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<. ??i???I HAT AND SHOES CAN WAIT. Boy Uses Money for Railroad Fares 1 and Wedding Fee. ' \ George Latham may have needed a new hat and shoes, but if he did he t overlooked the need in his desire to j plunge into matrimony. George is> t 17 and felt that he could no longer ^ sigh and love and wait. So the youth g coaxed money from his mother for } the shoes and hat, but when he got v it he sped to the home of Clara My- < ers, the little daughter of a neigh- t bor. ( - AA 1 A 1 It was all settled in a jiny, ana uie children were quickly on their way to Elkton, Md. There they, somehow, found a clergyman willing to make them one. The hat and shoe \ money paid the fee as well as the railroad fares, and the pair returned in fancied bliss. George's parents will endeavor to have the marriage annulled.?Trenton, N. J., dispatch to Philadelphia Record. A Still "Unsolved Mystery." One of the tantalizing mysteries in the life of George Washington is ^ whether he did or did not give ad. vice to Capt. John Posey in a certain perplexing matrimonial problem which the captain submitted to him. We are indebted to Mr. Paul Leland Hawrth's interesting volume on "George Washington: Farmer," for a verbatum copy of the letter in which Captain Posey formulated the Droblem. Captain Posey, who, it seems, even in those early days, had 1 partially adopted the reformed spell- t ing, wrote as follows: i "I could have been able to Satis' fled al my Arrears some months AGo t by marrying an old widow woman in 1 this County. She has large soms 1 cash by her and Prittey good Estate. 1 l She is as thick as she is high. And 1 B gits drunk at Least three or four s time a week. Which is disagreeable t \ to me. Has vialant Sperrit when i | f Drunk. Its been great Dispute in i r 1 my mind what to Doe. I believe I 1 I shu'd Run all Resks if my Last wife i /Vhad been Even temper'd woman, but t her Sperrit has Given me such a r shock that I am afraid to Run the ] Resk again." ] Now, the trouble with this histori- j cal romance of the tender passion is i that it stops right there. Absolutely no record exists of any advice given 1 by Washington. We do not even : know whether Captain Posey married the engaging equilateral lady or not. To be sure, there is indisputable evidence that he was subsequently in jail. This may or may not have i / been the result of matrimonial in- i felicities incident to the lady's "vail- 1 ant Sperrit when Drunk." We have, t in fact, Captain Posey's own state- i J ment that his prospective wife's c habit of getting drunk, three or four c times a week was disagreeable to ( him, and that he had misgivings 1 touching her "vialant Sperrit" under \ such circumstances. t But it is a blind trail at best; and t an equally blind "trail is opened by the fact that Washington undoubted- c ly did about that time give the cap- s tain the sum of four pounds. Of 3 course if Captain Posey got into a s '? matrimonial mess and into jail by i following Washington's well meant 1 r but unfortunate advice, it is open to ? inference that the general may have t felt there was an equitable claim to \ damages in the sum of as much as r four pounds. c But all this is pure speculation. In the baffling absence of all other clues 1 to the denouement, the courtship of t Captain Posey and the quadrilateral c widow must remain one of the un- \ solved love romance mysteries of his- c tory. Incidentally, however, we get i a sufficient glimpse behind the J * scenes of those remote days to jus- t ? tify the belief that Washington had i other troubles than those merely in- s cident to the birth of a nation and dealing as president with jackass s congressmen.?New York Times. \ _ t Plea to Set Clocks Forward. . "It is a wonder to me," said John f R. Edwards, of Portland, Me., at the Shoreham, "that the government departments in Washington have not \ long since adopted the idea of saving * daylight by the simple expedient of c setting forward the hands of the i clock. This scheme has been tried t with great success in several com- t munities in our State, and the argu- r ments in its favor are so sound that i it ought to come into general use. i "In the summer time especially, 2 with the long hours of daylight, it s would seem quite feasible for the big 2 army of Uncle Sam's workers to be- c gin their labors an hour earlier than 3 the schedules now call for and like- s wise cease their activities 60 minutes 1 sooner. Of course, this implies ex- t actly the same period of toil. There 3 need be no confusion, for the .clock I would register, for instance, 9 a. m., c V,r,norh i r> yoolitv it WOlllfl b P. but 8 t 111 1 V?MXIVtT * V ' w ?