To inspect a little post office on the far-away island of Guam, which pays its postmaster $125 a year, is the object of a 25,000-mile journey which Postal Inspector E.P. Smith is making to satisfy the demands of the law. The inspection of the office will be the first since 1908.
Vincent Astor Orders 2,100 Apple Trees.
Vincent Astor will soon be the most extensive apple grower in the State of New York. It became known yesterday that he has placed an order for 2,100 trees, which will be planted on his large estate, Ferncliffe, at Rhinebeck.
The order was placed with the Harrison Nursery, of Berlin, Md.
Makes Smokeless Coal.
Alfred Muller, a chemist, of St. Louis, Mo., has announced he has discovered a process which makes coal absolutely smokeless, gives more heat, and is consequently cheaper. He has been making the fuel by hand, and is using it in his home.
Picks Indian’s Daughter for Bride.
Charles Meyer, aged sixty-five, of Valley Stream, N.Y., who advertised for a wife recently, has picked Mrs. Annie Wilson, daughter of Big Cloud, chief of the Seneca Indians.
A Boy Scout Honored.
The highest honor a boy scout can win has been conferred on Wayne Carney, fifteen years old, of Indianapolis. He has been given a scout honor medal for saving the life of a playmate, Harry Warbington, thirteen years old.