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SLEPT ON THE MARCH.
Tired So.- ers ./'0 Actually Walked
Whiie They Slumbered.
In an art? le, “Sleep For the Sleep-
les: in the World's Work the author
quotes an eminent surged. who made
a study of sleep in the FFrer ch army as
follows: .
“In the retreat from Mons to the
Marne we bad an extraordinary human
experiment in which several hundred
thousand men secured littie sleep dur-
ing nine dys and in addition made
forced marches and fought one of the
greatest battles in history.
“How, then,
nine days apparently without opportu-
nity for sleep? They did an extraordi-
nary thing—they slept while they
marched! Sheer fatigue slowed down
their pace to a rate that would permit
them to sleep while walking. When
they halted they fell asleep. They
slept in water and on rough grounds
when suffering the pangs of hunger
and thirst and even when severely
wounded. They cared not for capture,
not even for death, if only they could
sleep.
“The suvaried testimony of the sol-
diers was that every one at times
slept on the march. They passe’
through villages asleep. When sleep
deepened they were awakened by com-
rades. They slept in water, on stones,
in brush or in the middle of the road,
as if they had suddenly fallen in death.
With the ever oncoming lines of the
enemy no man was safe who dropped
out of the ranks, for no matter on
what pretext he fell out sleép con:
quered him. Asleep many were cap-:
tured. That the artillery men slept on
horseback was evidenced by the fact
that every man lost his cap.”
LOOK OUT OF YOUR WINDOW.
Mayhap You Are Missing a Wonderful
Moving Picture Show.
Houses are so common, people are
so common, and windows are so com-
mon! How rare it is for any one to
realize how important it is to stand
up and look out of a window! Have
you, for example, ever looked out
of every window in your house? If
not try it and see what a new idea you
will get of the universe.
Just looking out of one window is
a wonderful thing to do. We do it
sometimes when there is a big storm
raging, and what a sensation we get!
Clouds burst, the rain washes down in
torrents. ~e think maybe the world
is coming to an end. Out of the win-
dow, even in placid weather, there is
always a great ‘sight. We have a re
served seat to the greatest show no’
going on. About everything is hap-
pening out there that there is! Streams
of universal knowledge flow in upon
us through that window. All our
senses become revitalized.
Out of every window there is al-
" most always a tree in sight some-
where, even in the city. Take note of
that tree, with its roots deep in the
soil and. its branches. spreading ou!
into the air. That tree will connect
. you up with Mother Earth. Then there
is always the sky, leading you into un-
known depths of thought and feeling.
and there are always people passing-—
world. comrades! It iS the greatest
moving picture show in the world.—
Life.
Teamwork on a Battleship.
The problem of naval expansion
would not be so hard were it not for
, the fact that every ship needs such a
great number in its crew, because the
greater the number of men that must
did these men survive |
work together as “a team” the greater |
the difficulty of accomplishing the ' title of “feldzeugmeister” (master of
“teamwork” and the longer the time
required. In a ship, especially in a
large ship like a battleship or battle |
cruiser, most of the men work together
in large groups, such as turret crews,
100 mien. sometimes composing a tur-
ret’ crew. Nevertheless the ship and
all the men it floats are bound togeth-
er by invisible ‘cords that make a ship
a unit, and the major effect of the
training .and of the drills of all kinds
is to make the whole a. ig organ-
ism.—Rear Admiral Bradley A . Fiske
in World's Work.
Waterlee.
Sir Walter Scott once said that the
loss of the battle of Waterloo threw
kalf Britain into mourning, yet the
casualties of England and her allies
were only 22,428 which included the
wounded and missing. The French are
supposed to haye lost 81,000 or 82,000,
- a8 many of the exhausted men were
trampled on by the troops of Bluecher,
but owing to Napoleon's exiie to St.
Helena no accurate record could be
Theatrical Nete.
“There’s no demand for tragedians
any more.”
“Then why not go with the tide and
bo a comedian, old top?”
“Oh, I couldn't be funny if I tried!”
