MISTER FLEET
NOW ASSEMBLED
FOR MANEUVERS
Unted States Warships in for
Month of Hairdos! Kind
of Drilling. .
COMMANDED BY FLETCHER
Largest and Moat Poworful Fleet Evar
Assembled Under the Stars and
u Stripes?May Solve Efficiency
of Our Navy.
Washloston.?Tbe largest and most
powerful fleet ever assembled under
(be Stars and Stripes la now fathered
off Quantansuno, on tbe North coast of
Cuba, for a month of tbe hardest kind
of drilling. It will be a great spectacle
for tha few civilians who will see It,
but for the more than one thousand
officers and 25,000 enlisted men It
means work, unceasing labor, 'to lit the
American navy for battle.
Yet every Jack Tar la glad he la
there. Oreat fascination surrounds the
maneuvers, tbe orderly marching and
counter-marching over the parade
ground of tbe ocean, dreadnaughts and
cruisers taking the place of Individual
soldiers, but obeying the orders sent
by wireless and wigwag Just as Im
plicitly and readily as a squadron of
well-drilled cavalry.
The flrlng of the great guns Is fun
for officer and man, too. Target prac
tlce la a great game. Every nerve la
strained to make the enormous rifles
do their beet, and hot rivalry Is exhib
ited by the gun crews. Business Is
pleasure when the heart IS In It.
The eyes of the whole United States
are directed to Rear Admiral Frank
Friday Fletcher and his ships today.
A great wave of criticism has swept
over the country. The European war
bas created Interest In the army and
navy: and every patriot feels that If
not the greatest we should have tbe
best navy In the world.
Is &be navy up to scratch?
This la the qaestlon tbe maneuvers
may solve and at the same time do a
great deal toward making It possible
to answer In tbe affirmative. The navy
needa maneuvers. Just aa an army
needs drills. A fleet will be awkward
In forming In battle line In time of
war If the superior officers have not
performed all the evolutions oftew In
time of peace. j
Much Practicing Naaaaaary.
Partly dor to the use of the big
chips off the coast of Mexico, the
maneuvers have been neglected. Tbls
Is the first time In three years that tbe
entire fleet vrlH be assembled for bat
tle practice. Three years means a
long while when one considers how
fast the art of naval warfare la de
veloping Just to mention one item:
Naval guns of 14-Inch caliber were car
rled on no ship In j the world three
years ago. Now the Texas and the
New York carry these mammoth
rifles, and It Is currently reported
that Great 1^1 tain's new Queen Elisa
beth class, now building, will hav$_ 1 fl
inch guns
When one considers that the fleets
of Great Britain, Germany. France,
Austria, Russia and Japan are now
engaged In actual war work' every
day In the year. It Is easy to see that
tbe United States must do a lot of
practicing even to approximate the de
gree of eflldency to which the lighting
navies of the world are arriving.
The Guantanamo maneuvers will be
tbe most extensive target and fleet
practice the American navy has ever
the greater part of tbe m/rath, and
wfll be followed by the Panama canal
opening exercises, which may Involve
some maneuvers of value, too.
The armored fleet (the biggest
ships) will be In four divisions of 21
vessels. Ten will be of the so-called
"dreadnaught" class and 11 of the pre
dreadnaught type. Besides these, two
of the four armored cruisers of the
fleet and all of the torpedo flotillas,
except those In reserve, will be pres
ent.
Never before did the fleet contain
practically two complete divisions of
- the dreadnaught class. The first divi
sion constats of dreadnoughts of the
most powerful type and the second
division Is made up of these powerful
vessels except one battleship.
In addition to the bCttleahlps, five
of the seven divisions of torpedo
boat destroyers will have a part In
the exercises. Tbls means 21 more
craft. There will be ten auxiliaries
and -the scout cruiser Birmingham,
which Is tbe flagship of the torpedo
flotilla.
