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SOME VERY EXCENTRIC
DISPOSALS OF PROPERTY
o aj7 CHEN Benjamin Franklin died,
VVJ in 1790. he left a small sura of
\j\j money which was not to be
usfd until the twentieth cen
tury. His gift is at last available, and
the sum now amounts to $375,000, having
been Invested at compound interest.
The trustees of the Franklin fund have
decided to use the money for the erection
of a Franklin Institute in Franklin
square. Boston.
Curious provisions made by will are
more common than 'one would suppose.
Within the last few months there have
been several examples of eccentric dis
posals of property. To one young woman
has been left S23.000 by her brother under
the express conditions that she neither
marries nor becomes a nun. If the con
ditions aro. not fulfilled tho money i3 to
be distributed among other relatives.
To his three daughters an Italian who
recently died left $500 a year each if they
remained single and $2500 each a year if
they married. ¦
V A late member of the English Parlia
ment left by will to his two daughters
5720.C0O, with the provision that the money
is only to be payable if they attain the
age of thirty-five without marrying either
a citizen of the United States or a He
brew. , ¦ ' ' \ . • *
More singular even than these odd be
quests was Lord Bute's wish, expressed
Just before his death,' 'that his heart
should be taken to the Holy Land and
burled on Mount Olivet, which was ac
cordingly done. . .-.,_- .
Even more eccentric than these strange
bequests was Lord . Southey's cool ar-
rangement ,for suicide . by means of . a
guillotine. He had a magnificent one
erected In the drawing-room of his house
In the Rue do Luxembourg at Paris. The
machine was of ebony, inlaid with gold
and silver, the framework carved with
artistic skill. The knife, sharp as a razor,
jwas of polished and ornamental steel.
Preparing for death, his Lordship had his
hair, cut close, and, clothed in a robe of
white silk, he kneeled upon the platform
under the knife before a mirror and
pressed the spring which should release
the knife, but the spring failed to act,
a'id.the .would-be suicide decided to give
the guillotine , to a museum instead of
making a second attempt to end his life.
It is said he made an annual pilgrimage
to see the guillotine until the end of his
life. . -"' •"'.--" ' ¦ ¦./¦ "¦'.'. ¦:.- . -
On the banks of the Purus,. in South
America, dwells a peculiar tribe of people
who are spotted in a queer manner. Ail
members of ¦ the tribe are similar in this
respect, women . and - children being: mot
tled black and white. ;
Telegraph WIres Are
Good Weather Prophets
CCORDING to Dr. Eydam, a Ger
/lJ\ man physician, there are no more
it "^ reliable weather prophets than tel
- egraph wires. This novel discovery
was made by him in . the following 'man
ner: As be was waiting for a train at a
country- station ho heard a shrill sound,
which was made by the wind as It passed
through a ¦ net work of nearby wires. At
once'the doctor remembered that he had
frequently heard a similar sound either
immediately before or after a stornVor a
heavy fall of rain or snow, and it natur
ally, occurred to him to try and ascertain
whether there was any connection be
tween the sound and such changes in the
weather.
As a heavy shower of rain fell within
forty-eight' hours after! he had heard the
•ound at iJne railroad station, he conclud-
ed that there was such a connection, and
he then determined to investigate the
matter thoroughly. As a result he now
maintains, first, that any unusual disturb
ance in the telegraph wires is an infallible
indicator of bad weather, and. second
that the nature of the changes In the at
mosphere may be learned-frOm the sound"
which the wind makes when passing
through the wires. \yV : ;> * H
Thus a deep sound, he says, which is of
considerable or medium strength indicates
that there will be slight showers of rain
with moderate winds within from thirty
to forty-eight hours, and.^ on the other
hand, a sharp, 8hrill sound is the sure
token of a heavy storm, which will be ac
companied by much rain or snow.
. « The ratio of paupers in Minnesota In 1900
was 43S0 for each million of population.
THE fruit garden comes, well within
the range of household economics.
An acre is none too_iru»eh for it. yet
it may be brought within the con
fines of an ordinary village lot. The tini
est back yard has space for at least a
grapevine, a dwarf fruit tree and a
strawberry barrel. Set the vine so it may
be (rained over a light trellis shading the
back door. Dig out a hole for it at least
three feet square and board the hole all
around with rouph lumber painted with
coal tar. This will last a long time and
keep t'.ie vine roots from damaging: drains
or cellar walls, If, every fall,, when the
sap is well down, the roots are cut along
the board line with an ax or sharp-edged
spa<3e. Such root pruning* properly done
is an aid to health and fruitfulness.
