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rmm «I.T, ;p*>. ; . . . ïv V Fortunately there Is n breesy and re ft sabini side to political Washington, •ays a correspondent of tbe Philadel phia Inquirer. One o f tbe new south era congressmen recently was walking down Pennsylvania avenue with an aMsr southern member, and they stop pa« to front o f a-statue o f Grant. They admired It for a tew moments and later to their walk stopped to front o f a statue o f Sherman. “ What pussies mm*' said tito now southern member, “to that bore to the capital of the United States there to no monument te Robert E. Leo. The an- ■writable mineral known. P ete sratat- Bc ductile tungsten Is practically ta- aatable to any common arid, its malt- teg point Is higher than any other metol. its tensile strength exceeds that e f steel. It is paramagnetic. It can he «taw n to a smaller stee than any other metal, and Its specific gravity to 70 per «ant greater than lead. And. what to male to tbe point. Colorado contain* meet tuneaten than any other state or sensibly alt other stats* to the Unton fh t pottere o f ancient Pern need to manufacture au Ingenious musical to- strument wbkh mar » « 7 properly be called a wtatatllug Jug. In collection* of andqulnra It la called a allvador or eilvio. Specimen* are obtained, from tbe ancient burial places ot Peru. One e f tbeee consists o f tw o rasas whoso bodies are Joined one to tho other, with a bole or opening between them. Tbe neck'of one o f tbeee t u m In cloned, with tbe exception o f a sasall opening. In which a clay pipe la Insert ed lending to tbe body of the whistle The cloned neck o f this donble vase to mddeled Into n representstVm o f n bird’s bond. When a liquid to poured Into the open nocked rase tbe air to cooprneeed la tbe other, and to eeceplng through the narrow opening to forced Into the whto tie. tbe vibration producing tbe sound*. Many o f these sounds represent the uotes o f birds: one to the collection at tbe British museum Imitates tbe notes of tbe robin or some other member .of the thrush tribe peculiar to Peru.- Washtagton Star. ^ Riee In Bounder. Rice to tbe prtaci|«l article o f diet o f nil Ecuadorians, rich and poof. The country produces excellent rice to lim ited quantities and Import* largely Tbe crop te harvested in May by strip ping tbe grains .with tbe hands, tbe average yield being twenty bumbels per acre. Tbe rice growing lands are rent ed to small -fanners, who sell tbe har vested crops to town merchants. The totter in turn send tbe grain to tbe ru-c mill, exchanging lfll) |K>anda of tbe uubulled rk-e. If o f good quality for 100 pounds of the bulled product. If of Inferior grade a larger toll to taken This Include* storage for aU month* Soma o f tbe very small growers bull their rice with a Ball and winnow it with the wind. Tbe bosks are thrown away, but tbe remaining waste Is ted anyhow KIN -Old Hiekery," and Only Failed Because His Píetele Missed Pire, Tbcught He A bent Owned the W ert*. 8toce the establishing o f the United totes, three successful attempts have elected ruler of a free republic. A t tbe time o f tbe attempted 'aaaa*- etaatlon o f President Jackson, bo wa* at tbe uepItoL to attendance on the funeral o f Hon. Warren B. Darla o f South Carolina. The assassin wan Richard Lawrence, a painter, rankling In Washington. This Individual was sees to enter tbe ball o f tbe bourn o f representative* during tbe delivery of tbe fnneral sermon, bat before Its close, however, be had taken hia stand on the eastern portico, near one o f the columns Tbe president, with tbe secretary of the treasury, on retiring from the t»- tunda io reach bis carriage at tbe step* o f the portico advanced toward the spot where Lawrence stood. Tbe paint er bad bis iitototo concealed under bis coat. ' When tbe president approached within two yards and a halt o f him Lawrence extended hia aim and lev eled tbe pistol at tbe president's breast Tbe percussion cap exploded with a noise so great that several witnesses supposed that tbe pistol had boon dis charged. On that Instant the uasnmte dropped It from bis right band and. taking another ready cocked from hie le ft presented and snapped it at-tbe president who at tho moment fhflted Remember that this was a N on-Stop Endurance Record— in order to prove that the M axw ell car was exceedingly sturdy, reliable and trouble proof. *• N o attempt was made or could be made to save gasoline, oil or tires. So these fig ures merely indicate what w ould be possible under ordinary driving fonditiora. Right now we have a M axw ell we can deliver to you, and if you don't w ant to pay cash, make a deposit and pay the balance as you use the car. B u t don’ t put it off. W e know the M axw ell factory can’t get half enough freight cars, to carry their doubled output. Later on we m ay not be able to supply you. B u t we can N O W . Better phone us for a dem onstra tion today. Touring Car, $655 Roadster, $635 P H ««* F.O.B. D .lr.U McCoy Bros. Auto Co. and Russia» we bave thè word “con trol/' meeniiiic tbe keeplng or auditing of accounta. and tbe tltle o f tbe odtcer In tboer toniruages la apetled alwsys wttbout tbe “m " and tbe “p." Wben our commtoelouers to tho Paris, pesce conferei!cc In IfM uaed tbe word “ con trol. “ mosntog politicai control of tbe PblUpplnee. tbe gpnnlsb commi**toner* were puasled: tbey tbougbt our repre- seatntlveo wotv spoaktag o f matterà o f But tho wotgl “comptroller.“ with Its vicious spelling and Implication o f a false etymology, to Imbedded to the fedqfal statutes and In the constitution o f the state of $ew T o ft. AH the king's oxen, could not pull.lt out against the Boeotian Indifference and Inertia o f those who. If they would, might cor rect the blunder.