afternoon Judge Quig- ley, prothonotary David R. Foreman and tabulators J. Linn Harris and L. A. Schaeffer opened and made the of- ficial count of the vote cast by Troop L and the Mounted Machine gun troop at El Paso, Texas, and while the vote did not influence the result as already known in Centre county the majori- ties were changed slightly. Ont of fourteen votes cast by the Machine gun troop for the Legislature thirteen were given to Scott and only one to Gardner, making Scott’s official ma- jority 19 votes. The vote on Congress increased Rowland’s majority over ‘Tobias in Centre county from 217 to 240, giving the former a lead in the district of 207. Following is the total vote cast in Centre county for every man voted for at the November election: For President: Wilson, Demoerat.........ccuvuiivs Hughes, i vie. Judge of Supreme Court, (non- -partisan) : Palmer,. Walling, y United States Senator Orvis, DemOCTat..v. vvvees vices Knox, PBepublican............ 4027 Knox, Roosevelt Progressive. 53 Knox, Keystone..,........... 22 Knox, Personal Liberty....... 6—4108 Ervin, Socialist... .;........ -... 126 Ames, Progressive... uv. i.ossei vs 166 Thomas, Independent. ............ 1 Macanley, Single Tux... ............. 2 State Treasurer: Cramer, Democrat................,.. 3885 Kephart, Republican......... 4187 Kephart, + Moose........... 35 Kephart,” Keystone........... 20 Kephart, Personal Tiberty.... 24244 Schl, Socialist. ov a 138 Fithian, Prohibition................ 171 Robinson, Single Tax.............. 3 Auditor General: Murrin, Demoerat.................. I840 Snyder, Republican . 3970 Snyder, Bull Moos: 18 Snyder, Keystone 12 Snyder, Personal I erty 3 3—4033 Tyler, Socialist. .................... 143 Hepp, Prohibition. ............ ...c 184 Wright, Single Max... cu 0000000 6 Congressman at Large: Kinsley, Demoerat.................. 3796 Moore, Democral.......cv.vunsrinen 3740 Rloss, Democerat..................... 3771 Waidelich, Demoerat............... 3700 Bair, Washington..... ..... 118 Bair, Bull Moose ............. 23— 141 Graham, Washington......... 118 Graham, Bull Moecse.......... 11— 129 Crago, Republiean,........... 4113 Crago, Roosevelt Progressive. 68 Crago, Personal Liberty...... 4-—4185 Garland, Republican.......... 4135 Garland, Personal Liberty.... 114146 McLaughlin, Republican........... 3967 Scott, Republicar...... ...... 4088 Scott, Roosevelt Progressive.. 64 Scott, Personal Liberty....... 44156 Baer, Socialist. ......... 000.000 138 Prosser, Socialist.. 133 Slayton, Socialist.. 127 Whiteside, Socialis 127 Groff, Prohibition. 195 McGrew, Prohibitio 177 Morton, Prohibition... ...ccevisoisis 162 Ruminel, Prohibition........... eZ Guerrero, Single Tax.............. 3 McKnight, Single Tax............ 3 Morrison, Single Tax............. 4 els, Single Tax.,...cv.......0u0. 3 Brenckman, Bull Moose........... 1 Congress: 'Nobias, Democrat... .. 0.0... 3871 Tobias, Prohibition... ; 190—4061 Rowland, Republican............... 4301 Fox, Single Tax.................... 140 Assembly: Gardner, Republican.......... 3965 Gardner, Local Option..,..... 184—4149 Scott, Republican... ... ...0 oeess na Simler, Single Tax.........cii0inve Get the Most Out of Your Food. The digestive organs absolutely need the influ- ence of pure blood for the proper performance of their functions. Persons that sleep in small, ill- ‘ventilated rooms complain of little or no appetite in the morning and of disagreeable dryness of the mouth and throat. Why? Because, as a re- sult of breathing air that is impure, their blood is impure and fails to give their digestive organs the stimulus they must have for perfect work. It is necessary that we should have pure blood if we want to get all the good out of what we eat that there is in it and to get it comfortably. Hood’s Sarsaparilla is distinguished for making pure, rich, vitalized blood, perfecting the digestion and building up the whole system. Get it today. 61-48 ——For high class Job Work come to the WATCHMAN Office. Largest Agricultural Warehouse. New Orleans has the largest agricul- tural warehouse in the world. It has a capacity of 2,000,000 bales of cot- ton, and is adapted to the storage of all other packed commodities such as sugar and coffee. It was built at a cost of $3,500,000 by the state of Louisiana and is said to reduce the cost of handling any agricultural commodity 40 per cent. There are 23 acres of ground under roof, while the’ entire plant occupies 150 acres.