2 OUR FIRST ELECTION.
Methods In the Days When Washing
ton Was Chosen President.
At the first national election at which
General Washington was chosen presi
dent only eleven of the thirteen states
voted. North Carolina and Rhode Is
land not yet having entered the Union,
and in only three—Pennsylvania. Mary
land and Virginia —were popular elec
tions held, in the other eight states
the legislatures chose the electors. New
York did not choose electors because
of a feud between the anti Federalist
house and the Federalist senate.
One exciting incident was caused b.\
the fear on the part of Alexander Ham
ilton that John Adams, who was on
the ticket for vice president with
Washington, was plotting to tie the
vote, and thus by throwing the etec
tion into the national house of repre
fientetives defeat the Father of Hia
Country for president. So real was
this fear in Hamilton that he dis
patched messengers on horses to Vir
ginia. Connecticut and New Jersey to
stampede the legislature of the latter
two states to Washington.
So long did it take to gather news
that Washington was actually iuaugu
- rated president before some of the
remote counties in Virginia had sent
in their returns. In this first election
there was only one ticket and there
was no campaigning. There were only
about 3.000.000 inhabitants in the conn
trj' at that time, and the whole cost
of setting up the machinery of this
presidental election is estimated at less
than $lOO,OOO.- Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The Spinster's Hint.
A maiden well advanced in years
used to wait every morning for the
postman, a bachelor of about her age.
and ask him if there were not a letter
for her. Several weeks passed thus,
but the anxiously expected letter did
not arrive. Finally one morning the
postman said her:
"Well, tomorrow you shall get your
letter if I have to write it myself."
"That's right: do it." replied the old
maid. "I shall be delighted to ac
cept it."
"Well," said the postman, smiliog.
"what do you want me to write—a
business letter or a love letter?"
"If you mean business, please write
a love letter!" was her blushing reply.
—London Scraps.
Ownership of the Air.
Our ancestors must have foreseen
the aeroplane or they would not have
embodied in the law the principle that
he who owns the land owns the col
umn of air above "usque ad coelum."
or up to the skies. This can be traced
back as far as the reign of Edward 1.,
and from this time every authority to
the present court of appeal has em
phasized the right of every citizen not
only to be king of his own castle, but
of the sky above it.— London Chronicle.
Too Deep For Him.
A Britisher was announcing his
views on things in general and sum
med up his own position by the state
ment. "Well. I've seen life." "But,"
said his American friend, "one of your
own bright poets has said. 'Life's a
joke.' " The Britisher is still exploring
the remark.—New Yoik Times.
Consistent.
She —This wait between the acts
seems to me to be dreadfully long. He
—Yes. You see. twenty years are sup
posed to elapse, and the management
is simply trying to make the effect as
realistic as possible.—Kichmond Times
Dispatch.
BREVITY OF ENGLISH.
Its Advantage In This Respect Over
French and German.
In an international report, printed in
parallel columns in French, German
and English, the three versions being
(exact translations of each other, the
English report invariably finished first;
eoinetimes it won by a whole page. As
a rule, the French report was the most
diffuse.
i This brevity of English is partly ex
plained by the fact that English is
made up to an extraordinary extent of
(words of oue syllable. Its nouns hav
ing (unlike the German) lost all their
Inflections except the possessive "s,"
have become mere roots, a very large
proportion of them monosyllabic. In
Germany a monosyllabic root practi
cally always gets an extra syllable
tacked on byway of case ending. In
tho second place English has little of
the elaborate and explicit machinery of
structure that French has. so it saves
space in prepositions and such para
phernalia. Instead. English has what
the grammarians call incipient agglu
tination—that is. sticking words to
gether in groups without either prepo
sitions or ease endings to connect them.
| An example of the former kind of
brevity is a word like "earthquake,"
swo syllables, compared with the Ger
man "erdbebeu," three syllables, and
the French "tremblement de terre,"
five syllables. An example of the
terseness of English would be a phrase
like. "I have been to the house and
fcave now come back;" every word a
(Single syllable. In a telegram this i
(would be just as intelligible in the form
f'Beea house now back." Y'ou cannot
Carry that sort of thing far in any
other European language— Manchester
IGuardian.
r Always Apprehensive.
I "My wife gets nothing but apprehen
sion out of life."
[ "How so?"
J "She's afraid of cows in the country
and automobiles in town."— Kansas
pity Journal.
