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QUICK TO LEARN
BUGLE CALLS BECOME FAMILIAR
TO ARTILLERY HORSES.
Respond to the Martial Summons as
Rapidly as Could Their Riders
Evidence of Their Intelli
gence on Record.
"Horses chosen
service," said an
for the military
old artilleryman,
intelligence and
how marvelous
quickness in adapting themselves to
its requirements. Every artilleryman
knows that they learn the bugle call3
and the evolutions sooner, as a rule,
than the average recruit.
"They quickly acquire a uniform
gait, which is about the same as the
route step or usual marching step. If
the horses did not fall habitually into
the same gait as the infantry there
would be varying distances between
the different arms of the service. In
the drills in the artillery service the
horses will preserve their alignment
"It is remarkable how quickly the
army horse learns the bugle calls and
their significance. Let the first note
of the feed or water call be sounded,
and instantly there will be stamping,
kicking and neighing among the
horses, impatient fcr that call to be
answered.
"Once during a storm at night in
our camp our horses were seized with
such terror that these of nearly every
battery broke loose and went scatter
ing about in their fright. Next morn
ing there was a wild rusn by tne ar
tillerymen to capture horses fcr use.
All vras excitement, and the still
alarmed horses refused to be taken.
"An officer ordered the bugler to
round the feed call. Ho gave the call,
and instantly horses from every direc
tlon came dashing in to that battery
and the equine discipline was soon
restored.
"When it comes to battle the
trained army horse seems to know
everything that is going on and the
reason for it and does his duty nobly.
He enters into the spirit of the fight
like his human comrades.
"A horse in one of our batteries
during the Murfreesboro fight was hit
bv a niece cf shell which split his
s1s.mII
. The driver turned him loose,
but ho walked up to the side of the
gun and watched the firing, and when
-a hot wps fired would fellow it with
his ga?e. as if to note its effect on
the enemy. When a shell would
burst near by he would turn his head
and lock at it.
"When he savr the team he had
his wound driven back for a renewal
of ammunition for the battery he ran
to his eld place and galloped back
with the rest. When an ofTicor pushed
him aside he gazed at the new horse
with a sorrowful expression in his
eyes. Then he seemed to realize that
the glory of battle was no more for
him, and he walked tottering away
ana lay down and died. The men de
clared that it -was a broken heart, not
his wound, that killed him.
"During a fierce charge of Confed
erate cavalry at that battle of Mur
frcesboro an officer was among the
killed in the charge and the cavalry
was driven back. The horse the of
ficer had ridden was a magnificent
animal, and he had not been taught to
retreat. Riderless, he kept on his
war, and as he dashed through our
battery the sight
of
im wc
in de-
scribably grand.
"His nostrils were extended wide,
his eyes flashed, and he clutched his
bit determinedly in his teeth as he
came on like the wind, his saddle flaps
Hying until it ceemed as if he were
himself flying instead of madly run
ning. Every man gave him room as
he dashed alcng. An officer shouted
that, he would give $100 to any one
who would capture that superb ani
mal, but all seemed so hypnotized by
the sight of the noble beast and his
riderless charge that no effort was
made to stay him, and he sped on hi3
way, disappearing in the blue dis
tance." Profanity His Undoing.
Too audible expression of anger at
finding nothing in a safe that he and
three other men had just cracked re
sulted in the arrest at New York of
Joseph Wilson, homeless by his own
assertion.
i A policeman from the Elizabeth
j street station beard loud oaths coming
j from the hardware store of J. W.
j Ayres at SS Walker street and on in
j vestigation discovered Wilson and
three others before a safe that had
been opened with a "can opener." The
other three escaped.
Finger-print proof disproved Wil
son's assertion that he had never been
arrested before, and a term in the El
mira reformatory for grand larceny
in 1912 was found in his record.
Canada's Influence on Crockett.
