ME* WHO HIDE THEIR FACES.
Funereal Gart) of a Famous Italian
Order ef Moray.
Cartoonist Ward Pound the Humertat
an Impatient gubjeet.
Many of the dlfflculbee experienced
by the cartooniat are related by Leslie
Ward in hie volume. "Forty Vaara of
-Spy.’ ’ He w r it « aa foliowa with (tab
trance to America's great bumortet:
"Mark Twain waa another aabjact
who came under the category of the
’walkers.' I had a good deal o f ill®-
rulty In getting hold of him. hot whan
I eventually caught him at bte hotel I
found him decidedly Impatient
“ 'Now you mustn’t think I’m going
tu alt or stand for you.' be told tea. “for
once I'm up I kaap on tbo go.'
“The whole time I watched him ha
paced the room Uka a caged animal,
smoking a vary large calabash pipe and
Delightful Byways.
Reading biography will furnish you
with a peculiar and rare form of an-
tertalameot for besides the subject In
hand biography legitimately treats of
tea foibles, the fashions and the pa-
eullarittaa of the age with which It
flaata. aaya Youth's Companion. Hip-
tery, although it may have Its tighter
“ omenta, to aaMnttally sober, bat hi-
HOOSON & ELLIOTT
ography, although It la never merely
farcloal op Mtlrtral. ’"ny touch vividly
opon the lighter j , «see of Ufa and
tabs yon. as It were, into quaint and
delightful^hywaya, through private
pmtaa and Into remote and lovely
“ T?*'. . .
*3®^*®**' TT0** Bo*waU in Wa to-
trodnctioQ to his famous biography, “I
humoriat wore a white flannel suit and
CLARENCE
UTT
J
m0de
told me to the count of con venation
utmost
silence.
I
f
in
their
progreM
W ill practice in all the courts of the
7 ■£
that
he
had
a
d
m
suit
made
all
to
eta. Special attention given to pro the processionists pass a church
« ¡ S T i i T t i
d s work, thy writing of deeds, morl- they raise their hats. I f they en white that he w on at dinner parties. K
He had Just taken his honorary degree tarn what be D r l v a t ^ V t ^ l ^ M i d
igea, contracts and the drafting of all
counter a priest they put down their
at Oxford, and ha wanted to put hto
burden and fall on their knees to gowq on. bat I preferred to ‘do' him in
receive his blessing.
the more characteristic and srlely
This spectacle has been fam iliar known garb. He struck me as bring a aa he actually advanced through the
several s t a g « of his U fe"
in Tuscany fo r four centuries. Th e
Biography, treated In that
black garbed, black veiled men are togs during my Interview were the re
simply engaged in (.w o rk of mercy sult of s highly strung temperament. most Inevitably Include much that to
— the c a rd in g o f the dead to their The only pacifying Influence seemed to delightfully diverting. It wlu give you
graves and o f the injured or sick be hto enormous pipe, which he never “the table talk of the great:” It w ill
rrntoriiT tn amnka"
•*-
recount those fascinating little tod-
o the hospitals. T h ey are mem-
dents and anecdotes that history so
>era o f the great Misericordia so
often regards aa beoMth Its notice, It
A TERROR OF TH E SEAS.
ciety, a brotherhood o f pity, who
will afford far more
a running
account of a Ufe. “beginning with a
and wear their masks to hide their This Fiah Resemble* a Torpedo and la padlgree and ending with a funeral"
Just a* Dangerous.
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identity from curious eyea
Hip shape resemble# a torpedo, and
F >ur centuries ago thje society was
CONTRASTS IN ICELAND.
his attack too. Fishermen and bathers
founded at Florence, where its head In sens where he Is found regard him
quarters are, and throughout Tus as almost as deadly as the torpedo A Curious Land of Fire and lea, of Vri-
cany it has today n p few er than sev and far more common In peaceful wa
canoes and Glaciers.
enty branches. In Leghorn alone it ters
Fishermen and flab alike are
Iceland is known as a “land of con
has 9,000 members— probably one enemy to him. and be will sttack'wltb trasts.” The land of Iceland boasts to
a ferocity surpassing even the shark. comparatively small compass Ore and
He's called the barracuda.
