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WOODEN INDIANS MUST GO.
Fobaseo stOrS signs That Are Con-
aomnsd 80 Retirement An
New York City.

ons Of New York's busy mul icipal
commissioners says the wooden Indian
must get of the walk. II the cigar
dealer needs him in his business he will
be OBLIGED TO take him inside and give
him house room. Anyway, he cannot
be allowed TO cucumber the sidewalk,
saysahe Cleveland Plain Dealer.
OF course 1t may be possible thatthe
commissioner is moved by an honest de-
sire 20 keep the walks clear, and then
again he may be under the influence OF
the Society for Prevention of Cruelty
to Aged Wooden Indians. And, really,
IL must be admitted that there are
cases where interference would seem
TO be justified. There are wooden In
dians Of extreme age who are still
forced to do their servile duty at all
seasons of the year, and in the most
inelement weather. With cramPed
muscles and ossifed limbs they have
stood on guard for many decades.
Many Of them are gray and dingy
and weather beaten, but they never
complain. Some Of them have cracked
open and lost their feathers, and
warped their fingers, and dropped their
wampum. Why, there are cigar deal
ers so unfeeling as to refuse them even
aeOat of paint when the mercury drops
TO zero.
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NOT THE SAME NAMES.
HO8shslafurs for Birds IN EagIaA1
ana America Il Vet al An
the sane.

In reviewing q book about Beasts
and Birds in America" the London
Spectator warns English readers
against the confusion that may arise
in their minds by the application Of
the same name TO different birds in
England and the United States. THE
consequence" it remarks, ''is that the
critical English schOolboy who reads
Of robins peeking a wicked squirrel
('MeekoO TO death viii perhaps toss
the book away as untrustwOrthy-un-
less he IL q reader of Wendell Holmes,
and remembers the allusion to the
day when young Americans were mis-
led by the English books with local
color not fitting the new country. In
the books that came from Englandthe
robin was a little domestic bird that
fed at table instead Of a great idgety,
jerky, whoOping thrush"
But the whOoping thrush (Tardus
migratorious) of North America hada
red breast like the robin Of England,
and so the name was given to him,
and it was a mob Of whoOping thrush
es. and not robin redbreasts, that did
'MeekO," the mischief maker TO death.
And 50. It may be added, the ancient
Misunderstanding and controversy be-
tween English and American tourists
az the Atlantic liners tables as 70
what - q partridge, pheasant
grouse, &c, win go on 10 the end Of
tina
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AWAY a.stioa GaaE a. Ntbraal-a
Genes Upon = slagnIaE Flaa
~ ks uoaasige.

me fairy tale Of money growing
bushes was htely realized along
he right Of way Of the Burlineton
abroad between Hyannis and All
ne saws q Lincoln (Neb.) report
A gang of section men were Il
-or,7 when one az them noticed
,omsthing that looked Ike q bin wav-
mo from the tangled top Of sun
sower growing BY the roadside. he
Investigated. Il Was . treasury note
for $40.
He walked q few steps farther and
there, nodding from branch Of DIT
n dog fennel, was another bin Of sim
1sr denomination
He called 20 his companionl, and
the entire gang threw down their
tools and started on q money hunt.
For three hours they searched up and
8oWn the right Of way and far, afeld.
At almost every yard their troU,
HE was rewarded by finding either
4, Ave CT a ten-doIlar bin. Some bills
we're tangled in the tops Of weeds,
others half hidden IN bushes along
the fence, and Stin otheH In the
stubble Of the field.
The entire days cleanup Of the
sigbt was S2,135. When the find was
reDorted, word came from headquar-
tiers that q money pouch containing
$500 had been lost from an express
shipment the day before.
The superstition is that the bag fell
out of the open car door and was
ground to pieces under the wheels.
and the contents were scattered TO
the winds. This hypothesis il sup
ported by the later discovery Of Por-
tons OF the damaged pouch.
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Fieturealno Basia a. FatIaaslphia.
aroa WhlsA ths GsasraI We
tsssd "a. Rsrsaa.

