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Show . WHAT IT MEANT. "As long ago as when King Solomon lived," says Representative Gaines of Tennessee, "there were men who darkened dark-ened counsel by words without knowledge. Some men make a simple thing unintelligible unintelli-gible by an effort to define It. "I once heird of a Sunday-school teacher teach-er who told the children that he womK give them a summary of the morning's lesson. A bright little lad asked the teacher teach-er what was the meaning; of 'summarv.' t)h, my boy,' answered the teacher, 'by summary is meant er. meant er, yes-summary yes-summary is an abbreviated synopsis of anything.' " I , |