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maid, the mother of her country" who
A. ID. 4J2 persuaded the Parisians to
sit tight and pray God that Attila and
his Huns might turn aside and pass
them by. 1t happened. and the Huns
were smashed later by Aetius on the
field of Chalons. Ever since, in dam
ger, Paris prays God at the tomb of
Genevieve. II is remarkable that the
Germans began to neglect Paris after
their raid southwark on the very days
of the iridium" of supplications-
September o. and 5. 1914-appointed
by the cardinal-archbishop to be cele
brated in the church where her body
lies.
"Legions of angels" murmured Zina.
ION september the Germans attack
ed Mont 81. Genevieve. which they con-
sidered TO he the key to Nancy, as
Nancy is the key to France. After TAX
ing it with great loss, they abandoned
it two hours later, Of their own free
Will. apparently without reason. and
have never sought to return. We
know why German prisoners tell it.
Men and officers fed in horror from Il
noise of arrows and cloud Of shin
ing warriors led by st. Michael. the
archangel. A thousand fell without
wounds. There is a little church in
memory of GenevieVe there. 1t was
hit by eleven shells. but an antique
copper box. containing relics OF hers,
was found intact. standing upright at
the foot of the side altar from which
il had been shaken"
And Paris ! asked.
The Germans stopped short at
Juilly-and fed said the reverent
opera star. 'Juilly is the country town
north of Paris where St Genevieve used
to retire. II is called her town. In
the gardens OF the college to-day the
American hospital of Mrs. Harry Payne
Whitney, there is spring of crystal
water which. according to history.
gushed forth at the prayer Of Gene
We've. The proof is, ! have drunk
there"
] asked her for more details.
AT the hospital where | worked at
Nice" she answered, there was a Miss
Phyllis Campbell. likewise a nurse, who
said that she had been informed that
an English soldier wanted holy pic
ture. She went to see the man. who
was a HuSuenot of Lancashire. and de-
sired a picture or medal of st. George
because he had seen him on white
horse leading the British AT Nitry-le-
Francois when the allies turned
II seems that there was much talk,
thereafter. among the French and Brit
ish wounded at Nice.
IAN English artilleryman said that he
saw a tall figure with yellow hair I'M
der golden helmet. on white horse,
holding his sword UP. and his mouth
open, as il saying. Come on, lads. wen
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26

rows-their officers told them that they
had been cinematographed. 1t was a
great relief to know it.
We sat silent. There was moment
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26

Everybody knows ~ murmured
Zina Brozia. st. Genevieve helped drive
them back from Nancy and Paris
1t is a grand old story of grand old
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26
Correspondence Of The star.

Special Correspondence OF The star.
PARIS, September l6. 1915.
THESE strange anecdotes are all
over France and England
They crop up in the most I'M
y expected places.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26

ing permanent relations through CIV
ing better terms and otherwise accom-
modating our business methods to the
convenience and custom of the coun-
tries here.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-09-26

Of horror as the thing dawned on US.
One by one the customers slipped
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-03-13
OUR FIRST ELECTION.
Methods In the Days When Washing
ton Was Chosen President

AT the first national election ut which
General Washington was chosen presi-
dent only eleven of the thirteen states
voted. North Carolina and Rhode Is
land not yet having entered the Union.
and in only PennSylv Mary
land and Virginia were popular eie''-
tiOnS held. In the other eight states
the legislatures chose the electors New
York did not choose electors because
of a feud between the anti Federali.:l
house and the FederalSt senate
One exciting incident was caused by
the fear OH the part Of Alexander Ham
ilton that John Adams. who was on
the ticket for vice president with
Washington. was plotting To tie the
vote, and thus by throwing the elet
tion into the national Louise OF repre-
eenteiyes defeat the Father of His
Country for president. So real was
this fear in Hamilton that he dis
patched messengers on horses TO Nir
ginia. Connecticut and New Jersey to
stampede the legislatures Of the latter
two states to Washington.
So long did it take to gather news
that Washington WAS actually inau9u
rated president before some of the
remote counties in Virginia had sent
In their returns. In this first election
there was only one ticket and there
was no campaigning There were only
about 100000 inhabitants in the cOun
try at that time. and the whole cost
of setting up the machinery Of this
presidential election is estimated at less
than 100000. Pittsburgh Dispatch.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-03-13
Ownership of the Air.

