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7 13 THE tetrahedral kit of Dr. Alex " ander Graham Bell .the In- ventor of -the telephone, which , v - he propose to uu In cpnnee tlon with wireless telegraphy, haa been geen by a Portland Inventor, who goes ne. better. , v This Portland Inventor la C A. Par ton, an Inventor of mow or leaa note, who devotes the spar momenta from til real estate bualneaa to tha study of Btelence, - .----r----a. . ...... He ortainated--tb -teleaoopa water lower need Dy tna an f rtncnco nn -" Mepartntent and" haa a number of other . Inventions of mora or leaa interest to Ms credit . . Xm mtartmA tn Arfhhle In wireless tel egraphy about tbs time of the Spanish . American war., when he made Ills first attempts to raise a line for use In wire i.imnni' ni- moans or a mnmr nir , paratua. , So successful were his first attempt that hta .Invention waa ap ' proved by Major Hasen of the Untied . States Signal corps, who urged him to ....perfect his Idea. Since that time, on account of the lark of time and capital. "a" haa h6T""pursiiea""nTs investigations; ' tut since the kites" of Professor Bell have received ao much notice, MrrDay- -Ion has revived hi Interest In the p- .. , Pra.tuB, to elcya ,;wl.res , above the ""'"; around without the use" of kites. While lie has not secured a patent on his tn- - Vent Ion be ha-declared , hia .right of priority and hopes the day will aoon : coma when he will be able to proceed with his work. - i- : For the; successful working of wlre . leas telegraphy It is necessary that th antenna wire. must reach quite an ele V vatlon.L One way, "that, of Professor Bell, la to construct hug kites which .1 .yUl carry up the wire. These kites are necessarily- subject to wind and ' are . frequently carried for quite a long; dls- tance before- they reach the dealred . heiaht. The Invention of Mr. Dayton overcomes this defect, and by his motor - apparatus a wire can be carried straight ' tip In tho air. directly over the heads of those operating th machine. This nrt Is a simple affair and works on the principle of the "fly-away;" a small toy familiar to almost every school boy. -' The apparatus consists of a .frame-workjbrll-ahaped preferably. In which la placed an electric motor of sufficient power to drive two propellers, which are on a shaft above the bell. The-cur- rent to run this motor la supplied by a power station or storage battery on the '- . ground. The prop liars, re vol viag,rp Idly through the air act aa do a shlp'a ' propellers In driving a ahlp through the v water, except that the action and blades '. la reversed, so that ' when th ; pro ' pellera revolve tha . entire .apparatus - moves heavenward In a direct line, At- MaKer of Mummies Says-All Arc Fales t BV V 1 T , wp'XEJLKziM'sjiDt:: . single Egy p I tlan mummy in the United I 1 '. States, 'not even excepting ' . the famous 'mummies' for Which the Smithsonian Instituting has paid thousands of dollars. I make this statement from 30 yeara of experience . with the relics, curios and monstrosities of the museums of the world, and will accept any challenge, backed.by money, to prove It" . . kin hi somber laboratory at IIS South Spring -tre,-LiOAngeles, Professor - El Fisher made the above startling statement say the Denver Times.- Pro fessor Fisher has long been aupposed to be a clever taxidermist, a naturalist, an atomist and maker of wax figures nothing more. Even bis most intimate friends have until very recently been in cheerful ignorance of th avocation from which he has reaped hi best harvests. . - This Is the first confession that has ever been published by this marvelous Imitator. I'ntil now -many lesrned sci entists, nsturallats and savants have labored under the sweet delusion that much which they have seen Is genuine, and even ftrr reading th confessions of the professor they may continue to doubt his .story. But the professor does not care for skepticism. He has determined to give out his long, and .carefully treasured secret. - '- Prefeaaer-Flahee 4n -the -manufacture tit the Egyptian mummy uses human teeth -frequently procured