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In Newfoundland. The scenery there often Is striking and spectacular, a
specimen being here pictured. This Is Breakfast Head, on the Humboldt
river.
PRUSSIA'S OLDEST WOMAN
In Prussia today thero lives a wom
an who has completed her one hun
dred and tw nty-flf'h birthday. Census
ofllclals havo been Interested In her
case for the last CO yenrs, llrst on ac
count of her marvclouo memory, and
more lately because of her longevity.
She la now almost blind, and bent fair
ly In two with rheumatism. She has
been transferred, within the last year,
to a Catholic institution where she
will be cared for, her children having
all died, ono Hon recently at the age of
clghty-nlno. Another was a Jesuit
priest, who died in 1910 at the age of
one hundred. Her daughter died the
very day the mother attained her one
hundred and twenty-fifth year, aged
ninety-four. She bad, In all, ten chil
dren, three dying in Infancy. Her de
scendants number nearly three hun
dred, counting many great-grandchildren.
Her married life extended over
eighty-five years, and she has been
25 years a widow. She was married
In 1801, at the age of fifteen.
Until within five years she remem
bered perfectly the Napoleonic wara
and prominent ofllclals of Prussia con
sulted her as to happenings which
were matters of historical dispute in
the vicinity of Gernmny where she
first saw the light. In order to con
firm his dates, an Kalian historian, ten
years tigo, traveled to Prussia to inter
view her at the suggestion of the
keeper of archives In Potsdnm.
OBSERVE ANCIENT CEREMONY
The ancient ceremony of the plant
Ing of the "penny hedge," or horn
garth, was observed recently near
Whitby, England. The custom Is sup
posed to be of feudal origin. Its ob
servance Is connected with a farm
about six miles from Whitby near
Robin Hood's Day, and if the cere
mony be not duly observed "on the
morn of the eve of Ascension Day"
the farm lands must revert to the
holder or holders of the manorial
rights. The tenant of the farm along
with the bailiff lays the hedge with
"ten stakes, ten strout-stowers, and
ten yeddors." The ancient horn Is
blown, the tenant shouts, "Out on ye,
out on ye," and the ceremony Is over.
BONES OF PRIMITIVE MEN
Eleven skeletons of primitive men,
with foreheads sloping directly back
from the eyes, and with two rows of
teeth in the front of the upper Jaw,
have been uncovered in Cralgshlll, at
Ellensburg, Wash. They were found
about 20 feet below tho surface, 20
feet back from tho faco of the slope,
In a cement rock formation over
which was a layer ot shale. The rock
was perfectly dry.
The Jaw bones, which easily break,
are so large that they will go around
the face of the man of today. The
other bones are also much larger than
those of the ordinary man. The fe
mur Is 20 Inches long, indicating,
scientists say, a man of 80 Inches tall.
J. P. Munson, professor of biology
In the state normal school, visited the
spot and pronounced them the bones
of primitive man. The teeth In front
are worn almost down to the Jaw
bones, due, Dr. Munson says, to eat
ing uncooked foods and crushing bard
substances with the teeth. The slop
ing skull, be says, shows an extreme
ly low order of Intelligence, far
earlier than that of
known to the whites.
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PLANTS GETTING PERILOUS
It Is a fact recognized by botanists
as beyond dispute that the carnivo
rous habit among plants is more wide
spread than It waB formerly supposed
to be The specialized sundews (l)ro
seras) are but the advance guard of
a large army of species which depend
for their existence more or less upon
absorption of animal salts through
their foliage. Thero Is no gainsaying
the statement, recently put forward by
more than one scientist, that the ten
dency to rely upon a carnivorous diet
Is on the Increase. Of course, this Is
only In a line with the simplest evo
lutionary principle. It Is possible to
trace the steps by which the highest
types of species, which seize and hold
their prey, such as the Venus fly trap
(DIonaea) have been evolved from
those which merely capture their vic
tims by the use of an ahheslve fluid,
such as the fly catcher of Portugal
(Drosophyllum). Still lower In the
scale are the plants, such as the
teasles (Dlpsacus) which drown the in
sects in strange bucket-like contriv
ances located at the base of the
leaves. Files which may chance to
fall Into tho water are of course
drowned and the plant absorbs the ni
trogenous elements from their decay
ing bodies.
