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YISITE GRATIS
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Old English Slaves.
Before the conquest and for a long
time after at least two-thirds of the
people of England were denuded of all
the substantial attributes of freedom
The lords had the absolute disposal of
them. They might be attached to the
■oil or transferred by deed, sale or con
Teyance from one lord to another.
They could not chance their place or
hold property—ln short, they were
slaves under their obligation of per
petual servitude, which the consent of
the master alone could dissolve. The
system was not fairly abolished until
the reign of Charles 11., and so late as
1775 men were bought and sold in
Scotland with the estates to which they
were bound.
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ANIMALS FIGURE IN
STORIES OF THE WAR.
A cow strayed between French am'
German trenches, which were only 10<>
rards apart, and both sides agreed
hat whoever hit a horn first would be
rivileged to milk Bossy without mo
The first shot came from
the German Jines and killed the cow.
A fat pig strayed into the Frei!ob
lines, and the men of two differcn'.
batteries claimed it. It was tied to
the wheel of an ammunition wagon,
and although shrapnel began falling
all around, the argument over the
ownership did not abate until an offi
cer ordered the pig cut in two and di
vided between the batteries, so the
suen could return to their guns.
By order of the majror of Brausberg.
JSast Prussia, the cats are being thin
ned out and the army helped at the
same time, the skins of the felines be
ing used for body belts and mittens
tor the soldiers, who believe cat skins
JWard off rheumatism.
A carrier pigeon took news out of
the besieged city of Przemysl in Ga
licia to Vienna.
Marquis, dispatch dog of the Twen
ty-third French infantry, has been men
tioned iu the orders of the day. He
jwas sent with an important dispatch
through a fire zone too hot for a man
to attempt at the battle of Sarrebourg.
and delivered it, but he was so badly
Wounded he dropped dead as he reach
ed his Journey's end.
A Belgian farmer killed his last pig
just before the Germans reached his
farm. To save it he tucked the car
enss in his bed, placed lighted candles
near the sheeted form and was pray
ing when a German soldier entered.
Thinking they were in a chamber of
death, the Germans withdrew and the
farmer enjoyed his pork in peace.
His Credit.
"Is his credit good?" "nts credit
has never been questioned—nor test
ed."—Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Good Advice.
Lord Kitchener's answer to tb
young reporter who asked him for he
autograph is wholesome advice for a!
autograph hunters, "Young man, £•
and make your own autograph worth
having."—Youth's Companion.
Upsetting His Theory.
"The heavy explosions of a battle al
ways cause rain. It rained after Wa
terloo; it rained after Fontenoy; ii
rained after Marathon."
"But Marathon was fought with
■pears and arrows, my dear."
There you go. Always throwim
m* water on anything I have to say.'
—Louisville Courier-Journal.
Washington's Farewell Address.
Against the insidious wiles of foreign
Influence. I conjure you to believe me.
fellow citizens, the jealousy of a free
people to constantly awake, since
tory and experience prove that for
i Influence is one of the most bane
foes of republican government Eu
i has a set of primary interests
eh to us have none or a remote re
on. Hence she must be engaged in
frequent controversies, the causes of
which are essentially foreign to our
concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be
unwise in us to implicate ourselves by
artificial ties in the ordinary vicissi
tudes of her politics or the ordinary
combinations and collusions of her
American Restaurants.
What disconcerts the European in the
great American restaurant is the ex
cessive, the occasional maddening slow
ness of the sendee and the lack of in
terest in the service. Touching the lat
ter defect, the waiter is not Impolite;
he is not neglectful. But he is too often
passively hostile, or at best neutral
He. or his chief, hns apparently not
grasped the fact that buying a meal ia
not like buying a ton of coal. If the pur
chaser is to get value for his money h*
must enjoy his meal, and if be is to en
joy his meal it must not merely be effi
ciently served, but it must be efficient
Iv served in a sympathetic atmosphere.
The supreme business of a good waiter
is to create this atmosphere. True, that
even in the country which has carried
cookery and restaurants to loftier
heights than any other—l mean, of
course. Belgium, the little country of
little restaurants—the subtle ether
which the truly civilized diner demands
Is rare enough. But in the great res
taurants of the great cities of America ,
It is, I fancy, rarer than anywhere else.
—Arnold Bennett in Harper's Maga
zine.
His Unlucky Day.
