The Newport miner. [volume] (Newport, Wash.) 1899-current, 1908-08-06
CoskIv Drink.

met hook at $35 hottie? We tried 1t,
the boss and l, the last time we were
abroad, and our bottle was undrink-
able 1t had gone bad. Nevertheless
we had to pay our $35 for 1t just the
same, for, with this as with all very
old and rare wines, patrons order at
their own risk. The wine cards tell
YOU 50. 1t is tough, though, isn't 1t,
10 pay $S3 for a bottle Of wine that
YOU have to throw out?"-New Orleans
Times Democrat.
Believed Himself Invisible.
The first Lord Lytton was certainly
daft. One morning while he was en-
erteinint q large company at his coun.
try seat the guests were assembled at
breakfast in the great hall when their
host came in in an old dressing gown,
poured out cup Of tea and disappear
I'd without uttering e. word to any
one. Arthur Russell expressed his sur
prise to his next neighbor. who said:
He believes himself to be invisible"
And. sure enough. in a. little time he
appeared Ia his usual dress and salut-
ed his friends as II he had not seen
them since the previous night.
Servants In Spain.
Servant worries in Spain are reduced
to minimum. not because the domes-
tic class is an ideal one. but for the
reason that nothing very exalted is ex-
pected Of it. Servants are taken less
seriously than In England and allowed
fuller play Of those impulses natural
to their youth and class Spanish serv-
ants sing over their work as matter
Of course AS they wash in the court
yard they talk and laugh freely over
the wall with Deighboring maids at the
tub, their mistress proximity on the
balcony being no hindrance to out
bursts of merriment. WOman's Life.
Cruel Of the Judge.
A man was recently being tried for
murder, but the evidence against him
was 50 weak that the judge directed
the jury to find verdict Of mot
guilty" and notified the court Of his
Intention to stop the case. But the
youthful counsel for the defense want
ed the opportunity Of becoming IA
nous. He asked permission to address
the court Certainly. Mr.. Cantspout,'
remarked the Judge. we'll hear you
with pleasure. but first, for safety's
sake, we'll acquit the prisoner"
The learned counsel blushed. Lon
don Scraps.
Wonderful Bird Flights.
A naturalist says that perhaps the
longest continuous flight made by birds
in their migrations is accomplished by
some Of the shore and water birds that
nest In the islands OF Boring sea and
spend the winter at Hawaii and Fan
ning island, 1900 miles away. As some
OF these birds live. entirely on the
shore and are probably unable to rest
Oh the surface Of water, they must &C.
complish the whole distance in a sim
gle hight. Yet they make their way
to their destinations with absolute pre-
cision Montreal Star.
Worse and Morse.
A convict In German prison had
been extremely refractory. One means
and another had been tried. but moth
ing could break his spirit
One morning the governor said to the
warderx
Il say, Huber. the scoundre! is be.
having worse than ever Put him on
bread and water"
But he is already doing two fast
days, sir"
read We must break his spirit some.
how" Illustrated Bits.
Whittier's >Hunnor.
A story is told of Whittier which
illustrates the character Of his humor.
Two Of his neighbours, ali aged broth
er and sister, had accumulated a COM
potency. He thought they were work
Ing harder. than WAS necessary In view
of their age and worldly accumulations
and spoke Of IT.
We must lay by something for our
last sickness and have enough left to
bury u.s." said the sister.
Mary" replied Whittier, did thee
ever know any one in his last sickness
80 stick by the way for want Of
tnnds:''
The Age Of Man on Earth.
Mans past history upon this planet
las been UNNECESSARILY heightened out
by the discoveries Of the biologists,
but 1t is impossible to Ak upon any
bard and fast date for the beginning
Of the species 1T is certain says so
careful a man as John Fiske. that
men were living In Britain contem.
poraneOusly with the big nosed rhinoc-
eros, which became extinct about the
beginning Of the glacial period. The
glacial period, according to the best
authorities, began at least r240, 900
years ago. In all probability human
beings have been living on the earth
for that length Of time at the least cal
euiation. How much longer men have
Teen here does not .appear.-New York
American. E.