“That isn’t necessary.” — Louisville
Poarier-Journal. .
Arthur's Seat.
What is known-as Arthur's Seat is a
east: of Edipburgh, the capital of
-=It:ds-a-strange. formation in.
the "shape of a lion and ix 822 feet
high, yet th ascent is an easy one, and: |
|
from the Summita. Eigtions yew, Bl I
gained.
Her Sort.
-Alice— What. kind of girl has Jack’
engaged himself to? : Rose—Qh, she's!
the,sort of "voman you never dare ask
to luncheon for fear she'll stay to din
‘mer. —Exchange.
Grief can take care of itself, but to
get the full value of a joy you must
have somebody to divide it with.—Mark ;
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RANK OF MARSHAL
A Military Honor Instituted by a
King of France.
THE TITLE AN ANCIENT ONE.
I: Was First Conferred by Philip Au-
gustus In 1191, at the Time of the
Third Crusade—The Baton Is Its Dis-
tinctive Badge of Ofiice.
It is only in France that the military
dignity of marshal is a very ancient
one. It was King Philip Augustus
who first instituted it as a military
office in 1191, at the time of the third
crusade. St. Louis invested two of his
commanders with the rank on the eve
of his ill fated expedition to northern
Africa. Francis 1. created three, and
by the time that Louis XIV. bad com
pleted his long reign there were no less
than twenty of them:
The office was abolished by the firs:
republic, but restored by Napoleon
I. when he proclaimed himself em
peror. He limited the number to six
teen. They were known as marshals
of the empire. The Bourbon monarchy
on its restoration in 1815 maintained
them in office. but changed their title
back to that of marshals of France.
By the law of 1839, bearing the sign
manual of King Louis Philippe, their | -
number was limited go six in time of
peace and twelve in time of war.
The batorf. as provided for by exist-
ing military regulations in France, con-
sists of a staff about two feet long.
an inch and a half in diameter, cover-
ed with dark blue velvet, flecked with
gold stars and tipped at either end
with silver gilt, on the borders of
which are engraved the Latin words,
“Terror belli, decus pacis.” It is car
ried in the right hand at all great mili-
tary or state functions and is used in
lieu of the saber for saluting. The
baton of the field marshal of Great
Britain is tipped at either end with
crowns and lions; those of Germany.
Austria and Russia with single headed
or double headed eagles.
In England the dignity of field mar-
shal was unknown until the reign of
George Il, who in 1735 bestowed it
upon the second Duke of Argyll, one
of the greatest commanders and states-
men of his day and of whom Pope
wrote:
Argyll, the state’s whole under born to
wield
And shake alike the senate and the field.
The first Duke of Marlborough, the
victor of Blenheim, of Ramillies and
of Malplaquet, bore the title of captain
general to indicate his rank as gener-
alissimo, a title undoubtedly originat-
ing in Spain, where it is still retained.
It 1s regarded there as the equivalent
of the grade of field marshal in other
countries.
There are no field marshals at pres-
ent in Russia. The last two command-
ers to hold that rank were the late
Field Marshal Gourko, governor gen-
eral of Poland. and the late Grand
Duke Michael Nicholaivitch. who
when he died was the patriarch of the
imperial house of Romanoff.
In Austria-Hungary there is but one
field marshal—namely, Archduke Fred-
erick. He is a brother of the queen
mother of Spain and heir to all the
colossal fortune of his uncle, the late
Archduke Albert, who had won his
marshal’s baton on the battlefield of
Custozza.
The full generals in Austria bear the
the ordnance) when they belong to the
artillery, while all lieutenant generals
are known as ‘“feldmarshal leuten-
ant,” a title which is being continually
mistranslated abroad as that of- field .
marshal.
In Italy, Scandinavia, Belgium and
Holland and in the armies of the Bal-
kan states the rank of field marshal is
unknown, although the late King
Charles of Roumania had received
batons from Czar Nicholas II and
from the kaiser. Portugal, too. has
dispensed with field marshals.
