Questions ill o tt li HI KM. 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. llow long is the President of tiie United States elected? R. 4 years. D. Who takes the place of the President in case he dies? R. The Vice President. J). What is his name? R. Thomas R. Marshall. I). 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. 1). Which is the capital of the state of Pennsylvania. R. Harrisburg. D. How many Senators has i # each state in the United States j Senate ? R. Two. Reading History. He who reads history learns to dis tinguish what is local from what is universal, what is transitory from what is eternal; to discriminate be tween exceptions and rules, to trace the operation of disturbing causes, to separate the general principles which are always true and everywhere ap plicable from the accidental circum stances with which in every commu nity they are blended and with which, in an isolated community, they are j confounded by the most philosophical mind. Hence it is that in generalization the writers of modern times have far surpassed those of antiquity.—Macau lay. How to Throw the Spitball. A spitball is thrown just opposite to i an ordinary curve. Instead of giving the rotary motion with the fingers, it Is given with the thumb. The thumb is placed firmly against a seam, and the saliva is applied to the ball be neath the fingers. The ball is thrown overlianded, and slipping easily from beneath the moistened fingers, but gripped firmly by the thumb against the seam, a sharp rotary motion is giv en to the ball. When properly thrown a sharp break is secured, the direction of the break depending upon the angle at which the ball is released. The ball is controlled by the thumb.—American I Boy. His Occupation. "What does your father do?" "Whatever mother tells him." "I mean what's Ins occupation?" "Oh, his occupation! Pa's a confla gration ejector; puts out fires, you know." —Boston Transcript. Thereby Hangs a Tale. Nature Faker— Why do the leaves turn red in autumn? Freshman—lt's the established l'nw of creation. Na ture Faker—You're wrong. They have to blush when tliey think how green they've been.—Brunonian. I). By whom are they elected? E. By the people. D. For how long? R. 6 years. D. llow many representatives are there? .. E. 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. I). llow 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? 2. 4 years. J). 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 poll gamist? R. No. D. What is a bigamist or poly garr.ist? R. One who believes in having more than one wife. D. Do you belong to any secret Sod. ty who teaches to disbelieve in organized government? R. No. D. Have you ever violated any I,'WP 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. Best stores advertise in The Patriot. *** . Animal Etiquette. No one who is at all observant of the ways of animals can have failed to notice how gentle large dogs, like the St Bernard and the Great Dane, are to their smaller canine fellows. It is rare that a big dog turns upon one of the little follows, no matter how aggravating and snappy the latter may be. Instead, he invariably treats the small dog's antics with unruffled and dignified tolerance. For there is a recognized code of etiquette among animals, if you please, quite as much as there is among human beings. In truth, there are not a few respects in which the animals can give points on politeness and good behavior to man himself. The Logic of It. The Yale freshman year was proving too expensive to father, so father decid ed to have a "heart to heart" talk with Johnny, home for the week eiul. "Now, son," said he gravely, but af fectionately, "your mother and I are spending just as little as we possibly can. I get up in the morning at 6:30. and I work until after 5. But, son. the money just won't go round at the rate that your expenses are running. Now. I ask you, as one man to another, what do you think we had better do?" For a moment Johnny's head was buried in thought, and then lie replied: "Well, father. I don't see any way out but for you to work nights."—New York Post. — Wanted, a Carver. "You say your son belongs to a corn club?" "Yes; raised a fine crop last year." "That ain't the kiud of corn expert I want to consult. I want t-o know what to do for the pesky things."- Pittsburgh Post. Willing to Do That. "So your grocer refuses to give you credit for another thing." "Not exactly; he says he'll give im credit for any cash I pay on account-' —Boston Transcript. 4 BLOODLESS BATTLES. One Campaign Whera a British Army Did Not Lose a Man. The battle of Futtehpore, one of four fights in eight days, in the midst of a forced march of 126 miles to the relief of Lucknow, was us far as the small British force is concerned absolutely bloodless, and Haveloc-k's classical "or der of the day" puts the fact on record. In one of Ihe battles against Akbar Khan in Afghanistan the result was almost equaly surprising. It was the punitive expedition of 1842 after the massacre at Kabul and the horrible re treat from which only Dr. Brydon es caped. This battle made up some what for the frightful disaster, for the victory could not have been more com plete. The Afghans were driven headlong into the river, and camp, baggage, ar tillery, horses, standards and arms of every kind were captured, together with abundant ammunition and provi sions, while Akbar fled. Yet the Brit ish only had ten killed. ' Probably the only bloodless cam paign ever undertaken by the British was the Abyssinian expedition against King Theodore led by Lord Napier of Magdala. It was this bloodless war which gave bim his title. Although the