Show HIS WEIGHT i IS TWENTY POUNDS burmese dwarf now in london Is the worlds tiniest athlete london july 17 shaun sing the smallest athlete in the world mado his first appearance before the london public at the lyceum last night he Is 22 years of age his height Is 24 inches his chest measurement 2312 2 inches his hip measurement also 2312 2 inches and his fighting weight 20 pounds sing unlike the ordinary dwarf is exceedingly well developed and symmetrically built he wore an immaculate frock coat some 15 inches in length a pair of daintily cut trousers a fancy vest perfectly correct collar and tie and a shiny silk bat 0 1905 shape just large enough to fit over the fist of an ordinary man sing are not however confined to acrobatic tricks he is a good linguist for he speaks english well german fluently and french slightly not to mention his native burmese perhaps the most amazing thing about sing is the fact that his appetite Is not at all in proportion to his size he is accustomed to sit down with ordinary mortals and eat just as much as any one at the table for breakfast he likes three eggs andaca an dasa pick me up he Is accustomed to swallow a couple of dozen oysters at a sitting ho eats large quantities of meat but is not fond of potatoes or other vegetables among his treasured possessions la a gold bracelet slightly larger than a wedding ring which he wears around bis little brown wrist it was given to him by miss lole fuller whom he met during one of his toura CUPID WON OLD MAIDS IN PENSION OFFICE many women clerks declined promotion to accept offers of marriage washington july 17 there has been a lively fluttering of hearts in the pension office this week being the last of the fiscal year the usual announcement of promotions has come and with it the decision on part of a remarkably large number of old maid clerks not to take them but to surrender to cupid and withdraw from the public service the first girl to go asked for her annual vacation and said that as she had been engaged twenty years she thought it was about time for her to get married but she would hold on until the end of her vacation anyway her time was up the other day and she did not return A day later camo a letter announcing that she was a happy bride BIG SALARY FOR A BAVARIAN TENOR new york july 17 by the terms of the contract that heinrich knote made with mr conned he Is to come here next year for forty performances which are to occupy a term of five months for each performance he Is to receive 1000 and for concerts one halt that amount during the next season the tenor s engaged for only fifteen appearances to occupy a space of two months then ho will receive 1100 an appear anco in opera during the season of 1907 8 he will again sing fifteen times but receive an advance of making his cachet during the last season of hig contract which as 9 he will have fifteen appearances at 1300 each there have been tenors in the past that have received more but those days will not come soon again jean de got 2500 during his last year here and saved the season at that signer caruso receives less than that now but he has a greater number of appearances compared however with the mu alch contract of kierr knote his arrangement ran gement with mr conried is as a gold mine in the opera house in which his career was made he sang for eight months ot the year his calary is to reach finally the sum of a year having begun at in addition he receives for every ono of bis sixty appearances a further fee of 75 this made hla annual earnings in munich he also had leave of absence of two months in winter and two in summer BEATEN TO A FRAZZLE idaho falls july 16 the locals and tho rexburg teams clashed today in the local diamond with the result that the locals were simply beaten to a frazzle from the almo the first ball was thrown over the plate toren pitched masterly ball for the rexburg team while hall with poor support could do practically nothing with the rexburg team was sabeti tutta in the box tor hall in the seventh inning but the game was too far gone to overcome ehg lead ot the visitors mckinley for the visitors got a home run in the fifth inning also scoring two men the locals only run was made by in the ninth inning when by shrewd base runn lna and an error he was allowed to score batteries toren and hall and doane REMAINS OF GEN BLACKMAR balse idaho july 17 the widow of general wilmon W blackmar corn mander ln ahlet of the grand army of the republic who died here yesterday evening and her sister Miss Brewer departed today tor boston with the remains 0 the dead general traveling over the union pacific by way of omaha at chicago they will b e joined by the national officers of the grand army |