he famous old stone basin from
which Washington watered hia
horses In revolutionary days = no
longer uaed AZ pump trough. It
has been removed from the obscur-
ity Of the old frame pump house ad-
joining the Bartran mansion (wbere
for nearly century It collected the
waters from the cooling spring. Of
the old welD and has been given a
position Of honor just outside Of the
historic mansion, says the PhTsdsl-
phia Record.
At first glance Il seems 20 have
been placed thus In order TO serve-as
. huge stone cistern. 70 collect thu
rain water from the projecting
caves, but closer inspection shows
that the rain spout e turned away
from Il, and It IL not intended 10
serve any practical purpose, but Is
simply preserved as treasured relic.
In giving Il q position Of honor,
Wnere Il win attract the attention Of
the visitor soon after entering the
famoua gardens, the place has been
carefully chosen. For although It
had been taken from the old well
which, perhaps, seemed q more ap-
propriate place for It, where 1t stood
when Washington's horses drank
from it. IL has. been placed nesr the
famous Washington srbor" on the
river front Of the Bartrzm house.
Only . few yards away in the long
ago there stood the Washington
arbor, overlooking the shining
stretch OF SchuyIldn.
Close by this mammoth stone basin
or trough. on the lawn on the river
front OF the house, are two noble
boTwood trees sent from Smyrna.
Turkey, TO Mr.. Bartram By the earl
Of Butte, over 100 years ago. Appro-
pirate surroundings these for the
historic old stone trough.
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PLAY BILLIARDS.
Preach PhysieiAnH Are SOrFy ThAf
fhs aala II Declining IN tko
FFauoh HaIla.

Somebody has discovered that peO-
pie in France are not playing billiards
90 much as they did. formerly. Over
this announcement has arisen q lam
entation-
Physicians have Joined in il IS well
as lay admirers Of the game. They
declare that its disappearance would
be a misfortune from q sanitary point
Of view.
The game, they say, gives just the
exercise they need TO q great number
Of people who without II would take no
exercise at all While involving no
severe physical exertiOz, It keeps the
muscles in shape, stimulates the cir
culatiOn, helps the digestion and re-
quires just enough mental effort TO
give the nervous system q rest from
the ordinary worries Of life. In proof
Of all Of which they cite the good
spirits usually exhibited about a bill
hard table.
For elderly people, for the stout
who can5lot take much exercise, bill
hards is pronounced an excellent tonic.
So the friends Of the game are preach
ing . revival Of its popularity.
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SENATOR cLARK's WIN.
uOv ths Wo-a.-a BNusoaal-e aot
Rask NJ . ToasOrih1 AFeaga
WhO Had sHeFvs.S

A story - going the rOunda in Butte
which quite aPtly represents the bust
ness methods adhered to BY United
states Senator ". A. Clark. the multi
millionaire miner, banker and manu-
faeture-.
Upon his return from Ne ea1t the
senator visited barber shop for the
purpose Of having his hair trimmed.
BE inquired for q certain barber whose
ability had been recommended 70 the
senator by his son, Charles ".
Upon the completion Of the Job the
senator inquired The amount Of the
bin, wbereuPon TIE tonS0ri1 artist
salmly Replied
Charley usually gives me- Ave dol-
lars"
The senator Wa taken By surprise.
hut, regaining his wits, asked: "But
what Is the usual charge Tor such .
serviee7"
sFifty oents,1 responded the barber.
well" said Senator Clark. with
smile. sceording to the New York
Times. Charley has q rich father and
I have not. Whereupon be HANDED The
bErber SO cents and departed.
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MODERN CAVE JEWELLERS.
Comfortable villas Carved Out -
ROak By Ctvisians at KLAVsR
BdEs, England.

