HARD TO GET NEUTRAL FOOD. But Considerate Patron Tries Not to Offend Foreign Waiters. • "Do you know," said a well fed look ing man at a leading New York res taurant, "this war has made me care ful in picking out the dishes I want to eat. Not that I have bad to begin to economize, but I am unwilling to offend the susceptibilities of waiters. Let me illustrate: "I went to luncheon at a restaurant where the waiters are of several na tionalities. I had decided upon a steak a la minute and some French fried po tatoes. I gave the first part 0 f mv order without noticing the waiter. A snort Interrupted me. " 'You vant a t'in steak cooked quick, yes?* greeted me. "I admitted that that was what I meant " 'Und de potatoes?' " 'Fr'— was all I got out I could not fling the word French at him. It would have been like a sortie from a Belgian fortress. So I made a change. " 'German fried,' I told the waiter. " 'Ah, zo,' he approved, and a smile chased the frown away as he wrote down the item. "'UndV* he pursued, with pencil poised. " 'A German pancake.' I concluded. "He chuckled, and I could almost hear him chant 'Deutschland uebcr Alles' as he walked away. As a mat ter of fact, I abominate German fried potatoes and pancakes. But what is one to do? It is difficult to preserve j neutrality when one orders a meal, and ! to be forced to take sides is demoraliz ing." < Russia Would Ban All Teutonic Words. ; Following the change by imperial j edict of the name of St. Petersburg to Petrograd, other Russian cities with Teutonic names are asking that their names be changed to the Slavonic form. Such cities in Russia with Ger man names as Schlusselburg. etc., have asked that their appellations be Rus sianized. It has been suggested also to discontinue the use of German words, such as "Kammerherr." in court communications and substitute the Russian equivalent. I CONTENTMENT. The happy state of mind so rarely possessed in which we can say, "I have enough," is the highest attainment of philosophy. Happi ness consists not in possessing much, but in being content with what we possess. He who wants little al ways has enough.—Zimmerman. j The Magnetic Poles. The north magnetic pole is in lati tude 70 degrees 5 minutes, and wesi longitude 9G degrees 46 minutes. The south magnetic pole is in latitude 7J degrees 30 minutes, and in east longi tude 155 degrees 30 minutes. A straight j line drawn from pole to pole through ! the earth would pass at a distance of 750 miles from the center. Aud one of the remarkable facts about this mag netic axis of the earth is that it keeps itself at right angles to a line drawn from its center to the center of the sun.—New York American. Iron Ore. Next to the United States. Germany and France are the largest producers of iron in the world. Doing Her Beat Anyway. "In India brides of twelve are not uncommon." "I don't aspect to equal record," said the belle, "but so far I've been the fiancee of six."—Louisvijle Courier Journal. f Telegraph Wire#. ' A telegraph wire in the open r is employed to a great extent in ng the crystals, and the wages •J are very, small. Wonderful Sewers. The sewers of Paris are the m*st mderful in the world and constitute h of the sights of the city. Visitors allowed to inspect them on certain vs each week, and it is certainly an fiiem e to inane a "personally con ted" tour of the two main sewers journey is uiade on electric cars 1 'Mcoi hes. which draw up occasion .:? stations. A Militia Drill. •>'s nothing like a militia drill to >;th the togs of war.—Washing- The One Drawback. town men would like to farm .• of Saskatchewan was Joe Beaupr* famed a thousand miles as the bigges eater in the north. Joe was not si? feet tall, but he was a broad, deep thick sort of man. with a hand like > ham and a stomach like nothing els* In the world. He would eat an entir* boxful of apples at one sitting and thinl nothing of It. Once, having encounter ed a gentleman who thought he was some eater. Joe consumed fifty-three pounds of buffalo meat iu oue day and topped off with a raw turnip, a six pound piece of pork, some lard and two loaves of bread. The best his competitor could do was thirty-seven pounds of meat. Beaupre was so strong he never would fight any man for fear he should kill him. One day, while sledding on a narrow trail with an obstinate horse, he became angered, struck the horse on the head with his fist and killed it. He loosened the harness and threw the dead animal on one side of the trail. He never really knew how strong he was. Beaupre died of rheumatism while still a young man.