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hold the enemy until Houston was
read! At first there was slender
chance of rescue, but 1t disappeared
as the days went by, and the ride
men quickly knew that the fate OF
Texas rested upon them, There was
no talk OF surrender. of safety. OF es
cape. They knew that the world
would not hear OF their Sprowess until
after they were dust; that there was
no gallery OF admitting friends to
cheer them to Their doom. the Zoe
outnunbeied them 20 to /: horse.
loot and artillery stormed enf1laded.
rushed them Hungry. tanished and
without, ssleep they crouched upon the
fiat roof OF the Alamo behind the
low masonry OF the projecting walls
Tor days aud nights, as cool as squirrel
hunters as gay as boys In a SNOWFALL
fighi. rs patient and as relent 'ess as
the vindictive Indian at bay. The fate
OF Texas w;ss in their hands. and they
knew Il Blu, when at last. their am
mrnition gone. and quick death al
hand Colonel Travis asked them
how many wished TO stay with him
to the finish" only one man hesitated.
He had fought well Tor ten days He
was brave. but he preferred to i've.
| think 1t WAS Crockett who said
oh, come on. MIR. Rose: you've got
to die anyhow. some day Might as
we'll die with us
And he said II without recrimina-
ton. without sheer. just as he would
have said: BE good fellow and take
a drink with u.s."
II was early the next morning. after
Rose had been aided TO escape. that
the Meyicans knew that the hour OF
revenge was at hand, The crack OF
the rifles from the roof became in're-
Qnent and then ceased A thousand OF
Santa Ana's men had already fallen
and were buried Three thousand
more, with fixed bayonets, backed by
a park OF artillery and equipped with
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-02-29
Smart Maine Girls.

Mupeongue Island in Knox county
has the smartsst girls In Christendom
that's correct Don't make any diff
ference whether they are nine years
old or ninety years old. smarter'n
time. just the same. There's Evelyn
Simmons. who for instance Is only ten
years old, and who just the same
"hitcht" up team OF oxen, drove EN-
to the factory, delivered load Of
goods, came home. fed the cows and
did the chores.
Then too there's Mrs. Mary Poland
Elwell Eighty years bridge the lapse
between Evelyn and her, for Mrs. Eel.
we'll is ninety years of age. But she
recently spun nine pounds OF rolls In
a month and she knits mitten day.
--Muncongue correspondence Rock.
land Opinion.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-02-29

Mouse That Sings Like a Ralncrow.
A. l.. Fleigle OF East Alton bought
a lot OF mousetraps to recapture
mouse which he says utters musical
notes.
For three months Fleigle says he
has heard musical sounds In his house
at night and he was mystihed 1t was
like the sound OF a raincrow, for he
knew there was no bird In the house.
Fleigle caught three mice one night
and among them he noticed one which
was uttering notes of music like those
he had been hearing. The mouse es.
capped st Louis Globe Democrat
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-02-29
FELT HIS PRESENCE.
Curious Instance Of TeIepathy o..
scribsd by John Muir.

N0bbOuO bU0S0USV VI b0I0PdSuy ~
seribsd by John Muir.
John Muir. In his book. MY First
Summer in the Sierras." relates a Gu
rious instance of telepathy. He spert
the summer of 1869 IN the beautiful
wilderness around the Yosemite valley.
One day he was busily skelching oil
the North Dome. when suddenly be
became possessed with the notion that
his friend Professor J. D. Butler of
the University of Wisconsin was be-
low him in the valley. He jumped uE.
full Of the idea Of meeting him, being
almost as much startled as II some
one had unexpectedly touched him and
made him look up Instantly he went
running down the slope and along the
brink of the valley looking for Il way
to the bottom. feeling drawn rrpsisti
bly,.
Gradually his common sense con
vinred him that he could not possibly
reach the hotel until after everyl"Gy
would be asleep for the night ii"
therefore compelled himself to stop.
but the next day he went int" in"
valley and found that Professor But
Ter had arrived the evening before.
unexpected by anybody He had been
fsur or FIVE miles dis:an, ~ tn" ma
mpnt when Mr. Muir was so suddenly
appraised of his presence
"IIe hfl Just entered the valley by
way of the Couttrvlie trail say"
the aut hor. "aud was coming InSt III
Capitan when his presence struck me
Had he then looked toward the North
Dome with II good glass he might have
aeen ME jump up from my work and
run toward him This seems the one
we'll defined marvel Of my life OF the
kind called supernatural"
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-02-29
Pc and a..

