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capacity for making trouble. The
soldier was Thomas Conway, British
subject, who had lived since early
childhood in France. There he had
joined the army and risen to colo
nelcy. When he came here he was
joyfully received. The Revolutionists
lacked expert officers and they made
him a brigadier-general. ',,' 60
The mans boasts and his dashing
ways impressed the simpler states
men. But George Washington read him
at glance. for windy. vicious in.
competent.
So when congress decided a little
later to make Conway major gen.
eral the chief sternly opposed such
promotion and gave his reasons for
doing so. From that moment Conway
was Washington's sworn foe.
He and his associates formed what
was known as the Conway Cabal."
and did all in their power to under
mine WaShington's influence. In a &C.
ries Of anonymous letters Conway rid
iculed the chief as a coward and as
too feeble of mind as leader. He
suggested Gen. Horatio Gates as COM
mander-in-chief in Washington's place.
It was the Revolutions dark hour.
New York and Philadelphia we're in
the hands of the British. Washing
ton and his army were starving and
freezing at Valley Forge after a sum-
mer and autumn Of repeated defeats
Mems hearts grew faint and their al.
legiance weakened. Conway's crafty
words at such moment fell on ready
ears.
The cabal waved strong. But for a
mere accident it might readily have
ended by depriving Washington of
power and Of placing the command of
the patriot armies in the hands Of Gen.
Gates. And with fussy, inefficient,
cowardly old Gates at the head Of the
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LANGUAGE USED IN SPORTING
Many Of Terms 10 Our Inheritance
From Middle Ages-Phraseoiooy
Extended to Man.

Much Of the language used tn vari-
Gus sports Is our Inheritance from the
middle ages. Different kinds of
beasts when in companies were distin.
guished by their own particular cpl
tibet, which was supposed to be in
some manner descriptive of the habits
Of the animals. To use the wrong
form Of these words subjected the
would-be sportsman to ridicule.
Many of these terms have passed
away. but some Of them are still re-
tanned. This list from the middle ages
is still good usage today. A pride"
of lions. a 'lepe" of leopards. a herd"
of harts and of all sorts Of deer. a
''bevy" of roes, a "sloth" Of bears, a
singular" of boars, ''sounder" Of wild
swine, a route Of wolves. q "harras"
of horses, ray" Of colts. a Stud" Of
mares, a pace" Of asses, q barren"
Of mules, team" of oxen, Z drove"
Of kline, flock" of sheep. . "trite" Of
goats, a ''skulk" of foxes. . down" of
hares, a nest" Of rabbits, "clowder''
of cats. a "schrewdness" Of apes and
a Tabor Of moles.
Also. Of animals when they retired
to rest, a hart was said to be ''har-
bored" q roebuck 'bedded." a hare
formed" a rabbit set" Two grey
hounds were called brace" but two
barriers were called a couple" There
was also a mute" Of hounds for a
number. a Kennel Of raches, a Tit
ter" of whelps and a ''cowardice" Of
ours.
This kind of descriptive phraseology
was not confined to, birds and beasts,
but was extended to the human spe-
Giles and their various propensities,
natures and cal1ings.
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tracts according to the amount of light
TO which it is exposed; but cats can
expand or contract the pupils of their
eyes at pleasure, just as you open or
shut the stops in the lens Of your
camera.
When cats are not particularly an1-
ious to see anything the pupils OF
their eyes become nothing but narrow
Sits. like this:
But when a cat is hunting mouse
In a room where there is very little
light, or when the cat is being hunted
by some bad boys and wants to see
every move the boys make, it opens
the pupils of it's eyes until they are
perfectly round.
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MELISSA DECIDES THAT Nh. CA.
PAS WON'T DO.