Ice, volcanoes, glaciers and geysers
His body is long and round, and his There Is magnificent scenery to Its
head pointed. His wide month bristles desolate plateaus. It has more than
with targe, sharp teeth. There are TOO volcano«, of whl^h the la r g «t Is
more than a dosen varieties scattered Heel*. 0.100 fhet high. There are thou
over the ocenna. all of them fierce and sands of craters in Iceland, the chief
among them being Askya, with- an area
Office over F irst N ational
of thirty-four square m il«.
Bank
O f glaciers there are more than 120,
w ith; aggregate Area* of about 5.200
Phone W h ite 3-1
square miles. The largest Is Yatna.
Not far from Heel* is the so «U s d
quires. When his staff is marshaled
geyser region, where there arp many
he exclaims in a loud voice (in
hot springs. The Great Geyser is six
L a tin ), “ L e t us proceed in peace,’*
ty feet to diameter. One geyser was
DR. A M. DAVIS
in #hich the response c o m « : “ In
found fo have water at a temperature
of 262 degrew T , which m a k « it pos
the name o f the Lord. Amen.”
sibly the hottest spring to tW world.
T h e gates are then thrown open,
One-eighth of Ieetand Is glacier hid
find, with coffin or ambulance, in
den,
and there are Ice clad mountain
black rQbw and masks, the proces
domes, of which the highest la Ora eta
sion steps out briskly on its par
Jokull, 6.424 feet
ticular errand o f mercy, returning
There are not many settlements to
to headquarters when the errand is
Iceland.. The capital Is Reykjavik,
performed, to be dismissed after
with a population of 11.600. and after
that the two chief towns are Akureyi
signing th eir names and engaging in
2,080. and 1 « fiord. 1.80» Inhabitants.
prayer together.
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T h e society also distributes bread • w * repetition of certain adjective! to The people of Ireland are described as
to the poor and provides small dow- “Roderick Hudson." but probably the onosnaliy Intelligent and one author
ity states that “perhaps In no other
ries fo r girls who would otherwise
t o * ¡ £ " ¡ ¡ ¡ 5 ^ fto T ^ Z
lack them.
Every member, too, Terba «J a adverbial ctau rea^H * was to proportion to the population printed
must he skilled in ambulance work tbe moBt adverbial of English writers, and Mid as to Iceland.”
Phone Black 171
and when required must be prepared You will find more adverbs to the page
to sit up night after night with the than even to Meredith. And be had a
Myth of th# D ooms .
sick, to whom, however, he is fo r- quaint habit of putting tbe adverb
How largely Mr. Blackmon drew
bidden to speak a word
before the verb when most writers upon his Imagination for tbe story of
There is no reward fo r the work w» uld Put “ after One of his ladtos “Lorn* Doone” is made clear by F
W. Hackwood in bis book. “Th# Good
except a medal of bronze or silver < * e
“*
D r. J o h n 8. R a n k in
,
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i
.
. . i thankfully felt, another “ quite beau- Old T im «." There were, in faict, no
f w there who are most diligent in
and tenderl
^
Doones. The word* was simply, a local
I SURGEON
attendance and the right o f bunal j -after
crofm op , » over the plaoa.
bogy, a modified form of “Dane.” a
in a special cemetery.— Pearson’s gut one would not have these things memory of the faroff times when the
Office over U. S. National Bank
Weekly.
altered; they were part of the m» "
Viking invaders harried the land. “The
Office phone Blue 171
One d o « object to them, however, to only vestige of actuality discoverable
Residence Phone Black 115
Why Kitty Is Puss.
his Imitators, who have learned the Is a faint tradition that a fugitive from
A great many years ago the peo- trick.-but missed the spirit behind it. — tbe battle of 8edgmoor, to escape the
pie o f Egypt, who had many idols, London Chronicle
hangings of Judge Jeffreys, appropriat
ed the ruins of some wretched huts to
worshiped the cat among others.
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recess« of the Badgworthy glen, now
They thought she was like the moon
World’» Futur# Floh Supply-
L itt le fie ld ft R o m ig I
because she was more active at
upon„ S
£ the Doon valley.’ finding there a safe
...
