The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1903-08-13
FREAKS
THAT COME
BY MAIL


which did not go far when he had paid
the bills for all of his numerous chari-
ties. So when he was called upon sud-
denly to leave Venice he often found
himself without money. Once when
a cent and did not know where 10
turn. He was finally obliged to Dor
row $500 from a bank, and was in
perfect fever until the debt was paid.
He has a nephew, John Baptiste Sar-
to, who, Notwithstanding the relation,
is only the archpriest of the small
village of Pessagno.
When in the past people used to ask
made Pope, referring to his. modesty
and affability, he replied: 81 shall
have white robes instead of red; that
will be the only change. 1 shall re-
main the same Sarto as ever"
He seems to have been sincere in
thinking that he would not be made
Pope. NJ. Stratimirovich, the Veneti-
an prelate, accompanied him to Rome
and up to the door of the conclave,
and in taking leave, as usual, hoptd
that Cardinal Sarto would be made
Pope His eminence replied, laugh
ing: mo, no fear for me. Tell me
the number of your telephone and
will let you know who receives that
honor"
In all of the excitement of his first
triumph he kept his word, went to
the telephone station and called up
the number, only to find that NJ.
Stratimirovich already knew the re-
suit of the balloting and was already
on his way to the Vatican.
Plus likes not only to walk, but to
climb A few days before he left
Venice for Rome he assembled Mount
Grappa, $500 feet high. But his great
est enjoyment is music. He is great
friend and admirer of Lorenzo Perosi,
the eminent director of the Pontlhcal
Choir, who was formerly maestro at
st. Marks, Venice. Perosi is chiefly
indebted to him for his musical career.
TALL SKELETON IN EMMET'S
GRAVE.
DUBLIN, August Sat the instiga-
ton of DR.. Robert Emmett OF New
York. an examination was made to-
day of the grave supposed to be that
of the Patriot Robert Emmett. A
skeleton was found, said to be that
of a man six feet high, whereas En-
met was only feet inches.
tion with the examination was that
the skull, instead of being found ly-
ing prone at the head of the trunk,
was found lying in an upright posi-
ton. which as Emmett was beheaded,
NAV strengthen the theory that the
remains were his. But the matter is
still regarded as doubtful.
ELEPHANT ON THE CHUTEs.
NEW YORK, July 31.---When an ele-
plant weighing ton and halt
shoots the chutes from height or
something like seventy feet, that ele-
plant is earning her fodder with
vengeance. Show people say that no
elephant has performed the task, but
Chief Organizer Thompson of the
Luna Park show at Coney Island has
come pretty near stalking his reputa-
ton as a schemer that the elephant
Betty will do this stunt at the island
next Wednesday.
The trainer today brought the ele-
phant out and, with hardly protest,
Betty walked right up the incline TO
the top of the chutes. The German
hoy" who had charge of the sagacl-
Gus beast then got on her back and
she walked down with him in that
position.
The plan is to get Betty perfectly
accustomed to every piece of the struc-
ture and to plunge into the lake Inc
boat that they will build for Betty
in which to do the act will be espe-
cially heavy.
RELIC OF EVOLUTION.
NEW YORK, July 31.-In striking
comparison with the monstrous ami
mails of a collection of fossil mann
mails placed on exhibition today at the
American Museum of Natural History,
is a clumsy little skeleton of the pan
tolamoda. 1t is the oldest complete
mounted mammal in existence. The
curator says it is 100000 years old.
1t was found in New Mexico and pre-
sents an impressive example of the
possibilities of evolution. as illustrat-
ing the law of progressive increase IL,
size.
This exhibition of fossils, as rear
ranged and made public today, repre-
sents the results of thirty-three years
of exploration and an expenditure OF
$3.50, 900.
Each alcove contains a group OF ami
mails, placed so as 10 show tue evolu-
ton in North America of the morse,
the elephant, the mastodon and the
rhinoceros. Many of the new and i'm
portant specimens were obtained by
the recent expedition sent out at the
expense of William c. Whitney.
In the alcove devoted TO the evolu-
ton of the horse the results OF the
Whitney explorations in Texas, Ne
braska and Colorado are shown Be
sides the ancestral four-toed horse
representing the beginning of the Sc