Our ancestors must have foreseen
the aeroplane or they would not have
embodied in the law the principle that
he who owns the land owns the col
umn Of air above "usque ad cOelum."
or up to the skies. This can be traced
back rs far as the reign Of Edward l.,
and from this time every authority to
the present court of appeal has en-
phasized the right of every citizen not
only to be king of his own castle. but
of the sky above it.-London Chronicle
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-03-13
The Spinster's Hint.

A maiden well advanced in years
used to wait every morning for the
postman, a bachelor of about her age.
and ask him if there were not letter
for her. Several weeks passed thus.
but the anxiOusly expected letter did
not arrive. Finally one morning the
postman said to her:
We'll. tomorrow you shall get your
letter if have to write it myself"
That's right; do it." replied the old
maid Il shall be delighted to &C.
cept it,
Well said the postman. smiling.
what do you want me to write-a
business letter or love letter."
IF you mean business, please write
a love letter." was her blushing reply.
London Scraps.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-03-13
SKIN OF THE FRUIT.
it To- Wise Not to Eat Apples or Pears
Without Peeling Them.


Some people say that an apple does
not taste right when the skin Is re
moved. Some even 20 so far as TO say
there is danger in eating fruit that has
come in contact with the steel of the
pairing knife. as the acid in the fruit Is
apt TO produce some poison when il
~Omes III contact with the metal. But
Shether these things are true or not,
there is still greater danger in eating
apples without peeling them.
The skin or the apple has always
been more or less infested with gerus
of different types. and now our moo
spraying the trees are liable TO ieav-
poisonous deposits on il which will do
our StOmachS serious harm.
ArSenate Of lead. iimt and sulphur
wash and a number Of other spraying
compounds used hy fruit growers have
been found TO remain in considerable
quantities Oh the skin of apples ana
pears until ripe and placed on the mar
ket. The action OF such chemicals
upon the TISSUES OF the human body
is very injurious
Spraying the trees is giving us more
perfect fruit and getting the grower
better prices. tut II you value your
health you should never eat apples or
pears without trSI removing the peelS
New York American.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-03-13
YANKEES ARE IMPORTED
England's shipbuiIding Centers Now
Employ American Workers.

London, March 10.-"Perhaps one
of the most interesting events in con-
nection with the present labor
troubles in the United Kingdom is the
importation of artisans from the Unit
ed States to the ClyIe and other dis
tricts," says the editor of the Ship
ping World. This is very unusual" !"
he continues.
"The coming of workers, excellent
workers as they are reported to be,
from the centers OF America to our
own manufacturing areas will afford
opportunities to read, mark and in
wardly digest certain phases of Brit
ish-American industrial work.
1--WE venture to suggest that our
American cousins now engaged on
the Clyde will discover that while
their wages by the day and their
earnings at piecework may be better
In dollars and cents at home, they
are higher on the Clyde and the Tyne
than on the Delaware and the Hudson
when the purchasing power of those
earnings with respect to food and
other articles are taken into consider.
ation."
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-03-13
A CHECK FOR s49,oes,ooo.
Pennsylvania Railroad Gets Largest
Warrant on Record.


Warrant on Record.
One check for S49.09S.0O0 was re
ceived by the Pennsylvania railroad
from Kuhn, Loeb & Co. in settlement
of the bond purchase recently made
by that banking firm. Two Pennsyl
vania officials-one of whom was J. F.
Fahnestock, reasurer-came over from
Philadelphia to get the check, which
was the largest ever drawn In a SINH
lar operation.
1t was stated that the money would
be deposited in various banks, so that
Philadelphia subscribers or particf
pants in the underwriting could pay
their commitments in New York funds
without any disturbance in the money
market.
The check was for $40, ,O98, 600, being
par and accrued interest for the bonds
recently purchased. Under the PennSyl-
vania's agreement with it's bankers the
company was to share in any profit
made by the underwriting syndicate
over 21lz per cent. It was stated that
the Pennsylvania would share In be-
tween 100000 and $250,0OO profits.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-03-13
Tried 1t on the Rostman.

