Norwich Bulletin Newspaper, August 19, 1918, Page 3

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Louis American Le: Detroi Philadel Cubs and Braves Break Even. Chicogo, Augz. 18.—-Chicago and Bos- ton broke even in a double bill today, Chicago losing the first game 1 to and winning the other 3 to 1. Hol- locher's record Tor safe hitting in con- secutive mes W broken when he faileq to hit safely in the first gam He had hits in 20 consecutive games. Scores: (First Game.) Chicago (N) ab b oo Batted for Wagner i ed for Nortnrup tunings ] 0 0 1. Paskert 00 0 9 1 x—; Thive " O Farre, Croquet is reported as very popular among the French iers at the tront. Probably need some excite- ment_after monotony of pushing back the Hi _Phone 581 Modern Plumbing is as essential in modern houses as electrizity is to lighting. We guaran- tee the very best PLUMBING WORK by expert workmen at the fairest prices. Ask us for plans and prices. 3. E. TOMPKINS nal SEE Ml S T. F. BURNS HEATING AND -PLUMBING 92 Franklin Strest ROBERT J. 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In the National league Chicago broke even in six games with Pittshesrgh and blanked Philadelphia twice Saturday. Vaughn, Hendrix and Tyler partici- pated in three successive shutout vic- tories. Chicazo won one game of to- day’s double header against Boston. In the American league Boston lost to New York Monday, Robinson out- pitching Ruth three hits to four. The Red Sox took two out of three from Chicago. Bush blanking the White Sox in the odd zame. Ruth allowed Cleve- land five hits Saturday. Cleveland's heavy batting against Chicago and New York gave the In- dians two out of three in each series. Washington won three and tied one with Philadelphia, but lost two out of three to Detroit, the deciding game going 16 innings. The Senators suc- cumbed twice to St. Louis Soturday. South Windham Lucky. South Windham won from Yantic Saturday afternoon on Depot field 4 to 3 by a fluke play, the ball hitting the umpire in the head with two men on bases. With the score 3 to 0 in Yantic's favor the first of the eighth and two men on bases, Fisher hit a ground ball to Simcox. Simcox get- tiig the hall, tried to throw to third to catch tbe runner, but hit Umpire Hughes in the head, knocking him out for a few minutes. Three men scored, tieing the score. Adams made a hit, stole second, went to third on a wild throw and scored on Card’s two base hit. - Card was caught off second by running off the bag, Simcox to Leon- ard. R. Wheeler only allowed three hits, two_of which came in the eighth inning. Yantic showed poor base run- ning, South Windham's catcher nab- bing them all on second. Leonard and Windham has won two, but c expects to cop the next three. s was the shortest game played on Depot field this season, one hour and five mi es. Neither pitcher let a man wai Leonard scored the three runs for Yantic, Colchester Wins Slugging Match. Colchester defeated Yantic Sunday afternoon at Depot field with a record breaking game, 11 to 10. Errors cost Yantic the game, all of which came in one bad inning. Colchester had a bad nning in the fourth when Yantic started the ball rolling by getting five a good chance of winning in the seventh, having three men on bas berth on McGraw's Giants. when Hoxie made a one-hand catc Thorpe's chief trouble since he running in left field, getting it off { hroke into the major leagues has been ! Coughlin’s bat. Yantic will pla his inabiiity to hit curve ball pitching, Sunday on Depat field. U although last vear he was quite effec- cago or Colchester umpired in h Hornsby’s Homer Wins. St. Louis, Aug. 1S.—After Fortune| Detroit fans are up in arms over had filled the bases on three passes in [the heavy fall of the once powerful the third inning of the second zame |Tigers and it is rumored that there today. Hornsby drove the ball into the | will be a change in management right field pavilion, scoring four runs. | Somebodv made a grave mistake St. Louis won the game 5 to 1. The {when First Baseman Burns was al- locals shut out Philadelphia 4 to 0 in |lowed to go to the Athletics. Burns is rst zame. Scores by innings: |one of the American League regulars me: |at the top of the batting records adelphia® 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0—0 5 0 |standing fifth with an average of .348. | Louis 02001021 8 0|Dressen who succeeded him in the| Hogg and Adams; Sherdel and|Detroit lineup, is far down in the list | Brock | with 183 Dauss is the only Detroit Iphia0 0 0 00 0 00 0—1 7 0fpitcher who has won four games to St. Louis 104000000 6 0|da Waltts, Fortune and Adams, Divine; | Meadows ond Bro Cincinnati Takes Both Ends. Cincinnati, Aug. 18.