CLOTHES FOR LONDON'S DESTITUTE.
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These garments were sent from N e\v Zen la ml to be distributed among the war sufferers.
Rhode Island's Capitals.
Rhode Island adopted h constitution
In 1842, which named five capitals tor
the state, designating Newport. South
Kingston. Bristol, East Greenwich and
Providence as the places for successive
honor In 1854 an amendment restrict
ed the meeting places of the general
assembly or legislature to two places—
Newport and Providence. In 11)00
Providence became the only seat of the
legislature.
The Boy's Idea
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"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 tree
Press.
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 recog
nition of his exploits as a news gather
er during the Russo-Turkish war of
1877. Forbes' greatest exploit was his
ride from Sliipka pass to the nearest
telegraph station at Bukharest and his
reception en route by the czar, to
whom he 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.
Relics of the Past.
"I'd like to see a one boss shay," re
marked the city visitor.
"Out of date," said his country host.
"The nearest we can come to it now
Is a one cylinder car."—Pittsburgh
Post.
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This shows the destruction wrought by shells from the 42 centimetf guns used by the Germans. These steel
turrets, surrounded by concrete, were regarded as well nigh Impregnable
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 Brandywiue.
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 anny 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
Jong run.—Philadelphia Ledger.
TURRET OF FORT AT ANTWERP.
TEST OF A TOASTMASTER.
His Speech, Whether It 3c Good or
E*d. Should Ce Very Brief
To the average man an invitation to
"make a feu remarks" a Met dinner La
at once a terror and a secret pride To
be asked to he the toast master at a big
dinner Is usually taken as recognition
®f wit uud knowledge.
The toastmaster's speech should be
very brief. If he Is a good speaker
himself a speech of any considerable
length imposes unfair competition upon
the real speakers, usually visiting
guests, whom he ts to Introduce, if
the toastmaster is a poor speaker he
bores the audience and the waiting
guests as well. And in any event
every minute occupied by the toast
master is a robbery of the time of the
real speakers of the evening, and an
after dinner speaker may have a real
message that needs delivery, and the
long drawn introduction, with side,
lights and anecdotes, will really cheat
the audience of something worth while
The toastmaster has a task of courte
sy—to prepare the diners for the man
who Is to speak, to tame and train the
audience into a proper frarrte of
and to turn it over to the speaker in
formed as to his identity, prejudiced
In his favor a little perhaps, but eer
tainly not in the reaction following a
laugh raised by the toastmaster.—Bos
ton Globe.
Our First Sawmill.
It is said that the first sawmill in
the United States was at Jamestown,
from which sawed boards were ex
ported in June, 1007. A water power
sawmill was in use in 1025 near the
present site of Richmond.
Luck.
Willie —Paw, what is luck?
Paw—Common sense, my son.—Cin
cinnati Enuuirer.
Wallack on ths 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.
Qite day there came to him a friend,
a man about town, who said. "My dear
Waliack, it is very curious that you do
not see the beauties of imagination
shown by the looses 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."
Are Foxes Vegetarian®?
Foxes are not generally accredited
with vegetarian instincts. You never
aee their tracks, as you see those of
rabbits, around a young oak tree shoot
which has been nibbled down to the
tough stem. But Aesop evidently
thought otherwise when he wrote his
fable of the sour grapes, and there is
plenty of testimony that vat
right. Foxes do eat wild grapes •
tazny observers have testified, climb
Ing a considerable way to get them
and probably at times they eat berries
and perhaps apples. I have found their
tracks, at any rate, beneath appir
trees. I have also been confidently as
sured that they eat the persimmons in
Virginia, that the "ol* houn' dawgs'*
now how good this fruit is, too, and if
you wish to find the very best bee tree
take a "dawg" with you. Waltei
Pricbard Eaton in Harper's Magazine.
A Famous Warhorse.
The following inscription marks th<
grave at Strathfieldsaye ®f Wellington's
famous charger, Copenhagen, which
died in 1535 at the ripe old age of twen
ty-seven. This charger was buried with
military honors:
God's humble instrument, though meaner
clay.
