SEASON’S ODDEST CATCH
Boys Showed Them Who Were the Bosses
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Tiny Island That
Uncle Sam Forgot
Claim» Otv of Philippine»
Now Under Dutch Rule.
Sharp Tongue Cuts
Off Wife’s Allowance
Washington—One of Uncle Sams
New York. Mrs. Mury Flynn
of Hamilton Beach, Queens,
tiniest ihllipplno l»lnnds at least
brought u charge of nonaupport
thinks it 1» his nnd 1» prosecuting
I he
against her busbnnd. John. In
hls claim to It Is flourishing Just now
1 under Hie Dutch flag. An agreement
Jamaica police court aud then
I between the United States and the
told Magistrate Doyle about
Netherlands to arbitrate the question |
John's shortcomings.
of the island's ownership has Juzt :
“Madam." said Magistrate
। been signed. A bulletin from the
Doyle, after listening for twen
'i Washington headquarter» of th» • “
ty minutes, “it's a terrible death
tlonal Geographic society »ays:
J
to lie talked to death. Many a
“It 1» conceivable that ths W
man of vigorous constitution
Woman Who 1-lvsd In n Shoe' might
and strong mind has succumbed
i have known nothing about It If one
to It. in this particular case I
p | of her offspring bad wandered away.
out with full sympathy
$ When the United State« took over the started
O. H. Ehret of Columbus, Ohio,
for yoa and none for your hus
shown holding a fish which he caught
Philippines from Spain In 189« 1« •«"
band. but after listening to you
at Miami. Flu . and which so fur bus
qulred so miiny Island» that, like the
nnd noticing your displays of
defied Identification, it has an arrow
' old woman. It didn't know what to do.
temper. I nm beginning to think
head end fine like wings,
1 The »lx or seven—or maybe eight r
that the wrong is not on your
valued at 115.
.
.' nine—thousand Islands have
husband's side."
been accurately counted, «nd
even
Bev students of the Junior college of Arkansas City,
^‘‘‘‘“«'lared' publicly they "wore no man'» collar
more than 4.500 of them have no U
land and highland alike grow coconuts,
£
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— “• names. It It not strange, then, that
the source of the vegetable gold of
one of the smaller nnd more remote f er ent view of It. 'How,' that country Oceanlca—copra.
girls had the collars tiled off by a blacksmith.
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Islands, though it did have a name, asks In subetance, 'can Spain have
“It 1» unlikely that the people of
Palmas, was neglected for many years. aold that which ta not herst The rnlmae »re greatly concerned over
"Few of the many Philippine Inlets Netherlands' duliu la that »Ince the the Dutch-American dispute. Coconut
nre so Isolated as Palmns. It Hcs 48 Dutch East India company first ac trees require little attention. The
First Saxophone I»
miles off the nearest point of Minda quired Interests In the Kaat, natives fruit from three trees will support a
Traced to Belgian
nao, Cape San Augustin, nnd It th" of Palmas have acknowledged the family The climate la delightful. I-lfe
farthest southeastern bit of land suzerainty of native rulers to the I. running along altogether smoothly
London.—The saxophone was
claimed to be a part of the Philip south, who In turn have been subject and easily on the island that Uncle
not an accident by any means, it
pines. So neglected has tbe Islet been to the Dutch.
The northernmost Hum forgot.”
Is explained, having been In
that many maps do not »how It. and Island
undisputed Dutch ownership
vented by Antoine Joseph Sax.
most of the gaseteers pass Its name by. is N« noesa. about 0O miles south of
Slate in Family Since 176G
born at Dînant. Belgium. Novem
"Palmas (It Is sometimes culled Ml- Palmas, and farther south Ue tbe San-
ber 6, 1814, the son of a reed In
Stuttgart,
Ark.—A slate «bleb has
adorned with such things as Imperials,
angus) Is only a little over half the guirs an<l Celebes.
strument maker He studied at
bsen In the iKiSSeaaion of the John
Pay» Big Barber Bill for gladstones, sideboards and weepers.
size of Central park In New York city,
the Brussels Conservatoire of
family since 1700 Is owned by Dr. M.
A Co.-onut Paradise.
It Is the removal of the flowing
“Looking Pretty.
being 1
miles long by 23 of ■
Music and his proficiency on
C John of Stuttgart. The »late Is one-
adornments that has revealed the pos-
"Palmns
Is
probably
of
volcanic
or
mile
wide
—
a
mere
speck
In
the
sea
both tbe flute and the clarinet
quarter of an inch thick and measurse
of drooping muscles and
igin
like
moat
of
the
adjacent
islands
New York.—Tbe annual consump- siblllty
,
when its distance from large land
became marked. There were
about 8 Inch. » In width by 12 Inches In
wrlnkled
flesh.
