BRIGHT EYES’ BIRTHDAY BALL.
Said Mrs. Mouse to Mr. Mouse,
(i VSithin the pantry wall:
I really think, my dear, that we
Must give a birthday ball
To celebrate (be grand event,
Our Bright-Eyes’ coming out;
Just leave arrangements all to me—
I know' what I’m about.
Expense? Oh, that is nothing, dear—
You. need not have a care
%>• I know where there is dainty food
In plenty and to spare.
The invitations shall be sent
Improper form—you see
——0fiT%pfght-Eyes must be introduced
” To good society."
The evening came. The lights were bright
In Mr. Mousle’s hall,
And mirthful squeaking there was heard
At Bright-Eyes’ birthday ball—
When suddenly the awiul voice
Of Floss, (he pussycat,
Cried out: ’’Meow! meow! meow!
I wonder what you’re at?"
<’Twas very rude of her, you know
She was not asked to come.)
With squeak of terror and affright
—^ Each mouse rushed madly home.
Said little Bright-Eyes to herself,
Amfdst the shocking din;
*‘Oh dear! if this, is coming out,
1 think I’m safer in."
—Marian Isabel Hurrell, In Cassell’s Little
Folks.
LARGEST CAPTIVE BEAR.
The Distinction Beyond Question
Goes to n Grizzly in Golden
Gate Park.
Without doubt the largest captive
grizzly bear in the world may be seen
in the Golden Gate park, San Francisco,
Cal. This bear was captured by an old
and experienced bear hunter and trap
per; was purchased by a wealthy gen
tleman, and presented to the city of
San Francisco and placed in the park.
The huge animal is one of the most:
attractive featv.r»*s of the place, says
the American Inventor.
The bear was caught in a powerful
log trap away up amid the rugged soli
tudes of the great Sierra Nevadamoun
tains. The trap was temptingly bait
ed and the animal deliberately walked
to his fate, and became a prisoner. At
the time of his capture the bear was
full grown, in fact, was middle aged.
For a time the animal was sullen, fero
cious, and wild with fury by turns.
It was no easy or safe task to trans
fer the bear to a strong iron cage
and bring him by team and rail to San
Francisco. Gut finally the savage,
powerful monster was safely landed
in the park. He was appropriately
named Monarch, by reasbn of hisenor
mans size and weight. From his nar
row prison Monarch was transferred
to a large spacious eage constructed
of steel. Escape from this inclusure
is impossible.
As to his exact vveight there is much
conjecture. That has not been deter
mined, as the bear has never been
placed on a scale. Good judges esti
mate it at not far from 1,200 pounds.
The bear's appearance justifies that
conclusion. The animal is kept “roll
ing fat.” He has very comfortable
quarters and plenty of food which
tickles his palate. Near the center
of his eage is a long, deep iron box
kept full of water. Like every other
hear, Monarch hugely enjoys his hath,
and spends much of his time disport
ing in the water.
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FOR INGENIOUS EOYS.
Thlx Article Tell* Them How to Mnlte
a Shelf anil Drawer for Their
Siiatera’ Hooimn.
This is for a boy to make for his own
room, or for his sister’s room, for
girls like shelves anil drawers for
knickknacks, as well as do boys. Three
pieces of board, ten to 12 inches
w ide and 26 inches long, will be need
ed—two tovincase the drawers and one
for the shelf at the top. Separate the
two lower boards by end pieces of
board three and one-half inches wide,
gA this being the depth of the drawer.
r Make four square corner supports,
sawed in strips from an inch-thick
HINT FOR INGENIOUS BOYS.
board, and carefully planed, and fas
ten them in position with small brads,
l’ut in with brads two end pieces at
each end of the same material, in the
manner shown. The little balls that
are used can be procured at a cabinet
maker’s, and at many hardware stores.
