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I THE GULFLIGHT, STRUCK
BY GERMAN TORPEDO.
The Gulf lie lit, owned by the Gulf
Refining company of Pittsburgh,
was of S.lOO' gross tonnagef and was
launched in August, 1914, at the
yards of the New York Shipbuilding
company at Camden, N. J. Her
classification in Lloyd's register is
of the highest class. She was 406
feet 6 Inches in length and had a
30 feet 2 inch beam. Her capacity
fully laden is 2,225,000 gallons of oil,
and she has a speed of eleven and
one-half knots.
Photo by American Press Associa
tion.
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Getting Away From Land.
The question has been asked. Is 11
|>ossible to sail 1,000 miles from land?
This can be done at several points. By
leaving San Francisco and sailing
northwestward into the north Pacific
a spot is reached where there is no
land, not even an islet, for 1,000 miles
In any direction. So, too, sailing from
the southern point of Kamchatka
south westward ships reach a point
equally distant from land of any kind,
the nearest to the north being the
Aleutian islands and to the south the
outlying members of the Hawaiian
group. In the southern Indian ocean
It is possible to sail 1.000 miles out
from the southern points of Australia
and New Zealand and still be as far
from any other land, and the same
may be done in a westerly direction
from Cape Horn. Indeed, from this
point a much longer distance might be
reached, for the southern Pacific be
tween the Horn and New Zealand cov
ers a space of 80 degrees of longitude
and 40 of latitude of absolutely un
broken sea, making its central point
over 1,200 miles from anywhere.
Municipal Granaries.
For more than two centuries the au
thorities of London maintained munici
pal granaries, the first one having been
established by Sir Stephen Brown, lord
mayor, in 1438. By means of these
city granaries the authorities held the
*corn badgers" in check and regulated
Hot only the price of corn, but of bread.
•The great fire in London destroyed the
last of these granaries and also the
public mills and ovens in which the
city's grain was ground and baked, and
the system was not thereafter Intro
duced. chiefly because the general laws
against grain speculators were suffi
cient to restrain undue speculation.
Corn markets were held, however, as
late as the beginning of the eighteenth
century at Bear quay, in Thames
street. London, while Queeuhithe was
the chief market for flour and meal,
and later the metropolitan trade cen
tered in the world famous Corn Ex
change In Mark lane. New York
Times.
Consistent.
She This wait between the acts
leerns 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
*alAsfic as possible.— Richmond Times
■patch,
r Runner DuWy Killed In War.
1 Hamilton, OnL, May 1. —The name
of James Duffy, a long-distance nap.
ner, whose home was here, appear
in the list of those killed in tho
Canadian contingent. Duffy gained
fame in the United States by winning
the 1914 American Marathon at Bos
ton.
Woman Dies During Funeral.
Bellefontaine, 0., May 1. —While a
minister was concluding the funeral
(.service of John Miller, aged eighty
one, at Millerstown, Mrs. Miller died
In a room adjoining where the coffin
;was.
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D. Have you read the Consti
tution of the United States?
R. Yes.
D. "What form of Government
is this?
R. Republic.
D. What is the Constitution of
the United States?
R. It is the fundamental law of
this country.
D. Who makes the laws of the
United States?
R. The Congress.
D. What does Congress consist
of?
R. Senate and House of Rep
resentatives.
•D. Who is the chief executive
of the United States?
R. President.
D. How long is the President
of the United States elected?
R. 4 years.
I). Who takes the place of the
President in case he dies?
R. The Vice President.
D. What is his name?
R. Thomas R. Marshall.
D. By whom is the President of
the United States elected?
R. By the electors.
D. By whom are the electors
elcted ? e
R. By the people.
D. Who makes the laws for the
state of Pennsylvania.
R. The Legislature.
D. What does the Legislature
consist of?
R. Senate and Assembly.
D. How many State in the un
ion?
R. 48. ;
D. When was the Declaration
of Independence signed?
R. July 4, 1776.
D. By whom was it written?
R. Thomas Jefferson.
D. Which is the capital of the
United States?
R. Washington.
D. Which is the capital of the
state of Pennsylvania.
R. Harrisburg.
D. How many Senators has
each state in the United States
Senate?
R. Two.
D. By whom are they elected ?
R. By the people.
D. For how long?
R. 6 years.
D. How many representatives
are there ? ..
R. 435. According to the pop
ulation one to every 211,000, (the
ratio fixed by Congress after each
decennial census.)
D. For how long are they elect
ed?
R. 2 years.
D. How many electoral votes
has the state of Pennsylvania?
R. 38.
D. Who is the chief executive
of the state of Pennsylvania?
R. The Governor.
D. For how long is he elected?
R. 4 years.
D. Who is the Governor?
R. Brumbaugh.
D. Do you believe in organized
government ?
R. Yes.
D. Are you opposed to organiz
ed government?
R. No.
D. Are you an anarchist?
R. No.
D. What is an anarchist?
R. A person who does not be
ieve in organized government.
D. Are you a bigamist or poli
gamist?
R, No.
D. What is a bigamist or poly
gamist?