It is in Germany, however, that field
marshals flourish, but only since the
present kaiser has been on the throne.
Just prior to the death of old Emperor
William in 1888 there were but two
field marshals in the entire German
army~-namely, the then Crown Prince
(afterward Frederick III.) and Count
Moltke, both of whom had received
their batons at the close of the Franco-
German war of 1870. As soon as the
1t emperor came to the throne he
to confer the dignity with such
liberality that there are now fully a
score of them, including Duke Bern-
bard of Baxe-Meiningen, the Grand
Duke of Baden, Prince Henry of Prus-
sia and Baron von Plessen. Besides
these there are about & dozen more
with the rank of “general oberst,” or
olonel general, whose renk is assim-
to that of field marshal and who
above the full general.—F. Cun-
e-Owen in New York Sun.
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that” ™ “wifi remove that annoy-
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© MANURE WHEAT IN WINTER @
® ©
© In order to aid the growth of ©
® the crop and thus save some ©
© spring fertilizers and to prevent ©
© losses of manure through ex- @
© posure the Ohio station recom- «
© mends winter manuring for ®
® wheat. For twenty-three years:
© at the station eight tours 0 mia-
® nure applied directly to wheat
® before seeding have produced an
© annual increase of 12.6 bu: hei:
© in this crop alone. A reason:i e
&® proportion of this increase iia)
® be expected eveir when the nia-
© nure is applied during the win-
© ter, while subsequent crops will
® show Jike increases.
© Experiments at Wooster show
© that a ton of manure spread di-
® rectly from the stable to the
© field is worth 75 cents more thu
® a ton left in an open barnyard «
® for three winter months and ®
® then applied. Other experimoents ©
® have shown that a ton of fresh @®
© manure treated with forty ®
® pounds of acid phosphate and @®
® spread immediately is worth @
© nearly $2.50 more than a ton of &®
© untreated manure le’t in an open ®
© barnyard from January to April.
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PORK RAISING PAYS.
Success Depends Largely on Good Hogs
and Right Feeding.
Is the problem of making pork at a
profit any greater now that grain feeds
are high? Have we not a correspond-
ing rise in the values of tke product so
that we are just as well off? Let us not
overlook the fact that only good hogs
pay at any time, says the Farm Jour-
nal. Poor swine, poorly kept or wormy,
are a losing proposition under all con-
ditions of the market.
In keeping first quality hogs, espe-
cially pure breeds, there is always the
additional inducement of occasional
sales at good prices to breeders. But in
feeding there is a right way that should
not be forgotten. If you have skim-
milk or buttermilk or are near a creamnm-
ery where these may be procured at a
cost of 40 cents per hundred or less it
wilk add quality to the ration and do it
profitably. Skimmilk is among the fore-
most feeds as a grower of young stock,
while it has few equals as a fattener
when fed with corn.
Says the Indiana experiment station:
“The cost of grain per hundred of gain
PURE BRED POLAND CHINA SOW, « 4
made when corn is 50 cents per bushel
was $2.75 per hundred if skimmilk was
fed. But the cost was $4.08 without
skimmilk, feeding corn only. For each
cent advance in the price of corn the
pork cost 5.5 cents more when corn
was fed with milk and 8.5 cents more
when fed without milk. If milk cannet
be procured tankage or oilmeal should
be put into the grain ration to balance
up the protein content.
“However, aside from the grain ra-
tion, which is high, forage is available
at slight expense,:and’ swine should be
given all they will consume. Try oats
and peas, alfalfa,
vetch. :
“Again, let the makers of: York not
forget that pigs weighing 175 to 225
T VBRCIAT, MEYERSDALE, PAT
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T0D SG RISK.
Washingtcen's cade! ths
Matri
One of the ie Silpzion’s
bounty wax i r. Captain
vJohn Fos "asi ton
not oily his | i: » his
claim to west ie bgeame
financially em ) iact, ‘ruin
ed; hs fam ted, aud be
i le frequent <x 0 Wash
lugton for an assistance?