They are held in place by long, slender
brads driven through them. A small
brass rod is secured in front, and
from this is suspended, by small brass
rings a little curtair. of silk or other
material, which a mother or sister
may be asked to coni ribute. The whole
is supported by neat bronze brackets,
from the hardware store. The man
ner of constructing the drawer is
plainly shown in the second cut, ex
cept that it, may be stated that the
bottom of the drawer is fitted to go in
side of the front, back and ends, being
held in place by brads through the
ends and back.—Washington Star.
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NEW FLIGHTLESS BIRD.
Ite Discovery oa an Island Off th»
Coast of Gcnnilor Was a Surprise
to Naturalists.
So thoroughly has the world been
explored that the discovery of a hith
erto unknown bird is a most notable
event from a zoological viewpoint.
Hence it is that the finding of a large
species of water fowl on an island of
the Galapagos group has attracted
the attention of naturalists every
where. The matter is additionally in
teresting for the reason that the bird
in question is unable to fly. It is a
cormorant, and the only flightless
member of its family. The Galapagos
cormorants paddle about among the
reefs that surround Albemarle island,
but, owdng to their lack of wings, have
never crossed the four miles of wa
ter which separates them from the
nearest bit of terra firma in the group.
It is quite a little archipelago, com
prising five big and J1 small isles, and
BIRDS THAT CANNOT FLY.
the line of the equator runs directly
through it.
On Charles and Chatham islands
thousands of pussy cats, every one of
them entirely black, live in the crev
ices of lava near the shore, and get
a living by hunting for crabs and
fishes, but the most remarkable in
habitants are giant land tortoises,
some of which have been known to
weigh more than 600 pounds. The
group is 600 miles west of Ecuador, to
which country it belongs, but some
day Uncle Sam is likely to buy it for
a coaling station.
Recently there was captured in New
Zealand the fourth specimen ever seen,
so far as science has recorded, of a
flightless bird called a notornis. It
looks somewhat like a goose, and has
a curious kind of a bill, with a small
red comb above it that stands cross
wise. Though it cannot liy at all, its
feathers being too soft and yielding, it
is a first-rate runner, and one of its
odd traits is a weakness for thieving
its special passion being to steal every
thing it can lay its beak on.
The first two specimens killed were
sold to the British museum, where
they are now preserved. The third
brought $50 in Dresden, and $1,500 is
said to have been refused for the
fourth, just mentioned.
New Zealand has always been the
great headquarters of flightless birds
It was separated from the mainland
some time before the first mammals
made their appearance upon the earth,
and consequently there were no mam
mals there whatever, except a few
bats, until man arrived in the coun
try. For birds, therefore, it was e
veritable paradise, without a four
legged enemy to fear, and many spe
cies found so little use for their wings
that those appendages almost disap
peared. One of these was the notor
vuliw'l-t uac cimm siptl fn lip Fiitirpl v
extinct until the fourth specimen
turned up the other day. Quite pos
sibly there are others still surviving
Another flightless bird of New Zea
land is the well-known apteryx, which
is not a bit like any other featherec
creature in the world.
There were several species of moi
the largest of them attaining a heighl
of 14 feet and a weight of fully 601
pounds. It was a harmless creaturt
and even helpless, being without pow
er of flight, and slow and clumsy ir
all its movements. Besides, it was
extremely stupid. It was remark
able for its enormous* legs and feet
which were so heavy that it could noi
run fast, and its extermination was i
question of only a very short titm
when man had arrived on the scene.
The bird that is not a flyer stands £
poor chance for survival in these days
It is now just about 60 years since the
great auk became extinct, and an egg
of this species is worth to-day $1,500
There are about 72 of the eggs in ex
istence, and the last one sold was dis
posed of at auction in London in 190:
for $1,260. In 1900 a perfect egg
brought $1,678.