from den tlsts and human bones procured from Surgical colleges. With this genuine frame for a groundwork he manufac- . turee the dried and wrinkled "flesh" (a .jperfect-Unltatlen of ttn- Egyptian wrrn banners etlect) irora tne actual basis of carnal subatsnces. A real mummy. lieiTiiteUy-wna! a basis of animal glucose. In order "that ths work may stand this test he employs that basis, using glucose and cotton batting, thus defying scientific skepticism, should It exist, tn this par ticular, i Th ' cotton, under any al chemic acid, leaves the material atomic Ingredient of skin and tissue, which Is ' nothing more thin' the base substance . of clay.' Here again a teat falls to de tect th fraud. , But with' this achievement Professor Fisher has not been satisfied. Long ago . he learned that museum spectators ware Inclined to probe deeply. Into all mum mified .monstrosities, so, he determined I Improve Ms srt until detection wss Impossible. From th various rfbattotrs lie procures such organs as can be preserved by his process of embalming and then shapes them, so they will con form to human organs There le noth ing lacking in hie mummies. Though a rreatlon of eottor), glucose and papier mack,, they "stand every conceivable lest -. froieesor Usher lan4 the secrets oX V " "" - . . - . .ai .aV 1 tarhed to the apparatus la the antenna wire by , which the wireless messages are picked up and from ihig wire an other line runs te th ground to th sta tion of tha operator. . Guide wires or ropes are attached to th apparatus so that while ma In th air it can be moved from place to place. By Blacking the speed of the motors the whole apparatus 'Wilt aettle to . th ground -aa gently aa a bird, Mr. Dayton haa conducted, a number of successful experiments with a small model and . haa had hia apparatus reach-a height of 209 feet,' and would have gone higher but for th fact that that waa th length of wire he had on his weird srt In far Berlin, where, aa a taxtaprrnIs'tt;oeea-wir"ltnnwir-t(j the naturalists of Germany. Ha Is the man who superintended the mounting of the famoua elephant Jumbo, 'and since that occasion haa also manufac tured - several Imitations of -that ant- mal'a remains, which are today touring the globe aa thfciOtiglnal. The original Itself, aaya Professor Fisher, haa never been exhibited In America, i Professor Fisher supplies many of the greatest freaka of mummies sold and exhlblt by the world' dealers. - . "While at the Smithsonian Institution at Washington," said Professor Fisher to the writer,"! saw counties mummi fied objects and eurloa, freaka and war relics which I recognised as of my own handiwork. My wifs waa with me on my last visit there, and we enjoyed many, a good laugh upon reading some of the parchment 'history' attached to the mummies I had made. "I am tired of seeing people hum bugged. I want to tell you thee things. The metallic quirt and the saddle, sup posed to have been the property of .Na poleon, now exhibited In . the Louvre tn Paris, ar other of my works. They are-rotten, covered with dust and rust and are ancient looking. . So you- ask me how I give such thing th appear ance of rust and age. There .arethre chemicals, whose namHT Jsiiail reveal In the near future, which will make the brightest . steel look to be a thousand years old In. about 20 mlnutea. It pro duce artificial rust which ' defies the most skeptical. Ther la another chemical which I us in decomposing the Egyptian coffins, wicker framea and tHe woodwork of my sarcophagi, and it WIT!' make THe newest andTiardet wood rotten, vermlculoua appearing and light a cork by a similar treatment. swords, Indlsn, Persian, Chinese, Jap anese, Egyptian and old-world relics, pottery, vases, nrns, quoits, speara. heada. rrseelrts and Sanskrit and He brew parchment of genuine papyrus. Many a learned professor of language haa wasted hours trying to decipher fake parchmenta which I have manufac tured In this and other laboratories in Berlin and Munich. Many a savant- haa gone gray-beaded endeavoring to de cipher parchment which I had placed in th fake coffin of some fake mummy, and with my own peculiar aenae of hu mor I have. In a way, appreciated the Joke, but I have never aided In the de ception, for When 1 have been asked to vouchsafe for their authenticity I have firmly refuaed. . "In Lima.