A young business woman on her
way to the car, at closing time. stopped
at the box TO mail a letter just as
she was about to drop the letter in
the box the collector arrived and,
reaching for it. said. iii take it,
The young woman looked at him
moment and handed him the letter.
with the remark. Now. don't forget TO
put that in the postoffice.'
The collector looked at her in dis
gust and said nothing.
He never saw the joke" the young
woman said after she had told the
story OF the incident Il suppose be
has no women folk in his family who
know that the letters they intrust to
the men are carried around in their
pockets for days before they are mail
ed ."--Columbus Dispatch.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-03-13
ISOLATED ISLANDS.
Lonely Tristan da Cunha Gets Outside
News Once In Two Years.

Lonely Tristan da Cunha Gets Outside
News Once In Two Years.
Though scientific progress has made
IL possible TO do a double journey be-
tween England and America in a fort
night. there remain many islands with
which it takes years to communicate.
Of the Scottish coast are the groups
Of Islands known as the Hebrides. Ork-
heys aud Shetlands. OF these the :2ost
isolated island is st. KilGa. some three
miles long and two miles broad. The
tnha abitants lead lives of great loneli-
ness, for it takes a month to get to
the next island. and the sea often
makes any communication with st.
Kilda impossible for months.
The group OF eight Phoenix islands
In the Pacific has a total population of
only 158. while another little bit Of
the British empire is Fanning island.
This Is landing place for the Pacific
submarine cable. and usually there are
about 100 people in the place.
The lOneliest Of all parts Of British
territory is the island Of Tristan da
Cunha, in the south Atlantic. which
Is also the smallest inhabited island
In the empire. 1t is 1900 miles from
land, has a population Of seventy-four
Scottish Americans. and the inhabit-
ants get news of the outer world
usually once every two years.-LOnds,
STRAY Stories.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-03-13
NspoIeon as an Editor.

The Almanach de Gotha was alread,
of sufficient Importance over a cenrur!
ago TO prompt Il dispatch from Napo
leon. On Oct. 20. 1907. he wrote to
Champagny. his foreign minister. com
planning that ''the latest edition of the
Almanach de Gotha is full of errors.
no account having been taken of the
changes wrought by me in Germany
Tell the minister from Gotha to call
on you and inform him that this must
be set right in the forthcoming edition
Insist on seeing the section devoted to
Germany before the edition is pub
HShed"
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-03-13
BREVITY OF ENGLISH.
its Advantage In This Respect Over
French and German.

FrenCn ana 1ermans
In an international report. printed in
parallel columns in French, German
and English. the three versions being
exact translations of each other, the
English report invariably finished first;
sometimes it won by a whole page As
q rule. the French report was the most
diffuse.
This brevity of English is partly ex.
planned by the fact that English is
made up to an extraordinary extent Of
words OF one syllable. Its. nouns hav-
ing unlike the German) lost all their
infections except the possessive "S."
have become mere roots. very large
proportion of them monosyllabic. In
Germany a monosyllabic root practi-
cally always gets an extra syllable
tackled on by way Of case ending. In
the second place English has little of
the elaborate and explicit machinery Of
structure that French has, so it saves
space in propositions and such para
phernalia. Instead, English has what
the grammarians call incipient agglu-
tination-that is, sticking words to-
gether in groups without either prepo-
Eitions or case endings to connect them.
An example OF the former kind Of
brevity is word like earthquake"
two syllables, compared with the Ger
man 'erdbeben," three syllables, and
the French "tremblement de terre,"
i've syllables. An example of the
AerSeneSS of English would he q DhraSe
like. ''I have been to the house and
have now come back" every word
single syllable. In a telegram this
would be just as ineligible in the form
stBeen house now back" You cannot
carry that sort OF thing far in any
other European language.-Mancheste
Guardian.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-03-13
FaIIinq Up OUT or a Balloon,

IF man falls out of rising aero
plane or balloon be will not go toward
the earth. but will continue rising intn
the air for an appreciate time. If the
air machine were stopped in its\ascent
at the time 1t could catch the man
as he came down. If the airship wert
ascending at the rate of thirty two feet
a second the man would rise sixteen
feet before beginning TO fall toward
the earth. Thus. by reducing the speed
of its ascent. the vessel might keep by
the side of the man and rescue him.
The reason why the man rises is the
same as the reason for bullets rising
when shot from a gun into the air
both the man and the bullet are given
q velocity upward. and 1t takes some
time for gravity to negative that
velocity.-Glasgow News.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-03-13
Fine LANGUAGE.

