| Show dignity of the law A felon did a murder ot a rather messy sort the detail were appalling V we credit the report but his innocence was proven when they brought hi into court by a lawies in good standing A gentleman of pleasure wearied of do bestle strife so he hatched some petty slanders that would compromise his wife result A quick divorce obtained a worn an markel for life by a lawyer in good standing A law of public justice brushed the el bows ot a trust who did the dark and devious its ener agles to bust and the man who bribed and quibbled till the right was in the dust was a lawyer in good standing A millionaire promoter who was known to be a thief caught gory handed in a steal bid air to come to grief so he summoned his attorney tor he knew hed and relief in a lawyer of good standing the lawyer bi ought the case to trial with all precaution due the judge discerned the clink of coin and smiled as it knew the defendant must be Innocent you see his honor too wae a lawyer in good standing new york bun plants a supply stores there are few plants that have not been utilized one way tor another by mankind tor food paper drugs or oth er purposes amongst many not so well known may be mentioned the japanese wax tree bearing bunches of tault growing like grapes which con tain a species of wax used in making candles another tree found in the pacific islands and known as the candle nut felds a large quantity of oil while the kernels are strung together on a stick and lighted as a candle the tault of the candle tree Is between three and four feet in length about a inch in diameter and of a yellowish color As they are seen hanging from the tree they present the appearance ot a number of wax candles and are in such abundance as to give the idea of a chandler s shop some of these are grown in the isle of wight the telegraph plant which grows in india is a slender erect shrub called because of some resemblance to signals in the motion of its trifoliate leaves the two side ones rising and falling alternately for a time and then resting for a period sometimes many of the leaves are in motion and sometimes only a few the greatest actie ity being in the early morning and not depending on the wind montreal herald A prehistoric cave dwelling A prehistoric cave dwelling has recently been discovered near on lake in switzerland the entrance to this cavern has been blocked for ages by the accumulation of falang rocks and earth its exist ence being known a party of anti lans had the entrance passage into the cavern cleared of obstruct and a grotto or series of caves dating to the stone period was laid bare A fine collection of stone ample ments including knives ax heads and spears gigantic shells rudely orna dented evidently drinking vessels and dishes was discovered in one chamber of athe cavern the explorers found the remains of the bones of many animals while one sec alon of the cave which Is believed to have been the dwelling of an imbor tant family in the stone age had evi dently served as a workshop for the stonecutters for here were found many stones in the precess of being shaped into implements tree with interesting history secretary hitchcock recently plant ed in the white house grounds an oak sapling grown from an acorn taken oak at st washington tom a george petersburg the russian oak was from a grown from an acorn taken tree planted by washington some russians who were visiting the unit ed states gathered some acorns from the washington oak at mount vernon an immense tree near the general s house planted them in st petersburg the most now among and they are splendid trees on the avenues 0 the russian capital when secretary hitchcock was minister to russia he brought home some ot the acorns from these trees and planted them at his home in missouri it Is one of the resulting saplings that he brought to washington trout that need ice water golden trout from an icy stream 7 feet up the wild sides of mt whit ney were one of the attractions of a fish and game show in san francisco says forest and stream the fish were caught in whitney creek by R W requa with two assistants he started up the towering mountain one of his companions turned back when a blind ing snowstorm came on but the other two proceeded rua got about three dozen of the trout which were brought down in a bucket of water and ice plenty of ice was kept in the tank in which the fish were shipped and a large chunk of it floated in the water in which they lived at the pavilion electricity hatches eggs A muskogee I 1 T man has demon borated that electricity makes a good incubator II 11 M ance a chicken fancier wa expecting results from a setting of eggs that promised well until two days before hatching after breaking all the then the hen eggs except three refused to sit on them mr vance took the three remaining eggs before they became cold made a nest in the house placed an electric light bulb in the nest and turned on the current in twenty hours he had hatched all three eggs and has three as fine chickens as any old hen ever clucked to the heator the electric light proved to be just strong enough old coins worth much A cent of 1804 in con dialon is worth another of 1823 Is valued at and so on the price J depending largely upon the condition la which the coin Is found L |