Washngion helj i cale a son
St. Lawience, wlio liad been reduced
to the hud ezpedicut of tending Lar in
a taveria, &:qQ ia ) a daughter,
Mildly, at Mouui Yotuo as a sort of
companion to Mrs. Washington. The
captain once wioie the following de
lightful letter, which is quoted by Paul
Leland Haworth in “George Washing.
ton, Farmer: ®
“1 could (have) been able to (have)
Satisfied . all my old Arrears, some
months AGoe, by marrying (an) old
widow woman in this County. She
has large soms (of) cash by her and
Prittey good Est.—She is as thick as
she is high—And gits drunk at Least
three or foure (times) a weak—which is
Disagreable to me—has Viliant Sper-
| rit when Drunk—its been (a) great Dis-
| pute in my mind what to Doe,—I be-
| leave I shud Run all Resks—if my
rape and winter w=
pounds each are the most profitable, ;
and, luckily, the most popular in the
‘markets, If possible these weights
i should be obtained before the pigs
reach six months of age, keeping the.
: youngsters growing without a setback.”
i
Lime Excess Wasteful.
Field experiments recently completed
at the Pennsylvania station indicate
that a large excess of lime or limestone
is wasteful and that only a slight ex-
cess over that necessary to “sweeten”
the soll or. neutralize acidity should be
applied. For the average acid sofl
with, Pennsylvania conditions one tom
of burned lime or twice that amount of
ground limestone per acre is sufficient
for an initial application.
Protection Against Mice.
During some winters mice are very
destructive to fruit trees, even after
the latter have been planted several
years.
have been suggested. One method is
to wrap ordinary white building paper
aronnd the trunks just before winter
sets In. The paper is fastened with
AROUND THE FARM. I
J
Packing apples attractively helps to
sell them for more money.
Lime-sulphur | spray gets peach leaf
curl. Apply in fall or winter or any
time the leaves are off.
Shrubs that attract birds by their
fruit are worth planting around the
farm home.
Painting farm implements and vehi-
cles is a'good odd job for winter. Of
course they are all under cover.
Snow is said to be the poer man’s
Mrs. Snobbery—You: know. that my fertilizer, and it is—in the sense that
busband is a retired gentleman farmer? any man who depends on it is bound
| Mra, Morningesll—Yes, I' heard -he had | to be poor.
‘petired from, something, 4nd. 'I knew
The heart gets weary, but never gets
old. +S8henstone.
7 354300 il
Systems of ‘drains in land that has
/Be was still farming.—New York Globe. been tilled, but that was more or less
wet, have usually paid for themselves
In four-or five years and often in much
less time. i
Various methods of protection’
Last wife, had been (an) Even uein-
per'd woman, but her Sperrit, has
Given me such (a) Shock—that I am
afraid to Run the Resk again.”
Evidently the captain did not find a
way out of his troubles by the matri-
monial route, for’ somewhat later he
was in jail at Queenstown, presumably |
for debt, and we find in one of Wash- |
ington’s cash memorandum books un-
der date of Oct. 15, 1773, “By Charity— |
given Captn, Posey, four pounds.” One
of the sons later settled in Indiana.
and Posey county is named after him.
GIANT WOLVES OF THE SEA.
Savage Killer Whales Swim In Ranks,
Like Trained Soldiers.
The killer whale usually travels and
hunts in *“schools” or packs of from
three to a dozen or more individuals.
Unlike most whales, the members of
these schools do not travel in a strag-
gling party, but swim side by side,
their movements as regularly timed es
those of soldiers. A regularly spaced
row of advancing long black fins swift-
ly cutting the undulating surface of
the sea produces a singularly sinister
effect. The evil impression is well jus-
tified, since killers are the most savage
and remorseless of whales. The jaws
are armed with rows of effective teetii,
with which the animals attack and de-
vour seals and porpoises and even de-
stroy some of the larger whales.
