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din a few
Cour feay te thie Flag.
Civilians ha ail kmds of {rouble An 3
when visiting a naiiay amp, because gg; of the. ari
they invariably aftempt to pass the 45 4... | “tha pate of a dollar
flag waving at ot imental or brigade a nines : Sn be 318 vears
headquarters without paying it any fences fs appio-n ‘ry I -
more recognition than they would an ® ir at 6 per cont. SIS SE oa
ice wagon or a garbage can. But ii gent every second for an indefinite
such places they ere compelled to ex- pericd without touching the principal.
tend proper courtesy to, the fing of | The interest cn the io: an is greater
their country. There is always a hawk | than (ie entire ruar ving expenses of
faced colonel roosting in the black | go government less than half a cen-
depths of his tent just behind the col- | tury ago, while the amount “itself
ors, and woe tu {he soldier on guard if
he lets a civilian go past without sa- |
luting.
WW cn a eivilian starts to pass the
colors without removing his hat the
sentry, knowing that the regimental
bawk is glaring balefully at him,
swoops down cn the surprised civilian
and sternly says, “Take off your hat.”
Women, of course, cannot take off
their hats to the colors, but as they
pass the colors or the colors-are car-
ried by them, they can at least stop
talking and keep their eyes fastened on
Old Glory.—Chicago Herald.
Fortress, Silence, Gloom!
The forties: of t. Peter and St. Paul |
is tiie gloomiest of bastiles. It stands
on the bank of the Neva in Petrograd, i
opposite what was the Winter palace ;
of Russia's masters. It is a veritable |
temple of silence, such as Carlyle sigh-
ed for in vain. Prince Krapotkin, who -
spent many weary months within its
walls. tells how the officers moved
about with silent tread. The flcor of
his ceil was covered with felt, and he |
found that though the walls had the
appearance of being paper the paper
was only pasted on canvas, behind
which was a wire grating packed with
layers of felt. Krapotkin measured.
his cell and found that ten steps from
one corner to the other repeated 150
times was two-thirds of a mile. He
desired to walk five miles a day and
accomplished his task walking rapidly
to the corners, but turning slowly to
avoid dizziness.
The Latchstring Is Out.
The saying ‘The latchstring is out”
signifies hospitality. It is a standing
invitation to visit the party who uses
it. In early times throughout New
England and other parts of the coun-
try the houses were built of logs, and
the door fastenings were simply a
wooden latch on the inside of the door,
which fell into a notched stick in the
doorpost. The simple contrivance was
owing to the fact that nails and iron
were hard ‘to get. On the inside the
latch was lifted by the band easily, but
to lift it from the outside a hole was
bored in the door, which was made of
slabs, and a string passed through,
which was fastened to the latch. By
pulling the string the latch was lifted
and the door opened. To lock the door
the string was drawn inside so that a
person on the outside could not use it.
He Had To.
If all men were like a colored porter
in Frankfort, newspaper men would
find the game an extremely easy one.
The porter, who is known to every
man and boy in the city, recently was
divorced from his first wife and with-
days was married again. A
reporter happened in the clerk's office
just as he was about taking out his
license.
“When are you to be
Frank?’ asked the reporter.
The porter told him, and the ques-
tioning was continued until his wife
to be grabbed hold of his arm and
whispered, “Don’t” tell that man all
about this.”
“I’ve got to,” the porter whispered
back. “He's a reporter.”—Indianapolis
News:
married.
There's Profit In Growing Herbs.
“Particularly pleasant to grow are
herbs,” says Grace Tabor in the Wo-
man’s Home Companion, “and by a lit-
tle study of their very special market
they may be easily turned into pin
money. Every butcher who makes his
" own sausage is a potential customer,
and the large packing houses, of course,
use large quantities. Chemists, per-
fumers and pickle factories also re-
quire them. Solicit trade if this line
is what you think you would like, of-
fering a sample of your wares, just as
any manufacturer shows samples of
his goods.” i
Manila’s Name Widely Used.