The late S. R. Crockett had strug
gles in his early life as many other
poets and authors did. He began to
work on the farm at an early age, a3
even a child's hands were useful to
tho struggling household. He was
up at five o'clock, and all through his
life he continued to rise at this hour,
for early rising was a habit with,
pleasant memories.
One tf. his cousins was - a farmer
plowman who had been to Canada and
acauired larger ideas than the rest
of the family, and, finding in the boy
an unusual play of mind, he. used to
take hi . in the fields before the day's
labors began, and make him read fine
poetry.
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SALVAGE FROM LOST SHIPS
Specie in Quantity Has on Occasions
Been Recovered From the Victims
of the Ocean's Fury.
Although the chances of being able
to do so are considered doubtful, since
she lies in 17 fathoms of water, the
Canadian Pacific railway has not
abandoned all hope of refloating the
Empress of Ireland. At any rate, every
effort will be made to recover the
200,000 worth of silver, in 163 bags,
which is still in the specie room of the
sunken liner.
The most notable salvage of silver
during recent years was made after
the Oceana sank in the channel in
March, 1912, through collision with the
Pisegua. The work was hindered by
strong currents and tides, but during
the succeeding three months silver
worth over 500,000 was recovered at
a very low cost. The Oceana was ly
ing quite upright; the Empress of Ire
land turned turtle obviously a very
much more difficult position for sal
vage work.
The 200,000 worth of silver, how
ever, represents but a small portion
of the money which went down with
the ill-fated vessel; for thousands of
poun'ds belonging to iho passengers
themselves must have been lost. The
average passenger on one of these
liners usually carries a plentiful sup
ply tf loose cash and bank notes with
him, and it is estimated, as in the case
of the Titanic, that the loss of paper
money belonging to passengers them
selves must have been enormous.
The banks, it might be mentioned,
are the gainers in such cases. The
usual procedure when bank notes are j
lost is to at once inform the Bank of j
England, giving the numbers. Then it !
is necessary to wait 12 months. If by i
that time the notes have not been re- ,
turned to the bank, you may obtain ;
the cash on again presenting the num- i
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uers ituu giviug mo uaiiiv. a. iclici kjl
indemnity, guaranteed by your bank
ers, to refund the money should the
notes ever be presented, in which case
the bank is bound to pay again.
If the numbers on the bank notes
are unknown, and the notes are never
found, the money goes to the un
claimed bank balances, in which there
are always huge amounts of other peo
ple's money. London Tit-Bits.
Light Humor.
In the latter half of the eighteenth
century one of the members of a little
scientific society in Liverpool, Eng
land, laid a 'curious wager. He bet a !
brother scientist that he would read a
newspaper by the light of a farthing
dip at a distance of 30 feet. The Ji.
S., finding the feat difficult at even a
sixth of the distance, cheerfully ac-
The layer merely coated the inside
1 of a shallow wooden box with, sloping
pieces of looking glass, so as to form
a concave lens, placed it behind his
farthing dip, and readily deciphered
the small print at the stipulated dis
tance. The experiment was witnessed by a
Liverpool dock-master. He was a
thinking man, and saw great possibili
ties in this learned jsst. He straight
way adapted the principle to light
house requirements, and forthwith the
modern reflected light, with its miles
of reflected range and untold life-saving
powers, sprang into being.
Companion of Medicine.
"ily doctor ordered two weeks at tho
seashore."
"ho a a homeopath, isn't he?"
"Yes. Why?"
"Two weeks is a small dose. I'd
go to aA allopath and see if I couldn't
fcCt a trip to Europe." Cincinnati Enquirer.
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AlRSHiPS WILL RACE AROUND THE GLOBE FROM SAN
FRANCISCO IN 1915.
ERONAUTS from all the civilized nations of the globe with every
standard type of air craft driven by motors will participate in
an aerial race around the world, which will be a feature of the
sporting events to be held during the Panama-Pacific Interna
tional Exposition at San Francisco in 1915.