In the corner farthest from the vine set
the tree. The strawberry barrel needs all
the light and sunshine possible. It must
be stout and well hooped, otherwise it is
not worth while. Begin by taking out one
head, then bore the sides full of two-Inch
holes and bottom full of half-inch ones.
Bury it half way, fill with very rich earth,
set some sort of drain in the middle and
let the earth slope . lightly toward the
drain. Plant a strong vine in every hole
and a row all around the top. A barrel
prepared in May or June and well tended,
especially if planted with pot-grown
vines, ought to bear., next season. The
main trouble is to keep it well watered.
In warm weather water it twice a day,
before sunrise and late In the afternoon.
Once a week give a copious watering of
liquid manure. Pick outsail weeds and
semi-occasionally lighten the earth with
a garden trowel. Protect through the
¦winter with boughs of i cornstalks. In
spring, as soon as the buds swell, water
plentifully, and. until the berries are with
in a fortnight of ripening, give liquid ma
nure twice a week. When the earliest
fruit begins turning white stop the ma
nure water, but double the supply of
SIMPLE HINTS FOR A SUCCESSFUL FRUIT GARDEN
f resh. By renewing earth and vines ev
ery second year, after bearing time, the
barrel may be kept indefinitely in com
mission.
A plat of 93 by 50 feet may be made to
yield an astonishing supply of fruit. Given
such dimension in the brick shape un
luckily, so common, run narrow paths
down each side next the fences and plant
in them grape vines with roots projecting
inward. For six inches around the stems
the earth should be kept light and loose
and in winter the whole root spread needs
a good coat of coarse manure. Train the
vines up against the fence or on wires
stretched inside it. Keep the canes well
shortened and summer prune from." June
forward, rubbing off all but two or three
new shoots. In the fall cut back these
new canes to sound, fully ripened
wood. .
All along beside the end fence dig! a
trench four feet wide and five feet deep,
the whole plot breadth. Board up ] the
sides stoutly with well-tarred boards,
then fill in the first with a foot of stones,
brickbats, old shoes, bones and general
coarse litter. Upon top of that put six
inches of rotted manure, and cover with
rich earth to within a foot "of the top.
Thus, in spite of the boarding which will
keep in the roots, the trees will be in no
danger of starving.
• Plant three dwarf fruit treats In the
ditch, spreading out their roots well, then
filling in the remaining foot with the fin
est, lightest earth. Tramp and pack firm
ly, heaping .the earth a little, then mulch
the whole trench surface thickly so as to
keep down the weeds. Once In six months
or so rake off the mulch, dig up the whole
space, using a three-tined fork, and never
prying out the roots, replace the mulch,
thickening it as necessary, and water
•whenever there is even a hint of 'drought.
Fruit trees will always be the better for
a copious sunset watering, also at mid
day or 1 o'clock, if the leaves droop per-
ceptibly. #
A good tree selection is a pear, a peach,
a plum, or a cherry. Choose a very early
pear and a very late peach. Very early
peaches seldom bear fruit enough to be
worth while. A medium early sort will
give more satisfaction. Keep down all
suckers. Dwarf trees being grafted upon
other than their own roots, if alien shoots
come up, the budded trunk will die. Sum
mer prune, which means pinch back all
shoots to a compact, symmetrical -head,
flattish rather than round, with no branch
extending beyond the trench. Every
spring dig away the earth around the
trunks down to the crown of the root, ex
amine for borers, and, if found, dig them
out and burn. Wash the trunks well with
strong soap suds the first warm day. If
insects attack the foliage either cover
them, a tree at time, with a sheet
or burn half a pound of sulphur under
neath it, or spray well with some insecti
cide. - . _.fe .
Considering the conditions in which he
was found. It Is evident that he was asso
ciated with a late period of the new stone
age of Egypt He was burled in a char
acteristically neolithic grave (the graves
of tib&i period are covered with rude slabs
of Ftone), and has neolithic pots and
chipped flint weapons and knives found
In ether parts of the world. The line,
thin knives were perhaps placed in tho
trave as part of a funeral 'ritual. They
should be compared with the Egyptian
tints In the prehistoric section of the
i: zseum: they are almost identical with
f ose found In the grave. There Js, of
c. urse, no inscription of any kind on the
pots, knives or grave, all having been
— ade long before the invention of a
v ritten language. It is curious to note
that certain ancient Egyptian documents
ruention traditions of a race called the
irebennu. who had red hair and blue
eye*. This man had distinctly auburn
P" ir. He was buried on the western shore,
later times every Egyptian was burled
on that side of the river, and Egyptian
models cf the death boats on which the
booy v.as ferried over the stream may be
seen in tbe Egyptian gallery. — The
Sphere.