Manila has given its name probably
to more articles of commerce than any
other city in the world. - “Manila” to-
bacco, cheroots, hemp, bats,
matting, bracelets and rings are just
a few of the things which remind peo-
ple in different countries of the capital
of the Philippines.—London Chronicle.
His Experience.
“phat young electrician got an an-
swer from the girl he proposed to that
was opposed to all his scientific princi
ples.”
“What was 1£?”
“A decided megative which was also
quite positive.”—Baitimore American.
A Wise Boy's Reply.
Willie's Mamma — Come now, Wil
lie, I am ready to hear you repeat your
history lesson. Willle—Aw, let history
repeat itself.—Philadelphia Record.
Something Wagnerian.
Mrs, A.—What did your husband say
when he saw the bill for your new
gown? Mrs. B.—I didn’t hear. I start-
ed to play on the piano.
Worse Luck.
Fatigued Philip—Did the lady t'row
boflin’ water on youse? Wandering
Walter—Worse’n dat, Phil; worse'n dat.
It was seapsuds!
A aan should be upright, not have
¢o be kept straight.—Marcus Aurelius.
| would conduct the affairs ef the gov-
paper,
THE
ernment for fully seven. years on the
basis of tbe annual expenditures for
the last decade. Another and more
cheerful way of lcoking at the situa-
tion is that, great as the loan is, the
wealth of the United States is such
that it amounts to the lending of $1
out of every $40 of our existing tangi-
ble resources. - A penny a day saved by
every inhabitant would cancel the prin-
cipal within twenty years.—Thomas F.
Logan in Leslie's.
Eat Less; Do More.
A fat nation is no good.
tions accerrlish
at less and think more, have s
Lean na-
Wo cheat?
maller
th'nea
i
ot
zirth and larger chocts, } 3 on the Lip
and more en tlie hots Linve fewe: |
potatoes at dinner ne more bucks
after dunner. mor. exercise and less
chewing. A strong perscu can subsist |
on a little oatmeal and philosophy and
outwalk, outtali, catthink, and in ev- :
ery way outdo the person: who travels |
the lene route from soup to nuts and
¢ oes to sleep afterward as an anaconda
full of sheep or monkeys might. Life
is a lean affair of hungry appetites and
anibitions. Then they stimulate to
earnest performance. The regeneration
of the American nation begins at the
dinner table. We: need stoutness in
soul not soutness in fat. Eat less and
do more. Grow more above the neck
and less below the stomach.—Chicago
Tribune.
Heathen Shrines.
After months spent in idolatrous
lands I have been unable to see much
real worship in heathen shrines. The
educated worship with their tongues
in their cheeks and the ignorant with
their hearts in their mouths. But the
amount of real worship that exists in
heathen temples is very small.
Sometimes a bereaved mother will
enter the temple and draw from her
kimono the tiny bib of a departed lit-
tle one and tie it to the statue of Jizo,
the god of motherhood. Sometimes an
old man or woman, almost blind, wili
enter the temple and rub the eyes of
a wooden god and then rub his own in
the hope that eternal darkness may
not close in on his affrighted soul. In
some places Buddhist services are as
dignified, as well attended and as help-
ful as our own.—Maynard Owen Wil-
liams in Christian Herald.
Graphite as a Lubricant.
Graphite, says the Scientific Ameri-
can, is pot a lubricant, but an aid to
keeping a bearing in good working or-
der by filling up the minute irregulari-
ties of the shaft and bearing and pro-
ducing a beautiful polished surface
and in this way reduces friction. To
get this io Hy 4 very sioall guair
tity is inettis ary, and af
too nih i - collecis
in wads and 13 rpose in
tended.” It follows that { per way
is to miy
with (ue
ble intervals and
to use grapitite succes:
thoroughly a small «
lubricating oil at su
not to apply it continously, for when
the above mentioned polished surface
is formed it will last quite a lolng time
before requiring renewal. i
John Bunyan’s Indictment. °
The bill of indictment preferred
against John Bunyan ran thus: “Johu
Bunyan hath devilishly and pernicious-
ly abstained from coming to church to
hear divine service and is a commoi
upholder of several unlawful meetings
and conventicles, to the disturbance
and distraction of the good subjects of
this kingdom, contrary to the laws of
our sovereign lord the king.” He was
convicted and imprisoned twelve years
and six months.
