A "Different" Het Jfck ' The "Houston Club" is different from all other Derbies in that it has char-» JL acter and distinction, ele- & gance and service built S RIGHT into it. The orig- J inal here at $3.00. PO ULT O W l/y\\ SN. Third St. IM W/y \ \ "WHERE THE STYLES ORIGINATE" AJ~/f I NEWS OF STEELTON GENERAL TEACHERS' MEET \ NEXT TUMf EVENING tebruary Discussion of School Problems j WiU Be Held by Local Pedagogues / in the High School Boom—lnter esting Program The Feberuary Geueral Teachers' meeting will be held in tie High school ! room Tuesday evening, February 9, I with the fTogram opening at 7.30 j o'clock. Only members of the local staff of public school teachers will take part : iu the program, but the meeting is open | to all lovers of public education. Two j members at' the High school faculty j will take |>art in the discussion, one. Koscoe Bowman, will describe' the ! dynamic aspect of teaching -Knglish '•(imposition, while the other, Paul D. j •Miller, will explain how to secure* in , juipils the practice of doing their best j in mechanical drawing. The complete j program follows: Music '-The Dynamic Aspect of the | Teaching of Knglish Composition,''| Koseoe Bowman, High school; general ! discussion "How to 'Secure in Pupils; the Practice of Doing Their Best In- | telligentlv.'' (a) "In the Preparation of a Spelling Lesson," Carrie V. Brown, j A primary grade (b) "In 'Building l T p j and Using a Vocabulary," Nora M. , Crouse, Central grammar school; (c) "In Freehand Drawing and Art," Eva F. Stoner. supervisor of drawing and art; (d) "In Mechanical Drawing,'' Paul D. Miller, Hi oil school; general discussion. Queries: "At 11.30 a. m. in a certain school, the pupils are slow j and inaccurate in their movements and their work. W'iiat are the possible causes of this objectionable condition?''! May B. Osmau, Central Grammar schood; 1 "When a pupil is iazy is it due to at lethargic will or to physiological causes? In either event wthat is the remedy ?'' Eiliie M. Xankivell, special grade teacher; discussion of chapters 11-14 of O 'Shea's Dynamic Factors in] Education. KUNKRALOFMRS. ESTHER COLM Wilf Be Held in Highspire Church of God Saturday Afternoon I lie body of Mrs. Esther Colm, who ' d;ed in Ashland, Ky., January 31, ar- ' rived in the borough yesterday and was i accompanied here Jiv Earl K.'Colm and f Abraham MeCord, husband and father, ! respectively, of the deceased woman. \ (Mrs. Colm was IS years of age and formerly lived in Highspire. Funeral services will be held in the Highspire l < 'hurch of God Saturday afternoon at | 1.30 o'clock, the Rev. B. L. C. Baer j officiating. Burial will take place in j the Oberlin cemetery. (JETS MERIT FOR INVENTION Discovery of Potash Bulb by G. P. Van ier Brings Recognition 0. P. Vanier, chief chemist for the Pennsylvania Steel Company, has re ceived a certificate of merit from the Franklin Institute in recognition for his invention of the potash bulb, a de vice to determine the amount of potash in steel or iron. This bulb has been on the market for several years and is well known to metallurgical chemists. Vanier is also the originator of a num ber of other devices for tests of steel. STEELTON NOTES The local Central Democratic Club | hold an interesting meeting at the of j lice of C. Hess, North Front street, I Tuesday evening, which was well at-1 tended. A list of party candidates for the primaries in September was agreed | on, but the names were not made pub-1 lie. The consistory of the First Reformed church will hold a meeting this even-l ing in the church at 8 o'clock. The St. Jamie*' Tennis Club will en tertain its members at five hundred to-j morrow night in its rooms on North Front street. PERSONAL John F. Rice, 362 Main street, has been released from the Harridburg hos pital, where lie received treatment for injuries sustained when a pole fell and struck him last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. G. S. Fairall have re turned from a visit to Roebling, New Jersey. The Theft of the Crown Jewels The impoverished King of Eltwich- TTnldmandt plans an alliance between ! his daughter. Princess Zavia, and j Prince Sacholdt, of Murtavia. The Prince, who lias never seen Zavia, flees the country as the time for the cere mony approaches, leaving word that he must marry as his heart dictates. How the prince and princess, each incognito, meet each other, and the happy ending, is beautifully told in motion pictures at the Standard Theatre to-night.—Adv.