—Saturday Evening Post. The Seventh Inning Stretch. It Is a simple ceremonial, but 1m presslve. like all manifestations of the soul of a multitude. I need only close my eyes to call up the picture vividly. It is a day of brilliant sunshine, and a great crowd of men. is seated in the open air. a crowd made up of all con ditions, ages, races, temperaments and states of mind. The crowd has sat there an hour or more, while the aft ernoon sun has slanted deeper into the west and the shadows have crept across greeusward and hard baked clay to the eastern horizon. Then, al most with a single motion—the time may be somewhere between 4 o'clock and 5 o'clock—this multitude of divers minds and tempers rises to its feet and stands silent, while one might count twenty perhaps. Nothing is said. No high priest intones prayer for this vast congregation. Neverthe less. the impulse of 10,000 hearts is ob viously focused into a single desire When you have counted twenty the crowd sinks back to the benches. A half minute at most and the rite is ever.—Simeon Strunsky in Atlantic. The oil of the peanut has a quieting effect on the pneumogastric nerve, the largest nerve supplying the stomach. Many nervous persons who like pea nuts and do not kuow why, like them for this reason. They quiet the nerves of the stomach. These persons should eat a few fresh roasted peanuts after each hearty meal, as many nervous conditions are due to an irritation o1 the pneumogastric nerve, and the pea nut oil acts as a sedative to this nerve. Of course the nuts must be crisp and well chewed and not too many taken To get the best sedative effect a hand ful of the hot peanuts should be eaten just before retiring. This presup poses that the powers of elimination are in good repair. The peanut, a member of the pulse family. Is nutri tious and would clog the system if not eaten correctly, as it Is almost equal to meat.—Philadelphia Ledger. Putting It on the Map. Captain Cook shows in his "Voy ages" how some of the mouth filling place names on maps are evolved. "Off New Zealand there is an island called by the uat 5 ?s 'Matuaro.' One of my officers, having asked a native the name of that isle, the latter re plied, 'Kematuaro.' putting 'the' be fore the name, as is the custom. The officer, hearing the sound imperfectly, repeated his question, whereupon the } native repeated his reply, emphasizing it with the word 'oeia.' which means Indeed.' So in the logbook Matuaro was transformed into 'Kumettiwarro weia.' "—London Globe. Qnlntus Hortensius, the Roman ora ' tor, would have come down in history with great fame had any of his speech es been preserved. Fie died in the year 50 B. C. He was a soldier and | statesman, and his mentality can be Judged from the fact that he was a rival of Cicero. Cold Feet. Not Perfect. Virtue of Peanuts. He Rivaled Cicero. ooetne. Besides his five or six consummate ; works, which by universal consent are practically above criticism, it may be said that Goethe's songs are the best in the world. He is the greatest ol i all literary critics, and in subtle and abundaut observation of human lift and in the number and value of hir wise remarks and pregnant sentence* he is one of the greatest writers of al time. Goethe may be classed us om of the "greatest men."—New Yorl American. At ths Foot. Pater (sadly)—l don't know what to do with that hoy of mine. He's been two years at the medical school and still keeps at the foot of his class. Perrins (promptly)— Make a chiropo dist of ' '~ Japanese Child Jugglers. Among the itinerant street entertain ers in London are a number of tiny Japanese children, usually boys. Tbey make their way into hotel and public bouse bars, saloons and restaurants and. producing a sheaf of knives from their pockets, suddenly begin Juggling with them in the most expert manner, accompanying the performance with a monotonous siugsoitg winch seems to be Inseparable from the exhibition. Being very small, they seldom depart without receiving a shower of coppers, to which tbey respond at the