Bishop Logan Herbert Roots OF
Hapkow." said New York clergyman,
must be profoundly interested in tho
Chinese revolution. Bishop Roots
stands very high with the Hankow
Chinese.
"IIe once told me that when he first
went to China he had good deal Of
difficulty in remembering faces. He
mentioned this difficulty to manda.
rim. He said
"I'm getting over 1t now; but in
the beginning here In Hankow you all
looked as Ike as two peas
1.-TWO peas?' said the intelligent
mandarin. smiling. But why not say
two queues""
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-02-29
HalIeck and Drake.

Fitz Greece Halleck. the poet and
authO of Marco B0zZnriS." who died
in 1857. IL buried in the Hallrrk fam
jly plot In the Alderbrook cemetery ut
Winstpd. Conn. The body of his
friend. Joseph Rodman Drake, the M.
thor Of 1.-THE American Flag rests In
the old Hunt burying ground in Bronx
borough. New York city. now known
as brakes park. Magazine of Ameri
ran History.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-02-29

Horrible.
Il had an awful dream last night"
said the New York manager who made
a speciality of musical comedies.
Probably 1t was caused by some
thing you had eaten." replied the mu-
steal comedy comedian.
"Idon't know whether 1t was caused
by that or not. but 1t was awful. I
shudder whenever / think of 1t now. I
dreamed that Harry B. Smith was
dead, and that you and and all the
rest of We had, therefore. been CON-
PEELED to quit the profession and 60 to
work ~ common lsborers,'
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-02-29
A System That Works.

There was a grinding of wheels, the
air came on slowly, and the train
groaningiy stopped. An irate and
weary passenger grabbed the sleeve Of
the porter ss he hurried through and
demanded:
What's tho matter nOw7 This 10
the third time we've stopped. What's
wrongT
"Nuthin' sub. nothin'," replied the
suave Ethiopian. Oats Jest de block
system workin'."-Everybody's Maya
d4e
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Romantic Spain
rOInalltit

"Tell me about Spain. romantic
Spain"
"Well." said the motorist. there are
few bad places as you come down
the mountains. hut In the main tie
roads are pretty good" Washington
Herald
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-02-29
Used to II,

He-If we separate, why are you 30
anxious to have the dog? You never
seemed to care for TIE beast.
She don't. but 1t will seem I'm
natural like not to have something
growing about ths house.
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Not Envloua.

Mrs. Kicker-The Filigrees have a
corot in the dining room.
. Mr. Kicker--That's nothing. We
We a whistler In the kitchen.-Sa-
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-02-29

Always rise from the table with IN
appetite and you will never sit down
without one.-Penn.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-02-29
A Query.

She-There Is one question In fash.
ions which Is puZzling me- He What
is 1t? She 10 navy widows Wear sea.
weeds p Ba !tmore American.
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E~oron;zipo.

my dear, we Silupy nave got to
economic
"Mprcy SrkrS' Havrn b.pn econ
omlZing. instead III etfing wine
nave money TO, car fare I'm sending
him In the automobile to his dancing
ciass. "-Chicago Record Herald.
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-02-29
Test OF Ambition.

The true test OF ambition Is, Hon
does 1t stand disappointments?
Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1912-02-29

4 8 soon az plans. designed by
State Superintendent OF Pub
. lie Buildings and Grounds A.
B. Conley, and approved by
NJ. hn r.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09
A Royal Joke.

xfTOHN G. A LEISHMAN, our am
bassador to Turkey" said Pitts
burgh man, tells a good story about the
late King Edward at Biarritz.
''King Edward always stayed at bar
ritz under the name of the Earl OF Ches-
ter. Well, he was walking. one April
afternoon. according to his habit, down
the hill from the golf club. where ne had
been playing croquet, to the Hotel gu
Palais. where he resided.
.'The sun shone on the wild sea. me
king. in a gray suit, smoking huge
.;gar. walked little in advance or MS
ompanions. And on the other SIDE OF
,ne street a small crowd of dowdy Eng
lish rubbernecks followed, as usual,
sheepishly.
Then, suddenly, as the king was pass
ing the great gray villa of the Dowager
Duchess of Manchester, q man accosieo
him.
Excuse me. sir said the man, In the
drawing. nasal accent of the western
prairies, but are you the King OF Ehs-
land?'
my name is Chester. the KING an
swered, with his genial smile
"'Confound it! Then you've lost me q
ten-dollar bill said the American ana,
slapping the king jocosely on the
shoulder. he walked away
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NnecdOfeS Concerning
Well-knOWn PEOPLE.
Not an Auto.

