That the Massachusetts troops, after the first battle of Bull Run, didn't stop running until they reached Harrisburg, Pa. Sec.422 That General Grant was always soused during a battle, and that on the few occasions when he was sober he got licked. Sec.423 That the late King Edward used to carry on in Paris at such a gait that he shocked even the Parisians. Sec.424 That it takes an Englishman two days to see a joke, and that he always gets it backward even then. Sec.425 That headwaiters in fashionable hotels make $100 a day. Sec.426 That if a bat flies into a woman's hair, the hair must be cut off to get it out. Sec.427 That all the women in Chicago have very large feet. Sec.428 That on cold nights policemen always sneak into stables on their beats and go to sleep. Sec.429 That all the school-boys in Boston have bulged brows, wear large spectacles and can read Greek. Sec.430 That all dachshunds come from Germany. Sec.431 That nine out of every ten Frenchmen have syphilis. Sec.432 That the frankfurters sold at circuses and pleasure parks are made of dog meat. Sec.433 That all the cheaper brands of cigarettes are sophisticated with drugs, and in time cause those who smoke them to get softening of the brain. Sec.434 That rock-and-rye will cure a cold. Sec.435 That a country boy armed with a bent pin can catch more fish than a city angler with the latest and most expensive tackle. Sec.436 That red-haired girls are especially virulent. Sec.437 That all gamblers eventually go broke. Sec.438 That the worst actress in the company is always the manager's wife. Sec.439 That an elephant in a circus never forgets a person who gives him a chew of tobacco or a rotten peanut, but will single him out from a crowd years afterward and bash in his head with one colossal blow. Sec.440 That it is unlucky to put your hat on a bed. Sec.441 That an old sock makes the best wrapping for a sore throat. Sec.442 That lighting three cigarettes with one match will bring some terrible calamity upon one or other of the three smokers. Sec.443 That milking a cow is an operation demanding a special talent that is possessed only by yokels, and that a person born in a large city can never hope to acquire it. Sec.444 That whenever there is a rough-house during a strike, it is caused by foreign anarchists who are trying to knock out American idealism. Sec.445 That, whatever the demerits of Jews otherwise, they are always very kind to their old parents. Sec.446 That the Swiss army, though small, is so strong that not even the German army in its palmy days could have invaded Switzerland, and that it is strong because all Swiss are patriots to the death. Sec.447 That when two Frenchmen fight a duel, whether with pistols or with swords, neither of them is ever hurt half so much as he would have been had he fought an honest American wearing boxing-gloves. Sec.448