Show ODD GLEANINGS The Monmouth tree the old Spanish chestnut which has stood for centuries in Somerset was uprooted by a wind t storm a few weeks ago What the royal t t oak of Boscobel was to England at large I I the Monmouth tree was to the locality in which It stood Its history is a I familiar one In November 16S1 the Duke I of Monmouth In hisprogress through the i west arrived at JVhttelackington houe i which is one mile distant from Ilmmstor then the seat of George Seke When the duke came within ten miles of tho place he was met by 2000 people on horseback horse-back a company whose numbers were double by the time VhItelacklngton house I was reached To admit so large u multitude tude several perches of the park palings were removed and the duke and his root icy retinue dined beneath the spreading chestnut What Is left of the Whltclack Incton mansion Is noV a farmhouse and the noble tree Is a tangle of torn roots and splintered branches 4 > < S > I > The sole and heel of the Portuguese shoe are wooden the vamp being made or patent leather fancifully showing the side of the skin usually turned In br us I The Persian footgear Is often a foot high i is made of light wood richly inlaid and Is held on by I strap over the instep The Muscovite shoo Is handwoven on a wooden frame and little attention Is I paid to the shape of the foot the sandal is generally made of silk cordage and woolen cloth although leather Is sometimes I some-times utilized The Siamese shoe has the form of an ancient canoe with 11 con I dola bow and an open toe the solo Is atwood at-wood the upper of embroidered cloth or utr Inlaid wood and elaborately ornamented < with cold and silver I 00 > < According to an act of the house of lords some six years ago a man has aright a-right to bring his old family I pew Into ttg I tyt R newly built church of his parish that ho may sit in the seat of his fathers Inconsequence In-consequence of this law a handsome Eng I lish church finds Itself In great distress The graceful building has recently been restored In the most approved style at the cost of about SO0 and one of the members of thE congregation has insisted I in thrusting his unsightly family pew In the midst of all this beauty As the pew Is a huge rude boxHka affair the vicar Is In creat distress and has vcl vain to argue the troublesome layman In to a more reasonable state of mind w < 0 s < I Johannesburg Is tQ have a theatre In i which Mr Barney Barnato Is to have a i I large Interest The building will be a j hotel l and theatre combined nar will be constructed of brick with stone dressings i A noel feature to South Africa at least I II will be the basement tha such underground I under-ground spaces do not exist there With i the exception of the space necessary for entrances to the hotel and theatre the Ceatc first floor will be devoted to r shops The entire block will cost 7730000 I The idea that n country has only one nato al flag Is almost universal but generally wrong For example Great Britain her colonies and dependencies have ilL Russia comes next with 3 and the German empire follows with 25 The United States Is content with 17 Soaln with five Turkey with three and Urn gay with two |