The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1899-09-04

feet wide. ttisa petrlnad tree about
four feet in diameter and about 100
feet IN lrurth T. f. pure agate alt
through. and therefore iH much more
valuable as regards material than
any bridge of marble or granite can
| be
In England CccG Rhodes may be a
great man. hut thcrv are people who
have not heard 81 bis fame enc Ut
these be pueilist now ia Chicago.
who Was giving AN interview 90 "A
reporter recently Tho pusiIlnt is
from Australia. aud has travelled An
. South Africa. So IN, reporter asked
balm II he had met Cceil Rhoden
/ Rhodca replied the Australian.
/ What's his weight
In the midst NJ a sermon he was
/ drlivertng q Perth Amboy recently,
. the HcN stephen SrymluowsN look
81 through an oprn window of the
church aud SAW Hame boys raidluH
/ ore of h's apple trae- In the rretofy
! Yari We stopped the sermon Ia the
. congregation aud delivered one Ia the
I loys IN the ttre Not suHy however
/ ~ itr effect be- secured next day a
warrant FOR tho arrest ~ TIE mar
/ audera.
f rhat Nr are mot always Ereatiy
affected by the nature ~ ogr cuvir-
/ onmeut Woutd spem o. hr shown by
the oasy - an old printer named Ed-
+ win Thamspan. who lately died iu a
/ Missouri town In his early ilte b.
set ttpe from tn original manu-
] scripts ef rennimorr Cooper Haw-
( thorne ard others uut Tor the last
forty wears he has worked 90 uathiug
bat dIrsreHt editions 20 the ifbiv.
and yet hs lied an .undrt
T poi'ariWidrisrs,ere,hru la wont
+ that Is used ia dresrlh. tho latest
+, Affrnss far whieh person may he
arrested iu Austria 10 b. used 90 re-
Ger a. any aat that insects with the
f d.sapprovai - the polite, yet it il
mot forbidden hy She municipal ord
iuaucrs 20 national statutes The
Austrian uai.rs have tie authority
f ta arrest anY aue guilty % al act
which they may diHEprrnte if the
palier Inspector chooses the latter
may imur,sou the offender without
troubling either Judge or iury
+ The prairie dess Ia Texas arc he
iug destroYsd hy mraas II uva
device ZOE catching them. which has
T been adopted by a large number o.
+ the raneamru and farmers. un one
I iarEe ranch over 1890 e~tw captured
and killed last Wvek The trap -
placed over the animals mound. and
makes IL a prisoner when Il rmvrnea
| from the hole. This peat has been
I destroying over Ca rer cent - the
/ growing -rops and grass In rexas
annually
President niaz 81 Mexico. IL an
athlete Il no mean ability While
conductiug party ~ visitors from
+ Chicago through the military Acad-
stuy In the city 81 Mextra the other
iay ~ found a cadet climbing hy
+ his hands on Two ropes which we're
{ booked % a ring IN ihr ceiling When
[ the cadet had dcsceutri President
f piaH advanced. ssirr,t the ropes With
an agility AMI strength almost in
E credible n man " his advanced
AK. raised hlnrHetf wtfh iItsis aps
E parent effort "a the ceiling. ana then
E slowly descended 10 the ground
A story Il being told ~ a country
/ doctor who was EoinE his rounds enc
/ morning With = Kun On his shoulder
Ne was a keen sportsman ard vas
I looking fsruaft a. pof4FssuE or a
I little game. when hts professional
duties werc over A friend meeting
{ him. and seeing him wiih sun. 81
claimed. ''WheFs are you EuiaE. doc
tor. - early in the day. Nffh that
T deadly weapon on your shoulder
I'm hurrylnF or T. sos a patient. d"
/ b. replied wen. snid his frirnd
4 see you are determined MT 20
miss him
4 novel rori - monument r. 10 -
erected IN th~ gettvabure battlefield
. this month hy the survivors - the
I Thirteenth Vermont regiment The
statue viii show the bronze figure =
an officer he right hand appraised.
/ holding haichet The story ~ TO
I the dssiRn - the statue iz told as fol-
}aws first Lieut. stephen , Hrnwn
I q Company X. Thirteenth Vermont
volunteer Wa the mestet f1r the
statue just before the battle h. Van
placed under arrest and was relieved
/ Of his sword for having forced
guard from sell IN order 10 set a
drink Of water while on the mareh
70 Gettysburg During Pickett p
charge Lieut. Brown. not having any
sword. seized q Ratchet and fought
+ vitn II through the charge After
/ this heroic conduct Lieut. Hruwn'a
sword was returned - atm without
trial. lie vas affrrward promoted
F 20 be captain.