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i , I' # SIr Reginald Fltz - Walter , lord of
I 1 \ the Manor of DunU1ow , In the reign of
n I Henry III. , originated the bestowal of
: the Dunmow Flitch on happy couples
who have foyer \Jnrl'cled. ) \ Tim trial
at the cllllmnnts hy " 11 jury of maidens .
ons and bachelors , " Is always a great
event. The counsel , "corrcclly" at-
tired In wig and gown , took their scats ,
and the judge , In red robes , was n
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and Mrs. Christopher Holford , of Put-
ney , whitehaired and happy faced , had
been married for twenty-eight years
with no'er a quarrel or a wry word ,
"and shared. each other's gladness anti
shed each other's tears. " The other
couple were Mr. and Mrs. James Quig-
gin , the husband being a master shoemaker -
maker of Marylobone , who had been
married fourteen , years without dis-
pute. After amusing cross-examina-
tions the happy couples wore duly
; chaired round and presented with the
bacon.-Liverpool ( Eng. ) Mercury.
, " Cushions of Fat Saved Him.
a After falling three stories while
sleeping and landing on a stone sidewalk -
walk , Thomas Gallagher ! , a 250 pound
er , came to consciousness in the operating -
erating room of a New York hospital
and astonished the surgeons surround
. Ing him hy jumping up , lancing
around the room , and walking home
unlnjurod. , '
Cushions at fat on which he landed
after his fall , said ' tlno surgeons , saved
his life.
Gallagher occailonally { walls In his
sleep. Ho tool one of the nocturnal
trips early today by way of an open
window. A policeman heard the thud
n block nway. The surgeon who came
with the ambulance gave Gallagher up
, . \ ' for lost , and It was thought that only
.I1n operation ! could save him.
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Fan Shaped Clock.
I One of the most remarkable forms
of clock In the world Is a clock fan
manufactured by a Swiss jeweler
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The clock consists of twelve leaves
hinged like ! any ordinary fan. The
number of the hour Is marked from
one to twelve at the end of each of
these loavos. The fan timepiece
starts at six o'cloclc and expands regularly .
ularly for twelve hours , when It sud
denly closes up and starts all over
again. The hal hour Is Indicated by
the leaf of . the fan being only half
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TREE AS LUNCHEON TENT.
Immense Washington Patriarch the
Last of Its Race.
In the state Washlnglon there Is
a remurlmblo old tree which , In spite
of Its phenomenal quality , Is known to
but few 11001110. Inside of It twenty
adult lICl'JOn h:1.o gathered at one
time , and , comfortably seated , have
eaten their lunch , which they spread
around the , wonderful living spring
that hubbies up continually In the .
centm' Probably there Is not another
such growth In nature. The coincidence - :
denco Is most noteworthy. The tree
IR situated on Vushlon Island , anti this I
Island Is In the middle of Puget sound I
This ! "Slrlng treo" Is the Mecca for
the summer school chautauquans of
the local organlatlon.
'I'he timber or jho entire state Is
generally large and line , but this par-
ticular speclntgn Is evidently unique
utlll the last of the . ace left standing ,
like forlorn patriarch In the midst
of his younger descendants. The cir
cle inside on the ground Is eighteen
feet In diameter , and the tree Is hollow .
low , havIng been burned off at lie top ,
the barIc starched and the heart gutted .
ted by a forest fire many years ago.
This condition leaves what Is really a
trunk or stump standing , about twenty. .
feet ( high and alien at the top , thus
malting the chamber very Ihht. One
cnn floe clear through the tree owing .
to the fire having burned holes
through.
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Oldest Excise Law.
Khammurabl , king of Babylon about
250 B. C. , promulgated the first
licensing act , whIch ordained that delinquent -
linquent liquor dealers should bo
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thrown Into the water , while for
drunken disturbances the penalty was
death.
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Single Seed Was Prolific.
A single mesquite seed , Imported
from the southwest and planted In
Honolulu In 1873 has propagated and
spread until In the HawaIIan Islands
today there are 50,000 acres of the
famous plant of the alkali plains of
Arizona and New Moxlco. The most
remarkable feature of the manner ill
which the desert growth has taken
root 'on foreign and tropical soil lies
III the fact that the mesquite has completely -
pletely changed Its character and Is
vastly ) different tram : the parent . tree
of the west.
Woman Predicted ; Her Own Death.
Near C'nthlann , Mrs. Lula Devors ;
while In the enjoyment of her usual
health , stated that she would fast
ten days and at the end of that period
she would die From that time she
refused to cat , drink or to see a phy-
sician. She persisted , and promptly
at the end of the period she was dead.