The race will start from the grounds of the Exposition in May, 1915,
and will end there. Three hundred thousand dollars has been hung
up in prizes for this stupendous wrid girdling contest. A number of
th world's greatest aviators have signified their intention of entering
the races. The recent flight of Stoeffler, ending at Mulhausen, Ger
many, in which he covered 1,375 miles, convinces aviators that long
flights are a matter of adequate supply stations. The above photograph
shows the route around the world and the various supply stations.
LIST OF QUEER VOWS
SOME AMUSING AND SOME BOR
DERING ON THE TRAGIC.
Bachelor Who Swore he Never Would
Look Upon a Woman Again Kept
His Oath, Though It Cost
Him Much Money.
There is no limit to human folly or
perverseness, and many of the vows
that rash people make are foolish as
well as perverse.
Eighteen years ago a California man
lost his sight during an illness, and
there was danger of total blindness.
His wife was exceedingly pious, and
vowed that if her husband's sight was
restored she would crawl on her hands
and knees once a year to a neighbor
ing church in token of her gratitude.
He recovered his sight, and once a
year his wife ha3 kept her vow.
It was surely nothing but folly and
obstinacy that inspired the vow of an
old bachelor that he would never look
on a woman's face again. In order to
carry out his vow he had a high wall
built around his house, which he never
left, and substituted men fcr his wom
en servants. Later, when new houses
sprang up around his own and his
grounds were overlooked, he had them
covered with a roof and artificially
lighted. He kept his strange vow to
the end of his life, which, however,
came within seven years.
The most recent of these foolish
makers of vows is a native of Brussels,
who has sworn that he will make a tour
of the world walking backward. It is to
be lftped that his fate will be hap
pier than that of the man who swore
that he would never rest until he could
walk on the ceiling like a fly, and who
lost his reason without gaining his
wish.
There was "method in the madness"
of the great French painter Zeim, who
vowed that he would never leave his
studio until a certain important pic
ture was finished. He gave instruc-
tions that the door should be locked
in his studio and that dcor should not
be opened under any conditions, his
meals to be handed to him through a
hole in the door. Thus he worked for
months during the crisis that ended in
Napoleon's famous coup d'etat and his
accession to the. throne, of which Zeim
knew nothing until his picture was
completed and his door unlocked.
Another FreE "h artist, Gericauld,
was equally determined to allow no
distraction to interfere with the paint
ing of his great picture, "The Wreck
of the Medusa." He had his head
shaved and vowed that he would never
allow his hair to grow until his work
was done. The vow he religiously
kept, in spite of strong temptation to
break it, and the reward of his heroism
was the most perfect painting of his
life.
It was for a very curious reason
that an old lady who died a few years
ago condemned herself to more than
30 years' confinement to her home
She had married a widower, as miserly
as he was unromantic,-and he insisted
that his second wife should wear the
clothes left behind by his first wife,
The wife was as mutinous as her hus
band was resolute, and she determined
that until she could have her own
clothes she would never leave the
house a vow she kept until her
death.
Accent Long Preserved.
It is a curious fact that in the Ba.
hama islands, which were settled more
than two hundred years ago by Lon
doners, the Cockney dialect is as
'strong as it is in Cheapside.
IN A LITERARY BROTHERHOOD ;
Men of Great Literary Attainments
Whose Friendship Has Been Made
a Matter of History.
It was Rosetti, the great friend, who !
described Mr. Theodore Watts-Dun-
tun, me lamuus puei, novelist ana crit
ic, as "A Hero of Friendship." Feel
ings of almost brotherly love existed
between Watts-Dunton and Tennyson,
Browning, James Russell Lowell,
George Borrow, Millais, Holman Hunt
and Swinburne, to mention but a few
of a famous literary brotherhood. In- .
deed, the intimacy which existed be-
tween Swinburne and Watts-Dunton, I
which might well be described as one
of the most beautiful friendships in
the history of literature and art, led
to their being referred to as "David
and Jonathan."
For many years they were never
separated. They lived together at the
Pines, Putney, took their summer holi
days in company, and practically spent
every working hour together, discuss- !
ing literary matters and affairs. All
Swinburne's papers were left to Mr.