Directs 103 Vessela
- This does not mean tk all the
vessels under Admiral Fletcher's com
mand will be at Guantanamo. There
will be mlBsing all the submarines,
as well as all tbe smaller cruisers
' and gunboats and two divisions of the
destroyer flotilla. Admiral Fletcher
directs 103 vessels, of which ?5 will
be at Guantanamo.
It was figured by a naval officer
here that the 12-incb guns of the fleet
can lire a broadside of 106,400 pounds
and the 14-lnch guns bring this up to
133,400 pounds. There are 124 12
lnch funs In the reorganised fleet,
all of which are placed se that they
can be fired In a single broadside.
The New York and the Texas each
COW'S SKELETON SAVED HIM
Arkanaaa Youth Had Been Convicted
In Court of Stealing
Animal.
Little Rock. Ark.?The finding of
the akeleton of a cow In a woods In
Howard connty eared William Ken
nedy, twenty-four, from entering the
penltentlaiy. Kennedy bad been con
victed of dealing the cow, and sen
tenced to one year.
Ua was allowed to come to Little |
V.7 ? / ' '
have ten 14-fncb guns. The projec
tiles Bred from tbese suns weigh 1,400
pounds eech, and It costs the Ameri
can people $777 every tkne one Is
Bred, not counting the deterioration
In the gun.
Fletcher has Are rear admirals un
der blm, one to command each divi
sion of the fleet. There are it cap
tains, more than 1,000 officers of leas
er rank, and about 25,000 enlisted
men.
The total money value of the fleet
Is $300,000,000.
The New York, with its sister ship
the Texas The most powerful ship tor
the American navy la ordinarily the
flagship of Rear Admiral Fletcher, but
his flag has been transferred to the
Wyoming. The New York bps been
fitted up with luxurious quarters to
receive President Wilson and bis
party at New York arter the maneu
vers, and carry tbem to the canal. It
hai been Informally christened "The
Boudoir Ship."
BOY HERO SAVES PLAYMATE
[- -? ' i
George Hughes, Ten Years Old, Res
cues Companion From Wheels
of Railroad Locomotive.
Washington, Pa. ? Ten-year-old
Qeorge Hughes proved himself a hero
whan his playmate, Paul Enoch, of
the same age, became entangled In
the wheel of a moving railroad loco
motive on the Waynesburg and Wash
ington railroad here.
The two boye were standing by the
track when Paul Enoch slipped and
his leg became entangled In the wheels
of the engine. Before It could be
stopped or anyone could reach him the
lad had been whirled around twice by
the wheel's revolution. Then George
reached blm and, grabbing his com
panion by the leg, pulled him free and
saved his life.
The boy was unconscious when res
cued, but physicians, who were Im
mediately called, said that his only
serious Injury was a deep gash In the
right leg. George Hughes was pro
claimed a hero by the persons who
witnessed the rescue. He dould not,
however, understand that he had done
anything remarkable, and Insisted that
he merely grabbed his playmate anil
pulled him out of the wheel.
CONSOLING THE HOMELESS
A French general sympathizing with
peasant* in northern France who have
lost their homes.
MEN BECOME MERE MACHINES
8oldlere in the Trenches Get Abso
lutely Dehumaaized Under Con
tinuous Fire.
Parle.?A motorcyclist who has
been in front of the army and continu
ally under lire writes as follows:
"When -they are In the trenches
with shells bursting all around, men
become mere machines. They get ab
solutely dehumanized under contlnuj
ous fire, it IS the only alternative to
going mad! One has no conscious
ness of danger, but obeys orders with
out realizing what they mean. One
forgets what death la
"When first I had to carry a dis
patch under fire I used to dismount
when I saw a shell burst on the road
ahead and wait to see If more were
coming. Now I don't notice them.
My comrade riding twenty yards be
hind me was killed by a shell, but
the Incident had no effect on my mind.
We are no better than brutes on the
firing line."
