«*■
V
y
mended for doing something to earn
east. It has the dust-green color of
an honest penny. If his pay is not
sage, smells like sage, testes like sage,
much, his duties are not particularly
and animals that teed on its leaves
and yellow flowers flavor their flesh VATICAN ANNULS MARRIAGES onerous, and if ambitious he will have
plenty of spare time in which to look
KNOWN AS THE SAGE HEN AND with sage. Well, wherever this plant
IN CERTAIN CASES. -ATTOR
around for a tietter Job.
Meanwhile
COCK OF THE PLAINS, A TYP
grows the desert grouse may be found '
NEYS OF ST. PETER.
ICAL AMERICAN BIRD.
he is comfortably domiciled at Dor-
The grouse feeds and fattens on sage.
There 1 b nothing be likes better, lie Ambassador Whitelaw Reid appoints , Chester House, the uiarble palace in
Is the Largest of the Grouses and must have it Let the sage be de
son of English Earl as Chief L ackey , Park Lane, which Ambassador Reid
Feeds Mostly on Sage—Has a Hand stroyed and the bird moves on. The
—The 1 ippingQuestion.—Other for . has taken as his Loudon residence.
E JUST
The Hon. Walsh Is engaged to be
some Coat of Plumes and Makes a desert grouse Is the largest grouse of
eign Gossip.
married
to Lady Norah-Spencer-
Savory Roast.
the western world and it is exceeded
WHAT
It Is stated on authority that the
The desert grouse Is a representa in size only by the great grouse of Vatican will always annul a marriage ' Churchill, the youngest Bister of the
Duke
of
Marlborough.
Though
she
the
tive American bird. It is, of course, Europe—the capercailzie. It is very If !t can be proved to its entire satis
not as exalted and heroic as the eagle, superior in size and strength to the faction that one or the other of the . can hardly be called youthful, she Is
WORD
and is not spread over so wide an common prairie hen or the pinnated parties to the alliance was not a free several years younger than her fiance.
impltk
area as the common chicken, but for grouse, usually weighing twice or agent in the matter. One of the most As far as pedigree counts for any-
all that the desert grouse is typically thrice as much as that bird. It will notable cases of annulment of a prince thing, however, the Hon. Walsh is no
American.
The bird is more famil measure two or three feet from tip of ly marriage, on grounds such as these, bad match for her, for be can boast
iarly known to travelers, dwellers in wing to tip. Living in a gray land, was the dissolution some years ago of ducal blood, too.
the arid and semi-arid regions of the I nature has provided for the protec the marriage bonds of the reigning
If the Duke of Devonshire’s
United States, and sportsmen, as the tion of the bird by making it also Prince of Monaco and his first wife,
“sage ben," and, as a matter of course, gray. It is curious now nature looks Lady Mary Hamilton. At the same against any of bis servants accepting
"tips"
could be successfully introduced
where there are sage hens there are after its creatures by making their time the Vatican pronounced the mar
thettatt
sage cocks. Often the bird Is referred color, as a rule, harmonize with the riage null and void it also pronounced in this country all would be well. There
of the tension at a
to as the prairie chicken, but the ref landscape. In grouse-land Liere is a that her son was, In every sense of the are a few of the old nobility of Eng
It« use means time saving
erence is inaccurate. It la a game great deal of alkali in the soil and word, legitimate. Princess Mary, whose land who set a laudable example of
bird of great beauty. It was named over that grows the gray-green shrub mother was a princess of the reigning prohibiting their servants accepting
and easier sewing.
gratuities
from
visitors
or
guests.
The
honse of Baden and whose father was
“Cock of the Plains" by Lewis and
It’» our own invention
Clark who, though perhaps not the bery. The sage grouse seeks Its safe the English Duke of Hamilton, was Duke of Devonshire, for Instance,
first whites to make the acquaintance ty in concealment rather than in forced by her kinsman and guardian. makes it an inflexible rule that no
and
is found only ng
servant of his shall take a tip. When,
of this bird, at least were the first flight
however, a party of Americans recent
white men to identify it as a distinct
Hanasome Though not Brilliant.
ly visited Chatsworth, the Duke’s Der
ornithological species and to pause
Though the general color» effect of
byshire seat, and were entertained to
long enough in the ardous business
the
grouse
is
gray
yet
It
has
markings
luncheon and shown over the beautiful
of exploration to give it a name.