—New T o rt Times. money be owes me. 1 consider all in this court a* under me Tbe United States bank has owed me money since 1802. and I want my money. Ton are under me. gentlemen. It is for me. gentlemen, to pass upon yon and not yon upon me." It was not very difficult for tbe coun sel to prove that Lawrence was Insults Many witnesses were called to testify as to bis peculiarities, covering a num ber of years. Several physicians wee* Introduced into tbe case, and they were unanimous to declaring that Law- rence’s stare of mtad was that o f tear bid delusion. Is accordance with tbe evidence dins given, the Jury was out only five urin ates. returning at once with a verdict o f not guilty. Lawrence was sent te • lunatic asylum, where he remained an tomato close to forty year*.—Phfludrt- . U s ------— '* Stinse ef Animal* Ars Sim ilar Is tbe examination o f tbe machiner/ o f insect* and reptiles It to apparent that the destructive principi* Is tbe same to all and that tbe fang 1» all posaras sa s hollow through which tbe poison flows into the wound (B* moment tbe lacle Ion to m ad« sting of the scorpion to precisely tbs fang of tbe rattlesnake forms Its deadly work on tbe cbsnlcel principles- ' * \ ;4 - ; . ;• ', ■ ;> / A Translator's Blunder. Jacob Boehme, the Pmyetio shoo* maker," once ’ wrote a pamphlet which he ceiled "Reflections on the Treatise of Isaiah Stiefel." One of Boehme’« biographers had never heard of that theologian. B at he knew enough German to be aware that “Stiefel” meant “hoot," and he was further misled by the fact that Boehme was a cobbler aa well as a philosopher, so be made a brilliant shot and spoke of the paaphtot in question as Boehme*« “ Reflections on • the Boots of Itaaiah." In this goise it passed into several cats-' loguee. , F . & G R IFFEN BASQUES O F T H E P Y R E N E E S . Ton are to the habit o f thinking of tbe Inhabitants o f Franco as “ French“ and the inhabitants o f Spato as “Span ish.“ Did yon bappeff to road a learned disquisition on tho shape o f the skulls of people living on tbe two slopes of the Pyrenees, together wtth the an nouncement th at contrary to tbe be lief o f arienttots. tbe Basques art not all of tbe same origin? And then did you ask. “ Who are tbe Basques?" Pri marily tbey ere the people who gav*4o the rest o f the world a carious kind o f garment for women, but tbey am far more Interesting to the student o f an thropology and tbe historical develop ment o f language than they are to tbe designers o f Women's clothes. There wap a time before tbe prm—t generation o f scientists got to work on u U m te r t m m u U f the original oc cupants o f Europe, tbe people who were driven Into this backwater of civilization by tbe onrush of tbe Celts Tbe Celts were to their turn drived westward and Into such out o f tbe way corners as they could bold, so that tbey are now represented by certain strains Lawrence was a handsome young man o f thirty-five years, small to stat ure, pale o f complexion, with black hair and dark eyes. So great was the excitement produced by the affair that some o f tbe most eminent political op ponents o f tbe president. Including such men as Clay. Calhoun. Poindex ter. White and others were to the frenzy o f tbe moment suspected o f having consptred In a plot to get rid of the president On the day o f the trial Lawrence at first conducted himself to court with much ease, taking bis seat very quietly beside his counsel and conversing smilingly with them But wben the first witness was called the prisoner sprang to bis feet and demanded to know by what right tbey bad brought him there, as be claimed tbe crown o f Great Britain and also that o f tbe United States. He made tbese same assertions frequently during his trial. Wben Lawrence's counsel asked that be be withdrawn from tbe court te save further of his ridiculous out breaks tbe prisoner rose and addressed the Judge wildly: "W hat 1 bave • - Çtr-a Wj Urge baths, where great quimtitiee of hot water were needed. Chafing dishes, braziers of glowing coals ana bottles of hot water were employed by the ladies of the middle ages to keep their rooms warm, and a curi- oes picture is extant of three N o r man ladies chatting together, each with a bottle of hot water placed .between her feet. Chimneys are be lieved to hare been unknown in England until the twelfth century, but by the end of the fourteenth were generally employed in domes 'or k loi tic architecture. there was a chimney tax i E nglan d.________________ _ Q U EER MANIA O F A G H ere are the facts proved b y the M a x w ell stock touring car that recently set tha W o rld ’s M otor N on-Stop Record: T The Attempt to Assaettate ident Andrew Jackson. E T the facts on the o p e r a t in g coat before y o n b u y ayiy autom obile. Find o u t th e t r u t h before— not after. A n d don't b e satisfied w ith hear say or a salesm an's claims. T h e price o f gasoline is high ; so is oil and there w a n e So, w hat you w ant is the car that w ill give you most-miles per gallon o f gasoline, per gallon o f ou and per set o f tires. , fi T7< . f R v: W Irish. Scotch, Welsh. Cornish and Manx to tbe British Isles and by a substra tum o f tbe Bohemians and the Gall- clans. Those who preceded them and who managed to cling to tbe mountain strongholds o f the Pyrenees are re motely related to tbe Finns to another remote backwater. Tbe ones on tbe Spanish slopes are tbe pure aborigines o f Europe.—S t Louis Globe-Democrat a ------ i * i - — O B n s itiV B . A polite young man called upon an other young man. unfortunately not at (bat time at borne. So the first young man le ft a note for tbe second young m«i> saying that be was “sorry to have found blm o a t“. Tbe second young man In reply wrote tbe first young «»*n a long and very pained letter. 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