Funk island is a lonely rock 3‘
miles out at sea off tlie coast of New
foundland. The early settlers of thai
country depended to a large exten
upon the flesh and eggs of the great
auk for food, and were accustomed t<
make trips for the purpose of obtain
ing the birds, at regular intervals, anc
often at, great risk, to the far of]
islet, which was the principal breeding
place and last retreat of the species
Sometimes the unhappy fowls wen
herded together, in corrals, built bj
setting stone slabs on edge, and wen
kept confiued in this manner until thej
were wanted. They were so fat that ii
is said they were sometimes used ai
fuel for cooking. The final destruc
lion of the great auk, however, wai
‘due to the demand for its feathers
a,u] when at length it succumbed, it!
extinction came so suddenly asio tak<
naturalists unawares. Thus it caau
about that there exist to-day only t
very few skins and eggs, preserved I
museums.—Kansas City Stax.
ALCOHOL FOR FUEL.
With Tax Removed, It Would Be Far
Cheaper Than Coni, Petroleum
or Fuel Gas.
Since a Chicago professor has pro
pounded the theory that alcohol has
a scientific value as food a Detroit
chemist has discovered that the fiery
liquid could justify its name even
further, and prove to be a cheap fuel
that would relieve all danger of a
coal famine if the government would
only remove the heavy internal rev
enue and import taxes.
The chemist is J. F. Ingram, who
has made a deep study of the cost
and methods of manufacture, iu con
nection with the agitation in the
senate for the removal of the taxes
on alcohol. He has found out that
alcohol can be made for ten cents a
gallon, and that at that price more
heat can be produced for the same
money than from hard coal at nor
mal rates. Naturally the mine own
ers and coal roads oppose the change
The federal tax on alcohol now is
$2.10 a gallon. Its market price is
$2.40, showing that makers can sell
it for 30 cents under present condi
t - as. In Germany and France
where there is no tax, the selling
price is 15 cents, but the chemist de
clares the fluid could be made much
more cheaply in this country, because
of the greater natural resources.
Alcohol is made from all vegetable
substances containing starch or
sugar. Corn is one great source. All
roots, such as sugar beets and pota
toes, also contain alcohol. If the
tax were removed the thousands oi
tons of waste from the beet sugar
factories could be utilized for fuel
In the great districts of the w-est,
where fuel is so scarce and high that
corn is sometimes burned, the chem
ist says apparatus could be installed
in every house at a cost of $25 which
would turn out fuel enough for the
family from the waste products oi
the farm.—Chicago Journal.
Germs in Tenement Honan*.
Tests in tenement houses show thal
in five minutes after sweeping 2,50(
germs settled on a saucer threr
inches across. In the same length
of time before sweeping 75 germs
settled on the saucer.
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MECHANICAL RACING. )
Km ArllWcilnl Conrtt Ipoi Whlth In
dividual Motor* Propel tl»o
Yuri on* Animal*.
There is probably no form of amuse
ment which is more popular with the
children than riding on the inerry-go
round, and it is frequently noticed that
the older people indulge in this pas
time, probably for the same reason
they go to the circus—just to give the
children a treat. If the amusement ap
paratus designed by Benjamin Beer
wald, of Philadelphia, Pa., should be
utilized to supplant the common form
of merry-go-round there will be suf
ficient excitement and genuine pleas
ure connected with a ride on the ani
mals to please even those who find the
carrousel of to-day a tame affair. The
principal feature of this new inven
tion is an underground conduit, in
which a small truck is mounted on
rails, with an eloetrie motor on the
truck and a vertical shaft extending
upward to support the animal in po
sition for use. The movement of the
truck is under complete control of the
rider, who may travel fast or slow,
according to the pressure which he ap
plies to the bridle leading to the horse’s
mouth. Inside the animal’s mouth is
the switch through which the current
is turned into the motor, and a pull on
the reins swings the lever which makes
the contact. The current is taken from
a trolley wire suspended overhead in
the conduit, and a train of wheels gears
the motor down to the proper speed
of revolution for the traction wheels.
