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Monday, January 15, 1912. F.B. & F. P.Goss, Publi shers. Cape Cod Telephone 25.11 Hyannia tioas Ulaiance 1411 Hyunnta All •communications; to lusure prompt attention must be addressed to Ujannis , Mass. Entered as second-class matter October 31, 1906,at the post-office at lljannls. Mass.. uuder the Act ot Congress or Marcb 3. 1879. Fire Wednesday destroyed the Con- gregational church and the old Lyceum building at Braintree. The 42d annual meeting of the American Cranberry Growers ' Associa- tion will be held at the Windsor Hotel in Philadelphia the 16th. The Democratic National conven tion for the selection of president and , vice presidential candidates will be held in Baltimore Ju ne 25. John Quinn , Jr., a member of the Executive Council , was named by Governor Foss Thursday afternoon for sheriff of Suffolk County, in place of Sheriff Seavey deceased. At the annual meeting of the re- publican state committee Thursday these officers were re-elected : Chas. E. Hatfield , chairman ; H. Clifford Gal- lagher, treasurer; Henry P. Field, chairman finance committee. Robert Bacon, Harvard '80, is to re- sign his post of ambassador to France and will become a fellow of Harvard University. The corporation last Wed- nesday nominated Mr. Bacon, His name will go befor e the board of over- seers for confirmation at a special meeting Wednesday. Clarence V. T. Richeson plead guilty, on Tuesday in the Superior Court at Boston , to the charge of murder in causing the death of Avis W. Linnell of Hyannisport , and was sentenced by Judge Sanderson to be put to death "in the manner prescribed by law " during the week beginning Sunday May 19. Representative Washbur n of Wor- cester , chairman of ways and means , served notice on the house Tuesday that the Worcester members would vigorously oppose the proposed con- gressional re-districting plan , which he said, contemplated the turning over to the democrats of the third con- gressional district. TheBarnstable Patriot. urange notes On Tuesday evening, the 9th , the regular meeting was held for the in- stallation of ofilcers. Mr. A. L. Crowell of Dennis was the installin g officer assiste d by our Past Maste r, Mrs . Florence A. Bursley. The feast committee served us so well we forgot the cold outside. The officers installed were as fol- lows: Master—ErneBt Cameron. Overseer—Allen Jones. Lecturer—A. B. Chase. Steward—U. E. Holway. Assistant Steward—Ray mond Jones. Chaplai n—Mrs. J. E. Holway Treasurer—J . F. Carlet on. Secretary—Geo rge E. S. Ellis. Gate Keeper—Ge orge A. Weeks. Ceres—M rs. G. A. Weeks. Pomona—Mrs. Grace A. Ellis. Flora—Mrs . Gllleon. Lady Asst. Steward—Mi ss Annie E. Carleton. Pianist—Miss Sadie Jones. Relief Committee —Mrs. Giles, Mrs. Jenkins , Mrs. Elva Holway, Harlan P. riolway, Miss Joaie Crocke r, W. Hig- gins. Feaat Committee—Mrs. Helen Hol- way, Harlan P. Holway, Mies Minnie Dunbar , Mrs . Florence A. Bursley, Mrs. George Weeks, Mr. Jenkins. The subjec t for the evening was— Management of Stock to Obtain Best Results. R. F. Armstron g, Harlan P. Holway, J. F. Giles. Song, River of Time. Address—A. L. Crovrell. Paper on the Cow—H. P. Hoiway. Poem, Troubles on the Farm—H at- tie F. Clark. Balance RationB for Hena—J. B. Holway. Balance Rations for the Old Hors e— F. Crocker. Song, Dear Old Farm. Balanc e Rations for Orange Goat— J. P. Carleton . Reading, Nellie Grover—-A. W. Hig- gins How to grow a Christmas Goose—J. F. Armstrong . How to grow 8 lbs. of pork—A. B. Chase. The next meeting of the Grange will be held January 23d. . Mr. A. B. Chase