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WHO'S WHO IN THE WAR.

Prof. Ernst Heinrich Haeckel, "the
philosopher OF Jena and the greatest
of German scientists and evolution.
lists. was born at Potsdam eighty-one
years ago today, February 16, 1884. A
year ago the whole world Joined in
honoring the aged Teuton sage on the
occasion OF his eightieth birthday,
but his enthusiastic defense Of the
kaiser's cause has alienated many of
his devoted followers in other lands.
At the beginning Of the war Prof.
Haeckel Joined with Prof. Eucken in
signing a statement of the pronciples
animat!ng the German people in TAX.
ing up the sword. in which the blame
was placed wholly upon the Allies.
Since then Prof. Haeckel has made
public several other expressions OF his
opinions in regard to the war, In
which. in spite Of his age and deep
philosophy, he has breathed a fiery
and militant spirit. According to q
recent dispatch, Prof. Haeckel de-
clared that Germans future could be
made secure only by carrying on tho
conflict until the following fruits of
victory have been achieved:
Freedom from the tyranny Of
England.
"2-This to be accomplished by the
armed invasion of the plratical Brit
ish state by the German army and
navy, and the occupation Of London
by the German forces.
"3-The partition Of Belgium, the
western portion as far es ostend and
Antwerp to become a German federal
state; the northern portion to fall to
Holland. and the southeastern portion
10 be added to Luxembourg, which also
should become q German federal
state.
"4-Germany to obtain the greater
part of the British colonies and the
Belgian, Congo.
"5-France to give up q portion OF
her northeastern provinces.
"6-Russia to be reduced TO i'm.
potency blythe re-establishment of the
kingdom OF Poland. which should be
united with Austria-H Hungary.
"I-Russia's Baltic provinces TO be
restored to Germany.
"s-Finland to become a kingdom,
united to Sweden"
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CURIOUS FACTS.

According to an Italian physician,
love causes an i%ntoxication OF the
nervous centers, producing o disease
that, IL not cured, may lead to neu.
rashthenia and even insanity.
Johnson NJ. Camden, a turfman OF
Kentucky, and a candidate for gov.
ernor. entertained 10000 guests at a
barbecue at his home. There were
slaughtered $50 sheep and rs beeves.
To test the strength OF a newly in
vented automobile inner tube 1t was
used to tow q street car behind q trac.
ton engine In a California city and 1t
withstood a strain estimated at seven
tons.
The aqueduct which conducts the
waters of the Owens river to Los An.
geles is said to be the largest In the
world. 1t is designed to deliver o
minimum OF 257, 000,0 600 gallons Of wa.
ter daily into the San Francisco reser.
voir, rs miles northwest of the city.
Dan Smith of Big Island, Lake
Minnetonka, has succeeded in obtain.
ing a swallow.taiIed kite, a rare bird
In Minnesota. 1t was shot near Brain.
erd, at least 1870 mics north Of st.
Anthony Falls, which was set by
scientists as the northermost limit for
the flight of these birds.
Twenty-Five dollars for scrubbIng
OF the tombstones Of my n%eIghbors in
the graveyard" was one Of the pc.
culiar requests In the will of Mrs.
Margaret H. Schmidt, on file for pro.
bate in Belleville, Illinois.
A scarecrow OF the ordinary tyne
was placed In the cornfeld of Howard
Wilson of M~arinette, Wis. and failed
to bfrightcn the birds. 1t has now been
replaced by a feminine figure with a
low-nccked blouse, silt skirt and
plumed hat. and crows have ceased 10
haunt the locality.
Great Southwest Africa has been ex.
pecttng to use a%eroplanes in order to
cover the vast distances in the terri.
tory over which the white mon are
scattered. By aeroplane medical aid
could be obtained In a few hours In
places that could otherwise be reached
only after several days Journey.
The British Road Improvement As.
ISOLATION has offered a prize of $500
for an improved horseshoe which Will
afford the animal sound footing on
the modern smooth pavements and at
the came time minimize the amount
of damage done to the roadway by tho
existing types Of shoes.
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FIRST THINGS.
shrove Tuesday.