I AN EGYPTIAN SOLDIER
Type of the native Egyptian Midler
In the British Infantry service.
QUITS HUSBAND FOR TRAMP
Woman Twice Croaaas Continent With
Man Arrested With" Har on
Serious Charge. >
Portland, Ore.?After twice croaalng
the continent In boxcars and eking ont
a meager existence as a tramp with
Fred Halstead, Mrs. W. H. Blade, aged
tbirtj-one, walked from Oakland to
Portland, with Halstead and was ar
. rested with him by Detectives Hyde
and Vaughn, who charge Halstead
with *vlolating the Mann "white 818X0"
act.
According to Information received
by Detective Captain Baty from True
Van Sickle, attorney, of Oakland, Cel.,
Halstead caused the woman to desert
her husband and three children at
Oakland.
When they flrst fled, more than a
year ago, Halstead and the woman
worked their way to New York and
made the return trip In a similar man
ner.
Mrs. Blade Is suffering from a dislo
cation of one of ber hips, the result
of a beating administered by Halstead
when he found out she had written to
her husband.
Evidence Intended to show that Hal
stead la guilty of violating the federal
law was taken by the detectives and
turned over to the federal authorities.
JUDGE HAS NARROW ESCAPE
Dumb-Bell Exercises Arouse Suspicion
That He Is Communicating
With Enemy.
London.?An English judge had a
narrow escape from arrest on the
ground of signaling to the enemy. He
was taking a short holiday on the
East coast, and, as Is customary with
him, was indulging In a little dumb
j bell exercise before retiring to rest.
The movements of his arms behind
the red blind of his bedroom attracted
the attention of the sentries on the
cliffs. They thought someone was sig
naling and hastened to the hotel to
capture the culprit. For some time
they refused to believe the Judge's
explanations, and It was only on being
shown the visitors' book that they
withdrew.
Earl Escapes Qermans.
London.?Disguised as a Belgian ref
ugee, the earl of Leven and Melville,
wounded In thp thigh, escaped from a
German hospital through the German
lines, crossed Holland without a pass
port, and reached London.
AUSTRIANS IN THE CARPATHIANS
| An Austrian outpost in the Carpathian mountains, only about 1,200 meters
from the Russian front. % . *-? .
Rock alone, and waa about to go to the
penitentiary to surrender, when a dele
gation of friends brought htm the good
news.
HOLDS OFFICE FOR 44 YEARS
Civil War Veteran Hat Continuous
Terms at School Board
Clerk,
v , ?
Marshall. Mian?For 44 year* Ja
cob Rouse haa been Clerk of the
school board of District No. 1 in Lyon
county. He was flrst elected In 1870
and has held the offfce ever since. Ha
has seen the district grow from a
small one-room log scboolhouse with
hut a few scattering pupils to a four
room consolidated school with four
teachers In charge of 135 pupils who
have the advantages of domestic sci
ence and manual arts. Mr. Rouse
Uvea In the Camden valley of Lynd
township, where In 1870 he took a
claim In section 22. He was tor one
term treasurer of Lyon county and is
a veteran of the Civil war.
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Mdmonal
SlNMfSOKE
Lesson
LESSON FOR FEBRUARY 14
?AMUEL CALLED TO BE A
PROPHET.
nnftn^sl^TtP^'^~~, 8*muel 3 1-lL U, 30.
.i,w . . Speak. Jehovah; for
y hwr.th._l Samuel J:?, a v.
the '"t ,Ud? ?d th.
>rn of the order of prophets. HI*
"me moan a "asked of Ood," and he
de<"?ted to Ood (1:11) aa a Naw
' ,n fulfillment of hit mothers
'0h" be WM bought to the temple
wnen he was a young child (1:24). Jo
S,nnU.*h?'aJr"? U tW6lve year" Age.
Hannah a aong of rejoicing (2:1-10) la
the expression of a great agul and a
choice piece of literature. Samuel
hX the advantage of being well born,
but after atudylng Ell a houaehold we
are not ao confident aa to the environ
tnent amid which he waa placed.