doorway with a little chant of thanksgiving. It is difficult to guess the age of Japn nese children, but none of the tiny tots engaged in this business appear to be more than seven years old. Lincoln's Religion. I have never united myself to any church because I have.found difficulty in giving my assent without mental reservation to the long, complicated statements of Christian doctrine which characterize their articles of belief and confessions of faith. Whenever any church will inscribe over Its altar as its sole qualification for member ship the Saviour's condensed statement of the substance of both law and gos pel. "Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and thy neighbor as thyself." that church will I join with all my heart and all my soul.—Abraham Lincoln. Illustrious Barbers. William Winstanley. to whom we are indebted for the "Lives of the English Poets," began his career by soaping faces. Farr, who introduced coffee into England; Dr. John Taylor, whose eloquent voice so often sounded in SL Paul's; Jean Baptiste Belzoni. giunt and explorer; James Craggs, secretary of the south sea bubble; Herbert In gram of the Illustrated London News; Allan Ramsay, the "Gentle Shepherd;" Lord Chancellor Sugden. Lord Tenter den, Jeremy Taylor and Bizet, the com poser of the opera "Carmen," were born and bred and were trained In bar bers' shops.—London Notes and Que ries. I J' 1 U'J - , . C '. I To the Wholesaler. In placing INDIANA MACARONI. ° the mark(,t , we c " n ' fident that the quality of our product will create a big demand. Our plant is equipped with the most modern machinery, and our Mr. L. Giammerini has expert knowledge and experience in Macaroni preparation. To the retailer. 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St Edward's chapel is the most sa cred spot in Westminster abbey, for it incloses the laxly of Edward the Con fessor. the first king who has any his ; toric claim to be called its founder. It is entered by a flight of ten steps from the north ambulatory. On Oct 13, 1269, the wainscot chest which con tained the confessor's body was brought from the palace to its new nesting place. Henry 111., his broth er, Richard, king of the Romans, aal his two sons bore the coffin on their shoulders.—London Standard. ■ 1 " i ANY UTTLE I CAN DO. If any little word of mine May make a life the brighter, if any little song of mine May make a heart the lighter, God help me speak the little word And take my bit of singing And drop it in some lonely vale To set the echoes ringing! White Socks Diplomacy. She—Jimmy wears different socks •very day. He—How to you know? She—By Just looking at them. Sundays he wears white ones; ou Mondays ho wears them shaded under the ankles, and on Tuesdays he has a cute little ring around them next to his shoetips. He—And the rest of the week? She- He wfears high shoes.—Detroit Fre* Presa. Black Headed Grosbeafc- The black beaded grosbeak of west takes the ,">lace of the rosc. _<-xsi * in the eas. and. 'ke It. is a flue x.iv ' •ter. It feeds on •*. rries. apricots Mud other fru s met some damage green pea. ami L>an* but It is so v. tive a foe o. • ertain ho. 'cultural pests that we can efford to overlook Its faults. For each quart t fruit con v*v "ned it destroys 'n actum ulk more thiA. one and a half quarts v* Mack •Jve wv-ales and one quart ot 'ower besides a generous quAntity of codling moth pupae and cankerworma. bcttriting bcandal. "I understand that demure little Mrs. Jinks always crooks her elbow on a certain occasion." "You don't say so! When was it?" "When she carries the baby on her arm."—Baltimore American, No Chance of That. The beggar accepted giatefu/Jy a nickel from the professional humorist. "Thank you. sir," he said, his %oice vibrant with deep feeling. "Oh. thank you, sir. and may you live to bo as old as your jokes."—Washington Dost. To Wash a Greasy Bottlo. To wash a bottle or a glass that has contained oil use very hot eoffeo grounds, if the glass be badly iucrust ed wash It with a mixture of bichro mate of potash and sulphuric acid in equal parts, being careful not to get a drop of this upoD the fingers, hh it is a powerful caustic. Then wash in sev eral waters. 3 || JAMES COLANGELO i r Italian interpreter J £ and Labor Information Bureau £ (à Hotel Montgomery Indiana, Pa.