Should share the glories of that glorious
day.
Copenhagen, It might be mentioned
was the grandson of the mighty Eclipse,
and Wellington paid £4OO for him. IBs
powers of endurance were marvelous
T rode him," said Wellington, "at the
battle of Waterloo from 4 in the morn
ing until midnight. If he fed it was in
the standing corn and as 1 sat in the
saddle."—London Globe.
Maddening Unanimity.
She (sighingly)—l wish I had been
born a man. He (gloomily)--So do I.—
Philade'phia Ledger.
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 a sa
cred stream. As the fate of the fruit
was uncertain, the girl was supposed
never to become a widow. To obtain
divorce from a husband a wife had
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
the tiles on the roof or distinguish the
hairs on a man's hand against the sky.
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MAY BENONUNION
Owners Favor Breaking OH fil
iations With Organization
"OPEN SHOP"'POLICY LIKEL'
At Today's Session of Operators •
Cleveland Decision of Vital Inter
to Workers In Big Coal Territc
Will Be Made—Union Officials a
M ine Owners Unable to Agree c
Scale After Repeated Conferences
Cleveland, Jan. 0. —A meeting i j
eastern Ohio coal operators will be he
today and the session will be watcliec
. with keen interest by miners in th
ecal territory.
It was learned from an authoritative
source that at the meeting today tht
question whether the mines shall be
operated with union labor or whethei
an "open shop" policy will prevail
would be decided. It will also be de
cided about the eviction of striking
miners who have paid no rent since
last April 1.
An unannounced development in con
nection with the meeting of the oper
ators was a joint conference with Wii
liam Green, international secretary ol
the mine workers' organization, and
John Moore, president of the Ohic
miners' organization. These twe
miners' officials first met all the
operators and then held a conference
with the seven operators who com
posed the operators' representatives,
which resulted in failure to agree on
a wage scale.
After this conference it was said no
agreement was reached. Both the op
erators' and miners' officials remained
firm in their previous demands.
Mr. Green, who was an Ohio state
senator and the author of the Gree~
anti-screen law, said he told the oper
ators that "our honor is at stake be
cause when the miners signed a scale
with other districts now operating in
central and southern Ohio we told the
operators that we would not sign a
lower scale with the eastern Ohio op
erators."
There are 35,000 miners working in
central and southern Ohio on the 47
cents a ton anti-screen basis, Mr.
Green said. The eastern Ohio oper
ators offer 44.61 cents a ton. This was
rejected by 15,000 miners in eastern
Ohio the first of last April and they
have since been on a strike.
MAY POSTPONE PAGEANT
Gold Hill In Movement and Canal la
Likely to Be Blooked.
Washington, Jan. 5. —Possibility of
a postponement of the cruise of the
International fleet from Hampton
to San Francisco through the
Panama canal in connection with the
opening of the canal and the exposi
tion was suggested in the course of a
conference between Secretary Garri
son and Colonel Goethals, governor ot
the canal.
Though the great earth slides at Cu
curacha have apparently been con
quered, according to Colonel Goetlials'
report, the earth movements continue
in the neighborhood of Gold hill.
that point the superincumbent masses
of earth on the side of the canal by
their great pressure are continuously
forcing rock and soil in great quanti
ties in the canal prism. The move
ment Is sufficiently extensive to re
quire the continuous employment of
dredges to maintain the channel.
While this can be done to meet the
needs of the present number and size
of vessels that are applying for pas
sage Colonel Goethals reported that
he could not guarantee that there
would be a channel broad enough and
deep enough for the great dread
naughts which will make up the naval
parade by the date they expected tc
arrive at Cristobal next, spring.
Turkos Taken Prisoners by
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One of Wiison's Opponents
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of Missouri.
5,003,000 WILL DIE
Editor Holt Thinks Cost of War In
Lives Will Be Enormous.
New Y r ork, Jan. 'i. —The way to uni
versal peace, according to Hamilton
Holt, editor and peace advocate, who
was the principal speaker at a dinnei
of the Intercollegiate Socialist society,
la impossible until the world is politi
oftlly organized.