CENTENARY OF BISMARCK.
One hundred years ago, April 1, 1815. the Iron Chancellor, who created the
German emoire. was born. He died in 1898.
BEATTY, ENGLAND'S NAVAL HERO.
="" Tariffs "
Photo by American Press Association.
Rear Admiral Sir David Beatty, commander of the battle cruiser squad
ron of the British North sea fleet, attending funeral of English sailors. Captain
Kelly of his majesty's ship Tiger is at his left.
COST $lO, NOW WORTH $lO,OOO.
Photo by American Press Association.
Matford Vick. wire haired fox terrier, awarded first prize at the Westmin
ster Kennel club dog show in New York.
Falling (Jp Out of a Balloon.
If a man falls out of a rising aero
plane or balloon he will not go toward
the earth, but will continue rising Into
the air for an appreciable time, if tin
air machine were stopped in its ascent
at the time it could catch the man
as be came down. If the airship wen
ascending at tbe rate of thirty two feet
a second tbe man would rise sixteen
feet before beginning to fall toward
the earth. Thus, by reducing the speed
of its ascent, the vessel might keep by
the side of the man and rescue hira.
The reason why the man rises is the
same as the reason for a bullet's rising
when shot from a gun into the air
both the man and the bullet are given
a velocity upward, and it takes some
time for gravity to negative that
velocity.—Glasgow News.
A Demonstration.
"I distinctly saw you with a police
man's arms around you."
"Oh, yes, mum! Wasn't it nice of
him? He was showin' me bow to bold
a burglar if I found one in tha house."
-Life.
A Troublemaker.
"Why did you tell my wife that be
fore I met her I promised to love you
forever?"
"Well, didn't you?"
"Sure I did, but that's no kind of
conversation to go to a man's wife
with."—Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Fulfilled.
Mrs. Gnaggs—Before we were mar
ried you used to say you could listen to
my sweet voice all night. Mr. Gnaggs
—Well, at that time I bad no idea I'd
ever have to do it.—Judge.
Not a Bout Winner.
Tramp—Once I was well known as a
wrestler, mum. Lady—And do you
wrestle now? Tramp—Only wid pov
erty. mum.—New Orleans Times-Pica
yune.
Comparison more than reality makes
men happy and can make them
Wretched.—Feitha®.
The Patiwt.
SKIN OF THE FRUIT.
it Is Wise Not to Eat Apples or Pears
Without Peeling Them.
Some people say that an apple does
not taste right when the skin Is re
moved. Some even go so far us to sa*
there is danger in eating fruit that lias
come in contact with the steel of the
paring knife, as the at id in the fruit is
apt to produce some poison when il
-vmos in contact with the metal. But
.vhether these things are true or not.
there is still greater danger in eating
apples without landing them.
The skin or tlie apple has always
been mure or less infested with gertt
of different types, and now our moo
era methods of fighting insects b;
•praying the trees arc liable to ieav
poisonous deposits ou it which will du
our stomachs serious harm.
Arsenate of lead, nine and sulphur
wash and a number uf other spraying
compounds used H* fruit growers ha VH
beeu found to remain in considerable
quantities on the <k:u of apples aim
peurs until ripe and placed on the mar
ket. The action ot such chemicals
up JO the tissues ot tile human bod.*
is very injurious
Spraying the trees is giving us more
perfect fruit and getting the grower
better prices, bill it you value your
health you should never eat apples or
pears without tirst removing the peels
| —New York American.
Fine Language.
As a rule the educated native of
West Africa, like his Indian brother,
loves high flown language. A clerk
some time ago sent a report complain
ing that the carbines of the police at
his station often misfired. This is
how he put it: "It is ridiculous to re
port that the firearms of the police
when pointed at the firmament refuse
to give explosive sound."—London Sat
urday Review.
Of the Past.
Geologists say that several species
of man have entirely disappeared from
the earth. Doubtless these last spe
| cies include the nice old gentleman
who used to pull off his boots of an
evening with the help of the bootjack
—Chicago News.
The Fourth Estate.
The expression "fourth estate" was
first used by Thomas Carlyle and was
applied to the editors during the period
of the French revolution.
Impudent.
Registrar—How old are von. madam
She—l' ve seen nineteen summers, si:
Registrar How long ha ve V ou bee
blind?- Brooklyn Eagle
Napoleon as an Editor.