Killers are like giant wolves of the
sea, and their ferocity strikes terror to
other warm blooded inhabitants of the
deep. The Eskimos of the Alaskan
coast of Bering sea consider killers as
actual wolves in sea form. They be-
lieve that in the early days, when the
world was young and men and animals
could change their form at will, land
wolves often went to the edge of the
shore ice and changed to killer whales,
and the killers returned to the edge of
the ice and came out as wolves, to go
ravening over the land. Some of the
natives assure one that even today ce r-
tain wolves and killers a still en-
dowed with this power and on account
of their malignant character are much
feared by hunters.
Killers are known to swallow small |
seals and porpoises entire and attack
large whales by tearing away their
fleshy lips and tongues. When attack-
ing’ large prey they work in packs,
with all the unity and fierceness of so
many wolves. — National Geographic
Magazine.
“The inedndiderate Mice.
A more kind hearted and ingenuous
soul never lived than Aunt Betsey, but
she was a poor housekeeper. On one
occasion a neighbor who had run in for
a “back door” call was horrified to see
| & mouse run across Aunt Betsey's
| kitchen . floor. “Why on earth don’t
you set a trap, Betsy?” she asked.
“Well.” replied Aunt Betsey, “I did
, have a trap set. But land, it was such
a fuss!
it!” Youth « Companion.
Jicnster Anchers.
The old style anchor—except as the
pictured symbol of hope—is fast pass-
ing away. The modern anchor is made
of steel rather than of wrought iron,
no “stock,” has ball and socket
Joints. and fits closely against the side
of the ship when stowed. Those for
our ‘largest warships weigh 20.000
ge Apfece,
Butternut Dye. .
Butternut (Juglans cinerea) was for-
merly a valuable dye material. It
‘usually is colored brown, but the
shades could be varied. The “Confed-}:
erate jeans,” the cloth much used for:
uniforms in Tennessee and Kentucky
during the war between the states,
was dyed with the bark of this tree.
The Receptive Meed.
Yeast—How does your wife like her
new neighbor?
Crimsonbeak—Oh, she likes her.
“Why. that woman repeats every-
thing she hears.”
© “Yes: that's why my wife likes her.”
—Yonkers Statesman.
Literary Punishment.
“Ma, when 1 came in last night I
found Emily devouring a novel.”
“And this morning she was eating a
cereal.”—Bgltimore American.
The Plow.
Emperor Shun Nung of China in-
vented the plow and introduced agri-
culture and medical science in 1200
B.O.
SRE natn. | moe? tg -
Those mice kept getting into,
S——_— Teme
% ~ - "nN pm rea
SE Es i Mos i iss
The H.ctoric Azzean Island and
lis Stormy Curecr.
EATHED IN CLOOD BY TURKS.
In 1822 an Army of Moslems Slaughter-
ed 30,000 of Its People and Pillaged
and Burned the lIs.and—Twice Laid
Waste by Earthquakes.
The Aegean island of Chios is the
suljject of a striking communication
to the National Geographic society
from Ernest Lloyd Harris, a part of
which is issued as the following bulle-
tin:
“Chios, which is separated from tbe
mainland of Asia Minor by the strait
of Chios, only four and a half miles
wide, has long been a bone of con-
tention between Turk and Greek, and
during the earlier part of the nine-
teenth century it was the scene of
some of the bloodiest tragedies known
to history.
“As early as 700 B. C. it was one of
the richest and most important mem-
bers of the Ionian union. It has dis-
puted with Smyrna the honor of being
the birthplace of Homer. When the
Ionian cities rebelled against the Per-
sian yoke Chios manned and equipped
100 ships. and sent them to the bat
tle of Lade. This stands for some
thing when we take into considera-
|'tion the fact that at that time—name
|1y, 404 B. C.—the population of the
island numbered only 30,000 freemen
and 100,000 slaves.
