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"A. Ht5,s.ie Heart.

The use OF the term athletic heart
has led to more MISUNDERSTANDING
than probably any other one express
sion. Laymen or parents. provided they
are not of the medical profession. get
a picture from this expression which Is
ANYTHING but correct II they were
told that their boys thigh had increas-
ed half an inch in girth under the ex-
ercise that he had been doing In the
gymnasium they would be pleased, but
when they are told that the size OF
his heart is increased they are at once
very much alarmed. Active participa-
ton In almost any sport which causes
the heart TO beat more rapidly Will
produce an increase Of size OF that
muscle as IN any other muscle, and a
certain amount OF this Is unquestiona-
bly, natures normal and proper way
OF taking care OF her economy. Some
people. It Is true, believe that any en-
largement Isl abnormal. but DR.. Mey-
Ian and most Of the physicians who
have followed the athlete closely would
not agree with this.-Outing.
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Erratie Record In Golf.

The worlds record for unsteadiness
probably goes 10 n certain California
golfer. There was a team match SEIZED
uled between two clubs, each club pick
ing its FIVE best men. When the match
started 1t was discovered that only
four men had reported for one Of the
teams. The captain OF the team that
had a missing man saw standing by a
club member with a handicap some
where around sixteen or eighteen
strokes. His average game was about
9S. As q rule he could be counted upon
to go out in 80 and come back in 4S.
That day. to his own Amusement and
to the confusion Of his opponent, he
was out I'm "a. eleven strokes better
than he had ever played the course be
fore for the first nine holes. This was
an upset. hut no worse than the upset
that followed. for. after being out in
"a. he was back In GO. He got HIS 81,
but as no 90 was ever got before
Jerome d. Travers in American Maya
zine.
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PrettN Thin Milk.

Old Captain Joshua Ketcham Of
Amityville. y. Y. was very much BE-
loved by the summer residents who
used to sail with him on the bay and
catch bluefish. There was always
refreshing flavor Of the sea in his talk
One day, when a party Of city men
were sailing with him, the CONVERSE
ton turned on the difficulty Of getting
good milk in Amityville, and they ap-
pealed to the captain to know why that
was the case.
well" said Captain Joshua, its
been that way as long as l can remem-
Der. My wife made me buy a COW
once. 1 bought her from Ebert HaH'
up on the north turnpike, and gave
him $40 for her. Ebert said she'd give
twenty quarts of milk day. and l
guess she did. but you could see Dol
tom in six fathOms. Youths Com
DaniOn.
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Turtle and Earina.

Turtle and farina taken together rep
resent to those who live on the Anna
zon. be they white. negro or Indian or
one OF the numerous crOssbreeds, what
the salmon does to the Alaska Indian,
the cOcoanut to the south sea islander
and rice to the MongOlian. A short
run Of salmon in the Alaska rivers, a
crop failure In the paddy fields OF
China. a hurricane in the south sea
islands, all reduce TO the same thing
famine. On the Amazon a shortage OF
turtles may be tided over by pleni-
tude Of farina. or vice versa A failure
OF both turtles and farina in the same
year brings great and widespread dis
tress. Farina Is a crude. locally made
product OF the root Of the manioc, a
further refinement Of which results In
the tapiOca OF commerce. Farina IN
der a number OF different names Is
more or less OF a staple with the ma
lives in all Of tropical America from
the West Indies TO Paraguay.
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The verse found In Genesis H. And
the whole earth was Of one language
and Of one people," has given rise to
much speculation as to the language
spoken on the earth previous TO the
confusion Of tongues" According 70
many authorities, Hebrew was the Ian
guage spoken by Adam, while others
state that Hebrew, Arabic and Chaldee
are simply dialects OF the original
tongue. The Persians assert that there
were three primitive languages. The
Arabic, being the most persuasive, was
used by the serpent in addressing Eve;
the Persian, being the most poetic, was
spoken by Adam and Eve, and the
Turkish. being the most menacing. was
employed by the angel when driving
the guilty pair from the garden Of
Eden.
Herodotus says that Psammetichus,
king OF Egypt, wishing to learn the
language that would naturally be spo-
ken by a person, caused two infants to
be carefully guarded and kept from all
verbal intercourse. When brought be-
fore him the first word the children Ut
tered was bekos, the Phrygian for
bread, whereupon 1t was at once as
serted the Phrygian was the primeval
or Oldest tongus.-Philadelp Press
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oI,eIsr- No5rssssa.