The Almttuach de Got ha was alread*
of sufficient importance over a cent nr.*
ago to prompt a dispatch from Napo
' leon. On Oct. 20. 1807. he wrote to
Champagny. his foreign minister, com
plaining that "the latest edition of the
Almanac!) de Gotha is full of errors,
no account having been taken of the
changes wrought by me in Germany
Tell the minister from Gotha to call
on you and inform him that this must
be set right in the forthcoming edition
Insist on seeing the section devoted to
Germany before the edition is pub
lished."
One of Many.
"What kind of work could you pos
slbly do around an office?"
"I'm a kind o' all around handy man,
mister. I kiu hold a door open, light a
match for ye. look out an' see if it's
rainin', call a taxi, drop letters down
the chute an" tell folks yer out when
ye ain't."—Life.
Tried It on the Postman.
A young business woman on her
way to the ear. at closing time, stopped
at the box to mail a letter. Just as
she was about to drop tne letter in
the box the collector arrived and.
reaching for it. said. "I'll take it."
Tbe young woman looked at him a
moment and handed him the tetter,
with the remark. "Now. don't forget to
put that in the postoffiee."
The collector looked at her in dis
gust and said nothing.
"He never saw the joke." the young
woman said after she had told the
story of the incident "I suppose he
has no women folk in his family who
know that the letters they intrust to
the men are carried around in their
pockets for days before they are mail
ed."—Columbus Dispatch.
A CHECK FOR $49,098,000.
Pennsylvania Railroad Gets Largest
Warrant on Record.
One check for $49,098,000 was re
ceived by the Pennsylvania railroad
from Kuhn, Loeb & Co. in settlement
of the bond purchase recently made
by that banking firm. Two Pennsyl
vania officials—one of whom was J. F.
Fahnestock, treasurer—came over from
Philadelphia to get the check, which
was the largest ever drawn in a simi
lar operation.
It was stated that the money would
be deposited in various banks, so that
Philadelphia subscribers or particl
pants in tbe underwriting could pay
their commitments in New York funds
without any disturbance in the money
market.
The check was for $40,098,000, being
par and accrued interest for the bonds
recently purchased. Under the Pennsyl
vania's agreement with its bankers the
company was to share in any profit
made by the underwriting syndicate
over 2H per cent It was stated that
the Pennsylvania would share in be
tween $200,000 and $250.000 profits.
BERLIN TO NAME
TERHSJF PEACE
Rspo.t Says Chancelhr Will
Inform Rsiclistag
SIXTY SHIPS AT DARDANELLES
Turkish Forts Are Eeir.g Hammered
Constantiy by Big Guns British
Admiralty Announces That Three
Shipping Vessels Have Deen Tor
pedoed by German Submarines With
Loss of Thirty-seven Men.
London, March 10. — rpb ") Daily Tele
graph's Pans correspondent tays he
learns that Dr. von Bemmanu-lIoJ
weg, the norma* c^uueeiioi*.
will make a statement in me
tag setting forth the terms on waich
Germany is willing to ma..e peace.
According to an oiiu.ai nUuemeni
by the British adimra ty mree British
merchant vessels have been sunk by
| German submarines tills week.
One off Liverpool, a second off Scar
borough and one off Hastings. Thirty
eeven men out of a crew of tnirty
eight are believed to i.ave been lost
on on*; vessel while ail on board the
others were sieved. The admiralty an
nouncement follows;
"The British steamship Tangistan,
3,738 tons, was sunk by a torpedo off
Scarborough. The vessel had a crew
of thirty-eight of whom only one wa o
saved so far as is known at present.
"The steamship Blackwood, 1,230
tons, was sunk without warning by a
submarine off Hastings. The crew of
seventeen men was saved.
"The British steamship Princes..
Victoria, 1.J.08 tons, was sunk without
warning by a submarine off Liverpool.
The crew of twenty-four men was
I saved."
The admiralty in another statement
answered Turkish and German claims
that several of the ships in the Anglo-
French fleet at the Dardanelles had
been badly damaged and that severe
losses had been inflicted upon the
attacking force by a statement which
says that up to March 4 23 men had
been killed, 28 wounded and 3 more
missing, most of these being marines.
Former Premier and Leader
of War Parly In Greece
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Photo bv American Press Association.
ELEUTHERIOS VENIZELOS.
Extravagance.
Extravagance in thought is as bad u>
extravagance in living expenses.—F
W. Howe's Monthly.
Aye, There's the Rub.