“Chios has been, in turn, Ionian, Per
sian, Athenian, Roman, Italian, Tur-
kish, and finally, in 1913, after a sep
aration of nearly 2,300 years, it was
united once more to the parent coun-
try, Greece. As one may well im
agine, a little island of 318 square
miles which has changed masters so
many times necessarily must have
suffered much from the strife which
swept over it.
“Twice has this island been visited
by terrible earthquakes. The first was
away back in 17 A. D., and it was
only through the fostering care of the
Emperor Tiberius that the people were
able to make a fresh start. The sec-
ond was in '1881, when the town of
Kastro was practically laid waste.
Mosques, chiirches and dwelling houses
disappeared into the bowels of the
earth, engulfing no less than 5,000 peo-
ple. This earthquake visited the whole
island, and many beautiful and his-
toric monasteries, some of which con-
tained priceless objects of art, valuable
libraries and monuments of antiquity,
were completely lost.
“But in spite of all these vicissitudes
Chios has also seen many happy days.
Even in the old days of the Ionian
union it was celebrated on account of
its commerce and industries, especially
for its native wine and the manufac-
ture of beds and sofas. Under Rome
the island was ruled as an insular
province and enjoyed several hundred
years of almost unbroken peace and
prosperity,
“Chios” real troubles virtually began
with the Greek war of independence.
Somewhat against the will of the peo-
ple, the island became involved in this
struggle and was visited by a massacre
which appalled humanity. In 1822 the
captain pasha appeared before Kastro
with a powerful fleet and landed an
army of Moslems, who slaughtered in
80,000 Chians, while 32,000 were sold
into slavery, The: entire island was
given over to pillage. and scarcely a
village, church or convent was spared
the flames.
avenged. While the Moslems were rav-
aging Chios the islanders of Psara and
Hydra were planning an attempt on
the Turkish fleet, which was lying in
the outer harbor of Kastro, just off the
Genoese citadel. The authors of this
bold strike were Constantine Canaris
and George Pepines, They arranged
two brigs as fire ships and manned
them with a chosen band of desperate
men.
“The lights hanging at the masts of
the Turkish ships were sc dim that
the Chians were enabled completely to
surprise the unsuspecting crew at
midnight. The brig commanded by
Canaris immediately grappled with the
fire. Pepine was equally successful.
and another battleship went up in
‘flames. With shouts of ‘Victory to the
Cross!’ the old time war cry of Byzan-
loss of a single man. Practically the
whole of the captain pasha’s fleet was
destroyed, and 2,300 lives were lost.
{There is an old Greek , monastery
about an hour's ride from Kastro
which is a grewsome monument of this
period. Its walls and alcoves are faced
with the skeletons of the Chians mas-
sacred in this neighborhood.
“One of the chief products of Chios is
gum mastic, an astringent which is
grown in the southern part of the
island. It is used as a gum and also
distilled as a liquid, which is used
immediately before meals. It is an in
toxicant if used immoderately.
“One feature of the scenery of Chios
Is the picturesque old windmills which
crown the ridges and slopes along the
toast. The wheels ire of very large di-
mensions and“ are fitted with galls.
which supply the swtive power for
grinding corn. Owing to the possible
visitation of earthquakes, the houses
are rarely more than two stories high
and when scattered along the country-
, side are usually surrounded by olive ar
i pepper trees, which add much to the
beauty and charm of the island.”
offer more superficial
the space of two months no less than*
“These acts of ferocity did not go un-
captain pasha’s flagship and set it on"
tium, the islanders escaped in a launch’
| which. they had in tow without the
throughout the Levant as an appetizer |
SHE JUST GETS IT. {
When a Woman Makes Up Her Mind
Tha: She Wants a Thing.
The main differeLce Detween men
and women is nowhe«-e so marked as
it is in the distinctior between charac-
ter and ability,
A man's ability is entirely separate
from his character. A man may have
genius and no character at all. He
may have small abilities and large
character. In a man the two things ap-
pear to be entirely independent of one
another.
But a woman's character is deter-
mined by her ability, and ber ability is
determined by her character. In real-
ity, therefore, women are much more
simple than men, although they do not
appear to be so. Women are more
complicated outwardly than men. They
variety. But
closer observation and association
among toem tend to make them more
alike.’