wishes the Lec- turer 's Committee to meet at his home Friday evening, January 19th. Miss Beulah Higgins, who has been visiting our Grange has return ed to Wor cester for the winter. Mn. M. A Heyse is spendi ng tae winter In New York. Mrs. Elisabeth H. War e is spending the winter with her son in Jellfco! Tenn. - r ** " 0* **- nwenan ici. railroaders , ftt T >rei 2L£1 ' ^ Dr - To©™**' Eclectic OB. Take, the stto s out of-cota, oaro*or brnlce*at one©; Pain can- not its? wo*,*tt tt «,*.... ¦ " tJiw ^ft^S*?" ^: «b««riber to The Sg^fiffl***• ******* *°**¦ EAST SANDWICH First National Bank of Hyannis The annual meeting of the First National Bank of Hyannis was held last Tuesday . The old board of di- rectors was re-elected, as follows: A. D. Makepea ce, Elkanah Crowell , Edwajd L. Chase , Frank H. Hinckley, John C. Makepeace , Irving W. Cook. — The directors re-elected the follow- ing officers : President—A, D. Makepeace. Vice President—Elkanah Crowell. Cashier—Irving W. Cook. Asst. Cashier—Walt er B. Chase. First National Bank of Yarmouth At the annual meeting of the stock- holders of the Firs t National Bank of Yarmouth held Tuesday the old board of directors were re-elected , as follows: Joshua Crowell of East Dennis, H H. Fisk of West Dennis, F. H. Loth- rop of Barnstable , John H. Clark and W. J. Davis of Yarmo uth. The directors chose the following officers : President—Joshua Crowell. Cashier—William J. Davis. Assistant Cashier—T homas S Crow ell. Cape Cod National Bank At the annual meeting of the stock- holders of the Cape Cod National Bank of Harwich , held at their bank- ing house Jan. 8th, the following board of directo rs was elected: Eleazer K. Crowell , Emulous Small, Marcus W. Howa rd , Henry H. Sears , David L. Young, Augustus C. Snow. At a subsequen t meeting of the board the following officers were elect- ed: President—Eleazer K. Crow ell. Vice President—Emulous Cmall. Clerk—Augustus C. Snow. Falmouth National Bank At the annual meeting of the stock- holders of the Falmouth National Bank , held last Tuesday, the board of directors was elected as follows: Wa rd Eldred , Alex. McL. Goodspeed, Charles E. Davis, E. E. C. Swift, Jr., John H. Crock er, William H. Hewins , George E. Dean. Wareham Savings Bank The annual meeting of the Wareham Savings Bank corporation was held Monday. John C. Makepeace was elected' preside nt, and John Huxtable vice-pr esident The board of truste es was elected as follows: Henry S. Griffith , John C. Makepeace , Abel D. Makepeace, Albert R. Eldridg e, Walton S. Delano, George P. Bolles, Edward A. Gammons , John Huxtable , William fcJavary, Jr., Judah Hathaway, Josiah L. Eldridg e and John P. Huxtable. PROBATE COURT At a Probat e Court at Barnstabl e, Tuesday, Jan. 9th, Judge Freeman H. Lothrop presid ing, the following busi- ness was trans acted: Wills proved— Of Mercle F. Crowell of Dennis, Louise M. Crowell , ex'x; of Margaret S. Cash of Harwic h, Pri s- cilla M. Ellis, ex'x; of Mercy C. Lovell of Barnstable , Elisha B. Worrell , ex'r; of Joseph D. Winslow of Falmouth , John L. Edmunds, et al, ex'rs; of James G. "Hyde of Chatham , Lillie A. Bearse , et als, ex'x; of Solomon Laha of Wellfleet, Emery G. Newcomb, ex'r; of Olive S. Rogers of Orleans , John Kenrick , ex'r. Administration granted—On est. of Phebe W. Crocke r of Yarmo uth, Eliza A. Crocker , admx; on est. of Ann Brady of Sandwich , Mary A. Brady, admx; on est. of Woodbridge C. Snow of Provincetown , Clarence M. Snow, admr; on est. of Elisha F. Crow ell of Lansdown , Pa., Mary E. Crowe ll, admx on est. of David Leeman of Barnstable , Alfred Crocker , admr; on eat. of Wil- liam E. Chase of Harwich , Wm. F. Chase , admr; on est of Solomon F. DaviB of Dennis, Philena Davis, admx ; on est. of Lucy A. Crosby of Barnsta- ble, Bertha W. Grigson, admx; on est. of Fred'k A. Williams of Barn stable , Susan A. Williams, admx. Guar dian appointed—Abbie C. Nick- erson , guardian of Lucile C, Mar- guerite W. and Ella T. Nicker son of Chatham , minors ; Nath'l S. Simpkins , Jr., guardian of Willard S. Simpkins of Yarmouth , minor. License for sale of Real Estate gran ted to—Jame s H. Higgins, admr. of est. of David J. M. Higgins of Barn- stable. Leander'a Faat. Stories of the ancients who per- formed prodi gious feats pale into in- significance compared with modern accomplishments—for example, the sto ry of Leander . who swam the Helles- pont with- the praiseworth y object o* passing an hour in the presenc e of bin sweetheart Now, the body of watei known in ancient times as the Helles- pont is in these days called the strait of Dardanelles , and the distance across Is rather less than a mile. Compared with such a swim as that of Captain Webb, who first swam across the strait of Dover, a distance of twenty- one miles, Leandar's performance seems not only credible , bat Insignifi- cant Trie Editor and Hia Boy. A certain editor bad cause to admon- ish his son on account of his reluctance to attend school. "You must go regularly and learn to be a great scholar." said the fond father encouragingly; "otherwis e yon can never be an editor , you know. What would you do. for instance . If your paper came out full of mistakes?' The boy looked up into bis parent' s face with childish innocenc e. "Father ." be said, solemnly. "I'd blame 'em on the prin ter!" And then the editor fell upon his son's neck and wept tears of Joy. He knew he had a successor for the edi- torial chair .—London Answers. neade Wrote Standing. One peculiar fad with regard to hia writing Charles Read e shared with other famous novelists—he could not remain seated at a table, but did Jus work standing at a high desk. This was characteristi c also of Victor Hugo, who wrote the whole of "Los Mlsera- bles" standing. Wllkie Collins, too, declared that his thoughts flowed more freely when standing on his feet In direct contrast , one recalls tha t Mark Twain did much of his work propped op in bed and that Sir Walter Scott found his brain clearest when reclin- ing comfortably on a couch.—London Chronicle. Arttfiolal Snow . A curious Instanc e of the formation of artificial snow was witnessed on one occasion in the town of Agen, in France. A fire brok e out in a sawmill when the temper ature was 10 de- greesbelow freezing point The water thrown upon the fire was Instantly vaporized and. rising in the cold, dry air, was Immediately condens ed and fell as snow. With brigh t starlight and a strong northwest wind blowing* the whirling snow above and the raging fire below, a brilliant apectacl e war presented. A Witty Retort. Having once lost a case In New York, Counselor Nolan sadly remark- ed, "My poor client Is little likely to get justice done here until the J udg- ment day." "WelL counselor, " said the court, "If I have an opport unity Fll plead for tha poor woman myself on that day." "Tour honor," replied Nolan , "will have tro ubles of your own apon that day." The near-z ero weather of last week was succeeded on Sunday with de- lightfu l temperatur e, sunny and spring like. At noon the thermo meter registere d 38 Daring the night the wind shifted to the south east and thla morning it wasraining and streets and walks covered with sloshand