It is n Btartllng conception advanced
by BOinc scientists that In ages to
come theso plants may becomo so ad
vanced in carnivorous tastes as to be
a real menace to nnlnml creation.
Dreadful Indeed must bo tho sundews
and the Dlonaeas to their insect vic
tims at tho present time. Tho unfor
tunate fly which Is captured by tho
leaf of tho sundew finds Itself held
down by strong arms which are able
to resist Us violent struggles. The
largest Droscra on earth at the pres
ent timo 'produces leaves which are
perhaps nine Inches in length. Mag
nify this plant until tho leaves are
ten feet In length, and wo have an
exceedingly formidable plant. Many
of tho palma and other tropical ape-
icies have foliage which is much in
excess of this measurement, so that
the idea ot leaves as big as this is
not altogether fantastic. To be pro
portionate, the tentacles could scarce
ly be less than ten inches In length,
and these would be able to grapple
with birds of considerable size. We
may conceive that the giant sundew
would be able to hold out some spe
cial inducement for its Intended vic
tims to visit tho leaves. Probably
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One of the most Interesting and valuable discoveries so far recorded In
the field of Biblical archaeology has bsen the recent unearthing at Samaria
In northern Palestine of the palace of Hebrew king, believed to be the "Ivory
house" of Ahab. Labels with Hebrew writing, which sssm to have been In
actual use during the lifetime and perhaps In the households of Omrl and
Ahab, have also besn found, as well as fragments of pottery and other Inter
estlng remains. It was (n the pslsce here thst Ahsb dwelt with Queen Jesebel
and where Naboth had his vineyard. Among the ruins msny Inscriptions
have been found containing Biblical names and there Is frequent reference
to a vineyard, which la believed may be the vineyard of Nahath. ThU la h
first and only palace of a Hebrew king
1 M unique and of the deepest Interest
the bait would be In tho form of some
sweet-tasting secretion. On alighting,
tho birds would probably not And the
ndhestvo fluid which tho leaves would
produce more than slightly annoying
Tho movements which they would
mako In an endeavor to free them'
selves, would be nll-sumclent to gtv
the stimulus to tho sonsltlvo tentacles.
These would rapidly closo In on their
prey, and In a few moments escnpe
would bo out of tho question. Finally,
tho unfortunate birds would perish
miserably, tho bodies In their deeny
yielding to the plant tho nltrogcnoui
matter desired.
The butterworts nro nt tho present
time Innocent-looking plants rather at
tractive In appearance. These species,
as Is well known, find their homo In
boggy tracts, where tltcy spread their
foliage on tho surface of tho ground
In tho form of n rosette, if tho lenvc
of tho butterwort nro closely exam
ined, It will ho seen that they arc
thickly covered with two sets of
glands, one set of which Is plainly vis
ible to the naked eye. This visible set
resembles a miniature mushroom,
while the other set Is microscopic and
Is formed of eight ccIIb grouped after
tho manner of a wart or a knob. It ii
the practice of theso glands whenever
they como Into contact with nny ob
ject to pour out copiously a mucllagln
ous fluid, which nets much in the same
way as bird lime. Acid secretion ii
also produced, which aids tho leaf in
the digestion of the object supposing
that the capture should bo an insect
In order to make assurance doubly
sure, tho edgo of tho leaf In certain
species Is seen to curl slowly Inward
Now we can Imagine that In the very
far-away future with which we ar
dealing, the Plnguiculn will develoi
leaves which will hardly bo less than
five or six feet In length. These lying
along the surface of tho ground will
make a special appeal to grazing anl
mnls
BELL TOWER OF VILNA
Dating bnck to tho days of verj
early Christianity, tho bell tower ol
Vllna, Russia, is an edifice of great
Interest. Despito tho fact that Vllni
now Is a great Industrial center, Itj
authorities are careful In tho preser
vatton of such antiquities ns the bell
tower, tho old cathedral and otbci
structures.
