The Man Who Overcame Prejudice I jfl\ ("ITS ALL TOMMY ROT\ I fTS") \ (10800 V WILLr | i - | iSK jg&M Mrv igr / * Ms? Pepys on a Coal Famine. There was a coal famine in England In 16G6. 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 London. A period of great privation ensued. Writing in bis diary in June, IGG7, 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. i chaldron." Trapping Baboons. Hagenbeclc 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. Outside baboons make a great to do 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 r the victori ous baboons tore up the trap and turn ed loose the captured baboons. CHASING THE RAINBOW. Curious Legends That Are Told In Different Countries. We have all of us heard stories of the treasure at the end of the rain bow. There is a pot of gold there, you know. And if we could only walk far enough, run fast enough, we might find it and be ever thereafter happy. That is what our nurses tell us when we are children, isn't it? And sometimes we learn that the rainbow is a bridge, and the thunder Is the roar of the heavy wheels going over it. These are the stories that we hear in childhood about the rainbow. Chil dren of other lands hear many other stories. In Greece nurses tell the children that if any one by chance stumbles 1 over the end of the rainbow his or her sex is changed. A fine story that to j tell a child! The little Greeks must I run away from the ends of the rain-! bow instead of seeking them to find j our pot of gold. The little Turk hears from his nurse that if he can but touch the band of orange that spans the heavens in the rainbow his head will turn to silver, with rubies for eyes and teeth of gold. In many parts of Russia the rain bow is called a pump, and in Hungary it is called "God's pump" and "Noah's pump." In Russia, in some provinces, the wells are covered with strong plat forms, so that the water cannot be drawn from them by the rainbow, and in other provinces it is said that three angels have charge of the rainbow one to draw water through it frem the earth, another to give water from it to the clouds and another to return the water to the earth in the form of rain —Boston Herald. A Troublemaker. "Why did you tell ray wife that be fore I met her I promised to love you forever?" "Well, didn't youT* "Sure I did. but that's no kind of i conversation to so to a man's wife with."—Pittsburgh Dispatch •- ■ ■ ssi,er>uOus Love. "Do yer love me, *Erl>?" "Love yer. 'Liza! I should jest thinll I does Why. if yer ever gives me up I'll murder yer! I can't say roore'n that, can I?"— London Punch. Very Moving. Talk about moving things with a derrick—the most powerful thing knowu to move man is a woman** eyes.—Florida Times-Onion. Two Belts. "The belt worn by Napoleon at the battle of Waterloo shows that his girth was forty-two inches. Some belt, eh?" "Yes, but not a circumstance to the belt that Wellington gave him."—Louis ville Courier-Journal. THE STATE OF FRANKLIN. It Had a Short Life In What Is Now Eastern Tennessee. In 1754 NoriJj 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 lin. 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 j Franklin cam© into very troubled wa ters for some years. Some efforts were made to persuade the Keutuckians to join themselves to the state of Franklin, a provision hav- , lng 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 1757 its brilliant and able governor, John Se vier, was put on trial for high treason. He was released by a daring rescue I 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. Ncpoleon's Confidence. Just before his marriage Napoleon re ceived the appoiutment of commander In chief of the army of Italy. He was then twenty-six. "You are rather j young," said one of the directors, "to assume responsibility so weighty and to take command over veteran gen j erals." "In one year." Napoleon replied, "1 shall be old or dead." "We can place you in command of men only," said Carnot, "for the troops are in aeed of everything, and we can furnish yon with no money to provide supplies." "Give me only men enough," Napo leon answered, "and I ask for nothing more; 1 will be answerable for the result." —"Table Talk and Opinions of Napoleon Buonaparte." PEARL HARBOR. SJncls Sam's Formidable Naval Base in the Pacific Ocean. When it was seen that Manila was useless as a defense for this country and would be a handicap instead of a help in war Pearl harbor, on one of the Hawaiian islands, nine miles from Honolulu, was selected, and $13,000,- 000 was appropriated by congress for its fortification. It has a better har bor than either Gibraltar or Helgoland. A concave sweep of land makes the harbor, which is crowned by a long ridge of gigautic trees and rugged and tumbled rock that terminates in an ex tinct volcano, known as Diamond Head. A frowning mountain side hides a beautiful lake that is reached from the sea by an inlet like the neck of a bottle. It covers eleven square miles, with a depth of about sixty feet over nearly all of it. The neck that leads to the sea is three miles