Watts-Dunton, and it was hoped that
he would write the famous poet's bi
ography. Like many other literary men, Mr.
Watts-Dunton cared little for society,
although occasionally he was lured
forth to play the "lion" at big recep
tions. It was on one such occasion
that a guest came up to him and
shook his hands in such an effusive
manner as to embarrass the novel
ist. "I see," said the stranger, "you don't
know me from Adam."
"My dear sir," said Mr. WTatts-Dun-ton,
"I never knew Adam."
It is said that this was the only
occasion when Mr. Watts-Dunton per
petrated a joke. At the same time
he was one of the kindliest of men,
and, unlike other recluses, took the
greatest interest in, the affairs of the
world. Wireless telegraphy appealed
to him very much, and the story of
the rescue of the passengers and crew
i of the Volturno moved him to tears.
"It was the grandest thing of my
time," he once exclaimed, "the sum
moning of all those ships to the res
cue." The novelist, by the way, was a
great believer in hard work. All his
life he was accustomed to getting up
at six o'clock or soon after, and go
ing to bed at 11 at night; and he
could invariably be seen each after
noon during the fine weather taking
his two-mile walk across Putney
Heath by the road he and Swinburne
bo often trod together.
Snake Around His Wrist.
Escaping from a crate of pineapples,
a long black snake crawled along the
handle of a truck and wound itself
around the wrist of Arnold Thomas, a
colored stevedore, of Baltimore.
As soon as he felt tho clammy rep
tile against his skin the colored man
dropped his truck and ran into the i
street, shouting lustily.
Instead of aiding the terror-stricken
man his dark-skinned companions
laughed at him and assured him they
could see nothing on his wrist, and
declared that the liquid refreshments
he took with his noonday meal had
made him "see things."
Beads of perspiration trickled down j
Thomas' face as he tried to "Tid him
self of his live bracelet.
Suddenly the reptile uncoiled it
self, dropped to the street, and wrig
gled through a crevice in the wharf.
Exclusive.
A young man had decided to join
the Episcopal church, but his family
were all Baptists, eo he thought he
should be immersed when baptized,
and on -going to the rector of the Epis
copal church he made a request for
such a baptism. The rector decided
that it could be quite easily accom
plished and said he would speak to the
Baptist minister about it.
The Baptist minister, on hearing
this, was quite delighted and readily
agreed to baptize and take the young
man into the church the following
Sunday morning, but said the rector:
"He just wants you to baptize him
and he wants to join my church."
The good Baptist minister then re
plied by saying: "We do all our own
washing, but we don't take in other
people's washing." Exchange.
Might Wed a Bachelor.
A little girl of six sat looking
thoughtfully cut the window of her
home the other day. Her mother
asked the cause of her seriousness.
"Oh, ' she replied, "I was just think
ing that when I grow up to be a big
lady I'm a-goin to get married and
have three children."
The parent was
amused.
"Well, you will be
surprised and
very fortunate,
indeed," she said.
Then the little girl again lapsed into
thought. Finally she said:
"But you can never tell, mother. I
mifrht marry a bachelor."
Hagar or Flight.
IT?.gr.r, which in Hebrew means
"flight," was the handmaiden of Sa
rah and mother of Abraham's eldest
son Ishmael. She was of Egyptian
origin. Her flight, as recorded in
Genesis 16 and her expulsion, chapter
21, are from the Jahvistic and Elohis
tic sources respectively, and present
interesting points of comparison. She
was regarded as the ancestress of the
Hagarenes or Hagarites, described in
I Chronicles, 5:10, and Paul uses her
as a type of the old covenant (Sinai)
and the earthly Jerusalem in Gala
Uaas, 4:25.
HAD SMALL BEGINNING I
I ORIGIN OF THE BANK OF THE
MANHATTAN COMPANY.
May Be Said to Have Started From
"a Well of Water," Though It Had
the Genius of Aaron Burr
Behind It.