Although there il nothing inner
emily improbable in the eircum-
stance, it is not generally known
that the race Of troglOdytes Il not
yet extinct, and that there are A9
least quite a number Of cave dWeIlerI
in modern Britain. The inhabitants
are by no means half savages.
At Kinvsr Edge, near Birmingham,
are two rows Of modern villas,
formed mainly out Of the ''imme-
mortal caves followed out Of the
HILL" with HtOne-front projections.
These dwellings are said to be star
more comfortable and luxurious
than the less-original houses to be
found in more pretentious neighbor-
hoods" The rooms are spacious
and rain-proOf" and the people of
Enville, "as the village formed by
these houses h called, are Justly
proud of their quaint homes, and
speak with patriotic affection Of
Holy Austin rock, the stone from
which their dwellings are hewn."
There are several remarkable cave
dwellings in Knaresborough. in York
shire, says the Detroit NeWH-Trib-
une, the proprietor" Of one Of which
has adorned the varions levels Of his
hillside cave home with battlements
and calls Il Fort Montague.
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CRNFURY on PATENT ISSUES.
BsEinainE July 81, IT0O, the NumbSE
Granted In This Country Has
Isf Been 42s,6z1. 8

The census bureau lately issued
report dealing with the cooperative
relation Of patented inventions to
manufactures, which shows that New
York, though third in population and
patent rank for the first decade of
the 100 years has since been first in
both, as well as manufactures. II is
an interesting fact, in considering
the list Of states presented in the
report, that the manufacturing rank
of a state as a rule approximates its
patent rank, says the New York
Sun. The report says:
The first patent granted by the
general government was TO Samuel
hopkins, July 81, 1870, for an i'm
provement in pot and pearl ash
manufacture. The last patent grant
ed for the year 1889, at the close Of
the first 100 years of patent issues,
was to Wilhelm Dreyer, December
81, 1889, for an electromagnetic
tyPesetting machine. These two pat
ents are suggestively symbolical Of
the progress Of the century in in
Vention and manufactures-the first
akin to the primitive industries Of
. new country and the last serving
the exacting demands OF a highly or
ganized industrial system. The total
number of patents issued during this
century of invention was 42s,621."
A feature of the report is the
steady growth shown in the numbSI
of patents granted to citizens Of for
eign countries.
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STUCK TO HIS EYRGLAss.
rho nnEIiSh Diplomat Wore 1t, Even
when He Yves CaPsisSa n
the ssA-

Rscsntly party from the embassies
at ConstantinoPle went TO inspect the
international HfebOat service on the
Black sea coast. At one Of the life
saving stations they thought they
would ike to test the conditions Of
life-boat work, so, clothing themselves
in bathing costumes and cork jackets,
they each took an oar in q lfebOat, to
the huge delight Of the Turkish boat
men.
, One Of the secretaries Of the British
embassy IL never seen without an eye
glass, and is said even to sleep with it.
On this occasion he was faithful to his
eyeglass and sOlemnly embarked in a
cork jacket and eyeglass. All the prop
er exercises were gone through, and
finally the boat was eapsized and
righted again by its own crew. Az they
crePt out from under the caPsized boat
. howl Of surprise came from the
Turks, for the secretary's head ap-
Peared, with the eyeglass firmly fixed
in its proper position, its owner tax
ing il as q matter OF course that it
should be there.
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VERY LONG PLUMB LINES
I've - Piaao Wiroa AyS4O Feet A
Le1Eth susPended in MiehiEaa
Mns shafta.

Seine singular experiments have
been carried out recently by hanging
what are probably the largest plumb
lines ever used anywhere in two Of
the shafts Of Tamarack mine at Cal
umet, Mich. At first two lines of
No. a piano wire, each 1880 feet
long, and carrying cast iron bob
weighing so pounds, were suspended
about ~ feet apart in shaft No. s..
Careful measurements showed that
the lower extremities Of the lines d.
Verged CONGRATULATIONS Of .
foot, or three-quarters Of an inch.
This was q surprising circumstance
for which various explanations were
offered. To aToid possible magnetic
repulEion, bronze wires, carrying so
pound lead hobs, were hung in SHAFT
No. 4. These wires were 4,44O feet
in length. They showed slight con-
vergeuce at the bottom, but when
they were hung in shaft No. 5, instead
Of conEerginE. they diverged, as the
steel wires had done. These facts,
together with other considerations,
led to the conclusion that the cause
Of the divergence was neither gravi-
fatisn nor magnetism. but the iufiu-
ence Of almost imperceptible air cur
rents IN the shafts.
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RELIGION OF THE BLANKRr.