- ? -- ? ? o'clock. The gain, nevertheless, s would be a real and not an imaginary ? one, for that extra hour toward the f conclusion of the day would bring an i untold amount of convenience and i comfort, especially to city workers." i ?Washington Post. s 4 THE EMPEROR'S DENTIST. low American Dentists Have Become Famous in Europe. Dr. Arthur Newton Davis, dentist >y appointment to the Emperor Wiliam, is now in this country, his naive land. He refused to talk in New fork about William or the state of tffairs in Berlin. It is not likely that le will talk more freely in Pickaway ? ? Vi r, A olniAot wrttfon Pinlcwinh ? C na u aiuiuoi ii tikwu * * - - )hio, his old home. A prudent dencist, even if he has not taken the oath )f Hippocrates, keeps his mouth shut f there is inquiry about the mouths >f his patients, nor does he betray he confidences of patients, who are lever so confidential as during the jreathing spell in the chair. It should be a source of pride to ;he profession that the emperor in spite of the furious German press reams an American dentist. A pamphet might be written about the glorous deeds of American dentists in Europe. In Paris Dr. Evans assisted ;he Empress Eugenie in her escape, in Berlin in the eighties two Americans divided in rule the American colony, and one of them plugged and )ulled and crowned the teeth of Bisnarck, of the foremost generals livng there, and of leaders in the court. U Rome a dentist from Maine had ;he honor of caring for the teeth of ?ing Humbert and his beautiful wife, [n Dresden lived a dentist who not >nly gave comfort and relief to the j Austrian court at Vienna, but to Richard Wagner, and in his home ;he young Siegfried dreamed of beng an architect. What stories could not these dencists have told! The life of Dr. Evans has already been published, out not all that he saw and did. The ?ashionable American dentist in Berin came to a tragic end. Many poor students of those years remember gratefully his kindness, generosity md hospitality. Montaigne gave a grotesque illustration of the fact that sings and queens after all are only! nortals. These dentists could have j jiven equally amusing illustrations, i The hairdressers of Marie Antoinette Dublished his memoirs; the valet ofVlaupassant wrote entertainingly and shrewdly of his master; why should: lot Dr. Davis at some future day tell | of the Emperor William in the chair, vith diagrams of the royal teeth from pear to year??Boston Herald. Flies and the War. Flies are now as much a menace n Europe as Zeppelins and shrapnel, iccording to F. N. Tonetti, a New fork sculptor, who has recently re;urned from the war front. As a esult of his description of the agmies endured by the wounded soliiers tormented by these pests, 2,)00,000 boxes of flypaper will shorty be sent to the war zone by the vomen of the Vacation War Relief o fulfil a need as great as that for >andages or medicines. "Beyond all words and all power >f imagination is that great black iwarm that hovers over everything," dr. Tonetti said. "They take away ileep and appetite; they make life ntoierable. Sometimes amputations lave to be made without waiting to ;et back to the hospital, and then he flies are an added danger. Everywhere you see wounded soldiers tornented by the flies, and often with>ut hands to brush them away." After trying various methods of rilling flies while on duty in the ammlance corps, Mr. Tonetti finally de- i :ided that the long strips of flypaper were the most efficacious, and he had >ften caught as many as 70,000 flieo n a single day by this method, ^.mong the other services performed )y the sculptor w hile abroad was the nvention of an extensor for use in letting broken bones. "What I have done is little," he laid, "but the aid given by the vomen of America, and particularly >y those of the Vacation War Relief, s wonderful. Our country will be orever loved because of them." Where is Your BinderV Now that the grain crop has been :ut, reapers and binders should be )laced safetly away out of reach of he weather. There is no machine on he farm which is harder to keep in unning order than the binder, and f it is to be used another year, then t should by all means be oiled well md painted if necessary, and put lafelv away until needed again. There ire far too many right now standing >ut in the weather. Mr. Farmer, if rou appreciate your binder as you ihould, get busy and see that it is inder shelter and out of the way vhere it will not get broken. Unless 'ou do you will be sure to have trou)le next spring when harvest time :omes again. Planters and distribuers should likewise be put safely iway, and care taken that no parts ire lost. A thorough cleaning of all 'arm machinery which will not be leeded again this year snouia De nade, and when the time comes to lse them again they will be in good >hape. PECULIAR TIMEPIECES. Watches in Tliis Unique Collection Have Interesting