I'VE seem to be seeing great deal
Of M. Capias lately, Melissa" OBJ
served Mrs. Merriwid's maternal maid
en- aunt Jane, beginning new row
In the afghan she was knitting, with
the wrong color.
Mrs. Merriwid delicately picked up
q candied violet from the box of bon
bons in her lap and, crunching it be-
tween her white teeth, answered with
some indistinctness Of articulation
that there was good deal Of Mr.. Ca
pias to see.
He is certainly a fine figure Of
man." said Aunt Jane.
1.-TWO figures" corrected Mrs. Mer-
riwid. "Twenty-three is the gentle
mans number, the way I've got it
down. Cheer up, dearie, we'll see less
Of him after this evening" We've got
the probate business about settled and
all I've got to do is to settle him.
Aunt Jane laid down her knitting
and adjusted her glasses for a steady
inspection Of her niece. do you mean
to say you expect him to propose?" she
asked.
II wouldn't swoon with surprise if
he did," replied Mrs Merriwid. II
don't think my poor fond fluttering
heart will flutter as high as my ton
sils If such thing should happen.
Yes, auntie, he will propose and he
will get a jar that will loosen every
bicuspid in his mobile jaw. I'm quite
looking forward to It,"
MAY I ask why, my dear?" said
Aunt Jane, deliberately.
Because he can't note any excep-
ton to the courts ruling on the
ground that the court erred when she
employed the word not in her deci-
sion," Mrs. Merr1wid replied. "He
won't get any thirty days or thirty
seconds to file an appeal. He won't
have the closing argument either, or
get the costs taxed to anybody but
Mr.. Capias. I've one or two other
reasons"
II don't call what you've said any
reason," remarked Aunt Jane, severely.
"Have a marion glace, dearie," said
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Simon Cirty, the "Indian White Man"

tie garrison held out until Daniel
Boone could come up with reinforce
ments and drive GArty away. Boone
followed the retreating savages. The
two forces met at Blue Licks. There
a, fierce battle. disastrous ;, to- the
Americans, was fought (the last of
many great indian battles in Ken.
tucky). '~"~-@>. ca ~ tas ste:a zss,'f
Girty, not content with leading saw
ages against men of his own race, next
proceeded to drive the gentle Mo-
ravian missionaries ,out of the Indian
tribes. He made his headquarters on
Sandusky River farm, which he
changed into q trading station, and
from which he and hts followers crept
forth every now and then on cruel
marauding expeditions.
At Gen. Arthur st. Glars defeat, in
1871, Girty played his usual murderous
role. In that battle Gen. William But
Ter was wounded. Girty saw the gen.
eral lying helpless on the ground. Call
ing upon an Indian, he ordered him to
scalp and kill Butler.
When, in 1893. the United States
government appointed q commission to
arrange a peace treaty with the In
dams. Simon Girty had himself made
interpreter. SO crafty did he misin-
interpret, and 50 brutally did he insult
the commissioners. that the treaty fell
through.
Then came tho war Of 1912: Girty
once more rushed to the front as tho
friend Of the British and the foe of his
own country. Again he marshalled
his Indians to the fray, and again tho
torch. tomahawk and scalping knife
wrought havoc along the frontier.
Girtys name was cursed by settlers
and soldiers alike. His cruelty. his
treachery, his genius for evil doing
all combined to make him, perhaps,
the best hated man in the west. ,as. II. i
Many tales of his atrocities
true, some exaggerated-are still hand.
ed down from generation to generation
in the districts he ravaged. He has
been described a. q human monster.
Of hideous aspect. This ID not trua.
He was merely fat, swarthy, bull.
necked man. about five feet nine
inches tall.
Some historians say Girty was kill
ed at the Battle Of tho Thames in
1918 (where Gen. Harrison crushed tho
1ndiaus. and where their leader, Te-
cumseh. felD; others that he survived,
the war and died natural death two
Year, later. r, :,
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Caro- Of Persian Girls,