* Miss Marie Wiseman, the visiting nurse employed by the Stcelton Civic Clu'b, will be in her offices from 8 a. m. to 9 a. m., from 12.30 p. m. to 1.30 p. m. A Great Drama-Comedy Program at the Standard Theatre To-night The Friendship of Lamond. Two-reel special. Lit bin. Weary Willie and the Finger Polisher. i Biograph. The Cheese Industry. (Side splitting.) Biograph. Slippery Slim and the Fortune Teller. The Beloved Adventurer. Eleventh ep isode. Featuring Arthur Johnson and Ijottie Brisco. Tho Theft of the Crown Jewels. Feat uring Alice Joyce. 2 reels, special. LAST ENTERTAINMENT OF. CIVIC CLUB STAR COURSE The Cecilian Concert Company, of Chi cago, Will Render the Last Pro gram of Season Under Auspices of Local Organization The final entertainment of the local | Civic Club Star Course will be held in i the High school au. iitorium Friday 'evening, Ffbruary 12. The attraction i announced for that evening by the en j tertainment committee is the Cecilian | Concert Company, of Chicago; which is ; composed of a quartet of young ladies, each a skilled musician and entertain er. who according to announcements, will render an unrivaled program which will likely prove to be the most popu ! lar entertainment of the entire course | for the season. The company includes Elizabeth I Mad'dox, violinist and soprano soloist; j Eunice Shaefle, accoonipanist and crny- I on artist; Anne C'lerf, reader and cor . netist; Jessica Fleming, contralto ami i cellist. Their program will bo made !up of vocal solos and duets, a cravou | sketch of unusual merit, instrumental ! solos, reading and a costumed Japanese 1 siketch by the entire company. Barbarous Mexico One and one-half years of residence ' in Mexico furnished enough of sur- j prises to complete a rare and racy set ' of reels which will convince the audi-1 euce at the Orpheum Theatre to-night. | where it will be shown, that Mexico is I j not as barbarous as the name implies, j but the pictures will be wonderful sur j prises and will correct many crude im j pcessions being harbored bv Pennsyl ] vanians of the country below the Rio | Grande.—Adv.* Orpheum Theatre To-night j A Trip Through Barbarous Mexico. Special. i The Chorus Girl's Thanksgiving. SIX REELS OF FUN AND ENTERTAINMENT LATE WAR NEWS SUMMARY Continued From First Pace. avoid the north and west coasts of France. The Sta f e Department at Washington believes that this action is i intended as a warning against mines, j rather than as equivalent to the dec- ! laration of a blockade. The remnants of the Belgian troops I which are still defending the little strip j of their fatherland not in possession of the Germans once more ar bearing the brunt of the fighting in the west. Un official reports from Amsterdam state that the Germans are again making an attack along the Yser, which was the scene of the heaviest fighting and great est loss of life of the war thus far dur ing the earlier German attempts to : break through the aUied line and reach the English channel. For the last two days Belgians and Germans have been engaged in comoat, 1n which the pos session of trenches has been decided | with the bayonet. The Amsterdam re , ports say the German attacks have i been repulsed. The struggle in the east is increas- j : mg in severity as the Austro-German i attack develops. Heavy fighting is now in progress along virtually the whole j front, except in Bukowina. An official statement from Petrograd to-day re ports a number of important victories for the Russians. In Northern Poland near the West Prussian border tho vil lage of Skempe, for some time the scene of a hard struggle, has been captured by i the Russians, the report says. Further south, to the west of Warsaw, the Ger mans brought up masses of their first ! Hne troops and repeated their tactics j of hurling oye regiment after another at several positions. The Russian re ports describe the attacks as furious and adds that the Germans suffered im mense loss, but were driven back. So far as the report shows, there has been no change in the Carpathians. Russian aviators bombarded three German mobilization centers, another official report cays. The ra:d is de scribed as successful, although no de tails are given. The surrender of Lieutenant Colonel Kemp, the South African rebelv leader, ! is expected at Pretoria to bring to an end the uprising. Five hundred burgh ers and their officers laid down their arms, and the surrender of Colonel 1 Maritz, the only one of the four origi nal rebel leaders who is still at large, is predicted. Teaching Cubs to Kill Have you ever seen a cat catch a mouse" and hand it over to her kittens to team them how to kill? Well, a ti ger is merely a big cat, and she teaches her cubs almost in the same way, only not with mice. An East Indian" officer witnessed a scene of this kind. An old bull bison had been the victim, and the tigress had disabled him by break ing one of his forelegs just below the knee. She never'touched the throat, the usual place of seizing but allowed the cubs to worry the disabled animal. The eyewitness relates that the cubs acted exactly like kittens, advanced and retreated and worried the victim, all the time mewing and snarling, while the tigress sat. nearby, watching their :nitics and occasionally giving the bison a blow with her paw when he showed undue activity. Give me insight into fco-dav and you may "havo the antique and future worlds.