The grave was flrst seen by a wander
ing Arab; he reported his discovery to a
British official, who immediately eent a
couple of Egyptian soldiers to guard it
day and night until it could be safely re
moved. The body is not a mummy of the
ordinary historic Egyptian period, such
as that of Rameses II, the father of the
Pharaoh of the Exodus. It was never
bound up In linen or cased In any paint
ed coffln. but was merely coated with a
preparation of bitumen, the Arab word
for which is jmumia: hence our word
mummy. To reach the period when this
man hunted along the banks of the Nile it
Is necessary to travel backward in time
through the modern period since Eliza
beth, through medieval Europe, through
the whole history of Rome and Greece,
past the time of the earliest mummied
king the museum possesses, past even
Menes. the earliest king to which Egyp
tian records make reference, who. ac
cording to Mariette. ruled about 5004 B.
C. Then we are among two prehistoric
races, one of the conquerors and the
other the conquered, out of which sprang
the Egyptian race of the earliest dynas
ties. It is with these remote stocks that
this man Is connected. '¦- ': V ;:
£-p{HE Egyptian gallery at the British
1 Museum has Just come into posses-
I «ion of the mummy of a man which
j^ may well be the oldest known body
of any human being. The facts con
cerning it are briefly summed up
In the following particulars:
Oldest
Mummy Yet
Found.
• Probably the class who are the best
buyers of these colored-to-order meer
schaums is collegians, who want to show
fine pipes, but who have neither the pa
tience nor thejriull to produce tho effect
themselves. .
The best meerschaums, it is said, come
from Turkey, and the designs are worked
out and cut upon the meerschaum In Vi
enna.
This kind of work as a rule takes all
the time and attention of the men. but
some or them are so perfect that they
can devote themselves to designing
shapes and figures fcr new pipes, special
attention being given to the possibility of
producing quaint effects in the coloring.
The highly accomplished among: these
young fellows can get away with four
ounces of tobacco a day. They are paid
weli, and they have their regular holi
days. Some of them have been with
their employer for five years. But it
isn't a business in which on© may stay
a- lifetime, for, though they appear able
to smoke for years, night and day, with
out hurting them, when they get to bo
old men their occupation has made them
too nervous to be useful. The proprietor
himself smokes not at all, when
he Is teaching an apprentice how to go
about It. The new hand receives a cheap
pipe, and after being toJd how to go
ahead is left to himself to show what he
can do. There are prize competitions,
and these thirty newly arrived young men
who are on an upper floor, when they
become proficient are graduated to taJce
their seats with the notables on the sec
ond floor, back.
can take his pipe and hava It smoked
until the desired color Is obtained. Such
an enterprise exists In the outskirts of
London and makes a fine competence for
its proprietor, an Austrian. It Is a larga
house that used to be the country seat
of an English gentleman. Hither come
every day a score of young men who are
the "experienced employes of the house.
They pass upstairs to the business room
in the rear of the house, seat themselves
In arm chairs and forthwith begin their
day's work of smoking meerschaum
pipes. Each one knows the art of smok
ing steadily, neither too fast nor too
slow. The tobacco they use is a special
blend of the proprietor's, for he knows it
is only rarely that the right kind of to
bacco is used for thl3 purpose. The bowls
of the pipes which these young men
smoke are covered with wash leather so
that they cannot by any chance be
harmed or improperly stained.
•"VOLORING a meerschaum Is a long
I / and delicate process, and unless &
\l m \ man likes to do a difficult feat
j"^ there la no reason why he should
V get himself to the task of putting
a beautiful shade on his costly pipe. That
is a business In Itself, and an experi
enced smoker knows, or can learn the
location of establishments to which he
About
Meerschaum
Pipes.
Mr. and Mrs. Virgil If. fiikuUch.
put aside, and the man kept the old mot
to, "If at flrst you don't succeed, try, try
again." constantly in his memory. 1
Then one gloriously sunny day he
gained his point," and has never lost an
inch of ground, and, Judging from the
looks of things at the present time, never
will. S
These two tall Dalmatians seemed made
for each other. . •
As Bakulich said, "What wrs the
earthly use in waiting for a long time?
I loved Andriane and she loved me, so
why not get married and spend my va
cation together?" '
So he insisted, and insisted " and kept
right on insisting until Andriane married
him "to get rid of him." .
