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Show j 1 F I I , MAP OF THE PRESIDENT. , I How He Located a Soldier With It f lor toe Man's Friend. j Sehisil hnts mny well envy Prealdenl ItiKi-.-velt a map which makea the i.i inly of gencraphy a Joy. Twenty foet 1 long and eight feet high, It covers am J enllie wall In a While House office, J and represents the enllre world. Dlf- f ferent colors show at a glance the poo--eiiilons of the twelve powers, with a character of their principle rltlea, 1 S Submarine rallies, railroads, aieamahl ' lines, mall routes, arc nil distinctly ' ' traceable. , The naval and military forces of all ! nations are Imiiiaicd by nilnlniure llaga. Those representing the Cnlleil , States bear the names of commanders, ' and are readily shifted as the force . move from place to plnce. T!ie cavalry, J artillery und inlantry are represented ; by rings nf their respective colors. ye. ! low, ri d and while, giving the number J of the regiment , ihe letter of the f troop, hnilery or company. Kven the V smallest hospital corps la marked by f a tiny red cross. Ships of every rlaaa are shown by red. whim and blue flags hearing the name of each, and the I rtnmher of her guna. The week alter I'realdent Mi Klnley't I death a clerk was explaining the great ( map to President Itoosevelt and a guest. Thi visitor sug tested: I "Can you find the son of my old j rook? I know his name, becauao I I cash the checks he sends his mother." I The president stepped forward. I "Let me find him," he aald, and be- I gan tinder the clerk a guidance to consult con-sult the records and oxaniino tbe lit-tin lit-tin markers. "There la hla comiany," he soon aald, touching a white flag In a small Island of the Philippine. "Tell hi old mother I am keeping an eye on her soldier boy." "Broaa de lxir'!" was her exclamation exclama-tion on hearing tho story. "My name and Jack's been spoke In de White llouae." ; I |