—Emerson. HARgTSBTOG THURSDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 4, 3915. RUSSIANS CLAIM VICTORY i IN FIERCE BAHD-TO-HAND FIGHTING ALONG VISTULA Petrograd, Feb. 4.—The general stall of the Russian army to-dsry issued a report on the progress of the war) which reads as follows: "In East Prussia our troops have strengthened their positions near the village of Cross Medunischken, on the left bank of the Angerapp. ''On the left bank of the Vistula j our encounters with the enemy have become more frequent. Engagements of | considerable importance have taken ' place on the front between Lipno and | Be.june. Our troops took by assault j the town of'Skempe, to the east of Lip- j no, and repulsed an attack of the ene- ! my on the vilage of Blino, inflicting I heavy losses on him. In this fighting we captured the commanding officer of the battalion, three other officers and 100 soldiers. "(In the right bauk of the Vistula the fighting on the front between Bor pimoiv, Coumine and Wola Czoanoska continued February 2 with the same energy. The enemy brought into this engagement fourteen regiments of first line troops and quantities of artillery, including their heavy pieces. The ar tillery fire was continued day and night. An engagement of particular | severity took place at the village of Gonmine, where, after sanguinary haud-to-h.md lighting. we repulsed the furious attacks of the enemy. The Ger mans here sustained immense losses, but they continue to bring fresh troops I forward to the fighting. A demonstra-® tion of the enemy nlong the N'ida river did not result successfully. "The fighting iu the Carpathians is; continuing and the engagements are be coming more and more tenacious in character. It is apparent that consid erable forces of Germans are engaged.' 7 " FRENCH REPORT PROGRESS IN BATTLES WITH GERMANS IN WESTERN WfIRTHEATRE Paris, Fob. 4, 2.45 P. M. —The snow ,in the Vosges mountains has begun to ] ' melt, according to the regular after- j I noon statement of the French war of-j | fiee on the progress of the war. This I is one ot the first evidences of the com ing of spring. Y'esterday saw the customary daily | . artillery exchanges which at some places i were conducted with particular vio-1 leuce. All the encounters mentioned in I this import resulted favorably to the | French. Iu the Vosges mountains men j have been fighting on skiis. The state ment follows: "To the north of the Lys there was yesterday in the vicinity of Nieuport « particularly spirited artillery engage ment. "At Notre Dame De Lorette, to the southwest of Lens a determined Ger man 'attack the morning of February 3, was driven back "by the fire of our artil lery. The I rench guns also put an end to a bombardment of the road between Arras and Bethune. "In the region of Albert and l)u --quesncy-eu-Santemi we destroyed sev eral block houses/Sjhro'ughout the en tire Aisne Valley there was yesterday an artillery engagement in which the advantage rested with us. Tho three at i tacks reported last: night against our: j trenches in the vicinity of Perthes, I Mesnit-les-llurlus and Massiges were I j carried out by forces of the enemy which equalled a battalion (l,Uub | men) at each point. The first, two at | tacks were completely dispelled by the ; fire of our artillery. The third, which , took place north of Massigas, took ad van, age of a mine explosion to make headway. Later we captured these lo cations. We built new trenches at a few yarils distant from those which had been blown up by the Germans' and which had become untenable. "February 3 passed quietly in the I Argonne. | "In the""Woevrc district and in the | valley of the Seille wo were successful I in some outpost encounters and we dis persed certain convoys of the enemy. "In the Vosges there have been | some encounters between patrols on j j sikiis, and our troops have made slight progress to the southeast of Kolschlag J and to the northwest of Haftmanns ! Weilerkopf. The snow has begun to j melt." Canadian Parliament Opens To-day Ottawa, Out., Feb. 4.