, ,
,
,
j Alaska shore line, a distance greater retreat to which be reared a consider
night and because her eyes changed , than the clreumfereilce of the earttL
able family, which managed to eke out
like the moon. So they made an All of that vast stretch of waters to a living by committing petty depreda
and SURGEO NS
idol with a cat s head and named it teeming with tbe most edible fish on tions to the district Tbe last of the
Pasht. The same name they gave earth. Every bay Is a harbor where Doones.’ an old man and his grand
Office to First N at'l Bank Bldg.
to the moon, fo r the word means these fish can be prepared for tbe mar- daughter. are said to have perished to
Phone, Black 31
“ the face o f the moon.” The word kets of the world, and the greats« the snow during the winter of 1800.”
UNDERTAKERS
In the streets o f Leghorn, Italy,
may frequently be seen a procession
o f n dosen men,' clothed from head
t o toe in black, their faces conceal
ed by black calico masks fallin g to
the waist, with two narrow open
ings fo r the eyes and surmounted
by black, broad brimmed hats.
Black rlovM and girdle and a rosary
o f black beads complete the funereal
equ ip m en t.
W ith downcast, eyes, what ap
pears like a coffin borne on the
shoulders o f four o f them and pre
ceded by a man carrying a large ail-
I
“officiar ta n g o ««« of B e tta*Hand.
Public signs. «neh as those of m il
toad«, aro printed In both tangoMP«.
Italian la ateo apokon In tlteM patto of
with a pile of newspapers at hie feet
Bwltaerland wlticb ara closest to Italy.
watching for customers at a subway
Aa a matter of fact, tbo coon try la,
entrance In New York. In a bantering
boeavae, quite definitely divided aa to
way as a gentleman hurried by ha Mid
language. The cantona o f Vend. Non-
to the little newsboy, "You can't sell chatel Geneva, Fribourg and moot of
all those papers tonight" The lad Vaiala apeak French. Tbo canton of
looked up with a smile and Mid. “1 Ticino apoaka Italian. The reat of tbo
«an try.”
country apoaka propondorantly G o*
i No bread line or bundle day for this man. The canton of Vaiata haa differ
sturdy American lad or for the fine, ent districts. where aach of the throe
wholesome man be Is bound to bo aa tanguagw to spoken.
ho grows up.
“j can try!" Good foe tbo newsboy
who said It; a motto for the girl at
"D o you suppoe* that was a real
| school poring over her lessons, for the brick be bit that man with?” ask *« the
mechanic tolling In tbo shop, the man sweet young thin« as she and her
cj,ant busy In the counting room, tbs young mao M t watching the motto*
I »anker In his offlce, tbs professional picture comedy.
man at his desk, the preacher In bis
K )f coon* lt was,” replied h*r es
cort
“You don’t suppo** alter paying
* ■ * .«» «•*»•«
t o " * »
an actor «10.000 * week they’d be inch
I “ d the MtTODOm* r »* the teleacopa
tightwads a* to ring to a taka brick
on him. do you ?“ —fit Louis Paet-Dle-
pstch
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C. R. CHAPIN
LAW YER
D r . H . C . D ix o n
D E N T IS T
.i* «««d. a»
drone„ th* ^ m p l^ t a g and the ne e r
Trees ef Alaska.
do-wells forever thrusting themselves
Tbs two national forests e f Alaska
forward to bag for special considers
contain about 78.000.000,000" feat of
tl0B'
t Th* world would bo better in every merchantable Umber, and h to esti
w«y If It h«d a revival of the good old mated by tbe forest service that more
Peabtoned spirit o f self dependence that than 866.006.000 feet could be <*Ut ev
American fathers and mothers taught ery year forever without lessening the
tbe!r children at their knees, mingling forests’ productivity. -T ree Talks.
patriotism with their prayers. God
»l»eed the day when the spirit of young
America shall be everywhere.—John A.
Sleicber In L « lie ’a
QR.C.L BROWN, D.V.&
uoflntt* Limits.
“What grounds of complaint have
you against me?" asked the dentist.
“Ground!” scornfully echoed the pa
tient. • I have sobers of I t “—Haiti
more American.
