People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1894 — PROVEN FALSE. [ARTICLE]

PROVEN FALSE.

The wonderful Damascus blades that eut bars of iron in two were not superior to the Toledo blades made today. Alfred the Great did not visit the Danish camp disguised as a minstrel. There is no good reason to believe that he could either play the harp or speak Danish. The maelstrom is not a whirlpool Which sucks ships down into the depths of the ocean. It is an eddy, which in fair weather can be crossed in safety by any vessel.

When Nobody Knew. *Tls not J hen the eyes of the world are upon us That the angel writes of Jho soul that is true. But when the heart aches for choosing the right, And nobody knew. *Tis not when tearful eyes may thank us For the gentle gift we gave. Or another may smile and love us better For the deed that was brave I But the angel whispers a benediction As he writes in the book that is true Of the heartaches we suffer for choosing the right, When nobody knew. And death is the angel’s kiss of welcome, As he closes the book so true; As he closes the book on the heartaches we suffered. And learned to love—because nobody knew. .. —Minnie M. Warfield, in Inter Ocean.

Embarrassment. —Borrower—“l’m temporarily embarrassed this morning. ‘Will you lend me ten?” Broker-“ Don’t mention it. I should think you would be embarrassed asking mo for ten when you haven’t paid the five you owe me.”—Detroit Free Press.