—Na- tional Geographic Magazine. Thanks Together. Chicago, Dec. 2, 1916. Editor Democratic Watchman, Eellerontie, Pa. It rarely happens that during the short span of one’s life time events transpire to yield the greater and tru- er enjoyment than recently fell to the iot of the writer. Edward E. Spangler and wife, of Aurora, Illinois, are both native Penn- sylvanians. Mrs. Spangler was born in Bedford county. Mr. Spangler is a native of Brush valley, Centre county, and was born on the Jonathan Spang- ler farm, about two miles east of Re- bersburzg. Early in life Mr. Spangler imbibed the true spirit of progress and wend- ed his way westward to become one of the prominent agriculturists of the great Mississippi valley. He located in the county of Kane, some thirty miles to the westward of Chicago. There he acquired a fertile farm of some 300 or more acres, cultivating it until he became wealthy, whereupon he retired to engage in more private pursuits and pleasures. The Spanglers are now enjoying life to the full in their palatial home located on the bank of the Fox river, lox River valley, in Loveaale close to the city of Aurora, Illinois, vshere they have ail modern conveniences to- gether with rapid transit cornmunica- tion both to Aurora and Ghicago. It is near the beautiful Spangler home where the fraternal, industrial and educational institution known as “Moosehart” is located. The frater- nai order known as the “Loyal Order of Moose,” after prospecting several years over the United States, finally selected that site as best suited to their needs. It is located near Auro- ra, in the famous Fox River valley, known far and wide for its great beauty. There, already, numerous pa- latial buildings have been erected and others are being built wherein to house and instruct the orphan child- ren of the great “Mocse” order. It was to the beautiful Spangler home that the writer, a boyhood chum of the host, Mr. Spangler, back in Brush valley, was invited to enjoy a sumptuous Thanksgiving feast, such as is seldom set before ordinary mor- tals, in appreciation of which the following letter was written: Edward E. Spangler and Wife, Aurora, Illinois. My Dear Friends: Being at present in (he happiest of moods over ny Thanksgiving experience and trip to your delightful home, and the generous, kindly reception accorded me at your hands, [ feel that did I not specially express my gratitude I would be remiss in my duty and appreciation. Tre tact and genius to make a guest feel that he or she is not a guest, but an hon- ored friend, which spirit you so admirably enacted on Thanksgiving day while the scribe was in your home, stamps upon you two friends the fully deserved title of be- ing princely entertainers. Aud how refreshing and inspiring it was talking over and reviewing the affairs of boyhood days, to turn in fond menary back to the many scenes, varied, yet aot always cheering, but when life was new and the blood warm, when hope oven if but a glimmer betime mounted high, por- tending possible better things in the dim, unknown future, the greater achievements we knew not of that were awaiting us. In fancy do I often see the most charm- ing of valleys I have ever beheld, ‘Old Brush,” now abloom with spring flowers of every hue and fragrance, now the land- scape bedecked with emerald-hued ver- dure, now the harvest ready to be garner- ed, now the mountains beautiously be- decked with crimson and gold foliage; ah, how the heart is thrilled and the pulse mounts up in ecstacy over such joys of the long ago. Iain would I return to those entrancing scenes and again enjoy them to the full as in days of yore. But the golden wcender-west, crowned with myriad charms, and here, as workers in a new anc broader realm. let us pe diligent and content, since Prov- idence has ordained that we should be minute entities of that vast multitude set apart to promote the greater happiness and potential destinies of mankind in this garden spot, which is a very Eden upon our terrestial sphere. And now, my dear friends, permit me to offer my heartfelt gratitude for the gener- ous, princely manner in which I was both received and entertained by your high- nesses, a royal twain indeed. Long, let me assure you, will I cherish the memory of that happy event. I shall ever remain, Most sincerely and gratefully yours, ALFRED BIERLY. it, too, is Right Idea. Thomas A. Edison, the inventor, tells this story: “A schoolteacher was questioning her class on general knowledge. : “ ‘Now, girls,” she said, ‘what is the most wonderful thing that a man has ever made? “The class was silent as the grave, but presently one small girl’s hand went up and a triumphant look over- spread its owner's face: ‘Please, miss, I know—a living for, his wife and family,’ she said.” | With Due Allowances. It happened at a little town in Ohio. A visiting Easterner stood on the veranda of a little hotel there watch- ing the sun go down in a splendor of purple and gold. “By george!” he exclaimed to an im- passive native lounging against a post. “That's a gorgeous sunset, isn’t it?” The native slanted his head a little and looked at the glowing west. “Not bad,” he drawled. “Not bad for a little place like Hoopville.” SWISS HOTELS KEPT GOING! DIDN'T NEED TO MIND