- Ohio, a. few years ' ago a man came to me one nlgbt and. asked for 1 petrified man one that would endure ell tests. In the darkness of night, aided by a companion, he carried It to a stubbly field whirn he' had re cently purchased and there-.. It .waa burled just below the surface of tbe THE OREGON SUNDAY JOURNAL PORTLAND, SUNDAY MORNINQ. JUNS 3, . - hand. He hopes In th near futur to be able to construct a larger machine ndJlemQnstrtethat Jje canjiftajwire or other small . object, such as a rope, or a rope ladder, to the top of tall build ings, and In fact a distance of more than 1.000 feet, which la the greatest elevation Professor Bell haa been able to reach with hia tetrahedral kite. : ground. In the early spring - he In stmrted titg ptowman,Twho, of course; knew, nothing of the game; to plow th aoll very deeply. In doing so th man naturally ran his plowshare against th obstruction, and th discovery- of th . supposed-to-be . petrified man re sulted. . Great waa the excitement Per haps you remember about It- . 'You ask me If I believe there are any genuine mummlee In America. , I have sren them all. and I aay, emphat ically, there Is none.. There are no mummies In Egypt " except of royal family, for others could not afford th embalming process used In th lost art, and bene only th prince end prin cesses wer mummified. Ther are true mummlee, of course, at th muaeum of Ohlseh, opposite the pyramids, but no plan else. - Ther la not money enough in Europe or America for a privet In dividual to purchase one of these mum mies. . But mummies madeln this ooun try snd several of my own manufacture have been shipped to Egypt, burled in some out of the way ruin and then un earthed and shipped back with much" ado to America. 's for myself. I "do not consider that I obtain money by falsa pretenses, for 1 make no claim of telling genuine articles." ... ..... .... : 'jjjngjDiltennalda KiH Oe. The information- waa conveyed by en Englishman . the other day that th style of shaking hand at th height of one' head was an Invention of th Eng lish barmaid, who. In shaking hands with her customers over th high coun ter, forced him resch up toward her tievfeiedrposltlon," The ft ventor or thla handshske. who haa long figured - In what haa been considered art and Uterw- ure in ungland, is about to become a creature of the paat. provided th Na tional British Women's Temperance as sociation has Ita way. " ,. At a recent discussion on the subject before the association It - Waa recalled that a resolution was pasaed a year ago In favor of prohibiting the employment of bar me Ids. but that a concession to the Moderatea.had caused th lnaertlon of a clause to th efect that women al ready engaged In that occupation ahould not be disturbed. - - But that waa when aa anti-temperance parliament was. in power. The as sociation did not know what waa the opinion of the parent house of commons on -the subject; but the member of the association, aa Britlatt women, were In a poaltlon to make up their tnlnde whether they were In favor of granting a certificate to the 11,000 women now engaged In the "horrible profession" to continue lh It after th passing of th bill which ws to com before pari ta rn npt. It, waa finally resolved by th aasncistlnn to readopt the resolution of 1801 without any eonotaaloa whatsoever. OREGON MILITIA PREPARE F03 NATiGIAL SSZSST 1 r T- I OMB f th best marksmen In 4hi J Oregon national, guard, and ' to - noia ineir position in in na tional Rifle Association of America th 100. 