water. BANK MEETINGS 79th ANNUAL STATEMENT for the Year ending December 31, 1911, of the Condition and Affairs of the POLICIES Outstanding, Dec. 31, 1910, 8,086 Issued since, 2,591 10,677 Discharged since, 2.499 8>178 RISK8 At risk, Dec. 31, 1910, $7,874,311 Written since, 2,488,464 $10,362,775 Discharged , 2,373,991 $7,988,784 CASH FUND Cash fund , Dec. 31, 1910, $125,686.25 Premiums received, 1911, 44,625.26 Interest and dividends , 6,077.40 Interest from Savings Banks , 2,486.74 $178,875.65 ' EXPENDITURES General office expenses, $208.25 Taxes, 466.40 Salaries and directors ' fees, 7,879.71 Premium on bonds bought , 480.36 Accrued interest on bonds bought , 46.25 Retur n premiums , 1911, 22,858.75 Advertising, printing and stationery, 295.64 Postage , telephone and ex- press, 216.13 Tariff associations , 206.08 Losses, 14,048.89 $46,706.46 Cash fund . Dec. 31, 1911, $132,169.19 Market value of funds , 148,626.26 LIABILITIES Reserve for reinsurance , $71,434.56 Accrued taxess 113.50 Dividends due policy holders , 212.02 Present liabili ty, $71,760.08 Net assets , Dec. 31, 1910, $71,739.25 Net assets , Dec. 31, 1911, 7«,866.18 Premiums on outstanding risks , 138,640.8r> Contingent pr emiums , 138,640 85 The company has paid 1365 losses during the seven- ty-nine years of its exist- ence, amounting to $372,432.73 LOSSES PAID H. Osborne , Orleans , $15.00 S. F. Brackett , Orleans , 5.00 Mary A Childs, Waquoit , 28.00 Est. John McCann , Sandwich , .82 Samuel Rosent hal , Hyannis , 300.00 M. G. Benson , Falmouth , 2.00 C. C. Alien, Harwich , - 14.00 J. S. Baker , Harwich , 50 uO F. A. Bullard , Falmouth , 66.69 Seth N. Jones , Sandwich , 600.00 Geo. S. Rogers, Wellfleet, 10.00 Susan N. Peck , Harwich , 10.00 Hrs. D. S. Penni man, Hyannis , 2,524.77 J. A. Young, Wellfleet, 38.42 John Elvander , Sandwich , 10.00 G. V H. Lovell, Sandwich , 45.65 Almira H. Wlxon, Dennisp ort, 1,235^00 Mary H. Miller, Hyannis , 6 85 C. C. Cro cker, Hyanni s, 1.50 J. A. Cobb, Eastham , 15.00 F. D. Sawin , East Dennis, 17.00 Isaiah Kelley, Harwich , 44.00 Josiah Paine , Harwich , 50.00 Frank Whelden , Yarmouth , 70.49 S. W. Gould , Chatham , 5.50 E. F. Blossom, Oaterville , 10.00 N. H. Paine, Truro, 500.00 Clementine Baker, Dennisport , iOO.OO Est Sullivan Rogers , Chatham , 10.82 J. V. Eagleston, Harwich , 5.00 Est Valentine Doane , Harwic h, 15.17 G. W. Hallet , Hyanni s, 200.00 Stephen D. Rich , Truro , 3,000.00 Rebecca R. Nickerson , Harwich , 5.00 Mary E. Mayo, Bourne, 500.00 Alice E. Bacon , Hyannis , 650.00 C. H. Snow, Chatham , 28.33 Edwin Trlpp, Dennisport , 199.00 Marlanna Har ding, Chatham , 29.35 I Zenas H. Kendrick , Chatham , 27.14 A. G. White, Barn atable, 11.00 Owen Bacon, Hyannis , 170.00 F. W. Chlpman , Wellfleet, 17.65 Manuel Rose, Wellfleet, 16.64 Sarah A. Rich , Wellfleet, 14.09 Alfred Crocker , Barnstable , 565.85 M. G. Bra dford , Hyanni s, 700.00 L. Z. Amos, Mashpee , 225.00 Ambros e Lewis, Centervi lle, 700.00 Consolidated Weir Co., Truro , 29.31 Cape Cod Central Club, Yar- mouth, 15.00 R. D. F. Hal l, Hyannis , 5.00 Hyannis Fire Dept, Hyannis , 8.85 Est Mary A. Hall , Dennis, 1,125.00 $14,048.89 JOHN H. CLARK . Treasurer. N O T I C E . Joiqolo A. Nasclmento having filed an application Joly IhH, 1911, for a piece of Bats contai ning 2 acres for tbe cultivation of clams and qaataaa irs,situate on tbe east end of Phll lls Islan d In Barnsta ble Har- bor, the Selectmen will give a pa bile bearing at tbe Town Office on Baturday , Jan. 27, 1 9 1 2,at 10 o'clock a.m. EDGAB W. LOVELL AL EX. G. CASH HOW ARD N. PARKER Selectmen Town of Barnstable. Barnrtable Jan . 