Pastor Turns Down Raise

1900

There are few people who decline an increase of salary, but the Rev. George C. Lorimer, pastor of the Tremont Temple in Boston, is one of the few. His congregation recently voted him an increase of $1,000 a year, but he has declined the increase, stating that his present salary of $7,000 a year is enough.


And In Other News...

A collection of political curiosities would properly include President Pierce's cabinet, the only one in the history of the country which remained unchanged during the four years of an administration. It is remarkable that the cabinet of Lord Salisbury, which consisted of nineteen members had not suffered a single change in the five years since the summer of 1895, when the present government took office.

A waggish stranger complained to the police of Salina, Kansas, that a resident of that town had fleeced him out of a forty-dollar bill. After the police had spent a day hunting for the rogue, and finally located the suspected man, it suddenly dawned upon the sleuths that there are no forty-dollar bills.

In some grottoes in Algeria French explorers have recently discovered stone implements mingled with the remains of extinct animals belonging to Quaternary times. Further explorations indicate that during the age when grottoes were inhabited the coast of Algeria had a configuration different from that of today. Among the animals associated with the ancient human inhabitants of Algeria were the rhinoceros, the hippopotamus, and various species of ruminants.

New Zealand's Many Names

New Zealand has been called by its inhabitants "The Fortunate Isles," "The Star of the South" and "The Wonderland of the Pacific."
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And "Safe"
The New York savants who have been trying to pick out the 25 most beautiful words in the language seem also to have overlooked the inherent beauty of the word two-bagger.
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Acting a Part
During courtship, be it long or short, is it not a fact that both Phyllis and Corydon with the best intentions in the world, are acting a part as much as if they were assisting in private theatricals? -- U. Caldwell.
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The Ruins of Yucatan
There is in Yucatan a chain of ruins three hundred miles long where once stood buildings richly decorated and erected with a vast amount of architectural knowledge. The buildings belong to the Stone Age, when the figures were carved with pieces of flint. The people of this age had not the use of either bronze or iron.
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Sagacity of Frogs
In the manner of disposing of their eggs many species of frogs exhibit remarkable peculiarities. A tree frog, native of Paraguay, makes its nest in a bush overhanging a pond. The lower ends of a number of leaves are drawn together and fixed in that position by a number of empty egg capsules. The eggs are also covered with a shield of empty capsules to protect them from the sun and air. When the eggs are hatched the plug at the bottom appears to fall out and the tadpoles tumble into the water.

--The Ellis Review-Headlight, Ellis, Kansas, 1911.