2 GERMAN WOUNDED IN KARLSRUHE HOS PITAL. n ill I I I \*■ ■ i photo by American Press Association. Rhode island's Capitals. Rhode Island adopted a constitution In 1842, which named five capitals tor the state, designating Newport, South Kingston. Bristol. East Greenwich and Providence ns the places for successive honor In 1554 an amendment restrict ed tlie meeting places of the general assembly or legislature to two places- Newport and Providence, in 1900 Providence became the only seat of the legislature. K*- " i The Boy's Idea. "Pa?" "Yep " "1 don't see why the men who wrote the rules of grammar didn't make 'I done and 'has went' proper. It's easiei to say It that way." Detroit Free Press. Soldering Aluminium. When holes appear in aluminium utensils it is not necessary to discard the dishes as no longer useful, for by a simple method tlsey can be made to take solder. Insert a brass or copper rivet In the hole, flatten both ends and then solder over both the inside an the outside surfaces iu the usual mar ner. If you wish to solder a piece t a sound part of the utensil use a shn awl to punch holes for holding spots copper or brass. If the aluminium very thick cut the holes with a sin drill held in a carpenter's bit bra< - Fort So rot ar. For four years Fort Sumter, in Charleston harbor, resisted every at tempt at its capture. For 2SO days the fort 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. 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 1753 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 (England) and in every part 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 feat to this phenomenon In speaking of "nature, with a dim and sickly eye." Capitals and Armies. Twice the United States has lost its capital to a foreign foe, but neither time did It produce much effect upon the war. The first time was when Howe's redcoats swept into Philadel phia after the battle of Brandywine. The other occasion was when anoth er British army seized and burned Washington. What Howe needed to end the war in 1777 was not Philadel phia, but Washington's army, and that he didn't get. A country's army is worth a dozen capitals. The British captured America's three largest cit ies, Boston, New York and Philadel phia, but that availed them little in the long run.—Philadelphia Ledger. Seem to Like It. ' The more trouble some people have the more they want to borrow.—Phil adelphia Record. GERMAN SOLDIERS IN CAMP NEAR VERDUN. JPhoto by American, Press Association, c--- * C Laughed and Won. When the British were storming Badajoz the Duke of Wellington rode up and. observing an artilleryman par ticularly active, inquired the man's name. lie was answered "Taylor." "A very good name too," said the duke. "Cheer up. my men! Our Tay lor will soon make a pair of breaches in the walls!" At this sally the men forgot their danger, a burst of laughter broke from them and the next charge carried the fortress. —London A us wers. rcatz tat Store Stock. August Schmidt was acquitted at Greensburg, Pa., of embezzlement. Blame for the $2,460 shortage ot goods in the store of which he was manager in Monessen, was fixed on the hordes of rats that infest the build ing, according to a half dozen wit nesses. The rodents killed twenty seven cats and a weasel, bought to ex terminate them. Clerks in the store testified that a half crate of eggs would be destroyed in a night and that seven teen barrels of flour had been eaten by the rats in a short time. President Will Not Take Gtump. President Wilson announces that lie will make no speaking tour during the campaign. He believes his duty is at Washington. 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. "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. Some Loud Noises Cannot Bo Heard. Experimenters in vibration have fouud 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 sounds that last one-fortieth of a sec ond or over.—Chicago Tribune. A Curious Superstition. Many Greeks firmly believe to this day in a curious heathen notion, which holds that the fate of every child is controlled entirely by three mysterious •pirits, who are spoken of collectively as the "moral." These three "fates" are supposed to be invisible women, who come on a visit of inspection shortly after the birth of each child. They always come after sundown, says the superstition, and the Greek parents when a newly born baby is in the house and a visit from the "moral" is expected carefully leave the door open end lay a feast and money offerings all ready for the "fates" when they should arrive. The Periscope Permit me to Introduce rnvst the public generally Modest mi tiring both by nature and I have hitherto refrained from on lng myself opon the attention >? multitude. My name Is Periscope My prm object in life ts to rise to even n sary