Richard the Third was one of England's worst kings. Henry, the Duke
of Richmond, made war upon him and defeated him in a great battle.




THE LANDLORD'S MISTAKE



When John Adams was president and Thomas Jefferson was vice president
of the United States, there was not a railroad in all the world.

People did not travel very much. There were no broad, smooth highways
as there are now. The roads were crooked and muddy and rough.

If a man was obliged to go from one city to another, he often rode on
horseback. Instead of a trunk for his clothing, he carried a pair of
saddlebags. Instead of sitting at his ease in a parlor car, he went
jolting along through mud and mire, exposed to wind and weather.

One day some men were sitting by the door of a hotel in Baltimore. As
they looked down the street they saw a horseman coming. He was riding
very slowly, and both he and his horse were bespattered with mud.

"There comes old Farmer Mossback," said one of the men, laughing. "He's
just in from the backwoods."

"He seems to have had a hard time of it," said another; "I wonder where