As a rule the educated native of
West Africa. like his Indian brother,
loves high flown language. A clerk
some time ago sent report complain
ing that the carbines of the police at
his station often misfred. This is
how he put it: 1T is ridiculous to re-
port that the firearms of the police
when pointed at the armament refuse
to give explosive sound. London Sat-
urday Review.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-03-13
Too Deep For Him.

A Britisher was announcing his
views on things in general and sum-
med up his own position by the state
ment. well. I've seen life" But"
said his American friend, lone of your
own bright poets has said. 'Life's a
joke" Tie Britisher is still exploring
the remark.-New York Times.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-03-13
Consistent,

She - This wait between the acts
seems to me to be dreadfully long. He
Yes. You see. twenty years are sup
posed to elapse. and the management
is simply trying to make the effect as
realistic as poSsible.-R Richmond Times.
Tia1,+ob
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-03-13
Not a Bout Winner.

Tramp-Once / was well known as a
wrestler, mum. Lady-And do you
wrestle now? Tramp-Only wild pow
erty, mum.-New Orleans Times-Pica-
yune.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-03-13
BERLIN TO NAME
TERMS OF PEACE
Report Says Chancellor viii
Inform R9iChStdg
SIXTY SHIPS AT DkRDANELLES

SOiiStat'N'J ~ O'S SSNio ~ iN'~''
Admiralty Announces That Three
Shipping Vessels Have Been Tor
pedoed by German Submarines With
Loss of Thirty-seven Men.
London, March 10.-Tha Daily Tele-
graphs Farls correspondent says he
learns that DR.. Won Be,amana-HoI
veg, the Germa' -per44I cAanceilor.
will make a statement in the reIcAs
tag setting forth the terms on watch
Germany is willing 10 MAZE peace.
According to an oflic.aI statement
by the Brush admlra.ty three British
merchant vessels have been sunk by
German submarines this week.
One off Liverpool, q second off Scar
borough and one Off Hastings. Thirty.
seven men out Of crew OF thirty
eight are believed to lave been lost
on one vessel while AL on board the
others we're saved. The admiralty an
nouIcement follows:
"The British steamship Tangistan,
3,73S tons, was sunk by torpedo off
Scarborough. The vessel had a crew
of thirty-elght of whom only one was
saved so far as is known at present.
"The steamship Blackwood, 1890
tons, was sunk without warning by
submarine off Hastings. The crew OF
seventeen men was saved.
"The British steamship Princess
Victoria, LAOS tons, was sunk without
warning by a submarine off Liverpool.
The crew of twenty-four men was
saved
The admiralty in another statement
answered Turkish and German claims
that several of the ships in the Anglo
French feet at the Dardanelles had
been badly damaged and that severe
losses had been inflicted upon the
attacking force by a statement which
says that up to March % men had
been killed, 28 wounded and more
missing, most of these being marines.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-03-13
One of Many.

"What kind of work could you pos
sibly do around an ofice?"
''I'm kind o all around handy man,
mister kin hold door open. light q
match for We. look out an see if it's
rainin', call taxi, drop letters down
the chute an tell folks yer out when
ye ain't."-Life.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-03-13
of the Past.

Biologists say that several species
of man have entirely disappeared from
the earth. Doubtless these last spe
cies include the nice Old gentleman
who used to pull off his boots Of an
evening with the help of the hootjack.
Chicago News
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-03-13
Badly Scared.

Were yOn frightened during the
Storm
dear me- yes. The windows were
all open and | was so afraid Of the
lightning that | didn't even stop 70
wake up John. jumped right up and
closed them myself. Detroit Free
Press
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-03-13
ulhlled.

Mrs. Gnaggs-Before we were mar
ried you used to say you could listen to
my sweet voice all night. Mr.. Gnaggs
Well, at that time l had no idea I'd
ever have TO do it.-Judge.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-03-13
A Demonstration.

"1 distinctly saw you with police
mans arms around you"
"Oh. yes, mum! Wasn't 1t nice Of
him? He was shown me how to hold
q burglar If found one In tho house"
Life.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-03-13
Prohibitive.

whats the matter. daugherw
Father. want a duke"
THAT can be arranged. my dear
was afraid you might want a baseball
pitcher. - Baltimore Sun.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-03-13
A TroubIemaker.