of white and black. A large black patch
grounds by the Duke’s steward, the
Found Throughout the Arid Region. underneath the bird’s body is a feat
leaders of the party thought the usual
On his
"shell out" must be the climax of the
It Is seen in all the arid and semi- ure of the desert grouse.
day’s onjoyment. The party consisted
arid ffeirts of the land where it has shoulders he wears epauletts of white.
of four meu and three women, and
The reason for these white shoul
We have other striding
among them »35 was subscribed. With
ders is that in browsing through
improvements that appeal to
commendable discretion the money was
the sage
brush
all
his days
the heavy gray feathers are worn off,
not offered to the steward, who, of
the careful buyer. Send for
exposing the fine white nether
course, 13 above accepting recognition
our elegant Ji. T. catalog.
feathers.
of the kind, but to an underfootman,
who saw the party to and from the
The grouse, though not a high
railway station.
But the footman
flyer and not so agile on the wing as
pointed out that it was against the
his eastern cousin, possesses great leg
hite ewing à
power. He is active and speedy as a
rules of the Duke’s establishment to
Cleveland, Ohio.
accept gratuities "in money.” That
runner, rather quick to take fright and
seemed to suggest a way of getting
is an expert in losing himself among
around the rule. The next day various
the brush. It should ' not be under
articles of jewelry reached the stew
stood that these birds do not rise from
ard from London with the request that
cover. They often do. Hunters seek
they
be distributed among the staff at
so to frighten the birds that they will
his discretion. The leaders of the party
rise. It Is not difficult shooting then.
were Edmund H. Abbott, of New York,
The grouse of the desert has that
and Alexander Cattanach, of Salem,
general grouse trait ,the “whirr”.
Mass., and both had introductions
When he rises it is said that he whirrs
from Sir Thomas Lipton. The Duke
PO'PE PIUS X.
louder than the eastern grouse. When
not in residence at
thoroughly roused to his task he is a the late Emperor Napoleon, to give her and Duchess at were
the time of the visit,
pretty strong flyer and can go a mile hand la ma. riage to Albert of Monaco. Chatsworth
but the latter sent one of her maids
at a stretch, alternately sailing and The latter showed himself a singularly specially up from London to look after
neglectful and unkind husband, and her
flapping.
the
ladles. The beauties of Matlock,
The flesh of the desert grouse is life at Monte Carlo became so intoler Buxton and Bakewell were fully ex
good when not too sagey. The young able that she took to flight, carrying plored before they returned to town. IF YOU WANT A JACK
birds, when feeding on grass-hoppers, her infant child with her. She sought
Send for our Jack Catalogue. Sure to cot
Van Calava.
are unsurpassed for tenderness and refuge at Florence, where the Italian
tain the description of exactly what you west
flavor. The older birds, as with all police, acting on behalf of the Prince,
Hydraulic Jacks our Specialty
the other feathered tribes, are not so made a sensational attempt to take the
tender as the young. When feeding boy away from her. The plot was frus
Watson-Stillman Co.,
Humor of King Edward.
exclusively on sage their flesh is trated by the Grand Duchess Marie of
48 Dey St., N. 1. City.
Where the Turkey
strongly Impregnated with the flavor Russia, who took mother and infant
Returned tourists who have been in
her
protection
and
defied
the
under
of
shrub,
somewhat
unpleasantly
so.
ts Cooked.
JF i
One is reminded of the taste of par Italian authorities to cross the thres touch with the nobility In Europe,
bring
a few good stories
of King
----- back
. One
______
tridge meat when that bird has been hold of her residence. Princess Mary, Edward.
EEs
l
tele runs like
this: Thg BOOKS—BOOKS
after
that,
married
Count
Tassilo
Fes-
feeding
on
resinous
buds
in
the
au-
President'!
tetics of Tolna, one of the magnates King was driving alone in a dog , cart
Wo have published some gi_o4 ones spa,
tumn.
Private
of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, who near one of his country palaces one tally suited for farmers. Books that will help
day and caught up with an old fish every farmer to make more out of his tua
occupied
an
excellent
position
at
the
Dining Room.
He Trusted RoekefeHer.
Court of Vienna.
Prince Albert of woman, who was trudging to the vil- Write for our catalogue.
Dr. Gustav C. E. Weber, of Cleve Monaco married again, the next Prin lage to sell her wares. She did not
and _____
asked
him i for
_
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WEBB PUBLISHING CO,
land, Ohio, recently consul at Nurem- cess of Monaco being an American girl, recognize the king
He responded ___
graciously and
burg is one of the pioneer doctors of a daughter of a New Orleans banker, a lift. I'
St. Paul Minn.
helped
her
Into
the
cart.