Even the least superstitious are often
struck by the misfortunes which at
tend some persoi on certain dates. A
large firm in the city has in its em
ploy a living instance of the fact. On
June 12 an employee lost his left arm
by coming in contact with machinery
The accident disabled him for his then
employment, and be was given that
of ft messenger. On another June 12
he was run over in the Strand while
on an errand. Result, a broken leg
The next accident was a fall on the !
stairs in the firm's buildings—again j
June 12—the right arm broken this
time. The fourth mishap on another
anniversary broke three ribs. The
firm took the case into consideration
and Issued an order that in future the
employee was to take a holiday on
that an order with which he has
now complied for several years.—Lon
don Tit-Bits.
Helping the Poet.
Longfellow, the great poet, was not
ed for his fondness for children, and
this extended to all little folks, wheth
er of his family or not. There was om
little boy of whom he was very fond
and who came often to see him. One
day the child looked earnestly at the
long row of books in the library and
at length asked. "Have you 'Jack
the Giant Killer?*" Longfellow was
obliged to confess that his great library
did not contain that venerated volume.
The little fellow looked very sorry and
presently slipped down from the poet's
knee and went away. But the next
morning Longfellow saw him coming
up the walk with something tightly
clasped in his little fists. The child
had brought 2 cents with which Long
fellow was to buy a "Jack the Giant ■,
Killer" of his own.
Napoleon and Tobacco.
Napoleon, who tried to smoke once
and then with dire results, instituted
the French tobacco monopoly, which
the German government now proposes
to adopt so far as cigarettes are con
cerned. At a court function held early
in 1810 the emperor remarked a lady
wearing jewels of such magnificence
that he inquired how her husband
made his money. "He is a tobacco
merchant." was the reply, which led
him to seek further information as to
such a profitable business. Before the
year expired Napoleon issued a decree
restricting the sale and manufacture
of tobacco exclusively to the state. It
has remained a monopoly ever since
and for many years past has brought
in an annual revenue of over $80,000,*
000. I
Dog Spooks.
The phantom dog specter was one of
the hardest of old English supersti
tions. Almost every county had its
black dog which haunted its lonely
spots and was the dread of every na
tive. Most of them were regarded as
devils, but some were held to be the
spirits of human beings, transformed
thus as a punishment. Lady Howard,
a Devon notable of the days of James
1., for instance, was said to be com
pelled to haunt Okehampton in the
form of a dog as a punishment for her
cruelty to her daughter.
THE PATRIOT
(fell! ill 0 M Kill log ii.
D. Have you rend the Constitution
,[ the United States?
R. Yes.
D. What form of Government is
his ?
R. Republican.
D. W T hat is the Constitution of the
'nited States?
R. It is the fundamental law of this
ountry.
D. Who makes the laws of the
nited States?
R. The Congress.
D. What does Congress consist of?
R. Senate and House of Representa
ives.
D. Who is the chief executive of the
Jnited States?
R. President.
D. For how long is the President oi
le United States elected?
R. 4 >*ears.
D. Who takes the place of the Presi
nt in case he dies?
R. The Vice President.
0. What is his name ?
R. Thomas R. Marshall.
D. By whom is the I Resident of the
"nited States elected?
R. By the electors.
D. By whom are the electors
lected?
R. By the people.
D. Who makes the li.ws for the
State of Pennsylvania?
R. The Legislature.
D. W r hat does the Legislature con
sist of?
R. Senate and Assemblv.
D. How many States in the Union?
R. 48.
D. When was the Declaration of
ndependence signed?
R. July 4, 1776.
D. By whom was it written?
R. Thomas Jefferson.
D. Which is the capital of the
Jnited States?
R. Washington.
D. Which is the Capital of the State
>f Pennsylvania?
&. Harrisburg.
D. How many Senators has each
itate in the United States Senate?
R. Two.
D. By whom are they elected?
R. By the people.
D. For how long?
R. 6 years.
Edison and the Bee.
It is recorded that Thomas A. Edison,
after watching the tremendous energy
of a busy and noisy little bee, re
marked:
"A real plane, a heavier than air
machine of great weight, can be buiK
as soon as we obtain something that
beats the air at the rate of 200 time*
a second. That bee weighed 7,000
times more than his wings. If we
can only get to that, get to that—the
greatest thing for the smallest wing
that is the thing. The bee's wings
beat the air 300 times a second."
Some Loud Noises Cannot Be Heardb
Experimenters in vibration have
found that no sound, no matter how
loud it may be, can be heard unless it
lasts longer than one-fortieth of a sec
ond. They have found that both the
number of vibrations and the duration
of sound influence its audibility, prob
ably the latter more than the former.