long and hard ly wider than necessary for vessels to pass. Parallel with the coast is a coral reef a mile wide. Through this a chan nel a thousand feet wide has been cut It has been equipped with one of the most complete naval stations in the world, a mile square in extent It has a drydock, which is the largest in the world, a $400,000 ammunition plant and oil tanks for vessels. The fortifi cations, extending for fifteen miles to Honolulu, consist of powerful batteries, with cement emplacements below the ground level. The ends are guarded by two forts, neither of which can be seen from the ocean. On the land the guns are defended by a series of earth works that form a crescent from the harbor to Honolulu. In the extinct volcano is a mortar battery. The four mortars of this battery have an ex -1 trerne coast range of nine miles, throw ing twelve inch shells weighing 700 | pounds. The seacoast defenses have fourteen inch guns, and the forts are supplemented with submarine mines, controlled by electricity. Fearl harbor is about 2,000 miles from Unalaska and from Samoa at op posite ends and a little less from San Francisco. So with this impregnable base a fleet can guard the whole range i of the Pacific for this distance and have this safe retreat for refitting and fresh supplies.—Technical World Mag azine. THE MAN OF FORTY. As a Rule, He Still Thinks He Can Pet Off Doing Things. At the age of forty a man has reached a time of life when it is hardly one thing or the other. The past years have not been so many as to permit one to lay down his arms and retreat in quiet to the shade. It is still not too late to strive and perhaps to achieve. On the other hand, so much dusty road has : been traveled that if one finds it has not led him far on the way he meant to I go he can hardly delude himself with ! the fancy that he can yet go back and begin the journey anew. The pleasant sense of superfluous time is gone; one must hurry, and perhaps it is too late. Then comes the grief of perceiving the waste, the loss, the utter futility of postponements. The world is full of good and wonderful things. What a wealth of potential experience and emo tions, and time and opportunity for so little! And yet year after year one goes on blindly and blandly putting off to some more convenient or appropri ate time, to that impossible period when all will be exactly right, things he wants to do and can do—a kind ac tion. making a new friend, or altering a whole career! Once acquired, the habit of postpon ing persists. Hope springs eternal, and a man of forty finds himself counting complacently on some day taking up hunting or entering politics or circling the globe.—Robert L. Raymond, in the Atlantic. The Family Pet. "You have no children?" "None." * "Home doesn't mean much to a mat without children." "Oh, we have a family pet. It's mo motor car. I am going to present ii j with new tires throughout, and my wife is going to buy it a new wind j shield."—Chicago Herald. The Human Face. Rosa Ronheur, the great painter of animals, had a system of mnemonics which was exceedingly quaint. She could trace iu the faces of those peo ple who-visited her a resemblance to some sort of animal. For instance, if j 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. ——— Assets and Liabilities. An asset is something which you think belongs to you. A liability is I something of yours which others think belongs to them. Neither one of you is quite right. An asset without alia ! bility would not be called an asset. Neither would a liability without an asset be called a liability. It would then be debt, while an asset without liability would be wealth or capita] or j property. An asset is what you think you own. A liability is what others think you owe. What your liabilities are depend upon your assets. What your assets I are depend upon your liabilities. Therefore au asset is a liability and a liability is an asset.—Life. TEDDY 3D ROUGH RIDING ON THE BEACH. j >s>s \ / J \ ".V.-AS >9Qpny>'^.y^'^. y Photo *P> 1 0, !\ by American Press Association. Theodore Roosevelt 3d, grandson of Colonel Roosevelt, riding on the bai'k of one of his plavmates, Cvirtis Oar negie, 011 the beach at Southampton, N. Y. No Chicken. Lady (recently married) —Do you know I find it quite hard to remember my new name? Her Friend—Naturally, dear. You bad the old one so long, you know.—De troit Free Press. -The Diet. "Men are what they eat." "Then I suppose critics live chiefly on roasts."—Exchange. His Occupation. "What does your father do?" "Whatever mother tells him." "I mean what's his occupation?" "Oh, his occupation! Pa's a confla gration ejector; puts out fires, you know."—Boston Transcript. Japanese Gardens. The Japanese lay out their gardens so as to suggest famous scenes in their history. Miniature landscapes are laid out to recall well known spots and suggest the events that have taken place there. The Extreme. "This fee business is a nuisance You have to give one everywhere to get the least service." "I know it. Even if you want to speak politely to a lady you have got to tip your hat."