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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-16
RESALE OF WoopMERE PLOT.

THE Freder.cl. W avery Company .esoio
70 Frank u. Jensen to- Harvey n. Smith
s.d Eva z. Smith the plot. sox105 feet. east
s.ee O. Burton avenue. 50 feet north OF
ce.n.xar6 ROAD, ct wooomere. Long Island
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-16
BROKERAGE BUSINESS CHANGES.

John NJ. Scanlan and Edward J. Doliard
have opened offices at No. 3 Mott avenue.
Far Bockaway. Long Island, under the
firm name Of S"anlan K Dollard. They
viii transact . neral real estate and in
slranca business.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-16
GOOD DEMAND FOR 64TH ST. HOUSES|
Dwelling There Recently Bought by William F. Havemeyer Re-
sold to Client of Herbert A. Sherman


The same brokers sold this plot a week ago
and also last December for the Woodmere
Realty Company. making three sales
within a year.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-16
SALES AT UPPER MONTcLAGR.

The Godfrey Land and Building Company
has sold al Oakcroft, Upper Montclair, \. j.,
house on Plot 10Jxl25, on Edgemont road.
10 Or r ~ Tate. ana plot on south
side of Godfrey road. with frontage Of
10 feet to a z Clark.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-16
NEW r. z. BOARD MEMBERS.

Edward h Van Wrinkle aud f. Nelson
Ehrl1art have been elected members Of the
Real Estate Board of Brokers.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-16
MANHATTAN ALTERATIONS.

HUDSON ST. Horatio st: 20
sty brls tenrnt and store; J. Ecvsrard. IL East
f3Sd 81, owner; Temple & Vein. 10 West
14Sd ST architects; cost. S12. 500
18TH ST. 6 and West: sty and
basement dv1g: : Williams. II West 1l3th ST.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-16
BUILDING LOAN CONTRACTS

MANHATTAN.
1TrT AVE = ~ cor Cathedral ParzvsT. ~ -
1r.1- sender Ja-rnI,LO1ssy loans y lnsLo1 aoc-
ing Co St25. go
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-16
RECORDED MORTGAGES.
MANHATTAN.

With name and address OF lenders Attorney
Interest : per cent. unless otherwise stated
DFTFMRFR II
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-16

TO LET FOR BUSINESS PURPOSES
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-16

REAL ESTATE FOR SALE OR TO LE-
LONG ISLAND
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-16
In The AUCTION MARKET.

The following transactions were recorded
Yesterday at the Real Estate Exchange
salesrooTn, Nos Il and IS Vesey street:
y T1av
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-06-10
Filipino Dolls Houses.

Filipino youngsters are by no means
badly provided for as regards amuse-
ment, seeing that they enjoy the lux.
ury of a life-sized dolls house-though
the latter. it must be remarked, is
but slightly different in proportions
and appearance from the residences
of the adult population of the Philip
pines. The climate in these parts is
so eQuable that the inability of most
of the parents to provide their Off
spring with other than very scanty
clothing is of no consequences; indeed,
clothing for children under the age of
ten years is regarded as redundant
and an Unnecessary expense. = Wide
World Magazine.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-06-10
Small LIZ IS 81 At.

The art Of small talk is ore thu
many on try 10 cultivate, on
there arc instances OF clever talEer
who find employment as cHroce"ts O
tie art Of light conversation. Thei
method is to read ire newspaper
daily, to keep III touch with the lates
books, to know something srecia
about all tie rev plays, ard to in
vlUt small scraps of Information just
BORDERING On the scandalous. While
tie society woman is undergoing
treatment at the hands of the hair
dresser her expert cOnversationaljst
sits b. her side and chats, as it were
casually. on the subjects OF the mo-
n.ent, SO that her bon motS may be
remembered fer repetition.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-06-10
Post Offices in Competition.