Though
It
bas
ceased
Encircling
It.
save
for
one
small
break,
tlon of rouge alone amounted to •
bodies is considered. It lie* about 20
many opportunities for Sax to
length. Until about twenty years ago
to
frame
the
lower
portion
of
the
856.000 boxes last year, while other
miles west of the 127th meridian (east is a co.-al reef which tames the waters (he slate had been unframed end had
become a musician of note. but
that
bent
tn
from
the
Pacific.
The
beautlfiers—cold creams and powders. face, hair Is still considered very Im
longitude),
which
forms
tho
eastern
he preferred to return to the
been kept In constant use In school by
Inclusive of talcums-are haj»d«l portant to top It off. Considerable dig
boundary of the region ceded by Spain greater part of the Island la low, son e some member of the John family, so
bench.
nitary
effort
Is
spent
on
its
preserva
eve
feet
above
high
water,
but
to
the
across the counters at the rate of . .
to the United States, and about 40
Moving to Parts in 1842. Sax
that It hud been in service about 150
047.000 and 240.902.000 package, a tion, and with apparently good results,
miles north of the parallel 4 degrees northeast rises a series of hills culmi
produced the first “saxhorn” In
year, respectively. Such are the g- for: "Baldness among men Is on the
45 minutes (north latitude), which nating In one 365 feet high. On low-
1S43. In 184« a soprano saxo
ures revealed to the public by 'be ** decrease In this country,” said the
forms the southern boundary, it Is.
phone
was
manufactured
and
tail druggists of the country, who re manager of one of tbe largest barber
therefore. well within the area marked
patented, followed by the family
cently held their convention tn Wash shops In town.
out by the treaty for United States
of the alto, tenor and baritone
spend
»20n.000.0n0
"American men
ington.
ownership.
saxophone.
Women are the only purchasers of a year for hair tonics,” says Mr.
Sax, however, failed to profit
First American Visit In 1404.
Byrne.
rouge, but authorities on the subject
by his work, and at the age of
“
There
Is no record of a visit by any
This
salvage
of
falling
locks
has
be
agree that men rival women In the
elghty-two, he died penniless
official of the United States or the
use of cold creams, and some say th?t come an almost odorless performance
and pretty well forgotten, even
Philippines to Palmas until 11)00. when
they are the heaviest buyers of tai Oils guaranteed to make the most
tn musical circles.
Leonard Wood, then governor of the
stubborn
of
hair
grow
have
been
de
cums. It Is not usual, they add. for
Ö adjacent Island of Mindanao, while on
the masculine consumers of creams to prived of their scent. It Is decreed n
policies to them. The fact Is that the
an Inspection trip through the waters
buy them in stores; they prefer to that bead* shall shine like polished
Cupidity Al»o Enter» Into keeping of such a list is directly con
of
bls
province,
anchored
off
the
i
chestnuts,
but
be
perfumeless.
To
the
have them applied In barber shops
Island. To his surprise, the little boat
| barber's mind. It Is Important that the WHALES ARE SLAIN
trary to law.
#
$475,000,000 Waste.
Men Spend Huge Sum.
that put off from the Island village
sap which colors and nourishes each
Are Elusive.
BY HAIRY MONSTER carried a Dutch flag. It was explained New York.—If carelessness end the
"American men spend »750.000,000 I Individual strand of hair should be
Without It. It Is hard to keep track
a year In their barber shops,” says Jo - conserved, for which reason the well-
to him that the native headman held moral hazard could be eliminated, fir*
of
arson experts. They bob up tn one
seph Byrne, publisher and editor of groomed man Is systematically sub-
Battle Witnessed on an appointment from the Dutch and losses would be reduced 75 per cent town, get a policy, and have a tire.
the Barbers’ Journal and various mag ! jected to a singeing process. The col- Strange
that for 15 years Dutch ships had That 1». Instead of a yearly n
Next heard of them, they have repeat
azines dealing with these subjects. It I lectlve vulcanizing of the medullas
the Coast of Africa.
called once a year to bring supplies In tbe United States of
must be added that this sum. in his costs the male population approxi-
and take away copra. Four hundrec would ....... nly »125.000.000. Thejcher ed the performance In a town mile,
opinion. Is spent only in times of pros mately
Durban. • South Africa.—H. C. Bal and fifty-eight Inhabitants were then three-fourths Is. by Insurance records, away, and departed for a third distant
twelve
»25,000.000 every
town to toxin all over again.
lance of the Margate estate here wa* on the Islet.
perity. Barber shop receipts vary di months.
laid squarely at the feet of man » ““
To cope with this problem tbe ef-
term
walking
along
the
seacoast
when
h-
i
rectly with the nation', and the in-
"A
report
wns
duly
made
on
this
feasnes- and his moral hazard, «
Once Rated as Surgeons.