Many OF the physical features Of
eastern Nebraska were produced BY
sheets OF ice that invaded the region
during and after the earlier stages Of
the great ice age. At the opening Of
the glacial epoch the great Keewatin
glacier spread southwark and covered
large parts Of the Dakotas. Minnesota
and Iowa and extended thence into
eastern Nebraska, where II was prob
ably several hundred feet thick. This
first stage OF glaciation was brought
to a close by the melting Of the ice in
a warmer intergiacial time or stage
the Aftonian.
A remarkable assemblage Of animals
invaded the region after the ice had
disappeared, and the bones and teeth
OF many Of these animals have been
found In the Aftonian deposits Of
western Iowa. The late Professor
Samuel Calvin identified the remains
Of horses, camels, stays, elephants,
mastod0ns, mammoths and sloths.
When these animals lived In western
Iowa the climate there must have been
comparatively mid and vegetation
very acknowledgement Survey Bull
letin.
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r,eIish naItsry oHsns.i.


There are more than dozen diHer-
ent onenses for which a soldier may
be sentenced to death while on active
service. The first on the list OF death
onenses applies to a commanding on
Ger and reads, ''Shamefully delivering
up a garrison when IN command Of
troops, without due necessity-punish-
ment, death" A soldier can be shot
for throwing away his rife or sword
In the presence OF the enemy, for COW.
ardice or for leaving his commanding
ofhcer In order to plumber II he forces
his way past a sentry on active serv-
fee he may be sentenced to death or
for assaulting any one bringing up pro-
visions for the troops A soldier Is ex-
pressly forbidden while on active serv-
ice to commit any orense against a
resident Of the country In which he Is
fighting under pain Of death, nor may
he break into any house In search Of
plumber or discharge hts rife intention
ally to create a false alarm on the
march. A soldier while acting as SEN
try who is found sleeping at his post
may be shot ANY man causing or
joining in q mutiny Is liable TO be shot
Desertion or attempt at desertion while
on active service Is naturally a death
odense-London Opinion.
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BENJAMIN Harrison.

sDo you think" Benjamin Harrison
once asked Louis 7. Kitchener, his
campaign manager, -that am cold
manT'
81 don't think So" General Kitchener
answered, emphasizing the pronOun.
because 1 am acquainted with you.
but persons do say that am the only
living man who hasn't been chilled by
a Harrison cold blast. I understand
your habits and your moods, and when
you pass me in the street and don't
speak to me know the reason"
"Well," Harrison replied, Il do get
into a subject when / am thinking
about it and at such times may seem
a little blind and distant"
"'But Benjamin Harrison" General
Kitchener told the writer Of this arti-
Gle, twas not a cold man No man is
cold whom children and dogs love, and
all the children and dogs Of Indian
apolis knew Benjamin Harrison He
saw them always. and they saw hin"
New York Sun
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What Is a PIaeer7

A placer is an unconsolidated deposit
accumulated by mechanical processes,
carrying one or more minerals IN COM
mercial quantities. All placers are
secondary deposits-that IS, the mate
rial Of which they are composed was
originally derived by erosion OF bed
rock. Although It Is undoubtedly true
that under certain conditions nuggets
OF placer gold have been enlarged
through chemical precipitation, yet this
action is a negligible quantity In plac-
ers. Placers may be derived solely by
rock weathering without water sort
ing, but more commonly are the result
OF water transportation, sorting and
deposition. Many OF the richest plac-
ers are those formed by the erosion
OF older placers and the reconcentra-
ton Of their gold.
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Georna,a Eathar.

Augustine Washington, the father of
George Washington, was engaged in
1872 in making pig iron at Accokeek
furnace. in Stafford county, Va, about
fifteen miles from Fredericksburg,
when his famous son was born This
furnace had been built by the Princip-
70 company, composed Of English cap
italists, as early as 1726 on land owned
by Augustine Washington, aggregating
about 1,6O0 acres and containing iron
ore, Mr.. Washington becoming the own
er Of One-sixth OF the furnace property
In consideration Of the transfer Of bis
land to the company.
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For the Ultra Precise.