—The second war session of the Canadian Parliament | was opened to-day by the Duke of Con- I naught, Governor General of Canada. | I with the accustomed brilliancy which i | usually attends the ceremony, but with 1 linusiijjl precautions to protect Iris royal 1 highness frorfl possible attack by lios | tile aliens. Upon the delivery by the | Governor General of his speech from the throne, the House adjourned until Monday. OUCH!LAMEBACK7 RUB LUMBAGO OR BACKACHE AWAY Rub Pain Right Out With Small Trial Bot tle of "Old St. Jacob's Oil" 0 Kidney's cause Backache? No! They have no nerves, therefore can not cause pain. Listen! Your back ache is caused by lumbago, sciatica or a strain, and the quickest relief is soothing, penetrating "St. Jacob's Oil." Bub it right on your painful back, and instantly the soreness, stiffness and lameness disappear. Don't stay crippled! Get a small trial bottle of "St. Jacob's Oil" from your druggist and limber up. A moment after it is applied you'll wonder what became of the backache or lumbago pain. Rub old, honest "St. Jacob's Oil" whenever you have sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism or sprains, as it is abso lutely harmless and doesn't burn the skin.—Adv. /&&&. ANNUAL FEBRUARY SALE OF eau NOTIONS AND SMALL WARES V AT REDUCED PRICES Supplies Needed by Dressmakers and Home Sewers At Prices the Lowest of the Year ! J. & P. Coates 200-yard spool cotton, sale price, 2 spools for 10£ , John J. Clark 200-yard spool cotton; sale price, 6 spools for 10£ (limit 6 spools to customer.) Black machine sewing silk, 5c value; sale price, spool, 1 \/.jp J. 0. King's 500-yard basting cotton; sale price, spool, 41 Aunt Lydia finest linen thread; sale price, spool, 4£ B Dressmakers' pins, y 4 lb. boxes, 15c value; sale price, box, 9^ Brass pina in packages; 5c value; sale price, Skirt Gauges, 15c value; sale price, Black Dress Belting, 10c value; sale price, yard, 5^ 5c Draw and Snap fasteners; sale price, ! dozen, 3t* Koh-I-Nor Snap Fasteners, 10c value; sale I price, dozen, 5c Hooks and Eyes; sale price, card, 10c Hooks and Eyes; sale price, card, Yeiser Hooks and Eyes; 10c value; sale price, card, 5£ 5c Tape Measures; sale price, 5c Machine Oil; sale price, 3£ 5c Thimbles; saile price, 10c German Silver thimbles; sale price, Bias Seam Binding, 10c value; sale price, 4^ Gold-handle Scissors; 35c value; sale price, 19< Shears, 6, 7, 8 and 9 inches, 15c value; sale price, Cotton Tape; all widths; 2c and 3c value, English superfine tape, 10c value; sale price, 5^ Ironing wax, 2c value. Sale price, 10 for 5< Asbestos Iron Holders, 5c value; sale price, 3<* Safety Pins, all sizes, 3c value; sale price, I lmiM dim MAY FORCE RICH 'INDIGENTS' TO PAY j State Officials Consider Recommending tlie Ohio Plan of Compelling Wealthy Relatives to Maintain the Insane Persons in Institutions I Creation of a commission to stop the practice of committing lunatics to State hospitals as "indigent" when their es tates or their relatives have ample funds to pay for their keep is being considered seriously by State officials. Nothing definite will be done before tho (•eturn of' Attorney General Brown early next week, however, as the matter has virtually been placed in his hands. Auditor General Powell is respon sible for tihe / proposed step, which is ! designed as a' money-saving part of a "good housekeeping" system for the j State. Insane persons who really are "indigent," that is, without any funds I for their support at all, are, of course, | a charge on tiie community and no one !is disposed to sidestep responsibility | tor their care. Either they are kept in county hospitals or sent to State in stitutions, and of the 19,000 such pa tients of the State many are understood to bo dependent entirely upon charity; but Powell's investigations have led him to believe that a large percentage are not. What It Costs the State When an indigent lunatic is sent to a State hospital the State pays bo the institution $2.50 a week for main tenance and the county from which the ! patient comes pays $1.75 a week. It- I is said that in many instances when an j "indigent" has been sent to a State hospital the County Commissioners have arranged to get their $1.75 from the patient*B estate or relatives, but there never is any one around the Court House to look after the interests of the State. Two years ago an item of $5,000 a year was placed in the appropriation for the Attorney General's Department to be used in paying an attorney to j | look up F.ueh cases. John C. Bell, then . | Attorney