HER | Families of Prisoners of War Now the Principal Residents of the Big Hostelries. Writes a correspondent at Montreux, Switzerland: There are in our hotel several families of those French pris- oners who are detained in Switzerland. ! From 200 to 650 prisoners arrive every day, they are scattered throughout the country in different hotels and board- ing houses, their families come on vis- ! Its and that, of course, keeps the hotels ! going. In the largest hotels are the officers who mingle with the guests; the sol- diers have their hotels to themselves; they can, however, be seen everywhere, Nervous, sick-looking men, evidently suffering from bronchitis, heart dis- -ease, kidney trouble, but they are hap- py here, getting a warm reception in : all the towns and villages. These soldiers are poor creatures; most of them have been for many months in concentration camps—they look and feel all the worse for it. On the German side of Switzerland are quartered all of the German pris- oners. They fare as well there as the French do here. There are 5,000 awaiting orders to enter Switzerland. They are at Con- stance, on the border. Switzerland is doing fine work. Each country pays for the keep of its men, but, neverthe- less, there is much done that no money | could possibly pay for. In all Switzerland some necessaries of life are lacking and food is dear. Butter, sugar, flour, milk are fearfully high priced. Meat can’t be had, chick- ens can’t even be seen. Surely the warring countries will have to let food- | stuffs enter Switzerland, for the coun- try alone cannot produce enough for Its own people and counting tens of thousands of war “prisoners.” There are no English, no Americans. Every- where French soldier prisoners sent in by Germany, and Poles, Serbians, Rus- | Spin on his motor. He went on smooth- ly until he got well to the outskirts of Small Girl Knew Exactly How Motor- ist Felt, and What He Probably Wanted to Say. Mr. Payne started out to enjoy a the city, rather far from a car line, then the motor, actuated by motives that only motors know, decided that it had gone far enough. It stopped, and no pulling of levers or turning of cranks was sufficient to induce it to go farther. After fruitless efforts to get it to change its mind Mr. Payne climbed from his seat and worked around the machine. Nothing seemed to do any good, and he was rapidly getting into a state that is relieved only by strong language. However, the struggles with the motor had attracted a good-sized company of children, and Mr. Payne did nothing worse than think. The children’s interest grew as the motor- ist tinkered. Among them was a lit- tle girl with golden hair and deep blue | eyes. She crowded close to Mr. Payne | as he worked. Finally he became so exasperated | that it seemed as if he really must | say something. He turned to the lit-' tle girl. “I wish you would run away, little girl,” he remarked. “Why?” she asked, looking up at' him. Perhaps he wished to tell the truth, ! perhaps he only wished to see what | the little girl would do. At any rate, | he said to her, quite frankly: “I want | to swear.” “Go ahead,” replied the child; “don’t | * mind me. My father has a motor, too.” | sians, Turk war prisoners sent in by . France. POOR PLACE TO TAKE NAP, | their husbands released from service | Youths Who Went to Sleep in Canoe Were Awakened in a Manner Most Unpleasant. Frank Alexander, twenty-one years old, and Alexander Isaacs, twenty-two years old, both of Newark, N. J., nar- rowly escaped death recently when they fell asleep in a canoe on the Pas- saic river and drifted down to the falls, which drop 90 feet to the jagged rocks below. After hiring a canoe at a boathouse, they paddled about a mile up the river and then went to sleep, allowing the craft to drift. until the canoe shot under the Spruce street bridge. a short distance above the dam, which is about 100 feet above the falls. Standing on the bridge was a woman who saw the recumbent fig- ures in the glare of the bridge lights and she called to them, warning them of their danger. Neither stirred and she ran to the shore and shouted the alarm. Persons who heard her ran along the banks —Pittsburgh Chronicle-Telegraph. BABY HAD FIVE “FATHERS” But Women’s Trick to Save Their | Husbands From Duty in the Militia Didn’t Work. | { { ! A year-old baby recently did duty for five wives who sought to have | ' in the West Virginia National Guard. | Here 1s the way it came about: The first wife, a pretty, buxom mountain woman, sought the office of ! i Adjt. Gen. John C. Bond, carrying a | year-old baby boy. She made her | plea and then retired. Half an hour | later a second woman sought Adjutant | Bond and prayed for her husband's | release from the Guard, declaring | that she needed his support for her- | self and the baby she carried. An hour later another miserable woman