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The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-05
PosTMEN's WALKING FEATs.
Ono In English Service Holds Record
with 100000 Miles In SO Years.

There must be few, even among
men of letters" who, like Joseph
Hunt, Lincolnshire. England. post,
man, can claim to have tramped a dis.
tance OF. roughly 100000 miles. not
much less than the equivalent of ten
Journeys around the earth.
Not long ago George Thompson, re-
tired from service as postman in the
Langrlck district of Yorkshire, after
covering on foot $4,000 miles In &c
years of letter carrying, a service IA
years shorter than that of his Lincoln
shire rival,
In 81 years Orme NJ Brown walked
II. 600 miles as postman between Cup
ar and Kilmany and Lo2ie-a dis
tance, as was stated in tnc appropri
ate presentation to him Of an easy
chair nearly equal 70 half that which
separates the moon from tie earth
John SimmondS OF Henley-on
Thames retired with 4 record of 1S1.
900 miles of fair heel ard toe" the
result of 40 years tramping; while
most amazing of all, Thomas Phipps,
a postman in the Chipping Norton dis
trict. was credited with an aggregate
journey of 10000 miles between the
years 1910 and 1895.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-05
POPULAR AUTHORS.
The Preacher Finds Ready Sale for
His Books In Hio Parish.

Bent on an errand Of morcy, a city
prowler made his way into a strange
neighborhood What Impressed him
most was the bookstore windows In
every one for blocks around were
stacks Of new book he had never
hoard OF by writer OF whom he had
never heard.
Who is this man." he finally osked
why is he so popular hereabouts7"
He Is the pastor OF the Presby.
terian church down In the next block"
said the stationer Every bookseller
In the neighborhood Is making a spe.
cialty of his book. That is the usual
way of doing things when a clergy.
man brings out new book ,ybody
else might appear In the puCIshers'
catalogue every month without arous.
ing local pride. but with the pro-chers
1t is different. When a minister turns
author that old saw about the prophet
being without honor In his own coun.
try is disproved with a vengeance.
Every spring there is a considerable
literary output by the pastors of New
York churches. The first place where
these volumes are put on sale is the
bookstores near the church whore the
minister breaches. and usually the
largest sales are made there"
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-05

eien Office in Berlin, after which no
advanced from one grade to another,
serving In Belgrade, Dresden. ST. Pc
tersburg and Munich. He was coun.
ciior OF the embassy and first secre-
tary In London in 1902.
while in England the count came
especially under the notice of Emperor
william as result Of his work In
aneliorating the existing Ill feeling
AGAINST Germany. He drew up a series
oil lucid and comprehensive dispatches
on the situation. After four years ser
vice In London he was sent 10 Cairo.
III the German diplomatic service this
post Is regarded as a stepping stone
toward advancement
Inc count married Miss Jennie
LucKemeyer in 1887, His wife was
porn December 13. 1867, and the couple
nave two children The Luckemeyer
family left New York several years ago
and settled in France, who're the count
ess father died this year.
One interesting feature of the
counts nrst call on President Roose-
Velt VIII be the delivering of a per
sonal message from Emperor william
10 the President OF the United States.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-05
ALL USED WOODEN TRENcHERs.
Substitutes for crockery Ware Nearly
Two Hundred Years Ago.