CITY L0TTERYF0R A BRIDE
The city of Smolensk In Russian oc
caslonally holds a municipal lottery
In which tho first prize Is a girl. Somi
5,000 tickets aro sold at a ruble each
and tho proceeds go to the girl
dowry. If she does not llko the mans
who wlnB her, nnd refuses to marry
him, she has to glvo him half the
dowry. Dut cases of refusal are rare.
of Samaria
ever found, and aceordtngly regarded
to archaeologists. The elcture shews
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Ladd stood on tho end of the
iron pier at Atlantic City the
other day with Miss Jcanette
Carberry and throw a carat
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ns ho could into tho waters of
Atlantic somo of the spectators
thought him Insnuo. Hut as tho ring
Anslied nnd sank Ladd turned and
said, "Thank heaven It's gone," nnd
Miss Carberry sighed happily.
The act probably dispensed for all
tltnu with tho hoodooed engagement
ring that four tlmcB caused Mr. Ladd
to llguro In broken engagements nnd
which live times ho placed upon tho
linger of Miss Carberry, where now
n new cut diamond Hashes. Unless
somo lueklcsB loving couple dallying
in tho sand at Atlantic City some time
dig up the Bolltnlro tho hoodoo will re
main with tho mermaids.
The story of tho ill luck thnt hns
followed tho ring and Its peculiar ad
ventures leads toward tho realm of
uncanny mysteries. No explanation
yet has been offered, no theory
evolved beyond that tho whole thing
must have been tho work of somo hu
man enemy of either Ladd or his
flancco.
Nothing Extraordinary In Principals.
Mr. Ladd Is a New Yorker; thnt Is,
he has a business in New York but
resides in Brooklyn, down in tho Pros
pect pnrk Bouth district. Miss Car
berry lives In the Bamo neighborhood
with her pnrentB, nnd until two years
ngo was assistant buyer for a big New
York wholesale millinery establish
ment. Mr. Lndd has a Btnnll apartment and
takes breakfast with a family nnmed
Brcscher, consisting of tho father,
mother, nnd ono child, a boy of
twelve. While on friendly terms with
the nreschcrB, It cannot be said that
Ladd Is at all Intimate with them. Ho
bccb them at breakfast, but seldom at
any other time, ns be lunches In New
York and usually dines In town and
returns to his apartment during the
evening.
Their First Meeting.
Lndd met Miss Carberry in the fall
of 1909. They fell In love with each
othci and their engagement was an
nounced in January, the date of their
marriage being set for June 27. Evi
dently Ladd felt tolerably certain that
he would be accepted even before ho
made the formal proposal, as he ad
mits that tho week before they be
came engaged he gave an order for a
pure white diamond solitaire and or
dered It set In a high ring of old red
Guinea gold.
Miss Cnrberry first put on the ring
the evening of January 7 when she ac
cepted Mr. Ladd's proposal. She was
much pleased with the ring itself, be
sides Bho Bccmcd unusually happy and
woro the ring proudly. The following
Friday Mr. Lndd called to tako her
to the theater. Sho woro the ring
nnd distinctly remembered that after
Mr. Ladd kissed her good-night and
started away Bho turned out the light,
nnd ns sho started to her boudoir sho
stopped on the staircase and kissed
the ring. Tho following morning the
ring was missing.
The Ring Disappears.
Miss Carberry made a hasty search
of her room and her bed, then sum
moned her mother, Informed her ot
the loss, and told her to take every
thing In the room and hallway to
pieces and find the ring, as Mr. Ladd
was going to call that evening and
the would not want him to know. Her
Finds Ring In a Sealed Envelope.
mother searched for several hours In
vain. Miss Carberry returned from
the offloe and together they searched
the entire bouse. Tbe girl was mor
tified and distressed.
