Los Angeles herald., 1907-12-29

ancient gold ring which his predecessors
have worn for centuries The ring itself
has also curious power, for when the
mayor sends 1t to any school In the city s
boundary the schoolmaster is bound to
give his pupils holiday for the day. AT
Chichester the mayor is similarly mar
ried to his duties by an ancient turquoiso
ring. Chichester also arms its chief mag
istrate with a gold-mounted malacca cane
of office, while the mayor of Guildford
carries the stick presented to the borough
by Queen Elizabeth At York both the
lord mayor and lady mayoress are
equipped with the silver mounted oak
slaves which have marked their authority
for centuries. Among the official retain
ers of the mayor of Ripon is the munict
pal hornblower. who every night at
O o'clock, winds three blasts upon this aged
musical instrument before the mayors S
residence and again at the market cross.
London Chronicle.
Monsignor Dennis OConnel, rector OF
the Catholic university at Washington.
has been appointed titular bishop of Sc
baste. Several of the cardinals have sent
him congratulations from" Rome and at
the same time expressed the desire that
he come to Rome for the conservation.
Colonel Fulton G.. Berry, a California
capitalist, had a small farm near Fresno,
Cal, whence vegetables and poultry are
sent to him in town for his personal use
A Chinese foreman is in charge of the
place. Recently Mr.. Berry visited the
farm in question and inquired of his Chi
nese foreman: Sing, whole lot ducks;
what for no catchem eggs?"
'Mr. Belly. explained Sing, too
muchee man duck; sixty-tlee man
duck, two COW duck. Man duck him
no lay egg"
The prince of Wales has collection o,
postage stamps that is valued at more
than $780, ).
King Edward does not allow his secre-
taries to keep private diaries.
The National Museum, Washington, has
placed on exhibition specimen leaf" OF
thornless cactus developed by Luther
Burbank of California. Perfecting a cac-
tus without thorns means providing O
valuable forage plant which will grow as
well in arid as in moist regions.
s.
Judge ]. e. Thompson has been engaged
in the practice of law in Goldfield fol
three years, and In that short space OF
time he has acquired the reputation OF
being the greatest criminal lawyer In
Nevada, and one whose services are
always in demand. The judge is heavily
Interested in valuable mining properties
and has been lucky In all his ventures
Like most westerners he is an ardent
lover of sports, though he is not the typi-
cal westerner of the mining camp, but
rather the cultured man of the town,
being neat and dapper in his attire.
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The state department has been ad-
vised by American Minister Graves at
Stockholm, that Prof. A. A. Nicholson
of Chicago is to be awarded the noble
prize for physicists. DIR. Nicholson is
the discoverer of new method for de-
termining the velocity of light.
Prof Nicholson was born in Ger
many, but came to this country at an
early age. and was appointed mid
shipman in 1873 but resigned in 1881,
and is at present professor of physics
at the Chicago university
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1t was in Old Spring Garden market
in Philadelphia that p. A. Widener as
a butcher laid the foundation of a for
tune now estimated at $50.000,000. In
those days butcher stall was the
headquarters for political gossip, And
1t was not long before he found him
self a political leader and in the early
seventies he had become power.