"M""M''"'M'M,"M,I,"""I,IM,M"" ' ' I I I III K w v - .. , " 1 V, M Odd News From Big Cities Q Stories of Strange Happenings in the Metropolitan Towns m Historic Barn Is PHILADELPHIA. Grnco Lutheran church of Hoxborough In erecting a handsomo Gothic ctlldco on tlio northwest corner of Rldgo and Hox borough avenues. The sito Is a his toric ono and was long revered by tho older residents for tho part taken thoro during tho revolutionary war. Tho old atono dwelling Iibb been de molished, but tho largo barn In tho rear not only has been preserved, but Is being used ns a house of worship whllo tho building of tho church homo Is In progress. 1 Both tho barn and tho houso fig ured In a cowardly proceeding during tho winter of 1777-177S, while tho llrlt IbIi were In possession of Philadelphia. Washington's array waH at Valley Forge, enduring the hnrdshlps of that terrlblo winter and scouting parties wcro frequently sent out from tho en campment there to the outlying dis tricts of tho city. Ono December afternoon, during a snowstorm, a company of Virginia troopers rodo down Rldgo avenue, then known ns l.o Plymouth road, through Hoxbor telephone Now Used for Advertising NEW YORK. A numher of business houses In Now York arc using the telcphono Instead of circulars for ad vertising purposes. Probably this will meet tho approval of Undo Snm. If adopted wherever practicable It might extensively relievo tho strain on tho postal service. A rrtall dry goods merchant receives n consignment of choice laces. It takes only a fow min utes to ring up two or thrco dozen of bis best customers who would bo especially interested in such goods and ask them to call and cxnmlno tho laces. Tho Mattery of such an Invita tion appeals strongly to many persons. Clrcularlzatlon hns been carried to such an extent that much of Its ef fectiveness Is frequently lost and many circulars never reach tho buyer to whom they aro addressed, whereas tho telcphono call can usually bo a direct communication. A haberdasher telephones his patrons to noto his 1 Chicago Hair Industry Is a Big One fT JUST WONDrR Jr J AM WEARING1 SOME CHINAMAN' JJAIRJ22J; CHICAGO. According to tho mana ger of ono of Chlcngo's big "hair factories" his plant Is doing a mil lion dollars' worth of business a year. Said Mr. Manager: "Why, tho foreign dealers who used to make colonial wigs never began to havo tho trade wo havo. You can bco this letter from a well-known firm rushing us on with nn order for fi.OOO switches, and thoso ten band boxes over there contain exactly ?30,000 worth of first quality hair all to bo sold to dopartment stores. A wom an up In Wisconsin hns mado nearly $fiO,000 simply by selling tho hair sho lino bought from country women all over tho state. "All hair that Is not Chinese la first quality hair, but 75 per cent, of tho fnlso hair now worn Is from a China man's quouo second quality hair wo call It. When a Chinaman dies or Is sent to prison his queue, which aver ages 40 inches in length, is cut off IflHVsnC' vlW. JS K JUp TuJ7?r-"n City Thrives on the Bermuda Onion fepSiLV J IF )T WASrtT FOR) 1 A ( JL .' ) WOULDN'T 0 OH SAN ANTONIO, Tex. Thnt this city owes Its great distinction as a metropolis of tho wonderful stato of Texas to the nermuda onion as grown in Rio Grando bottom lands, tho resi dents nro proud to admit. Seven years ago a man named Nyo, who thought he had been cheated In a. land trade, nsked tho agricultural1 do partment what ho could raiso on tho land. It waB dry and sandy soil near Snn Antonio. Uormudn onions, was tho answer. This year tho Uormudn onion crop marketed from this dis trict exceeded $2,000,000 in value. As soon as Mr. Nyo demonstrated t lint, the so-called desert land near Snn Antonio would jeturn a proilt of C'Oi to $809 nn aero In oulono, it tiggy w i mii - JKVJ IBS II WWII II I lllllll I I !!! I I Af Used as a Church ough, and, seeing the spneloun and Inviting barn, stopped at tho Iiouho and asked permission of Andrew Wood, tho owner, to spend the night In the barn. Wood was a patriot, nml at onco acceded to the lequost, mg Ing a number of the troopers to spend tho night In the house. Midnight passed, and tho weary troopers were Indulging In dt emits of dellveranco from their foes and a safe return to their own firesides when suddenly the sentinel detected tho approach of a body of horsemen. Ho had scarcely given an alarm wjicn they rushed by him. Iti a moment tho houso and barn wns tho scene of confusion, ulnnn and disorder. Al ready had some of tho Virginia troop ers mounted their horses and wero hastening to escape by Care's lane, opposlto tho house, when the ilrltlsh niBhcd on to tho attack, giving no quarter Many of tho Americans es caped, but thoso remaining wero fallen upon