Miscellany: In St. Petersburg

Stone lions, tigers, llamas, elephants, jaguars, buffalo, deer, squirrels, rabbits, chipmunks, cows, mice, peacocks, giraffes, donkeys, badgers, wolves, gazelles, quaint monkeys, lightly hopping kangaroos, ingenuous but haughty ostriches and many other animals, made in Europe, will be used as street markers in St. Petersburg, Fla., the gift of generous C. Perry Snell.

"Name-In-A-Million"

At Sioux City, Iowa, Cigar-Store Manager E. H. Planalp of 1918 Jones Street boasted to newsgatherers that his was "a name in a million," being reversible. His Swiss grandfather had made it from the original, unwieldy Aubplanalp. "I've...

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