Our readers may like to be remind.
ed OF how comparatively late In our
history the absence of cheap crockery
kept the wooden trencher in use. In
the eighteenth century, silver In the
dining room and pewter below stairs
were abundant for all dinner table use
In large and wealthy households.
But that the number OF metal plates
and dishes was insufficient to meet
the requirements Of extraordinary &C.
casions is seen in description of a
dinner given by Lord Nation to his
tenants In 1888.
1t was at Woodhouse that the feast
takes place at which we hear that
It's an out OF the way thing. the
people are to dine upon wooden dish
es; they cut down wood on purpose
to make them Of"
One OF the company describes the
affair In letter to the Lord Straf.
ford of the time, Lord Nations neigh
Dor at Wentworth castle.
There was In the prayer hall six
tables made OF deals with benches.
such as In the tents att Boughton
fair Att four of them there might be
about 81 people. the other two some
thing above half the number, the
tables being less.
Our dishes stood single, the table
allowing no more; first dish, roast
porke' End. turkey; Ord. venison pas
ty' 4th. cold beefe. roast. 5th, fruit
pudding; 9Th. goose, 7th, aple pye
9Th. a hogg's head IN souce; so then
the course began again, and kept In
this forme to every table.
I'VE cate upon trenchers and wood
dishes, and drunk IN horns; my lord
did the same The horns held near
pints and the punch was made strong,
and the common people drunk full
horns just after dinner that or 3
horns would make them drunk or
sick
ii ls noticeable that ale was drunk
at my lords table, but as he was re-
puted not to keep ANY great stock
OF malt drink" punch was served at
all other tables as being the cheap
est liquor to make treat Of"
"a treat" meant taking too much
and this WAS so successfully accom-
plished that there was one man
found dead. supposed to be choaked
With punch. Country Life.
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i5S=IT HE GOT BACK.
Scotland Yard Detective is Buneoed,
and That Leads to a Story.

Cecil Page, Scotland Yard detect.
I've. was buncood In Now York out of
q largo sum of money. Discussing tho
trick that had been played on him. Mr..
Pape said the othor day:
I'D get back at those chaps II I had
the time. A Scotland Yard detective
Is a dangerous Individual TO bunco.
II my engagements at homo were not
pressing, I would stay here till /
landed those audacious rascals in
prison.
You mustn't play tricks on Scot
land Yard. you know" said Mr. Page,
more coInplacently- Scotland Yard,
II you try It, gets back at you every
time. II is like the story OF the watch.
There was a London music hall
manager. Shoesmith by name. who
was very fond of his joke, especially
after dinner, when he had bottle Of
champagne inside him.
well, one night after dinner Shoe
smith entered an Oxford street jewel.
er'S and said to tho clerk:
"'My man. what are those things
thcre-those round. fiat things. white
on the one side and yellow on the
other?'
Why, sir. they are watches; hunt.
Ing case watches. SIR the clerk an.
swered.
land what are they forT says
Shoesmith.
"'To indicate the timo.' says the
clerk.
FANCY says Shoesmlth. DO you
know, I've heard OF them. And how
much do they coet?'
From five to fifty pounds, sir
Are there printed directions for
making them go7'
"'Oh. no. said the clerk. To make
them go Is very simple You merely
wind them once day with a key
And when do you wind them-in
the evening or In the morningT
You must wind yours, sir, In the
morning. the clerk answered, gently
and patiently.
Why In the morning?'
Because In the evening you are
drunk. Mr.. Shoesmith. and would
break It."
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PAPAL LORE In COIN
SERIES THAT EXTENDS OVER A
THOUSAND YEARS.
Adrian I. the First Head Of Church
to Circulate currency-leo XIII.
Was the Last-Rare Types
Are Illustrated.