13, 1912. NOT ICE. Charles 'W. Hallet t bavlng filed an ap- plication Jane 29, 1 9 11 , for a piece of flats oootaloln g 6 acres, for tbe cultivation of clams and qoabaug s, situate on tbe south aide of B«rn«tter sen. alias Friend John. In flip Newtown purchase from the Indians , dated In 1G5G. one of the boundaries l« "by a Dutchman's land called Han * the Boore." and in tbe Bushwick patent dated Oct 12. 1607. one of the bound aries Is "John the Swede's meadow." In 1695. in the Kings county records, a man is named living at Gowanu s as "Tunis the Pish- The common council of New York in 1601 ordered fish to be brought Into the dock "over against the city ball or the house that Long Mary former- ly lived In." and In tbe same year an order was passed "that Topknot Betty and her childr en be provi ded for as objects of chari ty." The explanation ot this custom fa many cases was that tbe persons in question either had no family names or bad forgotten them, so that tbe use tt their generally accepted ' nicknam es •ecam* a necessity. So numero us were the Smith*living upon Long Is- land tha t It was thought necessary to distingu ish the various original fami- lies by somepeculiar name Thus we have the Rock Smiths, the Blue Smiths, tbe Ball Smiths and tb« Weight Smiths—Harper 's Weekly. 8tHct School Rules, John Wesley held that school cbil- dreo shoold do withou t holidays alto- tether. Wbea lie opened Klngswood school In 1748 be announced that "tbe children of tender par ents , so called, nars no busine sshere, for the roles -**P..,w* *•. broke n In favor of any Parson whatsoever. Nor Is any child *"•»*«* "?* ¦«¦P«wts agre ethat ba shall observ e all thr rales of ttte benss .aod tha tthey will not take him ISJ??2i^5l 5* * ¦*"¦¦• *¦*•flD ttey take htm for g&dand «il- Pnr- £* j£*V «•*••«• Pwmltted.and no ttate was erf allowed for play od *• ii a child will play wbenn, i*i dntf bad to work till 8 to tbe after - •ooo wltboot br okingt t a ^fw! . 'sTMMMt GhniileJ *. ¦¦' w ' " '¦•"'"¦' ~^^ ^ ^ LEGALIZED NICKNAMES. Mrs. M. A. F. Baker has gone to West Somerville for a visit at her niece's, Mrs. W. L. Snow. Mr. Roy Crock er and daughter of New York ar e visiting at Mr . James Fish' s. Capt. U. A. Hull was in Boston u few days the past week. COTUIT HIGHLANDS. Miss Wilhelm ina Sherman is visit- ing at Mr s. Bates'. O. W. Bearse spent the past week with his daughter in Hya nnis. Miss Agnes Bearse is visiting her sister in Vineyard Haven . Mrs. Charles Buxton and daug hter Haze l have returned to their home in Everett , after a visit with her father , Mr. Jarvis Fisher. Miss Celia Goodspeed spent the holi- day with Miss Lillie Harl ow. Rfev. F. R. Champlln was given a sur- pri se party by his Santuit friends , on Monday evening, Jan. 1st, In honor of his birth day. All repor ted a very pleasant evening. SANTUIT Death of Mrs. John B. Rodgers , Frida y afternoon, after a short ill- i ness, Mrs. Mary E., wife of John B. j Rodgers , passed away at her home. ! Mrs Rodgers was a woman of sterl- j ing woith , an affectionate wife , daugh- ter aivd sister. j For over a period of 1'orty-three J years she had been a great helpmate to her husband. They were a very devoted couple. Her age was (56 years She has been a great worker for the Church and Social Aid , where she will be greatly missed and by many of her friends , but n ost especially by her husband. About a year ago or a little more she parte d with a loved sister. Beside her husband she leaves one sister , Mrs. Benjamin Denison, and one brother , Charles Bassett , bqth of Sandwich , several nieces