General, retained John Hyatt j Nay lor, of Philadelphia, for the work, j The SIO,OOO appropriation is exhaust ed, although less than $50,000 has been collected by Naylor, and Nuylor is seek ing a deficiency appropriation ol $5,000 form tho present Legislature. Powell had some investigations of his own made fast summer when he sent three men to Ohio to study that State's system at handling the same situation. These men are Chauncey P. Hogers, one of Powell's principal clerks in the Au ditor General's office; James P. Wood ward, present chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, and Harry S. M'Devitt, at the time chairman of I tiio Economy and Efficiency Committee. Their report, which Powell has not yet made public, is said to l>e a geueral en dorsement of the Ohio plan. The Ohio Plan of Collection It is said that in Ohio by having a board of three commissioners the State Ifas collected anywhere from $155,000 a year to a quarter million. Tho board does this on an appropriation of $30,000, which includes the mem bers' salaries at $5,000 a year each and all expenses. In addition to the general reasons for desiring such a business-like ar rangement, the Stato officials are im pelled by the acute state of the finances to scrape up every dollar they can-got. Auditor General Powell points out sueh a commission could collect back mainte nance money from the estates or rela tives of "indigents" who are not indigent and would also stop further payment by the State for the keep of such patients. Therefore, income would be increased and outgo decreased. Another suggestion has boen made that the State 'Board of Charities be charged with this work, even if neces sary to add to the staff of three paid agents which it now has. No one is dis posed to sanction such a plan, how ever, unless the legislature should amend the laws governing tho Board of Charities and give it actual control over institutions instead of mere supervision. 8c Safety Fins, all sizes; sale price, card, 5^ 10c Dress Shields; sale price, 5^ 15c Dress Shields; sale price, 9< Ocean Pearl Buttons; 5c value; sale price, card, 2£ Collar Forms, 5c and 10c value; sale price, '■C 5c Milward's Needles; sale price, 3|i«heil Spe clnllHt Iu UiaeaHOH of Men Men's disease and weakness, ca tarrh. nervous, kklney. bladder, blood and skin disease. Paragon Curling Irons, 15c value; sale price, 9o Tubular Shoe Laces, 45 and 54-inch lengths, 3c value; sale price, Imported Kiel Hair Curlers, 7c value; sale price, 4£ if Imported Kid Curlers, 12y 2 c value; sale price, 9£ ■ Children's Silk Cable Hose Supporters, 15c value; sale price, 9■ price, yard, 13ff Hair Barrettes, 25c value; sale price, 10£ I Coin Purses, 10c value; sale price, I Ladies' Pocket Books, 25c value; sale B price, ft? Men's Pass Books, 25c value; sale price, I Beauty Pins, 2 on a card, 10c value; sale 1 price, 2'f cards for Enamel Bar Pins, 25c value; Sale price, 7$ \ Enamel Beauty Pins, 25c value; sale price, 3 s<* 1 Brooches and Pins, 25c value; sale price, ■ V I Stickerei Trimming Braids, all colors, 6- I yard pieces; piece, 10£, 15£, 19£, I 25< Sanitary Dress Protectors, 15c value; sale 8 price, 10£ r Ladies' Dressing Combs, 15c value; sale I price, 9<* I CLASSIC WAR POEMS ' Selected by J. Howard Wert NO.B. the SOLDIER'S DREAM BY THOMAS CAMPBEIL In this exquisite poem. Campbell has sweetly, yet pathetically described the feelings and yearnings of many a soldier's heart in any war and in any land. Thomas Campbell, the distinguished poet, was horn,in Glasgow, on the 27th iof .Tuly, 1 777., Owing to the straightened circumstances of his father young Campbell was obliged, while attending college, to have recourse to private teach ing as a tutor. Notwithstanding this additional labor, he made rapid progress in his studies, and attained considerable distinction at the university of his native city. He vary early gave proofs of his aptitude for literary composition, espe cially in the department of poetry. In 1799, his first extended poem, "The Pleasures of Hope," was published. Its success was instantaneous and without j parallel. It is not too much to say, that it is, without an exception, the finest didactic, poom in the English language. In 1809, he published "Gertrude of Wyoming," which holds the second place among his lengthier poems, and to which were attached the most celebrated of his grand and powerful lyrics. His lyrical pieces, particularly "The Battle of the Baltic," "Marines of England," "Hohenlinden," and "Loehiel's Warning," prove conclusively that his concep tions Were glowing, bold, and powerful. In the latter part of the poet's life