‘
_
,
~
„
As
they
His second matri
his city. Years ago he was visited by Michael Heine.
drove
along
she
begged
him
to
buy
the Colonial style with white walls not been exterminated, and is very a young man who required a surgical monial venture, however, turned out her fish pleading poverty and a big
and woodwork and Is furnished with common in those great dry stretches operation, but explained that he was as unfortunate as the first, a divorce family
at home. The king said he had
rare ol<l pieces of mahogany furniture of the continent where man has not only getting fifty dollars a month and breaking the ties between them.
plenty of fish at home and would not
most of which were discovered by crowded it to death and where the would have to pay by Installment.
One
most
important
factor
in
defend
Mrs. Roosevelt in out-of-the-way local sage brush grows. To say that this Weber said he would risk It and it took ing the righto of the Roman Catholic buy any. However, he would give her
ities in Virginia and Maryland. The bird has its borne in tho droughty re the youth about a year to pay up. Church, and gddlng to the perfection his portrait which he thought would
Over one Million Dolltn
dinner Is served by colored waiters gions of the United States is to say The lad was John D. Rockefeller, and of its woaderiul and thorough-working be just as good as buying her fish.
and the table is laid with Mrs. Roose how extensively It is distributed, for only a short time ago he sent for machine, is the order or society of "Ye are a fine looking man, but your allowed our clients duringthe list
velt's new china—delicate ware taste everybody who knows anything about Weber, asking for medical advice, there "The Attorneys of st. Peter.” It is portrait would not buy shoes for the six years.
fully ornamented with a Colonial pat the country, knows how vast is that having been a recurrence of the trouble safe to say that nine out of ten people children,” said the old woman. “Oh,
Over one Thousand
for which Weber had operated forty in this country have never heard of I think it will help you,” he responded, claim* allowed through us dur
tern In gold, each piece bearing a tiny
empire
laid
down
on
the
early
maps
and
handed
her
a
sovereign
which
has
the
years
ago.
Weber
made
an
examina
representation of the seal of
as “desert’”. The word desert as ap tion and told Mr. Rockefeller that any this order of legal counsellors of the on one side his profile. When she saw ing the last six months. Did*
United States In colors.
Vatican, which, In this country, is rep
The dinner is prepared In the re plied to the unwatered reaches of the medical student could do it and that resented by some of the brightest legal that she was riding with the king and ability, Age and In*
fitted White House kitchens, which are west is misleading. On those des he himself was out of practice. Rocke minds. It is composed of eminent spilled her fish. The king handed her Crease pensions obtained
located in the basement directly below erts there Is plenty of vegetation and feller opened a drawer, counted out Roman Catholic lawyers in different another coin and dropped her out at in the shortest possible tine.
At another time
the private dining room. There are animal life. Though in many places »500, and handing the roll to Weber parts of the world, with branches in her destination.
two kitchens, one about 26 by 40 feet water is scarce, life may be easily sus remarked, “It does not take so long the various great capitals. The order when he was Prince and attending a Widows' claims a specialty.
theatre,
a
fire
broke
out near by and Usually granted within 90
in size and. opening from it, a smaller tained in these American deserts. Ir to pay the bill this time.” Weber de was founded by Pius IX., and the first
kitchen of about one-half the Bite. Or- rigation shows how fertile these lands clined the money, saying he wished no of the statutes of the order Indicates every one helped to quench the blaze days if placed with us immedi
ginari.y the equipment of the smaller are when the water is poured on. fee for a friendly visit “Take It," said Its object, restricting, as it does, the The Prince In evening dress, worked ately on soldier’s death. Feet
with the others In passing buckets of
•r family kitchen is sufficient for the All over <lry lands grows that wild Rockefeller, "and give to some poor membership
to those members of the water. A big pompous man was stand fixed by law and payable out of
preparation of the dinner for a select shrub, called by botanists artomlsia, medical student, who is struggling for legal profession
who
have
given
ade
A successfill
party at the Executive Mansion, but but which everybody else calls sage his education." Weber remarked In quate proofs of their unselfish devotion ing by doing nothing. "Why don’t allowed pension.
you help?” asked the Prince. The experience of 25 years and benefit
telling the story that he couldn’t think
at Christmas the great hooded range brush.
to
the
interests
of
the
Church,
espe
pompous man swelled up and remarked,
of any struggling medical student Ju3t
in the larger tiled kitchen is brought
Feeds Mostly on Sage.