"Why did you tell my wife that be-
fore l met her / promised to love you
forever?"
"Well. didn't you?"
''Sure did, but that's no kind of
conversation to go to a mans wife
with. Dispatch.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-03-13
Ave, There's the Rub.

If we had to turn our own grind
stones we wouldn't have so many axes
70 grind. Enuuirpr
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-03-13
Always Apprehansixa.

Always APPrehensiVe.
my wife gets nothing but apprehen-
sion out Of life"
How sop
shes afraid of COWS In the country
and automobiles In town."-Kansas
City Journal.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-03-13
In1pude dent.

Registrar-HOw old are yOll. madam
She-I've seen nineteen summers, sil
Registrar How long havc vou bee
blind 2 Brooklyn Faplc,
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-03-13
The Fourth state.

The expression fourth estate was
first used by Thomas Carlyle and was
applied to the editors during the period
of the French revolution.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-03-13

Comparison more than reality makes
men happy and can make them
Mretched.-FelthaR.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-03-13

There is no fatigue so wearisone as
that which comes from want Of work.
-SpurgeOn.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-03-13
Photo by American Press Association.
ELEUTHERIOS VENIZELOS.
ExtraVaq qance.

Extravaganza in thought is as bad a.
extravagance in living expenses.-F
w. Howe's Monthly.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-03-13
"TAG! YOU'RE ITp-DEEO.
Girl of Five Expires of Heart Disease
While Romping In Park.

While RomPing In Park.
Sophie Baudy, five years old. played
tag with the big girls in De Witt
Clinton park. New York city. She was
cit" for long time because her short
legs couldn't keep up with the longer
ones of her companions, but she stuck
pluckily to her task and finally tagged
another girl.
This one ran down Sophie's sister,
Theresa. seven. and Theresa started
after Sophie. who was painting from
her previous eXertionS. The child sped
off again and ran around and around
the park. her sister at her heels.
Finally at sharp turn Theresa
caught her.
''Tag. you're itr' she cried.
Sophie stumbled aud fell. and the
others waited for her to get UP. When
she did not stir they ran away fright
ened One of them called Patrolman
Elder of the West Forty-seventh street
station. He bent over the girl, then
Strengthened up again quickly. his face
pale.
He called an ambulance from Poly
clinic hospital. and DR.. Morgan. who
was in attendance. said the girl had
died of heart disease.
Sophie lived with her parents az 456
East Fifty-frSt street.
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n Press Association.


u New York.
The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1915-03-13
Where Was Wales?

Spencer Leigh Hughes. NJ. p. tells
of the following amusing experience:
He was once passing the war office
building in Whitehall when his com
panion. "A Scotchman. pointing TO the
embIemafic devices engraved over the
door Indicated the Scotch thistle. the
English lion and the Irish harp.
where is the emblem OF Wales" ask
ed his friend "Oh." Mr.. Hughes re-
piled. II expect there is leak in
the roof"-London Express.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1915-03-14
SELL TOMORROW ASSETS OF BANK
 0F PINE BLUFF
Commissioner Davis to Con duct Sale of Property Val
 ued at $500,

The assets of the Bark of Pine Bluff are to be sold at public auc- ton tomorrow by State Banking Commissioner J. V. Davis unde, an crder issued by Chancellor J. N. FL liott several weeks ago
 The real estate is to be offered in parcels, among the property to be put up being the thrse-story bank building at the northwesS corner of Main and Second. Tie personal assets are to be offered in Hulk, and then all together. The purpose of this order of Judge Elliott's is to in- sure that the property will bring as much as can be secured at this time. Judge Elliott has also fixed a mini mum price. and vii. not approve the sale under terms that will pay ordi- nary depositors less than 50 per cent of their claims and trust funds less than 70 per cent. As 30 per cent has been paid this will make a to- tai of 100 percent to trust funds a'id 80 per cent to ordinary depositors.
 It is considered probable that a local syndicate, contemplating the establishment of a, national bank will be represented among the bid ders, but nothing definite on this point has been announced.
 The property to be offered for sale is estimated to possess a value in excess of $500,000.