Histories. The person of average experience is more or less familiar with watches which strike the hour, watches with illuminated dials, stop watches, watches with elaborately ornamented faces and cases and other watches which differ ffom the ordinary watch; but a watch collector, Wiliard H. Wheeler, has lent to the Central museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences a collection of 97 watches, any one of which is sufficiently peculiar to deserve a place among historic watches. The idea of the collector in limiting the number was to outline the history of watchmaking rather than to exhibit freaks, but among the specimens are some with unique qualities and romantic histories. The watch developed naturally from the large encased clock which stood in a cabinet. Clocks became smaller so that they could be hung on the wall, and finally small enough to occupy only a little space on the mantlepiece. Then some punctual soul carried one on a string about his neck, and with these came a demand for further reduction in size. These personal clocks were elaborately jewelled. The English Puritans wished watches, but they coud not wear the conspicuous timepieces common to their age. Thereupon Tompion, the foremost clockmaker of England, devised the pocket timepiece, now known as the w a tun. Tompion was tne official watchmaker to all the royal families oi Europe, and since each king demanded something different and was able to pay for it, there are a large number of freak Tompion watches, Tompion became so famous that upon his death England honored him witu a slab in Westminster Abbey along with her noted men. But Tompior knew nothing of the stem-winding watch; that came in the eighteenth century, as did also the repeater made to strike the hours automatically. One of the most admired watches in the collection was made by the English watchmaker, Thomas Mudge for Ferdinand VI, of Spain. It has three cases?the outer being of leather for hunting and other outdooi pastimes, the second of plain gold for wear about the palace, and the inner of gold incrusted with jewels On state occasions the two outei cases were removed and the inner exhibited for the gratification of Ferdinand's love for display. Another was made in Switzerland in 1790, richly enameled and inlaid with pearl, and inherited in 1800 bj the Manchu Emperor, Kea-king. The e+Afw offtn c? fVi o f 1+ r a ty~. oinaH ir? tVic Ul^ui J tiiut it 1 VUiaiU'VU AAA V1AV imperial palace in Peking, on the queen's dressing table, until during the Boxer rebellion when the palace was sacked. The chief feature of the watch is a fountain which by the movement of small bits of glass on delicate wires is made to appear to flow. This is thought to have caught the eye of a looter, who took the watch from the palace and sold it to an employee of the German embassy in Peking. Ke 6old it to Wheeler. One watch with an almost tragic history was made by Henry Louis Drosz, the French watchmaker, who went to Spain about the time of the Spanish Inquisition. This watch is wolind by shaking, and when he exhibited it to the Spaniards, who had seen nothing but key-winding watches and few of them, he was accused of practicing black magic. In vain did he declare that when he shook the watch he was merely winding it. They contended that he was shaking up the evil spirits. He was tried, convicted and sentenced to death. But the Bishop of Toledo pointed out to the court that if the watch was really operated by evil spirits it would never need cleaning, and it was shown that Drosz's watch would ZC ? A/1 TJ r stuy 11 nut uttttsiuuauji vicaucu. nc was thereupon released. In the collection are watches of many shapes?flowers, mandolins, skulls, crosses, rings and butterflies. One of Swiss make contains 1,741 matched pearls and 158 turquoises. And there is a huge watch worn by Lord Nelson, hero of Trafalgar, and another engraved with the name of George Washington. He Heard It. An Irishman, an Englishman and a Scotchman once went up into a tower to see which could see the farthest through a telescope. The Englishman, who looked first, said: "Oh, Pat, I can see the minute hand of a clock four or five miles away." "I can see the minute hand on the same clock moving," said the Scotchman. Pat stood in amazement listening to his comrades. When he looked through he was seen to smile. Then he said: "Faith, if I don't hear the same clock striking."?Cleveland Plain Dealer. Best material and workmanship, light running, requires little power; simple, easy to handle. Are made in several sizes and are good, substantial money-making machines down to the smallest size. Write for catolog showing Engines, Boilers and all Saw Mill supplies. LOMBARD IROX WORKS & SUPPLY CO. I I Augusta, Ga. 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