then and----- , but what was the ail cially in legal matters. The only in "I
“1 am a gentleman, sir, and do no such of daily calls at Pension Bonn
Into use tor the roasting of the thirty
signia
of
the
order
is
a
medallion
show
No
doubt
it
belongs
to
the
same
menial tasks. ” "Don’t let that
___ hurt are at your service. Highest ref
ment that required a surgical opera
pound Christmas turkey, Bent by Hor
ing a violet cross ou a white enameled you,” responded the Prince. “I am erences furnished. Local Maris-
ace Vose, the Rhode Island farmer who family as does the garden sage of the tion?
ground. I believe 1 am correct in say only the Prince of Wales.”
for thlrty-flve years past has Bent each
trates pecunia rily
ing that Cardinal Rampolla has charge
year a magnificent specimen of the
of the order.
benefited by sending tM
king of fowls for the President's
claims. ____ ________
Christmas dinner.
' Our Ambassador at the Court of St.
James, Mr. Whitelaw Reid, has at
Cost of Discovering America.
TABER & WHITMAN CO.,
Gobblers from tar and Wide.
last appointed his chief lackey. He is
the Hon. William Walsh. The post
Indeed, the President's Christmas
The great extent and value of Queen Wardor Bld’r, Washington,D.C.j
bestowed upon the Hon. Walsh is Isabel’s jewel bag. the proceeds of
dinner does not cost him very much, for
that of controller of Mr. Reid's house which fitted out Columbus, is more or
Uncle Sam pays the wages of many of
the White House employees who have
hold, an office quite unknown in this less of a myth. But in these days, when
a band In preparing It and almost all
democratic country of, ours, but which millionaire yachtsmen spend a hundred
of the "goodies" which grace the fes
exists in many aristocratic families thousand dollars for a little racing
tive board are donated by admiring
in England and in all royal establish yacht and think nothing of it, the ex
friends of the President. Not only does
ments, from the King's down. In pense of Columbus's whole fleet seems
Horace Vose send a prize-winning
reality, the comptroller is a species of entirely insignificant The sum of
turkey, but gobblers that rival it in size
upper servant, rnnkiug several de »3,000 covered the whole outlay neces
come from poultry raisers in other sec
grees higher than a chief butler, sary to secure and equip the three ves
tions of the country, and there are
whose business it is to see that all sels, while the Great Admiral's salary
donations of cranberries from Cape
domestic
matters run smoothly. Mr. was »300 per annum. The two other
Cod, a parcel of the ramous "Roosevelt
commanders were paid $200 each, and
Reid
is
ti>e
first American ambassa the
potatoes " sent by the farm hands on the
wages of the crew were $2.50 a
dor
to
employ
such
a
functionary,
but
President's estate at Oyster Bay and
month. Of course, money in those
no
other
American
amlmssador
to
the
other delicacies sent by "neighbors"
days was worth a great deal more
Court of St. James has lived In HO than now, and there were not very
far and near.
much
style-as
Mr
Reid
maintains,
As
many places in America at that time
8uch marketing as is necessary to
that is what Americans seem to ex-
_
where the sailors cared to ask for
PIANOS AND ORGANS
flu out the menu for the President's
pect
of
their
representatives
abroad
“
shore leave," so that their wages were
Christmas dinner is
_ done
. by Henry
STANDARD Of THE WORLD
•
clear
Laving.
nowadays,
when
they
pay
for
it
out
Pinckney, a colored man who holds the
of their own pockets. Mr. Reid is
position of White House Steward and
really to be congratulated on his suc
draws a salary of »1,800 a year from the
government for managing the domestic THE FIRST COMPLETED GOVERNMENT IRRIGATION CANAL cess in obtaining the services of the
son of a belted earl as his chief
affairs at the White House. A day or
two before Christmas Steward Pinck The extent of the government irri shown by the various expert estimates lackey. 'Hie Hon. Walsh is the third
ney sets out in the unpretentious
eon of Lord Ormathwalte.
Third
vehicle which serves as the President's gation problem is Indicated by a rec which place the addltloual area which sous of peers are usually
—. no t well
ent
schedule
IssmxL
by
the
Reclama
can
be
irrigated
at
from
75,000,000
to
off. —
private market wagon and makes the
The "
Hou. -------
Walsh is to be com-
The government
round of the markets—for the White tion Service of the Interior Depart 100,000,000 acres.