—Cincinnati won two fast and well played games from Brooklyn this afternoon. The scores Coughlin starred at the bat for Yantic. dent Henmpstead of the makes two close games, South s announces that every Mon- Windham defeated Yantic 5 to 4 and in future soldiers and sailors 4 to 3. Tantic is palying South Wind- {in Uncle Sam's uniform will be ham a three out of five series in Which | admitteéd free of charge to the| several THORPE IS A PERSISTENT CUSS. hits and two errors netted Yantic six | Jim Thorpe is a great believer in runs. Mills played a fine game in the | that old adage “if you don’t succeed field, getting everything coming his | first time, try, try again.” v. Leonard played a star game at The fomous Indian athlete who chort. Simcox pitched winning ball | zained great renown in track athletics all the way until the fifth, when seven |and football, is not cutting such a errors and three hits, netting cight | fancy figure in baseball, but he is a runs, put the game on ice. Yantic had | hear on perseverance. For - the sixth ASERS STILL RUNCHED were 8 to 1 and 3 to 1, respectively. Luque and Elier pitched fine ball and received excellent - support. A wild pitch by Luque in the third inning of the first game gave Brooklyn its only run. - In the secend game Eller was in- vineible until the eighth, when triples by Archer and Olson yielded a run. Scores by innings: First game: o Cincinanti 10031300 *—811 .0 Brookiyn 001000000—1 5 2 Luque and Wingo; Coombs and Archer. Second game: Brookiyn 000000010—1 7 1 Cincinanti 00001200*-3 5 1 Cheney, Smith and Miller; Eller and Wingo. Exhibition Game. New Haven, Conn., Aug. 18. — The Boston Americans were defeated 4 to 3 by the Colonials, a local semi-pro- fessional team. in an exhibition game here today. The feature of the game was a home run by Babe Ruth, which was one of the Jongest drives ever seen on the Lighthouse grounds. The score by innings: Boston 000000210—-3 9 Colonials 10020100*—4 6 Pertica, Kinney and Mayer; Wood- ward ond Flaherty 6 2 Senators Trim Browns./ Washingten, Aug. 18.—Washington defeated St. Louis on the local grounds for the first time this seacon, 2 to 1. Shaw allowed the visitors but four hi chulte’s single with the bases filled in the third inning gave Wash- ington .its two runs. Score by innings: St, Louis 00010000 0—1 4 0 ‘Washington 0 0200000 *—210 1 Leifield, Houck and Severeid; Shaw and Ainsmith. New England Champion Wins Western Title, Detroit. Mich.,, Aug. 15.—Walter Westbrook of Detroit. former Univer- ty of Michigan tennis star and hold- er of the New England and Connecti cut Valley court titles, won the Mich: gan senior tennis championship yes- terday from Carl Baseman, also of Detroit, at the Detroit Tennis club} court in straight sets, 6-0, 6-3, 6-3. I3 FREE TO FIGHTING MEN. Giants' games at the Polo - Grounds in New York. Before entering the| grand siand portals the fighting| men will be compelled to buy a ten cent war tax coupon at thej ticket booth, near the press gate on 157th street. They will be al-| lowed to anywhere in the lower ! tier, except the private hoxes. This | senerous policy ~ was inaugurated weeks azo by President ! Ruppert of the Yankees, and has proved unusuaily popuular with the Army and Nav consecutive vear Jim is after a regular ive with the stick against southpaw HUGH JENNINGS MAY GET CAN te, the others being of little or no| lue. TROTTING GOSSIP. ByW. H. Gocher. Whenever a driver is see digging into horse with a whip on account of a FINANCIAL AND SATURDAY’S MARKET. New York, Aug. 17.—Further accu- mulation of Liberty 3 1-2 per de bonds at the new high record of 100.50 was the feature of tod dull session of the stock exchange. Rails and in- dustrials reacted under pressure, the reversal extending from fractions in s and equipments to 1 1-4 points anadian Pacific. Marine pre- ferred was again in demand at a large fractional advance. Specialties were less prominént as a result of recent restrictions, but Gereral Motors regis- tered an extreme gain of 2 1-4 points. American Telephone gained over a point and other utilities were steady to firm. The closing was irregular. Sales approximated 100,000 shares 'STOCKS. et ska Gold M Alaska Juneau Close. 