Great care II taken that the Per
sian girls shall conform to the recoe.
nized standard of beauty, which re-
quires her to have cypress waist, a
full-moon face. gazelle eyes and eye
brows that meet" says a traveller.
''Her eyes. brows and hair must be
black as night, her lips, cheeks and
gums as red as blood, her skin and
teeth as white as almonds, and her
back, limbs and fingers long. II these
conditions are naturally absent they
are supplied, as far az possible, by
art Persian women are always paint
ed, their eyes darkened with khol and
their fingers stained with henna."
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Mrs. Merriwid, selecting one with the
candy tongs and forcibly inserting 1t
in her aunt's protesting mouth. ITO
resume, Mr. Capias rumbles. When q
man has deep bass voice and
rumbles with it and then puffs out
his cheeks and swells his chest to
show how much wind he's got left II
he cared to use it, 1 always want to
give him jar. Poor dear Henry new
er rolled out any sub-oellar oratory
at me in his most exasperating mo-
ments."
They say he's rising man." urged
Aunt Jane.
"Self-rlsing," agreed Mrs. Merriwid.
81 don't doubt it, auntis. He's a par
ticularly yeasty person. You take a
combination Of oiled silk and gas and
you've got something that will go up
like the cost Of living, unless sope-
body sticks pin in it and there's no
repair material handy. wouldn't won
der one bit If Mr.. Capias lands In a
soft place on the bench, but I'm no
Maud Muller and I don't think I'll
have any regrets"
Il think you might do a great DIAL
worse" aunt Jane contended.
Bless your cunning little curls-
which you haven't got on quite
straight, dearie. There! Now they're
all right. Bless your cunning little
curls! a woman might always do
worse. That's the one consolation
she has. There are more varieties Of
cussedness in men than some people
have pickles, and no one man has
them all, or even the worst Of them,
if you take his wife's opinion. She
can always look around her circle
OF married acQuaintances and thank
her lucky stars and hose-supporters
that John hasn't acquired the particu-
lar brand of vice that distinguishes
the brute next door or across the
way. You've no idea what a comfort
that sweet NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. as
surance was to me in my married life,
auntie."
$50 you object to him because he
hasn't a tenor voice?" Aunt James
tone was mildly sarcastic.
And because he's a lawyer" said
Mrs. Merriwid, nodding her bang COM
pletely over her left eye. II think
any woman is foolish to marry q law
yer when there are 30 many pleas
anter ways Of making herself miser-
able"
"Of course I'm very dense, but
cant imagine why q member Of an
honored and indispensable profession
should be considered ineligible matri-
monially." Aunt Jane delivered her
eelf Of this with degree Of acrimony.
Dearte." said Mrs. Merriwid, that's
because you haven't given the subject
Nue. confederation. and little Melissa
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Had to Come,

1T had to come-there was no way
by which its advent might have been
averted."
This wall in Paris newspaper did
not refer to great catastrophe, but
to the beauty spot" the speck Of
black plaster which. worn on cheek
or chin, or both, makes natural tints
(real or otherwise) more conspicu-
GUS"
The writer adds that when pannfer
skirts. high heeled shoes and many
puffs in the hair were fashionable the
beauty spot" was a necessary &C.
compartment, and that when the max
ers OF fashions consulted old prints
this was found to be so, "and a few
wax heads in the show windows of
the hairdressers decorated with the
black spots did the rest. The fashion
was established, or rather revived."-
New York Tribune.
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has. A lawyer has to have an analyt-
ical mind. That's all right in his hon.
ored profession, but he's apt to bring
1t home with his umbrella and apply
1t to the garbage can, so to speak. to
deduce things"
That's nonsense" commented Aunt
Jane.
$50 is most Of the law" said Mrs.
Merriwid. Anyway, q lawyer Is sup
posed to know how to argue and put
the person he argues with in the
wrong. What kind of happy life
would woman lead with q husband
that could get the best of every dis
cussion? Isn't that wife's privilegeY
And saying mean things in an aggra-
waiting way: You know perfectly well
that all lawyers pride themselves on
that. It's their business, while it's
merely an amusement with us. And
then there's cross-questioning! Oh!
there's no use talking about it, auntie.
You must see yourself how simply
awful it would be-"
There might be something in that,
certainly" Aunt Jane conceded, "buI
l don't think it's your real reason"
IF it isn't that, it must be the way
he has of making himself agreeable"
said Mrs. Merriwid. "Perhaps it's hia
winning smile and perhaps it's tho
cute things he says, like Sweets to
the sweet when he produces the can
dy. No, it wasn't this candy; thin
isn't so worse. Sweets to the SWEET
and the smile went with it. He's got
cunning little collection of funny
anecdotes, too-culled from the first
edition Of a patent medicine almanac.
When he says, That reminds me Of
the story Of the Irishman,' have to
hold on tight to something to keep
from screaming. There was that about
poor Henry Merriwid: he never tried
to tell funny STORIES"
If he's so distasteful to you won
der you've encouraged him the way
you have" said Aunt Jane.
II didn't say he was distasteful,
dearie," Mrs. Merriwid replied. And
as for encouraging him, couldn't be
rude. Not unless 1t became necessary.
I never gave him any real reason to
suppose that we could ever be more to
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Situation Accounted Far