Not the least interesting OF the
popc's jubilee gifts was the unique
gold coin OF Pope Innocent TX. which,
recently exhumed at Acquj, Italy. was
contcnded for by coin collectors, King
Victor Emmanuel being an unsuccess-
ful competitor.
This coin. the only one In existence
of the reign OF Innocent TX. was need
ed to make the Vatican collection Of
papal coins complete.
The papal coins exhibit the portraits
OF many OF the popes and their coats
OF arms. and furnish metallic history
OF the coinage OF the church from the
FIRST iesues In the li.ter part Of the
eighth century down to 1870. when the
papal states were annexed to Italy
and the papal mint ceased operations
The papal series OF o7ins is one OF
the very longest, covering 1.136 years.
The first pope to issue coins was Ad-
rian I. The coins OF Europe were then
largely In imitation OF those OF tho
Byzantine empire. whose gold bysants
were generally used throughout the
continent, and the coin Of Pope Ad~
rian was a fair example Of the coinage
OF the times 1t showed n full face
portrait, presumably Of st. Peter. on
the diverse, surrounded by the inscrip-
tion "Hadrianus p. P" and the cross
on the reverse. very much aftcr the
style OF the Byzantine pieces.
Many Of the early issues Of tho
popes show the name OF the reigning
pope and q representation Of either
ST. Peter or ST. Paul Perhaps no Sc
ries Of coins shows q greater variety
of design OF moro skillful execution.
The church. always patron Of the
arts. employed the foremost artists
of the time. and some OF the coins
are from the hands of such men as
Cellini and Francia.
A gold scuIo OF Julius H., the de-
sign OF which Is credited to Francla.
shows finely engraved portrait OF the
pope, with the inscription: Julius
Pontifex 1axiL1us." A co;n of Alex
ander VII. attributed to Paolo. shows
on the reverse the crossed keys and
crown, perhaps one Of the first OF the
papal coins to bear this device.
The coins of the popes were struck
In many places. including Rome, Bo-
logna. Avigncn, Porug.a, Terni, San
Severino and Gaeta. One of the inter
esting pieces OF the Roman mint was
q silver ducat Of Clement VII. This
piece. irregular in shape. was struck
In 1927, when Rome was in state Of
siege. On the diverse are shown the
arms and title Of Pope Clement, with
the word "Ducato" inclosed by
wreath on the reverse. To this same
pope Is credited jubilee five seQuin
piece In gold. struck In 1926, II Is not
unlikely that the latter piece was en-
graved by Cellini.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-05
Lie pIscreetIx About Your Aae.

know young woman who told me
she was 25 years old although I had
never spoken about her age. a quar-
ter of a century ago l witnessed a
lynching. l happened to refer to 1t
once in talking to this young woman.
and she Immediately became excited.
She knew all about that lynching sho
said. and had with other schoolchil-
dren seen the mob rushing through
the streets | said that the lynchlng
occurred in 1882. and the young WON
an colored little, became thoughtful
and then slightly historical II a man
tells you he is 40 years old and then.
TO illustrate the patriotism of bis fam
fly and himself. tells how he helped
drape their home IN black the day
after Lincoln's death, you can AFFORD
TO smile at him. II you are calling
yourself younger than you really are
be careful not TO give yourself away
Now York Morning Telegraph.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-05

Washington, Dec APPROXIMATIONS
are being made in the German leea.
tlon to receive the new ambassador
Count Johanna Heinrich Won Bern.
storff, and mis- wife and daughter. The
German emperor could not have So
lected more pleasing Representatives
as his ambassador to America. Count
Won Bernstorff is recognized as ono
of the leading diplomats of the world
and comes to America from the Cor
man legation in Egypt. He succnod,
the late Baron Speck Won Sternborn
One point which makes Count Won
Bernstorfr specially popular In Amer.
lea Is that his wife, Countess Won
Bernstorf, Is an American. She 10 tba
daughter of Edward Luckemevnr ms
New York VI
The German legation has a,wou
been one OF the social centers of Az
lomatic Washington and their ei,bnp
ate quarters, beautifully furniohad
form one of the show places in 4nu nmI
capital city III our
The new ambassador began bIs d,,,o
matte career IN 1899. when he he ',pio, I.o'
made attacne at ConstantinopIe P,ron, ~Se
Turkey he was transferred to tho tor oni
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-05
Home OF the Fcz.

Fee. where Mulai Hafid is reported
to have been making hay Of electric
light fittings and everything else that
has the taint OF Europe. has given It's
name TO the familiar Turkish equiva-
lent of a hat AT one time all fezzes
came from Fec. 1t being supposed
that only there could the exact Grim
son dye required be obtained 1t is
curious that the name Of an agricultu-
raj implement has thus boen appropri-
ated by headgear; for fez. or fas.
means In Arabic a hoo. The favorite
story is that Idrees H.. the founder of
the city, turned the first sod with one.
remarking: Here l plant my fas."
Another version is that an older city
called Saf cnce stood there and IdreeJ
simply transposed Its name.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-05
july and Indopendence

July Is an important month In the
history OF political liberty. The United
States celebrates Its independence on
July L. The patriotic efforts OF the
liberator Simon Bolivar for the inde-
pendence OF Venezuela were consurn.
mated on July 8. Colombia Kidding hcr-
self Of the Spanish yoke on July 90.
Then there Is France. with her July
IA. marking the date when the suffer.
Ing French people stormed the Bas.
tile. The Spanish forces at Santiago,
Cuba, capitulated on July 1s.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-05
STATE MONEY.