R. One who believes in having
more than one wife.
D. Do you belong to any secret
Society who teaches to disbelieve
in organized government?
R, No.
D. Have you ever violated any
1,-ws of the United States?
R. No.
D. Who makes the ordinances
for the City ?
R. The board of Aldermen.
D. Do you intend to remain
permanently in the U. S.?
R. Yes.
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 had 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. --
THE PATRIOT
THEY ALL MARRY COUSINS.
Curious Custom of Some Native Tribes
of Southern India.
In some parts of southern India the
natives have a custom of marriage be
tween cousins which is a result of a
strange compromise between two op
posite rules of succession. The natives
are Dravidians. who have come under
Brahmanical influence. Among the
Dravidians the mother was the head
of the family and all descent and in
heritance came through her. The Brah
manical rule of succession is through
the father.
According to F. J. Richards, writing
In "Man." the matrilinear community,
while being unwilling to give up its
traditional custom, saw the advantage
of insuring to children the benefit of
the natural desire of the father —the
worker and provider—to provide for
Vis offspring. Therefore they adopted
the custom of a man marrying the
daughter of his mother's brother, of
his father's sister or of his own sister.
In this way a community in which
all property is inherited through the
mother conforms to the patrilinear sys
tem and so keeps the property in the
family, this, according to Mr. Rich
ards, being the economical reason for
the strange custom.
A Queen Elizabeth Joke.
Queen Elizabeth liked her jokes, and,
although her pleasantries were of a
less sanguinary turn than her father's,
she must have been even more formi
dable than usual when disposed to be
frolicsome. A tale may be found in
one of Lord Essex's letters with regard
to a new dress belonging to one of ber
maids of honor, over the possession of
which the owner had been rash enough
to exhibit some elation. The young
lady, it seems, was several inches tall
er than her majesty, hardly perhaps
quite a nice or loyal thing to be. Hav
ing desired that the dress should be
made over to her custody, the queen,
first carefully selecting an extremely
wet day. was pleased to put it on and
trail it for yards behind her in the
mud, the owner of the humiliated gar
ment having to appear as delighted
with the royal fun and condescension
the rest of the lookers on.—Loudon
Tatler.
GEORGE'S BAD SPELL
Washington Never Could Learn to
Write Some Words Correctly.
Whoever heard that the great George
Washington never could learn to spell
correctly?
You see, it happened this way. When
George was quite a young boy he came
across a copy of an English book call
ed the "Young Man's Companion,"
written in a "plain and easy style," as
the title stated, which taught one how
to write letters, wills, deeds, to sur
vey. to navigate, to build houses, fc*
make ink and cider, how to doctor the
sick and how to conduct oneself in so
ciety, "all without the aid of a tutor."
Washington studied this book from
cover to cover and from It acquired
two qualities that clung to him through
life. His handwriting, easy, flowing
and legible, was modeled from the en
graved "copy" sheet, and certain forms
of spelling were learned that he never
could correct
To the end of his life Washington
wrote lie, lye; liar, lyar; ceiling, del
ing; oil, oyU and bine, blew, as in his
boyhood he had learned to do from
this old book. Struggle as he did in
trying to spell as the others of hi?
day did, he never coold be sqfc? of o(*
tain words.—St Louis Republic,
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of all kinds,
at a reasona
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and grocery.
FELIX & GUIDO
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EAGLE ROUTS TWO MEN
AFTER FIERCE BATTLE
Swoops on Them In Swamp and Drives
Them Off Wounded.
An eagle with a tremendous spread
of wings viciously attacked William
and John Simpson, brothers, of Parsip
pany, N. J., while they were seeking
muskrats in the Great Peace meadows,
near Fairfield. Both young men were
severely cut and bruised about their
heads, faces and hands.
The brothers had caught seven musk
rats when they saw a large eagle cir
cling above them. Suddenly the eagle
shot straight down through the fifty
feet of space and tried to sink her
talons into William Simpson's head.
The blow knocked him down.
Swooping off a quarter of a mile, the
eagle rose to a height of a hundred
feet and circled back, again shooting
down upon the young men. This time
John Simpson's head was torn by her
talons. As she circled again for an
other attack the brothers threw their
muskrats high into the air, believing it
was these she wanted. But they were
mistaken. Apparently the bird wish
ed to drive them away from the lo
cality of her nest, concealed in the
swamp.
Again and again she struck at the
young men, each time trying to use her
beak, her talons and her wings. They
struck at her with the sticks with
which they had been killing muskratr 4
but only loosened a few feathers. They
were knocked down several times and
their clothes torn.
Realizing that they could not drive
off the bird, the two brothers ran from
the swamp, but the eagle continued
the attack until they reached the main
road from Morristown. When they
were far from the swamp the eagle
ceased her attack and flew away.
If Caesar Had a Phone.
Julius Caesar missed a great deal In
hot knowing the telephone or at least
In not using it if he knew It One can
see the telephone engineer attached to
the Roman postoffice endeavoring, but
without avail, to get an instrument in
stalled at the capitol and at the pal
ace. "I am intrusted by the emperor
to say that he does not desire these
barbarian novelties, and so Thomas
Alva Edisonus need not call again
with his magician's apparatus." A
signal blunder! We can imagine what
would have happened. "Hello, 128!