New York Is always short-handeti
for workers." said man who poses
as an amateur statlstician. "There
are in this city jobs for all the people
who come here. You find many out of
work, but this item is counterbalanced
by the number who hold down two O.
even three jobs" He was asked:
What kind Of work employs the great.
est NUMBER" "stenography," he re.
piled. And this is so because New
York Is the greatest Office city in the
world. Concerns with factories in 9th.
or cities, states or countries have OH.
ces here. Without a doubt more ste.
nographers find employment here than
any other class Of workers." 'Thaa
being the case" ventured another. I'VE
may readily account for New York be
Ing 80 Observation-Disclosures York Trib
une.
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listoriic Blac guards
By ALBERT PAYSON TERHUNE..
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Copy1teh - Publishing woald)
Tho,. Conway ACabal'' Against Washington

Z nj
American troops American liberty
would have bsen doomed. Here. In
brief, is the story Of the accident that
saved our country: sts> !. I33. .553s:s3
Gates aid, wilkinson. drank too
much one night and babbled to friend
of the chief some of the contents ~
. letter from Conway to Gates In
which Conway had spoken: insultingly
Of Washington. The story was told to
Washington, who called Conway to &C
count. Conway rushed to Gates for
aid, and Gates tried to get out of the
difficulty by branding wilkinson as q
liar. ~ ,~r - ~.
Wilkinson promptly challenged
Gates to a duel. Gates wept on VII
kinson's shoulder and implored him
to withdraw the challenge, speaking Of
himself as a feeble old man who loved
Wilkinson like a father. In this way
the, frightened old general wriggled
out of fighting.
Meantime, thanks to the first hint.
Washington learned Of all Conveys
anonymous letters and other treacher-
les. The facts were made known to
the people. The cabal was crushed un-
der storm of public disapproval.
Conway, believing himself dying,
wrote one more letter. This time to
Washington, asking forgiveness for
his villainies and declaring the chief
to be great and good man" Then
he "conditional1y'' resigned his COM
mission as an officer in the American
service. Congress accepted the rev.
ignation, Internationally. and Conway
went back to France.
There he styled himself Count de
Conway" and managed to win an ap-
pointment as governor of one OF
frances Oriental provinces. He made
such mess Of his diplomatic work
in his province Of the Orient that he
almost wrecked the French interests
there He returned to France and be-
came general in the royal armies.
During the French Revolution he
was condemned to death. He was
saved only by an appeal to Great Brit
ain tagainst which he had fought in
the American Revolution), but was
compelled to fee from France for his
life.
After that Conway disappeared from
history. He is supposed to have died
about 1900 in poverty and exile.
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&. So - G->-9r ----~
FIND PLEASURE ON COASTER
Vehicle Is Operated by Small Boy
Pumping Vertical HandIe-Won't
Go Backwards.

An improvement on boys coasters
has been made by an Illinois man.
This vehicle, like some other coast
ers, is operated by the rider pumping
a vertical handle which moves back
and forth and propels the car by each
motion. In this coaster. however.
there is no lost motion, and when
coasting the handle. instead of bang.
Ing about dangerously. Is at rest
Also, the mechanism Is so arranged
that the wheels can not turn back.
ward. thus preventing It from rolling
backward down a steep hill II the boy
gets exhausted pumping 1t up. II the
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Sol { / lii ! |
7. 7. eI./11, me -. !.
l ] ): :: [ J i ! !,
SIGHT OF CAT IN THE DARK
When F cline IL in Search 81 Mouse
Where tho Light 10 Dim. Pupils ="
Of Eyes Open Wide.

Some persons will tell you that cats
can see In the dark. Now nothing can
see in the dark. but some animals can
see with a great deal less light than
others. just as some cameras will take
q picture with less light than others.
You open or close the lens in q camera
according to the amount Of light, or
else you speed up the shutter or SLOW
It down.
The human eye does this automat-
lcally. as the pupil expands or con-
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DAYS DIET FOR sCH00LB0YS
Appetite Is Best Guide, Says Pronni-
nent London Physiologist-Few
Important Essentials.