I. Samuel's Vision, vv. Ma The
young child entered heartily Into the
temple worship and duties as directed
X r!..?ri 1riMC E"- TbU man was
not faithful In giving the people the
I .k ",t was rare" (margin)
and the result waa that "there was no
frequent vision" (R. v.). The word
? also precious" (v. 1; Ps. l?;?, 10),
The? " U " common as It la
llttl. T, v men freOuently set but
far hre,bT "? 00(1 w"' >ud?? me
for such laxity even as he judged
LTL 8:M' ">? A Y,a,?n
Is a knowledge of a need and of the
resources at our command. Ell and
his sons had no vision and a peoole
29?lit)8 ln, lv'* dlrec,lon perish (Prov.
18). Jehovah Is about to make
.known to Israel his will and In so-do
ing he passes over this Indulgent father
and chooses the child Samuel. Teach
ableness and obedience are the chief
characteristics of childhood and these
traits count for more with Ood than
I<^ma8ie,?r.e/Perlenee <Matt
not ?c , 21,) San""? had
not acquired the conceit of youth, he
hii* m ' to hta dutle?. respectful to
accomnn'h a"d dld not boaat of hl?
accomplishments nor of the special
revelation which came to him. *?m!
uel slept In the holy place of the "sa
cred ten," near Ell. for the great
temple was not yet built. As such he
a a type for the Christian (Pa.' 27 4)
I. tbere that ,be Lord revealed
himself to blm (John 1:14 R. v. mar
gin). One of Samuel's duties as the
'J**'"1 aftendant of Ell was to open
the house of God every morning, also
to tend the sacred lamp which burned
from evening to morning (Ex. 27:20,
*ih As he attended to these duties
Ood made himself known to Samuel
<?? 4). God frequently calls men and
tete Xe ?ot at home but bave ?one
?to the far country. Samuel knew
? " ^^^rourworshipeiTmnr
re^'i m u Dot ret received a direct
Jehnv.!0"' ~v?e be "dld DOt yet
nrlest o Tb,nkJn* at once of the
orrorl? ran t0 recelve orde?
"enr'ce- Had he dl?re
gaYd*d the vo,ce be would not ln the
end have received his clear revelation.
for fT*h bl" ear"' turned over
for further sleep or to have risen hesi
tatingly would, In all probability, have
Pl^ented ?y further calls (Prov.
i 0od wa?ts, for special
services, those who make glad re
.ponae tohU first call (lea. g*;
Lfl ti' '? Tbree tlmea the
call comes and three times Samuel
makes reply. There are three periods
M?Mh.UnI0ldln* "fe ,bat are most ???
Snirit vP 'eadlnR ot tto "o'f
Spirit. Nine to twelve, fourteen and
m,T'. 8fYentean and eighteen are
IT.nl ?ariy ?ben t0 'mpressions. espe
1 m I "d has bad a re'lgloua
atmosphere and training.
Tbe teacher need* to be ever alert
to take advantage of these opportu
nities to unfold and enforce the claims
of Christ and to challenge an Imme
diate decision of the soul. Happy are
they who like Samuel hear and recog
nise, even though It be a progressive
revelation, the voice of Jehovah, and
hearing, obey it. There is little need
at present for the audible "voice, -for
we have the word and the still small
voice of the Holy Spirit The voice
Samuel heard became a vision (v. IK).
The Bible everywhere assumes that
Ood speaks to men. We do not And
him so much by searching for him, for
he Is made known ("manifested") In
the person of his Son (I John 1:1, 1;
John 17:6)- God's calls to service
may come at any period, but frequent
ly they come very early. Hudson Tay
lor. founder of the wonderful China
Inland mission, received his call at
seventeen. Ell in times past must
have heard Jehovah speak, else he
would not have recognised who it was
that was speaking to Samuel (chapter
2:27). Samuel's call was to service,
to be a prophet. Our commission is to
witness and to serve (Mark 16:16).