British army consisted of 10,000 men and although they were met by the enemy, who put up a bravo fight, and although they stormed Mag dala, situated on cliffs so steep that it was said a cat could not climb them, yet not a life was lost on the British side. If the last Ashanti expedition against King Prempeh could be dignified by the name of a campaign then it must be added to the list of bloodless wars. Certainly it cost the life of Prince Henry of Battenberg. the husband of Queen Victoria's youngest daughter and the father of the queen of Spain, but of other casualties there were none. —London Stray Stories. FIGHT FOR PRINCIPLE His Task Seems a Hopeless On®, Yet He Sticks to the Job. Every little while you hear somebody say: "It isn't the expense I mind. It's the principle of the thing." United States treasury officials have found that the country is overrun with persons who feel just that way. Here Is one case: Some years ago the crew of a gov ernment revenue cutter gave an enter ; tainment of some sort, and, according to custom, assessed the cost of the affair among those aboard. Each man's shore was taken from his pay. One young man was not In sympathy with some feature of the entertainment and objected to having to pay his share. It cost him only SO cents, but It was the principle of the thing. He began to write to the assistant : secretary of the treasury, who had charge of the revenue cutter service, and demand justice. That was years ago and the man has averaged about two letters a week ever since. He numbers his letters, and the Last one was numbered seven hundred and something. Two or three years ago he resigned from the revenue cutter service and is now living in New York, but he is still after his 30 cents and the establish- I ment of a great principle. When Charles Dewey Hilles was an assistant secretary of the treasury he ; sent the man his personal check for 30 1 cents in the hope that It would end the ! long correspondence, but it did not. ! The man promptly sent back the check, saying that he did not want the money but justice, and that the 30 cents must come from the government itself. And so the correspondence goes on with no sign of ever letting up.—Cin cinnati Enquirer. The Popular Craze. "Sir," said the young man, "I want to marry your daughter." "You do, eh? What have you got to offer?" "Myself, which includes a fair edu cation, a good state of health, a rea sonable amount of ambition, a credita ble appearance, a modest salary and a strong desire to come into your office and get useful." The older man shook his head. "Not enough. Times are too hard, i can't afford a wedding." The young man smiled. "Now for my trump card," he said. "Everj'body is eloping. We will elope and save the expense." The old man caught his hand. "She's yours, son; she's yours!"— Cleveland Plain Dealer. Vegetable Chat. "I see that some college professor has been saying that he believes that vege tables can see and hear while growing In the garden." "Is that so?" "Yes; not only that, but he believes that ages hence they will be able to converse with one another." "Oh, that's old!" "What's old?" "Vegetables conversing. I've often beard 'Jack and the Beans-talkV " Nearly All. First Diner (trying to break the tnflp notony of delay)— Do you believe all things come to him who waitlj Second Diner—l'm working on that thfe ory anyhow. Some time ago I ordered a plate of hash.—Richmond Times-Din patch. Tight. "Doppel hates to spend money." "I'll tell you how much. If it were possible to take gas every time he parts with a dollar he'd take it"— Birmingham Age-Herald. Quits. Uttle Mau ie would tell "whoppers." One day her aunt thought she ought to be cured of this habit, so she spoke seriously to the little maid, who prom ised to mend her ways. To ix>int the moral auntie told the lale of the shepherd boy who was al ways calling "Wolf!"' until no one could believe him. Then one day the wolf really came and ate up all the sheep. "All the sheep?" interrupted Maudie. j "Yes, every one of them," replied auntie decidedly. "Every single one?" Auntie nodded. "Well," said Maudie slowly, "I don't believe you. and you don't believe me. So there!"—lxmdon Answers. Food For Punsters. "I don't see how Fussleigh gets any enjoyment out of his food. He's diet ing, you know." "Yes." "He uses this new 'mathematical masticatory' system." "Good gracious, what's that? So many chews to the mouthful?" "No. He eats beans by the dozen, rice by the grain, fish by the perch and spaghetti by the yard." "Does he seem better?" "Measurably so." Cleveland Plain Dealer. Drink Plenty of Water. A Roumanian scientist claims that any one can live to be 100 years old. barring accidents, if he drinks enough water. He declares he has discovered that old age is due to a decrease in the amount of water in the system and that Father Time may be check mated by systematic water drinking during middle age. Buying Wives. Wives are still obtained by purchase in some parts of Russia. In the dis trict of Kamyshin, on the Volga, this j is practically the only way in which marriages are brought about. The price of a pretty girl from a well to do fam ily ranges from $%O to $2OO. Same Way. "How did you find dear old Broad way ?" "That way yet" "What way?" "Old and dear."