This means that there are untold num
bers of piercing sounds with Infinites
imal vibrations and short duration oc
curring every moment about us. For
tunately we are unable to hear them,
else we should be driven crazy in a
short time. The ear apparatus is so
constructed that it records only those
sennds that last one-fortieth of a sec
ond or over.—Chicago Tribune.
Realism.
A certain fiction writer applied to a
friend, an interne In a hospital, for
some local color for a tale he had
based upon an occurrence in such an
; institution.
The Interne couldn't think of any
thing ef moment, but the writer jog
ged his memory thus:
"Surely you know of some realistic
bit here that I could use."
"I have It!" suddenly exclaimed the
interne.
"Yes," eagerly came from the writer. 1
"Here is realism with a vengeance,"
said the youthful interne. "One of our
patients walked in his sleep because he
dreamed he had no car fare."—New
York Globe.
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A Summer of Haze.
Europe and Asia were covered by
fog during the summer of 1783. Says
Gilbert White Getter 109): "The sum
mer of the year 1783 was an amazing
and a portentous one, • * • for, be
sides the alarming meteors and tre
mendous thunderstorms, * * * the
peculiar haze or smoky fog that pre
vailed for many weeks in this island
(Sngland) and in every pert of Europe
and even beyond its limits was a most
extraordinary appearance. The heat
was intense. Calabria and part of the
isle of Sicily were torn and convulsed
with earthquakes." Cowper also re
fute to this phenomenon in speaking of
ure, with a dim and sickly eye."
here" 0 " re P resent v<Hl ar .
R. According to the population on.
o eAery 30,000.
p- f or how lor -r are they elected?
2 years.
H How many electoral votes has
v ate of Pennsylvania*
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LV HE CHIEF ecutiv. of
the State of Pennsylvania*
R. The Governor.
D. For how long i, he elected?
R. 4 years.
D. Who is the Governor*
R. Tener.
D. Do you believe in organized gov
ernment ?
R. Yes.
D. Are you opposed to organized
overnment?
R. No.
D. Are you an anarchist?
R. No.
D. What is an anarchist?
R. A person who does not believe ift
organized government.
D. Are you a bigamist or poliga
mist?
R. No.
D. What is a bigamist or poliga
mist?
R. One who believes in having mors
than one wife.
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D. Do you belong to any secret So- .
ciety who teach to disbelieve in or
ganized government?
R. No.
D. Have you ever violated any lawa
of the United States ?
s R. No.
f D. Who makes the ordinances for
the City?
R. The Board of Aldermen.
D. Do you intend to remain per
mar.nutly i n the U. S.?
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A NO VISITS BY WOMEN.
German Commander Says Prisoners'
Camps Are Not Fanily Rendezvous.
Freiberr von Bissing, acting com
manding general of the Seventh army
: [ corps, has issued the following procla
mation forbidding German prisoners'
i , camps to German women:
1 "Women might as well save them
selves the trouble of asking permis
sion to enter the prisoners' camps even
though their husbands are on military
duty there. Women have no business
in prisoners' camps. Such places are
no family rendezvous. Also visits in
barracks, training camps or drill
grounds cannot be permitted to the
women, not even oa Sundays. The in
terest of the military service knows no
considerations of feelings and senti
mentalities.
"This may not seem very polite to
the women, but they should be glad
, that it is this war service which pro
tects their home and which keeps the
misery of war from Germany. So,
women, stay at home!"
AT 89 HE'LL QUIT TOBACCO.
Vermont's Oldest Living Ex-Governor
Also to Give Up Bridge.
Vermont's oldest living ex-governor.
John W. Stewart, ohperved his eighty
ninth birthday quietly. When asked
| if he had any message for his friends
Mr. Stewart said:
"Tell them that I practiced law for
fifty years, and then I took up bridge
whist playing. I am probably the
poorest player in the world and may
for this reason go back to the practice
of law."
He also announced that after having
smoked robacco for seventy years he
intends to give up the habit
Fort Sumter.
Far four years Fort Sumter, in
i Charleston harbor, resisted every at
tempt at its capture. For 280 days the
fert was actually under fire. "The du
ration of the three principal and eight
minor bombardments was altogether
157 days and 110 nights. The total
weight of metal thrown against the
fort from land and sea aggregated 3,500
tons, and of this great mass the fort
was actually struck by 2,400 tons. The
number of projectiles fired against the
fort was 40,058.—Philadelphia Ledger.
The Word Magnet.
Magnet is derived from the name of
the city of Magnesia, in Asia Minor,
where the properties of the lodestone
are said to have been discovered. It
has, however, been asserted that the
name comes from Magnes, the name
of a shepherd who discovered magnetic
power by being held on Mount Ida. in
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