00, 100 and l.eoo-yara ranges one or twice a week. , . Interest In rifle practice got a big ImDetua In thla atat laat year, when .Oregon sent a crack, team Jio Seagjrt, New Jersey; to compete in th yearly shoot of th National Rifle association. In which ther wer IT entrlee for the national team match, .While th men who represented tbla atat did not win, th place they got was very creditable. considering th opportunities . for prac tice they bad had. - Portland -need rifle range: th on In use behind th city, park 4a too short; It Is not suitable for rifle practice, and th men of th national guard shoot there because better place haa not been provided . for them. ' Th condi tions her are entirety airrerenr rrom those in th esst; ther th guardsmen shoot over a plain that resemble X Russian : Devolution Will Reshape the World .'. ;.-V t ;. , K :"' ' V. T. Stead In Chicago Tribune. w wUS French revolution dominated I tha nineteenth century. Will " " ' the Russian revolution doml 7. nate" the twentieth?"' As the Japanese war was the prologue of the Russian revolution, so the Russian revo lution may be the prologue to the re shaping of the world. - Thirty yeare ago I ventured th pre diction that Moscow waa destined to be the revolutionary storm center of Europe! The ashes of the Tullerlea wer hardly cold "when ttaxaxded that forecast - . The breakup -of th Russian empire, aa it has hitherto-been known, can hard ly. fall, to give a powerful stimulus to the movement In favor of the forma tion of entailer states on the basts of nationality. : The separatist move ment in Hungary, like that tn Norway, wh lch haa . been - held In - check many years by the dresd inspired by th ex istence of th Russian eolosaus on th eastern frontier, was left free to realise it Ideal when th danger of Russian aggression- disappeared. Norway la al ready lord In her own house. Hungary becomes a sovereign Independent state, Austria-Hungary dlaappears. and out of lt ruins who can aay-how many na tionalities will strive to attain their Independence? i But : the most Immediately pressing question 1 whether the Rusalan revolu tion will lead-to the Insurrection of Po land.. The Pole, who had a literature a thousand years before their Russian conquerors, are an Indestructible race. Poland waa buried In the eighteenth century- Germany. Ruaala and Auatria were' coftetttuted keepera of the .tomb. But already the sentinels exceedingly do fear and do quake, for there le an ominous Btlrrlng within the eepwlchr and no on know ; but th Russian revolution may b th angel - of th resurrection. Of course, nothing' may happen. Th status quo may be re established In Warsaw. But, on the other hand., erente may take a revo lutionary turn, and there Is probably no capital In the world where the course of events In Russia la watched with uch fevarlah anxlty. a In Berlin. Alike In the east and west of Asia, the extension of Russia aa a powerful military empire will revolutionise every thing Between the east and the west It will b hardly potent Fora century th drad of a Rulan attack haa bsn the bugbear of tna"'j1l2,'j th'wlwl nitlltery ytm of th British empire should be baaed upon the ne cessity of meeting a Russian attack upon, India and Its buffer ette, Afghan- the "near eat It Is lmpoaetble to predict with any confidence what will be th reult of ths withdrawal of the presaure which for more than a century haa been constantly felt alike by the sultan and by his Christian vassal. Alike at - Belgrade. Bucharest, Sophia, Athene and Constantinople the word of the csar waa never heard without awe. The Inflame of th concert of Europe was fltfuj and spasmodic. That of Russia operated steadily Ilk "the force of gravltstlon. The withdrawal of that force will entail changes at present but dimly visible on th horlson. On possibly may. however, be hinted at A long a th tor remains on the throne the kalsed will do nothing to embarrass his good friend and ally. But If a revo lutlonsry jIa were, to menace Ger many by reestsbllsnlng the kingdom of Poland, it at least la conceivable that Crack Shots in Oregon' National Guardsmen Ttt Hw-aertsnT-"tJef Itoyte, Portland: Srrsrant B-hwara. Portlasd; Sergeaiit Morris, Engene; Private JckoD. IWaeburg; Brrgxant liwkT. WondburB; Corporal Waluon, PortUDd; PTgeaai.. Bteaauu. Bnaiinsr-JW Ollbert, Kiigene; Corporal Uauck, burg; rriTaw rianer, aMgvne. Seroad Kow yuartrrmaater-aergeaax White, flaUoi; Captain Hasilla. CUwe- ' bnr; Major Baker, Portland; General ' . Pinr, Portland; Captain Bcott, PrJ:. s leixl; TJr(eBanK Kalta, -tWttand. ? Keelinlng Sergeant . Perdue, Kageae; Corporal ilder, Salen. floor, th wind." In'' dlrctlon' and 'Ve locity, can be gauged to a nicety, and fine shooting- and- good scores are easy. For the paat fw months Adjutant General Ftncer has been negotiating for a range at Montavllla, on Rocky-Butt, and It la practically settled that it will be leased by him with th consent of th Btat -military board. Rocky Butt I ah Ideal location, with capital range for from 100 to 1,000 yards, and a fin aklrmlsh ground. . ,r - the sultan might be encouraged to use his. German-drilled forces to replace the cross by the crescent in Batoum, Kara and possibly even Tlflla. .., The consequences of the Russian rev olution and of tha war which precipitat ed the revolution will affect America most In China. , The great yellow em pire with Its 400,000,000 of subjects was thSvprls for which Russia and Japan contended ' In ' th recent war. Korea and Port Arthur were but trifle. The dread of Japanese domination in China led Germany and France to make com mon cause in- ejecting the Japanese from the mainland of Aala. All the European power feel more or lea that th exploitation of China by European capitalists is Imperiled by the appara tlon of -, vlotorlou Japan Chinees ter rltory. - The peace of Portsmouth trans ferred the overlordshlp of China . from Europe to Japan. , The result were not long In making their appearance. Jap anese military Instructor were im ported by the Chinese provincial au thorities for th purpose of drilling the Chinee troops. China also- wishes to be lord In her .own house.. Already the Chinese are talking about China for the Chlneae, "Aala, for the Asiatics, and the Pacific for Japan" these are corollaries of the effaoement or "Russia, the- significance of - which-Americans snd Australians will be the first to dis cover. ' . 4 v. s : " ; " - Out of the welter qf blind and bloody anarchy Into which Rueala 1 drifting, peace and order may come. After a time, how long no one can say, after an unexampled slaughter of human be ings by famine and sword. Russia will emerge In some more or lees recognis able shape and slowly begin to find her new place tn the community of nations. If th nw Russia, which will emerge purified iyher .blood bath, sobered by her affllctlona, should forswear militar ism, - abandon the fond dream of re constructing her navy and abolish the monstrous protective tariff, which has choked the life out of her. peasantry, then the . world may . witness a scene of recuperation and of development such aa may parallel -the Industrial progress of the United States after the civil war: For Jlussla Is a nation whose Tesrmroes-: av only been scratched; the. latent energlee of the people, stimulated bv liberty and educa tion, may confer Inestimable benefits upon civilisation and humanity. .. . ... Toxhonad Pays Mis Owi Tax, - . Joalah Bdgsrly of. Atkinson, Main, and hia foxhound had run down and esiifht this winter 1 f oxaa, and still the hunter was not aatlsfled.- He desired to round out aa even 10 for good luck. Bo b kdpt on th track of a big fox for several days, but could not get a ahot It was left for th dog to do the trick alone and eern hi owa tas for the year. In his master's absence lest wsek the dog stirred out alone and was gone all day.- About nlghtfsll th family heard the hound, baying near by and saying, quit plainly: "I hav a fox cornered, and ahould Ilk a little assistance. If you pleas." " "So my wif ran aoro the road," aid Mr. Edgerly,"and found the dog sitting In front of a neighbor' bam and under the barn, waa hia eyea Show ing like coils of fire, wag the fox. - My dog planned Just right, ha did, for 1 drove into th yard Just st this time, snd my wife called to me to fetch my rifle. But before T got there the hound had finished the 4ob. and in such close quarters that he couldn't get out again without we moved part of th floor. And It Isn't every dog. can pay Ms own: tax, now, I Jell jr." I .' ... J V. 1 Who Went to Seagirt, New Jerwy, Evas, with