P.F. H A W K I N S
D E N T IS T
DENTIST
PHYSICIANS
has been changed
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DR. THOS. W . HESTER
Physician and Surgeon
flw
Office in Dixon Building
Offlw WK«t. 22 . Ru. White 11
NEW BERG
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ir a a o c s
DR. SARAH E. SMITH
Physician and Surgeon
Office in City Hail
Office Phone— White 147
Residence Phone—Blue 58
NEW BER G
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Better cooking because the
long blue chimneys give stead-
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heat, under perfect
like gas. N o smoke or stnelL
In 1, 2, 3 and 4-burner sizes,
ovens separate. A lso cabinet
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at last
be'
taking
on fh
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food tnr
for t tbs
Tbe Arrow of S t Edmund.
e most of us h,In*ry ot * » climes In a few yean
Tbe legend of tbe d « t b of 8 t Ed
Alaskan fish M il be famous wherever mond was curiously corroborated after
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j ships sail and men exchange the prod- a lapse of eight centuries. The story
This is but one of g o « that the martyr was tied to a
Against th* Rule*.
if wealth. — I’lttS- tree and. as torture proved unavailing
The new attendant; stood gentry
to make him recant his faith, was shot
at the door o f the local picture gal
at with Danish arrows till his body
lery.
Presently a visitor strolled
was covered with them. Th* tree at
Relativity ef 8paoo.
up and was about to enter when the
It so happened that a new professor Hoxne to which he was w ld to have
attendant seized him by the arm and o t music bad Just been Installed In • been bound and which waa twenty
certain college for women. Naturally feet to circumference fell In 1848, and.
asked him for his walking stick.
“ M y walking stick?” exclaimed be was tbe subject of a heated discus according to "T b * Black Letter Batata
of tb* Prayer Book.” a piece of iron
the man, astonished. 'T have not sion among his pupils to' be. Said one:
tike an arrow bred waa found Imbed
“Handsome!
Why.
his
nose
and
tb*
got one.”
ded to th* wood.
point of his chin nearly meet/'
“ Then you must go and get one,”
“My dear.” cautioned his champion,
replied the attendant. “ My orders with dignity, “why do yon exaggerate
Its Recommendation.
are not to allow any one to enter
“Do yon recommend this book?“
without leaving his walking stick
“Certainly,” answered tbe librarian.
“It’s s book that every one ought to
with me.” — Kansas City Star.
Beth en the Wateh.
“Rut K shows very little handling. 1
Somewhat Unsatisfactory.
W ile — That new lady next doer
don’t
believe it has been taken out
T h e w ife o f an Arab went to her stood In her dining room for half aa
more than o n « or twice."
hoar
today
staring
rudely
into
ours.
father with the complaint that her
“Quit# true,” answered th* librarian,
Husband— How do you know? W ife—
husband had boxed her ears. T be
Why. 1 happened to be In our front irm rlly. “That should convince you.
wire old sheik reflected fo r a few
bedroom watching her.— London Tel*- landsm, that It is really worth white.“
—Birmingham Age-HerekL
moments, then did to her as her graph
I...
husband had done.
“ N ow thou art avenged,” he said..
“ T h y husband has boxed the ears
o f my daughter, and I have boxed
the ears o f hia irife.”
Angry.
“She trumped bis ace.“
“ Did be My anything?”
“ He couldn’t have M id more If be
bad been married to ber.”-Detroft
Fro* Press.
No Robbery.
“I don’t know Jost what to think of
that storekeeper.”
'
. “W bht’s tbe bitch r
“H e told ms to « m s to and tell bias
what I don’t know, so be ran tall ms
what bo know«.”
“That’s a fair sxchang*.”—Richmond
Timm Dispatch.
“ What waa the trouble between
W in* ond th# Bush,
Bwinton and his w ife? Waa it his
la olden U m « Ivy b u sh « used to be
fault or hers that they were unable hung over tbe doom of taverns as »lgR
boards because tbe plant was »acred,
to get along together?”
Nat Intarestln*.
“ It's rather hard to decide. It to Bacrhu*. the god of wtne-
“That woman seemed to bora you.”
••Y «: I’m baldbMdsd. as you as*
appears that whenever one o f them
It is not tbs insurrection of ignorai
AH aba could talk about waa th* tron
had an irresiatible impulse the oth
that is dangerous, but tbe révolta
aba bas In washlh« bar hair."—
er had an unalterable objection.” —
I intelligence.—Lowell
Journal
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