Professor Thomas r. LOunsbury said
at Cambridge in a talk on English:
But precision can be carried too far.
The ultra precise. even when logically
right, are really wrong.
IAN ultra precise professor went into
a hardware shop and said:
"'Show me a shears, please
"You mean a pair Of shears, don't
your said the dealer.
"'No,' said the professor. I mean
what say. l mean a shears
The dealer took down a box of
shears.
"'LOOk here. professor he said.
Aren't there two blades here? And
don't two make a pairr
"'Well, you've got two legs. Does
that make you a pair of menY And
the professor smiled at the dealer tri-
umphantly through his spectacles.
''He was logically right, but, really,
he was wrong."-Philadelphia Bulletin.
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Discomfort.

Success is a disease. IL the reasor
ing Of those who give the Identical as .
milton for poverty is TO be followed
An excellent preventive is idleness ..
inertia; another is satisfaction Find
the man who IS satisfied aud Won nood
look no further for human putty Con
tent breeds lndias and Chinas Dis
content sends MayfiOwers across ocaar,
not the sullen discomfort that doos
nothing, but the discomfort that mani
tests itself in striving 10 better CON
ditions, the discomfort that means barI
work and plenty Of it. Some firms ara
so cOntented with the volume OF busi
ness they have that they do nothing N
increase it. But the discontinued com.
petitOr is doing something. as the first
firm generally finds out before roip,
into bankruptcy. You go ahead or yog
90 back in this world. You cannot
stand still. Satisfaction too often means
Just that-doing nOthing.-Phnadelpbia
Ledger.
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Trick of the smuaaIsr..

Russia was once oyerrun with coun-
terfeit notes. The police felt certain
that the notes were imported, which
proved to be the case. One day an
accident solved the mystery. Some
packages Of lead pencils arrived there
from England, and, while examining
one Of the pencils fen out. On sharp.
ening it to use the customs officer was
surprised to find the lead but shOri
piece, while the inner portion was hol
low and contained counterfeit note.
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FutiIity of FIattsry.

Nothing Is ever gained by hattery.
To the serious man fiattery In the form
Of sincere praise makes him more re-
sponsible and only sadder because he
knows how much he falls below what
Is expected OF him and what he ex-
poets Of himself. Lip hattery makes
a real man feel as though his sex had
been mistaken he feels as though be
had been given curling tongs instead
Of a razor for his morning toIlet-New
York Telegram.
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Meat In Middle Aces.

Much of the medieval meat, which
Goblet says was plentiful and cheap.
must have been poor stuff. Until the
Introduction Of root crops I'm the eight
eenth century cattle and sheep did not
become even moderately plump till the
end Of summer, while lack OF fodder
made It impossible to keep much live
stock during the winter. On St Mar
tins day CSOv. III arrangements were
usually made for Strengthening on a
large scale, and for the next six months
fresh meat worth eating was practical
" unObtainable. Until the spring grass
was again ready there was a run on
sailed beef and sailed mutton. Salt
ed beef is excellent-for a change. But
have you ever tried sailed mutton?-
London Graphic.
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AGATE and ONYX.

The distinction between agate and
onyx is not apparent to every one, as
is indicated by the samples Of the two
minerals received by the United States
geological survey with requests for in.
formation. Onyx marble, or Mexican
onyx, is composed Of calcium carbon
ate or banded limestone. True agate
is a variety Of silica. Onyx marble Is
much softer than agate and is rarely
used for gems, but when onyx is OBJ
tained in pieces Of sufficient size it Is
cut and polished for small ornamental
objects Ike inkstands and paper
weights, as well as for table tops and
soda water fountains.
The broad ax., 1915-07-31

Mica mining in the United States
started early In the nineteenth cen
tury In New Hampshire, which state
supplied al the domestic production
until about 1858, when mining was
started In North Carolina and subse-
quentiy In other states. At present the
greater part Of the sheet mica Is used
IN the electrical industry, and most Of
the scrap mica is ground for use in the
decorative trade. especially In wall pa
per.
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IL Didn't Work.