When the post Office was first
opened at Kai Feng. Chino. tie clerk
had a fight with some ren VII,
bought stamps and refuced to g
away until the stamps were Iicket
and stuck on their envelnpes 70!
them. The foreign post Offices in
Palestine are usually ~convulsed by a
spirit of keen competition. If a par
eel exceeding the regulation weight
or size is taken to an office and re
fused b traveller in the majority of
cases has only to threaten to take 1t
to a rival Office and it is s~traightway
received without a murmur. So keen
is tie rivalry between some Of these
Offices that residents in Palestine pos
sess a free post within certain dis
tricts. Between Jaffa and the sur
rounding colonies, and also within
Jerusalem, the German and Austrian
offices make no charge for the deliv-
cry OF local letters.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-06-10
Pope as a

Pore, like Garrick, made bat . poor
igure in the witness o He was
cited to appear in defense of Bishop
Atterbury when that prelate was
tried for high treason in the house of
'ords in 1923. Il could speak
in public" he told Spence afterward,
and I don't believe that, If 1t was q
set thing, l could give an account Of
my story to IL friends together,
though / could tell it to any three of
them with u great deal of pleasure.
When / was to appear for the bishop
of Rochester In his trial, though I had
but ten words to say, and that on a
plain point chow the bishop spent bis
time when l was with him at Brom-
cyl, I made two or three blunders In
It; and that Notwithstanding the first
row of lords (which was all I could
see) were mostly Of my acquaintance"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-06-10
The Academy of su.ne.

1t is written that among the vart
Gus schools of Grecian philosophy en-
listed one known as THE Academy of
Silence, composed of 100 men. each
member pledged to the purpose of
the school, writes Hollis Godfrey In
the Atlantic. To them came one seek
ing admission. Their list of member.
ship was closed and their head call
ing the would-be neophyte before the
assembled audience. showed him with
out a word an urn so filed with water
that not a single drop could be added.
The neophyte, reading the message,
bowed silently, started to withdraw,
but hesitated and returned. Pic king a
petal from a flower, he dropped it on
the trimming bowl so d~exterously
that 1t fioated without dislodging he
slightest particle OF the liquid. The
membership of the academy OF silence
became lQ1
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-06-10
KEPT MULES ON THE MOVE
Hltched to Speeding Automobile Team
for a While Had the Time OF
Their Lives.

Here is a story from Manhattan
with vaudeville features, not to men
ton the hard luck:
A farmer living on Deep creek, sew
eral miles east Of Manhattan, had a
thrilling experience with an automo
bile and a team of mules. The farmer
recently had purchased a new machine,
and on one of his first trips tried to
cross the creek at a ford He put the
clutch at high speed and waded in.
For some reason the engine went dead
in midstream. Cranking failed to re-
vive it. After a number OF useless eff
forts, the farmer secured a team OF
mules, hitched them to the stubborn
auto and dragged the machine across
the creek and up the bank. The driver
had left the clutch on at high speed,
and from some unaccountable cause as
soon as the machine was on level road
the engine suddenly revived, the ma
chine started forward with a bound
and struck the mules squarely in their
kicking apparatus. There was some
thing doing Immediately thereafter.
The mules started off full tilt with the
machine chugging after them; the
AAVOA OOAA6 OGC0pAOU Will TIC "OAOOI
could not give the machine much at
tentiOn. The machine was soon going
at a great speed, striking the mules
on the heels again and again. Both
team and machine became unmanage-
able; but the mules suddenly jumped
to one side, bringing the machine
sharply around and causing it to strike
a bank of earth, thus bringing the
strange runaway to an abrupt end
Kansas City Journal,
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-06-10
IRREGULARITIES OF THE EYES
Some Optical Effects Which Are MOI
Generally MISREPRESENTATION 70
Look at Stars.

If one places a pin head up close TO
the eye and directly in front OF 1t In
stead Of geeing the pin right ! up
it will appear inverted. Also the
head of the pin appears transparent
and things may be see as easily
through it as through a sheet Of ISM
glass, the head appearing simply as a
large round cloud. IL it is placed
somewhat closer no pin or head can
be seen at all.
II one gets into a very dark room
and puts a lighted candle near the
side of one eye very pretty and pc
culiar effects are observed. A tracery.
forming a regular network, can be
easily detected, and this is merely
the shadow thrown by the candle on
the retina Of the y Of b small
capillary blood vessels between the
retina, and the candle.
If M looks to the side of a dim
star In the heavens the star appears
a great deal brighter than direct
vision makes it appear. This is be-
cause the light in the Indirect view
falls on what is known as h "yel-
low spot or point of keenest vision.
AS this is not pct directly behind the
front of TIE eye the siGe glance is
necessary. Some people can see stars
that way that they cannot perceive at
all on direct vision.-Sunday Maya
zine of the Pittsburg Dispatch.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-06-10
WANTED HER TO KNOW VALUE
Shipper Didn't by Any Means Object
to Having the Girl Find Out What
His Gift Cost.