House patronage is not confined to any ment. showing that the work of re plan as provided for in the Irrigation
one merchant. In preparation for the claiming the desert Is well under way. law is to store the flood waters ot the
The Newest and Beet
western rivers, reclaiming this land
Chi 1st mas dinner It Is presumably not
The NEWEST THINGS for CHRISTMAS j
necessary to purchase any coffee, sugar, At this time the government plan in as fast as possible; but the settlers
salt or other staples, for all such sup various stages of progress requiring I who take the land are required to
»»• the
plies for the Presidential mansion are the expenditure of $32.870.000. which l«i.v back to the government the cost
WEDDING (and other) PRESENTS
purchased in quantity and kept In a will supply water for the Irrigation of ¡of the construction of each project, so
storeroom adjoining the kitchen, which 1,839,000 acres of land, the expense that the actual expense to the gov
rmr T-ock Ruckles for use on Trunk«, Telescopes, Cases of «0 kteds,
looks like a fnll-fle<tced grocery store. being $17.50 per acre. Other govern ernment will all be paid. The final
Portfolios, Messenger Bags, etc.
All in all, the White House Christ ment reports estimate that there are estimates of the possibilities of In
mas festival comes pretty near being about 900,000,000 acres of so-called creased population are one person to
They are the only Lock Buckle* with the Vale Principle
a counterpart of the old-time, old- arid land, whose chief products are each Irrigated acre, so that there
aad are made of Mnngnncwc Bronze, which look* like gol<»>
fashioned Institution of our forga sage brush and cactus. This amounts seems a future population for the
*• etvongcr than steel and will not rust.
thers.
to more than one-third of the United West ah great or greater than the to-
It Is well on toward 8.S0 o’clock ’ere States, and out of w..lch might be tai _ populatleu
_
_ of
__ the
__ ______
,____
,.
conutry
to-day.
the last piece of mince pie has disap carved four countries the sise of Ten or twenty acres. In the more higii-
Lock* alone (easily attachable). Small. B0o ; medium. 1*1
peared. and then the entire party, from France, four more as large as Ger- ly develo|>ed Irrigation wtlous of the
large. »1.00. (Beautifully hand engraved and including monogram.
the President to Quentin, the youngeet many and two states as large as New , West is stated to be sufficient for the
We extra); with strap for trunk. |1.50 ; for case, $1.00 prepaid «nd *
York. Private enterprise baa reclaim- | support of a family, owlug to the
occupant of the White House, makes cd about lO.OüftOOO of thia domain. , fact that under Irrigation numerous
turnable if not delighted,
q * request Salesmen and
a bee line for the big East Room, which is to-day the backbone of the and sure crops can I* raised. Iu the
women wanted everywhere.
where a rousing frolic winds up the West. The enormous possibilities ot I Southwest, three or four crops are
the guv
nt lrrtgatiou work Is j grown
land each year.
Madison. Wto.
LYNCH MFG. CO
holiday.
THE DESERT GROUSE.
CATHOLIC DIVORCES.
A Tension
Indica
W hite
Sewing Machine.
W
S
M « Co.
Foster’s Ideal
Cribs
Accident Proof
li Á
.•E
(
PENSIONS.
SILOS
Jteim&fennfa
STRAP
LOCKS
ai
LYNCH PERFECTION
s t.
* long horseback ride during the af
ternoon. While the Chief Executive
usually goes to his office Christmas
morning to give attention to the more
Important affairs of state that may be
pressing for attention the remaindei
of the day is given over to a holiday
vacation and thus he is enabled to de
vote more time than usual to his daily
horseback ride.
The President's
Christmas excursion also differs from
his ordinary dally outing in that in
Stead of being attended, as is usually
the case, by the army sergeant, who
acts as the President's orderly, he is
accompanied by Mrs. Roosevelt or by
a party of personal friends.
The dinner to which the President
and his family and guests sit down
about 7 o’clock in the evening Is
served in the private dining room
Which Is located in the northeast cor
ser of the White House. The state din
ing reom where are served all the great
bauqiistB given at the Presidential Man
sion, is spacious and imposing but
lacking in that cozlness and cheer
which is essential to a Christmas
feast and so the Xmas dinner party,
which numbers perhaps fourteen to
Sixteen persons is served with the
traditional yule-tide delicacies In the
family or private dining room.
Colored Walters at the White House-
The scene of the President's Christ
mas dinner is the smallest room on
the main floor of the White House,
although it is fuTly twice as large as
the dining room in the average private
residence In the land. The room is