Men, on the other hand, grow more
complicated as you come to know them
better. This is because, their abilities
and characters heing unrelated and the
proportionate measure of each subject
to variations. new combinations are
constantly being presented. The vari-
ous things which go to make up the
motive power of a woman, on the other
hand, are more closely related. Wqm-
en, therefore, concentrate more than
men, although they do not seem to de
so, the process being unconscious.
That explains why, if a woman
wants a thing and a man doesn’t want
her to have it, she always gets it. When
a man wants a thing he plans to get it
just as much as he can through the or-
derly processes of his mind and will
When a woman wants a thing she
makes no plan at all—but she gets it
much more often than the man be-
cause everything in her whole make-
up — conscious and unconscious — is
working for it.
If you want to see conservation of
energy and the perfection of efficiency
watch the working of ‘that perfectly
co-ordinated machine—a woman—get-
ting a thing from a man that she
wants. A Corliss engine, in compari-
son, is a soap box on wheels.—T. L. M.
in Life.
LINCOLN FORGAVE HIM.
One Man Who Got a Pardon Without
Even Asking For It.
Among the innumerable nuisances
and “cranks” who called on Lincoln at
the White House were many who
sought to win favor by showing that
they had been the first to suggest his
nomination as president. One of these
men, says Francis F. Browne in “The
Everyday Life of Abraham Lincoln,”
was the editor of a weekly paper pub-
lished in a little village in Missouri.
He told the president that he was the
man who first suggested Lincoln's
name for the presidency and, pulling
from his pocket an old, worn, defaced
copy of his paper, exhibited to the pres-
ident an item on the subject.
“Do you really think,” said Lincoln,
“that that was the cause of my nomi-
nation?”
“Certainly,” said the editor. “The
suggestion was so opportune that it
was at once taken up by other papers,
and you were nominated and elected.”
“Ah, well.” said Lincoin with a sigh,
“I am glad to see you and to. know
that, but you will have to excuse me.
I am just going to the war department
to see Mr. Stanton.”
“Well.” said the editor, ‘1 will walk
over with you.”
The president, with that good nature
so characteristic ¢f him, took up his
hat and said. “Come along!”
When they reached the door of the
secretary's office Mr. Lincoln turned to
his companion and said, “I shall have
to see Mr. Stanton alone, and you must
excuse me.” And then, taking him by
the hand, he continued: “Goodby. i
hope you will feel perfectly easy about
having nominated me; don’t” be trou-
bled about it: I forgive you.”
They Sink Backward.
Aquatic animals, as a rule, dive into
the water head first and make more op
less splashing. But the hippo sinks
backward and goes down so quietly
that if a hunter were standing near the
‘edge of an African pool the big river
horse would disappear without attract.
ing attention. They keep up the cus-
tom in captivity, where there is no
necessity of guarding against enemies,
‘As they go ‘down they throw up thelp
Hoses and an their lungs.
Peanuts In India.
The Indian peanut originally. was
I grown as an edible nut, but the.great
importance of the crop in south Indig
now- is due entirely to the growth of
the seed crushing industry both local-
ly and abroad, and all efforts to im-
‘Prove the stock sre with the view of
i its ofl yielding property.—
‘Argoust.
Navigating by Sound.
Steamboat captains use microphones
installed in sounding leads to deter-
mine the character of piver beds. The
sotind of the leads dragging on the bot-
tom is transmitted by wire to regular
telephone recefvers.—New York’ Trib-
gne .
And Got Called Toe.
“Pa, who was the first inventor?”
“Adam, my son.”
“What did he invent?"
“The poor excuse.”--Exchange.
Needed le. /
As soon ‘as Adam awoke and saw
Eve he coined the word “trouble.”’—
Chicago Herald. ‘
it 1s Wataly not so much the greap
ness of our trouble as the Ittleness of
eur pines) that makes ue complain.
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