The Observance OF Shrove Tuesday
or Mardi Gras as q carnival goes back
to the early days Of Christianity,
which inherited the festival from pa.
gan times. Tie word Carnival" Is
derived from the Italian "carni vale"
meaning Flesh FAREWELL" Mardi
Gras, tho French for Fat Tuesday"
had its origin in the middle ages and
meant that this day was tho last on
which "fat" living could be INDUCED
In until the arrival OF Easter. Some
historians believe that the custom OF
celebrating the day before the begin
ming OF Lent was an adaptation OF a
pagan festival. which precedes the OBJ.
servance of the ancient Roman fast
Of Februaria. a feast of publication.
The Roman Lent" however, lasted
only twenty-four hours, and was OBJ.
served on the fifteenth Of February,
The name "Shrove Tuesday" Is de-
rived from the ancient practice Of the
Church OF Rome Of confessing sins,
and being shrived or shroye-obtain.
ing absolution-ou this day. In Eng
land and Scotland the day was long
observed by the youngsters, VINO vent
"a'shrovin," begging food, fruit and
nuts from the well.to-do. Pancakes
were consumed in large quantities on
this day, and all sorts OF sports and
amusements were INDUCED in by
young and old.
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pious people who were privileged to
enter the ediiee and take part in the.
divine mysteries within.
The Christtan custom of sprinkiing
ashes on the head isia survival from
ancient Judaism. Job. King David.
and many other characters OF Holy
Writ, practicedIt the custom!
Many quaint customs have been
connected with Ash Wednesday. In
ancient Germany It was the practice
OF the young men to gather the girls
in a cart, drive them to a river or
pool, and there give them a bath
a custom which would seem to con.
tain more possibilities for merriment
than for pious devotion. The Kings
Cock Grower was formerly a dignitary
OF the English court, and 1t was his
duty to call the monarch to repen.
lance, as the cock csssed Peter.
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could not take care Of ii; and the
pitcher who had driven q loader
from the load never got done Dragging
one day Uncle Josh and the boys
were hauling In hay, and Ed was on
the cart. while Uncle Josh was pitch;
ing on the hay. Uncle Josh got I'm.
patient at Eds slow movements and
said: "Eb. y:y:y-ou are m-m-ighty
s-s-s-low. I!c-c-ould c-c.ome up tt:here
md t.t.t-ake c-c.are OF It w.w.ith b-b.oth
OF yei p-p.pitchin,"
.All right" said Eb, come on"
Eb slid down from the load and
Uncle Josh climbed up,when "Eb' and
TO- went at It and soon drove the
old man on. What are you down
here fort" asked the boys, when the
old man hit the ground.
"A.a.fter m.m-ore Inlay, g.g-ol
dd-urn ye," said Uncle Josh.-Phila,
delphia Record.
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Current Comment.
The LEnIEN

The Lenten season when the spirit
Is chastened through the Notifying
of the flesh will soonsrecur and with
It the annual query: What doerloved
foible, what pet indulgence shall be
foregone? Always hard. involving
nicely In discrimination and diff
Guilty in execution, the problem is this
year complicated, not by any ency.
clical or mandate from spiritual
rulers. but by the harsh obligations
of blood and iron."
Certain favorite weaknesses have
been regularly counted on heretofore
for immolation. The debutante
eschewed CONNECTIONS dear to her pal.
ate; the clubman forsweare his cock.
tail; the matron denied herself auc-
tion. Society donned sackcloth; the
world became dun.
But this year, 1t will be observed,
the neutral tint has been affected be.
foretime. The complications across
the water have necessitated as much
and more. Retrenchment has been
abroad in the land these many days,
Champagne has been the exception,
these institutions reach only a small
minority.
Princeton and New York univer.
eity students have started campaigns
for military training. 1t would be
well, indeed, for future America, II
all Its collegiate bodies and all its
secondary schools were to take up
the study of arms and the practice
OF arms in the form of military train.
ing given in conjunction with regular
curricula.
Then. perhaps. the United States
would ont have to complain in Its
next war, as England does today, that
the recruits are unfit and that the
student soldiers know nothing Of
battle except what they have studied
OF n 'rayo.-Baltimore News.
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FANNIE CROSBY.
Dr.. Maitland Alexander. moderate:

.afHH-Enrf SIX" g. |r
DE-. Maitland Alexander, moderator
Of the General Assembly Of the Pres
bytertan church North and pastor
o. the. First Presbyterian church Of
Pittsburgh. during his recent visit to
Baltimore was discussing the agencies
that make for the upbuilding of the
church. Among these agencies he
gave high place to congregational
singing Judged by DIR. Alexander's
standard, Fannie Crosby, the plinu
hymn writer, who died yesterday. was
. potent factor in developing the
church, for from her ANIMATED many
OF the hymns which Protestant con-
gregattcns most delight to sing.
Miss Crosby, or Mrs. Van Alstyne.
Is said to have written 5000 hymns.
They are polonymous productions. for
the publishers feared that otherwise
she would seem to monopolize the
hymn books. In physical darkness
from her early; infancy, she was none
the less .alltght to guide" many thous-
ands OF neutrality-suspicious. many thous-
ands 1t would be interesting TO know.
CONGREGATIONAL singing" may not
be the most artistic form Of musical
expression, nor do hymns, as a rule,
measure up to accepted literary stan.
dards. Critically Analysed. they are
frequently found imperfect in express
sion and not infrequent faulty In
rhyme. But the mighty surge of the
congregation's singing makes the
criticisms OF musical and literary art
Insignificant. "Let me write the songs
Of d country and l care not who
makes its laws" Is "a sentiment often
quoted to show the power Of the
song writer. So with hymns and the
churches. Toisuch hymns as "Safe in
the Arms OF Jesus" the Protestant
churches, the world over, owe much
Of their power and their countric-
worshipers much of their c1nsee
tfon.-Baltimore News,
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TODAY WE CELEBRATE.
'Thou' Art But Dustl" Is church's
Message Today,