RIA religion 20 make . Navajo
blanket. Through the kinky, bristling
Irvine Of the warp are woven the hopes
and aspirations. Of 81. immortal soul.
In the warm co1ors are expressed the
ardors Of passionate hearts. the sand
storms they have faced, the cloud
bursts under which their backs have
bent, the smiling sunshine that has
dried their wool, all the adverse and
good fortunes that have befallen are
wroughtinto the intricate designs. The
squsW prays as she pushes the wool
cart, and she prays a. she twirls the
distaf in her hands or rolls il on her
thigh; she prsys as she arranges the
heads; she prays as she Justify pounds
down the woOfstrands with her scrub
oak battsn, says the Southern Work
man.
p A blanket is.al q prayer, a human
document, biography bright with the
joy tints Of canary yellow, dark with
the olive green Of pain. One is drawn
to It because ones heart ~ moved by
It's ineffable, intangible humannesS.
One is strangely moved to both laugh
ter and tears by its exquisitely variant
eolOrs, each expressing an emotion By
its warmth of blended fberB, each
thrObbing to . note Of triumph or Of
No
The broad ax., 1902-11-15
LOBSTER CLIMBS TRRBS.
InInAd Sea Captures OF the Hast In
ala IaIaads That Are BOnd 81
CocOaRuts.

In the East Indian islands Is found .
curious lobster which climbs trees. Al
though it prefers home on Land 1t at
times feels a longing for the water,
where it goes to mOisten its gills; and
here the eggs are laid, and the young
are raised on the coast, where they
have the benefit Of salt air, always
good for children. But most Of their
time is spent inland, living atthe roots
of trees where they have burrOwed
deep hOlIOws which they carpet lux
'uriously with hbsrs stripped from CO
coanuts.
{ They come out Of these bones at
night to climb the palm trees, for al
though il seems funny to Us, their
climbing is quite serious business TO
them since it is in this way that they
secure the cOcoanuts of which they are
80 fond and on which they live princi-
pally.
To get at the contents of the nut the
lobster first tears away the fiber which
covers the three eyes" (You must all
have noticed those black spots on one
end of a cOcOanut that makes 1t look
like the wierd face of q mOnkey.) 1t
hammers away with its claws at these
spots or "eyes" until hole is made,
when il extracts the kernel by means
of its smaller pincers. Sometimes al
ter drilling through the perforated
"eye" it grasps the nut in itsela"s and
breaks it against a stone.
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THE RRUIT PLRTHoRA


Rarely, Il ever, has there been such
superabundance Of fruit as noW
abounds in the New England orchards.
The limbs Of the apple and pear trees
hang heavy under the weight Of their
enormous yield, and the ground be-
meath the trees Is covered with the de-
caying drOppings. In some localities
fine apples may Be had fer the picking,
and an ofier Of half q dollar q barrel
for the fruit on the tree is eagerly &C
cepted IN the rural districts. Thou
sands Of bushels are being fed 20 the
cattle and pigs and the cider mills are
glutted with raw material for the
presses. Il seems q pity TO see such
q large quantity Of fine fruit going 20
waste. II n almost auperduous to Of
fer suggestion Ia the lne-of thought
ful philanthropy - Dr. Hale, but the
glutted condition Of the orchards sug-
gestS that it might be q good idea 20
renew his farmers' fruit Offering
scheme, which furnished Euch liberal
supply Of free fruit to the poor people
Of Boston when Il Was originally un-
dertaksn. UndoubtedIy 9 great many
bushels 81 apples can nov Be had Tor
The sslinr
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JERSEYS PURCHASE PRICE.
nlstSrao Doeument which shows
That the state Was sold by In
daaaa fer Rum, Guns, Ets.