If we had to turn our own grind
stones we wouldn't have so many axe
to grind.—Cincinnati Enunirer
YANKEES ARE IMPORTED
England's Shipbuilding Centers Now
Employ American Workers.
London, March 10. —"Perhaps one
of the most interesting events in con
nection with the present labor
troubles in the United Kingdom is the
importation of artisans from the Unit
ed States to the Clyde and other dis
tricts," says the editor of the Ship
ping World. "This is very unusual,"
he continues.
"The coming of workers, excellent
workers as they are reported to be,
from the centers of America to our
own manufacturing areas will afford
opportunities to read, mark and in
wardly digest certain phases of Brit
ish-American industrial work.
"We venture to suggest that our
American cousins now engaged on
the Clyde will discover that while
their wages by the day and their
earnings at piecework may be better
In dollars and cents at home, they
are higher o* the Clyde and the Tyne
than on the Delaware and the Hudson
when the purchasing power of those
earnings with respect to food and
other articles are taken Into consider
ation." ~~~— —
English Naval Officer Pro
moted to Admiral
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Photo bv American Press Association.
SIR JOHN JELLICOE
"TAG! YOU'RE IT!"—DEAD.
Girl of Five Expires of Heart Disease
While Romping In Park.
Sophie Bnudy, five years old. played
tag with the big girls in I>e Witt
Clinton park. New York city. She was
"it" for a long time because her short
legs couldn't keep up with the longer
ones of her companions, but sl*e stuck
pluckily to her task and finally tagged
another girl.
This one ran down Sophie's sister,
Theresa, seven, and Theresa started
after Sophie, who was panting from
her previous exertions. The child sjH*d
off again and ran around and around
the park, her sister at her heels.
Finally at a sharp turn Theresa
caught her.
"Tag. you're it!" she cried.
Sophie stumbled aud fell, and tho
others waited for her to get up. When
she did not stir they ran away fright
ened. One of them called Patrolman
Elder of the West Forty-seventh street
station. lie bent over the girl, then
straightened up again quickly, his face
pale.
He called an ambulance from Poly
clinic hospital, and Dr. Morgan, who
was in attendance, said the girl had
died of heart disease.
Sophie lived with her pareuts at 450
East Fifty-first street.
Where Was Wales?
S|>eucer Leigh Hughes. M. P.. tells
of the following amusing experience:
He was otn-e passing the war otiico
building in Whitehall when his com
panion. a Scotchman, pointing to tho
emblematic devices engraved over the
door, indicated the Scotch thistle, the
English lion and the Irish harp.
"Where is the emblem of Wales?" ask
ed Ids friend "Ob." Mr Hughes re
pined. "I expect there Is a leak in
the roof."—London Express.
Badly Scared.
"Were you frightened dining the
storm ?"
"Dear me. yes. The windows were
all open and i was so afraid of the
lightning that 1 didn't even stop to
wake up John. I jumped right up and
closed them myself."—Detroit Free
Press
Prohibitive.
"What's the matter, daugher?"
"Father, I want a duke."
"That can be arranged, ray dear £
was afraid you might want a baseball
pitcher."—Baltimore Sun.
There is no fatigue so wearisome as
that which conies from want of work.
—Spurgeon.
ISOLATED ISLANDS.
Lonely Tristan da Ciinha Gets Outside
News Once In Two Years.
Though scientific progress has made
It possible to do a double journey be
tween England and America In a fort
night. there remain many islands with
which it takes years to communicate.
Off the Scottish coast are the groups
of islands known as the Hebrides. Ork
neys aud Shetlands. Of these the most
Isolated island is St. Klkla, some three
miles long and two mbes broad. The
inhabitants lead lives of great loneli
ness. for it takes a month to get to
the next island, and the sea often
makes any communication with St
Hilda impossible for months.
The group of eight Phoenix islands
In tbe Pacific has a total population of
only 158. while another little bit of
the British empire is Fanning island.
This is a landing place for tbe Pacific
submarine cable, and usually there ar
about 100 people in the place.
Tbe loneliest of all parts of British
territory is the island of Tristan da
Cunha, in the south Atlantic, which
is also the smallest inhabited island
In the empire. It is 1,800 miles from
land, has a population of seventy-four
Scottish Americans, and the inhabit
ants get news of the outer world
usually once every two years.— Londe
Stray Stories.