5 Low. 5 Ad Am. Agd C Am’ Beet Sugar Am. Can An Am Am Am Am. Lindsced pr Locomn Smelting el Fary imaire. Tel & Tel 1200 A 700 Am W P pr 200 Asso Oil 1400 Anaconda Asso Ol 0 Atchison pr. 3600 Bald Locomo 400 Beth Steel B 409 Beth Stecl 8 pr 8 Brooklyn R T 100 Cal Petrol 600 Can Pacific 5500 Cent Leather 100 Ches & Ohio 900 C M i P 400 C M & St P pr . 0CR1&P 20C R I &PGor 100 Chile Cop 2 100 Col Fuel & 1 200 Col Gas Elee . 100 Con. I Callaban 1700 Com Prod . 600 Crucible Steel 200 Cuba C_Sugar 241 Del & Hudson 400 Dist Securities 100 Gaston 900 Gen Cigar 120 Gen Electric 2000 Gen Sotor C 25 Granby Min 200 Greene € Cop 100 Gulf S Steel Wns. 100 Int Agri pr #00 Tns Copper 100 Inter Con pr 2100 Int Mer MMar 7760 Int M Mar pr 1300 Int Paper . 0 Int Nickel 109 Kelly S Tire 560 Kennecott. .. 160 Lebigh 31 ) 178 1 % Bous fous | | lires, demand 7.51, cables 7.50; rubles, COMMERCIAL Maxwell M Co Max M. 1 pr May D Stors Mex ePtrol Miami Cop Midvale Steel . Mo Pacific Mo Pac pr Nat Biseuit .. Nat Cond & C . Nat Ema & S Nes C Cop . N Y Central || NYNH&H Nova S Steel Ohis Cities G . Outario Sitver Pacific Mail Pacific Mail s Pan & Pet pr PernR R - Pecples G & C . P Marquettc Phila Co. ....... Pitts & W YVa Press Steel Car Ry Steel Sp Reading L Reading 2 2pr Rep I & Steel Royal Dutch Saxon Motor . foss Sh S & 1 South Pacific So P R Sugar Southem Ry South Ry r . 26y Studebaker . Tobacco_Prod TUnion Pac Alloy_Stee! Cigar_ Stores U S T Aleobel U'S Rubber USSm &R pr 2% 40y ¥ S Steel 110% 110% U S Steel pr ne% 1101 TtahCopper 805 803 Ya C Chem 515 51 400 Va C Chpr 104 104% 200 Wabash pr A 8% 38y 180 Wesp Un Tel 80 8 200 Westinghouse 6% 5% 10W & L E . oy 9 700 Willys Over 8% 10% Total eales 04,046 shares. COTTON. New York, Aug. 17.—Cotton- futures closed firm. October 3253, December 32.02, January 31.95, March 31.90, May 3114, Spot guiet: middling 35.70. 35, MONEY. New York, Aug. 17.—Mercantile paper 6; sterling 60 day bills 4.73; commercial 60 day ®ills on banks 4.72% commercial §0 day bills 4.71 3-4, de- mand 4.75.60, cables 4.76.60 demand 565 1-2, cables guilders, demand 50 34, cables 51 1-4 demand 13 1-2, cables 14 nominal; Mexican dollars 77; government bonds strong; railroad bonds irregular. CHICAGO GRAIN MARKET. High. Low. 161% 160% 162% 161% 165% 162% | sold him for $1,000 to Jerry O’Callahan. | him making a mistake or false move that he cannot understand, someone should remind him of Byron's line: “Good workmen never quarrel with their tools.” The King Bellini mare Bellinardine, that won such a clever race at Wind- sor, Conn. last October, dropped off at Erie, Pa. the last week in July and disposed of Sam Hurst, Baron Hal The Assessor and Dan Mathews in 2:10%. Last week she met Lizzie March at Monroe. N.*Y. and was defeated in 2:081. This mare was bred by W. B. Dickerman, Mamaroneck N. Y. and is out of the Hinder Wilkes —mare Banardint, 2:28%, which also produced thbe pacers Baim Yaga, 2:131%. and Bannard, that was second to the Berti- ni ‘mare Bells at Springfield, Mass. in 2:15%. The bay mare Tat Bingen, 2:11%, by Bingen broke Her leg in the final heat of the 2:17 trot at Erie, Pa. Mintmark® defeated Binville, Bo- quita Giri and M. L. J. after a_five- heat contest at Monroe, N. Y. Ly 113% while Captain Volo, who bowled him over in 2:11% at Brooklyn, N. Y., finished second to Jess Y. at Worcester, Mass.'in 2:12% after winning two heats in 3% and 2 5 This started an investigation and when it was completed it was found that Moliie A. was the California bred mare Tempest, 2:19, by Hawthorne, | which had been sold ‘and shipped to | South America and brought back to| New York. Her owner was taken sick | while spending the summer near | Plattsburgh. N. Y. and the mare was | sent to Wright to exercise her.He fol- lowed the instiuctions by taking her to the races and ringing her. As for Myrtle R. she was purchased by W. F. Putnam of Cleveland, Ohio. He raceq her until she had a mark of 2:153, when she was sold, shipped east and bred to Bingen. Bronson was the foal and at one time he was not very promising. In fact one morn- Ing on the New York speedway the gentleman who then