The crowded car was OverhOWing.
Get of the step" the conductor
cried. 1--WE got to close the door."
Don't mind me-" replied the man on
the step. Close it if you like. us
true that | have u couple Of sample
packages Of dynamite in my oyercoa1
pockets and the windows might De
broken and the roof blown on OuI
don't hesitate on my account / haven !
many friends, anyway, and don
think many would sorrow over NY
early demise. Go ahead and close your
door"
Then the conductor closed it--CleVe
land Plain Dealer.
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The Hsart of . Mouse,

A tiny mouse who lived near the
house Of a magician begged him to
save her from the cat, Of whom she
lived In deadly terror. So the magi-
clan changed the mouse into a cat, and
she went away delighted. In a few
days she came back again In. terror.
"oh, save me, save me now from the
dog" she begged And the magician
changed her TO a dog A few days
more and back she came. this time In
deadly fear OF a tiger. Nonsense"
said the magician. you have only the
heart Of q mouse. and afraid you WI
always be. It is the heart that tells"
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A Chinese eutanheru.

There Is pretty good evidence Of q
Chinese Gutenberg, one Pi Ching, who
In 1041 carved cubes OF porcelain paste
with Chinese characters, afterward
baked them and set the porcelain
type BY help OF parallel wires on a
plate OF iron In a cement bed II Is
certain that the art Of printing was
known In the Celestial empire for CEN
turtles before It came to light In Eu-
rope.
The broad ax., 1915-07-31

Perhaps the origin Of our slang term
''pinched," meaning arrested, Is In De
foes poem Hymn to the Pillory." I'm.
INJURED In 1908 In Newgate, Defoe con.
soled himself with the reflection that
having meant well. he suffered unjust.
". This is the passage:
The first intent Of laws
Was to correct the effect and check thu
cause,
And all the ends OF punishment
Were only future mischiefs to prevent
But justice Is inverted when
Those engines OF the law,
Instead Of pinching vicious men.
Keep honest ones In awe"
Exchange.
The broad ax., 1915-07-31

The earliest known lens Is one made
Of rock crystal unearthed by Layard
at Nineveh. This lens, the age OF
which is to be measured by thousands
OF years, now lies In the British mu-
scum with its surface as bright as
when 1t left the makers hands. BY
the side Of It are very recent speci-
mems Of lenses which have been ruined
by exposure to London's fogs and
smoke.
The broad ax., 1915-07-31

A gentleman. for what he called q
lark, advertised for a wife ana 20
quested each candidate to inclose nel
carte de visite. \ spirited young iAuy
wrote to the advertiser in the follow
ing terms: ,,r
"sir. 1 do not inclOse my CARTE lO.'
though there is some authority TOT put
ting a cart before horse. | kno" -
none for putting one before an ass
London Tit-Bits.
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His Name Was InIt

Lender-Pve been told that Rivers'
name Is In old Rocksworthy's VIII.
Friend-Yes, his name Is In It. He
signed 1t as a witness, that's all And
good graciousl What's the matter7
Lender-Nothing. only I've lent him
ESQ on the strength Of it-London Ex-
press.
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Not Worth ouarreIinq over.

SDubbs and his wife never have any
arguments about money matters"
~How fortunater'
; Eyes. Mrs. Dubbs says that q mere
trfhe like Dubbs' salary should not be
allowed to come between them, 80 she
takes It aIl"-Birmingham Age-H Herald.
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Follouinu PRINCIPLES.

Odd you see BIBLES disappear as
soon as be saw his wife coming with
out even waiting to see what she want
cdr
he wasn't taking any chances on
that You see. be belongs to a safety
first observation-disclosures American.
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Ma Nso.sa.rv.

when you are at a loss for q suit
able word do you ever apply to your
wtfer'
-No.- replied the writer; Il don't
have to. Her entire vocabulary Is COM
ing my way most Of the time."-Chiea-
90 Post.
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cIashina Dates.

1T must take a deal Of care sn lS.S,
imagine. to arrange a basebali SeD'0
ule." A,ct
ayes. so many attractions eCnn IL
Now. In Boston we have lou % U S-a
BILE avoiding dates on which tneie
symphony concerts."-Puck-
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The HeIpina Hand.