—Cleveland Leader. LIFE'S PURPOSES. Life' s purposes are the attainment j of personal perfection and to help in the whole life of the world. Men are given their lives and the possi bility of dying natural deaths only on condition that they serve the life of the whole world, whereas the suicide exploits life as long as it is agreeable and refuses to serve the life of the world as soon as it be comes unpleasant, ignoring the likely fact that his service began only at that moment when his life ! became burdensome. Every work is at first unpleasant—Tolstoy. A Canine Feat. A blind man, guided by a large and athletic dog, went down the street the j other day. Just as they turned a cor t ner the blind man's dog saw a dog it knew and darted forward in away I that threw the sightless mendicant to the ground. lie was speedily assisted i to his feet, however, by a waggish passerby, who remarked that he had heard some remarkable stories of the feats performed by dogs, but this was the first time he had ever known one to pull down the blind.—Exchange. Nicely Graded. It is still a tradition that the people of Manchester, England, should gibe at Liverpool with the proverb, "A Manchester man, a Liverpool gentle man;" but, it is said, classification is j not so strongly marked in Lancashire as in the old days. When stagecoach es were running a guard was once ask ed, "Who has tha' getten inside, Billy?" Billy consulted his list and replied, "A gentiemon fra Liverpool, a mon fra Manchester, a chap I'ra Owdham and a fellow fra Wigan." The Human Face. Rosa Bonheur, the great painter of animals, had a system of mnemonics which was exceedingly quaint. She could trace in the faces of those peo ple who visited her a resemblance to some sort of animal. For instance, if some one reminded her of a certain lady she would probably hesitate for a moment and then say, "Oh, yes, the lady with the camel face!" or, "Oh, I remember—she had a cow face!" This memory system was not flattering to her friends, but it showed how satu rated she was with a knowledge of an imals and their characteristics. On ev ery human face she found a likeness to some animal she had studied and de lineated. Pepys on a Coal Famine. There was a coal famine in England in 1666. England was at the time at ; war with Holland and, owing to the presence of the Dutch fleet in English waters, the Newcastle colliers found it' impossible to get through to Loudon. A period of great privation ensued. Writing in his diary in June, 1667. Pepys observes that "the great misery - the city and kingdom is like to suffer for want of coals is very visible and, it is feared, will breed a mutiny." Later in the month comes the following en try: "Such is the want already of coals, and the despair of having any Supply that they are come this day to £5 10s. chaldron." . rurr i hi mw— —■wir EAGLE ROUTS TWO MEN AFTER FIERCE BATTLE Swoops on Them In Swamp and Drive Them Cff Wounded. An eagle with a tremendous spreac 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 ner 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 muskrat r e 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 j the attack until they reached the main ! road from Morristown. When they j were far from the swamp the eagle ceased her attack and fiew away. Trapping Baboons. Hagenbeck in his book says that bab oons are caught in traps made much like the huts of savages. Food Is put Into the huts, and once the baboons go Inside a trapdoor closes behind them i Outside baboons make a great to do | j and urge the prisoners to escape. | When the trappers come the captured | baboons are terror stricken and try to | force their heads through the walls of the huts. One baboon was caught three times in the same trap, and sev eral when turned loose got back into the same trap a second time. When the baboons are carried away all their comrades thereabout climb into trees and scream out to the prisoners, who answer in sad, mournful voices. On one occasion some big Arabian baboons were trapped, when 2,000 or 3,000 bab oons hurled themselves upon the trap pers, who had hard work to save them selves with firearms and clubs. As the trappers were forced back the victori ous baboons tore up the trap and turn ed loose the captured baboons. Raindrops. Drops of rain vary in their size per haps from a twenty-fifth to a quarter of an inch in diameter. In parting from the clouds they precipitate their descent till the increasing resistance opposed by the air becomes equal to their weight, when they continue to 7all with uniform velocity. This ve locity is therefore in a certain ratio to the diameter of the drops; hence thunder and other showers in which the drops are large pour down faster than a drizzling rain. A drop of the twenty-fifth part of an inch in falling 1 through the air would, when it had ar rived at its uniform velocity, acquire a celerity of only eleven and a half feet per second, while one of a quarter of *n inch would have a velocity of th'r ty-three and a half feet WAR BABE FOR ADOPTION. German Mother Unable to Get Word of Her Soldier Husband. Mrs. Carl Muller of Yaphank has iD serted an advertisement in several i Long Island papers offering for adop tion a newborn war babe, whose moth er, a German woman, is stopping at Mrs. Muller's home. "The baby's mother, who doesn't want her name known save to the cou i pie who. she hopes, will adopt her lit tie daughter, does not know whether she is a widow or not," said Mrs. Mul ler to a reporter. "The mother is a friend of mine who came to the United States after her husband had been forced to fight for Germany. She has j tried repeatedly to obtain word from j or of her husband without result and she has no knowledge whether he has been killed or is still fighting. She feels that she cannot caro for her little daughter, who was born on Feb. 27. and is a little dear, and she is willing to give full surrender to a couple who can convince her that the baby will ; have a good home and kind treatment" ! Lincoln's Funeral Coach. The first Pullman sleeping ear, con structed In 1864 in the shops of the Alton and Chicago and called the Pio neer. served as the funeral coach for President Lincoln. Its cost was $lB,- 000. which was regarded in those days as most extravagant, and as it was higher and wider than the ordinary cars and the clearances of station plat forms and bridges when it was dee id- ' ed that it should be the funeral coach of the president many changes were involved. Gangs of men were-set work ing night and day to cut wider clear ances all the way from Washington ■ (by war of New York and Albany) to Springfield, 111.