owned him offer- ed to give him away but could mnot find a taker. Later {he horse became the property of George Graves of Bos- ton.” Under his care and Ed Bither's training he became a Grand Circuit | performer with a mark of 2:13 while at Syracuse he finished second {o Peter Scott in 2:05 FRISCO WORTHY. Tt will not be very long before Walter Cox wins a race with the big gelding Frisco Worthy that finished second in one heat to Tacita when she Janded the 2:18 class at Toledo in 2:08%;. This horse is by San Francisco out of Lady Worthy, 2:111, by Axworthy. Murphy had him as a’colt but sent him home on account of a curb bothering him. His next appearance was in the auction ring at the Old Glos Sale in 1915, when 1. R. Blumenthal of Hartford, | Con picked him up for $: The following spring he started him at a matinee of the Road Drivers’ Club and | W. T. Crozier then took him in hand and started him in a special event at| the Connecticut Fair which he won in| 2:17%. Last year Sanford Small pur- chased him out of a race at Windsor, Conn.. for $3,500. He turned him over to Walter Cox who gave him a record of 2:0834 at Svracuse during the New York State Fa SHOOTING WITH LINCOLN. By W. H. Gocher. Five days a week at $:45 A. M. a slimly built, medium sized man with a thin, gray beard and gold rimmed glasses, wearing a dark gray busine suit and automobile cap, takes the Blue Hills Avenue car in Hartford, Conn. at Harold Street. Almost all of those whe see him daily infer that he is sixty or sixty-five years old. Still the records of South Manchester, Conn. show that Christopher Miner Spencer was born in'that town June 20, 1833, and is, therefore, in his eighty-sixth year. This man’s in- ventive genius and skillful hana have done considerable toward es- tablishing the mechanical ascendancy of Connecticut, not only in the pro- duction of machine made screws but also in improved arms for modern war equipment. One evening while in conversation with Mr. Spencer I referred to thel rifle which he. invented and asked him who originated the idea of a re-| peater. In reply he said: “The first repeating rifle I ever heard of was made by a man named Henr; That was in the fifties. He depen€ad on a depression in the base of the bullet for the powder chamber and sold his invention to Winchester of New Haven. In 1857 when I began to work on my repeating rifle I was liv- ing in South Manchester. After con- siderable experimenting I wa: vinced that it would be nece: have a shell to hold the charge I made a few out of One while rumma in_Newtor | shop in Hartford on Kingsley where the police station now I found a few brass shells which were made in France and provided forrim | fire. Newton did not know where 3 He gave them to me | and as soon as I perfected the mat- ter of ejectinz the empty shell while the loaded one was slipping into place, the Spencer repeating was ready for use. My patent was 1860, just one yeal Lincoln was inaugurated, and as I did not have the means to manu- facture the weapon, I placed it in the hands of Cheny Bros. to finance. After the. Civil War started in 1861 1 Cheney made ar appointme; it rifie | | | | granted March 4, before President Gideon Wells, who wa n[i Hartford and at that time Secretary of the Navy, for a trial of the rifle. It proved so dered a thousand. “With this order a factory was started in Boston, and continued un- til after the war when we sold out to Wincnester. During that time the company manufactured and sold over one hundred and fifty thousand rifles to the government. For some time it experienced considerable difficulty in getting orders from the War Depart- ment but this objection was overcome by James G. Blaine as soon as he was convinced that the Spencer rifle was not only a reliable weapon but that it would also kill a horse at a mile, “I was superintendent of. the Bos- ton factory and as soon as every thing was in running order I de- voted the most of my time to show ing soldiers and sailors in the serv ice how' to use the rifle. When | Gr: was investing Vicksburg I had dinner with him on a dispatch boat at the mouth of the Yazoo River At that time¢ he was considering the ad- visability of diverting the course of the Mississippi River and leaving Vicksburg without a water front. He dedided, however, that it was too much of an undertaking and sent his