Samuel received Jehovah's word not
at Eli's side but in his own resting
place; so God would speak to us when
in our own place where he has put us.
It Is well for us to be sure' we are
truly bearing tbe voice of God (John
4).
II. Jehovah's Verdict, vv. 11-13, fB,
20. The chapter following tells of the
defeat of Israel, tbe capture of the
ark and the death of Eli and his sons.
These were tbh things "at which both
the ears of everyone that heareth It
shall tingle." The word of Jehovah
stands fast, and what he speaks that
he performs "from tbe beginning even
onto the end" (Luke 21:32, Numbers
22:12). The word df Jehovah to Sam
uel about the house of Ell was one
calculated to strike-terror and hllence
Into the lad's heart Ell was not lgno
ran^ktf the wickedness of his sons
(2:27-36). Ell learns from Samuel Je
hovah's message. Eli Was a great and
good man, submissive to Ood's will,
but he was a weak man, rather than
Just piously resigned. Ha might bet
ter have prayed for mercy and
strength to deal with bis wicked sons.
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Family
Religion
Br REV. JAMES M. CRAY D. D
DmJIMIIH. IW*
TEXT?I will walk within my booer
with a perfect heart.?Pa. 101 1
1. This Paalm Indicates that It was
written at some remarkable period in
the Psalmist's
life, when it
seemed more than
ever Incumbent
on him to lend a
life of personal
holiness. It has
sometimes been
called "The Psalm
of Pious Resolu
tions." because in
Us eight verses It
contains no less
than nine "wills"
and five ' shalls."
It has also been
nulled "The
H o n s e holder's
Psalm." because
It refers to the author's life In his
homo. To be sure the home Is a roy
al court, and yet the principles which
should govern there should govern In
a humbler sphere.
I. The text suggests the thought of
Family Religion, and the opening of
the New Year Is a good time to make
our resolves In regard to It The Im
portance of the family In the redemp
tion scheme Is seen In this?that of
the three fundamental agencies to re
form and save the world, the family
comes before either the church or the
state, for without It neither of them
could survive. And then, too, the
family is the place where our true
character Is exhibited and our most
potent Influence Is exercised.
3. The text suggests at least two
things that will be true of the home
wherein each one seeks to walk "with
a perfect heart." First, It will have
a family altar. Even the heathen have
their household gods representing the
deities they worship, and surely we
who know the true Ood should have
some acknowledgment of him In our
homes. But the family altar can only
be sustained where the true Christian
life Is lived behind It. The odor of true
piety manifests Itself, not only In
words, but In looks and tones and In
the general atmosphere pervading,
everything and predominating over It.
4. We should note particularly that
family religion is a personal matter.
The Psalmist says: " T will walk
within my house with a perfect heart."
The husband cannot throw this re
sponsibility upon his wife and relieve
himself of It, nor vice versa. It is
the obligation of parents no less than
children, and of children no less than
parents. But It Is very clear that If
the resolution 1% to be -arrted out on
the pan uf any oi aH. the strength to
do U must be looked for only from the
Lonl. We must do what David did
even before be gave utterance to hla
vow, when he exclaimed, "Ob. when
wilt thou come unto meT" It Is only
as Ood comes unto us, as he Alls us
with his Holy Spirit through our faith
In Christ, that we can be so Instruct
ed and sanctified and quickened as to
discharge this solemn duty. Let us
then seek him In a new sense and
with renewed consecration at the be
ginning of this year, that dwelling In
us individually In power, he mky
dwell In our households. ,
O happy house! where thou art ioved the
beet.
Dear friend and Savior of our race.
Where never cornea such welcome, hon
ored guest.
Where none can ever 1111 thy place:
Where cveryiwrart, goes forth to meet
thee.
Where every ear attends thy word.