Message Today.
"Remember that thou art but Dust"
This is the message of Christianity
today, for at the stroke OF twelve to.
night the carnival seasonal carnival
Of blood and tears for the larger part
OF Europe comes to an end, and the
period OF sackcloth and ashes, OF pray.
ers and fasting and repentance, is
ushered In.
Remember that thou art but dust!"
an appropriate message. indeed, for
those monarchs and statesmen whose
ambition and lust for power have
plunged the world into the vortex OF
war. The victories Of conflict, the
trtumphs OF peace, honors, dignities,
empires. power. riches-all are tran.
silent and soon vanish into nothing.
ness.
Christian and pagan, priest and
philosopher, men Of all faiths and OF
none, all are impressed with the bre
witty Of human life. Dust thou art,
and to dust thou must return" finds
Its echo in the anguished words OF the
agnostic Ingersoll at the grave of a
beloved brother: For whether in
mid sea Of 'mong the breakers OF the
farther shore, a wreck at last must
be the end of all; and every life, no
matter II Its every hour Is rich with
love and every moment jeweled with
a Joy will at its close, become a trag.
edy as sad and deep and dark as can
be woven of the warp and wool of
mystery and death"
The Christian. to whom life is not
"a narrow vale between the cold and
barren peaks Of two eternities," but a
preparation for an existence that shall
be endless. finds In Lent a season for
reflection upon the transient charac.
ter Of earthly existence and the Ger.
tain imminence Of the great transi.
tion.
1t is true that Lent Is now far from
being as generally observed as In the
early days Of the Christian faith,
when the forty days preceding Easter
were marked by rigorous fasting and
solemnity.
The word Lent is derived from
the ~.lengten.tide" OF the saxons, u
term for Spring, so called because It
Is the thine when the days appreciably
lengthen. Ash Wednesday. the first
day Of Lent, derived its name from
the Roman ceremony which marks
the beginning Of the great penitential
season. To remind the people that
they were but dust and ashes, the
priests took a quantity OF ashes,
blessed them, and sprinkled them with,
holy water. The worshipper, clad in.
sackcloth, approached. and the priest
took up some Of the ashes on the enas
of his fingers and made with them.
the mark Of the cross. saying: RE
member. man, that you are OF ashes,
and into dust will return.
Sinners who had submitted them
selves as canonical repentance and
sought reconciliation with the church
were requiredfto wear a hair.shirt and
p%enitential Earbs The bishop placed
ashes on the head Of the repentant
sinner. who was then Obliged to re-
main humbly PROSTATE at the church
door. soliciting the prayers Of the
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Soldiers To Receive
Free Lunch In London
Correspondence Of the Associated
Press.l

Correspondence OF the Associated
Press.)
LONDON, Feb. 1s.-Under super.
vision by American women. %canteens
are to be established at all the lead
ing railway stations in London where
sandwiches, coffee and other light re-
freshments will be supplied free to
soldiers in uniform.
Thousands OF soldiers pass through
London daily, frequently without suffi.
Client money to buy food.
In, work at railway stations, the
American women who have been look.
ing after stranded Americans and
Belgian refugees, have learned Of the
great need for canteens where the
soldiers can be promptly provided
with nourishing food without cost.
The war office Is SO well impressed.
with the women's plan that its as.
sistance in carrying on the work has
been assured.
Mrs! Viola Scott, Mrs. a. T. Stew:
art and a score OF other American
women who have been assisting
travellers ever since the opening OF
the war are the prime movers In the
plan and have the backing Of the
entire American Women;s War Re.
lief COMMITTEES.
Mrs BENJAMIN Lathrope, who Is
one Of the most active workers In the
French Emergency committee or
rani1ed To- supply the immediate needs
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wife, sed Pa to Ma last mite. thare
Is o awful difrense between poetry
and verse. For instance, this Is a
! had a little pony
And he had q shiny coat
raced It at the race track