The subject of school feeding, on
which conference is to be held at
the London Guildhall, was discussed
recently by a prominent London phys
iologist. says the Daily Mail Of that
city.
"As to the actual amount Of food a
schoolboy needs, the appetite is the
safest guide" he stated. -Four meals
a day are required. Breakfast is al
ways an important meal with the
schoolboy particularly If he has had
a light supper the night before) and
is should be full. hearty meal.
1T may begin with moderate dish
Of porridge, with plenty of sugar and
rich milk; after this eggs and bacon
or fish. plenty of bread and butter.
weak tea (made with hot milky and q
moderate amount Of marmalade. A
raw apple makes an excellent ending
for breakfast. BY II o'clock rusk
or dry biscuit and glass of cold
milk will probably he appreciated.
Dinner at one o'clock should be
the heavy meal of the day and should
combine a generous amount of all OF
the three important food elements
proteins (meats and cheese), fats and
carbohydrates (starches and sugars).
Vegetable soup, roast or boiled butch
er's meats, green vegetables and pota-
toes and a pudding or cold sweet form
a reasonable menu. The child should
drink water with his dinner, not milk,
as the latter when taken with heavy
food retards digestion.
Regularity of meal times and plen.
ty of time over the meals Ito pre-
vent the 'bolting' of food) are also
of the utmost Importance II the full
benefit of the food Is to be obtained"
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Little Bo-Peep sat fast asleep &c.
Beneath q big tree near tho sty:
A pig, round and fat.
Saw her AZ she sat.
And said with q grunt: "O-ho-ny!"
And little Bo-Peep stayed fast asleep
TIL a bee buzzing round stung her ear!
Then up she did spring
And cried: "'What q Stingl
would best get away from here"
SO homo she did 60 (and not very slowO
And showed to dear Mother her ear:
And dear Mother said,
AS she wrapped up her head:
"A naughty bee stung you. my dear.
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each other than very dear friends, and
l shall always regard him with a feel
ing Of tender sentiment as the first
OF my second series: but there are so
many pretty pebbles strewn about the
beach that don't wear black string
neckties. and there's one insuperable
objection to Mr.. Capias If it was ever
so."
What's that?" inquired Aunt Jane,
He makes me so awfully weary"
said Mrs. Merriwid.
copyright. 1912, by W. G. Chapman.)
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EIGHT LEGGED FISH BARKS
Strange Denizen OF, the Deep That
Makes Noise Like Dog 10 :
Captured.

San Diego, Cal.-An eight-legged
fish, with a. bark like dog and a ra-
venous appetite, was caught in a net
of the Lower California coast by Steve
Chic Of the fishing launch Panama the
other day. The strange denizen Of the
deep, hold captive in an improvised
tank. was brought to San Diego with
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ss9hut-In" Person .penned.

8HUt.bH PeFood O9unO0,-s
The superintendent Of q city Sunday
school was making an appeal for a
collection for q Shut-in society and
he said: Can any boy or girl tell mo
Of any shutin person mentioned in
tbs Bible7 + All. I zee several hands;
raised. That Is good. This little boy
right In front OF mo may tell me.
Speak up good and loud % that all
win hear you, Johnnie. :. .Jooah!-
ahxiea johnnie. .=.s.s5
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Why Tommy Wont to- Bed.
What bright eyes you have" said
the visitor to five-year-old Tommy.
You must get plenty q. sleep. L. .
.''Yes'm," he answered !; s ny ma mamma
makes me 60 Is ibsd every night a&
8 o'clock" .- s=55. -
That's to, keep you healthy" said
the visitor. s..5 n. ;s: 60 s;,35 (
mo. it amt" replied the younester.
It's 20 she can mond my clothes.
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Should 1e Able to Hear.

Should ee Able 70 Hear,
One day little four-yeAr-old Enc
was playing in the yard, and. seeing a
log covered with ! curious kind OF
curled toadstools, she ran into the
house and said. Mamma. can that
log hear?" x......- ::a:... ......,
mo. dear was the reply; but why
do you ask?'' ~. Z FL:
"'cause It's got ears all over it, =
answered EfJe. ~ :, 6ss=.SszsS :,
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$e.oo0.0oo." Il ss.,l = = - :
Six million dollars is s1,200. 900.
ana that for duty alone!" 81 The.
amazed comment Of the English SION.
Sof for the story. 5+ss Z F Id ID - I
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When He Might 20 = Mlilunan.
He absolutely lacks the business
instinct" y :
Does he? j., :z:.c<. :. -.
why, he'd have no moro ides d
business than to open : saraso &
Veoioe."' "a II E { .t. Ss4> q - 81
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Pupils Open Wide.

If you happen to be between the cat
and the light you will see peculiar
CLEAN in this wide open pupil, which
is the reflection Of the light at the
back of the cats eye.
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4 N I N + .
N y e a r. Gid
Pennsylvania
b oy stood
covering a & q
weeping amid a
band Of Indians
one day In 1855,
while his stepfa-
Their, John Turner,
was burned at the