Carefully locked away IN one OF the
freproof safes of theNew Jersey His
torical society there noware two valu-
able documents that tell Of the early
colonization of the state, says the New
York Times.
The first il q deed on parchment
from Charles II. to his brother James,
duke Of York, afterward king of Eng
land. giving him grant Of AL lands
from the So. Lawrence river to Chesa-
peake bay. The only two names on the
grant that Americans of to-day would
recognize are Nantucket and Cape Cod,
which are spelled as they are to-day.
The Sc. Lawrence river is designated
IS "The Great River "a Canada"
The deed is beautifully written in
Gothic lettering, and the document is
in excellent condition. Under each
line of writing is a ruling Of red, evi-
IDENTIFY done with a quill. The parchs
meat IL over two feet in length, and 70
the bottom is attached what was once
q large seal of wax.
Gold and silver cords are fastened
TO the seal In an upper left-hand cor
ner is an engraving of Charles II, and
the borders of the deed are filed with
pen and ink designs, delicate and beau
titul. The document is dated from
Westminster in the seventeenth year
of King Charles reign. While the
deed is apparently the original, for the
amount of work extended on IL would
not be given to a copy, 40 signatures
appear, and apparently none was ever
placed on IL.
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BE SHOT THE HAT.
a SoaswAat RIsky oustoIa -. oa-la-
49, nat saves TlnO -
windy Day.


"A whole lot Of ideas With which We
grow up change when we get into an
other country" said a New York man
who has just cane back from three
months trip in the southweEt, accord
ing TO the Sun "NOyy, one of the things
we have heard Of all our hVes is that IL
a mans hat blows on he e q fool to
run after Il, for there Is always some
body around polite enough 20 pick It
up and hand Il to the owner, II he has
TO walk q block to DO it
81 have seen II done ] have read
about It more times than I have had
hats.
"But Il Il not the custom ct Reno,
okla. was hitting on the veranda Of
the hotel in that town, watching the
various articles which one Of those
sandstorms whirIed through the air.
"The hat Of a citizen was raised and
carried against place on the other
side Of the street. A Etrapping fellow,
who had been picking his teeth with
a match as he sat near neon the varan-
da, got mp, whipped out a navy revolver
and fired a shot at the hat, mailing It
to the fence
''The owner came up, pulled the hat
from its implement, waved his hand
at the man on the Verands and proceed
ed on his way.
at saves time runnin' after It, said
the man on the VerAnds, and it don't
hurt the hat"
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STEADY GOING VOLCANO.
sail One n santa BsrbA-a Oouaay,
CalifOrntAs TAaE Has Besa Ao- d,
tive 2oE May YeaeA. I

Santa Barbara county - naturally
divided into q northern and a south
ern half by range Of rugged noun
tains varying from 1000 TO 1000 feet
high. The city Of Santa Barbara,
Montecito and other health resorts
are along the coast in the southern
half. Los Alamos IL near the mid
die Of the great valleys comprising
most OF the northern part of the
country, and is about 90 miles from
the city Of Santa Barbara, with a
big mountain range intervening, says
the San Francisco Chronicle.
For many years there has been q
small, active volcano on the Los
Alamo side of the mountain. 1t
IL almost within sight of the old
Los Alamos-Santa Barbara stage
road that crosses the mountain by
the San Marcos pass. Hunters and
cattlemsn Of the vicinity and pros
pectOrs are familiar with it. Smoke
and steam constantly issue from
various assures along the summit of
q plateau or shelf near the northern
slope Of the mountain. Viewed from
the distance of the old stage road,
these manifestations appear like
small campfres. They have never
developed any alarming tendencies
and have attracted very little direct
investigation. And yet they may be-
come vent holes from which lonR-
confined ashes and lava viii spout.
The broad ax., 1902-11-15