his circumstances were materially improved. In 1820, he was elected Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow. He died July 15, 1544, and his remains were solemnly interred in Westminster Abbey. Our bugles sang truce, for the night-cloud had lowered, And the sentinel stars set their watch in the sky; And thousands had sunk on the ground overpowered, The weary to sleep, and the wounded to die. When reposing that night on my pallet of straw. By the wolf-scaring fagot that guarded the slain, At tho dead of the night a sweet, vision I saw, And thrice ere the morning I dreamed it again. Meth'ought, from the battle-field's dreadful array, Par, far I had roamed on a desolate track; 'Twas autumn—and sunshine arose on the way To the home of my fathers, that welcomed me back. 1 I flew to the pleasant fields, traversed so oft In life's morning march, when my bosom was young; I I heard my own mountain-goats bleating aloft, And knew the sweet strain that the corn-reapers sung. Then pledged we the wine-cup, and fondly I swore Prom my home and ray weeping friends never to part; My Httle ones kissed me a thousand times .o'er, * And my wife sobbed aloud in her fulness of heart. "Stay, stay with us—rest; thou art weary and worn!" And fain was their war-broken soldier to stay— But sorrow returned with the dawning of morn. And the voice in my dreaming ear melted away. ! ' ! ILL! M-iLJLgg'li 15, 9, 3, 24, S, 18, 14, 1, 20, 19, 4. j Eastward—After 1 p. m.: 59, 71, 56, 53, 65, 54, 67, 63, 60, 61. Conductors up: Gingher, Beaver, Or-j rison, German. Engineers up: Wyre, Woland, Wire man, Pletz, Tipton, Portney, Lape, j j Morne, Petrow. Firemen up: Kelly, Dobbins, Binga | man, Snader, Murray, Sullivan, Bowers,; | Beecher, Dowhower, Carl, King, Dum- j I baugh, Zukoswiski, Miller, Lex, Long-! en'ecker, Chronister. Brakemen up: Hoover, Plcagle, Kef-i I fer, Shearer, Troy, Epley, Greager, Machmer, Ely, Mum in a, Shader, Max ton, Carlin, Grimes, Page, Warren, I Painter. MADE A RECORD FALL It Was Remarkable, Not for Distance, but for Results Writing in 1841 of a fall from an ; immense altitude which did not result ; in death-, a French observer, M. Man- • zini, declares that he had searched in vain in the annals of science for a sim ilar case. We can well believe it. The victinwUSc patient was a tapis sier, who had been engaged in putting j ui* decorations on tho occasion of the belated obsequies of Napoleon the Great in the lofty dome of the Church of the Invnlides in Paris. When busy moving a ladder on the top of a high scaffolding lie. overbalanced himself and, in obedience to some obscure in stinct, jumped clear of the ladder and the platform, crying to his fellow work men as only a Frenchman would, "Be hold me quit!" With these cheering words on his lips, lie fell 82 feet, bounding in one place off the roof of a little donn-, which caused him tjo describe a second parabola in the air, "and landing finally, J feet first, on the slate roof of a small ! sacristy. Crashing through the slates, he land ■ ed astride a rafter, where he was found sitting, surprised, but eoharent, for he was able' to give his name and address when asked for them. Ho had no ree- I olleetion of this and became uncon scious when nut to bed shortly after ward under tiie eare of the great Pan ; quier. His insensibility lasted a very | short time, however, anil he made an | extraordinarily rapid recovery, having, i sustained 110 apparent injuries, either external or internal. At the end of a month Pasquier found him quite well, j —London Lancet. v Springing the Needle Gun The Prussians kept the secret of t l in' 1 needle gun for thirty years, and llu n j sprang it on the Austrian army at -a --! down with demoralizing'pffe t. Indeed, ' the effect of the Prussian quick firing at that battle was more moral than ! material for the needle gun was of j shorter range than (lip brocc/li loading 1 rille then in use in other armies. Still, the sudden revelation of tiie secret in tjie war with Austria had a good deal to do with winning the victory. Tho. needle }jiin had been complete I as an j invention in 1836. The Prussians stocked their arsenals with it, serving | it out gradually and training a nucleus of men in its use, and vet 1;opt the world in ignorance for years that they had an entirely new arm.—Manchester Ciuardian. 111 a Trirc Many persons ii,se the phrase "in a trice" W'lm have no conception of it) meaning. A trice is the sixtieth per.; of a second of time. The hour is di vided into sixty minutes, the miaut 1 into sixty sts onds and the seeomi into sixty trices, c thir.lß, from the Span ish tris. 7