and murdered In cold blood. Grace Lutheran church, after hold ing services In tho Hoxborough Ly ceum hall, rented tho Woods' house, tho lower part of which wns fitted tip as a chapel, with Sunday school rooms on the upper floors. Tho prop erty was subsequently purchased, tho old houso torn down and tho barn brought Into service latest Importations In neck scarfs, tho newst shirtings or special offers In silk hose, a clipping bureau rings up a prominent financier, tolls him his nnmo Is mentioned 1 tho dallies In connection with an Important rail road deal and asks him to .Bubscrlbo to tho bureau's extremely clllclent service; a dealer In antiques begs that madame will call to cxnmlno Bomo raro old Sheffield plato Just re ceived. Such attentions have all tho excluslveness of a varnishing day In vitation, and It would bo a patron of hardy norvo who would fall to buy. Thcso telephone calls do not cost nny moro than circularizing, when let ter postage, personally typewritten letters or engraved invitations ..to used, as they must bo in order to jo euro tho nttentlon of valuahlo pa trons. Also they have tho merit of be ing traceable without a cumbrous "follow-up" system. If a merchant has telephoned Mrs. Van Allyn that ho has a few choice Sulu pearls which ho is reserving for her inspec tion ho knows within n day or two whether or not Mrs. Van Allyn has bought thereof and ho need not wnsto timo or money ngaln on unprofitable customers. nnd sold at a big auction snlo. Our n gents bid for It by tho pound nnd then ship directly to us. Over at our laboratory theso queues aro first thor oughly disinfected, tho greatest caro being taken, then they aro bleached perfectly white and put through a re fining process, which makes them more Hko tho nntural hair. After they aro dyed the ordinary Bhndes they ccaso being queues and becomo 'switches.' "Then they nro put on a hackle, a board set with sharp steel spikes, where they aro separated into oven lengths. For instance, a 2C-lnch switch, tho populnr length, must havo every hair precisely iG Inches long. In tho nverngo switch thero aro about six dlfforent shades of ono color which must be blended together on tho hackle. "Wo used to get about all of our first quality hair from tho peasants of Switzerland. Nino months ngo, how ever, tho country passed a law for bidding tho women to sell moro thnn ono-thlrd of their hair. Wo now buy most of our fine 'cut' hnlr from Rus sia, but tho domand for It Is so great that whero wo last year paid fl.90 a pound wo now havo to pay $14 a pound. In a good switch thoro aro four ounces of hair." slightly Irrigated, someone tried cab bage. Tho cahbago shipped from this district brought $1,000,000 this year. Then other garden truck followed nnt urally and this brought back $3, 000,000. When truck growing with river Jr rlgatlon proved successful, nn effort was mado to get water through bored woIIb. Artesian wells have ndded moro than a million acres to tho cul tlvatablo land. Of course, as tho business grow, San Antonio prospered. From tho trading point for a cnttlo country It became tho distributing center for ono of the richest small farming districts in tho world. Tho population of tho city wns .17, C73 in 1880, nnd in 1900 it had n crensed to 62,321. This yenr tho total sonrod to 9G,Gil, and, with suburbs, it far oxcecdB tho charmed 100,000 mark. Tho nearest rival in Texas Is Dallas, with 92,104. What gives tho greatest Joy locnlly Is that eight years ago all Texas was saying that Snn Antonic had reached its limit. bAUANb'hU til UTKUSUUfE Window Cleaners and Other Similar Workers May Wear Novel Safety Apparatus. Chicago. Why Is It not as Impor tant for an Individual to keep his bal ance as for a ship or a railway trnln? A German Inventor thinks that It 1r, and he has devised Individual gyro scopic balances, which will prevent n man trom falling when ho Is working under conditions of danger. According to reports, as given In Popular Electricity, an American ver fclon of tho Uronnan monorail sstem In which a gyroscope lly wheel keeps tho tar from tipping will soon ho In service. A European Inventor has al ready demonstrated by n test on a fair sized steamer that a hlmllar plan can Balanced by the Gyroscope. be used effectively to overcome tho rolling of vessels. Now a third has reasoned that tho balancing of cars or ships Is no moro important than thnt of individuals working under un usual and dangerous conditions. For instance, a man washing tho windows of any tall building can work to best advantngo .f free to lean back some what. Just as ho would do if ntnndlng on tho ground. Snfoty straps mako this posslblo to a certain extent, but themselves aro hindrances to freo working. Wero tho window cleaner