The leading haberdashery shops
employ only clerks Who are expert
IN arranging crayat shapes. Makeup
heckwear Is adopted for provincial
trade, as 8 rule. Among the duties
q such ssaistant6 s g attend we'd
dingE and other house functions. ne
Bridegroom nowadays pressnfs his
best man" and nnhers with cravats
sad gloves FOR ehe ceremony. he
haberdaShsr's clerk reports e the
proper place II due time and adjunta
these oravats uniformly. placing the
leartplns IN correct position. etc. He
also fits the gloves IN each casa Hia
Employer collects q Handsome Zee toe
tie profearinn.I sarrins.
The broad ax., 1902-11-15

A singular case is that Of Pstriek
Bogue, Of Altoona, Pa, who has been
prosecuted for cruelty to animals, his
ofenss consisting Of excessive kind
mesa. Bogue Is 90 fond Of an inteili-
gent horse owned BY him that he win
not allow the horse 70 work or even
be exercised. For four years the
horse has not bean ont Of the stable.
Logue feeds Il and cares for il ten
derry, but he has steadfastly refused
20 take Il out Consequently the Hu-
name sOeiety has brought suit 20
force him to give the horse some
work or Sxercise It daily - leasA
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ONLY A LITTLE CLIP.
A Ingsnious Device fer Bolaaag Ps-
DoR, which HAs BseOns VERY
Popular.

A short time ago someone put on the
market an ingenious device for hold
ing sheets Of paper together. II took
the place Of the pin, says the New York
Press. By short time" IL meant .
matter Of some i've OF six years. To
day there are more than 20 different
kinds Of clips, selling from 90 cents
per 1000 TO Is cents per 100, and con-
siderable capital Is invested in their
manufacture. The same general prin-
cipie e followed IN al, and II Is as
sumed that each Improvement Is pat
ented Corporations have been
formed 70 make nothing but clips, and
competition IL lively. The original
pstentee win no doubt become q mil
1ionairs. though he may make Orgy one
cent on each 1000 sold Il Is the sim
pie, dirt-cheap Invention thai brings
the big refurns-something 80 mex
pen1iys hat au the millions q rs
WantfE
The broad ax., 1902-11-15

A German has discovered, accord
ing to the London Express. that on
Saturday. August ? IN the early
morning, AZ one minute and one sec
ond past one o'clock q most interest
ing moment arrived. II was the sec
ond second Of the second minute Of
the second hour Of the second day Of
the second week Of the second month
az TIE eeccad half Of the second year
az TIE second decade Of centuries
The broad ax., 1902-11-15

Before sending linen to the LAM
dry look every piece over for forgot-
ten collar buttons. and stick pina. The
laundries are repositories Of more
lost articles Of this description than
Is dreamed Of By the public. Every
day quantities Of gold and ieweled ar
ticles are picked up. some Of them
are Identified and restored. bat more
are simply pocireted b. the finders.
Money vas freqneutly found m fhe
pcclet1 a. washable vaisieoafs Horn
last sumner.
The broad ax., 1902-11-15

Il & stated that San Diego. 81
southern California. e fast becoming
ne Buddhistic center Of Ameriea. II
one house there has been erected
shrine . Buddha. and tie owner,
woman 81 means. has brought q
Alddha prieut from India. Who gath
els large congregati0n together sg-
ery week
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ne TrIbnle y 49,.

John w. Maekay, the Irish-AmeR-
lean malti-milHonaire. who died re-
Gently in London. had a fne tribute
paid to him once BY q friend. MACK
Az" said he. is one Of the few rieh
men should Ike 70 know Il he we're
poor.p
The broad ax., 1902-11-15

Unels Sans saIt-Water VnFn-
Tor 90 years the United States
comniEzion d fsh and fisheries has
been making study Of Uncle sans
salt-Water farm. its products and the
msn who work ~