Where every lip with blessing greets thee.
Where all are waiting on their Lord.
0 happy house! where man and wife In
heart.
In faith, and hope are one.
That neither life nor death can ever part
The holy union here begun:
Where both are sharing one salvation, '
And lire before thee. Lord, always.
In gladness or In tribulation
In happy or In evil days.
S. It has been assumed throughout
that Christians were being addressed
in this' discourse, and by Christians
Is meant those who have received
Jesus Christ as their Savior by a defi
nite act pt faith, and by bis grace are
seeking to follow hlnpas their Lord.
Only such as these have a desire to
"walk within their house with a per
fect heart," and only such as these
know the source ofpower ttr accom
plish it If at the beginning of this
new year therefore, you are not yet a
Christian in that sense, let me affec
tionately plead with you to become
such. The things that are happening
Ih the world toda^ must convince us
that no abiding hope of help can come
from man. and as we look forward to
the future serious questions must
arise within us. What about that fu
ture? Whither am I going? How may
1 be right with God? O husbands
and fathers; O wives and mothers;
O parents and children, let me plead
with you to accept Christ that you
may possess the peace and Joy of
known salvation. In this way first of
all, inust God come to you in order
to have awakened within you a de
sire for a perfect heart, and after thht
there Is a continual coming of hti
grace to you which strengthens you
in that desire and helps you to see it
realized.
Always Need of Patience.
We have need of patience with our
selves and with others; with those be
low 'and those above us and with our
own equals; with those who love us
not; against sudden inroads of trouble,
and under qpr daily burdens;) in our
own fallury :o duty, or others' failure
toward us; lb disappointment, be
reavement, losses; in heaviness of the
heart; or in sickness amid delayed
hopes. In all these things patience is
the grace of God, whereby we endure
evil lor the love of God.- E. B. Pusey.
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JjNTtlClIlMpUOIIT
ROUMANIAN ENGLISH QUEEN
,
After a lance of twenty-one years
tbe rare fully laid plans of the British
foreign office are bearing most timely
fruit; and today an English princess, a
granddaughter of Queen Victoria, slta
upon the throne of Roumanla along
side the new king, Ferdinand 1. whose
broken health and weak will make blc
title a more than usually empty sham.
But Queen Marie Is every Inch a
queen. It has been said of her that
she combines the qualities of Elisa
beth of England with the faults of
Catherine of Russia. The truth Is that
she la a very beautiful, high-spirited
and strong minded woman of nearly
forty.
She la the daughter of the duke
of Edinburgh, who later became duke
of Saxe-Coburg-Qotha, and her mother
was tbe radiant Qrand Duchess Marie
of Russia, the petted child of the Ill
fated Csar Alexander !L When she was
a mere girl, barely over sixteen, she
was married "for reasons of state" to
bU royal highness Prince Ferdinand Victor Albert Mainrad of Hohenzolleru
Slgmarlngen, who four years before had been adopted by his uncle, tbe
late King Charles 1, who had no children, and made crown prince of Roumanla.
Marie at twenty-one was the mother or three fine children, but she could
not win her husband's love, so she became quite the most dashing royal flirt
In Europe. Then, too late, the prince fell madly in love with his wife. Six
children hare been born to them, but they have not enjoyed any great degree
of marital felicity. The queen Is very fond of her children, and esch when
old enough Is taught a trade.
IRELAND'S NEW VICEROY
Lord Wlmborne, who has succeeded
Lord Aberdeen as viceroy of Ireland.