and nephews to whom slncere st sympathy is ex- tended. The funeral will be held at the church today, at 1.30 o'clock Rev. Fr. Terra of Provincetown was a recent guest at Frank Silva's. : Mrs . Frank Silva passed Thursday out of town. ! Miss Sara Jones was a week end guest of friends and relatives in Bos- : ton. ! Fred Gray of New Bedford is visit- ing his Bister , Mrs . W. J. Grady. Mr. and Mrs . R. C. Marster s and little son Francia of Boston are with her father , S. F. Bodflsh. The icemen have been filling their Ice-houses with fine ice, during this cold spell. Mrs. Wm. F. Makepeace and daugh- ters Elise and Lillian intend leaving for Miami , Florida , the 18th. Mrs. Blanche Hiller is visiting in Boston and vicinity Mrs. John Bursley recently visited Mattapol sett to install the Grange officers at that place. Master Wendel Holway of Forest- dale recently spent a few days with his cousin, Frederic Smith . A Leap Year ball wit h music by Brigham 'B orchestra is to take place in Otis Hall on Tuesday evening, Jan. 30. Mr. Merle H. Fish will be the Floor Manage r, assisted by A. A. Sil- va and A. J. Samanson. WES T BARNSTABLE. CoBUBOBwealth of 3i;i- ; «iUble upo n « Hen •- •¦¦• ¦¦ '-¦ 'l '' s»id Oor t it Barn ata hl '' od tbu Twelt tb day o! u- '-.-.' - > 1 0 1 1 apon X CERTAI N bolldln g '"*'" JtX. rea l enta te situated ' "¦ ¦ " ''; HysanUport la »sld To-'- ' <•' in said County of B«rn»i« ¦ '<''¦ i be Nort h by said Irvine ' ¦ : " E»sl by tbe water *of Vir " . : ', t he Sootb by land huh - ' '; Ma lcolm; on tbe Wt -st ' • ¦ ', M alcolm and litud o*" ' ' by Wendell L. Hlnckl r y. ¦¦¦ <¦ *¦" MiNo. 2, 3, 4, 6, 6, 7, 8 hd : • ¦"¦ * on a plan entitled "Plan <¦! - •' ; Belong!** to tbe Hy«nni « ' • ' ,,; Hyarj ott, Barna table Cou-i - M" B. Cook , Surveyor ," r-< :- , Harottable Cooniy RceiM.- . • hook HI , page 30, for tr , • ¦"¦'¦¦ hundred flf ty-eigbt ati rf ^-' lamsgeewltb intere M th < - - , s«nt. Iror q Januar y 16. 19H- : '¦ '¦' _ -he sale under tb la decrte , «< '¦ ' " *nd thirty fl»e ceot* ">- * • •ppears of record In i*" * ' ^ wtltloo to esUbJi sb a tixcf.^ '- , -rbJcb Everett O. Bond »•¦¦'¦ " Hood both Ol Barns tab le coji-r: '- B- .be firm name and rty le of t: -', ire the petitioners *nd ¦ ' , ECeoogb is tbe re-pondent . . ¦" ?oblio Auction on tb e [>' - " ¦¦ " " ,. Sysnolaport to tbe blgh'-•: -J | sasb oo Taeeday ihe six" >> "••> IU :h« forenoon tbe said *>a »*i' ; *£l ore abote described. *na 'fte 'His m_ be «ald Martha Kc-ou^. tt ^ - ^ta •woer thereof , In tbe !'¦: ,') »r :' I pbieb tne saBie lisnosud ^oTcdt avm •** >««"• JOH N J. MALONBV I Depot*Bher»0 tor Barn sUble Cooptsj Sheriffs Sale. They Were Firtst Soon by a White Man , John Bldwell , In 1841. It was on June 20, 1841. that John Bldwell discovered the "big trees " of California. He was the first white 'man, so far as we know , who ever be- held those monarchs of the forest Nine years later a hunter named Dowd was !ed into the company of the forest kings by a bear that he was chasing, and it was by Dowd that the knowledge of the monster tre es was Bpread abroad , but to Bldwell belongs the distinction of having been the first civilized man to gaze upon the wonder- ful trees. The "big trees, " as the mighty se- quoia are called, are found In Calave- ras county, Cal., chiefly In two "groves ," the Calaveras and the Mart- posa, at an altitude of about 5.000 feet above the sea. They are probably the remains of extensive woods belonging to a long past epoch. Unfortunately few of them are left, there being only a few hundred all told. These mighty conifer s are easily the most