A young man brought a package
into the main Office of an express COM
pany on lower Broadway the other
day and asked the receiving clerk 10
sen it to a town up state.
The clerk weighed the package and
then asked the young mar If he de-
sired to declare the value of it. The
young man said he would and put the
figure at SIS. Then the clerk marked
in a corner of the package in very
small letters "V75."
The young man asked the meaning
Of "V75."
THAT is the ~abbreviation of value
$75," said the clerk.
why do you print it in such small
letters in an out-of-the-way placer"
Because most folks do not care to
have the value marked in letters that
will attract attention" replied the
clerk.
We'll, 1 tell you, if this was just an
ordinary package, l would not care"
said the young man, but the truth is
that this is a present l am sending to
my intended up state, so if it is agree
able, will you kindly mark that WIS
in big letters up neal her name, where
she'll be sure to see it?"-New York
SIN.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-06-10
CLOTHES MADE HIM NEW MAN
u Anyone Doubts n Tonic Effect OF
Good Appearance, Let Him
Read This.

A London medical man, having de
clarcd that new clothing is a powerful
mental and moral tonic, and that a
man in shabby attire is often less
capable than his well-dressed mental
inferior, the Ottawa Citizen says that
sit might give the doctor some trouble
to explain why nearly ali our million
aires wear rousers that bag at the
knees and cling so pitifully to the
ready-made necktie."
Instead of trying to explain why mil
Iionaires dress in that way we think
the London doctor could very truly re-
ply that they don't" With the doc
tors view that new and neat clothing
is a powerful mental and moral tonic
We heartily agree. One may test il
In his own case. or note 1t in others,
while always before us we have con-
vincing evidence hat women show the
tonic effect of being well dressed. We
may cite n ease say the Toronto
Star. A Toronto ma had-been In
hard luck. Largely through his own
folly he had gone so completely to the
bad that he was stopping his old-time
acquaintance on the street n asking
them for dimes. One man who had
known him in his better days took him
home and fitted him out with clean
linen, a nice tweed suit, hat and shiny
shoes. What was the result? The man
who n day had been furtively wheed-
ling dimes from acquaintances next
day walked along the street with his
head up and had no trouble whatever
In borrowing one, two or five dollars
from every person he recognized.
New clothes made a new man of him,
fred him with ambition and he raked
In mor long green in one day than
he used to get In a month.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-06-10
CAT That CANNOT BE LOST
Left Behind When Ship Sailed Puss
Boards Another Vessel and Fol-
lows 5000 Miles.

Sailors and officers of the Norwe-
gian steamship Minerva, which sailed
for Baltimore to load coal, claim that
they ave en- board the original and
authentic "cat that came back and
moreover this feline cannot be lost.
The sailors declare that the cat
boarded the Minerva of her own free
Will at the Lamberts Point coal piers
over a year ago, and that she at once
became a favorite on board.
: The steamer was then loading a
cargo of coal for Portland, Ore, and
In some way the cat got left behind
when she lifted anchor and steamed
on her 3,000-mile voyage.
She had been at her destination
eight days when one morning the cat
again walked on board, and the only
way the sailors could figure out how
h got there was that she had
slowed away below, but several days
later the mystery was solved when 1t
was discovered that after the Minerva
had left Norfolk the a boarded q
British steamer going the same way,
and, recognizing members of the crew
of b Minerva at Portland, followed
them back to the ship.
The cat got her picture In the pa.
pers on the Pacific coast for that, and
she is still with che ship.-Norfolk
V~irginian-P Pilot.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-06-10
nlL.,DRILLER HAS GRIEVANCE
Doesn't WaGt Any More cea'inss with
Women, and Most People Wilt
Not ELAINE Him.

In boring for oil, when the drill
reaches the cSpth where It allows gas
to escape, every ~precaution is taken
against igniting it, lest there should be
a destructive explosion. This neces-
sary ~precaution gives point to the fol-
P1ttsbuIg News:
II can deal with men," groWled a
grizzled oil dr'ller, but a woman can
Guido the best OF US!
"The other day 1 brought in a well
down in Virginny, right close to the
kitchen door Of a little farmhouse.
Just as we were getting to the ticklish
point. where smoking wasn't allowed
within forty rods, out comes the far
mer's wife and goes to building a big
fire in a Dutch wen.
"Mebby l didn't kick, but she just
showed me a batch of dough, n said
If she didn't bake it 'twould spoil. II
l wanted the fire out / had got to pay
for the dough. Ten dollars, too.
She just dared me to touch that
Dutch oven, an didn't touch 1t,
either. I just gave her the ten.
"Mebby we didn't get that fire out
quick. If the we'll had broken loose IL
would have blown me an the whole
farmhouse out of sight!
NO, sir, / don't want any more deal
mgs with q woman. They're too
risky"
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-06-10
DATES FROM FEUDAL TIMES
Rod Used In Driving Oxen IL tbs
Original Of Present System OF
Land Measurement.