Many states regularly advertise for
bids to be presented by banks desir-
ing to handle the money OF the State
treasury. BY so doing three or four
per cent is obtained on the states
surplus funds.
We call the attention of our legis-
lators to this method of obtaining tho
bcst results from state money. There
arc two good reasons why our legls-
lators should favor tho law OF Oregon.
where the money is placed In tho
bank bidding the highest rate OF In
terest. One ls that an extra revenue
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-05

Sidcll. ILL.,, Dec. 2S.-T. J. Sconce Of
the Fairview Farm Seed company has
attracted much attention by his re-
cent experiments and success In cob
less corn. To Luther Burbank we owe
the seedless orange and the thornless
cactus. but 1t remains for AN Illinois
farmer to originate the cobless corn.
The ear shown above is eleven
inches long. eight inches in circum-
ference and weighs one pound. The
cob is practically eliminated, being
merely stalk on which the individual
kernels grow.
The supposltion is that this corn Is
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-05
Whore the Octopus Abounds.

THE rocky coast OF Brittany" said
a life guard, "abounds In octopus
the pieuyre. as they say down there.
Walk Breton beacn at low tide
the beach OF st. Lunaire. for instance
and you Will easily find in a half
mile score or more of perfect cut
tlefsh Of those frlable white bones
that birds love.
They are from six inches to foot
or more in lenSth. snowy and very
prettily shaped; they mako nice ash
trays. Tho peasants gather them for
bird food, for ash trays, and also, |
believe. for cigarette cases.
They are bones of the octopus.
and their abundance Is a convincing
proof Of the octopus In those rock.
strewn waters OF France" Mime
apoliS Journal.
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Queer lanuuaues.

Among the queerest languages used
by human beings are those of Come
ros. In the Canary islands, and the
Cameroona Of West Africa. The Come
70 conyerscs with people q mile or
so distant by whistllng, using both
fingers and lips so expertly as TO ex.
press all the signals required to make
the conversation intellgible A Came
room man uses a drub for the same
purpose. The instrument is rather
peculiar, It's surface being divided In
to two unequal portions, SO that when
It Is struck 1t yields two different
notes. With code not unlike the taps
OF the telegraph system tho natives
make this drum express any syllable
Of their language,
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-05

In very remarkable way the threat
enlng letters have been traced to ono
young man. young fellow, innocent
enough In his appearance, who Is the
driver of a grocery delivery wagon
William Pollard Pollard claims that
he wanted to see how his letters ap-
peared in print and seemed greatly
chagrined and surprised to find he had
committed crime against the law and
decency
It Is thought his letters are the re-
suit of his having read detective
stories. The letters were addressed TO
Chief Shippy. one or two clergymen
and private citizens. in each case de-
manding a large sum of money and
threatening a blow-up by bomb.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-05

something like the old primitive corn
from which all OF our pure breeds have
originated. In this early form the corn
grew on the tassel with each kernel in
closed In an individual husk of its
own. but the ears were very small and
inferior.
The new cobless corn mas some very
interesting characteristics which the
breeder does not care to disclose at
the present stage It is claimed for
this corn that when perfected 1T will
enable the farmer to realize Il greater
production in quality and quantity than
at present
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-05
Laraeat Rock cruaher.

The largest rock cru5her in the
world was recently thrown into opera
tion in a cement mill at South Pitts
burg Tenn, and II crushes all the
rock used by 4,O00-barrel plant, The
machine has an hourly capacity of 500
tons and 60 per cent. of the product
is In pieces four inches OF less and 80
per cent. in pieces ten inches or less.
The crusber is 10 feet in height and
weighs $4,000 pounds. The hopper is
20 feet In diameter. The operation OF
this machine alone requires 20 horse
power.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-05
Reading from left to right-William
Pollard. prisoner: E. A. Jameson,
deputy marshal, and j. E. Stewart.