—Baltimore American. What He'd Done. "I've come to see if you can lend me $25." "That so? Which way did you come?" "Down Griswold street." "Oh, you did, eh? Did it occur to you that you had walked right by eight or nine banks that are in the business of lending money to get to me?" —Detroit Free Press. Hit Him Both Ways. A man was charged with picking a pocket and pleaded guilty. The ease went to the Jury, however, and the verdict was not guilty. And the court spoke as follows: "You don't leave this court without a stain on your character. By your own con fession you are a thief. By the verdict of the jury you are a liar!"— London Tit-Bits. INVISIBLE ICEBERGS. Conditions Under Which They Cannot Be Seen on Clear Nights. In a recent communication to the New York Tribune Abbott H. Thayer, the artist, asserts that many vessels have been lost by collisions with ice bergs because under certain conditions of sky and light they are invisible. He cites the fact that on the occasion of the Titanic disaster, although the black ship was clearly visible to survivors at a distance of several miles, they could not see the white bergs against which they actually heard the wash of the sea. Mr. Thayer claims that on a clear, starry night the bergs are so nearly the same color as the sky that they are totally Invisible and that the same is the case under many conditions of cloudiness, the only exception being jen the side of the berg viewed is in such shadow that it shows black against the sky. In other words, it is Impossible to see white against white. in answer to the criticism of those who say they never saw a berg at night that was the color of the sky the answer Is that this is very natural, oecause this is the very condition un der which the berg is invisible. Mr. Thayer makes the suggeston that a very simple way to avoid the danger of colliding with an invisible berg would be to use a searchlight. The re flection would show up the berg very plainly. ROMANCE IN GEOGRAPHY. Names That Speak of Achievement and of Deeperate Need. Geography is a fascinating study. The history of the human race is writ ten in large characters on the earth's surface for the seeing eye. Most people know that Pike's peak commemorates the explorations of a daring young officer early in the last century. But how many know that in the name of the Bill Williams river lingers the only memorial to a famous trapper and Indian fighter of Kit Car son's time, to whom the Rocky moun tain country was an open book before even Fremont "blazed the trail" to the Pacific. Getting the Right Number. She hail tried in vain to tret her tele phone number. "Hello. Central." shi inquired sweetly, "tan you suggest th wrong number to ask for in order tc get 6350 Franklin?"— Ladies' llomi Journal At the Police Station. Lieutenant—Prisoner, do you read? Prisoner —No, sir. Lieutenant —Write?—Exchange. Necessarily Slow. A California youngster had been per mitted to visit a boy friend on the strict condition that lie was to leave there at 5 o'clock. He did not arrive home till 7 o'clock and liis mother was very angry. The youngster insisted, however, that lie had obeyed her or ders and had not lingered unneces sarily on the way. "Do you expect me to believe," said his mother, "that it took you two hours to walk a quarter of a mile?" She reached for the whip. "Now, sir, will you tell me the truth?" "Ye-es, mamma," sobbed the boy, "Charlie Wilson gave me a mud turtle and I was afraid—to carry it—so I led it home."—St. Louis Post-Dispatch. The Evolution of the Hog. The time honored razor backed hog Is giving place to the sleek porker, 01 whose broad back a square meal coulc be displayed without a drop of coffei being spilled and with uo danger ol even one of the dishes sliding to the ground. The rooter is being shoulderet out of the way in Georgia by the hog that doesn't have to root for a living and is so fat that its efforts to rooi would be ludicrous. Scientists say thai when any part of an animal is lon* unused it tends gradually to disappear Does that mean that pig culture wil cause the final disappearance of th< nasal protuberance of the hog with which it formerly was accustomed tc foot for its living?— Savannah News. Some Measures. The length of the foot was used foi distances long before it was fixed ui twelve inches. A "furlong" is only i furrowlong. The breadth of the banc became the standard because the eas iest way of measuring the height ol the horse. The length of the arm gav< the length of the "ell," and from tin elbow to the tip of the middle fingei was the "cubit." By stretching ou both arms as if 011 a cross man invent ed the measure of the "fathom.' Cloth measure still decrees that tw< and one-half inches make a "nail,' and this Is the width of four finger: held together and measured across th< nails. The apothecary's "dram" origi nally signified "only as much raw spir it as can be held in the mouth." Vpres in England. We have the name of Y'pres in Eng lBnd—in that of the Ypres tower a Rye, in Sussex, though local tall knows nothing of its proper pronunci ation and broadly calls it the "Wiper; tower." It is a twelfth century build ing, the oldest secular building of al the Cinque ports, and was at one time the only stronghold of the town, thougl later walls and gates were built. Th< reason for its name is to be found ii the commonly accepted statement tha it was built by William des Ypres earl of Kent.