boats down the river under cover of dark- ness two days after I.left for the north. “I also arrived at Stone River three days after the battle of Mur- freesboro. All of the men slain had been buried by that time but there were plenty of dead horses and mules in_sight. The Spencer rifle wasused in that battle and on_Wilder's rec- ommendation General Rosencranz is-| sued an order for more of them. These were the guns that were used in the battle of Lookout Mountain in front of Chattanooga and they were also ustd to clear the way for Sher- man when he made his march to the sea. B “While I was at Stone River the surgeon of a Pennsylvania regiment tisfactory that he or- 70 10% 60% 59% invited me to go into Nashville and have dinner with a lady whose hus- band and sons were in the southern larmy. . 'We-were entertained very hos- | He | bull’s eye Your Washing Machine Plus “Soap Chips” is the perfect combination for wash-day. Puts » and earlier laundry on the line whiter, cleaner, .—because the Borax in softens the water and quickly dissolves away the dirt. No soap to cut—ready for use. More economical than soap. To_ get best results make a Soap Jelly by boiling 3 tablespoonfuls of Chips in a quart of water. Add enough of this solution to wash- water to make good suds. Washas usual. An 8 oz. Package of 20 Mule Team Borax Chips equals 25¢ worth of ordinary laundry soap. - It's the Borax with the Seap that Does the Work. AT ALL DEALERS pitably but when my companion told our hostess that I was the yourg man (I was then twenty-nine vears old) who invented the Spencer rifle , she said that while she did not wish me any harm she did wish I had never been born. “In 1863 the managers of the com- pany in Boston decided that they were not getting as many orders from the War Department as they could fill so they miade an appointment for mé to show the rifie to President Lincoln. I arrived at Washington on the morning of August 17 and went direct to the White Hou: Present- ing my credentials, the man on the door showed me into the President’s office. He was alone when I entered and appeared to be expecting me as without a moment's delay he took the gun out of my hands as soon as I removed it from the case examined it thoroughly and asked me to take it apart and shew him how it worked. then invited me to return at 2 P. M. and as he stated ‘We would go out and see it shoot” When I return- ed at the time designated 1 found the President standing, with his son and an officer from the Navy named Mid- dleton, on the steps of the White House. As we walked toward the War De- partment, the President rtquested his | son to go in and invite Secretary | Stanton to join us and see the shoot- | ing. While we were waiting for him to return and during a lull in the con- versation between Middleton and the President 1 mustered up enough couraze to ask President Lincoln if it was not a great responsibility to govern such a vast country during the war. Turning toward me he said with a smile: ‘It is a big chore with | the kind of help I have’ Also at the me time he noticed that one of the| patch pockets on the black alpaca coat that he was wearing was torn ang taking a pin from his vest he| fastened it up, remarking as he did. | ‘It seefs to me that it does not look | quite right for the Chief Magistrate | of this mighty republic to be wearing | a torn coat.’ “By this time Robert Lincaln re- turned and told his father that Secre- tary Stanton said _he was too to go with him. ‘Well, said the Prts- ident, ‘they do pretty much as shey have a mind to over there’ The four of us walked over to what is now Potomac Park near where the Wash- ington monument stands. “The naval .officer nad brought alon, smooth pine board, six inch wide and three feet long, | for a target and after making a small smudge at one end of it for a it was set up against a tree. 1.also slippec seven cartridges into the rifie and handed it to the President. Pacing off forty yards he took his pos- ition but after sighting the rifle a couple of times he told us to move the | target as he saw a colored =zentleman | | league. over near the river bank and he did not feel disposed to disturb him by send- ng a bullet that w As soon as he selected a new positicn President Lin- coln fired his first shot. It was about six inches too low. A second one struck the bull's eve and the other five were close to it. “‘Now we will see the inventor try his luck' remarked the President as he handed me the rifie. When the naval officer reversed the board I fired, beating him by a slight mar- gin. 