Word From Br'er Williams.
Once ’pon a time Man lost so much
sleep worryin’ over trouble what wuz
to come dat when Trouble come sho’
nuff de Man wuz dead ter de worl’,
an’ Trouble walked all over him an’
said: “He’s too trifvin’ fer me ter fool
with. I wouldn't waste time on no
sich!”—Atlanta Constitution.
: A Skirt Hanger.
A good improvised skirt hanger is a
strong hatpin. Fold the skirt twice at
the band, stick the hatpin through the
back in two places, leaving enough of
the pin exposed to hang over a nail or
hook. The skirt will never be pulled
out of shape.
His Advantage.
“I know more about that woman than
she knows about herself.”
“How can that be possible?”
“Basily. I know she isn’t pretty, but
she doesn’t.”
Largest Organ.
The largest organ in the world is the
one built by the famous German build-
er, Walcher, and is situated in St.
Michael’s church, Hamburg, Germany.
Salmon.
Salmon are swift swimmers. They
can travel through the water at the
rate of twenty-five miles an hour.
The Dog.
At the age of two years the dog at-
talns maturity; at fifteen it is getting
old; beyond twenty it seldom lives.
God hath joked to Guilt her pale
| explaining this mystery.
i zombustion
i would be required per square foot of
RR
HEAT OF THE SUN.”
its Source of Supely Is a Puzzling |
Problem to Science. j i
Probably the most puzzling problem
we have in connection with the sun is
to account for its tremendous output :
of heat, which we are told has varied”
no more than a few tenths of a degree |
in 50,000,000 years, the period general- |
ly. given by geologists for the duration i
of life upon the earth.
If we accept the theory most gener-
ally advanced in the past that the sun
was formerly a vast nebula extending
at least as far as the planet Neptune
and that its heat was maintained by
slow contractions, computation shows
us that only 25,000,000 times the pres-
ent output would be maintained from
this source—that is, if its heat were
supplied by contraction alone it would
have lasted only half as long as life
has been known to exist upon the
earth. .
This is plainly impossible, and
though contraction undoubtedly sup-
plies part of the solar heat, there must
be some other source of supply as well.
The discovery of radio-activity in re-
cent years may have much to do with
It is interesting to ccnsider that if
the sun were composed of coal and its
heat were kept up Ly the process of
more than a ton of ceal
surface per hour to supply the present
output of heat. The sun would be en-
tirely burned up in 5,000 years if made
of coal.—New York Sun.
OUR UNPAID LABORERS.
Properly Protect Them.
One form of national waste which is
far more serious than the American
people realize is a result of the deplor-
able neglect to conserve bird life in
this heedless and ungrateful country.
Ornithologists and other intelligent
observers of nature who have made a
study of the subject say with the sanc-
tion of crop experts that insects de-
stroy one-tenth of the products of agri-
culture in the United States. More
than 100,000 kinds of insects have been
enumerated in the fields, orchards,
meadows, pastures, vineyards, gardens
and woods of this chief agricultural
country of the world. A very large pro-
portion of these insects are injurious
to crops. Birds are the insects’ worst
enemies.
Nearly all birds destroy insect life.
The federal department of agriculture
has examined the stomachs of forty
kinds of birds to determine accurately
what they consume. It was found that
among the birds which most effectively
aid the farmers are phoebes, kingbirds,
catbirds, swallows, brown thrashers,
rose breasted grosbeaks, house wrens,
viroes, native sparrows, cuckocs, ori-
oles, warblers, shore larks, loggerhead
shrikes and meadow larks. Even the
crow and the crow blackbird, which
have rested under suspicion so long.
do more good than harm to the farm-
ers. —Chirage News.
