The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-12-03

that the measurements were absurdly
 short of the probable distances.
 The perambuIator was trundled bJ
 one of tws natives attached to the party
 and after some observation it was
 found that they could not comprehend
 the reason for trundling the odometef
 along the ground. They were willing
 to make concession to the white to the
 extent of pushing the wheel before them so long as they were in sight, but considering the order but foolish pre- fudjce agaist the native custom or ''toting" everything upon the head. they were no sooner out Of sight than they adopted the more comfortable mode. It was finally found necessary to send a white man with the native to insure proper measurements.
 The smallest coin in actual circula- tion is a sort of wafer made from a resinous juice and used by the natives \ in the Malay peninsula. It has a val" ne of one ten-thousandth of one cent The smallest metal coin is the For | tuguese 3-reis piece, worth six-twenty- dfths of a cent, while the smallest Eng | fish coin Is a Gibraltar piece. the five ! m,llesima, worth one-quarter of cent | There has been put into use in the | canal zone a small silver coin worth | about one penny and this Is probably | the smallest silver piece ever com | ed.
 Tn China physicians are treated in preciseIy an opposite fashion from the | way we treat them. Each family has | its nhysician. whose business tt is to 1 preserve the health of that family. As | iong as health reIgns the physician re- | Aeiyes a stated amount of pay. but from | the hour member faus III the physi- | clans pay ceases and is not resumed | until the patients health Is restored l Massage is one of the principal forms | of treatment fin China. It is used es- | pecIally in cases of pain. The greater l inc pain the more violent the treat l ment. Oftentimes the physicians, who are all athletes, by the way. will climb right up and kneel on the body of the | patient and pull and haul and beat the l sufferer until the cries for mercy ex- 1 ceed the groans from the nalady
 Nearly 10000 Spanish immigrants en- | tered Cuba during the first three | months of the present year. The | Cuban consuls in Spain are instructed
 to act as immigration agents and to set | forth the opportunities for tndepend- ence and wealth in the island republic. The finest botanical gardens in the world are justly claimed by Calcutta. 1 that city of palaces and pigsties" and | statues. The stranger visiting the gar | dens for the first time will find his
 wonder and admiration excited by the | appearaLee of an immense hanyan tree. | The branches of this tree droop as in our weeping willow and when a branch Is sufficiently long itskextremity is im- l bedded in the arth. takes rootA and In ! turn sends out more branches. In this instance the operation has been repeat | ed until the tree now measures 959 feet in circumference at it's base and has attained a height Of s5 feet. If | forms a veritable maze--a marvel to | the ocidental eye.
 Eight months old and an acrobat | unable to walk or talk. yet possessing | such startling muscular development | of the arms and should CTS that he can | balance himself on his hands and with | heels n the air proceed across the l room-these are a few of the remark i able physical characteristics of the in- | fant soa of Mr. and Mrs. William | schnars of Denver.
 Baby Schnars is no bigger in the ag- | xregate than most other infants of 1 months of age, but the fragments and
 muscles of his chest. arms and shoul- I ders are as tiny cords of steel He can
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