Show what this country needs is less politician sas and more trained soldiers and sailors its more work and lesi talk lalk gab made this country free fewer miles of railroad were built in the united states during 1915 than inny year sine since e 1894 in 1915 the total miles ol of new railroad constructed in iii the tYril united ted states were compared with 1532 in in 1914 and 1413 IS eleven states built no new road at all last year 1 x raymond tilton 21 years performed the remarkable feat not long ago rot of gaining four coundi in three hours in 14 order to become a soldier in the U 3 army tilton desired to join the infantry and he tipped the scale at 1 bounds being 3 pounds below the standard he was notified that the government 1 Is strict in regard to this matter and was told to return when he acquired the necessary weight I 1 milton tilton invested in a 35 cent meal and imbibed inbi bed freely of water then it was found that he had gained 4 pounds bone one more than the government Goven Gov emment ment required he was accepted khe 2 anniversary of 1 I the birthol h of benjamin franklin frankl F in was JI Q 16 with fitt fitting inu exercises students af the university of pennsylvania i which he founded and advertising finen J inen from all sec sections tiong who have adopted him as their patron saint were thelea the bleiders dersin in the celebrations k fr judge lindsey of denver tells a st incident of a little fellow who was before his court and was many many times admonished about truancy from school the teacher kept writing however that nothing had been accod ed and that tim seemed bound to work and let school go orie one doy day in reproving him the judge said now tim there will be time enough to work when you are a man the boy answered like a hash flash my father was a man and did not work he went off and left mother and me and I 1 guess hats what killed her too finally after breaking every instruction tim appeared in court one day with changed expression exo his lade face ablaze with satisfaction walking up tip t to the judge he pulled from his hii pocket a dirty piece of caper all crumpled up and handed it up for inspection spec tion saying im going to remember all the things you have told me now ow judge and I 1 am going to school regular now for ive got the job all 11 done judge lindsey unrolled U tile the paper and found it to be a receipted bill and discovered that little by little poor tim had actually paid with pennies and nickles fifty dollars for a headstone for his mothers grave my boy is that what you have been doing while you have been missing school scho jo much said the and tim wiped the tears from his fifty dirty little late face as he answered 1 I wanted her to have a monument too judge tike like the others had ashes she done it a lot for me and that s all I 1 could do for f of her be now |