ths difficulties they have h old''1 1 arts behind i tha city park, th men are at work nere with tho determination to win some or th trophies" to be competed for In th east LastyearOjQ war aelected .to go to Roseburg for a try out. Of this number It mad th necessary scores, and they went east to uphold th honor of Oregon at Beaglrt. With them aa captain of th team went General Finser: MaJor"BAker "waa oach and Lieutenant Kalts waa spotter. The atat shoot will be heldtbls year lh Portland at th Montavllla rang. ROseburg and Balem ar - both earnest applicants for th honor of having the meet, and both hav fin ranges. . . Roae burg has some of th best shots in the stat. and pointed to their record aa a reason why th shoot should take place ther.-- -.,. .. - . - ,. . . The National Rifle association's shoot open, at Seagirt on Auguat IT and con tinues to September 1; th government matches begin the following day. . The prtxea for tha winning team In the national ahoot ar valuable a, magnlfl- Abroad at at 9 must do Westminster t Abbey -;ln 10- minutes," ' Said ons of a party of , four ' Americans, who alighted from an omnlbua at- tb corner of Parliament etreet on Saturday. ' The party constated of a man and his wife and two grown-up daughters and It waa one of the latter who made the remark. She hurried her two compan ion toward th great north door, and glanced at her watch twice on the way. They were member of the ; advance ruaroTbf the army of "American holiday makers who from now oiiwarda-thrrmgh th . aummer ' will.b.lnva41ngLondon with th purpose -of seeing the capital of the world la-tor, or It may be two, brief day a. Cinematograph celerity Is the keynote of their proceedings, and after a voyage of 4.0 mTlea they have In some cases only IS minutes to see Westminster Jlbby. . . . , Set London in Two Daya :" A great many of our American visitor make England their first objective In a continental tour and see London in two days, before they go to Parle.. Some of them are: In their own wonderful fashion seeing It now. They have no time to waste." They. have come her to see London tn two days and they do It with' a syatematlo rush that would leave the English provincial visitor breathless. Aa a rule, the two aaya are scheduled out beforehand. The little party of thre or four eweep out from ' one of the large hotel a near Charing Cross after breakfast, and dash Into thalr dsy'a program with the eet purpose of tttoee who ar faca .to face-with an arduoua but Inevitable duty. .And the curious thing Is that they thoroughly enjoy It They want to see aa many Bide of Lon don as they can, and In pursuit of than they sometimes start out before break fast. - " ;, . ' A Sample Hustle. r; ..... Her la th program for a day of one recent party: . -, . i- Mornlne ." ' - ' . " ' ..;..'rl'.--.;.i.i 7:0d Covent Garden market. , r 1:00 Breakfast., . , . 0:00 8 1. James' park and Bucking ' ham palace. - ;i. - 1:41 A pa ley house.-.. .V--.-, 10:00 Omnibus ride along Piccadilly. 10:10 .Walk down St. Jama street to . St James' palace. 10:t Walk through Pall Mall to see tha elub 11:00 Westminster . Abewy and' houses . of parliament. , . ." -s Aftarnoon: . . - : i . 11:11 Tower of London. 1:4 Lunoh at Cheshire Cheese In ' Fleet' trt' . 1:06 Omnibus ride to . Whttechapel T- and- walk through Petticoat ' .' lane. . , . , ;: 1:00 Bank of England and Mansion . house. . 1:00 British museum.. . -"- 7:oe -Pinner, at " hotel,.--.-- "t 1:00 -Theatre, - --- ,. 14. :., , 11:10 Bed. ' - r Americana who have not been here before form strong . llkee and dislikes at once. They like th panoramic ad vantages of a seat-on the top of an omnlbua, but they are filled with dis gust at th slowness of th horse and th frequent atop. They greatly ad mire tha London polireman. "A real gentleman." they, call him. The 'lels urellness" of the people In th streets, however, amuse them. Ther le no lelsurellnes about th visitors. A young American on Saturday, found himself "1 OtlEOON IMt Yaar. . ; . tnt hrnnm t.M.t '" ta ipt' -for eh yer,-te-4n o4yna- Tsach r mahcTTrrrstr-rw-avsra-tji Hilton trophy, 1100, and to each man a medal;- third.