occasion. When tills dem. my more or less immediate preson occupy myself by holding up tin ror. not to nature, but to tin* Like an occasional idea which reu.i superfluous old systems ot philosoj I have come to render superfluous entire cycle of inventions 'am last triumph of mind over matter reflect, and a thousand men go d<e to their fate. Within the blue zone my horizon, subject to my orders. di the angel of death I am the naval eye thai pur tn naught in Dreadnought Life ■ Fires In the Philippines. The fighting of fires in the dry se 6on is a grave problem In the cities a I pueblos of the Philippine Islam House construction is light, the rise being made from nipa palm leaves, r: framework of bamboo and the side*, either nipa or Hawaii— a woven pr> net of certain species of bamboo Wh this material has been exposed conn uously to the sun for several mont' it becomes as Inflammable as tind. Fires that break out tn the nipa di trlcts always gain great headway i< fore any kind of an alarm can be se; in even where there ts a fire depai menL Fires in such districts sprea with great rapidity. Iri thickly popi I lated areas it is not iiDcommon for fire to burn several hundred houses h* fore It la stopped. An Old Larch Tree. Italy can l>oast of a larch tree the age of which Is estimated to be 2.00b years. It is situated ou the northern flank of Mont Cbetip in the direction of the huts of. Plan Venl, above Cour mayeur, a few steps from the footpath that skirts the limits of the meadow land. Due allowance being made for the extreme slowness with which the larch grows, for the altitude above sea level (1.650 meters) at which it is root ed and for its northerly exposure in the near neighborhood of the glacier, where the cycle of its development is barely five months every year, this venerable larch, untouched alike by woodman's ax and thunderbolt, cannot be less than 2,000 years old.—Scots man. Curious Laws In India. Some of the old laws of Nepal. India, were curious. Killing cows ranked with murder as a capital offense, for in stance. Every girl at birth was mar ried with great ceremony to a betel fruit which was then cast into asa | ered stream. As the fate of the frail I was uncertain, the girl was supposed j never to become a widow. To obtain | divorce from a husband a wife had 1 only to place a betel nut under his pil low and depart In Nepal the day is considered to be gin when it is light enough to count I the tiles on the roof or distinguish the hairs on a man's hand against the sky. —Exchange. More Than One Trafalgar Square. The Scotland Yard examination which would be taxicnb drivers have to undergo in the knowledge of London Is no mere matter of form. "If," asked the inquisitor recently of a candidate. | "a fare hails you in Trafalgar square and asks to be driven to Trafalgar square, what would you do?" "I should drive him around a bit and drop him on the other side of the square." re plied the candidate. And he was turn ed down, for be did not know that London has three Trafalgar squares besides the finest site in Europe—one In ! Camberwell, another in Chelsea and still another one in Stepney.—London Chrssicie. Pretty Weary. Weary flying under apple tree)— Say, mister, kin I have one of dem apples? , Farmer—Why. them apples won't be I ripe for four months yit Weary—Oh. dat's all right. I ain't in no hurry. IU wait—Life. Bullet Wounds. The entrance wound caused by the modern small arm bullet is not n grewsome spectacle. It is small, and its appearance has been compared te that produced by the bite of a certain parasite insect. Often there is but little external bleeding, but this is nol to be taken as a danger signal, at might be popularly supposed.—Londot Telegraph. M!S U-.,.. ■ _ IJ —• _ . . " ~ I" . ""E l * KIBK FOR THE "IVuTRIOr.. *2 00 PEE SEAS Times. IP AT THE PANAMA-PACIFIC EXPOSITION. Sj This handsome structure wil Got All Ho Asked For. Another "meanest man" has been found. He lives in the city and con ducts a thriving business. The other day a seedy individual approached him and said: "Say, mister, I'm hungry and would like to get a nickel to get a cup of coffee and a roll. I have four pen nies and only need one more. Please give me a penny." The man after searching himself said: "I haven't got a penny. All I have is a nickel. Give me your four cents in change, and I will give you i the nickel." The beggar requests that his name be not mentioned in connection with the item. —Cincinnati Enquirer. ___—__ - j Quickly Relieved. Little Hannah had been left in the j library one morning and shortly after } i she came running to her mother. "Mother," she asked, "that ink that father writes with isn't indelible ink, j is it?' "No, dear," was the reply. "Oh, I'm so glad of that." cried the child. "Why, dear?" queried the mother. "Why," said Hannah, "I've spilt it all over the library rug."