& II finished like a goat.
Now, sed Pa, there is no question
In ennybody's mind that thare Is ster.
ling merit in that as verse but It isn't
poetry. Poetry is verse and moar.
Poetry must point in the minds eye
sumthing that ! can see, like fer In.
STAINS these lines of mine wlch I red at
a bankwet OF the fish dealers:
The bluefsh, awful bulldog OF the sea
Fttes like a badger to gain his rites,
You peepul know that wen the blue.
fish bites
He bites thru hook and leader & is
free.
Let US all be like bluelsh in the sea
That We may chaw our way to lib.
suppose you notice the dlrrens, scd
Pa 10 Ma.
Sure notice the diIrens. sed Ma,
one with any brains cud tell at a
CLANS. The last peece you rote & the
last peece the n about the bluefsh
was half a dozen lines OF cheese.
Pa dident like what Ma sed very
well and swallowed kind Of hard and
sed l will give you one moar illustra.
shum, maybe it will be a better one.
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THE wnisrLlNe noY.

THE WHfSILlNG BOY.
SO keen. 50 clear
Falls on the ear
The wild sweet5pipines Of his lips.
Solsharp. soItart,
thrill and start.
And fancy tingles to the finger tips.
The dingystown,
With walls Of brown,
With grimy streets and payements
gray,
Its rush and roar,
] note no more.
And all its fierce connections pass
away.
No hermit thrush
Through woodland hush
Could thrill q tune more fresh
and free;
No mocking bird
More gladly heard
Through verdant vine-clad swamps
in Tennessee.
I feel a breeze
Through cherry trees
Ger dandelions wet with dew.
And on a rail
! hear a quail
GLADDEN. an old peach orchard
=, through and through.
Walter Malone.
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TopAY's BIRTHDAY PARTY.
BY o. Terence.
New Duke Of Argyll, 43 Today,ls Chief
of the Campbell Clan.

The Scottish clan Of Campbell,
which has its representatives in every
nook and corner Of the world, has as
its chief the Duke OF Argyll. The
tenth of that line, Mall Diarmid
Campbell, who succeeded his uncle
last year, was born forty.three years
ago today, February 16, 1872. Besides
being Duke of Argyll, he Is Marquis OF
Lorne and Kintyre, Earl Campbell and
Cowal, Viscount Of Lochow and Glen.
isla. Baron Inveraray, Null, Morvern
and. TRY, Baron Campbell, Earl OF
Argyll, Baron Of Lorne, Baron Of
Lorne. Baron Kintye, Baron Sun.
bridge, Baron Hamilton, Baron Of Loo.
how. and the holder Of a score Of other
dignities. Passing them all in import
ance, from the Scottish viewpoint, It
his title Of Mac Caliean Mhor, Chief of
Clan Campbell, which has been held
by his family since It was bestowed on
Sir Colin Campbell by King Alexand.
der III. In the latter part Of the thir.
teenth century. To the Scotsman this
title is vastly more illustrious than
that OF Duke Of Argyll. which dates
only from 1701. The ninth Duke, pre-
decessor Of the present holder of the
title, married Princess Louise, tne
fourth daughter of Queen Victoria.
The Campbells were Of the opinion
that the royal princess had made a
brilliant match In winning the heart
Of the holder Of the ancient Celtic
title OF Mac Cailean Mhor. The Chief
Of the Clan Campbell is a. tall stall
wart young man, and a dramatlst and
composer OF considerable ability,
whose works r inspired by Celtic
patriotism. He Is a Gaeltic student
Of renown, speaks the ancient lam
guage perfectly, and has devout him.
self to perpetuating the customs,
sports, pastimes, traditions, art and
music OF the H%ighlanders. The land
holdings Of the dukes, Of Argyll In,
clude many Of the most picturesque
and historic spots in Scotland, includ.
ing the island Of Iona. where Chris
tianity gained its first foothold among
the wild and warlike people or the
North. The ruins Of the ancient accel.
estical buildings were given In per.
petuity to the Church of Scotland by
the eighth Duke, who feared that the
Catholic tendencies Of his grandson,
the present Chief Of the Clan Camp
bell, might result In the transfer OF
the ruins to the Church Of Rome. The
father OF the present Duke was q
banker and amassed an immense for.
tune, which was to go to his son and
other heirs only on condition that
they should not become Roman catho-
lies.
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A REAL HEROINE.