The uncovering of an old iron tank
in Center street recalled a piece of
ancient history in connection with the
Bank of the Manhattan Company, the
vvau tsrreet journal states. A spring
well 33 feet deep, covered by the iron
tank referred to and the present site
of the bank, 40 WTall street, consti
tuted the first property owned by the
Manhattan company, parent of the
bank now bearing that name.
The Bank of the Manhattan Com
pany sprang from a little water com
pany which commenced business with
"a well of water." The charter of the
company was drawn by Aaron Burr,
and its granting was opposed by Alex
ander Hamilton because it contained
a clause permitting the company "to
employ ail surplus capital in the pur
chase of public or other stock or in
any ether money transactions or op
erations not inconsistent with the con
stitution and laws of New York or
of the United States."
This clause was the joker in the
charter of a company started for the
purpose of "supplying the city of New
York with pure and wholesome wa
ter." In 1798 New York city suffered
from an epidemic of yellow fever
which was attributed to an inadequate
and inferior water supply. Here was
Aaron Burr's opportunity for start
ing a bank, in which effort he had.
for many years, been opposed by his ;
political enemy, Alexander Hamilton, 1
who had a monopoly of the banking
business in New York state until the
charter was granted the Manhattan
j company.
j Upon the assembling of the legisla
i ture in 1799 an association of indi
t viduals, among whom Aaron Burr was
j a moving spirit, applied for the wa
1 ter company's charter with a capital
j of $2,000,000. The project was an am
. bitious cne for those days, and as
; there was considerable uncertainty
about the probable cost of the water
system the clause for tho employment
j of idle capital was inserted. A great
effort was made by Alexander Hamil-
ton and the federals to defeat the!
charter on account of the clause grant- j
ing the company banking privileges, j
The necessity for a proper water sys-'
tern which could only be procured by
the organization of a responsible com
pany with large capital carried It
through the legislature on April 2,
1799, and it received the governor's
signature.
By April 22 books were opened for
public subscription of the $2,000,000
capital stock (par $50 per share), and
by May 15 the entire amount had been
subscribed, the city of New York hav
ing taken 2,000 shares. This was the
first financial victory of Aaron Burr
over his political enemy. The bank
is the oldest in the state, save one. j
Its capital was raised to $2,050,000 in
1808, to permit of the state purchas-
ing 1,000 shares. Both the state and
city are stockholders ih the Bank of
Manhattan company, this being the
only bank stock owned by the state
of New York.
Transformation.
Summer Boarder "What kind cf
fish are those, sonny?" "Mud suckers.
But on the bill of fare at the Eagle
house they are mountain trout."
Life.
Great Is Education.
Uncle Joe Well, Rob, what have
you learned at school today? Any
thing new? Rob Yep; how to fix
crooked pins in a chair so they'll stay.
Vorld's Largest Stone Statue.
The largest stone statue ln the
world is in Japan, a figure forty-four
feet high.
Living on Credit.
Many men consent to be virtuous
only on condition that everybody will
give them credit for it. J. de Flnod.
Woman's Leadership.
A woman is not a leader of man ex
cept in so far as she leads him by the
Mtt' finc-pr Exchange.
JAMES CANNON, JR., M. A., D. P., PRINCIPAIi.
Cf XT tne Elackstone School adopted the following
11 Y A2)1C MOTTO; Thorough insi ruction imdoi- posit. .fly
V J. Christian Influences at the lowest pc-;sibi- cost, i
T2v.J- IT is today, with 4--faculty of 33, a Loaning Pna f
feSUte 3G8, a student liody of 423, and a plant worth $150,000,
The Leading Training School for Girte in Virginia.
$Iia PAYS all charges for the year, includin;? Table Board, (t 1 Pf
I HI! Room, Lirrlits. Steam Heat, Laur.dry, Medical Atten- 2
lUW tention. Physical Culture and Tuition in all subjects vj w
except music and elocution.