'Well’ said President Lincoln, “You are much younger than 1 am, have a better eye and steadier nerve. After I returned to the White House the naval officer sawed off the end of the board, which the President used as a target, and handed it to me with the remark that I might feel disposed to keep it is a souvenir. I also presented the rifle to President Lincoln and as he marched into the White House with it on his shoultier, 1 walkea out of the gate with the target under my arm. 1 also retained the board until a few years ago when I presented it to the Lincoln Memorial at Springfield, IiL where it is now in a glass case. After the close of the Franco- Prussian War I began experimenting with another rapid fire weapon and | developed the pump gun from which eighty shots were obtained in two minutes. This is the weapon which preceded the automatic but my patents wert not when the latter appéared. I exhibited the pump gun in England, France, Belgium, Austria, Ttaly and’ Germany in 1883. At that time Judge Taft was the American minister at Beriin. While there I had dinner with him and son William, who was afterwarq P dent of the United States. Also while in Berlin I owed this gun to General Von Moltke and he appointed fifty offi- cers to_be present at a trial at Span- deau. When I began shooting I heard the discharge of another weapon near me, 1 proceeded, however, and made twenty-one shots in twentv-two sec- onds. T then learned that the Germans o had a ¢ riled to work after four or five dis- charges. None of the European Zovernments placed any orders for the repeater as they were satisfied they could make something that was better than the invention of a Connecticut Yankee.” Four ears ago the Boston Red Sox [ purchased the release of Pitcher Vean Gregg from the Clevelands for $8000. Gregg at that time was one of the most promisinz southpaws the American But soon after he joined the e developed a lame arm Red Sox The Red 5 nt hin to the Buffalo club, and later to Providence, where e tched splendidly, but his work was considered a flash in the pan. !In the big plaver swap last winter the noted left hander became the property of Connic. Mack and today he is the Athletics’ star boxman. New London County FAIR aw RACES Norwich, Conn., September 2-3-4 $1,000 Purses BRING .OUT SPEEDIEST STEPPERS - GREAT TRACTOR DEMONSTRATION CLASSY VAUDEVILLE LIVE STOCK FARM MACHINERY BALLOON ‘ASCENSION—Amusing and. Educating ADMISSION: ADULTS 50c — CHILDREN 25¢ good enough to protect me | inder repeater but that it | POETRY THE NORWICH COURIER. We take many other papers, Perchance of more renown, But the one that most we care for Is the one from our home town— Although long ago transplanted. Still we share the hopes and fears of th%se old-time friends and neigh. ors That we knew in former years. By the “Farmer’s Talk to Farmers” We make our garden grow And we think his sound phil The sanest soft we know— As for the Social Corner, Each_ sister's recipe Is carefully read over, And tried right frequently. “Fifty Years Ago” in Norwich Sometimest the teardrops swell, And sometimes theyv drip over, As old times we knew so weil Come rushing back to memory— Ah! How the vears have flown! Yes. we are long transplanted, But Norwich is still our own'! So_send us, Mr. Editor. For the ensuinz year. The good old Norwich Courier. That we hold passing dear— Our lines in pleasant places Seem cast where'er we roam. Bnt we love old scenes and faces In the city we vet call home! —Forcnce M. Woodmansee. New Haven, Conn. 2 GOES FORTH TO SLAY. “America goes forth to slay"— The giant Greed. the harlot Pride: The Will that dares to averride The peopled earth with fire sword, That there may be one mighty lord! and “America goes forth to slayv”’— The foes that lu within herself: The love of gold. the lust for pelf, The self-content that could iznore The slaughter on the Belgian shore! America goes forth to bleed— That Love may be earth’s final creed. That Mercy mav in everv land Subdue the brutal Iron Hand. America goes farth to die Faith, for Love .for Liberty! Thomas Curtis Clark, in The Living Chur HUMOR OF THE DAY “Bill says his soldier life reminds ! him daily of home and mother.” “How is that?" “They won't let him sleep mornings.”