— Brooklyn Eagle. —- • THE WHY OF WORRY. Those Who Live Only In the Present Have No Pear of the Future. We worry because we are afraid of something. Worry is fear of the con sequences of something that has oc curred or something that may happen. A curious thing about it is that it is never associated with the immediate present. It is generally in the future, though sometimes in the past. Animals and babies who are con scious of nothing but the present can not worry. As all creatures, except human beings, live only for the mo ment. they do not worry because they have no recollection of what has hap pened and can form no conception of what may happen. Human beings having the capacity to look back or forward, mentally, are susceptible to the fear that causes wu-ry, and, as most persons live more in the past or future than in the pres •uL this tendency affects for worry or not. according to our viewpoint of life in other respects. Worry is mental fear of an impending something. Persons afflicted will be less worried about their condition than relatives or friends who sympathize with them. A person may worry in anticipation of a sickness or operation, but when they ! have the sickness or the operation is performed, the worry disappears, aqd. though they may fear, they cannot worry in the present-—Boston Herald. I BEST PAYING RAILROAD. tt'a a Little One, Built of Scrap Iron on Wooden Rails. The railroad that pays the biggest dividends on the capital invested is, 1 according to the Technical World mag azine, the Grand Island railroad. Jit Is | in northern Alberta. Canada. 200 miles | from any trunk line or feed. It is only a quarter of a mile long and built of scrap iron on wooden rails. Its rolling stock consists of two battered freight cars, which are push ed along the road by the men who snip the freight, no locomotives being used. The freight that is handled on this road consists principally of furs, which are towed up the Athabaska river on hauled by men, are laden on pushed down the railroad and again on other scows, thereby the dangerous Grand ids. Returning, the scows carry all OTM-ta of freight for the Hudson Bay company's factors and are ffoated down the river. The Hudson Bay company charges $2.50 a too for all freight on this little railroad, and the shipper must handle his own goods and push the cars him self. Three Rivers. Nansemond, the name of a river la Virginia, is from the Indian word Nawnschimuud, "the place from which we were driven away." The Flint, in Mk-hlgan, was called by the Indiana Perwouigo, "the river of the flint," from the abundance of this stone on Its banks. Humboldt river, In Nevada, was named by Fremont in honor of Baron Humboldt. Correcting a Mistake. "Are you troubled with headache?" "Certainly; you don't suppose I'm pleased with it!"— Exchange. THE STATE OF FRANKLIN. It Had a Short Life In What Is Now Eastern Tennessee. In 1754 North Carolina, growing im patient of the burden that her western settlements had imposed upon her treasury and irritated by the com plaints of the people of those sections, passed an act conveying to the federal government all the lands that now con stitute the state of Tennessee. The people of the country that is now eastern Tennessee, feeling them selves left without a government, made haste to organize themselves into an independent commonwealth, which they called, as a tribute to the illus trious philosopher, the state of Frank liu. These people applied for admis sion into the Union; but. the federal government being slow and unwilling to act and North Carolina having re pealed the act of cession of her west ern province to the Union, the state of Franklin came into very troubled wa ters for some years. Some efforts were made to persuade the Kentuckians to join themselves to the state of Franklin, a provision hav ing been made for such co-operation In the constitution of the experiment, but they came to nothing. The new state gradually fell to pieces, and in 1787 its brilliant and able governor, John Se vier. was put on trial for high treason. He was released by a daring rescue and subsequently pardoned and restor ed in name to the leadership, which he never lost in the affections of his peo ple. In 1757 the last legislature of the state of Franklin held its session at Greenville.—Philadelphia Press. Napoleon's Confidence. Just before his marriage Napoleon re ceived the appointment of commander In chief of the army of Italy. He was then twenty-six. "You are rather young," said one of the directors, "to assume responsibility so weighty and to take command over veteran gen erals." "In one year." Napoleon replied, "I shall be old or dead." "We can place you in command of men only." said Carnot, "for the troops are in need of everything, and we can furnish you with no money to provide supplies." "Give me only men enough," Napo leon answered, "and I ask for nothing more; I will be answerable for the result."—"Table Talk and Opinions of Napoleon Buonaparte."
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