Instead of tolling Mr. Ladd, she tel
ephoned him that she was sick and for
him to come the following night. She
remained at borne from the office and
searched the house again. That eve
nlng Ladd came. She hoped he would
not observe tbe fact that the ring was
missing, but as luck would have It
be tried to kiss ber hand before ha
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and observed that tho ring was gone.
"80 soon, sweetheart T" he asked.
Then Miss Carberry confessed. "It
must have slipped off whllo I slept,"
sho said. "I nevor, never would have
taken it off. Hut wo have searched
high and low and can't find It"
Breach Widens to Final Break.
Mr. tadd pretended that It did not
matter, but evidently he felt a little
hurt. Tho girl Imagined that ho was
suspicious, and when day after day
passed with no trace of the ring she
grew proudly silent nnd refused fur
ther explanations. Thoy parted In an
ger nnd she wroto a note breaking the
engagement and both of them were
miserable.
Two days after that tho ring reap
peared Inside- the wrapping paper
around n pleco of meat from tho mar
ket, which Miss Carhorry unwrapped
when Bho took It out of tho Icebox.
The girl, nt tho liiHlstrnco of her moth
er, wroto to Mr, Lndd, returning tho
ring and staling thnt she had found
It In n peculiar place and expressing
regret that Its loss had caused them
to quartet. Lndd hurried to her as
soon ns ho got tho note and begged
her to forglvo him und to wear the
ring again.
Again Wore Engagement Ring.
As no ono outside the Immediate
fnnilly knew of tho broken engage
ment, they kissed, mado up, vowed
never again to nllow such trivialities to
mar their perfect Impplncss. MIrs Car
berry woro her ring again, proudly ex
hibiting It to her friends.
Four days Inter MIsb Carberry ac
cepted Mr. ladd's suggestion to meet
her nt luncheon. Thoy had a Jolly
llttlo luncheon, nnd Miss Cnrberry nnd
Lndd both remember that Bho had the
ring on her engagement linger when
they were eating tho salad. A man
friend of Mr. Ladd's entered nnd
stopped nt tho table to speak to him,
and was presented to Miss Cnrberry
proudly as his fiancee. MIsb Cnrberry
extended her hand, nnd the ring was
missing. Sho observed Kb loss al
most Immediately, and as soon as the
friend had passod on she whispered:
Disappeared at Luncheon.
"My rlngt It's gonol"
There was a quick search. The ring
hnd disappeared, vanished completely.
Ring Suddenly Turns Up In Package
of Meat.
It was not on the floor, on the table,
anywhere.
"Maybo you slipped It off for fear
Joo would see you were engaged,"
suggested Ladd hopefully and tact
fully. Miss Carberry indignantly denied
this, and called his attention to the
fact that Bhe bad been proud when
he Introduced her as his fiancee. They
parted with Increased coldness, Ladd
Bald he was glad the ring was lost, but
he did not say It as If he meant it
Another misunderstanding that lasted
for weeks resulted, and then there
was a quarrel, and the engagement
was broken again.
The day after the breaking of the
engagement the ring made its reap
pearance. Miss Carberry found it in
an envelope on her desk at home. She
waited almost a month before she no
tified Lndd of the recovery of tho ring.
Although both had been so positive
that she woro It at the luncheon, they
agreed they must havo been mis
taken. That time Miss Carberry wore tbe
ring exactly seven days, and was so
careful that sho placed a tight guard
ring above It on her engagement
finger. On the seventh day, a Sunday,
she went to spend the day with some
friends.
Guard Ring Remains on Fnger.
After dinner, late In the afternoon,
sho went to a room upstairs with
three other girls to preparo to re
turn to tho city, and the ring disap
peared. Oddly enough, the guard ring
was on the finger, and bo far as she
could recall, It nover had been off.