—Boston Transcript. “T don't understand it." “What?” “My boy has been in France two weeks now and hasn’t' won the Croix de Cuerre- vet."—Detroit Free Press. “Did vou ever have the feeling that vou have met a person before and perhaps had an unpleasant experi- ence in the dim past?’ 3 “T often have that feeling in hiring a cook."—Kansas City Journal. Father—The young idiot asked me for. your hand. Girl—T do hope you were kind to him. father. Father—I had to be: he called me up on the phone—Boston Transecript. late Tragedian—You tell me, sirrah, that T am behind the times? s Manager — Yes. You come with me. I'm going to produce a screen version of Ben Hur. h motor-cv- cles for the principals in the chariot race—Film Fun. “What become of you had " “Killed himself!™ “Really ?” “Yes: tried to catch a fly on the small of his back and misca'vu]atf‘d. the greyhound Bit himself in two.”London Tit-Bi Mrs. Livewell—Please don’t be of- fended at the question, T but are vou.addicted to drink? New Maid—I don’t know the taste of it, ma’am. You can keep a bottle in every room in the house if you like and vowll always find it as you left it—Buffalo Express.. “What's the use of havinz two or three homes. as these millionaires have?" asked the idle wayfarer who wanted to start a little conversation. There's a while lot of use” re- plied the man who was beatinz car- pets. “If T owned two homes T'd live in one. while my wife was cleaning the other” — Birmingham Age-Her- ald. THE KALEIDOSCOPE Minnesotans own 200.000 motor- cars. They hought 40.000 last vear. Oyster shells are being used ex- tensively in the manufacture of Port- land cemcgt along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. The first short course of asronomy and animal hushandrv at the TUni- versitv of British Columbia is now in full progress. Arbitration awards give new con- cessions to Tondon( Fngland) county { council tramwayv emploves totaling 50,000 pounds a year. A1l the school hoards of Caithness (Scotland) have adopted a minimum salary for nssistant teachers, com- mencing at $400.. Corrections made recently in mans of Greenland have shown it to ba abeut 150.000 sauare miles larger than formerly believed. After a controversy that jasted 10 vears, French scientists have decided that the wuse of old corks In wine Dbottles is not detrimental to health. To protect hands from fiving fragments a glove has heen invented with a screen zuard projecting from the side opppsite the thumh. metalworkers’ Preparatizns have hegun for the econd Annual Territorial Exhihition. which will take place’ at Punta Arenas in February 1919, and will last three or more days Camn Sherman. Chillicothe, Ohte. has 600 mewspaper men in training out of a tatal of 30,000 men in camp. A studv of the list shows that every |man who ever did any work on & newspaper is proverly listed by the | personal department. Courtmariial was instituted hv 28~ thority of congress to trv accutw parties while in militarv service. The different kinds of coprtmartial are known as xzeneral. garrison and regi- mental. The officials in charze are a president, a judge advocate and a clerk. 4 Beer it believed to be ane of tha most anclent of drinks. Mannserints wwritten at least 3000 years hefore the Christian era show conclusivelv that everr at that primitive period the manufacturs of an intoxicant lauor from barley or other grain was ex- tensively ecarried on in Europe. : Sergt. Frank Smith. of the Roval Fngineers, the first British postmaster of Jerusalem writing to a friend in London, savs: “There are 40.000 inhabitants left in Jerusalem, and they were all glad to see us. The poverty is appalling( but business is nicking un now and the nostoffice is doing a thriving business.” Poor Relations. Out in our garden grows the hum- ble but useful onion, the poor rela- tion of the lovely and dignified lilv. We are ashamed to say that also in our garden grows the humble chick- weed and we have even.rooted out a few lengths of the pestiferous pusley. Do the, spicy garden pirks and the gorgeous hothouse carnations look.— Omaha Bee. Swat the Wail. One sort of peace we should have is peace from Lansdowne's wailing for peace.—~Louiswille Courier-Journal,