adelphia litterateur. wrote tho
best history OF the Spanish inquisition
that has ever appeared. Mr.. Lea was
venerated as historian all over the
world. but in his native city few had
even so much as heard his name
"A prophet without honor you know
and Mr.. Lea used TO tell an anecdote on
this head.
1T seems that he was dining one even
ing in Rittenhouse Square, and his hosts
little daughter who had come in. after
the English fashion, with the dessert,
said TO her father:
Papa. what liz an auto-da-fe?
1.-The father. ignoring the worlds great
est authority on this subject, made an
swer;
You'd better ask your Uncle Harry.
dear He knows more about these French
machines than / do
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09

Lake Erie has been selected as the site
for the celebration of the centenary or
peace. and, on South Bass Island, facing
Put-in-Bay, where Perry's squadron lay
before the battle and where he returned
with the captured British ships. Doric
column. 800 feet high. S to be erected "a
memorial. The des' gn for this mag
nificent monument was recently selected
by the national arts comm ssion the
award being given to j. III. Freedlander
and A. d. Seymour jr., New York archi-
tects, whose plan embed es plaza about
900 feet long In the C. inter- of which the
Dor.c shaft will be erected the top TO be
equipped with a powerful Fight. The en-
tire work will cost over SSD0.0n. Of which
the government has appropriated S''O.Vp
Add tional contributions have been made
by Oh o, Pennsylvan a. Wisconsin, Mich
tgan. Illinois, New York. Rhode Island,
Kentucky and Minnesota. OF the states
not bordering on the lakes. Rhode Is
lands special interest is cue 10 the fact
that Perry was a native of that little
state, and Kentucky's because she fur
nished many OF the sailors in Perry's
Suya dron.
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sSaaT7lsnNa liINKNIlzaE i1GMM0 l%SMN

her commerce. That the treaty brought
peace was the all-important thing. and
these other questions Of international
policy were satisfactorily adjusted by
dip'omacy in later years.
Henry Carroll. one of the secretaries
of the commission, arrived in New York
with copy of the treaty on the British
sloop-of-war Favorite, February IL. 1919.
In the evening every house was illumi-
mated, and City Hall Park was the scene
of joyous celebration. AS the news
travelled from city TO city the Peep e
went wild with delight The treaty ar
rived in Washington February IL, and
three days later 1t was unanimously con-
firmed by the Senate.
Since the close of the war the two
great English-speaking nations have been
at peace The centenary of the opening
of hostilitieS for the last tine between
these countries will also attract attention
to the hundred years of peace that have
INTERVIEWED since the proclamation of hos
tilities. The scene of Perry's victory on
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Confusion.

q ENATOR BANkHEAD was discuss
- ing a misunderstanding as to Cana
dian reciprocity.
''These men were at sea, ne SAID
.srhey were as much at sea as Jaggs-
"Jaggs. you know, after an evening al
the club, elected to sleep In the tulip bed
In his front yard. He slept well, and IN
the morning, when he awoke, he saw his
wife regarding him bitterly from the
omen easement Of her bedroom.
"Jaggs. confused and chilly in the fresh
morning air, huddIed up among the cold
tulips and yelled:
Shut that window. woman Do you
want me to catch my death
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09

when. late in December, the treaty Of
peace was signed, the London Times
said:
I'VE have retired from the combat with
the stripes yet bleeding our back.
with the recent defeats at Plattsburg
and on Lake Champ ain unavenged."
Throughout the eater part of the year
1914 American and British commission
ers had been endeavoring, in the little
Dutch town of Client. TO arrive at some
amicable understanding that should end
the war. Negotiations several times were
almost at the breaking point. To AL
bert Gallatin. one of Americas commits
sioners, more than to any one else, is
due the successful termination Of the
protracted discussions. They resulted, in
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09