Is quite well known In tbe United
States, having visited this country
several times, his latest trip being
for the purpose of bringing over the
polo team that captured the Interna
tional cup last summer. Wlmborne Is
not especially popular, though he Is
affable, enthusiastic and very ambi
tious. His first visit to America was
when, as Hon. Ivor Quest, he officiated
as best man at tbe wedding of bis
cousin, the duke of Marlborough, to
Conauelo Vanderbllt. Through his
mother he Is descended from the first
duke of Marlborough. On his father's
side, however, his ancestry is of a
less historic character, and he is de
scended from John Queet, a self-made
man, who In the middle of the eight
eenth century founded the great Dow
lata Iron works. In Glamorganshire,
which still remain In the family, and
constitute the principal source of Lord
wimoorne * great weaith. His Income U estimated at considerably over a mil
lion dottars a year.
Lord Wlmborne succeeded to bis father's peerage and estates last spring,
shortly before coming to this country with bla polo team, and Is married to
Hon. Alice Grosvenor, daughter of Lord Ebury. One of his brothers, Capt.
the Hon. Frederick Guest, Is married to the daughter of Henry Pblpps of
New York, while another brother, the Hon. Lionel Guest, has as wife Flora,
daughter of the late John Blgelow of New York.
WHITMAN'S SUCCESSOR
Charles A. Perkins, whom Gover
nor Whitman of New York selected as
his successor in the office of district at
torney, Is considered by the people of
the metropolis to be safe, sane and
conservative. Off and on he has been
connected with the district attorney's
office throughout his official life, and
he has prosecuted some no'table cases.
First and foremost Mr. Perkins
gives one the Impression of the profes
sional man, the man of quiet, scholarly
tastes. There Is about him nothing
to suggest either the aggressive or
adroit politician. In spite of his up
standing figure and military, vigorous
physique, he gives a hint of an aca
demic bent?which Is not difficult to
account for. His father, Albert C.
Perkins, was one of the most distin
guished educators of a past genera
tion.
It is not to he Imagined, however,
that Mr. Perkins takes the world about
?_ him overaertoualy. His sense of hu
mor is a delight'to his friends. It Is as keen as It la unobtrusive. No Inter
viewer can leave blm without the conviction that It Is one of his outstanding
characteristics, and that he has been getting a lot of quiet fun during all the
years he has been In charge of the preparation of Indictments for New York
county, and making a reputation for keeping mum.
a He Is a hard and late worker, and he allows himself little time fdr recrea
tion. In his younger days he used to sail a catboat. In the summers now
when he go^s to the woods he takes along a camera to Indulge bis weakness
for taking views for an old-fashioned stereoptlcon.
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- JOHN SHARP WILLIAMS' DUEL
Comparatively few seem to know
that John Sharp Williams once fought
a duel. ~
It was when John Sharp was over
In Germany attending Heidelberg unl- I
versity. He and a German student I
sassed each other and the German
challenged him. John Sharp Wil
liams, being the challenged party,
had the choice of weapons. His oppo
nent, forgetting all about his-being an
American, supposed he would pick sa
bers. Just as any German would; but
tliere was where John Sharp came
along with a neat little Joke. He said
they would light with United States
army revolvers.
The Idea of shootlpg a man with a
revolver two feet long was new to Ger
man dueling, and the native student
was a wreck when the morning ar-"
rived for them to kill off one another:
John Sharp, on the other hand, ate
heartily of ham and eggs, as the say
trig Is, and seemed perfectly composed
as they teed themselves up (or the opening shot. The German, with a vibrant
hand, tired off south by southeast of John Sharp, who purposely shot up toward
a spot eight degrees to the left of the senlth.
And having thus speedily completed the morning's entertainment, the
principals shook hands and went their ways.
Speed In the War Game.
The war-adrvtce record baa been set
up by a Lancashire man. who left Eng
land for the front on a Thursday, was
wounded on the firing line on the fol
lowing Monday, and was back In Eng
land Id ? hospital on the succeeding
Thursday?the eighth day after he left
England.
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Geological Survey.
Area* comprising 69.0&8 square
miles were covered lest year by geo
logic surveys of various degrees of re
finement. ranging from detailed sur
veys to broad reconnolseaaee work.?
Thirty fifth Annual Report of the Di
rector, United States Geological Sur
vey