Chicago. Dec. pa problem which
has been confronting the Chicago po-
lice for some time is the solution OF the
so-called White Hand" troubles.
While no little worry and excitement
have been caused by the many threat
ening letters demanding money Of
prominent people. as far known no at
tempt has been made to carry out the
threats. The letters are always
couched in the most grewsome sym
bols, with the ever present skull. Cross
bonos, coffin handle and the like.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-05
What Is the spInster Aoa2

In tho days of Jane Austen % or %
was supposed to be a good-and-done-for
age for girl, who was expected to be
married when she was II or is years
OF age Nowadays a girl Is said to be
sensible who waits until she is 20 or
~ 10 marry and then. of course. mar
r'es man very different from the
hero of her salad DAYS.
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Ogden has even one-half the oona1do
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Standard has. In fact we challenge
tho comparison Of any subscription list
with that Of The Evening Standard,
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The Enqllsh Landlord.

In England there has been no agi-
tation similar to that which we haye
known In Ireland, because the English
country gentleman is taught from
childhood to take u more liberal view
Of his responsibilities than the Irish
landlord Country Life
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-05
New Idea In Council.

There is son of Erin ~
ban haas VINO VINO Is quite character 'In uo
ns,,a nss number of children and ne ne
asked one day how long he I had was
,ea' Enromo l., Wen" W he said. @tbere,a n
nusene Eugene Is 40. and Norah az mere 5
makes ma sivinty-hve, aud liz 90 l. that na
H0" many Go that maker" o.
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Tonnage Of World Floet.

The tonnage OF the worlds NOR.
,neht shipping feet. according to the
ia.est returns, is S7.554 OF tons. or
'niS total no less than 31.744. .9o4 tons
represents rep steam shipping and 1851.
v9D IONS OF the whole is under the
British Gag.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-05

The next international bowling tour
nament Is to be at Duquesne Gardens,
Pittsburg, February % to March Is,
1909 A L. Langtry has journeyed
from his home city in Milwaukee. Wis.
and take up offices in the Keystone
building at Pittsburg So as to be on
the ground and in touch with affairs.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-05

They are planning the greatest inter
national bowling tournament ever at
tempted and expect to have besides
the hundreds of American bowlers
many representatives from other
lands.
Active preparations are being made
which Will insure the success of the
1909 tournament.
The Ogden standard. [volume] (Ogden City, Utah) 1902-1910, 1909-01-05
New Boats Lar0er.

While the tonnage of the feet Of the
Great Lakes Is increasing. the num-
Der of craft Is decreasing, owing TO
the greater capacity of the newer
boats.
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WANT ADS BRING BIC RESULTS
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1909-03-06
BLUE EYED BABIES.
They Are the Favoritss For Adoption
Out Of Orphan Asyiums.

They Are the Favoritss For Adoption
Out Of Orphan Asyiun,s.
"Every baby who expects to be
adopted out Of an orphan asylum
ought to make 1t a point Of being born
With blue eyes" said an asylum direct
u. '"That precaution will insure him
I maximum of home comforts with
minimum Of endeavor. There is no
loubt that in an. institution Of this
tind blue eyed babies up for adoption
Ire more popular than the dark eyed
youngsters. The brown eyed, black
Eyed or gray eyed girl or boy may be
lust as pretty, just as amiable. Just 40
likely to achieve future eminence as
he blue eyed child. but 1t is hard to
make benevolent auxiliaries Of the
'tork believe SO. In their opinion blue
.yes indicate special virtues.
81 know he will turn out to be an
honest, reliable little fellow because he
las such heavenly blue eyes, IL the
way they explain their preference.
$50 on the strength Of these heaven
Y blue eyes the baby is chosen. The
Voungster will no doubt do justice to
his bringing up, but it is hard for the
children with eyes Of another color to
be 30 Disseminated against. st. Lou
b Post Dispatch.