a bloodless machlno we might simply equip tola Interior with a gyroscopic bnlanco wheel. Next to this Is the ex ternal arrangement Just patented by Herman Zoorn, an architect at NoU Brandenburg. H0 proposes to strap a light frame to tho ninn. carrying a pair of hoops driven at high speed In opposlto directions by an electric mo tor. A practical test of this scheme will bo awaited with interest, and nttentlon, pronibitlonlsta! might not tho samo plan with a storage battery thwart tho unsteadiness of a toper? RELIC OF BALTIMORE'S FIRE Big Clock That Withstood the Great Conflagration of 1904 Is Again Keeping Accurate Time. Baltimore. Md. Tho last relic nnd reminder of the big Dnltlmoro fire of February 7 and 8, 1901 tho big, tall Iron clock that has stood on UaJtlmoro street, near Light, for many years and .which was recently denounced ns an "eyesoro" has been rebuilt. Persons passing along llaltimoro street at this point havo noticed tho The "Big John" Clock. nhnngo mado In tho big timepiece nnd many pleasing comments havo been mndo In regard to it. Tho Iron frame, which withstood tho terrific heat of tho great conflagration whllo hun dreds of mighty buildings tumbled nnd crumbled Into ruins, hns been repaint ed and Is now a bright kteol color. A wonderful now movement has been installed In tho clock and Its hnnds nro said to glvo nut tho most accurate time. Tho works cost $300. It Ib controlled by a master clock In tho Western Maryland ticket offlco, which is automatically set every hour by electrical apparatus connected with the nntlonnl observatory nt Washington, nnd which In turn sets tho big clock on tho pnvomont. This Insures nbsolutely correct timo, to tho second, and is regarded as tho most wonderful nnd accurnto system over devised. It is probnblo that a handsomo bronzo tablet will bo placed on tho framo of tho "131g John" to tell the strnngorB Its history. It hns always been a sort of mystery how tho clock withstood tbo flames, and tho othor week whllo tho workmen wero putting It into shape again crowds of curious 'and interested spectators looked on- I Sly i ajl A s Jnjljg ifflsa TOpr jf, ' .lYrtiy,'!.,. Vy '.Si.U.'i.yr1-Tl- -1 " ' . '.- " - ' rr ""V1 1 U"U' J1 1 rn'Ti ".";,';,';':. fli,.ii J iit.Ii, ,u'-' ' 'I ' I ' I ' 1 ' 1 ' I ' I ' HIS LIVELIHOOD AT STAKE Certainly Candidate for Governor Could Not Expect to Get That Voto. An Incident In which former Gov ernor Odell of Now York figured mi tho victim wiih told by Col. James Hamilton Lewis at a recent banquet. "When Governor Odell wns last running for olllce," snld Colonel Lew Is, "thoro linil been u great deal of talk about Niagara Falls and tho elec trical power that could bo conferred on nil parts of New York. Ono day an old negro hailed Mr. Odell and said: "'Mr Odell, Is o' runnlu' for gov' nor, sah?' "'I am,' answered tho candldato. "'I guess yo want my voto. den,' said tho colored ninn. '"Woll, I would llko to havo your voto, Zcb. I havo known you for bo many years.' '"Well, I Jlst want to nnk you a question, Mr Odell, befo' I glvo mnh voto to you. Arc yo' for oleclTlc lights In dls town?' "Well, Zcb, I ntn for nil modern Im provements,' said Odell, with a slight flourish. "'Woll, sah, I can't voto for you, said Zeb with firmness. 'Yo' dono for got dat I Is a lamp lighter.' " AWFUL BURNING ITCH CURED IN A DAY "In tjio middle or the night of March 30th I woko up with a burning Itch In my two hands ami I felt us If I could pull them apart. In tbo morning tho itching had gone to my chest and dur ing that day it spread all over my body. I wns red and raw from tho top ot my head to tho soles of my feet and I was In coutlnunl agony from tho itching. I could neither Ho down nor sit up. I happened to sco about Cutl cura Remedies, and I thought I would Rlvo them n trial. I took a good bath with 'tho Cutlcum Soap and used tho Cutlcura Ointment. I put It on from my head down to my feet and then went to bed. On tho first of April I felt llko a new man. Tho Itching wns almost gone. I continued with tho Cutlcura Soap nnd Cutlcura Ointment and during that day tho Itching com pletely left me. Frank Grldley, 325 Kuat 43rd Street, New York City, Apr. 27, 1909." Cutlcura Remedies aro aold throughout tho world; Potter Drug & Chem. Corp., Solo Props, Boston, MnsB. "That First Invented 8leep." "Now blessings light on him that first Invented this sumo sleep! It cov rrs a man all over, thoughts and nil, llko n cloak; It Is meat for tho hungry, drink for tho thirsty, heat for tho cold, and cold for tho hot. It Is tho current coin that purchases all tho pleasures of tho world cheap; and tho tmlauco that sets tho king nnd tho shepherd, tho fool nnd tho wlso ninn oven. 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