- th brons "Boldler of MarathAn,'.--116ft;- and a msdal o each: man; fourth, fifth and alxth teams get 1160, Tt and ISO, respectively, and eaoh man geU a medal. ' , Then ther , are Individual eom peti tion matches, open to everybody (n Jh Tnlted State; wltbT t0 In cash and a gold medal for first, and medals of sil ver and broni for - other. - Pistol match open-to all are also a featur 6f th ShOOt . . '" ; This year th vain of th prises will be greater than ever, as will th Interest In tn shoot. i . Among -the beet marksmen In ' th stat and on whom Oregon rallea - for supremacy at. , Seagirt, are , Sergeant Schwara of K company. ' and Sergeant Major Rogle of Pprtlandr Sergeant Whit and Corporar Rider of Salem; Captain Hamlin, Sergeant Stewart, Cor poral - Houek .and Private Jackson of Roseburg. . . with Juat a day on which to "see" Lon- ; don. .' He chartered a cab by the. hour. ". Here la th time he set. himself to se some of-tb eltfhts: Buckingham palacs. . . . , . Hyde park............... House of parliament,.. Bank Monument i .. ..... minute Jf minute . 10 mlnutea '' I mlnutea mlnutea Lord's crlckst ground...... 10 mlnutea - His program, of course, allowed htm little more than a caaual outside glance, but 'be was perfectly aatlsfled, particu larly aa he was enabled without wasting time to take In a good many eights as he traveled about in hia cab. ' , , Pedigree Hnnters. " ' ' A favorite pursuit of visiting Amerl- . hey search diligently many of -the old-"-ehureh registers. -. "My name l is Jones, ' at Ohlo,Mi"sald - a mldle-egd man to th verger of a etty church last week. "I had an uncle living her 100 years' ' ago. Colonel Jones. Ever heard the name? A colonel, you know." Not heard It? No; well 1 am surprised,". There '" ws - another- American -who, arriving - -during the week, said that be had al ready picked out hie lineage and had discovered . that considerable property belonged to, him. "I - find," ' he' said, "that Peckhara belong to me. Where la thla Peckhara? ; A- village, I Sup pose." r.-""-r- - Northumberland avenue was thick with motor car, yesterday afternoon. Most of them contained Americana. On -of Mm lateat methods of the hustling-. American holiday-maker Is to hire a motor car for a day or two daya, or It may be a week, and to "do" the sights In a motor car. Tha two-day visitor : caver . London, while ths .man who stays a week or more rushes over some of the principal sights In tha country. Five hundred and twenty Americana ' arrived at Euston on Saturday from , New York. . . . v , Foetry at 11,875 m Un.. . . Th highest price ever paid for poetry u, waa 11,171 a line 111,000 for an eight- , line poem.' -f", ' '.'.'..',' . It waa not a good poem either. Jsmss Smith, -one of the author of "Rejected Addresses,? -wrote Uu Smith-met ..one.. night af dinner tn London Strachen, the , famous English printer. Strachan, what with old age and gout, waa most Infirm. Indeed, he could harldy walk. But hia mind waa exceedingly powerful and brll- ' Uant, and he talked so well -that-Smith, on hia return homS, wrote th following. doggerel about the old man: Taue loerer limb aeemed far from atout Whan laat I saw you walk: The cause I preaently found out . - When you began to talk. The power that v prop . th body's atrength . - In due proportion spreadr ' In you mounts upward, and the strength All settles In your head. Though this was undeniably rank po etry and ranker flattery, It pleaaed Printer Strachan so well that he added to his will a codicil giving Smith 111.000. rape Mothered by Ms A Lancashire correspondent sends ' a story which Illustrates th Strang con duct .of a hen belonging to E. Fltfsn of Deep Moss farm, Walmersley, near' Bury- Maryland. . . . ' A fortnight ago thla bird,' which ha apparently arrived at .an age at which ahe ahould hav no- difficulty In -distinguishing" between a pup 'and a chicken, deliberately adopted a litter of little dogs. She haa. presumably.' be come very attached to. her remarkable" family, for she is stllifactlng as foster mother to the puppies, T . . - - , - ' 1 1 1 1 1 1 ' i