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NEWPORT HAS NEW FAD.
Society Belle3 Greet Each other with
the Military Salute.
Newport has n. new belle this sea'
son She Is 1\lIss Anita Sands , the
daughter of Mr and 1\1I'S. William ! H
Sands , the latter formerly Miss Lorillard .
lard , of Now York , and she has given
the town a number oC thrills.
The girls cultivate n. most Informal
manner at Newport. Indeed , among
them to be on ono's dignity IfJ not to
be In the fashion. Some call out ,
"Hello , there ! " at even the haughtiest
of matrons.
Led by Miss Sands , these girls have
Instituted a new fad In salutatlo'ns.
Instead of merely bowing to friends ,
they salute In military fashion , with
decidedly fetching results
Miss Sands , a charming brunette ,
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NEWPORT FADDISTS
with her bewltchlng- smile illumined
by sparkling white teeth , Is said to be
leading the Impressionable young men
of Newport a merry' dance. Report Is
that she will In time marry Francis
Potter , nephew of Bishop Potter , who
has been her devoted slave for eighteen .
een months
The Birthright of Twins.
A curious case us to which of two
twins was , born first came before
Lord Pearson In the Edinburgh ( ; ourt
of Sessions
The twins were John McJarrow , nn
engineer of Vlrvan , and Charles Mc-
Jarrow , a grocer , of Glasgow.
Their father bad lied Intestate
while John was In South Africa baying -
Ing ; lGOO worth of property. Charles
had taken possession of this , claiming
to he the elder son.
John , In giving his evidence , said
that he was born on , Aug. 2,1 , 18G7 , at
1 o'cloclc In the morning and that his
brother was born half an hour after-
ward The. births were registered as
such
Charles , on the other hand , averred
that the entries In the register were
erroneous , and that his father recognized .
nlzed himself as his eldest son.
Lord Pearson gave Judgment for
John , without costs. .
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Dug Up Petrified Body.
The petrIfied hotly of a man six
feet tall was dug up pn a farm in
i Washington the other day. The shape
: of the head Is peculiar , the forehead-
very low and the back \ high , with high
cheek bones which leads to the belief I
that the lgnro is thtt of an Indian. I
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Wlllln11 to Linger All Day and Have l'
Its Back Scratched.
Col. William Esopus Handy , cowboy
and train dispatcher , financier and M"-
volunteer fireman , went to McLean
Lake last Sunday to see George Herring -
ring , the angler , take a few bass.
Herring had several lines set out
the hank and hard by squatted a 11 ! '
bu1lfl'og. "Bet you : a dollar I can
scratch that fms's back , " he said.
"Go you , " agreed the colonel. Creep- . .
Ig up very cautiously , the fisherman
caught the frog by one of Its long hind
legs Just as It was In the act of leap-
Ing Into the water . After consider-
able kicking and vibration the amphibian -
phibIan composed himself , while Her-
ring gently tickled Its back with a .
straw. In huge enjoyment the frog
gave soft grunts , closing Its eye
sleepily. It reminded Handy of a cat . '
purring.
Having won the bet Herring cast
the frog Into the lake hind went to
look at one of his lines. As ho
stooped to pick up the rod there sat
MP' " Frog , waiting , for another back
scratching. His desire was manifested .
ed as plainly as If he had said , "Here ,
old man , tickle me again. " Which the
angler [ did , and again cast him Into ,
the water. Thereafter the frog tot- . ' "tJ
lowed him from line to line , begging ' .f'- ,
for a scratching and refusing to bo
frightened away.-New York Press.
First School House.
The first school house In Chicago
was really Col. Richard J. Hamilton's
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Point , " between the lake and the
"Corlcs of the river. " The building
was 12 feet square , and both desks
and seats were empt boxes contrib
uted by the stores of the town.
Device Revealed In Dream.
William A. Engle , .a locomotive engineer -
gineer , living at Pottsvtno , Penn. , has
received patents on a cutout valve
for locomotive steam chests , the principle .
clple of which came to him durIng a .
dream. So realistic was the device
as pictured to him that he could not
get It out of his mind and the result
was his perfecting models and drawings . -
lugs and applying for patents
Hydrangea's Wonderful Blooms. . ' .
A wonderful display at flowers Is :
seen at the home of Mrs. Henry M.
\Yashburn at Franklin , N H. , where
a hydrangea has 211 blossoms upon
It and another one growing near It
has 152 The bIgger plant requires
four palls or water three times a day
to sustain It.
Ready to ump.
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the shall , for his cart has no seat In
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