.ar two whales battling for Ilf* apparent alien occupation of Ameri which Includes arson snd other crim- forts of Individual Insurance com-
vldual’s financial reserves
There was a period In Its history
"The luxuries we offer are the first when the barber's craft was dignified against a strange sea monster whose can territory; the State department Inal -etl. ipt» to profit illegal y from ponies are supplemented by the Ns-
tlonal Board of Fire Underwriters
a man denies himself.” said the head by the name of a profession, and was head reared up 20 feet above the sur became Interested and for 17 years the insurance.
which maintains arson squads In dit
matter haa been under consideration
of a large establishment, “and a wise held to be related to the art of sur face of the Bea.
Insurance companies attempt
n feront parts of tile country In the
Ballance
watched
while
the
monster
by
tbe
diplomats
of
the
Netherlands,
barber can always tell how the stock gery. It was during the reign of
check Are losses at their »ource. They sume manner as state police are st«-
market acted during the day. 'Noth Henry VIII, when drawing of teeth killed both whales and. exhausted Spain and the United States.
not only try to avoid Issuing a po y
ing but a shave,' grumbles the cus and blood-letting were as much a part floated ashore on Its back. Ballance
"Palmas has had Its 'flag Incident.' to a man who lias several Area against Honed ut various strategic centers.
tomer when It has been bad. and when of their duties as trimming and shav remembered an appointment and wen: In 1914 a zealouj young American offi his credit, but they also offer more The scope of their work Includes the
It has gone his way he is good for an ing. As the centuries advanced and tiome, but returned to the beach nex cial sailed to the island, hud the Dutch favorable rates where effort has bee Investigation not only of fires started
morning and found the monster Btrand flag lowered and the Stars and Stripes made % reduce the Are risk by the for the purpose of collecting the In
hour In tbe chair.”
science progressed, they were robbed
run up, and then sailed away. Whether modernization of buildings »nd the surance, but also those started by
Again to quote Mr. Byrne: About of these dignities and the tonsorlal ed and unconscious.
He
measured
It
and
found
It
wns
1»
Old Glory flew for a matter of minutes segregation of hazards. A far more mnnlacs without any desire for profit.
»100.000.000 a year is being spent by art fell to lower levels. It was not un-
feet
long
with
a
tail
10
feet
long
am!
or hours Is rot recorded, but on the difficult situation presents Itself in A demented child may set Are to a
the gentlemen of tbe United States til the beneficial effects of electricity
school building because he hates to
for facial massage. What has In- , were discovered, and until hygiene 2 feet wide and. Instead of a head, a next American visit some years later trying to avoid Issuing permits to tin go to school, wants to see the fire en
duced men to devote even so small a was spelled with an H. that It again trunk like an elephant's. 5 feet long It was found, of course, that Dutch desirable people. Most Insurance com gines arrive, or simply desires the
portion of their time, their Interest looked up. The vibrator, the »ter- and 14 Inches In diameter, but resem Influence and control had in no wise panies consider themselves n public
thrill of watching a tire. Occasionally
been affected.
and their fortune to their faces? Pros Hired razor and the disinfected hair bling a pig’s snout at the end.
Institution whose services anil facili a discharged employee aets Are to the
For ten days It remained on the
“Spain has been asked for an opin ties must be offered to all.
perity Is the answer. The opinions ' brush opened the way for the whlte-
factory of bls employer for revenge.
given are quoted from those who have ! tiled barber shop, the Industry. If It beach, apparently resting. Then na ion on the ownership of Palmas nnd
It might seem to be nn easy precau Sometimes n building Is burked to
spent a lifetime studying the field mav be so called, with a face value of tlves saw It refloat Itself and swim has answered that she acquired the tion for them to keep a list pf people ' conceal a crime. These aspects of the
off In a southeasterly direction.