She was almost frantlo with anxiety,
fearing another break in her engage
ment She determined to make every ef
fort to recover the ring, and not let
Mr. Ladd know of its third disappear
ance until Tuesday evening, when be
was to call. He did not call Tuesday
evening. Instead there came a cool
little note asking her to explain why
she had left the ring on bis desk and
If sho was desirous of breaking the en
gagement why she did not say so and
have It over with Instead of Indulging
in trickery with the ring.
The note made her angry. She
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denied having been within throe miles
of his office, and asked him to ex
plain how he came In possession of
the ring. Thoy did not see each oth
er, becauso Miss Carberry was so
angry over his reply to her note thai
she refused to soe him.
Renewal of Affairs Moat Curious.
That quarrel was so serious that It
was moro than a year before they
spoke again, and tho mannor of tho re
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rlous than anything else. Tho details
nro not complete, because Mr. Ladd Is
rather reticent In regard to tho Inter
mission in their courtship. It Is
known, however, that ho met a Miss
Mat MacCallum of Albany, that they
becamo engaged, and that he gave her
tho engagement ring.
Probably ho became engaged to
Miss MacCallum while piqued over
losing MIbh Carberry. At any rate,
Miss MacCallum wore the ring for
nearly a month. Then it disappeared,
as mysteriously as it had done before.
The girl either was deceitful or
rather frightened over the loss, and
instead ot confessing It she wrote
nnd broke the engagement and stated
that she never bad cared enough for
him to marry him and that their en
gagement bad been a mistake. She
did not mention the ring.
Ring Returns to Owner.
Three days after he received the
letter from Miss MacCallum he re
ceived a nice little note from Mist
Carberry. She thanked htm for send
ing the ring, showing her that In
splto of misunderstandings be still
trusted her. The ring, Bho said, was
loft on her desk In tbe office where
Bho was employed, without a message,
but she understood it to mean that be
was weary of their foolish quarrel.
Puzzled nnd upset ovor tho affair,
Ladd called upon her, and after be
ing convinced thnt thero was no
danger ho confessed everything and
wob forgiven. They agreed to be
mnrrled In three weeks nnd Lndd
Jokingly Inslstod thnt n wedding ring
was necessary to hold that engage
ment ring on her finger.
Ring Found on Ladd's Desk.
Two nights afterward the ring die
appeared again, while sho slept, Miss
Carhorry insisted, and the following
day Ladd found It circling a twisted
spile of paper on. bis desk. On the
paper wore two words, "Hal Hal"
written in a large, bold band, and
thoso two words furnish the only
clew to the mystery.
Instead ot writing Ladd went direct
to the home of bis fiancee and de
manded to know whether she were
trifling with him. The result was
another quarrel and a separation,
more tears, and they parted, Miss
Carberry declaring she never wanted
to Bee his face again. He stood it a
month, then wrote, begging forgive
ness. After proper time he was per
mitted to call to "explain."
Ladd proved resourceful that time.
He brought n now engagement ring,
and he pledged himself to throw the
othor away if Bhe would accept him
again. She agreed that it tbe new
ring would remain on her finger for
two months she would marry him and
they would know that the other ring
was hoodooed.
For two months the new ring
sparkled on the third finger ot her
left hand. Then tho date was set
and a short time ago they ran down
to Atlantic City for a little outing and
threw away tbe hoodooed ring that
bad caused them so much trouble.
Solving the. Old Problem.
When Sir Thomas Llpton was a
small boy In Scotlnnd, he dropped Into
a church one Sunday morning and
was put by himself In a pew directly
In front of tho minister, who preach
ed n sermon on the text, "Am I my
brother's keeper?"
The parson, who was unusually elo
quent, talked on this theme for about
forty minutes, and finally worked up
to tbe climax ot bis remarks. He kept
bis gaze fixed directly on the little)
Llpton, who began to fidget and look
very self-conscious. At last, after an
overwhelming outpouring ot Ions
words, tbe minister, his eyes bias
ing, made a quick gesture and shoutee
at the boy:
"Am I my brother's keeper?"
Llpton could stand the) strata
laager, and replied, la a meek voleei,
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