—Louisville Courier-Journal.
A PRETTY SUBURBAN COTTAGE
SIMPLE suburban cottage is pictured herewith, equipped with mod
'll ern conveniences. It is to have stone walls for the cellar, with the
portion above ground pointed with cement. All sides are to be of
bevel clapboard pointed, or, if desired, to be reversed with rough side ex
posed and shingle stain applied, eliminating the necessity for future paint
ing. The body of the house, if painted, should have a steel gray shade
with cream white trimmings and dark bronze green sashes; the roof to be
of shingle, dipped in a pearl gray stain. If the siding is to be stained, a
dark moss green shade should be used, with cream white trimmings and
Basil, and an Indian red stain on the roof shingles. Flooring to be of North
Carolina pine three inches wide, with joints carefully struck.
The inside finish is to be of Oregon pine, California redwood or chest
nut finish in the. natural, with the library and dining-room finished in a
Flemish and Antwerp effect. The house is to be plastered with skin white
coat for papering, and, if desired, the halls plastered in tinted sand finish.
The bathroom walls are painted with enamel paint and the sides wain
scoted with wood, or the plaster is marked off in oblong squares to imi
tale tile and painted.
A notable feature of the bouse is the fact that upon entering from the
well-protected porch, the open stairs lead directly to rooms in the second
innI I
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TiR«r FLOOR- ^5ccortO fx-OOR
f-tory. The library is equipped with m large bay, is entered through a wide
opening; in a similar manner is the dining-room, entrance finished.
A large coat closet is conveniently situated by the stairs. The entrance
to the cellar from the kitchen is direct. The front door is accessible with
out the to-be-avoided feature of passing through the dining-room. A rear
porch to the kitchen is provided, which, if desired, could economically b»
enlarged into a shed kitchen. The second story contains three large bed
rooms provided with ample closet room. All rooms are in direct access
to the hall, stairway and large, fully-equipped bathroom. The deck or
balcony over the porch will prove a valuable adjunct, giving a pleasant
, summer evening retreat and an opportunity for the flower-loving occupant
to gratify her fancy. Plan3 and description are taken from Good
keeping.
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BANK OF TUCKERM
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———1irjamn—^1™«—MM
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Back again in Newport and
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Eupion Oil
When buying illuminating
oil insist on having Eupion, the
family safety. This is a double
distilled process oil that is
odorless and absolutely safe.
If you will use clean burners
and wicks and Eupion Oil you r
will have best light obtainable.
The only merchants in Newport
that sell this high grade oil are
Wolff-Goklman Merc. Co., W.
B. Chastain, Wilmans Bros.,R.
D. Wilmans, Heiliger’s Union
Market Co., Martin Bros., Har
ris & Daugherty L. G. DaVaul
and O. M. Bowen.
Waters-Pierce Oil Comp’y
THE BANK. OF NEWPORT
OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS.
G.W. Decker, President. A. D. Bailey, Vice-President.
R. M. Johnson, Cashier. T.^D^Kjnman, Ass’t. Cashier.
V. Y Cook, Thos. J. Graham, ^^S^TShoffner.
Jno. T. Flynn, J. W. Grubbs, Jos. J£. Stayton.
This Bank has an authorized
CAPITAL of $100,000.00.
An authorized and subscribed Capital is a convenient thing—
good thing for advertising purposes, but to be perfectly honest,
and tell our patrons the truth, it really counts for little. We
could have had, just as easily, a Subscribed Capital of
$500,000. It would not have cost us one cent more.
What our patrons are really interested in knowing is, this
Bank has invested 'in its 'business, of ITS OWN MONEY,
$58,000.00 OF CASIIJ PAID IN CAPITAL and undivided
prolits. That is the reason this Bank is prepared to take good
care of your business. And we assure you that MORE CAPI
TAL WILL BE PAID IN as soon as we believe it can be safely
and profitably invested.
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