en- | tered the adjutant general’s office and | : made a plea similar to that made by | No one noticed them the two women who had preceded her. When the fourth woman entered his | cffice carrying a baby that looked | ' slightly familiar, Adjutant Bond heard | - her plea and then took a look at the | throwing stones at the canoe and | shouting. Unmindful of the shouts and the stones, both young men slept soundly on, while the canoe approach- ed the dam. A moment later the spec- | tators saw it up-end and slide over the dam.. Then two heads came to the top in the smother of the falling water, and there began a frantic struggle to get ashore. The canoe disappeared over the falls and was dashed to splin- ters on the rocks. The men caught ropes and were drawn ashore less than 20 feet from where the canoe had gone over. Both were badly bruised but able to go home. What She Missed. Two suitors had striven for the hand of Mary Murphy. One was Doo- lan, a prosperous grocer, and he was backed up by Pa and Ma Murphy; the other was a handsome young clerk, and he was backed up by Mary. The clerk won! On the morning of her first birthday after her wedding day Mary called to see her parents, and proudly showed them a pretty little gold watch which her husband had given her. But Mrs. Murphy sniffed contemp- tuously. “That’s very nice,” she said disap- provingly ; “but if ye’d only taken the advice of yer father and me, ’tis not a gold watch ye’d be havin’ in yer pocket, but a good eight-day clock.” Wife's Wit. "I've got an awfully witty wife,” hoasts Solomon Beach. “I get most of my good stuff from her, to tell you the truth. Sometimes, ‘though, her wit is a bit too sharp for comfort. Now the other evening I came, home feeling sort of mean. I had a corn that w raising thunder with me, and I wasn't in the best of humor. Well, I came limping up the walk, and my wife stood at the door, eying me suspi- ciously. ‘“ “What makes you walk so funny?’ she said. “‘Corn!” I snapped, grouchily. “‘Oh, she said, turning away, ‘I thought maybe it was rye!’ ”—Cleve- land Plain Dealer. Reminiscent. “l hear Scribbler is writing mov- ing picture plays now. Have you seen any of his stuff?” : “Yes, I've seen pretty nearly every- thing he has written.” “How did it impress you?” “Every time I saw one of his plays I had to admit that Scribbler has a remarkable memory.” | foster mother, or nurse of this baby? baby. Shortly after this “mother” was dismissed, in came the fifth, im- ploring the adjutant to release her | husband. | Wisdom on his countenance, Adju- tant Bond took the baby in his arms and said: “Are you the godmother, stepmother, It’s been mighty well mothered today, but, unfortunately, all of its fathers are going to serve Uncle Sam when called on.” Just What the Doctor Deserved. One afternoon, just as Doctor Bun- dy’s office hour had begun, a very ex- cited individual rushed into his office. “Doctor, doctor! Just one mo- ment!” he cried. “I'll see you shortly,” said the doc- tor. “Only a second, doctor!” protested the perturbed one. “Only a second is what I'want!” “I'll see you shortly,” repeated the physician, with impatience. The man, with a sigh, took a seat in the reception room. His exé¢itement soon subsided, apparently, and he read the magazines lying on the table, making no further efforts to see the doctor. After several patients had consulted the doctor, the latter stepped over to the man and said: “You were in somewhat of a hurry, I believe, sir. What can I do for you?” “Oh, nothing now,” replied the man. “I only dropped in to tell you that your neighbor's cows have escaped from the yard and are having a fine time among your flowerbeds.” A Reason. “Abroad girls have chaperons—they never are left alone with a yoling man —and it is very difficult to get mar- ried over there.” The speaker was Harrison Fisher. He continued: “An old maid said to a pretty girl at the seashore: “‘What I saw on the beach in the moonlight last evening shocked me, Nellie. Yes, my dear, you shocked me horribly. I, for my part, think it's most improper for a girl to kiss a man unless they're married. “‘Ah, said Nellie, ‘do you? Sup- pose that accounts for you never be- ing enguged.’” To Make Sure. “Won’t you please leave the light burning in the hall, mother?” pleaded little Robert as he was being put to bed. “Nonsense, Bobbie,” was the reply. “Surely you know there isn’t anything to be afraid of in the dark.” “Yes, I know, but.can’t you leave a teeny-weeny light so I can see there isn’t anything there?” PINKNEY’S PLACE IN HISTORY His Fame as the Greatest Lawyer the United States Has Produced Is Secure. Even that tritest of trunisms, the ephemerality of a lawyer's fame, offers no adequate explanation of the obscur- ity "in which sleeps the genius of Wil- liam Pinkney. For Pinkney was not merely a great lawyer. According to testimony that