Tiber! Is it thou, Artemidorus? 1
understand thou rangst me up this
morning. What! Details of a plot?
Go not to the senate today? Beware
of Brutus? Go not near Casca? Right,
and I thank thee, Artemidorus. I will
have an extra guard put on instantly
and the conspirators arrested." And
so, although Artemidorus was unable
to give his warning in the street, he
gave it over the telephone, and Cae
sar's valuable life and with it the for
tune of Rome was saved.—From "II
They Had Thought of It" in Strand
Magazine.
Funeral Souvenirs.
Weird funeral souvenirs of Dutch
origin were called "doed-koecks," or
"dead cakes." With a small bottle of
wine and a pair of gloves two of these
were sent byway of invitation to rela
tives and friends whom one wanted to
attend the funeral. The original recipe
for these cakes, which is said to be
authentic, called for fourteen pounds
of flour, six rounds of sugar, five
pounds of butter, one of water,
two teaspoonfuls of pearl ash, two
teaspoonfuls of salt and one ounce
of caraway seed. These were baked in
four inch squares, then frosted and
marked with the initials of the "de
parted friend." Sometimes they were
eaten at the funeral dinner, but usu
ally they were taken away, like wed
ding cakes, as souvenirs. Many bakers
made a specialty of "funeral cookery,"
one baker in Philadelphia advertising
the specialty as recently as 1748.— New
York Tribune.
Commander of Russians
In Poland
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Photo by American Press Association,
GENERAL ALEXIEFF.
CALLS TEDDY FIBBER
Dr. Dernberg Denies Discussing Din*
ner Invitations With Colonel.
New York, May . —Dr. Bernhard
Dernberg, the kaiser's special emis
sary to this country, issued two state
ments, one replying to criticism by
two Berlin papers on his recent utter
ances regarding possible peace terms,
the other saying that if Theodore
Roosevelt ever told L. L. Bonheur that
he (the colonel) had brought dinner
invitations by European rulers into
a political discussion with Dr. Dern
berg then the ex-president "must have
told Dr. Bonheur a nice little fib."
"Authoagh it is known to the Amer
ican press," said Dr. Dernoerg, "it
may not be known to the general pub
lic that the two papers cited represent
a somewhat extreme conservative fac
tion of no very large following. Who
ever wants to find out about the Ger
man opinion at large must consult
such papers as the Frankfurte Zei
tung, Kolnische Zeitung, Berliner
Tageblatt, Lokalanzeiger, and the Vos
sische Zeitung. Unhappily the cut
ting off of the cables prevents the
American publio from getting any
other news than that dished up by
the British censors."
CHILD LABOR BILL PASSES
Under It No Child Under 14 Can Be
Employed In Pennsylvania.
Harrisburg, Pa., May —The sen
ate last night, by a vote of 44 to 6,
passed finally the Brumbaugh child
labor bill in the shape it came from
the house. The measure will be ap
proved by the governor and will be
come operative Jan. 1, 1916.
Under this law no minor under four
teen years can be employed, while
those between fourteen and sixteen
must go to school one day a week.
The hours of employment will be nine
a day and fifty-one a week. The eight
hours a week spent in school will be
counted in the working hours.
For two hours the house battled
with the reconsideration of the vote
by which the Clarke senate bill to re
peal the cold storage act of 1913 was
defeated last Wednesday by a vote of
109 to 73. The bill was placed on the
calendar again and immediately
passed finally by a vote of 114 to 74.
ITALIANS QUIT AUSTRIA
Rome Calls Its Men Home—Hundreds
Cross Frontier.
Undine, Italy (Via Paris), May I. —
Italian consuls in Austria-Hungary are
recommending that all Italians leave
the country as soon as possible.
As a result of this warning Italian
merchants, manufacturers and pro
fessional men are arriving at Undine
from points in Austria and Hungary.
They relate experiences, including
insults and persecutions, which are
arousing local feeling. The refugees
describe the great military activity
along the frontier. All roadways have
been barred with trunks of heaT
trees and trenches. The railroads are
occupied at night with moving trains
loaded with troops and heavy guns.
It is impossible to traverse the fron
tier unless one is provided with a com
plete set of papers and establishes
one's identity.
School Children Plant Treea.
Pittsburgh, May 4. —Planting of
trees by school children has begun in
the city as a result of the distribution
made by Superintendent of Parks
Burke of the 20,000 trees presented to
the schools by city coucciL
Students Aid Hospital.
Cumberland, Md., May I—Pupils1—Pupils of
the Westside grammar school donated
1,000 eggs to the Allegheny County
Tuberculosis hospital. The contribu
tions were mostly in half-dozen lots.
Congrsssman Goulden Dead.
Philadelphia, May •. —Congressman
Maurice E. Goulden of New York city,
a Democrat, died here Monday. He
served in the navy during the Civil
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