. The tadeor and the Outdoor Man...
In the American Magazine Dean Her-
man Sc¢hnejder says:
“The characteristics of men are so
much on the surface that a keen ana-
lyst usually will uncover the correct
one in the first interview. They signal
the indoor and outdoor type of mai.
When a blizzard is beating against the
house an ‘indoor’ man likes to hear the
roar. of the wind because it empha-
sizes the coziness of the inglenook
and heightens his sense of protection.
The ‘outdoor’ man is straightway seized
by a desire to get out and fight the
storm. Draw a picture of prospecting
or construction work, and the second
man will lean forward with tense mus-
‘cles and radiant eyes. The other will
draw more and more into himself, as
if for shelter.” :
+ Toilet of the Tidy Ant.
No creature is more tidy than an
ant, who cannot tolerate the presence
of dirt on its body, says a writer in
St. Nicholas. These little creatures
actually use a number of real toilet
articles in keeping themselves clean.
let articles consist of coarse and fine
toothed combs, hair brushes, sponges,
and even washes and soap. Their
combs, however, are the genuine arti-
cle and differ from ours mainly in that
they are fastened to their legs. The
ants have no set time for their toilet
operations, but clean up whenever thas
get soiled.
It Was Not Her Fault.
Dr. Black—I suppose, Mrs, Brown.
that you have given the medicine ac-
cording to directions? Mrs. Brown—
Well, doctah, I done my bes’. You said
give Pete one o’ dese heah pills three
times a day ontil gone, but I done run
out o’ pills yistaday, an’ he hain’t gone
yit.—Christian Herald.
Quite So.
“The bride's mother has the advan-
tage of the bridegroom’s mother at the
ceremony.”
“How so?”
“Everybody assuines that the bride is
getting a little the worst of it.””—Loulis-
ville Courier-Journal.
Found Dut.
“Would you like to hear a secret in-
volving Mrs, Next Door in a dreadful
scandal?’
“Yes, oh, yes; tell it to mel”
“I don’t know any such secret. You
eertainly have a mean disposition.”—
Ohicago Herald.
Her Ability.
“Are you able to keep your servants
any length of time?”
“Let me see. I've bad my husband
six years.”—St, Louis Post-Dispatch,
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Birds Do Great Work, Yet We Do Not
A well known authority says their toi-
tormentor, Misery.—Bryant.
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FOURTEEN SUFFRAGETS
ARRESTED BY POLICE
Officers Take Drastic Action After
‘Latest Demonstration—Women
Released on Personal Bond.
The climax. cf the suffragist demon-
stration against the White House was
reached when fourteen women who
had displayed suffrage banners be:
fore the executive mansion were ar-
rested. Four times the suffragists had
passed before the gates with their
banners furled beneath their clothes
and promptly at a signal they drew
them out and flew them in the breeze.
Quite as promptly police reserves
closed in upon them and hustled them
off to police headquarters in automo-
biles. They were soon released on
their personal bond.
The women in the party the police
descended upon were the following:
Mrs. Alexander Shields, Texas; Miss
Mabel Vernon, Nevada; Miss Kath-
erine Morey, Boston; Miss Annie Ar-
niel, Wilmington, Del.; Miss Maude
Jamieson, Virginia; Miss Luck Burns,
.Brooklyn; Miss Elizabeth Stuyvesant,
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that Rumania has raised and equipped
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that will be ready to take the field
within a month.
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President Wilson, is charged with the
responsibility of recruiting and organ:
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into gun companies to be sent back
to the eastern front where it is un-
derstood Russia soon will be in a posi-
tion to resume the offensive.
The mission is composed of Count
Vassile Stoica, Rev. F. Motza and
Basiillucai, a member of the Ruman-
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