leaves no room for doubt or controversy, he was the very greatest lawyer that this country has ever produced. Nor was this all. He served his coun= try with distinction and success in the labyrinths of diplomacy, at the cabinet table, in the halls of congress and even on the field of battle. Above all, at a most critical point of our history, when the clamor of contending sections dis- turbed the tranquillity of the Sage of Monticello, “like a fire bell ringing in the night,” to use Jefferson’s own ex- pressive phrase, it was Pinkney who rose to the occasion and recalled sena- tors to a sense of their duty and pa- | triotism. Of him John Marshall said that he was the greatest man he had ever seen in a court of justice. Of him Taney wrote in 1854: “I have heard almost | all the great advocates of the United States, both of the past and present generation, but I have seen none equal to him.” Of hin Story remarked: “His clear and forcible manner of put- | ting his cases before the court, his powerful and commanding eloquence, i occasionally illumined with sparkling i lights, but always logical and appro- priate and, above all, his accurate and i discriminating law knowledge, which he pours out with wonderful precision, . give him, in my opinion, a great su- } | periority over every man whom I havé ' known.” When such a court unanimously con- ' curs in rendering judgment, bold in- deed the man who claims an appeal.— ! H. H. Hagan in Case and Comment. SIMPLE WAY TO TEST CREAM French Scientist Has Given to the World a Discovery That ls of Distinct Value. Professor Lindet of the French Agronomic institute has given to the Academy of Agriculture a very simple process for calculating rapidly the quantity of fatty matter in cream. | It is the fatty matter that gives cream its quality, the more of this butter the better the cream. This is the process: A drop of cream is placed upon a sheet of paper and introduced at once’ into an oven heated to 105 degrees centigrade. The watery part of the | cream evaporates and the fat, ab- | sorbed by the paper, forms a spot i whicn enlarges rapidly at first, then more slowly as the edges of the spot increase their distance from the point at which the drop has been placed. At the end of a specified time the area of the spot is measured and compared with that of a spot formed by a drop of pure grease of the same size de- posited at the same time and under identical conditions. Professor Lindet uses drops of 1-100 of a cubic centimeter in size, and places his paper in wooden frames to prevent it from curling up in the oven. He removes it before the spots have spread to more than three or four centimeters in diameter. i —————————————————————————— a Corpus Christi Day. Corpns Christi kept today by all’ Roman and Anglican Catholics, is connected with two towns prominent in the present war. It arose from the dream of a religious lady at Leige, and was formally sanctioned in 1264 by a bishop of Verdun who became Pope. It came to England about 1320, and was soon made a popular fete. In Wales on this anniversary the doorways of houses were decked with flowers, the maidenhair fern being chiefly selected for the purpose. Previous to the re- cent Anglican revival Corpus Christi day was kept at the Oxford college. It has been observed for five centuries in the city of London by the Worship- ful company of Skinners, who attend in state their special service at St. Mary Aldermary. But the “Skinners” who walk in the procession now carry posies of flowers instead of the “war torches” mentioned by Stow.—London Chronicle. Chapel in the Trenches. In one of the French trenches the men have constructed a small chapel underneath the earth. It is sufficient- ly large to admit 20 men at the same time. Every effort has been made by the clever workmen who have built it, skilled miners from the district of La Loire, to make the underground chapel difficult of bombardment. The inte- rior ornamentation has been carried to high perfection, for a parquet floor, carpets, candlesticks, kneeling chairs saved from the ruined churches are to be found in it. A wooden altar has been erected in the trench chapel, and a magnificent French flag, the gift of an officer, has been hung in it. Mouth-Filling Word. That the European battle fronts and the Mexican frontier have nothing on the American Indian for names was emphasized when the chamber of com- merce of eastern Connecticut held their summer outing as guests of the Webster-Dudley chamber of commerce and Southbridge board of trade at Lake Chargogg-goggmanchaug-agow- gamaug, a historic spot and former conference ground of the red men who named it. The day was spent in at- tempting to masticate the name of the lake and a large amount of clam chow: der, clams, sea bass and lobster and spring chicken. ty 2 A:
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