The Married Mani ten you, it's
when man falls into misfortune that
he appreciates a woman The Single
Man-You betI II must be a handy
thing sometimes to put all your prop
erty In your wifes Pittsburgh
Press
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Buyino Aon Tiek.s

Buying ION tick" Is not new slang.
but goes back to the seventeenth cen
tury. It Is stated In a letter dated
1851, The Mermaid tavern Is lately
broke. our ticks amounting to q, 900. !"
And IN another document a little later
It Is said. Every one runs upon DICK"
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'The doctor knows ! hate eamphor.-
ssoT
yet drst he made me snin t. and
now be has prescribed # as q Hni-
ment s-LouisviIle Courier Journal
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paradoxieaI conditlon

Mrs. Exe-Your maid Is too familiar.
You should make her keep her place.
Mrs. Wye-If I made her keep her
place she'd quit her job.-Boshon
Transcript.
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CITY Editor-what do you mean VA "a
You wrote The statement Is sen n,S1,t
eial?. Reporter-Mrs- Blinks W. bus-
taIk. so got the story from N1
band.-Philadelphia Ledger.
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Hold;ns a.sk.

'.Me a tramp1 No. SIR. I'm mem
Der OF de army Of toIl.s
Il never see Jon toll
Il belong to de reserves.s-Kansas
City Journal
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Safety Eirat.

The discovery that freckles are
caused BY too mneh iron In the System
may explain why some girls wont 60
within a mile Of the kitchen ranse.-
Washington Post.
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Esminins ashort nnd ualx.p

"You say Mrs. Gadders and Ms.
Plimly exchanged the short and ugly
wordYs
THAT'S what they did"
"Shockingl Was It 7iarP"
mo. Cat birmingham AgeHer-
aid.
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II understand he won her By quota
tions from Mrs. Browning's sonnetz."
-she got her divorce by quotations
from the statutes. Birmingham Aes-
Herald.
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Real Reason.

Friend-I suppose the bank exam
iner comes. around to find out what Is
on handi Banker (grimly)-No; more
often to Ind out what's on foctEBos-
ton Journal.
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Jlnks-Is Brown 9 skfIlfnl surgecnf
Binks-Is hsi Why. be 0peratsd on
Jones for three things he didn't have
and saved himl-EsW York Globe
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sympathizlng Friend-Didn. yIgsrdup
II hard to lose all your money! ID
No: easiest thing In the
Town Topics
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Duty h power which rises win IS
a TIE morning and goes % rest win
rs "A he evening Gladstone
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True

Misery loves company"
'sYes. and some folks persist n act.
ing a. though they were married to ~
Detroit Free Press.
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Il Is difHcult to persuade mankind
that the love Of virtue Il the love Of
themselveS-clcerO.
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HIs b trfding character who sesks
for fame through sily reports. = 'ss'a
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They serve God wen who sei
creatures.-Mrs. Norton.
Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-12-14
FREE CONCERT TICKETS
TO BE HAD TOMORROW
Newspapers Will Distribute
Them For Sundays Or
chestra Program

Tho free distribution OF tickets for the
first of three Sunday afternoon con-
certs by the Philadelphia orchestra next
sunday afternoon at o'clock in the Met
ropolitan Opera House will begin n ?
o'clock tomorrow morning.
The distribution will be made from the
various newspaper offices. The EvESING
LEDGER will distribute tickets at its main
publication office. 9Th and Chestnut
streets, and at Ledger Central.
No applicant will receive moro than two
tickets, and none will he given to persons
less than Is years old.
In order to best obtain an equal distri-
button of the pastebonrds the allotment
has been placed by the Philadelphia Or
chestra Association almost entirely in the
hands Of the newspapers. Each office
will have about 400.
Every seat in the Opera House will be
reserved, and no tickets will be given
out after the capacity of the house has
been reached
Leopold Stokowskl will conduct and the
orchestra Will consist of its entire 81
members. Following its established
policy of giving the public programs of
the highest class, the Philadelphia Or
Chestra Association has announced that
the first concert will be devoted to the
performance of the Wagner program re-
Gently given at the Academy of Music
cess. Since this program has drawn vir-
tually the largest audiences of the sea-
son wherever it has been given, it has
been felt that the orchestra could pre-
sent nothing more desirable at the initial
free concert than these excerpts from
Wagner's great works.
widespread approval has greeted the
associations endeavor 10 afford oppor-
tunty to hear good music TO people who
through lack OF time or money are un-
able to enjoy the regular orchestra con-
certs in the Academy of Music. Financed
by persons interested in the project, the
three concerts will be of no expense TO
the audiences. In the associations re-
Quirement that no tickets shall be given
to persons less than l6 years old sup
por:crs of the concerts hold that fitting
reply is made to protests that the con-
certs will keep children away from the
Sunday schools The limit of two tickets
to one person is also expected to insure
widely representative audience.