It took Just fifteen days fiom the ctart
of the courtship to the happy consumma
tion, and Virgil thinks he wasn't so very
slow. •
it wasn't so awfully strange, after all,
perhaps. Their parents had been neigh
bors for years, and Virgil could lie In his
bed and see the house that Andriane was
born in. • , • .~-
This tall bridal couple started out on
their wedding trip. They visited various
parts of Europe, and wandered aimlessly
hither and thither until it was time for
Bakulich to report at police headquarters
in San Francisco. i .
Then he brought the girl who had only
known him for such a brief time across
the water. Away from her family, all
her friends, and even her country. She
certainly proved her love for him when
she did that, for it requires strong con
victions and great moral courage to leave
behind, all that is connected with one's
youth' and to tear oneself away from
father and mother.
She believed as did our friend of long
ago, "Whither thou goest. I will go,' 1 and
like her also, went.
When reached New York the
policemen had already heard the news
and they were brimful of curiosity. They
met Mr. f.nd Mrs. Bakulich and ques
tioned them fast and furiously. Didn't,
Wasn't— and - Wasn't Didn't, all over
again. Talk about women! y
Through It all Andriane could only smile
and now • and trfffi resort to her hand
language, which, by the way. has im
proved wonderfully since her sojourn in
this city.
The fellow officers insisted that an in
terpreter had been employed and that Vir
gil had met his wife in Rome. How could
Bakulich get up enough nerve to propose
to .a girl through another fellow, and
stand right beside her at that?
To all kinds of vigorous expostulations
and Indignant "I dldn'ts" they deliberate-
ly closed and barred their ears. It was
delightfully romantic to think that one of
them had stood In the Parthenon by
moonlight and had been bo eminently suc
cessful.
"Why. the idea of It; It's absurd 1 My
wife and I can talk with perfect ease In
several languages," and Bakulich fairly
bristles when he even thinks, about it.
They slipped quietly into San Francisco
tired and awfully cramped, for six days
and nights in a Pullman Isn't a restora
tive for anybody, let alone seven-footers.
Everywhere they went the same curious
crowd turned and gazed and made re
marks, and they still continue to do so,
by the way.
California people are accustomed to
large girls and are Justly proud of them,
but they don't, as a rule, raise girls who
go over the six-foot mark.
Business kept him away. His relations
insisted on giving him dinners, luncheons
and every other old thing to keep him
busy. His friends took occasion to tease
him a little. Everything went wrong for
two long, miserable weeks, but Cupid had
sent too straight an arrow to be lightly
Then he tried to get an introduction to
her, for he somehow felt it in his bones
that she was the only girl on earth for
him.
Then everybody commenced to iaugh.
and Virgil failed to see tho Joke. But
only for an instant. Several girls were
coming toward the group of men, and
one girl loomed above her companions
head and shoulders. What was -more to
the point she was pretty, and from the
way she was* smiling appeared to be Jolly,
too.
So that was the first gllmps.e that Bak
ulich got of his wife. - :
That's where he showed the man in him.
No, Vir wasn't married yet.
"Well, old man. you are getting old
enough to commence thinking about it."
Informed his kind friend. "What kind of
girls do you like?"
Then it ¦was that Bakulich settled down
and told them that he couldn't find any
one to please him, and furthermore, that
he wanted a wife who could look into his
eyes without standing on a chair. He
liked large girls, the larger the better,
only they must be pretty.
So Virgil met and confabbed with his
friends of long ago. It took them some
time to get over the marvel of his six feet
and about as many inches and his 350 solid
pounds. Then they commenced to ply him
with questions about America and the life
that he led out in that far-away place.
One fellow said: .
"Not married yet, are you, Vir?"
If he had. he micht have thought twice
before leaping, but as it was he walked
right into Cupid's little snare Just ! as
many another fellow had done before him.
How could he help U when love and fate
led the way? , '
About eight months ago Virgil N. Bak
ulich, known as the tailest policeman in
San Francisco and a brilliant Greek schol
ar, took it into his head to visit the home
of his boyhood days.
Little did he dream that he would go
over one and come back two.
A real, true love story in which Cupid,
a man's determination and a few kind
friends figured strongly.
She has a romance!
her interesting, and more than her pretti
nesg to talk about.
LEAH MAT must look sharp. She
will find that there are other tall
people — and not so very far away
from her height, either. _
Andriane Babulich is six feet four
and a half inches taiL Her four and a
half inches creep to five and a half, and
sometimes add an extra half-inch wlien
she puts her shoes on.