remarka ble of all trees both In age and in bulk. They are from 200 to 400 feet in height and from 15 to 40 feet In diameter. —Louisville Herald. Hia Choice of Weapons. In "A Century of English Ballads," a book by Harold Simpson, there Is a delightful story of Stephen Incledon. an eminent tenor of other days, whose pinging of "Black Eyed Susan" was IKt-'ili ariy to the people's taste. While ^liiylnn at a country inn Incled on had •(¦mrreted duri ng the evenin g with an ::rmy officer. He imagined he had ;-lcsed ihe controv ersy by going off to i>ed. hut the officer , left downstairs ;n tti'csud over his wrongs , thought oth- .-rwj se. Sinking his way to incledon 's iii'il room. be found the singer fust .islii'p. When be succeeded in wak- ihs him. a mutter of some difficulty, the officer demand ed satisfactio n. "Satisfaction ?" murmured Incledon sleepily. "Well, you shall have It" Whereupon be sat up In bed and sang "Black Eyed Susan " In bis best style. "There. " he said, lying down again, "my singing of that song has given satisfaction to thousan ds, and It will have to satisfy you." - And he turned over and went to sleep again. West Point Traditions. "It is an Interesting fact often re- ferred to at alumni reunions and in addres ses delivered to the cadet s at West Point," said a retired army offl cer, "that one of the most distin- guished of tbe grad uates of tbe acad- emy, who afterward wore the epau- lets of a major general , was once a bootblack on the street s of New York and was plying his trade when be no- ticed in a newspaper an announc e- ment of a vacancy at the academy for the district in which he lived, and he applied for . lt "Another of the traditions ," contin- ued the officer, "Is that one of the best cadet officers tha t ever wore tile gray was the son of a convict and. al- though that fact was known to every one of bis comra des, it never made the slightest difference in his social standing. I do not know of any other Institut ion where the same social rec- ognition and tbe same loyalty of com- radeship would be displayed."— Wasb lngton Herald. ^ ^ Only a Veter. my n » aX. ar eyour polities?' •1haven't any. vm only a Toter. "- Btnart Set CALIFORNIA'S BIG TREES. Wellington Wheelock recently spent a few days with his cousin at East Dennis. William H. Nye has been with his paren ts, Hon. and Mrs. W. A. Nye, a few days. _. We understand that New York parties have purchased land on the south side of the new railroad and will build a summer residence. Mr. George W. Starbuck , Miss Anna M. Starbuck and Mrs. Helen Burgess were recent guests of friends - in Qulncy. Miss Doris Rogers has returned from a visit to friends in New Bed- ford ; . ¦ BOURMEDtlS. THE BARNSTABLE PATRIOT. MONDAY EVENING , JANUARY 15* 1912. The Set of Art ificial Teeth That Wash- ington Endured. It may not be generally known that the Father of His Countr y was one of the first Ameri cans to wear artificia l teeth. By the time the war of the Revolution had ended he had parted company with most of the outfit which nature had given him. An Ingenious physlelan and dentist of New York city undertook the then unusual task of re- equipment and produced at length a full set of artificial teeth. These are now, of course, a dental curi osity and offer an additional proof of the heroism of our first president , for it la n matter "of fact that General Washin gton wore those teeth for many years and , so far as we know , never complained of them. The teeth were carved from Ivory and riveted, wired and clomped to a somewbst ponder ous gold plate. Three large clamps in particular