How Authorities Differ

Tlie reading clase waa al i ading In a row upon the tloor oí an Indiana school house, and a bright lltt] low was di-awi ng a paragraph aboul Roman maseacre. The president of the BChool board was present on lus regular tour o! Inspectlon, and he pompously requested that tlie boy 'read that verse figain." The "verse" n R8 read agaln. ■Ali : h'm :" sald the great man iu a loud volee, "wliy üo you pronounce that word m issaker ? ' The boy was silent. "It shoulil be pronounced maseakre," contlnued the great man with a patronlring smile. Tlie boy remained qulet, but Wie teacher ftnally npoke : "Pardon me, ►ir," said ske, "luit tlie fault is mine if the word is mispronounced. I have taugut the ilass to pronounce it massaker." "But why ?" insisted the great man as a look of surprise was iollowed by a look of puin upon liis benign features. "I bellere that Webster favors that pronuDClatlon," said the teacher, meekly. "Impossible," said the great man. The dictlonary was brought and the president 01 the school board turned the leaves until he found the word. There was breathless silence as he looked up, tor there the word was massaker. "I am astdiiislied, madam," he said at last, "thal Daniel Webster should have made Buch a mistake as that."