The origin of the rod, pole or perch
as a lineal and superficial measure
has been traced to the rod, pole or
goad used to urge and direct a team
of oxen pulling a pillow. So it came
about 1t was used as a convenient and
handy and measure in feudal times
by the lords in allotting plots of land
for agricultural purposes to h vii
leins and others, says a writer in the
Builders Journal.
One rod wide and 40 long q. e., n
furrow long, deep built UP a quarter
of an acre. The furlong, or four poles
wide and same depth. e., 40 poles.
one acre-was a convenient length
for a furrow before turning the pillow.
OF course these lengths somewhat
varied in different parts of the coun-
try where soils and agriculture varied,
but gradually the slight variations
grew less and finally the present &C
copied statutory acre was evolved.
Gunter's chain Of sc feet (ten
square chains to the acre. was In
vented by Rev. Edmund Gunter (15S1'
1926. He vas a professor OF as
tronOmy at Gresham college, Lon
don, Inc ingeniously adapted it to IA
cflitate decimal calculations in land
measurements. The use of rod in su'
perficial measurements of brick work
n lineally in hedges, bitches and
fences followed as a convenient exist
Ing measure.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-06-10
LITTLE MONEY IN osTRECHES
Australian Raisers Of Beautifully
Feathered Birds Get Small Re.
turns for Their Work.

The first attempt to raise ostriches
in Australia was made by a Mr.. NAL
com, who in 1880 brough|. 100 young
birds from South Africa to South Aus
tralia. In the following year the par
lament of South Australia enacted a
law which granted to the first person
who should exhibit go ostriches more
than n year old about 2,400 acres Of
land suitable for ostrich farming.
h conditions were satisfied by the
South Australian Ostrich Company,
which was founded in 1886 with a cap
ital of $4,000. The company received
land near Port Augusta on Spencer
bay, but in spite of this assistance
the company has never paid a divi-
dend, although it now possesses LOO
o~striches, all of which were imported
from South Africa. There is a still
larger ostrich farm on the shore Of
Lake Albert, and smaller farms are
scattered through the colony.
In New South Wales ostrich farm.
Ing was first attempted in 1897, by
Barracluf, who imported six pairs OF
o~strlches from northern Africa, and
now possesses "a birds.
Queensland and Victoria possess
only small ostrich farms, which have
not produced very encouraging re-
suits. In all there are now about
1000 ostriches in Australia. The in
ferior feathers are used at home and
the more valuable ones are exported.
chiefly to Germany.-Scientiic Amerh.
can
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-06-10
my He WAS BEING WATCHED
Detectives Explanation Something Of
n SIur on the Quaint Old
Dutch City.

During a period OF political agitation
u stranger arrived in Magdeburg.
where, on applying to the authorities.
he obtained a permit or ticket of resi-
dence. He had not been long in the
town before he became aware that his
steps were being logged by a man In
blue uniform. He bore 1t for days.
but at last said to the spy: Sir, do
you wish to drive me mad? Why do
you pursue me in this way?" Il am a
detective, and my Instructions are not
to lose sight of you" was the quiet
answer. why, what fault nave the
police to find with me?" shouted the
stranger In the greatest excitement;
my passport is in order, here is my
ticket of residence; l am a citizen OF
Berlin; why do you follow me about?'
cit states in your passport" was the
reply, that you were going to reside
here for pleasure; that looks suspt
cious, as 1t is the first time anyone
came to reside in Magdeburg for pleas
Ure.'
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-06-10

There are many missionaries whom
no board of missions Is supporting;
many who are not the recognized and
salaried agents of any Of the churches.
Whenever to any home the gospel OF
life and light is brought, whoever the
messenger may be, a missionary seFv-
ice has been rendered; and the mis-
sionary spirit may be shown as truly
by the member of the family who
tries to be brave and cheerful under
difficulties as by those who carry to
China or to India a better code OF
ethics, a higher order Of morality, q
more elevated standard of precept and
practice.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-06-10
Wheat Older Than History.