Island by discovery and that the Amer
Rivalry for a youthful appearance be $750.000,000 per annum.
ican title, through Spain, should b» with Incendiary or otherwise) danger- situation full within the scope of tbe
tween the sexes was the response
good. But the Netherlands take a dlf- I ous reputations and refuse to Issue arson squad.
which took second place. Other re
Ost List Dally.
plies were the growing realization of
the importance of personal appear
Every morning officials of large In
ance and the enjoyment of the relaxa
surance companies get a list of the
tion.
fires which occurred throughout the
The present-day n-se of cleansing,
country on the previous day. It tells
o: seeds. Some of them were known
vanishing, tissue-building creams by Dug Up From a Dried-Up to have sprouted and grown to norma
them the place where each tire oc
men may have another reason. It «as
curred. the name and business of tho
Lake in Manchuria.
maturity after 80 years, and It was
not so long since their faces were
owner or occupant of Hie property,
suspected that they r ight attain an
the cause of Hie lire. If determined,
New York.—The legend that 3,000- age of 100 or 120. These were the
and the amount of the loss. Insurance
yenr-old wheat from Egyptian tombs oldest representatives of the vege
ARMORED FOR ROBBERS
I company officials analyze these lists
would sprout under proper condition, table kingdom.
and when they see an unusual number
has been thoroughly exploded at the
Ages of 200 nnd 300 years have
of lires occurring In any one Industry
Thompson Institute for Botanical e- been claimed for tortoises. Birth cer
they search for n cause. For example,
search at Yonkers, but the oldest liv tlflcntes and other sure evidence are
a year or two ago there was a heavy
ing things on earth, so far as s known missing, but scientists who have inves
run of fires in the boot and shoe In
are now growing and flourishing In tlgated them allow them a century and
dustry In certain eastern metropolitan
a half or so. which does not break the
water tanks at this place.
n reus. Investigation developed the
Those most venerable of living human longevity record achieved by
fact that there was a surplus of high-
from
the
late
Tom
Parr,
who
lived
through
things are lotuses. The seeds
priced stock on hand when the bottom
six reigns and rounded out 152 years
whlch they are germinating are
dropped out of the market, anil that
were
Parrots,
crocodiles
and
carp
are
other
old.
They
years
slbly 400
many of the tires were of Incendiary
cov-
contenders
for
old-age
titles.
the
deeply
from
excavated ----
origin.
The story that wheat from ancient
ered bed of a lake which long since
Records show that Incendiary fires
Egyptian tombs would grow again 1“
dried up near Darien, in Manchuria.
occur most frequently In what insur
Under careful treatment the ancient a myth of the most stubborn character,
ance people call the general mer
lotus seeds put forth shoots and have which Ims persisted In spite of plentl
chandise classification. This Includes
finally grown round leaves, which float ful evidence that wheat grains cannot
the smaller merchandise houses nnd
on the surface of the tanks. It will live more than 25 years nt the utmost
the fly-by-night manufacturers who set
be two or three years, however, before
up their establishments In out-of-the-
they flower.
way corners on the upper floors of
Find»
Lincoln
and
T.
R.
Their age Is Judged by the depth at
large buildings. Insurance Inspectors
which they were burled by thg fine
Scion» of Mark Antony
keep an eye out always for accumula
dust which had blown over them from
San Francisco.—Dr. David Stan
tions of goods which the owner finds
the Gobi desert. Each year a thin film Jordan, chancellor emeritus of Sten
It hard to dispose of. Last summer,
of slit Is laid down over the region, ford university, told the members of
for example, women took to wearing
and the different layers form a sort the eugenics section of the Common
silk scarfs Instead of summer furs.
of calendar, which roughly dates the wealth club that "most Americans o
Several fires In fur houses occurred
Wall Street Is endeavoring to do lotus seeds—the seeds of the Nelumbo
In rapid succession.
away with boy messengers, due to the nuclfera, to use their scientific names. Puritan stock, Including Washington
In such cases Insurance companies,
severe robbery losses that have been | The calendar Is not exact. According Lincoln and Roosevelt, seem to have
According to the special navy board named by the
while they cannot prevent these fires,
Buffered recently. Men are being hired ' to one reading. It makes the lotus seeds been descendants of Mark Antony"
A large part of the English Amer
... is si 111 the multi element of our naval defenses, despite the a
ran discourage repetition by withhold
to take their places and they are be- | not less than 120 years old. but It Is
Ing furnished with armored vests on said to be far more likely that they are lean ancestry. Doctor Jordan said, gets
ing payment of Insurance nnd cause
back eventually to the Warren fumili “re a few of the mighty fighting vessel, that will take part In the I a.
the inside of which are pockets to car between 200 and 400 years of age.
the arrest of tbe guilty.
ry the bonds. A special runner for
Hitherto certain peas and beans and the Warren» have been traced to maneuvers this year.
tbe
famous
Roman
orator.
the National Surety company Is shown | were thought to be the most long-lived
here with one of the armored vests.
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Vanity Costs Man
$720,000,000 Yearly
Carelessness Cause
of Great Fire Loss
LOTUS SEED HAS GERMINATED
AFTER BEING BURIED 400 YEARS
They’re Still Our Best Defense