And she is still growing!
People who profess to know all about it
and -who tell how old you are by your
teeth claim that no one attains the full
height until 25 years old. If that is
the case, then. Indeed, may Leah com
mence to think ft Is time to grow a Uttle
more, for Andriane Is only in her twenti
eth year.
Andriane Bakulich has another advan
tage over many women. Not satisfied
with standing head and shoulders above
them, sne has the audacity to have a prct
ty face.
She Is slender and carries herself to
make the most of every inch. She knows
full well what a fright she would be If
Fhe doubled tip and tried to conceal that
Mother Nature had modeled her after her
own pet design. Then Nature, for ono<>.
finished her task. She gave her that soft
voice that so many Europeans are proud
of. and a decidedly pretty Frenchy man
ner.
Indeed, she talks with' her hands. If she
didn't 6he would be In dire distress all of
the time. As it fs, it Is about even up.
It isn't because she is stupid, for she can
Jabber in Just about seven languages more
than rr.ost English people, but she only
knows how to say "thank you" and par
don me" in our language.
But Mrs. Virgil N. Bakulich has more
than her extraordinary height to make
SAN FRANCISCO'S
TALLEST
POLICEMAN
AND HIS
ROMANTIC MARRIAGE
The only consolation that Mrs. Virgil N.
Bakulich has for being called a freak and
for being a stranger In a strange land is
that she is still horribly Interested In her
own husband.
They both agree that Cupid had a. fin
ger In their pie, and maybe two.
"Andriane gets lonely and It Is hard on
her because she can't understand people.
She appears at poor advantage, too. Oh,
we are uaed at people staring now. They
always do," and Bakulich chuckled as he
recalled the rubbernecks.
Mrs. B. with girlish pride showed me
her wedding frocks. Just for fun I tried
one on and I looked like a baby in long
clothes and was almost as helpless. When
the skirt was fastened a la Mother Hub
bard fashion It was too long to'comfort
ably walk In.
Then It was that Bakulich said all sorts
of bad things about himself for bringing
his wife to_a new country, but wound up
with the question, "What else could Z
do?"
Verily, what else would any other man
do?
After fl^.een minutes' talk we came to
the collusion that Mr. Baku-
HcX 1 was the only thing that both of us
were certain of, excepting: that we had
succeeded most beautifully In waking up
the lord and master of the house. Then
I waited for Virgil and while I sat waiting
a dainty table was placed before me, and
coffee, rolls and fruit were served ma by
his wife.
"Got any rags, bottles, sacks to-day?"
or "Strawberries, strawberries: 10 cents a
box. Want to see them, lady?"
A dozen times a day Andriane goes to
the door, and a dozen times a day she
fails utterly to comprehend what the
caller wants unless he pokes his wares
under her nose.
Think of being in a strange country
with absolutely no frl?nds and not being
able to understand a word that is spoken
to you! Think of the thousand and one
vexatious things that araf always and for
ever bobbing up to annoy you. when you
are not fully able to Rive tit for tat. Im
agine how dreadfully hartdleapped yon
would be in every respect, and how terri
bly lonely and stupid it would be. It
would take an American girl Just about a
month to get Rood and sick of It and to
pack her little trunk and go home to
mother.
Perhaps Dalmatians train their children
better than most Americans do. for An
driane has been over here between three
and four months and she i3 decidedly
cheerful yet and delightfully hospltabl*
when she gets a chance.
When I called at their flat the maid
chanced to answer the bell. Yes: Mrs. Ba
kulleh was at home, but sh« couldn't un
derstand a word of English. Should, she
call her?
Then the mistress of the house appeared,
and I wondered whether I should better
take to my heels and run while I had a
chance, for she looked like a giantess who
had Just stepped out of a fairy book.
After a while they settled down In a
cozy flat on Taylor street and spent their
time In getting furniture large enough to
be comfortable. No ordinary sized bed
room woii'd do for them. Well, hardly, as
the bed is in Itself over eight, feet long
and takes up a goodly space the other
way. Everything In their house Is built
on the extension plan. Imagine one of
them sitting on a tiny chair! -it might fall
down in the first place, and. secondly,
their knees would be In their faces all the
time, and last, but not least, that position
Isn't at all graceful.
But though the path of their love was
not strewn with thorns, it wasn't exactly
covered with roses either. When Virgil is
afhome there Is no difficulty, but the>
minute he goes out about his duties trou
ble is sure to brew.
B-r-r-r goes the doorbell.
THE SUNDAY GALL.
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