figure con- spicuously In the roof of the mouth and must have caused difficulty, if not anjrulsh. There were an upper and an under set and the two were connected and held in position relatively by a long spira l spring on each side, says Harper 's Weekly. Nevertheless Washington wore them long and well, a fact sufficiently attest- ed by tbe worn and dinted condition of both teetb and plate. At the last account these teeth were the property of a dental Institution In Baltimore. A Useful Coffin. A writer in an English church maga- zine once found in a collier's cottnge in Staffordshire a coffin used as a bread and cheese cupboa rd. Notwith - standing his wife's remonstrance , he told the story of the coffin as follows: "Eighteen years ago I order ed that coffin. The wife and me used to bare a good many words. One day she said. 'I'll never be conten t till 1 see thee in thy coffln. ' 'Well, lass.' I said, 'If that'll content thee It'll soon be done.' "Next day I gave directions to have the thing made. In a few days it came home, to the wife's horror. I got into it and said, 'Now, lass, are thee content?' She began to cry and want- ed tbe 'horrid thing1 taken away. But that I wouldn't allow. In the end she got accustomed to seeing It and ns we wanted to turn it to some use we had some shelves put in and made it Into a bread and cheese cupboard. We have never quarreled since It came." Circulating Libraries. Long before tbe Revolution a young printer in Philadelph ia when be bad taken off his working apron at night used to sit poring over his dozen cf old volumes by firelight He soon knew them by heart and hunge red for more. But books were costly, and he had but little money. He had eight or ten cronies, young men who, like himself, were eager for knowledge. Ranging his books on a shelf, he Invite d bis friends to do tbe same, that each of them might have tbe benefi t of them alL Ben Frankl in thus laid tbe foun- dation of the first circulating library in this country . He Was Cure d. A chap onco consulte d a famous physicia n about his dyspepsia. The patient was very deaf. The dialogue between the physician and he ran like this: "What do yon usually brea kfast on?" "Oh. no! At least two miles in the morning and a motor ride after lunch." "How many hoars do you sleep?' . "Well , doctor, I was fift y-nine my last birthday. " "Are yon mar ried? " "Thirst " With a gestur e of impatien ce , the physician turned and wrote ont a sim- ple remedy for dyspepsia. The pa- tient as he depa rted, shouted In the loud, har sh tones of the very deaf : "Doctor, can yon cure deafness? " The other shook his head in the neg- ative. "Well ," said the patient, "you've been very kind, and therefore I'm going to make yon a present of this pres crip- tion.' ' He took a folded paper from hta pocket "It cored me."-New York Tribune. The Olympian Jupiter. . ' - The celebrated statu e tbe Olympia n , Jupiter, the masterpi eceof Phidia s , the - greatest of all sculptors , was removed j to Constantin ople by Theodoslus L, in which place It wasdestroyed by fire In • the year 475. In this, his greate stwork, j the artist sought to embody the idea of majes ty and repose, and from all - accounts succeeded perfectly. Tbe fa- "" moos statue was In a sitting position , < ¦ forty feet high, on a pedestal of twen- - ty, and was made of ivory and gold. " So famous was it that it was conoid- t ered a calamity to die withoutseeing « It The statue served as a model for All Bubsequ ent repr esentations of maj- - ••ty and power in repose among the ' anefeBfa. ¦ ¦ ' % , A DENTAL CURIOSITY.