gagged in battle a fleet bearing the flag Of
England The six British vessels OPP
posed to Perry were all destroyed or
captured. AS a result Of the victory
Gen. William Henry Harrison resained
Detroit and large part OF the Canadian
boundary.
The news of Perry's achievement did
not reach New York until two weeks
after the battle, when a federal salute
was fired from Castle Williams and the
bells of Trinity Church were chimed. On
Saturday night. September %. the city
celebrated the victory by a grand illu-
animation. The appearance Of the city
hall, 1t was said. was beautiful, and
among the illumina tons of the Park
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These Times.

Ex-GOv. PENNYPACKER. discussing
IL the divorce evil in Philadelphia. said
with a smile:
In these times one never, as the say
ing goes, knows where one IL at. An ac-
quaintance Of mine extended his hand to
me at the Historical Society the other
day and cried:
man aliver
IT looked at him doubtfully.
Engaged. married or divorcedr
asked"
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fortune many times as result of the
war. for In the financial distress which
followed he bought up hundreds of lots
at foreclosure at ridiculously low prices,
and, being able to hold on to them, he
found himself an immense landowner
several years later.
The first test of strength was In
glorious for the Americans. being nothing
less than Cen William HulPs surrender
OF Detroit without firing a gun to Gen.
Brock and his Canadian forces. Not
until after Perry's victory on Lake Erie
the following year was the great Niagara
frontier regained. Hull was dismissed
from the army and sentenced to be shot.
but Madison was merciful and allowed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09
Quite Unique.

DAY T. BAKER, warden of the Ne
N vada penitentiary. is abolishing with
wonderful success all the brutalizing rules
Of the old time prison system.
Our institution" Mr.. Baker said to q
reporter isn't much like a refornatory
once visited in my youth.
"A very strange thing happened in
this reformatory back In So a warden
said to me.
Yes? And what was that? I asked.
"'One of our prisoners, he replied, re-
formed
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tory as the war of 1912 the patriotic song
of our citizens would doubtless open with
words totally different from:
Oh say can you see by the dawn's early light.
VIVA, so proudly we hailed at the tw1lights
last gleaming7
This national hymn, now so familiar
10 the inhabitants of forty-eight states
there were but eighteen when the war
broke out-was not penned Until near the
close OF the struggle. Its origin has been
frequently told-how young Francis Scott
Key. then thirty-four years old, looking
early in the morning TO see il the Stars
and Stripes still few over Fort McHenry,
which successfully resisted the invasion OF
Baltimore by Admiral Cockburn's British
fleet discerned the colors still aloft in
spite OF a furious bombardment which
lad lasted a good part OF the night. over
loyed at the fulhllment of his hopes. Key
penned the familiar words on the back of
an envelope; day or two later they were
sung for the first time in Baltimore res
taLrant
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before the battle of New Orleans the
treaty of Client. which closed the war,
was ratified in London. The news that
peace had been declared reached New
York February IL.
The declaration of war was signed by
James Madison. then ending his first term
as President. June IS, 1912. and June 10
the formal proclamation of war was is
sued. 1t was presidential year. Madi-
son was anxious for reelection. but had
shown such hes;tancy in taking de-
termined stand for war that Henry Clay,
with other advisers, told him bluntly that
unless he sent a war message to Con-
gress they would not support him. Goad-
ed to action, Madison sent his message
June /, recit.ng the wrongs inflicted upon
unlawful seizures and forcible impress
ment of seamen.
France. in this respect. had been little
better than England. and for many years
American merchantmen had been having
hard time of it on the high seas be-
tween the depredations of these two foes,
then engaged in the bitter Napoleonic
conflict. The embargo laws and other
acts of reprisal by America had little
effect.
Even on the eve OF war. however, the
merchants of New England and New
York were almost solidly opposed to a
recourse to arms. The Presidents mes
sage raised storm of protest, and John
Jacob Astor. representing the merchants
OF New York. sent memorial to Con-
gress recommending more restrictive
measures as preferable to war. John
Jacob Aston. incidentally. increased his
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Things were very blue at that time for
fue Americans. for only u few days be-
fore Gen. Ross. with his trained soldiers
from Weiling;on's army, had marched al
most unmolested upon Washington, put
President Madison. his cabinet. and all
The statesmen and politicians in the capt.
idl TO flight, and then. In a spirit OF van
dalsm, burned the Capitol building, the
Presidents house and all of the other
public buildings except the patent Of
ice.
Baltimore made better defense Gen
Ross was killed September IL. 1914, In an
attack with a land force. and the fail
ure OF the fleet TO reduce Fort Nc
Henry led Admiral Cockburn TO sail Off
with his ships and soldiers. greatly to
1he relief OF the towns along the shore.
For four months longer the war drag
sod on, the final battle being at New Or
leans, January 8. 1915. when Andrew
jackson defeated Gen. Pakenham's train
ed force with great slaughter, the Brit
ish general being killed in the attack
against Jackson's Notifications. The lives
of many brave American and British SOL
diers would have been spared had the
wireless and cable existed. for ten days
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09

