Omaha daily bee., 1902-11-23
OUT OF THE ORDINARY.

Bradley w. Palmer, one Of Boston's law
yers. has In process of construction a
unique summer residence made entirely OF
cobblestones found on his estate.
One of the members of the Scranton
School board, a physician, is trying TO have
modelling IN clay in the city schools abol-
ished on the ground that 1t Is an unsani-
tary practice.
The maharajah of Baroda has a piece Of
woven work which cost over 100000, 1t Is
only l0x6 feet in size. but Is woven from
strings OF pearls, with a center and corner
circles Of diamonds. 1t was three years
in the making.
Indian durbar at Delhi are eight times the
usual figures, houses are renting for $4,000
each and board and lodging in many tenn
porary stru ctures cannot be engaged for
less than 500 a day. Evidently people in
humble circumstances will not take a large
retinue to the ceremony.
A Lehigh Valley freight train. consisting
OF 14 loaded cars, containing 4.0l3 tons. was
handled between Sayre and Weldon, Pa, a
distance OF eighty-tw9 miles, by a single
learn" says The Railway and Engineering
Review. this is one OF the heaviest trains
ever handled with one engine for the dis
lance. or over an entire freight division"
Bertillon, the expert who won unenviable
notoriety in the Dreyfus case, has at last
vindicated his claims for his system OF de-
lection. A mysterious murder was COM
mitted in Paris lately and no clue was left
by the murderer except certain nngermaIks
gTaphed and enlarged and Bertillon identi-
fed them as belonging to a man who had
undergone the anthropometric system eight
years ago. The man was found and ar
rested and the murder has been proved
against him.
George Seton. a London writer, has pub
lished a budget of anecdotes. one Of which
tells OF a fashionable woman who appeared
before Pope Leo in a yery, low-necked dress.
His holiness disapproved OF the costume
so strongly that he sent a cardinal to re-
monstiate with the wearer. The messen-
ger made this rather ambiguous eXplana-
ton: The pope, my dear madam; Is rather
any lady In evening dress. !, on the other
hand. who have spent six years OF my life
as a missionary. among the ~cannibals. am
quite used to it
The fire at Weston, Mass, last week de-
stroyed the famous John Flagg tavern,
which antedated the revolution many years.
1t was here that President Washington
passed a night on his way 10 Cambridge
and Boston in 1883, and In 1888 President
John Adams occupied the chamber previ-
ously that OF Washington. On the follow
ing day he received an address from the
townspeople, and his reply Is still preserved
in the Weston town library; What rem
more TO be regretted Is the loss by this
FIRE OF the old colonial flag of thirteen stars.
which for many years foated over this
tavern from the date OF Washington's visit.
Had It not been for President Rooseveit's
I Intervention the Harvard foot ball eleven
would this year have lost the services OF
its brilliant captain and halfback, Bob
| father. who resides in Brooklyn, Informed
him that he had played foot ball long
| Even when Bob was elected captain the OLD
gentleman remained obdurate, though the
University foot ball authorities pleaded for
one more season. Then someone suggested
that Mr.. Roosevelt, an alumnus of Har-
ward, be asked to interpose his good Offices.
This was done and the president wrote to
upon the latter withdrew his objections and
Bob" remained on the team.