Can parents find a school with a better record, with more CToii
enced management at such moderate ct? l or catalogue and :..: ca
tion blank address GEO. P. AIAMS, Secretary, Elackstoac, Va.
BEES AS WAR'S MESSENGERS
New Idea With Others Proves Thai
Military Authorities Are Very
Much on the Alert. ;
News that will be of interest to all
army men has been received. Thm
Hague has discovered a secret loof
cherished in the war department tb
use of bees as messengers. '.
No longer will the aide-de-camp
spur his staggering horse through;
shot and shell to carry the message
to the front. Instead, he will don nisi
gloves and mask, and, going to th
portable beehive back of headquar
ters, seize one of the faithful littla
insects and send the well-traineA
messenger through the air.
Whoever possesses a receiving out
fit can read the secrets of the wire
less; one can cut the wires of the or
dinary telegraph, and the pigeon doea
not always escape the bullet. There
fore, other means have been soughti
In America the general Etaff dreama
of using as a dispatch bearer- tha
bee!
The bee, like the carrier pigeon,
guided by its marvelous instinct, re
turns to the hive from wherever ha
may be liberated. Tiny dispatches
which can be deciphered with thai
magnifying glass, can be attached t
its breast.
But something better still has beJ
found- By an ingenious process, th
wings of the tiny insect are sensi
tized and by means of microscopUl
photography the message is ImprlaV"
ed, thus doing away -with all extnaj
weight. j
The secret is out, but all is not loBtj
Holland has not discovered the won
derful process by which to dispose of
the fireflies that an up-to-date enemy,
would send to ruin the sensitize!
wings of the trained bees.
The details, of course, cannot ba
divulged. Suffice it to say that aa
soon as an enemy's firefly reachea
the dark hive, where the bees ara
waiting to have their wings photo
graphed, its presence is made known!
by the action of the metal selenium,
which is sensitive to light, and tha
alarm is given to trained dragon
flies, which speedily make away with
the intruder.
Doll Too Much Like Baby.
This is a true story: There is a little!
girl on the East side of New York to;
whom a beautiful woman wanted to;
give a doll. The woman brought the
little girl into her luxurious home on
day and put into her arms a doll
8Uch a doll as is popularly supposed t
be dear to the hearts of little girl'
Who live on the East side. But th
little girl drew back with an ugly;
scowl. She didn't want the doll, and!
she said so. The beautiful womaa
thought her a very ungrateful child.
It was not until some time after
ward the little girl explained. She'd;
always had babies to take care of, she.
said. She'd had them to lug around)
with her almost as soon as she was
able to walk. She loved them, of
course, but at play time when ther
was such a thing as play time she
really didn't want a doll. It WJis too
much like the babiee.
Volcanoes Again In Action.
Some of thQ volcanoeg in the Sangir
lslands are ln eruDtion. The stream
of lava have burned down woods and!
cocoa plantations, and a rain cf stona
has caused damage throughout th
whole surrounding country. Above a:
hundred houses have collapsed. Sev-;
eral of the Sangir islands, which ara
almost midway between Mindanao-.
Philippines, and Celebes, have active
volcanoes, the most Important being
Gukong Abu, on Great Sangir, by
eruption of which many thousands of
lives have been lost. Its worst re
corded outbursts were in 1711, 1812
1856, 1SS.1 and 1892. In the last men
tioned year the northwest portion of
the island entirely disappeared, cal
rying 2,000 people with it. j
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Worthy of Remembrance. i
The two hundredth anniversary o
the birth of Ephraim Williams, founder!
j of Williams college, will be celebrated
I by that institution on October 8 next.
i niise most conege iounaers, vr
liams was not a clergyman, but a so
dier. For his fight against the French
in Canada the commonwealth of Mas
sachusetts gave him 200 acres, obi
which he erected Fort Massachusetts
Caught by an ambuscade of French
and Indians, he was shot in the head
in 17SS :.r.d oid, lraving funds for tha
begir:nir.tr of the college on the slM
of tho fort. I