Mr. Holt advocated an immediate
world organization with a view of
drawing up a code of international
rules. He proposed that the United
States and England be the first to ban j
together in the organization and forii
u league of peace, having disarma
ment as its purpose. Every other coun
try in the world would come into the
league and submit to its rules, he said,
If these countries could lead the way.
The cost in lives of the European
war would approach 5,000,000, Mr. Holt
laid. The indirect economic loss was
Incalculable and the moral effect on
the race involved, he said, would
stretch over three or more genera
tions.
VERDICT DOESN'T SATISFY
Shooting of American Duck Hunters
to Be Further Investigated.
Buffalo, N. \\, Jan. —Relatives of
Walter Smith, who was killed by
Canadian militia at Fort Erie, are not
satisfied with the coroner's jury ver
dict of "accidental shooting," and
have taken steps to bring about a
more thorough investigation through
the department of state. Further evi
dence, it was announced, will be taken
before Vice Consul Curtiss at Fort
Erie within a day or two and this re
port will be filed with state depart
ment officials at Washington.
Although the verdict released the
three militiamen as civilians, they are
still detained awaiting the official re
lease from the militia authorities.
Ohio Ministers' Harvest Is Ended.
New Cumberland, W. Va., Jan. i.—
No longer will the wings of Cupid
carry sweethearts into this state for
a license and then sail them merrily
back into Ohio to have the nuptial
knot tied. No longer will the Ohio
ministers reap a harvest in the per
formance of the marriage ceremony.
State officials have notified ministers
and others that the practice—a cus
tom for a long time —is illegal, and
that a license issued in West Virginia
must be used in West Virginia.
Kaiser Says Happy New Year.
Berlin (By Wireless to London),
Jan. . —Emperor William has sent
from the German army headquarters a
message to President Wilson convey
ing his wishes for a happy New Year.
The emperor also expresses his best
wishes for the welfare of the United
States.
Probe of Coal Strike Asked.
Martins Ferry, 0., Jan. L—Congress
man W. B. Francis of this city has re
ceived so many letters from the peo
ple of this section asking him to
make an investigation of the eastern
Ohio mine strike that he has decided
to ask the department of labor to in
vestigate the strike.
Good COOKS In Ocmand.
"I've had my daughters learn to cook
so that they might get better hus
bands."
"And did they?"
"No, they feel above marrying now."
—Boston Transcript.
An Old Larch Tree.
Italy can boast of a larch tree the
age of which is estimated to be 2,000
years. It is situated on the northern
flank of Mont Chetip in the direction
of the huts of Plan Veni, 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 (1,050 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 oicL—fecots
man.
German Commander Who Has
Been Doing Good Work
Photo by American Press Association.
GENERAL VON FRANCOIS.
QUIET DAY IN WASHINGTON
Usual Brilliant Functions Missing on
First of Year.
Washington, Jan. *. —Never in the
social history of Washington has there
been such a quiet New Y'ear's day.
Hardly an army or navy uniform wai
to be seen on the streets while usual
ly the national capital presents a pa*
ticularly festive appearance on the
first day of the year. The only of
ficial affair of the day was the recep
tion of the speaker of the house of
representatives and Mrs. Champ Claris
They held "open house" from 3 until 8
o'clock. All the official world was rep
resented there at some time during
the "open hcrtise" hours.
It has always been the custom on
New Year's day for the secretary ol
state to entertain the entire diplo
matic corps at a midday breakfast, for
the chief of staff of the United States
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
spirits, 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 blrtli 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
rxpected carefully leave the door open
and lay a feast and money offerings
all ready for the "fates" when they
should arrive.
Last Wish or a Poet.
I wish to lie on the north side of
the churchyard about the middle of
lie ground, where the morning and
evening gun can linger the longest on
my owe. I wish to have a rough,
unhewn stone, something in the form
of a milestone, so that the playing I >O3-3
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 I
wish it to live or die with my p •; .<?
and other writings, which, if they h ve
merit, with posterity it will, and
they have not it is not worth preserv
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