NE hundred years
a z o I h e conflict
broke out which
gave to the United
States its national
hymn. The Star
Spangled Banner
Had il not been for
that two-year pc
Rod of hostilities
between this coun-
try and Great Bril-
tain known In his
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Theater was transparency of Perry's
laconic sentence I'VE have met the
enemy and they are ours.
Just a year later, September II, 1914,
Capt. Macdor ough, who was but thirty
one years Of age, on Lake Champlain, in
the Bay Of Plattsburg. duplicated Per-
RVS triumph by defeating and captur-
ing the British fleet on that lake. Gen.
Macomb having previously beaten the
British land forces These defeats
ranked in the minds Of the British, and
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09

the last week of December, 1914, in the
signing of the treaty of Client.
On the important question which had
given rise to the conflict the treaty was
silent. Disputed points concerning the
fisheries and the Canadian boundary were
left for future settlement. The right Of
Great Britain to search American ships
for British seamen, one OF the direct
causes of the war. was not mentioned.
nor did the United States obtain any
damages for the injuries inflicted upon
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09
WHEN President Madison
F." Declared War-DefeatS

w Declared War-Defeats
of American Navy, Followed
by Victories-What Brought
About the War-Perry's Vic
tory on Lake Erie-1mpor-
tant Questions in Dispute
Since Peace Was Declared
Two English-Speaking Ma
tons Have Had Little
Trouble.
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- xIs.26> 80 =;
(zks szlah6aktlz@@Aza=: BY He
Solely for New
Your play days through the day due. You
have unearned bread learned truths without sacrifice
panevey idea possess theory hold sprang
brainsociety has led and fed
prepare SETTLE
world lies before YOU but cont lie you Forget the
unctuous with which the speakers Of Graduation day
sneared your concehang the nanteL chuck
your clothes and habits the four make good
Your degree it stands for nothing merely iden
titles you from whom have right expect
ask from the untutored isn't badge Of
superiority until you demonstrate it.
Any the crowd would probably be your Intellectual
ua he had chance and by established
fact that he is lot already your better Without it.
Information simply end Of things the beginning.
You are filled with rules and damned with principles and
cramed with methods and indurated with
human SPONGE swelled with uanity and trite IDEAS
all these rules and principles and methods worth
cation.
Tool DAYS days still You entering
follow their judgment isdo by
hand blister and heart-hurt and hunger
You have been play with hired promoter ready
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-06-09
BY Herbert Kaufman

We don't know where you belong and what's more,
not very much concerned Every door but it is
job in Your brain supposed be ngng with
pass keys but you can't fit them locks there's
for you
In the past promotion depended recollection
of but don't much by precedent
Examples the bones of Time We already know how things
used be DONE begin studies with the undone and help
us solve todays problems.
Your allowance is oT-you have become Garner
take stock of and translate Ivy Petronu
Chaene Spnoza Thucyddes and Wentworth lamb chops
and baked beans.
Straghen your backbone you'll need for many month
Don't cry for help you've had than your share
already
We going parse grit and phrase your
you're yeo0 your scholarship wasted can't CUTTERS
Don't ask "how do it," you're originality you're
shouO
Use your eyes and and take of your surround
nes You ignorant and inefficient in drec-
tons you learned
Begin far down the line you afford We
speak different languages, and will you
don't from the very alphabet There's top wherever
there's bottom, and you'll Dind where you belong.