—Boston Her ! aid. The Egyptian Lotus. The lotus figures to a very great ex tent in ancient Egyptian sculpture, though the flower is often crude and difficult to make out The fruit of the I Egyptian lotus was forbidden as food j to disciples of Pythagoras. The lotu> ' was dedicated to the goddess of fe cundity, Isis, and buds are said to have been found in the tombs of ancient Egyptian kings. Egyptologists have deckled that the lotus of Egypt wa the common white water lily of the Nile and not the true sacred aelumbo cf the far east To the Wholesaler. In placing INDIANA MACARONI. on the market we are con at the quality of our product will create a big demand Our s equipped with the most modern machinery, and cur Giammerini has expert knowledge and experience in Macar don. To the retailer. If you are unable to procure INDIANA MACARONI f '' p olesaler, or if we have no representative in your town, wr*'/ we will refer } T our name and address to your nearest wholesale desire a special kind of Macaroni, we can supply you. It wf < to stock the highest grades. If our product is given an opp*,' we are convinced that your costumers will always ask foi A MACARONI. To the Consumer. INDIANA MACARONI is made in the same way as the ge ltalian Macaroni. Macaroni, like bread, is best when fresh, and rse being made in Western Pennsylvania, you cau buy INDIANA ONI when only a few days old. i you want absolutely the highest quality, ask for INDIANA MA i. be devoted to the press at the big sho ----** • • —— * - - - - - j The Women of Belgium. No one can travel in Belgium with out being struck by the extraordinary activity and prominence of the women. Over the doors of shops of all descrip tions the name of the owner or owners is frequently followed by "Sisters" or "Widow." You find them proprietors of hotels and restaurants. They are of ten custodians of the churches. They are employed to tow the boats along the canal banks. They cut up the meat in the butchers' shops, and they are even to be noticed shoeing horses at the forge.—Liverpool Mercury. A Great War "Scoop." Days have changed for the war cor respondent since Archibald Forbes was praised in the house of lords by Lord Salisbury and received by Queen Vic toria at Buckingham palace in reecg> nition of his exploits as a news gather er during the Russo-Turkish war of 1877.. Forbes' greatest exploit was his ride from Shipka pass to the nearest telegraph station at Bukharest and his reception en route by the czar, to whom be was the first to communicate news of the Russian victory, the for- ' mer trooper of the Royals having out distanced not only all rival correspond ents, but the official messengers as well.—London Mail. An Ungallant Rascal. "I suppose." said the angular spin ster, "that you never had a romance?' "Dat's where youse is wrong." re plied the unlaundered hobo. "I wnnst had a sweetheart wot wuz a dead ringer fer youse." "And did she die?" asked the angu lar spinster as she helped him to an other hunk of pie. "No, ma'am," answered the hobo. "When leap year come round she asked me t' marry her—an' I run away from homo."—Chicago News. - . ■ - ■ - v in San Francisco this year. Last Wish of a Poet. 1 wish to lie on the north side of the churchyard about the middle of the ground, where the morning and evening sun can linger the longest on my grave. I wish to have a rough, nnbewn stone, something in the form of a milestone, so that the playing boys may not break it in their heedless pas times, with nothing more on it than this inscription: "Here rest the hopes and ashes of John Clare." I desire that no date be Inscribed thereon, as 1 wish it to live or die with my poems and other writings, which, if they have merit, with posterity tt will, and st they have not it is not worth preserv ing.—John Clare, 18G4. Wallack on the Ballet. The late Lester Wallack once told a story of his still more famous father, James W., that as either an actor or a manager he could never tolerate the ballet One day there came to him a friend, a man about town, who said, "My dear Wallack, it is very curious that you do not see the beauties of imagination shown by the poses of the ballet" Go ing on in this strain, the visitor at last wore out the patience of the actor manager, who replied: "Look here, it is bad enough to stand' these absurdities in an opera; but though I can comprehend people sing ing their Joys, I am hanged if I can their dancing their griefs." AFFLICTIONS. Afflictions seat by Providence melt the constancy <jf the noble minded, but confirm the obduracy of the vile. The same furnace that hardens clay liquefies gold, and in the strong manifestations of Divine pow er Pharaoh found his punishment, bat David fits pardon--—Cetan. 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