The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1914-1938, 1936-03-05
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that a walk across Brooklyn
bridge at sunset was the most
thrilling experience that could
fall to the lot of an artist"
From 1925 to 1932-the peak In
African prosperity-a Zulu bride.
rated in cows as exchange, aver
aged about Is, and the market was
fairly steady throughout South At
RIGA. In 1892 the bride bourse
showed signs Of slipping, and the
price fell to Is. Intertribal confer
ences failed to steady the market
and bush league panic set in,
throwing a scare into the natives
as far north as the Tropic Of Capri
corn. BY 1888 the price had sagged
to e. ten shillings, and despite the
attempt to peg the price at that
figure the spot rate for Zulu brides
fell to II, where it stands today.
And that means the pick Of the
available stock.
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There has long been question
as to who selects the names for
the numerous sleeping cars on Amer
lican railroads. That used to worry
me, too, but after getting slant
at some Of the queer names on our
hotels I came to the conclusion that
one monicker is as good as another.
What about these: Crazy Water
Hotel, Mineral Springs, Texas; Col
llision Hotel, Mitchell, Ont, Cana
Ida; Forget Hotel, Ste. Lucis de
Dorchester, Quebec, Canada Alfred
Hotel, Eureka Springs, Ark.
Wright Outdoors Hotel, Wrights.
Cal.; Upstill Hotel, Long Pine,
Neb.; Going Hotel, Saltwater, Ok
lla., and the Darling Hotel, Spanish
Fork, Utah. Way back in the Sos
along a Nevada stage road there
was a wayfarer's retreat called the
Bluff house. Some playful cow
lpunchers with pot Of tar added
the line: Built on a bluff, and
run by one" y, -.
Retirement. What an inviting
word for those who have not eX-
perienced its so called benefits.
The man who does nothing, at
tains nothing and the heart and
soul and Imagination Of him falters
lin the abnormal atmosphere Of ex-
detrimental Incidence. Don't quit.
The hardest thing to do In this exist.
lence on earth is-nothing. If you
stop one job, take on another. That
or lose the marathon this side Of
the goal.
Sir Alfred Sharp, at one time
British governor of Nyassaland, al.
|sO special commissioner for Cecil
Rhodes in the work of opening up
the projected railroad from the
Cape to Cairo, although man OF
small stature and in reputed Ill
health, decided at eighty-seven that
The would ask permission Of the Bel
gian government to do a bit Of ele.
Iphant hunting in the Congo. HELP
yourself" said Leopold, Ego as far
as you like" The Briton slew 81
tuskers, and cleaned up several
thousand pounds sterling, before
the Belgians discovered that the
guest gunner was one of the six liv.
ling men who had record Of 1900
of the beasts down and dead to his
elephant gun. Il guess that will
; be about all, my little man." said
Leopold, stroking his beard and
cancelling the invitation for next
, season.
|, dare say that joke more than
, q hundred years old should not be
repeated In this sophisticated era
Nevertheless.
Napoleon, upon entering Milan
gave 1t as his opinion that the Ital
lians possessed no genius for handi
!, lcraft. 81 doubt" said the emper
or, 'that there is a shoemaker here
who could compete with the poor
lest cObbler in Paris" A dispute
arose. "very WELL" replied Bona
parte. "Send me your best boot
maker. We shall see." In due
course the craftsman arrived and
|. asked the privilege of looking upor
the pedal extremities of the Corsi
!. can. No measurements whatever
were taken of the royal feet. The
Milan genius simply counted thu
emperor's toes, glanced at the in
step, and announced that he would
return. in a day or two. He did
with one boot, which fitted so per
fectly that the visiting customer
: went into a rhapsody. "And this eN
quisite creation" he exclaimed
Z. ..without the use Of a cast or the
: laying of tape. How did you &C
complish such marvel?" ''It 1:
! my art" said the Italian. Zone
; glance at the foot Of customer i!
all that 1 require. 1t is simple
.And highly satisfactory" replied
Napoleon. ''Come now, where is tn,
t other boot?" II brought but one,
: said the shoemaker. The emperor
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