—London Globe. "Is It Possible?" Prince George of Denmark was nick named Est-il-possible by James il. H Is said that when the startling events of the revolution of 1088 succeeded ont another with breathless rapidity the emotions of Prinoe George found veni in the repeated exclamation. "Est-il possible?" King James, enumerating those who had forsaken him. said, "And Est-il-possible has gone too!" A Lamblike Lion. "Well, did you have that social lion at your reception that you were tell ing me about?" "Oh. yes. He was there." "And did he roar?" "No. His wife was also present, and he could only bleat.*"—Birmingham Age-Herald. Meek Reproach. Lady (who has given tramp a platf of scraps;—Y'ou must feel the humilia tion of begging for food. Tramp—lt'a not t2*at so much, mem. What hurts me is that I'm depriving the pore ln nercent fowls of a feed.—London Tele graph. ( • i On the r." con. The question "Could a man Ihe u the moon?" has been put to an tvai nent astronomer, who replied: "I au I afraid not. A man transplanted to the moon would find himself the lone In habitant of a perfectly lifeless orb in which eternal silence reigns. He would have to manage without air, water or tire. He would not need to put windows in his house, for there la no wind, no rain, no dust, upon the moon. It lias l>een truly and practical ly observed that tlie moon is apparent ly abandoned to death, nourishing inhabitants, producing nothing resem bling trees, flowers or beautiful things of.any kind—useless, in short, except as a mass of extinct volcanic rubbish, which drags the sea into titles and re flects the sunbeams in moonlight.*' Baked Men. i Workers in porcelain factories are literally baked, but by souve miracle they remain sufficiently undone to live. At least if they are not quite baked they endure a stronger heat than that which browns the Sunday sirloin. The , furnaces wherein proeelain is finished are kept at the fiercest heat used in any industry. A chain of workmen, their heads and bodies swathed in fire proof garments, take the finished pieces from the tire one at a time and pass them to the cooling room. The man at the head of this chain—he who stands nearest the l'urnace—can only work in five minute shifts. In his interims of rest he lies on a mattress, drinking glass after glass of ice water from the hands of a small boy. Dean Swift's Complaint. It is no new thing, this complaint which one hears of the high cost of living. Writing to Stella from Lou don in the year 171b, Lean Swift re marks: "I lodge In Bury street, St, James, where 1 removed a week ago. I have the first floor, the dining room and bedchamber at H shillings a week; plaguy deep, but I spend nothing for eating, never go to a tavern and very seldom in a coach, yet. after all, it will be expensive." Making Him Pay. Lawyer (to kicking client) Well, have you at last decided to take my advice and pay this bill of mine? Client—Yes. Lawyer—Very well. (To , clerk) "William, add $5 to Mr. Smith's bill for further advice/'—Boston Tran script. Opportunity Calls. "Opportunity is at your door." "What is it?" inquired the pessimis tic citizen. "Opportunity to subscribe to some worthy cause, or a chance to Invest ?" —Louisville Courler-JournaL How They Do It. Steve—They say that waiters can al ways size a man up. Lillian—l sup pose they measure him from tip to tip. —Judge. Wealth Is not his that has it, but hts that eDjoys it. FLAG FOR VICE PRESIDENT. . American Esgle on a White Square. Exposition Trip the Cause. The vice president of the United States is to have an official flag. When ever he visits an American warship his flag will flutter from the masthead. The flag will be a snow white square of bunting, on the field of which will be a blue bird representing the eagle in the coat of arms of the United States. The president's flag consists of the coat of arms of the nation on a bine field. This Ls the first time that there has been prescribed for the vice president a distinctive flag to be displayed on naval vessels while he Ls on board. The president, the secretaries and the assistant secretaries of the depart ments of war and the navy all have distinctive flags. The admirals, vice admirals and rear admirals have dis tinctive flags. It remained for Secretary Daniels to provide the vice president with a flag. His action growc out of the fact that Mr. Marshall is going to San Francisco to represent President Wilson at the ex position. He Is to be received on board the eruLser Colorado, the flagship of Admiral Howard, commander in chief of the Atlantic fleet; hence the new flag, which will be a permanent institu tion of honor to the vpresident
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