There 10 q woman In our town who
is credited with listening patiently to
ail the stories the %neighboring women
unfold to her without repeating them.
We have written to our old friend
Andy Carnegie asking that a gold
medal be awarded her and she be
placed on thespension roll. One who
can listen I oSthe town gossip and not
repeat u Is O greater heroine than
friend Andy has ever decorated with
the medal or provided with three
meals O day.=Preston News.
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LITTLE Boobies PA
BY William q, KIRK

~. -HNN.a
This poem I wrote wen i was IN the
for north, sed Pa. Ne and q fellow
!trapper had been lost 4 days wen We
struck camp ware a half breed gave
US feed and shelter. Tfelt so grateful
to that half breed that Il rotesa poem
for him witch went:
oh thou simpel breed, wen frst We
cain
Tingling with frost to thy moast
tender cair
We felt q sense OF sumthtng like q
shaim
To think of Getting from the scsnty
fair
For ten long days & mites We test
Tingllng with frostl
Well, now, sed Pa. what do you
think OF that. ! suppose. you will 20
SO far as to tell me that Isn't poetry.
"Tingling with frost" ! CESS that Isl
poor line? sed Pa,
l CESS you must have been tingling
with sumthing else besides frost wen
you rote It, Ma sed. I can show you
sum reel poetry Of mine, seds Ma. Lis
ten:
A cowsclip yellow In the swamp
Close to a ruined mining camp
Feered to speek to a flower fellow
The cowslip had a streek OF yellowi
Wen did you rite that awful dog
grell? sed Pa.
l was tooling, sed Ma. I dident rite
1t ! found 1t an oald book OF your own
poems.
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Just Smiles.
No Bargain Sale.

No Bargain Sale.
Little William was spending the at.
ternoon with a neighbor, and during
his stay several ladies' from near by
dropped In for q game Of bridge.
7 saw Willie's mother Just now as
! passed the house." remarked one
lady. Then turning to the little chap
she added: II wonder II you know
what o very pretty woman your
mother Isl"
"oh. l take good care Of that!" re-
Piled s~ix.year-old William compla.
Gently. Il picked her out myself
New Orleans Item.
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Uncle Josh,s Boast.

In the town OF l.. Me-, there
lived . farmer called .Unele JOSH"
who had two husky boys called "Eb''
and TO" Uncle Josh could not speak
Il was the eostota there. when the
ihaytw was being hauled in, for the one
pitching on to Try to put the hay
IN so fast that shr npe on the cart
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What's In a Name.

What's In a Name.
Aunt Indy had brought around her
three grandchildren for her mistress
to see. The three little darkies, in
calico frocks, stood squirming in line
while Indy proudly surveyed them.
What are their names, Lindy?" her
mistress asked.
".Dey's name after flowers, ma'am.
All name EN-. De bigges' ones
name Gladiola. De mex one, she
name Hellotrope."
Those are very pretty" her mis-.
tress said. What is the littlest one
named?"
"She name Artuhficial, ma'am."-
Woman's Home Companion.
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ALLsKNoW 1T NOW.

Everybody Knows It Now" would
be q good title for a popular song to
be dedicated to the Wilson administra-
ton. The great American public, that
Is, the great mass of the people sep.
arated from the dltfldence caused by
afflnence or from the %partisanship re.
suiting from ltheEreceipt OF special DO.
iitical fayors, Is fully cognizant of
the miserable fiasco that has been
enacted AZ Washington. The New
York Sun has been using It's ears
lately and II correctly records what
the American people are saying in
its following editorial article:
Whoever keeps his ears wide open
at this time finds one almost unani.
mous opinion rushing into them from
many mouths,
In the subway and on the elevated,
In the street cars and on the ferry.
boats. In the smoking rooms OF Eu.
ropean and Caribbean steamers, In the
smoking Compartments and smok-
ing car of. trains East, Middle West
and Far West, among knots OF com.
mercia1 travellers In hotels, In clubs
and in barber shops, wherever men
talk, this opinion Is uttered frankly
and too often with a profane empha.
sis; forms Of IL are about like this:
you Will never live long enough to
see the Democratic party in power
again"
Just wait until 1885,
Wilson Is on the down grade"
"Mr. Wilson may moan well, but he
doesn't know anything about bust
ness"
no more professors in mine.s
Tho only change OF the country Is
to put the Republicans back again.
"oh- OF course those fellows In
Washington know more about my
business than I do
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HANDED 1T DOWN.

A Fort Wayne merchant, retiring
after thirty years of successful bust.
ness life. gives his store to his clerks:
This Indiana idea Of dividing up has
many interesting aspects as a solu-
ton Of various social problems, but It
remains to be seen to what extent 1t
will be imttated.-New York World.