Wheat belongs to the wholly distinct
botanical family of the grasses. Its
ancestral home is unknown, but SO far
as early narratives possess evidential
value there seems some reason to
credit its place of origin to western
Asia. Wheat is older than the history
of the man who has sown 1t from
the beginning OF the farmers art
The earliest memorials record wheat
as already under CIVILIZATIONS; many
races believed it the gift of the gods
The misconception as to the origin OF
this cereal suggested in the question
may nave been based upon a faulty
recollection of a theory once proposed
namely that wheat was a cultivation
deriyative Of the wild Triticum ova
tum. a grass of the Levant. This
grass was put under selective cultiva
ton for a core OF years and it re
spOnded to the effort in a consider
able degree. 1t developed into a bet
ter grass, but grass it remained; j.
did not become wheat.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-06-10
The Usefulness of central"

The telephone subscriber has come
tc regard central" as an cvcr-ayaiI.
able bureau OF information. The sco~a
Of h ball game, the latest election
returns, the location of the big fire Tbs
light from which can be seen on TIE
horizon, and even the exact time, 30
all points on which the Iong-suTr.nE
operator must be posted.
The other day, according to tho ~
Grating Bulletin of the Chicago Te:s.
phone Company, a mar called up a
suburban exchange, and said, despair
in HIS voice:
my wife has gone out, leaving
word for me TO cook the spinach for
dinner, but | do not know how long
to boil it,"
The operator switched the subgrrib.
er to the supervisor, who Lad been to
cooking school. end she promptly tod
the man all he needed to kAow about
the treatment of spinach.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-06-10
Can't PIea.e Eysrybodx.

Mrs. Asquith cane in Tor a good
criticism for inviting MAID Allen to a
luncheon. Snarting under IT, she in.
vited next tire the great Partisan ar.
fist in clothing. NJ. Poiret.
This time" she said, there Will be
no mistake. As the only objection to
Miss Allen was that he was the ar
fist who had rcduced clothing to the
minimum, ] have ihv.ted the artist
who has raised clothing to the maxt.
mum. Now there can be no criticism.
But. strange 10 say. there was.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-06-10
Martin Luther's Room,

The chamber of Martin Luther at
Wartburg has fallen into a state of
ruin. Admirers who have visited the
Ritterhaus of Voburg, where the
Elector Frederick the Wise offered
asviuu - re r~oroT-c~. k---c cI!1wed
their real to exceed their discretion,
and, vandal like, have carved their
names with their pocket knives on
the table. and Clipped on bits from
the bedstead. so that to restore it
would necessitate making it anew.
The same has happened with the
plaster on the wall, and the famous
ink stain has disappeared completely.
It is high time that measures should
be taken to make an end. Of these
scandalous depredations. - JenaeF
VUiksbs att.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-06-10
Salt Cellar n Older Tires.

During the latter part Of the r!iddl
ages the salt cellar was the most o
epicrous object on the table. II wa
Rlwa3s placed in The center Of ~
loTR table at which The h0uychoi
~~:hered, my lord and lady. ianli
.,G guests being At one end. ANA til
-; wants and rCtai1cls al the other
nj in this way ones social position
was at once apparent. the gent.
ok sitting above the salt" and III
,eoh.anry below it. Among III.
seaithy the salt cellar wae o. cd O
liver IitHV nuto aCctlini chast
5oHIe for Francis | thai were OF tn,
most exquisite workmanship. and a
IL. iGuvfe may be seen several rici
specimens OF salt cellars in fafenct
and the famous set made at Orion fo
henry
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-06-10
Not a Lager Beer sInn.

The lady was di~sconsolate. my
dear," she said to her friend, I've had
such a disappointment. Mrs. Blank
and | were going to take the house
at % Washington Square North for
the winter. We had planned to fur.
nish it 30 prettfly. but when l went
around to look at It the other day I
saw n OF those hOrrld lager beeP
signs right next door And / thought
that was a restricted neighborhoOd.
OF course we can't take The house.
and I'm simply h~eartbroken."
We'll. you I'm cheer up again
then replied her friend. That
wasn't a lager beer sign you saw. II
was the double eagle Of Russia on the
coat of arms hanging in front Of the
Russian cousulate."-New York 6uA.t
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1910-06-10
Almost ieIous.

A speaker at q recent press ban
,uet, recalled a quarrel between two
sditors, a y the st. Louis Globe
democrat.
But Smith," he said, got the best
# Brown unquestionaily when Brown,
yho owned - small farm. bought a
lule.
Smith 1Tfnted a paragraph about
his purchase and headed il, "Exiraor.
Iinary Case of Self-Possession.'"